Habakkuk's Two Tables #34
Part Four: DANIEL
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us here this morning to open your Word, study your Word. We ask for the presence of your Holy Spirit to direct the discussion, to influence our minds. We ask forgiveness of sins that we might be clean vessels to receive what you have for us. I ask that you take control of this presentation, that it not be a human presentation, that it be light and power from on High. We wish the Latter Rain to be poured out upon us. We ask for that now. We ask for the presence of the holy angels that we might have that influence in this room. We ask that you would watch over the work that we are doing with the DVDs and the LiveStreaming. And we thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: I suppose I have to stick to my notes. Yesterday I determined not to stick to my notes and I made a couple of mistakes; and, I never heard about any of the mistakes from anyone in this room. But, I did hear about them on the internet.
When David was anointing Solomon king, he was doing so because Adonijah was raising up himself as king, not Absalom2.
And earlier in the worship series, I had wanted to put a line of thought in, and I did not do it. It slipped my attention; and, yesterday it came back to my attention and I added to the Word of the Lord; but, it is still valid.
I pointed out that at the beginning of Ancient Israel the year-day principle, and at the end of Ancient Israel the year-day principle; but, down here at the end when the rebellion to the rest, the Rest of the Sabbath, and that is Ezekiel 4:6, you have the "46."
And then I pointed to the rebellion against the rest [the Rest of Grace] and said it was in Number 14:32 and all the people answered not a Word, because 14:32 adds up to 46. But, it is in Numbers 14:34 and it adds up to 48.
But, it does not matter. The 46 is still down here [Ezekiel 4:6 at the third waymark] marking the end of this history, which is 46 years, the temple.
Okay. Put that in place. We created ourselves a little dilemma in terms of notes that we are calling yesterday's notes, #33B; and, this is #34.
What we are dealing with is the fact that the Book of Daniel illustrates the history of Adventism.
Verse 40
Forty Years
Forty Days
1989 1840
1798 1844
Beginning End
1850
Chart
1850 1863 1989
( S c a t t e r I n g )
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DANIEL 1 2 3 4
Time of the End Message Empowered Judgment
Figure No. 59A.
Daniel, chapter 1, is the First Angel's Message that arrived at the Time of the End of the Millerites in 1798. Daniel, chapter 2, the Second Angel's Message, is in the time of the Millerites in 1842, in that history. The Third Angel's Message arrives in 1844 for the Millerites: this is Daniel, chapter 3.
But, the Millerite History is prefiguring our history; so, the Third Angel's Message in our history is The Sunday Law. The testing of the Second Angel's Message takes place when the Lord leads His people back to the foundations. The testing represented by the First Angel's Message in our history, is marking the arrival of The Time of the End in 1989. So, we are looking at Daniel, chapters 1, 2, and 3, as illustrated in the Millerite History, illustrating our history.
From there we went from Daniel, chapter 4, and have been identifying that Nebuchadnezzar's dream of Daniel, chapter 4, is William Miller's dream where there is a scattering mentioned seven times in William Miller's dream, just as there is seven times scattering in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. We are marking the beginning of this in 1863, for it is here that the first of the foundational truths were set aside. It was done so by James White, and it is not something that is accidental. It is noteworthy to go back and look at the logic that James White uses. He set aside the 2520, and he did so based upon the Hebrew. So, he was moving away from proof-texting and placing a dependence upon man's evaluation of the languages of the Bible. Of course, this is going to develop further and further as this history goes on.
You have the first foundational truths set aside in 1863. By the time you get to 1989, you are at the Time of the End for our history, which is paralleling here [at the first waymark of Figure No. 59A]. This is the arrival of the First Angel's Message for our history.
This is also, we have pointed out, the history of Jeremiah; and, Jeremiah was the messenger that represents the Third Angel's Message. So, we have been looking at some of the lines of truth connected with that.
The Solemn Events
Let us begin with something that at first may not seem connected with this, from Education, page 179. It says,
"That time is at hand. Today the signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Everything in our world is in agitation. Before our eyes is fulfilling the Saviour's prophecy of the events to precede His coming: 'Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. . . . Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.' Matthew 24:6, 7." Education, 179.
And Adventists have not taken the time by and large to come to grips with what these great and solemn events are, and you are required to understand what these great and solemn events are. And the reason that I am taking some time to focus on these great and solemn events�I am not going to do it in-depth�but we need to identify as we proceed 1863 as the beginning of Miller's scattering, and 1989 as the end of Miller's scattering.
In 1989, among other things, begins the sequence of events that Sister White calls the great and solemn events. All right? So, she has referenced it here. We are going to look at a few places where she references it so you will see that you and I have a responsibility to understand what these events are.
Which We Must Know
In Selected Messages, book 2, page 109, it says,
"All that God has in prophetic history specified to be fulfilled in the past has been, and all that is yet to come in its order will be. Daniel, God's prophet, stands in his place. John stands in his place. In the Revelation the Lion of the tribe of Judah has opened to the students of prophecy the book of Daniel, and thus is Daniel standing in his place. He bears his testimony, that which the Lord revealed to him in vision of the great and solemn events"�
There you go again.
�"of the great and solemn events which we must know as we stand on the very threshold of their fulfillment.
"In history and prophecy the Word of God portrays the long continued conflict between truth and error. That conflict is yet in progress. Those things which have been, will be repeated." Selected Messages, book 2, 109.
We must know what these events are as we stand on the threshold. What does that mean? We have to know in advance. Okay? We have to know what the great and solemn events are, and we have to know about them before they arrive.
The Closing of Probation
In Prophets and Kings, beginning on page 115, it says,
"Today, in the spirit and power of Elias and of John the Baptist, messengers of God's appointment are calling the attention of a judgment-bound world to the solemn events soon to take place in connection with the closing hours of probation and the appearance of Christ Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords. Soon every man is to be judged for the deeds done in the body. The hour of God's judgment has come, and upon the members of His church on earth rests the solemn responsibility of giving warning to those who are standing as it were on the very brink of eternal ruin. To every human being in the wide world who will give heed must be made plain the principles at stake in the great controversy being waged, principles upon which hang the destinies of all mankind." Prophets and Kings, 715�716."
Those people that are given the Judgment Hour Message at the end of the world are identifying to the world the solemn events connected with the close of probation.
Okay. So, the events that we must know as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment are the events connected with the close of probation.
And, of course, what we are saying is that in 1989 the Reform Movement where the Lord is going to produce the 144,000, that in 1989 that is the Time of the End for that Reform Movement, and that we will be paralleling the Millerite History, along with several other histories. And the Millerites are going to announce the opening of the Judgment, but we are raised up to announce the close of the Judgment. But, nevertheless, as we are doing this, we are paralleling Miller.
The Opening of the Judgment
And in The Great Controversy, and I do not have the full context of this message, but in this next quote is identifying the work of William Miller, a work which we will parallel.
In The Great Controversy, page 310, speaking of Miller, it says,
"It was needful that men should be awakened to their danger; that they should be roused to prepare for the solemn events connected with the close of probation." The Great Controversy, 310.
So, in 1798, the Lord raises up William Miller to present to the world the events connected with the close of probation; and, what we are saying is the events connected with the close of probation, these are the solemn events which we must know as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment. The Millerites are announcing the opening of the Judgment, where probation comes to a conclusion. We are announcing the close of the Judgment.
The Judgment of AD70
And often in this series we have lined up the Millerite History that begins in 1798 with the history of John the Baptist and Christ, and that is what John the Baptist was doing as well. In Matthew 3:7, John the Baptist was also presenting his generation with the events connected with the close of probation.
Matthew 3:7 says,
"7But when he [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" Matthew 3:7 (KJV).
And, if you mark this as the message of John the Baptist, this waymark [the first waymark of Figure No. 59A], this here [the third waymark] being the cross, AD31, the wrath to come for that history is down here [the fourth waymark] in AD66 to 70 when Jerusalem is being destroyed. And John was announcing to that generation the events connected with the close of their probation that was going to close in AD34 at the stoning of Stephen. Although it was a progressive close, they were closing it all along the way. They closed it at the cross. They closed it at the stoning of Stephen. They even began to close it when Jesus was in the temple when he was 12 years old.
The Close of Probation
So, John the Baptist is raised up to present to his generation the events connected with the close of probation, and the symbol of that probation is the destruction of Jerusalem, which Sister White uses as a symbol of the close of probation at the end of the world, the Seven Last Plagues.
William Miller was raised up to present to his generation the events connected with the close of probation, and our work is to present to the world the events connected with the close of probation. And by and large Seventh-day Adventists do not know what these events are.
The close of probation is identified by Sister White in The Great Controversy, page 613. She quotes from Daniel 12:1, you will see in your notes, when Michael stands up. That is the close of probation.
Did probation close for the Jews when Michael stood up at the stoning of Stephen? Yes, it did.
Sister White quotes from Daniel 12:1:
"'At that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.' Daniel 12:1."�
And then she says,
�"When the third angel's message closes, mercy no longer pleads for the guilty inhabitants of the earth. The people of God have accomplished their work. They have received 'the latter rain,' 'the refreshing from the presence of the Lord,' and they are prepared for the trying hour before them. Angels are hastening to and fro in heaven. An angel returning from the earth announces that his work is done; the final test has been brought upon the world, and all who have proved themselves loyal to the divine precepts have received 'the seal of the living God.' Then Jesus ceases His intercession in the sanctuary above. He lifts His hands and with a loud voice says, 'It is done;' and all the angelic host lay off their crowns as He makes the solemn announcement: 'He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.' Revelation 22:11. Every case has been decided for life or death." The Great Controversy, 613.
So, she begins this with Daniel 12:1. She speaks about Him standing up. Daniel 12:1, Michael stands up, and the pronouncement He gives: the close of probation. That is Daniel 12:1.
So, when Sister White talks about the events connected with the close of probation, the events that lead to the close of probation are the events that are represented in Daniel 11:40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45. And then in Daniel 12:1, Michael stands up
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The Events
Daniel 11:40 � 12:1
Verse Forty
Because Adventism has been in its sleepy Laodicean condition, it has not paid attention to the events connected with the close of probation; so, there is a wealth of truth connected to these verses that are unnoticed and they need to be dealt with in detail in this worship; but, sometimes down the road. But, we are at least putting the emphasis on these verses in order to give a little bit of a justification for marking 1989 as the Time of the End. We have not got time to take every point in this worship and defend it fully, right when it first comes up; so, we are just going to make a brief defense of our reasoning for identifying 1989 as the Time of the End. And part of that reasoning is, is that when verse 40 of Daniel 11 is fulfilled, that was in 1989, and it marks the beginning of the events connected with the close of probation.
The fact that you as a Seventh-day Adventist have not taken the time to understand that truth in Daniel 11, verse 40, does not make that truth error.
1798 and 1989
Okay. In Daniel 11, verse 40, it says,
"40And at the time of the end"�
And in The Great Controversy, page 356, Sister White tells us the Time of the End is 1798.
It says,
�"40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south"�
And the king of the south, the word that is translated as south there is negeb. Many times it is translated as Egypt. The king of the South is the king of Egypt. And in Revelation 11, verse 8, it talks about atheistic France and the time period of the French Revolution. This kingdom that is represented by Egypt and Sodom, it is spiritual Egypt in the 1798 time period. The French Revolution takes place in the 1798 time period.
So, verse 40 says,
�"40And at the time of the end [in 1798] shall the king of the south [of Egypt]"�
Egypt is a symbol of atheism.
�shall the king of atheism, shall atheistic France�"push at him:"�
Push means war against. In 1798 atheistic France will begin a war against the king of the North, and the king of the North here is the Papacy. And, sure enough, in 1798 atheistic France delivered the deadly wound to the Papacy.
But, there is a colon in the verse, and it says,
�"and the king of the north [the Papacy] shall come against him [against the king of atheism] like a whirlwind,"�
And here, this second part of the verse, projects us to the end of the world (1989) when the Soviet Union, the new king of atheism in the history of the world, is swept away by an alliance between the Papacy, the king of the North, and the United States. And the United States is represented in the verse as,
�"with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over." Daniel 11:40 (KJV).
Ships in Bible prophecy, representing economic strength; chariots and horsemen, military strength; and, there is an abundant historical evidence that it was an alliance between the United States and the Vatican that brought down the Soviet Union in 1989; and, it was in fulfillment of Daniel 11:40. There are all kinds of evidence to this.
And in Poland this last week, they just set up a monument to Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul, commemorating their work in sweeping away the Soviet Union. But, we do not even need that because there is so much evidence of this.
So, what we are saying is, that in 1989 Daniel 11:40 was fulfilled, and that is the first of the verses that lead to the close of probation; therefore, these are the events connected with the close of probation; therefore, this is God's people message at the end of the world that parallels Miller's message, that parallels John the Baptist's message. And Sister White tells us that by and large we do not know what those events are.
I am going to drop down to where it says "Verse Forty" in your notes, and then it says "Forty Days," "1840," and "9/11." I am going to come back to those three references. Drop down to where it says, "The Events Connected with the Close of Probation" where you can see my point I have been making about Sister White.
The Events Connected with the Close of Probation
A lot of people argue this passage, how we apply this passage here in The Great Controversy. And I left off the introduction. The verses that lead to this paragraph are talking about the Jews misunderstanding prophecy in the time of Christ. After she explains it is their misunderstanding of prophecy that allowed them to participate in the crucifixion of the Messiah, then she says this about us. She says,
"The events connected with the close of probation and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented."
Where are they presented? The last six verses of Daniel 11.
�"But multitudes"
Multitudes in Adventism, by context, she is just talking about Ancient Israel and comparing it to modern Israel.
�"But multitudes [in Adventism] have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed."�
These are the great and solemn events that we must know as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment, and we do not know them.
�"But multitudes [in Adventism] has no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed. Satan watches to catch away every impression that would make them wise unto salvation, and the time of trouble will find them unready."�
These are salvational. She says every opportunity that you get to understand these verses, Satan is there trying to prevent you from understanding them and, in so doing, he is taking your salvation away from you.
The next paragraph says,
�"When God sends to men warnings so important that they are represented as proclaimed by holy angels flying in the midst of heaven, He requires every person endowed with reasoning powers to heed the message. The fearful judgments denounced against the worship of the beast and his image (Revelation 14:9�11), should lead all to a diligent study of the prophecies to learn what the mark of the beast is, and how they are to avoid receiving it. But the masses of the people turn away their ears from hearing the truth and are turned unto fables. The apostle Paul declared, looking down to the last days: 'The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine.' 2 Timothy 4:3. That time has fully come. The multitudes do not want Bible truth, because it interferes with the desires of the sinful, world-loving heart; and Satan supplies the deceptions which they love."�
Now, the want-to-be-theologians in Adventism and the theologians in Adventism will comment on what I am saying about these two paragraphs, and they will say, "Look, he took that first paragraph and he is saying it was the last six verses of Daniel 11; but, in the next paragraph, she is clearly talking about the Third Angel's Message of Revelation 14." And because they are not proof-texters, because they are unwilling to be proof-texters and take a passage from the Old Testament of the Hebrew and the New Testament in the Greek and line them up, then they are unwilling to see that when it comes to an illustration of an history that takes place just before the close of probation, when you have an illustration of an history that leads to the close of probation and then you have a message that is marked that God's people are proclaiming, it has to be the same message. Okay?
So, in Daniel 11, verse 44, when it says, "But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many," that is the final warning message that God's people are giving just before probation closes. And in Revelation 14, that Third Angel's Message, that is also the final warning message given just before probation closes. And they are the same message because all the prophets agree with one another.
So, when people are giving you that argument about these two paragraphs, they are doing it based upon the historical-critical method of Biblical interpretation, and they are hiding under falsehood and lies.
The next paragraph says�and the next paragraph is going to explain why the multitudes do not understand this. It says,
�"But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms."�
Really, the Bible only? You mean: I do not need a Bible and a theologian? I do not need a Bible and my pastor, or my Bible and my elder, just the Bible alone?
�"The opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, the creeds or decisions of ecclesiastical councils, as numerous and discordant as are the churches which they represent, the voice of the majority�not one nor all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith."�
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: �"Before accepting any doctrine or precept, we should demand a plain 'Thus saith the Lord' in its support.
"Satan is constantly endeavoring to attract attention to man in the place of God. He leads the people to look to bishops, to pastors, to professors of theology, as their guides, instead of searching the Scriptures to learn their duty for themselves. Then, by controlling the minds of these leaders, he can influence the multitudes according to his will." The Great Controversy, 594�595.
So, what we are saying is, yes, we have not made a thorough proof that Daniel 11, verse 40, was fulfilled in 1989 and that that is the beginning of the events connected with the close of probation, and that these are events, are the great and solemn events that we must know as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment. But, 1989 was the Time of the End. That is when the Reform Movement here at the end begins.
You can go back to your notes now. I want to put one more thing in place.
Forty Days
We touched on this yesterday. We will do it again.
When you become weaned, detached from human interpretations of Scriptures and you approach the Word of God and the Spirit of Prophecy from the perspective that this is the Word of God and that everything in it has been governed by His Holy Spirit, then you begin to see little nuances, little markings in His Word that are virtually impossible to see when you are using the historical-critical method of Scripture [interpretation].
But, one of the things you see in Daniel 11, verse 40, Daniel 11, verse 40, has both the Time of the End for the Millerites marked and the Time of the End for the 144,000 marked. And this history [indicating from the first waymark through the third waymark] is both of those histories. It is Daniel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; it is Millerite History; it is our history.
And this history that begins in 1989, it goes until The Sunday Law, right here [the third waymark]; and, The Sunday Law is verse 41. So this history from the Time of the End in 1989 until The Sunday Law�or this history from 1798, the Time of the End for the Millerites, until 1844 and judgment for the Millerites�this history for us takes place in verse 40 of Daniel�11; but, the empowerment to the Millerite History took place on August 11, 1840. And when the Divine Symbol comes down on August 11, 1840, it is paralleling when Jesus came down after His ascension and He spent 40 days teaching the Disciples what they needed to know as they approached Pentecost [the third waymark as reflected in Figure No. 59A].
"While they were relating their experience, the Saviour himself stood in the midst of them, and said, 'Peace be unto you.' But the disciples were 'terrified and affrighted.' 'And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.' Then he began to teach them of all that was written in the Old Testament Scriptures concerning himself; and for forty days he instructed them in the way of life." Review and Herald, October 9, 1888.
So, this number 40 is in here repeatedly.
And we noted yesterday that Jeremiah is the prophet of the Third Angel's Message, and the Third Angel's Message is the combination of all three messages. This [referring to the first three waymarks in Figure No. 59A] is the First, Second, and Third Messages. So, this history is represented by the prophet Jeremiah, and Jeremiah, he had a ministry that was carried out for 40�years. This is the ministry of Jeremiah. This history, on at least four testimonies, is represented by 40 years.
1840
"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." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
And, therefore, when we see the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descend on September�11, 2001, beginning the testing time for Adventism, what causes that Mighty Angel to descend is the same thing that caused that Mighty Angel to descend on August 11, 1840. It is the restraint of Islam in the Millerite History and our history.
9/11
"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory."
When we see that Angel descends, then we realize that 2001 is after 1989 but before The Sunday Law. So, 9/11 is part of verse 40.
The Seven Thunders
On page 3 of your notes where it says "The Seven Thunders," the Millerites here�this is review�the history of the Millerites Sister White says the Seven Thunders represent a delineation of events that would transpire under the First and Second Angels' Messages.
"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. John sees the little book unsealed. Then Daniel's prophecies have their proper place in the first, second, and third angels' messages to be given to the world. The unsealing of the little book was the message in relation to time." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
You could say that the Seven Thunders represented the delineation of events that would transpire under Daniel 1 and Daniel 2, and would reach their conclusion in Daniel 3.
The Seven Thunders represented delineation of events that would transpire under the First and Second Angels' Messages. They represent the history of 1798 to 1844; but, she also said they relate to future events that will be disclosed in their order. This history, the history of Daniel 1, 2, and 3; and, the history of the Millerites from 1798 to 1844, is the history that we are living today.
The Seven Thunders Unsealed
And Sister White tells us in this passage where she deals with the Seven Thunders that the injunction was given to John, as to Daniel, to seal up those things which the Seven Thunders uttered. Ellen White is the one that teaches us that the sealing up of the Seven Thunders is a parallel to the sealing up of the Book of Daniel; because, these histories, the Millerite History in 1798, it is going to begin when the Book of Daniel is unsealed; but, this history at the end of the world in 1989, it is going to begin when the Seven Thunders are unsealed.
And when are the Seven Thunders unsealed? We have looked at this before, no doubt; but, go to Revelation 22, verses 10 and 11. The only thing that is sealed up in the Bible, in the Book of Revelation, is the Seven Thunders.
You might say, "Well, the book that was sealed with the Seven Seals in chapters 4 and 5, it was sealed up." But, Jesus unsealed those seals. That does not qualify.
In Revelation 22, verse 10, it says,
10And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:"�
The only thing that has been sealed up is the Seven Thunders.
�"for the time is at hand. 11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." Revelation 22:10-11 (KJV).
Just before probation closes [at the third waymark, The Sunday Law], the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Dirt Brush Man, he unseals the truth about the Seven Thunders; and, the truth about the Seven Thunders is that the Seven Thunders represents the delineation of events that transpire under the First and Second Angels' Messages, and it also represents future events that will be disclosed in their order.
The truth that the Lion of the tribe of Judah unseals just before probation closes is that the Millerite History is repeated to the very letter in our history, and this truth begins the increase of knowledge.
And this truth is unsealed by whom?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Lion of the tribe of Judah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Lion of the tribe of Judah; is that who unseals it?
The Dirt Brush Man. And the Dirt Brush Man, he begins to sweep out the garbage at the Time of the End in 1989; and, because the Lion of the tribe of Judah began to sweep out the garbage in 1798.
So, this scattering, this seven times of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel, chapter�4�William Miller's dream�it leads us to the Time of the End, 1989. And it takes us just before verse�11 of Revelation 22, just before probation closes. And what are we to understand? The great and solemn events of the events connected with the close of probation. We must know them as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment.
And just before probation closes in verse 11 of Revelation 22, in verse 10 it says, "the time is at hand" to unseal the prophecy in Revelation that has been sealed up, the Seven Thunders. The time is at hand for the Dirt Brush Man to begin to sweep out the traditions and customs that has been handed down from generation to generation covering up the foundational truths of Adventism.
The Old Paths
We have put so many things in place in this worship study that it may sound a little redundant to keep going back to these passages, some of them; but, review is good.
Jeremiah 6:16-17 says,
"16Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken." Jeremiah 6:16-17 (KJV).
We have seen on multiple testimonies that one of the works that the 144,000 do according to Isaiah 58:12 is they raise up the foundations of many generations. And we looked at many generations and marked that the foundational work always begins right here [at the second waymark] when the Divine Symbol comes down, whether it is Noah, or Moses, or Elijah, or Christ, or in the history of the First Decree. The foundational work is going on right here.
So, when all those histories are pointing forward to our history, we know that when Islam is restrained and the Angel descends that there is going to be a foundational work that takes place.
And this foundational work for us is in connection with Daniel, chapter 4, Nebuchadnezzar's dream; because, now that the seven times is over, and the reason is restored to Nebuchadnezzar, there is an increase of knowledge down here [at the first waymark]. Daniel is standing there at the end of the days to present to Nebuchadnezzar, to William Miller, the events connected with the close of probation. He opens these things up to God's people.
And when you get here [at the second waymark], you realize that the Angel has come down. It has come down because Islam is restrained and you have to defend Islam in Bible prophecy; and, in order to do so, you have to go back to the foundations of Adventism that began to be covered up right here in Miller's dream in 1863.
And that is why verse 17 says at this point, "I put watchmen over them," saying what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Harken!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "Harken to the sound of the trumpet."
There are three woes. It is the Fifth, the Sixth, and the Seventh Trumpets: [referencing the 1843 Chart], the Fifth Trumpet, Islam; the Sixth Trumpet, Islam, are prefiguring the arrival of the Third Woe, right here [at the third waymark, 2001]. Right at the point where you get led back to the foundations, the watchmen with the trumpet in their hands are marked because they are the ones that go back to the foundations in order to identify the Seventh Trumpet, the Third Woe, is the restraint of Islam on September 11, 2001.
The Foundations
So, on page 1 of your notes, you have Sister White quoting from Jeremiah 6:16. We have read this quote several times. It is in the record, Testimonies, volume 8, pages 296 � 297.
"The enemy is seeking to divert the minds of our brethren and sisters from the work of preparing a people to stand in these last days. His sophistries are designed to lead minds away from the perils and duties of the hour. They estimate as of little value the light that Christ came from heaven to give to John for His people. They teach that the scenes just before us are not of sufficient importance to receive special attention. They make of no effect the truth of heavenly origin, and rob the people of God of their past experience, giving them instead a false science. 'Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.' [Jeremiah 6:16.]"
"Let none seek to tear away the foundations of our faith,�the foundations that were laid at the beginning of our work, by prayerful study of the Word and by revelation. Upon these foundations we have been building for more than fifty years. Men may suppose that they have found a new way, that they can lay a stronger foundation than that which has been laid; but this is a great deception. 'Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid.' [1 Corinthians 3:11.] In the past, many have undertaken to build a new faith, to establish new principles; but how long did their building stand? It soon fell; for it was not founded upon the Rock." Testimonies, volume 8, 296�297.
After she quotes the old paths of Jeremiah 6:16, she says, "Let none see to tear away the foundations of our faith,�the foundations that were laid at the beginning of our work, . . . ,"
one of the many places where she is identifying that these are the foundational truths [as reflected on the 1843 Chart].
Here [the second waymark and the Divine Symbol coming down] is where we are going back to the foundations.
The Dirt Brush Man, at the end of Miller's seven times, begins to sweep out the traditions and customs in 1989. But, here in 2001, the message is empowered; He leads His people back to the Old Paths, to the foundational truths, and the testing process is underway.
Right here [beginning at the second waymark], from here to The Sunday Law [the third waymark] two classes in Adventism are going to be developed and then demonstrated.
The Old Paths of Righteousness
So, we are now in the middle of your notes to deal with chapter 5 of Daniel.
Verse 40
Forty Years
Forty Days
1989 1840
1798 9/11 1844
Beginning End
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THE 2520 1850 1863 1989
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DANIEL 1 2 3 4
Time of the End Message Empowered Judgment
Figure No. 59B.
Chapter 5 of Daniel, it is going to take place right in here [between the second and third waymarks of Figure No. 59B]. This is where Belshazzar is going to demonstrate the foolish virgins of Adventism.
And we have gone over this a few times already, so we do not have to do a lot of study on this. What does Belshazzar reject here? He rejects the warning message of Nebuchadnezzar.
And what is the warning message of Nebuchadnezzar? It is the 2520.
But, who is Nebuchadnezzar? It is Belshazzar's father�well, grandfather; but, in the understanding of the Bible, it is his father.
What is he rejecting? He is rejecting the Old Paths. He is rejecting the foundational message of Babylon.
Okay. Let us read a couple of things here.
Signs of the Times, July 20, 1891:
"In the history of Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, God speaks to nations of today. We are to take to heart the lessons he sought to teach these rebellious kings; for if Belshazzar had pursued a course in harmony with the instruction given to his grandfather, he would have retained not only his kingdom but his life. He disregarded the lessons,"�the lessons of his grandfather�"and went on in rebellion against God, committing the very sins for which his grandfather had been reproved and punished. He, too, lifted himself up in pride and exaltation, and the final judgment of God fell upon him and his house. His great sin was that, notwithstanding God had given him light, he refused to walk in the paths of righteousness." Signs of the Times, July 20, 1891.
He refused to walk in the what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: In the paths of righteousness.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In the Old Paths, the paths of righteousness.
The Watchmen in the Palace
Now we have looked at Daniel, chapter 1, being the First Angel's Message; Daniel, chapter 2, being the Second; Daniel, chapter 3, the Third; Nebuchadnezzar, chapter 4, is William Miller's dream, the covering up of foundational truths of Adventism.
But, now the Dirt Brush Man comes in at 1989 and begins to remove the traditions and customs. We are in a repeat of the reform lines, and there comes a point in time where the message of 1989 is going to be empowered; and, when it is empowered, the Lord leads us back to the foundational truths. Now the testing process that is going to test Belshazzar is underway. And what Belshazzar represents is someone that is rejecting the Old Paths.
But, the story of Belshazzar, it is basically just about one night. It is the Last Supper for Belshazzar, just like it was the Last Supper for Judas. So, in this one night we are seeing his judgment represented as MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN (the 2520). This is his judgment because he rejected the message of the seven times of Nebuchadnezzar. Correct?
But in that night, which begins here [at the first waymark]. This picture of Belshazzar encompasses the empowerment of the message to the judgment.
What is it that he did that night to mark the falling away that he had totally rejected? What is it that he did at his last supper?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Pardon me?
He brings in the sacred vessels.
Right here [at the first waymark] he brings in the sacred vessels, and what does he begin to do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He drinks wine out of them.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Before he drinks wine out of them, what does he do?
He fills the vessels with wine. Okay?
So, we have dealt with this in this worship. What are the vessels? What are the vessels?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: People.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: People, okay. What people would be the vessels that came out of the sanctuary?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: God's people.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: God's people.
So, what Belshazzar is doing is, right here [at the first waymark] when it all begins�when are we saying this all begins? 9/11.
Belshazzar begins to take the sacred vessels. Who are the sacred vessels?
Seventh-day Adventists.
And fill them with what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The wine of Babylon.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The wine of Babylon.
Okay. There are lots of lines that we have not brought into this; but, in this history there are two kinds of wines that are getting drunk. Those that are drinking the wine of Babylon are called the drunkards of Ephraim, and then there is a group that are drinking the new wine of the Latter Rain. One class is making a covenant with death, and another class a covenant with life.
So, in this history, this is going on; but, right here at 9/11, Belshazzar brings in the sacred vessels and begins to fill them with wine.
And this here, this is The Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial and Theological Education. And it is here; it is here, Brothers and Sisters, where the ruling was passed by Adventism that if you are going to be an ordained Seventh-day Adventist pastor, then you must study the spiritualistic techniques of Ignatius Loyola. You need to study how to go into the hypnotic trance that is the trademark of the Jesuit church.
And when did this manual come out of the General Conference? Right there [indicating on the manual cover], September 2001 they began to fill the vessels with the wine of Babylon.
So, this is the story of Belshazzar here, bringing in the sacred vessels at the same point in time when Islam was restrained and the watchmen were raised up to say, "Harken to the sound of the trumpet." At that same time Belshazzar is bringing in the sacred vessels and filling them with wine.
So, in this history Belshazzar is in rebellion, but his rebellion is not going to go unresponded to.
Notice the next quote�we have read this before, but I like this one. I like this one�Youth Instructor, May 26, 1898.
"There was in the palace a woman who was wiser than them all,"�
What is a woman in Bible prophecy?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A church.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In this history there is a church that is wiser than Belshazzar. Okay?
�"�the queen of Belshazzar's grandfather."�
Who is Belshazzar's grandfather?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Nebuchadnezzar.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Nebuchadnezzar.
Nebuchadnezzar's wife, who witnessed all these things.
And what is Nebuchadnezzar a symbol of? Ultimately, what is Nebuchadnezzar a symbol of?
Someone who has been redeemed by the Third Angel's Message. Justification by faith is the work of Christ in laying the glory of man in the dust, and Nebuchadnezzar is the symbol of that. His wife is the church that has that experience, and they are here in this history with Belshazzar.
Belshazzar does not know what is going on when the handwriting on the wall comes into the history. What is the handwriting on the wall?
Right here on this wall [referring to the 1850 Chart]. This is the handwriting on the wall. It comes into this history; but, Belshazzar, he does not know what it is.
Why? Because, he has been chained up with the two bands of brass and iron through this history.
And what is that? False education: the study of Latin and the study of Greek. The Mystery of Iniquity doth already work.
Belshazzar cannot understand this [the handwriting on the wall represented by the 1843 Chart] because he has been chained by the iron and brass. He does not know what proof-texting is, but he can tell he has got a problem going on. He can tell there is a problem going on.
So, anyway,
�"There was in the palace a woman who was wiser than them all,�the queen of Belshazzar's grandfather. In this emergency she addressed the king in language that sent a ray of light into the darkness. 'O king, live forever,' she said; 'let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers: . . . now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.' . . ."�
The Book of Daniel, the message of Daniel, is the message that gets presented to these apostates that are filling these vessels with the wine of Babylon at this time, by the church that is represented by Nebuchadnezzar's wife.
And it is just amazing. I do not know if any of you did it, when I suggested that you do it. What she just said there, you go look at the little phrases that are used to make up her commentary to Belshazzar, and she draws them from the previous books of Daniel. She is someone that is fluent in the language of the Book of Daniel.
�"Daniel did not swerve from his duty. He held the king's sin before him, showing him the lessons he might have learned, but did not. Belshazzar had not heeded the events so significant to him. He had not read his grandfather's history correctly. The responsibility of knowing truth had been laid upon him, but the practical lessons he might have learned and acted upon had not been taken to heart; and his course of action brought the sure result.
"This was the last feast"�
This was Belshazzar Last Supper, just like it was Judas's Last Supper, if you remember that presentation.
�"This was the last feast of boasting held by the Chaldean king; for he who bears long with man's perversity had passed the irrevocable sentence. Belshazzar had greatly dishonored the One who had exalted him as king, and his probation was taken from him." Youth Instructor, May 26, 1898.
As Vividly as the Handwriting on the Wall
Bible Echo, April 25, 1898, says,
"Belshazzar had been given many opportunities for knowing and doing the will of God. He had seen his grandfather Nebuchadnezzar banished from the society of men."�
He did not just hear about it. He was there.
�"He had seen the intellect in which the proud monarch gloried taken away by the One who gave it. He had seen the king driven from his kingdom, and made the companion of the beasts of the field. But Belshazzar's love of amusement and self-glorification effaced the lessons he should never have forgotten; and he committed sins similar to those that brought signal judgments on Nebuchadnezzar."�
What kind of judgments?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Signal judgments.
SIGNAL: noun�A sign that gives or is intended to give notice; or the notice given. Adjective�Eminent; remarkable; memorable; distinguished from what is ordinary. Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Signal is a sign. The judgments of Nebuchadnezzar is a sign.
And what was Nebuchadnezzar's judgment? The 2520. And we put it in place that all the signs in the Bible apply to the end of the world, because the prophets are speaking more about the end of the world than the days in which they lived.
So, what was the sign in this history that Belshazzar was supposed to recognize? The signal judgment, it is the 2520.
�"He wasted the opportunities graciously granted him, neglecting to use the opportunities within his reach for becoming acquainted with truth. 'What must I do to be saved?' was a question that the great but foolish king passed by indifferently."�
He was a foolish king.
"This is the danger of heedless, reckless youth today. The hand of God will awaken the sinner as it did Belshazzar, but with many it will be too late to repent.
"The ruler of Babylon had riches and honour, and in his haughty self-indulgence he had lifted himself up against the God of heaven and earth. He had trusted in his own arm, not supposing that any would dare to say, 'Why doest thou this?' But as the mysterious hand traced letters on the wall of his palace, Belshazzar was awed and silenced. In a moment he was completely shorn of his strength and humbled as a child. He realized that he was at the mercy of One greater than Belshazzar. He had been making sport of sacred things. Now his conscience was awakened. He realized that he had had the privilege of knowing and doing the will of God. The history of his grandfather stood out as vividly before him as the writing on the wall." Bible Echo, April 25, 1898.
The handwriting on the wall was the foundational Old Paths. The Old Paths of Adventism stand out in Adventism today as vividly as the handwriting on the wall [gesturing toward the 1843 and 1850 Charts hanging behind the podium].
The Beginning and the Ending of Adventism
Okay. I have a rather long passage here from Prophets and Kings, page 450 � 451, and I am not going to read it at this time. [The following notes, however, are provided in transcript.]
"Through Jeremiah the Lord had declared of the wicked men who presumptuously dared to stand before the people in His name: 'Both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in My house have I found their wickedness.' Jeremiah 23:11. In the terrible arraignment of Judah as recorded in the closing narrative of the chronicler of Zedekiah's reign, this charge of violating the sanctity of the temple was repeated. 'Moreover,' the sacred writer declared, 'all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.' 2 Chronicles 36:14.
"The day of doom for the kingdom of Judah was fast approaching. No longer could the Lord set before them the hope of averting the severest of His judgments. 'Should ye be utterly unpunished?' He inquired. 'Ye shall not be unpunished.' Jeremiah 25:29.
"Even these words were received with mocking derision. 'The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth,' declared the impenitent. But through Ezekiel this denial of the sure word of prophecy was sternly rebuked. 'Tell them,' the Lord declared, 'I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God.'"�
She is talking about Jeremiah here, and the history of Jeremiah is the history of the First, Second, and Third Angels' Messages. He is the prophet of the Third Angel's Message.
And if you see the fourth paragraph, when she is talking about the history of Jeremiah dealing with the final three kings (Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah), she is going to speak about in that contemporary history the work of Ezekiel, and she says,
�"'Again,' testifies Ezekiel, 'the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of My words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.' Ezekiel 12:22�28."�
In this history of Jeremiah, which is also this history [see Figure No. 59], Sister White references the prophecy of Ezekiel that is saying that these false prophets that are contemporaries with Ezekiel and Jeremiah that are saying The Sunday Law is not coming and that probation does not close for Adventists at The Sunday Law, these false prophets, that the Lord makes His pronouncement in Ezekiel 12 that the time is at hand that every vision is going to be fulfilled.
�"Foremost among those who were rapidly leading the nation to ruin was Zedekiah their king. Forsaking utterly the counsels of the Lord as given through the prophets, forgetting the debt of gratitude he owed Nebuchadnezzar, violating his solemn oath of allegiance taken in the name of the Lord God of Israel, Judah's king rebelled against the prophets, against his benefactor, and against his God. In the vanity of his own wisdom he turned for help to the ancient enemy of Israel's prosperity, 'sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people.'
"'Shall he prosper?' the Lord inquired concerning the one who had thus basely betrayed every sacred trust; 'shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war: . . . seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.' Ezekiel 17:15�18." Prophets and Kings, 450-451.
Now, the reason why I am putting that in place is that this particular prophecy in Ezekiel, in this history, that is one of the prophecies that Sister White points to as the fulfillment of this [1843] Chart. You have that right below. It says, "The Beginning." She is quoting from Ezekiel at the same place.
The Beginning
"As early as 1842 the direction given in this prophecy to 'write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it,' had suggested to Charles Fitch the preparation of a prophetic chart to illustrate the visions of Daniel and the Revelation.�.�.�.
"A portion of Ezekiel's prophecy also was a source of strength and comfort to believers: Ezekiel 12:21�25, 27, 28 quoted." The Great Controversy, 393.
So, what I am saying is, this passage of Ezekiel in this history, when Jerusalem was being destroyed, also had a present truth application in the time of the Millerites.
And in Ezekiel, in Prophets and Kings, pages 450 � 451, the last paragraph there, she says,
"To the 'profane wicked prince'"�
Who is the "profane wicked prince"? Zedekiah.
Zedekiah is the one. You have to remember, yesterday Zedekiah is the one that went to Babylon for the image to bow down�okay?�representing the leadership of who?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Adventism.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is going to accept the what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The mark of the beast.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. That is Zedekiah. He is the "profane wicked prince."
�"To the 'profane wicked prince' had come the day of final reckoning. 'Remove the diadem,' the Lord decreed, 'and take off the crown.' Not until Christ Himself should set up His kingdom was Judah again to be permitted to have a king. 'I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it,' was the divine edict concerning the throne of the house of David; 'and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him.' Ezekiel 21:25-27." Prophets and Kings, 450�451.
Okay. So, what I am saying is, these prophecies of Ezekiel and Jeremiah were present truth in their histories; but, they were also present truth in the Millerite History; and. sure enough, they are present truth here at the end.
The Ending
Notice from Testimonies to Ministers, pages 372-373, where it says,
"Page after page might be written in regard to these things. Whole conferences are becoming leavened with the same perverted principles."�
What are the "perverted principles" they are being leavened with? The principles of the iron and the brass bands that have been wrapped around the stump of the tree: Higher Education.
�"Whole conferences are becoming leavened with the same perverted principles."
FROM THE AUDIENCE: From where are you reading?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: At the bottom of page 6 of your notes. I am going to show that she is going to apply this passage from Ezekiel to our day and age.
�"'For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.' The Lord will work to purify His church."�
When does the Lord work to purify His church? Beginning right here [second waymark of 9/11] when the Divine Symbol comes down. This is the purification process [9/11 to 1844]. This is the climax of the Everlasting Gospel.
�"'The Lord will work to purify His church."�
This is the time period of whom? Belshazzar. Today we are studying Belshazzar, illustrated by several.
�"I tell you in truth, the Lord is about to turn and overturn"�
That is Ezekiel there. That is his history.
"� in the institutions called by His name.
"Just how soon this refining process will begin I cannot say, but it will not be long deferred. He whose fan is in His hand will cleanse His temple of its moral defilement."�
Who has got the fan in His hand?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Dirt Brush Man.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the Dirt Brush Man right here, in the time of Belshazzar; because, it is Belshazzar who brought the sacred vessels in, poured the wine of Babylon into them, marking the close of his probation, producing the handwriting on the wall.
�"He will thoroughly purge His floor. God has a controversy with all who practice the least injustice; for in so doing they reject the authority of God and imperil their interest in the atonement, the redemption which Christ has undertaken for every son and daughter of Adam. Will it pay to take a course abhorrent to God? Will it pay to put upon your censers strange fire to offer before God, and say it makes no difference?" Testimonies to Ministers, 372�373.
The Last Deception of Satan
Okay. Where it says, "The Last Deception of Satan," it is still dealing with Jeremiah's history. From Prophets and Kings, page 428, it says,
"As an interpreter of the meaning of the judgments beginning to fall upon Judah, Jeremiah stood nobly in defense of the justice of God and of His merciful designs even in the severest chastisements. Untiringly the prophet labored. Desirous of reaching all classes, he extended the sphere of his influence beyond Jerusalem to the surrounding districts by frequent visits to various parts of the kingdom.
"In his testimonies to the church,"�
Have you ever heard of Testimonies to the Church?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In Jeremiah's testimonies to the church,
�"Jeremiah constantly referred to the teachings of the book of the law that had been so greatly honored and exalted during Josiah's reign. He emphasized anew the importance of maintaining a covenant relationship with the all-merciful and compassionate Being who upon the heights of Sinai had spoken the precepts of the Decalogue. Jeremiah's words of warning and entreaty reached every part of the kingdom, and all had opportunity to know the will of God concerning the nation." Prophets and Kings, 428.
So, everyone knew about the testimonies of the church. All of Adventism knows about The Testimonies to the Church. Did they receive Jeremiah's testimonies to the church?
Selected Messages, volume 2, page 78:
"The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect [Jeremiah's testimony to the church]."�"The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. 'Where there is no vision, the people perish' (Proverbs 29:18)."�
What is the vision? The vision is the events connected with the close of probation that we must know as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment that multitudes in Adventism has no more understanding of these great truths as if they have never been revealed. "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
�"Satan will work ingeniously, in different ways and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God's remnant people in the true testimony. He will bring in spurious visions to mislead, and will mingle the false with the true, and so disgust people that they will regard everything that bears the name of visions as a species of fanaticism; but honest souls, by contrasting false and true, will be enabled to distinguish between them." Selected Messages, volume 2, 78.
So, in this history [between the second and third waymarks in Figure No. 59], what I am saying is it is marked that this is where the Spirit of Prophecy is rejected.
And, of course, we have made the case already that when the Lord leads His people back to the foundational truths, they are connected with the Spirit of Prophecy. That is where we started in this worship series, is that Sister White puts her seal of approval on these foundational truths [reflected on the 1843 Chart]. You reject the foundational truths, you are rejecting the Spirit of Prophecy simultaneously, and vice versa.
And in this history they rejected the testimonies of the church, the testimonies of Jeremiah. And so, "The King of the North, The Sunday Law, is coming. Nebuchadnezzar is coming to kill Zedekiah's children and then put out his eyes." Right?
9/11�Jerusalem Destroyed
So, in Jeremiah 52:4-5, what does it say about that? It says,
"4And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,"�
Whose reign? Zedekiah's.
�"4And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 5So the city was besieged"�until what?�"unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah." Jeremiah 52:4�5 (KJV).
So, the besiegement of Jerusalem and Zedekiah takes place on 9/11 (the 9th and the 11th years).
And this history here, one of the things that we started with was that in this history in the time of Christ, the John the Baptist presented the events that connected with the close of probation, did he not?
And John the Baptist was basing his message on what? On what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Daniel.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Daniel 9.
And Miller came and presented the events connected with the close of probation, and his message was Daniel 8; but, Daniel 8 is meaningless without Daniel 9. You have to have Daniel�9 to give you a starting point for Daniel 8. So, Miller's message was Daniel 9, also.
John the Baptist's message was Daniel 9. Miller's message was Daniel 9. And, Sister White says so. Sister White talks about they were preaching different portions of the same prophecy.
So, in the Millerite History, the events connected with the close of probation are based upon Daniel 9, and they announce the opening of the Judgment. But, in our history, we are dealing with the same thing, the events connected with the close of probation, but our message comes from Daniel 11, just like the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar began in the 9th year and ended in the 11th. But, you cannot see that if you do not do proof-texting and you do not want to see.
In that very night Belshazzar was slain; and, when Belshazzar is slain, it is demonstrated who the wise and foolish virgins are in Adventism. Okay?
This is the Sunday Law. This is the Sunday Law. And in our next presentation we will bring this consideration of the first six verses of Daniel to a close; because, Daniel, chapter 6, it is The Sunday Law. It is right on time. It follows Daniel, chapter 5.
Daniel, chapter 5, is showing the rebellion that takes place after the scattering of Daniel, chapter 4 has happened, which follows the history of the Millerites from 1798 to 1844, which is Daniel, chapters 1, 2, and 3.
So, on Sunday, the Lord willing, we will end this by looking at Daniel, chapter 3, and the ensuing Sunday Law.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we thank you that you as the Dirt Brush Man, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah are willing to open these wonderful truths to us. But, we know that just as certain as the first six chapters are an illustration of Adventism at the end, so is the ninth chapter of Daniel. And in the ninth chapter, Daniel confesses his sins as we do here this morning, and the sins of our fathers as we do here this morning. And we admit that we have walked contrary to you and you have walked contrary to us. We want to understand these things, and we know that it was only when Daniel entered into this repentance set forth in Daniel 9 that the Angel Gabriel was sent to him to open these wonderful truths to his mind. And we would ask that you send us now the Latter Rain, as you sent Daniel Gabriel, as we meet the conditions of this reception. Please forgive us of our sins. Forgive our fathers' sins in the history of Adventism that set aside these wonderful truths and began wandering in the wilderness of Laodicea. We are seeing from the Books of Prophecy as Daniel saw from Jeremiah and the writings of Moses that the scattering was underway, that William Miller's dream was being fulfilled. And now that we have reached the end of the scattering and we are recognizing that the 70 years of captivity in Babylon has reached its conclusion and that it is time to come out of Babylon and go rebuild the City of Jerusalem, we want to participate in that work. So, help us to meet the conditions that Daniel so clearly represents in Daniel, chapter 9, that we might understand these things fully, we pray in Jesus's name. Amen.