Seccond Angels Message

• When was the second angel’s message given?
  • The second angels message was given in the summer of 1844
• Who did the second angel’s message have a more direct application to?
  • To the advent people who herd the first angels message and left the churches after they were oppressed
• Why was the second angel’s message given?
  • Because the churches trusted in there own strength and placed themselves where they could no longer see the light.
• What were the consequences to the churches when they rejected the first angel’s message?  [A how problem]
  • When the churches rejected the first angels message the lord rejected them.
  • When the churches spurned the counsel of God by rejecting the Advent message, the Lord rejected them. The first angel was followed by a second, proclaiming, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” [REV. 14:8]
• What is the “action step” of the second angel’s message?
  • The action step of the second angels message was the angel telling the followers to remove themselves from the now corrupt churches and of course only if they listened to the first angel’s message could they heed the second.
• When was the climactic closing up of the second angel’s message?
  • The climatic close up was October 22 1844
• What was the Midnight Cry?
  • The midnight cry was the angel saying “ Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!”

• When was the Midnight Cry given?
  • Once the second angels message was preached then the angel announced the midnight cry
• What was the purpose of the Midnight Cry?

§ The midnight cry was to give the second angels message power and urgency. Those entrusted with the cry made haste, and in the power of the Holy Spirit sounded the message, and aroused their discouraged brethren. This work did not stand in the wisdom and learning of men, but in the power of God, and His saints who heard the cry could not resist it. The most spiritual received this message first, and those who had formerly led in the work were the last to receive and help swell the cry, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!” {EW 238.2}.

• For those who had received the first angel’s message, how did the Midnight Cry prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary?
  • For those who received the first angel’s message when the midnight cry came it encouraged them and the saints could not resist the cry. In every part of the land, light was given upon the second angel’s message, and the cry melted the hearts of thousands. It went from city to city, and from village to village, until the waiting people of God were fully aroused. In many churches the message was not permitted to be given, and a large company who had the living testimony left these fallen churches. A mighty work was accomplished by the midnight cry. The message was heart-searching, leading the believers to seek a living experience for themselves. They knew that they could not lean upon one another. {EW 238.3}
• Just as Jesus cleansed the temple both at the beginning and at the end of His public ministry, so in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. What are the two distinct calls to the churches, and when are these two calls made?
  • The two calls were telling them to get out of the churches and that Christ is coming
• Why are there only two distinct calls made to the churches?
  • There are only two distinct because God still has people in Babylon that love him so he is giving them time to stop sinning and leave before the judgment comes. Revelation 18 points to the time when, as the result of rejecting the threefold warning of Revelation 14:6-12, the church will have fully reached the condition foretold by the second angel, and the people of God still in Babylon will be called upon to separate from her communion. This message is the last that will ever be given to the world; and it will accomplish its work.

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