Chapter 6—Our Global Challenge

Seventh-day Adventists recognize the good work other Christians are doing. However, we are committed to the divine leading that brought about the birth and organization of the Advent movement to carry out the mission symbolized by the angels of Revelation 14:6-14 and 18:1-4.HUT 43.5

While the truth is perfect in Jesus, neither the leadership nor the laity of this movement will ever be perfect. The wheat always will be mingled with tares (see Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43); the church will always have its Judases. But the prophecies foreshadow no new organizations to come, no more “angels” to fly. This is “the time of the end.” The present Advent movement has been appointed to accomplish this Revelation mission. Our urgent commission allows no room for disorganized approaches and haphazard moves, with every man doing what is right in his own eyes. There is only one place for the Lord’s tithes to be deposited: the storehouse of the church. For Adventists, no other use of the tithe is admissible.HUT 43.6

God expects His people to press together spiritually and pull together financially to accomplish His objectives. The global task of the church is many times greater than ancient Israel’s in underwriting the Temple. With so large a challenge before us, let every minister and member enter wholeheartedly into the spirit of Nehemiah: “We will not neglect the house of our God.”—Nehemiah 10:39.HUT 43.7

Adventist Review March 3, 1988