Should Adventists "Celebrate" Halloween?

No, Adventists should not celebrate halloween. But that does not mean they should hide either. If you lock the doors, turn off the lights, then hope no trick or treaters come by, shame on you. You are not doing what you should be doing: Evangelizing.

If you are home, and you know children will be trick or treating in your neighborhood, you should be telling them about Jesus. Various candies come with tracts that you can pass out. You can also give them pencils with verses, cross erasers, etc. It does not have to be candy.

And...you should be telling them about Jesus in some way. Buy little bags and put tracts in them with the goodies. Put a little note about coming to your church.

Allowing the devil to completely have the day is nonsense. Why are YOU not taking it back?

1844: The Great Deception

Adventists are rooted in one of the biggest prophecy scams ever. And we seem to embrace it. We even give it a nice name, The Great Disappointment. It was anything BUT. It was a great deception.

William Miller was not wrong once, but three times. He made three, yes, THREE, false predictions about the Second Coming. Why do we dwell on the third one? Because he tripled down on this on. He was deceived and deceived many. Thousands of people were hurt.

Miller was warned. Many times. Other Christian leaders around the world called him on this. He would not listen.

William Miller claimed he heard the voice of God, and it gave him this false prophecy.

He led people down the garden path, not to some great spiritual awakening.

We even go so far as to praise and complement the people that followed this false preaching, as if doing so was a sign of being a great Christian.

How silly.

Adventists need to distance themselves from such nonsense. And call it what it was:
A Great Deception.

Sure, something good came out of it. The Seventh Day Adventist Church. But that does not in any way, shape, or form, make The Great Deception anything else.

Since we have embraced this "Great Disappointment," we live in a glass house of false prophecies. We had better not throw too many stones. After all, we embrace one of the biggest false prophecies in history of Christiandom.

Will you fall victim to another prophecy scam?

The only way to protect yourselves is to READ THE BIBLE for yourself. Do not take what anyone says as truth until you read the whole passage yourself and study.

A lot of people today are barking out falsehoods in the name of truth, just telling you to believe them. Run to your nearest Bible.

False Things William Miller Said

1. Exact Date of Christ’s Return – Miller originally predicted that Jesus would return between March 21, 1843, and March 21, 1844. When that failed, his followers later fixed the date to October 22, 1844, which also failed. The Bible (Matthew 24:36) states that no one knows the exact time of Christ’s return.

2. Mathematical Proof of the Second Coming – Miller believed he could calculate Jesus’ return based on Daniel 8:14 (“unto 2,300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed”). His interpretation of prophecy was flawed.

3. Christ’s Return Would Be Visible and Earthly – Miller expected a literal and physical return of Jesus to the Earth. After 1844, some of his followers (later forming the Seventh-day Adventist Church) reinterpreted this as a heavenly event instead of a visible Second Coming.

After the Great Disappointment in 1844, Miller admitted that he had made a mistake but still believed Christ’s return was imminent. Of course that was false.

And yet, we have made a shrine out of his home. Shame on us.

Adventists, Tattoos, and Things That are Unclean

You have heard it many time. People judging others on tattoos because they just know The Bible forbids them. They are quick to read Lev 19:28:
"Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord."

So there. Plain as day. They got you! Unfortunately, these people only have themselves. They take a verse out of context and wield it like a Biblical weapon. Let's actually read the verse before along with this verse. Lev 19: 27,28:

^"27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
²⁸ Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord."

Whoa! What about that beard thing? Funny, just heard a chap with a beard brag about calling someone out for having tattoos! And his beard was round!

Why do we never tell men to not trim the corners of their beards? Or their heads? Do we detest tattoos so much, that we allow beard cutting? How hypocritical!

In fact, the whole chapter and book of Leviticus is chock full of do's and don'ts. But we ignore 99.99% of them!

Reading Leviticus is quite an eye opener. Many things were unclean. Not just pork. Somehow, pork has been shamed in something special. But who made the choice to allow other unclean things?

A woman during her menstrual period was unclean and was to follow strict rules and be cleansed.


Also heard a man say that The Bible is not ambiguous and we need to not use it to justify tattoos. They are flat out wrong and we need to be firm.

Well now. The pharisees had Jesus on the same points when He was gathering grain. After all, if Adventists indeed think The Bible is NOT ambiguous, then we must not allow Jesus to gather grain on The Sabbath. A clear violation!

The very verses we use to justify our condemnation of others, were used on Jesus.

It begs the question. have we been freed by Jesus, or not?

The sanctuary service was reserved for good looking males without blemish. No cripples. Do we have that rule for our head pastors? Why not? The Bible is not ambiguous.

The Bible is not ambiguous. The Bible is interpreted by men. It is our interpretations that are ambiguous.

Beware what verse you use to judge people with. They may well answer you the way Jesus' answered the pharisees.

Will you flee the cities, or will you stand up for God?

So much has been written and said about Adventist tradition about fleeing the cities in the last days. The question is, why? Will that actually save you? Will you be better off? Christians are always told to stand fast in the faith. So why flee?

Not a single one of Jesus' disciples fled. In fact, they put themselves in danger to spread the good news of The Gospel. They could have hid. They could have just gone away and lived normal lives. But they chose to stand up and fight. They wanted people saved.

What would you rather be, one who stands up for God, or one who flees? The 144,000 are the epitome of what Christians should strive for. They are on fire for Jesus like nobody ever has or will be.

Do you think fleeing will save you? Think again.

The planet will be a disaster. You won't be able to grow your own food and get clean water in some Pollyanna fairy land that you envision living. The powers that be will not let you. And even if they did, you would be overrun by others looking for food and water. If you think you can hide, you are sadly mistaken.

Many Adventists think they can buy some land way off and live in peace. Well, you won't be able to buy and sell without The Mark, so how what will you do when your property tax bill comes due? You think you can just expunge yourself from public records?

Do you think you will live in a cave, and eat off the land? As stated above, the world will be an economic and environmental disaster. Your little oasis will be turned into a living hell real quick. Then where will you be?

Revelation is actually comforting to Christians. There really is no need to fear for your lives.

Adventists need to rethink what reality will be.

Protecting the envoronment is one thing. Worshiping the gods of science is another.

Christians do not have to worry about global warming.

Gen 8:22

 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”

The world will burn...but we won't experience the heat.

Watch out!
 
There is a new religion in town. Its name is SCIENCE. You are to bow down in authority to anything a group of scientists says. You must believe every word. If not, you will not be tolerated. You will suffer dire consequences.

When one talks about climate change, one must be careful as to not be bowing down at the feet of science. Christians of all people need to watch how they treat modern day science and its self-proclaimed "truth." After all, science says The Bible is just fairy tales. Which side do you belong?

Global warming is the hot issue, no pun intended. But it's actually more. It's about changing your life to meet the wants and needs of the new gods: scientists.

Before you just think that global warming is an environmental issue, think for yourself. These same "scientists" who claim to be infallable on climate change, also tell you to believe in evolution. But it does not stop there. They tell you to stop believing in fairy tales. There is no God. No Jesus that rose from the dead. Bill Nye the (so-called) Science Guy tells parents up front to NOT let their children become involved in believing in The Bible.

They believe the Big Bang Theory. We came here by chance. No design from God.

But even their "science" is flawed. They don't care. You MUST bow down and worship.

Consider the following when talking about global warming:

Scientists believe the last ice age occurred 10-50,000 years ago. Okay. What did man do to cause that? And the Earth survived just fine. Man survived. Amazing.

North America was once covered by an ocean...if you believe science. Hmmmm. Christians also believe the land was covered with water. But they fear rising sea levels. Why could they fear rising sea levels? After all, it would seem the "normal" would be for The United States. to be covered with water. So what normal are they talking about? Their normal? Or God's normal?

Modern science has only been able to measure weather accurately for perhaps 100 years. And you want to trust that data against the last 6,000?

Christians of all people believe in climate change. The times of Adam, Eve, The Flood, and creation are our way of saying the planet's climate has changed many times. And man survives.

Science now says that if you do not follow them, the end of the world is coming.

Christians tell you to follow Jesus BECAUSE the end of the world is coming.

Do not put your lot in with a group of atheists who have nothing good planned for you. They want dominance.

Can you imagine a world ruled by scientists? They once believed the world was flat.

Not a week goes by that a new study is published about something that negates a previous study.

Scientists are very quick to be the first to discredit someone else.

Is this a group you will bow down to? They believe man evolved from apes.