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.
Ellen G. White marked her Christ for
the New Age: "The coming One"
Before Christ
clothed His divinity with humanity and came to
our world, God sent this message through Noah,
Enoch, Seth, and Methuselah. Lot bore the
message in Sodom, and a race of messengers
proclaimed the coming One.
(1)
In the regular
service for the day, the elder read from the
prophets, and exhorted the people still to hope
for the Coming One, who would bring in a
glorious reign, and banish all oppression. He
sought to encourage his hearers by rehearsing
the evidence that the Messiah's coming was near.
He described the glory of His advent, keeping
prominent the thought that He would appear at
the head of armies to deliver Israel. (2)
John the
Baptist made his home in the wilderness, there
to receive from God the message that he was to
bear,--a message that was to prepare the way for
the Coming One.
(3)
Our Saviour
declared John the Baptist to be the greatest of
prophets; yet when asked if he were the Christ,
John declared himself unworthy even to unloose
his Master's sandals. When his disciples came
with the complaint that all men were turning to
the new teacher, John reminded them that he was
but the forerunner of
the Coming One. (4)
Christ was as
much man's Redeemer in the beginning of the
world as He is today. Before He clothed His
divinity with humanity and came to our world,
the gospel message was given by Adam, Seth,
Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah. Abraham in Canaan
and Lot in Sodom bore the message, and from
generation to generation faithful messengers
proclaimed the Coming One. . . . (5)
29-33 (2
Corinthians 3:13-15). Moses Saw the Day of
Christ.--In the mount, when the law was given to
Moses, the Coming One was shown to him
also. He saw Christ's work, and His mission to
earth, when the Son of God should take upon
Himself humanity, and become a teacher and a
guide to the world, and at last give Himself a
ransom for their sins. When the perfect Offering
should be made for the sins of men, the
sacrificial offerings typifying the work of the
Messiah were to cease. With the advent of
Christ, the veil of uncertainty was to be
lifted, and a flood of light shed upon the
darkened understanding of His people. (6)
Multitudes
followed this singular prophet from place to
place, and many sacrificed all to obey his
instruction. Kings, and the noble of the earth,
were attracted to this prophet of God, and heard
him gladly. As John saw that the attention of
the people was directed to him, thinking that he
might be the Coming One, he sought every
opportunity to direct the attention of the
people to One mightier than himself. (7)
Jesus next
proceeded to introduce himself to his own people
in his true character. He went to Nazareth,
where he was known as an unpretending mechanic,
and entered a synagogue upon the Sabbath. As was
customary, the elder read from the prophets, and
exhorted the people to continue to hope for
the Coming One, who would bring in a
glorious reign, and subdue all oppression. (8)
None who
listened to the words of John and marked the
earnestness of his manner could doubt that he
referred to the Christ who had been so long
promised to the world. . . . Multitudes accepted
the preaching of John, and followed him from
place to place. Many cherished in their hearts
the hope that he was the Messiah. But as John
saw the people turning to him, he sought to
direct their minds to
the coming One. . .
. (9)
Multitudes
followed this singular prophet from place to
place, and many sacrificed all to obey his
instruction. Kings, and the noble of the earth,
were attracted to this prophet of God, and heard
him gladly. As John saw that the attention of
the people was directed to him, thinking that he
might be the Coming One, he sought every
opportunity to direct the attention of the
people to One mightier than himself. (10)
"Why baptizest
thou then," the messengers asked, "if thou be
not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that
prophet?" To the listening people John the
Baptist looked as if he might be the prophet
Elijah. His authoritative proclamation, his
manner as he spoke of himself as the messenger
of the coming One, aroused a great
expectation in the hearts of the people. (11)
Satan knew that
the songs of the heavenly messengers celebrating
the advent of the Saviour to a fallen world, and
the joy expressed at this great event, boded no
good to himself. In the infant Christ he
recognized a rival, --the coming One who
would contest his power, and perhaps overthrow
his kingdom; and his mind was filled with dark
forebodings. (12)
In the mount,
when the law was given to Moses,
the Coming
One was shown to him also. He saw Christ's
work, and his mission to earth, when the Son of
God should take upon himself humanity, and
become a teacher and a guide to the world, and
at last give himself a ransom for their sins.
(13)
Jesus has
raised questions in reference to the prophecies
relating to the Coming One, the
long-expected Messiah, as to the manner of his
coming, and the nature of his kingdom. (14)
As John saw
that the attention of the people was directed to
him, thinking that he might be
the Coming One,
he cut off their hopes in this direction, by
seeking every opportunity to direct the
attention of the people to One mightier than
himself, and declaring plainly that the work and
mission of Christ was of such an exalted
character that he was unworthy to even stoop to
unloose his shoes. (15)
The elders read
from the prophets, and exhorted the people to
continue to hope and believe for
the Coming
One, who would bring in a glorious reign,
and subdue all oppression. He sought to animate
the faith and courage of the Jews, by rehearsing
the evidences of Messiah's soon coming, dwelling
especially upon the kingly power and glorious
majesty that would attend his coming. (16)
Soon after the
temptation of Christ in the wilderness, and the
victories he there gained over Satan, he
presented himself in his true character at
Nazareth, where he was known as an unpretending
mechanic. He entered the synagogue upon the
Sabbath. As was customary, the elder read from
the prophets, and exhorted the people to
continue to hope for
the Coming One, who
would bring in a glorious reign, and subdue all
oppression. (17)
In the
sacrifices offered by the Israelites, Christ was
typified. These sacrifices pointed to a better,
more perfect offering, even the Lamb of God,
without blemish and without spot. The service of
the tabernacle was but a figure, a shadow of
the coming One, to whom the gathering of the
nations should be. (18)