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New Age/Occult Markings on Ellen G. White's Writings -- "At-one-ment"

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.

Below are selected citations from Mrs. White's complete published works found at http://www.whiteestate.org. [Quotations are used in accordance with the Fair Use Copyright Law. Bold emphasis added]

In like manner as Cyrus I Scofield, Mrs. White associated the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ with "at-one-ment," a term that is distinctly New Age (occult).

According to Mrs. White the Atonement of Jesus Christ = At-one-ment

As a result of Adam's disobedience every human being is a transgressor of the law, sold under sin. Unless he repents and is converted, he is under bondage to the law, serving Satan, falling into the deceptions of the enemy, and bearing witness against the precepts of Jehovah. But by perfect obedience to the requirements of the law, man is justified. Only through faith in Christ is such obedience possible. Men may comprehend the spirituality of the law, they may realize its power as a detector of sin, but they are helpless to withstand Satan's power and deceptions, unless they accept the atonement provided for them in the remedial sacrifice of Christ, who is our Atonement-- our At-one-ment--with God. (1)

(Galatians 4:24-31; 5:1.) Obedience Not Bondage.--No one who believes in Jesus Christ is under bondage to the law of God; for His law is a law of life, not of death, to those who obey its precepts. All who comprehend the spirituality of the law, all who realize its power as a detector of sin, are in just as helpless a condition as is Satan himself, unless they accept the atonement provided for them in the remedial sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is our atonement--at-one-ment with God. (2)

Satan is continuing the work on earth that he commenced in heaven. He leads men to transgress the commandments of God. The plain "Thus saith the Lord" is put aside for the "thus saith" of men. The whole world needs to be instructed in the oracles of God, to understand the object of the atonement, the at-one-ment, with God. The object of this atonement was that the divine law and government might be maintained. The sinner is pardoned through repentance toward God and faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. There is forgiveness of sin, and yet the law of God stands immutable, eternal as His throne. There is no such thing as weakening or strengthening the law of Jehovah. As it has always been, so it is. It cannot be repealed or changed in one principle. It is eternal, immutable as God Himself.--Manuscript 163, 1897. (3)

Satan is continuing the work on earth that he commenced in heaven. He leads men to transgress the commandments of God. The plain "Thus saith the Lord" is put aside for the "thus saith" of men. The whole world needs to be instructed in the oracles of God, to understand the object of the atonement, the at-one-ment, with God. The object of this atonement was that the divine law and government might be maintained. The sinner is pardoned thru repentance toward God and faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. There is forgiveness of sin, and yet the law of God stands immutable, eternal as His throne. (4)

In the beginning it was Satan's purpose to separate man from God. And this purpose he has carried out in every age. Constantly he is at work among the children of men. He sways all classes. The same method of deception, the same logic, that he used to deceive the holy pair in Eden, he has used in all succeeding ages. His plan of work has ever been one of deception. At times he assumes a cloak of piety, purity, and holiness. Often he transforms himself into an angel of light. He has blinded the eyes of men so that they can not see beneath the surface and discern his real purpose. As a result of Adam's disobedience, every human being is a transgressor of the law, sold under sin. Unless he repents and is converted, he is under bondage to the law, serving Satan, falling into the deceptions of the enemy, and bearing witness against the precepts of Jehovah. But by perfect obedience to the requirements of the law, man is justified. Only through faith in Christ is such obedience possible. Men may comprehend the spirituality of the law, they may realize its power as a detector of sin, but they are helpless to withstand Satan's power and deceptions, unless they accept the atonement provided for them in the remedial sacrifice of Christ, who is our Atonement--our At-one-ment--with God. (5)

No one who believes in Jesus Christ is under bondage to the law of God; for His law is a law of life, not of death, to those who obey its precepts. All who comprehend the spirituality of the law, all who realize its power as a detector of sin, are in just as helpless a condition as is Satan himself, unless they accept the atonement provided for them in the remedial sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is our atonement--at-one-ment with God. (6)

We have already learned that Mrs. Ellen G. White referred to the Lord Jesus Christ as "the Coming One"--the title of the New Age world Teacher. It follows that she associated the sacrifice of Jesus Christ with an occult term--"at-one-ment" and that the Seventh Day Adventist hierarchy is yoked with the United Nations.

It is "the Coming One," not the Lord Jesus Christ, "who purposes to bring the planet into what New Agers call at-one-ment: "absorption into the One energy that is God." (7)

Related article: Atonement: Christian, At-one-ment: New Age/Occult

MORE ARTICLES --New Age Markings on Ellen G. White's Writings

Also of note: John Nelson Darby, the lawyer-turned-theologian whose doctrines were foundational to the fundamentalist movement of the 20th Century, also used New Age terms in reference to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Notes:

(1) In Heavenly Places (1967), page 146, paragraph 4 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=34818318&K=204635082510807382
(2) S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 6 (1956), page 1077, paragraph 5 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=62636935&K=204635082510807382
(3) S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 7A (1970), page 471, paragraph 4 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=63562535&K=204635082510807382
(4) The Signs of the Times, March 20, 1901, paragraph 5 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=144394944&K=204635082510807382
(5) The Signs of the Times, July 23, 1902, paragraph 13 http://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=144898451&K=204635082510807382
(6) Manuscript Releases Volume Eight (1990), page 98, paragraphhttp://www.egwtext.WhiteEstate.org/cgi-bin/egw2html?C=169023958&K=204635082510807382

(7) (1) Christ in a New Age http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/nachrist.html

 

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