It is most ironic that Ellen White’s letter
written to Stanton and Caldwell stating why the church was not Babylon in
1893, was entitled: Should Adventists
Join Some New Movement? Here is the link to that article:
www.omegaministries.info/stantoncaldwell.htm
Ellen
White said the omega heresy would surely come and that it would wax stronger
until Jesus comes. That prophecy by Ellen White has met with abundant
fulfillment of the following additional prophecy:
"The
enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great
reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this
reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the
pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this
reformation to take place, what would result? The principles of truth that
God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our
religion would be changed. The fundamental principles that have sustained the
work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A NEW ORGANIZATION
would be established. Books of a NEW ORDER would be written. A system of
intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system
would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would
be lightly regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed
to stand in the way of the NEW MOVEMENT. The leaders would teach that virtue
is better than vice, but GOD BEING REMOVED, they would place their dependence
on human power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be
built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure.” Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, p. 204-205.
Now
a Paraphrase:
"The
enemy of souls (Satan himself) has sought to bring in the supposition that a
great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that
this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the
pillars of our faith (indicates a traitorous
doctrinal shift in the direction of the church.), and engaging in a process of reorganization (Reorganization is a corporate action-not
applicable to individuals). Were this reformation to
take place what would result? (so there will be no doubt how to recognize this corporate betrayal.)
The principles
of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church would be
discarded. (The very principles that make
us the remnant church) Our religion would be
changed. (The Trinity Doctrine was
smuggled in which removes the Sanctuary and the Atonement if one understands
the implications of that heresy. The mission and message of the church would
take a course opposed to that given by God) The
fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years
would be accounted as error. (Coming out of Babylon and
staying out versus re-confederation with Babylon’s councils/counsels and
confederacies. Conservative, anti-papal attitude discarded/ Ecumenism,
Pentecostalism, Liberalism etc. adopted) A NEW ORGANIZATION would be established. (A different church with a
different Nicolaitan gospel—ONLY BELIEVE/Not the one established and ordained
by God) Books of a new order would
be written (Antichrist
books on the human nature of Christ, saying He was not like Adam before or after
the fall—implying that He did not have the test of a sinful nature when He
was made sin for us and thus experienced all out temptations—without ever
sinning personally. Antichrist books on the Godhead. KJV and SOP rejected/NIV
and non-Adventist expositors preferred, as also Catholic-slanted hymnal) A system of intellectual philosophy would
be introduced ('Thus
saith the Lord-It is written' discarded, no longer valued) The founders of this system would go into
the cities, and do a wonderful work (Stop-smoking clinics, Revelation & Marriage
Seminars, etc.) The Sabbath
of course would be lightly regarded, (Still observed, but sacred character
diminished/Increasing emphasis on Sunday observance) as also the God who
created it. (Doctrinal purity rejected-more
relevant to 'be loving' and get along/Loss of reverence & sanctity in
worship and music etc., not to mention the despicable events taking place in
the schools and colleges.) Nothing would be allowed to
stand in the way of the NEW MOVEMENT. (The
apostasy will continue and increase "wax stronger" till Christ
returns said Ellen White) The leaders would teach that
virtue is better than vice, but GOD BEING REMOVED they would place their
dependence on human power, which, WITHOUT GOD, is worthless, (Leaders maintain that you cannot stop sinning,
which you can't--without God)
Their
foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away
the structure." (When
storm of persecution comes, the new movement will be swept into
Sunday-keeping/Will urge an "outward compliance with the laws of the
land for the sake of peace harmony." See 5T: 712, Headed in that
direction now).
Who
has authority to begin such a [NEW] movement? We have our Bibles, we have our
experience, attested to by the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit. We have
a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not repudiate everything that
is not in harmony with this truth? E.G. White,
Selected Messages, Vol. 1, 204, 205.
In
light of the above heresies committed by the new movement formed “among”
(within) the once SDA church militant, how should we respond to such Spirit of
Prophecy statements as follow in this document:
“I write this to you, my dear brother, in the hope of helping
you. You are in an unsettled state of mind, and are tempted to do a strange
work, which God has not appointed you to do. None of us are to strike out
alone; we are to link up with our brethren, and pull together, and God will
give us influence and self-control. We are to draw near to God, that He may
draw near to us.”--Letter 40, 1903. (Published
in Medical Ministry, p. 46.) {MR311 22.2}
Are we to consider as “our brethren” those who have formed a
new movement that has removed God by removing pillar doctrines that remove
the three angel’s messages by removing the Sanctuary and Atonement doctrines
via the Trinity Doctrine of Rome? Though it does have some different facets,
the new movement rendition achieves the same end—destruction of the Sanctuary
and the Atonement sacrifices when one understands all the implications which
I have enumerated in other documents on my Website.
“Our brethren” are not of an omega of apostasy new movement
who have removed God and changed pillar doctrines. We are to sigh and cry for
such abominations as a condition for being sealed.
“I write this to you, my dear brother, in the hope of helping
you. You are in an unsettled state of mind, and are tempted to do a strange
work, which God has not appointed you to do. None
of us are to strike out alone; we are to link up with our brethren, and pull
together, and God will give us influence and self-control. We are to
draw near to God, that He may draw near to us.”--Letter 40, 1903. (Published in Medical Ministry, p. 46.)
{MR311 22.2}
Are we to reckon that the true reformers mentioned in the
following statement merely struck out alone on their own?
"The
Sanhedrin had rejected Christ's message and was bent upon His death therefore
Jesus departed from Jerusalem, from the priests, the temple, the religious
leaders, the people who had been instructed in the law, and turned to another
class to proclaim His message, and to gather out those who should carry the
gospel to all nations. As the light and life of men was rejected by the
ecclesiastical authorities in the days of Christ, so it has been rejected in
every succeeding generation. Again and again the history of Christ's
withdrawal from Judea has been repeated. When the Reformers preached the word of God, they
had no thought of separating themselves from the established church but the
religious leaders would not tolerate the light, and those that bore it were
forced to seek another class, who were longing for the truth. In our day few
of the professed followers of the Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few
are listening for the voice of God, and ready to accept truth in whatever
guise it may be presented. Often those who follow in the steps of the
Reformers are forced to turn away from the churches they love, in order to
declare the plain teaching of the word of God. And many times those who are
seeking for light are by the same teaching obliged to leave the church of
their fathers, that they may render obedience." E.G. White, Desire of
Ages, p. 232.
“Beware of those who arise that have a great burden to
denounce the church. The chosen ones who are standing and breasting the storm
of opposition from the world, and are uplifting the down-trodden commandments
of God, to exalt them as holy and honorable, are indeed the light of the
world. How dare mortal man pass his judgment upon them, and call the church a
harlot, Babylon, a den of thieves, a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
. . .” {MR311 12.1}
Proper
response: We are to sigh and cry for all the abominations and our very sealing
for salvation depends on that sighing and cry for ALL the abominations. This
fact must be weighed in contradistinction to denunciatory remarks that are
not true. Ellen White quoted God in calling the church a harlot. This no one
can deny. Then that harlot married into Babylon’s brothel by joining its
associations, counsels/councils, and confederacies. That is going beyond
playing the harlot to becoming rejoined to Babylon after knowing the truth.
That is violation of the three angel’s messages and the Midnight Cry of
Matthew 25. According to Ellen White Word
to the Little Flock, p. 14, statement, that is unpardonable sin, because
it is then impossible to get back on the pathway to heaven says she. And the
principle taught by Jeremiah 11:9-15 backs her up.
“It seems
almost impossible that anyone who had a genuine experience in the faith,
should suggest such erroneous applications of Scripture, as applicable to
God's commandment-keeping people. Supposing this spurious message is the one
every one must hear for this time, "Come out of her, my people." Where shall
we go to, where shall we find the purity, goodness and holiness where
we shall be secure? Where is the fold where no wolves will enter?”
{MR311 12.2}
Where would we go if the church was keeping the commandments
of God and not engaged in apostasy that has removed God? It would be
foolhardy to call such a church Babylon and leave it. But what if Satan came
in and formed a new movement that has removed God? What then? Where did Jesus
and His followers go in that case? Was there a fold that kept the wolves out?
If
there is not a true church that can control the wolves, why did SDA’s come
out of the other churches in 1844? Why did Jesus and His followers separate from
Apostate Judaism? Why did Protestants separate from Rome?
Thus, Ellen White’s prime meaning in asking “where shall we
go,” was the fact that she stated within the same letter to Stanton and
Caldwell, in which she posed that question, that the church was then keeping
the commandments of God and heeding the Laodicean message. So indeed, where
would you go to improve on that, pray tell?! And Ellen White did a good job
of preventing the wolves in her day from leading the church into apostasy.
That has not been achieved since her demise in 1915.
“I tell you, my brethren, the Lord has
an organized body, through whom He will work. There may be
more than a score of Judas' among them, there may be a rash Peter who will
under circumstances of trial deny his Lord. There may be persons represented
by John whom Jesus loved, but he may have a zeal that would destroy men's
lives by calling down from heaven fire upon them to revenge an insult to
Christ and the truth. But the great Teacher seeks to give lessons of instruction
to correct these existing evils. He is doing the same today with His church.
He is pointing out their dangers. He is presenting before them the Laodicean
message. . . . {MR311 12.3}
Proper
response: God's bride, Zion, is organized under Christ Jesus all as much as
the home churches were organized by Christ in the prefigure, make no mistake
about that. Christ is in their presence because they DO keep His
commandments. God has been removed from omega, apostate new movement
Adventism and the apostasy of that imposter organization will wax stronger
until Jesus comes. That is the assessment of the Holy Spirit via Ellen White,
not me.
God has an organized “chosen people” body in the case of the
Jews as well, but when they apostatized and removed Him, He then instituted
the following options:
"The
Lord Jesus will always have a chosen people to serve Him. When the Jewish
people rejected Christ, the Prince of life. He took from them the kingdom of
God and gave it unto the Gentiles. God
will continue to work on this principle with every branch of His work. When
a church proves unfaithful to the work of the Lord, whatever their position
may be, however high and sacred their calling, the Lord can no longer work
with them. Others are then chosen to bear important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do
not purify their lives from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure
and holy principles in all their borders, then the Lord will grievously
afflict and humble them and, unless they repent, will remove them from their
place and make them a reproach.
God
is not 'worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing' (Acts
17:25). E. G. White, The Upward Look, 131.
Observations:
· If Jesus were here on earth
today, He would do exactly what He did while on earth. He will continue to
work on the principle of removing the candle from those who prove unfaithful
to the work of the Lord.
· Did Jesus gather out from
apostate Judaism those who would take the gospel to the world? Yes, Desire
of Ages, 232.
· Was there a Judas in the
gathered out church? Yes, but that Judas was “dealt with.”
·
Was there a rash Peter. Yes. He was converted and became part of the
bride of Jesus Christ, Desire of Ages, 179. So why did Jesus, Paul and
the disciples gather out from the apostate church and form home churches if
there was still a Judas and rash Peters and Son’s of Thunder? Because God’s
Word says it is impossible for the wheat to mature when the wheat is united
with apostate corruption, to wit: “You are
exhorted to touch not the unclean thing; for in touching this, you will
yourself become unclean. 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?’ [2 Corinthians 6:14-15] God
and Christ and the heavenly host would have man know that if he unites
with the corrupt, he will become corrupt." E.G. White Comments, SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p 1102.
·
When a church has problems that do not involve apostasy that removes
God’s presence, Jesus merely points out their dangers and points them to the
Laodicean message. But when a church goes beyond lukewarmness into cold
apostasy, that is another matter entirely. And in that case separation is the
only way to avoid being corrupt and becoming/remaining pure. Some who unite
with the corrupt deceive themselves into thinking they are not being
corrupted, but they are indeed corrupt because in being united with the corrupt
leaders they support with the sacred tithe, they then become corporately
responsible for the corrupt apostasy brought in by Satanic leaders. Here it
is from Ellen White: "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.
· "It would be poor
policy to support from the treasury of God those who really mar and injure
His work, and who are constantly lowering the standard of Christianity"
(Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 553).
· If I sent my tithe to the
church of Satan in San Francisco, you would think I was corporately
responsible for supporting the devils teachings, but SDA’s do the same thing
involving a new movement that has removed God and think nothing of it!
“In the place of turning the weapons of warfare within our own
ranks, let them be turned against the enemies of God and the truth. Echo the
prayer of Christ with your whole heart: "Holy Father, keep through thine
own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we
are." . . . {MR311 13.1
Proper
response:
· When the bible prophets wrote
against Israel’s apostasy, were they turning their weapons within their own
ranks?
· Sighing and crying for the
abominations is not turning the weapons against God's true SDA's. It is
turning them against an apostate new movement that will allow NOTHING to
stand in its way; that will NEVER AGAIN show the House of Jacob its sins, and
will forge forward waxing stronger in apostasy until Jesus comes. That is
also the Holy Spirit's assessment, not mine.
· Is repudiating everything
that is not in harmony with the truth reckoned as turning our weapons within
our own ranks when Ellen White said: “Who has authority to begin such a [NEW]
movement? We have our Bibles, we have our experience, attested to by the
miraculous working of the Holy Spirit. We have a truth that admits of no
compromise. Shall we not repudiate everything that is not in harmony with
this truth? E.G. White, Selected Messages, Vol. 1, 204, 205.
Will the
Apostate New Movement Turn Back? The Omega of Apostasy is to wax stronger
until Jesus comes. The following statement is surrounded with the context of
the alpha and omega heresy that was to come into the church.
Wax
stronger "One thing it is certain is soon to be realized, the great
apostasy, which is developing and increasing and waxing stronger, and will continue to do so until the
Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout. We are to hold fast the
first principles of our denominated faith, and go forward from strength to increased
faith. Ever we are to keep the faith that has been substantiated by the Holy
Spirit of God from the earlier events of our experience until the present
time. We need now larger breadth, and deeper, more earnest, unwavering faith
in the leadings of the Holy Spirit. If we needed the manifest proof of the
Holy Spirit's power to confirm truth in the beginning, after the passing of
the time, we need to-day all the evidence in the confirmation of the truth,
when souls are departing from the faith and giving heed to seducing spirits
and doctrines of devils. There must not be any languishing of soul now."
(E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 57).
"The
enemy will set everything in operation to uproot the confidence of the
believers in the pillars of our faith in the messages of the past, which have
placed us upon the elevated platform of eternal truth, and which have
established and given character to the work. The Lord God of Israel has led
out His people, unfolding to them truth of heavenly origin." "The
truth for this time is precious, but those whose hearts have not been broken
by falling on the Rock Christ Jesus, will not see and understand what is
truth. They will accept that which pleases their ideas, and will begin to
manufacture another foundation than that which is laid. They will flatter
their own vanity and esteem, thinking
that they are capable of removing the pillars of our faith, and replacing
them with pillars they have devised. This will continue to be as
long as time shall last." Notebook,
Leaflets,
pp. 61-62.
What the apostate new movement will not turn back on is all
its abominations that cause Ezekiel 9 to BEGIN AT THEIR APOSTATE SYNAGOGUE OF
SATAN. Mark my word, you will never see them withdraw from ecumenical liaison
with Babylon for just ONE EXAMPLE of their gross, unpardonable sin apostasy.
You can sign all the petitions you wish to, but God's Word and His prophet
Ellen White say that the apostasy will wax stronger until Jesus comes.
Zion is the true church by which and from which all the bad is
shaken from the kingdom of heaven. Ezekiel 20:34-38.
Are we to
PULL TOGETHER with a new movement that has removed God?
·
A new movement that has discarded the truth on the human nature
of Christ to teach an antichrist view on that crucial doctrine? The new
movement teaches that Christ was not like Adam before or after the fall. The
reason Christ was like Adam after the fall is because though He was
not a sinner, the Bible says He was made to be sin for us by having all our
sins laid upon Him and thus He experienced all the temptations we experience.
Adam did not have all the sins of the world laid upon Him so as to be tempted
by ALL the sins ever committed. So Adam had an advantage over Christ. The new
movement view is that we cannot overcome as Jesus did because He was not like
Adam before or after the fall and that He was divine and we are not. That is
an antichrist view according to the Bible which says He was made in our likeness
and had all the sins of the world laid upon Him and was MADE TO BE SIN FOR
US, though He never sinned.
·
A new movement that teaches an antichrist doctrine on the Holy
Spirit?
·
A new movement that has rejoined itself to Babylon via
association and confederation with its counsels/councils after knowing the
truth of the three angel's messages and the Midnight Cry of Matthew 25.
·
A new movement whose leaders set aside the fourth
commandment to instruct Russian parents to send their children to school on
Sabbath because Russia holds school six days a week?
·
A new movement that teaches in its educational institutions
that the six day creation week is taboo. Oh yes, there is protest, but the
practise goes on.
·
Can we unify with the above platforms of error?
·
Can we unify and press together with those who are departing
from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils?
·
Can we unify with those who smuggled in the Trinity Doctrine,
when Ellen White said that the Godhead is a pillar doctrine and that the Holy
Spirit is the soul of the life of Christ; that at the Incarnation the Son
divested His Holy Spirit from His humanity because His former Holy Spirit was
cumbered by His humanity? This truth is totally destroyed by the Trinity
Doctrine which says that the Holy Spirit was always a third person.
·
Can we unify with a new movement that was prophesied to be the
omega of apostasy and wax stronger in apostasy until Jesus comes?
·
Can we unify with a new movement that the apostles said we
were never to pray for per Ellen White's COUNTERPART statement?
·
Can we unify and PRESS TOGETHER with a new movement that has
removed God (1SM 204-205)? What virtue is there to that?
"We are to unify, but not on a
platform of error." E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B, #2,
p. 47.
"We
have a testing message to give, and I am instructed to say to our people,
'Unify, unify.' But we are not to unify with those who are departing from
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. With
our hearts sweet and kind and true, we are to go forth to proclaim the
message, giving no heed to those who lead away from the truth." Selected
Messages, vol. 3, p. 412; Series B, No. 2, p. 47.
The
Heavenly Church of Zion (Heb. 12:21, 22), the Bride of Christ Church
Triumphant, has Existed on Earth at All Times From the Beginning
“The church is God's
fortress. His city of refuge, which He holds in a revolted world. Any
betrayal of the church is treachery to Him who has bought mankind with the
blood of His only-begotten Son. From the beginning, faithful souls have constituted the
church on earth. In every age
the Lord has had His watchmen, who have borne a faithful
testimony to the generation in which they lived. These
sentinels gave the message of warning; and
when they were called to lay off their armor, others took up the work.
God brought these witnesses into covenant
relation with Himself, uniting the
church on earth with the church in heaven. He has sent forth His angels to minister to His church,
and the gates of hell have not been able to prevail against His people.” {AA
11.2}
Through centuries of persecution,
conflict, and darkness, God has sustained His church. Not one cloud has
fallen upon it that He has not prepared for; not one opposing force has risen
to counterwork His work, that He has not foreseen. All has taken place as He
predicted. He has not left His church forsaken, but has traced in prophetic
declarations what would occur, and that which His Spirit inspired the
prophets to foretell has been brought about. All His purposes will be
fulfilled. His law is linked with His throne, and no power of evil can
destroy it. Truth is inspired and guarded by God; and it will triumph over
all opposition. {AA 11.3}
During ages of spiritual darkness the church of
God has been as a city set on a hill.
From age to age, through successive generations, the pure doctrines of heaven have been unfolding within
its borders. Enfeebled and defective as it may appear, the church is the one
object upon which God bestows in a special sense His supreme regard. It is the theater of His grace, in which He delights
to reveal His power to transform hearts.” {AA 12.1}
Note: Enfeebled and
defective does not mean apostate, lest we should never have left Rome and
then her protestant daughters in 1844. Lest Jesus and His disciples should
never have separated from the apostate church of their day, and a true
remnant would never be instructed by God in Isaiah 37:31, 32, to go forth out
of Jerusalem.
"Christ
was a protestant...The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They
came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies.
Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply
accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles." E.G. White, Review and
Herald,
vol. 2, 48, col. 2.
"The
Sanhedrin had rejected Christ's message and was bent upon His death therefore
Jesus departed from Jerusalem, from the priests, the temple, the religious
leaders, the people who had been instructed in the law, and turned to another
class to proclaim His message, and to gather out those who should carry the
gospel to all nations.” Desire of Ages, 2321.
"The members of the church
triumphant--the church in heaven--will be permitted to draw near to the
members of the church militant, to aid them in their necessity." E. G.
White, The Southern Watchman, Sep. 8, 1903.
"Characteristics
of True Reformers.--Here are given the characteristics of those who shall be reformers,
who will bear the banner of the third angel's message, those who avow
themselves God's commandment-keeping people, and who honor God, and are
earnestly engaged, in the sight of all the universe, in building up the old
waste places. Who is it that calls them, The repairers of the breach, The
restorers of paths to dwell in? It is God. Their names are registered [written--Heb. 12:22,
23] in heaven as reformers, restorers, as raising the foundations of many
generations."
E. G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, 1151.
The members of the church triumphant, the
faithful of all ages, is a member of the church in heaven, Hebrews 12:22, 23,
and has entered that church by faith, to wit:
“After
Jesus opened the door of the most holy, the light of the Sabbath was seen,
and the people of God were tested, as the children of Israel were tested
anciently, to see if they would keep God's law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the
disappointed ones the way to the holiest of the heavenly sanctuary. As they by faith enter the most holy,
they find Jesus, and hope and joy spring up anew. I saw them looking back,
reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down
through their experience to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and
certainty again animate them. The third angel has lighted up the past, the
present, and the future, and they know that God has indeed led them by His
mysterious providence. {EW 254.2}
“It
was represented to me that the remnant followed Jesus
into the most holy place and beheld
the ark and the mercy seat, and were captivated with their glory. Jesus then
raised the cover of the ark, and lo! the tables of stone, with the ten
commandments written upon them. They trace down the lively oracles, but start
back with trembling when they see the fourth commandment among the ten holy
precepts, with a brighter light shining upon it than upon the other nine, and
a halo of glory all around it. They find nothing there informing them that the
Sabbath has been abolished, or changed to the first day of the week. The
commandment reads as when spoken by the voice of God in solemn and awful
grandeur upon the mount, while the lightnings flashed and the thunders
rolled; it is the same as when written with His own finger on the tables of
stone: "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." They are amazed as they behold
the care taken of the ten commandments. They see them placed close by Jehovah,
overshadowed and protected by His holiness. They see that they have been
trampling upon the fourth commandment of the decalogue, and have observed a
day handed down by the heathen and papists, instead of the day sanctified by
Jehovah. They humble themselves before God and mourn over their past
transgressions. {EW 255.1}
"Those who think that the church militant
is the church triumphant make a great mistake." E.G. White, The Upward Look, 152.
Those who think that the church triumphant is
the church militant purged and cleansed make a greater mistake! Members of
the church militant who prove faithful will become part of the church
triumphant, but it is unmistakeable from Scripture and Ellen White that the
heavenly church of Hebrews 12:22, 23 has existed from the beginning being represented by faithful souls [the bride
of Christ] on earth.
“The
Church Triumphant.--The work is soon to close. The members of the church
militant who have proved faithful will become the church triumphant.-- Letter
32, 1892. {Ev 707.1}
Some
think the church triumphant is not organized. That is one of the greatest
mistakes professing Christians can make. The church triumphant consisting of
true and faithful reformers is called and led by God Himself.
"Characteristics of True Reformers.--Here
are given the characteristics of those who shall be reformers, who will bear
the banner of the third angel's message, those who avow themselves God's
commandment-keeping people, and who honor God, and are earnestly engaged, in
the sight of all the universe, in building up the old waste places. Who is it that calls them, The repairers of
the breach, The restorers of paths to dwell in? It is God. Their names are
registered [written--Heb. 12:22, 23] in heaven as reformers, restorers, as
raising the foundations of many generations." E. G. White, SDA
Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, 1151.
Some enquire: “If we leave the apostate
church, where should we go? We follow the prefigure example of Christ when He
and His disciples left the apostate church.
The ONLY OPTION – Home Churches When Apostasy
Moves Into the Church
If we follow the example of
Jesus Christ and His followers, the only option when apostasy enters the fold
at the end-time is home churches, for God’s Word says a remnant goes forth
out of Jerusalem, Isaiah 37:31, 32, and Ellen White defines the remnant as
the final generation that lives just before Jesus comes, to wit:
The
Real Remnant as Defined by Ellen G. White is the Last
Generation of Men Translated Without Seeing Death
"The woman is a
symbol of the church, and the remnant of the church represents the Christians of
the last generation of men, living just prior to the second advent. The dragon makes war on these for keeping the commandments
of God, Sabbath and all, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ, which,
according to the inspired definition of chap. xix, 10, 'is the spirit of
prophecy.' Here, then, are the causes of the dragon's warfare upon the
remnant. They teach the observance of the
ten commandments, and the revival of the gifts, and acknowledge the gift of
prophecy among them. When the Devil got
one foot upon the fourth commandment, and the other upon the gifts planted in
the Christian church by Jesus Christ, then his satanic majesty was filled
with revengeful delight. But when the
remnant, whom God designs to fit for translation to Heaven without seeing
death, 'ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,' then
the dragon is wroth, and makes war on them.
The true spirit of the
dragonic host, which is already being somewhat developed, is vividly
described in Isa. xxx, 8-13, as being manifested just prior to the sudden
destruction of those who hate the pure testimony, and love smooth and
deceitful things." E. G. White, Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. III, 26, 27.
Scripture on Home Churches
Rom 16:5 Likewise [greet] the church that is
in their house. Salute my well beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of
Achaia unto Christ.
1Cr 1:11: For it hath been declared unto me of
you, my brethren, by them [which are of the house] of Chloe, that there are
contentions among you.
1Cr 16:15: I beseech you, brethren, (ye know
the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they
have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
1Cr 16:19: The churches of Asia salute you.
Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in
their house.
"There is a little hope in one direction:
Take the young men and women, and place them where they will come as little
in contact with our churches as possible, that the low grade of piety which
is current in this day shall not leaven their ideas of what it means to be a
Christian." E.G. White, Manuscript
Release #995, p. 5.
When the young men and women were kept away
from the Alpha of apostasy in the church, what did they do; where did they
meet for worship?
"Brother and sister Haskell have rented a
house in one of the best parts of the city, and have gathered round them a
family of helpers, who day by day go out giving Bible readings, selling our
papers, and doing medical missionary work. During the hour of worship, the
workers relate their experiences. Bible studies are regularly conducted
in the home, and THE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN connected with the mission
receive a practical, thorough training in holding Bible readings and in
selling our publications. The Lord has blessed their labors, a number have
embraced the truth, and many others are deeply interested." Review and Herald, September 7, 1905, Evangelism, p. 108.
Every time you interpret an Ellen White statement, ask
yourself the following questions:
1.
Does my interpretation of the statement support true Zion, or
a new movement that will be destroyed in Ezekiel 9 slaughter?
2.
Does my interpretation of the statement support linking up and
pulling together with true Zion or a new movement that has infiltrated the
once church militant and turned it into the Synagogue of Satan?
3.
Does my interpretation contradict in any way Ellen White’s
statement that Ezekiel 9 will have another literal fulfillment, BEGINNING AT
HIS SANCTUARY, those who have been privileged with great light, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211?
4.
Does my interpretation contradict in any way what occurred in
the last literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, circa A.D. 27-70?
5.
Does my interpretation contradict any other statement by the
Bible and/or Ellen G. White?
—rwb
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