6 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,
7 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.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
The Three angels messages are the final warnings to go out to the world. It is called the everlasting gospel. When most Christians today speak of preaching the gospel they don't think of these three messages. Many even think that preaching the gospel is narrowed down to "Jesus loves you" and "grace". While these are true in and of itself, most modern churches have perverted what "love" and "grace" are. Never does warning of Jehovah's judgment enter into the discussion as being part of the gospel.
Matthew 24:14 (KJV)
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
The Three Angels messages are part of the gospel of the kingdom. These three messages will preached unto all the world and then the end will come. Unfortunately the majority of Christendom refuses to preach these messages out of fear of being hated by the world. Even Churches that claim to have these three messages as their prophetic gift have largely done away with preaching them and have even persecuted those in their congregations who preach them.
These messages were starting to be preached during the Advent movement of the mid 1800's. If the preaching of the Three Angels messages was timely back then, how much more appropriate is it to preach them now? It is absolutely appropriate given the healing of the antichrist (papal Rome) deadly wound and the state of this world. Let's look at the passages here in the Three Angels messages and discern their meaning.
Verse 6, This message is to be preached unto the whole world and it is called the everlasting gospel. This is not the satanic "love" gospel that has swept up Christendom but rather a gospel of solemn warning. Don't get me wrong, love is an essential part of the Three Angels messages it's just not the false lawless love that the Churches of Christendom preach and teach. What's the love that is preached in the Three Angels messages? Let's let scripture answer that!
1 John 5:2-3 (KJV)
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
You cannot separate love from God's commandments. Today's Babylonian Church system teaches a false satanic love that tells you that you don't have to keep Jehovah's Royal Law. This false perversion of love is the very reason the Three Angels messages need to be preached. True love for God and our neighbor is when we keep the commandments.
Verse 7, the first angels message calls those who dwell on the earth to fear God and give glory to Him. Most Churches avoid the word "fear" like a plague. But that's exactly what the first angel is calling people to do which is to fear God. Do you see how the perverted love gospel has deceived people so bad that they can't even use words that are in the bible? The word for fear in the greek is "phobeo" (Strongs 5399) which means "to frighten, to be alarmed, to be in awe of, to revere: be sore afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence."
The reason for the call to fear God is because the hour of His judgment is coming. The day of Jehovah is called great and terrible. Those in the world need to be sore afraid, alarmed and frightened of the judgments of God to come and then show reverence and awe towards God and repent. So many in the pulpits in Christendom are watering down the fear of God and telling their congregants they don't have to fear Him. Even Churches that have this message are watering down the serious call to fear God. The people that fail to heed this call will be frightened and sore afraid at the judgements that God pours out on the wicked. The Judgement hour is now and has been since 1844 when the cleansing of the sanctuary commenced.
We all will be before the bhema seat of Christ before probation closes. The final wrath will be poured out after probation for sinners closes. Even now judgements have been given to the earth. The final wrath poured out will be devastating and men will tremble as those who are in labor.
We also see in this first angels message a call to worship God. The greek word for worship is "proskuneo" (strongs 4352) and means "to fawn or crouch, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): - worship". The true understanding of worship is key in these last days. Many falsely believe that to worship someone or something you have to literally bow to them and proclaim they are God. While that is part of worship, it also is as simple as paying someone reverence and homage and fawning over them. Many in the last days will worship the Papal antichrist believing that they are not really worshipping him, but rather simply honoring him. Honouring a person is not a bad thing in and of itself, but honouring a person who claims the titles that only belong to God and His Son is high treason against the Most High.
If we are going to preach the Three Angels messages it is vital that we tell the world to worship the right God. How do we know what God to tell people to fear? Who is God? Let's go to scripture to find out the identity of God so that when we give the Three Angels messages we are telling people to fear the God of the Bible and not a strange god.
Revelation 7:2-3 (KJV)
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
The seal of God will be given to the 144,000 Saints before probation closes. What is contained in this seal? Let's go to Revelation 14 and see, because the answer of who is the living God is contained in that passage.
Revelation 14:1-4 (KJV)
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Verse 1 gives us the answer as to what is written on the foreheads of those who receive the seal of God. It is the Father's name. This must mean that the Father is the living God. Noticeably absent is the trinity god. Many in today's Churches teach that the living God is a trinity. Scriptures clearly contradicts this notion. Some versions render the verse "His name and His Father's name". This is acceptable as well because the Father and Son bear the same sacred name "Jehovah". The Father is the original Jehovah and the Son was begotten from Him and inherited His Father's name. Salvation is found in calling on the name of Jehovah i.e. Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13. The name Jesus means the "Salvation of Jehovah".
To further prove that the living God is the Father let's look at a couple of scriptures.
Matthew 16:13-20 (KJV)
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Peter tells Jesus that he believes he (Jesus) is the Son of the living God. Jesus then tells Peter that his (Jesus) Father in heaven revealed this to Peter and not flesh and blood. When we acknowledge the Father to be the living God and not the trinity, according to Jesus it is the Father who revealed this to us.
Jeremiah 10:10 (ASV)
10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
The Father is Jehovah, the living God of the old testament as well as the new testament.
Hebrews 9:14 (KJV)
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Christ offered himself up to God so that we can serve the living God who is His Father and our Father.
John 17:3 (KJV)
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Jesus calls His Father the only true God.
Matthew 26:63-64 (KJV)
63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
From this exchange with the Jews, Jesus affirms His Sonship of the living God. It is clear from this passage that the living God is the Father.
Acts 3:13 (KJV)
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
A very revealing pasaage here, Jesus is revealed to be the Son of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
It is crystal clear from the passages above that the Father is the living God and hence the God that we need to tell people to fear, worship and glory when we preach the Three Angels messages. Many today in the SDA GC Churches are not giving glory to the Father and instead focus all glory on the Son and some even the Holy Spirit. They are not truly preaching the Three Angels messages. The greek word for glory is "doxa" and means "dignity, glory(-ious), honour, praise, worship. We are never to told to give glory to a trinity (Doxology).
The last part of the first angels message is very key in understanding the controversy in these last days between the Israel of Jehovah and Babylon. Notice the verbiage "worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."
The call to worship God is a call to worship the God who created heaven, earth and the sea. Where do we find this language in scripture?
Exodus 20:8-11 (ASV)
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in itthou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:11 for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The Sabbath commandment contains the same language as does the first angels message in regards to the creation of God. In fact the Sabbath commandment contains the seal of God:
Name: Jehovah
Title: Creator
Territory: Heaven, Earth and Sea and all that in them is.
This language is used elsewhere in regards to the God of the worlds.
Acts 4:24 (KJV)
24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
The apostolic Church raises their voices in praise to the Lord (Jehovah) God who created heaven, earth and the sea and all that in them is.
Israel in the old covenant and Israel in the new covenant (the Church) all inherently identified Jehovah with the creation of heaven, earth and sea. They knew the memorial that commemorated Jehovah's creation was the Seventh-day Sabbath. The early Christian's safeguarded the Sabbath as they knew it was their Creators consecrated day of rest. As Christianity spread and lost much of it's Hebrew roots the Sabbath was lightly regarded by many however there were always Christians that preserved the true Holy day.
Below is some food for thought in relation to the Seventh-day Sabbath of Jehovah which seems to have an important place in this last days controversy between the Israel of Jehovah and Babylon the Great.
THE PAPACY'S ADMISSION TO
CHANGING JEHOVAH'S ROYAL LAW
From Peter Geiermann's Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine and read the following on page 50:
Q. Which is the Sabbath day?
A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
A man wrote a letter to the then famous James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, and asked if the Catholic church did, indeed, change the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday. The Cardinal replied, "Of course, the Catholic church claims that the change was her act. And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters."
The following words are from The Catholic Record of London, Ontario, Canada, September 1, 1923: "Sunday is our MARK of authority...the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact."
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