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152the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHSummationIn reference to the above quotes, was it wrong for John the Revelator and EllenWhite to give the details they did? It is these details that help us visualize whatwas seen in a dream or vision.ConclusionEllen White’s critics accused her of describing childish expressions. This is verysimilar to Mr. Prewitt’s accusation that Ernie mixes the common with thesacred. Has anything changed?Baking bread mixes sacred with common?Prewitt says: (see Appendix I)“But when I read his sublime illustration of how God will preparepersons for the end (it is illustrated by the process of baking bread), I wassurprised to read the Herald speaking regarding a symbolic bakery bakingsymbolic bread:He looks at me, smiles, and replies, ‘It smells good in here, doesn’t it?’Humor forms no part of angelic communications to men. Much lesswould an angel distract a man from a solemn spiritual lesson by areference to a trivial passing aroma.”FactIn the dream “If You Love Me,” the illustration of making bread was the Herald’sanswer to Ernie’s question of when a certain event would happen. The Heraldwas not to give a specific date. The event refers to the latter rain, which willcome when God’s people are ready—just as when the bread was finishedbaking and sliced, it was ready to be eaten. When God’s people are ready forthe latter rain, they will be sharing the “bread of life” as never before. If Mr.Prewitt had read the footnote provided in the dream, he would have read: “Forwe being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of thatone bread” (1 Corinthians 10:17.) “For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ,in them that are saved, and in them that perish” (2 Corinthians 2:15.) Noticethat the word “savor” means the taste or smell of something.The angel’s comment about the aroma of the baking bread was not made as ahumorous comment. It was to show how wonderful it will be when God’s peoplefinally do experience the latter rain. His people must be “baked” in the “fires ofaffliction—“gold tried in the fire.” Notice the same type of illustrations inTestimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, p. 85: “The purification of the people of Godcannot be accomplished without their suffering. God permits the fires ofaffliction to consume the dross, to separate the worthless from the valuable,that the pure metal may shine forth. He passes us from one fire to another,testing our true worth. If we cannot bear these trials, what will we do in the timeof trouble?” From Revelation 3:18: “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in thefire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed,and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes witheyesalve, that thou mayest see.”God says:Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, p. 140Jesus taught by illustrations and parables drawn from nature and fromthe familiar events of everyday life. . . . In this way He associated natural