Gospel order 12-20 - principles of seperation

The Principles of Separation
The following quote is given to us from an 1896 Sabbath School Lesson. This is the position of the
pioneers of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Most within Seventh Day Adventism can tell you that
the Roman church is definitely Babylon, and the once Protestant churches are Babylon, however they
have no idea how or what makes a church Babylon.
When the churches spurned the counsel of God by rejecting the Advent message, the Lord rejected
them. The first angel was followed by a second, proclaiming, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that
great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
Revelation 14:8. This message was understood by Adventists to be an announcement of the moral fall
of the churches in consequence of their rejection of the first message. The proclamation, “Babylon is
fallen,” was given in the summer of 1844, and as the result, about fifty thousand withdrew from these
churches. The term Babylon, derived from Babel, and signifying confusion, is applied in
Scripture to the various forms of false or apostate religion. But the message announcing the fall
of Babylon must apply to some religious body that was once pure, and has become corrupt. It cannot
be the Romish Church which is here meant; for that church has been in a fallen condition for many
centuries. But how appropriate the figure as applied to the Protestant churches, all professing to derive
their doctrines from the Bible, yet divided into almost innumerable sects. The unity for which Christ
prayed does not exist. Instead of one Lord, one faith, one baptism, there are numberless conflicting
creeds and theories. Religious faith appears so confused and discordant that the world know not what
to believe as truth. God is not all in this; it is the work,—the work of Satan. [4SP 232.1-2 – GC84]

The following Sabbath School lesson explains the principles of what makes a church Babylon and
further Babylon Fallen in only a few sentences.
“When the early church departed from God and imbibed pagan errors, she became Babylon (not
yet fallen) When she united with the state, she fell and, as an organization, was the body of Christ
no longer. While the Reformation churches held fast to the word, Christ was with them. Then they
crystallized their various errors into creeds and endeavored thus to confine God’s word,
they made themselves daughters of Babylon(not fallen). When some of them united with the
state, they fell, and God had to use other people, called out of Babylon to carry forward His work.
Now [in 1896] among these very churches which came out of the second Babylon, confusion reigns;
and now [in 1896] great Babylon, including later daughters, is in adulterous union with the kings of
earth , and is endeavoring to make that union stronger. God calls no church Babylon which holds to
His word, and follows the light that shines from it, even though there are in its membership many who
do not know Christ When the controlling influence of a church is downward, it erects some other
standard besides God’s word. It has ever been true that a backslidden body, one that has turned from
God’s word to men, from God’s power to the state, was never reformed in itself. Invariably God’s
message has called out those from the fallen church who would do His will and preach His gospel.
Israel went down to Egypt for help, and their captivity and loss of power followed. Out of the captives
God gathered a faithful band to do His work. The Jewish church failed, and God called out the
apostolic church to do His bidding. The Roman Church failed, and out of it God called the churches of
the Reformation. Some of these churches failed to advance, and God called out others to bear His
gospel to the world such as the Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist, Disciple, Adventists. His last
‘called-out’ people will know no standard but His word, no power but His Spirit.” First Quarter, Lesson
IX, February 29, 1896, p. 33-34 (brackets added)

The first stage is to adopt pagan doctrines such as
the Trinity or write books of a new order and set
them up as a creed or test of fellowship such as the
“28 fundamental beliefs of the General Conference
of Seventh Day Adventists” rather than the bible
alone as our creed. This is Babylon.
The second and final step is to go to the state
power, or the kings of the earth. This is an
adulterous union, and at this point God’s people
are called out of “Babylon Fallen”.

Stage 1 – Babylon = Adopting pagan doctrines
“The wine of Babylon is the exalting of the false and spurious sabbath above the Sabbath … also the
immortality of the soul.These kindred heresies, and the REJECTION OF THE TRUTH, CONVERT
THE CHURCH INTO BABYLON….” {E.G. White, 2SM 68.2}
Stage 2 – Babylon Fallen = Church and State Union
“Babylon is also charged with the sin of unlawful connection with ‘the kings of the earth.’ It was by
departure from the Lord, and alliance with the heathen, that the Jewish church became a HARLOT;
and Rome, corrupting herself in LIKE MANNER BY SEEKING THE SUPPORT OF WORLDLY
POWERS, receives a like condemnation.” (Ellen White Great Controversy 382)
“The world must not be introduced into the church, and MARRIED to the church, forming a BOND
OF UNITY [Church/State union]. THROUGH THIS MEANS the church [SDA] will become indeed
corrupt, and as stated in Revelation (18:2), ‘a cage of every unclean and hateful bird’ [Babylon
fallen].” (Ellen White TM 265)[Brackets added]
“By her [Babylon’s] daughters must be symbolized churches that cling to her doctrines and tradition,
and follow her example of sacrificing the truth and the approval of God, in order to form an
UNLAWFUL ALLIANCE with the world. The message of Revelation 14, announcing the fall of Babylon
must apply to religious bodies that were ONCE PURE and have become corrupt.”(Ellen White Great
Controversy 383)

Stage 1 we have already discussed regarding “kindred heresies”. There is not a
greater heresy than “the omega of deadly heresies”. This heresy is the deadliest
heresy in Seventh Day Adventism.
Stage 2 we will look at a little more shortly. We will examine the trademarking of
the name “Seventh Day Adventist” and how this same pattern has been followed
throughout history.
First let’s examine some quotes which show that if the people did not walk in the
light that this Church would become Babylon, quotes that are often discarded and
ignored. Let’s first remember that “God’s Church” can never be called
Babylon. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Thus, if this Church were
to become Babylon it would not be “God’s Church”, but rather the head of those
Churches is the “dragon”(Revelation 13:2, 11) and it would be Satan’s
synagogue. They are “the synagogue of Satan” and as stated in Revelation
18:2 “the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird.”

Not Walking in the Light Leads to a Fall
”When Jerusalem was divorced from God it was because of her sins. She fell from an exalted height
that Tyre and Sidon had never reached. And when an angel falls he becomes a fiend. The depth of our
ruin is measured by the exalted light to which God has raised us in His great goodness and
unspeakable mercy. Oh, what privileges are granted to us as a people! And if God spared not His
people that He loved, because they refused to walk in the light, how can He spare the people
whom He has blessed with the light of heaven in having opened to them the most exalted
truth ever entrusted to mortal man to give to the world?” [Manuscript releases 12, pp. 319,320]
We will examine shortly the rejection of Jerusalem to see the steps that led to her “unchurching”. But
first let’s notice that God will not spare if we do not walk in the light.
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
“The church cannot measure herself by the world, nor by the opinion of men, nor by what she once
was. Her faith and her position in the world as they now are, must be compared with what they would
have been if her course had been continually onward and upward. The church will be weighed in the
balances of the sanctuary. If her moral character and spiritual state do not correspond with the
benefits and blessings God has conferred upon her, she will be found wanting. The light has been
shining clear and definite upon her pathway, and the light of 1882 calls her to an account. If her
talents are unimproved, if her fruit is not perfect before God, if her light has become
darkness, she is indeed found wanting.” [Ellen G. White,Testimony for the Battle Creek Church
(1882), page 66]

What does it mean to be “found wanting”? In Daniel 5 we read of the story of Belshazzar. The night
Babylon fell they had a great feast to the gods of gold, brass, iron, wood etc. Then after worshipping
these false gods mixing their pagan worship with the true worship, Daniel spoke to Belshazzar
regarding the rejection of the light from heaven.
Daniel 5:18-23 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and
majesty, and glory, and honour: (19) And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and
languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept
alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (20) But when his heart was
lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his
glory from him: (21) And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts,
and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he
appointeth over it whomsoever he will. (22) And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine
heart, though thou knewest all this; (23) But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and
they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy
concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron,
wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and
whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
The steps were rejecting the God of heaven and not giving glory to HIm, worshipping false gods despite
the light that was given from heaven, and despite knowing and having the truth. Then finally, Babylon
was “found wanting”.

Daniel 5:24-28 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was
written. (25) And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN. (26) This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath
numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (27) TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the
balances, and art found wanting. (28) PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and
given to the Medes and Persians.
The Kingdom was taken and given to others. This has been repeated throughout
history. In fact the same thing happened to the nominal Jewish Church.
“Jerusalem is a representation of what the church will be if it refuses to walk in
the light that God has given. […] Christ turned from them, saying: ‘O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,’ how can I give thee up? ‘How often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!’
Matthew 23:37.” [Testimonies for the Church Volume Eight, page 67]
This is a representation of what the church would be. And what happened to this
nation?
Mat 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Matthew 21:42-43 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is
become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes? (43) Therefore say I unto you, the
kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation
bringing forth the fruits thereof.
And this brings us back to “ye builders”. Christ is the builder of His
Church, but yet these men rejected the foundation, the foundation
stone, the true building, and the true builder. And their house
which was not His house was left to them desolate.
“The world must not be introduced into the church, and MARRIED
to the church, forming a BOND OF UNITY [Church/State
union]. THROUGH THIS MEANS the church [SDA] will become
indeed corrupt, and as stated in Revelation (18:2), ‘a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird’ [Babylon fallen].” TM 265

Crucifying Christ Afresh – No King But Caesar – The Unchurching
When and what caused the Unchurching?
“When Christ cried out, ‘it is finished,’ the Holy Watcher that was an unseen guest at Belshazzar’s feast
pronounced the Jewish nation to be a nation unchurched. The same hand that traced on the wall the
characters that recorded Belshazzar’s doom and the end of the Babylonian kingdom, rent the veil of
the temple from top to bottom, opening a new and living way for all, high and low, rich and poor, Jew
and Gentile. From henceforth people might come to God without priest or ruler.” 5BC 1109
“They cried out for the crucifixion of Christ and, as representatives of the Jewish nation,placed
themselves under the Roman jurisdiction, which they despised, by saying ‘We have no king but
Caesar.’ When they said this they unchurched themselves.” MR 999-4
The unchurching happened when the church fornicated with the Kings of the earth as we learned
above. “When she united with the state, she fell and, as an organization, was the body of Christ no
longer.” The call to “come out of her my people” was made and approximately 50 days later we have this
recorded:
Act 2:41 …the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

So again the steps are:
1. Adopting Pagan doctrines becoming Babylon
2. Setting up a Creed
3. Going to the Kings of the Earth to enforce its beliefs
4. People called out of this organization “Come out of her my people”
5. The true believers begin fellowshipping with Christ’s true Church(His spiritual house, his lively
stones)
6. Following this in the book of Acts we find that after God’s believers begin to assemble together and
share the truths they are still brought before the Kings of the earth because of further intolerance.
Taking People to Court – Crucifying Christ Afresh
“These men cast aside the counsel God has given, and do the very things He has bidden them not to
do. They show that they have chosen the world as their judge, and in heaven their names are
registered as one with unbelievers. Christ is crucified afresh, and put to open shame. Let these
men know that God does not hear their prayers. They insult His holy name, and He will leave them to
the buffetings of Satan until they shall see their folly and seek the Lord by confession of their sin.
Matters connected with the church are to be kept within its own borders. If a Christian is abused, he is
to take it patiently; if defrauded, he is not to appeal to courts of justice. Rather let him suffer loss and
wrong.” [Selected Messages Book 3, page 299, paragraphs 1-3]

Christ is “crucified afresh” in taking matters to court. This is a Church and State
Union. This is fornication with the kings of the earth and this is what leads to
“Unchurching” and finally the proclamation “Babylon is Fallen” because of her
“fornication with the kings of the earth”.
“The world and unconverted church members are in sympathy. Some when God
reproves them for wanting their own way, make the world their confidence, and
bring church matters before the world for decision. Then there is collision and
strife, and Christ is crucified afresh, and put to open shame. Those church
members who appeal to the courts of the world show that they have chosen
the world as their judge, and their names are registered in heaven as one
with unbelievers. How eagerly the world seizes the statements of those who
betray sacred trusts!” [Selected Messages Book 3, page 302, paragraph 3]
Their names are written with unbelievers. They have “crucified Christ afresh” in
taking their matters to the world for decision. In appeals to courts they have
chosen the world as their judge.

Here is an excerpt from a recent article called “Just a name or Registered Trademark” from the
“Adventist Review” dated June 10, 2010 regarding Seventh Day Adventist trademark policies:
Q: How frequently do you deal with a situation in which an individual or a group is using the
trademark inappropriately?
DOUKMETZIAN: “Almost every day.”
PARKER: “Right now we probably have more than 60 open issues.”
Q: How do you enforce trademark restrictions?
DOUKMETZIAN: “More and more governments are putting rules and laws in place to protect
trademarks. As the world shrinks and corporations expand around the world, they want to protect their
name and reputation so that someone else is not trying to pass themselves off as the corporation. The
same thing applies to the church.
We’ve had some high-profile cases in which individuals have broken off from the official church and
started their own churches using the “Seventh-day Adventist” name, and we’ve had to enforce the
church’s rights. At times we’re misunderstood when we go into the court system to enforce that right,
but that’s the ultimate step for us, a step we don’t take lightly. We’d much rather resolve these issues
well before they get to that point. But if individuals or organizations insist even after we have counseled
with them, we need to do the best we can to protect the church’s name from misuse and confusion.”
Taken from: http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=3390

Q: How do you enforce trademark restrictions?
DOUKMETZIAN: “More and more governments are putting rules and laws in
place to protect trademarks. As the world shrinks and corporations expand around
the world, they want to protect their name and reputation so that someone else is
not trying to pass themselves off as the corporation. The same thing applies to the
church.
Notice the answer included a dependence on the government to defend them
rather than God. This is called “unbelief” or lack of faith. This is why they are
classed with “unbelievers”. This is a woman fornicating with the Kings of the
earth. This is no different than the Roman Church saying “We need to stop these
individuals from calling themselves Christians, therefore if these individuals fail
to heed our counsels we will have to bring them before courts and if they fail at
this point we will have to lock them up in jail for a while, and if they don’t stop
calling themselves Christians at this point then they should die.”
That is the eventual decree brought forth. And of course the church can claim
they never put a single soul to death and say “it was the government” because
these so-called “heretics” broke the laws of the land.

Former GC President Speaks Like the Dragon
Regarding the trade marking and copyright on the name “Seventh Day Adventist” and bringing others
to court former General Conference President Neal Wilson once said:
“We’ve got to PROTECT that name [“Seventh-day Adventist”], because we are giving a false impression
to the world…And this church/state business; be a little careful how you use that, because that is not in
scripture: separation of Church and State. That is a particular North American philosophy. It exists no
where else in the world.” Neal C. Wilson[Former Seventh Day Adventist General Conference President
regarding the trademark], P.U.C. Sanctuary, June 18, 1988.
Neal Wilson said Church and State is not a scriptural concept. His son is now the General Conference
President. It is not a Protestant who knowing his bible would ever speak these words. He can say that
this is what Seventh Day Adventists believe, but this is what “nominal Adventists” believe, or
“professed Adventists”. We as Protestants, true Seventh day Adventists protest church and state unions.
“…a reformation must go through the churches. Reforms must be made, for spiritual weakness and
blindness were upon the people who had been blessed with great light and precious opportunities and
privileges. As reformers they had come out of the denominational churches, but they now act a part
similar to that which the churches acted. We hoped there would not be the necessity for another
coming out.” (Ellen White 1888 Mat., pp. 356,357.)

“In the manifestation of that power which lightens the earth with the glory of God, they will see only
something which in their blindness they think dangerous, something which will arouse their fears, and
they will brace themselves to resist it. Because the Lord does not work according to their ideas and
expectations, they will oppose the work. “Why,” they say, “should not we know the Spirit of God, when
we have been in the work so many years?” – because they did not respond to the warnings, the
entreaties of the messages of God, but persistently said, ‘I am rich, and increased with goods and have
need of nothing.’ (Review and Herald Extra December 23 , 1890)
Our conference president believes it is okay for the woman (church) to unite with the State (beast) and
trademark the name Seventh Day Adventist and bring others before the courts.
Revelation 18 talks about a woman fornicating with the Kings of the earth, or in other words “Church
and State”. And it also talks about corporate accountability. Which means we are not to be partakers of
the sins of the leaders but are to “come out of her my people” if on behalf of the denomination or “as
representatives of the…nation” they were to do this.
Have they done this? Sadly Yes:
From the article “General Conference trademark policy”:
“Questions have been asked regarding efforts by the General Conference to protect the name of our
church through the use of the trademark laws . . .
Q: Is it true that the General Conference has federally registered trademarks for the name ‘Seventh-day
Adventist’…?
A: Yes. The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists, on behalf of the ENTIRE
DENOMINATION, has registered under the United States trademark laws the name ‘Seventh-day
Adventist’ and a variety of the church’s programs and services…” Ministry Magazine, December,
1988

So therefore on behalf of you, me and every member of the General Conference, our leaders have said
“We have no King but Caesar”. “as representatives of the ENTIRE DENOMINATION” they have went to
the United States(Kings of the earth) to persecute what it deems to be heretics. The Spirit of Prophecy
says that by taking former brethren to court they have Crucified Jesus Christ afresh.
By the 100’s of trademark cases that have ensued with their Catholic lawyers at the helm, they have
“Crucified Christ afresh” declaring “We have no King but Caesar”. The conference has become a harlot.
Can we reform it?
“They cried out for the crucifixion of Christ and, as representatives of the Jewish nation, placed
themselves under the Roman jurisdiction, which they despised, by saying, “We have no king but
Caesar.” When they said this, they unchurched themselves.” [Manuscript Releases Volume Twelve,
page 388, paragraph 1]
Probation is closed on the General Conference, they must come out individually. The promises are
taken from her and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. The call is “Come out of her my
people”. No matter if the new president calls for a reformation or not.
Deuteronomy 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife,
after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to
sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
She cannot be taken back. Our call now is very similar to that in Acts chapter 2 after the Jewish nation
unchurched themselves. And when we are of one accord God will poor out his latter rain.
“What we want now is a reorganization. We want to begin at the foundation, and to build upon a
different principle.” [Ellen White Last Day Events, page 53]

Not to go and Listen to Error
Some have said to go and sit in the temple and listen to the sermon every week and just pray for the
leaders and this will lead to a reformation. The truth is, there is a reformation coming, but it is not
working according to their expectations.
According to the Spirit of Prophecy we are not to even go and listen to error. We make more of a
statement when we sit at home. The principles are carefully laid out for us by God’s word. First let’s
read the following counsel carefully:
“I was shown the necessity of those who believe that we are having the last message of mercy, being
separate from those who are daily imbibing new errors. I saw that neither young nor old should attend
their meetings; for it is wrong to thus encourage them while they teach error that is a deadly poison to
the soul and teach for doctrines the commandments of men. The influence of such gatherings is not
good. If God has delivered us from such darkness and error, we should stand fast in the liberty
wherewith He has set us free and rejoice in the truth. God is displeased with us when we go to listen to
error, without being obliged to go; for unless He sends us to those meetings where error is forced home
to the people by the power of the will, He will not keep us. The angels cease their watchful care over us,
and we are left to the buffetings of the enemy, to be darkened and weakened by him and the power of
his evil angels; and the light around us becomes contaminated with the darkness. (125) I saw that we
have no time to throw away in listening to fables. Our minds should not be thus diverted, but should
be occupied with the present truth, and seeking wisdom that we may obtain a more thorough
knowledge of our position, that with meekness we may be able to give a reason of our hope from the
Scriptures. While false doctrines and dangerous errors are pressed upon the mind, it cannot be
dwelling upon the truth which is to fit and prepare the house of Israel to stand in the day of the Lord.”
(Ellen White Early Writings, p 124, 125)

“Are you going to get this message by going to listen to these preachers every week?” We are not
commissioned to go and listen to them. We are to become acquainted with the present truth, we are to
obtain a more thorough knowledge of our position, we are to wait for power from the Holy Spirit, we
are not to do anything presumptuously, especially to go and listen to error, or to think that we can
reform that organization. That is a “new organization” a “new movement” another “religion”. God has
order and organization and if we go in those buildings made by hands presumptuously without the
leading of His Holy Spirit and a proper understanding of our position we will cause more souls to be
lost than gained.
Sharing the Message of This Life
The disciples first waited for the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
They were not to do anything without the Holy Spirit guiding them. This was given on the day of
Pentecost. There is a time also set aside for the latter rain of His Holy Spirit.
Zechariah 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make
bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

If we study the bible we will be able to find out just when this time is and how to receive it. But
without it we are not to go into their synagogues. In Acts chapter 2 the disciples received the former
rain of the Holy Spirit. Following this they began sharing the message, recognizing their position as
Christ’s Holy tabernacle. And recognizing Christ as the head and builder who went forward working
with them.
They then began to share the message at the synagogue. They did not go to the synagogue to listen to
the preacher preach error. In Chapter 3 Peter healed a man at the temple gate and then began to preach
unto them Jesus Christ. This made the rulers extremely grieved and finally they grabbed them and
held them in jail until the next day.
Following this holding they were brought before a counsel of men and Peter spoke about the
organization and taught them about how they had rejected the builder, the foundation, and the
building or church of God through Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:10-11 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here
before you whole. (11) This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the
head of the corner.
Following this they are threatened, but the counsel did not know what to do or how to stop these
men. They thought they could use force, persecution, courts, and jail to stop them. The apostles are
then commanded that they must stop preaching in this name, these builders were building their “new
organization” on sand rather than rock.

Acts 4:17-18 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they
speak henceforth to no man in this name. (18) And they called them, and commanded them not to
speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
A very similar threat has been made by the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. They have
trademarked the name “Seventh Day Adventist” and told us to stop speaking in this name, but we are
commissioned by God through his prophet about this name:
“Our institutions have taken a name which sets forth the character of our faith, and of this name we
are NEVER to be ashamed. I have been shown that this name means much, and in adopting it we
have followed the light given us from heaven…This distinctive banner is to be borne through the
world to the CLOSE OF PROBATION.” (Ellen White MS 15, 1896)
This name we are NEVER to be ashamed of. I am a Seventh Day Adventist, has God cast away his
people? God forbid. We are to stand like Paul and Peter did. We are Israel(Romans 9-11), we are Jews
in heart and Spirit(Rom 2, Eph 2), we are Abraham’s Seed(Galatians 3), We are Christians despite these
names being dragged through the mud and misused for centuries. Of these titles we are never to be
ashamed.
It is the “professed Adventists” who were to “crucify Christ afresh” by bringing others before the
counsels and using the state power to stop them.
“You think, that those who worship before the saint’s feet, (Rev 3:9), will at last be saved. Here I
must differ with you; for God shewed me that this class were professed Adventists, who had fallen
away, and “crucified to themselves the Son of God afresh”(EGW A Word to the Little Flock, page
12)”

According to Revelation 3:9 which she quoted they are “NOT” Adventists. They only say that they
are. They have applied the good name Seventh Day Adventist to “the synagogue of Satan”(Revelation
3:9). This quote implies however that there are true Seventh Day Adventists just as there were true
“Jews”, “Israelites”, and “Abraham’s seed” in Paul’s day. As we follow along in Acts after being brought
before the courts, and then told to stop preaching in this name, they are then threatened and
released. Then we find that the disciples go to God in prayer for deliverance rather than applying to the
Kings of the earth for their deliverance and asking God to do His mighty work in them.
Acts 4:24-26 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,
Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: (25) Who
by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain
things? (26) The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord,
and against his Christ.
History is merely repeating itself. There is nothing new under the sun. And we as God’s people will
unite in one accord in this same manner as our brethren continue to depart farther from the faith once
delivered to the saints. And we will constantly be accused of leaving the true Church and they will
constantly seek to justify the new organization that they call “the church”.
“Romanists have persisted in bringing against Protestants the charge of heresy and willful separation
from the true church. 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.” {Ellen White Great Controversy page 51}
Many are going to hear this message. Not many will accept it.

“The Sanhedrin had rejected Christ’s message and was bent upon His death;
therefore Jesus departed from Jerusalem, from the priests, the temple, the
religious leaders, the people who had been instructed in the law, and turned to
another class to proclaim His message, and to gather out those who should carry
the gospel to all nations.
As the light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical authorities in the
days of Christ, so it has been rejected in every succeeding generation. Again and
again the history of Christ’s withdrawal from Judea has been repeated. When the
Reformers preached the word of God, they had no thought of separating
themselves from the established church; but the religious leaders would not
tolerate the light, and those that bore it were forced to seek another class, who
were longing for the truth. In our day few of the professed followers of the
Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few are listening for the voice of God, and
ready to accept truth in whatever guise it may be presented. Often those who
follow in the steps of the Reformers are forced to turn away from the churches
they love, in order to declare the plain teaching of the word of God. And many
times those who are seeking for light are by the same teaching obliged to leave the
church of their fathers, that they may render obedience.” {DA 231-232}

Going Back into the Temple – The Principles
As we have learned already these men were forced out from the synagogues, they were not going there
to learn from these leaders, they were going to give these leaders a message. That they were false
builders in a false building who had rejected the foundation stone and thus were building a new
organization on sand.
Following this arrest, and release of the disciples, they then proceeded to pray and finally in Acts 5 in
one accord they continued to share the message with miracles following them. They were freeing
people from possession of unclean spirits and for all this good work we find the following reaction
from the false “builders”:
Acts 5:17-18 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the
Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, (18) And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them
in the common prison.
Thus they were forced to stop preaching in the name of Jesus again. The government and state power
was being again employed by this “false building”.
Acts 5:19-20 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and
said, (20) Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
The angel did not say “Go sit and listen to Caiphus or President Wilson speak”. He said go and teach
them the words of this life. They had already obtained an understanding of their present truth
position(Acts 2:16, EW 124) and were ready to share it with the people. God was working with them.

Brought Before the Courts Again
After recognizing that the men they had put in jail were standing in the temple
preaching. They were confounded as to what to do. They wanted to use force
against the disciples.
“…FORCE IS THE LAST RESORT OF EVERY FALSE RELIGION…The papacy has
exercised her power to compel men to obey her, and she will continue to do so.”
(Ellen White 7BC 976)
Force was the last resort of this false religion. Very similar to the General
Conference statement by General Conference Associate General Dione A.
Parker “Litigation is always a last resort.”(Just a Name or a Registered Trademark,
Adventist Review June 10, 2010)
The last resort of a “false religion” or as Ellen put it “our religion would be
changed… God being removed, they would place their dependence on human
power”(Ellen White 1 Selected Messages 204, 205)
They are depending on the kings of the earth(human power) for deliverance by
using litigation, lawyers and lawsuits against them.

Following the recognizance that the disciples are preaching again at the temple
force is again used against them bringing them before the courts and telling them
to again stop preaching in that name:
Acts 5:27-28 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council:
and the high priest asked them, (28) Saying, Did not we straitly command you
that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with
your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
“Why are you bringing judgment on our Church?” they answer. “Why are you
trying to fill our Church with your doctrine saying that we crucified Christ afresh,
trying to bring his blood on our head?” This is what is heard from the multitudes
today. You are trying to “bring this man’s blood upon us”.
As Peter said “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath
made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.”(Acts
2:36). Have they not “Crucified Christ afresh”? And if we choose to remain a
member of their organization, we are then guilty and held corporately accountable
for her sins and we are corporately accountable for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

“On behalf of the ENTIRE DENOMINATION, has registered under the United
States trademark laws the name ‘Seventh-day Adventist’ and a variety of the
church’s programs and services…” Ministry Magazine, December, 1988
“Christ is crucified afresh, and put to open shame. Those church members
who appeal to the courts of the world show that they have chosen the world
as their judge, “[Selected Messages Book 3, page 302, paragraph 3 ]
And this is fulfilled by our leaders. Therefore it is rightly said to the house of
Israel today “Jesus Christ whom you crucified.” We are corporately accountable for
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the call is “Come out of her my people, that ye
be not partaker of her plagues”(Revelation 18:4).
“They cried out for the crucifixion of Christ and, as representatives of the
Jewish nation, placed themselves under the Roman jurisdiction, which they
despised, by saying, “We have no king but Caesar.” When they said this, they
unchurched themselves.” [Manuscript Releases Volume Twelve, page 388,
paragraph 1]

We Ought to Obey God Rather Than Men
“Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name?”(Acts
5:28)
Act 5:29 … We ought to obey God rather than men.
And God has told us regarding the name that “of this name we are NEVER to be
ashamed. I have been shown that this name means much, and in adopting it we
have followed the light given us from heaven…This distinctive banner is to be
borne through the world to the CLOSE OF PROBATION.” MS 15, 1896
The decree is given, and as the man said “More and more governments are putting
rules and laws in place to protect trademarks. As the world shrinks and
corporations expand around the world”( Just a Name or a Registered Trademark,
Adventist Review June 10, 2010 GC General Counsel Karnik Doukmetzian)
In other words the General Conference Church is seeking more power from the
state and is going to use it as it becomes accessible and as our constitution which
protects Christian liberty erodes. And as we have had General Conference
presidents say already that they don’t see Church and State as biblical in order to
justify taking us before courts and counsels. Therefore nothing is off the table.

Limit to the States Authority
“To protect liberty of conscience is the duty of the state, and this is the limit of
its authority in matters of religion. Every secular government that attempts to
regulate or enforce religious observances by civil authority is sacrificing the very
principle for which the evangelical Christians [of Sixteenth Century Germany] so
nobly struggled. (Ellen White Great Controversy page 201)
“…the only position the State can take, and have the approval of God, is to guard
the rights of every individual, permitting no oppression to come upon any one
because of religious belief.” (Ellen White ST February 27, 1912)
That is the limit to the authority of the state. And that is to protect my liberty of
conscience and the line is clearly drawn. If I am commanded to take the name
“Seventh Day Adventist” or “Christian”, then the State’s duty is to protect that
liberty that no oppression is to come upon me because of my religious
belief. That is the only position the State can take and have the approval of God.
“The Constitution provides that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof’…” (Ellen White
Great Controversy 442)

Taking Matters to Court – Church and State – Violates the Sabbath Commandment
“Now I want to state a little further upon the principle that no Christian, being a citizen of the kingdom
of God, can of right start any procedure in connection with civil government. After it is started by the
government itself, that is another question . . . I repeat therefore, that upon the principles which
govern kingdoms and governments, the very principle of the law in heaven, or law in earth, a Christian
cannot start any procedure in connection with civil government. And of all Christians, SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS cannot do it. The very keeping of the Sabbath forbids it.” – (1895 General Conference
Bulletin, page 28. – by AT Jones)
To take others before court is a failure to rest in Christ. It is a violation of the Sabbath principle. Rest
in Christ is to trust God by faith. The opposite of rest is unbelief:
Hebrews 4:9-11 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. (10) For he that is entered into
his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. (11) Let us labour therefore to
enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Resting from our own works and asking God to work in us mightily is Righteousness by faith.
Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Faith in God that He will perform in us what He has said He will do. Therefore it is faith in God to
trust him when others misuse his Holy name or the name Seventh Day Adventist rather than going to
the kings of the earth for help. While the world keeps Sunday, we by faith in God’s word keep the
Seventh Day holy resting from our labors.

Therefore, to bring others before counsels and courts shows that they have “chosen the world as their
judge, and in heaven their names are registered as one with unbelievers.” [Selected Messages Book 3,
page 299]. They did not enter into his rest because of unbelief. Thus as AT Jones said regarding
starting matters with civil powers “The very keeping of the Sabbath forbids it.”
Ellen White expressed the same principle:
“A union of church and state means a recognition of a spurious sabbath, and a failure to respect the
conscientious observance of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment.” [Manuscript Releases Volume
Twelve, page 218].
The General Conference again cannot therefore be the commandment keeping people of God who
have the faith of Jesus if they are in violation of the Sabbath and are marked with “unbelievers” and
thus, this organization does not fit the commandment keeping church described in Revelation 12:17,
14:12.
Those who will take the mark of the beast will have no “rest”.
Revelation 14:9-13 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, (10) The same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and
he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence
of the Lamb: (11) And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no
rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name. (12) Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and
the faith of Jesus. (13) And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and
their works do follow them.

They have “no rest” day or night because of “unbelief” they did not enter into his rest and trust that he
might deliver them from their enemies, but rather went to the kings of the earth for help, thus violating
the Sabbath commandment.
Thus we have the Third Angel’s Message.
Angel 1: Worship the true God, the Father, the Gospel (John 4:23, 24 Revelation 14:6, 7)
Angel 2: Babylon is Fallen – She commited fornication with the Kings of the Earth.
Angel 3: The Sabbath more fully, the Sabbath Rest Principle, they have no rest day or night who take
the mark of the beast because of unbelief. Rather than entering God’s rest, they have went to the kings
of the earth for help.
Abortion and the Trademark
If it wasn’t enough that the tithe is being used for these lawsuits, and that it is also being used to invest
in missile development and military companies as well as several other things that conflict with our
faith helping to destroy millions of lives worldwide.
Recently, it was disclosed to me that the Conference has hospitals on which the good name “Seventh
Day Adventist” has been placed. In an article in the Washington Post dated January 24, 2011 I had
heard that abortions were being performed in the hospitals.
I was very shocked and knowing that this is the taking of innocent life, who don’t yet have a voice of
their own I truly was upset about this. In the article is mentioned a facebook group that was called
“Adventists for life”.

The article reads:
“But the denomination may be the only theologically conservative Protestant group that allows elective
abortions. Many of their own members didn’t know that their worldwide hospital network performed
the procedure, which has been quite the discussion on the Adventists For Life Facebook Page. A
number of posters were shocked to learn the denomination’s stance.
“I can’t belong to a organization who advocates abortion,” one poster wrote. “I believe in Christ my
Saviour, the Sabbath & etc. I believe in Sister White also,” referring to Ellen G. White, one of the
revered founders of the denomination.”
See More:
http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2011/01/adventists_and_abortion.html
This was only some of the article which is available at the above link. For those who are not fully aware
of the bible stance on abortion and God’s stance on it, To be short, the bible says “Thou art with child”
not “thou art with fetus”, or “animal”, or “fish”, or anything like that. The bible is very clear that this is a
child at conception. And the bible also teaches us that to take innocent life is “murder”.
So the General Conference is using, or should I say misusing the good name “Seventh Day Adventist”
on their hospitals in order to murder children. I don’t want to come across as harsh towards ladies who
have done something like this. It is very painful for them to go through this, and all have sinned and all
who will confess their sin, God will forgive. I am not here to condemn but rather to point to salvation
from that sin.

But regarding the abortions in the hospitals, it doesn’t stop here. This group of protestors on facebook
was standing up to this corporate greed, deceit and murder being performed by the general conference
by making a facebook page called “Adventists for life”. This page made headlines in the Washington
Post article and thus this was big news.
Basically the headlines for other Churches and people inside the Conference who were against abortion
would read “Baby Killing Adventists” etc. What could the General Conference do to stop these
protestors?
In a desperate act they could go to the Kings of the Earth.
Another article followed in the Washington Post the first one which ran on January 24, 2010. By
January 30th we have the account in another article in the Washington Post in an article about who
owns the name Adventist:
Who owns the word ‘Adventist,’ or ‘Catholic’?
By Julia Duin – Washington Post
Do religious groups have the right to sue you if you use their name, logo or so-called branding color?
Maybe so. On Monday, this blog ran a report that mentioned an Adventists for Life for Seventh-day
Adventists who oppose abortion.
The SDA headquarters, based in Silver Spring, Md., reacted quickly, asking Facebook to remove the
offending page. I contacted Facebook on Wednesday to ask why no one checked with the folks behind
the page before killing it. I received a copy of their policy that says once someone lodges a plausible
claim of trademark infringement, Facebook removes or disables access, no questions asked.

Mark Price, a Canadian SDA’er who was in charge of the page, alerted the 600 members of the group
that he’d been silenced. “The Adventists For Life group is not an organization but an informal
gathering of Seventh Day Adventists who are pro-life,” he wrote me. “I am very concerned, as you are,
about this kind of power that the Adventist leadership have to shut people up.”
I called SDA spokesman Garrett Caldwell to see what was up. He told me his organization had
complained about trademark infringement; that is, the unauthorized use of the SDA brand.
“We are working hard to try to protect the name and organization associated with the name,” he said.
“Both ‘Adventist’ and ‘SDA’ are trademarked and registered names. We want to make sure the use of
the name is connected with our organization.”……
Taken From:
http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2011/01/adventists_pressure_facebook_to_dum
p_pro-life_group.html
The answer from the Conference was that we can use the name to kill babies, however ‘if you try to
protest our “baby killing” we are going to use force against you by seeking worldly powers to silence
you.’ They call this “protecting the name”. They have used state power to oppress those who protest
the abominations being done in the midst of them.

From Family Association
There are many in the church who at heart belong to the world, but
God calls upon those who claim to believe the advanced truth, to
rise above the present attitude of the popular churches of today.
Where is the self-denial, where is the cross-bearing that Christ has
said should characterize His followers? The reason we have had so
little influence upon unbelieving relatives and associates is that we
have manifested little decided difference in our practices from those
of the world. Parents need to awake, and purify their souls by
practicing the truth in their home life. When we reach the standard
that the Lord would have us reach, worldlings will regard Seventh-
day Adventists as odd, singular, strait-laced extremists. "We are
made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." {FE
289.1}

The man who said, "I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come,"
represents a large class. Many there are who allow their wives or their husbands to
prevent them from heeding the call of God. The husband says, "I cannot obey my
convictions of duty while my wife is opposed to it. Her influence would make it
exceedingly hard for me to do so." The wife hears the gracious call, "Come; for all
things are now ready," and she says, "'I pray thee have me excused.' My husband
refuses the invitation of mercy. He says that his business stands in the way. I must
go with my husband, and therefore I cannot come." The children's hearts are
impressed. They desire to come. But they love their father and mother, and since
these do not heed the gospel call, the children think that they cannot be expected
to come. They too say, "Have me excused." {COL 224.2} All these refuse the
Saviour's call because they fear division in the family circle. They suppose that in
refusing to obey God they are insuring the peace and prosperity of the home; but
this is a delusion. Those who sow selfishness will reap selfishness. In rejecting the
love of Christ they reject that which alone can impart purity and steadfastness to
human love. They will not only lose heaven, but will fail of the true enjoyment of
that for which heaven was sacrificed. {COL 225.1}

We cannot serve God and the world at the same time. We must not
center our affections on worldly relatives, who have no desire to
learn the truth. We may seek in every way, while associated with
them, to let our light shine; but our words, our deportment, our
customs and practices, should not in any sense be molded by their
ideas and customs. We are to show forth the truth in all our
intercourse with them. If we cannot do this, the less association we
have with them, the better it will be for our spirituality. If we place
ourselves among associates whose influence has a tendency to make
us forgetful of the high claims the Lord has upon us we invite
temptation and become too weak in moral power to resist it. We
come to partake of the spirit and cherish the ideas of our associates
and to place sacred and eternal things lower than the ideas of our
friends. We are, in short, leavened just as the enemy of all
righteousness designed we should be. {5T 543.1}

I saw that those who profess the truth should hold the standard high, and induce others to
come up to it. I saw that some would have to walk the straight path alone. Their
companions and children will not walk the self-denying pathway with them. Patience and
forbearance should ever characterize the lives of those lone pilgrims, following the example
of their blessed Master. They will have many trials to endure, but they have a hope that
makes the soul strong, that bears them up above the trials of earth, that elevates them
above scorn, derision and reproach. Those who possess a hope like this should never
indulge a harsh, unkind spirit. This will only injure their own souls, and drive their friends
farther from the truth. Treat them tenderly. Give them no occasion to reproach the cause of
Christ; but never yield the truth to please any one. Be decided, be fixed, be established, be
not of a doubtful mind. {2SG 266.1} But if your companions and children will not come, if
you cannot win them to yield to the claims of truth, make their lives here as pleasant as
possible; for all they will ever enjoy will be this poor world. But let not your duty to them
interfere with your duty to God. Pursue a straight-forward course. Let nothing they may do
or say provoke an angry word from you. You have a hope that will yield you consolation
amid the disappointments and trials of life. Your companions and children who will not be
induced to tread the narrow, cross-bearing pathway with you, have not this divine
consolation. They should have your pity, for this world is all the heaven they will have. {2SG
266.2}

We should beware of treating lightly God's gracious provisions for
our salvation. There are Christians who say, "I do not care to be
saved unless my companion and children are saved with me." They
feel that heaven would not be heaven to them without the presence
of those who are so dear. But have those who cherish this feeling a
right conception of their own relation to God, in view of His great
goodness and mercy toward them? Have they forgotten that they are
bound by the strongest ties of love and honor and loyalty to the
service of their Creator and Redeemer? The invitations of mercy are
addressed to all; and because our friends reject the Saviour's
pleading love, shall we also turn away? The redemption of the soul is
precious. Christ has paid an infinite price for our salvation, and no
one who appreciates the value of this great sacrifice or the worth of
the soul will despise God's offered mercy because others choose to
do so. The very fact that others are ignoring His just claims should
arouse us to greater diligence, that we may honor God ourselves, and
lead all whom we can influence, to accept His love. {PP 162.1}

It is frequently more essential than many realize, that early associations should be
broken up in order that those who are to speak "in Christ's stead" may stand in a
position where God can educate and qualify them for His great work. Kindred and
friends often have an influence which God sees will greatly interfere with the
instructions He designs to give His servants. Suggestions will be made by those
who are not in close connection with heaven that will, if heeded, turn aside from
their holy work those who should be light bearers to the world. {4T 523.2} Before
God can use him, Abraham must be separated from his former associations, that
he may not be controlled by human influence or rely upon human aid. Now that
he has become connected with God, this man must henceforth dwell among
strangers. His character must be peculiar, differing from all the world. He could
not even explain his course of action so as to be understood by his friends, for they
were idolaters. Spiritual things must be spiritually discerned; therefore his
motives and his actions were beyond the comprehension of his kindred and
friends. {4T 523.3}

Rebuilding That Which is Fallen – Reorganization
We have looked at God’s Church and what it is according to scripture. We have also looked at what is
NOT God’s Church. We’ve looked at the builder, as well as the false builders, and we’ve analyzed
carefully the foundation and we’ve found that a “new organization…built on sand” would be built. We
have studied what this New Movement would do according to prophecy, and how it has done exactly
what God told us it would do.
Since all of this has been fulfilled, what then is our commission? Our commission is to wait for the
Holy Spirit and allow Christ to work through his people.
Acts 15:14-17 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a
people for his name. (15) And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, (16) After this I
will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again
the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: (17) That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all
the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
God has commissioned reorganization, building on the foundation. This temple is built out of
gentiles, and jews, and those from all nations. The seed of Abraham, the true Israel. God is the builder
through Jesus Christ.

Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before
the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands;
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every
nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
“What we want now is a reorganization. We want to begin at the
foundation, and to build upon a different principle.” [Last Day Events, page
53]
There is a time for God’s people to reorganize. After the fall of ancient Babylon in
the days of Daniel the prophet. God called his people out of Babylon, then finally
back to Jerusalem. A call was made to rebuild the fallen temple. This call was
made by God through his prophets which included Zechariah and Haggai. The
Jews had stopped building because of a decree against them. But then following
this a commandment was given by God himself.

NOT BY FORCE
The principle which is used by every false religion to advance truth is “force”. As we go
forward in this last and final work, force will not be employed by God’s true soldiers. Some
of these principles were given by Zechariah.
“…FORCE IS THE LAST RESORT OF EVERY FALSE RELIGION…” (Ellen White 7BC 976)
But when God gave his decree for rebuilding the true temple in Zechariah 4. He said this:
Zec 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of
hosts.
Again, I take you back to the decree given by Jesus “that they should not depart from
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of
me.”(Acts 1:4)
Not by force, but by the Spirit are we commissioned to share the truth. This principle
should have been already recognized early on, however special emphasis must be placed
upon it. There are always new believers who want authority, and they want to rule, and
they want to dictate how they believe that we should suppress the voice of others who do
not believe as we believe.

I bring you back again to where the apostles who were brought before the courts and counsels and the
kings of the earth and told to stop preaching in that name.
Acts 5:28-29 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and,
behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon
us. (29) Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
But no matter the force used against them, if they were to stop preaching in that name that would have
been to them to actually stop loving others. They could not stop. Following this some counsel was
given to these men by Gamiliel. Counsel that has not been heeded by our Conference leaders who
pursue others with their trademark lawsuits. Who continue to believe that the temple of God is
established by force and suppression of the speech of others. Who believe it is established by “might”
and “power”. The counsel to them who would use force to suppress others is thus:
Acts 5:34-39 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law,
had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little
space; (35) And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as
touching these men. (36) For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to
whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as
obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. (37) After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the
days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as
obeyed him, were dispersed. (38) And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them
alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: (39) But if it be of God,
ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Force was the last resort. Shortly after this the apostles were teaching “daily in the temple, and in every
house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”(Acts 5:42). By Acts Chapter 6 because these
false builders could not stop them, they made up false witness against Stephen because of his teaching
regarding the temple of God or God’s Church.(Acts 6:11-14) And these men resorted to stoning
Stephen shortly afterwards who spoke out against the temple made with hands as well as their disbelief
in the Son of God. (Acts 7:43-56) They had a false conception of God’s Church and the rock on which
it was built. Stephen was stoned for preaching the truth about the church and the truth about these
false builders.
I have seen some who have accepted much truth regarding God and His Son, yet trying to setup a
similar tabernacle to that of the false builders in the time of the early church. They have tried to use
force and suppression, but that is not the religion of Christ at all. That is the “last resort of every false
religion” and it will “come to nought”.
Over and over again I see man trying to do the job of Christ, trying to uproot the tares from among
us.(Matthew 13:38, 39). These men try to use courts, counsels, police, and kings of the earth to
establish the kingdom of God. But it always comes “to nought”. Praise the Lord for that.
This presentations does not advocate setting up any organization of men, but rather allowing God
through His Holy Spirit to guide us by his holy word in all things. Not going presumptuously ahead of
the Holy Spirit, without the Holy Spirit, but tarrying until we receive the large outpouring of his
gift. The outpouring of his latter rain. We have the message from God. And I pray for all who
understand this outline to look again and see if you can see God’s Church.

Remember, that God has a Church, a heavenly, which is above, which is the mother of us all. (Heb
12:22-24, Gal 4:26)
I pray that this lessons gives us a clear view of who and what the Church is. We need to look a little
higher.
“While I was praying at the family altar, the Holy Ghost fell upon me, and I seemed to be rising higher
and higher, far above the dark world. I turned to look for the Advent people in the world, but could not
find them, when a voice said to me, “Look again, and look a little higher.” At this I raised my eyes,
and saw a straight and narrow path, cast up high above the world. On this path the Advent people were
traveling to the city, which was at the farther end of the path. They had a bright light set up behind
them at the beginning of the path, which an angel told me was the midnight cry. This light shone all
along the path and gave light for their feet so that they might not stumble. If they kept their eyes fixed
on Jesus, who was just before them, leading them to the city, they were safe. But soon some grew weary,
and said the city was a great way off, and they expected to have entered it before. Then Jesus would
encourage them by raising His glorious right arm, and from His arm came a light which waved over the
Advent band, and they shouted, “Alleluia!” Others rashly denied the light behind them and said that it
was not God that had led them out so far. The light behind them went out, leaving their feet in perfect
darkness, and they stumbled and lost sight of the mark and of Jesus, and fell off the path down into the
dark and wicked world below. 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, while
the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake. When God spoke the time, He poured upon us
the Holy Ghost, and our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God, as Moses’ did when he
came down from Mount Sinai. {Early Writings page 14}

Where do we go? – Home Churches – God’s Order
A grand priviledge that God has given us is that of gathering in our houses. The early Church did this
same thing, and as we follow the pattern laid out for us by God realizing that there is nothing new
under the sun, we will see the light on this matter.
Colossians 4:15 “ and the church which is in his house.”
Philemon 1:2 “, and to the church in thy house:”
1 Corinthians 16:19 “ the church that is in their house.”
Romans 16:5 “ the church that is in their house.”
The church is not the house, but the people in the house. And the church gathered in the house. The
church has been gathering in homes and secluded places, rocks, caves, mountains, throughout the
centuries. The remnant 7000 in Elijah’s day were hid in a cave.
We can go back to Adam and Eve, Enoch, Abraham, all of whom setup the family altar. We need to
recognize that the General Conference is not the church, but it is a missionary field in which God will
command us to go and share the words of this life. He is very careful however on just how his people
are sent forth.
”You who profess to love God, take . . . Jesus with you wherever you go; and, like the patriarchs of old,
erect an altar to the Lord wherever you pitch your tent. A reformation in this respect is needed,–a
reformation that shall be deep and broad.”—(Ellen White Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 320, 321)

The reformation is especially needed now since God has shown us “that neither
young nor old should attend their meetings; for it is wrong to thus encourage
them while they teach error that is a deadly poison to the soul and teach for
doctrines the commandments of men.”(Ellen White, Early Writings page 124)
God is not Disorderly
We are not independent atoms, one believing this, one believing that, and
everyone with their own individual message. If we rather than going forth
presumptuously, will allow the Holy Spirit to teach us the present truth, then we
can come into unity.
“I saw that we have no time to throw away in listening to fables. Our minds should
not be thus diverted, but should be occupied with the present truth, and seeking
wisdom that we may obtain a more thorough knowledge of our position, that with
meekness we may be able to give a reason of our hope from the Scriptures.”(Early
Writings page 125)

Order the Law of Heaven:
“We sought the Lord with earnest prayer that we might understand His will, and light was given by His
Spirit that there must be order and thorough discipline in the church–that organization was
essential. System and order are manifest in all the works of God throughout the universe. Order is
the law of heaven, and it should be the law of God’s people on the earth.” (Ellen White TM 26)
The angels are unauthorized to work without order.
”Angels work harmoniously. Perfect order characterizes all their movements. The more closely we
imitate the harmony and order of the angelic host, the more successful will be the efforts of these
heavenly agents in our behalf. If we see no necessity for harmonious action, and are disorderly,
undisciplined, and disorganized in our course of action, angels, who are thoroughly organized and
move in perfect order, cannot work for us successfully. They turn away in grief, forthey are not
authorized to bless confusion, distraction, and disorganization. All who desire the cooperation
of the heavenly messengers must work in unison with them. Those who have the unction from on high
will in all their efforts encourage order, discipline, and union of action, and then the angels of God can
cooperate with them. But never, never will these heavenly messengers place their endorsement upon
irregularity,disorganization, and disorder. All these evils are the result of Satan’s efforts to weaken our
forces, to destroy our courage, and prevent successful action.”(Ellen White TM 28)
This is what is happening in our ranks today. Going into these meetings unauthorized by the Holy
Spirit. It is disorder, and the disorder comes in misunderstanding the concepts and principles laid out
by God in His word regarding who and what the Church is. The angels are not authorized to bless this
confusion, distraction, and disorganization.

“If God has delivered us from such darkness and error, we should stand fast in the liberty wherewith
He has set us free and rejoice in the truth. God is displeased with us when we go to listen to error,
without being obliged to go; for unless He sends us to those meetings where error is forced home to the
people by the power of the will, He will not keep us. The angels cease their watchful care over us, and
we are left to the buffetings of the enemy, to be darkened and weakened by him and the power of his
evil angels; and the light around us becomes contaminated with the darkness.”(Ellen White, Early
Writings Page 124)
Let us first “be occupied with the present truth, and seeking wisdom that we may obtain a more
thorough knowledge of our position, that with meekness we may be able to give a reason of our hope
from the Scriptures.”(Early Writings page 125)
As we have read through the pages of this book, and as we gain a more thorough knowledge of our
position. Let us pray to God for that power from on high whereby we might speak “the word of God
with boldness”(Acts 4:31)
Then let us go forth with the unction of the Holy Spirit by his word given through his Holy angels and
go “stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”(Acts 5:19, 20).

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