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The confederacy (World Council) of Churches, is a conspiracy
of Satan. It is the Synagogue of Satan. It was formed as a conspiracy—a secret
order. The general press was not permitted to attend its councils. The publicized motivation for the World Council of Churches,
and its subsidiary associations, girdings, and confederacies, is the fear that the church must bind together in order to survive. But
that is not the real motive and intent for the confederacy. The real purpose of Satan’s confederacy is to unionize the
churches of the world in order to enforce his dictums, especially the
National Sunday Law. Note this statement from the SDA Bible Commentary/Encyclopedia: SDA
Encyclopedia on the Ecumenical Movement—“On the basis of Bible prophecy and
the writings of Ellen G. White, SDA’s anticipate the eventual success of the
ecumenical movement, both in eliminating the divisions of Protestantism and
in reuniting Christendom by bridging the gulf that separates non-Catholic communions
from Rome. The ecumenical movement
will then become a concerted effort to unite the world and to secure
universal peace and security by enlisting the power of civil government in a
universal religio-political crusade to eliminate all dissent. SDA’s envision this crusade as the great
apostasy to which John the revelator refers as “Babylon the great.” They understand, also, that God’s last
message of mercy to the world prior to the return of Christ in power and
glory will consist of a warning against this great apostate movement, and a
call to all who choose to remain loyal to Him to leave the churches connected
with it. See Rev. 13:15-17; 14:6-11;
16:12-14; 17:1-6; 18:1-4; GC 444, 445, 573, 588, 589, 615.” SDA Encyclopedia, p. 411, and page 362 in some later editions. I have a book published by the
World Council of Churches, entitled Directory
of Christian Councils, which says that SDA's are FULL MEMBERS in five
different countries of the world, and associate MEMBERS in a number of other
countries of the world. On the last page, 244, it says that SDA's are in
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WCC. A working relationship is more than
observer status! Thus, the church has lied by saying over and over is has
only "observer status," and not membership. The Adventist Review
stated in the latter 1980's that it had been a MEMBER of the Hungarian Council of Free Churches for over 30 years. That
MEMBERSHIP was protested by 1500 members of the SDA church in Hungary. They
had more integrity than SDA's anywhere else in the world! They knew that such
liaison was forbidden by the Word. They were kept at bay from entrance to
their churches on Sabbath mornings by body guards placed at all entrances. Neal C. Wilson, the GC Pres.
at the time, told them that it would have been better if the church had not
become MEMBERS, but since it had, they should make the best of it! There are
countries in the world where church operation ABOVE GROUND is prohibited
without MEMBERSHIP in the WCC. The conflict of interest
involved with such membership vis a vis the three angel's messages, is
depicted by Ellen White in the following statement. The violation of the
first and second angel's message per ecumenical fraternity and MEMBERSHIP is
implied in the following statement. Ellen White said that the
righteousness by faith message of 1888, was the three angel’s message in
verity, so one would expect that anyone specializing in the righteousness by
faith, Merits of Christ last message, would be giving the message against
ecumenical liaison of the SDA church and Babylon, especially in light of the
following statement by Ellen White: "The
peculiar work of the third angel has not been seen in its importance. God
meant that His people should be far in advance of the position which they
occupy today. But now, when the time has come for them to spring into action,
they have the preparation to make. When the National Reformers [the title of
the ecumenical movement before it became the Federal Council of Churches in
1908, and then the World Council of Churches, in 1948] began to urge measures
to restrict religious liberty, our leading men should have been alive to the
situation and should have labored earnestly to counteract these efforts. It
is not in the order of God that light has been kept from our people--the very
present truth which they needed for this time. Not all our ministers who are giving the third angel's message
really understand what constitutes that message. The National Reform
[Ecumenical] movement has been regarded by some as of so little
importance that they have not thought it necessary to give much attention to
it and have even felt that in so doing they would be giving time to questions
distinct from the third angel's message [the Everlasting Gospel of Revelation
14]. May the Lord forgive our brethren for thus interpreting the very
message for this time." E.G. White, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 714, 715. The SDA Recognized Babylon’s
Fallen Churches in 1926 as no Longer Fallen and a Part of God’s Plan for
Evangelization It
is gross double-speak and dishonest betrayal of sacred trust and the work of
the Lord, to try to declare out of one side of the church’s mouth that the
other churches are fallen Babylon, in order to convert their sheep to
Adventism, and out of the other side of their mouth to recognize (assert)
that they are part of God’s plan for salvation, thereby implying that their
gospel is a true gospel, when it is a half, false gospel of only believe, the
Doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which God especially hates. "Back in 1926, long before ecumenism was in vogue, the General Conference Executive Committee adopted
an important statement that is now a part of the General Conference Working
Policy (075). This declaration has significant ecumenical implications.
The concern of the statement was for the mission field and relationships with
other "missionary societies." However, the statement has now
been broadened to deal with "religious organizations" in general. It affirms that Seventh-day Adventists "recognize
those agencies that lift up Christ before men as a part of the divine plan
for evangelization of the world, and. . .hold in high esteem Christian men
and women in other communions who are engaged in winning souls to Christ." In the
church's dealings with other churches, "Christian courtesy, frankness,
and fairness" are to prevail..." (Seventh-day Adventist
Encyclopedia, Second Revised Edition, 1995, Art. "Ecumenism,") SDA’s Join World Council of
Churches’ Prinicple Theological Body—The Commission on Faith and Order "The World Council of Churches today admitted nine
Roman Catholic theologians to membership in its principal theological body,
the Commission on Faith and Order... The assembly is the council's highest
policy-making body. Also admitted to full membership were six representatives of other non-member churches,
including the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and various Baptist
bodies." For verification please write to: San Jose Mercury News, 750 Ridders Park Dr., San Jose Ca. 5190. The Isaiah 8—Jeremiah
7 and 11—Shiloh Connection Isaiah
8
The
Definitions of Confederacy and Conspiracy God warns us not to confederate
with His enemies. In Jeremiah 11:9, God indicts Israel of that generation
with conspiracy with His enemies.
In Isaiah 8:12, God says not to form a confederacy.
In Jeremiah chapters 7 and 11, God tells Jeremiah not to even pray for the Jews
of that generation because they formed a conspiracy with Baal, Babylon. By
the following definitions we find that the words confederacy and conspiracy are synonyms: This is the dictionary meaning
for confederacy: con⋅fed⋅er⋅a⋅cy
kənˈfɛdərəsi,-ˈfɛdrəsiShow Spelled Pronunciation [kuhn-fed-er-uh-see, -fed-ruh-see] Show IPA http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confederacy
–noun, plural -cies.
What follows is the Bible
definition of conspiracy, in Jeremiah 11:9, which ties the two directly
together. This definition is from the following link. http://bible.worthwhile.com/bible.php?b=jer&c=11&v=0&d=11&w=0 Number 7195
Transliteration: qesher {keh'-sher} Word Origin: from 7194 TWOT: 2090a Part of Speech: noun masculine Usage in the KJV: conspiracy 9,
treason 5, confederacy
2 Definition: 1. conspiracy, treason, (unlawful) alliance TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New
Testament The definitions of conspiracy and confederacy are
critical because God told Jeremiah in chapters 7 and 11, not to even pray for
the Jews of Shiloh because they and conspired (confederated) with Babylon
(Baal). This is unpardonable sin, as opposed to only flirting with God’s
enemies or “playing the harlot.” What
is the Difference Between Playing the Harlot and Joining Babylon God accused Israel of playing the harlot. In
Ellen White’s day, on four different occasions she accused the SDA church of
playing the harlot. That is not unpardonable sin. That is agreeing somewhat
(concord) with Babylon, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE JOINING its associations,
counsel’s/councils, girdings and confederacies/conspiracies. Notice: “I have been shown that the spirit of the world is fast
leavening the church. You are following the same path as did ancient Israel.
There is the same falling away from your holy calling as God's peculiar
people. You are having fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness. Your concord with unbelievers has provoked the Lord's displeasure. You
know not the things that belong to your peace, and they are fast being hid
from your eyes. Your neglect to follow the light will place you in a more
unfavorable position than the Jews upon whom Christ pronounced a woe.” {5T 75.3} SDA church leaders were engaging some fellowship and concord
(agreement) with the unfruitful works of darkness. That was “playing the
harlot,” as ancient Israel did. But that did not constitute “marrying,” and
financially (via annual dues) supporting by joining Babylon’s associations,
counsel/councils, girdings and confederacies/conspiracies. Playing around (flirting)
with a harlot and having some concord (agreement with her) is far different
from joining in with her and financially supporting her. At that point, one
would be joined to her and corporately responsible for her acts. 1Cr 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is
joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. The SDA new movement church has married a harlot (Babylon) by
joining her associations, counsels/councils, girdings,
confederacies/conspiracies, and paying her annual dues which come to quite a
considerable sum. That is no longer just “playing the harlot.” How is it that any members who continue to cling to the doomed
churches of Babylon, after hearing the truth, will be lost along with the
church they remain with—and SDA’s have all these numberless opportunities
regardless of what they do? Do we serve a partial God, or does His Word say
He is without partiality? SDA Rationale For Its Violation of the Midnight Cry and the
Second Angel’s Message Which Called Us OUT OF Babylon The following article by John Graz, who replaced
Dr. B.B. Beach as the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty leader for the new
movement SDA “church,” is the rationale used to excuse the church’s violation
of God’s command in Isaiah 8:9-12. This won’t fly with God, for ecumenical
union with Babylon closes probation for the church according to Ellen White,
WTLF, p. 14, and God in Isaiah 8:9-13. Some are using Mr. Graz’s words to excuse the church
and they are excusing the church for adoption of the Trinity Doctrine, which
sweeps away the entire Christian economy. And then some of those same
persons, like Gar (a pseudonym I have mentioned before, but the same person),
say that we must leave the church later at the Sunday Law. And at the same
time he gives misinterpreted Ellen White statements that imply that we should
NEVER leave that church and that we can settle our minds on that FOREVER.
Which is it Gar? Many SDA’s, myself included, have produced much
evidence right from church headquarters, that the church is up to its
proverbial eye-balls in ecumenical liaison, but at the same time, they lie
out of the other side of their double-speak mouths, to pen lies like the
following from Mr. John Graz. Is the General
Conference Involved in Ecumenism? John Graz Public Affairs and
Religious Liberty “Is the General Conference of Seventh‐day Adventists a member of the World Council of Churches
(WCC)? Every week someone calls the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty
office of the General Conference and asks this question. My answer is always
the same emphatic "No!" Some callers believe that the Adventist
church is a "secret member" or something "like a member,"
but these categories do not exist. Visiting the WCC web site one can read the
membership list. The name of the Adventist Church is not found there. In
other words, the Seventh‐day
Adventist Church is not a member of the WCC and is not planning to become one.
Does the church have relations with the WCC? From time to time
Adventist observers attend the WCC Central Committee at their General
Assembly. This attendance is not a secret, and articles are published in the Adventist
Review which give a report of these meetings. Some readers have heard that a delegation from the General
Conference attends the annual meeting of the Conference of Secretaries of the
Christian World Communions (CS/CWC). This is correct, but the WCC is not the
CS/CWC. Let me explain. The WCC is the official organization of the ecumenical
movement. Its headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland. About 340 churches are
members of the WCC, and they represent 592 million Christians. The purpose of
the WCC is to promote Christian unity. "To promote" would have been
too weak a goal for the founders of the organization. Following two World
Wars between so‐called
Christian countries, it was their dream to build a visible unity between
Christians—a unity which would be the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer for unity
and a major factor of peace in the world. Today visible unity even among the
members of the WCC is a real challenge. Members of the Orthodox and
Protestant churches do not even share the Eucharist together despite half a
century of meetings, statements, and studies. The majority of Christians (about 75%) are not members of the
WCC, and the most dynamic wing of Protestants, namely Evangelicals and
Pentecostals, have not expressed any interest in becoming members. The Roman
Catholic Church is very influential within the WCC, but is not a member
either. When we think about the WCC it is important to remember its
purpose, which is the visible unity of Christianity. Unity may have different
interpretations and it may seem a long, long process, but the WCC is the most
significant religious organization which is totally committed to this goal. What about the Conference of Secretaries of the Christian
World Communions? Adventists are not a member of the WCC, but they are
involved in the CS/CWC. The difference is that the CS/CWC is not an
organization but a conference of Christian leaders, composed of the Secretary
General of the conference, other top officials, and representatives of
various churches. The purpose is not to build the visible unity of the
Christian family, but to share information, concerns, and reports, and to
become better acquainted with each other. No church is encouraged to change
her beliefs or to create a new Christian community. Doctrinal issues are not
on the agenda. The members represent their churches and their beliefs. The Conference of Secretaries represents about two billion
Christians and covers more churches than any other organization, including
the WCC. The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church are
represented and so are the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran World
Federation, the World Mennonite Conference, the World Alliance of Reformed
Churches, the Baptist World Alliance, and others. Adventists have played an
important role in this Conference in opening it to Evangelicals. Bert B.
Beach was the Secretary of the Conference for 32 years. In 2002 I have been
elected to serve in this position. Our presence in such a group, which
represents the Christian world, has been extremely helpful for our church
around the world. It has shown that we are a Christian Church recognized by
the Christian family of leaders. We are not a cult or a dangerous group of
fanatics, but a Christian denomination. The relations between the WCC and the CS/CWC were difficult at
the beginning, but they have improved. Difficulties arose because the CS/CWC
accepted churches as they were and respected their differences. This was
perceived as approving the division of Christianity rather than building
unity. Today the WCC has its representative within the CS/CWC. Will the
CS/CWC join the WCC? Some on both sides think a close cooperation would be
good for all and a consultative commission was set up last year, but other
members of the CS/CWC do not want the Conference to change its main purpose. Adventists have always been favorable to developing good
relations with other churches or religious groups while staying faithful to
their own mission and their beliefs. Although Adventists respect other
Christians, they believe that God has called them to fulfill a specific
mission and to proclaim a specific message for the last days. They do not
feel threatened within the CS/CWC, and meeting other Christian leaders gives
them a great opportunity to be better known and to share their mission
without compromising their identity and faith. The Adventist agenda is not
ecumenism; it is building good relations.” End of Article. The Real Truth About SDA Ecumenical Involvement I have been told by many SDA theological
students that they are encouraged at seminary to immediately join the local Ministerial Association as soon as
they begin their pastorate. So in 1988, I called the Canadian Council of
Churches, and spoke with a Ph.D lady. I asked her about the chain of command
in the World Council of Churches. I asked her specifically if local
Ministerial Associations are a localized subsidiary of the World Council of
Churches. She replied twice: Yes, Yes. My wife was on the other end of the
phone and heard the conversation. The lady went on to explain that the
National Councils of Churches are also subsidiary organizations of the WCC. The SDA church pays large
annual dues to all of those organizations. At the same time I called the
Canadian Council of Churches, I called the General Conference Treasurer,
(Butler at the time) and asked him how much the church had given to the
National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. for that year. He said I
don’t know, but I will check the ledger and tell you. He did so and gave me a
figure exceeding $8,000. My wife was privy to that conversation as well. So we have annual dues being
paid to Babylon’s associations all over the world. Your sacred tithe is thus
used to support the heinous lies and treacherous doctrines of Babylon. And
let me warn you that the WCC also members non-Christian religions that are
pantheistic. So this add a whole new dimension to Kellogg’s pantheism. In the
Alpha of Apostasy, only Kellogg and a few of his cronies were involved. In
the Omega of Apostasy, every member of the SDA new movement “church” is
involved, because some of the sacred tithe money is being used to support the
WCC and all its subsidiary organizations, while the WCC supports
non-Christian religions that teach pantheism.
Speaking of corporate responsibility!!! If you pay tithe to the
apostate new movement SDA church, you are corporately responsible for
supporting pantheism via General Conference pooled tithe monies paid to the
Babylon as annual dues. Here are evidences of how the
new movement SDA leaders are lying out of one side of the mouth while telling
you the truth from the other side: https://omega77.tripod.com/veithbruinsmaarticle1.htm https://omega77.tripod.com/sdaecumenical1.htm https://omega77.tripod.com/sdaecunorway.htm Here is additional evidence: THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH Robert Sessler "There
are many precious truths contained in the Word of God, but it is ‘PRESENT
TRUTH’ that the flock needs now." Early Writings, p 63. Dear
brothers and sisters,
1 John 3:1.
When the subject of possible membership of the church with
the World Council of Churches (WCC) comes up, many church members flatly
refuse to believe or even discuss the subject. Others resort to asking
their minister if such is so. These naively believe exactly what their
minister states, and this settles the matter for them. But others are
not so easily turned aside, and want to know the facts in the case so that
they can make the determination for themselves and then decide what to do. It
is for these careful and thinking Christians that we examine this issue.
Before we determine whether or not the church we are
members of is connected to and working with the WCC, it is imperative we
understand a little more about this WCC. The
World Council of Churches (WCC) was formally constituted at Amsterdam,
Holland, on August 23, 1948. It is made up of various branch
organizations controlled by the WCC. The goal of the WCC is to unite
all the religions of the world into one ecumenical package--or a one world
church. But in order to unite all the world's religions together, the
differing doctrines held dear by these religious groups must be waived, and a
focusing on those beliefs held in common must be central. One
of the main branch organizations of the WCC is the National Council of
Churches (NCC). Also included in the organizational structure of the
WCC are many lesser branches--such as the Ministerial Associations in the
various public communities (See Collectivism in the Churches, p 60, by
Edgar C. Bundy).
The National Council of Churches is an organization
formally known as the Federal Council of Churches--which was organized in
December, 1908, and then changed its name to the NCC in 1950. The NCC
is made up of various churches within the United States of America who have
agreed to become members, and to further the goals of the NCC/WCC. The
goal of the NCC is the same as the goal of the WCC, since it was the
leadership of the Federal/National Council of Churches which formed the WCC
in 1948 (see World Council of Churches: Religion or Revolution, by
Hugh Moreton & N.W. Hutchings, p 3). Their goal goes beyond just
uniting all churches into one, and includes the same goals of Catholicism,
the New Age, Free masonry, the Illuminati, the United Nations, and other
Satanic organizations--or the goal of a New World Order, with Lucifer as god
and leader. To
some this may be hard to believe, but the NCC itself states this in their
recommendation of points to be followed in order to bring about world peace:
"...a world government...Strong immediate limitation
on national sovereignty. International control of all armies and
navies. A universal system of money. Worldwide freedom of
immigration. Progressive elimination of all tariff and quota
restrictions on world trade. A democratically controlled international
bank...
"A new order of economic life is both imminent and
imperative through voluntary cooperation within the framework of democracy or
through explosive political revolution." Time Magazine, March
16, 1942, p 44-48.
The WCC and its branch organizations are indeed involved in
bringing about this "explosive political revolution" in countries
which are not following their plan for a One World Church and a New World
Order. The following are just a few examples of this. The
WCC gave $85,000 to an African Nationalist terrorist group--PATRIOTIC
FRONT--who were waging guerilla warfare in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe in 1978 (see Seattle
Times, August 25, 1981). These terrorists killed over 1900 people,
including eight British missionaries and their four children in Rhodesia that
year (see Reader's Digest, August, 1982). In 1974 the WCC gave
6,355 British pounds to members of the terrorist organization--ZANU--in
Africa, which are responsible for killing 87 Rhodesian civilians (see WCC:
Religion or Revolution, p 13). Also in 1974, the WCC gave 50,000
British pounds to another Marxist guerilla force--FRELIMO (see Ibid., p 13).
After the Rhodesian government fell to these terrorist
groups, this statement was then given by their representatives at the WCC
Conference in Melbourne, Australia in May, 1980:
"Our hard-won victory did not come only through our
own determination. We were sustained and reinforced by the
support--material, moral, and spiritual--accorded to us by the World
Council of Churches, and its member churches." American
Opinion, January, 1982, p 4.
The WCC also gave funds to the Communist North Vietnamese
government (see WCC: Religion or Revolution, p 16), the PLO, Cuba, and
other pro-Soviet totalitarian movements (see Reader's Digest, January,
1983, p 120). They also gave $823,000 to the Communist backed organization--SWAPO--in
Namibia (see WCC: Religion or Revolution, p 28; American Opinion,
January, 1982, p 2).
As can be clearly seen, the WCC--including the NCC and
other lesser branch organizations--is not working for God, but is definitely
working against Him! They are in complete union with the enemy of God,
and are furthering Lucifer's goal of being the god and leader of a New World
Order. Hence no church of God should be connected to the WCC/NCC, let
alone working with or supporting them. But
where does the money come from with which the WCC finances and supports
Lucifer's goal of a One World Church and New World Order--including terrorist
activities to bring this about?
"The obvious question arises: From where does the
money come [for WCC financing]? The answer is: It comes from you.
It comes from you if you put money on the collection plate of a church
that is part of a denomination which belongs to the National Council of
Churches. The money goes from your church to your denomination, to
the National Council, to the World Council." American Opinion,
January, 1982, p 12.
Thus any church who gives financial or other support to the
WCC, or to any of its branch organizations, is guilty of supporting the move
towards a One World Church and New World Order, the spread of Communism, the
funding of terrorist groups, and the killing of innocent people and
christians! And not only would the church itself be held responsible,
but each and every corporate member of that church would be held guilty as
well! (for Biblical proof of this corporate responsibility, please write for
the booklet; Why Are We Held Responsible for Personal, Social, and
Corporate Sin? at
the address given in the front of this booklet). All
the different churches which are members or member-units in these various
branch organizations under the control of the WCC, are technically members of
the WCC itself. But WCC policy states that no individual church is a
member of it, only the various branches. Thus, when any question arises
as to whether a particular church is part of the WCC, the leaders of these
various churches can technically tell their membership that their church is
not a member of the WCC, when it really is through connection to the various
branches! The
following is a partial list of churches which are documented as being a part
of, and cooperating or working with, the WCC/NCC; and some for many years:
Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist (including Seventh-day), Brethren,
Catholic (including Old), Christian, Church of God, Congregational,
Community, Disciples, Episcopal, Evangelical, Friends (Quakers), Full Gospel,
Holiness, Latter Day Saints (Mormon), Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist,
Missionary, Moravian, Orthodox (Bulgarian, Christian, Eastern, Greek,
Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Syrian, Ukrainian), Pentecostal, Presbyterian,
Protestant, Reformed, Seventh-day Adventist, United, and Wesleyan (see Letter
from the National Council of Churches of Christ, January 13, 1965, from
Wilbur C. Parry, Associate General Secretary; American Opinion,
January, 1982, p 11; Directory of Christian Councils, published by the
World Council of Churches, 1985).
Yet, even though church union and cooperation is clearly
listed in various publications, many church leaders deny that their church
has any connection or union with, or has given any support to, the WCC!
Especially is this support, union, and connection of the Seventh-day Adventist
church with the WCC vehemently denied by SDA church leadership. Yet the
documents speak more loudly than their words! So who is telling the
truth--the SDA church leadership, or the documented facts? Let
us examine some statements by SDA leaders and church publications, and then
compare these with various documents, to see if we can ascertain who is
telling the truth. And we will begin with the question of whether
monetary support has been given to the WCC by the SDA church.
The SDA church states:
"...we do not make contributions to their [NCC]
program." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,
January 25, 1967, from D.W. Hunter, Associate Secretary.
"We have no financial relationship with this [WCC] organization.
All of the funds that we as a Church receive...are disbursed entirely
through our own denominational channels. We understand them to be
contributed on the basis that we shall use them to maintain the various
programs operated by our Church, including of course our various welfare
programs....
"So the brief answer to your inquiry is that we do not
contribute any funds to this [WCC] organization." Letter from the
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, January 5, 1983, from L.L.
Butler, Treasurer.
"The Seventh-day Adventist Church...does not pay one
cent in support of it [the WCC]." Adventist Review, January 3,
1985, p 4.
Is this true? What do the documented facts declare? In
the year 1959, the SDA church sent a total of $6,700 for the support of the
National Council of Churches (see Letter from the National Council of
Churches, January 29, 1960, Donald F. Landwer, Assistant General Secretary
for [NCC] Finance). In
1969 they gave a total of $5,950 for NCC support (see Letter from the
National Council of Churches, April 7, 1970, Constant H. Jacquet, Director
Research Library). In
fact, in 1984, the SDA church itself admittedly gave $8,000 to the World and
National Councils of Churches, and then stated: "This
is apparently what it has been running for the last few years."
Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, June 13, 1985,
Mitchell A. Tyner, Esq., Associate Director and Legal Counsel of the
Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty. Also see Letter
from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, October 23, 1984, from
W.L. Murrill, Undertreasurer.
Thus, the documented facts, especially from the SDA church,
prove that they indeed supported the NCC and the WCC with financial help, and
for some time! This means that the SDA church, and every corporate
member, is guilty of supporting the furtherance of the goal towards a One
World Church and New World Order, the spreading of Communism, terrorism, and
aiding the killing of innocent people. But
what about the union and cooperation of the SDA church with the WCC or any of
its branch organizations? The
SDA church and its leadership flatly deny that they have any union whatsoever
with the WCC or the NCC! "Seventh-day
Adventists are not members of the National Council of Churches." Letter
from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, January 25, 1967, from
D.W. Hunter, Associate Secretary.
"...the Seventh-day Adventist Church is not a member
of the World Council of Churches..." Letter from the General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists, Department of Public Affairs, from B.B. Beach,
April 2, 1982.
"...the General Conference is not a member of the NCC
or the WCC..." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, October 23, 1984, from W.L. Murrill, Undertreasurer.
"No. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is not a
member of the World Council of Churches..." Adventist Review,
January 3, 1985, p 4.
In fact, the president of the General Conference has this
to say:
"The Seventh-day Adventist church is not, has not
been, will not be a member of the World Council of Churches. I don't
care what evidence you have printed to the contrary. It is simply a
fabrication; it is not true; it is a lie; it is a distortion. I want to
make sure you understand it. There is NO: there is no membership or
intention of becoming a member....We are not and will not be. I hope
you can take that to the bank as a statement of categorical, undeniable
truth. And anything that you receive printed to the contrary, tear
it up, throw it in the waste paper basket; its simply not the truth!"
Robert Folkenberg, "Issues and Interviews" on SDA radio
station--KCDS in Angwin, California, February 19, 1993.
But what do these documents have to say about the union and
cooperation of the SDA church with the WCC or any of its member branches,
that the president of the SDA church wants you to tear up and throw away?
Let us first examine SDA union with the NCC. The
SDA church was listed as associate members and cooperating members of the
National Council of Churches in 1959 (see Letter from the National Council of
Churches, August 7, 1959, Wesley B. Goodman, Associate Executive Director). The
SDA church was listed as one of the member-units of the NCC in 1964 (see
Letter from the National Council of Churches, January 13, 1965, Wilbur C.
Parry, Assistant Council Secretary). The
SDA church had General Conference representatives as members on two
Commissions of the NCC in 1983 (see Letter from the National Council of the
Churches of Christ, Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning, September
26, 1983, from Constant H. Jacquet, Jr., Staff Associate for Information
Services). And had representatives as members on three Commissions and
more than four Committees of the NCC in 1984 (see Letter from the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, June 13, 1985, Mitchell A. Tyner, Esq.,
Associate Director and Legal Counsel of the Department of Public Affairs and
Religious Liberty).
But does the SDA church have such a close working
relationship with the NCC/WCC that they are accepted as a voting member in
any of their programs? What does the SDA church state?
"We [Seventh-day Adventists] do not vote in their
[NCC] activities. We are not members [of the NCC] and cannot
vote." Letter from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,
January 25, 1967, from D.W. Hunter, Associate Secretary.
"As Seventh-day Adventists who go to the meetings of
the World Council of Churches do so as observers, without delegate status of
any kind, they have neither the right to speak or to vote." Letter from
the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, April 14, 1970, from W.R.
Beach, Secretary.
What do the documented facts reveal about this issue?
"The Seventh-day Adventist Church does hold voting
membership in several of our [NCC] program units and in addition has
non-voting or associate membership in other units." Letter from the
National Council of Churches of Christ, January 29, 1960, from Donald F.
Landwer, Assistant General Secretary for Finance.
"Over one hundred theologians met in Lima, Peru, in
January, 1982, and recommended [voted] unanimously to transmit this agreed
statement--the Lima text--for the common study and official response of the
churches. They represented virtually all the major church traditions:
Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran,
Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United, Disciples, Baptist, Adventist
and Pentecostal." Faith and Order Paper #111, Baptism, Eucharist and
Ministry, back cover, published by the World Council of Churches, Geneva,
1982.
The SDA church is also a member of the NCC by way of the local
SDA churches belonging to the Ministerial Associations in their communities.
(A Ministerial Association is composed of different churches within a local
community.) The
SDA church is in connection with at least, but not limited to, the following
Ministerial Associations and related organizations: --Pajaro Valley, California
(see Register-Pajaronian Newspaper, January 11, 1986, and the
Watsonville SDA church bulletin of January 4, 1986). --Paradise, California (see
Paradise SDA church bulletin of August 23, 1986). --Riverside, California (see
SDA Radio Station KSGN notice for the April 19, 1987 Easter sunrise event). --Ukiah, California (see
Ukiah SDA church bulletin for November 22, 1994). --Verdugo, California (see Recorder,
November 7, 1988, p 22). --Honolulu, Hawaii (see Recorder,
March 17, 1986, p 16). --Garfield County, Montana
(see Gleaner, June 16, 1986, p 18). --Morganton, North Carolina
(see Southern Tidings, April, 1975). --Zephyrhills, Washington
(see East Pasco SDA Medical Center Flyer for March, 1989).
This partnership is not just within the USA, but also
within foreign countries; such as the Australian communities of Bunbury (see The
West, December 2, 1966), and Ringwood (see Eastern Post Gazette,
November 11, 1965). And for those who will still refuse to admit that
the SDA church is in union and cooperation with the NCC, and hence the WCC,
the following should stun them out of their sleepy denial.
During the week before Christmas of 1994, the SDA church
and the NCC joined together to nationally televise the Christmas Eve Special
"A New Noel"! (see Adventist Review, December 15, 1994, p
7). This broadcast was video-taped at a Sunday church service on
December 4 in the Pioneer Memorial SDA church at Andrews University, and
the devotional message was presented by SDA minister Dwight Nelson (see Adventist
Review, December 4, 1994, p 7). It was nationally televised on
Christmas eve (11:30pm Saturday till 12:30am Sunday) through the ABC-TV
network, and the SDA church placed a paid advertisement in 14,000,000 copies
of the TV Guide (see Adventist Review, December 15, 1994, p 7).
The
paid advertisement of this event, as well as the televised opening credits
for the program, stated:
"The National Council of Churches presents a
production of the Seventh-day Adventist Church." Adventist Review,
December 15, 1994, p 7 (See also TV Guide, December 24-30, 1994,
p 55, vol 42, #52, Issue #2178).
So the SDA church is indeed in union with, and cooperating
with, the NCC. And since the NCC is a branch organization of the WCC,
the SDA church is also in union with, and cooperating with, the WCC.
But this is not the only evidence of the Ecumenical union of the SDA
church with the WCC--whether directly or through membership of its various
branches!
Direct conversations between the WCC and the SDA church
officials began during the mid 1960's--especially in 1966. These direct
conversations led the SDA church leadership to push the church towards
compromising the peculiar truths contained in the three angel's messages of
Revelation 14. Their goal was to ignore those doctrines which differed
with the other churches within the WCC, in order to teach only those
doctrines held in common. The
SDA church leadership states:
"Today the old largely negative approach--emphasizing
chiefly the things wherein we differ from all other religious groups--is
past, definitely past. And that is as it should be." Ministry
Magazine, March, 1966, p 10.
"The Adventist church today is better prepared to
make common cause with these other evangelicals than at any previous time
in its history." Ministry Magazine, June, 1966, p 19-20.
As a result of the SDA leadership urging the church to
teach in common and ignore preaching the pure cutting truths of the three
angels, this led to "the General Conference, as a world confessional
body or church, [being] recognized by an advisor in Canterbury at the 1969
meeting of the WCC Central Committee" (see paper prepared by B.B. Beach
titled "The World Council of Churches/Seventh-day Adventist
conversations and their significance").
After the SDA church was officially represented in
Canterbury, the SDA General Conference Executive Committee passed a
Resolution to teach "in common" with the other churches connected
with the WCC!
"Whereas...voted...departmental plans...to create a
public image...set salvation within the reach of the multitudes...to place
emphasis on the noncontroversial truths shared in common with all Christianity."
Review and Herald, December 18, 1969, p 16-20, Autumn Council action.
This is exactly what God has warned His people about for
decades--the great apostasy of the last days--when all churches unite
together upon a common platform of belief (see Great Controversy, p
444-45). And the SDA church has ignored God's warnings, rejected His
will, and with a brazen stubborn and rebellious heart and forehead knowingly
became part of this great apostasy! As
a result of the SDA church joining this apostasy and agreeing to teach in
common with the rest of the apostate churches, top WCC officials along with
top SDA leaders, met together in 1972 to discuss SDA church union directly
with the WCC. These meetings were reported in the Protestant paper; Christian
Beacon. The report states:
"The Seventh-Day Adventists and representatives of the
World Council of Churches have met with joint chairmen discussing the
membership of the Seventh-Day Adventists in the WCC. In preparation for
the reception, discussions are to be carried on now on the local and national
levels. The dialogue on the top level was led by Dr. Lucas Vischer,
secretary for the Faith and Order Commission, and Dr. B.B. Beach of the
Seventh-Day Adventists. The WCC leaders are especially anxious to
include the world activities of the Seventh-Day Adventists." Christian
Beacon, vol 37, #47, December 28, 1972.
What was the end result of these meetings? Is the SDA
church directly listed as being in union with, and connected with, the WCC? In
1985, the WCC published Directory of Christian Councils, which is a
directory listing all of its member-unit churches throughout the
world--including those churches found within the NCC and various other
branches. The following is a listing of SDA church union, membership,
and participation with the WCC throughout the world: Fraternal
associates:
Kenya, Africa--"Church of the East African
Union--Seventh Day" Directory, p 15. Associate
members:
Rwanda, Africa--"Eglise adventiste du septie'me jour
(Seventh Day Adventist Church)" Directory, p 35.
Solomon Islands--"Seventh Day Adventist Church" Directory,
p 195. Observers:
Finland--"Adventist Church" Directory, p
133.
German Democratic Republic--"Gemeinschaft der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten
(Seventh Day Adventists)" Directory, p 139. Consultant-observers:
United Kingdom--"Seventh Day Adventists" Directory,
p 163. Membership:
Bahamas--"Seventh Day Adventist Church" Directory, p
99.
Belize--"Seventh Day Adventist Church" Directory, p
100.
Cook Islands--"Seventh Day Adventist Church" Directory
p 189.
Sweden--"Seventh Day Adventist Church" Directory, p
144.
This is not to mention those branch organizations, other
than the NCC, which are full members of the WCC, in which the SDA church are
also members; such as the Hungarian Council of Free Churches (see Directory,
p 142). This membership was even admitted by the SDA church (see Southern
Tidings, September, 1977), and by Neal C. Wilson--then president of the
General Conference! (see Pacific Union Recorder, February, 18, 1985, p
4).
But, as should be expected, the SDA church also denies any
union of their Hungarian SDA churches with the WCC.
"We are not standing with the ‘ecumenicals’. Our
church in Hungary is not a member of the World Council of Churches; it is not
represented at its meetings." Letter from the General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists, Department of Public Affairs, February 2, 1987, from
B.B. Beach.
Also the SDA church is a member of the organization of the
Church of Christ in Zaire, Africa; and this was also admitted by the SDA
church!
"...Adventist world leaders...yielded to government
demands to align with the Protestant organization....[and] on March 24, 1972,
Seventh-day Adventists became the forty-second communicant in the Church of
Christ in Zaire." Review and Herald, February 27, 1975.
Also the SDA church is a member of the organization of the
Chinese Communist Church in China.
"The Seventh-day Adventists were one of the first
denominations to become reformed and to join the Communist Church.
Other denominations followed before long, but not all. These were
the Evangelical Church and the Chinese Orthodox Church, the former under the
leadership of Rev. Wang, and the latter under the leadership of Rev. Watchman
Nee." Haagse Courant [Dutch newspaper], January 27, 1962.
"The Adventists were declared to have gone through ‘a
new birth' as an organization. They were rewarded by being officially
classified as a `Reformed Church,' the first in Communist China."
The Story of Mary Liu, p 222, by Edward Hunter.
But after listing all of their various branch organizations
and member-units or churches, the WCC makes this final statement:
"In addition to the relationships with regional and
national councils of churches mentioned above, the WCC is in working
relationship with many Christian World Communions, including the Anglican
Consultative Council, Baptist World Alliance, Disciples Ecumenical
Consultative Council, Friends World Committee for Consultation, General
Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, Lutheran World Federation,
Mennonite World Conference, Old Catholic International Organization, Reformed
Ecumenical Synod, Salvation Army, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, World
Convention of Churches of Christ, World Evangelical Fellowship, and World
Methodist Council." Directory of Christian Councils, p 244.
Nor is this the end of the extent of SDA involvement with
the WCC. In
1973 the SDA church co-authored a book along with the WCC entitled: So
Much In Common. And on the back cover it clearly states that this
book was written by the "World Council of Churches and Seventh-day
Adventist Church." In
1989, the Seventh-day Adventist church, along with other churches,
"agreed to form the Council of Churches in Estonia, the first such to be
created in the USSR" Christians in Crisis Newsletter, vol 5, #2,
March-April, 1989, p 1.
The SDA church is also not afraid to tell their membership
that they are very friendly with the WCC! In
1983, the WCC was holding their Sixth Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, and the
SDA church was represented in attendance. The following report to the
SDA people was titled as follows:
"Adventists Find Friends At The World Council of
Churches" Messenger, September, 1983, p 5.
In another SDA church paper, Douglas Devnich, who was a
representative of the SDA church at this 1983 WCC Assembly (and who later
became the president of the Canadian Union Conference of SDA's), states:
"...the W.C.C. is not to be faulted on what it
endeavors to do....The call comes out of Vancouver in 1983 for a New
World Order....
"My point is that the W.C.C., as the most powerful
Christian social agency may well be the world's answer to idealize as well as
apply the social ministry of Jesus Christ...and in the establishment of the
literal Kingdom of God." Ministry Magazine, November, 1983.
So the SDA church is not ignorant of what the WCC is doing,
but is fully aware of the WCC goal to bring about a New World Order for
Lucifer. And yet they still are willing to work with and unite with
them! The
SDA church is also listed as full members of the World Council of Church's
principal theological body, the Commission on Faith and Order, since 1968
(See New York Times, July 12, 1968). The Faith and Order
Commission "provides theological support for the efforts the churches
are making towards unity" with the WCC (see Faith and Order Paper #111, Baptism,
Eucharist and Ministry, p vii). But
what does the SDA church leadership state about the above fact?
"Let me first of all assure you that the Seventh-day
Adventist Church is neither a member of the World Council of Churches nor of its
Faith and Order Commission." Letter from the General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists, Department of Public Affairs, April 2, 1982, from
B.B. Beach, Director.
The SDA church even invited an official representative of
the WCC as an observer-guest to the 1990 General Conference Session at
Indianapolis, Indiana, to deliver a message to the delegate body!
Joan Campbell, Director of the United States office of the
World Council of Churches, stated:
"It is my pleasure to be with you again...I bring you
the warmest of greetings from the World Council of Churches and from all our
member churches around the world....When I was at your worship service
yesterday, it seemed as though it was my own time of worship, as well as
yours. And it said to me that there are many things that we hold in
common...
"So as fellow Christians, like those Pentecost people
in the earliest of days, we look at one another and we say that we hold
all things in common." Adventist Review, July 10, 1990, p
6.
Not only is the SDA church in union with the WCC, but they
are also involved in, and a part of, the Ecumenical Movement. This
Movement recognizes all churches as part of the body of Christ, and works
towards the uniting of all churches together into one body--just like the
WCC!
This union is clearly seen by the willingness of the SDA
church to work together with other denominations--including the Catholic
church! And what better source to find some of the documented evidence
of this, than from the SDA church's own mouth!
"On October 29, 1966, a further step was taken toward
religious freedom in Columbia, with the foundation of the Religious Liberty
Association of Colombia....A Seventh-day Adventist, Raimundo Pardo Suarez,
was chosen as president. The vice president is the Reverend Noel Olaya,
a Catholic priest and a relative of several of Colombia's past presidents.
H. Niemann, pastor of the Central church of Bogota, was elected
secretary, and Fernando Tapias, an Adventist businessman, treasurer.
Dr. Carlos Didacio Alvarez, a Catholic lawyer and staunch defender of
religious liberty, was appointed auditor. The rest of the directorate
was chosen from among leaders of various religious persuasions." Review
and Herald, March 9, 1967.
"Those gathering together to praise the Lord in song
were from the following churches: Raymond Blackford, Bethel Lutheran; Dr.
William Early, Cicero Methodist; Rev. Stephen Bard, Cicero Wesleyan; Father
Duane Craycraft, Sacred Heart Catholic Church; Rev. Don Paden, Cicero
Christian; and Pastor Randal Murphy, Cicero SDA Church." Review and
Herald, March 9, 1967.
"What we like about this going concern is that it has
cut across denominational boundaries. At the recent election of
officers at the annual general meeting [of the Asian Aid Organization], a new
committee was elected. It consists of two Catholics, one Presbyterian,
one Anglican, one Pentecostal, and four Australian-Chinese Adventists." Record,
September 3, 1973.
"Robert Hunter, pastor of the [SDA church at]
Morganton, North Carolina, district, and a member of the local ministerial
association, joined in Pulpit Exchange Day, exchanging pulpits with Thomas
Burke of St. Charles Roman Catholic Church. The theme of the city-wide
program was `Blest Be the Tie.'" Southern Tidings, April,
1975.
"...members of the Japanese Adventist
Church...[attended] an ecumenical worship service held in January at St. Pius
X Roman Catholic Church. [SDA] Pastor Lyle Arakaki was invited to
preach the sermon....
"This special worship service was held to mark the
beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity....The Manoa
Interchurch Service and Outreach (MISO) organization sponsored this
ecumenical service....
"MISO includes the St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church,
Lutheran Church of Honolulu, Manoa Valley Church (United Church of Christ),
as well as the Japanese Adventist Church." Recorder, March 17,
1986, p 16.
"The Glendale [SDA] church is hosting a teaching
festival for the Verdugo Council of Churches..." Recorder,
November 7, 1988, p 22.
Why is the SDA church so eager to work in union with these
other churches of Babylon?
"We [the SDA church] are one with our fellow
Christian denominational groups in the great fundamentals of the faith
once delivered to the saints." Questions on Doctrine, p 32.
Besides the above, the SDA church had one of its leaders on
the staff of the Ecumenical organization called the Christian World
Communion.
"Rome - Staff members of more than a dozen Christian
World Communions (CWC's, world organizations for the various Christian
traditions) held their annual conference of secretaries (here, 20-23
October). It included separate sessions with the pope, and leaders of
the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy....
"The conference chose Pierre Duprey, secretary of the
Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, as its chairperson,
succeeding Joe Hale, general secretary of the World Methodist Council. B.B.
Beach, director of the public affairs and religious liberty department of the
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, continues as the group's
secretary....
"He [Hale] said that though most communions are strong
enough to function alone, ‘for the sake of the world...we need to do more, to
be more, as one church together, and press beyond simply being strong
links in a chain of separate communions. He proposed a ‘calculated
step, a small step' in that direction, including defining and claiming
publicly ‘an even more formal unity than we now admit'....
"Besides those already mentioned, CWCs include the
Lutheran World Federation, Anglican Consultative Council, Baptist World
Alliance, Salvation Army, Friends [Quaker] World Committee for Consultation,
World Evangelical Fellowship, Mennonite World Conference, World Convention of
Churches of Christ, Reformed Ecumenical Synod, World Alliance of Reformed
Churches, Ecumenical [Eastern Orthodox] Patriarchate, Moscow [Eastern
Orthodox] Patriarchate, Church of the Brethren, and International Old
Catholic Bishops' Conference. Staff from the World Council of Churches
also participated." Ecumenical Press Service, October, 1986
(86.10.126).
But not only is Bert B. Beach the Secretary of this
Ecumenical organization, but he was also the Secretary of the World
Confession Families, which is an integral part of the Faith and Order
Commission of the WCC!
Beach himself states:
"I have been representing our Church at this meeting
for nine years. I have served as secretary of the conference."
Letter from B.B. Beach, November, 1977.
Not only is the SDA church in complete union with the WCC,
the NCC, and the Ecumenical Movement, but they are also seeking doctrinal
union by embracing the heresies of other churches--especially Catholic! In
January, 1982, the Seventh-day Adventist leadership--representing the SDA
church--were in attendance and part of the ecumenical meeting of the Faith
and Order Conference of the World Council of Churches in Lima, Peru (see Faith
and Order Paper #111, Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, back cover).
The following book, printed by the WCC, documents the SDA
church's "official response" to this Lima text which they sent to
the WCC on the ecumenical subjects discussed at this meeting. The
SDA church officially states through their Council on Inter-Church Relations,
that, among other things:
"The purpose of this essay is primarily to
show...Seventh-day Adventist understanding of the eucharist or the Lord's
supper...[and] to highlight Adventist understanding and practice of the
eucharist...
"In preparation for the celebration of the eucharist
Seventh-day Adventists practice the washing of feet..." Churches
Respond to BEM (Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry), vol 2, p 341-343,
published by the World Council of Churches in 1986.
The Eucharist is also called by the SDA church, as being
the "central celebration of the Christian church" (see Ibid., p
341). The
SDA church also states:
"On occasion Seventh-day Adventists refer to the
eucharist as a sacrament." Churches Respond to BEM, vol 2, p 342.
The SDA church also states that SDA's are "conscious
of the sacredness of the celebration of the eucharist" (see Ibid., p
342). The
SDA church no longer considers the Eucharist as a "most
blasphemous" and "heaven-insulting heresy" (see Spirit of
Prophecy, vol 4, p 63), but now considers it a close and sacred part of
the beliefs of the church! But it is one thing to declare this to the
other member churches of the WCC; would the SDA leadership really tell their
membership these new positions of their church regarding this Catholic
heresy? In
1991, the World Council of Churches held their convention in Canberra,
Australia. Representatives of the SDA church were present, and this is
the following report to the SDA people:
"And we could go on if space permitted--to mention the
WCC's...accentuation of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist. All of
these emphases fit into the ambit of the three angels' messages."
Adventist Review, May 2, 1991, p 10.
Since when does this Catholic heresy of the Eucharist,
which led to the murder of millions of Protestant Christians during the dark
ages when they refused to accept this false teaching, find itself within the
three angel's messages of Revelation 14? You can not find it anywhere
taught in the whole of Scripture, let alone in the three angel's messages!
The only way one can find it is to add it in themselves, which the SDA
church has done. The
SDA church of today is not the same church which God raised up! Nor
does it teach the same truths today that it was originally founded upon! (for
undeniable proof of this--from the SDA churchs' own mouth--please write for
the booklet; Transmutation of the Three
Angels or for the book; The Abomination of Desolation
and Church History at the address given in the front of this
booklet).
The SDA church is indeed in union with, and a part of, the
WCC, NCC, and the whole Ecumenical Movement. Thus the SDA church is
part of an unholy union with Romanism and apostate Protestantism--and thus in
union with Babylon the Great!
This union with the other Babylonian churches is clearly
revealed in the book, What I Like About...The Lutherans, The Baptists, The
Methodists, The Charismatics, The Catholics, Our Jewish Friends, The
Adventists; Rescuers of Neglected Truth, by George Vandeman, and
published by the Pacific Press Publishing Association in 1986. It was
also the Missionary Book of the Year for 1987.
This book is truly ecumenical; and the SDA church states:
"The book you hold in your hand is the birth of an
idea whose time has come." What I Like About, p 3.
All the denominations mentioned in the book are already
part of Babylon, yet this book uplifts them all, stating that they all have
contributed to the gospel truth about Jesus Christ. It even
proselytizes for these Babylonian churches by directing its readers to contact
any of the denominations mentioned, and then gives them the different
denominational addresses! (see What I Like About, p 108-09). The
reason the SDA church can say they like all of these other denominations so
much is twofold: First, they state: "We want to build bridges"
(Ibid., p 51), because "whether Christians or Jewish, we are all God's
family together" (Ibid., p 83). And secondly, of course, the SDA
church agrees with and is teaching the very same Babylonian doctrines!
Clearly, the SDA church is completely in union with the
other denominations and religions, and is indeed working towards a One World
Religion and church! This is positively substantiated by the following
fact. In
1993, representatives of the world's religions met in Chicago, Illinois at
the World Parliament of Religions. This meeting was established to
finalize plans for a One World Church. Their September 5th declaration
for the global ethic was signed, "calling for the merger of all the
religions of earth--the world religions to become one" (The
World's Last Dictator, p 98, by Dwight L. Kinman). And which
churches were represented as being in attendance?
"The Dalai Lama was there who believes that he is a
man god. Joan Campbell, the feminist and director of the
Marxist-slanted National Council of Churches, was there. The Lucius
Trust representatives of the New Age religion were there. Voodoo, high
priests, and wicka groups, and witchcraft were all there. High free
Masons attended. The Seventh Day Adventist church was represented.
Serpent charmers and druids and Satan worshippers, liberal Baptists,
Zoroastrians to Zen Buddhists were all represented. The World Council
of Churches and the powerful church of Rome were highly represented.
They met to celebrate `unity in Diversity.'" The World's Last
Dictator, p 97-98.
But God would have His church and people completely
separate and distinct from all the churches of Babylon, that they might be a
peculiar people unto Him and His special treasure in this world of
wickedness.
"Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice indeed, and
keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above
all people..." Exodus 19:5.
"And ye shall be holy unto Me: for I the Lord am holy,
and have severed you from other people, that ye should be Mine."
Leviticus 20:26.
"For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God:
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself,
above all the people that are upon the face of the earth.... "And
the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be His peculiar people, as He
hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; and to
make thee high above all nations which He hath made, in praise, and in name,
and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God,
as He hath spoken. Deuteronomy 7:6 & 26:18-19.
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth
the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous
light..." 1 Peter 2:9.
"God has chosen a people who are to proclaim the third
angel's message to the world. They are to be a separate and peculiar
people in this world of churches who are transgressing His commandments."
Review and Herald, June 21, 1898 (vol 3, p 584).
But what has the SDA church done with God's will that they
should be a separate, peculiar, special treasure unto Himself and to no one
else? They have rejected God's will to be a peculiar and separate
people unto Him, and have united themselves with the other churches.
They have refused to be a special and holy people unto God, and have
chosen instead to cooperate and work with Lucifer and his evil agencies to
further his satanic goals! They have spurned God's immense love and
mercy showered upon them, and have instead become a treasure of the kingdom
of Babylon. How
can the SDA church and people really believe that they can do God's work,
spread His three angel's messages, fear, obey, and honor only Him, and give
Him the praise and glory due His holy name, by giving up their peculiarity
and holiness and uniting with the evil agencies and wicked organizations
doing the bidding of Lucifer? What blindness! As
the SDA church and people have placed their dependence upon, and are united
and in harmony with, Roman Catholicism, apostate Protestantism the NCC, the
WCC, and the Ecumenical family, how can they be God's peculiar and separate
people any longer? How can they be separate and peculiar when they are
in union with, and allied with, God's avowed Babylonian enemies? Hence,
the SDA church and people are no longer God's peculiar church and people!
And God Himself clearly tells us this!
"The professed people of Christ are no longer a
separate and peculiar people. The line of demarcation is indistinct."
Review and Herald, June 21, 1898 (vol 3, p 584) (see also Christ's
Object Lessons, p 315-16; Testimonies, vol 8, p 118-19).
But history tells them the same thing; that a once favored
church and people can no longer remain God's chosen if they unite themselves
with God's enemies!
"The alliances made by the Israelites with their
heathen neighbors resulted in the loss of their identity as God's peculiar
people. They became leavened by the evil practices of those with
whom they formed forbidden alliances....
"The experience of Israel will be the experience
of all who go to the world for strength, turning away from the living God.
Those who forsake the mighty One, the source of all strength, and
affiliate with worldlings, placing on them their dependence, become weak in
moral power, as are those in whom they trust....
"No semblance of nearness to God, no assertion of
connection with Him, will be accepted from those who persist in dishonoring
Him by leaning upon the arm of worldly power." Review and Herald,
August 4, 1904 (vol 5, p 63). (please also read Testimonies, vol
1, p 283).
"The Jewish nation were in captivity, scattered as the
Lord declared they would be if they did not as His peculiar people honor
and glorify God. They departed from God; they did not fear and
honor His holy name, and the Temple in which they gloried was destroyed."
Manuscript Releases, vol 7, p 334 (Manuscript 122, March 10, 1897).
By the SDA church allying herself in a three-fold alliance
with Rome and apostate Protestantism--including the NCC/WCC and Ecumenical
Movement, she has not only put aside and rejected the command of God to be
peculiar from all the rest of the churches, but she has also rejected Someone
else. She has rejected the Lord and precious Saviour Jesus Christ!
Christ spent 18 centuries preparing for the SDA church to
come into existence, making sure all was ready. Unceasingly He worked
for His church, opening the eyes of His people to the precious truths which
would polarize the world and prepare the way for His second coming and the
end of sin. Constantly He called His separate, peculiar, special, and
treasured people to reflect His image and thus to vindicate God's character
to the whole universe, proving Satan's accusations false. And then to
have His chosen people and church spurn His immense love, turn their backs
and faces from Him, give up their peculiarity, and unite themselves with
Satan as his harlotrous Babylonian bride and church: HOW MUST THIS MAKE
CHRIST FEEL? How
many tears has Jesus shed over this? How much pain has He felt?
How much more agony must He endure? What must He be thinking to
see His professed people asleep believing that all is right with their SDA
church, when all is terribly wrong? Oh, may our people awaken and see
more fully what Christ is going through because a once-chosen people and
church have rejected Him, given up their peculiarity, united in harlotry with
His avowed enemy, and are working directly against Him with all the power and
subtlety of the Devil!
Since the SDA church has done all these things, it is no
longer God's chosen, peculiar, and true church anymore! It cannot be
anything but a counterfeit of God's true church! And since it is not
God's chosen and peculiar church anymore, then whose church is it?
Satan's! And what is another name listed in the Bible for Satan's
church? Babylon! The
SDA church is in union with, and closely images, the harlot mother--Roman
Catholic church--which is Babylon. The SDA church is united with the
harlot daughter Protestant churches, the NCC, and the WCC--which are Babylon.
And she is so closely and ecumenically united with these fallen Babylon
Protestant churches that she is like a sister to them. Thus she is a
sister to fallen Babylon! In
fact, Sister White warned the SDA church of this very possibility.
"We are in danger of becoming a sister to fallen
Babylon, of allowing our churches to become corrupted, and filled with
every foul spirit, a cage for every unclean and hateful bird." Manuscript
Releases, vol 21, p 380 (Letter 51, September 6, 1886).
Now if the SDA church has become a sister to fallen
Babylon, or a sister to the apostate Protestant churches, then who is her
mother? Rome! Or the one "old in adulteries" (see
Ezekiel 23:43-44). And God warned His SDA people of this also!
"Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this
proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her
children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their
husbands and their children." Ezekiel 16:44-45.
As Rome is Babylon, and Protestantism is Babylon, then the
SDA church must also be Babylon! The SDA church is in ecumenical union
with all the Babylonian churches, so how could she be anything but Babylon! Now
there are many Adventists who argue against the possibility of their SDA
church being Babylon. They say: "The SDA church can never be
Babylon, no matter if she is in harlotry with the Devil and his followers,
and no matter if she is ecumenically united with Rome, Protestantism, the
NCC, the WCC, and the whole world; because the SDA church can never be
Babylon."
Although there are no promises of God given without the
condition of obedience (see Faith and Works, p 47; Evangelism,
p 695; Selected Messages, book 1, p 67; Prophets and Kings, p
293), and despite the fact that Ellen White wrote that the SDA church could
be converted into Babylon if they did not fulfill God's will and united
with the world (see Testimonies to Ministers, p 265; Selected
Messages, book 2, p 68; Testimonies, vol 8, p 250), there are some
who will not concede. But this next point should settle this Babylon
question forever.
What if the SDA church declared herself to be Babylon, and
told all her members to separate from her? If that should occur, who
could argue otherwise? Surely no one could then deny that the SDA
church was Babylon! Did
you know that the SDA church has, in essence, declared herself to be part of
Babylon the Great, and told all her members to separate from her!
Please read closely to what the SDA church herself has stated: "The
capstone of the ecumenical effort came with the creation of the World
Council of Churches....
"On the basis of Bible prophecy and the writings of
Ellen G. White, SDA's anticipate the eventual success of the ecumenical
movement both in eliminating the divisions of Protestantism and in reuniting
Christendom by bridging the gulf that separates non-Catholic communions from
Rome. The ecumenical movement will then become a concerted
effort to unite the world and to secure universal peace and security by
enlisting the power of the civil government in a universal religio-political
crusade to eliminate all dissent. SDA's envision this crusade as the
great apostasy to which John the revelator refers as `Babylon the great.'
They understand, also, that God's last message of mercy to the world
prior to the return of Christ in power and glory will consist of a warning
against this great apostate movement, and a call to all who choose to
remain loyal to Him to leave the churches connected with it."
SDA Encyclopedia, vol 10 of the Bible Commentary Reference Series,
p 410-411.
What did the SDA church just state to all her membership?
That any church connected with the Ecumenical Movement and united with
the WCC becomes part of Babylon the Great, and all who choose to serve God
and remain loyal to Him must separate themselves from that church. The
SDA church has definitely joined the Ecumenical Movement, and is indeed
united and connected with the WCC. So the SDA church has declared
herself to be part of Babylon the Great, and told all her members to
separate themselves from her in order to remain loyal to God!
Not only have we seen that the SDA church and leadership
have been lying to and deceiving their people for some time--being proven by
the abundant amount of documented facts. Not only have we found that
the SDA church has indeed formed a three-fold alliance with Rome and apostate
Protestantism, but we find them also united with the WCC, the NCC, and the
Ecumenical Movement. Not only is the SDA church in agreement with, and
is working as a partner with, these Babylonian groups, but they are even
giving monetary support for the furtherance of the goal of a One World Church
and a New World Order, and the killing of those innocent people who will not
go along with these Luciferian plans. Not
only have we found that the SDA church is part of Babylon the Great, but we
have discovered that the SDA church herself agrees with this, and urges all
her members to separate from her! But even if the SDA church did not
agree with all this, the documented facts prove the above to be true!
And what does God want His true people to do regarding their connection
and membership in any church which is in union with Babylon the Great?
"And after these things I saw another angel come down
from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For
all nations [or all churches--see SDA Bible Commentary, vol 7, p 979,
col 2] have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings
of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the
earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I
heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that
ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
iniquities." Revelation 18:1-5.
This last message of mercy reveals to every member of every
church that is connected with Babylon the Great (being Rome, apostate
Protestantism, Seventh-day Adventism, the NCC/WCC, the Ecumenical Movement,
and all other spiritualistic religions), that if they remain as members they
will be a partaker of her sins, and will receive the plagues. And the
only pathway God has prepared for His people to walk to avoid being held
guilty of her sins and being destroyed along with their apostate church, is
to separate their connection and membership completely from the church, and
become connected to Jesus Christ instead and a partaker of His grace and righteousness--thus
having the assurance of eternal life. But
if you remain members of any church--including the SDA church--which has
given up its peculiarity to God and has become corrupted by being connected
with the WCC and Babylon the Great, then you yourself have lost your
peculiarity of being one of God's children because of your connection to the
WCC and Babylon the Great through your membership in the church!
Thus how could you ever receive the seal of God and make it to heaven?
It would be impossible, because you are considered a partaker and
sharer in all the sins of your corrupt church, and are no longer peculiar
to God!
"It is impossible for you to unite with those who
are corrupt, and still remain pure. `What fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?' God and Christ
and the heavenly host would have man know that if he unites with the
corrupt, he will become corrupt." SDA Bible Commentary,
vol 6, p 1102.
"Those who will be heirs of God, and joint heirs with
Christ to the immortal inheritance, will be peculiar. Yes, so peculiar
that God places a mark upon them as His, wholly His. Think ye that
God will receive, honor, and acknowledge a people so mixed up with the world
that they differ from them only in name?...It is soon to be know who is on
the Lord's side, who will not be ashamed of Jesus." Testimonies,
vol 1, p 287.
There is no way that any member of any church--including
the SDA church--who is connected with the WCC and Babylon the Great, or with
any other satanic religions and organization, can receive the seal of God
until after they break all union with their corrupt church, and show
themselves to be peculiar to God--separate from sin and sinners. And if
they refuse to separate, and remain on the side of Babylon, then they show
that they are ashamed of Jesus because they will not obey His voice to
separate and show themselves to be distinct and peculiar--standing on the Lord's
side! Thus they will be destroyed, along with their apostate church.
"The angel is to place a mark upon the forehead of
all who are separated from sin and sinners, and the destroying angel
will follow, to slay utterly both old and young." Testimonies,
vol 5, p 505.
Thus the only way to regain your peculiarity and again
become part of God's chosen people, is to separate yourself completely from
all churches which are part of, and in union with, Babylon the Great--being
Roman Catholicism, apostate Protestantism, Seventh-day Adventism, the
WCC/NCC, the Ecumenical Movement, and all the other spiritualistic religions.
And until you follow this straight and narrow pathway of separation,
you are not one of God's followers or one of His children!
"The alliances made by the Israelites with their
heathen neighbors resulted in the loss of their identity as God's peculiar
people....
"To-day God's word to His people is: `Come out from
among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing; and I
will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and
daughters.' `Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him
who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.'
"God's people are to be distinguished as a people who
serve Him fully, whole-heartedly, taking no honor to themselves, and
remembering that by a most solemn covenant they have bound themselves to
serve the Lord, and Him only." Review and Herald, August 4, 1904
(vol 5, p 63).
When do we regain our peculiarity to God--becoming His sons
and daughters, and God becoming our Father? It is only after
we separate ourselves and all our connections with all the apostate churches
making up Babylon the Great; not before, but after! You can only
make a covenant to serve God and Him only after you have broken all your
connections and covenants--or membership--made with others! And
until you do break all union with an apostate church, you are not God's
child, He is not your God and Father, and heaven is not your home. God
does not ask His people to go through this purifying process of separation
alone, but has promised to help us if we will choose to return unto Him with
a whole heart and start walking this narrow pathway. Yet, God will not
force anyone to return back to Him by separating completely from all
connection with Babylonian churches. It is a free-will choice.
So what is you decision going to be? Will you remain
connected to any church which is in union and harmony with Babylon the Great
and be held guilty of all their wickedness? Or are you going to obey
God, and go through the purifying process of breaking all connection with sin
and sinners, separate from all the churches--including the SDA church--which
are part of Babylon the Great, and regain your peculiarity with God, becoming
His child once again? Will you make this covenant of sacrifice to
return unto God, and follow and serve Him only? Will you escape from
being guilty of her sins and receiving of her plagues? Or will you
cling to the church, share her sin, and suffer the wrath of God?
"How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be
God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him." 1 Kings 18:21.
"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord,
choose you this day whom ye will serve...but as for me and my house, we will
serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15.
"In the epistle of Paul to Titus, chapter 2:13-14, we
read: `Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave Himself for us, that He might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.' This great work is to be performed for those
only who are willing to be purified, willing to be peculiar, and who
manifest a zeal in good works." Testimonies, vol 1, p 274.
"And I will give them an heart to know Me, that I am
the Lord: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for
they shall return [separate] unto Me with their whole heart."
Jeremiah 24:7. |
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