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Sabbath, June 12, 2010 - "The Shaking""
Jeremiah 23:28-29 “The prophet that
hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my
word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.”
“There
will be a shaking of the sieve. The
chaff must in time be separated from the wheat. Because iniquity
abounds, the love of many waxes cold. It is the very time when the genuine will
be the strongest.”--Letter 46,
1887. {LDE 173.1}
“The purification of the people of God cannot be
accomplished without their suffering. God permits the fires of affliction to
consume the dross, to separate the
worthless from the valuable, that the pure metal may shine forth. He
passes us from one fire to another, testing
our true worth. If we cannot bear these trials, what will we do in the
time of trouble? If prosperity or adversity discover falseness, pride, or
selfishness in our hearts, what shall we do when God tries every man's work as
by fire, and lays bare the secrets of all hearts?” {4T
85.1}
“Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their
foreheads--it is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both
intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved--just as soon as God's
people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come. Indeed, it has
begun already; the judgments of God are now upon the land, . . .that we may
know what is coming.” {Faith I live by
chapter 10. A purified church}
Matthew
“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of
reward. For ye have need of patience,
that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. . . .
We are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to
the saving of the soul.” Heb. 10:35-39.
“The Lord has faithful servants who in the shaking, testing time will be
disclosed to view. There are precious ones now hidden who have not bowed the
knee to Baal. They have not had the light which has been shining in a
concentrated blaze upon you. But it may be under a rough and uninviting
exterior the pure brightness of a genuine
Christian character will be revealed.” {LDE 181.1}
Matthew
“…wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high [places].” Ephesians
6:12
In Maranatha pg.52 par.2 Ellen White says
“I saw that we are now in the shaking time. Satan is working with all
his power to wrest souls from the hand of Christ and cause them to trample
underfoot the Son of God. . . . Character
is being developed. Angels of God are weighing moral worth. God
is testing and proving His people.”
{Mar 52.2}
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I
spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the
“We are in the shaking time, the
time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The Lord will not
excuse those who know the truth if they do not in word and deed obey His
commands.” {CM 12.3}
“…just as soon as
God's people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come. Indeed, it has begun already…” {Faith I live by
chapter 10. A purified church}
“There is a time of trouble coming to the
people of God, but we are not to keep that constantly before the people and
rein them up to have a time of trouble beforehand. There is to be a shaking among God's people, but this is not
the present truth to carry to the churches.” {LDE 17.4}
Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part
in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
"The mighty
shaking has commenced and will go on, and all will be shaken out who
are not willing to take a bold and unyielding
stand for the truth, and to sacrifice
for God and His cause." Early
Writing pg. 50
“If we make no effort to win souls to Christ we shall be held
responsible for the work we might have done, but did not do because of our
spiritual indolence. Those who belong to the Lord's kingdom must work earnestly
for the saving of souls. They must do their part to bind up the law and seal it
among the disciples.” {CM 12.3}
“Those who profess to be Christians should arouse
themselves, and take up their
neglected duties; for the salvation of their own souls depends upon
their individual efforts. Said the Prince of life, "Strive to enter in at
the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall
not be able." {RH,
“Some had been shaken out and left by the way. The careless and indifferent,
who did not join with those who prized victory and salvation enough to
perseveringly plead and agonize for it, did not obtain it, and they were left
behind in darkness, and their places
were immediately filled by others taking hold of the truth and coming
into the ranks.--EW 271 (1858).”
Revelation
THE
SHAKING (Maranatha 201)
I saw some, with strong faith and agonizing cries, pleading with God.
Their countenances were pale and marked with deep anxiety, expressive of their
internal struggle. Firmness and great earnestness was expressed in their countenances;
large drops of perspiration fell from their foreheads....
Evil angels crowded around,
pressing darkness upon them to shut out Jesus from their view, that their eyes
might be drawn to the darkness that surrounded them, and thus they be led to
distrust God and murmur against Him. Their only safety was in keeping their
eyes directed upward. Angels of God had charge over His people, and as the
poisonous atmosphere of evil angels was pressed around these anxious ones, the
heavenly angels were continually wafting their wings over them to scatter the
thick darkness.
As the praying ones continued
their earnest cries, at times a ray of light from Jesus came to them, to
encourage their hearts and light up their countenances. Some, I saw, did not
participate in this work of agonizing and pleading. They seemed indifferent and
careless.... The angels of God... went to the aid of the earnest, praying ones.
. . . But His angels left those who made no effort to help themselves, and I
lost sight of them.
I asked the meaning of the
shaking I had seen and was shown that it would be caused by the straight
testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness of the Laodiceans. .
. .
My attention was then turned
to the company I had seen, who were mightily shaken. . . . The company of
guardian angels around them had been doubled, and they were clothed with an
armor from their head to their feet. . .
I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect....I asked what had made this great change. An angel answered, "It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel."