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Dividing the Word of Truth on the 144,000 | The Bible and the Spirit of
Prophecy Versus Andrew Henriques
An SDA independent ministry is teaching a version of the 144,000, that
lies so close to the track of truth, that many will be deceived by it. I will
compare that version with the truth as taught by the late J. Wilfred Johnson, a
visionary who taught what he was shown in vision on the Everlasting Covenant
and the 144,000. Mr. Johnson taught the principle of Regeneration, whereby the
character of the faithful bride of all ages will be regenerated into a body to
demonstrate her character in a real live Investigative Judgment since 1844. In
this regard, Christ was the firstfruits of those born (risen) from the dead and
the bride, the 144,000, is the second, third, fourth, etc., etc. If the
principle of Regeneration sounds strange to you, try Revelation 3:10-12, and
tell me how God is going to keep the 144,000 Philadelphians of the first
century A.D through the worst time of trouble to ever come upon the world.
Those verses are the greatest proof of Regeneration as described in this
document. This principle is supported by the following Bible evidence:
· As stated, in the message to Philadelphia, Revelation
3:10-12, she is told that she will be kept through the worst time of trouble
ever to come upon the entire world. That is at the end-time, per Matthew 24.
Philadelphia is the only blameless church, without fault.
· The disciples of Christ are referred to as the bride in Desire of Ages, 179. The disciples
were leaders, and surely they will be leaders in the Temple on Mt. Zion. It was they who gave the Loud Cry of their
day. Compare with Desire of Ages,
232, where it says Jesus “gathered out” those who would take the gospel to the
world, and that TRUE REFORMERS have withdrawn in every succeeding generation
from the church of their fathers because the leaders would not tolerate the
advancing light.
· Will Christ have to say to His disciples: Sorry, you
were born in the wrong generation to be my bride? Nay.
· Mr. Johnson taught that the special resurrection is
the time at which the 144,000 recognize their true identity; their first state
of existence.
· I repeat for important emphasis: As Jesus was the
firstfruits, FIRSTBORN from the dead, says Scripture, this is PROOF ABSOLUTE OF
REGENERATION, because apart from REGENERATION Christ WAS NOT the firstborn of
the dead—I cite Moses as well as all the dead Jesus and the disciples raised
from the dead to life. So Christ is the FIRSTBORN of the RESURRECTION OF
REGENERATED bride (144,000), which make the second, third, fourth, etc., ect., on up to the last person comprising the 144,000. As a
body was prepared for Jesus in the person of Mary, so a body is prepared for
the template of the character of all, that their characters might be tested at
the end-time when Satan’s temptations are developed to their greatest
extent—state of the art. Otherwise, Satan would have a point in contending that
if the bride of the past, first century Philadelphia, lived at the end-time
when his arts are perfected, he would win her over. By regenerating the bride
of all generations, Satan is given opportunity to tempt her to the utmost of
his ability. But she proves that her character can stand the highest
development of Satan’s temptations.
· In Christ’s
Object Lessons, the voice of God, and THE VOICE OF THE BRIDE awakens all
ten virgins with the Midnight Cry. The bride does not sleep. She is the
faithful watchmen of all ages of the church. For example, the Waldensians were
faithful Sabbath keepers, and there have always been Sabbath keepers in every
generation, because there have been faithful men in every succeeding
generation, to wit:
·
The Bride is nearest
the throne: Mr. Henriques teaches that all who are saved regarding the special
resurrection (all faithful SDA who died in the faith since 1947), and the
144,000 of the SDA church, are BOTH the 144,000 bride--in other words, those who
rise in the special resurrection as the 144,000, along with those who are
translated without seeing death. That does not appear to be true in the
following statement. Ellen White and the Bible both portray the 10 virgins as
guests at the wedding, and she say if guests, they cannot also be the bride, The Great Controversy, p. 426-427.
·
"Nearest
the throne are
those who were once zealous in the cause of Satan, but who, plucked as brands
from the burning, have followed their Saviour with deep, intense devotion. Next are those who perfected
Christian characters in the midst of falsehood and infidelity, those who
honored the law of God when the Christian world declared it void, and the
millions, of all ages, who
were martyred for their faith. And beyond is the "great
multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds,
and people, and tongues, . . . before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their hands." Revelation 7:9. Their warfare
is ended, their victory won. They have run the race and reached the prize. The
palm branch in their hands is a symbol of their triumph, the white robe an
emblem of the spotless righteousness of Christ which now is theirs." E.G.
White, The
Great Controversy, p. 665.
If all saved are the bride of
Christ, then how is it that ONLY the voice of God and the voice of the bride
awaken all ten virgins, Christ's Object Lessons, 405-6? This
distinguishes the voice of the bride from the 10 virgin guests the bride
awakens. This distinguishes the bride from her sons and daughters, Isaiah 62.
This distinguishes the bride in the following statement by Ellen White, which
accords with Isaiah 62:
"The people of God,
symbolized by a holy woman and her children, were represented as
greatly in the minority. In the last days only a remnant still existed. Of these John speaks as they
'which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus
Christ." E. G. White, Signs of the Times, Nov. 1, 1899, and Seventh-day
Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 972.
In Isaiah 62, the bride, Zion,
is said to have sons and daughters. These sons and daughters are the guests at
the wedding, the wise virgins.
One could say: The holy
woman (mother--bride) cannot be the children, and the children cannot be the holy
woman mother--bride. The woman is the bride and the children are guests at
her wedding, GC, 427. If guests, they cannot be the bride and the bride cannot
be the guests.
· One would think that the bride
who followed the Saviour with deep, intense devotion, would be NEAREST THE
THRONE. For example, the disciples were always closest to Jesus. Would this not
be the case in the Kingdom of heaven? According to Henriques, the disciples
will not be part of the bride.
· Henriques says that the
martyrs and those Adventists who died in the third angels message since 1847
are part of the 144,000. Ellen White
makes ALL MARTYRS OF ALL AGES a distinct sub-group to the bride that is nearest the throne. In other words, there is not
a group of martyrs that is included nearest the throne with the bride. Also,
the martyrs have a red hem on their robes, to wit: “As we were traveling along,
we met a company who also were gazing at the glories of the place. I noticed
red as a border on their garments; their crowns were brilliant; their robes
were pure white.” Early Writings, p. 18. These martyrs are NOT the
144,000, for they do not go into the Temple on Mt. Zion. Only Philadelphians go
therein. Rev. 3:10-12.
· And beyond are the great multitude. The above statement clearly
distinguishes between the bride, the martyrs and the large multitude guests.
(See GC 427 top part).
“The church is God's
fortress. His city of refuge, which He holds in a revolted world. Any betrayal
of the church is treachery to Him who has bought mankind with the blood of His
only-begotten Son. From the beginning,
faithful souls have constituted the church on earth. In every age the Lord has
had His watchmen, who have borne a faithful testimony to the generation in
which they lived. These sentinels gave the message of warning; and when
they were called to lay off their armor, others took up the work. God brought
these witnesses into covenant relation with Himself, uniting the church on
earth with the church in heaven. He has sent
forth His angels to minister to His church, and the gates of hell have not been
able to prevail against His people.
Through centuries of
persecution, conflict, and darkness, God has sustained His church. Not one cloud has fallen upon it that He has not
prepared for; not one opposing force has risen to counterwork His work, that He
has not foreseen. All has taken place as He predicted. He has not left His
church forsaken, but has traced in prophetic declarations what would occur, and
that which His Spirit inspired the prophets to foretell has been brought about.
All His purposes will be fulfilled. His law is linked with His throne, and no
power of evil can destroy it. Truth is inspired and guarded by God; and it will
triumph over all opposition.
During ages of
spiritual darkness the church of God has been as a city set on a hill. From age
to age, through successive generations, the pure doctrines of heaven have been
unfolding within its borders. Enfeebled and defective as it may appear, the
church is the one object upon which God bestows in a special sense His supreme
regard. It is the theater of His grace, in
which He delights to reveal His power to transform hearts.” Acts of the Apostles, pp. 11, 12.
·
Ellen White says in Great Controversy, p. 426, 427, that
Christ came to the marriage in 1844, and those who were ready went in to the
marriage: “In the parable, when the bridegroom came, ‘they that were ready went
in with him to the marriage.’ p. 426.
“At the appointed time,
the Bridegroom came, not to the earth, as the people expected, but to the
Ancient of Days in heaven, to the marriage, the reception of His kingdom. ‘They
that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: and the door was shut.’” p.
427.
·
What is meant by the
words: “and the door was shut?” The bride had already been chosen before the
time of the Investigative Judgment. Christ knew/knows exactly who His bride is
based on her former life. This is how the Holy City, the NEW JERUSALEM,
Philadelphia, is able to function as the bride of Christ. She is the earthly
representative of the church in heaven, Hebrews 12:22, 23. She is the True
Reformers of every age:
· "Characteristics of True
Reformers.--Here are given the characteristics of those who shall be reformers,
who will bear the banner of the third angel's message, those who avow
themselves God's commandment-keeping people, and who honor God, and are
earnestly engaged, in the sight of all the universe, in building up the old
waste places. Who is it that calls them, The repairers of the breach, The
restorers of paths to dwell in? It is God. Their names are registered
[written--Heb. 12:22, 23] in heaven as reformers, restorers, as raising the
foundations of many generations." E. G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, Vol.
4, 1151.
"The members of the church triumphant--the church in heaven--will
be permitted to draw near to the members of the church militant, to aid them
in their necessity." E. G. White, The Southern Watchman, Sep. 8, 1903.
How could Ellen White make the above statement if there were no members
of the church triumphant, the church in heaven, consisting of souls made
perfect—faultless, the 144,000?
Heb 12:22
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,
Christ is the FIRSTBORN
from the dead. His bride is the second, third, fourth, etc., via REGENERATION.
Col 1:18 And he is the
head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Christ was the
firstfruits, firstborn of the RESURRECTION. He lived before. He was born again
in a human body and lived a life on earth. He died. He was resurrected from the
dead. He was thus the firstborn from the dead, and HIS BRIDE is the second,
third, fourth, etc.
Faults With Andrew Henriques’ Interpretation of the
144,000
1. The 144,000 are Philadelphians. They are the only
church that is proclaimed WITHOUT FAULT.
2. It is Philadelphia only who gets the New Name, New
Jerusalem.
3. Ellen White said that only the 144,000 go into the
Temple on Mt. Zion.
4. In Great
Controversy, p. 665, there are three groups of saved persons. Seated
nearest the throne is the bride. Then there are the Martyrs, Then beyond, is
the great multitude.
5. Ellen White says that the 144,000 are translated
without seeing death. Andrew says that all who died in faith under the third
angel’s message, keeping the Sabbath, are part of the 144,000. How could all
who died under the third’s angels message from 1844 on, be translated without
seeing death? This is no problem with what God has shown me concerning Mr.
Johnson’s scenario, because I was shown that all who have ever lived and who
claimed Christ as their Saviour, are regenerated for the Investigative Judgment
(NOT JUST THE 144,000), and that the 144,000 are the final, LAST generation
living on the earth when Christ comes. In other words, the 144,000 are
regenerated last since 1844, fulfilling the pronouncement that the LAST shall
be first, and the first last Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the
first last: for many be called, but few chosen. The bride that is termed forsaken, or LAST, in Isaiah 62, is FIRST IN
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The bride is tested LAST, for that is the timeframe for the
worst time of trouble
6. Mr. Johnson taught
that the 144,000 are from every generation and were regenerated since 1844, for
the Investigative Judgment, and that part of the “special resurrection” is the
144,000 awakening from their grave of sleep as to their true identity of their
lives before 1844. Reincarnation is Satan’s counterfeit of this act of God.
“A Special
Resurrection Before Jesus Appears—Graves are opened,
and “many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth ... awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” Daniel 12:2. All
who have died in the faith of the third angel’s message come forth from the
tomb glorified, to hear God’s covenant of peace with those who have kept His
law. “They also which pierced Him” (Revelation 1:7), those that mocked and derided
Christ’s dying agonies, and the most violent opposers of His truth and His
people, are raised to behold Him in His glory and to see the honor placed upon
the loyal and obedient.” {Hvn 28.1}
7. Andrew parallels those whom he believes are raised at
the special resurrection with Moses, but Moses’ body saw no corruption before
it was raised. If the special resurrection is those who are martyred (according
to Andrew), their bodies would indeed see corruption, because the martyrs are
killed before probation closes, per Ellen White.
8. Mr. Johnson saw that the special resurrection as
pertaining to any just persons was simply an awakening or recognition of their
true identity. They were raised from the sleep of their death (dust of the
earth) to be Regenerated. In this regard only, he would agree with Andrew’s
scenario that they are the 144,000, but not that they are another group
entirely that does not go through the FULL TIME OF TROUBLE.
9. Ellen White referred to Luther as a builder of the
great Temple, to wit: “…God purposed to make him [Luther] a builder in the
great temple that was rising so slowly through the centuries.” Should we
conclude that Luther won’t be one of the 144,000 via REGENERATION?
10. According to Henriques’ scenario, the 144,000 would
include only Adventists who have lived since 1847, for that is when Ellen White
had her vision related in Early Writings,
pp. 15 and 286, which is one and the same vision dated December 20, 1845,
rather than 1847, the date Henriques gives. So according to him, no one living
prior to 1847, will qualify as one of the 144,000. This would be strange in
light of the faithful watchmen in every age, including the original church of
Philadelphia in the first century, and the disciples of that time.
11. Ellen White says that the 144,000 are the LAST
GENERATION living just prior to the second advent and that they are translated
to heaven without seeing death. This is a most important qualifying part of the
WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE. When one’s theory contradicts the Bible and/or the Spirit of
Prophecy, one is in error. And Andrew’s theory directly contradicts this point
of evidence.
"The woman is a symbol of the church, and the remnant of
the church represents the Christians of the last generation of men,
living just prior to the second advent. The dragon makes war on these for keeping
the commandments of God, Sabbath and all, and having the testimony of Jesus
Christ, which, according to the inspired definition of chap. xix, 10, 'is the
spirit of prophecy.' Here, then, are the causes of the dragon's warfare upon
the remnant. They teach the observance of the ten commandments, and the revival
of the gifts, and acknowledge the gift of prophecy among them. When the Devil
got one foot upon the fourth commandment, and the other upon the gifts planted in
the Christian church by Jesus Christ, then his satanic majesty was filled with
revengeful delight. But when the remnant, whom God designs
to fit for translation to Heaven without seeing death, 'ask for the old paths, where
is the good way, and walk therein,' then the dragon is wroth, and makes war on
them.
The true spirit of the dragonic host, which is
already being somewhat developed, is vividly described in Isa. xxx, 8-13, as
being manifested just prior to the sudden destruction of those who hate the
pure testimony, and love smooth and deceitful things." E. G. White, Spiritual Gifts, Vol. III, 26, 27.
12.
The remnant are the LAST GENERATION living just
prior to the second advent. Andrew includes Adventists of another generation
OTHER THAN THE FINAL, LAST GENERATION living prior to the second Advent. He
dates the 144,000 back to 1847, and they were of another generation.
13.
Mr. Johnson includes
the bride from EVERY GENERATION, BUT THEY ARE AMONG THE FINAL, LAST GENERATION BECAUSE
THEY ARE REGENERATED.
14. Ellen White says
that the remnant is translated to heaven without seeing death. Henriques says
that the martyrs are part of the 144,000, but the martyrs at the end-time do
see death.
15. The Henriques
version would preclude the disciples being the bride of Christ, when Desire of Ages, says that the disciples
were the bride of Christ. Ellen White says that Christ “gathered out” those who
would take the gospel to the world, and it was His bride that did just that.
16. Those who go into
the Temple on Mt. Zion function as lesser priests while Christ is the High
priest thereof.
17. Moses certainly
can serve as a type for those risen from the dead, but not for the FAULTLESS
144,000, because he sinned and died. Elijah indeed does serve as a type of the
true 144,000, for he was translated WITHOUT SEEING DEATH.
18. Henriques dates
the 144,000 from 1847 onward, using the date of Ellen White’s first vision,
which was actually 1845. (See Appendix for page 15 of Early Writings. God’s Word dates them from Philadelphia, NEW JERUSALEM,
circa first century. THIS IS A MAJOR CONTRADICTION OF THE BIBLE WEIGHT OF
EVIDENCE.
19. In pastor
Henriques’ Great Controversy studies, he makes it clear that he regards himself
as doing the work of John the Baptist. But John the Baptist would not make such
serious errors at this stage in history.
We appreciate some of
Andrew’s presentations, and will continue to include his presentations on our
Website, but Mr. Henriques appears to be a bit arrogant when intimating that he
is the only one who has divided the Word of Truth correctly. It might be better
if he left some room for correction, such as we have presented in this
document, proving that his theory on the 144,000 has contradictions not only to
Ellen White, but the Bible evidence, in addition to his serious error in
stating that women’s ordination and the LGBT movement are the most serious
abominations committed in the SDA church, when the worst abominations involve
the Godhead, the personality of God and Christ, and the highest good, crowing
gift that heaven can bestow. Despite these serious errors, we believe God can
use Andrew Henriques’ in an important way if he will humble himself and be open
to the counsel of elder brethren, as Ellen White directed.
It is also a gross
misrepresentation for Mr. Henriques to teach that women’s ordination and the
LGBT cult within professing Adventism is the worst abomination. The worst
abomination involves the personality of God and Christ, just as the Alpha heresy
did. That abomination is not only far worse, but much older, dating back to
1980. The Bible mentions having three witnesses to serious matters, and Ellen
White, J. Wilfred Johnson, and myself are visionary witnesses to the truth of
the Godhead. Let me fully warn you friends, that it is unpardonable sin to
attribute any of God’s truth to demonic forces. Satan hates the Investigative
Judgment and the truth about the Godhead for they involve two of the most
important things God does. He attacks these two elements more than any other.
He even came up with the foolish counterfeit of reincarnation for God’s
Principle of Regeneration, so as to cast dispersions on Regeneration. So be
very, very, very careful before you attribute Regeneration to demonic forces, because
the unpardonable sin is attributing what the Holy Spirit does to Satanic
forces. Regeneration provides some very important answers and poses some
questions which one should just put on the shelf and pray about. Mr. Johnson
felt that the 144,000 would need the answers Regeneration provides. I fully
agree. We don’t have all the answers to the Godhead and Regeneration, but that
does not make either of these issues less important and less true. At Christ’
resurrection, He raised many faithful from the grave as witnesses to His cause.
That would seem strange to many, but that is what is recorded in the Bible.
Again, He will raise His bride of all generations as witnesses to the world.
Conclusions
· Regardless of what one might think of my and Mr.
Johnson’s presentation, it does not directly contradict Ellen White and the
Bible weight of evidence.
· It is the bride, Rev. 3:10-12, that goes into the
Temple. Only Philadelphia, the 144,000 enter there, Early Writings, p. 19. Revelation 7:14-17 says: “These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they
before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among
them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” “And there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the
former things are passed away.” Revelation 7:14-17; 21:4. {AA 602.3}
· It is those who get victory over the beast, and over
his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, that sing the song
of Moses and the Lamb. The bride, the 144,000, is the ONLY ENTITY that sings
that song. Only the 144,000 get that victory and go through that FULL TIME OF
TROUBLE. The reason the just who are raised in the special resurrection
(awakening) sing the son of Moses and the Lamb, is because they are the
144,000, and not another special group. They are the 144,000 who go all through
the FULL TIME OF TROUBLE. Revelation 3:10-12 says Philadelphia will go through
that time and be PILLARS (LEADERS) in the temple.
· Rev 15:2 And I
saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the
victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark,
and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the
harps of God.
Rev 15:3 And
they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints.
· If there is any dispute between the Word of God and
Ellen G. White, Ellen White said to defer to the Word. The Bible says that only those who get the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, sing the song
of Moses and the Lamb, and only the 144,000 do this. We must defer to
Scripture on this as Ellen White instructed. Ellen White did not claim
infallibility, and if there is any dispute, we must let the Word, the Bible,
speak. Personally, I don’t believe there is any dispute between Ellen White and
Scripture on this issue. I believe it is faulty interpretation on Mr.
Henriques’ part. Mr. Johnson’s view was confirmed to me in vision. Ellen White
does say that only the 144,000 learn that song by experience.
· Ellen White and Scripture apply the ten virgin parable
to the SDA church. Follow this in Matthew 25. For instance, there was a
Midnight Cry in 1844. Then the virgins grew weary and fell asleep in a tarrying
time since 1844. All those virgins slumbered and slept. Then there is a repeat
of the Midnight Cry. See Christ’s Object
Lessons, p. 405-406. I believe it is preposterous to not apply this state
of things to the SDA church militant. I believe it is a major error to teach
that the only saved among Adventists is the 144,000, and that is what I
understand Andrew Henriques teaches.
· Ellen White reapplies Matthew 22 in Sermons and Talks, Vol. 1, pp. 4-9. Just
before the first historic application of those verses, God “strangely” raised
faithful men from their graves to witness the Gospel to the world. NOT SO
STRANGELY, at the final application of Matthew 22, God raises His faithful
bride of all generations to witness the Gospel to the world! NOT SO STRANGE!
NOT SO STRANGE! It is indeed the Voice of God and the voice of the bride, the
144,000 who give the Loud Cry that awaken the ten virgins, and gives the last
invitation to the world to accept the Gospel. So one had better pray long and
hard before casting dispersion on God’s plan regarding those who are to take
His Gospel to the world during the Loud Cry.
· Andrew said in a recent
sermon (Sermon for Sabbath, March 11) quote: “If we are not a part of the
144,000, we are lost.” How does Andrew come to that conclusion? He teaches
that all Adventists who are saved will be included in the special resurrection
and/or the 144,000, and that those who are raised in the special resurrection
are part of the 144,000 because they sing the song of Moses and the Lamb and
only the 144,000 know that song by reason of their experience in going through
the time of Trouble. He admits that those raised in the special resurrection
DID NOT go all through the FULL TIME OF TROUBLE, but that they get credit for
it anyway, paralleling them with the eleventh hour workers. He defines those raised
in the special resurrection as all who died in the faith since 1847, AND THE
MARTYRS WHO OCCUR AFTER THE SUNDAY LAW. And here is where Andrew makes a huge
error involving the martyrs. Ellen White says in The Great Controversy, p. 665, that the group of martyrs
mentioned AFTER THOSE NEAREST THE THRONE, THE BRIDE, includes ALL MARTYRS
FROM ALL AGES, NOT JUST THE MARTYRS OCCURRING AT THE END-TIME. In other words,
Andrews says that the martyrs occurring at the end-time of trouble, are part of
the 144,000. Ellen White says the martyrs of ALL AGES are included in the group of martyrs mentioned in GC 665.
Andrew takes the martyrs who take place at the end-time and places them with
the 144,000, the bride, THOSE NEAREST THE THRONE. This is a major factor that
proves Andrew wrong on the special resurrection, whereas there is no such
contradiction involved in Elder Johnson’s rendition. I say Elder Johnson,
because he was first elder in the SDA college church here in Lacombe, Alberta
for more than 40 years. He was a man of the highest integrity.
· Immediately above is exactly how and why Andrew
instructs his hearers that “If we are not a part of the 144,000, we are lost.”
That is not true. The message of the Loud Cry to all TEN VIRGINS, including
those in the SDA church. The call to them is to go forth out of apostate
Jerusalem, whereas the bride will have already come out from that apostate
church lest she be defiled with women (the apostate SDA church). According to
Revelation 14:1-1, she cannot be defiled with women (apostate churches).
· At the end-time, the 144,000 will not be martyred, for
they are translated without seeing death. Whereas, the martyrs will come from
the guest wise virgins who have been part of the apostate SDA church.
Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isa 37:32 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.
"Nearest the throne are those who were once
zealous in the cause of Satan, but who, plucked as brands from the burning,
have followed their Saviour with deep, intense devotion. Next are those who perfected
Christian characters in the midst of falsehood and infidelity, those who
honored the law of God when the Christian world declared it void, and the
millions, of all ages, who
were martyred for their faith. And beyond is the "great
multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds,
and people, and tongues, . . . before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their hands." Revelation 7:9. Their warfare
is ended, their victory won. They have run the race and reached the prize. The
palm branch in their hands is a symbol of their triumph, the white robe an
emblem of the spotless righteousness of Christ which now is theirs." E.G.
White, The
Great Controversy, p. 665.
·
Read The Great Controversy, pp. 426, 427, to
find that the bride is the church triumphant representative of the church in
heaven, Hebrews 12:22, 23, the True Reformers. The guests are the people in the
church. If guests they cannot be the bride and vice versa.
·
All who will be
saved who died in the faith of the SDA church, cannot be the 144,000, for the
following reasons:
1.
They all are not of
the FINAL (LAST) GENERATION living just prior to Christ’s coming, who are
translated without seeing death.
2.
They include wise
virgin guests as well as the bride who meets criteria 1 (above).
3.
The martyr’s who
occur at the end-time are included in the group of MARTYRS OF ALL AGES (GC 665), and not in
the group that is nearest the throne, WHICH IS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
4.
Proof ABSOLUTE that
some amongst saved Adventists are wise virgin guests, is the fact that Philadelphian
Adventists circa 1844, did lapse into Laodiceanism,
and during the tarrying time since then, they sleep until awakened by the
bride, Christ’s Object Lesson’s, pp.
405, 406. If that is not true, all SDA’s would have had to be PHILADELPHIANS since
1844, and that simply and empirically is not true!
5.
Were all SDA’s since
1844, PHILADELPHIANS, the bride, New Jerusalem, the 144,000, who go into the
Temple on Mt. Zion, (EW 19 and Rev. 3:10-12), Ellen White would not have
indicted them as Laodicean and stated that the Laodicean message was counsel to
all churches including the SDA church.
6.
Were all SDA’s since
1847, raised in the special resurrection to be part of the 144,000, as Andrew
Henriques teaches, Ellen White would not have prophesied that they would be
brought down to hell, along with her prolepsis prophesy that they refused to
meet God’s CONDITIONS, so that His promises WERE NOT fulfilled to them. Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, 1884 Great Controversy, Vol. 4, p. 199,
200.
7.
Were All SDA’s since
1847, part of the 144,000, Ellen White would not have said that they were the
church militant.
Will Andrew Henriques be able to humble himself and admit
to his great errors regarding the Godhead, women’s ordination, the LGBT
apostasy; and the 144,000? If not, he will go on to make more errors. Time will
tell. The consequences are eternal.
I can’t access Part 1
of Andrew Henriques’ video on the 144,000, because there was some type of
copyright infringement and he deleted it. Here is the link to part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEAV5IEUlQg&list=PLO15ZryPPVMPPoqm0Mp57etTIAO1PnmEL
Here is the link to The Regeneration of the 144,000 by
Elder J. Wilfred Johnson https://omega77.tripod.com/regenerationwilfredjohnson.htm
~rwb
Additional Data
“John saw the mercy,
the tenderness, and the love of God blending with His holiness, justice, and
power. He saw sinners finding a Father in Him of whom their sins had made them
afraid. And looking beyond the culmination of the great conflict, he beheld upon
Zion “them that had gotten the victory ... stand on the sea of glass, having
the harps of God,” and singing “the song of Moses” and the Lamb. Revelation
15:2, 3.” {AA 589.1}
“And I looked, and,
lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with Him a hundred forty and four
thousand, having His Father’s name written in their foreheads.” Revelation
14:1. In this world their minds were consecrated to God; they served Him with
the intellect and with the heart; and now He can place His name “in their
foreheads.” “And they shall reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 22:5. They do
not go in and out as those who beg a place. They are of that number to whom
Christ says, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.” He welcomes them as His children,
saying, “Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:34, 21. {AA 590.4}
“These are they which
follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men,
being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb.” Revelation 14:4. The vision
of the prophet pictures them as standing on Mount Zion, girt for holy service,
clothed in white linen, which is the righteousness of the saints. But all who
follow the Lamb in heaven must first have followed Him on earth, not fretfully
or capriciously, but in trustful, loving, willing obedience, as the flock
follows the shepherd.” {AA 591.1}
“These are they which
came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall
dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
“And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation
7:14-17; 21:4. {AA 602.3}