The Serious Implications of the
Antitypical
Day of Atonement—Part
6
Psa 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:
who is so great a God as our God?
Psa 77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy
strength among the people.
Psa 77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob
and Joseph. Selah.
“As a people,
we should be earnest students of prophecy; we
should not rest until we become intelligent in regard to the subject of the sanctuary, which is
brought out in the visions of Daniel and John.”—Evangelism, pp. 222, 223.
What you are
about to discover are the most serious realizations associated with true
Christianity. God’s ways are indeed found in the Sanctuary Service which was to
be a lesson book for the redemption of His people. The lesson book has been
denigrated to the Doctrine of the Nicolaitans, only believe and rely on grace
and faith. It is safe to rely on grace and faith if the two P’s of grace are
appropriated in the life of the believer. The following grave implications are
involved. This document is but an overview of the following topics which I will
develop in-depth in a following series.
·
The Sanctuary Service
·
Implications of the Antitypical Day of Atonement since 1844,
versus the Feast Day Celebrations.
·
How sins have gone in beforehand to Judgment prior to 1844. 1Ti 5:24 Some
men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow
after.
·
The fact of the God act of regeneration of the bride and all men
of all ages.
·
The Midnight Cry of 1844 to all ten virgins, Matthew 25, for
they all slumbered and slept.
·
The Investigative Judgment as taught by the Sanctuary Service in
Scripture.
·
The marriage of Christ to His bride, His church, in the heavenly
Sanctuary, before He comes.
·
The shut-door implications of Revelation 3.
·
The two P’s of grace.
·
The Three Persons of the Godhead.
Part 6: The Midnight
Cry of 1844 to all ten virgins and The Investigative Judgment as taught by the
Sanctuary Service in Scripture.
The
investigative judgment is a highly disputed doctrine of the Seventh-day
Adventist church. Most of mainstream Christianity believes that Adventists
adopted this doctrine as a face-saving device. However, this doctrine is taught
in God’s lesson book—the Sanctuary Service. We are in the antitypical Day of
Atonement, and that day is a day of judgment. God’s people are granted
probationary time to develop character so that the Sanctuary may be cleansed of
all sin. That has not occurred yet, and when it does, Jesus will come the
second time.
Some might
enquire: If the sins of all went into the Sanctuary beforehand in 1844, why is
the Sanctuary not yet cleansed? The answer to that apparent paradox is that God
permits Satan to tempt the saints of all ages with his state of the art
temptations to prove their character, much as He allowed Satan to tempt Jacob.
As I stated in Part #5 of this series, in their regeneration, the saints go
through all their developmental stages of their past life, but as their
character was finally one of the self-sacrificing love of Christ, so they will
come to the same stage in this life experience, and they will get to the point
where they would rather die than sin because of their character. Initially, in
this life experience, they do yield to temptations and wilfully sin. But they
finally grow to the point where the only sin they commit is that which is
attributable to Satan’s direct temptations, meaning they do not finally commit
wilful known sin, and ultimately, they overcome all sin by the grace (Holy
Spirit) of Christ indwelling the soul. They finally arrive at a point where
they would rather die than sin. All sin directly attributable to the direct
temptations by Satan are laid upon him. All sins
wilfully committed during the refinement process are covered by Christ’s blood
as soon as they are repented of. They cannot go into the Sanctuary because the
door is shut. But Christ can and does plead His blood for the sins of the
saints who finally overcome all sin by the aid of His grace, His Holy Spirit
indwelling their souls.
The Lord has
shown me that there are two prime reasons as to why Christ has not come yet.
The first reason that Christ has not come is because the bride is still making
herself ready by being subjected to, and being in the process of overcoming,
the epitome of all Satan’s end-time temptations.
The second
reason Christ has not come is because Satan has not yet exhausted the course of
his ability to develop temptations which he puts to the saints of all ages. When Satan’s
arsenal of temptations is finally exhausted, and it will be, and when the
saints overcome his highest developed ability to tempt them, then the bride
will have made herself ready and the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan
will cease, and Christ will come to claim His own.
The Lord has
also shown me that some will be shaken out of the true church triumphant by the
truth of regeneration. As Ellen White said, God has a new development of truth
for every generation, and it is usually the new developments of truth that sift
and shake many out of the true church of heaven, heavenly Zion, Heb. 12:22, 23.
The truth of regeneration should not seem strange at all when one considers
that at Christ’s resurrection, dead persons came out of their graves to witness
to the gospel. In the finale of all things, He brings the bride of all ages
back through the natural process of birth or regeneration to witness to the
gospel and to prove that the bride of Christ has the self-sacrificing character
of the love of Christ, and she has been imbued with His Holy Spirit power to
overcome all sin.
It is of
interest to me that once when J. Wilfred Johnson was teaching the truth on the
Godhead to the Sabbath school class at what was then Canadian Union College
Church, the ministers wife was overheard by my wife as
saying: “That sounds spooky.” Mr. Johnson was only teaching what the Bible and
Ellen White teach on the Godhead, and yet the minister’s wife thought that pure
truth sounded “spooky.” Do you see how ready some are to resist truth if it
differs from the gross error(s) they have always been taught?
“In every age
there is a new development of truth, a message of God to the people of that
generation. The old truths are essential; new truth is not independent of the
old, but an unfolding of it. It is only as the old truths are understood that
we can comprehend the new. When Christ desired to open to His disciples the
truth of His resurrection, He began “at Moses and all the prophets,” and
“expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” But
it is the light which shines in the fresh unfolding of the New that glorifies
the Old. He who rejects the New, does not really
possess the Old. For him it loses its vital power, and becomes but a lifeless
form. In every page, whether history or precept or prophecy, the Old Testament
Scriptures are irradiated with the glory of the Son of God. So far as it was of
divine institution, the entire system of Judaism was a compacted prophecy of
the Gospel. To Christ “give all the prophets witness.” From the promise given
to Adam, down through the patriarchal line and the legal economy, Heaven’s glorious
light made plain the footsteps of the Redeemer. Seers beheld the Star of
Bethlehem, the Shiloh to come, as future things swept before them in mysterious
procession. In every sacrifice, Christ’s death was shown. In every cloud of
incense His righteousness ascended. By every jubilee trumpet His name was
sounded. In the awful mystery of the holy of holies His glory dwelt.” {ST June
20, 1906, par. 4}
What the Rejection of the Old Testament Means
“There are
those who profess to believe and teach the truths of the Old Testament, while
they reject the New. But in refusing to receive the teachings of Christ, they
show that they do not believe that which patriarchs and prophets have spoken.
“Had ye believed Moses,” Christ said, “ye would have believed Me; for he wrote of Me.” Hence, there is no real power in
their teaching of even the Old Testament.” {ST June 20, 1906, par. 5}
What new
development of truth has come to professing Seventh-day Adventists since Ellen
White’s death in 1915? The answer is NOTHING NEW but apostate teachings. And
when God does send something new which answers many questions to many causes of
doubt, Satan comes in and causes some to doubt the new developments of truth.
God has shown me that it is primarily the 144,000 who will believe and need the
truth of regeneration, for that truth will engender faith because it answers
some serious issues that give rise to doubt in some—such as Ellen White’s fruit
for worms statement and the fact that the sins of all who are saved must go
into the Sanctuary before the Day of Atonement, and that day began in 1844.
Enough said to the wise virgins. Other issues are also answered such as how God
preserves the Philadelphians of circa
A.D. 1 through the time of trouble that comes upon all the world—Rev. 3:10-12.
Another important issue regeneration provides an answer for is the fact that in
Desire of Ages, 179, the disciples are referred to as the bride of Christ—John
the Baptist prepared a bride for Jesus. Are we to assume that the disciples of Christ, who were His hand-picked bride, will
not be His bride, the 144,000, at the end-time, to be translated without seeing
death—because they were born in the wrong generation? Will Satan be able to
murmur before Christ that if he had access to the disciples today and at the
very end, that he would have won them over to his
side? The truth of regeneration says NAY! I cover the issue of regeneration in
part 5 of this series.
Many who claim
to believe and teach the Gospel are in a similar error. They set aside the Old
Testament Scriptures, of which Christ declared, “They are they which testify of
Me.” In rejecting the Old, they virtually reject the
New; for both are parts of an inseparable whole. No man can rightly present the
law of God without the Gospel, or the Gospel without the law. The law is the
Gospel embodied, and the Gospel is the law unfolded. The law is the root, the Gospel is the fragrant blossom, and the fruit
which it bears. The Old Testament sheds light upon the New, and the New upon
the Old. Each is a revelation of the glory of God in Christ. Both present
truths that will continually reveal new depths of meaning to the earnest seeker.{ST June 20, 1906, par. 6}
The Investigative Judgment as it Relates to the Antitypical Day
of Atonement
The Jews have
always known that the Day of Atonement completed the penitent (probationary)
period that begins with their ceremonial New-Year’s Day. The following is a
quote from the Jewish Encyclopedia. During the ten days preceding the Day of
Atonement, all sin was to be searched out and put out of the camp so the
Sanctuary could be cleansed. The sins that were searched out must go beforehand
into the Sanctuary, for the Day of Atonement completed the penitential period:
Place in
Rabbinic Judaism. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2093-atonement-day-of
In rabbinic Judaism the Day of Atonement completes the penitential
period of ten days (
)
that begins with New-Year's Day, the season of repentance and prayer; for though
prayerful humiliation be acceptable at all times, it is peculiarly potent at
that time (R. H. 18a; Maimonides, "Yad,"
Teshubah, ii. 6). It is customary to rise early
(commencing a few days before New-Year); the morning service is preceded by
litanies and petitions of forgiveness (
,
"seliḥot") which, on the Day of
Atonement, are woven into the liturgy (Shulḥan
'Aruk, Oraḥ Ḥayyim, 581; Zunz, "S.
P." 76 et seq.). New-Year's and Atonement
days are days of serious meditation (
,
"awful days," Zunz, "S. P." 82, note). The former is the annual day of judgment (
),
when all creatures pass in review before the searching eye of Omniscience (R.
H. i. 2). According to the Targum, the day of the
heavenly session in Job i. 6 et seq. was no
other than the first of the year (
,
resh shatta; see also Zohar
Ex. 32b, ed. Wilna, 1882). Accordingly, the
Divine Judge receives on that day the report of Satan, arch-fiend and accuser
in heaven; the other angels, it is presumed, are friendly to the accused, and
plead their cause before the august tribunal. The
sounds of the "shofar" are intended to confuse Satan (R. H. 16b).
There is, indeed, in heaven a book wherein the deeds of every human being are
minutely entered (Abot ii. 1, iii. 16; a book of
record, "book of remembrance," is alluded to, Mal. iii. 16). Three
books are opened on the first day of the year, says the Talmud (R. H. 16b);
one for the thoroughly wicked, another for the thoroughly pious, and the third
for the large intermediate class. The fate of the thoroughly wicked and the
thoroughly pious is determined on the spot; the destiny of the intermediate
class is suspended until the Day of Atonement, when the fate of every man is sealed
(R. H. 16a). In the liturgical piece "Unetanneh
Toḳef," ascribed to R.
Amnon Of Mayence
(Zunz, "Literaturgesch."
p. 107), a still weirder scene is unfolded:
"God, seated on His throne to judge the world, at the
same time Judge, Pleader, Expert, and Witness, openeth the Book of Records; it
is read, every man's signature being found therein. The great trumpet is
sounded; a still, small voice is heard; the angels shudder, saying, this is the
day of judgment:
for His very ministers are not pure before God. As a shepherd mustereth his flock, causing them to pass under his rod, so
doth God cause every living soul to pass before Him to fix the limit of every
creature's life and to foreordain its destiny. On
New-Year's Day the decree is written; on the Day of Atonement it is sealed who
shall live and who are to die, etc. But penitence, prayer, and charity may
avert the evil decree."
If one did not repent during the days associated with the Day of
Atonement, his/her name was written in the book of death. http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/yom_kippur.html
All Adventists who are denying the truth of the Investigative
Judgment (and there are many), are denying the Sanctuary Service as it relates
to the final cleansing of the Sanctuary. This is exactly why Ellen White made
the following statement:
“As a people, we should be earnest students of prophecy; we should not rest until we become intelligent in regard to the
subject of the sanctuary, which is brought out in the visions of Daniel and John.”—Evangelism, pp. 222, 223.
The
Investigative Judgment (Adapted from a study by Vance Ferrell)
Critics of the Investigative Judgment believe that Daniel 7
applies only to Antiochus.
The Investigative Judgment Answers the Following Issues:
1.
It is a major
turning point, or juncture, in the history of salvation.
2.
It separates the
“time of the end” from the end of time.
3.
It is the first of
three great phases of God’s final work of judgment that will conclude with the
eternal end of the wicked and the establishment of God’s eternal kingdom.
4.
It focuses on
Christ’s final work before probation forever ends.
5.
It says something
important about the wicked and those included among them.
6.
It clarifies the
destiny of the righteous.
7.
It helps explain the
long waiting time through the Dark Ages, before the end-time events and the
Second Advent can take place.
8.
It helps us
understand the character of God and the sacredness of His holy law.
9.
It provides a
logical conclusion to the first (holy place) phase of Christ’s priestly
ministry in heaven.
10.
It emphasizes the
responsibility of everyone in these last days to return, by faith in Christ, to
a full obedience to the Ten Commandments.
How can we
defend our SDA position on this?
The judgment is mentioned in Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, 22, 26-27.
Chapter 28 of the book, Great Controversy, contains an excellent and detailed
Bible study on this topic. In order to properly understand it, you will also
want to read chapters 23 and 24 (409-432). Actually, judgment is the climax of
Daniel 2, 7, 8, 9, and 11.
The judgment answers ten questions. This judgment provides
answers to several questions: It is a major turning point, or juncture, in the
history of salvation. It separates the “time of the end” from the end of time.
It is the first of three great phases of God’s final work of judgment that will
conclude with the eternal end of the wicked and the establishment of God’s
eternal kingdom. It focuses on Christ’s final work before probation forever
ends. It says something important about the wicked and those included among
them. It clarifies the destiny of the righteous. It helps explain the long
waiting time through the Dark Ages, before the end-time events and the Second
Advent can take place. It helps us understand the character of God and the
sacredness of His holy law. It provides a logical conclusion to the first (holy
place) phase of Christ’s priestly ministry in heaven. It emphasizes the
responsibility of everyone in these last days to return, by faith in Christ, to
a full obedience to the Ten Commandments.
Dating the
judgment in Daniel 7-From the information given in chapter 7, it is possible to
obtain an approximate date for the judgment mentioned in that chapter. Daniel
asks two questions in chapter 7 (7:16, 19-20). Especially in response to his
second question, he is given very helpful information (7:21-27) that was not
mentioned in his initial description of the vision. The most significant part
begins with 7:21, where the war that the little horn was to make upon the
saints is mentioned for the first time. This persecution, which extends over a
period of 1260 years, places the investigative judgment far off in the
future-from the time Daniel was alive. (Also significant is the information
given in 7:25 about the changing of the times and laws during that mammoth
centuries-long persecution.) There are three units, in Daniel 7, which deal
with the little horn power. They are 7:8-14; 7:20-22; and 7:24-27. In all three
units, the little horn arises, three horns are eliminated, and the little horn
speaks great words. In the first unit, the judgment follows it. In the second
and third units, the persecution of the saints is added. In the third unit, the
changing of times and laws, and the time span is added. So it is obvious that a
lengthy period of time occurs before the judgment begins. That period of time
must include the 1260 year period (7:25). This time span is so important that
it is mentioned seven times in the Bible (7:25; 12:7; Revelation 11:2, 3; 12:6,
14; 13:5).
Is
this judgment really “investigative”?-It has been asked whether this judgment
really does involve a work of “investigation” or examination? The critics
complain that to the word, “investigative,” should not be added “judgment.”
Would not any court sitting in judgment be involved in a work of investigation?
A court of law, sitting in judgment, must investigate or examine pertinent data
before it renders a verdict. A careful reading of the chapter reveals that it
is only after the judgment description (7:9-10, 13-14, 22, 26) that events
occur which carry out the “judgments” or decisions of that tribunal. So there
had to be a process of arriving at decisions. We have here an “investigative
judgment.” God could make decisions based on random choice, but we know He does
not operate that way. He could also instantaneously arrive at the decision, but
then the final judgment scene described in Daniel 7 would not have occurred.
But, because the issues in the great controversy are of such great magnitude,
and will have eternal consequences-the Deity takes time to perform a careful pre-Advent
work of judgment, for all the universe to behold. We
also know that this judgment is investigative in nature, because of the
reference to the opening of the books or scrolls (7:10). They represent some
kind of heavenly record keeping that has been in progress. This heavenly
judgment begins with the opening of the books, so it must be investigative in
nature. The phrase, “the judgment sat,” implies deliberation. A period of time
lapses during which this occurs. This judgment is important; for it makes it
possible for the kingdom to be given to Christ and His saints.
Who is
investigated?-So an investigation is clearly involved. Next, we ask, who is
investigated? The dominion of the little horn is taken away and he is to be
destroyed as a result of this judgment. So the little horn is involved. If the
horn stands for Antiochus IV, only a pagan monarch is judged. But the
description and dating of the little horn, as given in chapters 7 and 8,
clearly point to the papacy. Any judgment of the little horn must include, not only its head, but also all who have followed
and supported its lead. Thus a judgment of the little horn would appear to
include millions of people. Since the little horn professes a relationship with
God, this heavenly judgment is dealing with religious issues rather than
secular matters; therefore the heavenly judgment will involve all persons, of
whatever communion, who have ever professed faith in God. The ones to whom the
kingdom is finally given would also have to be examined, to see if, in the
strength of Christ, they had continued faithful to the end. The very fact they
are given the kingdom shows they were judged worthy to receive it.
Judgment
elsewhere in the Bible-There are 28 passages in the Old Testament where a judgment
from God’s throne occurs. In 20 of them, a judgment of God’s people is
specifically mentioned. Here are several passages which show that we will be
judged: 1 Peter 4:17; Eccl 12:13-14; Matthew 12:36-37; 1 Corinthians 4:5;
Isaiah 65:6-7; James 2:12; Matthew 10:32-33). It is possible to once be with
Christ, and then turn away and be lost (Ezekiel 18:24). But if we cling to
Christ, and by His enabling merits, fulfill His will for our lives, our future
is secure (Luke 20:35-36; 1 John 2:1; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Revelation 3:5; Psalm
51:17; Zech 3:2; Revelation 3:4). It is our work now,
by His grace, to live clean, obedient lives (Revelation 22:11- 12).
The record books-Books (scrolls) of judgment are mentioned in
Daniel 7:10. Elsewhere, God says it will be the impenitent sinners who will be
blotted out of His book (Exodus 32:33; cf. Psalm 69:28). Records are also kept
in heaven of good deeds (Psalm 139:16; Mal 3:16). There is also a book of life
(Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27). Twice it is
called the “Lamb’s book of life” (Revelation 13:8; 21:27). Then there are the
records of the unsaved (Revelation 20:12). A detailed analysis of these books
will be found in Great Controversy, 480-483. We must not forget the standard in
the judgment! There has to be a norm by which thoughts, words, and conduct are
measured. That standard is the law of
God (Eccl 12:13-14; James 2:12), for it provides the only definition of sin (1
John 3:4).
The outcome of
the judgment-This judgment will determine those, who by faith in their
Savior, have obeyed God’s law and lived Christlike lives, helping others in
every way they could (Matthew 7:21-23; 25:44-46). All classes will be weighed
fairly. The results of this judgment affect both sides. One class is adjudged
righteous and earmarked for eternal life; the other class will, by default, be
forever lost. For six thousand years, it generally seemed that the wicked were
ruling. But their “dominion will be taken away” (7:26) while, in Christ, the
dominion of the righteous shall be restored (7:14); for He will share it with
them (7:27). This judgment will be in favor of God’s faithful ones. That is why
it is said that the “judgment was given for (lamed) the saints of the most
High” (7:22). It will not be until the millennial sentencing judgment that a
judgment will be given to the saints to conduct (1 Corinthians 6:2-3;
Revelation 20:4).
Preparing for
the judgment-As we will learn later in this study, the judgment of Daniel 7
is closely linked with the Sanctuary cleansing of Daniel 8. In the tabernacle
service, only those who had earlier come before God with confession and
apparent repentance, and whose sins through the blood of the sin offering were
transferred to the tabernacle, had a part in the service of the day of atonement. So the judgment specifically examines the
records of all who have ever professed faith in God. The term for “judgment,”
in 7:22, is the same as that used in 7:10 and 26. Therefore “judgment” can
refer both to the court session and its verdicts.
Judgment in the New Testament-Critics declare that there is
no coming judgment. They say the only judgment occurred at Calvary, and
therefore we are now safe to go to heaven in our sins. Here are three important
New Testament passages which reveal that the professed followers of God must
face a coming judgment: 1 Corinthians 5:9-10; Romans 14:10, 12; Romans 2:16.
They cannot be controverted. Here are additional significant texts: 1
Corinthians 3:13; 4:5; Colossians 3:5-6; 1 Thess 4:6;
Gal 4:6; 1 Corinthians 5:12-13; 6:9; Ephesians 5:5-6; Gal 6:7-8; Romans 8:5-13;
Hebrews 2:1-3; 10:26-31. There are four important truths in the above passages:
(1) All who have professed faith in God will come into
judgment. This will include all Christians. (2) The decisions made in the
judgment will be according to their works. (3) In the enabling strength of
Christ, we can be empowered to do good works. (4) Some will receive eternal
life while others will receive eternal death; so people will be saved or lost
as a result of this judgment. (5) No one need be lost. That is why the warnings
of the coming judgment are given in the Bible. We are not left in ignorance as
to the type of conduct that God wishes us to have: John 13:34; Ephesians 5:25;
4:32; Romans 12:1; Colossians 2:6; Gal 5:25; Romans 14:8-9; 2 Corinthians
5:14-15; Romans 14:15; 15:2-3; Philippians 2:5-11.
The faithful do
not fear the judgment-All those who have entered into the life of Christ here on earth
will live with Him throughout eternity. They need have no fear of the judgment.
Through the enabling grace of Jesus Christ, their Lord and Savior, they
resisted temptation, put away sin, obeyed the law of God, and were overcomers.
There are seven tests for the presence of this “life” in the heart of a professed
Christian: Believing in and confessing Christ (1 John 2:22; 4:2-3, 15; 5:9-13).
Abiding in Christ (1 John 2:24-25, 28). Keeping God’s
commandments (1 John 2:3-5, 17; 3:21-24; 4:21; 5:2-3). Walking as Christ
walked (1 John 2:7). Doing the right and avoiding sin (1 John
2:29; 3:6-7, 10). Loving one another (1 John 2:7-11;
3:11-17; 4:7- 8, 11, 16-17, 20-21; 5:2-3). Not loving the world (1 John
2:15-16). It is a great mercy that God judges the world. Otherwise wicked
people would go to heaven, there to torment the saints forever. When the great
controversy is ended, the redeemed will praise God for having judged mankind so
carefully, so accurately. Revelation 15:3-4 “And they sing the song of Moses
the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are
Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints.
Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for
Thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thy
judgments are made manifest.” End of
Vance Ferrell’s study.
The 1844
Midnight Cry Relative to the Investigative Judgment and the Day of Atonement by
rwb
In announcing the ceremonial occasions for feasts and
celebration activities, the watchmen on the walls would blow a horn. After that
system ceased, the Midnight Cry replaced the act of horn blowing to announce
the antitypical Day of Atonement. In 1844, there was a call to the ten virgins
to come to the marriage feast. According to Matthew 25, there is a tarrying
time after the first call, during which ALL the ten virgins slumbered and
slept.
In 1844, the first call of the Midnight Cry was given to the ten
virgin churches. Since that time, all those virgins have slumbered and slept,
including professing Seventh-day Adventists, for Matthew 25 says they all
slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:5 While the
bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
When the times of apostasy have become as dark as Midnight,
there is another Midnight Cry call made by the voice of God and the voice of
the bride to awaken all ten virgins. Christ’s
Object Lessons, pp. 405-406.
The Midnight Cry
Repeated
"The parable of the wise and foolish virgins
comes as a solemn warning to EVERY
CHURCH. In the parable, all the ten virgins went out to meet their Lord.
All had lamps, and vessels for oil. For a time there was seen
no difference between them. So with the church that lives just before
Christ's second coming. All have a knowledge of the
Scriptures. All have heard the message of Christ's soon approach, and
confidently expect His appearing. But as
in the parable, so it is NOW. A time of waiting intervenes [the tarrying time],
faith is tried and WHEN THE CRY IS HEARD, [FUTURE] 'BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM
COMETH GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM,' MANY ARE UNREADY. They have no oil in their
vessels with their lamps. They are destitute of the Holy Spirit. Working,
waiting, watching, and praying, this constitutes genuine Christianity."
E.G. White, Review and Herald, Vol. 4, pp. 373-4, January 21, 1902.
Notice the date, January 21, 1902. This was long
after the cry of 1844--and the tarrying time still continues to the next
Midnight Cry of Revelation 18.
Midnight Cry Repeated: "My mind was carried to the FUTURE, when the signal WILL BE GIVEN,
'Behold, the Bridegroom cometh God ye out to meet Him.'" E.G. White, Review
and Herald, Vol. 3, p. 331, Feb. 11, 1896. Notice the date, Feb. 11, 1896.
“[Rev. 18:1, 2, 4, quoted.] This scripture points
forward to a time when the announcement of the fall of Babylon, as made by the
second angel of Revelation 14 (verse 8), is
to be repeated, with the additional
mention of the corruptions which have been entering the various organizations
that constitute Babylon, since that message was first given, in the summer of
1844. . . . These announcements, uniting with the third angel's message,
constitute the final warning to be given to the inhabitants of the earth….”
{LDE 199.2}
The Cleansing of
the Sanctuary and the Placing of The Seal of God
The seal of God as mentioned in Ezekiel 9,
will not be placed on those who have not put sin out of the camp. Mainline
Christianity, and even Seventh-day Adventists, don’t
seem to see the Investigative Judgment process in the literal fulfillment of
Ezekiel 9, the sealing chapter. In that important chapter of Holy Writ, the
seal of God is placed on all who are sighing and crying for all the
abominations in the church members of Jerusalem. This implies that those who
are sighing and crying for all the abominations in the church are not guilty of
the abominations. They are putting sin out of the life with the aid of the Holy
Spirit. They are in the process of being transformed back into the image of
God. The Lord’s Supper, an ordinance that replaced Passover, is also part of
the judgment process whereby we endeavor to make amends to all we have offended
and forgive those who may have offended us, for we will be forgiven AS WE
FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
Most professing Adventists are so preoccupied with studying and
pointing out the sins of Babylon, that they fail to note that “spiritual
Jerusalem,” the SDA church, is also judged by a literal fulfillment of Ezekiel
9, as prophesied by our prophetess Ellen G. White. Isaiah prophesied that a
remnant would go forth out of Jerusalem, Isaiah 37:31, 32. Most SDA’s think
they have arrived at the church triumphant when they join the Adventist church,
and nothing could be further from the truth, per the following verses:
Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isa 37:32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that
escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Most Seventh-day Adventists are under the horrific delusion that
the bad will be shaken from their church militant to leave it as the purged
church triumphant. They feel like the disciples felt when Jesus told them that
the apostate Jewish Temple would be destroyed. Many think anyone who deals in
Ezekiel 9 is a Shepherd’s Rod, when their own prophetess told them that Ezekiel
9 would have another LITERAL FULFILLMENT, and Ezekiel 9 deals only with
Jerusalem. This writer is not a Shepherd’s Rodsman,
and neither is God and Ellen White! Notice:
"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.
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, 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.
The above statement is taken from a chapter of 5
Testimonies, entitled The Seal of God. The
chapter begins on page 207, quoting Ezekiel 9. How could Adventists miss such
serious testimony by their prophetess? How could they miss the following
empirical facts:
· If Ezekiel 9 slaughter of men,
maidens and little children BEGINS AT HIS SANCTUARY, the church, the Lord’s
Sanctuary, why would that be so if the bad leave that church? In the first
literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, circa A.D. 34-66, the bad were gathered into
the midst’s of Jerusalem for burning and melting, Ezekiel 22:17-31. Why can’t
Adventists see that if Ezekiel 9 is literally fulfilled upon them, the same
thing must accrue or Ezekiel 9 would not be LITERALLY FULFILLED UPON THEM.
· Why can’t Adventists believe
their prophetess who said that the ancient men, the leaders, betray their
trust?
· Why can’t Adventists believe their
prophetess when she said that the dumb-dog leaders will NEVER AGAIN show the
House of Jacob its sins. How could
their sins be pardoned on the Day of Atonement if the leaders will NEVER
AGAIN show the House of Jacob its sins.
· Why can’t Adventists see that
the reason the leaders will NEVER AGAIN show the House of Jacob its sins is
because they have been the ring-leaders in bringing unpardonable sin apostasy
into the church? Ellen White called them such.
· Why can’t the sheeple see that Ellen White indicted their leaders with
UNBELIEF? That is unpardonable sin in and of itself.
· If Joseph Smith, the Morman prophet, made such a statement about the Mormon’s,
Adventists would conduct an outrage campaign against Mormanism,
but they don’t seem to be aware of what their own prophetess prophesied
concerning their church and their final fate. This is amongst the worst kind of
self-deception I personally have ever witnessed! This is an outrage! This
involves colossal denial and stupidity on the part of professing Seventh-day
Adventists.
· Worse than Babylon – “Some
look with horror upon one deception, while they readily receive another. Satan
deceives some with Spiritualism. He also comes as an angel of light and spreads
his influence over the land by means of false reformations. The churches are
elated, and consider that God is working marvelously for them, when it is the
work of another spirit. The excitement will die away and leave the world and
the church in a worse condition than before. {EW 260.1}
· "Among the professed
followers of Christ, there is the same PRIDE, FORMALISM, VAINGLORY,
SELFISHNESS, and OPPRESSION, that existed in the Jewish nation." E.G. White, Sketches from
the Life of Paul, 251-252.
· There is one thing worse than
being an Adventist dumb-dog watchmen (Isaiah 56:10-12
and Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 211), and that is being the follower of a dumb-dog
watchmen. God says that the leaders are leading His people to destruction,
Isaiah 9:16.
· Adventists can’t understand
why Catholics and their daughter Protestant churches can’t see the errors of
their ways, while come to find out, God regards Adventists as WORSE—See Ezekiel
Chapter 5:5-17, and the following statement:
· 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.
· It appears that ignorance is
bliss when it comes to any professing Christian who will not search deep into
the mines of truth and interpret all the evidence so that nothing contradicts.
When that is done, one is forced to make some very serious conclusions with
very serious implications!
·
Weight of Evidence Formula: "1. Every word must have its proper bearing on the subject
presented in the Bible 2. All Scripture is necessary, and may be understood by
diligent application and study 3. Nothing revealed in Scripture can or will be
hid from those who ask in faith, not wavering 4. To understand doctrine, bring
all the scriptures together on the subject you wish to know, then let every
word have its proper influence and if you can form your theory without a
contradiction, you cannot be in error 5. Scripture must be its own expositor,
[interpreter] since it is a rule of itself. If I depend on a teacher to expound
to me, and he should guess at its meaning, or desire
to have it so on account of his sectarian creed, or to be thought wise, then
his guessing, desire, creed, or wisdom is my rule, and not the Bible."
E.G. White, Second Advent Review and
Herald, 11-25-84, pr. 24.
·
Consider friend of mine, that ignorance will
not be bliss during the Ezekiel 9 slaughter of Adventists, and all who refuse
the conditions of God’s Word will thus fall short of everlasting life.
Ezekiel 9
Slaughter Before the Close of Probation
Ellen White said that there are no martyrs after
the close of probation for no good purpose would be served at that time. That
proves irrefutably that the following great slaughter occurs before the close
of probation:
"It
was presented before me in the following manner: A large company of heathen
idolaters bore a black banner, upon which were figures of the sun, moon, and
stars. This company seemed to be very fierce and angry. I was then shown
another company bearing a pure white banner, upon which was written,
"Purity and holiness unto the Lord." Their countenances were marked
with firmness and heavenly resignation. I saw the heathen idolaters approach
them, and there was a great slaughter.
The Christians melted away before them; and yet the Christian company pressed the more
closely together, and held the banner more firmly. As many fell, others rallied
around the banner and filled their places." {EW 211.3}
The
Christian company bearing the pure white banner, upon which was written “Purity
and holiness unto the Lord,” is the 144,000. They do not die for they are
translated without seeing death. They represent the bride that gives the Loud
Cry. There is a procession of Christians who join the bridal procession, Christ’s Object Lessons, pp. 405-406,
and they are the 10 virgins that the voice of the bride awakens (same
reference). All faithful Christians
except the 144,000 will be slaughtered, some for the right reasons and some for
the wrong reasons. The wise virgins will be saved though they give their lives
as martyrs in faithful testament to their faith. Remember the fact that Ellen
White says there will be no martyrs after the close of probation, so this
slaughter has to occur BEFORE the close of probation. However, some Adventists
will cave in to the Babylonians and they will be slaughtered at the very end
with them, when Ezekiel 9 is fulfilled upon them, GC, 653-656, when Babylon is
RIPE FOR DESTRUCTION—the clear context as cited on page 653.
I
asked the Lord how Ellen White knew that a great slaughter would occur BEFORE THE CLOSE OF PROBATION. He showed me Ezekiel
chapter 5, wherein Jerusalem (the SDA church) is made a taunt, an instruction
to the nations around. That is how Ellen White knew there would be a great
slaughter BEFORE the close of probation, for there is no use instructing anyone
after the close of probation. And always REMEMBER: There are no martyrs after
the close of probation!
Martyrs a Means of Bringing
Many More Into the Truth
“Now
some of us may be brought to just as severe a test--will we obey the
commandments of men or will we obey the commandments of God? This is the
question that will be asked of many. The best thing for us is to come into
close connection with God, and, if He would have us be martyrs for the truth's sake, it may be the
means of bringing many more into the truth.”—Manuscript 83, 1886. {3SM 420.3}
Chap. 269 - No Martyrs After Probation Closes
“He shall
call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honour him. Ps. 91:15.
The people of God will not be free from
suffering; but while persecuted and distressed, while they endure privation and
suffer for want of food they will not be left to perish. . . . {Mar 277.1}
Yet to human sight it will appear that the
people of God must soon seal their testimony with their blood as did the
martyrs before them. They themselves begin to fear that the Lord has left them
to fall by the hand of their enemies. It is a time of fearful agony. Day and
night they cry unto God for deliverance. . . . {Mar 277.2}
The eye of God, looking down the ages, was
fixed upon the crisis which His people are to meet, when earthly powers shall
be arrayed against them. Like the captive exile, they will be in fear of death
by starvation or by violence. But the Holy One who
divided the Red Sea before Israel, will manifest His mighty power and turn
their captivity. "They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day
when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son
that serveth him." Malachi 3:17. If the blood of
Christ's faithful witnesses were shed at this time, it would not, like the
blood of the martyrs, be as seed sown to yield a harvest for God. Their fidelity would not be a
testimony to convince others of the truth; for the obdurate heart has beaten
back the waves of mercy until they return no more. If the righteous
were now [AFTER THE CLOSE OF PROBATION] left to fall a prey to their enemies, it
would be a triumph for the prince of darkness. Says the psalmist: "In
the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his
tabernacle shall he hide me." Psalm 27:5. Christ has spoken: "Come,
my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide
thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord
cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
iniquity." Isaiah 26:20, 21. Glorious will be the
deliverance of those who have patiently waited for His coming and whose names
are written in the book of life.” {Mar 277.3}
Any
person who survives to the time the plagues begin will not be a martyr. Any
faithful SDA who survives until the seven last plagues begin will be one of the
144,000 and will be translated without seeing death or martyrdom after that
point.
“In some cases, BEFORE the time specified in the
decree (decree associated with the National Sunday Law), enemies will
rush upon the waiting ones to put them to death.” E.G. White, The 1884
edition of The Great Controversy,
p. 447.
“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.”
“Christ would have averted the
doom of the Jewish nation if the people had received Him. But envy and jealousy
made them implacable. They determined that they would not receive Jesus of
Nazareth as the Messiah. They rejected the Light of the world, and thenceforth
their lives were surrounded with darkness as the darkness of midnight. The doom
foretold came upon the Jewish nation. Their own fierce passions, uncontrolled,
wrought their ruin. In their blind rage they destroyed one another. Their
rebellious, stubborn pride brought upon them the wrath of their Roman
conquerors. Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple laid
in ruins, and its site plowed like a field. The children of
Judah perished by the most horrible forms of death. Millions were sold,
to serve as bondmen in heathen lands.” {COL 295.3}
“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.
Ezekiel 9 is
referred to as the Seal of God chapter of the Bible. In its first literal
application, it was not applied until the close of Israel’s probation (490
years of Daniel 9), which ended in A.D. 34, commensurate with the stoning of
Stephen.
Ellen White
clearly told Adventists that their church militant would be brought down to
hell, but they arrogantly believe that the gates of hell will not prevail
against their church. It is Zion, the church triumphant, that the gates of hell
will not prevail against!
“Of
those who boast of their light and yet fail to walk in it Christ says,
"But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for
you. And thou,
Capernaum [Seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted
unto heaven [in point of privilege], shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which
have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until
this day." Ellen G. White, Review and Herald Articles, Aug. 1,
1893. [THE BRACKETED COMMENTS ARE BY ELLEN WHITE.] {LDE 48.2}
Again, if the
Mormon prophet Joseph Smith had prophesied that the Mormon Church would be
brought down to hell, Adventists would be beating down the doors of every
Mormon in the land warning them of such certain doom, but foolish virgin
Adventists move on oblivious to their impending doom. That is the epitome of
ignorance enshrined with arrogance!
Ellen White once
again prophesied the ultimate fate of the SDA church militant in the following
statement which Adventists have been too vain to notice:
PROLEPSIS
PROPHETIC STATEMENT:
Here is the Spirit of Prophecy prophesied prolepsis
statement regarding the final fate of that once Noble Ship. This is a major
LYNCHPIN to my warning message. Can you explain it away? Are you a passenger on
this once NOBLE SHIP, that is about to sink to rise no more? NOTICE
WHO SEPARATES FROM WHOM:
"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].
Note these important delineations in
the above statement:
·
Ellen
White is addressing HIS PEOPLE.
·
Ellen
White is addressing those to whom God committed the EVERLASTING GOSPEL of
Revelation 14.
·
Ellen
White is defining the angel represented in prophecy as symbolizing a class of
faithful men.
·
Ellen
White is saying emphatically that the final Loud Cry message is delivered NOT
BY THE LEADERS OF THE SDA CHURCH, but by a class of faithful men, because
the leaders had failed to preserve their connection with God and had refused
light from heaven!
·
Ellen
White is addressing "watchmen upon the walls of Zion," NOT FALLEN
BABYLON!
·
Twice
Ellen White mentions HIS CHURCH, NOT FALLEN BABYLON.
·
It is the MEMBERS of
said church that SEPARATE FROM GOD, AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO SEPARATE FROM
THEM OR BE CORPORATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR APOSTASY.
·
The above reasons
are why there is another coming out of a faithful remnant FROM APOSTATE
JERUSALEM AS WELL AS FALLEN BABYLON.
·
Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
·
Isa 37:32 For out of
Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the
zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Ellen White is addressing a BACKSLIDING CHURCH
whose leaders and laity alike failed and rejected light from heaven and
who refused to comply with the conditions so that God's promises are not
fulfilled to them.
Adventists have been too
arrogantly secure in their know it all attitude to notice that Ellen White
paralleled “Jerusalem,” the SDA church to Babylon that sits like a queen
thinking she shall see no sorrow. Chapter 1 of The
Great Controversy, TO WIT:
"If thou
hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto
thy peace! but
now they are hid from thine eyes. For the
days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee round, and keep thee in
on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within
thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." Luke
19:42-44.
From the crest of Olivet, Jesus
looked upon Jerusalem. Fair and peaceful was the scene spread out before Him.
It was the season of the Passover, and from all lands the children of Jacob had
gathered there to celebrate the great national festival. In the midst of
gardens and vineyards, and green slopes studded with pilgrims' tents, rose the
terraced hills, the stately palaces, and massive bulwarks of Israel's capital. The daughter of Zion seemed in her pride to say, I sit a queen
and shall see no sorrow; as lovely then, and deeming herself as secure in
Heaven's favor, as when, ages before, the royal minstrel sang:
"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, . . .
the city of the great King." Psalm 48:2. In full view were the magnificent
buildings of the temple. The rays of the setting sun lighted up the snowy
whiteness of its marble walls and gleamed from golden gate and tower and
pinnacle. "The perfection of beauty" it stood,
the pride of the Jewish nation. What child of Israel could gaze upon the scene
without a thrill of joy and admiration! But far other thoughts occupied the
mind of Jesus. "When He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over
it." Luke 19:41. Amid the universal rejoicing of the triumphal entry,
while palm branches waved, while glad hosannas awoke the echoes of the hills,
and thousands of voices declared Him king, the world's Redeemer was overwhelmed
with a sudden and mysterious sorrow. He, the Son of God, the Promised One of
Israel, whose power had conquered death and called its captives from the grave,
was in tears, not of ordinary grief, but of intense, irrepressible agony."
The Great Controversy,
pp. 17, 18. (1911 Edition)
Now
notice the following words God uses in Revelation 18 to describe Babylon:
Rev 18:7 How much she hath
glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and
shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and
famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God
who judgeth her.
Apostate Jerusalem is
destroyed first because Judgment begins at the House of God per Ezekiel 5 and
5T 211 as well as 1 Peter:
1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment
must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end
be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
The reason judgment begins at
the house of God is because His people had the truth and refused to meet the
conditions specified in the truth to the church. Adventists seem to take some
kind of perverted and misguided comfort in their errant teaching that Ezekiel 9
is not fulfilled upon the SDA church—meaning (to them) those foolish virgins
among them who don’t make it— until AFTER THE CLOSE OF PROBATION per GC
653-656. It is true that any foolish virgin SDA’s who cave-in to the
Babylonians will be destroyed with them when Ezekiel 9 is manifested upon the
world at the very end of time. But it IS NOT TRUE that Ezekiel 9 is manifested upon both the SDA
church and Babylon at the same time! This is a major error in SDA thinking and
teaching. The GC
653 is very explicit in setting the context—“Babylon is ripe for destruction,”
AND SDA’S ARE CORRECT IN MAINTAINING THAT THEY ARE NOT BABYLON on the one-hand,
while they say any SDA’s who experience Ezekiel 9 destruction are ONLY those
that are destroyed with Babylon at the very end, and that is not true. SDA
faithful martyrs and SDA churches will be destroyed 30 days after the death
decree warning is first announced on day 1260. That will be Ezekiel 9 slaughter
time for faithful Adventist martyrs and slaughter time for some unfaithful
SDA’s who refuse to go along with Babylon, but are still apostate SDA’s.
Make no mistake,
I am not dumb enough to call the SDA church Babylon. I believe God in Ezekiel
5, where it says that Jerusalem is WORSE than Babylon—the surrounding nations,
and violated His commands more than they! I am very familiar with the
differences between “spiritual Jerusalem,” and Babylon, but Ellen White does
point out that particular similarity Jerusalem had with Babylon in the first
literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, which is described in full in the first
chapter of The Great Controversy.
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