I can t help expressing my thoughts about this following statement again:

I was shown the company present at the Conference. Said
the angel: "Some food for worms, [SISTER CLARISSA M. BONFOEY, WHO FELL ASLEEP IN
Jesus ONLY THREE DAYS AFTER THIS VISION WAS GIVEN, WAS PRESENT IN USUAL
HEALTH, AND WAS DEEPLY IMPRESSED THAT SHE WAS ONE WHO WOULD GO INTO
THE GRAVE, AND STATED HER CONVICTIONS TO OTHERS.] some subjects of the seven last
plagues, some will be alive and remain upon the earth to be translated at the coming of Jesus."

Jesus clearly makes a distinction between people who walk after worldliness and people who focus on heaven. Jesus even calls Peter Satan! It would be a worldly interpretation if we said that this is clearly a wrong prophecy because all the people at the conference have past away. The angel only said 'some' but did not explicitly said that it concerns only the people at the conference. It would be ludacrous to believe that Ellen White wrote millions of words to be learned in a few decades. It is my conviction that the angel used the people at the conference to show Ellen White what would happen with her true followers in general. I surely hope that we are the last generation before Jesus returns.

I don't know if I would go all that far. I think most are sincere with their beliefs.

But either case ... I don't know that it really matters what Ellen White was saying. It really does not concern me. I think we can get the principles of her messages without picking them apart. Take what is Biblical and throw out the rest.

The only ones that would really be concerned with this statement are those that want to prove she is without error. I don't subscribe to that thought. So, which ever way it is ... I DON'T Care.

Seeker ... Below is a dream I had last night about you.

Once upon a time in the celestrial heavens ... before the foundations of the world ... God the Son asked God the Father ...

"What are we going to do about TruthSeeker. The Father said , "I thought you knew ALL things". The Son said "This one has me stumped". So, the Father hatched a plan and shared it with the Son. "You are to go down to Earth and DIE ... that TruthSeeker might live". Thus the plan to predestinate that TruthSeeker would be saved.

It was done as planned. The Son signed the contract in His own blood. And TruthSeeker is now predestinated to be saved.

The Father and Son have now been united again and they are watching it all play out. The Son is saying to the Father ... "What if TruthSeeker doesn't accept the plan?" And the Father says "Have faith my Son". "Have faith".

Disclaimer: This WAS a dream folks. Not ALL of the theology is meant to be correct. But the message remains.

TruthSeeker .... Here is a quote from Ellen White who also believed in Predestination ...

I think that Seventh-day Adventists are used to the fact that we are the only Christian church who keeps all 10 commandments. With that in mind we have the tendency to think that everything our church teaches and our professed prophet says is always correct. We were taught, or should I say, since I studied in SDA schools, I grew up thinking that EGW is a prophet of God and a pioneer of the only commandment keeping church and thus end up thinking that she should never make mistakes.

truthseeker007, it would be nice if you could share with us the source/reference that you saw this thing that you talk about i.e. Ellen White claimed that an Angel told her that some of the conference would be alive at the return of Jesus.

Blood + acceptance =salvation. The blood was shed for all but only a few in comparison to the population of the world down through the ages will be saved. What makes the difference? Only those who truly accept and act on that acceptance will be saved.

And THEN you say ...



It must be that you left something out of the equation. ACT.

May I modify it for you?



Does that better identify what you meant?

Exactly, But the acceptance includes the acts. And of course if we truely accept the salvation we will accept the relationship and nurture the relationship with Jesus that makes it possible for us to grow more like Him daily.