Habakkuk's Two Tables #67
PART SEVEN: JOSIAH
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for once again allowing us a good night's sleep and allowing us to come together to consider your Word here first thing this morning. We ask that you would grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit, that you would allow this presentation to be part of an understanding to better prepare us to stand on your side of the question here in this end-time crisis. We want you to continue to open our understanding to Habakkuk's Tables and the evidence of the truth which they are presenting to the world here at the end time. We thank you for the work that you have done so far as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah in unsealing these things. We ask for your continued efforts in this regard for each of us individually and for your people in general. We want the Latter Rain poured out upon us. We want to be vessels that are prepared to receive it. We ask that you make that happen for us now. In Jesus's name, amen.
Aaron's Foundational Rejection—Exodus 32, Part Two
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We are dealing with Exodus 32. We made it through the first six verses yesterday, dealing with Aaron's foundational rejection. We want to bring that to a conclusion this morning and show the connection between this story and the story of Jeroboam.
Out of the Way
In Exodus 32, verses 7 and 8, it says,
"7And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." Exodus 32:7-8 (KJV).
So, yesterday we looked at what was going on down in the camp, and now the Lord has filled Moses in on the situation.
Whoring
Judges 2:17
If you go to Judges, we want to understand what it means that "they have turned aside quickly out of the way." In Judges, chapter 2, and in verse 17, it says,
"17And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so." Judges 2:17 (KJV).
So, to "turn quickly out of the way" is to go out "a whoring." And what is the act of whoring represent?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Fornication.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Fornication; it is the unlawful relationship between two entities; it is the mingling of two inappropriate seeds; it is—what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Mystery of Iniquity.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —the Mystery of Iniquity. The Mystery of Iniquity is what produces, in both of these cases here in Judges and in Exodus, God's people "turning out of the way."
Drinking Strong Drink
Isaiah 28:5-7
Go to Isaiah 28, still dealing with what it means to "turn out of the way." In Isaiah 28, verse 5, of course this is talking about the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; because, in verse 1 it says, "Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, . . . ," and the crown representing leadership.
And in verse 14 it says,
"14Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem." Isaiah 28:14 (KJV).
And we read here recently, and we have probably read this more than once in this worship service, but we read from Testimonies, volume 5, page 211, where Sister White says that Jerusalem is the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the end of the world. So, the "scornful men,"
"the crown of the pride" which rule Jerusalem are the subject of Isaiah 28. This is the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the end of the world.
And Isaiah 28, verse 5 says,
"5In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people."—
So, the Lord, at the end of the world in the Latter Rain time period, if you want to place it where it is supposed to be, it is going to be a crown of glory for the residue of His people (for the remnant).
Verse 6:
—"6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. 7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink, are out of the way: the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way, through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment." Isaiah 28:5 (KJV).
So, here, what takes them out of the way is not the fornication; it is the strong drink.
And what is the wine? We have looked at this when we went through Revelation 17. What is the alcohol that people drink that causes them to be spiritually drunk?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: False doctrine.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: False doctrine, the wine of Babylon.
So, the Mystery of Iniquity causes them to go out of the way, but also false doctrine causes them to go out of the way.
But, I want you to see here in this verse, verse 7, that this expression, "out of the way," is twice repeated. We are going to deal with that here in a while. And when we see a phrase or a word twice repeated, "out of the way, out of the way," it is a reference to the Second or Fourth Angel's Message. So, it ties it in here with the Latter Rain time period.
In What Day?
Isaiah 28:9-13
But, let us be certain about what day it is. Go to verse 9 through 13 of Isaiah 28.
Beginning in verse 9, it says,
"9Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." Isaiah 28:9-13 (KJV).
So, in what day are they going to be "out of the way" because of strong drink, and what day is it that the Lord is going to lift up the residue (the remnant) as a crown of glory, contrasting the crown of pride of Ephraim? It is in the day He is accomplishing the Everlasting Gospel among Adventism because they are being tested here in verses 9 through 13 with how they respond to the Word of the Lord: Verse 13 says, "But the word of the Lord was unto them." How they respond to the testing of the Word of the Lord, and the Word of the Lord that tests them is William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation, what we call proof-texting, the study of the Bible that takes a Concordance and take line upon line, here a little, there a little. And the reason they fail the test is because in the 1930s Adventism reached out to apostate Protestantism and accepted their Biblical approach to the study of God's Word; and, of course, their Biblical approach to the study of God's Word provided them with the philosophy that allowed them to reject the First Angel's Message in the time of William Miller. So, it has already been proven to be a false theory. But, of course, this is what we use in Adventism today, whether it is the organized Conference work or the self-supporting work; they are using this fallen apostate Protestant approach to Biblical study.
But, it is very clear here that in the time of the Latter Rain, because verse 12 says, "the refreshing," which in The Great Controversy, page 611, Sister White says is the Latter Rain; and, it is the Latter Rain Message because in verse 12 says, "this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear." The refreshing here is something that you can hear; it is a message.
In the time of the Latter Rain, this group (the drunkards of Ephraim) are "out of the way" because they have accepted the doctrines of Rome that they accept, because they are using the Biblical approach to Bible study that comes from Rome, handed off to apostate Protestantism, and then received by Adventism in the 1930s.
So, the Mystery of Iniquity will take you "out of the way." Fornication and false doctrine will take you "out of the way."
And the day that this is applied here, the time period that Isaiah 28 is marking, is the time period of the Latter Rain testing process of the Everlasting Gospel.
And, of course, all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world; so, this story of Aaron in Exodus 32 is pointing forward to the Latter Rain time period here at the end of the world when God's people get "out of the way."
A Crown of Glory
Isaiah 62:1-3
What is the crown of glory that the Lord is going to lift the residue up as a crown of glory and as a diadem in His hand?
Isaiah 62, verses 1-3, says,
"1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth."—
So, He is not going to rest until His righteousness and His salvation goes forth as a—what?—as a lamp that burneth. What does that mean?
Well, I mean, every lamp, if it is going to be a good lamp, is going to burn. Right? If it does not burn, it is darkness. But, what does it mean? His righteousness is going to be carried to the world by what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A burning lamp.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: By a burning lamp.
What is a lamp?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It is a light.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the Church. This is the Church Triumphant. Christ is walking among the Seven Lamps—is He not?—the Seven Candlesticks.
Verse 2:
—"2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness,"—
So, when this lamp goeth forth, this Church goeth forth, the Church Triumphant goeth forth, what is He doing? What is another Biblical illustration that we often refer to in this series?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He is lifting up an ensign.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He is lifting up an ensign. That is when this lamp is going forward. All right?
—"2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. 3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God." Isaiah 62:1-3 (KJV).
He is going to lift His people up as an ensign in the Latter Rain time period. They are going to change from Church Militant to Church Triumphant; therefore, they are going to go forth as a lamp that burneth and present the message of Righteousness by Faith, and the world is going to see it.
And in that time period, the other class in Adventism that is represented by the drunkards of Ephraim, they are going to be drunk with the wine of Babylon because they rejected William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation, and they are "out of the way."
Now, if you remember, from Early Writings, page 15, we looked at it a couple of times yesterday. One of the expressions there was,
"If they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was just before them, leading them to the city, they were safe." Early Writings, 15.
And we pointed out that they wanted to make this golden calf as a god that would go before them, back into Egypt; but, in Ellen White's first vision, which we just read from, Jesus was the One that was to go before us. So, if you are going to make another god that is going to go before you, you are making a counterfeit Christ; you are off the path that takes you to Heaven. You have fallen off to the wicked world below. You are off the path that is enlightened by . . . ?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Midnight Cry.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: . . . the light behind it that sheds all along the way, the Midnight Cry.
The Holy One of Israel
Okay. We are going to show you a passage in the Scriptures, in Isaiah 30, verses 8 to 18,
where the Holy One of Israel—that is Christ. Right?—that He is before them on this path.
So, in verse 8 of Isaiah 30, it says,
"8Now go write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:"—
Now, there evidently is something written on a Table that is noted in a Book that demonstrates who the rebels are. So, what is the Table that is noted in the book that creates a test that produces obedient and rebellious people? Habakkuk's Tables [indicating the 1843 and 1850 Charts].
These Tables are noted in what Book?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Habakkuk.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In the Book of Habakkuk.
And in the Millerite History, if you accepted the message of this [1843] Chart, you ended up following Christ by faith into the Most Holy Place. But, if you rejected the message on this Chart, you ended up praying to the Holy Place and Satan answered your prayers. The Everlasting Gospel was accomplished by the message on this Chart. It produced two seeds: the seed of Satan—Satan was answering the prayers of those that would not follow Christ into the Most Holy Place—and it produced the seed of Christ, those that followed Him into the Most Holy Place.
So, the message on this Chart identifies, among other things, who are the rebels in the camp; and, that is what Isaiah 30 is saying: "8Now go write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: . . . " Isaiah 30:8.
What is "the time to come for ever and ever" in the Bible? It is the Latter Rain. All the Bible is talking about the end of the world: the Latter Rain time period, the sealing of the 144,000, the gathering in of the eleventh-hour workers. This is "the time to come for ever and ever."
And this Table, this Book identify who is the rebellious people, the lying children, children that will not hear the Law of the Lord.
The last time Darrio Taylor was here and we recorded his presentations—if you have looked at those—you may remember that he went through in part of his series and showed that in the Scriptures that the proof that you keep the Ten Commandments, the proof that you keep the Law of God is demonstrated by whether you walk in the way of the Lord. And he went through several places where he showed this.
So, they are "out of the way" in Exodus 32.
And these people here in Isaiah 30, they will not hear the Law of the Lord; but, the way it is demonstrated that they are not law keepers is they get "out of the way."
—9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: 10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:"—
Now, notice here, these rebels, those that are rebelling against Habakkuk's Tables [gesturing to the 1843 and 1850 Charts behind the podium], the messages on the Foundational Truths at the end of the world, are those that are rebelling against this [1843] Table in the time of the Millerites. What they are saying is, "We don't want to hear about country living. We don't want to hear the Health Message, and we don't want to hear about dress reform."
Is that what they are saying?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Uh-huh.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: No. They are saying, "We don't want to hear the prophetic message. We don't' want to hear what the seers are saying, what the prophets are saying. In fact, if you are going to give us the prophetic message, we want a peace and safety message. We want smooth things, and we want to be deceived; because, we don't want to hear the heard truths."
So, "this rebellious people" is very germane to Adventism today. It is not about the message of church growth, how to take the cell techniques that originated in Korea and go out and hypnotize people two by two in order to produce church growth. They are not saying, "We don't want to hear that."
They are not saying any of these things. What they are saying is, "We do not want to hear the prophetic message. We don't want to hear the prophetic message, unless it is a dishonest prophetic message. It is deceitful; because, it is teaching us that everything is all right."
But, everything is not all right, is it?
Okay. These people which will not hear the Law of the Lord—this [the 1843 and the 1850 Charts] is the Law of the Lord, this is the Law of the Lord.
What did Sister White say—if you break one of the health laws, what does she equate that to?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Breaking the Ten Commandments.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Breaking the Ten Commandments. There is no difference. A "thus saith the Lord" is the Law of the Lord. This [the 1843 and the 1850 Charts) is the Law of the Lord.
And we have seen that typified already in this series. When the Lord entered into covenant with Ancient Israel in this time period (in Exodus 32), He gave them the two tables to mark the covenant; and, that was Ancient Israel. But, in modern Israel, when He entered into covenant with them, what did He give them? Two tables.
These Two Tables, of Habakkuk's Tables, they have been typified by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.
—"9 continued. . . children that will not hear the law of the Lord: 10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11Get you out of the way,"—
Okay. What gets you "out of the way"? Well, what gets you "out of the way" in Judges is that you have entered into the Mystery of Iniquity. You are whoring. You have commingled two things that are not supposed to be mingled.
In Isaiah 28, what gets you "out of the way" is false doctrine.
Here in Isaiah 30,
—"11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."—
Who is the Holy One of Israel?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Jesus.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Christ.
And what path is He on?
Do the prophets all agree with one another?
So, Ellen White's first dream, when she sees Jesus on the path before us, what path is that? That is the path to eternal life, is it not? But, she describes a group of people that deny the Midnight Cry [gesturing towards the 1843 and 1850 Charts]. They deny the history that represents these two Charts, and they fall off the path.
And now Isaiah is telling us about these same people, because all the prophets agree with one another.
—"11Get you out of the way,"—Get off that path!—"turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."—
"Let us take a path where we do not have to be looking at Jesus all the time in front of us." That is what they are saying, and they have done this because of the Mystery of Iniquity mingling the sacred and the divine, and because they have accepted the false rules of prophetic interpretation that came from apostate Protestantism and Catholicism: the historical grammatical method of Biblical interpretation, thus rejecting the proof-text method of William Miller.
Continuing on, it says,
—"12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word,— (Isaiah 30:8-18 to be continued)
What word; what word is it that they despise?
Now, this is Isaiah 30, is it not? This is not in your notes: look at Isaiah 30, verse 1.
"1Woe to the rebellious children, . . ." Isaiah 30:1, in part (KJV).
Now go back to Isaiah 29, verse 1.
"1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel,"—
And what is Ariel? It is a term for Jerusalem.
—"1Woe to Ariel [Jerusalem], to Ariel [Jerusalem], the city where David dwelt! . . ." Isaiah 29:1 (KJV margin)
Now go back to Isaiah 28, verse 1.
"1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim . . ." Isaiah 28:1, in part (KJV).
Isaiah 28, 29, and 30 are the same vision. Okay? This is a woe against God's people at the end of the world.
So, in Isaiah 30 [verse 12], it says, "Because ye despise this word, . . ." What word has been despised in this vision?
Well, just go to Isaiah 28:13 and it tells you the word that has been despised. It says,
"13But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little, that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." Isaiah 28:13 (KJV).
What word is it that causes them to leave the path when they reject it? It is William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation.
Back to your notes:
—"Isaiah 30:8-18 continued / verse 12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit."—
It is going to break it like Josiah broke down the altars, and He is going to break it into such small pieces that there is not even a piece of pottery where you can get a little bit of water out of a pool of water, and you could not get a coal out of a fireplace to start another fire. That is how small the pieces are.
In other words, when this swelling in the wall—and what is this wall that is swelling, that is going to break?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The structure.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Is it the structure?
What does the wall typically represent in Bible prophecy?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Law of God.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Law of God. It is what protects us.
So, this wall that is going to break has to do with the breaking of the Law of God.
Does The Sunday Law come suddenly and unexpectedly, according to Sister White?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The breaking of this wall comes "suddenly and at an instant."
And what wall is it that is broken here? I am saying it is the Law of God. I am saying this is a symbol of The Sunday Law. But, what wall is broken here?
It is a secondary question.
Brother David, you know this one. What wall is broken?
The wall of separation of church and state that is overturned at The Sunday Law in the United States. It is broken suddenly and at an instant. And at that point, Josiah comes into Adventism and he is breaking all the idols; he is turning them into powder. And at that point it is too late for the drunkards of Ephraim, for the foolish virgins of Adventism. Even if they could get a piece of that pot, they could not get any fire or water with it anyway. It is too late.
What is the fire and the water?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Holy Spirit.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Holy Spirit, in both cases.
Who is it that comes to The Sunday Law in Adventism in the parable of the Ten Virgins and finds they have no Holy Spirit?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The foolish virgins.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The foolish virgins, they have no oil.
And at The Sunday Law when probation is closed, there is no possible way for them to get the Holy Spirit. It is END OF STORY!
—"15For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not."—
What is the "returning and rest" that is marked in the Scriptures that people refuse to walk in? Jeremiah 6:16, the Old Paths, ". . . Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein."
So, what was the safety for this people? How were they going to be saved in this passage, if they were to be saved? By returning to the Old Paths and walking therein, and they would find rest for their souls.
But, what are the Old Paths?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Foundations.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Foundations?
Sister Heather, what are the Old Paths?
SISTER HEATHER: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: These [1843 and 1850] Charts are the Old Paths. Right? And you need to see this in the context, because this passage in Isaiah 30, it starts with, ". . . write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, . . ." And these Tables, that are in the Book of Habakkuk produced the rebels; and, ultimately the rebels, they get off the path into eternal death because they refuse to return to these foundational truths and receive the rest of the Latter Rain. They would not.
Continuing on here in Isaiah 30, it says,
—"16But ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses;"—
Those people that are on the wrong side of the issue, they are going to flee on horses.
—"therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill."—
When is it that God's people are lifted up as an ensign? At The Sunday Law.
The lifting up begins just before The Sunday Law, but they are lifted up as an ensign, as a lamp that burneth at The Sunday Law.
And, those people that are not lifted up flee from them at The Sunday Law time period, and what is the ratio that they flee from them at? Well, here in this passage it is 1,000:1; and, of course, that is the unofficial ratio of the Millerite History, from 50,000 down to 50 on October 22, 1844. It was as the parable of the Ten Virgins was being fulfilled, and those 1,000 that left the 1 there on October 22, 1844, in the terminology of the parable of the Ten Virgins, they left because the 5 wise virgins rebuked them and said, "We don't have any oil for you." At the rebuke of the 5 wise virgins shall the 5 foolish virgins flee, and the ratio will be 1,000 shall flee at the rebuke of 1.
I think it was in church, but it is a familiar quote. Here in the past couple of days, it has been expressed, and now it is escaping my mind, even when I am thinking about it—oh, it was in church. There is a quote where Sister White says, "A greater number than we now anticipate—" Those are her words, but the rest are my words—"leave Adventism at The Sunday Law." Now, that is my words, but that is what she is talking about.
Brother Daniel was doing something about the separation that takes place between the wise and the foolish at The Sunday Law, and Sister White says, "A greater number than we now anticipate":
"When the law of God is made void the church will be sifted by fiery trials, and a larger proportion than we now anticipate, will give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. Instead of being strengthened when brought into strait places, many prove that they are not living branches of the True Vine; they bore no fruit, and the husbandman taketh them away." {2SM 368.1}
And if you take the Millerite History and understand that the Millerite History is repeated to the very letter at the end of the world, then you make the assumption that the foolish virgins that left the Millerites on October 22, 1844, are giving us an example of the foolish virgins of Adventism that leave at The Sunday Law. So, we can think, "Well, the historians infer that it is 1,000:1 ratio; 50,000:50 overnight; but, it is going to be greater than that, a greater number than we now anticipate. It would be nice if it was only 1,000:1 here, but look around at the condition of Adventism. It is pretty clear that it is going to be greater than that.
—"17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. 18And therefore will the Lord wait,"—
The Lord will wait. When will the Lord wait? He tarries; the Bridegroom tarries.
—"18And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him." Isaiah 30:8-18 (KJV).
So, in the Millerite History, when did the Lord wait? On March 22, 1844, the first disappointment came: The Bridegroom tarried.
What happened thereafter? It is the climax of the Everlasting Gospel. From March 22 to October 22, during that seven months, in that history that is called The Seventh Month Movement; not from that logic, but it is called The Seventh Month Movement. He produces two classes of worshippers, the wise and the foolish of the Millerite History; and, those that are blessed are the ones that wait for him during that time period.
So, the Lord waits to mark the beginning of the climax of the Everlasting Gospel. And when He reaches the point that He is going to introduce the three-step prophetic testing message that develops and then demonstrates those two classes, when He reaches a point where he says, "Okay. Here we go. We are going to begin this separation in Adventism. We are going to begin to seal the 144,000," when He reaches that point, He tarries. Okay? And He tarried on 9/11/2001. He is now going to bless those that wait for Him. He is going to lift them up as an ensign.
But, a far greater number in Adventism are "out of the way" because they have rejected the proof-text method of Biblical study introduced by William Miller, and because they have rejected these Tables that are noted in Habakkuk, and they are preparing to flee at the rebuke of the wise virgins.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Jeff?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: In Ecclesiastes 7:27-28, it is 1000:1.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Ecclesiastes 7:27-28 says,
"27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: 28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found." Ecclesiastes 7:27-28 (KJV).
Okay. I have that marked, but I get your point.
So, let us go back quickly through Isaiah 30, verses 8 through 18.
Habakkuk 2:1-4; Jeremiah 6:16-17; Isaiah 31:1-3; Matthew 25:8-9; Daniel 12:12
Habakkuk 2:1-4, we do not have to go there. We are just referencing. It is the Table; it is the Table that is noted in a Book that identifies the rebels in the camp and the righteous in the camp.
Jeremiah 6:16-17 are the Old Paths that we need to return to if we are going to find rest for our souls.
And let us go to Jeremiah 6:16. We all know this, but to put it in the record. The counsel here in Isaiah 30 was, "In returning and rest shall ye be saved." And in verse 16 of Jeremiah 6, it says,
"16Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken." Jeremiah 6:16-17 (KJV).
Okay. So, not only are they rejecting the Old Paths, they are rejecting a message that comes based upon the Old Paths that is the trumpet message; and, the Trumpet Message at the end of the world is the Seventh Trumpet.
[Referring to the lower right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart] And the Fifth Trumpet was a Woe (the First Woe), and the Sixth Trumpet was the Second Woe, and the Seventh Trumpet (the message they are rejecting, as they are rejecting the Old Paths and the Latter Rain) is the message of the Third Woe. And if the First Woe was Islam, and the Second Woe was Islam, the message they are rejecting is the Message of Islam.
Go to Isaiah 31:1-3. I do not rightly remember why I have that in there. Perhaps I can just speak to it—oh, they are going to flee on horses. Okay? Verse 1 of Isaiah 31.
And remember, we were reading this passage from Isaiah 30; so, verse 31, it is the same vision. It is commenting on itself. So, in verse 16 of Isaiah 30, it said, "But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift." So, these foolish virgins in Adventism that are going to flee on horses, which is what the people in the story of Aaron wanted to do. They wanted to go back to Egypt.
In verse 1 of Isaiah 31, it says,
"1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help;"—
Is that not where Aaron's crew wanted to go?
—"and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!"—
They do not want to look to the Holy One of Israel, "Cause Him to cease before us! We want to take another path."
Verse 2:
—"2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;"—
Now, they want to go to Egypt. They want to trust in men, not God.
—"and their horses flesh, and not spirit. 3When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fall together." Isaiah 31:1-3 (KJV).
So, when they are going to flee on horses, what are they going to flee on? Their own human strength.
And they are fleeing from what? The Latter Rain, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
In Matthew 25:8-9, it says,
—"8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves." Matthew 25:8-9 (KJV).
Okay. This is, in these verses, the breaking of the pot, where there is no shard to get fire or water: ". . . blessed are they that wait for him," in Isaiah 30:18, of course, is referencing Daniel 12:12, "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days."
Two Tables
Exodus 32:9-16
The Two Table: We are back to Exodus now, back to the story of Aaron. What we have just done with the story of Exodus is explain what takes us "out of the way," what took them "out of the way," the Mystery of Iniquity, the whoring, the false doctrine (the wine); and, their refusal to accept the message that the Lord provides, that is represented upon Habakkuk's Two Tables. They are "out of the way," "they are out of the way."
In verse 9 of Exodus 32, it says,
"9And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against the people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
"15And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables." Exodus 32:9-16 (KJV).
Okay. So, what we are saying here is that those two tables prefigured these Two Tables [the 1843 and 1850 Charts], and that these are the work of God. And you can see the two quotes in your notes that we have referred to often.
"I have seen that the 1843 chart was directed by the hand of the Lord, and that it should not be altered; that the figures were as He wanted them; that His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until His hand was removed." {Early Writings, 74.1}.
And then of this Chart (the 1850 Chart), it says,
"I saw that God was in the publishment of the chart by Brother Nichols. I saw that there was a prophecy of this chart in the Bible, and if this chart is designed for God's people, if it [is] sufficient for one it is for another, and if one needed a new chart painted on a larger scale, all need it just as much." {Manuscript Releases, volume 13, 359.1}
So, when it comes to the 1863 Chart that the drunkards of Ephraim want us to believe is the chart the point-in-reference for Adventism, you will find no, NONE, NADA endorsement from the Spirit of Prophecy that says the Lord directed the 1863 Chart, or that the 1863 Chart is the fulfillment in the prophecy in the Bible.
These two Charts [the 1843 and 1850 Charts]—and these are not the only references— Sister White says more than once that these two Charts, they are both the fulfillment of Habakkuk, and Habakkuk 2 talks about "Write the vision and make it plain upon tables" (in the plural). These two Tables are the subject of prophecy. These two Tables are the Tables that were given to spiritual Israel, modern Israel at the beginning of Adventism to mark the covenant between God and His people, the same way the two tables that Moses was bringing down was to mark the covenant between Ancient Israel [and God].
The spirit of antichrist that seeks to change times and law, according to the Book of Daniel, in seeking to change times and law by the antichrist is an attempt to change the two tables. So, anyone that wants to say these Two Tables [1843 and 1850 Charts] need to be changed, "We need to change them to what is on the 1863 Chart," that is the spirit of antichrist.
Celebration Worship
Exodus 32:17-18; Isaiah 22:12-14
So, Moses is coming down from the Mount with the Tables, and in verse 17 [of Exodus 32] it says,
"17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18And he said, it is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear." Exodus 32:17-18 (KJV).
And their style of worship here is the style of worship that confronts many Adventist Churches today, Celebration Worship. Here in the Day of Atonement, when we are supposed to be fasting and praying and afflicting our souls, they are partying down. And celebration-style worship came out of the Vatican II documents. Celebration was invented by the Papacy, and the Papacy designed to introduce it into the Pentecostal Church and spread it through all the Christian churches; and, it is here in Adventism today, the same worship style that was going on with Aaron at the foot of the Mount.
And we read purposely a long time ago in this series—I think we read all the way through Isaiah 22; but, now I am uncertain. Let us go to Isaiah 22 to give a second witness to this celebration-style worship that is confronting Adventism today that is prefigured by the celebration-style worship that Aaron was accomplishing at the foot of the Mount.
In verse 12 of Isaiah 22—and I do not know if you remember Isaiah 22, but there are two classes of worshippers in Isaiah 22 that are represented by Eliakim—or is it Hilkiah? Let me make sure on that. (Pause in presentation)— . . . Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, contrasted with Shebna (Shebna the foolish virgin that is going to be cast into a field, like a ball. He is going to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord; he is the Laodicean); Eliakim being the Philadelphians (the 144,000). But, the time period that is being presented in Isaiah 22 is the time period of the Day of Atonement. And in verse 12, it says,
"12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:"—
What day does He call us to that kind of experience?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Day of Atonement.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is the Day of Atonement.
Verse 13:
—"13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die."—
This is the same kind of worship that was going on at the foot of the Mount with Aaron. They are partying down when they are supposed to be fasting and afflicting their souls.
And in verse 14, it says,
—"14And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity"—
This style of worship,
"—Surely this iniquity shall not be purged"—
And this Hebrew word purged is atoned for.
—"shall not be purged [atoned for] from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts." Isaiah 22:12-14 (KJV).
So, this style of worship that was being accomplished by Aaron and his cohorts at the foot of the Mount is prefiguring a style of worship that will be accomplished in Adventism at the end of time, just before The Sunday Law, when the wall suddenly breaks.
Habakkuk's Two Tables #68
PART SEVEN: JOSIAH
(Having begun within the time allotted for Presentation #67)*
Aaron's Foundational Rejection—Exodus 32, Part Three
(See Notes for Presentation #68)
Broken Covenant
Exodus 32:19-20; Revelation 14:9-11
Exodus 32:19-20
I have bit off more than I can chew here, once again.*
"19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot,"—
You know that there is virtually—there is a lot of Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the City of London. And I do not have experience with lots of places in the world, but I used to go to London on a regular basis, not that I have been to every Adventist Church in London; I have been to very few; but, I have spoken to the Adventists in London, and those churches, many churches, there is just virtually none of them that do not have this style of worship. Some of the Adventist Churches in London, you can go in there and they will be dancing in the aisles.
So, if we are not out going into every single Seventh-day Adventist Church each Sabbath, we do not understand how accurate that God's Word is to what is really taking place. So, okay, I have seen places on Planet Earth where this kind of foolishness is being accomplished on a regular basis, "and all the leadership answered not a word."
"19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
What is he doing here?
We mentioned yesterday that the calf is both the image of the beast, and the worship of the beast and of the image is Sunday worship. This is The Sunday Law at the end of the world.
Revelation 14:9-11
And if you go to Revelation 14:9-11, you see the punishment for those that are going to accept the mark of the beast, that are going to accept Sunday sacredness. In verse 9, it says,
"9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image,"—
Were they worshipping the beast and his image there at the foot of the Mount?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out"—
Were they going to drink something as their punishment? We just read it.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." Revelation 14:9-11 (KJV).
So, here in the story of Aaron is typified the punishment of those that receive the mark of the beast at the end of the world. Exodus 32 is illustrating the end of the world.
The People
And the end of the world is the end of Adventism; so, Exodus 32 is also illustrating the beginning of Adventism. And we have not taken time yet to look at Daniel 2, Daniel 8, and Revelation 17 in terms of the progressive there that is marked. But, in Daniel 2 you see a progression that is purposely identified in prophecy, a progression.
You see the progression in the metals in Daniel 2: [referring to kingdoms as represented in the figure of a man in the upper left-hand corner of the 1843 Chart] Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron, Iron and Clay. Gold is more valuable than Silver, which is more valuable than Brass, which is more valuable than Iron. Gold is softer than Silver, which is softer than Brass, which is softer than Iron. There is a purposeful progression.
And Sister White comments on this progression. She talks about the corruption of the religion of the world as history proceeds.
But, in Daniel 8, you get a second testimony to this progression in Daniel, chapter 8; because, the powers of Bible prophecy in Daniel 8, [beginning with the gold head of Babylon] they gâdal [self-exaltation] themselves.
And the Medes and the Persians [the Silver] gâdal themselves.
But, Alexander the Great [the Brass] even gâdal himself even more than the Medes and the Persians.
And the Romans [the Iron], they gâdal themselves more than even Alexander the Great.
And the Papacy, down here in the Iron and Clay, it gâdals itself even more than Pagan Rome.
But, disregarding the gâdal, there is a purposeful progression that is marked here.
And, of course, in Revelation 17 you see this progression, if you can see, is that it [referring back to the figure of the man] is a story about how the Mystery of Iniquity, of how the Papacy, of how Mystery Babylon moves from one head [from one kingdom] to the next kingdom down through history.
Okay. When she [Mystery Babylon] is taking off one head in 1798—right?—she is taking off the beast that carried her at that time, the European kings in 1798. And immediately what did she began to do? She began to get back upon the next beast.
Who is the beast in 1798?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The United States.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The United States.
Revelation 17 is talking about this progression of the Mystery Babylon Woman, of how she progresses through history riding different "heads" [beasts] to accomplish her work. And in the Millerite History what the apostate Protestants—at that time they were Protestants; they were then becoming apostate Protestants—what they did is they continued to carry Rome with them. They came to the point where the Protestant Reformation was going to reach its climax, and the next step was the Lord was going to return His people to Sabbathkeeping, and they continued to uphold Sunday. They continued to carry the doctrines of Rome in their hearts and their minds and they got separated from modern Israel, the beginning of Adventism. So, right there is an illustration of The Sunday Law in the history of the Millerites, if you will see it. And the punishment is that you drink this golden water that Moses has made, and the smoke of your torment rises forever and ever. And sure enough, the Protestants in the Millerite History began to pray to the Holy Place and Satan answered their prayers.
Let us stop it there and take it up tomorrow. The reason being is it does not look like we have very much left in our notes, but we do.
What we are doing here, so you understand the relation of all these things, is we are still in the part of this worship series where we are showing the typifications of these two Charts [the 1843 and the 1850 Charts] in God's Word. Not only are these two Charts the Two Tables that mark the covenant with modern Israel, despite what Adventism will say about that, these are the Two Covenant Tables for Adventism; but, because of this, the Bible has typified the role, the purpose, the history of these two Charts throughout God's Word, and we are in the process of looking at some of the places where this is typified.
And Jesus being the Beginning and the Ending, He illustrates the end of a thing from the beginning of a thing, and the thing that we are dealing with right now is the golden calf, among other things; and, the golden calf, its beginning is with Aaron, and the story of the golden calf, its end is with Jeroboam, who builds two golden calves and then says the very same thing, "These be thy gods that brought thee out of Egypt."
So, we are going to look at Aaron's story and Jeroboam's story to see the beginning and the end and see how these two stories are both contributing to the end of the world, in order to set up the context for understanding who the disobedient prophet is. And the disobedient prophet comes with a prophetic message to Jeroboam at the very point in time where he is setting up these two golden calves, and that disobedient prophet then carries out a sequence of events that contribute to our understanding of Adventism; but, that disobedient prophet first gives a prophecy to Jeroboam, and it is the prophecy of Josiah. So, we want to build all the background so we can get to Josiah; because, Josiah represents, among other things, the people at the end of the world that discover in the Sanctuary the curse of Moses. And because they discover the curse of Moses, it produces a revival. And so we want to see this typified. That is why we are taking time with Aaron and Jeroboam.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we thank you that you have allowed us to live another day, that we might serve you. And as we take up our service for you this day, we ask that you would watch over us and keep us safe and that what we do will be to your glory and honor. We want to understand how Aaron and Jeroboam are illustrating the days in which we live. We ask that you continue to open our understanding to these things. We want to understand that these Two Tables are most certainly the symbols of the covenant that you entered into at the beginning of Adventism with your people, and they are the symbols of your covenant that you are now entering into with those that you are about to lift up as an ensign. We thank you for the beautiful weather that you have given us here recently, and we thank you for the easy times that we have here to come together and worship. We know that in some parts of the world these types of easy times are not available, and that in the very near future the country in which we live is going to become the point of greatest darkness on Planet Earth, and easy times will be no more until your return. So, help us to take advantage of these times, that we can press together with one another and gather strength from the power that is contained in your Word. And we thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.