Certainty of the Third Angel's Message, The

The widespread confusion in contemporary Christianity regarding the understanding of biblical prophecies about the future of Israel and the final battle of Armageddon is largely due to a lack of clearly defined principles of prophetic interpretation. Such principles or rules are indispensable as a safeguard against speculation. The certainty of true religious convictions is not based on isolated Scripture passages, but rather on the central teaching of the totality of Holy Scripture.

The subject of unfulfilled prophecy in the Bible is of increasing importance and relevance to our generation which stands in the urgent need of being prepared for the final conflict between good and evil, between God’s revealed will and the traditions of men. The author focuses on the principles of interpretation which are inherent in the Holy Scriptures themselves, basing his work on the assumption of faith that there exists a basic continuity between the Old and New Testaments, between Israel and the Church.

This book provided a fundamental answer to the literalist prophetic interpretation as set forth by Dispensationalism, popularized by such writers as Hal Lindsey, and various popular media presentations today.

In our time of superficiality and skepticism this challenging study is a great help in understanding more clearly the truth which God has given in the New Testament for His Church in the last days. Especially the meaning of the three angels' messages of Revelation 14—the divine credentials of the remnant church—becomes more transparent than ever before.

Step by step, Louis Were takes the student through the guiding principles of prophetic interpretation into the more detailed and specific applications of the three angels' messages, an essential, though often misunderstood, message for us today.

Facsimile reprint. Paper, 350 pages.

Table of Contents:

1. How to Understand the Bible
2. The Importance of Principles, Revealed in Nature and Revelation
3. Bible Principles of Interpretation Arise Out of the Nature and Character of the Godhead
4. How God Teaches His People to See the Invisible
5. The Law of the Literal and the Spiritual: the Principle of “Acted Parables”
6. Examples from the Spirit of Prophecy of the Spiritual Interpretation of Scriptures
7. Old Testament Terminology Employed Spiritually in the New Testament: the Church Is Now the “Nation” of Israel
8. The Spirit of Prophecy Employs the New Testament Principle That the Church Is Now “the Israel of God:” the “Double” Application of the Things of Israel
9. The Book of Revelation—Christ’s Message to Spiritual Israel
10. The Jews, Desiring a Literal Kingdom, Reject the King of a Spiritual Kingdom
11. The Sabbath—the “Sign” Between God and Spiritual Israel—Is a Spiritual Institution
12. The Errors of Roman Catholocism Are Based Upon a Literal Application of the Things of National Israel
13. Satan Deceives Today As He Deceived the Jews
14. The Principle of the World-wide Symbolized by the Local
15. The Principle of the World-wide Symbolized by the Local Demonstrated in the Book of Revelation
16. The Laws of Repetition and Enlargement
17. The Third Angel’s Message Is Based Upon the Principle That “Double” Applications, When Applied to “Israel,” Are Spiritual as Well as World-wide
18. The Law of the World-wide Symbolized by the Local Demonstrated in the Master’s Second Advent Sermon: a Guide in Understanding Daniel and the Revelation
19. The Principle of “Double” Applications Revealed in the Book of Daniel—Showing the Transition From the Local and Literal to the Spiritual and World-wide
20. The Significance of the “Firsts” and “Lasts” of Scripture
21. The Law of the First and the Last Associated With the Law of Type and Antitype
22. The Law of the Significance of Bible Names
23. The Law of the Significance of Names in the Book of Revelation
24. The Significance of the Meaning of Names Mentioned in Connection with the Great Battle of “Armageddon”
25. The “Testimony of Jesus” Reveals the Interpretation of the Drying Up of the Water of the Euphrates and the Coming of “the Kings From the Sun-rising” (Rev. 16:12)
26. The Principle Governing the Use of Unfulfilled Conditional Prophecies
27. Literal Interpretations Limit in Time and Place Important Scriptures Relating to the Third Angel’s Message: Spiritual Interpretations are World-wide and Unlimited in Time&mdashUntil the Second Advent
28. “All Things Are Yours” (1 Cor 3:21, 22): Spiritual Interpretations of the Literal Past and of the Literal Future Apply to Spiritual Israel Now
29. The Triple Application of the Prophecies Pertaining to Israel: “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth” (2 Tim. 2:15)
30. Spiritual Lessons From the New Jerusalem: Further Proving the Bible Principle of the Spiritual Application Before, and the Literal Application After, the Millennium
31. The Teaching of a Literal Palestine “Armageddon” Violates the Bible Principle That Things Which Apply Literally After the Millennium Apply Spiritually Before the Millennium
32. After the Millennium—The Consummation of Bible Prophecies
33. Armageddon—Before, and After the Millennium: The Spiritual Application Before, the Literal Application After the Millennium