The basis of freedom is spiritual for it originates from God who is Spiritual. People are being enslaved because they have forgotten the Landmark of Liberty—they have forgotten God, or they have never known Him. The framers of our country were careful to guard against our ever forgetting this Landmark by placing it right there in plain view in the Declaration of Independence.

A lesson of faith and Providence found in the first Thanksgiving. Though we may not see God's hand at work in our life, by faith we believe His word and trust He will keep it.

When you take a look at the history of God's people you will find that when God sends a prophet that Satan then sends false prophets to cause great confusion. There were false prophets during the time of Moses when he was sent by God to guide the Hebrews to the promised land. There were false prophets when John the Baptist was preaching repentance and that the kingdom of God was at hand. Do you think that Satan would raise up false prophets during the time of the Elijah prophet that God promised to send to the end-time church? Absolutely! That is why the Bible has given certain tests of a prophet of God so that we can compare such people to what the word of God says.

It is very interesting, is it not, that Jesus told us that we can determine who are His people by discerning their fruits. One of the ten identifying attributes of the church is that it will have the gifts and bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit; and this includes the testimony of Jesus, which the bible defines as the Spirit of Prophecy. In part one of "Sending Elijah" we started looking at the particular part of this attribute called the spirit of prophecy because it is a sign of the remnant church in the last days.

God gives spiritual gifts to His people and so it is one of the greatest identifying marks of God's church, especially in the last days. There is one particular part of this character trait that is a sign of the remnant church in the last days. Since we are in the last days it behooves us to know this sign as it helps to define God's people and thus His church.

One of the ten identifying attributes of the church is that it will have the gifts and bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit; this includes the testimony of Jesus (Spirit of Prophecy). We will be spending some time on this particular attribute because it is one of the greatest identifying marks of God's church in the last days.

I think it safe to say that the greatest characteristic of the true church is that it has the nature of Christ—not the nature of antichrist. It is made up of those who are each a combination of humanity and divinity, or 'born again' individuals, thus they are a part of the nature of Christ. This is the introduction in the series: "This is My Body: Defining God's Church."

Jesus said in Matthew 5:14, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." What does it mean to be the light of the world? The world needs to know that the law is not darkness; it is light. And as we study the life of Christ, we see that if you want to be in the light, your life must be in harmony with God's law.

Of the ten characteristics defining the church, one describes the church as those who are of the spiritual seed of Abraham not of Ishmael, in that they keep the spiritual covenant that God made with Abraham and that the seventh day Sabbath is a sign of that covenant.

Genesis 3:15 tells us about the battle between the two churches and how it will eventually end. It gives mankind the truth as to the loving character trait of God, and His remedy for the sin problem. It speaks of two lines of descendants that will remain on the earth until the Great controversy ends and there will be one church again as it was in the beginning... The seed of Abraham!