Rebellion - The Eternal Gospel Church

REBELLION
thoughts into their minds that if given way to, will destroy their influence
and usefulness. Testimonies, vol. 1, 128–129.
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Responsibility For Israel’s Rebellion
What was the condition of the ancient church Let us now review
these inspired statements from Scripture:
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that
are led of them are destroyed. Isaiah 9:16.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that
will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not;
and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto
us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn
aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from
before us. Isaiah 30:9–11.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and
princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all
equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach
for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they
lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us none evil
can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as
a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the
house as the high places of the forest. Micah 3:9–12.
Misleading Leaders
In reviewing the rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and the
250 princes of Israel, the 70 years captivity in Babylon, and the rejection
and crucifixion of Christ, the question then must be asked concerning
the present apostasy, Can it be compared to ancient Israel’s rebellions
and apostasies Who carries the greatest responsibility for the apostasies
then and now Who was responsible for Christ’s crucifixion
Thus by choosing a heathen ruler, the Jewish nation had withdrawn
from the theocracy. They had rejected God as their king.
Henceforth they had no deliverer. They had no king but Caesar. To
this the priests and teachers had led the people. For this, with the
fearful results that followed, they were responsible. A nation’s sin
and a nation’s ruin were due to the religious leaders. The Desire of
Ages, 737–738.