The Very Last Deception of Satan

If you are a Seventh Day Adventist, or former SDA, and you have
adopted the sunrise reckoning of the day, and daylight hours only for
the Sabbath, you have essentially fullfilled some of the end time
prophecies of Ellen White. Ellen White told us that in the last days,
near the end, that her writings, for all practical purposes, would be
made void. The description of that fulfillment is found in the following
quote:

The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none

effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. "Where there is no
vision, the people perish" (Proverbs 29:18). Satan will work
ingeniously, in different ways and through different agencies, to
unsettle the confidence of God's remnant people in the true
testimony. He will bring in spurious visions to mislead, and will
mingle the false with the true, and so disgust people that they will
regard everything that bears the name of visions as a species of
fanaticism; but honest souls, by contrasting false and true, will be
enabled to distinguish between them. {10MR 311.1} (Ellen White's
writings are often referred to as the Testimony of the Spirit of God.
They are meant to enhance or confirm the words of scripture.)

One of the most blatant references in the writings of Ellen White that
show this distinction and fulfillment, has to do with the events
surrounding the crucifixion of our saviour Yahushua. It is found in the
following quote:

"That was a never-to-be-forgotten Sabbath to the sorrowing

disciples, and also to the priests, rulers, scribes, and people.
At the setting of the sun on the evening of the preparation
day the trumpets sounded, signifying that the Sabbath had
begun." (Desire of Ages 775)

It is clear in the above statement, that the Sabbath (as well as all other
days) begins at sunset. The statement supports what has been
observed for centuries by the Hebrews, albeit intermittent at times.

There are several implications, or problems when dealing with the

statement above.

1. Sabbath, and all other biblical days begin at sunset, or Ellen White is
wrong.

2. If Ellen White is wrong, and it's possible, then does this make her
invalid as a prophet?

3. In any case, if she was accurate in this statement, and we disregard

it's intended meaning, what have we done to her stature as a prophet?
What have we done to the meanings of her words?

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In order to reckon the day by the rising of the sun, and observe the
sabbath for only the daylight hours, we have to have TOTAL
DISREGARD for the writings of Ellen White. We cannot pick and
choose, using one principle here, another there, and tossing out what
we don't like because it doesn't fit our framework of belief or thinking.

The Egyptians appear to have historically swapped the halves of the

day, daylight, then darkness, instead of what appears to be the biblical
reckoning of the day; darkness then daylight. So one has to ask; by
using the sunrise reckoning of the day, beginning the day at sunrise,
and observing the daylight hours only for the Sabbath, have we
returned to EGYPT?

I admit the possibility that I could be wrong about this. If that proves
to be the case, I will stand immediately corrected. In the meantime,
Unless something absolutely concrete and without question surfaces, I
will choose the path of least error. I will keep the hours that appear to
be bibilically correct, sunset to sunset for the sabbath. I will observe the
full 24 hour day as the sabbath until clear correction is made.

I'm keeping the part of the day sunrisers are anyhow, and one thing
that I don't want to do, is to shortchange God on time and not be
present when He has arranged to meet with me at a specifically
appointed time.

(NOTE: Many verses in scripture are presented to "prove" the sunrise

reckoning of the day. Most, if not all, are verses that can be interpreted
in both ways; either sunrise reckoning or sunset reckoning. Because a
verse can be interpreted in both ways, it does not make one position or
the other valid unless the position can be supported by corroborating
evidence.)