Money, Money, Money | Dr Conrad Vine

On God’s Promise and Presence:

On End-Time Signs and Readiness:

“There’ll be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and forboding of what is coming upon the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the son of man coming in a cloud with power and with great glory. Now when these things begin to take place… stand up… lift up your heads because your redemption is drawing near.” (Luke 21:25-28, paraphrased)
“prisoners of hope.” (Zechariah 9:12)

On Prophecy and the End Times:

The role of the United States in the end times is described in Revelation 13:11-18.

On the Destruction of Jerusalem (as a type of the end):

“As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, if you, that is Jerusalem, if you only you had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace, but now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side. They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave within you one stone upon another because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” (Luke 19:41-44)
“So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place as was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, let the reader understand, then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.” (Matthew 24:15-16)
“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains and those inside the city must leave it and those out in the country must not enter into it.” (Luke 21:20-21)

On Commitment to God:

The parable of the nobleman and his servants, where the citizens say, “We will not have this man to rule over us.” (Luke 19:14, paraphrased)

A British Diplomat (Dr. Joseph Addison) on Inflation:

“The daily creation of fresh paper money which the government requires in order to meet its obligations both at home and abroad inevitably decreases the purchasing value of the mark and leads to fresh demands which in turn brings about a further decline and so on ad infinitum.”

On the Twofold Nature of Prophecy:

“Christ presented before them, that is the disciples, an outline of the prominent events to take place before the close of time. His words were not then fully understood, but their meaning was to be unfolded as his people should need the instruction therein given. The prophecy which he uttered was two-fold in its meaning. While foreshadowing the destruction of Jerusalem, it prefigured also the terrors of the last great day.” (The Great Controversy, p. 25)

On the Sign to Flee from Jerusalem:

“When the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight. When the warning sign should be seen, those who would escape must make no delay.”
“When the after the Romans under Cestius had surrounded the city, they unexpectedly abandoned the siege when everything seemed favorable for an immediate attack. The besieged that is the people of Jerusalem despairing of successful resistance were on the point of surrender. when the Roman general withdrew his forces without the least apparent reason.”
“But God’s merciful providence was directing events for the good of his own people. The promised sign had been given to the waiting Christians, and now an opportunity was afforded for all who would to obey the Savior’s warning. Without delay, they fled to a place of safety, the city of Pella in the land of Perea beyond the River Jordan.”

On the Modern Application for God’s People:

“It is no time for God’s people to be laying up their treasures in the world. The time is not far distant when like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal of flight by the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal Sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains.”
“Instead of spending our means and self-gratification, we should be studying to economize. Our missions must be sustained. New missions must be open.”
“Houses of worship… are needed where the people may be invited to hear the truths for this time. For this very purpose, God has entrusted a capital to his stewards… Let not your property be tied up in worldly enterprises so that this work shall be hindered. Get your means where you can handle it for the benefit of the cause of God. Send your treasures before you into heaven.”

On the 1893 Sunday Law:

“The Protestant world have set up an idol Sabbath in a place where God’s Sabbath should be and they are treading… in the footsteps of the papacy. For this reason, I see the necessity of the people of God moving out of the cities into retired places.”

On the Benefits of Country Living:

“There is not one family in a hundred who will not be improved physically or mentally or spiritually by residing in the city. Faith, hope, love, happiness can far better be gained in retired places with our fields and hills and trees. Take your children away from the sights and sounds of the city and their minds will become more healthy.”

On Violence in Cities:

“These cities, the cities of America are filled with wickedness of every kind with strikes and murders and suicides. Satan is in them controlling men in their work of destruction. On his influence they kill for the sake of killing and this they will do more and more.” (GC Bulletin of 1903)

On Mission and Self-Sufficiency:

“Go out and establish centers of influence in places where nothing or next nothing’s been done. Break up your consolidated masses. diffuse the saving beams of light and shed light into the darkened corners of the earth.”
“Again and again, the Lord has instructed that our people are to take their families away from the cities into the country where they can raise their own provisions. For she says, in the future, the problem of buying and selling will be a very serious one. Get out of the cities into rural districts where you’ll be free from the interference of enemies.”

On the Papal Mark of Authority:

“Sunday is our mark of authority. The church that is the Roman Catholic Church in particular the pope is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” (The Catholic Record, 1923)

On Historical “No Buy, No Sell” Decrees:

“But neither let any commerce be held with them, that is with these heretics in selling and buying that the comfort of humanity having been lost, they may be compelled to return from the error of their ways.” (Council of Tours, under Pope Alexander III, against the Albigensians)
“Condemning a certain group… to an anathema… and to forbid under an anathema that any should presume to keep them in their houses or on their lands, sustain them or transact any business with them.” (Third Lateran Council, 1179)