Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Eight

In the last article we referenced the following words of Jesus.

The rebellion of 1863 marks the beginning of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism building a false foundation upon the sand. Sand represents the satanic principle of pluralism, in contrast with the Rock of absolute truth. Absolute truth is established upon two witnesses, and the truths represented upon the two sacred charts of Habakkuk, which Adventism has progressively set aside, are derived from the Bible and confirmed by the Spirit of Prophecy. Those truths are absolute.

When September 11, 2001 arrived so did the rains of the Holy Spirit.

When the great buildings of New York City were thrown down by a touch from God, the latter rain began to sprinkle. When September 11, 2001 arrived the floodgates of papal principles was released.

The Patriot Act marks the beginning of the protection of Roman Catholic principles, that progressively leads to the soon-coming Sunday law. On September 11, 2001 the four winds that represent Islam of the third woe, began to blow.

The rain, wind, and flood arrived on September 11, 2001 and the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church was tested as were the Jews at the baptism of Christ, and as were the Protestants beginning on August 11, 1840. From that point until the rebellious prediction of July 18, 2020, the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist house progressively fell, just as certainly as the Jew’s temple was pronounced desolate before the cross, and just as the Protestants transitioned unto apostate Protestantism at the first disappointment of April 19, 1844.

The Laodicean movement of the third angel then entered into its final testing process, and as with the testing that began on September 11, 2001 the virgins were called to return to the old paths, which were the foundational truths of not only the Millerite movement of the first and second angels, but also the foundational truths of the movement of the third angel.

The symbol of the rejection of those foundational truths in the context of the strong delusion is the message Paul recorded in Second Thessalonians. That message is symbolized by “the daily” in the book of Daniel, for it was in the passage of Thessalonians that William Miller came to understand that “the daily” in the book of Daniel represented pagan Rome.

There have been books penned that address the definition of “the daily” in the book of Daniel. Most are erroneous, though if you wish to review a paper from an Adventist theologian that gets it right, you could locate, The Mystery of the Daily, by John W. Peters. I do not intend to address that element of “the daily,” in this article. There are also other books that cover the history of the “who, what and why” that the false view of “the daily” was ultimately established within Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism.

The definition of the Hebrew word translated as “the daily”, and the history of rebellion against the foundational truth of “the daily” that began in earnest in 1901, has been repeatedly set forth in Habakkuk’s Tables and also in the recent articles on the book of Daniel.

I intend to keep the focus of “the daily” in this article on the prophetic characteristics associated with the symbol of Rome being rejected. Any who genuinely accept the authority of the writings of Ellen White simply need to read the following to know what is the correct understanding of “the daily.”

To reject William Miller’s understanding of “the daily” is to simultaneously reject the authority of the writings of Ellen White, for she saw “that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry.” She was also shown that the other views of “the daily” produced “darkness and confusion,” which are not attributes of Christ. Miller recognized “the daily” as pagan Rome when he studied Second Thessalonians.

Ultimately, Laodicean Adventism set aside the correct understanding which was given to Miller and those who gave the judgment hour cry, for apostate Protestantism’s erroneous idea that “the daily” represented Christ’s sanctuary ministry. That understanding is absurd on many levels, but more than being fallacious, it claims that a satanic symbol is a symbol of Christ.

Miller identified “the daily” as pagan Rome, the dragon, but Laodicean Adventism took the idea from fallen Protestantism that it represents Christ’s heavenly sanctuary ministry. The rejection of Miller’s identification of “the daily” as pagan Rome represents a rejection of a truth which is represented upon both the sacred charts that were a fulfillment of Habakkuk chapter two. It is therefore a rejection of a foundational truth, just as was the rejection of the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six.

To reject the truth that “the daily,” represents pagan Rome, is to reject the foundations of Adventism and the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy. Identifying a symbol of Satan as a symbol of Christ is parallel to identifying the work of Christ as the work of Satan.

When Laodicean Adventism rejected the foundational understanding of “the daily” and the seven times, they not only rejected the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy, and the foundations, but they rejected the work of William Miller, who had been led to his understandings by the angel Gabriel and other angels.

“His angel” is an expression that identifies the angel Gabriel.

The identification of a satanic symbol as a symbol of Christ is not only a parallel to the unpardonable sin, but the unpardonable sin is also associated with the rejection of the messengers who Christ sends. “The daily” then becomes the symbol of the unpardonable sin, and when it is understood that the “chosen one,” William Miller was led to the correct understanding of that truth, and when it was thereafter rejected, it fits directly into Second Thessalonians, which is the very passage of Scripture where Miller made his discovery. To reject that truth, is evidence of not loving the truth, and that rebellion produces a removal of the Holy Spirit and the delivery of the unholy spirit of Satan, which Paul identifies as strong delusion.

Just as “the robbers of thy people”, who “establish the vision”, “the daily” is a symbol of pagan Rome. In the context of Second Thessalonians, Paul teaches that the rejection of the message of chapter two is evidence that those who do so, do not love the truth. Because they do not love the truth represented in the chapter, they receive strong delusion.

All the prophets are addressing the last days, and previous inspired passages in this article identify that the strong delusion arrives upon those who do not love the truth during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. One class is receiving the oil, and the other class is receiving strong delusion.

The Holy Spirit is poured out during the history when the Holy Spirit is being removed from those who reject the increase of knowledge that is opened up during the two testing periods of the sealing time from September 11, 2001 to the soon-coming Sunday law. Repeating a prior passage:

Line upon line, Daniel teaches that in the last days, it is the robbers of thy people, (a symbol of Rome) that establishes the vision. The robbers are also represented as “the daily.” Solomon teaches that in the last days those who do not have the vision, perish, which is to be naked. To be made naked is to be a Laodicean, and a Laodicean is a foolish virgin.

To be a foolish virgin when the message of the Midnight Cry arrives is to manifest what John records in Revelation chapter sixteen as, “the shame of thy nakedness.” John’s warning in the sixth plague is in relation to the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet who, since 1989, are in the process of leading the world to Armageddon.

Paul’s message in Second Thessalonians is not simply about pagan Rome being represented by Daniel as “the daily,” but the chapter is emphasizing the relationship of pagan Rome to papal Rome. Pagan Rome restrained (withholdeth) the man of sin from coming to the throne of the earth in 538. Once pagan Rome was taken away, then “the mystery of iniquity,” “that wicked” who is the pope of Rome, is revealed. In the chapter Paul is identifying a specific prophetic relationship between pagan and papal Rome. To reject the teaching of the chapter is to reject the truth and receive strong delusion.

Why are these last-day people “damned?” Why are they sent “strong delusion?” Why do they “perish” and thus reveal the shame of their nakedness? The passage states it is because they do not love the truth, and the truth set forth in the chapter identifies that pagan Rome, the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy, would prevent papal Rome, the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy, from ascending to the throne until paganism was taken away.

The relationship between pagan and papal Rome that is identified in the chapter is also identified by John with the relationship of the church of Pergamos and the church of Thyatira. Pergamos aligns with pagan Rome and Thyatira is papal Rome. Paul and John provide two witnesses of the relationship of the two powers, as does the book of Daniel.

In the book of Daniel, the relationship of pagan Rome with papal Rome is repeatedly set forth. In Daniel two, it is represented by the mixture of iron with miry clay. In Daniel seven both pagan and papal Rome are the “diverse” kingdoms, and though Daniel two illustrates the two powers as a mixture, chapter seven identifies that the papal power proceeds out of the ten horned kingdom of pagan Rome. In Daniel eight the little horn of verses nine through twelve is Rome in both its phases. Verses nine and eleven are the little horn in the masculine tense, thus identifying pagan Rome, and verses ten and twelve are the little horn in the feminine tense, thus identifying papal Rome.

In Daniel chapter eight, verse thirteen, pagan and papal Rome are portrayed as two desolating powers. Pagan Rome is “the daily” desolating power, and papal Rome is the transgression desolating power. In chapter eleven, verse thirty-one “the daily” desolating power of pagan Rome places the abomination desolating power, which is the papal power. In chapter twelve, verse eleven “the daily” desolating power of pagan Rome is removed in order to set up the abomination desolating power of the papacy.

The relationship of the two desolating powers of Rome is a primary theme of the books of Daniel and Revelation, and that relationship is what Paul identifies as the truth that must be loved if a person will shun the strong delusion that is produced by believing a lie. God is never redundant, and each representation of the relationship of pagan Rome with papal Rome provides its own special testimony upon the subject, but to reject the symbol of Rome in the last days, is to reject the latter rain and receive strong delusion in its place. It is to be forever identified as a naked Laodicean.

The Laodicean Adventist historians, though manifesting no sacred respect for the role and work of William Miller, do identify that it was his recognition of the relationship of pagan and papal Rome that was the prophetic structure which he built “all” of his prophetic applications. Gabriel and the other angels led Miller to understand the relationship of pagan and papal Rome, but in his history, he did not see Rome as a threefold entity consisting of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

In his time the United States had not yet begun its role as the false prophet, for the Protestants of the United States did not become the daughters of Rome until 1844, and the foundational work of Miller had already been located upon the 1843 chart which was produced in May of 1842.

In 1989 the last six verses of Daniel chapter eleven were unsealed, and the messenger for that period of time recognized that there were three powers whose prophetic activities ran through verses forty to forty-five of chapter eleven. The king of the south in verse forty is the dragon power, the king of the north is the papal power who had been delivered its deadly wound in the beginning of the verse in 1798, at the hands of the dragon power of Napoleonic France. In the verse the papal power begins the work of healing its deadly wound. In 1989 the king of the north retaliates against the dragon power of the Soviet Union, who had then become the king of the south. When the beast of Catholicism retaliated against the Soviet Union it came with the proxy army of the United States, the false prophet of Revelation chapter sixteen. The dragon king of the south, the beast king of the north and the false prophet of chariots, horsemen and ships are all illustrated in verse forty, and the prophetic line ends in verse forty-five, when the papal power “comes to his end with none to help.”

Armageddon, in Revelation sixteen is a symbolic geographical area identifying the rebellion of mankind that precedes the return of Christ. Armageddon is a symbol of the word is made from two words, “Har” meaning mountain, and “Megiddo,” which is the valley of Jezreel. The fact that John combined a mountain with Megiddo, when Megiddo is a valley, informs the student of prophecy that Armageddon is a symbol, which contains a geographical reference, for there is no mountain in the valley of Jezreel.

The Jezreel Valley is situated between the three seas (Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Galilee, and Dead Sea) and Jerusalem. It is relatively central in northern Israel, with these three bodies of water and Jerusalem located around it in different directions. Verse forty-five of Daniel eleven is where the king of the north comes to his end with none to help, and the verse identifies his geographical end as between the seas and the glorious holy mountain of Jerusalem. Verse forty of Daniel eleven introduces the three powers that are the subjects of the healing of the deadly wound of the papal power and its ultimate end.

The first phrase of the verses identifies the time of the end in 1798, when the papacy received its deadly wound and verse forty-five identifies its permanent deadly wound. The prophetic history between the first and last death of the papal power identifies the rebellion of mankind as they restore the ascendancy of the papal power, when its deadly wound is healed in advance of the papal power’s ultimate demise. The six verses bear the signature of truth, for the beginning and end are both the death of the papal power, and the middle verses are the rebellion of mankind as the first deadly wound is healed.

Miller was given light from heavenly angels upon the relation of pagan and papal Rome. The key for Miller’s understanding of the prophetic model, which he employed for all of his prophetic applications, was “the daily” in Second Thessalonians. “The daily” in that chapter is pagan Rome, which is what established the vision that William Miller came to understand, for it is Rome, the robbers of thy people in verse fourteen of chapter eleven, that establishes the vision.

The messenger raised up to understand the increase of knowledge in 1989 came to understand the threefold nature of Rome. Miller was the messenger of the first and second angels, and he understood the first and second manifestations of Rome to establish the vision he presented to the world. The messenger of the third angel came to understand all three manifestations of Rome in order to establish the vision he was given to proclaim to the world.

The first manifestation of Rome was pagan Rome. Out of pagan Rome came papal Rome, the second manifestation. Out of the first two manifestations came modern Rome, the threefold alliance of the dragon, the beast and false prophet.

We will continue the line of the controversy of “the daily” in Advent history in the next article.