1) EGW warns that there will be a shaking and sifting among God's people as the straight testimony is given to call people out of Laodicea. 2) This will lead some to repent and be purified, receiving the seal of God, while others will reject the testimony and join the ranks of the opposition. 3) For those who reject the straight testimony and do not receive the seal, they will face the general destruction described in Ezekiel 9, as the five men with slaughter weapons begin at God's sanctuary and slay the wicked.

1. Prepared by Armando S. Capangpangan
Part 3 lecture

2. EGW Warns us…
 "God has not passed His people by, and
chosen ONE SOLITARY MAN here and
another there AS THE ONLY ONES worthy
to be entrusted with HIS TRUTH, HE DOES
NOT give one man new light CONTRARY
TO THE ESTABLISHED FAITH OF THE
BODY. "—Testimonies. Vol, 5, 291.

3. EGW warns us…
 "Into the hearts of many who have been long in the
truth there has entered a hard, judicial spirit. They
are sharp, critical, fault-finding. They have climbed
upon the judgment-seat to pronounce sentence
upon those who do not conform to their ideas.
God calls upon them to come down, and bow before
Him in repentance, confessing their sins, ’’
 —Test. Vo X. 8,298,299.

4. EGW warns us…
 "There will be messages of accusation against
the people of God, similar to the work done by
Satan in accusing God’s people." "They
MISINTERPRET AND MISAPPLY that which
God has given to the church to warn, counsel,
reprove, and comfort, and encourage those
who shall make up the remnant people of God."—
 Test, Ministers and Workers, 42.

5. EGW warns us…
 "The path of error often appears to lie close to the
path of truth. It is hardly distinguishable from
the path that leads to holiness and heaven. But
the mind enlightened by the Holy Spirit may
discern that it is diverging from the right way.
After' a while the two are seen to BE WIDELY
SEPARATED.“
 —Testimonies, Vol, 8, 290,291

6. THE ROD’S OPPOSITE DOCTRINE
 Total Slaughtering of unconverted SDA
members
 Total sinless people before the Loud Cry
 Purification of the church by annihilation of
wicked inside SDA

7. Rod’s Doctrine
 "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; . . ,1
know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and
neither cold nor hot, I WILL SPUE (emphasis author’s) thee out
of my mouth.’ Rev. 3; 14-16. Note that the existence of the
present name — ’Seventh-day Adventist’ — is
CONDITIONAL, otherwise the name will be spued out of His
mouth. ’And Ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen
(the 144,000) : For the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his
servants by another name. ’ Isa, 65:16."—Shep. Rod/Vol 1, 100,101.

8. Rod’s Doctrine
 "Had the Church as a body, or at least the LEADERS
OF THE SEVENTH- DAY ADVENTIST
DENOMINATION ACCEPTED the message of reform
as PRESENTED TO THEM IN ’The Shepherd’s Rod,1
Vol, 1, there would be no necessity for THAT CIASS
TO FALL by the figure of the five men with the
SLAUGHTER WEAPONS.“
 —Shep. Rod, Vol. 2, 218.

9. Rod’s Doctrine
 "Both the sealing and the SLAUGHTER ARE IN GOD’ S'
CHURCH, and NOT in Babylon, or in the world, IT IS ONLY IN
JERUSALEM, and Judah, the house of Israel (the CHURCH).
’Judah* in verse 9, refers to THOSE IN OFFICE . . . . There is not
a thought about the world or the - ungodly. When the marking
(sealing) is finished, the five.men with the SLAUGHTER
WEAPONS begin with the ancient men which were before the
house, meaning the GUARDIANS OF THE SPIRITUAL
INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.“
—Shep. Rod, Vol. 1, 29,30.

10. Does the church will
be purified?
YES
But not according in Davidian
Doctrine

11. Is there a
Slaughtering?
Of Course
But not according in Davidian
Doctrine

12. EGW
 Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church
militant, not the church triumphant. We are sorry that there are
defective members. . . .While the Lord brings into the church those
who are truly converted, Satan at the same time brings persons who are
not converted into its fellowship. While Christ is sowing the good seed,
Satan is sowing the tares. There are two opposing influences
continually exerted on the members of the church. One influence is
working for the purification of the church, and the other for the
corrupting of the people of God. . . Although there are evils existing
in the church, and will be until the end of the world, the church in
these last days is to be the light of the world that is polluted and
demoralized by sin. . . .
{Our Father Cares 84.7}

13. EGW
 But the days of PURIFICATION OF THE CHURCH
are hastening on apace. God will have a people pure
and true. In the mighty SIFTING soon to take place
we shall be better able to measure the strength of
Israel. The signs reveal that the time is near when the
Lord will manifest that His fan is in His hand, and He
will thoroughly purge His floor.
603 {Counsels for the Church 338.2}

14. EGW
 The Sifting Instrument.--The world is the instrument that
sifts the church and tests the genuineness of its members. The
world holds out inducements that, when accepted, place the believer
where his life is not in harmony with his profession. . . . If you go
forward toward heaven, the world will rub hard against you. At
every step you will have to urge your way against Satan and his evil
angels, and against all who transgress God's law. Earthly authorities will
interpose. You will meet tribulations, bruising of the spirit, hard
speeches, ridicule, persecutions. Men will require your conformity
to laws and customs that would render you disloyal to God. Here is
where God's people find the cross in the way to life.
(MS 3, 1885). {6BC 1102.6}

15. EGW
 Satan will work his miracles to deceive; he
will set up his power as supreme. The
church may appear as about to fall, but it
does not fall. It remains, while the sinners
in Zion will be sifted out--the chaff
separated from the precious wheat.
 {Mar 203.3}

16. EGW
 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.—
 GC 608 (1911).

17. EGW about Shaking…
 I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen. I was shown that it
would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the
counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans. It will have its effect
upon the heart of the receiver of the testimony, and it will lead him to
exalt the standard and pour forth the straight truth. This straight
testimony, some will not bear. They will rise up against it, and this will
cause a shaking among God's people. I saw that the testimony of the
True Witness has not been half heeded. The solemn testimony upon
which the destiny of the Church hangs, has been lightly esteemed,
if not entirely disregarded. This testimony must work deep
repentance, and all that truly receive it, will obey it, and be
purified. {RH, December 31, 1857 par. 6}

18. Revelation 3:14-18
 Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God;
 Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I
would thou wert cold or hot.
 Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
 Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

19. Revelation 3:14-18
 Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that
thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
 Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent.

20. EGW
 The message to the Laodiceans is applicable to
Seventh-day Adventists who have had great light and
have not walked in the light. It is those who have made
great profession, but have not kept in step with their
Leader, that will be spewed out of His mouth unless
they repent.
 {1Manuscript Releases 361.1}

21. Davidian Eschatological Summary
Close Probation
in the SDA
Church
Close Probation
for all the
wicked
Ezekiel 9
Slaugtering
Loud Cry
Gathering the
Great Multitude
Last 7 Plague
Rev 16
Purification of SDA
and sealing (144,000
remained)
Palestinian
Kingdom
Established

22. General Destruction of the
wicked
 These, unless they repent, and leave the work of Satan in oppressing
those who have the burden of the work, and in holding up the hands of
sinners in Zion, will never receive the mark of God's sealing approval.
They will fall in the general destruction of all the
wicked, represented by the five men bearing slaughter weapons.
Mark this point with care; those who receive the pure mark of truth,
wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by the
man in linen, are those "that sigh and cry for all the abominations that
are done" in the church. Their love for purity and the honor and glory
of God is such, and they have so clear a view of the exceeding sinfulness
of sin, that they are represented as being in an agony, even sighing and
crying… {RH, June 8, 1886 par. 2}

23. General Destruction of the
wicked
 …But the general slaughter of all those who do not thus
see the wide contrast between sin and righteousness, and
do not feel as those do who stand in the counsel of God and
receive the mark, is described in the order to the five men
with slaughter weapons: "Go ye after him through the city,
and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity; slay
utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women; but come not near any man upon whom is the
mark; and begin at my sanctuary."
 {RH, June 8, 1886 par. 3}

24. Close Probation
General
destruction of the
wicked Ezekiel 9
Latter rain
Loud cry
Sealing
To His
Church
(Invinsible
and Visible
Church)
Gospel
will be
preach
with
power
Decision
is set
Sealing begins at
settling the truth
in minds
Seven Last Plagues
Second Coming of
Christ
Establishment of the
Eternal Kingdom
SDA’s Eschatological Summary

25. EGW- Vials and Ezekiel 9
 …Read Ezekiel 9:2-7. The command is, "Slay utterly old and
young, both maids, and little children, and women: but
come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin
at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men
which were before the house." Saith God, "I will
recompense their way upon their head." The words will
soon be spoken, "Go your ways, and pour out the vials of
the wrath of God upon the earth." {TM 431,432. 3, 1}

26. EGW
 “A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a
controversy with the nations: he will plead with all flesh; he will give
them that are wicked to the sword.” [Jeremiah 25:31.] For six thousand
years the great controversy has been in progress; the Son of God and
his heavenly messengers have been in conflict with the power of the
evil one, to warn, enlighten, and save the children of men. Now all have
made their decision; the wicked have fully united with Satan in his
warfare against God. The time has come for God to vindicate the
authority of his downtrodden law. Now the controversy is not alone
with Satan, but with men. “The Lord hath a controversy with the
nations;” “he will give them that are wicked to the sword…”

27. EGW
 …The mark of deliverance has been set upon those “that sigh and that
cry for all the abominations that be done.” Now the angel of death goes
forth, represented in Ezekiel's vision by the men with the slaughtering
weapons, to whom the command is given: “Slay utterly old and young,
both maids, and little children, and women; but come not near any
man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.” Says the
prophet, “They began at the ancient men which were before the house.”
[Ezekiel 9:1-6.] The work of destruction begins among those who have
professed to be the spiritual guardians of the people. The false
watchmen are the first to fall. There are none to pity or to spare.
Men, women, maidens, and little children perish together…(continue)

28. EGW
 …“The Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the
earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no
more cover her slain.” [Isaiah 26:21.] “And this shall be the plague wherewith
the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem: Their
flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall
consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their
mouth. And it shall come to pass in that day that a great tumult from the Lord
shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.”
[Zechariah 14:12, 13.] In the mad strife of their own fierce passions, and by
the awful outpouring of God's unmingled wrath, fall the wicked
inhabitants of the earth,—priests, rulers, and people, rich and poor,
high and low. {GC88 657.1

29. EGW
 Our own course of action will determine whether we shall
receive the seal of the living God or be cut down by the
destroying weapons. Already a few drops of God's wrath
have fallen upon the earth; but when the seven last plagues
shall be poured out without mixture into the cup of His
indignation, then it will be forever too late to repent
and find shelter. No atoning blood will then wash
away the stains of sin.
 {5T 212.4}

30. EGW
 These things are the result of drops from the vials of God's wrath being
sprinkled on the earth, and are but faint representations of what will be
in the near future. Earthquakes in various places have been felt, but
these disturbances have been very limited. . . . Terrible shocks will
come upon the earth, and the lordly palaces erected at great expense
will certainly become heaps of ruins. The earth's crust will be rent by
the outbursts of the elements concealed in the bowels of the
earth. These elements, once broken loose, will sweep away the
treasures of those who for years have been adding to their wealth by
securing large possessions at starvation prices from those in their
employ. {And the religious world too, is to be terribly shaken, for the
end of all things is at hand. . . . All society is ranging into two great
classes, the obedient and the disobedient. . . . 3SM 391.6}

31. What is the seal of
the living God?

32. The seal of the living God
 The seal of the living God will be placed upon those only who bear a
likeness to Christ in character (RH May 21, 1895). {7BC 970.3}
 To the church of God who keeps the Sabbath--the seal of the living
God. [Used as a closing sentence.]--Ms 3, 1849, p. 2. (To Brethren and
Sisters, January 18, 1849.)
 Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads--it is not
any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both
intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved--just as soon
as God's people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come.
Indeed, it has begun already; the judgments of God are now upon the
land, to give us warning, that we may know what is coming (MS 173,
1902). {4BC 1161.6}

33. EGW
 Troublous times are before us. The judgments of God
are abroad in the land. Calamities follow one another in
rapid succession. Soon God is to rise out of His place to
shake terribly the earth, and to punish the inhabitants for
their iniquity. Then He will stand up in behalf of His
people, and will give them His protecting care. He will
throw His everlasting arms around them to shield them
from all harm.—
 The Review and Herald, April 14, 1904. {2SM 391.5}

34. What is the picture of God
you portray in the Scripture
before close probation?

35. 1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not
God; for God is love.

36. Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to
seek and to save that which was
lost.

37. 2 Peter 3:9
 The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-
ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.

38. Hebrews 4:15-16
 Heb 4:15 For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched
with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin.
 Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.

39. Matthew 28:20
I am with you
always, even unto
the end of the
world. Amen.

40. Ephesians 5:25-27
 Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
 Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word,
 Eph 5:27 That he might present it to
himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy and without blemish.

42. The Common Subjects of Attacks:
 All offshoot organizations have common grounds of attacks
against the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They are as
follows:
 Church organization.
 Church leadership.
 Authority of the Spirit of Prophecy.
 The pillars of our faith.
 Tithe

43. EGW- 1905
No New Organization
 “The Lord has declared that the history of the past shall be
rehearsed as we enter upon the closing work. Every truth that He
has given for these last days is to be proclaimed to the world.
Every pillar that he has established is to be strengthened. We
cannot now step off the foundation that God has
established. We cannot enter into any new organization; for
this world mean apostasy from the truth.”
Selected Messages, Book 2, p.390 (1905)

44. VTH-1935
 "True we are establishing our headquarters on this
mount that is found in prophecy, but our stay here
shall be very, very short.“
—The Symbolic Code (official organ of the
Shepherd's Rod), vol. 1, no. 14 (August 1935), P- 5.

45. WARNING
 “Do not, when referring to the Testimonies, feel it your duty to
drive them home. In reading the Testimonies be sure not to
mix in your filling of words, for this makes it
impossible for the hearers to distinguish between
the word of the Lord to them and your words. Be
sure that you do not make the word of the Lord offensive. We
long to see reforms, and because we do not see that which we
desire, an evil spirit is too often allowed to cast drops of gall into
our cup, and thus others are embittered. By our ill-advised words
their spirit is chafed, and they are stirred to rebellion.” -
Testimonies, vol. 6, pp. 122, 123.

46. EGW
 “There are little companies continually rising who
believe that God is only with the very few, the very
scattered, and their influence is to tear down and
scatter that which God’s servants build up.
Testimonies, vol. 1, pp. 417, 418.