Health Reform and Preparing For The Final Crisis

Health Reform and
preparation for the final
crisis

Health Reform As A Preparation
For The Latter Rain

Psalm 67:1-2
God be merciful unto us, and bless
us; and cause his face to shine
upon us; Selah. That thy way may
be known upon earth, thy saving
health among all nations.

The work of redemption is to restore man into
the image of his Maker. It is to bring him
back to the perfection in which he was created
and to promote the development of body,
mind and soul, that the divine purpose in his
creation is to be realized. In order for this to
be accomplished, every power of mind, soul
and body must be understood and used aright.

But the plan of
redemption had a yet
broader and deeper
purpose than the
salvation of man. It
was not for this
alone that Christ
came to
{PP 68.2} 1
of 3

the earth; it was not
merely that the
inhabitants of this
little world might
regard the law of
God as it should be
regarded; but it was
{PP 68.2} 2 of 3

to vindicate the
character of God
before the
universe.”
{PP 68.2} 3 of 3

The Saviour came to glorify the
Father by the demonstration of
His love; so the Spirit was to
glorify Christ by revealing His
grace to the world. The very
image of God is to be
reproduced in humanity. The
honor of God, the honor of
Christ, is involved in the
perfection of the character of His
people. Desire of ages page 671

“The central theme of the Bible, the theme
about which every other in the whole book
clusters, is the redemption plan, the
restoration in the human soul of the image of
God. From the first intimation of hope in the
sentence pronounced in Eden to that last
glorious promise of the Revelation, 'They
shall see His face; and His name shall be in
their foreheads' (Revelation 22:4),

the burden of every book and every passage
of the Bible is the unfolding of this wondrous
theme,--man's uplifting,--the power of God,
'which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.' 1 Corinthians 15:57. He who
grasps this thought has before him an infinite
field for study. He has the key that will unlock
to him the whole treasure house of God's
word.” Education, 125-126.

1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he
shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed
before him at his coming.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth
himself, even as he is pure.

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25,
Genesis 3;8-10
Genesis 3;15 ,
Exodus 20:8
Daniel 8:14, 2 Corinthians 7:1
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
2 Corinthians 6:16-17,7:1
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Revelation 14:6-12,
Revelation 22:4

When Adam came from the
Creator's hand, he bore, in his
physical, mental, and spiritual
nature, a likeness to his Maker.
"God created man in His own
image" (Genesis 1:27), and it was
His purpose that the longer man
lived the more fully he should
reveal this {Ed 15.1}

All his faculties were capable of
development; their capacity and
vigor were continually to
increase. Vast was the scope
offered for their exercise,
glorious the field opened to their
research. The mysteries of the
visible universe--the "wondrous
works of Him which is perfect in
knowledge" (Job 37:16)--invited
man's study.{Ed 15.1}

Face-to-face, heart-to-heart
communion with his Maker was
his high privilege. Had he
remained loyal to God, all this
would have been his forever. {Ed
15.1}

Throughout eternal ages he
would have continued to gain
new treasures of knowledge, to
discover fresh springs of
happiness, and to obtain clearer
and yet clearer conceptions of
the wisdom, the power, and the
love of God. {Ed 15.1}

More and more fully would he
have fulfilled the object of his
creation, more and more fully
have reflected the Creator's
glory. {Ed 15.1}

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25
Genesis 3;8-10
Genesis 3;15

But by disobedience this was
forfeited. Through sin the divine
likeness was marred, and well-
nigh obliterated. Man's physical
powers were weakened, his
mental capacity was lessened,
his spiritual vision dimmed. He
had become subject to death. Yet
the race was not left without
hope. {Ed 15.2}

By infinite love and mercy the plan of
salvation had been devised, and a life of
probation was granted. To restore in man
the image of his Maker, to bring him back
to the perfection in which he was created,
to promote the development of body,
mind, and soul, that the divine purpose
in his creation might be realized--this
was to be the work of redemption. This is
the object of education, the great object
of life. {Ed 15.2}

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25
Genesis 3;8-10
Genesis 3;15 Exodus 20:8

In the Garden of Eden, sin had
broken the face-to-face relationship
between God and humanity. Sin
forfeited our first parents’
unhindered communion with God.
However, the Creator still desired to
draw us to Himself and to enjoy a
deep covenant relationship with
fallen humanity, and He began this
process right there in Eden.
Lessons From the Sanctuary, page 30

Centuries later, in saving
Israel out of Egypt and
establishing the sanctuary
and the sacrificial system,
God again took the initiative
in bringing humanity back
into His presence.

The sanctuary thus testifies of God’s
unceasing desire to dwell among His
people. This is God’s idea (Ps. 132:13-
14). His ultimate goal is relationship,
and the sanctuary was His chosen
means to do it. The sanctuary is the
tangible evidence of God’s presence
with His people on earth.

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25
Genesis 3;8-10
Daniel 8:14, 2
Corinthians 7:1

"The temple of God was
opened in heaven, and there
was seen in His temple the ark
of his testament" (Revelation
11:19). The ark of God's
testament is in the Holy of
Holies, the second apartment
of the sanctuary.

In the ministration of the
earthly tabernacle, which
served "unto the example and
shadow of heavenly things,"
this apartment was opened
only upon the great Day of
Atonement for the cleansing of
the sanctuary.

Therefore the announcement
that the temple of God was
opened in heaven and the ark of
His testament was seen points
to the opening of the Most Holy
Place of the heavenly sanctuary
in 1844 as Christ entered there
to perform the closing work of
the atonement. {LHU 136.2}

"Christ is cleansing the temple
in heaven from the sins of the
people, and we must work in
harmony with him upon the
earth, cleansing the soul temple
from its moral defilement"
(Review and Herald., February
11, 1890).

those
who hold it will work in harmony with
Christ to prepare a people to stand in
the great day of God, and their
efforts will be successful

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25
Genesis 3;8-10
Daniel 8:14, 2
Corinthians 7:1
1 Corinthians 3:16-17,2 Corinthians
6:16-17,7:1,1 Corinthians 6:19-20,
Revelation 14:6-12

“Those who are living upon the earth when the intercession of
Christ shall cease in the sanctuary above are to stand in the
sight of a holy God without a mediator. Their robes must be
spotless, their characters must be purified from sin by the
blood of sprinkling. Through the grace of God and their own
diligent effort they must be conquerors in the battle with evil.
While the investigative judgment is going forward in heaven,
while the sins of penitent believers are being removed from the
sanctuary, there is to be a special work of purification, of
putting away of sin, among God's people upon earth. This work
is more clearly presented in the messages of Revelation 14.”-
GC, pg.425

Ellet J. Waggoner
(1855 – 1916)
The Consecrated Way, pp. 113-19
"The finishing of this work... for the
sanctuary was likewise the finishing of
the work for the people... The
cleansing of the sanctuary extended to
the people, and included the people,
as truly as it did the sanctuary itself...
.The finishing of the mystery of God is
the ending of the work of the gospel..

Ellet J. Waggoner
(1855 – 1916)
the taking away of all vestige of sin and the
bringing in of everlasting righteousness--Christ
fully formed--within each believer, God alone
manifest in the flesh of each believer in Jesus...
In the sanctuary itself, transgression could not
be finished, an end of sins and reconciliation for
iniquity could not be made... until all this had
been accomplished in each person who had a
part in the service of the sanctuary....

Ellet J. Waggoner
(1855 – 1916)
The sanctuary itself could not be
cleansed so long as, by the confessions
of the people and the intercessions of
the priests, there was pouring into the
sanctuary a stream of iniquities,
transgressions, and sins... This stream
must be stopped at its fountain in the
hearts and lives of the worshipers,
before the sanctuary itself could possibly
be cleansed.

Ellet J. Waggoner
(1855 – 1916)
Therefore the very first work in the
cleansing of the sanctuary was the
cleansing of the people. The sacrifice,
the priesthood, and the ministry of
Christ in the true sanctuary does take
away sins forever, does make the comers
thereunto perfect, does perfect "forever
them that are sanctified."

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25
Genesis 3;8-10
Daniel 8:14, 2
Corinthians 7:1
6:16-17,7:1,1 Corinthians 6:19-20,
Revelation 14:6-12
Revelation 20:4,21:3

The science of salvation is a grand theme,
and all the glory of restoring the image of God
in man is to be laid at the feet of the Eternal.
{ST, January 15, 1894 par. 6}

The very essence of the gospel is restoration,
and the Saviour would have us bid the sick,
the hopeless, and the afflicted take hold upon
His strength.—(The Desire of Ages, 824, 825.)
{Pr 231.1}

He (Christ) came to the world to display the
glory of God, that man might be uplifted by its
restoring power. God was manifested in Him
(Christ) that He (Christ) might be manifested
in them (Christ Followers) . {LHU 190.6}

We can see in the cross of Calvary what it has
cost the Son of God to bring salvation to a
fallen race. As the sacrifice in behalf of man
was complete, so the restoration of man from
the defilement of sin must be thorough and
complete. {CE 112.2}

By infinite love and mercy the plan of
salvation had been devised, and a life of
probation was granted. To restore in man the
image of his Maker, to bring him back to the
perfection in which he was created, to
promote the development of body, mind, and
soul, that the divine purpose in his creation
might be realized--this was to be the great
work of redemption. {AG 246.3}

Genesis 1:27,
Genesis 2:24-25
Genesis 3;8-10
Daniel 8:14, 2
Corinthians 7:1
6:16-17,7:1,1 Corinthians 6:19-20,
Revelation 14:6-12
Revelation 22:4, 21:3

What does the Health
Message/ Health Reform has
to do with Restoring the
Image of God in man ?

• God requires all who believe the truth to
make special persevering efforts to place
themselves in the best possible condition
of bodily health, for a solemn and
important work is before us. Health of
body and mind is required for this work;
it is as essential to a healthy religious
experience, to advancement in the
Christian life, and progress in holiness, as
is the hand or foot to the human body.--
T., V. I, p. 619.


Is the Health Message Salvational?
“The light God has given on health reform is for our salvation and the
salvation of the world…”{CD 461.1}
QUESTION:


Do Seventh-day Adventists have the most
superior health message?
“Seventh-day Adventists are handling
momentous truths…the Lord gave us special
light on health reform…we should be in advance
of all other people…”{CD 24.2}
QUESTION:

“Not one of us will ever receive the
seal of God while our characters
have one spot or stain upon them.
It Is left with us to remedy the
defects in our characters, to
cleanse the soul temple of every
defilement. Then the latter rain
will fall upon us as the early rain
fell upon the disciples on the Day of
Pentecost.”
THE SEAL WILL BE PLACED ON THOSE WHO OBTAIN IT
5 Testimonies, 214:2

The health reform, I was shown, is a part of
the third angel's message, and is just as
closely connected with it as are the arm and
hand with the human body. I saw that we as a
people must make an advance move in this great
work.
Unready for the Loud Cry

Does the way how I eat and the
way how I treat my body has
something to do in whether I
receive the mark of the beast or
not ?

Isiah 7:14-15 – Jesus Had to eat a certain diet to
refuse evil ,how much more should our diet be in
harmony with heavens diet
What is Milk, butter and Honey –
Numbers 13:23-24,27, Deuteronomy 8:8
(Fruits, Vegetables, Grains and Nuts)

(1905) M.H. 296
471. Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute
the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods
prepared in as simple and natural a manner as
possible, are the most healthful and nourishing.
They impart a strength, a power of endurance, and a
vigor of intellect, that are not afforded by a more
complex and stimulating diet.
Fruits, Vegetables, Grains and Nuts

472. In grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts are to be
found all the food elements that we need. If we will
come to the Lord in simplicity of mind, He will teach
us how to prepare wholesome food free from the
taint of flesh meat.

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.—[Christian Temperance and
Bible Hygiene, 119] Counsels on Health, 450, 1890

Ministers and people must act in concert. God's
people are not prepared for the loud cry of
the third angel. They have a work to do for
themselves which they should not leave for God to
do for them. He has left this work for them to do. It
is an individual work; one cannot do it for another.

"Having therefore these promises, dearly
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God."
Gluttony is the prevailing sin of this age.

Lustful appetite makes slaves of men and women,
and beclouds their intellects and stupefies
their moral sensibilities to such a degree that
the sacred, elevated truths of God's word are
not appreciated. The lower propensities have
ruled men and women. {CD 32.2}

In order to be fitted for translation, the people of God
must know themselves. They must understand in
regard to their own physical frames, that they may be
able with the psalmist to exclaim, "I will praise Thee,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made." They should
ever have the appetite in subjection to the moral and
intellectual organs. The body should be servant to the
mind, and not the mind to the body. {CD 33.1}

“The Spirit of God cannot come
to our help, and assist us in
perfecting Christian characters
while we are indulging our
appetites to the injury of health,
and while the pride of life
controls.” CD 57

“All who would perfect holiness in the fear of God
must learn the lessons of temperance and self–
control. The appetites and passions must be held in
subjection to the higher powers of the mind. This
self–discipline is essential to that mental strength
and spiritual insight which will enable us to
understand and to practice the sacred truths of
God’s word. For this reason temperance fi nds its
place in the work of preparation for Christ’s second
coming.” DA 101

1 Corinthians 9:25
2 Peter 1:3-10
• “The controlling power of appetite
will prove the ruin of thousands,
when, if they had conquered on this
point, they would have had moral
power to gain the victory over every
other temptation of Satan. But those
who are slaves to appetite will fail in
perfecting Christian character.

• The continual transgression of man
for six thousand years has brought
sickness, pain, and death as its
fruits. And as we near the close of
time, Satan’s temptation to indulge
appetite will be more powerful and
more difficult to overcome.” 3T 491,
492

The Appetite Test Always Comes First
Adam and Eve
Genesis 3:1- Appetite
Genesis 3:4-Unbelief in God
Genesis 3:5- False Worship
Daniel
Daniel 1:8 – Appetite
Daniel 3:2-7,15- False Worship
Jesus Christ
Matthew 4:3-4 – Appetite
Matthew 4:5-7-Presumption
Matthew 4:8-10-Love of the word/False
worship
3 Angels Messages
Revelation 14:7- Appetite
Revelation 14:8 -Love of the word/False Diet
Revelation 14:9-11- False Worship

Preparation for the Refreshing
God requires His people to cleanse
themselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in
the fear of the Lord. All those who are
indifferent and excuse themselves from
this work, waiting for the Lord to do for
them that which He requires them to do
for themselves, will be found wanting
when the meek of the earth, who have
wrought His judgments, are hid in the
day of the Lord's anger. {CD 33.2}

I was shown that if God's people make
no efforts on their part, but wait for the
refreshing to come upon them and
remove their wrongs and correct their
errors; if they depend upon that to
cleanse them from filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, and fit them to engage in the
loud cry of the third angel, they will be
found wanting.{CD 33.3}

The refreshing or power of God
comes only on those who have
prepared themselves for it by doing
the work which God bids them,
namely, cleansing themselves from
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of
God. {CD 33.3}

Appeals to the Hesitant
(R. & H., May 27, 1902) C. H. 578,
579
37. The failure to follow sound
principles has marred the history of
God's people. There has been a continual
backsliding in health reform, and as a
result God is dishonored by a great lack
of spirituality. Barriers have been
erected which would never have been
seen had God's people walked in the
light. {CD 33.4}

Appeals to the Hesitant
Shall we who have had such great
opportunities allow the people of the world to
go in advance of us in health reform? Shall we
cheapen our minds and abuse our talents by
wrong eating? Shall we transgress God's holy
law by following selfish practices? Shall our
inconsistency become a byword? Shall we live
such unchristianlike lives that the Saviour will
be ashamed to call us brethren? {CD 33.5}

The health reform is a branch of the special work of God for
the benefit of His people. . . . {CD 25.4}
I saw that the reason why God did not hear the prayers of
His servants for the sick among us more fully was, that He
could not be glorified in so doing while they were violating
the laws of health. And I also saw that He designed the
health reform and Health Institute to prepare the way for the
prayer of faith to be fully answered. Faith and good works
should go hand in hand in relieving the afflicted among us,
and in fitting them to glorify God here, and to be saved at the
coming of Christ. {CD 25.5}

Many have expected that God would
keep them from sickness merely because
they have asked Him to do so. But God
did not regard their prayers, because
their faith was not made perfect by
works. God will not work a miracle to
keep those from sickness who have no
care for themselves, but are continually
violating the laws of health, and make
no efforts to prevent disease. {CD 26.1}

When we do all we can on our part to have
health, then may we expect that the blessed
results will follow, and we can ask God in faith
to bless our efforts for the preservation of
health. He will then answer our prayer, if His
name can be glorified thereby. But let all
understand that they have a work to do. God
will not work in a miraculous manner to
preserve the health of persons who are taking
a sure course to make themselves sick, by
their careless inattention to the laws of health.
{CD 26.1}

Those who will gratify their
appetite, and then suffer because
of their intemperance, and take
drugs to relieve them, may be
assured that God will not
interpose to save health and life
which is so recklessly periled. The
cause has produced the effect.

Many, as their last resort, follow the
directions in the word of God, and request
the prayers of the elders of the church for
their restoration to health. God does not see
fit to answer prayers offered in behalf of
such, for He knows that if they should be
restored to health, they would again
sacrifice it upon the altar of unhealthy
appetite.

R. & H., Feb. 10, 1910
38. It is of great importance that individually we act
well our part, and have an intelligent understanding of
what we should eat and drink, and how we should live to
preserve health. All are being proved to see whether they
will accept the principles of health reform or follow a
course of self-indulgence. {CD 34.3}

Let no one think that he can do as he pleases in
the matter of diet. But before all who sit at the
table with you, let it appear that you follow
principle in the matter of eating, as in all other
matters, that the glory of God may be revealed.
You cannot afford to do otherwise; for you have a
character to form for the future immortal life.
Great responsibilities rest upon every human
soul. Let us comprehend these responsibilities,
and bear them nobly in the name of the Lord.
{CD 34.4}

To every one who is tempted to indulge appetite I would say,
Yield not to temptation, but confine yourself to the use of
wholesome foods. You can train yourself to enjoy a healthful
diet. The Lord helps those who seek to help themselves; but
when men will not take special pains to follow out the mind and
will of God, how can He work with them? Let us act our part,
working out our salvation with fear and trembling,--with fear
and trembling lest we make mistakes in the treatment of our
bodies, which, before God, we are under obligation to keep in
the most healthy condition possible. {CD 35.1}

God is raising up a class to give the loud cry of the third
angel's message. . . . It is Satan's object now to get up
new theories to divert the mind from the true work and
genuine message for this time. He stirs up minds to give
false interpretation of Scripture, a spurious loud cry,
that the real message may not have its effect when it
does come. This is one of the greatest evidences that the
loud cry will soon be heard and the earth will be
lightened with the glory of God.--Letter 20, 1884. {3SM
410.1}

(1867) 1T 546
45. Said the angel, "Abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the
soul." You have stumbled at the health reform. It appears to you to be a
needless appendix to the truth. It is not so; it is a part of the truth. Here is
a work before you which will come closer and be more trying than
anything which has yet been brought to bear upon you. While you hesitate
and stand back, failing to lay hold upon the blessing which it is your
privilege to receive, you suffer loss. You are stumbling over the very
blessing which heaven has placed in your path to make progress less
difficult. Satan presents this before you in the most objectionable light,
that you may combat that which would prove the greatest benefit to you,
which would be for your physical and spiritual health.

“God cannot let his Holy
Spirit rest upon those who,
while they know how they
should eat for health, persist
in a course that will enfeeble
mind and body.”
{GosHealth, April 1, 1898
par. 14}

• .--A pure, healthy life is most
favorable for the perfection
of Christian character and
for the development of the
powers of mind and body.--
RH, Dec 1, 1896. (CH 41.)
{2MCP 378.1}
Healthy Life Favors Perfection
of Character

It is not possible for us to glorify God
while living in violation of the laws of life.

A diseased body and
disordered intellect, because of continual indulgence
in hurtful lust, make sanctification of the body and
spirit impossible.

Leviticus 1:3
Malachi 1 :13-14
Romans 12:1

“The brain nerves which
communicate with the entire
system are the only medium
through which Heaven can
communicate to man and affect
his inmost life. Whatever
disturbs the circulation of the
electric currents in the nervous
system lessens the strength of
the vital powers, and the result
is a deadening of the
sensibilities of the mind.”
{CH/Counsels on Health 616.2

• Overeating prevents the free
flow of thought and words,
and that intensity of feeling
which is so necessary in order
to impress the truth upon the
heart of the hearer.--T., V. III,
p. 310. {HL 41.1}

• Excessive eating of even the best of food will
produce a morbid condition of the moral
feelings. . . . Wrong habits of eating and
drinking lead to errors in thought and action.
Indulgence of appetite strengthens the animal
propensities, giving them the ascendency over
the mental and spiritual powers. . . .
Everything that conflicts with natural law
creates a diseased condition of the soul.--R.
and H., 1881, No. 4. {HL 41.2}

Temperance
“… eat in dew season, for strength and not for
drunkenness!” Ecclesiastes 10:17;
Proverbs 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good;
and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is
sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men
to search their own glory is not glory.

• Irregularity in eating and drinking,
and improper dressing, deprave
the mind and corrupt the heart,
and bring the noble attributes of
the soul in slavery to the animal
passions.--H. R. {HL 41.3}

Over-eating
Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity
of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread,
and abundance of idleness was in her and in
her daughters, neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and needy.

Between the mind and
the body there is a
mysterious and
wonderful relation. They
react upon each other.
To keep the body in a
healthy condition to
develop its strength, that
every part of the living
machinery may act
harmoniously, should be
the first study of our life.
To neglect the body is to

(1905) M.H. 271
136. In order to have good
health, we must have good
blood; for the blood is the
current of life. It repairs
waste, and nourishes the
body. When supplied with the
proper food elements and
when cleansed and vitalized
by contact with pure air, it
carries life and vigor to every
part of the system. The more
perfect the circulation, the
better will this work be

• If those who profess to be
Christians desire to solve the
questions so perplexing to them,--
why their minds are so dull, why
their religious aspirations are so
feeble,--they need not, in many
instances, go farther than the table;
here is cause enough, if there were
no other.--C. T., p. 83. {HL 41.4}

• A religious life can be more
successfully gained and maintained
if flesh meats are discarded; for a
meat diet stimulates into intense
activity lustful propensities, and
enfeebles the spiritual and moral
nature.--U. T., Nov. 5, 1896

1Co 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud,
and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that
Rock was Christ.
1Co 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
1Co 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and
rose up to play.
1Co 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty
thousand.
1Co 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
1Co 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
1Co 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon
whom the ends of the world are come.

Num 11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting:
and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us
flesh to eat?
Num 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely;
the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the
garlick:
Num 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all,
beside this manna, before our eyes.

• Those whose moral faculties are
beclouded by disease, are not the ones
rightly to represent the Christian life, to
show forth the joys of salvation or the
beauties of holiness. They are too often in
the fire of fanaticism or the water of cold
indifference or stolid gloom.-- S. of T.,
1885, No. 42. {HL 55.3}
• THERE COMES A
TIME WHEN WE MUST
STOP BEING SICK!!

What? know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own?

• For you were bought at a
price; therefore glorify God
in your body and in your
spirit, which are God's. 1
Corinthians 6:20
• Therefore, whether you eat
or drink, or whatever you
do, do all to the glory of
God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)

• The children of God cannot
glorify him with sickly bodies or
dwarfed minds. Those who
indulge in any species of
intemperance, either in eating or
drinking, waste their physical
energies and weaken moral
power.-- C. T., p. 53. {HL 55.2}

Sickness, suffering, and death are
works of an antagonistic power.
Satan is the destroyer; God is the
restorer.

The Lord gave His word
to ancient Israel, that if
they would cleave strictly
to Him, and do all His
requirements, He would
keep them from all the
diseases such as He
had brought upon the
Egyptians; but this
promise was given on
the condition of
obedience. (CD p. 26.3)

The words
spoken to
ancient Israel
are true today of
those who
recover health of
body or health of
soul. "I am the
Lord that healeth
thee." Exodus 15:26

Perspectives
We teach from three perspectives:
 Bible
 Inspiration
 Good Science

Sickness and Disease are caused from
one of three reasons
For the glory of God
Violation of natural laws
Violation of spiritual laws

Perspectives
Health is Spiritual
Numbers 12
Spiritual things are SPIRITUALLY
discerned

Disease never comes without a cause.
(PATH 74/ MH 94)

Disease Definition
Disease is an effort of nature
to free the system from
conditions that result from the
violation of the laws of health.
(PATH p. 37)

What are the Laws of Health
Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness,
rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of
water, trust in divine power
these are the true remedies.
(MH p. 44)

The first thing to be done is to ascertain
the true character of the sickness and
then go to work intelligently to remove
the cause. (PATH p. 74 / MH p. 94)
If the harmonious working of the system
has become unbalanced by overwork,
overeating, or other irregularities, do not
endeavor to adjust the difficulties by
adding a burden of poisonous medicines.
(PATH p. 74 / MH p. 94)

In the case of sickness, the cause
should be ascertained,
unhealthful conditions should be
changed,
wrong habits corrected,
then nature is to be assisted in her effort
to expel impurities and to re-establish
right conditions in the system. (MH p. 44)
What should one do if they get
sick?

The use of natural remedies requires an
amount of care and effort that many are not
willing to give. Nature's process of healing
and upbuilding is gradual, and to the
impatient it seems slow. The surrender of
hurtful indulgences requires sacrifice. (MH p. 44)
Counsels and Cautions

But in the end it will be found that nature,
untrammeled, does her work wisely and
well. Those who persevere in obedience
to her laws will reap the reward in health
of body and health of mind. (MH p. 44)
Counsels and Cautions

Do Drugs Cure Disease?
If the harmonious working of the system
has become unbalanced by overwork,
overeating or other irregularities do not
endeavor to adjust the difficulties by
adding a burden of poisonous
medicines. (PATH p. 74 / MH p. 94)

Too little attention is generally given to the
preservation of health.
It is far better to prevent disease than to know how
to treat it when contracted. (MH p. 128)
By the use of poisonous drugs, many bring upon
themselves lifelong illness, and many lives are lost
that might be saved by the use of natural methods
of healing. (MH p. 128)

Drugs never cure disease;
they only change its form and location. . . .
When drugs are introduced into the
system, for a time they seem to have a
beneficial effect. A change may take place,
but the disease is not cured. It will manifest
itself in some other form. . . .

The disease which the drug was given to cure
may disappear, but only to reappear in a new
form, such as skin diseases, ulcers, painful,
diseased joints, and sometimes in a more
dangerous and deadly form. . . . Nature keeps
struggling, and the patient suffers with different
ailments, until there is a sudden breaking down
in her efforts, and death follows.– (HL 243.3)

how can they weigh the evidences of truth, and
comprehend the requirements of God?
they cannot appreciate the value of the
atonement or the exalted character of the work of God, nor delight in the
study of his word.
• Perfection and the spirit of holiness cannot be attained with diseased
bodies and minds. -- T., V. I, p. 554. {HL 55.5}

• As our first parents lost Eden through the indulgence of appetite,
our only hope of regaining Eden is through the firm denial of
appetite and passion. . . . The controlling power of appetite will
prove the ruin of thousands, when, if they had conquered on this
point, then they would have had the moral power to gain the
victory over every other temptation of Satan. But those who are
slaves to appetite will fail in perfecting Christian character. . . . As
we near the close of time, Satan's temptation to indulge appetite
will be more powerful and more difficult to overcome.--T., V. III, p.
491. {HL 74.5}

In refusing the warning of the first
angel, they rejected the means
which Heaven had provided for
their restoration. GC 381
Psalm 67;2

The Holy Spirit never has, and never
will in the future, divorce the medical
missionary work from the gospel
ministry. They can not be divorced.
Bound up with Jesus Christ, the
ministry of the word and the healing of
the sick are one. {SpTB07 64.1}

“The light that God has given in medical
missionary lines will not cause His
people to be regarded as inferior in
scientific medical knowledge, but
Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students , 467

“Medical missionary work is the
right hand of the gospel. It is
necessary to the advancement of
the cause of God. As through it
men and women are led to see the
importance of right habits of living,
the saving power of the truth will be
made known.
Testimonies to the Church Vol. 7 pg. 59

Medical Missionary-Spiritual Work
The work of the true medical
missionary is largely A Spiritual
work. Is includes prayer & the
laying on of hands,he therefore
should be as sacredly set apart for
his work as is the minister of the
gospel. CH 540

• “As we near the close of time, we
must rise higher and still higher upon
the question of health reform and
Christian temperance, presenting it
in a more positive and decided
manner.”
• Counsels on Diet and Foods 443

The medical missionary work is as the right
arm to the third angel’s message. 6T 229
The gospel of health is to be firmly linked with
the ministry of the word. It is the Lord’s design
that the restoring influence of health reform
shall be a part of the last great effort to
proclaim the Gospel Message. CDF 75

By the ministry of the work the gospel is
preached; by the medical missionary work the
gospel is practiced. The gospel is bound up
with medical missionary work. Neither is to
stand alone, bound up in itself. The workers in
each are to labor unselfishly and unitedly,
striving to save sinners. 13MR 303
Genuine medical missionary work is the gospel
practiced. 8T 168

My brethren, the Lord calls for unity,
for oneness. We are to be one in the
faith. I want to tell you that when the
gospel ministers and the medical
missionary workers are not united,
there is placed on our churches the
worst evil that can placed there.
MM 241

Purpose of Health Reform and MMW
We should ever remember that the object of the
medical missionary work is to point sin-sick
men and women to the Man of Calvary, who
take away the sin of the world. By beholding
Him, they will be changed into His likeness.
MH 144
The work of health reform is the Lord’s means
for lessening suffering in the world and for
purifying His church. CDF 77

The Lord has a special work to be done. This work is not to
be done in accordance with man's planning. Medical
missionary work is to be closely connected with the ministry
of the Word, bound up with the third angel's message, the
last message of mercy and warning to be given to a guilty
world. The work of health reform is to be bound up with the
gospel. These cannot be separated; for God has united them.
When these parts of the work are carried forward on correct
lines, the third angel's message will be given in accordance
with God's purpose. 5MR 134.3

God's purpose in giving the third
angel's message to the world is to
prepare a people to stand true to Him
during the investigative judgment. This
is the purpose for which we establish
and maintain our publishing houses,
our schools, our sanitariums, hygienic
restaurants, treatment rooms, and food
factories. This is our purpose in
carrying forward every line of work in
the cause.
Manuscript Release Book 1 page 228
The Purpose of the 3 angels message

Noah, Daniel, and Job
The "time of trouble, such as never was," is soon to open upon us;
and we shall need an experience which we do not now possess
and which many are too indolent to obtain. It is often the case
that trouble is greater in anticipation than in reality; but this is
not true of the crisis before us. The most vivid presentation
cannot reach the magnitude of the ordeal. In that time of trial,
every soul must stand for himself before God. "Though Noah,
Daniel, and Job" were in the land, "as I live, saith the Lord God,
they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver
their own souls by their righteousness." Ezekiel 14:20. {GC
622.4}

Eze 14:14,16,18,20
Noah, Daniel, and Job

Noah-First Angels Message
Noah Preached A Judgment Hour
Message
First Angels Message
Revelation 14:7
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God,
and give glory to him; for the hour of
his judgment is come:

The people who lived before the flood ate animal
food and gratified their lusts until their cup of
iniquity was full, and God cleansed the earth of its
moral pollution by a flood Then the third dreadful
curse rested upon the earth…he inhabitants of the
Old World were intemperate in eating and
drinking. They would have flesh-meats, although
God had given them no permission to eat animal
food. They ate and drank to excess, and their
depraved appetites knew no bounds. They gave
themselves up to abominable idolatry.
TESTIMONY STUDIES ON DIET AND FOODS,
PAGE 62

They became violent, and ferocious, and so corrupt
that God could bear with them no longer. Their cup
of iniquity was full, and God cleansed the earth of
its moral pollution by a flood. As men multiplied
upon the face of the earth after the flood, they
forgot God, and corrupted their ways before Him.
Intemperance in every form increased to a great
extent. TESTIMONY STUDIES ON DIET AND
FOODS, PAGE 62

“Our habits of eating and drinking show whether we are
of the world or among the number whom the Lord by
His mighty cleaver of truth has separated from the
world. These are His peculiar people, zealous of good
works. . . . God has spoken in the history of the
children of Israel, from whom for their good He sought
to withhold a flesh diet” (CD 379; 6T 372).

God has called His church in this day, as He called
ancient Israel, to stand as a light in the earth. By the
mighty cleaver of truth, the messages of the first,
second, and third angels, He has separated them from
the churches and from the world to bring them into a
sacred nearness to Himself. He has made them the
depositaries of His law and has committed to them the
great truths of prophecy for this time. Like the holy
oracles committed to ancient Israel, these are a sacred
trust to be communicated to the world. The three
angels of Revelation 14 5T 455.2

• But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion of the king's
meat, nor with the wine which he drank:
therefore he requested of the prince of the
eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Verse 8
• And in all matters of wisdom and
understanding, that the king enquired of them,
he found them ten times better than all the
magicians and astrologers that were in all his
realm. Daniel 1:8,20
Daniel-Second Angels Message

Daniel-Second Angels Message
• When Daniel was in Babylon, he was
beset with temptations of which we
have never dreamed, and he realized
that he must keep his body under.
He purposed in his heart that he
would not drink of the king’s wine or
eat of his dainties. He knew that in
order to come off a victor, he must
have clear mental perceptions, that
he might discern between right and
wrong. RH April 2, 1889, par. 7

Daniel 5
Daniel 5:1-2- Appetite
Daniel 5:3- False Worship
Daniel 5:24-30- Fall of Babylon
Daniel – Second
Angels Message
Revelation 14:8
….Fall of Modern/Spiritual
Babylon…

Job- Third Angels Message
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name
was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one
that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and
three daughters. Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted
in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for
their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting
were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and
rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings
according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may
be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their
hearts. Thus did Job continually.
James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure.
Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the
end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of
tender mercy.
Revelation 14:12

• Our habits of eating and drinking
show whether we are of the world
or among the number that the
Lord by his mighty cleaver of truth
has separated from the world.--U.
T., Aug. 25, 1897. {HL 75.2}

• Christ began
this work of
redemption
by reforming
the physical
habits of
man.--T., V.
III, p. 486.
{HL 75.3}

Luk 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at
any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this
life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all
them that dwell on the face of the whole
earth.

• A religious life can be more
successfully attained and maintained
if meat is discarded; for this diet
stimulates into intense activity the
lustful propensities, and enfeebles
the moral and spiritual nature.--U. T.,
Nov. 5, 1896. {HL 102.4}

• Perhaps no question has ever come up
among us which has caused such
development of character as has the dress
reform.-- T., V. IV, p. 636. {HL 120.1}

• Simplicity of dress will make a sensible
woman appear to the best advantage.
We judge of a person's character by the
style of dress worn. Gaudy apparel
displays vanity and weakness. A modest,
godly woman will dress modestly. A
refined taste, a cultivated mind, will be
revealed in the choice of simple and
appropriate attire.-- T., V. IV, p. 643. {HL
120.2}

• Fashion and false modesty look upon these
girls who have their limbs clad in reference
to comfort, modesty, and health, with
horror, but smile upon those whose dresses
are quite as short, and whose limbs are
uncomfortably, immodestly, and
unhealthfully exposed.

• Here come the cross and the reproach, for
simply doing right, in the face of the tyrant-
-Fashion. God help us to have the moral
courage to do right, and to labor patiently
and humbly in the great cause of reform.
{HR, September 1, 1868 par. 13}

• The Spirit of God cannot come to our
help, and assist us in perfecting
Christian characters, while we are
indulging our appetites to the injury of
health, and while the pride of life
controls. {CD 57.4}
•

• All who are partakers of the
divine nature will escape the
corruption that is in the world
through lust. It is impossible
for those who indulge the
appetite to attain to Christian
perfection. {CD 57.5}

• It is impossible for those who give the reins to appetite to attain to Christian perfection.
The moral sensibilities of your children cannot be easily aroused, unless you are careful
in the selection of their food. Many a mother sets a table that is a snare to her family.
Flesh meats, butter, cheese, rich pastry, spiced foods, and condiments are freely
partaken of by both old and young. These things do their work in deranging the
stomach, exciting the nerves, and enfeebling the intellect. The blood-making organs
cannot convert such things into good blood. The grease cooked in the food renders it
difficult of digestion. The effect of cheese is deleterious. Fine-flour bread does not
impart to the system the nourishment that is to be found in unbolted-wheat bread. Its
common use will not keep the system in the best condition. Spices at first irritate the
tender coating of the stomach, but finally destroy the natural sensitiveness of this
delicate membrane. The blood becomes fevered, the animal propensities are aroused,
while the moral and intellectual powers are weakened, and become servants to the
baser passions. The mother should study to set a simple yet nutritious diet before her
family. {CD 236.2}

MORAL FITNESS
• You need clear, energetic minds, in order to appreciate the exalted
character of the truth, to value the atonement, and to place the right
estimate upon eternal things. If you pursue a wrong course, and
indulge in wrong habits of eating, and thereby weaken the
intellectual powers, you will not place that high estimate upon
salvation and eternal life which will inspire you to conform your life
to the life of Christ; you will not make those earnest, self-sacrificing
efforts for entire conformity to the will of God, which His word
requires and which are necessary to give you a moral fitness for the
finishing touch of immortality. {CD 47.1}

even temper.
Erroneous eating and drinking
result in erroneous thinking and acting.--9T 160 (1909).
{2MCP 392.2}

• High Appreciation of
Atonement Blunted.--When
we pursue a course to lessen
mental and physical vigor--in
eating, drinking, or in any of
our habits--we dishonor God,
for we rob Him of the service
He claims of us.

• When we indulge appetite
at the expense of health or
when we indulge habits
which lessen our vitality
and mental vigor, we
cannot have a high
appreciation of the
atonement and a right
estimate of eternal things.

• When our minds
are beclouded and
partially paralyzed
by disease, we are
easily overcome by
the temptations of
Satan.--Lt 27, 1872. {2MCP 392.3}

Optimum Health
• The season of distress
and anguish before us
will require a faith that
can endure weariness,
delay, and hunger--a
faith that will not faint,
though severely tried. . .
. {LDE 254.2}

Optimum Health
• The "time of trouble such as
never was," is soon to open
upon us; and we shall need
an experience which we do
not now possess, and which
many are too indolent to
obtain.
• GC 621, 622 (1911). {LDE 254.3}

Optimum Health
• It is often the case that trouble
is greater in anticipation than
in reality; but this is not true of
the crisis before us. The most
vivid presentation cannot reach
the magnitude of the ordeal.--
GC 621, 622 (1911). {LDE
254.3}

Optimum Health
• There are stormy times
before us, but let us not
utter one word of
unbelief or
discouragement.--ChS
136 (1905). {LDE 12.6}

FAR AHEAD
The peculiar people whom God is
purifying unto himself, to be translated to heaven without
seeing death, should not be behind others in good works In
their efforts to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, they
should be as far ahead of any other class of people on the
earth as their profession is more exalted than that of others

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