The Dragon s War on the Remnant Eric Walsh 1
Overview In search of the Remnant The Dragon in the digital age Secret Agents/Double Agents Real Dragon/False Doctrine War on the testimonies The Remnants counter attack 2
The War on the Testimonies The Dragons War against the Remnant part 5 3
Ellen White Attacked "God is either teaching His church, reproving their wrongs and strengthening their faith, or He is not. This work is of God, or it is not. God does nothing in partnership with Satan. My work... bears the stamp of God or the stamp of the enemy. There is no halfway work in the matter. The Testimonies are of the Spirit of God, or of the devil." (4T 230) "The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29:18). Satan will work ingeniously, in different ways and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God's remnant people in the true testimony." (Maranatha, p. 158 [LDE 77]) 4
Professies Being Fulfilled 1. EGW: The different Denominational Churches will seek to unify: The wide diversity of belief in the Protestant churches is regarded by many as decisive proof that no effort to secure a forced uniformity can ever be made. But there has been for years, in churches of the Protestant faith, a strong and growing sentiment in favor of a union based upon common points of doctrine. To secure such a union, the discussion of subjects upon which all were not agreed--however important they might be from a Bible standpoint-- must necessarily be waived. {GC88 444.1} 5
Prophecies Being Fulfilled 2. EGW: The Protestants will reach out and clasp the hand of Roman Catholism. Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, (GC 451) 6
Savy or Decieved Media Savvy Catholics and Protestants Teaming Up to Preserve Shared Values, Author Says April 10, 2008 Although certain doctrinal differences remain in place, conservative Catholics and Evangelical Christians have been drawing closer together in recent years, according to a new book that explores the growing influence of Christian voters. Deal Hudson, the executive director of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture in Washington D.C., Age old grievances have gradually receded to the point where Christians from various denominations have joined together to resist secular assaults on shared values, "Onward Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States." 7
Prophecies Being Fulfilled 4. Protestant churches will unite and influence the State to enforce their beliefs. EGW. Spiritual Gifts, vol. 4, page 277 When the churches of our land, uniting upon such points of faith as are held by them in common, shall influence the State to enforce their decrees and sustain their institutions, then will Protestant America have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy. 8
Prophecies Being Fulfilled 5. The Wall between Church and State Will Be Broken Down, and Protestant American Christians will Look to the Pope. EGW: This investing the church with the power of the state will bring evil results. Men have almost passed the point of God's forbearance. They have invested their strength in politics, and have united with the papacy. But the time will come when God will punish those who have made void His law, and their evil work will recoil upon themselves (MS 63, 1899). {4BC 1168.8} 9
Celebrity Pope Pope Benedict XVI gave a resounding endorsement of the role of religion in democratic society today, "the need for global solidarity is as urgent as ever" in an age of extremism and terror. The pontiff, was greeted on the White House lawn by the president, George Bush, plus a 21-gun salute and a serenade from a world-class opera singer. Bush gave an address that rang through with conservative political ideas, saying the US needed the Pope's "message that all life is sacred" - a reference to the abortion debate - and "your message to reject this dictatorship of relativism. 10
Prophecies Being Fulfilled 6. Spiritualism joins the Church EGW WARNED: 4SP.372.002 The very name of witchcraft is now held in contempt. The claim that men can hold intercourse with evil spirits is regarded as a fable of the Dark Ages. But Spiritualism, which numbers its converts by hundreds of thousands, yea, by millions, which has made its way into scientific circles, which has invaded churches, and has found favor in legislative bodies, and even in the courts of kings--this mammoth deception is but a revival in a new disguise of the witchcraft condemned and prohibited of old. Satan beguiles men now, as he beguiled Eve in Eden, by exciting a desire to obtain forbidden knowledge. "Ye shall be as gods," GC.557.002 11
The Goddess and the Liberal Church The message of the goddess has gained a hearing in the church as well. The philosophy of the goddess is currently being taught in the classrooms of some of our seminaries. In a growing number of seminaries the student population is becoming increasingly female, and many of these women have a feminist outlook on life. Mary Daly, who considers herself to be a Christian feminist, says this about traditional Christianity: "To put it bluntly, I propose that Christianity itself should be castrated."(22) The primary focus of the "Christian" feminist is to bring an end to what they perceive as male-dominated religion by "castrating" the male influence from religion. Daly continued by saying, I am suggesting that the idea of salvation uniquely by a male savior perpetuates the problem of patriarchal oppression.(23) 12
Prophecies Being Fulfilled 7. Drums and Confusion will Become part of Worship The Lord has shown me what would take place just before the close of probation. Every uncouth thing will be demonstrated. There will be shouting, with drums, music, and dancing. The senses of rational beings will become so confused that they cannot be trusted to make right decisions. A bedlam of noise shocks the senses and perverts that which if conducted aright might be a blessing. The powers of satanic agencies blend with the din and noise to have a carnival, and this is termed the Holy Spirit's working. The Holy Spirit has nothing to do with such a confusion of noise and multitude of sounds...satan will make music a snare by the way in which it is conducted...those participating in the supposed revival receive impressions which lead them adrift. They cannot tell what they formerly knew regarding Bible principles. No encouragement should be given to this kind of worship. 2SM 37, Mar 234 13
Soothsaying Damsels 2 Timothy 3 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth 14
Soothsaying Damsels To watch video, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw4llwkgmqa 15
The battle over the Sabbath Blatant and open attacks on the Sabbath 16
Attacks on the Sabbath To watch video, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqxaeirt3s 17
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