This week we'll be revisiting the messages that has been considered as the Present Truth during the time of the Adventist pioneers, how do we consider it today? Inspiration declares, "Christ's true followers use their knowledge to make others the recipients of His grace. With their lamps filled with holy oil, they go forth to give light to those in darkness. Such workers see many souls turning to the Lord. New truths continually unfold to them, and as they receive, they impart. {ST, July 9, 1902 par. 3}

This lesson will give an exhaustible evidence that we have an advancing light shining through us SDAs, and we need to take pains on the golden oil (truth) presented therein.

The following will be discussed in this Sabbath School Lesson:

I. The Present Truth,

A. New Development of Truth

B. The Spirit of Truth is Come to Guide Us into All Truth

II. The Context of the Message {Rev. 14:1-5}

A. The 144,000 with the Lamb on Mount Zion

B. The Translated-Living Saints

III. The First Angel Messages {Rev. 14:6, 7)

A. The Everlasting Gospel,

B. Fear, Glory, Judgment, and Creation,

IV. The Second Angel Message {Rev. 14:8}

A. The Last Call to be Repeated,

V. The Third Angel Message {Rev. 14:9-10}

A. True Worship,

B. The Seal of God and Mark of the Beast

VI. The Fourth Angel's Message {Rev. 14:14-16}

A. The Last Call is Repeated: Advancing Light,

B. The Purification of the Church

VII. The Fifth Angel's Message {Rev. 14:17-18}

Memory Verse:

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. {Rev. 14:6, 7}

Prayer Thought:

"Then I saw another mighty angel commissioned to descend to the earth, to unite his voice with the third angel, and give power and force to his message.... This message seemed to be an addition to the third message, joining it as the midnight cry joined the second angel's message in 1844." -- "Early Writings," p. 277. Again we read, "Be assured that there are messages to come from human lips, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 'Cry aloud, spare not... show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins'." -- "Testimonies to Ministers," p. 296. "Another message of warning and instruction was to be given the church." -- "The Great Controversy," p. 425. {2SR 229.4}

I. The Present Truth

“For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.” (2 Peter 1:12)

Is the present truth before, still the present truth now? Or is it still relevant nowadays? Inspiration says,

"There are many precious truths contained in the Word of God, but it is "present truth" that the flock needs now. I have seen the danger of the messengers running off from the important points of present truth, to dwell upon subjects that are not calculated to unite the flock and sanctify the soul. Satan will here take every possible advantage to injure the cause". {EW 63.1}

A. New Development of Truth

"In every age there is a new development of truth, a message of God to the people of that generation. The old truths are all essential; new truth is not independent of the old, but an unfolding of it. It is only as the old truths are understood that we can comprehend the new. "--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 129.

"Can we honestly assume," they asked, "that the Lord can possibly finish His work on earth with us Laodiceans as long as we stay blind? And who shall open our eyes if not the Lord by fresh 'eyesalve' (Rev. 3:18)? Has the Lord no fresh Truth -- no 'meat in due season' -- to meet the needs of His people at this particular time? Has He forsaken the earth? And how will He judge the living without a message declaring that their cases are now to appear before God? Since we have a message for the Judgment of the dead, is it not logical and even more essential that we should have a message for the Judgment of the living? Is not the latter more important than the former? And how will we know when it comes if we keep our eyes and ears closed? If we do not change our present stale of mind, how shall we believe even if we should accidentally hear that the message is come? " (RUA p. 14)

Still another group asked these questions: "If God leaves His church ignorant of the greatest event of all time (the Judgment of the living), what truth shall she proclaim during that hour of need? The Judgment of the dead, you certainly know," they said, "could not then be present Truth any more than Noah's announcement of the flood could be present Truth now. Would the Judge of Heaven condemn one without trial? And how shall He judge him without summons?"

We SDA's knew about the Judgment for the Dead but How about the Judgment for the Living? Is there another message besides the one that was proclaimed by the pioneers of our SDA Church?

1. Please visit this site for additional light on the subject of the Investigative Judgment - https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/an-exposition-of-biblical-prophetic-interpretation-on-rev-4-8?authuser=0

2. Also visit this study concerning another angel that is to come down not the same with the three angels who were flying in the midst of heaven - https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/another-angel-come-down-from-heaven-rev-18?authuser=0

B. The Spirit of Truth is Come to Guide into All Truth

Analysis of ancient and modern history, both sacred and secular, prove that sealed, or prophetic truth has never been revealed through the educational system of the world, or by the wisdom of man, but only by the power of God. If anything is true, it is this one thing. Said Jesus: "When He, the Spirit of Truth, is Come, He will guide you into all truth." (John 16:13.) Christ plainly declares, that we are led into truth, not by wisdom of man but by the Spirit of God. Not into some truth, but in all truth. When God reveals truth, He is able to lead His servants in all truth, and does not allow such instruments to mix His truth with error. {2SR 12.3}

According to EGWhite, "Prophecy must be fulfilled. The Lord says: 'Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.' Somebody is to come in the spirit and power of Elijah, and when he appears, men may say: 'You are too earnest, you do not interpret the Scriptures in the proper way. Let me tell you how to teach your message.'" -- Testimonies To Ministers, p. 475. {WHR 44}

To the doubters of the possibility of a message containing nothing but truth, comes the warning: "God and Satan never work in co-partnership. The testimonies either bear the signet of God or that of Satan. A good tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit...."--Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 98. "We believe the visions," say the Inspiration-doubters, "but Sister White, in writing them, put in her own words, and we will believe that portion which we think is of God, and will not heed the other."--Testimonies, Vol. 1, p. 234. {3Ans. 36}

1. If you need more advanced studies on who has been mentioned in prophecy, please visit this site - https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/11-the-golden-bowl-zec-4?authuser=0

2. When the Spirit of Truth Come, He will guide us into all truth - please click this link to learn the whole development of truth - https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/13-the-grains-of-ezekiel-4?authuser=0

• God knows the future and is in control of history. He can send special messages for specific moments in human history (Isaiah 49:10; Amos 3:7). This is known as “the present truth.”

• When Peter shared his present truth, he also encouraged his audience to keep studying the previously revealed truth (2P. 1:16-21). God’s revelation is progressive, never contradictory.

II. The Context of the Message - Rev. 14:1-5

“Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.” (Revelation 14:1)

A. The 144,000 with the Lamb on Mount Zion

The context of the Three Angel's message is the special company of living saints which was revealed to EGWhite in her first vision (See: EW 14-32). How many time did EWghite mention this company in her prophetic writings, to know this, please click the link below:

1. https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/divulging-the-144000-the-first-fruit-of-the-living?authuser=0

2. https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/2-the-144000?authuser=0

B. The Translated - Living Saints

The Spirit of Prophecy says Elijah represents those who will be living when Christ comes, and be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and be translated. Desire of Ages, page 421: "Elijah, who had been translated to heaven without seeing death, represented those who will be living upon the earth at Christ's second coming, and who will be 'changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump."

Reference is made of Enoch in Patriarchs and Prophets, pages 88, 89: "The godly character of this prophet represents the state of holiness which must be attained by those who shall be 'redeemed from the earth' at the time of Christ's second advent....But like Enoch, God's people will seek for purity of heart, and conformity to His will, until they shall reflect the likeness of Christ. Like Enoch they will warn the world of the Lord's second coming, and of the judgments to be visited upon transgression, and by their holy conversation and example they will condemn the sins of the ungodly. As Enoch was translated to heaven before the destruction of the world by water so the living righteous will be translated from the earth before its destruction by fire."

Though Elijah represents those who shall be translated at the second coming of Christ Enoch does, too. Both men were translated without seeing death. The question is, Why two types? Because there are two companies of people to be translated; the 144,000, and the great multitude of Rev. 7:9. The 144,000, are Israelites; the great multitude are not. Enoch is not an Israelite, therefore he can not represent Israel, the 144,000. (The name "Israel" did not come into existence until the time of Jacob, which was many centuries after Enoch was translated. A clearer explanation on the subject will be given in another section.) We shall determine which class Enoch represents by the uniform he wears. Early Writings, page 40, says: "There I saw good old Enoch, who had been translated. On his right arm he bore a glorious palm, and on each leaf was written 'Victory'." Here we see Enoch, too, has the "palm" in his hand, the same as the great multitude, class number 2. {1SR 43}

For more information about these studies, please click the link below:

1. https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/2-the-144000?authuser=0

2. https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/3-the-great-multitude?authuser=0

• In Revelation, the Lamb (Jesus) is seen through the Church’s history (c. 1-12). The moments prior to His Coming are revealed (c. 13-18), and we’re encouraged to look forward to that event–“I am coming quickly” (22:7)–and our future life (c. 19-22).

• Chapter 13 depicts the final crisis, then chapter 14 introduces the last call and its consequences:

(1) The bearers of the last call (v. 1-5),

(2) the message of the last call (v. 6-12),

(3) the consequence of accepting the call (v. 13-16),

(4) the consequence of rejecting the call (v. 17-20).

• The harvest represents the redemption of the righteous. Reaping the grapes represents the death of the impious. Both will take place in the Second Coming, after the last message has been preached (Matthew 24:14).

III. The First Angel's Message - Rev. 14:6, 7

A. The Everlasting Gospel

“Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people.” (Revelation 14:6)

Point #1: An Angel flying in the midst of heaven - an angel means "messenger or a message" flying "in the midst of heaven" - not come down but in the air - meaning a continuous proclamation of the message since 1844 until now...

Point #2: Having the "everlasting gospel" to preach - meaning this message is eternal unending message to be proclaimed - the Salvation of Human race.

Point #3: To those who dwell on earth - to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people - that is WORLD-Wide!

• The Gospel we must preach is the good news of God’s Grace, His sacrifice, His creative and redeeming power, His forgiveness, His power to make us victors, His infinite love

• Everyone must receive this message. No matter their nationality, ethnic group, caste, faith, or social status. Everyone must hear about the good news and have the chance to accept Jesus as their personal Savior.

B. Fear, Glory, Judgment and Creation

“saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.’” (Revelation 14:7)

Point #1: "With a Loud Voice" - it denotes urgency with great importance to be proclaimed to everyone!

Point #2: "Fear God" - the Bible says, "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. Prov. 8:13; COL 159.1.

FEAR GOD includes message such as

1. HATING AND OVERCOMING SINS

2. TRUE REPENTANCE ( you cant hate sin if you don repent)

3. KEEPING GOD’S COMMANDMENT(10 COMMANDMENTS)

4. GOD’S GRACE OR MERCY-CHRIST’S DEATH-we cant repent and be forgiven without God’s grace or His death (TITUS 2:11-12; Rom. 6:1)

5. TRUE FAITH- It is always coupled with obedience to His law (Rom. 3:31; Gal. 5:6; John 14:15)

6. MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT- we cant repent,hate sins and keep His commandments without the aid of the HOLY SPIRIT. (Gal. 5:22-23; Eph. 5:9, Rom. 8:4)

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." Eccles. 12:13, 14.

This is what the Bible teaches concerning the ten-commandment law, of which the Sabbath is a part, and this is what a Christian must believe, do, and teach if he expects to have a place in the Kingdom of God. {13SC 11, 12.23}

Point #3: "give Glory" - it means to be like Christ in Character: It includes; Health message, or reformation of every aspect of our lives such as dress, food, music, conversation, habits and lifestyle. In other words, whatever we do - must give glory to God!

Point #4: "Judgment is Come" - Judgment includes INVESTIGATION, VERDICT

and REWARD (either Eternal Life or punishment). It includes the messages such as

1. 2300 PROPHECY-through this study we will know the starting point of the JUDGMENT (Dan. 8:14)

2. INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT - since 1844 and it is on going..it started from the DEAD.. soon it will pass to the LIVING (Rev. 20:12; 2Tim. 4:1)

3. SANCTUARY TRUTH- it is always accompanied with JUDGMENT (Dan. 8:14; Heb. 9:24; Heb. 8:1-3; Heb. 9:2-5)

4. JUDGMENT AFTER DEATH— when a person is dead- the investigation and verdict are done and then the punishment will be given after 1000 years (Heb. 9:27)

5. Close of Probation- the investigation and verdict are done. (Rev. 22:11) Heb. 9:27, (5T. 212.5; Dan. 12:1)

6. Seven Plagues..punishment to the unrighteous living be given partially (Rev. 15:8)

7. SECOND COMING OF CHRIST- the living wicked will receive their punishment partially and the righteous dead and righteous living will receive their eternal life(reward) 1Cor. 15:51-51; 1Tes. 4:16-17

8. 1000-YEAR - The saved ones will JUDGE the wicked people and fallen angels (1Cor. 6:2-3); GC 660.4

9.FINAL JUDGMENT AFTER 1000 YEARS- all the unsaved ones will receive their final reward- second death (Rev. 20:9)

Point # 5: "Worship Him who made: Creation" - There is a need of Sabbath reform among us, who profess to observe God's holy rest day..... THose who are careless in their observance of the Sabbath will suffer great loss. RH March 18, 1884 par.7

But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the

Sabbath of the Lord." {RH, April 27, 1911 par. 26}

The message of the first angel is:

(1) Fear or revere God in all we do. Give Him glory by putting Him in first place in all we think and do.

(2) Be aware that we will be judged, so we should obey His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

(3) Worship God as the Creator, honoring the fourth commandment (i.e. Sabbath, Exodus 20:8-11).

For additional information about the Sabbath Observance, please click the link below:

https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/history-of-the-sabbath-true-observance?authuser=0

• The First Angel's Message https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/first-angels-message-rev-146-7?authuser=0

IV. The Second Angel's Message - Rev. 14:8

A. The Last Call to be Repeated

“And another angel followed, saying, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’” (Revelation 14:8)

Point #1: "Babylon" - the name Babylon is express in its progressive meaning. Gen. 11:4, 9; Dan. 3:3, 6; Isa. 13:19-20. PAPAL POWER = Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. Revelation 17:5-6 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Point #2: "Is Fallen, is Fallen" - the phrase is repeated twice = The second angel's message of Revelation 14 was first preached in the summer of 1844, and it then had a more direct application to the churches of the United States, where the warning of the judgment had been most widely proclaimed and most generally rejected, and where the declension in the churches had been most rapid. But the message of the second angel did not reach its complete fulfillment in 1844. The churches then experienced a moral fall, in consequence of their refusal of the light of the Advent message; but that fall was not complete....... The work of apostasy has not yet reached its culmination. {FLB 285.2}

The first fall was since 1844 until now, when will be the complete fall of Babylon - Not until this condition shall be reached, and the union of the church with the world shall be fully accomplished throughout Christendom, will the fall of Babylon be complete. The change is a progressive one, and the perfect fulfillment of Revelation 14:8 is yet future. {FLB 285.3}

Point #3: "made all nation drink" - These and kindred errors are presented to the world by the various churches, and thus the Scriptures are fulfilled that say, “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” { 2TT 362.3}

• “Babylon” combines the truths that Jesus taught with other doctrines and thoughts made by humans or by Satan. Everything is mixed in Babylon.

• For this reason, God calls those who love Jesus and have accepted Him as their savior to flee from this confusion.

• Revelation devotes two full chapters (17 and 18) to the fall is Babylon, so the call to come out of her is especially important.

• For a complete study on this, The Second Angel's Message, please click the kink below:

https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/second-angels-message-rev-148?authuser=0

https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/1-the-eleventh-hour-call?authuser=0

V. The Third Angel's Message - Rev. 14;9, 10

The Sabbath is a golden clasp that unites God and His people. But the Sabbath command has been broken. God's holy day has been desecrated. The Sabbath has been torn from its place by the man of sin, and a common working day has been exalted in its stead. A breach has been made in the law, and this breach is to be repaired. The true Sabbath is to be exalted to its rightful position as God's rest day. In the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah is outlined the work which God's people are to do. They are to magnify the law and make it honorable, to build up the old waste places, and to raise up the foundations of many generations. To those who do this work God says: “Thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” Verses 12-14. 6T 351.6

The Sabbath question is to be the issue in the great final conflict in which all the world will act a part. Men have honored Satan's principles above the principles that rule in the heavens. They have accepted the spurious sabbath, which Satan has exalted as the sign of his authority. But God has set His seal upon His royal requirement. Each sabbath institution bears the name of its author, an ineffaceable mark that shows the authority of each. It is our work to lead the people to understand this. We are to show them that it is of vital consequence whether they bear the mark of God's kingdom or the mark of the kingdom of rebellion, for they acknowledge themselves subjects of the kingdom whose mark they bear. God has called us to uplift the standard of His downtrodden Sabbath. How important, then, that our example in Sabbathkeeping should be right. 6T 352.1

In establishing new churches, ministers should give careful instruction as to the proper observance of the Sabbath. We must be guarded, lest the lax practices that prevail among Sundaykeepers shall be followed by those who profess to observe God's holy rest day. The line of demarcation is to be made clear and distinct between those who bear the mark of God's kingdom and those who bear the sign of the kingdom of rebellion. 6T 353.1

Far more sacredness is attached to the Sabbath than is given it by many professed Sabbathkeepers. The Lord has been greatly dishonored by those who have not kept the Sabbath according to the commandment, either in the letter or in the spirit. He calls for a reform in the observance of the Sabbath. 6T 353.2

A. True Worship

“Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God […]’” (Revelation 14:9-10)

Point #1: "If anyone worship the beast and his image" - Compelling power is found only under Satan’s government. The Lord’s principles are not of this order. His authority rests upon goodness, mercy, and love; and the presentation of these principles is the means to be used. { DA 759.1}

Point #2: "his mark on his forehead..." - https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/16-the-two-horned-beast-2hb?authuser=0

• The third message is related to worship: Worship the Creator in the day He decided, reject the Sunday rest (14:12), and do not worship the beast by rejecting God’s commandments, in order to avoid the deserved punishment (14:9-11).

• We must make our own decision. Our daily choices will determine our decision in that moment.

• The Third Angel's Message https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/third-angels-message-rev-149-10?authuser=0

VI. The Fourth Angel's Message - Rev. 14:14-16

Rev.14:14 – “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Rev.14:15-16 – “And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, ‘Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.”

Point #1: ""upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man" - The one on the cloud is Jesus, but is this at His 2nd Coming? Note that here, He has upon His head a crown – that is, one crown. But at His 2nd Coming, He will not have one crown. Let’s read:

Rev. 19:11-12 – “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.”

Please read: Early Writings 281

Point #2: "another angel with a Loud voice to Him that sat on the cloud"

This is the 4th speaking angel, and he speaks even louder than the first 3, because he is “crying with a loud voice.” He comes from the Temple, i.e. the SDA Church. These are those SDAs who accept the 4th Angel’s Message, and thus sound the warning message in the Church, before they take it to the world (during the Loud Cry time).

In the last solemn work few great men will be engaged. They are self- sufficient, independent of God, and he cannot use them." -- "Testimonies for the Church," Vol. 5, pg. 80. "...Only those who have withstood temptation in the strength of the Mighty One will be permitted to act a part in proclaiming it [the Third Angel's Message] when it shall have swelled into the Loud Cry." -- "Review and Herald," Nov. 18, 1908.

The work of this angel comes in at the right time to join in the last great work of the third angel's message, as it swells to a loud cry....

Point #3: "Thrust in Thy sickle

In this coming, Jesus does a harvest, and the role of the other Angel’s message (4th Angel’s) is to prepare the people and the way for Jesus for the harvest – which is the Judgment of the Living, that is “to begin in the House of God” (1Pet. 4:17) – the SDA Church. This is the first harvest which gives Jesus the 1st fruits – the 144000 from the SDA Church.

The Harvest of the First Fruit of the Living:

https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/8-the-harvest-of-matthew-13?authuser=0

A. The Advancing Light

Continual Advancement.--We must not think, "Well, we have all the truth, we understand the main pillars of our faith, and we may rest on this knowledge." The truth is an advancing truth, and we must walk in the increasing light. {Ev 296.4}

I dare not say they were not led of God, for Christ leads into all truth; but when it comes to inspiration in the fullest sense of the word, I answer, No. . . . {Ev 297.2}

We must have living faith in our hearts, and reach out for larger knowledge and more advanced light.-- Review and Herald, March 25, 1890.

B. The Purification of the Church

God's love for His church is infinite. His care over His heritage is unceasing. He suffers no affliction to come upon the church but such as is essential for her purification, her present and eternal good. He will purify His church even as He purified the temple at the beginning and close of His ministry on earth. All that He brings upon the church in test and trial comes that His people may gain deeper piety and more strength to carry the triumphs of the cross to all parts of the world.--9T 228 (1909). {LDE 153.4}

Let the church commence the work of purification before God by repentance, humiliation, deep heart searching, for we are in the antitypical day of atonement--solemn hour fraught with eternal results. {12MR 320.3}

• For Purification of the Church advance lesson please click: https://sites.google.com/view/present-truth-lessons-2020/lesson-6-purification-of-the-church?authuser=0

• The Fourth Angel Message

https://sites.google.com/view/present-truth-lessons-2020/lesson-2-the-3-angels-and-other-angels

VII. The Fifth Angel's Message - Rev. 14:17-18

Rev. 14:17-18 - “And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, ‘Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.’ ”

NOTE: Since the first “another angel…having a sharp sickle…” comes to harvest after Jesus has harvested, shows two harvests –

1. By Jesus – yielding the 1st Fruits (from the Church – the 144000),

2. By “another Angel” - yielding the 2nd Fruits (from the world – the Great Multitude). This is a further proof that Jesus’ coming in Rev.14:14 is not the 2nd coming, because, who can remain on earth to be harvested by an Angel after Jesus’ 2nd Coming? This other Angel who cries with a “loud cry,” represents the message (of the 144000), and the very Angel with a sharp sickle is a symbol of the 144000. To repeat - the Angel who harvests represents the work of the 144000 in the world (Loud Cry period). The Angel comes from the Alter (of the re-organized SDA Church in the Loud Cry time) – means the 144000 becomes the leaders of the Church that time, having power over fire i.e. will have the Pentecostal Power of the Holy Spirit in that Loud Cry time.

A. The Loud Cry

The message of Elijah that restores all things is indeed an addition to the Third Angel's Message, and it shall certainly swell into a loud cry. It shall gather God's people from the four corners of the earth, and bring them out of Babylon as the earth is lightened with the glory of the angel (Rev. 18:1-4). (See Early Writings, pg. 277.)

For more information about the Early and Latter rain, please click this link: https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/the-sealing-early-rain-and-latter-rain?authuser=0

B. The Kingdom of Glory

For a deeper study on the establishment of the Kingdom of Glory, please click this link: https://sites.google.com/view/meatindueseason/6-the-establishment-of-the-kingdom-of-glory?authuser=0

The Harvest of the Second Fruit - the work of the 144,000 to gather the great multitude - Isa. 66:19 - they will gather them in a clean vessel

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S. {Obad. 1:21}

• The Fifth Angel's Message

https://sites.google.com/view/present-truth-lessons-2020/lesson-2-the-3-angels-and-other-angels

From the Pen of Inspiration:

“God has called His church in this day, as He called ancient Israel, to stand as a light in the earth. By the mighty cleaver of truth, the messages of the first, second, and third angels, He has separated them from the churches and from the world to bring them into a sacred nearness to Himself. He has made them the depositaries of His law and has committed to them the great truths of prophecy for this time […] The three angels of Revelation 14 represent the people who accept the light of God’s messages and go forth as His agents to sound the warning throughout the length and breadth of the earth.” {5T 455.2}

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c. https://sites.google.com/view/present-truth-lessons-2020/home?authuser=0