Vancouver Evangelization Seminar

From 21st till 24th of November 2002 in Vancouver we had the privilege to have an open Evangelization Seminar held by Br. Henry Bering from California, USA. The motto was “Daniel and Revelation Seminar”.

In Power Point Presentation were presented four important topics:

1. “The Four Horse-men of Revelation 6″
“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny, and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

There were presented the first four periods of the early Christian church and the specific signs, which the Bible speaks about. Looking to the facts from the history we have to be prepared to meet the future, armored with the power of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit of the Lord to be able to overcome every obstacle in our Christian life.

2. “Jesus Christ – the way, the Truth and the Life” – John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”.
There was explained the mission of Jesus – His life, service, sufferings, death and resurrection for each one of us. At the end an appeal was made to follow Him every moment of our life on this earth and to meet Him in the New Jerusalem.

3. “Is the World coming to an End?” – Matt.24:14
“and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come”.

There was presented the most important events in World history – earthquakes, diseases, famine, floods, volcano eruptions and prophecies of what the Bible says we have to expect soon. Will there be a 3rd World war, or will Jesus come soon again? With lots of animations and effects, which took the attention of the people, this subject pointed to the time in which we are living and showed the need to be prepared to meet our Lord Jesus Christ soon.

4. “Who Fought against Babylon the Great” – Rev. 18:1,2
“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, ‘Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean land hateful bird”.

This amazing presentation brought us back to the time when the Waldenses were living and working to spread the manuscripts of the Bible. Dozens of pictures showed us the life and their missionary work for spreading this important message for their time. The same is our mission today. We have to work and spread the message that God has given to us in the same manner as the ancient Waldenses did in their time.

Those were the four Bible subjects that, with the help of the Lord, Br. Henry Dering presented. We also enjoyed the nice music that our guest from Sacramento, USA, Sylvia Myhre played every evening before and after the topics, and also the beautiful songs that were sung by Br. Dering, Sis. Sylvia and Sis. Yonka. The visitors which came enjoyed both the subjects and the music. Some of them had questions about different Bible topics and all of them were satisfied with the answers.

Vancouver is a field where a big part of the population are people from middle Asia, but we are thankful to the Lord that we had this opportunity to witness here and the people who came were able to hear the Word of the Lord for this last time of the Earth’s history.

The Bible says in Eccl. 11:1-4 “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap”.

This was our time to sow. We sowed and God will reap! “Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap, Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!” Amen