Spiritualism in Adventism

Note to the reader

The purpose of this tract, is to look into the three phases of spiritualism:
The Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. The first phase of
spiritualism is introduced in the Garden of Eden with the Dragon, who is
represented by the serpent (Rev 12:9) and Eve, who is carrying the two
seeds, Cain, the seed of the serpent and Able, the seed of the woman.
These represent two classes, two organizations that would continue until
the end of the world. If we look back to AD 31 at the cross, the Jewish
nation looked like God‟s people, but were they? NO, for they had
divorced themselves from the true Vine by killing their Lord and Saviour.
They were the branch that was cut from the true Vine, Christ. They had
become an off shoot, a new organization, but to the naked eye and in their
minds they would have said, God Forbid, for they still truly believed they
were God‟s chosen people, when in fact they were left in the outer court
to continue with their useless sacrifices.

The commencement of the second phase of spiritualism, which is the

beast power, begins immediately after the first phase is brought to an end
and continues up until the fall of the Papacy in 1798. Under the second
phase many a man were fooled by the Papacy, (the Beast) but few
understood the truth for that time. Those who understood the truth and
followed it were known as the Church in the wilderness, the Holy City,
(Rev 11: 2) the branch of the true vine, Christ. But many did not continue
on in the truth and fell a prey as did the Jewish Nation, for when the
Elijah message came, represented by the Millerites, the majority did not
follow on in the truth and were subsequently left in the Holy Place, this
branch that was engrafted in was now cut off from the true vine, and were

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led by Satan to be used as instruments in the last phase of Spiritualism
and became the final phase of the dragon the False Prophet.
Under the third phase of Spiritualism, which constitutes the work of the
false Prophet, we will demonstrate that the Adventist Leaders are working
actively in establishing a new organization, another off shoot church
through ecumenism. We will repeat the same history as above where a
large class who once rejoiced in the truth abandon their position and join
ranks with this new organization, ecumenism. Jesus says to us : “I am the
true vine and my father is the husbandman; Every branch in me that
beareth not fruit he taketh away.” John 15:1. Now which stand will you
take? Will you remain attached to the true vine which is rooted in the
testimony of the scriptures or will you join ranks with this new
organization?
“The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great
reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that
this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as
the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were
this reformation to take place, what would result? The principles of truth
that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be
discarded. Our religion would be changed. The fundamental principles
that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as
error. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order
would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a
wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded”
{1SM Book 1 p205}

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Spiritualism - Part 1. Eden

T hose who oppose the teachings of

spiritualism are assailing, not men alone, but
Satan and his angels. They have entered upon a
contest against principalities and powers and wicked spirits in high
places. Satan will not yield one inch of ground except as he is driven back
by the power of heavenly messengers. The people of God should be able
to meet him, as did our Saviour, with the words: "It is written." Satan can
quote Scripture now as in the days of Christ, and he will pervert its
teachings to sustain his delusions. Those who would stand in this time
of peril [EDEN] must understand for themselves the testimony of the
Scriptures” (The Great Controversy, pp. 559-560).
For Satan, as in Eden will again bring doubt in the testimony of the
Scriptures with the words “yea hath God said”. The scriptures says, “But
when the Comforter is come… He shall testify of Me.” (John. 15:26)
The testimony of the Scriptures is the testimony of Jesus Christ, which is
the spirit of prophecy. The spirit of prophecy is “the spirit of truth” which
men lost in the Garden of Eden in the Genesis. “And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the
day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil.” (Gen. 3:4-5).
The testimony of the scripture is no different today than when it was first
uttered in Eden. In Genesis the testimony of Jesus Christ uttered a
warning against the eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The
spirit of prophecy which is the testimony of Jesus Christ or the testimony
of the scripture are all synonymous expressions implying God‟s vision.

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The thoughts that are in his mind, His Word which is spirit, the spirit of
truth, (John. 6:63, 16:13) prophesy that the day that man eat of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil man should die.
This testimony was the vision of God, the Holy Spirit, that man should
have embraced, for the consequence of not doing this is death - spiritual
death, which leads to physical death. The same line of thought is taken
up in the Revelation under the 3rd angel‟s message:
“If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in
his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of God” (Rev. 14:9-10)
The same warning given in Eden about the tree is here proclaimed.
Therefore, the same penalty is pronounced in the wrath of God because
the vision of the beast and his image (which is spiritualism) is substituted
for the vision of the testimony of the Scriptures (which is the Spirit of
Prophecy). Therefore the book of Proverbs says, “where there is no vision
the people perish” (Prov. 29: 18).
Thus, in Genesis, Satan perverted the testimony of the spirit of prophecy.
“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Gen. 3:4-5). By the
utterance of spiritualism, Satan substantiated
his delusion and changed the vision of God,
which is the testimony of Jesus, the spirit of
prophecy in man. “And when the woman saw
that the tree [was] good for food, and that it
[was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be
desired to make [one] wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat” (Gen. 3:6).
“A tree to be desired to make one wise”

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By partaking of the spirit of spiritualism, Eve came to view matters in the

same light as Satan. She “saw that the tree was good for food and that it
was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired and to make one
wise.” (Gen. 3:6). Her vision was changed.
Now, the everlasting gospel was proclaimed in Genesis 3:15 as a solution
to restore the Spirit of prophecy, the vision of Christ, God‟s Word, the
thoughts that are in His mind, the seed of the woman that brings enmity
with those who have the vision of Satan, (spiritualism), the thoughts that
are in Satan‟s mind, his word, his seed. Hence, Christ states in Matthew
10:34 “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to
send peace, but a sword.” Satan, foreseeing the warfare that Christ would
wage against spiritualism, devised subtle means by which the delusion of
spiritualism would be gradually accepted in the place of the seed of the
woman. In the substitution of the false for the true, spiritualism for the
testimony of Jesus (which is the spirit of prophecy), Satan divided spiritu-
alism into three phases - namely, the dragon the beast and the false
prophet. The spirit of prophecy, in commenting on the three phases of
spiritualism refers to them as three persecuting powers.
The first persecuting power is represented by the dragon itself; in hea-
thenism there was open alliance with Satan, and open defiance of God.
In the second persecuting power, the dragon is masked; but the spirit of
Satan actuates it, the dragon supplies the motive power. In the third
persecuting power, all traces of the dragon are absent, and a lamb-like
beast appears; but when it speaks, its dragon voice betrays the satanic
power concealed under a fair exterior, and shows it to be of the same
family as the two preceding powers” (The Great Controversy (1888),
p. 680).
John the Revelator describing the final battle with spiritualism wrote,
“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with

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the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Rev. 12:17).

“So closely will the counterfeit resemble the

true that it will be impossible to distinguish
between them except by the Holy Scriptures.”

The purpose of this tract is to trace this war between

the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent down to its final stage
where the counterfeit will be subtly passed off as the true in God‟s
remnant church. .
On this point, Ellen White wrote in The Great Controversy:

“The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform
his marvelous works in our sight. So closely will the counterfeit resemble
the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by
the Holy Scriptures.

“Satan will work with all deceivableness of unrighteousness to personate

Jesus Christ; if it were possible, he would deceive the very elect. Now if
the counterfeit bears so close a resemblance to the genuine, is it not
essential to be on your guard, that no man deceive you? Christ enforces
His warnings, saying, "Behold, I have told you before" (Matt. 24:25)
(Selected Messages, bk. 2, p. 88). In tracing the three phases of
spiritualism the logical place to begin is in the Garden of Eden where
spiritualism was first uttered, the first lie through the medium of the
serpent. “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Gen
.
Man‟s vision changed at this point and in order to restore God‟s vision,

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which is the faith of Jesus, the everlasting gospel was proclaimed in

Genesis 3:15: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed.” In The Great Controversy, God declares:
“This enmity is not naturally entertained. When man transgressed the
divine law, his nature became evil, and he was in harmony, and not at
variance, with Satan. There exists naturally no enmity between sinful man
and the originator of sin. Both became evil through apostasy. The apostate
is never at rest, except as he obtains sympathy and support by inducing
others to follow his example. For this reason fallen angels and wicked
men unite in desperate companionship” (p. 505). Of this union, the Bible
states in Genesis 11:3-4:

“And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may
reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth”.

At this point, after the flood, the religion of paganism was born which is
biblically symbolized as the dragon or spiritualism, it being the thoughts
of Satan, his vision, the very image of Satan, which was upon the tree of
knowledge of good and evil, that was governing man in this unholy
project at Babel.

As in Eden, this religion of self-exaltation is the means by which he

accomplishes his boast, stated in Isaiah 14:13-14:

“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of
the clouds; I will be like the most High.” ”
The Lord‟s response to this satanic project at Babel is stated in
Gen. 11: 7-9.
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“Go to, let us go down, and there confound

their language, [place division - ENMITY] that
they may not understand one another's speech.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from
thence upon the face of all the earth: and they
left off to build the city. Therefore is the name
of it called Babel; because the LORD did there
confound the language [ENMITY] of all the
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face
of all the earth.”

Spiritualism (the Dragon), through the religion of paganism continued to

govern the succeeding kingdoms placing in them the spirit of intolerance
towards the religion of Christ. In the first phase of this power it is this
line of thought that God traces in the prophecies of Daniel, beginning
with Babylon through to Rome. In tracing through the history of the
religion of spiritualism God wishes the student of prophecy to recognize
the three successive phases adopted by this deceptive religion in its
attempt to pass itself as the true. As mentioned earlier the Spirit of
Prophecy refers to the religion and spirit which govern the successive
kingdoms as three persecuting powers. .
“The first persecuting power (Babylon, Mede Persia, Greece and Rome)
is represented by the dragon itself; in heathenism there was open alliance
with Satan, and open defiance of God. In the second persecuting power,
(the roman church, the beast) the dragon is masked; but the spirit of Satan
actuates it,--the dragon supplies the motive power. In the third
persecuting power, (apostate Protestantism) all traces of the dragon are
absent, and a lamb-like beast appears; but when it speaks, its dragon voice
betrays the satanic power concealed under a fair exterior, and shows it to
be of the same family as the two preceding powers.” {GC.88, 680}
The reader should observe in the above Spirit of Prophecy quote, that
under the first phase of spiritualism “there was open alliance with Satan,
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and open defiance of God” (The Great Controversy (1888), p. 680).

One example of this persecuting power in its first phase
can be seen in the account of Elijah and the false proph-
ets at Mount Carmel. The prophets of Baal were in di-
rect opposition to the prophet Elijah though they all of-
fered the same sacrifices upon the same altars. But their
respective gods were different with a clear distinction
between the counterfeit and the true. Under the second
phase of Spiritualism, “the dragon is masked; but the
spirit of Satan actuates it, the dragon supplies the motive power” p.680.
Spiritualism cloaked itself in Christian garments under the Roman church
but her works during the Dark Ages showed that
“the spirit of Satan actuates it, the dragon supplies the motive power.”
“The dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority” (Rev.13: 2) Perhaps the most deceptive of all three phases is
the third phase of the dragon (spiritualism). We are told in the above
statement “All traces of the dragon are absent, and a lamb-like beast
appears; but when it speaks, its dragon voice betrays the satanic power
concealed under a fair exterior, and shows it to be of the same family as
the two preceding powers.”

John in the Revelation, commenting on the rise of the Lamb-like beast,

the third phase of spiritualism, wrote: “And I beheld another beast coming
up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he
maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that
dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which
had the wound by a sword, and did live” (Rev. 13:11-14).
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By examining the image to the beast under spiritual Babylon (the Roman
Catholic Church) in the light of the Image set up by Nebuchadnezzar
under literal Babylon and then comparing these to the image that man was
changed into in the garden of Eden, our conclusion can only be that all
three images are the result of Satan replacing God‟s vision with his,
which results in the setup and worship of a false image. Remember, the
testimony of the Scriptures - which is the thoughts that are in God‟s mind,
His Word, His Image (see Heb.1: 3) - is the spirit of prophecy, who is
the spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit, who is God‟s Vision, the vision man
had when the Holy Spirit dwelt in him before it was substituted with the
vision of Spiritualism, „ye shall not surely die,‟ or you can sin and live.
The following scriptural passage is God‟s vision given in a dream to
Nebuchadnezzar:

„...fire come down from heaven on the

earth in the sight of men...‟

“In the second year of the reign of

Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit
was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. But there is a God in heaven
that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar
what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head
upon thy bed, are these; As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy
mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that re-
vealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. But as for
me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than
any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to
the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. Thou, O
king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose
brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was
terrible. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of

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silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of
iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without
hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay,
and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the
silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff
of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no
place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a
great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the dream; and we will
tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children
of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he
given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art
this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to
thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all
the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: for as much as
iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh
all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise” (Dan. 2:1, 28-40).

As in Genesis, Satan sought to change the vision that God gave to Nebu-
chadnezzar leading him to doubt the unchangeability of God‟s Word the
thoughts that are in His mind the testimony of the scriptures with words
such as “yeah hath God said” or “Is this not Babylon that I have built?”
So successful were these words of spiritualism that God‟s vision was
changed in man, which lead to the setting up and worship of the vision -
image of Satan.
“Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the
plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the
king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,
the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of
the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which

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Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors,
and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and
all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication
of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood
before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried
aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at
what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up” (Dan 3:1-5).
The safeguards against the setup and worship of the false image was the
warning given in Genesis 3, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden: But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die.” (Gen. 3:2-3).
Does this tree still exist in the midst of the garden today? Well, we are
told in 1Corinthians 15:46 “Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual,
but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual”. The tree
is, therefore, spiritual today. Then what is this knowledge of good and
evil that leads to death if spiritually eaten? The answer is the knowledge
of evil mingled amongst God‟s word that speaks the wages of sin is not
death; that the Law of God cannot be kept by man; that Christ nailed it to
the cross; that man cannot be perfect. “The serpent said unto the woman,
Ye shall not surely die” (Gen. 3:4).
Now, we see the tree in the midst of the garden to be none other than the
dragon the beast and the false prophet referred to in Revelation 16:13
as three unclean spirits like frogs. But, do we see the serpent‟s medium
through whom the dragon--spiritualism speaks to the seed of the woman
today? For we are told in 2 Cor.11: 14-15: :
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the
ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their
works.”Of this medium through whom the dragon - spiritualism wars
against the seed of the woman (see Rev.12:17), we are told in Genesis 3:1

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“Now the serpent was more subtle than

any beast of the field which the LORD
God had made. And he said unto the
woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden?” What
minister of unrighteousness in our
midst is so subtle that it is able to make
us touch these unclean spirits contrary
to God‟s Word and partake of its fruit?
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, And will
be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the
Lord Almighty” (2 Cor. 6: 17-18).
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins [vision of spiritualism], and
that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven,
and God hath remembered her iniquities” Rev. 18:4-5).
“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, 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” (Rev. 14:9-10) .
Who are these ministers of unrighteousness that are so subtle that the
final phase of spiritualism, the false prophet, the unclean spirit can
speak through them to the remnant of the woman‟s seed uttering the
same words of doubt, “yeah hath God said ye shall not [join hands
with spiritualism, the false prophet]”, leading them to abandon “the
testimony of Jesus Christ, the Spirit of prophecy, to clasp hands with
Spiritualism and by partaking of that spirit come to see matters in
the same light? What ministers of unrighteousness say, you shall not
surely die if you continue in sin, and are leading us to a union
through ecumenism with the false prophet? Do you now see the result
of changing the vision which the testimony conveys? It is the set up
and worship of the false image.
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According to the Spirit of Prophecy “When the leading churches of the

United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in
common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain
their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of
the Roman hierarchy [image of the beast]” (The Great Controversy,
p.445).

WHAT IS ECUMENISM?

I t is “leading churches uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held

by them in common”. Why is the false prophet, the leading churches, bent
on bringing us into this union “upon such points of doctrine as are held by
them in common?” It is because these common points of doctrine are
spiritualism‟s vision, as in Eden, working to substitute the false image for
the true image of God (see Heb.1:3). Notice what the Spirit of Prophecy
has to say on this matter:
“It is true that Spiritualism is now changing its form, and points of
doctrine, veiling some of its more objectionable features, is assuming a
Christian guise. But its utterances from the platform and the press have
been before the public for nearly forty years, and in these its real
character stands revealed. These teachings cannot be denied or hidden”
Even in its present form, so far from being more worthy of toleration than
formerly, it is really a more dangerous, because a more subtle
deception. While it formerly denounced Christ and the Bible, it now
professes to accept both. But the Bible is interpreted in a manner that
is pleasing to the unrenewed heart, while its solemn and vital truths
are made of no effect. Love is dwelt upon as the chief attribute of
God, but it is degraded to a weak sentimentalism making little
distinction between good and evil. God's justice, his denunciations of
sin, the requirements of his holy law, are all kept out of sight.
The people are taught to regard the decalogue as a dead letter. Pleasing,
bewitching fables captivate the senses, and lead men to reject the Bible as
the foundation of their faith. Christ is as verily denied as before; but Satan

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has so blinded the eyes of the people that the deception is not
discerned” (The Great Controversy (1888), p. 558).
Can we unite on such points of doctrine as are held by them in
common?
“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching
their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will
reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the
influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of
Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” As spiritualism more
closely imitates the nominal Christianity of the day, it has greater
power to deceive and ensnare. Satan himself is converted, after the
modern order of things. He will appear in the character of an angel of
light. Through the agency of spiritualism, miracles will be wrought,
the sick will be healed, and many undeniable wonders will be per-
formed. And as the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and manifest
respect for the institutions of the church, their work will be accepted
as a manifestation of divine power” (The Great Controversy, p. 588).
“Marvelous beyond expression is the blindness of the
people of this generation. Thousands reject the word of
God as unworthy of belief and with eager confidence re-
ceive the deceptions of Satan. Skeptics and scoffers de-
nounce the bigotry of those who contend for the faith of
prophets and apostles, and they divert themselves by
holding up to ridicule the solemn declarations of the
Scriptures concerning Christ and the plan of salvation,
and the retribution to be visited upon the rejecters of the
truth. They affect great pity for minds so narrow, weak, and superstitious
as to acknowledge the claims of God and obey the requirements of His
law. They manifest as much assurance as if, indeed, they had made a
covenant with death and an agreement with hell-- as if they had erected an
impassable, impenetrable barrier between themselves and the vengeance
of God. Nothing can arouse their fears. So fully have they yielded to the
tempter, so closely are they united with him, and so thoroughly imbued

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with his spirit, that they have no power and no inclination to break away
from his snare. Satan has long been preparing for his final effort to
deceive the world. The foundation of his work was laid by the assurance
given to Eve in Eden: "Ye shall not surely die." "In the day ye eat thereof,
then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good
and evil." Genesis 3:4, 5. Little by little he has prepared the way for his
masterpiece of deception in the development of spiritualism. He has not
yet reached the full accomplishment of his designs; but it will be reached
in the last remnant of time.
Says the prophet:"I saw three unclean spirits like
frogs; . . . they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the
earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the
battle of that great day of God Almighty." Revela-
tion 16:13, 14. Except those who are kept by the
power of God, through faith in His word, the
whole world will be swept into the ranks of this
delusion. The people are fast being lulled to a fatal
security, to be awakened only by the outpouring of the wrath of
God” (ibid. pp. 560-561).
Under the third angel‟s message there is a revealed pattern that
spiritualism follows. In that pattern lies the very purpose of spiritualism,
which is claiming independence from God and leading men and angels to
do so by the substitution of the false for the true. According to the Spirit
of Prophecy, “So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will
be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.
By their testimony every statement and every miracle must be tested” (p.
(p.594). Under the works of the mystery of iniquity, a new organization
resembling the true always emerges, seeking to replace the true. This
was the case in heaven when one third of the church fell to this strong de-
lusion. The Church in Eden also fell to this delusion. As Eve partook of
spiritualism, she came to see matters in the same light as Satan and the
seed of the new organization was sown which would have materialized
there and then had not God intervened. Prophesying to put enmity

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between the two seeds or two church organizations, which later mani-
fested itself between Cane and Abel and the obvious church organiza-
tions that they belonged to by the testimony of their respective altars.
From this point on, the mystery of iniquity continued in order to fulfill his
boast made plain in Isaiah. 14:13: “I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north” “…mount Zion, (the church of
God) on the sides of the north, the city of the great King” Psa. 48:2.
The substitution of the false for the true has
been the issue in every battle of the church
since the days of Cane until now and many
are the lessons to be learnt at every stage, but
for now we will focus on the triple applica-
tion of Elijah to further illustrate this issue
and to complement the previous thoughts on
the three phases of Spiritualism - namely, the Dragon, The Beast and the
False Prophet who are in direct conflict with Elijah in the substitution of
the false for the true.
In the history of literal Elijah it is quite obvious that this substitution was
the issue at Carmel, where the false prophets were in open alliance with
the dragon--spiritualism. Therefore, we will not dwell on that history
here but move on to the second Elijah, John the Baptist. In the history of
John the Baptist, the issue is less obvious, particularly as it relates to iden-
tifying where the church and its leaders had fallen away and were in open
alliance with the Dragon (Rome) as the false prophets were at Carmel.

A NEW organization - „offshoot?‟

A new organization springing from God‟s church was here developing
which would go on to kill the Lord. By human reasoning, this was the
church that God had brought out of Babylon, which was to prepare for
Christ‟s coming. However, this was an offshoot church made to look like
the true through spiritualism. The confusing thing to many is it was a
branch attached to the Truth, the Vine (Christ) but many interpreted the
church to be the vine--the truth. Hence the term offshoot describing

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churches which sprang from an established church. However, the church

was a branch attached to the vine. Many, today, are making the same
mistake. As Christ said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the hus-
bandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away” (Jn
15:1-2). Which branch was to be taken away? Well the apostle Paul
wrote: “Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not
the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken
off, that I might be grafted in. Well, because of unbelief they were bro-
ken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if
God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not
thee” (Rom. 11:18-21). Did the prophecies under the Levitical system
point to this church under the as the true in which would be fulfilled
prophecies like that given in Daniel 9:24 and Malachi 4:5 “Behold, I will
send you Elijah the prophet.?” They obviously point to the branch that
John the Baptist and his disciples constituted as they were growing from
the Vine of prophecy, the Truth, which is Christ. By human perception
they were a new movement. But, the Word of God made them a move-
ment whose connections go back to the beginning. Therefore, not new,
but continuing and abiding in the Vine identified in John. 15:4.

“...As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the
vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me..”
Now, under the phase of the Beast, Spiritualism is repeating this history.
The Roman church starts off as a faithful branch attach to the Vine, Jesus.
But Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 spoke of that church falling away like the
Jewish branch. Jesus in Revelation 2:14 employed the story of Balaam
and Balac, implying that the Roman church fell (as did the prophet Ba-
laam) because of her union with the kings of Europe. The spirit which
actuated this church lead to the separation of the Protestant churches from
her. From a human prospective, the Protestant churches were new organi-
zations and therefore could not have been the true. However, it should be
noted that the Church is a body of faithful souls moving through time,
(see Acts of the Apostles, pp. 11) distinctly marked out under the seven
churches by Jesus in the Revelation – each of the seven churches repre-
senting a different phase in the history of the one true Church. Therefore,

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during the 1260 years of the papal domination, Jesus (the Vine) referred
to the Protestant branches in Revelation 11 as Elijah, Moses, and the Holy
City Jerusalem, indicating it was not a new, but a continual flow of the
Church attached to the true Vine of prophecy. These branches fulfilled
His will during the period of the church named Thyatira. During this
time, the Roman church is named Jezebel by Jesus (Rev. 2:20), thus
identifying that Church as an offshoot branch in Him that was to be cut
off under the repeat of the history of Jezebel and Elijah during the 1260
days of drought. Notice there are two branches brought to view.

“...he that abideth in Me, and I in him,

the same bringeth forth much fruit..”

At the end of the 1260 days (years), the third phase of spiritualism, the
False Prophet (a branch in Jesus about to be cut off) is entering upon the
stage of battle with the prophet Elijah, the messenger of the 1st and 2nd
angel‟s messages. This Elijah represents the continuation of the Holy
City, the true branch in Jesus spoken of in Revelation 14:6 as having the
everlasting gospel. This is the same gospel uttered in Eden about the
remnant of the seed of the woman (Elijah) and the seed of the Serpent
(the False prophet) in Revelation 12:17. Regarding the knowledge of this
battle, Daniel was told to seal it up until the time of the end (Dan. 12:4).
At the time of the end this much-needed increase of knowledge was to
be given to Elijah to prepare him to stand in this battle.
On this subject, the Spirit of Prophecy states that:
“The book that was sealed was not the book of Revelation, but that
portion of the prophecy of Daniel which related to the last days. The
Scripture says, "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,
even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased" (Dan. 12:4). When the book was opened, the
proclamation was made, "Time shall be no longer." (See Revelation

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10:6). The book of Daniel is now unsealed, and the revelation made by
Christ to John is to come to all the inhabitants of the earth. By the in-
crease of knowledge a people is to be prepared to stand in the latter
days” (Selected Messages, bk. 2, p. 105).

“...The book that was sealed was not

the Revelation, but that portion of
the prophecy of Daniel..”

Let us examine this increase of knowledge, which determines the destiny

of Elijah, the church, in the light of the above statement by the spirit of
prophecy; the portion of the prophecy of Daniel, which he is asked to seal
until the time of the end begins with the words “in the time of the end”
dan.11.40. This verse speaks of two events that were to transpire in
the time of the end: the king of the north, the roman church, received a
deadly wound by spiritual Egypt--France in 1798 and in the second
part of this verse the roman church was to return in 1989 from this wound
and conquer spiritual Egypt which was at that time the Soviet Union.
In both 1798 and 1989 the false prophet is the player on the stage of
battle securing converts for the roman church. The time of the end
beginning in 1798 and concluding in 1844 when Michael stood up
requires further attention in the light of the 1st and 2nd angel‟s
messages which marked out the predestinated path of the church.
When the churches abandoned these messages, all but a remnant became
the false prophet in 1844. By human reasoning, the protestant churches
began as the holy city (Rev.11:2). The question may then be asked, if this
is so, how did this new Seventh-Day Adventist (sda) church become the
holy city? The S.D.A. Church was not a new church but the church of
Christ continuing on the predestined path of the three angels‟ messages.
Whereas, the protestant churches, setting aside the path of these mes-
sages, became new church organizations and were therefore taken away
from the true Vine at Christ‟s coming in 1844.
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At that moment, the wise virgins went

into the most holy place with him and the
door was shut. In reference to these
events and their completion in 1844, the
Spirit of Prophecy stated that the sealed
book of Daniel was now open.
“When the book was opened, the procla-
“The Ten Virgins, five wise, five foolish..”
mation was made, "Time shall be no
longer." (See Revelation 10:6.) The book of Daniel is now unsealed, and
the revelation made by Christ to John is to come to all the inhabitants of
the earth. By the increase of knowledge a people is to be prepared to stand
in the latter days. {2SM 105.1}”
“...Will you end up being one of the five foolish virgins..”
Now keeping in mind that both 1798 and 1989 the false prophet is the
player on the stage of battle, securing converts for the roman church. And
that the time of the end beginning in 1798 and concluding in 1844 when
Michael stood up, represents a path of an increase of knowledge
symbolized by the 1st and 2nd angel‟s messages which the foolish virgins
should have but did not follow thus a new church organization, the false
prophet was setup. In like manner the time of the end beginning in 1989
and ending with Michael standing up in Dan.12.1, represents again a path
of an increase of knowledge symbolized by the 1st and 2nd angel‟s
messages which the foolish will once again abandon and follow the false
prophet who are again seeking converts in the SDA Church to join them
through ecumenism in the setup and worship of a false image.
All who through a lack of the increase of knowledge of this path, join this
movement are becoming offshoots, branches, branching off from the
predestined path will soon be cut off. In Romans. 8: 29, were told,
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed
to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brethren.” notice then, in the conclusion of the above spirit of prophecy
statement we read that “By the increase of knowledge a people is to be
prepared to stand in the latter days.”

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“...Or will you end up being one of the wise virgins..”

The False Prophet is an offshoot branch that sprang from the “holy
city” (Rev. 11:2). Of this final battle we are told “the Dragon was wroth
with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus
Christ” (Rev. 12:17), which is “the spirit of prophecy” (Rev. 19:10) given
to “thy brethren the prophets” (Rev. 22:9).

“...Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased

with goods, and have need of nothing..” Rev. 3:17

Going back to the thoughts expressed at the start of this study, the battle is
about changing the testimony of the Scriptures, the thoughts that are in
God‟s mind, His image (Heb. 1:3), His vision, which is the Spirit of
Prophecy given to the “brethren the prophets” that they may be wise to
the Serpent‟s voice of spiritualism in making void the law of God among
those who keep the commandments of God. and because some receive
not the love of the truth concerning the mystery of iniquity, God shall
allow strong delusion to come upon them that they would believe the lie
concealed under ecumenism that they would be among the dammed who
setup and worship the image of the beast. The brethren the prophets –
namely, the 3rd Elijah – have the testimony of Jesus, the Spirit of
Prophecy, because it unmasks the false prophet and those who become
her mouth piece in the SDA Church as being members of the same family
as the two preceding powers (the dragon & the beast).
The 3rd Elijah shows them to be of the “Many who will stand in our
pulpits with the torch of false prophecy in their hands, kindled from the
hellish torch of Satan. If doubts and unbelief are cherished, the faithful
ministers will be removed from the people who think they know so much.

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"If thou hadst known," said Christ, "even thou, at least in this thy day, the
things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine
eyes” (Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 409).
“God commanded Elijah to anoint the cruel and deceitful Hazael king
over Syria, that he might be a scourge to idolatrous Israel. Who knows
whether God will not give you up to the deceptions you love? Who knows
but that the preachers who are faithful, firm, and true may be the last who
shall offer the gospel of peace to our unthankful churches? It may be that
the destroyers are already training under the hand of Satan and only wait
the departure of a few more standard-bearers to take their places, and with
the voice of the false prophet cry, Peace, peace," when the Lord hath not
spoken peace. I seldom weep, but now I find my eyes blinded with tears;
they are falling upon my paper as I write. It may be that erelong all
prophesyings among us will be at an end, and the voice which has stirred
the people may no longer disturb their carnal slumbers” (Testimonies for
the Church, vol. 5, p. 77).

“...Willow Creek, Pentecostal

mega-church, Adventist are trying to
emulate..”

The following quote is concrete evi-

dence that establishes the fact that the SDA Church is making movements
to join the ecumenical movement through the World Council of Churches.
As established, this is contrary to God‟s will as we are told: “Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” 2Cor 6:17. Never has the
Lord told his people that to win souls, we must join their ranks and enter
into their schools of Philosophy to learn from them i.e. Willow Creek.
“By Beholding you become changed” and it is a false view to believe that
Adventists can freely enter upon the grounds of the false prophet and be

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unharmed. “God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,
lest ye die.” Gen 3:3
We are commanded not to touch the unclean thing and the Word of God
describes the False Prophet which makes up one third of Babylon as
being unclean. (Rev 18:4, Rev 16:19) As the pen of inspiration informs
us:
“By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to
view matters in nearly the same light.” GC 608. It is by partaking in the
acts of the False Prophet that will lead to a new organization being
formed separating them from the true vine.

Adventism a Prophetic Movement

The Seventh-day Adventist Church stepped upon the stage of history-so
Adventists firmly believe-in response to God's call. Adventists believe, it
is hoped without pride or arrogance, that the Advent Movement
represents the divinely appointed instrument for the organized
proclamation of the "eternal gospel," God's last message, discerned from
the prophetic vantage point of Revelation 14 and 18. In the focalized light
of its prophetic understanding, the Seventh-day Adventist Church sees
herself as the eschatologically oriented "ecumenical" movement of the
Apocalypse. She begins by "calling out" God's children from "fallen"
ecclesial bodies that will increasingly form organized religious opposition
to the purposes of God. Together with the "calling out" there is a
positive "calling in" to a united, worldwide-that is, ecumenical-
movement characterized by "faith of Jesus" and keeping "the command-
ments of God" (Rev. 14:12). In the World Council of Churches the em-
phasis is first of all on "coming in" to a fellowship of churches and then
hopefully and gradually "coming out" of corporate disunity. In the Ad-
vent Movement the accent is first on "coming out" of Babylonian disunity
and confusion and then immediately "coming in" to a fellowship of unity,
truth, and love within the globe-encircling Advent family.
Quote taken from: http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/other_documents/
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The Web of Lies

Web of Lies:
Are you caught in the trap of ecumenism?
This is a question you need to ask yourselves.
In this tract it will be made plain for all who
read that indeed we are caught in a web of lies.
Don‟t miss out , this is a must have if you are
to break free from the web of ecumenism!

Ezekiel 9
The Shepherds Rods:
Most of us know that their theology is designed by
angels expelled out of heaven , but in this tract we
will discover how their part has a much more sinis-
ter role to play than what meets the eye, how in fact
they are but smoke screens for today's modern day
Scribes & Pharisees in leading the people to resist
the 3rd angel‟s message and embrace the ecumenical
movement.

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Satan has long been preparing for his final effort to deceive
the world. The foundation of his work was laid by the
assurance given to Eve in Eden: "Ye shall not surely die..."
Little by little he has prepared the way for his masterpiece
of deception in the development of spiritualism...
When Satan has undermined faith in the Bible, he directs
men to other sources for light and power.
Thus he insinuates himself. Those who turn from the plain
teaching of Scripture and the convicting power of God's
Holy Spirit, are inviting the control of demons.
Criticism and speculation concerning the Scriptures have
opened the way for Spiritualism and Theosophy - those
modernized forms of ancient heathenism to gain a foothold
even in the professed churches of our Lord Jesus Christ.
{GC 586.2 & Ev 591.4}

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