Thursday, January 3, 2019

SDA History: Ballenger Heresy / Apostasy

 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Psalm 77:13

"....in 1905, A. F. Ballenger came from England with a whole
document on the sanctuary to present to the General Conference.
In that document, he asserted that
*there was no sanctuary in heaven and
*that the atonement was completed at the cross.

In 1905 Ellen White wrote, “I declare in the name of the Lord that the most dangerous heresies are seeking to find entrance among us as a people, and Elder Ballenger is making spoil of his own soul. … There is not truth in the explanations of Scripture that Elder Ballenger and those associated with him are presenting. The words are right but misapplied to vindicate error.”
Steps To Life

"A. F. Ballenger, was a Seventh-day Adventist Minister who started the "Receive Ye the Holy Ghost" movement which helped inspire the Holy Flesh movement in the Seventh-day Adventist Church which Ellen White rebuked, and later was dismissed from the church." wiki