Has the New Movement
SDA Church
Committed Unpardonable Sin?
When a church betrays sacred
trusts to the point God can no longer work with it, and to the point it has committed unpardonable sin, obviously, there
is no added probation proffered by God. This fact is proven by Jeremiah,
chapters 7 and 11:9-15. That generation of Jews received no added probation.
That is the generation Ellen White says there will be a counterpart to at the end-time.
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The question of unpardonable sin
is of utmost seriousness and importance. For that reason, I would request
that you pray to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob before you read this
document. Ancient Israel was given a
added probation because it did not commit unpardonable sin. If it had, Jesus
would not (on the cross) have asked the Father to forgive them for they knew
not what they did. Murder was never unpardonable. Moses proved that. David proved that. Paul, the murderer of
Christians proved that. Though as a corporate
theocracy Israel did not put away sin in its allotted 70 weeks of probation
(Daniel 9), and the stoning of Stephen which was commensurate with the close
of the 70 weeks of probation, yet Israel did not commit unpardonable sin in
the manner the Jews of Jeremiah 11:9-15 did, else Jesus would not have prayed
for them on the cross, and they would have received the same sentence as the
Jews of Jeremiah 11:15. Lest God was of partiality in
the case of the Jews circa A.D. 34 and on, as compared with Jeremiah 11:15,
we must conclude that the latter did commit unpardonable sin and the former
did not if for no other reasons than Jesus Himself said that “they know not
what they do,” and He asked His Father to forgive them. The Lord has shown me
that is why added probation was extended to them and not the Jews of Jeremiah
11:9-15. SDA’s who teach added probation of Adventists at the end-time, have
no resolution to Jeremiah 11:9-15. They fail to respond to questioning
concerning that incident and its accompanying outcome of no added probation.
And it is Jeremiah 11:15, which Ellen White says will be COUNTER PARTED
(paralleled) at the end-time. More on that later. “With what unwearied love did
Christ minister to Israel during the period of added probation. Upon the cross He prayed, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
Luke 23:24. After His ascension the gospel was preached first at
Jerusalem. There the Holy Spirit was poured out. There the first gospel
church revealed the power of the risen Saviour. There Stephen--"his face
as it had been the face of an angel" (Acts 6:15)--bore his testimony and
laid down his life. All that heaven itself could give was bestowed.
"What could have been done more to My vineyard," Christ said,
"that I have not done in it?" Isa. 5:4. So His care and labor for
you are not lessened, but increased. Still He says, "I the Lord do keep
it; I will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and
day." Isa. 27:3. {COL 218.1} It is the objective of this
document to prove that the SDA apostate new movement has closed its probation
by violation of Isaiah 8:9-13 and every principle cited in Jeremiah chapters
7 and 11. Two Dr.’s of Divinity, the
late Dr. Ralph Larson, and Dr. John Grosboll, have concluded that the new
movement church has indeed committed unpardonable sin. This document will
proved incontrovertible evidence that this is the case. Such evidence makes
any prospective calls of Matthew 22:1-10 (other than 1844, 1888, and 1950
(via Wieland and Short) a non sequitur
except for being applicable on an individual
basis only per the final call to all churches. The most serious issue involving the
new movement SDA church as defined in Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, 204-205, is whether or not the church has committed
unpardonable sin. This 28th of January, 2010,
the Lord showed this writer that the following statement would not make one
whit of sense if the SDA church cannot fall before any further call of the
Midnight Cry, Matthew 25. The Lord showed me that in order for God to continue
to work on the principle of no longer working with A CHURCH that proves
unfaithful to the work of the Lord, the probation of such a church closes, as
far as God is concerned, the moment they prove unfaithful to His Work, for “the Lord can no longer work with them.” "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. There is no
higher or more sacred calling than to have once been the “chosen people” of
God—the called out “remnant.” Apostate Israel was once so favored of God. But
God removed them from that position. So why do Adventists feel that it is so
remotely impossible that such a thing has happened to them? I’ll tell you
why. It is because they feel that Laodicea is the last church of Revelation 2
and 3, and therefore God is stuck with them no matter what they do, and that
is one of the most deceptive and cherished lies they believe. God says that
all seven messages apply to the end of time, to wit: "The
names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different periods
of the Christian era. The number seven indicates completeness, and is
symbolic of the fact that the messages
[plural] extend to the end of time, while the symbols used reveal the
condition of the church at different periods in the history of the
world." Acts of the Apostles, p. 585. "I
wish to emphasize the fact, that the churches to which John was told to send
the instruction given him represent
all the churches in our world, and that this revelation to him is to be
studied and believed and preached by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
today." Manuscript Release Vol. 1, p. 372. So
if Laodicea is the final church and is slated to go through as the noble ship
that reaches port heaven, then ALL THE CHURCH IN OUR WORLD are that noble
ship! That is how senseless Laodiceans have become! That is how self-inflated
foolish virgins come to believe they are ALL RIGHT, when they are ALL WRONG: “What greater deception can come upon human minds than a confidence
that they are right when they are all wrong! The message of the True
Witness finds the people of God in a sad deception, yet honest in that
deception. They know not that their condition is deplorable in the sight of
God. While those addressed are flattering themselves that they are in an
exalted spiritual condition, the message of the True Witness breaks their
security by the startling denunciation of their true condition of spiritual
blindness, poverty, and wretchedness. The testimony, so cutting and severe,
cannot be a mistake, for it is the True Witness who speaks, and His testimony
must be correct.” {3T 252.4} You are herein and hereby privy to the startling denunciation of the
True Witness whether you will hear or forbear. Now let’s
juxtapose the above Upward Look, 131, statement with the following: "Here we see that
the church the Lord's sanctuary was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath
of God. The ancient men [leaders], those to whom God had given great light
and who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their trust. They had
taken the position that we need not look for miracles and the marked
manifestation of God's power as in former days. Times have changed. These
words strengthen their unbelief,
and they say: The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too
merciful to visit His people in judgment. Thus "Peace and safety"
is the cry from men who will never
again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show God's people their
transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that
would not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God.
Men, maidens, and little children all perish together." E.G. White, Testimonies
for the Church, vol. 5, p. 211. Questions:
· Is betrayal of sacred trust
the same as proving unfaithful to the work of the Lord? Yea and Yea! Amen and
Amen! · Is “unbelief” unfaithfulness
to the work of the Lord? Oh Yea! Yea! · Is “never again” lifting up
their voice to show God’s people their transgressions and the House of Jacob
their sins—unfaithfulness to the work of the Lord? Yea! Yea! · Ellen White thus prophesied
that the church leaders would betray sacred trusts! That is the same thing as
being unfaithful to the work of the Lord. God can no longer work with A
CHURCH that is unfaithful to the work of the Lord. If that is not
unpardonable sin, write your rebuttal, send it to me, and I will publish it
on my Website? Fair enough? · The Testimonies, Vol.
5, 211 statement (above) is based on Ezekiel 9, and Ellen White begins the
chapter on p. 207, quoting Ezekiel 9. · Ellen White said that
Ezekiel 9 will be literally fulfilled, beginning at His Sanctuary, professing
new movement, spiritual Jerusalem, the imposter SDA church masquerading
as a church. · Ellen White says that only
the presence of Christ can constitute a church, The Upward Look, 131.
In 1 Selected Messages, 405, she says that the new movement removes
God. So the new movement does not even qualify as a church because only the
presence of Christ can constitute a church. · The imposter SDA new
movement conspired with Babylon in the latter 1950’s to remove pillar
doctrines from the SDA church. · The imposter SDA new
movement conspired to adopt the Trinity Doctrine, which sweeps away the
entire Christian economy by doing away with the heavenly Sanctuary and
Atonement of the Son of God at His Incarnation there, which was from the
foundation of the earth. · The new movement’s violation
of Isaiah 8:9-12, results in one option—“broken in pieces,” stated three
times for serious emphasis. The SDA new movement has abundantly fulfilled
this violation by ecumenical liaison with Babylon’s associations,
counsels/councils, girdings, and confederacies, and perpetrated this
violation of sacred trusts via clandestine conspiracy without informing its
members until the latter 1980’s, when it was forced to do so by the Hungarian
revolt of 1500 faithful SDA’s there who protested the church’s membership in
the Hungarian Council of Free Churches, Babylon’s National Council of Churches
in Hungary. The Adventist Review reported that the church had been a
member for 30 years up to that time, and has continued membership since! · The new movement “church”
cannot call folk out of Babylon when it is a member itself. This is total
unfaithfulness and betrayal of sacred trusts involved with the commission
given to the church in 1844. Those trusts involved the giving of the three
angel’s messages of Revelation 14, and the Midnight Cry of Matthew 25. They
involved a covenant made by Adventists in 1844, to wit: · Adventist
Church Covenant With God in 1861 · “Resolved, That this conference
recommend the following church covenant: We, the undersigned, hereby
associate ourselves together as a church, taking the name Seventh-day
Adventists, covenanting to keep the commandments of God, and the faith of
Jesus Christ. Seconded by Brother Hull.” Adopted.--Ibid., Oct. 8, 1861. {1BIO
452.3} · Do those words ring a familiar
bell?!!! Did the Hebrews make the very same covenant at God’s sounding of the
ten commandments at Sinai?! Somewhat eerie is it not?! Yea, somewhat more
than ironical! · Isaiah 8:9-13 is one of the most
serious commands of God in Scripture. The consequences of violating those
verses constitutes unpardonable sin. No other option is given than “broken
in pieces.” ·
Ellen White is
speaking of A CHURCH, and not just
individuals in a church. When A
CHURCH proves unfaithful, God can no longer work with it. That is
unpardonable sin any way you reckon it. Lest we be found committing
unpardonable sin, we must be aware of such issues as: ·
What constitutes
rejection of Christ? ·
What is the Work of
the Lord as commissioned to the SDA church? ·
What would
constitute unfaithfulness to the work of the Lord? ·
What would purifying
our lives of every wrong action consist of as far as a church is concerned? ·
What would the
establishment of pure and holy principles in all our borders consist of as
such applies to a church militant—wheat and tare co-ed church? ·
To brag that such a
new movement is God’s commandment-keeping people, is amongst the most
abominable of lies. ·
To maintain that
such a new movement is the apple of God’s eye, is the epitome of senseless,
foolish virgin deceptions. These questions are not difficult to
answer. Why? Because we have the historical example of apostate Israel as a
template, a prefigure type, from which we may determine the answers. If there is indeed proof that the new
movement SDA church has committed unpardonable sin already, that would mean
that no future call of added probation would be forthcoming, except that
there is a final call to all
INDIVIDUALS in all churches who have not rejected light WHEN they were
exposed to it. Such a matter of unpardonable
sin is so serious, that no man’s opinion would be worthy of consideration
involving such an issue. So I will rely on God’s Word ALONE in determining
the answer to this most important of all questions involving the current
status of the professing SDA new movement church. God’s Word was indeed given as
an ensample (example) for us, so that we might determine such important answers.
It would be quite negligent of God to leave us in the dark as to what
constitutes unpardonable sin. No fair or just God would impute such a
sentence after the fact without a substantial warning of just what
unpardonable sin involves. The first clues in the Bible,
from which we may discern an answer to all of the questions enumerated above
are the Bible stories involving the apostasies of Israel. Think back to the
earliest accounts when Abraham, the Father of the Faithful, found it
necessary to separate from his kinsman who were living in disobedience to
God. Then recall that Moses and
Aaron were in charge of God’s church in the wilderness. Moses removed the
Tabernacle from the camp until it was cleansed by killing off all who had
committed apostasy and would not repent. Then the tabernacle was brought back
to the camp site. This shows that God cannot work with those who have
committed apostasy and will not repent. And, Moses did not pray for the rest
of the people who had repented until the morning after the apostates were
killed. Read the Bible’s account to see this is a fact. In Jeremiah 11:9-15, the
leaders of Israel conspired with God’s enemies. Those leaders conspired and confederated
with Baal. This constituted marriage to Satan’s Synagogue, rather than mere
playing the harlot. Thus, when a church marries
into Satan’s brothel, Satan becomes its husband rather than Christ, and God
is thus removed. God did not instruct Isaiah not to pray for Israel when she
played the harlot. But God did instruct Jeremiah not to pray for her when she
conspired and confederated (joined) in Baal worship. This is an important
distinction. In the verses under
consideration, we know that it was leaders who had conspired with Baal,
because God asks what His beloved (His faithful) had to do in His house (His
Sanctuary), since it had wrought lewdness with many. Were it only individuals
within the church that had conspired with God’s enemies, He would not have
said that His house (Sanctuary) had done so. The lesson here is that when the
leaders of God’s people conspire with His enemies to come into association,
counsel/council, girding, confederacy/conspiracy (Isaiah 8:9-12) with His
enemies who serve Baal (Babylon), that constitutes unpardonable sin. That is
why these verses instruct Jeremiah not to even pray for the church, God’s house,
His sanctuary. Let’s bring things more up to
date. Consider that after their rejection of even the first angel’s message
in 1844, all of the Protestant churches in 1844, were
"rejected" by God from ever being His church and people again, and
thereby were denounced as being part of fallen Babylon. Another people were
chosen to take their place. The fact that the Advent people were chosen to be God's people
proves that the Protestant churches had betrayed their trust and could never
again be used of God as a corporate body—as His church. God was even then
working on the principle of taking His church away from those who were
unfaithful to His work by rejecting present truth—the truth of the first and
second angel’s messages and the Midnight Cry light. "At the proclamation of the first
angel's message (by 1840), the people of God were in Babylon..." Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, p. 239. "When
the churches spurned the counsel of God by rejecting the Advent message, the
Lord rejected them. The first angel was followed by a second, proclaiming,
'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.'" Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, p. 232. The 1844 call
to the churches at that time, constituted a first call of Matthew 22 and the
Midnight Cry of Matthew 25. There can be no particle of doubt on this. But
that was a first call to Adventists, as well, and the faithful amongst the
Adventists heeded that call. So why did probation close for those
churches before they had opportunity to reject the additional calls of
Matthew 22 and the future call of Matthew 25, the Midnight Cry Loud Cry?
There is only one answer: They rejected the call made at that time. They
rejected the light of present truth. In rejecting the light of the first
angel’s message, Ellen White said that they could not discern further light.
So Matthew 22:1-10 no longer applied to them. They closed their probation in
the summer and fall of 1844. All who heard and understood the message, but
then or later renounced it, or strayed
from it, had a closed door on salvation. That is exactly what Ellen White
said in Word to the Little Flock,
p. 14. Don’t read past this point too fast. This is dead serious. Here is the
WTLF statement for your edification. This is PROOF PERFECT as to how a church
and/or its members many commit unpardonable sin: "While
praying at the family altar, the Holy Ghost fell on me, and I seemed to be
rising higher and higher, far above the dark world. I turned to look for the
Advent people in the world, but could not find them--when a voice said to me,
'Look again, and look a little higher.' At this I raised my eyes and saw a
straight and narrow path cast up high above the world. On this path the
Advent people were traveling to the City, which was at the farther end of the
path. They had a bright light set up behind them at the first end of the
path, which an angel told me was the
Midnight Cry. This light shone all
along the path, and gave light for their feet so they might not stumble.
And if they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was just before them, leading
them to the City, they were safe. But soon some grew weary, and they said the
City was a great way of, and they expected to have entered it before. Then
Jesus would encourage them by raising his glorious right arm, and from his
arm came a glorious light which waved over the Advent band, and they shouted
Hallelujah! Others rashly denied the
light behind them, and said that it was not God that had led them out so far.
The light behind them went out leaving their feet in perfect darkness, and
they stumbled and got their eyes off the mark and lost sight of Jesus, and
fell off the path down in the dark and wicked world below. It was just as impossible
for them to get on the path again and
go to the City, as all the wicked world which God had rejected. They fell all
the way along the path one after another, until we heard the voice of God
like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus' coming.... By this
time the 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united. On their foreheads was
written, God, New Jerusalem, and a glorious Star containing Jesus' new
name." E.G. White, Word to the Little Flock,
p. 14. So to
reject, or stray from the Midnight Cry light, which called us out of Babylon
in 1844, is unpardonable sin because it is then IMPOSSIBLE to get back on the
pathway to heaven. This is exactly what the new movement SDA “church” has
done via its ecumenical liaisons with Babylon. And if you don’t like it from
Ellen White, then read it from God in Isaiah 8:9-12, where there is one
option for violation: “broken in pieces.” As the fallen churches disqualified
themselves for further chances in the form of further calls by rejecting the
first angel’s messages, similarly the SDA church has disqualified itself from
any form of added probation because
of its rejection of truth once held. It is now just as foolish to add
probation to the corporate fallen new movement SDA church structures as it would
be to add probation to the fallen churches of 1844. But some are making this
very foolish error. In light of all of the above facts, it is
one of the most foolish misconceptions of some Laodicean professing
Seventh-day Adventists that added calls of relative to added probation must
be made to them before they are fallen, when they are already fallen because
of their liaison with Baal (Babylon). By the same folly, it is just as
foolish for them to assume that the Sunday Law must accrue before they
separate from the new movement SDA church which has returned as a dog to its
vomit in its overtures to Baal (Babylon) by way of strictly forbidden
association, counsel/council, girding, and confederacy with fallen Babylon. In light of the above facts involving the
fallen churches of Babylon, there has been an on-going call to individuals in all those churches
since 1844. And there will be another final call to the people of those fallen churches, but not to those churches as
corporate bodies. God has never been able to work with those churches again
because they betrayed sacred trusts—the Work of the Lord. God was and is still
working on the principle of no longer working with those who were unfaithful
in accepting His present truth. By the false reasoning of most present day
Adventists, those churches as a corporate structure should have been recognized
by God until the National Sunday law. The way most Adventists interpret Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 81, those
churches should have continued to be used of God and not renounced as
Babylon, for it is in the time of the National Sunday law that the gold will
be separated from the dross IN ALL
CHURCHES, not just the SDA new movement church. This is made clear in the
first and last paragraph of that page which sets the context: “There are
precious ones now hidden who have not bowed the knee to Baal. They have not
had the light which has been shining
in a concentrated blaze upon you [Adventists].” The last paragraph makes
reference once again to these hidden
ones: “….then the hidden ones will be revealed to
view, and with hosannas range under the banner of Christ.” So you can
see that those who have not bowed the knee to Baal, by not knowing that their
church is in apostasy (since 1844), are subject to the final future call of
Matthew 22:1-10. BUT THAT FINAL CALL DOES NOT APPLY TO THE CORPORATE
STRUCTURE OF THOSE CHURCHES. And the same principles now apply to the new
movement SDA church which has bowed the knee to Baal by a conspiracy to
secretly associate, counsel/council/ gird and conspire/confederate WITH THE FALLEN CHURCHES OF BABYLON. That is a
direct violation of the Midnight Cry light and the second angel’s message,
both of which called us out of Babylon in 1844. The fallen
churches of Babylon were rejected by God before
the end of time; before the Sunday law; before the end-time final call of
Matthew 22 and Matthew 25. So, pray tell, what would preclude the same rejection
of the new movement SDA church which has proven unfaithful to the work of the
Lord, by its renewed association, counsel/council, girding and confederacy
with those rejected fallen Babylonian churches? "The sins of the nominal churches
have reached unto heaven, and the honest in heart will be brought to the
light and come out of them." Testimonies,
vol. 2, p. 449 (October 2, 1868). Obviously, when a church denomination has
been rejected by God and declared to be "Babylon fallen," that
church's probation is already closed corporately and is doomed for
destruction except for individuals who do not KNOW of this apostasy. We know that the members of those fallen
churches are responsible for coming out of them WHEN they hear the truth about their fallen state of apostasy.
Why would this principle not apply to members of the new movement SDA church?
Why would they be patronized by extra time and calls when they have less
excuse than the Babylonians, because they supposedly knew the truth and once
embraced it? Laval Picard and followers would counter that the SDA’s must
hear the Righteousness by Faith truth before they are finally rejected! But
truth is, they have no excuse for not knowing it. So why any special
treatment of SDA’s over the Babylonians who have not had the light of truth
emblazoned on their path, and SDA’s have? 5T 81. Why would there be any added
probation for Adventists and not for the other fallen churches? Remember,
that when a church joins Baal by way of association, counsel/council,
girding, confederacy/conspiracy, as the Jews did in Jeremiah, Chapters 7 and
11, there is no added probation. God can no long work with such churches, The Upward Look, 131. What is the
Difference Between Playing the Harlot and Joining Babylon God accused Israel of playing the harlot. In Ellen White’s
day, on four different occasions she accused the SDA church of playing the
harlot. That is not unpardonable sin. That is agreeing somewhat (concord)
with Babylon, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE JOINING its associations, counsel’s/councils,
girdings and confederacies/conspiracies. Notice: “I have been shown that the spirit of the
world is fast leavening the church. You are following the same path as did
ancient Israel. There is the same falling away from your holy calling as
God's peculiar people. You are having fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness. Your concord with unbelievers has provoked the Lord's displeasure. You
know not the things that belong to your peace, and they are fast being hid
from your eyes. Your neglect to follow the light will place you in a
more unfavorable position than the Jews upon whom Christ pronounced a woe.”
{5T 75.3} SDA church leaders were engaging some
fellowship and concord (agreement) with the unfruitful works of darkness.
That was “playing the harlot,” as ancient Israel did. But that did not
constitute “marrying,” and financially (via annual dues) supporting by
joining Babylon’s associations, counsel/councils, girdings and confederacies/conspiracies.
Playing around (flirting) with a harlot and having some concord (agreement
with her) is far different from joining in with her and financially supporting
her. At that point, one would be joined to her and corporately responsible
for her acts. 1Cr
6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for
two, saith he, shall be one flesh. The
SDA new movement church has married a harlot (Babylon) by joining her
associations, counsels/councils, girdings, confederacies/conspiracies, and
paying her annual dues which come to quite a considerable sum. That is no
longer just “playing the harlot.” How is it that any members who continue to
cling to the doomed churches of Babylon, after hearing the truth, will be
lost along with the church they remain with—and SDA’s have all these
numberless opportunities regardless of what they do? Do we serve a partial God,
or does His Word say He is without partiality? 1Ti 5:21 I charge [thee] before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things
without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. Jam 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be entreated, full of mercy and
good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. "All are to hear the last message of
warning. The prophecies in the book of
Revelation, chapters 12 to 18, are being fulfilled. In the eighteenth chapter is recorded the
very last call to the churches. This
call is now to be given." Last Day
Events, p 83 (Manuscript 75,
September 20, 1906) see also Upward
Look, p 277. Has
Probation for the SDA “Church” now Closed? There can be no doubt that the church has
betrayed sacred trusts and has thus been unfaithful to the work of the Lord.
I have read statements by some SDA pastors that they will never again give
the three angel’s messages “because they are too controversial.” Some Pastors like Bill Hughes say that the
church hasn’t given the full Everlasting Gospel of the three angel’s for
three decades now. I say at least four and one-half decades per the
Evangelical/SDA conferences in the mid to latter 1950’s. Why? How so? Because
that is when pillar doctrines were compromised and/or abandoned. That is when
the human nature of Christ, the doctrine upon which all other beliefs cluster
and pivot, was scrapped. One would not be remiss in tracing the omega
of apostasy back to fifteen years after Ellen White’s death in 1915, for in
1930, Leroy Froom smuggled in the Trinity Doctrine. "Most
of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would not be able to join the church
today if they had to subscribe to the denomination's Fundamental Beliefs.
More specifically, most would not be able to agree to belief Number 2, which
deals with the doctrine of the Trinity." George R. Knight, Ministry
magazine, October, 1993. In the same year (1930) the church adopted
the world’s Accreditation Standards for education was adopted by SDA
educational institutions. This was the agency by which the church was married
to the world—by bringing the world’s curriculum into the classrooms of
Adventist youth. Largely due to this act of apostasy, a large segment of the
new movement church now disbelieve in the seven day creation week. Many
seminary professors teach that heresy which detracts from any credibility
accruing to the weekly Sabbath. If God took millenniums to create the world,
and then rested some indefinite millennium after creation, what does that do
to the weekly Sabbath?! Leroy Froom said in
Ministry magazine, circa 1957, that Christ took the nature of Adam
BEFORE the fall. A copy of that issue of Ministry
was eventually sent to over 450,000 non SDA ministers, not to mention public
libraries and other outlets, as a testament to what Seventh-day Adventist
believe. Leroy Froom was editor of Ministry
magazine at that time. That abominable heresy was
never corrected by Ministry, to
this day. Every member of the church is corporately responsible for that
abomination. The implication of that heresy
is that Christ could only be our substitute and NOT OUR EXAMPLE. That
teaching effectually annihilates the need of an Investigative Judgment,
because by that teaching, no man could overcome sin, so the only condition
for salvation would be FORENSIC JUSTIFICATION, without sanctification. Thus,
Andreasen was totally correct and discerning to fault Froom's position as
heresy and antichrist! Nothing could be more antichrist than destroying the
pivotal doctrine around which all true Christianity clusters—the human nature
of Christ as it directly relates to the atonement and the Incarnation of
Christ into humanity, which was an integral part of the sacrifice at His
Incarnation in the heavenly Sanctuary from the foundation of the earth when
He was slain there. "The
sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth around which
all other truths cluster...I present before you the great, grand monument of
mercy and regeneration, ...the Son of God uplifted on the cross." (GW
315.) The
Trinity Doctrine totally sweeps away the Sanctuary sacrifice in heaven by
teaching that the Holy Spirit was always a separate third person apart from
being the soul of the life of Christ, as Ellen White defines the Holy Spirit. The highest
good, crowning sacrificial gift that heaven can bestow was wrought in the
heavenly Sanctuary when the Son of God covenanted to relinquish (empty
Himself) of His Divine ONLY existence to be thereafter combined with humanity
forever. That is when the third person of the Godhead became such. The
Trinity Doctrine denies this highest good, crowning sacrifice, by teaching that
the Holy Spirit was always a separate third person. That is heresy. That
sweeps away the Sanctuary truth and the Atonement—thus sweeping away the
entire Christian economy. There could be no greater heresy than to deny the
highest good, crowning sacrifice of the Son in the heavenly Sanctuary,
without which His sacrifice on the cross would have been of no avail says
Ellen White. Christ is
the Comforter said Ellen White and John 14, where Jesus said He will send the
Comforter and then said He would come to us. Jesus sacrificed the life that
WAS HIS, for us, for the purpose of regeneration back into the image of God,
before glorification. Revelation 14:1-4 says that the 144,000 are blameless.
This proves that overcoming sin is possible this side of glorification, but
the false gospel of the Nicolaitans denies this truth. Notice: "We should remember that only when
Jesus comes can we be made perfect." (Taylor G. Bunch, Retired SDA
minister, in Ministry magazine, December, 1965, p. 9). The false gospel of mainline fallen Babylon is
now taught by many high-placed leaders in new movement Adventism. This makes
all members corporately (as a body) responsible. All this apostasy wreaked by
the new movement has led one leap after another into apostasy and a likeness
to fallen Babylon. "Today the old largely
negative approach--emphasizing chiefly the things wherein we differ from all
other religious groups--is past, definitely past. And it is as it should
be." Ministry magazine,
March, 1966. "The Adventist church
today is better prepared to make common cause with these evangelicals than at
any previous time in its history. The denomination is more definitely
oriented than ever to the historic evangelical concepts. The heavy, sometimes
bellicose, emphasis on the law and the Sabbath in times past undoubtedly
struck more raw nerves... in contrast today, with a clear assert of the
denomination's emphasis and membership's growth." Ministry magazine, June 1966. The emphasis shifted from the three angel’s
messages to evangelical concepts and membership growth—the proverbial numbers
racket versus true conversions to the truth. Ellen
White Prophesied the Numbers Racket! Pattern after other fallen
churches: "A
new order of things has COME INTO the ministry. There is a desire to pattern
after other churches and simplicity and humility are almost unknown. The
young ministers seek to be original, and to introduce new ideas and new plans
for labor. Some open revival meetings, and by this means call large numbers into the church. But when the excitement is
over, where are the converted ones? Repentance and confession of sin are not
seen. The sinner is entreated to believe
in Christ and accept Him, without regard to his past life of sin and rebellion.
The heart is not broken. There is no contrition of soul. The supposed
converted ones have not fallen upon the Rock, Christ Jesus." E.G. White,
Selected
Messages, Bk. 2,
pp. 18, 19. Such belief only without true confession and
repentance is none other than the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which God
especially hates—a false gospel which emphasizes justification only. Doctrine of the Nicolaitans.--The doctrine is now largely taught
that the gospel of Christ has made the law of God of no effect that by
'believing' we are released from the necessity of being doers of the Word.
But this is the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which Christ so unsparingly
condemned." E.G. White, The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p.
957. "(Jude
4).--The Sin of the Nicolaitans.--Is it [our sin] the sin of the Nicolaitans,
turning the grace of God into lasciviousness." E.G. White, SDA Bible
Commentary, Vol. 7, 957. Gnostic—Gnosticism "The
earliest extra-Biblical Christian writer to mention this party is Irenaeus
(c. A.D. 185), who identifies the Nicolaitans as a Gnostic sect... There is
evidence also of a Gnostic sect in the 3d cent. A.D. bearing the name
'Nicolaitans.' "...The
doctrine of the Nicolaitans appears to have been a form of antinomianism (see
SDACom 7:957). Nicolaitans of the 2d cent. seem to have continued and
extended the views of the 1st-cent. adherents, holding to the freedom of
the flesh, and teaching that the deeds of the flesh had no effect upon the
health of the soul and consequently no relation to salvation." SDA Bible
Dictionary, Vol. 8 pp. 770, 771. "Thorns
sprung up.--The thorns made it impossible for the wheat to mature (see
Luke 8:14). In the same way secular interests prevent the fruits of the Spirit
(Gal. 5:22, 23) from reaching maturity. Religion is relegated to the
subordinate position of being only one interest among many. For lack of
cultivation it withers and eventually dies. That which the thorny-ground hearers lack is a moral
transformation [E.G. White, Christ's Object Lessons, p. 50]
To them, justification is the sum and substance of religion, and they
fail to realize that the Christian life consists essentially in the process
known as sanctification--the process by which evil traits and tendencies
are replaced by the perfect life-pattern of Jesus Christ." Seventh-day
Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, 405. So
thorny-ground hearers lack a moral transformation. They don’t believe in
sanctification. To them, justification is the sum and substance of religion.
That is a false gospel that is being taught by many new movement SDA
ministers. The sacred tithe supports them as well as those who disagree with
that false gospel, but all members are responsible for tolerating and
supporting those who teach that false gospel, for the tithe goes into a
general pool. That is the prime reason corporate responsibility accrues in
the new movement church. Paul said
to accurse anyone, even an angel, who should come with any other gospel.
Accurse means anathema—to have nothing to do with—doomed. Those who support
such a heretical gospel are doomed if they continue to do so after
understanding corporate responsibility per Joshua chapters six and seven and
the following statement by Ellen White, which is based on the principle of
those chapters of the Bible: "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. I include
that statement in nearly every document I write because it is so serious. And
if you don’t accept this principle from Ellen White, read it from God in
Joshua chapters six and seven. More Compromises With Babylon Did our professed SDA
denomination decide to join with the evangelicals and to teach the same as
the other churches? Just 3 years later, in the Autumn Council of 1969, a
resolution was passed to teach in common with the other churches. "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, Dec. 18, 1969. Autumn Council action. As the result of this action,
the next "book of a new order" was written: SO MUCH IN COMMON.
Written by the World Council of Churches and the Seventh-day Adventist
church. It was published by the
World Council of Churches in 1973. Co-authors were Dr. B.B. Beach of the
SDA church, and Lukas Vischer, president of the World Council of Churches at
the time. This book explains how similar
the teachings of the professed SDA organization are compared to the churches
of the World Council. With all the rejections and concessions of our pure SDA
truths by the professed SDA leadership, truly there is now so much in
common! Mrs. White has warned us. She
says; "There has been for
years, in churches of the protestant faith, a strong and growing sentiment in
favor of a union based upon common points of doctrine. To secure such
a union, the discussion of subjects upon which all were not agreed, however
important they might be from a Bible standpoint, must necessarily be
waived." The Great Controversy,
p. 444. "All who neglect the word
of God to study convenience and policy, that they may not be at variance with
the world, will be left to receive damnable heresy for religious truth."
Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, p. 346. "Those who in their human
wisdom try to conceal the peculiar characteristics that distinguish
God's people from the world will lose their spiritual life and will no longer
be upheld by His power." Testimonies,
Vol. 6, p. 250. "When those who are
uniting with the world, yet claiming great purity, plead for union
with those who have ever been the opposers of the cause of truth, we should fear
and shun them as decidedly as did Nehemiah." Prophets and Kings, p. 660. In March, 1975, our SDA
Pacific Press Publishing Association was in a lawsuit by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission of the Federal Government. The case was tried in the
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in San Francisco. In a sworn affidavit from our
SDA General Conference President, Neal C. Wilson, he states; quote, "Although it is true that
there was a period in the life of the Seventh-day Adventist church when the
denomination took a distinctly anti-Roman Catholic viewpoint, and the term
'hierarchy' was used in a pejorative sense to refer to the papal form of
church governance, that attitude on the church's part was nothing more than a
manifestation of widespread antipopery among conservative protestant
denominations in the early part of this century and the latter part of the
last, and which has now been consigned to the historical trash heap so far
as the Seventh-day Adventist church is concerned." Reply Brief for the Defendant, p. 4,
case #C-74-2025 CBR. March, 1975. In 1990, Joan Campbell,
director of the United States office of the World Council of
Churches, was speaking to Adventists and said; "It is my pleasure to be
with you again. I bring 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 we
hold in common. So as fellow Christians, like those of Pentecost in the
earliest of days, we look at each other, and we say that we hold all
things in common." Adventist Review, July 10, 1990. And this declaration was
printed and published in our own Review as something to be proud of! It ought
to raise a few eyebrows! Is this not indicative that "our religion has
been changed"? Long ago, Mrs. White warned; "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 of every unclean and
hateful bird." Manuscript
Releases, Vol. 21, p. 380. Therefore, "The Lord has
a controversy with His professed people in these last days. In this
controversy men in responsible positions will take a course directly opposite
to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and despise the
Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others by burying it
beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches and in large
gatherings in the open air, ministers will urge upon the people the
necessity of keeping the first day of the week." Review and Herald, Vol. 1, p. 405. Please keep in mind
that most of the religious people of this world already worship on
Sunday. So it is not their ministers who are urging them to worship on
Sunday. It will be our own professed SDA leadership who will urge the
necessity of keeping Sunday holy! Remember, "We have far
more to fear from within than from without." 1 S.M.121. "An apostate church
will unite with the powers of earth and hell to place upon the forehead or in
the hand, the mark of the beast, and prevail upon the children of God to
worship the beast and his image. They will seek to compel them to renounce
their allegiance to God's law, and yield homage to the papacy. Then will the
gold be separated from the dross, and it will be made apparent who are godly,
who are loyal and true, and who are the disloyal, the dross and tinsel.
Everyone who is not centered in Christ will fail to stand the test and ordeal
of that day." Review and Herald,
Vol. 2, p. 609. The late Elder M. L. Andreasen, who for many years was
considered the dean of Seventh-day Adventist theologians, in his forceful
series of booklets entitled "Letters to the Churches" pinpoints the
areas in which Satan has succeeded in his efforts to make the Omega of
Apostasy a reality. As we read through Elder Andreasen's letters, we realize
anew how the hellish technique that Satan used with Dr. Kellogg, has
succeeded in bringing on this last great Apostasy within our church. Brother
Andreasen makes a summation of the crisis we are facing today, as follows: "We have reached a crisis in this denomination when
leaders are attempting to enforce false doctrine and threaten those who
object. The whole program is unbelievable. Men are now attempting to remove
the foundations of many generations, and think they can succeed. If we did
not have the Spirit of Prophecy we would not know of the departure from sound
doctrine which is now threatening us, and the coming of the Omega which will
decimate our ranks and cause grievous wounds.” M. L. Andreasen, Letters to the Churches, No. 3, p. 9. As Elder Andreasen so ably brings out, the Omega of
Apostasy consists of an open downgrading of the teachings of the Spirit of
Prophecy, along with an attempt to alter our doctrinal beliefs concerning the
Nature of Christ, and the Atonement, so that these will be in line with worldly
doctrines. In his "Letters to the
Churches," Elder Andreasen gives a number of examples of how some of
our leaders have downgraded the teachings of the Spirit of Prophecy. In 1957, the General Conference released a book
entitled, "Questions on Doctrine."
It was published as the outcome of a series of conferences between
certain of our leaders with evangelical representatives Martin, Barnhouse and
Cannon. The book was supposed to answer some pertinent questions raised by
Mr. Martin, as spokesman for the evangelicals, but it seriously compromised
and apostatized on some of the fundamental doctrines of our church. The late Elder Andreasen, whom we mentioned earlier in
this study, was the first prominent Adventist theologian that 'made himself a
man of no reputation' by calling attention to this apostasy which he
identified as the Omega Heresy, and the Omega of Apostasy. Ellen White Reapplies Jeremiah 7:16 and Jeremiah
11:9-15 to SDA’s at the End-time All the surrounding verses
provide the context, the reasons, for God instructing Jeremiah not to pray
for the apostate Jews. Pick and choose apostate Adventists always present the
examples of Moses and Daniel, but they never
deal with Jeremiah chapters 7 and 11. With a little prayerful study, you
won’t have to wonder why. Jeremiah 7
I recall seeing an advertisement in an SDA church bulletin
circa the latter 1980’s, for a joint SDA Easter sunrise service with Pat Boon
and George Vandeman as hosts. All my 40 years in the church, Easter was never
celebrated in the least! The words “...for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath” prove
that God is willing to judge on a generational basis and in applying these
abominations to a counterpart application involving SDA’s at the end-time,
this proves that God will judge them by that generation and not as He judged
and dealt with Israel in A.D. 27-34 and on as regards “added probation.” There was no added probation for the sins committed by Israel in the
generation of Shiloh. So any counterpart
of that generation will not receive added probation or indeed, it would
not be a counterpart at all. Notice the word Shiloh. This was the first settlement of the
Jews after emerging from the 40 years of wandering in the Sinai desert. Was
there a faithful remnant of Jews of that generation? And how and where were
they worshipping? Notice: "The recreant
priests added licentiousness to the dark catalogue of their crimes yet they
still polluted by their presence the tabernacle of the Lord, and, laden with
sin, dared to come into the presence of a holy God. As the men of Israel
witnessed the corrupt course of the priests, they thought it safer for their
families not to come up to the appointed place of worship. Many went from Shiloh
with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused, until they at last
determined to offer their sacrifices themselves, concluding that this would
be fully as acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the abominations
practiced in the Sanctuary." E.G.
White, The Signs of the Times, vol.
1, p. 264, col. 3, December 1, 1881. Remember the above statement
when you read that Ellen White says that Jeremiah chapters six and 7
COUNTERPART (PARALLEL) SDA’s at the end-time. Be careful to note all the
parallels and apply them to the SDA leaders today: ·
The recreant
priests added licentiousness to the dark catalogue of their crimes. ·
Yet they still polluted
by their presence the tabernacle of the Lord. ·
And, laden with
sin, dared to come into the presence of a holy God. ·
As the men of
Israel witnessed the corrupt course of the priests, they thought it safer for
their families not to come up to the appointed place of worship. ·
Many went from Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused,
until they at last determined to offer their sacrifices themselves,
concluding that this would be fully as acceptable to God, as to sanction in
any manner the abominations practiced in the Sanctuary. ·
There are many
abominations taking place in new movement Adventist sanctuaries today. There
is the hideous celebration movement adapted from Vatican II. As in Jeremiah
11:15, the people rejoice (celebrate) as to do evil. There is a mixing of the
sacred with the profane. There is a lack of reverence. In some churches there
is the eating of donuts and drinking coffee in the sanctuary. There is
sacrilegious talking and jesting. There is drama. There is music that is not
of a sacred character. There is joking and jest from the pulpit. The
announcements are often as long or longer than the sermon. There is a false
gospel in addition to the true. There, the dumb-dog watchmen will NEVER AGAIN
show the House of Jacob its sins. There are peace and safety sermons. There
is ecumenical preacher swapping. There are sermons designed so as not to
offend anyone. There is no crying aloud to show my people their sins, Isaiah
58:1. I have personally witnessed lewd skits of drama. There is an attitude
that the church is thriving and all is well. There is Laodicean lukewarmness.
There are the abominations cited in Ezekiel 8, for which reasons Ezekiel 9
will be literally fulfilled BEGINNING AT HIS SANCTUARIES AROUND THE WORLD,
5T, 211. There is hate for anyone who would reprove. Leaders stand in the
gate deciding what the sheeple will have and not have. Those who are led of
them are led to destruction, Isaiah 9:16. Leaders exude unbelief (5T 211).
Some of them teach God did not create the earth in six days. But Ellen White
says the worst sins, those which provoked the jealousy of the pure and holy
God, were unrevealed. 5T 211. So things are far worse than we know. There are
behind the scenes abominations taking place that we know nothing about. ·
They sacrificed at
home. So in the COUNTERPART parallel, Ellen White is saying that the faithful
will be doing the same thing at the end-time. Jeremiah 11 9 “And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found
among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to
hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of
Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their
fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring
evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall
cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 12 Then shall the
cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto
whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of
their trouble. 13 For according to the number of thy cities were
thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem
have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense
unto Baal. 14 Therefore
pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for
I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
15 What hath my beloved
to do in mine house, seeing she
[the church] hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh [God] is
passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest [Celebrates].
Jeremiah 11:9-15. Now I will present solid proof
absolute that the SDA church has committed unpardonable sin, as did the Jews
in Shiloh. Ellen White said that there would be a counterpart to Jeremiah
chapters 7 and 11. Here are her statements: The SDA COUNTERPART FACTOR
TO THE JEWS OF JEREMIAH CHAPTERS 7 AND 11 COUNTERPART:
"The Lord commanded one of his ancient servants, 'Pray not thou for this
people [Jer. 7:16 and 11:14], neither lift up cry nor prayer for them neither
make intercession to me for I will not hear thee.' The prophet thus describes
the sins which had called forth this fearful denunciation: 'The prophets
prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means and my people love
to have it so and what will ye do in the end thereof?' 'From the least of
them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness and
from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. They have
healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace, when there is no peace.' The
apostles declare that this state of things will find its COUNTERPART in the
last days. Many have a form of godliness, but in their daily life
deny the power thereof. They have
ceased to be convicted of their sins or alarmed at their state. They say in
their hearts, 'The church is flourishing. Peace and spiritual prosperity are
within her borders.' The words of the prophet may well apply to these
self-deceivers, 'They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth
in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring
their fears upon them." E. G. White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, 11-07-82. "Shall
the Lord be compelled to say, `Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up
cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me: for I will not hear
thee' [Jeremiah 7:16]? `Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there
hath been no latter rain....Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me, My
Father, thou art the guide of my youth' [Jeremiah 3:3-4]?... The Lord commanded one of his ancient servants,
"Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them;
neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee." The prophet thus describes the sins which
had called forth this fearful denunciation: "The prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have
it so; and what will ye do in the end thereof?" "From the least
of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness;
and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. They
have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,
Peace, peace, when there is no peace." {RH, November 7, 1882 par. 8}
The apostles declare that this state
of things will find its counterpart in the last days. Many have a form of
godliness, but in their daily life deny the power thereof. They have ceased
to be convicted of their sins or alarmed at their state. They say in their
hearts, "The church is flourishing. Peace and spiritual prosperity are
within her borders." The words of the prophet may well apply to these
self-deceivers, "They have chosen their own ways, and their soul
delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and
will bring their fears upon them." {RH, November 7, 1882 par. 9} Who else but SDA’s could
qualify as the COUNTERPART of the Jews when they both are “chosen people” who
claim to keep the commandments of God and constitute a remnant?! As the
events of A.D. 27-70 were a prefigure of the destruction of the church and
the world at the end-time, so the abominations of Jeremiah chapters 7 and 11
are a counterpart to how God will deal with new movement Adventists at the
end-time. The Jews of that generation (Shiloh) were so abominable, that God
told Jeremiah not to even pray for them, while Jesus Himself prayed for the
Jews of His generation who crucified Him. This proves that God deals with His
people on a generational basis and that the last generation of His people are
worse than any other generation. A prime reason for this is because they had
benefit of the example of the Jews of Shiloh and Jerusalem, and still did
worse than their fathers says God. Ezekiel
chapter 5 says that Adventists at the end-time are worse than the nations
around them. For this, God will make them a taunt, an instruction (example)
and a reproach to the nations around them. The
context of Ezekiel 5 is established in verse 9, to wit: Ezekiel 5
Compare Ezekiel verse 9 with Matthew 24:21.
This comparison establishes the stark end-time context of Ezekiel 5:9. 21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of
the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those
days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's
sake those days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:21. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not
done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine
abominations. Ezekiel 5:9. In Ezekiel 5:9, God proposes to do the worst
thing the likes of which He has never done, and which He will never do again,
because all of spiritual Jerusalem’s abominations. Does Ellen White agree with Ezekiel that
God’s end-time once “chosen people” are worse than any other people? Worse than Babylon -- "God's professed
people are selfish and self-caring....They are idolaters, and are worse, in
the sight of God, than the heathen, graven-image worshippers who have had no
knowledge of a better way." Testimonies, Vol. 2, 440-442. “Then
I was pointed back to the years 1843 and 1844. There was a spirit of
consecration then that there is not now. What has come over the professed
peculiar people of God? I saw the conformity to the world, the unwillingness
to suffer for the truth's sake. I saw a great lack of submission to the will
of God…” “I was shown the conformity of
some professed Sabbathkeepers to the world. Oh, I saw that it is a disgrace
to their profession, a disgrace to the cause of God. They give the lie to their profession. They think they are not like
the world, but they are so near like them in dress, in conversation, and
actions, that there is no distinction…” “As I saw the dreadful fact that
God's people were conformed to the world, with no distinction, except
in name [nominally], between many of the professed disciples of the meek
and lowly Jesus and unbelievers, my soul felt deep anguish. I saw that Jesus
was wounded and put to an open shame. Said the angel, as with sorrow he saw
the professed people of God loving the world, partaking of its spirit, and
following its fashions: "Cut loose! Cut loose! lest He appoint you your
portion with hypocrites and unbelievers outside the city. Your profession
will only cause you greater anguish, and your punishment will be greater
because ye knew His will, but did it not." Testimonies for the Church, Vol 1, pp. 131,
133. Who Separates From Whom? God is not calling anyone out of the Seventh-day Adventist
church. God is calling true Seventh-day Adventists out of an imposter new
movement, new organization, that separated itself from Him and His church.
Here is the evidence you need: The Prophesied Fall of The New
Movement Professing Seventh-day Adventist Church That Separated From God '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.
Selected Messages, Book 1, pp. 204, 205. "Jesus sends HIS
PEOPLE a message of warning to prepare them for his coming. To the
prophet John was made known the closing work in the great plan of man's
redemption. He beheld an angel flying 'in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel [CONTEXT: The three
angel’s messages commissioned to SDA’s] to preach unto them that dwell on
the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him for the hour of his
Judgment is come and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and the fountains of waters [Rev.
14:6, 7.]. The angel represented in
prophecy as delivering this message,
symbolizes a class of faithful
men, who, obedient to the promptings of God's Spirit and the teachings of
his word, proclaim this warning to the inhabitants of earth. This message was not to be committed to
the religious leaders of the people. They
had failed to preserve their connection with God, and had REFUSED THE LIGHT FROM
HEAVEN therefore they WERE NOT of the number described by the apostle
Paul: 'But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should
overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children
of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness' [1 Thess. 5:4, 5]. The watchmen upon the
walls of Zion should be the first to catch the tidings of the Saviour's
advent, the first to lift their voices to proclaim him near, the first to
warn the people to prepare for his coming. But they were at ease, dreaming of peace and safety, while the people
were asleep in their sins. Jesus saw HIS
CHURCH, like the barren fig-tree, covered with pretentious leaves,
yet destitute of precious fruit. There was a boastful observance of the forms
of religion, while the spirit of true humility, penitence and faith--which
alone could render the service acceptable to God--was lacking. Instead of the graces of the Spirit,
there were manifested pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, oppression. A BACKSLIDING CHURCH closed
their eyes to the signs of the times. God did nor forsake them, or suffer his
faithfulness to fail but they
departed from him, and SEPARATED THEMSELVES from his love. As they REFUSED
TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS, his promises were NOT FULFILLED to them." E.G. White, The Spirit of Prophecy,
Vol. 4, pp. 199-200, which is the 1884 edition of The Great Controversy. Need I proffer more
evidence? Only a very foolish virgin would require more. But they are legion
and even if an angel from heaven raised one from the grave in their sight,
they would not believe. —rwb |
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