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America in Prophecy by Ellen White [Modern Version]
America’s peculiar origins and hegemonic impact in world affairs stand undisputed. As a superpower birthed from Europe, her eminent history has been celebrated. Foretold since antiquity, a myriad of repressions, revolutions and reforms inspired the first band of pilgrims to settle on a new promised land of liberty. This book enables the reader to understand America’s unique destiny and commanding role while besieged by gross spiritual and political machinations. Clearly, this reading lifts the veil from past events molding America and presaging her cooperation to undermine the very values once cherished. America’s peculiar origins and hegemonic impact in world affairs stand undisputed. As a superpower birthed from Europe, her eminent history has been celebrated. Foretold since antiquity, a myriad of repressions, revolutions and reforms inspired the first band of pilgrims to settle on a new promised land of liberty. This book enables the reader to understand America’s unique destiny and commanding role while besieged by gross spiritual and political machinations. Clearly, this reading lifts the veil from past events molding America and presaging her cooperation to undermine the very values once cherished.
25. God's Law The temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament." Revelation 11:19. The ark of God's testament is in the holy of holies, the second apartment of the sanctuary. In the ministration of the earthly tabernacle, which served "unto the example and shadow of heavenly things," this apartment was opened only upon the great Day of Atonement for the cleansing of the sanctuary. Therefore the announcement that the temple of God was opened in heaven and the ark of His testament was seen points to the opening of the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary in 1844 as Christ entered there to perform the closing work of the atonement. Those who by faith followed their great High Priest as He entered upon His ministry in the most holy place, beheld the ark of His testament. As they had studied the subject of the sanctuary they had come to understand the Saviour's change of ministration, and they saw that He was now officiating before the ark of God, pleading His blood in behalf of sinners. The ark in the tabernacle on earth contained the two tables of stone, upon which were inscribed the precepts of the law of God. The ark was merely a receptacle for the tables of the law, and the presence of these divine precepts gave to it its value and sacredness. When the temple of God was opened in heaven, the ark of His testament was seen. Within the holy of holies, in the sanctuary in heaven, the divine law is sacredly enshrined--the law that was spoken by God Himself amid the thunders of Sinai and written with His own finger on the tables of stone. The law of God in the sanctuary in heaven is the great original, of which the precepts inscribed upon the tables of stone and recorded by Moses in the Pentateuch were an unerring transcript. Those who arrived at an understanding of this important point were thus led to see the sacred, unchanging character of the divine law. They saw, as never before, the force of the Saviour's words: "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law." Matthew 5:18. The law of God, being a revelation of His will, a transcript of His character, must forever endure, "as a faithful witness in heaven." Not one command has been annulled; not a jot or tittle has been changed. Says the psalmist: "Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven." "All His commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever." Psalms 119:89; 111:7, 8. 329
In the very bosom of the Decalogue is the fourth commandment, as it was first proclaimed: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." Exodus 20:8-11. The Spirit of God impressed the hearts of those students of His word. The conviction was urged upon them that they had ignorantly transgressed this precept by disregarding the Creator's rest day. They began to examine the reasons for observing the first day of the week instead of the day which God had sanctified. They could find no evidence in the Scriptures that the fourth commandment had been abolished, or that the Sabbath had been changed; the blessing which first hallowed the seventh day had never been removed. They had been honestly seeking to know and to do God's will; now, as they saw themselves transgressors of His law, sorrow filled their hearts, and they manifested their loyalty to God by keeping His Sabbath holy. Many and earnest were the efforts made to overthrow their faith. None could fail to see that if the earthly sanctuary was a figure or pattern of the heavenly, the law deposited in the ark on earth was an exact transcript of the law in the ark in heaven; and that an acceptance of the truth concerning the heavenly sanctuary involved an acknowledgment of the claims of God's law and the obligation of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. Here was the secret of the bitter and determined opposition to the harmonious exposition of the Scriptures that revealed the ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. Men sought to close the door which God had opened, and to open the door which He had closed. But "He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth," had declared: "Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it." Revelation 3:7, 8. Christ had opened the door, or ministration, of the most holy place, light was shining from that open door of the sanctuary in heaven, and the fourth commandment was shown to be included in the law which is there enshrined; what God had established, no man could overthrow. Those who had accepted the light concerning the mediation of Christ and the perpetuity of the law of God found that these were the truths presented in Revelation 14. The messages 330
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25. God's Law<br />
The temple of God was opened <strong>in</strong> heaven, and there was seen <strong>in</strong> His temple the ark of<br />
His testament." Revelation 11:19. The ark of God's testament is <strong>in</strong> the holy of holies, the<br />
second apartment of the sanctuary. In the m<strong>in</strong>istration of the earthly tabernacle, which<br />
served "unto the example and shadow of heavenly th<strong>in</strong>gs," this apartment was opened only<br />
upon the great Day of Atonement for the cleans<strong>in</strong>g of the sanctuary. Therefore the<br />
announcement that the temple of God was opened <strong>in</strong> heaven and the ark of His testament<br />
was seen po<strong>in</strong>ts to the open<strong>in</strong>g of the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary <strong>in</strong> 1844 as<br />
Christ entered there to perform the clos<strong>in</strong>g work of the atonement. Those who <strong>by</strong> faith<br />
followed their great High Priest as He entered upon His m<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>in</strong> the most holy place, beheld<br />
the ark of His testament. As they had studied the subject of the sanctuary they had come to<br />
understand the Saviour's change of m<strong>in</strong>istration, and they saw that He was now officiat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
before the ark of God, plead<strong>in</strong>g His blood <strong>in</strong> behalf of s<strong>in</strong>ners.<br />
The ark <strong>in</strong> the tabernacle on earth conta<strong>in</strong>ed the two tables of stone, upon which were<br />
<strong>in</strong>scribed the precepts of the law of God. The ark was merely a receptacle for the tables of the<br />
law, and the presence of these div<strong>in</strong>e precepts gave to it its value and sacredness. When the<br />
temple of God was opened <strong>in</strong> heaven, the ark of His testament was seen. With<strong>in</strong> the holy of<br />
holies, <strong>in</strong> the sanctuary <strong>in</strong> heaven, the div<strong>in</strong>e law is sacredly enshr<strong>in</strong>ed--the law that was<br />
spoken <strong>by</strong> God Himself amid the thunders of S<strong>in</strong>ai and written with His own f<strong>in</strong>ger on the<br />
tables of stone.<br />
The law of God <strong>in</strong> the sanctuary <strong>in</strong> heaven is the great orig<strong>in</strong>al, of which the precepts<br />
<strong>in</strong>scribed upon the tables of stone and recorded <strong>by</strong> Moses <strong>in</strong> the Pentateuch were an unerr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
transcript. Those who arrived at an understand<strong>in</strong>g of this important po<strong>in</strong>t were thus led to<br />
see the sacred, unchang<strong>in</strong>g character of the div<strong>in</strong>e law. They saw, as never before, the force<br />
of the Saviour's words: "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall <strong>in</strong> no wise pass<br />
from the law." Matthew 5:18. The law of God, be<strong>in</strong>g a revelation of His will, a transcript of His<br />
character, must forever endure, "as a faithful witness <strong>in</strong> heaven." Not one command has been<br />
annulled; not a jot or tittle has been changed. Says the psalmist: "Forever, O Lord, Thy word<br />
is settled <strong>in</strong> heaven." "All His commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever."<br />
Psalms 119:89; 111:7, 8.<br />
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