Habakkuk's Two Tables #53
PART SIX: 1989
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, as we come before you this morning, we thank you for a good night's rest, and we thank you for this opportunity to serve you another day. As we take up the study of your Word, we are still desiring to understand truths connected with the last six verses of Daniel 11; so, we ask that you grant us the presence and direction of your Holy Spirit that we might understand these things correctly. We ask that you take control of my humanity and overrule it for your glory and your honor, that what I convey will be truths that edify your people, that accomplish what you had intended for them. We ask also that you would open the hearts and minds of your people to understand these things. We want the Latter Rain poured out upon us. We ask that you prepare our vessels by forgiving us in any area that we are preventing the full reception of the Latter Rain that you are providing as you open our understanding to your Word. We thank you for this day of life. We ask now that you would bless our study. In Jesus's name, amen.
Review to Date
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In Part 6 of this series of Habakkuk's Tables, we are dealing with 1989; Daniel 11, verse 40. And this is Study No. 53, but I think there was a recap in there that I may not be counting; but, we began our study of Daniel 11, verse 40, back on Study No. 41. So, we have covered through 12, maybe 13, presentations.
When we began to look at Daniel 11, verse 40, in terms of it being the verse that marks 1989 as the Time of the End for the 144,000 and therefore marks the point in time when the Dirt Brush Man of William Miller's dream arrives and begins to unseal the book that is sealed with seven seals.
When we began this study, we spent some time identifying the end as 1798; and, then we identified that no matter what you understand about the verses of Daniel 11:40-45 that they are obviously events connected with the close of probation; because, in Daniel 12:1 Michael stands up.
And from there we emphasized the parallel that we have been making throughout this series, that being that William Miller, the messenger of the First Angel's Message in the Millerite History, presented a message that was the events connected with the close of probation; and, that William Miller had been prefigured by John the Baptist who presented a message that was the events that were connected with the close of probation, therefore identifying that the message of the last six verses of Daniel 11 is a parallel to John the Baptist's and William Miller's messages, which in each of their respective histories were the First Message. So, Daniel 11:40-45, at the prophetic level, is the First Angel's Message in this history, though it is technically the Third Angel's Message; but, at the level of the fact that every Reform Movement is structured upon two messages, the message that identifies the events connected with the close of probation is the First Message.
1989 (Time of the End)
Lamb � Rev 13:11 Dragon � Rev 13:11 Rev 13:18
Daniel - 11:40 11:41 11:44 � 12:1
1798 Sept. 11, 2001
Tyre (Isa 23) ISLAM Sunday Law Michael Stands Up
Elijah Satan Personates Christ
Chosroes (Rev 9)
Josiah TIME OF MERCY
Figure No. 103A.
From there, because, one, we are trying to do many things here because we are suggesting that Daniel 11, verse 40, marks the Time of the End in 1989, and because the Time of the End in every Reform Movement is the time when there is a prophecy unsealed that is going to accomplish the Everlasting Gospel for that generation, and because this is the generation that all the Bible pointed forward to, then the logic that we apply is that Daniel 11, verse 40, as the marker of the Time of the End would of necessity be one of the most profound verses in God's Word. And so where we started was�one of our starting points�was to show that from the beginning of verse 40, 1798 until Michael stands up down here [see Figure No. 103A]. But, that history is essentially, not perfectly but essentially it is the history of the Laodicean Church, if you start Laodicea in the 1850s. Prior to the 1850s you have Sardis and Philadelphia there, too. But, pretty much, the last six verses of Daniel 11 is the history of Laodicea.
So, we went in and we showed that each of the Seven Churches of Revelation are repeated in the history of Laodicea, and from there and at that same time we showed you that the Seals repeated and enlarged upon the Churches. The First Church is the history of the First Seal. They tell different stories from that same history.
So, we there went and showed that the history of Ancient Israel was governed by the Seven Churches as well. Okay? The time of deliverance from Egypt was the time of Ephesus for Ancient Israel. The time of the Judges was the time of Smyrna for Ancient Israel. The time of the Kings, until the captivity in Babylon, was the time of Pergamos. It was the compromise of both kings that took them into captivity in Babylon, just like it was the compromise of Constantine and the Christian Church in the time of Pergamos that took the Christian Church into captivity for 1260 years.
We noted that the time of the captivity of 70 years in Babylon was the time of Thyatira for Ancient Israel.
And immediately after the 70 years, we noted in Zachariah the question is raised, "How long?" and we lined that question of Zachariah up with "How long?" with the Fifth Seal in Revelation, when the martyrs under the altar asked the question, "How long?"
So, we showed that the history of the Seven Churches is all repeated in the history of Laodicea; therefore, it is all repeated in this history of the last six verses of Daniel 11; and, therefore, the history of Ancient Israel is also repeated in the history represented by the last six verses of Daniel 11. There are a lot of reasons to identify that, but one of them, a simple one, was to show the depth of these verses that were unsealed by the Lion of the tribe of Judah in 1989, to possibly shake awake the Laodiceans that are hearing this to the fact that, yes, the claims we are making about Daniel 11, verse 40, are valid. They are correct that these verses are more than simply an interesting passage in prophecy.
Then we went in to�and I am not touching everything we did, but we began to look at Daniel 11, verse 40, and we identified every word in Daniel 11, verse 40. There were 51 words. You may not have realized that we addressed all of them. And I am saying this on purpose: One of William Miller's Rules is that every word must have its place in the prophetic scenario. And you will find that many of the voices in Adventism that have the wrong view of the last six verses of Daniel 11, invariably there are passages in those verses that they just throw their hands up and say, "I'm not sure about that!" They are sure about two things. They are sure about their erroneous understanding of the last six verses of Daniel 11, even though there are some empty spots in their understanding, and they are sure that what we are teaching is incorrect.
But, we have an understanding of every word in the passage, and we went through the history of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union and noted that what we are suggesting about that verse is identical to the history of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989; and, we also noted that the secular historians from that time period, invariably when they were confirming the history that we are suggesting is represented in those verses, they drew words right out of verse�40 to illustrate what they were teaching.
For instance, you know, the one magazine that gives the chronology of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the title of that particular magazine was, "The Days of the Whirlwind." And then, of course, in Daniel 11, verse 40, the King of the North sweeps away the King of the South as a whirlwind.
So, we took time for that, and then we began to look at some other Biblical themes that are in the last six verses of Daniel 11, and one of those was Michael. Daniel's last vision is chapters 10 through 12; and, right at the beginning Michael is brought into the story because Daniel is fasting for 21 days and Gabriel comes to him after 21 days and said, "I was struggling with the prince and the king of Persia and I wasn't making any headway until Michael came. So, right at the beginning of this last vision, we see Michael; and, at the end, Michael stands up and human probation closes.
So, the last vision of Daniel, chapters 10 through 12, is the climax of the story of Michael. And everywhere we find Michael in the Scriptures, He is in controversy with Satan. It is a direct confrontation with him. In fact, Sister White says that the prince of Persia in Daniel�10 that Michael was dealing and Gabriel was dealing with, the prince of Persia, is Satan; the king of Persia was Cyrus.
And the controversy between Satan and Christ�which we as Adventists know as the Great Controversy�it is symbolically represented in the name Michael, which means who (is) like God? [Strong's Concordance, H4317]. And, of course, that is what Satan was trying to do is take the place of God.
So, we threw in this [referring to Figure No. 103] these verses�and this is these verses, if you are not understanding this structure because it is too busy for you.
This line here, Daniel 11:40, 11:41, all the way to Daniel 12:1, this line through this history [of 1798 through Michael standing up] is the history of the last six verses of Daniel�11; and, therefore, it is the climax of the Great Controversy when you understand the role of Michael.
And then we went into, in connection with the role of Michael that Satan wants to personate Christ. He wants to seat himself upon the political throne of God, and he wants to seat himself upon the religious throne of God in the sides of the North. And in this sense, God's religious authority is in the sides of the North. In this sense, Satan is seeking to be the counterfeit King of the North. So, when you are considering the Papacy as the King of the North in these verses, we pointed out that the Papacy (the Pope of Rome) is the earthly representative of Satan; and, they are interchangeable many times in the Scriptures. You can find passages where it is clear the Pope of Rome is the antichrist. There are passages in Inspiration where it is clear that Satan is the antichrist.
So, too, with the expression, "the man of sin": The Papacy is the man of sin, but there are places where Satan is the man of sin.
So, as Satan prosecutes his work to try to become "God" on Planet Earth, he uses the Pope of Rome as his earthly representative; but, it is part of his story, of the Great Controversy between him and Michael.
But, in this sense Satan is the counterfeit King of the North, and so is the Pope of Rome the counterfeit King of the North; because, the true King of the North is Christ. So, when you are talking about the last six verses of Daniel 11, you are talking about the King of the North. So, you need to understand that the King of the North is a big theme in Scriptures; whereas, the battle between the King of the South and the King of the North is only found in chapter 11 [of Daniel]. The subject of who is the King of the North, and the true King of the North, is throughout the Scriptures and not just in Daniel 11.
We pointed out that in Satan's effort to seat himself upon the throne of the Earth, immediately after The Sunday Law [see Figure No. 103, Daniel 11:41], Satan begins to personate Christ. And we pointed passages where Sister White says that in connection with developing the Roman Catholic Church, the masterpiece of Satan's efforts to seat himself upon the throne of the Earth and govern as he pleases was the "invention" of the Catholic Church. When Satan comes here [immediately after The Sunday Law] and personates Christ, he wants to be "God" of this world; and, in order to actually do that in advance of him appearing to personate Christ, he develops a religious structure that encompasses the whole world and that religious structure is the Catholic Church.
Satan is going to use that religious structure to execute his religious wishes when he begins to personate Christ; but, in order for him to use that religious structure, he has to prepare that religious structure to accept him to be the leader. And although we have not spent much time on it, the reality of it is, the Messages of Fatima, the messages that were guiding the last Pope and this current Pope [Popes Benedict/Francis] prepare a prophetic scenario for the Catholic Church to believe that we are on the verge of a limited nuclear war, the Third World War; and, they believe that war will end very quickly when Jesus returns in the heavens, and they will know it is Jesus because he is going to call fire down out of heaven in sight of men. Now, that is the Message of Fatima. Therefore, they will then turn the seat of the Pope in Rome over to "Christ."
But, we know as Seventh-day Adventists that when Satan personates Christ in this history [following The Sunday Law], that he is going to call fire down from out of heaven.
So, he wanted a worldwide church in order to�(pause)�he did not want the Mormon Church, because his only influence would be in Utah and the surrounding areas. So, he built a worldwide church.
But, Satan is also wanting to exercise his political control. So, he raises up a worldwide government, and that is the Dragon power that we have been dealing with.
So, anyway, right in this history, here is where Satan personates Christ. And we read a quote that he is allowed to do so until when? It says, until probation closes: he does his marvelous works until probation closes. And there is just logic to that: after every case is decided, how can you be deceived one way or another? It is in this time period where the manifestation of Satan's miracles take place, after The Sunday Law in the United States and until the close of human probation.
1989 (Time of the End)
Lamb � Rev 13:11 Dragon � Rev 13:11 Rev 13:18
Daniel - 11:40 11:41 11:44 � 12:1
1798 Sept. 11, 2001
Tyre (Isa 23) ISLAM Sunday Law Michael Stands Up
Elijah Satan Personates Christ
Chosroes (Rev 9)
Josiah TIME OF MERCY Armageddon
Figure No. 103B.
Then we pointed out that right down here is Armageddon [the fourth waymark of Figure�No. 103B}.
And we pointed out from the Scriptures that where the King of the North comes to his end in the Scriptures, he is never in Jerusalem; he is outside of Jerusalem; and, we pointed to Joel�2:20, Isaiah 10, Jeremiah 19, Isaiah 30, Isaiah 28�we pointed to several places in the Scriptures that show that when the King of the North attacks Jerusalem at the end of the world, because all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, that he never actually makes it into Jerusalem.
And in order to set up our understanding of the last six verses of Daniel 11, because in the last six verses of Daniel 11, the King of the North comes to his end between the seas�and we drew the seas out�and the glorious holy mountain. And when you put a map up there and you look at the seas and Jerusalem and the glorious holy mountain, and you put the King of the North coming to his end, between those entities you put him right in the valley that is below the mountain that are the Carmel Mountains.
In fact, every Biblical battle takes place in this valley. Did you hear what I said? They all take place in this valley. They are all connected in that same area. They may be on this side of it [gesturing to his left], this side [gesturing to his right]. They are on the edge, but they are all there. That is where he [the King of the North] comes to his end with none to help, and he does not make it into Jerusalem.
Okay. So we then begin to show that in verse 40 the three powers that lead the world to Armageddon, that lead the world to the same place where the King of the North comes to his end with none to help, those three powers (the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet) are all represented in verse 40. The King of the South is the Dragon; the chariots and horsemen and ships are the United States (the False Prophet); and the King of the North is the Papacy. So, we have been emphasizing here that if you are going to understand how the world gets led to Armageddon�and you better understand it because there is a warning in there; it is in Revelation 16 and Sister White comments on it�that you need to keep your garments in connection with these three powers leading the world to Armageddon. But, that is the Sixth Plague. Your garments are already set one way or another by the Sixth Plague; therefore, there is a warning about these three powers that lead the world to Armageddon that we must understand long before it gets to Armageddon.
And the warning that we must understand is Daniel 11, verse 40; because, Daniel 11, verse�40 is the Armageddon warning because that is where the three end-time powers that are going to march the world to Armageddon begin their activity. Therefore, the warning of Armageddon is Daniel 11, verse 40.
This is all review, of course. Is everyone with me so far?
Then in this history we began to identify that the history of Daniel�11, verse�40, is a specific history that is specifically addressed in the Scriptures. So far we have shown four places in the Scriptures where the history of 1798 to The Sunday Law is marked. Okay? That is Daniel�11:40, and it continues to Daniel 11:41 which is The Sunday Law. There is one verse that has this same history.
We looked at Tyre (Isaiah 23), when the Papacy (Tyre) is going to be forgotten for 70 years. She is forgotten when she receives her deadly wound in 1798, and then she commits fornication. Then she begins to sing her song at the end of the 70 years.
And the 70 years is identified in Isaiah 23 as the days of one king, which are the days of one kingdom. The days of the kingdom of the United States begins in 1798 and ends when the United States surrenders its "kingship" to the Pope of Rome by committing fornication with the Pope of Rome�right?�because, the first king that she [Rome] is going to commit fornication with at the end of the world is the United States; because, the United States is the first to lead out, and then every country will follow the example of the United States.
So, right here [at The Sunday Law] the United States is coming into a church-state relationship with the King of the North (the Papacy), just as Clovis did, finalizing this church-state relationship. And what happens here? The United States unites with the Dragon.
Now the United States is going to the world saying, "You need to set up a One World Government, like we have already set up in the United States," that is like the Papacy governed the world during the 1260 years.
So, that is the history of 1798: Tyre is forgotten; the days of one king until The Sunday Law when she [Rome (Jezebel)] commits fornication with Ahab (the United States).
We also looked at the story of Elijah that ends after 1260 years of drought, 1260 days of drought when Jezebel was ruling [(1260 years) when the Catholic Church was ruling]; and, then Elijah comes on the scene and, among other things he identifies that when you get down here to the time of Carmel, the true and false prophets are going to be manifested.
And the true and false prophets in the history of the Millerites had to do with the Protestants rejecting the First Angel's Message and beginning to fulfill their role as a false prophet; and, the Millerites (Millerite Adventism) being identified as the true prophet.
But, down here in our history [at the second waymark of Figure No. 103B, onward], this is where Adventism is being divided into two classes. And one class is receiving the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and is beginning to be lifted up as an ensign, just in advance of The Sunday Law; and the other class is receiving the outpouring of the strong delusion, just prior to The Sunday Law. And that is in the story of Elijah; right in here the true and false prophets of Adventism are demonstrated.
1989 (Time of the End)
Rev 18:4
Lamb � Rev 13:11 Dragon � Rev 13:11 Rev 13:18
Daniel - 11:40 11:41 11:44 � 12:1
1798 Sept. 11, 2001
Tyre (Isa 23) 1989 ISLAM Sunday Law (666) Michael Stands Up
Elijah Satan Personates Christ
Chosroes (Rev 9)
Josiah TIME OF MERCY Armageddon
LITTLE TIME OF TROUBLE
Figure No. 103C.
And then we looked at the story of Chosroes, the story of the long, drawn-out battle between these two powers that prefigures the long, drawn-out battle between the King of the North and the King of the South in Daniel 11, verse 40,
And, we found in this story what is being emphasized as after the battle ends in 1989, which is in this history here [see Figure 103C], then you expect to see Islam to come into history, because that is what happened in the history of Revelation 9.
And we looked at the history of the battle of the King of the South up against the King of the North, the Battle of Carchemish, that later ends with the King of the North returning and defeating the King of the South. That is Daniel 11, verse 40. That is the Battle of Carchemish and Josiah, and we identified that Josiah rejects the warning message of Daniel 11, verse 40, and ends up dead at Megiddo (or Armageddon), therefore saying that the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that rejects the warning message of Daniel 11, verse 40, is leading themselves to Armageddon.
Then I also identified that not only should this message be a message that identifies the events connected with the close of probation, as did John the Baptist's, as did William Miller's, but that in each of these histories the message of the hour is the message of a closed-door message.
And sure enough, that is what we are dealing with here, is at The Sunday Law in the United States, the door closes on Seventh-day Adventists. And this is an important ingredient because we emphasized that the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy teaches us that our greatest need is for a revival. To seek for this is our first work; but, we have been told that when we understand the Books of Daniel and Revelation as we should, there will be seen among us a great revival.
And what portions of Daniel and Revelation are we supposed to understand to receive this great revival? It is a two-step message: the first one is Daniel 11.
The second one?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Revelation 18.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Revelation 18? How about Revelation 9; that is where Islam is set forth. It is the message of the East and the North. Right? The children of the East are Islam versus the King of the North. So, it is Daniel 11 and Revelation 9.
When we understand the Books of Daniel and Revelation as we should, we will understand Revelation, chapter 9 and Daniel, chapter 11 as we should, and there will be seen among us a great revival.
But, what produces this revival, the truth that the Holy Spirit uses if He is going to awaken us out of our Laodicean sleep, is the fact that the door closes at The Sunday Law for Seventh-day Adventists. If you realize that from prophecy, if you realize that the next thing to happen is that probation is going to close and you determine to get ready for the close of probation, then what happens in your Laodicean lifestyle is that there is a revival that is produced. So, when we find that in every one of these Reform Movements there was a shut-door message, then this adds to the truth about what we are sharing here; because, this is where people stumble. This message in Adventism is Daniel 11, verse 41; because, Daniel 11, verse 41, is saying probation is about to close for Seventh-day Adventists, and this is where all the people stand up and say, "Aw, man, you are using fear." You know, they say lots of stuff! This is where the argument is: over the shut-door message.
But the reality of it is, if there is a messenger in Adventism and he does not teach a shut-door message, then you know without even thinking about it that he is not a genuine messenger, if you are going to accept the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy as your guide.
Okay. We looked at the fact that in these histories there is always a shaking illustrated. There is going to be a shaking, and the shaking is a subject of prophecy; therefore, we have the right as students of prophecy to discuss the characteristics, the dynamics of the shaking, as long as we do not cross the line and get personal about some of these people that are teaching error.
Okay. We pointed out that the characteristic of flooding the world is a characteristic of the Papacy. It overcomes the world as an overflowing scourge, as an overflowing flood.
We identified that when they [the Papacy] come into the glorious land, they "enter also," meaning that they overflowed the Soviet Union; they are going to overflow also the United States and, that when they do so it will be at The Sunday Law. We spent time showing that the glorious land is a land, and the word glorious means in sense of prominence; and, the most prominent land in the world is the United States of America.
Then we looked at how the United States of America fulfilled the same purpose for modern Israel (the Seventh-day Adventist Church), as did ancient Palestine fulfilled for Ancient Israel. And we added other lines of that.
We are almost done with our recap.
We pointed out many things that are going to happen here at The Sunday Law. Satan is going to personate Christ, the final act of the man of sin; national apostasy is followed by national ruin; the greatest darkness of all time sets in, in the United States; and, persecution begins.
Then we, yesterday, began to look at the three enemies. The three enemies that are in verse 40 (the King of the South; the King of the North; the chariots, ships, and horsemen) are the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet. And the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet at the end of the world (modern Babylon) are divided into three parts.
And throughout the Scriptures you will see these three enemies represented, and when you find them they are representing modern Babylon at the end of the world; but, they are teaching different truths about modern Babylon at the end of the world. When it came to the entrance into the Promised Land (Numbers 22), or in the story of Nehemiah, the threefold enemies in both of those histories were emphasizing the negative influence of modern Babylon has upon Seventh-day Adventists as they approach the end of the world; whereas, the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet in Revelation 16 are speaking about leading the world to Armageddon, not so much identifying the influence of modern Babylon in Adventism.
Okay. We are now at the notes, Part 53. Let us begin here.
We are still dealing with Daniel 11, verses 40 and 41.
Amos 3:7
We are going to start with Amos 3:7. It is a familiar verse.
Let us start in verse 6. Is everyone there?
Amos 3, beginning at verse 6, says,
"6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city,"�
A city is a kingdom. This kingdom here is the Seventh-day Adventist Church; and, the trumpet that is blown is the Seventh Trumpet on September 11, 2001.
And, yes, I understand that the Seventh Trumpet began to sound on October 22, 1844; but, the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Trumpets are not only trumpets, they are woes, and the woe aspect of the Seventh Trumpet arrived in history on September 11, 2001, and there was a group of people that began to play that trumpet.
Verse 6:
�"6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city,"�Shall the Third Woe be announced to Adventism�"and the people not be afraid?"�
Well, the evidence is that no, they are not afraid. They are carrying on just as they were before.
�"Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?"�
Does the Lord take responsibility for the negative fruit in Adventism? Yes, He does; but, it is not His fault.
�"7Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."�
And what we are saying, Brothers and Sisters, is there is always a shut-door message, Daniel�11, verse 41. This message is saying to Adventism, "Your probation is about to close." And many people that hear this message, they do not want to hear it, and they say, "Aw, man, you never talk about the love of Jesus, the love of Christ. It is all this prophetic stuff."
And, I am telling you that the love of Christ is demonstrated by the fact that before He closes the door on Adventism, He tells them that He is going to do so through the prophetic Word.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Daniel 11, verse 41, is the love of God in action; and, the fact that we as Laodiceans spurn that love does not justify our false understanding of what Christ's love is; because, Christ's love is not human love. It is a type of love that says, "Yes, you are in a sinful, lost condition and you are going to be destroyed for eternity; but, I am letting you know in advance that your probationary time is about over and I am fully willing to take you out of that condition and turn you into a creature that can live for eternity with the redeemed." That is love. That is Daniel�11, verse 41: "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
Verse 8:
"8The lion hath roared,"�
And who is the lion in the Scriptures? It is the Lion of the tribe of Judah; and, when Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah in Revelation 4 and 5 and onward, He is the one that unseals the prophecies. He is the Dirt Brush Man and we find him roaring in Revelation, chapter 10, the Seven Thunders that are sealed up until just before the close of probation.
"7Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."�
How does He reveal his secrets to the servants the prophets?
�"8The lion hath roared,�"
He unseals the prophetic record.
�"who will not fear?"�
Oh, he is telling me my probation is going to close in the next verse in Daniel, that my probation is going to close at The Sunday Law. That is a fearful message!
You do not know, Brothers and Sisters. You do not know how many times after meetings that we have dealt with Daniel 11 that I had men and women come to me with tears running down their faces saying, "I get it! I understand it! I'm not ready!!"
And then I have had other people say, "Aw, this can't be God's message, because God doesn't motivate people from fear. All this is, is a bunch of scare tactics."
Brothers and Sisters, this message is the most fearful message that has ever been given to mankind, and if it does not scare you that you are in a Laodicean condition and you are about to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord, then you are brain dead! This is a fearful message, and this fear is designed to bring you to the foot of the cross that you might get ready for the close of probation.
When the Lion roars and He unseals this message, you should fear; because, part of the message is, is He unseals it to Laodiceans that are dead, as a valley of dead, dry bones. That is fearful; should be fearful! If it is not, you need to pray for discernment.
�"The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
"9Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof." Amos�3:8-9 (KJV).
We are to publish this message, and this message is the message that the Lord is going to assemble all nations to the mountains of Israel. He is going to assemble them right here at Armageddon.
Let us go to our notes.
The Closed Door
We are still dealing with the three enemies (the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet), and Daniel 11, verse 41.
Daniel 11, verse 41, says,
"41He [the Papacy] shall enter also [he is going to come as an overflowing scourge, an overflowing flood] into [and pass over] the glorious land [the United States at The Sunday Law], and many countries" shall be overthrown:"�
That word countries is supplied.
�and many countries" shall be overthrown:"�
That is Seventh-day Adventists that are overthrown.
�"but these shall escape"�
This word escape means escape as if by slipperiness. It is as when a bar of soap slips out of your hand in the water; but, that bar of soap was in the hand, and the hand that it was in here is the hand of the King of the North (the hand of the Papacy).
�"but these shall escape out of his [the King of the North's] hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief children of Ammon." Daniel 11:41 (KJV).
These three represent a symbol of modern Babylon; but, those that "escape out of his hand" represent those that come out of Babylon, beginning at The Sunday Law, which is also Revelation�18, verse 4. And in Revelation 18, verse 4, it says, "Come out of her my people." At The Sunday Law in the United States, the message is now, "Come out of her my people." And the people that are coming out are coming out of Babylon, and Babylon is three parts: the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet; or, as Daniel says, "Edom, and Moab, and . . . Ammon."
So, you have here in verse 41�and this is where some people initially have a struggle�you have Edom, Moab, and Ammon representing modern Babylon, but you also have the people that escape from modern Babylon there; and, sometimes it is hard for people to see the distinction there, but that is what is going on.
And this is in agreement with all the testimony of end-time events in the prophetic Word. But we are not inventing some new scenario: what we are saying about verse 41, this is what was told about The Sunday Law crisis everywhere. This is what happens. Those Seventh-day Adventists that have not prepared for the Seal of God will receive the mark of the beast. They are overthrown at The Sunday Law. And at that time period, those people that have prepared for the Seal of God are lifted up as an ensign and they begin to call the eleventh-hour workers out of Babylon.
So, what we are suggesting about Daniel 11, verse 417, it is Adventists, through and through, period. It just is.
So, in Testimonies, volume 9, page 97, it says,
"More and more, as the days go by, it is becoming apparent that God's judgments are in the world."�
Do you see that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: �"In fire and flood and earthquake He is warning the inhabitants of this earth of His near approach. The time is nearing when the great crisis in the history of the world will have come, when every movement in the government of God will be watched with intense interest and inexpressible apprehension. In quick succession the judgments of God will follow one another�fire and flood and earthquake, with war and bloodshed.
"Oh, that the people might know the time of their visitation!"�
Now, this is No. 53 and we have had two that are not numbered, so this is No. 55; and, we did them one day at a time, so this is way back when, when we started this worship series. But, for those of you that have watched it all the way through, and for those of you that have not, you can go back and check: We have already established when the time of God's visitation begins.
When does the time of God's visitation begin? And the answer is: When did the time of God's visitation begin in the time of Christ?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: In Mark 1:14-15, it says "The time is fulfilled, . . ."
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, what time was that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Daniel 9.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, what time was it?
Pardon me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Several indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: No, no, no, no. That is not the time of visitation. It is not the birth of Jesus.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: No.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He was obscure for 30 years.
When is the time of visitation?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: AD 27.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: AD 27.
At what event?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: At His baptism.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: When the dove comes down out of Heaven, that is the beginning of the time of God's visitation.
And how long did He visit them for? He confirmed the covenant with many for . . . ?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: . . . for one week.
And in the midst of the week, He was what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Cut off.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Cut off.
So, right here [referring to the third waymark in Figure No. 103C] is His baptism.
And right here [referring to the fourth waymark in Figure No. 103C], that is The Sunday Law (the crucifixion).
And right here [referring to the fifth waymark in Figure No. 103C], that is Stephen getting stoned (when Michael stands up).
So, this [beginning at 9/11] is the time of God's visitation. It begins when the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 comes down."
�"Oh, that the people might know the time of their visitation! There are many who have not yet heard the testing truth for this time. There are many with whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God's destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; His hand is still stretched out"�
His hand is still stretched out." Notice this: "His hand is still stretched out." I want you to see that.
"His hand is still stretched out," why do I want you to see that? Because, in Daniel�11:41 that is what this is talking about, this passage. Right here at The Sunday Law begins the time of God's destructive judgments, which is a time of mercy for those who have had not opportunity to know the truth.
And who is it that has never had opportunity to know the truth?
Is it Seventh-day Adventists?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: No!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: No. They have had opportunity. They are going to be held accountable for the truth right here at The Sunday Law.
But, at The Sunday Law, what happens at The Sunday Law? National apostasy is followed by . . . ?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: National ruin.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: . . . by national ruin.
This is the time of God's destructive judgments, but it is a time of mercy for those that have never known the truth.
And right here [at The Sunday Law], what does the Lord have? He has His hand still stretched out.
Who else has his hand stretched out?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The United States.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The United States, right here, is stretching his hand out to take the hand of the Papacy, stretching out his hand to take the hand of Spiritualism.
And then right here [at The Sunday Law], what is happening to those people in Babylon that are coming out? They are escaping the hand of the Papacy.
What for? Because, Jesus has His hand stretched out. They are going from the hand of the Papacy to the Hand of Christ.
You have to watch the hand in this scenario, because it is part of Daniel 11, verse 41.
Christ is stretching out His hand to the eleventh-hour workers at The Sunday Law, because they have just escaped the hand of the Papacy at the very point in time when the United States is taking the hand of the Papacy and Spiritualism.
�"His hand is still stretched out to save, while"�
What?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The door is closed.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: �"the door is closed to those who would not enter."�
Right there [pointing to the fourth waymark of Figure No. 103], closed-door message, Daniel�11, verse 41: The Sunday Law, a closed-door message, "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
�"The mercy of God is shown in His long forbearance."�
His mercy is shown, but what does His long forbearance do to me? That tells me, "Ah, I can continue playing around with this idol, because I have been playing around with this idol for three or four years and the Lord hasn't slapped my hand about it yet. So, I'm okay."
If you are on the wrong side of the issue, you think His mercy is giving you license to continue on in your Laodicean experience; but, that is a misreading of God's love and mercy. That is to be noted, because the Adventists that are on the wrong side of the issue have a misconception about God's love and God's mercy.
And this is part of the story. His mercy, his long-suffering is interpreted by one group as an attribute of who He is, and by the other group it is attributed to the fact that He is letting them continue in their sinful condition because He is not really a God of judgment.
�"The mercy of God is shown in His long forbearance. He is holding back His judgments, waiting for the message of warning to be sounded to all. Oh, if our people would feel as they should the responsibility resting upon them to give the last message of mercy to the world, what a wonderful work would be done!" Testimonies, volume 9, 97.
Into the Fold
This next quote from Review and Herald, November 22, 1906, is virtually the same, but Sister White rewrote it. It says,
"Probationary time will not continue much longer."�
I like it because she is using the word probation, and Seventh-day Adventists do not like hearing the word probation when it is connected with the word closed.
�"Probationary time will not continue much longer. Now God is withdrawing his restraining hand from the earth. Long has he been speaking to men and women through the agency of his Holy Spirit; but they have not heeded the call. Now he is speaking to his people, and to the world, by his judgments."�
Can you read sign language? That is what it is. The drought we are in, the fires, the floods that are going on around the world, the wars, that is the voice of God.
�"Now he is speaking to his people, and to the world, by his judgments. The time of these judgments is a time of mercy for those who have not yet had opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; his hand is still stretched out to save. Large numbers will be admitted to the fold of safety who in these last days will hear the truth for the first time." Review and Herald, November 22, 1906.
"16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." John�10:16 (KJV).
How many folds are there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Two.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: There are two folds. The fold of Adventism is going to have large numbers of the other flock come in.
That happens right here [indicating The Sunday Law]. When the time of God's destructive judgments begin, national apostasy is followed by national ruin; but, it is a time of mercy for the eleventh-hour workers.
Others Gathered�Isaiah 56:8
Isaiah 56:8. We have looked at that a few times. We will put it in the record once more, Isaiah 56:8.
"8The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him." Isaiah 56:8 (KJV).
On this side of The Sunday Law, right here [indicating between 9/11 and The Sunday Law], the Lord has gathered the outcasts of Israel; because, He is going to lift the outcasts of Israel up as an ensign; but, He is going to gather others. That is the eleventh-hour workers. And He gathers the others in the time period that is called "the time of God's destructive judgments," which is the time of mercy.
The Outcasts of Israel�Isaiah 11:128
Isaiah 11, verse 12, to make sure we remember who the outcasts of Israel are:
"12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." Isaiah 11:12 (KJV).
So He first gathers the outcasts of Israel, He assembles them; and, then He gathers others to them.
That is this history here, Daniel 11:40-41.
Vacancy
Have you ever driven someplace looking for a hotel and there is no vacancy? There is going to be a vacancy in this history.
Testimonies to Southern Africa, pages 50 � 51:
"There are diligent students of the word of prophecy in all parts of the world, who are obtaining light and still greater light from searching the Scriptures. This is true of all nations, of all tribes, and all peoples. These will come from the grossest error, and will take the places of those who have had opportunities and privileges and have not prized them."�
We, early on in this worship service, identified who it is that has had great light and opportunities. Who is that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Seventh-day Adventists.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Seventh-day Adventists.
And these people that are coming from gross darkness are going to do what? Take the places of Seventh-day Adventists that reject this message.
People do not like it when I say it like that; but, that is the way it is.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Pardon me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: But it does not have to be that way.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It does not have to be that way, but the ball is in your court, as they say. It does not have to be that way.
Continuing on:
�"These have worked out"�
These people that have become eleventh-hour workers from gross darkness.
�"These have worked out their own salvation with fear and trembling lest they become deficient in doing the ways and will of God, while those who have great light, have, through perversity of their own natural hearts, turned away from Christ because displeased with the requirements.
"But God will not be left without witness. The one-hour labourers will be brought in at the eleventh hour, and will consecrate ability and all their entrusted means to advance the work."�
They are going to put all their entrusted means to advance the work.
�"These will receive the reward for their faithfulness, because they are true to principle and shun not their duty to declare the whole counsel of God. When those who have had abundance of light throw off the restraint which the Word of God imposes, and make void His law, others will come in to fill their place, and take their crown. . . .
"Great is the work of the Lord. Men are choosing sides. Even those supposed to be heathen will choose the side of Christ, while those who become offended, as did the disciples, will go away and walk no more with Him. And others will come in and occupy the place they have left vacant. The time is very near when man shall have reached the prescribed limits. . . The record of their works in the books of heaven is 'Weighed in the balances, and found wanting.'" Testimonies to Southern Africa, 50�51.
Please notice that this is taking place with an emphasis of the Judgment, and we know that this is the Judgment of the Living; and, these eleventh-hour workers are going to replace Seventh-day Adventists who have just been typified by Sister White as the disciples that turned and walked no more with Christ.
And we have dealt with that in this worship series. It was when Christ told the story, right here [referring to the third waymark of Figure No. 103C] of the Manna, of the Bread that came down out of Heaven, that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood, that the disciples in that history, more than any other time more disciples turned away from Christ.
Why? Because, they were unwilling to approach God's Word from the prophetic approach; they were unwilling to see that when He was talking about His flesh and His blood that they were to understand it as a spiritual symbol. They thought that He wanted�they did not think it, I do not believe�but they claimed that He was wanting them to be cannibals. They refused to accept the prophetic message.
And when is it that they turned and walked with Him no more? It was in John 6:66.
So, Sister White has been clear about that history of John applying to our day and age, in the transition that takes place between verses 40 and 41 in Daniel 11.
We Know
The next quote, Manuscript Releases, volume 7, page 186:
"We know that unconsecrated Seventh-day Adventists, who have a knowledge of the truth, but who have linked themselves with worldlings will depart entirely from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. The enemy will gladly hold out inducements to them, to lead them to carry on a warfare against the people of God. But those who are true and steadfast will have a strong and powerful defense in God." Manuscript Releases, volume 7, 186.
Seventh-day Adventists are going out.
The Sabbath
A Word to the Little Flock, pages 18 � 19:
"I saw that the holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers;"�
What is the separating point? The Sabbath!
Here [at The Sunday Law] is the line in the sand, the Sabbath, all the way through, all the way through. From this point on, what separates the true from the false is the Sabbath issue.
�"I saw that the holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question, to unite the hearts of God's dear waiting saints. And if one believed,"�
Is this a Seventh-day Adventist that she is going to talk about here?
�"And if one believed, and kept the Sabbath, and received the blessing attending it, and then gave it up,"�
When do they give it up? At The Sunday Law; or, as they see The Sunday Law approaching, they give it up.
�"and broke the holy commandment, they would"�what?�"shut the gates of the Holy City against themselves,"�
They are going to close their own probation at The Sunday Law.
�"as sure as there was a God that rules in heaven above. I saw that God had children, who do not see and keep the Sabbath."�
Here are the eleventh-hour workers.
�"They had not rejected the light on it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble,"�
Now, I want you to focus in here. In Adventism we understand that the Time of Trouble begins when Michael stands up and human probation closes; but, that is not the time of trouble Sister White is speaking about here. We are going to let her define that in a minute.
�"They had not rejected the light on it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble, we were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. This enraged the church, and nominal Adventists, as they could not refute the Sabbath truth. And at this time, God's chosen, all saw clearly that we had the truth, and they came out and endured the persecution with us." A Word to the Little Flock, 18�19.
The Little Time of Trouble
Sister White explains this time of trouble in Early Writings. She uses this same quote. And in the appendix of Early Writings, she says this:
"1. On page 33 is given the following: 'I saw that the holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question to unite the hearts of God's dear, waiting saints. I saw that God had children who do not see and keep the Sabbath. They have not rejected the light upon it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble, we were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully.'
"This view was given in 1847 when there were but very few of the Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these but few supposed that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between the people of God and unbelievers. Now the fulfillment of that view is beginning to be seen. 'The commencement of that time of trouble,' here mentioned does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out,"�
It does not refer to here [when Michael stands up]. This is the Great Time of Trouble. It does not refer to that.
�"but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary."�
It is in what we would call the Judgment of the Living. That is what this time of trouble refers to in this terminology.
�"but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing,"�
What is Christ's closing work?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The blotting out of sin.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The blotting out of sins.
When does the blotting out of sins take place? The Judgment of the Living.
�"At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check"�
The nations became angry on September 11, 2001, and George Bush and the United Nations instantly put a restraint upon Islam. The nations were angered, but then immediately restrained.
�"At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time"�
At what time? At the time when the nations are made angry yet held in check.
�"At that time the 'latter rain,' or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out." Early Writings, 85.
Hmm, this is the beginning of the Latter Rain [refers to the waymark of 9/11 in Figure No.�103C].
What time is she talking about here? She is talking about a time of trouble. She is saying that it is a time of trouble that takes place during the closing work of salvation, and then she tells us that at that time the nations will be angry yet held in check, and then she tells us that at that time the Latter Rain begins to sprinkle.
This Little Time of Trouble�we just read a quote previously that allows you to mark the beginning of the time of trouble (and this is where I have always marked it) at The Sunday Law. But this here is telling that the Little Time of Trouble, in one sense, begins at 9/11.
And you can track it, Brothers and Sisters, the disasters and wars and tidal waves, earthquakes, that have been hitting since 9/11.
Now, certainly they are going to greatly increase at The Sunday Law because national apostasy is followed by national ruin.
But, right here, these judgments that are the Little Time of Trouble, what are they? They are God's voice; they are God's voice.
To whom? Seventh-day Adventists, saying, "You better wrap your mind around verses�40 and 41, because probation is about to close."
When/Then
Maranatha, page 173:
"When those that 'believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness' 2 Thessalonians 2:12, shall be left to receive strong delusion and to believe a lie, then the light of truth will shine upon all whose hearts are open to receive it, and all the children of the Lord that remain in Babylon will heed the call: 'Come out of her, my people.' Revelation 18:4." Maranatha, 173.
Revelation 18:4, this is when they are called out.
LOT'S DESCENDANTS IN SYMBOL
And a symbol of this is the story of Lot. You can see Luke 17:29-30 there in your notes.
"29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed." Luke 17:29�30 (KJV).
So, Christ is saying that the story of Lot is an illustration of the end of the world when the Son of Man is revealed.
When is the Son of Man revealed?
When is the Son of Man revealed?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible) . . . His glory.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, when is He revealed?
You could make that argument at 9/11, but when is He revealed?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: At the Second Coming.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: At the Second Coming, but when is He revealed?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: At The Sunday Law.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: At the ensign at The Sunday Law He is revealed, because the ensign is a group of people that perfectly reflect the character of Christ; and, the world then is going to be choosing between the ensign (Christ) and Barabbas (the personation of Christ by Satan). This is when He is revealed.
When was He revealed in the story of Daniel 3? When they were thrown in the fiery furnace, then He appears and the whole world sees Him. He is revealed at The Sunday Law.
And Lot is a symbol of The Sunday Law.
Moab and Ammon
And Sister White says this, in Early Writings, pages 278-279:
"Servants of God, endowed with power from on high, with their faces lighted up, and shining with holy consecration, went forth to proclaim the message from heaven. Souls that were scattered all through the religious bodies answered to the call, and the precious were hurried out of the doomed churches, as Lot was hurried out of Sodom before her destruction." Early Writings, 278�279.
Now, the reason why I am turning the corner here and talking about Lot is because Daniel�11, verse 41, Ammon and Moab are Lot's daughters and his descendants from that incestuous relationship. So, we find that Lot's daughters, that lineage, is a symbol of those that come out of Babylon at The Sunday Law; but, we see that the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy confirms this from other directions.
2 Chronicles 20:20-23; Isaiah 11:10-16; Daniel 11:41
2 Chronicles 20:20-23
Go to 2 Chronicles 20, beginning at verse 20.
Of course, we probably all can quote this verse. Right?
"20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth"�
Who is this that is rising up? This is Jehoshaphat. Right? This is when he is going to use the military tactic of just going out into battle with the singers leading the way and letting the Lord do the fighting. Everyone knows that story. Right?
�"20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper."�
Where do we see the echo of that verse?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Isaiah 7?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Isaiah 7, verse 9, is it not?
And what are you supposed to believe in Isaiah 7 when this verse is being echoed? The 2520; but, we are not dealing with that.
�"Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.
"22And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against"�
Who?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The enemies.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The enemies.
Okay, Brothers and Sisters. Right here [at The Sunday Law], the 144,000, the ensign, what does Revelation say about these people? Do they have a song?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Yes.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They are going to sing the Song of Moses and the Lamb. That is going to be their battle cry. They are going to go out right here singing.
And what are they going to bring down?
�"the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir,�
Who is mount Seir?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Edom.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is Edom.
The same three enemies that are in Daniel 11, verse 41.
�"Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten."�
They are coming against Judah. Ah, those three enemies must be the King of the North; they must be modern Babylon that is coming against Jerusalem.
�"23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another." 2 Chronicles 20:20-23 (KJV).
But, they get smitten, Edom, Moab, and Ammon.
Isaiah 11:10-16
Go to Isaiah 11. We are not looking at Edom, Moab, and Ammon from the perspective that they represent the threefold union of the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet. They represent the enemy that comes against Jerusalem, against the glorious holy mountain at the end of the world.
And in Isaiah 11, Isaiah 11 is in connection with Isaiah 10, and Isaiah 10:1 is a pronouncement against those that make unrighteous decrees. And Sister White says that this unrighteous decree in verse 1 of Isaiah 10 is The Sunday Law.
And the narrative just continues on into chapter 11, and even into chapter 12. But, in chapter 11, verse 10 of Isaiah, in the time of The Sunday Law history, it says,
"10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious."�
Okay. In The Sunday Law time period, the Lord is going to lift up an ensign and His Sabbath and His Latter Rain are going to be glorious and many people are going to respond to this Truth.
Verse 11:
"11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off:"�
This is from the story of Gideon, and Sister White comments on this verse, this phrase, in Early Writings, and she says it is a symbol of the unity that will come into the work during the Latter Rain.
�"13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their"�
What?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Hand.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They are going to lay their hand who?
�"they shall lay their hand upon Edom, and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them."�
These are the people that just escaped the hand of the Papacy, because the Lord had His hand stretched out still, and the Lord is going to use his ensign people to put their hands upon Edom, Moab, and Ammon and lead them into an obedience of the Truth. That is what it says, the children shall obey them. They are not going to be their servants. They are going to instruct them into the understanding of the Sabbath that they might obey the warning message of the hour.
And verse 15 says,
�"15And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;"�
What is the tongue of the Egyptian sea? The tongue is what you use to speak. The speaking of a nation is an action of its legislative and judicial authorities. Egypt is the world. The world is going to pass a world Sunday Law, and that is all coming down in flames.
�"15And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt." Isaiah 11:10-16 (KJV).
This is the final deliverance of God's people. These are the final people that come out of modern Babylon, represented as Edom, Moab, and Ammon.
But, in Daniel 11, verse 41, we have these same three peoples representing modern Babylon but, also, as Isaiah is doing, using this symbol of modern Babylon to show where the eleventh-hour workers come out from. But, these eleventh-hour workers in Isaiah 11 are the very last ones to come out. They come out just before the final deliverance.
Daniel 11:41
But, if you go to Daniel 11:41, we will show you one thing before we close.
Daniel 11:41:
"41And he [the Papacy] shall enter also into the glorious land [the United States], and many countries [Seventh-day Adventists] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand [the hand of the Papacy], even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon." Daniel 11:41 (KJV).
This is the difference between 2 Chronicles 20 and Isaiah 11. Here these three tribes associated with the chief of the children of Ammon. And this word chief, it means firstfruits; therefore, what is being said here in Daniel 11:41 is, the very first people to come out of Babylon do so in Daniel 11, verse 41, at The Sunday Law in the United States. This is where revelation 18:4 begins, "Come out of her my people," and the first people to come out of Babylon come out in Daniel 11, verse 41; and, they are represented not simply as Edom, Moab, and Ammon but the chief of the children of Ammon. And the word chief means firstfruits. They are the first to come out of Babylon; because, it all starts in verse 41 at The Sunday Law in the United States.
Hands
Let me read through these next quotes quickly; because, they are important but they are not a primary point that I want to make, and I do not want to have to make them to start the next presentation tomorrow. But, I do want to get them into the record.
Testimonies, volume 5, page 712:
"When our nation shall so abjure the principles of its government as to enact a Sunday law, Protestantism will in this act join hands with popery." Testimonies, volume 5, 712.
The next quote talks about how the United States prepares to join hands with the Papacy. Review and Herald, June 1, 1886:
"How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. . . . And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism." Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.
The next quote, from Testimonies, volume 5, page 451, is one of those quotes where the United States is stretching its hand to grasp the hand of Spiritualism and also Rome. The point being here is that one of the things you have to watch in Daniel 11:41, once you know it is The Sunday Law, then you have all the other lines�remember, line upon line, here a little, there a little�you have all the other lines of Inspiration to bring in here to realize that the hand is one of the issues here. Here is where the United States is taking the hand of the Dragon, taking the hand of the King of the North. Here is where the eleventh-hour workers, represented as Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon, escape the hand of the Papacy; and, it is at this point that the ensign, the wise of Adventism, are laying their hands upon those people to lead them into obedience because Christ has His hand stretched out [still] to save.
"By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near." Testimonies, volume 5, 451.
So, this "hand" is worth noting in this verse. And you want to know it, because in the next verse he (the King of the North) is going to stretch his hand out upon Egypt as well.
Steps
In clasping the hand of the Papacy, you are walking in its steps. You can see that here under a couple of quotes about the United States walking in step with the Papacy.
The Great Controversy, page 588:
"The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience." The Great Controversy, 588.
The Great Controversy, page 573:
"In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the Papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World." The Great Controversy, 573.
And Amos 3:3 says,
"3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Amos 3:3 (KJV).
So, when they are clasping hands, it means they are in agreement; they are walking together. And we want to know this, because when we get to verse 43, Libya and Ethiopia are going to be in his steps, meaning the whole world is going to come into agreement with the Papacy. They are going to walk with him. That is one of the little themes in these verses that you need to see.
But, when you join hands with the Papacy, you are walking with the Papacy! You are in agreement with the Papacy. When you escape the hands of the Papacy, you are going into the hand of Christ.
The Christian Theatre
Another argument that is sometimes brought up is, "Well, yeah, maybe the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989, but there are still communists in the world. What about China? What about Vietnam?" so on and so forth.
The Old Testament prophecies are illustrated with the geography of the Middle East. Okay? The Old Testament prophecies are illustrated with the geography of the Middle East.
But, the end-of-the-world prophecies, they are to be applied to Christendom. That is what Sister White says. Run the word Christendom in the Spirit of Prophecy CD-ROM, and you will find that the focus of end-time Bible prophecy is to be illustrated in Christendom.
And Christendom is a word that we do not use here in modern America, but it was a common word in the time of Ellen White; and it has a specific definition. Christendom is the countries in the world that have come under a strong influence of Christianity; such as, Europe and the Americas. Europe and the Americas are Christendom.
You have a few quotes here.
Review and Herald, February 7, 1893:
"In the great conflict between faith and unbelief, the whole Christian world will be involved." Review and Herald, February 7, 1893.
The Great Controversy, page 464:
"Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of the world has supplanted love for God and His Word. Many, both ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. . . . Under a religious guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the Christian world." The Great Controversy, 464.
Passing over the big quote [from The Great Controversy, page 464] to Selected Messages, book 3, page 392:
"The so-called Christian world is to be the theater of great and decisive actions." Selected Messages, book 3, 392.
What is the theater? The theater is the Christian world.
Why am I saying this? I am saying this because Sister White tells us, when it comes to The Sunday Law crisis, every nation in the world is going to be involved, including nations like India and China.
But, when it comes to applying end-time Bible prophecy, you do not worry about India and China. They are outside the geographical scope of Christendom.
Russia is Christendom. Europe is Christendom.
The sweeping away of the King of the South in 1989 [the Soviet Union] is in that region; whereas, China is not.
It is not so much about Communism; it is about the movement of the Dragon from atheistic France to the Soviet Union, to the United Nations. It is about the movement of the Dragon; because the Dragon is one of the powers that is leading you and me to Armageddon. So, it is about Christendom.
The Great Controversy, page 450:
"All Christendom will be divided into two great classes." The Great Controversy, 450.
The last quote, The Great Controversy, page 615:
"As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom, and religious and secular authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration." The Great Controversy, 615.
What does universal mean?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Worldwide.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Worldwide.
So, the focus of end-time Bible prophecy is in the geography of Christendom; so, we are not worried about communism in China or Vietnam. The king of Communism in Christendom was swept away in 1989 in fulfillment of Daniel 11, verse 40; and, that was the key to let Seventh-day Adventists understand that the next thing that was going to happen was their probation was going to close. And if they do not prepare for that event, they are going to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are allowing us to see your work in opening these verses of Scripture and confirming their relationship to our history as Seventh-day Adventists, a history that includes a scattering time, when the foundational truths are covered up. We thank you that you are uncovering these truths and leading us to an understanding that our probation is about to close. We ask that you give us the faithfulness and the courage to bring our life into agreement with these truths. We ask that you provide opportunities for us to share these things with individuals that we might give out the oil that you have given to us, in order for us to receive more. We set before you this day of service. The other messages that are coming, we ask that you bless Pastor Sankey's presentation this day. Bless the work that we are doing with the recording and the LiveStreaming, and let us do what we do for you today safely, in a way that will glorify you. We ask in Jesus's name, amen.