Who is Santa Claus?

The Christmas spirit seems to pervade the air. Colored lights! Decorated trees and homes! People dressed in holiday styles are bustling in the shops and buying their gifts. Everyone cheerful, for “tis the season to be merry.” Even many Christians, celebrate Christmas. Should we take part in the Christmas celebration? Does Bible prophecy say anything about Santa Claus?

God’s Perfect and Permissive Will

By John Thiel

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Through the process of justification we enter the lifework of sanctification in the same way as Christ did.

John 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

As Jesus sanctified himself he and the believer are one in partnership in this transaction.

Run That Ye May Obtain

By Paul Godfrey

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1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Heaven is described in numerous similitude’s and numerous examples and Christ in his life was always wondering how he could liken the kingdom of heaven to things on earth. To put the heavenly thing in an earthly context so humanity would understand. Christ wanted to make the truths of the gospel simple so he always compared it with something. This is where we get the parables from. The kingdom of heaven is like leaven and he describes making bread or the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed.

The God Who Steps off His Throne

By Paul Godfrey

Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his Father. But when he was yet a great way off, his Father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

The bible says the prodigal son was a far way off. He was a long way. While he was a long way off the mind activity he had was, I will arise and go to my Father. The prodigal son had lost his mind. In verse 17 it says when he came to himself;

The Remnant Characteristics from the Seven Churches

By John Thiel

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The most distinctive features of the remnant are found in the churches of Revelation 2 and 3 – God’s remnant in all ages. The prophetic sketches point to Christ’s first advent spanning to the Second Advent as a particular point in time in Hebrews.

Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

The Worship of God with Music

By John Thiel

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Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

55:9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

When the heart is totally yielded to God it is possible to understand his ways. We need to discover another element of being in tune with God so that we can be submissive by understanding and knowledge.

Ezekiel the Prophet

By John Paige

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According to Jewish tradition Ezekiel was the founder of the synagogue. You won’t find the word synagogue anywhere in the Old Testament but there are plenty of references to it in the New Testament. Where did Synagogues come from? They were a place of instruction and where legal decisions could be made. The synagogue was important to Jewish survival during the Captivity and so we find Ezekiel in Babylon and it would seem that this is where the synagogue was first founded. But there were no sacrifices there, as these had to be performed only in the temple.

Light in a Dark Place of Denominational Confusion

By John Thiel

Amos 5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.

5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.

5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

Dress Reform in the Bible

By Me

The bible speaks of a decline in modest dressing of those living in the last days.

Philippians 3:19. Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame

The question is often asked, why should a Christian dress modestly if we are living in modern times?  Why should both men and women be covered up?

Man was created in God’s image.

Godly Living in the Last Days – When Should I Move to the Country?

By John Thiel

Scripture Reading:Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 3:4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

12. The Old and the New Covenant

By John Thiel

Jesus became a ransom to pay out the captives from sin and death. Though kidnapped and held in captivity to sin and to death by Satan, the ransom was paid to release us. The manner in which Jesus accomplished this was that he himself became a captive of the strong man. Jesus entered into the strong man’s house and he came into the captivity and was held in a body of sinful flesh. It was through this process that he was entombed into death but he broke the fetters of both these captivating forces. He broke the fetters of sin in the flesh and he broke the fetters of death because in him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

The Disciples Had a Problem… The Selfless Entity of Gods Church

By John Thiel

Scripture Reading John 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.

7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Loyalty to the Church of God

By John Thiel

Isaiah 49:8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that [are] in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] in all high places. 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. 49:14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.

Light in a Dark Place of the Church Militant

By John Thiel

Scripture Reading: Zephaniah 3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

We are living in dark trying times for Gods genuine people. We need that God illumes our pathway. Also the light that shines in a dark place to illuminate our pathway.

Probation is Closing, Are You Ready?

By Paul Godfrey

Scripture Reading: Revelation 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

God has a priority and that priority was established before the foundation of this world. He has had a purpose for many years. This purpose is in the heart of him to accomplish.

13. Events of the Seventh Millenium

Three Angels Messages, Third Angel

By John Thiel

This study continues on from the previous study on the second coming of Jesus.  As we have studied the three angel’s messages, as they apply to the time of the end, we have come to an appreciation of the meaning;

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Emmanuel God With Us

By John Thiel

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1. INTRODUCTION

To be saved from sins involves an intelligent interrelationship of sinful humanity with Divinity which of necessity must include a conscious process of detection, overcoming and eradication of sin.

The work of gaining salvation is one of co-partnership, a joint operation. There is to be co-operation between God and the repentant sinner. This is necessary for the formation of right principles in the character. Man is to make earnest efforts to overcome that which hinders him from attaining to perfection. But he is wholly dependent upon God for success. Human effort of itself is not sufficient. Without the aid of divine power it avails nothing. God works and man works. Resistance of temptation must come from man, who must draw his power from God. On the one side there is infinite wisdom, compassion and power; on the other, weakness, sinfulness, absolute helplessness. Acts of the Apostles page 482

Regarded as Sinless

By John Thiel

We are in need of trusting Jesus as Satan is going about seeking who he can destroy. I have seen very strong spiritual people being tossed about especially as they discover more and more their sinfulness. Not surprising as the nearer we come to Jesus the more distinctly we will see our sinfulness. This is a message that we need to remind ourselves continually that we need to believe. I find myself having to remind even the strongest believers today of this message.

When our lives are illuminated by Jesus we see ourselves as we really are. We keep on feeling oppressed. We keep feeling that I’m too sinful and that I have no hope because I see that my sins are so severe. They are part of my very being, my sinful flesh.

The Banquet of the Lord

By Paul Godfrey

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As we think of baptism it is dying and rising with Jesus. What a contract, what a covenant to make. When we think of covenants and contracts, we think of making such things with an item or a scenario that is valuable. Many people today want you to sign up for things and make a contract and there may be no value in it so we push it away. Sometimes there comes across a valuable item and we want to make a contract in that. Or an oath or a covenant to have benefits of what that is offering. Indeed that is what baptism is. A contract, a covenant.

6. The Twelve Tribes – Ephraim and Manasseh

By John Thiel

The sealing of the one hundred and forty four thousand pertains to people living now.

 

Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Are You A Protestant?

By John Thiel

I ask the question, are you a Protestant?  If we want to know what it means to be a Protestant, study Protestantism.  As you look this subject there are some very pertinent messages in Revelation.  In the study of the seven churches Jesus speaks to his faithful children.  You will notice that the messages that were given in the successive generations can be applicable to us now as they were given to churches of the past.  There are some points I’d like to touch on in Revelation.

Balam thought the best way to get the booty from the king was to corrupt Israel and he did that.  He brought in the women from outside.  He brought in sacrificing to idols to accept the ways around them.  This is what the Christian church in the time of Pergamos was falling into.  A worldly flood was coming into the church.  This is as much as important for us to understand it so won’t happen to us and also so that there won’t be a cause for us to fall.

22. Sanctification

By John Thiel

As we beheld the Godhead at work for us our previous studies, did we not desire to enter into a discipleship with God?  We are to come to the point where justification takes deep root inside of our heart.

We have no righteousness of our own with which to meet the claims of the law of God. But Christ has made a way of escape for us. He lived on earth amid trials and temptations such as we have to meet. He lived a sinless life. He died for us, and now He offers to take our sins and give us His righteousness. If you give yourself to Him, and accept Him as your Saviour, then, sinful as your life may have been, for His sake you are accounted righteous. Christ’s character stands in place of your character, and you are accepted before God just as if you had not sinned.  {SC 62.2}

The Angel of Laodicea – Out of the Common Order of Things

By John Thiel

Scripture Reading: Romans 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

To no man has been appointed the work of being a rule over his fellow men. The man ruling power that has been coming into our ranks has no sanction in the word. CHL 28.2.

5. The Sanctuary of the Body

The Sanctuary Series

By John Thiel

In our last study we looked at the sanctuary of the heart and the court and the two apartments.  We saw the brain of the body was the two apartment sanctuary.  We will now enter into a more protracted study in reference to the physiology of the body as a whole. This study is precisely what the spirit of God has brought to the attention of those who are meant to be presenting God’s word;

The relation of the physical organism to the spiritual life is one of the most important branches of education. It should receive careful attention in the home and in the school. All need to become acquainted with their physical structure and the laws that control natural life. He who remains in willing ignorance of the laws of his physical being and who violates them through ignorance is sinning against God. All should place themselves in the best possible relation to life and health. Our habits should be brought under the control of a mind that is itself under the control of God.  {COL 348.1}

A Sound Mind

By John Thiel

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

 

God has given us not fear but the opposite to fear is a sound mind because we recall that fear hath torment.  Our mind is not sound when it is tormented.  We have an enemy of souls Satan himself who comes to torment our mind with all kinds of torment.

27. The Books of Heaven

Three Angels Messages, First Angel

By John Thiel

We are in an apprenticeship with Christ which is the process of having our characters changed into the image of Jesus;

Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

6. Melchisedec – The High Priest of Your Body Temple

The Sanctuary Series

By John Thiel

We have been studying the three sanctuaries;

• The Hebrew sanctuary which was the tent that was set up in the wilderness and also Solomons Temple.
• The heavenly sanctuary.
• The body temple sanctuary.

The sanctuary on earth was a copy of the one in heaven. The true sanctuary that the Lord pitched and not man.  Jesus said that he was going to go be with his father to prepare a place for us.  Jesus said destroy this temple and he would raise it again in three days as he was referring to his body temple.

Hebrews 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the Law:

21. Justification

By John Thiel

Justification by faith is another dimension in our apprentice to Christ.  In our last study we learnt what is repentance is. Jesus showed us how to repent by him himself repenting;

Matthew 9:13 But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The repentance is always applied to someone who is a sinner. Jesus has come not to call the righteous but sinners. The provision for what he has called us to in the gospel is found in Romans;

Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Light In A Dark Place of the Human Heart

By John Thiel

The Hymn Christ is Knocking at My Sad Heart speaks of a natural condition that our heart is in. ‘Cold and proud is my heart of sin, dark and cheerless is all within.’  My heart is dark and cheerless. Light in a dark place is recorded in 2 Peter. This is a leading thought of how prophecy illuminates our pathway;

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

7. The Little Time of Trouble

Three Angels Messages, Third Angel

By John Thiel

What was the latter rain and what was the effect of the latter rain?  How is it pouring upon God’s faithful people and how it will fall on the hearts of the people but not be discerned or received or understood by many?

The latter rain is imparted and culminates in the proclamation of the loud cry of the third angel. The latter rain and the loud cry and the effect of the loud cry on the people impose a reaction upon those who hear it.  Especially those who don’t want to hear it so that Sunday laws come into action.  You can see how those three subjects are all interlocking in their effect.

What a Friend We Have In Jesus

By John Thiel

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

These precious words carry a vast field of relationship understanding.  The love of our friend Jesus Christ was of such a dimension that when our great need was recognised, he responded to it and did what we craved for.  The fulfillment that I yearn for, he responded to just like a friend would. The price that he paid for that was the whole part of self sacrifice just for me.  He then says – ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.

24. Victory in the Conflict between the Spirit and the Flesh

The Three Angels Messages, Third Angel

By John Thiel

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The practical experience of the everlasting gospel is an apprenticeship that is a life-time work of sanctification. God varies His training in our apprenticeship according to His permissive and perfect will. We sometimes want things our own way in the sanctification experience so God lets us have our way until we come to the point where we are really suffering and then He says, this is the way I want you to go.

As we are living under the three angels’ messages and so close to the end, we need more information so we can hasten our learning experience. To hasten our submission to God’s perfect will instead of His permissive will is required as there is not much time left.

9. Was the Atonement Completed at the Cross?

The Sanctuary Series

By John Thiel

The sanctuary relates to our salvation.  We have studied the meaning of the different furniture.  The courtyard of the sanctuary had the altar of sacrifice which was where the animal was slain and represented the sacrifice of Jesus when he died on the cross as our sins slew him.  He was the lamb that was sacrificed.  If the sinner comes to the cross of Jesus they can release themselves by confessing all to him.

The priest ate part of that sacrifice and took the blood and sprinkled it in the holy place at altar of incense.  That is the way that the sins of every sinner were through Christ was recorded and transferred in the sanctuary with pardon written against their sins.

The Cup of Tribulation

By Paul Godfrey

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Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

There was a wealthy man who had a slave and one morning they both woke up and the master of the house wanted to go hunting and he wanted his servant to go with him. The night before the servant was tempted with temptation and he sad to the master in the morning saying Satan is really trying to tempt me. The master laughed and said I’m never tormented by Satan, I never have problems like that, it must be just you.

The Power of the Past

By Camron Schofield

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

 

Little children like to ask why. But they are often told to stop asking questions. They never know why and they never know why not. As they grow, why has but one place in their life. Everybody else is doing it so why can’t we? What are you doing? Why are you doing it? This is a good question. We live in a world of over 6 billion people. Over 6 billion brains yet how many use them. How many really stop to think why? To reason from cause to effect. Nobodies taught it anymore. The homes don’t teach it. The schools don’t teach it. You don’t learn it in the work place. The government won’t teach it, parents don’t teach it and neither do the churches teach to reason from cause to effect. To use this machine which sits inside our cranium.

The Requisites to Join the Church Triumphant

By John Thiel

Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

To become a member of Gods church there is a preparation and an attainment of standards, an agreement with the faith. Then upon profession of faith and baptism there is an acceptance by the church and then thus we join. But joining that church we are told;

He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. TM 45.

What it Means to Watch and Pray

By John Thiel

Scripture Reading; Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.  13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

I received a phone from someone through the week in which an expression was made, I am so shocked, I am so surprised, I did not expect to be treated in such a way by the church.  That prompted me to think and to pray and to observe what Jesus has said.  When he said, watch and pray, what did he mean? The history of Gods people has been fraught and surprise and shock and with disappointed hopes.  Why did the people of God become surprised, shocked and disappointed?  Because as always, they did not appreciate Gods preparatory counsels.  God in love has always prepared his people for every negative experience that would come upon them.  God warned Jacob and his sons and their offspring that they would be in Egypt in captivity for 400 years long before it happened.  How God prepared his people.

The Lion, the Cup and the Sword

By Paul Godfrey

There are different types of food that some people like and dislike. There are possessions that some people regard as treasure and others as trash. There is one regard of beauty and another regard of ugliness. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

To receive something with gratitude depends on how you see it.  You may have received a gift and the person who bought it thought you would like it but when you got it is was not what you wanted. The giver anticipated you would like it as they did. The Bible teaches there is a two edged sword, its double sided. It kills and it heals. The gospel can be a savour of life unto life or the same gospel death unto death.

The Church of God and its Role in Our Lives

By John Thiel

Why you are attending church today?  What is your reason for being here and for being a member of this church?  In Christianity in general there are many reasons why people want to become part of a church but the main reason is for social interaction.  The human race is a web of human interaction and this is the predominant reason for church fellowship.  In this respect, the reason for church is for a sense of well being.  We like to have a lovely sense that we are Christians.  But there is also another reason why people attend church.  It is so that they can teach someone else something – they can teach others and this activity in itself becomes a missionary motivation.  People also attend church because they want to provide a certain environment for their children or because they want to stand different to other people.  Very few people are conscious of the real purpose for being part of God’s church.

The Present Sealing Work

By John Thiel

Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

How far from home? The hymn is an early advent hymn that our early Adventist brethren sung. They thought Jesus would come in their time but here we are the third and fourth generation from there and still here. We are still not home. But how near are we?

The Harvest

By John Thiel

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Jesus had just given the parable of the wheat and the tares and the disciples said;

Matthew 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Without a Mediator

By Paul Godfrey

Every day I wonder how many more rotations this earth has left before Jesus comes. Not many more rotations. We can sense and see the Bible tells us that Jesus is coming soon. Therefore we should always consider the things that are before us.

I ask the question, are you persuaded?  Before someone can be persuaded there is a fluctuation between things. Apostle Paul says I am persuaded. He is declaring there is no more double mindedness in his thinking;

The Christian Gauntlet

By Paul Godfrey

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Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of Lords and king of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

What is a gauntlet?  The word gauntlet is an armed glove used in medieval times.  The word was used for punishment or for a prize to run between two rows of men armed with clubs and weapons and was to come out alive.  Miriam Webster’s dictionary says: To run the gauntlet of criticism and censure, to endure an onslaught of trial.

Third Angels Message Studies

Studies on the third angel of Revelation 14.

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In Spirit and In Truth

By John Thiel

The way of worshiping God in a manner that we think is worshiping him correctly but is not is addressed by Jesus. Here is a dialogue that Jesus had with the woman at the well. She recognised he was a prophet and she came directly to the point of the problem amongst the worshipers who claimed to be worshippers of God.

The Shaking Typified by the Rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

1 Samuel  15:23 For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. 

Old Testament Sketches of the Remnant Church

By John Thiel

The history of the Old Testament is a prophetic sketch for our time.

1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

The things written for the children of Israel were written for an ensample to us upon whom the ends of the earth have come. As the picture of the scene of the heavenly sanctuary was an enactment of obedience for the children of Israel in reference to the story of salvation, it was also a prophecy of the work of Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary. Everything that transpires in the lives of Gods people is a type of symbolism of what God is doing.

Why Are the Three Unclean Spirit’s Like Frogs?

The religious forces at work as the world draws to its end. As we study the different religious forces at work both for good and evil we want to draw a picture so that we can find our place on the right side of the religious forces.

Revelation 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the king of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Here are religious forces working towards the end of the world and as we study these, the frogs that come out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, we want to identify the three religious forces that are gathering the world to destruction.

The Ongoing Atonement

By Bill Parks

Here is corruption of our Central Pillar and Foundational Doctrine, the cleansing of the sanctuary in Great Controvery, p. 409

The following comes from Ministry Magazine, Feb. 1957 and we have been fighting it ever since:

“The sacrificial act of the cross (was) a complete, perfect, and FINAL ATONEMENT.” BY L FROOM.

http://www.ministrymagazine.org/archives/1957/MIN1957-02.pdf

Bill Parks;

The cross was represented by the brazen altar in the outer court holy place. The sacrifice was not a complete, perfect, and FINAL ATONEMENT! IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE ATONEMENT!

The Hymnal

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Before the 1985 General Conference Session in New Orleans , much had been said about the development of the new Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal.  At that Session, it was introduced with much interest and huge sales. But this new, strange, hymnal introduces into the Seventh-day Adventist divine worship service hymns and Scripture readings containing Roman Catholic teachings not found in any earlier Adventist hymnal.

The Three Persons of the Godhead

by Present Truth NZ

GOD’S NAME IN THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

The Old Testament Scriptures were originally written in the Hebrew Language. It is important to notice that God’s name, as it appears in the King James Version of the Old Testament, is sometimes shown in a special way, to depict its significance and rendering in the original Hebrew. In the King James Version, the name for God can appear as God; Lord; LORD; Lord GOD; or LORD God:

Open and Closed Communion

By the SDARM

The question, “Who has right to participate in the Lord’s supper?” is a controverted issue among Sabbath keepers today.

Almost all the fallen churches make no distinction between members and non-members on this point.  Outsiders – Protestants, Pentecostals, Catholics or Spiritualists – who wish to participate in the communion together with church members, are welcome.

A similar practise, sad to say, has also been introduced among Sabbath-keepers who profess to be giving the threefold message to the world.  When the ordinances are celebrated, visitors from other churches are invited to participate.  This liberal stand in behalf of open communion is based on misinterpreted Spirit of Prophecy statements, which will be discussed further down.

The Nazi Temptation

On January 30, 1933 Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. With incredible speed, he transformed Germany into a totalitarian society using terror and pervasive propaganda.

W Mueller President of the Seventh Day Adventist East German Conference said;

War and God’s Will

By John Thiel and Me

Hosea 13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.
13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.

The children of Israel wanted a King to go ahead of them and fight their wars. Wars that were taking place between the nations. Was this Gods will for his people? What was his perfect will?

Victory in the Thought of Life

By John Paige

Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart.

Do you and I have the power to choose what thoughts and imaginations we will have all the time? Yes we do. But are we going to actually do it and how do we do it and is important for our salvation and the salvation of others.

The Men in the Shadows

By John Paige 

Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 24:8 All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.