ccc“And ye shall perish among the heathen . . .
.” — Leviticus 26:38.
ccc“Among the heathen . . . ye shall serve gods
[i.e., false gods or idolatrous lies].” — Deuteronomy
4:27, 28.
ccc“All the gods of the people are idols.”
— 1 Chronicles 16:26.
ccc“Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the
people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the
heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed
in Jerusalem.” — 2 Chronicles 36:14.
ccc“And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye
have not walked in My statutes, neither executed My Judgments,
but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round
about you. . . .
cccAgain the Word of the Lord came unto me [i.e., again
the Word of the Lord came unto the true prophet Ezekiel], saying,
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations . . . .
cccThus Ezekiel is unto you a sign [i.e., a true sign]:
according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this
cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God. .
cccThe Word of the Lord came again unto me [i.e., the
Word of the Lord came again unto the true prophet Ezekiel],
saying, Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Howl ye, Woe worth the day! For the day is near, even the day of
the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the
heathen.” — Ezekiel 11:12; 16:1-2; 24:24, 30:1-3.
ccc“And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury
upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.” — Micah
5:15.
ccc“Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from
among the heathen . . . .
cccIt is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have
made void Thy law. . . Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and Thy law is the truth. . . My tongue shall
speak of Thy Word: for all Thy commandments are
righteousness.” — Psalms 106:47; 119:126, 142, 172.
ccc“It is only as the law of God is restored to
its rightful position that there can be a [true] revival of
primitive faith and godliness among His professed people.”
— GC 478, written in 1888.
ccc“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and
yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” — James
2:10.
ccc“Thou shalt not bear false witness [i.e., a
lie] against thy neighbour.” — Exodus 20:16.
ccc“On the lips . . . most precious truth was
turned into a lie [i.e., into a false witness; into a falsehood;
into a thing not truly represented; into an untrue
representation; into something fraudulent or not genuine]. The
policy. . . was based on a principle borrowed from
heathenism.” — DA 540, written in 1898.
ccc“Thou shalt not bear false witness [i.e., a
lie; and/or heathenism] against thy neighbour.” —
Exodus 20:16.
ccc“Many are Laodiceans, living in a spiritual
self-deception. They clothe themselves in the garments of their
own righteousness, imagining themselves to be rich and increased
with goods and in need of nothing, when they need daily to learn
of Jesus, His meekness and lowliness, else they find themselves
bankrupt, their whole life being a lie [i.e., their whole life
being a false witness; and/or their whole life being
heathenism].” — 7BC 962:2:1; or Letter 66, 1894.
ccc“Thou shalt not bear false witness [i.e., a
lie; heathenism; and/or Laodiceans] against thy neighbour.”
— Exodus 20:16.
ccc“There are those who, though professedly
serving God, are witnessing against Him. To them the message to
the Laodicean church is given.” — 7BC 963:2:5; or
Letter 44, 1903.
ccc“The . . . fraud . . . was . . . a . . .
falsehood . . . .” — ST April 17, 1879; or 1ST 98.
cccCan you explain why the following Heavenly inspired
counsel “has been lightly esteemed, if not entirely
disregarded” [EW 270] for more than 100 years or for more
than three generations of professing Seventh-day Adventists, and
is still being “lightly esteemed, if not entirely
disregarded” [EW 270]?
ccc“Those who claim to be the children of God, and
yet do not obey His commands, who are hearers but not doers of
the Word, are regarded by the Lord as bankers regard fraudulent
bank-notes. They are not genuine. They claim the name of
Christian, but in reality they are heathen. To those who do not
practise it, the Word of God is a dead letter. Christ says of
such, ‘I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou
art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of
My mouth.’ If they realized that they were sinners, He could
plead in their behalf, and the Lord would arouse them by His Holy
Spirit. But He can not present them to the Father; for they are
worse than dead in trespasses and sins. They hear the Word, but
make no application of it to themselves. Instead, they apply the
Word to their neighbors. God can be no power to lukewarm
Laodiceans.” — ST August 2, 1899; or 4ST 50.
cccIn the previous five quotes above and more,
God’s Word warns us about the heathen, worse than dead,
false witnessing or fraudulent or not genuine, lukewarm
Laodiceans and/or about the heathen, worse than dead, false
witnessing or fraudulent or not genuine, lukewarm, Laodicean
church.
cccLet’s consider some examples of
salvation-related questions we can answer in future studies of
God’s predictably neglected Word, or in future studies of
God’s “lightly esteemed, if not entirely
disregarded” [EW 270] Word, as follows:
1. Why will the impenitent, openly heathen, Conference ranks and
the majority of impenitent, openly heathen, supposedly
non-Conference ranks of the church of the Laodiceans not teach
these matters and more matters regarding the heathen threat
within? Besides the inspired counsel in ST August 2, 1899, or 4ST
50, how many other ways are there in proving that the church of
the Laodiceans is in heathenism or spiritualism? Why is all of
this not being taught in the majority of supposedly
non-Conference and reforming ranks? Why, indeed? We shall see in
future studies.
2. Is heathenism also the same thing as open idolatry or open
transgression of God’s first and second commandments and
more? We shall see in future studies.
3. Because of their highly visible, open idolatry, or open
heathenism, which is all forbidden by God’s first and second
commandments and more, are the lost, perishing, impenitent,
openly sinning, great mass of openly heathen, worse than dead,
false witnessing or fraudulent or not genuine, lukewarm
Laodiceans and/or the heathen church of the Laodiceans in open
transgression of all ten of the moral laws of Jehovah - - right
now - - and even still in the day of God? We shall see in future
studies.
4. In other words, whether it be in impenitent Conference or
supposedly non Conference ranks, how can the open heathenism of
the heathen, worse than dead, false witnessing or fraudulent or
not genuine, lukewarm church of the Laodiceans be literally seen?
We shall see in future studies.
5. Has the openly heathen, worse than dead, false witnessing or
fraudulent or not genuine, lukewarm church of the Laodiceans
manufactured widely received falsehoods or lies in an effort to
cloak over, conceal, excuse, or make light of their open idolatry
or their open heathenism? For example, is it part of the widely
accepted, heathen, or Laodicean church’s lie to believe and
teach the fictitious or lying claim that Ellen G. White endorsed
a so-called true image or picture of Jesus Christ? Since Ellen G.
White never said any such a thing in her writings, does it stand
to reason why impenitent and heathen Laodiceans cannot offer the
book and page number for such a fictitious or lying claim? Before
she passed away, did Sister Grace Jacques, who was Ellen G.
White’s granddaughter, and who was Arthur White’s
sister, testify on a tape recorded message that Ellen White never
endorsed a so-called true image or picture of Jesus Christ, and
that Grace and Arthur thus knew that the so-called true image or
picture of Jesus Christ is a lie? If so, who created this lie?
Also, another example, the heathen or Laodicean church teaches
that Ellen G. White copyrighted a picture called: “Christ
The Way Of Life;” but, is this also a part of the widely
accepted, heathen, or Laodicean church’s lie? In fact,
according to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.,
isn’t it true that Ellen G. White never copyrighted the
picture called: “Christ The Way Of Life,” as falsely
claimed by the heathen, worse than dead, false witnessing or
fraudulent or not genuine, lukewarm church of the Laodiceans? Why
has the openly idolatrous or openly heathen church of the
Laodiceans promoted a lie saying that Sister White copyrighted a
so-called picture of Christ, when she did no such thing; and why
has the openly idolatrous or openly heathen church of the
Laodiceans created and actively promoted another lie through the
May 23, 1974 issue of the Adventist Review, which was
circulated world-wide, saying that Sister White endorsed a
so-called true image or picture of Christ [sic], when she never
did any such thing? In fact, is the openly idolatrous or openly
heathen, Satan aiding or lukewarm, Laodicean church’s
so-called true image or picture of Christ: (1) really an
abominable image or picture of “Tammuz” [Ezek. 8:12-14;
9:1-4; Rev. 9:1-4, 20-21; 21:7-10, 27; 3T 252-253, 265-267; Ezek.
24:24; 30:1-3], the visible and false christ god or the heathen,
dead, deified, common man or so-called hero of ancient and modern
heathenism; and (2.) really a key part of the mammoth deception
of heathenism or spiritualism that God has forewarned us about
for these latter times? Is it also part of the heathen and
Laodicean church’s lie to believe and teach that in both the
inspired writings of the Bible and in the inspired writings of
Ellen G. White that the publisher supplied images or pictures are
also inspired of God? How can this supreme nonsense be shown to
be part of the heathen and Laodicean church’s lie? How is
all of this open heathenism, or open idolatry, or open false
witnessing, and open transgression of the rest of the laws of
Jehovah to be expected even now during God’s closing work or
last work for the lost and openly heathen church of the
Laodiceans? We shall see.
6. Are the greater part or the vast majority of those
who profess to be Seventh day Adventists and Christians in
reality lost, openly heathen, Satan aiding, lukewarm Laodiceans,
who are aiding the enemy or aiding Satan in his on-going, latter
times, popular, and counterfeit revival of open heathenism or
spiritualism and more? And has God warned that this counterfeit
revival of heathenism or spiritualism is an event to take place
immediately before the second advent of Christ? Unless we know
the differences between Satan’s counterfeit revival and
God’s true revival, how can we be sure that we are not in
Satan’s counterfeit revival of heathenism - - in a
professing religious disguise - - in a professing Christian
disguise - - and in a professing Seventh-day Adventist disguise?
We shall see in future studies.
7. Are the lost, openly sinning, impenitent, great mass of
heathen, worse than dead, false witnessing or fraudulent or not
genuine, lukewarm Laodiceans also false prophets or ravening
wolves in sheep’s clothing - - even in professing Christian
sheep’s clothing - - and in professing Seventh-day Adventist
sheep’s clothing? Are we warned by God that the sheep’s
clothing seems so real, so genuine that the wolf can be discerned
only as we go to God’s great moral standard and there find
that false prophets or ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing
are open transgressors of the law of Jehovah - - right now - -
and even still in the day of God? We shall see.
8. Will impenitent and heathen Laodiceans be receiving the seal
of the living God and thus be gaining passport through the gates
of God’s Holy City? Or will impenitent and heathen
Laodiceans be receiving the mark of the beast; be meeting with
bitter disappointment in the day of God, because they will not be
gaining passport through the gates of God’s Holy City; and,
also, thus be murdering or engaging in the historically heathen
practice of sacrificing human beings, even themselves, and even
their own sons and daughters to fire, even to the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone, rather than genuinely repent,
leave, give up, and separate from their open idolatry or from
their open heathenism? Again, how can the Laodicean church’s
open heathenism or open idolatry be literally seen, whether it be
in Conference or supposedly non-Conference ranks? In other words,
according to God’s guidance, how do you know when you are in
any heathen church or in any heathen body - - in professing
religious sheep’s clothing - - in professing Christian
sheep’s clothing - - and in professing Seventh-day Adventist
sheep’s clothing? We shall see in future studies.
9. In reality, whether they know it or not, do impenitent and
heathen Laodiceans worship other heathen gods or visible idols,
which represent Satan; or, do impenitent and heathen Laodiceans
worship God? Why do openly “heathen”
“Laodiceans” constantly endeavor to pass off this
openly “heathen” matter as a “light thing”
[Ezekiel 8:17; 11:12; 24:24; 30:1-3], as a “small
matter” [Ezekiel 16:17; 11:12; 24:24; 30:1-3], and as a
“trivial matter” [PP 60-61]; and, thus, isn’t this
bearing false witness, or bearing a “fraudulent”
witness, or bearing a witness that is “not genuine?” ST
August 2, 1899; or 4ST 50. Besides impenitent and openly heathen
Laodiceans, how many other churches are there who have been led
to believe they can go to Heaven by following after the gods of
ancient and modern heathenism? In both Conference and supposedly
non-Conference ranks, how many forms of false worship do
impenitent, openly heathen, self-deceived, and deceiving
Laodiceans pass off as so-called true worship? In other words,
right now and even in the day of God, because of open heathenism
or open idolatry, is the lost, impenitent, and openly heathen
church of the Laodiceans also deeply involved in many forms of
untrue and counterfeit worship, literally from “a” to
“z,” as for example: (a.) vain worship or teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men; (b.) self worship; (c.)
will-worship or modern, counterfeit sanctification; (d.) false
worship, or spiritual adultery, or idolatry, or fornication, or
whoredoming, or harlotry with visible, heathen, false gods
against God; (e.) nature worship; (f.) the worship of created
works; (g.) gods or idols worship; (h.) idols or god of this
world worship; (i.) the popular worship of heathen deities; (j.)
the disguised worship of the sun, the moon, and the stars; (k.)
idolatrous worship; (l.) the worship of two heathen, dead,
deified, common men and one heathen, dead, deified, common woman
of ancient and modern heathenism; (m.) creature worship; (n.) the
worship of the dead; (o.) the worship of heathen, worse than dead
and yet living, deified, common men and women, or man-and-woman
worship; (p.) devil worship; (q.) demon worship; (r.) witchcraft
and idol worship; (s.) witchcraft and demon worship; (t.) dragon
worship; (u.) the worship of the beast and his image; (v.) the
worship of heathen and fallen angels; (w.) Baal worship; (x.)
heathen worship; (y.) demon-god worship; and (z.) secretly
disguised Satan worship; and more? We shall see.
10. Have we been warned that it is Satan’s plan to wickedly
unite all people in one spiritualistic or heathen form of
godliness; and, has Satan already united: (a.) the deceptive,
sun-day-keeping or sun-gods-keeping, or openly heathen,
Babylonian Roman Catholics in a spiritualistic or heathen form of
godliness; (b.) the more deceptive, sun-day-keeping or
sun-gods-keeping, or openly heathen, Babylonian Protestants in a
spiritualistic or heathen form of godliness; and (c.) the still
more deceptive, Sabbath polluting or sun-gods-keeping, or openly
heathen, lukewarm Laodiceans in a spiritualistic or heathen form
of godliness? What is God’s command concerning those
impenitent ones who have a heathen form of godliness? Is history
repeating regarding a heathen form of godliness, as for example
from Noah’s day, from Moses’ day, from Ezekiel’s
day, from Christ’s day at the first advent, from the apostle
Paul’s day in heathen Athens, from our own day, and form
more? Although many heathen Laodiceans object, does God
repeatedly warn in the Bible and in the inspired writings of
Ellen G. White that history is repeating? We shall see.
11. Is the heathen church of the Laodiceans also described by
God: (a.) as being Pharisees in a heathen form of godliness; (b.)
as being foolish virgins or Satan mediums through whom Satan
speaks; (c.) as being part of the lying synagogue of Satan; and
(d.) as being so much like the world that no difference can be
seen? If so, who but heathen Laodiceans themselves have led and
are still leading people to believe that no one can separate from
the openly heathen church of the Laodiceans? We shall see.
12. How is the openly heathen church of the Laodiceans
bearing false witness and predictably misusing the concept of
being legalistic? Does the inspired book, The Desire Of Ages,
plainly teach that Jesus turned away from the impenitent
Pharisees or Laodiceans of His day to give the Laodicean message
to others who would accept it at the first advent of Christ; and,
at the first advent of Christ, besides being Laodicean, was the
religion of the Pharisees also a heathen form of godliness;
and/or also a legal religion [i.e., or truly legalistic]; and/or
also a loveless, Christless religion or a loveless, false christ
god religion? Does God warn that history is repeating, while the
openly heathen Laodiceans and their god bear false witness
against God saying that “history is not repeating in our
case” [sic]? Also, at the first advent of Christ, did the
Pharisaical or Laodicean leadership of the Jewish religion lead
the people into “heathenism” [DA 35-36, 59, 280, 540,
737-739]; did the “Pharisees” or “Laodiceans”
[Rev. 3:14-18; DA 280] choose Barabbas over the true Christ; had
Barabbas “claimed to be the Messiah” [DA 733]; and,
thus, was Barabbas a false messiah god or a false christ god? Who
did the people choose: (1.) a false christ god; or (2.) the true
Christ? Is “history” “repeating?” DA 258.
Were the trials of the children of Israel, and their attitude
just before the first coming of Christ, presented before the
Lord’s messenger again and again to illustrate the position
of the people of God in their experience before the second coming
of Christ? Is “history” “repeating?” DA 258.
Why don’t heathen Laodiceans and the church they range under
like it, when it is shown that God repeatedly and plainly says
that “history is repeating” [DA 258; Eccl. 3:15; ST May
9, 1906, or 4ST 420] - - especially the history of open
heathenism? Do the heathen promote and follow gods or God? Can
the gods of ancient and modern heathenism be literally seen today
in the various ranks of the openly heathen church of the
Laodiceans? We shall see in future studies.
13. What other histories of the threat of open heathenism are
repeating among the lost, openly heathen, worse than dead, Satan
aiding or heathen god aiding, lukewarm church of the Laodiceans?
We shall see.
14. According to God’s Word, how can the impenitent and
openly heathen church of the Laodiceans; or any openly heathen
ministry; or any openly heathen web site; or any openly heathen
publication; or any openly heathen, Laodicean, so-called
evangelism in a professing Christian and Seventh-day Adventist
disguise; or any other spiritualistic agency of open heathenism
be discerned and be literally seen? We shall literally see this
matter revealed with much inspired evidence and in great detail
in future studies.
15. How do heathen Laodiceans falsely misrepresent the inspired
principle of “the Bible, and the Bible only” [GC 595]
concept: (1.) to predictably aide Satan in his “very last
deception” [1SM 48] of wickedly seeking to “make of
none effect” [1SM 48] the “Testimony of the Spirit of
God” [1SM 48]; or (2.) to predictably aide Satan in his
“very last deception” [1SM 48] of wickedly seeking to
“make of none effect” [1SM 48] a “plain ‘Thus
saith the Lord’” [GC 595; CM 126, or Letter 90, 1906;
RH August 19, 1890, or 2RH 419-420]; or (3.) to predictably aide
Satan in his “very last deception” [1SM 48] of wickedly
seeking to “make of none effect” [1SM 48] the inspired
writings of Ellen G. White; or (4.) to predictably aide Satan in
his “very last deception” [1SM 48] of wickedly seeking
to “make of none effect” [1SM 48] God’s
“Word” [1SM 32]? Historically speaking, even in the
very early days of Seventh-day Adventist history, has the true
“Bible, and the Bible only” [GC 595] principle or the
concept of “the Bible, and the Bible alone” [i.e., see Witness
of the Pioneers Concerning The Spirit of Prophecy, page 30]
been falsely misused before to make Sister White’s inspired
writings of none effect, or been “used in a wrong way”
[ST May 27, 1903; or 4ST 291] before to make Sister White’s
inspired writings of none effect? How has the true principle of
the “Bible, and the Bible only” [GC 595] been falsely
used in recent times? Why don’t the impenitent and
living-for-self heathen care anything about lying or false
witnessing against God, nor about lying or false witnessing
against people in general - - unless, perhaps, it is occurring
against their own person? We shall see.
16. Do heathen Laodiceans speak the language of gods and hell,
and are the heathen used by Satan as his mediums to utter his
falsehoods and to transmit his heathen darkness; or, do heathen
Laodiceans speak the language of God and Heaven, as found in
God’s Word? How do the heathen misuse the language concepts
of love, peace, the shaking, fanatics, loyalty, independent,
judging, critical, meekness, bitterness, and so much more. For
example, what is the difference between “bitterness”
and “righteous indignation” [DA 310], according to God?
Do spiritualist teachers or the heathen predictably and often
call righteous indignation by the name of bitterness; and, then,
do they call their own sinful bitterness by the name of righteous
indignation? What is the difference between bitterness and
righteous indignation? Do spiritualist teachers or the heathen
set or put darkness for light, and light for darkness? Is this an
open sign of spiritualism, and/or of heathenism, and/or of
lukewarm Laodiceanism in and of itself? Will openly
“heathen,” “worse than dead,” “lukewarm
Laodiceans” [ST August 2, 1899; or 4ST 50] meet with
“bitter disappointment in the day of God” [7BC 970:1:7;
or Letter 121, 1903], because they have not upon their foreheads
the “seal of the living God” [7BC 970:1:2-7], and
because they will thus not be gaining “passport through the
gates of the Holy City” [7BC 970:1:2; or Letter 164, 1909];
and, finally, why do not the lost, impenitent, “great
mass” [7BC 970:1:7; or Letter 121, 1903] or majority of
professing Seventh-day Adventist care about any of this?
17. Is God’s true church and God’s remnant:
(a.) determined in the god-like, self-inflated, counterfeit
Judgment and in the counterfeit judgment of mortal, self exalted,
openly heathen, and Laodicean men or women; (b.) determined in
the true judgment of any mortal men or women; or (c.) determined
in the true Judgment of God going on right now in the Heavenly
Sanctuary? Then why do so many people counterfeit the Judgment of
God and thus attack His sanctuary message by acting as if
God’s true church and God’s remnant: (1.) is determined
in the god-like, self-inflated, counterfeit Judgment and in the
counterfeit judgment of mortal, self-exalted, openly heathen, and
Laodicean men or women; and, if not that, (2.) is determined in
the true judgment of any mortal men or women, for that matter? As
manifested by their frequent, various, and boastful claims to
some type of superior goodness, of a type that can only be truly
determined by the Judgment of God, impenitent and openly heathen
Laodiceans self-exaltingly take into their hands the work of
Judging that belongs to God and that God forbids all people to
do, while at the same time, they predictably refuse to take into
their hands the work of true judging that belongs to all people
and that God commands all people to do. While claiming that you
cannot judge, why do lost, openly heathen or openly idolatrous
and thus openly false witnessing and more, Satan aiding, lukewarm
Laodiceans act like gods and self-exaltingly take into their own
hands the very work of the Most Holy Judgment, which God forbids
all people to do, and which is going on right now in the Most
Holy Place of the Heavenly Sanctuary; and, thus, seek to make
God’s sanctuary message and His true Judgment of none effect
in this and in many other ways?
ccc“We should be careful not to take into our
hands the work of Judging that belongs to God.” — MH
484, written in 1905.
ccc“We are all Judgment bound.” — 5T 14,
written in 1882.
cccAt the same time, it is not difficult to understand
why lost, impenitent, self exalted or openly heathen or openly
idolatrous and thus openly false witnessing and more, Satan
aiding, lukewarm Laodiceans also foolishly refuse to
“judge” that which God commands all people to
“judge,” as follows:
ccc“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry [i.e., flee from heathenism or Laodiceanism]. I speak as
to wise men; judge ye what I say.” — 1 Corinthians
10:14-15.
ccc“Among the heathen . . . ye shall serve gods,
the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see,
nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.” — Deuteronomy 4:27, 28.
ccc“All the gods of the people are idols.”
— 1 Chronicles 16:26.
ccc“Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now
their God? But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever
He hath pleased. Their idols [i.e., their gods] are silver and
gold [i.e., are made from material objects like wood, stone,
silver, gold, or some other material objects], the work of
men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have
they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses
have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle
not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they
through their throat [i.e., they are dead]. They that make them
are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.”
— Psalms 115:2-8.
ccc“The principle that man can save himself by his
own works lay at the foundation of every heathen religion . . .
.” — DA 35, written in 1898.
ccc“The idols [i.e., the gods] of the heathen are
silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths,
but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have
ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their
mouths [i.e., they are not alive; they are dead]. They that make
them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in
them.” — Psalms 135:15-18.
ccc“And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye
have not walked in My statutes, neither executed My Judgments,
but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round
about you. . . .
ccc. . . . they despised My Judgments, and walked not
in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went
after their idols [i.e., and/or after their visible, dead, openly
idolatrous and thus openly Sabbath polluting and thus openly
false witnessing or false gods].” — Ezekiel 11:12;
20:16.
ccc“Again the Lord seeks to guard His people
against idolatry [i.e., against heathenism or Laodiceanism] . . .
making to themselves images to represent God.” — ST May
6, 1880; or 1ST 154.
ccc“To make an image of God dishonors Him.”
— 2SAT 184; or MR #360, 1901.
ccc“The . . . heathen . . . dishonor Him . .
.” — 5T 196:2, written in 1882.
ccc“Satan's object [i.e., the heathen god’s
object; the enemy’s object] is to dishonor God . . .”
— 5T 295, written in 1885.
ccc“. . . . aiding the enemy [i.e., aiding Satan]
. . . The term ‘lukewarm’ is applicable to this
class.” — 4T 87, written in 1876.
ccc“Those who make a profession of being
Christians, that is, Christlike, and who yet live a life of sin,
cast dishonor [i.e., see below] upon the truth of God. Many of
this class trample upon the law of God, and teach others that its
precepts are not binding, and yet they presume to take the name
of Jesus upon their lips, and talk of being saved by His grace. .
. . Such come under the rebuke of Christ when He says, ‘I
would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My
mouth.’” — RH August 28, 1894; or 3RH 181.
ccc“To make an image of God dishonors Him.”
— 2SAT 184; or MR #360, 1901.
ccc“Any habit or practice that would lead into
sin, and bring dishonor upon Christ, would better be put away,
whatever the sacrifice. That which dishonors God cannot benefit
the soul.” — DA 439, written in 1898.
ccc“To make an image of God dishonors Him.”
— 2SAT 184; or MR #360, 1901.
ccc“The great mass of professing Christians will
meet with bitter disappointment in the day of God. They have not
upon their foreheads the seal of the living God. Lukewarm [i.e.,
aiding Satan, who was and is the disguised god of ancient and
modern heathenism] and halfhearted, they dishonor God [i.e.,
remember above] far more than the avowed unbeliever. They grope
in darkness [i.e., please see this ‘darkness’ and more
discussed in the next two quotes below].” — 7BC
970:1:7; or Letter 121, 1903.
ccc“The light of God is ever shining amid the
darkness of heathenism.” — DA 59, written in 1898.
ccc“The light of God in nature is shining
continually into the darkness of heathenism, but many who see
this light do not glorify the Lord as God. They do not permit
reason to lead them to acknowledge their Creator. They refuse the
Lord, and set up senseless idols [i.e., senseless gods] to adore.
They make images which represent God . . . .” — ST
August 12, 1889; or 2ST 311.
ccc“To make an image of God dishonors Him.”
— 2SAT 184; or MR #360, 1901.
ccc“Thou shall not make . . . .” —
Exodus 20:4.
ccc“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the
law, even his prayer shall be abomination.” — Proverbs
28:9.
ccc“But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men.” — Matthew 15:9.
ccc“Many will not receive the seal of God because
they do not keep His commandments or bear the fruits of
righteousness.” — 7BC 970:1:6; or Letter 76, 1900.
ccc“Only those who receive the seal of the living
God will have the passport through the gates of the Holy
City.” — 7BC 970:1:2; or Letter 164, 1909.
ccc“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry [i.e., flee from heathenism or Laodiceanism]. I speak as
to wise men; judge ye what I say.” — 1 Corinthians
10:14-15.
cccAnd so much more...................
cccTherefore, according to God, there is a decided,
salvation-related, highly visible, and open difference between
Seventh-day Adventists and between heathen Laodiceans, who
profess to be Seventh-day Adventists, and who profess to be
Christians. Thus, it is an amazing wonder that the lost,
impenitent, great mass of openly idolatrous and thus openly
Sabbath polluting and thus openly false witnessing or openly
heathen, worse than dead, vain worshiping, Satan aiding or
lukewarm Laodiceans and the openly heathen church they range
under will self exaltingly Judge themselves as being the true
church and as being the remnant in direct controversy and
conflict with the true Judgment of God; but, at the same time as
they are doing this, they tragically refuse to "judge"
[1 Corinthians 10:14 15] or even to acknowledge their own open
idolatry or open heathenism - - in a professing religious
disguise - - in a professing Christian disguise - - and in a
professing Seventh-day Adventist disguise. How utterly tragic and
how very unnecessary! What a loss!
18. Which is God’s true “church” or “faithful
souls” [AA 11]: (1.) “the church in Philadelphia”
[Rev. 3:7-12; TM 446]; or (2.) the openly “heathen,”
“worse than dead,” Satan aiding or “lukewarm”
“church of the Laodiceans?” Rev. 3:14-22; and ST August
2, 1899, or 4ST 50. Besides knowing the true concept that
God’s true “church” or “faithful souls”
[AA 11] is “the church in Philadelphia” [Rev. 3:7-12;
TM 446], can men or women rightfully Judge and literally see
God’s true “church,” or “faithful souls”
[AA 11], or “the church in Philadelphia” [Rev. 3:7 12;
TM 446]? On the other hand, can men and women rightfully
“judge” and literally see the openly idolatrous or
openly “heathen,” “worse than dead,” Satan
aiding or “lukewarm” “church of the
Laodiceans” [ST August 2, 1899, or 4ST 50; Rev. 3:14-21],
and, thus, “flee” and “escape” [1 Corinthians
10:13-15] from this openly heathen church? We shall literally see
these matters more and more clearly in future studies.
19. Since the impenitent, openly heathen, Conference ranks of the
Laodicean church directly teach the heathen or Laodicean
church’s lie that no one can separate from the Laodicean
church, how is this same heathen or Laodicean lie being indirectly
taught by those supposedly non-Conference ranks who claim that
the Laodicean church has become the Babylonian church? How is
this false claim that the Laodicean church has become or will
ever become the Babylonian church: (1.) also a direct attack upon
the principles of God’s Justice and the Judgment of God
going on right now in the Most Holy Place of the Heavenly
Sanctuary; or, thus, (2.) also another direct attack upon
God’s sanctuary message itself? In fact, according to God
and the principles of His Justice, which of the following two
churches is worse: (1.) the openly heathen church of the
Laodiceans; or (2.) the openly heathen church of the Babylonians?
According to the principles of God’s Justice and Judgment,
when more open sin and apostasy is added to Laodicean church
which is already worse than the Babylonian church to begin with,
is it not then supreme nonsense, false witness, and more of the
heathen or Laodicean lie to call the Laodicean church, which was
already worse to begin with, the Babylonian church? In the
Judgment day of God, where the principle of God’s Justice
will certainly rule and not the counterfeit principles of any
heathen’s so-called justice or their god’s so-called
justice, because of greater knowledge received and not used or
used in a wrong way, will the punishment of the heathen church of
the Laodiceans be proportionately greater than the punishment of
the heathen church of the Babylonians? As God’s Babylonian
message repeatedly and understandably teaches separation from the
impenitent and openly heathen church of the Babylonians, does
God’s Laodicean message also repeatedly and understandably
teach separation from the impenitent and openly heathen church of
the Laodiceans? Do the lost, self-exalted, impenitent, and openly
heathen Babylonians accept or seek to make of none effect
God’s Babylonian message; and, similarly, do the lost,
self-exalted, impenitent, and openly heathen Laodiceans accept or
seek to make of none effect God’s Laodicean message? In
fact, is it heathenism, or a lie, or a falsehood to directly
or indirectly advocate that God’s Laodicean message
does not teach separation from the impenitent and openly heathen
church of the Laodiceans? Is it a lie, or a falsehood, or a
“fraudulent” thing, or a thing “not genuine”
[ST August 2, 1899; or 4ST 50], or a thing not truly represented,
or a thing that is untrue, or heathenism in and of itself to
believe, to advocate, or to directly or indirectly
teach that no one can rightfully separate from the impenitent,
openly heathen and thus openly visible and thus openly idolatrous
and thus openly false witnessing, or lying, or fraudulent, or not
genuine, and more, Satan aiding or lukewarm, Laodicean church?
What does sighing and crying against or standing against all of
the heathen abominations in the openly heathen church of the
Laodiceans have to do with this separation and have to do with
receiving the salvation-related mark or seal of the living God?
When is separation necessary? When is separation an absolute
duty? Who but the openly heathen themselves would directly
or indirectly teach the supreme nonsense that no one can
separate from open heathenism or from the openly heathen church
of the Laodiceans?
20. Which of the following two classes and their forms of
infidelity with the god of ancient and modern heathenism against
God is worse: (1.) that of “infidels” [GC 281]; or (2.)
that of “worse than infidels” [7BC 963:2:4-5, or Letter
44, 1903]? “Oh, come on,” you may say, “that is so
obvious, because when God says worse He means worse,” but
you may be surprised at how many are answering this question
wrongfully today. If you add more open sin, more open apostasy,
or more open abominations to a church that God says is
“worse than infidels” [7BC 963:2:4-5, or Letter 44,
1903] will it make them become a church whose work God says
results making people “infidels” [GC 281]? You may be
surprised at how many are in effect saying, “yes,” to
this previous question, as illustrated by their false or heathen
teachings. What does the Babylonian church of Rome and the
“god of Rome” have to do with “infidels” [GC
281]; what does the lukewarm church of the Laodiceans have to do
with being “worse than infidels” [7BC 963:2:4-5, or
Letter 44, 1903]; and are we to “come out” and be
“separate” from not only the impenitent
“infidel” [2 Corinthians 6:14-18], but also then from
the impenitent “worse than infidels” [7BC 963:2:4-5, or
Letter 44, 1903] as well? Are infidels and worse than infidels
both heathen? If so, how can their open heathenism be discerned
and literally seen? Is a church of infidels openly heathen, and
is a church of worse than infidels also thus openly heathen? If
so, how can these two heathen churches and their lost, openly
sinning, or openly heathen membership be discerned and literally
seen? What is the difference between them, as far as the Judgment
of God and the principles of God’s Justice are concerned;
and/or, what is the difference between the Babylonian church and
the Laodicean church, as far as the Judgment of God and the
principles of God’s Justice are concerned? Please, notice
what inspiration says:
ccc“Justice requires that man shall have light,
and it also requires that he who refuses to walk in this
Heaven-sent light, the giving of which cost the death of the Son
of God, shall receive punishment. It is a principle of Justice
that the guilt of the sinner is proportionate to the knowledge
given him, but not used, or used in a wrong way. . .
ccIf God had failed to act His part, if He had given
human beings any reason for neglecting the great salvation
offered them, man might plead ignorance as a valid excuse. But He
has made the way plain. When has He required any one to do
anything without giving him full directions as to what He
requires him to do? . . .
ccTo some is given greater light than to others. Each
will be Judged by the light given him. The degree of light
bestowed is the measure of responsibility. . . .
ccThe people of each age will be Judged by the light
they have received.” — ST May 27, 1903; or 4ST 291.
21. So again, what is the difference between the
Babylonian church and the Laodicean church, as far as the
Judgment of God and the principles of God’s Justice are
concerned; and/or, what is the difference between those who are
impenitent infidels and those who are impenitent worse than
infidels, as far as the Judgment of God and the principles of
God’s Justice are concerned? In the light of the Judgment of
God and the principles of God’s Justice, which church is
going to receive the greater punishment: (1.) the openly heathen,
Laodicean church; or (2.) the openly heathen, Babylonian church?
In the light of the Judgment of God and the principles of
God’s Justice, because of the addition of more open sin or
apostasy, can the already heathen, worse than dead, worse than
infidels, Satan aiding or lukewarm church of the Laodiceans ever
become the heathen, dead, infidels, Babylonian church? We shall
see in future studies. Does God’s Laodicean message
repeatedly and understandably teach separation from the heathen
church of the Laodiceans, while God’s Babylonian message
repeatedly and understandably teaches separation from the heathen
church of the Babylonians? We shall see these matters precisely
from God’s predictably neglected Word in future studies.
ccPerhaps you have another sincere and
salvation-related question regarding the heathen threat from
within, which we can prayerfully answer from the Word of God. We
will do our best to answer such sincere inquiries.
ccGod’s work is the holy endeavor of converting
that which was heathen into that which is Christian. However, I
wish to add that we are too busy re-building the wall or
restoring the ten commandments of God to afford too much time to
the insincere and guile-filled questions and the direct, the
indirect, and the predictable mocking, ridicule, and sneering of
wicked, foolishly impenitent, and openly heathen Laodiceans. By
the grace of God, we have had more than twenty years of
experience in prayerfully dealing with the most absurd objections
and the most supreme nonsense of predictable, lost, tragically
impenitent, and openly heathen Laodiceans. In it all, we humbly,
gratefully, solemnly, and prayerfully claim promises from God - -
to include this promise:
cc“God's work in the earth in these last days is
to reflect the light that Christ brought into the world. This
light is to dissipate the gross darkness of ages. Men and women
in heathen darkness are to be reached by those who at one time
were in a similar condition of ignorance, but who have received
the knowledge of the truth of God's Word.” —
SpTB11:27:3, written in 1907.
ccLet us close with this prayer: Our Father in Heaven,
with awesome respect, we ask You to help each of us: (1.) to
spiritually see and to thus literally see the heathen threat from
within; (2.) to have a genuinely penitent heart and to take a
“bold and unyielding stand for the truth” [EW 50]
against the heathen threat from within; and, for the sake of Your
plan of salvation, (3.) to thus continue to react positively
against the on-going, popular, counterfeit revival of ancient and
modern heathenism or open idolatry and thus more open
transgression of Your ten commandments, which has most definitely
come in under a professing religious disguise, under a professing
Christian disguise, and under a professing Seventh day Adventist
disguise - - all just as you have forewarned for these
“latter times.” PP 684-686. We request Your power and
Your continuous guidance in regards to the following petition:
“Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the
heathen . . . . It is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have
made void Thy law. . . Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and Thy law is the truth. . . My tongue shall
speak of Thy Word: for all Thy commandments are
righteousness.” Psalms 106:47; 119:126, 142, 172. In Jesus
name, we pray. Amen.
Your brother in Christ,
Pastor Michael O. Hodges
FORERUNNER, self-supporting ministries
Home church (since 1983)
Continued.
Pastor Michael O. Hodges
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