Monday, May 23, 2016

Josiah & Glimpses of the Great Controversy

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah,
2 Kings 22:3
 
 
God's Law Rediscovered by His people---it was among them the whole though had lost sight of it.
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe,
 I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:15
 
* And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,
that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place,
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent.
* And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God,
 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:14,17
(Notice that *during the 1260 year persecution God's people are NOT IDENTIFIED as Commandment keepers----because they haven't rediscovered the whole Law even though it was among them through the ages. *But the Remnant group at the end are identified as Commandment keepers---for they have found the breach in the wall of His Law--the Sabbath, and repaired it, ... --and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, 2 Kings 22:5)
 
Q: Where was the book to be read?/A: To all the people {3 Angel's Message}
And the king went up into the house of the LORD,
and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him,
 and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people,
both small and great:
and he read in their ears all the words of the book
of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 23:2

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,
Revelation 14:6
 
They had a prophetess, Hulda, who gave them guidance on what they discovered
Go, enquire of the LORD for me,
and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah,
concerning the words of the book that is found: ...
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed,
 went to Huldah the prophetess, ...keeper of the wardrobe;.....
..and they spake to her to that effect.
2 Chronicles 34:21,22

the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God,
and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.....
....worship God:
for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Revelation 12:17/19:10
 
The Wrath to be poured out
....concerning the words of the book that is found:
 for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us,
because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD,
 to do after all that is written in this book.
2 Chronicles 34:21
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,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
Revelation 14:9,10