Can God’s Prophets Make Mistakes. Part [16] 06/04/2025 (Morning thought)

1st Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Furthermore, our first passage instructs persons to believe His prophets, for even though there may be various schools of thought on the issue, the servant of God makes it plain, so that we could understand…. [Life Sketches pp 65, Par 1] Soon we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus’ coming. The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.

[WLF pp 14, Par 2] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake….. [Test 1 pp 59, Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake….. [LSMS 83, Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.

When God spoke the time, He poured upon us the Holy Spirit, and our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God, as Moses’ did when he came down from Mount Sinai….. [EW pp 14 Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake. [R.H July 21, Par 2] The living saints, 144,000, in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.

Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

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

Can God’s Prophets Make Mistakes. Part [15] 06/04/2025 (Evening thought)

Revelation 14:4 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. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

[The Faith I Live By pp 182, par 1] And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame, and everlasting contempt. It is at midnight that God manifests His power for the deliverance of His people. In the midst of the angry heavens is one clear space of indescribable glory, whence comes the voice of God like the sound of many waters, saying, “It is done.”

That voice shakes the heavens and the earth. There is a mighty earthquake, “such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.” The whole earth heaves and swells like the waves of the sea. Its surface is breaking up. Graves are opened, and “many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth ... awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” All who have died in the faith of the third angel's message come forth from the tomb glorified, to hear God's covenant of peace with those who have kept His law.

“Those who had died in faith under the third angel's message, keeping the Sabbath, came forth from their dusty beds.” Again, there is nothing in the Bible, neither in the characteristics of history to suggest that the 144,000 is a figurative number. John saw two distinct groups, one, in which he heard the specific number, and the other group which could not be counted.

1st Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

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