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Dear Brothers and Sisters in
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(ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. This is the 26th day of the 9th month of God's Sacred Calendar in the estimated year 6014 Anno Mundi. The New Year begins with the Spring Sabbaths in 19 weeks and 3 days with the first Sabbath of Unleavened Bread on the evening of the 15th day of the 1st month (Tuesday, April 19th on the 2011 Gregorian Calendar, beginning sunset on Monday, April 18th). An amazing thing occurs in the Gregorian Calendar years of both 2011 and 2012. Those who follow the Millerite Calendar determination agree with what my research has determined for the Gregorian Calendar dates of God's Sacred Calendar and the dates on the Jewish Calendar also agree! _____ This is a summary of the latest chapter I have completed titled "Who are the 144,000" in the book "Third Elijah Message". http://thirdelijahmessage.info/Remnant.html There is one chapter to go unless I expand the contents or split the chapter. I want to share part of this chapter directly in this newsletter. My study has opened my eyes a great deal to significant concepts on this controversial subject. Deep study of the Bible leads us by the influence of the Holy Spirit to see connections between ideas presented in the Bible. The words of the Bible alone may not explicitly make these connections. We must be engrossed in the study of the Word to see these connections. We must be obedient to following the commands of God to open ourselves to a greater influence of the Holy Spirit. We must be earnestly seeking in prayer the guidance of the Holy Spirit. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. The guidance of the Holy Spirit leads us to see the connection between the great prophetic themes of the Bible. The Holy Spirit gives the understanding which reveals the hints in the Bible for the timing and order of these themes as well as the connection between them. Many hints are seen by an understanding of the great patterns God uses in everything He does. Events, messages, and ideas repeat in different ways in different circumstances. I will share in this study what the Holy Spirit has led me to see about the 144,000. When we are studying deeply to uncover the hidden things of God we ask ourselves questions to focus our search for knowledge and understanding. Who are the 144,000? Where do they come from? How will we recognize them? What is their purpose? I will share with you the hints in Bible I have seen about the 144,000 and some logical reasoning from these hints. Your understanding must be established by your own careful study. The Holy Spirit is your guide. The Holy Spirit works through direct impression, the words of the Bible, and the explanations from the shared studies of other individuals to impress your mind with truth. You must do your personal work to grow these truths in your own heart. Simply reading or hearing the words of others will not grow truth in your heart. A simple reading of the words of the Bible is only a start to growing truth in your heart. The words of this book are only a start to direct you to a beginning understanding in your deeper study of the Bible. There are only two direct mentions of the 144,000 in Revelation. In Revelation 7:1-4 we see the 144,000 are sealed just before the final tribulation. In Revelation 14:1-5 we see that the 144,000 are a special group who spread the truth without deceit (no guile), are without fault (obedient to all of God's law), and are not associated with fallen churches (defiled with women). We also see the 144,000 specifically identified as the firstfruits. This means they are the first of a larger harvest which comes after they are redeemed. The 144,000 are a small number of the millions who have followed the Three Angels' Message. These millions are the wheat and the tares growing together. Those who have not studied the Bible for truth will have a final opportunity after the 144,000 are sealed. Those who have studied the Bible and followed the Word of God by accepting the Messiah, keeping the Sabbath, and have heard the Third Elijah Message will have no excuse for not seeing and following. The sealing of the 144,000 is a parallel event, one of God's repeating patterns, to the sealing of the disciples on Pentecost. The outpouring and sealing of the Holy Spirit with power occurs after the preparation of the heart in receiving the doctrine of God. The disciples were prepared by John the Baptist and the teaching of the Messiah. The 144,000 will be prepared by the outpouring of doctrine associated with the Elijah prophet as prophesied in Malachi 4:4. Honest and true individuals from all over the world are joined by God into a band of disciples who respond to His calling. These disciples will follow the Lamb all the way when He leads them into all Truth. The Elijah prophet will only provide the final touches in the gathering of the 144,000 in their final preparation. The 144,000 are in training right now under the direction of the Holy Spirit. They have been called by God and are already responding. They are being drawn into a deeper study and a deeper understanding of God's Truth. The 144,000 already see the importance of the Elijah Message about the Law of Moses. They are already studying and are beginning to practice the truth. The Elijah prophet and the Elijah Message will put the final touch on the unity of the 144,000 in truth. At Pentecost, the 144,000 will be sealed and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in power will begin. Increasingly the Omega apostasy of denying the part of God's Law known as the Law of Moses is being pushed by the church. Though this teaching has been around from the beginning of the church it only reached prominence after the death of EGW and has now become a mainstream part of the doctrine of the church. Many leaders are becoming more and more forceful in the hypocrisy of denying the Law of Moses in spite of the major doctrines of the church which are a part of the Law of Moses and not the Ten Commandments. The prohibition against blood and fat championed by EGW is now ignored but the concepts of unclean flesh, tithing, bestiality, homosexuality, incest, fornication, and many other practices are not explicitly described in the Ten Commandments. They are clearly described and prohibited in the Law of Moses. Those who are studying and embracing the Law of Moses, preparing to be a part of the 144,000 are causing a great shaking to come upon the church. Many leaders see the danger clearly and are fighting back to preserve the hypocrisy and apostasy which has become Adventist tradition. The church will be shaken to the core when the reformation of the Elijah Message sweeps the church. Revelation refers to the 144,000 as Israelites from each of the twelve tribes. An Israelite is a child of Abraham. Paul stated quite clearly those who follow the works of faith as did Abraham are his true children. Galatians 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. Paul did not speak this of his own understanding for our Saviour said the same thing. John 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. Therefore, based on Revelation, Galations, and our Saviour the 144,000 will be recognized because they follow all of God's Law without question, excuse, or doubt. Many of the same characteristics of the Third Elijah will be seen in the 144,000. They will stick out like a sore thumb because they do not follow the traditions of the organized churches. They will practice a primitive godliness which is a return to the practices of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. "Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth, there will be, among the people of the Lord, such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon his children." {GC 464.1} The restoration of the Law of God is clearly described as the source of this revival. "It is only as the law of God is restored to its rightful position that there can be a revival of primitive faith and godliness among his professed people." {GC 478.3} The purpose of the 144,000 after Pentecost is the same as it was for the disciples. They are to go forth after their training and sealing by the Holy Spirit to witness the the whole world one last time. When their work is finished it will be the end. The results of the work of the 144,000 is described in Revelation 7:9-17 where a great multitude is seen. The great multitude is described as appearing in white robes and these same people are described as coming out of great tribulation. The tribulation begins after the sealing of the 144,000 therefore these are the converts of the work of the 144,000. Only the 144,000 are described as the first fruits which are sealed, therefore most of the others in the church of the Three Angels Message were sealed to destruction. Some who had not had the opportunity to learn the truth of the Law of Moses will have their opportunity after Pentecost. For those who had studied and rejected the Law of Moses it is too late. Are you preparing to be a part of the 144,000? I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Frank T. Clark
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