"...the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood, removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of His ministration, He will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty." (Great Controversy, page 422).
"The work of the investigative judgment and the blotting out of sins is to be accomplished before the second advent of the Lord. Since the dead are to be judged out of the things written in the books, it is impossible that the sins of men should be blotted out until after the judgment at which their cases are to be investigated...so Christ will place all these sins upon Satan...so Satan bearing the guilt..." (Great Controversy, page 485)
"Satan...held a council with his angels...They must prevent all whom they could from receiving the salvation purchased for them by Jesus. By so doing Satan could still work against the government of God. Also it would be for his interest to keep from Jesus as many as possible. For the sins of those who are redeemed by the blood of Christ will at last be rolled back upon the originator of sin, and he must bear their punishment, while those who do not accept salvation through Jesus will suffer the penalty of their own sins." (Early Writings, page 178)
"When the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, then the sins of the repentant soul who has received the grace of Christ and has overcome through the blood of the Lamb, will be removed from the records of heaven, and will be placed upon Satan, the scapegoat, the originator of sin, and be remembered no more against him [the redeemed saint] forever...When the conflict of life is ended, when the armor is laid off at the feet of Jesus, when the saints of God are glorified, then and then only will it be safe to claim that we are saved, and sinless." (Selected Messages, Vol. 3, page 355, paragraph 5)
"Much love to your dear father and to your sisters and brother. Tell them to be faithful to serve God...I have often prayed for them. Tell them to pray much that their sins may be confessed upon the head of the scapegoat and borne away into the land of forgetfulness. A little longer and Jesus' work will be finished in the sanctuary." (Manuscript Releases, Vol. 19, page 131, paragraph 3)
Thus, Satan gets favorably rewarded for his busy deviltry—the more people he can keep from becoming Christians the less suffering he will have to endure for the confessed sins of the righteous that were only conditionally-forgiven. The biblical, Christian definition of Jesus' atonement for our sins is the "putting away" of sin (Heb. 9:26), the actual "blotting out" of sins (Acts 3:19), the taking away of sin (John 1:29), and the getting rid of our sins. Does a false gospel ever get any worse than the previous paragraphs describe? In stark contrast to the statements quoted above from Ellen White, here is what the Bible further says on this important, salvific topic:
"As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us" (Ps. 103:12 ESV).
"Do not remember against us our former iniquities, let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!" (Ps. 79:8,9 ESV).
"I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more" (Heb. 10:17 ESV).
"...your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for" (Isaiah 6:7 ESV).
"...For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jeremiah 31:34 ESV).
Dear friend, who is your scapegoat?
Dennis Fischer
Web Chaplain
"The work of the investigative judgment and the blotting out of sins is to be accomplished before the second advent of the Lord. Since the dead are to be judged out of the things written in the books, it is impossible that the sins of men should be blotted out until after the judgment at which their cases are to be investigated...so Christ will place all these sins upon Satan...so Satan bearing the guilt..." (Great Controversy, page 485)
"Satan...held a council with his angels...They must prevent all whom they could from receiving the salvation purchased for them by Jesus. By so doing Satan could still work against the government of God. Also it would be for his interest to keep from Jesus as many as possible. For the sins of those who are redeemed by the blood of Christ will at last be rolled back upon the originator of sin, and he must bear their punishment, while those who do not accept salvation through Jesus will suffer the penalty of their own sins." (Early Writings, page 178)
"When the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, then the sins of the repentant soul who has received the grace of Christ and has overcome through the blood of the Lamb, will be removed from the records of heaven, and will be placed upon Satan, the scapegoat, the originator of sin, and be remembered no more against him [the redeemed saint] forever...When the conflict of life is ended, when the armor is laid off at the feet of Jesus, when the saints of God are glorified, then and then only will it be safe to claim that we are saved, and sinless." (Selected Messages, Vol. 3, page 355, paragraph 5)
"Much love to your dear father and to your sisters and brother. Tell them to be faithful to serve God...I have often prayed for them. Tell them to pray much that their sins may be confessed upon the head of the scapegoat and borne away into the land of forgetfulness. A little longer and Jesus' work will be finished in the sanctuary." (Manuscript Releases, Vol. 19, page 131, paragraph 3)
Thus, Satan gets favorably rewarded for his busy deviltry—the more people he can keep from becoming Christians the less suffering he will have to endure for the confessed sins of the righteous that were only conditionally-forgiven. The biblical, Christian definition of Jesus' atonement for our sins is the "putting away" of sin (Heb. 9:26), the actual "blotting out" of sins (Acts 3:19), the taking away of sin (John 1:29), and the getting rid of our sins. Does a false gospel ever get any worse than the previous paragraphs describe? In stark contrast to the statements quoted above from Ellen White, here is what the Bible further says on this important, salvific topic:
"As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us" (Ps. 103:12 ESV).
"Do not remember against us our former iniquities, let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!" (Ps. 79:8,9 ESV).
"I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more" (Heb. 10:17 ESV).
"...your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for" (Isaiah 6:7 ESV).
"...For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jeremiah 31:34 ESV).
Dear friend, who is your scapegoat?
Dennis Fischer
Web Chaplain
courtesy of
DENNIS FISCHER MINISTRIES
Worldwide Chaplaincy Services
No comments:
Post a Comment