October 22 1844: Hoax or Reality? The Sanctuary and The Judgement Hour

The Midnight Cry - William Miller and the End of the World

Apostasy At The Jordan - Moses Mason

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Published on Apr 28, 2014


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Moses Mason preaches at the New Covenant SDA Church in Gallatin, Tennessee. Brother Mason deals with the parallels of literal Israel with Spiritual Israel (Seventh-day Adventist) as Israel was about to reach Canaan, and Seventh-day Adventist are about the experience the Second Coming, the heavenly Canaan.
More audio sermons from Brother Mason can be found at Breachrepairers.webs.com under the Mason Mason videos tab. For more information on his ministry please visit apocalypseministries.org


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The Gathering Time

September 23, the Lord showed me that He had stretched out His hand the second time to recover the remnant of His people, [see page 86.] and that efforts must be redoubled in this gathering time. In the scattering, Israel was smitten and torn, but now in the gathering time God will heal and bind up His people. In the scattering, efforts made to spread the truth had but little effect, accomplished but little or nothing; but in the gathering, when God has set His hand to gather His people, efforts to spread the truth will have their designed effect. All should be united and zealous in the work. I saw that it was wrong for any to refer to the scattering for examples to govern us now in the gathering; for if God should do no more for us now than He did then, Israel would never be gathered. I have seen that the 1843 chart was directed by the hand of the Lord, and that it should not be altered; that the figures were as He wanted them; that His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until His hand was removed. [This applies to the chart used during the 1843 movement, and has special reference to the calculation of the prophetic periods as it appeared on that chart. The next sentence explains that there was an inaccuracy which in the providence of God was suffered to exist. But this does not preclude the publication of a chart subsequently which would correct the mistake, after the 1843 movement was past, and the calculation as then made had served its purpose.]

 Then I saw in relation to the “daily” (Daniel 8:12) that the word “sacrifice” was supplied by man’s wisdom, and does not belong to the text, and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry. When union existed, before 1844, nearly all were united on the correct view of the “daily”; but in the confusion since 1844, other views have been embraced, and darkness and confusion have followed. Time has not been a test since 1844, and it will never again be a test.

The Lord has shown me that the message of the third angel must go, and be proclaimed to the scattered children of the Lord, but it must not be hung on time. I saw that some were getting a false excitement, arising from preaching time; but the third angel’s message is stronger than time can be. I saw that this message can stand on its own foundation and needs not time to strengthen it; and that it will go in mighty power, and do its work, and will be cut short in righteousness.

Then I was pointed to some who are in the great error of believing that it is their duty to go to Old Jerusalem, [see Appendix.] and think they have a work to do there before the Lord comes. Such a view is calculated to take the mind and interest from the present work of the Lord, under the message of the third angel; for those who think that they are yet to go to Jerusalem will have their minds there, and their means will be withheld from the cause of present truth to get themselves and others there. I saw that such a mission would accomplish no real good, that it would take a long while to make a very few of the Jews believe even in the first advent of Christ, much more to believe in His second advent. I saw that Satan had greatly deceived some in this thing and that souls all around them in this land could be helped by them and led to keep the commandments of God, but they were leaving them to perish. I also saw that Old Jerusalem never would be built up; and that Satan was doing his utmost to lead the minds of the children of the Lord into these things now, in the gathering time, to keep them from throwing their whole interest into the present work of the Lord, and to cause them to neglect the necessary preparation for the day of the Lord.

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Dear Reader,
A sense of duty to my brethren and sisters and a desire that the blood of souls might not be found on my garments have governed me in writing this little work. I am aware of the unbelief that exists in the minds of the multitude relative to visions, also that many who profess to be looking for Christ and teach that we are in the “last days” call them all of Satan. I expect much opposition from such, and had I not felt that the Lord required it of me, I should not have made my views thus public, as they will probably call forth the hatred and derision of some. But I fear God more than man.

When the Lord first gave me messages to deliver to His people, it was hard for me to declare them, and I often softened them down and made them as mild as possible for fear of grieving some. It was a great trial to declare the messages as the Lord gave them to me. I did not realize that I was so unfaithful and did not see the sin and danger of such a course until in vision I was taken into the presence of Jesus. He looked upon me with a frown and turned His face from me. It is not possible to describe the terror and agony I then felt. I fell upon my face before Him, but had no power to utter a word. Oh, how I longed to be covered and hid from that dreadful frown! Then could I realize, in some degree, what the feeling of the lost will be when they cry, “Mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.”

Presently an angel bade me rise, and the sight that met my eyes can hardly be described. A company was presented before me whose hair and garments were torn and whose countenances were the very picture of despair and horror. They came close to me and took their garments and rubbed them on mine. I looked upon my garments and saw that they were stained with blood, and that blood was eating holes in them. Again I fell like one dead at the feet of my accompanying angel. I could not plead one excuse. My tongue refused all utterance, and I longed to be away from such a holy place. Again the angel stood me upon my feet and said, “This is not your case now, but this scene has passed before you to let you know what your situation must be if you neglect to declare to others what the Lord has revealed to you. But if you are faithful to the end, you shall eat of the tree of life and shall drink of the river of the water of life. You will have to suffer much, but the grace of God is sufficient.” I then felt willing to do all that the Lord might require me to do that I might have His approbation and not feel His dreadful frown.

I have frequently been falsely charged with teaching views peculiar to Spiritualism. But before the editor of the Day-Star [see Appendix.] ran into that delusion, the Lord gave me a view of the sad and desolating effects that would be produced upon the flock by him and others in teaching the spiritual views. I have often seen the lovely Jesus, that He is a person. I asked Him if His Father was a person and had a form like Himself. Said Jesus, “I am in the express image of My Father’s person.”

I have often seen that the spiritual view took away all the glory of heaven, and that in many minds the throne of David and the lovely person of Jesus have been burned up in the fire of Spiritualism. I have seen that some who have been deceived and led into this error will be brought out into the light of truth, but it will be almost impossible for them to get entirely rid of the deceptive power of Spiritualism. Such should make thorough work in confessing their errors and leaving them forever.

I recommend to you, dear reader, the Word of God as the rule of your faith and practice. By that Word we are to be judged. God has, in that Word, promised to give visions in the “last days”; not for a new rule of faith, but for the comfort of His people, and to correct those who err from Bible truth. Thus God dealt with Peter when He was about to send him to preach to the Gentiles. (Acts 10.).

To those who may circulate this little work, I would say that it is designed for the sincere only and not for those who would ridicule the things of the Spirit of God.

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Early Writings, pp.74-78.
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1844 Sermon - Walter Veith

903 - 1844 Sermon - Walter Veith

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Published on May 16, 2013


What was the day that changed the world? A look at the advent movement and Satan's efforts to counter the full truth of the gospel.

http://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/11...

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Why Christ Delays His Coming

But this I say, brethren, the time is short. 1 Cor. 7:29a *

The angels of God in their messages to men represent time as very short. Thus it has always been presented to me. It is true that time has continued longer than we expected in the early days of this message. Our Saviour did not appear as soon as we hoped. But has the word of the Lord failed? Never! It should be remembered that the promises and threatenings of God are alike conditional. {Mar 61.1}

God had committed to His people a work to be accomplished on earth. The third angel's message was to be given, the minds of believers were to be directed to the heavenly sanctuary, where Christ had entered to make atonement for His people. The Sabbath reform was to be carried forward. The breach in the law of God must be made up. The message must be proclaimed with a loud voice, that all the inhabitants of earth might receive the warning. The people of God must purify their souls through obedience to the truth, and be prepared to stand without fault before Him at His coming. {Mar 61.2}

Had Adventists, after the great disappointment in 1844, held fast their faith, and followed on unitedly in the opening providence of God, receiving the message of the third angel and in the power of the Holy Spirit proclaiming it to the world, . . .the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts, the work would have been completed, and Christ would have come ere this to receive His people to their reward. {Mar 61.3}

But in the period of doubt and uncertainty that followed the disappointment, many of the advent believers yielded their faith. . . . Thus the work was hindered, and the world was left in darkness. . . . {Mar 61.4}

For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord's professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years. {Mar 61.5}

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Maranatha, E. G. White, p.61.

* Replaced Goodspeed with King James Version (KJV) .

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1844 and the Final Onslaught

Walter J. Veith explains the events which took place in 1844 with the rise of the Adventist church/movement to the rise of other faiths and organizations. He exposes false systems, religions and organizations and doctrines while incorporating Gods word into the matter.

This video deals with the culmination of the 2300 day/year prophecy of Daniel 8 & 9. It shows that the same animosity which culminated in the crucifixion of Christ will be manifested at the close of time. In the corridors of secret societies, and in new age thinking, there is a movement to destroy those who believe in salvation in Christ alone, and in the veracity of His word. Evidence is presented for the plans to eradicate those who stand for truth and righteousness.

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On This Day: Jesus Christ did not return as predicted

October 22, 7:21 AM

This Day in History Examiner

Patricia Hysell

October 22, 1844: Jesus Christ does not return to Earth. William Miller was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1782 and had little formal education although he was well-read. His family moved around New England and after marrying, Miller settled in Poultney, Vermont where he held a number of civil offices. He was raised as a Baptist but became a Deist as a young man. After serving in the War of 1812 and wrestling with the meaning of death, he returned to the Baptist church and became a Baptist preacher. He studied the Bible diligently for his own benefit and to gain ammunition for debate with his Deist friends. Miller became convinced the actual date of the Second Coming was to be found in Scripture.

Miller "did the math" and was certain he found the correct date in 1818. His first calculations brought Jesus to Earth in 1843, however he continued his private study. In September 1822 Miller went public with his revelations. In 1832 he sent 16 articles to the Vermont Telegraph, a Baptist paper, for print. By 1840 Miller's following burst out of Vermont and he became a national figure. He was helped in this by publisher Joshua Vaughn Hines who spread his message via print. Miller did not give an exact date for Christ's reappearance, stating it would happen between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844. On March 22, 1844 the date was moved to April 18. In August, after much recalculation, the date October 22, 1844 was chosen.

Miller's followers, called Millerites, were deeply saddened on October 23 and many abandoned their beliefs. Some of his followers continued to learn from him and eventually founded the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, based on many of his teachings. Not everyone was sanguine in regards to the failed prophecy. Millerites were taunted, subjected to ridicule and even physically assaulted. One church was burned and a mob armed with clubs and knives attacked a group of Millerites. Another group of believers was tarred and feathered.

The bewildered and disillusioned included even Miller, who died in 1849 while still awaiting his Savior's return. The responses of the believers were of three varieties. By 1845 religious doctrines began to gel. Joseph Turner led the first sect, holding to the "shut door" theology. If a believer did not accept gospel prior to the Second Coming, the door of opportunity would close and the individual was beyond redemption. Joshua Hines refused to accept the shut door philosophy especially after the no-show in 1844. The third group, led by Hiram Edson, said the date was correct but the event itself was misinterpreted. He preached Jesus' return happened on this date. It was given that the return was to heaven and not to this mortal realm.

"I was thus brought… to the solemn conclusion, that in about twenty-five years from that time 1818 all the affairs of our present state would be wound up." – William Miller

"I waited all Tuesday [October 22] and dear Jesus did not come;– I waited all the forenoon of Wednesday, and was well in body as I ever was, but after 12 o’clock I began to feel faint, and before dark I needed someone to help me up to my chamber, as my natural strength was leaving me very fast, and I lay prostrate for 2 days without any pain– sick with disappointment." – Henry Emmons

"Our fondest hopes and expectations were blasted, and such a spirit of weeping came over us as I never experienced before....We wept, and wept, till the day dawn." – Hiram Edson

"Some are tauntingly enquiring, 'Have you not gone up?' Even little children in the streets are shouting continually to passersby, 'Have you a ticket to go up?' The public prints, of the most fashionable and popular kind…are caricaturing in the most shameful manner of the 'white robes of the saints.'" – William Miller, letter dated November 18, 1844

Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-10909-This-Day-in-History-Examiner~y2009m10d22-On-This-Day-Jesus-Christ-did-not-return-as-predicted?cid=channel-rss-Education_and_Schools

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Our Sanctuary Doctrine

Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Dan. 8:14.

God bids us give our time and strength to the work of preaching to the
people the messages that stirred men and women in 1843 and 1844. . . .

My brethren, take your position where God bids you. Leave alone those
who, after light has been repeatedly given them, have taken a stand on
the opposite side. . . . Take up the work which has been given us. With
the Word of God as your message, stand on the platform of truth and
proclaim the soon coming of Christ. Truth, eternal truth, will prevail.

For more than half a century [i.e., since 1844] the different points of
present truth have been questioned and opposed. New theories have been
advanced as truth, which were not truth, and the Spirit of God revealed
their error. As the great pillars of our faith have been presented, the
Holy Spirit has borne witness to them, and especially is this so
regarding the truths of the sanctuary question. Over and over again the
Holy Spirit has in a marked manner endorsed the preaching of this
doctrine. But today, as in the past, some will be led to form new
theories and to deny the truths upon which the Spirit of God has placed
His approval.

Any man who seeks to present theories which would lead us from the light
that has come to us on the ministration in the heavenly sanctuary should
not be accepted as a teacher. A true understanding of the sanctuary
question means much to us as a people. When we were earnestly seeking
the Lord for light on that question, light came. In vision I was given
such a view of the heavenly sanctuary, and the ministration connected
with the holy place, that for many days I could not speak of it.

I know from the light that God has given me that there should be a
revival of the messages that have been given in the past, because men
will seek to bring in new theories, and will try to prove that these
theories are scriptural, whereas they are error, which, if allowed a
place, will undermine faith in the truth. We are not to accept these
suppositions and pass them along as truth. No, no; we must not move from
the platform of truth on which we have been established.

There will always be those who are seeking for something new, and who
stretch and strain the Word of God to make it support their ideas and
theories. Let us, brethren, take the things that God has given us, and
which His Spirit has taught us is truth, and believe them, leaving alone
those theories which His Spirit has not endorsed.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 271.
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Source: http://egwlists.whiteestate.org/pipermail/devotional/2005/000466.html

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The Shut Door Defined

The Shut Door Defined

For a time after the disappointment in 1844, I did hold in common with the Advent body, that the door of mercy was then forever closed to the world. This position was taken before my first vision was given me. It was the light given me of God that corrected our error, and enabled us to see the true position. I am still a believer in the shut door theory, but not in the sense in which we at first employed the term or in which it is employed by my opponents.

There was a shut door in Noah's day. There was at that time a withdrawal of the Spirit of God from the sinful race that perished in the waters of the flood. God Himself gave the shut door message to Noah: "My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."

There was a shut door in the days of Abraham. Mercy ceased to plead with the inhabitants of Sodom, and all but Lot with his wife and two daughters, were consumed by the fire sent down from heaven.

There was a shut door in Christ's day. The Son of God declared to the unbelieving Jews of that generation, "Your house is left unto you desolate."

Looking down the stream of time to the last days, the same infinite power proclaimed through John: "These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth."

"I was shown in vision, and I still believe, that there was a shut door in 1844. All who saw the light of the first and second angel's messages and rejected that light, were left in darkness. And those who accepted it and received the Holy Spirit which attended the proclamation of the message from heaven, and who afterward renounced their faith and pronounced their experience a delusion, thereby rejected the Spirit of God, and it no longer pleaded with them.

Those who did not see the light, had not the guilt of its rejection. It was only the class who had despised the light from heaven that the Spirit of God could not reach. And this class included, as I have stated, both those who refused to accept the message when it was presented to them, and also those who, having received it, afterward renounced their faith. These might have a form of godliness, and profess to be followers of Christ, but having no living connection with God, they would be taken captive by the delusions of Satan. These two classes are brought to view in the vision, --- those who declared the light which they followed, a delusion, and the wicked of the world who, having rejected the light, had been rejected of God. No reference is made to those who had not seen the light, and therefore were not guilty of its rejection.

In order to prove that I believed and taught the shut door doctrine, Mr. ---------- gives a quotation from the Review of June 11, 1861, signed by nine of our prominent members. The quotation reads as follows: "Our views of the work before us were then mostly vague and indefinite, some still retaining the idea adopted by the body of Advent believers in 1844 with William Miller at their head, that our work for 'the world' was finished and that the message was confined to those of the original Advent faith. So firmly was this believed, that one of our number was nearly refused the message, the individual presenting it having doubts of the possibility of his salvation because he was not in 'the '44 movement'".

To this I need only to add that in the same meeting in which it was urged that the message could not be given to this brother (J. H. Waggoner) , a testimony was given me through vision to encourage him to hope in God and to give his heart fully to Jesus, which he did then and there.

[E. G. White].

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(an excerpt from)

A Word to the
Little Flock

by James White

May 1847

Source: http://www.earlysda.com/flock/lflock-egwhite.html
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The Second Angel's Message

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WHO IS BABYLON?
Babylon is fallen, but who, or what is Babylon?

Revelation 17 represents Babylon by the symbol of a woman seated on a scarlet colored beast. Here we already see that Babylon cannot represent the whole fallen world. If it did, what does the beast represent upon which the woman is seated? The same chapter represents the unlawful connection of Babylon with the kings of the earth, and that she has made the inhabitants of the earth drunken. Babylon is also represented as that great city that reigns over the kings of the earth. So Babylon is distinct from the kings of the earth, and therefore does not include all the wicked of the earth.

When Babylon is destroyed, being thrown down as a millstone is cast into the mighty deep, and utterly burned with fire, the kings and the merchants, the sailors, etc, are still around and mourn and lament. So the destruction of Babylon is not the destruction of those wicked men who lived in iniquity with her.

Now we say Babylon is Roman Catholicism. She sits on seven hills and rules over kings so there there is strong support for this. But is this conclusive? We see that there are also "daughters" which constitute Babylon.

A woman is the symbol of a church. The pure woman of Revelation 12 symbolizes Christ's bride- His people— His church. A harlot is the symbol of an unfaithful bride or church. The harlot and her daughters therefore would not be limited to a single ecclesiastical body; but many. Babylon has made all the nations drunk with her wine; it can therefore symbolize nothing less than the universal worldly church.

The fact that the people of God are in the midst of Babylon even near the end of time, before the plagues fall— for Rev. 18 says "come out of her MY people that you receive not her plagues" proves that she is a professedly religious body.

What constitutes the fall of Babylon?

The fall of Babylon according to Revelation 18 is her acceptance of the wrong spirits. She becomes the hold of every foul spirit. Her rejection of truth grieves the Holy Spirit and leaves her open to the deceptive spirits.

Her fall also includes her unlawful union with the kings of the earth. As well as the wine with which she has intoxicated the nations of the earth. The wine represents false doctrines.

Now how does this fit into 1844?


During the preaching of the 1st angel's message the Christians were all in the various churches. Obviously if they were called out of Babylon, it was not a call out of one specific church. Yet these Protestant churches were at the beginning of the call not spoken of as fallen. The message was a message from heaven to awaken the Christian churches from their drift into worldly conformity, their unscriptural hope of a blessed earthly millennium, and adherence to other papal errors which they had not thrown off at the Reformation. If all the churches had accepted the message and moved forward, America would have been changed totally. The power of the Holy spirit to change lives and bring people into that transformed new life of obedience to God's commandments would have been tremendous.

During the first angel's message, believing people searched their hearts and sought after the Lord for an ever closer relationship— they realized what it meant to prepare themselves to see their God. It became their whole life. The churches involved had to make a decision, they either had to support this movement or turn away. For those who heard the message and had members who embraced it, there was no middle ground. The main body of the churches turned against the message. The believers were pushed out. They left the churches.

Now some say these churches only rejected the date. No, there was much more to it than that! They rejected everything Miller and his followers had discovered. Including the concepts of the second coming, the millennium, and the importance of uplifting of standards. They set themselves in opposition and have continued in opposition.

They set themselves in opposition to the prophetic understanding of the day/year principles which eventually lead to the rejection of the historic methods of interpreting prophecies. This of course, totally obliterates the main issues in Revelation as to who and what the great coming deceptions will be. They rejected the judgment message and as a result rejected the Sabbath, and as a result of rejecting the Sabbath, they had to get rid of the ten commandments. This lead to an elaborate counter structure to prove to the world that God's commandments did not fit into the plan of salvation, and the Sabbath was just a Jewish ceremony.

This of course completely obliterates the whole issue of the testing and trials in the last days when God's people will be identified as they who keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.

Roman Catholicism had fallen years earlier. The Reformation was a call to come out of Rome. The Protestant churches were the daughters of the harlot, they had determined they would not follow in their mother's footsteps, but gradually they are being pulled into the same lifestyle as their mother.

When they rejected the 1st angels message, they set themselves on the slippery road to becoming like their mother. They rejected the advancing light and upheld the wine of many papal and other false doctrines, and are even now thinking and trying to commit fornication with the kings of the earth. In 1844 the people were called to come out and advance rather than slid back. They were to come out and be distinctive.

Revelation 18 repeats the call to come out— the call continues until the plagues come. There is no doubt that God has many dear saints united with the various bodies of professed Christians. These will yet hear the call given in Rev. 18:4

Retreated back to Babylon on state of Death Doctrine

This second urgent cry to come out of Babylon informs us that she has become the hold of foul spirits. The immortality of the soul is almost a universally accepted doctrine in the Protestant churches. The concept of soul sleep was known to the Reformers. They were made aware that upon the false theory of man's immortal soul was built the whole Roman doctrine of purgatory and hell, as well as praying to saints and Mary. It was stated that this false concept of the soul was derived, not from the Bible, but from the Neoplatonism of Augustine. Petrus Pomponatus in his work, "On the Immortality of the Soul", said the soul was not immortal, and therefore had no conscious existence after the death of the body, but was in unconscious "sleep" until the resurrection. Pomponatus' teaching gained wide currency and was brought back by scholars such as Karlstadt and Westerburg to Germany. Luther himself declared, while defending himself against the papal bull of 1520, "The immortality of the soul was only a papal opinion to make it possible for them to hold fast to human dreams and doctrines of devils." He frequently referred to the "sleep" of the dead in his sermons and commentaries. But later referred less and less to it. Tyndale declared that: "in putting them (souls of the dead) in heaven, hell and purgatory you destroy the arguments wherewith Christ and Paul proves the resurrection"

Michael Sattler was an Anabaptist leader taken to trial by the Catholic authorities. Among other charges against which he defended himself, was the charge that he denied Mary and the saints because of his belief that the dead were in unconscious sleep until the resurrection. Sattler was brutally executed with three others.

Yet now, the protestant churches almost unanimously declare the dead do not really die. Leaving them wide open for spiritualistic manifestations.

Retreated back to Babylon on Sabbath Understanding

The same is true for the Sabbath. History reveals the gradual change from the Sabbath to Sunday. The Roman Catholic Church claimed the change to be the sign of her authority over the laws of God. Then we see the first angel gave the call to return to the Worship of our Creator God. The saints are those who keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus. Therefore the trademark of Babylon is in opposition to this call! The trademark is Sunday!

Yet the Sabbath was also introduced to the reformers. Oswald Glait in the 1520's pointed out that the true Sabbath was the seventh and not the first day of the week. Sabbath keeping groups sprang up in Moravia, Bohemia and Austria. The Seventh-day Baptists are descendants of these groups. Yet when the Sabbath truth came in it's full blaze of evidence shortly after 1844 the protestant churches refused it. They have since established a massive counter reaction against the Sabbath, even to claiming God did away with His moral ten commandment law in order to maintain their position against God's holy Sabbath day. Once again the Protestant churches have refused to cut their ties to the wine of Babylon and have adopted and are vigorously defending the sign which the papacy claims shows it has authority over God's laws, in direct opposition of the angel's clear call to worship the Creator God upon the day commanded.

COME OUT MY PEOPLE

The duty of the people of God is plainly expressed, "Come Out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues." Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities; she has united herself to the kings of earth and confided in the arm of flesh, and not in Jehovah. In the name of assurance of salvation, she has smoothed down the threatenings of God against the result of rebelling against His commandments. Worldly pursuits, pleasures and pride fill the heart where the Holy Spirit is to reign.

To leave Babylon it is not enough to separate from the denominations which sustain her errors. It is necessary to renounce these errors by receiving the truth of God, and it is necessary, also, to renounce the sins of Babylon by true repentance. Protestants do not have to be part of Babylon if they had only continued in receiving the truths as they were revealed.

The biggest problem of Babylon is the unconverted state of many of its members. With the lose of baptism— (another doctrine that was rediscovered by the Anabaptists and strongly opposed, with persecution, by the mainline Protestants)— the whole concept that a person dies to the old way of life and rises in newness of life in Christ Jesus, is lost. The putting away of the old sinful lifestyle and habits, the burying them in the watery grave, dying with Christ, and arising to a totally new life committed fully and completely to Christ is essential to true Christianity.

How does a church commit fornication?

The church commits fornication with the kings of the earth. In other words the church turns to political powers for her strength. Protestant America will form an image or replica to the beast. How did the original beast operate?

When the early church departed from truth and began to incorporate pagan teachings, they lost the power of the true Holy Spirit who convicts people of sin, and converts them, and teaches them to walk in the ways of the Lord. But once this heavenly power to transform lives was pushed aside with false teachings and admission of unconverted multitudes into the church, corruption resulted. Then the church turned to political powers to force the multitudes to obey the laws the church decreed.

And what do we see in America right now? We see a real movement under the Christian New Right to make America a "Christian" nation, to bring "Judeo-Christian" values back to America. Just as when the church first linked with the state, American Christianity today is full of all manner of corruption, false doctrines, and unbiblical traditions. Most Christians cannot be identified from the worldling.

The rise of the New Right and the sudden thrust of Christians into the politcal arena indicates a church that has lost the power of God's Spirit. Unable to "control the consciences" of the people, it seeks the "support of the secular power" instead.

The church forms her unlawful union with the kings of the earth, the political powers, so she may profit by their revenues, and that she may use this power to persecute those who do not accept her dogmas.

Babylon will be the great kingdom of false worship which overspreads the earth in the last days. But God will vindicate His faithful, who keep the commandments and have the faith of Jesus. Babylon will come to a sudden and awful end, but those in whose hearts, God's kingdom is established will go to the eternal kingdom of God.

Source: http://dedication.www3.50megs.com/secondangel.html