Category Archives: The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant (Conference)
The Near Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant
In view of the current developments in our world, we want to set afresh before our readers this conference which was held especially for the purpose of preparing us for the things which are now unfolding before our very eyes: The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant.
It is very late in the gospel day, for we see the four angels loosening their hold of the winds of strife, but God is still now granting us opportunity to make intelligent preparation in cooperation with Him.
You will find in our highlights the sequential order of events we must expect as we are now plunging into the very final scenes.
Highlights:
14. The Crushing Rock
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 14, mp3
Scripture Reading: Romans 16:25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,
Our scripture reading we have just read holds the key to unlock the summary of our conference topic that when the trumpet angel is to sound the mystery of God should be finished. What is the mystery of God that should be finished at the sounding of the seventh trumpet?
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
The mystery is to be finished in the seventh trumpet in which we are living at the very end of. Way back in all eternity of the past before any creation, the Godhead planned to create. His plan to create posed a potential disaster. Why should He create when He knew that there could and there would arise a defection among the created intelligences? He would create no robots but intelligent minds who had power to reason and to choose. With that freedom to be given to living creatures, it was in inevitable that something would arise. He knew ahead of time.
13. The Death Decree
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 13, mp3
This is a subject that appears to be morbid but it is the exact opposite. All through history we have seen the reality of Genesis 3:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
11. The Glory of the Latter Rain
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 11, mp3
We have been contemplating the scope of the everlasting covenant. In the far distant past of eternity everything that was to transpire in dealing with the possibility of an insurrection was foreseen and provided for and today we are living very close to its consummation. We have had a close examination of this everlasting covenant. We saw the covenant was couched in Christ the rock of ages and we saw that this rock the foundation upon whom all God’s children are to be built upon, would ultimately become the great mountain that would cover the whole earth. We saw simultaneously to the building of that temple there would be a counterfeit. It would finally lead to the great consummation. But there is another aspect to the development of this everlasting covenant. This figure is identified in Joel. Read the rest of this entry
12. Inducements and Lawsuits
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 12, mp3
Each study has been leading us to the consummation. What was the product of the latter rain?
Isaiah 59:21 As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
10. Stranglehold of the Enemy
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 10, mp3
1888 was the beginning of the end of all things. What is dawning upon us now?
That which we have, for the last thirty or forty years, proclaimed would come, is now here; and the trumpet of every watchman upon the walls of Zion should raise the alarm. {RH, January 1, 1889 par. 3} Read the rest of this entry
9. The 1888 Sunday Laws
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 9, mp3
In 1888 the Lord brought a revival.
The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth. {1SM 362.4}
How true and how timely was the message of the Revelation 18 angel in 1888 according to this counsel and how true is this message of Jesus that the time of test is just upon us. Ellen White says the time of test is just upon us. What does that mean? It is not just close but upon us just about. It means that in the next year or so we’ve got it. Maybe not even a year. How true is this statement?
The Time of Test
What sort of a test does it immediately raise in your mind? Isn’t the language of Adventism the test is the Sabbath test? How real is this in reference to the Sabbath test at that time when she made that statement in 1892? What else happened in 1888? Senator H W Blair brought a Sunday law bill into congress in that year. It was called the Blair bill. The Seventh Day Adventist church sent A T Jones into congress and there were others there as well that argued as the bill was being debated that this was contrary to the American institution. It was defeated, it was not passed. But if you were at the conference that we had in Perth 2010 you would have heard a presentation of the laws that were being agitated in congress from about 1887 to 1893 ‘The Urgency of Time’. We saw the subtle arrangements of the law courts in relation to trying to bring forward something to do with religious legislation. When they moved upon congress to pass laws of a religious nature it culminated in the closing of the doors on the Sunday in the world trade fair in Chicago in held in 1893. It was a very deliberate subtle process.
The subtlety of raising particular points that had nothing to do with religion that suddenly slipped in. By 1893 it was legislated that the trade fair was to be closed on a Sunday because it was the Sabbath day according to the churches of the time. They managed to finally enforce something to do with Sunday and to close the doors of the world fair. What did this amount to according to Gods judgement of the matter? Read the rest of this entry
8. The 1888 Revival
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 8, mp3
The hymn ‘Weary of Earth’ reminds us of the experience of Gods people during the time of judgement when our sins are unveiled before us by the fact that we have fallen. Evil is ever with us day by day. Don’t you feel it? In spite of that mine ears hear the gracious tidings, repent, return, thou shalt be loosed of all. We want to really understand that voice and what he means when he says just repent and return, you will be loosed of all. Don’t doubt, cease restless will. Do you have a lonely strife?
Cease, restless will! thy lonely strife resign !
I know too well how little strength is mine ;
Grant me, dear Lord, Thy saving love to see !
I strive no more, I give myself to Thee.
What is the experience? A sense of hopeless failure. A sense and experience of falling and rising and falling again and rising and the oppression of the evil one. The experience among God’s people was what inspiration revealed that some will stumble and some will give heed to seducing spirits. Read the rest of this entry
7. Judgement-Hour Experiences
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 7, mp3
During the time of the judgment the reception of the kingdom takes place. What we heard posed to our understanding that we are going to have some shuffling to do amongst us to develop a righteous character.
Daniel 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy [it] unto the end. Read the rest of this entry
6. The Judgement Is Set
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 6, mp3
The last ten studies have depicted the everlasting covenant in application. We went into the details in regards to the everlasting covenant in regards to the rock experience of Jesus Christ. That rock that depicted to us the encounter we make with God in the fact that our sins were taken by him in living realities. As we embrace that picture and see I am associated with that rock and I accept that rock and am broken, God lifts us up again and binds up our broken heartedness and applies the balm of Gilead. This everlasting covenant that God had foreseen is rejected by some and accepted by others. We saw how this everlasting covenant is played back and forward by others where those who build on the rock become living stones in the temple of the Lord.
Those who fabricate the pure representations of God’s word build another temple, a counterfeit. We saw how Satan is at work how he is trying to obliterate and destroy this true realisation by wiping out those who accept it. So that the false one could be exonerated so that people like Abel have suffered all the way down the line but God is safe guarding his rock, his temple. The people who have fallen on the rock and who have been bound up and who have responded to this everlasting covenant are now addressed in Revelation 14. These people living at such a time in which this message was first introduced and thereafter is addressed.
5. Building of the Counterfeit
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 5, mp3
We have gazed upon the building of the temple or mountain that is established by each true believer in Jesus becoming a living stone that is fused into the living stone in the foundation of the apostles and prophets and Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone. While God’s people are busily active in the building upon this rock, what are the children of darkness doing? Did you know they also have a rock?
Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges. 37 And he shall say, Where [are] their Gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted,
Idols are a rock for them. This is of course depicted in the image of Daniel 2. What is that? Is that a rock? Where do you get gold from; the ground. Where do you get silver from? If you go to Iron Knob in South Australia there is a mountain that is iron and if you walk around there are rocks that are iron and very weighty. This is all rock. When they carve their images, where do they carve them from? A rock. They have a rock. While our rock is the majesty of the universe, their rock is their father. As Jesus said to the Pharisees, you are of your father the devil. The kingdom of Lucifer. In times of Israel reference was made to the security that is relied upon from that rock, the rock of Lucifers kingdom.
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! 2 Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. Read the rest of this entry
4. Building God’s Temple
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 4, mp3
We have contemplated the rock and our encounter with it. In this study we want to culminate in its connection with God’s temple. The rock and its connection with the building of that temple. Recall as we contemplated the rock.
1 Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
3. The Rock
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 3, mp3
Since the fall it has been the quest of humanity to find security. Security, is that a big word nowadays? Why? Because there is much happening that is taking away the security of the human race. It is not a very violent time whether it be in human interactions and relationships or in nature, security is the key word today. The scripture says something in regards to this urgent perusal of security.
Psalm 127:1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
We have countless security companies today watching. If the Lord is not keeping and watching and protecting they are a security team in vain. The reality of the human race is powerfully expressed. The only place of security is outlined. Read the rest of this entry
2. Prophetic Panorama
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 2, mp3
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 27 To God only wise, [be] glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
These words are extremely relevant to our topic of this conference, the everlasting covenant being addressed as the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret. The American Revised Version reads ‘which was kept in silence through times eternal.’ That was the rendition in the writings of the Spirit of prophecy. We are seeking to understand the everlasting covenant.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Why are we partaking of this topic? Because God has chosen us in Christ before the foundation of the world. When was the foundation of the world put in place in this universe? When God created the heavens and the earth was the earth there already? Yes. What was it? It was without form and void. It was a form of water. Just water. The foundation was there already. We don’t know when it was that the Lord put the foundation there but it was before the foundation of the world that God had that covenant in his mind. We have already been predestined because God knew everything that was going to come to pass before it came to pass from eternity. Try to understand this God we are worshipping. Can you? He will try and help us. Romans coincides perfectly with Ephesians.
1. The Everlasting Covenant
By John Thiel, The Consummation of the Everlasting Covenant Conference, Study 1, mp3
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
The word consummation, it is an important word. A question, what does it mean? Where does it come from?
Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The consummation being determined. There is a point in time that is already sealed for the time appointed determined for the consummation. What does it mean? The meaning of the word consummation is completion. Gaining a desired end or perfection, gaining that perfect thing. When Adam and Eve fell, all believers from that point on to this point in time have yearned for that desired end that was promised in Genesis. What was it? The fall had taken place and God stepped in to take away from Satan his prey right there where he says to the serpent. Read the rest of this entry
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