What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "What is present truth according to Ellen G. White?"
Answer
According to Ellen G. White, "present truth" refers to the specific biblical truths and testing messages especially needed for God's people in the last days. She identifies its core subjects as the Sanctuary in connection with the 2300 days, the commandments of God (including the Sabbath test following Christ's entrance into the Most Holy Place in 1844), and the faith of Jesus, centered within the proclamation of the third angel's message.
The Core Subjects of Present Truth
»There are many precious truths, contained in the word of God, but it is “present truth” that the flock needs now. I have seen the danger of the messengers running off from the important points of present truth, to dwell upon subjects that are not calculated to unite the flock, and sanctify the soul. Satan will here take every possible advantage to injure the cause. But such subjects as the Sanctuary, in connection with the 2300 days, the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus, are perfectly calculated to explain the past Advent movement, show what is our present position, and establish the faith of the doubting, and give certainty to the glorious future. These, I have frequently seen, were the principal subjects on which the messengers should dwell.«
The Sabbath and the Most Holy Place as Present Truth
»I saw that the present test on the Sabbath could not come until the mediation of Jesus in the Holy Place was finished, and he had passed within the second vail; therefore, Christians who fell asleep before the door was opened in the Most Holy, when the midnight cry was finished, at the seventh month 1844, and had not kept the true Sabbath, now rest in hope, for they had not the light, and the test on the Sabbath, which we now have since that door was opened. ... The enemies of the present truth have been trying to open the door of the Holy Place, that Jesus has shut, and to close the door of the Most Holy Place, which he opened in 1844, where the Ark is, containing the two tables of stone, on which are written the ten commandments, by the finger of Jehovah. Satan is now using every device in this sealing time, to keep the minds of God's people from the present truth, and to cause them to waver.«
Proclaiming the Third Angel's Message Without Setting Time
»The Lord has shown me that the message of the third angel must go, and be proclaimed to the scattered children of the Lord, and that it should not be hung on time; for time never will be a test again. ... The Lord has often given me a view of the situation and wants of the scattered jewels who have not yet come to the light of the present truth, and that the messengers should speed their way to them as fast as possible, to give them the light. Many, all around us, only need to have their prejudices removed, and the evidences of our present position spread out before them from the Word, and they will joyfully receive the present truth.«
Original Sources (English)
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