Introduction
1844
1846-1850
1851-53
1856 • 1857
1859 • 1861
1863 • 1865
1867 • 1868
1882
1886-1887
1888 • 1890
1891 • 1893
1895
1896-1897
1900
1901 • 1902
1903 • 1904
1905 • 1907
1908 • 1909
1913 • 1915
Message Today |
1908
“I am instructed to say to Seventh-day Adventists
the world over, God has called us as a people to be a peculiar treasure
unto Himself. He has appointed that His church on earth shall stand
perfectly united in the Spirit and counsel of the Lord of hosts
to the end of time.”
Letter 54,
1908, Jan. 21, 1908. (also in Selected Messages, book 2, p 397).
Since the SDA church has apostatized from the truth they are
no longer be regarded by God as His people. The above testimony
is falsely misinterpreted by the church leadership that God still
regard the SDA church as a corporate body to constitute His people
even unto the end.
Who are really God’s people?
“Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.”
Romans 9:6.
“I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.. God
hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what
the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God
against Israel, saying, Even so then at this present time also there
is a remnant according to the election of grace.”
Romans 11:1,
2, 5.
“Not by its name, but by its fruit, is the value of a tree
determined. If the fruit is worthless, the name cannot save the
tree from destruction. John declared to the Jews that their standing
before God was to be decided by their character and life. Profession
was worthless. If their life and character were not in harmony with
God's law, they were not His people.
Desire of
Ages, p 107.
Yes, “His people” constitutes not the whole body
of the SDA church but refers to the “remnant according to
the election of grace” who reflects in their character and
life what they believe. Because professing to be a Seventh-day Adventist
is not enough—you have to show it in your life. That’s
why Sis. White said that:
“Christ was a Seventh-day Adventist, to all intents and purposes.”
Medical Ministry,
p 49.
God declared that the SDA church was a harlot of Babylon in
1903. She has continued her “hopeless apostasy” by departing
further and further from the truth and bearing abominable fruits
of her doing. Her downfall is a progressive and is, therefore, no
longer the true church of God. But God’s true people are still
to be found in her communion who will see the abomination
and corruption done in the church and will separate from the nominal
and professed SDA church.
“The Bible declares that before the coming of the Lord, Satan
will work "with all power and signs and lying wonders, and
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness;" and they that
"received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,"
will be left to receive "strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie." 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11. Not until this condition
shall be reached, and the union of the church with the world shall
be fully accomplished throughout Christendom, will the fall of Babylon
be complete. The change is a progressive one, and the perfect fulfillment
of Revelation 14:8 is yet future… Notwithstanding the spiritual
darkness and alienation from God that exist in the churches which
constitute Babylon, the great body of Christ's true followers are
still to be found in their communion. There are many of these who
have never seen the special truths for this time. Not a few are
dissatisfied with their present condition and are longing for clearer
light. They look in vain for the image of Christ in the churches
with which they are connected. As these bodies depart further and
further from the truth, and ally themselves more closely with the
world, the difference between the two classes will widen, and it
will finally result in separation. The time will come when those
who love God supremely can no longer remain in connection with such
as are "lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having
a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof." Revelation
18 points to the time when, as the result of rejecting the threefold
warning of Revelation 14:6-12, the church will have fully reached
the condition foretold by the second angel, and the people of God
still in Babylon will be called upon to separate from her communion.
This message is the last that will ever be given to the world; and
it will accomplish its work.”
Great Controversy,
389-390.
To become completely “Babylon Fallen” two
conditions must be met by the SDA church such as: (1) “to
receive strong delusion and believe a lie as found in 2 Thessalonians
2:9-11”, and (2) the “Union of the church with the world”.
(1) In 1903, the first condition was fulfilled as found in 8T
249 as follows:
“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? Oh, it is a great deception, a
fascinating delusion, that takes possession of minds when men who
have once known the truth, mistake the form of godliness for the
spirit and power thereof; when they suppose that they are rich and
increased with goods and in need of nothing, while in reality they
are in need of everything…"
(2) The second condition is a progressive one and yet stil futuristic
during that time. But has the SDA church now been fully united with
the world-thus making her completely “Babylon Fallen”?
Yes!
According to the book entitled SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE–A
Biblical Exposition of 27 Fundamental Doctrines, page 225 authored
by 221 persons from the World Division and Church leaders, theologians,
and pastors. Say’s,
“b. A close cooperation between Protestant and Roman
Catholics. “She prophesied that major changes within Protestantism
would bring about a departure from the faith of the reformation.
Consequently, differences between Protestants and Catholics
would diminish, leading to the bridging of the gulf separating
the two.”
Do you know what kind of bridge to be establish in order that
the Seventh-day Adventist CAN’T be separated from the
Roman Catholic church? Let us continue reading the book p. 225.
“The years since her death (E.G. White) have seen the
rise of the ecumenical movement, the establishment of the World
Council of Churches, the Catholic Church’s Vatican II,
and Protestant ignorance and even outright rejection of the
Reformation views of prophetic interpretation. These major changes
have broken down barriers between Protestants and Catholics,
leading to growing cooperation.”
Note: This was fully accomplished on July 12, 1968 when
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church had joined the World Council
of Churches organization thru it's principal theological body,
the Commision on Faith and Order.
"The World Council of Churches today admitted nine Roman
Catholic theologians to membership in its principal theological
body, the Commission on Faith and Order... The assembly is the
council's highest policy-making body. Also admitted to full
membership were six representatives of other nonmember churches,
including the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the Lutheran Church-Missouri
Synod and various Baptist bodies." For verification please
write to: San Jose Mercury News, 750 Ridders Park Dr., San Jose
Ca. 5190.
However, this was denied by the church leaders! They said that
the SDA church was never a member of the WCC
but only participated in their assemblies
and various committees.
“Although, the SDA General Conference Directors
have participated in various committees it does not mean
that the SDA Church is a member of the National Council of Churches
of Christ in the U.S.A.” Documented Answers on Seventh-day
Adventist issues, by Gideon Durante, p. 54. (1994).
But what does participation really mean? In GW 392 it
says that “Fellowship means participation.”
Interestingly, in Adventist Review, February 11, 1999, p 18, it
says that “the term (ecumenical) forum had been deliberately
chosen… in order to suggest that participation is more important
than membership.”
Therefore, SDA’s participation
with the WCC means more important than being a member!
What does God say about Ecumenism or the World Council of Churches?
“The capstone of ecumenical effort came with the creation
of the World Council of Churches at Amsterdam in 1948...
On the basis
of bible prophecy and the writing of E.G. White, SDA’s anticipated
the eventual success of the ecumenical movement, both in eliminating
the division of Protestantism and in reuniting Christendom by bridging
the gulf that separates Non-Catholic communions from Rome. The ecumenical
movement will then become a concerted effort to unite the world
and to secure universal peace and security by enlisting the power
of civil government in a universal religio-political crusade to
eliminate all dissent. SDA’s envision this crusade as the
great apostasy to which John the revelator refers to as ‘Babylon
the Great’. They understand also, that God’s last message
of mercy to the world prior to the return of Christ in power and
glory will consist of warning against this great apostate movement,
and a call to all who choose to remain loyal to Him to leave the
churches connected with it.”.
Seventh -
Day Adventist Encyclopedia, vol. 10, p. 410, 411.
“Babylon Comes to Chicago in 1993. In
1893, the world’s representatives of the great religions
met in Chicago, Illinois, to explore how all the religions of
earth could come together in a universal world church. One hundred
years later in 1993, on August 28th through September 6th, one
hundred thirty of the most prestigious Religions of earth met
together again in the World Parliament of religions. They met
in Chicago, Illinois, to finalize plans for all religions to become
one, to establish a One-world Church.
“The Dalai Lama was there who believes that he is a man
god. Joan Campbell, the feminist and director of the Marxist-slanted
National Council of Churches, was there. The Lucis Trust representatives
of the New Age religion were there. Voodoo high priests, wicka
groups, and withces were all there. High Freemasons attended.
Serpent charmers and druids and Satan worshippers, Zoroastrians
to Zen Buddhists were all represented. The World Council of Churches
and the powerful Church of Rome were highly represented. The Seventh-day
Adventist church and liberal Baptists were represented. They met
together to celebrate “unity in diversity.”
The World’s Last Dictator by Dwight L. Kinman, p 157-158.
When the Protestant churches became Babylon
Fallen in 1844, the Adventists did not know they were fallen. But
how were they justified in separating themselves from their connection?
“Adventists, seeing that the churches rejected the testimony
of God's word, could no longer regard them as constituting the church
of Christ, "the pillar and ground of the truth;" and as
the message, "Babylon is fallen," began to be proclaimed,
they felt themselves justified in separating from their former connection.”
Spirit of
Prophecy, vol 4, p 237.
“But as ministers and religious leaders decided against the
advent doctrine and desired to suppress all agitation of the subject,
they not only opposed it from the pulpit, but denied their members
the privilege of attending preaching upon the second advent, or
even of speaking of their hope in the social meetings of the church.
Thus the believers found themselves in a position of great trial
and perplexity. They loved their churches and were loath to separate
from them; but as they saw the testimony of God's word suppressed
and their right to investigate the prophecies denied they felt that
loyalty to God forbade them to submit. Those who sought to shut
out the testimony of God's word they could not regard as constituting
the church of Christ, "the pillar and ground of the truth."
Hence they felt themselves justified in separating from their former
connection. In the summer of 1844 about fifty thousand withdrew
from the churches.”
Great Controversy,
p 377.
“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whose readeth,
let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea, flee into
the mountains.”
Matthew 24:15-16.
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