Is This Ship is Unsinkable!

"Of those who boast of their light, and yet fail to walk in it, Christ says, ‘But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum [Seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted unto heaven [in point of privilege], shall be brought down to hell’...‘therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by My name, wherein ye trust, and unto this place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of My sight...’" Review and Herald, August 1, 1893 (brackets by Sister White).

 

 

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"A very small leak will sink a ship." Testimonies, vol. 8, p 158.

 

"...one poor timber will sink a ship..." Testimonies, vol. 4, p 606.

 

There is not just one leak, or one poor timber in the SDA church today. There are so many leaks and so many poor timbers that it is impossible to count them. In fact, God had already told His people that if men take the control of the church away from Christ, then their SDA ship would surely sink!

 

"Those who are destitute of heavenly wisdom, destitute of living power with God, are not competent to steer the gospel ship amid icebergs and tempests. The church is passing through severe conflicts, but in her peril many would trust her to hands that will surely wreck her." Testimonies, vol. 5, p 104-105.

 

The SDA church leadership have definitely cast Christ out of the church (see Notebook Leaflets, p 99; Testimonies, vol. 8, p 250), and they have also shut, locked, bolted, and barred the door so that the Holy Spirit can not enter either (see Battle Creek Letters, p 55-56). Thus this Christ-less man-powered SDA corporate ship is destined to go down to destruction, and all who refuse to separate from this deceptive and spurious ship will go down with her. And God even sent warnings of this possibility!

 

"I inquire of those in responsible positions in Battle Creek, What are you doing? You have turned your back, and not your face, to the Lord....

 

"What does God say in regard to His people? ‘But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, restore’ [Isaiah 42:22]. (See also Isaiah 43.) These are prophecies that will be fulfilled....

 

"Let me prophesy unto you: unless you speedily humble your hearts before God, and confess your sins, which are many, you will, when it is too late, see that you have been fighting against God. Through the conviction of the Holy Spirit, no longer unto reformation and pardon, you will see that men whom you have spoken against have been a sign in the world, as witnesses for God....Your turning things upside down is known of the Lord. Go on a little longer as you have gone in rejection of light from heaven, and you are lost. ‘The man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation’ [Numbers 19:20]." Testimonies to Ministers, p 89, 96-97.

 

"A sin-hating God calls upon those who profess to keep His law to depart from all iniquity. Neglect to repent and obey His word will bring as serious consequences upon God's people today as did the same sin upon ancient Israel. There is a limit beyond which He will no longer delay His judgments. The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel, that the corrections given through His chosen instruments cannot be disregarded with impunity." Testimonies, vol. 4, p 166-167.

 

"America, and especially Battle Creek [then General Conference headquarters], where the greatest light from heaven has been shining upon the people, can become the place of greatest peril and darkness because the people do not continue to practice the truth and walk in the light....If at the great heart of the work the pulse beats are violent and erratic, the peril to spiritual life affect the whole body....

 

"It is time that there was a different order of things in Battle Creek, else the judgments of God will surely fall upon this people....When the church has had great light, then is her peril if she does not walk in the light, and put on her beautiful garments, and arise and shine; darkness will becloud the vision, so that light will be regarded as darkness, and darkness as light." Letter 23c, July 20, 1894, Pamphlet #84, p 2-5 (see Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 40-42; Selected Messages, book 3, p 387).

 

"The time is soon coming when the work of God's judgments will begin at His sanctuary. God Himself is now drawing the separating line. He says, ‘As for Me also, Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head’ [Ezekiel 9:10]." Letter 3, January 1, 1900, Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 90-91.

 

"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. Special Testimonies, Series B#7, p 56-57.

 

"Here are plainly represented two distinct parties, formed from a company that was once united. The members of one of these parties are in resistance to the will of God. They have taken themselves from the side of the loyal and true, and are now resisting the warnings of the Spirit of God....The ruin of this class is certain." Review and Herald, vol. 5, p 341 (July 18, 1907).

 

But the only ship that will go through safely into the harbor of heaven, will be truth--the gospel ship--in which Christ is the only Captain. If we are connected with the truth, then we are connected with Christ. If we are faithful to the truth (refusing to get off this gospel ship no matter how hard the sailing), then we will make it to heaven's port.

 

Our infinitely merciful and gracious God, who is not willing that any should perish, has even warned His SDA people of this very thing!

 

"...I had an impressive dream last night. I thought that you were on a strong vessel, sailing on very rough waters. Sometimes the waves beat over the top, and you were drenched with water. You said: ‘I shall get off; this vessel is going down.’ ‘No,’ said one who appeared to be the captain, ‘this vessel sails into the harbor. She will never go down.’ But you answered: ‘I shall be washed overboard. As I am neither captain or mate, who cares? I shall take my chances on that vessel you see yonder.’ Said the captain: ‘I shall not let you go there, for I know that vessel will strike the rocks before she reaches the harbor.’ You straightened yourself up, and said with great positiveness: ‘This vessel will become a wreck; I can see it just as plain as can be.’ The captain looked upon you with piercing eye, and said firmly: ‘I shall not permit you to lose your life by taking that boat. The timbers of her framework are worm-eaten, and she is a deceptive craft. If you had more knowledge you could discern between the spurious and the genuine, the holy and that appointed to utter ruin.’" Testimonies, vol. 5, p 571-572.

 

The only ship which makes it safely into the heavenly harbor is the ship with Christ as its only Captain--the holy ship of genuine truth. Hence, the Laodicean SDA corporate ship, which is Christ-less and has given up the truth, will strike the rocks and sink. Her timbers and structure are worm-eaten with the doctrines of devils, being a deceptive craft with hypnotism and spiritualism on board, and is thus "appointed to utter ruin."

 

The SDA church cannot go through to heaven. She will be destroyed by the judgments of God. But what is the SDA church leadership telling our people? "Stay with the SDA ship, or you have been shaken out." Is this true? Has the shaking already started?

 

Way back in 1850, God told us:

 

"The mighty shaking has commenced and will go on, and all will be shaken out who are not willing to take a bold and unyielding stand for the truth and to sacrifice for God and His cause." Early Writings, p 50 (January 26, 1850).

 

The shaking had already started in 1850, and it would continue to increase. But there was no SDA church organization until 1863! So what could the people have been shaken out of? They were shaken out of the truth, if they did not take a bold and unyielding stand for it! It is the truth that the people are shaken out of, not a church denomination!

 

If you accept and follow God's truth it will make you firm as a rock, nothing wavering, and you cannot possibly be shaken out of the true SDA faith. You may be compelled to willingly separate yourself from the apostate SDA church, but this does not mean that you have been shaken out of the truth, or that you have become an offshoot.

 

God's true people and true church are "faithful souls" who are purified by the truths that God has given (see Acts of the Apostles, p 11; SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p 931, p 949; Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, p 237; Upward Look, p 315, see also The True Church is not new movement SDA). But there are also those people who profess to be God's true people, yet do not live up to the precious light and truths that God has given. Being part of the latter group will doom you for eternal destruction, but belonging to the truth will seal you for heaven.

 

The SDA church has completely rejected, given up, and changed God's truth into falsehoods. This means that the SDA church has been shaken out of the truth, and she is an offshoot! The SDA church is the biggest offshoot ever because she has rejected the greatest light this world has ever seen! And the leadership are building the entire SDA structure upon a false foundation; yet they claim that the SDA church will go through to heaven. But God has already warned the church:

 

"I tell you, in the fear of God, I have been shown that many of you will fail of everlasting life because you are building your hopes of heaven on a false foundation." Testimonies, vol. 5, p 49.

 

What happened to the Jewish church and the false foundation they had built their church and hopes upon?

 

"They [Jews] followed their own standard, walking in the light of the sparks of their own kindling, and they perished in their delusion. They followed the imagination of their own hearts, and God gave them up to be crushed by their own ambition, destroyed by the falsehoods and delusions upon which they had built." Review and Herald, May 18, 1897.

 

This will also happen to the SDA church! After all the apostasy, rebellion, harlotry, after the giving up of the Everlasting Gospel and the real three angels' messages, after connecting themselves with spiritualism, using hypnotism on our people, and with corporate probation being closed--becoming Babylon fallen, the SDA leaders and ministers have the gall to teach the lie that the SDA church will go through to heaven--that not even the gates of hell can stop her!

 

"...in the case with the [SDA] Laodicean Church, as a church, is different, the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. The last church will not be spewed out; it will not be rejected; it will go through triumphantly."  Review, November 9, 1939.

 

"The Laodicean Church is the translation church...this is the very church that will be translated into the Kingdom of God."  Review, November 30, 1939. (General Conference president J. L. McElhany)

 

"...because the church is under God's grace it ‘may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall.’" Adventist  Review, September 22, 1983, p 14.

 

"The prophetic scenario assures us of the church's survival....[It will] go through until the very end....it does not fall..." Adventist  Review, May 4, 1989, p 9.

 

"The Seventh-day Adventist Church will triumph gloriously and will go through triumphantly, as a corporate body, to the sea of glass." The Early and Latter Rain of the Holy Spirit, p 183, by Gordon W. Collier, Sr., 1973.

 

When it comes to membership in the apostate SDA movement, all of a sudden the leaders believe in corporate responsibility!

 

The church leaders do not stop here, but even teach that the SDA church, which we have already discovered will fall, is the same as the place or city of refuge:

 

"...[finding the SDA church is] Finding a Refuge." Adventist  Review, November 2, 1989, p 28.

 

They teach that the SDA church is the same as the ark--the ship of safety:

 

"Many times pastors have compared the church to an ark of safety, and I believe it is....The church is a place to preserve our lives..." Adventist  Review, August 7, 1986, p 23.

 

"Like the ark, the church will help save God's people..." Adventist  Review, August 9, 1984, p 18.

 

"Christ's statement is ‘that the gates of hell shall not prevail against’ the church....Let us stay with the ship. The church...is going through and will surely drop anchor on the ‘sea of glass’ because a ‘Divine hand is on the wheel’--the hand of Christ." Adventist  Review, July 28, 1983, p 5.

 

They teach that the SDA church supplies a ticket to heaven, and hence our walk with God and our salvation is connected to church membership:

 

"The local [SDA] church becomes the ‘port of entry’ to the kingdom of God." Adventist  Review, October 1, 1992, p 23.

 

"Your walk with God has a great deal to do with your desire to come back to church....As you return, seek Him. He has promised that you will find Him....You won't drop out again as long as you continue to grow in Him." Adventist  Review, November 2, 1989, p 27.

 

"There is some relationship between salvation and church membership." Adventist  Review, August 9, 1984, p 18.

 

 They teach that no matter how bad the church is, God will purify it, and the corporate body will make it to the sea of glass.

 

"This church to which we belong will emerge a victorious company to stand some day on the sea of glass....Adventism is destined to triumph gloriously....They [God's people] will patiently watch and pray until God in His own time and in His own way purifies His church...The church will fulfill its prophetic role and will triumph. Let us stay with the church so that we can share in that victory." Messenger, October, 1994, p 11.

 

They also teach that the SDA church will always be the Remnant church, simply because it knows, but does not follow the truths necessary to be the Remnant church.

 

General Conference president, Robert Folkenberg, states:

 

"The idea of a remnant does not mean that those who claim to be part of it are necessarily better than others, that somehow they are more holy than others. The remnant is identified simply by the truths that it knows, not even the truths that it believes or that it practices or that this corporate remnant shares, but simply that it knows....I affirm that this remnant is the Seventh-day Adventist Church." Transcript of Robert Folkenberg's address "Movement of Destiny" at the Scottish Mission Session, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 4, 1994.

 

In fact, the apostate SDA leadership even teaches that the SDA church is on a par with God Himself!

 

"I appeal to all who are outside the fold [SDA church] just now....If you are not here, He [Christ] misses you....The Father owns the house. Return to Him. For every good love story should have a happy ending." Adventist  Review, November 2, 1989, p 8.

 

"...when we backslide from the church, we also backslide from God." Adventist  Review, June 2, 1988, p 9.

 

But is this true? Is the SDA church, or any church--even the true church, the city of refuge or the ark of safety for God's people today? No! Then where is the real "city of refuge" for sinners? Where is the real "ark of safety" in which we must find shelter from the coming storm and tempest? This is only found in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour!

 

Jesus is the city of refuge (Patriarchs and Prophets, p 516-517; Christ's Object Lessons, p 158; Sons and Daughters of God, p 79); Jesus is the place for the weary to find rest in (Isaiah 28:12; Sons and Daughters of God, p 298; Desire of Ages, p 328-332; Testimonies, vol. 5, p 410; vol. 2, p 562-563); Jesus--the truth--is the ark of safety (Testimonies, vol. 5, p 279; Evangelism, p 397; Medical Ministry, p 317; Review and Herald, vol. 2, p 102); and Jesus is the shelter from the storm and tempest soon to come! (Testimonies to Ministers, p. 182; Great Controversy, p 654).

 

No church--including the true church--can be our city of refuge or our ark of safety! We must be hid in Jesus and Him only, not in any group or any church! Jesus is our only hope!

 

When the SDA church teaches that it is the city of refuge or the ark of safety, that she will always be the remnant and will never fall, they are brainwashing our SDA people with pure Catholic doctrine--that salvation can only be found in the church. The SDA church has removed Christ from the hearts of our people, and has put the church in His place. Thus, the SDA church has become god to our people. This is the same erroneous doctrine which the Jewish church leaders taught their people, and their church became god to them!

 

"The Jews worshiped the temple and were filled with greater indignation at anything spoken against that building than if it had been spoken against God." Early Writings, p 198.

 

This false Catholic teaching, that the apostate church is the city of refuge, the ark of safety, and that it is corporately bound for heaven, results in the implied or overt threat that if any SDA drops their membership and leaves the safety of the SDA church, they are lost! How? The SDA leaders and ministers have replaced Christ with themselves and replaced God with the church: hence if one separates from the SDA church then he would believe that he has separated from God and Christ and is lost. Many Adventists do believe that if they leave the SDA church, they are doomed as being apostates from Christ until they return back to the church.

 

In fact, the SDA church states just that!

 

"Regardless of the pretext, or how righteous the cause may appear, separation from the visible remnant [the SDA church] is apostasy from the body of Christ." Messenger, October, 1994, p 2.

 

Yet this Catholic teaching is so firmly entrenched in their minds that even after they have discovered that the SDA church is in apostasy, and have decided to physically leave the corrupt SDA church, some still retain their names on the corporate membership roll. They still retain a foot in the door of the church, still holding on to "Mother's" apron string, still touching or remaining connected with the corrupt church just in case the corporate church, with all its listed members, does indeed make it to heaven in the end!

 

But is this position acceptable in God's sight? Does your name on the membership rolls of an apostate church of Babylon, who has rejected the light from heaven, mean anything?

 

"My [Ellen White's] brother continued to fail rapidly. If he felt a cloud shutting Jesus from him, he would not rest until it was dispelled, and bright hope again cheered him. To all who visited him, he conversed upon the goodness of God, and would often lift his emaciated finger, pointing upwards, while a heavenly light rested upon his countenance, and say, ‘My treasure is laid up on high.’ It was a wonder to all that his life of suffering was thus protracted. He had a hemorrhage of the lungs, and was thought to be dying. Then an unfulfilled duty presented itself to him. He had again connected himself with the Methodist church. He was expelled in 1843 with the other members of the family, on account of his faith. He said he could not die in peace until his name was taken from the church-book, and requested father to go immediately and have it taken off.

 

"In the morning father visited the minister, stating my brother's request. He said that he would visit him, and then if it was still his wish to be considered no longer a member of their church, his request should be granted. Just before the minister arrived my brother had a second hemorrhage, and whispered his fears that he should not live to do this duty. The minister visited him, and he immediately expressed his desire, and told him he could not die in peace until his name was taken from the church-book; that he should not have united with them again if he had been standing in the light....Soon after this my brother fell asleep in Jesus, in full hope of having a part in the first resurrection." Spiritual Gifts, vol.. 2, pp. 163-164.

 

There is nothing written in the Bible or the Spirit of Prophecy that is not for our edification. So this testimony has significance for us today! Removing our names from the membership rolls of a church which has apostatized from God, rejected and changed the truths of the three angels' messages into falsehood, and has become Babylon fallen, is called "an unfulfilled DUTY." And this duty was carried out before Ellen White's brother had "full hope of having a part in the first resurrection"! Hence, there is a duty to leave any church which has rejected the three angels' messages. And especially is this the case with the Seventh-day Adventist church. What other church has had, and has rejected, greater light than the SDA church? It is true that we are not saved by being members of a church, but we can be lost by remaining members in a Babylonian one!

 

The SDA church and its leadership are leading the entire membership into the deception that the church cannot possibly be destroyed--no matter how rebellious and corrupt it becomes. But was it any different with the Jewish church leadership?

 

"The long-suffering of God toward Jerusalem, only confirmed the Jews in their stubborn impenitence....The fear of God no longer disturbed them. Satan was at the head of the nation, and the highest civil and religious authorities were under his sway.

 

"Yet in their [Jewish church leadership] blind and blasphemous presumption the instigators of this hellish work publicly declared that they had no fear that Jerusalem would be destroyed, for it was God's own city. To establish their power more firmly, they bribed false prophets to proclaim, even when the Roman legions were besieging the temple, that the people were to wait [in Jerusalem] for deliverance from God." Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, p 30-31.

 

Was the church leadership successful in the deception of their church membership?

 

"To the last, multitudes held fast to the belief that the Most High would interpose for the defeat of their adversaries. But Israel had spurned the divine protection, and now she had no defense." Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, p 31.

 

The Jewish church and its leadership had a form of being God's church, but they rejected God's Son, His truth, and His power to work His righteousness among them. This exactly--only in greater magnitude--has been done by the SDA church and its leadership. They have also rejected Jesus Christ, (see Testimonies to Ministers, p. 97, p. 131, pp. 467-468; 1888 Materials, p 1565-1566; Special Testimonies, Series A#6, p. 19-20, Series B#7, p 15), rejected His truth and His power to work His righteousness among them (see Testimonies, vol. 5, pp 71-72, 719-720; Paulson Collection, p 54-55, 60-61; Selected Messages, book 1, pp 234-235; Testimonies to Ministers, pp 465, 468, 89-91, 363-364, 366-367, 413; 1888 Materials, p 1565; Review and Herald, December 23, 1890, August 1, 1893; Manuscript Releases, vol. 15, p 292-293, vol. 13, p 122-123, 378-381; Battle Creek Letters, p 55-56; Special Testimonies, Series B#2, p 22, B#7, p 13).

 

How does God want His people to respond to a church that has a form of godliness, but denies the power? Does God want His people to touch, be connected to, or retain a foot in the door--continuing to hold on to a corrupt, apostate, unclean, Babylonian church?

 

"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." 2 Timothy 3:5.

 

"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." Ephesians 5:11.

 

"Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord." Isaiah 52:11.

 

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

 

One area which is often overlooked is the command to "touch not the unclean thing." This means that even if you have left an apostate harlot church, but have not removed your membership from the roll books, your membership still connects you to that unclean church. Hence you would be touching the unclean thing by retaining your church membership! You would be unclean by this touch, and a partaker with the harlot church in her sins!

 

When a priest of Israel, who was consecrated and made holy to minister before God, came in contact with a dead body--even if it was but the slightest touch of the hem of his garments--his whole person was contaminated and declared unclean. According to the God-given process of cleansing found in Numbers 19, the unclean priest had to separate himself from the camp of Israel, go out into the wilderness, and be cleansed twice. This cleansing process involved running water being poured through the ashes of a red heifer which had been sacrificed.

 

If after being cleansed, the worker of God went back to the camp of Israel and touched the dead body again, he would become unclean and would have to go through the whole process once again of separation out of the camp in order to be cleansed.

 

The sacrificed red heifer represents Christ--the Word of God. The running water represents the purifying action of the Holy Spirit cleansing us through the Word of God. And the dead body represents a spiritually dead church. So by our connection to and membership in a spiritually dead church body, even in the slightest way, we are unclean by this touch and unfit to minister or work for a holy God. And the only God-given way in which we can become cleansed and accepted back into His service, is to separate ourselves completely from that unclean church, be cleansed twice by Christ's sacrifice and the purifying work of the Holy Spirit through the word of God, and then not reconnect ourselves with that dead unclean church. We can warn others about where the unclean and dead church is, and what to do if they are connected to it. But if we want to serve and witness for a holy God, we dare not touch or reconnect ourselves to the church.

 

This same issue can be clearly seen in the illustration of a mud puddle. While standing in a pool of muddy water, even if we move to its shallowest edge, we are still contaminated by the mud. We can use all the soap and pour clean, pure water over our heads, and yet we are not completely cleansed because our feet are still connected with the mud. We may even manage to be clean and spotless everywhere else on our body, but while our feet remain in the mud, we are not fully cleansed or completely spotless. We can never be fully cleansed or completely spotless until we break all connection with the muddy pool, get out of the mud, and are again cleansed. And in order to remain fully clean, we must not touch or reconnect ourselves with that unclean muddy pool. We can and must warn others about where the unclean and muddy pool is, and what to do if they are touching it and thus contaminated. But if we want to remain clean and spotless, we dare not touch or reconnect ourselves to it again.

 

"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?" Proverbs 6:27-28.

 

"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Amos 3:3.

 

"We are exhorted, ‘touch not the unclean’ [2 Corinthians 6:17]. Those who associate with the impure, themselves become impure. If we choose the society of the ungodly, we shall be affected by their ungodliness." Review and Herald, October 23, 1888.

 

"You are exhorted to touch not the unclean thing; for in touching this, you will yourself become unclean. 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?’ [2 Corinthians 6:14-15] God and Christ and the heavenly host would have man know that if he unites with the corrupt, he will become corrupt." E.G. White Comments, SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p 1102.

 

By our willing choice to remain associated with, or by retaining our membership in, the corrupt, apostate, Babylonian SDA church, we are made partakers in the sins of the church--being made corporately responsible in all the church's wickedness. Thus we are one with this unclean woman in harlotry, and we will receive the same punishment as the SDA church does!

 

"Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, saith He, shall be one flesh." 1 Corinthians 6:15-16.

 

"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..." Revelation 18:4.

 

If we choose to remain connected with the apostate Babylonian SDA church--whether by our presence or by our names on the roll books, then we choose to be a partaker in all the sins of the church, and thus we will receive the plagues along with the church we love more than following the will of God.

 

The SDA church has chosen to follow--in a greater degree--the same path that the Jewish church followed in rejecting God and His will. But because of the leadership's choice to follow their own stubborn wills, what occurred to the Jewish church?

 

"For the rejection of Christ, with the results that followed, they were responsible. A nation's sin and a nation's ruin were due to the religious leaders." Christ's Object Lessons, p 304-305.

 

"All the predictions given by Christ concerning the destruction of Jerusalem were fulfilled to the letter." Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, p 31.

 

"...the fate of the temple of Jerusalem. That magnificent structure fell. Angels of God were sent to do the work of destruction..." SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p 1098-99.

 

As angels of God were involved in the destruction of the Jewish church, so angels of God will be involved in the destruction of the Adventist church. About the destruction that will occur to the SDA church and its people:

 

"The Lord commissions His messengers [angels], the men with the slaughtering weapons in their hands: ‘Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house’ [Ezek 9:5-6].

 

"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....These dumb dogs that would not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God." Testimonies, vol. 5, p 211.

 

Will this terrible destruction actually occur?

 

"Study the 9th chapter of Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled...God is calling; will you hear? Will you receive His message?...Soon, very soon, every case will be decided for eternity." Manuscript Releases, vol. 1, p 260.

 

Why did Jerusalem and the entire system of the Jewish church have to be destroyed?

 

"They [Jews] robbed God of His glory, and defrauded the world by a counterfeit of the gospel. They had refused to surrender themselves to God for the salvation of the world, and they became agents of Satan for its destruction.

 

"The people whom God had called to be the pillar and ground of truth had become representatives of Satan....God could do no more for man through these channels. The whole system must be swept away." Desire of Ages, p 36.

 

Having given up the real three angels' messages, the entire SDA church is now founded upon a counterfeit gospel. Thus the SDA church is defrauding its people and the world of the truth. Instead of being God's obedient representatives, they have become the representatives of Satan. Hence, God can do no more for man through the channels of the SDA church, and the whole system must be swept away!

 

The SDA church and its leadership have verily fulfilled the following prophecy:

 

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

 

"And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Timothy 4:3-4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12.

 

This destruction of the SDA church will also be "fulfilled to the letter." And God mercifully reveals, as a warning, this future destruction of our professed SDA people who choose to remain within the SDA church:

 

"Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women...and begin at My sanctuary....And He said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew...And as for Me also, Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their own head." Ezekiel 9:5-10.

 

"The time is soon coming when the work of God's judgments will begin at His sanctuary. God Himself is now drawing the separating line. He says, ‘As for Me also, Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head’ [Ezekiel 9:10]." Letter 3, January 1, 1900, Last Day Events from the Letters and Manuscripts of E.G. White, p 90-91.

 

"Men, maidens, and little children all perished together." Testimonies, vol. 5, p 211.

 

OH, MY PROFESSED SDA PEOPLE; TURN YE, TURN YE, FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS AND FROM YOUR FALLEN CHURCH, FOR WHY WILL YE DIE ALONG WITH HER?

 

"In the General Conference the counsels of God have been set aside, and the counsels and wisdom of men have been relied upon....The General Conference--what is it? What does it comprehend? Is it a General Conference, or is it something wrapped up and called by that name? With the exception of a limited number, the people who ought to know are not intelligent in regard to its workings....and the people at large know scarcely anything of what is being done at the heart of the work...

 

"As I was made to understand something of the management of the work in this great center, it was all that I could bear. My spirit was pained within me, for I had lost confidence in that which I had ever presented before the people as the voice of God to His children. It has not been the voice of God. There has been a lording power exercised over God's heritage...Their own principles have been counterworking the principles of truth and righteousness. We cannot therefore present before the people that the voice of the General Conference in its decisions must move and control them; for its propositions and decisions cannot be accepted. They are not in the right line of progress. God is cropped out of their counsels....

 

"The men who are guiding and planning, who carry large responsibilities, have separated themselves from God, and the righteousness of true principles is not in them; and if their plans are not counterworked they will cause ruin....

 

"‘Come out from among them,’ God says, ‘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, saith the Lord Almighty’ [2 Cor. 6:17,18]. We all need a Father with whom to consult. The Holy Spirit has been refused by men who are puffed up with vain conceit and believe themselves capable of managing wonderful responsibilities....

 

"If our people were not blinded by deception they would see that these men are walking contrary to God. God has been speaking to them by His Word, through His Testimonies, by His Spirit. Why do they not take heed? They have closed their eyes that they should not see, and their ears that they should not hear. They have rushed madly on in their uncontrollable spirit, unsanctified and separated from God; and yet they suppose that they can bring God's people to their terms and under their control....It cannot be done. God will put a voice in the stones to cry out against it....

 

"The refuge of lies will fail. God will strike a blow to deliver His oppressed people....

 

"I must speak plainly. We are reaching a time when a just standard of right and wrong, of honor and dishonor, of truth and error, is becoming a thing of naught. ‘Truth is fallen in the streets, and equity cannot enter’ [Isaiah 59:14]....The man who sits at the feet of Jesus and learns His lessons will say as did one of old, ‘Unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united’ [Genesis 49:6]....

 

"Little by little have the barriers been broken away, showing that the foundation of the structure is built upon the sand." Manuscript Releases, vol. 17, p 221-234.

 

"Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure." Selected Messages, book 1, p 205.

 

"...the foundations shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof..." Ezekiel 13:14.

 

SDA APOSTASY ENDS IN DESTRUCTION

 

"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 be the 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." Selected Messages, book 1, p 204-205.

 

God has already tried to warn the SDA church and its leadership that there were conditions which they must fulfill in order to continue to be His people, and thus be saved from being destroyed!

 

"The gift of God is eternal life on condition of entire obedience." Review and Herald, July 31, 1900.

 

"God would in no wise excuse sin in a people who had been enlightened, even if He had, in their days of faithfulness and purity, loved them, and given them especial promises. These promises and blessings were always upon condition of obedience upon their part." Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 2, p 54.

 

God had gone even further, clearly stating that the SDA church was in no condition to have His promises fulfilled to them in their state of rejecting light!

 

"Those who claim to have the light of truth have not met the conditions on which the fulfillment of the promises is suspended, neither have they been worthy of the grace of Christ. The character and service of the church are required to be according to the talents received. Her faith and obedience should be equal to the amount which a faithful improvement of her light and opportunities would have gained for her in moral and spiritual elevation.

 

"But many--not a few, but many--have been losing their spiritual zeal and consecration, and turning away from the light that has been constantly growing brighter and brighter, and have refused to walk in the truth because its sanctifying power upon the soul was not what they desired. They might have been renewed in holiness and have reached the elevated standard that God's word demands; but condemnation is upon them." Testimonies to Ministers, p 449.

 

God also sent other warnings clearly stating that the SDA church would be weighed in the balances of the sanctuary, and if she was found in apostasy, then she would be "found wanting".

 

"The church cannot measure herself by the world, nor by the opinion of men, nor by what she once was. Her faith and her position in the world as they now are, must be compared with what they would have been if her course had been continually onward and upward. The church will be weighed in the balances of the sanctuary. If her moral character and spiritual state do not correspond with the benefits and blessings God has conferred upon her, she will be found wanting. The light has been shining clear and definite upon her pathway, and the light of 1882 calls her to an account. If her talents are unimproved, if her fruit is not perfect before God, if her light becomes darkness, she is indeed found wanting." Testimonies, vol. 5, p 83-84.

 

"In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church is to be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: ‘Found wanting [Daniel 5:27]. By the light bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be judged." Testimonies, vol. 8, p 247.

 

"Then I was shown a company who were howling in agony. On their garments was written in large characters, ‘Thou are weighed in the balance, and found wanting’ [Daniel 5:27]. I asked who this company were. The angel said, ‘These are they who have once kept the Sabbath and have given it up.’...I saw that they had drunk of the deep waters, and fouled the residue with their feet--trodden the Sabbath underfoot--and that was why they were weighed in the balance and found wanting." Early Writings, p 37.

 

If the church would be found wanting, then her probation would close, and God would be obliged to call His faithful few out--choosing others to entrust with His gospel truth! And He even sent warnings that such would be the case.

 

"God had given them [Jews] His gracious promise that they should become a peculiar treasure unto Him, on condition of obedience; but if they were disobedient He would reject them, and choose another people." Signs of the Times, April 22, 1880.

 

"The Lord Jesus will always have a chosen people to serve Him. When the Jewish people rejected Christ, the Prince of life, He took from them the kingdom of God and gave it unto the Gentiles. God will continue to work on this principle with every branch of His work. When a church proves unfaithful to the work of the Lord, whatever their position may be, however high and sacred their calling, the Lord can no longer work with them. Others are then chosen to bear important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do not purify their lives from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure and holy principles in all their borders, then the Lord will grievously afflict and humble them and, unless they repent, will remove them from their place and make them a reproach." Upward Look, p 131.

 

Since the SDA church has refused to obey God's will, has replaced God's original foundation of truth with another foundation of error (see SDA Apostasy in Doctrine), and has firmly established the SDA church upon it, then this new foundation cannot possibly stand. Thus the whole SDA church is destined to fall!

 

God has even warned His people of this also.

 

"Every structure must be built upon a right foundation, in order to stand." Testimonies, vol. 4, p 563.

 

"...every building erected on other foundation than God's word, will fall." Mount of Blessings, p 150.

 

"If you build on human theories and inventions, your house will fall." Desire of Ages, p 314.

 

"There is no such thing in the Word of God as unconditional election...the Scriptures make it plain that those who once knew the way of life and rejoiced in the truth are in danger of falling through apostasy, and being lost." SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p 1114-1115.

 

Yet the SDA church and its leadership, just like the Jewish church and its leadership, have turned a deaf ear to the warnings of God, and brazenly continued in harlotry!

 

"We have enjoyed great light and many privileges. Shall we turn away from all these blessings, and sacrifice the peculiar, holy character which should distinguish us as children of God? If we thus slight the mercy of God, the judgments against Capernaum will surely fall upon us. Our punishment will be heavier than if we had not enjoyed so great light. Thus the warnings, reproofs, and counsels, which, accepted and obeyed, would bring us untold blessings, become a curse when they are rejected....

"Can Christ say of His professed followers, These are peculiar people; I gave Myself for them, to redeem them from all iniquity, that they should show forth My praise, who have called them out from darkness into My marvelous light. Would not the Lord say, rather, How is the beautiful city become a harlot, and My Father's house a place of merchandise. Because of your unbelief, I cannot do many mighty works among you. Review and Herald, November 7, 1882.

 

"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....

 

"I tell you the truth, Elder Butler [then General Conference President], that unless there is a cleansing of the soul-temple on the part of many who claim to believe and to preach the truth, God's judgments, long deferred, will come." Manuscript Releases, vol. 21, p 380, 385.

 

"One who sees beneath the surface, who reads the hearts of all men, says of those who have had great light: ‘They are not afflicted and astonished because of their moral and spiritual condition.’ ‘Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.’ ‘God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie,’ ‘because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,’ ‘but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’ Isaiah 66:3,4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11,10,12.

 

"The heavenly Teacher inquired: ‘What stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly policy and are sinning against Jehovah?’...

 

"Who can truthfully say: ‘Our gold is tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the world’? I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: ‘Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? ‘How is the faithful city become an harlot’ [Isa 1:21]! My Father's house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed!’" Testimonies, vol. 8, p 249-250.

 

The whole SDA church and organization, is dead in apostasy. The SDA General Conference leadership have:

 

– Discarded the true principles of our historic SDA faith, changed our SDA religion, and accounted as error the fundamental principles of our faith by giving up the three angels' messages (see SDA Apostasy in Doctrine).

 

– They have re-organized the church into an image of a Catholic hierarchy (see SDA Apostasy in Organization).

 

– Introduced a system of intellectual philosophy, are using techniques of hypnotism to keep people in the church or to bring them back to church, and have brought in spiritualism and doctrines of devils to seduce our people (see SDA Apostasy in Education).

 

– Threatened and persecuted those who tried to stand in the way of this satanic reformation (see SDA Threats and Persecution).

 

– Removed God and His Holy Spirit from the church (see Battle Creek Letters, p 55-56).

 

– Placed their dependence upon man and united with the NCC, WCC, the ecumenical movement, and various state governments (see SDA Apostasy in Ecumenism).

 

– Lightly regarded the seventh-day Sabbath, and are setting aside God's Sabbath to worship the sun, and are leading our SDA people to do the same (see SDA Apostasy Regarding the Sabbath).

 

Thus probation has closed forever upon the corporate SDA church. She has become Babylon fallen. The foundation of the entire worldwide SDA church is not built on Christ or truth, but is built completely on error and it cannot stand. The SDA church will fall and be destroyed with a sore destruction!

 

"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken them unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a Rock. And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Matthew 7:24-27.

 

The SDA church is not going through to heaven, but is destined to go down to hell! And our merciful God has even warned His people of this fact!

 

"Of those who boast of their light, and yet fail to walk in it, Christ says, ‘But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum [Seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted unto heaven [in point of privilege], shall be brought down to hell’...‘therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by My name, wherein ye trust, and unto this place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of My sight...’" Review and Herald, August 1, 1893 (brackets by Sister White).

 

So the SDA corporate ship is not going through to the port of heaven, but will be destroyed before she reaches that harbor! Thus all on board the SDA ship, who refuse to separate from her, will go down into the black depths of death. Yet many SDA's have been brainwashed to believe otherwise, and some may even now be saying, "The ship will go through."

 

But our gracious God has sent abundant warnings to His SDA people, so that they would not be brainwashed into believing this fatal deception.

 

Defective Ship: We can know that if a ship has false teaching it will not survive the rigors of the ocean of strife and turmoil: "You have had too great confidence in the ability of these men. A ship may be sound in nearly every respect but if there is one defect,--a bit of timber worm-eaten,--the lives of all on board are imperiled." E.G. White, Testimonies, vol.. 4, 322.

 

Ship Drifting at Sea Without Chart or Compass: "The facts concerning the real condition of the professed people of God, speak more loudly than their profession, and make it evident that some power has cut the cable that anchored them to the Eternal Rock, and that they are drifting away to sea, without chart or compass." E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol.. 2, p. 128, (Review and Herald, Vol.. 2, p. 231). (Also see Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. 348).

 

"The people to whom God has entrusted eternal interests, the depositaries of truth pregnant with eternal results, the keepers of light that is to illuminate the whole world, have lost their bearings." Testimonies to Ministers, p. 397.

 

"Every ship sailing the sea of life needs to have the divine Pilot on board but when storms arise, when tempests threaten, many persons push their Pilot overboard, and commit their bark into the hand of finite man, or try to steer it themselves. Then disaster and wreckage generally follow, and the Pilot is blamed for running them into such dangerous waters." E.G. White, Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. 348.

 

Is the Pilot on board the SDA New Movement, New Organization Ship described in Selected Messages, vol.. 1, 204-5? Page 205 says He [God] has been removed!

 

Noble Ship #1: "I lately read of a NOBLE SHIP that was plowing its way across the sea, when at midnight, with a terrific crash, it struck upon a rock the passengers were awakened only to see with horror their hopeless condition, and with the ship they sank to rise no more. The MAN AT THE HELM [VERSUS CHRIST] had mistaken the beacon light, and hundreds of souls were at a moment's warning launched into eternity." E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol.. 2, 128.

 

Noble Ship #2: "There is no need to doubt, to be fearful that the work will not succeed. God is at the head of the work, and He will set everything in order. If maters need adjusting at the head of the work, God will attend to that, and work to right every wrong. Let us have faith that God is going to carry the noble ship which bears the people of God safely into port." E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol.. 2, 390.

 

Immediately preceding the above statement is the admonition:

 

"We cannot now step off the foundation that God has established. We cannot now enter into any new organization for this would mean apostasy from the truth.--Manuscript 1290, 1905. Selected Messages, vol.. 2, 390.

 

The church formed a new movement beginning in 1931-41. LeRoy E. Froom says in his book Movement of Destiny that this time period was a definite change to a new movement. Books began to be changed to say that Jesus took the sinless nature and flesh of Adam before the fall. Ellen White said that Jesus took the sinful nature and flesh of Adam after the fall. The church’s new position, circa 1941 and on, in the antichrist position of Babylon.

 

In light of all the statements involving a ship, we must interpret them all so that none contradict. The best way to achieve this goal is to look for qualifying words. In the above statement the qualifying words are NOBLE SHIP and THE PEOPLE OF GOD. Who are the people of God? Those who keep His commandments and heed the Laodicean message.

 

Change Leaders and Know it Not:

 

Change Leaders: "There is manifested on the part of men in responsible positions an unwillingness to confess where they have been in the wrong and their neglect is working disaster, not only to themselves, but to the churches....You will be left to make mistakes of a similar character, you will continue to lack wisdom, and will can sin righteousness and righteousness sin. The multitude of deceptions that will prevail in these last days will encircle you, and you will change leaders, and not know that you have done so." E.G. White, Review and Herald, vol.. 2, 448.

 

Change Leaders: "Men in positions of responsibility are in danger of changing leaders. This I know, for it has been plainly revealed to me." E.G. White, Series B, #2, p. 48.

 

Change Leaders: "Men who might have stood in clear light, doing valiant service as ministers of the gospel and medical missionaries, have been accepting false theories and sophistries which originated with the father of lies, and yet they do not realize that they have changed." E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B, #7, p. 13-16, November 20, 1905.

 

Change Leaders: "Satan will set up his hellish banner right in your homes, and you will be so blinded to the real nature of his deceptions that you reverence it as the banner of Christ." E.G. White, The 1888 Materials, p. 505.

 

Change Leaders: "They will not recognize him [Satan] as their enemy, that old serpent, but they will consider him a FRIEND, one who is doing a good work." Testimonies, vol.. 5, p. 294.

 

Change Leaders: Satan has laid his plans to undermine our faith in the history of the cause and work of God. I am deeply in earnest as I write this. Satan is working with men in prominent positions to sweep away the foundation of our faith. Shall we allow this to be done, brethren?" E.G. White, Review and Herald, Nov. 19, 1903.

 

Note: The foundation of our faith involves pillar doctrines, and Newell Hammond says this is not now, was not and never will be a problem. Again, Ellen White refutes such foolhardy error.

 

Change Leaders if Mistakes are not Admitted and Changed: "If when the Lord reveals your errors you do not repent or make confession, his providence will bring you over the ground again and again. You will be left to make mistakes of a similar character, you will continue to lack wisdom, and will call sin righteousness, and righteousness sin. The multitude of deceptions that will prevail in these last days will encircle you, and you will CHANGE LEADERS, AND NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE SO." E.G. White, Review and Herald, vol.. 2, p. 449.

 

Change Leaders: "Satan has COME IN with his specious temptations, and has led the professed followers of Christ away from the [PILOT] Leader (Christ), classing them with the foolish virgins." Testimonies to Ministers, p. 130.

 

Change Leaders: "Refusing to follow in the path of obedience, they transferred their allegiance to Satan. The enemy rejoiced in his success in effacing the divine image from the minds of the people that God had chosen as His representatives. Through [ECUMENICAL] intermarriage with idolaters and CONSTANT ASSOCIATION WITH THEM [Isa. 8:9-20], Satan brought about that for which he had long been working,--a national apostasy." Fundamentals to Christian Education, p. 449.

 

Change Leaders: "The recreant priests added licentiousness to the dark catalogue of their crimes yet they still polluted by their presence the tabernacle of the Lord, and, laden with sin, dared to come into the presence of a holy God. As the men of Israel witnessed the corrupt course of the priests, they thought it safer for their families not to come up to the appointed place of worship. Many went from Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused, until they at last determined to offer their sacrifices themselves, concluding that this would be fully as acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the abominations practiced in the Sanctuary." E.G. White, The Signs of the Times, Vol.. 1, p. 264, col. 3, December 1, 1881.

 

DOES GOD HOLD US RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SINS OF THE CONFERENCE?

If we blindly support the conference no matter what sins it commits, does God hold us responsible for the sins we know are taking place at the head of the work or at the local level?  Mrs. White tells us we are not to vote for politicians, as we will be held accountable for the sins they commit while in office.  Wouldn’t supporting the conference no matter what it does be the same thing?  If we support a ministry we know is sinning against God, He will hold us responsible for those sins (Jer. 26:15), as we have chosen to "vote" for apostasy.

The sin of Achan, and the sins of Hophni and Phinehas [Story of Redemption, p 183-193] which caused 34,000 men to die and the Ark to be taken from the Israelites, is a further example of sinful leaders causing the destruction of those in the camp. Purity must be found in the organization we support, and most of all, among the leadership!  These leaders would like you to believe they can do anything, drive the church off the cliff of perdition, and we are to stand back and say nothing since they are behind the wheel of the church.

I have heard many conference leaders, even the leader of the independent ministry Amazing Facts, tell us that we are not to criticize the church.  Many will liken this criticism to criticizing fellow church members, but that is incorrect.  The word of God tells us we are supposed to stand up against error and demand purity in the church.  "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins."  Isaiah 58:1  God is telling us to protest the rebellion we see in the church.  If we do not, we are condoning sin and pleasing the devil.  How can sins be corrected or addressed if no one says anything?  We have every right to demand purity in the church, as that is God's desire.

 Who is modern Israel (below) in your estimation? BABYLON??????

 

"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 Vol.ume One, p. 260.

 

“The time will soon come when the prophecy of Ezekiel 9 will be fulfilled; that prophecy should be carefully studied, for it will be fulfilled to the very letter.”— Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1303.

 

The Signs of the Times, February 12, 1880:  “The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel.” 

“The desolation of Jerusalem in the days of Jeremiah is a solemn warning to modern Israel, that the counsels and admonitions given them through chosen instrumentalities cannot be disregarded with impunity.”  Prophets and Kings, 416.    

Who is modern Israel (below)?

 

"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 Vol.ume One, p. 260.

 

“The time will soon come when the prophecy of Ezekiel 9 will be fulfilled; that prophecy should be carefully studied, for it will be fulfilled to the very letter.”— Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1303.

 

The Signs of the Times, February 12, 1880:  “The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel.” 

 

“The desolation of Jerusalem in the days of Jeremiah is a solemn warning to modern Israel, that the counsels and admonitions given them through chosen instrumentalities cannot be disregarded with impunity.”  Prophets and Kings, 416.   

 

“In some cases, BEFORE the time specified in the decree, enemies will rush upon the waiting ones to put them to death.”  E.G. White, The 1884 edition of The Great Controversy, p. 447.