Habakkuk's Two Tables #65
PART SIX: 1989
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, as we come before you this morning to bring to a conclusion this section of Habakkuk's Tables, we ask that you help us to bring these final thoughts into a conclusion. We need your Holy Spirit if we are going to understand your Word correctly. We ask that you grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit. We ask that you would overrule my humanity, that the presentation this morning would be a presentation that comes from the Throne Room on high and not from a human being. We ask that you would prepare the hearts and minds of those that hear this presentation to receive it as you have designed. We want your Latter Rain poured out upon us; so, we would ask that you would do that at this time. We thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We are bringing to a conclusion our argument that 1989 is the Time of the End for the Reform Movement of the 144,000, and that every Reform Movement begins with a Time of the End; and, the Time of the End in every Reform Movement is a fulfillment of a prophecy. And it just so happens that Daniel 11, verse 40, not only marks the Time of the End for the Reform Movement of the 144,000 but it marks the Time of the End for the Millerites; because, in 1798 the King of the South (atheistic France) began a war, pushed against the Papacy, delivering the deadly wound. But, at the conclusion of verse 40 we see the modern king of Atheism, the Soviet Union (the [new] King of the South] being swept away by the King of the North (the Papacy) and its ally, its end-time political ally the United States, as represented in the "chariots, ships, and horsemen." We are saying that this is the point in prophecy where the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Dirt Brush Man of William Miller's dream, begins to unseal the prophetic testing message that is the Everlasting Gospel for Seventh-day Adventists here at the end of the world.
And, we went through the verses that follow, Daniel 11:40-45; then, we have compared them with the sequence of events set forth in Revelation 17 and Revelation 13.
We have identified that the last six verses of Daniel 11 are emphasizing the movements of the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet as they lead the world to Armageddon, Armageddon being marked as the point in verse 45 where the King of the North is located between the seas and the glorious and holy mountain when he comes to his end. This is Megiddo; this is Armageddon; and, the King of the North is the representative of modern Babylon (the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet), which are all noted in verse 40, the King of the South being the Dragon; chariots, ships, and horsemen being the False Prophet; the King of the North being the Beast.
The last six verses of Daniel 11 is the story of how modern Babylon leads the world to Armageddon. The last six verses of Daniel 11 are the climax of the Biblical presentation of Michael, and Michael represents the Great Controversy. The name Michael means, Who (is) like God? And when Michael is set forth in the Scriptures, He is always in confrontation with Satan, whether it being in the Book of Jude, or in Revelation 12, or in Daniel 11.
And in Daniel 11, along with the argument about Michael (Who (is) like God?), we also see the subject of the King of the North, the King of the North in the passage being the Papacy; but, the true King of the North is Christ, who is seated in the sides of the North, in the City of the Great King, in Zion. So, the King of the North is also telling the story of Satan's attempt to exalt himself into the Throne Room of God. And it is in Daniel 11 that this story (the Great Controversy) Michael and the counterfeit King of the North all comes to a conclusion.
So, we have been emphasizing the many deep, profound truths that are in these verses that you would expect to see if this truly was the Time of the End, the passage of prophecy that is unsealed to test God's people in the Last Days.
Daniel 11:16-17; 11:31
And we want to show you what I call a literary technique. I do not know if that is the right way to illustrate it; but, if you will, go to Daniel 11, verses 16 and 17. We have dealt with these verses a few times already.
We know that Pagan Rome is first introduced into Daniel 11 in verse 14 as the "robbers of thy people" who exalt themselves to establish the vision; but, they fall.
But, in verse 16, the "robbers of thy people" of Pagan Rome begins to make his conquest of the world; and, we have pointed out that when Pagan Rome takes control of the world, it has to overcome geographical areas, and these are marked in verses 16 and 17 of Daniel 11; and, that is simply a second testimony to Daniel 8, verse 9.
And the literary technique that I am identifying—and there may be a better way to state it—is that when Daniel deals with Pagan Rome, first, first he tells us how Pagan Rome takes control of the world. Okay. That is verses 16 and 17.
And after he identifies how Pagan Rome takes control of the world, then in verse 20, it says, "Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes," and this "raiser of taxes" is Rome calling for a taxation that brings Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem. The point being is, the literary technique is that when Daniel deals with Rome, he first tells us how Rome takes control of the world; and, thereafter, he tells us how Rome interacts with God's people. Okay? Because, if you mark the dates in verses 16 and 17 that Rome is conquering the world—I think they took Syria in 65BC: I could be wrong on that, but it was in the Sixties; then, Israel in 63BC, somewhere in that neighborhood.
But, when was the league with the Jews?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: 162.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: 162BC—these are all BC dates.
So, in actuality, the league with the Jews is formed before this conquering begins; and, what I am saying is that when Daniel is telling us this history, the first thing that he tells us is how Pagan Rome takes control of the world, and then he takes up another subject: "This is how Pagan Rome interacts with God's people during this history."
If you go to Daniel 11:31—we have covered this verse more than once—"And arms shall stand on his part," this is Clovis standing up for the Papacy in AD496, and Clovis and those arms are going to pollute the City of Rome, "the sanctuary of strength," in the warfare that follows thereafter; and those Pagan kings are going to set aside their state religion of Paganism and change it to Papalism, as they take away the Daily in verse 31. And those Pagan kings are going to place the "abomination that maketh desolate"; they are going to place the Papacy on the throne of the Earth in AD538.
So, here, once the Papacy is on the throne of the Earth in AD538 in Daniel 11:31, it is going to rule the world supremely for 1260 years; and, this is where the Papacy becomes the subject. So, the first thing that Daniel does when it comes to Papal Rome is the same thing that he does with Pagan Rome. He first tells us how Papal Rome takes control of the world, and then in verses 32 and onward, we have the persecution of the 1260 years. So, first Daniel tells us how Papal Rome takes control of the world, and then he begins to tell us how Papal Rome deals with God's people; and, he does this both with Pagan Rome and Papal Rome, and this is the same story in Daniel 11:40-45.
In Daniel 11, verses 40 to 43, we see the three obstacles that modern Rome needs to overcome, the three geographical obstacles: the King of the South in verse 40 (the Soviet Union); the glorious land being the United States in verse 41; and Egypt, the entire world, in verses 42 and 43. Once those three geographical areas are subdued, the deadly wound is healed.
So, first, Daniel tells us how modern Rome takes control of the world (verses 40 to 43); and, then in verses 44 and 45, he is going to tell us how Papal Rome is going to interact with God's people; because, "tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth . . . to destroy, and utterly to make away many," in verse 44,4 "yet he shall come to his end," with none to help in verse 45.
Sunday Law Egypt
1798 Msg of East USA (World)
Day of East Wind
1989 9/11/2001
Message of North
DEBATE
Dan 11:40 v. 41 vs. 42-43 v. 44
Figure No. 136
So, in 1798 we have verse 40; and, verse 40 ends at The Sunday Law in the United States, which is verse 41; but this history is verse 40, and we have dealt with this history several times.
But, once Daniel finishes telling us the story over here of when Egypt is conquered, in verses 42 and 43, then he gives us the story of the message of the tidings of the East and the North. All right? And what we are saying here is that "the East and the North" represent a variety of things in God's Word. If you remember, in Isaiah 41, when you see "East and North" together, it represents the righteousness of Christ; because, Christ is the righteous man from the East. He comes from the North and He comes from the rising of the sun in Isaiah 41. So, when you look at "East and North" together, it is the message of Christ's righteousness.
But, the East is the sealing message because the Angel that descends in Revelation 7, He ascends from the East. But, the East is also the message of the Second Coming, "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" (Matthew 24:27 KJV) And, there appears in the East a cloud, a small cloud, in the shape of a man's hand.
So, the East and the North—and I am not touching on all of them—represent many things. But, whatever the East and the North is, it is the message that troubles the Papacy.
So, when we have looked at this history here, from AD1798 to The Sunday Law in the United States, when we have looked at the history of verse 40 we have identified it as also the history of Revelation 13:11; because, Sister White says when the Papacy was robbed of its strength—that is AD1798—John saw a new power rising from the Earth. So, the story of the Earth beast in Revelation 13 begins in AD1798, and it ends when the Earth beast of the United States speaks as a dragon; the same history.
And Isaiah 23, speaking of Tyre, Tyre being the power that commits fornication with all the kingdoms of the Earth, the story of Tyre in Isaiah 23 is the story of Tyre being forgotten for 70 years, which is "the days of one king," and the one king that is symbolizing the 70 years is the history of the United States, which begins in AD1798, in terms of a kingdom in Bible prophecy, and ends at The Sunday Law in the United States.
So, when we look at this history closely, we find that verse 40 has some parallel histories in the Scriptures that take place in verse 40. One of those is the story of Josiah, which is probably the next presentation we are going to do when we return to the work of identifying these two Tables [referring to the 1843 and 1850 Charts] as typified in God's Word. We are going to look at Josiah because there is an important element of the typifications of these two Charts in the story of Josiah.
But, Josiah here represents the leadership of the Adventist Church that rejects the warning message of the war between the King of the South and the King of the North, the long drawn-out war that initially the King of the South is victorious as it pushes against the King of the North; but, ultimately, the King of the North retaliates and sweeps away the King of the South. That is in the story of Josiah, and Josiah rejected that warning message, and where did he end up?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He ended up between the seas and the glorious holy mountain. He came to his end, with none to help, representing the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that rejects the warning message of Daniel 11:40-45.
But, we also looked at Revelation 9, verses 1 through 3, roughly in there, the history of a long, drawn-out war between Rome and Persia; and ultimately when that war ends, this long, drawn-out war being a parallel to the long, drawn-out war between the King of the South and the King of the North in verse 40—and when that war with Rome and Persia comes to an end, it is marking the rise of Islam.
And we are saying that that history that brings Islam into history in the time period of the Fifth Trumpet, the First Woe, because it is based upon a long, drawn-out war between Rome and a two-horn power (Persia is a two-horn power) and the King of the South (France) was a two-horn power, that once this war concludes then you see Islam come into history and we have marked this as 9/11 [September 11, 2001]. So, in the history of verse 40 we see the arrival of the Third Woe.
And, we are saying that this [9/11/2001] is the arrival of the Message of the East that troubles the King of the North. It trouble the King of the North because the East is the children of the East; it is Islam; it is the East wind that sinks the economic structure of Planet Earth, right when Planet Earth is trying to lift up a One World globalist economy, and other factors. They are trying to put in place a One World Monetary System, and right as they are starting this work—you know, you can probably trace it back at least to George Bush I, right after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, right in here [see Figure No. 136]. George Bush I begins talking about a New World Order, and the long, drawn-out war between Persia and Rome comes to an end, and the smoke of Islam returns into history in the Third Woe and begins to sink the ships of Tarshish. And this is the message of the East that troubles the Papacy; because, right when he thinks he is getting to the place where he is going to build this tower into Heaven, it is all going to come tumbling down.
The Message of the North, it begins right in here, too; because, in 1989 the Lion of the Tribe of Judah unseals the message of the last six verses of Daniel 11, which is the Message of the King of the North.
But, the Message of the King of the North that is going to be proclaimed by God's people is the message identifying the corruptions within the Catholic Church and how those corruptions have made their way into the Protestant churches and the political world. It is a denunciation of the Papacy that only escalates as time goes by.
So, what am I saying? I am saying that this [AD1798 to The Sunday Law] is Daniel 11, verse 40. This is the history of verse 40.
This [The Sunday Law] is verse 41.
This [Egypt] is verses 42 and 43. But, when you get to verses 42 and 43, Daniel has told you how modern Rome has taken control of the world. Now he is going to tell us how Rome interacts with God's people during this same history; but, these Messages of the East and of the North here, verse 44, it actually begins back here in verse 40.
Particularly, the persecution is going to begin in earnest at The Sunday Law, but it escalates. It begins first with courtroom scenes and fines and persecution; but, by the time you get to him [the Papacy] conquering Egypt [the world], then it is going to escalate to a Death Decree.
So, the Messages of the East and of the North is the story of how the King of the North interacts with God's people; and, if you are going to understand the Messages of the East and of the North, you need to trace it back to its beginnings, and its beginnings is right here in verse 40. Verse 40 is an unbelievable verse.
Now, let us close this out with an emphasis.
I am a little bit—from my perspective, I cannot know these things really; but, just my human perspective, when I see what is going on with this Message in Adventism today, the controversy, the discussion, the websites, they are about the 2520. Okay? The 2520 seems to be the issue. I disagree with that. I think it is a distraction. I think it is—I think some of the agitation about the 2520 is not just the resistance to the truth about the 2520—that is satanic—but, I believe there is even a role that Satan is doing in agitating the significance of the 2520 that is not really connected with whether he is for or against the truth of the 2520. It has to do with creating an environment, a distraction, for those people that are studying this Message; because,—now, here is my argument—I think the message of 9/11 is not the 2520. That is part of the message which needs to be taught, which needs to be taught clearly; but, the message of 9/11 is Islam.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. Islam is the subject that needs to be internalized by Seventh-day Adventists if they are going to understand the Third Angel's Message. The role of Islam is what is bringing the world to its knees right now.
Isaiah 44:6-7; Genesis 16:12; Revelation 11:18; Luke 21:25
And yesterday—I believe yesterday—we discussed a little bit, briefly, Luke 21, where Sister White compares the sealing of God's people in Revelation 7 and in Ezekiel 9, and says they are both the same sealing; but, she takes phrases out of verse 25 of Luke 21 and connects that with the sealing.
And the distress of nations in Luke 21, verse 25, was the activities of Islam in the 1840 time period that brought about the restraint that was placed upon them by the four great European powers. So, the distress of nations in Luke 21, verse 25, is prefiguring the angering of the nations in Revelation 11, verse 18, that is the subject of the Third Woe. So, when it comes to the sealing of God's people, not only do you have Revelation 7 and Ezekiel 9, you have Luke 21; and, in Luke 21 Christ tells a parable to answer the question about what is the sign of the Second Coming, and Sister White comments on the parable. We read it yesterday in The Great Controversy. Christ pointed his followers to the budding trees of Spring, and we are required to see when the Latter Rain arrives in history. And what marks the arrival of the Latter Rain in history is not the 2520; it is Islam.
And, I hope that I am not offending those people that I am like-minded with on the subject of the 2520. I am just telling you that if I had opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of Seventh-day Adventists that were not understanding these things, and I had the choice of either giving them one presentation and it was either going to be on the 2520 or Islam, it would be on Islam every single time; because, Islam is what we need to see in order to understand that the Latter Rain has arrived.
Now, once we see that, we will have to prove it; and, if we are going to prove it, then we are going to have to return to the Pioneer logic that allowed them to identify that the Fifth Trumpet was Islam, and the Sixth Trumpet was Islam. So, the Lord will lead us back to the Old Paths thereafter to prove Islam in Bible prophecy, and a symbol of the Old Paths are definitely the 2520, but it comes thereafter. And if you do not see Islam first, and you just get wrapped up in the 2520, then I think it is a mistake.
And another way to explain this mistake is there are people that have come into this Message because they did see the 2520. I know of one brother in Tennessee, a good friend—I am not being negative about him—but, someone showed him the [1843] Chart and told him about the Chart, and before it was all said and done, once he had accepted the truth of the Chart, he has got a website up on the 2520. And it is a good website. I am not being negative about this brother, but it is a point to show something. He was into the Charts and he was into the 2520, he already had a website up on the 2520 before he had even considered the last six verses of Daniel 11. Okay? There is a progressive understanding in this Message that has to be followed; because, Sister White is clear: Those that do not receive the First Message in Miller's time could not be benefited by the Second [Message]. In the time of Christ, if you did not receive the message of John the Baptist, you could not receive the message of Christ.
And the message of the [1843] Chart, this is the Second Message in our history. You can come to the foundational truths, but if you are wrong on the last six verses of Daniel 11, it means that you are trying to accept the message of Christ while you are rejecting the message of John the Baptist. It cannot be done!
So, what I am saying is, in Revelation 5 and onward, when Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, is removing the Seven Seals from the Book, he does it one at a time. And the same work is illustrated in Daniel 12 as the Book of Daniel being unsealed and there is an increase of knowledge. So, in both of those illustrations, one of the things that can be gleaned from that is that the prophetic testing message that is the Everlasting Gospel for this generation has to be accepted in the order that the Lord gives it. It is sequential: one Seal here, the next, Seal, the next Seal. And, you cannot skip some of the early Seals and expect to truly understand the final Seals.
Okay. So, because for me, my conviction is that the Messages of the East and of the North is the Third Angel's Message, and it is the message that is being identified just before Michael stands up and probation closes in Daniel 11; and, Sister White tells us repeatedly the Books of Daniel and Revelation are the same book. So, the message in Revelation that is proclaimed just before probation closes is the Loud Cry of the Third Angel, whether you are going to deal with it in Revelation 14 or Revelation 18. If they are the same Book, then the Messages of the East and of the North (the tidings of the East and of the North that trouble the Papacy) has got to be the Third Angel's Message swelling into a Loud Cry. And if we do not understand what the East and the North is and their relation to one another, and why they trouble the Papacy, then we do not understand very much about the Third Angel's Message. Okay? We need to understand these things; because, these things is are what get proclaimed, because they are the tidings. And you know they get proclaimed because the tidings trouble the Papacy. So, you have to understand these things.
So, we are going to close off this consideration of 1989 with reviewing a few things that we have said about the Message of the East.
Go to Isaiah 44. And all of this is review, I think. Isaiah 44:6-7 says,
"6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them." Isaiah 44:6-7 (KJV).
Jesus appointed the ancient people. Jesus, the First and the Last, Jesus the God who illustrates the end from the beginning in order to accomplish that work of illustrating the end from the beginning, He appointed the ancient people, the people of the Old Testament to illustrate the people at the end of the world in the Book of Revelation. We have modern Babylon in Revelation 17. If you are going to understand modern Babylon, you have got to go to Ancient Babylon. We have spiritual Israel in Revelation 7. If you are going to understand who they are, you need to go back to Genesis 49 and look at the blessing that was placed upon Jacob's 12 sons. So, the ancient people illustrate the end of the world. If you are going to understand Revelation 11:8, who Egypt and Sodom are, what power is Egypt and Sodom in Revelation 11:8, you are going to have to understand who Sodom of the Old Testament and Egypt of the Old Testament were.
Then in Genesis 16:12, one of the ancient people that was appointed is Islam. Verse 12, speaking of Ishmael, the father of Islam, unless you want to claim that Abraham is the father of Islam; but, Abraham is not the father of Islam. Islam is a religion, and Abraham's religion was different than the religion of Islam. But, the Islamists will tell you that either Ishmael or Abraham is their father. And Ishmael in verse 12, it is said of him—and all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, and Jesus appointed the ancient people to illustrate the end of the world—and it is said of him [Ishmael],
"12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." Genesis 16:12 (KJV).
Islam, at the end of the world, is illustrated by this ancient wild man; and, the role of Islam at the end of the world is that their hand will be against every man, and every man will come together, every man will unite together against Islam to deal with radical Islam. And, of course, this is Revelation 17:17, when the Ten Kings agree to give their kingdom to the Papacy. This is Revelation 13:14-15, when the United States forces the world to accept the image of the beast, the One World Government.
But, the reason that they [the Ten Kings] do this is found in Revelation 13:2; because, in Revelation 13:2, the Dragon (Pagan Rome) gave its authority to the Papacy in the year AD533, and the Dragon (Clovis, Pagan Rome) is prefiguring the United States and the United Nations at the end of the world that turned the civil authority over to the Papacy in Revelation 17:17 for a short space for one hour. And, the reason that they do that is that in the time of Justinian in AD533, when the Dragon gave its civil authority to the Papacy, Justinian's kingdom was being brought to its knees by a Trumpet power, and there was a religious crisis going on in the realm; thus telling us that at the end of the world, the Seventh Trumpet (the final Trumpet) will be bringing the kingdom of the World to its knees by an escalating crisis, and the crisis will be a religious crisis concerning radical Islam, and this same history will be repeated.
The role of Islam in Bible prophecy is to bring the One World Government together, and it does so by raising a guerilla warfare against the entire world. And the logic of the globalists is that we need to bring the world under a One World Government to deal with this escalating crisis.
In Revelation 11:18—and you will find a lot of messages in Adventism, but as we walk through this in conclusion here this morning, please note the breadth of the testimony concerning Islam in the Scriptures. Revelation 11, verse 18, and we have looked at this. It says,
"18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." Revelation 11:18 (KJV).
And in Luke 21:25—we already referred to it—the nations were distressed. And in Luke 21:25, Uriah Smith tells us that in 1838 the distress of nations took place, as Egypt invades Turkey. So, the distress of nations in the Millerite history was accomplished by Islam; and, the Millerite History is going to be repeated to the very letter. So, the distress of nations or the angering of the nations here in verse 18 of Revelation 11, we are saying is accomplished by Islam once again; and, we are saying that this is in agreement with the role of Islam. He is a wild man, and his hand will be against every man. He angers the nations.
Okay. In speaking of the angering of the nations, in Early Writings, page 85, Sister White is commenting on something she said earlier in the book.
"This view was given in 1847 when there were but very few of the Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these but few supposed that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between the people of God and unbelievers. Now the fulfillment of that view is beginning to be seen."—
I am jumping into the center of the paragraph.
— 'The commencement of that time of trouble,' here mentioned does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing,"—
And in this worship series we have taken time to demonstrate that the closing work of salvation is where Christ is doing the work that we call the Judgment of the Living.
—"At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth,"—
Ishmael's hand will be against every man.
—"and the nations will be angry, yet held in check"—
And we are saying that the nations were made angry on September 11, 2001, and they were simultaneously held in check when George Bush immediately thereafter went to the United Nations and says, "We are now in a war with radical Islam. You are either for us or against us."
And there was a restraint put upon them [Islam]. The bank accounts that they could easily access were shut down. They went into Afghanistan; they went into Iraq; and, they put a restraint upon Islam.
—"the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time"—
At the time when the nations are made angry and held in check,
—"the 'latter rain,' or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out." Early Writings, 85.
So, we are saying that the time is 9/11, that nations are made angry, paralleling the stress of nations in 1838; but, there is a restraint placed upon Islam, the entity that is making the nations angry, and at that time the first phase of the Latter Rain, which is the sprinkling, begins. The full outpouring comes at The Sunday Law, when the Church is purified through the separation process of delivering either the mark of the beast or the Seal of God to Seventh-day Adventists.
Revelation 7:1-3; Isaiah 27:8; Ezekiel 37:9
Revelation 7:1-3 talks about this restraint. At that time the nations will be angry, yet held in check; and, in Revelation 7:1-3, we see four angels that are commanded to hold the Four Winds until God's people are sealed. We are saying that the angry nations that are held in check here are the Four Winds. We have shown that. But, this not only marks the arrival of the sprinkling part of the Latter Rain but it marks the beginning of the sealing process of the 144,000.
And we see this restraint also in Isaiah 27:8; because in 1 Corinthians 14:32-33 tells us "32. . . the spirits of the prophets are subject unto the prophets. 33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." So, all the prophets are telling us the same story.
And in Isaiah 27:8, it says, "In measure," and we are suggesting that the measure here is based upon the promise of verse 6; because, in verse 6, it says that ". . . Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit." And what is it that causes the trees to blossom and bud?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Rain.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the Latter Rain. It is the Rain.
So, in verse 8, it says, "In measure, . . . ," when the Latter Rain is sprinkling, when it is being measured. At The Sunday Law it is a full outpouring.
"8In measure, when it shooteth forth,"—
Right at the beginning of the Latter Rain.
—"thou wilt debate with it:"—
Here is where the debate of Adventism begins.
And it says,
—"thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind." Isaiah 27:8 (KJV).
And all of the prophets agree with one another. So, if we see John telling us that four angels are holding the Four Winds of Strife, those Four Winds of Strife are the rough wind; and, here in verse 8 they are being restrained. They are being stayed. The prophets agree with one another.
So, verse 8 is marking the beginning of the sealing of the 144,000, because it agrees with John; but, it is also marking that the beginning of the Latter Rain begins when the rough wind is stayed, the measuring of the Latter Rain, and it gives us the name for this point in time [9/11/2001]. It is the day of the East Wind; thus begins the debate, thus begins the sealing of the 144,000, thus begins the sprinkling of the Latter Rain, and thus my argument that I made earlier rests upon this. The debate, if you are going to be on the right side of the issue of the controversy in Adventism, the shaking, then you need to be arguing about the right subject, and the right subject is the Day of the East Wind, when the rough wind is stayed. It is not about the 2520.
It is about the 2520. I know that is causing some people some nervousness; but, first and foremost it is about the Day of the East Wind.
In Ezekiel 37:9, still dealing with this East Wind, all the prophets agree with one another. There are two prophecies in Ezekiel 37. The first brings the bones and the flesh together; the second breathes the breath of life into the bodies.
The first message of Ezekiel 37 is the message of the last six verses of Daniel 11. It is the message of the King of the North. It is the tidings of the North. That comes first. It is the message that is delivered by Elijah. It is the message that is delivered by John the Baptist. It is the message that is delivered by William Miller. It is the message identifying the events connected with the close of probation.
But, the second message [of Ezekiel 37] is the message that is delivered by Elisha. It is the message delivered by Christ. It is the message that brings the body to life. It is the message that puts the Spirit in them, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
And in verse 9 it says,
"9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind,"—
Now, what did we just read about in Isaiah 27:8? The Day of the East Wind.
—"Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds,"—
This message of the wind that brings God's people to life, it is a message that comes from the Four Winds; and, the message from the Four Winds is the message of Revelation 7:1-3. It is the message of Isaiah 27:8, the message of restraining the rough wind, "he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind."
—"Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." Ezekiel 37:9 (KJV).
This is the message that turns God's people into a mighty army.
Verse 10 says,
"10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts." Ezekiel 37:10‑11 (KJV).
Okay. This is the story of Aaron's rod that budded. In the valley of the dead dried bones, all those rods are dead and dry and they are put into the Most Holy Place and the Latter Rain is poured out upon them; but, only one of those rods buds. Okay? And it becomes this mighty army.
But, there were other rods in there. Most of Adventism is going to reject. They are going to be on the wrong side of the debate. They are going to reject this message, and their rods will not bud.
Okay. So, Sister White comments on Ezekiel 37, verse 9. Manuscript Releases, volume 20, page 217, says,
"Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.
"Shall we sleep on the very verge of the eternal world? Shall we be dull and cold and dead? Oh, that we might have in our churches the Spirit and breath of God breathed into His people, that they might stand upon their feet and live. We need to see that the way is narrow, and the gate strait. But as we pass through the strait gate, its wideness is without limit." Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.
She is quoting from Ezekiel 37:9, and she is telling us, if we will receive it (if we have not rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in practice), she is telling us that the Four Winds of Strife of Revelation 7:1-3, and of the rough wind of Isaiah 27:8, that these four winds are represented as the angry horse of Bible prophecy.
And, of course, Genesis 16:12 says, "And he will be a wild man," and that word wild is the wild Arabian ass; and an ass is part of the horse family. So, from Genesis to Revelation, where in Revelation 9 Islam is represented as a horse. The symbol of Islam in Bible prophecy from the beginning (Genesis) to the end (Revelation) is the horse; and, Sister White says the angels are holding the Four Winds, represented as an "angry horse, seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction upon the earth."
And the ancient people of Islam in Genesis 16:12 is a wild man whose hand is against every man! He is seeking to break loose and to bring death and destruction in his path.
And Islam has a king over them in Revelation 9:11, whose name in the Hebrew is Abaddon and in the Greek Apollyon. And Abaddon and Apollyon mean death and destruction. This angry horse that is representing the Four Winds here seeks to produce the very character of Islam as identified in Revelation 9:11, which is death and destruction, Apollyon and Abaddon. A name in prophecy represents character.
Revelation 9:7, 16-17
So, Revelation 9:7, 16 and 17, speaking of the history of the First and Second Woes, the Fifth and Sixth Trumpets, we see Islam represented as this horse, just as the word wild in Genesis 16:12 is the ass (the horse); the ass, the horse, the same family.
But, also, a secondary characteristic to Islam being the wild horse, the angry horse of Bible prophecy, as illustrated on these two Charts [the 1843 and 1850 Charts], in verse 2 of Revelation 9, it says,
"2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit."—
This is the introduction of Islam into history after the long, drawn-out war between Rome and Persia. This is Daniel 11, verse 40, typified in this history. And when Islam comes into history, it comes as a smoke blotting out the sun of the Gospel. It is a false religion, blocking the truth of God's Word.
And it says,
—"3And there came out of the smoke"—what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Locusts.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power." Revelation 9:2-3 (KJV).
Another symbol of Islam in Bible prophecy is not simply the horse but they are the locusts.
Exodus 10:12-15; Genesis 41:6, 23, 27; Psalms 48:4-7; 83:1-5; Ezekiel 27:1-4, 25-26; Isaiah 23:1,5 6-10, 13-14; Revelation 18:10, 16, 19; 8:13; James 5:1-8
Go to Exodus, chapter 10, verse 12.
You know, when we first started in this work, because you are teaching prophesy everywhere you go, you are going to draw out people that study prophecy and you are going to draw out to your meetings people that have a bunch of crazy ideas about prophecy. So, right from the beginning, we have bumped heads with all these foolish prophetic ideas in Adventism; and, one pops into my mind, just to make a point here.
Those people that reapply time prophecy at the end of the world on a day-for-a-day fashion, they say the 1290, and the 1260, and the 1335 they all take place at the end of the world, but not in a day for a year but in a day for a day because of all their foolish reasoning. They basically have two Spirit of Prophecy quotes that they build their premises on, perhaps three if you want to talk about their application of the Trumpets. And they are all misapplications.
You know, the one where it says, "We were in Dead River and a Brother Hewitt was there saying there was a false prophet, Jezebel, and that I am that false prophet. He was saying that about Ellen White. And she goes on to say, "We showed him some of his errors, and that the 1335 was past," [paraphrasing the following quote of Ellen G. White, 6 Manuscript Releases, page 251.1]:
"Brother Hewit from Dead River was there. He came with a message to the effect that the destruction of the wicked and the sleep of the dead was an abomination with a shut door that a woman, Jezebel, a prophetess had brought in and he believed that I was that woman Jezebel. We told him of some of his errors in the past, that the 1335 days were ended and numerous errors of his. . ." {6MR 251.2}
They use that quote to say that this Brother Hewitt was teaching that the 1335 was fulfilled in the past and that was one of his errors; but, it is a wresting of the grammatical Word. That is one of the points that they build this teaching on.
And then there is another quote where they say there is a warning message in Daniel 12 that we all need to understand before the Time of the End. Okay? And the warning message in Daniel 12, when you look at the entire passage that they pull this little piece out of is that you and I need to have an understanding of the increase of knowledge that we might be among the wise, instead of the wicked. That is the warning message in Daniel 12. But, they insist that the warning message in Daniel 12 that we need to understand is the reapplication of these time prophecies. And basically, Brothers and Sisters, that is it! They build a whole prophetic model, a whole ministry, write books, teach on two misapplied passages in the Spirit of Prophecy.
So, for those of you who may be watching this on the DVD or on LiveStreaming, and you are thinking to yourself, "This is a bunch of heresy that these people are teaching, that 9/11 the Third Woe arrived, and the Latter Rain began, and the Judgment of the Living began, and the sealing of the 144,000 began," you go ahead and believe that, that this is wrong, at your own peril! Go ahead and say that this is a bunch of fanaticism and delusion like men are saying; but, what I want to remind you of, as we are walking through this, we are not giving you one or two references. We are going throughout the entire Bible and showing that it fits together, and it is telling the same story. So, you are not arguing with human beings; you are arguing with the testimony of the Scriptures, and it is a thorough, deep, and complete testimony of the Scriptures. It is not based upon two quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy that are taken out of context.
So, in Exodus 10, verses 12 through 15, this is dealing with the plagues of Egypt. It says,
"12And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land"—
And we are saying one of the things it represents is locusts in Bible prophecy, based upon Revelation 9:1-3.
—"that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left."—
Now, if they eat every herb of the land, what are they doing? They are destroying the financial structure. They are destroying a lot of things, but Islam is going to destroy the financial structure; but, if you do not have any green things to eat or sell or trade, the financial structure is getting finished off here. But, that is a minor point.
Verse 13,
—"13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought"—a what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: An East wind.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"an east wind."
An east wind: "He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind."
—"brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts."—
So, associated with the East wind are the locusts of Bible prophecy.
—"14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt:"—
Their hands, these locusts' hands—do locusts have hands?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Yes.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Well, maybe they do have hands. I am not sure that in insect terminology they call them "hands."
But, the locusts are Islam; and, Islam, according to Genesis 16:12, his hand is going to be against every man. These locusts are going to be everywhere in Egypt, not just in one place.
—"14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened;"—
What happened when the locusts—when the smoke came out of the pit in Revelation 9, verses 1 through 3? The land was darkened.
What was it darkened with? Locusts.
—"and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt." Exodus 10:12-15 (KJV).
And carry this on in your own studies.
In verse 4 of Revelation 9, these locusts (Islam), what are they told? "Hurt not" these very things that are being hurt here. So, there is a connection there, even in the contrast.
So, what I am saying is, one of the symbols of Islam is that they are locusts; and, what brings the locusts is the East wind of Bible prophecy.
Go to Genesis 41.
Because, what we are saying, Brothers and Sisters, is that the role of Islam in Bible prophecy is that they are going to anger the nations. Their hand is going to be against every man. And at the time they begin to anger the nations on 9/11/2001, there is going to be a restraint placed upon them.
Why is the restraint placed upon them? So that the Lord can finish His work.
What is His work? He is selecting those from Adventism that He is going to lift up as an ensign: that is the First Temple Cleansing. And, then He is going to select the eleventh-hour workers in the ensuing history. That is the work that He is doing.
And in Genesis 41, verse 6, we have a story of an East wind.
"6And behold"—this is Pharaoh's dream—"seven thin east and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them." Genesis 41:6 (KJV).
Do you remember Pharaoh's dream? Seven years of plenty, followed by seven years of nothing. And what produces the seven "blasted years" is an east wind.
Notice verse 23:
"23And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: . . ." Genesis 41:23 (KJV).
And verse 27 says,
"27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine." Genesis 41:27 (KJV).
So, what we are saying is the locusts, the wild horse of Bible prophecy (the angry horse), that its role in Bible prophecy is to bring all mankind together against it [Islam], because it is seeking to bring death and destruction upon the whole Earth, death and destruction to anyone that will not accept the Prophet Mohammad's teachings. This is the role of Islam.
And because of their activity, these circumstances are going to allow the United States to force the whole world to accept a One World Government.
And in this story here in Genesis (and Jesus illustrates the end from the beginning), what is happening to Egypt?
First off, as we are studying the last six verses of Daniel 11, in verses 42 and 43, what does Egypt represent?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The world.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The whole world.
So, here in Genesis 41, in Egypt we have an illustration of the whole world, and what is going on here? The whole world is being brought into slavery, into a One World Government.
And how is it, what is the justification for Pharaoh and Joseph for buying back the whole world and ultimately putting all the citizens into slavery? What is it that allows them to do this? The East wind that brings the locusts.
Okay. So, the illustration at the beginning of the Bible is speaking about the end of the world. What brings about the One World Government is the East wind; it is the angering of the nations; it is the locusts.
Psalm 48.
We have spent time talking about the Ten Kings of the United Nations (and all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, and they all agree with one another); and, in verse 4 of Psalm 48, it says,
"4For, lo, the [ten] kings were assembled,"—
It does not say "ten kings"; it says "kings," but all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world; so, the psalmist kings here at the end of the world has to be the Ten Kings of Revelation 17.
"4For, lo, the [ten] kings were assembled, they passed by together."—
They saw Zion, in the first few verses that are identified.
—"5They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away."—
There is trouble that comes upon these globalists (the United Nations.)
—"6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail."—
It is not a singular pain. It is a pain that hits, and then it gets worse and worse, and closer and closer together as it proceeds through history.
—"6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind." Psalm 48:4-7 (KJV).
Okay. An East wind is going to break the ships of Tarshish, and the ships of Tarshish we have already studied in Daniel 11, verse 40.
What do ships represent in Bible prophecy?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Economics.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Economics.
What is the premier ship for economics in Bible prophecy, the ships of Tarshish?
So, who is the premier economic producer in the world today?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The United States.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The United States of America is the ships of Tarshish, and an East wind is going to wreck the economy of the United States.
There [see Figure No. 136, at the 9/11/2001 waymark] is the Day of the East Wind.
And when it does so, the kings of the Earth, they are going to be afraid because they were right on the verge, they were right on the verge of building this tower, the wonderful One World Government, and their plans are being turned upside down by an East wind. They are angered. They are angered at Islam for getting in the way of their plans.
And in Psalm 83, these same kings—and remember, these kings in Revelation 17, verse 14, they are going to make war with the Lamb; and, we read a quote where Sister White tells us that warfare is going to be accomplished through the persecution they bring upon God's people. And those same kings in Revelation 17, they are of one mind. And in verse 1 of Psalm 83, it says,
"1Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still O God. 2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head."—
And the head they lift up is the Papacy. Sister White says "under one head, the Papacy power." These Ten Kings lift her [the Papacy (the church, the Beast)] up upon the horse, so to speak, because she is going to reign over them. She is going to ride on them. They are going to lift her up to the position of leadership and control.
Verse 3,
—"3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones."—
Why are we the hidden ones? How are we the hidden ones? There are only two classes at the end of the world, and one class is under the shadow of Egypt, and the other class is under the shadow of the Most High and that is where they are hidden. We are hidden under the shadow of the Most High.
Verse 4,
—"4They [These kings] have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."—
That is verse 14 of Revelation 17. These Ten Kings are going to make war with the Lamb.
Verse 5,
—"5For they have consulted together with one consent:"—
"One heart" in the margin; this is one mind.
—"they are confederate against thee:" Psalm 83:1-5 (KJV).
And then they list the ten kingdoms.
So, these Ten Kings, they intend to kill God's people. And as they are looking at God's people, as they are looking over Zion, they are troubled because they see the ships of Tarshish, the economic structure, going down in the smoke of 9/11.
Ezekiel 27—we are almost finished here—Ezekiel 27:1-4; and, in your notes after that, it says, Isaiah 27. That is not Isaiah 27. I am pretty sure that is Isaiah 23. So, if you want to correct that.
But, we are in Ezekiel 27. Verses 1 through 4 says,
"1The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;"—Tyrus is Tyre—"3And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. 4Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty." Ezekiel 27:1-4 (KJV).
This is the Papacy.
And beginning in verse 25, it says,
"25The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
"26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas." Ezekiel 27:25-26 (KJV).
Now, this is talking about the East wind once again sinking the economic structure; but, it is in terms of how it impacts the Papacy (Tyre). And it does impact the Papacy. Just when she was getting ready to take control of the world, Islam (the East wind) wrecks her plan.
That is why the tidings out of the East trouble the Papacy. And the tidings out of the North troubles her because there is a group of people that have been raised up identifying who she is and what her relationship is with the kings of the Earth, and who Islam is. There is a group of people that are explaining the Messages of the East and the North and it troubles her.
Now, Isaiah 23, verse 1:
"1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish;"—
The burden is a prophecy, the prophecy of the Papacy. We know this is the Papacy, because by the end of the chapter, it is Tyre that commits fornication with all the kings of the Earth.
"1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish;"—
They are sinking. The economic structure is going down.
Why is it going down? Because of an East wind.
—"for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them." Isaiah 23:1 (KJV).
What did you learn by studying the last six verses of Daniel 11? Well, you learned that in Manuscript Releases, volume 13, page 395, I believe, Sister White compares verses 30 to 36 with the last six verses of Daniel 11. And in that passage, Pagan Rome in verses 29 and 30 and in that area, Pagan Rome has been grieved because the ships of Chittim come against them.
What are the ships of Chittim? It is the Vandals. It is the Second Trumpet.
The story in Isaiah 23 is revealed by understanding the message of the Trumpets. It is revealed to them from Chittim. Chittim is a symbol of the Trumpets, the Second Trumpet specifically, all the Trumpets in a general sense. The message of Isaiah 23 is understood when you understand it in the context of the Seventh Trumpet, the Third Woe.
And in verse 6, it says,
"6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. 8Who hath taken counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? 9The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. 10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength." Isaiah 23:6-10 (KJV).
The daughter of Tarshish is the remnant. A daughter in Bible prophecy is the offspring. The last manifestation of Tarshish has no strength. The East wind has sunk the ships of Tarshish.
And in verses 13 and 14 [of Isaiah 23] it says,
—"13Behold the land of the Chaldeans;"—that is Nimrod; that is Babylon—"13Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof,"—that is church—"they raised up the palaces thereof;"—that is state—"and he brought it to ruin. 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste." Isaiah 23:13-14 (KJV).
What lays waste the ships of Tarshish is the East wind of Bible prophecy.
And you see in Revelation 18:10, 16 and 19, that these kings of the Earth are saying, "Alas, alas, what is like this great city Tyre," whose financial aspect is brought down by the East wind, the ships of Tarshish. And when they are saying, "Alas, alas, alas," three times in Revelation 18, it is the same word that is translated woe, in Revelation 8:13, "Woe, woe, woe" brings down the financial structure.
"10. . . Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come." Revelation 18:10 (KJV).
"16And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!" Revelation 18:16 (KJV).
"19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate." Revelation 18:19 (KJV).
In James 5:1-8, talking about the rich men that are watching the ships of Tarshish go down, and weeping and howling because their riches are turned into nothing, they do so in the time of the Latter Rain.
"1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8Be ye also patient: stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." James 5:1-8 (KJV).
And, as we went through in one of our studies and we looked at the fact that the genealogies in Genesis, when you put them in order and by definition from Adam to Noah, tells the Gospel story in the definitions of the names.
And, when you take the 12 tribes in Revelation 7 and define their names and put them into a statement, they are describing perfectly the experience of the 144,000.
So, too, when you take the 12 names of the 12 princes of Ishmael, they describe the prophetic history of Islam to the very "T."
And the twelfth of his sons was Kedemah.
12. KEDEMAH: H6929—From H6923; precedence; Kedemah, a son of Ishmael. H6923: A primitive root; to project (one self), that is, precede; hence to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help): - come (go, [flee]) before, + disappoint, meet, prevent. Toward the east. The children of the east. The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Dictionary, 620.
And KEDEMAH means the children of the East. Islam is the children of the East.
And the eleventh son, the eleventh prince of Ishmael, is Naphish,
11. NAPHISH: H5305—From H5314; refreshed; Naphish, a son of Ishmael, and his posterity. H5314: A primitive root; to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon, that is, (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air): - (be) refresh selves (‑ed). Wealth. The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Dictionary, 753.
which means refreshed. And, of course, the refreshing is the Latter Rain. And it is a primary root to breathe. This refreshing is when the breath is breathed into the dry bones, and this message comes from the Four Winds, and those Four Winds are the angry horse of Bible prophecy.
And when the angry horse of Bible prophecy angers the nations on 9/11, and yet is held in check, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord begins.
Summary
So, Brothers and Sisters, first Daniel tells us how the King of the North conquers the world, and then in verse 44 and onward he tell us how he interacts with the people; and, his interaction with God's people in this history is based upon the problem he has with the Message of the North identifying who he is. He is the counterfeit Christ, the antichrist of Bible prophecy. He doesn't like that!
And the Message of the East he does not like either, because he realizes that the wealth that he was going to use to control the world is being swept away by a power that is out of his control.
And you cannot understand the Third Angel's Message correctly if you do not understand that it is based upon identifying the Pope of Rome as the antichrist of Bible prophecy, and the role of Islam in that same history.
And all of this was opened up to God's people's understanding in 1989, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in fulfillment of Daniel 11, verse 40, at which point in time the scattering of William Miller's dream concluded and the Dirt Brush Man came in and began to sweep away the counterfeit coins and rubbish that has been introduced in Adventism since the beginning of the 20th Century.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us this far in our consideration of Habakkuk's Tables. We want to understand the First Message that we can be benefited by the Second. We want to understand the last six verses of Daniel 11, the events connected with the close of probation, in a way to convict us in our need of personal preparation for the soon close of probation, that we might receive the Seal of God and be lifted up as an ensign. We also want to understand the Second Message, the message that marks the arrival of the sealing of the 144,000 and the beginning of the Latter Rain, the Message of the East Wind and its purpose of bringing in the environment that allows the United States to force the world to accept the One World Government. We need to understand these things, because we want to be Daniel in chapter 5. We want to be able to go into Babylon when the whole world is falling down around Belshazzar's head and understand the message of the hour, to be the ones that Daniel is typifying that can rightly divide the Word of Truth in this end-of-the-world crisis. And we understand that the message that Daniel took to Babylon as it was falling down around Belshazzar's head is the message of chapter 4, the message of Nebuchadnezzar, the message of the seven times. Please help us to understand these things correctly and to be faithful in our presentation of these things. We want the oil that we might hand it on to other people. We want the oil that it might be used by the Holy Spirit to transform us into your image. And we would ask that you would accomplish these things for us. And as we take up another day of work, we once again ask for your protection during this day, and ask for the ability that what we can do we can do for your glory and honor in Jesus's name. Amen.