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7/2,$ 6)%7 h!BOUT v HE MURMURED ) SAT BACK IN MY CAFETERIA CHAIR MY FORK POINTING E LINGERED IN THE CAFETERIA ABSENTLY TO NOWHERE AMAZED BY THE MODESTY OF A SERVANT PICKING OUR WAY THROUGH A OF 'OD CONTENT WITH HIS GREAT BURDEN !S ) PRESSED HIM LUNCH OF POTATOES BEANS AND FRUIT FURTHER TO DESCRIBE HIS RESPONSIBILITIES ) SAW WHAT ) HAD 3TRANGERS TO EACH OTHER UNTIL MOMENTS EARLIER WE WORKED PREVIOUSLY MISSED THE SETTLED CONlDENCE IN #HRIST THE AT MAKING CONVERSATION BETWEEN MOUTHFULS OF FOOD STURDY JOY THAT LIT HIS EYES WHEN HE TALKED OF TRAINING LOCAL h$O YOU TRAVEL MUCH v HE WANTED TO KNOW PERHAPS HOPING SOME WIDER WINDOW ON THE WORLD WOULD OPEN TO HIM ELDERS BAPTIZING HUNDREDS OF NEW BELIEVERS EVERY YEAR h9ES v ) SAID WITH A RUEFUL SMILE h3OMETIMES TOO MUCH v ORGANIZING NEW CONGREGATIONS !ROUND THE WORLD OF !DVENTISM HIS STORY IS FAR FROM h9OU ARE A PASTOR RIGHT v ) ASKED (E NODDED SILENTLY UNIQUE 4HE BURDENS CARRIED BY LOCAL PASTORS ARE IMMENSE EYES lXED ON HIS PLATE ) REACHED FOR THE INEVITABLE NEXT BROAD AND DEEP COMPLEX AND NEVER ENDING )N WAYS TOO QUESTION THAT ALWAYS PASSES BETWEEN PASTORS h(OW MANY CHURCHES ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT v ) HAD ALREADY NUMEROUS TO TELL THEY ARE THE GLUE HOLDING 'OD S REMNANT MENTALLY MADE MY EDUCATED GUESS AT ABOUT YEARS OLD HE PEOPLE TOGETHER /UR PASTORS ARE THE INDISPENSABLE SERVANTS TO WHOM WE OWE FAR MORE THAN WE USUALLY ADMIT WOULD HAVE ONE POSSIBLY TWO MID SIZED CONGREGATIONS IN 4HIS WEEK PRAY FOR THE PASTORS NEAREST YOU !SK THE THE CITY AREA HE SERVED &ATHER TO GIVE THEM JOY IN THE MIDST OF THEIR WORK AND NOT h4WENTY TWO v HE SAID SOFTLY STILL EYEING THE BEANS ONLY AT THE END OF IT ALL /FFER A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT IN 4HE SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH FROM MY SIDE OF THE TABLE THE NAME OF THE /NE THEY SERVE SO WELL CLEARLY STARTLED HIM (E LOOKED UP A TIRED SMILE PLAYING h"EAR ONE ANOTHER S BURDENS AND SO FULlLL THE LAW OF AROUND THE CORNERS OF HIS MOUTH #HRISTv 'AL h9OU HAVE CONGREGATIONS IN YOUR DISTRICT v ) ASKED ˆ "ILL +NOTT INCREDULOUSLY SUDDENLY ASHAMED OF THE TIMES ) HAD LAMENTED SERVING TWO OR THREE h(OW MANY MEMBERS ARE IN YOUR TERRITORY v
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 ) NEED SOME MERCY MYSELF ) NEED SOME FORGIVENESS MYSELF v HE SAID N -ARK 0RINCE STEPPED UP TO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST THE MICROPHONE DURING A RALLY IN #HURCH LEADERS SAY THE EVENT +ENNINGTON 0ARK *UNE TO ADDRESS WAS SPARKED BY VIOLENCE THAT HAS LED TO SOME YOUTH WHO HAD JUST TEENAGERS IN ,ONDON KILLED BY GUNS MARCHED THROUGHOUT ,ONDON WITH A AND KNIVES SINCE *ANUARY 4HE RALLY AND MESSAGE OF POSITIVE LIVING TO COMBAT MARCH WEREN T PLANNED JUST TO COMBAT STREET VIOLENCE VIOLENCE BUT TO OFFER A POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE h7E ARE THE ANSWER FOR THIS KNIFE h/UR MESSAGE WAS CLEAR ,IVE CRIMEˆYOU RIGHT HERE THE YOUNG INTENTIONAL LIVES v SAID #OLIN 3TEWART PEOPLE v HE SAID REFERRING TO HIS 9OUTH -INISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH #HURCH IN 3OUTH %NGLAND IN 3INCE THEN 0RINCE SAID HE HAS 4HOUSANDS CARRIED BANNERS WITH NEEDED TO LOVE AND TO FORGIVE THE THEME h,IVING )NTENTIONALLY 6ERSUS h)F IT MEANS ) HAVE TO FORGIVE THE %XISTINGv THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF GUY WHO KILLED MY SON THEN THAT S ,ONDON WHICH WERE CLOSED OFF TO EXACTLY WHAT ) M GOING TO DO BECAUSE TRAFlC FOR THE MARCH $RILL BRIGADES AND
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!NDREW ,EONCE A YOUNG ADULT FROM ,UTON CAME BECAUSE FRIENDS WERE INVOLVED h) WAS IMPRESSED WITH THEIR JOY AND POSITIVE MESSAGE v HE SAID 4HE DAY lNISHED WITH A 'ALA &UND RAISING #ONCERT AT THE NEARBY %MMANUEL #ENTRE 7ESTMINSTER RAISING a ABOUT 53 TOWARD ESTABLISHING A ,)6% #ENTRE AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS ˆ"Y 6ICTOR (ULBERT "RITISH 5NION #ONFERENCE AND !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK 'OT A -OBILE 0HONE 'ET OR 3HARE A "IBLE 3TUDY N h$ISCOVER "IBLE 'UIDEv STUDENTS CAN NOW USE THEIR CELL PHONES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 'OD DURING DOWNTIME AT THE BUS STOP OR ON THE SUBWAY 4HE h$ISCOVER "IBLE 'UIDESvˆ PRODUCED SINCE BY 6OICE OF 0ROPHECY A SUPPORTING MEDIA MINISTRY OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCHˆARE NOW FORMATTED FOR ACCESS BY MOBILE 7EB BROWSERS A lRST FOR THE CHURCH SAYS +URT *OHNSON THE 6/0 S "IBLE 3CHOOL DIRECTOR 4HE LESSONS ARE EXPECTED TO lND THEIR NICHE NOT ONLY WITH TIME STRAPPED COMMUTERS BUT ALSO IN REGIONS WHERE COMPUTER ACCESS IS LIMITED BUT CELL PHONES WITH )NTERNET CAPABILITIES ARE WIDELY USED SUCH AS !FRICA *OHNSON SAYS "Y CAPITALIZING ON NEW MEDIA THE LESSONS WILL HELP KEEP THE CHURCH FROM BECOMING hOBSOLETE IN ;ITS= APPROACHES v *OHNSON SAYS ADDING THAT HE HOPES THEY RESONATE WITH THE hTEXT MESSAGING GENERATION v "ANKING ON CONVENIENCE THE CELL PHONE "IBLE STUDIES MAY CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHO WOULDN T SIT DOWN AND lLL OUT A TRADITIONAL PAPER "IBLE STUDY OR EVEN A COMPUTER BASED LESSON HE ADDS 4HE "IBLE STUDY GUIDES AVAILABLE ON CELL PHONES ARE CURRENTLY SELF GRADING AND TEXT ONLY FOR EASIER READING AND QUICKER DOWNLOAD TIMES BUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE INTERACTIVE GRADING BETWEEN STUDENT INSTRUCTOR
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DRUM CORPS ACCOMPANIED !DVENTIST YOUTH AND SUPPORTERS ALONG THE ROUTE THAT PASSED THE (OUSES OF 0ARLIAMENT AND 0RIME -INISTER 'ORDON "ROWN S RESIDENCE ON $OWNING 3TREET !S DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED ACROSS THE 2IVER 4HAMES PEOPLE IN ,AMBETH CAME OUT OF THEIR mATS AND SHOPS APPLAUDING AND WAVING ,ONDON DEPUTY MAYOR 2AY ,EWIS TOLD THE CROWD AT THE RALLY THAT IT WAS THE TYPE OF INITIATIVE ,ONDON NEEDS /THER NOTED SPEAKERS INCLUDED OPPOSITION LEADER $AVID #AMERON AND CABINET MINISTER 4ESSA *OWELL h7E RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE DO NOT WATCH THE NEWS BUT THIS EVENT HELPS TO RAISE THE ISSUE AND GET THROUGH THE BARRIERS v #OLIN TOLD THE ,ONDON "ROADCASTING #OMPANY 3INCE THE EVENT CHURCH YOUTH LEADERS HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM MOTHERS LOOKING FOR SUPPORT AND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER LOSING LOVED ONES h4HIS TELLS ME THERE ARE LOTS OF HURTING PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE CHURCH TO TAKE THE LEAD v #OLIN SAID h)T WAS AWESOME v SAID +ATYA 'ARIPOVA FROM "ERKSHIRE h)T WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE AROUND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON v
"!2%&//4 &/2 /4(%23 -ORE THAN CHURCH MEMBERS AND VISITORS AT THE ,IV ING &AITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH TOOK OFF THEIR SHOES AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE ALTAR DURING THE "AREFOOT 3ABBATH SPECIAL EVENT -ORE THAN PAIRS OF SHOES WERE COLLECTED ON *UNE AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH "AHAMIAN !DVENTISTS 'O 3HOELESS TO (ELP /THERS N (UNDREDS OF CHURCH MEMBERS AT THE ,IVING &AITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN .ASSAU "AHAMAS TOOK OFF THEIR SHOES DURING 3ATURDAY WORSHIP SERVICE ON *UNE AND WALKED OFF BAREFOOT 4HE ACT WAS PART OF A SPECIAL SERVICE TO PROMOTE AWARENESS FOR THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE IN NEED OF SHOES OR CANNOT AFFORD ANY 4HIS EVENT CALLED "AREFOOT 3ABBATH IS A TRIBUTE TO "AREFOOT 3UNDAYˆA GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SHOE CHARITY 3OLES 3OULS h4HERE WERE TWO GOALS FOR "AREFOOT 3ABBATH v SAID "ARRINGTON "RENNEN WHO HELPED ORGANIZE THE lRST TIME SPECIAL 3ABBATH EVENT h7E WANTED TO COLLECT SHOES TO GIVE AWAY TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD SHOES OR WHO DO NOT HAVE SHOES AND HELP PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE TRUE MEANING OF #HRISTIAN SERVICE v HE SAID
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DVENTIST EDITORS WORLDWIDE WERE CHALLENGED TO USE THEIR VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH 4HIS WAS A KEY EMPHASIS EMERGING FROM THE 7ORLD #OUNCIL OF %DITORS A GATHERING OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PUBLISHING LEADERS HELD -AY TO IN .AMPA )DAHO 5NITED 3TATES HOME OF THE 0ACIlC 0RESS 0UBLISHING !SSOCIATION ! GROUP OF EDITORS FROM NATIONS SHARED EXPERIENCES AND PERS PECTIVES IN WHAT CHURCH LEADERS RECOGNIZE AS A SPECIALIZED lELD OF MINISTRY 4HE CONFERENCE hEMPHASIZES THE UNIQUE ROLE EDITORS PLAY v SAID (OWARD &AIGAO 0UBLISHING -INISTRIES DIRECTOR OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS h4HEY OCCUPY A VERY SENSITIVE AND IMPORTANT ROLE WITHIN THE CHURCH 4O SOME DEGREE EDITORS SET A DIRECTION FOR THE CHURCH BECAUSE OFTEN THE WRITTEN WORD IS MORE FORCEFUL FOR WHAT IS SAID v 4HE GATHERING SPECIlCALLY FOCUSED ON THE WORK OF THE CHURCH S EVANGELISTIC MAGAZINES BUT &AIGAO EMPHASIZED THE COUNCIL WAS PLANNED TO FACILITATE THE SHARING OF IDEAS CONCERNS AND VISION ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE EDITOR S MINISTRY h-ANY OF OUR EDITORS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF ISOLATION v &AIGAO EXPLAINED h3OME OF THEM HAVE EXPRESSED THAT ONCE EVERY lVE YEARS IS NOT OFTEN ENOUGH FOR SUCH MEETINGS AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETTER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR EDITORS 3OME EDITORS ARE FEELING THAT LESS ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THEM BY CHURCH LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES FUNDING TRAINING AND FOCUS "UT OUR EDITORS WORK IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING COMMUNICATIONS MARKET 4HERE ARE #O N T I N U E D N E X T P A G E
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"RENNEN WHO IS &AMILY -INISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR THE "AHAMAS #ONFERENCE TOOK OFF HIS SHOES BEFORE HE PREACHED TO THE CONGREGATION ON WHAT IT MEANT TO WALK BAREFOOT SPIRITUALLY h) WAS SO EXCITED TO COME TO CHURCH THIS MORNING SO ) CAN GIVE AWAY SOME OF THE MANY SHOES ) HAVE IN MY CLOSET AND WALK OUT OF CHURCH BAREFOOT v SAID ,AURA 2OBERTS A MEMBER OF THE ,IVING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH 2OBERTS LIKE MANY OF HER FELLOW MEMBERS HAD HEARD THE "AREFOOT 3ABBATH BEING PROMOTED WEEKS BEFORE %LIZABETH 'IBSON A lRST TIME VISITOR WHO SAT IN THE lRST ROW WAS MOVED BY THE MESSAGE h)T WAS TOUCHING AND DEEPLY SPIRITUAL v SHE SAID AS SHE LEFT CHURCH BAREFOOT "RENNEN WHO APPEALED TO THE CONGREGATION TO LEAVE THEIR SHOES AT THE ALTAR AS THEY CLOSED THE WORSHIP SERVICE WAS TOUCHED BY THE RESPONSE h9OU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE HAPPY YET SOLEMN FACES AS THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SHOES 3OME BROUGHT EXTRA SHOES IN BAGS AND SHOE BOXES v HE ADDED h/NE MOTHER SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO BE A PART OF "AREFOOT 3ABBATH BUT SINCE SHE DID NOT HAVE SHOES TO GIVE AWAY SHE WENT AND BOUGHT A PAIR JUST FOR THE SPECIAL DAY v )N ALL PAIRS OF SHOES WERE COLLECTED DURING THE SPECIAL DAY "RENNEN SAID THAT A PORTION OF THE DONATED SHOES WILL GO TO 3OLES 3OULS AND THE REST WILL BE GIVEN AWAY DURING THE ,IVING &AITH AND 2EDEMPTION #HURCHES #OMMUNITY 3ERVICES %XPO ON *UNE AT THE "AHAMAS !DVENTIST !CADEMY AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE ISLAND ,IVING &AITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH PLANS TO HOLD "AREFOOT 3ABBATH ONCE A YEAR AND ORGANIZERS HOPE TO HAVE OTHER !DVENTIST CHURCHES PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT &OR MORE INFORMATION ON "AREFOOT 3ABBATH IN THE "AHAMAS VISIT WWW BAHAMASCONFERENCE ORG ˆ)NTER !MERICAN $IVISION 3TAFF
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 CHALLENGES IN MEETING THE MANY NEEDS WITHIN SOCIETY v 4ED 7ILSON A GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ALSO RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE EDITORS PLAY WITHIN !DVENTIST #HURCH MINISTRY h%DITORS SERVE AS IMPORTANT CHANNELS FOR INFORMATION AND MORE THAN THAT THEY ARE CREATORS OF CONCEPTS AND WAYS IN WHICH THE !DVENTIST #HURCH RELATES TO ITS MISSION ITS THEOLOGY AND TO PERSONAL GROWTH v HE SAID h3O THE REASON TO GET TOGETHER IS TO HELP EXCHANGE IDEAS PROFESSIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO HELP THE CHURCH FOCUS IN A MORE PROACTIVE WAY ON THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT EDITORS CAN DO TO HELP THE CHURCH ACHIEVE ITS GOALS 7E NEED TO KEEP WORKING TOGETHER v 7ILSON A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OWNED 2EVIEW AND (ERALD 0UBLISHING !SSOCIATION ADDED $ALE 'ALUSHA 0ACIlC 0RESS PRESIDENT SAID THE PUBLISHING HOUSE WAS HAPPY TO HOST THE MEETINGS h7E HOPE THE INTERACTION WE HAD WILL STRENGTHEN ALL OUR PUBLISHING HOUSES (OSTING IT AT A PUBLISHING HOUSE GIVES MORE OF A FEEL THAT THIS IS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THIS HANDS ON MINISTRY v &AIGAO ADDED h!S WELL AS HEARING STORIES FROM OTHER EDITORS IT IS ALSO BENElCIAL TO SEE THE ACTUAL PROCESS THAT A MAJOR PUBLISHING HOUSE WORKS THROUGH 0ERHAPS HALF OF OUR EDITORS HERE WOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED HOW A LARGE PUBLISHING HOUSE PRODUCES LITERATURE v 2ECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THE MEETINGS INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF BETTER SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING MENTORING AND ENCOURAGING NEW EDITORS WITHIN THE CHURCH 0ARTICIPANTS ALSO DISCUSSED POSSIBILITIES FOR GREATER COOPERATION BETWEEN CHURCH PUBLICATIONS AROUND THE WORLD 2ANDY &ISHELL 'UIDE MAGAZINE EDITOR PROVIDED A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS CAN BE POSSIBLE h'UIDE IS A SIGNIlCANT PART OF THE !DVENTIST HERITAGE IN ;THE 5NITED 3TATES= AND WE WANT TO EXTEND THOSE BENElTS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE v &ISHELL SAID h5NDER PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS DIGITAL lLES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY OTHER CHURCH PUBLISHING HOUSES AROUND THE WORLD PROVIDING A MEANINGFUL PERIODICAL FOR ELEMENTARY AGE KIDS v (E HAS RECEIVED INTERESTED RESPONSES FROM PUBLISHING HOUSES IN PLACES SUCH AS THE 5NITED +INGDOM :AMBIA (UNGARY AND -EXICO h4HIS WAS A VERY GOOD FORUM TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT v HE DECLARED 4HE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE .ORTH !MERICAN AND 3OUTH 0ACIlC EDITIONS OF 3IGNS OF THE 4IMES WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED AS PROVIDING A MODEL THAT COULD BE ADOPTED BY OTHER PUBLISHING HOUSESˆSHARING MATERIAL AND RESOURCES WHILE ADAPTING THE PUBLICATIONS TO THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH
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h#OMPARED TO PREVIOUS MEETINGS THIS TIME WE HAVE HAD THE TECHNICAL MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST v SAID 0AULO 3ERGIO -ACEDO FROM 0ORTUGAL h!ND IT IS GOOD TO WORSHIP TOGETHER 4HE SPIRITUAL FOCUS HAS BEEN GOOD v h)T S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM OTHERS AND IT IS A GOOD CHANCE TO BUILD CONTACTS THAT CAN CONTINUE TO HELP v SAID !KINORI +AIBE FROM THE CHURCH S *APAN 0UBLISHING (OUSE %ARLYMAY #HIBENDE A :AMBIAN EDITOR DESCRIBED THE MEETINGS AS hA MAJOR PROFESSIONAL BOOST IN MY ROLE AS EDITOR v ADDING h-EETING MANY OF MY FELLOW EDITORS HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL ) NOW FEEL MORE CONlDENT IN DOING WHAT ) DO WITH MORE DIRECTION v ! (UNGARIAN !DVENTIST EDITOR ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FELLOWSHIP SHE SAID h) WAS QUITE DISCOURAGED BEFORE COMING HERE v +RISZTINA :ARKANE 4EREMY ADMITTED h) COME FROM A SMALL PUBLISHING HOUSE AND WE HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS BUT THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD ENCOURAGEMENT AND ) HAVE RECEIVED LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS )T IS GOOD TO MEET TOGETHER AND WE STRENGTHEN EACH OTHER )T IS GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD ) ENJOYED EVERY SECOND v SHE SAID h) THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE POSSIBILITY TO TALK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND TO SHARE MY VIEWPOINTS v ADDED !LEJANDRO -EDINA 6ILLARREAL EDITOR AT THE CHURCH S PUBLISHING HOUSE IN -EXICO h) WAS PROBABLY NOT AS AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT ) DO 7E CAN BE A VERY GREAT BLESSING TO THE CHURCH "UT OUR WORK IS OFTEN VERY ALONE ) AM A PASTOR BUT ) DO NOT SEE MY MEMBERS SO OFTEN "UT HERE ) AM PART OF A TEAM v h) THINK WE WILL HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS AN EDITORIAL TEAM TO PURSUE OUR COMMON MISSION THROUGH A NETWORKING OF IDEAS v &AIGAO SAID h7E EXPECT THAT OUR EDITORS WILL GO HOME WITH A BIGGER VISION FOR THEIR PUBLISHING MINISTRY v
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4HE lRST IS MY MOTHER 3HE WAS A SOFT SPOKEN GENTLE PERSONˆ) NEVER HEARD HER SPEAK HARSHLY OF ANOTHER PERSON OR SPEAK WORDS IN ANGER 9ET AT THE SAME TIME SHE POSSESSED A DEEP UNWAVERING FAITH )T WAS A STRAIGHT FORWARD UNQUALIlED BELIEF GROUNDED IN A STRONG SENSE OF LOYALTY TO HER ,ORD AND THE CHURCH 3HE WAS BAPTIZED AS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE ) WAS BORN MY FATHER AND HIS BROTHER HAD ALREADY JOINED THE CHURCH SOMETIME BEFORE 4HESE WERE THE DEPRESSION YEARS OF THE S A TIME WHEN !DVENTISM GREW IN NORTHERN .ORWAY )TINERANT !DVENTIST EVANGELISTS OFTEN SPENT THE WINTERˆ SIX TO EIGHT MONTHSˆIN ONE AREA AND ESTABLISHED A CHURCH -Y MOTHER S PARENTS WERE EVANGELICAL ,UTHERANS WHO BELONGED TO A CONSERVATIVE GROUP THE ,AESTADIAN MOVEMENT WHICH STILL EXISTS TODAY MOSTLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF .ORWAY &INLAND AND 3WEDEN 4HEY WERE FOLLOWERS OF A NINETEENTH CENTURY 3WEDISH REVIVALIST ,ARS ,EVI ,AESTADIUS WHOSE EMPHASIS
ON AUSTERITY AND PLAIN LIVING LED HIS FOLLOWERS TO ADOPT STRICT RELIGIOUS PRACTICES )N MY GRANDFATHER S HOME THERE WERE NO mOWER POTS IN THE WINDOWS NO WHISTLING NO WEARING OF NECKTIES ) REMEMBER AS A CHILD SITTING WITH MY GRANDPARENTS AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE STRUGGLING TO EAT MY PORRIDGE WITHOUT SUGARˆA LUXURY FORBIDDEN BY MY GRANDFATHER "UT WHEN HE HAD lNISHED AND HAD GONE OUTSIDE TO HIS CHORES MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY h.OW COME x v AND SHE WOULD BRING OUT THE SUGAR -Y GRANDFATHER S LIFE WAS STRONGLY DRIVEN BY HIS RELIGION BUT ) KNEW EARLY ON THAT IT WAS A FORM OF RELIGION ) WANTED NO PART OF )N SPITE OF THIS MY MOTHER LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER PRESERVED A WARMTH AND A SWEETNESS THAT INFUSED HER LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND HER 3HE TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF FAITHFULNESS TO 'OD AND TO (IS CHURCH AND SHE TAUGHT ME TO PRAY !ND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY #HRISTIAN JOURNEY !S ) LOOK BACK ) REALIZE THAT MY MOTHER LED ME TO AN EXPERIENCE OF SALVATIONˆA SENSE OF THE SAVING PRESENCE OF *ESUS #HRIST
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IN MY LIFE 3HE HELPED ME DISCOVER THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING MY FAITH SIMPLEˆNOT IN THE SENSE OF BEING SIMPLISTIC BUT OF NURTURING A RELATIONSHIP WITH #HRIST THAT IS NOT OVERBURDENED BY COMPLEXITY -Y 4EACHER
4HE SECOND PERSON WHO PROFOUNDLY SHAPED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE WAS A SCHOOLTEACHERˆMY lFTH GRADE TEACHER / + .AERLAND (E HAD TRAVELED TO THE FAR NORTH OF .ORWAY TO HELP START A CHURCH SCHOOL IN MY HOMETOWN OF .ARVIK TEACHING A DOZEN GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL ADJACENT TO OUR CHURCH ) WAS NOT A GOOD STUDENT $URING THE WAR YEARS MY FAMILY HAD EVACUATED TO THE COUNTRY AND MY EDUCATION HAD BEEN ERRATIC AT BEST !ND EVEN AFTER RETURNING TO .ARVIK ) HAD NOT DONE WELL DURING THE FEW MONTHS ) SPENT IN THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL )N ONE SUBJECT ESPECIALLYˆARITHMETICˆ) HAD DONE VERY POORLY ) HAD LITTLE SELF CONlDENCE AND THAT WAS RELATEDˆ WHETHER CAUSE OR EFFECT ) M NOT SUREˆTO THE FACT THAT ) STUTTERED BADLY 9ET UNDER THE CARE OF THIS PATIENT KIND TEACHER SOMETHING CHANGED 4HE LOCAL SCHOOL AUTHORITIES KEPT UP PERIODIC CHECKS ON OUR CHURCH SCHOOL TO ASSURE THEMSELVES THAT ACADEMIC STANDARDS WERE HIGH ENOUGH $URING ONE VISIT BY SCHOOL INSPECTORS TOWARD THE END OF THE lRST YEAR MY TEACHER GAVE ME A MATH PROBLEM TO SOLVE ON THE CHALKBOARD IN FRONT OF THE CLASS 4HESE INSPECTORS KNEW WELL HOW POORLY ) HAD DONE IN THIS SUBJECT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND NOW THEY WERE AMAZED AT THE CHANGE IN ME ! YEAR LATER ) lNISHED THE SEVENTH GRADE WITH THE TOP MARK IN ARITHMETIC IN THE TOWN S SCHOOLS !ROUND THIS TIME ) ALSO BEGAN TO FEEL A STRONG ATTRACTION TO THE MINISTRY 3OME IN MY CHURCH SAID !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
7 / 2 , $ 6 ) 3 4! h9OU TRAIN FOR THE MINISTRY 7ITH A STUTTER LIKE THAT v "UT MY TEACHER ENCOURAGED ME ) HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF HIM EVER PUTTING ME DOWN OR SAYING h9OU CAN T DO THAT v !T A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF A YEAR OLD BOY MY TEACHER TAUGHT ME NOT TO ACCEPT LIMITS THAT APPEAR AT TIMES TO BE OVERWHELMING (E CARED ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE AND DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL IN HIS STUDENTS (E TAUGHT ME WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH PROPER ATTENTION FOCUS AND APPLICATION !ND HE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT SELF CONlDENCE ABOUT REACHING OUT AND MOVING BEYOND THAT WHICH SEEMS TO CONlNE YOU
ON TO THE SEMINARY )T HAPPENED THAT (EPPENSTALL AND ) WERE BOTH BOOKED ON THE SAME BOAT FROM /SLO TO .EW 9ORK #ITY -AYBE IT WAS OUR COMMON LINK TO .ORWAY OR PERHAPS IT WAS THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER ON THE JOURNEY TO !MERICA OR SIMPLY THE FACT THAT HE WAS SUCH A CARING PERSON BUT A BOND DEVELOPED THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME (EPPENSTALL WAS A CHALLENGING PROVOCATIVE TEACHER -Y lRST TWO YEARS IN THE SEMINARY WERE A PERIOD OF INTENSE DISCOVERYˆA TIME WHEN ) BEGAN TO lND A REAL SENSE OF JOY AND FULlLLMENT IN PURSUING THEOLOGICAL STUDY "UT (EPPENSTALL COULD UNSETTLE
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3OME YEARS LATER ANOTHER TEACHERˆ THIS TIME A SEMINARY PROFESSORˆALSO PLAYED A FORMATIVE ROLE IN MY LIFE 4ED %DWARD (EPPENSTALL WAS ONE OF THE LEADING !DVENTIST THEOLOGIANS AND TEACHERS OF HIS GENERATION WHOSE INmUENCE IS STILL FELT IN MANY WAYS IN OUR CHURCH TODAY .OT ALL HAVE AGREED WITH HIM PERCENT OF THE TIME HIS THEOLOGICAL APPROACH SOMETIMES MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS 9ET TO ME HE WAS IN MANY WAYS A FATHER lGURE ) lRST MET (EPPENSTALL AND HIS WIFE A .ORWEGIAN WOMAN WHEN THEY VISITED .ORWAY IN THE SUMMER OF (E HAD JUST BEEN APPOINTED TO TEACH AT THE SEMINARY THEN LOCATED IN 7ASHINGTON $ # ) WAS YEARS OLD AND HAD PLANS TO GO TO %MMANUEL -ISSIONARY #OLLEGE TO lNISH MY LAST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE BEFORE MOVING
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YOU (E DID NOT NECESSARILY STATE THINGS IN THE HISTORIC TRADITIONAL WAY ) REMEMBER GOING TO HIS OFlCE ONE DAY MIDWAY THROUGH THE TERM AND SAYING h$R (EPPENSTALL YOU HAVE DESTROYED EVERYTHING ) HAVE BELIEVED ABOUT THE SANCTUARY AND YOU VE GIVEN ME NOTHING IN PLACE OF IT v )T WAS PROBABLY AN ARROGANT THING FOR A STUDENT TO SAY AND YET IT WAS PROVOKED BY HONEST FRUSTRATION (E REPLIED h*AN REMEMBERˆTHE SIGN OF A MATURE MIND IS WAITING UNTIL ALL THE EVIDENCE IS IN v !ND HE WAS RIGHT !S THE TERM WORE ON MORE STARTED TO lT TOGETHER .OT EVERYTHING HE SAID ) COULD ACCEPT IN EXACTLY THE WAY HE STATED IT "UT ) HONOR HIM FOR THE FACT THAT HE TOOK HIS STUDENTS DOWN DIFlCULT PATHS OF STUDYˆPATHS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY AS A MINISTER (E
DID NOT SHELTER YOU FROM ALTERNATE WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS (E WAS PROFOUNDLY LOYAL TO OUR CHURCH AND HE WOULD DO HIS BEST TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER INTO A STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE DEFENDED FROM THE "IBLE -ORE THAN ANY OTHER PERSON HE STIMULATED ME TO SEARCH 3CRIPTURE FOR MYSELF ) SEE A CERTAIN SYMMETRY BETWEEN WHAT ) LEARNED FROM MY MOTHER AND WHAT ) RECEIVED FROM (EPPENSTALL -Y MOTHER HELPED ME EXPERIENCE SALVATION 4ED (EPPENSTALL HELPED ME UNDERSTAND IT !ND THERE LIES THE BRIDGE BETWEEN FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ) BELIEVE IS SO IMPORTANT )F OUR FAITH IS MERELY INTELLECTUALˆEVEN THOUGH WE CAN EXPLAIN IT DEFEND IT EVEN TEACH IT TO OTHERSˆIT IS INCOMPLETE 7E MUST ALSO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF FAITH THAT SENSE OF UTTER SECURITY THAT CAN COME ONLY FROM AN UNCOMPLICATED TRUST IN THE GOODNESS OF 'OD AND IN THE SURENESS OF (IS PROMISES )T IS GOOD FOR EACH OF US TO LOOK BACK ALONG THE PATH WE HAVE COME TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS 'OD HAS PLACED IN OUR WAY 7E SEE CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE SHAPED US AND CHALLENGED US PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROVIDED ANCHOR POINTS FOR OUR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT -ANY OF US WILL lND THAT THOSE WHO SHAPED US THE MOST ARE PEOPLE WE ENCOUNTERED EARLY IN OUR JOURNEYˆIN CHILDHOOD 7E RE REMINDED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CARE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN THE PRETEEN YEARS WHEN THE CHARACTER AND MIND ARE SO PLIABLE SO VULNERABLE WHEN SUPPORTIVE WORDS CAN CARRY SUCH LASTING SIGNIlCANCE !S WE REmECT WE lND NEW ASSURANCE OF 'OD S PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES OF (IS CONSTANT WORKING THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO KEEP US CLOSE TO (IM AND TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD TOWARD (IS FUTURE
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THE ACTIONS OF OPIATES AND THESE MEDICATIONS ALSO HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BLOCK THE ACTION OF THE ENDORPHINS 2ESEARCHERS INTO THE PLACEBO EFFECT ä WHICH IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH INERT SUBSTANCES WILL PRODUCE RELIEF IN APPROXIMATELY PERCENT OF PEOPLE ä HAVE SHOWN THE EFFECT TO BE MEDIATED THROUGH THE ENDORPHIN SYSTEM 4HE OPIATE BLOCKERS ALSO BLOCK THE PLACEBO EFFECT )T IS THROUGH THE POWER OF
BE OBTAINED FOR PAIN THAT IS BASED IN SIGNIlCANT PATHOLOGY 7E ARE ALSO NERVOUS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT IGNORE THE CAUSE OF THE PAIN WHILE PURSUING THE RELIEF OF THE PAIN $IAGNOSIS SHOULD ALWAYS PRECEDE THERAPY EVEN IF THE THERAPY IS GOING TO BE A hMINDv PROCESS &AILURE TO HAVE A SERIOUS ORGANIC PROBLEM DIAGNOSED COULD HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES 9OUR WIFE WHO MAY HAVE A
&AILURE TO HAVE A SERIOUS ORGANIC PROBLEM DIAGNOSED COULD HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES )T IS FOLLY TO THINK ONE CAN hWILL AWAYv A CANCER A RAGING PNEUMONIA A CASE OF MALARIA OR lX A BONE WITHOUT IT BEING PROPERLY ALIGNED AND SPLINTED "UT PAIN IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING 0AIN IS NOT DISEASE IT IS A SYMPTOM 0AIN SERVES US WELL )T CAUSES US TO PULL OUR HAND FROM A BURNING HOT STOVE OR TO WITHDRAW FROM A SHARP OBJECT 0AIN THEREFORE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROPER SURVIVAL #HRONIC PAIN IS DIFFERENT HOWEVER IT INDICATES SOME NERVE IRRITATION AND IN SOME WAYS CAN BECOME SELF PERPETUATING BY ITS CONTINUED PRESENCE /UR BRAINS HAVE A SET OF PATHWAYS THAT STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF ENDORPHINS 4HESE ARE CHEMICALS THAT FUNCTION AS OPIATES /PIATES ARE HEROIN MORPHINE AND CODEINEä DERIVATIVES OF PLANTS SUCH AS THE POPPY 0ERHAPS IT WOULD BE WISER TO SAY OPIATES MIMIC THE ENDORPHINS 4HERE ARE CHEMICALS THAT BLOCK
SUGGESTION THAT PLACEBOS WORK SO WE HAVE HERE A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH OUR BRAINS CAN SUPPRESS PAIN "UT REMEMBER PLACEBO EFFECTS WORK IN ONLY PERCENT OF PEOPLE #ONSEQUENTLY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS ONE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A POWERFUL TURN ON OF THE ENDORPHINS 4HEN TOO THE PAIN RELIEF EXPERIENCED IS SELDOM PERCENT /F COURSE WHEN IT COMES TO PAIN A REDUCTION OF ANY MAGNITUDE WILL BE VERY WELCOME 3TUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE RECALL OF PAIN RELIEF TENDS TO BE EXAGGERATED IN THE MIND OF THE ONE FOR WHOM SOME RELIEF WAS OBTAINED LEADING TO THEIR RECOUNTING GREATER RELIEF THAN WAS ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED AT THE TIME 3KEPTICISM ITSELF MAY BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE WORKING OF SUCH ENDORPHIN ACTIVATED MECHANISMS BUT WE WOULD BE LESS THAN TRUTHFUL IF WE DID NOT EXPRESS THAT WE DOUBT PERCENT RELIEF WILL
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TREATED HARSHLY BY HIS ENEMIES 3ET TO GRINDING GRAIN IN PRISON HE lNALLY REPENTED OF HIS SIN 7HAT PATIENCE 'OD DEMONSTRATED )F (E COULD SAVE SUCH A REBEL (E CAN SAVE ANYONE 7E TOO MUST SAY WITH 3AMSON h/ ,ORD 'OD REMEMBER MEv *UDGES !ND -ANASSEH
!S MY LAST EXAMPLE ) POINT TO -ANASSEH KING OF *UDAH (IS FATHER +ING (EZEKIAH hDID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE ,ORDv #HRON "UT WHEN -ANASSEH BECAME KING HE REBELLED AGAINST 'OD AND hDID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE ,ORD LIKE UNTO THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHENv #HRON +*6 (E ERECTED PAGAN ALTARS IN THE 4EMPLE CONSULTED MEDIUMS AND SACRIlCED HIS SONSˆEVEN DOING WORSE THAN HIS PAGAN NEIGHBORS -ANASSEH S EVIL REIGN DRAGGED ON FOR A HALF CENTURY #ONDITIONS GOT SO BAD THAT 'OD INTERVENED SPEAKING TO HIM AND HIS
PEOPLE "UT THEY PAID NO ATTENTION 3O THE ,ORD CALLED IN THE ARMY COMMANDERS OF THE KING OF !SSYRIA TO DEAL WITH THE REBEL 4AKING THE KING PRISONER THEY PUT A HOOK THROUGH HIS NOSE BOUND HIM WITH BRONZE SHACKLES AND CARRIED HIM TO "ABYLON &INALLY THE KING S HARD HEART WAS BROKEN h)N HIS DISTRESS HE SOUGHT THE FAVOR OF THE ,ORD HIS 'OD AND HUMBLED HIMSELF GREATLY BEFORE THE 'OD OF HIS FATHERSv #HRON .)6 4HE 'OD WHOM THE KING HAD FOUGHT AGAINST FOR DECADES LISTENED TO HIS PLEA RETURNED HIM TO *ERUSALEM AND REINSTATED HIM ON THE THRONE 7HAT PATIENCE WHAT LOVE 4HE STORY OF -ANASSEH S CONVERSION AND INDEED THOSE OF THE OTHERS MENTIONED TELLS ME THAT WE SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP ON ANYONE 4HESE WORDS OF 3CRIPTURE SAY IT ALL h"UT YOU ARE A FORGIVING 'OD GRACIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE SLOW TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN LOVEv .EH .)6
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#HINA TODAY IS SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASES OF AFmUENCE DIABETES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND CANCERS 7ITH FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS SPRINGING UP THROUGHOUT THE CITIES CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE NOW EXPERIENCING WEIGHT GAIN AND VARIOUS OTHER DIET RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS ! GROWING NUMBER OF OLDER FOLK WHO HAVE ADOPTED THE 7ESTERN FAST FOOD LIFESTYLE ARE SUFFERING A MYRIAD OF CHRONIC ILLNESSES "UT WITH THE .%734!24 PROGRAM WE HAVE SEEN WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE MANY HEALING MIRACLES AT -EI (WA 3ANITARIUM #HANGING ,IVES
! FORMER SURGEON AND CURRENT #%/ OF A LARGE COMPANY STRUGGLED WITH DIABETES FOR YEARS )N SPITE OF BEING ON INSULIN HIS BLOOD SUGAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL 7ITHIN DAYS OF FOLLOWING THE .%734!24 PROGRAM HIS BLOOD SUGAR BECAME NORMAL !FTER THREE WEEKS HE WAS WALKING SIX MILES A DAY AND HAD LOST POUNDS !N OLDER WOMAN WHO SUFFERED FROM SEVERE ARTHRITIS AND CHRONIC DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS CAME TO US 3HE HAD DIFlCULTY WALKING /FTEN SHE WOULD BE CONlNED TO HER BED FOR WEEKS AT A TIME BECAUSE OF EPISODES OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING BUT HER SPIRIT WAS UNDAUNTED 3HE LOVED TO GIVE "IBLE STUDIES AND IN HER PURSUIT OF THOSE INTERESTED IN HEARING 'OD S 7ORD SHE WOULD WALK FOR MILES ON THOSE PAINFUL LEGS AND IN HER DEFORMED HANDS SHE WOULD CARRY A LARGE PRINT "IBLE AND A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO HELP HER READ "ARELY lVE FEET TALL SHE IS A POWERFUL WITNESS FOR *ESUS 7HEN SHE lRST ARRIVED AT -EI (WA 3ANITARIUM SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM ANOTHER ATTACK OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING ACCOMPANIED WITH PAIN IN ALL HER JOINTS 7E TAUGHT HER HOW TO ALTER HER DIET AND HELPFUL WAYS TO USE HYDROTHERAPY ! FEW DAYS LATER SHE WAS FEELING SO WELL THAT SHE WANTED TO GO HOME TO CONTINUE HER WITNESSING (ER DAUGHTER TOLD US RECENTLY THAT SINCE LEARNING THE USE OF NATURAL REMEDIES HER MOTHER HAS NOT MISSED A DAY OF GIVING "IBLE STUDIES
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4(% 3!.)4!2)5- 0ICTURED WITH GOVERNMENT OFlCIALS CHURCH LEADERS AND STAFF POSE IN FRONT OF THE MAIN BUILDING AT -EI (WA 3ANITARIUM IN 'ULANGYU 4HE ERECTION OF THE STONE STRUCTURE WAS SPEARHEADED IN BY !DVENTIST PASTOR " , !NDER SON 4HE AUTHORS "ENJAMIN AND %STHER ,AU ARE SEATED IN THE SECOND ROW FROM THE FRONT SIXTH AND SEVENTH FROM THE LEFT
! WOMAN PHYSICIAN WHO HAD CONTRACTED RHEUMATIC FEVER AS A CHILD ALSO CAME TO US FOR HELP 3HE HAD READ ABOUT THE SANITARIUM ON THE )NTERNET 7HEN WE lRST SAW HER SHE SUFFERED FROM SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND EXTREME FATIGUE "OTH HER LEGS WERE SWOLLEN UP TO HER HIPS 3HE ALSO HAD A VERY HIGH ,$, CHOLESTEROL LEVEL AND AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT &OUR WEEKS AFTER BEGINNING TREATMENT WITH US HER CHOLESTEROL DROPPED SIGNIlCANTLY AND SHE WAS NO LONGER EXPERIENCING BREATHING PROBLEMS OR SWELLING IN HER LEGS 4HE DOCTOR RETURNED HOME REJOICING BECAUSE OF HER IMPROVED HEALTH BUT SHE SAID SHE WAS EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHILE IN 'ULANGYU SHE HAD COME TO KNOW THE ,ORD .OW SHE ATTENDS AN !DVENTIST CHURCH EACH 3ABBATH AND IS PREPARING FOR BAPTISM 7E HAVE SEEN THE USE OF DIET HYDROTHERAPY EXERCISE AND PRAYER HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON NUMEROUS TYPES OF DISEASE 0RAYER ESPECIALLY IS A VITAL PART OF THE PROGRAM 3ANITARIUM DOCTORS NURSES AND STAFF GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO PRAY FOR THEIR PATIENTS )N THE EVENING THEY PRAY WITH EACH PATIENT INDIVIDUALLY -OST OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE YOUNGˆMANY ONLY IN THEIR SˆBUT THEIR STRONG FAITH IS EVIDENT 6ISITING THE #HURCHES
$URING OUR MONTHLY BREAKS WE WOULD VISIT !DVENTIST CHURCHES THROUGHOUT #HINA !T EACH GATHERING WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO SHARE THE LOVE OF #HRIST AND THE HEALTH MESSAGE WITH THE BELIEVERS /NE TIME WE LED OUT IN lVE SEPARATE MEETINGS DURING ONE WEEKEND AT AN MEMBER !DVENTIST CHURCH 4HAT CHURCH IS SHEPHERDED BY FOUR VERY DEDICATED YOUNG FEMALE ELDERS 4HE "LESSINGS OF THE 3PIRIT
7E SEE EVIDENCES OF THE LATTER RAIN BEING POURED OUT IN GREAT TORRENTS THROUGHOUT #HINA ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS 7E MET ONE YOUNG MAN
WHO ATTENDED OUR HEALTH SEMINARS IN 'ULANGYU (E IS YEARS OLD AND A FULL TIME MEDICAL STUDENT /N WEEKENDS HE hPASTORSv SEVERAL SMALL CHURCHES (E TOLD US THAT WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT IN lRST GRADE HE AND MANY OF HIS SCHOOLMATES WERE BEATEN FOR ATTENDING THE !DVENTIST CHURCH SCHOOL ,ATER THE SCHOOL WAS FORCED TO CLOSE %VENTUALLY HE HAD TO ATTEND THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL WHICH CREATED ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR HIM BECAUSE OF SOME CLASSES AND EXAMS BEING HELD ON 3ABBATH "UT BY 'OD S GRACE THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS FRIENDS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE 3ABBATH IN SPITE OF THE THREATS 4HE ,ORD BLESSED THEM NOT ONLY SCHOLASTICALLY (E ALSO GRANTED THEM MANY OFlCIAL RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS /NE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL WE MET TOLD US SHE FORFEITED HER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND DIPLOMA BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO TAKE THE REQUIRED EXAMINATION ON THE 3ABBATH "UT ON HER NATIONAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR COLLEGE SHE SCORED THE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY 3HE RECEIVED MANY OFFERS OF FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FROM SEVERAL TOP UNIVERSITIES ! PERSONAL POIGNANT MOMENT FOR US OCCURRED ONE EVENING DURING A WORSHIP SERVICE 3TUDENTS SANG THE BEAUTIFUL HYMN h(OMESICK FOR (EAVEN v WRITTEN BY %STHER S LATE FATHER *AMES $ 7ANG (E WROTE IT IN AND SENT IT TO SOME OF HIS FORMER STUDENTS .OW THAT HYMN IS PRINTED IN THE #HINESE !DVENTIST HYMNAL 7ANG LONGED TO RETURN ONE DAY TO HIS HOMELAND OF #HINA BUT THAT DREAM NEVER MATERIALIZED "UT HE HAD AN EVEN GREATER YEARNINGˆA DESIRE TO SEE HIS HEAVENLY HOME !T ALMOST EVERY CHURCH WE VISITED WE NOTICED THAT SAME YEARNING ON THE PART OF THE BELIEVERS 7HILE IN #HINA WE FREQUENTLY WITNESSED THE OUTPOURING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 7E WERE INDEED PRIVILEGED TO WORK PRAY AND PRAISE OUR ,ORD TOGETHER WITH OUR BELOVED #HINESE !DVENTIST BELIEVERS 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT .%734!24 GO TO WWW NEWSTART COM !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
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HE MORNING DAWNED BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL IN THE $EMOCRATIC 2EPUBLIC OF THE #ONGO 7ARM GENTLE BREEZES BRUSHED THE CHEEKS OF THE MORE THAN MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE SMALL OPEN AIR CHURCH BUILDING BOASTING ONLY A THATCHED ROOF WITH WOODEN POLES FOR SUPPORT AND RUDELY CONSTRUCTED BENCHES FOR PEWS 4HE SOUND OF BIRDS RHYTHMICALLY CALLING TO EACH OTHER mOATED OVER THE ROLLING HILLS AS IF THE FEATHERED RESIDENTS OF THIS REMOTE JUNGLE REGION SHARED THE JOY OF THE SPECIAL 3ABBATH EVENT ! FEELING OF TRANQUILITY TWEAKED WITH ANTICIPATION PERVADED THE ATMOSPHERE LIFTING THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE HEAVENWARD TO THE THRONE ROOM OF 'OD WHERE CELESTIAL BEINGS MUST ALSO HAVE BEEN REJOICING &OLLOWING WORSHIP SERVICES THAT &EBRUARY MORNING FOR A RECENTLY ORGANIZED !DVENTIST CHURCH GROUP CALLED "ETHEL PEOPLE WOULD BE BAPTIZED THE lRST OF THE ,UGBARA TRIBAL PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT REGION TO PUBLICLY COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO THEIR NEWFOUND ,ORD AND 3AVIOR "UT 3EUNG #HUN 9ANG A SELF SUPPORTING !DVENTIST MISSIONARY FROM +OREA IS CONlDENT THEY WON T BE THE LAST h! FEW PEOPLE CAN DO SO MUCH IF THEY REALLY ARE DETERMINED TO PREPARE OTHERS FOR *ESUS SECOND COMING v SAYS 9ANG A LAW GRADUATE OF 3EOUL .ATIONAL 5NIVERSITY AND A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN h'OD WILL BLESS THE EFFORTS WITH SUCCESS v
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"ECOMING INVOLVED IN MISSIONARY WORK WASN T 9ANG S INTENTION WHEN HE SOLD HIS THRIVING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION COMPANY IN AND RETIRED (E PLANNED TO ENJOY THE hGOOD LIFEv WITH HIS WIFE +YUNG 7ON 9OON BY TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD AND IMMERSING HIMSELF IN GAMES OF GOLF "UT THE ,ORD HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN IN MIND ! FEW YEARS INTO HIS RETIREMENT 9ANG EXPERIENCED A RECONVERSION AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVING 'OD (E ENROLLED IN THE -ASTER OF $IVINITY PROGRAM AT THE !DVENTIST )NTERNATIONAL )NSTITUTE OF !DVANCED 3TUDIES !))!3 IN THE 0HILIPPINES AND PRAYED FOR THE ,ORD TO GUIDE HIM TO WHERE (E WANTED HIM TO SERVE ! #$ OF HYMNS SUNG BY MISSIONARIES IN THE $EMOCRATIC 2EPUBLIC OF THE #ONGO $2# ˆA GIFT GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS SONˆDREW HIS THOUGHTS AND HEART TOWARD !FRICA h%ACH ONE OF THOSE HYMNS INSCRIBED A VISUAL VIDEO IN MY HEART AND SOME OF THE MELODIES CONSTANTLY PLAYED IN MY MIND 4HEY DISTURBED MY CONCENTRATION v 9ANG EXPLAINS h7HEN ) lNALLY MADE UP MY MIND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN MINISTRY IN !FRICA PEACE CAME TO MY SOUL ) KNEW THE ,ORD WAS TELLING ME THAT !FRICA WAS WHERE (E WANTED ME TO GO v
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9ANG lRST ARRIVED IN THE $2#ˆA REGION OF THE WORLD HE THEN KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUTˆON $ECEMBER (IS PLAN WAS TO WORK AMONG THE 0YGMY AND ,UGBARA TRIBES LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS NEAR "UTEMBO IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE COUNTRY 7HAT HE FOUND THERE HOWEVER SURPRISED HIM h7HEN ) CAME TO THE #ONGO FOR THE lRST TIME "UTEMBO WAS MY @END OF THE EARTH v 9ANG EXPLAINS "UTEMBO IS A TOWN OF SOME REFUGEES )T HAS NO RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY OUTSIDE OF THAT PROVIDED BY GENERATORS 7OOD IS USED FOR COOKING 4HE AVERAGE LEVEL OF EDUCATION IS LOW -ODERN TECHNOLOGY IS SCARCE h"UT THEN WHEN ) WENT TO THE 0YGMY CAMPS THE @END OF THE EARTH WAS MOVED MUCH FARTHER INTO THE #ONGO BUSH v HE ADDS h4HERE ) FOUND THIS UNUSUAL REMOTE PLACE WHERE THOUSANDS OF NAKED OR ,UGBARA TRIBES RESIDE x 7ITH 'OD S HELP WE WILL REACH EVEN FARTHER INTO THE FAR FAR CORNER OF THIS EARTH v !T FIRST THE TRIBAL PEOPLE TREATED 9ANG WITH SUSPICION (E WAS VIEWED ONLY AS SOMEONE WHO HAD WEALTH AND COULD PROVIDE THEM WITH MATERIAL GOODS 9ANG SAYS 4HEY EXPECTED HIM TO LEAVE SOON AS PREVIOUS MISSIONARIES HAD DONE h4HEY JUST PRETENDED TO ACCEPT THE SPIRITUAL LESSONS v HE SAYS "UT GRADUALLY OVER TIME A RELATIONSHIP OF ACCEPTANCE AND TRUST DEVELOPED AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO LISTEN TO THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND LEARN ABOUT *ESUS
3OON 9ANG MET 3EBASTIAN 4IRTIRAU DIRECTOR OF A SELF SUPPORTING !DVENTIST ORGANIZATION CALLED THE 0ILGRIM 2ELIEF 3OCIETY 023 FOUNDED BY 4IRTIRAU IN 023 MINISTERS TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THE $2# AS WELL AS OTHER WORLD REGIONS THROUGH HUMANITARIAN AND SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS 9ANG AND 4IRTIRAU DECIDED THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH MORE BY WORKING TOGETHER h-R 9ANG IS THE INITIATOR OF THE #ONGO MISSION v 4IRTIRAU SAYS h(IS HEART IS BIGGER THAN THE #ONGO AND SO IS HIS LOVE FOR 'OD AND THE PEOPLE 4HE WORK IS PROGRESSING THERE BECAUSE OF HIS PASSION INTEGRITY AND DEDICATION v 4IRTIRAU TOO HAS A HEARTFELT LOVE FOR THE $2# TRIBES h) HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THE 0YGMIES OF THE #ONGO FOR THE PAST lVE YEARS v HE SAYS h4HEIR PLIGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR IS INDESCRIBABLE x 4HEY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY REBELS IN WHAT IS CALLED RITUALISTIC CANNIBALISM AND FEW PEOPLE SEEM TO CARE 2IGHT NOW WE ARE PROVIDING MEDICAL CLINICS CHURCHES SCHOOLS PASTORS NURSES AND MISSIONARIES TO SUPPORT THEM 7E DELIVER EQUIPMENT AND FOOD TO THESE PEOPLE 7E
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PROVIDE MISSIONARIES FROM OUR MISSION SCHOOL IN 2OMANIA TO PREACH THERE AND WE RE PLANNING TO HOLD EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS IN THEIR VILLAGES SOON v 9ANG NAMED THE $2# MISSION PROGRAM -AHA WHICH IN THE LOCAL DIALECT MEANS hHOPEv OR hDESIRE v -AHA AND 023 WORK IN CLOSE COOPERATION -EETING 3PIRITUAL AND 0RACTICAL .EEDS
!LONG WITH TELLING THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE OF *ESUS AND GIVING "IBLE STUDIES 9ANG 4IRTIRAU AND VOLUNTEERS RECRUITED BY THE .ORTH +IVU &IELD OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS FOCUS ON MEETING THEIR PRACTICAL NEEDS 4HE MISSIONARIES ARE PROVIDING THE TRIBAL PEOPLE WITH TRAINING IN AGRICULTURE SO THEY CAN PLANT SMALL GARDENS AND GROW VEGETABLES 4HEY ALSO OFFER SEMINARS IN HEALTHFUL LIVING AND LITERACY h/UR PLAN INCLUDES TEACHING THE ,UGBARANS AND 0YGMIES HOW TO READ AND WRITE SO THEY CAN LEARN TO READ THE "IBLE v 9ANG SAYS -AHA IS ALSO ORGANIZING SMALL SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING TEACHERS !BOUT CHILDREN ARE NOW ATTENDING CLASSES AND MANY TRIBE MEMBERS ARE COMING TO lVE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES THE MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION HAS SET UP AND STOCKED WITH BASIC MEDICINES AND lRST AID NECESSITIES 3EVERAL ORPHANAGES THROUGHOUT THE REGION HAVE ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHED h7E ARE BEGINNING TO WAKE THE PEOPLE UP ;TO THE IMPORTANCE OF= HEALTH MINISTRIES AND THE NEED TO EDUCATE THEIR YOUNGSTERS v 9ANG SAYS h0YGMIES AND ,UGBARANS ARE IGNORANT ON HEALTH ISSUES 4HEY JUST DIE YOUNG ESPECIALLY MALES 4HERE ARE ALSO MANY HANDICAPPED OR LAME PEOPLE 4HE NEW #HRISTIANS HAVE OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR DOORS TO THESE PEOPLE v -AHA IS ALSO ADDRESSING THE WATER PROBLEM IN THE LOCAL VILLAGES 4WO WATER ENGINEERS BROUGHT IN TO SURVEY THE "ETHEL CHURCH CAMP INSTALLED MANUAL WATER PUMP SYSTEMS
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UTILIZING THE WATER FROM A NEARBY NATURAL WELL 9ANG CALLS THE SYSTEM hPRIMITIVEv BUT INEXPENSIVEˆAND IT WORKS h4HIS IS THE lRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES THE ,UGBARANS HAVE DRUNK FRESH GOOD WATER v 9ANG SAYS -USASYA -AKULAMBIZIA PRESIDENT OF THE .ORTH %AST #ONGO !TTACHED 4ERRITORY VISITED THE AREA TO SEE lRSTHAND HOW THE -AHA MINISTRIES WERE PROGRESSING h7HAT lRST IMPRESSED ME IS THEIR LOVE FOR NEEDY PEOPLE LIVING WITHOUT HOPE IN REMOTE AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITIES v -AKULAMBIZIA SAYS h4HE SECOND THING IS -AHA S METHOD OF WORKING SYSTEMATICALLY !FTER lRST SHARING WITH THE PEOPLE THE 7ORD OF 'OD CONCERNING (IS LOVE FOR THEM -AHA PROVIDES FOR THEIR WELL BEINGˆCOLLECTING FOR THEM CLOTHES FROM CHURCH MEMBERS IN "UTEMBO 4HE PEOPLE WERE ALSO IN NEED OF GOOD WATER IN THAT AREA AND -AHA HAS ALREADY PROVIDED PURE WATER 4HE BUILDING OF DISPENSARIES HAS STARTED AND THE AGRICULTURAL TRAINING IS ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO BE SELF SUPPORTING v -AKULAMBIZIA ADDS h4HE PEOPLE THERE ARE FULL OF JOY AND WANT TO HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT 'OD S LOVE 4HEIR LIVES HAVE GREATLY CHANGED v "ETHEL #HURCH
4HE RECENTLY ORGANIZED "ETHEL GROUP LOCATED KILOMETERS MILES NORTHWEST OF A TOWN CALLED !RU WHICH BORDERS 5GANDA AND ABOUT KILOMETERS MILES NORTHEAST OF "UTEMBO IS mOURISHING !BOUT ,UGBARANS ARE CURRENTLY TAKING "IBLE STUDIES AND ATTENDING THE "ETHEL CHURCH FACILITY EACH 3ABBATH 4O ORGANIZE THE lRST BAPTISM IN THE REGION HELD ON 3ABBATH &EBRUARY 9ANG TWO OTHER MISSIONARIES AND AN ORDAINED !DVENTIST PASTOR TOOK TWO FULL DAYS TO DRIVE FROM "UTEMBO TO "ETHEL OVER RUGGED ROADS IN VERY POOR CONDITION )T WAS A GRUELING ADVENTURE BUT WELL WORTH THE EFFORT 9ANG SAYS
-ORE THAN PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT h4HE 3ABBATH MORNING DEVOTIONAL WAS HELD IN THIS BEAUTIFUL NATURE CHURCH 'OD HAS PROVIDED v 9ANG SAYS h:ERO POLLUTION 3OUND TRAVELS FAR FAR AWAY OVER THE HILLS x !RE THESE PEOPLE NOT THE ONES WHO ARE PURE !RE WE NOT INTRUDERS IN THIS 'ARDEN OF %DEN "UT THEY NEED TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF *ESUS 4HAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE v 4HE CONGREGATION IS BEING LED BY AN !DVENTIST PASTOR "ATEMBO ,UKANDO (E AND HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN LIVE ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY OR THE CHURCH CAMP AS IT S CALLED !BOUT ,UGBARANS RESIDE WITHIN A KILOMETER MILE RADIUS OF "ETHEL 3OME ATTENDEES WALK TO KILOMETERS TO MILES IN THIS SEMIDESERT ENVIRONMENT TO ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES THERE "RANCH CHURCHES ARE NOW BEING ORGANIZED IN TWO NEARBY VILLAGES h3EUNG #HUN 9ANG IS HELPING THE WORK IN THAT REGION TO JUMP AHEAD BY AS MUCH AS A GENERATION v SAYS #LAUDE 2ICHLI ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD 2ICHLI WAS ASSOCIATE SECRETARY OF THE %AST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION WHEN 9ANG lRST ARRIVED IN !FRICA (E HIMSELF HAD FELT A PERSONAL DESIRE TO DO EVANGELISM IN THE "UTEMBO AREA BUT EVERY TIME HE WAS ABOUT TO TRAVEL THERE THE PROJECT HAD TO BE POSTPONED FOR POLITICAL REASONS 3O WHEN 9ANG ARRIVED AT THE DIVISION OFlCE AND SAID HE WAS A MISSIONARY GOING TO "UTEMBO 2ICHLI SAYS HE hWAS GREATLY SURPRISED AT lRST "UT THEN AS -R 9ANG TALKED ABOUT HOW THE ,ORD HAD LED HIM ) FELT THAT THE ,ORD HAD PERHAPS CHOSEN HIM TO DO WHAT ) HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO v 2ICHLI EXPLAINS h3O ) BECAME HIS MENTOR v 2ICHLI DESCRIBES WHAT 9ANG HAS ACCOMPLISHED AS MIND BOGGLING h(E HAS DONE IN A YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS WHAT WOULD USUALLY TAKE YEARS YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH v HE SAYS h(E S GOING TO CHANGE THE WORK THERE FOREVER v ! 'ROWING -INISTRY
-AHA COMPRISES TWO FULL TIME PASTORS THREE #ONGOLESE MISSIONARY VOLUNTEERS WITH BACHELOR S DEGREES IN BUSINESS TWO 2OMANIAN VOLUNTEER MISSIONARIES THREE VOLUNTEERSˆONE A COLLEGE GRADUATEˆWHO DO THE HOUSEKEEPING AND COOKING AS WELL AS CARE FOR THE ORPHANS AND A NIGHT WATCHMAN "UGEMA !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY IN +AMPALA 5GANDA IS ALSO RECRUITING AND SENDING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THE PROJECTS 0RIVATE DONATIONS AND SOME FUNDING FROM THE +OREAN 5NION #ONFERENCE ARE PROVIDING -AHA S lNANCIAL SUPPORT !N ORGANIZATION CALLED "ICYCLE -ISSION TO THE 7ORLD "-7 A +OREAN !MERICAN MISSION GROUP BASED IN -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES PROVIDED THE FUNDS TO SET UP THE WATER SYSTEM AT "ETHEL "-7 HAS ALSO DONATED FUNDS FOR OTHER -AHA PROJECTS AS WELL AS BICYCLES AND lVE MOTORBIKES FOR THE LAY LEADERS AND CAMP PASTORS TO USE FOR TRANSPORTATION !ND 9ANG HAS DUG DEEP INTO HIS OWN POCKET "UT EVEN THOUGH MONEY IS SCARCE THE ,ORD IS BLESSING THE ENDEAVORS
!LONG WITH PAYING THE SMALL SALARIES OF THE FULL TIME PASTORS SOME RETIRED PASTORS WHO ALSO ASSIST AND AN ASSOCIATE LAY LEADER -AHA IS FUNDING ORPHANAGES MEDICAL DISPENSARIES A PRISON MINISTRY AND A CHURCH ROOF PROJECT AMONG OTHER INITIATIVES 3O FAR -AHA HAS FUNDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ROOFS THE +OREAN 5NION #ONFERENCE HAS FUNDED -AHA ALSO COVERED THE EDUCATION COSTS FOR STUDENTS FOR ONE YEAR 3INCE THEN A +OREAN PASTOR IN THE 0HILIPPINES HAS SET UP AN EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT HAS SO FAR PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN THE $2# !DVENTIST CHURCHES IN "UTEMBO HAVE ALSO BECOME INVOLVED !LTHOUGH MOST "UTEMBO MEMBERS DON T OWN MUCH IN WORLDLY GOODS THEMSELVES AFTER THEY HEARD ABOUT -AHA S MINISTRY THEY COLLECTED AND DONATED A LARGE AMOUNT OF CLOTHING FOR THE ,UGBARANS 0YUNG $UK #HUN INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING MANAGER OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD AND RETIRED PRESIDENT OF THE .ORTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION RECENTLY TAUGHT A COUPLE OF COURSES FOR MINISTERIAL STUDENTS AT THE !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY AT ,UKANGA IN THE $2# 7HILE THERE HE VISITED TWO 0YGMY CAMPS AS WELL AS THE "ETHEL CHURCH h4HE TRIP THERE TOOK MORE THAN lVE HOURS BY CAR v #HUN NOTES h) WAS ABLE TO VISIT THERE OWING TO -R 9ANG S CAPABLE DRIVING SKILL AND x ,AND 2OVER EVEN IF WE HAD TO PUSH THE JEEP SEVERAL TIMES FROM THE MUD TRENCHES v (E ADDS h4HE POVERTY LEVEL OF THE PEOPLE WAS BEYOND MY IMAGINATION BUT THEY SEEMED HAPPY ) CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COUNTRY HAS UNDERGONE A DECADE OF CIVIL WAR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE #ONGO ARE SO GENTLE AND PEACE LOVING x 4HERE IS ALMOST NO CRIME NOR VIOLENCE .O THIEVES NOR ROBBERS .O STRIFE NOR QUARRELING x ) HAD A LINGERING DOUBT ABOUT THE ROLE OF SO CALLED CIVILIZATION IN TERMS OF THE HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE h4HE 0YGMIES AND ,UGBARANS MUST BE THE MOST UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE GROUPS IN THE WORLD "UT -R 9ANG AND THE LOCAL PASTORS AND LAYMEN HE HAS TRAINED ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES !ND OF COURSE THEY ARE TEACHING THEM TO STUDY THE "IBLE AND WORSHIP 'OD v ! ,OVE FOR THE 0EOPLE
.OT ONLY 9ANG S LIFE BUT ALSO HIS HEART HAS BECOME KNIT WITH THOSE LIVING IN THE "UTEMBO REGION OF THE $2# h0EOPLE ARE VERY NICE HERE 4HE SENSE OF ORDER ETHICS AND MORALITY OF THE ,UGBARANS LIVING IN THE "ETHEL CHURCH AREA IS QUITE HIGH v HE SAYS h4HEIR SOCIAL ORDER CONCEPT IS WELL ADVANCED v (E ADDS h!LL OF THESE PEOPLE DESERVE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS !ND THEY ARE VERY VERY EAGER AND VERY RECEPTIVE 7E NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THEM KNOW *ESUS v 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT -AHA AND ITS MISSION YOU CAN CONTACT 3EUNG #HUN 9ANG AT SC YANG HOTMAIL COM
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h) BEHELD THE EARTH AND INDEED IT WAS WITHOUT FORM AND VOID x ) BEHELD AND INDEED THERE WAS NO MAN AND ALL THE BIRDS OF THE HEAVENS HAD mED ) BEHELD AND INDEED THE FRUITFUL LAND WAS A WILDERNESSv *ER .+*6
7ITH ALL THE NEWS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE WORDS OF THE ANCIENT PROPHET MAY BE FULlLLED SOONER THAN WE THINK 3CIENTISTS NOW TELL US THAT THE EARTH IS HEADED TOWARD SUCH A STATE AS *EREMIAH DESCRIBES *EREMIAH IS DELIBERATELY MAKING A LINK WITH 'ENESIS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHOCK )SRAEL TO PREPARE FOR THE IMPENDING INVASION UNDER .EBUCHADNEZZAR (E USES HYPERBOLE TO DESCRIBE THE TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION .EBUCHADNEZZAR WILL BRING (E SAYS THE EARTH WILL BE AS IT WAS BEFORE #REATIONˆhWITHOUT FORM AND VOID v 7HEN *OHN WROTE THE BOOK OF 2EVELATION HE ALSO MADE A LINK WITH 'ENESIS WHEN HE USED THE 'REEK WORD ABUSSOS 2EV WHICH PARALLELS THE (EBREW WORD TEHOM
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TRANSLATED BY MOST %NGLISH VERSIONS AS hDEEPv 'EN AND AS hABYSS v hBOTTOMLESS PIT v hDEEP PIT v ETC 2EV 4ODAY WE SEE *EREMIAH S TEXT NOT ONLY AS A REFERENCE TO THE PAST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AS PROPHETIC OF THE FUTURE MILLENNIUM "UT THIS SEEMS TO BE A POINT LOST IN TRANSLATION $O YOU SEE 'OD S PLAN "EFORE THE lRST HEAVEN AND THE lRST EARTH WERE CREATED THE EARTH WAS SAID TO BE FORMLESS AND VOID IN A STATE OF TEHOM !T THE END OF TIME THE EARTH REVERTS BACK TO THIS SAME CONDITION OF BEING TEHOM 'OD IS NOW GETTING READY TO CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH 3IN MARRED OUR STORY 'OD IS NOW WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN TO BEGIN A NEW WORK 'OD IS GOING TO START AGAIN (IS INTENTIONS FOR 0LANET %ARTH WILL BE FULlLLED 0ARADISE IS NOT LOST (E IS NOT FRUSTRATED BY SIN OR 3ATAN h(E IS THE 2OCK HIS WORKS ARE PERFECTv $EUT 4HE EARTH IS FORMLESS AND VOID AND IN A STATE OF TEHOM DURING THE YEARS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PERIOD 0ETER TELLS US THAT hTHE HEAVENS WILL DISAPPEAR WITH A ROAR THE ELEMENTS WILL BE DESTROYED BY lRE AND THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING IN IT WILL BE LAID BAREv 0ETER #ONSIDERING THE LANGUAGE 0ETER USES
0LANET %ARTH SEEMS TO BE HEADED FOR THERMONUCLEAR FUSIONˆ MILLION DEGREES +ELVIN IF YOU LIKE 'ETTING )T 2IGHT
)T IS VITAL THAT WE GRASP THIS TRUTH ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE EARTH DURING THE MILLENNIUM &AILURE TO DO SO LEADS TO THE ADOPTION OF UNBIBLICAL MODELS FOR THE MILLENNIUM !DVENTISTS BELIEVE ALL THE SAVED WILL BE IN HEAVEN WITH *ESUS DURING THIS TIME *ESUS SAID h)N MY &ATHER S HOUSE ARE MANY ROOMSv *OHN (E WENT ON TO SAY h) AM GOING THERE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOUv VERSE *ESUS IS PREPARING A PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR US )T IS ONLY THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS DEMONS WHO WILL INHABIT THIS DISMAL PLACE WE KNOW AS 0LANET %ARTH DURING THE YEARS !ND ONLY AT THE END OF THE YEARS DOES THE h(OLY #ITY THE NEW *ERUSALEM v COME hDOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM 'OD PREPARED AS A BRIDE BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED FOR HER HUSBANDv 2EV !NOTHER FACTOR AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAT LEADS TO MISTAKEN MODELS FOR THE MILLENNIUM IS THE IDEA OF A POLITICAL KINGDOM AND RULE OF THE *EWS AND OR THE CHURCH OVER THE NATIONS /NE SCHOLAR IDENTIlES THIS ERROR AS COMMON TO ALL OTHER MODELS 4HIS IS SERIOUS AS IT IN EFFECT RENDERS THE SECOND COMING OF *ESUS A NON
EVENT (OW DISAPPOINTING IT WOULD BE IF AFTER THE 3ECOND #OMING LIFE WERE TO CONTINUE AS WE KNOW IT ALBEIT WITH A RIGHTEOUS RULE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF *ESUS )F WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT THIS WILL BE THE MOTHER OF ALL DISAPPOINTMENTS .O WE MUST GET RID OF THE IDEA OF A POLITICAL KINGDOM FOR THE -ESSIAH )T IS A MISTAKE THE DISCIPLES MADE *UDAS BETRAYED *ESUS AND 0ETER DENIED (IMˆIN FACT ALL THE DISCIPLES WERE UNPREPARED FOR THE EVENTS OF THE CROSSˆBECAUSE OF THEIR MISTAKEN VIEWS OF A hPOLITICALv -ESSIAH 4HIS VIEW IS ALSO FRAUGHT WITH THE DANGER OF MISLEADING hMULTITUDES FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST v TO BE DECEIVED BY 3ATAN S IMPERSONATION OF *ESUS AT (IS SECOND ADVENTˆWHAT %LLEN 7HITE CALLED THAT hSTRONG ALMOST OVERMASTERING DELUSION v *ESUS SAID h-Y KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD )F IT WERE MY SERVANTS WOULD lGHT TO PREVENT MY ARREST BY THE *EWS "UT NOW MY KINGDOM IS FROM ANOTHER PLACEv *OHN 7HEN ARE WE GOING TO REALIZE THE TRUE SIGNIlCANCE OF (IS WORDS 4HERMONUCLEAR FUSION WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT THE CROSS
9ES CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING "UT IT WILL BE FAR MORE RADICAL THAN IS BEING PREDICTED AND NOT AT THE END OF TIME IF THE -ESSIAH S KINGDOM WERE POLITICAL &OR A THIRD POINT THE MILLENNIUM IS THE lNAL CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF 'OD S COVENANT THE COMMITMENT (E MADE TO SAVE hWHOSOEVERv WILL 7HAT 'OD PROMISED !DAM AND %VE OUTSIDE THE GATES OF PARADISE AND TO ALL SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS IS NOW COMING TO BE ! hLOUD VOICEv FROM THE THRONE PRONOUNCES THIS IN THE TYPICAL LANGUAGE OF THE COVENANT h.OW THE DWELLING OF 'OD IS WITH MEN AND HE WILL LIVE WITH THEM 4HEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE AND 'OD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE THEIR 'ODv 2EV 'OD IS WINDING UP THE STORY OF SALVATION (ERE WE VIEW THE lNAL DISPOSITION OF ALL THINGS THE lNAL DESTINY OF ALL THOSE WHO ACCEPT 'OD S SALVATION THE lNAL DESTINY OF ALL THOSE
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4HE MILLENNIUM IS THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF #HRIST WITH (IS SAINTS IN HEAVEN BETWEEN THE lRST AND SECOND RESURRECTIONS $URING THIS TIME THE WICKED DEAD WILL BE JUDGED THE EARTH WILL BE UTTERLY DESOLATE WITHOUT LIVING HUMAN INHABITANTS BUT OCCUPIED BY 3ATAN AND HIS ANGELS !T ITS CLOSE #HRIST WITH (IS SAINTS AND THE (OLY #ITY WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH 4HE UNRIGHTEOUS DEAD WILL THEN BE RESURRECTED AND WITH 3ATAN AND HIS ANGELS WILL SURROUND THE CITY BUT lRE FROM 'OD WILL CONSUME THEM AND CLEANSE THE EARTH 4HE UNIVERSE WILL THUS BE FREED OF SIN AND SINNERS FOREVER 2EV #OR *ER 2EV -AL %ZE
WHO REJECT SALVATION THE PROCESS OF JUDGMENT THAT REVEALS THESE DESTINIES AND VINDICATES THE NAME OF 'OD THE lNAL DESTINY OF 3ATAN AND THE AGENCIES HE HAS USED ON EARTH TO FULlLL HIS AWFUL DEEDS AND SPECIlCALLY DEATH IS DEALT WITH AND DESTROYED &INALLY THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH ARE INTRODUCED IN ALL THEIR AMAZING GLORY !ND YES IT IS *ESUS WHO BRINGS THESE PROMISES TO REALITY h&OR NO MATTER HOW MANY PROMISES 'OD HAS MADE THEY ARE @9ES IN #HRISTv #OR 4HIS )S THE "IG /NE
9ES CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING "UT IT WILL BE FAR MORE RADICAL THAN IS BEING PREDICTED 4HE SECOND COMING OF *ESUS IS NOT GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN GEAR FOR 0LANET %ARTH %ARTH AS WE KNOW IT WILL TERMINATE 4IME WILL STOP )F THE CROSS DIVIDES HISTORY THE 3ECOND #OMING ENDS IT )F THE CROSS IS CENTRAL TO THE STORY OF SALVATION THE 3ECOND #OMING IS THE lNAL CHAPTER TO THAT STORY .O ONE SHOULD DECEIVE US INTO THINKING OTHERWISE 4HE YEARS FORMS A LINK THAT KEEPS A WHOLE LOT OF APPARENTLY UNRELATED IDEAS TOGETHER BUT THE WATERSHED FOR ALL THINGS ESCHATOLOGICAL IS THE 3ECOND #OMING ! BEAUTIFUL HARMONY SETTLES IN THE MIND AS WE SEE HOW 'OD IS GOING TO CLOSE THE STORY OF SALVATION
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N A SPECIAL MANNER THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED WITH A CONNECTION WITH 'OD SHOULD BY CLOSE APPLICATION TO HIS SACRED WORD IMITATE THE GREAT 0ATTERN IN DOING GOOD THUS EXEMPLIFYING THE LIFE OF #HRIST IN THEIR DAILY CONVERSATION IN PURE AND VIRTUOUS CHARACTERS "Y BEING COURTEOUS AND BENElCENT THEY ADORN HIS DOCTRINE AND SHOW THAT THE TRUTH OF HEAVENLY ORIGIN BEAUTIlES THE CHARACTER AND ENNOBLES THE LIFE x 4HEIR DAILY WORDS AND NOBLE ACTIONS RECOMMEND THE TRUTH TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PREJUDICED AGAINST IT BY NOMINAL PROFESSORS WHO HAVE HAD A FORM OF GODLINESS WHILE THEIR LIVES HAVE TESTIlED THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING OF ITS SANCTIFYING POWER
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.O MAN WOMAN OR YOUTH CAN ATTAIN TO #HRISTIAN PERFECTION AND NEGLECT THE STUDY OF THE WORD OF 'OD "Y CAREFULLY AND CLOSELY SEARCHING HIS WORD WE SHALL OBEY THE INJUNCTION OF #HRIST h3EARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR IN THEM YE THINK YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY
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OF MEv ;*OHN +*6= 4HIS SEARCH ENABLES THE STUDENT TO CLOSELY OBSERVE THE DIVINE -ODEL x 4HE 0ATTERN MUST BE INSPECTED OFTEN AND CLOSELY IN ORDER TO IMITATE IT !S ONE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE 2EDEEMER HE DISCOVERS IN HIMSELF DEFECTS OF CHARACTER HIS UNLIKENESS TO #HRIST IS SO GREAT THAT HE SEES HE CANNOT BE A FOLLOWER WITHOUT A VERY GREAT CHANGE IN HIS LIFE 3TILL HE STUDIES WITH A DESIRE TO BE LIKE HIS GREAT %XEMPLAR HE CATCHES THE LOOKS THE SPIRIT OF HIS BELOVED -ASTER BY BEHOLDING HE BECOMES CHANGED x )T IS NOT IN LOOKING AWAY FROM HIM AND IN LOSING SIGHT OF HIM THAT WE IMITATE THE LIFE OF *ESUS BUT IN DWELLING UPON AND TALKING OF HIM AND SEEKING TO RElNE THE TASTE AND ELEVATE THE CHARACTER SEEKING TO APPROACH THROUGH EARNEST PERSEVERING EFFORT THROUGH FAITH AND LOVE THE PERFECT 0ATTERN 4HE ATTENTION BEING lXED UPON #HRIST HIS IMAGE x BECOMES ENSHRINED IN THE HEART AS hTHE CHIEF AMONG TEN THOUSAND AND THE ONE ALTOGETHER LOVELY v %VEN UNCONSCIOUSLY WE IMITATE THAT WITH WHICH WE ARE FAMILIAR "Y HAVING A KNOWLEDGE OF #HRIST HIS WORDS HIS HABITS HIS
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LESSONS OF INSTRUCTION AND BY BORROWING THE VIRTUES OF THE CHARACTER WHICH WE HAVE SO CLOSELY STUDIED WE BECOME IMBUED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE -ASTER WHICH WE HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRED
4HE WORD OF 'OD SPOKEN TO THE HEART HAS AN ANIMATING POWER
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!FTER THE RESURRECTION TWO DISCIPLES TRAVELING TO %MMAUS WERE TALKING OVER THE DISAPPOINTED HOPES OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE BELOVED -ASTER #HRIST HIMSELF DREW NEAR UNRECOGNIZED BY THE SORROWING DISCIPLES 4HEIR FAITH HAD DIED WITH THE ,ORD AND THEIR EYES BLINDED BY UNBELIEF DID NOT DISCERN THE RISEN 3AVIOUR *ESUS WALKING BY THEIR SIDE LONGED TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO THEM BUT HE DID NOT CHOOSE TO DO SO ABRUPTLY HE ACCOSTED THEM MERELY AS FELLOW TRAVELERS AND ASKED THEM IN REGARD TO THE COMMUNICATION WHICH THEY WERE HAVING ONE WITH ANOTHER AND WHY THEY WERE SO SAD 4HEY WERE ASTONISHED AT THE QUESTION AND ASKED IF HE WERE INDEED A STRANGER IN *ERUSALEM AND HAD NOT HEARD THAT A PROPHET MIGHTY IN WORD AND IN DEED HAD BEEN TAKEN BY WICKED HANDS AND CRUCIlED !ND NOW IT WAS THE THIRD DAY AND STRANGE REPORTS HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR EARS THAT *ESUS HAD RISEN AND HAD BEEN SEEN BY -ARY AND CERTAIN OF THE DISCIPLES *ESUS SAID TO THEM h/ FOOLS AND SLOW OF HEART TO BELIEVE ALL THAT THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN OUGHT NOT #HRIST TO HAVE SUFFERED THESE THINGS AND TO ENTER INTO HIS GLORY v ;,UKE +*6= !ND BEGINNING AT -OSES AND THE PROPHETS HE OPENED TO THEM THE SCRIPTURES CONCERNING HIMSELF 7HEN THEY ARRIVED AT %MMAUS *ESUS MADE AS THOUGH HE WOULD HAVE GONE FARTHER BUT THE DISCIPLES CONSTRAINED HIM TO TARRY WITH THEM FOR THE DAY WAS FAR SPENT AND THE NIGHT WAS AT HAND 4HE EVENING MEAL WAS QUICKLY PREPARED AND WHILE *ESUS WAS OFFERING DEVOTIONAL THANKS THE DISCIPLES LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER WITH ASTONISHED GLANCES (IS WORDS HIS MANNER AND THEN HIS WOUNDED HANDS WERE REVEALED AND THEY EXCLAIMED h-Y ,ORD AND MY 'OD v (AD THE DISCIPLES BEEN INDIFFERENT IN REGARD TO THEIR FELLOW TRAVELER THEY WOULD HAVE LOST THE PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY OF RECOGNIZING THEIR COMPANION WHO HAD REASONED SO ABLY FROM THE 3CRIPTURES REGARDING HIS LIFE HIS SUFFERING AND HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION (E REPROVED THEM FOR NOT BEING ACQUAINTED WITH THE SCRIPTURES IN REFERENCE TO HIMSELF (AD THEY BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THE 3CRIPTURES THEIR FAITH WOULD HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED THEIR HOPES UNSHAKEN FOR PROPHECY PLAINLY STATED THE TREATMENT #HRIST WOULD RECEIVE FROM THOSE HE CAME TO SAVE 4HE DISCIPLES WERE ASTONISHED THAT THEY COULD NOT DISCOVER #HRIST AT ONCE AS SOON AS HE SPOKE WITH THEM BY THE WAY AND THAT THEY HAD FAILED TO BRING TO THEIR SUPPORT THE SCRIPTURES WHICH *ESUS HAD BROUGHT TO THEIR REMEMBRANCE 4HEY HAD LOST SIGHT OF THE PRECIOUS
PROMISES BUT WHEN THE WORDS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHETS WERE BROUGHT TO THEIR REMEMBRANCE FAITH REVIVED AND AFTER #HRIST REVEALED HIMSELF THEY EXCLAIMED h$ID NOT OUR HEARTS BURN WITHIN US WHILE HE TALKED WITH US BY THE WAY AND WHILE HE OPENED TO US THE 3CRIPTURES v ;,UKE +*6= !WAKENING THE &LAME OF 0ASSION FOR #HRIST
4HE WORD OF 'OD SPOKEN TO THE HEART HAS AN ANIMATING POWER AND THOSE WHO WILL FRAME ANY EXCUSE FOR NEGLECTING TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH IT WILL NEGLECT THE CLAIMS OF 'OD IN MANY RESPECTS 4HE CHARACTER WILL BE DEFORMED THE WORDS AND ACTS A REPROACH TO THE TRUTH 4HE APOSTLE TELLS US h!LL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF 'OD AND IS PROlTABLE FOR DOCTRINE FOR REPROOF FOR CORRECTION FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT THE MAN OF 'OD MAY BE PERFECT THOROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKSv ; 4IM +*6= /NE OF THE PROPHETS OF 'OD EXCLAIMS h7HILE ) WAS MUSING THE lRE BURNEDv ;0S +*6= )F #HRISTIANS WOULD EARNESTLY SEARCH THE 3CRIPTURES MORE HEARTS WOULD BURN WITH THE VIVID TRUTHS THEREIN REVEALED 4HEIR HOPES WOULD BRIGHTEN WITH THE PRECIOUS PROMISES STREWN LIKE PEARLS ALL THROUGH THE SACRED WRITINGS )N CONTEMPLATING THE HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS THE PROPHETS THE MEN WHO LOVED AND FEARED 'OD AND WALKED WITH HIM HEARTS WILL GLOW WITH THE SPIRIT WHICH ANIMATED THESE WORTHIES !S THE MIND DWELLS UPON THE VIRTUE AND PIETY OF HOLY MEN OF OLD THE SPIRIT WHICH INSPIRED THEM WILL KINDLE A mAME OF LOVE AND HOLY FERVOR IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WOULD BE LIKE THEM IN CHARACTER
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4HIS ARTICLE IS EXCERPTED FROM ONE THAT lRST APPEARED IN 4HE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD NOW THE !DVENTIST 2EVIEW .OVEMBER 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT %LLEN ' 7HITE EXERCISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY
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0ROFESSOR "ELL WAS TEACHER OF THE lRST !DVENTIST DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOL OPENED IN "ATTLE #REEK -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES 4HOUGH A CONTROVERSIAL lGURE BECAUSE OF HIS EXACTING REQUIREMENTS NARROW IDEAS AND SHORTSIGHTEDNESS %LLEN 7HITE WROTE h(E WAS REPRESENTED TO ME AS A CANDLE FROM WHICH MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN LIGHTED v 3HE CALLED HIS TEACHING hTHE KIND THAT IS NEEDED THAT WILL GIVE STABILITY TO THE CHARACTER v ! TEACHER CAN HOPE FOR NOTHING MORE
ZEALOUS CHURCH MEMBER NAMED /SBORNE WITH WHOM HE SHARED A ROOM )T SEEMS THAT "ELL WAS RESISTING THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS TO CHANGE HIS RELIGIOUS VIEWS BUT /SBORNE KNEW THE POWER OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER 7HERE PERSUASION FAILED PRAYER PREVAILED %ACH NIGHT AFTER "ELL HAD GONE TO BED AND WAS TO ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES hASLEEP v HE HEARD /SBORNE PRAYING ALOUD FOR HIM "ELL WAS GREATLY MOVED AND
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OODLOE (ARPER "ELL WAS A PERFECTIONIST (IS LIFE WAS DOMINATED TO EXCESS BY THE MAXIM THAT hA THING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING WELL v !S A RESULT HE PAID THE PRICE IN POOR HEALTH )N THE FALL OF "ELL A RESPECTED AND SUCCESSFUL -ICHIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER CAME TO THE RECENTLY OPENED 7ESTERN (EALTH 2EFORM )NSTITUTE IN "ATTLE #REEK WITH A FRIEND x (E MUST HAVE APPRECIATED WHAT HE SAW SINCE THE NEXT YEAR "ELL A CONlRMED DYSPEPTIC RETURNED TO THE INSTITUTE SEEKING BETTER HEALTH FOR HIMSELF x (IS STAY AT THE INSTITUTE BROUGHT HIM INTO CONTACT NOT ONLY WITH NEW AND STRANGE DOCTRINES BUT WITH A
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#OLLEGE OF "ELL S ATTENDANCE THERE TRADITION RECORDS THAT HE BRIEmY ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL x ;(E= PROBABLY COMMENCED HIS TEACHING CAREER ;IN = AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN IN A ONE TEACHER COUNTRY SCHOOL x (E x ESTABLISHED THE REPUTATION OF BEING A MOST THOROUGH AND SUCCESSFUL EDUCATOR x /N BECOMING A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST HE RETIRED FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TAKE UP SCHOOL WORK AMONG
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THIS EXPERIENCE LED HIM TO JOIN THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH x 0ERSUADED AND 0ERSUASIVE
&EW MEN WOULD MAKE A GREATER CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH THAN "ELL DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (E WOULD SERVE AS TEACHER PRINCIPAL TUTOR EDITOR ADMINISTRATOR AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER (E WOULD BECOME THE HEAD TEACHER IN THE lRST DENOMINATIONALLY SPONSORED SCHOOL AND WOULD EXERT A POWERFUL INmUENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH S lRST COLLEGE x "ELL WAS BORN IN 7ATERTOWN IN NORTHERN .EW 9ORK ;IN = x 4HOUGH THERE IS NO RECORD AT /BERLIN
THE 3ABBATHKEEPERS 5P TO THIS TIME !DVENTISTS HAD DONE PRACTICALLY NOTHING EDUCATIONALLY x 7HILE "ELL WAS RECUPERATING AT THE (EALTH )NSTITUTE HIS ABILITIES AS A TEACHER CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF THE "ATTLE #REEK YOUTH ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN THE 2EVIEW PUBLISHING ESTABLISHMENT )NVITED TO TEACH THEM GRAMMAR AND WRITING HE COMMENCED A SCHOOL IN A ROOM IN THE OLD .ORTH ,ODGE ON 7ASHINGTON 3TREET !MONG HIS PUPILS WERE 7 # AND * % 7HITE * ( AND 7 + +ELLOGG x !S HIS REPUTATION FOR CAREFUL AND THOROUGH TEACHING SPREAD THIS ROOM SOON BECAME TOO SMALL (E WAS DIRECTED TO THE ORIGINAL 2EVIEW OFlCE AND PRINT
SHOP x !FTER CLEANING OUT THE RUBBISH FROM THE SECOND mOOR HE WAS HIRED BY THE PARENTS OF THE "ATTLE #REEK CHURCH TO TEACH SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN THERE x (E ALSO TAUGHT EARLY MORNING AND EVENING CLASSES FOR THE YOUTH EMPLOYED BY THE 2EVIEW AND (ERALD x -ORE 4HAN 2EADING 7RITING AND !RITHMETIC
%ARLY ;IN = %LLEN 7HITE WROTE TO ;"ELL= URGING HIM TO x TEACH AT THE
NEWLY ERECTED BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF "ATTLE #REEK #OLLEGE "ELL WAS IN CHARGE OF THE %NGLISH $EPARTMENT UNDER 0ROFESSOR 3IDNEY "ROWNSBERGER WHO HAD BEEN ACTING HEAD OF THE SCHOOL SINCE 3EPTEMBER &OR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS "ELL CARVED PRINCIPLES INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF HIS STUDENTS THAT TRAINED THEM FOR LIFE !N ARDENT SUPPORTER OF THE TEACHINGS ON #HRISTIAN EDUCATION BEING PROMULGATED BY %LLEN 7HITE DURING THE SEVENTIES
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SCHOOL THAT WAS TO OPEN IN *UNE ;IN "ATTLE #REEK= x 4HE DENOMINATION WAS READY TO OPERATE A SCHOOL OF ITS OWN x /N *UNE WHEN TWELVE STUDENTS ASCENDED THE SHAKY STAIRS OF THE OLD 2EVIEW PRINT SHOP TO THE LONG LOW ROOM ON THE SECOND mOOR "ELL WAS THERE TO WELCOME THEM x (E STOOD TALL UNDERWEIGHT AND SLIGHTLY BENT (IS KINDLY FACE WAS DOMINATED BY AN AQUILINE NOSE AND A LONG mOWING BEARD "ECOMING QUICKLY KNOWN FOR THE QUALITY OF HIS INSTRUCTION HE SOON FOUND IT NECESSARY TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION !FTER SEVERAL FURTHER MOVES TO LARGER QUARTERS THE SCHOOL WAS lNALLY TRANSFERRED IN $ECEMBER TO THE
HE STOOD AS A FRONT ROW EDUCATOR AT A TIME WHEN THE DENOMINATION NEEDED SUCH A PERSON (IS PERSONAL QUALITIES HOWEVER PREVENTED HIM FROM EVER ACHIEVING POPULARITY "Y SOME OF HIS STUDENTS HE WAS MORE FEARED THAN ADMIRED 9ET AFTERWARDS MANY WOULD SPEAK OF THEIR LOVE FOR THE MANˆHIS DIGNITY SIMPLICITY AND BOYISH ENTHUSIASMˆAND OF THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS THOROUGHNESS INDUSTRY AND TEACHING SKILL x ;!= STUDENT $RURY 7 2EAVIS WHO LATER BECAME A TEACHER HIMSELF RECALLED THAT "ELL WAS hTHE MOST COMPLETE ALL ROUND TEACHER OF ORDER AND GENERAL DECORUM ) HAVE EVER MET v "ELL HAD COUNSELED 2EAVIS hx ABOVE ALL ELSE
DO THINGS IN ORDER WITH THOROUGHNESS AND PROMPTNESS IN EVERY DETAIL v 2EAVIS REFERRED TO THESE AS "ELL S hKEYSTONES v x 4IMES 7ERE $IFFERENT 4HEN
!S AN AID IN CLASS CONTROL THE NAME OF EVERY STUDENT ATTENDING "ATTLE #REEK #OLLEGE WAS WRITTEN ON A CARD FOR EACH CLASS AND ALL WERE ASSIGNED A NUMBER %ACH TEACHER HAD A STUDENT SECRETARY WHO WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED A QUESTION WOULD CALL A NUMBER .O ONE KNEW WHEN HIS NUMBER WOULD BE CALLED BUT hALL WHO HAD BEEN LONG IN 0ROFESSOR "ELL S CLASSES DID KNOW THAT THE INSTANT THE NUMBER WAS CALLED ITS OWNER WAS TO BE ON HIS OR HER FEET AND THE ANSWER GIVEN PROMPTLY v 2EAVIS TELLS THE STORY OF $AN *ONES WHO LATER BECAME A SECRETARY OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE *ONES WAS A BRIGHT BUT SLOW MOVING BOY WHO DREW CONCLUSIONS ONLY AFTER CAREFUL THINKING "EING CALLED TO READ A PARAGRAPH FROM THE TEXTBOOK HE BEGAN TO LOOK FOR THE PARAGRAPH BEFORE GETTING TO HIS FEET "ELL SPOKE TARTLY h-R *ONES IS EVIDENTLY ASLEEP 3OME ONE PLEASE AWAKEN HIM v $AN REPLIED THAT HE WAS NOT ASLEEP BUT WAS hHUNTING THE PARAGRAPH v 4O WHICH "ELL REPLIED h(UNTING (UNTING $O PEOPLE IN -ISSOURI HUNT SITTING DOWN !RE YOU TOO WEAK TO GET UP "OOST HIM "ROTHER 2EAVIS BOOST HIM v "ECAUSE OF "ELL S hTHOROUGH HARD WORK v 2EAVIS BELIEVED THAT hMANY OF THE BEST EARLY WORKERS IN THE MESSAGE OWE THEIR SUCCESSv TO THIS hALL ROUND THOROUGH EDUCATOR v h'OODLOE (ARPER "ELL 4EACHER v BY !LLAN ' ,INDSAY EXCERPTED FROM %ARLY !DVENTIST %DUCATORS EDITED BY 'EORGE 2 +NIGHT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY 0RESS !DVENTIST EDUCATION HAS GROWN FROM STUDENTS IN TO NEARLY MILLION AROUND THE WORLD TODAY
!LLAN ' ,INDSAY LIVES IN #OORANBONG .EW 3OUTH 7ALES !USTRALIA "EFORE HE RETIRED HE WAS DIRECTOR OF THE %LLEN ' 7HITE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST 2ESEARCH #ENTRE AT !VONDALE #OLLEGE IN !USTRALIA
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")",% 15%34)/.3 'ENESIS AND THE 3ABBATH 4HE ORIGIN OF THE BIBLICAL 3ABBATH IS DElNITELY CONNECTED WITH THE CREATION WEEK )T WAS INSTITUTED BY 'OD THREE DAYS AFTER THE CREATION OF THE MOON 'EN NOT THE SEVENTH DAY AFTER THE lRST DAY OF THE MONTH )T WAS TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENT OF THE MONTH ON A SPECIlC SEQUENCE OF DAYS UNCONNECTED FROM THE NY BIBLICAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL IS MOON AND THE SUN BUT UNIQUELY GROUNDED IN 'OD S POWER LACKING 4HEREFORE ) FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TO RULE OVER TIME 4HE SEVENTHNESS OF THE 3ABBATH IS RELATED HONORING THE ISSUE BY ADDRESSING IT HERE "UT TO THE PASSING OF TIME FROM THE BEGINNING OF 'OD S CREATING APPARENTLY ) SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT ACTIVITY ON 0LANET %ARTH TO ITS CLOSE 4HIS IS INDEED A UNIQUE )F THE TIME FOR THE 3ABBATH WAS DETERMINED BY THE DIVINE ACT A FRAGMENTATION OF TIME IN A SEQUENCE OF SEVEN MOON THEN THE 3ABBATH WILL HAVE TO BE OBSERVED AT DAYS EXCLUSIVELY lXED AND GOVERNED BY 'OD (IMSELF DIFFERENT DAYS DURING THE 3ABBATH AND &ESTIVALS MONTH AND NOT ON THE SEV ! LUNAR 3ABBATH WOULD ENTH DAY OF THE WEEK 4HE IMPLY THAT THE 3ABBATH IS 3ABBATH COULD BE ANY DAY OF PART OF THE )SRAELITE FESTIVALS THE WEEK BASED ON THE TIME BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE OF THE NEW MOON ,ET ME SAY A 4HE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS MATTER WAS INSTITUTED LONG BEFORE 4HE )SRAELITE #ALENDAR THE FESTIVALS WERE GIVEN TO 4HE )SRAELITE CALENDAR WAS THE )SRAELITES 4HE (EBREW LUNISOLAR THAT IS TO SAY TIME TERM TRANSLATED hFEASTS WAS MEASURED ON THE BASIS OF FESTIVALS v IS M¯CAD¦M AND THE NEW MOON THE ROTATION IT MEANS hlXED APPOINTED OF THE MOON AROUND THE TIME MEETINGS v )T REFERS EARTH AND ALSO THE SUN TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH WERE NOT NECESSARILY DATED AROUND THE SUN ! LUNAR BY THE LUNAR CALENDAR E G "Y !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ CALENDAR OF MONTHS IS *ER (OSEA %VEN IF ABOUT DAYS SHORTER THAN ONE WERE TO ARGUE THAT THE THE SOLAR CALENDAR WHICH IS TERM APPLIES TO THE 3ABBATH APPROXIMATELY DAYS )N THE ANCIENT WORLD THIS WAS SOLVED IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT THE TIME FOR THE 3ABBATH WAS lXED BY BY ADDING AN EXTRA MONTH SEVEN TIMES IN YEARS )N THE MOON CF ,EV "ESIDES THE "IBLE MAKES CLEAR THAT THE "IBLE THE MOON CALENDAR WAS USED TO FIX THE TIME FOR THE 3ABBATH IS TO BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE FESTIVALS ,EV THE FESTIVALSˆFOR INSTANCE DAYS AFTER THE NEW MOON CAME 0ASSOVER .UM !PPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE &INALLY THE 3ABBATH REST WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST ARE ARGUING THAT THE 3ABBATH ITSELF WAS TO BE OBSERVED REQUIRED DURING THE CEREMONIAL 3ABBATHS ,EVITICUS SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH STATES THAT DURING THE 3ABBATH THE )SRAELITES WERE hNOT TO 4HE 3ABBATH AND THE -OON !T THE BEGINNING DO ANY WORK v "UT DURING THE TIME OF THE SACRED ASSEMBLY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE THE PEOPLE WERE COMMANDED TO hDO NO REGULAR WORKv 3ABBATH AND THE MOON WAS PROPOSED AND DEFENDED .)6 4HIS INDICATES THAT THERE WAS A TYPE OF BY A NUMBER OF CRITICAL SCHOLARS 4HEY REJECTED THE WORK THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO DURING THE FESTIVALS THAT WAS BIBLICAL ORIGIN OF THE 3ABBATH AND SUGGESTED THAT FORBIDDEN DURING THE 3ABBATH ITS ORIGIN WAS RELATED TO SEVERAL hEVIL DAYSv IN THE !LTHOUGH THE INTENTIONS OF THOSE PROMOTING THE LUNAR "ABYLONIAN CALENDAR INCLUDING THE DAY OF THE FULL 3ABBATH MAY BE GOOD THEY HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT MOON DURING WHICH PEOPLE RESTED 4HOSE DAYS THAT THEY ARE UNINTENTIONALLY INTRODUCING AND PROMOTING A OCCURRED IN A SEQUENCE OF ABOUT SEVEN DAYS &URTHER SABBATH REST THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE BIBLICAL SEVENTH DAY STUDY INDICATED THAT THE SO CALLED hEVIL DAYSv WERE NOT 3ABBATH REST A SEQUENCE OF SEVEN DAYS THEY WERE THE FIRST SEVENTH FOURTEENTH NINETEENTH TWENTY FIRST AND TWENTY EIGHTH DAYS OF THE MONTH 4HAT THEORY HAS SINCE BEEN !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH ABANDONED )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE 15%34)/. ) VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE BIBLICAL
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4HROUGHOUT THE "IBLE 'OD PLACED CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HEALTH 4ODAY #HRISTIANS AND NON #HRISTIANS ALIKE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH -OST PEOPLE CERTAINLY WANT TO LIVE LONGER AND REDUCE THE RISK OF DISEASE 7HILE THIS MOTIVATION IS COMMENDABLE GOOD HEALTH IS NOT THE ONLY REASON 'OD GAVE (IS PEOPLE HEALTH PRINCIPLES IN 3CRIPTURE 4HIS "IBLE STUDY WILL TAKE A NEW LOOK AT HEALTH
7HAT DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL LIKEN OUR BODIES TO 7HAT ILLUSTRATION DID HE USE TO DESCRIBE THE HUMAN BODY 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON THE LINE BELOW h/R DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WHO IS IN YOU WHOM YOU HAVE FROM 'OD AND YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN v #OR /UR BODIES ARE
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3INCE OUR BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE OF 'OD WHAT APPEAL DID 0AUL MAKE #IRCLE WORDS IN EACH TEXT BELOW THAT BEST DESCRIBE THE APOSTLE S APPEAL A h&OR YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE THEREFORE GLORIFY 'OD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT WHICH ARE 'OD Sv #OR B h4HEREFORE WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK OR WHATEVER YOU DO DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF 'ODv #OR
'OD S APPEAL IS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD (E INVITES US TO GLORIFY (IM IN EVERYTHING WE DO (IS MESSAGE OF HEALTH IS THAT WE GLORIFY (IM THROUGH OUR PHYSICAL HABITS (E LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HEALTHY
7HY DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL URGE US TO PRESENT OUR BODIES AS A LIVING SACRIlCE TO 'OD 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER h) BESEECH YOU THEREFORE BRETHREN BY THE MERCIES OF 'OD THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIlCE HOLY ACCEPTABLE TO 'OD WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICEv 2OM 0RESENTING OUR BODIES TO 'OD IS OUR
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!LTHOUGH IT IS CERTAINLY REASONABLE TO PRESENT OUR BODIES TO 'OD THERE IS SOMETHING DEEPER HERE 3ACRIlCES WERE OFFERED AS PART OF THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES OF )SRAEL /NE TRANSLATION OF THE "IBLE TRANSLATES hREASONABLE SERVICEv AS hAN ACT OF SPIRITUAL WORSHIPv 0HILLIPS *UST AS ANCIENT )SRAEL OFFERED SACRIlCES TO 'OD IN WORSHIP WE OFFER OUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIlCES IN ACTS OF SPIRITUAL WORSHIP WHEN WE FOLLOW 'OD S HEALTH PRINCIPLES ,IVING HEALTHFULLY TO 'OD S GLORY IS AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL WORSHIP
$OES 'OD S LAST DAY MESSAGE TO PREPARE A PEOPLE FOR *ESUS RETURN INCLUDE HEALTH 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h.OW MAY THE 'OD OF PEACE (IMSELF SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR ,ORD *ESUS #HRISTv 4HESS !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
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4HERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH 0OOR HEALTH PRACTICES AFFECT OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES 'OD COMMUNICATES THROUGH OUR MIND BY (IS (OLY 3PIRIT !NY PRACTICES THAT HINDER (IS 3PIRIT S DIRECT CHANNEL TO OUR MINDS SHOULD BE SURRENDERED TO (IM
4HE PROPHET )SAIAH DESCRIBED 'OD S MARVELOUS PROMISES TO THOSE WHO UNSELlSHLY SERVE AND BLESS OTHERS 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND CIRCLE THE FOUR GIFTS 'OD GIVES TO THOSE WHO LIVE TO BLESS OTHERS h4HEN YOUR LIGHT SHALL BREAK FORTH LIKE THE MORNING YOUR HEALING SHALL SPRING FORTH SPEEDILY AND YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL GO BEFORE YOU THE GLORY OF THE ,ORD SHALL BE YOUR REAR GUARDv )SA
4HERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHT TRUTH HEALING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GLORY ,IVING A LIFE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO 'OD WE WALK IN (IS LIGHT TRUTH LONG FOR (IS COMPLETE HEALING OPEN OUR HEARTS TO (IS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LONG TO REVEAL (IS GLORY
4HE APOSTLE *OHN ECHOED 'OD S DESIRE FOR EACH OF OUR LIVES 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND DESCRIBE HEAVEN S DESIRE FOR YOUR LIFE h"ELOVED ) PRAY THAT YOU MAY PROSPER IN ALL THINGS AND BE IN HEALTH JUST AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERSv *OHN 'OD DESIRES THAT OUR LIVES BE
7HEN WILL WE EXPERIENCE THE COMPLETE PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL RESTORATION 'OD DESIRES 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h.OW ) SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH v h!ND 'OD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH NOR SORROW NOR CRYING 4HERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAYv 2EV /NLY IN THE
WILL THE FORMER THINGS
'OD HAS PROMISED COMPLETE AND ULTIMATE HEALING AND RESTORATION 5NTIL THEN (E INVITES US TO GLORIFY (IM IN OUR BODIES "Y ALLOWING (IS 7ORD TO GUIDE OUR CHOICES AND BY PRESENTING OUR BODIES TO (IM AS A TEMPLE FOR (IS (OLY 3PIRIT TO DWELL WE BRING GLORY TO (IM NOW AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAY WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE GLORIOUS IMMORTAL COMPLETELY RESTORED NEW BODIES TO GLORIFY (IM THROUGHOUT ETERNITY
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