New Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quakers Hill

16/09/2026

12/09/2026

That was a fabulous night tonight at the Night Markets. Thank you New Hope - thank you for all the stall holders, Esther and her organising team, and everyone else who pitched in and made it such a tremendous success. It was one of the better mission outreaches I have seen New Hope do. Well done, and may God continue to bless us as we take His love out into our community. Tonight was a good night!
Lloyd Grolimund - Aussie Pastor

12/09/2026

New Hope Divine Service - Pr Bevan Jenneke

"Live" from New Hope - God is Amazing - Pr Bevan Jenneke

11/09/2026

IF THE CROSS FINISHED EVERYTHING, WHY IS JESUS STILL MINISTERING IN HEAVEN?

At the heart of the gospel stands the cross and Jesus Christ crucified. Without the cross there is no Christianity and no salvation. Jesus bore our sins in His body, paid sin’s death price, and shed His blood so that we might be forgiven and reconciled to God (Isaiah 53:5–6; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:21). The sacrifice was complete at Calvary. “By one offering He has perfected for ever those who are being sanctified” (Hebrews 10:10–14). Nothing can be added to what Jesus accomplished there.

But the risen Jesus did not cease working for us when He ascended to heaven. He entered the presence of God as our High Priest, Mediator, Intercessor and Advocate (Hebrews 7:25; 8:1–2; 9:24; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1). Everything we bring to God comes through Christ - our prayers, worship, confession and need for forgiveness. When God considers the believer’s case, Jesus stands for us. We are not accepted because of our own perfection or works, but because we are in Christ. There is now no condemnation for those who are in Him, for no charge can stand against those whom God has justified (Romans 8:1, 33–34). Jesus’ righteousness covers us. His blood speaks for us.

This is where the Old Testament sanctuary becomes so important. A type is an earthly object, service or event that God gave to teach a greater saving reality still to come. The antitype is that greater reality itself. The earthly sanctuary and its services were types. Jesus, His sacrifice and His ministry in heaven are the antitype. Hebrews says the earthly priests served “the copy and shadow of heavenly things” (Hebrews 8:5), while Christ ministers in heaven itself, the true reality to which the earthly service pointed (Hebrews 9:23–24).

The DAILY ministry of the earhtly sanctuary pointed to Christ’s continual intercession for His people. Every day the priests ministered before God on behalf of sinners, with the blood of sacrifice at the centre of that ministry (Exodus 29:38–42; Leviticus 4:27–35). That was the type. The antitype is Jesus, who entered heaven after His resurrection and now lives to make intercession for us (Hebrews 7:25). The blood was shed once at Calvary. Its saving merits are continually applied to the believer through the DAILY intercession of Christ.

Then there was the Day of Atonement. Once each year the high priest entered the Most Holy Place with blood, and the earhtly Hebrew sanctuary and the Jewish people were cleansed in a solemn work of judgment (Leviticus 16:6, 15–16, 29–30). This was not salvation by human effort. The people were cleansed through the blood. That annual service was also a type, pointing forward to the final judgment before Christ returns - the Investigative Judgment. Daniel saw that judgment scene: “The court was seated, and the books were opened” (Daniel 7:9–10). He also saw that “the sanctuary shall be cleansed” at the end of the 2,300 prophetic days (Daniel 8:14).

The 1844 date does not create the doctrine. Scripture does. Daniel 7 reveals the heavenly court and the books being opened. Daniel 8 gives the sanctuary cleansing and the 2,300 days. Daniel 9 provides the starting point through the seventy-week prophecy, which reaches to the Messiah and confirms the day-year principle in this prophecy (Daniel 9:24–27; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6). The date (1844) simply identifies this as an end-time ministry before Jesus returns. Christ Himself says He comes with His reward, and therefore the cases of humanity must be settled before His appearing (Revelation 22:12; Daniel 12:1–2).

The judgment begins with those who have died and reaches the living before Christ comes (1 Peter 4:17). Yet the good news is that the believer does not stand there alone. When your name comes before God, Jesus stands in your place. He is your Intercessor and Advocate. He bore your sins at the cross. He paid their penalty with His blood. He presents His own perfect righteousness for you. You are judged righteous, not because you have achieved perfection or because of your works, but because Christ is your righteousness (Isaiah 61:10; Philippians 3:9; Romans 3:20–24).

This is how atonement works in its fullest biblical sense. The cross is the completed sacrifice. Christ’s daily intercession applies the crosses benefits - the blood of Jesus - to His people. The final judgment publicly reveals who has trusted in Him and stands clothed in His righteousness. The daily services and the Day of Atonement were earthly types. Jesus’ sacrifice, intercession and judgment ministry in heaven are the glorious antitype. It is one great message: Jesus saves completely, and He alone is the hope of every sinner.

So too my Adventist friends, do not let the enemies of this fabulous doctrine pull it down. Do not listen to their nonsense that it is about your works, that it demands your perfection, or that it is anti-gospel. They haven't got a clue what they are talking about. This doctrine is centred in the cross. It reveals the sacrifice of Jesus and His salvation for sinners. It is the king of all doctrines, and it is the great truth Adventism has to share with the world.

Lloyd Grolimund - Aussie Pastor Sat 12 Sep 2026 8:59 am

11/09/2026

NOTICE FROM THE AUSSIE PASTOR:

I have been struggling with bacterial pneumonia for the last three weeks and I have never experienced anything quite like it in my life. Struggling to breathe while watching my oxygen levels drop has been challenging and at times a little confronting.

I am not easily knocked down but this has certainly slowed me up. That is why I have not been on Faith FM and why there have been no new videos from me lately. It has also brought my Revelation series to a crashing halt. I know Satan is having a real go at me. But he will not win. Sooner or later I will be back.

So please be patient with me and The Aussie Pastor Ministry. I am still not well and the struggle continues. But I will be back in action as soon as I can. In the meantime please keep me in your prayers. Thank you for your patience, your prayers and your support.

10/09/2026

THE DAY-YEAR PRINCIPLE - IT WORKS!

Let's look at the day-year principle used to understand the Investigative Judgment and the date 1844.

The principle is simple: 1 prophetic day = 1 literal year.

But before we use this principle, we need to ask two questions. Is it actually found in the Bible? And when we apply it to the prophecy, does it fit?

1. IS IT BIBLICAL?
Absolutely. We have two powerful examples in actual Bible prophecies where God uses a day to represent a year.

i. Numbers 14:34
According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.

Israel had reached the borders of the Promised Land. Moses sent 12 spies into Canaan, and they explored the land for 40 days. When they returned, most of the spies gave a bad report and the people refused to trust God and enter the land. God then declared that Israel would wander in the wilderness for 40 years - one year for every day the spies had been in the land.

For each day you shall bear your guilt one year. Numbers 14:34
- So 40 days = 40 years.

ii. Ezekiel 4:6
And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.

Years later, God gave Ezekiel a symbolic prophecy about Israel and Judah. Ezekiel was told to lie on his side for 40 days. God then explained exactly what those prophetic days represented:

- I have laid on you a day for each year. Ezekiel 4:6, NKJV

Again: 1 prophetic day = 1 literal year. So the key is definitely biblical.

2. DOES THE KEY FIT THE PROPHECY?

Now we come to Daniel's great 2,300-day prophecy.

But we need to understand something important. Daniel 7, 8 and 9 belong together. Daniel 7 introduces the heavenly judgment. Daniel 8 connects the judgment with the Sanctuary and gives us the 2,300-day prophecy. Daniel 9 continues God's explanation and gives us the starting point and the first 490 prophetic days - or 70 weeks - of that great prophecy.

The first 490 prophetic days - or 70 weeks - fit within the larger 2,300-day prophecy. This is important because those first 490 prophetic days contain events we can identify in history.

So apply the Bible's key:

490 prophetic days = 490 literal years.

Those years begin in 457 BC with the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem.

Now watch where the prophecy takes us:

457 BC - The decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem (Dan 9:25)
AD 27 (483 days/years) - Jesus is baptised and anointed as the Messiah (Dan 9:25)
AD 31 (486½ days/years) - Jesus dies on the cross in the middle of the final week
AD 34 (490 days/years) - The 490 years end and the gospel moves from the Jews to the world (Dan 9:24)

So the day-year key fits beautifully. The first part of the 2,300-day prophecy takes us directly to Jesus - His baptism, His ministry and His death on the cross.

Now we simply continue the same prophecy using the same key. If 490 prophetic days = 490 literal years then 2,300 prophetic days = 2,300 literal years. The prophecy began in 457 BC. Count forward 2,300 years and we arrive at 1844. That is the connection. It is one great prophecy. One starting point. One day-year key. The first part takes us to Jesus. The full 2,300 years take us to 1844 and the beginning of the Investigative Judgment.

Lloyd Grolimund - Aussie PastorThu 10 Sep 2026 2:29 pm

07/09/2026

PROTESTANTS TAKE THE ATONEMENT BEYOND THE CROSS TOO!

Perhaps one of the reasons for the confusion and hostility between Adventists and Protestants over the Investigative Judgment Sanctuary doctrine is the word atonement.

In its broad biblical sense, atonement is God's dealing with sin in order to reconcile sinners to Himself. But many Protestants use the word more narrowly when discussing Calvary, closely identifying the atonement with Christ's sacrifice and the price paid for sin.

So when Protestants say, "The atonement was finished at the cross," what they generally mean is that the price for sin was totally and completely paid at Calvary.

And Seventh-day Adventists agree completely.

Christ appeared "to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself" (Hebrews 9:26). He offered Himself "once for all" (Hebrews 10:10), and "by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified" (Hebrews 10:14). The price for our sins was paid completely, totally and comprehensively at the cross. Nothing Christ subsequently does in heaven adds one thing to His sacrifice at Calvary.

So why do Adventists speak about atonement in connection with Christ's heavenly ministry and the Investigative Judgment?

Here is where I think something very important is being missed.

Our Protestant friends do exactly the same thing with Christ's daily intercession in heaven.

They don't believe Jesus died at Calvary and then simply left His completed work there. They rightly believe that Jesus ascended to heaven and, on the basis of that completed sacrifice, ministers for us day by day as our High Priest and Advocate. "He ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25). He is "at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us" (Romans 8:34). And "we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" (1 John 2:1).

In other words, Protestants themselves distinguish between what Christ accomplished once for all at Calvary and the continuing application of what He accomplished through His ministry in heaven.

And they are absolutely right!

Jesus doesn't die again every time He intercedes for a sinner. His sacrifice isn't repeated. Nothing is added to Calvary. The benefits of the one completed sacrifice are being applied through His heavenly ministry.

This is where I see an inconsistency in some Protestant criticism of the Adventist Sanctuary doctrine. If it is legitimate to take the completed work of Calvary into Christ's daily heavenly intercession - and it unquestionably is - then you cannot object to the Investigative Judgment simply because Adventists are taking the benefits of that same completed sacrifice into Christ's work in the final judgment.

That cannot be the objection, because Protestants themselves already accept the principle.

The real question must be whether the Bible teaches that Christ's heavenly ministry includes a final pre-Advent judgment. That is where the real disagreement between us lies.

And the biblical sanctuary gives us the pattern. On the Day of Atonement the sacrifice was made, and then the blood of that sacrifice was taken into the sanctuary and ministered before God (Leviticus 16:15-16). The sacrifice was not repeated. Its blood was ministered. Hebrews points us to Jesus, who entered the heavenly sanctuary and appears "in the presence of God for us" (Hebrews 9:11-12, 24).

Adventists believe Scripture takes that heavenly ministry into the final judgment. Daniel sees "the judgment... set, and the books... opened" before the Son of man receives His kingdom (Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14), and Revelation announces before the Second Coming that "the hour of his judgment is come" (Revelation 14:6-7).

So we are not adding another sacrifice. We are not paying another price. We are not saying Calvary was incomplete. We are taking the same completed sacrifice, the same blood and the same Advocate into the final judgment.

And let me make something very clear. The judgment does not determine whether Christ's sacrifice was sufficient - Calvary settled that forever. The question in the judgment is whether we are in Christ and therefore covered by that completely sufficient sacrifice.

There is another difference worth acknowledging. I am not talking about Protestant scholars, many of whom have done serious work on Leviticus and Hebrews. I am talking about ordinary Christians in the churches. In my experience, Protestants are generally very strong on Calvary and Christ's daily intercession, but often know remarkably little about the Day of Atonement, the sanctuary service, type and antitype, and how these connect with the final judgment. This is an area where Adventism really shines. We have spent nearly two centuries wrestling with the relationship between Leviticus, Daniel, Hebrews and Revelation.

Perhaps both sides have something to learn from the other. Protestants have generally done a wonderful job of emphasising the beautiful day-by-day ministry of Jesus as our heavenly High Priest and Advocate. Frankly, I think Adventists can sometimes become so preoccupied with 1844 and the Investigative Judgment that we fail to give that daily ministry of Jesus the attention it deserves.

But I think the reverse can also be true. Protestants can be so focused on Calvary and Christ's daily intercession that the biblical teaching about the final judgment and Christ's ministry for His people in that judgment can become hazy and underdeveloped.

We need both.

We need Jesus our Advocate today, and we need Jesus our Advocate in the judgment.

When our lives come before God in judgment, our confidence is not in our record, our works or our goodness. Our confidence is in Jesus Christ. Paul asks, "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?" and points us to Christ who died, was raised and "maketh intercession for us" (Romans 8:33-34).

That is what Adventists are saying about the Investigative Judgment - not another payment for sin, not another sacrifice and not something added to Calvary, but the application of the one complete and sufficient sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the final judgment.

Lloyd Grolimund - Aussie Pastor Mon 7 Sep 2026 10:29am

06/09/2026

SO WHAT IS THE ADVENTIST SANCTUARY MESSAGE - THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT?
- Make the effort to read this. It will clear away many of the misconceptions and outright lies told and believed about this incredible Adventist doctrine - a doctrine rooted in the Bible alone!

The Investigative Judgment doctrine (IJ) is powerful. I will try to keep this as simple as possible. I am currently writing a book on this. Here it is - and it is so incredibly beautiful:

Jesus left His heavenly throne and came to Earth (John 1:1, 14; Phil. 2:6-8). And He did it because He loves you. Here He took the sins of humanity upon Himself and paid the death penalty for them on the cross (Isa. 53:5-6; 1 Pet. 2:24; 2 Cor. 5:21). That's a big deal. This is called the atonement. Atonement means the price. He paid the death price for your sins - and it was done and finished on the cross. The price was paid. The sacrifice was complete (John 19:30; Heb. 10:10-14).

When He rose from the grave and returned to heaven, He began to intercede for us before God (Heb. 7:25; Rom. 8:34; 1 Tim. 2:5). We cannot pray, worship, or have any connection with God, who is sinless and perfect, without the mediation of Christ (John 14:6; Heb. 4:14-16). Note - this is not the intercession of the final judgment. This is the daily intercession between humanity and God through Jesus Christ. I believe this happened before the cross too.

And let me make something very clear here, because I believe we Adventists have sometimes made this unnecessarily difficult for our Christian brothers and sisters by the way we have framed it. The Investigative Judgment is not another phase of the atonement. It is judgment. The atonement happened at the cross. Jesus paid the price there - completely and finally. What happens in the heavenly judgment is not Jesus continuing to pay for your sins. The price has already been paid. Jesus applies that completed atonement to your case in the judgment (Heb. 9:24; 1 John 2:1-2). The cross is the atonement. The judgment is the judgment. And the completed atonement of the cross is your answer in the judgment.

According to prophecy - and this is the very same prophecy that identifies both the baptism and the death of Jesus (Dan. 9:24-27) - the final judgment in heaven began in 1844 (Dan. 8:14; Dan. 7:9-10, 13-14). It begins with the dead and ends with the living (1 Pet. 4:17; Rev. 14:6-7). People get stuck on this. I believe the date is sure, and I can prove it Biblically. But what Jesus now does for you is way more important than the date.

This is where the Sanctuary Message becomes incredibly powerful. In the judgment, the born-again follower of Jesus is not there. Do you get that? You are not there. You are not standing in that courtroom. You are not being investigated. Your life is not standing there pleading its own case. Jesus is there for you. He stands in your place. When the believer's name comes up in the judgment, Jesus stands there for you (1 John 2:1-2; Heb. 9:24). He stands there in His righteousness, His perfection and His goodness. He stands there with the atonement for your sins - the blood price of the cross. He offers the atonement and His life in place of yours (Rom. 5:18-19; 2 Cor. 5:21). And God, the great Judge, accepts it.

Jesus can do that because He took your sins to the cross and paid for them with His death (Isa. 53:5-6; 1 Pet. 2:24). He became sin for us and died in our place (2 Cor. 5:21). Therefore, He has the right to stand in your place before God. Jesus applies the completed atonement of the cross to your case in the judgment.

God looks at Jesus, not you. Your name is up, but Jesus stands there for you. I know I am pressing this, but it is important. The sin has been paid for (Rom. 3:24-26). The penalty has been paid (Rom. 6:23). And in Christ, God sees the righteousness of Jesus, not you (Phil. 3:9). The righteousness of Jesus is credited to you (Rom. 4:5-8; 2 Cor. 5:21). Remember - you are not standing there trying to prove that you were good enough. It is all Jesus. Jesus stands in your place.

His righteousness is credited to you. His perfection covers you. Through Christ, you are counted righteous before God and given the right to heaven and eternal life (Rom. 5:17-19; Eph. 2:8-9; John 3:16). I am just saying - wow, wow, wow!

That, my friend, is the Seventh-day Adventist Investigative Judgment - our Sanctuary Message. It is all there in type and antitype throughout the Old and New Testaments (Lev. 16; Heb. 8-9). Maybe now you can see why it garners so much opposition. Satan hates it. But I love it. It gives me absolute confidence that my life - full of failures and sin, along with whatever good I may have done - is not on the rack. It is Jesus. All Jesus. Only Jesus. Praise God. Truly, I am saved by Jesus (Acts 4:12; Eph. 2:8-9).

PS: Without sounding extreme - this is why I can lie here with bacterial pneumonia - three weeks now and not responding well to antibiotics yet - with full confidence. Live or die, I know whom I have believed and that He is able, willing and desiring to save me. I am so confident.

PPS: I won't die lol - this round of antibiotics seems to be starting to work, just as of today. Praise God.

Lloyd Grolimund - Aussie Pastor Sun 6 Sep 2026 9:20 am

05/09/2026

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZoVCVHdpWHM?si=eFImRhHprbtakpu1

"Live" from New Hope - Pr Roger Vince