In this place
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where Ellen White spent
the last 15 years of her life,
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she found a home
that suited her perfectly.
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Here in this house,
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she had a place
where she could read,
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write, pursue her hobbies,
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and spend time with her
family who lived nearby.
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We see the
contrasting side of Ellen White
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during her time in this house.
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We see her as a grandmother
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taking time to spend
with her grandchildren
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and be involved in their lives.
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We also know that in this house,
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the angels of God
came to minister to her
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and she heard the
voice of God speaking.
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On one occasion,
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she reported an
extraordinary experience
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that happened on the
night of the March 2, 1907,
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here in this very room.
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The room was full of light,
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she awoke to see a
bright cloud white as snow
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with the edges
tinge in deep pink.
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Angel sang for her,
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and she heard a
voice that said, "Fear not.
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I am your savior.
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Holy Angels are all about you."
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She wondered if
she was in heaven,
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and if her work
on earth was done,
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she inquired, "Is
this indeed heaven?
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Am I one of
God's little children?
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And shall I
always have this peace?"
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The voice replied,
"Your work is not yet done."
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According to Ellen White,
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her sleep here was often
broken a little after midnight,
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and sometimes before
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as the Lord spoke
to her in visions,
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while her mind
was free from cares
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and surrounding influences.
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Seldom does she stay
in bed after a vision.
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She usually dressed and
with kerosene lamp in hand,
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walk down this
hallway to her writing room
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to record what
the Lord has shown up.
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Here in this spot,
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Ellen White would
write her letters and books,
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a work that would
have worldwide influence.
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Under the
impression of the Holy Spirit,
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she would convey the messages
that had been revealed to her.
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However, Ellen White
never forgot her human side
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and was ever mindful
that she had grandchildren
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who lived nearby
who liked nothing more
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than to see their grandmother.
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Ellen White had an assistant
named Sarah McEnterfer,
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who was particularly
vigilant in ensuring
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that she wasn't
disturbed when she was writing.
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If you didn't
have an appointment,
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then you couldn't see her,
even if you were a grandchild.
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She would often
tell the grandkids,
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"Run along, run along."
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The grandkids,
however, soon worked out that
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there was a backdoor
that they could sneak in,
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and they could come up
this back staircase right here.
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They knew that
their grandmother's work
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was important,
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but they wanted to see
her and so she worked out
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assigned for them.
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If she was holding her
pen in her hand and writing,
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then they had to
wait at the door.
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But once she laid her pen down,
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then they could
run across and see her.
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She would often tell them
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in the short but
precious moments,
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"Remember that
your name is White,
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you must always
keep it that way.
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And there is a heaven
to win and a hell to shun."
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These visits would only
last maybe two to three minutes,
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and then they would quietly
sneak back down the stairs
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and out the back door.
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The kids were happy.
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Grandma was happy.
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And Sarah was happy
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because she didn't
know what had happened.
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Well, she was
the messenger of God
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and took this
role very seriously,
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from the age of
17 until her death.
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She was also an attentive loving
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and caring grandmother
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able to blend family
life and ministry together.
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It's not always an
easy balance to achieve
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and something that
many of us struggle with.
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Maybe not excel in one to
the detriment of the other.
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But may we be
able to find harmony
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between these two
areas in our lives.
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And so after more than 70 years,
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the active
ministry of Ellen White
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would come to a close.
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Her public ministry
started at the age of 17
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in the State of Maine
in the north easterly tip
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of the United States of America.
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Never could she have imagined
way would take her from there
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to its close in California.
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She spoke to
congregations large and small
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in nearly every
state in the union.
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She also spent two very
active years in England,
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France, Switzerland, Norway,
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and other parts of Europe,
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as well as nine years in
New Zealand and Australia.
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Whether travelling
by horse and carriage
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across the New England states,
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by canal boat
across New York State,
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or across the
great plains states
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of Texas, and Oklahoma,
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or by tourists train to
the state of California,
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or by ocean steamer
across the Atlantic or Pacific,
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wherever she was, she
sought every opportunity
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to speak to
people the words of life.
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Despite only having a
third grade formal education,
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Ellen White
would go on to become
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the most
translated American author,
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and the third most
translated author of all time.
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Her words would have an
impact far beyond the life
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that she lived,
leaving a legacy of missions,
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educational
institutions, health centers,
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and in the church at large.
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She always sought to
uplift Jesus in her sermons,
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in her life and
through her writings.
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When she finally
died here in this home,
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she was sure in
whom she believed.
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It is interesting to
contrast Ellen White's death
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with that of the other people.
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When lying there
dying one is often brought
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to contemplate life, and
how successful it has been.
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Ellen White had
no such thoughts.
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Two days before her
death, here in this very room,
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her last words were,
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"I know in whom
I have believed."
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Confident in her
Savior, right until the end,
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even though death is never easy
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when you live a life in Jesus,
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you can die with a
peace and assurance.
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Ellen White would
have three funerals.
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The first one was
here in the Elmshaven area,
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the second one was
in Oakland, California,
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and the third one was
in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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The third one took place
at 11 am on a Sabbath morning
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in the Dime Tabernacle,
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and there were 3,000
people in attendance.
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Even her bitter
critic, DM Canright came
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and went through
the viewing line twice,
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and commented that
she was a woman of God.
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At the request of Ellen White,
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her longtime friend
and colleague in ministry
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from across the United
States and around the world,
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SN Haskell
delivered the funeral sermon,
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after which she was
taken to the Oak Hill Cemetery
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and buried alongside
her husband and sons.
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The words written about her
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in the
newspapers after her death
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illustrate the kind
of person that she was.
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The St. Helena Star
wrote on the July 23, 1915,
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"The life of Mrs.
White is an example
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worthy of emulation by all.
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She was a humble,
devout disciple of Christ,
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and ever went about doing good.
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Honored and respected by all
who appreciate noble womanhood,
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consecrated to unselfish
labor for the uplifting
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and the betterment of mankind.
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She showed no spiritual pride,
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and she saw it
in a filthy lucre.
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She lived the
life and did the work
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of a worthy prophetess,
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the most admirable of
the American succession."
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She died confident in her Savior
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and confident
that she would see Him
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on the resurrection morning.
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When our life draws to a close,
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it doesn't matter
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how many
continents we have lived on,
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how many houses we have own,
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how many books we have written,
or how much money we have made.
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Ultimately, it matters
if we have accepted Jesus
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into our lives and made
Him our personal Savior.
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When I was growing up, if
you wanted to study history,
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or do research on
a particular topic,
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there was really only
one option that we had,
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and that was to read a book.
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And I never really used
to like reading that much.
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So we decided to
create a resource
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that will translate
this written information
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into the language of today.
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My name is Adam Ramdin.
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And my name is Clive Coutet.
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And we are the
cofounders of Lineage Journey.
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Back in 2016, I was
reading a Great Controversy
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and I was really struggling
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to find any
relevant video resources
00:11:02.12\00:11:03.99
that I could use
to aid me in my study.
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So I decided to approach
Adam about the possibility
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of making some
videos on the Reformation.
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So we started
filming in the end of 2016,
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and in 2017 we
released 48 videos
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that covered the
period of the early church
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all the way through to
the end of the Reformation.
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Then in 2018 and 2019 we
released another 52 episodes
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on church history.
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These have now been
viewed all over the world
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in over 100 countries covering
about 50 different languages
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and we have over 3
million views online.
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These videos have
been used as a resource
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in both secular
and Christian schools
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as well as several
church denominations
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across the globe using
Bible studies, study groups,
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as well as play to
the general congregation.
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They also make a great
online evangelistic tool
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where people are
able to share them,
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and we've seen
them go into countries
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that we ourselves can't go,
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countries that are Muslim
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countries where
the Christian message
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cannot go.
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One of the
challenges we have though,
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is that amongst our
team of almost 10 people,
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we are all
volunteers on this project,
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sacrificing our
time, our effort and energy
00:12:08.36\00:12:10.66
in order to make
these resources together.
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Just to put
things into perspective,
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each Lineage episode
as well as the filming
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takes an
additional two to three days
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in post-production.
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That is a lot of
time and sacrifice
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that this team has made
00:12:23.14\00:12:24.47
in putting 100
episodes together.
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So we need to raise the funds
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to cover the cost of the filming
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as well as the
continued production costs
00:12:29.34\00:12:32.21
that come after that.
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So for as little as $1 a month,
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you can help us to
expand this ministry
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to create new
resources to reach more people
00:12:37.75\00:12:40.69
across the world.
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Thank you for visiting
this page and taking the time
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to watch this video.
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We really appreciate that.
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Thank you for your
support of the ministry so far.
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And we ask that you
would prayerfully consider
00:12:49.53\00:12:51.67
being a partner with
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May God bless you.
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And we ask that you
continue to keep this ministry
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and our future plans in prayer.
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What did they say?
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There's no on there.
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Go to the EasyJet main desk.
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So no tripod. No.
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You'll have to report it.
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It may be able to
get back tomorrow.
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Anton? Anton.
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Okay.
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Eden. Eden.
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Hello.
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He is the pastor and director
of the youth for SCR France.
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Dr. Fred Nicholls.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Adam is the youth
director of North England.
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Get up. Where we're staying?
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At UB.
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No, no, we got accommodation.
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You have to be there at...
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5 o'clock, you're driving.
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Come on.
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Let's go guys.
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Let's go. Let's go.
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Hey, you wanted a picture.
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Let's go. Let's go.
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We got to get going.
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You please stay down the road.
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Amen.
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Are we going to do
the tape, Denver? Uh-huh.
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Well, I am from the
quartet Cleveland minister.
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Yeah.
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Sun's about to
drop below the mountain.
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I know. Yeah.
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Where are we?
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I think we're in Torre Pellice.
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Torre Pellice.
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Which is... Angrogna.
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Angrogna.
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Angrogna Valley. Chanforan.
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Chanforan.
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I think it was in this
place in 1592 when the bar...
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Well, I'm reading the same.
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Let me pretend to be Adam.
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On this spot in 1532,
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it was, and the
people had in this place
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a six day complex.
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See that.
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I'm sorry, sorry. My
neck, my neck, sorry.
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And not this...
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Slideshow. Yep. Leg up.
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Yeah.
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Give him some leg.
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Adam, I'll probably recommend
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not leaving your
hand on there too long
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'cause it's crawling with ants.
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So are you.
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They're on the underside.
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Eden's so diplomatic,
gonna highly recommend.
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All right.
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We got to go quick 'cause
we're losing light very quickly.
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So now 6% of the sunlight.
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Let's pray.
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Man, that
sunlight is going so quick.
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It is beautiful in there.
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Ah!
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Donāt see welcome.
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That's amazing.
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Hey, you got to get this one.
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What is this?
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Sir Jeremy?
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Yes. What exactly is this?
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This is a school. School.
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It is a school
of eight children.
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You know, only eight.
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And... It's a museum as well.
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It's a museum as well.
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Yes. Yes. Now it's museum.
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Right.
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And it's the
first group of movement.
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Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
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And the picture
you see here... Yeah.
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It's the English had this time,
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and they need a
cross to put a cross
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because of the
law and the marriage,
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the picture to be half
where it's emerging, you know.
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Yeah, yeah. So, that's right.
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You know this place?
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Yeah.
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It's the place.
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Have you been
here before, Jeremy?
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No, not here.
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But I know people who
went there in September.
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All right.
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Oh, yeah.
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Can we go in?
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Wow!
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Way to go.
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My photo. My photo.
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Come on, it is time to check.
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Time to check. Yeah.
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Watch out for that
massive spider here.
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There's a massive spider here.
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Oh, my goodness!
Look at all these spiders.
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There's load of them.
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Come on guys.
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All right, guys. It was short.
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You woke up in here.
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Before the cars.
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Yeah.
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Ramdin, where are we?
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We are in Pradeltorno.
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This is a Waldensian Church.
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Lovely church.
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It's sits right on
the edge of the cliff.
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The more famous place
historically we're near,
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it's just up the hill,
is the College of the Barbs,
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an example of one of the
Waldensian training schools
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that would have
littered the valley
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before where they
trained their pastors
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to be missionaries.
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Today, this is,
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I think it's a
functional Waldensian Church.
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It's always open,
so you could come here
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and go in any time
and enjoy the view.
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We're at the end of the valley.
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Road doesn't go any further.
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And it's quite stunning really.
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Yeah.
00:20:13.11\00:20:14.44
I think it's college.
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Ha, at end of the
cleft of the rock.
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Oh, I see here, in French.
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You know what,
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because it's the
language of here.
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Guess what?
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You can go back and
see a lot of people.
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They were
California, these Adventists.
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You know them? Yeah.
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Wow.
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And I'm sure there are others.
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There is an
oft-repeated quote that says,
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"We have nothing to
fear for the future,
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.82
except we forget the
way the Lord has led us
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and His teaching
in our past history."
00:21:33.29\00:21:36.09
As we look back, we
can see God's hand guiding
00:21:36.12\00:21:39.46
through the various
chapters of earth's history
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and leading His people
from generation to generation.
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Since the beginning,
there has been a struggle
00:21:45.83\00:21:48.10
between good and evil
00:21:48.14\00:21:49.97
and this has played
out in the Christian world
00:21:50.01\00:21:52.57
since its inception,
00:21:52.61\00:21:54.18
in particular since
the time of Constantine.
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Constantine was the one
00:22:04.45\00:22:05.95
who brought many
practices into Christianity
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.86
that were pagan in
origin and thus the battle
00:22:08.89\00:22:11.69
between truth and
error was not just a matter
00:22:11.73\00:22:14.36
for the Christian world
00:22:14.40\00:22:15.76
to look for
attacks from outside,
00:22:15.80\00:22:17.97
but now they had to
look internally as well.
00:22:18.00\00:22:20.64
The Bible speaks about
wolves coming into the flock,
00:22:20.67\00:22:24.31
giving us the imagery of
wolves in sheep's clothing,
00:22:24.34\00:22:27.84
professing piety,
00:22:27.88\00:22:29.54
yet clinging to
unbiblical practices
00:22:29.58\00:22:32.31
and thus corrupting the church.
00:22:32.35\00:22:34.65
During the year
1,260 year prophecy
00:22:41.69\00:22:44.23
from 538 to 798,
00:22:44.26\00:22:47.36
God's church was
in the wilderness,
00:22:47.40\00:22:49.36
hunted,
persecuted, and marginalized.
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.73
Groups such as the
Waldensians in northern Italy
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.67
struggled to
keep the gospel light
00:22:55.70\00:22:57.81
burning during the Dark Ages.
00:22:57.84\00:23:00.18
From the 1300s and the
time of John Wycliffe onwards,
00:23:00.21\00:23:04.15
the light slowly started
to pierce through the darkness
00:23:04.18\00:23:08.02
as the Bible was translated
into the English language,
00:23:08.05\00:23:11.82
a huge and revolutionary
advancement for the church.
00:23:11.85\00:23:15.59
As the Reformation journeyed on,
00:23:21.80\00:23:23.87
later reformers
such as John Huss
00:23:23.90\00:23:26.37
and Jerome in Bohemia,
00:23:26.40\00:23:28.10
Martin Luther in Germany,
00:23:28.14\00:23:30.17
Zwingli in Switzerland,
John Knox in Scotland,
00:23:30.21\00:23:33.84
and John Calvin in France,
00:23:33.88\00:23:35.68
each would be key
in standing for truth
00:23:35.71\00:23:38.31
during their time
00:23:38.35\00:23:39.68
and once again showing
the beauty of the Bible
00:23:39.71\00:23:42.35
as light was being unshackled.
00:23:42.38\00:23:44.95
Each reformer advanced truth,
00:23:44.99\00:23:47.12
but the problem was that
their followers would often
00:23:47.16\00:23:49.92
only go as far as they did
00:23:49.96\00:23:51.79
in their
rediscovery of the Bible.
00:23:51.83\00:23:54.13
In the early 1800s,
00:23:58.13\00:24:00.20
the Great Advent Movement
looked for the return of Jesus,
00:24:00.24\00:24:04.01
but He did not come.
00:24:04.04\00:24:05.41
The tears of this
bitter disappointment
00:24:05.44\00:24:07.68
would form the
stream of Adventism
00:24:07.71\00:24:10.25
that would grow from
these humble beginnings
00:24:10.28\00:24:12.75
into the church
that it is today.
00:24:12.78\00:24:15.52
The challenge
today is still to present
00:24:15.55\00:24:17.85
the beauty of God's
Word and the love of Jesus
00:24:17.89\00:24:20.96
to a society
that is indifferent,
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.56
ambivalent, hostile,
00:24:23.59\00:24:25.59
and ignorant of
biblical realities.
00:24:25.63\00:24:28.70
The battle
between truth and error,
00:24:28.73\00:24:31.13
good and evil still rages on.
00:24:31.17\00:24:34.04
Ellen White wrote so eloquently
about the great controversy
00:24:38.61\00:24:42.34
between Christ and
Satan through time,
00:24:42.38\00:24:44.75
and we still see it
today on a daily basis.
00:24:44.78\00:24:47.98
Today, we stand on
the precipice of time,
00:24:48.02\00:24:50.69
in the very feet and
toes of the image of Daniel 2,
00:24:50.72\00:24:54.42
on the cusp of earth's history.
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.73
As we look back, we can
see the amazing experiences
00:24:56.76\00:25:00.66
that God has led us through,
but the journey is not over.
00:25:00.70\00:25:04.63
As a people we need to be
clear on our prophetic identity
00:25:04.67\00:25:09.07
and committed to taking
the message around the world.
00:25:09.10\00:25:12.41
As we look back,
our legacy is assured
00:25:12.44\00:25:15.84
but there is still work to do.
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.85
The gospel still
needs to go to every nation,
00:25:22.38\00:25:25.65
kindred, tongue, and people.
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.69
Matthew 24:14 says
00:25:27.72\00:25:30.33
that when, "This
gospel of the kingdom
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.29
shall be preached in
all the world for a witness
00:25:32.33\00:25:34.93
unto all nations, and
then shall the end come."
00:25:34.96\00:25:38.43
Whilst there has been
much growth in recent years
00:25:38.47\00:25:41.10
and decades and
while many new areas
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.47
have heard the message,
00:25:43.51\00:25:44.84
there are still
huge swathes of the world
00:25:44.87\00:25:47.34
that have yet to
hear the good news.
00:25:47.38\00:25:49.58
The Bible still needs
translation and distribution,
00:25:54.35\00:25:57.99
missionaries are still
needed both in far-off lands
00:25:58.02\00:26:01.96
and also in the big cities.
00:26:01.99\00:26:04.46
The best days of the church
00:26:04.49\00:26:06.43
and mission
service still lie ahead.
00:26:06.46\00:26:09.63
The best sermons
have yet to be preached.
00:26:09.66\00:26:12.10
The best Bible
studies have yet to be given.
00:26:12.13\00:26:14.97
The best health work
has yet to be accomplished.
00:26:15.00\00:26:17.87
The best schools
have yet to be built.
00:26:17.91\00:26:20.81
The character of Christ
and His love still needs
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.15
a more complete
revelation in His people.
00:26:24.18\00:26:27.22
Don't be an armchair
supporter or a bystander,
00:26:27.25\00:26:30.59
but get involved
in the work of God
00:26:30.62\00:26:32.99
that we can finish it together.
00:26:33.02\00:26:34.82