Examine Ourselves in the Light...

examine ourselves in the light

We have learned who we are…God’s purposed called election!

We have learned what we are…God’s people which signify accord by truth!

We have learned when we are…God’s people in the last days!

We have learned why we are…God’s people who unveil unchangeable truth!

We have learned where we are…or have we?

The power of truth lies in its revelation, in its inspiration. America and the rest

of the world is experiencing what we know to be the final shaking. Many

people will pull away from this movement having all manner of reasons,

some are personal (hurt feelings) and others are doctrinal (willing ignorance

of truth). Everyone has to make their choice. It is their right to do so. These

are not the issues to be addressed in the last days. God’s word says leave

these to their idols. There are greater matters to be considered. The Lord

has been, and is still, leading this present reformatory movement.

One of the keys to understanding Revelation is to realize that it is structured

as a series of visions based around the number seven. It must also be

understood that as with many Old Testament prophecies, the book of

Revelation is not strictly chronological in its fulfilment. Sometimes we read

something which is actually the final picture, and then we read how this

situation came about. At other times, we find a series of visions give us as it

were 'snapshots' of different aspects of the same process. The seven final

visions are introduced by the category "And I saw...". Each show different

aspects of the process of setting up the Kingdom. The seventh thousand

year is climactic!

The ”sevens” are: the churches, the letters, the Spirits, the lampstands, the

stars, the seals, the horns, the eyes, the angels, the trumpets, the thunders,

the heads, the crowns, the plagues, the vials, the hills, the kings. Of these

only the thunders utterances are not yet known…not yet. We know the nature

of the symbol of thunder…a voice from heaven. The seven thunders are

seven

waymarks deemed to be a delineation of events which would transpire under

the first and second angels’ messages before midnight. There is no prophetic

timeline given, but the light of truth is unfolding in regard to and in parallel

with what the world is proposing to establish in the last days. We need more

oil and a deeper awakening. We must leave off subjects kindled with a

strange fire. The terrors of our day are being spoken by the world. Are we

hearing what is being said? In the unfolding of new light not all things are, at

first, clearly seen. Also, we know that the light which shines in the fresh

unfolding of truth glorifies the old and that any who rejects or neglects the

new does not really possess the old. We have the solution to this dilemma…a

more thoughtful reading of the bible and the Spirit of Prophecy.

Let’s read…

Revelation 10:

1. And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed

with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it

were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

2. And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot

upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3. And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he

had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about

to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up

those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5. And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth

lifted up his hand to heaven,

6. And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created

heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things

that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that

there should be time no longer:

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.

8. And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again,

and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the

angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little

book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make

thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up;

and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten

it, my belly was bitter.

11. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many

peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

There is a deep connection between these passages in Revelation and

Daniel chapter 12 which cannot be overlooked. Daniel is sealed until the time

of the end. It is the little book open in the hand of the mighty angel in

Revelation 10. Daniel is unsealed in the Revelation…time prophecy no

longer. But, just as Daniel was sealed, so too are those things which the

seven thunders uttered. It then follows that just as the book of Daniel was

unsealed prophetically in history, so too are the seven thunders to be

unsealed in our history eventfully in a way providenced by God.

The Lord is leading us. The time for our understanding in now.

SOP - The mighty angel who instructed John was no less a personage than

Jesus Christ. Setting His right foot on the sea, and His left upon the dry land,

right foot on sea, left foot on dry land

shows the part which He is acting in the closing scenes of the great

controversy with Satan. This position denotes His supreme power and

authority over the whole earth. The controversy has waxed stronger and

more determined from age to age, and will continue to do so,

to the concluding scenes when the masterly working of the powers of

darkness shall reach their height. Satan, united with evil men, will

deceive the whole world and the churches who receive not the love

of the truth. But the mighty angel demands attention. He cries with a loud

voice. He is to show the power and authority of His voice to those who have

united with Satan to oppose the truth. After these seven thunders uttered

their voices, the injunction comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little

book: “Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered” (Revelation

10:4). These relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order.

Daniel shall stand in his lot at the end of the days. John sees the little book

unsealed. Then Daniel's prophecies have their proper place in the first,

second, and third angels’ messages to be given to the world. The unsealing

of the little book was the message in relation to time. 1MR 99.1 (see CTr

344.2 - 344.6)

We are now about to see those concluding scenes being spoken of. That is,

we are on the verge of the Sunday law crisis that reveals those who are on

the side of God and those who are on the side of Satan. It is Christ who is

acting His part in the closing scenes. How does He do this? This is

symbolically represented by His standing with His right foot on the sea and

His left upon dry land. He is ready to give a loud cry. He stands ready to show

His power and authority to those opposed to the true Sabbath. The disclosing

of the thunders is referring to our time.

The seven thunders tell of and show a relationship to the events that are

future. It is the order of events that transpire under the first and second

angels’ messages that will be disclosed, giving light upon future events - the

events that we are now a part of. This is then how Daniel’s prophecies will

have their proper place in the giving of all three angel’s messages to the

world.The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders

was a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second

angels’ messages. It was not best for the people to know these things, for

their faith must necessarily be tested. In the order of God most wonderful

and advanced truths would be proclaimed. The first and second angels’

messages were to be proclaimed, but no further light was to be revealed

before these messages had done their specific work. This is represented by

the Angel standing with one foot on the sea, proclaiming with a most solemn

oath that time should be no longer. (19MR 320.3)

Where are we? We are in the time and events of the revealing of the

secrecies of the thunders!