HOME CHAT ROOM #1 CHAT ROOM #2 Forum Topics Within The Last 7 Days REGISTER ENTER FORUMS BIBLE SCHOOL CONTACT US

Maritime 2nd Advent Believers OnLine Christian Family Fellowship Forums
(formerly Maritime SDA OnLine)
Consisting mainly of both members and friends of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Welcomes and invites other members and friends of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to join us!

Click Here To Read Legal Notice & Disclaimer
Suggested a One Time Yearly $20 or Higher Donation Accepted Here to Help Cover the Yearly Expenses of Operating & Upgrading. We need at least $20 X 10 yearly donations.
Donations accepted: Here
ShoutChat Box
Newest Members
Andrew, Trainor, ekoorb1030, jibb555, MBloomfield
1325 Registered Users
Forum Statistics
Forums118
Topics9,224
Posts196,102
Members1,325
Most Online5,850
Feb 29th, 2020
Seventh-day Adventist Church In Canada Links
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada

Newfoundland & Labrador Mission

Maritime Conference

Quebec Conference

Ontario Conference

Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference

Alberta Conference

British Columbia Conference

7 Top Posters(30 Days)
kland 19
Rick H 15
asygo 8
Daryl 2
November
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Member Spotlight
Rick H
Rick H
Florida, USA
Posts: 3,222
Joined: January 2008
Show All Member Profiles 
Today's Birthdays
No Birthdays
Live Space Station Tracking
Here is a link to show exactly where the Space Station is over earth right now: Click Here
Last 7 Pictures From Photo Gallery Forums
He hath set an harvest for thee
Rivers Of Living Water
He Leads Us To Green Pastures
Remember What God Has Done
Remember The Sabbath
"...whiter than snow..."
A Beautiful Spring Day
Who's Online
5 registered members (dedication, Karen Y, 3 invisible), 2,537 guests, and 8 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
Page 37 of 39 1 2 35 36 37 38 39
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: vastergotland] #97694
04/03/08 09:55 AM
04/03/08 09:55 AM
Tom  Offline
Active Member 2012
14500+ Member
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,795
Lawrence, Kansas
 Quote:
Wether SDA has been given a special message for the world is not the same question as saying that SDA is God's only organised body on earth today.


Did someone say this?

 Quote:
That SDA is not the sum of the body of Christ organised but only a part does not negate that SDA has a message to deliver.


Did someone say this?

 Quote:
It does however negate that SDA would be the only ones with a message to deliver


Did someone say this?

 Quote:
or even being the only ones with this particular 3 angels message.


This I did say. None of the other stuff though. Perhaps someone else said some of the above things, but all I said was this last one, which is that as a denominated body, only SDA's are the ones with the 3 angels message. If you claim there is some other denominated, or visible, body with this message, what is it?


Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: vastergotland] #97696
04/03/08 01:01 PM
04/03/08 01:01 PM
Rosangela  Offline
5500+ Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,154
Brazil
 Quote:
Tom wrote in the first quoted post of our list about the heirs of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the tribes of Israel being the denominated, visible body of Christ. Then following Jesus the true descendants were those who accepted Jesus. Then he compared this, the position and inheritance of Israel with, not christianity as he ought have done but with the SDA church which he ought not have done.

Thomas,

The key to understand this subject is the context of Rev. 12.

“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. ... And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.”

Rev. 12 speaks of a woman who gave birth to a Child who can only be Christ. There are only two possibilities here: either you interpret the woman as being Mary or you interpret her as being the Church. The Bible says nothing about Mary fleeing into the wilderness after Christ’s ascension. Besides, this is the same period portrayed in both Daniel and Revelation as being the period during which God’s children would be persecuted. Therefore, the woman referred to here is the Church. But which Church? The Church who would be persecuted, not the Church who would persecute. Therefore, this refers to a special group of Christians, and not to the whole body of Christendom.

Then Revelation continues:

“Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

So, after the Church had gone through a period of persecution there would arise “the rest of her offspring.” It’s obvious that “the rest of her offspring” cannot refer to the whole body of Christendom, but that it refers to a small group of people (which is implied in the word "rest") at the end of time (which is also implied in the word "rest") with especial characteristics – “who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: Tom] #97702
04/03/08 02:51 PM
04/03/08 02:51 PM
V
vastergotland  Offline
Active Member 2011
3500+ Member
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 3,965
Sweden
 Originally Posted By: Tom Ewall
 Quote:
Wether SDA has been given a special message for the world is not the same question as saying that SDA is God's only organised body on earth today.


Did someone say this?

 Quote:
That SDA is not the sum of the body of Christ organised but only a part does not negate that SDA has a message to deliver.


Did someone say this?

 Quote:
It does however negate that SDA would be the only ones with a message to deliver


Did someone say this?

 Quote:
or even being the only ones with this particular 3 angels message.


This I did say. None of the other stuff though. Perhaps someone else said some of the above things, but all I said was this last one, which is that as a denominated body, only SDA's are the ones with the 3 angels message. If you claim there is some other denominated, or visible, body with this message, what is it?
All the above is implied by default when you as and adventist speak about SDA being the heirs of Israel. If you mean something else than the default meaning, you must specifically state so.


Galatians 2
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

It is so hazardous to take here a little and there a little. If you put the right little's together you can make the bible teach anything you wish. //Graham Maxwell
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: Rosangela] #97704
04/03/08 02:57 PM
04/03/08 02:57 PM
V
vastergotland  Offline
Active Member 2011
3500+ Member
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 3,965
Sweden
 Originally Posted By: Rosangela
 Quote:
Tom wrote in the first quoted post of our list about the heirs of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the tribes of Israel being the denominated, visible body of Christ. Then following Jesus the true descendants were those who accepted Jesus. Then he compared this, the position and inheritance of Israel with, not christianity as he ought have done but with the SDA church which he ought not have done.

Thomas,

The key to understand this subject is the context of Rev. 12.

“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. ... And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.”

Rev. 12 speaks of a woman who gave birth to a Child who can only be Christ. There are only two possibilities here: either you interpret the woman as being Mary or you interpret her as being the Church. The Bible says nothing about Mary fleeing into the wilderness after Christ’s ascension. Besides, this is the same period portrayed in both Daniel and Revelation as being the period during which God’s children would be persecuted. Therefore, the woman referred to here is the Church. But which Church? The Church who would be persecuted, not the Church who would persecute. Therefore, this refers to a special group of Christians, and not to the whole body of Christendom.
You got this backwards. The church did not give birth to Jesus, Jesus started the church. Surely you see that an organisation cannot be the mother of its founder?
 Quote:

Then Revelation continues:

“Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

So, after the Church had gone through a period of persecution there would arise “the rest of her offspring.” It’s obvious that “the rest of her offspring” cannot refer to the whole body of Christendom, but that it refers to a small group of people (which is implied in the word "rest") at the end of time (which is also implied in the word "rest") with especial characteristics – “who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
The text says nothing about the woman going anywere, only that the woman is out of reach for the dragon. So maybe the characteristics of this remnant is not that they are the only body of christ around but that they are the only persecuted body of christ. It does not seem adventism is persecuted more than any other christian group.


Galatians 2
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

It is so hazardous to take here a little and there a little. If you put the right little's together you can make the bible teach anything you wish. //Graham Maxwell
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: vastergotland] #97709
04/03/08 03:09 PM
04/03/08 03:09 PM
Tom  Offline
Active Member 2012
14500+ Member
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,795
Lawrence, Kansas
 Quote:
Tom wrote in the first quoted post of our list about the heirs of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the tribes of Israel being the denominated, visible body of Christ. Then following Jesus the true descendants were those who accepted Jesus. Then he compared this, the position and inheritance of Israel with, not christianity as he ought have done but with the SDA church which he ought not have done.


That's not what I did at all. What I did was to say that the SDA church is a denominated, or visible body, and then give other examples of denominated bodies.

I did not compare the position and inheritance of Israel with the SDA church (I didn't say anything at all about this).


Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: Tom] #97710
04/03/08 03:11 PM
04/03/08 03:11 PM
Tom  Offline
Active Member 2012
14500+ Member
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,795
Lawrence, Kansas
 Quote:
All the above is implied by default when you as and adventist speak about SDA being the heirs of Israel. If you mean something else than the default meaning, you must specifically state so.


If I said something about SDA's being the heirs of Israel, you have a point. Did I?


Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: Tom] #97712
04/03/08 03:45 PM
04/03/08 03:45 PM
V
vastergotland  Offline
Active Member 2011
3500+ Member
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 3,965
Sweden
 Quote:

Throughout Scripture, there has always been a denominated, or visible, body of Christ, and an invisible one. The true descendants of Abraham (true Jews, one could say) were the ones who accepted Christ, even if they were Gentiles. The purpose God had in mind for the Jewish nation, a denominated body, was to give a message to the world to prepare the way for the coming Messiah.

Similarly, the SDA church is a denominated body, with a given purpose to likewise give a message.
If you by decendants of Abraham are not refering to the long history of Israel as found in OT, the above paragraph makes little sence. By using the word 'similarly' you are in effect making a comparison between two things, in this case the SDA church and the decendants of Abraham. You also spoke in the first paragraph about the believers who were not of Abrahams bloodline as being part of his family. That would be the church. But on the other side of the comparison there was only one group, the adventist church. How else are the paragraphs in the quote to be understood?


Galatians 2
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

It is so hazardous to take here a little and there a little. If you put the right little's together you can make the bible teach anything you wish. //Graham Maxwell
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: vastergotland] #97713
04/03/08 04:01 PM
04/03/08 04:01 PM
Tom  Offline
Active Member 2012
14500+ Member
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,795
Lawrence, Kansas
I wrote "similarly, the SDA church is a denominated body, with a given purpose to likewise give a message." There are two points of similarity:

a.Both groups were denominated.
b.Both groups had a message to give.

That's all I said, and all I meant to say.


Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: vastergotland] #97723
04/03/08 07:08 PM
04/03/08 07:08 PM
Rosangela  Offline
5500+ Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,154
Brazil
 Quote:
You got this backwards. The church did not give birth to Jesus, Jesus started the church. Surely you see that an organisation cannot be the mother of its founder?

This is what Revelation says, isn’t it? That the woman gave birth to the Child. This only means that the Child would be born among God’s people, or from the seed God’s children.

 Quote:
The text says nothing about the woman going anywere

Of course it does. “But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.” (Notice that this does not refer to the remnant, but to the Church before the time of the end, especially during the Middle Ages.)

 Quote:
So maybe the characteristics of this remnant is not that they are the only body of christ around but that they are the only persecuted body of christ. It does not seem adventism is persecuted more than any other christian group.

Notice that the text says that Satan first persecutes the Child, then the woman (the Church before the time of the end), then the remnant. The characteristic of this remnant is that they “keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ,” not just that they are persecuted. The persecution of this group hasn’t in fact began. It will happen when “all who dwell on the earth will worship him [the beast], whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (13:8). Then “he was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed (v. 15).”

Re: Does Blood Defile, Does Blood Cleanse, or Does Blood Do Both? [Re: Rosangela] #97731
04/03/08 09:42 PM
04/03/08 09:42 PM
V
vastergotland  Offline
Active Member 2011
3500+ Member
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 3,965
Sweden
 Originally Posted By: Rosangela
 Quote:
You got this backwards. The church did not give birth to Jesus, Jesus started the church. Surely you see that an organisation cannot be the mother of its founder?

This is what Revelation says, isn’t it? That the woman gave birth to the Child. This only means that the Child would be born among God’s people, or from the seed God’s children.
Born among God's people yes. Does that mean the church? The answer to that would be interpretation on our part.
 Quote:

 Quote:
The text says nothing about the woman going anywere

Of course it does. “But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.” (Notice that this does not refer to the remnant, but to the Church before the time of the end, especially during the Middle Ages.)
Notice the chronology. The woman has her child. The dragon tries and fails to kill the child. The child is taken to heaven. The woman escapes. The dragon follows her and tries to kill her. Then, upon failiure to kill the woman, the dragon moves away from the woman to attack her other children. This time it is the dragon rather than the woman who moves. What happens to the woman? Does she cease to exist or die after having experienced this wonderfull rescue from the dragon? How does she relate to those of her children whom the dragon is busy plotting against?
 Quote:

 Quote:
So maybe the characteristics of this remnant is not that they are the only body of christ around but that they are the only persecuted body of christ. It does not seem adventism is persecuted more than any other christian group.

Notice that the text says that Satan first persecutes the Child, then the woman (the Church before the time of the end), then the remnant. The characteristic of this remnant is that they “keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ,” not just that they are persecuted. The persecution of this group hasn’t in fact began. It will happen when “all who dwell on the earth will worship him [the beast], whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (13:8). Then “he was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed (v. 15).”
So we are not trying to understand a prophecy with a fullfillment in the past but one with the fullfillment yet to come? That surely is a marshland many have ventured out on never to be seen again in the lands of the Sheepherd.


Galatians 2
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

It is so hazardous to take here a little and there a little. If you put the right little's together you can make the bible teach anything you wish. //Graham Maxwell
Page 37 of 39 1 2 35 36 37 38 39

Moderator  dedication, Rick H 

Sabbath School Lesson Study Material Link
Here is the link to this week's Sabbath School Lesson Study and Discussion Material: Click Here
Most Recent Posts From Selected Public Forums
Fourth quarter, 2024, The Gospel of John
by asygo. 10/31/24 12:59 PM
A god whom his fathers knew not..
by Kevin H. 10/27/24 09:03 PM
Understanding the Battle of Armageddon
by Rick H. 10/25/24 08:25 PM
Global Warming Farce
by kland. 10/23/24 11:55 AM
Profiles Of Jesus In Zecharia
by dedication. 10/15/24 12:56 AM
Seven Trumpets reconsidered
by Karen Y. 10/14/24 12:13 PM
The October 7th Massacre and Zechariah 9 Prophecy
by dedication. 10/08/24 05:41 PM
Most Recent Posts From Selected Private Forums of MSDAOL
Understanding the 1,260-year Prophecy
by dedication. 10/31/24 08:39 PM
Perils of the Emerging Church Movement
by asygo. 10/31/24 07:32 PM
Understanding the 1290 & 1335 of Daniel 12?
by dedication. 10/29/24 01:14 AM
Dr Conrad Vine Banned
by Rick H. 10/25/24 08:01 PM
The 1260 Year Prophecy & The Roman Catholic Church
by dedication. 10/22/24 02:32 PM
What Should Be Our Response to the "Sunday Laws"?
by dedication. 10/13/24 01:08 AM
Are The Prophecies Important?
by dedication. 10/08/24 04:18 PM
The Beast and the Image Beast
by Rick H. 10/05/24 04:40 AM
A campaign against the church
by dedication. 10/03/24 11:50 PM
Why Is Papacy Uniting COVID/Climate Change
by kland. 10/03/24 12:06 PM
Forum Announcements
Visitors by Country Since February 11, 2013
Flag Counter
Google Maritime SDA OnLine Public Forums Site Search & Google Translation Service
Google
 
Web www.maritime-sda-online.com

Copyright 2000-Present
Maritime 2nd Advent Believers OnLine (formerly Maritime SDA OnLine).

LEGAL NOTICE:
The views expressed in this forum are those of individuals
and do not necessarily represent those of Maritime 2nd Advent Believers OnLine,
as well as the Seventh-day Adventist Church
from the local church level to the General Conference level.

Maritime 2nd Advent Believers OnLine (formerly Maritime SDA OnLine) is also a self-supporting ministry
and is not part of, or affiliated with, or endorsed by
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland
or any of its subsidiaries.

"And He saith unto them, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matt. 4:19
MARITIME 2ND ADVENT BELIEVERS ONLINE (FORMERLY MARITIME SDA ONLINE) CONSISTING MAINLY OF BOTH MEMBERS & FRIENDS
OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH,
INVITES OTHER MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO WISHES TO JOIN US!
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1