Mark Finley

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Ellen G. White Exposed (Prophet or Pretender)

Did Ellen White manifest the gift of prophecy?

And would the gift of prophecy be restored to God's end time people?

And why is it that for years the gift of prophecy been silenced in the Christian church.

Ellen White's visions have guided millions, but where do they come from?

They said God spoke through her, but what's the real story behind Ellen White's visions?

To understand Ellen White's visions, it's necessary to let our minds go back.

Back to October 22, 1844, Millerite Adventists that consisted of Baptists and Methodists and Catholics and non-denominationalists, looked at October 22, 1844 as a date for the coming of Jesus Christ.

When they read Daniel 8.14 unto 2, 300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed, they understood the sanctuary to be the earth, that it would be cleansed by fire and that Jesus would come on that date in October.

When Christ did not come, they were tragically disappointed.

Many of them had left their crops in the field unharvested.

Many had stepped out from family and friends.

Now they were ridiculed, they were scoffed, they were mocked.

Hiram Edson, 1 of these early Adventists, wrote these words about that disappointment.

Our fondest hopes and expectations were blasted and such a spirit of weeping came over us as I've never experienced before.

It seemed that the loss of all earthly friends could have been nothing in comparison.

The next morning, October 23, Hiram Edson gathered a small group in his barn, and they prayed, seeking God for answers to their disappointment.

Crozier, began to walk through his cornfield to a neighbor's house by the name of Dr.

As they were going through that cornfield, Crozier stopped and had a divine revelation, whether it was a specific vision or not, we're not sure, but a divine revelation.

And there he sensed that Daniel 8.14, the cleansing of the sanctuary, was not speaking about Jesus coming to earth, but Jesus entering into the most holy place of heaven's sanctuary in a final work of judgment.

Now it is this link of the sanctuary, the law of God, the judgment, and the gift of prophecy that unlocks the mystery of Ellen White's visions.

So come with me as we go to the book of Revelation and we're looking there at Revelation, the 11th chapter, Revelation chapter 11.

And as we with John look up into the sanctuary, we discover there in Revelation chapter 11, let's start with verse 18.

The nations were angry and your wrath has come.

The time of the dead that they should be judged, that you should reward your servants, the prophets and the saints, and those who fear your name small and great and should destroy those who destroy the earth.

Now notice carefully, the nations are angry, it's the time of the judgment.

The temple of God was opened in heaven and the ark of his covenant was seen in the temple.

So early Adventists looked up through the portals of heaven.

They looked into the heavenly sanctuary and there they saw and sensed that as the Bible predicted Jesus was in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary now.

And they understood that there, Jesus was there before the throne of God.

What about this Ark of the Covenant in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary?

Hebrews, the ninth chapter, tells us exactly what's in the Ark of the Covenant.

So as we go to Hebrews, chapter 9, we begin to unlock this mystery of the gift of prophecy, the sanctuary, and the law of God.

We begin to read in chapter 9, Hebrews verse 1, then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of a divine service in the earthly sanctuary.

For a tabernacle was prepared, the first part which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread which is called the sanctuary.

Then it describes the holiest of all, And it talks about the Ark of the Covenant.

And it says there that in this Ark of the Covenant, there's the golden pot that had manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.

So here in the Ark of the covenant, what do you have?

Written with God's own finger on tables of stone.

It represents the heavenly diet as in opposition to the Egyptian diet of flesh.

You remember the story quite well, I'm sure, with Aaron's rod that budded.

It was the rod that Aaron brought out against the rebels.

Aaron's rod represents heaven's delegated authority to his chosen prophetic spokesman.

Korah, Dathom, and Abiram rebelled against the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

As such, they rebelled against the prophetic voice.

So when early Adventists looked up into the sanctuary, what did they see?

They were a Bible based people, a Christ centered people, a prophetic people.

But looking into the sanctuary, they began to understand the law of God.

And as they looked in the law of God, they saw the Fourth Commandment written with on tables of stone written to the finger of God.

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

They sense the significance ultimately of the Sabbath.

They began to sense the significance of heaven's diet and the health message in the pot of manna.

They began to sense that God would lead this church through a prophetic movement in the last days.

And why is it that for years the gift of prophecy was silenced in the Christian church?

We find in Revelation chapter 12 verse 17 the answer to that question.

Here scripture is talking about God's last day church.

He's talking about the remnant people that would live on earth just before the coming of Jesus.

And here John gives us 2 characteristics of the last day church and end time people.

The dragon, it's Satan of course, went to make war with the remnant of her seed.

In Bible prophecy, a woman represents the church.

A pure woman represents the bride of Christ, attached, united to Christ, the true church.

A harlot woman, like in Revelation 17, represents the fallen church.

So here the devil is angry with God's church.

He goes to make war with the remnant or the rest of her offspring, those who in the last days remain faithful to God, who keep the Commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus now notice 2 things are linked together God's last day church is a Bible based Christ centered Saved by grace group of believers, but they have 2 unique characteristics They keep the commandments of God including the Bible Sabbath and they have the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation chapter 19 and verse 10 helps us to understand this.

Revelation 19 verse 10, I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, see you do it not for I am your fellow servant and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus.

Worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." So the testimony of Jesus is the witness of from Jesus the prophetic gift that is manifest in his last day Bible believing, Christ-centered, saved by grace, law-keeping, Sabbath-keeping church.

So in Scripture, when God's people are faithful and obedient to him, he raises up the gift of prophecy, not to take the place of the Bible, not as a substitute for the Bible, but as a unique guide in their troublous times.

Notice in the Old Testament, for example, in Lamentations chapter 2, verse 9, that the Bible speaks about the fact that the law of God and the gift of prophecy are united.

Phodidas Ndamyumugabe

Advent HOPE Sabbath School

Preparation for the Final Crisis

It is my pleasure to stand before you this morning as I share the word of God with you.

And today It is going to be a special ceremony because I'll be talking about not just verses from about 2000 years ago, but also verses that I learned and I probably got the first time in my life about 20 something years ago.

I will share my testimony, but it is not mine.

And I'm talking about preparation for a final crisis.

Now, due to time factor, I know I have a number, I mean, 50 minutes and then I will have probably 50 minutes in the afternoon as well.

I will not be able to cover everything I'm supposed to cover.

It would take like 4 hours probably or 5 or 6 to be able to do so.

But for those of you who are interested or who may be interested afterwards, you may read the book Preaching from the Grave.

We don't sell on Sabbath, even though I don't do business with the book.

I've consecrated everything to the work of God.

I've said whatever comes out will just serve the Lord.

We're not going to sell, but we can tell you how to get the books if you are interested.

And I will read this passage and I will say a prayer.

Even the youth shall faint and be weary, and young men shall utterly fall, but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.

Let me humble myself before the Lord as I implore for his presence.

What you've done for my life and what you can do and you are doing for your children.

So I pray that you will please come and stand with me and speak just as you want me to speak so that your children will be uplifted and Be able to see you face to face So that as we leave this place every 1 of us will say that indeed the Lord has been with us In Jesus name.

Amen Well the passage we've just read it is a very interesting 1 I love this passage amen Says even the youth shall faint and be weary.

When it says even the youth, What does that mean?

It actually implies that who then is not going to faint?

If youth, and I'm speaking to young people, amen, and all some of us are energetic, strong, and vigorous, and there's nothing, well, we can't do, we think we can do everything, amen?

But the reality is, the Bible says, even the youth shall faint and they shall be weary.

This chapter actually talks about the greatness of God and the greatness of those who know Jesus as opposed to those who don't know him.

I will talk more about this in the afternoon and you don't wanna miss this presentation in the afternoon, okay, as I share the rest of my story because that's the most important part, right?

When I saw the difference for those who love Jesus and those who don't know Him.

Now, the whole chapter will talk about the greatness of God.

God is great, that's verse 18 says, no 1 can compare Him, right?

Without Him, human beings are nothing, just like grasshoppers.

And verse 26, but the Lord alone is great, and we are invited to lift up our eyes and see, amen?

And of course, then as you keep going, you realize that there is something that makes a difference in people's lives.

Even the youth shall faint and be weary, but they that wait upon the Lord, even the youth, leaves no exception.

And the title was, Things I Wish I Would Have Known at the Age of 18.

You know, at that age, you know, that's when life is glorious, I can achieve.

I can go there, I can reach the heights, I can, you know, and he said, but I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

He said when he was 18 years old, he achieved a lot, he wrote a novel and became the best seller in UK, in England.

And so he made a lot of money, but he says, but I wish I would have known at that age.

And then he keeps telling his story at the age of 26, he achieves even more, he becomes even a millionaire, and then he said, but I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

The story goes on and on and on until, and I was like, what would that, this man, we, I mean, would have known that he was going to be successful?

Then he reaches at 51 years old, he says, when now I'm 51 years old, I'm being invited by Queen Elizabeth and I share dinner with her.

And he says, but I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

And he says I was advised that if I go and play tennis, things will go well.

Now I started discovering something was wrong in his life, right?

He says, but even when I played tennis, I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

Guess what he said in his conclusion, in the article, he said, I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

Guess what he said in his conclusion, in the article, he said, I wish I would have known at the age of 18 that life remains life despite success.

Some of us are studying to become physicians, yeah man?

By the way, we have dreams and that's so great.

Some of you are going to become dentists and PhD holders, maybe there are even PhD, there are so many indeed I believe, and that was my dream too as I grew up, but I can probably just relate to this man I wish I would have known at the age of 18.

Interestingly, I'm actually 52 years old, right?

And so, you know, those who trust in the Lord, it makes a difference.

Now, remember, the title of my message is Preparation for the Final Crisis.

Every 1 of us, every human beings, we reach a point where we look back, we are like, oh, what?

It looks like, by the way, just like the Ecclesiastes, King Solomon, right?

He's looking back, he's saying, vanity of what?

And of course, when we talk about crisis, we know that the church of God is the object of the attacks of the devil.

We love Jesus, but as much as we love him, we should also know that we have an enemy out there, and that is the devil.

Of course, even before we age and die, he is there fighting at all times, no matter what we have achieved.

You move from high school, you come to college, you think things are going to be okay.

Now, and then just to face all kinds of troubles and difficulties and sleepless nights, okay?

But Beside that, we know that of course the devil will fight us sometime in this, probably during our generation.

As a church, there's going to be persecution.

Michigan Camp Meeting 2023: The Boldness of the Cross

Is It Time to Fast?

Dan Augsburger

Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

02 Is It Time to Fast

You are about to enjoy a presentation recorded at the 2023 Michigan Conference Camp Meeting held at Cedar Lake, Michigan.

We pray that the Lord will bless you as you listen.

Father in Heaven, I'm so grateful that we can come together to learn about fasting.

When you study the Bible, at crisis moments, when you were doing great things through people or when certain events were being fulfilled by prophecy, the people you use often included fasting in their seeking after you and seeking to be right before you and seeking to gain information.

So Lord, it's with sobriety that we enter into this study.

We want to hear from you through the scriptures and through Father that which we've learned down through history.

And today, Gabriella will be here for the first part of our time to talk about the medical aspects of fasting.

And might the Holy Spirit be here too to teach us.

And thank you, Lord, in Jesus' name, Amen.

Gabriella is actually a dentist by training.

She's from Argentina, but she's certified in lifestyle medicine down in Latin America, in the association down there.

And I met her in Georgia recently where she had actually been spending 6 weeks tutoring a family who wants to do home-based lifestyle medicine, natural medical ministry.

And so we were fascinated by that and I asked Gabriella if she would come and share and She's involved with a project here in Michigan, so you can introduce yourself, and I'll move my computer, and you can have the floor for whatever time you need.

My brain is all time translating because I just came to United States recently.

So if you don't understand something, please tell me I can repeat and I'll do my best.

So, yes, I'm here in United States as a missionary after being more than 20 years a missionary not only in dentistry, in lifestyle too, around the world, many, many countries.

And I saw here in this country a big, big, big mission field and very challenging.

And God gave me some tools that I understand that can be helpful in this country.

His and the wife, they are like my parents here.

And so we spend great time together, running different programs in different states.

And right now we are facing a big challenge in Grand Rapids.

And the idea is to reach that city with the right arm of the body.

Health lifestyle specifically, and so we need prayers.

So what those that want to be part welcome.

We are right right now training people in different churches in Grand Rapids training people to be part of this big challenge.

What do you think when you read that word?

Is something positive, something negative?

When you think your body is getting sluggish from being too weighed down with the food, it creates it to go faster, actually.

The healing process is shorter when you spend some time of the healing process fasting.

We can talk a little about a different kind of fasting too at the end.

Just at the beginning, I'm going to start with this.

Imagine a diet that could induce beta cells neogenesis, a way of eating that could restore beta cells function in the pancreas without stem cells or medication and the risk they pose.

It has now been done in diabetic mice twice.

2 big studies showing that this is possible.

And I'm going to show some part of those studies, but those that are working with patients, diabetic patients for a long time, we see in the clinic that is working.

Now the scientists are trying to show through studies that is real, that is happening.

Now, right now, a lot of studies in human beings are running right now.

So in a few years, we are going to have more data about that.

This 1 is 1 fasting mimicking diet promotes NGN3 driving beta cells regeneration to reverse diabetes.

Maybe NGN3 is a protein that if you find in the pancreas, that is amazing.

If you find that, it means that beta cells are multiplying.

If you find that, and they found that in the process of fasting in a group of mice, so they already showed that So they already shown that is happening.

They in mice, a four-day fasting mimicking diet induces generation of insulin-producing beta cells, pancreatic development, restore insulin secretion, and glucose homeostasis in both type 2 and type 1 diabetes mouse model.

These results indicate that fasting mimicking diet promotes the reprogramming of pancreatic cells to restore insulin regeneration in islets from type 1 diabetic patients and reverse both type 1 diabetic and type 2 diabetic phenotypes in mouse models.

What they did was a plant-based diet designed to attain fasting-like effects, providing both macro and micronutrients to minimize the burden of fasting and adverse effects.

So, in day 1, the fasting-mimicking diet supplies 1, 100 kilocalories.

And from day 2 to day 5 of that study, They gave to the mice only 715 kilocalories, very low quantity of kilocalories a day.

So first day, 1, 100 kilocalories, and the rest, 715 kilocalories.

If somebody wants to have your own fasting mimicking diet, it says mimicking because it's like fasting for the body because it's low, low calories, but you're not fasting completely.

And it's amazing what is happening in the body.

They found that intermittent administration of a fasting-mimicking diet intervenes in diabetes progression, restore beta cells, and reconstructs gut microbiota in mice.

Our study has provided further evidence indicating that intermittent fasting is able to preserve or restore beta cells function.

In diabetic mice, intermittent fasting is key to restore beta cells function.

Now I'm going to show this, what I'm showing is very superficial.

If you want the whole study, it's long, both, all the 3 studies that I mentioned, very long, very deep.

If you want it, I can share it with you later.

From Home to Eternity

Amie Hubbard

03 Capturing the Joy of an Adventist Home

Father in Heaven, Lord, I just want to thank you so much for your blessings.

Lord, you promised in James that you would give us wisdom to those who ask, and that you would give it liberally.

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Ellen G. White Exposed (Prophet or Pretender)

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