The information in this article is simple enough for a child to understand—yet almost no Pastors know this information, let alone the average Christian! If you want to gain a correct understanding of how Jesus, the Apostles, and God's ancient people understood his Word, you must read this article!
and Are Contrary to Us...
Colossians chapter 2 has been used for years by Sunday-keepers to teach that the Sabbath has been done away with; now this text is being used by Sabbath-keepers to do away with God's appointed feasts. What is the correct interpretation of this text?
When the Bible and Ellen White speak of God's statutes, are they referring to the Ten Commandments? This large collection of Ellen White statements show that she was in perfect harmony with the Bible writers' position regarding the perpetuity of God's Statutes.
Most believers do not know that God has a sacred calendar, different from those of the world. This article deals mainly with research into the original calendar, as well as it's bearing on how to calculate God's Holy Appointed Times.
(This article is of particular interest to those who observe God's sacred Feasts, and to Seventh-day Adventists).
One of the major issues that arise when one first accepts the continuing significance of God’s holy days is that of the timing of the New Moon. A common development of one’s understanding is typically to first simply look at the calendar and see when the accepted day (meaning, that observed by modern-day Rabbinic Jews) falls, and simply keeping it in concert with them. However, continued study (or even simply exposure to other feast-keepers) reveals that there are various methods of calculating the high holy days—even among the Jews—leading to the high holy days being observed over a span of two or three disputed days, or in some cases, a month apart.
The question that should be at the forefront of every believer's mind should be: Did God give definitive proof in his word, the Bible?
Where on earth does the day begin and the date change? Is the International Date Line a reliable reference point? Should believers in Australia keep the Sabbath on Sunday, after it arrives in Israel?
This article tries to arrive at a plausible and logical conclusion of the various proposed date lines and the implications attached to them.
Did the Earth once possess 360 days per year?
By Keith M. Hunter
Thoughts for the December/January holiday season.
Many of us feel blessed to live in the comforts and luxuries afforded to us by the technology and advances of science in the last 150 years. However, this article will show that the blessing is actually a curse—a part of Satan's master plan to force the entire world into submission to worship him and willingly accept the mark of the beast.
A central figure in the "1888 Movement", elder Waggoner's views are quite different from that of many of the admiror's of his work.
By E.J. Waggoner
"{God} drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." Genesis 3:24.
Drove? With a sword? To keep his tree of life safe? Ellen White declared, "the exercise of force is contrary to the principles of God's government" (Desire of Ages, 22). Jesus himself promised, "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise—that is, never, in any case, under any circumstances—cast out." (John 6:37).
There is no contradiction here. The key to understanding these texts is in Romans 8:28: "We know that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
The author of these articles wishes to remain anonymous at this time.
Something is coming soon--something that will, "if possible, deceive even the very elect." How will Satan accomplish the conversion of the myriad belief systems (and unbelievers) to Christianity?
The question alarms many people, particularly traditional Seventh-day Adventists. Is dancing in church one of Satan's inroads into Sacred services, or could it possibly be... commanded by God? Read this article—the Bible research may surprise you!
By Dean and Susan Witlock
by G.E. Fifield
A wolf in sheep’s clothing is bad enough, but what about a dragon in sheep’s clothing? How could that fool anyone? Read the story of the Nice Dragon and see how millions are being decieved.
Christ clearly stated that no one on heaven or earth knows the exact day and hour of Christ's coming. Does the Bible teach that we are never to know?
What is God's name? Are we commanded to use it, or is it wrong to use it? Much superstition and debate surrounds the issue of the Sacred Name. This article debunks the myths and fanaticism surrounding the use of God's Holy Name.
(For additional research on the Sacred Name, read the first chapter of The LORD God in our Online Books section)
What day of the week was Christ crucified? Was he in the grave for 72 hours? What does it matter?
This parable was not designed to teach anything about the state of the dead, but was rich in meaning as a warning to the Jewish nation.
Is God really like that?
Was Christ’s death a legal substitution? What is sin? Did Jesus really pay the penalty for our sins?
by G.E. Fifield
& Spirituality
When you are presented with a teaching, you cannot simply dismiss it, because we are commanded to test the spirits, to see if they are of God (1 John 4:1). The points are not merely philosophical, but Scriptural. Be like the noble Bereans and search the Scriptures for yourself (Acts 17:10-11).
You're in good company, sometimes
(and sometimes... they're just famous)
Malachi prophecied that God would send Elijah "before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD." While John the Baptist partially fulfilled this prophecy, Jesus said that there was yet another fulfillment, that "Surely Elijah will come, and restore all things." Matthew 17:11