These verses describe the rise of the Advent movement as they looked forward to Jesus’ coming on October 22, 1844. … And as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.” Verses 7–10, last part. “Take it, and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up.” The Advent movement began to study this book that had been shrouded in mystery for centuries. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go, and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. “In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets. Any message which does not align with these messages needs to be discarded. We need to clearly understand that this prophecy which describes a movement would take the message of Revelation 14:6–12 to all the world. Revelation 10 describes the rise of a church which would be organized to finish the work of the Reformation that started in the sixteenth century and take the true gospel to the world.
There are many eloquent preachers that seem very convincing, but every teaching or miracle and every spirit must be tested against the word of God. Our only safety is to be alert and diligent in the study of our Bibles so we can know and understand what is truth and be able to discern error. It makes no difference to the devil which side of the ditch you fall into, the ice of indifference or the fire of fanaticism-both end up lost. (See The Great Controversy, 204, 205.) Martin Luther was more afraid of some of his friends from within, the fanatics, than those without. Ellen White said that fanatics almost destroyed the sixteenth century reformation.
We also should not be afraid to stand up for what we know is right.įanaticism today is rampant among us and is destroying the reformation movement. Paul set us an example and was not ashamed to declare the whole counsel of God to meet these heresies.
(See Acts 20:28–30.) One sign of apostasy is people arise with some teaching and want people to follow them. Paul warned the elders of the Ephesian church that there would arise among them people speaking perverse things and that they would draw disciples after themselves. There is a wind of doctrine blowing within all groups of Adventism today that is deceiving many.
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