Dear Friends
It has come to my attention that I may have offered opinions that were taken by some as if I was supporting or taking up defense for Donald Trump around the recent election. I apologize for the offensive statements and for not clarifying them as I should have when making them. Perhaps it would help to do so now. As the saying goes “better late than never.”
We are living in a post-truth world in which little of what you see on the surface is reliable on either side. There is now no common understanding of reality. Each person has his own truth derived from a myriad of sources. The church is even divided along the same lines as the political and cultural world. The enemy would have it this way because he can confuse and deceive more powerfully.
We are counseled not to take political sides. And for good reason. For example, Fundamentals of Christian Education, page 475.
“The Lord would have His people bury political questions. On these themes silence is eloquence. Christ calls upon His followers to come into unity on the pure gospel principles which are plainly revealed in the word of God. We cannot with safety vote for political parties; for we do not know whom we are voting for. We cannot with safety take part in any political schemes. We cannot labor to please men who will use their influence to repress religious liberty, and to set in operation oppressive measures to lead or compel their fellow men to keep Sunday as the Sabbath. The first day of the week is not a day to be reverenced. It is a spurious sabbath, and the members of the Lord’s family cannot participate with the men who exalt this day, and violate the law of God by trampling upon His Sabbath. The people of God are not to vote to place such men in office; for when they do this, they are partakers with them of the sins which they commit while in office.”
I have used that statement over and over again in my years of ministry and I aim to live by it. I don’t blame anyone but me for the misunderstanding that occurred for some people. I did not mean to alienate anyone over seemingly political views or over statements that are not understood the same way by my friends as listeners and readers of KTF. My message is not about politics, but about prophecy and its fulfillment. It was a great lesson that showed me that we can’t get too close to the line in pursuit of understanding the prophetic, because some could be alienated. I don’t want to diminish my prophetic voice to God’s people.
I believe Donald Trump to be morally compromised, even corrupt, untrustworthy, and a man given to falsehoods or shading of the truth, just like most politicians or businessmen, no matter how sincere they may be. His life was anything but exemplary. When I said something about him fraudulently losing the election, I was pointing out that the globalist elites manipulate elections (probably regularly, in many countries) and will stoop to anything to arrive at global control – and then cover their tracks. Globalism is a prophetic issue. Roman Catholicism stands with the globalists and their ultimate agenda.
My basic argument was that Mr. Trump, whatever his character, was not a globalist, and was promoting freedom, including religious freedom. And that is a prophetic issue.
I’m not being one-sided; I took aim at Mr. Trump’s alliance with evangelicals early in his term as president. Another prophetic issue. I also took Mr. Trump to task for his connections to the Jesuits and the Catholic Church. I called out his visit to the Vatican, the earliest ever for a U.S. President. That is a preeminent prophetic issue.
For those who are wondering about what I believe about the Biden administration, I see that Mr. Biden has done the opposite in classic Hegelian dialectic. Being the second catholic president, he has re-entered the papal (and globalist) climate agreement. He is aligning the U.S. with other globalist treaties. Domestically, He put the first transgender in his cabinet as Secretary of Health. He has appointed a strong abortionist to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He is bringing back big government, with its drain on the economy and increased inflation, and especially its alliance with globalism. The rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. The equality act, one of his signature domestic issues, is also a terrible piece of legislation that will strip away freedoms, including religious freedom, all in the name of LGBT+ equality.
There is no hope from politicians on either side to uphold truth. No stopping the onslaught against truth, because God is allowing the enemy to work his work on both sides. We can’t expect our government leaders to defend a shared truth because there isn’t any shared truth anymore. It’s interesting that it was during the Trump administration that shared truth lost the most ground, it seems.
I do not hold out much hope for America’s future as the “land of the free.” Freedom is being trampled underfoot. My hope and confidence are in the great and unchangeable Jehovah. The Bible is the only truth that is reliable today.
In spite of his defense of liberty and the free market, Mr. Trump was used to move the prophetic clock forward toward the end of time and the coming of Jesus.
God sets up kings and takes them down for His own reasons. We must not be partisan in our message, and I am sorry if I gave that impression.
Human opinions don’t matter at the end of the day. Only God’s opinion is important. I plan to be one of the redeemed, and I pray that I will always stand on the Bible as the infallible word of God. I hope you do too.
Keep the Faith
Comments
Jason M Stych
Monday March 29th, 2021 at 07:50 AMI knew what you were saying and could see how it could have been misunderstood. Thanks for posting. God bless you Pastor Mayer.
Anthony
Monday March 29th, 2021 at 11:39 AMWhat a humble and sincere letter, with some much needed candor. Thank you for posting it and greetings from the Chino valley Bible Sabbath church.
Ryan
Monday March 29th, 2021 at 12:27 PMExcellent perspective! As the world polarizes and truth seekers (Adventist or otherwise) continue to grasp for a side before realizing no earthly side has our interests at heart. It is a hard realization in a country where patriotism has become another god, and the party most closely aligned with a person’s political persuasion becomes his mouthpiece. Sans the spine of the scripture, we are literally taken in by every wind of doctrine, much of it calling evil good, and good, evil.
PLI
Monday March 29th, 2021 at 04:13 PMpastor mayer- thanks for making this statement.when i started doing my own research,i in NOT in good conscience could vote for any political party,republican,democrat,independent etc. it does pay..to do your own research,as to be able to have an objection,to anything,one must be able to have proper information.i do agree,the news as i have said,you need to even do your research to find out what you are hearing is correct or incorrect ,or have an opinion.to rely on one news source,can sometimes be a dangerous thing.i dont say this to say i rely on one source,i DO NOT..as any news media today,unfortunately,tends to have their own slant to reporting.this makes sometimes difficult for those whom try to do the right thing.i do not make any excuses for anyone having any viewpoint.i consider myself VERY fortunate to know someone whom is a chip person that i personally think is a woman of GOD…,that had health issues when she came to the church,and then she had a better understanding of the health message,then share the information with others,of which , we both share information …in attempt to educate others.i have been educating a nurse whom works for one of my doctors…of which,she has become VERY interested in some of the things i have pointed out to her,things she had never thought about…just like i didnt…,and i had shared the information with a retired pastor of the church,of which , evidently,missed some of the health teachings,and didnt know a chip person as educated as the chip person i know.i feel blessed to know this person.i am sharing the health message as much as i can….,while i have my job ahead of me,i trust GOD he will help me bring out truth to others…as i do think the health message is very important,as some people i have met dont know,some dont care….,and i do think the health message is very very important…for others to understand….
i recently invested with some other friends ,and we bought 6 cases of sda books that teach our teachings….in hope that we can still reach others out there…my petition before GOD…is that teaching some of the things i do know ..for sure…and things i can and must support.I wish to thank you for your ministry…
Glenn Delica
Monday March 29th, 2021 at 10:47 PMGod bless Pastor Mayer, I believe your point. God’s Word is sure. We are just observing the fulfillment of prophecy on both sides.
Nick Johnson
Tuesday March 30th, 2021 at 10:42 AMPastor Mayer,
Taking a stand on issues based on Biblical principles inherently associates you with certain groups or political ideology. You will not be able to escape this.
I love Ellen White and whole heartedly believe she was called by God to bring a message of warning and hope to the last day people. In some, very few, cases I believe she was writing by permission and not under inspiration (as we see Paul stated for himself at one point). In principle I agree with her statement regarding politics; However, in practice it is not an absolute. For example on the issue of alcohol abolition and slavery Ellen White herself allied with certain groups and leaders in support. Not because she was of one party or not, but because she recognized their mission to accomplish a moral victory for the common good.
Isaiah warned those who called good evil, and evil good. Being silent on the wickedness and immorality of current times can be equated to the three faithful boys who could have silently bent down to tie their shoes when the music played:
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness…” – Isa 5:20a
But they didn’t. They made a statement by standing when the music played and they didn’t bow down. They called evil what it was, evil. Did they apologize for offending the king by aligning their principles with Daniel?
There will be people not of our faith who will defend morality and righteousness. They may not represent everything we believe, but in areas that we agree the soap box can and should shared. I agree with you. The history of the 1930s is repeating itself now. Marxism is a philosophy that is pervasively affecting our young people and we are on the slippery slope now. The Democrat party is no longer bringing balance to the Republican party. To use a political metaphor, they are yanking society left of center hard. I appreciate you calling out the wrongs for what they are.
We do need to be partisan. Partisan to God’s word. Sometimes that aligns us with party groups that may offend others. We will never please everyone when speaking truth. Thanks for your ministry.
Coret St. Claire
Friday April 2nd, 2021 at 10:11 PMI believe that you are correct
Dale Richardson
Saturday April 3rd, 2021 at 11:19 AMI do not blame you for speaking out about what was going on. In fact we need more people to speak out. We need a generation of people to speak out. The Hegelian dialectic that we observe is the struggle between the King of the North and the King of the South. Careful examination of Daniel 11 in conjunction with revelation 11 and 13 will give more clarity to this struggle. The king of the North and south is present even within the papacy as it is an ideology that was pushed forward by the jesuits. The south was propagated by the jesuits in the formation of the Freemasons which were used to attempt to violate bible prophecy in1797 by trying to attack Rome and failing. Right now the globalist agenda pushed by Pope Francis is king of the south philosophy. Archbishop Vigano represents the king of the North. What he stands for is the absolute rule of the papacy which is what we traditionally think of the papacy and the push to regain its former power. There is a quote in the great controversy that speaks of (I’m paraphrasing) when the Christian nations unite church and state the fall of Babylon will be complete. What is going to cause church and state to unite? The south pushing so far that the king of the North is going to come at the south like a whirlwind. We are about to see the North come at the south like a whirlwind. Christians have been downtrodden for so long and now they are being pushed to the verge of extinction. Christians are being tortured in western countries as we speak and some in the adventist church. The adventist church is God’s remnant people, however there are some tares among the wheat which God is moving to take out as we speak.
This is a matter set to go for conference at the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 2021. It is of interest to SDA’s since apostate SDA’s are party to some of the criminal behaviour and this is on public record.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-1282/172120/20210318160440941_20210318-145723-95753036-00003897.pdf
Here is the link to the information of the conference times. https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-1282.html
This is high time that we read our bibles and the spirit of prophecy and do the work God has called us to do. The woman in the document is my daughter and that is our testimony.