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Christianity has always taught that Jesus died for our sins, yours, mine and everyone's, on the cross. Ellen White, founding prophetess of the Seventh Day Adventists, had some unconventional ideas. While she sometimes taught that Jesus died for our sins, she has also taught that Satan will be made to die for the same sins. She associates this belief with the Old Testament scapegoat. Satan will be the final scapegoat. One characteristic of Ellen White is that she mentions Satan almost as often as she mentions God.
Ellen White:
"Since Satan is the originator of sin, the direct instigator of all the sins that caused the death of the Son of God, justice demands that Satan shall suffer the final punishment. Christ's work for the redemption of men and the purification of the universe from sin will be closed by the removal of sin from the heavenly sanctuary and the placing of these sins upon Satan, who will bear the final penalty. So in the typical service, the yearly round of ministration closed with the purification of the sanctuary, and the confessing of the sins on the head of the scapegoat."
This quote is from Patriarchs and Prophets, Chapter 30: The Tabernacle and its Services. (Kindle Location 5720-5725) Patriarchs and Prophets is the first of five books which are part of the Conflict of Ages series, or Conflict of Ages Collection.
Ellen White, Conflict of Ages Collection:
Patriarchs and Prophets, Prophets and Kings, The Desire of Ages, The Acts of the Apostles,
The Great Controversy
Ellen White: "Now they are eternally secure from the tempter's devices. Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin."
While this quote doesn't refer to Satan by name, it calls him the "originator of sin," which is clear enough. It also doesn't mention Satan receiving the "penalty," but it does say that Satan will receive the sins of the redeemed. The quote is from Prophets and Kings, Chapter 47: Joshua and the Angel. (Kindle Location 18418)
Ellen White: "When the high priest, by virtue of the blood of the sin offering, removed the sins from the sanctuary, he placed them upon the scapegoat. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood, removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of His ministration, He will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty. The scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, never to come again into the congregation of Israel. So will Satan be forever banished from the presence of God and His people, and he will be blotted from existence in the final destruction of sin and sinners."
Ellen White doesn't believe in hell. Her statement that Satan "will be blotted from existence" reflects this view, that instead of being cast into an eternal hell, Satan and his followers will be destroyed body and soul. This quote is from the last book of the series, The Great Controversy, Chapter 23: What is the Sanctuary? (Kindle location 44929-44934)
Earlier in the same chapter there is an indirect reference to this process, which tells us that sins are transferred to "the heavenly sanctuary."
Ellen White: "As anciently the sins of the people were by faith placed upon the sin offering and through its blood transferred, in figure, to the earthly sanctuary, so in the new covenant the sins of the repentant are by faith placed upon Christ and transferred, in fact, to the heavenly sanctuary."
(Kindle Locations 44918-44920)
Ellen White: "In like manner, when the work of atonement in the heavenly sanctuary has been completed, then in the presence of God and heavenly angels and the hosts of the redeemed the sins of God's people will be placed upon Satan; he will be declared guilty of all the evil which he has caused them to commit. And as the scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, so Satan will be banished to the desolate earth, an uninhabited and dreary wilderness."
This quote is from The Great Controversy, Chapter 41: Desolation of the Earth (Kindle Locations 48,351-48,356)
Ellen White: "The sins of the righteous having been transferred to Satan, he is made to suffer not only for his own rebellion, but for all the sins which he has caused God's people to commit."
This quote is from the last chapter of the last book of the series. It is from The Great Controversy, Chapter 42: The Controversy Ended (Kindle Location 48495-48501)
This notion that Satan will specifically suffer for the sins he has tempted mortals to commit is not the only novel idea in Ellen White.
Ellen White: "When Christ died, the destruction of Satan was made certain."
This quote is from Patriarchs and Prophets, Chapter 4: The Plan of Redemption. (Kindle Location 1286)
I would have thought that the destruction of Satan was certain when he rebelled and was thrown out of heaven.
Ellen White:
"Since Satan is the originator of sin, the direct instigator of all the sins that caused the death of the Son of God, justice demands that Satan shall suffer the final punishment. Christ's work for the redemption of men and the purification of the universe from sin will be closed by the removal of sin from the heavenly sanctuary and the placing of these sins upon Satan, who will bear the final penalty. So in the typical service, the yearly round of ministration closed with the purification of the sanctuary, and the confessing of the sins on the head of the scapegoat."
This quote is from Patriarchs and Prophets, Chapter 30: The Tabernacle and its Services. (Kindle Location 5720-5725) Patriarchs and Prophets is the first of five books which are part of the Conflict of Ages series, or Conflict of Ages Collection.
Ellen White, Conflict of Ages Collection:
Patriarchs and Prophets, Prophets and Kings, The Desire of Ages, The Acts of the Apostles,
The Great Controversy
Ellen White: "Now they are eternally secure from the tempter's devices. Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin."
While this quote doesn't refer to Satan by name, it calls him the "originator of sin," which is clear enough. It also doesn't mention Satan receiving the "penalty," but it does say that Satan will receive the sins of the redeemed. The quote is from Prophets and Kings, Chapter 47: Joshua and the Angel. (Kindle Location 18418)
Ellen White: "When the high priest, by virtue of the blood of the sin offering, removed the sins from the sanctuary, he placed them upon the scapegoat. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood, removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of His ministration, He will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty. The scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, never to come again into the congregation of Israel. So will Satan be forever banished from the presence of God and His people, and he will be blotted from existence in the final destruction of sin and sinners."
Ellen White doesn't believe in hell. Her statement that Satan "will be blotted from existence" reflects this view, that instead of being cast into an eternal hell, Satan and his followers will be destroyed body and soul. This quote is from the last book of the series, The Great Controversy, Chapter 23: What is the Sanctuary? (Kindle location 44929-44934)
Earlier in the same chapter there is an indirect reference to this process, which tells us that sins are transferred to "the heavenly sanctuary."
Ellen White: "As anciently the sins of the people were by faith placed upon the sin offering and through its blood transferred, in figure, to the earthly sanctuary, so in the new covenant the sins of the repentant are by faith placed upon Christ and transferred, in fact, to the heavenly sanctuary."
(Kindle Locations 44918-44920)
Ellen White: "In like manner, when the work of atonement in the heavenly sanctuary has been completed, then in the presence of God and heavenly angels and the hosts of the redeemed the sins of God's people will be placed upon Satan; he will be declared guilty of all the evil which he has caused them to commit. And as the scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, so Satan will be banished to the desolate earth, an uninhabited and dreary wilderness."
This quote is from The Great Controversy, Chapter 41: Desolation of the Earth (Kindle Locations 48,351-48,356)
Ellen White: "The sins of the righteous having been transferred to Satan, he is made to suffer not only for his own rebellion, but for all the sins which he has caused God's people to commit."
This quote is from the last chapter of the last book of the series. It is from The Great Controversy, Chapter 42: The Controversy Ended (Kindle Location 48495-48501)
This notion that Satan will specifically suffer for the sins he has tempted mortals to commit is not the only novel idea in Ellen White.
Ellen White: "When Christ died, the destruction of Satan was made certain."
This quote is from Patriarchs and Prophets, Chapter 4: The Plan of Redemption. (Kindle Location 1286)
I would have thought that the destruction of Satan was certain when he rebelled and was thrown out of heaven.