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This publication documents the outright lies
of SDA leaders concerning the SDA church’s ecumenical involvement with Babylon.
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Due credit to Presents of God Ministry and/or
Vance Ferrell for most of this compilation of evidence.
THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
The
World Council of Churches (WCC) was formally constituted at Amsterdam, Holland,
on August 23, 1948. It is made up of various branch organizations
controlled by the WCC. The goal of the WCC is to unite all the religions
of the world into one ecumenical package--or a one world church. But in
order to unite all the world's religions together, the differing doctrines held
dear by these religious groups must be waived, and a focusing on those beliefs
held in common must be central.
One of the main
branch organizations of the WCC is the National Council of Churches (NCC). Also included in the organizational structure
of the WCC are many lesser branches--such as the Ministerial Associations in
the various public communities (See Collectivism in the Churches, p 60,
by Edgar C. Bundy).
The National Council
of Churches is an organization formally known as the Federal Council of
Churches--which was organized in December, 1908, and then changed its name to
the NCC in 1950. The NCC
is made up of various churches within the United States of America who have
agreed to become members, and to further the goals of the NCC/WCC.
The goal of the NCC is the same as the goal of the WCC, since it was the
leadership of the Federal/National Council of Churches which formed the WCC in
1948 (see World Council of Churches: Religion or Revolution, by Hugh Moreton & N.W. Hutchings, p 3). Their goal goes
beyond just uniting all churches into one, and includes the same goals of
Catholicism, the New Age, Free masonry, the Illuminati, the United Nations, and
other Satanic organizations--or the goal of a New World Order, with Lucifer as
god and leader.
To some this may be
hard to believe, but the NCC itself states this in
their recommendation of points to be followed in order to bring about world
peace:
"...a world
government...Strong immediate limitation on national sovereignty.
International control of all armies and navies. A universal system
of money. Worldwide freedom of immigration. Progressive elimination
of all tariff and quota restrictions on world trade. A democratically
controlled international bank...
"A new order of
economic life is both imminent and imperative through voluntary cooperation
within the framework of democracy or through explosive political revolution."
Time Magazine, March 16, 1942, p 44-48.
The WCC and its
branch organizations are indeed involved in bringing about this "explosive
political revolution" in countries which are not following their plan for
a One World Church and a New World Order. The following are just a few
examples of this.
The WCC gave $85,000
to an African Nationalist terrorist group--PATRIOTIC FRONT--who were waging guerilla warfare in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe in 1978 (see Seattle
Times, August 25, 1981). These terrorists killed over 1900 people,
including eight British missionaries and their four children in Rhodesia that
year (see Reader's Digest, August, 1982). In 1974 the WCC gave
6,355 British pounds to members of the terrorist organization--ZANU--in Africa, which are responsible for killing 87
Rhodesian civilians (see WCC: Religion or Revolution, p 13). Also
in 1974, the WCC gave 50,000 British pounds to another Marxist guerilla force--FRELIMO (see
Ibid., p 13).
After the Rhodesian
government fell to these terrorist groups, this statement was then given by
their representatives at the WCC Conference in Melbourne, Australia in May,
1980:
"Our hard-won
victory did not come only through our own determination. We were
sustained and reinforced by the support--material, moral, and
spiritual--accorded to us by the World Council of Churches, and its
member churches." American Opinion, January, 1982, p 4.
The WCC also gave
funds to the Communist North Vietnamese government (see WCC: Religion or
Revolution, p 16), the PLO, Cuba, and other pro-Soviet totalitarian
movements (see Reader's Digest, January, 1983, p 120). They also
gave $823,000 to the Communist backed organization--SWAPO--in
Namibia (see WCC: Religion or
Revolution, p 28; American
Opinion, January, 1982, p 2).
As can be clearly
seen, the WCC--including the NCC and other lesser
branch organizations--is not working for God, but is definitely working against
Him! They are in complete union with the enemy of God, and are furthering
Lucifer's goal of being the god and leader of a New World Order. Hence no
church of God should be connected to the WCC/NCC, let
alone working with or supporting them.
But where does the
money come from with which the WCC finances and supports Lucifer's goal of a
One World Church and New World Order--including terrorist activities to bring
this about?
"The obvious
question arises: From where does the money come [for WCC financing]? The
answer is: It comes from you. It comes from you if you put money on
the collection plate of a church that is part of a denomination which belongs
to the National Council of Churches. The money goes from your church
to your denomination, to the National Council, to the World Council."
American Opinion, January,
1982, p 12.
Thus any church who
gives financial or other support to the WCC, or to any of its branch
organizations, is guilty of supporting the move towards a One World Church and
New World Order, the spread of Communism, the funding of terrorist groups, and
the killing of innocent people and christians!
And not only would the church itself be held responsible, but each and
every corporate member of that church would be held guilty as well!
"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 headquarters of our church, affect the
whole body of believers. If the physical heart is healthy, the blood that is
sent from it through the system is also healthy; but if this fountain is
impure, the whole organism becomes diseased by the poison of the vital fluid.
So it is with us. If the heart of the work becomes corrupt, the whole church,
in its various branches and interests, scattered abroad over the face
of the earth, suffers in consequence." Testimonies,
vol. 4, p. 210.
“In
our largest churches the greatest evils exist, because these have had the
greatest light. They have not a true knowledge of God, and of Jesus Christ
whom he has sent. The leaven of unbelief is working, and unless these evils
which bring the displeasure of God are corrected in its members, the whole church stands accountable for
them. The deep movings of the Spirit of God are not with them; the
glorious presence of the King of saints, and his power to cleanse from all
moral defilement, are not manifest among them. Many come to the assembly as
worshipers, like the door upon its hinges. They understand not the true
application of the Scriptures, nor the power of God. They have eyes, but they
see not; ears have they, but they hear not; they continue in their evil ways,
yet regard themselves as the privileged, obedient people who are doers of the word.
A carnal security and ease in Zion prevail. Peace, peace, is sounded in her
borders, when God has not spoken peace. They have forfeited the terms of peace;
there is reason for an alarm to be sounded in all "my holy mountain."
The sinners in Zion should be afraid, in a time when they do not expect it,
sudden destruction will surely come upon all who are at ease.” {RH, December 23, 1890 par. 10}
All the different
churches which are members or member-units in these various branch
organizations under the control of the WCC, are technically members of the WCC
itself. But WCC policy states that no individual church is a member of
it, only the various branches. Thus, when any question arises as to
whether a particular church is part of the WCC, the leaders of these various
churches can technically tell their membership that their church is not a
member of the WCC, when it really is through connection to the various
branches!
The following is a partial
list of churches which are documented as being a part of, and cooperating or
working with, the WCC/NCC; and some for many years:
Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist (including Seventh-day), Brethren,
Catholic (including Old), Christian, Church of God, Congregational, Community,
Disciples, Episcopal, Evangelical, Friends (Quakers), Full Gospel, Holiness,
Latter Day Saints (Mormon), Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Missionary,
Moravian, Orthodox (Bulgarian, Christian, Eastern, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian,
Russian, Syrian, Ukrainian), Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant, Reformed, Seventh-day Adventist, United, and
Wesleyan (see Letter from the National Council of Churches of Christ, January
13, 1965, from Wilbur C. Parry, Associate General Secretary; American Opinion, January, 1982,
p 11; Directory of Christian Councils,
published by the World Council of Churches, 1985).
Yet, even though
church union and cooperation is clearly listed in various publications, many
church leaders deny that their church has any connection or union with, or has
given any support to, the WCC! Especially is this support, union, and
connection of the Seventh-day Adventist church with the WCC vehemently denied
by SDA church leadership. Yet the documents speak more loudly than their
words! So who is telling the truth--the SDA church leadership, or the
documented facts?
Let us examine some
statements by SDA leaders and church publications, and then compare these with
various documents, to see if we can ascertain who is telling the truth.
And we will begin with the question of whether monetary support has been
given to the WCC by the SDA church.
The SDA church
states:
"...we do not
make contributions to their [NCC] program."
Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, January 25, 1967,
from D.W. Hunter, Associate Secretary.
"We have no
financial relationship with this [WCC] organization. All of the funds
that we as a Church receive...are disbursed entirely through our own denominational
channels. We understand them to be contributed on the basis that we shall
use them to maintain the various programs operated by our Church, including of
course our various welfare programs....
"So the brief
answer to your inquiry is that we do not contribute any funds to this [WCC]
organization." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, January 5, 1983, from L.L. Butler, Treasurer.
"The Seventh-day
Adventist Church...does not pay one cent in support of it [the WCC]." Adventist Review, January 3,
1985, p 4.
Is this true?
What do the documented facts declare?
In the year 1959, the
SDA church sent a total of $6,700 for the support of the National Council of
Churches (see Letter from the National Council of Churches, January 29, 1960,
Donald F. Landwer, Assistant General Secretary for [NCC] Finance).
In 1969 they gave a
total of $5,950 for NCC support (see Letter from the National Council of Churches,
April 7, 1970, Constant H. Jacquet, Director Research
Library).
In fact, in 1984, the
SDA church itself admittedly gave $8,000 to the World and National Councils of
Churches, and then stated:
"This is
apparently what it has been running for the last few years." Letter
from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, June 13, 1985, Mitchell
A. Tyner, Esq., Associate Director and Legal Counsel of the Department of
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty. Also see Letter from the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, October 23, 1984, from W.L. Murrill, Undertreasurer.
Thus, the documented
facts, especially from the SDA church, prove that they indeed supported the NCC and the WCC with financial help, and for some time!
This means that the SDA church, and every corporate member, is guilty of
supporting the furtherance of the goal towards a One World Church and New World
Order, the spreading of Communism, terrorism, and aiding the killing of
innocent people.
But what about the
union and cooperation of the SDA church with the WCC or any of its branch
organizations?
The SDA church and
its leadership flatly deny that they have any union whatsoever with the WCC or
the NCC!
"Seventh-day
Adventists are not members of the National Council of Churches." Letter
from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, January 25, 1967, from D.W. Hunter, Associate Secretary.
"...the
Seventh-day Adventist Church is not a member of the World Council of
Churches..." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,
Department of Public Affairs, from B.B. Beach, April
2, 1982.
"...the General
Conference is not a member of the NCC or the
WCC..." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,
October 23, 1984, from W.L. Murrill,
Undertreasurer.
"No. The
Seventh-day Adventist Church is not a member of the World Council of
Churches..." Adventist Review,
January 3, 1985, p 4.
In fact, the
president of the General Conference has this to say:
"The
Seventh-day Adventist church is not, has not been, will not be a member of the
World Council of Churches. I don't care what evidence you have printed to
the contrary. It is simply a fabrication; it is not true; it is a
lie; it is a distortion. I want to make sure you understand it.
There is NO: there is no membership or intention of becoming a
member....We are not and will not be. I hope you can take that to the
bank as a statement of categorical, undeniable truth. And anything
that you receive printed to the contrary, tear it up, throw it in the waste
paper basket; its simply not the truth!"
Robert Folkenberg, "Issues and Interviews" on SDA radio station--KCDS in Angwin, California,
February 19, 1993.
But what do these
documents have to say about the union and cooperation of the SDA church with
the WCC or any of its member branches, that the president of the SDA church
wants you to tear up and throw away? Let us first examine SDA union with
the NCC.
The SDA church was
listed as associate members and cooperating members of the National Council of
Churches in 1959 (see Letter from the
National Council of Churches, August 7, 1959, Wesley B. Goodman, Associate
Executive Director).
The SDA church was
listed as one of the member-units of the NCC in 1964
(see Letter from the National Council of
Churches, January 13, 1965, Wilbur C. Parry, Assistant Council Secretary).
The SDA church had
General Conference representatives as members on two Commissions of the NCC in 1983 (see Letter
from the National Council of the Churches of Christ, Office of Research,
Evaluation and Planning, September 26, 1983, from Constant H. Jacquet, Jr., Staff Associate for Information Services).
And had representatives as members on three Commissions and more than
four Committees of the NCC in 1984 (see Letter from the General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists, June 13, 1985, Mitchell A. Tyner, Esq., Associate
Director and Legal Counsel of the Department of Public Affairs and Religious
Liberty).
But does the SDA church
have such a close working relationship with the NCC/WCC
that they are accepted as a voting member in any of their programs? What
does the SDA church state?
"We [Seventh-day
Adventists] do not vote in their [NCC] activities.
We are not members [of the NCC] and cannot
vote." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,
January 25, 1967, from D.W. Hunter, Associate
Secretary.
"As Seventh-day
Adventists who go to the meetings of the World Council of Churches do so as
observers, without delegate status of any kind, they have neither the right to
speak or to vote." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, April 14, 1970, from W.R. Beach, Secretary.
What do the
documented facts reveal about this issue?
"The Seventh-day
Adventist Church does hold voting membership in several of our [NCC] program units and in addition has non-voting or
associate membership in other units." Letter from the National Council of
Churches of Christ, January 29, 1960, from Donald F. Landwer,
Assistant General Secretary for Finance.
"Over one
hundred theologians met in Lima, Peru, in January, 1982, and recommended
[voted] unanimously to transmit this agreed statement--the Lima text--for the
common study and official response of the churches. They represented
virtually all the major church traditions: Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox,
Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United,
Disciples, Baptist, Adventist and Pentecostal." Faith and
Order Paper #111, Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, back cover, published
by the World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1982.
The SDA church is
also a member of the NCC by way of the local SDA
churches belonging to the Ministerial Associations in their communities. (A
Ministerial Association is composed of different churches within a local
community.)
The SDA church is in
connection with at least, but not limited to, the following Ministerial
Associations and related organizations:
--Pajaro Valley,
California (see Register-Pajaronian Newspaper,
January 11, 1986, and the Watsonville SDA church bulletin of January 4, 1986).
--Paradise, California (see Paradise SDA
church bulletin of August 23, 1986).
--Riverside, California (see SDA Radio Station
KSGN notice for the April 19, 1987 Easter sunrise
event).
--Ukiah, California (see Ukiah SDA church
bulletin for November 22, 1994).
--Verdugo,
California (see Recorder, November 7, 1988, p 22).
--Honolulu, Hawaii (see Recorder, March
17, 1986, p 16).
--Garfield County, Montana (see Gleaner,
June 16, 1986, p 18).
--Morganton, North Carolina (see Southern
Tidings, April, 1975).
--Zephyrhills, Washington (see East Pasco SDA
Medical Center Flyer for March, 1989).
This partnership is not
just within the USA, but also within foreign countries; such as the Australian
communities of Bunbury (see The West, December
2, 1966), and Ringwood (see Eastern Post Gazette, November 11, 1965).
And for those who will still refuse to admit that the SDA church is in
union and cooperation with the NCC, and hence the
WCC, the following should stun them out of their sleepy denial.
During
the week before Christmas of 1994, the SDA church and the NCC
joined together to nationally televise the Christmas Eve Special "A New
Noel"! (see Adventist Review,
December 15, 1994, p 7). This broadcast was video-taped at a Sunday
church service on December 4 in the Pioneer Memorial SDA church at Andrews
University, and the devotional message was presented by SDA minister Dwight
Nelson (see Adventist Review,
December 4, 1994, p 7). It was nationally televised on Christmas eve (11:30pm Saturday till 12:30am
Sunday) through the ABC-TV network, and the SDA church placed a paid
advertisement in 14,000,000 copies of the TV Guide (see Adventist Review, December 15,
1994, p 7).
The paid
advertisement of this event, as well as the televised opening credits for the
program, stated:
"The National
Council of Churches presents a production of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church." Adventist Review,
December 15, 1994, p 7 (See also TV Guide, December 24-30, 1994, p
55, vol 42, #52, Issue #2178).
So the SDA church is
indeed in union with, and cooperating with, the NCC.
And since the NCC is a branch organization of
the WCC, the SDA church is also in union with, and cooperating with, the WCC.
But this is not the only evidence of the Ecumenical union of the SDA
church with the WCC--whether directly or through membership of its various
branches!
Direct conversations
between the WCC and the SDA church officials began during the mid 1960's--especially in 1966. These direct
conversations led the SDA church leadership to push the church towards
compromising the peculiar truths contained in the three angel's messages of
Revelation 14. Their goal was to ignore those doctrines which differed
with the other churches within the WCC, in order to teach only those doctrines
held in common.
The SDA church
leadership states:
"Today the old
largely negative approach--emphasizing chiefly the things wherein we differ
from all other religious groups--is past, definitely past. And
that is as it should be." Ministry Magazine, March, 1966, p 10.
"The Adventist
church today is better prepared to make common cause with these other
evangelicals than at any previous time in its history." Ministry
Magazine, June, 1966, p 19-20.
As a result of the
SDA leadership urging the church to teach in common and ignore preaching the
pure cutting truths of the three angels, this led to "the General
Conference, as a world confessional body or church, [being] recognized by an
advisor in Canterbury at the 1969 meeting of the WCC Central Committee"
(see paper prepared by B.B. Beach titled "The
World Council of Churches/Seventh-day Adventist conversations and their
significance").
After the SDA church
was officially represented in Canterbury, the SDA General Conference Executive
Committee passed a Resolution to teach "in common" with the other
churches connected with the WCC!
"Whereas...voted...departmental plans...to create a
public image...set salvation within the reach of the multitudes...to place
emphasis on the noncontroversial truths shared in common with all Christianity."
Review and Herald, December 18, 1969, p 16-20, Autumn Council action.
This is exactly what
God has warned His people about for decades--the great apostasy of the last
days--when all churches unite together upon a common platform of belief (see Great
Controversy, p 444-45). And the SDA church has ignored God's
warnings, rejected His will, and with a brazen stubborn and rebellious heart
and forehead knowingly became part of this great apostasy!
As a result of the
SDA church joining this apostasy and agreeing to teach in common with the rest
of the apostate churches, top WCC officials along with top SDA leaders, met
together in 1972 to discuss SDA church union directly with the WCC. These
meetings were reported in the Protestant paper; Christian Beacon.
The report states:
"The Seventh-Day
Adventists and representatives of the World Council of Churches have met with
joint chairmen discussing the membership of the Seventh-Day Adventists in the
WCC. In preparation for the reception, discussions are to be carried on
now on the local and national levels. The dialogue on the top level was
led by Dr. Lucas Vischer, secretary for the Faith and
Order Commission, and Dr. B.B. Beach of the
Seventh-Day Adventists. The WCC leaders are especially anxious to include
the world activities of the Seventh-Day Adventists." Christian Beacon,
vol 37, #47, December 28, 1972.
What was the end
result of these meetings? Is the SDA church directly listed as being in
union with, and connected with, the WCC?
In 1985, the WCC
published Directory of Christian Councils, which is a directory listing
all of its member-unit churches throughout the world--including those churches
found within the NCC and various other branches.
The following is a listing of SDA church union, membership, and participation
with the WCC throughout the world:
Fraternal associates:
Kenya,
Africa--"Church of the East African Union--Seventh Day" Directory,
p 15.
Associate members:
Rwanda,
Africa--"Eglise adventiste
du septie'me jour (Seventh Day Adventist
Church)" Directory, p 35.
Solomon
Islands--"Seventh Day Adventist Church" Directory, p 195.
Observers:
Finland--"Adventist Church" Directory, p
133.
German Democratic
Republic--"Gemeinschaft der
Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten
(Seventh Day Adventists)" Directory, p 139.
Consultant-observers:
United
Kingdom--"Seventh Day Adventists" Directory, p 163.
Membership:
Bahamas--"Seventh
Day Adventist Church" Directory, p 99.
Belize--"Seventh
Day Adventist Church" Directory, p 100.
Cook Islands--"Seventh
Day Adventist Church" Directory p 189.
Sweden--"Seventh
Day Adventist Church" Directory, p 144.
This is not to
mention those branch organizations, other than the NCC,
which are full members of the WCC, in which the SDA church are also members;
such as the Hungarian Council of Free Churches (see Directory, p 142).
This membership was even admitted by the SDA church (see Southern
Tidings, September, 1977), and by Neal C. Wilson--then president of the
General Conference! (see Pacific Union Recorder, February, 18, 1985, p
4).
But, as should be
expected, the SDA church also denies any union of their Hungarian SDA churches
with the WCC.
"We are not
standing with the `ecumenicals'. Our church in
Hungary is not a member of the World Council of Churches; it is not represented
at its meetings." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, Department of Public Affairs, February 2, 1987, from B.B. Beach.
Also the SDA church
is a member of the organization of the Church of Christ in Zaire, Africa; and
this was also admitted by the SDA church!
"...Adventist
world leaders...yielded to government demands to align with the Protestant organization....[and]
on March 24, 1972, Seventh-day Adventists became the forty-second communicant
in the Church of Christ in Zaire." Review
and Herald, February 27, 1975.
Also the SDA church
is a member of the organization of the Chinese Communist Church in China.
"The Seventh-day
Adventists were one of the first denominations to become reformed and to join
the Communist Church. Other denominations followed before long, but not
all. These were the Evangelical Church and the Chinese Orthodox Church,
the former under the leadership of Rev. Wang, and the latter under the
leadership of Rev. Watchman Nee." Haagse
Courant [Dutch newspaper], January 27, 1962.
"The Adventists
were declared to have gone through `a new birth' as an organization. They
were rewarded by being officially classified as a `Reformed Church,' the
first in Communist China." The Story of Mary Liu, p 222, by
Edward Hunter.
But after listing all
of their various branch organizations and member-units or churches, the WCC
makes this final statement:
"In addition to
the relationships with regional and national councils of churches mentioned
above, the WCC is in working relationship with many Christian World
Communions, including the Anglican Consultative Council, Baptist World
Alliance, Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council, Friends World Committee
for Consultation, General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, Lutheran
World Federation, Mennonite World Conference, Old Catholic International
Organization, Reformed Ecumenical Synod, Salvation Army, World Alliance of
Reformed Churches, World Convention of Churches of Christ, World Evangelical
Fellowship, and World Methodist Council." Directory of Christian
Councils, p 244.
Nor is this the end
of the extent of SDA involvement with the WCC.
In 1973 the SDA
church co-authored a book along with the WCC entitled: So Much In Common.
And on the back cover it clearly states that this book was written by the
"World Council of Churches and Seventh-day Adventist Church."
In 1989, the
Seventh-day Adventist church, along with other churches, "agreed to form
the Council of Churches in Estonia, the first such to be created in the
USSR" Christians in Crisis Newsletter, vol
5, #2, March-April, 1989, p 1.
The SDA church is
also not afraid to tell their membership that they are very friendly with the
WCC!
In 1983, the WCC was
holding their Sixth Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, and the SDA church was
represented in attendance. The following report to the SDA people was
titled as follows:
"Adventists
Find Friends At The World Council of Churches" Messenger,
September, 1983, p 5.
In another SDA church
paper, Douglas Devnich, who was a representative of
the SDA church at this 1983 WCC Assembly (and who later became the president of
the Canadian Union Conference of SDA's), states:
"...the W.C.C. is not to be faulted on what it endeavors
to do....The call comes out of Vancouver in 1983 for a New World Order....
"My point is
that the W.C.C., as the most powerful Christian
social agency may well be the world's answer to idealize as well as apply the
social ministry of Jesus Christ...and in the establishment of the literal
Kingdom of God." Ministry Magazine, November, 1983.
So the SDA church is
not ignorant of what the WCC is doing, but is fully aware of the WCC goal to
bring about a New World Order for Lucifer. And yet they still are willing
to work with and unite with them!
The SDA church is
also listed as full members of the World Council of Church's principal
theological body, the Commission on Faith and Order, since 1968 (See New
York Times, July 12, 1968). The Faith and Order Commission
"provides theological support for the efforts the churches are making
towards unity" with the WCC (see Faith and Order Paper #111, Baptism,
Eucharist and Ministry, p vii).
But what does the SDA
church leadership state about the above fact?
"Let me first of
all assure you that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is neither a member of the
World Council of Churches nor of its Faith and Order Commission." Letter
from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Department of Public
Affairs, April 2, 1982, from B.B. Beach, Director.
The SDA church even
invited an official representative of the WCC as an observer-guest to the 1990
General Conference Session at Indianapolis, Indiana, to deliver a message to
the delegate body!
Joan Campbell,
Director of the United States office of the World Council of Churches, stated:
"It is my
pleasure to be with you again...I bring you the warmest of greetings from the
World Council of Churches and from all our member churches around the
world....When I was at your worship service yesterday, it seemed as though it
was my own time of worship, as well as yours. And it said to me that
there are many things that we hold in common...
"So as fellow
Christians, like those Pentecost people in the earliest of days, we look at one
another and we say that we hold all things in common." Adventist Review, July 10, 1990,
p 6.
Not only is the SDA
church in union with the WCC, but they are also involved in, and a part of, the
Ecumenical Movement. This Movement recognizes all churches as part of the
body of Christ, and works towards the uniting of all churches together into one
body--just like the WCC!
This union is clearly
seen by the willingness of the SDA church to work together with other
denominations--including the Catholic church! And what better source to
find some of the documented evidence of this, than from the SDA church's own
mouth!
"On October 29,
1966, a further step was taken toward religious freedom in Columbia, with the
foundation of the Religious Liberty Association of Colombia....A Seventh-day
Adventist, Raimundo Pardo
Suarez, was chosen as president. The vice president is the Reverend Noel Olaya, a Catholic priest and a relative of several of
Colombia's past presidents. H. Niemann, pastor
of the Central church of Bogota, was elected secretary, and Fernando Tapias, an Adventist businessman, treasurer. Dr.
Carlos Didacio Alvarez, a Catholic lawyer and staunch
defender of religious liberty, was appointed auditor. The rest of the
directorate was chosen from among leaders of various religious
persuasions." Review and Herald,
March 9, 1967.
"Those gathering
together to praise the Lord in song were from the following churches: Raymond Blackford, Bethel Lutheran; Dr. William Early, Cicero
Methodist; Rev. Stephen Bard, Cicero Wesleyan; Father Duane Craycraft,
Sacred Heart Catholic Church; Rev. Don Paden, Cicero Christian; and Pastor
Randal Murphy, Cicero SDA Church." Review and Herald, March 9,
1967.
"What we like
about this going concern is that it has cut across denominational boundaries.
At the recent election of officers at the annual general meeting [of the
Asian Aid Organization], a new committee was elected. It consists of two
Catholics, one Presbyterian, one Anglican, one Pentecostal, and four
Australian-Chinese Adventists." Record, September 3, 1973.
"Robert Hunter,
pastor of the [SDA church at] Morganton, North Carolina, district, and a member
of the local ministerial association, joined in Pulpit Exchange Day, exchanging
pulpits with Thomas Burke of St. Charles Roman Catholic Church. The theme
of the city-wide program was `Blest Be the Tie.'" Southern Tidings, April, 1975.
"...members of
the Japanese Adventist Church...[attended] an ecumenical worship service held
in January at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church. [SDA] Pastor Lyle Arakaki was invited to preach the sermon....
"This special
worship service was held to mark the beginning of the Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity....The Manoa Interchurch
Service and Outreach (MISO) organization sponsored
this ecumenical service....
"MISO includes the St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church,
Lutheran Church of Honolulu, Manoa Valley Church
(United Church of Christ), as well as the Japanese Adventist Church." Recorder,
March 17, 1986, p 16.
"The Glendale
[SDA] church is hosting a teaching festival for the Verdugo
Council of Churches..." Recorder, November 7, 1988, p 22.
Why is the SDA church
so eager to work in union with these other churches of Babylon?
"We [the SDA
church] are one with our fellow Christian denominational groups in the
great fundamentals of the faith once delivered to the saints." Questions on Doctrine, p 32.
Besides the above,
the SDA church had one of its leaders on the staff of the Ecumenical
organization called the Christian World Communion.
"Rome - Staff
members of more than a dozen Christian World Communions (CWC's,
world organizations for the various Christian traditions) held their annual
conference of secretaries (here, 20-23 October). It included separate
sessions with the pope, and leaders of the Federation of Evangelical Churches
in Italy....
"The conference
chose Pierre Duprey, secretary of the Vatican
Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, as its chairperson, succeeding Joe
Hale, general secretary of the World Methodist Council. B.B. Beach, director of the public affairs and
religious liberty department of the General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, continues as the group's secretary....
"He [Hale] said
that though most communions are strong enough to function alone, `for the sake
of the world...we need to do more, to be more, as one church together,
and press beyond simply being strong links in a chain of separate communions.
He proposed a `calculated step, a small step' in that direction,
including defining and claiming publicly `an even more formal unity than we now
admit'....
"Besides those
already mentioned, CWCs include the Lutheran World
Federation, Anglican Consultative Council, Baptist World Alliance, Salvation
Army, Friends [Quaker] World Committee for Consultation, World Evangelical
Fellowship, Mennonite World Conference, World Convention of Churches of Christ,
Reformed Ecumenical Synod, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Ecumenical
[Eastern Orthodox] Patriarchate, Moscow [Eastern Orthodox] Patriarchate, Church
of the Brethren, and International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference.
Staff from the World Council of Churches also participated." Ecumenical Press Service,
October, 1986 (86.10.126).
But not only is Bert
B. Beach the Secretary of this Ecumenical organization, but he was also the
Secretary of the World Confession Families, which is an integral part of the
Faith and Order Commission of the WCC!
Beach himself states:
"I have been
representing our Church at this meeting for nine years. I have served as
secretary of the conference." Letter from B.B.
Beach, November, 1977.
Not only is the SDA
church in complete union with the WCC, the NCC, and
the Ecumenical Movement, but they are also seeking doctrinal union by embracing
the heresies of other churches--especially Catholic!
In January, 1982, the
Seventh-day Adventist leadership--representing the SDA church--were in
attendance and part of the ecumenical meeting of the Faith and Order Conference
of the World Council of Churches in Lima, Peru (see Faith and Order Paper #111,
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, back cover).
The following book,
printed by the WCC, documents the SDA church's "official response" to
this Lima text which they sent to the WCC on the ecumenical subjects discussed
at this meeting.
The SDA church
officially states through their Council on Inter-Church Relations, that, among
other things:
"The purpose of
this essay is primarily to show...Seventh-day Adventist understanding of the eucharist or the Lord's supper...[and] to highlight
Adventist understanding and practice of the eucharist...
"In preparation
for the celebration of the eucharist Seventh-day
Adventists practice the washing of feet..." Churches Respond to BEM
(Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry), vol 2, p
341-343, published by the World Council of Churches in 1986.
The Eucharist is also
called by the SDA church, as being the "central celebration of the
Christian church" (see Ibid., p 341).
The SDA church also
states:
"On occasion
Seventh-day Adventists refer to the eucharist as a
sacrament." Churches Respond to BEM, vol
2, p 342.
The SDA church also
states that SDA's are "conscious of the sacredness of the celebration of
the eucharist" (see Ibid., p 342).
The SDA church no
longer considers the Eucharist as a "most blasphemous" and
"heaven-insulting heresy" (see Spirit of Prophecy, vol 4, p 63), but now considers it a close and sacred part
of the beliefs of the church! But it is one thing to declare this to the
other member churches of the WCC; would the SDA leadership really tell their
membership these new positions of their church regarding this Catholic heresy?
In 1991, the World
Council of Churches held their convention in Canberra, Australia.
Representatives of the SDA church were present, and this is the following
report to the SDA people:
"And we could go on if space permitted--to mention the WCC's...accentuation of the Holy Spirit and the
Eucharist. All of these emphases fit into the ambit of the three
angels' messages." Adventist
Review, May 2, 1991, p 10.
Since when does this
Catholic heresy of the Eucharist, which led to the murder of millions of
Protestant Christians during the dark ages when they refused to accept this
false teaching, find itself within the three angel's messages of Revelation 14?
You can not find it anywhere taught in the
whole of Scripture, let alone in the three angel's messages! The only way
one can find it is to add it in themselves, which the SDA church has done.
The SDA church of
today is not the same church which God raised up! Nor does it teach the
same truths today that it was originally founded upon! (for undeniable proof of
this--from the SDA churchs' own mouth--please write
for the booklet; Transmutation of the Three
Angels or for the book; The Abomination of Desolation and
Church History at the address given in the front of this booklet).
The SDA church is
indeed in union with, and a part of, the WCC, NCC,
and the whole Ecumenical Movement. Thus the SDA church is part of an
unholy union with Romanism and apostate Protestantism--and thus in union with
Babylon the Great!
This union with the
other Babylonian churches is clearly revealed in the book, What I Like
About...The Lutherans, The Baptists, The Methodists, The Charismatics,
The Catholics, Our Jewish Friends, The Adventists; Rescuers of Neglected Truth,
by George Vandeman, and published by the Pacific
Press Publishing Association in 1986. It was also the Missionary Book of
the Year for 1987.
This book is truly
ecumenical; and the SDA church states:
"The book you
hold in your hand is the birth of an idea whose time has come." What
I Like About, p 3.
All the denominations
mentioned in the book are already part of Babylon, yet this book uplifts them
all, stating that they all have contributed to the gospel truth about Jesus
Christ. It even proselytizes for these Babylonian churches by directing
its readers to contact any of the denominations mentioned, and then gives them
the different denominational addresses! (see What I Like About, p
108-09).
The reason the SDA
church can say they like all of these other denominations so much is twofold:
First, they state: "We want to build bridges" (Ibid., p 51), because
"whether Christians or Jewish, we are all God's family together"
(Ibid., p 83). And secondly, of course, the SDA church agrees with and is
teaching the very same Babylonian doctrines!
Clearly, the SDA
church is completely in union with the other denominations and religions, and
is indeed working towards a One World Religion and church! This is
positively substantiated by the following fact.
In 1993,
representatives of the world's religions met in Chicago, Illinois at the World
Parliament of Religions. This meeting was established to finalize plans
for a One World Church. Their September 5th declaration for the global
ethic was signed, "calling for the merger of all the religions of
earth--the world religions to become one" (The World's Last Dictator, p 98, by Dwight L. Kinman). And which churches were represented as being
in attendance?
"The Dalai Lama
was there who believes that he is a man god. Joan Campbell, the feminist
and director of the Marxist-slanted National Council of Churches, was there.
The Lucius Trust representatives of the New Age
religion were there. Voodoo, high priests, and wicka
groups, and witchcraft were all there. High free Masons attended. The
Seventh Day Adventist church was represented. Serpent charmers
and druids and Satan worshippers, liberal Baptists, Zoroastrians to Zen
Buddhists were all represented. The World Council of Churches and the
powerful church of Rome were highly represented. They met to celebrate
`unity in Diversity.'" The
World's Last Dictator, p 97-98.
But God would have
His church and people completely separate and distinct from all the churches of
Babylon, that they might be a peculiar people unto Him and His special treasure
in this world of wickedness.
"Now therefore,
if ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a
peculiar treasure unto Me above all people..." Exodus 19:5.
"And ye shall be
holy unto Me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other
people, that ye should be Mine." Leviticus 20:26.
"For thou art an
holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a
special people unto Himself, above all the people that are upon the face of
the earth....
"And the Lord hath
avouched thee this day to be His peculiar people, as He hath promised
thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; and to make thee high
above all nations which He hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour;
and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as He hath
spoken. Deuteronomy 7:6 & 26:18-19.
"But ye are a
chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;
that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light..." 1 Peter 2:9.
"God has chosen
a people who are to proclaim the third angel's message to the world. They
are to be a separate and peculiar people in this world of churches who are
transgressing His commandments." Review and Herald, June 21, 1898 (vol 3,
p 584).
But what has the SDA
church done with God's will that they should be a separate, peculiar, special
treasure unto Himself and to no one else? They have rejected God's will
to be a peculiar and separate people unto Him, and have united themselves with
the other churches. They have refused to be a special and holy people
unto God, and have chosen instead to cooperate and work with Lucifer and his
evil agencies to further his satanic goals! They have spurned God's
immense love and mercy showered upon them, and have instead become a treasure
of the kingdom of Babylon.
How can the SDA
church and people really believe that they can do God's work, spread His three
angel's messages, fear, obey, and honor only Him, and give Him the praise and
glory due His holy name, by giving up their peculiarity and holiness and
uniting with the evil agencies and wicked organizations doing the bidding of
Lucifer? What blindness!
As the SDA church and
people have placed their dependence upon, and are united and in harmony with,
Roman Catholicism, apostate Protestantism the NCC,
the WCC, and the Ecumenical family, how can they be God's peculiar and separate
people any longer? How can they be separate and peculiar when they are in
union with, and allied with, God's avowed Babylonian enemies? Hence, the
SDA church and people are no longer God's peculiar church and people! And
God Himself clearly tells us this!
"The
professed people of Christ are no longer a separate and peculiar people.
The line of demarcation is indistinct." Review and Herald, June 21, 1898 (vol
3, p 584) (see also Christ's
Object Lessons, p 315-16; Testimonies,
vol 8, p 118-19).
But history tells
them the same thing; that a once favored church and people can no longer remain
God's chosen if they unite themselves with God's enemies!
"The
alliances made by the Israelites with their heathen neighbors resulted in the
loss of their identity as God's peculiar people. They became leavened
by the evil practices of those with whom they formed forbidden alliances....
"The
experience of Israel will be the experience of all who go to the world for
strength, turning away from the living God. Those who forsake the
mighty One, the source of all strength, and affiliate with worldlings, placing
on them their dependence, become weak in moral power, as are those in whom they
trust....
"No semblance of
nearness to God, no assertion of connection with Him, will be accepted from
those who persist in dishonoring Him by leaning upon
the arm of worldly power." Review and Herald, August 4, 1904 (vol 5, p 63). (please also read Testimonies, vol 1, p 283).
"The Jewish
nation were in captivity, scattered as the Lord declared they would be if they
did not as His peculiar people honor and glorify God. They departed
from God; they did not fear and honor His holy name, and the Temple in
which they gloried was destroyed." Manuscript Releases, vol 7, p 334
(Manuscript 122, March 10, 1897).
By the SDA church
allying herself in a three-fold alliance with Rome and apostate
Protestantism--including the NCC/WCC and Ecumenical
Movement, she has not only put aside and rejected the command of God to be
peculiar from all the rest of the churches, but she has also rejected Someone
else. She has rejected the Lord and precious Saviour Jesus Christ!
Christ spent 18
centuries preparing for the SDA church to come into existence, making sure all
was ready. Unceasingly He worked for His church, opening the eyes of His
people to the precious truths which would polarize the world and prepare the
way for His second coming and the end of sin. Constantly He called His
separate, peculiar, special, and treasured people to reflect His image and thus
to vindicate God's character to the whole universe, proving Satan's accusations
false. And then to have His chosen people and church spurn His immense
love, turn their backs and faces from Him, give up their peculiarity, and unite
themselves with Satan as his harlotrous Babylonian
bride and church: HOW MUST THIS MAKE CHRIST FEEL?
How many tears has
Jesus shed over this? How much pain has He felt? How much more
agony must He endure? What must He be thinking to see His professed
people asleep believing that all is right with their SDA church, when all is
terribly wrong? Oh, may our people awaken and see more fully what Christ
is going through because a once-chosen people and church have rejected Him,
given up their peculiarity, united in harlotry with His avowed enemy, and are
working directly against Him with all the power and subtlety of the Devil!
Since the SDA church
has done all these things, it is no longer God's chosen, peculiar, and true
church anymore! It cannot be anything but a counterfeit of God's true
church! And since it is not God's chosen and peculiar church anymore,
then whose church is it? Satan's! And what is another name listed
in the Bible for Satan's church? Babylon!
The SDA church is in
union with, and closely images, the harlot mother--Roman Catholic church--which
is Babylon. The SDA church is united with the harlot daughter Protestant
churches, the NCC, and the WCC--which are Babylon.
And she is so closely and ecumenically united with these fallen Babylon
Protestant churches that she is like a sister to them. Thus she is a
sister to fallen Babylon!
In fact, Sister White
warned the SDA church of this very possibility.
"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." Manuscript Releases, vol
21, p 380 (Letter 51, September 6, 1886).
Now if the SDA church
has become a sister to fallen Babylon, or a sister to the apostate Protestant
churches, then who is her mother? Rome! Or the one "old in
adulteries" (see Ezekiel 23:43-44). And God warned His SDA people of
this also!
"Behold, every
one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter. Thou art thy mother's daughter, that
loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy
sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children." Ezekiel
16:44-45.
As Rome is Babylon,
and Protestantism is Babylon, then the SDA church must also be Babylon!
The SDA church is in ecumenical union with all the Babylonian churches,
so how could she be anything but Babylon!
Now there are many
Adventists who argue against the possibility of their SDA church being Babylon.
They say: "The SDA church can never be Babylon, no matter if she is
in harlotry with the Devil and his followers, and no matter if she is
ecumenically united with Rome, Protestantism, the NCC,
the WCC, and the whole world; because the SDA church can never be
Babylon."
Although there are no
promises of God given without the condition of obedience (see Faith and Works, p 47; Evangelism, p 695; Selected
Messages, book 1, p 67; Prophets
and Kings, p 293), and despite the fact that Ellen White wrote that the
SDA church could be converted into Babylon if they did not fulfill God's
will and united with the world (see Testimonies
to Ministers, p 265; Selected
Messages, book 2, p 68; Testimonies,
vol 8, p 250), there are some who will not concede.
But this next point should settle this Babylon question forever.
What if the SDA
church declared herself to be Babylon, and told all her members to separate
from her? If that should occur, who could argue otherwise? Surely
no one could then deny that the SDA church was Babylon!
Did you know that the
SDA church has, in essence, declared herself to be part of Babylon the Great,
and told all her members to separate from her! Please read closely to
what the SDA church herself has stated:
"The capstone
of the ecumenical effort came with the creation of the World Council of
Churches....
"On the basis of
Bible prophecy and the writings of Ellen G. White, SDA's anticipate the
eventual success of the ecumenical movement both in eliminating the divisions
of Protestantism and in reuniting Christendom by bridging the gulf that
separates non-Catholic communions from Rome. The ecumenical movement
will then become a concerted effort to unite the world and to secure universal
peace and security by enlisting the power of the civil government in a
universal religio-political crusade to eliminate all
dissent. SDA's envision this crusade as the great apostasy to which
John the revelator refers as `Babylon the great.'
They understand, also, that God's last message of mercy to the world
prior to the return of Christ in power and glory will consist of a warning
against this great apostate movement, and a call to all who choose to remain
loyal to Him to leave the churches connected with it." SDA Encyclopedia,
vol 10 of the Bible
Commentary Reference Series, p 410-411.
What did the SDA
church just state to all her membership? That any church connected with
the Ecumenical Movement and united with the WCC becomes part of Babylon the
Great, and all who choose to serve God and remain loyal to Him must separate
themselves from that church.
The SDA church has
definitely joined the Ecumenical Movement, and is indeed united and connected
with the WCC. So the SDA church has declared herself to be part of
Babylon the Great, and told all her members to separate themselves from her
in order to remain loyal to God!
Not only have we seen
that the SDA church and leadership have been lying to and deceiving their
people for some time--being proven by the abundant amount of documented facts.
Not only have we found that the SDA church has indeed formed a three-fold
alliance with Rome and apostate Protestantism, but we find them also united
with the WCC, the NCC, and the Ecumenical Movement.
Not only is the SDA church in agreement with, and is working as a partner
with, these Babylonian groups, but they are even giving monetary support for
the furtherance of the goal of a One World Church and a New World Order, and
the killing of those innocent people who will not go along with these Luciferian plans.
Not only have we
found that the SDA church is part of Babylon the Great, but we have discovered
that the SDA church herself agrees with this, and urges all her members to
separate from her! But even if the SDA church did not agree with all
this, the documented facts prove the above to be true! And what does God
want His true people to do regarding their connection and membership in any
church which is in union with Babylon the Great?
"And after these
things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the
earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong
voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird. For all nations [or all churches--see SDA
Bible Commentary, vol 7, p 979, col 2] have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,
and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her
delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of
her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive
not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and
God hath remembered her iniquities." Revelation 18:1-5.
This last message of
mercy reveals to every member of every church that is connected with Babylon
the Great (being Rome, apostate Protestantism, Seventh-day Adventism, the NCC/WCC, the Ecumenical Movement, and all other
spiritualistic religions), that if they remain as members they will be a
partaker of her sins, and will receive the plagues. And the only pathway
God has prepared for His people to walk to avoid being held guilty of her sins
and being destroyed along with their apostate church, is to separate their
connection and membership completely from the church, and become connected to
Jesus Christ instead and a partaker of His grace and righteousness--thus having
the assurance of eternal life.
But if you remain
members of any church--including the SDA church--which has given up its
peculiarity to God and has become corrupted by being connected with the WCC and
Babylon the Great, then you yourself have lost your peculiarity of being one of
God's children because of your connection to the WCC and Babylon the Great through
your membership in the church! Thus how could you ever receive the
seal of God and make it to heaven? It would be impossible, because you
are considered a partaker and sharer in all the sins of your corrupt church, and
are no longer peculiar to God!
"It is
impossible for you to unite with those who are corrupt, and still remain
pure. `What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with
Belial?' God and Christ and the heavenly host would have man know that
if he unites with the corrupt, he will become corrupt." SDA Bible Commentary, vol 6, p 1102.
"Those who will
be heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ to the immortal inheritance, will
be peculiar. Yes, so peculiar that God places a mark upon them as His,
wholly His. Think ye that God will receive, honor, and acknowledge a
people so mixed up with the world that they differ from them only in name?...It
is soon to be know who is on the Lord's side, who will not be ashamed of
Jesus." Testimonies, vol 1, p 287.
There is no way that
any member of any church--including the SDA church--who is connected with the
WCC and Babylon the Great, or with any other satanic religions and
organization, can receive the seal of God until after they break all union with
their corrupt church, and show themselves to be peculiar to God--separate from
sin and sinners. And if they refuse to separate, and remain on the side
of Babylon, then they show that they are ashamed of Jesus because they will not
obey His voice to separate and show themselves to be distinct and
peculiar--standing on the Lord's side! Thus they will be destroyed, along
with their apostate church.
"The angel is
to place a mark upon the forehead of all who are separated from sin and
sinners, and the destroying angel will follow, to slay utterly both old and
young." Testimonies, vol 5, p 505.
Thus the only way to
regain your peculiarity and again become part of God's chosen people, is to separate
yourself completely from all churches which are part of, and in union with,
Babylon the Great--being Roman Catholicism, apostate Protestantism, Seventh-day
Adventism, the WCC/NCC, the Ecumenical Movement, and
all the other spiritualistic religions. And until you follow this
straight and narrow pathway of separation, you are not one of God's followers
or one of His children!
"The alliances
made by the Israelites with their heathen neighbors resulted in the loss of
their identity as God's peculiar people....
"To-day God's
word to His people is: `Come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch
not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto
you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters.' `Ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, and holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show
forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.'
"God's people
are to be distinguished as a people who serve Him fully, whole-heartedly,
taking no honor to themselves, and remembering that by a most solemn covenant
they have bound themselves to serve the Lord, and Him only." Review and Herald, August 4, 1904
(vol 5, p 63).
When do we regain our
peculiarity to God--becoming His sons and daughters, and God becoming our
Father? It is only after we separate ourselves and all our
connections with all the apostate churches making up Babylon the Great; not
before, but after! You can only make a covenant to serve God and Him only
after you have broken all your connections and covenants--or membership--made
with others! And until you do break all union with an apostate
church, you are not God's child, He is not your God and Father, and heaven is
not your home.
God does not ask His
people to go through this purifying process of separation alone, but has
promised to help us if we will choose to return unto Him with a whole heart and
start walking this narrow pathway. Yet, God will not force anyone to
return back to Him by separating completely from all connection with Babylonian
churches. It is a free-will choice.
So what is you decision going to be? Will you remain connected
to any church which is in union and harmony with Babylon the Great and be held
guilty of all their wickedness? Or are you going to obey God, and go
through the purifying process of breaking all connection with sin and sinners,
separate from all the churches--including the SDA church--which are part of
Babylon the Great, and regain your peculiarity with God, becoming His child
once again? Will you make this covenant of sacrifice to return unto God,
and follow and serve Him only? Will you escape from being guilty of her
sins and receiving of her plagues? Or will you cling to the church, share
her sin, and suffer the wrath of God?
"How long halt
ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then
follow him." 1 Kings 18:21.
"And if it seem
evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve...but
as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15.
"In the epistle
of Paul to Titus, chapter 2:13-14, we read: `Looking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave
Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.' This great work is
to be performed for those only who are willing to be purified, willing
to be peculiar, and who manifest a zeal in good works." Testimonies, vol
1, p 274.
"And I will give
them an heart to know Me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be My people,
and I will be their God: for they shall return [separate] unto Me with their
whole heart." Jeremiah 24:7.