Habakkuk's Two Tables #36
Part Five: 1863
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for a good night's rest, and we ask as we take up the study of your Word this morning that you would allow us to have the experience that Isaiah had in chapter 6, where he recognized who he was and who you were and was changed into your image. We want the Holy Spirit to guide and direct our study this morning. We ask that you would grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit; that you would forgive us of anything that we have done that would be preventing us from understanding this message in the way that you want it understood. We ask that you pour the Latter Rain out upon us and bless the work we are doing with the DVDs and the Live Streaming. We ask in Jesus's name, amen.
Isaiah Six
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. We are beginning a new section in our study in Habakkuk's Tables. We want to put 1863 in place as a waymark in history, as the time when the 2520 comes to its complete conclusion. We will deal with that in chapter 7 of Isaiah.
The Earth was Lightened with His Glory
Isaiah 6:1-3
But, before we get to Isaiah 7 and really focus in on 1863, we need to deal with Isaiah 6, because that is what puts Isaiah 7 in context. So, we will begin in Isaiah 6, verse 1, which says,
"1In the year that king Uzziah died"—
I wonder why we have to know that it is in the year a king died.
—"1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory." Isaiah 6:1‑3 (KJV).
And in verse 3 we can see that if "the whole earth is full of his glory," understanding that all the prophets are speaking more about the end of the world than the days in which they live, that verse 3 is carrying us forward to Revelation 18, when the Mighty Angel comes down and the Earth is lightened with His glory.
And in your notes you have a passage from Review and Herald, December 22, 1896, in where it says "[the angels]" in there, I inserted that. It says,
"As they [the angels] see the future, when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory,"—
That is Revelation 18.
—"As they [the angels] see the future, when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory, the triumphant song of praise is echoed from one to another in melodious chant, 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts.' They are fully satisfied to glorify God; and in His presence, beneath His smile of approbation, they wish for nothing more. In bearing His image, in doing His service and worshiping Him, their highest ambition is fully reached." Review and Herald, December 22, 1896.
So, Sister White is tying Isaiah 6, verse 3, in with Revelation 18.
Therefore, Isaiah 6 is put in the history of the Mighty Angel descending at the end of the world; and, of course, that is September 11, 2001.
The Year Uzziah Died
A King is a Kingdom
Daniel 2:37-39
But, why do we know that it is in the year that king Uzziah died?
Daniel 2, verses 37 through 39, this is probably fairly familiar, but we will go there just to make a point here. We are going to deal with Uzziah here before we move forward.
Daniel 2:37-39, when Daniel is giving the interpretation to Nebuchadnezzar of his first dream, he says,
"37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth." Daniel 2:37-39 (KJV).
Therefore, Nebuchadnezzar is a kingdom. He is a king. A king is a kingdom; and, in Bible prophecy this is consistent: A king is a kingdom. So, Uzziah, the king, would represent a kingdom.
Uzziah and Jotham
Two Nations
Genesis 25:23; Ezekiel 37:21-22; Daniel 8:20-21; Revelation 11:8; Daniel 7:24; 13:11
Genesis 25:23:
"23And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger." Genesis 25:23 (KJV).
In Ezekiel 37:21-22 we find a promise that at the end of the world that God was going to join the two sticks together, the one stick representing the Northern Kingdom, the other stick representing the Southern Kingdom. And in Ezekiel 37, in this parable, in verse 21, dealing with the two sticks, it says,
"21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: . . ." Ezekiel 37:21-22 (KJV).
A kingdom is a nation: a king, a nation, interchangeable terms in prophecy.
In Daniel 8:20-21 says,
"20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 21And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king." Daniel 8:20-21 (KJV).
So, you also have the fact that a horn is a kingdom, a king.
In Revelation 11:8, we have France during the French Revolution time period; and, France has two kingdoms that make up one nation. Revelation 11, verse 8, speaking of France, it says,
"8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." Revelation 11:8 (KJV).
Sodom and Egypt, representing the two nations that were illustrating the one nation of France.
And then in Daniel 7:24, we have the ten horns of Pagan Rome, where three horns are removed and one horn comes up. A horn is a king, is a kingdom.
Then, in Revelation 13:11, you have the United States; and, verse 11 says,
"11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." Revelation 13:11 (KJV).
A horn is a king, as a king is a nation.
A horn is a power of strength, a kingdom, a king, a nation.
David and Solomon
So, in studying the kings in the Old Testament, and taking those stories and applying them to the end of the world, it is a very profound study.
How many months did the Papacy rule the world?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Forty-two.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Forty-two, did someone say 42? Who said that?
Did you say that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmation.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: How many generations from Adam to Christ?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (No response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Forty-two.
How many kings were there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: I guess 42.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: (Laughter) It is a guess, but it is right: 42.
So, when you start getting into the kings, there are all kinds of things that start popping out.
You have the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom. In the Northern Kingdom, it began with Jeroboam. You had 19 kings.
How many of them were good kings? Cero is the way they say it in Spanish.
Zero in the Northern Kingdom, and then there were 20 kings in the Southern Kingdom, and then the first 3 in the United Kingdom. Anyway, there are all kinds of stuff to look at in the kings.
But, of the kings, how many times were there when there were two kings that were kings living at the same time?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Twice.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: I am not going to talk to you in advance any more.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Twice.
Okay. Who were they?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Who were they?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Go ahead.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "Go ahead," okay. Well, David was alive when Solomon was anointed king, was he not?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, right at the beginning of the story of the kings, you have a kingdom where two kings are alive at the same time.
And here in our story, Uzziah, Uzziah is alive while his son Jotham begins to rule. Those are the only two places.
And what I am going to suggest is that David and Solomon are the beginning of this particular line of truth and Uzziah and Jotham are the end; therefore, we need to know what Uzziah represents; because, even though we can see that Isaiah 6 is set at 9/11 when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends, there is something in the story about Uzziah dying at that time.
And in your notes, concerning David and Solomon, from Education, page 48, it says,
"The principles taught in the schools of the prophets were the same that molded David's character and shaped his life. The word of God was his instructor. . . .
"In the early life of Solomon also are seen the results of God's method of education. Solomon in his youth made David's choice his own. Above every earthly good he asked of God a wise and understanding heart. And the Lord gave him not only that which he sought, but that also for which he had not sought—both riches and honor."—
The Lord gave Solomon what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Riches and honor.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"riches and honor. The power of his understanding, the extent of his knowledge, the glory of his reign, became the wonder of the world."—
Solomon's reign was the wonder of the world.
—"In the reigns of David and Solomon, Israel reached the height of her greatness." Education, 48.
So, what I am saying as a student of prophecy, in Solomon's reign, there is a time where you have two kings that are alive simultaneously. So, you have two kings, you have two nations in that nation. If you are going to apply that at the end of the world, which nation is the wonder of the world that is the most prosperous nation of the world that has two nations in it at the end of the world?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The United States.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The United States. So, I would suggest that David and Solomon is emphasizing the beginning of the United States; because, we have one other place where two kings rule simultaneously, and it is Uzziah and Jotham, and I would say that is the end of the United States.
Notice what Sister White says about the United States in Spirit of Prophecy, volume 4, page 398:
"The greatest and most favored nation upon the earth is the United States. A gracious Providence has shielded this country, and poured upon her the choicest of Heaven's blessings."—
Is that not just what is just taught about Solomon?
—"Here the persecuted and oppressed have found refuge. Here the Christian faith in its purity has been taught. This people have been the recipients of great light and unrivaled mercies. But these gifts have been repaid by ingratitude and forgetfulness of God. The Infinite One keeps a reckoning with the nations, and their guilt is proportioned to the light rejected. A fearful record now stands in the register of Heaven against our land; but the crime which shall fill up the measure of her iniquity is that of making void the law of God." Spirit of Prophecy volume 4, 398.
Did Solomon begin good and end bad?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes. The United States, two nations (David and Solomon), begins good, blessed by Heaven, prosperous, ends on the wrong side of the issue.
Also Known as Azariah
But, Uzziah, what happened to Uzziah?
Okay. In here you will see brackets in this quote that we are going to read from Prophets and Kings, pages 303 - 304. You will see brackets where it says, "[also known as Azariah]" in that first sentence. That is Sister White; I did not put that in there.
"17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men." 2 Chronicles 26:17 (KJV).
Okay. It says,
"The long reign of Uzziah [also known as Azariah]"—
Can you say "Azariah"? Say "Azariah."
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Complies.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, what is Uzziah's name? Azariah and Uzziah, either way; but, I want you to know the king's name was Azariah because we are going to find that the king's name was Azariah and, at the same time, there was a high priest named . . . ?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Azariah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Azariah.
So, in that kingdom you have both the symbol of church, the high priest, and the symbol of state, the king, with the same name. Okay? The horns were the same, the same name.
—"The long reign of Uzziah [also known as Azariah] in the land of Judah and Benjamin was characterized by a prosperity"—
Ah, that is what characterized Solomon and David.
—"a prosperity greater than that of any other ruler since the death of Solomon, nearly two centuries before."—
Here we are a little bit over two centuries into the United States, and we are starting to parallel what Solomon did when he lost his way.
—"For many years the king ruled with discretion. Under the blessing of Heaven his armies regained some of the territory that had been lost in former years. Cities were rebuilt and fortified, and the position of the nation among the surrounding peoples was greatly strengthened. Commerce revived, and the riches of the nations flowed into Jerusalem."—
Sounds like the United States to me.
—"Uzziah's name 'spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.' 2 Chronicles 26:15."—
Till he was strong: What happened till he was strong?
—"This outward prosperity, however, was not accompanied by a corresponding revival of spiritual power."—
That is the story of the United States.
—"The temple services were continued as in former years, and multitudes assembled to worship the living God; but pride and formality gradually took the place of humility and sincerity. Of Uzziah himself it is written: 'When he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God.' Verse 16.
"The sin that resulted so disastrously to Uzziah was one of presumption. In violation of a plain command of Jehovah, that none but the descendants of Aaron should officiate as priests, the king entered the sanctuary 'to burn incense upon the altar.'"—
What is he doing? What is he doing?
He is mixing church and states. Okay? The state is not supposed to start meddling with the church.
Is that part of the story of the United States?
—"Azariah the high priest"—
These two horns, they are identical—Azariah and Uzziah (church and state). There are two horns on this 'animal.'
—"Azariah the high priest and his associates remonstrated, and pleaded with him to turn from his purpose. 'Thou hast trespassed,' they urged; 'neither shall it be for thine honor.' Verses 16, 18.
"Uzziah was filled with wrath that he, the king, should be thus rebuked. But he was not permitted to profane the sanctuary against the united protest of those in authority. While standing there, in wrathful rebellion, he was suddenly smitten with a divine judgment. Leprosy appeared"—
Appeared on what, on his knee?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: On his forehead.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: On his foot? No! He got a mark on his forehead.
Well, that sounds pretty much like the mark of the beast to me, at The Sunday Law in the United States.
—"Leprosy appeared on his forehead. In dismay he fled, never again to enter the temple courts. Unto the day of his death, some years later, Uzziah remained a leper—a living example of the folly of departing from a plain 'Thus saith the Lord.' Neither his exalted position nor his long life of service could be pleaded as an excuse for the presumptuous sin by which he marred the closing years of his reign, and brought upon himself the judgment of Heaven.
"God is no respecter of persons. 'The soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.' Numbers 15:30." Prophets and Kings, 303–304.
So, what I am saying is, Uzziah, who now his son is going to reign while he is still alive. Jotham is going to begin reigning. This is a symbol of the end of the United States. And the presumptuous sin of Uzziah is The Sunday Law, which brings the mark of the beast in the forehead.
But, nevertheless, Uzziah is a symbol of prosperity; the United States, a symbol of prosperity, a two horned nation; church and state, Republicanism and Protestantism; Azariah and Uzziah. Do you see the connection?
Are you willing to take the stories of the Old Testament and bring them down to the end of the world?
Okay. Next quote, from Review and Herald, August 14, 1900, it says,
"The case of Uzziah the king reveals how God will punish the sin of presumption. . . ."—
A couple of paragraphs later, she is going to tell us how this sin of presumption manifests itself. She says,
—"Through successive generations iniquity has increased, until we are nearing the time when God shall say, The cup of their iniquity is full. In David's day the contempt placed upon the law of God led him to exclaim, 'It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.' The disrespect shown to the law did not lessen its value in the sight of the psalmist. Instead, he saw all the more need of standing in its defense; and as he saw it trampled under unholy feet, he exclaimed: 'Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.' In this age men have gone to great lengths in arrogance and in blasphemous denunciation of God's law. They have accepted a false sabbath in the place of the day that God sanctified and gave to man as a memorial of creation. Their disobedience is great, and well may the prayer go forth from unfeigned lips, 'It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.' The boundary line will soon be reached. The crisis will soon come, and then God will interfere. When mercy's limits are passed, God will work, and show that he is God. The Judge of all the earth will vindicate his honor, and punish the rebellious inhabitants of the earth." Review and Herald, August 14, 1900.
The presumption sin of Uzziah is here identified with The Sunday Law.
Okay. So, what am I saying? I am saying that Uzziah represents the prosperity of the United States.
In verse 1 of Isaiah 6, it says, "In the year that Uzziah died"; and, in verse 3, it says, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory." It is saying that on September 11, 2001, the prosperity of the United States began to go down.
Can you demonstrate that from the historical record? Oh, most certainly!
So, you not only have verse 3 tying it in to 9/11, but you have the story of Uzziah.
Go to verses 4 and 5 now of Isaiah 6. We are going through Isaiah 6, in order to prepare the way for Isaiah 7; because Isaiah 7 is where we are going to put in place 1863 as the year that the foundational truths that are on the 1843 Chart began to be covered up in fulfillment of Nebuchadnezzar's and William Miller's dreams.
"4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke."—
What house? The Sanctuary.
—"5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts." Isaiah 6:4-5 (KJV).
Laodicea
Sister White tells us here, from Review and Herald, December 22, 1896, that "Isaiah had denounced the sin of others." Isaiah had been functioning as a prophet for the first five chapters of Isaiah; but, then he sees the glory of the Lord and he realizes that he is just as much a sinner as any of these people that he has been giving the prophetic message to.
She says,
—"Isaiah had denounced the sin of others; but now he sees himself exposed to the same condemnation he had pronounced upon them. He had been satisfied with a cold, lifeless ceremony in his worship of God. He had not known this until the vision was given him of the Lord. How little now appeared his wisdom and talents as he looked upon the sacredness and majesty of the sanctuary. How unworthy he was! how unfitted for sacred service! His view of himself might be expressed in the language of the apostle Paul, 'O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?'
"But relief was sent to Isaiah in his distress. [Isaiah 6:6, 7 quoted.] . . .
"The vision given to Isaiah represents the condition of God's people"—
Where?
—"in the last days."—
Isaiah is symbolizing us in these last days.
—"They are privileged to see by faith the work that is going forward in the heavenly sanctuary. 'And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.' As they look by faith into the holy of holies, and see the work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, they perceive that they are a people of unclean lips,—a people whose lips have often spoken vanity, and whose talents have not been sanctified and employed to the glory of God. Well may they despair as they contrast their own weakness and unworthiness with the purity and loveliness of the glorious character of Christ. But if they, like Isaiah, will receive the impression the Lord designs shall be made upon the heart, if they will humble their souls before God, there is hope for them. The bow of promise is above the throne, and the work done for Isaiah will be performed in them. God will respond to the petitions coming from the contrite heart." Review and Herald, December 22, 1896.
So, in verses 4 and 5, when Isaiah sees the glory of the Lord, he recognizes that he is a certified Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist living at the end of the world and, if he does not get it right with God, he is going to be lost.
9/11—A Change of Dispensation
Isaiah 6:3-4
"3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke." Isaiah 6:3-4 (KJV).
But, in that experience, the Temple is filled with smoke.
Exodus 40:34-35; 1 Kings 8:10-11; Ezekiel 10:1-4; Revelation 1:5-8
And if you go to Exodus—and you do not have to. They are in your notes. You can test me and see if I am reflecting these correctly.
In Exodus 40:34-35—let us go there, just so you can see my point, Exodus 40:34-35.
When they are inaugurating the Tabernacle Sanctuary, verse 34 says,
"34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle." Exodus 40:34-35 (KJV).
They are beginning the work in the Sanctuary. They are changing dispensations, and one of the things that marks a change of dispensations is when the Tabernacle is filled with smoke.
If you go to 1 Kings 8:10-11, when they are inaugurating Solomon's permanent temple, it is filled with smoke, marking a change of dispensation from the tent sanctuary to the permanent sanctuary.
"10And it same to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord." 1 Kings 8:10-11 (KJV).
Let us go to Ezekiel 10:1-4. This is definitely present truth.
Now, Ezekiel 10, it is part of the vision that begins in chapter 8, and in chapter 8 there are four escalating abominations in Jerusalem. In Testimonies, volume 5, page 215, commenting on Ezekiel 8, Sister White tells us that Jerusalem in Ezekiel 8, 9, and 10 is the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In Ezekiel 8 you see four abominations escalating, and the fourth one is 25 men, the leadership of Adventism, bowing down to the sun. So, prophecy is based upon the principle of repeat and enlarge; so, then in chapter 9, you are going to see the other classes of worshippers in Jerusalem, in Adventism at the end of the world, and they are the ones that are sighing and crying for the abominations that are done in the land, and then an Angel goes through and puts a mark upon them. And anyone that does not have a mark, in chapter 9, when the Destroying Angel comes through, they are destroyed.
And this sealing in chapter 9, Ellen White tells us plainly, is the same sealing as Revelation 7. It is the sealing of the 144,000.
So, in Ezekiel 8, you have an illustration of those in Adventism that are going to receive the mark of the beast at The Sunday Law; and, in Ezekiel 9 you see those that are going to receive the Seal of God at The Sunday Law.
Then in Ezekiel, chapter 10, verse 1, repeating and enlarging the same story, it says,
"1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. 3Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory." Ezekiel 10:1-4 (KJV).
Sister White, commenting on this, says these coals represent purification. Ezekiel 10 is telling us that the story of Ezekiel 8 and Ezekiel 9 is the story of the purification of Adventism, the purification of Jerusalem, the purification of God's church at the end of the world at The Sunday Law crisis. It is purified by the providential circumstances of The Sunday Law. One class receives the mark of the beast; the other receives the Seal of God. When that happens at The Sunday Law, Ezekiel sees the Sanctuary filled with smoke because it is a change of dispensation: the end of probationary time has just come for Adventism at The Sunday Law, and now the subject is the eleventh-hour workers.
"5And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 6And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled." Revelation 15:5-8 (KJV).
So, what I am saying is when we see the Temple filled with smoke, as we do in Revelation 15:5-8, when human probation closes in Revelation 15:5-8 and no man can enter the Temple because it is filled with smoke, that the filling of the Temple with smoke is marking a change of dispensation.
So, what we are saying here, is when Uzziah died, it marks a time in Earth's history when the prosperity of the United States starts to go down; and, in verse 3 it is identified as the time when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends, which is 9/11; and, here we find that based upon the Sanctuary being filled with smoke that there is some type of change of dispensation that takes place at that time. And I mean, of course, the change of dispensation on 9/11 is that Christ has finished judging the dead and he is now beginning to judge the living.
The Shekinah Glory
Okay. Isaiah was a Laodicean when he saw this. What did Isaiah see when he saw this?
The Seventh-day Adventist Commentary, volume 4, page 1139:
"Christ Himself was the Lord of the temple. When He should leave it, its glory would depart—that glory once visible in the holy of holies over the mercy seat, where the high priest entered only once a year, on the great day of atonement, with the blood of the slain victim (typical of the blood of the Son of God shed for the sins of the world), and sprinkled it upon the altar. This was the Shekinah, the visible pavilion of Jehovah.
"It was this glory that was revealed to Isaiah, when he says, 'In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple' [Isaiah 6:1–8 quoted]." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1139.
What did Isaiah see? The Shekinah.
Where was Isaiah when he saw it?
Prophets and Kings, page 314:
"In the vision that came to Isaiah in the temple court, he was given a clear view of the character of the God of Israel." Prophets and Kings, 314.
So, when Isaiah sees this vision in the Most Holy Place, is Isaiah physically in the Most Holy Place? No, he is physically in the Temple Court; but, he is representing you and me at the end of the world.
Are we going to be physically in the Most Holy Place? No. We are going to be in the Temple Court. We have to enter the Most Holy Place by faith, the same way that Isaiah is typifying that we must do.
1888 Materials, page 127, Sister White tells this.
"Now Christ is in the heavenly sanctuary. And what is He doing? Making atonement for us, cleansing the sanctuary from the sins of the people. Then we must enter by faith into the sanctuary with Him, we must commence the work in the sanctuary of our souls. We are to cleanse ourselves from all defilement. We must 'cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.' Satan will come and tempt you and you will give way to his temptations. What then? Why,"—"What then? Why, . . ." she is saying this is what you need to do—"come and humble your hearts in confession, and by faith grasp the arm of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. Believe that Christ will take your confession and hold up His hands before the Father—hands that have been bruised and wounded in our behalf— and He will make an atonement for all who will come with confession. What if you cannot understand about this matter? He says, 'He that lacketh these things is blind,"—
There are people that do not understand this. They are blind.
Who is blind?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Laodiceans.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Laodiceans.
—"'He that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins' (2 Peter 1:19)." The 1888 Materials, 127.
The Manifestation of God's Power
Okay. What also did Isaiah see? Review and Herald, June 4, 1889:
"Isaiah had a wonderful view of God's glory. He saw the manifestation of God's power, and after beholding His majesty, a message came to him to go and do a certain work."—
Remember that. He sees God's glory, and as he is seeing God's glory, he sees the manifestation of God's power and then a message comes to him; because, that is what we are dealing with in Isaiah 7.
What was Isaiah's message? It was the 2520. We will deal with that later.
—"He felt wholly unworthy for the work. What made him esteem himself unworthy? Did he think himself unworthy before he had a view of God's glory?—No; he imagined himself in a righteous state before God;"—
There is a Laodicean for you: Everything is all right when everything is really all wrong.
—"but when the glory of the Lord of hosts was revealed to him, when he beheld the inexpressible majesty of God, he said, 'I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a living coal in his hands, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar, and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.' This is the work that as individuals we need to have done for us. We want the living coal from off the altar placed upon our lips. We want to hear the word spoken, 'Thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged'" Review and Herald, June 4, 1889.
What is the work that we want done for us?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: To be purged from our sins.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We want to be purged from our sins, but we want to enter by faith into the Most Holy Place and have a confrontation with the glory of the Lord that humbles us into the dust, so that we can have that coal placed upon our lips.
The Glorious Manifestations of the Power of God
But, Isaiah saw the glorious manifestation of the power of God; and, we have read a few times in this worship study already The Great Controversy, page 611. This is the same Angel that we are dealing with in Isaiah 6. This is the Angel of Revelation 18.
—"The angel who unites in the proclamation of the third angel's message is to lighten the whole earth with his glory. A work of world-wide extent and unwonted power is here foretold. The advent movement of 1840–44 was a glorious manifestation of the power of God;"—
What did Isaiah see in the Most Holy Place? He saw the reform lines that all prefigure the Latter Rain. That is the glorious manifestation of the power of God. He is representing Laodiceans at the end of the world that have a recognition of Christ's character that humbles them into the dust; but, in that experience, they come to understand line upon line that is illustrating the time period of the Latter Rain in which we are living, when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends.
—"the first angel's message was carried to every missionary station in the world, and in some countries there was the greatest religious interest which has been witnessed in any land since the Reformation of the sixteenth century; but these are to be exceeded by the mighty movement under the last warning of the third angel.
"The work will be similar to that of the Day of Pentecost. As the 'former rain' was given, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the opening of the gospel, to cause the upspringing of the precious seed, so the 'latter rain' will be given at its close for the ripening of the harvest." The Great Controversy, 611.
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, page 984, says,
"We must not wait for the latter rain. It is coming upon all who will recognize and appropriate the dew and showers of grace that fall upon us."—
We have to recognize, we have to move into the Most Holy Place, as Isaiah did, and see a glorious manifestation of the power of God. We need to see these reform lines upon lines, from here a little and there a little, and understand they are illustrating the Latter Rain.
—"When we gather up the fragments of light, when we appreciate the sure mercies of God, who loves to have us trust Him, then every promise will be fulfilled. [Isaiah 61:11 quoted.] The whole earth is to be filled with the glory of God." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.
We have a definition of RECOGNIZE:
RECOGNIZE: 1. To recollect or recover the knowledge of, either with an avowal of that knowledge or not. We recognize a person at a distance, when we recollect that we have seen him before, or that we have formerly known him. We recognize his features or his voice. Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
In order to see the Latter Rain, you have to recognize it. To recognize it means that you have seen it in the past. The Latter Rain today has been illustrated in the past history of the reform lines of the Bible. They are all illustrating the Latter Rain. You have to be a student of prophecy that is using the technique of Biblical study endorsed by Ellen White that was employed by William Miller, called proof-texting: line upon line.
Isaiah 6:6-7, moving through Isaiah 6 as quickly as possible in advance of getting to Isaiah 7 in order to mark 1863 in Bible prophetic history, beginning at verse 6:
"6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged." Isaiah 6:6-7 (KJV).
PURGE, you have the definition there.
PURGE: Strong's Concordance H3722—A primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel: - appease, make (an) atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, to pitch, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile (-liation).
When your sins are purged, it is connecting with the Day of Atonement.
Okay. You have in your notes there:
1 Samuel 3:12-14; Psalm 65:3; Isaiah 22:12-14; Isaiah 27:8-9
Other places where this same word purge of verse 7 is marked in the Scriptures, and it has to do with having your sins removed in the Investigative Judgment in the Day of Atonement.
In the Scriptures, we will close that thought with Matthew 3:11-12.
"11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Matthew 3:11–12 (KJV).
We have thoroughly dealt with this a few times already.
What is His fan?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He is the Dirt Brush Man.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He is the Dirt Brush Man that has the fan, but what is His fan? Sister White defines it as the message. It is a message that purges His floor; and, it sweeps out the counterfeit coin.
But, what did the counterfeit coin take with them? Well, the counterfeit coin are idols, and everyone who refuses to be detached from their idols goes out the window with the counterfeit coin; because, "Ephraim is joined to his idols. Leave him alone."
So, this purging process is what takes place in the climax of the Everlasting Gospel in the Investigative Judgment, in the Judgment of the Living, during the time period of the Latter Rain and the sealing of the 144,000 that begins when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends.
Purification
Sister White says in Review and Herald, October 16, 1888:
"The live coal is symbolical of purification. If it touches the lips, no impure word will fall from them. The live coal also symbolizes the potency of the efforts of the servants of the Lord." Review and Herald, October 16, 1888.
Isaiah 6:8-10
"8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,"—
After Isaiah is purified, after the Laodiceans have entered by faith into the Most Holy Place and seen a vision of the Lord's character and have recognized the reform lines, after that experience has taken place and their lips are purified, then in verse 8 it says,
—"9Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed." Isaiah 6:8-10 (KJV).
Send Me
So, what is Isaiah representing there? In Youth Instructor, June 21, 1900, it says,
"Not one of the angels could have become surety for the human race: their life is God's; they could not surrender it. The angels all wear the yoke of obedience. They are the appointed messengers of Him who is the commander of all heaven. But Christ is equal with God, infinite and omnipotent. He could pay the ransom for man's freedom. He is the eternal, self-existing Son, on whom no yoke had come; and when God asked, 'Whom shall I send?' he could reply, 'Here am I; send me.' He could pledge himself to become man's surety; for he could say that which the highest angel could not say,—I have power over my own life, 'power to lay it down, and . . . power to take it again.'" Youth Instructor, June 21, 1900.
When Isaiah hears the question, "Whom shall I send?" and he responds, "Here am I; send me," he is demonstrating someone who has perfected the character of Christ in the Judgment of the Living in the Latter Rain time period when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 comes down.
And he is given a message; but, before he is given the message, he is informed that, "When you take this message, you are going to take it to a people that won't see it, that won't hear it." This is his commission. This is the pre-warning he has.
The Commission
Jeremiah 15:16-21; Ezekiel 2:1 – 3:9
"Jeremiah chapter 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. 18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
"19Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible." Jeremiah 15:16-21 (KJV).
"Ezekiel chapter 2:1And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 4For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. 5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
"6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 8But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
"9And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
"Ezekiel chapter 3:1Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
"4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 5For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; 6Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. 8Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. 9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house." Ezekiel 2:1 – 3:9 (KJV).
And you will see this paralleled in Jeremiah 15:16-21; and, Ezekiel 2:1 through chapter 3:9, where both Ezekiel and Jeremiah eat the Little Book, just as John does in Revelation 10 and they are given a message to carry to God's people, and they are forewarned that God's people are a rebellious house (they will not hear).
And the promise given to both of them, Ezekiel and Jeremiah, is that He would give them a forehead of a diamond, a forehead of a flint, because they were going to need it because they were going against a rebellious people. And that is what Isaiah is being told, and all the prophets agree with one another. They are all telling the same story: When the Angel comes down, He has a Little Book opened in His hand where you have to eat. Isaiah has to eat this Little Book, this message, just as Ezekiel, John, and Jeremiah did; and, he has to carry a message to God's people (to Seventh-day Adventists, Laodiceans) that they are going to refuse to hear and refuse to see, they are going to persecute them, throw them in a pit, and reject His message.
Isaiah 6:11-13
So, verses 11 through 13 of Isaiah 6, after Isaiah is forewarned—and you see this when people come into this message. They get excited about this message. And then shortly thereafter, they are communicating with you, one way or another, saying, "I can't believe it. I shared this with my church family, I shared this with friends that I have been close to in Adventism for years, and as soon as I shared it with them, our friendship is over. Family members, blood family members, they started talking about fanaticism and delusion."
Hey, that is part of the story.
"My pastor, my elder, my conference president."
That is part of the story.
And how do you suppose that you are going to have the strength to stand in The Sunday Law crisis when every human support is cut off, if you have not developed the spiritual muscles beforehand to stand during that time period?
In order to stand there in The Sunday Law crisis, the Lord provides an experience for you that allows you to toughen up from the rejection that comes.
And where does the worse persecution come from?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: From the church.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: I do not know how this comment that Sister White makes sense, but I believe it.
I mean, I think when [in] The Sunday Law crisis, when they finally get to the point to where they are cutting your heads off or shooting you, whatever they are going to do when you are spilling blood, I do not know how that type of persecution can be less than what goes on in Adventism before any blood is spilled; but, that is what she says: "The worse persecution comes from within."
But, that worse persecution comes in advance of The Sunday Law, and it is to prepare the spiritual muscles to stand whenever human support is cut off.
So, if you are understanding this message and you are not suffering from some of this rejection, then it is just evidence that even though you are understanding this message, you are not sharing it. You are not sharing it!
And if you are not sharing it, YOU DON'T GET ANY MORE! In order to get the Holy Oil, you have to give out the Holy Oil. You have to keep the flow going.
But, I am getting off target here.
So, when Isaiah realizes that he has this message to take to a Laodicean church, he asks a question in verses 11 through 13—and we have arrived at the fun part.
"11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, 12And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof." Isaiah 6:11-13 (KJV).
Now, if you have been following this worship along, you know that we have spent time dealing with the Everlasting Gospel. The Everlasting Gospel is the work of Christ in producing two classes of worshippers, based upon the introduction of a three-step testing message. The classic illustration of the Everlasting Gospel is the Millerite History, which is the history of the First and Second Angels' Messages; and, the First Angel's Message of Revelation 14 is specifically identified as the Everlasting Gospel.
And Sister White informs us in Selected Messages that the Everlasting Gospel of the First Angel of Revelation 14 is the same gospel that was preached in Eden, when God said He would put enmity between the seed of Satan and the seed of Christ. It is about two seeds. The Everlasting Gospel is the work of Christ in producing two classes of worshippers. One is the seed of Christ and one is the seed of Satan.
On October 22, 1844, the seed of Christ [the wise virgins] followed Christ by faith into the Most Holy Place, where the foolish virgins of that history continued to direct their prayers to the Holy Place. And who was it that was answering their prayers?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Satan.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Satan.
The seed of Christ; the seed of Satan: The Everlasting Gospel had been accomplished in the history of the Millerites; but, the history of the Millerites is the beginning of Adventism and we are living in the end of Adventism. And at the end of Adventism, the Everlasting Gospel is going to be accomplished once again, and it is going to produce two classes of worshippers.
And here, Isaiah asked, "How long do I have to carry this message"?
Well, when do you begin carrying the message, Isaiah?
Well, you begin carrying when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends; because, in verse 3 the angels are saying, "The whole Earth is full of His glory." So, you begin carrying the message on 9/11, and you continue to carry this message until the cities are wasted; and, the destruction of the cities, the destruction of Jerusalem in Bible prophecy is prefiguring The Sunday Law.
So, the period of time here in Isaiah 6 that is being dealt with is from September 11th, from Revelation 18 when the Angel descends, until The Sunday Law. In that history two classes of worshippers are going to be produced. The one class who refuses to see and who refuses to hear, and then the other class here who we are told that have the holy seed in them. That holy seed, that is the seed of Christ.
So, what does the other class have in them? The unholy seed.
How Long?
Psalm 74:1-10; 79:5-10; Zechariah 1:12; Daniel 8:13; Revelation 6:9-11
So, what is being described here in this question about "How long? What is the duration of the proclamation of this message?" is from the descent of the Angel until The Sunday Law. It is saying until the Everlasting Gospel is accomplished in Adventism.
Now, this question "How long?" is an important question. You may not realize it, but the theologians in Adventism, they are having trouble with this question; because, this question, this is an eternal question. You will find it throughout the Scriptures. And when you pull this question "How long?" from various points in the Scriptures, you will find that it is the same question but it is line upon line and it is giving a broader picture of what the question "How long?" is.
For instance, in Daniel 8:13 it says, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" That "How long . . . ?" is Isaiah's "How long?"
And in the Fifth Seal under the altar, we see those that were slain during the 1260 years of Papal rule, and those people that were slain, they asked the question, "How long until you judge the Papacy from murdering us during this time period?" It is the same question.
This eternal question, when they are brought together, they are the same question.
And in your notes you can see several places where this question is raised in the Scriptures: Psalm 74:1-10—let us go there just so you will get my point. I am not going to deal with all these Scriptures I have cited. I am going to put them in the notes for you to check out on your own; but, let us go to Psalm 74 so you can see, perhaps, the logic that I am implying.
Isaiah wants to know how long he has to carry this message to Adventism, and he is told that he is going to have to carry it to The Sunday Law, because at The Sunday Law the holy seed is going to be manifested and the unholy seed is going to be manifested. But, the question we are looking for is "How long?"
Beginning at verse 1 of Psalm 74 it says,
"1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?"—
So, He is talking about Adventism, because Adventism is the sheep of His pasture. There is another flock of sheep, but those are the eleventh-hour workers.
Verse 2,
—"2Remember thy congregation,"—
Is His congregation Adventism?
—"2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;"—
See, there is something going on here, is there not? Something is being trampled down. There has been a scattering.
Where is this scattering in Adventism that fulfills this commentary in Psalm? If we take this commentary in Psalm and bring it to the end of the world, how can the psalmist be saying in Adventism, at the end of the world, there has been a desolation that took place in Adventism? Where can we see that illustrated? William Miller's dream.
—"3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations, even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary."—
Something has gone on in Adventism, and it is wicked!
—"4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs."—
Okay. This is where Jesus was referring to in Matthew 24:15. The enemy set up their ensigns for signs: "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place," let him flee out of the city! It is a sign.
Their ensigns, the enemy, Pagan Rome, set their ensigns up where? In the sanctuary for a sign.
—"4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees."—
Who was the man that was famous for lifting up his axes upon the thick trees? Hiram.
Hiram produced the materials that Solomon used to build the sanctuary, and he is talking about the sanctuary here. Hiram was famous for contributing to the raising up the sanctuary. Hiram here is being illustrated as the one that built the sanctuary. Hiram here is representing William Miller; but, we will not go there. We are not dealing with William Miller at this time period.
Verse 6; and now here at the end of Adventism, in contrast with Hiram, the beginning of Adventism:
—"6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers."—
Now they are taking apart the foundations, instead of building them up.
—"7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary,"—
And Sister White says that many will stand in the pulpits with the torch of false prophecy.
—"7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9We see not our signs:"—
What are our signs? Well, definitely the 2520 is a sign. We do not see our waymarks. We do not see our prophetic history. Those are our signs. They have been covered up.
—"9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet:"—
You throw out the Foundations, you throw out the Spirit of Prophecy.
—"neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?" Psalm 74:1-10 (KJV).
And the answer in Isaiah 6 is, "Until The Sunday Law."
And it is the same answer here.
When you take this word "How long?"—I will show you one more. Upon the testimony of two or three a thing is established.
Go to the Fifth Seal in Revelation 6. We are looking at the question, "How long?"
And beginning in verse 9 of Revelation 6 says,
"9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." Revelation 6:9-11 (KJV).
Those people that were killed by the Papacy in the 1260 years, they are to rest in their graves until there is another group of martyrs that the Papacy produces at the end of the world during The Sunday Law crisis.
So, what was the question?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: "How long?"
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "How long till you deal with the Papacy?"
The answer is, "Until The Sunday Law," same answer.
Typo
Notice Sister White's comments here from Manuscript Releases, volume 20, page 14; and, you are going to see a typo. She is going to quote from the Fifth Seal, which we just read. Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 197, she says,
"'And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, Holy and true, doest Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them"—
And this is Sister White's comments that she inserts here.
—"[They were pronounced pure and holy]; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled' [Revelation 6:9–11]. Here were scenes presented to John that were not in reality but that which would be in a period of time in the future."—
—"Revelation 8:1–4 quoted." Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 197.
That is a typo. That should be Revelation 18:1-4.
Notice the next quote, Manuscript Releases, volume 20, page 14:
"When the fifth seal was opened, John the Revelator in vision saw beneath the altar the company that were slain for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. After this came the scenes described in the eighteenth of Revelation, when those who are faithful and true are called out from Babylon. [Revelation 18:1–5, quoted.]" Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 14.
So, what is the point? The point is this: The question "How Long?" its answer is until The Sunday Law. It is an eternal question. It is throughout the Scriptures.
When Isaiah says, "Oh, my! I've got a message and I've got to carry it to a people who will not see it and a people who will not hear it," he says to the Lord, "How long do I have to do this?"
And the Lord says, "Until The Sunday Law, until the cities are wiped out: until The Sunday Law."
Because, at The Sunday Law, what will happen? The Everlasting Gospel will reach its climax and the two classes will be demonstrated. They are developed from 9/11 through that history, but they are demonstrated at The Sunday Law.
A Tenth, A Substance and a Holy Seed
Isaiah 6:11-13
"11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, 12And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof." Isaiah 6:11-13 (KJV).
Okay. It says in Isaiah 6 that when The Sunday Law arrives, there would be a tenth. It says in verse 13: "But yet in it shall be a tenth, . . ." And what is a tenth?
TENTH: Strong's Concordance H6224—From H6235; tenth. H6235—From H6237; ten. H6237—A primitive root; to accumulate; to tithe, that is, take or give a tenth.
It is from H6235 in the Strong's Concordance, and H6235 is from H6237. And H6237 is "A primitive root; to accumulate, to tithe."
Okay. In it will be a tithe. From Adventism there is going to be a remnant; only here, Isaiah is labeling the remnant as a tithe.
And what is the tithe? What is the tithe?
You know, you oftentimes hear it—and sometimes I slip up and say, but I try not to—but you often hear people say, "I returned my tithe to the Lord."
And if I am in a good enough relationship with them, I will say, "No, Brother, no, Sister, you do not return your tithe to the Lord. That is the Lord's tithe."
Okay? It is not ours. The tithe is the Lord's portion. Right? The tithe is the Lord's portion.
So, what remains in the Everlasting Gospel in Isaiah 6 is the Lord's portion of Adventism. It is His tithe. It is His remnant.
The Lord's Portion
Education, page 138, says,
"He who gives men power to get wealth has with the gift bound up an obligation. Of all that we acquire He claims a specified portion."—
That is His portion.
—"The tithe is the Lord's. 'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree,' 'the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, . . . shall be holy unto the Lord.' Leviticus 27:30, 32. The pledge made by Jacob at Bethel shows the extent of the obligation. 'Of all that Thou shalt give me,' he said, 'I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.' Genesis 28:22." Education, 138.
And then in Deuteronomy 32:8-9, it says,
"8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9For the Lord's portion"—the Lord's tithe—"is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." Deuteronomy 32:8–9 (KJV).
So, this tithe that remains in Isaiah 6, it is His people that come out of the Everlasting Gospel. They are the remnant. They are the tenth. They are the Lord's portion.
And what do they have in them? Well, they have the holy seed in them.
But, it says in verse 13 of Isaiah 6, "But yet in it shall be a tenth," a tithe, "and it shall return, . . ." This tenth, this remnant is going to return.
And this word return is the same word translated as restorer in Isaiah 58:12; and, of course, you can find it in other places in the Bible.
RETURN: Strong's Concordance H7725—to turn back [restorer, Isaiah 58:12].
"12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in." Isaiah 58:12 (KJV).
But, this tenth, this remnant that returns, it is those that are "the restorers of the paths to dwell in." That is what it means to return. They return to the Old Paths.
This tenth is the group in Adventism that return to the Old Paths in the time period of September 11, 2001 (9/11), to The Sunday Law.
And it says it is going to be eaten? It shall be eaten. When the Angel comes down and He has the Little Book open in His hand and it is time to go return to the Old Paths, then what are we supposed to do? We are to take that Little Book and eat it. We are supposed to eat this message about the Old Paths. Right?
And what is it going to be? Sweet as honey.
But, it ends with what? Bitterness at The Sunday Law crisis and the Seven Last Plagues.
Okay. And it says it is going to be as a teil tree.
What produces the remnant, what produces the Lord's portion, what identifies the holy seed from the unholy seed? Let us read it.
"13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof." Isaiah 6:13 (KJV).
It is going to be eaten as a teil tree and an oak.
TEIL TREE: Strong's Concordance H424—Feminine of H352; an oak or other strong tree. H352—properly strength; hence anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree:—mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
A TEIL TREE is an oak or other strong tree, strength; hence anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree: a mighty (man).
What they are going to eat, what they are going to eat, is a tree that represents a kingdom. They are going to return to the Old Paths and, in so doing, they are going to find a message about a tree that was a kingdom. I wonder what message what that is inferring there.
And the substance of this message is going to be in them. They are going to eat it. The substance is going to be in them. So, what is the substance of what they eat?
SUBSTANCE: Strong's Concordance H4678—something stationary, that is, a monumental stone; also the stock of a tree:—pillar, substance.
The word SUBSTANCE is something stationary, a monumental stone; the stock of a tree. So, it is not just a message about a tree—it is about the message that is the foundational message, the monumental stone, the cornerstone, the Rock of Ages—but it is about the stump of the tree. I wonder what message that is.
And "when they cast their leaves," what does it mean to cast their leaves?
CAST: Strong's Concordance H7995—a felling (of trees).
It means the felling of a tree. This story is about the cutting down of a tree and the stump and the message that is there contained.
". . . when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof."
HOLY: Strong's Concordance H6944—a sacred place or thing; sanctuary.
And this word HOLY is kodesh; it is not miqdesh.
SEED: Strong's Concordance H2233—seed.
And the seed is Christ.
Patriarchs and Prophets, page 370, it says,
"This same covenant was renewed to Abraham in the promise, 'In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.' Genesis 22:18. This promise pointed to Christ. So Abraham understood it (see Galatians 3:8, 16), and he trusted in Christ for the forgiveness of sins. It was this faith that was accounted unto him for righteousness." Patriarchs and Prophets, 370.
Revelation 12:17 says, "And the dragon was wroth with the woman," with the remnant, with the tenth, with the Lord's portion.
"17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,"—this tenth, this portion—"which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelation 12:17 (KJV).
They are the seed. They are the holy seed. And at 9/11 they are prepared to give a message to a people that will not hear. And what identifies this remnant, this portion, this tenth, this tithe as the holy seed is that they eat a message about a mighty tree that is a kingdom that is cut down as they return to the Old Paths.
I wonder what message that is. That is the message of William Miller's dream, which is the message of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, which is the message of the 2520.
And in chapter 7 of Isaiah, we will find that the message of the 2520 is the message that marks 1863 as a waymark in Advent history; and, we will begin to take that up tomorrow.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we wish to be among those that enter by faith into the Most Holy Place and see a revelation of your character, and understand the manifestation of your power as you produce a holy seed, a portion, a tenth in accomplishment of the Everlasting Gospel. We want to be those that are on the right side of this testing process. And we ask that you forgive us for the areas that we have surrendered opportunities to have victories in this process. Give us discernment to see that time is running out, that The Sunday Law is approaching, it is on the horizon, and that what we do, we must now do quickly. Give us confidence from the understanding of your Word that you are calling us, encouraging us to follow the footsteps of Isaiah into that experience. We ask a blessing upon the work that we are doing here with the DVDs and the LiveStreaming, and we set before you this day and ask that as we take up our individual tasks that we can do it in a way that glorifies and honor you. We ask that you keep us safe in this endeavors in Jesus's name. Amen.