My
Most Startling Message
to
Seventh-day
Adventists
"Most
startling messages will be borne by men of God's appointment, messages of a
character to WARN the people, to AROUSE them. And while some will be PROVOKED
by the warning, and led to RESIST LIGHT AND EVIDENCE, we are to see from this
that we are giving the TESTING MESSAGE FOR THIS TIME. Messages will be given
OUT OF THE USUAL ORDER." Testimonies,
Vol. 9, p. 136.
Ellen
White says that we should not use her writings for ultimate proof of anything.
With this is mind, the challenge for this forum and every professing
Seventh-day Adventist is to be able to present the shaking from Scripture
alone. Here is my contribution toward that end:
"Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered
of every kind: Which, when it was full they drew to shore, and sat down, and
gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So
shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the
wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matt. 13:45-50.
It is the
kingdom of heaven that is like unto a net that gathered every kind and sorts
the bad from the good; not the corporate, apostate SDA Church. That heavenly
kingdom is further described as follows:
"But
ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and
church of the firstborn, [firstfruits--Rev. 14:4] which are written
[registered] in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just
men made perfect." Hebrews 12:22, 23.
Zion is
married--Isaiah 62:1-5:
·
"For as a young
man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee." Isa. 62:5.Zion is the bride of Christ.
·
Zion is the city of
the living God.
·
Zion is the heavenly
Jerusalem.
·
Zion is a company of
innumerable angels.
·
Zion is a general assembly
and church of the firstborn [firstfruits--Rev. 14:4].
·
Zion is written
[registered in heaven].
·
Zion is comprised of
the spirits of just men made perfect.
·
Zion gets a NEW
NAME--Isaiah 62:1, 2 as follows:
“For
Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
until the righteousness thereof go forth as
brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles
shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shall be called
by A NEW NAME, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.”
ZION'S NEW NAME IS THE NEW JERUSALEM:
"Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go
no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the
city of my God, which is NEW JERUSALEM, which cometh down out of heaven from my
God: and I will write upon him MY NEW NAME." Rev. 3:12.
Zion is
Philadelphia per the above message to Philadelphia. Ellen White applies all
seven messages to the end of time:
"The
names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different periods of
the Christian Era. The number indicates completeness, and is symbolic of the
fact that the messages [plural] extend
to the end of time, while the symbols used reveal the condition of the
church [collectively and generally] at different periods in the history of the
world." E.G. White, The Acts of the
Apostles, 585.
Zion
is the 144,000 who are perfect men with no guile in their mouths. Rev. 14:4.
Zion is without fault before God. Rev. 14:4.
Zion is the 144,000 who are translated without seeing death.
Zion, the bride, is the FIRSTFRUITS [FIRSTBORN] unto God and to the Lamb. Rev.
14:4; Heb. 12:22, 23.
Zion [The heavenly Sanctuary--Holy of Holies] is where we are to enter now, by
Spirit (Heb. 12:23) and Early Writings,
p. 256.
Zion is the HEAVENLY SANCTUARY that will be cleansed to perfection
(blameless—Rev. 14:1-4) before the Loud Cry. It is her voice, the voice of the
bride and the voice of God that awakens all ten virgins, Christ’s Object Lessons, 405-406 and Daniel 8:14. The bride must
make herself ready before the Loud Cry.
Zion is HIS FLOOR THAT WILL BE PURGED.
Zion is HIS GARNER OR BARN.
Zion is the CHURCH TRIUMPHANT (Without fault, without guile--Rev. 14:4).
All we can
garner from the above facts is that the bad are shaken out of Zion, by Zion.
Zion, the bride, the 144,000, are earthly representatives of heavenly
Jerusalem. Zion is Philadelphia the church triumphant who is kept through the
time of trouble:
"Because
thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will KEEP THEE FROM THE HOUR OF
TEMPTATION, WHICH SHALL COME UPON ALL THE WORLD [TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE], to
try them that dwell upon the earth." Rev. 3:10.
It is reasonable
to conclude that if Philadelphia, New Jerusalem, Zion, is kept through the time
of trouble that is to come upon the whole earth, she must be around at the end
time! Zion is the true Church Triumphant that has existed from time immemorial.
She is the bride of Jesus Christ. It is from her and by her that all the bad
are shaken, and not any apostate once church militant.
The home
churches are not Zion. Some members of Zion may be among the home churches, but
not all members of home churches are necessarily members of Zion. The home
churches are merely a valid church militant. When the bride is ready, all who
are saved will join her procession and heed her call of Isaiah 62:11, which is
a paraphrase of Matthew 25:6.
How do we prove that the 144,000 are the Bride? I repeat for important
emphasis because the church teaches the heinous error that the 144,000 is only
a symbolic number that includes all who are saved.
· Zion is married--the
"firstfruits" BARLEY bride--Isa. 62:1-5; Rev. 14:4.
· Zion is the REMNANT--Isa. 4:3;
Isa. 37:31, 32 in figure.
· Zion is the REMNANT of her
seed: Rev. 12:17.
· Zion is without fault
(Perfect) Heb. 12:23.
· Zion is without guile (Rev.
14:4).
· Zion's glory and righteousness
will be seen by all kings--Isa. 62:1, 2.
· Zion, the perfect bride of the
Lamb, is made ready--Rev. 19:7-9.
· Zion is the firstborn (Heb.
12:22, 23) and firstfruits barley wave sheaf offering, Rev. 14:4. 10.
· Zion awakens the daughters of
Zion, the 10 virgins with a separation message--"Behold the bridegroom
cometh, go ye out to meet Him." Christ’s Object Lessons, pp. 405-406; Isa.
62:11 and Matt. 25.
· Zion follows Jesus wherever He
goes, and He goes into the Sanctuary, and that is why Zion, Philadelphia, is
made a pillar in the Temple, Rev. 3:12. Christ is the High Priest. She is the
lesser.
· Zion, as the bride, is
logically the EARTHLY REPRESENTATIVE of the heavenly kingdom, by being the
herald of the three angel's messages to the world.
In diagram: Zion=bride=Philadelphia kept through time of
trouble=REMNANT (Rev. 12:17)=144,000 translated
without seeing death--Rev. 14:1-4.
The Shaking From the Perspective of The Spirit
of Prophecy and Scripture
We have looked at Zion from a scriptural reference point, and now we
will combine scripture with the Spirit of Prophecy elaborations on Zion. To
begin with, the following statement about the church appearing as about to
fall, should take on an entirely different meaning and perspective knowing what
we have now learned about Zion:
"The woman is a symbol of the church, and the remnant of the
church represents the Christians of the last generation of men, living just
prior to the second advent. The dragon makes war on these for keeping the
commandments of God, Sabbath and all, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ,
which, according to the inspired definition of chap. xix, 10, 'is the spirit of
prophecy.' Here, then, are the causes of the dragon's warfare upon the remnant.
They teach the observance of the ten commandments, and the revival of the
gifts, and acknowledge the gift of prophecy among them. When the Devil got one
foot upon the fourth commandment, and the other upon the gifts planted in the
Christian church b Jesus Christ, then his satanic majesty was filled with
revengeful delight. But when the remnant, whom God designs to fit for
translation to Heaven without seeing death, 'ask for the old paths, where is
the good way, and walk therein,' then the dragon is wroth, and makes war on
them.
"The true spirit of the dragonic host, which is already being
somewhat developed, is vividly described in Isa. xxx, 8-13, as being manifested
just prior to the sudden destruction of those who hate the pure testimony, and
love smooth and deceitful things." E. G. White, Spiritual Gifts,
Vol. III, 26, 27.
"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, pp. 426, 427.
The New Jerusalem is Philadelphia (Rev. 3:10-12) and she is the pillars
(leaders) in the Temple in heaven. Christ is the High Priest and she
constitutes the lesser priesthood.
"The church may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall. It
remains, while the sinners IN ZION will be sifted out--the chaff separated from
the precious wheat [AFTER THE CLOSE OF PROBATIONARY TIME--CHRIST'S OBJECT
LESSONS 72]. This is a terrible ordeal, but nevertheless it must take place.
None but those who have been overcoming by the blood of the Lamb and the word
of their testimony will be found with the loyal and true, without spot or stain
of sin, without guile in their mouths...
The REMNANT that purify their souls by obeying the truth gather
strength from the trying process, exhibiting the beauty of holiness amid the
surrounding apostasy. All these, He says, 'I have graven . . . upon the palms
of my hands' (Isa. 49:16)...
That which God required of Adam before his fall was perfect obedience
to His law. God requires now what He required of Adam, perfect obedience,
righteousness without a flaw, without shortcoming in His sight....We cannot do this without that faith that brings
Christ's righteousness into daily practice." E.G. White, Selected
Messages, Bk. 2, 380.
It is clear as crystal that sinners of every generation are shaken out
of Zion, the heavenly kingdom, the church triumphant, existing since time
immemorial, and not out of any church denomination to leave it as the future
church triumphant.
What Distinguishes the Bride From the Great Multitude in the Kingdom of God?
· The bride is the FIRSTFRUITS
barley wave sheaf offering unto Christ.
· The "barley" bride
is different from the wheat and tare 10 virgin brides
maidens.
· The bride is different from
the guests. (The Great Controversy, pp. 426-7).
· The bride is the mother of
sons and daughters (Isa. 62:5 and 11).
· The bride is the remnant, the
144,000, that is translated without seeing death.
· Only the bride, the 144,000
enter the temple on Mt. Zion. Early Writings, p. 19.
· Only the bride, Philadelphia,
is made pillars [leaders] in the temple (Rev. 3:12). Christ is the High Priest of
the Sanctuary Temple, and the bride is the lesser priests, as in the earthly
prototype.
· The bride follows Jesus
wherever He goes and is seated nearest His throne.
· The bride is a strictly pure
(bethulah) virgin (Isa. 62:5), while the ten-virgins
guests are concubine brides maiden guests at the wedding.
· The voice of God and the voice
of the bride awakens the ten-virgin brides maidens (Christ's
Object Lessons, 406).
Zion, the bride, the 144,000 is translated without seeing death. The
bride is likened unto a Holy woman and her children:
"The people of God, symbolized by a holy woman and her children,
were represented as greatly in the minority. In the last days only a remnant
still existed. Of these John speaks as they 'which keep the commandments of
God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." E. G. White, Signs of the
Times, Nov. 1, 1899, and Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 7,
p. 972.
Isaiah 62 says that Zion is married and that she has sons and
daughters.
"The woman is a symbol of
the church, and the remnant of the church represents the Christians of the last
generation of men, living just prior to the second advent. The dragon makes war
on these for keeping the commandments of God, Sabbath and all, and having the testimony
of Jesus Christ, which, according to the inspired definition of chap. xix, 10,
'is the spirit of prophecy.' Here, then, are the causes of the dragon's warfare
upon the remnant. They teach the observance of the ten commandments, and the
revival of the gifts, and acknowledge the gift of prophecy among them. When the
Devil got one foot upon the fourth commandment, and the other upon the gifts
planted in the Christian church by Jesus Christ, then his satanic majesty was
filled with revengeful delight. But when the remnant, whom God designs to fit
for translation to Heaven without seeing death, 'ask for the old paths, where
is the good way, and walk therein,' then the dragon is wroth, and makes war on
them.
The true spirit of the dragonic host, which is already being somewhat
developed, is vividly described in Isa. xxx, 8-13, as being manifested just
prior to the sudden destruction of those who hate the pure testimony, and love
smooth and deceitful things." E. G. White, Spiritual Gifts, Vol.
III, 26, 27.
If all the church were the bride, the remnant, then the entire church
(the bride and ten-brides maiden guests) would have to
be translated without seeing death.
The Firstfruits Bride is
Symbolized by Barley, not Wheat
"Barley was the earliest grain in Palestine, and at the opening of
the feast it was beginning to ripen. A sheaf of this grain was waved by the
priest before the altar of God, as an acknowledgment that all was His. Not
until this ceremony had been performed was the harvest to be gathered." Patriarchs
and Prophets, 539.
Accordingly, it is not until the bride has made herself ready that the
harvest of souls is gathered, Rev. 19:7. The bride must be ready first, because
it is she who receives the latter rain first to make the call to all ten virgin
guests. It is her voice and the voice of God that awaken the ten-virgins with
the Loud Cry, the Midnight Cry, Matt. 25 and Christ's Object Lessons,
406.
The wave sheaf symbolized our risen Saviour as the firstfruits of all
who are risen from the dead, and that all was His. The Lord has shown this
writer in vision that one of the symbols of the wave sheaf of barley, the
earliest crop to ripen, was also the FIRSTFRUITS "barley" bride of
Rev. 14:4. I was shown that the bride of every generation will be resurrected
to give the final gospel to the world, and thus the FIRSTFRUITS of the
resurrection also applies to her. The disciples of Christ were part of the
bride of Christ, Desire of Ages, 179. I was shown that the words
"without seeing death" refer to the bride after her resurrection and
after the commencement of the time of Jacob's trouble. The bride of past
generations, of course, has seen death.
Also, I was shown that when Jesus fed the throng of 5000 with five
barley loaves and two fishes, and after they were fed the disciples gathered up
twelve baskets full of remains, the twelve baskets of remnants (remains)
symbolize the barley bride of twelve tribes comprising the 144,000. The bits of
fish remaining symbolize the remnant bride as a fisher of men, just as the
disciples were the bride and fishers of men, Desire of Ages, 179.
Most Startling Messages
"Most startling messages will be borne by men of God's
appointment, messages of a character to WARN the people, to AROUSE them. And
while some will be PROVOKED by the warning, and led to RESIST LIGHT AND
EVIDENCE, we are to see from this that we are giving the TESTING MESSAGE FOR
THIS TIME. Messages will be given OUT OF THE USUAL ORDER." Testimonies,
Vol. 9, p. 136.
Messages of warning will be given out of the usual order. And what is
the "usual order?" From the pulpit by so called credentialed minister
leaders.
My Most Startling Message—Will it be Rejected?
Beloved, we are near the end. It is time to get serious. God is forcing
the issues. He is forcing people off the Laodicean fence of lukewarmness
and cold apostasy. We will either choose God's way or remain Laodicean and be
lost, because Ellen White says that the Laodicean state of the church is the
state of the foolish virgins. What is my most startling message to professing
SDA's at this hour? That a failure of anyone who knows the three angel's
messages, to separate from any church that is linked in any way with Babylon's
associations, counsels, girdings and confederacies,
is to commit unpardonable sin by disobeying the three angel's messages and
taking one's eyes off the Midnight Cry lighted path, making it IMPOSSIBLE to
get back on the path again, TO WIT:
"While praying at the family altar, the Holy Ghost fell on me, and
I seemed to be rising higher and higher, far above the dark world. I turned to
look for the Advent people in the world, but could not find them--when a voice
said to me, 'Look again, and look a little higher.' At this I raised my eyes
and saw a straight and narrow path cast up high above the world. On this path the Advent people were travelling to the City, which
was at the farther end of the path. They had a bright light set up behind them
at the first end of the path, which an angel told me was the Midnight Cry. This
light shone all along the path, and gave light for their feet so they might not
stumble. And if they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was just before them,
leading them to the City, they were safe. But soon some grew weary, and they
said the City was a great way of, and they expected to have entered it before.
Then Jesus would encourage them by raising his glorious right arm, and from his
arm came a glorious light which waved over the Advent band, and they shouted Hallelujah!
Others rashly denied the light behind them, and said that it was not God that
had led them out so far. The light behind them went out leaving their feet in
perfect darkness, and they stumbled and got their eyes off the mark and lost
sight of Jesus, and fell off the path down in the dark and wicked world below. It was just as impossible for them to get
on the path again and go to the City, as all the wicked world which God had
rejected. They fell all the way along the path one after another, until we
heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of
Jesus' coming....
By this time the 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united. On their
foreheads was written, God, New Jerusalem, and a glorious Star containing
Jesus' new name." E.G. White, Word to the Little Flock, p. 14.
OUR COMMENTARY: The Midnight Cry of Matthew 25, called people out of
the fallen churches. All who ever hear and understand the Midnight Cry, and
thereafter take their eyes off the path lighted by that cry, by re-joining the
fallen churches they were called out of, by renewed membership or confederacy
by way of ASSOCIATION, COUNSEL AND/OR COUNCIL, GIRDING, OR LINKING WITH THEM IN
ANY WAY WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY US WITH THEM, FALL OFF THE PATH AND IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET ON THE PATH AGAIN, WHICH IMPLIES SHUT DOOR
UNPARDONABLE SIN! God's Word implies the same unpardonableness
for such offense in Isaiah 8:9-20, and Revelation 14:9, 10. This is what Ellen
White really meant by "shut door!" Those who have committed this
unpardonable sin have grossly perverted her meaning. This is a most serious
consideration every SDA should weigh heavily before he/she determines to enter
ecumenical relationship with and/or join any of the fallen churches.
"Any connection with infidels and UNBELIEVERS which would identify
us with them is FORBIDDEN by the word. We are to come out from them and be
separate. in no case are we to link ourselves with them in their plans or
work." E. G. White, Fundamentals of Christian Education, 482.
"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 b 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."
"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.
"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.
What you are reading is indeed a most shocking and startling message!
Especially since the professing SDA Church has aligned itself in MEMBERSHIP
with at least nine National Councils of Churches around the world, and sits as
an ADVISOR on the largest Committee of the World Council of Churches, the
Central Committee. The only way a church becomes a member of the world council
of churches is by joining one or more National Councils of Churches around the
world. The professing SDA Church has done this in the following countries:
The U.S.A. https://omega77.tripod.com/nationalcouncilupdate.htm
· The Cook Islands
· Bermuda
· Germany
· Sweden
· China
· Belize
· Hungary via the Hungarian
Council of Free Churches
· Zambia
· Bahamas
In 1844, within the space of three months time, all who heard but
rejected the first and second angel's messages, combined with the Midnight Cry,
which was designed to give power and force to the second angel's message, fell
off the path and it was impossible for them to get back on it again. Thus that IMPOSSIBILITY implies UNPARDONABLE SIN. All who
would not leave the fallen churches after they had heard the Midnight Cry, were
forever lost. Why? Because they had rejected eternal life saving truth! They
became fallen for rejecting this truth. Notice:
"When the CHURCHES spurned the counsel of God by rejecting the
Advent message, the Lord rejected them. The first angel was followed by a
second, proclaiming, 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because
she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication' [Rev.
14:8]. This message was understood by Adventists to be an announcement of the
moral fall of the churches in consequence of their rejection of the first
message. The proclamation, 'Babylon is fallen,' was given in the summer of 1844,
and as the result, ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND WITHDREW FROM THESE CHURCHES." E.G.
White, The Spirit of Prophecy, (1884 Great Controversy), Vol. 4,
p. 232.
"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.
“And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God. 9But when
divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the
multitude, he departed from them, and
separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.”
Acts 19:8, 9.
“Fearing that the faith of the
believers would be endangered by continued association with these opposers of
the truth, Paul separated from them, and gathered the disciples into a distinct
body.” E.G.
White, Acts of the Apostles, p. 285, 286.
"The recreant priests added licentiousness to the dark catalogue
of their crimes yet they still polluted by their presence the tabernacle of the
Lord, and, laden with sin, dared to come into the presence of a holy God. As
the men of Israel witnessed the corrupt course of the priests, they thought it
safer for their families not to come up to the appointed place of worship. Many
went from Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused, until
they at last determined to offer their sacrifices themselves, concluding that
this would be fully as acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the
abominations practiced in the Sanctuary." E.G. White, The Signs of the
Times, Vol. 1, p. 264, col. 3, December 1, 1881.
"As the churches refused to receive the first angel's message,
they rejected the light from heaven and fell from the favor of God. They
trusted to their own strength, and by opposing the first message placed
themselves where they could not see the light of the second angel's message. But
the beloved of God, who were oppressed, accepted the message, 'Babylon is
fallen,' and LEFT THE CHURCHES." Early Writings, p. 237.
“It was to separate the church of Christ from the corrupting influence
of the world that the first angel's message was given. But with the multitude,
even of professed Christians, the ties which bound them to earth were stronger
than the attractions heavenward. They chose to listen to the voice of worldly
wisdom and turned away from the heart-searching message of truth...When the
churches spurned the counsel of God by rejecting the advent message, the Lord
rejected them. The first angel was followed by a second...This message was
understood by Adventist to be an announcement of the moral fall of the churches
in consequence of their rejection of the FIRST MESSAGE.” E.G. White, Story
of Redemption, p. 364.
Seventh-day Adventists were called out of the fallen churches to be a
holy, separate, and peculiar people unto God. If they now link up with these
churches in any way, as they indeed have done, they are returned to the
iniquities of their forefathers in violation of Isaiah 8:9-20, and Jeremiah
11:9-15. Thus the professing corporate SDA apostate
church has taken its eyes off the Midnight Cry lighted path, making it
impossible to get on the path again. If individual members do not speedily
separate from such an apostate church as soon as they discover this most
startling message of pure truth, they become corporately responsible for this unpardonable sin. This indeed is a
most startling message. However the facts are clear to
all who are seeking truth. Will God have to apologize
to those who in 1844, rejected the Midnight Cry, and the first and second
angel's messages, thereby falling off the path? Why should they have a
"shut door" on salvation, and SDAs today be permitted to reject the
same messages by ecumenical linkage with Babylon?
Corporate Responsibility: "The plain straight testimony must live
in the church, or the curse of God will rest upon His people as surely as it
did upon ancient Israel because of their sins. God holds His people, as a body, responsible for the sins
existing in individuals among them." Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 269.
Revelation 14:10 endorses Ellen White's view of what happens to any who
violate the three angel's messages and the Midnight Cry after knowing such
privileged truth, as does Isaiah 8:9-20. All such are "broken in
pieces."
Broken in Pieces and God's
Breaking in Pieces Weapon
Ellen White says that Ezekiel 9 is to have another literal fulfillment.
Ezekiel 9:2, mentions a "slaughtering weapon." If you look in the
marginal reference for the meaning of this you will see the words:
"a weapon of His breaking in pieces."
Ecumenical conspiracy with God's enemies is why professing SDA's will
experience another fulfillment of Ezekiel 9. Men, maidens and little children
will be broken in pieces and destroyed. The destruction will be meted out by
Babylon. Notice the following statement by Ellen White from a chapter in Testimonies,
Vol. 5, that begins by quoting Ezekiel 9:
"Here we see that the
church--the Lord's sanctuary--was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of
God. The ancient men [leaders], those to whom God had given great light and
who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their trust. They had
taken the position that we need not look for miracles and the marked
manifestation of God's power as in former days. Times have changed. These words
strengthen their unbelief, and they
say: The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to
visit His people in judgment. Thus 'Peace and safety" is the cry from men
who will never
again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show God's
people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would not
bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all
perish together." E. G. White, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211.
"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. E.G. White, Letter 106, 1909, pp. 2, 3, 5, 7. (To "The
churches in Oakland and Berkeley, September 26, 1909.)" E. G. White
Manuscript Releases Volume One, p. 260.
"The things you have described as taking place in Indiana, the
Lord has shown me would take place just before the close of
probation. Every uncouth thing will be
demonstrated. There will be shouting, with drums, music, and dancing. The
senses of rational beings will become so confused that they cannot be trusted
to make right decisions. And this is called the moving of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit never reveals itself in such methods, in such a bedlam
of noise. This is an invention of Satan to cover up his ingenious methods for
making of none effect the pure, sincere, elevating, ennobling, sanctifying
truth for this time. Better never have the worship of God blended with music, than to use musical instruments to do the work which last
January was represented to me would be brought into our camp
meetings. The truth for this time needs
nothing of this kind in its work of converting souls. A bedlam of noise shocks
the senses and perverts that which if conducted aright might be a blessing. The
powers of satanic agencies blend with the din and noise, to have a carnival,
and this is termed the Holy Spirit's working." E. G. White, Selected
Messages, Bk. 2, 36.
"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.
"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.
The church became Laodicean. That was bad enough. But it went beyond
the lukewarm Laodicean condition, which was subject to reform and repentance,
to become cold apostate to the point of re-joining Babylon’s confederacies.
After knowing the truth of the first and second angel’s messages and the
Midnight Cry of Matthew 25, which gave power to the second angel’s message,
such apostasy is beyond God’s line of forgiveness as Jeremiah 11:9-15, Isaiah
8:9-12, and Word to the Little Flock, p. 14, all testify.
Adventists, Like the Jews,
Have Misinterpreted The Favorable Words of Their
Prophet—EGW—to the Church!
"The Jews had deceived themselves by misinterpreting the words of
the Lord through his prophets, of his eternal favor to his people Israel.
'Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for
a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by
night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof
roar; the Lord of hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me,
saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation
before me forever. Thus saith the Lord: If heaven above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all
the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.' Jer. 31:35-37.
These words the Jews applied
to themselves. And because God had shown them so great favor and mercy, they
flattered themselves that, notwithstanding their sins and iniquities, he would
still retain them as his favored people, and shower especial blessings upon
them. They misapplied the words of Jeremiah and depended for their salvation
upon being called the [chosen] children of Abraham. If they had indeed been
worthy of the name of Abraham's children, they would have followed the
righteous example of their father Abraham, and would have done the works of
Abraham.
This has been the danger of the people of God in all ages; and
especially is this the danger of those living near the close of time. . .
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.
The Lord pronounced, by the mouth of Moses, blessings upon the
obedient, and curses upon the disobedient." E. G. White, Review and
Herald, Vol. 1, 123.
"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.
God is not 'worshipped with
men's hands, as tough he needed any thing' (Acts 17:25).” E. G. White, The Upward
Look, 131.
“We must as a people arouse and cleanse the camp of Israel.
Licentiousness, unlawful intimacy, and unholy practices are coming in among us
in a large degree...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, and will we be clear unless we make
decided movements to cure the existing evil?” E. G. White, Manuscript
Releases No. 449, pp. 17, 18.
"If we turn from the testimony of God's word, and accept false
doctrines [Calvinism] because our fathers taught them, ["turned back to
the iniquities of their forefathers" Jer. 11:9] we fall under the
condemnation pronounced upon Babylon; we are drinking of the wine of her
abominations." E. G White, The 1884 Great
Controversy entitled Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, 347, not to be confused with Testimonies,
Vol. 4. The four volume Spirit of Prophecy series, can still be special ordered
through any Adventist Book Store.
"It is now the duty of God's commandment--keeping people to watch
and pray, to search the Scriptures diligently, to hide the Word of God in the
heart, lest they sin against Him in idolatrous thoughts and debasing practices,
and the church of God become demoralized like the fallen churches whom prophecy
represents as being filled with every unclean and hateful bird." E. G. White,
Review and Herald, May 17, 1887.
"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. . . .I saw our Instructor pointing to the
garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them of, He laid bare he
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?’" E. G. White, Testimonies,
Vol. 8, pp. 247-250.
Such statements as the above would be redundant, superfluous and
foolish, if Ellen White had ever given the SDA Church militant a blanket
approval, saying that it was the church that the gates of hell would not
prevail against. She meant the SDA Church Triumphant, a faithful, escaped
remnant.
"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 [separation] 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.
Why Paul Separated
"And as they persisted in their rejection of the gospel the
apostle (Paul) went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space for
three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of
God. But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that
way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples,
disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus." Acts, 19:8, 9.
"Fearing that the faith of the believers would be endangered by
continued association with these opposers of the truth, Paul separated from
them, and gathered the disciples into a distinct body." E.G. White, Acts
of the Apostles, p. 286.
Scripture on Home Churches
Act 16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that
were in his house.
Act 16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat
before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Act 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered
into [the house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted
them, and departed.
Act 18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a
certain [man's] house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house
joined hard to the synagogue.
Rom 16:5 Likewise [greet] the church that is in their house. Salute my
well beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
1Cr 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them
[which are of the house] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Cr 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas,
that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have addicted themselves
to the ministry of the saints,)
1Cr 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in
their house.
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 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,
12-16-1890, col. 2, 448.
"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 o Israel
witnessed the corrupt course of the priests, they thought it safer for their
families not to come up to the appointed place of worship. Many went from
Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused, until they at
last determined to offer their sacrifices themselves, concluding that this
would be fully as acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the
abominations practiced in the Sanctuary." E.G. White, The Signs of the Times, vol. 1, p. 264, col. 3, December 1, 1881.
Ellen
White clearly states in The Great Controversy, p. 25, 1911, edition, that the
destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. was a PREFIGURE. Prefigure means TYPE,
which demands a similar ANTITYPICAL FULFILLMENT. Then she says that another
LITERAL FULFILLMENT of Ezekiel 9 will occur. So all we
have to do is go back to the TYPE, THE PREFIGURE and see what happened then,
and any other interpretation makes Ellen White a false prophet:
1)
Who left who then? The good left the Bad.
2) Where
were the tares gathered? Into the Midst of Jerusalem, the apostate church,
Ezekiel 22:17-31.
3) Was
there a primitive revival of the Jewish people? Yes! Where did it take place?
Within the apostate Jewish Church, or outside it? Obviously outside it, Desire of Ages, 232, or it would not
have been destroyed had the revival occurred inside the Jewish church!
4) Who
was True Zion, from whence the sinners were shaken? Was it the apostate Jewish
Organization, or was it from the reformer church of Jesus and the disciples?
5) Did
the Jewish people leave the apostate Jewish church long before persecution
began? Yes, they began to leave when Jesus "gathered out" those who
would take the gospel to the world. Desire
of Ages, 232, and even before this according to the following statement by
Ellen White:
"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.
Any
teaching that contradicts this Ezekiel 9 PREFIGURE SCENARIO, is contradicting
Ellen White and SCRIPTURE, because Ezekiel 5:9, proves that Ezekiel 9 is really PRIMARILY FULFILLED at the end-time when God does the
worst thing He has ever done or will ever do again. The end-time
interpretations of New Movement Adventism, violate this PREFIGURE SCENARIO
stated by Ellen White and backed by Scripture. Choose ye this day whom ye will
serve--Scripture and Ellen White, or apostate New Movement leaders.
“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, Bk. 1, 204, 205.
"The
things you have described as taking place in Indiana, the Lord has shown me
would take place just before the close
of probation. Every uncouth thing will be demonstrated. There will be shouting,
with drums, music, and dancing. The senses of rational beings will become so
confused that they cannot be trusted to make right decisions. And this is
called the moving of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit never reveals itself in such methods, in such a bedlam of
noise. This is an invention of Satan to cover up his ingenious methods for
making of none effect the pure, sincere, elevating, ennobling, sanctifying
truth for this time. Better never have the worship of God blended with music
than to use musical instruments to do the work which last January was
represented to me would be brought into
our camp meetings [just before the close of probation]. The truth for
this time needs nothing of this kind in its work of converting souls. A bedlam
of noise shocks the senses and pervert that which if conducted aright might be
a blessing. The powers of satanic agencies blend with the din and noise, to
have a carnival, and this is termed the Holy Spirits working." Selected Messages, Bk. 2, p. 36.
"I
saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to
the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints
then will be an obscure [hidden] people, little known to the Catholics; but the
churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they
hate us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not
refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who
disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath
and disregard Sunday.
Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that
all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day,
shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the
Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And
the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the
saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be
delivered by the Voice of God. Then I saw that Jesus' work in the sanctuary
will soon be finished. And after His work there is finished, He will come to
the door of the first apartment, and confess the sins of Israel upon the head
of the Scape Goat. Then He will put on the garments of vengeance. Then the
plagues will come upon the wicked, and they do not come till Jesus puts on that
garment, and takes Hs place upon the great white cloud. Then while the plagues
are falling, the Scape Goat is being led away. He makes a mighty struggle to
escape, but he is held fast by the hand that leads him. If he should effect his escape, Israel would lose their lives. I saw that
it would take time to lead away the Scape Goat into the land of forgetfulness
after the sins were put on his head.
The great white cloud I saw was not the holy place, but entirely separate from
the holy and most holy place, entirely separate from the sanctuary.
Then the angel repeated these words, and said, ‘This is the time spoken of in
Isaiah.’ He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor. He had no mediator between God and man, and these plagues could be
withheld no longer, for Jesus had ceased to plead for Israel, and they were
covered with the covering of the Almighty God, and they could live in the sight
of a holy God, and those who were not covered, the plagues fell upon them, for
they had nothing to shelter or protect them from the wrath of God.’” E.G.
White, Dorchester, Maine, October 23, 1850,
Spalding--Magan's Unpublished Mss. Testimonies, pp. 1, 2.
COUNTERPART:
“The Lord commanded one of his ancient servants, 'Pray not thou for this people
[Jer. 7:16 and 11:14], neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; neither make
intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.' The prophet thus describes the
sins which had called forth this fearful denunciation: 'The prophets prophesy
falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; and what will ye do
in the end thereof?' 'From the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet
even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. They have healed also the hurt
of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no
peace.' The apostles declare that this
state of things will find its COUNTERPART in the last days. Many have a form of godliness, but in their daily life deny the power
thereof. They have ceased to be convicted of their sins or alarmed at their
state. They say in their hearts, 'The church is flourishing. Peace and
spiritual prosperity are within her borders.' The words of the prophet may well
apply to these self-deceivers, '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.’" E. G. White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, 11-07-82.
COUNTERPART:
"In the time of the Saviour, the Jews had so covered over the precious
jewels of truth with the rubbish of tradition and fable, that it was impossible
to distinguish the true from the false. The Saviour came to clear away the
rubbish of superstition and long-cherished errors, and to set the jewels of
God's word in the framework of truth. What would the Saviour do if he should come
to us now as he did to the Jews? He would
have to do a similar work in clearing away the rubbish of tradition and
ceremony. The Jews were greatly disturbed
when he did this work [As are SDAs today!]. They had lost sight of the original
truth of God, but Christ brought it again to view. It is our work to free the
precious truths of God from superstition and error." E.G. White, Review and Herald, Vol. 2, 308.
There is a
modern COUNTERPART to the ancient apostate "chosen people" of God.
That modern COUNTERPART is the people who claim to be the modern "chosen
people" of God, the remnant, if you will.
There are
over 100 statements to the affect that SDA’s are repeating the history of
ancient Israel. Here are just a few of them:
"I
have been shown that the spirit of the world is fast leavening the church. You
are following the same path as did ancient Israel. There is the same falling
away from your holy calling as God's peculiar people. You are having fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness. Your concord with unbelievers have
provoked he Lord's displeasure. You know not the things that belong to your
peace, and they are fast being hid from your eyes. [The very words applied to
fallen Israel on page 17 of The Great Controversy] Your neglect to follow the
light will place you in a more unfavorable position than the Jews upon whom
Christ pronounced a woe." Testimonies,
Vol. 5, pp. 75-76.
"Like
ancient Israel, the church has dishonored her God by departing from the light,
neglecting her duties, and abusing her high and exalted privilege of being
peculiar and holy in character. Her members have violated their covenant to
live for God and him only. They have joined with the selfish and world-loving.
Pride, the love of pleasure, and sin have been cherished, and CHRIST HAS
DEPARTED. His Spirit has been quenched in the church. Satan works wide by side
with professed Christians; yet they are so destitute of spiritual discernment
that they do not detect him." E.G. White, Testimonies, Vol. 2, pp. 441-442.
"Among
the professed followers of Christ, there is the same pride, formalism,
vainglory, selfishness, and OPPRESSION, that existed in the Jewish
nation." E.G. White, Sketches from
the Life of Paul, 251-252.
"God's
professed people are selfish and self-caring....They
are idolaters, and are worse, in the sight of God, than the heathen, graven-image
worshipers who have had no knowledge of a better way." Testimonies, Vol. 2, 441-442.
Am I
remiss in observing (reasoning) that worse than heathen, graven-image worshippers,
means worse than Babylon? Especially after knowing the truth and a knowledge of
a better way! By the above EGW statement it is flattery, presumption, and
patronization error to refer to the apostate SDA church as Babylon! No, let it
not be said that Ron Beaulieu believes the church is Babylon! I concur with
Ellen White that God's professed people are worse than Babylonian heathen
graven image idol worshippers! Worse than Catholics! Worse than the great
Whore! Why? Because they had the light of truth and have wilfully united with
the great whore in business partnership! Ellen White said we are never to unite
with unbelievers in business partnership, let alone the great Whore of Babylon!
Ezekiel
chapter 5 says God’s people are worse than all the other nations around them.
This chapter depicts why Ezekiel 9 occurs. How do we know that Ezekiel 5
applies at the end-time? Because in verse 9, God does the worse thing He ever
does. Matthew 24:21 depicts the same thing as occurring at the end-time.
Why did
Ellen White not leave the church? Because there was still hope for the church
to repent of playing the harlot until she committed the unpardonable sin act of
re-joining Babylon’s associations, counsel’s, councils, girdings
and confederacies (Isaiah 8:9-12) after knowing
the truth of the second angel’s message and the Midnight Cry.
"Now
it is just EXACTLY as in the days of the Jews. When a message came in, why all
the power of the leaders [such as some leaders on this forum] WAS PUT AGAINST
IT, THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE. Now, brethren, GO TO GOD FOR
YOURSELVES, and on your knees plead with God...If God sends us light, let it
come to us, and let no man close the door, or try to close it. Don't close it
yourselves. Open the door of your heart and let the brilliant rays of light
shine into your heart and into your mind. I pray you, let the Sun of
Righteousness in." E.G. White, Manuscript
Release #900, Manuscript 9, 1890. 1888 Materials, p. 541.
"The day
of God is right upon us, and the world has converted the church. Both are in
harmony, and are acting upon a short-sited policy" E.G. White, General Conference Bulletin, 1st Quarter,
1900.
"The
leaven if godliness has not entirely lost its power. At the time when the
danger and depression of the church are greatest, the little company who are
standing in the light will be sighing and crying for the abominations that are
done in the land. But MORE ESPECIALLY will their prayers arise in behalf of the
church because ITS MEMBERS are doing after the manner of the world." Testimonies, Vol. 5, 209, 210.
Here we
have reference to "...when the danger and depression of the church are
greatest..." This can only refer to the SDA church, because it is she who
will experience such danger and depression. We find a little company (remnant)
standing in the light and they are not MEMBERS, because the MEMBERS are doing
after the manner of the world, and if the little company were MEMBERS of the
church, they would be doing after the manner of the world also! Come, let us
reason together. We were given the ability and license to so reason.
“We must
as a people arouse and cleanse the camp of Israel. Licentiousness, unlawful
intimacy, and unholy practices are coming in among us in a large degree...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, and will we be clear unless we make decided movements to cure
the existing evil?” E. G. White,
Manuscript Releases No. 449, pp. 17, 18.
If Ellen
White saw the church going through with a blanket approval, such warnings as
stated above are superfluous, foolish, and self-contradictory.
"It is IMPOSSIBLE for you to unite with those who
are corrupt, and still remain pure. (II Corinthians 6:14-15 quoted). God and Christ and the heavenly host would have men know
that if he unites with the corrupt he will become corrupt." E. G. White, Review and Herald, Vol. 4, p. 137.
This
statement is also foolish, superfluous and redundant, if we cannot judge what
Ellen White brands as corrupt. If judging
corruptness is only idle and ill conceived criticism,
based on focusing on mere flaws, defects and weaknesses, then we should have
remained with Rome, and should never have exposed the abominations of Babylon! Jesus and the disciples should have remained in the
apostate Jewish church in lieu of separating from it.
"Any
connection with infidels and UNBELIEVERS which would identify us with them is
FORBIDDEN by the word. We are to come out from them and be separate. in no case
are we to link ourselves with them in their plans or work." E. G. White, Fundamentals of Christian Education,
482.
If any
church should link itself with unbelievers, we are to come out from them and be
separate. The instruction is clear. Notwithstanding the SDA church's links with
the ecumenical movement, it has linked in PARTNERSHIP with the Catholics at
their hospital in Colorado. Every MEMBER of the church is responsible for this
corrupt liaison with unbelievers. This act alone calls for separation, for the
bride of Christ is not defiled with women or fallen churches, Rev. 14:4, and
Jeremiah 11:15, as follows:
"What
hath my beloved [bride] to do in mine house [church sanctuary], seeing she [the
professing church] hath wrought lewdness with many [fallen women churches], and
the holy flesh is passed from thee [the church]? when thou doest
evil, then thou rejoicest [the apostate churches
celebrate]." Jeremiah 11:15.
"Worldly
policy is taking the place of true piety and wisdom that comes from above, and
God will remove His prospering hand from the conference. Shall the ark of the
covenant be removed from this people? Shall idols be smuggled in? Shall false
principles and false precepts be brought into the sanctuary? Shall antichrist
be respected? Shall the true doctrines and principles given us of God, which
have made us what we are, be ignored?.... This is
directly where the enemy, through blinded, unconsecrated men, is leading
us." E. G. White, Manuscript 29, 1890.
"The
Bible Prophets Wrote 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' (! 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, Bk. 3,
p. 338.
The Spirit of Prophecy Prophesied Final
End of the SDA Church Militant
"Jesus sends HIS PEOPLE a message of warning to prepare them for his
coming. To the prophet John was made known the closing work in the great plan of
man's redemption. He beheld an angel flying 'in the midst of
heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him for the hour of his Judgment
is come and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters [Rev. 14:6, 7.].
The angel represented in prophecy as
delivering this message, symbolizes a class of faithful men, who,
obedient to the promptings of God's Spirit and the teachings of his word,
proclaim this warning to the inhabitants of earth. This message was not to be committed to the religious leaders of the
people. They had failed to preserve their connection with God, and had
REFUSED THE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN therefore they WERE NOT of the number described
by the apostle Paul: 'But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness' [1 Thess. 5:4,
5].
The watchmen
upon the walls of Zion should be the first to catch the tidings of the Saviour's advent, the first to lift their voices to
proclaim him near, the first to warn the people to prepare for his coming. But
they were at ease, dreaming of peace and safety, while the people were asleep
in their sins. Jesus saw HIS CHURCH, like the barren fig-tree, covered
with pretentious leaves, yet destitute of precious fruit. There was a boastful
observance of the forms of religion, while the spirit of true humility,
penitence and faith--which alone could render the service acceptable to
God--was lacking. Instead of the graces of the Spirit, there were manifested
pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, oppression. A BACKSLIDING CHURCH closed their eyes to the signs of the
times. God did nor forsake them, or suffer his faithfulness to fail but they
departed from him, and SEPARATED THEMSELVES from his love. As they REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS,
his promises were NOT FULFILLED to them." E.G. White, The
Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, pp. 199-200 [The 1884 edition of The Great Controversy,
199, 200].
—rwb