Dear Reader,
I want to
forthrightly state at the outset that anyone who does not believe in
regeneration of the 144,000 saints (bride) of Christ (from all ages) who
is kept through the time of trouble that comes upon the entire earth translated without
seeing death, renders Jesus and Ellen White as imposter false prophets.
Let me explain:
It was Jesus,
the alpha and omega, from whom John the Revelator received the seven
messages to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3.
The Lord has
been pleased to give us further light on the beautiful truth of
regeneration of the saints. Early this a.m. I was given some very
precious and exciting good news for the saints in response to my prayers
for answers to the following questions from George Jordasche in Romania:
----- Original Message -----
From: George
To: AdventistHotIssues@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:57 PM
Subject: [AdventistHotIssues] General and Special Resurection-
Help!
Ron my brother help!
I quote this passage from the brilliant inspired The
Everlasting Covenant and A Transforming Knowledge of God (Part II)
by J. W. Johnson
"And so, the creation of man in the resurrection will be
accomplished through the process of natural law in the form of
regeneration, and through the union of the divine Spirit, which is the
"Marriage of the Lamb."
Christ Jesus becomes married to His saints. And He
compares the relation between Jesus and the church as the relation
between husband and wife, or the Head of the body and the body – and that
is, after the 144,000 have gone through their investigative judgment,
their characters have been proved perfect through the merits of the
gospel (power of the gospel) which enables them to do it, even as the
character of Christ had been proved perfect before His anointing at His
baptism. "
My question which arises from this passage is: If the
special resurrection is going to be accomplished through the process of
natural law in the form of regeneration...etc, what about the general
resurrection? I mean the first resurrection of the great multitude?
The second question would be:
May it be possible that the second resurrection to abide
by the same divine process of natural law? Then it must take time on this
earth for those who are resurrected in the final stage to become the
"body of Satan" for the "marriage of the Satan", in
order for all of them to sharing the same spirit of the devil, and
to unify their knowledge and their memory of the evil pertaining to all
passed generation! This is, mutatis mutandis, a logical conclusion to
brother Johnson testimony! What do you think about that?
Thank
you in advance!
George
Ron’s Response to George’s Questions
George,
Mr. Johnson claimed to have received his knowledge
concerning the 144,000 by vision. Regeneration deals with the 144,000
because they love Christ enough to aspire to receiving His Divine Nature
Holy Spirit for becoming His body. In the earthly sanctuary there was the
high priest and lesser priests. During the millennium the 144,000 are the
lesser priests and Jesus is the High Priest. The 144,000 educate the
great multitude during the millennium and bring them to full stature in the fullness of Christ.
I think your explanation of the wicked proving their
character before the universe over a period of time is very commensurate
with Johnson's logic.
My visionary revelation
What I state
on the subject from this point on is what I was shown in revelationary
vision early this a.m. of April 12, 2009.
I will make a
confession. Since 1986, I have wondered why some of Ellen White’s
statements seem to include the entire body of Christ (church) as the
bride and others (and there are quite a few) make a great distinction
between the 144,000 and the rest of the body of Christ. For instance,
only the 144,000 go into the temple on Mt. Zion, Early Writings, 19, and in Christ’s Object Lessons, pp. 405-6, the voice of God and the
voice of the bride awaken all ten virgins with the Loud Cry, “behold the
bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him, because they all slept, Matthew
25:1-6. I don’t know why the answer to this paradox was not revealed to
me sooner, but I am grateful to have received it now.
It could be
that God wanted me to fully understand the truth of the 144,000 before
going further, because the SDA church at large has been totally deceived
in thinking that there is no distinction between the 144,000 and the
great multitude.
The Holy Spirit showed me that when the children of the
bride become educated over the span of the millennium and grow into the full
stature of Christ, the entire church is then the Sanctuary (Temple), the
body of Christ, so that there is no Temple in the ultimate New Earth, for
the entire saved body becomes the bride of Christ, His body.
Regeneration and the Integrity of Jesus Christ Via the
Seven Messages to the Seven Churches of Revelation Chapters 2 and 3
There should
be no misgivings that from the following texts of Revelation, Chapter 1,
it was Jesus who gave John the seven messages to the seven churches:
Rev 1:1 The
Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and
signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:
Rev 1:2 Who bare record of the word of
God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he
saw.
Rev 1:3
Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time
[is] at hand.
Rev 1:4 John
to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and peace,
from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the
seven Spirits which are before his throne;
Rev 1:5 And
from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him
that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6 And
hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they
[also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of him. Even so, Amen.
Rev 1:8 I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is,
and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Rev 1:9 I
John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the
kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called
Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:10 I
was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet,
Rev 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou
seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are
in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 1:12 And
I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw
seven golden candlesticks;
Rev 1:13 And
in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.
Rev 1:14 His
head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his
eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
Rev 1:15 And
his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his
voice as the sound of many waters.
Rev 1:16 And
he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp
twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his
strength.
Rev 1:17 And
when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand
upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Rev 1:18 I
[am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rev 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the
things which shall be hereafter;
Rev 1:20 The
mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the
seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven
churches.
Rev 21:1 And I saw a
new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3 And I heard
a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is]
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and
God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
Rev 21:22 And I saw
no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple
of it.
Jesus made an Imposter by those Who Reject Regeneration of
the Saints of All Ages
I have said for a
long time that those who reject the concept of regeneration make a false prophet
out of Ellen White, because if the 144,000 are translated without seeing
death and only they go into the temple on Mt. Zion, and Philadelphians
from circa the times of the disciples are made pillars in that Temple,
Revelation 3:10-12, then the saints of all ages, including original
Philadelphians from the original church of Philadelphia, would have to be
regenerated to be kept through the time of trouble that comes on the entire world as well as being made pillars
(priests) in the Temple in heaven.
But Ellen White did
not write Revelation 3:10-12 and the message to the original church of
Philadelphia, circa the 1st century A.D.! Jesus Christ dictated those
messages to John the Revelator. Thus, those who disbelieve the teaching
of regeneration, necessitated by Revelation 3:10-12, render Jesus Himself
as a false prophet! It was Jesus, not Ellen White, who told that original
church of Philadelphians, who were not faulted for anything (blameless),
that they would be kept from the hour of temptation (the time of trouble)
that will come upon ALL THE WORLD to try them (all them) that dwell upon
the earth.
How do those
original Philadelphians get here for that time of trouble and to be
translated without seeing death UNLESS THEY ARE REGENERATED? In Desire of Ages, 179, the disciples
are referred to as the bride of Jesus Christ. This occurs through the
process of regeneration by which their character template is reproduced
in another body, just as Jesus was provided another body for His humanity
to dwell in. He was the firstfruits of the regeneration and the 144,000
are the second, third, etc., etc. Thus, their characters are tested in a
real, live investigative judgment and against the perfection of Satan’s
state of the art temptations at the end-time.
Without this
mechanism, Satan would say that if the Philadelphians and the disciples,
as well as the saints of all ages, had lived during the time of his
perfection of his devices, they would have yielded. Satan’s counterfeit
of regeneration is reincarnation. He has a counterfeit for every
important thing that God has done or will do.
Rev 3:10 Because
thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the
hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that
dwell upon the earth.
Rev 3:11 Behold, I
come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown.
Rev 3:12 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.
The Antitypical Day of Atonement and Sins Going in
Beforehand to Judgment
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1Ti 5:24
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Some
men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some [men] they
follow after.
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The sins of the
saved must enter the Sanctuary BEFOREHAND, before the Day of Atonement.
This is according to the Sanctuary Service. The sins of all who do not
put away sin before the Day of Atonement are handled afterward. All who
did not put away sin to have their sins go in BEFOREHAND to judgment were
cast out of the camp of Israel AFTER THE FACT, after the Day of
Atonement.
Thus, all who
believe in the Investigative Judgment, and that the antitypical Day of
Atonement began in 1844, are forced to believe in regeneration. All who
deny regeneration, thus deny the Sanctuary Service, the Day of Atonement
and the Investigative judgment, whether they possess the spiritual
discernment to see this or not. Thus, they dispute and deny the very
words to Philadelphia in Rev. 3:10-12, and make an imposter of Jesus
Christ, by intimating that He was errant in those messages to
Philadelphia. They might as well
discard their Bible. This is serious business!
In the typical
Sanctuary Service, the only sins that entered the Sanctuary on the annual
Day of Atonement were those that had been confessed and put away BEFORE
the Day of Atonement. Thus, the Antitypical Day of Atonement beginning in
1844, demands the concept of regeneration, for all sins of all God’s
saved people had to be confessed and go into the Sanctuary before 1844.
They had to go BEFOREHAND to judgment:
Regeneration of the Great Multitude as Well
All must participate
in the Investigative Judgment which began in 1844, by a live
demonstration of their character. The character of all who have lived
must be tested in this “testing time” of the Day of Atonement, so those
who’s characters may not have been of the same strength as the overcomers
who comprise the 144,000 still have been tested in the same way – in
bodies prepared by God for them.
The character is what is tested – so after that character goes
through his test, he can be allowed to “sleep” again until he is raised
to see Christ coming to take him along with the others God has saved to
heaven.
Here are the words
of Mr. Johnson. They cover the great multitude. The fact that no sins
enter the Sanctuary on the Day of Atonement other than those that were
confessed and put away BEFORE THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, demands the
regeneration of all subjects of the Investigative Judgment. I said at one
time that Mr. Johnson did not want to commit on the great multitude
regarding regeneration, but I misunderstood. My wife has corrected me on
that. It was certain issues regarding the great multitude that he did not
want to comment on, but not the fact that they are regenerated for the
Investigative Judgment because his words below clearly portray that the
great multitude is regenerated as well.
Begin
quoting brother Johnson:
The Reproduction of Characters Who Have Gone
Before
If
then, no further sins can be transferred to the sanctuary during the
officiating in the Most Holy, what would become of the sins which would
be confessed by people who are born since 1844?
There
may be some solutions to this of which I am not aware. But there is one
possibility which presents itself to my mind, and that is this: That
since 1844, the investigative judgment began, and the investigative
judgment is a judgment of characters which is worked out in actual human
bodies living on this earth. We have mentioned something about this
before.
If
that is true, then these who have come to maturity since 1844 are in
reality but reproductions of characters that have gone before, and their
sins have already been taken care of. And at the present time they are
going through their investigative judgment; and the sanctuary is being
cleansed.
It
would be clear then, would it not, that no new sins would be entering the
sanctuary? The work is one of judgment, analysis, and cleansing. It is by
reason of their choices, brought about through the super-imposition of
the righteous character which was developed in their former existence,
that their sins are overcome. (That is not precisely the way I wish to
express it.)
What
I mean is: It is through the merits of this character which has been
built up and is now being tested, that they are enabled to make the
proper choices in relation to the temptations which befall them during
this “testing time” since 1844.
This
period is specifically called the “testing time” in the writings
of Sister White. And it is the period of the investigative judgment as we
have already known. This view would tie together the idea of the testing,
and the idea of the investigative judgment. And it would be obvious that the
universe could observe which people living since 1844 would be worthy
of the first resurrection, and which would not.
The
first of the saints down through the eras of the church – that is, those
who have attained to perfection, will come last in the
investigative judgment. And there will be the 144,000*, who will live on
after probation, right on through the second coming of Christ. And they
are to be translated!
*[Consider
1st Timothy 5:24: “Some men’s sins are open beforehand; going
before to judgment, and some men they follow after.”]
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270
And
so, in a sense, the resurrection began in 1844. The resurrection occurs
according to the natural processes of God’s laws. And these generally
function over a period of time. So we have the restoration of
characters in human bodies, and the testing of the investigative
judgment.
The
complete resurrection of all parts of the individuals, including their
bodies, and their consciousness, and their memory of their former life –
the complete unit, will not take place until Jesus comes in the clouds of
heaven. But when this does occur, in the light of the things that we have
said, it should seem clear that the resurrection will come into human
bodies which are living and which are grown up in this world.
There
will not be a mass destruction of all the human bodies that are existing
in the world at that time, and the reappearance of a completely different
set of bodies out of no place. Those who shall come forth from the
graves, will come forth into the bodies of those who are living or who
have recently lived. There are aspects about this resurrection which I do
not understand yet.
But
I am convinced that the doctrines which we have been teaching down
through the years, insofar as we understand them to date, are correct.
And any future understanding of these things, any expansion of
understanding, must build upon the “old foundation.”
I
am assuming that you understand that there are two groups who are saved.
There are those who have gained the victory over all sin, the 144,000,
who are translated. Then there is also a great multitude which no man
can number. End quoting brother Johnson.
The All-Inclusive Royal Priesthood After the
Millennium in the New Heaven and the New Earth
After the
millennium, all are part of a royal priesthood, a holy nation, New
Jerusalem. The great multitude (children of the bride) are taught for
1,000 years by the 144,000, and they grow up into the stature of Christ,
just as the 144,000 FIRSTFRUITS offering did. They then graduate to
become part of the actual body of Christ and further down I will prove
this from Scripture that was shown to me in vision this a.m.
Jesus is the high
priest and ALL, even the great
multitude, are part of His Royal Priesthood at the third coming of
Christ with His bride to the earth renewed.
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1Pe 2:9
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But
ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called
you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Psa 110:4 The
LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after
the order of Melchizedek.
Hbr 5:6 As he saith
also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
Hbr 5:10 Called
of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Hbr 6:20 Whither
the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hbr 7:11 If
therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the
people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another
priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after
the order of Aaron?
Hbr 7:17 For he
testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hbr 7:21 (For
those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him
that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a
priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
The Answer to the Riddle of the Distinction Between
the Bride, the 144,000, and the Guests during the Millennium, and All the
Saved Becoming the Bride of Christ, His Church, AFTER THE MILLENNIUM
This is thrilling
good news that I am overjoyed to convey to the saints. First, if you
believe you are saved by the merits of Christ, you can rest assured in
salvation. No one, including the 144,000, keep the commandments to be
saved. They must keep them out of a motive of love for Christ, and His
Atoning Sacrifice, because they are already saved by the Merit of that
Sacrifice. This is how and why Christ knows that we love Him when we keep
His commandments, because the true saints know that they are saved by His
Merits—not their commandment-keeping. Thus, their commandment-keeping is
a purely motivated act of love for Christ.
What is the
difference between the above stated “belief” and the Doctrine of the
Nicolaitans? The Nicolaitans believe that the law has nothing to do with
salvation. That is a lie. Those who love God will keep His commandments.
Commandment-keeping is proof of their love. So commandment-keeping is
involved with salvation. But it is not commandment-keeping that saves us.
It is the Merit of Christ that saves. Our best commandment-keeping is as
filthy rags.
Secondly, after
the “children,” or “guests” at the wedding are taught by the 144,000
during the millennium, they aspire to the full stature of Christ and
become the bride of Christ as well. This is good news! This answers to
the disparity between some of Ellen White’s statements; some of which
suggest strong distinctions between the 144,000 bride and the guests.
Here is bible
proof that all finally become the bride of Jesus Christ and part of His
Temple, for in the New Heaven and New Earth, He is the Temple thereof:
Revelation 21
1And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2And
I John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men [obviously ALL MEN THAT
HAVE BEEN SAVED], and he will
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God.
4And
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
5And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he
said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of
life freely.
7He
that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he
shall be my son.
8But
the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is
the second death.
9And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full
of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I
will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10And
he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed
me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from
God,
11Having
the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even
like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12And
had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve
tribes of the children of Israel:
13On
the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates;
and on the west three gates.
14And
the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15And
he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the
gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16And
the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and
he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length
and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17And
he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18And
the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass.
19And
the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of
precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire;
the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20The
fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth,
beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a
jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21And
the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl:
and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22And
I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple of it.
23And
the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for
the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24And
the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and
the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25And
the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
26And
they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27And
there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
There is no temple in the New Earth,
because Jesus is the Temple. He is the Head and His bride is the body.
22And I saw no
temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of
it.
No Man Will Teach His Brother
While the
children of the bride (she has sons and daughters, Isaiah 62)
are instructed by the 144,000 bride during the Millennium, they grow up
into the full stature of Christ, as well, and they thus qualify as the
bride of Jesus Christ. Then there is no need for any man teaching anyone!
They all learn the mysteries of the universe together after the
Millennium.
Jer 31:34 And
they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will
forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Hbr 8:11 And they
shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the
greatest.
Both of the above
verses apply after the New Millennium in the New Heaven and the New
Earth, the New Jerusalem.
1Pe 2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you
out of darkness into his marvellous light:
So now you know how for awhile there is a great
distinction between the bride and her children (guests or bridesmaidens)
and the bride, but ultimately, after being matured into the full stature
of Christ during the millennium, all become the bride, or HOLY NATION of
Christ, He being the Head and they making up His body. Thus, Christ get’s
back through us, His Divine
Nature Holy Spirit, which He emptied Himself of for us—at His
Incarnation. How? By the fact that we have received His Divine Nature
Holy Spirit which is proffered to us.
Thank you dear Jesus, for this revelation of
precious light that was to be ever unfolding for your people. Amen.
Agape,
—rwb
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