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Habakkuk's Two Tables #56
PART SIX: 1989
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us together for worship this morning. We thank you for a good night's rest. And as we take up this study, we ask that you would grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit. I would ask that you hide me behind your cross, that you would take control of the thoughts and the ideas that I have, that what is expressed would be truths from the Throne Room on High that have been purified with a coal from off the altar, that the words expressed would do their work of edification of your people, better preparing them with a message to share with those that they come in contact with and giving them more power in their lives that they might finish the work of character development that you have called us into. As we open your Word now, we want to understand the conclusion of the last six verses of Daniel 11. We ask that you would help to do this. In Jesus's name, amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: All right. We are looking at 1989 as the conclusion of William Miller's dream, and we are identifying 1989 as the Time of the End for the final Reform Movement. Sister White tells us that every Reform Movement in sacred history parallels each other. She says that in The Great Controversy. And every Reform Movement begins with a Time of the End, and we have identified that the Time of the End is a fulfillment of a prophecy that sheds light upon that particular generation and tests that generation.
And the classic illustration of the Time of the End is 1798. Daniel, chapter 12, the Time of the End, the Papacy received a deadly wound. There is your prophetic fulfillment. At that point the Book of Daniel was unsealed to the Millerites. There was an increase of knowledge, and that increase of knowledge from the fulfilled prophecy tested that generation.
By the time you get to October 22, 1844, there are two classes of worshippers demonstrated. One class continues to send their prayers to the Holy Place, and Satan answers their prayers. The other class follows Christ by faith into the Most Holy Place and become the beginnings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In the Millerite History, from 1798 to 1844, you have the Everlasting Gospel accomplished, and the Everlasting Gospel is the work of Christ in producing two classes of worshippers, based upon the introduction of a prophetic testing message, and that prophetic testing message comes in three steps.
All of this we have already put in place.
So, what we are saying is that for this final generation, because there is a special testing message for every generation, that the Time of the End is 1989 and that the fulfillment of the prophecy that marks the beginning of this generation and that unseals the testing message for this generation was the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, in fulfillment of Daniel 11, verse 40.
If you have your Bibles, if you look at Daniel 11, verse 40, we have already dealt with this in detail but we are going to give an overview of it before we take up verse 44.
Daniel 11, verse 40, says,
"40And at the time of the end"—
We showed from the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy that the Time of the End is 1798.
—"40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:"—
That word push means war against.
The "him" there and is the subject of the prior verses, the King of the North.
The King of the South in Daniel 11 is the power that controls Egypt. The King of the North is the power that controls Babylon. After the cross, you are looking for the power that controls spiritual Egypt and spiritual Babylon; and, in Revelation 11, verse 8, spiritual Egypt is atheistic France; and, in Revelation 17 spiritual Babylon is the Papacy.
So, verse 40 is saying that in 1798 shall atheistic France begin a war against the Papacy, as it did by delivering the deadly wound. 1798 is the mark of the beginning of the Reform Movement for the Millerites.
But the verse continues on and says,
—"and the king of the north shall come against him"—
There shall come a time when the Papacy shall retaliate against the King of the South, and the King of the South is the king of Atheism in this verse. We have spent time showing that. And when the Papacy retaliates against the king of Atheism at the end of the world, it is no longer atheistic France; it is the new king of Atheism. It is the Soviet Union.
It says,
—"and the king of the north [the Papacy] shall come against him"—
And if you remember, this "come against," the Hebrew means not only a mighty sweeping away but it means to ascend. This is to restore the lost ascension of the man of sin. One of the characteristics of Satan and of the Papacy in the Bible is that they are the powers that ascend. This is the final ascent of the Papacy to the throne of the Earth, before he comes to his end with none to help here in verse 45.
So, it says,
—"shall come against him [the King of the South (the Soviet Union, the king of Atheism)] like a whirlwind,"—
And every historian—we looked at the historians' comments on how rapidly the Soviet Union was swept away, like a whirlwind. In fact, one of the magazines gives a chronology of the sweeping away of the Soviet Union. The title of that magazine was "Days of a Whirlwind." It was swept away almost overnight.
And when the Papacy came to sweep away the Soviet Union, it brought with it
—"with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;"—
And chariots and horsemen in Bible prophecy represent military strength, and ships represent economic strength; and, the historical record is that the way that the Soviet Union was swept away was through an alliance between the United States and the Vatican. And the United States supplied the military and economic power to bring down the Soviet Union; therefore, the United States is represented as the chariots and the horsemen and the ships in this passage.
And it says,
—"and he shall enter into the countries,"—
Whoever the King of the South is when it is swept away, it is a confederacy of countries; and, sure enough, in 1989 when the Soviet Union (the king of Atheism) was swept away by an alliance between the United States and the Vatican, the Soviet Union was made up of several countries.
—"and shall overflow and pass over." Daniel 11:40 (KJV).
And the power in Bible prophecy that conquers by overflowing is the Papacy. Bible prophecy teaches us that the Papacy conquers as the Euphrates overflows its banks. It is one of the characteristics of the Papacy.
So, Daniel 11, verse 40, is identifying the beginning of the reestablishment of Papal power at the end of the world. And the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989 marks the Time of the End for the final generation.
And as Sister White says in The Great Controversy,
"The events connected with the close of probation and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But multitudes have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed. Satan watches to catch away every impression that would make them wise unto salvation, and the time of trouble will find them unready." {GC 594.1}
"Satan watches to catch any glimpse that they may have to understand these truths." That is a paraphrase of the last part of this verse, especially.
We have looked at that quote from The Great Controversy, and the events connected with the close of probation are the events in the last six verses of Daniel 11, because they are the events that lead to Michael standing up in Daniel 12:1. And Sister White tells us that when Michael stands up, human probation closes.
So, in the passage where Sister White speaks about the events connected with the close of probation, she has just premised that comment on the fact that the reason that the Disciples in the time of Christ did not understand what was going to happen at the cross was that even though they had been plainly told what was going to happen at the cross, they did not understand because they were holding onto preconceived ideas.
And then she jumps into our generation and says the events connected with the close of probation have been clearly revealed; and, what we have been doing here over the last several presentations is giving a clear revelation of the last six verses of Daniel 11, which are the events that lead to Michael standing up, to the close of probation.
"But multitudes" in Adventism, just like the Disciples in the time of Christ, "have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed."
This truth, the return to the throne of the Earth by the Papacy, is the very truth that is designed to test Adventists; because, Adventists are the people that are going to give the Three Angels' Messages, and the Third Angel's Message is identifying who the Beast is and what his mark is. And when he returns to enforce that mark, we are the people that are going to stand and identify who and what that is all about. But, if we do not understand the prophetic events that are identifying his return to the throne of the Earth, then we certainly are not the messengers that are going to proclaim the Third Angel's Message.
So, this passage here is part of the prophetic testing message that will produce two classes of worshippers in Adventism. One class will identify the work of the Papacy returning to the throne of the Earth, and the multitudes in Adventism "will have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed."
Verse 41, the second step in this sequence of events, the Papacy now is going to conquer the glorious land.
"41He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon." Daniel 11:41 (KJV).
The word glorious means a sense of prominence. The most prominent country in the world at this time is the United States, and verse 41 is identifying The Sunday Law in the United States.
And it says many countries will be overthrown; but, the word countries in verse 41 is supplied: many people will be overthrown, and we have shown that the many people that will be overthrown at The Sunday Law in the United States are those people in the United States that will be held accountable to the light of Sabbath and Sunday; and, those that are held accountable to the light of Sabbath and Sunday are Seventh-day Adventists.
Those Christians outside of Adventism that have not heard the distinction between Sabbath and Sunday will not be accountable to the light of Sabbath and Sunday when The Sunday Law arrives; therefore, in verse 41, when the King of the North conquers the United States at The Sunday Law, the many that are overthrown are Seventh-day Adventists that have not prepared a character for the Seal of God; and, therefore, they are going to receive the mark of the beast.
But, it goes on and says, "but these shall escape out of his hand," "his" being the Papacy. These are going to escape from the Papacy's hand, and we talked about this word escape. It means escape as if by slipperiness; but, primarily it means whatever it escapes from, it has prior to that escape been under the control of. And what I mean by that, the most essential ingredient of this Hebrew word escape is that it is identifying that there was some kind of control that you escape from when you escape. So, these people that are escaping from the hand of the Papacy, prior to The Sunday Law in the United States, they have been in the hand of the Papacy.
And the Papacy at the end of the world is threefold. Modern Babylon in Revelation 16, verse 19, is divided into three parts; and, in verse 12 those three parts are the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet. Modern Babylon is threefold in nature: it is the Vatican [the Beast], the United States [the False Prophet], and the United Nations [the Dragon]; it is Spiritualism [the Dragon], apostate Protestantism [the False Prophet], and Catholicism [the Beast].
And when Daniel represents the threefold nature of modern Babylon, he calls them Edom, Moab, and Ammon. And in verse 41 those that escape the hand of the Papacy at The Sunday Law in the United States are those people that begin to come out of Babylon; because, in Daniel 11:41 at The Sunday Law in the United States, you also are fulfilling Revelation 18:4, and Revelation 18:4 says, "Come out of her my people."
At The Sunday Law in the United States, those Seventh-day Adventists that have prepared their character for the Seal of God, they receive the Seal of God. They receive the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit and begin to say, "Come out of Babylon!" And God's other children that are still in Babylon, represented in a threefold nature and by Daniel in verse 41 as Edom, Moab, and Ammon, they begin to respond to the call, "Come out of Babylon," and they come out and stand with God's people.
When Pagan Rome conquered the world, it had to conquer three geographical areas. Daniel 8, verse 9; and Daniel 11, verses 14 through 16, uphold this truth. It had to overcome Palestine, Egypt, and Syria.
Let us go to Daniel 8:9—let me get it in my head here—the South (Egypt), the East (Syria), and the pleasant land (Israel).
(Clears throat), still sweating this cold out.
When Pagan Rome took control of the world, it had to conquer three geographical areas, and then it ruled the world for how long, supremely? There is a time prophecy on how long Pagan Rome would rule the world in Daniel 11:24. It would rule for 360 years. It conquered those three entities at the Battle of Actium in 31BC, and it was invincible for the next 360 years, until Constantine divided the Empire between East and West in the year AD330 (360 years later right on the nose!).
But Pagan Rome began to rule supremely after it had conquered three geographical areas: Syria, Israel, and Egypt. And then it ruled supremely.
So, too, with the Papacy. Before the Papacy ruled supremely for 1260 years, three geographical areas had to be overcome, the three horns: the Heruli, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths.
Therefore, in Daniel 11:40-45, we are not speaking about Pagan Rome or Papal Rome. We are speaking about modern Rome, and modern Rome will have three geographical areas that it needs to overcome.
The first of those geographical areas is verse 40 of Daniel 11: it is the Soviet Union.
The second of those three geographical areas is verse 41: it is the United States.
And the third of those three geographical areas is verse 42: Egypt.
"42He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape." Daniel 11:42 (KJV).
And Egypt was a very easy symbol for us. Egypt represents the entire world. Of course, that is what the Spirit of Prophecy says: first, the United States, and every country on the Globe will follow her example. So, the three geographical areas that modern Rome will have to overcome are (1) the Soviet Union, (2) the United States, and (3) the United Nations, the entire world.
Okay. We have been bringing all kinds of lines of prophecy to establish this. And in verse 42 the Papacy (the King of the North) conquers the world, and they find no escape.
And this is a different Hebrew word [escape] than the Hebrew word translated as escape in verse 41. This Hebrew word in verse 42 identifies they will find no escape. The entire world is going to come under the authority of a One World Government that has the Pope of Rome seated on top of it as the moral authority.
And then in verse 43 it continues the story of the conquering of Egypt, and it says,
"43But he [the Papacy] shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt:"—
This tells us at least two things. It tells us that he is going to come in control of the financial structure.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible inquiry).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We have not started the notes yet. I am just getting prepared to get to the notes.
He is going to have control over the financial structure of the world; and, this, of course, is how Seventh-day Adventists understand it; because, we know that the Pope of Rome is going to forbid you to buy or sell except that you have the mark of the beast. That is the financial structure of the world.
—"and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps." Daniel 11:43 (KJV).
Which means to march with him, which means they are going to be in unity. And, the Libyans and Ethiopians represent the rich and the poor in the world, and they represent the military strength of the world.
So, here in verse 43, the same ally that was given to it in verse 40 with the United States, when the United States gave its chariots, horsemen (its military strength), and ships (its economic strength), here in verse 43 when it conquers the entire world, you see it given the economic strength with the silver and gold and precious things, and the military strength with the Libyans and Ethiopians: the deadly wound is healed.
Once the third geographical obstacle is conquered, it rules supremely: for Pagan Rome, for 360 years; for Papal Rome, for 1260 years. And time is no longer, so there will be no time element to this.
And one other thought: When was it that the Egyptians were willing to give away their gold and silver and precious things? When the plagues were falling [during the time related in the Book of Exodus just prior to Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt].
And we know that when The Sunday Law comes to the United States in verse 41, national apostasy will be followed by national ruin. And if there is national ruin in the United States, if the United States sneezes the entire world gets a cold. If there is national ruin in the United States, the whole economic structure of the Planet is going to crash, and it is in that scenario that Daniel illustrates verse 43, when the Papacy is given the gold and silver and precious things of Egypt, thus telling us that the world is willing to seek some divine deliverer from a tremendous crisis that began back in verse 41 at The Sunday Law in the United States. This is just ahead of us.
In verse 44, now, it is going to emphasize the message.
In verse 44, now we will go to our notes.
"44But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many." Daniel 11:44 (KJV).
Tidings
Tidings is a message. You can see a nice illustration of tidings in The Acts of the Apostles, page 48.
"What was the result of the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost? The glad tidings of a risen Saviour were carried to the uttermost parts of the inhabited world." The Acts of the Apostles, 48.
So, there is a message from the East and the North that is going to trouble the Papacy, and he is going to "go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many."
I have not spent the time that I sometimes do with the Hebrew words there about utterly make away many, but that means death. Okay? Not just death but there will be martyrs in this phrase, "he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many."
And why will he do so? Because, there is a message from the East and the North that troubles him. So, the message from the East and the North, now, it is only in two verses where you see Michael standing up. We are in verse 44, and we have verse 45, and then you have Daniel 12:1, and Daniel 12:1 says, "And at that time shall Michael stand up, . . ."
So, in Daniel 12:1, when Michael stands up, it is actually saying, "Somewhere back there in verse 45 or verse 44 that is where human probation closes." So, verse 44 is right at the end of the world, before human probation closes. And some people that fight this Message will tell you the tidings of the East and the North is some obscure message that they really do not know what it is, but it cannot be important because it is not the Third Angel's Message, because the Third Angel's Message is what Adventists are to proclaim.
And those people that make that kind of foolish argument do not understand God's Word. God's Word is line upon line. If you have a message marked in the prophecies that is being proclaimed right before probation closes, the only message that it can be is the Third Angel's Message; because, 1 Corinthians 14:32-33 says, "And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." One prophet is not going to mark the message of the hour just before probation closes and be in disagreement with how John the Revelator marks the message of the hour in Revelation 14, just before probation closes. They are the same message!
East and North
The Message of Christ's Righteousness—Isaiah 41:2, 25-27
But, the message of the East and the North is designed to teach different aspects of the Third Angel's Message; and, it is when you look at what the East represents in the Scriptures and what the North represents in the Scriptures that you get a broader view of what the Third Angel's Message really is.
And this is just briefly [an overview]. All we are doing here is putting an understanding of the last six verses of Daniel 11, so we can go back on Sunday and onward and start defending that. We are just putting our argument in place.
So, I am telling you what I am saying about East and North here this morning is a brief overview.
Go to Isaiah 41 in your Bibles.
Isaiah 41, we are looking at East and North, because we want to know what the Message of the East and North is that so infuriates the Papacy that it starts to kill people again, for the second time.
Verse 2 of Isaiah 41 says,
"2Who raised up the righteous man from the"—
Where?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: East.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: And who is the righteous man here?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes, but who is it, also? It is Clovis(stet); but, it is Christ.
But, the point being is, what kind of man is this?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A righteous man.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: A righteous man.
So, the righteous man from the East, the East is symbolizing what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: You mean Cyrus, not Clovis, right?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Oh, yes! I'm sorry. I meant Cyrus, not Clovis.
I stand corrected. Good on you!
Who is Clovis?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: King of France.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: King of France, AD496; different guy all together, who does NOT symbolize Christ. Cyrus does.
So, what does the East represent here in verse 2, if you are going to put it in a message in the terminology of Adventism? Righteousness by Faith.
—"2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow." Isaiah 41:2 (KJV).
Verse 25 through 27:
"25I have raised up one from the north,"—
I thought he was raised up from the East?
This is the same Guy, by the way; but, in verse 2 He was raised up from the East and here in verse 25 it says, "I have raised up one from the north."
—"and he shall come: from the rising of the sun"—
And where is "the rising of the sun"?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The East.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The East. Christ is the man from the East and the North.
When you are dealing with the righteousness of Christ, you are dealing with the East and the North; so, the message of the East and the North that causes the Papacy such grief is the message of Christ's Righteousness.
—"25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? And beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? Yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words, 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth"—
What?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Good tidings.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"good tidings." Isaiah 41:25-27 (KJV).
The good tidings is the message of Christ's Righteousness.
And Sister White tells us plainly that the message of Jones and Waggoner was the message of Christ's Righteousness, and she also says that the message of Jones and Waggoner was the Third Angel's Message; she also says it was the Laodicean message; it was the Latter Rain message. The message of the East and the North is a symbol of Christ's righteousness, which is the Third Angel's Message. This is what troubles the Pope of Rome and begins the persecution.
But, it is not simply that. It is the sealing message, also. The East represents the sealing message.
East
The Sealing Message—Revelation 7:2-3
Is this Thursday?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Yes, it is.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. We are going to deal with this a little more in-depth on Sunday, Lord willing, this part that we are dealing with right here, Revelation 7; but, we will put this much into the record here, verses 2 and 3.
"2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. 3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." Revelation 7:2-3 (KJV).
So, the message that comes from the East is what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The sealing.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the sealing message. It is the message that seals the 144,000. This is the message that enrages the Papacy in Daniel 11, verse 44.
But, you cannot get away from it: only someone that does not want to see it, only someone that has not been studying the Word of God. If you do not study the Word of God, you do not become familiar with the truth, that there are no accidents in the Bible. It is not that the Lord mechanically orchestrated the Bible, but He still controlled the production of the Bible to the very letter.
So, when you see verses 2 and 3, what are these four angels told? What are they told not to do, in verse 3? ". . . Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
You cannot get away from the fact that this command not to hurt the trees and the earth is the sealing message, and it comes from the East.
And go to Revelation 9, verse 4. This is what is amazing to me, that God's people think that maybe verse 4 is some kind of an accident. It cannot be an accident. God does not make any accidents.
Verse 4 of Revelation 9 says,
"4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." Revelation 9:4 (KJV).
If you cannot see a connection between that verse and Revelation 7, verse 2 and 3, then you are just not willing to see.
Of course, we understand that here in verse 4 of Revelation 9, this is the command of Abu-Bakr, in the history of the Fifth Trumpet, when he told the Islamic military that he sent forth, "When you go forth, you are going to find two kinds of Christians. One kind of Christian keeps the Seventh-day Sabbath, leave them alone. Hurt not those that have the Seal of God. But, these Catholic Christians that keep Sunday, you tell them to submit to Allah; and, if they do not do it, cut their head off." That was the command of Abu-Bakr that is referenced in Daniel 9, verse 4, and you cannot get away from the fact that there is a connection between Revelation 9, verse 4, and the sealing message of Revelation 7, verse 2 and 3.
For those in Adventism that do not understand that the sealing message has to do with Islam, there is a darkness that is upon them that is going to cost them their eternal life, if they do not shake that darkness off.
Back to our notes.
The East, what we are saying, represents the sealing message.
The East and the North, together, represents the Righteousness of Christ.
The Message of the Second Coming
But, the East also represents the Second Coming of Christ.
In The Great Controversy, page 640, Sister White says,
"Soon there appears in the"—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: East.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —east a small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand. It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. The people of God know this to be the sign of the Son of man." The Great Controversy, 640.
Okay. So, the East also represents the message of Christ's Second Coming.
1 Kings 18:38-46
And when we see this sign—if we are faithful and alive—when we see this sign, where has this experience been prefigured for us?
1 Kings 18, where we can find the sign of the Second Coming.
1 Kings 18, beginning in verse 38, says,
"38Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God. 40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
"41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, 43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not. 45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel." 1 Kings 18:38-46 (KJV).
Of course, we dealt with the illustration of Elijah and placed it down at the end of the world more than once in our studies; but, the sign of the East and the sign of the cloud in the East, that is the sign of Christ's Second Coming.
North
What about the North? What is the message of the North that enrages the Papacy?
And, of course, that also has many lines of truth; but, the primary one is the message of the King of the North, the message that the King of the North in Daniel 11, verse 40 through 45 is the Papacy.
And why would that enrage the Papacy? Because, when this message is opened up, it is going to tell the whole world who the King of the North is.
Here is a passage from The Great Controversy to make this point, if you do not already understand it, beginning at page 605.
"Heretofore those who presented the truths of the third angel's message have often been regarded as mere alarmists."—
Have you ever been called an alarmist?
I would think that if you have not been called an alarmist, then you are not preaching the right message.
—"Their predictions that religious intolerance would gain control in the United States, that church and state would unite to persecute those who keep the commandments of God, have been pronounced groundless and absurd. It has been confidently declared that this land could never become other than what it has been—the defender of religious freedom. But as the question of enforcing Sunday observance is widely agitated, the event so long doubted and disbelieved is seen to be approaching, and the third message will produce an effect which it could not have had before."—
This is just prior to The Sunday Law.
Continuing on:
—"In every generation God has sent His servants to rebuke sin, both in the world and in the church."—
Does that mean at the end of the world the Lord is going to raise up servants that are going to rebuke the sin in the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is how I understand the English of this; because, God never changes. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
——"In every generation God has sent His servants to rebuke sin, both in the world and in the church. But the people desire smooth things spoken to them, and the pure, unvarnished truth is not acceptable. Many reformers, in entering upon their work, determined to exercise great prudence in attacking the sins of the church and the nation. They hoped, by the example of a pure Christian life, to lead the people back to the doctrines of the Bible. But the Spirit of God came upon them as it came upon Elijah, moving him to rebuke the sins of a wicked king and an apostate people; they could not refrain from preaching the plain utterances of the Bible— doctrines which they had been reluctant to present. They were impelled to zealously declare the truth and the danger which threatened souls. The words which the Lord gave them they uttered, fearless of consequences, and the people were compelled to hear the warning.
"Thus the message of the third angel will be proclaimed. As the time comes for it to be given with greatest power, the Lord will work through humble instruments, leading the minds of those who consecrate themselves to His service."—
When is it given with the greatest power?
Divine Symbol
Descends
Sunday Law
Sprinkling of
Latter Rain Full Outpouring
of Holy Spirit
Figure No. 105.
Just to remind us, I know that most of us may know this but in these histories that are all the same, there is a point where the Divine Symbol comes down, is there not?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In the history of Moses, this is where the Lord comes down and confronts Moses with circumcision, the test of circumcision.
A test is marked when the Divine Symbol comes down [see Figure No. 105].
And Moses said, "The Lord thy God is going to raise up a prophet like unto myself," and that prophet was Christ. And Christ is here in his story when a Dove comes down; and, the testing of this history begins right after his baptism, and baptism is replacing circumcision, which was Moses's test, and Jesus immediately went into the wilderness to be tested of the Devil.
So, we know that when the Divine Symbol comes down in each of these histories, as did the Angel of Revelation 10 on August 11, 1840; whenever the Divine Symbol is marked as descending, as Michael descended and dealt with Cyrus at this very point in the history of the Three Decrees at the beginning of the 2300 Days, that a testing process begins and a message is empowered.
But, as we look closely at this, if you remember, this begins the sprinkling of the Rain. There is a sprinkling, because what happened when Christ was resurrected? Who did He see first?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Mary.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Mary.
And what did He tell Mary?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: "Do not touch me."
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "Do not touch me," why?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He had not yet ascended.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He had not ascended. He had to ascend.
So, He ascended to His Father; and, on that very same day He came back down, did He not?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, He descends on that very same day to His Disciples, and He breathes upon them.
And what did Sister White say about that breathing? It was as a few drops before the full outpouring on Pentecost. Pentecost is where the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit takes place.
We have marked that in each of these histories the outpouring of the Holy Spirit comes in two parts, from the sprinkling to the full outpouring.
And Pentecost was the time of Christ, and in Testimonies, volume 5, page 214, Sister White lines up Pentecost with The Sunday Law. So at The Sunday Law in the United States is where the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit is going to begin. We have put that in the record repeatedly.
So, when Sister White says—we are at the second paragraph [of your notes],—
—"Thus the message of the third angel will be proclaimed. As the time comes for it to be given with greatest power,"—
When is the time is it going to be given with the greatest power? The Sunday Law, The Sunday Law.
The previous paragraphs we are saying "as the events so long doubted and disbelieved is seemed to be approaching," this is on this side [before] The Sunday Law. But, as the time comes for the full outpouring,
—"the Lord will work through humble instruments, leading the minds of those who consecrate themselves to His service."—
The laborers will be qualified rather by the unction of His Spirit than by the training of literary institutions. Men of faith and prayer will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal, declaring the words which God gives them."—
Now, what words are to be given to them?
—"The sins of Babylon will be laid open."—
This is the message of the North. This is the message of the King of the North. They are going to explain why the man of sin is corrupt, and why those in confederation with him are corrupt, and this is going to enrage the King of the North and bring about persecution.
—"The sins of Babylon will be laid open. The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power—all will be unmasked."—
By whom? By the ensign, by the Seventh-day Adventists that have the Seal of God, that receive that Seal at The Sunday Law. They are going to have the privilege and the responsibility of proclaiming the message that all the prophets longed to proclaim.
—"By these solemn warnings the people will be stirred. Thousands upon thousands will listen who have never heard words like these. In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from heaven. As the people go to their former teachers with the eager inquiry, Are these things so? the ministers present fables, prophesy smooth things, to soothe their fears and quiet the awakened conscience."—
Sounds like the time of Noah: "It's not going to rain. It has never rained! I don't know what those clouds are, but it is not going to rain."
—"But since many refuse to be satisfied with the mere authority of men and demand a plain 'Thus saith the Lord,' the popular ministry, like the Pharisees of old, filled with anger as their authority is questioned, will denounce the message as of Satan and stir up the sin-loving multitudes to revile and persecute those who proclaim it."—
The message of the East and North is going to trouble him, and "he is going to go forth with fury to destroy, and utterly make away many."
—"As the controversy extends into new fields and the minds of the people are called to God's downtrodden law, Satan is astir. The power attending the message will only madden those who oppose it. The clergy will put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light lest it should shine upon their flocks. By every means at their command they will endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and, in this work, papists and Protestants unite. As the movement for Sunday enforcement becomes more bold and decided, the law will be invoked against commandment keepers. They will be threatened with fines and imprisonment, and some will be offered positions of influence, and other rewards and advantages, as inducements to renounce their faith. But their steadfast answer is: 'Show us from the word of God our error'—the same plea that was made by Luther under similar circumstances. Those who are arraigned before the courts make a strong vindication of the truth, and some who hear them are led to take their stand to keep all the commandments of God. Thus light will be brought before thousands who otherwise would know nothing of these truths." The Great Controversy, 605–606.
So, the message of the North is the message that exposes who the King of the North is, and this enrages him.
Isaiah 14:13-14
Go to Isaiah 14:13-14. It is in your notes.
"13For thou hast said in thin heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." Isaiah 14:13-14 (KJV).
Satan has desired to be God, and in his attempt to do so he has built the Catholic Church that this may be the worldwide structure that he can take control of when he appears as Christ. He also needs a worldwide civil structure, which is the United Nations. Both of these are in place, and it is through this combination that he is going to persecute those who give this Final Warning Message.
We have read previously from Selected Messages, book 2, page 102:
"The scenes connected with the working of the man of sin are the last features plainly revealed in this earth's history. The people now have a special message to give to the world, the third angel's message." Selected Messages, book 2, 102.
The last six verses of Daniel 11 are the last scenes of Earth's history; because, in Daniel 12:1 Michael stands up. Human probation closes. The last six verses of Daniel 11 are the story of the man of sin, the final story of the man of sin; and, the Third Angel's Message is given in this time, but in the last six verses of Daniel 11 the Third Angel's Message is represented by Daniel as the East and the North in order to identify a broader understanding of what the Third Angel's Message is.
Judgment
Jeremiah 6:22; Ezekiel 29:18-21; Isaiah 10:5-6
The message of the North is also the message of Judgment.
Jeremiah 6:22
If you will go to Jeremiah 6:22, the North is not simply the King of the North. God's Word is infinite; it is not human.
In chapter 6, verse 22, it says,
"22Thus saith the Lord, Behold a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth." Jeremiah 6:22 (KJV).
Okay. These people from the North country is being raised up by God.
Ezekiel 29:18-21
In Ezekiel 29, what are they being raised up for? They are being raised up to accomplish judgment upon God's people. Ezekiel 29, verses 18 through 21:
"18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages,"—
The Lord is going to pay Babylon for doing His work. He is the tool in God's hand in order to judge His people.
—"every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 19Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God. 21In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord." Ezekiel 29:18-21 (KJV).
What I am wanting you to see here is that the King of the North is the Papacy; but, the Papacy accomplishes judgment. So, the North also represents judgment.
And, of course, we know that the Third Angel's Message is the Judgment Hour Message. But, here in this passage, please notice: What was the payment for the Papacy; what does the Lord give the Papacy for doing the Papacy's dirty work, which was the Lord's will? What is his payment?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Egypt.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Egypt; that is verses 42 and 43 [of Daniel 11]. The King of the North conquers Egypt.
And when does he do so? He tells you in these verses when this takes place. In verse 22, it says, "In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, . . ."
What causes the budding out, in the Scriptures?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Latter Rain.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Latter Rain.
". . . and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; . . ." He is going to give who an "opening of the mouth"? Those people that are receiving the Latter Rain.
And what is their open mouth going to say? It is going to say the message of the East and the North (the Third Angel's Message).
And what is that message going to do? It is going to enrage the Papacy, and the Papacy is going "to go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many." (Daniel 11:44, KJV).
Destroy
To destroy; what does it mean to destroy? That is pretty simple, really; but, we will give a couple of witnesses to it.
Review and Herald, August 22, 1893:
"The whole world is to be stirred with enmity against Seventh-day Adventists, because they will not yield homage to the Papacy, by honoring Sunday, the institution of this anti-Christian power. It is the purpose of Satan to cause them to be blotted from the earth, in order that his supremacy of the world may not be disputed." Review and Herald, August 22, 1893.
Maranatha, page 199:
"When this grand work is to take place in the battle, prior to the last closing conflict, many will be imprisoned, many will flee for their lives from cities and towns, and many will be martyrs for Christ's sake in standing in defense of the truth." Maranatha, 199.
He is going to go forth and utterly make away many.
Early Writings, page 279:
"I was pointed down to the time when the third angel's message was closing. The power of God had rested upon His people; they had accomplished their work and were prepared for the trying hour before them. They had received the latter rain, or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and the living testimony had been revived. The last great warning had sounded everywhere, and it had stirred up and enraged the inhabitants of the earth who would not receive the message." Early Writings, 279.
Who does it enrage? Well, it enrages the inhabitants of the Earth.
Who else does it enrage in verse 44 [of Daniel 11]? It enrages the King of the North, the Papacy. It troubles him; so, he goes forth to utterly destroy and make away many.
The Great Controversy, beginning at page 621:
"The season of distress and anguish before us will require a faith that can endure weariness, delay, and hunger—a faith that will not faint though severely tried. . . . The "time of trouble, such as never was," is soon to open upon us; and we shall need an experience which we do not now possess and which many are too indolent to obtain. It is often the case that trouble is greater in anticipation than in reality; but this is not true of the crisis before us. The most vivid presentations cannot reach the magnitude of the ordeal." The Great Controversy, 621–622.
I would like to tell you how bad it is going to get, but a human being does not have that ability.
Verse 45 [of Daniel 11], and what I am arguing here, my understanding of what I am suggesting is that verses 44, 45, and Daniel 12:1 (the first part) are one thought.
In verse 44 a message enrages the King of the North. That message is symbolically represented as the Message of the East and the North. It is Daniel's way of identifying the Third Angel's Message that is swelling to a loud cry, and we are told that that Message enrages the King of the North (the Papacy) and he goes forth to begin persecution.
And continuing on in this thought in verse 45, Daniel says,
"45And he [the King of the North] shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in [and] the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him." Daniel 11:45 (KJV).
Now, we have spent time describing the seas and the glorious holy mountain previously when we looked at Armageddon.
I am going to keep it a little bit simpler.
MAN OF SIN
Tidings of
East
North
Seas Pope of Rome Glorious Holy Mountain
(People of the World) (Tabernacles of his Palace) (God's Church)
Figure No. 106.
There is more than one sea in the area.
That is the "glorious holy mountain [indicating the drawing on the whiteboard]. And, once again, I am not an artist.
And these are the seas.
And this is the Pope of Rome. He is planting the tabernacles of his palace between the Church (the glorious holy mountain) and the seas.
And Revelation 17:15 tells us what are the seas?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The people.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The people of the world.
But, in verse 44, what has the Church been doing? It has been given a message from the East and the North.
Who is the message for?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The people.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The people in the world.
So, the Church has been sending a message, the Message of the East and the North, to these receivers [the people of the world].
But, the Pope here, he is blocking the message. He is putting himself between the seas and the Glorious Holy Mountain; because, when you consider verses 44 and 45 together, his work is trying to prevent the people of the world from hearing the Final Warning Message.
Let us consider a couple of components of verse 45.
PLANT: Strong's Concordance 5193—to strike in, i.e. fix; spec. to plant (lit. or fig.):—fasten, plant (‑er).
TABERNACLES: Strong's Concordance 168—from 166; a tent (as clearly; conspicuous from a distance): –covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent 166: to be clear: –shine.
PALACE: Strong's Concordance 643—a pavilion or palace-tent:—palace.
TO PLANT: He says he will plant the tabernacles of his palace [See Figure No. 106]. To plant means to fix. He is going to place: this is the tabernacles of his palace. That is my way of representing it.
What is a TABERNACLE?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Church.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is a tent.
And what is a tent?
Why do you say a tabernacle or a tent is the church? What Biblical support do you have for making that claim?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The sanctuary that Moses raised up was a tabernacle. A tabernacle is a church.
But, this tabernacle that he [the Papacy] is going to place in the midst of this situation here, what are the tabernacles of? It is of his palace.
And what is a PALACE?
Who owns a palace?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A king.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: A king.
What is a king?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A ruler.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is a kingdom. Okay? So, when he is going to plant the tabernacles of his palace, the tabernacle is a church, the palace is a state. The issue? The issue here is the combination of church and state. It is the image of the beast. That is what he uses to try to block the Message, and he puts it in between those that are giving the Message and the intended the receivers of the Message.
And it is not an accident that this way of blocking the Message is illustrated in here. The way it is typified in here is typified repeatedly in the Spirit of Prophecy.
Seas
But, in any case, next in your notes, on Revelation 17:15, we all know this.
"15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." Revelation 17:15 (KJV).
So, we are saying he has placed himself between the seas, between the people of the world that need to hear this Final Warning Message of the East and the North. The Papacy places himself between the people of the world and the Church (the people that are giving this Message).
Mountain
Isaiah 2:2-3; Daniel 9:20
The Glorious Holy Mountain, we have already referenced this more than once; but, in Isaiah 2:2-3—how many times do you have to see something in the Scriptures before it to be established?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Two or three.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Upon the testimony of two or three a thing shall be established.
So, in Isaiah 2:2 and the reason why I particular like Isaiah 2:2, it tells you it takes place at the end of the world. And it says,
"2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." Isaiah 2:2-3 (KJV).
So, what is the Glorious Holy Mountain? It is Zion; it is Jerusalem; it is Jacob's house.
And who is modern Israel at the end of the world? Seventh-day Adventists. This is Adventism at the end of the world, Adventism that has been purified at The Sunday Law; because, at The Sunday Law you are going to demonstrate whether you have a character prepared for the mark of the beast or the Seal of God, and there is a separation that takes place, and there is a change that takes place in Adventism as it changes from the Church Militant to the Church Triumphant. And the Church Triumphant, right here [indicating Figure No. 106], this is the Glorious Holy Mountain, and it is proclaiming the Final Warning Message, the Third Angel's Message that Daniel symbolizes by East and North.
Between—Blocking the Message
And the Pope of Rome, his issue over combination of church and state, is blocking the Final Warning Message from its intended receivers.
Notice how many times Sister White uses this same type of scenario.
Manuscript Releases, volume 7, page 215:
"Though being unable to expel God from His throne, Satan has charged God with satanic attributes and has claimed the attributes of God as his own. He is a deceiver, and through his serpentine sharpness, through his crooked practices he has drawn to himself the homage which man should have given to God,"—
And what has he done? What is she talking about now?
She is talking about Satan wanting to be like Christ. But, notice now what she is going to say:
—"has drawn to himself the homage which man should have given to God, and has planted his satanic throne between the human worshiper and the divine Father." Manuscript Releases, volume 7, 215.
Here [The Papacy in Figure No. 106] Satan is planting a throne between the Father [the Church] and the worshippers [the people of the world]. The same scenario as Daniel 11, verse 45. It is identical, and it is telling the same story. It is telling about the method that Satan uses to block the Message.
Notice this next quote, Manuscript Releases, volume 6, page 7.
"Just prior to the coming of the Son of man, there is—and has been for years—a determination on the part of the enemy to cast his hellish shadow right between man and his Saviour." Manuscript Releases, volume 6, 7.
Hellish shadow [indicates the Papacy in Figure No. 106], the Savior [the Church], man [the people of the world]. This is the mode of operation that Satan uses to prevent the Message.
Testimonies, volume 7, page 35:
"Satan will try to interpose himself"—
What is "interpose himself"? Put himself in the middle.
—"and discourage the workers, so as to prevent them from giving the message of light and warning." Testimonies, volume 7, 35.
He is going to stand here and get us discouraged where we do not give the message.
Signs of the Times, March 20, 1901:
"He, the great Teacher, was in the world; He was the light of the world; but Satan interposed his hellish shadow between Him and the souls whom Christ came to save." Signs of the Times, March 20, 1901.
Do you see it? It is always the same.
But, it is not just Satan or the Pope.
Selected Messages, book 2, page 19:
"Formality, worldly wisdom, worldly caution, worldly policy, will appear to many to be the very power of God, but when accepted, it stands as an obstacle to prevent God's light in warnings, reproof, and counsel from coming to the world." Selected Messages, book 2, 19.
So, here is God's light in warnings, reproof, and counsel coming from the Church to the world; but, now it is not the Pope of Rome that is blocking it in this message: it is concepts, "Formality, worldly wisdom, worldly caution, worldly policy." It is the traditions and customs that have been inculcated into Adventism while it has been wandering in the Wilderness of Laodicea that makes them think that it is wrong to do the work of the Lord.
Testimonies, volume 5, page 456:
"The things of the world are their idols. These interpose between the soul and Christ, and the solemn and awful realities that are crowding upon us are but dimly seen and faintly realized." Testimonies, volume 5, 456.
When Christ here [referencing Figure No. 106] is giving me a message, and this is me [the people of the world], the people that are supposed to get the Message, it does not have to be Satan; it does not have to be the King of the North; it does not have to be formality and worldly ideas. It can be my own personal idols that stop this Message from coming.
But, it is still the same literary structure of Inspiration that Sister White over and over uses that is found in Daniel 11, verse 45.
Counsels to Writers and Editors, page 38:
"Let no one run the risk of interposing himself between the people and the message of heaven. The message of God will come to the people; and if there were no voice among men to give it, the very stones would cry out." Counsels to Writers and Editors, 38.
So, it is possible for us to get the idea that we can interpose ourselves between this Message and the world.
Testimonies, volume 9, page 280:
"But when one man allows another to step in between him and the duty that God has pointed out to him, . . . such a man, instead of growing and developing, will lose his spirituality." Testimonies, volume 9, 280.
Selected Messages, book 3, page 386:
"We entreat of you who oppose the light of truth, to stand out of the way of God's people."—
Get out of the way!
—"Let Heaven-sent light shine forth upon them in clear and steady rays." Review and Herald, May 27, 1890.
"Stand out of the way, Brethren."—
Brethren? That usually means the Leadership. Could it be that Leadership could actually stand in the way of the Third Angel's Message?
—"Stand out of the way, Brethren. Do not interpose yourselves between God and His work." Selected Messages, book 3, 386.
It seems to me that the Brethren might take the same position that the King of the North takes there, that Satan takes.
Testimonies, volume 9, page 234:
"The Sabbath is the Lord's test, and no man, be he king, priest, or ruler, is authorized to come between God and man." Testimonies, volume 9, 234.
Testimonies, volume 8, page 94:
"God means just what He says. Man has interposed between God and the people, and the Lord has sent forth the third angel with the message." Testimonies, volume 8, 94.
The Lord is sending forth the Third Angel's Message, but Daniel represents this message as the Message of the East and the North; and, man has interposed himself between the Message and the intended receivers. And the man that does it is the man of sin (the King of the North).
And it is here that he comes to his end with none to help.
Summary
So, all that we have done here over the past probably eight presentations is given the overview of the last six verses of Daniel 11. We have done this to demonstrate that the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 marks the beginning of the events connected with the Close of Probation and that it marks the Time of the End for the 144,000; because, the Reform Movement of the 144,000 has been prefigured by every Reformatory Movement in God's Sacred Word, and all of them began with the fulfillment of a prophecy, which is the Time of the End.
Seventh-day Adventists do not understand this. I agree. They think the only Time of the End there is, is 1798; but, we have clearly put that in place.
So, what we are saying is, is that the message that was unsealed in 1989 connected with these last six verses [of Daniel 11] are the most profound truths in God's Word, and that they are now testing Seventh-day Adventists, and that they are now doing a work of producing two classes of worshippers in Adventism. And at The Sunday Law, those two classes will be demonstrated: one of those classes will receive the mark of the beast, the other will receive the Seal of God; and, therefore, this message is a life or death message.
And on Sunday we will begin our work of demonstrating how sound what we have set forth these last seven or eight worships is, in order to understand that 1989 was the point in time when the Dirt Brush Man began to sweep out the counterfeit rubbish.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we do not want to be among those that interpose ourselves between your message and its intended receivers. We want to understand this message and be part of the Glorious Holy Mountain that proclaims it. We can see that the world is giving evidence that probation is about to close, that The Sunday Law is drawing closer and closer moment by moment; and, we can see evidence that your people are still sleeping on. We ask that you do want it takes to awaken and arouse your people that they might come to grips with this message that you have opened up in 1989 and be prepared to receive the Seal and participate in that work and not be spewed out of your mouth. We thank you for being with this LiveStreaming and this recording so far. We ask for a continued blessing on it, and we thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.