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Willing Consent of the Governed Part 5
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
APOSTATE CHRISTIANITY UNITES WITH THE RESURRECTED PAPACY (Rev. 13).
“And the ten horns which thou sanest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom AS YET, but receive power as kings ONE HOUR [prophetic time] with the BEAST. These shall have ONE MIND and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” Rev. 17: 12,13, KJV.
“As we approach the last crisis, it is of vital moment that HARMONY and UNITY exist among the Lord’s instrumentalities. [Why?] The world is filled with storm and war and variance [alienation, division, contradiction, enmity]. YET under one head—THE PAPAL POWER—the people [multitudes] will unite to oppose God IN THE PERSON of His [faithful commandment-keeping] witnesses.
“What is it that gives its KINGDOM [‘power and strength’] to this power [the beast]?
PROTESTANTISM, a power which, while professing to have the temper and spirit of a ‘lamb’ [Rev. 13: 11-16] and be allied to Heaven ‘speaks with the voice of a dragon. It is moved by a power from BENEATH.
‘These have one mind.’ [What does this mean?] There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. ‘And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.’
Thus is manifested the SAME arbitrary, oppressive power against RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD ACCORDING TO DICTATES OF CONSCIENCE, as was manifested by the Papacy, when in the past [the Dark Ages] it persecuted those who DARED to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of ROMANISM.
“In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be UNITED, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers [once-Protestant] that have APOSTATIZED from the allegiance to the law of Jehovah.
In this warfare the SABBATH of the fourth commandment will be THE GREAT ISSUE [not China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Communism, Socialism, Islam, jihad and sharia law; not even racism, neo Nazis, home-bred terrorism, or QAnon conspiracies. etc.]; for in the Sabbath commandment the great LAWGIVER identifies Himself as the CREATOR of the heavens and the earth.
“Through the TWO GREAT ERRORS of the [1] the immortality of the soul and [2] Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people UNDER his deceptions. While the former [natural soul immortality] lays the foundation of SPIRITUALISM, the latter [alleged Sunday sacredness] creates a BOND OF SYMPATHY with Rome [who bitterly persecuted and desolated the Protestant Christians for over a thousand years in the Dark Ages!].
“The Protestants of the United States [not in Europe or anywhere else] will be FOREMOST in stretching their hands across the gulf [that once separated them] to grasp the hand of SPIRITUALISM; they will reach over the ABYSS to clasp hands with the ROMAN POWER; and under the influence of this THREEFOLD UNION, this country [U.S.A.] will follow the steps of Rome in trampling upon the RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE.” – E. G. White, Maranatha (devotional book), p. 187.
Faithfully practice, treasure above silver and gold, and learn how to defend your inalienable right to worship God according to dictates of conscience. This is what the very last GLOBAL warfare will be, starting in America and quickly followed by all nations!
Bless all, NM
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
MEANING OF ‘REDEEM,’ ‘REDEEMER’ IN THE GOSPEL
Whenever you sing the hymn, “Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb,” be sure you understand what “redeemed” means and its appointed function in the gospel. Satan has his counterfeit for it!
Both words are “generally a rendering of the Hebrew ga’al, ‘to ransom,’ ‘to buy back,’ ‘to recover,’ and of the Greek lootroo, ‘to free by paying a ransom,’ ‘to redeem,’ ‘to set free,’ ‘to rescue.’ The term ‘redeem’ is used in the sense of :
(1) the buying back or ransoming of property or slaves;
(2) the release from physical bondage or captivity;
(3) the redemption from SIN and SPIRITUAL BONDAGE or CAPTIVITY.
“A Hebrew landowner forced, for financial reasons to sell (actually lease, see Jubilee) his land might redeem it at any time (Lev. 25:25). Under certain circumstances produce that could be ordinarily tithe could be redeemed for cash, that is bought back for personal use (ch. 27:31).
“BOAZ was willing to redeem the property that had belonged to NAOMI’S husband (Ruth 4:1-10).
“God redeemed ISRAEL from Egyptian bondage (Exo. 6:6; 2 Sam. 7:23; 1 Chron. 17:21, etc.) and promised to redeem them from BABYLONIAN captivity (Micah 4:10).
“God redeems HIS PEOPLE FROM SIN (Ps. 130:8; Titus 2:14) and the CURSE (Gal. 3:13) and will redeem them from the GRAVE (Hos. 13:14; cf. 1 Cor. 15: 51-54; 1 Thess. 4: 16,17, etc.).
“Our redemption is made possible through sacrifice of Christ (Gal. 3:15; 4:4, 5; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19: Rev. 5;9, etc.).”
Read these verses carefully and it will be clear that having been “redeemed by the blood of the Lamb” that one is already eternally saved! God “redeemed” Israel from Egyptian bondage but only faithful “remnant” were obedient and faithful to their end. Jesus said, “he that endures to the end the same shall be saved.”
Bless all, NMF
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
KNOW WHAT THE GOSPEL IS WITH CERTAINTY : YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY IS AT STAKE!
“He said to them go into all the world and preach the GOSPEL to every creature. He who believes and is baptized [by water and the Holy Spirit] will be SAVED; but he who does not believe [this gospel] will be CONDEMNED [damned, KJV].” Mark 16: 15,16, NKJV.
The first key word here is “gospel” (genuine or counterfeit), followed by “believe” (or not believe), then “saved” (or condemned), in this descending order.
Hereunder are Bible and Testimony references to help you, first, to “make your calling and election sure” (2 Pet. 1:10), and to be “always ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” (1 Pet. 3:15):
BIBLE: “Gospel [Gr. evagellion, ‘good news.’]. The message of Christianity, the message of salvation through Jesus Christ [alone]. This ‘good news’ [everlasting gospel] was revealed in EMBRYO from the beginning (Gen. 3:15; 12:3), but was disclosed MORE FULLY by later Bible writers, especially by ISAIAH, who is sometimes called the ‘gospel prophet’ (see Isa. 49:60-62). Jesus announced His ministry to the people of His own village of Nazareth in the words of Isa. 61: 1, 2 (Luke 4:18,19).
“The ‘good news’ is described as ‘the gospel of Christ’ (Rom. 15: 19; 2 Cor. 4:4, etc), ‘the gospel of God’ (Rom. 1:1), and ‘the gospel of the grace of God’ (Acts 20:24). It is called a ‘mystery’ (Eph. 6:19). The phrase ‘the gospel of the kingdom’ (Matt. 9:35; Mark 1:14, etc.) has reference primarily to the gospel of ‘the kingdom of heaven’ or ‘kingdom of God’ (Matt. 12:28; 13: 24; Mark 1:15; Luke 17:20,21).
“Christ commanded His followers to preach the gospel to ‘every creature’ (Mark 16:15, 16; cf. Matt. 28:19; Acts 1:8). The preaching of the ‘gospel of the kingdom’ to all the world is given as a SIGN of Christ’s coming (Matt. 24:14). In vision John saw an ‘angel’ with the ‘everlasting kingdom’ to preach to ‘every nation, kindred [tribe], and tongue and people’ (Rev. 14:6).
“The use of the term ‘Gospel’ to refer to any of the first 4 books of the NT is extra-biblical. Some see a suggestion of such a use in Mark 1:1.”
TESTIMONY OF SPIRIT OF PROPHECY:
“The gospel is a SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL TRUTHS destined to work great changes in human CHARACTER . If it does not work the transformation in life, in habits, and practices, it is NO TRUTH [and must be of the counterfeit ‘another gospel’] to those who CLAIM to believe it.
Man must be SANCTIFIED through the truth [of the true gospel]. And said Jesus, ‘Thy word is truth’ (John 17:17). UNLESS the truth of God shall LIFT UP MAN OUT OF his depravity, his intemperate and profligate habits, and make him REFLECT the image of God he is LOST.” – E. G. White, Letter 14, March 13, 1885.
(Next up: How is the Plan of Redemption/Salvation of the Gospel Explained in Detail?). Bless all, NMF
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
KNOW WHAT THE GOSPEL IS: DON’T GUESS OR SPECULATE
Here’s why: “Jesus said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the GOSPEL to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be SAVED, but he that believeth not shall be DAMNED.” Mark 16: 15,16, KJV.
The true gospel saves, when believed (in its fullest sense); damns if rejected or ignored. But it’s counterfeit brings damnation whether believed or not.
Why? Fallen, mortal man is born almost lost because of inherent sinful propensities and the “visiting of the iniquities of the fathers unto their children to the third and fourth generation; hence, the indispensability of godly parental guidance to establish the first character foundation on the truth.
If the child “increases in stature in the wisdom and knowledge of God” in character development until his death he will receive the gift of eternal life for faithfulness, until he is rescued, delivered, restored and rewarded with the gift of eternal life.
Only the true gospel saves. To accept the counterfeit is damnation and to reject it but not believe the genuine is likewise damnation.
Bless all, NMF
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IS ‘ANTICHRIST’ YET TO APPEAR OR IS HE HERE ALREADY? (Part XII)
Please refer to the past 11 parts I have shared for your personal study, convenient files and reference. I hope and pray you will do your part as I strive to do mine. While this effort is a collaborative work, we all will be judged individually according to the light of present truth made available to us. To continue:FF 202.
“BIBLE PROPHECY OF ANTICHRIST IS PLAIN. The prophecies of the Bible regarding Antichrist are so plain that EVEN Roman Catholics cannot evade them all. The 7th chapter of Daniel foretells the rise of 4 world empires, which the Douay Bible [official Roman Catholic Bible] explains to the ‘Chaldean, Persian, Grecian, and Roman empires.’
The Roman Empire was broken up into 10 smaller kingdoms between the years 351 and 476 A.D. And among them there should grow up ‘another power,’ symbolized as a ‘LITTLE HORN.’
Of this the Douay Bible says: ‘ANOTHER LITTL HORN.’ THIS IS COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD OF ANTICHRIST. Dan. 7: 7, 8.’ [emphasis mine]. The Papacy is the only power that came up just at that time, and which FITS all the specifications of the symbol [of the ‘little horn’].
“We have seen [in the last parts] how clearly the Papacy is pointed out in 2 Thess. 2:3-7 [symbolized as ‘the man of sin’ and ‘the son of perdition’].
This prophecy states that the apostolic church would be GRADUALLY ‘falling away’ [apostatizing] until a ‘man’ would exalt himself to take the place of God in the church [referred here as ‘the temple of God’]. The ‘MYSTERY OF INIQUITY’ was already at work in Paul’s day, but something was holding it back (verses 6,7).
“As long as the Roman Empire was HEATHEN [the emperors were heathen, sun-worshippers], and persecuted the CHRISTIANS, there was NO INCENTIVE to join the church for WORLDLY [and political] GAIN.
“But during the time [and reign] of CONSTANTINE the church became POPULAR, and the worldly ambitions struggled for the HIGHEST ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICES, because of the great honor and emolument connected with them; and when finally the ROMAN STATE was abolished, the BISHOP OF ROME seated himself upon the THRONE OF THE CAESARS [heathen, Roman Emperors]. It was therefore heathen Rome that had to be ‘TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY,’ before the Papal Antichrist could come into power.
“Speaking of this point the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA says: ‘The impediment is the Roman Empire; the main event impeded is is the ‘man of sin.’ – Vol. I, p. 580, art. ‘Antichrist.’ The Douay Bible says: ‘The Roman Empire …..was first to be destroyed, before the coming of Antichrist.’ – Note on 2 Thess. 2: 3.’ “ – Christian Edwardson, Facts of Faith, pp. 202, 203, Southern Publishing Asso., Nashville TN, 1943.
In Dan. 8:11-13 the “daily” symbolizes the pagan Roman Empire of the Caesars had to be first taken away before the “transgression of desolation,” the Papacy, the “little horn power” could replace it and ascend to power.
The word “sacrifice” was added by the translators to word “daily,” and must be eliminated.
Seek the truth and it will set you free! Bless all, NMF
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
SPECIAL FATHER’S (and Mother’s) DAY MESSAGE
Because fathers are first husbands and mothers are first wives and according to the Creator the latter shall “become one flesh,” this message is for the head of the household as well as its “queen,” according to God’s plan. From the God’s messenger’s inspired pen come this sobering message of the hour:
“On Sabbath and Sunday, in visions of the night, I seemed to be bearing my testimony before the people. On BOTH OCCASIONS I seemed to be in a mammoth tent which was literally packed. The Lord gave me a DECIDED MESSAGE for the people. MY BURDEN WAS FOR OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE UNPREPARED TO MEET THE LORD.
A special burden was upon me to point out [not condemn or denounce] to our people the need of seeking the Lord with close searching of the hearts and with earnestness of purpose. Parents who are truly converted will reveal in their HOME LIFE that they are bringing their lives under the discipline of the Word of God [not tradition, culture, or personal inclinations].
To the MOTHER AND FATHER the right training of their children should be the MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THEIR LIFE.
SOLEMN QUESTION FOR PARENTS. FATHERS and mothers, how stands your record? Have you been faithful to your trust?
“Those who bear the last message of mercy to the world should feel it their DUTY to instruct parents in regard to home religion. [this is what am attempting to do]. The GREAT REFORMATORY MOVEMENT must begin in presenting to FATHERS and mothers and children the principles of the LAW of God [antitypical work or rebuilding the wall and it’s breach].
As the claims of the law are presented, and men and women are convicted of their duty to render obedience, show them the responsibility of their decision, not only for themselves, but for their children. Show that obedience to God’s law is our ONLY SAFEGUARD against the evils that are sweeping the world to destruction.” (E.G. White, Child Guidance, pp. 555, 556).
I appeal to all fathers (and mothers) today:
Do not delay this work for rapidly approaching ominous events, as prophesied, are casting their dark and foreboding shadows in our pathway. We heard it before, “Today, if you will hear His still small voice, harden not your hearts.”
Bless all FATHERS and mothers and children of the remnant household of faith. NMF
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