| Author | Message | ||
| Jude the Obscure |
Is it Sunday worship? Are you sure? Can you prove that from the Bible and the Bible only? | ||
| Max |
EGW: YOU MUST KEEP SABBATH BEFORE YOU CAN BE SEALED This is the test that the people of God must have BEFORE they are sealed. All who prove their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin, and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast. --Ellen G. White, Manuscript Releases Volume Fifteen, page 15, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: Image to the Beast Formed Before Close of Probation | ||
| Max |
EGW: SABBATH-KEEPING = SEAL OF GOD, SUNDAY-KEEPING = MARK OF BEAST "If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls 'my holy day,' you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place? -- When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord." --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 27, 1911, paragraph 26. Article Title: A Study of Principles -- No. 8 (Who will Receive the Mark of the Beast) | ||
| Max |
EGW: SABBATH IS SIGN OF GOD'S AUTHORITY "When Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God. . . . As men then reject the institution which God has declared to be the sign of his authority, and honor in its stead that which Rome has chosen as the token of her supremacy, they will thereby accept the sign of allegiance to Rome--'the mark of the beast.' And it is not until the issue is thus plainly set before the people, and they are brought to choose between the commandments of God and the commandments of men, that those who continue in transgression will receive 'the mark of the beast.'" --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 27, 1911, paragraph 23. Article Title: A Study of Principles -- No. 8 (Who will Receive the Mark of the Beast) | ||
| Max |
IS FAF FULFILLING EGW'S PROPHECY? "As the controversy extends into new fields, and the minds of the people are called to God's downtrodden law, Satan is astir. The power attending the message will only madden those who oppose it. The clergy will put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light, lest it should shine upon their flocks. By every means at their command they will endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and in this work papists and Protestants unite. As the movement for Sunday enforcement becomes more bold and decided, the law will be invoked against commandment-keepers. They will be threatened with fines and imprisonment, and some will be offered positions of influence and other rewards and advantages as inducements to renounce their faith. . . ." --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 27, 1911, paragraph 20. Article Title: A Study of Principles -- No. 8 (Who will Receive the Mark of the Beast) | ||
| Max |
DOES FAF "CHERISH HATRED" AGAINST SDAS? "A refusal to obey the commandments of God, and a determination to cherish hatred against those who proclaim these commandments, leads to the most determined war on the part of the dragon, whose whole energies are brought to bear against the commandment- keeping people of God. 'He causeth all, both small and great, . . . to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.'" Not only are men not to work with their hands on Sunday, but with their minds are they to acknowledge Sunday as the Sabbath. "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 27, 1911, paragraph 13. Article Title: A Study of Principles -- No. 8 (Who will Receive the Mark of the Beast) | ||
| Max |
EGW: "SUNDAY, A CHILD OF THE PAPACY" ".... the third angel's message ... declares that the Creator has always required and always will require obedience to his royal law. But this law has been disregarded and transgressed, and is now being ignored by the churches. Human enactments are placed where God's law should be. Sunday, a child of the Papacy, has taken the place of God's holy Sabbath." --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 27, 1911, paragraph 6. Article Title: A Study of Principles -- No. 8 (Who will Receive the Mark of the Beast) | ||
| Max |
EGW: SPURN SABBATH, GET BEAST MARK If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false Sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls "My holy day," you receive the mark of the beast. --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, July 13, 1897, paragraph 6. Article Title: God's Holy Sabbath [Concluded] | ||
| Max |
EGW: SATAN BEHIND ALL SUNDAY EXAULTATION Not a move has been made in exalting the idol sabbath, in bringing around Sunday observance through legislation, but Satan has been behind it.... --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 15, 1890, paragraph 13. Article Title: I Will Keep Thee From the Hour of Temptation | ||
| Max |
EGW: SUNDAY-KEEPING = MARK OF BEAST ".... it will be clearly shown what the mark of the beast is. It is the keeping of Sunday. Those who after having heard the truth, continue to regard this day as holy, bear the signature of the man of sin...." --Ellen G. White, Bible Training School, December 1, 1903, paragraph 6. Article Title: Who Will Do It? | ||
| Max |
EGW: U.S. IS SECOND "IMAGE" BEAST ".... the United States is the power represented by the beast with lamb-like horns, and that this prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance...." --Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy [1888 edition], page 578-579, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: Character and Aims of the Papacy | ||
| Max |
EGW: KEEP SUNDAY, "HONOR POPERY" & KNOWINGLY ACCEPT BEAST MARK ".... when Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God. He is paying homage to Rome, and to the power which enforces the institution ordained by Rome. He is worshipping the beast and his image. As men then reject the institution which God has declared to be the sign of his authority, and honor in its stead that which Rome has chosen as the token of her supremacy, they will thereby accept the sign of allegiance to Rome--"the mark of the beast." --Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy [1888 edition], page 449, paragraph 1. Chapter Title: God's Law Immutable | ||
| Max |
EGW: ACCEPT SUNDAY, RECEIVE MARK This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and ACCEPT the Sunday sabbath, will RECEIVE the mark of the beast . --Ellen G. White, Letter 11, 1890; S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 7, page 976, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: Revelation | ||
| Max |
SHOCK: ELLEN WHITE SAYS YOU CAN RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST BY WORSHIPPING GOD If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls "my holy day," you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place? WHEN YOU OBEY the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday AND WORSHIP GOD, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working day, you consent to RECEIVE THE MARK of the beast, and REFUSE THE SEAL of God. --Ellen G. White, Maranatha, page 211, paragraph 5. Chapter Title: The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast | ||
| Max |
EGW: MARK OF BEAST = SUNDAY-KEEPING "When the test [National Sunday Law] comes, it will be clearly shown what the mark of the beast is. It is the keeping of Sunday." --Ellen G. White, 7BC 980 (1900). Last Day Events, page 224, paragraph 2. Chapter Title: The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast | ||
| Denisegilmore |
FIRST DAY ADVENTISTS VS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS "From the light that God has given me, fornication and adultery are estimated, by a large number of the FIRST DAY ADVENTISTS, as sins which God winks at. These sins are practiced to a great extent. They do not acknowledge the claims of God's Law upon them. They have broken the commandments of the great Jehovah, and zealously teach their hearers to do the same, DECLARING THAT THE LAW OF GOD IS ABOLISHED, and has no claims on them. In accordance with this FREE STATE OF THINGS, sin does not appear so exceedingly sinful; 'for by the law is the knowledge of sin.' WE MAY EXPECT TO FIND IN THIS COMPANY MEN WHO WILL DECEIVE, AND LIE, AND GIVE LOOSE REIN TO LUSTFUL PASSIONS. BUT MEN AND WOMEN WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BINDING, WHO OBSERVE THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF THE DECALOGUE, should carry out in their lives the principles of ALL TEN OF THE PRECEPTS GIVEN IN AWFUL GRANDEUR FROM SINAI. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, who profess to be looking for and loving the appearing of Christ, should not follow the course of the WORLDLINGS. These are no criterion for commandment-keepers. NEITHER SHOULD THEY PATTERN AFTER FIRST-DAY ADVENTISTS, who refuse to acknowledge the claims of the Law of God, AND TRAMPLE IT UNDER THEIR FEET. THIS CLASS SHOULD BE NO CRITERION FOR THEM. COMMANDMENT-KEEPING ADVENTISTS OCCUPY A PECULIAR, EXALTED POSITION. John viewed them Holy vision, and thus described them; 'Here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.' Testimony for the Church Vol. 2, page 449-450 | ||
| Denisegilmore |
THE FUTURE "I saw that God will in a wonderful manner preserve his people THROUGH THE TIME OF TROUBLE. As Jesus poured out his soul in agony in the garden, they will earnestly cry and agonize day and night for deliverance. THE DECREE WILL GO FORTH THAT THEY MUST DISREGARD THE SABBATH OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, AND HONOR THE FIRST DAY, or lose their lives; but they will not yield, and trample under their feet the SABBATH OF THE LORD, AND HONOR AN INSTITUTION OF PAPACY. SATAN'S HOST AND WICKED MEN WILL SURROUND THEM, and exult over them, because there will seem to be no way of escape for them. Satan and his angels, and wicked men, who had been exulting that the people of God were in their power, that they might destroy them from off the earth, WITNESS THE GLORY CONFERRED UPON THOSE WHO HAVE HONORED THE HOLY LAW OF GOD." Testimony for the Church Vol 1, page 353-354 | ||
| Maryann |
Hi Denise, Aren't we happy that we don't have to "live" by those books anymore!!!!!!!!!;-) Maryann PS....Let me know about Friday? 5:30ish? | ||
| Denisegilmore |
Maryann, Happy is an understatement, let me tell you. Trying to live under all those impossible to do, requirements was living hell. I praise God our Lord Jesus Christ that we are free men and women! Praise Him! :) God Bless you and your household, Denise P.S. Will call you friday and looking forward to being back with like minded people. | ||
| Max |
EGW: NON-ADVENTISTS TO RECEIVE RIGHT TO HUNT DOWN AND KILL ADVENTISTS "A decree will finally be issued against those who hallow the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts." --Ellen G. White, GREAT CONTROVERSY, pp 615-616 |
