The Great Deception of the
Shepherd's Rod Cult--Part 2
Dear Reader,
The following document includes an answer I gave to Kathryn, a Shepherd's
Rod member who made the post that follows, to Janine, on an Internet Chat
Group. The entirety of Kathryn's statement appears in the original post below
my answer to her:
Dear Kathryn,
You inquire:
2. If there is not a safe place for the saints to be placed, then how are
the other nations going to come and say "Come let us go up to the
mountain the house of Yahweh, and to the house of the Elohim
of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths;
for the law shall go forth of Zion and the word of YAHWEH from
Jerusalem." Micah4:2
Ron Beaulieu responds: Kathryn, the problem with a millennial reign of
Yahweh on this earth is many fold. I will discuss those problems, but first I
will explain the true understanding of Micah 4:2.
The prophecy of Micah was conditional to the Jews and depicted what would
have transpired if they had been a faithful nation, but God is now
accomplishing His program of world evangelism through the Christian church. The
Shepherd’s Rod is very misled because they take the conditional promises to
the Jews as literal for modern-day Israel. Though there will be a similar
fulfillment of those promises to the saved post-millennially, many of those
provisional and conditional promises to the Jews do not apply this side of
the millennium.
In commenting on Micah 4:6, the SDA
Bible Commentary says:
"6. Halteth. Heb sala',
'to limp,' "to be lame." Israel in exile is compared to a scattered
flock of sheep. Verses 6, 7 picture God's plan for the remnant of Israel. It
was hoped that a religious revival would sweep the ranks fo
the exiles and that the Israelites at long last would accept their divine
destiny. Micah is forcasting the glorious results
of such a revival. Unfortunately the failure of the Jews made impossible
the fulfillment of these events with respect to literal Israel. The
purposes of Heaven will now be accomplished through the spiritual seed, the
Christian church (Gal. 3:7, 9, 29). Converts from all nations will be
gathered into the spiritual kingdom of grace, which, at the second coming of
Christ, will become the kindom of glory (see pp.
28-30).
The spiritual kingdom of grace provides the following option to Micah 4,
which will now take place as the following scenario:
The Many of the eleventh hour converts will be like children and will only
understand the pabulum stage of truth. They will not have time to digest the
meat of the Word. During the 1,000 years, they will "grow up" by
being taught by their Mother Zion. There will be those saved from all nations
who will say: "Come let us go up to the mountain (Zion) the house of
Yahweh, [the place of the Temple], and he will teach us of his ways, and we
will walk in his paths; for the law shall go forth of Zion [The bride--the
144,000 Mother] and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem, New Jerusalem, heaven,
not this earth--until the New Jerusalem descends to this earth after its
purification which is after the millennium.
After the 1,000 years, the wicked will be resurrected and Satan will make
another final coup attempt by aligning his forces and attempting to take the
New Jerusalem city of God which is in the heavens up from the breadth of the
earth. But, of course, he will fail, and be forever destroyed.
Problems with the Shepherds Rod--Victor Houteff interpretation of Micah
4:2:
1. Ellen White says that the earth will be desolate during the millennium
except for Satan being chained to this earth. Victor Houteff taught in direct
contradiction to this teaching of Ellen G. White.
2. The New Jerusalem will not descend to this earth until it is purified
of Satan and all effects of sin and sinners.
3. Satan will impersonate Christ and will touch down on the Mt. of Olives.
Ellen White says that Christ will not touch this earth--that we will be
caught up to him in the clouds and ascend to heaven--up from the breadth of
the earth. The Shepherds Rod teaching that there will be a New Age millennium
on this earth, wherein Yahweh will be the teacher, prepares folk to receive
the impersonation of Satan as Christ, and Satan will be the teacher that all
such believers accept as a millennial teacher on this earth. Note
Kathryn's reference to the New Age in her original post below! Victor
Houteff, the Shepherd's Rod prophet, is the source of this great deceptive
error, and thus proves himself to be a false prophet who grossly contradicted
Ellen White and Scripture in this all important teaching.
4. Ellen White and Scripture said that we will be caught up in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
As I said, Satan will touch earth, but Christ will not. That is a very
important distinguishing factor between the antichrist and Christ. Shepherd's
Rod folk are being primed to receive Satan as a millennial teacher on earth.
Satan will touch down in Jerusalem! Where else?! And Shepherd's Rod folk are
teaching that we should migrate to Jerusalem for the New Age event. What a sham! What a lie! What a deception! Kathryn, I invite you
to make an interpretation of Micah 4:2, which does not directly contradict
Scripture and Ellen White. Victor Houteff, your "prophet," is a
false prophet, and I have just proven that beyond any reasonable doubt.
God bless,
Ron Beaulieu
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Original Message ----- From: mkathryn59 To: SDAIssues@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: [SDAIssues] Re: Isaiah 4:1
Shabbat Shalom to you Janine,
You pose some good ideas but the problem is that SDA has not advanced with
truth as they should have and therefore are in darkness as to the truth of
the understanding of the Scriptures.
1. Yahshua is the stone/rock, but He is the one
that sets up the purified kingdom and guides it to become the great
mountain-kingdom that grows and fills the whole earth.
Lets read Micah 4:1-2: "But in the last days it shall come to pass,
that the mountain of the house of YAHVEH shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the
hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say,
Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YAHVEH,
and to the house of the ELOHIYM of Jacob; and he
will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall
go forth of Zion, and the word of YAHVEH from
Jerusalem."
We know that mountains and hills are churches. THIS CHURCH IS NOT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH THOUGH. Why would it be scary to think that Yahweh and Yahshua would have a group of people to carry forward the
purified church-kingdom? He says that they are going to be pure and undefiled
themselves like they are.
2. If there is not a safe place for the saints to be placed, then how are
the other nations going to come and say "Come let us go up to the
mountain the house of Yahweh, and to the house of the Elohim
of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths;
for the law shall go forth of Zion and the word of YAHWEH from
Jerusalem." Micah 4:2.
3. Yes the book of Revelation was given to John to show the people what is
to come. It also shows the church purified. Lets read Rev.12:17:
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with
the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of ELOHIM,
and have the testimony of YAHSHUA Messiah."
This dragon is the Catholic church that has so infiltered
the SDA church and they don't even realize it. The remmant
of her seed is the remnant that comes out of SDA and becomes this purified
kingdom -church. I could go into alot more on this
verse but will not now.
4. This seventh church-Laodicea is the SDA church that is lukewarm and
neither cold nor hot and because she is so, she is the one that is spued out of the mouth of Yahweh. Adventist say that they
don't need another prophet, that Sr White was the
last. Where in all the Scriptures does it show that a dead prophet was to
continue to lead the people. She herself taught against that. She told the
people in 1888 to hear and accept Waggoner and Jones because they had a new
message for the church, but the GC refused it, and as a consequence she wrote
the testimonies and told them that there would not be another ray of light
until they lived up to all that she had given them. Nowhere in the history of
all the world has the heavenly Father left the sheep to be lead be a dead
shepherd. NOWHERE!
This is the very thing that caused SDA to go to sleep and become lukewarm.
They are not any where near aware of the time and
how it has moved on. The Judgment of the Living has started and you all dont even know it. The truth that has been given to SDA
has been rejected so how could they know when these thing happen.
5.You say "Be careful not to get the return
of Christ and the days preceding it confused with the establishment of his
Kingdom on earth after the thousand years. At this time the lion will lie
down with the lamb and the child will sit on the adder's hole and be
unharmed. This is not going to happen in this lifetime." Answer: This
Kingdom is before the millenium. The lion will lie
down with the kid and etc. This most definitely is before the 1000 years.
This is going to happen in this purified kingdom. When this new world order
is set up and the people are in fear for their lives, the saints are going to
be safe in the place of Yahweh's chosing and this
is why it is going to be a place that people are going to want to come to.
The Scriptures call it a time of trouble such as has never been since there
was a nation. Sister, you need to do alot more
studying on these things and get the right answers.
We [the Shepherd's Rod] have the answers and we are trying to educate the
people. Sr White says to be very careful of
rejecting truth when it comes to you. She says that when someone comes along
claiming to have a true message you are to sit down and hear them with an
open mind. If you don't then you are blind and will be the loser.I can tell you that I have studied all these things
and I know whereof I am speaking.
I hope this will answer your questions and be a blessing to all the group.
Kathryn
--- In SDAIssues@yahoogroups.com, "Janine
Jones" <seawife@a...>
wrote:
> Hello Kathryn and Shabbat Shalom,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to bring me this message. I was
always of the understanding that Jesus is the stone/rock that does
the smiting and breaks down all earthly Kingdoms. I am having a
real hard time seeing a church do this (unless it is the Catholic
powers who have already tried it in the dark ages and almost
succeeded <shudder>). It is a scary thought that there will be a
group of religious people who believe they are to take over the
earth before Jesus' return. This is how persecution begins.
>
> Even so I have a few question pertaining to prophecy.
>
> 1. God refers to churches as women. Why do you believe the
reference made to the tree in Mathew represents an organized
religion?
>
> 2. The Book of Revelation was given by God to Jesus and passed on
to John through an angel to show his people what was to come. Why
is there no mention of this new organized church in the Book of
Revelation?
>
> The number seven denotes completeness and Laodacea
is the seventh
church. There is no organized church after Laodacea.
Laodacea is a
lost cause. She is spewed out of the mouth of God. There are only
individuals who have left and they will flee into the wilderness
(probably with those who come out of Babylon) where they will be fed
and protected by God's angels. Maybe they consist of the 144 000.
Nobody really knows who makes up this people but we can be sure that
they have no guile in their mouths and will not be anyway linked to
the whore [they will be virgins). Any who believe in the trinity
will not be of this group as they are still linked to the whore
[they are not virgins but fornicators). Remember too please that
this is speaking of the end of time and NOT the time of the end.
There are still children of God in the organized religions that are
tied to the whore, for Scripture is telling us that God is calling
them out.
>
> Be careful not to get the return of Christ and the days preceding
it confused with the establishment of his Kingdom on earth after the
thousand years. At this time the lion will lie down with the lamb
and the child will sit on the adder's hole and be unharmed. This is
not going to happen in this lifetime. The lion is going to rip the
kid into pieces and the child will be severely bitten. I worry
about these teachings because the Jewish nation confused the first
advent of the Messiah with the establishment of his earthly
Kingdom. It resulted in their desolation. They still await. They
still believe they are the chosen. They are sincere. They are
sincerely wrong.
>
> Nice to know not everybody has done a fly by night
>
> Blessings
>
> Janine
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mkathryn59
> To: SDAIssues@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:57 AM
> Subject: [SDAIssues] Re: Isaiah 4:1
>
>
> Janine,
> When you say that there is no other church after the 7, there is
one
> that comes out of Lacodecia, that becomes the
purified kingdom
> church. The seven churches were corrupted with truth mingled
with
> error or sin and idolatry. The purified one is the one spoken of
by
> the Savior in Matt13:31-32 "The kingdom
of heaven is like to a
grain
> of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which
> indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is
the
> greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of
the
> air come and lodge in the branches thereof." This is the also
the
> little stone of Dan 2.34,35 "Thou sawest
till that a stone was
cut
> out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were
of
> iron and clay, and brake them to pieces...and the stone that
smote
> the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth."
> These two sets of Scriptures are speaking of the same church
kingdom
> and is the church that is set up by Yahshua
and it grows and
fills
> the whole earth.
> This grain of mustard seed it the seventh grain and seventh
message
> that is not corrupted as the first 6 were in Ezekiel 4.
> You ask " what day" is being spoken of in Isa 4:1, would be
answered
> in Isa 2:2,12 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that
the
> mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of
the
> mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations
> shall flow unto it. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be
upon
> every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is
lifted
> up; and he shall be brought low:" This obviously speaking of the
> last days.
> The 144,000 come out of the SDA church or Laodica
into the
purified
> kingdom. They are the ones that gather the great multitude.
> Hope this will answer the question on the "day"
> Kathryn
>
>
>
>
> --- In SDAIssues@yahoogroups.com, "Ron
Beaulieu" <rsbeauli@t...>
> wrote:
> > Janine,
> >
> > Excellent answer to Walt.
> >
> > Ron Beaulieu
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Janine Jones
> > To: SDAissues
> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:21 AM
> > Subject: [SDAIssues] Isaiah 4:1
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am going to take this opportunity to answer both Bob and
Walt
> in the same post. Firstly I will address Bob's question.
> >
> > I wrote: It is the Bible that states none of the organized
> religions that exist in the latter days will be the true church
when
> persecution begins (Isaiah 4:1), not me (as if I had any
knowledge
> of what is to come <chuckle>).
> >
> > Bob asked: I read Isaiah 4:1 and did not find any referance
to
> the statement that you just made. Could you please elaborate?
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