Day 7: Children of Light

Day 7: Children of Light

·         The bible tells us about the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do (1Chronicles 12:32).

·         Children of the light will understand the time to know what they have to do at the time.

·         Time will come when people will reject the light and follow the ideas of the man of sin – 2Thes 2:2 – 4. John tells us that evil people will always reject the light – John 3:19

·         The last act in the drama will be the Sunday Law :

“The substitution of the laws of men for the law of God, the exaltation, by merely human authority, of Sunday in place of the Bible Sabbath, is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal, God will reveal Himself. He will arise in His majesty to shake terribly the earth. He will come out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the world for their iniquity, and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain”.--Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 141; {ChS 160.2}

·           Jesus told us, "When ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors." (Mathew 24:33).

“One saying of the Saviour must not be made to destroy another. Though no man knoweth the day nor the hour of his coming, we are instructed and required to know when it is near. ... to disregard his warning, and refuse or neglect to know when his advent is near, will be as fatal for us, as it was for those who lived in the days of Noah not to know when the flood was coming” GC pp370.2

·         “God has given us His word that we may become acquainted with its teachings and know for ourselves what He requires of us. When the lawyer came to Jesus with the inquiry, "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" the Saviour referred him to the Scriptures, saying: "What is written in the law? how readest thou?" Ignorance will not excuse young or old, nor release them from the punishment due for the transgression of God's law; ... It is not enough to have good intentions; it is not enough to do what a man thinks is right or what the minister tells him is right. His soul's salvation is at stake, and he should search the Scriptures for himself. However strong may be his convictions, however confident he may be that the minister knows what is truth, this is not his foundation. He has a chart pointing out every waymark on the heavenward journey, and he ought not to guess at anything”.  {GC 598.1} (Emphasis supplied)

·         Children of light will not be surprised – 1Thes 5:1 – 5; 2Peter 1:19,20

·         Knowing the events however, will not help us. We have to know the order of the these events, as without the order, children of light becomes children of darkness – Job 10:21,22 (“A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness” Job 10:22).

The great storm is coming. Oh if we knew the time! – Luke 19:41 – 44

 

Now is the time, let’s know the order of the events, repent, believe the gospel and be ready.