Sunday, November 5, 2017

Do Dogs go to Heaven?

Let's get to the heart of the matter. Will your pets be in heaven? You love them. You cherish them. They are part of the family, right? So why would not your pets go to heaven with you?

(Now we have to say here that humans say things to make other humans feel better. Nothing wrong with that, in most cases. A lot of bad doctrine gets spewed around in the interest of, "Making people feel better.")

Will YOUR dog go to heaven? We here the Undercover Adventist can say 100% surety, that your pets will not be greeting you in heaven. Let's do this quick, and as painless as possible.

Birds and fish were created on Day 5. On Day 6 of Creation, God created animals that crawled around on the ground. That would include cats, dogs, and other four legged creatures. Those two days of creation make up virtually anything you would have for a pet.

Look at the creation of Man.

Gen 1:26-28 "26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

Gen 2:7 " And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Nowhere does God ever make animals out of His own image.

Nowhere does God ever breathe into an animal and make it a living soul.

Let's now look at John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"

Can your pets believe in Jesus? Did Jesus die on the cross for your dog?

Jesus came to save YOUR soul. Not your pets. As much as love them, they are possessions.

We are sure that people have cars, houses, boats, even money, that they love and cherish. You will not be bringing those to heaven either.

You want the end all to end all about this question? Jesus said you won't even have a spouse in heaven. That's right. You cannot choose to have a wife in heaven.

But you think you will have your pet?

Do you love and cherish your sons, daughters, wives, husbands, aunts, uncles....and think that just because of that, they will be in heaven?

If someone asked you if you will be able to bring your unsaved son into heaven, you would most assuredly say, "No!" And rightly so.

God is such a god, that he will allow you to bring an animal to heaven, but a not a human being?

Literally millions of humans will be burned up. And yet, you would believe that your neighbor's dog will be with him in heaven?

 Some say that if you are a Christian, then your pets will automatically go to heaven. That makes no sense. Will your children automatically go to heaven? 


Man was made in the image of God.

Jesus died on the cross to save the souls of mankind. Not animals.

Yes, we believe there will be animals in heaven. Animals that we have never seen. Animals that will be so outrageously beautiful, we cannot imagine.

Our lives will be so fulfilled by Jesus and our surroundings, we will not even be thinking about our old lives on the old Earth.

We will be the bride of Christ, experiencing immeasurable pleasure.

We say a lot of things to make people feel better, but we must be scriptural accurate.

We must believe that God did create animals, and they populated this Earth. What ultimately comes of them, is up to God. But to stretch it to say you will bring your cat to heaven, but not your best human friend (if they are lost) would not be justice or mercy.

We will not need pets to complete our lives in heaven, nor make us any happier.


 

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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?

Sunday, October 22, 2017

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.



Saturday, July 1, 2017

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.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

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.