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• Waco a blessing in the midst of the land !

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  Reasons why Waco should be the Headquarters of Davidian Seventh Day Adventist. Impact of the Weight of Evidence---Those who desire to doubt will have plenty of room. God does not propose to remove all occasion for unbelief. He gives evidence, which must be carefully investigated with a humble

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• Work for the Church or the World?

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  Work for the Church or the World? Why don't you go to the people out there? Said an angry church member. We have the truth already! Go out there and save the lost. There is no question that the Seventh-day Adventist denomination has the charge to go to the world and preach the gospel

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• Will the Sea Exist in the New Earth?

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  Will the Sea Exist in the New Earth? As Adventists, we typically teach that the sea will not exist in the new earth.  This conclusion is drawn from a verse in Revelation and a statement in the Spirit of Prophecy. The Rod’s message, on the other hand,  asserts that the sea

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• Will Rod Believers Slay Seventh-day Adventists?

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  Will Rod Believers Slay Seventh-day Adventists? The answer is NO absolutely not. This work will be accomplished by angels. This gross misconception surrounds the Rod's teaching of Ezekiel Chapter Nine, where the Bible mentions that. . . six men came from the way of the higher gate which lieth

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• Why Not Making Better Progress?

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  Why Not Making Better Progress? Many ask, if the Shepherd's Rod is a message from God, why is it not making better progress?It is true that the Rod's movement has been dogged by disappointments, fanaticism, schisms, and betrayals.   Speaking specifically to Rod believers, Victo

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• Why Didn’t He Have Visions?

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  Why Didn't He Have Visions? Many often ask, if Victor Houteff was a true prophet of God, why didn't he have trans-visions?   The answer to this question is best explained in his own words:    “It is never safe for one to base his decision regarding a mess

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• Who Is the Antitypical David?

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  Who Is the Antitypical David? The Rod's position that antitypical king David is not Christ personally has drawn a lot of controversy.  On the surface, the idea of someone else beside Christ bearing the title of king seems almost blasphemous.  The first impression is to think th

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• WHO IS THE 666?

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  Here is wisdom, wrote the Apostle John, Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.    Traditional Adventist teaching insists that the Papacy and its head, the Pope, is the power to bear

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• Who is a Seventh-day Adventist?

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  Who is a Seventh-day Adventist? The name was given to us by God, and as it signifies those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath and look forward to imminent return of our Lord, Davidians would most definitely qualify as Seventh-day Adventists.  But taking it further, since there are a number of

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• Victor Houteff ’s Marriage

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  Victor Houteff ’s Marriage    In 1937, fifty-two year old Houteff married eighteen or twenty year old (the precise age is still unclear) Florence Hermanson, daughter of Sophia Hermanson, and granddaughter of the first committed convert, Florence Charboneau.   Althoug

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• Where is the Storehouse?

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  Tithing Where is the Storehouse?    Rod believers are sometimes asked, as if committing a crime, why don’t you pay your tithe to the Church?  The inference is, that if you do not support the General Conference with your tithe, then one is in gross violation of God&rsqu

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• THE SEALING

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  THE SEALING The Denomination’s Position    There are variations in traditional Seventh-day Adventist thinking regarding the sealing, but there is a common thread.   Most agree that the mark of the beast, or what we typically refer to as the Sunday laws, are to be enf

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• THE KINGDOM

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  THE KINGDOM    Perhaps the most controversial of all of the Shepherd’s Rod teachings is the subject of the pre-millennial kingdom.  The message emphatically declares that the kingdom of God’s glory or the Davidic Kingdom, will be established literally in the promise

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• THE GREAT MULTITUDE

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     It is commonly believed by most church members that the Great Multitude of Revelation Seven are the dead from all the ages—the conglomeration of the saints from Adam up to the second return of Christ.  By now you know the Rod’s position: That the Great Multitude of Reve

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• The Earth After Millennium

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  The Earth After Millennium    Concerns have been raised about one of the Rod’s teaching on the state of the earth immediately after the millennium.   The idea that the lost will come up on a pristine earth, instead of a devastated one, and live one hundred years prio

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• Is the Message Infallible?

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  Is the Message Infallible?    In a 1932 Houteff wrote a letter to a Seventh-day Adventist elder, shortly after publishing The Shepherd’s Rod, Vol. I.    “Your other remark which is of the greatest importance, you say I ‘must not take the position that

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• FALSE PREDICTIONS?

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  FALSE PREDICTIONS?    Victor Houteff was accused of making false predictions about a number of things, including the setting of time or dates for specific events.  It needs to be made plain, that the Rod’s message or it author never engaged in time-setting or spurious predict

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• Ezekiel Nine

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     One of the principal and most controversial subjects of the Shepherd’s Rod is its teaching on Ezekiel Chapter Nine.  The Rod contends that the sealing and slaughter recorded in Ezekiel Nine is a  literal or physical event that will take place within the ranks of Seventh-

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• The Second Coming or the Judgment?

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  Enoch and Malachi The Second Coming or the Judgment?    In Jude 14, 15 we read that: “Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly

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• Does Truth Cause Divisions?

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  Does Truth Cause Divisions?    To many church members, a message from God should not create schism.  A true message from God should unite church not divide..  The fact, they say, that The Shepherd’s Rod message creates controversy and separation is clear evidence that it

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• Does the Shepherd’s Rod Advocate Another Denomination?

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     Does the Shepherd’s Rod Advocate Another Denomination?    It is often said that the message and its adherents have another denomination.  The answer again is NO.  As stated earlier, Rod believers established an independent or self-supporting ministry, not a

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• DOES THE ROD CONTRADICT MRS. WHITE?

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    We have reached one of the most critical points of our precursory discussion.  Some who have studied the Shepherd’s Rod message notice that some of its teachings are not found in the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy and the chronological order of events appear to be different.&nb

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• Did Enoch know About the Flood?

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  Ellen White wrote: God communed with Enoch through angels and gave him divine instruction. He made known to him that he would not always bear with man in his rebellion that his purpose was to destroy the sinful race by bringing a flood of waters upon the earth. Through holy angels God reveale

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• CAN ADVENTISTS BE AROUND IF THERE IS A SLAUGHTER?

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  Can Adventists be around if there is a slaughter? One of the questions that sooner or later comes up is,how can Adventists be around to persecute their own brethren during the time of the Mark of the Beast decree when they are all dead from the slaughter of Ezekiel Nine?  The concern is bro

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• 144,000 Literal or Symbolic?

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  144,000 Literal or Symbolic? With over fourteen million Seventh-day Adventist world-wide, the question of whether or not the 144,000 is literal or a symbolic number takes on broad  implications.  The standard teaching is that the number is symbolic, implying that it represents milli

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• The Harvest

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  The Harvest    In the pamphlet, The History and Teachings Of “The Shepherd’s Rod,” The Committee on Defense Literature of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, as with numerous others like it, insist that: “The Shepherd’s Rod theory that the

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• Is The SDA Church Babylon?

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                          It is often repeated that the Rod teaches that the SDA Denomination is Babylon. This is simply not true. The message clearly teaches that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is NOT Ba

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• Who is a Seventh-day Adventist?

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  The name was given to us by God, 2 and as it signifies those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath and look forward to imminent return of our Lord, Davidians would most definitely qualify as Seventh-day Adventists.  But taking it further, since there are a number of churches who keep the Sabbath and

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• The Shepherd’s Rod message, is it truth or error?

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  The Shepherd's Rod message, is it truth or error?What do you think? Maybe to you, as with the vast majority of Seventh-day Adventists, the question was answered long ago it's heresy.­ The very name Shepherd's Rod sparks aggregate fear and trepidation.Church members are told unequivoc

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• A Brief History of the Shepherd’s Rod

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  Where Did It Come From? A Brief History of the Shepherd's Rod The fact that you have gone this far, may just mean that you are willing to at least give fairness a try.History may not be the most important aspect of our treatise, but before delving into the doctrines, one of the very import

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• FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF DAVIDIAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

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   FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF DAVIDIAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS  Emerging in 1930 from within the Seventh-day Adventist denomination ("the church of the Laodiceans"), the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association has ever been committed to the prophetic work (predicted in Isaiah 52:1) of prepari

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