The Two Calls
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Matthew 22:1-10
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There are some teaching that
they have been called of God out of the church, but that no-one, including
themselves, should call anyone else out of the church until the final
Midnight Cry call. What an arrogant position. This is as if to say: I need to
come out in order to qualify to be the bride of Jesus Christ, but you don’t
have to worry about that! John the Baptist gave a call to repentance, but he
did not propose to determine who was and who wasn’t the bride of Christ that
would be “gathered out” in A.D. 27, to be trained to give the gospel to the
world, Desire of Ages, 232. What is our responsibility
along these lines? More importantly, what is the responsibility of God’s
messengers who are to help prepare a bride for Jesus as did John the Baptist,
DA 179, especially in light of Ellen White counsel to all of us to strive to
be part of the 144,000? Most professing Seventh-day
Adventists are of the misconception that the bride of Christ will be the
entire church. That is not true. There are many distinctions between the
bride, the great multitude, and the martyrs. The mission of John the
Baptist was to prepare a bride for Jesus Christ, Desire of Ages, 179. We are told by the Spirit of Prophecy to
strive to be one of the 144,000. In order to do just that, it is imperative
to understand what they must experience. The two calls of Matthew 22:1-10
will not be complete until the next Midnight Cry (Loud Cry) which goes first
to the SDA church and then the world. The requirements to be the bride of
Christ are different from those of the guests at the wedding feast. "The
people of God, symbolized by a holy woman and her children, were represented
as greatly in the minority. In the last days only a remnant still existed. Of
these John speaks as they 'which keep the commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ." E. G. White, Signs of the Times, Nov.
1, 1899, and Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p.
972. "The marriage represents the reception by
Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is the capital
and representative of the kingdom, is called 'the bride, the Lamb's wife.'
Said the angel to John: 'Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's
wife.' 'He carried me away in the spirit,' says the prophet, 'and showed me
the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from
God.' Revelation 21:9, 10. Clearly, then, the bride represents the Holy City,
and the virgins that go out to meet the bridegroom are a symbol of the
church [militant]. In the Revelation the people of God are said to be the
guests at the marriage supper. Revelation 19:9. If guests, they
cannot be represented also as the bride. He will receive the New
Jerusalem, the capital of His kingdom, 'prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband.'" E. G. White, The Great Controversy, 426, 427. The Bride of Christ is the 144,000,
The New Jerusalem Who are Translated Without Seeing Death Revelation 14
The bride of Christ will not knowingly be defiled
with women (apostate churches). At the end-time, all formally organized
churches (seven women designating completeness) are doing their own
thing—Isaiah 4:1-4, and there is a call out of apostate Jerusalem, Isaiah
37:31, 32. Three
Groups in Heaven "Nearest the throne are those who were once zealous in
the cause of Satan, but who, plucked as brands from the burning, have
followed their Saviour with deep, intense devotion. Next are those who perfected Christian characters in the midst of
falsehood and infidelity, those who honored the law of God when the Christian
world declared it void, and the millions, of all ages, who were martyred for
their faith. And beyond is the
"great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, . . . before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands." Revelation
7:9. Their warfare is ended, their victory won. They have run the race and
reached the prize. The palm branch in their hands is a symbol of their
triumph, the white robe an emblem of the spotless righteousness of Christ
which now is theirs." E.G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 665. Because
of the confusion regarding the difference between the bride and the guests,
there is much misconception regarding the responsibility involving both. Due
to the misconceptions concerning the bride and the guests, some believe that
the bride is called out but others are not to be educated by the bride so
that they might have opportunity to be part of the bride, the 144,000, as
well. Some
believe that there will be no counsel from the bride to bridal candidates
regarding their responsibility to avoid defilement with woman—apostate
churches, Revelation 14:1-4. Some believe that they are called out to be the
bride, but that they have no responsibility in training a bride for Jesus
Christ, as John the Baptist prepared the disciples to accept Christ’s call to
them, Desire of Ages, 179, other than teaching the 1888 message
concerning the merits of Christ. They harp on the merits of Christ, but do
not define them for those whom they teach. Some
claim to teach the merits of Christ, while they embrace the Trinity Doctrine
which sweeps away the entire Christian economy by denying the sacrifice
involved when the Holy Spirit of the Son of God was divested (emptied) from
Him, to become a third person, and that it was by the gift of this sacrifice
that one may subscribe to the merits of Christ provided by the indwelling of
the soul of His life, His Holy Spirit, in regenerating man back into the
image of God. Some
claim that Christ and His followers did not separate—that they were forced
out because of persecution. Is that True? Did Christ and the Apostles
Separate From the Apostate Jewish Church Before His Crucifixion and Before
the Second Call to the Jews? Did the Reformers Follow Christ’s Example? “Christ
was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish
nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that
they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were
pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful
without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They
came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther
and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted
it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient
guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a
curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry. {RH, June 1, 1886 par. 14} Paul left of his own Volition Paul
certainly left of his own volition and notice the reasons he gives as to why
he left. These principles should be the reasons why one should voluntarily
separate from apostasy today. Notice that Paul did not feel as Laval Picard
does, that he alone was separated so as to be taught of God regarding how to
teach his fellows! "And
as they persisted in their rejection of the gospel the apostle (Paul) went
into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space for three months,
disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. But when
divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the
multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing
daily in the school of one Tyrannus." Acts, 19:8, 9. "Fearing
that the faith of the believers would be endangered by continued association
with these opposers of the truth, Paul separated from them, and gathered the
disciples into a distinct body." E.G. White, Acts of the Apostles,
p. 286. Ellen
White says that Christ and His apostles “separated themselves” and that they
came out from a religion of forms and ceremonies. It is difficult for me to
interpret this as meaning that they were “forced out by persecution.” That
would mean that if there was no persecution, Christ and His followers would
have remained in the apostate church. That does not accord with other
evidence I will provide in this document. Can any Church Fail Before the
Final Call of Matthew 22? "The Lord Jesus will always have a chosen
people to serve Him. When the Jewish people rejected Christ, the Prince of
life. He took from them the kingdom of God and gave it unto the Gentiles. God
will continue to work on this principle with every branch of His work. When a church
proves unfaithful to the work of the Lord, whatever their position may be,
however high and sacred their calling, the Lord can no longer work with them.
Others are then chosen to bear important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do not purify their lives
from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure and holy principles in
all their borders, then the Lord will grievously afflict and humble them and,
unless they repent, will remove them from their place and make them a
reproach. God
is not 'worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any
thing' (Acts 17:25). E. G. White, The Upward Look, 131. It
should be clear that God is not chained to the two calls of Matthew 22 and
Matthew 25. He proved that in the Reformation. When the various denominations
fell, there was a call out of them. Here are
some of the more important duties of the True Reformer messengers who come
today in the spirit of Elijah and John the Baptist. ·
The message God
has called me to give is a message to His prospective bride that she might
make herself ready for His coming. It will be rejected at the loss of eternal
life. ·
The most important
aspect in becoming the bride of Christ and/or being saved is the
appropriation of all the merits of Christ, via His Divine Nature Holy Spirit,
which is made manifest by obedience to all His commands. ·
I have always
taught that there will be an opportunity for salvation at the final Midnight
Cry, for any professing Seventh-day Adventists who has not heard of the
apostasy, but that those who have heard of it are responsible when they hear of it. We are
responsible for the light we are blessed with. Is the following statement
foolishness or is it true and based on Biblical principles: "The plain
straight testimony must live in the church, or the curse of God will rest
upon His people as surely as it did upon ancient Israel because of their
sins. God holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins
existing in individuals among them." Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 269. ·
Ellen White said
that all who knowingly violate the Midnight Cry light of 1844, will find it
impossible to get back on the pathway to heaven. Word to the Little Flock, p. 14. The church has violated that
light by ecumenical liaison with Babylon. ·
When the Jews of
Jeremiah’s day conspired (confederated) with God’s enemies, He told Jeremiah
not to pray for them. Jer. 11:9-15. This implies unpardonable sin on a
generational level. ·
Ellen White said
there will be a COUNTERPART to Jeremiah 11:9-15. The only folk who qualify as
God’s chosen people who claim to keep His commandments while breaking them,
are the first “chosen” people, the Jews, and professing Seventh-day
Adventists. ·
I taught in one of
my first Omega Journals, that there
would be a future fulfillment of The Midnight Cry of Matthew 25. I gave Ellen
White’s quote which proves this. ·
Isaiah 62:1-11
prophesied that the bride, Zion, would have son’s and daughters and her
message to her daughter was verse 11, which is a paraphrase of “Behold the
Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him.” ·
Jesus did indeed
“gather out” those who would take the gospel to the world as the first act of
His ministry in A.D. 27, Desire of
Ages, 232. John the Baptist prepared such for Christ, DA, 179. And the
counterparts of John will do the same today. They will not be teaching that
only a few like themselves will have the opportunity to be the called out
bride. They will be teaching all the conditions for being the bride to as
many of God’s people as will listen to them and heed their warning message.
They do this in an attempt to get the bride to make herself ready with the
aid of the Divine Nature of Jesus’ Holy Spirit. Ellen White did this and she
advocated that all strive to become part of the 144,000. ·
I early taught
that the voice of God AND the voice of the bride (Zion—Isaiah 62:1-5) would
awaken ALL TEN virgins, Christ’s Object
Lessons, 405-406. ·
I have oft taught
that my ministry was to prepare a bride for Jesus Christ, and the bride, the
144,000 will not be defiled with women (apostate churches). That means that
any candidates for the bride will have to remove themselves from the church
as soon as they know of the apostasy. Many who teach on Matthew 22 and 25, do
not seem to discern this serious fact. Some believe they are called out, but
that they have no responsibility in preventing others from being disqualified
from being the bride (the 144,000), by teaching them that if they desire to
be the bride, they cannot be defiled by an apostate church when they hear of
the apostasy, for they will then be disqualified by corporate responsibility
for that apostasy. · When God gives advanced knowledge needed to become His bride, one cannot choose not to be His bride and still be saved. That would be like the disciples refusing the call of Christ to follow Him. That would be like the rich young ruler refusing the advice of Christ. ·
In the early
1950’s, two other messengers to the church, Robert J. Wieland and Donald K.
Short, taught the church corporate responsibility. Some do not factor in that
principle. Joshua, chapters 6 and 7, teach that principle as does Ellen White
in the following statement: "The plain straight testimony must live in
the church, or the curse of God will rest upon His people as surely as it did
upon ancient Israel because of their sins. God holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins existing in individuals among them." Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 269. · When a church commits open,
unpardonable sin, it then becomes impossible to unite with its corrupt
members and become and/or remain pure. · "It is IMPOSSIBLE for you to unite with those who
are corrupt, and still remain pure. (II Corinthians 6:14-15 quoted). God and
Christ and the heavenly host would have men know that if he unites with the
corrupt he will become corrupt." E. G. White, Review and Herald, Vol. 4, p. 137. · God says that the wheat cannot mature amongst thorns
who are open sinners who teach a false gospel of justification only: "Thorns
sprung up.--The thorns
made it impossible for the wheat to mature (see Luke 8:14). In the same way
secular interests prevent the fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23) from
reaching maturity. Religion is relegated to the subordinate position of being
only one interest among many. For lack of cultivation it withers and eventually
dies. That which the thorny-ground
hearers lack is a moral transformation. To them, justification is the
sum and substance of religion [a false gospel], and they fail to realize
that the Christian life consists essentially in the process known as sanctification--the
process by which evil traits and tendencies are replaced by the perfect
life-pattern of Jesus Christ." Seventh-day Adventist Bible
Commentary, vol. 5, 405. · Paul told us to accurse
anyone, even an angel, who should come with another gospel. Thorns are open
sinners who lack a moral transformation. Ellen White clearly stated that open
sinners should be separated from the church if they will not reform: “The names of those who sin and refuse to repent should
not be retained on the church books, lest the saints be held accountable for
their evil deeds. Those who pursue a course of transgression should be
visited and labored with, and if they then refuse to repent, they should be
separated from church fellowship, in accordance with the rules laid down in
the Word of God.” {11MR 208.3} ·
"Christ has
plainly taught that those who persist in open sin must be separated from the
church, but He has not committed to us the work of judging character and
motive. He knows our nature too well
to entrust this work to us. Should we
try to uproot from the church those whom we suppose to be spurious
Christians, we should be sure to make mistakes. Often we regard as hopeless subjects the
very one whom Christ is drawing to Himself, it would perhaps extinguish their
last hope. Many who think themselves
Christians will at last be found wanting.
Many will be in heaven who their neighbors supposed would never enter
there. Man judges from appearance, but
God judges the heart. The tares and the wheat are to grow together until the
harvest; and the harvest is the end of probationary time." COL 71. ·
Tares are
insincere believers whose motives we would have to judge in order to remove
them. COL 72. That is not the case with open sinners. We don’t have to judge
their motives. So when the church won’t remove open sinners and the leaders
are the ring-leaders of the apostasy, what then? ·
God has had a
faithful remnant in every generation that separated from the prevailing
iniquity, even way back in Shiloh, the first civilization of the Hebrews
after leaving the Sinai desert: "The recreant priests added
licentiousness to the dark catalogue of their crimes yet they still polluted
by their presence the tabernacle of the Lord, and, laden with sin, dared to
come into the presence of a holy God. As the men of Israel witnessed the
corrupt course of the priests, they
thought it safer for their families not to come up to the appointed place of
worship. Many went from Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their
indignation aroused, until they at last determined to offer their sacrifices
themselves, concluding that this would be fully as acceptable to God, as to
sanction in any manner the abominations practiced in the Sanctuary."
E.G. White, The Signs of the Times,
vol. 1, p. 264, col. 3, December 1, 1881. ·
Imagine, Jews way
back in the days of Shiloh, their first civilization after leaving the Sinai
desert, were worshipping at home because of the apostasy in the church. This
was centuries before the second call to the Jews after A.D. 34 and the Day of
Pentecost. Why do you suppose Ellen White gives that statement to us? Do you
believe the gift of the Holy Spirit to the church via Ellen White, dealt in
trivialities? Or is there an intended lesson here? The lesson is that the
leaders were the apostates. They would not put sin out of the church. They
were the sin in the church. And the example is what to do when leaders are
the ring-leaders in apostasy. Ellen White says that the call
to the marriage feast has been on-going since 1844. Notice: Called to the Wedding Feast (Sermon by Ellen G. White In
Washington, Township, Iowa, Cir. 1874.) The words which I have selected as a
foundation for a few remarks you will find in the 22nd chapter of Matthew, beginning
at the first verse. [Verses 1-10, quoted.] {1SAT 4.1} “The King of the kingdom hath made a
marriage supper for His Son. He hath
sent forth His servants to say to those which are bidden, "Come
to the marriage." The Lord is
sending His servants, saying unto all who will hear, "Come, make
ready for the great marriage supper of the Lamb; He is soon coming to receive
all the faithful to the mansions prepared by Him, to partake of the feast
which He hath prepared." He is sending, and hath been sending His servants for some
thirty years past to say unto His people, "Come, make ready, put on your wedding garments;
clothe yourselves with meekness, humility, and truth, and have yourselves
clad in the righteousness of Christ, that you may be able to appear before
Him, and enter into the guest chamber with those who shall sit with Me at the
wedding of My Son." {1SAT 5.4} Note by Ron: So we see that
the call to the marriage feast had been on-going since 1844, 30 years prior
to 1874 when these words were penned. "The
woman is a symbol of the church, and the remnant of the church represents the Christians of the last
generation of men, living just prior to the second advent. The dragon makes war on these for keeping the commandments
of God, Sabbath and all, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ, which,
according to the inspired definition of chap. xix, 10, 'is the spirit of
prophecy.' Here, then, are the causes of the dragon's warfare upon the
remnant. They teach the observance of the ten commandments, and the revival
of the gifts, and acknowledge the gift of prophecy among them. When the Devil
got one foot upon the fourth commandment, and the other upon the gifts
planted in the Christian church by Jesus Christ, then his satanic majesty was
filled with revengeful delight.
But when the
remnant, whom God designs to fit for translation to Heaven without seeing
death, 'ask
for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,' then the dragon
is wroth, and makes war on them. "The true spirit of the
dragonic host, which is already being somewhat developed, is vividly
described in Isa. xxx, 8-13, as being manifested just prior to the sudden
destruction of those who hate the pure testimony, and love smooth and
deceitful things." E. G. White, Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. III, 26, 27. "The
marriage represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City,
the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is
called 'the bride, the Lamb's wife.' Said the angel to John: 'Come hither, I
will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.' 'He carried me away in the
spirit,' says the prophet, 'and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God.' Revelation 21:9, 10. Clearly, then, the
bride represents the Holy City, and the virgins that go out to meet the
bridegroom are a symbol of the church [militant]. In the Revelation the
people of God are said to be the guests at the marriage supper. Revelation
19:9. If guests, they cannot be represented also as the bride. He will
receive the New Jerusalem [Rev.
3:10-12], the capital of His kingdom, 'prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband.'" E. G. White, The Great Controversy, 426, 427. Let us
analyze the above statement very closely: The Holy City, the New Jerusalem,
which is the CAPITAL and REPRESENTATIVE of the kingdom, is the bride, the
Lamb's wife. The bride
REPRESENTS [is ambassadors of] the Holy City of Hebrews 12:22, 23. The ten
virgins that go out to meet the bridegroom, at the call of the bride [COL
406] are a symbol of the church. They are the "people of God" they
are guests at the marriage supper, and if guests, they cannot also be
represented as the bride! They cannot be both! Christ
receives the NEW JERUSALEM, the CAPITAL and REPRESENTATIVE [ambassadors] of
His kingdom, as a bride adorned for her husband." Therefore,
the bride, NEW JERSUSALEM," the representatives or earthly ambassadors,
the true messengers of the heavenly NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH the earthly
REPRESENTATIVES of the heavenly church called ZION, Hebrews 12: 22, 23, the
church triumphant, consisting of men made perfect [verse 23] are the bride of
Jesus Christ. "Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar IN THE TEMPLE of my God, and he shall go
no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of
the city of my God, which is NEW JERUSALEM, which cometh down out
of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my NEW NAME ." Rev.
3:12. Will
Scripture support Ellen White's view of the matter that only the 144,000
enter the Temple on Mt. Zion? Lets explore: "Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar IN THE TEMPLE of my God, and he shall go
no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of
the city of my God, which is NEW JERUSALEM, which cometh down out of heaven
from my God and I will write upon him my NEW NAME." Rev. 3:10-12. Isaiah 62
tells us who Jesus marries: "For ZION'S SAKE will I not hold my peace,
and for [New] Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
THEREOF go forth as brightness, and the SALVATION THEREOF as a lamp that
burneth.” In verse 5, it is Zion that is married. And the
Gentiles shall see THY [ZION'S] RIGHTEOUSNESS, and all kings thy GLORY: and
thou shalt be called by A NEW NAME, which the mouth of the Lord shall
name. “Thou [Zion
in context] shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a
royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou
shalt no more be termed Forsaken neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate
[because it is Zion that appears to fall]: but thou shalt be called
Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy
land shall be married For as a
young man marrieth a virgin [bethulah in Hebrew], so shall thy sons marry
thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God
rejoice over thee. I have
set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace
day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence. And give
him no rest, till he establish, and till he make [NEW] Jerusalem a praise in
the earth. . . . Go
through, go through the gates prepare ye the way of the people cast up, cast
up the highway gather out the stones [of stumbling--the errors the stumbling
blocks] lift up a standard [God's Holy Law] for the people [the guests--the
body of the church]. Behold,
the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of
Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh behold, his reward is with him, and his
work before him. And they
shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be
called, Sought out, A city [church kingdom] not forsaken." Isaiah 62:1-7
10-12. What you
have just read is a Biblical description of Zion, the Bride of Jesus Christ.
She has sons, verse 5, and she has daughters, verse 11. She is the holy
mother: "The
people of God, symbolized by a holy woman and her children, were represented
as greatly in the minority. In the last days only a remnant still existed. Of
these John speaks as they 'which keep the commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ." E. G. White, Signs of the Times, Nov.
1, 1899, and Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p.
972. Zion is
the church triumphant which has always existed to come to the aid of any
valid church militant in any and every age: "The
members of the church triumphant--the church in heaven--will be permitted to
draw near to the members of the church militant, to aid them in their
necessity." E. G. White, The Southern Watchman, Sep. 8, 1903. "The
church is God's fortress, his city of refuge, which he holds in a revolted
world. Any betrayal of her sacred trust is treachery to him who has bought
her with the precious blood of his only begotten Son. In the past, faithful
souls have constituted the church on earth, and God has taken them into
covenant relation with himself, uniting the church on earth with the church
in heaven. He has sent forth his holy angels to minister to his church, and
the gates of hell have not been able to prevail against it." E. G.
White, Review and Herald, 12-04-1900. The
Church in Heaven is the Church Triumphant of Men Made Perfect "But
ye are come unto mount Sion [Zion], and unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general
assembly and CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, which are written in heaven, and to God
the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men MADE PERFECT." Hebrews
12:22, 23. Further
Distinctions Between the Bride and the Ten Virgin Guests--The Ten-Virgins are
Awakened by the Voice of the Bride "Lingering
near [not at] the bride's house are ten young women robed in white. Each carries
a lighted lamp and a small flagon for oil. All are anxiously watching for the
appearance of the bridegroom. But there is a delay [since 1844]. Hour after
hour passes the watchers become weary and fall asleep. At midnight the cry is
heard, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him.' The sleepers
[all ten slept Matt. 25:5], suddenly awaking, spring to their feet. They see
the procession moving on, bright with torches and glad with music. They
hear the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. The ten
maidens seize their lamps and begin to trim them, in haste to go forth, But
five have neglected to fill their flasks with oil [character]. They did not
anticipate so long a delay, and they have not prepared for the emergence."
E. G. White, Christ's
Object Lessons,
pp. 405, 406. If the
voice of the bride awakens the 10 virgins, then the bride is a separate
entity, who is awake before the awakening of the 10 virgins. This is attested
to in Isaiah 62:11, where the mother, Zion, says the same thing, in similar
other words, to her daughter. Only
Zion, Philadelphia, New Jerusalem, the Bride, the 144,000, the Firstfruits
[Firstborn] go into the Temple on Mt. Zion. Zion
consists of the earthly representatives of the heavenly church of Hebrews
12:22, 23. They are like heavenly messengers who awaken the 10 virgin church
militant guests. All but the bride are guests at the wedding. Only Zion goes
into the Temple on Mt. Zion, as only the priests of the earthly Sanctuary,
went into the Temple: (Rev. 3:12--made a pillar--leaders-in the Temple) and: "And as we were about to enter the holy
temple, Jesus raised His lovely voice and said, 'Only the 144,000 enter this
place," and we shouted, 'Alleluia." E. G. White, Early Writings, 19. Matthew 22
Matthew 25
There are two implied Midnight Cry calls in Matthew 25. There
have been many separations from apostasy from Abraham on down. Moses killed
off the apostates from the camp of Israel. The Principle
of Generational Closing of Probation for any People Long before the close of Israel’s probation at the end of the seventy
weeks probation which coincided with the stoning of Stephen, God lets us know
that probation had closed on a generational level in Jeremiah 11:9-15.
Notice: Jeremiah 11
Way back in the days of Jeremiah, centuries before the final
close of probation and the two final calls to apostate Israel, God told
Jeremiah not to even pray for the apostasy of his generation of the Jews. But
further, God asked the all important question: “What hath my beloved (bride)
to do in mine house, seeing that she (the apostate church) hath wrought
lewdness with many and the holy flesh is passed from thee?” When the Jews of Jeremiah’s day committed such lewd apostasy,
they rejoiced. They celebrated. Does that remind you of the celebration
movement in new movement Adventism? God is suggesting that the assemblies of
apostate Israel, away back in Jeremiah’s day, were no place for His beloved
and faithful bride. God is suggesting that generation had committed
unpardonable sin when He instructs Jeremiah not to even pray for those who
had committed such sins. In principle, New movement Adventism has committed every one
of the sins of ancient Israel mentioned above. And that after having the
example of Israel! Folk like Laval Picard, who adhere strictly to the two
calls of Matthew 22:1-10, will not respond to this principle of generational
closing of probation. I have asked him personally about this incident in
Jeremiah 11 (also in chapter 7), but he would not respond. I also asked him
about the Shiloh incident cited by Ellen White (cited elsewhere in this
document), but he would not respond to that question either. The parable of the Ten Virgins—The Midnight Cry (Matt.
25) is “In the parable it was those that had
oil in their vessels with their lamps that went in to the marriage. Those
who, with a knowledge of the truth from the Scriptures, had also the
Spirit and grace of God, and who, in the night of their bitter trial, had
patiently waited, searching the Bible for clearer light--these saw the truth
concerning the sanctuary in heaven and the Saviour's change in ministration, and
by faith they followed Him in His work in the sanctuary above. And all
who through the testimony of the Scriptures accept the same truths, following
Christ by faith as He enters in before God to perform the last work of
mediation, and at its close to receive His kingdom--all these are represented
as going in to the marriage. {GC 427.2} In the parable of Matthew 22 the same figure of the marriage is introduced, and the
investigative judgment is clearly represented as taking place before the
marriage. {GC
428.1} Midnight
Cry Repeated: "My mind was carried to the FUTURE, when the signal WILL
BE GIVEN, 'Behold, the Bridegroom cometh Go ye out to meet Him.'" E.G.
White, Review and Herald, Vol. 3, p. 331, Feb. 11, 1896. Notice the
date, Feb. 11, 1896. There
have been many calls to the SDA church by Ellen White, Jones and Waggoner,
Wieland and Short and others. It is
true that there is one more final call; one more Midnight Loud Cry to the SDA
church first, and then all other churches and the world. I am not disputing that. It is just
as true that we were never to join any new movement and that would include
one formed “among” or within the church, Selected Messages, Bk. 1,
204-5. It is impossible to mature as wheat or the barley (firstfruits) bride
in such a church that has removed God. But it is also true that there is
still opportunity for those in the new movement who do not know of the
apostasy to come out in the final Midnight Cry, Loud Cry call to the SDA
church, all other churches and the world. If
it is impossible to unite with the corrupt and remain pure, then the bride of
Christ cannot so unite. If it is impossible for the wheat to mature amongst
open sin apostasy and a false, Nicolaitan gospel, then we have a duty to warn
the propective bride and her guests of these facts which are taught to us in
God’s Word and the Spirit of Prophecy. Ellen
White said to take the youth as far as possible away from the church in the
Alpha of Apostasy. That involved separation. What would she say in the omega? “There is a little hope in one direction: Take the young men and
women, and place them where they will come as little in contact with our
churches as possible, that the low grade of piety which is current in this
day shall not leaven their ideas of what it means to be a Christian.” E.G.
White, Manuscript Release #995, p. 5. “Brother and sister Haskell have rented a house in one of the best parts of the city, and have gathered round them a family of helpers, who day by day go out giving Bible readings, selling our papers, and doing medical missionary work. During the hour of worship, the workers relate their experiences. Bible studies are regularly conducted in the home, and THE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN connected with the mission receive a practical, thorough training in holding Bible readings and in selling our publications. The Lord has blessed their labors, a number have embraced the truth, and many others are deeply interested. Review and Herald, September 7, 1905, Evangelism, p. 108. —rb Added
issues: Was Ellen White errant when she advocated separation of the youth
from the church in the Alpha of Apostasy, LONG BEFORE THE SECOND CALL TO THE
CHURCH? The Alpha did not affect the entire church, but the Omega certainly
does. What would Ellen White do today? Ellen White on Home Churches in the Alpha of
Apostasy: "There is a little hope in one direction:
Take the young men and women, and place them where they will come as little
in contact with our churches as possible, that the low grade of piety which
is current in this day shall not leaven their ideas
of what it means to be a Christian." E.G. White, Manuscript Release
#995, p. 5. "Brother and sister Haskell have rented a
house in one of the best parts of the city, and have gathered round them a
family of helpers, who day by day go out giving Bible readings, selling our
papers, and doing medical missionary work. During the hour of worship, the
workers relate their experiences. Bible studies are regularly conducted in
the home, and THE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN connected with the mission
receive a practical, thorough training in holding Bible readings and in
selling our publications. The Lord has blessed their labors,
a number have embraced the truth, and many others are deeply
interested." Review and Herald,
September 7, 1905, Evangelism, p. 108. From Ron to a friend of Laval Picard: You say on your forum Home Page: Let us
reason together. So let's do just that. Let's analyze Laval Picard's
position.
Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron
Beaulieu To:
Private Sent:
Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Fw: [1888messagestudygroup]
File - Three Angels’ Message Private, What Laval Picard is
really teaching you and your forum is that God called him and some other messengers
out (he does not say who else) to prepare to give the Loud Cry, but God did
not call you or the members of your forum out for the same purpose. It is the
144,000 who give that message. Ezekiel 20:34-38. So he is not giving you or
your forum members an opportunity to be one of the 144,000. In effect, he is
saying he is the only member of the 144,000 that he knows of! Ron |