Habakkuk's Two Tables #28
Part Four: DANIEL
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us together for another day that we can study your Word. We ask a blessing upon our study, a blessing upon the day that is before us. We ask a blessing upon the recording of the DVDs and the LiveStreaming. And as we take up your study, we ask that you grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit and that you forgive our sins and grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit, that you would pour your Latter Rain out upon us, make our vessels prepared to receive the light that you wish to impart. We pray that you would guide the words that I convey, that they might be words that glorify and honor you and edify your people. We ask for traveling mercies for those of us that are on the road today. In Jesus's name, amen.
The Everlasting Gospel (continued)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We are dealing with Daniel, chapter 1, and identifying that it is a history that parallels the history of the Millerites and is, therefore, illustrating our history at the end of the world, the history of the end of Adventism which has been illustrated by the history of the beginning of Adventism.
In your notes, we want to continue one more line of thought to this, Daniel 1, verse 5. It says,
"5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king." Daniel 1:5 (KJV).
TIME OF JUDGMENT
THE END
Spirit of
Prophecy
Manifestation
DANIEL ONE Appetite Presumption
(2) (3)
Figure No. 49A.
We are saying that the history of Daniel 1 here [Figure No. 49A] is a parallel to the First Angel's Message of Revelation 14:6-7, and that the First Angel's Message is identified as the Everlasting Gospel, and the Everlasting Gospel is the work of Christ in producing two classes of worshippers by the introduction of a prophetic testing message that comes in three steps in the First Angel's Message, those steps are, "Fear God," Give Him Glory," and "For the Hour of His Judgment Is Come."
So, we went over that yesterday, but we want to add another line of evidence in this "three years." What I am going to suggest is that this time period at the beginning of Daniel, when Nebuchadnezzar appoints them provisions for three years of study, that the three years of study is this history and that, symbolically, these three years represent these three points, these three waymarks. And we want to show that.
Of course, we know from Ezekiel 4:6,
"6And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year." Ezekiel 4:6 (KJV).
So, Nebuchadnezzar appoints them three years, and at the prophetic level�and that is how we are looking at this: three years can be three days�these three days, I just have a few places in Scriptures where I am going to show that these three days represent the history of the Millerites from 1798 to 1844; they represent the Three Angels' Messages. And they are not vaguely addressed in the Scriptures. They are specifically addressed in the Scriptures.
TIME OF JUDGMENT
THE END
Spirit of
Prophecy
Manifestation
DANIEL ONE Appetite Presumption
(2) (3)
True Prophet
Manifested
ELIJAH Drought CHOOSE
1798 1840 1842 1844
(Restraint of Midnight Cry
Islam, Aug 11) Revival
Foy Foss White
MILLER (Jan) (Sept) (Dec)
Figure No. 49B.
In this history of the Millerites {Figure No. 49B), you have the First Angel's Message arriving in 1798, the Second Angel's Message arriving in June of 1842. And then before you get to the Third Angel's Message on October 22, 1844, you have the Midnight Cry.
The Midnight Cry is prefigured many places in the Scriptures; but, one of the things that the Midnight Cry is identifying is a revival.
And in these histories, there is a revival that takes place in this area before the third waymark in this line [Miller reform line] and it follows the second waymark.
After Two Days
When you go to Hosea 6:1-2, it says,
"1Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." Hosea 6:1�2 (KJV).
So, Hosea is here talking about these three prophetic days. It is after the second waymark, after the second day or, in the expression of Daniel 1, after the second year that the revival is going to take place.
We pointed out yesterday that it is after Daniel has passed the second test that the Spirit of Prophecy is given to him. His first test, if you remember, is he determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's meal. That is "Fear God." That is the courtyard; coming to the foot of the cross.
And so, he is put into a test, and it is at the end of the test, at the end of these ten days that his countenance is looked upon. The second test is many times a visual marking of it.
So, now his second test is when Melzar evaluates his countenance, and he passes.
And then, as we read, the Spirit of Prophecy is one of the blessings that the Lord places on Him.
Of course, in the Millerite History, the first manifestation of the Spirit of Prophecy began in January of 1842 with William Foy; and, then in September of 1844, you have Hazen Foss; and, then finally in December of 1844, you have Sister White.
So, it is within this same history that you are seeing the same prophetic waymark. You are seeing that one of the things that is going on here is the manifestation of the Spirit of Prophecy. Maybe you did not realize that this was a subject of the Scriptures, but it is.
Elijah we have looked at before in this worship series. His darkness, the drought of Elijah, parallels the drought of Daniel 1, which is Hezekiah to Manasseh, Manasseh to Amon, Amon to Josiah, Josiah to Jehoahaz, and Jehoahaz to Jehoiakim. Four of these five kings reigning after Hezekiah were wicked and Josiah was righteous, Josiah prefiguring Martin Luther and the darkness of here [of the Millerite History]. The darkness preceding 1798 is the Dark Ages. The darkness for Elijah is three and a half years of drought, paralleling the 1260 years of the Dark Ages, paralleling the sequence of kings from Hezekiah to Daniel.
Hezekiah, Isaiah gives him a prophecy saying, "Some of your seed is going to be carried to Babylon and made eunuchs in the king of Babylon's courts."
So, back here [referring to before the Time of the End of the reform line of Daniel One, Figure No. 49B], Hezekiah puts a prophecy and comes to a conclusion at the Time of the End. Back here Elijah puts a prophecy: it will not rain, except on my word. It comes to a conclusion three and a half years later. In the Millerite History, the prophecy that the Papacy will receive a deadly wound comes to a conclusion in 1798. Time of the End, Time of the End, Time of the End: in this time period before the Time of the End, you have Darkness.
Then you have Appetite, for Daniel.
Appetite, for William Miller, down here; and, in this history we read it (I did not point it out to you and maybe you did not notice it), but we have read a quote where when William Miller in this history [between 1798 and 1842] is going to determine to see if the Bible is valid. What does he do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He studies.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He studies, but what does he do? He sets aside all the Babylonian food and says, "All I am going to take is the Bible and my Concordance. I am just going to eat God's food. I am not going to try to figure it out by mixing it with the king's fare, with Nebuchadnezzar's food. So, he is making a choice, as in the story of Elijah.
With Elijah, the first thing he says to the people is, "Choose this day whom you are going to serve. 'Choose this day what you are going to eat.' Are you going to eat the food of Baal or are you going to eat the food that is called manna."
These waymarks are very similar.
This [Daniel One], of course, we are basing it upon Christ's tests, too. His first test was Appetite and then Presumption.
So, in the story of Elijah, one of the things, for me at least because it seems easier to recognize, is when you get down here [when the True Prophet is Manifested, the second test marking the arrival in the story of Elijah of the prophets of Baal doing their offering; and then finally, after they are done, Elijah sets up the altar and fire comes down out of Heaven. And one of the things that is clearly marked in that particular line of prophecy is a distinction between the true prophet and the false prophet. Elijah has just been identified as the true prophet, in contrast with the prophets of Baal.
And this went on in the Millerite History, because this is where the Protestants of the United States suffer a moral fall and begin to fulfill their role as the False Prophet of Bible prophecy, in contrast with the True Prophet of Bible prophecy, which is Adventism. And in this history, as Adventism is being raised up as the True Prophet, the Spirit of Prophecy is being reinstituted, as it was up here in Daniel One.
So, Hosea says, after two days�after this waymark [the second waymark]�there will be revival; and, that is where you see the revival illustrated in all these timelines.
And you see from The Great Controversy, pages 400 � 401, we have read this before, speaking of the Midnight Cry in the Millerite History�which would be right here [indicating the period of August/September of 1844], after two days, after the second waymark�speaking of the Midnight Cry:
"It was similar in character to those seasons of humiliation and returning unto the Lord which among ancient Israel followed messages of reproof from His servants. It bore the characteristics that mark the work of God in every age."�
Okay. The characteristics of a revival in every age was the Midnight Cry: "After two days I will revive you." Okay? That is the Midnight Cry. That is the blessing that the Lord is placing upon Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego by giving them�what? An increase of knowledge that parallels the Lord removing His hand from the Chart in the Millerite History, where they could now see the light to produce the 1850 Chart. It parallels the Lord removing His hand from Moses at the rock, from removing His hand from the Disciples on the road to Emmaus: After two days He will revive us.
�"There was little ecstatic joy, but rather deep searching of heart, confession of sin, and forsaking of the world. A preparation to meet the Lord was the burden of agonizing spirits. There was persevering prayer and unreserved consecration to God." The Great Controversy, 400�401.
The Third Day
Now, go back to Hosea 6:1-2, and we will read this again. It is in your notes.
"1Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." Hosea 6:1�2 (KJV).
So, when you get to this waymark [the third waymark], the third day, which I am suggesting is the third year, Nebuchadnezzar appoints a probationary period for Daniel of three years. And I am saying a day is a year in this aspect.
And when you get to this waymark [the third waymark] with Daniel, what is the third test for Daniel? He is brought into Nebuchadnezzar, and Nebuchadnezzar is going to interview him to see what he has done during his three years of probation.
And he was lifted up by not only Nebuchadnezzar but by the Lord; because, Nebuchadnezzar realized that he was ten times above all the other students, and he was that way because the Lord had lifted him up. But, in that regard, you also are seeing another component of the message; because here [at the third waymark] two classes are demonstrated, Daniel representing those that are lifted up and the other students who were in that school for three years there is a distinction between Daniel and them. Because, at the third waymark you are always going to see two classes demonstrated.
It is in this history [of Daniel One] that the Everlasting Gospel develops two classes; but, it is at this [third] waymark where the two classes are demonstrated, and there is a distinction being made between Daniel and the other students when he comes in before Nebuchadnezzar.
It is at the third waymark that there is a lifting up. You notice that in the time of Christ, the third waymark is the cross; and, the third waymark is judgment.
John 12:31-32 says,
"31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." John�12:31�32 (KJV).
So, in the line of Christ, the cross is the judgment (that is the third waymark), and He is lifted up on the cross, while the other class�
Who is the "other class"? Who is He contrasted with?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Satan.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Satan is being cast out. The two classes are manifested, demonstrated right there at the cross; but, at the third waymark there is a lifting up.
And, of course, we have already dealt with this a few times in this worship series, Zechariah 9:16.
At The Sunday Law, which is judgment, which is the third waymark for Adventism here at the end of the world, Zechariah 9:16 says,
"16And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land." Zechariah 9:16 (KJV).
So, at the third waymark, just like Hosea says, there is a lifting up. So, you can see that Hosea�6:1-2, it is not just some obscure couple of verses that have no meaning. It is talking about the very characteristics of the three days of Bible prophecy that represent the prophetic period of time that the Everlasting Gospel is accomplished, beginning at the time of the end, concluding at judgment.
So, when Nebuchadnezzar appointed three years for Daniel's probationary time�I am putting those words in there�that is another aspect of the Everlasting Gospel, of the First Angel's Message. This is another line showing that Daniel One is true. Revelation 14:6-7.
Forty-Six Years
In John 2:18-20, it says,
"18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."�
Do all the prophets agree with one another?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, this verse is going to agree with Hosea: "After three days I will raise you up."
And, Jesus is saying, "Destroy this temple, and in the third day I will raise [you] up."
As a student of prophecy, someone who is a historicist that is into higher criticism like we are in Adventism, we could not do this. We would not put a verse from the New Testament together with a verse from the Old Testament, because they are two different languages, and they come from two different countries and two different cultures.
But, if we are following William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation, we are going to see that the Holy Spirit directed the entire Bible from the beginning to the end, and directed the entire manifestation of the Spirit of Prophecy from the beginning to the end; so, we are going to see that here in John 2, when Christ says that He will be lifted up on the third day, He is in agreement with Hosea 6:1-2.
And it goes on to say in verse 20,
�"20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?" John 2:18�20 (KJV).
So, now you have an added component, the three days that Christ was here confirming the covenant with many for one week, those three days; the three days of His crucifixion and resurrection, or the three years that Daniel was given probationary time. But, the Jews point out also the 46 years�and they had a misconception, but the Holy Spirit is putting it in here for us. It is also the 46 years of Herod's remodeling of the temple, and history attests to the facts that Herod's remodeling took 46 years and it ended in the very year that Christ was baptized.
So, when the Jews were saying this here in John 2:20, they were talking about the temple just being finished by Herod. It had just been finished probably a few months before, and they said, "This temple was 46 years in building."
Of course, Jesus was talking about the temple of His Body; but, all the prophets are speaking more about the end of the world than the days in which they are given. So, these three days are representing the 46 years from 1798 to 1844, when the temple of the Millerites was raised up and identified as the True Prophet in contrast with the False Prophet at right here, at the end.
So, there is just abundant evidence that allows you, if you are willing to see, that the three years of probationary time that Nebuchadnezzar gave to Daniel and the worthies is representing the Everlasting Gospel, which is the time period when the Lord produces two classes of worshippers by the introduction of a three-step prophetic testing message.
So, He is going to raise this temple up in three days, and I am saying that in the 46 years of the Millerites that this is the temple of His church, of His people. Okay?
Had it been destroyed?
Revelation 11:2 says,
"2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." Revelation 11:2 (KJV).
This Dark Ages here, this 1260 years, this 42 months, the holy city Jerusalem, and therefore the temple, had been destroyed; and, in three days�one, two, three [counting the three waymarks marked on the Millerite History reform line]�the Lord was going to raise it back up. Those three days are 46 years.
And those three days, those 46 years, are the three years [indicating the three waymarks] of Daniel, chapter 1.
Standing in His Lot
Okay. I tried, I think, in two worships to give an illustration. And I do not know. I knew I was going to use it, before I used it; but, I still do not have a comfort level that it was a good illustration. And what I said was, if the Lord said I was going to be in the Kremlin next week, next Wednesday, and I was totally burned up today in a crematorium where I was just dust, that I am still going to be in the Kremlin next Wednesday.
But, what I am talking about is the power of the Word of God. If God said something, it is going to come to pass, no matter what human beings do. It is going to come to pass.
His Word�that is one of the reasons that God cannot lie. God would never lie. He would not go counter to His Law; but, it is also impossible for Him to lie, for if He said something that was a lie, it would immediately become truth because He spoke it and the creative power of God is in His Word and it can do nothing but produce the results that are in His Word. Right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, when it comes to the Book of Daniel, what I am going to try to show you here is that when Daniel is standing in his lot, it is a prophetic symbol of something that is accomplished. Okay?
And when Daniel stands in his lot, the lot can correctly be understood as his grave. Daniel is going to stand in his lot at the end of days when he is resurrected.
But, standing in your lot can also represent the judgment. Lots are being cast about your record. Okay? So, Sister White many times takes this Daniel standing in his lot and applies it to the judgment that is going on; but, she also says that standing in a lot also represents fulfilling a purpose. And for me, the primary understanding of Daniel standing in his lot is when he is fulfilling his purpose.
But in Daniel 12:13, where we find Daniel standing in his lot, it is at the end of the days. So, what I am saying is when you see Daniel standing at the end of the days, because it is God's Word you are to automatically understand that because it is at the end of the days, then Daniel is standing in his lot, even if it does not say specifically he is standing in his lot.
When you see Daniel at the end of the days, he is fulfilling his purpose; and, he prophetically is not Daniel the person; it is the Book of Daniel.
So, that is what I am going to try to walk you through here because there are some places where Daniel is directly said to be standing at the end of the days, and in some places where it is identified by prophecy, though it is not specifically stated; and, we want to know what those things are. Maybe as we march through this, you will see.
Daniel 12:13:
"13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Daniel 12:13 (KJV).
For me, what I am saying is that last phrase of that verse, he "stands in his lot at the end of the days," it is one thought; it is one phrase.
Remember, it says in Daniel 1 that at the end of the days Daniel was brought in before Nebuchadnezzar so Nebuchadnezzar can interview him. So, Daniel would be standing in his lot right here. So, Daniel would be standing in his lot in 1844.
Daniel would be standing in his lot at the cross. Does the Book of Daniel say anything about the cross?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes.
And Daniel would be standing in his lot at The Sunday Law.
Okay. That is the prophetic technique that I am trying to put in place.
Judgment
So, in The Great Controversy, page 488, it says,
"Every individual has a soul to save or to lose. Each has a case pending at the bar of God. Each must meet the great Judge face to face. How important, then, that every mind contemplate often the solemn scene when the judgment shall sit and the books shall be opened, when, with Daniel, every individual must stand in his lot, at the end of the days." The Great Controversy, 488.
So, what is that talking about? That every man is going to stand at the judgment bar of God. Okay? That is about the Judgment.
Daniel standing in his lot at the end of the days there, it is talking about judgment and every one of us is going to be judged.
To Fulfill a Purpose
But, also Sister White says in Manuscript Releases, volume 6, page 108,
"When God gives a man a special work to do, he is to stand in his lot and place as did Daniel, ready to answer the call of God, ready to fulfill His purpose." Manuscript Releases, volume 6, 108.
To stand in your lot and place is to fulfill a purpose. Okay?
And to me, that is the one that is the key where you can make some insights on where and when and what it means that Daniel stands in his lot.
Every Church Member
Now, in the next quote, Reflecting Christ, page 243, it says,
"Every church member is to train the intellect, in order that he may gain a clear understanding of the will of God concerning him; everyone is to educate the voice, that he may communicate a knowledge of the Scriptures to those who are in ignorance. May God help us to stand, like Daniel, in our lot and place during the days of probation that remain." Reflecting Christ, 243.
This means every individual will have to stand in their lot and fulfill their purpose to be an evangelist�right?�to fulfill our purpose of sharing the Gospel. That is every man, every church member is to stand in his lot in that regard.
A Book
But, also, a book, a book can sand in its lot. Notice this next quote.
And, you know, I have looked at these expressions up before when I am studying the terms on the CD-ROM. I ran through Daniel standing in his lot, and at the end of the days many times, gathered together the quotes and looked at them. But, this time something flashed on me that I had never�maybe I had seen it before, but it did not hit me between the eyes like this one does, and it has nothing to do with what we are studying, really. It probably has something to do with it, but . . .
There came a point in time when Ellen White says, "I ain't sending my donations into the church no more."
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Hmm.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: She does not say it like I just said it, but you will see. It kind of blew my mind, "She actually said that?"
This is from Pamphlets 79, page�6.
"The scheming and inventions of men"�
And it had to do, evidently, not with her frustration, although that is how it would seem humanly; but, a prophet is not frustrated. A prophet is just stating the facts. But, the facts were, is she knew that they were to be producing and getting out The Great Controversy, and they did not want to do it because they wanted to make books that they could make money off of; and, she was very, very�the human word is frustrated; but, whatever, she had reached the point in that controversy where she is going to say this.
�"The scheming and inventions of men whose wisdom had departed from them, led to crooked transaction, of which business men should be ashamed. But I will state no more. This is the principle which has controlled again and again in different ways.
"God commanded that certain warnings and the presentation of events to take place should be placed without delay before the people."�
Now, she is not going to say The Great Controversy here directly, but that is what she is talking about, the book, The Great Controversy.
�"God commanded that certain warnings and the presentation of events to take place should be placed without delay before the people."�
That is The Great Controversy.
�"Had the very book God appointed to stand in its lot and place been handled as earnestly as 'Bible Readings,'"�
Because Bible Readings was making them some bucks.
�"had been handled as earnestly as 'Bible Readings,' men would have co-operated with the angels of God to make the very impression essential for that time. But men not standing in living connection with God could not discern the necessity for the present truth for that time. All my entreaty and urging were of none effect. False statement after false statement was made. And why? The President of the Conference might, if he had been moved by the Spirit of God, have helped to change the whole matter. But I had to press my claims, and should have pressed them still more strongly. The light given me was never to make large donations to any phase of the work, never again to place myself in an embarrassing position, as I had for years." Pamphlets�79, 6.
So, she was pretty frustrated.
But, my point is here�and frustrated is probably the wrong word�my point here is a book. Here she is saying The Great Controversy was to stand in its lot and place. It was to fulfill its purpose. So, it is not a stretch for me to be standing that the Book of Daniel is to fulfill its lot and purpose; because, so, too, with The Great Controversy.
Do you get my point?
What does it mean that she was not going to send money to them no more . . . ?
Daniel and Revelation
Kress Collection, page 105:
"Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist."�
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Hmm.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Now, if you are watching it, you have in Adventism a rejection of the last six verses of Daniel 11. The biggest rejection is accomplished by the theologians that make the claim, they say this, "What is being taught about the last six verses of Daniel in this message [the Latter Rain Message by Future for America], it is incorrect; but, I don't know what those verses mean." That is the biggest argument about it.
But, there are other arguments in Adventism against that truth: "There is a man that they are promoting big time with a book, and he is going around traveling and speaking about it; and, he is teaching the King of the South is Islam, and he just has this convoluted idea of the last six verses of Daniel 11. And friends who have gone and listened to his presentations say, 'Well, he really doesn't make a claim that his understanding is perfect. He is not arguing that this is positively correct,' but it is just a counterfeit."
And what they do not understand, what they do not understand is when you are giving a specific false view of the last six verses of Daniel 11, or you are just hiding in behind the claim, "Well, they are wrong but I don't know what it means," in either case you are misunderstanding who the King of the North is, and the King of the North is the antichrist of Bible prophecy.
And this passage says,
�"Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist. There is no time now for us to assimilate with the world. Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood."�
Now, here Sister White is saying, in the present tense to her day and age, Daniel is standing in his lot and place. She is not talking about the human being, Daniel the prophet. She is talking about the Book of Daniel was doing a work right then and there, in her day and age.
But, what I want you to see here is she is combining it with Revelation.
�"Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which everyone should understand. These prophecies are to be witness in the world."�
Now, the next passage, the next line is profound. Wrap your mind around this final sentence.
�"By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves." Kress Collection, 105.
I kind of brought in a lot of things to this one paragraph. I should not have said anything about if you become confused on the King of the North you are going to get the mark of the beast, but that is there.
What I wanted you to see is that she spoke about Daniel standing in his lot and place, in the present tense, and that is the Book of Daniel; but, in so doing, she is wanting us to understand that the Book of Daniel is also the Book of Revelation. They are the same book. They interpret one another.
And she says that in many, many places; but, here you have the argument of saying, if you wish, that Revelation is going to stand in its lot and place, also.
But, this last sentence, she says that the message of the Third Angel that swells into a loud cry�that people are proclaiming to the world in our history right now; this is the Message of the Loud Cry that we are proclaiming here�that it is being fought against by the majority of Adventism. The majority is fighting against it by Laodicean apathy. They could care less; but, then there is a group that is directly fighting this message in a variety of ways.
By Their Fulfillment They Will Explain Themselves
But those that are presenting this message will find that what they are presenting is going to be fulfilled, and God is going to prove that the message that they are proclaiming is true; because, what they are inferring by the message is going to come to pass: "By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves."
She is going to say this again in a different way in this next quote; but, what we are looking at is the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation can stand in its lot and place.
Manuscript Releases, volume 21, pages 436 � 438:
"The testing time is right upon us."�
What is the testing time?
It is this history here [see Figure 49B}. It is the reform movement. It is the three days; it is the three years. It is the testing time.
�"The testing time is right upon us. We must build upon the Rock that will stand the storm of test and trial."�
And that word Rock is what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Nope. It is capitalized. So, it is the Rock of Ages.
And what did Sister White say about the truths on this 1843 Chart? They are the Rock of Ages.
�"The testing time is right upon us. We must build upon the Rock that will stand the storm of test and trial. As we see the fulfillment of prophecy, we know that the end of all things is at hand. Present the eternal principles of truth. Show what the Word of God declares is to take place on this earth. The God who gave Daniel instruction regarding the closing scenes of this earth's history will certainly confirm the testimony of His servants as at the appointed time they give the loud cry."�
So, the people that are giving the Loud Cry Message, the Lord is going to confirm it. You know, it is not going to be left in some vague uncertainty. The Lord is using these people, and He is going to�
What is He going to do? Give me an example of what He is going to do.
Right here [Elijah's reform line] He brought fire down out of Heaven. He is going to confirm the distinction between the False Prophet and the True Prophet. That is part of this story.
How is He going to do it? By the fulfillment of the message that they are proclaiming in these last days.
Continuing on, because we still are dealing with Daniel standing in his lot.
Now, when Sister White says we are to stand on the Rock that will stand storm of test and trial, and we are saying it is the truths on this Chart, notice what the next paragraph is.
�"All the messages given from 1840�1844 are to be made forcible now, for there are many people who have lost their bearings. The messages are to go to all the churches.
"Christ said, 'Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them' [Matthew 13:16, 17]. Blessed are the eyes which saw the things that were seen in 1843 and 1844."�
What were seen in 1843 and 1844?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The first disappointment.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The first disappointment, the Midnight Cry, the second disappointment.
They saw the Midnight Cry, and what is the Midnight Cry? It is the light that is set up behind us on the path that leads to Heaven. They saw that light.
What produced that first disappointment and, therefore, what produced that light? This right here [pointing to the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart] produced it. The Lord had His hand over this.
This 1843 Chart is the Rock. This Chart is what produced the things that were seen in 1843 and 1844; and, that is what we are looking at here in this study, if you have forgotten because of my taking a long time to get around the mountain. We are looking at these Charts [the 1843 and 1850 Charts] typified in Bible prophecy.
Okay. Moving on.
�"Blessed are the eyes which saw the things that were seen in 1843 and 1844.
"The message was given. And there should be no delay in repeating the message,"�
That is the Midnight Cry Message. Right?
�"for the signs of the times are fulfilling; the closing work must be done. A great work will be done in a short time. A message will soon be given by God's appointment that will swell into a loud cry. Then Daniel will stand in his lot, to give his testimony."�
Is this Daniel the prophet being resurrected? It is the Book of Daniel that is going to be connected with the Loud Cry, and the Loud Cry has been prefigured by the Midnight Cry.
And this is by God's appointment. Okay? She emphasizes that more than once, "A message will soon be given by God's appointment . . . ."
Next paragraph:
�"The attention of our churches must be aroused. We are standing upon the borders of the greatest event in the world's history, and Satan must not have power over the people of God, causing them to sleep on."�
What is causing them to sleep? The Mystery of Iniquity puts them to sleep.
�"The papacy will appear in its power. All must now arouse and search the Scriptures, for God will make known to His faithful ones what shall be in the last time."�
"God will make known to His faithful ones what shall be in the last time." That is what she is saying earlier in this, where she says, "The God who gave Daniel instruction regarding the closing scenes of this earth's history will certainly confirm the testimony of His Spirit as at the appointed time they give the Loud Cry." He is going to make known to the people that are proclaiming the Loud Cry Message certain things in advance; and, when those come to pass they are going to confirm the work they are doing. But the only reason they can do that is because, "God is going to make known to His faithful ones what shall be in the last time."
�"The word of the Lord is to come to His people in power. . . .
"This is what has been presented to me�that we are asleep, and do not know"�what?�"the time of our visitation. But if we humble ourselves before God, and seek Him with the whole heart, He will be found of us." Manuscript Releases, volume 21, 436�438.
This is the time of Daniel's visitation [referencing the reform line of Daniel One].
This is the time of the Millerite visitation.
This was the time of Israel's visitation [referencing the reform line of Elijah].
The time of our visitation is when the Lord accomplishes the Everlasting Gospel by introducing a three-step prophetic testing message that produces two classes of worshippers.
And we do not know the time of our visitation, and we do not know that it is an appointed time.
And these people, even some people in this message but primarily these people outside of this message, that say to look back at an historical fulfillment and mark the date is timesetting, their head is just not on straight. Timesetting is to say, "In such-and-such a period of time, this will happen," putting it in the future.
But, if timesetting, which Sister White spoke about often, is to point back in history and say, "This was fulfilled on August 11, 1840," well, Sister White says that. Sister White says Josiah Litch's prediction of Revelation 9, verses 14 and 15, that the event exactly fulfilled the prediction on August 11, 1840. She is a timesetter, if that is timesetting. To point backwards in history and mark a date is not timesetting.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: They are marks along the way.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They are marks along the way.
So, there is an appointed time of God's visitation; and, of course, it is marked in prophecy.
The End of the Days
Okay. I hope that you see what I wanted you to see there, is that when Daniel is standing in his lot, it can be Daniel at the resurrection, it can be Daniel in Judgment, or it can be the Book of Daniel. It is primarily when the Book of Daniel fulfills its purpose.
But, that expression comes from Daniel 12:13,
"13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Daniel 12:13 (KJV)
And Daniel stands in his lot at the end of the days.
So, I wanted to mark "at the end of the days" in this history.
Daniel 1:5, and 18. It says,
"5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.�. . ."�
Right here [third waymark in the Daniel One reform line], this is the end of the days. That is 1844: Daniel standing in his lot at The Sunday Law, at the cross of Christ, at the end of that time period.
And then verse 18 says,
�"18Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar." Daniel�1:5, 18 (KJV).
The Time of the End�1798
In Testimonies to Ministers, beginning at page 114, it says,
"One thing will certainly be understood from the study of Revelation�that the connection between God and His people is close and decided.
"A wonderful connection is seen between the universe of heaven and this world. The things revealed to Daniel were afterward complemented by the revelation made to John on the Isle of Patmos. These two books should be carefully studied. Twice Daniel inquired, How long shall it be to the end of time?"�
Now, Brothers and Sisters, when you see a prophet that repeated a question twice, that should make you as a student of prophecy say, "What does it mean that the Holy Spirit him to repeat this same question two times?"
But, when you have another prophet, Ellen White, emphasizing this for you, saying, "You know, Daniel twice repeated this question," then you have got even more motivation from the Lord to figure out what it means. Okay?
We are not there yet, but I am just pointing that out for you.
�"Twice Daniel inquired, How long shall it be to the end of time?
"'And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And He said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.'
"It was the Lion of the tribe of Judah who unsealed the book and gave to John the revelation of what should be in these last days.
"Daniel stood in his lot to bear his testimony which was sealed until the time of the end, when the first angel's message should be proclaimed to our world."�
So, right here [1798], Daniel is standing in his lot, is he not, the time of the end in 1798?
So, was Daniel standing in his lot right here when he was carried to Babylon? Yes, he was; because, if you go back and read Isaiah's prophecy to Hezekiah, he says, "The days will come that your seed will be carried to Babylon as eunuchs."
Now, that is not a time prophecy but he says, "The days will come."
Right here [Time of the End of the Daniel One reform line] he is standing in his lot when he is carried Babylon, because he is standing in his lot in 1798.
But, I want you to see something else here, and it is important to see this one. So, I am going to back up where it says, quoting from the Book of Daniel, "But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days."
What is the end of the days is she talking about here?
What is the end of the days? What is the date? 1798, right?
Does everyone see that (because we have already further)? We know she is talking about 1798, primarily.
"Thou shalt stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Now, what is the next sentence? "It was the Lion of the tribe of Judah who unsealed the book . . . ."
What book does the Lion of the tribe of Judah unseal? The Book of Daniel.
Okay. So, you need to see that.
Who is the Lion of the tribe of Judah? It is Christ in Revelation, chapters 4 and 5, and onward.
What does the Lion of the tribe of Judah do in Revelation 4 and 5, and onward? He removes the seals, seven seals, from the book that is sealed with Seven Seals.
So, sometimes we will think that the Lion of the tribe of Judah, what He is unsealing is that book with seven seals on it, and it is; but, He is also unsealing the Book of Daniel. Okay?
�"Daniel stood in his lot to bear his testimony which was sealed until the time of the end, when the first angel's message should be proclaimed to our world. These matters are of �[minor importance]�in these last days;"�
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Infinite importance.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: �"infinite importance"�
The work of the Lion of the tribe of Judah unsealing the Book of Daniel in 1798, how long ago was 1798? Over 200 years ago. That illustration, prophetically, is of infinite importance to you and me at the end of the world. You have got to know what that means.
�"These matters are of infinite importance in these last days; but while 'many shall be purified, and made white, and tried,'"�
What is "purified, and made white, and tried"? Purified, made white, and tried [indicating the first, second, and third waymarks, respectively, in Figure 49B].
The work of the Holy Spirit is to convict of sin, where you are purified; righteousness, where you are made white (the righteousness of Christ), and tried, the judgment to come.
The work of the Holy Spirit is in agreement with the sanctuary: the courtyard, where the sin offering takes place and you are purified; the Holy Place, where you receive the white raiment of righteousness in the sanctified experience; and, the Most Holy Place, where you are tried at judgment. And this takes place in the three years of Daniel in the Everlasting Gospel.
And it is of infinite importance to understand that if the Lion of the tribe of Judah that unseals this Book in 1798, who unseals this truth here at the Time of the End in the reform line of Daniel 1?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Lion of the tribe of Judah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Who unseals it here [at the first waymark of the Elijah reform line]?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Lion of the tribe of Judah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: And we must know that why?
Why must we know that? Because it is going to get unsealed again in our day. We need to understand what that means.
�"These matters are of infinite importance in these last days; but while 'many shall be purified, and made white, and tried,' 'the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand.' How true this is! Sin is the transgression of the law of God; and those who will not accept the light in regard to the law of God will not understand the proclamation of the first, second, and third angel's messages. The book of Daniel is unsealed in the revelation to John, and carries us forward to the last scenes of this earth's history.
"Will our brethren bear in mind that we are living amid the perils of the last days? Read Revelation in connection with Daniel. Teach these things." Testimonies to Ministers, 114�115.
So, Daniel stands in his lot at the time of the end. When else does he stand in his lot? At the end of the days. In 1844 we see Daniel standing in his lot.
The Closing Period of Earth's History
Prophets and Kings, page 547:
"Honored by men with the responsibilities of state and with the secrets of kingdoms bearing universal sway, Daniel was honored by God as His ambassador, and was given many revelations of the mysteries of ages to come. His wonderful prophecies, as recorded by him in chapters 7 to 12 of the book bearing his name, were not fully understood even by the prophet himself;"�
Did you get that? There were things that Daniel did not even understand about what he wrote.
I wonder if that is true with Ellen White? Yes, she says it is true.
So, I guess when we insist that Ellen White was omniscient, that it is not really in agreement with what Inspiration teaches us about the inspiration of a prophet, is it?
Okay. So, maybe, maybe the prophetess's husband could do something that was incorrect and the prophetess not even know it, because she was not omniscient. Do you think that is a possibility?
Or maybe the Lord told her, "Hey, that is incorrect; but, you have got to keep silent about this one."
Are those possibilities? Yes, because Daniel did not even understand fully his prophecies.
�"in chapters 7 to 12 of the book bearing his name, were not fully understood even by the prophet himself, but before his life labors closed, he was given the blessed assurance that 'at the end of the days'�" �
Now she is going to tell us another place, what is the end of the days.
�"'at the end of the days'�in the closing period of this world's history�he would again be permitted to stand in his lot and place." Prophets and Kings, 547.
So, this history that is illustrated in Daniel's story, that is repeated in the Millerite story, she is telling us that it is going to be repeated in our days, in the closing scenes of this Earth's history Daniel is going to stand in his lot.
1840
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, page 971, here is another place where he is going to stand in his lot.
I am going to put it up here just so you will get my point [adding to the whiteboard (see Figure�49B).] This is August 11, 1840. I am not putting the "August 11th," but it is. It was when there was a restraint put upon Islam.
The Angel of Revelation 10 came down, and what did He have in his hand?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A little book.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay.
"The mighty angel who instructed John was no less a personage than Jesus Christ. Setting His right foot on the sea, and His left upon the dry land, shows the part which He is acting in the closing scenes of the great controversy with Satan. This position denotes His supreme power and authority over the whole earth. The controversy had waxed stronger and more determined from age to age, and will continue to do so, to the concluding scenes when the masterly working of the powers of darkness shall reach their height. Satan, united with evil men, will deceive the whole world and the churches who receive not the love of the truth. But the mighty angel demands attention. He cries with a loud voice. He is to show the power and authority of His voice to those who have united with Satan to oppose the truth.
"After these seven thunders uttered their voices, the injunction comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little book: 'Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered.' These relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order. Daniel shall stand in his lot at the end of the days."�
So now she is making sure that we understand that the Seven Thunders relate to future events that will be disclosed in their order; but, she is very purposefully telling us that John was to seal up the Seven Thunders, just the way Daniel was commanded to seal up his book.
And the Seven Thunders, she is also going to tell us in a couple of paragraphs, represent the history of the Millerites, the First and Second Angels' Messages. So, the sealing up of the Seven Thunders is a parallel to the sealing up of the Book of Daniel. And in the Millerite History, in 1798, the Book of Daniel is unsealed; therefore, in our history at the end of the world, when the Seven Thunders is repeated, the Lion of the tribe of Judah is going to unseal what the Seven Thunders represent.
But, what I want you to see here is that when this Angel came down, He had what in His hand?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A little book.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The little book of Daniel.
So, what was Daniel doing here? Standing in his lot and place at the end of what? At the end of the 391 years and 15 days he was standing in his lot, in that history.
Therefore, when the Angel of Revelation 18 comes down, who is going to be standing in his lot and place? Daniel.
And, therefore, at the Time of the End at the end of the world, in 1989, who is going to be standing in his place? Daniel.
And at The Sunday Law, 1844, who is going to be standing in his time and place? Daniel.
Finishing this off,
�"After these seven thunders uttered their voices, the injunction"�that is a command�"comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little book: 'Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered.' These relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order. Daniel shall stand in his lot at the end of the days. "John sees the little book unsealed. Then Daniel's prophecies"�
He sees the Little Book unsealed, and it says it is Ezekiel's prophecies. No?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It is Daniel's.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is Daniel's prophecies that are his little book. They are the ones that are unsealed.
�"have their proper place in the first, second, and third angels' messages to be given to the world."�
Do you see a close relationship to the First, Second, and Third Angels' Messages, now that you see that Daniel 1 is the First, Second, and Third Angels' Messages?
�"The unsealing of the little book was the message in relation to time.
"The books of Daniel and the Revelation are one. One is a prophecy, the other a revelation; one a book sealed, the other a book opened. John heard the mysteries which the thunders uttered, but he was commanded not to write them.
"The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders"�
She just said it was related to future events. But, here she says,
�"The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders was a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second angels' messages." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
The Seven Thunders is this history [of the Millerites], but it is our history; and, in our history Daniel will stand in his lot. The Book of Daniel will fulfill its purpose in our history, the same way it did in the Millerite History, the same way that Daniel actually physically stood in his history. He stood at the Time of the End when he was carried to Babylon, and he stood before Nebuchadnezzar for judgment at the end of the days.
The Time of the End�1798
"1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it." Daniel 1:1 (KJV).
The Judgment�1844
"18Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar." Daniel�1:18 (KJV).
Okay. One closing quote, and it is rather long; but, it is for anyone in this room that is younger than I; and, I guess that is all of you.
Youth Instructor, December 31, 1907:
"God always honors the right. The most promising youth from all the lands subdued by the great conqueror had been gathered at Babylon; yet among them all, the Hebrew captives were without a rival. The erect form, the elastic step, the fair countenance, the undimmed senses, the untainted breath,�all were so many certificates of good habits, insignia of the nobility with which nature honors those who are obedient to her laws.
"During the past three years"�
What are "the past three years"? It is the testing time. It is the time of God's visitation, the Three Angels' Messages, the First Angel's Message; it is the Everlasting Gospel.
�"During the past three years the youthful Hebrews had been gaining other wisdom than the learning of the Chaldeans; God had been giving them a knowledge of himself. They had placed themselves in right relation to God, and he could trust them with a deep knowledge of eternal truths.
"The habits and understanding of the youth who were not instructed by God were in accord with the knowledge that comes from idolatrous practices, and that leaves God out of its reckoning. Daniel and his companions, from the first of their experience in the king's court, were gaining a clearer comprehension, a sounder and more accurate judgment, than all the wise men of the kingdom of Babylon."�
When did Daniel and his friends begin to receive a clear conception?
What did Sister White just say, though? From their first experience.
Where is their first experience? Right here at the Time of the End, where they are carried to Babylon.
So, from this point on, what are they experiencing? An increase of knowledge; from the very beginning they are representing someone that is increasing in knowledge.
�"They placed themselves where God could bless them. They followed rules of life that would give them strength of intellect and would gain for them the greatest possible benefit from the study of God's Word.
"While faithful to his duties in the king's court, Daniel so faithfully maintained his loyalty to God, that God could honor him as his messenger to the Babylonian monarch. It was to Daniel that Nebuchadnezzar, unable to get help from his wise men, turned for an account of his forgotten dream,"�
Nebuchadnezzar's first dream.
�"and an interpretation of it. Daniel and his companions sought the Lord, and to Daniel was revealed the dream and its meaning. And when he had related to the king the vision God had shown him, Nebuchadnezzar said, 'Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret.'"�
You know, when you look at William Miller's first dream, it goes all the way to his death. His first dream tells his whole story, tells him about his rejecting the Sabbath. It is there in his first dream. It is his whole story. He was revealing his whole history. The whole history of his ministry is in that first dream, in advance.
He was revealing the history of Miller the same way that the Lord was revealing to Nebuchadnezzar in his first dream, the whole history of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy.
Okay. You may not be familiar with William Miller's first dream, but we just sent out a newsletter, which you can contact us if you do not have it; but, we have both Miller's first and his second dream.
�"The history of Daniel and his companions has been recorded on the pages of the Inspired Word for the benefit of the youth in all succeeding ages. What men have done, men may do. If the youth will make the unreserved surrender of the will that Daniel made, God will help them as he helped Daniel. If they will appreciate the opportunities he gives for growing in understanding of him, he will give them wisdom and knowledge, and will fill their hearts with unselfishness. He will put into their minds thoughts that will inspire them with hope and courage as they seek to bring others under the sway of the Prince of Peace. They will have the co-operation of God and the angels. They will work out with carefulness the sum of their salvation, God working in them to will and to do of his good pleasure.
"As Daniel studied the Word of God, his understanding became ever clearer; and as he comprehended its ennobling principles, he purposed in his heart to form a character that God could approve. He could not foresee the result of his determination to be true to God in the courts of Babylon; but he resolved that even at the loss of all things, he would preserve his integrity."�
There is the First Angel's Message. He purposed not to defile himself with the king's meat.
�"And the Lord fulfilled to him the word that he has pledged, 'Them that honor me I will honor.'"�
He is going to be lifted up as an ensign when he is brought in to be tested by Nebuchadnezzar at the third waymark. God is going to honor him.
�"There is wonderful encouragement in the story of Daniel for the youth who today are striving to gain knowledge. In his Word the Lord has left his children a divine instructor that will never disappoint those who seek its direction with a sincere heart. Its teachings will give a strength of character and mental development that no other book can impart. Let the student make the Word of God the chief book of study, giving all other branches of learning a secondary place. And as the heart is opened to the entrance of the Word, light from the throne of God will shine into the soul. The Word, cherished in the heart, will yield to the student a treasure of knowledge that is priceless. Its ennobling principles will stamp the character with honesty and truthfulness, temperance and integrity." Youth Instructor, December 31, 1907.
So, tomorrow, the Lord willing, we will take up Daniel 2 and 3 and demonstrate that that is the Second and Third Angels' Messages of Revelation 14.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we wish to achieve that character development that you have just set forth in the example of Daniel, and set forth as an example that any of us could follow and enter into if we choose. We ask that you give us the determination to purpose in our hearts that we will not defile ourselves with the food of Babylon, the Mystery of Iniquity, the influence of Satan that comes from a variety of directions that prevents us from developing and training appetites that only desires your Word, your Truth. Please make that happen in each of our lives. We ask for a continued blessing upon the work that we are attempting here with the LiveStreaming and DVDs, and we set before you once again this day of labor and of service to you and ask that you would help us to be productive and glorify you in the things that we do in our service for you today. In Jesus's name, amen.