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Advent HOPE Sabbath School

Siegfried Roeske

The Blessed Hope

Advent hope, I guess we expect to talk about the Advent hope.

How easy, what a platform to come and talk about the blessed hope that the Lord has given us.

For those who may not know me, I am Siegfried Roski.

I am a retired Bible teacher at Union College for 30 years.

We moved down to be with our children and specifically grandchildren in this area.

And while we're down here, they were kind enough to open the door for me to teach a couple Bible classes at Loma Linda and a couple Bible classes at La Sierra.

I'm actually teaching 12 hours, which I enjoy.

I don't have to worry about being chairman of all the administrative parts, so it seems quite easy compared to the load that I had at Union College.

Well, like was mentioned, tomorrow, 162 years ago, God's people were excited.

They were excited because they've been studying.

And since August 12, they had discovered the date of October 22 as the day of the Great Appointment.

And I believe that October 22 and 23 is still the day of great appointment, not disappointment.

I think the prophecies were true, God's revelation guidance was in this work.

Human beings misapplied 1 little item, which affected them in a great way but it was really a small item.

The application instead of the clouds coming to the earth, the cloud in which Jesus moved went to the Most Holy but he moved in the clouds just to another place and they expected.

Everything about that prophecy and movement was right on target.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is not like I heard someone say, the only church that's based on a grand mistake.

When they expected Jesus on Sunday morning, the triumphal entry to take the kingdom.

If 1844 was a disappointment so was 1831.

They gave up their faith, ran, said it's all over.

We thought he'd be the Messiah who would deliver Israel.

He's on the cross, tears streaming down the face on Sunday morning as they went to Emmaus.

The day after, Hiram Edson and Crozier on the way to Emmaus in 1844, weeping it's all over.

Jesus again joined himself to that little group and through the tears explained to them, No it's no mistake.

Jesus moved in the heavenly sanctuary in the clouds of angels to take on his last ministerial work in behalf of his people.

And we can celebrate it today to know that God has been good to his people because he will do nothing except he reveals the secrets to his servants so they can know what to expect and prepare for it.

Okay That's the kind of a little bit the background it's so appropriate and so what shall I say enabling to be able to preach this topic on October 21.

All right some years back when my oldest son was 3 years old, put him to bed, about 11 o'clock at night, he was still stirring, and I went into his little bedroom, and said, Reiner, you're still awake.

And he said something to me that is worth a sermon.

He looked into my face and said, Daddy, How much longer is the night?

I said to him, Reiner, you should be asleep.

I tell you what, you close your eyes, go to sleep and the night would only be 5 minutes.

But as I left his room, it was spinning through my mind.

And I thought about the hospitals, the emergency rooms, I thought about the nursing homes and you know senior citizens home, people who are, their life is fading away, coming to an end.

The cry goes out, many places Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, many places around the world, people are looking to heaven and saying, Daddy, how much longer is the night?

Jesus sits with his disciples on the Mount of Olivet.

If you have your Bible, we like to read a few verses from Matthew 24.

The songs that we like to sing about this morning and share are from Matthew 24.

Matthew 24 verses 3 through 8 and then 14.

We won't take the time for the whole chapter but well we'll have a scripture foundation from which we can meditate.

And he said upon the Mount of Olives I've been there I sat there this makes it real overlooking the city you can sit on the Mount of Olives in a long time and meditate upon God's leading with his people when you look at the old city it's inspiring You think how the Lord led and how the people failed so many times and how the Lord never gave up on them and how he guided them and how eventually he will have his people saved in the kingdom of God.

He said on the Mount of Olives disciples came to him privately saying, tell us when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the world?

It's not wrong to ask how much longer is the night?

Jesus didn't say don't ask those kind of questions just remember I'm coming doesn't matter when.

Jesus never said, took that approach, never.

Tell us what when shall these things be, what shall be the sign of the coming, the end of the world?

And Jesus answered them, he said to them, take heed that no man deceive you for many shall come in my name saying I'm Christ shall deceive many and you shall hear wars, rumors of wars, see that you've been a trouble for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet.

For nation rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom, there shall be famines, pestilence, earthquakes, diverse places, all these are the beginning of sorrows.

Then verse 14 and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for witness unto all nations and then shall the end come.

So here's Jesus and disciples sitting on Mount of Olives.

They've been visiting the temple for the last time and the disciples said Lord look this massive temple isn't it a glorious place.

They were admiring the beauty of their sanctuary.

And Jesus says I hate to disappoint you but not 1 stone will remain on this beautiful sanctuary.

And you can read between the lines because the true sanctuary they they will put on the cross.

And I'm sure the disciples didn't like that idea.

They had so much confidence in the buildings and the physical plan.

And then Jesus was telling them about the destruction of the temple and the second coming and he blended those 2 events in mercy.

He didn't want them to know exactly how long it would be.

Many things I have to tell to you I can't tell you.

Theology is to be a practical thing, not always the technical thing that human beings make it.

So disciples ask, Lord what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the world?

And then Jesus gave certain signs in Matthew 24.

He talked about war, earthquakes, pestilence, and some of these were being fulfilled right during the time of Christ and the Apostles for sure.

And the Apostles expected Jesus to come in their lifetime.

Pioneers of the advent movement 1844 they were expecting Jesus in their lifetime.

Now out there in the east it must have been a cold fall because it was very cold he got a chill and he got pneumonia and the poor man died on October 14.

Just about a little bit more than a week before the glorious day of Jesus coming.

On October 22 his little children came to mother and said mom is this the day for the resurrection?

Is it the day Jesus will come and we'll see daddy again?

Oh yes children this is the day today today we'll all be reunited can you imagine that the angels in heaven must have cried when midnight struck and those little children were waiting for daddy from heaven and from below.

Taylor in Philadelphia, ITU, closest Taylor shop, put a shingle out, closed in honor of King Jesus.

The fields unharvested because they knew Jesus was coming.

And then of course they waited 1 hour, another hour, 10 o'clock at night, well, during today, today, you know, 24 hours, so any time, up till 12.

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