What is the Spirit of Prophecy? The book of Revelation teaches that Gods end-time remnant church keeps the commandments of God and has the testimony of Jesus Christ (Rev 12:17). In a later chapter of that book, we are told that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (19:10, emphasis mine). The apostle Paul also employs such language, using the phrases testimony of Christ, testimony of God, and testimony of our Lord (1 Cor 1:6; 2:1; 2 Tim 1:8). Similarly, the Old Testament prophet Isaiah uses the expression the law and the testimony (Isa 8:19-20) to refer to the messages given by Gods true prophets in earlier times. Thus, for Seventh-day Adventists, the reference to the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus (Rev 12:17; cf. Rev 20:4) suggests that Gods end- time people will be characterized by keeping the commandments of God (all ten of them, including the seventh-day Sabbath) and by the testimony of Jesus, that is, the everlasting gospel given through Gods true prophets (including Ellen G. White). Thus, our Fundamental Beliefs #17 states in part: One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:52:49 +0000
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