This booklet does not have a copyright information or year of print. It is safe to believe that it was printed from 1940-1955. This is because of other booklets and books that Bro. Lawson wrote in this time frame. The numbers scattered thru out the booklet are original page numbers. There were 36 original pages including the cover and the empty page behind the cover. The spirit of prophesy in which this booklet was written is almost Daniel like. How would Bro. Lawson known of our age unless God had shown it to him.

The spirit of lukewarmness, spiritual laziness, living for the world, lack of faith, man rule, etc……is all foretold here in this booklet. Thank God for truth.

Enjoy and “Be ready when he comes”.

THE REFORMATION
By J. F. Lawson

The word reformation means the act of reforming; state of being reformed. Much is said of the 16th century reformation, which resulted in Protestantism. This we want to consider, but we do not want to stop with the 16th century, because this was only the beginning of the great religious reform which we want to consider.

The reason for the need of a reformation in the church was the fact that the church had slipped away from its original Biblical doctrines of truth. If the church had not drifted away from the Word of God, there would not have been a need for a reformation.

The Apostolic church needed no reform. It was perfect so far as its teachings and practices were concerned. The apostles and others, for quite some time, held the Bible standards clear and separate from doctrines and practices of men. Even though there were false teachers gone out, the true Word of God was preached and practiced. There was a people, called the church, who took the Word of God only for their faith and practice. This kind of a group of people continued for over two centuries. The apostles’ teaching was written in manuscripts and was preserved after their deaths, from which we get our Bible today.

The early church followed strictly the instructions and writings of the apostles and leadership of the Holy Spirit. The ministry was on an equality, each one administering according to the proportion of faith given them. The Lord was their Master and they were all brethren. There will be no clashing when the Spirit leads according to the Word. The only organization we have any record of is where seven men were selected to take care of the distribution of temporal things to the poor. This selection was to be men full of the Holy Ghost. Such men could be trusted with temporal affairs.

As long as Jesus was given His place as head of the church, each member looking to and getting his direction from Him, there was unity and harmony. There were false teachers and heresies which sprang up, yet there was a host of preachers and saints who held the true standards of faith and practice until the third century. At this time false teachers had increased and much heresy was advocated, insomuch that assemblies were interrupted and congregations were disturbed.

About the year 270 A.D. man-rule superseded the leadership of the Spirit. Bishops began to be exalted to a higher place of authority than the elders; then a struggle for supremacy began among the bishops, which finally resulted in Popery. This was a gradual process, continuing over many years of time, but it resulted in man taking over and trying to fill the place of Christ and the Holy Spirit. The lower classes of people were taught to look to the rulers of higher rank for direction, instead of looking to Jesus the head 0f the body, the church. Such a trend soon resulted in a form of worship without inward grace. Signs of miracles and healings, which Jesus said WOULD FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVED, had vanished. History tells us that in the year 465 A.D., the bishops and elders in one of their assemblies passed the following resolution “We once thought that the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ was an inner experience, but now we have decided it is only an external performance.” With such teaching Christ was “cut off from the people.” However, during this age of apostacy, there were a few true saints of God who would not accept or bow to the apostate conditions.

By 530 A.D. the doctrines of Catholicism were generally accepted. The true doctrines, experiences and practices of the Word of God were lost sight of. The true Bible church had “fled into the wilderness” of contusion. The Catholics had taken the Bible from the people; darkness and gross ignorance had covered the nations. These conditions continued for4’one thousand years — from453O to 1530 A. D. History records only a few who had experienced the saving grace of God during this long reign of Papal darkness. With gross darkness covering the entire world there was certainly a need of a REFORMATION. It is plain to see from prophecy and Revelation, God planned a reform to begin in the 16th century. God knowing ALL things, knew what would happen. He knew the “shepherds” would lead his flock into utter darkness.

In the 13th century Wycliff translated the Bible into the English language. Later his bones were dug up and burned by the Papal authorities as a token of vengeance and hatred for such an act. in the 15th century John Huss was burned at the stake for exposing and opposing the teachings and practices of Catholicism. These men. died with very little accomplished. In 1507 A.D. Martin Luther was ordained priest in Rome. Having access to the Scriptures, he began to study them for himself. In 1509 he began to lecture on the Bible. He was soon made to see the unscriptural practices of the Catholic church. This he began to expose and met with much opposition. With his knowledge of the errors and deceptions of Catholicism and an earnest desire for TRUTH, God had a man through whom He could work the beginning of a REFORMATION that would in time lead people back to the true light of’ the Word of God. Being disgusted with the practices of Catholicism, Luther was in a good position for God to show him something better. He was soon led to see that “the just shall live by faith.” It is today and always has been hard for God to enlighten people who are satisfied with what they have. When the glorious doctrine of JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH, the “new birth”, began to be preached, hundreds, yea, thousands gladly embraced it, and with firmness protested against their former teachings. They received a peace and satisfaction from the Lord Jesus which Catholicism did not furnish. With all the rituals, dogma and confessions to the priest, with thousands of rosaries, moving of beads and the use of the holy water, they were left in bondage of sin, gall of bitterness and anguish of their souls.

The Augsburg Conference, called by King Charles in 1530 to discuss the differences in Catholicism and those protesting it, marked a dividing point between the “dark and cloudy day” spoken of in Ezekiel 34:12. The “dark day” was the Dark Ages of Papal reign ending or was broken in 1530. The “cloudy day” was the age of Protestantism—from 1330 to 1880 A. D.

In the 14th chapter of Zechariah we are told of the “cloudy and dark day.” In the dark ages, Catholicism dominated all nations. In Zech. 14:2 God says, “For I will gather all nations against (the heavenly) Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the people shall go forth into captivity, and the residue shall not be cut off from the city.” Here the prophet of God is telling us of the “dark and cloudy day” in which all nations shall be gathered with their deceptions against the heavenly Jerusalem—the church. Now let us notice the first verse of this 14th chapter. “Behold the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.” This means the day in which God will permit all nations for a time to overrun the heavenly Jerusalem, the church. The spoils were divided in the middle by the Catholic and Protestant movements. From 1530 to 1880 A. D. there was much reforming, but with the light there was much deception. With every new truth brought to light the devil was on the job to twist its meaning or offer a substitute. During these 350 years of Protestant reform many Bible doctrines were brought to light, and many deceptions along with them. The doctrine of justification through repentance and faith was first preached. Then the doctrine of entire sanctification, a second work of divine grace, was brought to light, preached and accepted by many. This brought the doctrine of holiness and a sinless life.

In the Catholic church the priest ate the bread and drank the wine himself. This he did for the benefit of others, and when he blessed the bread and wine, it became the actual body and blood of Christ. This theory was held by Martin Luther, while others held it was only an emblem. This was right—--it was only emblematic of the body and blood of Christ and was to be eaten in memory of His sacrificial death. “As oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.” I Cor. 11:26. While there were and are even yet some who do not understand the real meaning of the Lord’s supper, yet the real meaning has been brought to light and accepted by many even in the cloudy day of Protestantism.

At first the ordinance of feet washing was not understood and consequently not practiced. As time went on, different movements began to practice it in connection with the bread and wine. “Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.” This is plain and needs no further emphasis. This is for the purpose of testing one’s humility.

The Catholic church has never been clear on the doctrine of baptism, and many Protestant movements were not clear on the mode or the purpose of this ordinance. Some accepted sprinkling as it was handed down to them, while others adopted the mode of pouring a little water on the head; while others saw clearly and preached that we should “be buried with him by baptism.” Many have been confused about the purpose of baptism. Some Protestant movements teach that literal water on the outside of our bodies in the act of baptism will wash away the sins of our inner man. This is a deception. Only the blood of Christ can cleanse the souls of men. “And the blood 0f Jesus Christ his son cleariseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7. Others hold that baptism is the door into their church. This, too, is unscriptural. Baptism is not for the putting away of the filth of the flesh, neither is it the door to the church that Jesus built, for Jesus said, “I am the door; by me if any man shall enter in he shall be saved.” Jno. 10:9.

In 1 Peter 3:21 he says, “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answering of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” We are told clearly that baptism is only a FIGURE or an act, showing by outward performance of water baptism what has taken place in the inner man through the blood of Christ.

In this clouded and much confused age of 350 years, of Protestant sect-making, there was much Bible truth brought to light. No one movement seemed to have all. Some churches or movements had more than others. Movements would start with emphasis on certain points of doctrine, and formulate a Discipline or Articles of Faith. Once this was done, it was hard to get them to accept any more light. Many movements played on one string, refusing additional light that would have made chords of heavenly music for their souls. When an individual got some new light they had to just walk out of the old movement, or was thrown out, in order to accept it. They soon started another creed, adopted their own articles of faith and practice, and soon became steadfast and as immovable as the group out of which they came. In this way many Protestant churches were started during the 350 years of Protestant sect-making. This age is usually spoken of as a reformation. There was much more light and understanding of the Word of God at the last of this age than at the first. New light on the Word of God will always work a reform. Some will not have it, turn it down and backslide rather than walk in the light. There was much confusion during this cloudy day, except that of the two doctrines—justification by repentance and faith, and sanctification through consecration and faith. This gave to the people God’s complete plan of redemption. Men could once more be saved, sanctified and made holy. Thus the doctrine of HOLINESS was experienced and preached. The experience of entire sanctification was preached from about 1730 to 1880 A. D. In the dividing of time in the Revelation, this was the Sardis church age. In the sand of the stream that flows through Sardis there was much gold, which was a symbol of the glorious experience of a sanctified life.

There was one more Bible doctrine needed to restore the people to the apostolic teaching and practice: THE UNITY OF ALL GOD’S PEOPLE AND A DIVINE CHURCH. All people knew was man-made churches and organizations. When one got saved, they proceeded immediately to take them into some man-made church, each movement having their own mode of induction. All move ments or churches soon became filled with many unsaved people who had the same rights as the saved people in all church affairs. According to their rules, the saved must fellowship the unsaved, which is unscriptural—”What fellowship hath light with darkness?” Even an outright hypocrite had equal rights and must be fellowshipped so long as he was a member.

By the end of the Protestant age, or cloudy day, which ended in 1880, there were hundreds of different denominational churches who, according to their discipline, could not participate with the others. Unity and fellowship of the spirit was hindered because of a lack of UNITY OF THE FAITH. Many sincere Christians saw the need of unity, but did not know what to do, as they did not see the Bible way to have it. There was a moving from mountain to mountain and hill to hill (church to church), trying to find the most scriptural one. Now that many were saved and sanctified, and Bibles were many, the Holy Spirit could lead them into all truth. First they began to see the sinfulness of division among God’s people. Many became dissatisfied with the divided condition of the saints of God. As long as people are satisfied with what they have, it is difficult to get them to see and accept even better things. When God’s people see the unscriptural grounds of any faith or practice, they can always find something better by looking into the Word of God. During the cloudy day of 350 years, many sought self-justification in what they were doing instead of seeking the Bible standard.

In the year 1880, D. S. Warner, followed by others, began to teach the Bible standard of UNITY and a DIVINE CHURCH. This was God’s time, and he found a man in the person of Warner whom He could trust to preach the new light. Warner was humble, yet a bold and fearless man in declaring God’s message. He was clear on a divinely-organized church with Jesus as its head, to rule and govern through the operation of the Holy Spirit iii his people. In 1879 Warner and a number of other ministers denounced the Eldership and declared themselves outside and loose from every strap that would hinder them from following Christ as the One and only Head of the Church. In 1880, he began to print the Gospel Trumpet paper, and to declare the Church of God to be separate from all denominational churches.

D. S. Warner, with a few others, at this time began to cry out mightly against sectism and division, proving by the Word of God it was wrong, and that the sects constituted spiritual Babylon, and for God’s people to come out of her, and be not partakers of her plagues. This was like a thunderbolt from heaven on the divided sectarian world. The devil and all sectism was moved against this new doctrine of UNITY OF ALL GOD’S PEOPLE AND A DIVINE CHURCH. They were advertised in many religious and secular papers as a low class of people, going around tearing down churches, but notwithstanding this, they increased with zeal, courage and energy and great grace was upon them. The number increased and men and women dedicated their talents, time and means to this great cause. Evangelistic companies were formed, going from place to place, suffering deprivation and persecution to preach this message of truth. Up to this time the glorious light and understanding of the Church of God had not been preached. People were divided and confused. They wandered from hill to mountain trying to find a resting place. They have “found it, Lord, in Thee.” Jesus said, “I (not man) will build my church.” Matt. 16:18. In Acts 2:48, “And the Lord added to the church daily such as were being saved.” While Jesus was here he gathered material for His church, and on the day of Pentecost it was put together, or organized. Solomon’s temple was a type of the church. Material was gathered from different parts of the country, hewn out and prepared, and brought together in one place. When they put it together, not the sound of an axe or hammer was heard. On the day of Pentecost, “they were all of one accord in one place.” When the Holy Spirit came as a mighty rushing wind, gifts of the spirit were given and God set them in the body, the church, as it pleased Him. 1 Cor. 12:18. The Body, the Church, was completely formed or organized. This was rather a small beginning.

“But the stone grew and became a great mountain.” God did the inducting and made the additions to the church, setting each member in the place as it pleased Him. Each member was to act under divine leadership of the Spirit. Any kind of an arrangement by man would disorganize such a group. This is the message Warner and others restored to the church in the sixth seal age of time, from 1880 to 1930.

Zechariah 14:6 tells us of this very time. After telling about the dark and cloudy day, he says, “But it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light.” The same message of truth that made it light in the morning time is once more shining to light the pathway of the saints of God.

“Brighter days are sweetly dawning,
O the glory looms in sight.
For the cloudy day is waning,
And the evening shall be light.

“Lo! the ransomed are returning,
Robed in shinning crystal white,
Leaping, shouting home to Zion,
Happy in this evening light.

“Free from Babel in the spirit,
Free to worship God aright,
Joy and gladness we’re receiving,
O how sweet this evening light.

“Hallelujah! saints are singing,
Victory in Jehovah’s might;
Glory! Glory! keep it ringing,
We are saved in evening light.”

This message of unity spread slowly for a few years. At first it was preached in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri, then to other states. In ten or fifteen years there were thousands of saints who had taken their stand for this glorious message, while many more had heard it but did not have the courage to face the opposition. To accept this message it meant to step out alone, leave the old group, be criticized, lied upon and persecuted in a severe way. Because of this, many refused to walk in the light, backslid, lost their souls and became a persecutor of those who did accept it.

The 330 years of Protestantism had brought into existence many hundreds of denominational churches, which taught a mixture of truth and error, making a confusion called in the book of Revelation BABYLON. “And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon i fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” Rev. 14:8. The angel spoken of here is the ministry of the sixth seal age which followed the cloudy day of Protestant sect-making. This angel or ministry had a message, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen.” It is called a “great city,” after the ancient city of Babylon whose inhabitants tried to build a tower unto heaven, whose languages God confused. This spiritual city of Babylon also tried to build a tower to heaven through their sects and creeds. This, John the Revelator says, is a failure, because it is without truth and is fallen. Conforming to doctrines and creeds of men will never save a soul. When light comes that exposes them they become a sin to those who cling to them.

Saved people should be married to Christ only, and to nothing else. Rom. 7:4. Many were married to their sect or church and became a spiritual fornicator. John tells us here “all nations” had drunk of the wine of this fornication. Spiritual fornication is just as abominable in the sight of God as literal fornication. All nations had drunk of her fornication in ignorance, but when the true light came of the ONE TRUE BIBLE CHURCH, and Babylon is fallen, and come out of her MY people, they had no cloak for their sectarian sins of division. Knowledge and light brought responsibility, and opened up the wrath of the judgments of God. As fast as this light reached the saved people in Babylon they had to do one of two things: COME OUT OR BACKSLIDE. The latter seemed to be the choice of many.

When people became a part of a man made sect or church, of which Jesus is not the head, they become a spiritual fornicator in such a union. Saints are to be married only to Christ. “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined to-an harlot is one body? For two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” I Cor. 6:15-17. Christ only has one bride (church). It is the one He built and adds to. All others are harlots. Any church that man can organize or set up, fix the mode of entrance, take people in or turn them out, is not the church that Jesus built. Many are married to such earthly institutions, being bound to their disciplines, creeds and dogma, making them their gods. They give their energy, means, time and talents to support harlot institutions, making themselves spiritual fornicators.

The sin of Protestant divisions has reached all nations. “All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven.” Rev. 18:3-5. In every nation in which Protestantism has planted its sectarian seed people have been made drunk on the wine of its spiritual fornication. Kings and captains, meaning great leaders, are classed as fornicators. Merchants have been made rich selling their churchanity to the people.

Church-organizing and church-joining was not a sin to the people UNTIL the EVENING LIGHT CAME which exposed its unscriptural foundations, and at the same time brought the light and understanding of the Bible Church of God. When people see this truth, hear “that other voice” (the Spirit), they must come out of her or backslide and lose out with God.

John, the Revelator, tells us the general condition of Protestantism at the close of the Protestant age and the beginning of the sixth seal or evening light age. “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lighted with his dory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” Rev. l8:12. In the 17th chapter the general conditions and descriptions are given of sect Babylon. Rev. 18:1 says, “And after these things another angel came and lighted the earth with his glory.” This was the ministry of the sixth seal or Warner age. The ministry of this age certainly had power with God. They exposed all sin, including the sin of divisions. The Word was preached which restored knowledge of the divinely-organized body with Jesus as its head.

The sixth seal ministry cried mightily, with a strong voice, that sect Babylon had fallen. Besides its unscriptural foundation it had become filled with foul spirits and unclean and hateful birds; even devils were operating and carrying on in its circles, under the cloak of religion. We only have to open our eyes and take an honest look to see these things are true.

The evening light was now shining in its fulness. Justification, sanctification, the ordinances, the unity of all God’s people with a divine church was being preached as it was in the apostles’ time.

There was an earnest endeavor made by the ministry to be led by the Spirit and to follow Jesus as the head f the church. The ministry did much fasting and praying to know the will of God concerning all their work and travels. They would not make a move until they felt clearly they had the Spirit leading them.

There was much pioneer work to be done—an open field everywhere. Some ministers traveled alone, others went two together, while others would travel in small groups. They traveled by faith in God. They traveled by train, horse-drawn vehicles, horseback and many times walked for miles across hills and plains. They endured many hardships and deprivations, but God miraculously took care of them in so many ways. On many occasions God miraculously furnished means and transportation. Some would even pack their suit cases, or send their trunks to the depot without money in sight to pay their fare. A love for God’s glorious evening light message of truth was what dominated the saints of God, and not money, popular church offices and big salaries.

In those days men were called to the ministry from all walks of life. No one would accept hardships as the ministry had to meet except those who were pressed in the spirit by a call from God. One man said the ministry all took a course in KNEEOLOGY, and a course in theology in Brush College in the School of Hard Knocks. Men from almost all common walks of life accepted God’s call to the ministry, and God put his approval upon them by the anointing of the Spirit and the signs that followed. Souls were saved, sanctified, devils cast out, sick healed, many came out of sect Babylon and took their stand for the Bible Church of God. A glorious fellowship of the Spirit existed between all who preached and practiced this evening light message of truth. The saints were taught that in all things “Christ should have the preeminence.” Even when they got sick they were to trust Him for the healing of their bodies, in. stead of man.

Many were criticized for trusting God when they got sick instead of calling for doctors. This unwavering decision and faith gave God a chance to show His power to heal sick folk. Many were the miraculous healings wrought by the power of God.

Camp meetings were crowned with victory from beginning to the end; souls were saved, sanctified, devils cast out and the sick healed. These signs can ONLY follow a humble, consecrated, believing and trusting ministry. Camp meetings were marked with much fasting and prayer; now with feasting and a good social time. An earnest endeavor was made to find God’s man with God’s message each time the pulpit was to be filled. I have known ministers to pray for hours before they filled the pulpit. Some would fast all day before preaching at night. There is something wonderful about a message prayed down from heaven, and delivered under the anointing of the Holy Ghost. It is hard for sinners, backsliders, hypocrites and lukewarm professors to stand in this kind of a congregation.

If two or more brethren were feeling the weight of a message on their hearts and not knowing just which one God would have delivered at a certain time, they went to prayer until God made it clear. No mistakes are made when God leads, and God expects us to pray until we know HIS WILL. Mistakes could be made, but God never leads but one man to preach at a time. It is a privilege and a duty to “seek and knock” until we find God’s will and way.

God has not told us how to carry on our services in detail, but he did say, “Let all things be done decently and in order.” I am sure that good common sense will help a saint of God to know what is decent, and what is in order according to the circumstances that surround such an occasion or meeting. Different systems of operation have been used in church services, and I personally feel some are better than others, but God can lead, even with a poor system, if we give Him a chance, and seek him earnestly enough. Some of the best meetings I have ever attended was where the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost was the pulpit committee. This will always put the ministers on one level and with equal rights—no big “I’s” or little “you’s.”

A few times I have seen the wrong man get into the pulpit. I felt sure there had not been enough earnest praying about it. It was not God’s fault. When men take over it is seldom that God’s man ever gets to fill the pulpit.

The message of “Evening light” has faced many difficulties and much opposition, but it never failed to bring forth visible fruit and results wherever it was preached and practiced. There were even preachers who backslid, gave up and disgraced the truth they once represented and themselves; some were led into deception, while others became fanatical. This hindered the truth but did not stop it by any means. “The truth marches on.” At one time the question of how a saint should dress, and just what was modest apparel, caused quite a disturbance among good honest saints. Some became technical, made questionable things a test of fellowship, which should have been left to the conscience and prayerful consideration of each saint of God.

Now let us turn to Isa. 3:18 and read a few verses, which I think will help us on this subject. “In that day (the day of salvation) the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets and the ornaments of the legs, and the head bands, and the tablets, and the earrings, the rings and nose jewels, the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles and the whimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.” It may be hard for us to know just what some of these things were used for. It seems clear that the prophet has reference to things used to decorate and ornament one’s self, because 0f PRIDE IN THE HEART. Now “in that day” of salvation, spoken of by the prophet, in verse 18, Jesus takes away the desire for such things, as the result of PRIDE in the heart. A real saint of God will make the right use of money, while a covetous man will not. A saint of God has no use for tinkling ornaments of the feet, rings, bracelets, nose jewels or the ornaments of their legs. Their hearts are far from such things. Neither do they want costly array or change of apparel for a show. Saints do need change of apparel for other reasons. Even my mother’s old bonnet would be condemned if worn because of pride in the heart. We should give each saint of God the privilege of dressing as they feel down in their heart would please our heavenly Father and not bring a reproach upon the cause of Christ. Once this God-given privilege of one deciding for himself what he really felt was becoming and fitting for them, the pendelum did not stop in the middle of the road, but swung to the far extreme of pride and worldliness. Many who claim to be saints of God are decked and adorned with paint, jewelry and all the modern styles and fashions of the world. If they had the kind of an experience the prophet said would be available “in that day” through Jesus Christ, they would not desire such things.

Despite the fact there were individuals and small groups who erred, there were a great innumerable host who clung to the true Bible standard. The church up to the Bible standard of practice and faith is called Mt. Zion. There was a Mt. Zion of the morning time of the church, and there is a Mt. Zion of the “evening light” age. During the “dark and’ cloudy dày” there was no Mt. Zion.

In Rev. 14:1 John says, “And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the Mt. Zion, and with him an hundred and forty and four thousand, having his father’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled by women; (harlot churches) they are virgins. These are they which follow the lamb, whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and unto the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”

The “dark and cloudy day” is past, and now the “evening light” is shining, which has brought Mt. Zion back to the people. John saw Jesus standing on it, and a great host of saints of God, symbolized by the hundred and forty and four thousand, had seen the light and moved upon Mt. Zion and was seen standing with Jesus. They had the Father’s name, Church of God, written in their foreheads; this means they accepted and were known by the name, Church of God. The voice of this people, the church, was heard from heaven, or heavenly places in Christ Jesus, harping God’s message of holiness, unity, a divine church, and Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and “Come out of her, my people.” No one could sing that song, only those who would accept the truth which was being preached. These were redeemed from the “earthly” man-made doctrines and sects. They had left ALL MAN-MADE CHURCHES, and were no longer “defiled of women” “They followed the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” These were redeemed from all man made, beastly religions, and were the “first (real) fruits unto God and unto the Lamb.” Saints without the fullness of light cannot bear a harvest of full fruit. “There was found no guile in their mouth,” for their life and message made them “without fault before the throne of God.” The above scripture tells us that there were, in the sixth seal age, a people who lived so close to God, preached and lived this evening light message, that he found no fault in them. If the standards preached and practiced by this great host of people were so near perfect that God said, “I find no fault in them,” why should we change it? What right has modernists to lead people into something else?
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