"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Isaiah 8:20
Women’s ordination today is as
popular as liberal social issues are in American Christianity and politics. The
Seventh-day Adventist Church, particularly some Conferences and Unions in the
NAD have been pushing hard for women ordination in disregard to the General
Conference's authority and overwhelming vote in the opposite direction. But
ultimately what is at stake here are not votes, by-laws, policies or actions by
this or other Conference. No one would question that 11 Divisions voted against
women ordination and only 2 voted in favor two GCs ago. That vast
majority IS the body of Christ deciding the role of
women with "full ecclesiastical authority"
(ordination according to the Spirit of Prophecy). However that started by slow
escalation of authority from ordination of female elders and deaconesses, so now
leaders use that as justification for equal ordination of women to the pastoral
ministry. Little by little we gave away the
beauty and simplicity of the Scriptures for complexities and fluidity of
policies.
This is a sign of something deeper and more pervasive. At the heart of
the issue is that truth is no longer absolute. The Scriptures
are no longer the infallible revelation of His will. Not according to some
leaders. The discernment between truth and lie is no longer a bright line but a
wide gray zone that is getting wider by the day. So wide that people do not see
any difference in the sanctity of priesthood well written and articulated in
the Bible from another form based on human wicked thinking. Just because
someone is or was a great leader, male or female, that does not give him/her
the right to officiate in the temple. Remember when that
unfortunate man tried to catch the ark falling off the cart? He actually died on
the spot. Why? Simple: God told them not to touch the ark. Period!
This push for women ordination is based on popular social forces other
than the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy. The misconception is that although man
and women are the same before God they have different and
distinct roles, therefore they are not equal in the latter sense. We have become a church that embraces social issues ("not mission…") that plagues
popular Christianity rather than the solid, strong Biblical truth centered church with a focus on the three angel’s message.
Having a popular false idea muddying our truth is nothing new. One single popular idea concerning Daniel 8:14 that the earth was the sanctuary was enough for the great deception of the Millerite movement. One little mistake can sour the entire truth. But if the Church leadership can use a set of poorly articulated, social pleaser, unfounded arguments with pseudo theological grounds, then we can prepare ourselves for the wave of arguments that will come against Sanctuary and primarily against the Sabbath, because enemies of truth have been using the same reasoning and rationale for several decades. The fact that there are no women ordained to priesthood in the Bible is the same reason why there is no Sunday as a day of keeping: It is just not there! In the end, if you can ordain a woman without solid Biblical reason to have "full ecclesiastical authority" and in vain worship Him, then you can keep Sunday on the same grounds.
What has made some leaders in church wonder off our basics? Think about
the quality and formation of our leaders these days. Look honestly at our
progress in America in terms of baptisms, church growth and expansion
that has been nothing short of a disappointing and utterly failure.
Mathematically we are not able to even keep our own children in the church, so it is understandable why some are desperate. We all should be! Now, in spite of an
anemic baptismal record (Hispanics aside) the two Divisions that are performing
terribly compared to the rest of the world (US and
Europe) coincidentally are the ones pushing hard for ordination of
women. That off course is in disregard for the vast majority of the body that has this terrible habit of insisting on sticking with the Bible and requiring nothing
less than a "thou sayest the Lord" or "it is written"! It just happens that these areas are the ones growing by leaps and bounds!
That ought to tell something to Pastors that use little or no Bible and
Spirit of Prophecy in their sermons, but rather make Internet their center of
thoughtless sermon preparation.
Having a popular false idea muddying our truth is nothing new. One single popular idea concerning Daniel 8:14 that the earth was the sanctuary was enough for the great deception of the Millerite movement. One little mistake can sour the entire truth. But if the Church leadership can use a set of poorly articulated, social pleaser, unfounded arguments with pseudo theological grounds, then we can prepare ourselves for the wave of arguments that will come against Sanctuary and primarily against the Sabbath, because enemies of truth have been using the same reasoning and rationale for several decades. The fact that there are no women ordained to priesthood in the Bible is the same reason why there is no Sunday as a day of keeping: It is just not there! In the end, if you can ordain a woman without solid Biblical reason to have "full ecclesiastical authority" and in vain worship Him, then you can keep Sunday on the same grounds.
This fear of discrimination based on gender and what others will say
about us is an open door for lawlessness. The next question then is: What types of
gender are we referring to? In my opinion, this is setting the path to apostasy and heresy. Forget what we think, or what policies say. The
social and popular Christianity will dictate some of our leader’s next steps again
in a near future - God help us! They already found the way.
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