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New Age/Occult
Markings on Ellen G. White's Writings -- "At-one-ment"
The late Ellen G. White
(November 26, 1827-July 16, 1915), known to Seventh-day
Adventists as "God's Messenger" or "God's Prophet," used New Age/occult terminology and taught New
Age doctrine via some of the pages of her voluminous published works.
Below are selected citations from Mrs. White's complete
published works found at http://www.whiteestate.org. [Quotations are used in accordance with
the Fair Use Copyright Law. Bold emphasis added]
In like manner as
Cyrus I Scofield, Mrs. White associated
the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ with "at-one-ment," a term that
is distinctly New Age (occult).
According to Mrs. White
the Atonement of Jesus Christ = At-one-ment
As
a result of Adam's disobedience every human
being is a transgressor of the law, sold under
sin. Unless he repents and is converted, he is
under bondage to the law, serving Satan, falling
into the deceptions of the enemy, and bearing
witness against the precepts of Jehovah. But by
perfect obedience to the requirements of the
law, man is justified. Only through faith in
Christ is such obedience possible. Men may
comprehend the spirituality of the law, they may
realize its power as a detector of sin, but they
are helpless to withstand Satan's power and
deceptions, unless they accept the atonement
provided for them in the remedial sacrifice
of Christ, who is our Atonement-- our At-one-ment--with
God. (1)
(Galatians 4:24-31; 5:1.) Obedience Not
Bondage.--No one who believes in Jesus Christ is
under bondage to the law of God; for His law is
a law of life, not of death, to those who obey
its precepts. All who comprehend the
spirituality of the law, all who realize its
power as a detector of sin, are in just as
helpless a condition as is Satan himself, unless
they accept the atonement provided for them in
the remedial sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who
is our atonement--at-one-ment with God. (2)
Satan is continuing the work on earth that he
commenced in heaven. He leads men to transgress
the commandments of God. The plain "Thus saith
the Lord" is put aside for the "thus saith" of
men. The whole world needs to be instructed in
the oracles of God, to understand the object
of the atonement, the at-one-ment, with God.
The object of this atonement was that the
divine law and government might be maintained.
The sinner is pardoned through repentance toward
God and faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. There is forgiveness of sin, and yet
the law of God stands immutable, eternal as His
throne. There is no such thing as weakening
or strengthening the law of Jehovah. As it
has always been, so it is. It cannot be repealed
or changed in one principle. It is eternal,
immutable as God Himself.--Manuscript 163,
1897. (3)
Satan is continuing the work on earth that he
commenced in heaven. He leads men to transgress
the commandments of God. The plain "Thus saith
the Lord" is put aside for the "thus saith" of
men. The whole world needs to be instructed in
the oracles of God, to understand the object
of the atonement, the at-one-ment, with God.
The object of this atonement was that the divine
law and government might be maintained. The
sinner is pardoned thru repentance toward God
and faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
There is forgiveness of sin, and yet the law of
God stands immutable, eternal as His throne. (4)
In
the beginning it was Satan's purpose to separate
man from God. And this purpose he has carried
out in every age. Constantly he is at work among
the children of men. He sways all classes. The
same method of deception, the same logic, that
he used to deceive the holy pair in Eden, he has
used in all succeeding ages. His plan of work
has ever been one of deception. At times he
assumes a cloak of piety, purity, and holiness.
Often he transforms himself into an angel of
light. He has blinded the eyes of men so that
they can not see beneath the surface and discern
his real purpose. As a result of Adam's
disobedience, every human being is a
transgressor of the law, sold under sin. Unless
he repents and is converted, he is under bondage
to the law, serving Satan, falling into the
deceptions of the enemy, and bearing witness
against the precepts of Jehovah. But by perfect
obedience to the requirements of the law, man is
justified. Only through faith in Christ is such
obedience possible. Men may comprehend the
spirituality of the law, they may realize its
power as a detector of sin, but they are
helpless to withstand Satan's power and
deceptions, unless they accept the atonement
provided for them in the remedial sacrifice
of Christ, who is our Atonement--our At-one-ment--with
God. (5)
No
one who believes in Jesus Christ is under
bondage to the law of God; for His law is a law
of life, not of death, to those who obey its
precepts. All who comprehend the spirituality of
the law, all who realize its power as a detector
of sin, are in just as helpless a condition as
is Satan himself, unless they accept the
atonement provided for them in the remedial
sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is our
atonement--at-one-ment with God. (6)
We
have already learned that Mrs. Ellen G. White
referred to the Lord Jesus Christ as
"the
Coming One"--the title of the New Age world
Teacher. It follows that she associated the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ with an occult term--"at-one-ment"
and that the Seventh Day Adventist hierarchy is
yoked with the United Nations.
It is
"the Coming One," not the Lord Jesus Christ,
"who purposes to bring the planet into what New
Agers call at-one-ment: "absorption into the One
energy that is God." (7)
Related article:
Atonement:
Christian, At-one-ment: New Age/Occult
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--New Age
Markings on Ellen G. White's Writings
Also
of note:
John Nelson Darby, the lawyer-turned-theologian
whose
doctrines were foundational to the
fundamentalist movement of the 20th Century, also
used New Age terms in reference to the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Notes:
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(1)
In Heavenly Places (1967), page 146, paragraph 4
http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=34818318&K=204635082510807382
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(2)
S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 6 (1956), page
1077, paragraph 5
http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=62636935&K=204635082510807382
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(3)
S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 7A (1970), page
471, paragraph 4 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=63562535&K=204635082510807382
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(4)
The Signs of the Times, March 20, 1901,
paragraph 5 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=144394944&K=204635082510807382
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(5)
The Signs of the Times, July 23, 1902, paragraph
13 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=144898451&K=204635082510807382
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(6)
Manuscript Releases Volume Eight (1990), page
98, paragraphhttp://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=169023958&K=204635082510807382
(7) (1) Christ in a
New Age http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/nachrist.html
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