The Seal, the Church, the Message and the Coming of our Lord Jesus By Dr. Josimar Salum

I humbly would like to exam the following recommendations in light of the Scriptures of God through Jesus Christ.

“Prophecy is fulfilling right before our eyes. THERE ARE 4 THINGS EVERY ADVENTIST MUST DO NOW..
1. Get close to Jesus Christ and receive the seal of GOD. Revelation 7:1-4
2. Be regular at all Church gatherings. Hebrews 10:25
3. Take active role in spreading the 3 Angels message to warn the world and call them out of Babylon. Rev 14:6-12 and Rev 18:4
4. Share this message to all Adventist to warn them of the rapid fulfilments of Prophecy.”

1. About the seal.

The seal that guarantees your redemption is not the seal mentioned in Revelation 7:1-4. About this reference we can talk to you later. The seal we have received if we are born again it is the seal of the Holy Spirit. We received this SEAL only by faith and it was given only by Grace and not for keeping the law, not even by keeping the Shabbat as we have explained before in another teaching we have shared previously.

“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

2) About church gatherings which is really referred as temple gatherings.

This is what the Scriptures really mean:
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews‬ ‭10:24-25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

These words are not referring to attendance or church services in temples and churches, because when the writer originally wrote these words there were no temples and there were no churches as we know today. The disciples of Jesus were not separated by denominations, nor by sects or cults neither by flocks led by one man. There were no buildings or temples in different streets of the city and they were not separated by “flocks” led by different individuals. The assembling together is simply meeting each other as disciples of Jesus, as brothers and sisters wherever they are.

 ““Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”” Matthew‬ ‭18:19-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

3 - The role of angels calling God’s people out of Babylon.

To take role with the angels to call out people out of Babylon which actually is not our role, but if were, the Babylon system involves all human and world made systems which include our own denominations, Protestants or Catholics, because none of them were founded by our Lord Jesus, but by men. They are all divisions of God’s people. This is a very serious and strong statement, but it is true.

You should decide to pray about it and exam yourself with your open mind and heart for Jesus Himself that He may reveal to you the Truth. Don’t take my words. Exam the Scriptures not by the glass of your traditions, religion or denomination, but by the perspective of the living Christ Jesus Himself.

Do you know Jesus personally as I do? If you do, He will talk to you and reveal to you His Truth. And you and I are to love everyone and serve everyone instead of selecting God’s people to have fellowship according to our beliefs.

4 - About the sign of the coming of Jesus.

The only sign that is really worth of our attention is this: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew‬ ‭24:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

More than 3 billion people on Earth today  has never heard the name of Jesus. And the vast majority of the rest of the world and this includes our own nation has never heard the Gospel of the Kingdom.  And the end mentioned here by Jesus is not the end you think it its.

Here it is:
 ““Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”” Acts‬ ‭3:17-21, 23-26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Many people arrogantly have predicted the coming of Jesus in the past setting up dates that were not fulfilled, because nobody knows the hour or day.

Instead of worrying about Jesus coming we should get and be involved in His mission.

“Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”” Acts‬ ‭1:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Protestantism was a movement that rescued some teachings of Jesus from a corrupted religious system called Catholicism. During history Protestantism also became corrupted as all human denomination systems become. The Church is not made by denominations or by divided groups. The Body of Christ is ONE and cannot be divided.

“Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?”
‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭1:12-13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

None of the Christian denominations are right and in some instances they oppose directly the teachings of our Lord Jesus. We should humble ourselves before our God and ask Him to reveal to each of us His perfect will and the TRUTH!

“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” I Corinthians‬ ‭3:9, 16-23‬ ‭NKJV