THE EMERGENCE OF THE 144.000 ELECTS OF GOD, TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF LATTER RAIN In regard to the coming outpouring of the Spirit of latter rain, the servant of the Lord, Mrs. Ellen G. White said : “The commencement of that time of trouble ……does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. AT THAT TIME ‘the latter rain’, or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out.” --- Early Writings, pp. 85, 86. AT THAT TIME, at the commencement of that time of trouble in the future, prior to the seven last plagues to be poured out to the earth, THE SPIRIT OF LATTER RAIN will come. At that time all the events of the Day of the first Pentecost would again be brought to view .The power of that Spirit of latter rain, would fully sustain the loud cry of the third angel’s message to be proclaimed unto all the world, to speed up the accomplishment of the work of salvation in a very short period. We may certainly ask the following question : Who are those in the future to be commissioned by the Lord Jesus to accomplish the work unto all the world ? The answer is clear, that only those who are to be given the Spirit that have the right to act in the last work of salvation to the world. The servant of the Lord has warned : “No one of us will ever received the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the Day of Pentecost.” – 5 Testimonies, p. 214. . It is now clear that the angel of Revelation 18 : 1 which has united his voice with the third angel of Revelation 14 ever since 1929, that has produced the loud cry of the third angel message. And this is the message that has prepared the special company of the 144.000 elects of God to receive the seal of God on their foreheads, prior to their deliverance to the Palestine to stand with the Lamb on the mount Sion. And now in the time of the end, during this time of preparation , let us observe carefully the word of the Lord through His servant Ellen. G. White, when she said : “Especially in the closing work for the church, IN THE SEALING TIME OF THE 1 4 4. 0 0 0 , who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration ( Ezekiel 9 ) of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand.” --- 3 Testimonies, p. 266. From all the people of God now living in this time of the end, there are only 144.000 elects of God, to receive the outpouring of Spirit of latter rain in the future. This is the special company who are to be sealed from among several millions Seventh-Day Adventists in their respective churches, prior to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem, Palestine. And then they will go unto all the inhabitants of the world to proclaim the Sabbath more fully. This is shown to Sister White in her following testimony : “I saw that God had children who do not see and keep the Sabbath. They have not rejected the light upon it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble , we were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully.“ --- Early Writings, p. 85. Happy Sabbath...
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