The Omega Heresies and Apostasy
Click to go to our Home PageI was shown the following principles
in two different visions of the night: "...No lie is of the truth. If we
follow cunningly devised fables, we unite with the enemy's forces against God
and Christ. God calls upon those who have been wearing a yoke of human
manufacture to break this yoke, and no longer be the bond servants of men. The battle is on. Satan and his angels
are working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. They are untiring in
their efforts to draw souls away from the truth, away from righteousness, to
spread ruin throughout the universe. They work with marvelous industry to
furnish a multitude of deceptions to take souls captive. Their efforts are
unceasing. The enemy is ever seeking to lead souls into infidelity and
skepticism. He would do away with God, and
with Christ, who was made flesh and dwelt among us to teach us that in
obedience to God's will we may be victorious over sin."
E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 1, 194. The
Omega Heresies
Satan hates Christ and God the Father.
Satan said that he would set his throne above God's in the heavens. Satan has
been given certain control over this earth to demonstrate the results of his
craft and his beliefs. He is the god of forces mentioned in Scripture. The Omega Heresy includes many
aspects. In fact, it includes all error and non-truth. There are only two
masters, Christ and Satan. To serve one is to reject the other. To serve the
cause of Satan in any regard, is to reject truth and
serve error or Satan. Satan is the god of forces mentioned in Daniel 11:
The mystery Babylon religions of the
world worship a god of forces or one that they believe controls the forces of
nature. Agnostics do the same thing. Satan is that god of forces which Daniel
11:37-39 testifies of. By worship, I mean accepting error above truth. To
accept any error above truth, is to worship the
source of error, or the god of forces. To accept the intellectual philosophy
of man (Selected Messages, vol. 1, 204-5) over and above that of God's Word,
is to worship the god of forces or Satan, and thus worship the creature
rather than the Creator, which is the most deadly form of pantheism. One
thereby changes leaders without knowing that he/she has done so. To
"remove God," (1 SM, 204, 205) is to replace God with Satan, the
god of forces or pantheism. To worship any creature by obeying its dictates
rather than Christ's, the Creator, is to imbibe pantheism. Broadly, and
all-inclusively speaking, all error emanates from Satan, the god of forces.
To accept such errors is to pay homage to the god of forces, and such homage
to any god other than Christ, is creature worship over and above the worship
of the Creator God (Christ), and creature worship (of man, and/or Satan as
opposed to nature) is the most deceptive form of pantheism. The Omega Heresies involve many
different heresies, but hinge on anything that removes God's presence from
His people. That presence is removed by imbibing the following errors:
The
Godhead
Conceptually, the Godhead and the
Human Nature of Christ are contingent and inseparable from one another. God's
Word says that there is one Spirit and that God is a Spirit. Therefore, the
Father and the Son share the same spirit even though the Holy Spirit
functions as a third and distinct person of the Godhead. Thus, their
objectives and purposes are one and the same, but their personhood is
distinct the one from the other. This is why it is unpardonable to curse the
Holy Spirit, because in so doing, one curses the one Spirit of the Father and
the Son, or God. Cursing Christ or taking His name in vain does not carry the
same penalty because the Humanness of Christ was just that, human. Ellen
White says the Christ was FULLY DIVINE and FULLY HUMAN. The Holy Spirit
and/or the Holy Ghost (one and the same entity) is a distinct person and a
personality even though it is the spirit of the Father and the same spirit of
Christ, else the Godhead would not be one God, but three or even four
counting the fourth dimension of Christ begotten as combined with humanity at
the Incarnation and becoming FULLY HUMAN AND FULLY DIVINE. The
Implied Errors of the Trinity Doctrine
The "Trinity" concept
contains the error that there are three members of the Trinity and the three
are one, not only in purpose—but also in person. That is an error. We do not
worship a "three in one" God. Instead, we believe in the doctrine
of the Godhead, which teaches that there are three fully divine Persons
(separate individuals) in the Godhead; and, although they are one in
character, purpose, eternity, and divinity, they are not one in person. The trinity doctrine distances us from
Christ by attributing to Him a nature equal to the Father and the same as the
Father, by the one in three, three in one concept. Christ's combined FULL
DIVINE NATURE WITH OUR FULLY HUMAN NATURE is obviously different from that of
the Father's nature. That MAINLINE PROTESTANT VIEW of the human nature of Christ, constitutes a nature that is above our human
nature; that is, a nature that did not and does not include the post fallen
sinful nature of man. This fact affects the presence and personality of
Christ, as regards His ability to identify with all our infirmities,
temptations etc. This fact affects the presence and personality of Christ, as
regards the following:
Is the personality of God an important
matter for us? Note Ellen White's words to Kellogg on this matter:
Spiritualization
of the Law of God
Ellen White said in "EGW, The Elmshaven Years Volume 5 1900-1905, pr. 4, p. 292, that
related deceptions accompanying the omega heresy of pantheism would be the
peace and safety pill of spiritualizing away certain truths. One classic way in which man has
spiritualized away truth, is the spiritualization away of the Law of God. Man
achieves this by saying that God gave man a law that is impossible to keep,
and that the only purpose of the law is to drive man to Christ when man finds
that he cannot keep the law. This is proven as false by the fact that God
predicated certain promises of health and well-being as conditional to
keeping that law. This proves that He did not intend that the only purpose of
the law was to prove that we cannot keep it and to drive us to Christ. Christ
came to prove that we can keep the law just as He did. Man has spiritualized
that law away by saying that it is impossible to keep it, and that its only
purpose is to prove to us that we cannot keep it, and thus drive us to
Christ, so as to be saved in our sins instead of from our sins. This is an
example of spiritualizing truth away. Any spiritualizing away of truth is
paying homage to Satan, the god of forces, and constitutes pantheism, or the
worship of the creature (Satan in this case) in lieu of the Creator. The
Sanctuary Gone
Another error that has distanced God's
people from His presence and personality was the removal of the Sanctuary
Doctrine. Notice: "In a representation which passed
before me, I saw a certain work being done by medical missionary workers. Our
ministering brethren were looking on, watching what was being done, but they
did not seem to understand. The foundation of our faith, which was
established by so much prayer, such earnest searching of the Scriptures, was
being taken down, pillar by pillar. Our faith was to have nothing to rest
upon--the sanctuary was gone, the atonement
was gone...." E.G. White, The Upward Look, 152. The
Atonement Gone
The Atonement Gone! How would that
occur? If Christ did not condescend to take our sinful nature, whatever He
did not take would not be atoned for, thus any theory that teaches that
Christ did not take our sinful nature destroys the efficacy of the Atonement
and effectually negates it. Thus, Ellen White saw the Atonement gone, and
this has happened in the SDA church. The gospel, which is all about the
Atonement of Jesus Christ, for our sins, is abrogated by any teaching that
Christ did not assume our sinful nature and overcome and condemn sin in that
nature. All this ties in with the Trinity doctrine and its wrong notion of
the human nature of Jesus Christ. In making Jesus equal with the Father, the
Trinity doctrine does despite to the fact that Jesus made a great sacrificial
condescension to combine His Divinity with humanity forever. This
distinguishes Christ from the Father and/or the Holy Spirit. A number of items in the above (Upward
Look, 152) statement are most noteworthy:
Reverse
and Inverse Pantheism
The Omega of Pantheism is so subtle that
it will deceive many of the very elect of God. The Alpha presented God as
being present in every created thing. The Omega of Pantheism,
presents Satan and sin as being so pervasive, that we humans are rendered as
helpless victims to Satan and sin until glorification. This scenario exalts
Satan and sin as being more powerful and pervasive than the power of the
Creator God. Thus, advocates of this theory actually pay homage to and
worship Satan, by attributing greater power to him than to God and Christ. This
is a type of deceptive reverse pantheism, making Satan the god that so
pervades and indwells us that we are impervious to the aid and power of
Christ. This indwelling of Satan and sin, thus
becomes a deadly form of heretical inversed pantheism. The advocates of such
theories thus change leaders without knowing that they have done so. Change
Leaders Without Knowing It
Change Leaders: "There is
manifested on the part of men in responsible positions an unwillingness to
confess where they have been in the wrong; and their neglect is working
disaster, not only to themselves, but to the churches....You will be left to
make mistakes of a similar character, you will continue to lack wisdom, and
will can sin righteousness and righteousness sin. The multitude of deceptions
that will prevail in these last days will encircle you, and you will change
leaders, and not know that you have done so." E.G. White, Review and
Herald, ol. 2, 448. Change Leaders: "Men in positions
of responsibility are in danger of changing leaders. This I know, for it has
been plainly revealed to me." E.G. White, Series B, #2, p. 48. Change Leaders: "Men who might
have stood in clear light, doing valiant service as ministers of the gospel
and medical missionaries, have been accepting false theories and sophistries;
which originated with the father of lies, and yet they do not realize that
they have changed." E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B, #7, p.
13-16, November 20, 1905. Change Leaders: "Satan will set
up his hellish banner right in your homes, and you will be so blinded to the
real nature of his deceptions that you reverence it as the banner of
Christ." E.G. White, The 1888 Materials, p. 505. Change Leaders: "They will not
recognize him [Satan] as their enemy, that old serpent, but they will
consider him a FRIEND, one who is doing a good work." Testimonies, vol.
5, p. 294. Change Leaders: Satan has laid his
plans to undermine our faith in the history of the cause and work of God. I
am deeply in earnest as I write this. Satan is working with men in prominent
positions to sweep away the foundation of our faith. Shall we allow this to
be done, brethren?" E.G. White, Review and Herald, Nov. 19, 1903. Change Leaders if Mistakes are not
Admitted and Changed: "If when the Lord reveals your errors you do not
repent or make confession, his providence will bring you over the ground
again and again. You will be left to make mistakes of a similar character,
you will continue to lack wisdom, and will call sin righteousness, and
righteousness sin. The multitude of deceptions that will prevail in these
last days will encircle you, and you will CHANGE LEADERS, AND NOT KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE DONE SO." E.G. White, Review and Herald, vol. 2, p. 449. Change Leaders: "Satan has COME
IN with his specious temptations, and has led the professed followers of
Christ away from the [PILOT] Leader (Christ), classing them with the foolish
virgins." Testimonies to Ministers, p. `130. Change Leaders: "Refusing to
follow in the path of obedience, they transferred their allegiance to Satan.
The enemy rejoiced in his success in effacing the divine image from the minds
of the people that God had chosen as His representatives. Through [ECUMENICAL]
intermarriage with idolaters and CONSTANT ASSOCIATION WITH THEM [Isa.
8:9-20], Satan brought about that for which he had long been working,--a
national apostasy." Fundamentals to Christian Education, p. 449. Change Leaders: "The recreant
priests added licentiousness to the dark catalogue of their crimes; yet they
still polluted by their presence the tabernacle of the Lord, and, laden with
sin, dared to come into the presence of a holy God. As the men of Israel
witnessed the corrupt course of the priests, they thought it safer for their
families not to come up to the appointed place of worship. Many went from
Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused, until they at
last determined to offer their sacrifices themselves, concluding that this
would be fully as acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the
abominations practiced in the Sanctuary." E.G. White, The Signs of the
Times, vol. 1, p. 264, col. 3, December 1, 1881. From the above statement we conclude
that the recreant priests had changed leaders without knowing it, and many of
the men of Israel separated their families from such corrupt priests and
their place of worship. Many say that we should heed the example of Moses and
Daniel; that there was no separation from apostasy until Christ came, but the
above testimony of Ellen White, proves otherwise. Conclusion
We can change leaders and know it not
by embracing the intellectual philosophy of man (serving the creature) rather
than obeying God. This is the essence of what happened to Satan. He decided
to obey his own feelings and desires rather than the dictates of God. He thus
exalted himself to being a god and said he would place his throne above that
of God's in the heavens. This is an example of pantheism because Satan
decided to worship himself instead of his Creator, Christ. The New Age advice
to "look within," to find god, is the same thing, a form of deadly
pantheism, and worship of the god of forces. Since there are only two
masters, Christ and Satan, to refuse to serve one is to automatically serve
and worship the other. Any serving, homage or worshipping of the created
(Satan in this case) over Christ, the Creator, is nothing but pure,
unadulterated pantheism of the most deadly and deceptive kind, and this is why
Ellen White considered the Omega of Heresy and Apostasy, and wept for God's
people. Ellen White saw the church "removing God," (Selected
Messages, vol. 1, 204-5), and substituting the intellectual theories of men
for the truth of God's Word. She "met" the Alpha of pantheism, but
she saw that the entire church would be involved in the Omega of pantheism;
the changing of leaders by removing God, and thereby worshipping Satan, the
created, instead of Christ, the Creator, and calling sin righteousness and righteousness
sin. Some have said that the Omega Heresy
is the ordination of women. Others have said that it is the Trinity doctrine.
Others have said that it is the wrong option on the Human Nature of Jesus
Christ. Who could deny that all of the items specified in Selected Messages,
vol. 1, 204-5, are part and parcel of the Omega Heresies and Apostasies? Fact
is that the Omega of Heresies is all of the above,
including all error that removes God from our presence. The type of error(s) that remove God from our presence are
rejection of present truth, Desire of Ages, 232. Innocent mistakes, defects
and errors do not fall into this class. I do not present this vision with the
prospect that any of God's supposed watchmen will either understand or agree
with this scenario. Isaiah 56:10-12, says that they are shepherds that cannot
understand. It says that they are blind and ignorant of the truth. Isaiah
9:16 says:
Ezekiel
22:27, says that it is her princes in the midst thereof who are wolves
ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest
gain. It was Desmond Ford, one of these wolves "in the midst
thereof," who was instrumental in getting the church to adopt many of
the errors of the Omega Heresies. Before Desmond Ford, it was LeRoy Froom and Roy Allen
Anderson and others circa 1931-1957, who led God's people into the Omega of
Heretical Apostasies. I will not argue this position with the
"watchmen" who cannot understand, but I will warn God's people that
these things are true, and that the only way they will be thoroughly
convinced is to pray and search these things out for themselves. I do not ask
that you take my word that what you have just read is what God disclosed to
me in two different visions of the night. Nor will I be offended in any way
if you do not believe that I received these principles in visions. Go to God
on your knees and get the answers directly from Him. May God bless in your efforts toward
that end is my prayer, Ron Beaulieu |