My
Vision on the State of the Church and the World
~
An
Open Letter to Ted Wilson, Doug Batchelor and Walter Veith
“Of those who boast of their light and yet fail to
walk in it Christ says, "But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. And thou,
Capernaum [Seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted
unto heaven [in point of privilege], shalt be brought down to hell: for if the
mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have
remained until this day." Ellen G. White, Review and Herald
Articles, Aug. 1, 1893. [THE BRACKETED COMMENTS ARE BY ELLEN WHITE.] {LDE
48.2}
"We must as a people arouse and cleanse the
camp of Israel. Licentiousness, unlawful intimacy, and unholy practices are
coming in among us in a large degree...We
are in danger of becoming a sister to fallen Babylon, of allowing our churches
to become corrupted and filled with every foul spirit, a cage for every unclean
and hateful bird, and will we be clear unless we make decided movements to
cure the existing evil? E. G. White, Manuscript Releases No. 449, pp. 17, 18.
(Letter 51, 1886 to Elder Butler) Testimonies on Sexual Behavior,
Adultery, and Divorce, p. 193.
“Let us bear in mind the words that Christ spoke to
the people who were honored above others in being privileged to have the Lord Jesus
Christ to labor among them, and yet who did not appreciate this privilege,
and did not diffuse the light of Heaven to others. He said: "Woe unto
thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were
done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repeated long ago
in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works,
which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained
until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." {RH, December 3,
1895 par. 6}
The
plainest example of corporate responsibility taught by Scripture is that Christ
is the head and we are the body of His Church. The head of the body cannot
endure sin in the body. Thus, Christ Himself would be corporately responsible
if He permitted sin in His body, His church.
How is
it Ted Wilson, Doug Batchelor, and Walter Veith, that none of you or your
constituency ever teach corporate responsibility as taught by the Bible and
Ellen G. White? You all claim that the SDA church is God’s church because it
has the gift of prophecy, yet you brazenly and copiously disregard the
teachings of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the church and deny that the church
is in omega apostasy. How do you explain the following statements?
“God
regards as his enemies those who will by any act of negligence shield the
guilty. They are in his sight partakers in the evil deeds of the sinner.{ST
January 20, 1881, par. 15}
“Here
are lessons which God’s people at the present day should take to heart. There are grievous sins indulged by individual members of
the church,—covetousness, over-reaching, deception, fraud, falsehood, and many
others. If these sins are neglected by those who have been placed in authority
in the church, the blessing of the Lord is withheld from his people, and the innocent suffer with the guilty. The officers in the church should be earnest, energetic
men, having a zeal for God, and they should take the most prompt and thorough
measures to condemn and correct these
wrongs. In this work they should act, not from selfishness, jealousy, or
personal prejudice, but in all meekness and lowliness of mind, with a sincere
desire that God may be glorified. Inhumanity,
false dealing, prevarication, licentiousness, and other sins, are not to be
palliated or excused; for they will speedily demoralize the church. Sin may be called
by false names, and glossed over by plausible excuses and pretended good
motives, but this does not lessen its guilt in the sight of God. Wherever it
may be found, sin is offensive to God, and will surely meet its punishment.” {ST January 20, 1881, par. 16}
"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.
"The
names of those who sin and refuse to repent should not be retained on the
church books, lest the saints be held accountable for their evil deeds.
Those who pursue a course of transgression should be visited and labored with, and
if they then refuse to repent, they should be separated from church fellowship,
in accordance with the rules laid down in the Word of God." {11MR
208.3}
How is
it sirs that you never teach and warn God’s people that Ezekiel 9 slaughter
BEGINS at your church, the Sanctuary, the House of Jacob, those who are
privileged with great light?
Begin at My Sanctuary -- "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, Vol. 5, 211.
How Many of You
SDA Leaders Does God’s Word Proclaim as Dumb Dogs?
Who among you SDA leaders dare to contradict God’s
Word, by exempting yourselves from the following indictment?
Isa 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant,
they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark;
sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isa 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his
gain, from his quarter.
Isa 56:12
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with
strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
It was stressed to me by my Angel that the very
reason Jesus and His disciples left the apostate Jewish church was because of
its gross, open sin apostasy; the very reason Protestants of the Reformation
left Catholicism was because of its apostasy; the very reason Adventists left
the fallen churches of Babylon in 1844, was because of their apostasy; the very
reason true reformers of “every succeeding generation” have left the church of
their fathers was because of the apostasy of the leaders in not tolerating
light that would correct their apostasy. Desire of Ages, p. 232.
“Christ was a protestant. He protested against the
formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against
themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of
men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they
were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. 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. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but
the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse,
because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry. {RH, June 1, 1886 par. 14}
How is it that you SDA leaders don’t warn all
church MEMBERS, that Ellen White prophesied the fall of your church militant
because it would REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS OF GOD’S WORD?
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noun,
plural pro·lep·ses
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1. Rhetoric . the anticipation of possible
objections in order to answer them in advance.
2. the assigning of a person, event,
etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation
of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred;
prochronism.
3. the use of a descriptive word in
anticipation of its becoming applicable.
4. a fundamental conception or
assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind
without conscious reflection; thought provoked by sense perception.
5. Pathology . the return of an attack of a periodic
disease or of a paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter
intervals.
PROLEPSIS PROPHETIC STATEMENT:
Here is the Spirit of Prophecy
prophesied prolepsis statement regarding the final fate of that once Noble
Ship. This is a major LYNCHPIN to my warning message. Can you explain it away? Are
you a passenger on this once NOBLE SHIP, that is about to sink to rise no more?
NOTICE WHO SEPARATES FROM WHOM:
"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, 199, 200].
Note these important delineations in
the above statement:
·
Ellen
White is addressing HIS PEOPLE.
·
Ellen
White is addressing those to whom God committed the EVERLASTING GOSPEL of
Revelation 14.
·
Ellen
White is defining the angel represented in prophecy as symbolizing a class of
faithful men.
·
Ellen
White is saying emphatically that the final Loud Cry message is delivered NOT
BY THE LEADERS OF THE SDA CHURCH, but by a class of faithful men, because
the leaders had failed to preserve their connection with God and had refused
light from heaven!
·
Ellen
White is addressing "watchmen upon the walls of Zion," NOT FALLEN
BABYLON!
·
Twice
Ellen White mentions HIS CHURCH, NOT FALLEN BABYLON.
·
It is the MEMBERS of
said church that SEPARATE FROM GOD, AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO SEPARATE FROM
THEM OR BE CORPORATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR APOSTASY.
·
The above reasons
are why there is another coming out of a faithful remnant FROM APOSTATE
JERUSALEM AS WELL AS FALLEN BABYLON.
·
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.
Ellen White is addressing a
BACKSLIDING CHURCH whose leaders and laity alike failed and rejected light
from heaven and who refused to comply with the conditions so that God's
promises are not fulfilled to them. Consider the following commentary on the
1884 Great Controversy that the above statement is quoted from:
“Consider for a few moments the
chapter in the first edition of Great Controversy, Volume IV, published
by Pacific Press in 1884. In Chapter XXVII, ‘The Snares of Satan,’ you find
that about four pages in the latter part of the chapter were omitted from the
later editions of Great Controversy. These four pages are to be found in
Testimonies to Ministers, pages 472 to 475. The information contained in these
four pages is very valuable to Seventh-day Adventists and was very
appropriately included in the first edition of Great Controversy, Volume IV,
which when it was published was like the other volumes considered to be A
MESSAGE ESPECIALLY TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, and to [all] Christian people
sympathizing with them in beliefs and aims.” W. C. White, Selected Messages,
Appendix C, pp. 452, 453.
How is it that you SDA leaders NEVER warn your MEMBERS
that Ezekiel 9 was literally fulfilled in A.D. 70, and could not have been
fulfilled before A.D. 34, because that is when the 490 year prophecy of Daniel
9 probation for Israel ended?
How is it that since Ellen White referred to the A.D. 70
destruction of Jerusalem as a PREFIGURE (GC p. 25), depicting the terrors of
the last great day, which literally BEGAN AT HIS CHURCH, HIS SANTUARY, you
leaders never warn your MEMBERS that this debacle will indeed BEGIN AT YOUR
CHURCH, YOUR SANCTUARIES AROUND THE WORLD?
If A.D. 70 was the literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, as
it was, what occurred from A.D. 27 – 70 was a TYPE for us to follow. During
that time Christ and His disciples left the apostate Jewish church and formed
home churches.
In the LITERAL fulfillment of the Ezekiel 9 historic
example of apostate Israel, (A. D. 27-70) all the good left the apostate Jewish
church, the Synagogue of Satan. Ezekiel 22:17-31. In the next LITERAL
fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, the good leave the bad and the apostate church is
destroyed:
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.
Study Ezekiel 9
"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.
"In the very courts of the temple, scenes will
be enacted that few realize. God's people will be proved and tested, that He
may discern 'between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.'
Vengeance will be executed against those who sit in the gate, deciding what the
people should have and what they should not have. These take away the key of knowledge. They refuse to enter
in themselves, and those who would enter in they hinder. These bear not the
seal of the living God. All who now occupy responsible positions should be
solemnly and terribly afraid lest in this time they shall be found as
unfaithful stewards." E.G. White, Manuscript 15, 1886, Paulson
Collection, p. 55.
“Christ
foretold the destruction of Jerusalem, as well as of the temple. His words were
spoken in the hearing of a large number of people; but when He was again alone,
Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to Him, saying, “Tell us, when shall these
things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the
world?
Jesus
did not answer His disciples by taking up separately the destruction of
Jerusalem, and the last great day of His coming. The city of Jerusalem
represented the world, and the utterances regarding its destruction are to be
connected with the world’s more terrible destruction. In speaking of Jerusalem,
His prophetic words reached beyond that event to the conflagration that will
take place in that day when the Lord shall rise “out of His place to punish the
inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.” The description of the two events
is mingled, and the entire subject is a warning to those who shall live in the
last scenes of earth’s history....The events that took place at the overthrow
of Jerusalem will be repeated.” {ST February 20, 1901}
"We should never give sanction to sin by our words, our deeds, our silence or our presence." Desire of Ages, 152.