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Christ Foretells a Great Uprooting
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no better foundation than the traditions of the fathers. People cling
to their traditions and hate those who show them their error. In this
day, when Heaven directs us to call attention to the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus, we see the same hatred as people
expressed in the days of Christ. The Bible says about the remnant
people of God, “The dragon was enraged with the woman, and
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the
commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
Revelation 12:17
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But “every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will
be uprooted.” In place of the authority of the so-called fathers of the
church, God asks us to accept the word of the eternal Father, the
Lord of heaven and earth. Here alone we can find truth unmixed
with error. “In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.”
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