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    Who or What is the beast in Revelation 13?

    midnight cry, Read the story of Nebuchadnezzar's relationship to king Zedekiah of Jerusalem. Read it in the book of Jeremiah. Zedekiah broke his covenant with Nebuchadnezzar, based on a vow that was made in the name of the Lord, that he would pay and that he would not go to Egypt to get help...
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    Unclean Meats vs Wisdom

    K4c, Rom 14:14 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. KJV In the beginning it was all good. The Lord God "calls" into groups of clean and unclean. As with food, so with...
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    does the sabbath create division?

    John, Wait upon the Lord Jesus. He will come to you in a moment and a way that you are not expecting. SdAs are like loaves of unleavened bread. This is good and useful, but incomplete, as the Lord designed that it should be incomplete. We know in part. The written code is a ministration of...
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    Spirit poured out in the last days...

    k4c, The last days did begin in Jesus' time. The last days are the days of the Lord God being revealed unto us as Father and Son; which leads to the doctrine of Christ. 2 John 9-11 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the...
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    GOD and CULTURE

    A 75 year old man, Abram, who had faithfully served in his father's house, which worshiped other gods than the Lord, was commanded of the Lord God Almighty to leave his father's house (culture) and to go to a land that the Lord would shew him. In this strange land, where he was a pilgrim and...
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    Satan bears our sin on his head...?

    John 13:9 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. KJV Rom 16:20 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. KJV Jesus will...
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    Spirit poured out in the last days...

    ECR, The outpouring of the holy Spirit will be as Paul witnessed in Galatians 6. Gal 6:14-18 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth...
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    speeding up the 2nd coming

    tall73, Yes, and our heavenly Father is the One who works in us to bring the conditions to be, according as He planned it from the Beginning. Acts 15:18 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. KJV Acts 4:27-28 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom...
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    A world without Jesus?

    Revelation chapter 4 is a revelation of heaven and earth before Christ was manifest in the flesh. This is the glory of creation and God's creation of us for his pleasure. This is the common salvation for the nations. This is all joy. Revelation chapter 5 is a revelation of heaven and earth...
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    What does Ellen White mean by "lesser light"

    The lesser light prepares the heart and mind to receive the greater light. The lesser light must decrease that the greater light may increase. Let us go out from bondage. Matt 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him...
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    The Sabath

    Searching, Honoring our fathers and mothers is given lip service. Liberal Greek philosophy moves the thoughts away from following the counsel of our parents. Luke 2:51-52 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in...
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    Church & State (A little U.S. history)

    ricker, The thought that all men are created equal with unalienable rights, such as the right to choose, is a Greek teaching concerning the Creator. Joe
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    CampMeeting!

    Crib, The experience of the 12 tribes are an example to us in Jesus Christ. Rom 9:30-33 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law...
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    Antichrist

    1 John 4:3 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. KJV Gen 17:10-14 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep...
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    Daily Devotional

    Rom 4:16-18 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many...
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    Appropriate Dress

    Then we will be sitting in the seat.
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    Appropriate Dress

    The Lord has given us a guiding judgment. Ex 19:10-15 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people...
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    How essential is Ellen White to SDA?

    ECR, First, unfold the significance of the "bully" aspect of God's worship that you stated in your previous post. Joe
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    How essential is Ellen White to SDA?

    ECR, Matt 21:12-16 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but...
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    Position vs Practice

    k4c, The issues of position and practice are witnessed in their simplicity in a few verses in Romans. Herein is our position: Rom 4:20-5:6 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had...