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Then shall the kingdom of heaven be

likened unto ten virgins, which took

their lamps, and went forth to meet the

bridegroom.MATTHEW 25:6

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THE SECOND ADVENTMOVEMENT

William Miller.

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Daniel 8:14

Unto two thousand and three hundred days, then shall the

sanctuarybe cleansed.

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THE FIRST ANGEL’S MESSAGE

Fear God, and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment is come. Revelation 14:7

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MILLER’S MESSAGE:Jesus will come

sometime between Spring 1843 to Spring of 1844

to judge the earth.

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SPRING, 1844

THE BRIDEGROOM DID NOT APPEAR!

The Churches expected the Second Advent Movement

to collapse.But it did not. Why?

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AFTER THE FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT, SPRING, 1844

“While the Bridegroom

TARRIED, they all slumbered

and slept.MATTHEW 25:5.

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HABBAKUK 2:2“Write the vision, and make it plain

upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”

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HABBAKUK 2:3For the vision is yet for

an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it

tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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Spring, 1844

The churches as systems had rejected

the first angel’s message, and had

mocked and scorned those who gave it.

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ANOTHER MESSAGEGod’s people finally saw that

1) the Protestant church systems were focused on the

world, and 2) that there was ANOTHER message after the first angel that applied to them.

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THE SECOND ANGEL’S MESSAGE

Babylon the great (apostate church systems) is fallen, is fallen, and is become the

habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a

cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Rev. 18:2.

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GOD HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORPORATE SIN

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her

sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Rev 18:4

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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE,

BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM

COMETH! GO YE OUT

TO MEET HIM.MATTHEW 25:6

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SUMMER, 1844“Then I saw these

disappointed ones rise and in harmony with the second angel proclaim, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him." The light from the angels penetrated

the darkness everywhere.” EW 248

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SECOND ADVENT MOVEMENT

50,000 LEAVE THE FALLEN

CHURCH SYSTEMS

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MIDNIGHT CRY

Depart ye, depart ye, GO YE OUT from thence, touch no unclean thing;

GO YE OUT of the midst of her; BE YE CLEAN, that bear the

vessels of the LORD. Isa. 52:11

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2 CORINTHIANS 6:14

What fellowship hath righteousness

with unrighteousness?

and what communion hath

light with darkness?

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2 CORINTHIANS 6:17,18

…Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye

separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;

and I will receive you.And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be

my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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“The great mass of them [200 converts] have not joined any of the existing sects: they stand by themselves.

Nearly all such are living, thriving Christians, and strong in the belief of the speedy advent. …The others have the spiritual asthma; it is hard for them

to breathe.”

LETTER OF SILAS HAWLEY, AUGUST 15, 1843.

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EXPERIENCE OF BROTHER N. TRULLDecember 20, 1843.

“We hold our meetings separate from the church as usual; and the church thinking

our names not worthy a place on their book, on Tuesday last rejected five of us

from their ranks, but I trust our names are all registered in the Lamb’s book of life.”

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LEAVING THE METHODIST CHURCHNOV., 1843, From Life Sketches, by Ellen White.

Most of my father's family were full believers in

the advent, and for bearing testimony to this glorious doctrine seven of us were at one time cast out of the

Methodist Church.

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From The Midnight Cry, February 8, 1844.

Elder Galusha …tendered his resignation last sabbath, and is now free to preach the whole truth without

being desired to conform his preaching to the taste

of a Laodicean Church.

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From The Midnight Cry, by Charles Fitch, March 14, 1844.

I now wish to say through your paper to the world, that I do from this time regard myself, and herby proclaim myself to all men, as free and independent of all ecclesiastical domination, as a member of no sect, and a subscriber to no creed.

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John P. Bell, April 3, 1844.

“For this hope’s sake, several of us have

been recently excluded from the North Baptist

Church.”

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G. W. Spaulding, April 10, 1844.

“At this juncture the advent brethren quietly retired to a

private house, and have since had separate meetings

to comfort and exhort one another as the Scriptures

require.”

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Thomas Smith, April 10, 1844.

“I am expecting the end of all things is at hand, and under the conviction of

this truth, I have withdrawn from the M.E. Church and ministry, in

whose communion I have lived for more than 23 years, and have been

an accredited preacher among them 20 years.”

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April 18, 1844 S.T. Vanderbeck

“I have tendered my resignation to the

Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. …I have been a member of that body

for nine years past.”

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June 26, 1844 JOSIAH LITCH

True, some have left the churches with which they were connected. And why? The answer is obvious in many instances. It is because they have been gagged and muzzled there, and forbidden to talk about their coming Lord.

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Hannah White, June 26, 1844.

“I then felt it my duty to ask my dismission from the church. Yes, I can say that I was then willing to sacrifice my good

name in the world with nominal friends, reputation and all, for

Christ’s sake.”

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Romanists have persisted in bringing

against Protestants the charge of heresy and

willful separation from the true church.

Great Controversy, 51

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But these accusations apply rather to themselves. They are the ones who laid down the

banner of Christ and departed from "the faith which was

once delivered unto the saints."Jude 3.

Great Controversy, 51

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OCTOBER 22, 1844The 2300 days end.

The 10th day of the 7th Jewish month.

The anti-typical Day of Atonement.

God’s people expected Jesus to come to this earth to cleanse it.

The Great Disappointment.

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ANOTHER MESSAGE AFTER THE SECOND ANGEL

Christ enters Most Holy Place.

Ten commandments and Sabbath seen. The Third Angel’s

Message is to be given.

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The THIRD ANGEL’S MESSAGE

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,…

Rev 14:9,10

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The THIRD ANGEL’S MESSAGE

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they

that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Rev 14:12

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SDA CHURCH RAISED UP TO PREACH THE 3 A’S MESSAGES

“In a special sense Seventh-day Adventists have been set in

the world as watchmen and light bearers. To them has been

entrusted the last warning for a perishing world.”

Testimonies, Vol.9, 19.

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SDA CHURCH RAISED UP TO PREACH THE 3 A’S MESSAGES

“They have been given a work of the most solemn import—the

proclamation of the first, second, and third angels' messages. There

is no other work of so great importance. They are to allow nothing else to absorb their

attention.” Testimonies, Vol.9, 19.

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JAMES WHITE“The third angel’s message

was, and still is, a WARNING to the saints to “hold fast,”

and not go back, and “receive” the marks which the virgin band

got rid of, during the second angel’s cry.”

Word to the Little Flock, 11.

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STAY ON THE FIRM PLATFORM

“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm, giving no

countenance to those who would unsettle the established faith of

the body. God looked upon them with approbation.”

Early Writings, 258,259.

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A STRUCTURE OF TRUTH!I was shown three steps-- the first, second, and third angels' messages.

Said my accompanying angel, “Woe to him who shall move a block or stir a pin

of these messages. The true understanding of these messages is of vital importance. The destiny of souls

hangs upon the manner in which they are received.” Early Writings, 258,259.

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IN OR OUT OF TRUTHThe mighty shaking has

commenced and will go on, and all will be shaken out who are not willing to take a bold and unyielding stand for the truth and to sacrifice for God and His

cause. Early Writings, p.50 (1850’s)

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AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE,

BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM

COMETH! GO YE OUT

TO MEET HIM.

MATTHEW 25:6

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“At midnight”“The coming of the

bridegroom was at midnight—the darkest hour. So the

coming of Christ will take place in the darkest period of this earth’s history.” COL

414

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“At midnight”The days of Noah and Lot pictured the condition of the world just before the

coming of the Son of man. The Scriptures pointing forward to this time declare that Satan will work with all power and "with

all deceivableness of unrighteous-ness.“2 Thess. 2:9-12. COL 414

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“At midnight”His working is plainly revealed by the rapidly increasing darkness,

the multitudinous errors, heresies, and delusions of these last days. Not only is Satan leading the world

captive, but his deceptions are leavening the professed churches of

our Lord Jesus Christ. COL 414

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“At midnight”The great apostasy will develop into

darkness deep as midnight, impenetrable as sackcloth of hair. To God’s people it will be a night of trial, a

night of weeping, a night of persecution for the truth’s sake. But out of that night

of darkness God's light will shine. COL 414

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1890--REVIEW & HERALDI am often referred to the parable of the ten virgins, five of whom were

wise, and five foolish. This parable has been and will be fulfilled to

the very letter, for it has a special application to this time, and, like the third angel’s message, has

been fulfilled and will continue to be present truth till the close of

time.

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MATTHEW 25:5

While the bridegroom tarried, they

all slumbered and slept.

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1888—WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LATTER RAIN

A.T. Jones E.J. Waggoner

RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

REJECTED

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1901--1903

HIERARCHIAL (PAPAL) CHURCH

GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE

CHOSEN.

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1904—EGW HAS A VISION“I was shown a platform,

braced by solid timbers—the truths of the Word of God.

Some one high in responsibility in the medical work was

directing this man and that man to loosen the timbers

supporting this platform.” 1SM 204

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1904—VISION“Then I heard a voice saying, "Where

are the watchmen that ought to be standing on the walls of Zion? Are they asleep? This foundation was

built by the Master Worker, and will stand storm and tempest. Will they permit this man to present doctrines that deny the past experience of the

people of God? The time has come to take decided action." 1SM 204

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1904“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?” 1SM 204

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1904 “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.” 1SM 204

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“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.” 1SM 204

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“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.” 1SM 204

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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. 1SM 204

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“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?”

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…In the providence of God, the errors

that have been coming in

must be met. 1SM 204,205

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1910 World Missionary Conference.

Birth of the Ecumenical Movement

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1911

GREAT

CONTROVERSY printed

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1915Ellen White dies.

Deut 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and

evil will befall you in the latter days;

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1922—Worldly ACCREDITATION accepted.

CATHOLIC MEDICAL SYSTEM RECEIVED.

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1926 Gen. Conf. Working Policy #075: SDA Church "recognizes those agencies that lift up Christ before men as a part of the divine plan for evangelization of the world…”

Door to Ecumenicalism NOW OPEN. Does away with 2nd Angel’s Message.

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1929—Worldly ACCREDITATION accepted.

CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL

SYSTEM RECEIVED.

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1948

WCC FORMED IN

GENEVA

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1950-CALL TO REPENTWeiland and Short

call the 1950 GeneralConference to repent corporately for rejecting

the 1888 message. (The call to repent was

rejected.)

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1955-56 MARTIN & BARNHOUSE

SDA leaders secretly meet with Protestant representatives, Martin and Barnhouse. They trade away two vital doctrines of Seventh-day Adventism in order to be ACCEPTED by the fallen Babylonian churches.

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WHO JESUS IS-- LOST

The SDA leaders lost the real Jesus when they traded away the doctrine of Christ coming in our sinful flesh...

…for a Catholic Jesus who came in sinless flesh.

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1John 4:3And every spirit that

confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, …and even now already is it in

the world.

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WHERE JESUS IS—LOSTThe SDA leaders lost where Jesus is when they agreed

that Christ’s work in the Most Holy Place of the heavenly

sanctuary was not VITAL for our salvation.

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WHERE JESUS IS—LOST

Instead, “it was all done at the

cross.”

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

The principles of truth that God in His wisdom

has given to the remnant church, would be

discarded. Our religion would be changed. 1 SM 204

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1957Questions on Doctrine published by the General Conference as the book that represents official Seventh-day Adventist

doctrine to the world.

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“Books of a new order would be

written.” 1 SM 204

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JUDE 3

Beloved,… Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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JUDE 4For there are certain men

crept in unawares, …ungodly men, turning the

grace of our God into lasciviousness, and

denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus

Christ.

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Ellen White in 1904 Vision,

"Where are the watchmen that ought to be standing on the

walls of Zion? Are they asleep?” 1 SM 204

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1957Faithful watchman on the wall of

Zion, M.L. Andreasen PROTESTS! Sends out Letters to the Churches to warn SDA’s of

apostasy that occurred before

his very eyes.

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He that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. John 12:35

Not knowing who Jesus is, and where He is,

they were left to stumble in the darkness. They

began to walk in a false ecumenical light.

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1962-64—VATICAN 2 COUNCILNow that the SDA church shook

hands with fallen Protestantism, there was no more opposition to Rome.

Vatican II Council was the first time that the Roman Catholic

Church embraced the ecumenical movement.

They invited the secular and religious “press” to observe the

proceedings of Vatican II in Rome.

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1962-64 VATICAN IIArthur S. Maxwell was one of the observers. Upon his

return, he called for the scrapping of the old

evangelistic sermons on the Papacy, and a

completely new approach.

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1962-64 VATICAN IIArthur S. Maxwell: “I sat closer to

the Pope than any of the cardinals. I was only forty feet away from him for three or four hours. …Nobody will ever believe me, that I sat so long, so near to His Holiness.”

“…Then another aspect of His new friendliness, was the pope’s

opening speech. …Do you know what his subject was? Love.”

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1962-64 VATICAN IIAlso observing, B.B.Beach established

contact with Catholic leaders and Lukas Vischer, the key WCC observer. They became good friends and set up the first meetings between the WCC and SDAs,

which took place from 1969-1973.

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1965B.B.Beach

becomes the SDA ”unofficial”

representative to the World Council of

Churches and many other

ecumenical bodies.

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1968Like the Roman Catholic

Church, the SDA Church becomes a member of the key Faith and Order Commission of the WCC, while not being a member of the WCC directly.

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SOMETIME IN THE 1960’SSDA

Adventist Book and Bible Houses, later re-named “Adventist Book Centers,” become purveyors of Babylonian wine, selling books by popular apostate Protestant authors.

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1973: So Much In Common

After years of meetings together near Geneva,

B.B. Beach and WCC write a book entitled,

So Much in Common. (3 A’s Messages forgotten.)

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Ellen White Predicted:

There has been for years, in churches

of the Protestant faith, a strong and growing sentiment in favor of a union based upon common points of doctrine. GC 444

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1976—Neal Wilson, Sworn statement. “Although it is true that …the

Seventh-day Adventist Church …took a distinctly anti-Roman Catholic viewpoint, …that attitude on the Church’s part was nothing more than a manifestation of widespread anti-popery among conservative protestant denominations.”

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1976 Neal Wilson,Sworn statement.

…and which has now been

assigned to the historical trash

heap so far as the SDA Church is concerned.”

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has

given to the remnant church, would be

discarded”—THROWN INTO THE TRASH HEAP.

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1977—B.B. BEACH GIVES GOLD MEDAL TO THE POPE

A symbol of the SDA church was placed in the hand of the pope. The words of the 4th commandment are in the Catholic cathecism.

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1979--MINISTRY MAGAZINE GOES ECUMENICAL

Ministry magazine is sent to 37,000 non SDA clergy “representing a myriad of faith persuasions.” Only 16,000 go to SDA ministers.

“The Ministerial Association is dedicated to stimulating supportive dialogue among denominations.”

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1980—CATHOLIC GOD APPEARS

Using subtle wording, the worship ofthe Catholic concept of the Trinity is officially incorporated into the 27 statements of belief at the 1980 Dallas General Conference.

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From 2006 Sabbath School Quarterly

“TheTriune God.” “ ‘There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy

Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons.’ “In other words, Adventists—along with millions of other Christians—believe in the triune nature of God; that is, there is one God who exists as three Persons.” “What analogies—such as …a three-pronged fork—can help someone understand the idea of how one God can be composed of three equal Persons?”

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EZEKIEL 8:5

I lifted up mine eyes …and behold northward at the gate of the altar this

image of jealousy in the entry.

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EZEKIEL 8:6Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great

abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I

should go far off from my sanctuary?

But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater

abominations.

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“God being removed, they would place their

dependence on human power, which, without God, is worthless.”1SM 204

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1980—ECUMENISMAn official belief

In the 27 statements:12. The Church: defined as “all

communities that confess Jesus.” 13. The Remnant Church: defined as

part of “the universal church.”14.Unity in the Body of Christ, the “church,” is based on the belief in

the Trinity.

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced.” 1SM 204

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HOW TO JOIN THE WCC?

Belief in the Trinity is the require-ment for membership.

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George Knight, Ministry, Oct., 1993

“Most of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would not be able to join

the church today if they had to subscribe to the denomination’s

Fundamental Beliefs. More specifically, most would

not be able to agree to belief number 2, which deals with the

doctrine of the trinity.”

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1980In the 27 Fundamental

Beliefs which were voted at Dallas in 1980, there was no definition of the second

angel’s message, no identification of Babylon, her fall, and God’s call to

come out of her.

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1980In the 27 Fundamental Beliefs there was no

definition of the Third Angel’s message,

no identification of the beast, his image, or the

mark.

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“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.”

1SM 204

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EZEKIEL 8:7,8And he brought me to the door of

the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.Then said he unto me, Son of

man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall,

behold a door.

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EZEKIEL 8:9

And he said unto me, Go in, and

behold the wicked abominations that

they do here.

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1981— “SDA” TRADEMARKED

Now a commercial entity, the General Conference hires a Catholic lawyer to

trademark various names, including

“Seventh-day Adventist” under commercial law.

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CIVIL POWERMany little Seventh-day Adventist churches, not sponsored by the Gen. Conf. are threatened with a commercial lawsuit for using the spiritual name that identifies them as standing on the firm platform of

truth—the 3 Angel’s messages.

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L A W S U I T S

“Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement.”

1 SELECTED MESSAGES, 204

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1982: SDA’s sign BEM Document “Over 100 theologians recommend

unanimously to transmit the Lima Text of Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry—

for the study and official response of the churches. “…A vital step of the ecumenical process.”

(Lima Text).

Dr. Raoul Dederen, Andrews Univ., signs for all SDA members.

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1983After 26 years, Walter Martin writes to the General Conference, “Do you still hold to what we officially agreed

upon in Questions on Doctrine in 1957?”

W. Richard Lesher, VP of General Conference, officially responds,

“The answer is Yes.”

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19841339 Hungarian SDA’s

were disfellowshipped by Gen. Conf. President, Neil Wilson for protesting the

ecumenical involvement of the SDA church in Hungary.

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new

movement.” 1 SM 204

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1985—NEW ECUMENICAL HYMNAL

  Truly Shocking: In this hymnal the Catholic “Jerusalem

Bible” is used more than 2 ½ times more than from the

Protestant King James Version!

The Catholic NIV is used over 4 ½ times more!

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1985—NEW ECUMENICAL HYMNAL

Hymn No. 403 Let Us Break Bread Together Sun Worship Taught.

“When I fall on my knees, With my face to the rising

sun, O Lord, have mercy on me.”

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1985—NEW ECUMENICAL HYMNALHymn No. 471 (Grant Us Your

Peace). Virtually identical to the hymn sung to the pope at the Vatican Square. Four identical

verses in Latin, English, French, and Spanish.

Consider the verse in Latin: “Dona nobis pacem, pacem; Dona

nobis pacem. (Repeated 5 times.)” (Did not Jesus say not to use vain repetitions?)

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1985—NEW ECUMENICAL HYMNAL

Hymn No. 402 (By Christ Redeemed)

SDA’s sing about Transubstantiation and the

Eucharist: “His broken body in our stead Is here, in this memorial bread.”

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1985—NEW ECUMENICAL HYMNAL

13 new hymns to the Trinity.

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Will the 144,000, who have no guile in their mouth, use a Catholic

hymnal?.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. PSALM 96:9.

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1986 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT

The Lutherans, the Baptists, the Methodists,The Charismatics, the Catholics, the Adventists.

Preservers of Neglected Truth.

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

Books of a new order would be written. 1 SM 204

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WHO IS ZIMRI?

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Patriarchs & Prophets, 455.Zimri (B.B.Beach), one of the nobles of Israel, came boldly into the camp (the Gen. Conf.), accompanied by a Midianitish harlot, a princess "of a

chief house in Midian,” (Catholic church) whom he escorted to his tent.

Never was vice bolder or more stubborn. Inflamed with wine, Zimri

declared his "sin as Sodom," and gloried in his shame.

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1990 Indianapolis General Conference Fifth Business Meeting: July 8, 1990.

B.B.BEACH introduces…JOAN CAMPBELL: “I bring you the warmest of greetings from

the World Council of Churches. …So as fellow Christians, like those Pentecost people in the

earliest of days, we look at one another and WE SAY THAT WE

HOLD ALL THINGS IN COMMON.”

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1990 Indianapolis General Conference Sixth Business Meeting: July 9, 1990.

A. LEE: “…A number of us are in attendance because of the invitation of

B.B. Beach…. He is also secretary of a group to which both of us belong,

namely, the Secretaries of Christian World Communions.

…I pray God’s richest blessings on this great conference, for TRULY IT

IS GOOD AND PLEASANT TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY.”

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1990 Indianapolis General ConferenceNinth Business Meeting, July 10, 1990.

B.B. BEACH: “I am pleased to introduce …T.J. MURPHY, as an

observer and official guest representing the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He is here to give greetings on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church.”

(Applause.)

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1990 Indianapolis General ConferenceT.J. MURPHY: I convey to you the greetings

and prayerful best wishes from the …Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian

Unity, and from the archbishop of Indianapolis, promising and assuring you

that PRAYERS ARE BEING OFFERED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE

BLESSED SUCCESS OF THIS GENERAL CONFERENCE. …For it is the desire of the

Saviour Himself that His disciples MIGHT ALL BE ONE so that the world may believe.

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Numbers 25:6-8And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from

among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he

went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them

through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the

children of Israel.

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1990—MINISTRY COVER

RETURN OF THE COSMIC KING

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May 2, 1991, Adventist Review

Roy Adams, Editor, declares: “The WCC's...

accentuation of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist. fits into the ambit of the

three angels' messages."

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1995—NEW SDA LOGO

THREE ANGELS’ DEPICTION GONE

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“A new organization

would be established.” 1 SM 204

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1995--UT UNUM SINT

Pope can be head of a fraternal order of

churhes.Trinity- the basis of

unity.Pray together.

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1995

The Vatican flagmarches into the General Conferencesignifying that somemember is from that country.

Who is it? Or are we a fraternal churchin the new order?

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Samuel Bacchiochi?

Graduatefrom

GregorianUniversity in

Rome.

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1995—VATICAN MARCHES IN

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1996

PORTER SDA HOSPITAL MERGES

WITH CATHOLIC HOSPITAL IN DENVER,

COLORADO!

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1997Bert B. Beach representing the SDA

church meets with ten other churches at WCC, to make agreement for all

churches to celebrate Easter on a specific Sunday. 

"The churches need to address …the recovery of the meaning of Sunday.”

WCC, Faith and Order, Towards a Common Date for Easter

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

“The Sabbath of course, would be

lightly regarded, as also the God who created it.” 1 SM 205

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EZEKIEL 8: 16

Behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

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1994-1998 SDA—LUTHERAN DIALOGUES

Representing the SDA Church are the following: Bert Beach (co-chair of themeetings), Neils-Erik Andreasen, John Graz, Johan Heinz, William

Johnsson, Pardon Mwansa, Aulikki Nabkola, Jan Paulsen, JonathanPauline, George Reid, Angel Rodriguez, and William Shea.

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1994-1998 SDA—LUTHERAN DIALOGUES

“Faithful SDA’s were alarmed by the dialogue with the World Lutheran Federation when it

became known that the same WLF was dialoguing with the Vatican on precisely the same topic of

justification by faith.” Colin Standish

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1998—SDA—LUTHERAN AGREEMENT

SDA’s sign agreement with fallen Lutheran Church System. We agree on Trinity and Justification by Faith. Obedience to the Law of God not

necessary for salvation.1999—Lutherans sign agreement

with Papacy on Justification by faith. Agreement already on Trinity.

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1999Gunnar Stålsett, General Sec. of the Lutheran World Federation is president of the SDA International Religious Liberty Association.

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1999-Pres. of Walla Walla College Court Testimony

LAWYER’s Question about Walla Walla’s purpose: Does the word ‘church’s’ in the phrase ‘church’s unique mission to the world’ mean and refer to the SDA Church?

DR. WILLIAM NELSON: Not exclusively.Q. So it means churches generally?A. Yes. The Christian Church.

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1999—SDA CHURCH WELCOMES POPE TO ST.LOUIS

“The ecumenical community has accepted the invitation to come together this evening

with your holiness.”

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1999—SDA CHURCH PRAYS WITH POPE FOR UNITY

in FINAL ECUMENICAL PRAYER MEETING!

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1999Polish SDA—Catholic Agreement

“The SDA Church …in its teaching and service,

cultivates the most important principles of Catholic faith, especially the belief in the

Blessed Trinity.”

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The Concluding Statement 1999 Polish SDA—Catholic Agreement

“We would like to thank the Superior Authorities of both Churches…. We are also

especially grateful to the Only One God in the Blessed Trinity

for the privilege of a brotherly dialogue and common Christian

prayer for the gift of unity in Christ.”

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2000 TORONTO GEN. CONF.WELCOMES THE BEAST

B.B. Beach introduces John Radano, a member of the Pontifical Council For Promoting Christian Unity.

“An old friend with whom we’ve been in contact for many years, who attended the session in Utrecht five years ago, representing the Roman Catholic Church" (GC Bulletin #8).

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2000 TORONTO GEN. CONF.WELCOMES THE DRAGON

United Nations General Secretary, Kofi Annan asks for “continued support.”

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2000--Kofi Annan Message“You may think that the United Nations, an inter-governmental organization, has no room for religion. …I would ask you

to think differently. I would ask you to take another look. The UN is a

tapestry, not only of suits and saris, but also of clerics collars, nun’s

habits, and llama’s robes. Religions may manifest themselves in widely

different practices and belief systems.”

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2000--Kofi Annan Message“The UN may display the outward signs of secular pursuits, but at

the heart we are dealing in universal values. That is what the UN is good at: to be kind, tolerant,

just, or merciful. No single religion can claim a monopoly

on such teachings.”

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2000The “Meeting of U.S. Church

Leaders,” an annual gathering of heads of Christian churches from

around the nation, has elected SDA Dr. Bert B. Beach as the vice chair of the group’s steering committee.

Beach, …has represented the Adventist Church at these

meetings for the last 15 years.

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2000-“Meeting of U.S. Church Leaders”

Beach said: …“We pray together, enjoy devotional

meetings, and form friendships; It’s simply an opportunity to meet,

consult, and recharge; to put away hostilities and worship

together as fellow Christians.”

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Early Writings, 55,56.“I turned to look at the company who were still bowed before the throne [in the Holy Place], They did not know

that Jesus had left it. Satan appeared to be by the throne,

trying to carry on the work of God. I saw them look up to the throne, and

pray, "Father, give us Thy Spirit."

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Early Writings, 55,56.

“Satan would then breathe upon them an unholy influence; in it

there was light and much power, but no sweet love, joy,

and peace. Satan's object was to keep them deceived and to draw

back and deceive God's children.”

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2000

Beach awarded forbeing the Secretary of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions ...for 30 years.

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2000 Baptist World Congress

BWA president welcomes the Congress

“…As ecumenical observers from the Anglican, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, and

other churches look on. Baptist Church News.

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2000 Baptist World Congress

Denton Lotz, General Secretary BWA

emphasized the need for unity among all

professed Christians.

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2000The International Religious Liberty

Association IRLA, founded in 1893 by SDA’s, elects

Dr. Denton Lotz, General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance as president

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Washington Post, June 16, 2004

The Southern Baptist Convention voted

yesterday to pull out of the Baptist World

Alliance, accusing it of being too liberal.

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LOTZ HONORED BY SDA’S

June 7, 2007--IRLA Meets to Honor its "Outstanding President"

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LOTZ HONORED BY SDA’S

"Once you step outside of your own faith community you can make wonderful discoveries-

such as people like Denton Lotz." Jan Paulsen.

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What do these men have in common?

Joseph Ratzinger, Cardinal Walter Kaspar, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Dr. Hans

Kung, expert theological advisor to the Second Vatican Council; and Dr. Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conf. of SDA;

Dr. Denton Lotz, president of SDA IRLA, & Gen. Secretary of Baptist World Alliance.

All taught at or graduated from Tubingen Univ. in Germany, specializing in Ecumenical Theology.

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2000-OUR AWESOME GOD“It is a basic Christian doctrine that God is

a Trinity of three persons (‘modes of eternal manifestation’) having one substance (essence or being).”

“It took the Adventist Church until far into the 19th century to agree that the doctrine of the Trinity was indeed biblical and belonged among the fundamental Adventist beliefs.”

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PREDICTION FULFILLED

“Books of a new order would be

written.” 1 SM 204

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2001: SDA Dialogue with World Alliance of Reformed Churches

Further Dialogue “would lead to increased understanding and

acknowledgement of our communions as authentic

members of the one Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

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“It is a backsliding church that lessens the distance between itself and the papacy.” Signs, Feb. 19, 1894.

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2002—SDA DIALOGUES WITH ROME

Over a series of three meetings, starting in 2000, topics include the structural organization of the Adventist Church,

and issues such as evangelism, proselytism, and religious freedom.

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TESTIMONIES, VOL. 1, 578I dreamed that I was in Battle Creek

looking out from the side glass at the doorand saw a company marching up to the house, two and two. They looked stern and deter-mined. I knew them well and turned to open the parlor door to receive them, but thought I would look again.

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TESTIMONIES, VOL. 1, 578

The scene was changed. The company now

presented the appearance of a Catholic procession.

One bore in his hand a cross, another a reed.

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TESTIMONIES, VOL. 1, 578And as they approached, the one

carrying a reed made a circle around the house, saying three

times: "This house is proscribed. The goods must be confiscated. They have spoken

against our holy order."

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TESTIMONIES, VOL. 1, 578Terror seized me, and I ran through the house, out of the

north door, and found myself in the midst of a company, some of whom I knew, but I dared

not speak a word to them for fear of being betrayed.”

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2002--THE POPE INVITES CLOSE FRIENDS TO ASSISI

33 cardinals, 11 patriarchs from the Orthodox churches, 50 Islamic leaders, Jewish rabbis... Protestant bodies will be

represented by Konrad Kaiser, the secretary-general of the WCC; Anglican Bishop Richard Garrard of Rome; Setri Nyomi of the WARC; Cecil Robeck of the Pentecostal church; …and Bert Beach of the Seventh-Day

Adventists. Representatives of Buddhism, Jainism,

Sikhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and traditional African faiths will also come.

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2002—POPE’S RELIGIOUS GATHERING AT ASSISITHE WHOLE WORLD ON BOARD

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THE WHOLE WORLD ON BOARD

“All these participants are expected to be aboard a specially chartered train that will leave Rome for Assisi on the morning of Jan. 24.”

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THE WHOLE WORLD ON BOARD?A train of cars was shown me,

going with the speed of lightning. The angel bade me look carefully. I fixed my eyes upon the train. It seemed that the whole world was on board, that

there could not be one left.

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THE WHOLE WORLD ON BOARD?

Said the angel, "They are binding in bundles ready to burn." Then he showed me the conductor, who appeared

like a stately, fair person, whom all the passengers looked up to

and reverenced."

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THE WHOLE WORLD ON BOARD?

I was perplexed and asked my attending angel who it was. He

said, "It is Satan. He is the conductor in the form of an angel of light. He has taken the world captive. They are given over to

strong delusions, to believe a lie, that they may be damned.

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THE WHOLE WORLD ON BOARD?

This agent, the next highest in order to him, is the engineer, and other of his agents are

employed in different offices as he may need them, and they are all going with lightning

speed to perdition."

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NO! NOT ALL ON BOARD

I asked the angel if there were none left. He bade me look in an opposite direction, and I saw a

little company traveling a narrow pathway.

EW 88,89

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NO! NOT ALL ON BOARDAll seemed to be firmly united,

bound together by the truth, in bundles, or companies.

Said the angel, "The third angel is binding, or sealing, them in

bundles for the heavenly garner."

EW 88,89

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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE,

BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM

COMETH! GO YE OUT

TO MEET HIM.MATTHEW 25:6

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2003

ADVENTISTS SEEK DIALOGUE

WITH COPTIC POPE

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2003

Jan Paulsen brings goodwill messages to the Lutheran

World Fellowship Assembly, and affirms SDA commitment to

ecumenical cooperation.

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2003—AN UNBELIEVABLE IDEA!

The avant garde of ecumenicalism.

Teach “Christian” ministers to help dying people of all religions

get to their heaven Thousands of booklets were

printed and given to Protestant and SDA pastors.

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2003 EMERGENCY MINISTRY PACKET

CATHOLIC EMERGENCY MINISTRATION

If a dying person desires ministry, repeat with him/her the following:

1. The Hail Mary. “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. …Holy

Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our

death. Amen.”

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2003 EMERGENCY MINISTRY PACKETHINDU EMERGENCY MINISTRATION

…Encourage him/her to recite “Narayana” (the name of the Lord

Vishnu). If he/she unable, then anyone may whisper the name of the Lord in

his/her ear…. Read: (Saith Lord Vishnu) “None

who pays Me worship of loyalty and love is ever lost….”

After death, …the mark of Vishnu is placed on his/her forehead.

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2004 

Kermit Netteburg, NAD Administrator by Day

Treasurer for the NCC by Night

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2004

SDA’s DIALOGUE WITH SALVATION ARMY

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2004After 25 years of informal

contacts, the SDA Church system and The Salvation Army

system have a theological dialogue.

“We felt very comfortable with each other from the start, as part of the same extended family.”

John Graz

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2005

SECOND SDA DIALOGUE WITH SALVATION ARMY

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2005

SDA CHURCH AND SALVATION ARMY

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SDA—SALVATION ARMY 3RD DIALOGUE?

“Possible topic could be …the place of their individual churches within the universal

Church.” ©2007 The Salvation Army News

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2005—ST. LOUIS GEN. CONF. Religious Leaders Praise Adventist

Values, Pray for Success

Robert J. Hermann, Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis. "I am thankful for the values we share together.”

Paul T. Reiter of the Presbyterian Church USA also greets SDA’s

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PREDICTION FULFILLED!

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.” 1 SM 204

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SDA’S WELCOME PRESBYTERIANS TO DIALOGUE

1ST--NOVEMBER, 2006, 2ND--AUGUST, 2007

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2006-2007 SDA-PRESBYTERIANSLIKE THE APOSTASY AT BAAL-PEOR

“Their motives [TO LEAD ISRAEL INTO IDOLATRY]

were studiously concealed under the garb of friendship,

so that they were not suspected, even by the

guardians of the people.” PP 454

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2006-2007 SDA‘s and Presbyterians Dialogue

SDA Church leaders welcome Presbyterian Church leaders

and express "appreciation for the opportunity

to sharpen our friendship."

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Dr John Graz (L) makes a presentation to Dr. Carlos Maleve (R) of the Presbyterians

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“Studiously concealed under the garb of friendship,” PP 454

Dr Carlos Malave, leader of the Presbyterian delegation, spoke of his delight that his work "was to make friends," and spoke of the spiritual unity described by Jesus in John 17.

"To be one church is a spiritual church, and it is not necessary that there should be one visible church."

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William Johnsson Presentation:“Only God knows those who are

His. Certainly the church is far wider and greater than the body of Adventism.

Adventists …realize that they are but a small part of the larger body of Christ.”

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William Johnsson to Presbyterian Leaders

“Adventists retain a lively concern for theology. The issues frequently heard involve …Christ’s human nature and Christian ‘perfection.’

“A small but vociferous minority continue to urge the ideal of sinless perfection; they do not have the support of church leaders, however.”

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William Johnsson Presentation:Adventists frequently enter into discussions with representatives of other Christian bodies.

• with the World Evangelical Alliance (ongoing);• with the Church of God (Seventh-day);• with the Reformed Ecumenical Synod;• with the Salvation Army (ongoing);• with the Assemblies of Yahweh;• with the Lutheran World Federation. A series of

bilateral conversations (1994-1998) led to a consensus statement and the publication of all the papers presented.

• with the World Alliance of Reformed Churches

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William Johnsson Presentation:“As we look over the 28 statements of

Adventist doctrine, we are led to three conclusions: (1) The articles that are

first and form the basis for the remainder, namely articles dealing with the Trinity, the person of Christ, and salvation, conform to orthodox Christian understanding.”

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William Johnsson Presentation:

“(2) Not one of the articles is absolutely unique to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

(3) If we are to speak of uniqueness concerning Adventist doctrine, then, it is in the configuration of doctrines rather than in individual beliefs.”

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PRESBYTERIANS SURPRISED!

"We certainly did view them as more of a separatist group than what we have discovered," he said.

"We found them to be ecumenically engaged, consistent with major Christianity on major points of faith."

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Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 2, page 300

"There is as great difference in our faith

and that of nominal professors as the

heavens are higher than the earth.”

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Where were the VERY DISTINCTIVE 3 Angel’s Messages?

Seventh-day Adventists have …been given a work of the most solemn

import—the proclamation of the first, second, and third angels' messages.

There is no other work of so great importance. They are to allow nothing else

to absorb their attention. Testimonies, Vol.9, 19.

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Raymond Cottrell, Review and Herald, May 15, 1958

"Were Seventh-day Adventists to yield their distinctive teachings in order to win

and wear the robe of theological respectability, they would doubtless be

accepted by other Christian bodies,but in so doing they would be traitor to the truths that have made them a people... They would no longer be Seventh-day Adventists."

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REVELATION 2:9

I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of

Satan.

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JOHNSON AWARDED FOR DESTROYING THE R&H AND BETRAYING THE SDA FAITH

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SDA Church and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) met in dialogue 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic after the SDA Church approached the WEA.

2006

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2007 SDA 2ND ROUND WITH WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE

The Adventists met with representatives of the WEA to determine whether the Adventist Church could become a member of the global evangelical body.

“They wanted to be considered as more a part of mainstream evangelicalism.”

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2006-2007, SDA-World Evangelical Alliance ALLIANCE?

August, 2007—Andrews Univ. Representatives of the WEA and SDA Church recently met for a second round of theological discussion to determine whether the Adventist Church will become a member of the WEA—a.k.a. BABYLON.

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2007—PAULSEN: CATHOLICJESUS IS OK WITH SDA

CHURCH“I cannot imagine that a man in Asia,

or a farmer in Africa will care one iota whether Christ had

the nature of man before the fall or after the fall.”

Autumn Council.

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2007“For 40 years the SDA Church has

been engaged in conversations with other Christian groups. The G.C. has decided to expand this witness to include conversations with representatives of other world religions.”

Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish. RH, June,2007.

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1995-2007

The WCC develops the Global Christian Forum.

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In 1995, the WCC saw that the ecumenical movement was broader than the WCC, which was mostly Protestant. The Global Christian Forum could reach out to Roman Catholic, Pentecostal and Evangelical churches that are not part of WCC….

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When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she

shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, …then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and

that the end is near. 5T 451

PREDICTED IN 1885!

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To create an open space where representatives from a broad range of Christianity which confess the triune God and Jesus Christ as perfect in

His divinity and humanity, can gather

in the spirit of John 17:21 “ that all of them may be one …”

Purpose of the Global Christian Forum

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2000—BEACH AT FOUNDING OF GLOBAL CHRISTIAN FORUM

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2005The Global Christian Forum

meets in Lusaka, Zambia. About 70 church leaders from all parts

of Africa gather together. Including Baptist, Anglican,

Pentecostal, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Seventh Day Adventist, Lutheran churches, the All Africa Christian Council….

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Nov. 2007—Global Christian Forum WORLD MEETING

"We have here what might be described as a new Pentecost," Dr. Cecil Robeck, Assemblies of God

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Nov. 2007—Global Christian Forum WORLD MEETING

SDA’s “discussed how best to promote dialogue and cooperation on issues of Christian unity and common witness to the world.”

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2007—John Graz & William Johnsson participate, and represent

all SDA members.

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MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD COMMUNIONSAnglican Communion, Baptist World Alliance,

Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council, Ecumenical Patriarchate (Eastern Orthodox), Friends World Committee for Consultation, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, International Old-Catholic Bishops Conference, Lutheran World Federation, Mennonite World Conference, Moravian Church – World Wide Unity Board, Moscow Patriarchate (Eastern Orthodox), Pentecostal World Fellowship, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Catholic Church), Reformed Ecumenical Council, Salvation Army, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, World Convention of Churches of Christ, World Evangelical Alliance, World Methodist Council.

For Thirty-five years its Secretary was B.B.Beach, SDA.

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TOWARDS 2010

Celebrating the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference.

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Adventists Join Planning Committee for WCC’s Edinburgh 2010

SDA Jon Dybdahl is now part of the planning for Edinburgh 2010.

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TOWARDS 2010“The memory of the 1910 Conference

brings people together and opens up new perspectives on mission today with the following intended outcomes:

Networks will be mobilized and alliances formed so as to develop greater strategic collaboration and greater synergy in fulfilling the mission mandate.”

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Testimonies, Series B, No. 2, 48. 

"Men in positions of responsibility are in danger of

CHANGING LEADERS.  This I know, for it has been plainly revealed to me. . .“

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At Baal-Peor TodayThe rulers and the leading men were

among the first to transgress, and so many of the people were guilty that the apostasy became national. "Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor." When Moses was aroused to perceive the evil, the plots of their enemies had been so successful that not only were the Israelites participating in the licentious worship at Mount Peor, but the heathen rites were coming to be observed in the camp of Israel. The aged leader was filled with indignation, and the wrath of God was kindled. PP 454,455

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Patriarchs & Prophets, 455“By swift-coming judgments

the people were awakened to the enormity of their sin. A terrible

pestilence broke out in the camp, to which tens of thousands speedily fell a prey. God

commanded that the leaders in this apostasy be put to death by

the magistrates.”

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NUMBERS 25:3,4

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them

up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned

away from Israel.

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Isaiah 3:12

O my people,they which lead thee

cause thee to err,and destroy

the way of thy paths.

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1 SELECTED MESSAGES, 205“Who has authority to begin

such a movement? …We have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not REPUDIATE everything that is not in harmony with this truth?

…In the providence of God, the errors that have been coming in must be met.”

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REPUDIATETo refuse to have anything to do with;

To disown; To cast off publicly;To refuse to acknowledge;

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Second Advent Movement1843-1863

. Believers .___│ Firm Platform │___

___│ Three Angels’ │___│ Messages │

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P……..

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………………………. Unions .

.............................................. Conferences .

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P ……..

Ecumenicalism <<< GeneralConference

………………... Divisions .

………………………. Unions .

.............................................. Conferences .

……………………………………. Pastors .

………………………………………….. . Members . >>> 3A’s ............................................................................. Messages

1955 TO PRESENT—A GREAT STRUGGLE! TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE FORCES

PULL FOR ALLEGIANCE

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P …….. Ecumenism <<< General Conference ……………….. . Divisions . ……………………… . Unions . ............................................. . Conferences . …………………………………… . Pastors / . …………………………………… / …. . . Members / Humble .. >>> 3 A’s …........................................................ / Laymen ….. Messages /

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<< G.C. Structure

___MASC___ ___│Firm Platform│___

___│ Three Angels’ │___ │ Messages >> │

************************************ Laymen Stick With the Truth of Jesus,

While General Conference and its Followers Separate From Structure of Truth.

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UNLESS IT REPENTS

The Gen. Conf. has forgotten that we are living in the anti-typical Day of Atonement—the time to put away sin.The Gen. Conf. Structure will never be part of the Latter Rain and give the final message with a loud cry.In fact, they will be enemies, the most bitter enemies, of God’s people.

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GREAT CONTROVERSY, 608

As the storm approaches, a large class who have

professed faith in the third angel's message, but have not been sanctified through

obedience to the truth, abandon their position and

join the ranks of the opposition.

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GREAT CONTROVERSY, 608

By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view

matters in nearly the same light; and when the

test is brought, they are prepared to choose the

easy, popular side.

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GREAT CONTROVERSY, 608

Men of talent and pleasing address, who once rejoiced

in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They

become the most bitter enemies of their former

brethren.

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BE LIKE THE TRIBE OF LEVIGod’s people need to

relate to this APOSTASY as did the tribe of Levi at the

Golden Calf (G.C.) apostasy. Until Moses came down with judgments, the Levites did not support the apostasy

with their gold, or participate in its worship services.

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GOD BLESSED THE TRIBE OF LEVI

Levi was chosen to be the priestly tribe because

it remained faithful to God amidst the apostasy

of the Golden Calf.

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MALACHI 2:4-6And ye shall know that I have

sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi,

saith the LORD of hosts.My covenant was with him of life

and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and

was afraid before my name.

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MALACHI 2:4-6

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was

not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace

and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

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TRIBE OF LEVI = 144,000Dan. 12:3: And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.Rev.14:4,5: These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth…. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

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TRIBE OF LEVI = 144,000

The experience of the Tribe of Levi at the Golden Calf apostasy and the 144,000 in last day apostasy are parallel.

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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE,

BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM

COMETH! GO YE OUT

TO MEET HIM.MATTHEW 25:6

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Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood,

suffered without the gate.Hebrews 13:12.

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Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

HEBREWS 13:13

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Father, Forgive them; for they know not what they do. Lk.23:34.

HEWAS

NUMBEREDWITHTHE

TRANS-GRESSORS.

ISAIAH53:12.

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REVELATION 13:15-17

1- General Decree2- Tough Economic Sanctions3- Attack: Death Decree

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ROMANS 12:1I beseech you therefore,

brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,

holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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GO YE OUT TO MEET HIMSays the prophet: "Who may abide the

day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: and

He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi,

and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an

offering in righteousness." Mal. 3:2, 3. GC 425.

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GO YE OUT TO MEET HIMThose 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. Their robes must be spotless, their characters must be purified from sin by the blood of

sprinkling. GC 425

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GO YE OUT TO MEET HIMThrough the grace of God and their own diligent effort they must be conquerors in the battle with evil. While the investigative

judgment is going forward in heaven, while the sins of penitent believers are being removed from the sanctuary, there is to be a special

work of purification, of putting away of sin, among God's people upon earth. This work is

more clearly presented in the messages of Revelation 14. GC 425

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GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM

When this work shall have been accomplished, the followers of Christ will be ready for His appearing. "Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years." Malachi 3:4. GC 425

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GO YE OUT TO MEET HIMThen the church which our Lord at His coming is to receive to

Himself will be a "glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or

any such thing." Eph. 5:27. Then she will look "forth as the

morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners." Song of

Solomon 6:10. GC 425

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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE,

BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM

COMETH! GO YE OUT

TO MEET HIM. MATTHEW 25:6

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General Conference Adventism Today

Catholic StructureCatholic Medical SystemCatholic Educ. SystemCatholic JesusCatholic GodCatholic HymnalCatholic Bible—NIVSabbath Lightly Regarded

Dan 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many shall be overthrown.

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Is Ellen Whitea True Prophet?

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PREDICTIONS FULFILLED!The principles of truth that God in His

wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written. …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. 2 SM 204,205

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1Peter 4:17

For the time is come that

judgment must begin at the house

of God.

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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE,

BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!

GO YE OUT (of the OMEGA APOSTASY)

TO MEET HIM. MATTHEW 25:6