The
Fate of All the Laodicean Church
Militants in Outline Form
Dear Reader,
Here is what the Lord has shown me concerning all the Laodicean church militant denominations in outline form
for articulation purposes that others might more easily comprehend the truth
of the final Loud Cry shaking message to all organized churches.
God showed me that the people of poorer countries could
copy this outline of my warning message on a few pieces of paper and be able
to give the message easily.
"The
state of the Church represented by the foolish virgins,
is also spoken of as the Laodicean state." E.
G. White, Review and Herald Articles, Vol.
2, 420.
- Obviously, from the
above definition of Laodicea—the foolish
virgins, Laodicea
does not go through. It is only
the wise virgins who are finally gathered out of Laodicea who will be saved. That will be proven beyond a particle
of a doubt in the following study.
That is a most startling Revelation to all who have believed that
Laodicea
goes through.
- All denominational
church militants are Laodicean:
- "The warning for
the last church [Laodicea]
also must be proclaimed to all who claim to be Christians. The Laodicean message, like a sharp, two--edged sword,
must go to ALL THE CHURCHES:...It is our
work to proclaim this message. Are we putting forth every effort that
the churches may be warned?" Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 77.
- All the 10 virgins slept.
Matthew 25:5.
- The bride awakens first. Isaiah
62, for in verse 11, she is instructed to say something to her daughter.
- The bride is awakened
by God, as Jesus awakened the disciples. Then she awakens the 10
virgins. COL,
405-6.
- In 1844, the bride was Philadelphia awakening the other
churches. Ellen White said that they all are Laodicean.
- The wise virgins in
those churches heeded the call of the bride to go out to meet Him.
- Laodicea consists of both wheat and
tares. They are to dwell together until the harvest.
- But if the leadership
becomes foolish virgins who will NEVER AGAIN, show the House of Jacob
its sins, the following warning is applicable:
- When Laodicea repents and buys what she is counseled
to buy in Revelation 3, she is no longer Laodicean—lukewarm.
- Historic Laodicea, circa
the time of Christ, never repented as a church body. She was spewed out.
- “(Col. 4:12, 13). Labor Lost on the
Church in Laodicea.—[Rev. 3:15-22 quoted.] This is the testimony
borne concerning the church at Laodicea., This church
had been faithfully instructed.
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul wrote: “Epaphras,
who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth
you, always labouring fervently for you in
prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of
God. For I
bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in
Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.” Much excellent labor was
bestowed upon the Laodicean church. To them was given the exhortation, “Be
ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which
is in heaven is perfect.” But the
church did not follow up the work begun
by God’s messengers. They
heard, but they failed to appropriate the truth to themselves, and to
carry out the instruction given them.
The result that followed
is the result always sure to follow the rejection of the Lord’s warnings
and entreaties (MS 128, 1903). SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, p. 964.
- So there you have an inspired statement that Laodicea was lost and is lost as the
foolish virgins.
- "If the church
of God
becomes LUKEWARM [LAODICEAN] it does not stand in favor with God any
more than do the churches that are represented as having fallen and
become the habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit and
the cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Those who have had
opportunities to hear and receive the truth, and who have united with
the Seventh-day Adventist church, calling themselves the commandment
keeping people of God, and yet possess no more vitality and consecration
to God than do the nominal churches, will receive of the plagues of God
just as verily as the churches who oppose the law of God." E.G.
White, Letter 35, 1898.
- “When we see the
regular lines are altered and purified and refined, and the God of the
heavens mold is upon the regular lines, then it is our business to
establish the regular lines.” E.G.
White, Spaulding-Magan Collection, p. 162-168.
- “The present showing
is sufficient to prove to all who have the true missionary spirit that
the regular lines [organization] may prove to be a failure.” E.G. White, Spaulding-Magan
Collection, p. 175. Written to
Brother Daniels, June 28, 1901.
- The church became Laodicean before it was organized. All
churches are Laodicean said Ellen White.
- So the call of the
bride is to all Laodicean churches. What
is her call? COL
405-6.
- But there is another
element to consider. Laodicea
became infected with THORNS, OPEN SINNERS--OPEN SIN THAT INVOLVED GROSS,
OMEGA APOSTASY.
- Laodicea did not reform such sinners
or remove them if they would not reform.
- Scripture and the SDA
Bible Commentary both say that THORNS choke the wheat and make it
impossible for the wheat to mature.
- "The thorns of
sin will grow in any soil they need no cultivation but grace must be
carefully cultivated. The briers and thorns are always ready to spring
up, and the work of purification must advance continually.... The thorns
that have been cut off but not uprooted grow apace, until the soul
[and/or the church] is overspread with them." E.G. White, Christ's
Object Lessons, p. 50.
- "The gospel seed
often falls among thorns and noxious weeds and if there is not a moral
transformation in the human heart, if old habits and practices and the
former life of sin are not left behind, if the attributes of Satan are
not expelled from the soul, [and/or the church] the wheat crop will be
choked. The thorns will come to be the crop, and will kill out the
wheat." Christ's Object Lessons, p. 50.
- "Thorns sprung
up.--The thorns made it impossible for the wheat to mature (see Luke
8:14). In the same way secular interest prevent the fruits of the Spirit
(Gal. 5:22, 23) from reaching maturity. Religion is relegated to the
subordinate position of being only one interest among many. For lack of
cultivation it withers and eventually dies. That which the thorny-ground
hearers lack is a moral transformation (COL 50). To them, justification
is the sum and substance of religion, and they fail to realize that the
Christian life consists essentially in the process known as
sanctification--the process by which evil traits and tendencies are
replaced by the perfect life-pattern of Jesus Christ." SDA Bible
Commentary, vol. 5, 405.
- Thorns teach a false
gospel--the Doctrine of the Nicolaitans--that justification is the sum
and substance of religion and say that sanctification is not meritorious
toward our salvation. Thus, that leaves one thing--ONLY BELIEVE,
the doctrine of the Nicolaitans that God especially hates.
- Were it possible for
the wheat to dwell with open sinning, apostate thorns, there never would
have been the need for any separation among God’s people over the ages.
- So the wheat must
leave the OPEN SINNERS to mature, when ordinarily they would remain with
the tares until the harvest.
- This scenario has been
enacted at various times in history; notably the Reformation and 1844.
- This scenario is in
progress now and will continue until the Loud Cry to all churches.
- The bride is awakened
by God for she is to be undefiled with women (apostate churches).
- The bride is the true
Reformers:
- "Characteristics
of True Reformers.--Here are given the characteristics of those who
shall be reformers, who will bear the banner of the third angel's
message, those who avow themselves God's commandment-keeping people, and
who honor God, and are earnestly engaged, in the sight of all the
universe, in building up the old waste places. Who is it that calls them, The repairers of the breach, The restorers of paths
to dwell in? It is God. Their names are registered [written--Heb.
12:22, 23] in heaven as reformers, restorers, as raising the foundations
of many generations." E. G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 4,
1151.
- The bride will be
taken out in the wilderness Ezekiel 20:34-38.
- The tares are shaken
out of the Kingdom (Matt. 13:47-50) by the bride out in the
wilderness--giving the final Loud Cry
with the aid of the Holy Spirit to all the inhabitants of earth.
She will be helped by many who accept her call and give their lives in
martyrdom.
- Such martyrs will be
seed for fruit.
- The bad are thus
shaken out of the church triumphant (bride), and not out of the various
church militant denominations.
- The bad are shaken
into the various church militant denominational churches for burning and
melting (Ezekiel 22:17-31).
- The rebels are shaken
out of the heavenly church (Heb. 12:22, 23--Matt. 13:47-50), by the Loud
Cry shaking message of the bride church triumphant.
- Christ Object Lessons,
405-406 confirms this scenario.
- Ellen White said that
Ezekiel 9 is literally repeated.
- "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.
- Ezekiel 9 Begins at
God’s church—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 following evidence
of ecumenical involvement is a violation of strictly forbidden practice
according to Isaiah 8:9-13. For
this the SDA church militant will be broken in pieces. (See the marginal reference for “a
slaughter weapon,” Ezk. 9:2—“a weapon of his
breaking in pieces).
- In the 1985, the World
Council of Churches, published a Directory of Christian Councils. In that publication, Seventh-day
Adventists are listed as MEMBERS of the WCC in the following countries:
- Hong
Kong
- The Bahamas
- BelizeSweden
- Cook
Islands
- Hungary--The church admitted in the
Review that it had been a member of the Council of Free Churches in Hungary
for over 30 years. The above listed countries will not permit a church
to operate without MEMBERSHIP in the National Council of Churches. So why did the SDA church join the WCC
and its subsidiary National Councils of Churches and more localized
Ministerial Associations? There
are a number of reasons:
- To receive financial
assistance by way of cheaper radio and Television rates. Elder B. B. Beach told me this over
the phone.
- "We are never to
confederate with men of the world in order to receive financial
assistance." E.G. White, Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 233.
- To be able to operate
above ground in countries where WCC membership is mandatory so as to get
more members which means more money.
The church could have gone underground as did the faithful SDA
Reformers in Russia.
- “His watchmen are
blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark;
sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which
can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot
understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from
his quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill
ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and
much more abundant.”
- The general love of
numbers and mammon (money). The
more numbers (members), the more money:
- Numbers -- "If
you lower the standard in order to secure popularity and an increase of
numbers, and then make this increase a cause of rejoicing (celebration),
you show great blindness. If numbers were an evidence of success, Satan
might claim the preeminence for, in this world, his followers are largely
in the majority... It is the virtue, intelligence, and piety of the
people composing our churches, not their numbers, that
should be a source of joy and thankfulness. Counsels to Teachers, p. 94.
- Ellen White says that Israel
began its apostate journey downward by unlawful confederacies with God’s
enemies.
- Ellen White says when
to separate—when to fear and shun:
- Fear and Shun
"'They that forsake the law praise the wicked.' Proverbs 28:4. When
those who are uniting with the world, yet claiming great purity, plead
for union with those who have ever been the opposers
of the cause of truth, we should fear and shun them as decidedly as
did Nehemiah. Such counsel is prompted by the enemy of all good. It is
the speech of timeservers, and should be resisted as resolutely today as
then. Whatever influence would tend to unsettle the faith of God' people
in His guiding power, should be steadfastly withstood." E.G. White,
Prophets and kings, p. 660.
- The fallen churches
have ever been the opposers of the cause of truth
since they rejected the first and second angel’s messages.
- The SDA church married
itself to the world by adopting the World’s Accreditation Standards for
education. By that act in 1930,
the church married itself to the world.
- The SDA church adopted
the central doctrine of the Catholic Church, the Trinity doctrine, in
the 1930’s. That doctrine totally
denies the great sacrifice of the Son of God in laying aside (emptying
Himself) of His pre-Incarnation Divine ONLY Nature life and soul, as a
bequeathed gift to man for overcoming sin and regeneration back into the
image of God. The trinity
doctrine teaches no such sacrifice.
It teaches that the third person Holy Spirit always existed as a
separate person from eternity.
Ellen White says that the Holy Spirit is the life and soul of Christ, and Scripture affirms that interpretation
when it says in John 14 that another Comforter will come to you and then
Christ says in verse 18, I will come to you. It is His pre-Incarnation Holy Ghost
Spirit that comes to us. That one
eternal Spirit is shared by Father, Son and Holy Ghost. That is what makes them ONE GOD.
- Hbr 9:14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God?
- The eternal
Spirit means ONE SPIRIT.
- "The Power of God
in the Third Person.--The prince of the power of evil can only be held in
check by the power of God in the third person of the Godhead, the Holy
Spirit.-- Special Testimonies, Series A, No.
10, p. 37. (1897).
- Act 3:26 Unto you first God, having
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every
one of you from his iniquities.
- Thus, the Holy Spirit
is not just a Comforter, as the Trinity Doctrine implies. The important
point is that the Holy Spirit is far more than the Trinity Doctrine
implies.
- The Destruction of
Jerusalem A.D. 70 was a PREFIGURE, p. 25, The Great Controversy.
- All past destructions
of Jerusalem Ezekiel, chapters 5 and 9, were PREFIGURES of the final
destruction of spiritual Jerusalem,
the professing SDA church militant.
- A faithful remnant
escapes, Ezekiel 5:1-3, and Isaiah 37:31, 32.
- The ancient prophets
wrote PRIMARILY for us:
- "The Bible for
Our Time.--Never are we absent from the mind of God. God is our joy and
our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own
time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. 'Now
all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written
for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come' (1 Cor. 10:11). 'Not unto themselves, but unto us they
did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that
have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from
heaven which things the angels desire to look into' (1 Peter
1:12).'" E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 3, p. 338.
- This (above) is why
Isaiah 37:31, 32 applies regardless of its historic application.
- Ezekiel 9 confirms
this scenario. Ezekiel 9 is
manifested because of the abominations listed in Ezekiel 8. There is a counterpart for all those
abominations in the SDA church today.
- The SDA Church
is now holding sacred worship services on Sunday in places. The church will instruct its members
to keep Sunday:
- "The Lord has a
controversy with his professed people in these last days. In this
controversy men in responsible positions will take a course directly
opposite to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and
despise the Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others
by burying it beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches
and in large gatherings in the open air, ministers, will urge upon the
people the necessity of keeping the first day of the week." E.G.
White, Review and Herald, vol. 1, p. 405, col. 3.
- The SDA church told
parents in Russia
to send their children to school on Sabbath.
- Ezekiel 5 confirms the
scenario this study presents.
- The PREFIGURE TYPE of
A.D. 70 confirms this scenario.
- Ellen White said that
the tares are burned in the field and that the church and the world are
the field. The garner is Heb. 12:22, 23.
- Tares are burned in
the field. COL,
70.
- "The 'field,'
Christ said, 'is the world.' But we must understand this as signifying
the church of Christ
in the world. The parable is a description of that which pertains to the
kingdom of God,
His work of salvation of men and this work is accomplished through the
church. True, the Holy Spirit has gone out into all
the world everywhere it is moving upon the hearts of men but it
is in the church that we are to grow and ripen for the garner of
God." Christ's Object Lessons. 70.
- If thorns (open
apostate sinners) are permitted to grow, especially in leadership
positions, then the wheat cannot ripen (mature) for the garner of
God. Separation then becomes absolutely necessary.
- Christ is our example
in separating from apostate bodies:
- "Christ was a
protestant...The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They
came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and
ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed
religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the
apostles." E.G. White, Review and Herald, vol. 2, 48, col. 2.
- Christ’s followers,
the true Jerusalem
church, were not sealed (Ezekiel 9 sealing) in the apostate Jewish
church. They were sealed in True
Jerusalem. Both churches has headquarters in Jerusalem. The disciples were hiding in the upper
room when they received the sealing of the Holy Spirit. They were hiding from the apostate
Jews.
- "The Sanhedrin
had rejected Christ's message and was bent upon His death therefore
Jesus departed from Jerusalem, from the priests, the temple, the
religious leaders, the people who had been instructed in the law, and turned
to another class to proclaim His message, and to gather out those who
should carry the gospel to all nations. As the light and life of men was
rejected by the ecclesiastical authorities in the days of Christ, so it
has been rejected in every succeeding generation. Again and again
the history of Christ's withdrawal from Judea
has been repeated. When the Reformers preached the word of God, they had
no thought of separating themselves from the established church but the
religious leaders would not tolerate the light, and those that bore it
were forced to seek another class, who were longing for the truth. In
our day few of the professed followers of the Reformers are actuated by
their spirit. Few are listening for the voice of God, and ready to
accept truth in whatever guise it may be presented. Often those who
follow in the steps of the Reformers are forced to turn away from the
churches they love, in order to declare the plain teaching of the word
of God. And many times those who are seeking for light are by the same
teaching obliged to leave the church of their fathers, that they may
render obedience." E.G. White, Desire of Ages, 232.
- The outcome of the
professing SDA church militant is prophesied in Ezekiel, Chapters 1-9.
- Ellen White prophesied
the Omega of Apostasy “among” SDA’s:
- "One thing it is
certain is soon to be realized, the great apostasy, which is developing
and increasing and waxing stronger, and will continue to do so until the
Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout. We are to hold fast the
first principles of our denominated faith, and go forward from strength
to increased faith. Ever we are to keep the faith that has been
substantiated by the Holy Spirit of God from the earlier events of our
experience until the present time. We need now larger breadth, and
deeper, more earnest, unwavering faith in the leadings of the Holy
Spirit. If we needed the manifest proof of the Holy Spirit's power to
confirm truth in the beginning, after the passing of the time, we need
to-day all the evidence in the confirmation of the truth, when souls are
departing from the faith and giving heed to seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils. There must not be any languishing of soul
now." (E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 57).
- We were never to join
ANY New Movement. Satan knew
that, so he came in and formed one “AMONG” SDA’s,
and they are non the wiser:
- "The enemy of
souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation
was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this
reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the
pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would
result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the
remnant church, would be discarded. Our
religion would be changed. The fundamental principles that have
sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error.
A NEW ORGANIZATION would be established. Books of a NEW ORDER would be written.
A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of
this system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The
Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the God who
created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the NEW
MOVEMENT. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but
GOD BEING REMOVED, they would place their dependence on human power,
which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the
sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure. Who has
authority to begin such a [NEW] movement? We have our Bibles,
we have our experience, attested to by the miraculous working of the
Holy Spirit. We have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not
repudiate everything that is not in harmony with this truth? E.G. White,
Selected Messages, vol. 1, 204, 205.
- The outcome of the
professing SDA church militant is prophesied by Ellen White as follows:
- "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, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH TESTIMONIES, VOL 4].
- SDA Corporate Church
Brought Down to Hell! Is Such a Church THE CHURCH That the Gates of Hell
Will not Prevail Against? The following
statement is presented just as it appears in its reference. All
bracketed portions are just as Ellen White inserted them:
- "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. But I say unto you, That it shall be
more tolerable for the land
of Sodom IN THE
DAY OF JUDGMENT, than for thee." E.G. White, Review and Herald
Articles, vol. 3, p. 69, col. 3.
- Such pronouncements
have the ring of a true prophet! Capernaum
was a corporate city, and the SDA is Biblically represented as a
corporate city, the corporate city of Jerusalem. It will be brought down to
hell as a corporate city [church], except for a small remnant who
escape, Ezekiel 5:1-5, as was the case with Israel
in the 70 A.D. destruction of Jerusalem.
- "They that
forsake the law praise the wicked.' Proverbs 28:4. When those who are
uniting with the world, yet claiming great purity, plead for union with
those who have ever been the opposers of the
cause of truth, we should fear and shun them as decidedly as did
Nehemiah. Such counsel is prompted by the enemy of all good. It is the
speech of timeservers, and should be resisted as resolutely today as them.
Whatever influence would tend to unsettle the faith of God's people in
His guiding power, should be steadfastly withstood." E.G. White,
Prophets and Kings, p. 661.
- "Those who are
uniting with the world [and churches that cannot be distinguished from
the world, Early Writings, 273] are receiving the worldly mold and
preparing for the mark of the beast." Testimonies, vol. 5,
216."
- "I then saw the
THIRD ANGEL. Said my accompanying angel, 'Fearful is his work. Awful is
his mission. He is the angel that is to select the wheat from the tares,
and seal, or bind, the wheat for the heavenly garner." E.G. White,
Early Writings, 118.
- "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." E.. White, The Spirit
of Prophecy, vol. 4, 199, 200.
- "The third
angel's message will not be comprehended, the
light which will lighten the earth with its glory will be called a false
light, by those who refuse to walk in its advancing glory." E.G.
White, Review and Herald, 5-27-1890, p. 321.
- In Isaiah 4:1-4, at
the end-time all formally organized churches symbolized by seven women,
are doing their own thing contrary to God’s commands and purposes. Zion is
the true Jerusalem
church. She gets the name New
Jerusalem, Revelation 3:10-12 and Isaiah 62. She is married. She is the bride of Christ. Zion
is the bride and her daughters are guests at the wedding, The Great
Controversy, p. 426-7.
- "The marriage
represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City,
the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and representative of the
kingdom, is called 'the bride, the Lamb's wife.' Said the angel to John:
'Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.' 'He carried
me away in the spirit,' says the prophet, 'and showed me the great city,
the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God.' Revelation 21:9, 10. Clearly, then,
the bride represents the Holy
City, and the
virgins that go out to meet the bridegroom are a symbol of the church
[militant]. In the Revelation the people of God are said to be the
guests at the marriage supper. Revelation 19:9. If guests, they cannot be represented also as the bride...He
will receive the New Jerusalem, the capital of His kingdom, 'prepared as
a bride adorned for her husband.'" E. G. White, The Great
Controversy, 426, 427.
- Ezekiel 22:17-31, is
the fate of all Laodicean church militant denominations. Judgment begins at the house of God,
and then the world.
God bless,
Ron Beaulieu
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