SDA
Pastor Stephen Bohr on the Seven Thousand
Who
Have not Bowed the Knee to Baal
“For the leaders of
this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”
Isaiah 9:16
SDA Pastor Stephen Bohr on the Seven Thousand
Who Have not Bowed the Knee to Baal
Some faithful
friends and supporters of my ministry from Ohio, sent me information this week
about how Pastor Stephen Bohr excuses membership in the church on 3ABN. He
instructs SDA’s to stick with the apostate church. Pastor Bohr tells his
listeners:
“Of course,
not every leader has sold his soul for a place in the Adventist Vatican. But
what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand
men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.” Romans 11:4.
Based on the
Bible and Ellen White’s teaching on corporate responsibility, my friends
enjoined: “But Pastor Bohr, what about corporate responsibility?”
And my
friends are exactly correct! God’s seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to
Baal were not numbered amongst the apostates because the apostates have bowed
the knee to Baal. Way back in Elijah’s time, there existed a faithful few who
did not bow the knee to Baal. They worshipped at home, to wit:
The Bible Principle of Corporate Responsibility
There is much
on my Website on the issue of corporate responsibility so I will not cover it
all here.
It would be
comical were it not a tragedy that the current Conference President, Ted
Wilson, says God’s people are corporately responsible when it comes to unity
and praying for the Holy Spirit. But it goes further than that!
https://omega77.tripod.com/tedwilsoncorporateresponsibility.htm
"The
plain straight testimony must live in the church, or the curse of God will rest
upon His people as surely as it did upon ancient Israel because of their sins.
God holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins
existing in individuals among them." Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 269.
"The
names of those who sin and refuse to repent should not be retained on the
church books, lest the saints be held accountable for their evil deeds. Those
who pursue a course of transgression should be visited and labored with, and if
they then refuse to repent, they should be separated from church fellowship, in
accordance with the rules laid down in the Word of God." {11MR 208.3}
"Christ
has plainly taught that those who persist in open sin must be separated from
the church..." E. G. White, Christ's
Object Lessons, 71.
Christ cannot
dwell amongst abominable apostasy. So open sin must be separated from any
church that wants to be a valid church and that desire’s the Holy Spirit of
Christ’s presence. When any church refuses to separate those who persist in
open sin, and especially when a church’s leaders are the ring-leaders in the
open sin apostasy, we must leave. That is God’s instruction. That is Ellen
White’s instruction, lest we be held fully accountable for the apostasy
ourselves!
"Even
though you may not be able to speak a word to those who are working on wrong
principles, leave them. Your withdrawal and silence may do more than words.
Nehemiah refused to associate with those who were untrue to principle, and he
would not permit his workmen to associate with them. The love and fear of God
were his safeguard-Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone. Thus as did Moses,
you will endure the seeing of Him who is invisible. But a cowardly and silent
reserve before evil associates, while you listen to their devices makes you one
with them Come out from among them and be separate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." Review & Herald, Vol. 4, p. 42.
The Call Out Message in
Ezekiel 12
Ellen White
said to read Ezekiel 12 very carefully. Read these verses from that chapter and
some of you will know why!
Ellen White’s
Review and Herald, Vol. 4, p. 42
above statement is echoed in the following instruction to Ezekiel:
“Son of man, thou
dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see
not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day
in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their
sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel
12:2, 3.
Men like
Stephen Bohr and Dr. Walter Veith, are either totally ignorant of corporate
responsibility or they are willfully slighting this serious principle of God’s
Word. Dr. Veith said that the German Conference President who signed the German
Conference into Membership with the ecumenical councils in that country, was
only himself responsible for that act! That flies in the face of the principle
of corporate responsibility as taught in many examples of Scripture as well as
the Spirit of Prophecy. God’s watchmen sure are blind leaders of the blind.
They surely are dumb dogs who cannot see, who cannot understand. God indicts
them all in Isaiah 56:10-12. He says ALL three times in those verses! Ellen
White reapplies this passage in 5T 211, and many other
places in principle.
Did Elijah Tell the People he Witnessed
to That They Could Safely Co-exist With the Prophets of Baal?
Men like
Stephen Bohr, Bill Hughes and Walter Veith, are teaching professing Seventh-day
Adventists that they can safely dwell with apostate leaders and support them
with the sacred tithe. Is that what Elijah told the subjects of the prophets of
Baal in his day?
1Ki 18:22
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the
LORD; but Baal's prophets [are] four
hundred and fifty men.
1Ki 18:25 And
Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves,
and dress [it] first; for ye [are] many; and call on the name of your gods, but
put no fire [under].
1Ki 18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and
said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or
he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth,
and must be awaked.
1Ki 18:30 And
Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came
near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD [that was] broken down.
1Ki 18:31 And
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
1Ki 18:36 And
it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that
Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I
[am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.
1Ki 18:40 And
Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought
them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Moses did the
same thing at the golden calf incident and the Korah
rebellion. Korah and his leaders were Levite priests.
The unrepentant apostates were killed off from the camp. But Jesus changed that
plan. He gathered out the faithful from apostasy, and it has worked that way in
every succeeding generation since—Desire of
Ages, 232. Then some suggest we are to be like Moses in attitude of praying
for the people. If you will read the Biblical account, He prayed for those who
repented the next morning after the unrepentant apostates were killed. About
14,000 were killed in the Korah, Dathan
and Abiram incident and about 3,000 in the golden
calf apostasy.
A Grossly Misunderstood Ellen White Statement and
The Abomination of Desolation
Many SDA’s
interpret the following statement to mean that there should be no separation
until the Sunday Law. That is interesting in light of the living fact that Ellen
White parallels the entering of the Roman general Cestius Gallus and his army
upon Jewish soil in A.D. 66, with the Sunday Law, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 451, and 464.
Though there
are many varied views amongst historians as to what constituted an abomination
of desolation, Ellen White did indeed parallel Any Roman landing upon Jewish
soil with the abomination of desolation and the Sunday Law.
“Jesus declared to the listening disciples the judgments
that were to fall upon apostate Israel, and especially the retributive
vengeance that would come upon them for their rejection and crucifixion of the
Messiah. Unmistakable signs would precede the awful climax. The dreaded hour
would come suddenly and swiftly. And the Saviour warned his followers: "When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the holy place (whoso readeth let him understand), then let
them which be in Judea flee into the mountains." [MATT. 24:15, 16.] When
the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground,
which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of
Christ were to find safety in flight. When the warning sign should be seen,
judgment was to follow so quickly that those who would escape must make no
delay. He who chanced to be upon the housetop must not go down through his
house into the street; but he must speed his way from roof to roof until he
reach the city wall, and be saved "so as by fire." Those who were
working in the fields or vineyards must not take time to return for the outer
garment laid aside while they should be toiling in the heat of the day. They
must not hesitate a moment, lest they be involved in the general destruction.
{4SP 26.2}
“By the decree enforcing the
institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will
disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall
stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she
shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the
influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle
of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make
provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may
know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end
is near.” {5T 451.1}
"As the approach of the Roman armies
was a sign to the disciples of the impending destruction of Jerusalem, so may
this apostasy be a sign to us that the limit of God's forbearance is reached,
that the measure of our nation's iniquity is full, and that the angel of mercy
is about to take her flight, never to return. The people of God will then be
plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress which prophets have
described as the time of Jacob's trouble. The cries of the faithful,
persecuted ones ascend to heaven. And as the blood of Abel cried from the
ground, there are voices also crying to God from martyrs' graves, from the
sepulchers of the sea, from mountain caverns, from convent vaults: "How
long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
that dwell on the earth?" {5T 451.2}
“It is no time now for God's
people to be fixing their affections or laying up their treasure in the world.
The time is not far distant, when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced
to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies
was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power
on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a
warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities, preparatory
to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the
mountains. And now, instead of seeking expensive
dwellings here, we should be preparing to move to a better country, even a
heavenly. Instead of spending our means in self-gratification, we should be
studying to economize. Every talent lent of God should be used to His glory in
giving the warning to the world. God has a work for His colaborers to do in the
cities. Our missions must be sustained; new missions must be opened. To carry forward
this work successfully will require no small outlay. Houses of worship are
needed, where the people may be invited to hear the truths for this time. For
this very purpose, God has entrusted a capital to His stewards. Let not your
property be tied up in worldly enterprises, so that this work shall be
hindered. Get your means where you can handle it for the benefit of the cause
of God. Send your treasures before you into heaven. {5T 464.3}
As we will
see further down in this document, Ellen White referred to the Destruction of
Jerusalem, as detailed in Chapter 1 of The
Great Controversy, as a prefigure (type). This is of immense importance.
God has given us a TYPE to go by so that we need not make any mistake about
what to do and when to do it. What occurred in the type?
· Jesus and His
followers began to separate from the apostate Jewish Temple in A.D. 27, Desire
of Ages, 232, for the first act of Christ’s ministry was to “gather out” those
who would take the gospel to the world.
· Ellen White parallels
the abomination of desolation with the Sunday Law. This was the last signal to
flee. This was the last time anyone could leave the apostate Temple and flee
with the true Christians, but the faithful had been separating from the
apostate Jewish Temple for 39 years before the final time to flee to Pella and
its surrounding mountains. The separation from the apostate Jewish church was
from A.D. 27-A.D. 66.
· Not only does
Ellen White parallel the abomination with the Sunday law, she said the Ezekiel
9 destruction of Jerusalem was a type of what will occur at the end-time,
BEGINNING AT HIS CHURCH, HIS SANCTUARY, 5T 211.
· If what
literally occurred in that Ezekiel 9 prefigure (type) was indeed a type of what
occurs at the end time literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, then faithful SDA’s
will flee the apostate SDA church for at least 39 years before the abomination
of desolation, or the Sunday Law is legislated.
· As in the
TYPE, the time of the National Sunday law is the last time one can join God’s
true and faithful people and be saved. But this is not the only time to leave
the apostate church. This is not the only time the wheat is separated from the
chaff, the gold from the dross, because in the type that was occurring for 39
years prior to the final opportunity to flee at the abomination of desolation—the
surrounding of Jerusalem by Roman armies.
· If what
literally occurred as part of the Ezekiel 9 sealing from A.D. 27-66 was a type
of the end-time literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, BEGINNING AT HIS CHURCH, HIS
SANCTUARY, then Testimonies, Vol. 5,
80-81 depict the final time for the faithful in all apostate churches to leave
them and join God’s true remnant via the final Loud Cry call to the world.
·
It is clear from the type, that the placing of the
abomination of desolation WAS NOT THE ONLY TIME TO FLEE FROM THE APOSTATE
JEWISH CHURCH, for that had been going on since A.D. 27, involving first the
disciples, and then others after the final close of Israel’s probation in A.D.
34. But Jesus gathered out His bride, His disciples, DA 179, in A.D. 27, 43
years before the abomination of desolation was in place. And remember, Ellen
White parallels the Sunday Law with the materialization of abomination of
desolation—Roman soldiers surrounding the city of Jerusalem.
·
We are to separate from apostasy when it occurs or
we are held corporately responsible for it.
·
The faithful followers of Christ did not wait until
the abomination of desolation (parallel to the Sunday law) to leave the
apostate Jewish church.
·
In Desire of
Ages, 232, it says that true reformers have separated from the church of
their fathers in every succeeding generation for ONE REASON: the leaders
refused to receive and tolerate light. That in and of itself is apostasy from
the truth.
Christ and
His followers began separating from the apostate Jerusalem church in A.D. 27,
(DA 232), and continued recruiting followers until A.D. 66, at which time all
separated Christians fled to Pella in the land of Perea. This is exactly what
Ellen White, in principle, counsels us to do at the legislation of the Sunday
law. She says to move from the cities to smaller towns prior to leaving for
more solitary places. Pella was a town surrounded by mountains to which the
faithful Christians could flee in A.D. 70, when Titus returned to Jerusalem and
sacked the Temple and the city of Jerusalem.
http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/p/pella-flight.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Bible)
“In the last
solemn work few great men will be engaged. They are self-sufficient,
independent of God, and He cannot use them. The Lord has faithful servants, who
in the shaking, testing time will be disclosed to view. 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 [SDA’s in context].
But, it may be under a rough and uninviting exterior the pure brightness of a
genuine Christian character will be revealed. In the daytime we look toward heaven,
but do not see stars. They are there, fixed in the firmament, but the eye
cannot distinguish them. In the night we behold their genuine luster. {ChS 49.2}
The time is
not far distant, when the test will come to every soul.... In this time, the
gold will be separated from the dross in the church. True godliness will be
clearly distinguished from the appearance and tinsel of it. Many a star that we
have admired for its brilliancy, will then go out in darkness. Chaff like a
cloud will be borne away on the wind, even from places where we see only floors
of rich wheat. All who assume the ornaments of the sanctuary, but are not
clothed with Christ’s righteousness, will appear in the shame of their own
nakedness.—Testimonies for the Church 5:80, 81.
{ChS 49.3}
The above
statement is one of the most misinterpreted (by SDA’s) of Ellen White’s
statements. She is speaking in context of precious ones now hidden who have not
bowed the knee to Baal. She says that such ones have not had the light which
has been shining in a concentrated blaze as Adventists have been privy to.
In
referencing the time when the test will come to every soul, of course she is
referring to the Sunday law test. That is the final time when ALL SOULS, EVERY
SOUL, will be tested and the final call for all gold will be separated from the
dross in every apostate church in the world.
Adventists
interpret this to mean that the chaff and dross are blown out of the church
militant, but Ellen White is speaking of EVERY SOUL in EVERY CHURCH. She uses the
word “church” in the collective, general sense.
Here is the proof:
If the bad
were shaken out of the SDA church militant and other churches, that would leave
them purged and purified as the church triumphant, but God’s Word says that the
bad are shaken into the midsts of Jerusalem for burning and melting. Ezekiel
22:17-31. That is what occurred in the last literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9,
and Ellen White says there will be another literal fulfillment BEGINNING AT HIS
CHURCH, HIS SANTUARY, Testimonies,
Vol. 5, 211.
Why would a
literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9 begin at His church, His Sanctuary, if the bad
were shaken out? Is that what occurred in the prefigure? No! The good left the
bad and the apostate Temple was burned and men, maidens and little children
were slaughtered. Ezekiel 22:17-31 is a record of what occurred in the type.
Chapter 1 of The Great Controversy is
a record of the TYPE that will be literally fulfilled again to the letter says
Ellen White.
Some mock any
mention of Ezekiel 9 as being associated with the Shepherd’s Rod. Was Ellen
White a Shepherd’s Rod? I think not! Neither am I, nor have I ever been, nor
will I ever be!
Further,
Ellen White says that the last Ezekiel 9 destruction of the apostate Jewish
church was a PREFGURE (TYPE). We know
that destruction was Ezekiel 9, because that chapter is the sealing chapter.
God’s people were given 490 years to put away sin. That probationary time ended
in A.D. 34, at the stoning of Stephen. God would not permit such a debacle to
come upon His people until their probationary time, which He prescribed for
them in Daniel 9, was complete.
Here is Ellen
White prefigure statement on the destruction of Jerusalem:
“The future
was mercifully veiled from the disciples. Had they at that time fully
comprehend the two awful facts--the Redeemer's sufferings and death, and the
destruction of their city and temple--they would have been overwhelmed with
horror. Christ presented before them an outline of the prominent events to take
place before the close of time. His words were not then fully understood; but
their meaning was to be unfolded as His people should need the instruction
therein given. The prophecy which He uttered was twofold in its meaning; while
foreshadowing the destruction of Jerusalem, it prefigured also the terrors of
the last great day.
Christ’s
prophecy was twofold in meaning:
1. It
foreshadowed the Ezekiel 9 destruction of Jerusalem.
2. It
foreshadowed the Ezekiel 9 destruction of the world in the last great day,
Great Controversy, pp. 653-656, BUT LITERALLY BEGINNING AT HIS SANCTUARY, 5T
211 and the following statements:
"Study
the 9th chapter of Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled yet the
time is passing, and the people are asleep. They refuse to humble their souls
and to be converted. Not a great while longer will the Lord bear with the
people who have such great and important truths revealed to them, but who
refuse to bring these truths into their individual experience. The time is
short. God is calling will YOU hear? Will YOU receive His message? Will YOU be
converted before it is too late? Soon, very soon, every case will be decided
for eternity. Letter 106, 1909, pp. 2, 3, 5, 7. (To "The churches in
Oakland and Berkeley, September 26, 1909.)" E. G. White Manuscript Releases Volume One, p. 260.
“The time
will soon come when the prophecy of Ezekiel 9 will be fulfilled; that prophecy
should be carefully studied, for it will be fulfilled to the very letter.”—
Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1303.
The Signs of
the Times, February 12, 1880: “The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a
solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel.”
“The
desolation of Jerusalem in the days of Jeremiah is a solemn warning to modern
Israel, that the counsels and admonitions given them through chosen
instrumentalities cannot be disregarded with impunity.” Prophets and Kings,
416.
“In some
cases, BEFORE the time specified in the decree, enemies will rush upon the
waiting ones to put them to death.” E.G.
White, The 1884 edition of The Great
Controversy, p. 447.
In the
prefigure of Ezekiel nine’s last literal fulfillment, if the faithful could
co-dwell with apostasy for which we are
to sigh and cry, how is it that Christ and His followers separated from the
apostate Temple and formed home churches all over Judea?
Christ and His Disciples Separated
"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.
Paul Separated
“And he went
into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing
and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9But when divers were hardened, and believed
not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them,
and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.”
Acts 19:8, 9.
“Fearing that
the faith of the believers would be endangered by continued association with
these opposers of the truth, Paul separated from them, and gathered the
disciples into a distinct body.” E.G. White, Acts of the Apostles, p. 285, 286.
"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.
True
Reformers of Every Succeeding Generation Have Separated From Apostates
"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, 232.
Consider
these facts:
· Ezekiel 9
began at His church, His Sanctuary, the apostate Jewish Temple in A.D. 70. The
Romans then destroyed the city of Jerusalem, says Josephus, an eye-witness
Jewish historian.
· Ellen White
says the words to Jesus to His disciples (The Great Controversy, p. 25)
constitute a twofold type. So we have something as sure as a prefigure (type)
informing us as to the final fate of the SDA church militant.
· Just as in
the destruction of Jerusalem, the dross is gathered into the midsts of end-time
spiritual Jerusalem, for burning and melting, Ezekiel 22:17-31. That is what
occurred in the last literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, so for the next
fulfillment of Ezekiel 9 to be literal, as Ellen White says it will be, then
that same thing must occur in the antitypical literal fulfillment.
What About the 7000 Who had not Bowed the Knee to
Baal in Elijah’s Day?
Some
misguided individuals like Stephen Bohr, try to teach that there was a time
when God’s people did not have to separate from apostasy. Bohr intimates that
there were 7000 in the camp of apostate Israel who had not bowed the knee to
Baal. Ellen White said that some had ignorantly bowed the knee to Baal. That is
very different from wilfully, knowingly bowing the knee to Baal!
What occurred
in the incident on Mt. Carmel involving Elijah is that all the false priests
were killed and all who repented, just as all who formed at Moses’ right side
at the golden calf incident, were spared.
In the early
history of God’s first chosen people, the apostates were killed and the ark of
the covenant was removed from the camp until this was done. Why? Because God’s
presence cannot dwell in the midsts of sinful apostasy.
Consider this
statement involving Shiloh, long before the Mt. Carmel incident involving
Elijah. Shiloh was the first civilized settlement of the Hebrews after coming
out of the Sinai wilderness, and the following statement depicts the fact that
long before Elijah’s time, God had a faithful firmament of chosen ones who were
not bowing the knee to Baal:
"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.
Ellen White’s
description of those who have not bowed the knee to Baal at the end-time:
"A
Firmament of Chosen Ones.--Among earth's inhabitants, scattered in every land,
there are those who have not bowed
the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which appear only at
night, these FAITHFUL ONES will shine forth when darkness covers the earth and
gross darkness the people. In heathen Africa, in the Catholic lands of Europe
and of South America, in China, in India, in the islands of the sea, and in all
the dark corners of the earth, God has in reserve a firmament of CHOSEN ONES
that will yet shine forth amidst the darkness, revealing clearly to an apostate
world the transforming power of obedience to His law. Even now they are
appearing IN EVERY NATION, AMONG EVERY TONGUE AND PEOPLE and in the hour of
deepest apostasy, when Satan's supreme effort is made to cause 'all, both small
and great, rich and poor, free and bond,' to receive, under penalty of death,
the sign of allegiance to a false rest day, these faithful ones, 'blameless and
harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,' will 'shine as light in the world.'"
The darker the night, the more brilliantly will they shine." E.G. White, Evangelism,707, and Prophets and Kings, pp. 188, 189.
More Evidence That Those who Have not Bowed the
Knee to Baal Include Non-Adventists
“Yet this
apostasy, widespread as it has come to be, is not universal. Not all in the
world are lawless and sinful; not all have taken sides with the enemy. God has many
thousands who have not bowed the knee to Baal, many who long to understand
more fully in regard to Christ and the law, many who are hoping against hope
that Jesus will come soon to end the reign of sin and death. And there are
many who have been worshiping Baal ignorantly, but with whom the Spirit of God
is still striving.” {PK
171.1}
It is clear
from the above statement that the Spirit of God is striving with those who have
been worshipping Baal ignorantly! That does not include those who have been
warned of the apostasy! They are wantonly worshipping Baal!
Many in the
SDA church are still ignorant of the apostasy of the church and there will be
new converts to that new movement church (1SM 204-205) during the little time
of testing of all churches, who must be warned and given the gospel invitation
to come out of all churches that are in apostasy, including the professing SDA
once church.
“Thus the man
of God continued to labor from year to year, drawing close to the people in
faithful ministry, and in times of crisis standing by the side of kings as a
wise counselor. The long years of idolatrous backsliding on the part of rulers and
people had wrought their baleful work; the dark shadow of apostasy was still
everywhere apparent, yet here and there were those who had steadfastly refused
to bow the knee to Baal. As Elisha continued his work of reform, many were
reclaimed from heathenism, and these learned to rejoice in the service of the
true God. The prophet was cheered by these miracles of divine grace, and he was
inspired with a great longing to reach all who were honest in heart. Wherever
he was he endeavored to be a teacher of righteousness.” {PK 259.2}
Many SDA’s
are unaware of the heathenism the church is imbibing by its ecumenical liaison
with the fallen churches and other abominations for which we are to sigh and
cry as a condition of being sealed by the Man in Linen.
“Men of
Influence to Accept Light—There needs to be a waking up among God’s people,
that His work may be carried forward with power. We need the baptism of the
Holy Spirit. We need to understand that God will add to the ranks of His people
men of ability and influence, who are to act their part in warning the world.
Not all in the world are lawless and sinful. God has many thousands who
have not bowed the knee to Baal. There are God-fearing men in the fallen
churches. If this were not so, we should not be given the message to bear,
“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.... Come out of her, my people.” {PM 398.2}
The Prophesied Fate of the SDA Church Militant
Proving That The Good Leave the Bad Just as was the Case in the Prefigure of
Apostate Israel
Begin at My Sanctuary -- "Here we see that the church--the Lord's
sanctuary--was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The ancient men [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, Vol. 5, 211.
"Jesus
sends HIS PEOPLE a message of
warning to prepare them for his coming. To the prophet John was made known the
closing work in the great plan of man's redemption. He beheld an angel flying
'in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him for the hour
of his Judgment is come and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the
sea, and the fountains of waters [Rev. 14:6, 7.].
The
angel represented in prophecy as delivering this message, symbolizes a class of faithful men, who,
obedient to the promptings of God's Spirit and the teachings of his word,
proclaim this warning to the inhabitants of earth. This message was not to be committed to the religious leaders of the
people. They had failed to preserve their connection with God, and had
REFUSED THE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN therefore they WERE NOT of the number described
by the apostle Paul: 'But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness' [1 Thess. 5:4,
5].
The watchmen upon the walls
of Zion should be the first to catch the tidings of the Saviour's
advent, the first to lift their voices to proclaim him near, the first to warn
the people to prepare for his coming. But they were at ease, dreaming of peace
and safety, while the people were asleep in their sins. Jesus saw HIS CHURCH,
like the barren fig-tree, covered with pretentious leaves, yet destitute of
precious fruit. There was a boastful observance of the forms of religion, while
the spirit of true humility, penitence and faith--which alone could render the
service acceptable to God--was lacking. Instead of the graces of the Spirit,
there were manifested pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, oppression. A BACKSLIDING CHURCH closed
their eyes to the signs of the times. God did nor forsake them, or suffer his
faithfulness to fail but they departed from him, and SEPARATED THEMSELVES from
his love. As they REFUSED TO COMPLY
WITH THE CONDITIONS, his promises were NOT FULFILLED to them."
E.G. White, The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, pp. 199-200 [The 1884 edition of The
Great Controversy, 199, 200].
Wake up
friend and face the irrefutable pure truth—that Ezekiel 9 would never begin at
His church, His Sanctuary, THE HOUSE OF JACOB, those who were privileged with
great light, if the bad leave that once
church which like the Jewish church has become the Synagogue of Satan!
The only
option to remaining resistant to this pure, unvarnished truth,
is the Ezekiel 9 slaughter of men, maidens and little children, and loss of
eternal life. Is fraternal fellowship at a world class brothel worth that
friend? And if you think this is a harsh judgment, read Ezekiel 5 which will
tell you why God labels “Jerusalem” (now spiritual Jerusalem, the apostate SDA
church), as worse than any other nation (church).
If you want
to know why you should leave, watch this video by Bill Hughes. Yet Bill does
not leave. Bill, like Stephen Bohr, does not teach corporate responsibility.
Thus, these men would not have followed Jesus’ disciples out of the apostate
Jewish church.
Adventism in
Apostasy by former SDA Pastor Bill Hughes http://vimeo.com/12314409
—rwb