Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

worship of the dead, they were actually worshiping demons.
Identity of Spiritualism Revealed
Modern spiritualism is a revival of the witchcraft and demon
worship that God condemned long ago. The Scriptures predicted
this, declaring that "in latter times some will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons." (1
Timothy 4:1). In the last days there will be false teachers. (2 Peter
2:1, 2). Spiritualist teachers refuse to acknowledge Christ as the Son
of God. Concerning such teachers the beloved John declares: "Who
is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist
who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does
not have the Father either." (1 John 2:22, 23). Spiritualism, by
denying Christ, denies both the Father and the Son, and the Bible
calls it the sign of the antichrist.
Spiritualism's lure to attract multitudes of people is its
pretended power to reveal the future. In His Word God has opened
before us the great events of the future--all that is essential for us to
know. But Satan wants to destroy our confidence in God, lead us to
seek a knowledge of what God has wisely veiled from us, and to
reject what He has revealed in His Holy Word.
Many become restless when they cannot know how things will
turn out. They cannot stand uncertainty, and refuse to wait to see the
salvation of God. They give in to rebellious feelings and run here
and there in desperate grief, trying to get information that God has
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