Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Jeremiah 6:16
The Lord calls for a renewal of the straight testimony borne in years past. He calls for a renewal of spiritual life. The spiritual energies of His people have long been torpid, but there is to be a resurrection from apparent death. 8T 296-298
The 8 pillar of Seventh Day Adventist Church: 1.Sabbath, 2.SANCTUARY, 3.SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, 4.HUMANITY OF CHHRIST, 5.JUDGMENT, 6.IMMIRTALITY OF THE SOUL, 7.Millennium, 8.MEDICAL MISSIONARY
1) SABBATH: At the very beginning of the fourth commandment the Lord said; Remember!! Remember what?
He knew that amid the multitude of cares and perplexities man would be tempted to excuse himself from meeting the full requirement of the law, or would forget its sacred importance. Therefore He said; Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8
All through the week we are to have the Sabbath in mind and be making preparation to keep it according to the commandment. We are not merely to observe the Sabbath as a legal matter.
We are to understand its spiritual bearing upon all the transactions of life. All who regard the Sabbath as a sign between them and God, showing that He is the God who sanctifies them, will represent the principles of His government. They will bring into daily practice the laws of His kingdom. Daily it will be their prayer that the sanctification of the Sabbath may rest upon them. Every day they will have the companionship of Christ and will exemplify the perfection of His character. Every day their light will shine forth to others in good works. CCh. 262.3
2)SANCTUARY: Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. PSA 73:17
As the sins of the people were anciently transferred, in figure, to the earthly sanctuary by the blood of the sin offering, so our sins are, in fact, transferred to the heavenly sanctuary by the blood of Christ. And as the typical cleansing of the earthly was accomplished by the removal of the sins by which it had been polluted, so the actual cleansing of the heavenly is to be accomplished by the removal, or blotting out, of the sins which are there recorded. This necessitates an examination of the books of record to determine who, through repentance of sin and faith in Christ, are entitled to the benefits of His atonement.
3) SPIRIT OF PROPHECY: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev.19:10
God has been pleased to communicate His truth to the world by human agencies, and He Himself, by His Holy Spirit, qualified men and enabled them to do this work. He guided the mind in the selection of what to speak and what to write. The treasure was entrusted to earthen vessels, yet it is, nonetheless, from Heaven. The testimony is conveyed through the imperfect expression of human language, yet it is the testimony of God; and the obedient, believing child of God beholds in it the glory of a divine power, full of grace and truth. ML 41.2
4) HUMANITY OF CHHRIST: verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Heb. 2:16. Having taken our fallen nature, he showed what it might become, by accepting the ample provision He has made for it, and by becoming partaker of the divine nature. 3SM 134.2
5) JUDGMENT: For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 1peter 4:17
The books of record in Heaven, in which the names and the deeds of men are registered, are to determine the decisions of the Judgment. Says the prophet Daniel, the Judgment was set, and the books were opened. The Revelator, describing the same scene, adds, Another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Rev. 20:12,GC88 480.2
6) IMMIRTALITY OF THE SOUL: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Eze. 18:20. What about the priest/pop?
The soul that sinneth, it shall die an everlasting death a death from which there will be no hope of resurrection; and then the wrath of God will be appeased. EW. 219. It was a marvel to me that Satan could succeed so well in making men believe that the words of God, The soul that sinneth it shall die, mean that the soul that sinneth it shall not die, but live eternally in misery. Said the angel, Life is life, whether it is in pain or happiness. Death is without pain, without joy, without hatred. Satan told his angels to make a special effort to spread the deception and lie first repeated to Eve in Eden, Thou shalt not surely die. And as the error was received by the people, and they believed that man was immortal, Satan led them still further to believe that the sinner would live in eternal misery. 1SG 114.1,Gen. 3:4
7) Millennium: But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.Reve.20:5-6
All people who have chosen to belong to Jesus are take up in to the cloud to go to Heaven with Jesus. All the people who chose to go to their own way and fight against God and His Law are killed. So, who is left? Just Satan and his angels.
8) MEDICAL MISSIONARY: