The SDA church is right about the great controversy world view. But they could never accept the Trinity if they really believed the great controversy vision that Ellen White got in 1858, which was a repeat of what was revealed to her ten years earlier (Spiritual Gifts Vol. 2, p. 270). This time, she got specific instructions to write it out, and she was told that Satan would try to stop her from writing it. She was struck with partial paralysis the very next day, and she saw that it was Satan’s attempt to kill her before she could write the vision (Spiritual Gifts Vol. 2, p. 272). God protected her and she wrote it.

What did Ellen White see in the great controversy vision? She saw that Lucifer was a high and exalted angel in heaven, next in honour to Jesus Christ, God’s dear Son, before he rebelled and became Satan. Lucifer was jealous of Jesus, because God exalted Jesus, and this envy caused Lucifer to rebel against God, the Father of Jesus (Spiritual Gifts Vol. 1, p. 17).

Do Seventh-day Adventist believe this? If so, how is it that the church is now saying that Jesus is not the literal Son of God but only one of three coequal beings who is simply playing a role as Son? And that there is a third divine being who is coequal with the Father? They say that the mark of the remnant church is that they keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus which is the spirit of prophecy. But do they really accept the great controversy vision as divine revelation through the spirit of prophecy? Question to ponder.

The Father of Christ is Supreme and Not One-third of a Three-part God

To be clear, the Trinity doctrine is not simply that there is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, which is quite biblical. Instead, the Trinity doctrine is that the three (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) make up the one God, which is false and unscriptural. The Bible teaches that there is one supreme Being, who is the “God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph. 1:3; 3:14, 15) – “One God and Father of all, who is above all” (Eph. 4:6). The entire family in heaven and in earth is named after Him (Eph. 3:15). He is not one-third of a three-part God. There is “one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim. 2:5);  “the head of Christ is God” (1 Cor. 11:3). Jesus said of Him, “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” (John 20:17). He is Jesus’s God. He is “the blessed and only Potentate” (1 Tim.6:15), “dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see” (1 Tim.6:16).

Jesus is God, by nature – same nature as His Father, but He is not the supreme Being. He has a God to whom He submits. There is no mystery in this. We should not mystify that which is already plain. The Trinity makes nonsense of the gospel by making out that the immortal God died. How can one be dead and be immortal at the same time? The Bible refers to God as “Him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever” (Rev. 4:9) while referring to Christ as “he that liveth, and was dead” (Rev. 1:18).

The scriptures are simple and clear on the matter of who God is. God is the father of Christ. Christ is the Son of God. The Holy Spirit is someone sent by Christ to represent Him until He returns. “For though, there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father” (1 Cor. 8:5, 6); “One God and Father of all, who is above all” (Eph. 4:6). The Father is not one-third of a three-part God.

May modern Israel, the people of God, be armed with the truth so that the Trinity Goliath of pagan falsehood that was brought into Christianity by Rome might be decisively defeated.

Our heritage comes from the apostles and the church that had to flee into the wilderness for 1260 years after the Edict of Thessalonica (380 AD), enforcing the Trinity, took full effect after the so-called Arian nations were defeated in 538 AD. Our pioneers built on the biblical foundation that was preserved by the church in the wilderness, not on the creeds and councils of Rome.

“Thus Saith The Lord…” Above Human Speculation

A highly respected Union President once said: “An ounce of inspiration is better than tons of speculation”.

Good king Jehoshaphat said: “Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.” (2 Chron. 20:20).

The truth concerning God and Christ was revealed in vision to Ellen G. White in the Great Contoversy vision in 1858 while at a funeral service in Lovett’s Grove, Ohio. You can read how she got the vision and how Satan tried to kill her to prevent her writing it, in the book Spiritual Gifts Vol. 2 pgs. 265-272 (by Ellen G. White). You will read that she “could write at first but one page a day, then rest three”. In this condition she wrote what was revealed to her concerning the Great Controversy. The very first words she wrote were as follows:

“The Lord has shown me that Satan was once an honored angel in heaven, next to Jesus Christ. His countenance was mild, expressive of happiness like the other angels. His forehead was high and broad, and showed great intelligence. His form was perfect. He had a noble, majestic bearing. And I saw that when God said to his Son, Let us make man in our image, Satan was jealous of Jesus. He wished to be consulted concerning the formation of man. He was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred. He wished to be the highest in heaven, next to God, and receive the highest honors. Until this time all heaven was in order, harmony and perfect subjection to the government of God. 1SG 17.1

It was the highest sin to rebel against the order and will of God. All heaven seemed in commotion. The angels were marshaled in companies with a commanding angel at their head. All the angels were astir. Satan was insinuating against the government of God, ambitious to exalt himself, and unwilling to submit to the authority of Jesus. Some of the angels sympathized with Satan in his rebellion, and others strongly contended for the honor and wisdom of God in giving authority to his Son. And there was contention with the angels. Satan and his affected ones, who were striving to reform the government of God, wished to look into his unsearchable wisdom to ascertain his purpose in exalting Jesus, and endowing him with such unlimited power and command.” Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts Vol. 1 pg. 17

God is love. Love trumps unity. The Trinity teaches unity, but the truth teaches love.

Here is the love of God manifested:

“Said the angel, Think ye that the Father yielded up his dearly beloved Son without a struggle? No, no. It was even a struggle with the God of heaven, whether to let guilty man perish, or to give his beloved Son to die for them. Angels were so interested for man’s salvation that there could be found among them those who would yield their glory, and give their life for perishing man. But, said my accompanying angel, That would avail nothing. The transgression was so great that an angel’s life would not pay the debt. Nothing but the death and intercessions of his Son would pay the debt, and save lost man from hopeless sorrow and misery.” Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts Vol. 1, pg. 26.

Not even the prophet herself has the authority to contradict what God revealed directly. Thus saith the LORD…. above all human speculation.

The three powers of heaven are God, Christ and angels. The Comforter is a messenger sent by Christ from the Father, aided by other ministering spirits.

Like Abraham, when he was called to yield his only son, Isaac, God gave His only begotten Son. Christ was already His Son before coming to this earth.

Where in the Bible does it say that the one God is three persons?

IT IS TIME TO REPENT!

Think . . .Why were there pagan Trinities but none in Israel?

“God is one” (Deut.6:4) – not three.

“One God and Father of all, who is above all” (Eph.4:6).

“the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph.1:3).

I challenge any Trinitarian to show me the love of the Father in their Trinitarian philosophy.

I repeat: “An ounce of inspiration is better than tons of speculation”.

“Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.” (2 Chron. 20:20).

Ask yourselves, which Bible writer ever taught or ever articulated such an idea that God is three persons? Every Bible scholar knows that the entire concept was formulated between 325 AD and 381 AD during the period of apostasy that started with Emperor Constantine.

It is time to repent!

“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear” (Matt. 11:15).

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