Gods Sabbath

AF INAL O PPORTUNITY

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But, despite the prosecution of the workers, as strange as it may seem in face of their obvious failure, they are too proud to submit. They claim to understand and some even promise to build safe structures in future, but their persistent refusal to change procedures shows that they are not actually willing to give up their own plans. No architect would tolerate such behavior in worldly busi ness. He would immediately dismiss every one of those workers, and assemble a fresh team to replace them. Those unfaithful workers would have been guilty not only of insubordination and grievous lack of respect for the architects and their position, but they would also be responsible for the expensive misuse of ma terials and finally for the needless suffering and death of their fellow workers, as well as those sick people who would have re ceived help in time if the building had been completed earlier. The long-suffering architects now have to train the new work ers thoroughly to follow their plans to the letter, in order to avoid a repetition of the drama. We can imagine how frustrated the architects would be if the next and every successive team of workers were to repeat the same performance! The hospital that should have taken but a short time to be ready, would still be in complete many years later.

The Application

Generally speaking, these days, such procedures are not per mitted, and buildings usually advance to completion in reasona ble time, except when industrial unrest delays or even stops the work. But, while architects and the civil law will not permit

Architects:

God the Father and the Son

Plan:

God’s gospel plan to solve the sin problem and finish the work Movement/Church giving service to sick and lost humankind

Hospital:

Head builder:Messenger Workers:

Believers within the movement/church