(This study was first published September 2006, © upa7.org) Recently certain factions of branch davidians have been aggressively promoting heresy in the name of the Shepherd's Rod in an effort to justify their counterfeit movement. They make a flawed argument that each angel in Revelation 14 must represent a separate messenger (a prophet) bringing a new message. However, a careful study of the history of the rise of the three angels messages (3AM) in the Seventh-day Adventist church ...
Answerer Books Nos. 6 and 7: Are They Part of the Rod?
Are Answerer Books Nos. 6 and 7 part of the original Rod message? Who is responsible for bringing these manuscripts to the forefront? Does Answerer Book No. 6 really shed any light on Jacob's Time of Trouble? How should we regard these materials today? We recently received a copy of a document from Executive Secretary of the Waco Association in which they claim will help “to clarify Davidian confusion” over the topic of Jacob’s time of trouble. This particular document is a ...
The Feminine Holy Spirit: Bible Doctrine or Gnostic Heresy?
The video presentation below will expose the heretical Gnostic, feminist doctrine of Lois Rodin of Branch Davidian fame claiming that the third person of the Godhead is feminine. By comparing scripture with scripture the foundation of the arguments presented using word studies in the Hebrew and Greek will be shown to be superficial, unsound, and contradictory to the teaching of the Holy Bible. Although this teaching of a feminine Holy Spirit goes far beyond the confines of Branch Davidianism and ...
How are we to Keep the Feast Days Today?
The subject of keeping the feast days at their appointed times is being increasingly agitated as a wind of doctrine within Seventh-day Adventist circles. Claims are being made that these Jewish holidays are statutes that are part of the moral law and therefore binding upon us today. Some say that in order to be translated one has to be a feast keeper. Others suggest that keeping the ceremonial law was the missing element in the 1888 message brought by Elders A. T. Jones and E. J. Waggoner. What ...
