The Elijah Prophecy

   Modern Manna                                     Issue 33                                      May 23, 2009

 
 
My Testimony
 
Tiara, triple crown
 
 
 Dear Friends:
 
     I am going to share some information about my life that many of you may not know. It is part of my testimony about when I first found Jesus Christ.
     Many years ago, I was a counselor at Peterson Juvenile Hall. I had graduated from U.C. Davis and was taking a year off before enrolling in law school and landed a full-time job as a guard supervising young criminals. It was my ambition to be a lawyer, but God had other plans of which I knew nothing about. If you would have told me that I was going to be a Christian Evangelist and director of a self-supporting, Christian ministry called Modern Manna and director of BellaVita--an alternative lifestyle center, I would have probably laughed in your face because I was agnostic at the time I was hired.
     At the time, I also invested in the purchase of a health food store in Tracy, California called Artesian Health Foods. I was also heavily into bodybuilding and worked out all the time. I was freaky strong for my size, especially since I never used steroids. I could bench press 300 lbs. on an Olympic barbell for  nine repetitions at a body weight of only 182 lbs. I could bench press nearly 400 lbs. for one repetition which was 218 lbs. over my body weight. Many people have a hard time lifting their own body weight let alone over twice the amount. I entered a few bodybuilding contests and won trophies flexing my muscles before large audiences. I was deep into what I thought was the healthiest lifestyle, but I had no idea that high amounts of animal protein was actually detrimental to my health. I would eat twelve eggs in a day, a whole chicken, two cans of Tuna, and sometimes a gallon of milk. Yikes!
     But there came the day when God said to flex my mouth instead of my biceps, and to proclaim the gospel message to the world. I began to hear the Lord speaking to my conscience when I was working at juvenile hall to repent of my sins. The Lord works in mysterious ways because juvenile hall was my training camp in many ways for my later work in the ministry. I learned many good lessons while working there for the 5 years. I learned that God is not to be a respecter of persons. That He loves and saves all people regardless of their past, their color, or the sex. I also learned to stand for the rules or commandments of the institution regardless of the threats or mockings. There were times I had seven murders on the unit--all under 18 years old. I also learned how diet can affect behavior. Excess sugar would cause the youth to bounce off the walls. We would have more incidents after breakfast which consisted of Sugar Frosted Flakes, cinnamon rolls, chocolate milk, and a white sugar dispenser for the milk, which many abused and knew no limit. Large amounts of sugar set off a bomb of out-of-control behavior. You could predict that fights would breakout soon after breakfast was over. I did not know that God was teaching me valuable lessons which I would later use when finding a commandment-keeping church that practiced health principles. I believe that God has now put it on my heart to teach Christian youth about good health and the wrong foods to avoid. That is why we are having CYHC next week. Praise God that hundreds of youth are responding and there have been nearly 300 that have pre-registered and over 150 are camping for the three day event June 12-14. 
      While working at PJH my first wife gave birth to a infant that was a trisomy-18. She had a genetic defect and was pronounced deaf, dumb, and blind. The doctors asked me what I wanted to do. The options were life-support or to let nature take its course. At this time I did not know God. I graduated from UCD agnostic--I didn't believe there was a God even though I was raised in a family that did.
     What would you do in that situation? I decided to let nature take its course since the baby would have multiple complications and never know that she even existed. Sad to say, she died in ten short hours which sent me into a tail-spin searching for answers. I was so healthy and strong; so how could this happen?  I decided to search out God for myself and picked up a Bible and read the New Testament. I read it from Matthew to Revelation, but understood very little of what I had read. But since I made a commitment to God, I finished the Book.
      Let me also say that during this period of my life, before I knew the Lord, I was drinking too much, smoking marijuana, being unfaithful in my first marriage with little guilt and totally caught up in the world, having no moral values like a heathen. I thought I had everything I could ever want in life because I had a nice home, nice cars, and enough money to live a good life. I had all the material things anyone could want at 30 years of age.
     Many of you may not know this about me, but God has greatly humbled me over the past twenty five years also. Many people think I am very well off, and was at one time, but things  are not quite so. There has been a serious change in my life as God is teaching me to be fully dependent on Him. I recently closed my health food store in Lodi due to lack of local business (just a small room remains at Modern Manna); the funds received by Modern Manna have seriously dwindled; BellaVIta is suffering due to the recession and two sessions have been cancelled; and last but not least, the divorce, three years ago,
and the property settlement nearly wiped me out completely. Things are very hard right now but my spirits are strong because God is able to provide everything we need. I do struggle with worrying about the children and providing for their schooling and other needs, but I know God's grace is sufficient for us. (1 Cor. 12:9). 
     I remain eager to get the health message and the gospel to as many people, both young and old, as possible. That is why we are offering a free convention for the youth at a time when our financial situation is very bleak. After all, sometimes it takes being stripped of everything  you once had before you can fully trust the mighty arm of God. But think of it--Baptist youth, Catholic youth, Adventist youth and many other denominations of youth all learning the health message from heaven that God entrusted to us. From a time when I was the number-one donor of Modern Manna, to trusting God for the next dollar is a faith building experience and one I am not used to. Now let me tell you where I am at spiritually: "I do not care if I have to eat canned beans and live in a trailer, I will not stop sounding the Three Angels' Messages and the health message to the world. As long as I have breath left in me, I will proclaim His message and His commandments to the world regardless of the threats, just like the days at juvenile hall!
     God has blessed Modern Manna and BellaVIta. Ten years of Healing Crusades have touched the lives of thousands of people, and through the thousands of CD and DVD that have gone out, we continue to do so. I just got a letter from a woman in West Africa that asked permission to copy the Health and Healing Crusade DVDs to distribute in Africa. I immediately wrote her back and gave her the approval. We have printed millions of my book, Is the Virgin Mary Dead or Alive? and distributed them  all over the world, many thousands given away free of charge to other countries. Now The Final Inquisition is available for distribution and promises to light another fire that God's truth will shine brightly and many will be warned. Cases of 100 are only $99.00 (reg. $5.95 ea. That comes to to a mere 99 cents each), and two case have been ordered by a woman in the United Kingdom who hasn't even read the book yet.
     Choosing Jesus as my personal Saviour was the best decision I ever made. Knowing I could go to Him and repent for all those sins I committed in the past and that He offers eternal life in exchange is the best news ever. How can anybody be quiet about this wonderful gift of salvation in Christ is beyond me. I want to shout it from the roof tops!  
      So, please come to CYHC and help pass out my books to a world that has been lulled to sleep in deception. Help us unmask the devil's plot to destroy souls while there is still time. Please pray for the ministry and for my family's safety. We are trying to make a difference, and with God's help we will continue to do so.
 
     Remember, I am not a doctor and cannot prescribe. But I can share what I do for myself or what my children do for themselves.
    Consult your physician before using any of these remedies and watch him laugh, or better yet, the Master Physician "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases." Ps.103:3
In This Issue
The Seal of God
All Is Set for Christian Youth Conference
A Personal Testimony
 
The Seal of God
Greetings!

     Friends, have you ever wondered what the seal of God is in Revelation 7:1-4?  "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,  Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel." In Revelation 13, after we read about the mark of the beast, the victorious 144,000 are once again illustrated in Revelation 14 as having the Father's name or character in the forehead. So the Bible speaks of a "mark" of the beast and a "seal" of God. 
     Last week, we clearly learned from our study that the "beast," or "little horn," is the Roman papacy. So, what is the mark of the beast--or the mark of the Roman papacy? Before I answer that question, let me first show you what the seal of God is. A seal can be an embossed emblem, symbol, letter, etc., which is attached to a legal document. It has to do with legal matters. A seal has three parts: The name of the ruler, the ruler's title, and the extent of the ruler's territory. The Bible gives us an important clue as to where God's seal is located, for it says in Isaiah 8:16: "Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples." In fact, the "new covenant" (Heb. 8:8) that God made with His people involves His law. In Hebrews 8:10 we read: "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put My laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people." In Revelation chapter 7, we read in verses 2 and 3: "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels...Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." Therefore, we can conclude that God's seal has something to do with His law in our foreheads, or in our minds. Behind the forehead is the part of the brain called the frontal lobe, where our moral decisions are made. It is also the part of the brain where the conscience is located.
      God's law is known as the Ten Commandments--His ten principles of love. They are also referred to as the "royal law" or the "law of liberty," according to the Apostle James, by which all mankind will be judged. (See James 2:8-12; Eccl. 12:13, 14). In fact, the Bible gives the following definition of sin: "Sin is the transgression of the law [the Ten Commandments]." (I John 3:4). Therefore, it is safe to say that God is looking for an obedient people-a people in whose minds are written His moral law, His law of love, and who would rather die than transgress His commandments. It is interesting to note that in the bosom of God's Ten Commandments, which, by the way, are impossible to keep without the aid of the Holy Spirit writing these beautiful principles in one's heart, is the Sabbath-the one commandment that gives the name, the title--or office, and the territory of God Almighty! "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God...For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." (Ex. 20:8-11). This, friends, is the only place in the Bible where you will find God's seal! The Sabbath contains His name, "the Lord thy God;" His title or office, [the Creator who] "made;" and His territory, "the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is." This is why the Prophet Ezekiel said: "And hallow My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God." (Ezek. 20:20). Thus, the seal of God, which is to be in the heart of man, is in the heart of God's law! Notice also that the command is to keep holy the Sabbath Day. "Ye shall be holy; for I am holy." (Lev. 11:44). The day itself is already holy, because God at Creation had done three things to make it that way forever to represent His own holiness: He rested on the Sabbath Day with man; He blessed the day; and He sanctified it (or set it apart for a holy use). Thus, the day is and remains holy forever. "Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever." (Eccl. 3:14). But it is impossible to keep the Sabbath holy while breaking any other one of the nine remaining commandments, or principles of holiness. Hence, the keeping of the Sabbath Day holy uniquely embraces all the rest of the Ten Commandments, which are to be sealed in the heart [mind], and is especially suited by its very function to be the "seal of God" under the Holy Spirit, "whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." (Eph. 4:30).
     I remember the first time I read about the Sabbath in the Book of Isaiah. A deep conviction came over me as I learned that the prophet referred to the seventh-day Sabbath as God's "holy day." The prophet wrote while under inspiration: "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth." (Isaiah 58:13, 14). In fact, just a few chapters later, Isaiah further tells us that the saved will worship the Lord on the seventh day Sabbath in the Earth Made New! "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." (Isaiah 66:22, 23). I remember asking myself the question, "Would God give to man instructions to keep the seventh-day Sabbath holy in the Garden of Eden (see Genesis 2:1-3) and to His people throughout the Old Testament, and then change the day in the New Testament from Saturday to Sunday, and then back again to His original Sabbath in the Earth Made New? Of course not! The very idea seems preposterous! Christ kept the Sabbath holy in the New Testament, "as was His custom" (Luke 4:16), and even identified Himself as the "Lord of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27, 28). The Apostle Paul, "as his manner was," also kept the seventh-day Sabbath. (See Acts 13:14; 16:13; 17:1, 2; 18:4)!!!
     "Throughout the New Testament, written years after Christ's ascension, the Holy Spirit, speaking of the seventh day, calls it 'the Sabbath' upwards of fifty times....In the Levitical or sacrificial ordinances of the sanctuary services there were annual sabbaths and feasts, associated with meats and drinks and ceremonial observances. But in appointing these the Lord specifically distinguished between them and the one and only weekly Sabbath, which was from the beginning. 'These are the feasts of the Lord,' He said, 'beside the Sabbaths of the Lord.' Lev. 23:37, 38.
      "The annual festivals and sabbaths, like all the ordinances of the Levitical service, were shadows of things to come, and found their fulfillment in the great sacrifice of Calvary. Col 2:16,17. But the Sabbath of the Lord was made blessed and holy by God at the creation, before sin had entered the world, before any sacrificial or shadowy service was instituted to point to a coming Redeemer. It is a fundamental and primary institution, a part of the moral order of God's government for man, the same as the obligations set forth in each of the other commandments....Thus we find the seventh-day Sabbath a plant of the heavenly Father's planting, rooted deep in all Holy Scripture, and abiding eternally in the world to come." (Our Day in the Light of Prophecy, pp. 163, 164).
       Has it occurred to you that most Christians in the world keep only nine commandments? This could be the reason why God began the fourth commandment with the word, "Remember," for He must have known we would forget! Besides, would not a change, involving the day God expects us to worship and praise Him, be in the Bible? And why is there not a verse in the Holy Scriptures supporting the observance of Sunday? The Scriptures say: "For I am the Lord, I change not....Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts." (Mal. 3:6, 7). Before we look at some heavier issues involving the "mark of the beast," please remember that God is seeking to write His law in our hearts, but only with our consent, of course. A Scripture that has become precious to me which verifies this promise is in II Corinthians 3:3: "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart."
      Some have asked the question: "How do you know that Sabbath is Saturday?" First, the Bible clearly tells us that "the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." (Ex. 20:10). In fact, the Bible says in Genesis 1 that "God created the heaven and the earth" (including the water, creatures, and vegetation) in six days. And in genesis 2:2 and 3 it adds: "And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it [or set it apart for holy use]." It is the 4th Commandment, set up in Eden! Second, let us now turn in our Bibles to Passion Week in the New Testament. In Luke 23 and 24 you will find the account of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Almost all Christians realize that Christ died on Good Friday and rose on Easter Sunday. Luke 23:54 tells us that the day Christ's body was taken off the cross was the "preparation [day], and the Sabbath drew on." If the Sabbath, the 7th day of the week, "drew on," then the preparation day, the day He died, must have been the sixth day of the week, or Good Friday. Verse 56 tells us that the women returned to their homes and prepared spices and ointments, then "rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." "Upon the first day of the week [what the world calls 'Easter Sunday'],...they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre...and found not the body of the Lord Jesus [for He had risen]. (Luke 24:1-3). Please notice that Friday He died, Saturday He rested in the grave "according to the commandment," and Sunday He rose. Therefore, the 7th-day Sabbath must be Saturday, the day between the "preparation" day, or 6th day, Friday, and the 1st day of the week, Sunday! And let no one accept the argument that we are now to keep Sunday holy instead of Saturday because Christ rose on that day. Friends, where are the Scriptures telling us of this change? Remember, even the Catholic Church says there is no Scriptural authority and claims the sole responsibility for the Sunday sabbath. Besides, Romans 6:3-5 tells us that God ordained baptism to honor the resurrection, not Sunday! Even Webster's College Dictionary defines the Sabbath as: "the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the day of rest." After all, did not even the Virgin Mary and Jesus keep the 7th-day Sabbath? And, furthermore, beware of any calendars that falsely show Sunday as the 7th day of the week! 
 
God bless you,
Danny Vierra
 
 
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All Set for CYHC
        
      
       We are one week away from our first annual Christian Youth Health Conference, June 12-14, at Lodi Grape Festival in Lodi, CA.  This is a very exciting time to be active in the Lord's vineyard, especially since there is a supernatural battle for our souls: "In vision I saw two armies in terrible conflict. One army was led by banners bearing the world's insignia; the other was led by the blood-stained banner of Prince Emmanuel. Standard after standard was left to trail in the dust, as company after company from the Lord's army joined the foe, and tribe after tribe from the ranks of the enemy united with the commandment-keeping people of God." Pray for Modern Manna as we teach the youth about God's natural remedies and the dangers of promiscuity and worldliness.
        My son Daniel received a call from a man from a Baptist church that said he wants to bring the youth from his church to the event. The senior pastor at Bear Creak Fellowship commended me for my effort while pastor Rick from English Oaks in Lodi took 325 postcards to insert in the churches bulletins on Sabbath, as have many other churches in California. Praise God that Christians from all denominations are responding to CYHC and helping to advertise the program. Ron Johnson from The Patriot radio station is thrilled with the program and the line-up of speakers and will interview me on Monday and Thursday morning at 7:30 on 840 AM, KMPH. God has His way of getting the health message into the minds and hearts of many youth. You cannot imagine all the preparation that goes into an event of this size. A special thanks to my daughter Giana and my son Daniel who have worked hard at Modern Manna going over the every detail. Please pray for all of us. 
        Yes, there is still time to register for the conference if you plan to attend CYHC. Please make sure to fill out a registration form at CYHC REGISTRATION. The stage will be gorgeous especially with the beautiful backdrop that was designed by Charles Lawson who will also be filming the CYHC for television broadcasting. Daniel and I have been ordering and stockpiling the whole-plant food that will be providing free of charge to everyone who attends. You can make a donation at
 www.modernmanna.org or send it to Modern Manna, 519 S. Central Ave., Lodi, CA. 95240. Please help us in this sacrifice for the youth. I would like to thank those of you who have  sacrificed financially to make this conference happen.
      The program will start at 1:00 PM on Friday, June 12, and check-in will begin Friday before noon. The location again is Lodi Grape Festival, 413 E. Lockeford St., Lodi, California--the site of the Health and Healing Crusades for ten years. Now it is time for the next generation. 
      Incredible strength demonstrations by Donnie Moore, (chaplain of the Oakland A's), and Radical Reality will be on Friday, so come early because seats are limited. You will be totally  amazed and inspired with his feats of strength and his message entitled "The Power of Purpose."
     We also still need a young keyboard player for CYHC, so please pass the word.  
 
See you there!
Danny Vierra
 
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June 12-14
CYHC - Youth Health Conference 
Grape Festival
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Lodi, CA  

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