The Rejected 1888 Message of Jones and Waggoner

Mesajul prezentat de A. T. Jones și E. J. Waggoner la conferința din Minneapolis din 1888 a fost cu adevărat solia lui Dumnezeu către biserica Laodiceană, trimisă pentru a pregăti un popor să stea în picioare în ziua Domnului15MR 22.1+1. Deși mulți au primit razele de lumină cu bucurie, liderii din acea vreme au manifestat un spirit de rezistență și prejudecată, tratând solia și solii cu sarcasm și ridicolMMM 336.1+1. Această opoziție a împiedicat revărsarea puterii Duhului Sfânt și a făcut ca lucrarea de reformă să fie mult mai dificilă, deoarece inimi "reci ca oțelul" au refuzat să se plece în fața dovezilor cerești16MR 228.1+1. Domnul a lucrat prin acești oameni pentru a scoate la lumină adevărul despre neprihănirea prin credință, care fusese pierdut din vedere sub "gunoiul formalității"8MR 277.3+1. Este esențial să înțelegem că respingerea acestui mesaj nu a fost o simplă divergență de opinii, ci o insultă la adresa Duhului lui Dumnezeu, o atitudine asemănătoare cu cea a fariseilor din zilele lui Hristos15MR 83.1+1.

... people. No one shines by his own light. The Lord God almighty and the Lamb are the lights thereof. The message given us by A. T. Jones, and E. J. Waggoner is the message of God to the Laodicean church, and woe be unto anyone who professes to believe the truth and yet does not reflect to others the G...— 1888 1052.2 (1987)

...out them, that they are one, that no variance should be seen in these two instrumentalities of God. They are one and they must remain one, breathing the same spirit, exercised in the same work, to prepare a people to stand in the day of the Lord, one in faith, one...— 15MR 22.1 (1990)

...epent of their sin will, if circumstances permit, repeat the same actions. I know that at that time the Spirit of God was insulted, and now when I see anything approaching to the same course of action, I am exceedingly pained. The...— 15MR 83.1 (1990)

Oh, that all could see this and embrace the message given them of God! He has raised up His servants to present truth that, because it involves lifting the cross, has been lost sight of, and is buried beneath the rubbish of ...— 8MR 277.3 (1990)

...norance, through perverted ideas, they have had all the opportunity God will ever give them to know He has given these men [A. T. Jones and E. J. Waggoner] a work to do, and a message to bear which is present truth for this time. They knew that wherever this message comes its fruits are good. A vigor and a vital ...— 12MR 204.1 (1990)

...I want you to see and confess your errors. You did unite with those who resisted the Spirit of God. You had all the evidence that you needed that the Lord was working through Brethren Jones and Waggoner; but you did not receive the light; and after the feelings indulged, the words spoken against the truth, you did not feel ready to con...— 1888 1066.2 (1987)

...e the carrying out of the work given me of God to do fifty fold harder than it needed to have been. You have barred my way, but O, how little did you know the real result of your work. This has been opened before me. When you have stated that Sr. White was influenced by W. C. White,...— 6LtMs, Lt 40, 1890, par. 9 (1889)