The Bible is written by inspired men, but it is not God’s mode of thought and expression. It is that of humanity. God, as a writer, is not represented. Men will often say such an expression is not like God. But God has not put Himself in words, in logic, in rhetoric, on trial in the Bible. The writers of the Bible were God’s penmen, not His pen. Look at the different writers. {1SM 21.1}
It is not the words of the Bible that are inspired, but the men that were inspired. Inspiration acts not on the man’s words or his expressions but on the man himself, who, under the influence of the Holy Ghost, is imbued with thoughts. But the words receive the impress of the individual mind. The divine mind is diffused. The divine mind and will is combined with the human mind and will; thus the utterances of the man are the word of God.—Manuscript 24, 1886 (written in Europe in 1886). {1SM 21.2}
Annotation by John Scotram:
At this point, I would like to highlight a specific issue. Again and again, the message of the Fourth Angel is attacked through criticism of the messenger, claiming that my personal tone is too sharp or insulting and therefore, the message could not be right.
In 2010, God actually chose me to recognize the Clock of God in Orion. When I published the studies, I was still alone and surprised by the vicious tone of the so-called “brethren” of my own church. I already had to experience the worst in the church since 2004/2005, and my tone probably turned a little harsh, due to the various disappointments that I had to experience in the proclamation.
So I called on God for help. He sent me three other authors who would help me to proclaim the message: Gerhard Traweger and the brothers, Ray and Robert Dickinson. Each of these authors have a different individual means of expression, from more-than-polite and extra-Christian-like to highly love-oriented and rather cool biblically-scientific, or admonishment with direct language. Just as in the times of the apostles, God chose four men who should create the scriptures. The theme of the four Gospels was JESUS ON EARTH. The theme of the four authors who would complete the holy Scriptures from the books of the seven seals and the seven thunders, through their personal knowledge and with their personal language, was JESUS IN HEAVEN (ORION).
God doesn’t allow for any excuses! If you rejected the message because you resented my tone, why then didn’t you accept the message when it was offered to you in every other imaginable tone? The last two years, I have greatly withdrawn from the public and gave the floor more to the other three authors, even if all the studies are from the same source—namely, the Holy Spirit—and are experienced by the four of us together when Jesus’ Representative teaches us, especially on the Sabbaths.
The conclusion: It's not an author who caused you not to like the message, but the message itself. It addresses every possible aspect of error in your life and where you must give up a favorite (wrong) teaching. It ranges from women wearing skirts to correcting the belief that the Holy Spirit is just a force. Almost everyone finds something in the message that he does not like and that relates to a personal area where he does not want to change. And that's the point upon which you’ve been tested. Did you want to do the Father's will, or did you just search for reasons to reject the message because it demanded change from you?
Ask yourselves, ex-brethren, who did not want to do the Father's will, and be warned, dear newcomers, who only have a few days left to join the little flock, that you do not make the same mistake and reject the message through one of the messengers, because you do not like his tone. Because the messengers are just men, but the message comes from GOD!