Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

eason it has not come “alive” sooner is that it has
not been understood. The true history has been
suppressed and denied.
Whereas the ancient Jews rejected their longawaited
Messiah, “we” rejected our long-awaited
outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the “latter rain.”
The details are complementary:
1. The Jews’ Messiah was born in a stable,
instead of in a palace; the beginning of the “latter
rain” in 1888 was manifested in surprisingly
humble circumstances.
2. The Jews failed to discern in the anointed
Jesus of Nazareth the Son of God in lowly guise;
“we” failed to discern in the humble, young, and
sometimes faulty messengers of 1888 the Lord’s
truly delegated messengers.
3. The Jews feared that Jesus would destroy
their denominational organization; “we” feared that
the 1888 message would damage the character of
the church and perhaps destroy its effectiveness
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