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Section 5—Warning Against Spiritistic Sophistry
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Speculation Regarding the Future Life
There are men today who express their belief that there will be
marriages and births in the new earth, but those who believe the
Scriptures cannot accept such doctrines. The doctrine that children
will be born in the new earth is not a part of the “sure word of
prophecy.” The words of Christ are too plain to be misunderstood.
They should forever settle the question of marriages and births in
the new earth. Neither those who shall be raised from the dead, nor
those who shall be translated without seeing death, will marry or be
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given in marriage. They will be as the angels of God, members of
the royal family.
Preach the Word
I would say to those who hold views contrary to this plain dec-
laration of Christ: Upon such matters silence is eloquence. It is
presumption to indulge in suppositions and theories regarding mat-
ters that God has not made known to us in His word. We need not
enter into speculation regarding our future state.
To my ministering brethren I would say, “Preach the word; be
instant in season, out of season.” Do not bring to the foundation
wood, and hay, and stubble—your own surmisings and speculations,
which can benefit no one.
Christ withheld no truths essential to our salvation. Those things
that are revealed are for us and our children, but we are not to allow
our imagination to frame doctrines concerning things not revealed.
The Lord has made every provision for our happiness in the
future life. But He has made no revelations regarding these plans,
and we are not to speculate concerning them. Neither are we to
measure the conditions of the future life by the conditions of this
life.—
Manuscript 28, 1904
Deception Regarding Spiritual Affinity
You have been represented to me as being in great peril. Satan is
on your track, and at times he has whispered to you pleasing fables
and has shown you charming pictures of one whom he represents as