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An Exposition on Ellen Whites Vision

The Vision She Could Not UnderstandThe Reed and The Cross

"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. 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 pity 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" From

the book By Ellen Gould White, "Testimonies For the Church" Vol 1. pag 578.

AND NOW!! THE FIGURATIVE DEFINITION OF A CROSS GIVEN IN THE BIBLE

figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ : cross.

Also here is some Biblical information concerning the "reed"

Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of

God, and the altar, and them that worship therein .

Revelation 21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall

thereof.

Revelation 21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length

is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with thereed , twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

Definition of the word "reed" in Revelation 21:16 below

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ejpiv epi, ep ee' ; a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order,etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative

case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.: about (the times), above,


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after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, have charge of, (be , (where ))fore, in (a place,

as much as, the time of, to), (because) of, (up )on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(

out), (un )to( ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally

or figuratively).

definition of superimposition below

superimpose [ su p r m p z] vb(tr)

1. to set or place on or over something else

and the definition or root of the word "reed" as mentioned in other places of Scripture.

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kavlamo kalamos, kal' am os ; oruncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or

its stem, or that of a similar plant); by

implication, a pen: pen, reed.

Matthew 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and

they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Matthew 27:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.


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There are several items on this gold medal which are designed to please the pope.1. Christ is in a Catholic stance, like the Vatican painting by Francis de Assisi, and idols. His beard is forked.

2.This Christ has no crown on his head. The one in Revelation 19:12 does.

3. It appears that Jesus is standing on the summit of a mountain like Satan will when personating Christ. The true

Christ will not touch the earth when he returns.

4. There is a cloud with nine lightning bolts extending from it, just as mystery religions and the medieval papacy

used. It was a symbol of Satan in the mysteries.

5. There are eight angels. Eight is the symbol of the sun day.

6. The angels are shown facing toward and worshiping Christ, after he has arrived on earth. (They should be

shown as facing the earth with Jesus as they come toward it.)

7. The Christ in Rev. 1:16 has seven stars in his hand. This Christ has six on each side.

8. The Maltese crossis a Vatican symbol. Typically, this has four equal rays flowing outward from a central

sun. Each ray expands in width as it radiates outward and terminates in two horns, producing an eight pointed

cross. It is thus a sun symbol in two ways (the radiating sun, and the eight points.)

9. THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT READS THE SAME WAY THE PAPACY

ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE ITthe way the third commandment is quoted in

theConverts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine.When the Catholic Church changed the

Sabbath Commandment, what did they change it to? They used the exact wording given on

the back of the gold medal.

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The word "Transmutation" means "to change in nature, form, or quality" from the original. Thus "Transmutation of the

Three Angels" means to change the original messages of Revelation 14 in nature, form, or quality into other messages.

An angel is a spirit (Hebrews 1:7, 14, Psalms 104:4). The three angels of Revelation 14 are involved with messages fromheaven, hence they are righteous or clean angels or spirits. But there are three other spirits listed in Revelation 16 who are

involved with messages from the Devil's kingdom, hence they are unrighteous or unclean spirits. It is either the messages of
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the three angels of Revelation 14 which center in Jesus, or it is the messages of the three spirits of Revelation 16 which

center in Satan, that will be heard and embraced by the world today. So if the heavenly messages of the three angels of

Revelation 14 are changed from their original truth, then they would no longer be truth, but would be part of the hellish

messages of the three unclean spirits of Revelation 16.

But who would do such a thing? Who would try to change these three precious truths of God into the speciousfalsehoods and messages of Satan from the bottomless pit?

In Selected Messages, book 1, p 204 05, we find this inspired statement:

"The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and

engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would result? The principles of truth that

God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The

fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization

would be established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced.

The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly

regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement. The leaders

would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human power,

which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep awaythe structure.

"Who has authority to begin such a movement? We have our Bibles. We have our experience, attested to by themiraculous working of the Holy Spirit. We have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not repudiate everything

that is not in harmony with this truth?"

Ellen White wrote that there was to be a satanic reformation and movement within the Seventh day Adventist church that

would consist in giving up the original doctrines and pillars of Adventism, and thus "our religion would be changed."

God raised up the Seventh day Adventist (SDA) church out of the great disappointment of October 22, 1844, to live andpreach the Three Angels' Messages to the whole world, and then Christ would come. This means that the sole foundational

basis for the existence of the SDA church would be the Three Angels' Messages, and its sole mission in these last dayswould be the proclamation of these heavenly messages!

The SDA church of today agrees with this.

"What is the Raison D'etre [French word for "reason for existence"] of the Seventh day Adventist church? In short, it isto proclaim to the entire world the gospel in the setting of God's special threefold message [Revelation 14] and thus prepare

a people for the coming of Christ."Adventist Review, August 19, 1982, p 13 (see alsoMinistry, December, 1992, p 24).

Since the sole foundational basis for the existence of the SDA church is the Three Angels' Messages, if the SDA church

would change the original foundational teachings of these messages into something completely different, then it would notbe the same church which God raised up. But the church would have then become a counterfeit of God's true church.

If this occurs, then the sole foundational basis for the existence of the SDA church in these last days would be thecounterfeit three unclean spirits' messages of satanic doctrine, and its sole mission would be the proclamation of these

specious doctrines! As such, the SDA church would be no different than all the other churches which have given up the

light of heaven. Hence our response to her must be the same as our response to the other churches of Babylon.

So the big question is; "Has the SDA church changed the original fundamental doctrinal pillars and teachings of the


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church has changed its position on the Three Angels' Messages or not. We will first state the original foundational beliefs

established by the pioneers and upheld throughout the writings of Ellen G. White, and then show if the church still

adheres only to these, or if it has changed them into satanic messages.

THE FIRST ANGEL'S MESSAGE

"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the

earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him;

for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of

waters." Revelation 14:6 7.

The Everlasting Gospel is the "Good News" about Jesus and the plan of redemption and salvation from sin through faith

in Jesus Christ the connecting link between God and man (John 14:6, Genesis 28:12 13). This glorious gospel declares that

we can be freely justified before God (Isaiah 45:25, Romans 3:28, Galatians 2:16, Romans 3:24, Titus 3:7, 1 Corinthians

6:11, Romans 5:9, 3:4, Matthew 12:37, Romans 2:13, James 3:20 24), obtain grace and strength to stand (Romans 5:1 5,

Ephesians 6:10 18, Galatians 5:1), warring against and victoriously overcoming all temptations and sins (Romans 8:1 2)unto righteousness (Romans 6:16, 5:21) and continued sanctification through Christ and His Holy Spirit (Jeremiah 23:6,

Isaiah 61:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 4, 2 Thessalonians 2:13) which strengtheneth us (Philippians 4:13). This gospel is not "all

faith" or "all grace" which shuts out our efforts, nor is it "all works" which shuts out Jesus. It is the uniting of divinity and

humanity God working and us working for our salvation (Phil 2:12 13, Rev 22:14).

Several questions are answered by this gospel message, such as:

What is the Plan of Redemption or Salvation? It is the "conditional" process (2T 691, 5T 692, 3T 481, 1T 440, PP 431,

7BC 931) whereby fallen humanity can be reconciled back to God (PP 331) by their working participation and union with

God (AA 482, 6T 372, Ev 596, DA 296 97, 4T 464) in the keeping of His laws (1SM 218, 225, 5T 515), and in the subduingof every sin in their life through the force of their will (1SM 82, DA 311, SC 15, PP 248, MB 61, 5T 513, Matthew 11:12,

1BC 1095 96) to reflect God's righteousness and to vindicate His character before all peoples (PP 68). Jesus Christ made

possible this glorious plan by being born of a virgin, clothing His divinity with, and becoming one with humanity (DA 363),

taking man's fallen sinful nature upon Him (FE 408, 5T 235, DA 49, 117, 4BC 1147, 1RH 140, 3RH 421, 2SOP 39), and then

engaging the strong foe's temptations with the inward pulling and drawing towards sin, but never giving in to this (5T 177,

7BC 929, Hebrews 4:15, 3ST 264). This was necessary in order for Christ to experience and overcome the strong

temptations with which Satan tempts fallen humanity, and thus Christ broke Satan's hold upon man (PK 586), and provided

humanity with a perfect example and pattern of how they can also overcome (Revelation 3:21, 4T 45, 86, DA 49, SD 23,

7BC 925, 5BC 1082, AA 531, MH 180 81).

Christ never once used His own divine power while on earth (4T 45, CT 276 77, DA 119, 5BC 1124), not even for others

(angels did the miracles DA 143), but completely worked with and relied upon His Father for help to overcome the great

temptations and to sustain Him in His work (DA 24, 147, 674 75, Ed 80, MYP 58). Thus Christ had no advantage over

humanity, and we can, by uniting with God through Christ by faith, exercise the same powers which Christ had in order to

live a pure spotless life out of love for God (DA 24, 664). Christ bore, suffered, and died upon the cruel cross, rose the third

day, and ascended to heaven to minister as our High Priest before God in securing for humanity the choice to serve God or

Satan. Thus the "humanity of Christ means everything to us" (OHC 48), because if Christ did not take on Him our fallen

sinful nature, but had an unfallen nature like Adam before the fall or of the angels, then He could not have suffered by being

tempted, and would not know what you or I are going through when we are tempted. Thus He could not know how to

succor or help us out of the temptation! But praise God this is not the case. Christ did have our fallen sinful nature upon

Him, and He did suffer by being tempted. Thus He can help us in every time of need (Heb 2:10, 16, 18, 5:7 9, 5T 177).


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What is sin? "Sin is the transgression of the law" of God, or the ten commandments (1 John 3:4, 2:7, Exodus 20:1 17).

What is Justification? Justification is the gift from God of full and complete pardon from passed acknowledged,

confessed, and forsaken sins (Proverbs 28:13, 1 John 1:9, 1SM 391, 6BC 1071). Justification is manifested by the

transformation of character (6BC 1071), and is not given or retained while transgressing God's law (1SM 213, 366, James

2:24). It is not "once justified (saved) always justified (saved)!"

What is Sanctification? Sanctification is the continual growing in grace (7BC 947) by daily studying God's word (1

Corinthians 6:11, 1 Timothy 4:5, John 17:19) and daily dying to self by conforming to God's will (4T 299). We must keep

God's law to attain and maintain sanctification (CH 69, GC 467, 2T 472). Thus it means perfect love, perfect obedience,

perfect conformity to God's will (Isaiah 5:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 4, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, AA 565).

What does it mean to "fear God"? To fear God means to love (Deuteronomy 10:12), reverence (Psalms 89:7), trust (Psalms

115:11), serve (Joshua 24:14, 1 Samuel 12:14, 24), hope (Psalms 33:18 22, 147:11), keep His commandments (Deuteronomy

31:12 13, 17:19, 5:29, Psalms 112:1), and depart from evil (Proverbs 3:7, 16:6, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Exodus 20:20, Psalms

34:11, 14, Job 28:28, Proverbs 8:13).

What does it mean to "give glory to Him"? To give glory to God means to reflect His righteous character in your own life

and actions (Exodus 33:18 23, 34:5 8, Acts 10:35, 1 Corinthians 15:33 34, Psalms 29:1 2, 86:7 13).

What does it mean that "the hour of His judgement is come"? This means that the day of God's judgment had arrived on

October 22, 1844 (Ev 223, 1SM 125, 5T 692). Those who have chosen to serve God and continued faithful to Him would be

judged worthy of everlasting life (GC 480, 4T 384), but those who choose to reject God and His means of salvation, and to

continue in sin, would be judged unworthy of everlasting life (1 Peter 4:17, Romans 2:5 9, GC 482 86, EW 280). All our

sins are being written down in the record books of heaven for the purpose of the judgment (Dan 7:9 11, GC 487, COL 310),

and it starts first with the dead, and then with the living (GC 436, 1SM 125). The judgment does not free us from sin, butawakens us to the urgency that time is short, and that we must be delivered through Jesus from sin's prison house before we

are individually judged and can stand in the judgment (GC 436), or we will face eternal destruction (Revelation 20:11 15).

What does it mean to "worship Him"? To worship God means that we honor, serve and obey God and Him alone (Psalms

96:9, 29:2, 5:7, 1 Chronicles 16:29, Matthew 4:10, John 4:23 24), that our spiritual allegiance is to God and Him alone and

not to any man or church or government or nation or power (Acts 5:29, Galatians 1:10, Psalms 118:6, 8 9).

These are some of the truths contained in the First Angel's Message upon which the SDA church was raised up and

founded upon. But are these truths still only adhered to by the SDA church? Are these truths the only messages being held

out to the people, or has the SDA church changed these precious truths of the First Angel into an unclean message?

What does the SDA church now teach about these truths contained in the First Angel's Message?

What does the SDA church believe about the Everlasting Gospel being freedom from past sins through justification, andfrom sinning through the union of humanity with divinity in using our will power in putting forth personal efforts to

overcome sin?

"...the 'everlasting gospel'...is salvation by faith in Jesus Christ apart from any works of righteousness on our


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part."Marked!(Mkd), p 39, by Bob Spangler, Review and Herald Publishing Association (R&HPA), 1981.

"Salvation is by grace alone through faith. Nothing else." Signs of the Times (SOT), November, 1986, p 19.

"The miracle of grace...Our continuing and only source of salvation." AR April 21, 1983, p 15.

"Together my husband and I had made the decision, after attending a series of nightly tent meetings sponsored by the

Adventist church, to enter into a covenant relationship with Jesus....I could relax in my new faith, sit back, and let God do

the rest." AR June 10, 1982, p 10.

(Other statements along this same line; AR October 27, 1983, p 5, AR October 24, 1985, p 5, AR June 2, 1988, p 10.)

What about the necessity of overcoming of sin through the union of humanity with divinity in using our will power in

putting forth personal efforts and striving against sin?

"The gospel is not doing something in order to make ourselves better. It is not reforming ourselves, using our will powerto stop bad habits...this is not the gospel....Its good news: not that we should do something for God...it is salvation by

faith...'Its all of Grace.'"Voice of Prophecy (VOP) News, February, 1976, p 6, H.M.S. Richards, Sr.

"'If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness' (1 John

1:9). This is the overcoming of sin..." Cornerstone Connections Youth Quarterly (CCYQ), 2nd Quarter, 1994, p 62,

R&HPA.

This "all of grace" "nothing else" doctrine or that Christ has done it all for us so no necessity to keep God's law

perfectly; that we are saved by "faith alone," just "let God do the rest," and that Jesus will obey for us and give us all things

necessary for salvation as "gifts" is the same doctrine which the Nicolaitans taught (Revelation 2:6, 15, 7BC 957), which

God hates!

Yet this false doctrine is strongly and blatantly taught to the Adventist members.

"Is our obedience to God's will (as some assert) composed partly of our efforts and part of God's? No! Such is not thecase!" Mkd 129.

"So if I find that I am not obeying exactly as Jesus did yet, I don't need to feel alarm." Obedience of Faith (OOF), p 43,

by Morris L. Venden, R&HPA, 1983.

"Obedience is by faith, plus or minus nothing else. Obedience is by faith alone....obedience has to come by faith

alone..." Faith that Works (FTW), p 159, 161 by Morris L. Venden, R&HPA, 1980.

"It is good news to learn that obedience is by faith alone, just as forgiveness is by faith alone." To Know God (TKG), p

96 by Morris L. Venden, R&HPA, 1983.

"Forgiveness is a gift, salvation is a gift, and obedience is a gift...He [Christ] wants to give us victory and overcoming as


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gifts." TKG 101, 112.

"All we can do is accept them [obedience, victory, and overcoming] as gifts." Good News and Bad News About the

Judgment, p 47, by Morris L. Venden, Pacific Press Publishing Association (PPPA), 1982.

"...by His perfect life...completely fulfilling the law's requirements on man's behalf." Mkd 89.

"He [Christ] gives us rest...from our own attempt to overcome sin and the devil, and from fighting the battles that Jesus

has promised to fight for us....Remember that a gift is a gift." AR December 24, 1981, p 5.

As you can see, there is little difference between the gospel which the SDA church now teaches, and the gospel which

the other churches of Babylon teach!

In fact, the SDA church admits this:

"As Adventists we believe in teaching the gospel, just like most of the churches around us....We are all saved by grace,not by what we do....

"The Seventh day Adventist church is unique not in its preaching of the gospel, but in the setting in which it ispreached." AR Sept 13, 1984, p 7.

What does the SDA church believe about the Good News being only about Jesus Christ?

"...the good news about the Seventh day Adventist Church..." Pacific Union Recorder(PUR), September 18, 1989, p 12.

Hence the gospel is not to bring people to Jesus Christ, but is to bring people to the SDA church! Christ's great

commission is reduced to church growth bringing in members, instead of teaching the truth and bringing people to Jesus.

"[Matthew 28:19 20 quoted]. The church has one business: The crucified and resurrected Lord commanded us to make

disciplesof men and women everywhere, and, after making these people faithful disciples, to teach them to becomedisciple makers." AR April 7, 1988, p 23.

What does the SDA church believe about Christ taking the nature of Adam after the fall or taking fallen sinful human

nature upon Him, and not having a different nature than humanity?

"[Jesus] Took Sinless Nature of Adam Before Fall."Movement of Destiny(MOD), p 497, by Leroy Edwin Froom,R&HPA, 1971.

"...Jesus had the absolute, perfect, sinless nature of Adam before He fell." Salvation by Faith and Your Will (SBF), p 93,

by Morris L. Venden, Southern Publishing Association (SPA), 1978.

"...Adventist's believed that Christ's spiritual nature reflected that of Adam before the fall." Angry Saints (AS), p 132 by

George R. Knight, R&HPA, 1989. (Another statement along this same line: AR February 1, 1990, p 19 21).


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If Jesus did not have man's fallen sinful nature upon Him, then it would be easy for Him overcome; hence He would beborn differently than you or I in this regard. Fallen humanity would not stand a chance against sin if this was true.

But what does the church teach?

"Man sins because he is sinful. He is not sinful because he sins....You don't have to sin to be sinful; all you have to do isget yourself born!...Jesus is the only one who was born righteous." TKG 22 23.

"Of course Jesus was born different. He had a sinless human nature, the same as Adam before his fall...Therefore it was

natural for Jesus to be good. I was born with a sinful nature, and its natural for me to be bad." SBF 86. (Another statement

along this same line: AR June 28, 1990, p 8).

What about Jesus not using His divine powers while on earth?

"To a degree, perhaps inexplicable this side of eternity, His [Christ's] substitution necessitated [using] His divinity...[atend of article in the footnotes section]...Christ is portrayed...as using His own divine attributes...He could use His own

divine powers..." AR February 1, 1990, p 21 22.

What about Jesus not having any advantage over fallen humanity?

"When Jesus took the liabilities of fallen man, there was one that He did not take man's sinful nature. He had aspiritual nature from birth...Jesus had no desire for sin. Can you say that about yourself?...

"All of this leads us to a very practical question: Did Jesus have some sort of advantage over us? Yes, He had an

advantage over us..."Ministry, May, 1982, p 19.

If Jesus really was born with a sinless human nature, used His divine powers, and had an advantage over fallen humanity,

then He cannot be a perfect example and pattern or Saviour from our sins. He would not know what we were inwardly

going through when tempted, nor how to succor and help us overcome sin with fallen natures upon us; He would only knowhow to comfort and help those who have unfallen sinless natures! Thus Christ as our Saviour from sin would be effectively

robbed away from us, and we could never overcome sin! Hence we would be lost if this is true.

But what does the SDA church teach?

"Because His humanity [nature] was sinless, Jesus could not experience the inner...urgings of sinful humans." ARFebruary 1, 1990, p 21.

What does the SDA church believe about the definition of sin being only the transgression of God's Commandments?

"Sin...is any life that is apart from God." TKG 22.

"You see, to the Father sin is a broken relationship, not a specific bad behavior....So with the friendship model of sin

rather than the behavioral model, you answer the question 'Is it a sin to?'" Guide, August 10, 1991, p 23, R&HPA.

"Many people think of sin as wrongdoing, breaking the law, and so on....Sin means being separated from God." CCYQ,

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"Sin is simply something you want to do but that some authority figure doesn't want you to enjoy..." ST November, 1992,

p 5. (Another statement along this same line: Insight, 3 12 94, p 15)

What does the SDA church believe about Justification? Is it "once saved always saved?"

"...there is only one Justification, and it accompanies the believer from the time of faith's inception...all the way into thefinal judgment..." AR August 11, 1983, p 4.

"Justification settles our present account, but is also applies to our future as a covering umbrella from the moment we

accept Christ until we meet the Lord." Mkd 125.

What does the SDA church believe about Sanctification, and Redemption? Is a combination of faith and works

necessary for sanctification and salvation?

"Salvation is still given peopleonlyon the basis of their faith in Jesus Christ, not because of their faithful keeping ofGod's law or any of its special parts." AR April 12, 1984, p 9.

"Many people accept the premise that justification is by faith alone, but find it hard to turn loose of the idea that there is

something we can do to save ourselves in the process of sanctification. Some consider it dangerous to give up the idea that

the method of living the Christian life is by faith plus works....If we put our effort and our will power toward that which is

impossible for us to do [keep God's commandments and overcome sin], then we will end in defeat." FTW 188.

"Can we ever...receive power [God's grace] to overcome our present sinning? The answer is no. Sanctification is as

much a gift of God as is Justification." Ministry, January, 1982, p 6.

"All three [justification, sanctification, and glorification] are included in salvation, and all come as gifts from Jesus..."

FTW 191.

"He (Christ) completed, once for all, our sanctification and redemption. No one can add to what He has done." Seventh

day Adventists Believe...A Biblical Exposition of 27 Fundamental Doctrines (27 Doc), p 128, by R&HPA, 1988. (Other

statements along this same line: AR July 28, 1983, p 8; AR March 22, 1984, p 4).

What does the SDA church believe about Jesus saving us from our sins, not in our sins?

"God declares us to be justified, or righteous, beforeour characters are changed. God accepts us as His sons anddaughters even before we act like sons and daughters." Mkd 105.

"...God took the initiative to forgive and accept them in their sins..." AR January 7, 1988, p 14.

What does the SDA church believe about fearing God by keeping His commandments and departing from sin?


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"...nothing we can ever do will merit the favor of God."Questions On Doctrines(QOD), p 108, by R&HPA, 1957.

"One's effort to obey the law of God, however strict, can never be a ground of salvation. We are saved through...grace

alone. Our Lord's sacrifice on calvary is mankind's only hope." QOD 190.

"It is wrong for a person to attempt to live the Christian life. We are not asked to do so." SBF 40.

What does the SDA church believe about giving glory only to God by reflecting His righteous character in your life?

"You give God glory by keeping alert for things that show He's 'alive and a love' the wiggly, licky affection of a puppy,the aerodynamic miracle that is a bumblebee, the crisp sweetness of ripe watermelon, the damp, sleepy hug of a bedtime

child, the steady pulse of life along your neck." SOT March, 1993, p 15.

What does the SDA church believe about worshiping only God and Him alone?

"The key question is not how to worship, but whom to worship....Worship means that the eternal gospel extends to allnations, tribes, tongues, and people. Worship means focusing on a God who loves our homelands even more than we

do....Worship means embracing the hope of a New Jerusalem while living with Babylon all around us." AR Dec 31, 1992, p

10.

What does the SDA church believe about giving our spiritual allegiance only to God?

"The General Conference, then, is the Seventh day Adventist Church....The embodiment of the Remnant Church as a

Christian Denomination, in a unified world wide organization to which all baptized Seventh day Adventists owe spiritualallegiance." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (US Government) vs Pacific Press Publishing Association (SDA

Church), Civ #74 2025 CBR, p 17 (trial proceedings from 1974 75).

What does the SDA church believe about the hour of God's judgment has come against sin; that we must be delivered

from the prison house of sin before we are individually judged; that all of our sins being written down in the record books of

heaven, and if unforsaken sin is found upon us, then we will be judged unworthy of everlasting life and thus will be

condemned in sin to face destruction?

"Satan has triumphed time and again by getting religious people to believe that when they fall or fail, they arecondemned." FTW 192.

"...[Adventists] fear of breaking the law and being counted out in the judgment. That is not Christianity." AS 143.

"...do we need to fear the judgment of God? Is the news that the day of God's judgment has come (see Rev 14:6, 7) bad

news or good news?...

"For those of us who have been sitting out our lives in the devil's prison house, beaten and bruised by the enemy whileliving in this world of sin, it is good news that the judgment is coming soon and that God's justice will be dealt out against

sin. It means that ourcustody is almost over. It is almost time for usto be delivered." SOT November, 1986, p 13.


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heaven of the First Angel's Message (4T 13, EW 274, GC 381 83).

The Roman Catholic church had already become Babylon many centuries before 1844, and God had chosen theProtestant churches to reveal His truths to the world. But they had, as a corporate body, chosen to depart from the side of

Christ her Husband, and to unite themselves with the world. God mercifully sent the First Angel's Message to break their

harlotrous love affair with the world, and to bring them back to His side as a faithful bride once again. But they refused, and

thus became Babylon fallen (4SOP 230 240). And the wine of Babylon is her false doctrines which she is founded upon

namely Sunday observance and the immortality of the soul (Ev 365, 6T 317, GC 536, 2SM 118, 7BC 979).

Does the SDA church still teach that Babylon represents Rome and Apostate Protestantism? What does the SDA church

believe that Babylon represents today?

The SDA church believes that Babylon is:

a modern "wicked city" (SOT June, 1992, p 29).

the "wickedness of my city" (AR December 31, 1992, p 9).

"evil influences" (SOT June, 1992, p 29).

"the archenemy of Christ and His church" (AR July 13, 1989, p 11).

"is still present as a mind set or attitude" (SOT May, 1992, p 13).

"worshiping anyone but God alone" (AR October 15, 1992, p 11).

"spiritual compromise" (SOT Special Issue, 1985, p 8).

to "attempt to gain salvation through one's own works" (AR December 31, 1992, p 9. see also Mkd 150).

"...the idea that I can save myself or that I can 'do it myself,' in terms of living the Christian life or of getting to heaven"

(The Return of Elijah(ROE), p 61, by Morris L. Venden, PPPA, 1982).

"...the futility of building one's life on either a try harder or a do as you please principle...both nations and individuals..."

(AR September 7, 1989, p 26).

"fallen is racism, child abuse, death squads, loneliness, crack, torture, separation, death" (AR December 31, 1992, p 9).

the " Collapse of the Soviet Union" (SOT May, 1992, p 12 13).

And the call to come out of Babylon is now:

to "flee evil" (AR February 16, 1984, p 7).

to "come out of falsehood" (SOT March, 1990, p 28. see also Mkd 83).

to "set aside our natural self sufficiency and pride and give our wills to God" (Mkd 84).

What about Babylon's wine being her false doctrines upon which she is founded namely Sunday observance and

immortality of the soul?

"The ideology of continued world progress that man has the solutions to the besetting problems of our age; that given a

little more time, he can, without divine intervention, produce a better world is the intoxicating winethat Babylon hasdispensed to the entire world." AR September 7, 1989, p 26.

According to the SDA church, Babylon fallen is anything but an apostate corrupt church! No longer do people need to

separate themselves from the Roman Catholic Church, or the Protestant Churches, or any apostate and corrupt church; but

from wicked cities, evil influences, the archenemy, falsehoods, certain mind sets and attitudes, spiritual compromise,


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working for our own salvation, racism, child abuse, death squads, loneliness, crack, torture, separation, death, and the Soviet

Union. And Babylon's wine is not Sunday observance, but man's attempts to make the world better!

We can clearly see that the SDA church has changed the truth of the Second Angel's Message into extreme vagueness,falsehood, and is keeping people in bondage to the real Babylon. So the SDA church has rejected the truth of the Second

Angel's Message, and has replaced it with, and adopted, the second unclean spirit's message!

What about the Third Angel's Message?

The Third Angel's Message

"And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image, and receive

his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without

mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,

and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day

nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name....

"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightenedwith his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become thehabitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have

drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the

merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins

have reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities" Revelation 14:9 11, 18:1 5.

The Third Angel's Message basically repeats the messages of the First and Second Angels. It does not stop here though,

but reveals quite a few more areas of truth.

Truths such as:

The Seventh day or Saturday being the only Lord's day of worship as the Sabbath (Genesis 2:2 3, Revelation 1:10, 6T 128),that it is the sign or seal of God (Ezekiel 20:12, 20), and there is no biblical truth supporting a change to Sunday as the

Lord's day (Exodus 20:8 11, Hebrews 4:3 11, Ezekiel 20:12 20, 1 Chronicles 17:27), hence we must keep the Sabbath if we

would see heaven (EW 37, DA 206, 8T 196 98, GC 455, 6T 349, PK 182, 7BC 949, 3T 392, Ev 290, 1T 532, 2T 705, LS

117 18).

Religious Liberty, being the God given right to study, stand by, and proclaim only His truth, and to expose error (GC 563

66, 5T 714 16, TM 200 03, 6T 402 03).

The Beast, being Roman Catholicism (Revelation 13:1 8, Daniel 7:8 14, 20 21, 24 27, 8:9 14, 23 25, GC 438 50, 7BC

972), with the foundation of this church being the Eucharist a most "blasphemous" and "heaven insulting heresy" (4SOP63). Also the Pope and the Catholic system as Anti christ (GC 142 43, TM 37), and our duty is to expose him and the

papacy (Ev 233, 1SM 196).

The Lamb like Beast, being the United States of America, which gives life to the Image of the Beast (Revelation 13:11 17,

GC 440 45).

The Image of the Beast, being the Protestant Churches which image Catholicism, including the World Council of Churches


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(Revelation 13:15 18, GC 443 50, 3SM 385). It is formed when the churches unite together upon a platform of common

belief in Christ, and "influence the State to enforce their decrees and sustain their institutions" (4SOP 277 78).

The Mark of the Beast, given to those who worship on Sunday after it has become a law, when they know that it is not

God's Sabbath (Revelation 13:16 17, 7BC 976 80, 6T 17, 8T 159, GC 449 50, 578 79); thus we are not to obey the civil

authorities in regards to this law (2SM 375, 380, TM 473, 7BC 910, 6T 193, FE 287, GC 449).

The non immortality of the soul (Job 4:17, 1 Timothy 6:15 16, Hebrews 9:27), that there is only a grave to rest in death, but

no hell to descend into (1 Corinthians 15:51, Acts 13:36, Psalms 88:10 12, Ecclesiastes 9:5 6). And the gift of immortality

only given to the righteous at Christ's second coming (2 Timothy 2:11 12, Job 19:26 27, Revelation 20:4 6, 1 Thessalonians

4:16, 1 Corinthians 15:51 52, GC 549 51, 586 87, 1T 344, GW 119 20).

The wrath of God, being the literal seven last plagues (Revelation 16, EW 44, 64, 289 90, 5T 211, 634, 9T 234 35).

The Sanctuary in heaven (GC 324 29, 351 53, 398 400, 409 36, PP 351 58) with 2 apartments (Hebrews 9 & 10) the holy

place (Revelation 4:1 5, Hebrews 9:2, 6, 12, 6:19, Leviticus 16:15) and most holy place (Revelation 11:19, Hebrews 9:3 5, 7,Psalms 28:2, 1 Kings 6:16, 8:6, 2 Chronicles 5:7, Exodus 40:3).

Christ's work of atonement in the most holy place, or the 2nd apartment of heavenly sanctuary, going on since October 22,

1844 at the ending of the 2300 days, and not final until He finishes His work just prior to His coming (GC 400, 419 22, EW

251 54, 7BC 933, PP 355 58, 5T 472 73).

Christ as the Head or first Minister of His church (6BC 1083, AA 360, 1SM 93, 1T 78, 4T 393, DA 288, SD 303), also our

high Priest, and Mediator between God and man (Hebrews 7, 8 & 10, 5BC 1145, 6BC 1061, 1077 78, 1116, 1SM 243, 332).

The true church of God, being founded only on Christ and His truth (DA 413, AA 175 76, 595 96, 9T 147, PK 595 96),

with the marks of the true church listed in Revelation 12:17 and 14:12; which "keep the commandments of God," the "faith

of Jesus," and the "testimony of Jesus Christ" (GC 453 54) which is "the spirit of prophecy" (Revelation 19:10) or the

writings of Ellen G. White (TM 114, 1SM 27, 41, Ev 257, 4T 13). Hence these writings have their continuing purpose, and

are still to be followed today (1SM 48 50, LS 198, Publishing Ministry, p 361, 5T 64, 654, 672 91, 3T 257, 260)!

The Righteousness of Christ: this precious conditional gift (SD 189, 1SM 377, COL 223, PK 591, SD 369) is imputed by

faith to every repentant sinner (6BC 1071 72, 1SM 392, 397, 317, 363, SD 240, 5T 469, 3T 371 72, GW 161, 8T 208 09,

MLT 311, MB 115 16, MM 115), and enables us to be accepted back to God (PP 353), and then to receive His grace (PP 431,

1SM 351). This grace enables us to overcome all sin, perfecting holiness in the fear of God before Christ's second coming

(PK 175, 4T 567, TM 92, 150, 3T 528, DA 555 56, 1SM 395, AA 531, SD 315, 5T 744). We must use our will power to take

the first step in obedience to God before His grace comes to help us overcome (Joshua 3:13, 15 17, MLT 100) and Christ'srighteousness imparted to us (7BC 972, Ev 596, 6BC 1096, 1SM 241, TM 92, MYP 35, DA 439). The law of God is still

binding upon the Christian today, and Christ's keeping of it does not free us from having to keep it also (TM 94, SD 240,

TM 131, 6BC 1073). Perfection is not instantaneous (SL 10, 92, MYP 114, 3T 325, 8T 312 13, 1T 340, 2T 472, AA 560 61,

7BC 947, COL 65 66, 1SM 317), but is progressive throughout the lifetime while striving and advancing upward on the

straight and narrow pathway to heaven (AA 533, 560 61, 2T 170, 408 09, 479, MYP 73, 144 45, 1SM 28, FE 218, COL 315,

5BC 1085, TM 150). Thus while we are on the earth, no one is saved, or can they say or feel that they are saved until they

are in heaven (1SM 314, 3SM 354). Christ's robe of righteousness will not cover any unrighteousness nor one unconfessed

sin. Hence no one can find salvation in Jesus while continuing in sin (FLB 113, COL 312, 2RH 232, 2ST 307, 3ST 363,

1SM 396, LHU 150, 6BC 1072, DA 555 56).


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Does the SDA church still believe and teach only these truths of the Third Angel, or have they also changed these

precious truths into corruption?

What about the Seventh day or Saturday being the only Lord's day of worship as the Sabbath, that it is the sign or seal of

God, that there is no supporting a change to Sunday as the Lord's day, and that we must keep the Sabbath if we will make itto heaven?

"God is glad for us to go to church both days [Saturday and Sunday]. He wants us to worship Himboth days....Anybodywho takes a whole day out of every week to spend with God will have more of God's power in his life, and God can do more

through him and in him." SOT March, 1990, p 22 23.

"...the phrase 'the Lord's day' in Rev. 1:10....More attention should be given to the possibility that the phrase refers to an

annual resurrection celebration." The Sabbath in Scripture and History, p 127, R&HPA, 1981.

An "annual resurrection celebration" is Easter Sunday. So the SDA church teaches that "the Lord's day" or the Sabbath,is not just Saturday, but might be Sunday as well! In fact, this issue really doesn't matter to the SDA church, because "God

is glad for us to go to church both days."

When the leadership of the Early Christian church decided to unite with the pagans, the church became corrupted and

the Roman Catholic church was born (see 4SOP 42 46, 195, 396). Its church leaders then gave up the true Sabbath, and

implemented two major steps calculated to lead their Sabbath keeping members into worshipping on Sunday.

"In the first centuries the true Sabbath had been kept by all Christians. They were jealous for the honor of God, and,believing that His law is immutable, they zealously guarded the sacredness of its precepts. But with great subtlety, Satan

worked through his agents to bring about his object. That the attention of the people might be called to the Sunday, it was

made a festival in honor of the resurrection of Christ. Religious services were held upon it...

"Another step must be taken; the false Sabbath must be exalted to an equality with the true....the bishop of Romeconferred on the Sunday the title of Lord's day." 4SOP 55.

The two steps were: to start holding Easter Sunday sunrise services in honor of Christ's resurrection, and to start calling

Sunday the Lord's day. These same two steps are taking place today within SDA churches around the world; Easter Sunday

sunrise services are common place in SDA churches. But not only is the church stating that the Lord's day might be Sunday,

but an Andrews University SDA professor Samuele Bacchiocci is holding "Lord's day Seminars" throughout SDA

churches, and has written the book From Sabbath to Sunday. In this book he refers to Sunday as being the Lord's day over

50 times in the first 160 pages!

What about the Sabbath being the sign or seal of God?

"...the Sabbath is theseal ofourlove and allegiance to a loving heavenly Father." Robert Folkenberg, AR May 5, 1994,p 18.

Clearly the SDA leadership have given up the Sabbath, and are leading their Adventist membership into Sunday worship.


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What about there being no truth supporting a change to Sunday worship?

"What Do Seventh day Adventists Believe? Hear pastor/evangelist Jere Webb present a fresh look at 'The Truth.'Subjects include...'Christ centered reasons for Sunday worship'..." PUR June 4, 1990, p 27.

What about the necessity of keeping the Sabbath if we would see heaven?

"If you don't worship on the Sabbath, are you going to hell? No!" SDA Evangelist Kenneth Cox representing the SDAchurch on "Central Florida Live" TV talk show, hosted by George Crossley, Central Florida TV station WTGL, channel 52,

February 8, 1993.

What about Religious Liberty being the God given right to study, stand by, and proclaim only His truth, and to expose

error?

"Included in such discussions have been related theological concepts such as the nature of Christ, the nature of man, thenature of sin, perfection, and the question as to whether it is possible for a Christian to live a sinless life. In our judgment

these complex theological and biblical issues need not be settled in detail in order to rejoice in the gracious provision of

salvation through faith in Christ...We are requesting that we refrain from involving ourselves in public presentations of the

fine points and the controversial aspects of the theology of righteousness by faith....

"We should all seek to diminish the flood of cassettes, brochures, books, and miscellaneous documents...This ended thediscussion because the voice of the highest authority had spoken." AR May 24, 1979, p 4 5.

"It is our responsibility to study the Scriptures for ourselves, to ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to submit our

understandings to those in the church who are able to judge our findings, and then to abide by the decisions of the

church..." Adult Sabbath School Quarterly, Lesson 13, March 28, 1987, p 92.

"Leadership will lead in love and understanding, and followership will support the church leadership unfailingly, even

though necessarily critical of some decisions of leadership." AR October 25, 1979, p 14.

"...the position of the majority group of sane leadership which is determined to put the brakes on any members who seek

to hold views divergent from that of the responsible leadership of the denomination." Eternity magazine, September, 1957,

quoting the stated positions of SDA church leaders; article titled "Are Seventh Day Adventist Christians?"

Not only these items, but the SDA church disfellowships those who become too vocal in preaching the truth and

exposing errors in the church. Also the SDA church in Australia took to court and sued several Adventists for spreading the

original Three Angels' Messages in newspaper form to nearly 400,000 homes in Australia. The paper is called The

Protestant (See Vital Truths, Issue #12, 1992, PO Box 234, Merlin, OR. 97532).

What about the Beast being Roman Catholicism, with the foundation of this church being the Eucharist, and the pope

and Catholic system as Anti christ?

The Beast is not referred to as being Catholicism, but is vaguely referred to as being "the false lord" (AR December 31,1992, p 10), or representing "the forces that oppose God's last day people" (Robert Folkenberg, AR May 5, 1994, p 18).

"The Beast represents a form of self worship..." ROE 72.


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What about the Eucharist being blasphemous and heaven insulting?

"The purpose of this essay is primarily to show how Seventh day Adventist understanding of the eucharist or the Lord's

supper...[and] to highlight Adventist understanding andpractice of the eucharist...

"In preparation for the celebration of the eucharist Seventh day Adventists practice the washing of feet..." Churches

Respond to BEM(Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry),vol 2(2BEM), p 341 343, 1985. (This is the SDA churchs' officialresponse to the ecumenical meeting they were a part of at the Faith and Order Conference of the World Council of Churches

(WCC) of January, 1982 in Lima, Peru).

The Eucharist is also called by the SDA church as being the "central celebration of the Christian church" (2BEM 341).

The church also states; "On occasion Seventh day Adventists refer to the eucharist as a sacrament" (2BEM 342). They also

state that SDA's are "conscious of the sacredness of the celebration of the eucharist" (2BEM 342).

Then appears this amazing declaration:

"And we could go on if space permitted to mention the WCC's... accentuation of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist. All

of these emphasesfit into the ambit of the three angels' messages." AR May 2, 1991, p 10.

What about the warning against the Beast or Catholicism?

"Although it is true that there was a period in the life of the Seventh day Adventist Church when the denomination tooka distinctly anti Roman Catholic viewpoint...that attitude on the church's part was nothing more than a manifestation of

widespread anti popery among conservative protestant denominations in the early part of this century and the latter part of

the last, and which hasnow been consigned to the historical trash heapso far as the Seventh day Adventist church isconcerned." EEOC vs PPPA Civ #74 2025 CBR, Reply Brief for Defendants, p 4.

"...our work is not to denounce the Roman Catholic Church." PUR February 18, 1985, p 4.

What about the Pope as being Anti christ?

"...if he was taught that the Pope is the anti christ, I think that would be a misunderstanding. I don't feel that's what weas a church believe....

"...[the anti christ], that's not a person. That's not an individual..." Kenneth Cox, WTGL TV interview, February 8,1993.

What about the Catholic system as Anti christ?

The anti christ is not referred to as "the papacy," because the Catholic church has "defended belief in Christ's fleshlynature" (AR October 27, 1983, p 7). But the Anti christ is referred to as being:

"former christians" (SOT September, 1990, p 25).

"a mind set" (SOT September, 1990, p 26).

those who teach "false doctrine qualify" (AR October 27, 1983, p 7).

those who "draw us away from our commitment to Christ" (SOT September, 1990, p 26).

those who "deny that Jesus is the Christ or the Messiah" (SOT September, 1990, p 25). [Hence the Devil and all his angels


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cannot be anti christ either (Matt 8:29, Mark 1;24, Luke 4:34)!]

What about the Lamb like Beast being the United States?

The Lamb like Beast is not referred to as being the USA, but is vaguely referred to as being "an idol making power"(AR October 15, 1992, p 10). Or referred to as "the antispirit" (AR September 7, 1989, p 22 23).

What about the Image of the Beast being the Protestant Churches which image Catholicism, including the World

Council of Churches; formed when all the churches unite on a common platform of belief in Christ, and get the State to

sustain them and enforce their decrees?

The Image of the Beast is not referred to as being apostate Protestantism, but is vaguely referred to as being an idol or animage we worship "rather than the Creator God" (AR October 15, 1992, p 9).

The Image is also referred to as setting "yourself up against the Lord of heaven...this type of idol" (AR October 15, 1992,p 10).

"...the Image to the Beast is enforcing a religious duty by human power....The combination of belief in God...and tryingto obey through your own efforts, is the Image of the Beast." ROE 77.

What about the Image being formed when all the churches unite, and the State sustains them and enforces their decrees?

"If he [Lamb like beast or the antispirit] cannot lead us to outright disobedience (which gives us a mark in the forehead),then he leads us to adopt a token (or surface) obedience (which qualifies us for the mark in the hand).

"This is how the antispirit makes an image to the beast. Surface obedience, not rooted in love, will eventually produce acharacter like that of the beast." AR September 7, 1989, p 23.

What about the warning against the Image or the Protestant churches, including the World Council of Churches

(WCC)?

The SDA church does not warn against the apostate Protestant churches or the WCC, because they are united with andone of them!

In 1973 the SDA church, in conjunction with the WCC, wrote a book titled So Much In Common. George Vandeman

also wrote a book praising the apostate churches titledWhat I Like About...The Lutherans, The Baptists, The Methodists,The Charismatics, The Catholics, Our Jewish Friends, The Adventists; Rescuers of Neglected Truth, PPPA, 1986.

So the SDA church is not separate from Babylon, but is fully united with them.

"...we love one another [Christians of other denominations], and work together. That's what its all about....That's whatwe [SDA church] are here for is to profit from one another [other denominations]." Kenneth Cox, WTGL TV interview,

February 8, 1993.

The SDA church is also part of the National Council of Churches and the WCC (write for the Booklet " The WCC & the

SDA Church" which contains the documents proving this)! But this next church statement should help Adventists to realize

that this is true:

"Adventist Find Friends At The World Council of Churches."Canadian Union Messenger, September, 1983, p 5.

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it is not God's Sabbath, and that we are not to obey the civil authorities in regards to this law?

"The Mark of the Beast principle is that man can...do something that will get him to heaven and make him acceptable toGod." Mkd 88.

"The Mark of the Beast involves...salvation by works." ROE 73.

"...the Mark of the Beast, which is salvation by works of self righteousness." Mkd 38.

What about receiving the Mark of the Beast if we obey the civil authorities and bow to the Sunday law?

"Ellen White...[writing about the Sunday laws] told the people do not go contrary to civil authority." Kenneth Cox,WTGL TV interview, Feb 8, 1993.

And as if this was not enough, the SDA church teaches that the Mark of the Beast is not Sunday worship, but refers to

Sabbath worship!

"...the Sabbath...[is] God's sign of obedience....But we must beware! Anyone whose focus is on the Sabbath...who looksat His Sabbathkeeping as the ground of his salvation...is a candidate for the mark of the beast." AR September 7, 1989, p 26.

What about the non immortality of the soul, that there is only a grave to rest in death, but no hell to descend into; and

the gift of immortality is only given at Christ's second coming?

The Bible states that "the soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:20). But the SDA church teaches that no one canovercome all sin, and yet God will not destroy you, but will make you perfect and take you to heaven giving you eternal life

anyway. That's immortality of the soul!

"...I willalwaysfall short of my potential....Those who are hungering and thirsting after righteousness...[are] strivingafter an elusive goal..." AR December 6, 1984, p 6.

"...we cannot live without sinning." ROE 95.

"We are sinners. We will be sinners until Jesus comes, and sinners cannot produce obedience....All we can do is to

give up ever hoping to produce any real obedience." FTW 175.

"...if we die to sin at conversion, are we going to sin anymore? We will continue to sin as Christiansnot because we

want to, but because we're human." VOP News, May, 1985, p 2 3, H.M.S. Richards, Jr.

"We should remember that only when Jesus comes can we be made perfect." Ministry, December, 1965, p 9.

This specious immortality of the soul falsehood, of being able to continue in sin until Jesus comes and then not being

destroyed but made perfect, has also been applied to the continued apostasy and rejection of God's truth by the church.

"...God's remnant church is Laodicea which undeniably has its problems. But no less sure is God's offered remedy...The


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promise that Christ at His coming will 'present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such

thing.'" AR March 7, 1991, p 10.

What about there being only a grave, but no hell to descend into?

"...[the] Apostles' Creed, states: 'I believe in God the Father...and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord, who...suffered

under Pontius pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended to hell, the third day rose again from the dead,ascended to heaven...'

"To this confession...which in principle goes back to the second century A.D., The Seventh day Adventist Christian cansay whole heartedly, 'Amen!'" AR June 10, 1982, p 4 (emphasis in original).

What about the gift of immortality only when Christ comes?

"The Bible presents eternal life as apresentendowment of salvation....Not just later, butnow." SOT May, 1992, p 11(emphasis in original).

"Our new relationship with Christ [born again] brings with it the gift of eternal life." 27 Doc 124.

"If we accept His [Christ's] gospel and believe that the Father is as He represented Him, we have already entered into

eternal life." AR October 8, 1992, p 9.

(Another statement along this same line: AR August 11, 1983, p 7).

If we really have eternal immortal life now, then we no longer have fallen sinful natures, but must have unfallen holy

natures or holy flesh! This false doctrine arose around the turn of the 19th century, and Ellen White warned that it would

revive just before the end came (2SM 36).

Is the SDA church really teaching holy flesh?

"...we are born with a nature that enjoys sinning more than not sinning. So we need new natures....That's what Jesus

offers. He promises tochange our naturesif we let Him." SOT June, 1992, p 20.

"...Jesus carried us in His blessed arms and purchased for us an entirely new nature, a new life which He imparts to us..."

VOP News, February, 1976, p 7, H.M.S. Richards, Sr.

What about the wrath of God being the seven last plagues?

"The third angel of Revelation 14 warns that in the end the wrath of God, unmixed with mercy, will be poured out on theheads of unrepentant sinners....God gives up such people and turns them over to the results of their rebelliousness....Since

faith and love cannot be forced, what else can God do but sadly give up those who reject Him?

"God's wrath...is His turning away in loving disappointmentfrom those who do not want Him, thus leaving them tothe inevitable consequences of their own rebellious choice.

"Such [is] a picture of God's wrath..." SOT July, 1978, p 19.


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What about the Sanctuary in heaven with 2 apartments the holy place and most holy place?

"There is a sanctuary in heaven...In it Christ ministers on our behalf...In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300

days, He entered the second and lastphaseof His atoning ministry." 27 Doc, 312 (#23).

This statement removes the words "most holy place" that were used in the other statements dealing with the fundamentalbeliefs of SDA's (1872 #10, 1912 #10), and replaced it with the words "second and last phase." (Another article not

mentioning two apartments while discussing the Heavenly Sanctuary: AR Feb 16, 1984, p 7 8).

What about Christ's work of atonement going on in the most holy place (2nd apartment of heavenly sanctuary) which

began only after October 22, 1844 at the ending of the 2300 days, and not final until He finishes His work prior to His

second coming?

"...the sacrificial act on the cross a complete, perfect, and final atonementfor man's sin....That is the Adventist

understanding of the atonement..."Ministry, February, 1957, p 10, 44.

"...the Act of Atonement was completed on the Cross..." MOD 505. (emphasis in original).

"Atonement has been completed..." AR February 16, 1984, p 7.

"The atonement, or reconciliation, was completed on the cross...and the penitent believer can trust in the finished

work of our Lord." 27 Doc, 315.

"Today Seventh day Adventist do teach that complete sacrificial atonement was made on the cross. But our pioneers

generally did not believe that atonement was made at the cross." The Sanctuary and the Atonement, p 586, by The Biblical

Research Committee of the General Conference of Seventh day Adventists, R&HPA, 1981.

(Other statements along this same line: AR Nov 6, 1986, p 18; 27 Doc 106; AR January 6, 1983, p 3; AR Feb 7, 1985, p 9;

AR March 5, 1992, p 11 (p 251)).

This new position was in direct contradiction to the mass of pioneer literature and Testimonies dealing with the truth in

this issue. So to remedy this contradiction, the church published this statement:

"When, therefore, one hears an Adventist say, or reads in Adventist literature even in the writings of Ellen G. White

that Christ is making atonement now, it should be understood thatwe mean simplythat Christ is now making application ofthe benefits of the sacrificial atonement He made on the cross." QOD 354 55.

Since the SDA church has changed this truth about the atonement, and is teaching that it was completed on the cross,

they must deal with the issue that only a priest can make atonement. Christ was not a priest on earth (Hebrews 8:4), and

thus the atonement could not have been made on the cross.

But what does the SDA church teach about this?

"...during His earthly ministry Christ wasboth priest and offering. His death on the cross was part of His priestlywork." 27 Doc 53.


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What about Christ as the only Head or first Minister of His church, our high Priest, and Mediator between God andman?

"Elder Robert H. Pierson is the president of the General Conference and, as such the first minister of the Seventh dayAdventist church....including myself as its first minister." EEOC vs PPPA, Civ #74 2025 CBR.

Now if the first minister or head of the SDA church is not Christ, but the General Conference president, then who is ourhigh priest or mediator between God and man?

"We see here that his [Aaron's] principle responsibility was to act as mediator, as a link between the holy and profane,between God and man....In like manner the [SDA] minister of the Gospel today is the high priest....Today we [SDA

ministers] are the high priests....What a tremendous responsibility to act as mediators between God and man!"Ministry,December, 1961, p 27, 29.

What about the true church of God being founded only on Christ and His truth, with the marks of the true church listed

in Revelation 12:17 and 14:12; which "keep the commandments of God," the "faith of Jesus" and the "testimony of Jesus

Christ" or "the spirit of prophecy" Revelation 19:10 being the writings of Ellen G. White; hence these writings have their

continuing purpose, and are still to be followed today?

"The four classical marks of the Biblical church apply to Seventh day Adventists: its holiness(in Jesus Christ),

itscatholicity(universality), itsapostolicity(in harmony with the witness of the apostles/founders), itsunity(one Lord, oneFaith, one Baptism)" AR October 1, 1992, p 27 (emphasis in original).

So the SDA church proves its authenticity for being a true biblical church of God today, not by keeping the

commandments or by following the Spirit of Prophecy, but by being holy, catholic or universal, apostolic, and one or united.

Why is this significant? Because for hundreds of years the Catholic Church has claimed the exact same four marks as to

why they are the true biblical church of God!

"There are Four Marks by which the church of Christ [Catholic] may be recognized. It must be One, Holy, Catholic, and

Apostolic."Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p 26, by Peter Geiermann (see alsoThe Catholic Encyclopedia, p 99).

Truly, the SDA church images Roman Catholicism, and must be included as being part of the Image of the Beast or

those Protestant churches which image Roman Catholicism! In fact, the SDA church images Rome more closely than any

other Protestant church in America!

Judge William T. Hart of the U.S. District Court, North District of Illinois, East Division, handed down a decision infavor of the General Conference of SDA's who was being sued by Derrick Proctor. Judge hart stated:

"Church documents that prescribe the church's structure and governance confirm that all parts of the church are parts ofa single entity. Next to the Roman Catholic church, the Adventist church is the most centralized of all the major Christian

denominations in this country." Derrick Proctor vs General Conference of SDA, case #81 C 4938, Findings of Fact, Section

B, Church Objectives and Structures, p 22, October 29, 1986.

What about following the writings of Ellen G. White or the Spirit of Prophecy today?

"...[the 9 Volumes of theTestimonies For the Church, which was made up of individual Testimonies] was a particularmessage to that individual that did not apply to everybody....So you can't take the Testimonies and make that a general

application to everybody....[So when] God spoke to her...that didn't apply to everybody." Kenneth Cox, WTGL TV

interview, February 8, 1993.


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"Her [Ellen G. White] writings had their purposes..." AS 108.

What about the Righteousness of Christ enabling us to be accepted back to God, receiving His grace which helps us to

overcome all sin and perfect holiness before Christ's coming; that the law of God is still binding today, and Christ's keeping

of it does not free us from having to also keep it; sanctification or perfection not being instantaneous, but being progressivethroughout the lifetime while striving and advancing upward on the straight and narrow pathway to heaven; thus while we

are on the earth, no one is saved, or can they say or feel that they are saved until they are in heaven; and that Christ's robe of

righteousness will not cover any unrighteousness nor one unconfessed sin hence no one can find salvation in Jesus while

continuing in sin?

"Many wrongly believe that their standing before God depends on their good or bad deeds." 27 Docs 121.

"...[we need to] give up on the idea that we can ever produce genuine obedience." FTW 168.

"Obedience is always and only by faith...never of our own efforts." OOF 88.

What does the SDA church believe about overcoming all sin?

"...He [God] doesnot expect us to fight sin" SBF 71.

"It is crucifying to admit that we cannot overcome sin, that we cannot obey, that we cannot produce righteousness, but

that Jesus must do all of this for us." FTW 172.

"We shall never reach sinless perfection in this life." Review, May 19, 1966, p 4.

What does the SDA church believe about working with God for overcoming sin and living righteously continually

striving and advancing upward on the straight and narrow pathway to heaven?

"...God has not called leaders to provide a perfect, unblemished reflection of Christ..." Church Ministries Worker: AJournal for Church Leaders, January March, 1987, p 4, PPPA.

"God has already overcome the power of sin. We do not need to strive again and again to overcome sin. This is because

Jesus has already done this, once for all on the cross....Is it presumptuous of us to try to overcome sin 'again' in our

lives?...Sin is much too big and powerful for us to delude ourselves like that....No matter what, we are going to keep onsinning simply because we are sinners....Having accepting that, though, we do not need to get all worked up about our

failure to overcome sin." CCYQ 60 62, 65.

"Works righteousness is the religion of the carnal heart, and always has been....It is not God's will that we make our

way up a steep hill to heaven, bloody and bowed, unsure of whether or not we're going to make it." AR October 8, 1992, p 9.

(Another statement along this same line: AR March 2, 1989, p 10).


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What does the SDA church believe about the law of God still being binding today, and Christ's keeping of it does notfree us from having to also keep it?

"...[the wrong view is that] we must do something to free ourselves from sin. It is the [false] spirit that teaches we

cannot trust all to Christ, and let Him work out our own righteousness for us." AS 47.

"...we have been discharged from the law...[the Spirit] frees the believer from the law...and fulfills the righteousrequirement of the law in him." AR November 17, 1983, p 7.

"'The law has been carried out. Carried out upon Him [Jesus], so I am free.'" AR April 6, 1989, p 13.

(Other statements along this same line: AR January 2, 1986, p 13, AR April 18, 1985, p 17).

What about sanctification or perfection not being instantaneous, but being progressive throughout the lifetime?

"As to the believer's past,at the momentof justification the believer is also sanctified..." 27 Doc, 123

"...perfection [in Christ]...is relative, or vicarious, in as much as it depends on a right relationship to Christ. It

is attained instantly by an intelligent act of the will accepting Christ's imputed and imparted righteousness, and is retained

throughout life unless a person repudiates his relationship to Christ...He is accounted perfect in heaven, not because he never

makes mistakes, but because, despite his mistakes, God credits him with Christ's perfect righteousness. Unconditional

dedication to the goal, and uncompromising pursuit of it, are God's only requirements." Review, June 10, 1965, p 12.

What about no one being able to say or feel that they are saved before entering heaven?

"Do you wonder if you are saved?...Do you believe that Jesus is your Saviour? Have you confessed your sins? Have yougiven yourself over to Him? Then, regardless of how you feel whether or not you feel 'right'

youaresaved....Only savedpeople...are conscious of how short they fall of God's ideal....[Anyone] who loves Jesus knowsand can know that he or she is saved." SOT June, 1989, p 12 14 (emphasis in original).

What about the Robe of Christ's righteousness not covering any unrighteousness or one unconfessed sin.

"His (Christ's) perfect character is portrayed as a wedding garment or a robe of righteousness that He gives to cover thefilthy rags of human attempts to achieve righteousness." 27 Docs, 114.

"...it is possible for the growing Christian to discover that he has a known sin going on in his life and at the same time a

continuing relationship with Jesus." TKG 93.

"...in the imperfect people around you...you have been able to perceive the robe of righteousness with which He has

clothed them." AR July 5, 1984, p 3.

"...[the everlasting gospel] involves the substitution of Christ's perfect obedience in place of our transgressions, and the

substitution of His own spotless righteousness in place of our sins and pollution.

"That is the inmost heart of the Everlasting Gospel. That is the sole basis for holiness in the sight of a holy God....It


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isHisrighteousness, not our achievement. That is the Gospel in glorious operation. That is the First, Second, and ThirdAngel's Message in 'verity.'" MOD 634 (1971 edition, emphasis in original).

What about no one finding salvation while continuing in sin?

"'But,' you say, 'I'm not "without blemish,"...Yes, the blemishes and the blame are still there (as they are for the vast

billionsof humans everywhere); but nonetheless Christ's sacrifice in our behalf gives Him the astounding right to 'present'us before the Father and His universe as 'holy inhissight, without blemish and free from accusation.'" SOT May, 1986, p 27,by Robert Wieland, (parenthesis and emphasis in original).

"To have the Spirit of Jesus is one of God's conditions for salvation. Moral perfection is not....Christians stillkeep on

sinningafterthey find salvation in Jesus." SOT November, 1986, p 19.

(Another statement along this same line: AR October 27, 1983, p 7).

So the SDA church has changed the Sabbath as only being the Lord's day, into possibly being Sunday, and no necessity

of having to keep God's Sabbath in order to obtain heaven. They have changed Religious Liberty or the God given right to

study, stand by, proclaim His truth, and to expose error, into only if the SDA church approves. They have changed the Beast

being Roman Catholicism, into vaguely being the false lord or self worship. They have changed the blasphemous heaven

insulting heresy of the Eucharist, into being sacred and proper for Adventist Christians to practice. They have changed the

meaning of Anti christ being the Pope and Catholicism, into a mind set. They have changed the Lamb like Beast being the

United States of America, into vaguely being an idol making power, or the antispirit. They have changed the Image of the

Beast being the Protestant Churches which image catholicism, including the WCC, into being an idol or image that we

worship, including ourselves, or the combination of belief in God and putting forth efforts to obey Him.

The SDA church has changed the Mark of the Beast being Sunday worship after it is made a law, into accepting the

doctrine of salvation by works. They have changed the non immortality of the soul, with the gift of immortality only at

Christ's second coming, into being the soul that sins it shall live, with eternal immortal life in our possession now with new

holy natures or holy flesh. They have changed the sanctuary in heaven with 2 apartments, into being a non descriptsanctuary without apparent division. They have changed Christ's work of atonement in the most holy place (2nd apartment

of heavenly sanctuary) going on only since October 22, 1844, into being a completed and final atonement made at the cross.

The SDA church has changed Christ as the Head or first Minister of His church, our high priest, and mediator between

God and man, into being the president of the General Conference as Christ, and the SDA ministers and leaders as high

priests and mediators between God and man. They have changed the true church of God only founded on Christ and His

truth, with the marks of the church listed in Revelation 12:17 and 14:12, into being the four marks of the Catholic church.

The SDA church has changed the necessity of following the writings of Ellen G. White today, into a thing only

necessary in the past. They have changed the Righteousness of Christ which enables us to be accepted back to God, andthen to receive His grace that helps us to overcome all sin perfecting holiness in the fear of God before Christ's second

coming, into Christ has done it all for us, so we just sit back and glide into heaven. They have changed salvation without sin

through Christ's righteousness and personal effort, into salvation in sin through Christ's righteousness instantaneously

sanctifying and perfecting us because we cannot overcome sin. And they have changed Christ's robe of righteousness not

covering any unrighteousness nor one unconfessed sin, into Christ's robe of righteousness covering our continuing sinning

and mistakes.

We can clearly see that the SDA church has changed the truth of the Third Angel's Message into a message of falsehood,


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bondage and corruption. So the SDA church has rejected the truth of the Third Angel's Message, and has replaced it with,

and adopted the third unclean spirit's message!

We can see with very little trouble that the SDA church has taken all Three Angels' Messages and transmuted them intoanother form from their original biblical and God endorsed meanings. So the SDA church has rejected all Three Angels'

Messages and replaced them with, and has adopted, the three unclean spirits' messages of satanic falsehood.

Hence, the foundational basis for the existence of the SDA church today is not the real Three Angels' Messages found in

Revelation 14, but the three unclean spirits' messages found in Revelation 16! Thus the SDA church is not doing the workwhich God commissioned, but the work which Satan commissioned; it is not preaching the gospel of God, but the gospel of

Satan; it is not fulfilling the mission of God, but the mission of Satan. So every time you hear the SDA church talk about

doing God's work, fulfilling God's mission, and spreading God's gospel, it has nothing to do with God at all, but it's all for

the Devil. And if you support the SDA church with your tithe and money, then you are supporting the work and mission of

the Devil and the spreading of satanic falsehood: andyou will be held accountable for every penny(see 6T 448, 1T 261 62, 2T 552, 4SOP 339, 3T 553, 4T 469)!

But the SDA church has not only rejected and changed these three precious messages, but has also replaced the true

SDA leaders and ministers, who refused to give up these truths, with new leaders and ministers who preach satanic

falsehood from the hellish torch of Satan (TM 409 410).

The church has educated a whole new generation of SDA's to accept the false new three angels' messages, and are nowunited upon this false new foundation and platform, as we were warned "Our religion would be changed"! All this is even

admitted!

"Not until some voices ceased, anda new leadershipcame to the fore in certain sections, could certain tenets of truth

come into their own in general, unhandicapped acceptance. Pockets of resistance had to die out, witha new

generationcoming to the fore uninhabited by past impediments and circumstances. That took time. The change has nowtaken place. A new generation of workers and laity are upon the stage of action....We are now united upon a sound platform

of Fundamental Beliefs. We are now ready for the great final phase of the Advent Movement the final, rapid movements

that have been depicted."Eternal Verities Triumphant, p 50, 52, (Syllabus preceding publication of MOD) by Leroy Froom(very similar statements in MOD 17 23).

Clearly, the SDA church has rejected all Three Angels' Messages, and has replaced them with the counterfeit three

spirits' messages. But what does the church say? Do they admit to changing the Three Angels' Messages? Do they

acknowledge that they no longer believe or teach only the original Messages, and that they have adulterated, mutilated, and

transmuted them into something completely contrary to God's word? Or do they blatantly lie to the people, making believe

that nothing has changed and all is just like it should be? What are they telling the people, lies or the truth? Let's ask the

SDA General Conference President Robert Folkenberg:

"The Seventh day Adventist church is privileged, I believe, to have a treasure in our understanding of the prophecies ofDaniel and Revelation, and particularly the message of Revelation...the Three Angels' Messages. And the good news is that

the proclamation of the gospel message and the Three Angels' Messages...is our highest priority by every means possible:

through the spoken word from the pulpit of our churches; through the medium of public evangelism; by means of the

airways and the media; through our institutional program, our publishing program; and through every avenue that's availableto us. That is our highest objective, and it is the standard against which we measure our accomplishment....

"But take it clearly from me, there is no adulteration or undermining of any of the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh day Adventist church. Take it as a simple statement of fact....Please take my word for it. The General Conference and the

Seventh day Adventist church stand behind our historic Adventist beliefs unequivocally. We preach them, we preach them

clearly and fervently and compassionately." Robert Folkenberg, "Issues and Interviews" on SDA radio station KCDS,

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The highest leader of the SDA hierarchical church stoops from all honesty and makes Satan his father, by blatantly lyingto and deceiving our people in this issue! The only evidence he gives to back up his specious falsehood is "Please take my

word for it." And if the Pope of the SDA church is doing this, then you know it is throughout the whole church structure.

But the only people who will believe him, and ignore all the evidence to the contrary, are those who are cursed by making

flesh their arm (Jeremiah 17:5)!

But not only has the SDA church rejected the Three Angels' Messages, and replaced the true ministers and leaders withfalse error believing and preaching brethren, but in doing these things they have rejected someOne else. They have rejected

the precious Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

Christ spent 18 centuries preparing for the SDA church to come into existence, making sure all was ready. Sleeplessly

and unceasingly caring and working for His people and church, opening their eyes to accept and give these three precious

messages which would polarize the world and prepare the way for His coming, and the ending of sin. Constantly He urged

His people forward to reflect His image and thus to vindicate God's character to the whole universe, and prove Satan's

accusations a lie. And then to have His chosen people and church spurn His immense love, turn their backs and faces away

from Him, gradually rejecting and replacing His precious Three Angels' Messages with Satan's counterfeit unclean spirit's

messages, to unite themselves with Satan as his harlotrous bride and church working to keep people away from ever

knowing Christ or His power to free them from sin:

HOW MUST THIS MAKE CHRIST FEEL?

How many tears has Jesus shed over this? How much pain has he felt? How much more agony must He endure? What

must He be thinking to see His people remain asleep believing that all is alright with their SDA church? Oh, may our

people awaken and see more fully what Christ is going through because of a once chosen people and church rejecting Him,

apostatizing from His truth, uniting in harlotry with His avowed enemy, and working against Him

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