“Satan is continually seeking to overcome the people of God by breaking down the barriers which separate them from the world” (Great Controversy, p. 508).
Hume McHenry Memorial High School is an educational entity of the Western India Union of Seventh-day Adventists. [1] On January 23–24, 2024, this school hosted a song and dance show that featured worldly styles of dancing that included zombies and werewolves. Werewolves and zombies are creatures of horror and are typically associated with the occult and demonic activities. In fact, zombies are supposed to be dead corpses that still have consciousness. With the eerie music and dark atmosphere, our Seventh-day Adventist school recreated the night of the living dead. The original video was posted by Hume McHenry Memorial High School. [2]
Adventist Education in India Featured Zombies, Werewolves, Disco, Hip-Hop, and Pagan Dancing #sda #adventist #adventista pic.twitter.com/49MQBIhLU1
— Advent Messenger (@Advent1844) January 30, 2024
My brothers, this is exactly how our educational systems are being corrupted, including the youth, our educators and our parents. These are the means by which Satan will condemn our people straight into hell. As you know, our great adversary wants to bring spiritualism back to life to such an extent that he will force everyone to be under his control. We have been warned that this type of thing would happen.
“From the days of Adam to our own time, our great enemy has been exercising his power to oppress and destroy. He is now preparing for his last campaign against the church” (Great Controversy, p. 510).
What you will see in the video is not Adventism; it’s pure paganism that exalts the prince of darkness himself. Furthermore, the fact that these occult exhibitions are occurring within Adventist institutions will only make our condemnation more certain because Satan’s method of deceiving us involves blending truth with error, causing us to think that this can’t be all wrong. But make no mistake, the Bible condemns anyone who is involved with divination, familiar spirits, wizardry, witchcraft, and sorcery (Deuteronomy 18:10–12). The Apostle Paul compared the work of sorcery (witchcraft) to the works of the flesh, and he clearly taught that those who engage in these arts will be left out of the kingdom of heaven (Galatians 5:19–21).
God has shown us through inspiration that if we do not keep our time, talents, and education under His control, they will become a snare and a curse instead of a blessing. This is precisely what is happening to us now. The rise of spiritualism, even within our ranks, is just another indication that we are nearing the end of all things.
“The tempter often works most successfully through those who are least suspected of being under his control. The possessors of talent and education are admired and honored, as if these qualities could atone for the absence of the fear of God, or entitle men to his favor. Talent and culture, considered in themselves, are gifts of God; but when these are made to supply the place of piety, when, instead of bringing the soul nearer to God, they lead away from him, then they become a curse and a snare” (Great Controversy, p. 509).
The Western India Union’s President, Pastor Ujwal Kandane, can be reached at the following email: presidentofwiu@gmail.com. Kindly urge him to put an end to this absolute destruction of our youth.
Sources
[1] https://www.adventistdirectory.org/ViewEntity.aspx?EntityID=54201
YesMsJane says
Thought they we’re going to play Michael Jackson’s Thriller at the start,
around the 5 minute mark Shiva appears on the screen behind them…
Ironically the man on stage at the end is asking people to cry aloud and make noise,
Sister White warned if the music becomes a snare then we would be better off having no music at all!
That time has come, as most of our churches play 3 Emergent/Hillsong styled songs and 1 song from out of the hymnal, The Hymnals had Catholism inserted into them in the 80’s,
Music has a spirit attached to it, and sadly it’s often a worldy spirit.
Bruce Dewsberry says
Ezekiel 8:6-18
Charles says
Repent and be converter!
Ruthie says
So are they still Hindus or SDAs? Perhaps they’ve been encouraged to keep their “culture”; seems to be happening a lot over there. Jesus has to come back soon: too many religions/cultures/languages/races (I am NOT racist), never mind paganized “Christianity”. It’s confusing – can you imagine God dealing with all that, listening to prayers in so many languages/dialects. Sorry, but things were so simple in the beginning, then different ideologies crept in & things went haywire & nowadays everybody is right. This is the result, don’t stifle anybody or hurt their feelings. Yes, I’m ranting.
Brian says
So sad. This is not Christian.
Ex student says
There are Seventh Day Adventists who celebrated Halloween too every year. This is just a annual function and for entertainment purpose only. Watch it if you like, if you don’t like you have a choice to ignore and continue your scrolling.
Phill says
That’s not a SDA approach. If it’s offending God, and it is, we can’t just keep scrolling. We need to fire those Acans out of membership, or be guilty of their sins. Doing nothing in this case is the worst hostility against God.
Jon says
The majority of mission workers are sda’s in name only
The WIU president will do nothing
He is a politician
Not a pastor
Nor will the SAD president do anything
This has been going on for years
See the reply posted by ex student above
Shows ignorance and arrogance
Most students are not sda’s
Unheard of corruption in the SAD
And ted Wilson encourages this by not taking any action and calls those who expose the corruption liars and trouble makers
Sorry to say but the sad reality is that many lay members who are against corruption and the wrong going on are not spiritually strong
Not well read on the SOP writings
And want to do things their own way not God’s way
Jon says
If you had a clip of the end of the program you would get to see that they would pray and thank God for blessing the program
So deceived
Sad
Jon says
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
Martin Luther
MC says
The whole program makes me sick. All of it. Especially the last song. I don’t know if any of you listened to the lyrics but it was an unedited explicit rap song those poor kids were dancing to. Cursing and perverse things like, “I get these girls w*t like aqukaphina.”
Not one person had the guts or conscience to get up on that stage and stop any of it.
Angels are crying at what goes on in our institutions.