What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? The Dark Side of Christian History
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sáb 08 Mai 2021 19:33:29 EDT - 4There have been and are many who wish Jesus had never been born. For example, Friedrich Nietzsche, the famous 19th Century philosopher had this to say: “(Jesus) died too early; he himself would have revoked his doctrine had he reached...
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
Jon Pauliens Blog - Seg 03 Mai 2021 19:38:06 EDT - 7I was having dinner a couple of years ago with Ted Baehr, founder of Movieguide and the Christian Film and Television Commission. I consider him the single most effective Christian influencer in Hollywood. His web site (movieguide.org) get ...
Isa 66:22-23: Will There Be New Moons, Sabbaths and Voyeurism in the New Earth?
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sáb 27 Mar 2021 19:33:13 EDT - 48Text “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the LORD, “so will your name and descendants endure. From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will co...
Isa 65:20: Will There Be Death in the New Earth?
Jon Pauliens Blog - Qui 25 Mar 2021 19:33:38 EDT - 18Text Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. Isa ...
Thoughts on “White Supremacy”
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 21 Mar 2021 19:34:26 EDT - 8This is a work in progress. I can’t say I’ve thought it through enough yet, but I’d like to get feedback and I think it is potentially very important, so let me share what I am thinking. The fundamental foundation of geopo...
Ellen White and the Time of the Seventh Trumpet (EWB 20)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 07 Mar 2021 01:33:22 EST - 35Ellen White’s perspective on the seventh trumpet is problematic for exegesis at first glance. In EW 36 she alludes to Rev 11:18 as follows: “I saw that the anger of the nations, the wrath of God, and the time to judge the dead w...
Ellen White and the Beast from the Abyss (EWB 19)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sáb 27 Fev 2021 19:32:36 EST - 528In The Great Controversy, pages 265 288 Ellen White identifies the power which opposed the two witnesses as revolutionary France. She also believed that the ideological forces which shaped the revolution would have a powerful impact again a...
Ellen White and the Sealing of Revelation 9:4 II (EWB 18)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sáb 20 Fev 2021 19:33:24 EST - 225The reality is that, in spite of Ellen White’s overwhelming interest in the end time concept of the sealing, in places she is quite capable of using the concept of sealing more along the lines of Paul than of Revelation 7. In CT 459 t...
Ellen White and the Sealing of Revelation 9:4 (EWB 17)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 14 Fev 2021 19:33:45 EST - 273A major issue in the Adventist interpretation of the seven trumpets is the significance of the sealing in Revelation 9:4. Is it the end time sealing of Revelation 7? Or is the more general sealing process typical of the rest of the New Test...
Ellen White and the Introduction to the Trumpets (EWB 16)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Seg 08 Fev 2021 19:33:32 EST - 18In the vision of Revelation 8:3 4 an angel stands before the golden altar, ministering incense before God. In many statements Ellen White appears to equate that angel with Christ. EW 32 (= LS 100), 252; MS 142, 1899 (= COL 156 = 7 BC 931); ...
Ellen White and the Trumpets II (EWB 15)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Qui 04 Fev 2021 01:30:30 EST - 6For those who may feel that my position on the statement in GC 334 335 undermines the authority of Ellen White, I strongly encourage you to read the Appendices to Selected Messages, volume 3, pages 433 450. See also the Introduction to The ...
Ellen White and the Trumpets (EWB 14)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 31 Jan 2021 03:30:28 EST - 2When it comes to the trumpets, unfortunately, Ellen White has very little to say. Only two statements are generally understood to offer meaningful comment on Revelation 8:7 through 9:21; they are found in Letter 109, 1890 and GC 334 335. On...
Ellen White and Revelation 6 (EWB 13)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 24 Jan 2021 09:30:28 EST - 39There is a paucity of statements by Ellen White associated with the seals of Revelation 6. Most of her scriptural allusions to the seals have to do with the souls under the altar in the fifth seal and the heavenly signs mentioned in the six...
Ellen White and the Sealed Scroll of Revelation 5 (EWB 12)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sáb 16 Jan 2021 19:33:41 EST - 58One of the most challenging concepts in Revelation is the sealed scroll of chapter five. In researching his dissertation on the sealed scroll of Revelation, Ranko Stefanovic identified more than a hundred different views on the meaning of t...
Ellen White and the Timing of Revelation 5—Part 3 (EWB 11)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Seg 11 Jan 2021 19:33:34 EST - 23While Desire of Ages, pp. 833 835 ties the entire scene of Revelation 4 5 to the event of Christ’s ascension and his subsequent enthronement in the heavenly sanctuary, some Adventist thinkers believe that a statement found in 7BC 967 ...
Ellen White and the Timing of Revelation 5—Part 2 (EWB 10)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 03 Jan 2021 01:32:19 EST - 17The soundest way to determine the reason for Ellen White’s emphasis on the importance of Revelation 5 for those who live in the last days is to read all her statements regarding that chapter. When this procedure is followed, the reade...
Ellen White and the Timing of Revelation 5 (EWB 9)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sex 01 Jan 2021 01:32:48 EST - 8There is only one statement that I am aware of in all of Ellen White’s writings that imputes unusual importance to any part of Rev 4 6 and 8 9. That statement is found in 9T 266 267. “Those who humble their hearts and confess th...
Ellen White and the First Half of the Book of Revelation (EWB 8)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Ter 29 Dez 2020 01:32:35 EST - 9The closest thing to a major interpretive statement for the entire first half of the book of Revelation is found in the book The Great Controversy, pages 414 415. This statement is also found in Patriarchs and Prophets, 356. Both statements...
The Principles Illustrated by Ellen White’s Use of Rev 8:5– II (EWB 7)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sex 25 Dez 2020 01:33:26 EST - 23Of great interest to the issue of Ellen White’s use of the Bible is the fact that the statement in this statement in Early Writings, 279 280 (see previous blog) is repeated (nearly in its entirety) in The Great Controversy, 613. That ...
The Principles Illustrated by Ellen White’s Use of Rev 8:5 (EWB 6)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Seg 21 Dez 2020 03:30:54 EST - 7To illustrate the use of these six principles for Ellen White’s use of Scripture, it may be helpful to examine the statement in Early Writings, 279 280: “An angel with a writer’s inkhorn by his side returned from the earth...
Different Ways That Ellen White Used the Bible II (EWB 5)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Sex 18 Dez 2020 01:31:01 EST - 8In the previous blog we looked at two different ways that Ellen White uses Scripture as part of her argument. There are four more factors to consider, which I will number from three to six. Third, Ellen White herself makes a distinction bet...
Different Ways That Ellen White Used the Bible (EWB 4)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Ter 15 Dez 2020 01:30:50 EST - 10When one is examining Ellen White’s use of Scripture, it is critically important to honor her intention in the use of that text. In order to do that, one has to pay close attention to the different ways she uses the Bible. First of al...
Ellen White’s Use of the Bible (EWB 3)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Qui 10 Dez 2020 01:30:48 EST - 4The role of inspiration is particularly problematic with regard to Ellen White’s use of Scripture. An interpreter with a strong preconceived idea can easily utilize Ellen White’s Scriptural quotations in such a way as to overthr...
Ellen G. White and the Book of Revelation (EWB 2)
Jon Pauliens Blog - Dom 06 Dez 2020 01:30:56 EST - 6Adventist interpreters of Revelation share a deep appreciation of the writings of Ellen G. White. Her comments on the book of Revelation stimulate much productive insight, particularly with regard to the “big picture;” namely ho...
Ellen G. White and the Bible
Jon Pauliens Blog - Ter 01 Dez 2020 19:32:45 EST - 11For Seventh day Adventists the study of the book of Revelation always comes with a unique challenge. “The Bible and the Bible only” provides a call to exegete the Bible as God’s final authority on all matters of faith and ...