Danger of Rejecting Light

Danger of Rejecting Light

Often times I get questions after questions in regard to the book the Mark of the Beast. Through the questions being asked, it can clearly be seen that the questioner have not avail themselves of the information provided. They ask question to get a certain answer that is already in their knowledge bank. I started to feel a little frustrated at this type of attitude when the Holy Spirit asked me; What are you doing? Why are you frustrated? I stopped to think for a moment and I realized the greatest teacher that ever walk the face of the earth went through the same thing.

In one of their series of questions he made this profound statement found in Matthew 9:15-17. Concentrating on verse 17 he said; Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

In other words, Christ is saying, you cannot make new doctrine fit into old doctrine. The old doctrine will break, the new doctrine will run out and you will lose both the old and the new doctrine. The new doctrine must be taken on its own merit giving the Holy Spirit permission to work within.

There are others who point me to Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
What they are really saying is that you have to comply with the writings of Ellen G. White. To them the ten commandments are the law and the writings of Ellen G. White are the testimonies.

In the 1888 Material read to the General Conference Ellen G. White said this;

“In the fear and love of God I tell those before whom I stand today that there is increased light for us, and that great blessings come with the reception of this light. And when I see my brethren stirred with anger against God’s messages and messengers, I think of similar scenes in the life of Christ and the reformers. The reception given to God’s servants in past ages is the same as the reception that those today receive through whom God is sending precious rays of light. The leaders of the people today pursue the same course of action that the Jews pursued. They criticize and ply question after question, and refuse to admit evidence, treating the light sent them in the very same way that the Jews treated the light Christ brought them. { 1888 911.1 }”

She said again in Gospel Workers under the Danger of rejecting light: “No matter by whom light is sent, we should open our hearts to receive it with the meekness of Christ. But many do not do this. When a controverted point is presented, they pour in question after question, without admitting a point when it is well sustained. O, may we act as men who want light! May God give us His Holy Spirit day by day, and let the light of His countenance shine upon us, that we may be learners in the school of Christ. { GW 301.2; OE.316.2 }”

Christians view the mark of the beast as something futuristic. The receiving of the mark of the beast commands the wrath and indignation of God; and the consequences are severe. Many Christians has already accepted the mark of the beast; unbeknownst to them. They do not have a clear vision as to whom or what is the beast. Each denomination has their interpretation of the beast and how and when it will manifest. The word says, 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. Revelation 14: 9, 10.

Many Christian denominations believe the prophecy points to the papacy as the beast. However, in scripture, the Papal system has never been a beast, is not a beast and will never be a beast. To call that system the beast is to take the word of God on a very long stretch. This horn functions both politically and as a Christian Church. It persecuted and killed any Christian who disagrees with its dogmas. The word says the Saints shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time and he would come to his end unto the end. Nowhere in scripture is it indicated that this horn power will regain its dominion to persecute the saints of God as it did for over twelve hundred years.

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