CONCLUSION
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we ask that as we begin this LiveStreaming project over the next couple of months that you would bless our efforts, that you would make the production go smoothly and without glitches, and that the material also that we are recording the DVDs you would watch over and make that a successful work as well. And as we begin to bring the study of Habakkuk's Tables to a conclusion, we invite you to be with us. We want your Holy Spirit to guide and direct our considerations. We want you to take control of the words and the concepts that I would share, overrule my humanity that what is taught would be from the Throne Room on High. We ask that you would pour the Latter Rain out upon at this time by opening our understanding to your Word, and we ask that you bless not only those of us that are here at this worship this morning but those that are watching this on LiveStream, wherever they might be, and bless those that later on watch it on DVDs. Please help us to understand that we are now in the fulfillment of the Omega apostasy and that you have given us light about what transpires in this time, and help us access that light that we can be better prepared to navigate through this deceptive turbulous time. We ask this in Jesus's name, amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: This is #726 of Habakkuk's Tables, and we are now going to take up the part of the presentation where we take the truths that are on these [1843 and 1850] Charts and show them from the Bible. We are going to deal primarily with four truths on here [referring to the 1843 Chart]. We are going to deal with Daniel 2; we are going to deal with the 2520; we are going to deal with the Daily; and, we are going to deal with Islam, but we are going to deal with it from the Bible but also in the context of Present Truth.
We began this study by showing that Ellen White endorses the truths on these Charts, and she endorses the Charts in general; but, the specific truths on these Charts she endorses.
And then we spent the majority of our time looking at how these Charts and the truths on these Charts are typified in the Word of God; and, now we are going to show these truths from the Bible, defend them from the Bible. But, we are going to put it in the context of the Omega apostasy, or the strong delusion of 2 Thessalonians; because, that is where the Bible places these truths at the end of the world. This is the stumbling block or the Rock of Ages, whichever way you relate to it, that tests Adventism at the end of time. So, in order to rightly identify these truths from the Word of God, we have to place them in the context of the Omega apostasy. So, we are going to make some points along that line here in this presentation.
And certainly most of this week's presentations are going to be derived from truths that we have already put in place in the first 71 presentations [inclusive of notes for #72A through #74B, attached to Presentation #71 in the conclusion of the study on Josiah]; but, we are going to focus them in before we begin our study of these doctrines.
The Very Last Deception
We will begin with Selected Messages, book 1, page 48.
"Satan is . . . constantly pressing in the spurious—to lead away from the truth. The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. 'Where there is no vision, the people perish' (Proverbs 29:18). Satan will work ingeniously, in different ways and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God's remnant people in the true testimony.
"There will be a hatred kindled against the Testimonies which is satanic. The workings of Satan will be to unsettle the faith of the churches in them, for this reason: Satan cannot have so clear a track to bring in his deceptions and bind up souls in his delusions if the warnings and reproofs and counsels of the Spirit of God are heeded." Selected Messages, book 1, 48.
So, a few things in here: The last deception that confronts Adventism has to do with the Spirit of Prophecy; so, we are going to show the last deception is also represented as the Omega Apostasy and we argue, therefore, that the Omega Apostasy includes the testing in relation to how we relate to the Spirit of Prophecy.
And, if the Spirit of Prophecy is rejected, she says that Satan will have the ability to bring in his delusions (in the plural). We are going to consider delusions here a great deal this week. We are going to show that Isaiah 66 delusions, the Lord is going to choose the delusions of Adventists in the Omega prophecy, that those delusions in Isaiah 66 are also the strong delusion of 2 Thessalonians. And in both those cases, in Isaiah and 2 Thessalonians, it is portrayed as if God sends them strong delusions; but, here we see that it is Satan that brings these delusions, and this is similar to Pharaoh. The Bible teaches that Pharaoh hardened his own heart, but that God hardened Pharaoh's heart. So, these delusions in this passage that we looked at that come from Satan, these delusions are allowed to take place by the Lord. So, from one aspect, they are satanic delusions; but, the Lord takes credit for them from another angle.
Delusions
In the next quote we can see this: Testimonies, volume 8, pages 249-250. It says,
"One who sees beneath the surface, who reads the hearts of all men, says of those who have had great light:"—
And we have already established in this study that the expression, "those who have had great light and opportunities" are Seventh-day Adventists.
—"One who sees beneath the surface, who reads the hearts of all men, says of those who have had great light: 'They are not afflicted and astonished because of their moral and spiritual condition.' Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.' 'God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie,' because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,' 'but had pleasure in unrighteousness.' Isaiah 66:3, 4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 10, 12.
"The heavenly Teacher inquired: 'What stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly policy and are sinning against Jehovah? Oh, it is a great deception, a fascinating delusion, that takes possession of minds when men who have once known the truth, mistake the form of godliness for the spirit and power thereof; when they suppose that they are rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing, while in reality they are in need of everything.'" Testimonies, volume 8, 249–250.
So, the very last deception of Satan has to do with making of none effect the Spirit of Prophecy; and, those people that set aside the Spirit of Prophecy, in one way or another, will be opened to satanic delusions. But, the satanic delusions that will come in the last deception—and this would be the Omega Apostasy—are the delusions that the Lord selects for those people, according to Isaiah, in chapter 66; and, those delusions are summarized as the strong delusion of 2 Thessalonians. And, this is definitely the end of the world, because this last phrase speaks about the men who have once known the truth (that is Adventists who knew the truth in the beginning), but they are Laodiceans: they are rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing. It is the end of the world. Laodicea is about ready to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord, and they are going to receive strong delusions.
But, the strong delusion that I receive, if I receive it, may very well be different than the strong delusion that you receive. The Lord is going to choose our delusions. And, those that are being deluded, one of their fundamental misunderstandings is, they think they are building on the right foundation, but they are building on the wrong foundation. And this theme of the two foundations we are going to note as we proceed. It says, "What strong delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation . . . ? So, one of the big errors has to do with which foundation you are building upon.
This Will Save Us From Accepting Strong Delusion
From Spalding and Magan, we are going to look at this next quote in a very different sort of way. But, what we are saying here is that the last apostasy in Adventism, based upon the light Sister White has given us in the Alpha history of John Harvey Kellogg, the last apostasy is the Omega Apostasy; but, the last apostasy is to make none effect the Spirit of Prophecy. So, I am saying that the Omega has to do with the Spirit of Prophecy; but, what it also has to do is with the right or wrong foundation. These are the points that we are trying to build as we proceed.
Spalding and Magan, page 324:
"Perilous times are before us. Everyone who has a knowledge of the truth should awake, and place himself, body, soul, and spirit, under the discipline of God. Wake up, brethren, wake up. The enemy is on our track. We must be wide awake, on our guard against him. We must put on the whole armor of God. We must follow the directions given in the spirit of prophecy. We must love and obey the truth for this time. This will save us from accepting strong delusions. God has spoken to us through his Word. He has spoken to us through the Testimonies to the church, and through the books that have helped to make plain our present duty and the position that we should now occupy. The warnings that have been given, line upon line, precept upon precept, should be heeded. If we disregard them, what excuse shall we offer?
"The new theories in regard to God and Christ, as brought out in The Living Temple, are not in harmony with the teaching of Christ. The Lord Jesus came to this world to represent the Father. He did not represent God as an essence pervading nature, but as a personal being. Christians should bear in mind that God has a personality as verily as has Christ." Spalding and Magan, 324.
Now, in this quote, Spalding and Magan is a collection of letters that Sister White sent to Spalding and Magan. So, this is not any compilation here. Okay? Spalding and Magan is not a compilation.
And, when she is talking about the delusions that we can be saved from, she is specifically saying there that our protection is not only the Bible but the Spirit of Prophecy.
Did you see that in there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Yes, in the Testimonies.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In the Testimonies, in the books that she has written.
But, she says the warning has been given line upon line. Okay? So, this is familiar ground for us that are studying these truths, according to Isaiah 28. This is William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation. This is proof-texting. This is "true education," as opposed to the "false education" that is in Adventism today.
And then as she is talking about "these perilous times" and the inference by the strong delusions—she is talking about the Omega time period, the time when the Spirit of Prophecy has been set aside—she references John Harvey Kellogg and The Living Temple, which is noted as the Alpha Apostasy. Okay?
But, I want you to take note here that in Spalding and Magan, in what we just read, these are letters that she wrote. This is not something that was put together as a compilation, taking this paragraph from here and this paragraph from there. Do you follow what I am saying? Amen?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Now, notice this next quote; because, this next quote is from Testimonies, and it is the identical quote. But in Testimonies, once again the Testimonies are not a compilation. These are things that even if they were compilations, Sister White was overseeing the compiling of them, even if they were. This is to be related to as if this is one thought. And you will notice from Testimonies, volume 8, page 298, that the first paragraph is identical; it is the same paragraph.
"Perilous times are before us. Everyone who has a knowledge of the truth should awake, and place himself, body, soul, and spirit, under the discipline of God. The enemy is on our track. We must be wide awake, on our guard against him. We must put on the whole armor of God. We must follow the directions given through the spirit of prophecy. We must love and obey the truth for this time. This will save us from accepting strong delusions. God has spoken to us through His word. He has spoken to us through the testimonies to the church, and through the books that have helped to make plain our present duty and the position we should now occupy. The warnings that have been given, line upon line, precept upon precept, should be heeded. If we disregard them, what excuse can we offer?—
But, the second paragraph in Spalding and Magan, she referenced The Living Temple, the Alpha Apostasy, and John Harvey Kellogg.
But, the second paragraph here in Testimonies, volume 8, she does not reference John Harvey Kellogg. She says,
—"I beseech those who are laboring for God not to accept the spurious for the genuine."—
Was The Living Temple the spurious for the genuine?
Now, she says in that first paragraph, the second to the last sentence, "The warnings that have been given," how?
How has the warnings been given?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Line upon line.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Line upon line.
So, we have the right here to take these two references and bring them together line upon line. Do you follow what I mean?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: These two statements in Spalding and Magan and Testimonies, volume 8.
And, therefore, Testimonies, volume 8, is giving us further information on what The Living Temple (the Alpha Apostasy) and John Harvey Kellogg represent.
So, this second paragraph says,
—"I beseech those who are laboring for God not to accept the spurious for the genuine. Let not human reasoning be placed where sanctifying truth should be. Christ is waiting to kindle faith and love in the hearts of His people. Let not erroneous theories receive countenance from the people who ought to be standing firm on the platform of eternal truth. God calls upon us to hold firmly to the fundamental principles that are based upon unquestionable authority." Testimonies, volume 8, 298.
So, what I want you to see here is, if you will, generally when Adventists go into the Alpha Apostasy and John Harvey Kellogg in the book, The Living Temple, they focus on the spiritualistic doctrine of Pantheism. Okay? That is the primary thing that they see, is this doctrine of God pervading everything. It is in all nature.
But here, using line upon line, Sister White, the warning that she is sending to us is that what is represented by The Living Temple and John Harvey Kellogg, and therefore the warning that we should derive from the Alpha Apostasy, is the work of taking human reasoning and placing it above God's Word, which is spiritualism, which was The Living Temple. But, she adds the light that this work that will happen is going to take us off the platform of eternal truth and remove us from the fundamental principles of Adventism. It is a warning that this human reasoning being placed above God's Word is actually an attack upon the Foundations of Adventism; and, this is also a theme that is repeated in the history of John Harvey Kellogg and that crisis. But, this broadens our understanding of the Omega, because it is telling us, "Oh, we don't simply need to look for the manifestation of Pantheism. What we need to be watching for is the effort to place human reason above God's Word, and this effort will be used to lead people off the foundation or platform of Adventism."
Do you follow my logic?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
Omega
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, we are going to continue to develop this thought. We are saying that the Omega Apostasy (the last Apostasy) has to do with this making none effect the Spirit of Prophecy, and that the illustration of the Omega is found in the history of John Harvey Kellogg, which is the Alpha. And those people that get on the wrong side of this issue in the Omega, they are going to think they are building on the right foundation, when really they are building upon the wrong foundation. So, the foundation becomes one of the points of this Omega Apostasy.
In Selected Messages, book 1, page 198, it says,
"Be not deceived; many will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. We have now before us the alpha of this danger. The omega will be of a most startling nature." Selected Messages, book 1, 198.
So, here Sister White is clearly—and she does it other places—using the Alpha to prefigure the Omega. And she says in the Omega many will depart from the faith.
Departing from the Faith
So, what is the faith that they are going to depart from?
Review and Herald, April 14, 1903:
"Let those who stand as God's watchmen on the walls of Zion be men who can see the dangers before the people,"—
And, by the way, if you go test this as you should—you should test everything that I say—you will find that this is cut from a passage where she is dealing with the medical leaders that should have been recognizing what was going on with John Harvey Kellogg. So, this is in the context of the Alpha Apostasy; but, I cut it off to make a point.
And what point am I trying to make? At this point, I am trying to make that in the Omega Apostasy we are told in the Bible and in the Spirit of Prophecy (because, Sister White was just quoting the Bible) that many will depart from the faith in the Omega. So, we want to know what the faith is. Okay?
"Let those who stand as God's watchmen on the walls of Zion be men who can see the dangers before the people,—men who can distinguish between truth and error, righteousness and unrighteousness.
"The warning has come: Nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. I was in this message, and ever since I have been standing before the world, true to the light that God has given us. We do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer, seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given me? It is to be as the Rock of Ages. It has been guiding me ever since it was given." Review and Herald, April 14, 1903.
So, in the Omega Apostasy, when many will depart from the faith, the Foundation of the Faith, according to the Spirit of Prophecy—and you best accept the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy or you are fulfilling the last deception of Satan—according to the Spirit of Prophecy, the
Foundation of the Faith is the messages that came in 1842, and 1843, and 1844; and, those messages are represented on this [1843] Chart. This is the Foundation of the Faith that many will depart from in the Omega time period.
Do you see the logic?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER:
A False Foundation
In Acts of the Apostles, page 596, it says,
"The apostles built upon a sure foundation, even the Rock of Ages."—
And who is the Rock of Ages?
That is an easy one.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Christ.
Sister White, in this last quote, has said that the messages that came in 1842, 1843, and 1844 are the Rock of Ages.
Now she is going to talk about the Rock of Ages in the time of the Apostles.
—"The apostles built upon a sure foundation, even the Rock of Ages. To this foundation they brought the stones that they quarried from the world. Not without hindrance did the builders labor. Their work was made exceedingly difficult by the opposition of the enemies of Christ. They had to contend against the bigotry, prejudice, and hatred of those who were building upon a false foundation."—
Now you see, once again, in the time of the Disciples, they were building upon a foundation; but, the enemies against them were doing what? Building a false foundation.
So, in each of these histories, you will see a true and a false foundation. But, she is going to add another line of Bible truth to this.
Speaking of the Disciples, she says,
—"Many who wrought as builders of the church could be likened to the builders of the wall in Nehemiah's day, of whom it is written: 'They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, everyone with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.' Nehemiah 4:17." Acts of the Apostles, 596.
Now, I mean this being the 72nd presentation with some breaks in between these presentations, probably only someone that is actually in possession of the DVDs after this presentation, and is going through them in an organized, systematic fashion and not taking time, will remember everything in the first 71 presentations [inclusive of notes for #72A - #74A only, without DVDs, on the topic of "Josiah"]. I do not expect everyone to remember that; but, I do want to show something here just to remind us.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1842 1843 1844 9/11/2001
Decree Decree Decree Decree 1 AM 2 AM 3 AM 4 AM
2300-Year Prophecy
Figure No. 141.
In the history of Nehemiah, there were three decrees. The Third Decree here starts the 2300-year prophecy. But, Nehemiah, he secures the Fourth Decree.
Okay. The 2300-year prophecy ends at the Third Message, the First Message arriving in 1798, the Second in 1842, and the Third in 1844.
But, down here in our time period, we are in the Fourth Angel's Message.
So, I want you to see that when Sister White is talking about the work of the Disciples in building upon the foundation that had been laid in their time period that they were struggling against enemies that were building on a false foundation; and, then she takes that history—and, of course, all the prophets are speaking more about our day than the days in which they lived—and she is applying this history of the Disciples to us. But then she incorporates into it the history of Nehemiah, and Nehemiah is prefiguring our history. So, she is using both the history of Nehemiah and the history of the Disciples to talk about the work that will go on during the time period of the Latter Rain and the Fourth Angel's Message when there will be a foundational work, and in that foundational work the enemies of that work will be under great deception; because, we have already read what greater deception can come upon the human mind other than to believe that they are building upon the right foundation, when they are not.
I hope you see that connection there, between those two Biblical histories.
The Foundation of Sand
Okay. Now, dealing with the history of the Alpha [Apostasy], in order to illustrate the Omega [Apostasy], the omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet; the alpha is the first; thus, part of the prophetic relevance, the significance of the Omega Apostasy is this is the last apostasy, and the last deception of Satan is to make of none effect the Spirit of Prophecy. So, the Omega, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the struggle over the true and the false foundations are what we are dealing with so far.
But, speaking of the Omega Apostasy from the time period of the Alpha, Sister White says, in Selected Messages, book 1, pages 204 – 205,
"In a vision of the night I was shown distinctly that these sentiments"—
And she is referring to, if you read this whole quote, the sentiments of The Living Temple.
—"I was shown distinctly that these sentiments have been looked upon by some as the grand truths that are to be brought in and made prominent at the present time. I was shown a platform,"—
In Sister White's terminology, platform and foundation are interchangeable terms; and, we have already shown that the Foundation of the Faith, therefore the Platform, are the messages that came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. So, when she was shown a platform, in once sense she was shown this [1843] Chart, right here.
—"I was shown a platform, braced by solid timbers—the truths of the Word of God. Someone high in responsibility in the medical work was directing this man and that man to loosen the timbers supporting this platform."—
So, when we come to the nuts and bolts of the history of the Alpha, it was an attack upon the Foundational Truths, and thus it was prefiguring that in the Omega it would be an attack against the Foundational Truths.
—"Then I heard a voice saying, 'Where are the watchmen that ought to be standing on the walls of Zion?"—
And who is standing on the walls of Zion?
Of course, you cannot know the answer to that because this is a question that originates in my head; but, based upon this presentation, who have we seen in this presentation standing on the walls of Zion?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Nehemiah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Nehemiah; with a work implement in this hand [indicates his right hand], and a weapon in this hand [indicates his left hand]. Okay? And they were watching. They were working, but they were watching to see if the enemies were going to come at them.
—"'Where are the watchmen that ought to be standing on the walls of Zion?"—
And if you run NEHEMIAH—NEHEMIAHS, let us put it in the plural—in the Ellen White CD-ROM, you will find 18 references to NEHEMIAH. A few of them are repetitious, but the point is that you can find abundant quotes where Sister White says that what God's people need to be in this day and age are NEHEMIAHS. So, she specifically ties us in with that history.
—"'Where are the watchmen that ought to be standing on the walls of Zion? Are they asleep? This foundation was built by the Master Worker, and will stand storm and tempest. Will they permit this man to present doctrines that deny the past experience of the people of God? The time has come to take decided action.'"—
Now, there are all kinds of light in there.
This foundation is going to be tested by storm and tempest; but, we have already seen that in the controversy over this foundation [the 1843 Chart], what else is there going to be? There is going to be a false foundation.
So, if this foundation [the 1843 Chart] is going to be tested by storm and tempest, is the false foundation going to be tested by storm and tempest, too?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes! That takes you right into the parable in Matthew 7 [Matthew 7:24-27], that those that built their house (and every house has a foundation) upon the rock, as opposed to those that built their house upon the sand.
Continuing on:
—"The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded."—
That is past history, Brothers and Sisters. Both the reorganization and the principles of truth have been discarded.
—"Our religion would be changed."—
Our religion has been changed. Okay? When we boil our religion down to one of the lowest common denominators is that we are supposed to be those that proclaim the Third Angel's Message, and the Third Angel's Message is a warning about receiving the mark of the Papacy. And in Daniel 11:14, we are told that Rome establishes the vision.
And, we have already read a quote where Sister White quoted from the Bible where it says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
And Sister White says, concerning Rome, "All those that become confused on the meaning of antichrist will ultimately end up on the side of antichrist."
Well, our religion is the religion that is to proclaim and identify who the antichrist is and what his mark is. That is the Third Angel's Message. And we legally in a court of law, our General Conference President years ago said that we have taken the teaching of the Papacy being the antichrist and we have assigned that to the historical trash heap. That is a legal document. Our religion has been changed.
Back to the quote:
—"The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error."—
The Biblical Research Institute will tell you that the 2520 is erroneous; the Pioneer understanding of the Daily is erroneous; the Pioneer understanding of Islam is erroneous; and, as they do that, they do not realize that they are destroying the Biblical basis for proving the 2300 years. And these are the fundamental principles that were the Foundation that sustained the message for the first 50 years.
—"The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established."—
And it has; and, Sister White has a very nice—I do not know that it is very nice—but, she has a very clear dream about this new organization. She was in her house. She saw a procession of men coming to her house. She looked the other way, and when she turned back, the procession had turned into a Catholic procession; and, she said she knew those men well.
And where she was living when she had this dream was in Battle Creek. The men she was working with well at that time were the leadership of the Adventist Church, and she had seen them change from a procession of men to a procession of Catholics.
—"A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written."—
And they have been written and are still being written.
—"A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement."—
Now, Brothers and Sisters, this is part of the story. The Millerite Movement ended in 1863 when the Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded; but, when Sister White talks about the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18, she says it is a "Movement." From 1863 until the Mighty Angel of Revelation 18 comes down, you have a church; but, when that Angel comes down, now you have a Movement of the Fourth Angel. But, that Movement is in controversy with a new movement that is being discussed here. There are two movements. One is a false movement and one is a true Movement. Both of those movements are based upon a foundation: one is the true foundation, and one is the false foundation.
—"Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement."—
And the rest of this week we are going to deal with this reality. This new movement, it is going to cast out those people that are in the Movement of Revelation 18; because, those people that are in the Movement of Revelation 18, according to God's Word, are going to be lifted up as an ensign at The Sunday Law. But, those that are lifted up as an ensign, according to God's Word, are the outcasts of Israel.
—"The leaders [of this new movement] would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed,"—
God is removed. They are going to remove God!
—"The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure."— (Selected Messages, book 1, pages 204 – 205, [to be continued following the Scriptural cite of Matthew 7:24-27])—
Here is the foundation built on sand, as opposed to this Foundation [the 1843 Chart] that is built upon what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Rock of Ages.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Rock of Ages.
Matthew 7:24-27
Okay. These two movements, these two foundations—go to Matthew 7—these two foundations, these two movements, they are a subject, a specific subject of Bible prophecy. We are not going to spend time in Matthew 7. We are just going to put this into the record.
Beginning in verse 24—of course, it is even better to go before verse 24 and discuss how you know people by their fruits, and identify that some people that were involved with teaching the message are going to find that God never knew them. But, in verse 24, it says,
"24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:"—
What do you build a house upon?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A foundation.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: A foundation. They built their house upon the foundation. And all the prophecies are speaking about the end of the world; so, this house here that is built upon the rock is built upon the foundation that Ellen White has identified that is the foundation at the end of the work. It is the truths that we received in 1842, 1843, and 1844.
Verse 25:
—"25And the rain descended,"—
There is the Latter Rain marking the testing time for this foundation.
—"and the floods came,"—
And the floods are a symbol of the Papacy and The Sunday Law.
—"and the winds blew,"—
And these are the Winds of Strife that are held, but slip through the angels' hands increasingly. They are held until human probation closes.
And you will see the rain, and the floods, and the winds, marking a threefold testing process.
—"and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27And the [Latter] rain descended, and [the Papacy] the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Matthew 7:24-27 (KJV).
So, when Sister White says, "Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure," she is saying The Sunday Law storm is going to sweep away the corporate structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She continues on and says in Selected Messages, book 1, pages 204 – 205,
—"Who has authority to begin such a movement? We have our Bibles. We have our experience, attested to by the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit. We have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not repudiate everything that is not in harmony with this truth?" Selected Messages, book 1, 204–205.
So, we are broadening the characteristics of the Omega Apostasy. We are saying the Omega Apostasy has to include a rejection of the Spirit of Prophecy, because we are told that is the last deception of Satan.
And, we have thrown in that the delusions that come upon Seventh-day Adventists because they failed the Omega testing process is the strong delusions of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2; but, it is also the many delusions of Isaiah 66. And I am putting that in place because Jesus illustrates the end from the beginning, and I want to put it in our memory banks before we get to studying the Daily, that the place in the Scriptures where William Miller came to understand that the Daily represented Paganism is 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, the very place where the strong delusion is referenced; and, we are going to make part of our study concerning the Daily the fact that the Daily is the symbol that is the truth that is rejected that brings the strong delusion. It is the symbol of these Truths [referring to the 1843 Chart].
All these truths that we are dealing with have a doctrinal understanding, but they also have an experiential understanding. And of these truths, the Daily, the experiential understanding is self-exaltation, and it is the self-exaltation that is represented as the Daily that brings upon the strong delusion to Seventh-day Adventists. So, I want to mark that in our memory banks about these delusions that take place in the Omega time period; and, the Omega time period is going to be an attack against the true Foundation and an emphasis upon the false foundation. And the true Foundation is the Rock of Ages, and the false foundation is sand.
And what we derive from the Alpha that is prefiguring this time period is that it is accomplished by placing human reasoning above God's Word.
So, let us make sure that we are clear about the Platform and Foundation.
The Platform of Eternal Truth
Selected Messages, book 1, page 200:
"But we must firmly refuse to be drawn away from the platform of eternal truth, which since 1844 has stood the test."—
So, when Sister White says the Foundation of our Faith is the messages that came in 1842, 1843, and 1844, the Foundation of our Faith has stood the test since that time.
And what time was that? 1844, right here [referring to the 1843 Chart], these truths here.
Now, after 1844 was the time—or at the end of 1844, they began to understand what the Pillars are that are represented in the [lower left-hand] corner of this [1850] Chart. But, the truths that have stood since 1844 that are the Platform of Eternal Truth are these truths [as reflected on the 1843 Chart], according to the Spirit of Prophecy. And if you do not accept the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy, then you are probably accomplishing the fulfillment of the prophecy of the last deception of Satan, is to make of none effect the Testimonies of God's Spirit, and you are on the verge of receiving strong delusion.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"But we must firmly refuse to be drawn away from the platform of eternal truth, which since 1844 has stood the test. I am instructed to speak plainly. 'Meet it,' is the word spoken to me. 'Meet it firmly, and without delay.' But it is not to be met by our taking our working forces from the field to investigate doctrines and points of difference. We have no such investigation to make. In the book Living Temple there is presented the alpha of deadly heresies. The omega will follow, and will be received by those who are not willing to heed the warning God has given.
"Our physicians, upon whom important responsibilities rest, should have clear spiritual discernment. They are to stand constantly on guard. Dangers that we do not now discern will soon break upon us, and I greatly desire that they shall not be deceived. I have an intense longing to see them standing free in the Lord. I pray that they may have courage to stand firm for the truth as it is in Jesus, holding fast the beginning of their confidence [STEADFAST] unto the end." Selected Messages, book 1, 200.
The Beginning of Our Confidence
So, what is "the beginning of their confidence"; because, that is what we are supposed to hold steadfast to the end.
Testimonies, volume 8, page 511, says,
"'These things . . . are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.' 1 Corinthians 10:11. The warning comes sounding down along the line to our time:
"'Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ,—
How?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: "IF. . ."
—"if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;"—
Do you know what that means? Whatever the beginning of our confidence is, if we do not hold it steadfast to the end, then we are not partaking of Christ.
Is that what it means to you? That is what it means.
—"we are made partakers of Christ, [only] if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end,—
So, we need to know what the beginning of our confidence is, right? Because, if you do not know what it is, you cannot hold it; and, if you do not hold it, you do not have Christ; and, if you do not have Christ, you are lost.
Continuing on,
—For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end, "while it is said,
Today if ye will hear His voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
'For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.' Hebrews 3:12–16.
"Cannot we who are living in the time of the end realize the importance of the apostle's words: 'Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God'? Verse 12.
"Upon us is shining the accumulated light of past ages. The record of Israel's"—
Israel's what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Forgetfulness.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Forgetfulness.
—"The record of Israel's forgetfulness has been preserved for our enlightenment. In this age God has set His hand to gather unto Himself a people from every nation, kindred, and tongue. In the advent movement He has wrought for His heritage, even as He wrought for the Israelites in leading them from Egypt. In the great disappointment of 1844 the faith of His people was tested as was that of the Hebrews at the Red Sea. Had the Adventists in the early days still trusted to the guiding Hand that had been with them in their past experience, they would have seen of the salvation of God. If all who had labored unitedly in the work of 1844 had received the third angel's message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts. A flood of light would have been shed upon the world. Years ago the inhabitants of the earth would have been warned, the closing work would have been completed, and Christ would have come for the redemption of His people." Testimonies, volume 8, 115.
Numbers 14:11-23, 34
Now, I want to give a little bit of an explanation on this. Sister White has just—we are trying to find out what "the beginning of our confidence" is that we need to hold to, if we are going to partake of Christ. And, Sister White has just referenced the history of Ancient Israel as found in Numbers 14. And you have that in your notes. We do not have to go there; but, we have studied this already in Habakkuk's Tables.
"11And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? 12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up the people in thy might from among them:) 14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15Now if thou shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. 20And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: . . . 34After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise." Numbers 14:11-23, 34 (KJV).
The beginning of Ancient Israel is marked by a rebellion, and that rebellion is part of Numbers 14:34, which is the year-day principle.
(Rest of Grace)
1 2 3 Num. 14:34
● 10 Tests
Passover
Figure No. 142.
And this rebellion is after how many tests?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Ten.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Ten tests that began at the Red Sea crossing.
Okay. Let us make this Passover (the Plagues of Egypt), Moses's message.
The disappointment that began here by the Red Sea begins ten tests that culminate here in Numbers 14.
And Sister White uses that history, along with Paul in Hebrews, saying that to not enter into this rest that they were rejecting here, which Sister White identifies as the Rest of Grace, is unbelief and brings death. She uses this history of the Hebrews, and what did she say was the problem for the Hebrews in this history?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (No response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: What was their problem?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Forgetfulness.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Forgetfulness.
What did they forget?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They forget this history right here, where the Lord delivered them out of Egypt; and, she compares that very history with the history when these truths [referring to the 1843 Chart] arrived in Adventism. So, what she is saying is these things are written for our admonition, is that this is another way to illustrate that the tests, the Omega Apostasy at the end, has to do with forgetting the Foundations, the beginning work that Christ accomplished for the Hebrews in that history and for us in the Millerite History.
And what is that? And I am trying to draw this down to the point: What is that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Forgetting our history.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the beginning of our confidence. This history here [referring to Figure No. 142 in type to the 1843 Chart] is the beginning of our confidence; and, we have to hold this steadfast to the end if we are to—what?—partake of Christ. And, if we do not partake of Christ, we are lost.
The Old Paths
So, still dealing with Platform, Foundations, this is Testimonies, volume 8 again, pages 296 – 297. It says,
"The enemy is seeking to divert the minds of our brethren and sisters from the work of preparing a people to stand in these last days."—
The enemy is seeking to prevent God's people from developing country property. Is that what she said?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: No.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: From—I will not use examples, because people will misunderstand them.
What the enemy is seeking to prevent us from doing is—what?—preparing a people to stand in the last days.
Now, if you do not accept William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation, you can put a lot of meaning into that sentence; but, if you use Miller's Rules (proof-texting), then when a prophet talks about God's people standing here [gestures to his left], and another prophet talks about God's people standing here [gestures to his right], and another prophet talks about God's people standing here [gestures to his front], you know all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world; so, all three of them are talking about God's people standing up at the end of the world. And the work that the enemy is seeking to prevent is the work that prepares God's people to stand up at the end of the world. Okay? Just put that in your memory banks as we go through this.
—"The enemy is seeking to divert the minds of our brothers and sisters from the work of preparing a people to stand in these last days. His sophistries are designed to lead minds away from the perils and duties of the hour. They estimate as nothing the light that Christ came from heaven to give to John for His people."—
They estimate as nothing the Book of Revelation.
—"They teach that the scenes just before us are not of sufficient importance to receive special attention. They make of no effect the truth of heavenly origin"—
And what do they do?
—"and rob the people of God of their past experience,"—
Right here [indicating the Passover time of Figure No. 142], the beginning of our confidence.
—"giving them instead a false science.
"'Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.' Jeremiah 6:16.
"Let none seek to tear away the foundations of our faith—the foundations that were laid at the beginning of our work by prayerful study of the word and by revelation."—
So, the beginning of our work, the foundations at the beginning of the work, are the beginning of our confidence but they are also the Old Paths of Jeremiah; they are also the Rock of Ages; they are also the messages that came in 1842, 1843, 1844; and, they are also the truths that are represented on Habakkuk's Table there [referring to the 1843 Chart].
Do you follow all that logic, of course?
—"Upon these foundations we have been building for the last fifty years. Men may suppose that they have found a new way and that they can lay a stronger foundation"—
Here is the false foundation.
—"than that which has been laid. But this is a great deception."—
To think that you can prepare a different foundation is a great deception.
—"Other foundation can no man lay than that which has been laid.
"In the past many have undertaken the building of a new faith, the establishment of new principles. But how long did their building stand? It soon fell, for it was not founded upon the Rock."—
She is consistent in her testimony about these truths.
—"Did not the first disciples have to meet the sayings of men? Did they not have to listen to false theories, and then, having done all, to stand firm, saying: 'Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid'? 1 Corinthians 3:11.
"So we are to hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end."—
So, what is the beginning of our confidence? It is the Platform. It is the Foundation. It is the 1843 Chart. It is the truths that we received in 1842, '43, and '44. And, the Omega Apostasy is going to seek to establish a false foundation that is upon the sand, not upon the Rock; and, there will be a false movement connected with this Omega Apostasy, in opposition to the Movement of Revelation 18.
—"Words of power have been sent by God and by Christ to this people, bringing them out from the world, point by point, into the clear light of present truth. With lips touched with holy fire, God's servants have proclaimed the message. The divine utterance has set its seal to the genuineness of the truth proclaimed." Testimonies, volume 8, 296–297.
The Work of Preparing a People to Stand in These Last Days
Ezekiel 37:1-14
"1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone."—
So, what is the work of preparing God's people to stand?
Go to Ezekiel 37. All the prophets agree with one another. In Ezekiel 37, in verses 1 through 14, we are going to cut into those verses; but, here we see Ezekiel looking at a valley of dead, dry bones, which Sister White Repeatedly teaches is the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the end of the world. And Ezekiel is told to present two prophecies, and the first prophecy brings the bones and the flesh together; but, they are not living. They have to have the breath of God breathed upon them in order to what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: To stand.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: To stand upon their feet.
The enemy is seeking to prevent the preparation of God's people standing. The enemy is seeking to prevent the second message of Ezekiel 37 from being recognized and received by God's people; because, that is the message that causes God's people to stand.
Let us take it up in verse 9 of Ezekiel 37.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds,"—
Do all the prophets agree with one another?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Well, these "four winds," they have to correspond to the Four Winds of Revelation 7, because God is not the author of confusion.
There is a breath that comes from these Four Winds.
—"O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army."—
What prepares God's people to stand is this breathing that comes from the Four Winds.
—"11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord." Ezekiel 47:1-14 (KJV).
The Breath of Pentecost
Okay. If you will go to your notes, from Spirit of Prophecy, volume 4, page 243, it says,
"The act of Christ in breathing upon his disciples the Holy Ghost, and in imparting his peace to them, was as a few drops before the plentiful shower to be given on the day of Pentecost." Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, 243.
Now, we have dealt with this, also.
When did Christ breathe upon His Disciples?
Well, he had just resurrected and Mary was about to hold Him. And what did He tell Mary?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Do not touch me.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "Do not touch me. I have not yet ascended."
And then the next thing that happens is He appears before His Disciples and He breathes upon them. So, if He had ascended to His Father, when He comes to breathe upon them, what did He just do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He came down.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He just came down from out of Heaven. Okay?
And, "The act of Christ breathing upon his disciples the Holy Ghost, and in imparting his peace to them, was as a few drops before the plentiful shower . . . ."
Right here is the sprinkling, represented by the breath, that comes before the plentiful showers on Pentecost.
THE MESSAGE OF THE FOUR WINDS: EZEKIEL 37 / REVELATION 7
The Sunday Law
9/11/2001 ( PENTECOST)
ADVENTISM IS DEAD Breath (Sprinkling) Plentiful Showers
OMEGA - threefold testing process begins:
Represented by: Rain, Flood, & Winds
TRUE FALSE
Foundation (Rock) foundation (sand)
Movement movement
True Authority: False Authority: Human Reasoning
Spirit of Prophecy TOTAL DARKNESS (Strong Delusion)
Praying to Satan
Figure No. 143.
Right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: And then in Testimonies to Ministers, page 507, it says,
"Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it." Testimonies to Ministers, 507.
So, there is a time period in Adventism when it is sprinkling.
And in the time of Christ, what begins the sprinkling?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The breathing.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The breathing.
In Ezekiel 37, when the message of the Four Winds is breathed upon the dead, dry bones, what do they do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: They stand up.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They stand up.
And what is the enemy seeking to do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Multiple responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Prevent the preparation of God's people standing up.
So, he is trying this prophetic message about the breathing and the Four Winds. Whatever that prophetic message is, Satan is seeking to prevent God's people from understanding that prophetic message.
Revival
Sister White says in Bible Training School, December 1, 1903:
"The dry bones need to be breathed upon by the Holy Spirit of God, that they may come into action, as by a resurrection from the dead." Bible Training School, December 1, 1903.
The breath brings them to life.
Selected Messages, book 1, page 121, says,
"A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work." Selected Messages, book 1, 121.
Adventism is dead here! Adventism is dead here. They need this message breathed upon them that they might be resurrected to life.
And in Testimonies to Ministers, pages 112 – 114, it says,
"When the books of Daniel and Revelation are better understood, believers will have an entirely different religious experience." Testimonies to Ministers, 112–114.
There is something in the Books of Daniel and Revelation that brings God's people to life, and we are saying it is Revelation 7, the message of the Four Winds; because, that is what Ezekiel 37 says.
And Sister White says in The Great Controversy, page 341,
"To John were opened scenes of deep and thrilling interest in the experience of the church. He saw the position, dangers, conflicts, and final deliverance of the people of God. He records the closing messages which are to ripen the harvest of the earth,"—
What ripens the harvest?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Latter Rain.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, what is the Latter Rain?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It is a message.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is a message.
—"He records the closing messages which are to ripen the harvest of the earth, either as sheaves for the heavenly garner or as fagots for the fires of destruction. Subjects of vast importance were revealed to him, especially for the last church, that those who should turn from error to truth might be instructed concerning the perils and conflicts before them. None need be in darkness in regard to what is coming upon the earth." The Great Controversy, 341.
A Message
So, the Latter Rain Message, it comes from the Book of Revelation, and it finishes the work for the two classes in Adventism and for the two classes in the world. And Revelation 7 is the Message of the Four Winds; but, in Ezekiel 37, Ezekiel was to breathe upon the dead, dry bones the Message of the Four Winds.
Manuscript Releases, volume 12, page 2057, says,
"What power must we have from God that icy hearts, having only a legal religion, should see the better things provided for them—Christ and His righteousness! A life-giving message was needed to give life to the dry bones." Manuscript Releases, volume 12, 205.
So, this breath that Ezekiel is referencing with the Four Winds is a life-giving message, and it is the message of Christ's Righteousness.
Manuscript Releases, volume 20, pages 216 - 217
In Manuscript Releases, volume 20, beginning at page 216, it says,
"Angels are holding the four winds,"—
There you go. That is Revelation 7 and Ezekiel 37.
—"Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path."—
And the angry horse of Bible prophecy is right here on this [1843] Chart, and right here on this [1850] Chart [referring to the lower right-hand corners of both Charts]. It is Islam, and we are living in the time period when Islam is seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction over the whole world.
And for those of you who are thinking, "Oh, well, Islam is not really doing as much as it did in the past few years," WAKE UP! If Islam puts all its bombs and its guns away and just waits for ten years, by population they are going to take control of Europe. And once they have Europe, it is all over! They are seeking to break loose, even though at this time they may be restrained. ISLAM IS THE ANGRY HORSE OF BIBLE PROPHECY, and it is this message that prepares God's people to stand that Satan is trying to prevent God's people from recognizing. That is what his work is.
But, this message can only be recognized by Seventh-day Adventists if they stand upon this Foundation [referring to the 1843 Chart].
If they take the understanding that proves that this First Woe is Islam, and this Second Woe is Islam, then they have the Biblical reference to prove that the Third Woe is Islam, and it arrived on 9/11/2001, when the Angel came down and the sprinkling, the breathing began, and God's people stood upon their feet, a mighty army.
And, the only way that you can prove this about Islam is to stand on this [1843] Chart. So, the obvious thing is that 9/11, you are forced by the logic of it to return to the Foundation.
And here is where the controversy is over the true and the false foundations begin. Here is where the Omega sets in; and, here is where you start to deciding whether you accept what Sister White says about these foundations and platforms. Here is where you are tested on how you understand the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy.
—"Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path. Shall we sleep on the very verge of the eternal world? Shall we be dull and cold and dead? Oh, that we might have in our churches the Spirit and breath of God breathed into His people, that they might stand upon their feet and live. We need to see that the way is narrow, and the gate strait. But as we pass through the strait gate, its wideness is without limit." Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 216-217.
Sister White is here telling us that the Four Winds of Revelation 7 are the same four winds of Ezekiel 37, and she is saying that these Four Winds are represented by the angry horse of Bible prophecy.
A Firm Platform
One long quote in closing, in Early Writings, beginning at page 259, it says this—now, this is a prophecy, and I am going to try to use this prophecy to bring this to a conclusion.
I am saying that after 9/11, we enter into the Omega testing process. There is going to be a true [Foundation] and a false foundation in this time
There is going to be a True [Movement] and a false movement.
The deceptions that come in this time period are in large part going to be brought about because of an unwillingness to accept the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy.
So, you are going to have a True Authority and a false authority. The True Authority is the Spirit of Prophecy; and, the false is just like John Harvey Kellogg: it is human reasoning.
And in this period there is going to be a threefold testing process to demonstrate whether your foundation is upon the Rock or upon the sand; and, that threefold testing process is represented by Rain, Flood, and Wind.
So, let us try to tie this off and bring it to a conclusion.
Early Writings, beginning at page 259:
"I saw a company who stood well-guarded and firm, giving no countenance to those who would unsettle the established faith of the body."—
What is "the established faith of the body"?
What is it? It is the truths we have received in 1842, and 1843, and 1844.
There is a company right here in this history [Figure No. 143] that is going to attempt to—how does she say it?—"unsettle the established faith of the body."
—"God looked upon them with approbation. I was shown three steps—"
Are there three steps in this history [Figure No. 143] that we have already identified?
—"the first, second, and third angels' messages. Said my accompanying angel, 'Woe to him who shall move a block or stir a pin of these messages."—
Who is her accompanying Angel?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Gabriel.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Gabriel.
Now, how can you claim that? Well, upon proof-texting. We are told that the Angel that went to John the Revelator was Gabriel. We are told that the Angel that went to Daniel was Gabriel. Upon the testimony of two, the Angel that goes to the prophets is the Light Bearer: it is Gabriel.
Said Gabriel,
—"'Woe to him who shall move a block or stir a pin of these messages. The true understanding of these messages is of vital importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon the manner in which they are received.' I was again brought down through these messages, and saw how dearly the people of God had purchased their experience. It had been obtained through much suffering and severe conflict. God had led them along step by step, until He had placed them upon a solid, immovable platform. I saw individuals approach the platform and examine the foundation. Some with rejoicing immediately stepped upon it. Others commenced to find fault with the foundation. They wished improvements made, and then the platform would be more perfect, and the people much happier. Some stepped off the platform to examine it and declared it to be laid wrong. But I saw that nearly all stood firm upon the platform and exhorted those who had stepped off to cease their complaints; for God was the Master Builder, and they were fighting against Him. They recounted the wonderful work of God, which had led them to the firm platform, and in union raised their eyes to heaven and with a loud voice glorified God. This affected some of those who had complained and left the platform, and they with humble look again stepped upon it."—
She is describing this history right here, from 9/11 until The Sunday Law, the controversy in Adventism over the true or the false foundation.
But, Sister White is going to explain this to us now by going back into history. She is going to give us two witnesses to what goes on.
The next paragraph says,
—"I was pointed back to the proclamation of the first advent of Christ. John was sent in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way of Jesus. Those who rejected the testimony of John were not benefited by the teachings of Jesus."—
What was John's message? Life or death; life or death.
—"Their opposition to the message that foretold His coming placed them where they could not readily receive the strongest evidence that He was the Messiah. Satan led on those who rejected the message of John to go still farther, to reject and crucify Christ. In doing this they placed themselves where they could not receive the blessing on the day of Pentecost, which would have taught them the way into the heavenly sanctuary. The rendering of the veil of the temple showed that the Jewish sacrifices and ordinances would no longer be received. The great Sacrifice had been offered and had been accepted, and the Holy Spirit which descended on the day of Pentecost carried the minds of the disciples from the earthly sanctuary to the heavenly, where Jesus had entered by His own blood, to shed upon His disciples the benefits of His atonement. But the Jews were left in total darkness. They lost all the light which they might have had upon the plan of salvation, and still trusted in their useless sacrifices and offerings. The heavenly sanctuary had taken the place of the earthly, yet they had no knowledge of the change. Therefore they could not be benefited by the mediation of Christ in the holy place."—
They end up in total darkness. That is strong delusion, strong delusion. They cannot see the change; they cannot see the change from the earthly to the heavenly.
But, she gives them another witness, another historical witness to our history in the next paragraph. She says,
—"Many look with horror at the course of the Jews in rejecting and crucifying Christ; and as they read the history of His shameful abuse, they think they love Him, and would not have denied Him as did Peter, or crucified Him as did the Jews. But God who reads the hearts of all, has brought to the test that love for Jesus which they professed to feel. All heaven watched with the deepest interest the reception of the first angel's message. But many who professed to love Jesus, and who shed tears as they read the story of the cross, derided the good news of His coming. Instead of receiving the message with gladness, they declared it to be a delusion. They hated those who loved His appearing and shut them out of the churches. Those who rejected the first message"—
Those that rejected the message of John the Baptist.
—"Those who rejected the first message"—
Could not be benefited by the teachings of Jesus.
—"could not be benefited by the second; neither were they benefited by the midnight cry, which was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. And by rejecting the two former messages, they have so darkened their understanding that they can see no light in the third angel's message, which shows the way into the most holy place. I saw that as the Jews crucified Jesus, so the nominal churches had crucified these messages,"—
So, what do these messages represent? Jesus.
—"and therefore they have no knowledge of the way into the most holy, and they cannot be benefited by the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered their useless sacrifices, they offer up their useless prayers to the apartment which Jesus has left; and Satan, pleased with the deception, assumes a religious character, and leads the minds of these professed Christians to himself, working with his power, his signs and lying wonders, to fasten them in his snare." Early Writings, 258–261.
The Jews were in total darkness, but in the Millerite History they are praying to Satan. These two histories are used to identify this history [Figure No. 143], and this history is the history of the Omega Apostasy, and this history is the history of Paul's strong delusion,
And Paul's strong delusion in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, is because of a rejection of the truth. And the truth that Paul is setting forth in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, is the very truth, the very passage, where William Miller came to understand that the Daily was Paganism.
And we will deal with that more in detail as we proceed; but, Lord help us that we can see that Christ has come down and breathed upon the dead, dry bones, and the testing process is well underway now, 12 years later [following 9/11/2001].
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we want to be weaned from the satanic technique of trusting in human wisdom above your Word. I ask that you would convict those that are hearing this presentation, whether LiveStreaming or DVD or in this room, of their responsibility of testing these things, making sure that they are so. We want to be among those that are building upon the Rock of Ages and not among those that are building upon the sand. So, we want to be weaned from our confidence in human beings, and more fully drawn into a trust, of faith, in your Word. We ask that you would continue to bless these presentations. We have other speakers coming in the following weeks. We ask that you bring them here safely and that you continue to accomplish the LiveStreaming in a successful fashion and the recording. We want these messages to be part of the awakening process for Adventism, and we ask that you would use them in this fashion according to your will. In Jesus's name, amen.