THE GOLDEN CALF OF THE SDA CHURCH
"These be thy god's O Israel"
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
History is a teacher. The SDA church and its members need to give heed to history in order to prevent a repetition of past failures. Our continual thoughts need to be please teach me Lord what I need to know to obey your truth. Please show me your truth. Help me to heed the past and not just think I stand on the truth - but know I stand on the truth - your word.
This booklet has been produced to encourage God’s people to know the truth and to reflect on our past mistakes as God’s people so we can stand rather than fall. God loves His people with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3) and has promised to lead us into all truth. John 8:32 - “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
The counsel of Ellen White is one we also need to give heed to. She prophesied about ‘modern Aarons’. History is repeating before our very eyes:
The Lord has given instruction that the history of the apostasy of Israel is now to be presented, because men who in the past have had great light have become self-sufficient, and are looking to men, trusting in human leaders, who are themselves practising evil. Men who ought to stand as firm as a rock to principle are treading in the same path that the Israelites followed. ?... A great deal of time and labor and anxiety are required to counterwork the ingenuity of satanic agencies that are pressing their way among those who are ready to accept wrong philosophy, to cause confusion and division. Every jot of influence is needed to discern the great evils of Satan’s devisings, and to keep souls from being drawn into the net of the modern Aarons who are saying, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” February 4, 1909 — Lessons From the Apostasy at Sinai—No. 1 Review and Herald
The purpose of this booklet is to examine Israel’s apostasy at Sinai and how it was also repeated in the time of Jeroboam. You would think that God’s people would have learned from the two examples in the past. That is not the case! It is also being repeated in the time in which we are living “upon whom the ends of the world are come”.
Let us examine the past:
Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
They waited eagerly for his return. Accustomed as they had been in Egypt to material representations of deity, it had been hard for them to trust in an invisible being, and they had come to rely upon Moses to sustain their faith. Now he was taken from them. PP 315.1
During this period of waiting, there was time for them to meditate upon the law of God which they had heard, and to prepare their hearts to receive the further revelations that He might make to them. They had none too much time for this work; and had they been thus seeking a clearer understanding of God’s requirements, and humbling their hearts before Him, they would have been shielded from temptation. But they did not do this, and they soon became careless, inattentive, and lawless. PP 315.2
Exodus 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Among the objects regarded by the Egyptians as symbols of deity was the ox or calf; and it was at the suggestion of those who had practiced this form of idolatry in Egypt that a calf was now made and worshiped. The people desired some image to represent God, and to go before them in the place of Moses. God had given no manner of similitude of Himself, and He had prohibited any material representation for such a purpose. The mighty miracles in Egypt and at the Red Sea were designed to establish faith in Him as the invisible, all-powerful Helper of Israel, the only true God. And the desire for some visible manifestation of His presence had been granted in the pillar of cloud and of fire that guided their hosts, and in the revealing of His glory upon Mount Sinai. But with the cloud of the Presence still before them, they turned back in their hearts to the idolatry of Egypt, and represented the glory of the invisible God by the similitude of an ox! PP 315.3
Psalms 106:
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
The first reference to earrings amongst the Hebrew peoples is found at Genesis 35:4 where the association of the earrings of Jacob’s household is made with the strange or foreign gods which were in their land. Jacob was told at Genesis 35:2 to put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean and change your garments. The symbols of these foreign gods appear to have been worn as or on garments. From Genesis 35:4, it is plain that the wearing of earrings was common and that those earrings were part of the strange gods or their symbols which were handed over to Jacob and which he hid by burial under the oak at Schechem. It appears that earrings were symbols of the ancient polytheist practices, which derived from the original Animism of Chaldea and specifically Babylon.
The origin of animal worship is hidden in obscurity, but reverence for the bull and cow is found widespread among the most ancient historic cults. Even in the prehistoric (sic!) age the influence of the bull symbol was so powerful that it gave its name to one of the most important signs of the Zodiac, and from early historic times the horns of the bull were the familiar emblem of the rays of the sun, and solar gods were very commonly represented as bull-gods
(Jensen, Kosmologie, 62-90; Winckler, Altorientalische Forschungen, 1901-5, passim; Jeremias, Das Alter der bah. Astronomie, 1909, passim)
Calf Worship in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The Israelites "in Egypt" had served the Egyptian idols (Joshua 24:14), including the sacred living bulls Apis, Basis, and Mnevis, and sacred cows Isis and Athor; worshipped for their utility to man, and made symbols of the sun and Osiris. In fact Nature, not the personal Creator, God, was symbolized by the calf and worshipped. But Aaron's golden calf he expressly calls, "thy Elohim which brought thee up out of Egypt"; and the feast to it "a feast to Jehovah" (Exodus 32:4-8; Exodus 32:17-19). Israel too had just seen that "upon Egypt's gods Jehovah executed judgments" (Numbers 33:4). What they yearned for therefore was not the vanquished Egyptian idols, but some visible symbol of the unseen Jehovah; the cherubic emblem, the calf or ox, furnished this. So Psalm 106:20, "they changed their glory (i.e. God) into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass"; indeed the Egyptians used to offer a bottle of hay to Apis. The rites of Mnevis' feast at Heliopolis, boisterous revelry, dancing, offerings, etc., which the Israelites were familiar with in Egypt, they transferred to Jehovah's calf image. Acts 7:40-41 marks this first stage of idolatry.
Question: Has the SDA church today manufactured their own golden calf?
The earrings were symbols of pagan deities and were offered, melted, shaped, transformed and molded into the golden calf. So really the pagan gods of other nations formed the basis of the golden calf at Horeb. Today the trinity God of the Catholics and Protestant denominations has been used as the base metal if you like and molded into the trinity God of the SDA church.
Did you know that the trinity doctrine was despised by the pioneers of the SDA church? Did you know that slowly over time since 1930 and after the passing away of the pioneers, till the present, the SDA church has imbibed ideas and philosophies from Catholic and Protestant roots until it is has been accepted as truth and purported to be so by the ‘Aarons’ of our denomination? The SDA church has molded their own trinity doctrine. If you don’t know this - you need to know the truth! You need to research for yourself and discover how God’s people are being misled by the “great evils of Satan’s devisings” (Some great resources about the history of the trinity in the Adventist church is: http://www.acts321.org/books.htm - download the booklet – Building on the Solid Rock and The Godhead in Black and White)
Continuing on with the story of the golden calf we read:
The cloud, they said, that had heretofore led them, now rested permanently upon the mount; it would no longer direct their travels. They must have an image in its place; and if, as had been suggested, they should decide to return to Egypt, they would find favor with the Egyptians by bearing this image before them and acknowledging it as their god. PP 316.1
Did you notice in the previous paragraph that the sentiment amongst those who desired the golden calf to be produced was that IF they returned to Egypt by acknowledging the calf as their God they could find favour with the Egyptians and hopefully be accepted by them. Could this very same sentiment actually be alive and well in the Seventh Day Adventist church? Has the SDA church contemplated returning to Egypt?
Exodus 32 :4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD.
The adoption of the trinity has not happened over night. It has taken time and effort and stealth to ingrain the doctrine of the trinity within the church. We need to briefly refer to some of the actions taken by the ‘Aarons’ of the church throughout history to form the ‘golden calf’ or ‘trinity’ as a representation of mighty Jehovah.
The SDA Church gradually adopted the use of the term "Trinity" to describe this tritheistic view of the Godhead, eventually culminating in the official General Conference session endorsement, in 1946, of a statement of beliefs that incorporated the word "Trinity."3 Beginning in 1980, the SDA Church finally stated in their official statement of "Fundamental Beliefs" that Christ is "eternal."4 http://www.cultorchristian.com/
Please see: http://www.enjoying-the-spirit-filled-life.com/introduction-trinity-adventism.html#Start
It will fill you in on how the church has adopted the trinity god as their own. Part of this development included the infamous Questions on Doctrine (QOD).
The publication of QOD in 1957 was the culmination of a series of conversations held between conservative evangelicals and SDA leaders from March 1955 into 1956. The main evangelicals were Donald Grey Barnhouse, radio preacher and editor of Eternity, and Walter Martin, a young researcher. The Adventist conferees included noted historical theologian Leroy Edwin Froom, W. E. Read (a General Conference Field Secretary), and Roy Allan Anderson, prominent evangelist and editor of Ministry.
One of the positive results of the dialogue was that Barnhouse and Martin declared Seventh-day Adventists to be bonafide Christians who should not be considered to be cultish. https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2003/08/questions-on-doctrine-then-and-now.html
QUESTIONS ON DOCTRINE
At the 1955-56 conference, Martin accused the Adventists of, at worst, speaking out of both sides of their mouths, or, at best, not properly policing their ranks. The evangelicals asserted that if the General Conference allowed heresies such as Arianism and Galatianism to continue in their ranks they would be deserving of the title "cult." To their credit, all of the Adventist scholars present repudiated the positions mentioned above, and promised that aberrational teaching which was at variance with expressed SDA doctrine would be investigated by the General Conference. They also asserted that most, if not all, of these doctrines were not representative of SDA theology, but expressed the opinions of a few who belonged to what Froom referred to as "the lunatic fringe."
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0005b.html
A number of foundational Adventist doctrines were subject to the scrutiny of Barnhouse and Martin. The SDA representatives were able to allay the evangelical fears and assure them that the SDA religion was in fact very much like their own. The doctrine of the trinity was a key inclusion in the discussion and was affirmed as the god the SDA church worshipped. The procession of the SDA church towards Egypt is almost complete. Just like the Israelites in the wilderness IF they returned to Egypt by acknowledging the calf as their God they could find favour with the Egyptians and hopefully be accepted by them. Adventists by acknowledging and adopting the trinity god as their own have secured their acceptance by Egypt - but at what cost?
The people proclaimed, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” And Aaron basely permitted this insult to Jehovah. He did more. Seeing with what satisfaction the golden god was received, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.” PP 317
From this record we may learn how little dependence can be placed in men who trust in men, and do not make God their reliance. Those who are living in these last days are in the greatest danger of placing their confidence in men rather than in the true and living God. The Lord has given instruction that the history of the apostasy of Israel is now to be presented, because men who in the past have had great light have become self-sufficient, and are looking to men, trusting in human leaders, who are themselves practising evil. Men who ought to stand as firm as a rock to principle are treading in the same path that the Israelites followed. ?... A great deal of time and labor and anxiety are required to counterwork the ingenuity of satanic agencies that are pressing their way among those who are ready to accept wrong philosophy, to cause confusion and division. Every jot of influence is needed to discern the great evils of Satan’s devisings, and to keep souls from being drawn into the net of the modern Aarons who are saying, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” February 4, 1909 — Lessons From the Apostasy at Sinai—No. 1 Review and Herald
Sinai was not the only time Israel was encouraged by their leader/s to worship a 'replacement' or 'substitute' God. Jeroboam afraid that the people when worshipping in Jerusalem would prefer Rehoboam the king of Judah above himself set up two golden calves and a priestly order of his own devising. And the people of Israel were led into idolatry by their leader.
1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense
A system of worship was developed by Jeroboam to replicate what happened in Jerusalem and in doing so he led God's people into pagan idolatry. Jeroboam fully believed he was worshipping Jehovah but in reality he was breaking God's commandments. Once more was echoed the words by the leadership: "behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." (1 Kings 12:28)
The leadership of the SDA church today repeats the same sentiments: 'Behold the trinity'. God's people have been led into worshipping an image of the true God but in reality are bowing down to a man made image constructed by theologians, its origin stemming from Roman Catholic and pagan roots.
Ellen White writes:
"Taking counsel with his advisers, Jeroboam determined by one bold stroke to lessen, so far as possible, the probability of a revolt from his rule. He would bring this about by creating within the borders of his newly formed kingdom two centers of worship, one at Bethel and the other at Dan. In these places the ten tribes should be invited to assemble, instead of at Jerusalem, to worship God. PK 99.2
In arranging this transfer, Jeroboam thought to appeal to the imagination of the Israelites by setting before them some visible representation to symbolize the presence of the invisible God. Accordingly he caused to be made two calves of gold, and these were placed within shrines at the appointed centers of worship. In this effort to represent the Deity, Jeroboam violated the plain command of Jehovah: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.” Exodus 20:4, 5. PK 100.1
It is interesting to note that Jeroboam desired the Levites to serve as priests in his new worship program, however, the Levites knowing that the introduction of idolatry was against God's will were: "Alarmed over the prospect, many of the faithful, including a great number of the Levites, fled to Jerusalem, where they might worship in harmony with the divine requirements." PK 101.1 Jeroboam:"was therefore compelled to elevate to the priesthood men from “the lowest of the people.” Verse 31.
1 Kings12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month. God had instituted a feast on the seventh month, on the fifteenth day - the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34). Jeroboam was a time changer.
“Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.”1 Kings 12:32.
The feast was 'like' or similar to the feast in Judah. But it was at a totally different time.
Inspiration declares that as time grows short :
"The Lord has a controversy with his professed people in these last days. In this controversy men in responsible positions will take a course directly opposite to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and despise the Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others by burying it beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches and in large gatherings in the open air, ministers will urge upon the people the necessity of keeping the first day of the week." Review and Herald, March 18. 1884
In Ezekiel 8:5 it states:
"Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry."
Psalms 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Isaiah 14:13 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:
The North direction is significant. God dwells in Mount Zion on the sides of the north. Yet Lucifer has declared he will sit also upon the mount of congregation in the sides of the north. Lucifer wishes to receive the worship and adoration that is God's alone. In Ezekiel chapter 8 the image of jealousy is situated at the gate of the altar 'in the entry'. It is interesting to note what makes God jealous.
1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
Deuteronomy 32: 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
2 Chronicles 33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel....
God desires that his people turn from idolatry and the abominations that they participate in. He wants his people to recognise that an 'image of jealousy' has supplanted the worship that is rightfully God's alone. The 'trinity' set up in God's church today is that 'image of jealousy'.
Revelation 13: 14 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.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result. GC 445.1
All who will not bow to the decree of the national councils and obey the national laws to exalt the sabbath instituted by the man of sin, to the disregard of God’s holy day, will feel, not the oppressive power of popery alone, but of the Protestant world, the image of the beast.—Selected Messages 2:380 (1886)
The trinity is the god of the Roman hierarchy and popery. Protestant churches including the SDA church have adopted this doctrine and worship the same god. The Protestant world are in the process of forming an image to the beast, which will in the near future make the law of God of none effect by enlisting the power of the government to enforce Sunday (first day) observance instead of the seventh day.
I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother. SpM 1.4
The infiltration of Catholic doctrines into protestant denominations is almost complete:
Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
Her abominations and filthiness of her fornication has been adopted by her daughters.
I saw that we must wake up, wake, and cry earnestly for the arm of the Lord to be revealed. It is fatal to sleep now. Time is almost finished. SPM 1.1
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos 8 reveals a scene that should be of supreme concern to God's professed people. We are given clear indications of when the scene occurs.
Amos 8
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Right at the beginning of the chapter we are shown a basket of summer fruit. The fruit has been selected/chosen and has been placed in the basket. And then the very serious declaration is made: "The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more." Probation has closed for God's people. Jeremiah 8: 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
It is too late for the fair virgins and the young men to avail themselves of the water of life and the living bread. The famine in the land is not for literal water and bread, but a thirst and hunger to hear the words of the Lord. No matter how far they go - from sea to sea or from the north to the east they cannot find what they are seeking. It is TOO LATE! TOO LATE!!
It is very important to note the last verse of Amos
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
The fair virgins and the young men swear by the the 'sin of Samaria'. This is obviously the reason why they are in a state of spiritual hunger and thirst. This is obviously the reason why they have not been included in the basket of summer fruit and 'shall fall and never rise again'. They also state that the manner of Beersheba liveth.
The vivid symbolism of fair virgins was also used by Christ in the parable of the ten virgins - five wise and five foolish.
Matthew 25: 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
The foolish virgins in Christ's parable have insufficient oil. The oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Zechariah 4 1 -14). The thirst the virgins experience is also due to insufficient water which is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit (John 7 37 - 39). Both are TOO LATE! The door has been shut to the foolish virgins who desperately seek to enter the wedding and the Lord says to them 'I know you not'.
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
History is a teacher. The SDA church and its members need to give heed to history in order to prevent a repetition of past failures. Our continual thoughts need to be please teach me Lord what I need to know to obey your truth. Please show me your truth. Help me to heed the past and not just think I stand on the truth - but know I stand on the truth - your word.
This booklet has been produced to encourage God’s people to know the truth and to reflect on our past mistakes as God’s people so we can stand rather than fall. God loves His people with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3) and has promised to lead us into all truth. John 8:32 - “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
The counsel of Ellen White is one we also need to give heed to. She prophesied about ‘modern Aarons’. History is repeating before our very eyes:
The Lord has given instruction that the history of the apostasy of Israel is now to be presented, because men who in the past have had great light have become self-sufficient, and are looking to men, trusting in human leaders, who are themselves practising evil. Men who ought to stand as firm as a rock to principle are treading in the same path that the Israelites followed. ?... A great deal of time and labor and anxiety are required to counterwork the ingenuity of satanic agencies that are pressing their way among those who are ready to accept wrong philosophy, to cause confusion and division. Every jot of influence is needed to discern the great evils of Satan’s devisings, and to keep souls from being drawn into the net of the modern Aarons who are saying, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” February 4, 1909 — Lessons From the Apostasy at Sinai—No. 1 Review and Herald
The purpose of this booklet is to examine Israel’s apostasy at Sinai and how it was also repeated in the time of Jeroboam. You would think that God’s people would have learned from the two examples in the past. That is not the case! It is also being repeated in the time in which we are living “upon whom the ends of the world are come”.
Let us examine the past:
Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
They waited eagerly for his return. Accustomed as they had been in Egypt to material representations of deity, it had been hard for them to trust in an invisible being, and they had come to rely upon Moses to sustain their faith. Now he was taken from them. PP 315.1
During this period of waiting, there was time for them to meditate upon the law of God which they had heard, and to prepare their hearts to receive the further revelations that He might make to them. They had none too much time for this work; and had they been thus seeking a clearer understanding of God’s requirements, and humbling their hearts before Him, they would have been shielded from temptation. But they did not do this, and they soon became careless, inattentive, and lawless. PP 315.2
Exodus 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Among the objects regarded by the Egyptians as symbols of deity was the ox or calf; and it was at the suggestion of those who had practiced this form of idolatry in Egypt that a calf was now made and worshiped. The people desired some image to represent God, and to go before them in the place of Moses. God had given no manner of similitude of Himself, and He had prohibited any material representation for such a purpose. The mighty miracles in Egypt and at the Red Sea were designed to establish faith in Him as the invisible, all-powerful Helper of Israel, the only true God. And the desire for some visible manifestation of His presence had been granted in the pillar of cloud and of fire that guided their hosts, and in the revealing of His glory upon Mount Sinai. But with the cloud of the Presence still before them, they turned back in their hearts to the idolatry of Egypt, and represented the glory of the invisible God by the similitude of an ox! PP 315.3
Psalms 106:
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
The first reference to earrings amongst the Hebrew peoples is found at Genesis 35:4 where the association of the earrings of Jacob’s household is made with the strange or foreign gods which were in their land. Jacob was told at Genesis 35:2 to put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean and change your garments. The symbols of these foreign gods appear to have been worn as or on garments. From Genesis 35:4, it is plain that the wearing of earrings was common and that those earrings were part of the strange gods or their symbols which were handed over to Jacob and which he hid by burial under the oak at Schechem. It appears that earrings were symbols of the ancient polytheist practices, which derived from the original Animism of Chaldea and specifically Babylon.
The origin of animal worship is hidden in obscurity, but reverence for the bull and cow is found widespread among the most ancient historic cults. Even in the prehistoric (sic!) age the influence of the bull symbol was so powerful that it gave its name to one of the most important signs of the Zodiac, and from early historic times the horns of the bull were the familiar emblem of the rays of the sun, and solar gods were very commonly represented as bull-gods
(Jensen, Kosmologie, 62-90; Winckler, Altorientalische Forschungen, 1901-5, passim; Jeremias, Das Alter der bah. Astronomie, 1909, passim)
Calf Worship in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The Israelites "in Egypt" had served the Egyptian idols (Joshua 24:14), including the sacred living bulls Apis, Basis, and Mnevis, and sacred cows Isis and Athor; worshipped for their utility to man, and made symbols of the sun and Osiris. In fact Nature, not the personal Creator, God, was symbolized by the calf and worshipped. But Aaron's golden calf he expressly calls, "thy Elohim which brought thee up out of Egypt"; and the feast to it "a feast to Jehovah" (Exodus 32:4-8; Exodus 32:17-19). Israel too had just seen that "upon Egypt's gods Jehovah executed judgments" (Numbers 33:4). What they yearned for therefore was not the vanquished Egyptian idols, but some visible symbol of the unseen Jehovah; the cherubic emblem, the calf or ox, furnished this. So Psalm 106:20, "they changed their glory (i.e. God) into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass"; indeed the Egyptians used to offer a bottle of hay to Apis. The rites of Mnevis' feast at Heliopolis, boisterous revelry, dancing, offerings, etc., which the Israelites were familiar with in Egypt, they transferred to Jehovah's calf image. Acts 7:40-41 marks this first stage of idolatry.
Question: Has the SDA church today manufactured their own golden calf?
The earrings were symbols of pagan deities and were offered, melted, shaped, transformed and molded into the golden calf. So really the pagan gods of other nations formed the basis of the golden calf at Horeb. Today the trinity God of the Catholics and Protestant denominations has been used as the base metal if you like and molded into the trinity God of the SDA church.
Did you know that the trinity doctrine was despised by the pioneers of the SDA church? Did you know that slowly over time since 1930 and after the passing away of the pioneers, till the present, the SDA church has imbibed ideas and philosophies from Catholic and Protestant roots until it is has been accepted as truth and purported to be so by the ‘Aarons’ of our denomination? The SDA church has molded their own trinity doctrine. If you don’t know this - you need to know the truth! You need to research for yourself and discover how God’s people are being misled by the “great evils of Satan’s devisings” (Some great resources about the history of the trinity in the Adventist church is: http://www.acts321.org/books.htm - download the booklet – Building on the Solid Rock and The Godhead in Black and White)
Continuing on with the story of the golden calf we read:
The cloud, they said, that had heretofore led them, now rested permanently upon the mount; it would no longer direct their travels. They must have an image in its place; and if, as had been suggested, they should decide to return to Egypt, they would find favor with the Egyptians by bearing this image before them and acknowledging it as their god. PP 316.1
Did you notice in the previous paragraph that the sentiment amongst those who desired the golden calf to be produced was that IF they returned to Egypt by acknowledging the calf as their God they could find favour with the Egyptians and hopefully be accepted by them. Could this very same sentiment actually be alive and well in the Seventh Day Adventist church? Has the SDA church contemplated returning to Egypt?
Exodus 32 :4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD.
The adoption of the trinity has not happened over night. It has taken time and effort and stealth to ingrain the doctrine of the trinity within the church. We need to briefly refer to some of the actions taken by the ‘Aarons’ of the church throughout history to form the ‘golden calf’ or ‘trinity’ as a representation of mighty Jehovah.
The SDA Church gradually adopted the use of the term "Trinity" to describe this tritheistic view of the Godhead, eventually culminating in the official General Conference session endorsement, in 1946, of a statement of beliefs that incorporated the word "Trinity."3 Beginning in 1980, the SDA Church finally stated in their official statement of "Fundamental Beliefs" that Christ is "eternal."4 http://www.cultorchristian.com/
Please see: http://www.enjoying-the-spirit-filled-life.com/introduction-trinity-adventism.html#Start
It will fill you in on how the church has adopted the trinity god as their own. Part of this development included the infamous Questions on Doctrine (QOD).
The publication of QOD in 1957 was the culmination of a series of conversations held between conservative evangelicals and SDA leaders from March 1955 into 1956. The main evangelicals were Donald Grey Barnhouse, radio preacher and editor of Eternity, and Walter Martin, a young researcher. The Adventist conferees included noted historical theologian Leroy Edwin Froom, W. E. Read (a General Conference Field Secretary), and Roy Allan Anderson, prominent evangelist and editor of Ministry.
One of the positive results of the dialogue was that Barnhouse and Martin declared Seventh-day Adventists to be bonafide Christians who should not be considered to be cultish. https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2003/08/questions-on-doctrine-then-and-now.html
QUESTIONS ON DOCTRINE
At the 1955-56 conference, Martin accused the Adventists of, at worst, speaking out of both sides of their mouths, or, at best, not properly policing their ranks. The evangelicals asserted that if the General Conference allowed heresies such as Arianism and Galatianism to continue in their ranks they would be deserving of the title "cult." To their credit, all of the Adventist scholars present repudiated the positions mentioned above, and promised that aberrational teaching which was at variance with expressed SDA doctrine would be investigated by the General Conference. They also asserted that most, if not all, of these doctrines were not representative of SDA theology, but expressed the opinions of a few who belonged to what Froom referred to as "the lunatic fringe."
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0005b.html
A number of foundational Adventist doctrines were subject to the scrutiny of Barnhouse and Martin. The SDA representatives were able to allay the evangelical fears and assure them that the SDA religion was in fact very much like their own. The doctrine of the trinity was a key inclusion in the discussion and was affirmed as the god the SDA church worshipped. The procession of the SDA church towards Egypt is almost complete. Just like the Israelites in the wilderness IF they returned to Egypt by acknowledging the calf as their God they could find favour with the Egyptians and hopefully be accepted by them. Adventists by acknowledging and adopting the trinity god as their own have secured their acceptance by Egypt - but at what cost?
The people proclaimed, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” And Aaron basely permitted this insult to Jehovah. He did more. Seeing with what satisfaction the golden god was received, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.” PP 317
From this record we may learn how little dependence can be placed in men who trust in men, and do not make God their reliance. Those who are living in these last days are in the greatest danger of placing their confidence in men rather than in the true and living God. The Lord has given instruction that the history of the apostasy of Israel is now to be presented, because men who in the past have had great light have become self-sufficient, and are looking to men, trusting in human leaders, who are themselves practising evil. Men who ought to stand as firm as a rock to principle are treading in the same path that the Israelites followed. ?... A great deal of time and labor and anxiety are required to counterwork the ingenuity of satanic agencies that are pressing their way among those who are ready to accept wrong philosophy, to cause confusion and division. Every jot of influence is needed to discern the great evils of Satan’s devisings, and to keep souls from being drawn into the net of the modern Aarons who are saying, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” February 4, 1909 — Lessons From the Apostasy at Sinai—No. 1 Review and Herald
Sinai was not the only time Israel was encouraged by their leader/s to worship a 'replacement' or 'substitute' God. Jeroboam afraid that the people when worshipping in Jerusalem would prefer Rehoboam the king of Judah above himself set up two golden calves and a priestly order of his own devising. And the people of Israel were led into idolatry by their leader.
1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense
A system of worship was developed by Jeroboam to replicate what happened in Jerusalem and in doing so he led God's people into pagan idolatry. Jeroboam fully believed he was worshipping Jehovah but in reality he was breaking God's commandments. Once more was echoed the words by the leadership: "behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." (1 Kings 12:28)
The leadership of the SDA church today repeats the same sentiments: 'Behold the trinity'. God's people have been led into worshipping an image of the true God but in reality are bowing down to a man made image constructed by theologians, its origin stemming from Roman Catholic and pagan roots.
Ellen White writes:
"Taking counsel with his advisers, Jeroboam determined by one bold stroke to lessen, so far as possible, the probability of a revolt from his rule. He would bring this about by creating within the borders of his newly formed kingdom two centers of worship, one at Bethel and the other at Dan. In these places the ten tribes should be invited to assemble, instead of at Jerusalem, to worship God. PK 99.2
In arranging this transfer, Jeroboam thought to appeal to the imagination of the Israelites by setting before them some visible representation to symbolize the presence of the invisible God. Accordingly he caused to be made two calves of gold, and these were placed within shrines at the appointed centers of worship. In this effort to represent the Deity, Jeroboam violated the plain command of Jehovah: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.” Exodus 20:4, 5. PK 100.1
It is interesting to note that Jeroboam desired the Levites to serve as priests in his new worship program, however, the Levites knowing that the introduction of idolatry was against God's will were: "Alarmed over the prospect, many of the faithful, including a great number of the Levites, fled to Jerusalem, where they might worship in harmony with the divine requirements." PK 101.1 Jeroboam:"was therefore compelled to elevate to the priesthood men from “the lowest of the people.” Verse 31.
1 Kings12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month. God had instituted a feast on the seventh month, on the fifteenth day - the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34). Jeroboam was a time changer.
“Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.”1 Kings 12:32.
The feast was 'like' or similar to the feast in Judah. But it was at a totally different time.
Inspiration declares that as time grows short :
"The Lord has a controversy with his professed people in these last days. In this controversy men in responsible positions will take a course directly opposite to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and despise the Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others by burying it beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches and in large gatherings in the open air, ministers will urge upon the people the necessity of keeping the first day of the week." Review and Herald, March 18. 1884
In Ezekiel 8:5 it states:
"Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry."
Psalms 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Isaiah 14:13 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:
The North direction is significant. God dwells in Mount Zion on the sides of the north. Yet Lucifer has declared he will sit also upon the mount of congregation in the sides of the north. Lucifer wishes to receive the worship and adoration that is God's alone. In Ezekiel chapter 8 the image of jealousy is situated at the gate of the altar 'in the entry'. It is interesting to note what makes God jealous.
1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
Deuteronomy 32: 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
2 Chronicles 33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel....
God desires that his people turn from idolatry and the abominations that they participate in. He wants his people to recognise that an 'image of jealousy' has supplanted the worship that is rightfully God's alone. The 'trinity' set up in God's church today is that 'image of jealousy'.
Revelation 13: 14 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.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result. GC 445.1
All who will not bow to the decree of the national councils and obey the national laws to exalt the sabbath instituted by the man of sin, to the disregard of God’s holy day, will feel, not the oppressive power of popery alone, but of the Protestant world, the image of the beast.—Selected Messages 2:380 (1886)
The trinity is the god of the Roman hierarchy and popery. Protestant churches including the SDA church have adopted this doctrine and worship the same god. The Protestant world are in the process of forming an image to the beast, which will in the near future make the law of God of none effect by enlisting the power of the government to enforce Sunday (first day) observance instead of the seventh day.
I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother. SpM 1.4
The infiltration of Catholic doctrines into protestant denominations is almost complete:
Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
Her abominations and filthiness of her fornication has been adopted by her daughters.
I saw that we must wake up, wake, and cry earnestly for the arm of the Lord to be revealed. It is fatal to sleep now. Time is almost finished. SPM 1.1
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos 8 reveals a scene that should be of supreme concern to God's professed people. We are given clear indications of when the scene occurs.
Amos 8
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Right at the beginning of the chapter we are shown a basket of summer fruit. The fruit has been selected/chosen and has been placed in the basket. And then the very serious declaration is made: "The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more." Probation has closed for God's people. Jeremiah 8: 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
It is too late for the fair virgins and the young men to avail themselves of the water of life and the living bread. The famine in the land is not for literal water and bread, but a thirst and hunger to hear the words of the Lord. No matter how far they go - from sea to sea or from the north to the east they cannot find what they are seeking. It is TOO LATE! TOO LATE!!
It is very important to note the last verse of Amos
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
The fair virgins and the young men swear by the the 'sin of Samaria'. This is obviously the reason why they are in a state of spiritual hunger and thirst. This is obviously the reason why they have not been included in the basket of summer fruit and 'shall fall and never rise again'. They also state that the manner of Beersheba liveth.
The vivid symbolism of fair virgins was also used by Christ in the parable of the ten virgins - five wise and five foolish.
Matthew 25: 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
The foolish virgins in Christ's parable have insufficient oil. The oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Zechariah 4 1 -14). The thirst the virgins experience is also due to insufficient water which is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit (John 7 37 - 39). Both are TOO LATE! The door has been shut to the foolish virgins who desperately seek to enter the wedding and the Lord says to them 'I know you not'.
The SIN OF SAMARIA is obviously a critical factor in the decision made by the Lord to exclude the fair virgins and young men and why they will fall and never rise again. Note that they say "Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth". The MANNER OF BEERSHEBA is also mentioned. It is interesting to note that Israel at the time of the calf worship at Dan and Bethel represented the ten tribes of Israel. Judah is also included in this condemnation. The word ‘manner’ can refer to habits or directions that have been followed by those in Beersheba and surrounds. Obviously at the end of time the manner of Beersheba is still alive and well - as it liveth! Judah’s manner or habits included their idolatry. In 2 Kings 23: 5 - 8 the priests of Judah whom the kings of Judah had ordained were brought out of the cities and high places and put down or slain. Terrible was the idolatry which Josiah had to eradicate from Judah.
The SIN OF SAMARIA and the MANNER OF BEERSHEBA condemned the inhabitants of Israel and Judah in Bible times. They will also condemn the fair virgins and young men at the end of time.
1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
The sin of Samaria introduced by Jeroboam is still alive and well at the end of time. The golden calf, a man-made representation of the living God was worshipped by Israel in Dan. God's church today worships the trinity - also a man-made representation of the living God.
God wants his people to awake, to realise their salvation is at stake. An image stands in the entry (Ezekiel 8: 5). A false god is worshipped in the SDA church. A god that has been set up to represent the true and living God of the universe. The trinity is truly of satanic origin, as were the golden calves of Dan, Bethel and Sinai.
Micah 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Christ is coming soon. Probation will close. Reject the SIN OF SAMARIA and the MANNER OF BEERSHEBA. Ask God to reveal to you who He really is. He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11: 6).
Go to www.prophesyagain.com.au ,
http://www.thewordwasmadeflesh.org/
and http://www.acts321.org/ and particularly:
http://www.acts321.org/studies/godhead_studies/godhead_studies.htm
for more resources to help you understand who the God of the Bible really is.
You can also email [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to be sent booklets/resources that will help you discover the truth about the almighty God of the universe.
The SIN OF SAMARIA and the MANNER OF BEERSHEBA condemned the inhabitants of Israel and Judah in Bible times. They will also condemn the fair virgins and young men at the end of time.
1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
The sin of Samaria introduced by Jeroboam is still alive and well at the end of time. The golden calf, a man-made representation of the living God was worshipped by Israel in Dan. God's church today worships the trinity - also a man-made representation of the living God.
God wants his people to awake, to realise their salvation is at stake. An image stands in the entry (Ezekiel 8: 5). A false god is worshipped in the SDA church. A god that has been set up to represent the true and living God of the universe. The trinity is truly of satanic origin, as were the golden calves of Dan, Bethel and Sinai.
Micah 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Christ is coming soon. Probation will close. Reject the SIN OF SAMARIA and the MANNER OF BEERSHEBA. Ask God to reveal to you who He really is. He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11: 6).
Go to www.prophesyagain.com.au ,
http://www.thewordwasmadeflesh.org/
and http://www.acts321.org/ and particularly:
http://www.acts321.org/studies/godhead_studies/godhead_studies.htm
for more resources to help you understand who the God of the Bible really is.
You can also email [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to be sent booklets/resources that will help you discover the truth about the almighty God of the universe.
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