
V THE FORGOTTEN PILLAR REDISCOVERING ADVENTIST IDENTITY MICHAEL PRESEČAN MARJAN GERGURI THE FORGOTTEN PILLAR REDISCOVERING ADVENTIST IDENTITY MICHAEL PRESEČAN MARJAN GERGURI FORTBIT D.O.O. SVETI MARTIN NA MURI, CROATIA, 2020 THE FORGOttEN PILLAR AUTHORS: MICHAEL PRESEčan, MARJAN GERGURI EDITOR: NICOLA PAULA BARTKOWIAK PUBLISHING: FORTBIT D.O.O. PUBLISHING YEAR AND PLACE: 2020, SVETI MARTIN NA MURI, CROATIA ISBN: 978-953-48643-5-7 VERSION: 1.0.1 | RD: 20201012 License: Creative Common Attribution 4.0 International You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. Images source: Courtesy of the Ellen G. White Estate, Inc THIS BOOK IS DOWNLOADED FOR FREE AT www.forgottenpillar.com Please note that throughout this book, all emphasis pertaining to the quotations has been added by the authors, unless stated otherwise. All Scriptural references in this book are from the King James Version, unless indicated otherwise. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 chapter 1 THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH �����������������������������������������������������������������15 chapter 2 THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES ���������������������������������������������������������������������25 chapter 3 THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 chapter 4 REVISION OF “LIVING TEMPLE” ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 34 chapter 5 THE PATCHED UP THEORIES - LT253-1903 ������������������������������������������������37 chapter 6 EXAMINING THE TEST �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������53 chapter 7 THE AUTHORITY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES �����������������������������58 chapter 8 THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.........................................................................65 chapter 9 THE PROPER SOLUTION ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������73 chapter 10 IS GOD A PERSON? - JOHN N. LOUGHBOROUGH �����������������������������������76 chapter 11 THE PERSONALITY OF GOD, JAMES WHITE ������������������������������������������������84 chapter 12 HEAVEN’S REALITY �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������94 chapter 13 THE SABBATH GOD VS. SUNDAY GOD - J. B. FRISBIE ����������������������������97 chapter 14 ADVENTIST PIONEERS AND THE TRINITY DOCTRINE ���������������������������� 102 chapter 15 DR. KELLOGG AND THE TRINITY DOCTRINE ��������������������������������������������� 111 chapter 16 DR. KELLOGG AND PANTHEISM ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 119 chapter 17 REPLY TO KELLOGG’S TRINITARIAN SENTIMENTS ������������������������������������ 124 chapter 18 DR. KELLOGG AND ELLEN WHITE WRITINGS ����������������������������������������� 128 chapter 19 REMEMBERING THE BEGINNING ����������������������������������������������������������������������132 chapter 20 THE HEAVENLY TRIO �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������139 chapter 21 ELLEN WHITE AND MAttHEW 28:19 ���������������������������������������������������������153 chapter 22 THE BOttOM OF THE ISSUE ������������������������������������������������������������������������������158 chapter 23 THE GREAT APOSTASY SOON TO BE REALIZED ������������������������������������������ 168 chapter 24 THE FUTURE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES �����������������������������������173 chapter 25 SEttING UP THE WRONG FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES ��������������������������176 chapter 26 THE STEPS TO OMEGA ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������180 chapter 27 STEPS TO APOSTASY ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������190 chapter 28 THE PROPHETIC CALL FOR A RENEWAL OF THE OLD PILLARS ��������������197 chapter 29 REMEMBERING HIS TEACHING IN OUR PAST HISTORY ������������������������� 203 chapter 30 THE FINAL CALL ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 212 Appendix I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 1889 �����������������������������������������������������������������217 Appendix II UNAUTHENTICATED REPORTS IN ELLEN WHITE WRITINGS ���������������225 INTRODUCTION This book has three objectives to fulfill. The first one is to re- notes vive the old pillar of our faith called, “THE PERSONALITY OF GOD”. The second objective is to re-establish trust in the writings of Ellen White, and the third is to re-establish the original Adventist identity. Prior to October 22, 1844, there was a great number of Adven- tists waiting for Christ to return on the clouds of heaven. It was a global movement of people awaiting His second coming. October 22 passed without Christ descending on the clouds and the great majority left the movement, scorning it, scorning the prophecies, the Bible, and God. Very few faithful, humble, men and women remained, who were unquestionably sure that God was leading this movement. They knew that God was shining the light of Truth and their hearts were eager to receive it. But in the eyes of the world, they were just demonstrated fanatics and dreamers. This great disappointment can be compared to the one that Jesus’ disciples had after they saw their Lord being laid in the grave. They “trusted that it had been He which should have redeemed Israel.” Yet in their state of despair, in their state of self-disap- pointment, they were ready to receive the power to conquer the whole world with the Gospel. They met Christ and later received His Spirit. The same happened with the Adventist pioneers. They pg. 9 THE FORGOTTEN PILLAR | INTRODUCTION notes were a small group of people, bitterly disappointed; they sought the Lord with all their hearts and received Him in power and in Truth. The truths God revealed during this precious time of crisis constitutes the foundation of Seventh-day Adventist faith. These truths were tested by all the seductive, deceptive theories of the world, by those scorning this small group, yet these grand truths prevailed. In the time of greatest need, Jesus gave His testimony by raising a little girl, the weakest of the weak, to approve all of His truths. Ellen White was not to be the source of the truths; rather, to support the brethren who were seeking the truth in the Bible. God used Ellen White to approve their studies and to point them to the Bible. The final result was the establishment of the foundation of faith based on the Bible, which standeth sure till the end of the world. Would you be surprised to know that the foundation of Sev- enth-day Adventist faith, which was laid at the beginning of our work, is in a fair degree different from what it is currently? To- day, more than a century and a half later, we marvel in amaze- ment over the accounts of the experiences of our pioneers; but since then, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been subject to several new movements. Since then, the church has experienced many changes, including changes in our doctrine. Some argue that these changes are good and progressive; others argue that they are destructive and deceptive. Moving the spotlight to the original Seventh-day Adventism, it initiates the great controver- sy in the present days. We have personally been in this contro- versy for over 6 years now and we have seen that it will only get bigger and stronger, often with results of a sad record. Many peo- ple from both sides of this controversy are rejecting the Spirit of Prophecy in one way or another. Some have left the Seventh-day Adventist Church altogether. The Adventist identity is either lost or drastically changed from the initial one. We are currently witnessing the shaking of the Seventh-day Ad- ventist church, seeing her tossed through one wave of crisis after another. Many are losing their faith and their identity as Sev- enth-day Adventists. But we believe in a solution that the Lord, pg. 10 THE FORGOTTEN PILLAR | INTRODUCTION in His mercy, has already provided. The solution can be found in notes the history of the Seventh-day Adventist movement. “In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what the Lord has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as leader. We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” {EGW, LS 196.2; 1915} We shall not fear! This is a great reassurance and promise— though conditional. We must remember how the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history. When we look at what the Lord has taught us in our past history, we are surprised to see how things have changed. The change took several years in the making, and many crises. To judge these changes in doctrine, whether good and progressive or bad and destructive, evaluation should be based on past experiences, as the Lord clearly led His church. At this time, we put forth a bold claim—one that is supposed to make
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