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7 Churches of Revelation: Messages to God’s End-Time Church
Seven Churches 1-4 Revelation 2 What is the condition of God’s church in the Christian era? Enclosing Revelation like two bookends, Rev. 1:3 and 22:18, 19, we find John declaring this book is a prophecy, including the narrative of the seven churches, seals and trumpets. Concealed in the prophetic imagery of the seven churches, seals…
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Satan and His Allies: The Final Battle Against God’s People
Rev. 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12 describes Satan’s attacks against God’s faithful people, including persecution by pagan Rome and later papal Rome during the 1,260…
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Seven Last Plagues: God’s Final Judgments Before Christ’s Return
“‘Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested’” (Revelation 15:4, NKJV). Can our God of the Bible be just and there be no consequences for sin? Did mercy and truth meet at…
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John on Patmos: The Gospel Message from Exile
“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3, NKJV). BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ON THE BIBLE AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION 2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is…
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Second Coming Verses: Powerful Bible Passages About Christ’s Return
So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. Matthew 24:44 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging…
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End Times Verses: Key Bible Passages About the Last Days
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said. “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 3:19-21 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,…
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Sabbath: 100 Amazing Facts About God’s Day of Rest
Why keep the Sabbath day? What is the object of the Sabbath? Who made it? When was it made, and for whom? Which day is the true Sabbath? Many keep the first day of the week, or Sunday. What Bible authority have they for this? Some keep the seventh day, or Saturday. What Scripture have…
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Sabbath Day: What the Bible Really Says About God’s Holy Day
Frequently Asked Questions Is the Sabbath day Saturday or Sunday according to the Bible? Is it wrong to work on Saturday or Sunday? Why do Christians go to church on Sunday instead of Saturday? Why don’t Christians obey the Ten Commandments about the Sabbath? When does the Sabbath begin and end? Old Testament One of…
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Lord’s Day Alliance: Insights from a Sabbath Scholar
Samuele Bacchiocchi, Ph.D., was associate professor of church history, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. A major reason for the existence of my church is to lead men and women into a deeper relation ship with the Saviour through rediscovery of the meaning and blessings of Sabbathkeeping. Though we here today may differ on the day…
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Lord’s Day Alliance: Promoting Sunday Observance in Canada
The Lord’s Day Alliance (formerly known as the American Sabbath Union) is an ecumenical Christian first-day Sabbatarian organization,[1] based in the United States and Canada that was founded in 1888 by mainstream Christian denominations.[2] These Churches worked together to found the Lord’s Day Alliance in order to effect change in the public sphere, most notably with respect to “lobbying for the passage of Sunday-rest laws.”[2] The Lord’s…
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National Sunday Law: A Partial History and Its Prophetic Significance
The history of Sunday legislation in the United States shows a mass of contrary, inconsistent, and illogical cases and distinctions. The following instances help to prove this: In State of Nebraska v. Tim O’Rourke, 35 Nebr. 614, 1892, an indictment for playing baseball on Sunday, the court said: “No trial can be had on Sunday. The…
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The Great Commission: Sharing the Gospel of the Kingdom
“Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway” (Psalm 85:13, NKJV). Revelation contains the heartbeat of the Seventh-day Adventist message. The three angels’ messages of Revelation 14 followed by the final fourth angel’s message of Revelation 18 direct us to our unique call as Adventists, to proclaim the everlasting gospel to…
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God’s Love: Understanding His Character of Mercy and Justice
True love is not merely a sentiment or an emotion. It is a living principle, a principle that is manifest in action. True love, wherever it exists, will control the life. Thus it is with the love of God. “God is love;” and in all His works, in all His dealings with mankind, His character…
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New Earth: The Promise Beyond Christ’s Second Coming
When we look at the current and evolving global human turmoil that exists in politics, environment and finances we wonder and most probably share a mutual concern. Where is this all going? How it will all end? Catastrophic? One world government? Is there hope for our children? the human race? The answer can lie within…
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Sunday Laws: A Prophetic Sign to Watch Before Christ’s Return
Let us look at some important quotations: “Sooner or later Sunday laws will be passed.” Last Day Events, 128. Believe me, it will be sooner than many of us think, for God has graciously given us every detail. One: This Sunday law will take place by a national act. “Our land is in jeopardy. The time is…
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Why Do Christians Worship on Sunday? Understanding the Tradition
The fourth commandment declares the seventh day of the week is a memorial to God’s creation (Exodus 20:11), a day which He made holy before sin began (Genesis 2:1-3), and a day of rest for all humanity (Exodus 20:8-10). However, many Christians challenge this understanding with seven essential arguments used by Christians over the past…
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United States Theocracy: Should America Combine Church and State?
Is It Time for the United States to Become a Theocracy? At a National Prayer Breakfast a few years ago President Trump said during his speech: “Among those freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. That is why, I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson amendment and allow…
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What Are the 7 Signs of the Second Coming? A Biblical Overview
At “midnight,” in earth’s darkest hour, God will manifest His power to deliver His people. Scripture describes the events: “A loud voice” comes out of the “temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, ‘It is done!’” This voice shakes the earth, causing such “a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were…
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Signs of Jesus’ Return: What Biblical Prophecy Reveals
Count on the Bible! The Scriptures not only reveal the manner and object of Christ’s coming, they also describe the signs that tell of the nearness of this climactic event. The first signs announcing the Second Advent took place more than 1700 years after Christ’s ascension, and others have followed, contributing to the evidence that…
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Christ’s Sacrifice: The Heart of Redemption in a Nutshell
In Christ With this clear understanding of God’s love, we read in Ephesians 2:4-6: “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions; it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ…
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Salvation: God’s Gift of Grace and Eternal Life in a Nutshell
We find the whole plan of salvation “in a nutshell” in Ephesians 2:4-6. In the first three verses of this chapter the apostle Paul paints a very dark, dismal, and hopeless picture of mankind. He does this because the good news of salvation that God obtained through Jesus Christ is not for good people; it…
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The Gospel: Salvation, Grace, and Hope in a Nutshell
Our Human Dilemma Today, wherever we go, the world is in trouble. Men and women everywhere are seeking the solution to insurmountable moral, personal, social, national, and international problems. Underneath is a longing to know the real meaning of life and the future. People are asking where the world came from, how life began, why…
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The Sabbath: God’s Gift of Rest, Worship, and Renewal
“To gain control of the world of space is certainly one of our tasks. The danger begins when in gaining power in the realm of space we forfeit all aspirations in the realm of time. There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but…
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1888 Message: Fifty-Six Endorsements by Ellen G. White
“The Lord in His great mercy sent a most precious message to His people through Elders Waggoner and Jones.” TM p. 91. “God gave to his servants a testimony that presented the truth as it is in Jesus, which is the third angel’s message, in clear, distinct lines.” TM p. 93. “The message of the…