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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 8th day of the 8th month of God's Sacred Calendar in the estimated year 6015 Anno Mundi. It is 22 weeks and 1 day until the new year begins with the Spring Sabbaths. Unleavened Bread Sabbath begins the evening of the 15th day of the 1st month (Sabbath, April 7th on the 2012 Gregorian Calendar, beginning sunset on Friday, April 6th). An amazing thing occurs in the Gregorian Calendar years of both 2011 and 2012. Those who follow the Millerite Calendar and the Jewish Calendar agree with what my research, and many others, has determined for the Gregorian Calendar dates of God's Sacred Calendar! _____ A newsletter reader responds to last weeks topic. Perhaps it bears research and not just thought. Thinking about anything long enough and you can convince yourself that it is true. What appears logical to a person is based largely on experience, perspective, understanding and bias. We need information based upon research and not just guessing to try and fill in the blanks. If EGW believed she was keeping the fast of the day of atonement as referred to in 1T 593 then she must also believe that the day of atonement came in the spring - late April or early May. The GC session of 1867 started on May 14. Further, a simple reading of the complete narrative of her experiences reveals that it is largely presented in chronological order. The fall or any date near what might have been the day of atonement does not appear until approx. page 600. There are enough experiences mentioned that I am sure more exact dates could be found with more careful research to substantiate this claim. _____ I replied: I am surprised you are attacking my presentation with criticism and judgment. I have researched the subject extensively as is documented in my many presentations on the subject of the Law of Moses and the feasts as well as the teachings of EGW on the Law of Moses and the feasts. Your accusation of a lack of research is completely unfounded. Therefore, I have not only researched carefully but thought carefully about the meaning of the results. As to your primary point. I understand it does not appear on the surface the dates match up. I was aware of this detail which I did not take the space to address in the already lengthy newsletter. This does not necessarily negate the possibility of her practice and intent to be moving toward a practice of observance which may not initially focus on the exact dates. I have provided numerous quotes of her own statements on the difficult and time consuming progression of the work of the Holy Spirit in revealing truth. I am not going to try to repeat the extensive studies and quotes I have already published. As an example, any presentation of the gospel is clearly based on a great deal of introductory information about the love of God, His sacrifice, and worship of God before introducing the detail of the weekly Sabbath. Our Savior has also given guidance on this subject. Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Also, anyone who has followed what I have said about the feasts knows how difficult it is to know the correct dates even when you are trying to find them. There are still many experienced and committed feast keepers who use different dates. Both of these reasons clearly lead to recognition that the importance of learning the spirit and intent of the feasts and their observance is the starting point which would later lead to actual practice and then the exact dates. I apologize for offending you to the point where you felt it was necessary to attack rather than discuss. _____ They continued: It was not meant to be an attack just a simple observation of the the truth. I was merely referring to the use of the quotation from Test. vol. 1 p. 593 on her observance of "the fast." I made no effort to refer to any of the other quotations. I recognize that you do lots of research and study. I don't agree with most of your conclusions, but there is no question you study and do research. My observation far from an attack was meant to open up a discussion. I question, and I believe with 100% sincerity it is a fair question, the legitimacy of equating her observance of "the fast" as her support in favor of observing the day of atonement. It is very easy to verify that the GC of 1867 took place in May. Is there any legitimate calendar what would even suggest that Day of Atonement would come in the spring - late April or early May. I know of none. EGW herself since 1844 would have known that the Day of Atonement comes in the fall, where there is difference of opinion about when the Day of Atonement would actually fall. You said, As to your primary point. I understand it does not appear on the surface the dates match up. I was aware of this detail which I did not take the space to address in the already lengthy newsletter. You recognize as well that the dates don't match up. So why are you so surprised that I (or anyone else for that matter) might see the same thing and wonder. I don't know how deeper study could possibly make the dates line up - it is a clear fact that they don't. The only option is to present the case that it doesn't matter that she wasn't observing the Day of Atonement on the actual Day of Atonement. I don't know if you will believe me or not - but I am a believer in Jesus Christ and the gospel. I am a seeker for truth. I want God to teach me more so that I can be more like Him and in some small way have a part in sharing the good things He has done for me with other people who also desperately need it. There is nothing I would enjoy more than for us to in be harmony. I believe you and I are in agreement on these points. But I have to honest. I can't believe something just because someone else says this is what it means. I can not believe and teach the feasts the way you do when I read scripture and EGW for myself and it doesn't say what you say it does. I have been there and done that and am not going to do it again. God knows my heart. This is not about convenience or an unwillingness to follow truth. It is a question about what is the truth. Perhaps in a future newsletter your research will reveal that you have been right and I have been wrong or not understood. In the meantime, I recognize that people do attack you and what you believe. There are those who don't want to hear anything you have to say. But I hope that you won't put me in that category. If you must think of me as an opponent then use it prepare for battle, so that there are no holes in the armor or weakness to take advantage of. _____ I replied: A discussion would have begun with the second paragraph, which I recognized was completely legitimate and I addressed the issue. An attack followed by a discussion begins with the first paragraph of your previous email. I consulted a second opinion to verify my evaluation. Nevertheless, I value your input. Because of the depth and intensity of our previous discussions and because of my own struggles with discussion being mixed with issues of the way I approached subjects, I chose to provide feedback on the opening nature of your approach. You can take it for what it is worth or ignore it. I addressed the issue under discussion but you made no mention of that part of the topic. I will repeat part of what I said in a different way. I believe you can separate the many difficult issues involving in learning and accepting God's yearly Sabbaths into stages of growth in understanding. I believe you can acknowledge a person is practicing the spirit and concept of the Day of Atonement and all the yearly Sabbaths in spite of not necessarily practicing the correct day on the calendar. I recognize your sincere struggle and I pray the guidance of the Holy Spirit will lead us both into all truth as our Savior promised it would. Be at peace, Frank T. Clark - When the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth.... and he will show you things to come. John 16:13 (paraphrased) _____ Are you able to avoid criticism when approaching the difficult topic of the Law of Moses? 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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