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NEBUCHADNEZZAR LEARNED HIS LESSON BUT NOT THE BABYLONIAN KINGS AFTER HIM

November, 5 2020

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NEBUCHADNEZZAR LEARNED HIS LESSON BUT NOT THE BABYLONIAN KINGS AFTER HiM

“The lessons Nebuchadnezzar personally learned over a period of MANY YEARS largely failed to benefit those who succeeded him upon the throne of Babylon. The last ruler of Babylon, Belshazzar, openly defied the God of heaven (ch. 5:23) inspire of the fact that he was ACQUAINTED  with the experience of Nebuchadnezzar (v. 22). Instead of working in harmony with the divine plan, ‘Babylon became a proud and cruel oppressor’ (Ed 176), and in the rejection of the principles of heaven, wrought it’s own ruin (Ed 177). The nation was weighed [in the heavenly balances] and found wanting (ch. 5:25-28).

“In delivering Daniel from the lions’ den, God demonstrated His power and authority before the rulers of the PERSIAN Empire (see ch. 6:29-23; PK 557) as He has previously before those of Babylon. An edict of Darius the Mede acknowledged the ‘living God’ and admitted that He is ‘steadfast forever’ (v. 26)

“Even the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not [cannot be changed] (v. 8), was obliged to yield to the decrees of the ‘Most High’ who ‘rules in the kingdom of men’ (ch. 4:32).

“Cyrus was favorably impressed by the miraculous evidence of divine power exhibited in the deliverance of Daniel from the lions den (PK 557). The prophecies outlining his [Cyrus’] role in the restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple (Isa. 44: 26 to 43:13) also made a deep impression upon him. ‘His heart was profoundly moved, and he determined to fulfill his divinely appointed mission.’ (PK 557).” -Ibid, p. 751.

The prophecy pointing to the rebuilding of the desolated Jerusalem and the Temple were fulfilled in the 70-week prophecy of Dan.9: 24-27. Evangelicals harboring a Zionist view still look the future from these prophecies! They have been literally “left behind.”  Not only that: because of adopting Futurism, many believe and urge that Donald Trump is the modern-day “Cyrus” that will restore the Jerusalem and Israel—the nation-state created only in 1948 by the United Nations based on Zionism, not the Bible. God bless all, NMF 

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THE SABBATH IN THE ADVENT MOVEMENT

June 3, 2020

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THE SABBATH IN THE ADVENT MOVEMENT

“Thus saith the Lord, Keep us Judgment, and do justice: for My salvation is NEAR to come, and My righteousness to be REVEALED.” Isa.56:1, KJV (See verses 2-8; cf. Rev.18).

“When does Isaiah’s prophecy apply? See Heb. 9: 26, 28; 10:10, 12,14; 1 Pet.1:4,5. The gathering of Sabbath-keepers just before Christ’s second advent in Isa. 56: 2-8.

“This gathering under the Advent Movement since 1844 includes every ‘man’ who ‘keepeth the Sabbath FROM POLLUTING IT, and keepeth his hand FROM DOING ANY EVIL.’ It also includes ‘the sons of the stranger’ and ‘the eunuchs that KEEP MY SABBATHS.’

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HOW DANIEL OVERCAME AND WAS BLESSED WITH WISDOM

December 16, 2019

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HOW DANIEL OVERCAME AND WAS BLESSED WITH WISDOM.

“When Daniel was in Babylon, he was beset with temptation of which we never dreamed, and he realized he must keep his body under. He purposed (chose, decided, committed, willed) in his heart that he would not drink if the king’s wine or eat of his dainties. (Dan. 1:8).

He knew that in order to come off a victor, he must have clear mental PERCEPTIONS, that he might DISCERN between right and wrong. While he was working on his part, God worked also, and gave him ‘knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.” Dan. 17. 

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What Happened to the Movement Linking the Exodus and Advent Movements?

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Friday Morning Manna                 January 11, 2019

Nathaniel Fajardo                         email: [email protected]

What Happened to the Movement Linking the Exodus and Advent Movements?

 “Thus says the Lord: Keep My justice, and do righteousness, for My salvation is about to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it; who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” Isiah 56: 1, 2, N.K.J.V.

We saw that the Protestant Reformation Movement was the connecting link between the Exodus in the Old and the Advent Movement in the New Testament.  God commanded the gospel prophet, Isaiah, to declare then and more specifically in in its antitypical application: “Cry aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet. Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”

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The Elijah-John the Baptist Message of the Advent Movement

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Friday Morning MannaJanuary 4, 2019

Nathaniel Fajardo             email: [email protected]

The Elijah-John the Baptist Message of the Advent Movement

     “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”Malachi 4: 5, K.J.V. (The last prophecy of the Old Testament)

To start this New Year 2019, let’s take a necessary stop as it were, as we travel the Advent Movement highway to take a much closer look at vital aspects of the appointed work and central message entrusted to the last-day Advent Movement.  

First, in Christ’s time the disciples and the religious leaders and people alike were familiar with  Malachi’s stirring prophecy. So the disciples inquired, ‘Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?” Christ replied, “Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already.” After more explanations from Christ, “Then the disciples understood that He spake of unto them of John the Baptist.” Matt. 17: 10-18.

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Second Half of the Seven Thunders: the Moral Fall of the Churches

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Friday Morning Manna                  November 23, 2018

Nathaniel Fajardo                       Email: [email protected]

Second Half of the Seven Thunders: the Moral Fall of the Churches

This Thanksgiving, let’s thank God for religious liberty and helping us better understand what the “seven thunders” were–a delineation of clustered events and time prophecies that would be understood only after the events had accomplished their appointed work. These are:

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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eight and is of the seven, and goeth to perdition. Revelation 17: 11, K.J.V.

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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eight and is of the seven, and goeth to perdition. Revelation 17: 11, K.J.V.

That is, the “eighth beast” who “was,” and “is not”—is “of the seven beasts,” “and “goes into perdition.”

This last “beast” or “eight” beast is not another separate beast in the line of succession of the prophetic beast of sacred and world history. He is “of the seven” previous beasts, and, clearly, the final composite form of the outstanding characteristics of all the rest. This follows the given explanation of the leopard-like beast in the introduction of Revelation 13.  

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The Beginning and the End: The Old and the New  

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The Beginning and the End: The Old and the New  

         Then He who sat on a throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write for these words are true and faithful. And He said to me, It is done! I Am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.” Rev. 21 5-7, N.K.J.V. 

All too quickly the old year ends in two days from this last Friday of 2017, and the New Year 2018 begins. Like sunset, then sunrise…..and a new day begins in your life and mine. Or are we meeting, actually beginning the New Year with the “same old, same old” mentality, bad habits, unChristlike traits, pride and vanity, “the works of the flesh” instead of the “fruits of the spirit,” into the next year? Will it be really new? In what sense?  

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