July-Sept-14

We learned in our last Newsletter that before it comes time to give the message of Revelation 18 and the beginning and swelling of the Loud Cry, that the Holy Spirit must be poured out in Latter Rain power through the message of truth. As we know what this message of truth is – the Righteousness of Christ, and this message of Christ’s righteousness has been preached for over 100 years now, then is it yet time for the Holy Spirit to be poured out? And if so, has the Latter Rain already started to fall?

Multitudes declare most positively: NO! They state that there can be no Latter Rain until after the Sunday Law. Along with this they confidently declare that no one is supposed to be giving the message of Revelation 18 today, because there has been no outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Latter Rain power to attend the message needed to swell the Loud Cry and fill this earth with God’s glory. But what we must remember is that these are only the sayings of supposedly “studied” and “learned” men. So what does God declare? Are we to wait until some future time for the Latter Rain to come upon us?

“Only those who are living up to the light they have will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.” Testimonies to Ministers, p 507 (Review and Herald, March 2, 1897).

So God tells all of His people that the Holy Spirit in Latter Rain power could be falling on hearts all around, but many would not discern or receive it. Why does it take discernment before you can receive the Latter Rain? Because it was to fall with a message – the message of the Righteousness of Christ! And since the message of the Righteousness of Christ began about the year 1888, then that means that the Holy Spirit could fall with this precious message at any time since then! That is why God stated that it could already be falling on hearts all around. This means that it was already time for the Latter Rain to fall back then, and it is still time for it to fall now! Hence we do not have to wait until some future time for it to fall, because we can have the Latter Rain now!

“The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the church is looked forward to as being in the future, but it is the privilege of the church to have it now.” Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 61 (Letter 15, June 25, 1892).

And the same is available for today! God’s followers can have the Holy Spirit in Latter Rain power now! Not just later, but NOW! So no one needs to look into the future for the time for the Latter Rain to begin, because you can have it now!

“Let us, with contrite hearts, pray most earnestly that now, in the time of the latter rain, the showers of spiritual grace may fall upon us....It is the time of the latter rain, when the Lord will give largely of His Holy Spirit.” Testimonies to Ministers, p 509, 512 (Review and Herald, March 2, 1897).

Dear ones, God has clearly stated that it is time now for the Latter Rain to fall, and it had already begun to fall! Therefore do not allow any church, any Ministry, or any minister, elder, pastor, or any other human being, to mislead you into believing that the Latter Rain can only fall in the future, because God says that it is time now!

Since the Latter Rain had already begun to fall, and since both these precious messages of the Righteousness of Christ and of Revelation 18 were being combined together and preached with the convicting and converting power of the Holy Spirit by a few in Ellen White’s day, then surely the beginning of, and the swelling of, the Loud Cry must have already begun! And believe it or not, the answer to this question is YES – it had already begun!

“The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sin pardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth.” Review and Herald, November 22, 1892.

Now please do not believe that the fullest extent of the Loud Cry took place at that time, because it did not happen then, and its fullness has still not yet occurred. But inspiration declared that it had already started, and was already lightening some of the earth with its glory!

“The work to be done NOW is that of sounding this last message of mercy to a fallen world....The work will grow deeper and become more earnest to the very close of time. And all who are laborers together with God will contend most earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. They (God’s servants) will not be turned from the present message, which is already lightening the world with its glory.” Selected Messages, book 2, p 114.

Even though the Loud Cry was not at its loudest point, or had not yet reached its greatest intensity, or was not yet at its fullest swelling, does not mean that the Loud Cry had not yet begun to swell and was not yet lightening some of the world with its glory! And since the Loud Cry had already started, it clearly shows all of God’s followers today that when these precious messages of the third and fourth angel are combined together, coupled with the mighty power of the Holy Spirit, you still have the Loud Cry going forth – including today!

Many have been taught that God’s people have to wait for the Sunday Law to be passed, or for some other future event to occur, before they are to rise up and proclaim these precious messages in the power of the Spirit. They believe this because they have been taught that the Sunday Law is the signal for the time when the Latter Rain is to fall, and for the Loud Cry to begin. Thus they reason that only at this time will it begin to swell and then fill the whole earth with God’s glory. But the correct understanding is that it was already time for God’s people to rise up and proclaim these most precious messages in Ellen White’s day, because the time for the Loud Cry to start was already here, and it had already begun to swell!

Dear readers, it is time now for the Latter Rain to fall! And it has already begun to fall! Please let this sink into your understanding, and do not allow the Devil to snatch this precious realization away from you! Do not allow Satan, through any church, Ministry, minister, elder, pastor, or any other human being, to mislead you into believing that the Latter Rain can only fall in the future, because God says that it is time now!

If this is really true, and the Latter Rain was already falling over 100 years ago, why are we still here? The only reason why we are still here today is because the SDA church turned her back on this realization, mocked at the idea that the Latter Rain could be falling, and instead ridiculed, criticized, slighted, and rejected the message of Christ’s righteousness!

“An unwillingness to yield up preconceived opinions, and to accept this truth, lay at the foundation of a large share of the opposition manifested at Minneapolis against the Lord’s message through Brethren {E.J.} Waggoner and {A.T.} Jones. By exciting that opposition Satan succeeded in shutting away from our people, in a great measure, the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them. The enemy prevented them from obtaining that efficiency which might have been theirs in carrying the truth to the world, as the apostles proclaimed it after the day of Pentecost. The light that is to lighten the whole earth with its glory was resisted, and by the action of our own brethren has been in a great degree kept away from the world.” Selected Messages, book 1, p 234-235.

“The religion of many among us will be the religion of apostate Israel, because they love their own way, and forsake the way of the Lord. The true religion, the only religion of the Bible, that teaches forgiveness only through the merits of a crucified and risen Saviour, that advocates righteousness by the faith of the Son of God, has been slighted, spoken against, ridiculed, and rejected. It has been denounced as leading to enthusiasm and fanaticism.” Testimonies to Ministers, p 467-468.

By the SDA church mocking at the idea that the Latter Rain could be falling then, and ridiculing, criticizing, slighting, and rejecting the message of Christ’s righteousness, they in effect rejected the Latter Rain, rejected the Holy Spirit, and thereby crucified Christ afresh!

“The Lord God, who dwelleth in the holy place, sees every soul that shows contempt for the manifestations of his Holy Spirit. God has revealed himself again and again in a most marked manner in Battle Creek. He has given a large measure of his Holy Spirit to the believers there. It has come unexpectedly at times, and there have been deep movings upon hearts and minds...This blessing extended to large numbers...Some felt annoyed at this outpouring, and their own natural dispositions were manifested. They said, ‘This is only excitement; it is not the Holy Spirit, not showers of the latter rain from heaven.’ There were hearts full of unbelief, who did not drink in of the Spirit, but who had bitterness in their souls.

“On many occasions the Holy Spirit did work; but those who resisted the Spirit of God at Minneapolis were waiting for a chance to travel over the same ground again, because their spirit was the same....But all the universe of heaven witnessed the disgraceful treatment of Jesus Christ, represented by the Holy Spirit. Had Christ been before them, they would have treated him in a manner similar to that in which the Jews treated Christ....

“The Lord is coming; but those who venture to resist the light that God gave in rich measure at Minneapolis, who have not humbled their hearts before God, will follow on in the path of resistance, saying, ‘Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice?’ The banner all will bear who voice the message of the third angel, is being covered with another color that virtually kills it. This is being done. Will our people now hold fast to the truth?” Series A, #6, p 19-20, 26.

“Had thorough work been done during the last General Conference at Battle Creek; had there been as God designed there should be, a breaking up of the fallow ground of the heart, by the men who had been bearing responsibilities; had they, in humility of souls, led out in the work of confession and consecration; had they given evidence that they received the counsels and warnings sent by the Lord to correct their mistakes, there would have been one of the greatest revivals that there has been since the day of Pentecost.

“What a wonderful work could have been done for the vast company gathered in Battle Creek at the General Conference of 1901, if the leaders of our work had taken themselves in hand. But the work that all heaven was waiting to do as soon as men prepared the way, was not done; for the leaders closed and bolted the door against the Spirit’s entrance. There was a stopping short of entire surrender to God. And hearts that might have been purified from all error were strengthened in wrong doing. The doors were barred against the heavenly current that would have swept away all evil. Men left their sins unconfessed. They built themselves up in wrong doing, and said to the Spirit of God, ‘Go thy way for this time; when I have a more convenient season, I will call for thee.’” Battle Creek Letters, p 55-56 (Letter 123, August 5, 1902).

Today God’s people do not need to follow in the footsteps of the SDA church. They do not need to refuse to accept the idea that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit has already arrived, is already falling, and in unbelief try to soothe their consciences by believing that only in the future will the Latter Rain fall. But they can accept God’s inspired words and know that it is time now! And as more and more of our brothers and sisters understand this reality, look to Jesus and then separate to Christ in following the third and fourth angels’ messages, then more of the Latter Rain can be poured out, the Loud Cry can continue to increase in intensity, and swell more and more until all the earth is filled with God’s glory and all the people of the earth have made their decisions for God or for Babylon.

Over 100 years ago, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the heavenly angels, were all anxiously waiting for more Adventists to believe and follow the Spirit of Prophecy and then rise up in giving this precious message to the world. But not enough were willing to do so at that time, and so it could not swell into a full Loud Cry. Instead of accepting these messages and swelling the Loud Cry, the SDA church rejected these precious messages – and this rejection continues up to the present day! Therefore they have been rejected by God, and He is calling all His honest SDA people to come out of her so that they can help to finish the work which the church has refused to do for over 100 years!

Now for those who have already separated themselves from all the corrupt harlot churches – including the SDA church, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the heavenly angels are still anxiously waiting for us to understand that as the Loud Cry had already begun to swell in Ellen White’s day, so we have the distinct privilege to help it to swell in our day! This privilege will only be for those who will rise up, making sure that they completely obey this message themselves – by purifying their hearts by separating from all sin, separating from all corrupt churches of fallen Babylon, and then preach these precious truths to others. As more and more of our brothers and sisters understand this truth, and join this precious “movement symbolized by the angel” of Revelation 18, more of the Latter Rain can be poured out, the Loud Cry can continue to increase in intensity, and swell more and more until all the people of the earth have made their decision to either stand with Jesus and His pure righteous remnant few, or to stand with Satan and his wicked corrupt majority!

If the Revelation 18 message is not given today in combination and union with the third angel’s message, then there can not be any further swelling of the Loud Cry! And yet, what do we see among our people? They are very willing to preach the third angel’s message, but when it comes to the giving of the fourth angel’s message, there is great reluctance, if not outright refusal to preach it. So instead of God seeing the Loud Cry swell, as He has been waiting for over 100 year now, He is forced to watch it be smothered because not enough of His supposed followers are willing to give the Revelation 18 message as He desires!

But if we recognize our duty to God and to our fellow men, and rise up in loudly giving this Revelation 18 message in union with the third angel, then the cry will swell louder and louder until the whole world is lit on fire with God’s glory. And then the work can finally close up! But this all depends upon those people of God understanding the time in which we are NOW living in!

“All are to hear the last message of warning. The prophecies in the book of Revelation, chapters 12 to 18, are being fulfilled. In the eighteenth chapter is recorded the very last call to the churches. This call is now to be given.” Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 83 (Manuscript 75, September 20, 1906) (see also Upward Look, p 277).

Beloved, how much more plainly can God state it? “This call is now to be given”! But there will always be some who allow the Devil to deceive them into believing that when God states “NOW”, it really means “later”. To help you avoid this snare and trap of the Devil, here are some more testimonies showing that God really meant “now” to be immediately!

Through inspiration God has plainly declared that Revelation 18 is already “the message for today”, and that it “is now to be given”. Why? Because the “loud cry of the third angel has already begun”, was already “swelling into a loud cry”, and thus was “already lightening the earth with its glory”! But we must also expect that there will be perverse men who will try to kill this message and seek to divert it from being given until some time in the future. Thus the Loud Cry has to struggle to try and lighten this earth with God’s glory because there are not enough voices willing to give it!

Are you, dear reader, one of these perverse people who are working to hinder this glorious message of Revelation 18 from going forth by believing that it is not yet time for the Loud Cry to be given? Or are you one of those who are awake and desire to give this message now so that the Loud Cry can swell to the glory of God?

Don’t you see what time we are living in today? We are all living in the time of the Latter Rain – the time of the swelling of the Loud Cry! Don’t you see what honor God is holding out to each one of us? The blessed honor and privilege to have a part NOW in helping to swell this message into the loudest cry possible, and to NOW fill this earth with God’s glory! Oh brothers and sisters, what blessed possibilities are lovingly held out for each one of us TODAY! Shall we not grasp them?

Please do not allow the Devil to hold you into a position of inaction, believing in a futuristic doctrine that it's not yet time for the Latter Rain to fall; or that it's not time to give this last message of mercy; or that it's not yet time for the probation of all the churches to be closed; or that it's not yet time to separate from all the churches that make up Babylon the great; or that the beginning of the Loud Cry is not yet here, or has not yet begun to swell – because all of the above is not true! God clearly states to all who have ears to hear:

“The work to be done now is that of sounding this last message of mercy to a fallen world....The work will grow deeper and become more earnest to the very close of time. And all who are laborers together with God will contend most earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. They will not be turned from the present message, which is already lightening the earth with its glory. Nothing is worth contending for but the glory of God. The only rock that will stand is the Rock of Ages. The truth as it is in Jesus is the refuge in these days of error.” Selected Messages, book 2, p 114.

“The messenger turned to the congregation and said, ‘Do you believe the prophecies? Do you who know the truth, understand that the last message of warning is now being given to the world,--the last call of mercy is now being heard? Do you believe that Satan has come down with great power, working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in every place? Do you believe that great Babylon has come up in remembrance before God, and that soon she will receive from God’s hand double for all her sins and iniquities?’...If the enemy can keep workers out of the field on any pretext, he will do so.” Fundamentals of Christian Education, p 362-363.

Whom will God use to give this important message? God will use men and women who are humble (Evangelism, p 699; Faith I Live By, p 330), lowly, and who may be despised by others (Great Controversy, p 142). Those who have consecrated themselves to God’s service (Evangelism, p 699; Faith I Live By, p 335), who are men of faith and prayer, and who are constrained with holy zeal (Evangelism, p 700; Faith I Live By, p 330). Those who are not qualified by the training of literary institutions, but who are qualified instead by the Holy Spirit (Evangelism, p 700; Faith I Live By, p 330).

“The Lord Himself will call men, as of old He called the humble fisherman, and will Himself give them instruction regarding their field of labor and the method they should follow. He will call men from the plow and from other occupations to give the last note of warning to perishing souls.” Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 80 (Letter 210, Sept 21, 1903).

This means that God can use even you and me! As long as we humbly depend upon God, following the truth that will moisturize our dry hearts, we can then do His will and be a partner with Him in giving this last message of mercy to perishing souls.

“The last great conflict is before us, but help is to come to all who love God and obey His law, and the earth, the whole earth, is to be lighted with the glory of God. ‘Another angel’ is to come down from heaven. This angel represents the giving of the loud cry, which is to come from those who are preparing to cry mightily, with a strong voice, ‘Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.’ (Rev.18:1, 2).

“We have a testing message to give, and I am instructed to say to our people, ‘Unify, unify.’ But we are not to unify with those who are departing from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. With our hearts sweet and kind and true, we are to go forth to proclaim the message, giving no heed to those who lead away from the truth.” Selected Messages, book 3, p 412 (Manuscript 31, 1906).

Are any in this Revelation 18 Movement to be unified with, or members of, any church or group that has rejected or is unwilling to give this message from heaven? NO! Absolutely not, if we would follow God! Any union with those who oppose this message and this last day Movement only gives the enemy greater chance to lead us to give up this truth, and thus deny and betray our Lord.

What awakens both the good and the evil religious people out of their sleep? The light of Revelation 18 – the message of the Righteousness of Christ of the third angel and the message of separation to Christ from the corrupt church. In other words, it is the Loud Cry which wakes them up! So these two messages combined together swells into the Loud Cry, and this is what awakens both the followers of God and the followers of the Devil out of their slumber. Both groups then make a decision either for or against the message. Thus two groups would be seen forming – one accepting this message, while the other rejecting it. But please remember that it was the preaching of the Revelation 18 message that woke them up in the first place!

I hope that you can begin to realize the importance of this “Babylon is the church” message of Revelation 18, because it is this very message which clearly identifies those who are the chosen vessels and followers of God, from those who are the agents and followers of the Devil!

“The Lord is soon to come; there must be a refining, winnowing process in every church, for there are among us wicked men who do not love the truth. There is need of a transformation of character. Will the church arise and put on her beautiful garments, the righteousness of Christ? It is soon to be seen who are vessels unto honor. ‘And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.’ ‘Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings.’

“Here are brought plainly to view those who will be vessels unto honor; for they will receive the latter rain. Every soul that continues in sin in the face of the light now shining upon our pathway, will be blinded and accept the delusions of Satan. We are now nearing the close of this world’s history. Where are the faithful watchmen on the walls of Zion, who will not slumber, but faithfully declare the time of night?” Review and Herald, March 19, 1895 (vol 3, p 239).

It is this Babylon message of Revelation 18 which allows all to clearly distinguish between those who are really following and working for God, versus those who are really following and working for the Devil. As this is true, where are you in this scenario? Are you working for, or do you desire to be working for God by plainly and boldly giving the message that “Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from heaven”? If not, may God fully awaken you out of sleep to realize your dire situation in these last few moments of earth’s history, and grant you the courage to stand up for God and be counted on His side through your life and the message you bear!

It is this message of Revelation 18 that awakens both the good and bad, and it will be the evil religious elements who hate this message, and will do anything to try to stop it – even to the point of getting laws passed. This, of course, eventually leads to the passing and enforcing of the Sunday law.

But can this really be true? Is it really the giving of the Loud Cry which brings on the crisis of the Sunday law, and not the Sunday law crisis which signals the time to give the Loud Cry? Please read attentively as to what God states is the truth to this question:

“The sins of Babylon will be laid open. The fearful results of a union of Church and State, the inroads of Spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power,--all will be unmasked. By these solemn warnings the people will be stirred. Thousands upon thousands have never listened to words like these. In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from Heaven. The people go to their former teachers with the eager inquiry, Are these things so? The ministers present fables, prophesy smooth things, to soothe their fears, and quiet the awakened conscience. But many refuse to be satisfied with the mere authority of men, and demand a plain ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ The popular ministry, like the Pharisees of old, are filled with anger as their authority is questioned; they denounce the message as of Satan, and stir up the sin-loving multitudes to revile and persecute those who proclaim it.

“As the controversy extends into new fields, and the minds of the people are called to God’s down-trodden law, Satan is astir. The power attending the message only maddens those who oppose it. The clergy put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light, lest it should shine upon their flocks. By every means at their command they endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and in this work, papists are solicited to come to the help of Protestants. The movement for Sunday enforcement becomes more bold and decided. The law is invoked against commandment-keepers.” Spirit of Prophecy, vol 4, p 424-425.

“Today, as in the days of Elijah, the line of demarcation between God’s commandment-keeping people and the worshipers of false gods is clearly drawn. ‘How long halt ye between two opinions?’ Elijah cried; ‘if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him.’ 1 Kings 18:21. And the message for today is: ‘Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen....Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.’ Rev 18:2, 4, 5.

So once again inspiration has unmistakably declared that the Revelation 18 message of the Loud Cry is given first, and this truth is what brings the crisis of the Sunday law! And it is not what the SDA church and the majority of Independent Ministries and ministers have been telling God’s people for years now – that it is the Sunday Law which signals the time for the Loud cry to be given!

What is to bring the crisis for this world’s history? The proclamation of the truth that we already have – specifically the Loud Cry message of Revelation 18 combined with that of the third angel. These are the last messages of mercy that will ever come to God’s people. And it is time now to rise up, obey and loudly proclaim these life and death messages to any and all people – whether they will hear or forbear (see Ezekiel 3:10-11, 17-21).

Through the messages of the third and fourth angels, all churches, including the SDA church, are represented as making up Babylon the Great! And thus God is calling all of His followers to come out and separate from every denomination, because they are all connected with Babylon, and those who refuse to leave their harlot church will be held corporately responsible for her sins and will be destroyed along with her!

But how is this possible? How can a message centering in Christ and His righteousness, and a message of separation out of the harlot church, be combined into one harmonious truth called the last message of mercy? Many are trying their utmost to keep these two messages distinct from each other. But are they to be distinct? Or it is God’s will that they be combined together?

The message of Revelation 18 is the final half of the last message of mercy, and it joins the message of the Righteousness of Christ of the third angel as the midnight cry joined the second angel’s message (see Early Writings, p 277). Let us explore how this is accomplished.

The third angel’s message points hungering and thirsting souls to Jesus; Revelation 18 separates the people from man-controlled bondage to be completely free in Jesus! The third angel’s message separates the soul from the contamination of personal sins; the fourth angel’s message separates the person from being corporately contaminated by the sins of their wicked church! So both messages involve separation; one from personal sin, the other from corporate sin. Refusing to obey either message means that you cannot be completely perfect and free from sin – whether personal or corporate. Thus you will never be able to perfectly reflect God’s righteous character in purity and spotlessness because of the stain of sin, and thus cannot give Him glory!

Therefore if you neglect to obey either message, you will still be contaminated with sin, whether your own or the corporate church. This would mean that you would be held guilty of the rejection of Jesus by not bearing your cross – to separate from personal sin, which is the third angel’s message, or not bearing your cross to separate from groups of determined sinners, which is the fourth angel’s message. Thus you would not receive the seal of God. Refuse to overcome all sin, or refuse to separate from all the harlot churches, and you will not receive the seal of God!

So even if you overcame all your personal sins, but refused to separate from your corrupt church, you would still fail to perfect righteousness completely and to be without the spot and stain of sin. Thus you would not receive the seal of God because of your impurity.

“It is impossible for you to unite with those who are corrupt, and still remain pure. ‘What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?’ God and Christ and the heavenly host would have man know that if he unites with the corrupt, he will become corrupt.” Review and Herald, January 2, 1900 (vol 4, p 137).

Following or preaching only the message of the Righteousness of Christ, but not following the Loud Cry message, will leave people contaminated with corporate sin. Thus they will lose eternal life. Following or preaching only the Loud Cry message, but not pointing the people to Christ and His righteousness, will leave the people contaminated with personal sin. Thus they will also fail of eternal life. Both messages of the third and fourth angels must be obeyed in order to fulfill all righteousness and be completely free from every spot of sin in Jesus.

Since these are the final messages that will be heard by everyone in this world, they can be likened to a shut door. If either the message of the Righteousness of Christ, or the message of Revelation 18, is decidedly rejected, there are no other messages which can bring you back to God. In decidedly rejecting either one, the door of your probation closes!

“We know that now everything is at stake. The third angel’s message is to be at this time regarded as of the highest importance. It is a life and death question.” Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 76 (Letter 28, February 17, 1900).

So this last message of mercy is a life and death question! And the third and fourth angels’ messages are the last messages of mercy ever to be given to the inhabitants of this wicked earth. If the message of Christ’s righteousness of the third angel – of being able to overcome all sin before Jesus comes (see Acts of Apostles, p 531) – is decidedly rejected and cast away, the door shuts, probation individually closes while you are still living. And for probation to close while you are still living, what would have had to take place in the heavenly sanctuary above? Judgment would have taken place against your name!

Yet if the third angel’s message is accepted, but the Revelation 18 message – to separate physically from your Babylonian church – is decidedly rejected and cast away, then the door also shuts, probation individually closes upon you while you are still living. Thus judgment would have had to take place against your name in the heavenly sanctuary! So I hope you can clearly see that these precious messages of the third and fourth angels are connected with the judgment of the living!

“Those who have had the light of truth, and heard the warning message, heard the invitation to the marriage supper--farmer, merchant, lawyer, false shepherds who have quieted the convictions of the people, unfaithful watchmen who have not sounded the warning or known the time of night--all who have refused obedience to the laws of the kingdom of God, will have no right therein.” Testimonies to Ministers, p 235.

“The message presented at this time is the last message of mercy for a fallen world. Those who have the privilege of hearing this message, and persist in refusing to heed the warning, cast away their last hope of salvation. There will be no second probation.” Testimonies, vol 6, p 19.

That is why there is such an intense, unceasing and sleepless battle going on for the control of our minds right now. And probation is closing upon those who decidedly reject either of these shut door messages of the third or fourth angel.

But the majority of church members will not recognize the time of night, and will reject part or all of the Loud Cry. In doing so they cast away “their last hope of salvation.” Especially will the majority of SDA’s reject the Revelation 18 message and refuse to separate from their babylonish church. Hence the harvest will pass them by; judgment will be pronounced upon them while they still live; probation shall close upon them; and their last hope of salvation will be gone forever. And when they finally realize this, they will sing a most bitter wailing song of despair!

“...there are many, many in our churches who know little of the real meaning of the truth for this time....Oh, how many who have not sought their souls’ salvation will soon make the bitter lamentation: ‘The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.’ [Jeremiah 8:20]!” Testimonies, vol 8, p 252.

What came to these SDA people which they chose to reject? “The truth for this time”! And what then passed them by? The time of harvest! Hence I hope you can see the clear connection between the time of harvest and the proclamation of the truth for this time! And what is the message of truth which is to be proclaimed today? The Loud Cry message of Revelation 18!

But why can’t the SDA people see and awake to the solemn reality of what’s taking place right now? Why can’t they, along with all the other members of the various apostate churches, see and understand the issues as God sees them, instead of viewing them as other men have taught? The Loud Cry is going forth now! Those who awaken, who study for themselves, and who follow and accept this precious message are harvested out of the doom harlot church. While those who awaken, who may study for themselves, but who reject this Babylon is the church and separation message, will be past by, and the harvest will end – leaving them to suffer the same punishment as their harlot church.

So I hope you can understand that God has designed this message of Revelation 18 to be the harvest message, and Satan, along with all of his deceiving agents within all the churches, and especially within the Independent ranks, are doing their utmost to keep God’s people asleep, keeping them from hearing and following this precious message. And why? Because the Devil wants the harvest to pass them by so that they will be forever lost!

“The message of the angel [of Revelation 18] following the third is now to be given to all parts of the world. It is to be the harvest message, and the whole earth will be lighted with the glory of God. The Lord has this one [last] call of mercy to [give to] the world, but the perversity of men diverts the work from its true bearing, and the light has to struggle amid the darkness of men who feel themselves competent to do a work that God has not appointed them to do.” Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 78 (Letter 86, June 18, 1900).

Thus the time of harvest occurs when the message of the Loud Cry reaches you! And your salvation is determined by how you react to this solemn message! This means that the time of harvest is not at some future event, such as at the Sunday Law, but occurs when the people hear this precious message! Thus the harvest is taking place right NOW!!

Those deciding against and rejecting this message prove themselves to be unworthy of eternal life, and are determined for destruction without a second chance. Their probation will close while they still live showing that their case had already been decided in heaven! Which means that the judgment of the living had already begun upon them individually! So the time of harvest is now – the time of the judgment of the living is now – for those who hear, but who reject, the last message of mercy! And inspiration tells all of God’s people this very thing!

“Let both grow together until the harvest. Then the Lord sends forth His reapers to gather out the tares and bind them in bundles to burn, while the wheat is gathered into the heavenly garner. The time of the judgment is a most solemn period, when the Lord gathers His own from among the tares. Those who have been members of the same family are separated. A mark is placed upon the righteous.” Testimonies to Ministers, p 234.

Membership in a corrupt apostate harlot church connects you, or touches you, with the unclean harlot church. So even if you have left the church, but have not removed your name from the roll-books, your membership still touches you to that unclean church. Hence you would be touching the unclean thing by retaining your membership; you would be unclean by this touch, and would be considered a partaker in the sins of harlot church!

Some want to deny that membership in the harlot church makes them impure. They use the human reasoning that their local church is not like the corrupt headquarters of their church system; that their local church is pure and not affected by the corruption and apostasy of the church headquarters. But this reasoning is erroneous, and has no foundation whatsoever in God’s inspired word.

“...as the human heart throws its living current of blood into all parts of the body, so does the management at this place, the headquarters of our church, affect the whole body of believers. If the physical heart is healthy, the blood that is sent from it through the system is also healthy; but if this fountain is impure, the whole organism becomes diseased by the poison of the vital fluid. So it is with us. If the heart of the work becomes corrupt, the whole church, in its various branches and interests, scattered abroad over the face of the earth, suffers in consequence.” Testimonies, vol 4, p 210.

As the headquarters of the church is corrupt, then everything connected with the headquarters – all around the world – is also corrupt. This would include World Divisions, Union Conferences, State Conferences, Institutions, Publishing Houses, all local churches, evangelists, pastors, elders, teachers, and hence all church members! So if you are connected with any corrupt and impure church, in either membership or association, then you are touching the unclean woman; you are thereby unclean and considered a partaker in her sins!

“We are exhorted, ‘touch not the unclean.’ Those who associate with the impure, themselves become impure. If we choose the society of the ungodly, we shall be affected by their ungodliness.” Review and Herald, October 23, 1888 (vol 2, p 255).

“You are exhorted to touch not the unclean thing; for in touching this, you will yourself become unclean. It is impossible for you to unite with those who are corrupt, and still remain pure. ‘What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?’ God and Christ and the heavenly host would have man know that if he unites with the corrupt, he will become corrupt.” Bible Commentary, vol 6, p 1102 (Review and Herald, vol 4, p 137).

By your willing choice to remain associated with, or by retaining your membership in, a corrupt apostate church, you are made partakers in the sins of the church – being corporately responsible in all the church’s wickedness. Thus you are not distinct, but considered one with this unclean woman in sin, and you will receive the same punishment as your apostate harlot church does!

“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, saith He, shall be one flesh.” 1 Corinthians 6:16.

“In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church is to be weighed....Why is there so dim a perception of the true spiritual condition of the church?...The heavenly Teacher inquired: ‘What stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly policy and are sinning against Jehovah?’...

“I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: ‘Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? ‘How is the faithful city become a harlot!’ My Father’s house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed.’” Testimonies, vol 8, p 247-250.

Jesus is not united with, or a part of, any of the harlot churches! And neither should any of His true followers since Jesus is not there (see John 12:26)! But Jesus is separate and distinct from all the harlot churches, and He is lovingly beckoning with open waiting arms for all His people to come away from all the corruption, away from all the apostasy of the churches, and to come unto Him outside. This loving and merciful message of the Loud Cry is Jesus Himself calling for you to come out to be with Him!

Does God want His people to cling to corruption, or to the pure Jesus? In clinging to the corrupt and apostate church, you are clinging to Satan – who is the author of the corruption and apostasy. Thus you would be far from the Lord Jesus! But you do not have to remain far from Jesus! You do not have to remain connected to the corrupt churches. You can obey this last message of mercy, separating yourself from personal sin and from corporate sin, and come out of all the churches in order to be with Jesus outside! Will you follow Jesus? Will you bear your cross of separation and follow Him out of the church?

Thus Jesus is not connected with any of the apostate churches. He has separated Himself from them all. This is because sanctification is not obtained by remaining within the corrupt church, but only by coming out of her and joining Christ and His true people outside. Will you follow Jesus out of the camp, out of the sheepfold, out of the cage and prison house – out of all the churches? Will you open your ears to hear His voice calling for you!

“I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house (the church).” Isaiah 42:6-7.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him (Christ) the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” John 10:1-5.

Who wants to end this great controversy? Who wants to go home and be with our Saviour for eternity? I, for one, do not want to sit down, relax, and wait for the crisis to come; which will never come, because no one will give the only message that will bring it! Hasn’t 100 years of waiting been enough time to prove this so?

Brethren, let us go to work, for our light has already come, and the glory of the Lord has already risen upon us (Isaiah 60:1-3). Let us completely follow this glorious light of the last message of mercy ourselves – the third and fourth angels’ message, and then take this light and fill this earth with God’s glory! But we cannot do this important work while we are connected to either personal sin, or to a harlot Babylon fallen church.

So if you really want to go home to heaven, and be with our blessed Father and our Saviour Jesus Christ, then it’s time to accept, to act upon, to live, and raise your voices today in giving this last saving message of mercy to all the world in unmuffled boldness and power. This will swell this Loud Cry, awaken both good and evil followers, bring on the Sunday Law and crisis, and the second coming of Christ, and the ending of this whole great controversy, to the glory of God

Some are doing this right now! Will you unite and join your voices with us? Or will you be led away from giving the Loud Cry message by the perversion of men who twist the truth into a lie, and thus keep yourselves out of the field of labor by following a false pretext and erroneous futuristic message?

“All who venture to have their own way, who do not join the angels who are sent from heaven with a message to fill the whole earth with its glory, will be passed by. The work will go forward to victory without them, and they will have no part in its triumph.” Review and Herald, December 23, 1890 (vol 2, p 454).

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May I, too, give my brief view on the matter [of the SDR name issue]. If the other brothers (Patulas [and group]) feel they have the legal standing to use the name to the exclusion of every other Remnant people, and they are offended by our use of it, so be it. In any case as we have always believed, a name alone does not entitle us to heaven (DA107). It is unfortunate, but nevertheless, prophecy must be fulfilled: that our own brethren would turn against us to even betray us. If, on the other hand, they won't be offended by our use of the name, I don’t see anything wrong using it....if you can please keep me abreast [I appreciate it].

We are fine here. I'm sorry that I have to snatch you a few other moments from your busy schedule. I have only had to so if only to remind you, or rather our other brethren, of my request for a laptop for convenient outdoor services. This might a tax on the limited resources at this time; but I think it is cost-effective. However, may God lead the way.

Praise the Lord that our fundraising for Office equipments come up alright little so we purchased a desktop computer set. We still looking forward for some more funds to meet furniture's and CPU with other items as well. Please keep praying for us.

Hi! Bro Bob how are you? I am praying that you are always in good health through God's grace. About me, I just came home from my missionary travel from different place and church here in ____ for almost a month now. We are doing house to house visitation and Bible study, and also visiting and encouraging those brethren who are already in the faith, but still weak and some backslide from the faith and need encouragement. Also when I am here in ____, we are visiting some families whom we’ve been sharing, some are from born again Christian group. One of these that we are sharing, the husband already accepted that Sabbath is the true rest day. We are also visiting and sharing with the family who are a backslide SDA's, but now wanted to serve the Lord again. As of now they are still in the process, helping them to revive their interest and zeal in spiriual things and understand the present truth through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

You know bro Bob, I was burdened with the condition of some or almost [all] of our youth here where my labor extends. Because some of them were forced to work just to earned their living, and their Sabbaths have been desecrated cause as we know, it is hard to find a job that Sabbath will be given free. Though they really wanted to keep the Sabbath, but they did compromise just to live. Also some who already enter into the ministry, looked for a job to support their needs, though their Sabbath is free, but their heart really is in the work of God. Where if they would be asked what they really wanted, they would tell you that they really want to consecrate themselves in missionary work [full time].

You know bro Bob, my heart aches to see that they were diverted from the work of the Lord. I wish I can do something to help these youth. If we could have means to start out, I am planning in God’s will and providence to gather these youth, to trained them in the missionary work while planting and producing their own food and at the same sell the other, also if we can have a machine to make soy milk, tofu and others so that they will have livelihood to support their needs, maybe we can help our youth to stay in the faith especially in the missionary work while at the same time teaching them to labor with their own hands without sacrificing any principles, and it would be a great help and blessing to the prosperity of the church. Please include this plan for our youth and for God’s cause and everything that we are doing for the glory of God.

The Lord has been gracious. We had a camp meeting at ____ home Church. It was a blessing in that the Lord brought some two brothers from Tanzania – Br. ____ and ____, they labored in area of prophecy; we shared the Gospel and Health Reform.

After the Camp meeting they came to ____ [and] we did something out of the common methods of outreach. It was massive evangelism; we covered big areas using megaphones from place to place. We made tract evangelism and holding two open air meetings for 4 days, and [we] entered into two districts. As it is prophecied that the Lord will finish the work [but] not in the common ways. We did it the uncommon way and we saw how we had neglected simple methods of outreach. It works, less expensive than we other plan for His work. It seems He requires us to move on and leave the rest to Him.

I wish so much to thank you brother for the support that you, coupled with sister Michele, sent to me. I believe this is what the Apostle Paul also regarded as "an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God." Philippians 4:18. I'm yet to receive the parcel of Bibles you also sent to me, and since I was supposed to receive it within two weeks from the date of departure, I am beginning to worry. My primary concern is of which address you used. I fear to miss it amid the ever growing need for Bibles in the work of evangelism here in Zimbabwe.

However, despite this I am privileged to share with you my joys and sorrows that I am experiencing in the Gospel of Christ Jesus. I am overjoyed at the extent to which the work is growing here. It is doing so at an alarming rate. I am actually wondering and surprised as to how feeble I am to handle the work. Having realised that most of those now joining the Remnant group are craving for materials to quench their thirst and hunger for righteousness....

Due to too much commitments in the field of God, I'm sorry, I could not send this report earlier as planned. However, I wish to highlight a few incidents that took place in the growth of the gospel work in Zimbabwe. Of the number that I mentined previously, only 11 finally got baptized after 9 consecutive months of intensive preparation. The labor was not without major challenges, but the Lord led us through.

During this time, however, since April, we have also managed to conduct two major outreach programs, in which we won about 7 families to Christ. We had an arrangement that by 19 July we would commemorate the death of our Lord in the Holy Communion to be administered by a brother from Namibia, however the brother seem to be having some difficulties. If the brother finally fails, we shall nonetheless observe the ordinance.