O.K. I did not know. You were justified in bringing it up.
It is a fascinating story, Gregory. Here we have this Dutch boy whose mountain-climbing father is killed and his sister dies, leaving but the mother and son. Somewhere he gets hold of a book by Spicer and is taken by the new doctrines. Then he has this stint in the air force where he attends both Catholic and Protestant services. Before leaving the air force he is reminded of the Adventist doctrines.
Seems like the Jesuits knew what they were doing by sending girls with the Catholic Father to the isolated boys hungry for adventure. So Damsteeg leaves the girls at the Catholic services and starts studying theology at Newbold College. Since he mentions these girls in his biography they must have left an impact on him which influenced his understanding of Scripture. How could such depraved girls ever have any positive Spiritual influence over men in the Church? Could you think of this girl he danced with some months ago being ordained as a priest?
Unthinkable!
Lets bring our minds back a couple of thousand years. What is the most important message in the world both then and today?
Acts 4:10
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Who was the first preacher of the resurrection? We all know it was Mary. Mary, this woman whose integrity had been deprived by leaders and elders among God's chosen people. Mary was the female whom Jesus Christ had restored to womanhood and therefore God used her as the first preacher of the real Christian message.
How many male church leaders are depraving the Marys of today of what they should be giving them?
Unfortunately I have personal knowledge of some Seventh-day Adventist pastors and elders who have acted as if their elevated male ordination status entitled them to deprive their daughters or granddaughters of their virginity. The ordination privileges are seeping through from the Catholic Church even into the Adventists to such an extent that our church needs a great revival and reformation.
Damsteeg seems to be an honest man. Perhaps the Lord would not permit him to distribute his writings and ideas without revealing under what influences he started his studies of Scripture? Is this the key we need to understand the deceptive influences this man has had on our leaders?
His influence seems so widespread that even many of our devout men and leaders are still prostrate in their devotion to this important Roman Catholic doctrine.
If any of this applies to you then see the outstretched hands of Jesus Christ, ready to give you the restoration He gave to Mary.
This is the time we need to sing and pray:
Precious Lord take my hand. . .