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Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

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true gospel and blocks <strong>the</strong> very experience it is<br />

supposed to represent. The struggle to which <strong>the</strong><br />

cross points is <strong>the</strong> very one it is invoked to shield<br />

against. The result, let Jesus bear <strong>the</strong> cross alone!<br />

The false teachings of <strong>the</strong> beast have permeated<br />

all society. "All nations have drunk of <strong>the</strong> wine of<br />

<strong>the</strong> wrath of her fornication." Every major tenet of<br />

true Christianity has been corrupted and tainted<br />

with paganism. The third angel's message is to<br />

sound <strong>the</strong> warning against all this falsehood and<br />

counterfeit faith propagated by <strong>the</strong> beast. This<br />

message is to show <strong>the</strong> way into <strong>the</strong> most holy<br />

place. This message of <strong>the</strong> third angel is <strong>the</strong><br />

message of justification by faith in verity and <strong>the</strong><br />

rejection of this message brings <strong>the</strong> fallen condition<br />

among <strong>the</strong> churches of <strong>the</strong> world that labels <strong>the</strong>m<br />

"<strong>the</strong> habitation of devils, and <strong>the</strong> hold of every foul<br />

spirit."<br />

This means that unless <strong>the</strong> Seventh-day<br />

Adventist Church makes this message of <strong>the</strong> third<br />

angel known clearly, without compromise, in<br />

distinction from a "social gospel," or as Paul<br />

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