Whatdoes COVID-19 tell us -about the importance of health improvement
Author:Yao Lianghong
Today, coVID-19 is more contagious, harder tocure and has a higher mortality rate than SARS.Covid-19 is arguably one of themost serious infectious diseases in human history.More than 23 million cases ofcoVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, and more than 800,000 lives have beenlost.And that number continues to grow dramatically. According to Dr. Fauci, atop infectious disease expert of the United States, as the study on novel Coronavirusis still very limited, the effective treatment of novel Coronavirus is stillunknown, and its long-term negative impact on patients remains to be seen. Sofar, there is no sign of an end to coVID-19.
Think about it. Today, with the rapid developmentof high technology, human beings can catch turtles in five oceans and hold themoon in nine days.Creating life, altering genes; clone sheep, clone human arenot under the word, why to a pneumonia flu but do nothing about it? Why can'twe cope with frequent plagues, floods and earthquakes? What do these disastersportend? As Children of God, do we hear God's voice speaking to humanity inthese disasters? What is God telling us through these disasters?What should wedo in the face of these disasters?
Let us see what Jesus said to his disciples justbefore he went up to the cross about what was going to happen at the end of theworld: [Lk21:10-11]"Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom againstkingdom;There will be great earthquakes, faminesand pestilences in various places, and terrible visions and great signs from heaven.From Jesus' conversation with his disciples weknow that plague is one of the great disasters that will destroy mankind in theend. By plague, I mean any incurable disease that will kill the vast majorityof people in the future.So, how important it is for everyone to improve ourimmunity! The global outbreak of COVID-19 is a sign that the last disastershave begun. This is a strong signal from God to mankind that the history of theearth is coming to an end, and a striking sign that Jesus is about to return.Let's look at what the seven great Disasters say:
【 Rev. 16:2】 So the first angel went and poured out hisbowl on the earth, and there were evil and painful boils on those who had themark of the beast and worshiped his image.
[Rev. 16:10-11] And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne ofthe beast, and his kingdom was darkened.Men bite their tongues for pain.Andcursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores.They do notrepent of their deeds.
"Evil and poisonous sores" is arepetition of the sores that plagued the Israelites when they came out of Egypt(Ex.9:8-12), but to a far greater extent than the sores of that time, so it isdescribed as "evil and poisonous".
On whose body are these sores born?"On thosewho have the mark of the beast and worship the image of the beast", whichmeans that those who do not worship the image of the beast will not have sores,just as only the Egyptians and their livestock had sores, but the Israeliteswere not harmed (Ex.9).
"To bite one's tongue" is to describethe agony and despair of the sinner as the hour of his death approaches. Itshows that oral cancer and skin cancer are common disasters in the end and oneof the great plagues that led to the destruction of many sinners.
Two of the seven great plagues spoke of venomoussores, indicating that they would take the lives of many sinners. The soreswere born on the worshippers of the image of the beast, and they grew on thetongue of the worshipers. The body, the mouth grows poisonous sore, whatdisease is this? Obviously ulcers, tumors (skin and oral cancers), plagues. Whydo they get poison sores? And on the tongue? As you know, there is a popular TVprogram called "A Bite of China", also known as "a bite ofCulture", which means that the traditional Chinese food culture has beenreflected on the tongue for thousands of years.The column presents a full ofbeautiful food, rich and colorful; The variety of everything, beautiful, makeone's mouth watering. The chef's superb skills will be "color, aroma,taste, shape, utensils," the interpretation of exquisite, stunning.Sinceits inception more than eight years, there is no repeat of the color, so thatpeople linger, can not stop. Chinese cuisine has become a cult food culture forthe world's food lovers!
What does that mean? Don't think I'm going tojudge this column, that's not what I mean. I give this example only to showthat it is a sign of The Times — one of the characteristics of the eschatologybecause Noah's time was characterized by "eating and drinking, marryingand marrying". That era was so fastidious about food and drink, which ledto the destruction of the world by the flood. Jesus says that the last age isthe same as the time of Noah: gluttony, appetite, lust, vanity. Therefore,"A bite of China" reminds me of the flood in Noah's time. And thetitle of this column is wonderfully taken — "Tip of the tongue," thesame word for "tongue" in the apocalyptic "Sore on the Tongue."Thisis the information about eating. What does that mean? This indicates that the"tongue" prophecy is coming true, close to the "tonguesore" prophecy of the seven great disasters of revelation. It means that adisaster related to "eating" is coming, which is a sign that theprophecy is being fulfilled. Therefore the time has come to restrain our lipsand to punish the sinners who have been greedy and drunken. The environmentalconditions are ripe for the last seven disasters to come true!
It is human nature to eat, drink, marry and marry,and this is not a sin. But when people take these things too far, when they usethem as an opportunity to show off and indulge, it is idolatry, it is sin. So God'sretribution has come upon mankind!
So, where do these sores come from?Whileovereating and extravagance are the main causes of God's wrath and punishmenton man, by what means is the earth's universal "evil and poisonoussores" caused? It is thought to be caused by the destruction of the ozonelayer and the strong ultraviolet radiation hitting the earth. That's only halfright. In fact, this is the world's most talked about incurable disease causedby nuclear radiation, caused by biological weapons. The nuclear radiationcaused by such biological and chemical weapons does not have to take place in alarge-scale nuclear war. For example, the nuclear power plant explosion causedby the Fukushima Tsunami in Japan in 2011 can release a large amount of nuclearradiation. After the explosion, a large amount of radioactive materials will bereleased into the atmosphere and the ocean, which will bring great harm toMarine life and seriously affect human health.This radiation will cause plantand animal variation and human sores. Presumably in the future "evil andpoisonous sores" are also caused by similar biological and nuclearwarfare!
A strange disease that went viral on the interneta few years ago is Morgellons which is a painful, itchy sore that never healsand is said to grow insects, parasites and even fibers and crystals.The pain isso intense that it often forces the patients to self-harm. How similar it is tobiting one's tongue because of the pain and the sores that are with one of theseven plagues! (Rev. 16:11)It is also said to be a product of biochemicalexperiments in the United States, where most people with the disease live.China has had similar cases in previous years. Later the relevant website wasclosed, now people can not check.
By combining all these social phenomena withbiblical prophecies, we know that this is an emergency signal from God.It ishigh time that we prepared ourselves for the last series of plagues.
As we have already said, these sores only grow onthose who worship the image of the beast, but the people of God (those whocover the seal of the living God) are safe. Why? For the people of God hear theword of God, accept the truth, believe the prophecy, improve their health, knowto restrain their mouths, not to eat or drink too much, to be temperate, notcontaminated with their filthiness, to purify themselves, to be pure (holy inbody and in mind). Even if the plague came in wave after wave, they had strongimmunity and were able to survive one disaster after another. Obedience to thetruth is their only guarantee of God's protection!
Many would argue that the mark of God is thearmor to protect the true remnant from the seven plagues. That's not bad.Butthere are many wicked men who will live to the last hour, and they will not besores! These non-venomous sinners are the apostates (Adventists and theEleventh Hour apostates, etc.) who haveundergone dietary modifications, but have not been sanctified by the moderntruth, and will perish in the earthquake that follows, or in the glory of thecoming of Christ!
So this tells us that whether or not we have soreor sore on our body or tongue is also related to what we eat. It's verydangerous if we don't improve our diet. It may not be seven disasters beforeyou fall into the paste and die! The coVID-19 pandemic, for example, killedmany people with weakened immune systems. They usually eat at will, loose andunrestrained, accumulated enough garbage (virus), the body has long shown asub-health or unhealthy state.Therefore, when any plague came, these were thefirst to fall victim to Satan's attack. Today, the persistent COVID-19 is awake-up call for the people of the end of the world and a death knell forsinners who do not repent and believe in the truth.
As true followers, we should not only preach thenew light (modern truth), but also urge people to reform their diet. Today weare going to talk about the importance of health improvement in the lastreform!
Let's take a look at the attitude of Ellen Wyretowards health improvement in the Spirit of prophecy:
Church Testimony volume I,chapter 85, sanitary improvement, paragraph 3
【 Healthimprovement is part of the third angel information. They are like arms and bodyclosely. I see that we,as a group of people, must make progress in this great work.Preachers and the believers must act in concert. The people of God are notprepared for the voice of the third angel. They have a job to do foryourself.And it’s a job that they should not be reserved for God to do forthem. God has left for them to do the job. This is a personal work, no one cando for others. "Since we have these promises, dear friends, we shouldpurify themselves to get rid of all filthiness of the body and spirit,to fearof God and to be sanctified "(2 Cor. 7:1).This is the health improvement message. Although we havecorrectly understood and preached the message of the third angel (the messageof the other archangel — the Prophets are included in the message of the thirdangel), we have not done enough to improve health.It says here that we areready for the third angel message only when health improvement is properlyunderstood and implemented in the minds of all. God wants us to be clean andholy in body and soul so that God can be glorified.
Among the temptations of the late age, thetemptation to eat is one of the biggest challenges we all have to overcome."This is a personal job," Ellen Wyre said. "We cannot do it foreach other." This means that you need to pay attention to your own healthimprovement and take action to keep your body in top shape. No one else canhelp you, you are your own best doctor, for you know what condition you are inand what improvements you should make.
Ellen Wyre said Health improvement and the message of the third angel are the same asthe arms and the body. If the new light,the Prophets, is the body, then health improvement is the arms. With your bodyand no arms, what can you do? If the Prophets are the cleansing agent of ourmind, then health improvement is the cleansing agent of our body. The light ofthe mind is clean, but the body is not clean, nor does it glorify God. It wouldbe a disgrace to the truth (God) to drag a sickly body to preach the Gospel.Therefore, to receive the Prophets is to fulfil God's moral law, and topractise health improvement is to fulfil God's natural law. When the moral lawand the natural law go together, our work must be like a fish to water,unimpeded!
Of course, health improvements don't just meandiet. There are eight elements of health improvement, and only when these eightelements can be achieved can we ensure our physical health. This is animportant message that the people of God at the end of our time mustunderstand. These are: air, sunlight, food, water, exercise, rest, temperance,and trust.
One, Fresh Air.Air is the source of life, without whichnothing can live. The fresh air makes people feel refreshed and clear-headed,which can accelerate the blood circulation of human body. Fresh air caneliminate human fatigue, make people full of vitality, increase the bodyresistance. Therefore, we should do more outdoor activities and go to thenature with fresh air. Those who have the means should strive to go to thecountryside and take part in aerobic exercises.Now only those undevelopedmountains and wild still have a fresh breath!
Now crowded cities are suffocating, with bad air, unsafefood, dense buildings, smoky markets, and the ever-present risk of infectiousdiseases which are all huge health hazards.The industrial waste gas in the citydoes great harm to human health.Fine particulate matter, such asautomobile exhaust and air conditioning exhaust, is so small that it can penetratethe protective structure of the respiratory tract, penetrate deeply into thebronchi and lungs, directly affect the ventilation function of the lungs,induce lung sclerosis, asthma and bronchitis, and even lead to cardiovasculardiseases.Oftenliving in this environment, it is easy to lead to a decline in human immunity.That's why COVID-19 is so popular in big cities.
Two, Moderate Sunshine.God created the sun and the moon on the fourth day. The earth is revivedby the energy from the sun; Plants grow by sunlight (photosynthesis), make andstore food .[De 33:14]with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon canyield.Crops cannot grow without the sun!
The sun keeps us warm and helps to drive away gloom andrefresh us. As the Bible says, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.You will go out and leap like calves releasedfrom the stall (Mal. 4:2).Here we use the sun of righteousness todescribe the truth of Christ as healing as the sun, purifying the SINS of thepeople, making people healthy and holy. Similarly, a person enjoying thesunshine is to keep the body healthy and energetic premise. Regular exposure tothe sun can also prevent osteoporosis, prevent leg cramps, vitamin Dsupplements, calcium supplements, hair growth, to ward off depression, reducearteriosclerosis is of great benefit.
Of course, due to the destruction of the ozone layer, weshould not bask in the sun for long in hot summer days.The scorching heat of thesunis also easy to cause skin cancer. Therefore, in the summer sun (or in thefield work) do a good job of protection, do not let the sun directly on thebody, with sun hat, sunscreen clothes to give appropriate protection isnecessary. Outdoor activities in summer had better be limited to before 9 o'clock in the morning and after 4 o 'clock in the afternoon. This time periodis more appropriate.And those who spend their days in air-conditioned rooms andnever leave their homes must be potential captives of serious diseases.
Lack of sunlight is prone to calcium deficiency; Roomswithout sunlight tend to be damp and moldy, where bacteria thrive and dirt istrapped. Living in such a house is prone to rheumatism, arthritis, rickets,skin diseases and so on. This place, dark and damp all year round, is also thehaunt of the devil. Therefore, even secular people say that the house should beexposed to the sun, otherwise it will amuse the devil. It's the same thing.
Three.Eat a healthy diet.It is very important to have a healthy diet, which is essential to keepone's health. Every organ in the body needs a supply of nutrients, so where dothese nutrients come from? In the beginning, in Adam's time, God had givenhumans proper food to keep them healthy.
[Gen 1:29] And God said, Behold, I have given you everyherb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,wherein is the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be for meat.Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, thesewere the foods originally prescribed by God for man.Later, when men left theGarden of Eden to till the earth for a living because they had sinned and werecursed, God also told them to eat "the vegetables of the field" (Gen.3:18).
As a result, the nature of grain, vegetables,fruits, with the most natural and simple way to cook, is the most useful, mosthealth food, we can supply all the nutrition your body needs, is enough toguarantee the physical and mental ability strong, durable, which is nosubstitute for anything else that contain complex and stimulating.
Thus, in the beginning, God did not create aflesh-eating body structure for human beings, that is to say, meat isnotsuitable for human food.This is the law of creation, this is the law ofnature. When people violate this law, it brings disease and curses. Today, themore developed the world, the more diseases of affluence occur because meatoccupies a major part of people's diet. This unnatural way of life acceleratesthe pace of human extinction!
It has been accepted that vegetarianism isgood for your health. Animal oil and fat are one of the most hated things inthe body's immune cells. Foods high in fat significantly reduce the function ofimmune cells, as do foods high in sugar. These are all factors that reduce thebody's ability to fight off various types of cancer. Of course, the benefits ofbeing a vegetarian are not easy to explain in a few words, and we will add moreabout them in the future.
The harmful food that reminds everybody towant to abandon especially are: smoke, alcohol, meat, fry and pungent andpungent food (condiment USES or need not as far as possible, except oil salt).Now all drinks and snacks in the supermarket are recommended to be discarded,which is harmful to the body without any benefit. We must prohibit absolutelyheavy taste. Heavy taste injuries liver and stomach. Even if the vegetarian, inthe cooking we should also pay attention to.We should give priority to withdelicate, original taste, which will make the health of a reliable guarantee.
It is also necessary to fast or cut off foodwhen necessary. Fasting or cutting off food for one or two days can change theconstitution and play the role of purification and detoxification, but also canmake the body produce self-healing ability. Drink water during fasting !
Four. Adequate Water.Clean water is the ideal natural beverage and detergent. Drinking plentyof clean water, along with exercise, helps keep your mind sharp and your mindsharp.Drinking plenty of water keeps your body hydrated, helps your kidneysfunction properly, and removes excess salt and waste from your body.If people oftendo not drink water or drink less water, people will lead to chronic kidney failure,and then kidney stones.The serious patients will get uremia, to change thekidney. Don't wait until you're thirsty to drink water. That's your body'swarning sign of dehydration. Develop a regular drinking habit!
Drinking more water can also promote thenormal work of the heart, so that the heart beat more vitality; It increasesantibacterial activity and makes you feel better. Drink more water in summerand you won't get sunstroke. It is advisable to drink warm water in winter andnormal temperature water in summer. Neither winter nor summer, do not drink toohot water or ice water, these are bad for the stomach.
Those who often quench their thirst withdrink instead of water are very stupid. This will increase the burden ofkidney, leading to the development of syndrome.Various additives in beveragesare often responsible for uremia, leukemia (blood cancer) and diabetes. This isthe reason why many kidney diseases are younger nowadays!
Five. Proper Exercise.Life lies in motion, and motion is the law of our existence. Our body willbe strong if we exercise often. If we stop exercising, our body will rot anddie. Inactivity is the cause of disease.Because aerobic exercise can make ushealthy breathing (this movement is not the movement of the gym, but in thenature, sports, go to work). If we breathe the fresh airin nature, we canaccelerate blood circulation, strengthen metabolism, but also can transport thenature oxygen to the body’s various organs (you can not do this at the gym ).Wehelp the waste products get out of the body with enough water.
Exercise can also increase the body's vitalcapacity, promote hormone secretion, make muscles developed, strengthenresistance.According to medical experts, exercising and sweating is the bestway to treat colds and prevent cancer and obesity. Sweating is much easier toget rid of toxins from the body than defecating. While sweating removes heavymetals (carcinogens) and toxins from the body, defecation simply removes fooddebris from the body. Therefore, exercise sweating is the simplest and mosteffective way to treat a cold and prevent cancer.
A person who does not exercise often must bedispirited and depressed. The body is often sub-healthy or unhealthy. Sportscan be done not only by running, playing ball and dancing, but better sportsare to work on the land (farming), which not only gives you exercise but alsogives you harvest. This is the true movement that God demands.
Of course, exercise should not be excessive,to act according to one's ability.Boxing, weightlifting, marathons, theseextreme sports for glory are harmful to the body, not for the children of God!
Six.Rest.Giving your body rest is an essential part of the rhythm of life. After aday or week of activity, a tired body and a listless mind need plenty of restto recover. Many people die young and ill from hard work. No other medicaltreatment can replace more rest and less food for tired people.
Breaks allow people to be more productive inthe rest of their work, and they help us to have creative epiphanies. Whenpeople are exposed to information outside of work during breaks, it can bringmore inspiration to their minds. Those who sacrifice their leisure time inorder to get rich are in fact a money-making machine. Their tireless effortsday and night deprive them of the true value and meaning of life.They are poorpeople and they are hopeless people. For Jesus said, If a man gain the whole world, what goodis it for him to lose his own life?Whatcan a man give in exchange for his life (Matt. 16:26)?It is enough for the people of the true Godto have food and clothing!
In addition, early to bed and early to riseis a generally accepted health rule. The best time for immune repair is between9pm and 1am.Of course, at all times it restores the body's organs. We try towork and rest on time, live a regular life, to ensure health!
Seven. Temperance.True temperance teaches how to throw away harmful habits and foodsaltogether, and to use wisely what is good for health.Moderation in the eating,drinking, sleeping, and dressing of the true remnant is the great principle ofreligious life, and we must let principles, not appetite or fantasy, govern us.
Temperance is also a sign of good character.Atemperate person must be self-disciplined, will not be tempted, can restraintheir own emotions and desires. Such a person must be a literate person,who canproperly deal with interpersonal relations and welcome people, but also ahealthy physical and mental development of people.
Intemperance tends to sink one intodissipation or other "foolish and pernicious lusts which drown one in ruin anddestruction" [1 Tim. 6:9].A man of excess will not change his eating and drinking habits under anycircumstances. They would rather die young at the cost of their health thancurb their uncontrolled appetites.These people often show a tendency to berude, irritable, and self-righteous, which leads to lifelong regret!
Many people do not know the relationshipbetween diet and health, and do not know that diet and personality arerelated.If they are instructed, they may have the courage and strength to curbtheir appetite, reduce their intake of junk food, and save themselves a lot ofpain through moderation.So let their spiritual outlook take on a new look!
Do not overeat, three meals fixed quantity,even if the beneficial food should also be temperance. Abstain from eatingsnacks. Overeating is a cardinal sin in health. Nowadays, those foodies wholive on "we Media" are really going out of their way to attract moreattention and get more clicks. They play jokes on their health and even theirlives, wasting food and damaging their health. I have seen many children ofseveral years old being used by their parents as a means of making money tostart a live broadcast, so that they eat and drink too much and become too fatto be human. The children show great pain, but the parents do not give up. Itis really sad and hateful!What a cursed life the people without truth leads inthe end!
Temperance is not only reflected in the diet,but also in all other aspects. Everything in life should be abstemious,moderate, not excessive. Nothing is too good to be too good. Even for the holywork, we must not stay up too late, but we must rest. Only after a good restcan you regroup and move on.
Ellen Wyre said in The "Ancestors andProphets" : Every person who has sacred responsibility must have strict abstinence,so that a clear mind can distinguish right from wrong, and have theperseverance to uphold justice and the wisdom to perform justice andcompassion.True temperance teaches us to avoid all harmful things altogether, and toeat with prudence all that is good.In this way, we can have a clear mind todistinguish right from wrong and uphold justice and truth.
Church Testimony volume 1 chapter 16: The trials andtribulations experienced by the church today are mostly the result of the abuseof the stomach for the purpose of satisfying the appetite.Those who eat andwork incontinently and irrationally speak and act irrationally. A man ofincontinence cannot be a man of patience. One does not have to be drunk to beincontinent.If people eat too much, eat too often, too much, too much greasy,are made the crime of eating unrestrained, destroy the healthy function of thedigestive organs, affect the brain, reverse judgment, hinder people reasonable,calm, healthy thinking and action. It is also a productive source oftribulations for the church. Therefore, if God's people are to be in a stateacceptable to him, they must glorify Him in the body and in the spirit thatbelongs to him. They must exert themselves to control the satisfaction of theirappetites and to exercise restraint in all things.Then they can appreciate thebeauty and freshness of truth and put it into practice in their lives.And bywise, prudent, and just ACTS, that the enemies of our faith may have noopportunity to shame the cause of truth.This is a clear guide to moderation ineating. Abstinence in eating is really the last age of people need to payspecial attention to and experience.
According to the currentsocial reality, and from my personal experience, among the eight elements ofhealth, in addition to "trust", the other seven elements, temperanceis the most important (It varies from person to person. You go to experienceforyourself). In the face of a dizzying array of tempting delicacies, if we do nottake out the will to cut our wrists and arms to restrain ourselves, we willbecome the slaves of delicacies.Those who often have headache, brain fever andmental depression are all the causes of overeating. Those foods are piled up inthe stomach and intestines, just like the water pipe is blocked by sundries,the blood vessels of the body are also blocked, and the blood cannot besupplied to the brain, which leads to headache or migraine. Because the body hasto concentrate all the strength to deal with the stomach and intestines thatpile of garbage. The heart blood supply is insufficient, Without a bloodsupply,the brain is deprived of oxygen,which naturallycauses pain, and thewhole body is really overwhelmed! If you eat too much and don't exercise, overtime, the body will become worse and worse, leading to a variety of syndromesand complications!
So, any cold or physicaldiscomfort, as long as you try to fast or stop eating (only drink water), oreven do not fast stop eating, even as long as a few days do not eat oil andsalt, only eat fruit, and then to the outdoor exercise sweating, your cold issure to go away.All diseases of affluence (hypertension, cancer, diabetes,etc.), as long as you insist on health improvement, your body will not cure andheal! Health improvement is not to be rushed, but it must be simple andeffective, without side effects. (We will recommend experienced brothers andsisters of the church for your consultation in the future)
That is to say, God's peopleshould think less about the food of this life and more about the food of heaven(modern truth), so as to bring health and vitality to the whole experience offaith and make people think more about God and less about the things of theworld!
Eight. Trust.Trust can be said to be the pillar ofthe eight elements and is the premise of success of the first seven elements.If there is no complete faith in God, everything that has been done before willbe zero. Our health improvements are effective only when we have a firm faithin God's salvation.A despondent and despairing man is in vain even if he keepsimproving his health! Health improvement must be based on trust in truth!
A person who truly trusts inGod must keep a good mood and calm every day. Nine times out of ten thediseases and ailments people suffer are mental, and trusting God is the bestway to heal them. For a cheerful heart is good medicine, but a brokenspirit dries up the bones [Pro 17:22].Joy, mercy, Thanksgiving, trust inGod's love and care — these are the greatest safeguards of health.Anddepression, worry, restlessness, remorse, guilt, doubt and other negativeemotions often make blood fever, easy to make the body form acid constitution,leading to illness. These negative emotions are enough to destroy the mind andbody, introducing decay and death.Positive emotions such as courage, hope,confidence, compassion and love are the best ways to strengthen your body andprolong your life.
Trust in God is the bestconsolation and hope for the mind. Peace, quiet and gratitude are greatmedicines to boost your immune system. Secular people, because there is no faith,whenthey encounter problems, will feel the heart of the helpless and pain, as aresult of aggravating the disease,and the effect of healing is poor. In a word,peace of mind and unconditional faith in God are essential to our physical andmental health, no matter how bad the situation may be.
Of course, the approach tohealth improvement is endless. We simply introduce the significance andnecessity of health improvement. Among the eight elements of improvement, trustis the first.If we do the best in the first seven and lose the last"trust," what we're doing is meaningless, worthless, andunproductive.
Regarding the relationshipbetween health improvement and the message of the third angel, the Spirit ofprophecy also states that the work of health improvement is as closelyrelated to the message of the third angel as the body is to the arm;But the arm is no substitute for the body.The preacher should teach health improvement,but should not make it a theme to replace the message of the Third Angel (Allthe Prophets of modern Truth). It is our duty to preach the message of thethird Angel, to keep God's commandments, and to bear witness for Jesus.Thismessage should be heard out loud, to all parts of the world. The promotion ofhealth principles should be carried out in conjunction with this informationand in no case should it be carried out independently or substituted for otherinformation.
This tells us that the purpose of healthimprovement is to promote the third angel's message, and that health improvementis in the service of the truth of the Prophets. Health improvement is the wayto promote the Prophets, so prioritize! The message of the Prophets that judgethe living has taken root, and it is time for our hands (health improvement) todrive this message. That is to say, we have all the strength of the body, wehave all the blood (the shock of the truth is already there), and we need botharms (the health improvement) to act, to carry out. I hope that every son anddaughter of truth will have a correct understanding on health improvement andtake actions to make our bodies and limbs move in harmony, then the results ofour work will be reflected.
The failure of our ancestors, Adam and Eve,was due to the failure to control appetite and fall.By resisting Satan'sstrongest temptations, and by overcoming appetite for man, Christ came into theworld to show that man, too, could triumph.Just as Adam lost the paradise ofEden by the decadence of his appetite, so the descendants of Adam, the trueremnant of the last generation, trusted Christ to triumph over his appetite andrestore the Garden of Eden by temperance.The time has come!
The Biblical prophecy hasalready told us that at the end of the world before Jesus' second coming therewill be seven great plagues unseen in history, the first and fifth of whichwill be "evil and poisonous sores" on the wicked. The present plagueof the New Covid-19 is the prelude to the seven great plagues. The time hascome when we can no longer live a life of lust and appetite, and violate themoral and natural laws of God. It is time for us to bind ourselves in allaspects and strive to restore the Garden of Eden.The Lord has not only given usthe light of the Prophets to blot out our SINS, but he has also given us thelight of health improvement to make us healthy and may we receive this heavenlyblessing.
[Lk 17:26-30] As the days of Noah were, so will the daysof the Son of man be.They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying,they were being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and theflood came and destroyed them all. Or like the days of Lot; They eat, theydrink, they buy, they sell, they plant, they build. But the day lot went out ofSodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.Sowill it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
In Noah's day, when Noahgave warning of the flood, people scoffered and mocked, and lived unscrupulouslives of sin, ignoring the warnings of God's servant's love and mercy.When Lotfled from Sodom, God also gave a final warning to the dying city, but theyrefused without hesitation ,too. It is at the time when Jesus is about to appear,at the end of the time when he speaks of the repetition of history in the timeof Noah and Lot. Are not the last ages likewise living a life of drunkennessand dissipation? Will they not suffer the same fate as the wicked of Noah andLot? Therefore let us be Noah and Lot of this age, and let us be watchmen ofthis age. We are children of light, and cannot walk in darkness. The lantern ofprophecy had more and more clearly illuminated the steps of the bridegroom'sarrival. Will you turn a deaf ear? Don't you care if you become a victim of thefloods and burning lakes of brimstone in the days of Noah and Lot?
God calls to us by allsigns: Prepare to meet your God, O Israel (true remnant),because I have done this."(Mo4:12).Do you all hear that?
Author:Yao Lianghong
Today, coVID-19 is more contagious, harder tocure and has a higher mortality rate than SARS.Covid-19 is arguably one of themost serious infectious diseases in human history.More than 23 million cases ofcoVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, and more than 800,000 lives have beenlost.And that number continues to grow dramatically. According to Dr. Fauci, atop infectious disease expert of the United States, as the study on novel Coronavirusis still very limited, the effective treatment of novel Coronavirus is stillunknown, and its long-term negative impact on patients remains to be seen. Sofar, there is no sign of an end to coVID-19.
Think about it. Today, with the rapid developmentof high technology, human beings can catch turtles in five oceans and hold themoon in nine days.Creating life, altering genes; clone sheep, clone human arenot under the word, why to a pneumonia flu but do nothing about it? Why can'twe cope with frequent plagues, floods and earthquakes? What do these disastersportend? As Children of God, do we hear God's voice speaking to humanity inthese disasters? What is God telling us through these disasters?What should wedo in the face of these disasters?
Let us see what Jesus said to his disciples justbefore he went up to the cross about what was going to happen at the end of theworld: [Lk21:10-11]"Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom againstkingdom;There will be great earthquakes, faminesand pestilences in various places, and terrible visions and great signs from heaven.From Jesus' conversation with his disciples weknow that plague is one of the great disasters that will destroy mankind in theend. By plague, I mean any incurable disease that will kill the vast majorityof people in the future.So, how important it is for everyone to improve ourimmunity! The global outbreak of COVID-19 is a sign that the last disastershave begun. This is a strong signal from God to mankind that the history of theearth is coming to an end, and a striking sign that Jesus is about to return.Let's look at what the seven great Disasters say:
【 Rev. 16:2】 So the first angel went and poured out hisbowl on the earth, and there were evil and painful boils on those who had themark of the beast and worshiped his image.
[Rev. 16:10-11] And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne ofthe beast, and his kingdom was darkened.Men bite their tongues for pain.Andcursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores.They do notrepent of their deeds.
"Evil and poisonous sores" is arepetition of the sores that plagued the Israelites when they came out of Egypt(Ex.9:8-12), but to a far greater extent than the sores of that time, so it isdescribed as "evil and poisonous".
On whose body are these sores born?"On thosewho have the mark of the beast and worship the image of the beast", whichmeans that those who do not worship the image of the beast will not have sores,just as only the Egyptians and their livestock had sores, but the Israeliteswere not harmed (Ex.9).
"To bite one's tongue" is to describethe agony and despair of the sinner as the hour of his death approaches. Itshows that oral cancer and skin cancer are common disasters in the end and oneof the great plagues that led to the destruction of many sinners.
Two of the seven great plagues spoke of venomoussores, indicating that they would take the lives of many sinners. The soreswere born on the worshippers of the image of the beast, and they grew on thetongue of the worshipers. The body, the mouth grows poisonous sore, whatdisease is this? Obviously ulcers, tumors (skin and oral cancers), plagues. Whydo they get poison sores? And on the tongue? As you know, there is a popular TVprogram called "A Bite of China", also known as "a bite ofCulture", which means that the traditional Chinese food culture has beenreflected on the tongue for thousands of years.The column presents a full ofbeautiful food, rich and colorful; The variety of everything, beautiful, makeone's mouth watering. The chef's superb skills will be "color, aroma,taste, shape, utensils," the interpretation of exquisite, stunning.Sinceits inception more than eight years, there is no repeat of the color, so thatpeople linger, can not stop. Chinese cuisine has become a cult food culture forthe world's food lovers!
What does that mean? Don't think I'm going tojudge this column, that's not what I mean. I give this example only to showthat it is a sign of The Times — one of the characteristics of the eschatologybecause Noah's time was characterized by "eating and drinking, marryingand marrying". That era was so fastidious about food and drink, which ledto the destruction of the world by the flood. Jesus says that the last age isthe same as the time of Noah: gluttony, appetite, lust, vanity. Therefore,"A bite of China" reminds me of the flood in Noah's time. And thetitle of this column is wonderfully taken — "Tip of the tongue," thesame word for "tongue" in the apocalyptic "Sore on the Tongue."Thisis the information about eating. What does that mean? This indicates that the"tongue" prophecy is coming true, close to the "tonguesore" prophecy of the seven great disasters of revelation. It means that adisaster related to "eating" is coming, which is a sign that theprophecy is being fulfilled. Therefore the time has come to restrain our lipsand to punish the sinners who have been greedy and drunken. The environmentalconditions are ripe for the last seven disasters to come true!
It is human nature to eat, drink, marry and marry,and this is not a sin. But when people take these things too far, when they usethem as an opportunity to show off and indulge, it is idolatry, it is sin. So God'sretribution has come upon mankind!
So, where do these sores come from?Whileovereating and extravagance are the main causes of God's wrath and punishmenton man, by what means is the earth's universal "evil and poisonoussores" caused? It is thought to be caused by the destruction of the ozonelayer and the strong ultraviolet radiation hitting the earth. That's only halfright. In fact, this is the world's most talked about incurable disease causedby nuclear radiation, caused by biological weapons. The nuclear radiationcaused by such biological and chemical weapons does not have to take place in alarge-scale nuclear war. For example, the nuclear power plant explosion causedby the Fukushima Tsunami in Japan in 2011 can release a large amount of nuclearradiation. After the explosion, a large amount of radioactive materials will bereleased into the atmosphere and the ocean, which will bring great harm toMarine life and seriously affect human health.This radiation will cause plantand animal variation and human sores. Presumably in the future "evil andpoisonous sores" are also caused by similar biological and nuclearwarfare!
A strange disease that went viral on the interneta few years ago is Morgellons which is a painful, itchy sore that never healsand is said to grow insects, parasites and even fibers and crystals.The pain isso intense that it often forces the patients to self-harm. How similar it is tobiting one's tongue because of the pain and the sores that are with one of theseven plagues! (Rev. 16:11)It is also said to be a product of biochemicalexperiments in the United States, where most people with the disease live.China has had similar cases in previous years. Later the relevant website wasclosed, now people can not check.
By combining all these social phenomena withbiblical prophecies, we know that this is an emergency signal from God.It ishigh time that we prepared ourselves for the last series of plagues.
As we have already said, these sores only grow onthose who worship the image of the beast, but the people of God (those whocover the seal of the living God) are safe. Why? For the people of God hear theword of God, accept the truth, believe the prophecy, improve their health, knowto restrain their mouths, not to eat or drink too much, to be temperate, notcontaminated with their filthiness, to purify themselves, to be pure (holy inbody and in mind). Even if the plague came in wave after wave, they had strongimmunity and were able to survive one disaster after another. Obedience to thetruth is their only guarantee of God's protection!
Many would argue that the mark of God is thearmor to protect the true remnant from the seven plagues. That's not bad.Butthere are many wicked men who will live to the last hour, and they will not besores! These non-venomous sinners are the apostates (Adventists and theEleventh Hour apostates, etc.) who haveundergone dietary modifications, but have not been sanctified by the moderntruth, and will perish in the earthquake that follows, or in the glory of thecoming of Christ!
So this tells us that whether or not we have soreor sore on our body or tongue is also related to what we eat. It's verydangerous if we don't improve our diet. It may not be seven disasters beforeyou fall into the paste and die! The coVID-19 pandemic, for example, killedmany people with weakened immune systems. They usually eat at will, loose andunrestrained, accumulated enough garbage (virus), the body has long shown asub-health or unhealthy state.Therefore, when any plague came, these were thefirst to fall victim to Satan's attack. Today, the persistent COVID-19 is awake-up call for the people of the end of the world and a death knell forsinners who do not repent and believe in the truth.
As true followers, we should not only preach thenew light (modern truth), but also urge people to reform their diet. Today weare going to talk about the importance of health improvement in the lastreform!
Let's take a look at the attitude of Ellen Wyretowards health improvement in the Spirit of prophecy:
Church Testimony volume I,chapter 85, sanitary improvement, paragraph 3
【 Healthimprovement is part of the third angel information. They are like arms and bodyclosely. I see that we,as a group of people, must make progress in this great work.Preachers and the believers must act in concert. The people of God are notprepared for the voice of the third angel. They have a job to do foryourself.And it’s a job that they should not be reserved for God to do forthem. God has left for them to do the job. This is a personal work, no one cando for others. "Since we have these promises, dear friends, we shouldpurify themselves to get rid of all filthiness of the body and spirit,to fearof God and to be sanctified "(2 Cor. 7:1).This is the health improvement message. Although we havecorrectly understood and preached the message of the third angel (the messageof the other archangel — the Prophets are included in the message of the thirdangel), we have not done enough to improve health.It says here that we areready for the third angel message only when health improvement is properlyunderstood and implemented in the minds of all. God wants us to be clean andholy in body and soul so that God can be glorified.
Among the temptations of the late age, thetemptation to eat is one of the biggest challenges we all have to overcome."This is a personal job," Ellen Wyre said. "We cannot do it foreach other." This means that you need to pay attention to your own healthimprovement and take action to keep your body in top shape. No one else canhelp you, you are your own best doctor, for you know what condition you are inand what improvements you should make.
Ellen Wyre said Health improvement and the message of the third angel are the same asthe arms and the body. If the new light,the Prophets, is the body, then health improvement is the arms. With your bodyand no arms, what can you do? If the Prophets are the cleansing agent of ourmind, then health improvement is the cleansing agent of our body. The light ofthe mind is clean, but the body is not clean, nor does it glorify God. It wouldbe a disgrace to the truth (God) to drag a sickly body to preach the Gospel.Therefore, to receive the Prophets is to fulfil God's moral law, and topractise health improvement is to fulfil God's natural law. When the moral lawand the natural law go together, our work must be like a fish to water,unimpeded!
Of course, health improvements don't just meandiet. There are eight elements of health improvement, and only when these eightelements can be achieved can we ensure our physical health. This is animportant message that the people of God at the end of our time mustunderstand. These are: air, sunlight, food, water, exercise, rest, temperance,and trust.
One, Fresh Air.Air is the source of life, without whichnothing can live. The fresh air makes people feel refreshed and clear-headed,which can accelerate the blood circulation of human body. Fresh air caneliminate human fatigue, make people full of vitality, increase the bodyresistance. Therefore, we should do more outdoor activities and go to thenature with fresh air. Those who have the means should strive to go to thecountryside and take part in aerobic exercises.Now only those undevelopedmountains and wild still have a fresh breath!
Now crowded cities are suffocating, with bad air, unsafefood, dense buildings, smoky markets, and the ever-present risk of infectiousdiseases which are all huge health hazards.The industrial waste gas in the citydoes great harm to human health.Fine particulate matter, such asautomobile exhaust and air conditioning exhaust, is so small that it can penetratethe protective structure of the respiratory tract, penetrate deeply into thebronchi and lungs, directly affect the ventilation function of the lungs,induce lung sclerosis, asthma and bronchitis, and even lead to cardiovasculardiseases.Oftenliving in this environment, it is easy to lead to a decline in human immunity.That's why COVID-19 is so popular in big cities.
Two, Moderate Sunshine.God created the sun and the moon on the fourth day. The earth is revivedby the energy from the sun; Plants grow by sunlight (photosynthesis), make andstore food .[De 33:14]with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon canyield.Crops cannot grow without the sun!
The sun keeps us warm and helps to drive away gloom andrefresh us. As the Bible says, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.You will go out and leap like calves releasedfrom the stall (Mal. 4:2).Here we use the sun of righteousness todescribe the truth of Christ as healing as the sun, purifying the SINS of thepeople, making people healthy and holy. Similarly, a person enjoying thesunshine is to keep the body healthy and energetic premise. Regular exposure tothe sun can also prevent osteoporosis, prevent leg cramps, vitamin Dsupplements, calcium supplements, hair growth, to ward off depression, reducearteriosclerosis is of great benefit.
Of course, due to the destruction of the ozone layer, weshould not bask in the sun for long in hot summer days.The scorching heat of thesunis also easy to cause skin cancer. Therefore, in the summer sun (or in thefield work) do a good job of protection, do not let the sun directly on thebody, with sun hat, sunscreen clothes to give appropriate protection isnecessary. Outdoor activities in summer had better be limited to before 9 o'clock in the morning and after 4 o 'clock in the afternoon. This time periodis more appropriate.And those who spend their days in air-conditioned rooms andnever leave their homes must be potential captives of serious diseases.
Lack of sunlight is prone to calcium deficiency; Roomswithout sunlight tend to be damp and moldy, where bacteria thrive and dirt istrapped. Living in such a house is prone to rheumatism, arthritis, rickets,skin diseases and so on. This place, dark and damp all year round, is also thehaunt of the devil. Therefore, even secular people say that the house should beexposed to the sun, otherwise it will amuse the devil. It's the same thing.
Three.Eat a healthy diet.It is very important to have a healthy diet, which is essential to keepone's health. Every organ in the body needs a supply of nutrients, so where dothese nutrients come from? In the beginning, in Adam's time, God had givenhumans proper food to keep them healthy.
[Gen 1:29] And God said, Behold, I have given you everyherb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,wherein is the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be for meat.Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, thesewere the foods originally prescribed by God for man.Later, when men left theGarden of Eden to till the earth for a living because they had sinned and werecursed, God also told them to eat "the vegetables of the field" (Gen.3:18).
As a result, the nature of grain, vegetables,fruits, with the most natural and simple way to cook, is the most useful, mosthealth food, we can supply all the nutrition your body needs, is enough toguarantee the physical and mental ability strong, durable, which is nosubstitute for anything else that contain complex and stimulating.
Thus, in the beginning, God did not create aflesh-eating body structure for human beings, that is to say, meat isnotsuitable for human food.This is the law of creation, this is the law ofnature. When people violate this law, it brings disease and curses. Today, themore developed the world, the more diseases of affluence occur because meatoccupies a major part of people's diet. This unnatural way of life acceleratesthe pace of human extinction!
It has been accepted that vegetarianism isgood for your health. Animal oil and fat are one of the most hated things inthe body's immune cells. Foods high in fat significantly reduce the function ofimmune cells, as do foods high in sugar. These are all factors that reduce thebody's ability to fight off various types of cancer. Of course, the benefits ofbeing a vegetarian are not easy to explain in a few words, and we will add moreabout them in the future.
The harmful food that reminds everybody towant to abandon especially are: smoke, alcohol, meat, fry and pungent andpungent food (condiment USES or need not as far as possible, except oil salt).Now all drinks and snacks in the supermarket are recommended to be discarded,which is harmful to the body without any benefit. We must prohibit absolutelyheavy taste. Heavy taste injuries liver and stomach. Even if the vegetarian, inthe cooking we should also pay attention to.We should give priority to withdelicate, original taste, which will make the health of a reliable guarantee.
It is also necessary to fast or cut off foodwhen necessary. Fasting or cutting off food for one or two days can change theconstitution and play the role of purification and detoxification, but also canmake the body produce self-healing ability. Drink water during fasting !
Four. Adequate Water.Clean water is the ideal natural beverage and detergent. Drinking plentyof clean water, along with exercise, helps keep your mind sharp and your mindsharp.Drinking plenty of water keeps your body hydrated, helps your kidneysfunction properly, and removes excess salt and waste from your body.If people oftendo not drink water or drink less water, people will lead to chronic kidney failure,and then kidney stones.The serious patients will get uremia, to change thekidney. Don't wait until you're thirsty to drink water. That's your body'swarning sign of dehydration. Develop a regular drinking habit!
Drinking more water can also promote thenormal work of the heart, so that the heart beat more vitality; It increasesantibacterial activity and makes you feel better. Drink more water in summerand you won't get sunstroke. It is advisable to drink warm water in winter andnormal temperature water in summer. Neither winter nor summer, do not drink toohot water or ice water, these are bad for the stomach.
Those who often quench their thirst withdrink instead of water are very stupid. This will increase the burden ofkidney, leading to the development of syndrome.Various additives in beveragesare often responsible for uremia, leukemia (blood cancer) and diabetes. This isthe reason why many kidney diseases are younger nowadays!
Five. Proper Exercise.Life lies in motion, and motion is the law of our existence. Our body willbe strong if we exercise often. If we stop exercising, our body will rot anddie. Inactivity is the cause of disease.Because aerobic exercise can make ushealthy breathing (this movement is not the movement of the gym, but in thenature, sports, go to work). If we breathe the fresh airin nature, we canaccelerate blood circulation, strengthen metabolism, but also can transport thenature oxygen to the body’s various organs (you can not do this at the gym ).Wehelp the waste products get out of the body with enough water.
Exercise can also increase the body's vitalcapacity, promote hormone secretion, make muscles developed, strengthenresistance.According to medical experts, exercising and sweating is the bestway to treat colds and prevent cancer and obesity. Sweating is much easier toget rid of toxins from the body than defecating. While sweating removes heavymetals (carcinogens) and toxins from the body, defecation simply removes fooddebris from the body. Therefore, exercise sweating is the simplest and mosteffective way to treat a cold and prevent cancer.
A person who does not exercise often must bedispirited and depressed. The body is often sub-healthy or unhealthy. Sportscan be done not only by running, playing ball and dancing, but better sportsare to work on the land (farming), which not only gives you exercise but alsogives you harvest. This is the true movement that God demands.
Of course, exercise should not be excessive,to act according to one's ability.Boxing, weightlifting, marathons, theseextreme sports for glory are harmful to the body, not for the children of God!
Six.Rest.Giving your body rest is an essential part of the rhythm of life. After aday or week of activity, a tired body and a listless mind need plenty of restto recover. Many people die young and ill from hard work. No other medicaltreatment can replace more rest and less food for tired people.
Breaks allow people to be more productive inthe rest of their work, and they help us to have creative epiphanies. Whenpeople are exposed to information outside of work during breaks, it can bringmore inspiration to their minds. Those who sacrifice their leisure time inorder to get rich are in fact a money-making machine. Their tireless effortsday and night deprive them of the true value and meaning of life.They are poorpeople and they are hopeless people. For Jesus said, If a man gain the whole world, what goodis it for him to lose his own life?Whatcan a man give in exchange for his life (Matt. 16:26)?It is enough for the people of the true Godto have food and clothing!
In addition, early to bed and early to riseis a generally accepted health rule. The best time for immune repair is between9pm and 1am.Of course, at all times it restores the body's organs. We try towork and rest on time, live a regular life, to ensure health!
Seven. Temperance.True temperance teaches how to throw away harmful habits and foodsaltogether, and to use wisely what is good for health.Moderation in the eating,drinking, sleeping, and dressing of the true remnant is the great principle ofreligious life, and we must let principles, not appetite or fantasy, govern us.
Temperance is also a sign of good character.Atemperate person must be self-disciplined, will not be tempted, can restraintheir own emotions and desires. Such a person must be a literate person,who canproperly deal with interpersonal relations and welcome people, but also ahealthy physical and mental development of people.
Intemperance tends to sink one intodissipation or other "foolish and pernicious lusts which drown one in ruin anddestruction" [1 Tim. 6:9].A man of excess will not change his eating and drinking habits under anycircumstances. They would rather die young at the cost of their health thancurb their uncontrolled appetites.These people often show a tendency to berude, irritable, and self-righteous, which leads to lifelong regret!
Many people do not know the relationshipbetween diet and health, and do not know that diet and personality arerelated.If they are instructed, they may have the courage and strength to curbtheir appetite, reduce their intake of junk food, and save themselves a lot ofpain through moderation.So let their spiritual outlook take on a new look!
Do not overeat, three meals fixed quantity,even if the beneficial food should also be temperance. Abstain from eatingsnacks. Overeating is a cardinal sin in health. Nowadays, those foodies wholive on "we Media" are really going out of their way to attract moreattention and get more clicks. They play jokes on their health and even theirlives, wasting food and damaging their health. I have seen many children ofseveral years old being used by their parents as a means of making money tostart a live broadcast, so that they eat and drink too much and become too fatto be human. The children show great pain, but the parents do not give up. Itis really sad and hateful!What a cursed life the people without truth leads inthe end!
Temperance is not only reflected in the diet,but also in all other aspects. Everything in life should be abstemious,moderate, not excessive. Nothing is too good to be too good. Even for the holywork, we must not stay up too late, but we must rest. Only after a good restcan you regroup and move on.
Ellen Wyre said in The "Ancestors andProphets" : Every person who has sacred responsibility must have strict abstinence,so that a clear mind can distinguish right from wrong, and have theperseverance to uphold justice and the wisdom to perform justice andcompassion.True temperance teaches us to avoid all harmful things altogether, and toeat with prudence all that is good.In this way, we can have a clear mind todistinguish right from wrong and uphold justice and truth.
Church Testimony volume 1 chapter 16: The trials andtribulations experienced by the church today are mostly the result of the abuseof the stomach for the purpose of satisfying the appetite.Those who eat andwork incontinently and irrationally speak and act irrationally. A man ofincontinence cannot be a man of patience. One does not have to be drunk to beincontinent.If people eat too much, eat too often, too much, too much greasy,are made the crime of eating unrestrained, destroy the healthy function of thedigestive organs, affect the brain, reverse judgment, hinder people reasonable,calm, healthy thinking and action. It is also a productive source oftribulations for the church. Therefore, if God's people are to be in a stateacceptable to him, they must glorify Him in the body and in the spirit thatbelongs to him. They must exert themselves to control the satisfaction of theirappetites and to exercise restraint in all things.Then they can appreciate thebeauty and freshness of truth and put it into practice in their lives.And bywise, prudent, and just ACTS, that the enemies of our faith may have noopportunity to shame the cause of truth.This is a clear guide to moderation ineating. Abstinence in eating is really the last age of people need to payspecial attention to and experience.
According to the currentsocial reality, and from my personal experience, among the eight elements ofhealth, in addition to "trust", the other seven elements, temperanceis the most important (It varies from person to person. You go to experienceforyourself). In the face of a dizzying array of tempting delicacies, if we do nottake out the will to cut our wrists and arms to restrain ourselves, we willbecome the slaves of delicacies.Those who often have headache, brain fever andmental depression are all the causes of overeating. Those foods are piled up inthe stomach and intestines, just like the water pipe is blocked by sundries,the blood vessels of the body are also blocked, and the blood cannot besupplied to the brain, which leads to headache or migraine. Because the body hasto concentrate all the strength to deal with the stomach and intestines thatpile of garbage. The heart blood supply is insufficient, Without a bloodsupply,the brain is deprived of oxygen,which naturallycauses pain, and thewhole body is really overwhelmed! If you eat too much and don't exercise, overtime, the body will become worse and worse, leading to a variety of syndromesand complications!
So, any cold or physicaldiscomfort, as long as you try to fast or stop eating (only drink water), oreven do not fast stop eating, even as long as a few days do not eat oil andsalt, only eat fruit, and then to the outdoor exercise sweating, your cold issure to go away.All diseases of affluence (hypertension, cancer, diabetes,etc.), as long as you insist on health improvement, your body will not cure andheal! Health improvement is not to be rushed, but it must be simple andeffective, without side effects. (We will recommend experienced brothers andsisters of the church for your consultation in the future)
That is to say, God's peopleshould think less about the food of this life and more about the food of heaven(modern truth), so as to bring health and vitality to the whole experience offaith and make people think more about God and less about the things of theworld!
Eight. Trust.Trust can be said to be the pillar ofthe eight elements and is the premise of success of the first seven elements.If there is no complete faith in God, everything that has been done before willbe zero. Our health improvements are effective only when we have a firm faithin God's salvation.A despondent and despairing man is in vain even if he keepsimproving his health! Health improvement must be based on trust in truth!
A person who truly trusts inGod must keep a good mood and calm every day. Nine times out of ten thediseases and ailments people suffer are mental, and trusting God is the bestway to heal them. For a cheerful heart is good medicine, but a brokenspirit dries up the bones [Pro 17:22].Joy, mercy, Thanksgiving, trust inGod's love and care — these are the greatest safeguards of health.Anddepression, worry, restlessness, remorse, guilt, doubt and other negativeemotions often make blood fever, easy to make the body form acid constitution,leading to illness. These negative emotions are enough to destroy the mind andbody, introducing decay and death.Positive emotions such as courage, hope,confidence, compassion and love are the best ways to strengthen your body andprolong your life.
Trust in God is the bestconsolation and hope for the mind. Peace, quiet and gratitude are greatmedicines to boost your immune system. Secular people, because there is no faith,whenthey encounter problems, will feel the heart of the helpless and pain, as aresult of aggravating the disease,and the effect of healing is poor. In a word,peace of mind and unconditional faith in God are essential to our physical andmental health, no matter how bad the situation may be.
Of course, the approach tohealth improvement is endless. We simply introduce the significance andnecessity of health improvement. Among the eight elements of improvement, trustis the first.If we do the best in the first seven and lose the last"trust," what we're doing is meaningless, worthless, andunproductive.
Regarding the relationshipbetween health improvement and the message of the third angel, the Spirit ofprophecy also states that the work of health improvement is as closelyrelated to the message of the third angel as the body is to the arm;But the arm is no substitute for the body.The preacher should teach health improvement,but should not make it a theme to replace the message of the Third Angel (Allthe Prophets of modern Truth). It is our duty to preach the message of thethird Angel, to keep God's commandments, and to bear witness for Jesus.Thismessage should be heard out loud, to all parts of the world. The promotion ofhealth principles should be carried out in conjunction with this informationand in no case should it be carried out independently or substituted for otherinformation.
This tells us that the purpose of healthimprovement is to promote the third angel's message, and that health improvementis in the service of the truth of the Prophets. Health improvement is the wayto promote the Prophets, so prioritize! The message of the Prophets that judgethe living has taken root, and it is time for our hands (health improvement) todrive this message. That is to say, we have all the strength of the body, wehave all the blood (the shock of the truth is already there), and we need botharms (the health improvement) to act, to carry out. I hope that every son anddaughter of truth will have a correct understanding on health improvement andtake actions to make our bodies and limbs move in harmony, then the results ofour work will be reflected.
The failure of our ancestors, Adam and Eve,was due to the failure to control appetite and fall.By resisting Satan'sstrongest temptations, and by overcoming appetite for man, Christ came into theworld to show that man, too, could triumph.Just as Adam lost the paradise ofEden by the decadence of his appetite, so the descendants of Adam, the trueremnant of the last generation, trusted Christ to triumph over his appetite andrestore the Garden of Eden by temperance.The time has come!
The Biblical prophecy hasalready told us that at the end of the world before Jesus' second coming therewill be seven great plagues unseen in history, the first and fifth of whichwill be "evil and poisonous sores" on the wicked. The present plagueof the New Covid-19 is the prelude to the seven great plagues. The time hascome when we can no longer live a life of lust and appetite, and violate themoral and natural laws of God. It is time for us to bind ourselves in allaspects and strive to restore the Garden of Eden.The Lord has not only given usthe light of the Prophets to blot out our SINS, but he has also given us thelight of health improvement to make us healthy and may we receive this heavenlyblessing.
[Lk 17:26-30] As the days of Noah were, so will the daysof the Son of man be.They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying,they were being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and theflood came and destroyed them all. Or like the days of Lot; They eat, theydrink, they buy, they sell, they plant, they build. But the day lot went out ofSodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.Sowill it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
In Noah's day, when Noahgave warning of the flood, people scoffered and mocked, and lived unscrupulouslives of sin, ignoring the warnings of God's servant's love and mercy.When Lotfled from Sodom, God also gave a final warning to the dying city, but theyrefused without hesitation ,too. It is at the time when Jesus is about to appear,at the end of the time when he speaks of the repetition of history in the timeof Noah and Lot. Are not the last ages likewise living a life of drunkennessand dissipation? Will they not suffer the same fate as the wicked of Noah andLot? Therefore let us be Noah and Lot of this age, and let us be watchmen ofthis age. We are children of light, and cannot walk in darkness. The lantern ofprophecy had more and more clearly illuminated the steps of the bridegroom'sarrival. Will you turn a deaf ear? Don't you care if you become a victim of thefloods and burning lakes of brimstone in the days of Noah and Lot?
God calls to us by allsigns: Prepare to meet your God, O Israel (true remnant),because I have done this."(Mo4:12).Do you all hear that?
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