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Daily Devotional, Year 4: September 8

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 31:

“Re-Thinking Harold Camping Concerning ‘Cults'”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us:

for we are not ignorant of his devices.”

2nd Corinthians 2:11

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s review the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching (Raphael, 1515) – Wikipedia – US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they:

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.”

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus, there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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HAROLD CAMPING

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In this time of great apostasy, God raised up a faithful minister: one who could not only understand the Bible’s time prophecies, but also could correct many of the doctrinal errors which had crept in unawares, causing the church-world to become greatly mired down in Babylonish confusion.

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This man was Harold Camping, whom God gave voice through a world-wide radio ministry, and great knowledge by studying the Bible for an average of 5 or 6 hours per day over a fifty year span.

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A SOLA SCRIPTURA THEOLOGIAN

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Mr. Camping was not groomed by the apostate seminaries of our day, but instead, diligently compared “line upon line”, and “spiritual things with spiritual”, so that instead of quoting this author or that commentary, Camping merely quoted the Bible in his 90-minute nightly call-in talk show and his 25-minute daily Bible studies.

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He loved the Bible more than life itself, and sang its praises night after night, for over 50 years, well into his 90’s!

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Harold Camping – Wikipedia – copyrighted – not-for-free-use

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MANY IMITATORS & IMPOSTORS

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Now of course, Satan knew that Camping’s ministry would eventually lead to the call to “Come out of her (Babylon), My people”, and so he raised up many impostors who made similar time predictions, which obviously failed, causing the church-world to become even more hardened against the idea that Babylon was actually the world (which included the world-loving churches).

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But because Camping’s message included the pronunciation that the local congregations were an integral part of Babylon, the World, Satan had little trouble raising the prideful ire and disdainful anger of most every local congregation and denomination around the world!

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Marshall Applewhite – Wikipedia – Fair-Use Rationale

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“THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN”

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And let’s not forget that Satan’s main office is that of being, “the accuser of our brethren” (Revelation 12:10).

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And just as Lucifer came through the serpent to accuse God in the ears of Eve, so too, he now comes to the world’s inhabitants (including world-loving church-members) and accuses God’s true worshipers.

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ANY NOBLE BEREANS OUT THERE?

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Now, amidst all the current-day apostasy and hard-hearted unbelief, God still has a faithful remnant whose ears are open to receiving further truth, even though it may often rub against grain of the present-day doctrines of the so-called “orthodoxy”.

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And these faithful ones are the “Noble-Bereans”, who aren’t afraid to search the Scriptures, daily, and even monthly, in hopes that this new message is from God and not merely the product of human thought.

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Yes, God will bring His faithful remnant through these end-time messages symbolized by the three angels of Revelation 14, as well as the angel of Revelation 18.

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No, Harold Camping was not an angel, but a human messenger, who wasn’t perfect in his understanding, but nonetheless had been given much insight into many of the deeper truths of Scripture! 

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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GET READY, GET READY, GET READY!

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But praise God that He has graciously extended the final Day of the Lord, to allow God’s people to search out these matters.

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If Christ had actually come on May 21st, 2011, practically none of us would have been prepared to meet our God in peace!

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Much to the contrary, we were mostly steeped in eating and drinking and the cares and pleasures of this life, even to the point of losing our soul!

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And so, let none of God’s true sheep feel a smug self-assurance regarding Camping’s supposed error. God merely allowed that seemingly failed trumpet call to be a preparation-day wake-up call for His true remnant church to get our heavenly armor on and prepare to stand in the final battle!

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And so, may the Lord give each of us great insight and understanding in this end-time message! 

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ABOVE PICTURE: Unfunny Judgment Day Cartoon – a party tonight – signsofheaven.org

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TO READ PART 32, CLICK HERE…

Year 4: January 1 (Noble Bereans, Part 32: “Killing The Messenger”)

Stephen Stoned Acts 7:57-60 – lavistachurchofchrist.org

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) or you can also read…October 29 (Noble Bereans, Part 25: “The Message of the Second Angel of Revelation 14”

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

September 9 (Noble Bereans, Part 18: “Re-thinking Harold Camping Regarding The Sun Standing Still”)

Dore – Joshua – Sun stands still – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #314 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc.. Most Images cropped & reduced in size.

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: September 14

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 30:

“Re-Thinking Ellen White Concerning ‘Cults'”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us:

for we are not ignorant of his devices.”

2nd Corinthians 2:11

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced.

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And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching (Raphael, 1515) – Wikipedia – US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they:

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.”

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus, there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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ELLEN G. WHITE

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Many accusations have been leveled over the past decades against Ellen G. White by the so-called “orthodox” churches, and even by some within the 7th Day Adventist Church.

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Some criticisms have been petty, while other accusations have been somewhat more serious.

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But for those of us who have tried to be “good Bereans” by thoroughly researching her life, we realize how hollow most or perhaps all of those accusations really are!

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN IS CAST DOWN”

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Now of course, we understand that Satan is the real “accuser”. And in his role as “Accuser-In-Chief”, Satan has done a marvelous job over the past 2,000 years in besmirching, belittling, mocking, accusing, and in concise terms, casting mud upon God’s people.

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“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, …the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God, day and night.” Revelation 12:10

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This above verse reveals that Satan does not cease, nor ever has, from casting false accusations down upon truth and upon those who speak Bible truth!

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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SATAN HAS ALWAYS STIGMATIZED THE TRUTH

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And so, it should be no surprise that from the time of the Roman emperors, to the raising up of the ruthless and apostate churches of Europe, to plaguing such reformers as Martin Luther with some fanatical followers, the Church-elect has suffered at the cruel hand of Satan and his vast armies, both human and angelic.

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And day-and-night, this ardent foe of Heaven has come as an “angel of light”, along with his so-called, “ministers of righteousness” to stigmatize God’s people. (See 2nd Corinthians 11:14, 15)

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And in many cases, Satan merely raises up false brethren who do and say things to make true worshipers look bad in the eyes of the general populace. (See 2nd Peter 2:2)

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Burned at the stake – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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LOOK-ALIKE ‘CULTS’

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Now in Ellen White’s day, Satan (who is a masterful Bible student), knew that God was soon going to raise up her ministry to proclaim the 3-Angel’s message.

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And so, he wasted no time raising up several cults in a largely successful counterattack to confuse the onlooking world concerning her heavenly-ordained ministry.

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Yes, and these so-called “cults” had similar aspects to her ministry, thus making it very confusing and difficult for the unlearned multitudes, to discern between them.

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And let’s face it! These cults also had some obviously false doctrines mingled into their teachings which were generally a real “turn-off” to anyone who was familiar with the basic fundamental doctrines of the Bible.

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Charles Finney – Wikimedia – Public Domain

David Koresh – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Aimee Semple McPherson – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Mary Baker Eddy – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“ORTHODOX” CHURCHES TRADE AWAY TRUTH FOR TRADITION

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But in addition to their false teachings, Satan included some truths which the apostate churches of Europe had long-before discarded: such truths as the true nature of Hell, actually being “The Grave”, which was traded away for the Catholic false doctrine of “Eternal Torment”. (This was the result of taking out of context, a few passages, while ignoring scores of other passages which speak of Hell as “The Grave”.)

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And so now, all anyone had to do was say…“Hey, every cult shares this same teaching regarding Hell being the grave!”

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And so, since these “cults” mostly all reject ‘Eternal Torment’, they cast even further aspersion on Ellen White’s assertion that the Bible teaches that Hell is the grave and is the true eternal destiny for all rejecters of Salvation.

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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A HEAVY BURDEN FOR NOBLE BEREANS

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Well, God obviously allowed Satan to raise up those look-alike gospels. And of course, this stumbling block makes it even more difficult for churchgoers to discern between the true and the counterfeit.

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But those who are truly “Noble Bereans” will, by the grace of God, continue to search “the Scriptures daily, to see whether those things were so”. Acts 17:11

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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“MARVEL NOT, MY BRETHREN, IF THE WORLD HATE YOU!”

1st John 3:13

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And just one word of warning to all those “Noble Bereans” who actually do discover the truth in all these things.

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Do not expect to be applauded for your efforts in your quest for truth.

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No, Satan has already so greatly stigmatized the messages of Revelation 14, that all you can expect is to suffer persecution for your beliefs. Yes, and even to this very day, Satan continues to cast dirt upon all those who proclaim these three messages of Revelation 14, so that anyone who embraces them will be hated and belittled to the degree that the very elect people of God may even question their own sanity at times for embracing such a despised and much-maligned message!

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But really, haven’t we been sufficiently warned this will happen? After all, even Jesus warns us…“yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service…and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake.” John 16:2 & Matthew 24:9

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Protest – Anti-Christian rally in Chicago – cropped image – Wikimedia

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TO READ PART 31, CLICK HERE…

September 8 (Noble Bereans, Part 31: “Re-Thinking Harold Camping Concerning ‘Cults’”)

Harold-Camping – courtesy Family Radio

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… DECEMBER 19 (Noble Bereans, Part 19: “Re-thinking Ellen White Regarding The Mark of the Beast & The Sunday Sabbath”), or you can also read…NOVEMBER 23 (Noble Bereans, Part 20: “Re-thinking Ellen White Regarding Her Old Testament Statements”)“ or you can also read…January 25 (The Straw-Man! Part 3: Kingdom of the So-Called “Cults”)

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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Thomas Cole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW…

September 15 (Noble Bereans, Part 29: “Re-Thinking Ellen White Concerning Jesting”)

Laughing – (cropped and color added) – Fotothek df roe neg – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

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THIS IS STUDY #313 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: September 15

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 29:

“Re-Thinking Ellen White Concerning Jesting”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching  (Raphael, 1515) – Wikipedia – US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And thus, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Therefore, an open-mindedness permeated their hearts, and a willing desire to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true and biblical!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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ELLEN G. WHITE

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Many accusations have been made over the past decades against Ellen G. White by the so-called “orthodox” churches, but even by some within the 7th-Day Adventist Church.

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Some criticisms have been petty, while other accusations have been more serious.

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But for those of us who have tried to be “good Bereans” by thoroughly researching her life, we realize how hollow most all of those accusations really are!

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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A LIFE ABOVE REPROACH

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Yes, Ellen White’s life was above reproach in most every respect!

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But as can be expected, Satan has used unsanctified minds to dredge up any and every possible criticism against that little lady. From hypocrisy concerning her diet counsels, to having the police come to her home once, to plagiarism in her writings, to being called a false prophet and cult leader, to attempting to put the Church under Old Testament Law.

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These spurious accusations have been and still are made against Mrs. white!

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it”

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Truly, Satan and his armies have left no stone un-turned in attempting to cast mud on Ellen White.

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And contrary to popular opinion, she never claimed her writings to be infallible…“We have many lessons to learn, and many, many to unlearn. God and Heaven alone are infallible. Those who think that they will never have to give up a cherished view, never have occasion to change an opinion, will be disappointed…In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it; God alone is infallible. His word is true, and in Him is no variableness, or shadow of turning.”

Christian teachings and Experience of Ellen White, p.203 & Letter 10, 1895

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“THEY WHICH LEAD THEE CAUSE THEE TO ERR”

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And let’s face it. All those “not-so-noble and not-at-all-Bereans” who are too busy to do their own personal truth-seeking research, have merely allowed their church leaders to do their homework for them, and have perilously placed their soul’s Salvation in the hands of mere men…“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” Hosea 4:6 & Isaiah 3:12

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These above two little verses really speak a mouthful in regard to today’s church-world! Like never before, today’s church parishioners are mostly content to let others do their homework for them. 

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN ADMITS NO WRONG!

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But compare the life and writings of Ellen White to today’s church leaders. Do you even find one joke, or jest, or frivolity, or any “lightness” in her writings?

(For “lightness” references, see 2nd Corinthians 1:17 & Jeremiah 23:32 along with Matthew Henry comments on those two verses) 

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Not one instance! Rather, she believed the duty of calling souls to Christ to be a far more serious and sacred trust, to ever be mingled with the common and impious humor of the world! In her own words…“they need to pray more and talk less; for souls are hanging in the balance.” (SpTB02, p.46) 

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Now compare that to the jovial radio and television preachers so often heard today!

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Not only are their sermons often filled with a low-grade piety, but it’s quite common for them to keep their audience in stitches by jokes, jests, lightness and mockeries! And they don’t even apologize for it!

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It reminds us of this following proverb of Solomon…“Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.” Proverbs 30:20

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Yes, in contrast to the virtuous woman who Ellen White was, these modern-day preachers more closely align to the adulterous woman in the above Proverb 30:20 verse. We often sin with our mouths and then claim, “I have done no wickedness!”

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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BIBLE FREE OF ALL HUMOR AND JESTS

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But listen to God’s Word… “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, NOR FOOLISH TALK, NOR JESTING, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks…Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.” Ephesians 5:2-4, 6

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This above passage was one which Mrs. White took to heart!

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And she often pointed out that neither Jesus, nor John, nor Paul, nor any of the other writers of the Bible made any jokes, jests, nor engaged in any lightness or frivolity anywhere in the Bible!

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No, not one instance, even though many preachers will wrestle with some scriptures to deceitfully imply some joke made by Jesus or someone else in Scripture!

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But, as already stated, the Noble Berean will be pleased to discover not one instance of comedy, etc., was ever used in the vast volumes of Ellen White’s writings. Not one instance!

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

John The Apostle – by Alonzo Cano – 1635-1637 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Paul the Apostle – Artist – Valentin de Boulogne or Nicolas Tournier – circa 1500s – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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LIVED BY HER WORDS

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Now listen to her very own words in her paraphrase of Ephesians 5…“There is nothing gloomy in the religion of Jesus. While all lightness, trifling, and jesting, which the apostle says are not convenient, are to be studiously avoided, there is a sweet rest and peace in Jesus that will be expressed in the countenance. Christians will not be mournful, depressed, and despairing. They will be sober-minded, yet they will show to the world a cheerfulness which only grace can impart.” Child Guidance, p.146 

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And all those who are familiar with her life fully understand that Ellen White lived by these words!

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While daily engaging in charitable deeds in her community, to spending tireless hours writing letters to cheer up and encourage her many friends, to her countless other endeavors such as starting colleges and hospitals and churches, Ellen White exhibited cheerfulness even during her times of physical pain! Oh yes, perhaps her critics and detractors can spy out some instances in her 70-year-long ministry in which she failed in this area.

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But all those “Noble Bereans” out there will want to begin to search “the Scriptures daily” in hopes of matching up her writings and even her life to the only infallible test of truth, the Bible!

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Ellen White – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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Now let’s end this little discourse with the following statement by a notable Christian reformer from yesteryear…

“They preach more to please the ear than to profit the heart…False teachers handle holy things rather with wit and trifling, rather than with fear and reverence. False teachers are soul-murderers. They are like evil surgeons, that skin over the wound—but never heal it…False teachers are Hell’s greatest enrichers.”

Thomas Brooks on, “The 7 Chacteristics of False Teachers”

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ABOVE PICTURE: Thomas Brooks after Unknown artist – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TO READ PART 30. CLICK HERE…

September 14 (Noble Bereans, Part 30: “Re-Thinking Ellen White Concerning ‘Cults’”)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… DECEMBER 19 (Noble Bereans, Part 19: “Re-thinking Ellen White Regarding The Mark of the Beast & The Sunday Sabbath”), or you can also read…NOVEMBER 23 (Noble Bereans, Part 20: “Re-thinking Ellen White Regarding Her Old Testament Statements”)

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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Thomas Cole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

 September 16 (Noble Bereans, Part 19: “Re-thinking Ellen White Regarding The Mark of the Beast & The Sunday Sabbath”)

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #312 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc.. Most Images cropped & reduced in size.

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Daily Devotional, Year 3: November 4

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 28:

“The Messages of the 3 Angels”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those “Noble Bereans” has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching in Athens (Raphael, 1515) Wikipedia US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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OK, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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THE 3 MESSAGES OF REVELATION 14

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A great part of the test which is coming upon the Church in these last moments of time is to be able to accept these three messages, which appear to have seeming discrepancies between each other.

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In other words, none of these messages are infallible. Each of them have various errors. In some cases, there are seeming errors which are not actually errors at all.

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In other words, none of these messages are infallible. Each of them has various errors. In some cases, there are seeming errors which are not actually errors at all, just “two sides of the same coin”, spiritually speaking.

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Yes, the Bible is a complicated Book, written by a complex God. And thus, there are, “…some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”. 2nd Peter 3:16

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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THE 7TH DAY SABBATH

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One such seeming error concerns the 7th day Sabbath of the 1st Angel’s message.

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Well, because the 1st Angel’s message proclaimed the everlasting Gospel, the 7th Day Sabbath was given in terms of the letter of the Law. And so, it spoke of the Sabbath as a one day per week event. And of course, the 7th Day Sabbath, according to the letter of the Law is indeed a “one day per week event”!

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Yes, from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown was the day which God ordained as the 7th Day Sabbath. 

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But then, in the 2nd Angel’s message, the 7th Day Sabbath was more fully proclaimed, now being revealed to be a spiritual rest in which a soul obtains Salvation totally by God’s grace, without performing any human works.

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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“ye shall find rest unto your souls”

(read Matthew 11:28-30)

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And so, both messages were correct.

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But while the 1st message presented the 7th day Sabbath according to the letter of the Law, the 2nd message revealed the spiritual nature of the 7th Day Sabbath.

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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THE SUNDAY SABBATH: A GENUINE ERROR

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But as already proclaimed in today’s devotional, these 3 messages were not infallible. For instance, while the 2nd Angel’s message rightly proclaimed the spiritual nature of the 7th Day Sabbath, the 2nd message wrongly proclaimed a supposed new Sabbath which continues from midnight to midnight on the 1st day of the week, commonly referred to as the “Sunday Sabbath”, or “The Lord’s Day”.

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Of course, this new, spurious Sunday Sabbath, originally, was the brainchild of the Roman Catholic Church and has no foundation in the Bible. But later, God then corrected this error with the 3rd Angel’s message.

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Yes, the 3rd Angel’s message proclaimed an even more all-encompassing Sabbath Rest for the people of God, in which the Believer enjoys an ongoing, 24/7/365 spiritual rest, via an ever-growing trust in the “exceeding great and precious promises” of God, as revealed in the infallible Word of Christ. (see 2nd Peter 1:4)

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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THE 3RD MESSAGE CORRECTS PRIOR ERRORS

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As a matter of fact, there are other similar errors and seeming errors in the 1st Angel’s and 2nd Angel’s messages. And so, God raised up the 3rd Angel’s message to clear up any confusion about these discrepancies as well as the seeming discrepancies.

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Now, of course, by no means is the 3rd Angel’s message to be regarded as infallible. Only the Bible is the infallible Word of Truth!

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And so, the truth-loving Bible student has his or her work cut out for themselves, to prayerfully study in hopes of rightly discerning these three messages of unfolding Bible truths.

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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A TEST FOR CHURCH-GOERS

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Now one reason why God permitted errors to appear in these three messages is to allow enough pegs for all skeptics to hang their doubts and criticisms upon.

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Thus, by their own erroneous way, they will be separated from the true wheat (God’s true worshipers), carrying them away to be bound in bundles and spiritually burned up, even as written…“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” Matthew 13:30 

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Yes, there is coming the final separation between true Believers and the false brethren within the church-world.

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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NOT TO WORSHIP MERE HUMANS

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Another reason for allowing errors is to keep anyone from worshiping any one of the messengers who originally proclaimed each message.

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And because each messenger confessed that God alone is infallible, there is no excuse for any mistaken notion regarding the fallibility of these three messages. Each messenger had “feet of clay”. And the truth-loving Bible student needs to place his or her implicit trust in the Bible only. 

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY!”

Proverbs 25:25

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The Good News is, that God’s people will more and more learn to place complete confidence in the Bible, and never place complete trust in mere mortal men!

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Listen…“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low…Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” Isaiah 2:11, 12, 22 

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As this above passage proclaims, the Day of the Lord will not exalt any mere human! But instead, Isaiah 2:20, 21 calls us to “cease ye from Man, whose breath is in his nostrils”, not placing any trust in any human, including the original messengers of these 3 messages!

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And yet, make no mistake! These three messages together present very wonderful and biblical truths: truths which have been ignored, rejected, or slighted by the mainstream church-world.

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And these three messages reveal how Bible prophecy has been unfolding throughout the church-era.

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3 Angels Message – cropped image – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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GOD’S DIVINE SIGNATURE UPON THESE 3 MESSAGES

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And so, each and every truth-loving, “Noble Berean” will study, day-by-day, week-by-week, and even month-by-month in hopes that these three messages are indeed heaven-sent messages!

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And to put a giant exclamation mark on these three messages, God has written His divine signature upon these messages via the “signs in the Sun…Moon…and…stars” Luke 21:25.

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And all those who are open-minded, and lovers of truth can begin to see this Divine signature, thus proving the authenticity of these three messages!

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ABOVE PICTURE: Orion the Soldier and the Revelation 12 Dragon (Hyades & Pleiades, etc. – winter constellations – www.signsofheaven.org – not for commercial use

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TO READ PART 29, CLICK HERE… 

November 10 (Noble Bereans, Part 29: “Re-Thinking Ellen White Concerning Jesting”)

Ellen G. White – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) 

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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Thomas Cole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

November 5 (Revelation 16:17-21: “The Seventh Plague”)

The Great Day of His Wrath – John Martin – 1853 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #306 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc.. Most Images cropped & reduced in size.

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: October 18 

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 26

“The Message of the Third Angel of Revelation 14”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching in Athens (Raphael, 1515) – Wikipedia – US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to continue searching the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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TO READ PART 27, CLICK HERE…

October 31 (Noble Bereans, Part 27: “A Testing Time For The Church”)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read….JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

October 19 (Noble Bereans, Part 28: “The Messages of the 3 Angels” CONTINUED)

Three Angels Message – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #301 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc…. 

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: October 17

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 25:

“The Message of the Second Angel of Revelation 14”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching in Athens (Raphael, 1515) Wikipedia US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) 

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

.

Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

October 18 (Noble Bereans, Part 26 “The Message of the Third Angel of Revelation 14”)

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #300 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc…. 

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: October 16

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 24:

“The Message of the First Angel of Revelation 14”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching in Athens (Raphael, 1515) Wikipedia US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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OK, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And thus were those noble Bereans ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Therefore existed an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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TO READ THE NEXT PART 25, CLICK HERE…

October 17 (Noble Bereans, Part 25: ″The Message of the Second Angel of Revelation 14″

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

.

Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

.

And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

October 17 (Noble Bereans, Part 25: “The Message of the Second Angel of Revelation 14)

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #299 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: October 15

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 23:

“The Messages of the Three Angels of Revelation 14”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching in Athens – (Raphael, 1515) – Wikipedia – US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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And their open-mindedness was in contrast to vast close-minded majority of that day, who merely listened just long enough until heard some supposed error in Paul’s teachings, giving themselves an excuse to reject him altogether!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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REVELATION WAS WRITTEN FOR ENTIRE CHURCH-AGE

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The Book of Revelation was given for the Church in every age, even as it is written… ”Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: FOR THE TIME IS AT HAND.” Revelation 22:10.

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Yes, the Book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ is just as its title reveals: it is the revelation of Jesus Christ, and His marvelous workings in a world steeped in sin and woe.

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Revelation – Wikimedia – courtesy www.pre.org

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CHURCH-WORLD IN DENIAL

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But since about the mid-twentieth century, the apostate portion of the Church has been misleading the Christian community into the notion that the last 19 chapters of Revelation concerns only the literal Jews and are greatly irrelevant for the Church.

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And to further bolster this notion, the man-made name, “The Rapture” was invented and added to the teachings of theologians and Bible teachers, to bring about the deception that there will be two separate returns of Christ, presenting the fallacy that the Church would be snatched away prior to the last 7 years of earth’s great end-of-days tribulation.

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This is a fatal error, and is easily disproved by such passages as this above verse, plus many other similar passages such as this… ”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.” Revelation 1:3

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“THE TIME IS AT HAND”

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Now why does God pronounce those to be blessed, who read and hear and keep the words of this prophecy?

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Simple! Because “the time is at hand.”

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In other words, the entire Book of Revelation was given to be a comfort for God’s people at any point in time in the New Testament era, as it reveals how Jesus works with and works through His Church-elect.

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Yes, persecution against Christians by Satan’s armies began soon after Christ’s ascension!

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Burned at the stake – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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MAN-MADE UNBIBLICAL HERMENEUTIC

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However, the problem came in when apostate church theologians decided that Scripture must be interpreted as literal as possible, to avoid all the indiscriminate mis-interpreting of Scripture by many unsanctified minds.

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But as the saying goes, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!” Just because some theologians came up with wrong ideas, did not necessitate the forbidding of all spiritualizing away the many types, shadows, allegories, etc…

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Yes, by judiciously comparing scripture with scripture, and spiritual things with spiritual, one may find the true spiritual meaning veiled behind the various allegories, parables, types, and shadows found throughout both testaments.

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And doesn’t Jesus Himself tell us… ”And He said, Unto you (His true disciples) it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.”? Luke 8:10

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The fact is, the Bible is filled with many truths which are often veiled within types and shadows and parables and allegories, and can only be revealed by the indwelling Holy Spirit combined with a thorough searching out and comparing of scripture with scripture.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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“SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED”

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And concerning the allegorical nature of the Bible, even Paul asks the question… ”Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?…Which things are an allegory.” Galatians 4:21, 24

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Paul here was gently scolding the Galatians for not discerning the allegorical nature of the Law which would have revealed to them the deeper truths which these Galatians could not see by reason of their spiritual blindness.

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But likewise, today’s apostate portion of the Church cannot properly discern spiritual things even as it is written… “not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.” 1st Corinthians 2:13, 14

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Yes, the Bible is a spiritual book. But the carnal heart cannot properly discern that spiritual nature, nor does it even desire to do so.

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And to further lock them out of truth, Satan stealthily brought in this false non-biblical hermeneutic which demands that scripture must only be interpreted literally, as far as possible.

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Paul the Apostle – Artist – Valentin de Boulogne or Nicolas Tournier – circa 1500s – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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FALSE HERMENEUTIC HAS CLOSED UP REVELATION

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Now in today’s devotional, the fundamental principle of proper Bible interpretation concerning the parabolic nature of the Bible has been laid down.

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And yet, even a superficial study is enough to refute this phantom hermeneutic, howbeit not exhaustively, which would have required a number of devotionals to do a proper job of it.

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Now, in tomorrow’s devotional, the message of the 1st Angel will be touched upon. To read Part 24, click here…

October 16 (Noble Bereans, Part 24: “The Message of the First Angel of Revelation 14”)

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole-Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey wikimedia US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

October 16 (Noble Bereans, Part 24: “The Message of the First Angel of Revelation 14)

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #298 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc…. 

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: October 23

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 22:

“Re-thinking Harold Camping Regarding The Spirituality of the Bible”

To read part 1, click here…“September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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So, in this little series, the subject of those noble Bereans has been introduced. And today, it is still worthy of a little more exploration into another area of concern.

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Let’s look at the key Bible passage… “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming there, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10, 11

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St Paul Preaching in Athens (Raphael, 1515) Wikipedia US public domain

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AN OPEN-MINDED SPIRIT IN BEREA

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Okay, so those in Berea were more noble, because they: 

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1. “Received the Word with all readiness of mind.” 

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2. “And searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

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And so, the Bereans were ready to receive new teachings, which no doubt, conflicted with the supposed, “orthodox” teachings of that day.

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Thus, there was an open-mindedness which permeated their hearts, and a willingness to search the Scriptures daily, in hopes that these seemingly new teachings were indeed true!

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La Bible, Notre-Dame – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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A FAILED PREDICTION?

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A few years ago, a certain radio Bible teacher made the seemingly failed prediction that May 21st, 2011 would be the last day of earth’s existence, because of the long-promised return of Christ in the clouds of glory.

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And of course, when that 24-hour day came and went, the world began throwing verbal stones at Harold Camping.

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But in reality, nothing failed!

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No, nothing in Camping’s prediction failed! But God purposely allowed this tarrying-time to awaken His sleeping saints, to prepare them to stand in the Day of the Lord!

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Judgment Bus New Orleans 2011 – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

Harold Camping – Wikipedia – copyrighted, not for free use

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CAMPING OPPOSED HISTORICAL-GRAMMATICAL HERMENEUTIC

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One very great doctrinal difference between Camping’s teachings as opposed to the standard teachings of the evangelical community is the disagreement over the supposed hermeneutic (rule of interpretation) which demands that scripture be interpreted as literal as possible unless context DEMANDS a spiritual interpretation.

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This hermeneutic is sometimes referred to as the “Historical-Grammatical Method of Interpretation”.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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NO BIBLICAL SUPPORT

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Now, Harold Camping often pointed out that nowhere in the Bible is there found any scriptural justification for such a hermeneutic.

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Rather, this hermeneutic is totally a man-made doctrine, which was originally fabricated many long centuries ago to guard against some really bad spiritualizing going on in that day.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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LOCKED OUT OF MUCH OF THE BIBLE

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But Camping also pointed out that by following that non-biblical, human-contrived hermeneutic, Bible students lock themselves out of so much of the Bible.

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For instance, adherents of this hermeneutic of literal interpretation do not believe that much of the Book of Revelation concerns the Church, but is mainly for literal Jews. Nor can they see the many spiritual truths found in the Laws of Moses. Nor can they see that the Old Testament prophets have a spiritual application for today’s Church.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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OLD TESTAMENT FILLED WITH TYPES, SHADOWS, ALLEGORIES AND PARABLES

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Now, Camping, on the other hand, believed just the opposite. He saw the Old Testament as a spiritual book, filled with allegories, types and shadows which have a spiritual application for today’s Church.

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And so, Camping constantly pointed out the many spiritual metaphors which were actually more for today’s Church, than they were for the Old Testament children of Israel.

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And thus, Camping taught his listeners, that by comparing scripture with scripture and spiritual things with spiritual, the true allegorical meaning of all those Old Testament precepts and testimonies can be properly unlocked to reveal their true application to today’s Church.

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And for this reason, this website features daily audio Bible studies at the bottom of each day’s devotionals. And by following those daily Bible studies, the truth-seeking Bible student can gradually learn the true hermeneutics of proper Bible study.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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ANY “NOBLE BEREANS” OUT THERE?

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And prayerfully, for any “Noble Bereans” out there, the invitation goes out to follow along with these daily devotionals and the accompanying audio Bible studies on each day’s devotional. And with an open mind and a prayerful heart, the Bible student can study day-by-day, and even month-by-month to eventually gain confidence that he or she is on the right track that Harold Camping was truly a man of God, and a faithful expositor of Bible truth.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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TO READ PART 23, CLICK HERE…

October 27 (Noble Bereans, Part 23: “The Messages of the Three Angels of Revelation 14″)

3 Angels Messages – Wikipedia via www.pri.org – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… ” FEBRUARY 10 (The Deserted Island Theologian!)”, or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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TOMORROW…

September 8 (Noble Bereans, Part 31: “Re-Thinking Harold Camping Concerning ‘Cults’”)

Judgment Bus New Orleans 2011 – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #294 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Those who are interested in using photos on this page may click on the provided image credit link below each photo, to get to Wikimedia Commons for various licensing names, details, and tags, and all other necessary info on any particular photo. 

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: January 6

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Noble Bereans,

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Part 37:

“The New Waldenses”

To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”

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“When ye therefore shall see

the abomination of desolation,

spoken of by Daniel the prophet,

stand in the holy place,

(whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Then let them which be in Judaea

flee into the mountains:”

Matthew 24:15, 16

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ABOVE PICTURE – winter Constellations – Woman of Revelation 12 (Ursa Major) flees to the mountains – Mark 13:14 – Dragon comprised of Hyades, Pleiades, etc…Valley of Decision mountain comprised of Cassiopeia, etc… (This is not a star-chart, but merely a concept picture since this mountain is not in this position, but is actually in the fall months)

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MESSENGERS WITH “FEET OF CLAY”

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The Three Angel’s Messages as prophesied of in Revelation, Chapter 14, are three distinct messages. And yet they greatly overlap each other.