One of the greatest indications that we have come to the end of God’s mercy is when we see churches, including Seventh-day Adventists, being bewitched by Rome and blindly “wondering” after the beast with great admiration. Our own people are working to forget the past. They are no longer concerned with biblical doctrine. They have embraced the error that separation with Rome is a scandal and that unity is more important than truth. What an amazing fulfillment of the prophecy: “And his deadly wound was healed, and the whole world wondered after the beast” (Revelation 13:3).
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, Seventh-day Adventist leaders joined Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, and Orthodox at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of San Ciriaco in Ancona, Italy to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Ecumenical Charter and to promote Eucharistic unity. This is the same Ecumenical Charter that calls for the creation of “One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church.” [1] This is the same Ecumenical Charter that the General Conference [2] and the Inter-European Division apparently said last year that the Seventh-day Adventist Church was not following. [3]
Well, apparently, church leaders are not only praising the accomplishments of the Ecumenical Charter, but are now saying that they are working on creating the Eucharistic unity necessary to solidify their relationship with their “brothers and sisters in Christ.” All of this is documented in a video posted by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo. You can watch the video and set the subtitles in any language through the automatic language setting on YouTube. In the video, all ecumenical participants were greeted with the following words.
Minute 2:10 – “Welcome to this ecumenical celebration of the word of God on the occasion of the 20 years of the European Ecumenical Charter.”
Minute 3:00 – “As it is well know, the Ecumenical Charter was drawn up in 2001 and shared with the various churches and confessions present in Europe even in the differences Christians want to testify to their Christian roots of our continent and stand together in front of our challenges of the third millennium.”
Minute 4:00 – “We are Orthodox, Seventh-day Adventist, Methodist, Catholic Waldenses, Baptists and Anglican and we are committed to working towards unity in respect of the differences of tradition and the specifics of each one.”
This is the same Ecumenical Charter that declares: “We believe in “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church” (Section 1, p. 3), and works “Towards the Visible Fellowship of the Churches in Europe” (Section 2, page 4). The Ecumenical Charter is made available online by the Roman Catholic Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). [4] This is the document that Seventh-day Adventist leaders were celebrating just last month!
SDA Pastor Michele Abiusi.
Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Michele Abiusi spoke during this historic ecumenical celebration and expressed the following words on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He introduced himself with the following remarks:
Minute 9:43 – “Michele Abiusi Pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I have the joy of living this decade because I was one of the signatories (founding member of the local ecumenical council). I believe in this project and we are pursuing it. We have set ourselves by statute. We say some goals have been achieved … we are currently working a lot on the Eucharistic welcome (hospitality) which is very much an important theme and we have witnessed the gospel together and we want continue to do so … we are all brothers and sisters in Christ and many barriers fall and one can give a univocal witness as Christians … and I hope that other churches can join the council (ecumenical) but above all that our churches which already belong should open up to ecumenism, as my father said, ‘You cannot be a Christian if you are not ecumenical.’ Thanks.”
SDA Pastor Jonathan Breci.
Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Jonathan Breci also gave some remarks at this historic event:
Minute 34:27 – “Jesus in his priestly prayer first says that they may be one as you and I are one. This requires commitment; it takes effort and requires sacrifice … we as representatives have already discovered that we are there. We met and prayed together in our diversity and in our specificities and this is exactly the appeal that Christ has left and leaves through the testimony of each person who welcomes Him into their hearts or who values brotherhood and humanity that distinguishes our being … Christ did nothing by try to glue together all the pieces that he could … All the values that Christ transmitted are nothing else than simple values of humanity that welcomes a brotherhood of acceptance and of diversity. This is the love and the signal that can bless this journey.”
Today we are witnessing strange and unprecedented events as Adventist church leaders are promoting the teachings of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” and Roman Catholic Eucharistic celebrations. Never before have we seen such an ecumenical paralysis that is blinding the vision of so many church leaders. Never before has there been reason to think that so many of our people are traveling down a path that ends at a bottomless pit. Today we are in danger, because we are on the edge of a precipice – over which many will plunge into eternal ruin from which there will be no recovery.
SDA Pastor Jonathan Breci is getting touchy with the Catholic Cardinal and Bishop.
Rome is a system that we used to believe was wrong. If you accept the clear teachings of the Bible with all your heart, as Seventh-day Adventists used to do, you cannot help but take the position that a system of religion that maintains an earthly priesthood with elaborate ceremonies, human confessionals, Eucharistic celebrations, Sunday sacredness, the veneration of images and relics, penances, teachings on the intercession of Mary and the saints, purgatory, boasts about changing God’s moral law, systemic child rape and a host of other grave errors – we have to come to the conclusion that Rome is a system of religion that is completely out of harmony with the will and purposes of God. There is no middle ground.
But then we have some of the greatest prophecies in the Bible that describe in the clearest language the rise, progress and destiny of this great religious power, the first beast of Revelation 13, the Mother of Harlots of Revelation 17 and Babylon of Revelation 18. These verses actually describe the role that the Papacy is fulfilling today, and God’s only solution to this spiritual dilemma is to give the most solemn warning to all of God’s true children to separate from this corrupt religious power. This is the only safe position that all Bible-believing Christians and Protestants will take. But this is not happening thanks to the bewitching influence of the ecumenical movement.
Roman Catholic Cardinal Menichelli with SDA Pastor Abiusi (sitting).
Roman Catholic Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli set Rome’s goals for the churches during his remarks at the ecumenical gathering:
Minute 18:55 – “We are gathered here today to pray for unity among Christians and to pray for reconciliation in the world. Divisions between Christians have existed for many centuries and have caused great pain and are contrary to the will of God.” We believe in the power of prayer and together with Christians scattered throughout the world we raise our plea trying to overcome every separation.”
Minute 45:54 – “Ecumenism is a spiritual necessity, and the disciples of Jesus the Saviour are convinced, as I have been, that ecumenism must be in obedience to the command of Jesus and His command of unity and communion.
Minute 49:27 – “May the Holy Spirit help us on this journey of CONVERSION towards unity and free us from the encrustations that history has sedimented and that with shared commitment and incessant shared prayer we are to solve together.
Catholic Archbishop Marconi.
Archbishop Nazzareno Marconi also expressed Rome’s will for the churches:
Minute 19:50 – “Come spirit of love, come spirit of love down on this assembly and dwell in us spirit of unity, show us the path to unity of Christians. Holy Spirit of hospitality; teach us to be welcoming. Spirit of compassion; place deep in us an attitude of respect towards everyone. Those who meet with the spirit of hope help us free ourselves from what hinders our ecumenical journey and from the Holy Spirit.”
Rome speaks and the whole world obeys. The whole world bows to the authority of the papacy. How quickly and accurately the prophetic word is being fulfilled before our eyes today! The same word that declares, “His deadly wound was healed,” also says “and all the world wondered after the beast.” And again: “all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb.” (Revelation 13:3, 8).
Aren’t these prophetic warnings enough to open our eyes? Can we not see how the word of God makes the ecumenical events of Rome obsolete? If that’s not enough, here’s another warning for our people who think they can participate in these ecumenical encounters with Rome and then come to church on Saturday to worship the Lord:
“And his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast … He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity.” (Revelation 13:3, 10).
If we follow the beast, we will be led into captivity and we will go into Babylonian captivity. That’s what God says about following Rome. Each soul must make his or her decision. Either we will yield implicit and unreserved obedience to God, our Creator and Redeemer, or we will bow in obedience to God’s rival – the beast.
As Christians who believe in the Bible, we believe in tolerance and respect; but we also believe in the truth. To be true to our mission, we must speak out against the false and pompous claims made by the beast. We must oppose extravagance and blasphemy. And we must denounce the substitution of God’s laws for the traditions of man. The Book of Revelation reveals a very compelling message that calls all who fear God and keep His commandments to avoid the false worship of the mark of the beast. We must heed the following warning and share it with others: “Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” Revelation 18:4, 5.
For Seventh-day Adventists, these events are supposed to bring a strong conviction of the shortness of time we have left. These events are supposed to awaken us to the realization that we have a world to warn in these last hours of earth’s history. The work of preparation for the final crisis, the end of sin, and the coming of the Lord should give us a sense of urgency so that we can finish the work that has been entrusted to us, and do it quickly. God is calling us; not to participate in the healing of the deadly wound and the subjugation of the world to Rome. No. God is calling for missionaries to encourage people to heed the final warning message and embrace the seal of God and reject the mark of the beast because the harvest is truly ripe. May God help us in this important and challenging responsibility. Failure to do this work will result in the loss of souls, including our own.
“Let not those who have the truth as it is in Jesus give sanction, even by their silence, to the work of the mystery of iniquity. Let them never cease to sound the note of alarm. Let the education and training of the members of our churches be such that the children and youth among us shall understand there are to be no concessions to this power, the man of sin. Teach them that although the time will come when we can wage the war only at the risk of property and liberty, yet the conflict must be met, in the spirit and meekness of Christ; the truth is to be maintained and advocated as it is in Jesus. Wealth, honor, comfort, home—everything else—is to be a secondary consideration. The truth must not be hid, it must not be denied or disguised, but fully avowed, and boldly proclaimed” (Selected Messages, Book 2, pp. 369, 370).
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[4] https://www.ceceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ChartaOecumenica.pdf
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Surely we are living in the very end
Did the General Conference sanction this?
The GC leaders never condemn these meetings. They endorse them. They want to reach out to Babylon. They do not believe in the three angels’ messages anymore. Those messages are from the 1800s and do not apply today. Do not support the conference system.
Please give your answer in fearing God. Is the GC in support of this? Don’t just answer from your imagination, that’s a sin
The question again should be, “were these pastors deligated by the GC?
Knowing this, we can give better opinions.
Thanks
I concur with you!
Thank you, Louis! That is the question.
The other, just as pertinent question is, what Conference do these pastors work for, and why is the Conference Administration not dealing with them? Why is the Union which is over the Conference not dealing with the Conference Administration? Why is the Division which is over …
The Prophecy of Dan 11 : 45 is now being fulfilled ..”And he (Papacy) shall plant the tabernacles (Teachings) of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain (SDA Church); yet he (Papacy) shall come to his end, and none shall help him. ” Let’s get ready for the Sunday Law and Spiritualism is around the corner.
“The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecies of the eleventh of Daniel have almost reached their final fulfillment.” –Review and Herald November 24, 1904, p. 94.
Братья и сёстры без паники, спокойно! Мы уже давно предупреждены обо всём, что должно произойти, поэтому спокойно будем продолжать готовиться к встрече с нашим любимым Спасителем. Не отвлекайтесь на все эти события и не тратьте силы ума своего! Продолжайте объединяться со Христом! В 17 главе от Иоанна ясно даны ясные инструкции, как и что нужно делать каждому из тех, кто ожидает второго пришествия Господа Иисуса Христа. В деяниях 1 и 2 глава тоже ясно указывают на то, какие действия должны совершать верные последователи Иисуса. В Свидетельствах для Церкви тоже имеются ясные утверждения, что адвентистская Церковь (а это не ГК, а верные Богу женщины и мужчины!) ни когда не падёт до конца и Сам Иисус доведёт Свой корабль в безопасную бухту. Адвентистская Церковь никогда не станет Вавилоном!!! Оставайтесь в покое в своих Церквях и молитесь, исследуйте Писания и молитесь о единстве со Христом! Единмтво со Христом – это принадлежность к Его Истинной Церкви!!! Изучайте послание Бога к народу, данное в 1888 году! Мы не должны повторить грех наших предшественников!!! Праведности Иисуса хватит на всех, что бы предстоять пред Богом невинными, оправданными. Пусть ни кого не смущает и не сбивает с истинного пути поступки тех, кто никогда не были нашими! Те, кто объединяются к экуменическим движением – это их люди, поэтому не обращайте на это внимания. Всё наше внимание должно быть направлено на нашего Первосвященника и всё оставшееся время мы должны посвятить для выполнения поручения нашего Господа и громким возгласом провозгласить весть третьего ангела из 14 главы Откровения! Да хранит Бог всех ожидающих Спасителя Иисуса Христа во славе Царя Царей!
I truly pray that we have leaders that do not in any way support this meeting. I pray that some of our leaders will sound the alarm that these DDA pastors do not represent the SDA position. This is part of the Omega that Mrs White saw in vision and it caused her to tremble.
Stay faithful friends, we are almost home. Focus on Jesus more and more. We are nearing home. Things are going to get bad for the remnant, but we will make it with Jesus as our Refuge and Strength. Pray, pray for our church.
Дорогой Джерри продолжай молиться! Только вот нашим лидером является Сам Иисус. Не люди должны руководить нами, а Дух Святой! Понимаешь? А церковь наша – это ведь не стены и крыша, Церковь наша – это все, кто объединяются с Иисусом Христом в Духе Святом. Это люди из разных конфессий. Так что молись не только об христианах адвентистах седьмого дня, но обо всех, кто принимает в своё сердце Духа Святого.
Is anyone speaking out against this? We have been warned by our prophet as well as as the Bible about this. Are we going to just sit by and not speak out? Lord keep us faithful and help us be bold and stand with Jesus til the end. Let us pray for one another and not wonder after the beast. Jesus is coming soon. Praise the Lord.
Faithful people like Andy and others are speaking out against this. But I have never, ever seen a statement from the GC or any other high corporate entity in the SDA condemning such things. Come out of her my people.
This does not require a statement. Those ministers need to be sanctioned if the GC is not complacent.
Да дорогая сестра Рита МакМайкл против этого выступает каждый, кто верно соблюдает всё, что заповедал наш Спаситель! Вы не волнуйтесь, ведь мы давно предупреждены о событиях последнего времени. Работа для каждого -это наши молитвы об объединении всех верных в едином Духе Святом! Нам нужно принять послание Бога, данное адвентистам в 1888 году, чтобы самим принять и другим передать драгоценную истину об оправдании верой, которую отвергли руководители. Вот какую работу ещё предстоит совершить – это принять предложение Верного и Истинного Свидетеля из послания к лаодикийской церкви. Я не знаю из какой ты страны и как люди принимают это послание, а у нас в России народ не любит это послание, потому что не понимает. Да благословит Господь тебя и страну, в которой ты живёшь. Пожалуйста молись о нас и ещё молись о народе Израиля.
the dream of Don John Bosco is being fulfil, This is a open apostacy on a broad day light.
Thanks for the News.
It’s sad to see and hear what is happening with those church leaders. We should be sounding the warning messages instead of wondering after the beast. Our Lord and Saviour is coming soon so let’s stay focused on the Author and Finisher of our Faith and not abandon what we first believed.
EGW said the literal slaughter of SDAs will take place as outlined in Ezekiel 9. The remnant of Israel slaughtered. Ezekiel 8 speaks of the abominations including sun worship. The GC executive committee of 25 is also noted there. And she said “storm and tempest would sweep away the structure.” NO WAY we should be supporting the conference with tithes and offerings. Support the independent work that is faithful!!!!! See the 95 Theses of Conference Apostasy: http://www.seventh-day.org/95.pdf
«Сатана будет творить свои чудеса, чтобы прельстить многих; он будет превозносить свою власть как верховную. Может показаться, что церковь вот-вот падет, но этого не случится. Она уцелеет, хотя на Сионе грешники будут просеяны и мякина отделена от доброго зерна. Это страшное испытание, но его надо будет пройти. Только лишь победившие Кровью Агнца и словом своего свидетельства будут найдены верными и истинными, без пятна и порока, без лукавства в устах. Мы должны избавиться от самоправедности и облечься в Христову праведность» (Избранные вести, т. 2, с. 380).
Эллен Уайт была убеждена, что Церковь АСД должна выполнить порученную ей миссию по провозглашению Трехангельской вести. Она считала, что, несмотря на трудности и различного рода препятствия, Бог ведет церковь и другой Церкви Остатка не будет.
We are in the last seconds of this system of things. We need to pray for the GC, that they come out of this Stupor and back to the fundamental beliefs that our Church was founded upon, Beliefs in our GOD and HIS truths and teachings Alone. GOD will be back any second now.
Is it possible that our leaders are being witnesses by being there? Maybe we shouldn’t be too quick to judge since there are still many of Gods people in the Catholic Church. After all, the reformers came out of that church. Jesus said to come out of her ‘my people.’ I want to think that God is using His people to be powerful witnesses. Just keep your eyes open and don’t compromise.
Yes and let us pray for them so that God can help them and give them knowledge and wisdom. Hence the truth must review God he will not let his children to suffer, he will make a path for them. Isaiah 55:8-9, ” For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Это лукавые действия сатаны. Эти люди никогда не были нашими, они учились в католических университетах, потом были внедрены в наши церкви и в руководство ГК. Не волнуйтесь о них. Они не являются церковью Христа. Церковью Христа являются только те, кто верно следует заповедям Спасителя. Нам нужно готовиться к последнему этапу всеобщей истории и исполнить поручение Учителя и вместе с третьим ангелом всему миру объявить последнюю весть предостережения. В Деяниях в 1 и 2 главе ясно сказано, что нужно сделать каждому из нас, что бы иметь силу для выполнения этой работы. Молитесь непрестанно за свою семью, Церковь, свою страну. Да благословит вас Бог.
Марджори это лукавые действия сатаны. Эти люди никогда не были нашими, они учились в католических университетах, потом были внедрены в наши церкви и руководство ГК. Не волнуйтесь о них. Они не являются церковью Христа. Церковью являются только те, кто верно следует заповедям Спасителя. Нам нужно готовиться к последнему этапу всеобщей истории и исполнить поручение Учителя и вместе с третьим ангелом всему миру объявить последнее весть предостережения. В Деяниях в 1 и 2 главе ясно сказано, что нужно сделать для каждого из нас, что бы иметь силу для выполнения этой работы. Молитесь непрестанно за свою семью, Церковь, свою страну. Да благословит вас Бог.
Reviens vite Jésus
This is a definite sign of the very last days,friends…this is our(SDAs) que to sigh and cry about this and so many other instances of apostasy within the structure being instigated by Jesuits within the highest conference levels. True Adventists would have never allowed these things to happen. As Alberto Riviera (ex-Jesuit Priest) mentioned when being being interviewed by Jim Arrabito on You Tube…”The SDA church was the first religion we infiltrated,several decades ago” …and proof is everywhere,folks,if you know what to look for. So,what will soon follow? For the simple answer to that…which is SDAs keeping Sunday holy….look up Review And Herald,Volume 1,page 405,lower right hand corner….starting with,The Lord has a controversy with His professed people in these last days…..” Read and weep….
Джеймс пожалуйста поясни про воскресенье. Я живу в России и не часто пересекаюсь с такой информацией. В любом случае на выбор каждого влияют только личные отношения с Богом, а не с руководством. Люди из ГК могут делать всё, что хотят, для меня это не имеет значения! Мой руководитель Иисус Христос и только Его волю я желаю исполнять! Про иезуитов нас предупредили, что бы при личных контактах не попасть под из влияние и не пострадать от их действий. Это очень лукавые люди и очень хорошо маскируются под истинно верующих. Дай Бог вам никогда не встретиться лично с этими иезуитами. В “Ревью энд геральд” наверняка работают эти парни, поэтому не читайте это издание, а читайте послание 1888 года и свидетельства для церкви. А главное исследуйте Писания, особенно Даниила и Откровение. НЕ НУДНО ПЛАКАТЬ, так легко впасть в депрессию, а нам нужно быть здоровыми и сильными для работы в Божьем винограднике! Да благословит вас Господь и даст мир в сердце вашем.
It is amazing to see how the some leaders In SDA church perfom the wrong activities like this imagine to sit with Roman what do they think about?
I have THE JOY of living this decade because I was one of the signatories (founding member of the local ecumenical council). I believe in this project and we are pursuing