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Ancient Prophets Spoke More for Our Day Than Their Own
Did ancient prophets speak more for our time than for their own?
Show me Ellen White’s statement about profits of old and how it is more for end time than when they spoke
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The ancient prophets actually spoke less for their own time than they did for our current day, right before the end of the world.
📜 Prophets for the Last Days
God inspired these holy men of old to record visions, warnings, and promises that have special application for those living in the last days. When we study the Old Testament, we discover that its prophecies and counsels are entirely in force for us today.
Written for Our Admonition: The experiences of God's people in ancient times were recorded as an example for our admonition, specifically for those upon whom the ends of the world are come 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Ministering to Our Time: The apostle Peter noted that the prophets searched diligently into the salvation and grace that was to come, revealing that they were ministering not to themselves but directly to us 1 Peter 1:12.
A Guide for Today: As we navigate the perils of the last days, the ancient prophetic writings serve as a vital guide, providing the comfort, instruction, and spiritual influences needed to walk with God just as Enoch did.
It is truly an encouraging thought to realize that God had you and our generation in mind centuries ago when He gave these messages to His prophets! May this inspire you to study His Word with fresh joy and purpose. 🌟
Never are we absent from the mind of God. God is our joy and our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonit...
...nsamples; and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” The prophets spoke less for their own time than for the ages which have followed, and for our own day. Peter says: “Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prop...
...assurance that the Lord would graciously receive and bless them, and would heal their backslidings. Some of the writings of these prophets have a special application to the time in which we live. They wrote of things which should “come to pass in the last days,” or in the “time of the end.” Isaiah 2:2Daniel 12:4
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- 7MR 417.1Manuscript Releases, vol. 7 [Nos. 419-525]
- ST April 2, 1896, par. 10The Signs of the Times
- CET 239.2Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White