Anti-Shepherd’s Rod Literature Fails to Refute

by sighandcry on May 23, 2010

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Ever since The Shepherd’s Rod message was introduced to the Seventh-day Adventist church in 1930 there has been a continual barrage of anti-Rod literature and false accusations against Davidian Seventh-day Adventists in a desperate effort to discourage honest Adventists from investigating its claims for themselves. Yet, despite these superhuman efforts (GC 608) to keep the truth for God’s people, the enemies attacks have often turned upon itself when sincere hearted believers read both sides of the story for themselves and see that none of these publications are able to refute the plain teachings coming from The Shepherd’s Rod. This fact is confirmed in numerous testimonies and reports that have been published nearly since the message began. The principal medium was The Symbolic Codes which were published by Victor T. Houteff from 1934 to 1943 in nine (9) volumes. Excerpts from these Codes reveal the failed attempts of the Seventh-day Adventist church leadership to refute the teachings of The Rod through two early publications entitled “A Warning Against Error” and “A Reply to the Shepherd’s Rod”. A compilation of these testimonies is now available for all to see in the PDF document listed below (See also, the Rod tract No. 7 entitled “The Great Controversy over the Shepherd’s Rod”)

Effects-of-Anti-Shepherds-Rod-literature.pdf

Remarkably, the same spirit that opposed The Shepherd’s Rod message when it first appeared is ever so active at the present time, most especially as the sealing of the 144,000 is even closer at the doors. Additional publications (e.g. “The Story of the Shepherd’s Rod”) have since been issued by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in an attempt to take advantage of the confusion that entered following the death of Victor T. Houteff in 1955 and the unauthorized take over of the organization by his wife Florence. Not surprisingly, these documents have begun to appear on the web in various forms, including an anonymous attack site specifically targeted against The Rod. A notorious tract entitled “A True Witness Speaks” has resurfaced which was written by a certain Hazel Hendricks, a early Rod advocate who turned tail on the message and became one of its most bitter foes (PDF of early testimonies from Sis. Hendricks). So also with the story of more recent Rod traitors such as Ishmael Rodriguez who are actively preaching on the Adventist church circuit promoting an attack video documentary against the message he once believed. What is interesting to note about all of the efforts to stamp out the plain truths of The Rod is that they repeat the same old worn out arguments and false accusations used against The Rod teachings since the beginning, none of which have been refuted on a single point to this day.

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ROGER O. EVANS July 2, 2010 at 12:22 am

HAVE YOU BEEN UPDATED AS TO THE FLORANCE CODES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ROD, THIS WILL MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT AS THE TEACHINGS FROM 1957 UP TO TODAY HAVE BEEN TOTALLY IN ERROR BUT ARE NOW BEING CORRECTED BY GOD.

ROGER O. EVANS July 2, 2010 at 12:26 am

ON THE 144TH WHO CARES ONLY GOD KNOWS WHO THEY ARE AND IT WILL BE GOD THAT WILL PICK THEM , PRETENDING TO BE ONE OF THEM WITHOUT SAYING I AM ONE OF THEM IS A GAME SATAN WOULD LIKE ALL SDA PEOPLE TO PLAY, IT KEEPS THEM IN A MIND SET THAT THEY ARE THE CHOSEN ONES OF GOD, WHEN IN FACT WE ALL KNOW WE ARE NO MORE THAT SINNERS , REMEMBER THERE ARE 12 TRIBES DAVIDIAN’S ARE JUST ONE TRIBE NOT ALL 12 TRIBES ITS UP TO GOD TO ORGANIZE THE 144TH LET GOD BE GOD JUST OBEY AND FOLLOW.

SR-admin July 2, 2010 at 7:24 am

Yes, we have published a study exposing the errors in the Florence Houteff Codes that can be downloaded from a link found within the following page at our sister website:
http://www.upa7.org/symbolic-codes.html
or viewed/downloaded at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26962654/Should-We-Publish-the-New-Codes-After-1954

cheruiyot joshua August 10, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Am glad that you brothers and sisters are concerned with The Message. Let our Lord help you to clear all the mud that has been smeared on the movement. Everyone was given a proper thinking mind that need not depend on others to make decisions. I know that however clear you will try to make the codes, there will be those who will be pointing out at error. With such, don’t bother but march ahead in the name of The Lord. God bless you all.

Benayah Lansiquot January 3, 2011 at 7:20 am

I recently came across Bro. Ismael Rodriguez on You Tube I thought he was up to no good towards the Rod message. My suspicion has been confirmed by your mention of him in the “Anti-Rod’s Literature Fails to Refute” post. Should you have any information to share about him why he decided to ex-communicate the Rod Message I would appreciate it. Sooner than later his effort as he termed it The deceptiveness of the Rod will be used by many anti-Rod Believers to attack the Rod Message.
Especially the Brethren who are using the 1845 and 1850 charts.

SR-admin January 3, 2011 at 10:59 am

Dear Bro. Benayah:

Thank you for your comments and inquiry about Ismael Rodriguez and his aggressive attack on the Rod. Yes we do have some information about his past association with the message and his current work of deception. He was present at the GC Session in Atlanta this past summer (2010) and was very active in promoting his new anti-Rod book and openly attacking Rod believers who were witnessing on the streets. By the grace and mercy of God we were able to interview the brethren from Mt. Dale who were directly involved with him when he was a professed Rod believer. This story needs to be told, so God willing we will strive to get a post available in the near future. Please send us an email (hosea21@gmail.com) so we can notify of future updates.

May God bless your stand for the truth, come what may.

Rob October 29, 2011 at 6:56 pm

Can we honestly sit back and think that the dark forces, will be silent about this “shaking” and “straight testimony” from The Shepherd’s Rod? Of course not. The prophecy must be fulfilled, for this message is THE message which shakes us out, to be on the right or on the wrong, each has a choice. Thanks bro, for your disclosures here.

SR-admin October 29, 2011 at 9:13 pm

Yes, Bro. as inspiration reminds us . . .

“Agitate, agitate, agitate! The subjects which we present to the world must be to us a living reality. It is important that in defending the doctrines which we consider fundamental articles of faith, we should never allow ourselves to employ arguments that are not wholly sound. These may avail to silence an opposer, but they do not honor the truth. We should present sound arguments, that will not only silence our opponents, but will bear the closest and most searching scrutiny.”–Gospel Workers, p. 299.3

Samuel Antwi April 5, 2016 at 8:08 am

Please kindly give me any helpful information about the rod.

sighandcry April 9, 2016 at 10:00 pm

Dear Brother searching for Truth:

Please take time to view over this website as it contains a wealth of helpful information about the original Shepherd’s Rod message. Also please send a request via our email address at hosea21@gmail.com that includes a mailing address and we will be happy to send you the complete SRod message along with many interesting historical documents related to the advance of the message since its beginning in 1930.

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