The Opening Heavens Or A Connected View Of The Testimony Of The Prophets And Apostles

"The Opening Heavens or a Connected View of the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles" by Joseph Bates. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

In presenting the following subject to the consideration of whom it may concern, I would here state that the two leading motives which have actuated and guided me through this absorbing subject has been--first, the truth of God to encourage and strengthen the true-believer. Second, to correct, or "rebuke" the spiritual views, (may I not say of almost all Christendom,) in respect to the appearing and kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Twenty-one years observation and experience, but more especially the last seven, in pursuit of this object, has taught me that truth is the only thing that can save the soul. But the great mass of the professed Christian world seem to pay no more regard to it than their great Predecessor, who said unto the Saviour "what is truth?" when he had just said to him that he "came into the world to bear witness unto the truth, and every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice." Jesus in his last prayer for his disciples asks the Father to sanctify them through the truth. "Thy word is truth." St. John. Again, he saith. "The Spirit is truth." The forerunner of Christ said, "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." Jesus says, "I am not come to destroy the law or the prophets; but to fulfil, for verily I say unto you till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law until all be fulfilled." Matthew. Then of course man is required to believe "and live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Third, thousands who have been looking for the personal appearing of the Lord Jesus from heaven in these last days, have in their disappointment about his coming, given up the only Scriptural view, and are now teaching that he has come in spirit and this is all we shall ever see of him here. One single passage from the Saviour's last words, when about to leave the world in the flesh, ought to have rectified any such mistake: "And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world," meaning of course, his spirit. But I submit the subject. Fairhaven, May 8, 1846. Joseph Bates.

This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventhday Adventist interchurch relations – a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been underresearched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics – such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism.

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Throughout the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, opposers have criticized the claims of Ellen G, White to divine revelation, also her personal life and character. In this volume the author examines and refutes all the principal objections. Francis D. Nichol examines the charges brought against Ellen G. White by her detractors, both in her alleged contradictions of Bible doctrine and in her personal conduct, in a concise, factual manner. - 1. Mrs White and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2. A Life Sketch of Mrs White, 3. Mrs. White and Bible Prophets in Vision, 4. Medical Facts Concerning Certain Nervous Maladies, 5. Certain Nervous-Disorder Proofs Examined, 6. What Do Adventist Claim for Mrs White's Writings?, 7. The Astronomy Vision, 8. The Predictions of the 1856 Vision, 9. The Civile War Predictions, 10. The Tower of Babel, 11. No Antidote for Strychnine, 12. The Reform Dress, 13. A Sketch of Early Adventist History, 14. The Shut-Door Charge Examined, 15. Mrs White Taught Probation Still Lingers, 16. Time Setting-The Seven-Year Theory, 17. Did Mrs White Suppress some of Her Writings?, 18. The Image Beast and 666, 19. Mrs White's Attitutde Toward Other Churches, 20. Amalgamation of Man and Beast, 21. Rome Alone-An Alleged Contradiction, 22. The Ignorant Slave--Slavery Until Second Advent, 23. Did God Deceive the Advent Movement in 1843?, 24. Did Mrs White Break a Promise, 25. The Time to Begin the Sabbath, 26. Did Mrs White Contradict Herself Regarding Sabbath-keeping?, 27. Mrs White's Teaching on Healthful Living, 28.fMrs White's Literary Borrowings, 29. That Threatened Lawsuit, 30. Literary Borrowings and Inspiration, 31. Did Mrs White's Secretaries Write Her Books