24/04/2024
◼️TRANSITION FOR TRANSLATION.
1. ELIJAH'S TRANSITION.
⚫ Elijah's Transition of Lifestyle & Diet.
1Kings 19:5 "And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, ARISE AND EAT.6 And he looked, and, behold, there was A CAKE baken on the coals, and A CRUISE OF WATER at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because THE JOURNEY is TOO GREAT FOR THEE.8 And he arose, and DID EAT and DRINK, and went in the strength of that meat FOURTY DAYS and FORTY NIGHTS unto HOREB the MOUNTAIN OF GOD."
NOTE: After 40 Days & 40 Nights Fasting in the Presence of the Lord at MOUNT HOREB (Mount Sinai, which is the "Mountain of the Lord")
⚫ Other Preparations by Elijah.
√ Anoints Kings and Prophets
√ Put his Spirit and Power (mantle) on Elisha.
√ Was taken to heaven on fiery chariot.
⚫ Elijah's Three Diets.
1. First Meal - Flesh & Bread. 1 Kings 17:3-8.
2. Second Meal - flour, oil to bread. 1 Kings 17:9-13.
3. Third (Last) Meal before taken to heaven. Bread & water. I Kings 19:5.
Note: Again, Compare the changes of Diet in the Sanctuary.
2. ISRAEL'S TRANSITIONS.
⚫ Israel's Transitions of Diet & Lifestyle.
1. On Exodus.
Exod. 16:2,3 - Israel wants to go back to Egyptian flesh pots.
So, God allows them, but with rationing whether the walk according to His Laws of Health - Principle of Defilement & Principle of Expiration, also from breaking Sabbath (Vs. 4, 24-29).
While on their Exodus Journey, transitions of Diets was to take place before reaching Caanan.
From "Flesh pots of Egypt" with garlics, cucumber, water melons (fruits and vegetables) to "Manna" - "Angel's (Heaven's) Food.
At their OWN CHOICE, when ASKS for flesh, Quails was given, even more than what God rationed, and "the flesh kills the rebels."
Deuteronomy 12:15 "Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water."
Note: God allows flesh eating, unclean & clean animals - "IN ALL THY GATES" - or Dwellings on the OTHER SIDE of Caanan, where they were allowed after Flood to eat.
Er****on of the Sanctuary puts the Benchmark for these changes to close lifestyles of past and begin new.
Deuteronomy 12:19 "If THE PLACE which the LORD thy God hath CHOSEN toPUT HIS NAME THERE (Sanctuary) be TOO FAR FROM THEE, then THOU SHALL KILL of thy HERD and of thy FLOCK, which the LORD hath given thee, AS I have COMMANDED THEE, and THOU SHALL EAT IN THY GATES whatsoever thy soul lusteth after."
21 "If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD."
NOTE: But, when come to Canaan, the Promised Land, where God will dwell amongst them in the Sanctuary (vs. 5), God will prescribe a diet to eat.
◼️WILL THE BORDERS BE EXTENDED TOBEAT FLESH.
Deuteronomy 12:20 "WHEN the LORD thy GOD SHALL ENLARGE THY BORDERS, AS he hath PROMISED THERE, and THOU SHALT SAY, I WILL EAT FLESH, because THY SOUL LONGED to EAT FLESH; THOU MAYEST EAT FLESH, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after."
What Things or Lifestyle to Take with to Canaan.
Deuteronomy 12:26 "ONLY THY HOLY THINGS which THOU HAST, and THOU HAST, thou shalt TAKE, and GO unto PLACE which THE LORD SHALL CHOOSE."
Exodus 16:35 "And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, UNTIL they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, UNTIL they CAME UNTO THE BORDERS OF the land of CANAAN."
◼️CONCLUSION
⚫ Elijah's Reform
- Attacked national apostasy (church & state influences.)
- Break down false worship systems.
- Reinstituted True Worship,
- Anointed new kings
- Anointed New prophets
- Change his Lifestyle (diet)
- Went thru 40 days & night fasting in the presence of God at Mount Moriah.
- Was taken to heaven in Chariot of Horse by fire.
⚫ Children of Israel's Reform.
- Completed wars with heathen nations.
- Appoint new Administration.
- Put away sin
- Change their lifestyles
- Stop flesh eating and to adapt themselves to transit.
- Stop flesh eating
- Started Sanctuary worship.
NOTE:
1. Elijah changes his diet, to prepare him for 40 days and nights fasting at the foot of Mount Horeb (Sinai) - the Mountain of the Lord, in His Presence to prepare him for Translation.
2. Moses brought the Children of Israel after 40 years, thru many changes, including lifestyle changes and of the diets to that Mountain of the Lord - Mount Horeb and closed the border of meat eating, and gave manna, heavenly (angels' food/ diet.)
It was on that Mountain (Horeb/Sinai) God gave His Laws.
1. Ten Commandments (Moral Laws)
2. Statutes (Health Laws)
After 40 Days for Elijah, and 40 years for Moses & Children of Israel, God prepares to write His Laws in the hearts and mind. Jer. 30:31-34.
We are at the eternal borders and the Third Angel Message, which is the binding or sealing angel is doing its solemn work of separating wheats from the tares.
May God help us to go thru this TRANSITION to prepare for the Lord's Sealing & TRANSLATION to Heaven. Amos 4:12; 1 Cor. 15:51-55; Rev. 22:11.
"AGAIN and AGAIN I have been shown that God is TRYING TO LEAD US BACK, STEP BY STEP, TO HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN,—that man should SUBSIST UPON the NATURAL PRODUCTS of the earth. AMONG THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD, MEAT-EATING 🥩🍗🌭🍖🍔 will EVENTUALLY BE DONE AWAY; FLESH will CEASE TO FORM A PART of THEIR DIET. We should EVER KEEP this end IN VIEW, and ENDEAVOR to WORK STEADILY TOWARD IT." CTBH 119.1.
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APPEAL:
WARNING!
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1 Corinthians 1:2 "But I KEEP UNDER MY BODY, and BRING INTO SUBJECTION: lest (otherwise) that by any means, when I have PREACH TO OTHERS, I MYSELF should be A CASTAWAY."
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It's our DUTY to preach or teach and rush people to accept this message (Health Reform) or Sign Temperance, but I for one sm afraid, if my life is not in this order, snd others will accept it and prepared and are sealed and AM LEFT OUT!
Oh, CHURCH, let's take this seriously, because This is the AWFUL MISSION of the Third Angel's message, ever borne to any generation ( as quoted by EGWhite)
God bless.
Pastor Harold S Peiko