The Central Pillar

By Hazel Holland 

December 20, 2010 (Facebook)

..."Christians in other denominations who were confident of their salvation were not to be trusted. After all, didn’t we have the “truth?”   How could they possibly be so confident when they didn’t have a true understanding of the Sabbath: Adventism’s one, great, untouchable good work? How could they possibly be so confident when they didn’t have a true understanding of the investigative judgment?  Immediately, we judged their works as shallow and their faith suspect, because for most Adventists the Sabbath is their insurance policy in the investigative judgment.

...Unfortunately this confusion over the gospel comes from regarding Ellen White’s writings as a “continuing and  authoritative source of truth” .  Although many theologians, pastors and administrators within the SDA church know that there is no biblical support for this doctrine of an Investigative Judgment, they [for the most part] quietly go about their business trying to keep from making waves. Why?  Because Ellen White strongly endorsed it, calling it the "central pillar of Adventism". 

Sadly this erroneous unbiblical teaching of an investigative judgment has never been publicly confessed, repented of or renounced by the corporate leadership of the SDA Church...  For then wouldn’t it become evident that Ellen White is not a “continuing and authoritative source of truth?” Then we would be forced to admit that we have been wrong on this “central pillar of Adventism.”

Discovering the "truth" will cause a spiritual earthquake

among many of the laity of the SDA church.

Here's a picture  that Lord gave Ramone (with many tears) that connects to these things I have shared. In response to seeing this picture and reading his post, I shared a couple of paragraphs from his post the resonated with my spirit.

"The foundation of Adventism had already been laid in the Sanctuary (Investigative Judgment) doctrine, which had come by rejecting the sufficiency of gospel of grace that Christian churches believed in, and establishing new criteria for salvation that depended on the "present truths" of Adventism. "The Sabbath" was added to this package a few years later. Sabbath thus became rooted not in the Bible, but in being a necessity that you had to do in order to make it through "the investigative judgment".

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. - John 5:24

Christ came to give us rest in Him, in Him Himself. "Come to Me and I will give you rest" is how He said it. Paul wrote that the Sabbath days and all other festivals were shadows of Jesus Christ. Like the sacrificial lambs, the Sabbath was a shadow of the rest for our souls in Jesus. We lay down our works, and enter into His rest. And as Hebrews 4 says, we enter this rest by faith, and we may enter it today -- any day. It is not limited. This is a rest that trusts in the merit of Jesus Christ. It trusts in His work instead of in our works."

Also I love how the background of your painting depicts the peacefulness of the sheep that is in stark contrast to the restlessness of the man! Great imagery! Thanks for sharing through art what God has given you!  
Excerpt from "The Naked Truth, Ch. 3)       

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