The extra readings for this week highlight how Ellen White’s prophetic claims were tested and ultimately accepted as genuine. The biblical principle of testing prophets was applied to her gift as well. The first resource presents Ellen White’s own account of how some believers doubted her visions and how she responded to their skepticism.
Herbert Douglass outlines key principles for evaluating genuine prophetic manifestations, while Theodore Levterov explores how early Sabbath-keeping Adventists concluded that Ellen White was a true prophet. Finally, C. B. Haynes examines the biblical tests of the gift of prophecy, including the test of fulfilled predictions, with examples from Ellen White’s ministry.
- Ellen G. White, “Wrong Use of the Visions,” Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, pp. 382-384.
- Herbert E. Douglass, Messenger of the Lord, pp. 28-33.
- Theodore N. Levterov, “How Early Sabbath-keeping Adventists Accepted Ellen G. White as a True Prophet,” in The Gift of Prophecy in Scripture and History, pp. 249-269.
- Carlyle B. Haynes, The Gift of Prophecy, pp. 108-124; 153-162.
- Link: https://whiteestate.org/absg/9
Thought for the Day
Caste is hateful to God. He ignores everything of this character. In His sight the souls of all men are of equal value. He "hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us." Without distinction of age, or rank, or nationality, or religious privilege, all are invited to come unto Him and live. Desire of Ages, p. 403