August 11, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
REJECTION OF 70-WEEK PROPHECY OF DANIEL 9 RESULTS IN THE REJECTION OF CHRIST
“The rejection of Christ by the chosen people at His time, and the professed chosen people today was and is preceded by a rejection of the prophecies of Daniel, particularly the 70-week prophecy of chapter 9:24-27. It is the terrible consequence of rejecting God’s merciful warnings sent through His faithful prophets and messengers, then and now.
“The spiritual darkness which falls upon nations[such as America is right now], churches [such as mainstream professed Christianity], and individuals [such as you and me], is due, not to an arbitrary withdrawal of the SUCCORS OF DIVINE GRACE on the part of God, but to NEGLECT or REJECTION of divine light on the part of men.”
“A striking illustration of this truth is presented in the history of the Jewish people. in the time of Christ. By their devotion to the world [not the Word], their UNDERSTANDING had become darkened, their HEARTS earthly and sensual.”
“Thus they were in ignorance concerning the Messiah’s advent, and in their PRIDE and UNBELIEF they REJECTED THE REDEEMER. God did not cut off the Jewish nation from a KNOWLEDGE of, or of a PARTICIPATION in, the blessings of salvation.”
“But those who REJECTED the truth LOST all desire for the Gift of Heaven. They had ‘put darkness for light, and light for darkness,’ until the light that was in them BECAME darkness; and HOW GREAT was that darkness!”- E. G. White, The Great Controversy, 1911 ed., pp. 377.388.
Continued tomorrow, God willing! Review the 2300-day prophecy of Daniel 8:14, which reckoning begins with the 70-week prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27.
A. S. K. For the Holy Spirit! NMF