08_03 The Final Elijah

The next few documents chronicle our involvement in this momentous time,
if we would serve God!
Document #08_03, The Final Elijah, puts you and I in prophecy! The Kingdom of Jesus is developing before our very eyes!

Scripture: Malachi 4:5,6.

Title: The Final Elijah

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”

You, every Seventh-day Adventist Christian, you, and I, are that Elijah of the final days of the end time; very, very, soon now. And this may also surprise you; you, at least most of the adults, are already prepared for the job!

What is that job? Do you know? Are you preparing for it? Let’s explore it and see how ready we are!

Turn to 1st Kings, chapter 18. The writer of the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi, is referring us to this Bible epic. As you find 1st Kings, chapter 18, allow me to refresh your recollection of the story with a few previous verses:

“And Ahab (who was the next one in the line of the kings of the ten tribes called Israel) the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord, above all that were before him…He took to wife Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him, and reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria.”

“And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Giliad, said unto Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.'” Chapter 18, then, begins this way: “And it came to pass after many days, that the Word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.”

So now we arrive at our text: 1st Kings 18:17 to 21.(read) Many of you have read and shown this Bible Story to your children from the Bible Story Books. Children, isn’t this story a vivid one in your memory? Remember how Elijah made the so-
called prophets of Baal build an altar and put on wood for a fire, and a sacrifice animal on it, but made them call on their so-called god to light the fire? Wasn’t it funny, later in the day, how Elijah taunted them when nothing happened? “Cry aloud,” he said; “maybe Baal is busy, or perhaps sleeping, and must be awakened!”
Finally, near the end of the day, at the time of the evening sacrifice at Jerusalem, in the Temple there, Elijah asked God to burn his prepared sacrifice, even though it was first soaked with water, three times, at his own request! Look to vs. 36 to 39 (read). The fire from God burned up the sacrifice, the stone altar, and even licked up the water!

Then Elijah went up to the top of the mountain, and prayed for the rain to come, and the sign that we know will appear when Jesus comes back to earth, was given – a small cloud like a man’s hand arose on the horizon and very soon filled the whole heavens; and boy did it rain!
Now don’t close your Bible on this story yet. We must note a couple of things before we go back to Malachi.
Verse 18 (read).
As had the king, what had the people done? They had all forsaken the Ten Commandments of the Lord, and followed Baalim. They had been led by the king and queen into idol worship! Idols of Baal and worship places called groves had been put everywhere for the people to worship Baal, a Pagan god. Now: please turn to Exodus chapter 20.

What are God’s first two Commandments? Let’s say them together, shall we? Exodus 20, V.3.
“Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. And the second? Thou shalt not
make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate Me: But showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My Commandments.”

Why are you certain that you are attending the right church, out of so many denominations?

Why aren’t you a Baptist, or a Pentecostal, or any of the other denominations? It’s because Jesus says, in Revelation, that His remnant people who truly follow Him keep His Commandments, and have His testimony to guide them (Rev.12:17). And again, yes twice, Jesus identified His true followers. In Rev.14:12, Jesus says, “Here is the patience of the saints, here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” – that is, faith in the Word of God, the Bible.

Would you worship any idol? Never! You know that they are false gods, made by men to draw you away from worshipping God the Father and Jesus, our Creator, and will cause people to worship the “beast” and his image, and receive his “mark” of his power.

The whole world is drawn after the “beast” even now. His idol, those little idols of Mary all over our land and everywhere in the world, Jesus has told us in Rev. 13, will be received by all of these denominations very soon, especially right here in North
America, where so many Protestants think it will never happen in their denomination! I myself was astounded, when a lady who was an Anglican, which is the church of Protestant England, revealed to me that that church now openly worships Mary! The woman reads her Bible, and she left her church because she refused to worship “that idol,” because of the first two Commandments!

People in all of these denominations don’t even know that they have for many centuries been receiving the “mark of the beast.” A recent poll of the people who live in the so-called Bible belt of America, revealed that, in general, the people can bring to mind only three of the Commandments of God – Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, and thou shalt not steal. The Commandments, all of them, define sin! (1st John 3:4) How can they avoid being led into sinning against God if they don’t know the Commandments?

Do you and I have a job to do for Jesus? Who will tell them that Babylon, the deceiver church, and her daughters, all the other churches that are breaking God’s fourth Commandment, are fallen spiritually? They actually aren’t worshipping the true God, because those who worship the Creator keep His Commandments, don’t
they? (1 John 2, verse 4) Those who worship the Creator remember the Sabbath, set aside by Jesus to commemorate His identity as Creator God!

It is His sign, and the sign of our loyalty to Him, our Creator God!

Who, like Elijah, will call these deceived people to keep God’s Commandments, all of them, and turn their hearts back again to Jesus the Creator? When Elijah prayed to God to burn the sacrifice on his altar, they all found out who was truly God! Let’s
read it in 1st Kings 18: 37 and 38. (read)

Wait a minute: look at the end of verse 37 again. “…thou hast turned their heart back again.” Where have we read of “turning hearts back again?” It was Malachi, wasn’t it? Let’s leave 1st Kings now, and go to Malachi chapter 4. This time, we will include verse 4.

Malachi 4: 4-6 – the last page of the Old Testament. (read),

Notice v.4. In this context, the time just before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, what Law should we remember? The Commandments of God, given to Moses on Mount Sinai, here called Horeb. That is an important part of our Message to God’s people who are still in Babylon.

Now let’s focus in on v.6. (read) Fathers, how long has it been since you read the Bible Story of Elijah to your children? Children, how long has TV taken all of your time, and kept you from sitting beside your Dad, asking him to read to you the story
which must be the focus of your job for our Saviour and Friend, Jesus?

I, in Christ’s stead, am exhorting all of you to turn your hearts, once again. Fathers, turn your hearts away from those TV programs and sports, and focus your heart on Jesus and on your children.

Children, turn your hearts to your fathers. Ask them to prepare you for your job, so that you will be able to serve Jesus as Elijah did. The great and dreadful day of the Lord is close at hand!

Parents, this church has prepared you. Prepare your children. In so doing, your job will also be made more clear to you. Tell them the story of Elijah, again and again. Each time, tie to it the testimony of Jesus from Revelation and Daniel, a different part each time.

Emphasize how they must teach people to remember God’s Commandments. Reveal to them the 4 “beasts” of Daniel and the fifth of Rev. 13. There is the “beast” they must not worship, nor his “image,” and must not receive his “mark” (the sign of his power) the change of the Sabbath Commandment. Reveal to them America in prophecy in the latter half of Rev.13. And take them through the warnings of Jesus in Rev.14 and Rev.18.

Jesus asks each one of us to do this, both fathers and children: and even also mothers, where they are a single parent. Mothers, all of you who have your children’s father at home, Jesus wants you to encourage your husband to do this, to turn his heart to his children. And children, don’t let dad refuse you. This may be the
means of turning his heart to you, especially if you have felt distance between you and your Dad.

The day of the Lord Jesus is close at hand. We are to “prepare the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight.” We are those who will “lay the axe to the root of the trees not of His planting.” (See Isaiah 61:3, Mt.15:12-14) – the fallen denominations.

Yes, we are to be the Elijah God sends just before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, when He comes. We are to challenge the people of our area of this land, saying,
“How long do you intend to vacillate between two opinions? If the Bible is not fully the Word of God, then go ahead and keep the commandments of the “beast” and worship his image.

But if the Bible is fully the Word of God, then keep God’s Commandments, as they are written in the Bible. By the faith Jesus had in “it is written,” refuse to bow down and worship the “image of the beast,” as is expressly forbidden in God’s Law. Receive the Sabbath truth, the sign of loyalty to the Creator, who made heaven
and earth and the sea. Refuse to receive the “mark” or sign of the “beast,” the changed Sabbath, changed by the “beast” to the Pagan Sunday.”

Brothers and sisters, this will lay the axe to the root of the trees not of the Lord’s planting – the churches of Babylon and her daughters, who have been and are being deceived by Satan into idol worship! The whole idol worship sin of ancient Israel came to its climax with Elijah, and was shown to be a hoax! There is no God but the Creator, and He is Jesus Himself, according to Scriptures such as Hebrews Chapter 1, verses 1 to 3!

So there’s our job. Are you ready? Are you ready to be the Elijah God has called, to challenge your friends and neighbours?

The time of the “loud cry” is almost upon us. When are you going to gather the gems of truth for these days together and make them yours, so that you personally can be an Elijah? Jesus has called all of us out of Babylon and into His marvelous truth for that purpose!

You have been to many evangelistic meetings, and have been shown the many parts of our Message. But you must be able to explain each part to others. You will be calling people out of Babylon, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen! and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird!” (No dove there!) People, the apparition of Mary at Fatima in Portugal, in 1917, and nearly 2000 times since, world-wide, are the work of the devil, and are foul spirits, by which the “beast” is deceiving the whole world!

You will be calling people out of Babylon, in Christ’s name, saying, “Come out of her, My people, says the Lord, so that you won’t partake of her sins, and so that you won’t have to receive of her plagues!” – Rev. 18:1-4.

It is my prayer that Jesus will turn your hearts to your children, and the hearts of your children to their fathers, even this very Sabbath afternoon. There’s no better time to begin to make the Elijah message your own, as well as their own.

I have spent some years organizing our Message into a series of pamphlets that can be photocopied for your self-education.

If you have today become serious, in your heart, about preparing yourself to be an Elijah, and would like copies of this series for yourself, simply access www.propheciesofjesus.com. It is often #1 on Google!

If you don’t generally use Google as your search engine, just type in Google in your search engine, then www.propheciesofjesus.com on it.

If you don’t have access to a computer and the internet, go to the Library. They have computers there for your use, and will show you how to access propheciesofjesus.com to download (or simply read) each document of prophetic truth.

Now, answer yourself. Hasn’t this church, through the evangelistic campaigns you have gone to, prepared the way for you to take up the work of being an Elijah of the last days? If you teach the Message to your children, they too will be prepared to serve Jesus as Elijah prophets! Turn your heart to your children! It’s what Jesus wants you to do!

Father God: Help us to be real parents to our children, the way you are our loving Father. Help us to be families first, above anything else. Get our priorities straight! In the name of Jesus we ask it, and for the sake of His developing kingdom in our lives. Amen, and Amen.

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