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World War II caused Davidians to
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PRESENTATION NUMBER 7 THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH Part One, Section II - - PDF document
PRESENTATION NUMBER 7 THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH Part One, Section II - - PDF document
PRESENTATION NUMBER 7 THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH Part One, Section II Continued ABOMI MINATI TIONS D DONE I IN TH THE M MIDST TH T THEREOF Published, 2013 Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give Brother Lennox Sam The Lords Ordained
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January 6th, 1929: First Present Truth study given by Bro. Victor T. Houteff: November 8th, 1932: Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the USA:
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October 2nd, 1932: Shepherd’s Rod Volume two published: August 19th, 1934: Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany:
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1934: The General Association of Shepherd’s Rod Seventh-day Adventists
- rganized:
The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists was organized by Brother V. T. Houteff in 1934, the same year that Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany; this was 5 years before the commencement of World War II. For the confirmation of the dates concerning Davidian history, please see Tract Number 13, pages 44-48.
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The evidence that we were organized in 1934 can be found in Volume Three, The Symbolic Code Number 2, page 3, let us look at it:
DIRECTORY Of The General Association Of The Shepherd's Rod Seventh-Day Adventists ORGANIZED 1934
TERRITORY: THE WORLD {3SC2: 3}
We were organized in 1934 with a written constitution five years before World War II begun. Let us look at the Constitution and By-laws of the then “Shepherd’s Rod Seventh- day Adventists.”
Reproduction of the 1934 Constitution and By-Laws
(We have reproduced this document for reading purposes only. You can verify the correctness of the information from the original scans on www.gadsda.com.)
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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE ASSOCIATION OF THE SHEPHERD’S ROD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I--NAME This Association shall be known as THE ASSOCIATION OF THE SHEPHERD’S ROD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARTICLE II--OBJECT The object of this organization is to bring about, among God's people, such a reformation as is called for in the “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 9, p. 126, and to extend the "Eleventh-Hour Call" (Matt. 20:6, 7) of "the everlasting gospel to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people," gather the saints, make up the kingdom, and thus hasten the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. ARTICLE III--MEMBERSHIP The membership of this organization shall consist of all persons who subscribe to the whole doctrine of the aforesaid organization. ARTICLE IV--OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES Section 1. (a) The regular officers of this organization shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. (b)The president shall be called and chosen according to the pattern as found in Exodus, chapter three, verses ten, fifteen, and sixteen; chapter four, verse seventeen; Ezekiel, chapter three, verse seventeen; and Luke, chapter six, verse thirteen. (c) All other officers of this organization shall be appointed in accordance with the procedure set forth in Numbers, chapter eleven, verses sixteen, seventeen, twenty-four, and twenty-five, and in Acts, chapter six, verses one to seven; and chapter thirteen, verses one to three. Section 2. The president shall act as chairman of the Executive Council (Numbers 16:12, 25-32) and labor in the general interest of the Association as exampled in Hebrews, chapter eleven, verses twenty-four to twenty-eight.
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Section 3. The vice-president shall assist the president in administering the affairs
- f the Association, according to the example given in Exodus, chapter seven,
verses one and two, Section 4. The secretary shall keep the proceedings of all meetings of the Association, and perform such other duties as are in keeping with the nature of the office as defined in Second Samuel, chapter 8, verse 16 (margin). Section 5. The treasurer shall receive all funds of the Association and disburse them in accordance with the examples recorded in the following scriptures: Exodus, chapter thirty-six, verse three; Ezra, chapter eight, verses twenty-one, twenty-four to thirty; Acts, chapter four, verses thirty-five to thirty-seven; and chapter six, verse three. ARTICLE V--SESSIONS Section 1. This Association shall hold regular sessions at such time and place as the Executive Council shall designate by a notice published in “The Symbolic Code,” the official organ of the organization, in two consecutive issues before the date of the opening of the session. Section 2. Special sessions may be called in the same manner as that of a regular session, and the transactions at special sessions shall have the same force as those
- f regular sessions.
ARTICLE VI-BY-LAWS Section 2. The Association, at any session thereof, may enact, amend, or repeal by-laws by such a vote and vote as called for in “The Acts of the Apostles,” pp. 195-196, and such by-laws may embrace any provision not inconsistent with the Constitution. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I--EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Section 1. During the intervals between sessions of the Association, the Executive Council, constituted in accordance with the example set forth in Acts, chapter six, verses two to six, shall have full administrative power, with authority to grant credentials and licenses, and fill any vacancies that may occur in its offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise.
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Section 2. A majority of the full membership of the Executive Council shall, after due notice to available members, constitute a quorum of the Executive Council. Section 3. All meetings of the Executive Council shall be held at the general headquarters, unless otherwise called for by a quorum of the Council. Section 4. Meetings of the Executive Council may be called at any time by the chairman, or any member of the Council appointed by him. Section 5. Minority meetings of less than seven members of the Council may be held at the General Administrative Office for the transaction of necessary routine business. ARTICLE II--LABORERS' COMPENSATION The Executive Council shall have full power to adjust the compensation and expenses of all laborers in the employ of the Association. ARTICLE III—FINANCE The funds of the Association shall consist of tithes and offerings. ARTICLE III--ORDINATION OF MINISTERS Section 1. Recognizing that the call to the gospel ministry must come from God to the individual; and that in harmony with the Biblical plan (Luke 10:3-8), the
- ne receiving such a call must first prove his calling by going out at his own
charges, ad also when such a one has proved his ministry according to the standard set forth in First Timothy, chapter three, verses one to seven, the Executive Council, recognizing his fitness to engage in the sacred work of the ministry, shall indicate such by an action authorizing that the one considered be either ordained or licensed, as the case may warrant, to minister according to the instructions set forth in Matthew, chapter ten, verses nine and ten. Section 2. All ordained ministers are empowered to perform such usual duties as are set forth in the Scriptures. Section 3. Licensed ministers are not authorized to perform such duties as mentioned in Article IV, Section 2, except one such occasions as warrant the Council’s delegating such rights. NOTE: The Name, “Shepherd’s Rod,” is borrowed from the publications, known as “The Shepherd’s Rod,” which, symbolically, are the anti-type of Moses’ Shepherd’s
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Rod, and which contain the doctrines that called forth the organization represented in this document. Therefore, the name, “Shepherd’s Rod,” was given to this organization in the same way that the name “Christian” was given to the early Disciples of Christ. (Acts 11:21-26.) However, the name Shepherd’s Rod Seventh-Day Adventist, according to Isaiah, chapter sixty-two, verse two, is only for the time being. End of Document It has the constitution, articles, object, membership, officers and their duties…. and it looks just like our regular constitution in The Leviticus, but this was the first organization’s constitution. Let us continue with our historical events: September 1st, 1939: Nazis invaded Poland: September 3rd, 1939: Britain, France, Australia & New Zealand declared war on Germany:
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That is when World War II begun — 1939, five years after we had already been
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October 25th, 1939: First commemoration of history review – Day of Days: October 26th, 1939: First child born on Mt. Carmel:
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Were we worried about Hitler and his war? I don’t think so. We were an Association having our historical events taking place just like the world. September 14th, 1940: Conscription Bill passed: Let us read a little of this conscription bill.
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Conscription Bill
Signed into law by Franklin Roosevelt in 1940, the Act established the first peace-time draft in United States history. Under the Selective Training and Service Act, all American males between twenty-one and thirty-six years of age registered for the draft. The government selected men through a lottery system. If drafted, a man served for twelve months. Section 5(g) of the Act contained a provision for conscientious
- bjection:
Nothing contained in this Act shall be constructed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the land and naval forces of the United States who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form. Any such person claiming such exemption from combatant training and service because of such conscientious
- bjections whose claim is sustained by the local draft board shall,
if he is inducted into the land or naval forces under this Act, be assigned to noncombatant service as defined by the President, or shall if he is found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant service, in lieu of such induction, be assigned to work of national importance under civilian direction. The draft began in October 1940. By the early summer of 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond twelve months. On August 12, the United States House of Representatives approved the extension by a single vote. The Senate approved it by a wider margin, and Roosevelt signed the bill into law on August 18, 1941. Thus the Conscription Bill was passed in September of 1940. The draft began in October and extensions were made to it the following year — and what was happening at Mt. Carmel during this period?
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On the 6th day of December, 1940: SROD SDA’s position on the conscription published: Notice that we were ready to respond to this conscription two months later because we were already organized six years before it. Volume 6 The Symbolic Code Numbers 7-12, page 11, column 1, paragraph 1 reads:
SPECIAL NOTICE For All SROD Members of Military Conscription Age THE SHEPHERD'S ROD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS' DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES CONCERNING CONSCRIPTION
(These principles underlie our conscientious objections to signing either Statement A or Statement B, unqualified, under "Claim for Exemption" in "Special Form for Conscientious Objectors.") {6SC7-12: 11.1.1}
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We have just read an excerpt to show that conscription did not cause us to be
- rganized. Please read the section in its entirety for your own edification.
We will read the beginning of the letter from the Government to Mt. Carmel: The Government's answer to this appeal is as follows: {6SC7-12: 11.2. 8} STATE HEADQUARTERS FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE AUSTIN, TEXAS
Headquarters of The Shepherd's Rod December 10, 1940 Seventh Day Adventists Waco, Texas RE: Conscientious Objectors Gentlemen:
Your communications dated December 6th, 1940, have been received by State Headquarters of Selective Service and referred to this department for reply. {6SC7-12: 12} This letter is signed by Q. C. Taylor, Major; and he was from the Legal Division. This is just to show that we were not worried about conscription; we were already
- rganized and were ready to answer and write to the army. Read that in its
entirety for your edification. November 1941: Flag of Christ’s Kingdom designed:
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December 7, 1941: Japan bombed Pearl Harbor: December 8th, 1941: USA declared war on Japan:
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1943: SROD SDA’s received a new name from God – Davidian SDA: Let us read about it in Volume 8 The Symbolic Code Numbers 1-12, page 24, column 1, paragraph 1: AFTER TWELVE YEARS
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To keep alive the hope that the brethren as a whole would sooner
- r later embrace the sealing message, the Divine Author of this
"closing work for the church" (Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 266) has hitherto given His messengers no title. Hence the name of their publication, The Shepherd's Rod, has naturally been attached to
- them. {8SC1-12: 24.1.1}
Having now, though, at the closing of its twelfth year, progressed to the publication of the "Leviticus," the Association receives from this governmental organ, the name, Davidian Seventh-day
- Adventists. No longer, therefore, does it borrow its name from its
- publications. The inception of this governmental set-up, along
with the name, suggests that the long-predicted Davidian Kingdom is about to be ushered in. {8SC1-12: 24.1.2} Amen! Brethren, we got our New Name in 1943. May 8th, 1945: V-E Day (Victory in Europe): The allies got victory over Hitler. September 2nd, 1945: Japan’s formal surrender to the allies:
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On February 5th, 1955: Bro. Victor T. Houteff, the Lord’s servant, passed away: Based on the evidences presented, there is not one thread of truth in the Davidian propaganda: “The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists was formed because the SDA church would not provide letters to Davidians to prove that they were members of the SDA church so as to be exempt from combat duties in
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World War II. Faced with this dilemma, the prophet was forced to form an Association.” Therefore, a student of the message must conclude that the answer to it is — FALSE: Stop this abomination of crediting Hitler and his enemies with forcing God to
- rganize the 11th-hour church. The 11th-hour Church was planned before Hitler