Seventh-day
Adventism
and the
Writings
of Ellen G. White
J. Mark
Martin
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Preface
This survey of Seventh-day Adventism and the
writings of Ellen G. White is written with the sincere hope
that it will open the eyes of many to see the true foundations
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adventism is the reflection
of Ellen White. She shaped it, and with the guidance of her
writings, made the church what it is today. My prayer is that
this examination of her writings opens doors of hope to many
precious souls who love the Truth.
Dedication
I am indebted to many who have supported me
in this investigation by their prayers and words of encouragement,
but in particular to two people who stood by me for over a decade.
They encouraged me to press forward in my walk with the Lord
and my search for Truth. With thanksgiving and praise to our
Lord Jesus Christ, I dedicate this book to these faithful soldiers
of the Cross:
Don
and Vesta Muth
Contents
1.adventism—the reflection of ellen g. white
2.predictions of ellen g. white
Jerusalem’s future
She will be alive when Jesus returns
England will attack the United States
The Civil War is a sign that Jesus is
about to return
In the 1850's she said Jesus was about
to return
Adventists living in 1856 will be alive
to see Jesus return
She saw Enoch on Jupiter or Saturn
A scriptural warning
3.Mrs. White contradicts the bible
The Tower of Babel was built before the
Flood
God sent an angel to converse with Cain
We should never say we are saved
The seal of God is the Sabbath
The Atonement was not finished at the
Cross
Satan bears our sins
We can be sinless
Christians’ sins not forgiven but are
on record before God
The Investigative Judgment
Jesus does not intercede for non-Adventists
In the last days people, to be saved,
must leave non-Adventist churches
Salvation: to be determined by a judgment
of works
Believers will enter into judgment for
salvation
The blood of Jesus does not cancel sin
Salvation is designed to give man another
trial
Jesus is Michael the Archangel
The Holy Spirit will leave the believer
Christians will stand before God without
Christ’s mediation
The day and hour of Jesus’ return
Jesus is a Levitical priest like Aaron
Jesus did not ascend to the right hand
of God
The plan of salvation was devised after
man’s Fall
She broke the Sabbath for 11 years
There was only one Herod
Her writings never contradict the Bible
4.mrs. white’s scriptural additions
Satan offered a pardon in Heaven
Adam crowned king
Eve wandered away from Adam’s side
The serpent that deceived Eve had wings
God held a council to decide what to do
Angels would have died for man
Abel’s sacrifice consumed by a light from
Heaven
Angels communicated with Adam after the
Fall
Adam kept the Sabbath
God removed Eden and will return it to
Earth
Enoch’s concern regarding the dead
Enoch’s face radiated light
Some races are a mixture of man and beast
Jesus died for the angels
Christ restrained the demons
It takes seven days to get to Heaven
There are houses in Heaven with golden
shelves
Angels have golden cards
A solemn warning
5.Mrs. White Contradicts Herself
Deity did and did not sink and die
God does not love children when they do
wrong
God loves children when they do wrong
The door of salvation is forever shut
She denies having a vision confirming
the Shut Door
What about lying prophets?
Pork is a nourishing, strengthening food
Pork should never be eaten
There is consciousness after death
There is no consciousness after death
A council convenes to decide what to do
to save man
The plan of salvation dates from Adam’s
Fall
The plan of salvation existed from eternity
The sacrifice of Christ was full and complete
The Atonement is not complete
6.mrs. white: adventism’s message and her writings
stand or fall together
7.THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS
8.EPILOGUE
Appendix A: DID JESUS MOVE TO GOD’S RIGHT HAND
IN 1844?
Note: All words in bold are used for emphasis.
1
ADVENTISM—The
REFLECTION OF ELLEN G. WHITE
Seventh-day Adventism is a reflection of its prophetess,
Ellen G. White. It is inseparably united to her writings, which
are considered to be an authoritative source of truth. The Adventist
church recognizes that it is indebted to, and dependent upon, Mrs.
White’s writing.
Mrs. White’s writings are affectionately called,
"The Spirit of Prophecy" by most Seventh-day Adventists.
Within the Adventist church it is believed that her prophetic gift
is one of the proofs that it is the "remnant" church which
"keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of
Jesus . . . . the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy"
(Revelation 12:17; 19:10).
In the book, The White
Truth, published by the Adventist church
in 1981 as a response to the recent discovery of Mrs. White’s plagiarism,
author John J. Robertson clearly sets forth the importance of Mrs.
White’s writings in the Adventist community. Robertson states, "The
influence of the spirit of prophecy [Mrs. White’s writings] is woven
into the warp and woof of Adventist faith, life and organization.
. . . What we are as a church is a reflection
of our faith in the divine authority evident in the writings of
Ellen G. White." The
White Truth, p. 61.
The same year The White
Truth was offered as a public defense
of Mrs. White’s writings, the church met in General Conference session
and reworked its statement of beliefs. In what has come to be known
as "The Dallas Statement," we see a clear expression of
the extraordinary role Mrs. White’s writings have in the church:
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is
prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant
church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White.
As the Lord’s messenger, her writings
are a continuing and authoritative source of truth and provide
for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction. They also make clear that the Bible is the standard
by which all teachings and experience must be tested. Statement 17.
An inspired commentary
For years, Seventh-day Adventists have called
Mrs. White’s writings "an inspired commentary on the Bible."
In 1980 the church also published The Pillars, a book defending the denomination’s distinctive doctrines.
In this book, popular Adventist pastor Morris L. Venden invites
his readers to study 15 "facts" with him. Fact #14 is
especially interesting:
Fact #14. There is hope for every remnant
believer today who sometimes feels confused at all the differing
views taken by different scholars and commentaries. We have an inspired commentary that was given for the purpose of settling the
disagreements among the uninspired commentaries. What do
you do when the scholars disagree? Do you have to become
a better scholar than the best in order to settle the disagreement
in your own mind? No, let me repeat.
God has given to our church an inspired commentary to settle the disagreements among the uninspired
commentaries. And we can still be thankful for that today.
The Pillars, p. 30.
Not of human origin
Mrs. White claimed that her writings were not
of human origin:
I am just as dependent upon the Spirit
of the Lord in relating or writing a vision, as in having
the vision. It is impossible for me to call up things which
have been shown me unless the Lord brings them before me
at the time that he is pleased to have me relate or write
them. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 2,
p. 293.
In ancient times God spoke to men by
the mouth of prophets and apostles. In these days He speaks
to them by the testimonies of His Spirit. There was never a time when God instructed His
people more earnestly than He instructs them now concerning
His will and the course that He would have them pursue.
But will they profit by His teachings? Will they receive His
reproofs and heed His warnings? Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, pp. 147-148.
Sister Hall has just read me your letter
to her. I am glad that you are having success in selling
my books; for thus you are giving to the world the light that God has given me. These books contain
clear, straight, unalterable truth
and they should certainly be appreciated. The
instruction they contain is not of human production. Letter H-339, December 26, 1904.
Yet now when I send you a testimony of
warning and reproof, many of you declare it to be merely
the opinion of Sister White. You have thereby insulted the
Spirit of God. Testimonies for
the Church, Vol. 5, p. 661.
Those who are reproved by the Spirit of
God should not rise up against the humble instrument. It is God, and not an erring mortal, who has
spoken to save them from ruin.
Testimonies for the Church, Vol.
3, p. 257.
A statement in the official church paper, The Review and Herald, clearly
shows the high position in which Ellen White is held in the Adventist
church:
Seventh-day Adventists hold that Ellen
G. White performed the work of a true prophet during the
seventy years of her public ministry. As Samuel was a prophet,
as Jeremiah was a prophet, as John the Baptist, so we believe
that Mrs. White was a prophet to the church of Christ today.
October 4, 1928.
Seventh-day Adventists are
uniquely fortunate
Arthur White, grandson of Ellen White, and for
years the head of the Ellen G. White Estate, made the following
claim:
Seventh-day Adventists are uniquely fortunate
in approaching the question of inspiration of the prophets.
We are not left to find our way, drawing our conclusions
from writings of two thousand years and more ago, that have
come down to us through varied transcriptions and translations.
With us it is an almost contemporary matter, for we had
a prophet in our midst. It is generally granted by the careful
student of her works that the experience of Ellen G. White
was no different from that of the prophets of old. What
is more, rather than having in our possession only relatively
few chapters of a handful of letters as is the case of the
extant records of the Bible prophets, we have the full range
of Ellen G. White’s writings, penned through a period of
70 years. She wrote in the English language, so we are not
confronted with the problems of translation. The Ellen G. White Writings, p. 15.
Doctrinal authority
The "landmarks" or "pillars"
of Adventism have their roots in Ellen White. As these were being
developed, Mrs. White had an unquestionably authoritative role in
deciding what would be defined as truth and error. Mrs. White describes
how Adventist doctrine was established:
At that time [after the 1844 disappointment]
one error after another pressed in upon us; ministers and
doctors brought in new doctrines. We would search the Scripture
with much prayer, and the Holy Spirit would bring the truth
to our minds . . . . The power
of God would come upon me, and I was enabled clearly to
define what is truth and what is error.
As the points of our faith were thus
established, our feet were placed
upon a solid foundation. We accepted the truth point by
point, under the demonstration of the Holy Spirit. I would be taken off in vision, and explanations
would be given me. I was given
illustrations of heavenly things, and of the sanctuary,
so that we were placed where light was shining on us in
clear, distinct rays. Selected
Messages, Bk. 3, pp. 31-32.
Mrs. White’s writings are unquestionable
Mrs. White believed that her writings (or testimonies)
were inspired and therefore should never be questioned. To doubt
her writings would be tantamount to doubting the Word of God.
While men venture to criticize the
Word of God, they venture on sacred, holy ground, and had better fear and tremble and hide their
wisdom as foolishness. God sets no man to pronounce judgment
on His word, selecting some things as inspired and discrediting
others as uninspired. The Testimonies [Mrs. White’s writings] have
been treated in the same way; but God is not in this. Selected Messages,
Bk. 1, p. 23.
When the power of God testifies as to
what is truth, that truth is to stand forever as the truth.
No after suppositions contrary to the light God has given
are to be entertained. Counsels
to Writers and Editors, p. 31.
2
Predictions
of Ellen G. White
Mrs. White claimed that future events were revealed
to her: "As the Spirit of God has opened to my mind the great
truths of His word, and the scenes of the past and the future, I
have been bidden to make known to others that which has thus been
revealed . . .". The Great Controversy,
p. xi.
She made the following predictions during her
ministry in the Seventh-day Adventist church. They must be tested
and honestly faced in the light of God’s Word.
Jerusalem’s future
An interesting prophecy of Mrs. White’s was that
"Old Jerusalem never will be built up." In Early Writings, p. 75, she said, "I
was pointed to some who are in the great error of believing that
it is their duty to go to Old Jerusalem, and think they have a work
to do there before the Lord comes. . . . I saw that Satan had greatly
deceived some in this thing. . . . I also
saw that Old Jerusalem never would be built up;
and that Satan was doing his utmost to lead the minds of the children
of the Lord into these things now, in the gathering time."
This prophecy did not come true. Since the nation
of Israel’s rebirth in 1948, "Old Jerusalem" has been
greatly built up.
She will be alive when Jesus
returns
Mrs. White predicted that she would be among the
"living saints" when Jesus returned:
Soon our eyes were drawn to the east,
for a small black cloud had appeared, about half as large
as a man’s hand, which we all knew was the sign of the Son
of man. . . . Then there was a mighty earthquake. The graves
opened, and the dead came up clothed with immortality. The
144,000 shouted, "Alleluia!" as they recognized
their friends who had been torn from them by death, and
in the same moment we were changed
and caught up together with them
to meet the Lord in the air. Early
Writings, pp. 15-16.
Mrs. White died at her home near St. Helena, California
on July 16, 1915. Eight days later she was buried beside her husband,
James White, in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Battle Creek, Michigan.
England will attack the United
States
In 1862 she predicted, "when England does
declare war [against the North during the Civil War], all nations
will have an interest of their own to serve, and there will be general
war, general confusion." The result will be that "this
nation [the United States] will . . . be humbled into the dust."
Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 1, p.
259.
American history clearly shows that England did
not declare war against the United States during the Civil War,
and the United States was not humbled into the dust.
The Civil War is a sign that
Jesus is about to return
I saw a greater distress in the land than
we have yet witnessed. I heard groans and cries of distress,
and saw large companies in active battle. I heard the booming
of the cannon, the clash of arms, the hand-to-hand fight,
and the groans and prayers of the dying. . . . God’s people
must take warning and discern the signs of the times. The
signs of Christ’s coming are too plain to be doubted, and
in view of these things everyone who professes the truth
should be a living preacher. . . . All heaven is astir.
The scenes of earth’s history are
fast closing. We are amid the
perils of the last days. Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 1, p. 260.
In the 1850’s she said Jesus
was about to return
Some are looking too far off for the coming
of the Lord. Time has continued a few years longer than
they expected; therefore they think it may continue a few
years more, and in this way their minds are being led from
present truth, out after the world. . . . I saw that the
time for Jesus to be in the most holy place was nearly finished
and that time can last but a little
longer. Early
Writings, p. 58.
In a view given June 27, 1850, my accompanying
angel said, "Time is almost finished." . . . Said
the angel, "Get ready, get ready, get ready . . ."
I saw that there was a great work to do for them and but
little time
in which to do it. . . . Then I saw the seven
last plagues were soon to be poured out
upon those who have no shelter . . . Early
Writings, p. 64.
Mrs. White continues to relate her vision and
makes a startling prediction that only a few months are left before
the Lord will return:
But now time
is almost finished, and what we
have been years learning, they ["they who of late have
embraced the truth"] will have to learn in a few months. They
will also have much to unlearn and much to learn again.
Early Writings, p. 67.
Adventists living in 1856 will
be alive to see Jesus return
Over 135 years ago—in May of 1856—Mrs. White made
another fascinating prophecy during a meeting in Battle Creek, Michigan.
She declared that some of those who were in that meeting would die,
and become "food for worms," and that some of them would
live on and become "subjects of the seven last plagues,"
while still others would "remain upon the earth to be translated
at the coming of Jesus." Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 1, pp. 131-132.
She saw Enoch on Jupiter or
Saturn
The Lord has given me a view of other
worlds, wings were given me, and an angel attended me from
the city to a place that was bright and glorious. The grass of the place was living green, and
the birds there warbled a sweet song. The inhabitants of
the place were of all sizes; they were noble, majestic,
and lovely. . . . I asked one
of them why they were so much more lovely than those on
the earth. . . . Then I was taken
to a world which had seven moons.
There I saw good old Enoch, who had been translated. Early Writings, pp. 39-40.
Ellen’s husband, James White, verified her vision.
He wrote, "At our conference in Topsham, Maine, last Nov.,
Ellen had a vision of the handy works of God. She
was guided to the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and I think one more. After she came out of vision, she could give a clear
description of their Moons, etc. It is well known, that she knew
nothing of astronomy, and could not answer one question in relation
to the planets, before she had this vision." A
Word to the "Little Flock," p. 22.
To date, excellent satellite pictures of Jupiter
and Saturn have not revealed any life forms.
A scriptural warning
I want to close this chapter with a vital excerpt
from God’s Word:
But the prophet who shall speak a word
presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him
to speak, or which he shall speak in the name of other gods,
that prophet shall die. And you may say in your heart, "How
shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?"
When a prophet speaks in the name
of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come true,
that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you
shall not be afraid of him (Deuteronomy 18:20-22).
3
Mrs.
white contradicts the bible
This chapter contains statements by Mrs. White
that clearly show her disregard for the Bible. In 1905 she proclaimed,
"There is one straight chain of truth without one heretical
sentence in that which I have written." Selected
Messages, Bk 3, p. 52.
The whole Bible should be given to
the people just as it reads. It would be better for them
not to have Bible instruction at all than to have the teaching
of the Scriptures thus grossly misrepresented. The Great
Controversy, p. 521.
God never contradicts himself . . .
Letter 329, 1905. Letter to
Elder Burden.
The Tower of Babel was built
before the Flood
As you read the following, understand that what
Mrs. White wrote was later covered up in the 1870 edition of Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 1, p. 266:
The Lord first established the system
of sacrificial offerings with Adam after his fall, which
he taught to his descendants. This system was corrupted
before the flood by those who separated themselves from
the faithful followers of God, and engaged in the building
of the tower of Babel. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 301, 1864 edition.
God sent an angel to converse
with Cain
God condescends to send an
angel to Cain to converse with
him. The angel inquires of him the reason of his anger,
and informs him that if he does well, and follows the directions
God has given, he will accept him and respect his offering.
. . . The angel tells Cain that it was no injustice on the
part of God, or partiality shown to Abel; . . . and if he
would do well he would be accepted of God . . . Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, pp. 48-49.
However, Mrs. White’s words contradict the biblical
account, which states that the Lord, not an angel, spoke to Cain.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why
are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you
do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if
you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its
desire is for you, but you must master it" (Genesis
4:6-7).
We should never say we are
saved
In Christ’s Object Lessons,
p. 155 (1900 edition), Mrs. White states:
Those who accept Christ, and in their
first confidence say, I am saved, are in danger of trusting
to themselves. . . . Those who
accept the Saviour, however sincere
their conversion; should never
be taught to say or feel that they are saved. This is misleading.
No sanctified tongue will be found uttering
these words ["I am saved"] till Christ shall come,
and we enter in through the gates into the city of God .
. . As long as man is full of weakness—for of himself he
cannot save his soul—he should never dare to say, "I
am saved." Selected Messages,
Vol. 1, p. 314.
THE BIBLE SAYS
And the witness is this, that God has
given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who
has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of
God does not have the life. These things I have written
to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order
that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:11-13).
In addition, Acts 16:31 says, "Believe in
the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved . . ." Please also see
John 6:37-47; Ephesians 2:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:4-9; and Philippians
1:6.
The seal of God is the Sabbath
The sign, or seal, of God is revealed
in the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath, the Lord's
memorial of creation. Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 8, p. 117.
Too late they see that the Sabbath of
the fourth commandment is the seal of the living God. The Great Controversy, p. 640.
THE BIBLE SAYS
And you also were included in Christ when
you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.
Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal,
the promised Holy Spirit, who
is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption
of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of his
glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14 NIV).
Now He who establishes us with you in
Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us
and gave
us the Spirit in our hearts as
a pledge (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).
And do not grieve the Holy
Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30).
The Atonement was not finished
at the Cross
Now while our great High Priest is making the atonement
for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. The Great Controversy, p. 623.
. . . 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 to perform the closing work of atonement. The Great Controversy,
p. 422.
Instead of the prophecy of Daniel 8:14
referring to the purifying of the earth, it was now plain
that it pointed to the closing work of our High Priest in
heaven, the finishing of the atonement preparatory to His coming. Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 1, p. 58.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer
often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation
of the ages He has been manifested
to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself (Hebrews 9:26).
When Jesus therefore had received the
sour wine, He said, "It is
finished!" And He bowed His
head, and gave up His spirit (John 19:30).
. . . but He, having
offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God (Hebrews 10:12).
Satan bears our sins
It was seen, also, that while the sin
offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high
priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified
Satan, the author of sin, upon
whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed. The Great Controversy,
p. 422.
As the priest, in removing the sins from
the sanctuary, confessed them upon the head of the scapegoat,
so Christ will place all these
sins upon Satan, the originator
and instigator of sin. The Great
Controversy, p. 485.
Their sins are transferred to the originator
of sin. Testimonies for the Church,
Vol. 5, p. 475.
THE BIBLE SAYS
. . . and He Himself bore our
sins in His body on the cross,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for
by His wounds you were healed (1 Peter 2:24).
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him,
and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world!"
(John 1:29).
We can be sinless
Those only who through faith in Christ
obey all of God’s commandments
will reach the condition of sinlessness
in which Adam lived before his transgression. Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol.
6, p. 1118.
In order to let Jesus into our hearts,
we must stop sinning. Signs of the Times, March 3, 1898.
To be redeemed means to cease
from sin. Review
& Herald, September 25, 1900.
THE BIBLE SAYS
If we say that we have no sin, we are
deceiving ourselves, and the truth
is not in us . . . If we say that we have not sinned, we
make Him a liar, and His word
is not in us (1 John 1:8, 10).
Christians’ sins not forgiven
but are on record before God
This doctrine is known as the Investigative
Judgment. Mrs. White teaches that a believer’s
sins are not yet blotted out or forgiven: they are merely pardoned.
She teaches that Christians’ eternal destinies will ultimately be
determined by the weighing their good and bad works when their names
come up in the Investigative Judgment.
All who have truly repented of sin, and
by faith claimed the blood of Christ as their atoning sacrifice,
have had pardon entered against
their names in the books of heaven;
as they have become partakers of the righteousness of Christ,
and their characters are found to be in harmony with the
law of God, their sins will be
blotted out, and they themselves
will be accounted worthy of eternal life. The
Great Controversy, p. 483.
Sins that have not been repented of and
forsaken will not be pardoned and
blotted out of the books of record,
but will stand to witness against the sinner in the day
of God. The Great Controversy,
p. 486.
The work of the investigative judgment
and the blotting out of sin is
to be accomplished before the
second advent of our Lord. The
Great Controversy, p. 485.
Mrs. White states that no sin was blotted out
before October 22, 1844: "At the time appointed for the judgment—the
close of the 2300 days in 1844—began the
work of investigation and blotting out of sins."
Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 122.
The work of the investigative judgment
and the blotting out of sins is
to be accomplished before the
second advent of the Lord. . . . it
is impossible that the sins of men should be blotted out
until after the judgment at which
their cases are to be investigated. . . . When the investigative
judgment closes, Christ will come . . . The
Great Controversy, p. 485.
When the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord, then
the sins of the repentant soul
who has received the grace of Christ and has overcome through
the blood of the Lamb, will be
removed from the records of heaven,
and will be placed upon Satan, the scapegoat, the originator
of sin, and be remembered no more against him forever. Selected Messages, Bk. 3, pp. 355-356.
THE BIBLE SAYS
If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness (1 John 1:19).
When He had made purification of sins,
He sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty on high . . . (Hebrews
1:3b).
I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake (1
John 2:12).
Therefore let it be known to you, brethren,
that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you
. . . (Acts 13:38).
I, even I, am he who blotteth
out thy transgressions for mine
own sake, and will not remember
thy sins (Isaiah 43:25 KJV).
I have blotted out,
like a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, like a cloud, thy sins; return to me for
I have redeemed thee (Isaiah 44:22 KJV).
Therefore let it be known to you, brethren,
that through Him forgiveness of
sins is proclaimed to you, and
through Him everyone who believes
is freed from all things, from
which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses (Acts
13:38-39).
. . . but now once and at the consummation
of the ages He has been manifested
to put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself (Hebrews 9:26).
The Investigative Judgment
This doctrine has never been taught by anyone
else in the history of the Church. It has no support in the Bible,
as has been shown by previous Scripture. This clearly indicates
that believers do not enter into judgment concerning their salvation.
However, noted Adventist historian and theologian,
LeRoy E. Froom states that this doctrine, not found in the Bible,
is the Seventh-day Adventist church’s only reason for existence:
Indeed, if there is no actual Sanctuary
in heaven, and no ministering Great High Priest serving
therein; and if there is no Judgment
Hour message to herald from God
to mankind at this time, then we
have no justifiable place in the religious world, no distinctive denominational mission and message,
no excuse for functioning as a separate church entity today. Movement of Destiny, p. 542.
Froom goes on to state that any deviation from
this doctrine of the Investigative Judgment strikes at Adventism’s
very integrity:
Consequently any weakening or denial or
submerging of the Sanctuary truth is not only a serious
but a crucial matter. Any deviation or dereliction therefrom
strikes at the heart of Adventism, and challenges its very
integrity. Movement of Destiny,
p. 542.
Jesus does not intercede for
non-Adventists
I saw that as the Jews crucified Jesus,
so the nominal churches had crucified these messages [of the Investigative
Judgment], and therefore they have no knowledge of the way
into the most holy, and they cannot be benefited [sic] by
the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered
their useless sacrifices, they
offer up their useless prayers
to the apartment which Jesus has left; and Satan, pleased
with the deception, assumes a religious character, and leads
the minds of these professed Christians to himself . . .
Early Writings, p. 261.
THE BIBLE SAYS
I do not ask in behalf of these alone,
but for those also who believe in Me through their word
(John 17:20).
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
is born of God; and whoever loves the Father loves the child
born of Him (1 John 5:1).
Beloved, let us love one another, for
love is from God; and every one who loves is born of God
and knows God (1 John 4:7).
By this all men will know that you are
My disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:35).
In the last days people, to
be saved, must leave non-Adventist churches
I saw that God has honest children among
the nominal Adventists and the fallen churches, and before
the plagues shall be poured out, ministers
and people will be called out from these churches and will gladly receive the truth. . . . But
the light will shine, and all who
are honest will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant. Early Writings, p. 261.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Who are you to judge the servant of another?
To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will,
for the Lord is able to make him stand (Romans 14:4).
Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye
on those who cause dissentions and hindrances contrary to
the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.
For such men are slaves not of our Lord Christ but of their
own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech
they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting (Romans 16:17-18).
Salvation: to be determined
by a judgment of works
SALVATION IS BY WORKS
At the time appointed for the judgment
. . . . All who have ever taken upon themselves the name
of Christ must pass its searching scrutiny. Both the living
and the dead are to be judged "out of those things
which were written in the books, according
to their works." The Great Controversy, p. 486.
In order to let Jesus into our hearts,
we must stop sinning. Signs of the Times,
March 3, 1898.
GRACE PLUS WORKS
We grant that Mrs. White also makes statements
that sound very evangelical and affirm some kind of belief in salvation
by grace. Mrs. White taught the heresy theologians call semi-pelagianism. It is the
teaching that salvation is partly by grace and partly by works.
This is the doctrine of salvation taught by the Roman Catholic Church.
Mrs. White’s description of how God determines
a believer’s salvation, as found in The
Great Controversy, pp. 480-482:
So in the great day of final atonement
and investigative judgment the only cases considered are
those of the professed people of God. The judgment of the
wicked is a distinct and separate work, and takes place
at a later period.
The books of record in heaven, in which the names and the deeds of men are
registered, are to determine the
decisions of the judgment. Says
the prophet Daniel: "The judgment was set, and the
books were opened."
"A book of remembrance" is written before God, in which are recorded the good deeds of
"them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His
name." Malachi 3:16. Their words of faith, their acts
of love, are registered in heaven. . . . In the book of
God’s remembrance every deed of righteousness is immortalized.
There every temptation resisted, every evil overcome, every
word of tender pity expressed, is faithfully chronicled.
And every act of sacrifice, every suffering and sorrow endured
for Christ’s sake, is recorded. . . . There
is a record also of the sins of men.
Every man’s work passes in review before
God and is registered for faithfulness or unfaithfulness.
Opposite each name in the books of heaven is entered with
terrible exactness every wrong word, every selfish act,
every unfulfilled duty, and every secret sin, with every
artful dissembling. Heaven-sent warnings or reproofs neglected,
wasted moments, unimproved opportunities, the influence
exerted for good or evil, with its far-reaching results,
all are chronicled by the recording angel.
The law of God is the standard by which
the characters and the lives of men will be tested in the
judgment.
Those who in the judgment are "accounted
worthy"
will have a part in the resurrection of the just. . . .
The righteous dead will not be raised until after the judgment
at which they are accounted worthy of "the resurrection of life." The Great Controversy, pp. 480-482.
On April 9, 1893, Mrs. White wrote a letter to
A. T. Jones, to correct his teaching that salvation was by grace
through faith plus nothing:
. . . In my dream you were presenting
the subject of faith and the imputed righteousness of Christ
by faith. You repeated several times that works amounted
to nothing, that there were no conditions. . . . I decided
to write to you. You state this matter too strongly. There are conditions to our receiving justification and sanctification, and the righteousness of
Christ. I know your meaning, but you leave a wrong impression
upon many minds. While good works will not save even one
soul, yet it is impossible for
even one soul to be saved without good works. Selected Messages,
Bk. 1, p. 377.
The judgment is to set [sic], the books
are to be opened, and we are to
be judged according to our deeds.
Testimonies for the Church, Vol.
1, p. 100.
All your good works cannot save you; but
it is nevertheless impossible for
you to be saved without good works.
Selected Messages, Bk. 3, p. 147.
THE BIBLE SAYS
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it
is the gift of God; not as a result
of works, that no one should boast
(Ephesians 2:8-9).
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds
which we have done in righteousness,
but according to His mercy . . . that being justified by His grace
we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal
life (Titus 3:5, 7).
. . . being justified
as a gift by His grace through
the redemption which is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24).
For we maintain that a
man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law (Romans 3:28).
Believers will enter into judgment
for salvation
Every case had been decided for life or death.
While Jesus had been ministering in the sanctuary, the judgment
had been going on for the righteous dead, and then for the
righteous living. Early Writings,
p. 280.
So in the great day of final atonement
and investigative judgment the
only cases considered are those of the professed people
of God. The
Great Controversy, p. 480.
As the books of record are opened in the
judgment, the lives of all who
have believed on Jesus come in review before God. Beginning with those who first lived upon the
earth. . . . Every name is mentioned, every case closely
investigated. Names are accepted, names rejected. When any
have sins remaining upon the books of record, unrepented
of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the
book of life, and the record of their good deeds will be
erased from the book of God’s remembrance. The
Great Controversy, p. 483.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears
My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has
eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life (John
5:24).
He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God (John 3:18).
There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1).
The blood of Jesus does not
cancel sin
The blood of Christ, while it was to release the repentant sinner
from the condemnation of the law, was
not to cancel sin. . . . It will
stand in the sanctuary until the final atonement. Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 357.
THE BIBLE SAYS
In Him we have
redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians
1:7).
. . . the blood
of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7b).
Much more then, having
now been justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him (Romans
5:9).
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate (Hebrews 13:12).
Salvation is designed to give
man another trial
The plan of salvation was designed to
redeem the fallen race, to give them another
trial. Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, p. 250.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused
us to be born again to a living
hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead, to
obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved
in heaven for you, who are protected
by the power of God through faith
for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In
this you greatly rejoice . . . obtaining as the outcome
of your faith the salvation of your souls (1 Peter 1:3-6a).
And not only this, but we also exult in
God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation (Romans 5:11).
For I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will
perfect it until the day of Christ
Jesus (Philippians 1:6).
Jesus is Michael the Archangel
The early Adventist pioneers taught the heresy
called Arianism,
which asserts
that Jesus is not God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity.
Those who believe this false doctrine teach that Jesus is an exalted
angel. Those, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, who promote this heresy
today, teach that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.
This early Adventist heresy appeared in several
books and articles published by the church. It also manifested itself
in the hymnology of the church. In the official Seventh-day Adventist
hymnal—published from 1941 until its revision in 1985—the church
changed the words of the hymn Holy, Holy,
Holy from "God in three Persons,
blessed Trinity" to "God overall who rules eternity."
Evidence of this doctrinal
pollution is found in these writings of
Mrs. White:
Moses passed through death, but Michael
came down and gave him life before his body had seen corruption.
Satan tried to hold the body, claiming it as his; but Michael resurrected Moses and took him to heaven. Satan railed bitterly
against God . . . but Christ did
not rebuke His adversary . . .
He meekly referred him to His Father, saying, "The
Lord rebuke thee." Early Writings,
p. 164.
When Jesus stands up; when his work is finished in the Most Holy,
then there will be not another ray of light to be imparted
to the sinner. . . . The light is made to reach far ahead,
where all is total darkness. MICHAEL
stands up. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 2, p. 276.
As Christ
and the angels approached the grave, Satan and his angels appeared at the grave,
and were guarding the body of Moses, lest it should be removed.
As Christ
and his angels drew nigh, Satan resisted their approach, but was compelled,
by the glory and power of Christ and his angels to fall
back. Satan claimed the body of Moses, because of his one
transgression; but Christ meekly
referred him to his Father, saying, "The Lord rebuke
thee." Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 4a, p. 58.
Just before going into the meeting, I
had a revival of some interesting scenes which had passed
before me in a vision. . . . It seemed to me that the angels
were making a rift in the cloud and letting in the beams
of light from heaven. The subject that was presented so
strikingly was the case of Moses. . . . The angels buried him, but
the Son of God soon came down and raised him from the dead and took him to heaven. Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 1, p. 659.
As a people we must stand as did the world’s
Redeemer. When in controversy with Satan, in regard to the
body of Moses, Christ durst not bring against him a railing
accusation. Testimonies for the
Church, Vol. 9, p. 239.
THE BIBLE SAYS
For to which
of the angels did He ever say,
"Thou art My Son, today I have begotten Thee"?
(Hebrews 1:5).
But of the Son He says, "Thy throne,
O God, is forever and ever . .
." (Hebrews 1:8a).
But to which of the angels has He ever
said, "Sit at My right hand,
until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet"?
Are they [the angels] not all ministering spirits, sent
out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit
salvation? (Hebrews 1:13-14).
The Holy Spirit will leave
the believer
O my brethren, will you grieve the Holy
Spirit, and cause it to depart? Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, p. 126.
THE BIBLE SAYS
And I will ask the Father, and He will
give you another Helper, that He
may be with you forever; that
is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because
it does not behold Him or know Him, but you can know Him
because He abides with you, and will be in you (John 14:16-17).
Christians will stand before
God without Christ’s mediation
Those who are living upon the earth when
the intercession of Christ shall cease in the sanctuary
above are to stand in the sight
of a holy God without a mediator.
The Great Controversy, p. 425.
When Jesus ceases to plead for man, the cases of all are forever decided. This is
the time of reckoning with His servants. Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 2, p. 191.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Hence, also, He is able to save forever
those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them (Hebrews 7:25).
. . . I am with
you always, even to the end of
the age (Matthew 28:20).
. . . He himself has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5b).
The day and hour of Jesus’
return
Soon we heard the voice of God like many
waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus’ coming.
Early Writings, p. 15.
I have not the slightest knowledge as
to the time spoken by the voice of God. I heard the hour
proclaimed, but had no remembrance of that hour after I
came out of the vision. Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, p. 76.
The voice of God is heard from heaven,
declaring the day and hour of Jesus’ coming, and delivering
the everlasting covenant to His people.
The Great Controversy, p. 640.
Soon we heard the voice of God like many
waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus’ coming.
The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood
the voice . . ." Testimonies
for the Church, Vol. 1, p. 59.
THE BIBLE SAYS
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,
but the Father alone (Matthew 24:36. See
also Mark 13:32).
He said to them, "It
is not for you to know times or
epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority"
(Acts 1:7).
Jesus is a Levitical priest
like Aaron
The entire Adventist theory of an Investigative Judgment is
based on a slavish dependency upon Old Testament typology to interpret
New Testament truths. They insist that "as in the type, so
in the anti-type." The Investigative Judgment theory hinges
on Jesus being a priest after the order of Aaron, meticulously performing
all of Aaron’s duties. The New Testament declares that Jesus is
not like Aaron.
Aaron’s work was incomplete, thus he could never sit down. Jesus
is a priest, but He is superior to Aaron, and the New Testament
contrasts Jesus’ perfect ministry with Aaron’s ineffective ministry. Jesus is a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Mrs. White describes Jesus as being dressed like
Aaron, the Levitical priest:
Jesus then clothed Himself with precious
garments. Around the bottom of His robe was a bell and a pomegranate,
a bell and a pomegranate. A breastplate of curious work was suspended from His shoulders.
As He moved, this glittered like diamonds, magnifying letters
which looked like names written or engraved upon the breastplate.
Upon His head
was something which had the appearance of a
crown. When fully attired, He
was surrounded by angels, and in a flaming chariot He passed
within the second veil. Early Writings,
p. 251.
There I beheld Jesus, a great High Priest,
standing before the Father. On the hem of His garment was
a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate. Early Writings, p. 55.
As Jesus moved out of the most holy place,
I heard the tinkling of the bells upon His garment . . ."
Early Writings, p. 280.
I was taken off in vision to the most
holy place, where I saw Jesus still
interceding for Israel. On the
bottom of His garment was a bell and a pomegranate. . .
. The wrath of God could not come until Jesus had finished
His work in the most holy place, laid off His
priestly attire, and clothed Himself
with the garments of vengeance. Early
Writings, p. 36.
THE BIBLE SAYS
So also Christ did not glorify Himself
so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, "Thou
art My Son, today I have begotton Thee" just as He
says also in another passage, "Thou art a priest forever according to the order of
Melchizedek" (Hebrews 5:5-6).
Now if perfection was through the Levitical
priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the
Law), what further need was there
for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek,
and not
be designated according to the order of Aaron? For when the priesthood
is changed, of necessity there
takes place a change of law also (Hebrews 7:11-12).
And this is clearer still if another priest
arises according to the likeness
of Melchizedek, who has become
such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement,
but according to the power of an indestructible life. For
it is witnessed of Him, "Thou
art a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek" (Hebrews 7:15-16).
And every [Levitical]
priest stands daily ministering
and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins; but He
having offered one sacrifice for
sins for all time, sat down at
the right hand of God (Hebrews
10:11-12).
Jesus did not ascend to the
right hand of God
Mrs. White teaches that Jesus did not go to the
right hand of God until AD 1844.
Thither the faith of Christ’s disciples
followed Him as He ascended from their sight. . . . For
eighteen centuries this work of ministration continued in
the first apartment of the sanctuary. Christ
in His Sanctuary, p. 98.
This is the service which began when the
2300 days ended [in 1844]. At that time, as foretold by
Daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most holy,
to perform the last division of His solemn work—to cleanse
the sanctuary. Christ in His Sanctuary,
p. 98.
I was shown what did take place in heaven
at the close of the prophetic periods in 1844. As Jesus ended His ministration in the holy place
and closed the door of that apartment .
. . He passed within the second
veil. . . . The veil was lifted,
and I looked into the second apartment. . . . Above the
place where Jesus stood, before the ark, was exceedingly
bright glory that I could not look upon; it appeared like
the throne of God. Early Writings,
p. 252-253.
Mrs. White taught that not until October 22,
1844 did Jesus go to the right hand of God, the Most Holy Place
of the heavenly sanctuary. She says:
. . . that was . . . to take place . . . in 1844. Attended by 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 Great Controversy,
p. 480.
Note that the New Testament passages indicate
that when Jesus ascended He went directly into the presence of God
and sat down at His right hand. The work of salvation was finished.
Levitical priests could never sit down because their work was never
completed. Jesus did not move from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place in 1844.
THE BIBLE SAYS
When He had made purification of sins,
He sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty on high (Hebrews 1:3b).
But to which of the angels has He ever
said, "Sit at my right hand . . ." (Hebrews 1:13).
And every priest
stands daily ministering and offering
time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take
away sins; but He having offered one sacrifice for sins for all
time, sat down at the right hand
of God (Hebrews 10:11-12).
. . . fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author
and perfector of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured
the cross, despising the shame, and has
sat down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2).
He who overcomes, I will grant to him
to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat
down with My Father on His throne
(Revelation 3:21).
David himself said in the Holy Spirit,
"The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit
at My right hand . . .’ "
(Mark 12:36a).
But being full of the Holy Spirit, he
[Stephen] gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus
standing at the right hand of God; and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens
opened up and the Son of Man standing at
the right hand of God" (Acts
7:55-56).
The plan of salvation was devised
after man’s Fall
Sorrow filled heaven, as it was realized
that man was lost . . . I saw the lovely Jesus and beheld
an expression of sympathy and sorrow upon His countenance.
Soon I saw Him approach the exceeding bright light which
enshrouded His Father. Said my accompanying angel, He is
in close converse with the Father. . . . Three times He
was shut in by the glorious light about the Father, and
the third time He came from the Father, His person could
be seen. . . . He then made known to the angelic host that
a way of escape had been made for lost man. He told them that He had been pleading with
His Father, and had offered to give His life a ransom, to take the sentence of death upon Himself .
. . Jesus bade the heavenly host be reconciled to the plan that His Father had accepted. . . Early Writings,
pp. 149-151.
While Moses was shut in the mount with
God, the plan of salvation, dating
from the fall of Adam, was revealed
to him in a most forcible manner. Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, pp. 231-232.
The kingdom of grace was instituted immediately after the fall of man, when a plan
was devised for the redemption
of the guilty race. The Great Controversy,
p. 347.
THE BIBLE SAYS
. . . just as He
chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before
Him . . . (Ephesians 1:4).
Then the King will say to those on His
right, "Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world"
(Matthew 25:34).
Who verily was
foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you
(1 Peter 1:20 KJV).
And all who dwell on earth will worship
him, every one whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been
slain (Revelation 13:8).
She broke the Sabbath for eleven
years
Though Mrs. White had many visions about the Sabbath,
for eleven years she kept it from 6 P.M. Friday to 6 P.M. Saturday,
instead of from sunset to sunset, as the Bible teaches in Leviticus
23:32. It was not until two days after J. N. Andrews presented a
paper presenting the biblical reasons in favor of the sunset time
that she had a vision to correct this sacrilege. See Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 1, p. 713.
There was only one Herod
Mrs. White taught (Early
Writings, pp. 185-186) that the Apostle
James was executed by the same Herod who tried Christ. She says,
"Herod’s heart had grown still harder; and when he heard that
Christ had risen, he was not much troubled. He took the life of
James . . ."
Bible scholars know that it was Herod Antipas
who participated in Jesus’ trial, and Herod Agrippa I who executed
James the Apostle. It is interesting to note how the Adventist officials
explain Mrs. White’s mistake. They claim that Mrs. White meant:
"It was the same Herodian spirit" (Early
Writings, p. 185).
This appears to be the same kind of spiritual
rationalization that the Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses use to
justify their false prophets’ mistakes.
Her writings never contradict
the Bible
4
mrs.
white’s scriptural additions
The writings of Mrs. White point constantly
to the Bible as the great source of all spiritual truth.
They abound in Scriptural quotations, to which she gives
no fanciful interpretation. Life
and Teachings of Ellen G. White, p. 123.
Satan offered a pardon in Heaven
God in His great mercy bore long with
Lucifer. He was not immediately degraded from his exalted
station when he first indulged the spirit of discontent,
nor even when he began to present his false claims before
the loyal angels. Long was he retained in heaven. Again
and again he was offered pardon on condition of repentance
and submission. The Great Controversy,
pp. 495-496.
Adam crowned king
Eve wandered away from Adam’s
side
Eve wandered away from the side of her
husband, and was gazing with mingled curiosity and admiration
upon the fruit of the forbidden tree. Satan, in the form
of a serpent, conversed with Eve. . . . She ate and was
delighted with the fruit. She took the fruit and found her
husband. . . . Adam regretted that Eve had left his side,
but now the deed was done. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 3, pp. 39, 40, 42.
Adam censured Eve’s folly in leaving his
side, and being deceived by the serpent. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 44.
The serpent that deceived Eve
had wings
The serpent was a very beautiful creature
with wings; and while flying through the air his appearance
was very bright, resembling the color of burnished gold.
He did not go upon the ground, but went from place to place
through the air, and ate fruit like man. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 3, pp. 39-40.
God held a council to decide
what to do
The news of man’s fall spread through
Heaven—every harp was hushed. The angels cast their crowns
from their heads in sorrow. . . . A council was held to
decide what must be done with the guilty pair. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 44.
Angels would have died for
man
An angel told Mrs. White:
Abel’s sacrifice was consumed
by a light from Heaven
Angels communicated with Adam
after the Fall
Angels held communication with Adam after
his fall, and informed him of the plan of salvation, and
that the human race was not beyond redemption. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 52.
Adam kept the Sabbath
The Sabbath was observed before the fall.
Because Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command, and ate of
the forbidden fruit, they were expelled from Eden; but they
observed the Sabbath after their fall. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 52.
God removed Eden and will return
it to Earth
The pure and lovely garden of Eden, from
which our first parents were driven, remained until God
purposed to destroy the earth by a flood. God had planted
that garden, and especially blessed it, and in his wonderful
providence withdrew it from the earth, and will return it
to the earth again, more gloriously adorned than before
it was removed from the earth. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 55.
Enoch’s concern regarding the
dead
Enoch was troubled in regard to the dead.
It seemed to him that the righteous and the wicked would
go to the dust together, and that would be their end. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 55.
Enoch’s face radiated light
Enoch continued to grow more heavenly
while communing with God. His face was radiant with a holy
light which would remain upon his countenance while instructing
those who would hear his words of wisdom. His heavenly and
dignified appearance struck the people with awe. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 57.
Some races are a mixture of
man and beast
But if there was one sin above another
which called for the destruction of the race by the flood,
it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which
defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere.
Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 64.
Every species of animal which God had
created were preserved in the ark. The confused species
which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation,
were destroyed by the flood. Since
the flood, there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties
of species of animals, and in certain
races of men. Spiritual
Gifts, Vol. 4, p. 75.
Jesus died for the angels
To the angels and the unfallen worlds the cry, "It is finished," had a deep
significance. It was for them as well as for us that
the great work of redemption had been accomplished. They with us share the fruits of Christ’s victory. The Desire of Ages, p. 758.
Christ restrained the demons
Commenting on the account of the healing of the
demoniacs at Gadara, and the demon-possessed herd of swine that
was swept into the sea, Mrs. White states: "Had not Christ
restrained the demons, they would have plunged into the sea, not
only the swine, but also their keepers and owners." The Great Controversy, p. 515.
It takes seven days to get
to Heaven
We all entered the cloud together, and
were seven days ascending to the sea of glass, when Jesus
brought the crowns, and with His own right hand placed them
on our heads. Early Writings, p.
16.
There are houses in Heaven
with golden shelves
There I saw most glorious houses, that
had the appearance of silver, supported by four pillars
set with pearls most glorious to behold. . . . In each was
a golden shelf. I saw many of the saints go into the houses,
take off their glittering crowns and lay them on the shelf.
Early Writings, p. 18.
Angels have golden cards
There is perfect order and harmony in
the Holy City. All the angels that are commissioned to visit
the earth hold a golden card, which they present to the
angels at the gates of the city as they pass in and out.
Early Writings, p. 39.
A solemn warning
I ask that you prayerfully read the following
Scripture in light of this section:
I testify to everyone who hears the words
of the prophecy of this book; if anyone adds to them, God
shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book;
and if anyone takes away from the words of this book of
this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree
of life and from the holy city, which are written in this
book (Revelation 22:18-19).
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MRS.
WHITE CONTRADICTS HERSELF
The word "inspiration" means "God-breathed."
The nature of God dictates the nature of inspiration. The Bible
teaches that God does not change, "For I, the Lord, do not
change" (Malachi 3:6). He is the same ". . . yesterday
and today, yes and forever& |