A Challenge to SDA Headquarters,
The E.G. White Estate and Every Seventh-day Adventist
Click to go to our Home PageDear Reader, This document is a challenge to the SDA General
Conference; the White Estate and specifically William Fagal,
an official there; Neal Livingston,
Ulicia Ulrike, and David M. Curtis, who castigate all who say that God and
Ellen White called the SDA church On his Website, David M. Curtis challenges all who
call the church There are folk on various SDA Internet forums and
say that I teach that all who remain at the SDA church will be slaughtered in
a literal Ezekiel 9 debacle. They try to make it appear that such
is my personal theory. But Ellen White and Ezekiel are the ones I quote.
She says Ezekiel 9 will be LITERALLY FULFILLED again. She says, as does
Ezekiel 9, that men, maidens and little children all perish together,
Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 211 and the following Bible verses: Ezekiel
9
Begin at My Sanctuary -- "Here we see that the
church--the Lord's sanctuary--was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath
of God. The ancient men, those to whom God had given great light and who had
stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed
their trust. They had taken the position that we need not look for miracles
and the marked manifestation of God's power as in former days. Times have
changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say: The Lord will
not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit His people
in judgment. Thus 'Peace and safety" is the cry from men who will never
again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show God's people their
transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would
not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all
perish together." E. G.
White, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211. How did Ellen White know that Ezekiel 9 would be
LITERALLY fulfilled again? Because
Ezekiel, chapters 1-9, are all about the same events, similar events
involving the historic destructions of But In Ezekiel 9, a remnant was gathered out of the
apostate religious organization and that remnant fled to the mountains of Ezekiel 5:9 speaks of the events of that chapter as
being the worst thing God ever did or will ever do again. The worst thing God ever does is at the
end-time friend. Just read Matthew
24:21, as follows: It is not honest for some to imply that this is ONLY
my teaching! It is God’s, Ezekiel’s,
Ellen White’s and my quoting of those sources. Interesting questions regarding Ezekiel 9: 1. Where were the true Christians when the sealing of
Ezekiel 9 took place? 2. Were they sealed in the apostate 3. Were they sealed when Christ and His disciples
gathered them out of the apostate organization? Desire of Ages, p. 232, answers this
question. 4. Where were the true Christians when the slaughter of
A.D. 70 took place? See SDA Bible
Commentary, Vol. 5, p. 75 for the answer, as well as The Great Controversy,
Chapter 1. 5. Why did Ellen White call that debacle a PREFIGURE,
GC, p. 25? 6. Where did she say the debacle would begin? 5T, p. 211? 7. Where did she say it would end? GC, chapter 1. Some are teaching that William Fagal of the White Estate embarrassed me with his answer
concerning Ellen White’s statement that her Instructor called the SDA church
a harlot of Does God say that the SDA leaders like William Fagal are liars? Recall that Ellen White said that
each of the ancient prophets wrote more for us than the Jews: William Fagal lied! Isa 30:9 That
this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will
not hear the law of the LORD: Isa 32:7 The
instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth
wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the
needy speaketh right. Isa 56:10
His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs,
they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Isa 59:13 In
transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God,
speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words
of falsehood. Jer 7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying,
The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are]
these. Jer 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that
cannot profit. Jer 29:23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their
neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I
have not commanded them; even I know, and [am] a witness, saith the LORD. Ellen White called the church One simple short question friends: Was God
calling Isa 1:21 How
is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;
righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Isa 23:16 Take
an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make
sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. Jer 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke,
[and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon
every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest,
playing the harlot. Yes, God was calling the apostate Jewish
Synagogue a harlot. So when Ellen White's INSTRUCTOR uses the same
words in application to the SDA church, what is wrong with SDA interpretation
skills?! They suddenly go out the window! Here are Ellen White's statements calling
the church a harlot: STATEMENT #1: "No stronger
delusion can possess the human mind than that which makes men believe they
are on the right foundation, and that God accepts their works, when they are
sinning against him. When placed in the furnace fire to be tried by the great
Refiner, much that has been esteemed fine gold will be consumed as dross. Can
Christ say of his professed followers, These are my peculiar people; I gave
myself for them, to redeem them from all iniquity, that they should show
forth my praise, who have called them out of darkness into my marvelous light. Would not the Lord say, rather, How is the beautiful city
become a harlot, and my Father's house a place of merchandise. Because of your unbelief, I cannot do many mighty
works among you." {RH, November 7, 1882 par. 12}
Notice the date, November 7, 1882.
Now notice the statement of 1903: William Fagal of
the White Estate, told Confidential that if Ellen White ever called the
church a harlot, that would be the same as calling it STATEMENT #2: "How is the
faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged
in it; but now murderers. Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with
water: thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one
loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,
neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
"O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the
Lord." "Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for
wherein is he to be accounted of?" "Put not your trust in princes,
nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts
perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in
the Lord his God." "O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to
err, and destroy the way of thy paths." {FE 222.2}
Checking in the preface of Fundamental's to Christian Education, we
find that the date for the above quote was October, 1893. So from July,
1893, when she said the church was keeping the commandments and heeding the
Laodicean message and not to call it Babylon, to October, 3 months later,
after she wrote to Stanton and Caldwell, upbraiding them for calling the
church Babylon, Ellen G. White called the church Babylon by calling it a
harlot! Go figure! STATEMENT #3: The context of the statement is the same as the
context of Isaiah and Jeremiah's statements that Shall We Be Found Wanting? In the balances of the sanctuary the
Seventh-day Adventist church is to be weighed. She will be judged by the
privileges and advantages that she has had. If her spiritual experience does
not correspond to the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed
on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work
entrusted to her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: "Found
wanting." By the light bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be
judged. {8T 247.2}
God's Purpose For His People
"Repent, and Do the First Works" Would we not now have much greater light if,
in the past, we had received the Lord's admonitions, acknowledged His
presence, and turned away from all practices contrary to His will? Had we
done this, the light of heaven would have shone
into the soul-temple, enabling us to comprehend the truth and to love God
supremely and our neighbors as ourselves. Oh, how greatly Christ is
dishonored by those who, professing to be Christians, disgrace the name they
bear by failing to make their lives correspond to their profession, by
failing to treat one another with the love and respect that God expects them
to reveal in kind words and courteous acts! The powers from beneath are stirred with
deep intensity. War and bloodshed are the result. The moral atmosphere is
poisoned with cruel, horrible doings. The spirit of strife is spreading; it
abounds in every place. Many souls are being taken possession of by the
spirit of fraud, or underhand dealing. Many will depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. They do not discern
what spirit has taken possession of them. {8T 249.1}
A Failure To Honor God The heavenly Teacher inquired: "What
stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense
that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your
works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly
policy and are sinning against Jehovah? Oh, it is a great deception, a
fascinating delusion, that takes possession of minds when men who have once
known the truth, mistake the form of godliness for the spirit and power
thereof; when God has not changed toward His faithful
servants who are keeping their garments spotless. But many are crying,
"Peace and safety," while sudden destruction is coming upon them.
Unless there is thorough repentance, unless men humble their hearts by
confession and receive the truth as it is in Jesus, they will never enter heaven.
When purification shall take place in our ranks, we shall no longer rest at
ease, boasting of being rich and increased with goods, in need of nothing. {8T 250.1} Who can truthfully
say: "Our gold is tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the
world"? I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called
righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then
He said to me: "Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up
their defilement and rottenness of character? 'How is the faithful city
become an harlot!' My Father's house is made a house of merchandise, a place
whence the divine presence and glory have departed! For this cause there is
weakness, and strength is lacking." {8T 250.2}
A Call For Reformation
The time has come for a thorough reformation to take place. When this
reformation begins, the spirit of prayer will actuate every believer and will
banish from the church the spirit of discord and strife. Those who have not
been living in Christian fellowship will draw close to one another. One
member working in right lines will lead other members to unite with him in
making intercession for the revelation of the Holy Spirit. There will be no
confusion, because all will be in harmony with the mind of the Spirit. The
barriers separating believer from believer will be broken down, and God's
servants will speak the same things. The Lord will co-operate with His
servants. All will pray understandingly the prayer that Christ taught His
servants: "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven." Matthew 6:10. (252) {8T 251.1} I am not saying that Ellen White
branded the church as a harlot of Babylon FOREVER. She gave conditions
under which the church could and should reform, but the church has never met
those conditions. It has gone from bad to worse, just as ancient William Fagal
tried to rationalize the 1903 statement as accruing because of the Alpha of
Apostasy involving Kellogg and cronies.
Fagal makes a major mistake in so doing, for
the reason that Ellen White said that the Omega would surely follow and be
far worse in scope. Indeed, she said
it would not be “met,” but would develop and wax stronger until Jesus
comes. She said it would “remove
God.” She said “nothing would be
allowed to stand in its way.” Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, 204, 205. Another reason why Fagal makes a major mistake in rationalizing the 1903
harlot statement by Ellen White’s Instructor, (The Holy Spirit), is that she
called the church a harlot on at least two other occasions, and as early as
November 7, 1882. I repeat the
statement for emphasis: STATEMENT #1: "No stronger
delusion can possess the human mind than that which makes men believe they
are on the right foundation, and that God accepts their works, when they are
sinning against him. When placed in the furnace fire to be tried by the great
Refiner, much that has been esteemed fine gold will be consumed as dross. Can
Christ say of his professed followers, These are my peculiar people; I gave
myself for them, to redeem them from all iniquity, that they should show
forth my praise, who have called them out of darkness into my marvelous light. Would not the Lord say, rather, How is the beautiful city
become a harlot, and my Father's house a place of merchandise. Because of your unbelief, I cannot do many mighty
works among you." {RH, November 7, 1882 par. 12}
Why
do Professing SDA’s Get Excited When Reminded That God Called the Church a
Harlot of Babylon, When His Servant Ellen White Said the Church is Worse Than
Babylon? "Like ancient The above statement is a
general comment about “the church.” Testimonies,
Vol. 2, pp. 441-2, were written in 1870.
See the contents section at the beginning of the book for this date. "Among the
professed followers of Christ, there is the same pride, formalism, vainglory,
selfishness, and OPPRESSION, that existed in the Jewish nation." E.G.
White, Sketches from the Life of Paul, 251-252. The Jewish nation was
called a harlot by its prophets! "God's professed
people are selfish and self-caring....They are idolaters, and are worse, in the sight of God, than the heathen, graven-image worshppers
who have had no knowledge of a better way." Testimonies, vol. 2, 441-442. Now I realize that the
ancient prophets and Ellen White wrote to correct the ways of God’s
backsliding people and that any condemnations of them as being a harlot of "One thing it
is certain is soon to be realized, the great apostasy, which is developing
and increasing and waxing stronger, and will continue to do so until the Lord
shall descend from heaven with a shout. We are to hold fast the first
principles of our denominated faith, and go forward from strength to
increased faith. Ever we are to keep the faith that has been substantiated by
the Holy Spirit of God from the earlier events of our experience until the
present time. We need now larger breadth, and deeper, more earnest,
unwavering faith in the leadings of the Holy Spirit. If we needed the
manifest proof of the Holy Spirit's power to confirm truth in the beginning,
after the passing of the time, we need to-day all the evidence in the
confirmation of the truth, when souls are departing from the faith and giving
heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. There must not be any
languishing of soul now." (E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B,
No. 7, p. 57). Sanitarium, The entire context of
the above statement is involved with the Omega of Apostasy. The date:
December 4, 1905! After she had
pretty well met the Alpha Apostasy of the Kellogg crisis. All the above evidence
would have to be turned around if the Laodicean SDA church militant was to go
through to the Kingdom without encountering another literal fulfillment of
Ezekiel 9 beginning at its Sanctuaries around the world. But there is yet another strong evidence by
Ellen White: "The enemy of souls
has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take
place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist
in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and
engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place,
what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given
to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The
fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years
would be accounted as error. A NEW ORGANIZATION would be established. Books
of a NEW ORDER would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a
wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the
God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the
way of the NEW MOVEMENT. The
leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but GOD BEING REMOVED,
they would place their dependence on human power, which, without God, is
worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest
would sweep away the structure. Any true reformer can
point out how each of the specifications in the above statement has been
fulfilled. If any reform of the church
should “stand in the way the new movement,” THEN Ellen White’s statement
would be false and she would become a false prophet. Remember my promise to
publish any rebuttal to this document. God bless, Ron Beaulieu |