The depiction of the history of Seventh-day Adventists as God sees it, through a biblical picture.
For a believer, there is only one sure way to know how God sees him, and that is to humbly turn to Him in prayer seeking an answer. It is in God's power to respond to such a prayer sooner or later. It is also up to Him to choose the manner in which He will do so. One thing is certain: regardless of when and how God speaks, the proof that it is true lies in the answer itself.
On the morning of December 8, 2012, I experienced enlightenment from the Holy Spirit, which gave me answers to some questions that remained unanswered for many years. These days, the same Spirit compels me to publicly announce this, as it concerns not only me but also all those who have faith in the message of the three angels from Revelation chapter 14. This knowledge also pertains to the spiritually-minded representatives of other religious communities, as well as other people who are not believers by outward profession but by their inner being.
The Holy Spirit showed me the spiritual meaning of events described in the book of Judges chapters 19-21. For years, I have been convinced that something very important is hidden in this pictorial history, which I could not recognize.
The Levite, a priest who was a newcomer at Mount Ephraim, represents the spiritual priesthood of the Advent movement. His concubine, whom he took from Bethlehem in Judah, symbolizes justification by faith. The misunderstanding that is often poorly translated as adultery caused the concubine to leave the priest and return to her father in Bethlehem. This is a picture of the Minneapolis meeting of 1888, where the opportunity to receive the message of justification by faith was missed.
After four months, the priest, accompanied by a servant and two donkeys, arrives in Bethlehem where he reconciles with his daughter-in-law because he had spoken well with her. She leads him into her father's home. Four months represent one hundred and twenty years after Minneapolis, a time when justification by faith begins to be preached again in full light. The priest, the servant, and the donkeys represent the prophesied movement of awakening and reform within the Seventh-day Adventists. Besides having a calling to the priesthood and a servant, these people also possess both positive and negative characteristics of donkeys. They pray for justification by faith, which brings them into close communion with the Father.
For three days, the father hosts the priest, wanting to treat him well, to be cheerful, to eat and drink together. The priest fails to leave his father-in-law's home even on the fourth day, and only on the fifth, when the day is well advanced, does he set off for his home with his entourage. They pass by Jerusalem, which is a Jebusite city, still not belonging to Israel. The priest refuses the servant's suggestion to stay there for the night; he wants to go further to one of the Israeli cities before night falls.
God's chosen ones had to undergo the experience that is symbolically described here. They were to enjoy the fruits of renewed communion with God, to be spiritually nourished and strengthened, preparing for the tasks that await them, to be joyful while learning the life of faith, power, and Sabbath rest, which are the fruits of justification. At one moment, they felt it was time for action, but God held them back for another year. When they finally begin to go public, it seems that they do so prematurely, which is a sign that they are still under the influence of achieving righteousness through their own deeds.
It also seems that they are late, as they live in a time when the end of grace for the Advent people is approaching. The message of justification by faith completely bypasses the official Church of Seventh-day Adventists, the earthly Jerusalem, which is full of pagans who do not know the righteousness of faith.
The priest comes to the Gava of the sons of Benjamin, and there he finds darkness, but as in the life of Christ's parents, no one offers him a place to stay. An old man, also a newcomer among the sons of Benjamin, returns from the fields and invites him to his home. The priest accepts and assures him that he has enough food for himself, his wife, and the donkeys. The old man is very hospitable and cares for his guests, fearing they might spend the night outside. That night, the wicked people of that city repeat the history of Sodom. They want to do evil to the priest, who, fearing for his life, brings his concubine outside, offering her to the lawless men, so they would leave him alone. "And her master arose in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, behold, the woman his concubine lay at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold."
This threshold is the place of the greatest spiritual fall in holy history. Justification by faith died at our threshold, at our doors, on the steps of our churches, pleading with outstretched hands toward us.
After the chosen individuals decided to present justification by faith to those they deemed worthy of the name Israel, they encountered great darkness and coldness from the people. Among them, however, were a few rare individuals who had the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom, who faithfully performed their work in the Lord's vineyard.
These people exposed themselves to danger in order to help those who were called to the work of revival and reform. The chosen ones failed to preserve what was entrusted to them because their personal interests came first. They coldly betrayed their faith, intending to continue on their own path.
After bringing the dead virgin home, the priest cut her into twelve pieces with a knife and sent them to the twelve tribes of Israel.
This is a picture of the work that remains to be done. Since the opportunity to testify with living faith, as it should have been, was missed, all that remains is to inform all people who love God about what has died and in what manner. It is necessary to publicly announce what crime has occurred in order to gather strength and cleanse the evil that has crept into Israel, God's people. The constant rejection of faith and the preaching of deeds have brought our people to a state worse than Sodom. Those who are the best among us are still not good enough, not even at the level of an average decent worldly person.
And whoever sees this says: Nothing like this has been done or seen since the children of Israel came out of Egypt until today. Consider this and weigh it and speak.
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