Radical Anabaptists
"The Reformers aimed to reform the old Church by the Bible; the Radicals attempted to build a new Church from the Bible. The former maintained the historic continuity; the latter went directly to the apostolic age, and ignored the intervening centuries as an apostasy." (History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: "Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation")
"The first and chief aim of the [Swiss] Radicals was not (as is usually stated) the opposition to infant baptism, still less to sprinkling or pouring, but the establishment of a pure church of converts in opposition to the mixed church of the world. The rejection of infant baptism followed as a necessary consequence. They were not satisfied with separation from popery; they wanted a separation from all the ungodly. They appealed to the example of the disciples in Jerusalem, who left the synagogue and the world." (History— Vol VIII).
The first and chief aim of endtime Sabbatarian radicals is the establishment of a pure Church, one with enough love for the scattered sheep of the lost house of Israel to fight against an Adversary disguised as an angel of light, and his many servants, disguised as ministers of righteousness. And as with the 16th-Century
Swiss radicals, endtime Sabbatarians are not of a unified theology. Rather, they are unified in their opposition to an imposed eighth day Sabbath—and they will die, as did Swiss Anabaptists, for their beliefs during the first half of the seven years of tribulation. There is no place of safety in this world for Radicals, who desire to construct a new Church from the Bible. Only the remnant that understand prophecy will survive (Rev 12:17); those who hold the testimony of Jesus and have the spirit of prophecy (Rev 19:10).
From the early Swiss Radicals come today's Sabbatarian Christians. The spiritual lineage is direct. And as the State Churches drove the Radicals from place to place, so too will Sabbatarian Christians be driven from place to place once the seven, endtime years of tribulation begin. If the Sabbatarian loves that portion of the world where he or she presently resides, the person will lose his or her physical life there. For the gospel will be spread during the tribulation as it was spread by Swiss Anabaptists.
"The first and chief aim of the [Swiss] Radicals was not (as is usually stated) the opposition to infant baptism, still less to sprinkling or pouring, but the establishment of a pure church of converts in opposition to the mixed church of the world. The rejection of infant baptism followed as a necessary consequence. They were not satisfied with separation from popery; they wanted a separation from all the ungodly. They appealed to the example of the disciples in Jerusalem, who left the synagogue and the world." (History— Vol VIII).
The first and chief aim of endtime Sabbatarian radicals is the establishment of a pure Church, one with enough love for the scattered sheep of the lost house of Israel to fight against an Adversary disguised as an angel of light, and his many servants, disguised as ministers of righteousness. And as with the 16th-Century
Swiss radicals, endtime Sabbatarians are not of a unified theology. Rather, they are unified in their opposition to an imposed eighth day Sabbath—and they will die, as did Swiss Anabaptists, for their beliefs during the first half of the seven years of tribulation. There is no place of safety in this world for Radicals, who desire to construct a new Church from the Bible. Only the remnant that understand prophecy will survive (Rev 12:17); those who hold the testimony of Jesus and have the spirit of prophecy (Rev 19:10).
From the early Swiss Radicals come today's Sabbatarian Christians. The spiritual lineage is direct. And as the State Churches drove the Radicals from place to place, so too will Sabbatarian Christians be driven from place to place once the seven, endtime years of tribulation begin. If the Sabbatarian loves that portion of the world where he or she presently resides, the person will lose his or her physical life there. For the gospel will be spread during the tribulation as it was spread by Swiss Anabaptists.
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