Who is the Remnant and what brings about the formation of the remnant in the SDA church

Isaiah 10:20-22 KJV Remnant Escape From the house of Jacob ( 12 Tribes of Israel/ the church)

[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of

the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the

Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. [21] The remnant shall return, even the remnant of

Jacob, unto the mighty God. [22] For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet

a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

Isaiah 1:8-9 KJV Remnant is Small

[8] And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of

cucumbers, as a besieged city. [9] Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small

remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Revelation 12:17 KJV Remnant Comes after the war

[17] 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.

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Amos 9:8-12 KJV Remnant remains , shaft blown away  

[8] Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off

the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. [9]

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is

sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. [10] All the sinners of my

people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. [11] In that

day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof;

and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: [12] That they may possess

the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that

doeth this.

Ezra 9:8-9 KJV Remnant renew the house of God. Remnant Repairs the Desolation and rebuilds the walls or the breach. 

[8] And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a

remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our

eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. [9] For we were bondmen; yet our God hath

not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of

Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations

thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 1:21-28 KJV The Renewed house a Righteous city ,a faithful city, transgressors destroyed and they that forsake the lord consumed,

[21] How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it;

but now murderers. [22] Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: [23] Thy

princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after

rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

[24] Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of

mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: [25] And I will turn my hand upon thee,

and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: [26] And I will restore thy judges

as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city

of righteousness, the faithful city. [27] Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her

converts with righteousness. [28] And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners

shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Romans 11:1-5 KJV  Those that DO NOT bow are the remnant.

[1] I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed

of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. [2] God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.

Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel,

saying, [3] Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left

alone, and they seek my life. [4] But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to

myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. [5] Even so

then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Statement :

"God has promised that where the shepherds are not true He will take charge of the flock

Himself. God has never made the flock wholly dependent upon human instrumentalities. But the

days of purification of the church are hastening on apace. God will have a people pure and

true. In the mighty sifting soon to take place we shall be better able to measure the

strength of Israel. The signs reveal that the time is near when the Lord will manifest that His fan

is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor." – {5T 79.4}

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Matthew 3:11-12 KJV The sifting is the purging of the floor

[11] I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier

than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with

fire: [12] Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat

into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

What are some of the tools in the purging of the floor or the sifting of Israel the church?

Heresies 

God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will

sift them, separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word

to awake out of sleep. Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. It is Bible truth,

showing the perils that are right upon us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the

Scriptures, and a most critical examination of the positions which we hold. – {CW 40.1}

Temptations

To all the testing time will come. By the sifting of temptation the genuine Christian will be

revealed. Are the people of God now so firmly established upon His word that they would not

yield to the evidence of their senses? Would they, in such a crisis, cling to the Bible and the Bible

only? Satan will, if possible, prevent them from obtaining a preparation to stand in that day.

He will so arrange affairs as to hedge up their way, entangle them with earthly treasures,

cause them to carry a heavy, wearisome burden, that their hearts may be overcharged with

the cares of this life and the day of trial may come upon them as a thief. – {GC 625.3}

Those that are afraid disqualified themselves from being in the remnant

Judges 7:1-3 KJV

[1] Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and

pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of

them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. [2] And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are

with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt

themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. [3] Now therefore go to,

proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return

and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two

thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

More on the fearful

8But 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.

Sifting by a serious sense of Duty

Judges 7:4-8 KJV

[4] And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the

water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This

shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall

not go with thee, the same shall not go. [5] So he brought down the people unto the water: and

the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog

lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to

drink. [6] And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three

hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. [7]

And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and

deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his

place. [8] So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the

rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host

of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

Time and events sorounding the emerging or revealing of the remnant of Israel

Isaiah 10:1,5-6,12-13,15, 20-22 KJV

Verse 1- the time of the Decree- Sunday Law time period. 

[1] Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they

have prescribed; 

Verse 5- Tghe Asserians / Babylonians the instrument of judgment on unfaithful Israel.

[5] O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine

indignation. [6] I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my

wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them

down like the mire of the streets.

[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon

mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria,

and the glory of his high looks. [13] For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it , and

by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have

robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: [15] Shall the axe

boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him

that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff

should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Then the Remnant is seen after the war after the decree 

[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped

of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon

the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. [21] The remnant shall return, even the remnant of

Jacob, unto the mighty God. [22] For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a

remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

[24] Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not

afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee,

after the manner of Egypt.

Thus persecution is and instrument a tool that bring about the Remnant.

"Much so-called Christianity passes for genuine, faithful soundness, but it is because those who

profess it have no persecution to endure for the truth’s sake. When the day comes when the

law of God is made void, and the church is sifted by the fiery trials that are to try all that

live upon the earth, a great proportion of those who are supposed to be genuine will give

heed to seducing spirits, and will turn traitors and betray sacred trusts. They will prove our

very worst persecutors. “Of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw

away disciples after them;” and many will give heed to seducing spirits. – {6BC 1065.1}

The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul. The mark of the beast will

be urged upon us. Those who have step by step yielded to worldly demands and conformed

to worldly customs will not find it a hard matter to yield to the powers that be, rather than

subject themselves to derision, insult, threatened imprisonment, and death. The contest is

between the commandments of God and the commandments of men. In this time the gold will

be separated from the dross in the church. True godliness will be clearly distinguished from

the appearance and tinsel of it. Many a star that we have admired for its brilliancy will then go

out in darkness. Chaff like a cloud will be borne away on the wind, even from places where we

see only floors of rich wheat. – {5T 81.1}

No Guile found in the mouth of the Remnant.

Zephaniah 3:13 KJV

[13] The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful

tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them

afraid.

Revelation 14:1,4-5 KJV

[1] And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and

four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. [4] These are they which

were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb

whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God

and to the Lamb. [5] And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before

the throne of God.

By Ryan Dollabaile

The Latter Rain Promised Series. A Series of written StudyiesEvery Seventh Day Adventist should look into

I have posted some studies that i have written up too long to blog call  "The Latter Rain Promised.
I hope you would look on the top right hand corner and find the links to PDFs of these pertinent truths for us at this time in earths History. Please go through them diligently with bible in hand. Test these things like Bereans to see if they are so, Challenge them if necessary. If they be truth share as you see the need.   Perfect peace and at Such a time

 Earl Belfast.aka Royalblood

Righteousness By Faith in the Prophetic Message

PART1 PART2 PART3

The Work of Satan among Proffessed Believers

I have noticed that some ministers as well as some ordinary members look upon those seeking a higher and a holy walk as " More Holy than thou" .
This is the title given to those striving  to follow Christ in all particulars.

This is training ground for the coming struggle.

• Foottmen = Persecution from our own people.
• Horsemen= Persecution from Protestants.
• Swelling of the Jordan= Catholic persecution by incarceration and death.

Ellen white says pointedly : "When we reach the standard that the Lord would have us reach, worldlings will regard Seventh-day Adventists as odd, singular, straight-laced extremists. "We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men."  {RH, January 9, 1894 par. 10} 

When did the people of God loath so much the peculiarity we were call to have.

Tit_2:14  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1Pe_2:9  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

What's the cause for such attack upon some one who has made it their duty to be obedient  to  counsel from  Biblical direction and Spirit of Prophecy 

The Pen of Ellen White gives the vivid details

  "The word of the Lord came to Elijah; he did not seek to be the Lord's messenger, but the word came to him. God always has men to whom He entrusts His message. His Spirit moves upon their hearts and constrains them to speak. Stimulated by holy zeal, and with the divine impulse strong upon them, they enter upon the performance of their duty without coldly calculating the consequences of speaking to the people the word which the Lord has given them. But the servant of God is soon made aware that he has risked something. He finds himself and his message made the subject of criticism. His manners, his life, his property, are all inspected and commented upon. His message is picked to pieces and rejected in the most illiberal and unsanctified spirit, as men in their finite judgment see fit. Has that message done the work that God designed it should accomplish? No; it has signally failed because the hearts of the hearers were unsanctified. {5Testimony 299.2} 

Good is called Evil and Evil called good even among professed believers.

The bible says about HOLINESS :
1Pet_1:15  But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
1Pet_1:16  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
 2Pe_3:11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

The Bible talks of PERFECTION:
1Ch_29:19  And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
Job_1:8  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Mat_5:48  Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Luk_6:40  The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
2Ti 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Comparing one self with others

One of the reasons that those who strive to live the peculiar life are looked down upon is simply this.
Human beings like to compare themselves with others.
Our standard, our template is Christ alone, character is evident by fruits: Luk_6:43  For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
To compare oneself even in the heart with another is dangerous ; 2Co_10:12  For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 
Many of Gods people ridicule if not openly behind close doors the perceive radical reformed life that every Seventh Day Adventist should have to minimise the the hardness of their own hearts to follow Christ and not the world. It is a diversion tactic, It is the way to make little of your own disobedience by trying to magnify the following of God's principles, God's standards as extremes in other parties.

Prophecy in connection with Behold the Lamb makes the triumphant life the focal point.
The present truth message does make one stand up and take notice of his or her own life. Taking the beam out of the others eyes is not the priority of a converted soul. For a soul under the currents of conversion is very aware of his weakness and his state of being undone .
Knowing by hard biblical evidence that we are in the JUDGEMENT of the LIVING and the closing scenes of earth's history are unfolding surely is design to wake up a lukewarm Laodicean from carnal slumber.
Those who believe firmly the truth of  Daniel 11:40-45( The healing of the Papal deadly wound),The Gathering time message,the trumpets of Rev9 and 11(arrival of the sprinkling of the latter rain signal by islam ),The repeat of Millerite History in our time and much more are driven to seek a closer walk with Christ. Such an individual is ever aware that the understanding of the mystery of iniquity and the experience of the mystery of Godliness is to part and parcel of the daily living.
It is the message for the hour the 3rd angel that gives them the impetus to cooperate with the Holy Spirit fully ,putting away all filthiness of the flesh,perfect holiness in the fair of the lord a priority.

Gods professed people are in Danger of repeating the mistake of the Jews in Christ time.
Many of God's humble servants, those distrustful of self at this time are called many names.The hatred of those within or among us is kindle quietly in the heart of the rejecter /enemy of truth. A satanic marasma beclouds the mind,it replaces soberness; spiritual blindness advance from stage to stage. An increase in ceremony takes the place of settling into truth (sealing ) and a form of Godliness mix with a flavour of worldly pleasure and pursuit takes centre stage among the brethren. And the angel of the Lord says again to the faithful " Eze_8:6  Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

Christian Comedy Festival

The evidence is there to be seen in worldly activities labelled with the word Christian put before it.
There are many reason for this,the Bible makes it very clear .Those that come face to face with light upon rejecting it they sink into more and more darkness.Isaiah 66:1-4 shows that those who reject evidence pile upon evidence of  advancing light receive "strong delusions because when God called none did answer,When God spoke none did hear,but choose what He (God) delight not."

In the Famous 2Thess 2  the principle is repeated as Isa66:1-4 it says :

Christian fashion show

2Th 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

And so in the life and light that messengers bring to the professed people of God,Those rejecters of such light and the reformed lifestyle protest by way of word and deed. This is done in the attempt to paint them as Puritans,Separatist,Overzealous,Extremist,Queer Straight-laced and much more derogatory colourful language.

Will it be too late for many ?
Many will soon understand the work needed to be done in the life to face a righteous God takes time and severe warfare. the flesh and the spirit wareth with each other ,Holy writ says : Rom_8:5  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 
Gal_5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Jas_4:1  From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Paul exclaim again : Rom_7:24  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Christ in you the Hope of Glory has a deadline
All the above scripture tells me that a fierce battle with self,Self exaltation,lust of the eyes ,lust of the flesh ,the pride of life is a never ceasing battle in the mind of every single believer.

When Would victory be gain ? Will it be gained in the times of trouble,will it be gain when intercession cease?
Will it be Gain when Michael stands up Dan 12:1. Am afraid that will be too late.

It is time that Gods people cease from watching others enter into the strait gate and they themselves enter there in.
If only We can understand the how the mind of Christ was lost at Eden and God seeks to give back those who so desire His Holy vision,His character. A partial gospel will not do this work, An "Evengelical "gospel will not do this work, a feel good gospel that make light of sin will not do this work.
When God's people see through the eyes of the prophets that this controversy is for real,that we are in the time of its closing,that Christ the Sun of Righteousness has done the work to give us the victory and the TITLE,now we must do the heart-work to have the FITNESS to enter therein.

The offer has been extended to Laodicean,many are aware of the offer has been extended,but do not understand the time and the details of the offer. Prophecy shows us the time and the season ,righteousness by faith is the experience.Gold ,White Raiment ,Eye-salve is offered in Rev3:18. Will you buy?

Going once ...1stAngel message,Going twice 2nd Angel message ,Going three times 3rdAngel message.
Gods people also must experience the Everlasting gospel of the 1st ,2nd,3rd angel's messages before they can preach it to the world.


The prophet of the Lord says :

"The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.--Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 11.  {ChS 52.2} 

"A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you." I believe with all my heart that the Spirit of God is being withdrawn from the world, and those who have had great light and opportunities and have not improved them, will be the first to be left. They have grieved away the Spirit of God.
 {3Selected Messages 154.1}