Q20: Rebuking condemnaion of Ellen White.. 1Ti 1:18 � This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; There's a war going on out there over words. SCIENCE can test words only in the NOW, not historical accounts of facts which cannot be wholly examined in one sitting in time and place. This subjective form of science is not true science, and leads to misleading conclusions. This happens when we twist historical facts, leave out all the facts we have, and make biased opinions based on our own agenda. The devil rages war with those who have the witness of Jesus: Re 12:17 And 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. What is this witness in the end times ? Re 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. The witness at the end of time, beginning at the end of the 2300 day prophecy, is the rise of an end of time prophet speaking special messages that witness to us about Jesus. So let's go through a website "nonsda.org" totally devoted to discrediting the messages of Ellen White, and show other theories of faith. QUOTE: "In Revelation 18, Babylon is described as a female who commits fornication with the kings of the earth (Rev. 18:3). This could only refer to the "whore" of Revelation 17. Rev. 17:18 says the "whore" is "that great city." The "great city" is identified in Rev. 11:8 as the city where "our Lord was crucified." All Christians agree that Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem. Source Link Da 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? (Aramaic "great" city") Jer 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; (Hebrew:"great" "voice") Jer 50:9 � For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: (Hebrew:"great" "nations") Re 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! (Greek:"great" "city") Re 18:21 ... that great city Babylon be thrown down...(Greek:"great" "city") The reference to the "great city" can apply to both Jerusalem and Ba bylon, they were both "great cities". Re 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. A reference to old Jerusalem perhaps? Re 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. A reference to old Jerusalem perhaps, but using strange similes as Sodom and Egypt? why ? The city had become a backsliding one as a simile of Babylon perhaps? Ge 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city . A reference to Nimrod building great cities... Jer 22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city ? A reference to old Jerusalem ? Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. A reference to old Nineveh ? There were many old great cities mentioned in Scripture, but only one has origins in Baal, that Nimrod established, Babylon of old. This great city is labelled as Babylon for a reason. The author of the website "nonorg.org" writes an interesting but biased account, and one should stick to ALL Bible references for "great city" and not jump to other wrong theories of faith. The author mocks the word "remnant" saying only one church claims to be God's final remnant church. Source Link Her messages do make claim that the little remnant that remains will come into all the truth in the last days, but until then, there are many hundreds of Church Assemblies following the Saturday Sabbath and living by the light Jesus gives them from Scripture. It is true GOD will call others into His fold, and this fold is called a remnant, those that keep the commandments of GOD and have the faith of Jesus. QUOTE: " In God's Word, 'tithe' does not stand alone. It is the 'tithe of FOOD.' The biblical tithe was very narrowly defined and limited by God Himself. True biblical tithes were always: What does "tithe" mean? Mal 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye h ave robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ge 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes "ma`aser" of all. What this only food and animals? Or the spoils of war ? gold, silver and treasures as well? Le 27:30 And all the tithe "ma`aser" of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD. Here the land which increases was to be tithed, its plant and animal wealth. Ge 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. Here Jacob promises to give God a tenth of His increase to Him. In those days a nomadic farmer could increase his wealth with natural birth of animals. Since Israel in older days was an agricultural nation their increase was based on what the land could increase under God's blessings, but for us today are there not other means God can bless us ? In Mal 3:8, we see a Hebrew word "spoil (rob) used only in one other context: Pr 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. What does it mean that our soul spoils God in our tithe and offerings? Here the word "qaba" Strong's 6906 means according to Jeff Benner to "drain", the Ancient Hebrew reads "Over the horizon the home sees". So the people were draining GOD, taking away His blessings by not giving their love back. If ye shall freely receive shall we not also freely give? Le 27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. Does this not say that the increase of the land could be sold or redeemed as money unto the Lord? De 14:22 � Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. |