Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
To be called afflicted and drunken but not with wine means not to be intoxicated with wine but to be overwhelmed, disoriented, terrified and distressed by suffering, including suffering under the cup of divine fury. God pleads the cause of those afflicted people, takes the cup of trembling and fury from their hand so they will never drink it again, and puts it instead into the hands of their oppressors who afflicted and humiliated them. The promise applies to the final time of trouble for God's people, when like captive exiles opposed by earthly powers they will fear death by hunger or starvation and by violence. God as the one who divided the Red Sea will then show His power, reverse their captivity and deliver them from their oppressors.
The chapter containing the verse brings assurance and hope to the afflicted. The Lord bears all their burdens, Jesus looks upon the sufferer in sleepless nights of pain, and He strengthens by grace. He makes tedious affliction serve the glory of the Lord, so the afflicted need not murmur but can trust Him.
The verse belongs to a clear warning message intended to awaken Seventh-day Adventists to their position and to send the light of warning to others. The chapter containing the verse is a plain Sabbath scripture showing that God has made no change in His day of rest and giving wonderful promises to those who obey His law, especially the Sabbath. It is to be brought to the front now and printed with Isaiah 58 in tract form to teach those who do not know what the Bible says about the Sabbath and to warn against coming Sunday laws. It calls every worker to draw near to God by faith, lay hold of infinite power and receive the sanctification of the Holy Spirit.
To be called afflicted and drunken but not with wine means not to be intoxicated with wine but to be overwhelmed, disoriented, terrified and distressed by suffering, including suffering under the cup of divine fury. God pleads the cause of those afflicted people, takes the cup of trembling and fury from their hand so they will never drink it again, and puts it instead into the hands of their oppressors who afflicted and humiliated them. The promise applies to the final time of trouble for God's people, when like captive exiles opposed by earthly powers they will fear death by hunger or starvation and by violence. God as the one who divided the Red Sea will then show His power, reverse their captivity and deliver them from their oppressors.
The chapter containing the verse brings assurance and hope to the afflicted. The Lord bears all their burdens, Jesus looks upon the sufferer in sleepless nights of pain, and He strengthens by grace. He makes tedious affliction serve the glory of the Lord, so the afflicted need not murmur but can trust Him.
The verse belongs to a clear warning message intended to awaken Seventh-day Adventists to their position and to send the light of warning to others. The chapter containing the verse is a plain Sabbath scripture showing that God has made no change in His day of rest and giving wonderful promises to those who obey His law, especially the Sabbath. It is to be brought to the front now and printed with Isaiah 58 in tract form to teach those who do not know what the Bible says about the Sabbath and to warn against coming Sunday laws. It calls every worker to draw near to God by faith, lay hold of infinite power and receive the sanctification of the Holy Spirit.