Monday, October 22, 2007

THREE MESSAGES OF REVELATION 14:6-12.

Three Messages of Revelation 14:6-12

by J.N.Andrews

Preface


THE Bible is full of references to the second advent of the Saviour and the events of the great day of God. It represents that day as the great day of his wrath; as the time when destruction from the Almighty shall come upon the wicked, and when the land shall be made desolate, and the sinners thereof destroyed out of it. The language of the inspired writers expresses in the most vivid manner the awful and terrific scenes of that day in which God arises from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth.

Shall mankind have no warning when this destruction is about to burst upon them? Shall there be no token of coming wrath to arrest the guilty in their downward career? Shall irretrievable ruin swallow up a sinful world, and God give them no intimation of its approach?

Such was not the case with the antediluvian world, nor has it ever been the manner of the just Judge of all the earth to visit mankind in judgment without giving them warning of the coming vengeance. The attentive reader of the prophets will find ample testimony in proof of this statement. The judgments of God upon Jerusalem, Samaria, Tyre, Nineveh, and Babylon, are striking illustrations of this fact. Shall we conclude that the last and most dreadful judgment of God shall come upon our earth without previous warning to its inhabitants?

The people of God at the commencement of the great day of wrath will be translated into his everlasting kingdom. That is, they will be clothed upon with immortality, and will never taste of death. What will prepare the saints of the last generation for such a distinguished honor? Will they be found at their Lord's return in a state of confusion and anarchy? Will this be their condition when their returning Lord shall take them in a body unto himself? As the people of God, one by one, have fallen victims to the power of death, and individual work of preparation has been all that was requisite; but when the time comes that all the saints of God who are alive shall in one body be taken into glory, surely something further than an individual work is necessary. By what means shall the saints of God be gathered in one people and prepared for translation? What mighty truths has God in reserve for the last generation, with which to accomplish this great work? In answer to these questions, we cite the fourteenth chapter of Revelation.

The design of the three great proclamations of this chapter, is, first, to give warning of coming judgments; secondly, to set the people of God upon their watch-tower; thirdly, to gather in one body the scattered saints; and, fourthly, to restore the commandments of God to his people, and to prepare them for deliverance in the time of trouble, and for translation into his kingdom.

Such is the work presented in Rev. 14. It gives the world warning, and leaves them without excuse; it lights up the pathway of the saints; and yet, with its trial of patience it shakes off the heartless, and gives the men of the world, notwithstanding its warning, a chance to lull themselves into security, when the wrath of God hangs over their heads. Shall not these great truths arrest attention? Shall it be with us as with the antediluvians, who, warned of the coming destruction, nevertheless knew not until it came and took them all away? When the Son of man cometh, who of us shall be able to say, "Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us. "?

J. N. A.
Battle Creek, Mich., Jan., 1877.

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THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES--EW

The Three Angels' Messages
Early Writings of Ellen G. White, p. 232-241, 254-258
The First Angel's Message

I saw that God was in the proclamation of the time in 1843. It was His design to arouse the people and bring them to a testing point, where they should decide for or against the truth. Ministers were convinced of the correctness of the positions taken on the prophetic periods, and some renounced their pride, and left their salaries and their churches to go forth from place to place to give the message. But as the message from heaven could find a place in the hearts of but few of the professed ministers of Christ, the work was laid upon many who were not preachers. Some left their fields to sound the message, while others were called from their shops and their merchandise. And even some professional men were compelled to leave their professions to engage in the unpopular work of giving THE FIRST ANGEL'S MESSAGE.

Ministers laid aside their sectarian views and feelings and united in proclaiming the coming of Jesus. Wherever the message was given, it moved the people. Sinners repented, wept, and prayed for forgiveness, and those whose lives had been marked with dishonesty were anxious to make restitution. Parents felt the deepest solicitude for their children. Those who received the message labored with their unconverted friends and relatives, and with their souls bowed with the weight of the solemn message, warned and entreated them to prepare for the coming of the Son of man. Those cases were most hardened that would not yield to such a weight of evidence set home by heartfelt warnings. This SOUL-PURIFYING WORK led the affections away from worldly things to A CONSECRATION NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED.

Thousands were led to embrace the truth preached by William Miller, and servants of God were raised up in the spirit and power of Elijah to proclaim the message. Like John, the forerunner of Jesus, those who preached this solemn message felt compelled to lay the ax at the root of the tree, and call upon men to bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Their testimony was calculated to arouse and powerfully affect the churches and manifest their real character. And as the solemn warning to flee from the wrath to come was sounded, many who were united with the churches received the healing message; they saw their backslidings, and with bitter tears of repentance and deep agony of soul, humbled themselves before God. And as the Spirit of God rested upon them, they helped to sound the cry, "FEAR GOD, AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM; FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME."

The preaching of definite time called forth great opposition from all classes, from the minister in the pulpit down to the most reckless, heaven-daring sinner. "No man knoweth the day nor the hour," was heard from the hypocritical minister and the bold scoffer. Neither would be instructed and corrected by those who were pointing to the year when they believed the prophetic periods would run out, and to the signs which showed Christ near, even at the doors. Many shepherds of the flock, who professed to love Jesus, said that they had no opposition to the preaching of Christ's coming, but they objected to the definite time. God's all-seeing eye read their hearts. They did not love Jesus near. They knew that their unchristian lives would not stand the test, for they were not walking in the humble path marked out by Him. These false shepherds stood in the way of the work of God. The truth spoken in its convincing power aroused the people, and like the jailer, they began to inquire, "What must I do to be saved?" But these shepherds stepped in between the truth and the people, and preached smooth things to lead them from the truth. They united with Satan and his angels, crying, "Peace, peace," when there was no peace. Those who loved their ease and were content with their distance from God would not be aroused from their carnal security. I saw that angels of God marked it all; the garments of those unconsecrated shepherds were covered with the blood of souls.

Ministers who would not accept this saving message themselves hindered those who would have received it. The blood of souls is upon them. Preachers and people joined to oppose this message from heaven and to persecute William Miller and those who united with him in the work. Falsehoods were circulated to injure his influence; and at different times after he had plainly declared the counsel of God, applying cutting truths to the hearts of his hearers, great rage was kindled against him, and as he left the place of meeting, some waylaid him in order to take his life. But angels of God were sent to protect him, and they led him safely away from the angry mob. His work was not yet finished.

The most devoted gladly received the message. They knew that it was from God and that it was delivered at the right time. Angels were watching with the deepest interest the result of the heavenly message, and when the churches turned from and rejected it, they in sadness consulted with Jesus. He turned His face from the churches and bade His angels faithfully watch over the precious ones who did not reject the testimony, for ANOTHER LIGHT WAS YET TO SHINE UPON THEM.

I saw that if professed Christians had loved their Saviour's appearing, if they had placed their affections on Him, and had felt that there was none upon the earth to be compared with Him, they would have hailed with joy the first intimation of His coming. But the dislike which they manifested, as they heard of their Lord's coming, was a decided proof that they did not love Him. Satan and his angels triumphed, and cast it in the face of Christ and His holy angels, that His professed people had so little love for Jesus that they did not desire His second appearing.

I saw the people of God joyful in expectation, looking for their Lord. But God designed to prove them. HIS HAND COVERED A MISTAKE in the reckoning of the prophetic periods. Those who were looking for their Lord did not discover this mistake, and the most learned men who opposed the time also failed to see it. God designed that His people should meet with a disappointment. The time passed, and those who had looked with joyful expectation for their Saviour were sad and disheartened, while those who had not loved the appearing of Jesus, but embraced the message through fear, were pleased that He did not come at the time of expectation. Their profession had not affected the heart and purified the life. The passing of the time was well calculated to reveal such hearts. They were the first to turn and ridicule the sorrowful, disappointed ones who really loved the appearing of their Saviour. I saw the wisdom of God in proving His people and giving them a searching test to discover those who would shrink and turn back in the hour of trial.

Jesus and all the heavenly host looked with sympathy and love upon those who had with sweet expectation longed to see Him whom their souls loved. Angels were hovering around them, to sustain them in the hour of their trial. Those who had neglected to receive the heavenly message were left in darkness, and God's anger was kindled against them, because they would not receive the light which He had sent them from heaven. Those faithful, disappointed ones, who could not understand why their Lord did not come, were not left in darkness. Again they were led to their Bibles to search the prophetic periods. THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIGURES, AND THE MISTAKE WAS EXPLAINED. They saw that the prophetic periods reached to 1844, and that the same evidence which they had presented to show that the prophetic periods closed in 1843, proved that they would terminate in 1844. Light from the Word of God shone upon their position, and they discovered a tarrying time--"Though it [the vision] tarry, wait for it." In their love for Christ's immediate coming, they had overlooked the tarrying of the vision, which was calculated to manifest the true waiting ones. Again they had a point of time. Yet I saw that many of them could not rise above their severe disappointment to possess that degree of zeal and energy which had marked their faith in 1843.

Satan and his angels triumphed over them, and those who would not receive the message congratulated themselves upon their farseeing judgment and wisdom in not receiving the delusion, as they called it. They did not realize that they were rejecting the counsel of God against themselves, and were working in union with Satan and his angels to perplex God's people, who were living out the heaven-sent message.

The believers in this message were oppressed in the churches. For a time, those who would not receive the message were restrained by fear from acting out the sentiments of their hearts; but the passing of the time revealed their true feelings. They wished to silence the testimony which the waiting ones felt compelled to bear, that the prophetic periods extended to 1844. With clearness the believers explained their mistake and gave the reasons why they expected their Lord in 1844. Their opposers could bring no arguments against the powerful reasons offered. Yet the anger of the churches was kindled; they were determined not to listen to evidence, and to shut the testimony out of the churches, so the others could not hear it. Those who dared not withhold from others the light which God had given them, were shut out of the churches; but Jesus was with them, and they were joyful in the light of His countenance. They were prepared to receive the MESSAGE OF THE SECOND ANGEL.

The Second Angel's Message

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.

Near the close of the SECOND ANGEL'S MESSAGE, I saw a great light from heaven shining upon the people of God. The rays of this light seemed bright as the sun. And I heard the voices of angels crying, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!"

This was the MIDNIGHT CRY, which was to GIVE POWER TO THE SECOND ANGEL'S MESSAGE. Angels were sent from heaven to arouse the discouraged saints and prepare them for the great work before them. The most talented men were not the first to receive this message. Angels were sent to the humble, devoted ones, and constrained them to raise the cry, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!" Those entrusted with the cry made haste, and in the power of the Holy Spirit sounded the message, and aroused their discouraged brethren. This work did not stand in the wisdom and learning of men, but in the power of God, and His saints who heard the cry could not resist it. The most spiritual received this message first, and those who had formerly led in the work were the last to receive and help swell the cry, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!"

In every part of the land, light was given upon the SECOND ANGEL'S MESSAGE, and the cry melted the hearts of thousands. It went from city to city, and from village to village, until the waiting people of God were fully aroused. In many churches the message was not permitted to be given, and a large company who had the living testimony left these fallen churches. A MIGHTY WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE MIDNIGHT CRY. The message was heart-searching, leading the believers to seek a living experience for themselves. They knew that they could not lean upon one another.

The saints anxiously waited for their Lord with fasting, watching, and almost constant prayer. Even some sinners looked forward to the time with terror; but the great mass manifested the spirit of Satan in their opposition to the message. They mocked and scoffed, repeating everywhere, "No man knoweth the day nor the hour." Evil angels urged them on to harden their hearts and to reject every ray of light from heaven, that they might be fastened in the snare of Satan. Many who professed to be looking for Christ had no part in the work of the message. The glory of God which they had witnessed, the humility and deep devotion of the waiting ones, and the overwhelming weight of evidence, caused them to profess to receive the truth; but they had not been converted; they were not ready for the coming of their Lord.

A spirit of solemn and earnest prayer was everywhere felt by the saints. A holy solemnity was resting upon them. Angels were watching with the deepest interest the effect of the message, and were elevating those who received it, and drawing them from earthly things to obtain large supplies from salvation's fountain. GOD'S PEOPLE WERE THEN ACCEPTED OF HIM. Jesus looked upon them with pleasure, for HIS IMAGE WAS REFLECTED IN THEM. They had made a full sacrifice, an entire consecration, and expected to be changed to immortality. But they were destined again to be sadly disappointed. The time to which they looked, expecting deliverance, passed; they were still upon the earth, and the effects of the curse never seemed more visible. They had placed their affections on heaven, and in sweet anticipation had tasted immortal deliverance; but their hopes were not realized.

The fear that had rested upon many of the people did not at once disappear; they did not immediately triumph over the disappointed ones. But as no visible tokens of God's wrath appeared, they recovered from the fear which they had felt and commenced their ridicule and scoffing. The people of God were again proved and tested. The world laughed and mocked and reproached them; and those who had believed without a doubt that Jesus would ere then have come to raise the dead, and change the living saints, and take the kingdom, to possess it forever, felt as did the disciples at the sepulcher of Christ, "They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him."

The Third Angel's Message

As the ministration of Jesus closed in the holy place, and He passed into the holiest, and stood before the ark containing the law of God, He sent another mighty angel with a third message to the world. A parchment was placed in the angel's hand, and as he descended to the earth in power and majesty, he proclaimed a fearful warning, WITH THE MOST TERRIBLE THREATENING EVER BORNE TO MAN. This message was designed to put the children of God upon their guard, by showing them the hour of temptation and anguish that was before them. Said the angel, "They will be brought into close combat with the beast and his image. Their only hope of eternal life is to remain steadfast. Although their lives are at stake, they must hold fast the truth." The third angel closes his message thus: "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." As he repeated these words, he pointed to the heavenly sanctuary. The minds of all who embrace this message are directed to the most holy place, where Jesus stands before the ark, making His final intercession for all those for whom mercy still lingers and for those who have ignorantly broken the law of God. This atonement is made for the righteous dead as well as for the righteous living. It includes all who died trusting in Christ, but who, not having received the light upon God's commandments, had sinned ignorantly in transgressing its precepts.

After Jesus opened the door of the most holy, the LIGHT OF THE SABBATH was seen, and the people of God were tested, as the children of Israel were tested anciently, to see if they would keep God's law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the disappointed ones the way to the holiest of the heavenly sanctuary. As they by faith enter the most holy, they find Jesus, and hope and joy spring up anew. I saw them looking back, reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down through their experience to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and certainty again animate them. The third angel has LIGHTED UP the PAST, the PRESENT, and the FUTURE, and they know that God has indeed led them by His mysterious providence.

It was represented to me that the remnant followed Jesus into the most holy place and beheld the ark and the mercy seat, and were captivated with their glory. Jesus then raised the cover of the ark, and lo! the tables of stone, with the ten commandments written upon them. They trace down the lively oracles, but start back with trembling when they see the fourth commandment among the ten holy precepts, with a brighter light shining upon it than upon the other nine, and a halo of glory all around it. They find nothing there informing them that the Sabbath has been abolished, or changed to the first day of the week. The commandment reads as when spoken by the voice of God in solemn and awful grandeur upon the mount, while the lightnings flashed and the thunders rolled; it is the same as when written with His own finger on the tables of stone: "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." They are amazed as they behold the care taken of the ten commandments. They see them placed close by Jehovah, overshadowed and protected by His holiness. They see that they have been trampling upon the fourth commandment of the decalogue, and have observed a day handed down by the heathen and papists, instead of the day sanctified by Jehovah. They humble themselves before God and mourn over their past transgressions.

I saw the incense in the censer smoke as Jesus offered their confessions and prayers to His Father. And as it ascended, a bright light rested upon Jesus and upon the mercy seat; and the earnest, praying ones, who were troubled because they had discovered themselves to be transgressors of God's law, were blessed, and their countenances lighted up with hope and joy. They joined in the work of the third angel and raised their voices to proclaim the solemn warning. But FEW AT FIRST RECEIVED IT; yet the faithful continued with energy to proclaim the message. THEN I SAW MANY EMBRACE THE MESSAGE OF THE THIRD ANGEL and unite their voices with those who had first given the warning, and they honored God by observing His sanctified rest day.

Many who embraced the third message had not had an experience in the two former messages. Satan understood this, and his evil eye was upon them to overthrow them; but the third angel was pointing them to the most holy place, and those who had had an experience in the past messages were pointing them the way to the heavenly sanctuary. Many saw the perfect chain of truth in the angels' messages, and gladly received them in their order, and followed Jesus by faith into the heavenly sanctuary. These MESSAGES WERE REPRESENTED to me as AN ANCHOR TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD. Those who understand and receive them will be kept from being swept away by the many delusions of Satan.

After the great disappointment in 1844, Satan and his angels were busily engaged in laying snares to unsettle the faith of the body. He affected the minds of persons who had had an experience in the messages, and who had an appearance of humility. Some pointed to the future for the fulfillment of the first and second messages, while others pointed far back into the past, declaring that they had been there fulfilled. These were gaining an influence over the minds of the inexperienced and unsettling their faith. Some were searching the Bible to build up a faith of their own, independent of the body. Satan exulted in all this; for he knew that those who broke loose from the anchor he could affect by different errors and drive about with divers winds of doctrine. Many who had led in the first and second messages now denied them, and there was division and confusion throughout the body.

My attention was then called to William Miller. He looked perplexed and was bowed with anxiety and distress for his people. The company who had been united and loving in 1844 were losing their love, opposing one another, and falling into a cold, backslidden state. As he beheld this, grief wasted his strength. I saw leading men watching him, and fearing lest he should receive the third angel's message and the commandments of God. And as he would lean toward the light from heaven, these men would lay some plan to draw his mind away. A human influence was exerted to keep him in darkness and to retain his influence among those who opposed the truth. At length William Miller raised his voice against the light from heaven. He failed in not receiving the message which would have fully explained his disappointment and cast a light and glory on the past, which would have revived his exhausted energies, brightened his hope, and led him to glorify God. He leaned to human wisdom instead of divine, but being broken with arduous labor in his Master's cause and by age, he was not as accountable as those who kept him from the truth. They are responsible; the sin rests upon them.

If William Miller could have seen the light of the third message, many things which looked dark and mysterious to him would have been explained. But his brethren professed so deep love and interest for him, that he thought he could not tear away from them. His heart would incline toward the truth, and then he looked at his brethren; they opposed it. Could he tear away from those who had stood side by side with him in proclaiming the coming of Jesus? He thought they surely would not lead him astray.

God suffered him to fall under the power of Satan, the dominion of death, and hid him in the grave from those who were constantly drawing him from the truth. Moses erred as he was about to enter the Promised Land. So also, I saw that William Miller erred as he was soon to enter the heavenly Canaan, in suffering his influence to go against the truth. Others led him to this; others must account for it. But angels watch the precious dust of this servant of God, and he will come forth at the sound of the last trump.

Source: http://www.sdabol.org/BOL%20Research/3ANGMESS.htm

POLAND: JOHN PAUL II SEEN IN FLAME

Flame in picture of bonfire said to resemble Pope John Paul II

Flame in picture of bonfire said to resemble Pope John Paul II
Story Published: Oct 19, 2007 at 7:33 AM PDT

By Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A photo of a bonfire taken by a Polish construction worker is creating a stir for the resemblance of the flames to a silhouette of the country's beloved son, the late Pope John Paul II.

The picture of the flames - said to resemble a silhouette of the pope bending in a gesture of blessing - has been featured in newspapers across Poland and other countries, including Germany and Italy.

Grzegorz Lukasik, 26, snapped the photo April 2 at a mountainside ceremony marking the second anniversary of the pope's death.

During John Paul's nearly 27-year papacy, villagers would light a fire on the Matyska mountain in southern Poland as a greeting to him when he would visit the area.

The Lukasik family showed the picture to Jadwiga Klimonda, of their Roman Catholic parish of St. Martin, and she posted it on a Web site dedicated to the pope, where it attracted media attention. There was no word if the photo had been evaluated to determine if it may have been altered.

"Let's be serious. We keep getting messages of this kind of things all the time - that someone saw Wojtyla's profile on a kitchen tile or that someone saw an angel on pictures from a funeral," Polish Monsignor Slawomir Oder, who is spearheading the cause to make the late pope a saint, was quoted as saying by Poland's PAP news agency. "The beatification process bases on things much, much more serious."

He was referring to John Paul by his given name, Karol Wojtyla.

Source: http://www.kcby.com/news/national/10668591.html

VAN CARRYING AMISH CRASHES, FIVE KILLED, 11 INJURED

Van carrying Amish crashes in Indiana, killing 5 and injuring 11

Van carrying Amish crashes in Indiana, killing 5 and injuring 11

Rescue officials help a young boy to a waiting ambulance after he was involved in a van crash around the 49-mile marker on I-69 Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21, 2007.

Story Published: Oct 21, 2007 at 5:52 PM PDT

By Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A van carrying Amish on an interstate highway veered out of control, overturned and ejected some passengers Sunday, killing five people and injuring 11, authorities said.

Two adults and three children were killed when the southbound van veered onto the grassy median, flipped over and came to rest in the northbound lanes of the highway about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, State Police Sgt. Rod Russell said.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash, he said.

The condition of the injured was unclear Sunday evening.

Some of the victims hailed from an Amish community in the Fort Wayne area, about 50 miles to the northeast. Authorities were trying to verify whether some victims came from other Amish communities across Indiana.

"We do believe that some were Amish," Russell said.

Amish people generally shun moasdern conveniences but sometimes enlist non-Amish as drivers.

At the scene, the van lay on its side with its roof gone. Traffic in both directions was stopped as authorities used the highway to land medical helicopters.

Seven such helicopters were called to the scene, said Bill Gosnell, director of the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency.

It was not clear at first how many people had been riding in the van, as survivors gave conflicting stories of 15, 16 or even 17 passengers. That led police and other responders to search for additional injured people until it became clear all people in the van were accounted for.

"It's controlled chaos, is what it is, when you have a situation like this," with ejections and many people injured, Russell said.

The crash occurred about 20 miles from the site of an April 2006 collision between a Taylor University van and a semitrailer rig that killed four students and a university employee.

The crash resulted in a highly publicized case of mistaken identity after the family of a student believed dead turned out to be another girl originally thought to have survived the crash.

In April, four Amish riding in a pickup were among eight people killed in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road.
Source: http://www.kcby.com/news/national/10705061.html

Sunday, October 21, 2007

RESPONSE TO (A) FERVENT SDA BRETHREN


Brethren G.,

1>Welcome to Biggerpicture Ministries homepage, a UK organisation dedicated to
the preservation, proclamation and proliferation of God's present truth in these
last "lays".
http://www.whoisjesuschrist.co.uk/WhoisJesusChrist.html (Link provided by your 'knowing
Jesus' blog.)
2>Though it will appear that it is about to "full", it will prove triumph
at the end. (Your comment ).
3>Laodecia allusion fantasy.
4>Wheat and the tares.
5>Who is the Church?

Firstly, let me greet you -----------, AS A brother, sister. Why do your type always
use pseudonyms; Why don't you identify yourselves by your given names? Are
you hiding behind a religious facade? Will you also deny Christ like Peter (Cephas,
Simon) did? When the push comes to persecution? Anyway, brethren I appreciate your
comment and your sincere concern for the flock. Who is the Church of God? Is it
the Corporate Structure? The buildings and real estate the SDA Corporate Registered
Trademark, so closely controls? Let's be frank. The Church is comprised of
faithful Christ-like believers that have accepted Christ's gift of salvation,
and will follow no one else. Read John Chapter 10.

Then on the wheat and tares, also the Laodecian Issue:

"Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity;
but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also
shalt be cut off".
Roman 11:22.


22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for
the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of
violence.

24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their
houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places
shall be defiled.

25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall
they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and
counsel from the ancients
....Ezekiel 7:22-26.



Read Ezekiel 34, and see what the Lord has in store for 'the haugty shepherds',
who mis-handle and claim God's flock as their own...



14They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the
battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in
the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence
shall devour him.

16But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like
doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity....Ezekiel
7: 14-16.



4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the
LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. ...

9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense
unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say,
We are delivered to do all these abominations?

11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first,
and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto
you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered
not;

14Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust,
and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even
the whole seed of Ephraim.

16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them,
neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee
....Jeremiah 7:4, 9-16.

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4Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not
arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding?
they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness,
saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into
the battle.

7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the
crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the
judgment of the LORD.

8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly
in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected
the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that
shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given
to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,
Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at
all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that
fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD
...
Jeremiah 8: 4-12.


As far as the Church, will it fall?
The Church will not, but everything that can be shaken-up will be shaken. That
Church, again, is not the worldly trademark Church, brethren! It is the true Church
of God. The ones dispersed through out the world, who have the testimony of Jesus,
and keep HIS commandments. Not the perpetrator bench warmers who follow Celebration,
Applause, Jewelry and adornments, who enjoy the same entertainment as the world
does. Who flocked in droves to go see "The Passion of The Christ", with
the rationale: "Surely, Sister White would not frown upon going to the Theater
to such films?" In essence, following all the customs (christmas-easter {astarte})and
traditions of the world, yet claiming to be the chosen people of God. What hypocrisy!
Israel is truly, an obstinate people. Then, and now.
Can't you see the Sadducees and Pharisees all around you in those congregations.
Claiming to know the Truth, yet allowing others to stumble
.


2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the
signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it move not.

5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because
they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is
it in them to do good. ...

21For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
--------Jeremiah 10: 2-5, 21.



1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond:
it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

2Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees
upon the high hills.

3O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to
the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee;
and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not:
for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh;
but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots
by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and
shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know
it?

10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according
to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches,
and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall
be a fool.

12A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they
that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the
LORD, the fountain of living waters.

14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou
art my praise.
Jeremiah 17: 1-14.

9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear,
all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird
yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall
not stand: for God is with us.

11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should
not walk in the way of this people, saying,

12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy;
neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be
your dread.

14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock
of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem.

15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and
be taken.

16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob,
and I will look for him.

18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for
wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits,
and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their
God? for the living to the dead?

20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it
is because there is no light in them
....Isaiah 8: 9-20.



With participation in the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches,
Bert B. Beach's gift of that SDA medallion to JPII in 1978, and participation
as an NGO through ADRA, also active membership at the United Nations, when the Chaplain
of the U.S. Senate is a SDA, all the talks with Lutherans, Episcopals, Catholics,
etc.; On how to get-along? And you think that the Corporate Church has not stepped
off the foundation? That a new organization is not needed, when the Conference
has 'transformed' the faith once delivered to the saints? Please pray and
ask for discernment.


"If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept
my Father's commandments, and abide in his love."
John 15:10.

Brethren, rest ye not on thine laurels, claiming the Church is un-moveable. Jesus
is not a respecter of persons. He loves those that do His will. Not those that
claim they are His, yet do their own thing!

"Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and
given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."...
Matthew 23: 43.

The Spirit of Prophesy, The Sanctuary message, The Three Angels' Messages, Justification
by Faith, The Sabbath, The Medical Missionary Message-Health Reform, are all fundamental
to the Seventh Day Adventist that I have come to know. I was born
in the Church, of a Seventh Day Adventist mother, who attended SDA schools.
Please forgive my digressions, but I weeep and tremble for the abomination of the
Church I see today: Advent Hope (name changes); Church's new Ecumenical Logo;
Celebration; Doubt in ,or No SOP; Ecumenism (Communism); Lack of Leadership; Homosexualty
condoned; Un-Biblical Ordination of Women; Cultural 'Relativity' Emphasis;
and the like. It is insulting, disgusting to think that God can call that Milieu
His Church?

"The church is in the Laodicean state. The presence of God is not in her midst."
--1NL 99 (1898).

"It has been some years since I have considered the General Conference as the
voice of God."--
17MR 216, (1898).

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
--1 Corinthians 16:22.

If you should receive this as a sincere warning from an honest brother, peace.
If not, continue your slumber, but I tremble for you salvation.


Arsenio

IMF WARNS OF INFLATION RISKS

IMF Warns of Inflation Risks

Sunday, October 21, 2007
WASHINGTON - Global economic leaders warned of inflation risks in advanced countries on the eve of the first World Bank meetings since Robert Zoellick took charge of an institution shaken by internal divisions and scandal.

The International Monetary Fund's policy-setting committee on Saturday noted rising food and oil prices and other indications of inflation in urging finance ministers and central bankers to stay focused on achieving price stability as well as on smoothing global financial market turbulence.

With meetings of the IMF and the Group of 7 industrialized countries over, attention turned to Sunday's meeting of the IMF's sister organization, the World Bank, and its policy-setting committee.

Zoellick, a former deputy secretary of state, trade representative and investment banker, took over from Paul Wolfowitz, a former defense secretary, who resigned in May in an ethics scandal.

Zoellick has been trying to "calm the waters" stirred by differences Wolfowitz had with some of the 185 member governments and the bank staff. A new strategy he has outlined would have the bank combat poverty, especially in Africa, help aid countries emerging from wars, and promote regional cooperation to combat disease and climate change.

Meetings opened with the G-7 countries - the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - pledging to limit the damage to the global economy caused when credit markets froze Aug. 9, triggered by troubles in the subprime U.S. mortgage market that spread to many other kinds of debt in the United States and other countries.

Washington police said protests of the World Bank and the IMF annual meetings were mostly peaceful so far, after a violent episode Friday night when a woman was hit on the head by a brick. Her injuries were unknown.

That happened in the upscale Georgetown neighborhood, 10 blocks east of the meeting site. Many of the delegates to the IMF and bank meetings stay and dine in Georgetown.

The IMF statement Saturday urged "continued vigilance to maintain well-functioning financial markets."

The ministers said they would continue "to work together to analyze the nature of the disturbances and consider lessons to be learned and actions needed to prevent further crises."

"The turbulence has revealed a number of problems that may be deeper than the specific episode that triggered the tensions," said Italian Economy Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, the new head of the IMF's policy-making committee.

The head of the IMF, Spain's Rodrigo de Rato, was optimistic despite the recent concerns about the credit market.

"The global economy is expanding from a solid foundation," he said.


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P.S. Might this be yet more propaganda from the banking/elitist establishment? I think not. This is how the powers that be telegraph their intents and trends. Yet, no one is listening to them. They are consumed with their every day survival rituals. Hunting and gathering, acquiring and spending, Building and destroying, etc. The enemy of Mankind is so brazen that he can tell them what to expect next, and still surprise them. Sleep must be the favorite past time of the worker bees, when they aren't working on the hive. Why is Georgetown so often mentioned in these news releases ???... Blogmaster

Saturday, October 20, 2007

WATCH OUT FOR THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT

Watch out for

THE ECUMENICAL
MOVEMENT!

In several newpapers we can read the following headlines: "People rally around joint meetings", "Many denominations come together for a week of prayer", "The different churches together in social-ethical forum", "Evangelicals and Catholics unite", "Fougner (bishop in the Lutheran Church) takes priests to the Vatican", "Religious World Parliament", "New World Order through global ethics" and so on. There is a huge movement at work gathering the world, not just politically, but religiously as well. The tactic seems to be obvious. Just as in politics, they have for a long time been working to form a centralisation. Bishops and priests have made their own system, a hierarchical system, where new guidelines are set up, by majority vote. Through the big councils of churches - like the World Alliance, the World Council of Churches, The Lutheran World Alliance and others, both faith and guidelines are chiselled out, which the rest of Christianity is supposed to adapt.

MAJORITY DECISIONS

The religious power elite has long ago decided on the so-called "democratic" model, where majority decisions shall prevail as guidelines. Church leaders have become slaves to majority decisions - decisions that are often contrary to the teachings of the Bible. Besides, this model eliminates one's personal responsibility.

The religious elite is trying to unite the different churches and denominations using keywords like ecumenism, solidarity, charismatic, joint services and prayer meetings, an ecumenical/Catholic communion, common songbooks and so on. The church leaders have for a long time tried to establish common articles of faith, which are often not based on a "thus saith the Lord". They set aside beliefs they do not agree on, even if these are clear Biblical truth.

The Catholic Church has all the time wanted to gather the world under her "wings". The methods have been varied, but after the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) the Catholic Church has worked more openly for an ecumenical movement. The Protestants are no longer called "heretics", but "our separated brethren".

Both in the Pope's so-called pastoral letter (encyclica) that appeared in 1995, and in the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II is an ardent supporter of Christian Unity - of course on the premises of the Catholic Church.

CLOSET CATHOLICS

Different methods are used in order to achieve unity. "Wolves in sheep's-clothing" and "closet-Catholics" are terms that give an indication of how several priests of the Danish State-Church for a long time have worked systematically through an exclusively closed brotherhood-lodge, in order to introduce the Catholic way of thinking, philosophy and theology in the Danish State-Church (Folkekirken).1

In the Norwegian newspaper "Aftenposten" March 16, 1994, a Norwegian organisation is referred to under the headline: "Media-shy order for priests and laymen." They desire to renew the church from within. The motto is the Latin "Ordo Crucis" (the Order of the Cross). They also work to introduce confessions and to practice the Lord's Supper with a more Catholic content. This is ecumenism at a high level.

RELIGIOUS UNITY

We also see how the great world preachers, like Benny Hinn, Billy Graham, Pat Robertsen, Robert Schuller, Paul Crouch and many others try to unite the different churches and build bridges, especially towards the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. The well known preacher, Robert Schuller says: "It is now time for us Protestants to go to the Holy Father in Rome and ask: How can we come home?" 2

Paul Crouch: "Protestantism has come to an end. I am eliminating the word Protestant even out of my vocabulary. I am not protesting anything anymore. It is time for Catholics and non-Catholics to come together as one in the Spirit and one in the Lord."2

The charismatic movement is also doing its best to unite different churches under false spiritual manifestations like screaming, miracles, faintings on command by touching people, hypnotic repetitions and suggestive words, ecstatic and uncontrolled laughter and so on. (You can read more about this in the brochure called "Watch out for the Charismatic Movement!")

Let us also briefly mention the special movement for men called the "Promise Keepers". The now world-wide movement helps to build bridges, create trust and establish relations between ministers from different nationalities, cultures and churches. This movement attempts to unite men in different churches through bonds of promises, which shall lead all churches to accept the Roman Catholic Church as the leading "Christian" church. "Promise Keepers", one of the mightiest movements at the end of this century, is preparing the churches for a global, religious unity - a new world order.

Here is another clear example of how different churches unite: "With standing ovations, followed by hymn singing, the synod carried unanimously (Nov. 15, 1994) that the Norwegian Church is going to sign the so-called Porvoo Declaration. This agreement implies an exstensive co-operation between the Lutheran state-churches in the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as the Anglican churches in Great Britain and Ireland. The declaration includes a complete theological and practical acknowledgement of each other's churches and offices. For all practical purposes it means that priests can conduct worship services in each other's churches."3

CATHOLIC INFILTRATION

We should also be aware of the fact that the Catholic Church for centuries has directed her efforts towards the field of education. They have their own schools and universities throughout the world, but for a long time they have placed their men and women into Protestant schools and universities. They work hard in order to place their men and women in positions where they are granted power to make important decisions. In that way they are able to influence both the religious as well as the political development according to their own ideas. Let us quote from their own sources confirming this point: "All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in the daily political life in the countries where they live. All Catholics should exert their power to cause the constitution of the states to be modelled on the principles of the true church."4

Opus Dei and the Jesuits are two groups within the Catholic Church that work systematically to infiltrate other churches, denominations, schools and so on. In the complete Jesuit oath we read about how these specially trained Catholics are encouraged to "among the Calvinists to be a Calvinist, among the Protestants generally to be a Protestant... and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among the Jews, that you might be able to gather together all information, for the benefit of your order (the Pope's) as a faithful soldier of the Pope." 5

As a Lutheran, a Pentecostal, an Adventist or a Baptist, the infiltrators of the Vatican will have great advantages to gain influence and positions in these churches. As time goes by it will give them an opportunity to influence the development in a Catholic direction. Do we see this trend in church life today?

In the complete oath of the Catholic frontline fighters, the Jesuits, they declare that they will work for the pope in the countries they travel to, and they promise to "do my utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to destroy all their pretended powers, regal or otherwise." 6

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

Here we see the kind of strategy the Catholic Church has in store for Protestant countries. They will destroy the independent nations and destroy Protestantism. Today we see that Protestantism is about to be eradicated because of Catholic infiltration and liberal theology. This is the purpose of the Catholic Church. They have placed their men and women inside the different church denominations and in politics, causing the state and the state-church now to educate the children along the lines of religious pluralism. We see this practised in the churches and in the educational system. In the new religious curriculum in our schools, the children are instructed in a mixture of religions. They are going to learn about Greek mythology, foreign religions and philosophy and ethics. In the curriculum (in Norway) it is stated that the pupils shall now "acquire knowledge and get experiences by working with"...the Jesuits and Ignatius de Loyola, a spiritist and the founder of the Jesuit Order. The subject also contains knowledge about Catholic history, Catholic tradition and its religious distinction. Pure Protestantism has for a long time gradually been undermined and destroyed, in harmony with the strategy and plan of the Catholic Church. Now the children and the young people are going to be seduced.

THE PROTESTANTS GIVE IN

Several Protestants today claim that Catholicism does not differ as much from Protestantism as it did earlier. It is correct to say that a change has taken place, but it is not the Papacy that has changed. Catholicism is today in truth quite similar to Protestantism because Protestantism has changed a lot since the time of the reformers.

Presently many Protestants have closed their eyes to the true character of Catholicism and the dangers its dominion is leading to. People need to wake up to resist the progress of this enemy, that threatens both civil and religious liberty.

The Roman Catholic Church now appears to the world from its most attractive and pleasant side. She dresses herself up in a "Christian" costume, but she has not changed. The principles of the Papacy are the same. The doctrines that were born in the Dark Ages still apply.

The Catholic Church is about to regain her former dominating influence - for example through the EU and the different alliances of churches. The Bible tells us that the whole world will wonder and follow the beast, which is the Papacy.7 Martin Luther said in his time: "It is plain that the marks of the Antichrist coincide with those of the pope's kingdom and his followers." 8. All the signs of the great Antichristian power that the Bible mentions fit the Papacy.

THE WORLD UNITES

When nearly the whole world unites with the Papacy, both religiously and politically, we understand that the prophecies of the Bible are about to be fulfilled. The Bible tells that the dragon = Satan (through spiritualism), the beast = the papacy, and the false prophet = fallen Protestantism, will unite in the end of time, prior to Jesus' coming. This tells us that the global unification we see today is one of the signs of the times that predicts the soon coming of Jesus.9 The Bible warns us therefore strongly not to join ecumenical alliances with the Papacy.

The Bible also describes the great Antichristian power as the "harlot". All the signs of the "harlot" fit the Papacy.10 "The harlot" also has some harlot-daughters, and they will co-operate with "the harlot". Do we see that this is being fulfilled today, among other things through the ecumenical movement?

In Revelation chapter 18, verses 1-4, we are very strongly urged to GO OUT from Babylon (the Papacy and fallen Protestantism). We read in verse 4: "COME OUT OF HER ,MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

If you and I consider ourselves to be a part of the people of God, then we must not join ecume-nical alliances with the Papacy and fallen Protestantism. We are called upon to give a loud and clear warning to GO OUT of this false ecumenical movement that is trying to unite the world under false, misleading and unbiblical doctrines. Do you wish to respond to the call from the Bible? It will be for your own good, and bring freedom into your life.

The ecumenical movement urges us to join it. But we must not accept unity for the sake of unity alone, just in order to be a part of it. True Christian unity has to be built on all that Jesus represented, both in faith, life and teaching. It must be unity based on Biblical principles and not on majority decisions, that often are departures from a "thus saith the Lord". Ecumenism and Catholicism are therefore a departure from, and a hindrance to, true Christian unity.

THE ALTERNATIVE

When the three-folded message in Revelation 14, verses 6-12, and the message of going out of Babylon are preached with a loud voice, then these messages will stir the world. Then all men will have to make a choice, politicians, religious leaders, industrial workers, farmers, fishermen, bankers - ALL. Each one will have to choose if he or she will still be governed by the false system of Babylon, or break away and place themselves fully on the side of Jesus.

  • When you say yes to Jesus, you accept His grace and salvation as a free gift by faith.11

  • When you say yes to Jesus, you will be free from the slavery of sin in your life.12

  • When you say yes to Jesus, you will, by Gods help, turn away from sin.13

Let us be determined in our mind and life to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, and sincerely pray for power and strength to live the right way, both towards God and men, so that we may be clean - by the power of the blood of the Lamb - when Jesus will soon come and gather His people.14

A true disciple of Jesus will follow Him and preach the truths of the Bible, and not follow the traditions of men and their customs. He will appeal to people to be converted, which means that we acknowledge our own sins, repent, confess our sins, ask forgiveness and accept the gift of salvation.15 He will encourage people to give up sin - by the help of the Holy Spirit.16 He will preach that salvation must not be taken for granted, but that "whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life."17 He will be a servant, just like Jesus. He will practise the baptism of Jesus, a baptism of faith.18 He will gladly, because he has received The Holy Spirit, practise the ten commandments, including the Sabbath commandment,19 and not hide the fact that we all shall stand before God and everything we do will be brought to judgement.20

A true follower of Jesus will - by the help of the end-time prophecies of the Bible - understand the signs of the times, and preach that "The kingdom of heaven is at hand."21

Those who put their faith and trust in the Lord have a glorious hope for the future. In all the misery prevailing on our planet, they will understand that this is only a sign of the times, showing that Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world, will soon return! They will understand that this is something we have to go through before the second coming of Jesus. "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."22

It will cost something to be different - different from the customs of the world and its way of life. But if you have chosen Jesus, then you have chosen life - eternal life.17

CONCLUSION

The Bible reveals that the division between "the harlot" (the Catholic Church) and "the harlot-daughters" (those who co-operate and enter into alliances with the Catholic Church) on the one hand, and those who choose to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and serve Him on the other hand, will be more and more clear. This division and this conflict have already started. This process is now going on. We see it in the different churches and in society at large. Everyone must make his choice, choose on which side you will stand. God allows this process of purification and cleansing to take place in order to separate the "dross" from the "gold". The Bible makes it clear that there will only be a remnant that will not let themselves be ruled by the centralized and international laws, which the political and religious power-elite now is producing and implementing.23 They will rather put their faith and trust in the Lord and cling to Him, than trust in man. There are those who will be victorious in this struggle because they have surrendered completely to Jesus. They have received The Holy Spirit, and followed in His footsteps. They are the ones who have the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and have the faith of Jesus.24 May you and I be among them!




References:
1. The Danish newspaper: "Extra-bladet", 22. Feb. 1994.
2. Refered by Texe Marrs in the publication: "All Fall Down; The Plot to Crown the Pope the Prince of Peace."
3. The Norwegian newspaper: "Vårt Land" 17/11-94.
4. Pope Leo XIII, encyclica 1890.
5. Ceremony of Induction and Extreme Oath of the Jesuits: Library of Congress Catalog Card, number 66-43354.
6. T. W. Callaway: Romanism vs. Americanism, 1923, p. 58 - 61.
7. Rev. 13. 3.
8. The book of Concord: The confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, p. 327.
9. Rev. 16. 13 + 14; Rev. 17. 12 - 14; Rev. 13. 3.
10. Rev. 17. 1 - 6.
11. John 3. 16; 1. John 2. 1 + 2
12. John 3. 3 - 6; John 8. 31 - 36.
13. 1. John 3. 4 - 9.
14. 1. John 2. 1 + 2; 1. John 3. 9; 1. Cor. 10. 13.
15. Acts 2. 37 + 38; Acts 3. 19.
16. 1. John 3. 9; 2. Pet. 1. 10; James 1. 4.
17. John 3. 16.
18. Matt. 3. 13 - 17; Luke 16. 16; Acts 8. 12; Rom. 6. 3 - 6.
19. Exodus 20. 3 - 17; 1. John 5. 3.
20. Ecc. 12. 13 + 14; James 2. 10 - 12.
21. Matt. 10. 7.
22. Isaiah 40. 29 - 31.
23. Zeph. 3. 12 + 13; Isaiah 10. 21 + 22.
24. Rev. 14. 12.

Source: http://www.endtime.net/engelsk/ECCLESIA.HTM

CHURCH APOSTASY

CHURCH APOSTASY
The structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is in great apostasy, with the symbols of the Sun-god showing up in the Adventist Review, and other occult symbols appearing. Four years before the fall of Jerusalem the standard (symbol) of the Romans was in Jerusalem (church), this was a warning to the people of God. "When the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight. When the warning sign should be seen, those who would escape must make no delay." Great Controversy 26.


This idolatrous standard of Rome was placed by the Vatican on the stage of the 1995 General Conference Session of Seventh-day Adventist in Utrecht, Netherlands. This is a clear sign to flee from the golden calf, as the Angel of Ezekiel 9 will soon visit this apostate structure in judgment.

Read Prophets and Kings, p.51-59, where Solomon fell into Baal worship.
Let the sad memory of Solomon's apostasy warn every soul to shun the same precipice. His weakness and sin are handed down from generation to generation.” SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 2, p. 1031
The idolatry that has come into the SDA structure is but another form of Baal worship, with the end result that those who follow the leadership will partake in SUNDAY WORSHIP. The occult symbols appearing are hidden 666's and sun symbols. A new age person gave me some articles and I found an interesting item from a "spirit guide" on the use of symbols from ancient Hebrew, Egyptian, Sumerian, Chinese, and hyper space symbols. The spirit guide or Lucifer said, “They are 'sentences' that serve to unlock DNA sequences and mind patterns.” These are part of the paradigm shift, hypnotism and mind control methods that are being used in our world and even in the church today. These symbols have deep occult meaning.
The enemy knows that if the church can be controlled by political enactments, if she can be led to unite with the world (UN), she virtually acknowledges him as her head. Then the authority of man-made commandments will work to oppose the rule of the government of heaven. Under the leadership of Satan, men will dispense with the righteous, holy enactments of God concerning the SABBATH.” Signs of the Times, 11-22-1899.
The Lord has a controversy with his professed people in the last days. In this controversy men in responsible position will take a course directly opposite to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and despise the Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others by burying it beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches and in large gatherings in the open air, ministers will urge upon the people the necessity of keeping the first day of the week.” Review & Herald, March 18, 1884.
I was shown the necessity of those who believe that we are having the last message of mercy, being separate from those who are daily imbibing new errors. I saw that neither young nor old should attend their meetings; for it is wrong to thus encourage them while they teach error that is a deadly poison to the soul and teach for doctrines the commandments of men. The influence of such gatherings is not good. If God has delivered us from such darkness and error, we should stand fast in the liberty wherewith He has set us free and rejoice in the truth. God is displeased with us when we go to listen to error, without being obliged to go; for unless He sends us to those meetings where error is forced home to the people by the power of the will [NLP], He will not keep us. The angels cease their watchful care over us, and we are left to the buffetings of the enemy, to be darkened and weakened by him and the power of his evil angels; and the light around us becomes contaminated with the darkness.” Early Writings 124-125.
We have come to a time when God's sacred work is represented by the feet of the image in which the iron was mixed with the miry clay. . . The mingling of church craft and state craft is represented by the iron and the clay. This union is weakening all the power of the churches. This investing the church with the power of the state will bring evil results. Men have almost passed the point of God's forbearance. They have invested their strength in politics, and have united with the papacy.” Manuscript 63, 1899. SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, p. 1168-69.
It is common knowledge in the rest of the world that General Conference and the Catholics are and have been working together with the United Nations. Also Dwight Nelson gave the Christmas Sermon on ABC Television, for the National Council of Churches, a Catholic controlled organization.
The church has taken the world into her fellowship, and has given her affections to the enemies of holiness. The church and the world are standing on the same ground in transgression of the law of God. The church prefers to assimilate to the world rather than separate from its customs and vanities.” Manuscript 44, p. 19. 1900.
When Christ saw in the Jewish people a nation divorced from God, He saw also a professed Christian church united to the world and the papacy. . .Will He be obliged to say to those who have had great light and great knowledge, as He said to the Jews, 'O that thou hadst known, even thou in this the day, the things which belong unto thy peace. But now they are hid from thine eyes.” The Kress Collection, p. 153, July 10, 1900.
The following quote is amazing, it is a dream of Ellen White. This dream has now come true, in that in the magazine CHANNELS some time back, a It Is Written -- Channel of Inspiration cover, GLOBAL MISSION 2000, where a picture of a "Jesus" is in a triangle with a Nun and Priest. I contend that this is not the true Jesus of Nazareth, but the counterfeit Lucifer or Antichrist. Now the quote: “. . .That night I dreamed that I was in Battle Creek looking out from the side glass at the door and saw a company marching up to the house, two and two. They looked stern and determined. I knew them well and turned to open the parlor door to receive them, but thought I would look again. The scene was changed. The company now presented the appearance of a Catholic procession. One bore in his hand a cross, another a reed (learn the meaning of these symbols). And as they approached, the one carrying a reed made a circle around the house,saying three times: ‘This house is proscribed. The goods must be confiscated. They have spoken against our holy order.’ Terror seized me, and I ran through the house, out of the north door, and found myself in the midst of a company, some of whom I knew, but I dared not speak a word to them for fear of being betrayed. I tried to seek a retired spot where I might weep and pray without meeting eager, inquisitive eyes wherever I turned. I repeated frequently: ‘If I could only understand this! If they will tell me what I have said or what I have done!’ I wept and prayed much as I saw our goods confiscated. I tried to read sympathy or piety for me in the looks of those around me, and marked the countenances of several whom I thought would speak to me and comfort me if they did not fear that they would be observed by others. I made one attempt to escape from the crowd, but seeing that I was watched, I concealed my intentions. I commenced weeping aloud, and saying: ‘If they would only tell me what I have done or what I have said!’ My husband, who was sleeping in a bed in the same room, heard me weeping aloud and awoke me. My pillow was wet with tears, and a sad depression of spirits was upon me.” Testimonies, Vol. 1, p. 578.
Yet we hear that the voice of the conference is the voice of God. Every time I have heard this, I have thought it was almost blasphemy. The voice of the Conference ought to be the voice of God, but it is not, because some in connection with it are not men of faith and prayer, they are not men of elevated principle. There is not a seeking of God with the whole heart; there is not a realization of the terrible responsibility that rests upon those in this institution to mold and fashion the minds after the divine similitude.” Manuscript 37, p. 8. April, 1901.
We are far from where we should have been had our Christian experience been in harmony with the light and opportunities given us, had we from the beginning constantly pressed onward and upward. Had we walked in the light that has been given us, had we followed on to know the Lord, our path would have grown brighter and brighter. But many of those who have had special light are so conformed to the world that they can scarcely be distinguished from worldlings. They do not stand forth as God's peculiar people, chosen and precious. It is difficult to discern between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not."
"In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church is to be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: ‘'Found wanting.’ By the light bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be judged.” Testimonies, Vol. 8 p. 247-50. April 21, 1903.
If we turn from the testimony of God's word, and accept false doctrines because our fathers taught them, we fall under the condemnation pronounced upon Babylon; we are drinking of the wine of her abominations.” Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, p. 357.
Read in Great Controversy, the paragraph on pages 606/607, where it states: “. . . In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from heaven. . .” In this context God never sent special messages to the Roman Church, but he sent special messages to the New Israel or the Seventh-day Adventist Church via the Spirit of Prophecy.
Many are waiting for the Sunday Law to get ready, but in Great Controversy on Page 444 states: “So apostasy in the church will prepare the way for the image to the beast.” The image comes before the Sunday Law, which comes after the apostasy and is part of the judgment and punishment of the church. Read pages 448/449 where it states, “Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false instead of the true Sabbath are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded.”
So Ellen White told us that we needed to come out, that included an apostate SDA Church. I am now giving the message God has given me, to give to all who claim to believe the truth: ‘Come out from among them, and be ye separate,’ else their sin in justifying wrongs and framing deceits will continue to be the ruin of souls. We can not afford to be on the wrong side.” Special Testimonies, Series B, #7 p. 61-64. November, 1905.
When the New World Order comes into force, they will bring in their one world religion, and this will be done by force. Randy Weaver and Waco were Sabbath keepers, they were the trial run to see if they could get away with destroying all Sabbath keepers, and so far they have gotten away with it. Persecution is soon to be brought against all true Sabbath keepers, are you ready, has the church warned you or have they joined the world. “There is a prospect before us of a continued struggle, at the risk of imprisonment, loss of property, and even of life itself, to defend the law of God, which is made void by the laws of men. In this situation worldly policy will urge an outward compliance with the laws of the land, for the sake of peace and harmony.” Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 712. Are you ready?
So many SDA's have bought into the delusion that the structure church would go through, but it should be remembered, that we are the temple of God. It is not buildings or conferences, but where the Holy Spirit dwells. “It should be remembered that the promises and the threatenings of God are alike conditional.” Evangelism, p. 695. The conditional nature of all promises in both Bible and Ellen White are forgotten.
Then what the church is, is also forgotten, as the church is where two or three are gathered together and the Holy Spirit is welcomed. “God has a church. It is not the great cathedrals, neither is it the national establishment, neither is it the various denominations; it is the people who love God and keep His commandments. ‘Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.’ (Matt. 18:20) Where Christ is even among the humble few, THIS IS CHRIST'S CHURCH, for the presence of the High and Holy One who inhabiteth eternity can alone constitute a church.” Upward Look, 315. Read Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 571-72, Early Writings, p. 50, 240 on.
Even though you may not feel able to speak a word to those who are working on wrong principles, leave them. Your withdrawal and silence may do more than words. Nehemiah refused to associate with those who were untrue to principle, and he would not permit his workman to associate with them.” Review and Herald, Vol. 4, p. 42.
Slowly and regretfully, Christ, with His disciples, left forever the precincts of the temple.” Spirit of Prophecy; Vol. 3, p. 81.3 See also Vol. 4, p. 46. “If God abhors one sin above another, of which His people are guilty, it is doing nothing in case of an emergency. Indifference and neutrality in a religious crisis is regarded of God as a grievous crime and equal to the very worst type of hostility against God.” Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 281.
Everyone will reveal the character of the bundle with which he is binding himself. The wheat is being bound up for the heavenly garner. The true people of God are now bound up for the heavenly garner. The true people of God are now pulling apart and the tares are being bound in bundles ready to burn. Decided positions will be taken.” 1888 Material, Letter 13, 1892.
Of those who boast of their light, and yet fail to walk in it, Christ says, ‘But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum (Seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light), which are exalted unto heaven (in point of privilege), shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.’” Review & Herald, August 1, 1893 (brackets in original)


The destroying angel of Ezekiel 9, is soon to do the work of destruction, and those who are not sealed in the forehead will be destroyed. The judgment of the living began several years ago, and the saints in the church have been judged and sealed. We are now in the preparation time, preparing to give the last cry to the world to those who have never heard the truth about the Sabbath. That day may be very, very soon, time is short and it is latter than you think.




“B.B. Beach’s [May18, 1977] gift of a medallion to the Harlot of Rome [Pope Paul VIII!] Rome’s priests, agents of Satan, invited to open an SDA General Conference Session [at the recent Toronto event] with prayer to their god, Lucifer. The Vatican planting their banner [the Vatican City flag] on stage—to thunderous SDA applause, led by SDA leadership at a world Session [Toronto]. The GC spokesperson, Shirley Burton [at the 1990 Indianapolis Session]. Stating that only the ‘fringe lunatics’ of the SDAs Church believed that Rome was a threat anymore.


Pope John Paul II greets his friend, Bert B. Beach [one of the leaders
of the General Conference].
Adventist Review - Nov. 8, 2001. pg. 10
(This is a Masonic Handshake; take a look at the placement of Beach's thumb.)

Another Example of Apostasy - This is Sun-god and his Symbols

Ministry Magazine Cover
August 1990

JESUS IS COMING SOON!!!
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