The session has now been completed and we are learning that the Mountain Dale association has declared an ultimatum upon its Bible workers and Ministers. In other words, a line has been drawn in the sand. A letter is being sent out requiring they sign it or else be let go. You must agree to teach —
1) The new codes are inspired and part of the Golden Bowl
2) Jacob’s time of trouble occurs prior to Ezekiel 9 and before the actual physical travel homeward to the kingdom
3) The Fundamental Beliefs are sequential except no. 5 and 7.
4) Assyrian Confederacy as taught from Don Adair down through the years is truth
You will be let go as a Bible worker and no longer employed by Mt. Dale if you refuse to sign. Therefore, some currently employed will very shortly be notified of their dismissal. They refuse to sign such error agreements!
“God has men in reserve, prepared to meet the demand, that His work may be preserved from all contaminating influences. God will be honored and glorified. When the divine Spirit impresses the mind of the man appointed by God as fit for the work, he responds, saying, “Here am I; send me.” … Nehemiah showed himself to be a man whom God could use to put down false principles and to restore heaven-born principles; and God honored him. The Lord will use in His work men who are as true as steel to principle, who will not be swayed by the sophistries of those who have lost their spiritual eyesight.” (Review and Herald, May 2, 1899)
However, because of this stance now taken by a select few leaders at Mt. Dale, there appears a GREAT opportunity for a long hoped for –revival and reformation in our midst! A group of like-minded brethren who want to proclaim God’s final message of Elijah WITHOUT man or woman (Adair and Florence) additions, subtractions, and false prophecies. This pent-up spiritual hunger is very prevalent in Davidia today. Additionally, Mother no longer needs to be led into confusion.
So many brethren are at wit’s end as to where to go. You have on one side, Lennox Sam perverting the Rod by claiming VTH was not the last prophet to come before Ezek. 9. You have Bashan teaching all kinds of strange fire doctrines. You have both Mt. Dale and Waco teaching the new codes are inspired and part of the Golden Bowl. You have individuals teaching God has abandoned centralized organized work for independent work. And so on.
Stay tuned, a gathering is coming. One that will lift up our King in Word and deed. One that wants to proclaim the Rod as published by the prophet and authorized by He who has appointed it.
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” ( 2 Chronicles 7:14)
It is with a heavy heart we make this report on the Mt. Dale session. As many know we have continually proclaimed the DSDA history that shows the work (headquarters) moving in the prophetic east direction of Ezek. 47. This map is from God, confirmed by the Rod, and we cannot brush it aside. Thus it has ultimately led us today, to the association known as Mountain Dale General Association of DSDA.
What has taken place so far at this year’s session has been astounding on many levels. Let us first quote applicable and prophetic words of our Lord —
“Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
Who say to the seers, “Do not see,” And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us.”
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely on them, Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare.
So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern.” (Isaiah 30:8-14)
There were numerous doctrinal subjects taken up already, which included the New Codes, Jacob’s time of trouble, the Assyrian confederacy, and Fundamental Beliefs. Every one of these doctrines was defeated in a vote. Meaning that Mt. Dale’s voting from members, sided with the status quo, and therefore the following Mt. Dale official position means the following.
1. Jacob’s time of trouble, in its main application occurs BEFORE Ezek. 9 2. The New Codes are inspired and accepted as part of the Golden Bowl
3. The Fundamental Beliefs are important, however no. 5 and no. 7 are NOT in sequential order. 4. The Assyrian confederacy, as handed down from its beginning from Don Adair is confirmed and accepted as true doctrine by Mt. Dale.
They have now announced to the world field that these long-held doctrines have not changed at all. They have “dug in” as it were to the lessons taught. largely from Adair. Let us remember that the current head leaders we largely taught by Don Adair, or his primary pupil — Anthony Hibbert. Adair or Hibbert then taught Norman Archer, Andrew Decaries, Errol Stanford, Bro. MacCallum, Glenroy Matthews and so forth down the line.
In other words, the false ideas and doctrines now perpetrated among many Davidians –lays at the feet of Adair. Regardless of this history, we as DSDA cannot and MUST NOT think the following inspired counsel is just for Mother —
“We have many lessons to learn, and many, many to unlearn. God and heaven alone are infallible. Those who think that they will never have to give up a cherished view, never have occasion to change an opinion, will be disappointed. As long as we hold to our own ideas and opinions with determined persistency, we cannot have the unity for which Christ prayed.” ( 1 SLM, p.37)
No indeed! From what we are seeing, this lesson has just as much if not more application to DSDA than SDA! Again, Mt. Dale is proving that pride and stubbornness are often just too much to swallow, and new understandings or corrections will be fought at all costs, lest they be found to have taught wrongly.
The above concerns doctrinal matters, now let’s talk about the “spirit” of the meeting. To begin bro. Matthews was made the session chairman and once again allowed confusion, interruptions, back and forth to show forth. Disorganization was in full bloom from the beginning. For those of us who witnessed the virtual discussion last year with Mt. Dale, Matthews was also made the administrator of that meeting and it too showed disorganization. We clearly see that unfortunately this brother cannot handle or execute meeting procedures well.
The meeting got off with this confusion, and soon bylaws were passed that censored people. This followed in the footsteps of Waco, but was even more strict and exclusive.
ONLY tithe payers were allowed to attend. Many that attempted to join and were possibly piqued with interest in this message –were shut out and told to go home. Is this how Christ would have handled a meeting of brethren? Can we image Jesus peering out in the crowd when He spoke His great Sermon on the Mount discourse, “wait I don’t recognize you as a follower of mine, please leave.”
Then to continue this censorship Mt. Dale passed a motion that ONLY Card holders be allowed to raise their hand and speak! This was a shot across the bow to the faithful long-time Tithe payers who speak up and disclose hard questions that need addressed. In other words, the power grab by the few hard liners at Mt. Dale, was obvious. They had to hold onto their power and position at all costs, even to the point of shutting down their own people!
For us faithful tithe payers, it was like a gut punch. After faithful supporting (in large numbers we might add) Mt. Dale, our reward was censorship. Brethren are not stupid and did see that members like myself can and do bring up fair and thought-provoking issues, which Mt. Dale would prefer to keep hidden and silenced.
Again the counsel of the Lord —
“There will be those among us who will always want to control the work of God, to dictate even what movements shall be made when the work goes forward under the direction of the angel who joins the third angel in the message to be given to the world.” (TM, p. 299)
So where do Mt. Dale and those who cannot accept the false doctrines and censorship by the leaders go from here? All we can say is that it is now in the Lord’s hands. We shall know more as the coming days go by. One thing is certain, the two sides stand apart both spiritually and doctrinally.
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3)
In closing, at this point, several Mt. Dale brothers and sisters are praying about this crisis. Could it be that God will soon guide us to move forward with a new organization? Based out of New York, and in keeping with His prophetic roadmap of Ezek. 47? The ball is in Mt. Dale’s court.
Time will tell.
“Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely on them, Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare.“(Isaiah 30:12-14)
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