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This newsletter has been compiled together to bring glad tidings which can
be received by all who hearken unto the voice of the LORD within His Word. It
has been produced with the purpose of offering the readers to come into the
knowledge of Present Truth. As Sister White tells us; “There are many
precious truths in the Word of God but it is the Present Truth that the flock
needs now.” {EW 63}. What is Present Truth? In every generation God raises
a prophet, for us, Sister Ellen. G. White, to warn the people with a message for
that time, we, the final generation, have been given by God, the last message
of love and mercy. The message of Present Truth is the Third Angels Message,
together with the first two, and this coincides with Daniel 11:40-45, which will
be proven herein. It is now within ourselves to prayerfully read and study
through the plain testimony stored in these pages and to learn what it is we
should know in our time of this world’s history to prepare us for time and
eternity. My prayer is that the Holy Spirit will illumine your hearts and minds
as you take time to view the light given, and in doing so, accomplish a much
more rooted, grounded understanding of what Bible prophecy means to both
They make it manifested that they have tasted the power of the
world to come, that they are not standing on sliding sand, but on the
solid Rock, that they cannot be easily moved away from the faith once
delivered to the saints. They are strengthened by their Leader to cope
with difficulty, and are messengers of righteousness, representing
Christ and revealing the triumphs of His grace. {18MR 137.3}
There are men and women of refinement and education who will
throw the whole weight of their influence on the Lord's side, who,
ignoring worldly interests and parting with friends, will go forth to
proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ. Their lives show the world
that in Christianity there is a power that exalts the character in
righteousness and true holiness. Through them the gospel is seen to be
the power of God unto salvation. {18MR 137.4}
In the Word of God, there are many instances in which the Lord has
spoken this specific word. However, the meaning is altered to suit the
individual condition in question. For example, there can be either good,
glad tidings or bad, evil tidings, although, not in every circumstance, is
it distinctively clear, whether the tidings spoken of are good or evil as
the verse will not have the word ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in front of the word
‘tidings’, therefore the order and format of the Scripture must be
closely evaluated, so as to conclude what God would have us
understand. When we look into the Bible, we will learn what the Lord
has made available to us; to study by hearing and obeying the Spirit of
Truth.
H8088 מע
ַ ש
ֵ shema` (shay'-mah) n-m.
Daniel 11:44 – But tidingsH8052 out of the east and out of the north
shall trouble
him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly
to make away
many.
H8052 (Mickelson's Enhanced Strong's Greek and Hebrew Dictionaries)
H8052 שמּוָעה
ְׁ shmuw`ah (sehm-oo-aw') n-f.
1. something heard, i.e. an announcement
[feminine passive participle of H8074]
KJV: bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.
Root(s): H8074
1 Samuel 4:19 - And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with
child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the tidingsH8052 that the ark of God
was taken, and
that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself
and travailed; for
her pains came upon her.
H8052 (Mickelson's Enhanced Strong's Greek and Hebrew Dictionaries)
H8052
שמועהshemû‛âh shem-oo-aw'
Feminine passive participle of H8074; something heard, that is, an announcement: -
bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.
Further Scripture evidence for the word ‘tidings’ and its significance:
We will now exegesis tidings in the fashion of the word good or glad
and bad or evil presented first, preceding the word tidings.
Good/Glad Tidings:
1) 2 Samuel 4:10 - When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead,
thinking to have brought good tidingsH1319, I took hold of him,
and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him
a reward for his tidings:
(Note: Even though we can see the words ‘good tidings’ indicated
here, the verse speaks of evil tidings in actuality)
H1319 (Mickelson's Enhanced Strong's Greek and Hebrew Dictionaries)
H1319
בשרbâśar baw-sar'
A primitive root; properly to be fresh, that is, full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to
announce (glad news): - messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry,
preach, good, tell good) tidings.
2) Romans 10:15 - And how shall they preach, except they be sent?
as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the
gospel of peace, and bring glad tidingsG2097 of good things!
(Cruden’s Concordance Reference)
There are many more findings in the Bible where good or glad tidings
are mentioned. Below is a list of all of the other distinctive texts:
Good Tidings: 2 Samuel 18:27, 1 Kings 1:42, 2 Kings 7:9, Isaiah 40:9,
Isaiah 41:27, Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 61:1, Nahum 1:15, Luke 2:10, Romans
10:15, 1 Thessalonians 3:6
Glad Tidings: Jeremiah 20:15, Luke 1:19, Luke 8:1, Act 13:32
Evil/Bad Tidings:
[from H1696]
KJV: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care,
case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), +
concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect,
+ eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, +
judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X
parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question,
rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so,
some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X
there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith,
which, word, work. Root(s): H1696
From all the diverse examples of Scripture, using the Biblical rule of
interpretation: “Upon the testimony of two or three is a thing
established”, (Deut 17:6, Matt 18:6, 2 Corinthians 13:1) it is evident
that the term ‘tidings’ is in relevance to an announcement, news,
report or message. This is crucial to understand and to store in mind, as
it will be made known shortly what is the importance of the tidings we
are instructed to know.
As pointed out at the beginning, in the Foreword, the Present Truth for
our time must be studied, that we may obtain a more clearer
understanding of what is to come, and by doing so, be prepared to
meet it. And so, the question is presented, what is Present Truth? We
have answered this briefly in the earlier comments given, however,
there is much else involved. Present Truth is truth for us, as God’s
people, in our history, as when we take a look back into the past we will
see that every generation had a ‘present truth’ for their time. God
delivered His people by sending them a messenger or prophet with a
special message for each time period.
Now, for us, God has revealed a special last message of love, mercy
and warning, this is the Third Angels Message, which is a three-fold
message, with the First and Second Angels messages, combined with
the fourth Angel, which is a repeat of the Second. And if there is a
special message, there undoubtedly must be a messenger, who is the
last day prophet of the Lord? It is Ellen G. White, she was chosen by
God to give this message of the Three Angels to the final generation.
But we also have an individual responsibility to go forth and sound the
trumpet, with a certain sound. And this certain sound is the
proclamation of the Third Angel’s Message, “Come out of her My
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins…”, so that they receive not
the mark of the beast or the wrath of God, (Rev 14:9, Rev 18:4) this
message is to be given to the whole world. The Third Angel’s message
is a message that will prepare a people to stand in the great and
dreadful day of the Lord.
Tidings of Present Truth
From what has been established, the opposition between what are
the good and what are the evil tidings encompassed in the Word of
God, let us consider and proceed with the good tidings and the purpose
they have within, to find what God would have us learn and
understand. What are these good tidings we are to know of? And once
we do know, what does God expect us to do? Well, firstly these tidings
must revive and refine the whole life-being of the believer; the
character will be evidently seen to have conformed to the Divine
Pattern. He then, would have us to proclaim these tidings because they
are good, of course. And the tidings are a message directly from God
Himself; therefore this subject-matter is not to be received lightly.
In the next study it will be made evident, what is the ‘Time of the End?
as signified in Daniel 11:40 to begin with, which also has an ordered
parallel with the tidings we must comprehend, and all Scripture proofs
will be thus presented. Then as these studies transpire, from verses 40-
45 of Daniel 11, increased knowledge and understanding is surely
promised and will be disclosed unto all faithful students of prophecy.