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The following is the text of the original
video announcement.
2007-04-25 Great Controversy Project announcement.pdf
Hi friends, I’m Ryan McCoy. You
may be wondering why I’m dressed like this. Remember that there’s a war going
on, a war between Christ and Satan called the Great Controversy, and I’m dressed
like this to illustrate this point. I’ve just returned from the battle for a
minute to tell you about an amazing victory that’s been won! Sealing Time
Ministries is excited to announce The Great Controversy Online Project,
and what we believe is a mighty victory for the Lord!
In the early morning on January 14th,
2007 I had a dream. In it the Lord impressed me to take the titles of the last
chapters of the book, the Great Controversy and register them as internet domain
names. He showed me that if this was done, then when the time came for the
final events to happen that many would visit these web
pages and would be led to make their decisions for Christ and stand with the
Remnant Church. After the dream I woke up and went and checked online, and just
as the Lord showed me in the dream, the internet domains were all available.
I called my Dad to share the dream
with him. He was quiet for a few seconds, and then said, “It’s a great idea,
but that’s a lot of money Ryan, where are you going to get it from?”
One thing about internet domains
is that they are very much like a new invention. If the idea falls into the
wrong hands the results could be disastrous. It was at this point that I
realized that the Lord had sent me on a “secret mission” for Him. But the
question was still there, how was I going to raise the funds for this mission
without telling people about the mission? I saw we were going to need a
group of “special forces” for the Lord.
According to Wikipedia, “Special
Forces are typically composed of relatively small groups of highly-trained
personnel, equipped with specialist equipment and armament, operating with
principles of self-sufficiency, stealth, speed and close teamwork.”
I could see that almost all these
descriptions were going to be needed in this mission, with the exception of self
sufficiency. It was clear that this was the Lord’s mission and He was in charge
of it. It would take complete reliance on Him to complete the mission and to
ensure victory.
Can A Small Group Change the World?
Just before the 1990 Gulf War, a
group of just 12 Navy Seals landed on the beaches of Kuwait. They created such
a commotion that Saddam thought that the entire US military was landing on the
Kuwaiti beaches. He began to reposition and move his troops in that direction
to join the fight. Those 12 men were only doing the work given to them, but
they initiated one of the fastest, cleanest wars in world history. Without
their courage and devotion, things might have not gone so well.
Just 12 good
men.
After receiving this dream, I
began to pray and carefully plan who could be trusted with the knowledge of such
a secret mission. As with any secret mission not everything goes the way you
want it to, but after speaking to just a few good men and women about the
financial details of such a project, all the money for the project came
together in just two weeks!
The main entrance to this series of websites is:
www.TheGreatControversyOnline.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
also
www.TheGreatContoversyBetweenChristandSatan.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
As we read through the list,
remember each of these amazing chapter/websites stands independently, but are
internally linked to the other chapter/websites, as well back to the main
website entrance. (Some of the chapter titles we had to modify slightly and
others we chose to modify to today's language to make get better results from
the search engines.)
We have now
purchased and operate the following websites for the Lord:
- www.DestructionofJerusalem.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.PersecutionintheFirstCenturies.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheGreatApostasy.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- 4-14 www.TheGreatReformation.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheBibleandtheFrenchRevolution.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.OurPilgrimFathers.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.HeraldsoftheMorning.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.AnAmericanReformer.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.LightThroughDarkness.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.AGreatReligiousAwakening.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.AWarningRejected.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.ThePropheciesFulfilled.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.WhatIsTheSanctuary.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.InTheHolyofHolies.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.GodsLawUnchangeable.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.AWorkofReform.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.ModernRevivals.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheInvestigativeJudgment.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.OriginofEvil.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.EnmityBetweenManandSatan.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.AgencyofEvilSpirits.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.SnaresofSatan.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheFirstGreatLie.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.SpiritualismRevealed.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.CharacterandAimsofthePapacy.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheImpendingConflict.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheScripturesaSafeguard.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.EarthsLastWarning.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheTimeofTrouble.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.GodsPeopleDelivered.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.EarthDesolated.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
- www.TheControversyEnded.com (also .org, .info, & .net)
But the Great Controversy is
already online you might say. Yes, this is true. But it has never
been posted online in such a broad way before, or with a King James Version
Bible to compare every reference without ever leaving the website. These
are websites that you just can’t miss.
Imagine for just a minute that
you are an unconverted person researching a topic you are interested in online.
Let’s just say you’d like to know more about spiritualism for example. So you
go to Google and type in “spiritualism.” As you are looking at the results you
notice a website called “Spiritualism Revealed.” You see the internet address
is
www.SpiritualismRevealed.com. This title intrigues you because you would
like to know what spiritualism is all about. You click on it and begin to read,
and as you read the words, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, God
begins to work on your heart. You continue to read, fascinated by what you’ve
found. As you complete reading chapter 34 of the Great Controversy, you reach
the bottom of the page, the Holy Spirit impresses you to click on “Next
Chapter”. As you do, you come to a new title bearing the name “Character and
Aims of the Papacy” and as you continue on the Holy Spirit opens before you, the
Great Controversy. Another soul may have just been won to Christ.
Stage One of this project has
been completed. Stage One consisted of all the domain purchases, posting each
chapter of the Great Controversy to the appropriate domain, linking every
chapter-domain with the others, and with the foresight of my dad, linking every
single Bible reference in every chapter to an online King James Version Bible!
Stage Two of this project has
just been completed. Stage Two will list these front line websites at every
major internet search engine using various methods to get maximum results from
internet searches. We are excited as we are already seeing the first passes of
the search engines as they begin to index the pages for the first time. Search
results should start appearing in between 6 weeks to 6 months depending on the
search engine.
Stage Three of this project will
begin soon, and will see almost every chapter illustrated. Chapter 23, or
www.WhatistheSanctuary.com has already been illustrated as an example. It’s
been said a picture speaks a thousand words, and we hope that the illustration
of each chapter online will assist the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing
people to decisions for Christ.
Stage Four is tentatively
scheduled to have every chapter available as an mp3 audio file for download and
use with the popular I-Pods and mp3 players, as well as making audio CD’s
available to use in a vehicle. Stage Four will also see actual printed copies
of the Great Controversy available for purchase on line as well, and as growth
allows, this may expand in to selling some other inspired books such as Steps to
Christ, and Desire of Ages.
We are very thankful to God for
His direction in this project, and as He continues to lead. Operating these
websites is a large responsibility, both spiritually and financially and we take
it very seriously. You might be thinking that you would really like to help
with a project like this. Sealing Time Ministries is now looking for a few more
good men & women who would like to take up sponsorship positions for these new
domains and websites for the Lord. Sponsorship for a complete chapter of the
Great Controversy is only $35/year. And currently we can register these domains
for the Lord up to 10 years into the future! As a sponsor you will be given
access to our highly detailed website statistics which will allow you to monitor
the amount of traffic coming through the websites. We would also like to
mention that there are several other “secret missions” in the works, at the very
front lines, and we believe these will also be mighty victories
for the Lord as well.
Concerning the future of the Great Controversy Ellen
White made several powerful statements.
- “I was shown . . . that the warning must go where the living messenger
could not go, and that it would call the attention of many to the important events to occur in
the closing scenes of this world's history.” {3SM 413.3} Today,
one of the most prominent ways that the warning can go where the living
messenger cannot go is through multimedia on the internet.
- Four months after I had the dream about this project,
and just a couple weeks before this announcement, I was completely amazed to
find the following quote: "The results of the circulation of this book
[Great Controversy] are not to be judged by what now appears. By reading it,
some souls will be aroused, and will have courage to unite themselves at
once with those who keep the commandments of God. But a much larger
number who read it will not take their position until they see the very
events taking place that are foretold in it. The
fulfillment of some of the predictions will inspire faith that others also
will come to pass, and when the earth is lightened with
the glory of the Lord in the closing work, many souls
will take their position on the commandments of God as the result of this
agency." {1888 809.4} It’s exactly as I saw in the dream. As
the final events begin to happen, many that have read
the Great Controversy will be led by the Holy Spirit to take their stand
with the Remnant Church. Jesus is coming back very soon
and we have been entrusted with a powerful warning to share
with the world to get ready for the biggest event in this worlds
history!
Well friends, I have to get back to the battle, but don’t
forget that every one of us is part of a special group of soldiers for Christ,
and remember the war has already been won! Please join us as we open the Great
Controversy in a bold new way to the world, with the cross
going on before us, and the Holy Spirit changing lives. Let’s finish the
work and go home!
UPDATE 2007-04-24
We are praying that as the
Amazing Facts
- Great Controversy DVD project comes to completion that we will be able to
make the DVD documentary available for sale at this series of websites as well.
DVD Video Announcement
If you would like a high quality copy of this announcement on DVD
please visit our
online store.
How can I help?
This project currently needs assistance in the following areas:
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Donations for the 144+ domains/websites we are currently
keeping up for this project. ($35 per chapter/domain set.)
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A complete package of graphics for illustrating these
chapters/web pages. The cost of this package is approx. $250, and
comes from a well known Seventh-Day Adventist supporting ministry.
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New Great Controversy Books (paperback) so that they can be
sold directly from the website. Other books such as Steps to Christ
and Desire of Ages are also welcome. The ASI/Pacific Press is the
lowest cost
publisher, and this order will go through them.
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Someone who is gifted with expressive reading that is
willing to be recorded, to read through the Great Controversy (1913 version)
for the audio downloads that will be available worldwide. Those that
speak a foreign language are also welcome to join this project as we want to
reach the entire world.
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Donations for electricity and equipment upgrades are always
welcome too, as they keep the power company happy, as well as the servers &
computers that are in operation 24/7 as part of this ministry.
2009 domain financial status.
(These domains are due yearly beginning in January.)
35% Complete
Human speech recording progress.
3% Complete
Computer generated speech recording progress.
25% Complete
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Questions? Contact us.
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