WORLD TO BE RULED SOON BY......GUESS WHO?

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Please take time to read. Urgent news about the world government -- I have requested verification again from the Hope Channel.

Well it's finally out in the open.

SDA'S TAKE NOTE

WORLD TO BE RULED SOON BY......GUESS WHO?

Here is something to take notice of.
Here is the latest on Obama. I just yesterday received a leaflet in the mail from HOPE channel. Recently Obama went to Italy to meet for the G-8 summit. He also had a personal interview with the pope, and the pope presented him with a copy of the pope's latest encyclical. The pope prepared this just for this summit and for Obama. Get a copy of it.

The folks at HOPE read it- it is called "Charity of Truth." And HOPE believes this is a wake-up call for SDA's. They have listed 10 points which the pope has made which seem to directly fulfill the SDA understanding of Bible prophecy.
Here are the points:
1. A Global Government. The pope is calling for a "true world political
authority" to fix the problems that plague the world. (page 67)
2. Church and State. The pope says this new political authority will
make its decisions based on spiritual values. (Chapter 5)

3. The Papacy at the Head. These spiritual values cannot be derived
from just any religion, since not "all religions are equal." (p 55)

4. Religion, Politics, and the Economy. The church must influence all
areas of society since God must have "a place in the public realm,
specifically in regard to its cultural, social, economic, and
particularly its political dimensions." (56)
5. Power to Enforce Law. This "political authority" must have "real
teeth" and "be vested with the effective power" to enforce its laws around the world. (67)
6. Control Buying and Selling. The new world governing power will
institute socialistic policies for government to redistribute wealth.(chapter 3)
7. Resurgency of Labor Unions. Labor Unions are to be empowered to "play a decisive role" in the new world order. (25)

8. The Church's Goal. Pope Benedict says that this encyclical is to
help achieve "The goal of the history of the human family"--to build "the
universal city of God." (7)
9. Redefining Religious Liberty. While claiming not "to interfere in
any way in the politics of States," the pope redefines "liberty" as
happening when the world obeys laws shaped by the Roman Church's spiritual values. According to the pope, as the church influences states to enforce its view of "truth" on others,people are set "free." "This mission of truth is something that the Church can never renounce." (9)

10. Immortal Souls. The non-biblical belief that man has an immortal soul helps to insure the pope's global agenda. "Man is ...God's creature, whom God chose to endow with an immortal soul." (29)
"The pope's views on the redistribution of wealth and his agenda set forth in "Charity in Truth" that echos many of the same themes that Obama campaigned for last year. As a result, the White House was excited about the meeting as this insider describes:
"The encyclical ramped up the level of White House enthusiasm for this meeting because you can't read it without sensing that these two men are seeing economic questions the same way," says a Catholic adviser to the White House....The Holy Father's emphasis on putting the human person at the center of the economy strongly echoes themes that Obama campaigned on and is working to implement. (Dan Gilgoff, Obama's Most Important Catholic Adviser, U.S./ News & World Report, July 10, 2009).
So there we have the latest!!! the End may be nearer than we had thought.

Great Quote!!!

"There are fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a thoughtless friend, to sacrifice self a little more for others. Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of someone less fortunate. Today you can make your life significant and worthwhile." (Grenville Kleiser)

The Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy

Compiled by Sulad Jhun Cardeinte. An excerpt from his sermon-type book “THE GOSPEL STANDARD”– A Special Preparation for Christ Second Coming

BIBLICAL FOUNDATION

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. “Revelation 19:10

I. INTRODUCTION

1. Testimonies Never Contradict the Bible
The Bible must be your counselor. Study it and the testimonies God has given; for they never contradict His Word.--Letter 106, 1907. 3SM 32

2. Scripture and Spirit of Prophecy Have Same Author

The Holy Ghost is the author of the Scriptures and of the Spirit of Prophecy. These are not to be twisted and turned to mean what man may want them to mean, to carry out man's ideas and sentiments, to carry forward man's schemes at all hazards.--Letter 92, 1900. 3SM 30

3. Belief in the Spirit of Prophecy Help Secures From Satan's Seductive Delusions

Men may get up scheme after scheme, and the enemy will seek to seduce souls from the truth, but all who believe that the Lord has spoken through Sister White, and has given her a message, will be safe from the many delusions that will come in these last days.--Letter 50, 1906. 3SM 83, 84

4. Spirit of Prophecy Has Linked with the Work of the Third Angel's Message

As the end draws near and the work of giving the last warning to the world extends, it becomes more important for those who accept present truth to have a clear understanding of the nature and influence of the Testimonies, which God in His providence has linked with the work of the third angel's message from its very rise.

II. FUNCTIONS OF THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY

1. To Bring the Confused Minds to the Bible

The Lord desires you to study your Bibles. He has not given any additional light to take the place of His Word. This light is to bring confused minds to His Word, which, if eaten and digested, is as the lifeblood of the soul. Then good works will be seen as light shining in darkness. Letter 130, 1901. 3SM 29


2. To Lead us to the Bible

Little heed is given to the Bible, and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men and women to the greater light. CM 125

3. To Bring Us Back to the Bible

The word of God is sufficient to enlighten the most beclouded mind and may be understood by those who have any desire to understand it. But notwithstanding all this, some who profess to make the word of God their study are found living in direct opposition to its plainest teachings. Then, to leave men and women without excuse, God gives plain and pointed testimonies, bringing them back to the word that they have neglected to follow. 5T 663

4. To Bring Plain Lessons From the Bible

In the Scriptures God has set forth practical lessons to govern the life and conduct of all; but though He has given minute particulars in regard to our character, conversation, and conduct, yet in a large measure, His lessons are disregarded and ignored. Besides the instruction in His Word, the Lord has given special testimonies to His people, not as a new revelation, but that He may set before us the plain lessons of His Word, that errors may be corrected, that the right way may be pointed out, that every soul may be without excuse.-- Letter 63, 1893. 3SM 31

5. To Correct Errors and Specify What is Truth

for there is instruction that the Lord has given me for His people. It is light that they should have, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little. This is now to come before the people, because it has been given to correct specious errors and to specify what is truth. The Lord has revealed many things pointing out the truth,.. 3SM 32

6. To Give Us Clearer Understanding

"Brother J would confuse the mind by seeking to make it appear that the light God has given through the Testimonies is an addition to the word of God, but in this he presents the matter in a false light. God has seen fit in this manner to bring the minds of His people to His word, to give them a clearer understanding of it." 5T 663

7. To Warn, Reprove and Counsel

"The Lord designs to warn you, to reprove, to counsel, through the testimonies given, and to impress your minds with the importance of the truth of His word. 5T 665

III. HOW TO HANDLE THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY

1. Not to Take the Place of the Bible

The Lord desires you to study your Bibles. He has not given any additional light to take the place of His Word. This light is to bring confused minds to His Word, which, if eaten and digested, is as the lifeblood of the soul. Then good works will be seen as light shining in darkness. Letter 130, 1901. 3SM 29

2. Not for the Purpose of Giving New Light

Besides the instruction in His Word, the Lord has given special testimonies to His people, not as a new revelation, but that He may set before us the plain lessons of His Word, that errors may be corrected, that the right way may be pointed out, that every soul may be without excuse.-- Letter 63, 1893. (See Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 665.) 3SM 31

3. Bible Principles First, Then the Testimonies

It is my first duty to present Bible principles. Then, unless there is a decided, conscientious reform made by those whose cases have been presented before me, I must appeal to them personally.--Letter 69, 1896. 3SM 30

4. Do Not Use in Public Labor

In public labor do not make prominent, and quote that which Sister White has written, as authority to sustain your positions. To do this will not increase faith in the testimonies. Bring your evidences, clear and plain, from the Word of God. 3SM 29

IV. THE DIVINE COUNSELS

1. Do Not Lose Confidence in the Spirit of Prophecy

I know your danger. If you lose confidence in the testimonies you will drift away from Bible truth. I have been fearful that many would take a questioning, doubting position, and in my distress for your souls I would warn you. How many will heed the warning? As you now hold the testimonies, should one be given crossing your track, correcting your errors, would you feel at perfect liberty to accept or reject any part or the whole? That which you will be least inclined to receive is the very part most needed. 5T 98

2. Love and Obey the Truth

Perilous times are before us. Everyone who has a knowledge of the truth should awake and place himself, body, soul, and spirit, under the discipline of God. The enemy is on our track. We must be wide awake, on our guard against him. We must put on the whole armor of God. We must follow the directions given through the spirit of prophecy. We must love and obey the truth for this time. This will save us from accepting strong delusions. God has spoken to us through His word. He has spoken to us through the testimonies to the church and through the books that have helped to make plain our present duty and the position that we should now occupy. The warnings that have been given, line upon line, precept upon precept, should be heeded. If we disregard them, what excuse can we offer? 8T 298

"Learning Thai Prayers for Foreigners" is ready!!!

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We know that prayer is one of the most important things to learn when reaching the Thai people. Many foreign missionaries are struggling to pray in Thai and don't know if they are 'doing it right'.

So do you want to learn Thai prayers more easily? The SULADS RESOURCE CENTER is prioritizing this prayer project to help you learn Thai prayers more easily and effectively.

This "Learning Thai Prayers for Foreigners" is all that you need to learn how to pray. This comes with the CD and prayer guide booklet with English-Thai script and Thai transliteration script, so everything would be very easy for you to read if you can hardly recognize the Thai script.

The SRC designed 15 kinds of situational prayers to help you able to pray in different situation. Such as;

The Lord's prayer (Introductory prayer)

Prayer for encouragement

Prayer before giving Bible study

Prayer after giving Bible study

Prayer before giving sermon

Prayer after giving sermon

Prayer for a member who has problem

Prayer for a member about to travel

Prayer for the sick

Prayer for comfort in loss

Prayer for food

Prayer before going to bed

Prayer before starting the day

Prayer for the doubting

Prayer for the local co-Bible workers

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Amalgamation; The Work of Satan

“And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” Revelation 12:9

Our English cell group had a great meeting last Saturday night. Chris a German friend did a good job of explaining that there is really a Creator-God by giving such a very relevant illustration. We encountered a question regarding the existence of the pre-historic man from a man who adhere evolution. We don't want anybody else goes out from the meeting with a confuse mind but of course we cannot avoid and so I spent my half day developing an article regarding this to answer the question Biblically.

I had attended a government school when I was in high school and I found out that the theory of evolution has been well accepted and taught as they thought the most factual theory to explain the origin of man. That is the sad picture we can readily observe today.

What is the real problem nowadays? The trouble is that many people today consult the inaccurate data of science to find out whether the Bible is true. They criticized the Bible, instead of consulting the Bible to find out whether their scientific conclusion is telling the truth. Science has a lot of mistakes. They have consulted the works of the so called “intellectual giants” rather than God’s word, the work of the INFINITE ONE. Scientists have done a lot of amazing invention and are intellectually genius but they are human, subject to make mistakes. Of course there are two kinds of science-the false science (inspired by Satan) and the true science (inspired by God).

Whenever I encountered a question like related to evolution, it would only remind me of the power of Satan to create confusion everywhere to block the humanity to believe God. In fact because of his active inspiration of the false science, he has been very successful to lead many to believe that there is no God.

How about the issue of amalgamation? There is so much wickedness in the world and who is inspiring them? SATAN does. Look at these two passages for example;

“Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.” Leviticus 18:23
“When a woman offers herself sexually to any animal, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. They deserve to die.” Leviticus 20:16.

God said don’t but many have disobeyed. Go to Google engine and search women or men having sex with animals and you will be amazed the wickedness of the world which is inspired by the devil. Science tries to prove and said it is impossible that the sexual union of man and animal could produce offspring. Yes, that is if our world is only mere science-base without thinking the supernatural phenomenon authored by the spirit world (both good and bad). So is it impossible for Satan to do this? Look at these;
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6: 12

With great surprise a disciple asked Jesus, “And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds? He said to them, 'An enemy has done this. So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?” Matthew 13:27, 28.

While God put everything in order, Satan, the enemy of God, works to create confusion. It is not impossible for Satan to do such wonders. He will be a skillful deceiver. "He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs... “ Revelation 13: 13-15.

The work of Satan is to confuse to deceive the world. The point is that Satan is actively involved and responsibility for all evil confusion in our world. Satan has mighty power to amaze the intellectuals and leaders. He works confuse to get their attention. Look at this carefully;

“The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Perform a miracle,' then say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,' and it will become a snake." So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.” Exodus 7: 8-13.

Satan can do miracle almost similar to what God could do. Whenever God created a genuine, there is a counterfeit and Satan masterminded them. The point is we must believe that Satan the enemy of God is powerful to manufacture amalgamated living organisms to deceive us. Satan has been trying to establish facts that could appear to be scientific.

With this, I believe the plain statement of one of the great religious author;
“But if there was one sin above another which called for the destruction of the race by the flood, it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere. God purposed to destroy by a flood that powerful, long-lived race that had corrupted their ways before him.” Spiritual Gifts, vol. 3, 64.

If God could inspire holy men, Satan could also inspire his wicked men to have sexual intercourse with animals. Do you think they couldn’t produce confuse offspring under the inspiration of Satan? Do you think Satan couldn’t make them to appear as pre-historic men that look like half human and half beast? If you are not fully convince yet that Satan is powerful enough to mastermind this, then read again Exodus 7: 8-13 to see how Satan successfully deceived Pharaoh.

Secondly, how about the almost unbelievable endless species of animals cause by amalgamation? The inspired author added, “Every species of animal which God had created were preserved in the ark. The confused species which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation, were destroyed by the Flood. Since the Flood there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men.” Spiritual Gifts, vol. 3, 75.

Take note that Satan is the mastermind of amalgamation. Therefore the endless of variety of species are not evidence to support evolution theory, as many believed, but it is the evidence of the mighty work of the enemy of God. The Lord commanded “Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field…” Leviticus 19:19. But somehow many hardened their hearts and did not obey God and they were inspired by the devil.

Finally, Christian must be aware that, “our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6: 12.

Satan is a mighty deceiver “And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” Revelation 12:9 And so Apostle Paul warns us to “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.” Ephesians 6:11.

Noted Sabbath Scholar Samuele Bacchiocchi Dies

Retired Andrews Theology Professor Had Global Influence
BY MARK A. KELLNER, News Editor

Samuele Bacchiocchi, a retired theology professor at Andrews University and one of the world’s leading proponents of the seventh-day Sabbath, died December 20, the Sabbath, following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 70 years of age and resided in Berrien Springs, Michigan.

“Sam was best-known for his scholarship on the seventh-day Sabbath. He was a prolific writer, a tireless preacher, and appreciated as an energetic and passionate teacher. I’m going to miss my long-time friend and colleague,” said Keith Mattingly, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who worked alongside Bacchiocchi in the Andrews University Department of Religion and Biblical Languages.

Bacchiocchi, who spent 26 years teaching at the Seventh-day Adventist-owned university and more than 30 years lecturing worldwide about the Sabbath and its significance, was the first Protestant to attend and graduate from the doctoral program at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. It was at the “Gregoriana,” as it is known in Italian, that his studies in church history led to the publication of From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance in Early Christianity, the English version of his doctoral thesis. The doctoral dissertation received a grade that merited his graduation “summa cum laude,” and Bacchiocchi received a gold medal for academic achievement donated by Pope Paul VI. Both were high honors, particularly for a non-Roman Catholic student at the Jesuit-run university.

SAMUELE BACCHIOCCHI

The book has been in print for more than 30 years and is widely recognized as a seminal text on the subject, even by those who disagree with his conclusions. For example, Cambridge University scholar R.J. Bauckham, in “From Sabbath to Lord's Day: A Biblical, Historical and Theological Investigation” (D.A. Carson, ed.; Wipf & Stock, 2000), said that while “a number of scholars have in the past argued that Christian Sunday observance originated in the second century[,] the most recent and fullest version of this thesis is that of S[amuele] Bacchiocchi.”

In the 1970s, Bacchiocchi was featured on “It Is Written,” a weekly television program sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in which his thesis was noted. This led to numerous invitations to speak, and for the following two decades, Bacchiocci would spend many weekends on the road traveling to Adventist churches and other settings to present messages about the Sabbath, its biblical roots and continuing significance. His influence spread in the age of the Internet, reaching out to members of the Worldwide Church of God, a distant off-shoot of the nineteenth century Millerite movement, which had abandoned its own Sabbatarian tradition in the 1990s.

Samuele Bacchiocchi was born on January 29, 1938, in Rome: “I was born in a godly Catholic family that lived close to the Vatican wall,” he wrote in an issue of his monthly newsletter, “Endtime Issues.”

He added, “My parents attended Sunday Mass regularly and recited the rosary faithfully every night. This continued until my father was introduced for the first time to the study of the Bible by a fellow carpenter who belonged to the Waldensian Church.”

Eventually, the Bacchiocchis were convinced that the Sabbath was a creation ordinance and at first worshipped privately on the seventh day at home, until connecting with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Samuele Bacchiocchi earned a bachelor’s degree at Adventist-owned Newbold College near London, and then earned a master’s in theology at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University.

From there, he and his wife Anna went to Ethiopia. For five years, Bacchiocchi served as a Bible and history teacher at an Adventist school there. He then went on to graduate studies at the Grigoriana, after which he was invited to join the Andrews faculty.

Bacchiocchi wrote or edited 17 different books, many of which expanded on his Sabbath theme. His seminar schedule was somewhat curtailed during his illness, although, his family said in a statement, his life was that of “a man who sacrificed practically all of his time and energy to help others understand the Bible more fully, even up to end as he gave his last seminar in England the Sabbath before being taken to the emergency room.”

The family statement noted, “We believe that it is fitting that God chose the Sabbath day, the day that he loved most and spent his life preaching and writing about, to be the day that he entered into his final earthly rest.”

“Dr. Bacchiocchi’s reputation as a theological and biblical scholar is widely respected within Adventist circles and beyond. His family continues to have a significant impact on our campus and in our community. He will be very much missed by his colleagues and friends in the Andrews University community,” said Heather Knight, provost of Andrews University.

The funeral was held on December 27 at Pioneer Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs. The family is receiving condolences via e-mail at the addresses of his children Loretta Bacchiocchi, at loretta_bacchiocchi@fhchs.edu, Gianluca Bacchiocchi at bacchiocchi@gmail.com, or Daniel Bacchiocchi at dbacch@sbcglobal.net.

source; http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=2300