REPLY TO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CRITIC_4

(NB: A pseudonym has been used for the writer of the letter.) 

“Hello Lloyd and Ellisa,

I have been reading your web site and after listenig to you Ellisa explain over the phone how our spirit either goes to heaven or to hell throughout all the ceasless age of eternity.

This is pure nonesence and from what I can see it is not supported by the writings of Sister White.  

Do the 2 of you read and belive in her writings?
What you are teaching on your web site is so different from SDA doctrine and teachings and is so wrong.

Tom".


Tom, below is a part of the Message which the Ruach Ha Kodesh gave me for the SDA Church in 2004. This section deals with the Church’s teachings on the Spirit, the Soul and the Body. Of course like all the messages which have been sent, they have been ignored. That is ok. What is important to me is that I am not disobedient to the heavenly calling, though such a statement will be regarded as pure nonsense by Seventh Day Adventists. 

 

THE RUACH HA KODESH COMMUNICATES WITH THE SPIRIT OF MAN!! 

The Ruach Ha Kodesh has been unable to do His work fully in the SDA Church because she does not know Him or understand how He works. Had she seen her error and with His help, taken time to study and know about Him; this problem would never have occurred. Instead, she would have known about His work and the vital role He plays here in the earth and in the lives of My people. 

As Elohim, We are Spirit Beings (except for Me, Yahushua, Who have retained My humanity). Therefore, We communicate mainly with the spirit of man and not the body of man. It is through the spirit in man that We are able to communicate with his soul. The soul is the other spirit part of man (his mind, his will, his emotions, the seat of reason and morals) which makes the decisions which are carried out by the body.
 
The soul is that part of the person that must stand in the judgment (for those who are lost) and give an account to Me, Judge Yahushua, concerning the things done in the entire body, whether the deeds were good or bad. It is the part of the being which is responsible whether the entire being of man i.e., his spirit, soul and body, will be saved and be with Me in My kingdom of Glory, or will be lost and go to Hell and torment. This matter of the spirit being of man will be dealt with in more details under the section. “The Spirit, the Soul and the Body.

It is with the spirit of man with which the Ruach Ha Kodesh, My Father, Yahweh, and Myself, Yahushua, communicate. It is also the part of man which prays and communicates with Us, the Elohim of Heaven and Earth. Concerning this Paul says:
 
“For this cause I bow my knees unto [Yahweh] the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [Yahushua Ha Mashiach], of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that [Mashiach] Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of [Mashiach] Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of [Elohim] God.” Ephesians 3:14-19.

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of [Yahweh] God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit”. Ephesians 6: 17,18.


THE CHURCH DOES NOT TEACH ABOUT THE TRUE SPIRIT OR THE TRUE SOUL OF MAN!!!

THE SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY. 

This topic, the Spirit, the Soul and the Body is one of the most important topics in My Word. It is important because it has to do with the entire Being of man and the decisions each person makes in his/her life time concerning his/her own spirit, soul and body. It also has to do with the eternal salvation of the spirit and the soul (“the spirit”), or their eternal torment in Hell followed by the Lake of fire and brimstone. 

It is important that the members of the SDA Church know and understand that they are not just physical bodies but that they have an independent “spirit” and an independent “soul” which are both spirit beings.

The Church teaches about the physical body; its death and resurrection, as well as it being saved in My kingdom of Glory, for those who are righteous, or its destruction in the lake of fire and brimstone in the Final Judgment for those who are unrighteous.  

Sadly, THE SDA CHURCH TEACHES ONLY ABOUT THE BODY BUT TEACHES NOTHING ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT, INTELLIGENT SPIRIT AND SOUL OF MAN, THE TRUE PERSON WHICH WE MADE IN OUR IMAGE (Genesis 1:26-31) AND PLACED IN A PHYSICAL BODY TO LIVE LEGALLY HERE UPON THE EARTH.
 
Her teachings on the true Spirit and Soul do not match up with the Scriptures. Thus her members are ignorant about this vital and important subject. Without knowing it, she has DECEIVED HER MEMBERS and has DONE MUCH INJUSTICE BY FAILING TO TEACH AND ENLIGHTEN THEM ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN MY WORD!! 


THE CHURCH’S TEACHINGS ON THE NATURE OF MAN AND THE STATE OF THE DEAD IS VERY SHALLOW!!

The teachings on the “Nature of Man and the State of the Dead” in the “Fundamentals of the Seventh-Day Adventist Faith”, are far from what is written in the Holy Scriptures. Like all the Doctrines of the Church which were written by the early pioneers of the Church, this subject remains the same. It has NOT been revised and brought in line with what is written in My Word. There is NO EXCUSE FOR THIS IGNORANCE AND NEGLIGENCE, OR DARKNESS!!
 
The teaching of the Church on the “Nature of Man and the State of the Dead” are very shallow and superficial and do not make sense or stand any ground. 


TEACHINGS OF THE SDA CHURCH ON THE “NATURE OF MAN”:
 

In Bible Study No.20 in the “Fundamentals of the Seventh-Day Adventist Faith”, are the following: 

Question 1. “How was man made? [Answer] Gen. 2:7. What part was made of dust? [Answer] The body. What was added to the body? [Answer] The breath of life. What resulted? [Answer] The living soul”. 

And in the note on Question 1, is written: 

“‘The expression, ‘‘living soul’’ as used in Genesis, is often taken to indicate an order of being superior to the brute, and is the text of many an argument to prove the immortality of the soul. The correctness of this assumption will be readily seen in referring to Genesis 1: 20, 21, 24, and elsewhere, in which passages the word translated ‘‘living soul’’ are applied also to the entire lower creation. They are used indifferently of man and beast to express animal life in general; and it is in this light the apostle uses them (1 Cor.15:45), as the very course of his argument shows. Adam is spoken of as a living soul, not to prove his immortality, but rather his mortality.’” 

Question 2. “What three parts make up the entire man? 1 Thess. 5: 23” 

Question 4. “With this death waiting for each, what is man’s nature? [Answer] Mortal man (Job 4: 17); mortal body (Rom. 6:12); mortal flesh (2 Cor. 4:11)”. 

In Note No.2 on this section, is the following: 

“Now, ‘‘‘we want to know if this “Soul’’ or ‘‘spirit’’ is immortal. The Hebrew and Greek words from which they are translated ...we enquire if the soul is once immortal or the spirit deathless. And invariable and overwhelming response we meet is, NOT ONCE! Nowhere, though used so many hundred times, is the soul said to be ‘‘undying’’ in its nature, or the spirit ‘‘deathless’’. Strange and unaccountable fact, if immortality is an inseparable attribute of the soul and spirit!’” 

Question 5. “To what is this mortal life compared? [Answer] A vapour (James 4: 14); a wind that cometh not again (Psalm 78: 39); a shadow (Job 14:2)”. 

Question 6. “How only can mortals have immortal life?[Answer] 2 Tim 1: 10; John 10: 10”.

Question 7. “What then are we to seek? [Answer] Rom. 2:7”. 

Question 8. “When will immortality be given ? [Answer]1 Cor. 15: 51-54”.
 

TEACHINGS OF THE SDA CHURCH ON THE “STATE OF THE DEAD”

Question 10. “What do all the living know? [Answer] Eccles. 9: 5; Heb. 9:27”. 

Question 11. “What change takes place at death? [Answer] Psalm 146:4; Eccles. 9:5, 6; 12:7”.  

Question 12. “What can the living do? [Answer] Ps.l46: 2. What cannot the dead do? [Answer] Ps. 115:17; Isa. 38: 18,19”. 

Question 13. “In what state does Jesus [Yahushua] say the dead are? [Answer] John 11:11-14”. 

Question 14. “What is death called in Psalm 13:3?” 

Question 15. “Until what time will the individual sleep? [Answer] Compare Job 14: 10-12, 15; Psalm 17:15 with Acts 13: 36; John 5: 28,29”. 

The above are the teachings of the SDA Church on the Spirit, the Soul and Body of man. Thus her teachings make man to be just a “body” plus “breath”. Her belief is that the body and the breath makes him a “living soul”. Likewise, her teaching is that when the “breath” or the “spirit” leaves the body at death, that “breath” or “spirit” returns to Yahweh. Man, she believes and teaches, then becomes a “dead soul” and returns to the dust and sleeps in death until the Resurrection. 

In point No.2 of Bible Study No.20, the Question is asked, “What three parts make up the entire man? [Answer] 1Thess. 5: 23”. 

The answer in this verse is “spirit, soul and body”. Thus the spirit, the soul and the body in light of what the Church teaches, relates to the physical body plus the breath or “spirit” which makes man a living soul.  

With the exception of the breath or spirit, nothing is stated about the TRUE “SPIRIT” AND “SOUL” OF MAN (the mind, the will, the intellect, the spiritual and emotional being), THE SPIRIT BEING THAT HAS BEEN WITH US,  ELOHIM, SINCE ETERNITY!! It is the part of the being from which Our love emanates and which occupies the body in life and exits it at death. IT IS THE SPIRITUAL BEING WHICH NEVER DIES (Genesis 1: 26; Luke 16: 19-31; John 11: 25, 26; 2 Cor. 5: 1-9; Rev. 6: 9-11; Rev. 7: 9-17).  

In Question No.4 in the “Fundamentals of the Seventh-Day Adventist Faith”, Man's nature is described as “Mortal man, mortal body and mortal flesh”. The teaching therefore by the Church is that spirit, soul and body of man are mortal and perish at death. Thus My Word on this matter is disregarded. 

The SDA Church has failed to address the most important and vital subject of the “Spirit”, the “Soul” and the “Body". This failure accounts for the lack of true love for one another and toward their fellowmen. It also accounts for the lack of commitment, the matter-of-fact religion, as well as the lack of consecration seen in so many of her members. Due to such teachings, many do not see their need to draw closer to Me, Yahushua, and to live clean, consecrated and committed lives before Me. Such ones see themselves just as bodies and breath. Therefore, they spend their time pampering themselves until they (their bodies) die and return to the dust. This deception has caused some of the members to live only for the present. Hence the reason when loved ones die, there is often great sorrow and mourning because those who mourn, believe their loves ones are just under the earth perishing (for those who are buried).

THE TRUE MAN!!

When We, the Godhead: Yahweh, Yahushua and the Ruach Ha Kodesh, made man; his spirit was not created because his spirit has been with Us from eternity as part of Our Being. It was only his body which was formed from the ground. Into that body We placed his immortal spirit and soul and then breathed into him the breath of life, whereby he became a living soul (Genesis 2:7; Rev. 11:11; Job 33:4). Man therefore, is more than the body which is seen. He is a complex being who is fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). He (Man) is FIRST A SPIRIT BEING, WHO LIVES IN HIS PHYSICAL BEING, THE BODY. Man therefore, is BOTH A SPIRIT BEING AND A PHYSICAL BEING. 

THE BEINGS OF MAN!!

My messenger has looked up the meaning of the THREE BEINGS of man in the dictionary to support what is being written on the subject of the Spirit, the Soul and the Body of man. These then are the findings on the subject:

THE SPIRIT MAN:

The Spirit is separate from the Soul (though also a spirit). It is the part of the being which communicates with Us the Godhead and with which WE communicate. In Virtue's English Dictionary page 829, the “Spirit” is described as follows: 

“The intelligent, immaterial, and immortal part of man”. 

THE SOUL MAN:

The soul in man is the real person and the true heart of man consisting of the mind, the will, the emotions and the seat of reasoning. In Virtue's English Dictionary page 821 it is described as: 

“The spiritual and immortal part in man; the immaterial spirit which inhabits the body; the moral and emotional part of man’s nature; the seat of the sentiments or feelings; the animating or essential part; the vital principle”. 

THE BODY:

The Body is the physical part of the being which houses the spirit and the soul and is the only part which dies. In the Cruden’s Complete Concordance, Page 49, is it described as: 

“The physical part of man as distinct from the spiritual”. 

NB: SCRIPTURES USED IN THIS POST ARE TAKEN FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE.