Habakkuk's Two Tables #57

PART SIX: 1989

Presented by Jeff Pippenger

Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, as we begin the study this morning, we ask that you would watch over the work that we are doing with the LiveStreaming and the recording. We ask that you grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit to guide and direct in this study, that you would overrule my humanity and take control of my words and my thoughts that the message conveyed would be one that will glorify and honor you and edify your people. We want to receive your Latter Rain. We want increased understanding of the last six verses of Daniel 11, and we ask that you accomplish that for us now. In Jesus's name, amen.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: This presentation, we have just finished covering the last six verses of Daniel 11, and now we want to begin to make a defense of it.

And some of the ways that we defend it, we are going to go through.

The Beginning and the End

Every Word

Depth

The Spirit of Prophecy

Elijah

Theme

Repetition of History

Connection with Revelation

Structure

One of them is the beginning and the ending. We find in Daniel 11, verse 40, the beginning of the Beast's, the Dragon's, and the False Prophet's march to Armageddon that ends there in verses 44 and 45, between the seas and the Glorious Holy Mountain.

We see the beginning of the Book of Daniel in chapter 1, verses 1 and 2, with the King of the North attacking Jerusalem; and, in these verses we see the end of that story. And that story, of course, in Daniel's last vision is the story of Michael, which is the story of the Great Controversy. When we see Michael, His name means, Who is like unto God?

So, in Daniel 11, verse 40, we have the end of the Great Controversy in terms of human probation still being open. Of those that profess to have an understanding of the last six verses of Daniel 11, we are the only ones in Adventism. This message is the only message in Adventism that addresses every single word in the verses and shows an interconnected relationship to all those words, in agreement with the meaning of the passage.

What we are going to deal with here today—it will take a couple of presentations. It will take this morning and tomorrow—is the depth. And by that I mean, if you are familiar with a computer, in the Windows program you go to a menu, you touch one of the things and it takes you to that place in the Windows, and there you will find another menu where you can hit one of those items on that menu and it will take you further and further. And this is also the way that the last six verses of Daniel 11 works, the way the whole Bible works.

But, each of these symbols in these verses not only takes you to a deeper understanding of God's Word but they tie together the whole passage. We have dealt with the Time of the End being 1798; the King of the South being the Dragon; the King of the North being the Papacy; the chariots, ships, and horsemen being the United States—that being the beginning of the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet leading to Armageddon.

We have identified the "countries"¹⁰ in verse 40 as the many countries of the Soviet Union; and, the overflowing of the Papacy is in agreement with a symbol of the Papacy, the overflowing of the Euphrates.

"He also enters into the glorious land." We have also identified the "glorious land" as the United States, the word glorious in the sense of prominence. The most prominent land in the world is the United States.

We have identified that "many" not "countries" in verse 41: many Seventh-day Adventists will be overthrown at The Sunday Law.

Every word in here we have identified, and every word allows you, if you want to focus on those words to go deeper, when it comes to those that escape out of the hand of the Papacy in verse 41 (Edom, Moab, and Ammon), this is an illustration of modern Babylon (the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet). Only Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon are representing those that escape from modern Babylon in this verse. And when you understand that all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, and that when they are describing the end of the world and God's enemy is illustrated in a threefold fashion, suddenly you find these three enemies represented in a variety of ways throughout the Scriptures.

So, we are talking about depth here. One of the arguments that this is valid is that the truths that we are suggesting are identified in these verses are truths that are deep and profound. When the Papacy conquers the third obstacle, Egypt, in verses 42 and 43, it takes control of the financial structure of the world by taking control of the gold and silver and the precious things. But at the same time that it is talking about taking over the financial structure, it is inferring the time in ancient Egypt when the Egyptians were willing to give up their gold and silver and precious things, thus identifying in agreement with the truth of The Sunday Law in the United States in verse 41 that in verse 41 national apostasy is followed by national ruin, and the destructive judgments of God have begun. So, in verses 42 and 43, the Egyptians are willing to turn loose of their financial structure in order to end the plagues that are falling upon them.

The message of the East and the North, it is very hard for the theologians in Adventism to understand that all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world; and, therefore, a passage such as verse 44 that takes place right before Michael stands up (two verses later in Daniel 12:1), that this particular message has to agree with all the other prophets. It has to be a representation of the Third Angel's Message that is swelling to a Loud Cry. They do not get that. They are using apostate Protestantism's theological style instead of the Rules adopted by William Miller, which are set forth also in Isaiah 28, line upon line, what we call "proof-texting."

But, in verse 44 the message, the tidings of the East and the North, a twofold message, the twofold message of Islam and the Papacy, it will trouble the Papacy. And the word East that we are going to focus on today is to try and emphasize the depth of this passage in Scripture.

The Beginning and the End, Every Word, and the Depth

East

In your notes, in 1 Corinthians 14:32-33, it says,

"³²And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. ³³For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." 1 Corinthians 14:32-33 (KJV).

All the prophets agree with one another. They are all speaking about the end of the world.

Four Winds

And we are going to look at two references to begin with, where the Four Winds are noted and, therefore, in agreement with the fact that all the prophets are subject to the other prophets; and, they are all speaking about the end of the world. These Four Winds have to be the Four Winds of Strife that are restrained when the sealing of the 144,000 begins.

Revelation 7, verses 1-3, says,

"¹And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 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 7:1–3 (KJV).

In Ezekiel 37:9, which is in your notes, it says,

"⁹Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." Ezekiel 37:9 (KJV).

So, there is a breath that comes from these Four Winds that are restrained. And, of course, "the breath" is the same word as Spirit. It is the message that comes from the Four Winds that marks the arrival of the Latter Rain, of the outpouring of the Spirit.

And we want to look at how this relates to the word East in Revelation 7:1-3. There is an angel ascending from the East in connection with restraining these Four Winds.

Strife

What do these four winds represent? Strife.

In The Great Controversy, page 439:

"In Revelation 17 an angel explained that waters represent 'peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.' Revelation 17:15. Winds are a symbol of strife. The four winds of heaven striving upon the great sea represent the terrible scenes of conquest and revolution by which kingdoms have attained to power." The Great Controversy, 439.

So, these Four Winds that are restrained represent strife, and there is a message that comes from these Four Winds that breathes the Spirit upon God's people.

Progressive—Even Now

This strife is a progressive escalation. Notice the next quote from Testimonies, volume 6, page 408.

Everything in end-time Bible prophecy is progressive.

"The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world."—

What is "the restraining Spirit of God"? It is the Spirit of God that is restraining the
Four Winds.

But, the restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. So, there is a restraint that was taking place in Ellen White's day, but it was being lessened. It was being withdrawn.

Continuing on:

—"Hurricanes, storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession. Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. Men cannot discern the sentinel angels restraining the four winds that they shall not blow until the servants of God are sealed; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture." Testimonies, volume 6, 408.

She in other places tells us that when Michael stands up, human probation closes and then the Four Winds are fully released; but, the Winds are slipping through the Angels' fingers, so to speak, even after there is a restraint put upon these Four Winds of Strife.

The Mightiest Angel

Testimonies to Ministers, page 445, speaking of who this angel is that ascends from the East because we are dealing with East, we are trying to show some of the depth in the symbols that are found in the last six verses of Daniel 11. And we are dealing with the message of the tidings out of the East and the North, focusing on the word East.

"If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God's people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature--earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels."—

Would you have thought that the elements of nature are political strife?

—"the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God's church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels"—

Who is the mightiest of angels? It is Michael, is it not, Michael the Archangel.

—"This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God,"—

So, who is the sealing angel?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: Michael.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: Michael.

—"or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.

"Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God's protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. 'Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.'"—

Who is the Sun of Righteousness? He is the one who arises from the sun rising; He is the Sealing Angel. He is the Highest Angel. He is Michael; He is Christ.

—"This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision."—

So, the sealing of Revelation 7 is the sealing of Ezekiel 9.

—"John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men's hearts failing them for fear."—

John saw, she says here, the sealing of God's people.

Where did he see the sealing of God's people? In Revelation 7; and, it is the same as the sealing in Ezekiel 9. He saw the same thing.

But, then she goes a step further, and this is often missed.

—"John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men's hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission." Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

Luke 21

So, what else did John see in connection with the sealing? ". . . the sea and the waves roaring, and men's hearts failing them for fear."

So, what did he see in connection with the sealing? Luke 21.

Luke 21:25-26 says this:

"²⁵And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;"—

When were there signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars? To introduce the Millerite History.

—"and upon the earth distress of nations,"—

What was the distress of nations in the Millerite History? It was Islam in 1838, is when Uriah Smith notes them.

So, in Luke 21 we have introduced the signs that lead to the beginning of Adventism, to the Millerite History, and then it continues on. It says,

—"and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; ²⁶Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken." Luke 21:25–26 (KJV).

Ellen White has just tied together here Luke 21 with the sealing of God's people in Ezekiel 9 and Revelation 7.

The Lord willing, we will deal with that later on.

Review and Herald, December 7, 1897, says,

"The retribution to come upon Jerusalem could be delayed only a short time; and as Christ's eye rested upon the doomed city, he saw not merely its destruction, but the destruction of a world. He saw that as Jerusalem was given up to destruction, so the world will be given up to its doom. He saw the retribution that will be visited on the adversaries of God. The scenes that were transacted at the destruction of Jerusalem will be repeated at the great and terrible day of the Lord, but in a more fearful manner."—

Was there a warning message in the destruction of Jerusalem that was represented by 2520?

Was there a message of doom from the East and the North and from the Four Winds?

Yes, Sister White says there was, and there was a man that went around Jerusalem for how long? Seven years, saying, "Woe, woe."

—"A world is represented in the destruction of Jerusalem, and the warning given then comes sounding down along the line to our time: 'And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring.' Yes, the sea shall pass its borders, and destruction will be in its track. It will engulf the ships that sail upon its broad waters; and with the burden of their living freight, these will be hurled into eternity.

"There will be calamities by land and by sea, 'men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.' In just the same manner that he ascended, will he come the second time to our world. 'And when these things begin to come to pass,'"—

What things? The signs, the signs; when the signs "begin to come to pass, . . .".

—"'And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.'

"In this perilous time, who will be found traitors? Who will choose the friendship of the enemies of Christ? Who will accept the bribery of the world, at the expense of the principles of righteousness? Of such it will be said, 'If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes.' O, if men would only hear the last call of mercy that God has sent to our world, warning them of temperance, righteousness, and judgment to come, truth and light and grace would be given them, to be given to the world.

"But ministers and teachers have resisted the light, refused the grace which God has richly provided for them, and abused the opportunities he has graciously presented to them. He looks from his throne, and sees warnings despised, convictions set aside, and the truth buried beneath the rubbish of tradition. A 'Thus saith the Lord' is counted as an idle tale. Fables are chosen before the truth of heavenly origin. Invitations to repentance and the convictions of the Spirit of God are slighted." Review and Herald, December 7, 1897.

So, what I wanted you to see here is that Sister White ties in Luke 21 with the sealing of Ezekiel 9 and the sealing of Revelation 7. And the angel that seals God's people in Revelation 7 where the four winds are restrained, He ascends from the East.

Ezekiel 37:9, once again says,

In the next presentation we are going to deal with the connection of the winds and the breath, and the children of the East. But here, I just want to point out to you without defending it that this wind in this passage, and breath, are the same [Hebrew] word identifying the outpouring of the Spirit.

When Jesus, after He had ascended, came, and met with the Disciples, He breathed upon them His Holy Spirit. And Sister White commenting on that in John 20 says the act of Christ breathing upon His Disciples was as a few drops before the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

The Latter Rain comes in two phases: the sprinkling, and the full outpouring; but, the breathing in the Scriptures is marking the outpouring of the Spirit.

And, so, when Ezekiel is saying in verse 9, ". . . Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, . . . ." There is a message that comes from the four winds, ". . . O breath, and breathe upon these slain, . . ." And that message of the four winds is the Latter Rain Message.

We want to show you that it is the Latter Rain Message. We want to show you this because there are so many of these "would-be theologians" and theologians in Adventism that they dissect, they use Greek (Greek education). And I do not know exactly the words to define how Greek education works; but, one of the principles that Greek education does is that it will take a sentence and, instead of defining the sentence, it will take the five words in the sentence and it will take it apart into five words, and then it will define the five words instead of defining the sentence. That is the Greek approach to education, and that is what the modern theologians in the various institutions in Adventism do. They use Greek thinking, instead of line-upon-line proof-texting.

So, when they come to the tidings of the East and the North in Daniel 11:44, that comes right before the close of human probation, they cannot figure out that this is Daniel's representation of the Third Angel's Message swelling to a Loud Cry. It is just, "East and North can't be the Loud Cry, the Third Angel." They cannot conceptualize that, because they are so steeped in Greek philosophy.

But, the message that comes when the Four Winds are restrained is the Latter Rain Message. It is when the Lord breathes upon His people, and we want to consider the Latter Rain Message here from the context of line-upon-line proof-texting.

The Valley of Dry Bones

Speaking of A. T. Jones in The 1888 Materials, page 189—and A. T. Jones is one of the messengers of the Latter Rain Message of 1888:

"This church in Battle Creek is like the valley of dry bones."—

Where is the valley of dry bones? That is Ezekiel 37.

What is the Battle Creek Church? It is the premier church of Adventism. This is a statement about Adventism in that day and age.

—"This church in Battle Creek is like the valley of dry bones. They need to be stirred with some power to give them life. Why we have had to work and pray and work even to have Brother Jones obtain a hearing in Battle Creek,"—

They had to twist arms to get a place for Brother Jones to present the message of the Latter Rain in Battle Creek.

—"Why we have had to work and pray and work even to have Brother Jones obtain a hearing in Battle Creek, and many of our leading men were provoked after they heard him talk to think that there were those in responsible positions who would close the door to light and to knowledge, keeping out just what they needed. But I have not time to write more." The 1888 Materials, 189.

Some of the men after they had heard A. T. Jones were irritated that the leadership had been preventing him from presenting his message.

But, his message, most of us will agree, was the Latter Rain Message, and it was being presented to the valley of dry bones; therefore, it was the message of Ezekiel 37, the Message of the Four Winds.

Waggoner and Jones

Speaking of Jones and Waggoner in Testimonies to Ministers, page 91, it says,

"The Lord in His great mercy sent a most precious message to His people through Elders Waggoner and Jones. This message was to bring more prominently before the world the uplifted Saviour, the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. It presented justification through faith in the Surety; it invited the people to receive the righteousness of Christ, which is made manifest in obedience to all the commandments of God."—

Where do you receive the Righteousness of Christ? At the foot of the cross.

—"Many had lost sight of Jesus. They needed to have their eyes directed to His divine person, His merits, and His changeless love for the human family. All power is given into His hands, that He may dispense rich gifts unto men, imparting the priceless gift of His own righteousness to the helpless human agent. This is the message that God commanded to be given to the world. It is the third angel's message, which is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, and attended with the outpouring of His Spirit in a large measure." Testimonies to Ministers, 91.

So, the Third Angel's Message is the Loud Cry Message. It is with a loud voice. ". . . and attended with the outpouring of His Spirit, . . . ." The Third Angel's Message is the Loud Cry. It is the Latter Rain Message.

And many people are very confused over the message of Jones and Waggoner. Ministries have been raised up. People cannot see the truth, because they have some misguided idea that in order for the Latter Rain Message to be repeated, we have to repeat the message of Jones and Waggoner; but, the message of Jones and Waggoner was the Third Angel's Message.

The Third Angel's Message is the Everlasting Gospel; and. the Everlasting Gospel, every time it is illustrated in the Scriptures is a three-step testing message. We have gone through this in this worship series.

THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL

1 2 3

SIN RIGHTEOUSNESS JUDGMENT

Message rejected 1888!

Figure No. 107

The Everlasting Gospel, when Jesus went into the wilderness to be tested, He was tested with three tests. In John 16:8 the work of the Holy Spirit is to convict of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

So, people think that because Sister White put so much emphasis on Jones's and Waggoner's messages being "the message," the Latter Rain Message, that that is all there is; but, if you read carefully what she just said, the message of Jones and Waggoner was to present before men and women the uplifted Savior that they might come to the foot of the cross and confess their sins and receive His Righteousness. That was the first step of a three-step testing process.

Did God's people take the first step in 1888? NO!!! They did not. They rejected the call to come to the foot of the cross.

Therefore, to say the first step of the message which Jones and Waggoner presented, the uplifted Savior, is the Latter Rain Message is to not understand that the Latter Rain Message has three parts. Not only do you have to (1) come to the foot of the cross, confess your sins, and receive His Righteousness, but (2) you have to walk in Righteousness in order to be prepared for (3) the Judgment. 1888 never reached this phase, and it is a counterfeit to suggest that all we have to do to bring in the Latter Rain is to repeat the message of Jones and Waggoner, particularly with all the passages in Inspiration that says that every generation has a new message.

The Third Angel's Message in our day and age will be different than the Third Angel's Message was in [the day of] Jones and Waggoner, although it will possess this three-step testing process, the first test of which is to come to the foot of the cross and shake off your Laodicean experience.

The Loud Cry, The 1888 Materials, page 1710:

"The truth for this time, the third angel's message, is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, meaning with increasing power,"—

Everyone should underline that. The Loud Cry does not mean a specific point in time; it means a progressive period of time,

—"meaning with increasing power, as we approach the great final test." The 1888 Materials, 1710.

So, when did the Loud Cry of the Third Angel's Message begin? Well, Sister White says that the message of Jones and Waggoner is the beginning of the light of the Third Angel that is going to lighten the whole world with His glory. So, some people can say that in 1888 the Loud Cry of the Third Angel's Message began; but, in reality, the increasing light of the Third Angel is what is represented by the Loud Cry; and, the light of the Third Angel arrived on October 22, 1844, and the light connected with the Third Angel has been increasing ever since October 22, 1844. So, the Third Angel's Message, arriving on October 22, 1844, the Loud Cry of the Third Angel actually began there.

And if you do not understand that is what it means, you come up with some crazy ideas sometimes in the application of trying to pinpoint what the Loud Cry message is.

The Laodicean Message

The 1888 Materials, page 1053:

"The message given us by A. T. Jones, and E. J. Waggoner is the message of God to the Laodicean church,"—

"Oh, I thought it was the Third Angel's Message."

"Oh, I thought it was the Loud Cry Message."

"Oh, I thought it was the Latter Rain Message, and now you are telling me it is the Laodicean Message."

No. What I am telling you is if you use the Rules of Prophetic Interpretation adopted by William Miller, called "proof-texting," you will understand that all the prophets are telling the same story; and they are all talking about the end of the world; and that one prophet may express the message of the hour at the end of the world in a different way than another prophet, but it is the same message. The Laodicean Message is the Third Angel's Message; it is the Loud Cry Message; it is the Fourth Angel's Message; it is the Latter Rain Message; it is the Message of the East and the North in Daniel 11:44.

—"and woe be unto anyone who professes to believe the truth and yet does not reflect to others the God-given rays." The 1888 Materials, 1053.

Revelation 18

Selected Messages, book 1, page 362, says,

"The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth." Selected Messages, book 1, 362.

The first thing when the Angel comes down is He convicts of sin at the beginning of the light that is going to fill the whole Earth.

The Latter Rain Message

Review and Herald, April 21, 1891:

"The latter rain is to fall upon the people of God. A mighty angel is to come down from heaven, and the whole earth is to be lighted with his glory." Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.

When the Mighty Angel comes down, this is the Latter Rain Message.

Selected Messages, book 1, page 111, says this:

"Before the work is closed up"—

And we have mentioned this here a few times in this worship series: What is the closing work of Christ in the Sanctuary above? It is the work of blotting out. He is either blotting out your sins, or He is blotting your name out of the Book of Life in the time period of the Judgment of the Living. The Judgment of the Living is the closing work. It is the work of the blotting out.

—"Before the work is closed up and the sealing of God's people is finished, we shall receive the outpouring of the Spirit of God."—

So, does the Spirit of God begin to be poured out before probation closes? Yes! It comes in advance of The Sunday Law. The Sunday Law is where probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists.

—"Before the work is closed up and the sealing of God's people is finished, we shall receive the outpouring of the Spirit of God. Angels from heaven will be in our midst. The present is a fitting-up time for heaven when we must walk in full obedience to all the commands of God." Selected Messages, book 1, 111.

Selected Messages, book 1, page 235, what are we doing here? We are showing that all these messages in the Scriptures—the Latter Rain Message, the Loud Cry Message, the Third Angel's Message—are the same message, just expressed in a different way to teach a different component of that truth; and, to not understand this is to provide yourself with the ridiculous excuse to not understand what the Message of the East and the North is in Daniel 11:44.

"An unwillingness to yield up preconceived opinions, and to accept this truth, lay at the foundation of a large share of the opposition manifested at Minneapolis against the Lord's message through Brethren Waggoner and Jones. By exciting that opposition Satan succeeded in shutting away from our people, in a great measure, the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them."—

If you want to come here [referencing Step 1 of the three-step process of the Everlasting Gospel in Figure No. 107], if you do not look at the uplifted Savior and come to the foot of the cross, you do not get the power of the Holy Spirit.

Why not? Because, you are holding on to preconceived ideas about how the Latter Rain arrives.

—"The enemy prevented them from obtaining that efficiency which might have been theirs in carrying the truth to the world, as the apostles proclaimed it after the day of Pentecost. The light that is to lighten the whole earth with its glory was resisted, and by the action of our own brethren has been in a great degree kept away from the world." Selected Messages, book 1, 235.

Who resists the light of the Latter Rain? Our own brethren. That is what happened in 1888, "nothing new under the sun." It is the leadership, our brethren, that are going to fight the Latter Rain Message, and they are going to do it armed with preconceived customs and traditions that they have received from previous generations.

Manuscript Releases, volume 12, page 205, says,

"What power must we have from God that icy hearts, having only a legal religion, should see the better things provided for them—Christ and His righteousness! A life-giving message was needed to give life to the dry bones." Manuscript Releases, volume 12, 205.

The message of Ezekiel 37:9 that gives life to the dry bones is the Message of Christ's Righteousness.

Adventism

General Conference Bulletin, February 4, 1893:

"I lay down my pen and lift up my soul in prayer, that the Lord would breathe upon his backslidden people, which are as dry bones, that they may live." General Conference Bulletin, February 4, 1893.

Okay. We are the dry bones that need the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that we might come to light.

Review and Herald, November 18, 1902:

"'A straight testimony must be borne to our churches and institutions, to arouse the sleeping ones.'

"When the word of the Lord is believed and obeyed, steady advancement will be made. Let us now see our great need. The Lord cannot use us until he breathes life into the dry bones. I heard the words spoken: 'Without the deep moving of the Spirit of God upon the heart, without its life-giving influence, truth becomes a dead letter.'" Review and Herald, November 18, 1902.

So, what is the straight testimony? The straight testimony to the Laodiceans is what causes the shaking among God's people. Okay? It is the Laodicean Message; it is the message to the dead dry bones that brings them to life.

Review and Herald, January 17, 1893:

"But not only does this simile of the dry bones apply to the world, but also to those who have been blessed with great light;"—

And we have identified this in this worship series, that those who are blessed with great light and opportunities are Seventh-day Adventists.

—"for they also are like the skeletons of the valley. They have the form of men, the framework of the body; but they have not spiritual life. But the parable does not leave the dry bones merely knit together into the forms of men; for it is not enough that there is symmetry of limb and feature. The breath of life must vivify the bodies, that they may stand upright, and spring into activity. These bones represent the house of Israel, the church of God, and the hope of the church is the vivifying influence of the Holy Spirit. The Lord must breathe upon the dry bones, that they may live."—

And when He breathes upon the dry bones, where does the message that is the breath come from? It comes from the Four Winds; and, the Message of the Four Winds begins when they are restrained. And when the Four Winds are restrained, the sealing of the 144,000 begin.

And, the sealing is accomplished by the Angel that ascends from where? The East: the Message of the East and the North, a deep message.

Continuing on:

—"The Spirit of God, with its vivifying power, must be in every human agent, that every spiritual muscle and sinew may be in exercise. Without the Holy Spirit, without the breath of God, there is torpidity of conscience, loss of spiritual life. Many who are without spiritual life have their names on the church records, but they are not written in the Lamb's book of life. They may be joined to the church, but they are not united to the Lord. They may be diligent in the performance of a certain set of duties, and may be regarded as living men; but many are among those who have 'a name that thou livest, and art dead.'

"Unless there is genuine conversion of the soul to God; unless the vital breath of God quickens the soul to spiritual life; unless the professors of truth are actuated by heaven-born principle, they are not born of the incorruptible seed which liveth and abideth forever. Unless they trust in the righteousness of Christ as their only security; unless they copy His character, labor in His spirit, they are naked, they have not on the robe of His righteousness. The dead are often made to pass for the living; for those who are working out what they term salvation after their own ideas, have not God working in them to will and to do of His good pleasure.

"This class is well represented by the valley of dry bones Ezekiel saw in vision." Review and Herald, January 17, 1893.

Okay. If you are working out your own salvation on your own ideas, you are the valley of dead dry bones.

Four Winds and the Day of the East Wind

In Ezekiel 37:9, there is a message. The Latter Rain Message, the Laodicean Message, the Loud Cry, the Third Angel's Message comes from the Four Winds in Ezekiel 37:9 to bring the bodies to life.

In Revelation 7:1-3, these Four Winds are restrained when the sealing begins, and the sealing begins to be accomplished by the Angel that ascends from the East.

And we are looking at the word East.

And in Revelation 7, verses 1 through 3, let us begin in verse 2. It says, "And 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, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."

Only two chapters later, chapter 9, verse 4, speaking of Islam, speaking of the command by Abu-Bakr not to hurt the Sabbathkeeping Christians in the period of the First Woe, the Fifth Trumpet, verse 4 of Revelation 9 says,

"⁹And 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).

To not see this connection between Revelation 9:4 and Revelation 7:1-3 is pretty much blindness. You have a command to not hurt the earth and the sea in Revelation 7. The winds of strife are commanded to not do so until God's people are sealed; and, here in chapter 9, verse 4, there is a power that is told to go ahead and hurt everything except those people with the Seal of God. It is the same line of thought. So, whatever the power is that is going to hurt those that have not the Seal of God in Revelation 9:4, it would be the same power that is in Revelation 7, verses 1 through 3, that is restrained from hurting those with the Seal of God.

And God's helping hand, Uriah Smith, comments on Revelation 9:4, in Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation, beginning at page 500. He says this (Uriah Smith):

"After the death of Mohammed, he was succeeded in the command by Abubekr, A.D. 632, who, as soon as he had fairly established his authority and government, dispatched a circular letter to the Arabian tribes, from which the following is an extract:—'When you fight the battles of the Lord, acquit yourselves like men, without turning your backs; but let not your victory be stained with the blood of women and children. Destroy no palm-trees, nor burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruit-trees, nor do any mischief to cattle, only such as you kill to eat. When you make any covenant or article, stand to it, and be as good as your word. And as you go, you will find some religious persons who live retired in monasteries, and propose to themselves to serve God that way; let them alone, and neither kill them nor destroy their monasteries. And you will find another sort of people that belong to the synagogue of Satan, who have shaven crowns; be sure you cleave their skulls, and give them no quarter till they either turn Mohammedans or pay tribute.'

"'It is not said in prophecy or in history that the more humane injunctions were as scrupulously obeyed as the ferocious mandate; but it was so commanded them.'"—

Do you know what he is saying here? He is just saying, "We can't prove in history that they actually followed the command."

But, in Revelation 9:4 they are given a command. Abu-Bakr gave a command; so, his command fulfills Revelation 9:4, even if those people that were commanded were not perfect in fulfilling the command. There is the historical commandment that fulfills Revelation 9:4.

Continuing on, Uriah Smith says,

—"And the preceding are the only instructions recorded by Gibbon, as given by Abubekr to the chiefs whose duty it was to issue the commands to all the Saracen hosts. 'The commands are alike discriminating with the prediction, as if the caliph himself had been acting in known as well as direct obedience to a higher mandate than that of mortal man; and in the very act of going forth to fight against the religion of Jesus, and to propagate Mohammedanism in its stead, he repeated the words which it was foretold in the Revelation of Jesus Christ that he would say.'"—

And then this is a heading in his chapter.

—"The Seal of God in their Foreheads—In remarks upon chapter 7:1–3, we have shown that the seal of God is the Sabbath of the fourth commandment; and history is not silent upon the fact that there have been observers of the true Sabbath all through the present dispensation. But the question has here arisen with many, Who were those men who at this time had the seal of God in their foreheads,"—in the time of Abu-Bakr— "and who thereby became exempt from Mohammedan [the Islamic] oppression? Let the reader bear in mind the fact, already alluded to, that there have been those all through this dispensation who have had the seal of God in their foreheads, or have been intelligent observers of the true Sabbath; and let them consider further that what the prophecy asserts is that the attacks of this desolating Turkish power are not directed against them, but against another class. The subject is thus freed from all difficulty; for this is all that the prophecy really asserts. Only one class of persons is directly brought to view in the text; namely, those who have not the seal of God in their foreheads; and the preservation of those who have the seal of God is brought in only by implication. Accordingly, we do not learn from history that any of these were involved in any of the calamities inflicted by the Saracens upon the objects of their hate."—

And if you read Wilkerson's Truth Triumphant, you will see more incidents of this. When they went out and attacked Christianity, the Islamic power only attacked the Christianity that kept Sunday and left alone the Sabbathkeeping Christians.

—"They were commissioned against another class of men. And the destruction to come upon this class of men is not put in contract with the preservation of other men, but only with that of the fruits and verdure of the earth; thus, Hurt not the grass, trees, nor any green thing, but only a certain class of men. And in fulfillment, we have the strange spectacle of an army of invaders sparing those things which such armies usually destroy,"—

Usually, if an army is invading a country, it wipes out all its agriculture; because, when it passes through, it does not want the people to have the ability to regain their strength quickly. Typically, an army wipes out all the agriculture; but, they did not do so in this time period, because Revelation 9:4 said, "Hurt not the grass or trees." That is what he is talking about here.

—"And in fulfillment, we have the strange spectacle of an army of invaders sparing those things which such armies usually destroy, namely, the face and productions of nature; and, in pursuance of their permission to hurt those men who had not the seal of God in their foreheads, cleaving the skulls of a class of religionists with shaven crowns, who belonged to the synagogue of Satan.

"These were doubtless a class of monks, or some other division of the Roman Catholic Church. Against these the arms of the Mohammedans were directed. And it seems to us that there is a peculiar fitness, if not design, in describing them as those who had not the seal of God in their foreheads; inasmuch as that is the very church which has robbed the law of God of its seal, by tearing away the true Sabbath, and erecting a counterfeit in its place." Uriah Smith, Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation, 500–502.

The Winds—Ezekiel 37:9; Revelation 7:1-3

So, what we are saying here is that the connection between Revelation 7:1-3, the command to "hurt not the trees or the Earth or any green thing, until we have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads," and Revelation 9:4, to "hurt only those that have not the Seal of God," tells us that the winds that are going to be the strife that causes the destruction is Islam. Okay?

His Rough Wind

Because all the prophets are speaking about the same thing, we have been dealing with Revelation 7:1-3, the four winds, and with Ezekiel 37:9, the four winds. Another connection is found in Isaiah 27:8-9; but, in this connection we are going to see another connection with the word East, and that is what we are dealing with here, is the depth of the last six verses of Daniel 11 and just how deep just one word, East, can go in the Scriptures.

The tidings out of the East and out of the North—and in the next presentation we will explain why the tidings out of the East troubled the Papacy—but, here in Isaiah 27:8-9, and a third witness to these four winds, it says,

"⁸In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind."—

What does it mean to "stayeth"? To restraineth, to hold.

And what is His "rough wind"? Well, all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world and are telling the same story. This is the Four Winds of Strife. He restraineth the Four Winds.

"He stayeth his rough wind," when does He restraineth it? ". . . in the day of the east Wind."

Okay. And "the day of the east wind" is telling us that there is an Angel ascending from the East, the Sealing Angel, in the day of the East wind, when the Four Winds of Strife are restrained.

It goes on to say in verse 9,

—"By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. Isaiah 27:8–9.

You have websites all over the world that are teaching this Message, and you have websites all over the world that are fighting against this Message. You have leadership in the Adventist Church, you have leadership in the self-supporting ministries that are fighting this Message. And this is a fulfillment of prophecy; because, it says, "In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it." This is the debate. This is the shaking of Adventism.

When does the debate begin? It begins in the day of the East wind, the day when the Four Winds are restrained.

ROUGH: Strong's Concordance H7186—From H7185; severe (in various applications):—churlish, cruel, grievous, hard ([-hearted], thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough (-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff ([-necked]), stubborn, + in trouble. H7185: A primitive root; properly to be dense, that is, tough or severe (in various applications): - be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ([ask a], be in, have, seem, would) hard (-en, [labour], -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff (-en, [-necked]).

What does the word ROUGH mean, the day of the rough wind?

H7186 means, churlish, cruel, grievous, hard, severe, fierce. This is the Four Winds of Strife.

And tomorrow in the next presentation, we will begin to show you that the East wind has to do with the children of the East, and the children of the East are Islam, the same power that in Revelation 9:4 was told to hurt not those that have the Seal of God, but only those that do not have the Seal of God. This is the power that is represented by the Four Winds, and they also have a connection with East, because they are the children of the East.

The children of the East, the Sealing Angel of the East, the day of the East wind are all connected with "the tidings out of the East and the North that troubleth him."

And as we go through it, we will show you that in the day of the East wind, Islam begins to collapse the financial structure of Planet Earth, and most certainly this will trouble the King of the North.

Shall we pray?

Benediction: Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are revealing these truths to your people at this time that they might be forewarned and awakened and prepared and provided with a message to share with those in Adventism that they come in contact with. We have a day of work before us. We ask that as we break now and take up our tasks, we will do what we do in according to your will, in a way that will glorify and honor you. We would ask that you would keep us safe. We ask that you will bring us back here for the LiveStreaming again on Sunday morning, and we thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.