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N 7EGGER #HRISTIAN 3TROMMEN .ORWAY S AMBASSADOR TO THE 5NITED 3TATES PRAISED 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS FOR THEIR WORLDWIDE HUMANITARIAN WORK AND DENOMINATIONAL UNITY DURING AN !PRIL VISIT TO THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH HEADQUARTERS 0ASTOR *AN 0AULSEN 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT AND A FELLOW .ORWEGIAN HOSTED !MBASSADOR 3TROMMEN ALONG WITH A GROUP OF CHURCH LEADERS DURING THE !PRIL PROTOCOL VISIT
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3TROMMEN WAS APPOINTED AMBAS SADOR TO THE 5 3 IN AFTER SERVING AS AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REP RESENTATIVE TO THE 5NITED .ATIONS IN 'ENEVA (IS WIFE #ECILIE *OERGENSEN 3TROMMEN AN ORDAINED ,UTHERAN MINISTER ACCOMPANIED HIM DURING THE VISIT h4HE WORLD NEEDS MORE RELIGION AIMED AT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION v 3TROMMEN SAID NOTING THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S EMPHASIS ON HEALTHFUL LIVING AND HUMANITARIAN WORK h9OU DO YOUR HUMANITARIAN WORK BUT DON T NEED TO MAKE FRONT PAGE NEWS /THERS WOULD DO WELL TO TAKE FROM THE !DVENTIST TRADITION OF LOOKING AFTER THEIR PART OF THE WORLD v $URING THE VISIT HIS lRST TO THE CHURCH S HEADQUARTERS 3TROMMEN COMMENDED THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S GLOBAL CHURCH STRUCTURE h9OU HAVE A FASCINATING WAY OF ORGANIZING YOURSELVES v HE SAID h9OUR STRUCTURE KEEPS YOU TOGETHER v 0AULSEN WHOSE lRST PASTORAL ASSIGNMENT WAS IN SOUTHERN .ORWAY THANKED THE AMBASSADOR AND HIS WIFE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT THE CHURCH S HEADQUARTERS h!S A CHURCH INVOLVED IN PROMOT ING PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS WE APPRECIATE THE ROLE OF .ORWAY AND ITS ROLE OF CONmICT RESOLUTION AND PRO MOTING HUMANITARIAN WORK AROUND THE WORLD v 0AULSEN SAID 4HOUGH .ORWAY HAS A STATE RELIGION %VANGELICAL ,UTHERAN THE NORTHERN %UROPEAN NATION HAS A COMMITMENT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS SAID THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR *OHN 'RAZ /F THE MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN .ORWAY NEARLY PERCENT BELONG TO THE #HURCH OF .ORWAY 4HERE ARE ABOUT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN .ORWAY ˆ2EPORTED BY *UDY 4HOMSEN !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK
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.ETHERLANDS 1UEEN (ONORS 4HREE !DVENTISTS FOR #OMMUNITY 3ERVICE N 1UEEN "EATRIX OF THE .ETHERLANDS HONORED THREE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE ALONG WITH OTHER NATIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS DURING AN ANNUAL CEREMONY ON !PRIL 0ASTORAL WORKER *AN +ERSSEN WAS KNIGHTED INTO THE /RDER OF /RANGE .ASSAU IN THE TOWN HALL IN 'RONINGEN BY ITS MAYOR 0ETER 2EHWINKEL +ERSSEN WAS AWARDED FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS AND FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN SETTING UP AN INNER CITY DROP IN CENTER 4HE /ASIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER 0ROTESTANT CHURCHES IN 'RONINGEN (USBAND AND WIFE $IMITRI 4RIANTOS AND -AGDA 4RIANTO VAN +OOIJ OF THE $ORDECHT !DVENTIST #HURCH WERE ALSO AWARDED -EMBERS OF THE /RDER OF /RANGE .ASSAU FOR THEIR WORK WITH THE CHARITY )NTERNATIONAL #HILDREN S #ARE 4HE /RDER OF /RANGE .ASSAU IS A NATIONAL CIVIL AND MILITARY HONOR TYPICALLY AWARDED DURING AN ANNUAL CEREMONY ON THE QUEEN S BIRTHDAY !PRIL 7IM !LTINK PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE .ETHERLANDS
COMMENDED THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT h!N INVOLVED COMMUNITY CHURCH IS A RELEVANT CHURCH v !LTINK SAID h)T IS GREAT TO SEE THAT THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF *AN +ERSSEN $IMITRI AND -AGDA 4RIANTOS ARE APPRECIATED IN THIS WAY v ˆ2EPORTED BY !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK !DVENTISTS "EGIN -ISSION 7ORK IN 4HREE ,ANDS 5NNAMED FOR 3ECURITY 2EASONS N 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH WILL ESTABLISH OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN THREE COUNTRIES WHERE THE MOVEMENT PREVIOUSLY HAD NO ESTABLISHED WORK 4HE !DVENTIST -ISSION #OMMITTEE RECENTLY APPROVED MILLION IN MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S WORLD HEADQUARTERS FOR LOCAL MISSION PROJECTS TOTALING MILLION 4HE ACTION INCLUDED WORK IN THREE NEW COUNTRIES #OMMITTEE MEMBERS HOWEVER DECLINED TO NAME THE COUN TRIES BECAUSE OF POLITICAL SENSITIVITY 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH CURRENTLY OPERATES IN OF THE COUNTRIES RECOGNIZED BY THE 5NITED .ATIONS )N SOME COUNTRIES IT S DIFlCULT TO
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ESTABLISH WORK CHURCH LEADERS SAID WHILE IN OTHER COUNTRIES IT S ILLEGAL TO OPERATE A #HRISTIAN CHURCH 4HE COMMITTEE S PLAN IS TO ESTAB LISH A COMMUNITY CENTER IN AN URBAN AREA OF EACH OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES 4HE CENTERS WILL OFFER HEALTH PROGRAMS LITERACY AND COMPUTER CLASSES FAMILY LIFE PROGRAMS COUNSELING FOR WOMEN YOUTH RECREATION AN )NTERNET CAF£ AND A BOOKSTORE h7E RE WANTING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES v SAID -IKE 2YAN COMMITTEE CHAIR AND A WORLD CHURCH VICE PRESIDENT 4HE !PRIL APPROVAL OF THE NEXT ROUND OF MONTHLY BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR MISSION PROJECTS ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A TREND LOCAL AREAS ARE INCREASINGLY CONTRIBUTING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS TO THEIR REGIONAL MISSION PROJECTS 4HE CHURCH S WORLD HEADQUARTERS NOW CONTRIBUTES ABOUT PERCENT OF FUNDS TO LOCAL MISSION PROJECTS DOWN FROM AS HIGH AS A PERCENT CONTRIBUTION RATE WHEN THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN ! . 3 % , / , ) 6 % 2 ! . .
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h4HAT S A VERY HEALTHY CHANGE v 2YAN SAID h4HIS CREATES MORE LOCAL OWNERSHIP FOR PROJECTS LOCALLY v 3TILL THE PERCENTAGE VARIES WIDELY 4HE MATCHING RATE IS AS HIGH AS PERCENT IN SOME REGIONS SUCH AS .ORTHERN !SIA AND LOWER IN OTH ERSˆAS LITTLE AS PERCENT FOR PROJECTS IN THE !MERICAS 4HE MISSION COMMITTEE APPROVES ABOUT MILLION OF MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS EACH YEAR 0ROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE OUTREACH IN AREAS WITH LITTLE !DVENTIST WORK 3INCE THE COMMITTEE HAS OFFERED MATCHING FUNDS TOTALING MORE THAN MILLION 2YAN SAID ˆ2EPORTED BY !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY IN :IMBABWE TO "UILD "USINESS 3CHOOL N 3OLUSI 5NIVERSITY AN !DVENTIST OWNED UNIVERSITY IN THE !FRICAN NATION OF :IMBABWE SUPPLEMENTED ITS GRADUATION PROGRAM WITH THE LAUNCH OF A 53 MILLION &ACULTY OF "USINESS BUILDING PROJECT AT A
CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE lRST STAGE ON ITS EXPANSIVE CAMPUS NEAR "ULAWAYO #ONCEPT PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP FOR A TWO STORY STRUCTURE THAT WILL HOUSE lVE BUSINESS DEPARTMENTS THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION OFlCE A POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL A POSTGRADUATE LIBRARY STUDENT CLASSROOMS AND A LECTURE THEATER 4HE lRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT IS A 53 MILLION BUILDING CONSISTING OF CLASSROOMS AND FOUR COMPUTER LABS 4HE FACULTY OFlCES AND LECTURE THEATER WILL FOLLOW IN STAGES 3OLUSI 5NIVERSITY IS A MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE HEART OF SUB 3AHARAN !FRICA WITH ALMOST STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM AT LEAST COUNTRIES SERVING THE 3OUTHERN !FRICA )NDIAN /CEAN $IVISION &OUNDED AS A MISSION STATION IN 3OLUSI GREW INTO A HIGH SCHOOL THEN COLLEGE WITH UNIVERSITY STATUS CONFERRED IN )T IS LOCATED SOME MILES KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF "ULAWAYO :IMBABWE S SECOND LARGEST #ONTINUED NEXT PAGE
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CITY AND ITS EARLY COLONIAL ADMINISTRA TIVE CENTER &UNDING FOR THE BUILDING PROGRAM WILL COME FROM A COMMITTED COALITION OF :IMBABWEAN AND INTERNATIONAL DONORS AMONG THEM ALUMNI AND :IMBABWEAN BUSINESSPERSONS AND POLITICIANS $R *OHN *EREMIC AN !USTRALIAN EVANGELIST IS AMONG THOSE SUPPORTING THE BUILDING PROJECT &IRST STAGE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING WAS RAISED AT A DONORS CONFERENCE WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY :IMBABWEAN DIGNITARIES AND BUSINESSPERSONS INCLUDING :IMBABWE S VICE PRESIDENT $R *OHN ,ANDA .KOMO IN "ULAWAYO ON GRADUATION EVE 3OME 53 MILLION WAS RAISED 3PEAKING TO THE MORE THAN GUESTS AT THE DINNER $R .KOMO TOLD HOW HIS FATHER HAD BEEN BORN BEHIND AN OUTCROP OF ROCKS ON THE CAMPUS IN THE SAME YEAR IT WAS ESTABLISHED AND HOW HE HAD INHERITED HIS FATHER S FONDNESS FOR THE INSTITUTION (E SAID 3OLUSI HAD SHAPED HIS OWN LIFE PERSPEC TIVES AND THAT HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT 3OLUSI WAS PRODUCING GRADUATES WHO CONTINUED TO SHAPE THE COUNTRY 3PEAKING OF THE INITIATIVE $R .ORMAN -APHOSA 3OLUSI 5NIVERSITY S VICE CHANCELLOR SAID h7E WERE PLEASED THAT THE FUND RAISING PROGRAM WAS ATTENDED BY POLITICIANS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL DIVIDE AND THAT 3OLUSI PLAYED A PART IN ITS COORDINATION 7E ARE BUILDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL DONORS TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS #HRISTIAN UNIVERSITY v 4HE BUILDING ITSELF HAS BEEN CONCEIVED AS A SERIES OF COURTYARDS AND ATRIA WHICH FUNCTION AS A NATURAL CLIMATE CONTROL IN THE RELATIVELY TORRID !FRICAN SUMMER WITH TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY INmUENCED BY A SELF SHADING DESIGN AND TREED LANDSCAPING 4HE PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAWN AND CONTRACTORS IDENTIlED WHO WILL BE INVITED TO BID ˆ2EPORTED BY ,EE $UNSTAN
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TOWN ON A HORSE IN !UGUSTIN˜POLIS IN THE "RAZILIAN STATE OF 4OCANTINS h4HE MESSAGE OF 3ABBATH FOR THE CURRENT POPULATION WHICH LIVES FRANTICALLY AND IS FULL OF ACTIVITIES IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY TO STOP AND REmECT ON A LIFE IN RELATION SHIP WITH 'OD AND OUR NEIGHBORS v SAID %RTON +šHLER 3OUTH !MERICAN $IVISION PRESIDENT 0REVIOUS INITIATIVES OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN 3OUTH !MERICA INCLUDE A $AY OF (OPE IN WITH MILLION MAGAZINES DISTRIBUTED
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DIFFERENCES ARE JOINED TOGETHER AND FORM A NEW hORGANISMv IN WHICH THEY ARE CONSIDERED EQUALS 5NITY AND THE &ALL 7ITH THE &ALL A NEGATIVE TYPE OF UNITY CAME ABOUT DISCUSSED MORE EXTENSIVELY IN 0AUL S WRITINGS !FTER THE &ALL OF !DAM AND %VE HUMANITY BECAME UNITED IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO 'OD 2OM !LL BECAME SINNERS 2OM 4HEY ARE UNITED IN THE FOOLISH WISDOM OF THE WORLD #OR !S A RESULT OF THEIR SIN THERE IS UNITY IN DEATH 2OM !LL SINNERS MUST DIE !DAM HAS BECOME THE UNIFYING lGURE OF HUMANITY 5NITY IN #HRIST )T WAS THROUGH *ESUS DEATH ON THE CROSS AND (IS RESURRECTION THAT HUMANS REGAINED THE OPTION OF BEING FREED FROM THE POWER OF SIN AND FROM DEATH )N OTHER WORDS THE UNITY IN SIN AND DEATH HAS BEEN AND WILL BE DESTROYED FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN #HRIST AND ARE IN (IM THE NEW HEAD OF HUMANITY THE SECOND !DAM 4HROUGH BAPTISM THEY ARE ADDED TO #HRIST S CHURCH AND mOCK -ATT ,UKE 4HIS UNITY
$IVERSITY IS IMPORTANT BUT UNITY SURPASSES DIVERSITY
$IVERSITY MUST NOT BE DENIED "UT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE ONE THROUGH *ESUS WHO HAS BROKEN DOWN ALL BARRIERS OF GENDER NATIONALITY RACE STATUS LEARNING AND WHAT OTHER BARRIERS THERE MAY BE %PH 'AL $IVERSITY IS IMPORTANT BUT UNITY SURPASSES DIVERSITY .OW BELIEVERS FORM ONE BODY #HRIST S BODY WHERE (E IS THE HEAD %PH #OL 4HEY USE THEIR VARIOUS GIFTS FOR THE BUILDING UP OF THE CHURCH AND FOR ITS MISSION %PH #OR !LTHOUGH THEIR FUNCTIONS MAY VARY THEY ARE EQUAL BEFORE 'OD WHO SHOWS NO PARTIALITY h4HERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE 3PIRIT JUST AS ALSO YOU WERE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING ONE ,ORD ONE FAITH ONE BAPTISM ONE 'OD AND &ATHER OF ALL WHO IS OVER ALL AND THROUGH ALL AND IN ALLv %PH
IS PRIMARILY A UNITY WITH THE ,ORD BUT IT IS ALSOˆAND IT MUST BEˆA UNITY WITH OTHER BELIEVERS h) HAVE OTHER SHEEP WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD ) MUST BRING THEM ALSO AND THEY WILL HEAR -Y VOICE AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE mOCK WITH ONE SHEPHERDv *OHN )N (IS HIGH PRIESTLY PRAYER *ESUS THEN PRAYED FOR THE UNITY OF (IS FOLLOWERS *OHN 4HESE FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST HAVE COME AND ARE STILL COMING FROM VARI OUS BACKGROUNDS 4HEY ARE DIFFERENT
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RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SANCTIlCATION AND REDEMPTIONv #OR )T IS #HRIST IT IS THE 'ODHEAD THAT GUARANTEES UNITY AND ON *ESUS WE MUST CONCENTRATE "UT FAITH IN *ESUS CANNOT BE A THEORETICAL CONSTRUCT ONLY )T MUST INCLUDE A COMMON MESSAGE NAMELY hTRUTHv *OHN AND THE SHARING OF THE hONE HOPEv AND hONE FAITHv %PH 5NITY WITHOUT TRUTH IS SENTIMENTALISM LACKING A SOLID FOUNDATION 3ECOND FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF *ESUS WHO IS ONE WITH THE &ATHER INCLUDES CARE FOR BELIEVERS AND VARIOUS ENTITIES OF THE CHURCH FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH PRACTICAL ACTS OF NEIGHBORLY LOVE AND THROUGH lNANCIAL SUPPORT *OHN #OR &URTHERMORE IT INCLUDES WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON MISSION ENTRUSTED TO THIS CHURCH -ATT 2EV ! COMMON TASK CAN HELP US TO SOAR ABOVE OUR OFTEN PETTY MISUNDERSTANDINGS GRIEVANCES AND DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS 5NITY WILL NOT COME AUTOMATICALLY 7E HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT %PH $RAWING CLOSER TO THE /NE WHO LOVES US IMMEASURABLY WILL DRAW US CLOSER TO EACH OTHER )T REDUCES DISTANCE
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T S AN AMBITIOUS JOURNEY ESPECIALLY FOR SO QUIET A PAS SENGER A "IBLE WITH EACH OF ITS BOOKS PRINTED IN A E DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GOING AROUND THE WORLD IN THE SPACE OF MONTHS !ND IT S AN AMBITIOUS REASON TO GET MEMBERS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH MORE ENGAGED WITH THE TEXT OF THE (OLY "IBLE /NCE THOUGHT OF AS hPEOPLE OF THE "OOK v !DVENTIST ENGAGEMENT WITH 3CRIPTURE HAS FALLEN OFF DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS DURING WHICH TIME CHURCH LEADERS FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REVERSE THE TREND 4HIS hTRAVELERv WAS IMPRESSIVE IN OTHER WAYS THIS "IBLE IS APPROXIMATELY INCHES LONG AND INCHES WIDE )T CONSISTS OF NEARLY PAGES AND WAS BOUNDˆTWICE IN FACTˆWITH A PADDED LEATHER COVER !FTER SOME DAYS OR NEARLY WEEKS OF TRAVEL AND v ACTIVITY IT S JUST ABOUT TIME TO SAY h-ISSION ACCOMPLISHED v 4HE hTRAVELING "IBLE v AS IT S COME TO BE KNOWN ARRIVED AT THE lFTY NINTH 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 5NITED 3TATES AS THE QUINQUENNIAL MEETING OPENED *UNE h4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH MUST REDISCOVER THE VALUE OF READING THIS BOOK v *AN 0AULSEN 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT TOLD SOME PEOPLE DURING N /CTOBER 3ABBATH WORSHIP AT !RANETA #OLISEUM IN -ANILA 0HILIPPINES h4OO MANY OF OUR OWN PEOPLE DO NOT SPEND TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH THIS WORD AND WE SUFFER FOR IT v 0AULSEN F F SAID h4HIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL MAKE THE 7ORD OF 'OD MORE CENTRAL IN OUR LIVES v h4HIS WILL POSSIBLY BE THE MOST TRAVELED "IBLE IN THE H HISTORY OF THE WORLD v ADDED -ARK &INLEY !DVENTIST #HURCH
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VICE PRESIDENT FOR EVANGELISM AND PERSONAL WITNESS &INLEY TOLD THE CROWD THAT THE SPECIAL COPY OF THE "IBLE FEATURES 'ENESIS WRITTEN IN 3PANISH 0SALMS IN #HINESE AND 2EVELA TION IN +OREAN (E SAID THE BOOK OF .EHEMIAH IS WRITTEN IN 4AGALOG NEWS THAT WAS RECEIVED WITH APPLAUSE FROM THE &ILIPINO AUDIENCE (ERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE "OOK S MONTH ITINERARY %URO !SIA
!DVENTISTS IN THE CHURCH S -IDDLE !SIAN REGION WELCOMED h&OLLOW THE "IBLEv TO +AZAKHSTAN *ULY MAKING THE COUNTRY THE SEVENTY FOURTH STOP ON THE "IBLE S WORLDWIDE TOUR +AZAKHSTAN ALONG WITH 5ZBEKISTAN +YRGYZSTAN 4A JIKISTAN AND 4URKMENISTAN MAKE UP THE CHURCH S 3OUTHERN 5NION #ONFERENCE OF THE %URO !SIA $IVISION -ORE THAN PEOPLE AWAITED THE "IBLE AT A CAMP MEETING NEAR ,AKE +ARAUNGUR WHERE HEAVY RAIN THICK CLOUDS AND STRONG WINDS THREATENED TO INTERRUPT THE MEETING "UT AS SOON AS THE "IBLE ARRIVED THE RAIN STOPPED CLOUDS DISAPPEARED AND THE PROGRAM STARTED ,OCAL CHURCH PRESIDENT 2UBIN /TT mEW WITH THE "IBLE TO 5ZBEKISTAN 4HE TRAVELING "IBLE UNITED MEMBERS IN READING AND STUDYING 3CRIPTURE IN THE COUNTRY S CAPITAL 4ASHKENT #HURCH LEADERS WERE INVITED TO A COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN 5ZBEKI STAN WITH THE COUNTRY S GOVERNMENT ,EADERS REPORTED THE TALK WAS CORDIAL AND THE GOVERNMENT OFlCIALLY ALLOWED THE "IBLE TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO 5ZBEKISTAN 7HEN THE TRAVELING "IBLE ARRIVED IN THE 2EPUBLIC OF "ELARUS ON *ULY THE CHURCH S ADMINISTRATORS TOOK IT TO THE .ATIONAL ,IBRARY WHERE IT WAS PUT ON DISPLAY
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!S THE GLOBETROTTING VOLUME CONTINUED ITS PATH OTHER 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS RESPONDED IN OTHER WAYS 3COTTISH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS DECIDED TO HAVE THEIR OWN PERSON ALIZED HANDWRITTEN "IBLE -EMBERS FROM ALL THE CHURCHES IN 3COTLAND SUBMITTED HANDWRITTEN PASSAGES OF 3CRIPTURE TO THE MISSION OFlCE WHERE THEY WERE COMPILED INTO THE h3COTTISH !DVENTIST "IBLE v 7RITING OUT THE "IBLE BY HAND CAN BRING NEW INSIGHTS AND MEANING PARTICIPANTS SAID h)N THE SAME WAY STUDENTS WRITE OUT REVISION NOTES HANDWRITING THE "IBLE MAKES PASSAGES STAND OUT FOR YOU v SAID #AROLE 0EACOCK SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT 'EOGRAPHY PROVED LITTLE CHALLENGE TO THE "IBLE S JOURNEY Y AFTER A MILE KILOMETER HOUR JOURNEY THE TRAVELING "IBLE ARRIVED IN +IRKENES .ORWAY THE COUNTRY S NORTHERNMOST REGION WITH A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PRESENCE 4HE CITY OF +IRKENES IS LOCATED WITHIN THE !RCTIC #IRCLE MILES KILOMETERS FROM BOTH THE NATION S CAPITAL /SLO AND THE .ORTH 0OLE .ORWAY WAS THE E SEVENTY NINTH COUNTRY h&OLLOW THE "IBLEv VISITED 4HE .ORWEGIAN 5NION #ONFERENCE PREPARED ENVIRON MENTALLY FRIENDLY BAGS WITH THE h&OLLOW THE "IBLEv LOGO FOR LOCALS WHO VISITED THE "IBLE DISPLAYED IN THE LOCAL LIBRARY THE NEXT DAY AN EVENT COVERED BY THE LOCAL MEDIA %ACH BAG G CONTAINED A COPY OF THE 'OSPEL OF *OHN ADS FOR THE .ORWE
GIAN "IBLE #ORRESPONDENCE 3CHOOL AND A GUIDE TO SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING MESSAGES IN THE "IBLE 2EGIONAL CHURCH LEADERS ESTIMATE ABOUT PERCENT OF THE CITY S POPULATION RECEIVED A BAG )N +IRKENES !DVENTISTS JOINED OTHER #HRISTIANS IN A "IBLE RELATED PROGRAM HELD AT THE LOCAL 3ALVATION !RMY HALL h)T IS SO GOOD TO SEE OUR MEETING HALL lLLED TO CAPACITY v A 3ALVATION !RMY REPRESENTATIVE SAID h4HE "IBLE UNITES ALL #HRISTIANS v 4HE -IDDLE %AST
&ROM %UROPE THE "IBLE WENT TO THE -IDDLE %AST THE REGION WHERE SO MUCH OF 3CRIPTURE IS SET !FTER AN HOUR OR SO OF QUESTIONS AND SECURITY VERIlCATION BY THE )SRAELI $EFENSE &ORCE AT THE AIRPORT OF !THENS 'REECE !DVENTIST PASTOR *ANOS +OVACS "IRO AND THE "IBLE mEW TO 4EL !VIV ON 3EPTEMBER !T THE START OF THE 3ABBATH THE "IBLE TRAVELED TO !SHDOD WHERE PEOPLE WAITED TO SEE IT !DVENTISTS AND NON !DVENTISTS GATHERED WITH JOY AND ANTICIPATION TO WITNESS THE TRAVELING "IBLE 4HE BOOK OF %STHER WAS WRITTEN IN (EBREW !CCORDING TO +OVACS "IRO )SRAEL WAS THE NINETY lFTH COUNTRY THIS "IBLE VISITED /NE MAN APPROACHED THE CHURCH PASTOR AND ASKED WHEN HE COULD BE BAPTIZED AND JOIN THE !DVENTIST CHURCH /N 3EPTEMBER AT A M THE "IBLE ARRIVED IN $UBAI 5NITED !RAB %MIRATES #HURCH MEMBERS HELD MEETINGS AND SHARED THE MEANING BEHIND THIS WORLDWIDE PROJECT WITH FRIENDS AND COWORKERS -EMBERS OF $UBAI 3EV ENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH DID THIS IN HOPES OF RESURRECTING INTEREST IN CREATION OF NEW "IBLE STUDIES WITH PEOPLE FROM
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)N THE FALL OF THE "IBLE WENT TO THE CHURCH S 3OUTH !MERICAN AND )NTER !MERICAN DIVISIONS h4HIS "IBLE HAS TRAVELED THROUGH EIGHT COUNTRIES OF OUR CHURCH IN 3OUTH !MERICA v SAID "OLIVAR !LANA THEN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE 3OUTH !MERICAN $IVISION WHEN HE PRESENTED THE VOLUME TO )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION )!$ PRESIDENT )SRAEL ,EITO h.OW ) HAND IT OVER TO YOU AND MAY 'OD BLESS YOU IMMENSELY IN THE )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION v 4HE "IBLE SPORTING A NEW COVER BECAUSE OF ITS WEAR AND TEAR THROUGHOUT THE lRST YEAR OF ITS JOURNEY ARRIVED IN -IAMI &LORIDA TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRIES OF THE )!$ h7E NOT ONLY WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS WORLD EVENT BUT WE WANT EVERY HOME WHERE POSSIBLE IN OUR TERRITORY TO HAVE A "IBLE CALLING OUT TO PEOPLE ON THE 7ORD OF 'OD v SAID ,EITO (UNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF "IBLES WERE PRINTED IN %NGLISH 3PANISH AND &RENCH TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY OF THE CHURCH IN )NTER !MERICA )N THE -EXICAN REGION OF 9UCATAN THE TRAVELING "IBLE WAS PARTICULARLY WELL RECEIVED DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT ,AS !MERICAS 0ARK IN -ERIDA .OVEMBER -ARCO !NTONIO 'ONZALEZ OF THE 9UCATAN /FlCE OF 3OCIAL $EVELOP MENT AND 2ELIGIOUS !FFAIRS READ AND TRANSCRIBED THE lRST PORTION OF THE "IBLE (E SPOKE TO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST LEADERS ON HOW THE CHURCH CAN BETTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 9UCATAN S CITIZENS
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4HE TRAVELING "IBLE ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EACH VENUE /N -ARCH IN +ISII IN THE 3OUTH +ENYA #ONFERENCE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JOINED A PROCESSION THAT BEGAN AT .YANCHWA 4EACHERS #OLLEGE 4HE PROCESSION THAT FEATURED THE "IBLE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL ROADS OF +ISII WHERE BUSINESS CAME TO A STANDSTILL AS LOCAL RESIDENTS RUSHED FROM THEIR BUSINESSES TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE "IBLE ,ED BY 3OUTH +ENYA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR /BED .YAMACHE CHURCH MEMBERS FOLLOWING A 3ALVATION !RMY BAND SANG CHORUSES /N ARRIVAL AT THE +ISII #ENTRAL CHURCH COMPOUND MORE THAN PEOPLE MET THE PROCESSION 3EVERAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM 3UNDAYKEEPING CHURCHES EXPRESSED THEIR JOY FOR HAVING BEEN INVITED %ACH OF THEM URGED CHURCH MEM BERS TO READ 'OD S 7ORD #HOIRS FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES SANG THE EVENT S THEME SONG h'IVE -E THE "IBLE v 4HE FULL IMPACT OF THIS EVENT HAS YET TO BE REALIZED "UT ALREADY IT SEEMS THAT BY SENDING A SPECIAL "IBLE AROUND THE GLOBE THE ATTENTION OF MANY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AS WELL AS OTHERS HAS BEEN CENTERED ON A BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER EVER WRITTEN ˆ#OMPILED FROM NUMEROUS !DVENTIST MEDIA REPORTS BY -ARK ! +ELLNER !DVENTIST 7ORLD NEWS EDITOR
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A TRADE SHE COULD EASILY FALL VICTIM TO THE SEX TRADE 7ITH ONLY A KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION SHE HAD BEEN TOLD SHE WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS .OW AT AGE SHE SPOKE ONLY HER !KHA DIALECT AND DIDN T UNDERSTAND 4HAI 7ITH THE HELP OF A NONTRADITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SHE WOULD NOW LEARN 4HAI CONTINUE HER PRIMARY EDUCATION AND BE TAUGHT A TRADE h)F ) HAD NOT BEEN ACCEPTED ;AT THE CENTER= MY LIFE WOULD BE SO DIFFERENT v ,IN SAID h) REALLY DON T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME ) DON T KNOW IF ) WOULD STILL BE ALIVE v
CENT OF THEM GIRLS AND WOMENˆTHIS HORROR IS A REALITY (UMAN TRAFlCKING IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM )T S ONE OF THE THREE TOP REVENUE EARNERS FOR ORGA NIZED CRIMEˆA 53 BILLION BUSINESS WORLDWIDE (UMAN TRAFlCKING HAS EXISTED FOR AGES AND IN RECENT DECADES HAS PROLIFERATED YET IT S MOSTLY IGNORED BY MAINSTREAM POPULATIONS )T S EASY TO OVERLOOK AND DISMISS SOMETHING WE FEEL WE CAN T hlX v 0UT A FACE ON THIS DILEMMA 7OMEN AND GIRLS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE AMONG THE MOST
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SEX SLAVES FOR APPROXIMATELY 53 .ORTHERN 4HAILAND HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL PROBLEM BECAUSE RURAL FAMILIES ARE POOR AND MANY GIRLS CAN T ATTEND SCHOOL 4HE HILL TRIBES ARE EVEN WORSE OFF AS IN ,IN S CASE AND GIRLS MAY BE SOLD FOR AS LITTLE AS 53 4HESE MIND BOGGLING FACTS RAISE TWO QUESTIONS 7HAT CAN WE DO IN THE FACE OF SUCH OVERWHELMING STATISTICS AND 7HAT IS OUR RESPON SIBILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TRAFlCKING 4HE PROGRAM INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GIRLS TO lND EMPLOYMENT BY FACILITATING SKILLS TRAINING AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS RAISES AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFlCKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY +EEP 'IRLS 3AFE IS HEADQUARTERED IN #HIANG 2AI IN AN OLD FORMER OFlCE BUILDING THAT IS HOME TO APPROXI MATELY GIRLS AT A TIME 4HESE GIRLS ARE USUALLY AT RISK FOR SEVERAL REASONS
THAT THEY ARE TRULY THE VICTIMS AND THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE )T S ESSENTIAL THAT THESE WOMEN LIKE ANY WOMAN BE ENSURED THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 0REYING ON 0OVERTY
0OVERTY IS FORCING MANY YOUNG GIRLS IN 4HAILAND TO ENTER A THRIVING SEX INDUSTRY OFTEN AGAINST THEIR OWN WILL OR AS A LAST RESORT 4HE EFFECT ON FAMILIES HAS BEEN DEVASTATING -ANY GIRLS HAVE TRAVELED TO URBAN CENTERS NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN OR RETURNED HOME ONLY TO lND THEY ARE DYING OF !)$3 ! 5NITED .ATIONS SOURCE HAS DESCRIBED THE TRAFlCKING OF GIRLS AND WOMEN ACROSS !SIA AS hTHE LARGEST SLAVE TRADE IN HISTORY v 3EX TRAFlCKERS PUR CHASE GIRLS AS YOUNG AS AND POOR 4HAI FAMILIES SELL THEIR DAUGHTERS AS
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4HE 'OSPELS TELL US THAT *ESUS HAD hCOMPASSIONv ON THE MULTITUDES (E CARED DEEPLY FOR THEM #AN WE THENˆAS #HRISTIANSˆIGNORE THE PLIGHT OF OTHERS BECAUSE THEIR SITUATIONS ARE SO HORRIFYING THAT WE QUESTION WHETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A CHURCH (ERE IS ONE EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE INTERVENTION 4HE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! BEGAN A PRO GRAM CALLED h+EEP 'IRLS 3AFEv IN NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR AT RISK GIRLS BUT ALSO TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A SIGNIlCANT NUMBER OF THESE CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO BECOME EDUCATED THUS LESSENING THEIR VULNERABILITY TO SEX
THEIR FAMILIES ARE POOR THEY RE NOT AS VALUED AS MALE CHILDREN THERE S A DANGER OF OR ACTUAL SEXUAL ABUSE A STEPPARENT MAY NOT WISH TO HAVE EXTRA CHILDREN TO CARE FOR OR PERHAPS THE GIRL IS AN ORPHAN %DUCATION IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE +EEP 'IRLS 3AFE PROGRAM /FTEN VULNERABLE GIRLS WILL DROP OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THE FAMILY CANNOT AFFORD TO EDUCATE THEM OR THEY ARE NEEDED FOR THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL 3EEING 2ESULTS
4HIS YEAR +EEP 'IRLS 3AFE OBJEC TIVES HAVE BEEN REACHED IN SEVERAL WAYS 3INCE GIRLS HAVE BEEN HELPED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT #URRENTLY GIRLS ARE RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS !S ) VISITED WITH THEM
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A PERMANENT AND MORE ADEQUATE RESIDENCE IN A RURAL AREA WHERE GIRLS CAN ENGAGE IN MORE SELF SUFlCIENT ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES 2ESOURCES ARE LIMITED BUT VISION DETERMINATION AND COM MITMENT ARE PRESENT ON THE PART OF THE PROGRAM STAFF !$2! PERSONNEL AND DONORS WHO HELP TO ACCOMPLISH THESE DREAMS +EEP 'IRLS 3AFE IS JUST ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF HOW EACH OF US CAN IMPROVE THE LIFE OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON IN OUR WORLD )S THIS OUR RESPONSIBILITY 3HOULD WE INTERVENE 4HE ANSWER IS h9ES vˆIN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE *ESUS (IMSELF SAW THE SUFFER ING OF (IS TIME AND HAD COMPASSION (OW CAN WE EXCUSE OURSELVES FROM SIMILAR ACTION
!$2! HAS STARTED IS SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THESE GIRLS 4HEY ARE LUCKY TO BE IN THIS PLACE )F NOT FOR +EEPING 'IRLS 3AFE ) DON T EVEN WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE THESE GIRLS WOULD BE v *ESUS LOVE COMPELS US TO END CRUELTY OF ALL KINDS AND PROMOTE THE WORTH AND DIGNITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL 4HE NUMBERS ARE GREAT BUT IF EVEN ONE GIRL OR YOUNG WOMAN LIKE ,IN IS HELPED TO ESCAPE THE HORRORS OF TRAFlCKING AND CAN LIVE A PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPY LIFE IT S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT ,ET S DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP KEEP GIRLS SAFE 4O LEARN MORE GO TO WWW ADRATHAILAND ORG KEEP GIRLS SAFE
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HOSE WHO DESIRE TO KNOW THE TRUTH HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE INVESTIGATION OF THE WORD OF 'OD "UT UPON THE THRESHOLD OF INVESTIGATION OF THE WORD OF 'OD INQUIRERS AFTER TRUTH SHOULD LAY ASIDE ALL PREJUDICE AND HOLD IN ABEYANCE ALL PRECONCEIVED OPINION AND OPEN THE EAR TO HEAR THE VOICE OF 'OD FROM (IS MESSENGER #HERISHED OPINIONS LONG PRACTICED CUSTOMS AND HABITS ARE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE TEST OF THE 3CRIPTURES AND IF THE WORD OF 'OD OPPOSES YOUR VIEWS THEN FOR YOUR SOUL S SAKE DO NOT WREST THE 3CRIPTURES AS MANY DO TO THEIR SOUL S DESTRUCTION IN OR DER TO MAKE THEM SEEM TO BEAR A TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THEIR
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-ANY ARE FOLLOWING THE TRADITIONS OF MEN BUT AS THE TRADITIONS OF MEN ARE ERRONEOUS AND NO ERROR HAS SANCTIFY ING POWER THEIR SOULS ARE NOT SANCTIlED TO 'OD 9ET THEY HOLD ON TO THE DOCTRINES OF MEN WITH lRM TENACITY AND WILL NOT BE MOVED BY THE TESTIMONY OF 3CRIPTURE 4HEY HAVE BEEN EDUCATED TO BELIEVE FALSEHOOD AND THEY USE EVERY INGENIOUS
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4HERE ARE MANY WHO CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SANCTI lED TO 'OD AND YET WHEN THE GREAT STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUS NESS IS PRESENTED TO THEM THEY BECOME GREATLY EXCITED AND MANIFEST A SPIRIT WHICH PROVES THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SANCTIlED 4HEY HAVE NOT THE MIND OF #HRIST FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRULY SANCTIlED WILL REVERENCE AND OBEY THE WORD OF 'OD AS FAST AS IT IS OPENED TO THEM AND THEY WILL EXPRESS A STRONG DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT IS TRUTH ON EVERY POINT OF DOCTRINE !N EXULTANT FEELING IS NO EVIDENCE OF SANCTIlCATION 4HE ASSERTION h) AM SAVED ) AM SAVED v DOES NOT PROVE THAT THE SOUL IS SAVED OR SANCTIlED -ANY WHO ARE GREATLY EXCITED ARE TOLD THAT THEY ARE SANCTIlED WHEN THEY HAVE NO INTELLIGENT IDEA OF WHAT THE TERM MEANS FOR THEY KNOW NOT THE 3CRIPTURES NOR THE POWER OF 'OD 4HEY mATTER THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE IN CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF 'OD BECAUSE THEY FEEL HAPPY BUT WHEN THEY ARE TESTED WHEN THE WORD OF 'OD IS BROUGHT TO BEAR UPON THEIR EXPERIENCE THEY STOP THEIR EARS FROM HEARING THE
TRUTH SAYING h) AM SANCTIlED v AND THAT PUTS AN END TO THE CONTROVERSY 4HEY WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SEARCHING THE 3CRIPTURES TO KNOW WHAT IS TRUTH AND PROVE THAT THEY ARE FEARFULLY SELF DECEIVED 3ANCTIlCATION MEANS VERY MUCH MORE THAN A mIGHT OF FEELING %XCITEMENT IS NOT SANCTIlCA TION %NTIRE CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF OUR &ATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS ALONE SANCTIlCATION AND THE WILL OF 'OD IS EXPRESSED IN (IS HOLY LAW 4HE KEEPING OF ALL THE COM MANDMENTS OF 'OD IS SANCTIlCATION 0ROVING YOURSELVES OBEDIENT CHILDREN TO 'OD S WORD IS SANCTIlCATION 4HE WORD OF 'OD IS TO BE OUR GUIDE NOT THE OPINIONS OR IDEAS OF MEN ,ET THOSE WHO WOULD BE TRULY SANCTIlED SEARCH THE WORD OF 'OD WITH PATIENCE WITH PRAYER AND WITH HUMBLE CONTRITION OF SOUL ,ET THEM REMEMBER THAT *ESUS PRAYED h3ANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH THY WORD IS TRUTH v #HRISTIANITY IS SIMPLY LIVING BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF 'OD 7E ARE TO BELIEVE IN AND LIVE IN #HRIST WHO IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE 7E HAVE FAITH IN 'OD WHEN WE BELIEVE (IS WORD WE TRUST AND OBEY 'OD WHEN WE KEEP (IS COMMANDMENTS AND WE LOVE 'OD WHEN WE LOVE (IS LAW "ELIEVING A LIE WILL NOT PUT ANY ONE OF US IN THE WAY OF BEING SANCTIlED 3HOULD ALL THE MINISTERS IN THE WORLD TELL US THAT WE WERE SAFE IN DISOBEY ING A SINGLE PRECEPT OF THE HOLY STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IT WOULD NOT LESSEN OUR OBLIGATIONS NOR MAKE OUR GUILT LESS IF WE REJECT A PLAIN h4HOU SHALTv OR h4HOU SHALT NOT v 7E NEED NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE OUR FATHERS DID A CERTAIN WAY AND DIED HAPPY WE MAY FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND BE ACCEPTED IN RENDERING THE SAME SERVICE AND DOING THE SAME WORKS THAT THEY DID 7E HAVE HAD MORE LIGHT THAN THEY HAD IN THEIR DAY AND IF WE WOULD BE ACCEPTED OF 'OD WE MUST BE AS FAITHFUL IN OBEYING THE LIGHT AND WALKING IN IT AS THEY WERE IN RECEIVING AND OBEYING THE LIGHT THAT 'OD SENT TO THEM 7E MUST ACCEPT AND IMPROVE THE LIGHT THAT SHINES UPON OUR PATHWAY AS FAITHFULLY AS THEY ACCEPTED AND IMPROVED THE LIGHT THAT FELL UPON THEIR PATHWAY IN THEIR GENERATION 7E SHALL BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT THAT SHINES INTO THE SOUL TEMPLE IN OUR DAY AND IF WE FOLLOW THE LIGHT WE SHALL BE FREE MEN AND WOMEN IN #HRIST *ESUS 3CRIPTURE QUOTATIONS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE FROM THE +ING *AMES 6ERSION
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-ILLER HAD BEEN VERY MUCH INTER ESTED IN THE PROPHECIES AT THE TIME OF HIS CONVERSION FROM DEISM TO #HRISTIANITY IN %UROPE HAD JUST EXPERIENCED THE DEVASTATION OF THE .APOLEONIC 7ARS AND MONARCHIES WERE RESTORED -ILLER WAS BEWILDERED BY DIVERGENT #HRISTIAN VIEWS AND THEORIES ABOUT THE EVENTS OF THE LAST DAYS !S A CONSEQUENCE HE DECIDED TO TAKE THOSE ISSUES DIRECTLY TO THE "IBLE WHICH HE STUDIED DAILY WITH NO OTHER AID THAN A CONCORDANCE FOR TWO YEARS )N CONTRAST TO ,ACUNZA OR )RVING HE COULD lND NO EVIDENCE FOR AN END
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ROAD )RVING DEVELOPED A PRESENTATION ON A TOPIC TODAY FAMILIAR TO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS hTHE LATTER RAIN v WHICH PRECEDES THE 3ECOND #OMING 5NDER HIS PREACHING CHARISMATIC PHENOMENA BEGAN TO TAKE PLACE SUCH AS hSPEAKING IN TONGUESv MEANINGLESS SYLLABLES ACTUALLY SUPERNATURAL HEALINGS AND VISIONS INCLUDING THOSE OF TEENAGER -ARGARET -C$ONALD IN 3COTLAND 4HIS CHARISMATISM NO DOUBT HELPED THE .ORTH !MERICAN BRANCH OF THE MOVEMENT TO LOOK WITH SOME SYMPATHY TOWARD THEIR OWN MANIFESTATIONS OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND HEALINGS BUT IT ALSO GAVE START TO THE MODERN 0ENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT !NOTHER FEATURE OF THE "RITISH !WAKENING THE ROLE FOR LITERAL )SRAEL WHICH -ILLER NOTED AS THE MAIN POINT OF DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MOVE MENTS WAS SYSTEMATIZED BY * . $ARBY AN !NGLICAN PRIEST INVOLVED IN THE PROPHECY STUDY MEETINGS IN THE EARLY S AND A FRIEND OF )RVING (E BELIEVED THAT THE 3ECOND #OMING WOULD PRODUCE A hSECRET RAPTUREv OF THE CHURCH WITH UNBELIEVERS hLEFT BEHINDv TO BE TUTORED BY LITERAL )SRAEL 4ODAY DISPENSATIONALISM IS POPULAR AMONG CONSERVATIVE AND FUNDAMENTALIST %VANGELICALS 3EEN FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISM IS A VIGOROUS SHOOT OF THE NONDISPENSATIONAL NONCHARISMATIC BRANCH OF THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL !DVENT AWAKENING $IFFERENCES WITH THE OTHER BRANCHES SHOULD NOT MAKE US FORGET THAT WE BELONG TO A POWERFUL MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE RELIGIOUS WORLD FOREVER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND HAS A HUGE AND PERVASIVE INmUENCE EVEN IN TODAY S RELIGIOUS PANORAMA
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4HESE GARMENTS REQUIRED THE DEATH OF AN INNOCENT VICTIM !S SOON AS SIN ENTERED THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE 'OD PROVIDED ANIMAL SACRIlCES THAT POINTED FORWARD TO THE DEATH OF #HRIST ON THE CROSS h4HE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATHv 2OM 3INCE ALL HAVE SINNED ALL DESERVE ETERNAL DEATH 2OM 4HE SHED BLOOD OF ANIMAL SACRIlCES POINTED FORWARD TO THE SHED BLOOD OF #HRIST 7HEN *ESUS DIED (IS LIFE WAS POURED OUT FOR US
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