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“Now while our Great High Priest is making atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ.” (ref: The Great Controversy, E.G.White, 1911, p.623). SDA’s teach that though saved by grace, we are kept saved by keeping the Law. This is partial atonement. Therefore, to stay saved according to SDA’s, we must continue to keep the Sabbath, the 10 Commandments and pay the tithe. “by whom we have now received the atonement.” (Romans 5:11)

Investigative judgment means no assurance of salvation. According to SDA’s, beginning on October 22, 1844, Christ entered upon the “judgment phase” of His ministry, whereby He blots out sin. The SDA “Investigative Judgement” doctrine rests on Ellen White’s claimed revelation that Christ entered the Holy of Holies not at His ascension, but in 1844 (The Great Controversy, p.362-373). Hebrews 9:12 contradicts White’s theory: “by His own blood he entered (past tense) in once (not in 1844) into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.’ Hebrews 9:12,25. (v.26. ‘now once in the end of the world hath he appeared (33AD) to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself’. SDA’s teach that Christ transferred the record of believers sins to the heavenly sanctuary, which will be finally cleansed at the conclusion of the Investigative Judgment, their day of atonement. White says in “Patriarchs and Prophets”, p.357 this heresy: “The blood of Christ, while it was to release the repentant sinner from the condemnation of the law, was not to cancel the sin. It would stand on record in the sanctuary until the final atonement.” SDAs filter all Scripture through White’s prophecies. Hence SDA’s sins are not cancelled or forgiven yet. What a worry. No wonder they have no assurance of salvation until the imaginary Investigative Judgment is finished. Q: If Christ can create the universe in 6 days, why does He take from 1844 until now to investigate the books? Is Christ a slow reader? These 6 verses show the SDA Investigative Judgment to be false: “The Lord knoweth them that are His.” 2 Timothy 2:19. “I know my sheep.” John 10:14 “cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9. “he had by himself purged our sins.” Hebrews 1:3 “yet now hath he reconciled...” Colossians 1:21. “having forgiven you all trespasses.” Colossians 2:13 Christ’s judgments are after He returns, not before: “When the Son of Man shall come in his glory then shall he sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations.” Matt. 25:31,32. Hebrews 4:13 exposes the SDA limitation on Christ’s omniscience: “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” Since Jesus knows all cases already, why must He investigate?

The Bible test of a false prophet is given in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 as follows: ‘But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak . . . even that prophet shall die.’ (v.20). Question: ‘If thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?’ Answer: ‘When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.’ (v.22). Some of Ellen White’s many false and failed prophecies showing her to be a false prophet are: a) White falsely predicted that some living in 1856 would live to see Christ return: ‘I was shown the company present at the Conference. Said the angel: ‘Some food for worms, some subjects of the 7 last plagues, some will be alive and remain upon the earth to be translated at the coming of Jesus.'’ Vol. 1, p.131,132, Testimonies for the Church. This statement was made in 1856 and everyone present in that meeting is now dead. None lived to see Christ return. This is clearly a false prophecy. White made no conditions for the fulfilment of this prophecy. b) White falsely prophesied that England would declare war on the USA about the time of the Civil War: ‘This nation will yet be humbled into the dust. England is studying whether . . . to make war on her. When England does declare war, . . . there will be general war.’ Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 1, p.259. This was a false prophecy, England did not declare war on the USA during the Civil War, and the USA was not humbled into the dust. c) White falsely prophesied in 1850 that Old Jerusalem would never be built up. In 1850 Bible scholars were teaching about Jews returning to Palestine and the restoration of Jerusalem. White stated, ‘I also saw that Old Jerusalem would never be built up’. Early Writings, p.75. However, since Israel’s rebirth in 1948 and the Six Day War of 1967, ‘Old Jerusalem’ has been greatly built up. d) White falsely prophesied that the time for salvation for sinners had passed in July 1844: ‘The “midnight cry” was finished at the seventh month 1844 (page 43),’Early Writings, p.42-45. e) White prophesied the world would end in 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1851. ‘the believers explained their mistake & gave reasons why they expected their Lord in 1844.’ Early Wr. p.237

White falsely taught that Satan will bear our sins: ‘the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed.’ TGC, p 422. ‘As the priest, in removing the sins from the sanctuary, confessed them upon the head of the scapegoat, so Christ will place all these sins upon Satan, the originator and instigator of sin.’ TGC,485. ‘Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin.’ Testimonies for the Church, Vol 5, p 475. The Bible says, ‘the Lord hath laid on him (Christ) the iniquity of us all.’ (Isaiah 53:6). ‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.’ (I Peter 2:24).