Have been reading a remarkable book by Marvin Moore, The Coming Calamity, Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1997.
By using Holy Scripture, Mr Moore paints a future picture of life just prior to Jesus' second coming. It's impressive and scary.
But here's the point: trust & lean totally on Jesus prior and during Earths end. Rely only on God to see you thru Earth's darkest, scary time. God will be happy to protect you and care for you during that time.
Read Psalm 91 for courage and God's promises. Cling to God, He can handle it.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Thursday, May 10, 2018
No One Knows When
ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Be Right: The latter days are with us. No one knows the exact day or year of Jesus' coming, but be sure your heart is right with Jesus.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
: Counterfeit Second Coming
ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Counterfeit Second Coming: Satan is not permitted to counterfeit the manner of Jesus' second coming. The Savior has warned His people against deception on this p...
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Will the Dead be Resurrected?
ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Are the Deceased Dead or Alive?: Here is the question: Do the dead come back to give us counsel? God's Word says: "As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: s...
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Sunday, April 29, 2018
Issa Second Coming & the Last Days
ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Jesus' Second Coming & the Last Days: But no one knows the day or hour of Jesus coming, not even the angels nor Jesus Himself. Only the Father knows. Pay attention! Watch and ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Peace & Safety
They have healed my people's hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace" when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:14
For when they say "Peace and Safety", then sudden destruction comes on them."
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4
Jeremiah 6:14
For when they say "Peace and Safety", then sudden destruction comes on them."
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Story behind Natural Disasters
Even if man can explain the natural disasters as part of El Niño, global warming, or some other 'natural' phenomenon, that does not keep them from being genuine signs of the end.
"The time is at hand when there will be sorrow in the world that no human balm can heal. The Spirit of God is being withdrawn. Disasters by sea and by land follow one another in quick succession. How frequently we hear of earthquakes and tornadoes, of destruction by fire and flood, with great loss of life and property!
"Apparently these calamities are capricious outbreaks of disorganized, unregulated forces of nature, wholly beyond the control of man; but in them all, God's purposes may be read. They are among the agencies by which God seeks to arouse men and women to a sense of their danger".
Prophets and Kings, 277, e g white
"The time is at hand when there will be sorrow in the world that no human balm can heal. The Spirit of God is being withdrawn. Disasters by sea and by land follow one another in quick succession. How frequently we hear of earthquakes and tornadoes, of destruction by fire and flood, with great loss of life and property!
"Apparently these calamities are capricious outbreaks of disorganized, unregulated forces of nature, wholly beyond the control of man; but in them all, God's purposes may be read. They are among the agencies by which God seeks to arouse men and women to a sense of their danger".
Prophets and Kings, 277, e g white
from: Battle of the Spirits, 164, G Edward Reid, Omega Productions, Fulton, MD
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Friday, May 13, 2016
The Answer
There will come an answer, though the time is unknown,
He is God's perfect answer, God will send His Own
He is God's perfect answer for all humanity
He sends faith, joy and freedom, love and purity.
God has the answer, for hate, bloodshed and war
The Answer is Jesus, the world needs nothing more
Soon Christ will come and end this world of strife
Christ, our only hope and life.
by Deb M
He is God's perfect answer, God will send His Own
He is God's perfect answer for all humanity
He sends faith, joy and freedom, love and purity.
God has the answer, for hate, bloodshed and war
The Answer is Jesus, the world needs nothing more
Soon Christ will come and end this world of strife
Christ, our only hope and life.
by Deb M
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Will This Happen in America?
Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. Satan will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.
Satan will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation.
Even now Satan is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and land, in great fire-storms, in fierce tornadoes, and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes; in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power.
He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence.
These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous.
And then the great deceiver will persuade the world that those who serve God are causing these evils.
The nominal religious class that have provoked God's displeasure will charge all their troubles upon those who obey God's commandments. It will be declared that commandment keepers are offending God by the violation of Sunday; that the calamities will not cease until Sunday-keeping will be strictly enforced.
Those who honor the Bible seventh-day Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption. Their conscientious scruples will be pronounced obstinacy, stubbornness, and contempt of authority. They will be accused of disaffection toward the government.
And then comes National Sunday laws...
based on The Great Controversy(1888), pp 589-590, 592, e g white
Satan will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation.
Even now Satan is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and land, in great fire-storms, in fierce tornadoes, and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes; in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power.
He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence.
These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous.
And then the great deceiver will persuade the world that those who serve God are causing these evils.
The nominal religious class that have provoked God's displeasure will charge all their troubles upon those who obey God's commandments. It will be declared that commandment keepers are offending God by the violation of Sunday; that the calamities will not cease until Sunday-keeping will be strictly enforced.
Those who honor the Bible seventh-day Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption. Their conscientious scruples will be pronounced obstinacy, stubbornness, and contempt of authority. They will be accused of disaffection toward the government.
And then comes National Sunday laws...
based on The Great Controversy(1888), pp 589-590, 592, e g white
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Friday, January 29, 2016
Prophecy of Capital & Labor in the Last Days
Read what Holy Scripture has to say about Discontented workers and their rich employers in the last days of Earth's history. Read the following Scripture below - James 5:1-6,8:
Come you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches are corrupt and your garments are moth-eaten. Your money is corroded, and its corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat you like fire. You have heaped up wealth in the last days.
You (the wicked rich) have withheld the wages of your employees by fraud, and God hears the cries of your employees! You [the wicked rich] have lived on earth in selfishness and luxury, you have fattened your life as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous, they do not resist you.
...You [the righteous] be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near!
James 5:1-6,8
Come you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches are corrupt and your garments are moth-eaten. Your money is corroded, and its corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat you like fire. You have heaped up wealth in the last days.
You (the wicked rich) have withheld the wages of your employees by fraud, and God hears the cries of your employees! You [the wicked rich] have lived on earth in selfishness and luxury, you have fattened your life as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous, they do not resist you.
...You [the righteous] be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near!
James 5:1-6,8
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
SIGNS OF JESUS SOON COMING
As time winds down, the signs of Jesus' coming increase!
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
Earthquakes/Disasters [Violent Weather?] - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11, 25
Famine, Strange New Diseases/Pestilence - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11
Signs in the Sun, Moon and heavenly bodies - Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
Labor & Money Troubles - James 5:1-6
Increase in Knowledge - Daniel 12:4
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD
Disregard for Justice - Isaiah 59:12-14; James 5:6
Fear, Distress, Perplexity Everywhere - Luke 21:25-28
Wars & Rumors of War - Matthew 24:6, 7; Luke 21:9, 10
World Leaders and Pastors preach “Peace & Safety” –
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 7:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Moral Collapse, Increase of Violence & Crime - 2 Timothy 3:1-6, 13
Love pleasure more than God - 2 Timothy 3:4
No Natural Affection - 2 Timothy 3:3
Disobedient to Parents / No Self Control - 2 Timothy 3:1-4
Evil increases, so the love of many grows indifferent - Matthew 24:12
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
Form of godliness, but denying God - 2 Timothy 3:5
Disregard for God’s will, but doing “religious” works - Matthew 7:21-23
Ignoring/Rebellion against God’s Truth - 2 Timothy 4:3-4
False christs & prophets - Matthew 24:11, 24
Scoffing at Jesus’ Promise to Return Soon - 2 Peter 3:3-14
The closer we come to the end, the more frequent the signs will come.
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
Earthquakes/Disasters [Violent Weather?] - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11, 25
Famine, Strange New Diseases/Pestilence - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11
Signs in the Sun, Moon and heavenly bodies - Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
Labor & Money Troubles - James 5:1-6
Increase in Knowledge - Daniel 12:4
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD
Disregard for Justice - Isaiah 59:12-14; James 5:6
Fear, Distress, Perplexity Everywhere - Luke 21:25-28
Wars & Rumors of War - Matthew 24:6, 7; Luke 21:9, 10
World Leaders and Pastors preach “Peace & Safety” –
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 7:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Moral Collapse, Increase of Violence & Crime - 2 Timothy 3:1-6, 13
Love pleasure more than God - 2 Timothy 3:4
No Natural Affection - 2 Timothy 3:3
Disobedient to Parents / No Self Control - 2 Timothy 3:1-4
Evil increases, so the love of many grows indifferent - Matthew 24:12
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
Form of godliness, but denying God - 2 Timothy 3:5
Disregard for God’s will, but doing “religious” works - Matthew 7:21-23
Ignoring/Rebellion against God’s Truth - 2 Timothy 4:3-4
False christs & prophets - Matthew 24:11, 24
Scoffing at Jesus’ Promise to Return Soon - 2 Peter 3:3-14
The closer we come to the end, the more frequent the signs will come.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Are We That Close?!
Are We That Close?!: God protects those who obey His commands.... Satan has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to co...
See May 27, 2014 for complete quote!
See May 27, 2014 for complete quote!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Appropriate Now !
Please read Blog January 12, 2015 - Stupendous Crisis Coming. Seems so appropriate right now.
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
One thing Satan loves...
Give your whole life to Jesus, not just parts here and there. God can only forgive the sins which you confess and give to Him.
One thing Satan loves is when people say they belong to God but continue living how they want.
“Pay attention, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.” Mark 13:33.
Be ready for Jesus’ coming at any time. Don’t fool yourself into thinking it is in 20 years or even in 3 years from now. You might not live that long! Nobody knows - so be ready now!
One thing Satan loves is when people say they belong to God but continue living how they want.
“Pay attention, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.” Mark 13:33.
Be ready for Jesus’ coming at any time. Don’t fool yourself into thinking it is in 20 years or even in 3 years from now. You might not live that long! Nobody knows - so be ready now!
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
Demonic Miracles & Healings?
Many Christians assume that any supernatural power must come from God. Can Satan actually heal? And if so, how can we tell the working of the devil from the working of God?
Just before Jesus’ coming, demons will work miracles, [see Revelation 16:14]. Genuine miracles from the devil! And these satanic powers perform their wonders in the name of Jesus Christ, [see Matthew 7:22-23.]
So false prophets will use Christ's name to practice evil and lawlessness. Through these deceivers the devil performs all kinds of lying wonders to entrap the unsuspecting. Miracles themselves are not proof of God's presence.
Never forget. Some miracles are the work of the devil done in the spirit of lawlessness – violating God’s law. “This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.” 1 John 5:3.
Genuine love for God is the test, and true love for God means obeying His commandments. Love for God means more than a warm fuzzy feeling in our hearts when we worship. The proof of Christian love is not miracles, not speaking in tongues – the proof is keeping God’s commandments. John 14:15.
based on a book by George Vandeman in Comrades in Christ, p 21
Just before Jesus’ coming, demons will work miracles, [see Revelation 16:14]. Genuine miracles from the devil! And these satanic powers perform their wonders in the name of Jesus Christ, [see Matthew 7:22-23.]
So false prophets will use Christ's name to practice evil and lawlessness. Through these deceivers the devil performs all kinds of lying wonders to entrap the unsuspecting. Miracles themselves are not proof of God's presence.
Never forget. Some miracles are the work of the devil done in the spirit of lawlessness – violating God’s law. “This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.” 1 John 5:3.
Genuine love for God is the test, and true love for God means obeying His commandments. Love for God means more than a warm fuzzy feeling in our hearts when we worship. The proof of Christian love is not miracles, not speaking in tongues – the proof is keeping God’s commandments. John 14:15.
based on a book by George Vandeman in Comrades in Christ, p 21
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Saturday, August 15, 2015
A Warning Dream to Deb M
A Warning Dream to Deb M
In the dream: after purchasing a small, beautiful acreage on the edge of a forest we went about our chores. Suddenly it was announced Sunday Laws were enforced; it was now time to retreat deep in the forest until Jesus came. Andy found a book about a pioneer trail that ran right past our front door to a forest refuge. Deciding to take the trail we first got together a few things to take along, things we thought God would not provide for us.
Telling those with us to go ahead we continued to get more items from the house. While making a large pile of items in the front yard we noticed the wheelchair-bound, blind, infants and elderly running at top speed on the trail to safety.
Going back into the house for more items we realized this was it - Jesus would soon be here! But we were also getting sentimental over the things we would leave behind. I yelled, "Hurry up! We have to go!" But we both lingered. Then as we were ready to leave my family entered the house carrying all their possessions for us to care for. They did not want us to leave - they wanted us to stay and help bring their packages into the house. We were in a quandary what to do - help our family or go and meet God. The dream ended.
Upon awaking I knew I needed to prepare for the Lord’s return and put away material things and encumbrances.
In the dream: after purchasing a small, beautiful acreage on the edge of a forest we went about our chores. Suddenly it was announced Sunday Laws were enforced; it was now time to retreat deep in the forest until Jesus came. Andy found a book about a pioneer trail that ran right past our front door to a forest refuge. Deciding to take the trail we first got together a few things to take along, things we thought God would not provide for us.
Telling those with us to go ahead we continued to get more items from the house. While making a large pile of items in the front yard we noticed the wheelchair-bound, blind, infants and elderly running at top speed on the trail to safety.
Going back into the house for more items we realized this was it - Jesus would soon be here! But we were also getting sentimental over the things we would leave behind. I yelled, "Hurry up! We have to go!" But we both lingered. Then as we were ready to leave my family entered the house carrying all their possessions for us to care for. They did not want us to leave - they wanted us to stay and help bring their packages into the house. We were in a quandary what to do - help our family or go and meet God. The dream ended.
Upon awaking I knew I needed to prepare for the Lord’s return and put away material things and encumbrances.
Monday, August 3, 2015
Jesus' Second Coming & the Last Days
But no one knows the day or hour of Jesus coming, not even the angels nor Jesus Himself.
Only the Father knows. Pay attention! Watch and pray! For you do not know when the time is.
Mark 13:32-33
Jesus says, "I will return!" John 14:3
As time winds down, the intensity and frequency of the signs will increase.
But, God will protect His faithful followers thru the last days. Read Psalm 91.
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
Earthquakes/Disasters [Violent & Strange Weather?] - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11, 25
Famine, Strange New Diseases/Pestilence - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11
Signs in the Sun, Moon, Stars and heavenly bodies - Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
Discontented Employees, Disproportionate wealth, Money Troubles - James 5:1-6,8
Increase in Knowledge - Daniel 12:4
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD
Disregard for Justice - Isaiah 59:12-14; James 5:6
Fear, Distress, Perplexity Everywhere - Luke 21:25-28
Wars & Rumors of War - Matthew 24:6, 7; Luke 21:9, 10
Leaders & Pastors preach “Peace & Safety” – when there is neither
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 7:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Moral Collapse, Increase of Violence & Crime - 2 Timothy 3:1-6, 13
Love pleasure more than God - 2 Timothy 3:4
No Natural Affection - 2 Timothy 3:3
Disobedient to Parents / No Self Control - 2 Timothy 3:1-4
Evil increases, so the love of many grows indifferent - Matthew 24:12
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
Form of godliness, but denying God - 2 Timothy 3:5
Disregard for God’s will, but doing “religious” works - Matthew 7:21-23
Ignoring & Rebellion against God’s Truth - 2 Timothy 4:3-4
False christs & prophets - Matthew 24:11, 24
Scoffing at Jesus’ Promise to Return Soon - 2 Peter 3:3-4,9-14
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 for the full scene of His coming
Only the Father knows. Pay attention! Watch and pray! For you do not know when the time is.
Mark 13:32-33
Jesus says, "I will return!" John 14:3
As time winds down, the intensity and frequency of the signs will increase.
But, God will protect His faithful followers thru the last days. Read Psalm 91.
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
Earthquakes/Disasters [Violent & Strange Weather?] - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11, 25
Famine, Strange New Diseases/Pestilence - Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11
Signs in the Sun, Moon, Stars and heavenly bodies - Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
Discontented Employees, Disproportionate wealth, Money Troubles - James 5:1-6,8
Increase in Knowledge - Daniel 12:4
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD
Disregard for Justice - Isaiah 59:12-14; James 5:6
Fear, Distress, Perplexity Everywhere - Luke 21:25-28
Wars & Rumors of War - Matthew 24:6, 7; Luke 21:9, 10
Leaders & Pastors preach “Peace & Safety” – when there is neither
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 7:25
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Moral Collapse, Increase of Violence & Crime - 2 Timothy 3:1-6, 13
Love pleasure more than God - 2 Timothy 3:4
No Natural Affection - 2 Timothy 3:3
Disobedient to Parents / No Self Control - 2 Timothy 3:1-4
Evil increases, so the love of many grows indifferent - Matthew 24:12
INCREASING SIGNS IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
Form of godliness, but denying God - 2 Timothy 3:5
Disregard for God’s will, but doing “religious” works - Matthew 7:21-23
Ignoring & Rebellion against God’s Truth - 2 Timothy 4:3-4
False christs & prophets - Matthew 24:11, 24
Scoffing at Jesus’ Promise to Return Soon - 2 Peter 3:3-4,9-14
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 for the full scene of His coming
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
Confirmation
Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me." John 6:39 [KJV]
In seventh and eighth grade (1967-1969) church catechism class was conducted by Pastor Keith. This class prepared us for the "Rite of Confirmation" when we renewed our baptismal vows spoken for us by our parents and godparents when we were infants.
Catechism was not as expected. A Catechism book was used in our study. We memorized printed answers to printed questions and the Bible seemed to take second place. Being in the last row, where I could not see, did not help my concentration, but "we must sit alphabetically."
Thumbing through the Bible I read a text that was so impressive that I wrote it in large letters in my catechism book, "We ought to obey God rather than man," Acts 5:29.
We were required to memorize the catechism's version of the Ten Commandments.
One day in Catechism we were studying the Sabbath commandment, third in the Catechism, fourth in the Bible, when Kurt asked, "Why are the catechism's Ten Commandments different from the Bible's?"
Pastor Keith asked if anyone had mentioned this to him. Kurt said his grandmother had.
The pastor said the Bible and Catechism agree on everything, then changed the subject.
Kurt persisted and the class urged him on. As he read the Sabbath commandment from the Bible and then from the Catechism we were amazed they did not agree. Kurt pointed out that the Bible specified the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, not Sunday the first day as the pastor taught.
Pastor Keith angrily snapped, "Do not mention this subject again! You are too young to understand, you do not know anything! You have not even been confirmed! You are to take my word for what the Bible says and accept it!"
He dismissed us early under a veil of fear and confusion.
. Questions were raised such as, “Why does the Bible say one thing and the catechism another? Why does the pastor get upset if we ask Bible questions?”
On Confirmation Sunday the pastor gave each confirmand a personal Bible text. Mine was, "lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world," Matthew 28:20. I had never heard this text before, and it filled me with questions and awe; "the end of the world?"
In seventh and eighth grade (1967-1969) church catechism class was conducted by Pastor Keith. This class prepared us for the "Rite of Confirmation" when we renewed our baptismal vows spoken for us by our parents and godparents when we were infants.
Catechism was not as expected. A Catechism book was used in our study. We memorized printed answers to printed questions and the Bible seemed to take second place. Being in the last row, where I could not see, did not help my concentration, but "we must sit alphabetically."
Thumbing through the Bible I read a text that was so impressive that I wrote it in large letters in my catechism book, "We ought to obey God rather than man," Acts 5:29.
We were required to memorize the catechism's version of the Ten Commandments.
One day in Catechism we were studying the Sabbath commandment, third in the Catechism, fourth in the Bible, when Kurt asked, "Why are the catechism's Ten Commandments different from the Bible's?"
Pastor Keith asked if anyone had mentioned this to him. Kurt said his grandmother had.
The pastor said the Bible and Catechism agree on everything, then changed the subject.
Kurt persisted and the class urged him on. As he read the Sabbath commandment from the Bible and then from the Catechism we were amazed they did not agree. Kurt pointed out that the Bible specified the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, not Sunday the first day as the pastor taught.
Pastor Keith angrily snapped, "Do not mention this subject again! You are too young to understand, you do not know anything! You have not even been confirmed! You are to take my word for what the Bible says and accept it!"
He dismissed us early under a veil of fear and confusion.
. Questions were raised such as, “Why does the Bible say one thing and the catechism another? Why does the pastor get upset if we ask Bible questions?”
On Confirmation Sunday the pastor gave each confirmand a personal Bible text. Mine was, "lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world," Matthew 28:20. I had never heard this text before, and it filled me with questions and awe; "the end of the world?"
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Saturday, June 13, 2015
Before our eyes...
Today men and nations are being tested by the plummet in the hand of Him who makes no mistake...
. Today the signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events.
Everything in our world is in agitation. Before our eyes is fulfilling the Savior's prophecy of the events to precede His coming.
Prophets & Kings, pp 536-537, E G White
See blog Jan 12, 2015 - Stupendous Crisis
. Today the signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events.
Everything in our world is in agitation. Before our eyes is fulfilling the Savior's prophecy of the events to precede His coming.
Prophets & Kings, pp 536-537, E G White
See blog Jan 12, 2015 - Stupendous Crisis
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
A Shelter from the Storm
In 1968, when I was thirteen years old, Mom and Dad went to a party in another town about thirty minutes away.
While they were gone a tornado was sighted, and a city-wide tornado warning was issued.
Dad phoned me at home, “Deb, are you alright?!” I replied, “I'm pretty scared.” Dad’s immediate response was, “I'll be right home!” Dad arrived and took me back to the party with him. How great was Dad's love for me.
So will Jesus come back for us at Earth's darkest hour. How great is God’s love for us!
If for no other future plans than this, the Lord is teaching me total dependence and faith on Him.
"For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor...a shelter from the storm...." Isaiah 25:4 [RSV]
While they were gone a tornado was sighted, and a city-wide tornado warning was issued.
Dad phoned me at home, “Deb, are you alright?!” I replied, “I'm pretty scared.” Dad’s immediate response was, “I'll be right home!” Dad arrived and took me back to the party with him. How great was Dad's love for me.
So will Jesus come back for us at Earth's darkest hour. How great is God’s love for us!
If for no other future plans than this, the Lord is teaching me total dependence and faith on Him.
"For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor...a shelter from the storm...." Isaiah 25:4 [RSV]
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