Habakkuk's Two Tables #40B
Recap #2
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 in our hearts and our minds, that you would take control of this presentation, that my words and my thoughts will be overruled and that my words and thoughts be touched with a coal from off the altar. We want you to prepare the hearts and minds of those that receive these messages, that they will understand them as you see fit and that they will accomplish exactly what you have designed for us as individuals and as your people. We want the Latter Rain to be poured out upon us. So, turn our vessels upward and fill us up, we ask in Jesus's name. Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. This is a review, a recap. This is the 42nd presentation.
I would like to recap presentations when I am doing a series. It is something that I try to do regularly; but, this beast is getting beyond my ability to go back and cover all the points. So, this is a simple overview.
There are so many. When I went back yesterday and was looking through all the wonderful truths that we have touched on, there is no way that you can do justice.
PART ONE: The Spirit of Prophecy (Lessons 1 # 5)
But, where we started long ago was upon the principle on the top of your notes:
"We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history." Life Sketches, 196.
And we took time early on in this series to show that the teaching that is under discussion here is the teaching that the 2520 and the 2300 would end in 1843. Those are the teachings that we should fear to forget; because, this teaching is what produced the experience that we should not forget. "We have nothing to fear for the future, except we forget how the Lord led us." Well, the Lord led us into the first disappointment in March of 1844; and, that first disappointment was designed to prepare the way for the Midnight Cry.
The Lord's Leading
And in Ellen White's first vision, which you have in your next set of notes, the Midnight Cry is identified as a bright light that is set up at the beginning of the path, that shines light all the way along to the way to Heaven.
But, also in that vision it identifies that some people would deny the Midnight Cry, deny the truth of that history; and, for doing so, they would fall off the path.
So, when it comes to this first statement about forgetting how the Lord has led us in His teaching in our past history, if we forget that this teaching here, the 2520 and the 2300 years, is what produced the first disappointment, then we are denying the way the Lord has taught us. And then if we deny that we do not have the correct understanding of the dynamics that went into producing the Midnight Cry among the Millerites, which prepared a group of people to move into the Most Holy Place with Christ on October 22, 1844.
You can see the vision that we are referring to there, a passage of it. It says, from Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, page 57:
"They had a bright light set up behind them at the beginning of the path, which an angel told me was the 'midnight cry.' This light shone all along the path, and gave light for their feet, so that they might not stumble.
"If they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was just before them, leading them to the city, they were safe. But soon some grew weary, and said the city was a great way off, and they expected to have entered it before. Then Jesus would encourage them by raising His glorious right arm, and from His arm came a light which waved over the advent band, and they shouted 'Alleluia!' Others"—and this is what is going on in Adventism today—"Others rashly denied the light behind them,"—
And what does it mean to rashly deny it?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Several indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They deny it without even thinking about it, without even investigating it. It is just, "Oh, this can't be so. My pastor didn't say it was so. So, from this point on, I am opposed to it."
Is that not what rashly is? It is an immediate response without any thought.
—"Others rashly denied the light behind them, and said that it was not God that had led them out so far. The light behind them went out, leaving their feet in perfect darkness, and they stumbled and lost sight of the mark and of Jesus, and fell off the path down into the dark and wicked world below." Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, 57.
The Lord's Teaching
Early Writings, page 74:
"I have seen that the 1843 chart was directed by the hand of the Lord, and that it should not be altered; that the figures were as He wanted them; that His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until His hand was removed." Early Writings, 74.
Early Writings:
"His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures," "His hand covered a mistake in the reckoning of the prophetic periods." Ibid., 74, 236.
The Mistake Explained
What did they deny? They denied the Midnight Cry.
What produced the Midnight Cry was when the Lord removed His hand from here [referencing the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart]. Most Adventists understand that at a surface level. They know that when the Lord removed His hand from here, the Midnight Cry Message was when Samuel Snow came to identify the conclusion of the 2300 days as October 22, 1844. But, because they have forgotten the history involved, they do not realize that the Lord also was removing His hand from the 2520.
And you have Early Writings, pages 235 – 237, where Sister White speaks about the Lord removing His hand from this [1843] Chart.
And I am at "The Mistake Explained" in your notes. And she says,
"I saw the people of God joyful in expectation, looking for their Lord. But God designed to prove them. His hand covered a mistake in the reckoning of the"—what?—"of the prophetic periods."—
Two prophetic periods [the 2520 and the 2300], right there [again referencing the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart].
—"Those who were looking for their Lord did not discover this mistake,"—a singular mistake, a fullness of the year mistake—"and the most learned men who opposed the time also failed to see it. God designed that His people should meet with a disappointment—
The first disappointment was of God's design. It was a test. He was going to prove them.
We should not forget that. If we forget it, we need to fear.
—"The time passed, and those who had looked with joyful expectation for their Saviour were sad and disheartened, while those who had not loved the appearing of Jesus, but embraced the message through fear, were pleased that He did not come at the time of expectation. Their profession had not affected the heart and purified the life. The passing of the time was well calculated to reveal such hearts. . . . "—
There was a purpose in this disappointment.
—"Those faithful, disappointed ones, who could not understand why their Lord did not come, were not left in darkness. Again they were led to their Bibles to search the prophetic periods. The hand of the Lord was removed from the figures,"—
These figures, these figures up here [again referencing the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart]; those figures.
—"and the mistake was explained. They saw that the prophetic periods reached to 1844, and that the same evidence which they had presented to show that the prophetic periods closed in 1843, proved that they would terminate in 1844." Early Writings, 235–237.
And the 2520, which they thought ended in 1843, on this [1850] Chart which was produced to correct the error in that [1843] Chart, 677 is in the same place, dead center on the top; 677 [now referring to 1850 Chart].
[Referring to the 1843 Chart] This is the column of the 2520 that they believed ended in 1843.
[Referring to the 1850 Chart] This is the same column of the 2520, but they have corrected the error. It is 1844.
So, they are correcting the error of this [the 2520], and on this [the 2300] on this [1850] Chart, because the Lord removed His hand. And we have nothing to fear, except we forget that experience, that testing process that was designed by God and the teachings that were connected to that testing process. And the teachings that were connected to that testing process were the 2300 and the 2520.
The Charts
1843
So, we have in your notes—I do not intend to read all these things, but they are in your notes in terms of point of reference in the different sections that we have dealt with in this worship series.
[Note: All unread notes have been inserted into these transcripts.]
From Spalding and Magan, page 2, we see here, she is putting her seal of approval on this [1850] Chart.
"I saw that the truth should be made plain upon tables,"—
She is referencing this [the 1850 Chart]She is writing this in 1850, before this 1850 Chart is produced; but, she is saying the second Table of Habakkuk needs to be together in this particular quote.
—"I saw that that the truth should be made plain upon tables,"—
And that expression comes from Habakkuk 2.
—"that the earth and the fullness thereof is the Lord's, and that necessary means should not be spared to make it plain."—
Make this truth [referencing the 1850 Chart] plain upon this table.
—"I saw that the old chart"—
And in Early Writings this statement is written down as the 1843 Chart.
—"I saw that the old chart was directed by the Lord, and that not a figure of it should be altered except by inspiration. I saw that the figures of the chart were as God would have them, and that His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none should see it till His hand was removed." Spalding and Magan, 2.
And what was altered from this [1843] Chart to this [1850] Chart was based upon dreams and visions that she received to give direction to her husband to have this 1850 Chart produced, which it was by Otis Nichols.
1850
And then concerning this 1850 Chart, from Manuscript Releases, volume 13, page 359,
"I saw that God was in the publishment of the chart by Brother Nichols. I saw that there was a prophecy of this chart in the Bible, and if this chart is designed for God's people, if it [is] sufficient for one it is for another, and if one needed a new chart painted on a larger scale, all need it just as much." Manuscript Releases, volume 13, 359.
And I would challenge those that say that the 1863 Chart represents the foundations of Adventism to show a Spirit of Prophecy passage where she says the 1863 Chart is in the Bible prophetically.
It is, as we showed in our previous presentation of the year 1863. The rejection of the foundations by James White is definitely marked in the Bible; but, that is a different sort of prophetic marking. Here, what we are saying is that Ellen White is putting her seal of approval on these [the 1843 and 1850 Charts] being the Two Tables of Habakkuk, which parallel the two tables of the Ten Commandments.
No New Message
So, there are a few quotes that follows where Sister White places her endorsement upon the messages that were presented in the history of the Millerites from these [1843 and 1850] Charts.
Review and Herald, January 19, 1905:
"God is not giving us a new message. We are to proclaim the message that in 1843 and 1844 brought us out of the other churches." Review and Herald, January 19, 1905.
There is no new message. We are to be proclaiming the same message that was proclaimed in 1843.
Manuscript Releases, volume 12, page 437:
"All the messages given from 1840–1844 are to be made forcible now, for there are many people who have lost their bearings. The messages are to go to all the churches." Manuscript Releases, volume 21, 437.
Some people say that word all should read both, the First and Second Angels' Messages; but, that is not what Ellen White wrote. If you are "steeped in the techniques of higher criticism," then you "have the authority" to go in and change the Bible; therefore, you have the same attitude toward the Spirit of Prophecy and you are willing to change the word all to both. But, it says, "All the messages given from 1840-1844 are to be made forcible now.
The next quote, from Manuscript Releases, volume 15, page 371, says,
"The truths that we received in 1841, '42, '43, and '44 are now to be studied and proclaimed." Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 371.
How can you proclaim them if you believe that they were erroneous? I guess you could, but proclaim that they are erroneous.
From Review and Herald, April 14, 1903,
"The warning has come: Nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. I was in this message, and ever since I have been standing before the world, true to the light that God has given us. We do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer, seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given me? It is to be as the Rock of Ages. It has been guiding me ever since it was given." Review and Herald, April 14, 1903.
The light she is speaking about is the messages that came in 1842, 1843, and 1844, which she called "the Foundation." And then she says that this light "is to be as the Rock of Ages," and that is with a capital "R" and capital "A."
So, she is saying that these truths [as reflected on the 1843 Chart] are the foundations of Adventism, and that these truths on this Chart are the Rock of Ages.
So, that was the first section.
PART TWO: Line Upon Line (Lessons 6 # 20)
And then we took time to show that not only did Sister White place her seal of approval upon the 2520 but she did so on the Pioneer teaching of Islam, the First and Second Woes. She did so on the Pioneer teaching of the Daily. She says that the teaching that Adventism presents on the Daily, that the Daily represents Christ's sanctuary ministry, came from angels that were expelled from Heaven.
She rebuked Brother Hewett from Dead River, saying that the 1335 had already been fulfilled. She did that in 1850.
So, we took in our first section time to identify that Ellen White places her seal of approval upon the foundational truths represented on this 1843 Chart, no matter what the modern theologians say.
Parallel Movements
Then we moved into a study of line upon line, upon the fact that every Reform Movement parallels all the other Reform Movements, and you have these men who oppose this message that say their understanding of prophecy is The Great Controversy understanding. They base their approach to prophecy from The Great Controversy, and "Pippenger and these other men are just inventing things up out of thin air." But, the point of reference for this part of the study we use from The Great Controversy, page 343. It says,
"The work of God in the earth presents, from age to age, a striking similarity in every great reformation or religious movement. The principles of God's dealing with men are ever the same. The important movements of the present"—which is the Latter Rain Movement of Revelation 18—The important movements of the present have their parallel in those of the past, and the experience of the church in former ages has lessons of great value for our own time." The Great Controversy, 343.
A Specific Order
So, we went through and we showed that the Reform Movements have a specific order.
You will see one of several quotes where Sister White emphasizes the order,
Selected Messages, book 2, pages 104 – 105:
"The first and second messages were given in 1843 and 1844, and we are now under the proclamation of the third; but all three of the messages are still to be proclaimed. It is just as essential now as ever before that they shall be repeated to those who are seeking for the truth. By pen and voice we are to sound the proclamation, showing their order, and the application of the prophecies that bring us to the third angel's message. There cannot be a third without the first and second. These messages we are to give to the world in publications, in discourses, showing in the line of prophetic history the things that have been and the things that will be." Selected Messages, book 2, 104–105.
The Specific Order of Reform Lines
Time of "Voice" Message
the End Formalized Empowered Judgment
Mystery of Iniquity Divine Symbol
Wilderness Increase of 7
Darkness Knowledge ●
Foundational Work Disappointment
(1AM) (2AM) (3AM) (4AM)
Figure No. 72.
And the order that we have been identifying is that there is first a period of Darkness. We have taken time with these waymarks, some of them more than others; but, this period of Darkness is also the Wilderness. And when you put together the various symbolic representations of what these waymarks represent, you develop more light about what they are. It is in this history of Darkness that the Mystery of Iniquity works, because the Mystery of Iniquity precedes every Reform Movement. It is active before the Reform Movement comes into history.
And then you will have a Time of the End.
And then you have an Increase of Knowledge when the Book is unsealed.
Then you will have the Message Formalized. And the formalization of this message is the Voice that comes out of the Wilderness. This message will have a bearing to this history [referring to the time period of the Wilderness].
The message that arrives here, the First Message that arrives here and goes through this history, is thereafter Empowered by the confirmation of said message, and that empowerment is marked when a Divine Symbol descends.
At this point, there is a Foundational Work that is done in every history; and, it is as you go through these Reform Movements and place them together line upon line in agreement with Isaiah 28 that you raise up the foundations of many generations, because the Lord wants us to make sure what the foundational work for Adventism is at the end of the world.
Once this message is empowered, and begins to test this generation, then the Second Message arrives as this generation begins to close the door against that warning message.
And then you see a manifestation of the power of God in this history that leads to the Third Message, which is Judgment.
And I, of course, am leaving many characteristics off, as we are summarizing over 40 hours of material.
This waymark [of Judgment] is followed by a Disappointment. You will see a number 7 here that has a connection, evidently, to the Disappointment; but, it is also representing the scattering.
And then ultimately the Fourth Message will arrive.
So, where we read from The Great Controversy, Sister White says that each of the great Reformatory Movements paralleled the final Reformatory Movement of the Latter Rain; so, we put together those lines upon lines to establish this fact.
History Will Repeat
The second quote on page 3 of your notes, one of the primary premises of this line-upon-line application is that history will repeat. Sister White, in Publishing Ministry, page 175, says,
"Again and again I have been shown that the past experiences of God's people are not to be counted as dead facts. We are not to treat the record of these experiences as we would treat a last year's almanac. The record is to be kept in mind, for history will repeat itself." Publishing Ministry, 175.
This repetition of history, it is amazing to me.
There used to be a personality that lived in this area. He has moved on to bigger fields of labor and his opposition to this message; but, while he was here working at a local school in the area, there was a brother that did not agree with his resistance to this work, and he knew full well that the teaching of this person is that 1 Corinthians 10:11 is correct.
Go to 1 Corinthians 10:11.
This brother does not argue that 1 Corinthians 10:11 is correct; because, this is the Biblical point of reference for the repetition of history. Verse 11 says,
"11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." 1 Corinthians 10:11 (KJV).
And his argument is, "I believe in 1 Corinthians 10:11 and that all those histories in the Bible provide moral lessons that we must understand at the end of the world; but, I do not believe that history repeats."
So, when this brother, a friend of ours, was struggling with this person that is fighting this message, there was a time where I was going to help from behind the scenes, where I started gathering together the quotes where Sister White says history will repeat. And I never finished it. I never handed it off. I still have it on file, and it is like five or six pages of various quotes, like the one we just read: "The record is to be kept in mind, for history will repeat itself."
I wonder how you can take that sentence and say that "moral lessons" are what is being emphasized by the Spirit of Prophecy. History is going to repeat itself; and, these people that are fighting this message, one of their primary resistances is the idea that history repeats itself.
So, this here [as in Figure No. 72], line upon line is premised upon the very principle that history repeats itself.
Now, I am not denying that there are moral lessons that we need to understand in each of these histories; but, I want the whole enchilada, so to speak. All right?
There was a pastor here not too long ago that was arguing with this message and he said, "What do we need the 2520 for? We have the 2300. The 2300 years points to October 22, 1844; so, what do we need the 2520 for?"
Well, because Jesus said, "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." We want it all. We want to know about the moral lessons from that history, but we want to be instructed about what it means that that history is going to be repeated. We do not have the right to pick and choose; and, if we do so, it is spiritualism. When we put our word over God's Word, we are involved in spiritualism.
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
So, when we were looking at the reform lines, this [Figure No. 72] being a basic breakdown of every reform line, we pointed to the parable of the Ten Virgins, which in The Great Controversy, page 393, says,
"The parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 also illustrates the experience of the Adventist people." The Great Controversy, 393.
We pointed out in these reform lines that they are all paralleled to one another; but, they are sometimes, particularly when a reform line has a beginning and an end, that the beginning of the reform line and the end of the reform line will have characteristics that are more specific to themselves.
What do I mean by that? I mean that when Ancient Israel came out of Egypt, that was the beginning of Ancient Israel; and, when Christ walked among men, that was the end of Ancient Israel.
And at the beginning of Ancient Israel and the end of Ancient Israel, you can see specific lessons of those histories that are more specific to those reform lines than other reform lines; such as, that the feasts that they were to keep throughout their history, they are established right there when they are coming out of Egypt: Passover, Pentecost. And in the time of Christ, those feasts have a specific impact to that history as well.
But, we are modern Israel, and at the beginning of modern Israel and the end of modern Israel is the story of Adventism. The Millerites are the beginning of Adventism; we are the end of Adventism.
And one of the truths that is more specific to us in these repetitions of reform lines is that at the beginning of Adventism and at the end of Adventism, the parable of the Ten Virgins is illustrating both of our histories.
That is why Sister White says, in Review and Herald, August 19, 1890,
"I am often referred to the parable of the ten virgins, five of whom were wise, and five foolish. This parable has been and will be fulfilled to the very letter, for it has a special application to this time, and, like the third angel's message, has been fulfilled and will continue to be present truth till the close of time." Review and Herald, August 19, 1890.
So, not only do these reform lines repeat throughout sacred history, but when you have one that is illustrating the beginning and the ending, then there will be truths in the beginning and the ending that are more germane to those particular reform lines, and you are to watch for those. If you do not watch for those, if you do not understand that, if you are not willing to accept that, then you have a hard time accepting the premise that the Angel of Revelation 10 descended in the Millerite History when Islam was restrained; and, therefore, the Angel of Revelation 18 descends in our history when Islam is restrained. Those two characteristics are specific to the beginning and the ending of Adventism, although they are inferred when Christ is coming into the Triumphal Entry. There is an ass that has been restrained that is loosed by the Disciples so that the Message of Islam can carry Christ into Jerusalem. I mean, they [these characteristics] are still there but they are specifically noted in the beginning and the end of Adventism; and, there are other reform lines that possess that thought, too.
The Seven Thunders
We looked at arguments that show that the history of the Millerites is repeated in our history in connection with the line upon line, and another one is the Seven Thunders.
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, page 971:
"The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders was a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second angels' messages. . . ."—
If we mark this reform line as the history of the Millerites, the Time of the End was 1798; the Judgment came in 1844. Therefore, this history is the history of the First and Second Angels' Messages, and this history is the history of the Seven Thunders.
Millerite History: HISTORIES of 3AMs and of the 7 THUNDERS
Time of "Voice" Message
the End Formalized Empowered Judgment
Mystery of Iniquity Divine Symbol
Wilderness Increase of Midnight Cry 7
Darkness Knowledge ●
Foundational Work Disappointment
(1AM) (2AM) (3AM) (4AM)
1798 1842 1844 4AM
Figure No. 73.
But, when Sister White is talking about the Seven Thunders in this same passage, she also says,
—"After these seven thunders uttered their voices, the injunction comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little book: 'Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered.' These relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
So, the Seven Thunders represent a delineation of events that would transpire under the First and Second Angels' Messages in this history; but, they are also illustrating events that will take place when this history is repeated at the end of the world [marking in Figure No. 73 on the whiteboard the 2AM as 1842]. And that history of the Millerites is a history of the fulfillment of the parable of the Ten Virgins, and our history is a history of the parable of the Ten Virgins.
Line Upon Line
Okay. We were doing this study in this section line upon line, based upon Isaiah 28. And one of the quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy that we used in this regard from Selected Messages, book 2, page 114, was,
"Prophecy has been fulfilling, line upon line. The more firmly we stand under the banner of the third angel's message, the more clearly shall we understand the prophecy of Daniel; for the Revelation is the supplement of Daniel." Selected Messages, book 2, 114.
The banner of the Third Angel's Message very simply is the 3:1 combination.
In this passage where she says this, she says, ". . . the more firmly we stand under the banner of the third angel's message, the more clearly shall we understand the prophecy of Daniel," if you will go into the complete passage,—I did not put it all into this quote [but is provided below in this transcript]—she continues on in the next sentence saying, ". . . the more firmly we will understand the ancient truths of Bible prophecy":
"The more fully we accept the light presented by the Holy Spirit through the consecrated servants of God, the deeper and surer, even as the eternal throne, will appear the truths of ancient prophecy; we shall be assured that men of God spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost." Selected Messages, book 2, 114.2
There is a way to stand underneath the Three Angels' Messages, the banner of the Third Angel that allows you to open up Bible prophecy, the history of Bible prophecy; and, it is this 3:1 combination. This 3:1 combination is marked throughout God's Word; and, what it does when you see the 3:1 combination, it is informing the student of prophecy that this is a history that has a direct repetition at the end of the world; such as, the three Hebrews being thrown in the flaming fiery furnace in Daniel, chapter 3, and then a fourth appears. That 3:1 combination is teaching us how the message is carried to the world; because, all the world was there at Nebuchadnezzar's presentation, and they saw God's people thrown in the fiery furnace and they saw God's people being supported by the fourth Angel of Revelation 18, none other than Christ Himself.
Each of these 3:1 combinations teaches a different story about the end of the world.
Balaam, a symbol of Islam, is called by king Balak, just before the children of Israel go into the Promised Land in Numbers 22, and he is hired to curse Israel; but, all Balaam can do is bless Israel, and he pronounces three blessings, and then king Balak is greatly disappointed and fires him and sends him home. But, before Balaam goes home, he pronounces a fourth blessing. There is your 3:1 combination.
And this 3:1 combination is not telling you about how the message is carried to the world. It is explaining the role of Islam in Adventism, and it is telling us that Islam is both a blessing and a curse: hired to be a curse, but it can only produce a blessing. Of course, this is also marked in Revelation 9, verse 4, that Islam is a blessing and a curse. It is going to carry a warfare on against Rome in Revelation 9, verse 4, but it is commanded to hurt not those that have the Seal of God. It is a blessing.
It was Islam that wrapped itself around Europe, preventing Catholicism from spreading to the world. It was the scholars of Islam that preserved the text that is used to produce the King James Bible [the Textus Receptus]. Islam has both been a blessing and a curse. The story of Balaam marks that, and it marks it with a 3:1 combination.
So, just over and over again, the banner of the Third Angel's Message is the 3:1 combination. And when you use that line, that banner, you do so by putting forth these reform lines: (1), (2), (3), and down here, (4) the Fourth Angel's Message. This allows you to bring line upon line together in fulfillment of Isaiah 28:9-13.
The Refreshing
Isaiah 28:9-13
Let us go to Isaiah 28:9-13; because, this teaching technique is the Latter Rain.
Isaiah 28, starting at verse 9, it says,
"9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear."—
The Latter Rain
This technique of line upon line, here a little, there a little, is the rest and the refreshing, which in The Great Controversy, page 611, which is your next quote, Sister White tells us that the refreshing is the Latter Rain.
Verse 13 of Isaiah 28 says,
—"13But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." Isaiah 28:9‑13 (KJV).
In verse 12 it said that they refused to hear it. This Latter Rain Message is a message because it is something that the rebels in the camp refuse to hear, and, it is a testing message that causes them to lose their salvation; because, as they reject the Latter Rain Message, they go and fall backward and are broken and are snared and are taken. So, the Latter Rain is a message; it is a testing message. It is the Everlasting Gospel. It is what the Lord uses to produce two classes of worshippers in Adventism. And the way the Latter Rain Message is taught and presented to God's people is by bringing reform line upon reform line; because, as you bring all the reform lines together, you are illustrating the history of the Latter Rain at the end of the world.
The Great Controversy, pages 611 – 612:
"The great work of the gospel is not to close with less manifestation of the power of God than marked its opening. The prophecies which were fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the opening of the gospel are again to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its close. Here are 'the times of refreshing' to which the apostle Peter looked forward when he said: 'Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus.' Acts 3:19–20." The Great Controversy, 611–612.
A Two-Step Message
In connection with these reform lines, we identified that they are structured upon a two-step message. The First and Second Angels' Messages are these two steps. In this history it reaches its conclusion when the door is shut at the Third Angel's Message; but, still, it is the history of the First and Second Angels' Messages.
In your notes you have some references that we looked at to see that the Latter Rain Message is two steps. The Latter Rain Message, most of us in Adventism do not realize that the Latter Rain is two parts: it is the Early Rain and the Latter Rain; it is the Spring Rain and the Summer Rain; it is the Former Rain and the Latter Rain. It is always described as two parts; but, for some reason, it does not sink in with Adventists.
And these two parts are also representing the two-step message that exists in all these reform lines.
Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, page 243:
"The act of Christ in breathing upon his disciples the Holy Ghost, and in imparting his peace to them, was as a few drops before the plentiful shower to be given on the day of Pentecost." Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, 243.
Genesis 2:7; Ezekiel 37:1-14
The two-step message in these reform lines is the message of Elijah and Elisha; it is the message of Genesis 2:7—go to Genesis 2:7.
Genesis 2:7 says,
"7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,"—Step No. 1—"and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;"—Step No. 2—"and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7 (KJV).
And Genesis 2:7 is prefiguring Ezekiel 37, verses 1 through 14, where Ezekiel illustrates two prophetic messages.
The first message brings the valley of dead, dry bones, which Sister White says repeatedly is the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the end of the world. The first message of Ezekiel brings the bones and the flesh and the sinew together, but they are not a living soul yet. They have just been formed out of the dust of the ground. That is all.
And then the second message of Ezekiel 37 is when the breath is breathed into them and they stand upon their feet, a mighty army (and Adam became a living soul).
"1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 7So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord." Ezekiel 37:1-14 (KJV).
The First and Second Angels' Messages
So, in the creation of Adam, and the raising up of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the end of the world, it is a two-step message. It is the First and Second Angels' Messages. It is the message of Elijah, the First: John the Baptist was Elijah; William Miller was Elijah. That is the First Angel's Message.
The 1888 Materials, pages 803 – 804:
"God has given the messages of Revelation 14 their place in the line of prophecy, and their work is not to cease till the close of this earth's history. The first and second angel's messages are still truth for this time, and are to run parallel with this which follows." The 1888 Materials, 803–804.
But, Elisha followed John the Baptist and William Miller and Elijah; and, Christ is Elisha in relationship to John the Baptist.
In Revelation 10, on August 11, 1840, the Mighty Angel that descended, who followed Miller (Elijah), was no less the personage than Jesus Christ (Elisha).
And in our history, the first message that arrives in 1989, the message of events connected with the close of probation, is the Elijah message. And on 9/11 the Angel of Revelation 18 descends and, once again, that is no less the personage than Jesus Christ. It is Elisha. It is a two-step message.
Two Calls
In the center of the page of your notes, "Two Calls"—I passed over some [quotes that were not read into the record but provided in transcript]—speaking of Revelation 18, from Review and Herald, December 6, 1892, it says,
"So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. 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.' And in the loud cry of the third angel's message a voice is heard from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people.'" Review and Herald, December 6, 1892.
And in Revelation 18 you have this two-step message.
Two Temple Cleansings
Okay. As we looked at these histories, what we said was that every reform line parallels the other reform lines: a message formalized, a message empowered, activity of the enemies as they fight the message, and then Judgment. So, we bring the history of the Millerites and we line it up with the other reform lines in order to give two witnesses or more to these things.
And once we had shown that, then we identified that in the history of Christ and in the history of the Millerites and in our history, there are two temple cleansings.
And we looked at the history of Christ. The ways and means, the mode of operation that Christ cleansed the temple at the beginning and the end of His ministry is that Divinity flashed through humanity. It was not so much that He was kicking the tables over. It was that Divinity flashed through humanity.
The Specific Order of Reform Lines
Time of "Voice" Message
the End Formalized Empowered Judgment
Mystery of Iniquity Divine Symbol
Wilderness Increase of 7
Darkness Knowledge ●
Foundational Work Midnight Disappointment
Cry
(1AM) (2AM) Manifestation (3AM) (4AM)
43 of Power of God
1 2 3
Millerite
History 1798 1840 1842 1844
1 2 3
Visual Door
Test Closes
1989 9/11/2001
ENSIGN
History
of 144,000 43 50
1 2 3
Visual 1 2 3
Test Visual
Test
(2) (3)
Rev, 18:1-3 Activity of Michael stands up
Protestants (Judgment Ends)
Figure No. 74.
And we noted that in these histories, when the Divine symbol comes down that Divinity is flashing through humanity, and this begins the first temple cleansing.
For the Millerites up here, this begins the first temple cleansing on August 11, 1840, when no less the personage than Jesus Christ came down out of Heaven and Divinity flashed through humanity. And this temple cleansing began in the Millerite History, and it is marked as concluding in June of 1842 when the Protestant churches are closing their doors against this message. This was the first temple cleansing.
Then, in the summer of 1844, you have the Midnight Cry; and, once again Divinity flashes through humanity and it cleanses this temple until the door closes on October 22, 1844.
But we noted that in all of these temple cleansings, they still are all the same. They consist of a three-step testing process. We took time to where the third test arrives for Adventism here at the end of the world; the first test for the world begins. There is always a three-step testing process; but, there are two temple cleansings in each of these histories. Christ cleanses the temple twice.
In 1840 Divinity flashed through humanity. That was the first test in this history for the Protestant churches.
And one of the characteristics of the second test, as identified in God's prophetic Word, is that it is a visual test; and, right in here, the visual test came for the Protestants with the introduction of the 1843 Chart.
And there is a nice quote in the writings of the Pioneers. I think it is Joseph Bates. After they had printed 300 of these Charts and the messengers all had these Charts, he went to a camp meeting that they were holding. And it is interesting if you really want to get into the detail of this history, they had a meeting where they determined that they were going to print these 300 Charts; they took a vote, a group of them. And in the same meeting they were led to start camp meetings. They had never held camp meetings before; but, the Lord led them to produce these Charts, but in the very identical meeting He led them to start camp meetings because the Lord knew that this Chart was going to be produced in May of 1842, and in June of 1842 their ability to get into the churches was going to end. So, He was planning the camp meetings right at the same time.
There is a passage where shortly thereafter they had a camp meeting and Joseph Bates got off the train and went to the camp meeting, and he says all over the trees, where they were having this camp meeting, they had these Charts hanging, and there were these groups of people in front of these Charts looking at them and discussing them. It was a visual test for Protestantism right here.
And then the door closes [at the third test in June of 1842]. So, in the Millerite History you have this three-step test.
And then, of course, the Midnight Cry, Divinity flashes through humanity; then the message is being carried across the United States "like a tidal wave." And those people that are participating in that are required to recognize and see that, and it ends in Judgment.
And in our history, there are two temple cleansings. On 9/11 the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 descends, right where this Angel [of 1840] descends, with the restraint of Islam. And the first test for us is underway. But, in order for you and me to explain 9/11 and the role of Islam, we have to return to these [1843 and 1850] Charts. We have to return to the logic of the Pioneers, which explains why the First Woe was Islam and the Second Woe is Islam, in order to have the Biblical logic to identify that the Third Woe begins here at 9/11. So, suddenly these Charts in our history produce a visual test. They are the handwriting on the all.
They produce a visual test that leads to the closing of the door at The Sunday Law. And at the closing of the door at The Sunday Law, this is the first test for the eleventh-hour workers outside of Adventism; because, here Divinity is going to flash through humanity as an ensign is lifted up, as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are thrown into the fiery furnace and all the world is watching. This ensign becomes the visual test and leads to Judgment.
So, when we were looking at the lines upon lines, we made this distinction that as you look at this history, you have to mark two temple cleansings in this history; whereas, at a different approach, if you are simply looking at these histories at the beginning of Judgment in 1844 and the end of Judgment when Michael stands up in Daniel 12:1, then you can simply see three primary waymarks: the First Angel's Message empowered in 1840; the Second Angel's Message arrives in June of 1842; and, the Third Angel's Message marks the beginning of Judgment.
The Second Angel's Message in 1842 is an activity of the Protestants of the United States.
So, if you are just looking at the line as a symbol of the opening and closing of Judgment, then when you get down here at 9/11, the first test is empowered, Revelation 18 when this Angel comes down; the second waymark here, activity of the Protestants in the United States once again as they close the door to pass The Sunday Law; and, then the third test is when Michael stands up and Judgment ends.
So, you have to be careful about the line upon line, to define them by the context; and, that is what you have to be careful with all of Bible prophecy.
The Year-Day Principle
We also identified in these histories some things that are identified through the recognition that Jesus is the First and the Last, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending.
Beginning End
ANCIENT ISRAEL Rest of Rest of
2520 Sabbath
9/11/2001
4 6 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
'43 '50 THE TABLES (CHARTS) OF HABAKKUK
Figure No. 75.
This, being the beginning and the end of Ancient Israel; and, Ancient Israel is illustrating modern Israel, so we looked at the year-day principle. And we found that in the beginning of the history of Ancient Israel, in Numbers 14:34, that you had a rebellion against a rest that was taking place, the Rest of Grace for Ancient Israel entering into the Promised Land right here at the beginning.
And then down here in connection with the year-day principle of Ezekiel 4:6, you have a rebellion against the Rest of the Sabbath. And we used that beginning and ending to mark the beginning of the testing process of Adventism when the Mighty Angel comes down on 9/11, as Adventism rebels against the Rest represented by the 2520. And in so doing, they are preparing themselves to reject the Rest of the Sabbath down here at The Sunday Law.
So, the beginning of Ancient Israel and the end of Ancient Israel is illustrating the beginning of the testing process of spiritual modern Israel, and the end of the testing process of spiritual modern Israel; and, it has to do with the very foundational principle of the Millerites, which is the year-day principle.
And William Shea, someone that would have, no doubt, no sympathy with this message, has identified that the first day of the year-day principle as noted in Scriptures is Leviticus 25. And Leviticus 25 being the year-day principle requires that when you analyze the curse connected with Leviticus 25 in allowing the land to rest, that you do it under the premise of the year-day principle; and, this is what allows you to see that the seven times in Leviticus 26 is 2520 years.
And, of course, I am leaving much out of this.
Tables of the Covenant
Changing gears now, we also noted that at the beginning of Ancient Israel, the Lord gave Ancient Israel Two Tables to mark the covenant.
And what are those tables?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Ten Commandments.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Ten Commandments. And there are four on this table, and 6 on this table.
And at the beginning of modern Israel, us, He gave us these Two Tables [indicating the 1843 and 1850 Charts], to mark the covenant with the people that He had raised up from 1798 to 1844 in 46 years. So, these Two Tables are prefigured by the Ten Commandments, and there are all kinds of light.
You get to this level of understanding, and you need to put on sunglasses.
When the Bible talks about the man of sin seeking to change the Ten Commandments, [at one level] it is speaking about Adventism attempting to change these Tables [the 1843 and 1850 Charts]. And what spirit is it? In either case, it is the spirit of antichrist.
PART THREE: The Mystery of Iniquity (Lessons 21 # 23)
Then we went into Part Three. In Part Three we focused in on the Mystery of Iniquity.
Time of "Voice" Message
the End Formalized Empowered Judgment COP
Mystery of Iniquity Divine Symbol
Wilderness Increase of 7
Darkness Knowledge ●
Foundational Work Midnight Disappointment
Cry
(Test 1) (Test 2) (Test 3)
Manifestation
of Power of God
Figure No. 76.
Most of these waymarks we have been emphasizing for many years—the people presenting this message being the we I am speaking about—but, in this presentation we took a few presentations to really mark the Mystery of Iniquity as one of the waymarks on this prophetic line. And in agreement with what Paul teaches, we say that the Mystery of Iniquity is something that precedes the Reform Movement, "The Mystery of Iniquity doth already work." But it will impact this generation.
This here [Figure No. 76] is 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. And when you get to the conclusion of the third test where judgment is illustrated, you will see two classes develop. And the class that is lost, the class that receives the mark of the beast, the class in the Millerite History that is praying to Satan in the Holy Place, the Jews that were left in perfect darkness in the time of Christ, the class that is on the wrong side of the issue when the Everlasting Gospel has accomplished its work, they can trace their rejection to the message back to the activity of the Mystery of Iniquity.
It was the Greek teaching that prevented those that rejected Christ from seeing that He was the Messiah, the Greek teaching that had been active for years and years before the birth of John the Baptist and of Christ.
It was the unwillingness of the Protestants in the Millerite History to come fully out of Babylon, to come fully out of Roman Catholicism, to come fully out of the darkness of the 1260 years that prevented them from accepting the First and Second Angels' Messages. They were carrying—and I mean this has a specific and direct truth connected with it—they continued to carry the Papacy. Okay? In Revelation 17, this woman that is the religion of Paganism, it moves from head to head down through history. And the Protestants that lost their way in the Millerite History continued to carry the doctrines of Rome. They would not turn loose of their understanding of the immortality of the soul or Sunday sacredness. So, it is the Mystery of Iniquity during the 1260 years that impacted them.
1989 9/11/2001 2nd Coming
1863 ENSIGN
IRON / Latin 43 50
BRASS / Greek
1 2 3
Mystery of Iniquity Visual 1 2 3
doth already work Test Visual
Test
(2) (3)
Rev, 18:1-3 Activity of Michael stands up
Protestants (Judgment Ends)
Figure No. 77.
And, of course we have identified that in our particular history, this wilderness time period began in 1863 when the foundational truths began to be covered up, and that this is Nebuchadnezzar's Dream. It is William Miller's dream, but it is Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
And when Nebuchadnezzar's tree is cut down right here, the stump of the tree is wrapped with iron and brass. And it is iron and brass in this history that represents the Mystery of Iniquity from 1863 to 1989, this iron representing the Roman Kingdom, representing Latin; brass representing the Greek Kingdom, representing Greek, Latin and Greek being the symbols of what is taught in the schools of theology. And it is this false education from 1863 to 1989 that is the Mystery of Iniquity that prevents Seventh-day Adventists from understanding the Everlasting Gospel here in our history.
So, we took time to show that, and we used Judas as the symbol of this.
Judas's Last Supper
And Judas had a beginning and an ending lesson for us.
Beginning End
Feast: Last Supper BARABBAS
JUDAS Sermon on Manna Strong Delusion (Man of Sin revealed)
Feast: Simon's House Falls Away
(2) (3)
Betrays the Lord to the Sanhedrin 3X
Figure No. 78.
Judas's rebellion, his rejection, was all the way through; but, it was manifested in Jesus's sermon on the manna, the Bread of Heaven that came down out of Heaven. That is where Sister White says Judas understood what Jesus was saying, but Judas wanted Him to have an earthly kingdom. So, his rebellion is beginning to be manifested there.
And then the next thing you see is Judas is at the feast, the feast at Simon's house. So, at the beginning of the rebellion represented by Judas, you have a feast at Simon's house and then the Last Supper. And, in both cases what infuriates Judas is the washing of feet, humility. Here at the feast at Simon's house it is Mary washing Jesus's feet with tears and perfume.
Here at the Last Supper it is Jesus washing the Disciples' feet.
And so we looked at Judas as a type of the Mystery of Iniquity, where he falls away right here fully. The Mystery of Iniquity has fully worked in him; therefore, he is receiving the strong delusion here as he goes out to betray his Lord.
And how many times did he covenant to betray his Lord in that history?
How many times did he talk to the Sanhedrin?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Three.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Three. The third is here [at the End]; and, here the man of sin is revealed.
And who is the man of sin? It was not Judas because he went out and committed suicide.
Who was the man of sin that was revealed? Barabbas, which is a false christ: BAR meaning son; ABBA meaning father.
We noted that in the Last Supper of Christ that Judas was in, it was not the last supper for anyone but Judas. It was his last supper. He went out and committed suicide. But, the Disciples and Christ, they are going to eat again.
PART FOUR: Daniel (Lessons 24 # 35 + 35B)
Babylon's Fall
In Part Four, we talked about Babylon's fall.
And then we went into the Book of Daniel and showed that the Book of Daniel is the history that we are living right now. The First Angel's Message is Daniel, chapter 1; the Second Angel's Message is Daniel, chapter 2; and, the Third Angel's Message is Daniel, chapter 3.
And then we have a scattering time period of William Miller's dream, which is Daniel, chapter 4; and, then we come into our history now where Belshazzar is bringing, since 9/11, where they have introduced the Spiritual Formations techniques of the Jesuits into Adventism, and passed a ruling that since September of 2001, if you are going to be an ordained Seventh-day Adventist pastor, you have to be taught in these methods. This is Belshazzar bringing the sacred vessels of Adventism into his last supper to fill them with the wine of Babylon.
We showed that this story of Daniel, chapter 5, is what is being played out in Adventism today.
And then Daniel, chapter 6, is The Sunday Law crisis.
But, in connection with Daniel, we looked at the three falls of Babylon: Nimrod, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar. And we found that the same dynamics are in each of these histories.
The Three Falls of Babylon: Nimrod, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar
Beginning Divine Pronouncement End (Judgment)
Scattering
Warning Message 7 Times
2520
(2) (3)
Figure No. 79.
There is a warning message. With Nimrod the warning message was given by Shem and Noah. The message is rejected, and then the Divine Pronouncement and the Judgment for Nimrod was the Scattering.
And then there was a warning message for Nebuchadnezzar in chapter 4. It was a dream but it was interpreted by the prophet Daniel. And when Nebuchadnezzar one year later rejects that warning message from the Book of Daniel, the Judgment, the Divine Pronouncement comes and the Judgment is the seven times.
And then we looked at Belshazzar. The warning message from the Book of Daniel, according to the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy, was the story of Nebuchadnezzar in chapter 4; and, Belshazzar rejected that warning message, and his warning message and Divine Pronouncement is represented in MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN, which adds up to 2520.
So, we see that with Nimrod, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, the Divine Pronouncement and the Judgment has to do with the 2520. It is the handwriting on the wall.
It [referring to the 1843 and 1850 Charts hanging on the wall behind the podium] is the handwriting on the wall for Adventism.
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
And then we identified that Nebuchadnezzar's dream was William Miller's dream, and that William Miller's dream, when the jewels that he had been employed by the Lord to gather together and put on His table—this Table [pointing to the 1843 Chart]—and called for everyone to come and see, that they began to be covered up in 1863 by the one, by the one that had been the most zealous—well, I do not know if he was the most zealous, but his statement is pretty zealous: "If you reject that this 1843 Chart was a fulfillment of Habakkuk 2, you leave the original faith." That is James White. He had been the most zealous to say that he would defend this Chart, and he began to set it aside in 1863, just paralleling Peter, who had been most zealous saying, "I'll never deny you, Lord," and immediately thereafter denied his Lord.
And we looked at this dream in detail, how once William Miller weeps; he is paralleling John in Revelation 5 weeping. Once the weeping takes place, then in Revelation 5 the Lion of the tribe of Judah, in William Miller's dream the Dirt Brush Man, comes in and begins to sweep out the counterfeit coins and the counterfeit jewels; and, we have pointed out that He is simultaneously sweeping out the foolish virgins, because the foolish virgins have become connected to their idols, these false doctrines: "Ephraim is joined to his idols. Leave him alone." So, when these false doctrines are swept out, the people that are holding them, they go out the window with them.
And we pointed out that the sweeping out begins when the Divine symbol comes down at 9/11. He arrives and begins to clean up house in 1989; but the separation, the accomplishment of the Everlasting Gospel, 9/11 to The Sunday Law for Adventism.
PART FIVE: 1863 (Lessons 36 # 40 + 40B)
First Leaders
When we talked about James White, we talked about first leaders, that every first leader was tested, whether it was Aaron with the calf, or Rehoboam who rejects the Pioneer position for the new men, or Jeroboam, or king Saul. James White was prefigured by all these first leaders. We went through that.
Shiloah and Methuselah
We noted that in Isaiah 7—I like this—that Enoch is the First Angel's Message; Methuselah is the Second Angel's Message; Noah was the Third Angel's Message; and that when Ahaz was rejecting Siloam, when he was rejecting the Waters of Shiloah in the Hebrew, in Isaiah 7, that the root word for METHUSELAH is this root word, Siloam: when he dies, it will come.
ENOCH METHUSELAH NOAH
(1AM) (2AM) 2520 (3AM)
Figure No. 80.
When Methuselah died here [at the third waymark], the Flood came in the time of Noah.
So, Enoch's message, when Enoch gives his message in this time period, one of the things that Enoch is teaching us is God's longsuffering and mercy. That is why he is the oldest man that never died.
But Methuselah represents a message that reaches its climax when the door closes on the ark; and, the message that reaches its climax when the door closes on October 22, 1844, is the 2520. And in Isaiah 7, the starting point of both 2520s is 742BC—[the beginning of the 19-year civil war, after which the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken into captivity 723BC], and 677BC [at which time the Southern Kingdom of Judah was taken into captivity, 65 years from 742BC [and 46 years after the Northern Kingdom was taken into captivity]. And Enoch was 65 years old when Methuselah was born. Methuselah represents the 2520, and his name represents Siloam and Shiloah. It represents for us the Latter Rain Message, which Ahaz rejected, and which in 1863 James White began to set aside.
Summary
So, what we are saying is, in closing—and we left so much out!—what we are dealing with at this point in our studies, at the first part of our studies was that Ellen White endorses these truths [referring to the 1843 and 1850 Charts]. The Spirit of Prophecy endorses these truths.
Then we began looking at these truths as typified in God's Word, where they have been represented in God's prophetic Word.
1989
1863 Daniel 11:40
Figure No. 81
And one of the primary places that they have been represented is in William Miller's dream, and William Miller's dream marks the covering up of the jewels beginning in 1863; and, we took a great deal of time to show why 1863 is marked at that point in time.
Now we are going to begin to show why 1989 is the end of William Miller's dream, and for me. I do not know about anyone else.
There are certain verses in the Bible—and I am sure if we are faithful and are allowed to spend eternity with Christ, we will find that every verse in the Bible possesses what I am going to say. Every verse in the Bible will have a depth to it that is beyond our ability to see at this time. But, some verses in the Bible are verses in the Bible, and some verses in the Bible they possess depth: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 (KJV).
John 3:16, you can take that verse and you can go just very deep.
Genesis 3:15, "I will put enmity between thee and thy seed."
But for me, the verse that has the greatest depth, the most profound verse in God's Word is Daniel 11:40, which marks 1989, the end of William Miller's dream. So, for a while here now, we are going to begin to look at 1989 and Daniel 11, verse 40.
And I realize that Adventism basically says, "We don't understand the last part of Daniel 11," and therefore they do not understand much about Daniel 11, verse 40. But, I am telling you, in Daniel 11, verse 40, there are 51 words, and those 51 words open the entire Bible up.
And that is our claim—one of our claims—is that 1989 is the Time of the End for the 144,000; and, at the Time of the End a prophecy is unsealed that produces an increase of knowledge. It is this verse right here [Daniel 11:40]—if we are correct, and we are—that produces the increase of knowledge; and, the knowledge that comes from Daniel 11, verse 40, it is deep; it is broad. It is certainly beyond any human being to do justice. And that is what we will begin to take up now in connection with 1989, the end of William Miller's dream.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing this far along in this worship series. We know that as human beings we are incapable of rightly representing the glory and depth, the power, the seriousness of your Word; but, we see little glimpses of this profound truth that you have been opening to your people since 1989, since you opened up the understanding of Daniel 11, verse 40. And we thank you for allowing us to be among those that are those students of prophecy that are running to and fro in your Word, understanding this increase of knowledge. And as we continue on in this series, we would ask that you would bless us with increased light. As we break for our individual tasks this day, we would ask that you would keep us safe, protect us, and let us do what we do for your honor and your glory. We thank you for the work that you are doing with the DVDs and the LiveStreaming, and we ask for your continued blessing upon that as well. We thank you for bringing our brother home safely, and his wife. We ask this in Jesus's name. Amen.