Daily Devotional, Year 4: November 9 (Noble Bereans, Part 35: “Killing The Messenger” CONTINUED FURTHER)
By admin On July 11th, 2023.
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Daily Devotional, Year 4: November 9
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Noble Bereans,
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Part 35:
“Killing The Messenger”
CONTINUED FURTHER
To read part 1, click here…”September 2nd (Noble Bereans?)”
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THE 3RD ANGEL’S MESSAGE
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Now in the last several devotionals, the prophecies of the three angels of Revelation 14 have been touched upon.
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And the last several devotionals concerned the 1st and 2nd angels’ messages.
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“SIGNS IN THE SUN…MOON, AND…STARS”
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Oh yes, all three messages were all given by those previous two messengers, to some degree.
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But now came the time for the 3rd angel’s message to be given in all its fulness, inscribed in the very heavens, just as it is written…
“And there shall be signs in the sun,
and in the moon, and in the stars;”
Luke 21:25
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Yes, even on Creation week, thousands of years ago, God had inscribed the messages of the three angels of Revelation, Chapter 14 in the sun, moon, and stars.
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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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GOD’S LAST MESSAGE WRITTEN IN HEAVENS
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Oh yes, God used an earthly instrument to write about all these signs and what they meant.
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But these three messages written in the sky are in complete harmony with the Bible.
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And any diligent Bible student can decipher this message in the sky, using the Bible only.
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“THE LORD ALONE SHALL BE EXALTED IN THAT DAY!”
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Nevertheless, God used a very flawed human instrument to proclaim this message on earthly scrolls.
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One reason for this is found in Isaiah 2:11…
“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:”
Isaiah 2:11, 12
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No, God has no desire to exalt any human, during this Day of the Lord. Isaiah, Chapter 2 makes that abundantly clear! And so, God used weakness instead, to proclaim this 3rd message.
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THERE’S NO WAY TO WIN!
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Now there are skeptics who raise the argument: “Why should anyone listen to such a flawed and unrighteous individual, who is no better than any of the rest of us?”
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And it’s true. Shouldn’t God have sent someone like a Moses or an Elijah, or a John the Baptist: persons with irreproachable character?
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But the fact is, God did send, not one, but two human messengers, whose lives were, for the most part, above reproach.
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But sadly, most everyone rejected what they had to say! And they found supposed flaws: slanderous charges that they could lay upon these two individuals, in order to reject their messages.
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But listen to Jesus, speaking of our hypocrisy…
“For John came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, He hath a devil.
The Son of man came eating and drinking,
and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber,
a friend of publicans and sinners.
Matthew 11:18, 19
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No matter who God sends, righteous or unrighteous, most people will find some excuse to blame that messenger, to reject that messenger.
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Either way, you just can’t win!
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Chuck in a dumpster far down south.
Ellen G. White – Wikimedia – Public Domain
Harold Camping on phone – Courtesy of Family Radio.org
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“TORMENTED WITH FIRE & BRIMSTONE”
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But there were other reasons for using corrupt clay in this message.
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Yes, since the 3rd angel’s message has to do with the Mark of the Beast, the Lord wanted a human to experience that torment, for all onlookers to witness.
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God did this so that people might understand the true nature of the torment for all those who possess that fearful Mark.
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Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.”
Psalm 35:11
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And so, unlike the previous two messages, Satan had no trouble finding ways to kill the messenger of this 3rd angel’s message. He didn’t even need to manufacture false charges against this messenger.
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And yet, in addition to actual and true accusations, Satan went beyond, to drum up even some false charges.
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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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CALLING ALL NOBLE BEREANS!
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But the really Good News is that all those who consider themselves to be “Noble Bereans” are invited to follow along with these two websites, and study them with an open Bible and with an open mind, to see if these things are truly in harmony with Scripture!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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HAPPILY EVER-AFTER!
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Oh yes, the 2nd angel’s message gave additional truth and even corrections to the 1st angel’s message. And this 3rd angel’s message made some corrections to the previous two messages.
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But ultimately, the Bible is the only infallible Word of God, and needs no correction.
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And so, we have an unmovable anchor of truth to rely on! And the Bible is filled with many promises that our God will carry us forward to total victory!
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TO READ PART 36, CLICK HERE…
January 5 (Noble Bereans, Part 36: “Harold Camping vs. Ellen White”)
Ellen G. White – Wikimedia – Public Domain
Harold Camping
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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…August (Noble Bereans, Part 16: “The Signs Of Heaven?”) or you can also read…JUNE 13 (Why The World Didn’t End on May 21, 2011) or you can also read…October 30 (Noble Bereans, Part 26 – “The Message of the Third Angel of Revelation 14”)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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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…
November 10 (Noble Bereans, Part 36: “Killing The Messenger” CONTINUED FURTHER)
Ellen G. White – Wikimedia – Public Domain
Harold Camping
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Ellen White Quotes about Orion
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS 2-MINUTE SET OF QUOTES – – Ellen White Quotes about Orion
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ABOVE PICTURE: soldiers of the cross – armor up! – Orion & The Revelation 12 Dragon constellation (comprised of Hyades & Pleiades and other constellations) – www.signsofheaven.org