My Vision on The
Church Militant
Part 1
Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship
him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony
of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
During the night hours of
September 25, 2018, I was given a vision on the church militant which is
supposed to be the body of Christ, engaged in a continuous war against evil.
The life example of Christ was an example of what the church militant is
supposed to be—a message about the love of God and the great sacrifice Christ
made for man, which was characterized by grace, humility, truth in addition to love.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/church-militant
Origin
1.
“Those Christians on
earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of
Christ.”
God’s
church upon the earth are His chosen people, who keep His commandments. God
leads His authentic church militant, which is not stray offshoots here and
there, but a people who believe the same truth of heaven.
Indeed,
there are tares among the wheat, but the tares are insincere believers whose
motives we would have to judge in order to uproot
them. They are not open sinners, and we know that from the Bible, because God calls
His church out to be separate from the world and sin. The members of any church
militant must manifest the same qualities if he/she would eventually join the
church triumphant. The living presence of Christ must be in any valid church
militant, so no true church militant that is warring against evil and the
enemies of Christ can imbibe evil apostasy of fallen churches and the world.
The church militant includes
those who are warring against personal temptations to sin. It is a hospital for
sinners in that regard, but it is not for the purpose of
membering open sinners who clamor after the manner of
worldlings. Such persons must be worked with in a
kind, loving, Christian manner, in every effort to reform them, but if they
refuse to be reformed, they must be separated from the church for the same
reason God called us out of the world. The continuous influence of the world corrupts and it is impossible to unite with the corrupt and
become or remain pure.
God’s Word makes it plain that
the presence of Christ can exist only amongst those who keep His commandments.
Since the church militant wages against evil, which is sin, which is
transgression of the law, which is a transcript of the character of God, how
can any church militant be in evil apostasy and still qualify as a church
militant, militating against evil and the enemies of Christ. How can we join in
evil and join with the enemies of Christ, and still qualify as a church
militant that professes to war against such forces?
Classic Example of an Imposter Church Militant
I asked my attending angel if a
once church militant is always a church militant. By way of an answer to my
question, I was given the example of God’s first chosen people, the Jews. They
were certainly once the church militant, being God’s first chosen people. But
what happened to them? They apostatised and God
divorced them. That is a fact of Bible history. Thus, if any once church
militant apostatizes, it is not wrong to turn ones
spiritual sword weapons upon such a once church militant.
Jesus gathered the disciples out
of the once church militant of their day. Then they gathered out faithful
Christians from the same once church militant. They formed home churches and
warred against the apostate organization. We are instructed by God to war
against any once church militant that attempts to compromise our original
faith. We were instructed to repudiate any new movement that should remove
pillar doctrines and thereby remove God.
I was given a clear illustration of an imposter
church militant. I was shown that the most apostate church on earth claims to
be the church militant. Please note:
The Catholic Church claims to be
the church militant, as do many other churches that are seeped in apostasy, and are in bed with the world and ecumenical
liaisons.
https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/chura1.htm
https://www.churchmilitant.com/mission
The Waldensians quite literally
militated and turned their weapons upon the Catholic church. The Waldensians
are praised by God’s true prophets for what they did.
God’s Plan B Principle When Any Church Proves Unfaithful
My angels showed me the
following counsel applicable to any church and any people who were once God’s
chosen:
“The Lord Jesus will always have a chosen people to
serve Him. When the Jewish people rejected Christ, the Prince of life. He took
from them the kingdom of God and gave it unto the Gentiles. God will continue
to work on this principle with every branch of His work. When a church proves
unfaithful to the work of the Lord, whatever their position may be, however
high and sacred their calling, the Lord can no longer work with them. Others
are then chosen to bear important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do
not purify their lives from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure
and holy principles in all their borders, then the Lord will grievously afflict
and humble them and, unless they repent, will remove them from their place and
make them a reproach.
God is not 'worshipped with men's hands, as though
he needed any thing' (Acts 17:25)” The Upward Look, p. 131.
God has worked according to the
above principle in every succeeding generation. I was shown these words:
"The
Sanhedrin had rejected Christ's message and was bent upon His death therefore Jesus departed from Jerusalem,
from the priests, the temple, the religious leaders, the people who had been
instructed in the law, and turned
to another class to proclaim His message, and to gather out those who should carry the gospel to all
nations. As the light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical
authorities in the days of Christ, so it has been rejected in every succeeding generation. Again and again the history of Christ's withdrawal from Judea has been repeated.
When the Reformers preached the word of God, they had no thought of separating
themselves from the established church but the religious leaders would not
tolerate the light, and those that bore it were forced to seek another class,
who were longing for the truth. In our day few of the professed followers of
the Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few are listening for the voice of
God, and ready to accept truth in whatever guise it may be presented. Often
those who follow in the steps of the Reformers are forced to turn away from the
churches they love, in order to declare the plain
teaching of the word of God. And many times those who
are seeking for light are by the same teaching obliged to leave the church of
their fathers, that they may render obedience." Desire of Ages,
232.
Why did True Reformers in every
succeeding generation leave the churches of their fathers? What is the one
reason given? The ecclesiastical leaders would not tolerate the light. So they moved on to others, like Jesus moved on from the
Jews to the Gentiles.
No Compromise
"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, Bk. 1, 204, 205.
“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?"
Veith says just give the three
angel’s messages. Don’t sigh and cry for the stinky abominations. Just put a
clothespin on your nose and glue your posterior to a pew. God says to sigh and
cry aloud for all the abominations AND TO REPUDIATE THEM, (Eze.
9 and Isa. 58:1), and that if you don’t, you won’t received
the MARK (SEAL) of the Man in Linen.
God says “EVEN WAR” against a “once” church militant turned into a new
movement, rather than unity at the cost of compromise.
"The
apostle says, 'Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh,
to fulfill the lusts thereof.' Let every soul heed these words,
and know that the Lord Jesus will
accept of no compromise. In accepting and retaining workers who persist in
retaining their imperfections of character, and do not give full proof of their
ministry, the standard has been greatly lowered. There are many in responsible
positions who do not heed the injunction of the apostle, but
make provision for fulfilling the lust of the flesh. Unless the worker puts on the Lord Jesus Christ and finds in Him
wisdom, sanctification, and redemption, how can he represent the religion of
Jesus? All his efficiency, all his reward, is found in Christ. There must
be evidence on the part of those who take the solemn position of shepherds that
they have, without reservation, dedicated themselves to the work. They must
take Christ as their personal Saviour. Why is it that those who have been long
engaged in the ministry do not grow in grace and the knowledge of the Lord
Jesus? I have been shown that they gratify their selfish PROPENSITIES
and do only such things as agree with their tastes and ideas. They make
provision for indulgence in pride and sensuality and carry out their selfish
ambitions and plans. They are full of self-esteem. But although their EVIL
PROPENSITIES may seem to them as precious as the right hand or the right eye, THEY MUST BE SEPARATED FROM THE WORKER, OR
HE CANNOT BE ACCEPTABLE BEFORE GOD. Hands are laid upon men to ordain them
for the ministry before they are thoroughly examined as to their qualifications
for the sacred work but how much better would it be to make thorough work
before accepting them as ministers, than to have to go through this rigid
examination after they have become established in their position and have put
their mold upon the work." Testimonies to Ministers, p. 171.
Those who are imbibing apostasy
and are using the sacred tithe to disseminate error are not the church
militant. We are not to turn our weapons upon the true church militant that
teaches the pure truth. But what if a professing church militant is teaching a
doctrine that sweeps away the entire Christian economy? That would be the
Trinity Doctrine!
Of course, all the formally
organized churches claim to be the church militant, but you have
to weigh them according to their fidelity to Isaiah 8:20. They may
adamantly claim to keep the commandments of God, and have the spirit of
prophecy, but if they are obviously violating both, then Isaiah 58:1 and
Ezekiel 9:4 are apropos.
We should be advised that the
church militant is not the final church triumphant. We should also be aware
that there is always a church triumphant (faithful men) who are earthly
representatives of the heavenly church of Zion, Heb. 12:22, 23, who are always
willing to come to the aid of the church militant. These representatives are
known as True Reformers, and they have existed in every succeeding generation.
However, the tares (insincere
believers whose motives one would have to judge to uproot them) dwell with the
wheat to the end of time. Tares are different from thorns. Thorns are open
sinning apostates who choke the wheat and kill it. Tares don’t choke and kill
the wheat.
Some like Walter Veith say that
we are not to turn our guns on the church militant and that is very true.
However, no cold, apostate new movement that has removed God, can qualify as a
church militant, because only the presence of Christ can constitute a church,
because He is the head and the church is the body, and He cannot be the head of
an apostate new movement.
I was shown the following words,
and the fact that they have applied in all generations.
“If unity could be secured only
by the compromise of truth and righteousness, then let there be difference, and
even
war.” Great Controversy,
p. 45.
Jesus and His disciples “warred”
against the apostasy of Israel. All the prophets always warred against any
apostasy. Jesus was a Protestant, and He and His disciples separated from a
religion that had fallen into apostasy. The disciples formed home churches.
"Christ
was a protestant...The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They
came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies.
Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply
accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles." E.G. White, Review and
Herald, vol.
2, 48, col. 2.
What
about the Waldensians who engaged literal war with the Catholics? Which was the
true church militant, they or the Catholics?
Walter
Veith says to super glue yourself to a pew in the omega new movement,
and put a clothespin on your nose to keep from smelling the stench of
the abominations. He may as well instruct the members of his new movement
“church” to blind their eyes with blindfolders, and
put earplugs in their ears!
What
will happen to Walter Veith’s devotees when the
leaders instruct the members to keep Sunday sacred, and they (his devotees)
follow Veith’s advice to be glued to a pew in the
omega of apostasy new movement?
"The
Lord has a controversy with His professed people in these last days. In this
controversy men in responsible positions will take a course directly opposite
to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and despise the
Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others by burying it
beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches and in large
gatherings in the open air, ministers will urge upon the people the necessity
of keeping the first day of the week. There are calamities on sea and
land: and these calamities will increase, one disaster following close upon
another; and the little band of conscientious Sabbath-keepers will be pointed
out as the ones who are bringing the wrath of God upon the world by their
disregard of Sunday." R & H 3-18-1884.
I will
tell you what will happen: Men, maidens and little children will perish without
mercy, because they believed Walter Veith instead of God and Ellen White:
"Here
we see that the church the Lord's sanctuary was the first to feel the stroke of
the wrath of God. The ancient men, those to whom God had given great light and
who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had
betrayed their trust. They had taken the position that we need not look for
miracles and the marked manifestation of God's power as in former days. Times
have changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say: The Lord
will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit His
people in judgment. Thus "Peace and safety’ is the cry from men who will
never again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show
God's people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb
dogs that would not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an
offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all perish together." E.G.
White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 211.
The
same applies to Andrew Henriques, who teaches that the 144,000 are members of
the new movement.
How
long should one tolerate open sin apostasy before separating from it?
In
1844, Ellen White said that all who heard and understood the second angel’s
message, but refused to heed it, or later rejected it, experienced a shut door
on salvation. She never altered that part of her shut door belief. The folk who
heard the second angel’s message in 1844, had about a month or two to make up
their minds.
"If those who have been in
the church for weeks and months have not learned the straightness of the way,
and what it is to be Christians, and
can not hear all the straight truths of the word of God, it were better that they were cut off from Israel. It
is too late in the day to feed with milk. If souls, a month or two old in the truth, who are
about to enter the time of trouble such as never was, can not hear all the
straight truth, or endure the strong meat of the straightness of the way, how
will they stand in the day of battle? Truths that we have been years
learning must be learned in a few months by those who now embrace the Third
Angel's Message....There is no need of milk after souls are convinced of the
truth. As soon as the conviction of truth is yielded to and the heart
willing, the truth should have its effect, the truth will work like leaven, and
purify and purge away the passions of the natural heart. It is a disgrace
for those who have been in the truth for years to talk of feeding souls who
have been months in the truth, upon milk. It shows they know little
of the leadings of the Spirit of the Lord, and realize not the time we are
living in. Those who embrace the truth now will have to step fast.
There will have to be a breaking up of heart before the Lord, a rending
of heart, and not the garment." E.G. White, Manuscript Releases, vol 1, p 33-34 (Manuscript 1, February 12,
1854).
Paul left after three months:
Walter Veith, Andrew Henriques,
and all other MEMBERS of an apostate new movement we were never to join, walk
contrary to the example of Jesus, the disciples and Paul:
"And
as they persisted in their rejection of the gospel the apostle (Paul) went into
the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God. But when divers were hardened, and believed not,
but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and
separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus."
Acts, 19:8, 9.
"Fearing
that the faith of the believers would be endangered by continued association with
these opposers of the truth, Paul separated from them, and gathered the
disciples into a distinct body." E.G. White, Acts of the Apostles,
p. 286.
Why Separation is Paramount
God
says that it is impossible to unite with the corrupt and remain/become pure. He
says that it is impossible for the wheat to mature amongst thorns because they
choke the wheat and kill it. Tares (insincere believers whose motives we would
have to judge in order to uproot them) do not choke
out the wheat and kill it. That is why wheat can dwell with tares until the
harvest, the end of the world. But open sinning thorns are another matter.
"It is IMPOSSIBLE for you to unite with those
who are corrupt, and still remain pure. (II Corinthians 6:14-15 quoted). God
and Christ and the heavenly host would have men know that if he unites with the
corrupt he will become corrupt." E. G. White, Review and Herald, Vol. 4,
p. 137.
"Thorns sprung up.--The thorns made it
impossible for the wheat to mature (see Luke 8:14). In the same way secular
interests prevent the fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23) from reaching
maturity. Religion is relegated to the subordinate position of being only one
interest among many. For lack of cultivation it withers and eventually dies.
That which the thorny-ground hearers lack is a moral transformation. To them,
justification is the sum and substance of religion, and they fail to realize
that the Christian life consists essentially in the process known as
sanctification--the process by which evil traits and tendencies are replaced by
the perfect life-pattern of Jesus Christ." Seventh-day Adventist Bible
Commentary, vol.
5, 405.
Do you believe God or leaders of the omega of
apostasy new movement? Your eternal fate rests with believing God and the Holy Spirit
gift to the church.
In
the Name of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
R.
William Beaulieu