Can God’s Prophets Make Mistakes. Part [9] 06/01/2025 (Evening thought)

Jeremiah 30: 6 Ask now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

Jeremiah describes it as the time of Jacob’s trouble, in which he equates it with a man giving birth to a child. And the servant of The Lord goes even further and declares that the dangers, and turmoil of that time cannot be exaggerated. Thus, when we read in Revelation chapter 14, the words: “Blessed are the dead which die in The Lord from henceforth”, we are to understand that God is letting us know that He will be putting most of His people to sleep, in order to save them from the very gruesome ordeals that are to follow.

[The Great Controversy pp 622] The “time of trouble such as never was,” is soon to open upon us; and we shall need an experience which we do not now possess, and which many are too indolent to obtain. It is often the case that trouble is greater in anticipation than in reality; but this is not true of the crisis before us. The most vivid presentation cannot reach the magnitude of the ordeal.

In Revelation chapter 7 the prophet is shown twelve thousand people from each tribe who are sealed in their foreheads. This does not mean that the dead who die in Christ, “From henceforth” are not sealed. In fact, all who will ever be saved in God’s kingdom must be sealed, before they can enter. Therefore, we are not to conclude that only the 144,000 would be sealed. The Scripture is very clear on this point.

2nd Corinthians 1: 21 Now he which establishes us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Can God’s Prophets Make Mistakes. Part [8] 05/31/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

We have covered several issues pertaining to God- ordained prophets, and we should take the time to outline them clearly, before we go into the Bible study. Here they are: [1] Prophets can in rare instances make mistakes for they are finite. [2] Prophets do not always understand the message God give to them. [3] Sometimes, the message given is applicable only to future generations, and therefore the meaning or the interpretation may be made clear, in the fulness of time, as God sees fit.

[4] In some instances, the light given to a prophet may be superseded by new or additional light as the case might be. This last point is where we will segway into the core of the study, for there are questions swirling around the issue of how many persons will be alive to pass through the time of trouble, who will not see death, and who will be translated to heaven. Bible studies should never be done just for purposes of argument, but should have as their sole intent, to edify, build up, instruct, make plain, and most of all, to prepare the saints of God to manage expectation prudently.

As was stated before in a previous Bible study, God will put many of His people to sleep for a moment, just before earth’s final crisis unfolds in its entirety. The reason for this is that the time will be so brutal that if some were permitted to live, they would not make it through the ordeal. The severity of that time must be understood in the context of the preemptive action God will take, lest millions of His people be lost. Daniel refers to it as a time of trouble since there was a nation.

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!