Every day, a precedent is being set for disposing of both individuals and their freedoms, which is growing more open, formal, and widespread, and in which all denominational hierarchy participate. We refer to the exclusion of those who refuse to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. One of the most serious cases that we have seen in a Western nation is that of Austria. As of February 2022, Austria is forcing its entire adult population to be vaccinated and all conscientious objectors face fines of $3,600 euros ($4,080 US), followed by a fine of $7,200 euros ($8,160 US), and/or 4 months in prison. [1]
Beginning in 2022, the “Great Reset” (purging) will commence. Freedom-loving people will begin going to prison for state-sponsored and church-supported vaccine mandates. This is wrong on many levels. Regardless of your position on vaccines, we must all speak out against this oppressive vaccine enforcement mechanism that will put people in prison and destroy families. But instead, religious organizations have aligned themselves with the state to promote the ideology of the Beast of Revelation, citing Pope Francis, who said that taking the vaccine is an “act of love” to promote the “common good.” [2] If this is not a precursor to the mark of the beast, where church and state work together to violate the freedom of conscience, then what is?
True Christian love and morals are devoted to the protection of human life and liberty. Real people are being vilified and punished as a result of these forced vaccinations. This is a violation of people’s humanity and fundamental rights. The religions claim to preach “love,” but their vision of love is one that welcomes oppression and persecution as part of the “Great Reset.” It is amazing how the modern church has become so blind as to change the biblical love of God for something that will justify seeing their members fined and imprisoned, and not say anything.
Which religions actually support the vaccine mandates? The Vanderbilt University Medical Center published a list of religions that support the Covid-19 vaccinations. [3] The list is as follows:
Judaism
Jainism
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
Amish
Anglican
Baptist
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Congregational
Episcopalian
Jehovah’s Witness
Lutheran
Mennonite
Methodist
African Methodist Episcopal
Quaker
Pentecostal
Presbyterian
Seventh-day Adventist
Unitarian-Universalist
Scientology
Masks and social distance were the first steps, followed by Covid-19 immunizations and passports. They now intend to fine and imprison anyone who has not been vaccinated. Where will the road to tyranny and totalitarianism lead to if the churches do not speak out now against these abuses? Unvaccinated parents will lose custody of their children as a result of this. For the “good of all,” all unvaccinated people will be labeled as lepers and deported to concentration camps.
Where are the churches that will show compassion to their members and defend the rights of the unvaccinated? Tragically, the churches do not care about these souls. Sure, they will take their “love gifts” and monetary offerings, but they don’t care what happens to them. In Adventism, as in the rest of the churches listed above, religious liberty leaders defend these vaccine enforcement mechanisms and state clearly that they are not violations of “religious liberty.” [4] Where is Ganoune Diop’s famous speech about the “human dignity of every person?” Are the unvaccinated not humans? Do they not have basic human rights as well? Are we okay with the lives of our members and their families being ruined by heavy fines and imprisonment? Or do we just care about their wallets and not their souls?
This is not the first time that so-called “believers” were on the wrong side of history, and I say this to their eternal shame. Most Christians largely ignored the evils of slavery. The majority of Christians in Germany and Europe kept silent about the Nazis’ atrocities. Sadly, most Christians today, including Seventh-day Adventists, are turning a blind eye to the deliberate, wholesale targeting and persecution of the unvaccinated.
When the Nazis began purging people from their society, the German people were complicit through their silence. This was especially true for church leaders. Pastor Martin Niemöller was the author of the “First They Came” poem that illustrates the silence and cowardice of the German people, including his own. Here is Martin Niemöller’s own confession:
“They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.” [5]
Remaining neutral while unvaccinated men, women and children are being harassed and their lives and fortunes are being threatened makes us part of the problem. Our brothers and sisters in the faith are under assault, and the rest of the body of Christ has the responsibility to speak out for them and support them. If we don’t, we will soon find ourselves among the persecuted. It is only a matter of time. But I think that our religious liberty leaders are going to ignore this particular problem until it sneaks up and bites them on their rear-ends! If we don’t speak out now, it’s only a matter of time before the lions come for you.
We become complicit in this current crisis if we remain silent when unvaccinated men, women, and children are harassed and their lives and fortunes are jeopardized. Our Christian brothers and sisters are being persecuted, and the rest of the church has a responsibility to speak up for them and support them. If we don’t, we’ll be among the persecuted in no time. It’s only a matter of time before it happens. But I believe that our religious liberty leaders are going to continue to ignore this particular problem until it sneaks up and bites them on the behind. It’s only a matter of time before the lions come for you if we don’t speak up now.
Sources
[1] https://www.visiontimes.com/2021/12/01/austria-mandatory-vaccination-bill-fines-prison.html
[3] https://www.vumc.org/health-wellness/news-resource-articles/immunizations-and-religion
[5] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5231461-in-germany-they-came-first-for-the-communists-and-i
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The churches are a long with Rome.Like in the plain of Durah when the three Hebrew boys did not bow down to the golden image,the Chaldeans were accusing them because they were afraid of loosing jobs,priviledges.So all roads leads to Rome.People are swimming by the rivers of Babylon.
Aloha from the Island of Maui, SMK!
Dear Mr. Chakhuta, the meme of “all roads lead to Rome,” is not only overworked by the world, but it is patently – NOT TRUE!
As a disciple of Jesus Christ, we should know, and proclaim, that there is ONE ROAD/WAY, AND ONE ROAD/WAY ONLY, THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO ROME!
AND THAT ROAD/PATH/WAY – IS THE ROAD/WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE – JESUS CHRIST!
We must become aware of how this world will brainwash us into repeating, unthinkingly, memes such as this that subconsciously disappears any inkling of the Truth that there is a Road/Way that does NOT lead to Rome! Glory to God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, who created that Road/Way IN HIMSELF!
Aloha, your brother in Christ,
Maka’ala Stone
The Bible speaks about two roads, one broad road and one narrow road. Most are walking on the broad road, even among Christians, the road that leads to Rome and perdition. For the true believer, there is only one road, the narrow one that leads to Yeshua.
You are so right. The shaking is knocking a lot off the narrow road as we speak.
Firmly believe that this Jesuit Health crisis,
(Really a medical Inquisition) was created in an attempt to get those who will not violate their consciences…
If God abhors one sin above another, of which His people are guilty, it is doing nothing in case of an emergency. Indifference and neutrality in a religious crisis is regarded of God as a grievous crime and equal to the very worst type of hostility against God. – 3T 280.3
Many have tried neutrality in a crisis, but they have failed in their purpose. No one can maintain a neutral position. – RH April 19, 1898
And to be an apostate, a traitor to the cause of God, is more serious than death; for it means the loss of eternal life. – RH April 19, 1898
Many have tried neutrality in a crisis, but they have failed in their purpose. No one can maintain a neutral ground. Those who endeavor to do this will fulfill Christ’s words, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. – TDG 240.3
THE FIRST PART OF YOUR STATEMENT I QUOTE HERE IS CORRECT BUT THE LAST FEW WORDS ARE NOT, quote “We become complicit in this current crisis if we remain silent when unvaccinated men, women, and children are harassed and their lives and fortunes are jeopardized. Our Christian brothers and sisters are being persecuted, and the rest of the church has a responsibility to speak up for them and support them. WRONG If we don’t, we’ll be among the persecuted in no time. It’s only a matter of time before it happens.”
NO THE S.D.A. LEADERSHIP AND ALL CHURCH LEADERS WILL NOT BE PERSECUTED BECAUSE THEY WILL BE AND NOW ARE PART OF THE BEAST SYSTEM AS THE PREVIOUS BROTHER STATED, THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS GODS WAY AND MANS WAY.
HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF AS THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP BETRAYED JESUS AND HIS FOLLOWERS SO WILL ALL CHURCH LEADERS EXCEPT MAYBE A SMALL FEW WILL BETRAY THEIR BRETHREN.
But all these things are only the beginning of birth pains.
Mat 24:9 Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of My name.
Mat 24:10 And then many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one other.
Mat 24:11 Many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
Mat 24:12 Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.
Mat 24:13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Mat 24:14 This Good News of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
No my brother, I’m not mistaken because it’s already happened before. History is our teacher and has declared this. The apostate leaders who sided with Rome and said “We have not king but Caesar” did not get any love from Rome. In the end they were destroyed by Rome in 70AD, the same power they pledged allegiance to earlier. Apostate leaders beware: “The Saviour’s prophecy concerning the visitation of judgments upon Jerusalem is to have another fulfillment, of which that terrible desolation was but a faint shadow” (Great Controversy, p. 37). Also, remember what happened during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and to all the compromising leaders and members who joined with Rome. The did not escape. Nor will those who compromise today.
COULD WE SAY THAT WE MAY BOTH BE RIGHT BROTHER IN THAT YES AS YOU SAY quote” The apostate leaders who sided with Rome and said “We have not king but Caesar” did not get any love from Rome. In the end they were destroyed by Rome in 70AD,”
HOWEVER THEY DID ENJOY FOR A TIME THE PROTECTION OF THE ROMAN STATE AND THEY MADE LIFE VERY HARD FOR THE EARLY CHRISTIANS USING THE ROMAN STATE TO TRY AND DESTROY THEM BY ACCUSING THEM TO BE ENEMIES OF ROME BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT GOD ALONE WAS SUPREME AND JESUS WAS LORD. Our friends, the same things happened to you that happened to the churches of God in Judea, to the people there who belong to Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from your own people that they suffered from the Jews,
1Th 2:15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!
1Th 2:16 They even tried to stop us from preaching to the Gentiles the message that would bring them salvation. In this way they have brought to completion all the sins they have always committed. And now God’s anger has at last come down on them! THIS BEING SO I BELIEVE ALL THE CURRENT CHURCH LEADERS WILL GO ALONG WITH ALL THESE LAWS NOW AND THE ONES THAT ARE COMING AND BE OUR WORST ENEMIES TO GAIN FAVOR WITH THE STATE, SO FOR A TIME THEY WILL BE ONE WITH THESE EVIL MEN UNTIL THEY TURN ON THEM ALSO AS STATED. The angel also said to me, “The waters you saw, on which the prostitute sits, are nations, peoples, races, and languages.
Rev 17:16 The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; [THESE APOSTATE CHURCH LEADERS] they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.
Rev 17:17 For God has placed in their hearts the will to carry out his purpose by acting together and giving to the beast their power to rule until God’s words come true.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17
The ten horns are kings, which is a symbol of political power in the Bible not church power.
Thank you, brother Andy, for this hard hitting, and truth filled article. We are entering into critical times, when everyone’s faith will be tested. It’s plain to me how these covid, vaccination issues are leading us into ” the mark of the beast.” I believe that we are now in ” mark of the beast territory” and inching closer and closer. Praying for all Christians to wake up, before it is too late. ( especially SDA Christians, so we can help others! ) May God help us to keep His commandments, and have the faith of Jesus, a faith that cannot be moved, no matter what happens to us!
Amen! I agree with you. God help us to stay faithful.
AFTER READING MY BIBLE I CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE A STATEMENT THAT ENDORSES SUCH TITLES SUCH AS A S.D.A. CHRISTIAN, OR A BAPTIST CHRISTIAN ETC. COULD YOU PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME WHERE THERE IS SUCH A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE THAT JESUS SAID HE WOULD START A THING CALL A CHURCH DENOMINATION?
Of Christ true Church or called out ones, God never said, “Go ye into all the world, and bring them into the Church”, did He? This is not The Great Commission, is it? Rather, God said, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark. 16:15)
For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Co 1:12 But I say this, that every one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.
1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
THIS IS THE ONLY GROUP OF PEOPLE I CAN FIND THAT IN THESE FINAL DAYS THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT.
And I looked, and lo, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion. And with Him were a hundred and forty-four thousands, having His Father’s name written in their foreheads. Rev 14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women; [CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS] for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, as a firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.
Rev 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile, for they were without blemish before the throne of God.
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, You are blessed, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in Heaven.
Mat 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock [CONFESSION] I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Revelation 1
These were literal seven churches given names based on their location. Names are not so much important but it is the principles and practices of the church that count.
Just because my first name is not found in the Bible, does that make me less of a Christian? Or it is how I live my life and honour God that counts? Some of these arguments are surprisingly immaterial.
The woman is the symbol of church but not all women are defiled in Bible as you probably know – there is indeed a pure woman. Why do you leave her out in your interpretation?
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Revelation 12
In these last days; we are going to be divided into two groups in this church one group stands for the purification of the church and the other one stands for corrupting of the church. Which side will you belong ?Are you going to stand for Jesus or the dictates of men.