LITTLE TIME OF TROUBLE - Part #5

THE SDA CHURCH NEEDS MAN AND WOMEN OF FAITH AND PRAYER TODAY, JUST AS ISRAEL OF OLD, NEEDED A MAN OF GOD AS WAS ELIJAH THE TISHBITE, TO CALL THEM TO REPENTANCE! -- Elijah --

--Elijah Prayed for Israel's Repentance—Among the mountains of Gilead, east of the Jordan, there dwelt in the days of Ahab a man of faith and prayer whose fearless ministry was destined to check the rapid spread of apostasy in Israel. Far removed from any city of renown, and occupying no high station in life, Elijah the Tishbite nevertheless entered upon his mission confident in God's purpose to prepare the way before him and to give him abundant success. The word of faith and power was upon his lips, and his whole life was devoted to the work of reform. His was the voice of one crying in the wilderness to rebuke sin and press back the tide of evil. And while he came to the people as a reprover of sin, his message offered the balm of Gilead to the sin-sick souls of all who desired to be healed. As Elijah saw Israel going deeper and deeper into idolatry, his soul was distressed and his indignation aroused. God had done great things for His people. He had delivered them from bondage and given them “the lands of the heathen, ... that they might observe His statutes, and keep His laws.” Psalm 105:44, 45. But the beneficent designs of Jehovah were now well-nigh forgotten. Unbelief was fast separating the chosen nation from the Source of their strength. Viewing this apostasy from his mountain retreat, Elijah was overwhelmed with sorrow. In anguish of soul he besought God to arrest the once-favored people in their wicked course, to visit them with judgments, if need be, that they might be led to see in its true light their departure from Heaven. He longed to see them brought to repentance before they should go to such lengths in evil-doing as to provoke the Lord to destroy them utterly. Elijah's prayer was answered. Oft-repeated appeals, remonstrances, and warnings had failed to bring Israel to repentance. The time had come when God must speak to them by means of judgments. Inasmuch as the worshipers of Baal claimed that the treasures of heaven, the dew and the rain, came not from Jehovah, but from the ruling forces of nature, and that it was through the creative energy of the sun that the earth was enriched and made to bring forth abundantly, the curse of God was to rest heavily upon the polluted land. The apostate tribes of Israel were to be shown the folly of trusting to the power of Baal for temporal blessings. Until they should turn to God with repentance, and acknowledge Him as the source of all blessing, there should fall upon the land neither dew nor rain.—(Prophets and Kings, 119, 120.) The fear of God was daily growing less in Israel. The blasphemous tokens of their blind idolatry were to be seen among the Israel of God. There were none who dared to expose their lives by openly standing forth in opposition to the prevailing blasphemous idolatry. The altars of Baal, and the priests of Baal who sacrificed to the sun, moon, and stars, were conspicuous everywhere. They had consecrated temples and groves, wherein was placed the work of men's hands to worship. The benefits which God gave to this people called forth from them no gratitude to the Giver. For all the bounties of Heaven, the running brooks, and streams of living waters, the gentle dew, and showers of rain to refresh the earth, and to cause their fields to bring forth abundantly, they ascribed to the favor of their gods. Elijah's faithful soul was grieved. His indignation was aroused, and he was jealous for the glory of God. He saw that Israel was plunged into fearful apostasy. He was overwhelmed with amazement and grief at the apostasy of the people when he called to mind the great things that God had wrought for them. But all this was forgotten by the majority of the people. He went before God, and with his soul wrung with anguish, plead for Him to save His people if it must be by judgments. He plead with God to withhold from His ungrateful people dew and rain, the treasures of heaven, that apostate Israel might look in vain to their idols of gold, wood, and stone, the sun, moon, and stars, their gods, to water the earth and enrich it, and cause it to bring forth plentifully. God told Elijah He had heard his prayer. He would withhold from His people dew and rain, until they should turn unto Him with repentance.—(The Review and Herald, September 16, 1873.) -- Prayer, by EGWhite - 133.2 to 134.2 --

---Through the long years of drought and famine, Elijah prayed earnestly that the hearts of Israel might be turned from idolatry to allegiance to God. Patiently the prophet waited, while the hand of the Lord rested heavily on the stricken land. As he saw evidences of suffering and want multiplying on every side, his heart was wrung with sorrow, and he longed for power to bring about a reformation quickly. But God Himself was working out His plan, and all that His servant could do was to pray on in faith and await the time for decided action.—(Prophets and Kings, 133.) Elijah an Example of One Who Prevailed Through Earnest Prayer—We should be much in secret prayer. Christ is the vine, ye are the branches. And if we would grow and flourish, we must continually draw sap and nourishment from the Living Vine; for separated from the Vine we have no strength. I asked the angel why there was no more faith and power in Israel. He said, “Ye let go of the arm of the Lord too soon. Press your petitions to the throne, and hold on by strong faith. The promises are sure. Believe ye receive the things ye ask for, and ye shall have them.” I was then pointed to Elijah. He was subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly. His faith endured the trial. Seven times he prayed before the Lord, and at last the cloud was seen. I saw that we had doubted the sure promises, and wounded the Saviour by our lack of faith. Said the angel, “Gird the armor about thee, and above all take the shield of faith; for that will guard the heart, the very life, from the fiery darts of the wicked.” If the enemy can lead the desponding to take their eyes off from Jesus, and look to themselves, and dwell upon their own unworthiness, instead of dwelling upon the worthiness of Jesus, His love, His merits, and His great mercy, he will get away their shield of faith and gain his object; they will be exposed to his fiery temptations. The weak should therefore look to Jesus, and believe in Him; they then exercise faith.—(Early Writings, 73.) God's messengers must tarry long with Him, if they would have success in their work. The story is told of an old Lancashire woman who was listening to the reasons that her neighbors gave for their minister's success. They spoke of his gifts, of his style of address, of his manners. “Nay,” said the old woman, “I will tell you what it is. Your man is very thick with the Almighty.” When men are as devoted as Elijah was and possess the faith that he had, God will reveal Himself as He did then. When men plead with the Lord as did Jacob, the results that were seen then will again be seen. Power will come from God in answer to the prayer of faith.—(Gospel Workers, 255.) Prayer, by EGWhite - 135.1 to 136.2 --

--THE LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL HAVE HIS SERVANTS - THE 144,000 TO ACOMPLISH SIMILAR WORK IN OUR DAYS!

LITTLE TIME OF TROUBLE - Part #4

IT IS AN ABOMINATION! --

-- http://www.catchnews.com/bizarre-news/coronavirus-chinese-woman-eats-bat-soup-in-a-restaurant-scientists-link-to-deadly-virus-bizarre-video-inside-183400.html -- For any honest and true SDA believer to take this medical solution it is an abomination! -- Either you consider your self a conservative, liberal or historical SDA, to take substances injected into your flesh and blood stream, that is a derivative from, or coming from unclean animals, it is condemned by the Bible - the word of God, as an abomination. -- Leviticus 5:2 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. -- Leviticus 11:35 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. -- The following Bible verse has been largely mis interpreted and mis used to excuse the evil eatting habits of unclean meat: Romans 14:14 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. -- To take this and similar verse and construe the doctrine of all things are clean to eat and drink, clean or unclean is ignorance, to say the least, if not defience and rebelion against the God of the Bible! -- Leviticus 11:13 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- Leviticus 20:25 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. -- Proverbs 29:27 | View whole chapter | See verse in context An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. -- Leviticus 7:21 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- Leviticus 11:11 | View whole chapter | See verse in context They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. -- Numbers 19:22 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. -- Leviticus 11:26 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. -- Leviticus 11:34 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. -- Leviticus 15:27 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 11:27 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 11:31 | View whole chapter | See verse in context These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 11:28 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. -- Exodus 8:26 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? -- Leviticus 11:24 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. -- Numbers 19:20 | View whole chapter | See verse in context But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. -- Isaiah 6:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. -- Leviticus 12:2 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. -- Leviticus 15:4 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. -- Leviticus 11:32 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. -- Leviticus 13:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. -- Leviticus 15:20 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. -- Leviticus 11:20 | View whole chapter | See verse in context All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. -- Deuteronomy 25:16 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- Proverbs 24:9 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. -- Proverbs 28:9 | View whole chapter | See verse in context He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. -- Ezekiel 16:50 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. -- Leviticus 11:40 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 11:23 | View whole chapter | See verse in context But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. -- Leviticus 18:22 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. -- Proverbs 3:32 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. -- Proverbs 6:16 | View whole chapter | See verse in context These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: -- Proverbs 17:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. -- Isaiah 41:24 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. -- Leviticus 11:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. -- Leviticus 11:41 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. -- Proverbs 8:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. -- Proverbs 11:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. -- Proverbs 11:20 | View whole chapter | See verse in context They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. -- Proverbs 15:9 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. -- Proverbs 15:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. -- Proverbs 16:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. -- Deuteronomy 13:14 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; -- Genesis 46:34 | View whole chapter | See verse in context That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. -- Isaiah 1:13 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. -- Daniel 11:31 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. -- Revelation 21:27 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. -- Leviticus 7:18 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. -- Deuteronomy 17:4 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: --- Isaiah 66:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in context They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. -- Jeremiah 32:35 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. -- Deuteronomy 27:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. -- Deuteronomy 18:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. -- Proverbs 15:26 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. -- Proverbs 16:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. -- Leviticus 11:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. -- Job 14:4 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. -- Leviticus 11:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: -- Deuteronomy 17:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- Deuteronomy 23:18 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- Deuteronomy 22:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- Proverbs 20:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. -- Deuteronomy 24:4 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. -- Leviticus 10:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; -- Leviticus 11:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- Leviticus 11:6 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- Leviticus 11:39 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:23 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. -- Numbers 19:11 | View whole chapter | See verse in context He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. -- Deuteronomy 14:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. -- Deuteronomy 14:19 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. -- Proverbs 21:27 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? -- Jeremiah 2:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. -- Leviticus 11:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. -- Leviticus 11:25 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:9 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. -- Leviticus 15:16 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:18 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Numbers 19:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. -- Acts 10:14 | View whole chapter | See verse in context But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. -- Deuteronomy 7:25 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. -- Leviticus 11:33 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. -- Leviticus 11:36 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. --- Leviticus 11:38 | View whole chapter | See verse in context But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. -- Leviticus 13:22 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. -- Leviticus 13:46 | View whole chapter | See verse in context All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. - Leviticus 15:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:21 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:33 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. -- 2 Chronicles 23:19 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. -- Isaiah 35:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. -- Acts 11:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. -- Leviticus 14:40 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: -- Leviticus 15:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. --- Leviticus 15:22 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Numbers 6:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. -- Deuteronomy 12:22 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. -- Ezekiel 44:23 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. -- 2 Corinthians 6:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, -- Leviticus 11:29 | View whole chapter | See verse in context These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, -- Leviticus 14:41 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: -- Leviticus 15:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 15:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Leviticus 22:6 | View whole chapter | See verse in context The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. -- Deuteronomy 14:8 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. -- Deuteronomy 15:22 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. -- Isaiah 64:6 | View whole chapter | See verse in context But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. -- Hosea 9:3 | View whole chapter | See verse in context They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. -- Acts 10:28 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. -- Ephesians 5:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. -- Leviticus 15:6 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- Numbers 19:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: -- Haggai 2:14 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.-- ETC. There is more but the above should be suffient evidence. Touching, eatting, injecting, intravenus feeding of unclean meat is an abomination! --

"In purposing that he would not eat the food that the king had provided, Daniel did not desire to be singular; but he was determined to be true to God. As a true Hebrew, he could not eat the meat nor drink the wine. In the food provided for the king's table, were swine's flesh and other foods which were proclaimed unclean by the law given to Moses. Again, a portion of the food, and also of the wine, was set apart as an offering to the false gods of Babylon. According to the religious ideas of the day, this act consecrated the whole to the heathen gods. Daniel and his three brethren thought that if they should not actually partake of the king's bounty, a mere pretense of eating the food and drinking the wine, where such idolatry was practised, would be a denial of their faith. To do this would be to implicate themselves with heathenism, and to dishonor the law of God." Youth Instructor, October 29, 1907 pg 7 What They Might Have Thought Daniel and his companions might have taken the position that because their food and drink was of the king's appointment, it was their duty to partake of it. But they did not do this. As they were brought to the test, they placed themselves fully on the side of truth and righteousness. By earnest prayer and study of the Scriptures, they were prepared to act intelligently in the matter. Flesh meat had not composed their diet in the past, and they determined that it should not come into their diet in the future. From the fate of the sons of Aaron, they knew that the use of wine would confuse their senses, that the indulgence of appetite would becloud their powers of discernment; and as wine had been prohibited to all who should engage in the service of God, they resolved that they would not partake of it. They would not defile themselves with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank. IBID, pgr. 8 The faithful youth knew not what would be the result of their decision; but though they realized that it might cost them their lives, they resolved to keep the path of strict temperance in the courts of the licentious city of Babylon. Daniel and his companions are illustrations of what the young men of today can be. Earnest, whole-souled, these youth would be true to principle at any cost. During the early years of his captivity, Daniel was passing through an ordeal that was to familiarize him with courtly grandeur, with hypocrisy, and with paganism. A strange school indeed to fit him for a life of sobriety, industry, and faithfulness! And yet he lived uncorrupted by this atmosphere of evil. IBID, pgr.9 -- To carry out his purpose not to defile himself with the king's food, Daniel made request of the prince of the eunuchs for a simpler diet. “Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.” This officer saw in Daniel good traits of character. He saw that he was striving to be kind and helpful, that his words were respectful and courteous, and his manner possessed the grace of modesty and meekness. It was the good behavior of the youth that gained for him the favor and love of the prince. But the prince of the eunuchs hesitated to grant the request of Daniel, fearing that such rigid abstinence as he proposed would cause the Hebrews to become less ruddy in health than those who ate of the king's dainties. He said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.” But it was not the luxuries of the king that would give to these youth a clear countenance and bright eye. It was the consciousness of having the approval of God. And Daniel knew that if he and his companions were permitted to adopt a simple diet, by the time they were called to appear before the king, the advantages of health reform would be apparent in their physical health. Daniel pleaded for a ten days’ trial. “Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days,” he said; “and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.” When they preferred their request, the Hebrew youth knew the seriousness of their position, and by earnest prayer they braced themselves for duty and for trial. Severe criticism was passed upon them by their companions; they had to meet ridicule and abuse; but sneers could not weaken their piety. With watchfulness and prayer they guarded every avenue of temptation. They had learned the principles of true service. They were captives, lonely, and in peril; but they were in possession of a treasure of priceless worth,—unbending integrity. They feared to do wrong. “And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and of the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.” The simple pulse and water, which they at first requested, was thereafter the food of Daniel and his companions. From the experience of these Hebrew children, we can learn the precious lesson that the Lord watches over those who place themselves in right relation to him and to his requirements. God regarded with approval the firmness and self-denial of these youth, and his blessing attended them. In Daniel and his companions we have an instance of the triumph of principles over temptation and indulgence of appetite. It shows us that through religious principles young men may triumph over the lusts of the flesh, and remain true to God's requirements, even though it costs them great sacrifice. What young men and women need is Christian heroism. God's Word declares that he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city. To rule the spirit means to keep self under discipline. The youth must not suppose that they can go on living careless and indulgent lives, seeking no preparation for the kingdom of God, and yet in time of trial be able to stand firm for the truth. They need to seek earnestly to bring into their lives the perfection that is seen in the life of the Saviour, so that when Christ shall come, they will be prepared to enter in through the gates into the city of God. God's abounding love and presence in the heart will give the power of self-control, and will mold and fashion the mind and character. The grace of Christ in the life will direct the aims and purposes and capabilities into channels that will give moral and spiritual power—power which the youth will not have to leave in this world, but which they can carry with them into the future life and retain through the eternal ages. -- Mrs. E. G. White Youth Instructor, Nov. 12, 1907 - Pgr. 1-8. -- December 31, 1907 Pgr.1-8 “Them That Honor Me, I Will Honor” -- “As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” -- God always honors the right. The most promising youth from all the lands subdued by the great conqueror had been gathered at Babylon; yet among them all, the Hebrew captives were without a rival. The erect form, the elastic step, the fair countenance, the undimmed senses, the untainted breath,—all were so many certificates of good habits, insignia of the nobility with which nature honors those who are obedient to her laws. During the past three years the youthful Hebrews had been gaining other wisdom than the learning of the Chaldeans; God had been giving them a knowledge of himself. They had placed themselves in right relation to God, and he could trust them with a deep knowledge of eternal truths. The habits and understanding of the youth who were not instructed by God were in accord with the knowledge that comes from idolatrous practises, and that leaves God out of its reckoning. Daniel and his companions, from the first of their experience in the king's court, were gaining a clearer comprehension, a sounder and more accurate judgment, than all the wise men of the kingdom of Babylon. They placed themselves where God could bless them. They followed rules of life that would give them strength of intellect and would gain for them the greatest possible benefit from the study of God's Word. While faithful to his duties in the king's court, Daniel so faithfully maintained his loyalty to God, that God could honor him as his messenger to the Babylonian monarch. It was to Daniel that Nebuchadnezzar, unable to get help from his wise men, turned for an account of his forgotten dream, and an interpretation of it. Daniel and his companions sought the Lord, and to Daniel was revealed the dream and its meaning. And when he had related to the king the vision God had shown him, Nebuchadnezzar said, “Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret.” The history of Daniel and his companions has been recorded on the pages of the Inspired Word for the benefit of the youth in all succeeding ages. What men have done, men may do. If the youth will make the unreserved surrender of the will that Daniel made, God will help them as he helped Daniel. If they will appreciate the opportunities he gives for growing in understanding of him, he will give them wisdom and knowledge, and will fill their hearts with unselfishness. He will put into their minds thoughts that will inspire them with hope and courage as they seek to bring others under the sway of the Prince of Peace. They will have the co-operation of God and the angels. They will work out with carefulness the sum of their salvation, God working in them to will and to do of his good pleasure. As Daniel studied the Word of God, his understanding became ever clearer; and as he comprehended its ennobling principles, he purposed in his heart to form a character that God could approve. He could not foresee the result of his determination to be true to God in the courts of Babylon; but he resolved that even at the loss of all things, he would preserve his integrity. And the Lord fulfilled to him the word that he has pledged, “Them that honor me I will honor.” There is wonderful encouragement in the story of Daniel for the youth who today are striving to gain knowledge. In his Word the Lord has left his children a divine instructor that will never disappoint those who seek its direction with a sincere heart. Its teachings will give a strength of character and mental development that no other book can impart. Let the student make the Word of God the chief book of study, giving all other branches of learning a secondary place. And as the heart is opened to the entrance of the Word, light from the throne of God will shine into the soul. The Word, cherished in the heart, will yield to the student a treasure of knowledge that is priceless. Its ennobling principles will stamp the character with honesty and truthfulness, temperance and integrity. -- Mrs. E. G. White --

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