“The hour of His judgement is come”
Revelation 14:7
The hour
of His judgement
The beginning of the event “the hour of his judgement” took place
in 1844 and led to the disappointment of God’s people called Adventists who had
thought that the judgement mentioned here referred to the second coming of
Christ to execute judgement on the earth. They as well as many other groups
around the world had been studying the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 which
says: “Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed”. The prophecy is composed of 2 major components i.e. the elapsing of
the time–2300 days, and the event– the cleansing of the sanctuary. As we
shall see, they correctly computed that this time prophecy would terminate in the
year 1844. But they got the event wrong i.e. that Jesus would come to cleanse
the sanctuary which they believed to be the earth by the fires of the last day.
Let us look at at the time prophecy first. They found the starting
point in Daniel 9:25 “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth
of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the
Prince…” This commandment to restore and to re-build Jerusalem was in its
completeness given by king Artaxerxes of Medo-Persia (Ezra 7:12-26) in the 7th
year of his reign. According to
Ptolemy Canon Of Kings, Artaxerxes 1 started his reign in 464 BC, therefore the
7th year of his reign would be 457 BC. (-464 + 7 = -457)
Since 1 prophetic day
stands for 1 literal year as shown in Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, they added
the prophetic “2300 days” to the year 457 BC to arrive at 1844 AD. Please Note!
Because of the magnitude of the number of years added to 457 BC, resulting in
crossing over from BC to AD and since there is no zero AD, we must add 1 to our
calculations (-457 + 2300 + 1 = 1844.)
Prophecies
already fulfilled
The Adventists were further emboldened by the fact that all the
dates of the 70 week prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 which had the same starting
date of 457 BC had all been fulfilled exactly as prophesied, e.g. the year of
the anointing of “the Messiah the Prince” as High Priest by the Holy Spirit in
27 AD, the year He was “cut off” i.e. His crucifixion in 31 AD and the close of
probation for the Jewish church in 34 AD.
In 27 AD was fulfilled the words “from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two
weeks” of Daniel 9:25 giving total of 69 prophetic weeks or 483 literal years.
483 added to 457 BC extends to the Autumn of 27 AD when Jesus was baptised by
John and received the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and soon afterward began
His ministry. (-457 + 483 + 1 = 27)
Furthermore Luke says Jesus Christ was baptised in the 15th
year of the rule of Tiberius Ceasor: “ In the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of
Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of
Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the
son of Zacharias in the wilderness And he came into all the country about
Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;… Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus
also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost
descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven,
which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.” Luke 3:1,2,3,20-21.
Tiberius Caesar began his rulership as co-emperor with his father
Augustus Caesar in 12 AD because Augustus was sick and nearing his death. And
so he appointed Tiberius as his successor according to historian Suetonius from
his book The 12 Caesars, Book Three: “After a
two-year campaign, he returned to Rome (in AD 12), and celebrated his postponed
Illyrian triumph, accompanied by his generals for whom he had obtained
triumphal regalia. Before climbing to the Capitol, he dismounted from his
chariot and knelt at Augustus’ feet, the latter presiding over the ceremonies… In accordance with the consuls’ decree that he should assist Augustus
with the five-year census, and govern the provinces jointly with him”. So as
we can see 12 AD + 15 = 27 AD.
John was surprised that
Jesus came to him for baptism, but Jesus said to John: “Permit it to be so now:
for thus it fitting for us to fulfil
all righteousness” Matthew 3:15. Then Jesus started preaching the message that
“The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15.
In other words the 69 prophetic weeks of Daniel 9:25 had been fulfilled.
In 31 AD was fulfilled the words: “He shall confirm the
covenant with many for one week [7 years]. In
the middle of the week, He shall bring to an end to sacrifice and
offering” Daniel 9:27. In the middle of 7 years i.e. three and a half
years after His baptism, the Lord was crucified in the spring of 31 AD, “And
the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.” Mark 15:
38, showing that the earthly sacrifice and offering had come to an end.
The rest of the “one week” i.e. the other three and a half years were spent by His disciples preaching
the gospel to the Jews. And it came to an end in 34 AD with the stoning of
Stephen and the “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people” of Daniel 9:24
or 490 years of prophecy allotted to the Jewish nation had come to an end. Thus
in 34 AD the Jews as a nation had sealed their rejection of the gospel. (-457 + 490 + 1 = 34)
The three
signs of Jesus second coming already fulfilled
Furthermore 3 of the signs of the nearness of Christ’s second
coming as has been foretold in scripture had all been fulfilled. The first was
in November 1 1755, when there occurred the most terrible earthquake that had
ever been recorded. Though known as the Lisbon earthquake, it extended to the
greater part of Europe, Africa and North America. This was in fulfilment of the
words: “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a
great earthquake…” Rev 6:12. Lisbon at the time had a population of
approximately 150 000 but an estimated “90 000 persons are supposed to
have been lost on that fatal day”. This happened on the day when the Catholic
church was honouring their dead on All Saints Day.
The second sign was in May 19 1780 when the sun and the moon
darkened. This occurred in North America in fulfilment of the words: “and the
sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood” Rev. 6:12
(see also Mark 13:24) “At dawn on Friday, May 19, 1780, farmers in New England
stopped to marvel at the ominous pink hue of the sun. By noon the sky had
darkened to midnight blackness, causing Americans, still in the throes of a
protracted war of independence, to light candles and tremble at thoughts of the
Last Judgment.” https://www.americanheritage.com/dark-day-1780. Since the
time of Moses no period of darkness of equal density, extend and duration has
ever been recorded.
The third sign was in the great meteoric showers of November 13
1833 in North America. This was in fulfilment of the words: “And the stars of
heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when
she is shaken of a mighty wind.” Rev 12:13 (see also Mark 13:25) “Though meteor showers are common, no one
predicted the explosion of shooting stars that illuminated the night sky on
November 13, 1833. Just before dawn, people threw on clothes and gathered in
roads and fields to watch the 150,000 meteors (about 30 per second) dance in
plain view during the storm’s peak. One eyewitness told the Pantagraph newspaper
in Illinois that, “the very heavens seemed to be ablaze.”” https://www.ancestry.com/contextux/historicalinsights/night-stars-fell-meteor-1833
Still another prophetic event in the fall of the Ottoman Empire in
1840 further emboldened the Adventist in their belief that Jesus would come in
1844. In 1838, two years before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, one of the
preachers of the Advent movement Josiah Litch predicted the fall of the Ottoman
Empire. Using Revelation 9 and the day for a year symbol of prophecy he wrote
an article predicting not just the year but the month and date of the fall of
the Ottoman Empire. This was published in the Zion’s Herald, of Boston, and
Zion’s Watchman, of New York and exited great interest.
At the very time specified, i.e. on the 11th August
1840, Turkey, through her ambassadors, accepted the protection of the allied
powers of Europe, and thus placed herself under the control of Christian
nations. The event exactly fulfilled the prediction. When it became known,
multitudes were convinced of the correctness of the principles of prophetic
interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and a wonderful impetus
was given to the Advent movement. Men of learning and position united with
Miller, both in preaching and publishing his views, and from 1840 to 1844 the
work rapidly extended.
And so with all the evidence of past scripture prophecy
fulfilments before them, the Adventists waited for Jesus to come in 1844. But
the year 1844 arrived and the expected event did not take place. The majority
of Adventists were terribly disappointed after 1844 and left the movement, but
a few though disappointed were not disheartened because they knew that God had
led them thus far. So they went back to the Bible to search out their mistake.
Adventists
discover their mistake
After the disappointment of 1844, God raised Ellen G. White to be
a prophet at the tender age of 17. Through the visions that God gave her, the
small group of Adventists who were studying the Bible to find out their mistake
were able to confirm or reject that which they had studied as being correct or
not. And so God speaks to us through her book The Great Controversy which
explains the reasons for the disappointment and how it relates to the three
angel’s messages of Revelation 14 and 18 and the plan of salvation and last day
events. (All quotations are from the 1884 version)
“The prophecy of the first
angel’s message, brought to view in Revelation 14, found its fulfilment in the
Advent movement of 1840-1844….It was to separate the church of Christ from the
corrupting influence of the world that the first angel’s message was given. But
with the multitude, even of professed Christians, the ties which bound them to
earth were stronger than the attractions heavenward. They chose to listen to
the voice of worldly wisdom, and turned away from the heart-searching message
of truth…..When the churches spurned the counsel of God by rejecting the Advent
message, the Lord rejected them. The first angel was followed by a second,
proclaiming, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she
made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” Rev.
14:8.” This message was understood by Adventists to be an announcement of the
moral fall of the churches in consequence of their rejection of the first
message” (page 222- 232)
“The time had passed, the Lord had not come, and the world might
remain the same for thousands of years… And now to take up again the heavy
burden of life’s cares and perplexities, and to endure the taunts and sneers of
a scoffing world, was indeed a terrible trial of faith and patience…..Yet this
disappointment was not so great as was that experience by the disciples at the
time of Christ’s first advent. When Jesus rode triumphantly into Jerusalem, his
followers believed that he was about to ascend the throne of David, and deliver
Israel from her oppressors. With high hopes and joyful anticipations they vied
with one another in showing honor to their King…. When the Pharisees, disturbed
and angered by this outburst of rejoicing, wished Jesus to rebuke his
disciples, he replied, “If these should hold their peace, the stones would
immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40.
“Prophecy must be fulfilled. The disciples were accomplishing the
purpose of God; yet they were doomed to a bitter disappointment. But a few days
had passed ere they witnessed the Savior’s agonizing death, and laid him in the
tomb. Their expectations had not been realized in a single particular, and
their hopes died with Jesus. Not till their Lord had come forth triumphant from
the grave could they perceive that all had been foretold by prophecy, and
“that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the
dead.” Acts 17:3. In like manner was prophecy fulfilled in the first and
second angels’ messages. They were given at the right time, and accomplished
the work which God designed to accomplish by them.” (pg. 252 – 254)
The
sanctuary in Heaven
“In common with the rest of the Christian world, Adventists then
held that the earth, or some portion of it, was the sanctuary, and that the
cleansing of the sanctuary was the purification of the earth by the fires of
the last great day. This they understood would take place at the second coming
of Christ. Hence the conclusion that Christ would return to the earth in 1844.
But the appointed time came, and the Lord did not appear.
“The believers knew that God’s word could not fail; their
interpretation of the prophecy must be at fault; but where was the mistake?….
As they could see no error in their explanation of the prophetic periods, they
were led to examine more closely the subject of the sanctuary. In their
investigation they learned, that the earthly sanctuary, built by Moses at the
command of God, according to the pattern shown him in the mount, was “a
figure for the time then present” that its two holy places were
“patterns of things in the heavens;” that Christ, our great High
Priest, is “a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which
the Lord pitched, and not man;” that “Christ is not entered into the
holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into Heaven
itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.” Heb. 9:9,23; 8:2;
9:24. The sanctuary in Heaven, in which Jesus ministers in our behalf, is the
great original, of which the sanctuary built by Moses was a copy….The
ministration of the earthly sanctuary consisted of two divisions: the priests
ministered daily in the holy place, while once a year the high priest performed
a special work of atonement in the most holy, for the cleansing of the
sanctuary…..
The investigative
judgement
“As the sins of the people were anciently transferred, in figure,
to the earthly sanctuary by the blood of the sin-offering, so our sins are, in
fact, transferred to the heavenly sanctuary by the blood of Christ. And as the
typical cleansing of the earthly was accomplished by the removal of the sins by
which it had been polluted, so the actual cleansing of the heavenly is to be
accomplished by the removal, or blotting out, of the sins which are there
recorded. This necessitates an
examination of the books of record to determine who, through repentance of sin
and faith in Christ, are entitled to the benefits of his atonement. The
cleansing of the sanctuary therefore involves a work of investigative Judgment.
This work must be performed prior to the coming of Christ to redeem his people;
for when he comes, his reward is with him to give to every man according to his
works. Revelation 22:12. Thus those who followed in the advancing light of the
prophetic word saw that instead of coming to the earth at the termination of
the 2300 days in 1844, Christ then entered the most holy place of the heavenly
sanctuary, into the presence of God, to perform the closing work of atonement,
preparatory to his coming.” (page 258
-266.)
“”I beheld,” says the prophet Daniel, “till the
thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was
white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like
the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came
forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him; the Judgment was set, and the books were
opened.” “And, behold, one like the son of man came with the clouds
of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before
him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom… ”Daniel
7:9,10,13,14.
“Thus was presented to the prophet’s vision the opening of the
investigative Judgment. The coming of Christ here described is not his second
coming to the earth. He comes to the Ancient of days in Heaven to receive
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, which will be given him at the close of his
mediatorial work. It is this coming, and not his second advent to the earth,
that was foretold in prophecy to take place at the termination of the 2300
days, in 1844. Attended by a cloud of heavenly angels, our great High Priest
enters the holy of holies, and there appears in the presence of God to engage
in the last acts of his ministration in behalf of man,–to perform the work of
investigative Judgment, and to make an atonement for all who are shown to be
entitled to its benefits.
“The dead were judged,” says John, “out of those
things which were written in the books, according to their works.” Rev.
20:12. Angels of God have kept a faithful record of the lives of all, and they
are to be judged according to their deeds…“Christ himself declares: “He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before
my Father, and before his angels.” Rev. 3:5. Again he said to his
disciples: “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I
confess also before my Father which is in Heaven. But whosoever shall deny me
before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in Heaven.”
Matt. 10:32,33.
“The lives of all who have believed on Jesus pass in solemn review
before God. Beginning with those who first lived upon the earth, our Advocate
examines the cases of each successive generation, and closes with the living.
Every name is mentioned, every case closely investigated. Names are accepted,
names rejected. From age to age, all who have truly repented of sin, and by
faith claimed the blood of Christ as their atoning sacrifice, have had pardon
written against their names in the books of Heaven, and in the closing work of
Judgment their sins are blotted out, and they themselves are accounted worthy
of eternal life……
“The Judgment is now passing in the sanctuary above….. Soon–none
know how soon–it will pass to the cases of the living. In the awful presence
of God our lives are to come up in review. At this time above all others it
behooves every soul to heed the Saviour’s admonition, “Watch and pray, for
ye know not when the time is.” “Watch ye therefore,…lest coming
suddenly he find you sleeping.” Mark 13:33,35,36.
“If therefore thou
shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know what
hour I will come upon thee.” Rev. 3:3. How perilous is the condition of
those, who, growing weary of their watch, turn to the attractions of the world.
While the man of business is absorbed in the pursuit of gain, while the
pleasure lover is seeking indulgence, while the daughter of fashion is
arranging her adornments,–it may be in that hour the Judge of all the earth
will pronounce the sentence, “Thou art weighed in the balances, and art
found wanting.” Every soul that has named the name of Christ has a case pending
at the heavenly tribunal. It is court week with us, and the decision passed
upon each case will be final.” (page 307 – 315).
An open
and shut door
“These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he
that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth
and no man openeth; I know thy works; behold, I have set before thee an open
door, and no man can shut it.” [Revelation 3:7, 8.] Here an open as well as a
shut door is brought to view. At the termination of the 2300 prophetic days in
1844, Christ changed his ministration from the holy to the most holy place.
When, in the ministration of the earthly sanctuary, the high priest on the day
of atonement entered the most holy place, the door of the holy place was
closed, and the door of the most holy was opened. So, when Christ passed from
the holy to the most holy of the heavenly sanctuary, the door, or ministration,
of the former apartment was closed, and the door, or ministration, of the
latter was opened. Christ had ended one part of his work as our intercessor, to
enter upon another portion of the work; and he still presented his blood before
the Father in behalf of sinners. “Behold,” he declares, “I have set before thee
an open door, and no man can shut it.
“Those who by faith follow Jesus in the great work of the
atonement, receive the benefits of his mediation in their behalf; but those who
reject the light that brings to view his work of ministration, are not
benefitted thereby. The Jews who rejected the light given at Christ’s first
advent, and refused to believe in him as the Saviour of the world, could not
receive pardon through him. When Jesus at his ascension entered by his
own blood into the heavenly sanctuary to shed upon his disciples the blessings of
his mediation, the Jews were left in total darkness, to continue their useless
sacrifices and offerings. The ministration of types and shadows had ceased.
That door by which men had formerly found access to God, was no longer open.
The Jews had refused to seek him in the only way whereby he could then be
found, through the ministration in the sanctuary in Heaven. Therefore they
found no communion with God. To them the door was shut. They had no knowledge
of Christ as the true sacrifice and the only mediator before God; hence they
could not receive the benefits of his mediation.
“The condition of the unbelieving Jews illustrates the condition
of the careless and unbelieving among professed Christians, who are willingly
ignorant of the work of our merciful High Priest. In the typical service, when the high priest
entered the most holy place, all Israel were required to gather about the
sanctuary, and in the most solemn manner humble their souls before God, that
they might receive the pardon of their sins, and not be cut off from the
congregation. How much more essential in this anti-typical day of atonement
that we understand the work of our High Priest, and know what duties are
required of us.
“Men cannot with impunity reject the warnings which God in
mercy sends them. A message was sent from Heaven to the world in Noah’s day, and
their salvation depended upon the manner in which they treated that message.
Because they rejected the warning, the Spirit of God was withdrawn from that
sinful race, and they perished in the waters of the flood. In the time of
Abraham, mercy ceased to plead with the guilty inhabitants of Sodom, and
all but Lot with his wife and two daughters were consumed by the fire sent
down from heaven. So in the days of Christ. The Son of God declared to the
unbelieving Jews of that generation, “Your house is left unto you
desolate.” Matt. 23:38. Looking down to the last days, the same infinite
power declares, concerning those who “received not the love of the truth,
that they might be saved, ” “For this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned
who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 2 Thess.
2:10-12. As they reject the teachings of his word, God withdraws his Spirit,
and leaves them to the deceptions which they love.” (page 269 – 271)
The rise
and fall of the Seventh Day Adventist church
After the disappointment of 1844 the
majority of Adventists rejected the sanctuary message which also pointed them
to the third angel’s message (Rev. 14:9-12). This message revealed the
necessity of keeping all of God’s commandments by faith in Jesus including the
Sabbath which they discovered to be Saturday not Sunday. Therefore, God raised
another group and called them Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) to proclaim the
message to the world. But after a while God’s chosen people
— the SDA– became lukewarm and God sent them the Laodecian message (Manuscript
1, 1857) through the
prophet and many other messages of reproves and warning. These messages were to
prepare them to receive the Latter Rain and finish the work so that Jesus could
come the second time. Most heeded the message but when they saw that it did not
immediately end in the loud cry of Revelation 18 and the Latter Rain they again
became lukewarm (Testimonies for the church No. 5, p. 1-26).
Then in 1888
God wanted His people to receive the Latter Rain, which is the righteousness of
Christ by faith, and finish the work. So He send the message of righteousness
by faith through E.J. Waggoner and A.T. Jones at the 1888 General Conference.
The prophet Ellen White had been giving this message to the church “but it had
been lost” as “It had not been practiced….This was no new light” she said “but
it was old light placed where it should be in the third angel’s message.”
Manuscript 24 1888. Most of the leadership led by Satan openly rejected the
message and so the Latter Rain could not be poured out on God’s people as a
whole (Selected Messages Book 1 page 234). After much work some of the
leadership began to see the light and many repented but the church as a whole
were still in a lukewarm condition.
Again in
1901 God wanted to pour the Latter Rain upon the SDA leadership so that they
could finish the work and make the way for the Lord Jesus to come again. But
the SDA leadership again refused and said “Go thy way for this time; when I
have a more convenient season, I will call for thee” Battle Creek Letters p.
55.
Finally in
1903 she told them that if they refused to come out of the Laodecian state, a
satanic reformation would take place which would end in the destruction of the
SDA church and the rest of Babylon by the 7 last plagues. She says, “The enemy
of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to
take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would
consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and
engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place,
what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to
the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The
fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years
would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of
a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a
wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the
God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new
movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God
being removed, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without
God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and
tempest would sweep away the structure. ” Letter 242, 1903 same as Selected
Messages book 1 page 204.
She was told
by God to do all in her power to prevent this satanic reformation from taking
place. She says, “Who has authority to begin such a movement? We have our
Bibles. We have our experience, attested to by the miraculous working of the
Holy Spirit. We have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not
repudiate everything that is not in harmony with this truth?” Letter 242, 1903
“I had my
orders. I had heard the words, like a voice from our Captain, “Meet it!” I knew
what my duty was, and that there was not a moment to lose. The time for decided
action had come. I must without delay obey the command, “Meet it!”. That night
I was up at one o’clock, writing as fast as my hand could pass over the paper.
For the next few days I worked early and late, preparing for our people the
instruction given me regarding the errors that were coming in among us.”
Selected Messages book 1 p. 206. By God’s grace she and others were able to
halt the satanic reformation for a while. But after her death and the passing
away of our pioneers, Satan fully infiltrated the SDA church and the satanic
reformation went into full swing. She prophesied that, “One thing it is certain is soon to
be realized, the great apostasy, which is developing and increasing and waxing
stronger, and will continue to do so until the Lord shall descend from heaven
with a shout.” Letter 326 1905 and “I tell you now, that when I am laid to rest, great
changes will take place”
Manuscript 1 1915.
Sadly the
warnings were not heeded and the prophesied satanic reformation has been
fulfilled, i.e.:
1. “A new organization” has been
“established” that is structured in a form of a hierarchy whilst retaining the
name Seventh Day Adventist.
2. “The principles of truth that God in His
wisdom had given to the remnant church” has been “discarded” by diluting them
e.g. Sanctuary doctrine.
3. “Books of a new order” have been
written e.g. in 1932 the Church Manual replaced the Bible as the church creed
and the book Questions on Doctrine published in 1957 undermines all the old
land marks.
4. “The Sabbath” is “lightly regarded as
also the God who created it” e.g. Sunday is the Lord’s day as shown by the book
From Sabbath to Sunday by pastor S. Bacchiocchi
in 1977 and his credentials was never revoked.
5. “Nothing” has been “allowed to stand in the
way of the new movement” e.g. dis-fellowshipping over 1300 Hungarian members in
1984 for protesting against the church’s membership in the National Council of
Free Churches. SDA is now a member of Babylon i.e. the World Council of
Churches https://www.oikoumene.org/church-families.
6. “The founders of this new system”
have done “a wonderful work” in that membership is over 21 million and over 21
million adherents and the SDA church is worth over $15 Billon.
Just like
the Protestants and the church at Rome before them, in order to secure millions
of converts, the exalted standard of the Christian faith has been lowered, and
as the result a worldly flood, flows into the church, carrying with it its
customs, practices, and idols. As the SDA church secures the favour and support
of secular rulers, it has been nominally accepted by multitudes; but while in
appearance Christians, many remain in substance pagans and worship in secret
their idols.
All that remains to be fulfilled is the
“storm and the tempest” i.e. 7 last plagues preceded by the National Sunday
law throughout Christendom. Then the “storm and the tempest” will “sweep away
the structure”, this being the destruction of the SDA church and the rest of
Babylon.
God’s true church right now consists of individuals or small
house churches because the church is in the “wilderness” state i.e. in
obscurity as was the true church in the dark ages when the Catholic church
ruled supreme. It went into the “wilderness” state because the SDA church after
the passing away of our pioneers failed to carry out its God given mandate as
explained above. God is now busy preparing His true church for the final
battle. So, it rests with those that remain true to God’s word to finish the
work.
The sifting that is being done right now is among the
Remnants, those that left the SDA church because it became Babylon. That is why
once you separate from the SDA church by heeding the call to “come out of her
my people that you may not be partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her
plagues.” Revelation 18:4, you should also heed the counsel of the True Witness
and buy from Him “eyesalve” that you may be able to discern between the true
Remnants and the false Remnants. Then
buy also from Him “white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed” with the
righteousness of Christ and of course you will need the “gold tried in the
fire” which is the faith and the love of Christ (Revelation 3:18). The
righteousness of Jesus Christ cannot be imputed on anyone whilst they are in
sin or sharing the sins of a Babylonian church.
Yours in Christ
Andrei Lesiapeto
16/08/2023 updated 15/01/2025
The Remnant Of Her
Seed