Habakkuk's Two Tables #68 (Continued)

PART SEVEN: JOSIAH

Presented by Jeff Pippenger

Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, as we come to this study this morning, we ask that you would grant us your guidance, that you would give us your Holy Spirit to direct our thoughts, our understanding. We want the Latter Rain poured out upon us. We ask that you accomplish that by giving us a deeper understanding of the significance of the story of Aaron and the golden calf and its relationship to Jeroboam. We want to understand these things in a way that we can be benefited as individuals, to become more like you in thought, word, and deed, and also that we might have a message to share with those that we come in contact with. Please take control of my humanity, that I can be a tool in your hand and not have my human thoughts interjected into this study. We ask that you prepare the hearts and minds of those that hear it, to receive it as you see fit that it might accomplish what you intend for it to. In Jesus's name, amen.

Aaron's Foundational Rejection—Exodus 32, Part Three (Continued)

BROTHER PIPPENGER: This is our third consideration of Exodus 32, the golden calf and Aaron. We left off yesterday midway through Exodus 32. We are going to start with verses 21 through 24.

The People (Continued)

Exodus 32:21-24

We have just seen Moses come down and punish the people by turning the gold into dust and mixing it with water and making them drink their idol, prefiguring the drinking of God's wrath by those that receive the mark of the beast in Revelation 14's Third Angel's Message.

Now we want to read verses 21 through 24.

"21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf." Exodus 32:21‑24 (KJV).

So, Aaron is suffering under the guilt of what he has done.

Naked, Poor, Blind and Miserable

Exodus 32:25

Verse 25 says,

"25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)" Exodus 32:25 (KJV).

Who is it that is naked?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Multiple indiscernible responses.)

BROTHER PIPPENGER: These are the Laodiceans: naked, poor, blind, and miserable.

We are suggesting this story is illustrating the end of the world in our day and age, but also the history of the Millerites, because the beginning illustrates the end. Those people in the Millerite History that end up naked are the ones that are praying to the Holy Place when Christ moves into the Most Holy Place.

The Levites

Exodus 32:26-29

Beginning in verse 26,

"26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? Let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. 28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother: that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day." Exodus 32:26-29 (KJV).

And, of course, the Levites are going to be marked in the story of Jeroboam, and we are saying that the story of Aaron is the beginning of the story of the golden calf and Jeroboam is the end, and the Levites are the ones that are faithful in this history.

Let us go to Malachi. This history is prefiguring the end of the world, prefiguring the Millerites as well. And we have looked at Malachi 3 often in this study. And in verse 1 it says,

"1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:"—

In the time of Christ, this was John the Baptist; and, this was William Miller in the Millerite History, preparing the way for Christ to change dispensations. With John the Baptist He was changing dispensations from the earthly sanctuary to the Heavenly Sanctuary; in the story of Miller, from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place.

—"1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope: 3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." Malachi 3:1-3 (KJV).

In verse 1 of Malachi 3, when Christ comes to His temple, you see it referenced there in verse 1 two times; and, Sister White takes this verse, as we have demonstrated before, and applies it to the Two Temple Cleansings of Christ.

In verses 2 and 3 is a description of the process of cleansing the temple. The Lord is going to sit as a refiner and a fuller, and He produces a purification process that is the Everlasting Gospel. He did so in the history when He walked among men, the history of John the Baptist; and, He did so in the history of the Millerites, cleansing the temple twice, producing a group of people, the Levites, that moved into the Most Holy Place with Him. But, all of these histories are pointing forward to the end of the world in the development of the 144,000, which is 12 tribes, Levites of only one tribe. And when it comes to the Levites, it is emphasizing those people that come out of God's Church that are going to stand faithful in The Sunday Law crisis.

So, the Levites back here in Exodus 32 are prefiguring Seventh-day Adventists that are lifted up as an ensign at the end of the world. They are marked for their willingness to make a distinction between God's Law and the golden calf.

Back to your notes.

The Day of Atonement

Exodus 32:30

Exodus 32, verse 30, says,

"30And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin." Exodus 32:30 (KJV).

Thus referencing the Day of Atonement, pointing forward to the conclusion of the Millerite History, where those that are typified by the Levites move into the Most Holy Place with Christ at the beginning of the Day of Atonement, and prefiguring those of us here at the end of Adventism that are living in the atypical Day of Atonement and preparing, hopefully, for the Seal of God at The Sunday Law. So, this is clearly placed in the context of the Day of Atonement, when we understand that all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world.

The Blotting Out—the Latter Rain

Exodus 32:31-35

Then in verses 31 through 35 it gets even more specific about what is being referenced. Verse 31 says,

"31And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—: and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mind Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made." Exodus 32:31-35 (KJV).

So, not only is this referencing the Day of Atonement, it is referencing the very conclusion of the Day of Atonement when Christ is blotting out sins: the Judgment of the Living; the time of the Latter Rain.

So, what we are identifying here is that the story of Aaron is prefiguring the story of Jeroboam.

Jeroboam

A Prophecy

1 Kings 11:29-31

Let us go to 1 Kings 11. We are saying that the story of the golden calf with Aaron is prefiguring the story of the golden calves with Jeroboam, that they are the beginning and the end; and, therefore, the characteristics in the story of Aaron are going to hold true with the characteristics in the story of Jeroboam.

In 1 Kings 11, beginning in verse 29, it says,

"29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: . . ." 1 Kings 11:29-31 (KJV).

So, here is a prophecy of the division of Israel, and the Ten Northern Tribes and Two Southern Tribes, and Jeroboam is the focus of the prophecy. He is going to be the first king. And he could have had a righteous kingdom; but, when it all plays out, he is not going to walk in the way of righteousness.

A Promise

1 Kings 11:35-40

He is given a promise in verse 35 to this effect. It says,

"35But I will take the kingdom"—

After He says he will not take it from Solomon; He is going to take it from Solomon's son.

—"35But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shall be king over Israel. 38And it shall be, if thou will hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee."—

So, the promise here—let me read two more verses.

—"39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon." 1 Kings 11:35-40 (KJV).

So, we are seeing here Solomon's jealousy drives Jeroboam into Egypt, and Jeroboam is being typified by Aaron, and the story of Aaron takes place right after Aaron comes out of Egypt. And, of course, the story of Jeroboam and his golden calves are going to take place after he comes out of Egypt.

But, to be noted here is that this is a prophecy that the kingdom was going to be divided. This is a prophecy that had to come to pass. This is a prophecy similar to the prophecy of the covering up of the truths on these [1843 and 1850] Charts. There was going to be a return to the Old Paths at the end of the world, and an argument where the majority of Adventism is going to refuse to walk in the Old Paths. And in order that these Old Paths to be rediscovered at the end of the world, they have to be covered up. This is a prophecy. The covering up has to take place in order for them to be rediscovered.

So also with Jeroboam: Something has to happen to divide the kingdom into two parts, and it was God's Word that He was going to make it happen. How people related to the fulfillment of that prophecy is up to individuals, but it was going to happen now because it has become part of God's Word. There was going to become a division in the kingdom.

The Third Day

1 Kings 12:12-19

Let us look at chapter 12, verses 12 through 19, of 1 Kings, beginning at verse 12.

"12So Jeroboam"—

And Jeroboam has come back from Egypt. He has come to the meeting with Rehoboam, where Rehoboam is going to inform them as to how he is going to govern, as compared to how Solomon governed.

Verse 12:

"12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,"—

Rehoboam had said, "Give me three days to consider how I am going to govern," and they came back at the end of three days. And three days, of course, is a prophetic symbol in the Scriptures. We will not deal with that right here, but Christ was in the tomb for three days. Christ compared those three days to the building of the temple; and, in John 2:20, the Jews say the temple took 46 years to build, so this three days could be understood as 46 years; it could be understood, therefore, as the Three Angels' Messages that came into history from 1798 to 1844.

And here in this story, the kingdom is going to be divided at the end of three days; therefore, it is going to be divided—when?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible response.)

BROTHER PIPPENGER: In 1844.

Okay. This has a lesson to the division of apostate Protestantism from Millerite Adventism. The First Angel's Message was sent to the Protestant world. They were tested for 46 years. At the end of 46 years, they began to fulfill their role as the False Prophet of Bible prophecy. The Millerite Adventists have been identified as the True Prophet in that history, that this history is governed by the story of Elijah. And at the end of three days, in 1844, Protestantism is going to be divided into apostate Protestantism and Millerite Adventism.

Okay. 1 Kings 12:12:

"12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,"—

They came in 1844.

—"as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day."—

The kingdom is going to be divided at The Sunday Law once again, in Adventism, at the end of the third day.

—"13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;"—

Rehoboam here is rejecting the Old Paths.

—"14And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat."—

This is important (verse 15) for me. Whatever Rehoboam did, even if he had taken a righteous response to this situation, the kingdom was going to be divided, one way or another, by the Lord. That could not be turned backwards.

—"16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 17But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day." 1 Kings 12:12-19 (KJV).

So, what we are saying here, just to put this in place:

1AM 2AM 3AM

1798 1842 10/22/1844

MILLERITES JOSIAH

● (Disappointment)

46 years

(John 2:20: 46 years = 3 days)

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9/11/2001 The Sunday Law

144,000

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Door Closes

Figure No. 137.

1798 to 1844 is 46 years; but, based upon John 2:20, this 46 years is 3 days.

The First Angel's Message came here; the Second Angel's Message arrives in 1842; the Third Angel's Message arrives on October 22, 1844. These Three Angels' Messages are the three days. At the end of the three days, the kingdom is divided.

This is the story of Elijah. This is the three and a half years of drought. And by the time you get to the punishment of the prophets of Baal, them being slain after the fire comes down out of Heaven proving that Elijah is the True Prophet, the False Prophets are slain right here; and, you are seeing two classes of worshippers that are demonstrated in this history [of Elijah] and in this history [of the Millerites], but you are seeing the seal of approval being put on Millerite Adventism, and you are seeing apostate Protestantism begin to fill its role as the False Prophet.

This also is repeated in our history. At 9/11, the testing process of Adventism begins. At The Sunday Law it ends. In this history from 9/11 to The Sunday Law, there are three primary tests that take place; the third is where the door closes. At The Sunday Law, two classes are demonstrated.

At the slaying of the prophets of Baal [in the line of Elijah], two classes are demonstrated.

In 1844 [in Millerite History], two classes are demonstrated.

These three days of Jeroboam is leading us to 1844. This we want you to see; because, at this point in time, Israel (the Ten Northern Tribes) becomes apostate Protestantism; and, the Two Southern Tribes of Judah become Millerite Adventism, if you can follow the logic of this.

The Prophetic Chain

3:1 Combinations

1 2 3 4
1 Christ Adam Eve ● Abel
2 Shem Japheth Ham ● Noah
3 Miriam Aaron Moses ● Joshua
4 Hophni Phinehas Eli ● Samuel
5 Saul David Solomon ● Rehoboam
6 Jehoiakim Jehoiachin Zedekiah ● Nebuchadnezzar
7 Cyrus Darius Artaxerxes ● Artaxerxes
8 FIRST SECOND THIRD ● FOURTH

Legend: ● = Disappointment

Figure No. 138.

Now, this here, we have looked at this before. This is the prophetic chain.

William Miller, Ellen White says that William Miller was given the commencement to the Chain of Truth; and, of course, William Miller tells us the three commencements that he was given was 677BC, the commencement of the 2520; 457BC, the commencement of the 2300 Days; and, AD508, the commencement of the 1335 and the 1290.

Miller (the Millerites), at the beginning of Adventism, were given the commencement to the Chain of Truth; and, at the end of Adventism, we have been given the links to the Chain of Truth. And these [see Figure No. 138] are the links. What these are, are the 3:1 combinations.

And this little mark here is the Disappointment that always follows the third waymark.

Right here [referring to 1844 in the Millerite reform line in Figure No. 137] is the Great Disappointment that follows this third waymark.

Right here [referring to Elijah's reform line of Figure No. 137] is Elijah praying seven times, not one time, for the rain to come. He was disappointed that his prayer was not answered the first time around.

And, of course, there is going to be a disappointment that follows The Sunday Law in the United States when those Seventh-day Adventists that receive the Seal of God realize how few of their brothers and sisters stand with them in this crisis.

So, after the third waymark in the reform lines, we always see a disappointment.

So, in this first link of the chain, where this story begins in Eden, we see Christ, Adam, and Eve; followed by the disappointment of them being driven out of the Garden; and, then we see the story of Cain and Abel. This is the first link in the chain.

And I am not saying that I am including all the links. I am just trying to make a point in terms of Jeroboam here.

The next link in the chain that we can see easily is the story of Noah. We have the three (Shem, Japheth, and Ham); followed by the disappointment, the world being destroyed by a flood; and Noah is the fourth in this history.

Then, if we jump forward to the story of Moses, we see Miriam, Aaron, and Moses; the disappointment by the Red Sea; and, then Joshua is going to be the new leader in this story. Joshua goes into the Promised Land. They place the tent sanctuary in Shiloh.

And in Shiloh we see three persons (Hophni, Phinehas, and Eli); the disappointment of the ark being captured and all these men [Hophni, Phinehas, and Eli] being killed; and, then Samuel, this is the fourth waymark (the Fourth Angel's Message) and Samuel, the new leader. Here, this is the story of Shiloh,

But now the Lord is choosing Jerusalem. Shiloh is being set aside, and the temple is going to be built in Jerusalem. And we see the first three kings (Saul, David, and Solomon), and here we are in the story of Rehoboam; the first disappointment is the rending of the kingdom, the division that we are talking about into two kingdoms; Rehoboam is the fourth waymark. The Lord chose Jerusalem here, but Jerusalem is going to be destroyed because of Israel's disobedience.

The destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar takes place in this history of three kings (Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah); the disappointment is the destruction of Jerusalem and the carrying away into captivity; and, Nebuchadnezzar is the fourth waymark in that history.

When it is time to come out of Babylon and rebuild Jerusalem and the temple, we once again have three kings (Cyrus, Darius, Artaxerxes), with the three decrees; with the disappointment of Ezra of how few people came out of Babylon under the Third Decree; and, then Artaxerxes again makes a decree again for Nehemiah to come and finish the work of rebuilding the streets and walls in troublous times. This third waymark [of Artaxerxes] begins the 2300-year prophecy that comes into history in AD1798, 1842, and 1844 (the First, Second, and Third Angels' Messages), which are followed by a disappointment.

And then we are living now in the time of the Fourth Angel.

So, in these histories, we are saying that the 3:1 combination of Bible prophecy is the links in the chain. And I have just given you a brief overview of these.

Now, if you go back into them, you will see the story of a link and a chain. If you have a chain, every link is the same. Okay? And these are all the same. They are the 3:1 combination; but, they go through a metamorphosis as they proceed down through history.

The similarity here is these are Christ, Adam, and Eve, the creators of mankind, at least in one sense. Christ created us, and it is through Adam and Eve that all of us have been created; and, they produce Abel, the symbol of the Everlasting Gospel first set forth.

These in the next link, we once again have three family members [Shem, Japheth, and Ham]—these [also] are three family members [speaking of Christ, Adam, and Eve in the first 3:1 combination]. Christ is the Son of God, Adam [and Eve; and, Abel], they are family members at that level—and the disappointment leading to Noah.

In this level you can see how these leaders are the same, but they are changing. Shem, Japheth, and Ham you can say are also the creators of mankind, as these [Christ, Adam, and Eve] were, in the sense that after the Flood all mankind come down through Noah and his family.

So, there is a connection between each preceding and following link as you go down, although they are changing a little bit.

These are all family members [referring to the first three links], and these are all family members, Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. But, Joshua is not a family member; but, these are three leaders, followed by a fourth leader.

These are all leaders; they are family members (Hophni, Phinehas, and Eli), but these are bad leaders. There is a little bit of a change there.

These [Miriam and Aaron] were so-so leaders. Moses was an excellent leader, one mistake. Aaron and Miriam, there were some issues.

But, Hophni, Phinehas, and Eli, bad leaders, producing a new leader [Samuel] that is not family; just like Joshua, not family.

Now these leaders are changing to kings: beginning kings [Saul, king; David, king; Solomon, king; and Rehoboam, king]; and, ending kings [Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah]. There is a connection from that level. But, now a foreign king, Nebuchadnezzar, becomes the fourth waymark here.

Foreign kings [Cyrus, Darius, Artaxerxes]; but, here they are not simply kings, they are making decrees, pronouncements.

And the decrees, the pronouncements, when you get to this level [the 8th link in Figure No. 138], they are messages. So, there is a connection at that level.

But, these links also show us a change of dispensation.

Here [link 1], Adam and Eve in the Garden were worshipping Christ face-to-face until sin came in; and, then they were driven from the Garden. And here with Abel, they were not so much worshipping at an altar. Where are they worshipping? The gates of the Garden of Eden

And here [link 2], they are worshipping at the gates of the Garden of Eden, until the Flood; and, then Noah institutes altar worship.

And altar worship continues until Moses [link 3] institutes the tent sanctuary, which is still active here [link 4] until the ark is captured.

And here the tent sanctuary is now going to be set aside for the permanent sanctuary, which Solomon [link 5] leads out in construction.

But here with Zedekiah [link 6], the permanent sanctuary is destroyed.

And now here with these decrees [link 7], the permanent sanctuary is to be rebuilt, but it is going to be destroyed in AD70.

So, here [link 8] now, the spiritual temple is being built.

So, once again, they are the same; they are a link; they are a 3:1 combination. They have a connection with the previous link and the following link; but, each of these links is showing a change in dispensations:

So, in these lines we see a change in dispensation.

And at the third waymark, one of the things that we see typified is The Sunday Law. When Nebuchadnezzar comes and destroys Jerusalem (when the King of the North comes and conquers Jerusalem) in this history, this is typifying The Sunday Law at the end of the world.

Of course, we know that at the end of the world, the third waymark down here [Figure No. 137, the line of the 144,000] is The Sunday Law.

And I did not put in here Christ. Christ is a 3:1 combination to that history.

But, in any case, the third waymark, when you put that together, you see a Sunday Law. The fourth waymark, this is the Latter Rain time period. It is showing a change in dispensation.

So, when we get to the rending of the kingdom with Rehoboam and Jeroboam, we are getting to October 22, 1844, where there is a change in dispensation from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place; but, we are also seeing that apostate Protestantism is being identified, and Judah is being chosen over Shiloh, right here [link 5]. Judah is being chosen, and Jerusalem is being chosen. Judah is being chosen as the tribe where God is going to interact with them.

They Shall Kill Me

1 Kings 12:26-33

So, let us go to 1 Kings 12:26-33.

"26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:"—

Okay. Jeroboam now has the ten tribes; they have separated from Judah and Rehoboam.

He says to himself,

—"27If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah."—

What is Jeroboam afraid of? Self-preservation; he thinks the people are going to kill him.

Why did Aaron build the golden calf? They believed the people were going to kill him. Aaron had just come out of Egypt; Jeroboam had just come out of Egypt. They are going to do the same thing, and it is motivated on misguided fear.

—"28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. 30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people,"—

Why did he make priests of the lowest people? Because, the Levites refused to participate in this worship.

—"[he] made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar."—

He is making a counterfeit worship, just as Aaron did. After he made the calf and the altar, then he identified a feast of the Lord the next day, where they all rose up to eat, and drink, and play.

—"on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense." 1 Kings 12:26‑33 (KJV).

When Aaron made the golden calf, that calf was an image of a beast; and, the only definition of the image of the beast is the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. So, in Aaron's golden calf, we see the combination of church and state at the prophetic level.

And here when Jeroboam is repeating this sin, at the end of the story of the golden calf, he outdoes Aaron in the sense that he makes two golden calves, and he places one in the city of Bethel, and one in the city of Dan.

BETHEL: the house of God.

DAN: judge

And BETHEL, BETH mean house, EL means God. BETHEL is the house of God. That is church.

And DAN means judge. This is where judgment takes place. Judgment takes place by a king. A king is a political power; this is state.

So, we see more specifically, but given a second witness to the fact, that his golden calf represents the image of the beast, the combination of church and state.

A Man of God Out of Judah

1 Kings 13:1

So, Jeroboam has ordained this counterfeit worship service.

And then in 1 Kings 13:1—and this is where we are leading to:

"1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense." 1 Kings 13:1 (KJV).

So, this prophet from Judah, who is he?

Right here [link 5, third waymark], in this history here where the kingdom is divided, this 3:1 combination—Rehoboam would be the fourth in this history—right here at this disappointment, what is taking place? Two classes have been demonstrated. In this history you have the Ten Northern Tribes which becomes Israel, and the Two Southern Tribes which is Judah. That is this history here with Rehoboam.

So, who is Israel and Judah in the history of the Millerites, right here [see Figure No. 137]?

Judah is the Millerites. They have just been chosen.

Were they not chosen? Did the Lord not just enter into covenant with Millerite Adventism in 1844?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)

BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, who is Israel, the Ten Northern Tribes? That is the False Prophet in the terminology of Elijah, but it is apostate Protestantism [in the Millerite History].

So, this prophet from Judah, who is he? This is the Millerites, and they are taking a message to apostate Protestantism. Right?

Okay. Verses 2 through 10 [of 1 Kings 13] says,

"2And he cried against the altar"—

This altar that Jeroboam had set up for this worship service.

And what does the altar represent? Christ. So, he has created a false Christ here.

—"2And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar,"—

We are going to deal with "altar, altar."

—"thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name;"—

So, right here in 1844, we see the prophecy of Josiah put into place. Right?

Do you follow the logic?

This prophecy comes right here in the story of Jeroboam and Rehoboam [link 5]. Right [after the fourth waymark] after the split [of the kingdom], the prophecy of Josiah is put in place.

—"Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David,"—

What is the House of David? Judah (Millerite Adventism; Adventism).

—"Josiah by name, and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out."—

Now, the sign is what is going to confirm that this prophet from Judah is a true prophet; but, the prophecy, the future prophecy, is about Josiah coming into history and tearing down these high places, and burning men's bones upon them. So, he says, "This is the sign that proves that this prophecy is valid."

"4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. 6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before."—

So, did the Protestants right here in this [Millerite] history, did they actually understand the Millerites were right? Yeah, they did. They watched the Lord confirm that history.

Now, they are dead and buried and their children may not understand it, but the Lord confirmed that Millerite Adventism was His covenant people in that history.

And that is what He was doing here with Jeroboam.

And the prophet, Jeroboam had just built a false Christ, a false altar, and the first crisis he is confronted with when his arm is paralyzed, he says, "Pray to your God for me, please!" He knew which God to go to if he needed help. He knew his god was the false god.

"7And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 8And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. 10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. 1 Kings 13:2–10 (KJV).

Altar, Altar

Isaiah 40:1–5; Zechariah 4:7; Revelation 14:8; 18:2; Zechariah 2:6; Isaiah 52:11; Isaiah 8:9; Isaiah 41:27; 65:1; 52:7; 51:9, 17; 57:14; 62:10

So, "Altar, Altar," we have mentioned this in this worship series, but we have never taken time to make this prophetic point.

When you see a word or an expression repeated two times in the Scriptures, it is a prophetic symbol of the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message. The Second and the Fourth Angels' Message contain the expression, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen." This twofold representation of "Babylon is fallen, is fallen," of the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message mark the history of the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message with this repetition. And when you see the repetition of two words or two phrases in the Scriptures, you will find that it is specifically emphasizing those two histories, the history of the Second Angel's Message in the Millerite time period and in the history of the Latter Rain.

Now, all the prophets are speaking about the history of the Latter Rain, so this is kind of a moot point. If you realize that all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world anyway, then they are all speaking about the Fourth Angel's Message. But, when you see these repetitions two times, it is an extra emphasis on the particular passage that you are looking at.

Look at Isaiah 40.

How many times would I have to show this to you before it was established?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: Two.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: Two or three.

Isaiah 40, beginning in verse 1, says,

"1Comfort ye, comfort ye"—

And in the time period of the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message, you are seeing a manifestation of the power of God, and how is this manifestation of the power of God accomplished? How does Zechariah tell us that this work is accomplished?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: ". . . Not by might . . ."

BROTHER PIPPENGER: ". . . Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." Zechariah 4:6 (KJV).

This work of the Second and Fourth Angels' Message is accomplished by the Holy Spirit.

And what is one of the titles of the Holy Spirit?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Comforter.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: He is the Comforter.

So, here you see,

"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."—

And I am saying that because that is repeated twice, it is marking the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message at a time that the Comforter is especially active.

Verse 2:

—"2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned:"—

When is her iniquity pardoned? In the blotting out of sin in the Judgment of the Living during the Latter Rain.

—"for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

"3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Isaiah 40:1-5 (KJV).

When does all flesh see the glory of the Lord revealed? Revelation 18:1, an Angel comes down out of Heaven and the Earth is lightened with His glory.

And in this history, the history of the Latter Rain, the history of the sealing of the 144,000, there is going to be a preparation that takes place that is accomplished through the work of God's people that is typified by Elijah, and John the Baptist, and William Miller.

And in verse 2 here, "the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God," this is identifying the work of Elijah, John the Baptist, and William Miller, but more specifically the work of those in Adventism beginning on 9/11/2001.

"Comfort ye, comfort ye," this double, this repetition is marking the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message. We have shown that to you once. Go to Zechariah 4:7.

"7Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it." Zechariah 4:7 (KJV).

Of course, GRACE is an interchangeable term with the Holy Spirit. I know you might not be familiar with that, but it is a fact that grace is associated with the Holy Spirit.

And who is Zerubbabel? Zerubbabel was the governor when they were building Jerusalem, and he actually in reality did the foundation stone for the building; he laid the foundation stone for the building of the temple; and, he put the capstone on the temple.

But, what does ZERUBBABEL mean? We have dealt with this already. It means offspring of Babylon, out of Babylon. ZERUBBABEL is a symbol for the message, "Come out of Babylon," which is the message of the Second and Fourth Angels' Message. So, in the name ZERUBBABEL and the work that Zerubbabel accomplished, Zerubbabel laid the Foundations of Adventism, right up here on these two Charts [the 1843 and 1850 Charts].

So, Zerubbabel finishes the work of Adventism in this sealing of the 144,000; and, we know that this is the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message that is being referenced also, because what is said is, "Grace, grace."

Revelation 14:8 is the point of reference for identifying a repetition or a word of phrase twice as the Second and Fourth Angels' Message. The Second Angel's Message in verse 8 of Revelation 14 says,

"8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, . . ." Revelation 14:8 (KJV).

There is your repetition.

If you go to Revelation 18:2, which is the Fourth Angel's Message time period in verse 2, it says,

"2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, . . ." Revelation 18:2 (KJV).

When you see a word or a phrase is repeated twice, it is marking the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message.

If you go back to Zechariah 2:6—now, you are correct if you are thinking that this little tangent that we are off on does not necessarily have anything directly related to Aaron and Jeroboam, this is true; but, we are putting this principle, this symbol in place here before we move forward.

Zechariah 2, verse 6, it says,

"6Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. 7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon." Zechariah 2:6-7 (KJV).

What is Zechariah saying here? He is saying, "Come out of Babylon!" But, he takes the word ho, and he repeats it twice. When you see a word or a phrase repeated twice, it is marking the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message.

Go to Isaiah 52:11. And we are no where even close going to study all the places where a word or a phrase is repeated twice. We are just letting you see enough that you can accept this as truth, if you wish.

Isaiah 52:11 says,

"11Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord." Isaiah 52:11 (KJV).

"Depart ye, depart ye! Come out of Babylon! Be clean," the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message.

Isaiah 8:9:

"9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces." Isaiah 8:9 (KJV).

Of course, you have got to deal with the fact that in this verse, "ye shall be broken in pieces," is mentioned three times. But, "gird yourselves, gird yourselves" is mentioned twice. And this passage deals with the evil confederacy of Bible prophecy that we have dealt with repeatedly in this study, the evil confederacy being the Beast, the Dragon, and the False Prophet, the confederacy at the end of the world that is made up of the world bankers, the globalists, the Free Masons, primarily the United Nations.

And if you drop down just so you can see where this takes place in history, if you drop down to verse 16, it says,

"16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples." Isaiah 8:16 (KJV).

This "gird yourselves, gird yourselves," this pronouncement against this evil confederacy, it takes place in the time when the 144,000 are being sealed. It takes place in the time of the Latter Rain.

This repetition of phrases and words two times represent the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message.

Isaiah 41:27. Isaiah 41, verse 27 says,

"27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings." Isaiah 41:27 (KJV).

In the time period of the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message you are to "Behold, behold" those that are bringing the Message of the Hour: the Millerites, the 144,000. "Behold, behold."

Isaiah 65:1. Isaiah 65, verse 1, says,

"1I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name." Isaiah 65:1 (KJV).

In both the histories of the Millerites and of our history the revival is accomplished through the work of Christ. It is not human beings that lift themselves up out of a lost condition and flee from Babylon and come to the Lord on their own initiative. It is a work that is accomplished by the Lord, through beholding Him. This is why the message of Jones and Waggoner that was to present more clearly before the world an uplifted Savior that they might behold Him, and awaken and respond to the Latter Rain Message.

Okay. "Behold, behold," the Latter Rain Message.

Isaiah 52:7:

"7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" Isaiah 52:7 (KJV).

The people that behold Christ, that are brought into revival, they are going to bring good tidings, good tidings to the world in both the Millerite History of the Second Angel's Message and in our history.

In Isaiah 51:9, it says,

"9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?" Isaiah 51:9 (KJV).

When is it that there is a wake-up call? At the Midnight Cry.

And the Midnight Cry was what? It was where the Second Angel's Message was empowered. The Second Angel's Message is, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen," and it was empowered at the Midnight Cry when the virgins awoke, "Awake, awake!" The Millerite History is repeated to the very letter. The parable of the Ten Virgins is repeated to the very letter at the Midnight Cry at the end of the world. All the virgins are going to awake.

It is not in your notes, but go to the Book of Joel, chapter 1, verse 5. It says,

"5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth." Joel 1:5 (KJV).

At the Midnight Cry in the Millerite History, at the Exeter Camp Meeting on August 12 - 17 of 1844, was there any new wine? Yes. Samuel Snow brought the new wine, identifying October 22, 1844; but, there was a class of people that would not receive that message. Who were they? They were the drunkards. The new wine had been cut off from their mouths.

When was the new wine that was cut off from their mouths? At the wake-up time.

So, at the wake-up time—and what is our wake-up time? Right now; from 9/11 onwards is our wake-up time.

What happens at the wake-up time? The message is cut off from the drunkards of Ephraim. It is cut off from their mouths, and the debate begins between those that are drinking the new wine and those that are drinking the wine of Babylon, and those that made a covenant with death and those that are making a covenant with life.

So, when we see back here in Isaiah 52, verse 7, "Awake, awake," it is a reference to the Second and Fourth Angels' Message.

Isaiah 51, verse 17:

"17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out." Isaiah 51:17 (KJV).

We know pretty certain in our minds when the wake-up call came for the Millerites. When was it? I just said it. When was it? At the Midnight Cry.

When was it? August 12 – 17, 1844. The Midnight Cry arrives; awake time takes place.

We are a little bit less sure that 9/11/2001 was the wake-up time here at the end of the world, as we are with August 12 – 17, 1844. But, what did this last verse say? "Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out."

Here the wake-up time is marked for us pretty clearly.

What do you do when you wake up? You stand up.

And when does God's people stand up? At the second message of Ezekiel 37, when the breath comes into the bones. And the breath that comes into the bones in Ezekiel 37, verse 9, it comes from where?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Four Winds.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Four Winds.

And what does Ellen White say those Four Winds are? They are an angry horse seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction on the whole world. The angels are holding these Four Winds. "Oh, that God's people might have the spirit poured upon them that they might stand up on their feet and live." That is Ellen White; that is Ezekiel 37:9.

So, here in verse 17, it says, "Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem." Wake-up time at the end of the world: 9/11/2001. This is where the two classes are beginning to be formed. They will be demonstrated at The Sunday Law.

Isaiah 57:14. Isaiah 57, verse 14, says,

"14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people." Isaiah 57:14 (KJV).

This is more of the work of John the Baptist, and Elijah, and William Miller, preparing the way of the Lord, making straight His paths; and, it is more of the Triumphal Entry.

"Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way." Who is that prepared the way for Christ to suddenly come to His Temple? John the Baptist.

Who was a type of Elijah? William Miller.

So, this is just describing the work that takes place in the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message; because, at the climax of the Second Angel's Message, Christ moved into the Most Holy Place.

Isaiah 62:10:

"10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people." Isaiah 62:10 (KJV).

This work of John the Baptist, Elijah, William Miller, preparing the way of the Lord, reaches its climax in the Second and the Fourth Angels' Message.

So, when the prophet comes to Jeroboam and he says, "Oh, altar, altar," he is marking that this history pointing forward to the Second Angel's Message, right here [1844 (third waymark of Millerite History), Figure No. 137], the Midnight Cry. They wake up. They are preparing for Christ to suddenly come to His Temple. "Altar, altar" is tying this story into 1844; and, therefore, you have the responsibility as a student of prophecy of determining who these two classes are. And Jeroboam (Israel), that is apostate Protestantism in this history; and Judah and Benjamin, that is Millerite Adventism. So, Millerite Adventism brings a message to apostate Protestantism after 1844.

And, what is the message after 1844 that Millerite Adventism brings to apostate Protestantism? That your altar is an abomination!

And, what is your altar? It is a symbol of worshipping the sun. It is Sunday worship. Suddenly the issue from 1844 onward, the message of this disobedient prophet, is the message of the mark of the beast and the Seal of God. Right?

And you can place that in this history.

The prophet did not have to say, "O Altar, altar." He could have just said, "O altar." You may argue, "Well, he was talking about the altar in Bethel and the altar in Dan," but God controls His Word. He put that in there for His purpose.

So, the prophecy is a prophecy of a king that would come and do a work of reformation, and his name was Josiah. What does JOSIAH mean?

JOSIAH: Strong's Concordance H2977—From the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah. H803—Feminine passive participle from an unused root meaning to found; foundation. H3050—Jah, the sacred name.

It is from H803 and H3050, and it is the feminine participle of an unused root, meaning to found; the foundation. And, of course, Jah, is the sacred name. So, JOSIAH means the foundation of God.

So, the prophecy that Millerite Adventism gives to apostate Protestantism here is a prophecy about the Foundations. The Foundations are being marked in this history.

This [the 1843 Chart] is the Foundations.

This [the 1850 Chart] is the Foundations and the Pillars.

So, we know as students of prophecy that the story of Josiah will have something to do with the Foundations.

Bread and Water

Isaiah 55:1-11; Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4; John 6:49-51

And the king said—I do not know why the king said, just out of fear, I guess—Jeroboam says, "I'll give you a reward. I'll give you a reward for just destroying my brand new altar and paralyzing my arm. I'll give you the reward because the Lord allowed my arm to be healed."

And he [the prophet] says, "I won't take your reward. I have been told not to eat your bread and water."

Isaiah 55, verses 1 through 11. We are almost done here.

"1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David."—

He does not want to eat Jeroboam's bread and water, because he is going to eat God's bread and water.

And why is he going to do that? Because, right here in 1844 [See Figure No. 137] they entered into covenant with God. You eat His bread and water; you enter into an everlasting covenant.

Verse 4:

—"4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee."—

In this history, Elijah was glorified right here [See Figure No. 137, the fire coming down from Heaven before the third waymark].

He [the Lord] has glorified Millerite Adventism [See Figure No. 137, before the third waymark].

And He called a nation that knoweth not. This is a bigger subject than sometimes we realize; but, that is what is happening now, is it not? Adventism is watching while the Lord is selecting a group of people that are using "stammering lips and another tongue" (Isaiah 28:11, KJV) to present the message to His people.

He is choosing a nation that had not been known—to do a number of things, but we are not dealing with that.

—"6Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

"8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Isaiah 55:1-11 (KJV).

So, in any case, the bread and water is the message of the Lord. That is what this disobedient prophet was told to eat, not to eat the bread and water (the doctrines) of apostate Protestantism.

Deuteronomy 8:3.

I did not read [into the record] all that passage of Isaiah 55:1-11 [in your notes] because of time, if you are wondering.

Deuteronomy 8, verse 3:

"3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live." Deuteronomy 8:3 (KJV).

So, the bread that he was going to eat (the disobedient prophet) was every Word that proceeded from the mouth of God. And what symbolizes that Word? The manna that comes down from Heaven, the manna that Jesus referred to when He told the Jews that they needed to drink His blood and eat His flesh, and they turned away from Him.

It is not simply His Word. What is it? What is it?—I did not do that on purpose. MANNA means what is it?

It is not simply His Word: What is it? [manna], it is His prophetic Word. The bread and water that the disobedient prophet was going to feed upon was God's prophetic Word. Right?

Of course, I do not know any of His Words that are not prophetic. All of His Words contain the same creative power that He used to create the worlds; so, every Word that God speaks has that creative energy in it; and, Isaiah tells us that His Word will not return to Him void; it is going to accomplish the purpose that He set it forth for. So, every Word has a purpose; every purpose will be accomplished. When the creative power accomplishes the purpose for every Word in the Bible, it will be a fulfillment of prophecy. Every Word in the Bible is prophetic.

But, you can study the Bible incorrectly, where you isolate it out as the Greek isolates things out, and isolate the Psalms (the songs), the doctrines, the law; but, we are not of such mindset.

Matthew 4:4:

"4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 (KJV).

John 6:49-51.

And John 6 we have just referenced with the manna, and Jesus telling them they must—let us go to John 6—eat His flesh and drink His blood. John 6:49-51 says,

"49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." John 6:49-51 (KJV).

All right. We are at the end of this thought.

The Way Thou Camest

So, what are we saying? We are saying that at the beginning of the story of the golden calf is Aaron, and that that story prefigures the end of the story of the golden calves with Jeroboam.

And then in the history of Jeroboam and Rehoboam, when the kingdom is being divided, we are placed here in 1844 and at The Sunday Law, where God's people are going to be divided into two classes. And when this happened in the story of Jeroboam, Millerite Adventism brings a message, a rebuke of apostate Protestantism, a rebuke for their rejection of the First Angel's Message, their unwillingness to follow Christ by faith into the Most Holy Place and receive the advancing light of the Third Angel: the Sanctuary, the Sabbath.

And the golden calves of Jeroboam represents this rebellion, this counterfeit worship that Millerite Adventism stands opposed to, brings this message against.

And the prophet expresses that he has been specifically told by the Lord that he is not to drink the break and water (the doctrine, the teachings) of apostate Protestantism, nor is he to go back the way that he came.

How did Millerite Adventism get to here [See Figure No. 137, at the third waymark of 1844] to where it is entering into covenant with Christ, where it is Elijah, it is the True Prophet in contrast with the False Prophet, and in contrast with the prophets of Baal, in contrast with the Northern Kingdom of Israel? How did it get there?

It came through these three days, these three histories. You are not to go back through that history, not to go back that way. If you were to go back that way, here [1844] Millerite Adventism becomes God's covenant people. Before here [tracing the reform line back to 1798] what were they? They were Protestants. They had come out of Protestantism, and they are not to go back to Protestantism; because, Protestantism has been exposed now as apostate Protestantism. They were not to go back that way.

Their way [the way of Millerite Adventism] was different. What was their way? Which way were they to go?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: To the Most Holy Place.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: To the Most Holy Place, that is true; but, they were to go on a path where Jesus was in front of them, and the Midnight Cry was behind them, and this path was high and lifted up. It is leaving the world. They were not to go back to apostate Protestantism.

So, tomorrow we will begin the story of the disobedient prophet and how that illustrates Adventism; and, from there we will go into the fulfillment of the prophecy of Josiah.

Shall we pray?

Benediction: Heavenly Father, we ask that you would forgive us as a people for so quickly returning to apostate Protestantism. We seek to employ their techniques of church evangelism, of church worship style. We use their techniques for studying your Word, even though the Bible has been very clear that that bread, that water is corrupted. It is polluted. Please forgive us for this. Place a burden upon God's people to seek the Manna that comes from Heaven. We thank you for bringing us this far into this worship series. We ask for your continued blessing upon what we are studying and upon the work we are attempting with the LiveStreaming and the DVDs. And we set before you this day, each of us have our own individual tasks. We ask that you keep us safe and help us to do what we do for your glory and honor. And we thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.