Habakkuk's Two Tables #40A
Part Five: 1863
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, I want to thank you for waking us this morning and giving us another day of life that we might serve you and that we might study your Word. And, Heavenly Father, as we take up this study, we ask that you grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit to bring this consideration of 1863 to a conclusion. We ask that you give us insight and discernment into the truths that are represented in Isaiah 7 that we are going to touch upon, that you would take control of our humanity, that you overrule my humanity that I might be a fit vessel to convey this message and that you would overrule the humanity of my brothers and sisters that are hearing these things, that they might receive the message as you see fit. We want the Latter Rain. We would ask that you would pour it out upon us and that you would fill our vessels that we might have oil to share with those that we come in contact with. And we thank you for these things in Jesus's name. Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We are bringing to a conclusion our consideration of the beginning of William Miller's dream as 1863. We are looking at Isaiah 7, where the beginning of both 2520s is marked, and we are looking at it as a chiastic structure that reaches its conclusion in 1798, 1844, and then in 1863.
9/11/2001 SUNDAY LAW
Verse 3 Verses 11-13
ISAIAH 6
(1) (2) (3)
Verse 3 Verses 17-19
Rejection of Shiloah
ISAIAH 7 2520, Latter Rain, Laodicean Message
FULLER'S FIELD NEW FIELDS
Figure No. 69.
We have studied that in Isaiah 6, in connection with this, that verse 3 marks Isaiah 6 as beginning when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends. We are identifying that as September 11, 2001, in conjunction with that waymark that it begins in the year that Uzziah died, Uzziah representing the prosperity of the United States and the beginning of the end for the economics of the world structure.
In verses 11 through 13 of Isaiah 6, Isaiah asked how long he has to carry this message to a Laodicean people that will not see and will not hear, and he is told until the cities are destroyed, representing The Sunday Law. We took time with that.
So, we see in Isaiah 6 the history of when the Mighty Angel descends, until the door closes.
Earlier on in this worship series we have identified that there are two temple cleansings in this history, and the first temple cleansing begins in earnest when the Mighty Angel descends. It is a three-step testing process. It ends when the door closes at The Sunday Law for Adventists.
And then there is a three-step testing process for the eleventh-hour workers.
But, this here [the Isaiah 6 reform line] is the climax of the Everlasting Gospel in Adventism. The two classes will be developed and then demonstrated when the door closes at The Sunday Law. And in Isaiah 6, Isaiah is prepared with a message; and, in Isaiah 7, we are saying that this is the message.
We are also not denying that Isaiah 7 continues on into chapters 8, 9, and 10. But, we are just taking Isaiah 7 here.
In our last presentation we identified that the two classes, when you take Isaiah 7 as a line and run it under Isaiah 6, the two classes are represented by Ahaz, who is the foolish king, the foolish virgin, and Isaiah is the wise virgin. And what Ahaz rejects in Isaiah 7, he rejects the sign; and, we have identified several times that one of the signs for this history of the temple cleansings of Adventism at the end of the world is the 2520. But, in rejecting Shiloah, which is Siloam, which means Sent, he is rejecting not only Christ who is the foundation of everything; and, in rejecting Christ, he is also rejecting the Holy Spirit, which was also sent. He is rejecting the Latter Rain, and he is rejecting the Laodicean message. Because, in the Pool of Siloam we have the story of the blind man; and, it is Laodicea that is blind. It is the Laodicean that needs the healing that comes from the Pool of Siloam. So, we have put that in place.
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1AM Enoch 2AM Methuselah 3AM Noah
9/11 Sunday Law
Figure No. 70.
We have another component to put into Isaiah 7. We identified also in our last presentation that Shiloah and Siloam are the root word for Methuselah, and we identified that Enoch represents the First Angel's Message. He gave the Judgment Hour Message, and his Judgment Hour Message was premised upon time, as was William Miller giving a Judgment Hour Message premised upon time.
Enoch's message was 120 years.
Sixty-five years into his life, Enoch opens the Second Angel's Message to us, which is Methuselah, the oldest man that ever died.
And Methuselah reaches his conclusion with the Third Angel's Message, which is Noah and the door is closed here. Judgment takes place.
So, we see in the story of Methuselah, his name, the root is Siloam. It is the same message that Ahaz is representing, the same message when the chiastic structure concludes that James White will set aside. But more importantly, it is the message that Adventism sets aside at the end. It is the message of the Latter Rain, as represented in this long extended period of time that comes to a conclusion here; and, this long extended period of time is Methuselah, and Methuselah is a type of the 2520. By rejecting the 2520, you are rejecting the message of Shiloah or Siloam, which is the root word for Methuselah; you are rejecting the Latter Rain Message.
So, we are saying here [Isaiah 7 timeline, Figure No. 69], Ahaz is rejecting Shiloah, with all that that contains, and he is rejecting the sign of the 2520, the Latter Rain, and the Laodicean Message.
That is what is going on in this history [referencing Figure No. 70], from 9/11 to The Sunday Law. It is paralleling the Millerite History, but it is paralleling the story of Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah; and it is paralleling the history of Ahaz.
A Remnant Shall Return
But, there is one other component that we want to put in place, and that is where once Isaiah is prepared to give this message of the Everlasting Gospel to Ahaz (to Adventism at the end of the world), where is he?
So, in your notes, Isaiah 7:3:
"1Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field." Isaiah 7:3 (KJV).
Shearjashub, if you go to Isaiah 8:18, it says,
"18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion." Isaiah 8:18 (KJV).
SHEARJASHUB means a remnant shall return. So, when Isaiah goes to Ahaz, he goes to Ahaz with the message of hope that the Lord is going to raise up a remnant.
The Conduit
And where Ahaz has received this message is very informative. He is by the conduit of the upper pool.
GIHON: Strong's Concordance H1521—From H1518; stream; a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem:—Gihon. H1518 A primitive root; to gush forth (as water), generally to issue.
The name (Hebrew Giħôn) may be interpreted as "Bursting Forth, Gushing." Gihon is also the name of the only natural spring of water in the vicinity of Jerusalem (the place where King Solomon was anointed by the priest Zadok and Nathan (prophet)). It feeds the Pool of Siloam. Wikipedia.
And this word conduit, we are going to say the conduit is coming from Gihon. And Gihon is a natural stream that was outside the city walls of Jerusalem, and we will see that it was Hezekiah, when Sennacherib was getting ready to do a siege on Jerusalem, Hezekiah went and he covered up that stream so it could not be seen, and he dug a conduit that led the water into the City of Jerusalem, so that the enemies on the outside of the wall would not have water, and those inside the wall would have water. And this conduit that brought the water of Gihon into Jerusalem, it ended up being used in two pools: in one what they called the upper pool, which is the Pool of Siloam (the Waters of Shiloah); and then there was a lower pool as well.
So, what is GIHON? Gihon, where the spring, the source, it is from H1521 and from H1518 in the Strong's. It is a stream. It was a river in Paradise, when we look at the story of the Garden of Eden; also a valley (or a pool) near Jerusalem. It means to gush forth. So, GIHON has the meaning of gushing forth. All right?
The name Giħôn may be interpreted as "Bursting Forth, or Gushing." Gihon is also the name of the only natural spring of water in the vicinity of Jerusalem, the place where King Solomon was anointed by the priest Zadok and Nathan the prophet. It feeds the Pool of Siloam, and then there is a transit that takes it to the other side of the city as well.
A Well of Water Springing Up
In John 4:13-14, which is in your notes, it says,
"13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:13–14 (KJV).
Gihon is the well of water springing up into Everlasting Life. It is the water that Christ gives. It is the water that comes down from Heaven; but, it comes down here to Earth into the Pool of Siloam.
SPRINGING UP: Strong's Concordance G242—Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to jump; figuratively to gush: - leap, spring up.
Springing up in John 4:13-14 means to jump, to gush, to spring up. It means the same thing that Gihon means. The Water of Life is the water of Gihon. It is the water that comes into Jerusalem and forms the Pool of Siloam.
What is the conduit?
CONDUIT: Strong's Concordance H8585—From H5927; a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound): - conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, watercourse. H5927—A primitive root; to ascend.
CONDUIT: H8585, from H5927, is a channel; also a bandage or plaster – conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, a watercourse; a primitive root; to ascend.
Okay. The conduit is the channel that brings the water from Gihon, the Water from Heaven, down to Earth.
Constant Communication
Are there any other symbols of the Water of Life being brought down to Earth; such as, maybe two golden pipes full of golden oil, or a ladder that the angels descend and ascend on?
This Gihon and its relationship to Siloam are talking about the constant communication that Christ keeps with His people.
Acts of the Apostles, page 586, says:
"Christ is spoken of as walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks. Thus is symbolized His relation to the churches. He is in constant communication with His people." Acts of the Apostles, 586.
Heavenly Angels
How does He do this?
Christian Education, page 155:
"The ladder which Jacob saw in the night vision, the base of it resting upon the earth and the topmost round reaching unto the highest heavens; God himself above the ladder, and his glory shining upon every round; angels ascending and descending upon this ladder of shining brightness, is a symbol of constant communication kept up between this world and heavenly places. God accomplishes his will through the instrumentality of heavenly angels in continual intercourse with humanity. This ladder reveals a direct and important channel of communication with the inhabitants of this earth. The ladder represented to Jacob the world's Redeemer, who links earth and heaven together." Christian Education, 155.
What I am saying if you are not following the application is the top of the ladder is Gihon; the bottom of the ladder is Siloam or Shiloah.
And this ladder is represented in a variety of ways.
The Cross
"The cross of Calvary is placed between heaven and earth as a perpetual memorial, calling the attention to a holier world than this."—
It is calling attention to Gihon.
—"It is the medium of a constant communication with the world of light;"—
So, this constant communication is accomplished through the two golden pipes of Zechariah, through Jacob's ladder, through the cross, through the Waters of Gihon.
—"the mind is constantly drawn away from the earthly to the heavenly, surveying the attractions of Him who ever liveth to make intercession for us; and those who thus keep the heavenly world in view will be uplifted above this in their affections and pursuits." The Medical Missionary, May 1, 1891.
Review and Herald, July 20, 1897, says,
"The anointed ones standing by the Lord of the whole earth, have the position once given to Satan as covering cherub. By the holy beings surrounding his throne, the Lord keeps up a constant communication with the inhabitants of the earth. The golden oil represents the grace with which God keeps the lamps of believers supplied, that they shall not flicker and go out. Were it not that this holy oil is poured from heaven in the messages of God's Spirit, the agencies of evil would have entire control over men.
"God is dishonored when we do not receive the communications which he sends us. Thus we refuse the golden oil which he would pour into our souls to be communicated to those in darkness. When the call shall come, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him,' those who have not received the holy oil, who have not cherished the grace of Christ in their hearts, will find, like the foolish virgins, that they are not ready to meet their Lord. They have not, in themselves, the power to obtain the oil, and their lives are wrecked. But if God's Holy Spirit is asked for, if we plead, as did Moses, 'Show me thy glory,' the love of God will be shed abroad in our hearts. Through the golden pipes, the golden oil will be communicated to us. 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.' By receiving the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, God's children shine as lights in the world." Review and Herald, July 20, 1897.
So, what am I saying? I am saying that when Isaiah takes the message to Ahaz, when the wise virgin of Adventism takes the message to the foolish virgins of Adventism in the time period of the visitation of Adventism, when the Lord is accomplishing the Everlasting Gospel, developing two classes and going to demonstrate those two classes at The Sunday Law, that where Isaiah meets Ahaz with this message of promise that the remnant will return, that he is meeting him by the end of the conduit of the upper pool. He is meeting him right where the Latter Rain comes down from Heaven. He is meeting him with the Latter Rain Message.
So, Ahaz represents those in Adventism that are rejecting the Latter Rain Message.
The Highway
Isaiah 35; 40:1-5; 62:6-12; Jeremiah 31:21-23
The Fuller's Field
Isaiah 7:3, Isaiah 36:1-2; Malachi 3:1-4
But, Ahaz is also on the highway; he is also on the highway, to the fuller's field.
Shearjashub, the promise that a remnant shall return. The conduit, these two golden pipes that the Latter Rain is being given to Isaiah to give to Ahaz. They are on the highway (what is the highway?), and it is by the fuller's field (what is the fuller's field?).
Go to Isaiah 35. Isaiah 35 says,
"1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God."—
Now, in those two verses, it is talking about a certain place. What is the place it is talking about?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is talking about the wilderness. Okay? The people that its dealing with there are in the wilderness.
And the wilderness is one of the symbols for what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Pardon me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Darkness?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Darkness. All right. The darkness that precedes 1798, the 1260 years of Papal darkness in Revelation 12, verses 6 and 14, is identified as the wilderness.
And the message that comes in each of these reform lines is a message of a voice crying in the wilderness.
So, where the Lord initially meets His people is in the wilderness, and who He is meeting here in Isaiah 35 in the wilderness, those people that He is going to meet in the wilderness, what are they going to do? They are going to see the glory of the Lord.
And who is it that sees the glory of the Lord? It is Isaiah, in Isaiah 6. He saw the glory of the Lord.
So, reading on in Isaiah 35:
—"3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees."—
He meets Adventism in the wilderness of Laodicea with the promise that "If you will enter into the Most Holy Place and recognize the glory of the Lord, I am going to bring you back to life."
Verse 4:
—"4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. 5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,"—
Who are the blind? Ahaz, he is standing there by the Pool of Siloam refusing to be healed.
In that time period,
—"the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness"—where?—"in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert."—
Do you think they are gushing forth? That is coming from Gihon.
—"7And the parched ground shall become a pool,"—
What pool? The Pool of Siloam.
—"and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein."—
You can be a foolish virgin; but, if you will get on this highway you will make no mistakes because you will become a wise virgin.
—"9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:"—
This is where the redeemed are going to walk, is in this highway.
—"10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Isaiah 35 (KJV).
So, this is where Isaiah is meeting Ahaz. He is meeting him on this highway, where the conduit of Gihon comes down to the Pool of Siloam with the message of the Latter Rain, the Laodicean Message, the Message of the 2520.
Go to Isaiah 40, verses 1 through 5. We are still looking at the highway where Isaiah is standing.
Beginning at Isaiah 40, verse 1, it says,
"1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned:"—
When is Jerusalem's iniquity pardoned? It is in this history [of Isaiah 6 (see Figure No. 69)] when their sins are being blotted out.
—"her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. "3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."—
So, now here is a people being represented that are emphasizing the truth about the highway, the path that God's people are to walk on, the path that God walks on.
What path is that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Old Paths.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Old Paths.
—"4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Isaiah 40:1-5 (KJV).
Okay. Where does that place this passage?
When is the whole Earth lightened with the glory of the Lord, because all flesh is going to see it? Right here, Revelation 18, the same history [from 9/11 to The Sunday Law]. It is The Highway of Holiness, this path.
Isaiah 62, verses 6 through 12. This is where Ahaz is being met with the Latter Rain Message of Isaiah.
Beginning in Isaiah 62, verse 6, it says,
"6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: 9But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness."—
What are His corn and wine? It is the Little Book. It is the message of the Latter Rain.
—"10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people."—
If you could in your Strong's Concordance, this is a people that has a message that they are lifting up the message of the Highway, the message of the Path. They are the people, the watchmen, that are emphasizing the return to the Old Paths.
Verse 11:
—"11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion,"—
The daughter is the remnant, the last offspring.
—"Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord:"—
Who are they going to call the holy people? The people that are standing on the Highway with Isaiah. They are the redeemed of the Lord. They have been bought back.
And what are they?
—"and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken." Isaiah 62:6-12 (KJV).
Because they are going to be lifted up as an ensign and the whole world is going to come to them.
Jeremiah 31, verses 21 through 23, beginning in verse 21:
"21 Set thee up waymarks,"—
How do you set up waymarks? Right there [indicating the timelines on the whiteboard], those are the waymarks, what we have been doing in this worship service, line upon line. These historical events on these prophetic lines are the waymarks.
—"21Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again,"—
You have got to turn back to the Old Paths.
—"O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities."
Return to the old highway.
—"22How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter?"—
You are in the wilderness. Turn back to the Old Paths.
—"for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man."—
What is a woman?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A church.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: A church. The Lord here is rebuilding Jerusalem. This is the New Jerusalem in the Earth. It is a spiritual Jerusalem. It is what is going to surround the men that are in Jerusalem that have returned to the Old Paths.
—"A woman shall compass a man. 23Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again"—
And what is "bring again"? Nine out of ten times the meaning in the Scriptures: reverse.
—"when I shall [reverse] their captivity;"—
Where have they been? In captivity. They have been in darkness. They have been in the wilderness. They have been in William Miller's dream, scattered for seven times.
—"when I shall [reverse] their captivity, The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness." Jeremiah 31:21-23 (KJV).
What is The Mountain of Holiness? It is God's church.
So, where is Isaiah when he meets Ahaz? He is on the Old Paths. He is with a message making a promise that a remnant shall return; and, he is by the conduit where the Latter Rain Message comes down out of Heaven to confront God's people with the Laodicean call.
But, what is the fuller's field?
9/11/2001 SUNDAY LAW
Verse 3 Verses 11-13
ISAIAH 6
(1) (2) (3)
Verse 3 Verses 17-19
Rejection of Shiloah
ISAIAH 7 2520, Latter Rain, Laodicean Message
FULLER'S FIELD NEW FIELDS
Figure No. 71.
He is by the fuller's field. There are two things I want you to see about the fuller's field is that the fuller's and it is the field.
Because, this here [see Figure No. 71, the timeline of Isaiah 6], this is Adventism from 9/11 to The Sunday Law. This is a field. There is something that happens in this field. But, once The Sunday Law comes, the message goes to other fields.
But, what field is this? It is the fuller's field.
Isaiah 36: verses 1 and 2:
"1Now, it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army."—
Now, what is this about? This is the king of Assyria, the King of the North. This is the King of the North, this is The Sunday Law, coming not to Ahaz but to Hezekiah. He is coming to destroy Jerusalem and he is sending his general, his main authority Rabshakeh, to Jerusalem to confront Hezekiah, saying, "We are going to take over your city. You might as well surrender."
All right. This is The Sunday Law. This is an illustration of The Sunday Law; but, where does it take place? The last part of verse 2.
—"And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field." Isaiah 35:1-2 (KJV).
What I want you to see is that right here [9/11, Figure No. 71] and right here [Verse 3, Figure No. 71], where Isaiah is presenting the Laodicean Message to Ahaz, where the wise virgins are presenting the message of the 2520, the Latter Rain, and the Laodicean Message to the foolish virgins of Adventism, that they are standing in a certain place and they have with them Shearjashub with a message of the promise that the Lord is going to raise up the remnant at this point in time. And, they are emphasizing The Highway of Holiness, the Old Paths: "You need to be on this highway, Ahaz. You need to be where the golden oil is coming down from the pipes and receive the Latter Rain Message, which is the Pool of Shiloah and Siloam, that your eyes may be opened; because, if you don't, you are going to be swept away at The Sunday Law" [Isaiah 6:11-13 and Isaiah 7:1-19] right here, and The Sunday Law message, the close of probation, is given at the identical place, the identical place. It is on the highway at the end of the conduit by the fuller's field. It is the same message.
So, you are seeing here where Isaiah gives this message here at the beginning of the purification of Adventism, the climax of the Everlasting Gospel, he is giving this message here at The Sunday Law in the time period of Hezekiah.
Do you see the logic there?
So, Malachi 3. We are trying to figure out what the fuller's field is. Malachi 3:1-4.
We already know what the fuller's field; because, in our worship series, we have spent time with the fuller's field.
Beginning in verse 1,
"1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.—
The messenger that prepared the way for the Messenger of the Covenant to come in the time of Christ was John the Baptist. John the Baptist prepared the way for Christ to come to Earth and to the Heavenly Sanctuary.
William Miller prepared the way for Christ to come to the Most Holy Place.
Okay. And in applying these verses here, Sister White identifies that these verses were fulfilled the two times that Christ cleansed the temple, at the beginning and at the end of His ministries. We have looked at this in detail previously and have identified that there were to temple cleansings in the time of the Millerites and that there will be two temple cleansings at the end of the world.
So, when Isaiah is standing by the fuller's field, he is marking the temple cleansing of Adventism [references the first waymark of Isaiah 7 in Figure No. 71] that we have already identified begins when the Mighty Angel comes down [referencing the first waymark of Isaiah 6, Figure No. 71]. It is a three-step testing process, and concludes at The Sunday Law.
So, the fact that He is by the fuller's field here in Isaiah 7:3 is another prophetic identification that what we are suggesting about these histories is accurate.
Verse 2 of Malachi 3:
—"2But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like"—what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Fullers' sope.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"like fullers sope."—
What is a fuller's sope? It is a type of dye that makes garments clean and bright and white. It is like a dye.
So, what kind of fuller's work is Christ doing in this history? He is taking off the filthy garments of His people and putting on the garments of His righteousness.
Verse 3:
—"3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify"—who?
In this history [of Isaiah 6] I thought He was purifying the 144,000, and the 144,000 is the 12 tribes of Israel.
Is Levi all 12 tribes? No. There are two witnesses to this. Levi is the one that stood faithful with Aaron's image of the beast test.
And Levi, when Jeroboam doubled Aaron's sins by making two calves in Bethel and Dan, it was the Tribe of Levi that refused to be His priests in this. So, he was forced to get the low men to be his priests.
So, in both tests of the image of the beast, Levi stands out as the ones that are faithful; and, both of those histories are pointing forward to The Sunday Law. So, in this history [of Isaiah 6 in Figure No. 71], He is preparing those in Adventism that are going to stand faithful at The Sunday Law when the door closes, and that is why He is purifying the sons of Levi, even if they are made up of all 12 tribes of spiritual Israel.
Verse 3:
—"3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. 4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years." Malachi 3:1-4 (KJV).
When will the offering be pleasant as in former years? Right here [indicating The Sunday Law], after this process [from 9/11 to The Sunday Law].
What is this process? It is the process of the refining that is represented by the fuller's field.
So, when Isaiah meets Ahaz right here [at the first waymark of Isaiah 7 in Figure No. 71] with the message that a remnant shall return in Shearjashub, on the Old Paths, on The Highway of Holiness, by the end of the conduit where the Gihon Water of Life Message comes to the healing Pool of Shiloah and Siloam, the Latter Rain Message, He is identifying that the purification of Adventism, the first temple cleansing of Adventism, begins right here and Ahaz represents those that reject this purification process that are going to dance around that golden calf.
Malachi and the Two Temple Cleansings
In The Desire of Ages, page 161, it says,
"In the cleansing of the temple, Jesus was announcing His mission as the Messiah, and entering upon His work."—
This is the temple cleansing [referring to the timeline of Isaiah 6 in Figure No. 71]. All the prophecies in the Old Testament, in the New Testament, and of the Spirit of Prophecy are pointing to the end of the world; and, the two temple cleansings of Christ are pointing to our time, more than anything else.
So,
"In the cleansing of the temple, Jesus was announcing His mission as the Messiah, and entering upon His work."—to purify Seventh-day Adventists just prior to The Sunday Law.—"That temple, erected for the abode of the divine Presence, was designed to be an object lesson for Israel and for the world. From eternal ages it was God's purpose that every created being, from the bright and holy seraph to man, should be a temple for the indwelling of the Creator. Because of sin, humanity ceased to be a temple for God. Darkened and defiled by evil, the heart of man no longer revealed the glory of the Divine One. But by the incarnation of the Son of God, the purpose of Heaven is fulfilled. God dwells in humanity, and through saving grace the heart of man becomes again His temple. God designed that the temple at Jerusalem should be a continual witness to the high destiny open to every soul. But the Jews had not understood the significance of the building they regarded with so much pride. They did not yield themselves as holy temples for the Divine Spirit."—
Did Ahaz? Nope!
—"The courts of the temple at Jerusalem, filled with the tumult of unholy traffic, represented all too truly the temple of the heart, defiled by the presence of sensual passion and unholy thoughts.
"In cleansing the temple from the world's buyers and sellers, Jesus announced His mission to cleanse the heart from the defilement of sin,—from the earthly desires, the selfish lusts, the evil habits, that corrupt the soul. Malachi 3:1–3 quoted." The Desire of Ages, 161.
So, when Isaiah is standing by the fuller's field, he is standing in the place where Christ does His work as the refiner and purifier of the sons of Levi. That is the message that He is giving to Isaiah.
Three Histories
In Selected Messages, book 2, page 118, it says,
"The prophet says, 'I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory."—
That is our history right here [referencing timeline of Isaiah 6 in Figure No. 71],
—"And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils' (Revelation 18:1, 2). This is the same message that was given by the second angel. Babylon is fallen, 'because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication' (Revelation 14:8). What is that wine?—Her false doctrines. She has given to the world a false sabbath instead of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and has repeated the falsehood that Satan first told Eve in Eden—the natural immortality of the soul. Many kindred errors she has spread far and wide, 'teaching for doctrines the commandments of men' (Matthew 15:9)."—
Next paragraph:
—"When Jesus began His public ministry, He cleansed the Temple from its sacrilegious profanation. Among the last acts of His ministry was the second cleansing of the Temple. So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches."—
The first call is Revelation 18:1-3, and the second call is verse 4, "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, . . .": two temple cleansings.
Isaiah [chapter 7] is representing the first temple cleansing.
The Field
New Fields
Isaiah asked in chapter 6, "How long do I have to give this message to a people that refuse to see and refuse to hear?"
And the answer was, "Until The Sunday Law." Because, at The Sunday Law, then as the purified sons of Levi, you are going to be lifted up as an ensign and you are going to take a new work to new fields.
This is the fuller's field here [referencing Isaiah 7 in Figure No. 71, between the waymarks.]. This is the fuller's field.
This is the new fields, new fields [referencing Isaiah 7 in Figure No. 71, after the second waymark], the new fields being where the eleventh-hour workers are confronted with the temple cleansing.
—"The second angel's message is, 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication' (Revelation 14:8). And in the loud cry of the third angel's message a voice is heard from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities' (Revelation 18:4, 5)." Selected Messages, book 2, 118.
Notice the next quote from The Great Controversy, pages 605 – 606.
"Thus the message of the third angel will be proclaimed. As the time comes for it to be given with greatest power, the Lord will work through humble instruments, leading the minds of those who consecrate themselves to His service. The laborers will be qualified rather by the unction of His Spirit than by the training of literary institutions."—
Why? Because, if you have been trained in a literary institution, the Mystery of Iniquity has captured your mind and you are going to have to do a wonderful work through the power of the Holy Spirit to remove that nonsense out of there so you can understand and recognize the voice of the Lord. You have been wrapped with the bands of iron and brass.
—"Men of faith and prayer will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal, declaring the words which God gives them. The sins of Babylon will be laid open. The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power—all will be unmasked."—
That is talking about here, over here, [immediately at The Sunday Law]. This is The Sunday Law crisis now.
The Sunday Law crisis is not about calling God's people back to the Old Paths of Jeremiah 6:16. It is about identifying the Papacy, the history of the Papacy; what she has done in the past and what she is going to do right now. It is about identifying that the United States is going to place her on the throne of the Earth, that she is going to come into union with the globalists, the United Nations and persecute the entire world and that the premise for allowing this to happen is the escalating crisis of Islam.
Look to Iran. Look to what is going on in Iran. The Third Woe is not slowing down; it is not in neutral. It is heating up.
—"By these solemn warnings the people will be stirred. Thousands upon thousands will listen who have never heard words like these."—
They will listen to what? They will listen to the message that is proclaimed by the sons of Levi, and part of that message at least is about the role of Islam in Bible prophecy. So, if you are rejecting returning to the Old Paths [referencing the 1843 and 1850 Charts behind him at the podium]; if you reject the truths that Islam was restrained on September 11, 2001, and this began the purification process of Adventism; if you have no understanding of the role of Islam in Bible prophecy, you are not going to be there in that time period. You have shut the door on your ability to be one of these people that is clarifying this issue at the end of the world in The Sunday Law crisis.
The return to the Old Paths is to prepare people with the prophetic message for The Sunday Law crisis.
—"In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from heaven. As the people go to their former teachers with the eager inquiry, Are these things so? the ministers present fables, prophesy smooth things, to soothe their fears and quiet the awakened conscience. But since many refuse to be satisfied with the mere authority of men and demand a plain 'Thus saith the Lord,' the popular ministry, like the Pharisees of old, filled with anger as their authority is questioned, will denounce the message as of Satan and stir up the sin-loving multitudes to revile and persecute those who proclaim it.
"As the controversy extends into new fields"—it has left Adventism now—"and the minds of the people are called to God's downtrodden law, Satan is astir. The power attending the message will only madden those who oppose it. The clergy will put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light lest it should shine upon their flocks. By every means at their command they will endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and, in this work, papists and Protestants unite. As the movement for Sunday enforcement becomes more bold and decided, the law will be invoked against commandment keepers. They will be threatened with fines and imprisonment, and some will be offered positions of influence, and other rewards and advantages, as inducements to renounce their faith. But their steadfast answer is: 'Show us from the word of God our error'—the same plea that was made by Luther under similar circumstances. Those who are arraigned before the courts make a strong vindication of the truth, and some who hear them are led to take their stand to keep all the commandments of God. Thus light will be brought before thousands who otherwise would know nothing of these truths." The Great Controversy, 605–606.
And I do not really want to dwell on that at this time. I just want you to see that The Sunday Law crisis is the new fields; and, Isaiah meets Ahaz where the end of the conduit comes in at the upper pool at the highway of the fuller's field. This is the fuller's field. This is where Adventism is being purified.
2 Kings 18 & 204 and Isaiah 36 & 37
In 2 Kings 18:17, once again this is where Sennacherib comes to Jerusalem to besiege it, to destroy it. And verse 17 says,
"17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field." 2 Kings 18:17 (KJV).
The Sunday Law is the Latter Rain Message as well.
In 2 Kings 20, verses 19-21, it says,
"19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?"—
It was not good.
—"19And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"—
Hezekiah is the one that made the conduit from Gihon, and covered up Gihon and brought the water to Siloam.
—"21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead." 2 Kings 20:19–21 (KJV).
Hezekiah did not understand that the Lord is the one that directs kings. Right? Neither did the people of Israel. They think Hezekiah built that pool.
Isaiah 22
The Valley of Vision
Okay. Isaiah 22, bringing this to a close. Verse 1 of Isaiah 22, it says,
"1The burden of the valley of vision."—
And usually the word burden means prophecy. Okay? The prophecy of the valley of vision is a prophecy at the end of the world.
And who is the subject of vision at the end of the world? Who has a problem with their vision? This is the prophecy of Laodicea. Okay? Their vision is blind.
And Proverbs 29:18:
"18Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." Proverbs 29:18.
And this word vision, is châzôn. It is the vision of prophetic history. If you do not have that history, if you do not have this vision here of prophetic history [see Figure Nos. 70 and 71], you perish.
And the valley of vision in Isaiah 22 is about a people—two classes of people—but one class of people represented by Ahaz, they do not have the vision. They have not washed their eyes in the Water of Siloam.
Isaiah 6:9-10; Revelation 3:17
Isaiah 6:9-10—and keep your finger in Isaiah 22—In Isaiah 6:9 and 10, it says,
"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 6:9-10 (KJV).
Okay. The people that Isaiah are going to are blind. They have no vision. They are Laodiceans. And that is referenced in Revelation 3:17, too.
"17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: . . ." Revelation 3:17 (KJV).
So, in Isaiah 22 (back to Isaiah 22), this is a prophecy about Laodicea, about Adventism.
—"1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?"
A brother yesterday was talking about a special watermelon that he grows called Moon and Stars. It has big spots on it that represents the moon, and little spots that represents the stars.
And I said, "Well, do you go on top of your house to eat it on the housetop?"
And he did understand what I was talking about, and he did not want to answer it because he thought the reference in the Bible of a man going on the housetop is when he is living with a woman that is a dripping faucet and you are going to get on top of the house to get away from her.
And I said, "No, what I am referencing is that when you go up on your housetop with the moon and the stars, you are going up there to worship: spiritualism."
Okay. Isaiah 22:1 says,
—"1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?" Isaiah 22:1 (KJV).
Zephaniah 1, verses 5 through 9 says,
"5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops;"—the sun, moon, and stars—"and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham [the king: Molek]; 6And them that are turned back from the Lord;"—
These are people that have turned away from the Lord. It is in your notes.
—"and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him. 7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel."—
What is this talking about? The wedding; the Investigative Judgment, to see who has on the correct wedding garment.
—"9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit." Zephaniah 1:5–9 (KJV).
So, those people that go on the housetops to worship the sun, moon, and stars are those people in Adventism that have received the strong delusion of 2 Thessalonians, that are wrapped up in spiritualism, that have the wrong wedding garment on for the wedding. They are going to be punished.
And they "leap on the threshold." And if you look at the Hebrew, of "leap on the threshold," it means to leap over the threshold. They leap over the threshold.
Okay. In your notes, 1 Samuel 5:1-5: What does it mean to "leap over the threshold"?
"1And the Philistines"—
Because these people in verse 1 of Isaiah 22, that is what they have done. They have gone on the housetop. They are wrapped up in spiritualism, just as king Saul was when he went to the witch of Endor.
And beginning in verse 1 of 1 Samuel 5:
—"1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
—3And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day." 1 Samuel 5:1–5 (KJV).
People that are wrapped up in false worship, they jump over the threshold.
Isaiah 22, verses 2 and 3—so, what I am saying, in verse 1, the valley of vision in Isaiah 22, it is about those people that receive the spiritualism represented by the strong delusion in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved. And the love of the truth is presented to them by Isaiah at the end of the conduit at the highway to the fuller's field, with the message that a remnant shall return.
Verses 2 and 3 of Isaiah 22 says,
"2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city:"—
You are doing celebration service.
—"2Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
The dead in battle in Adventism are spiritually dead. They have not been slain with a physical sword.
—"3All thy rulers"—all thy rulers. 'All thy rulers'?—"are fled together, they are bound by the archers:"—
They are not dead; they are spiritually dead and they have been bound by the archers, whoever the archers are.
—"all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far." Isaiah 22:2-3 (KJV).
Bound into Bundles
Okay. The people represented by Ahaz in our study, they are bound together by the archers. What does it mean to be bound?
Christ's Object Lessons, page 75:
"The tares are permitted to grow among the wheat, to have all the advantage of sun and shower; but in the time of harvest ye shall 'return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.' Malachi 3:18. Christ Himself will decide who are worthy to dwell with the family of heaven. He will judge every man according to his words and his works. Profession is as nothing in the scale. It is character that decides destiny.
"The Saviour does not point forward to a time when all the tares become wheat. The wheat and tares grow together until the harvest, the end of the world. Then the tares are bound in bundles"—
How are they bound in bundles? By the archers.
—"to be burned, and the wheat is gathered into the garner of God. 'Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.' Then 'the Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'" Christ's Object Lessons, 75.
Because, they are going to be lifted up as an ensign at that point.
Bound by Archers
Okay. What does it mean to be bound by archers?
Isaiah 21, verse 17, says,
"17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar,"—
The archers in the Bible are the children of Kedar.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Islam.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Someone says, "Islam."
"17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished:"—
It is not just Islam here. This word diminished, it is talking about when Islam is restrained. It is diminished.
—"for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it." Isaiah 21:17 (KJV).
Kedar
Genesis 25:13:
"13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, . . ." Genesis 25:13 (KJV).
How is it that the tares are bound by Islam in Adventism?
The Men of the East
Jeremiah 49:28:
"28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east." Jeremiah 49:28 (KJV).
Kedar is the descendants of Ishmael. They are the children of the East.
And on September 11, 2001, the Third Woe arrived in history when Islam was restrained. You can only see this if you return to the Old Paths and understand that the First Woe is Islam and the Second Woe is Islam; therefore, the Third Woe is Islam. And if you reject this final warning message, you are binding yourself with the tares and you are going to be burned.
Verses 4 and 5 of Isaiah 22:
"4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. 5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains." Isaiah 22:4-5 (KJV).
It is The Sunday Law. The Law is being broken down. Jerusalem is being captured.
And Isaiah, the righteous, he is sighing and crying for the fact that the Law is disregarded, and the fact that those people that are on the housetop they are crying to the mountains.
God's church is the glorious holy mountain, and the counterfeit churches are the mountains. In this time period they are turned into Babylon. At The Sunday Law crisis they are going to receive the mark of the beast.
The Sunday Law
Prophets and Kings, page 677.
"The prophet here describes a people who, in a time of general departure from truth and righteousness, are seeking to restore the principles that are the foundation of the kingdom of God. They are repairers of a breach that has been made in God's law—the wall that He has placed around His chosen ones for their protection, and obedience to whose precepts of justice, truth, and purity is to be their perpetual safeguard." Prophets and Kings, 677.
So, Isaiah 22 is about The Sunday Law crisis. It is about Jerusalem. It is about God's people at The Sunday Law crisis. It is telling us that there is one class represented in Isaiah 7 as Ahaz that are rejecting the Latter Rain Message which includes the restraint of Islam, that are being bound as tares in advance of being burned. It is identifying the accomplishment of the Everlasting Gospel in Adventism.
The Hidden Ones
Isaiah 22:6 says—and I have the Strong's breakdown; because, if you read this at a surface level, you do not quite see what I want you to see here. But, if you get into the Strong's a little bit—it says,
6And Elam"—
And Elam is hidden. And what I am saying, the wise virgins of Adventism, they are the hidden ones. Isaiah is presenting the Latter Rain Message; he is the hidden one.
—"6And Elam [hidden] bare"—
And we think of bearing this felt pen, put it on our back and bearing it; but, it means lifted.
—"6Elam [hidden] bare [lifted] the quiver"—
And the quiver, we think of something you put arrows in; but what it means here is it lifted the cover of the quiver so you could see into the quiver. Okay?
Elam, the hidden ones, are lifting something away from a truth to show it.
"6And Elam [hidden] bare [lifted] the quiver [the covering]"—
And what did he uncover? What did he show when he lifted this covering out of the way?
—"with chariots"—
And it is a rider.
—"with chariots [rider] of men"—
Bloody men; these are men of war.
—"with chariots [rider] of men [bloody men] and horsemen"—
A rider.
—"and horsemen [rider], and Kir"—
The wall.
—"and horsemen [rider], and Kir [the wall] uncovered [bared] the shield [the defense]." Isaiah 22:6 (KJV).
What is this representing? The hidden men in this time period, the people represented by Isaiah, they are presenting the message of Islam. They open it up to Ahaz, and he does not want to see it.
Go to Psalm 83, verses 2 and 3, to make sure we understand who the hidden ones are, because that is Elam. Psalm 83:2-3 says,
"2For, lo, thing enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones." Psalm 83:2-3 (KJV).
God's people are the hidden ones in the Scripture, because they are hidden under the Shadow of the Most High.
Back to Isaiah 22, beginning at verse 7:
"7And it shall come to pass,"—this is The Sunday Law—"that thy choicest valleys"—in Jerusalem—"shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
"8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest."—looking to human strength—"9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool."—trying to save yourself—"10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall."—this is self-preservation—"11Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago." Isaiah 22:7–11 (KJV).
Hezekiah built that conduit, built that pool, but who really built it was God. They are looking at a human savior, a human point of reference in the crisis time. They are looking to spiritualism, to a false christ.
Isaiah 22, 12-14, says,
"12And in that day"—in The Sunday Law crisis—"did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness,"—
And when does the Lord call for weeping and mourning? The Day of Atonement; and, this is the climax of the Day of Atonement. This is when the sins are being blotted out.
—"and to girding with sackcloth: 13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die."—the Celebration Service—"14And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged"—
And that word purged means final atonement.
—"Surely this iniquity"—
This celebrating, the rejecting the message of Islam and trying to save yourself, instead of coming to the Maker of the Old Pool and receiving the healing that is represented by Siloam. Surely this rejecting of truth will find no atonement in the climax of the Investigative Judgment.
—"Surely this iniquity will not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
Laodiceans
Isaiah 22:15-19:
"15Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna,"—
Which means to grow—to grow, to get big; to get famous; exalt yourself—to grow.
—"which is over the house, and say,"—
And, of course I have said this before. I do not know how important it is, but treasurer as in the Bible: bad job description, whether it is Judas or Shebna! Okay?
Go to Shebna: He is Ahaz in Isaiah 22. He is about to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord because he is serving himself in a crisis.
—"16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? 17Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. 18He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country:"—
And when Christ spews the Laodicean out of His mouth, what does this word spew mean? Generally we answer "vomit." But, actually, it means projectile vomit. It is when you spew it out of your mouth. He is going to cast Shebna as a ball into a large field. This is Laodicea.
—"18He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down." Isaiah 22:15-19 (KJV).
Shebna, the leader, is going to be replaced.
Isaiah 22:20-25:
"20And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim"—
And Eliakim means God of raising. Eliakim is the people that are going to be lifted up by God as an ensign.
—"the son of Hilkiah:"—
Hilkiah is the Lord's portion. The remnant of the Lord's portion is going to be lifted up as an ensign.
—'21And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand:"—
So, there is a changeover in Adventism in The Sunday Law crisis, a change of leadership. The leadership that is there now gets spewed out of the mouth of the Lord, or tossed as a ball into a far country; and, the Lord is going to raise up Isaiah. He is going to reject Ahaz the king and raise up Isaiah. He is going to make Eliakim be the governor.
—"I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. 24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. 25In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it." Isaiah 20-25 (KJV).
The Sure Place
"Fastened," because He is going to fasten Eliakim as a nail into a sure place. Okay. Eliakim is going to be in a sure place, fastened there.
FASTEN: Strong's Concordance H8628—A primitive root; to clatter, that is, slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy to drive (a nail or tent pin, a dart, etc.); by implication to become bondsman (by handclasping): - blow ([a trumpet]), cast, clap, fasten, pitch [tent], smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust.
FASTEN means to clatter, that is, to slap, to clang; by analogy to drive; by implication to become a bondsman: - blow, cast, clap, fasten, pitch [tent], smite, sound, strike, suretiship. Okay. He is going to be redeemed. He is going to be fastened by the bondsman.
BURDEN: Strong's Concordance H4853—From H5375; a burden; specifically tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire: - burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute. H5375—A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively: - accept, advance, arise, (able to, [armour], suffer to) bear (-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honourable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
There is a burden on it. What is a BURDEN? A tribute, utterance, chiefly a doom, singing. It is from H5375, which means to lift, in a great variety of applications. Dropping down to the boldface, it is to forgive. The burden is going to be forgiven. It is pardoned; to spare, to take away.
Eliakim is going to be fastened in the Most Holy Place, where the Lord is going to remove His sin and purify Him fully.
REMOVED: Strong's Concordance H4185—A primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H4184 through the idea of receding by contact); to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitively or transitively): - cease, depart, go back, remove, take away. H4184—A primitive root; to touch:—feel, handle.
REMOVED: A primitive root; to withdraw: - cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.
The burden that was upon it is that probation is about to close. Probation is going to close. Eliakim is fastened in the Most Holy Place.
Revelation 3:7-22
"7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give them a crown of life. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds." Revelation 3:7-23 (KJV).
Notice where I passed over where it says [in your notes], "The Sure Place," Ezra 9:8.
"8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage." Ezra 9:8 (KJV).
The nail that is fastened in the sure place is the nail that is fastened in the Most Holy Place. It is Eliakim in the Most Holy Place, entering into covenant with the Lord, and the Lord is fully removing his sins; whereas, Shebna, he does not enter in there.
The Ornaments of the Sanctuary
All the ornaments of the Sanctuary are hung upon this nail, upon the work of Christ, His sacrificial work, His work of mediation. All the ornaments of the Sanctuary are hung upon this nail, Christ's work as the bondsman, as the Redeemer.
And who is it that are the vessels in the Sanctuary?
When Belshazzar brought the sacred vessels in and started filling this wine, what was he doing? He was illustrating God's people being fed the wine of Babylon. We are the sacred vessels of the Sanctuary that are hung upon that nail.
But, that nail is going to be cut down because probation is going to closed right here [for Adventists, pointing to The Sunday Law in the timeline of Isaiah 6; see Figure No. 71].
Testimonies, volume 5, page 81:
"The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul. The mark of the beast will be urged upon us. Those who have step by step yielded to worldly demands and conformed to worldly customs will not find it a hard matter to yield to the powers that be, rather than subject themselves to derision, insult, threatened imprisonment, and death. The contest is between the commandments of God and the commandments of men. In this time the gold will be separated from the dross in the church. True godliness will be clearly distinguished from the appearance and tinsel of it. Many a star that we have admired for its brilliancy will then go out in darkness. Chaff like a cloud will be borne away on the wind,"—
Who does that? The Dirt Brush Man.
—"even from places where we see only floors of rich wheat. All who assume the ornaments of the sanctuary, but are not clothed with Christ's righteousness, will appear in the shame of their own nakedness." Testimonies, volume 5, 81.
If you are a Seventh-day Adventist, you have assumed the ornaments of the Sanctuary. And if you have moved into the Most Holy Place, you have attached yourself to that nail; but, that nail is going to be cut off. Probation is going to close and you are going to have to stand in a time period where there is no longer any mediation for sin. You have to go get attached to that nail in the Most Holy Place, in that sure place, before it is cut off.
The Judgment of the Living
The Great Controversy, pages 430 – 431:
"Now was seen the application of those words of Christ in the Revelation, addressed to the church at this very time: 'These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.' Revelation 3:7, 8.
"It is those who by faith follow Jesus in the great work of the atonement who receive the benefits of His mediation in their behalf, while those who reject the light which brings to view this work of ministration are not benefited thereby. The Jews who rejected the light given at Christ's first advent, and refused to believe on Him as the Saviour of the world, could not receive pardon through Him. When Jesus at His ascension entered by His own blood into the heavenly sanctuary to shed upon His disciples the blessings of His mediation, the Jews were left in total darkness to continue their useless sacrifices and offerings. The ministration of types and shadows had ceased. That door by which men had formerly found access to God was no longer open."—
The nail is going to be cut off.
—"The Jews had refused to seek Him in the only way whereby He could then be found, through the ministration in the sanctuary in heaven. Therefore they found no communion with God. To them the door was shut. They had no knowledge of Christ as the true sacrifice and the only mediator before God; hence they could not receive the benefits of His mediation.
"The condition of the unbelieving Jews illustrates the condition of the careless and unbelieving among professed Christians, who are willingly ignorant of the work of our merciful High Priest."—
They are willingly ignorant. This is Ahaz.
—"In the typical service, when the high priest entered the most holy place, all Israel were required to gather about the sanctuary and in the most solemn manner humble their souls before God, that they might receive the pardon of their sins and not be cut off from the congregation. How much more essential in this antitypical Day of Atonement that we understand the work of our High Priest and know what duties are required of us." The Great Controversy, 430–431.
Summary
So, what I am saying is, Isaiah 22, in connection with Isaiah 7 and Isaiah 6, Isaiah is representing those that are giving the final Latter Rain Laodicean Message to Ahaz. They are telling him that, "You better get connected to that nail in the Most Holy Place, because at The Sunday Law that nail is going to be cut off and there is not going to be anymore pardon. It is a close of probation message.
But, these people represented here by Ahaz, they are going to reject the message of Siloam, the message of Shiloah, the message of the Latter Rain, unfortunately.
And all this was to show that these two chapters, Isaiah 6 and 7, are the beginning of the 2520s that come to a conclusion here in 1798, 1844, and 1863; and, that 1863 is the beginning of William Miller's dream when these foundational truths are covered up.
And probably tomorrow morning we are going to recap our 40-plus presentations, and then the next morning we are going to take up the terminal point of William Miller's dream, which is 1989. Once we have done that, we will be done for a while with William Miller's dream.
And why are we dealing with William Miller's dream? We are dealing with William Miller's dream because we are showing that these truths on these [1843 and 1850] Charts and these Charts are typified in Bible prophecy, and William Miller's dream is identifying when these foundational truths were covered up and promising that the Dirt Brush Man at the Time of the End would come in and reestablish these foundational truths.
I know there is something that I wanted to say that has left my mind; but, perhaps tomorrow.
Shall we close with a word of prayer?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we wish to be represented by Isaiah, by Eliakim. We do not want to be Ahaz and Shebna that stand in the crisis of Adventism, the crisis that takes place on the highway to the fuller's field, where the conduit comes down, and reject the final warning message. We ask that you would make these truths sink deep into our hearts, deep into our minds, that the Holy Spirit can use them throughout the day to continue to convict us of our need of preparation, our need of making sure that we have entered into that Most Holy Place with you, and that we are hanging there on that nail with you in a covenant relationship so when the time comes and probation closes we can be among that group that are lifted up, as Eliakim was raised up as an ensign. We set before you this day's work. We ask that you would give us safety throughout this day and that what we do will be for your glory and honor. And we would ask a continued blessing upon the DVDs and the LiveStreaming of what we are doing here. In Jesus's name, amen.