“The fact that a man has been
selected to be the president of a conference does not mean that he shall have authority to rule over his fellow workmen. This is after the practice of Rome, and it cannot be tolerated, for it restricts religious liberty, and the man is led to place himself where God alone should be.“ {Ellen White: 9MR, p. 178.2}
“They (GC) are following in the track of Romanism.“ {Ellen White: TM, p. 362.2}
“Apostasy has come in to our ranks as it came in to Heaven, and all who unite with Satan in this kind of work will act on the same principles Satan has worked. Not open, not frank, but in secrecy.“ {Ellen White: 7MR, p 178 (Letter 156, 1897) }
“In following a course of this kind, men are pursuing a similar course to that of the Roman Catholics who center in the pope every power of the church, and ascribe to him authority to act as God, so that those below him in station lay every plan at his feet that he may prescribe the rules for men and women in every minutiae of life. In following a course of this kind, there is danger that no chance will be left for God to answer the prayers of His delegated servants according to His promise in giving them wisdom in pursuing their work. God does not purpose to have one man prescribe how his fellow workmen shall perform His work. When this manner of action comes in among our people, there is need of a protest.“ {Ellen White: 9MR, p.179.3}
According to Ellen White, the function of one president of the GC is directly against God’s will. It doesn’t matter what arguments are used, such as: ‘acting on behalf of the church or coordination’. According to that view, it was necessary in her time as well, or among the Jews who, during the time of Samuel, demanded to have someone who would act as a king in the name of the entire nation. Secondly, in the meantime, there is no direct decision-making of the church. According to the same principle, the church is invited to vote on the changes, where the majority of members have been present for many years, and our minds are used to them. It is pure manipulation, and it falls under the change of organization.
Why is there an urgent need for change that the church can only ask about after the change is made? Replacing the decades-old symbol has nothing to do with urgency and shows a deeper degree of our apostasy. Has anyone been asked if Jesuit professors are allowed to be visiting assistant professors at our theological universities? Revelation makes it very clear that all who want salvation must leave Babylon. These descriptions are just the opposite direction, a return to Babylon and the beast that gives its mark! The GC has risen above the church just like the politicians of this world, where elections serve only to the blind so that we feel as if we are influencing a decision.
Whether the church was asked whether it agrees with joining local ecumenical associations or the world union of churches, or through gradual getting used to after that preliminary decision, work is being done to reach a ‘break-even point’. a critical mass of believers who will later agree with the change already made? Today, by high circles, believers are presented that some accompanying apostasy is exactly the announced omega apostasy and change of organization. But a change of organization means it will affect the majority, not small groups on the sidelines, who themselves reject the organization.
Arguments are made to the believers that the last church founded by God is rejected when one takes the view that the majority has been affected by apostasy. In the Old Testament, apostasy was carried by the absolute majority. During the time of the prophet Elijah, only 7,000 people remained in Israel who did not fall away from God, even though they were insignificantly small compared to the majority of several million. Yet Israel still had the status of God’s people at that time. Today’s defense of apostasy is based on the argument that GC, according to Ellen White, was God’s voice, and that we reject God’s commandments when we speak out against GC’S ’s decisions. God’s prophet, of course, confirmed that the authority of God’s church and GC must not be rejected when it is accompanied by the true truth:
”At times, when a small group of men entrusted with the general management of the work have, in the name of the General Conference, sought to carry out unwise plans and to restrict God’s work, I have said that I could no longer regard the voice of the General Conference, represented by these few men, as the voice of God. But this is not saying that the decisions of a General Conference composed of an assembly of duly appointed, representative men from all parts of the field should not be respected. God has ordained that the representatives of His church from all parts of the earth, when assembled in a General Conference, shall have authority. The error that some are in danger of committing is in giving to the mind and judgment of one man, or of a small group of men, the full measure of authority and influence that God has vested in His church in the judgment and voice of the General Conference assembled to plan for the prosperity and advancement of His work.” {Ellen White: 9T 260.2}
”But when, in a General Conference, the judgment of the brethren assembled from all parts of the field is exercised, private independence and private judgment must not be stubbornly maintained, but surrendered. Never should a laborer regard as a virtue the persistent maintenance of his position of independence, contrary to the decision of the general body.” {Ellen White: 9T, p. 260,1909}
”God has invested His church with special authority and power which no one can be justified in disregarding and despising, for he who does this despises the voice of God.” {Ellen White: AA p. 163.2, 1911}
Do we really believe that today, when we have fallen away from so many points of truth, the decision of the GC is a guarantee that it is the right science? According to Ellen White certainly not! If in the context of OMEGA APOSTASY the majority accepted the false sciences, that majority will certainly not vote for the truth as in the time of the pioneers. That is why this previous statement, that we are obliged to respect the decisions of the GC, can have such a meaning only when the majority in the church remained faithful to the truth, and as such led to a correct decision when voting at the GC.
Another way of interpreting this statement would mean that the rabbis also made the decision of the “voice of God”, when they decided to crucify Jesus on the cross, and rejected the truth that He is the Messiah.For this reason, Ellen White stated that she hopes we will not have to leave Babylon again.
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.“ {Galatians 1,8}
The Apostle Paul says that even a heavenly angel is cursed if he announces a different message than the already present and known truth! But to today’s theologians, GC is obviously infallible and in a higher truth and position than the angels who are in the immediate vicinity of God! Why did Ellen White write that The GC would become like Rome? Precisely because, like Rome, he claims to be the infallible voice of God as he persecutes all “heretics” who call for the old truth before apostasy.
The biggest paradox is that the fighters against the doctrine of the Trinity are called the bearers of the “new” apostasy, while they loudly call on the church to return to the old truth that we held until 1931! Within this area, there are arguments that the GC represents the New Testament manifestation of God’s voice, just as in the Old Testament there were stones on the priest’s chest, through which God sent light, confirming the right decisions.
That is, of course, correct, but only when the Old Testament priests or the GC made decisions following the truth. Was the voice of the priests of the Old Testament always the voice of God, because they carried those stones on their chests? Certainly not, because we know that the fall of the Jews was complete even before Jesus’ mission on earth. Did Ellen White confirm that GC in its entirety was not always the voice of God, even when the truth was rejected?
“Yet we hear that the voice of the Conference is the VOICE of God. Every time I have heard this, I have thought that it was almost BLASPHEMY. The voice of the Conference ought to be the voice of God, but it IS NOT…“ {Ellen White, 16LtMs, Ms 37, 1901, par.18}
”..It has been some years since I have considered the General Conference as the voice of God” {Ellen White: 17MR 216, 1898}
“That these men (leaders) should stand in a sacred place, to be as the voice of God to the people, as we once believed the General Conference to be,—i.e. past.“ {Ellen White: GCB 1901 p. 25 {PC422}}
“And the General Conference is itself becoming corrupted with wrong sentiments and principles.“ {Ellen White: TM, p. 359.1}
Even such clear statements are distorted, as proof that Ellen White still participated in a GC gathering a few years later. This actually shows harmony with the previous quotes, where GC is worthy to be God’s voice if he tells the truth. Ellen White’s presence at the gathering does not necessarily imply God’s approval. With today’s fallen majority of faith and leadership, i.e. no longer possible. That is why Jesus stated that when the Son of Man comes, will he even find someone faithful because there will be almost none on earth! Ellen White’s statement about organizing and accepting apostasy with trampled truth was completely fulfilled.
While very liberal views are advocated from the pulpits, simple justification by faith is neglected and the Three Angel’s message is not preached, there is no protest. On the other hand, he protests against believers who call on their brothers and sisters to the old truth. Leading authorities from the GC circle travel all over the world, full of “worries” to “protect and save the church”. Dear brothers and sisters, let us wake up and not look at the fall of the GC as Catholics in Rome, because we will be seduced and lose eternal life!
THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS MASTER:
That night I dreamed that I was in Battle Creek looking out from the side glass at the door and saw a company marching up to the house, two and two. They looked stern and determined. I knew them well and turned to open the parlor door to receive them, but thought I would look again. The scene was changed. The company now presented the appearance of a Catholic procession. One bore in his hand a cross, another a reed. And as they approached, the one carrying a reed made a circle around the house, saying three times: “This house is proscribed. The goods must be confiscated. They have spoken against our holy order.” Terror seized me, and I ran through the house, out of the north door, and found myself in the midst of a company, some of whom I knew, but I dared not speak a word to them for fear of being betrayed. I tried to seek a retired spot where I might weep and pray without meeting eager, inquisitive eyes wherever I turned. I repeated frequently: “If I could only understand this! If they will tell me what I have said or what I have done!”
I wept and prayed much as I saw our goods confiscated. I tried to read sympathy or pity for me in the looks of those around me, and marked the countenances of several whom I thought would speak to me and comfort me if they did not fear that they would be observed by others. I made one attempt to escape from the crowd, but seeing that I was watched, I concealed my intentions. I commenced weeping aloud, and saying: “If they would only tell me what I have done or what I have said!” My husband, who was sleeping in a bed in the same room, heard me weeping aloud and awoke me. My pillow was wet with tears, and a sad depression of spirits was upon me. 1T 577.2 – 1T 578.1
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, EVIL shall go forth from NATION to NATION, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jeremiah:25:32
Woe unto them that join HOUSE to HOUSE, that lay FIELD to FIELD, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Isaiah:5:8
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Matthew:13:38
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Psalm:35:20
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