The Vision of Justification by Faith

The Angel of Revelation 18 which lighteneth the earth with His glory:

He had bright beams coming out of His side:

and there was the hiding of His Power." Habakkuk
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3:4 margin, {The Great Controversy page 674.2}.

The first Table

The second Table

Love to God

Love to man

Habakkuk 2:2-4 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision,
and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the
vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not
lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just
shall live by His faith.
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Messengers Preface: This introductory message is the New and Living *Way* heaven opened
to a *reset* foundation whereby we could receive the rest of the messages inherent in this end
time Vision of Christ revealed to Habakkuk. The Way it does that is Christ is revealed as having
Bright Beams coming from His Pierced Side, even in Glory after sin has been eradicated from
Gods universe. This tells us plainly that the Lamb bore His open wounds throughout the
heavenly sanctuary dispensation. The Pierced Side of Jesus awakens us to when He was on the
Cross, offering the Sacrifice for the Sin of the World and He was first pierced in His side and
forthwith came there out blood and water. These heaven inspired pictures of Jesus show, due
to His open wounds in the setting the sanctuary and He being the Lamb slain, that the sacred
blood of Jesus has been shed for Sacrifice for sin during His entire ministry in the heavenly
sanctuary and will not cease until the Lamb is freed from His sanctuary service for us at the
times of Refreshing which shall come from the Presence of the Lord and the remnant shall be
sealed and saved never to sin again. Then, and not until then, will only Bright Beams of Light
Shine from the eternally open Wounds of Jesus. These things and more the Vision of Habakkuk
teaches us.

Also these Bright Beams of Light coming from the side of Jesus gave us the first intimation, in a
bright spiritual picture (Habakkuk 3:4 KJV margin), that the Holy Spirit comes to us from Jesus
as The Soul of *His* Life the Life of He Who was Pierced.
These Two heaven inspired pictures of Jesus or portrayed on the two tables of the Ten
Commandments, Love to God and Love to man ; thus revealing that in these messages the
character of God is displayed: Justice and Mercy; and is best understood in these Present Truth
messages Jesus is sending to the world as the last message of mercy, a most full and BRIGHT
revelation of His character of Love.
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A vision of Christ for the end of time
We have a solemn vision of the Lord in His glory, recorded for us in the book
The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White on page 674. The vision and the
importance the Spirit of Prophecy places upon it makes it necessary that we study
and contemplate this revelation of Christ now, in these waning hours before Christs
return:
The text in The Great Controversy begins by saying that, in the New heaven
and New earth, where all is made new, One reminder (of the curse of sin) alone
remains : Our Redeemer will ever bear the marks of His crucifixion. Upon His
wounded head, upon His side, His hands and feet, are the only traces of the cruel
work that sin has wrought. Says the prophet, beholding Christ in His glory: "He had
bright beams coming out of His side: and there was the hiding of His
power." Habakkuk 3:4, margin. That pierced side whence flowed the crimson
stream that reconciled man to God--there is the Saviour's glory, there "the hiding of
His power." "Mighty to save," through the sacrifice of redemption, He was
therefore strong to execute justice upon them that despised God's mercy. And the
tokens of His humiliation are His highest honor; through the eternal ages the
wounds of Calvary will show forth His praise and declare His power. {GC 674.2}
In the everlastingly pierced side of Christ we will behold there, the Saviors
Glory and where His Power is hiding. In vision Habakkuk the prophet saw bright
beams of light shining from Jesus side. This is the same side where flowed the
crimson stream of His sacred blood, poured out for our redemption; and we are told
this is also His Glory.
It was the Spirit of the Eternal Lord God which caused this vision to become
such a great object of attraction and study and contemplation. If there, in His
pierced side, we are plainly told that there is the Saviors Glory and the Hiding of His
Power would we not do well to behold and contemplate this glorious
representation and be changed into Christs image of self-sacrificing love?

Habakkuks vision
This is the manifest purpose for which the vision was revealed. As we turn to
the book of Habakkuk to learn more about what God spake to Habakkuk concerning
this vision, we see more eternally important things which cause us to know that this
is hidden manna for these last days.
Habakkuk complained to God about the coming judgments God was planning
to send upon Jerusalem, and that He was going to use the nation of Babylon to
punish Gods heritage of Israel Using a wicked nation and army to punish Gods
people ... Habakkuk questioned Gods methods.

But God is Merciful and Gracious, and answered Habakkuk and told him that
though He will now (at that time) use Babylon as His instrument to declare His
wrath, the time would come when God would stand up for His chosen people and
reveal Himself as their Savior in the end time (Habakkuk 2:2-4 & Hebrews 10:37). In
connection with this instruction, Habakkuk was told that he would receive a vision
and that the vision was to be written and also made plain upon tables. The vision
would be of such a character that, once it was made plain upon tables, the Holy
Spirit could cause a person to run the race of faith if that person would venture and
behold it, mingling faith with his looking. Habakkuk was further told that the vision
is yet to be used by God at an appointed time in the future and that when it shall
speak, it will not lie, but declare the Truth of God.
It is manifest that the vision God was referring to is the vision we are now
studying, for the vision of the bright beams shining out of Christs side was revealed
to Habakkuk in the very next chapter (Hab. 3:4). But what does all this mean? We
know the things of God are very deep, but God said that the purpose for all of this
was to be made plain upon tables, which means it was to be made simple.
We read that after God told Habakkuk that he would receive a vision, to be
made plain upon tables and that in the end of time it would speak, God then
inspires Habakkuk to utter these immortal words, Behold, his soul which is lifted up
is not upright in him: but the just shall live by His faith. Hab. 2:4

This is Justification by Faith: The Third Angels message, in verity

Justification by faith is the great theme of the Gospel, yea the whole Bible and
the apostle Paul directly quotes this passage in Habakkuk three times in his New
Testament letters to show the force of these words (see Romans 1:17, Galatians
3:11, Hebrews 10:38). We believe that the vision to be made plain upon tables of
Christ pierced in His side and having bright beams shining out there is directly
related to the message of Justification by faith.
It is at this point where we need to come to our day, and receive help from
the prophet of the Lord in the last remnant of time. Lets look at some words of Ellen
G. White, manifested in the Spirit of Prophecy (Revelation 12:17 & 19:10) to help us
see the connection of this vision with Jesus last message of mercy to the world and
its importance to us as we are preparing to co-labor with God to complete His
finishing work in the earth.
When the message of Justification by faith was brought to the Seventh-day
Adventist church by Gods appointed messengers in 1888, Ellen G. White declared
that this message was the beginning of the latter rain Power of the Holy Spirit,
which is symbolized in the Bible as the angel of Revelation 18:1:
The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has
already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sinpardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose
glory shall fill the whole earth. For it is the work of every one to whom the
message of warning has come, to lift up Jesus, to present Him to the world as
revealed in types, as shadowed in symbols, as manifested in the revelations
of the prophets, as unveiled in the lessons given to His disciples and in the
wonderful miracles wrought for the sons of men. Search the Scriptures; for
they are they that testify of Him.
If you would stand through the time of trouble, you must know Christ, and
appropriate the gift of His righteousness, which He imputes to the repentant
sinner.--The Review and Herald, Nov. 22, 1892. {Selected Messages Book 1
page 363.1}

(The loud cry of the third angel, refers to the three angels and their last day
messages found in the book Revelation chapter 14:6-12)
In the above quote EGW is speaking about the presentation of the message
of Justification by faith at the 1888 General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists.
The Spirit of Prophecy declared that this message is the beginning of the fulfillment
of the prophecy in Revelation chapter 18 of the Angel Who descends from heaven
and lightens the earth with His glory. In many places EGW said that this Angel in
Revelation 18:1 is a representation of the latter rain Gods people have so long been
waiting to receive so that by receiving we may grow up into Christ:
* The Angel of Revelation 18.-The prophecies in the eighteenth of Revelation will soon be fulfilled.
During the proclamation of the third angel's message, "another angel" is to
"come down from heaven, having great power," and the earth is to be
"lightened with his glory." The Spirit of the Lord will so graciously bless
consecrated human instrumentalities that men, women, and children will
open their lips in praise and thanksgiving, filling the earth with the
knowledge of God, and with His unsurpassed glory, as the waters cover the
sea (scripture quoted from Habakkuk 2:14 - editor). {SDA Bible Commentary Vol. 7
page 983.9}
John says, "I saw another angel come down from heaven, having
great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory." Then, as at
the Pentecostal season, the people will hear the truth spoken to them, every
man in his own tongue.
God can breathe new life into every soul that sincerely desires to serve
Him, and can touch the lips with a live coal from off the altar, and cause them
to become eloquent with His praise. Thousands of voices will be imbued with
the power to speak forth the wonderful truths of God's Word. The stammering
tongue will be unloosed, and the timid will be made strong to bear
courageous testimony to the truth. May the Lord help His people to cleanse
the soul temple from every defilement, and to maintain such a close
connection with Him that they may be partakers of the latter rain when it
shall be poured out (RH July 20, 1886). {6BC 1055.6}
And again in another place concerning the light from heaven which was
brought in the message of Justification by faith, EGW declared:
Several have written to me, inquiring if the message of justification
by faith is the third angel's message, and I have answered, "It is the third
angel's message, in verity."-- The Review and Herald, April 1, 1890.
{Selected Messages Book 1 page 372.2}
Here EGW plainly says that the message of Justification by faith is in fact
the Third Angels message which the Seventh Day Adventist church was raised up
to give to the world as the last message of mercy from God, to prepare a people to
receive Christ, shortly before Jesus second coming in Glory
* Called to Be Witnesses
In a special sense Seventh-day Adventists have been set in the world
as watchmen and light bearers. To them has been entrusted the last
warning for a perishing world. On them is shining wonderful light from the
word of God. They have been given a work of the most solemn
import--the proclamation of the first, second, and third angels'

messages. There is no other work of so great importance. They are

to allow nothing else to absorb their attention. {Testimonies Volume 9
page 19.1}
The vision made plain upon Tables
Now, how do we put it all together? We believe that Habakkuks vision is an
Old Testament vision of the Angel of Revelation 18...which then is a vision of Christ.
It is Jesus Who lightens the earth with His own Glory! And this glorious light is
shining from the awful wound in His side where He was pierced for our salvation - it
is HIS glory which lightens the earth! And what is more, this is revealed to be the
latter rain of the Holy Spirit which shall give us the perfecting fullness of God and
prepare us for the final conflict ahead of us, which closes the Great Controversy
between Christ and Satan.
Now this is the vision, which was prophesied that at the end shall speak and
not lie. How then do we make it plain upon tables?
The Hebrew word which in Habakkuk 2:2 translated as tables is luach; in
every instance in which luach was translated as tables in the Old Testament it
was referring to the two tables of the Testimony - the Ten Commandments. These
are the tables upon which the vision is to be made plain.
But there are two tables for the Ten Commandments. How do we make one
vision plain upon these two tables? We know that the Ten Commandment law can
be summed up into two commandments, namely Love to God (the first table) and
Love to man (the second table).
Concerning the vision which Habakkuk saw of Christ in His glory with bright
beams shining out of His pierced side, EGW wrote in the book The Great
Controversy, right after quoting Habakkuk 3:4 ("He had bright beams coming
out of His side: and there was the hiding of His power."), That pierced side
whence flowed the crimson stream that reconciled man to God--there is the
Saviour's glory, there "the hiding of His power."
So we see in the one vision of Habakkuk two manifestations of Jesus pierced
side. Christs pierced side is where both His blood and water was poured out upon
the Cross of Calvary and also, later, we see bright beams coming out of His side in
His Glory. It is these two images of Christ, which are manifested in the quote from
The Great Controversy, we are to make plain upon the two tables of the Ten
Commandments, representing Love to God and Love to man.
It is manifest that the picture of Christ pouring out His blood and flowing
water upon the Cross, is the image and greatest manifestation of Love to man. The
embodiment of the Law of the second table (as well as the first) is at once
presented in a plain picture. This is my commandment, That ye love one another,
as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends. (John 15:12,13) The picture of Christ shedding His
blood upon the Cross is to be made plain on the Second table representing Love to
man; therefore the picture of the bright beams shining out of Christs side is to be
made plain upon the first table, representing Love to God.

The first Table

The second Table

Love to God

Love to man

Now we have a vision, made plain upon tables, in obedience to Gods

instruction which the beholding and contemplation of, through the agency of the
Holy Spirit, will teach us many things in the way of Christs Righteousness for the
finishing of Gods work in earth.
An important revelation of Christ for the end time: LOOK AND LIVE
Can this really be so important? YES, so much so that it is essential for those
who hope to go through and endure until the endeach one of us must come to a
decision concerning this vision and whether we shall believe this is truly Thus saith
the Lord. The first principle of why this is true is because man shall not live by
bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD that proceedth out of the mouth of God (Matt.
4:4). When God sends us messages of light, He does it for a reason which has
eternal consequences. We cannot with safety, disregard any message God should
send us, especially not one which was prophesied that at the end it shall speak
and not lie (Hab. 2:3)
But there is another reason which we can more readily comprehend why this
vision is so important for us upon whom the ends of the world are come. In many
instances, EGW likened the message of Justification by faith to the experience of the
children of Israel when Moses lifted up the serpent upon a pole in the wilderness.
God chose to save them and heal them in this strange way, and it was left with the
people to, as EGW declared it many times, LOOK AND LIVE.
We believe that this vision is a last days declaration of the gospel to
accompany the other testing truths for this time, made plain upon tables in pictures,
which speak to every nation, tongue, tribe and people (and There is no speech nor
language, where their voice (can) not (be) heard)
We are to behold Christ and be changed into His image, from glory to glory
even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Beholding Christ by faith as embodied in this
vision, made plain upon the two tables of the Ten Commandments, creates a
channel whereby we are tested as the children of Israel were anciently; and those of
us who accept Gods simple provision by faith receive rich currents of saving grace
from the throne of Heaven.

To receive Christs Righteousness by Faith is to Look and Live

Here are some quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy which are helpful in this
study of faith:
Moses was bidden to lift the brazen serpent on the pole, and make the
proclamation that whosoever should look upon it should live. And all who
looked, did live. They recovered health at once. . . . What a strange symbol of
Christ was that likeness of the serpents which stung them. This symbol was
lifted on a pole, and they were to look to it, and be healed. So Jesus was
made in the likeness of sinful flesh. He came as the sin-bearer. . . .
The same healing, life-giving message is now sounding. It points
to the uplifted Saviour upon the shameful tree. Those who have been bitten
by that old serpent, the devil, are bidden to look and live. . . . Look alone to
Jesus as your righteousness and your sacrifice. As you are justified by faith,
the deadly sting of the serpent will be healed. {Sons and Daughters of God
page 222.3}
Represented in the experience when Moses lifted up the serpent in the
Wilderness
In EGWs book about the life of Christ, The Desire of Ages, in the chapter in
which she describes Jesus conversation with Nicodemus about the Son of Man
being lifted up, even as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness, she repeats
many times that this means to look and live:
When the people of Israel were dying from the sting of the fiery serpents,
God directed Moses to make a serpent of brass, and place it on high in the
midst of the congregation. Then the word was sounded throughout the
encampment that all who would look upon the serpent should live.
It was to lead their minds to the Saviour. Whether for the healing of
their wounds or the pardon of their sins, they could do nothing for themselves
but show their faith in the Gift of God. They were to look and live.
Those who had been bitten by the serpents might have delayed to
look. They might have questioned how there could be efficacy in that brazen
symbol. They might have demanded a scientific explanation. But no
explanation was given. They must accept the word of God to them through
Moses. To refuse to look was to perish.
Not through controversy and discussion is the soul enlightened. We
must look and live. (The Desire of Ages pg.s 174-175)
The Message of 1888 (Justification by Faith), another experience of Look
and Live
In the following quotes EGW links the experience of the serpent on the pole to the
message of Christs Righteousness which is Justification by Faith:
I spoke to the brethren and sisters, seeking to present Jesus, that they
might look and live. . . .I bore a decided testimony to the people assembled
[at a morning meeting], and there were precious testimonies that followed.
All related their experience the past year as being of a more spiritual
character than they have had before, since embracing the truth (here she is
speaking about embracing the truth of the Justification by faith message given in 1888 editor). The light of justification through faith, and that the righteousness
of Christ must become our righteousness, else we cannot possibly keep the

law of God, is the testimony of all who speak, and the fruit is peace, courage,
joy, and harmony. There is danger of making even these subjects a theory,
and not practicing the truth that is expressed. Those who bear this message
must carry with them the pure character of Christ Jesus.--Manuscript 22,
1889, pp. 8,10. (Diary, October 24, 1889.) {Manuscript Releases 9 page
332.2}
When the Israelites were dying from the sting of the fiery serpents, a
brazen serpent was uplifted in the midst of them, that all might look and
live. But there were those who stopped to reason regarding the foolishness of
looking for relief to this means. That they should be healed by looking at a
piece of brass was absurd to their minds, and they said, "We will not look."
This decision was fatal, and all who would not accept the provision made
perished.
The brazen serpent was uplifted in the wilderness that those who
looked in faith might be made whole. In like manner God sends a restoring,
healing message to men, calling upon them to look away from man and
earthly things, and place their trust in God. He has given his people the truth
with power through the Holy Spirit. He has opened his word to those who
were searching and praying for truth. But when these messengers gave the
truth they had received to the people, they were as unbelieving as the
Israelites. Many are cavilling over the truth brought to them by humble
messengers. They question, How can this message be truth? How is it
possible that by looking to Jesus and believing in his imputed righteousness, I
may gain eternal life? Those who have thus refused to see the truth do
not realize that it is God with whom they are in controversy, that in
refusing the message sent them, they are refusing Christ. {1888
Materials pages 1687.3-1688.1}
Look and Live- an end time message
Now, in the following quote EGW says that this message will be proclaimed
again just before Jesus returns in like manner to the serpent on the pole which
Moses raised:
When the children of Israel were journeying through the wilderness, the
Lord protected them from venomous serpents; but the time came when,
because of Israel's transgression, impenitence, and stubbornness, the Lord
removed His restraining power from these reptiles, and many of the people
were bitten and died. Then it was that the brazen serpent was uplifted, that
all who repented and looked to it in faith might live.
In the time of confusion and trouble before us, a time of trouble such as
has not been since there was a nation, the uplifted Saviour will be presented
to the people in all lands, that all who look to Him in faith may live.
{Testimonies Volume 8, page 50.3}

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at

the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,
wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not
tarry. Habakkuk 2:3

Beholding Christ, by faith, in the vision made plain upon tables

In the vision of Habakkuk made plain upon tables, God has ordained an
agency whereby we may look and live. This means to receive His own everlasting
Life Christ made an eternal sacrifice to give us. Jesus wants us to become
partakers of His own divine nature He desires our characters to be created anew
by His own Holy Spirit. The Bible teaches us that by beholding the glory of the
Lord, we are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit
of the Lord. (2 Cor. 3:18)
We behold His glory and receive His life by meditating on the character of
God we find in His Word, the Holy Scriptures of the Bible. Now concerning the vision
of Christ pierced in His side, made plain upon the tables of the Ten Commandments,
we believe that God has provide for an ensign to be lifted up so that the various
nations can behold and contemplate His glory through these pictures He has caused
to be brought to you, even now. Through the use of these divinely ordained pictures
the gospel is preached; and There is no speech nor language, where their voice is
not heard. Ps.19:3 We have discussed that the two representations of Jesus make
plain in visual images the two great precepts of the Ten Commandment Law: Love
to God and Love to man. Jesus Himself teaches us that On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matt. 22:40) Therefore in
these two simple pictures, Gods character, which is revealed in the Bible, is
straightforwardly declared in the two images of Christs pierced side made plain
upon the Ten Commandment tables.
The Divine attributes of Christs character made plain
We reviewed earlier how EGW wrote under inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the
book The Great Controversy the following words concerning Habakkuks vision of
Christ; she wrote that Jesus was "Mighty to save," through the sacrifice of
redemption, He was therefore strong to execute justice upon them that despised
God's mercy {GC 674.2} We learn here that in the vision of Christs pierced
side from which shine forth bright beams of light and also from whence flowed the
crimson stream of His blood, the Spirit of Christ here reveals to us that the divine
attributes of Gods character: Justice and Mercy are therein revealed.
EGW declared that Habakkuk saw Christ in His glory, and He was therefore
strong to execute Justice This points to the time when Christ will close His
ministry in the Heavenly sanctuary and put off His priestly attire, and clothe
Himself with the garments of vengeance {Early Writings page 36.1} and return in
His glorious second coming to earth! Standing next to the image of Justice is the
image of Christs pierced side pouring out His flowing blood and water clearly
demonstrating His Mercy; thus teaching through pictures, the divine attributes. By
contemplating these things even the simple of the earth, yet pure in heart, will be
imbued with the character of our Redeemer through faith as they look and live.
Those who shall be justified shall receive the Life of Christ by beholding Him in faith,
even as the children of Israel were to look in faith unto the serpent on the pole and
live.
This is testing truth for the last days Look and Live
We have followed the Lords direction in making the vision of Christ pierced in
His precious side, from whence flows the crimson stream and bright beams of His
Glory, plain upon the tables of the Ten Commandments. We are all now bidden to, IN
FAITH LOOK AND LIVE!

Also, this is now a testing truth, which shall stand as a banner which the Lord
prophesied should be lifted up in the last days as an ensign or standard to all
nations A simple, understandable sign which beacons all people to gather under
the banner of Truth and directs their minds to the Savior. All who are true hearted,
who have received the oil of grace and the gift of faith and have also learned to
exercise it, now range under the banner.
Study, pray and contemplate the message and vision of Christ now revealed;
then accept and promulgate this Truth. To announce the fall of Babylon in the last
days, God commands us to set up a standard of His Righteousness (Jer. 50:2). The
army of Gods last day people is to declare our loyalty to Him, even amidst the
opposition of many who will question whether what we believe is Truth; this will be
even as many of the children of Israel refused to believe that God directed Moses to
raise the serpent upon the pole. In faith let us now look and live; this is a great test
to show ourselves approved that we might receive the fullness of the latter rain. At
this point, look only to Jesus; only ask the Lord if He has truly wrought this. This
stands not in mans wisdom; we believe we have done this by Biblical command of
God for the end time (see Hab. 2:2,3).
The world must be brought to see the exceeding sinfulness of sin
It is only by beholding Christs infinite sacrifice that we gain the true
conception that sin is the most fearful thing in the whole universe {The Advent
Review and Sabbath Herald, August 9, 1898 par. 16}. It doesnt matter if people
think it is very small matter; the world must learn that sin is exceeding sinful and
heinous in character. In lifting up the vision of Christs pierced side, revealed to
Habakkuk the prophet to be declared in the end time, God has commanded that the
bright beams of His character of self-sacrificing love be shined into our dark
world
The scripture declares that The law worketh wrath: for where no law
is, there is no transgression. (Romans 4:15) The vision of Christs selfsacrificing love is to be made plain upon the two tables of the Testimony The Ten
Commandments. That great moral code is a transcript of the character of the Most
High God, and is the law of life for earth and heaven; (declaring) that the love
which "seeketh not her own" has its source in the heart of God. {The Desire of
Ages page 19.2} In Habakkuks vision made plain upon tables is clearly depicted
the Glory of self-sacrificing love in these heaven ordained images of Christ
is set forth the great principle which is the law of life for the universe; and that
law consists of receiving from God so that we can in turn give and live in
complete selflessness This is the example and image Christ has given to us.
(All things Christ received from God, but He took to givethe Father's life
flows out to all; through the Son it returns, in praise and joyous service, a tide
of love, to the great Source of all. And thus through Christ the circuit of
beneficence is complete, representing the character of the great Giver, the
law of life.) {The Desire of Ages 21.2}
This is the vision of Christ which God has ordained as a bright and shining
light amid a world of moral darkness and it shall be as a detector of sin and hidden
selfishness. This light from heaven: the bright beams coming from Christs pierced
side, will, by the agency of the Holy Spirit, convince of us our selfishness and serve
to either drive us to the Savior, our Abiding Sacrifice, so that we might receive
Him and find pardon, or men will be provoked to turn away from the light because
their deeds were evil... For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth

cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in
God... (John 3:19-21)
At this time God has commanded us to lift up the vision of Christ and let His Light
shine:

The first Table of the Law : Love to God

Law : Love to man

The second Table of the

Habakkuk 2:3,4 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and
make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet
for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,
wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up (and unbelieving) is not upright in him: but the
just shall live by His faith.
"

He had bright beams coming out of His

side: and there was the hiding of His
Power." Habakkuk 3:4, margin.

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Additional information and studies under this topic
- Is this violating the second commandment? What about pictures / images?

Was the vision of Habakkuk fulfilled in the Pioneers chart of 1843? See {GC
392.2} and then see what EGW tells us to ever hold in remembrance in {PK
387.2}
To make an image of God dishonors Him. {4BC 1145.7} : the difference
between creating images of their own fanciful imagination and following the
express command of God as in Moses and the serpent on the pole (if God
hadnt commanded Moses, it surely would have been idolatry) or as in
Abraham and Isaac (if God didnt command it would have been murder and
an abomination in following the practices of the heathen)
The vision teaches: compare Habakkuk 2:3 to 2:18,19
The purpose of an ensign/ banner, or lifting up a standard.
Testing Truth
The Faith of Jesus (Rev. 14:12) foreshadowed in Habakkuk 2:4