Achan,
His Family,
and
The
SDA New Movement as a Minority
"The
plain straight testimony must live in the church, or the curse of God will rest
upon His people as surely as it did upon ancient Israel because of their sins. God
holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins existing in
individuals among them." Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 269.
Gar wrote to Brian: "Brian, Not
everyone in the Church is part of the New Movement in fact the majority are
not. Ron wants to focus on the minority members who are apostates. The World
Church just struck a blow to the New Movement with the election of the New
President. Guess who voted him in? The MAJORITY. God is taking the reins of His
Church. Like Ellen White said if things need correcting at the head of the work
God will see to it--and He has.”
Ron's response: In the case of Achan, not
everyone in Israel knew of his apostasy in disobedience to God's command not to
take any of the booty from the conquered enemy for personal use as Achan did.
Nevertheless, there was a curse upon all Israel and Joshua, their
leader, lost their war with the enemy until the sin of Achan was searched
out and put out of the camp. In other words, Israel was held corporately
responsible for the sin of Achan until their leader fulfilled the duty to search
out the camp for the sin that caused the enemy to succeed and put that sin from
the camp.
Achan and his family were surely a minority
in that they were all held guilty of Achan's sin because they knew about it. Achan's
family were killed along with him because they knew of his sin and did not
confess it to Joshua, Israel's leader, so he could remove it from the camp. If
they had confessed Achan's sin (the apostasy) as soon as they learned of it,
they would not have been killed with Achan. Though such a small minority were
guilty of apostasy, all Israel suffered the consequences until the sin was
searched out and put from the camp.
SDA’s
a Theocracy
Theocracy -- "God's people have been called out of the world, that
they may be separated from the world. It is not safe for them to take sides in
politics, whatever preference they may have. They are ever to remember that
they are one in Christ. God calls upon them to enter their names as under His
THEOCRACY. He cannot approve of those who link up with worldlings [and churches
which cannot be distinguished from the world, Early Writings, 273]. We are
entirely out of our place when we identify ourselves with party interests....
God has chosen a people who are to proclaim the third angel's message
to the world. They are to be a separate and peculiar people in this world of
churches who are transgressing His commandments." E.G. White Manuscript Releases Volume 3, 40, 41.
Will God have to apologize to Israel for
employing His principle of corporate responsibility with them, and not with
SDA’s? Did God focus on the minority of sinners? Yes He did. He focused on the
minority in the church of Israel, the theocracy of Israel, until sin was
searched out and put from the camp. Today, God is focusing on the minority in
the church of modern-day Israel, who have committed unpardonable sin by:
·
Reuniting with Babylon after knowing the truth of the
Midnight Cry and the second angel's message to come out and stay out of
Babylon's associations, counsels/councils, girdings and
confederacies/conspiracies.
·
In addition to that, the church has smuggled in what Rome
considers to be her central doctrine, the Trinity Doctrine, which sweeps away
the entire Christian economy by negating the sacrifice of the Son's Holy Spirit
at His Incarnation in the heavenly Sanctuary, as a highest good, crowning gift
to man for his regeneration back into the image of God and for power for
overcoming sin that he might be so regenerated. It was at that sacrifice that
the Holy Spirit of the Son of God became the Holy Ghost of the Divine
Nature of Christ. Before that sacrifice, the one eternal Holy Spirit was the
essence of the Father and the Son. The Son was God alone. After that sacrifice,
the Son became combined with humanity forever says Ellen White, and former life
consisting of the Holy Spirit ONLY, was thus forfeited forever. After His
second death on the cross, He could never return to His former existence as
Spirit ONLY. In other words, mainstream "christianity" via the
Trinity Doctrine, teaches that the Holy Spirit existed as a third person
forever. That is not true. The Bible says there is one eternal spirit--THE
ETERNAL SPIRIT. Both the Father and Son were of the essence of that one eternal
Spirit, so the Holy Spirit existed in two persons until the Incarnation. At
that time, Christ was divested of His Holy Spirit only life, and that Holy
Spirit ONLY life became a third person of the Godhead.
This sacrifice of the Son's existence of
Holy Spirit ONLY, at the Incarnation, was essential to the salvation of man. It
was heaven's highest good, crowning sacrificial gift to man, without which the
cross would have been of no avail. Why? Because there would have been no cure
for sin in man, and thus Christ would have had to take our sin upon Himself
forever. The highest good, crowning sacrifice we are speaking of which took
place in the heavenly Sanctuary at the Incarnation, is part of the Sanctuary
message and the Atonement and without that sacrifice there is no Sanctuary
sacrifice which had to take place in the heavenly Sanctuary, the pattern of the
earthly. There would have been no Atonement for sin, because there would have
been no cure for sin. Thus, the Trinity Doctrine sweeps away the entire economy of
true Christianity and the sacrifices involved, by sweeping away the Sanctuary
and Atonement sacrifices, without which the cross would have been of no avail
because on the cross the Son took our sins upon Himself, but that did not cure sin. It was the gift of His Holy Ghost (Spirit)
Divine nature that was to be the ONLY cure for sin. Thus Ellen White said:
Definition of Holy Spirit
"Christ declared that after his ascension, he would send to his
church, as his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his place. This Comforter is the
Holy Spirit,--the soul of his life, the efficacy of his church, the
light and life of the world. With his Spirit Christ sends a reconciling
influence and a power that takes away sin.
In the gift of the Spirit, Jesus gave to man the highest good that
heaven could bestow....
The Spirit was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the
sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail....
It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the
believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit
as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil,
and to impress his own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19,
1904, vol. 5, p. 42.
Divested -- Emptied Himself -- Eternal
Sacrifice Divine Soul
"Cumbered with humanity Christ could not
be in every place personally. Therefore it was altogether for their advantage
that He should leave them to go to His Father and send the Holy Spirit to be
His successor on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself, divested of the personality
of humanity and independent thereof. He would represent Himself as present in
all places by His Holy Spirit" E.G. White, (Manuscript Releases Volume 14 (No’s
1081-1135) MR No.1084.
"The apostle would call our attention
from ourselves to the Author of our salvation. He presents before us His two
natures, divine and human. . . . He voluntarily assumed human nature. It was His
own act, and by His own consent. He clothed His divinity with humanity. He was
all the while as God, but He did not appear as God. He veiled the
demonstrations of Deity which had commanded the homage, and called forth the
admiration of the universe of God. He was God while upon earth, but He divested Himself of the form of God,
and in its stead took the form and fashion of a man. He walked the earth as
a man. For our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made
rich. He laid aside His glory and His majesty. He was God, but the glories of
the form of God He for awhile relinquished. . . . He bore the sins of the
world, and endured the penalty which rolled like a mountain upon His divine
soul. He yielded up His life a sacrifice, that man should not eternally die. He
died, not through being compelled to die, but by His own free will." E.G.
White, SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 7a, p. 446.
"...When God's people take the position
that they are the temple of the Holy Ghost, Christ himself abiding within, they
will clearly reveal Him in spirit, words and actions that there will be
unmistakable distinction between them and Satan's followers" Notebook
Leaflets, p. 79.
"The impartation of the Spirit is the
impartation of the life of Christ" Desire of Ages, p. 805.
Why say that the Holy Spirit Himself is
divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof if the person
of Christ is not implicated? He represents Himself (Christ) as present in all
places BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT. This coincides with John 14, where He says the
Father will send another comforter and then Christ says: I will come. The
Holy Spirit is thus totally implicated as being His past being uncombined with
humanity--divested of humanity and independent thereof, and there you have the
third person of the Godhead--The Son's Divine Nature Holy Spirit ONLY, which is
divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof--an independent
third person. This is not difficult reasoning nor putting anything to the
stretch. Especially in light of the living fact that Ellen White clearly stated
that the Holy Spirit is the life and soul of Christ--yet it is divested of
humanity. No need to say that if:
· The Holy Spirit had always
been a separate and distinct person.
· But there is a need to say
that if she said the Holy Spirit is the life and soul of Christ which she did
say.
· The divestation of Divinity
occurred in the Heavenly Sanctuary at the Incarnation. There is a heavenly
sanctuary, and a sacrifice was performed there, and Ellen White says that
sacrifice met all the prescribed limits of the covenant. Interesting.
The Trinity Doctrine
teaches that the Holy Spirit had always been a separate and distinct third
person. That does not jive with Ellen White's teaching above.
"7. Made himself of no reputation.
Literally, 'emptied Himself.' This emptying was voluntary (see on John
10:17, 18). It was not possible for Christ to retain all the tokens of
divinity and still accomplish the Incarnation. The outworking of this emptying is detailed
in the remainder of Phil.
2:7 and in v.
8. See Vol. 5, p. 918." SDA Bible
Commentary, Vol. 7,
p. 155, col. 1.
Incarnation
-- Sanctuary -- Begotten Son at Incarnation?
“The
incarnation of Christ, typified in the sacrificial service of Israel, and symbolized in all
their devotions, is a glorious mystery. In His only begotten Son, God was made
manifest to the world. The Son of God laid aside His glory, and clothed Himself
with humanity. He became the meek and lowly Jesus. For the sake of sinful men
He became poor, that they through His poverty might be made rich.” {BEcho,
February 20, 1899 par. 1}
I have said that the heavenly Sanctuary was
the pattern for the earthly and what takes place in one must first take place
in the other. Thus, there was a heavenly Sanctuary sacrifice involved in the
emergence (divestment) of the Son's Holy Spirit essence as a third person when
He divested Himself of that life (Spirit) ONLY existence to take on humanity
forever as part of His existence.
Where did the tokens of divinity go at the
Incarnation? Scripture is clear that it went to God the Father, because Jesus
said that if we pray the Father, HE will send us the Holy Spirit, another
Comforter, and then Jesus said He will come, John 14. And in verse 16 it says
we will come to you. So the Divine Nature of the Son was bequeathed to us
through the Father's care. It is proffered thusly:
2Pe
1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Phl 2:5 ¶ Let this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus:
Phl 2:6 Who, being in
the form of God, [same
substance--ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT] thought it not robbery to be equal with
God:
Phl 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the
form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phl 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Phl 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name: This is something Janine should take heed of, along with verse 2:6 above.
Phl 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
[things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
Life that was ours -- Life that was His
"He (Christ) suffered the death which was
ours, that we might receive the life which WAS His." Desire of Ages,
p. 25 1 Cor. 11:24-265, cf. John 6:53, 54, Titus 3:5, 6.
One
Eternal Spirit
Hbr 9:14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Jhn
4:24 God [is] a [ONE] Spirit: and
they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
“They have one God and one Saviour; and one Spirit—the Spirit of Christ”
(9T p. 289).
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is; there
is Liberty.” (2 Cor. 3:17)
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself.” John 5:26.
"He (Christ) suffered the death which
was ours, that we might receive the life which WAS His." Desire of
Ages, p. 25 1 Cor. 11:24-265, cf. John 6:53, 54, Titus 3:5, 6.
"Christ declared that after his ascension, he would send to his
church, as his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his place. This Comforter is the Holy
Spirit,--the soul of his life, the efficacy of his
church, the light and life of the world. With his Spirit Christ sends a
reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin.
In the gift of the Spirit, Jesus gave to man the highest good that
heaven could bestow....
The Spirit was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice
of Christ would have been of no avail....
It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the
believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit
as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil,
and to impress his own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19,
1904, vol. 5, p. 42.
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.
W. J. Johnson on the Holy Spirit
“On the cross, He died the eternal death of the sinner, from which there
can be no hope of a resurrection; that we might receive the eternal
life-in-Himself, which had been His. This eternal life was the entity of the
Holy Ghost. A ghost is the image – the living spirit – of one who has died. At
death, it returned to God who gave it. Christ was the eternal Son of God by
virtue of the eternal Spirit of life which the Father had shared with His
Only-begotten Son from eternity past. [cf John 5:26]. But He volunteered to die
the eternal death of the sinner.
Note: How did Christ die the eternal death of the sinner? He FOREVER
died to His past life of DIVINITY ONLY, and bequeathed that past life of DIVINE
NATURE to us for overcoming and regeneration back into the image of God. End
note.
And after presenting His disciples with His final profound lesson at the
last Passover supper, explaining how He must die the eternal death of the
sinner, and relinquish His eternal body and blood for them to eat and drink to
obtain the eternal life which had been His, He went to Gethsemane and
surrendered His life into the custody of His Father; and thus could die the
eternal death of sinful humanity on the cross.” J. Wilfred Johnson, Panorama of Truth, Vol. 1, p. 210.
The Time When 144,000 Collectively
Receive the Holy Ghost
“After His resurrection, He ascended to intercede in the most holy
apartment of the heavenly sanctuary for the Father to send His Spirit of
eternal life – now called the Holy Ghost – to each one for whom He interceded.
When the 144,000 saints obtain perfect obedience, they will collectively
receive the fullness of the Holy Ghost of the former Christ who had died the
second death of the sinner from which there is no hope of a resurrection.
Repentant sinners live eternally by receiving the eternal life Spirit of Christ
– the Holy Ghost – as a permanent gift.” J. W. Johnson, Panorama of Truth, Vol. 1, p. 210.
“Christ declared that after his ascension, He would send to His church,
the Comforter, who was to take His place. This Comforter is the Holy Ghost –
the soul of His life . . .” E.G. White, Review
and Herald, May 19th, 1904.
"The work of the Holy Spirit is
immeasurably great. It is from this source that power and efficiency come to
the worker for God and the holy Spirit is the Comforter, as the personal
presence of Christ to the soul." (HM, Nov 1 1893)
'The reason why the churches are weak and
sickly and ready to die is that the enemy has brought influences of a
discouraging nature to bear upon trembling souls. Satan has sought to shut
Jesus from view as their Comforter, as the one who reproves, who warns, who
admonishes, 'this Is the way walk ye in it'" R&H, Vol. 2, p. 422.
"As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith
pierces the shadow and we adore God for His wondrous love in giving us Jesus,
the Comforter" Manuscript 20, 1892.
"The work of the Holy Spirit is
immeasurably great ... and the Holy Spirit is the comforter, as the personal
presence of Christ in the soul" RH 1892-11-29.003.
"Christ declared that after His
ascension, He would send to His church, as His crowning gift, the Comforter,
who was to take His place. This Comforter is the Holy Spirit - the soul of His
life, the efficacy of His church, the light of the world (Jesus is the light of
the world is he not?). With His Spirit Christ sends a reconciling influence and
a power that takes away sin (Isn't it Jesus who takes away sin?) RH,
1904-05-19.001 [parenthesis mine].
It is clear from the above quotes that Ellen
White believed Jesus to be the Comforter.
Here are some more quotes:
"The Saviour is the Comforter, this I
have proved Him to be" Manuscript Release 548-6.
If the Saviour is the Comforter, how is it
that the Holy Spirit is the Comforter, the third person of the Godhead? Answer:
At the Incarnation, the soul of His life, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the
Divine Nature of the Son, was given to man. The life that WAS HIS, was given to
us at that time and that time was from the foundation of the earth:
Personifies Christ
“The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ's name. He personifies
Christ, yet is a distinct personality. We may have the Holy Spirit if we ask
for it and make it [a] habit to turn to and trust in God rather than in any
finite human agent who may make mistakes.” {20MR 324.2}
“...when on the day of Pentecost the promised
Comforter descended and the power from on high was given and the souls of the
believers thrilled with the conscious presence of their ascended Lord"
G.C. p. 351.
"The Saviour has not promised His
followers the luxuries of the world ... but His word is pledged that their need
shall be supplied, and He has promised that which is far better than worldly
good, the abiding comfort of His own presence" Desire of Ages,
p. 367.
"As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith
pierces the shadow, and we adore God for His wondrous love in giving us Jesus,
the Comforter.
"... The mystic ladder of his dream
represented Jesus, the only medium of communication between God and man" Steps
to Christ, p. 20, 1892.
Note what some of the Adventist Pioneers have
to say concerning the Spirit:
"The Spirit of God is spoken of in the
Scriptures as God's representative - the power by which He works, the agency by
which all things are upheld. This is clearly expressed by the Psalmist. (Ps.
139:7-10) We learn from this language the when we speak of the Spirit of God we
are really speaking of His presence and power" R&H, Sept. 13, 1898,
J.N. Loughborough.
"Finally, we know the Divine unity of
the Father and the Son from the fact that both have the same Spirit. Paul,
after saying that they that are in the flesh cannot please God, continues, 'But
we are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His'
Romans 8:9. Here we find that the Holy Spirit is both the Spirit of God and the
Spirit of Christ" E.G. Waggoner, Christ and His Righteousness, p.
23, 1892.
"The Holy Spirit is the mighty energy of
the Godhead, the life and power of God flowing out from Him to all parts of the
universe, and thus making living connection between His throne and all creation
... Thus the Spirit is personified in Christ and God, but never revealed as a
separate person. Never are we told to pray to the Spirit but to God FOR the
Spirit ... Never do we find in the Scriptures prayers to the Spirit but to God
for the Spirit" Signs of the Times, (Questions & Answers) 1911,
M. C. Wilcox (General Conference President at the time).
Today's church leaders ask us to believe that
Ellen White thus changed her mind about her prior beliefs on the
personality of God and made this clear to the congregation of the time, through
a single sentence penned in The Desire of Ages. Wilcox must have missed
it, along with the editors of Signs of the Times, as the above was
written in 1911 AFTER Desire of Ages was published and while EGW was
still alive.
Sigh cry--Mark this point with care:
"Who are standing in the counsel of God at this time? Is it those who
virtually excuse wrongs among the professed people of God and who murmur in
their hearts, if not openly, against those who would reprove sin? Is it those
who take their stand against them and sympathize with those who commit wrong?
No, indeed! Unless they repent, and leave the work of Satan in oppressing those
who have the burden of the work and in holding up the hands of sinners in Zion,
they will never receive the mark of God's sealing approval. They will fall in
the general destruction of the wicked, represented by the work of the five men
bearing slaughter weapons. Mark this point with care: Those who receive the
pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented
by a mark by the man in linen, are those 'that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done' in the church. Their love for purity and the honor
and glory of God is such, and they have so clear a view of the exceeding
sinfulness of sin, that they are represented as being in agony, even sighing
and crying. Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel." E.G. White, Testimonies,
Vol. 3, p. 267.
Does Scripture Support Ellen White's Teaching
on the Godhead--The Personality of God and His Son Christ Jesus?
The answer is yes indeed.
John 14
1 Let not your heart be
troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know,
and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him,
Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am
the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye
should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have
seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him,
Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me
hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I
am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak
not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in
the Father, and the Father in me: or else
believe me for the very works' sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing
in my name, I will do it. 15 If ye love me, keep my
commandments. 16 And I will pray the
Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it
seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you. 18 I will not leave you
comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me
no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know
that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my
Father, and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said
unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him,
and we will come
unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my
sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent
me. 25 These things have I spoken
unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my
peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go
away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I
said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you
before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk
much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31 But that the world may
know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I
do. Arise, let us go hence.
Jesus said He was the way, the life and the
truth. So the Spirit of Truth is the Spirit of Christ. Verse 18 says:
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you.
So indeed, the Comforter, as Ellen White
said, is Christ, the Holy Ghost life of Christ, which was His ONLY existence
before the Incarnation. John 14 teaches contrary to the Trinity Doctrine. This
chapter teaches that the Holy Spirit is the Comforter and that the Comforter
(Holy Spirit) is the life that WAS Christ's ONLY LIFE FORM before His
Incarnation. It is that life that He gave to us as heaven's highest good,
crowning gift, for man's regeneration back into the image of God.
John 14 teaches that the Holy Spirit WAS NOT
a separate third person from eternity. Were that so, there would be four
persons to the Godhead, to wit:
1. God the Father and His One
Eternal Holy Spirit.
2. God the Son and His One
Eternal Holy Spirit.
3. God the Holy Spirit and His
One Eternal Holy Spirit.
4. God the Son Incarnated and
His One Eternal Holy Spirit.
By teaching that the Holy Spirit always
existed as a third person, one totally sweeps away the entire Christian economy
by negating the heavenly Sanctuary sacrifice that played a vital part in the
Atonement for sin. Without the eternal death of the Son's life as Spirit only,
which paid the wages of sin--the eternal second death, there would have been no
atonement for sin--no Sanctuary sacrifice.
The Alpha of apostasy negated the Sanctuary
and Atonement sacrifice by saying that the Holy Spirit of God exists in
everything--INCLUDING MAN--pantheism. The only way the Holy Spirit of God,
the Son, could exist in man is by His divestation of His Holy Spirit (soul
of His life) as a gift for man at His Incarnation. Thus,
both the theory of pantheism and the Trinity Doctrine sweep away the entire
Christian economy by negating the highest good, crowning sacrifice in the
heavenly Sanctuary that made it possible for Christ's Spirit, soul of His life,
His Divine Nature, to invest mankind and cure his sin.
“The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for
sin is the great truth around which all
other truths cluster. In order to be rightly understood and appreciated, every
truth in the word of God, from Genesis to Revelation, must be studied in the
light that streams from the cross of Calvary. I present before you the great,
grand monument of mercy and regeneration, salvation and redemption,--the Son of
God uplifted on the cross. This is to be the foundation of every discourse
given by our ministers.” Gospel Workers, 315.
"The spiritualistic theories regarding
the personality of God [the Godhead], followed to their logical conclusion,
sweep away the whole Christian economy. They estimate as nothing the light that
Christ came from heaven to give John to give to His people. They teach that the
scenes just before us are not of sufficient importance to be given special
attention. They make of no effect the truth of heavenly origin, and rob the
people of God of their past experience, giving them instead a false
science." E.G. White, Selected Messages, Bk.1, p. 204.
The trinity doctrine is a spiritualistic
theory of a group of Catholic men. That doctrine well served the abomination of
selling indulgences for sin. How? Because rather than teaching the highest
good, crowning sacrifice that heaven can bestow, the indwelling Holy
Spirit Divine Nature, soul of the life of Christ, for the purpose of
empowerment in overcoming all sin, the church taught the trinity doctrine--that
there was no such sacrifice of the soul of the life of the Son of God in order
to enable man to overcome sin. Thus, the only other option was sin/confess,
sin/confess, sin/confess forever! That abominable doctrine brought a huge sum
of money into the coffers of Rome and still does today. The newspapers told how
John Kennedy's mother Rose Kennedy, paid an enormous sum of money to buy her
son's way out of purgatory.
So even if the new movement SDA church was to
reform on the point of a literal creation week, as the new President, Ted
Wilson has proposed, the church is still guilty of the highest, crowning sin,
the trinity doctrine, which negates the highest good, crowning sacrificial gift
heaven can bestow upon man--by teaching that there was no Sanctuary Atoning
sacrifice involved in the emergence of the Holy Spirit as a third
person--rather that the Holy Spirit existed as a third person forever. This is
Satan's state of the art lie, which sweeps away the entire Christian economy,
and the SDA new movement church smuggled that lie into the church via LeRoy
Froom in 1930, and voted it in at the 1980 General Conference Session.
"Worldly policy is taking the
place of true piety and wisdom that comes from above, and God will remove His
prospering hand from the conference. Shall the ark of the covenant be removed
from this people? Shall idols be smuggled in? Shall false principles and
false precepts be brought into the sanctuary? Shall antichrist be respected?
Shall the true doctrines and principles given us of God, which have made us
what we are, be ignored?.... This is directly where the enemy, through blinded,
unconsecrated men, is leading us." E. G. White, Manuscript 29,
1890.
This sin is unpardonable after
knowing the truth and SDA leaders have no excuse for not knowing and teaching
this clear truth as rendered by the Bible in John 14, and via Ellen G. White,
whom the church claims as its prophetess. Ecumenical liaison with Babylon, who
teaches this lie, is also unpardonable sin. God's line in the sand is when His
people confederate with His enemies to conspire against truth. This is proven
in Jeremiah 11:9-15, when Israel conspired with His enemies. He told Jeremiah
not to pray for that generation of Jews. That implies unpardonable sin. In
verse 15, He asks what His beloved [bride] has to do in His house
(Temple--church), seeing that she (the church) has wrought lewdness with many.
This is a separation message because there is no power in such a church to
save. We are not even to pray for such a church. Paul and Ellen White said that
same anathema was to have a COUNTERPART in the last days and the only church
that can directly parallel the Jewish church is the SDA church for both claimed
to be "the Temple of the Lord," the remnant, and the
commandment-keeping people of God.
COUNTERPART: "The Lord
commanded one of his ancient servants, 'Pray not thou for this people [Jer.
7:16 and 11:14], neither lift up cry nor prayer for them neither make
intercession to me for I will not hear thee.' The prophet thus describes the
sins which had called forth this fearful denunciation: 'The prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means and my people love to have it
so and what will ye do in the end thereof?' 'From the least of them even unto
the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness and from the prophet
even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. They have healed also the hurt
of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no
peace.' The apostles declare that this state of things will find its
COUNTERPART in the last days. Many have a form of godliness, but in their daily
life deny the power thereof. They have ceased to be convicted of their sins or
alarmed at their state. They say in their hearts, 'The church is flourishing.
Peace and spiritual prosperity are within her borders.' The words of the
prophet may well apply to these self-deceivers, 'They have chosen their own
ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their
delusions, and will bring their fears upon them." E. G. White, Second Advent
Review and Sabbath Herald, 11-07-82.
COUNTERPART: "In the time of the
Saviour, the Jews had so covered over the precious jewels of truth with the
rubbish of tradition and fable, that it was impossible to distinguish the true
from the false. The Saviour came to clear away the rubbish of superstition and
long-cherished errors, and to set the jewels of God's word in the framework of
truth. What would the Saviour do if he should come to us now as he did to the
Jews? He would have to do a similar work in clearing away the rubbish of
tradition and ceremony. The Jews were greatly disturbed when he did this work
[As are SDAs today!]. They had lost sight of the original truth of God, but
Christ brought it again to view. It is our work to free the precious truths of
God from superstition and error." E.G. White, Review and Herald, vol. 2,
308.
There is a modern COUNTERPART to the ancient
apostate "chosen people" of God. That modern COUNTERPART is the
people who claim to be the modern "chosen people" of God, the
remnant, if you will.
There are over 100 statements to the affect
that SDA’s are repeating the history of ancient Israel. Here are just a few of
them:
"I have been shown that the spirit of
the world is fast leavening the church. You are following the same path as did
ancient Israel. There is the same falling away from your holy calling as God's
peculiar people. You are having fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness. Your [ecumenical] concord with unbelievers have provoked he Lord's
displeasure. You know not the things that belong to your peace, and they are
fast being hid from your eyes. [The very words applied to fallen Israel on page
17 of The Great Controversy] Your neglect to follow the light will place you in
a more unfavorable position than the Jews upon whom Christ pronounced a
woe." Testimonies, Vol. 5, pp. 75-76.
"Like ancient Israel, the church has
dishonored her God by departing from the light, neglecting her duties, and
abusing her high and exalted privilege of being peculiar and holy in character.
Her members have violated their covenant to live for God and him only. They
have joined with the selfish and world-loving. Pride, the love of pleasure, and
sin have been cherished, and CHRIST HAS DEPARTED. His Spirit has been quenched
in the church. Satan works wide by side with professed Christians yet they are
so destitute of spiritual discernment that they do not detect him." E.G.
White, Testimonies, Vol. 2, pp. 441-442.
"Among the professed followers of
Christ, there is the same pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, and
OPPRESSION, that existed in the Jewish nation." E.G. White, Sketches from the Life
of Paul, 251-252.
"God's professed people are selfish and
self-caring....They are idolaters, and are worse, in the sight of God, than the
heathen, graven-image worshippers who have had no knowledge of a better
way." Testimonies, Vol. 2, 440-441.
Will the church ever repent for adopting
Rome's central doctrine, the trinity doctrine? Will the church ever repent for
conspiring with Babylon to confederate with her associations [local Ministerial
Associations], her counsels/councils, girdings and confederacies, Isaiah
8:9-12, for which unpardonable sin it will receive a literal fulfillment of
Ezekiel 9? Let Ellen White answer that question. Let God answer that question.
Wax stronger "One thing it is
certain is soon to be realized, the great apostasy, which is developing and
increasing and waxing stronger, and
will continue to do so until the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout. We are to hold fast the
first principles of our denominated faith, and go forward from strength to
increased faith. Ever we are to keep the faith that has been substantiated by
the Holy Spirit of God from the earlier events of our experience until the
present time. We need now larger breadth, and deeper, more earnest, unwavering
faith in the leadings of the Holy Spirit. If we needed the manifest proof of
the Holy Spirit's power to confirm truth in the beginning, after the passing of
the time, we need to-day all the evidence in the confirmation of the truth,
when souls are departing from the faith and giving heed to seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils. There must not be any languishing of soul now." (E.G.
White, Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 57).
"The enemy will set
everything in operation to uproot the confidence of the believers in the
pillars of our faith in the messages of the past, which have placed us upon the elevated
platform of eternal truth, and which have established and given character to
the work. The Lord God of Israel has led out His people, unfolding to them
truth of heavenly origin." "The truth for this time is precious, but
those whose hearts have not been broken by falling on the Rock Christ Jesus,
will not see and understand what is truth. They will accept that which pleases
their ideas, and will begin to
manufacture another foundation than that which is laid. They will flatter their own
vanity and esteem, thinking that they are
capable of removing the pillars of our faith, and replacing them with pillars
they have devised. This will continue to be as long as time shall
last." Notebook, Leaflets, pp. 61-62.
"The Bible for Our Time.--Never are we absent from the mind
of God. God is our joy and our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke
less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force
for us. 'Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are
written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come' (1 Cor.
10:11). 'Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which
are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with
the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven which things the angels desire to look
into' (1 Peter 1:12).'" E.G. White, Selected Messages, Bk. 3, p. 338.
Prophets Wrote for Their Own and Our
Day.—“The last books of the Old Testament show us workers taken from the
laborers in the field. Others were men of high ability and extensive learning,
but the Lord gave them visions and messages. These men of the Old Testament
spoke of things transpiring in their day, and Daniel, Isaiah, and Ezekiel not
only spoke of things that concerned them as present truth, but their sights
reached down to the future, and to what should occur in these last
days.”--Letter 132, 1898. {3SM 419.5, 420}
So
the following verses apply to professing Seventh-day Adventists--especially,
because they have had the example of apostate Israel:
23 And the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land
that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 There
is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion
ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and
precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have
put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed
difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my
sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst
thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls,
to get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with
untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus
saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 29 The people of
the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor
and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And
I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the
gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 31
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them
with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 22:23-31.
11 Therefore thus saith the
LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to
escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 12
Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto
the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in
the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of thy
cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of
Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn
incense unto Baal. 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people,
neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time
that they cry unto me for their trouble. 15 What hath my beloved to
do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy
flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Jeremiah
11:9-15.
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 32 For out of Jerusalem shall
go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the
LORD of hosts shall do this. Isaiah 37:31, 32.
In every succeeding generation, God's true
reformer church has always separated itself from churches that committed
sin and/or rejected and would not tolerate light. Desire of Ages, 232.
That principle has not changed. And if one will not separate from such
unpardonable sin? The same result that accrued to Achan and his family will
occur. Ezekiel 9 slaughter of men, maidens and little children will be their
sure punishment:
"Study
the 9th chapter of Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled yet the
time is passing, and the people are asleep. They refuse to humble their souls
and to be converted. Not a great while longer will the Lord bear with the people who have such great
and important truths revealed to them, but who refuse to bring these truths
into their individual experience. The time is short. God is calling will YOU
hear? Will YOU receive His message? Will YOU be converted before it is too
late? Soon, very soon, every case will be decided for eternity. Letter 106,
1909, pp. 2, 3, 5, 7. (To "The churches in Oakland and Berkeley, September
26, 1909.)" E. G. White Manuscript Releases Volume One, p. 260.
“The time will soon come when the prophecy of
Ezekiel 9 will be fulfilled; that prophecy should be carefully studied, for it
will be fulfilled to the very letter.”— Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1303.
The Signs of the Times, February 12, 1880: “The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a
solemn warning before the eyes of modern
Israel.”
“The desolation of Jerusalem in the days of
Jeremiah is a solemn warning to modern Israel, that the counsels and admonitions given them
through chosen instrumentalities cannot be disregarded with impunity.” Prophets and Kings, 416.
It is interesting that Vance Ferrell boasts
the citing of more E.G. White statements on the Godhead than any other
ministry. But he omits the following all defining statement:
Definition of Holy Spirit
"Christ declared that after his ascension, he would send to his
church, as his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his place. This Comforter is the Holy
Spirit,--the soul of his life, the efficacy of
his church, the light and life of the world. With his Spirit Christ sends a
reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin.
In the gift of the Spirit, Jesus gave to man the highest good that
heaven could bestow....
The Spirit was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the
sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail....
It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the
believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit
as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil,
and to impress his own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19,
1904, vol. 5, p. 42.
Every specification of the following statement can be proven to be
fulfilled:
"The
enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation
was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would
consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and
engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place,
what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to
the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The fundamental
principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be
accounted as error. A NEW ORGANIZATION would be established. Books of a NEW
ORDER would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a
wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the
God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the NEW
MOVEMENT. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but GOD
BEING REMOVED, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without
God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and
tempest would sweep away the structure.
Who has authority to begin such a [NEW] movement? We have our Bibles, we have
our experience, attested to by the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit. We
have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not repudiate everything
that is not in harmony with this truth?” E.G. White, Selected Messages, Vol. 1, 204, 205.
Because
the above statement is reality, the following outcome of the SDA church
militant will also be a reality:
"Jesus sends HIS PEOPLE a
message of warning to prepare them for his coming. To the prophet John was made
known the closing work in the great plan of man's redemption. He beheld an
angel flying 'in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach
unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and
tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him
for the hour of his Judgment is come and worship him that made heaven, and
earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters [Rev. 14:6, 7.].
The angel represented in prophecy as delivering
this message, symbolizes a class of faithful men, who, obedient to
the promptings of God's Spirit and the teachings of his word, proclaim this
warning to the inhabitants of earth. This message was not to be committed to
the religious leaders of the people. They had failed to preserve their
connection with God, and had REFUSED THE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN therefore they WERE
NOT of the number described by the apostle Paul: 'But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children
of light, and the children of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness'
[1 Thess. 5:4, 5].
The watchmen upon the walls of Zion should be the
first to catch the tidings of the Saviour's advent, the first to lift their
voices to proclaim him near, the first to warn the people to prepare for his
coming. But they were at ease, dreaming of peace and safety, while the
people were asleep in their sins. Jesus saw HIS CHURCH, like the barren
fig-tree, covered with pretentious leaves, yet destitute of precious fruit.
There was a boastful observance of the forms of religion, while the spirit of
true humility, penitence and faith--which alone could render the service
acceptable to God--was lacking. Instead of the graces of the Spirit, there were
manifested pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, oppression. A
BACKSLIDING CHURCH closed their eyes to the signs of the times. God did nor
forsake them, or suffer his faithfulness to fail but they departed from him,
and SEPARATED THEMSELVES from his love. As they REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH
THE CONDITIONS, his promises were NOT FULFILLED to them."
E.G. White, The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, pp. 199-200 [The 1884
edition of The Great Controversy].
—rwb
Responses:
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Re: [AdventistHotIssues] Achan and his Family as a
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RE: https://omega77.tripod.com/achanminority.htm Gar wrote to Brian: "Brian, Not everyone
in the Church is part of the New Movement in fact the majority are not. Ron
wants to focus on the minority members who are apostates. The World Church
just struck a blow to the New Movement with the election of the
New President. Guess who voted him in? The MAJORITY.
God is taking the reins of His Church. Like Ellen White said if things need
correcting at the head of the work God will see to it--and He has." ----------- James comments: Notice the portion I highlighted in Red. Gar would have the reader believe that The
MAJORITY of the laymembers (commonfolk)
of the SDA World Church "voted him in". ---
When nothing could be further from the truth! --- Either Gar is VERY ignorant
of his own church's governmental structure and/or procedures, or, he has
blatantly manipulated the true facts of the matter. --- Personally, I happen
to know that Gar is NOT ignorant concerning the basics of how
SDA Presidents are [s]elected. As for whether or not The MAJORITY of
the laymembers (commonfolk)
of the SDA World Church "voted"
for the General Conference President, notice: "At the local conference level the
Seventh-day Adventist church has a representative form of government, above
that level the polity of the Seventh-day Adventist is hierarchical:
authority flows downward and members in local congregations have virtually no
voice.... the Seventh-day Adventist church is a closed, self-operating,
and self-perpetuating system, similar to the Roman Catholic church, in which those
in authority are not responsible to lower echelons. Above
the local conference level, those in authority are not elected by, representative
of, or administratively accountable to, local congregations or the
membership at large." (Raymond F. Cottrell,
former Associate Editor of the Adventist Review and the Seventh-day Adventist
Bible Commentary, in Spectrum (Journal of Association of Adventist Forums), vol 14, #4, March, 1984, p 42). Below, is a recent article from the Adventist
News Network, concerning this very subject matter; (... and please, be
sure to notice the comments at the end of the article). James **************** http://news.adventist.org/2010/06/behind-the-scenes-of.html Behind the scenes of a president's appointment The Nominating Committee's attempt to
keep the process private 25 Jun 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, United
States Tucked in the farthermost wing on the top
level of the sprawling Georgia World Congress Center, down a long hallway
where few people wander, a select group of delegates gathered behind closed
doors to undertake the most important task of the 59th General Conference
Session. They sat in Room C304
to nominate the Seventh-day Adventist world church president this morning. And their work was top secret. In fact, before being allowed entry into
the room, committee members representing all 13 world regions lined up in
single file to surrender their cell phones to a General Conference employee,
who placed each device into its own clear, plastic bag, which remained
outside the hall. Acknowledging the age of rapid-fire
texting, e-mailing and Tweeting, the committee agreed during a late-night
organizational meeting Thursday to ban phones -- thus leading members not into
temptation to release the name of the presidential nominee before the
official announcement. "They're trying to keep the chatter
from this room from leaving the room," said committee chairman Robert Kyte. "Technology today is wonderful but we don't
want the technology to beat the work of the committee." So much for that. The name of nominee Ted
Wilson began circulating outside the room about 30 minutes before he was
officially brought before the full Session. Some of the 236 members seemed taken
aback by the cell phone ban before Friday's meeting, though none complained. "I think the purpose is fine, it's
just the actuality of letting go of your cell phone is hard to fathom,"
said Mark Thomas, president of the Review and Herald Publishing Association.
"For 24 hours a day I use my cell phone," Thomas said, likening it
to a family member. "I think we can just make reasonable
precautions to make sure the integrity of the committee is preserved,"
said Branimir Schubert, vice chancellor of Pacific
Adventist University in Papua New Guinea. "On the other hand, technology
is such today that it's almost impossible from preventing someone from doing
something wrong if they choose to do so." After turning in their phones, members
picked up their paper nametags and handed them to a volunteer security
officer at the door, who then checked the names with the participants' badges
before finally letting them into the room. Once inside, members sat at tables with
binders and handheld wireless devices to record their votes electronically. Several of the members interviewed
shortly before the meeting started said they were honored to have been
chosen, and recognized the significance of their role. "It's an immense responsibility to
realize that the leadership of the church rests on the shoulders of those in
this meeting, and the leadership of the church is critical," said
first-time committee member Rosalie McFarlane of New Zealand, one of few female
members. Committee members discussed names before
settling on Wilson. Committee leaders then left the room and walked to the
cavernous Georgia Dome, where they informed current President Jan Paulsen of
the selection. The leadership then met in private with Wilson who indicated
he would accept if the nomination was approved by the Session delegates.
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