The Remnant and Its Mission

Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation."

The first remnant in the Bible — one family. The world was so corrupted that one family was the line through which God preserved His promise.

Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.

The "very small remnant" is not a coincidence. It is what God preserves.

It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return.

A remnant is defined by who it leans on. Not its numbers. Not its political weight. Its faith.

Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

Elijah thought he was the only one left. God had seven thousand. The remnant is often invisible to itself.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Paul applies the remnant principle to his own day. Wherever there is real grace, there is a remnant.

The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don't wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men. The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

The remnant is small but powerful. Dew that gives life. A lion among the flocks.

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

The character of the remnant: integrity. Truthful speech. Fearless rest.

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and hold Jesus' testimony.

The end-time remnant has two marks: (1) keeps God's commandments — all ten, including the Sabbath; (2) holds the testimony of Jesus — the prophetic gift. Both, not either.

Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

The same two marks, repeated. Commandments and the faith of Jesus. Law and grace, in the same people.

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people. He said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

The remnant's mission is the Three Angels' Messages — proclaimed to every nation. The remnant is not a club; it is a sending body.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don't receive of her plagues,

God has His people in every Christian body. The remnant's job is to call them out — not to condemn them.

How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

Jesus said it Himself: the way is narrow. The remnant has always been few. Faithfulness, not size, is the marker.