Habakkuk's Two Tables #75
[#75 of Notes, with DVD]
CONCLUSION
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for a good night's rest and another day that we can serve you. As we take up our morning worship, we ask that you grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit, that you would come into each of us and enlighten our minds that we can receive the light that you have for us from this particular approach to your Word. We would ask that you would overrule my humanity, take control of my words and my thoughts that they might be of such a nature that they would glorify and honor you and that they would edify your people. And we would ask that you would a similar work for those that are hearing these things. We want to understand these truths. We want to receive them gladly and comprehend them, that we might eat them and they become part of us, that they would change us more fully into your image and better prepare us to teach these things to those that we come in contact with. We ask now that your Angels would be in attendance, that you would watch over the LiveStreaming that we are doing and the DVD production that they also might be a blessing beyond simply this study this morning. In Jesus's name, amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: I had hoped to get to a punch line today; but, when I went to Jeremiah, instead of Isaiah yesterday, it kind of threw me but it also gave me reason to go back to look more closely at that passage in Isaiah; and, this time I am going to go a little farther with it.
On Sunday we began our conclusion on Habakkuk's Tables, and virtually everything that we are sharing here, we have already shared in the previous presentations of Habakkuk's Tables. And pretty much everything that we have shared in Habakkuk's Tables, we have shared publicly before and I received a small amount of criticism that this is just repeating the old stuff; but, I do not accept that criticism. Repetition is good, and I am going through it from different approaches which is good. So, we understand that this is both a repetition of what we have already done in Habakkuk's Tables and what we have done publicly in other places; but, there is a purpose for some of it.
And Sunday, as we began our conclusion, we spent some time identifying the Foundation, the Platform, the Old Paths, the beginning of our Confidence, and the Established Faith as the same thing. Okay? They are the Truths as represented upon this [1843] Chart, which were gathered together by the Millerites in their history.
And we read a quote where the enemy was working to prevent God's people from standing. And, upon the principle that all the prophets are teaching the same thing at the end of the world, in Ezekiel 37:9-11 we see that what brings the bones and flesh to their feet is a second message in Ezekiel 37; and, the second message is the message of the Four Winds.
Sister White defines the Four Winds in Ezekiel 37 as the Four Winds in Revelation 7 that are restrained while the 144,000 are sealed; but, she also calls them "an angry horse that is seeking to break loose," thus it is restrained, just as it is in Revelation 7.
Islam Restrained
Aug 22, 1840
Eze 37:9-11 May-June 1st Disappointment Summer
God's People Stand 1842 Mar 22, 1844 1844 Midnight Cry Oct 22, 1844
S.O.P. 1843 Strong Delusion
Chart Isa 66:5
2 Thess 2
1 Foundation 2 3
Platform
Old Paths
Confidence
Established Faith
Figure No. 148.
And we know that the angry horse that is represented in the Foundation and on the Platform and in Old Paths at the beginning of our Confidence and the Established Faith of the Body is the angry horse of Islam, as represented in the First and Second Woes.
So, we see here in this waymark that we are putting up here that what causes God's people to stand is the restraint of Islam, which took place in the Millerite History on August�11, 1840, and took place in our history on September 11, 2001.
But, what we were doing in that first presentation and throughout all of these presentations is showing a direct connection with the Spirit of Prophecy to the Foundational Truths. If you throw out the Spirit of Prophecy, you are going to throw out the Foundational Truths; and, if you throw out the Foundational Truths, you are going to throw out the Spirit of Prophecy, even if you say otherwise.
There are many of those that are fighting against this message of the Foundations in Adventism that claim to be supportive of the Spirit of Prophecy, but they are not; because, they are denying the light of the Spirit of Prophecy on this subject.
And, we have been focusing in on Isaiah 66; particularly we begin with Isaiah 66:5 and show that Sister White talks about the delusions that the Lord will choose for God's people at the end of the world are the same as Paul's strong delusion in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2.
One of the reason that we are putting an emphasis upon that is because in 2�Thessalonians, chapter 2, that William Miller discovers that the Daily, which is one of the Foundational Truths, that the Daily was Paganism. And if you take 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, and grammatically analyze it, those people that receive strong delusion do so because they do so because they do not have a love of the Truth; but, the Biblical truth that is noted in 2�Thessalonians, chapter 2, is the truth that William Miller saw. It is the truth about the relationship of Paganism and Papalism, it is the truth about the Daily; therefore, there is one way to look at 2�Thessalonians, chapter 2, grammatically, and what it is saying is the reason that Adventists receive the strong delusion at the end of the world is because they reject William Miller's understanding is Paganism. And, that is in perfect agreement with the grammatical structure of 2�Thessalonians, chapter 2. And we are purposely, of course, putting that in there.
Yesterday we began to look at two aspects of this history, and we pointed out that Isaiah 66:5, in verse 4, that when the Lord is going to choose the delusions of these Adventists that receive the strong delusion, He is going to bring their fears upon them, and Sister White says, "We have nothing to fear for the future, except that we forget the Lord's teachings and leadings in our past history." So, we went and showed that the teachings of 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844 were the teachings that she is referencing; and, that in connection with those teachings, the Lord was leading them through the providential understanding and fulfillment of those very teachings in that history. So, we identified that the messages that came that are represented on this [1843] Chart in 1840 to '44, were the teachings; but, those teachings produced the experience, and the experience was accomplished by the Lord leading them through this history.
So, if we forget these teachings and that history, we have everything to fear, was one of the punch lines of that study.
And we noted that if we are looking at this [Figure No. 148] in terms of the Millerite History�and we can do either: we can put this in the Millerite History or in our history�that in 1842 we see the Chart (the 1843 Chart) comes into history; and, this begins the separation process we looked at yesterday, because once the Chart was in history the Millerites said to William Miller, "Take the 'IF' out of your presentation," and this begins the churches identifying that what Miller and his associates were preaching were "fanaticism." So, the door begins to close.
And then, this [the 1843 Chart on the timeline of Figure No. 148], let us put May-June, because the doors begin to close at this time. The Chart is produced in May [1842].
And then we have the First Disappointment, March 22, 1844; and, from this point on, fanaticism arrives, the separation process begins.
Sister White has a quote where she says in this history, which is the First Message, there was no fanaticism. When they had the year-day principle confirmed for them, the fanaticism did not stand up to that. There was too strong of an argument.
But, then after the First Disappointment when, as Miller said, many walked no more with them, a large portion of the Millerites left and began turning against the message; and, those that remained in the message, they were a little bit taken aback that the Lord did not come in March�21, 1844 (in the prophetic year 1843). When He did not come, they were going through some doldrums; and, at this time fanaticism arrives, until the Midnight Cry down here.
The Midnight Cry, once they had October 22, 1844, in place, once again the message is empowered. August 12-17, 1844, the Midnight Cry arrives, fanaticism is gone, and it concludes on October�22, 1844.
But, it is in this history here, where the fanaticism and strong delusion comes into the Millerite History; because, as we read in Early Writings, pages 259 � 260, those that would not receive the First Message (or in Christ's day, would not receive the message of John the Baptist), could not be benefited by the teachings of Jesus. They could not be benefited by the Second Angel's Message; and, therefore, they could see no light in Christ beginning His work in the Heavenly Sanctuary, or Christ moving into the Most Holy Place.
And, it is in this process of the rejection of the message that they go into fanaticism and delusion; and, of course, we are setting this up for an illustration of why we go into fanaticism and delusion at the end of the world as we reject the very same message.
And, of course, because we are focusing on Isaiah 66, we pointed out that in verse�5, when Isaiah says, "You brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed." that Sister White uses that verse exclusively to identify this history here [from March 22, 1844 to August 12-17, 1844, when the Protestants began to close the doors against the Millerite message and cast the faithful Millerites out of the church, disfellowshipping them. She uses that verse to describe that, and that is the only time she applies that verse is when she is describing that history.
And the message (basically three messages) that was causing them to be cast out was the message of the [1843] Chart. The message of the Chart in this history was identifying specifically that the Lord would come in 1843. Okay? Once Miller removes the "IF" it is 1843, the doors began to close. So, the Chart is one of the messages that begins the separation process.
And then after the First Disappointment, the Lord led His people back to an understanding that the same evidence that showed that the 2520 and the 2300 would end in 1843 was then recognized to prove it ended in 1844, this [Isaiah 66] becomes one of the messages gets them thrown out of the churches. You can see that in Early Writings, page 238.
And, of course, it reaches a point where they understand, in the Summer of 1844, that the churches that are doing these things have become Babylon, because they have rejected the Truth. And the church is to be the ground and the pillar of the Truth, so they begin with another recognition they have is that the churches are Babylon.
And way back here [in May-June of 1840], they retain this message of the Chart; and, the message of the Chart is the Shut Door. Okay? "The Lord is coming in 1843 probation for mankind ends": it is a Shut Door Message that is represented by the Chart.
And thereafter, when they find the same evidence that led them to identify 1843 leads them to identify 1844, it is the same message, just a different year. It is a Shut Door, right here [October 22, 1844]. It is a Shut Door Message.
So, the messages of this history that are causing the division, causing the separation are the message of the 2520 and the 2300 ending in 1844: the message of probation is about to close, and the message that the church is rejecting the Truth and becoming a cage of unclean and hateful birds.
So, we are going to go and look a little bit more at Isaiah 66.
I want to get to a point where we started lining up the Alpha and the Omega Apostasy in this history. We will have to do that a little bit later on.
Isaiah 66:1
Rest
Let us go to Isaiah 66, verse 1, now as we take up the notes for this day.
Isaiah 66, verse 1, says,
"1Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?" Isaiah�66:1 (KJV).
REST: Strong's Concordance, H4496�Feminine of H4495; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively consolation (specifically matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode: - comfortable, ease, quiet, rest (-ing place), still. H4495�The same as H4494; rest. H4494�quiet, that is, (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home: - (place of) rest.
Okay. If you go to the Strong's, you will see in your notes that the word translated REST, here, is the Feminine of H4495. It means to repose (to rest); but, it comes from H4495, and H4495 is the same as H4494; and, H4494 is a settled spot, or a home.
So, in Isaiah 66, verse 1, when He asked the question there at the end of the verse, "Where is the place of my rest?" He is asking, "Where is my home?" Where is the Lord going to dwell?
Where you dwell is your home, right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
Choosing Jerusalem
1 Kings 14:21; Isaiah 14:1; Zechariah 1:12�17; Revelation 10:8�11:2; Zechariah 4:8�10; 2 Kings 21:10�15; Isaiah 28:14�18
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, this is the subject that we are going to take up a little bit.
But, the Lord, throughout the Scriptures has chosen where His home is.
1 Kings 14:21
If you go to 1 Kings 14:21�
You know, I think my wife says we have lived on this property now for 14 years. And when we came here, we had a cat that was a house cat. The cats we have now, they live outside; but, at that time, this cat was a house cat, still lived inside and we had her for a long time and her name was Ruby.
And there is a bird that comes in the Springtime here, and I do not know what kind of bird it is; but, we call it the "Ruby Bird," because we have this cat named Ruby, and every Springtime, if you go out, you can hear this bird going, "Ruby! Ruby!" And when we go out�if you think I am crazy, we can point it out, and you can say, "Well, it doesn't really sound like, 'Ruby,'" but, it does.
But, through the years, every Springtime you can hear this bird arrive and you know that Springtime is here. And two days ago it got kind of warm here and it felt like Spring�It got cold yesterday, and it is still cold today�but, two days ago you could taste the Springtime, and the Ruby Bird is back!
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: And the trees are budding out, and things are coming back to life.
So, I am kind of this morning waking up, realizing it is Springtime, and I got kind of that, "Ah! This is a nice feeling!"
And I am looking into the group this morning, and you all seem kind of subdued and down. What is going on?! This is the Springtime! Let us liven up in here a tad, okay?!
The Lord is causing things to bud out, both literally and spiritually. We should be praising the Lord for this.
So, in Isaiah 66, verse 1, the question is raised about where is the Lord going to rest, and where is His home going to be.
And all of the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, so where is His home going to be at the end of the world?
And in 1 Kings 14:21, it says,
"21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess." 1�Kings�14:21 (KJV).
So, the Lord chose to dwell in Jerusalem; but, He chose Jerusalem out of what? Out of all the tribes.
And, this is the story of whom here?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Rehoboam.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Rehoboam. And, what is that story?
That story is the division of Israel, between Rehoboam (the Southern Kingdom) and Jeroboam (the Northern Kingdom). So, we see that the Lord is choosing Jerusalem in this history as He is separating His people into two groups.
Of course, the 10 tribes that are going to Jeroboam, what does Jeroboam do to prevent those 10 tribes from coming back to Rehoboam's place in Jerusalem?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He makes two golden calves.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He sets up two golden calves, one in Bethel and one in Dan; and, he puts the same pronouncement upon them that Aaron placed upon his golden calf in his day and age: "These be thy gods, O Israel, who brought you out of Egypt!"
And, of course, the punishment for Aaron that was executed by Moses and Aaron and his followers was they ground up that image of the beast (that golden calf), and they made the people drink it. And all the prophecies are pointed to the end of the world: The punishment for worshipping the image of the beast in the Third Angel's Message is that you are going to drink the wine of God's wrath that is poured out without measure into the cup of His indignation. You are going to drink that ground up golden calf, as Moses made them drink it with Aaron. So, we see that the golden calf in Aaron's day and age is a symbol of The Sunday Law. And Jeroboam is a second witness to that. He set up a golden calf in Bethel (which means House of God) and in Dan (which means Judge), so it is emphasizing that those two golden calves represent church and state, once again a story about The Sunday Law at the end of the world.
So, when we ask who Rehoboam is, Rehoboam is the group of God's people that gets chosen in The Sunday Law crisis, while the other group is going to receive the mark of the beast. And in that time period of The Sunday Law crisis, the Lord is choosing Jerusalem to dwell at. That is where He is going to take His rest.
Do you see that?
Isaiah 14:1
Isaiah 14:1:
"1For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob." Isaiah 14:1 (KJV).
So, the Lord is going to choose Israel one more time�He will yet choose Jerusalem, we will show you in a minute�but, not only is He going to choose Israel, he is also going to gather another people to Him. So, when He is choosing Jerusalem and He is choosing Israel�
Did He choose Israel back in 1 Kings? Yes. He made a choice of Judah at Jerusalem, as opposed to the 10 Northern Tribes. He is going to dwell in Jerusalem, but He is choosing a people that He is going to dwell with in Jerusalem.
And here in Isaiah 14:1, He will yet choose Israel, but He is also going to have strangers joined to them; and, of course, this is talking about Him choosing those that are going to be lifted up as an ensign at The Sunday Law, and then gathering others unto Himself after that.
Zechariah 1:12-17
Go to Zechariah 1. Zechariah 1, beginning at verse 12, says,
"12Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?"�
This is referencing the 70 years of captivity of Israel in Ancient Babylon. But, in this series of Habakkuk's Tables, we have read you the quote from Prophets and Kings where Sister White compares those 70 years with the 1260 years of Papal rule. So, this is also an illustration of 1798, when spiritual Israel was coming out of spiritual Babylon.
Verse 13,
"13And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 14So the angel that communed with me said unto me,�
Who is the angel communing with Zachariah? It is Gabriel.
�"Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched upon Jerusalem. 17Crying yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem." Zechariah 1:12-17 (KJV).
So, this is a promise of choosing Jerusalem, not in the time of Rehoboam, but He is going to once again choose Jerusalem in the time of their coming out of Babylon; but, this is also the Lord choosing Jerusalem in the time of the Millerites when they came out of spiritual Babylon, out of the 1260 years. And these three choosings of Jerusalem, and the story of Rehoboam, and the story of Ezra, and the story of the Millerites are all prefiguring the Lord choosing Jerusalem at the end of the world.
And one of the symbols of the Lord choosing Jerusalem is that He is going to build it; and, therefore, you are going to see a line stretched upon it. You are going to see building tools illustrated.
Revelation 10:8�11:2.
So, go to Revelation, chapter 10, beginning in verse 8.
"chapter 10:8�And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9�And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10�And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter."�
What are those two histories?
When was the message sweet to the Millerites? Right here, August 11, 1840; because, the year-day principle was confirmed. And, this is when Islam was restrained in the history of the Millerites.
And it becomes bitter down here. This is the bitterness, October 22, 1844.
And, then verse 11 says, "And he said unto me [the Seventh-day Adventists at the end of the world] are going to have to repeat this history."
It says,
�"11�And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."�
They had sent their message to the world from 1840 to '44. That is what Sister White says in The Great Controversy, page 611; but, that is going to happen again. This history is going to happen again. This message is going to get carried to the world again.
And then in verse 1 of chapter 11 [of Revelation], it says,
�"chapter 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2�But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." Revelation 10:8-11:2 (KJV).
So, now, when John comes to this history, he is told to measure the temple, thus identifying Jerusalem is to be built once again.
Now, if we were to go back to the coming out of Babylon, there are 70 years of captivity here. And then, what are the next things we see, primary things? Three Decrees, right?
The Third Decree starts the 2300-day prophecy. That would be right here [October 22, 1844]. And that aligns with the Third Message in the Millerite History.
The empowerment of the First Message on August 11, 1840, would be right here. That would be the First Decree.
And then in here in the Second Angel's Message, you would have the Second Decree.
So, when they come out of Babylon, where is it that they build the foundation of the temple?
We have already gone over this in this study. The foundation of the temple is built in the history of the First Decree. The foundation is laid right here, right in the spot that we are lining up with the Millerite History, when this Foundation is established [referring to the 1843 Chart].
When was the temple complete in the history of the Three Decrees? It was completed before the Third Decree. It is an historical fact. The temple is completed before the Third Decree.
But the Third Decree is still bringing people out of Babylon, why? Because, Jerusalem is not finished until the streets and wall are finished. Okay? The Lord is going to build Jerusalem. He is going to stretch lines upon it. He is going to measure it; but, the total job is not done until you get out here with the Fourth Decree with Nehemiah [extending beyond October 22, 1844]�right?�because, it is in the time period of Nehemiah that the streets and wall are finished even in troublous times.
So, if you can do this with me, jump back into Revelation 10 and 11. When John has the bitterness in his stomach here [October 22, 1844], and he is told, "You are going to have to do this again, and rise and measure the temple of God," they have laid the foundations, the temple has been built; but, it is not until our day and age back out here in the Fourth Angel's Message when the streets and wall are going to be finished in troublous times. When Nehemiah comes, he is going to have to do some stretchings of lines as well. So, it is a complete package that we have to look at here.
AD538 1798 1844
1260 years 46 years
Figure No. 149.
And when John is told to measure the temple, we get an idea of what the temple he is to measure is, because from 1798 to 1844, we have 46 years, and John is told to rise and measure the temple, but leave off the courtyard, for it is given to the Gentiles: "Don't measure the courtyard, because the courtyard represents the Gentiles." And how long are the Gentiles going to trample down Jerusalem?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They are going to trample it down from AD538 to 1798. So, when John is told to measure the temple, based upon this reference to the courtyard being the Gentiles', he is being told to measure something in time; and, the time is the time that starts when the courtyard ends in 1798.
And he is right here [October 22, 1844]. John just went through the bitter disappointment. He is in 1844; so, he is to measure the 46 years. Okay?
And, of course, the 46 years represents the days (46 days that Moses was on the Mount receiving instructions to build the earthly sanctuary). It represents the 46 years of Herod's remodeling of the temple; and, the very year that Herod's remodeling ended is the year that Jesus was baptized. It represents the 46 years that the Millerite temple was erected. In order for the Lord to suddenly come to His temple on October 22, 1844, He had to erect it. He had to have a host to enter into covenant with. It represents the 46 chromosomes that go to make up the human temple. And, it also represents it in these histories, whether it is with Moses's history, or the history of Christ, or the history of the Millerites that the Lord is entering into covenant with His people. And His covenant is His Ten Commandments, and those Ten Commandments have two tables, and on the one table you have four commandments, and on the other table you have six (4-6). So, this "46" also represents the covenant, the Two Tables, and these Two Tables [indicating the 1843 and 1850 Charts] by implication that come into this history to mark that they entered into covenant.
So, this history [see Figure No. 148] is the temple building; but, in our history, it is the history of the temple finishing.
Zechariah 4:8-10
So, go to Zechariah 4, verses 8 through 10.
And why are we even talking about this?
I mean, what are we trying to demonstrate here? Well, what we are trying to demonstrate here is that the Lord is going to choose where He is going to rest. Okay? And He is going to choose Jerusalem. That is where He is going to be. That is going to be His home. That is where He is going to abide.
But, when He chooses Jerusalem and chooses to abide there, He is going to build Jerusalem, and then He is going to abide there.
He is going to choose Jerusalem in this history here at the end of the world; and, those people that are the hosts that He chooses to abide with are the Outcasts of Israel that have been outcast by the brethren that hated them.
So, in Zechariah 4, we are still looking at some of the terminology in the Bible concerning the work of building Jerusalem. And the reason the Lord builds Jerusalem is so He can take His rest there. All right?
In Zechariah 4, beginning at verse 8, it says this:
"8Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying, 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house;"�
And what does ZERUBBABEL mean?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Out of Babylon.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It means Out of Babylon. Out of Babylon means offspring of Babylon, technically; but, that means Out of Babylon. That means�somebody spell it for me, Zerubbabel.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Z-E-R-U-B-B-A-B-E-L.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. So, "Out of Babylon," Zerubbabel, he builds the foundation of the Millerite History. He built the foundation, but Zerubbabel also is going to put the capstone on it. Okay? There is going to be an experience of "Out of Babylon" in the Millerite History; there is going to be an experience of "Out of Babylon" in our history.
Num 14:34
Islam Restrained "Out of Babylon" Eze 4:6
Aug 22, 1840 First Zerubbabel Great
Eze 37:9-11 May-June Disappointment Summer Disappointment
God's People Stand 1992 Mar 22, 1844 1844 Midnight Cry Oct 22, 1844
S.O.P. 1843 1850 STRONG DELUSION
9/11/2001 Chart Chart Isa 66:5
2520 (plummet) 2 Thess 2
1 Foundation 2 3
Platform
Old Paths
Confidence
Established Faith
Figure No. 150.
And the experience of Out of Babylon in the Millerite History, this is when the fanaticism came in. This is the strong delusion. This is where the Lord chooses the delusions in Isaiah 66:5, in this history of the Millerites, in this message.
Remember, the Final Message (the Midnight Cry), and the First Message were too powerful for fanaticism to exist. But, it is in the Second Message where fanaticism came, after the [First] Disappointment.
Are you all with me?
Okay. Back to Zechariah.
�"9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of Hosts hath sent me unto you. 10For who hath despised the day of small things?"�
The Millerite History's "day of small things," it is despised. God's people today say, "We will not walk in these Old Paths. We despise the history that is represented by this [1843] Chart." Okay?
When you get to the time when Zerubbabel is going to put the capstone on it, the larger portion of Adventism is going to despise the "day of small things," the beginnings.
�"10For who hath despised the day of small things?"�
But, there will be a group�there are two classes; it is all about two classes.
�"for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven, they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth." Zechariah�4:8-10 (KJV).
So, in the history of putting the capstone on this building process�and this building process is represented by stretching the line, and using the plummet and the rod to measure these things�
Are you with me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Is the capstone to finish it?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Capstone means the final piece. Zerubbabel is going to put the capstone on it, and he laid the foundation. He does the beginning and the end; because, what he represents, this message "Out of Babylon" is repeated in both these histories.
But, in reality, the governor in the history of the building of Jerusalem when they came out of Babylon was Zerubbabel, and he truly did lay the first stone in the foundation and put the last stone on the temple.
So, in this history of building the temple, there is a group that despises the "day of small things."
"We will not walk in the Old Paths. We will not hearken to the sound of the Trumpet."
But, there is going to be another group (hopefully, you and I), and what will we do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Rejoice.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We will rejoice when we see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. Why? Because, it means that He is choosing Jerusalem once again. He is choosing to rest in Jerusalem.
And if we get through this study today, we will show you that the rest that He takes in Jerusalem is not with temples made with hands, but in our human body temple. That is where He is choosing to rest, in Zion at the end.
So, we rejoice. But, what is the symbol of our rejoicing? What is the symbol of our rejoicing in the verse?
It says, ". . . they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; . . ." They are going to see Zerubbabel in this history, and they are going to see that he has a plummet in his hand.
And what is with the plummet?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: ". . . those seven; . . ."
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Those seven.
Okay. Now, this seven here, it is the same Hebrew word that is translated as seven times in Leviticus 26.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Hmm.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They are going to see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, and they are going to rejoice with the plummet with those seven.
Of course, there are probably a lot of places where seven occurs that is the same Hebrew word as the seven times in Leviticus 26. So, maybe this is kind of pulling one out of the hat.
2 Kings 21:10-15
But, let us go to 2 Kings; because, this word plummet, this word plummet is only found three times in God's Word. Go to 2 Kings 21, verses 10 through 15.
"10And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 12Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab:"�
Who is the "house of Ahab"? That is the house of the Northern Kingdom.
�"13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria [of the Northern Kingdom], and the plummet [of the Northern Kingdom] of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. 15And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 15Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day." 2 Kings 21:10-15 (KJV).
So, here we have a judgment against Manasseh; and, the judgment against Manasseh is going to be the same line and the same plummet that was carried out against Samaria, of the house of Ahab.
And, what was carried out against Samaria, of the house of Ahab? The 2520. It is saying that Judah is going to suffer the same punishment as did the Northern Kingdom.
And, what is the symbol of this punishment? The plummet, the plummet.
There is one other place where the plummet is mentioned.
So, what I am saying is, the plummet is the 2520. And there will be a group in Adventism in the time period, where Zerubbabel is finishing the work, that they are going to see the 2520, and they are going to rejoice; and, at that same time there is going to be a group that despise the "day of small things," the foundational time period when this [the 2520] was one of the Foundational Truths, this history here, the 2520.
But, the plummet is the symbol of the punishment against the Northern Kingdom, and that same punishment was carried out against the Southern Kingdom. It was carried out beginning with Manasseh when he was carried into captivity.
Isaiah 28:14-18
But, there is also a punishment that is associated with the plummet that comes down to our day and age as well: Isaiah 28, beginning at verse 14.
"14Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem."�
In Testimonies, volume 5, Sister White tells us that Jerusalem here is the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
�"15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death,"�
And, they are making a covenant with death. These men that despise the "day of small things" are making a covenant with death at the very time there is a group in Adventism that are making a covenant of life, those that rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel.
�"15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:"�
The overflowing scourge, if you do not know what the overflowing scourge is, then you are represented by Josiah. I mean, Josiah represents two classes of worshippers at the end of Adventism. Josiah represents the class of worshippers that discover the curse of Moses that had been hidden away in the temple, and the curse of Moses is the 2520 and, from that, they cause a revival.
But, Josiah also represents the leadership of Adventism that will not be warned about the battle between the King of the South and the King of the North, that initially the King of the South attacks the King of the North but, over a period of time, the King of the North returns and sweeps away the King of the South. Josiah would not take the warning. The warning for Josiah about the message of the King of the South and the King of the North is, "Don't get involved with that battle!" But, Josiah went ahead and got involved with the battle, and he died at Megiddo. And Megiddo in Josiah's death is Armageddon in Revelation 16.
So, if you do not know what the overflowing scourge is, you are not being warned by Daniel�11, verse 40, because that is the war between the King of the South and the King of the North that the Seventh-day Adventist Church refuses to understand, that rejects; because, Daniel�11, verse 40, tells you the next thing that happens is The Sunday Law in the United States where probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists. So, if you refuse to understand correctly Daniel 11, verse 40, then you will not understand that the King of the North, when he comes and sweeps away the Soviet Union in 1989, he comes as a flood because the Papacy is the flood in Bible prophecy.
And these men that despise the "day of small things" here, these leaders that rule Jerusalem, they have made a covenant with death saying, "When the overflowing scourge comes, when The Sunday Law arrives, it ain't gonna hurt us!" But, they are hiding their lives in falsehoods.
Verse 16:
�"16Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste."�
This history here [Figure No. 150: Foundation, Platform, Old Paths, Confidence, Establishes Faith], he lays in Zion. He laid it with the Millerites, and now He uses it to test us.
Verse 17:
�"Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to"�what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The plummet.
JEFF PIPPENGER: �"the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it." Isaiah 28:14-18 (KJV).
So, when the Lord is building Jerusalem, He uses these building tools to illustrate it, but he also lets us know that during the time that He is building Jerusalem, He is separating two classes of worshippers; and, the symbol of this separation is the plummet. It is the punishment against those that reject the Foundations. That is what tests them, the 2520.
Rest
Psalm 95:11
What is the rest?
Psalm 95:11:
"11Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest." Psalm 95:11 (KJV).
Brothers and Sisters, the board could get kind of full here; but, we did a study. We referred to it more than once. It is the study of the year-day principle; and, in one sense the year-day principle is the very foundation of Adventism. If William Miller had not come to understand the year-day principle correctly, he would not have been able to put together the understanding of these time prophecies [as illustrated on the 1843 Chart].
And the two places in the Bible that we use the year-day principle to uphold time prophecy is Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6. And both of these histories where the year-day principle is expressed are histories of Ancient Israel's rebellion.
Here [Numbers 14:34] they are rebelling against the Rest of Grace; here [Ezekiel 4:6] they were rebelling against the Rest of the Sabbath: two different rests.
And this [the Rest of Grace] is at the beginning, right at the borders of the Promised Land when the spies returned. They could have gone into the Promised Lane, but they did not do so.
And this [the Rest of the Sabbath] is at the end, just before Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem.
So, at the beginning and at the end of Ancient Israel, you have two lines in the sand that identify the rebellion of God's people as they rebel against the rests of that time period.
And the rests at our time period here, Brothers and Sisters, is that the Lord is choosing Jerusalem. He is going to take His rest. He is going to send His Holy Spirit.
So, in Pacific Union Recorder, November 7, 1901, speaking of this,
"Those who are unwilling to give the Lord faithful, earnest, loving service will not find spiritual rest in this life nor in the life to come. 'There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God [Psalm 95;11, and in Hebrews]. . . . Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fail after the same example of unbelief.' The rest here spoken of is the rest of grace, obtained by following the prescription. 'Labor diligently.'" Pacific Union Recorder, November 7, 1901.
It is the rest of grace; it is not the Sabbath Day rest.
The Hebrews rejected the Rest of Grace, the Rest of Grace.
And what would that Rest of Grace given them? If they had accepted Joshua and Caleb's testimonies, what would that rest had given them?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Pardon me?
The Power to go into the Promised Land. They rejected the power to go in and knock those giants down.
And what was that power? It was the Rest of Grace. It was the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 132:8-18
Go to Psalm 132, verses 8 through 18.
"8�Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength."�
Now, before I read further, before I read further, this is about the Lord entering into His rest and us entering into His rest, and Him entering into Zion; but, I want you to see something.
Where does it begin?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: When He arises.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: When He arises.
Notice the quote in your notes from Review and Herald, July 5, 1906. It says,
"Now comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, 'What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise"�
And we are saying that the Lord arose on 9/11.
�"to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1�3 will be fulfilled.' The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we cannot imagine." Review and Herald, July 5, 1906."
On 9/11/2001 the great buildings in New York City were thrown down, and the Lord arose!
Now, let us go back to Psalm 132, verse 8.
�"Psalm 132 (continued): 8�Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9�Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 10�For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11�The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David;"�
Now, let me just ask something here in verse 10.
He is arising, and He is entering into His rest. The ark of His strength is mentioned (there is the Law of God). The priests are clothed with righteousness, and the saints are shouting for joy, and the face of His anointed is referenced.
What does anointed mean?
When was Christ anointed? At His baptism.
And what happened at His baptism?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Holy Spirit came down.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Holy Spirit descended, just like the Angel descended on August 11, 1840; just like the Angel of Revelation 18 descended on 9/11. The Psalmist is in agreement with this model that we are portraying.
Verse 11,
�"11The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David, he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12�If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony"�
He is entering into covenant with His people at this point, when He is taking His rest.
�"that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore."�
Yesterday�when I went to Jeremiah instead of Isaiah and I started reading through Jeremiah and I realized it was the wrong passage, but there was a very nice promise in there for our children, and I mentioned it before I ended everything�and a sister from out on the West Coast emailed in and said something like this, "I'm glad that you went to Jeremiah [See Footnote�21, referring to Jeremiah 30:8-21.]. I like the promises for our children." And here is another one.
�"12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore."�
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: �"13�For the Lord hath chosen Zion;"�
He is choosing Zion again.
When did He choose Zion in 1 Kings 14? When He separated the Northern Kingdom from the Southern Kingdom. He chooses Zion when there is a separation going on between two classes of worshippers.
�"he hath desired it for his habitation. 14�This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15�I will abundantly bless her provision:"�
What is "her provision"?
What is your provision?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Food.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes. He will give them manna (Bread from Heaven).
�"I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16�I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17�There will I make the horn of David to bud:"�
How does the horn of David bud?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Latter Rain.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Latter Rain.
�"I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed."�
So, these are the people that are anointed by the Latter Rain, and He has ordained a lamp for them. What does that mean?
What does that mean that He has "ordained a lamp" for them?
When Christ is moving through the seven candlesticks in the Holy Place, in the beginning of the Book of Revelation, what do those lamps represent?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Churches.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Churches. He has "ordained a lamp for mine anointed."
What is the lamp that is being lit right here [Figure No. 150].
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Laodicea.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The last church, Laodicea is the last church.
But, in here, Brothers and Sisters, in this history, do you know what this is? This is the Church Militant; but, at The Sunday Law, it becomes the lamp that is the Church Triumphant that has been ordained by the Lord.
�"18�His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish." Psalm 132:8-18 (KJV).
And what is his crown? Well, it is full of stones; and, we have those stones that are lifted up as an ensign, Zechariah tells us.
Isaiah 18 (Isaiah 27:11; Matthew 13:29�30); Acts 7:47�51; Hebrews 4:1�11; Ephesians�2:19�22; 1 Corinthians 3:9�17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:14�18; 1�Peter 2:5
Isaiah 18 (Isaiah 27:11; Matthew 13:29-30).
Isaiah 18�time is rapidly slipping away�Isaiah 18, and let us start in verse 3. I will not deal with the nations "scattered and peeled" because of the shortness [of time]. Let us start in verse 3.
"3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 4For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest,"�
When He is lifting up the ensign is when He is taking His rest, and His rest is His home. This is where He is going to abide.
And where is He going to abide? Well, He chose Zion; He chose Jerusalem. He chooses Zion; He chooses Jerusalem.
�"and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5For afore the harvest,"�
When is the harvest?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: At the end of the world.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The end of the world. Okay? Summertime is the harvest.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Hmm.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Summertime starts at The Sunday Law.
�"5For afore the harvest,"�before this Sunday Law�"when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruninghooks, and take away and cut down the branches. 6They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them." Isaiah 18:3-7 (KJV).
He is going to cut off the Northern Kingdom. He is going to separate the wise and foolish virgins; and, the foolish virgins, they are going to become the prey of the birds (that is Babylon) and the beasts (that is the United Nations) in The Sunday Law testing time. He is going cut down those branches.
If you will, go to Isaiah 27:11, if you read from verse 1 through 11, it is the same history; but, in verse 11, it says,
"11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire:"�
Who are the women?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The churches.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Apostate Protestantism; Catholicism.
�"for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour." Isaiah�27:11 (KJV).
They have "no understanding," what does that mean? No understanding of what? Of the increase of knowledge.
"The wise will understand, but the wicked will not understand"; and, how important is it to understand that knowledge? According to Hosea, "My people are destroyed from a lack of knowledge."
How are they destroyed? They are cut off as branches, and the women come and bind them in bundles and burn them.
Matthew 13:29-30
Matthew 13, verses 29 and 30.
The history of building Jerusalem is a history of a separation of two classes.
[Beginning at] verse 28:
"28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 20But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." Matthew 13:28-30 (KJV).
What is his "barn"? It is Jerusalem. He is gathering us into Jerusalem, if we are faithful.
And, we have already read in this presentation that it is the Third Angel that does the separation.
And commenting on the wheat and tares, Sister White says that the parable shows that there is no probation after the judgment.
This is The Sunday Law right here [indicating the last waymark in Figure No. 150.] It is The Sunday Law.
When all three of these passages, the broken branches, the cut-down branches, and the tares are gathered into bundles to be burned by the women, to be persecuted by the Papacy (the unclean bird), and the United Nations (the beasts of the earth), why would you die?
Acts 7:47-51
Acts 7, beginning at verse 47,
"47But Solomon built him an house."�
We are talking about the Lord choosing Jerusalem.
�"47But Solomon built him an house. 48Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet, 49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool:"�
Where is he [Luke] quoting from?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Acts 7:47.
Sorry. I figured you would have it in notes.
But, when you get to verse 49, and it says,
�"49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me?"�
what is He talking about? What is He referencing, what is He quoting?
�"saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?"�
That is Isaiah 66, verse 1.
�"50Hath not my hand made all these things?"�
What is He talking about? He is talking about the temple (Jerusalem), where He is going to abide.
What does verse 51 say?
�"51You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." Acts 7:47-51 (KJV).
So, these people that are unwilling to be part of the Jerusalem, the temple where the Lord is going to rest, what are they resisting?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Holy Spirit.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Latter Rain, the Latter Rain.
Hebrews 4:1-11
Go to Hebrews 4:1-11. And we will not read this, we will just point at it; because, we have referenced this more than once.
"1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2�For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3�For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4�For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5�And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6�Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7�Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8�For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9�There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10�For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11�Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." Hebrews 4:1-11 (KJV).
This is the rest.
Psalm 95:11, we have already read. This is the Rest of Grace, Sister White calls it, that the Hebrews rejected when they had the opportunity to go into the Promised Land.
This is not the Seventh-day Sabbath. This is the Rest of Grace.
But, Paul�the Book of Hebrews is the book in the Bible that is written for Seventh-day Adventists. It is not written for Millerites. The Millerites did not understand Hebrews. If they understood Hebrews, they would have understood that the Sanctuary in Heaven was the Sanctuary in Heaven and not the Earth. Hebrews was not for the Millerites.
And the Christian world does not understand the Book of Hebrews. The only people on Earth that truly understand the Book of Hebrews are Seventh-day Adventists. This is for us.
So, when Paul is saying, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God," well, it is not the Sabbath day rest that he is talking about; and, that is the way Sister White says it, too, and not just me. It is the Rest of Grace that we reject, as illustrated back here in Numbers 14:34, when they rejected the Rest of Grace, and it is the history that Paul is referring to. They reject the Rest of Grace here [the first waymark in Figure No. 150], and they reject the rest of the Seventh-day Sabbath here [the last waymark in Figure No. 150 (The Sunday Law)].
We are going to reject the rest of the Seventh-day Sabbath at The Sunday Law, and the symbol of the Rest of Grace that we are going to reject is the Rest of the Land every seventh year (the Rest of the Jubilee that is represented by the 2520, which is the plummet).
Okay?
Ephesians 2:19-22
Go to Ephesians 2, verses 19 through 22. We are still trying to figure out, when the Lord is talking about taking His rest, where is He going to rest� Ephesians 2�here at the end of the world?
What do all these illustrations�of building Jerusalem, the Lord choosing Jerusalem, the Lord taking His rest�what are they pointing forward to? They are pointing forward to the end of the world.
But, at the end of the world, there is going to be a group of us that think the temple is the Seventh-day Adventist structure, the corporation: that is the temple of the Lord, that is the temple of the Lord, that is the temple of the Lord. But, that is not what the Lord is talking about taking His rest in.
Ephesians, chapter 2, beginning at verse 19, says,
"19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." Ephesians 2:19-22 (KJV).
". . . ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit," you are part of the temple. And the Lord is going to take His rest in Jerusalem. He is going to take His rest in the temple; but, He is not going to take His rest in a manmade structure.
Where is He going to take His rest? In our hearts, unless we choose to reject the rest as the Hebrews did.
1 Corinthians 3:9-17
1 Corinthians 3.
I am going to end this before your notes end; so, do not get nervous.
1 Corinthians 3, verses 9 through 17:
�"9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building."�
You are God's building? . . . and laborers.
�"10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."�
So, when the Lord is building the temple, there are two classes of worshippers. There is one class that is putting on gold, silver, and precious stones to the temple; and, there is another class that is putting wood, hay, and stubble. But, they are going to get thrown into a purification process, which here is represented by fire. And what happens to wood, hay, and stubble?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: They burn it.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It burns up.
Who gets burned up? Those branches that are cut off and put into bundles. They get burned up in the Summertime.
�"14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saves; yet so as by fire. 16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." 1�Corinthians 3:9-17 (KJV).
So, in Isaiah 66:1, when the Lord is deciding where He is going to take His rest at the end of the world (because all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world), where is He desiring to take His rest?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In our hearts, in our minds.
But, what do we have to do? We have to be on the right side of the testing process. We have to participate in this work. We have something to contribute to the building of the temple, and it better be gold, and silver, and precious stones; because, if it is wood, hay, and stubble�.�.�.�.
1 Corinthians 6:19
Go to 1 Corinthians 6:19.
"19What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" 1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV).
This [pointing to himself (ourselves)] is the temple that He abides in, where He chooses to take His rest.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
2 Corinthians 6, verses 14 through 18:
"14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:"�
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers."
�"14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? 15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." 2�Corinthians 6:14-18 (KJV).
Was there a separation process that went on in this history [Figure No. 150], when they were building this temple?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: There was a separation process.
Who causes the separation process?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Lord.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Lord.
This [1843] Chart here started the process, and what are we told about this Chart here?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It was directed by the hand of the Lord.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Directed by the hand of the Lord.
This Chart here gets forgotten; and, this one [the 1850 Chart] even gets forgotten more, until shortly after 9/11; and, then both of these charts are recognized. They become such a subject of separation that men have suggested that a manmade chart made in 1863 should replace those two. That 1863 chart has no endorsement by God, whatsoever; and both of these Charts do. And here begins the separation process that parallels the separation process in this history.
And, what does Paul say? "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers."
Does this mean that you are supposed to take your membership out of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Well, you know that is not true; because, Sister White says otherwise. But, she does say that we should not attend the assemblies of those that are teaching error.
In this history here [Figure No. 150], there came a separation process that was accomplished by the Lord. We are not talking about membership in the Adventist Church. We are talking about the principle that by beholding, you become changed. And if you willingly put yourself in the place where you are going to receive darkness, there will be consequences; because, God's Word never fails.
1 Peter 2:5
Go to 1 Peter 2:5. We will close with this.
"5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." 1�Peter 2:5 (KJV).
Keep your finger there and go to Isaiah 66, as we bind this presentation off; Isaiah 66, where we began, with verse 1, which says,
"1Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?" Isaiah 66:1 (KJV).
In 1863 the Millerite Movement ended and a church was built. And after the church rejected the attempt by the Lord to pour out the Holy Spirit in 1888, they went into the Alpha Apostasy, and a new movement was begun.
A new organization was begun. There is the house that we have built for Him, that He is referencing, "Where is the house that ye build unto me?" Well, that house is here today; but, He is going to choose the place of His rest, and the place of His rest is Jerusalem. Okay? There is a separation process that is under way in this history.
Now, go back to 1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 5. It says,
"5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." 1�Peter 2:5 (KJV).
Go to verse 9.
"9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." 1 Peter 2:9 (KJV).
This is referencing when the Lord entered into covenant with Ancient Israel at Sinai; and, before He did that, they were Jacob's descendants; and, when He did that, they became Ancient Israel, God's denominated people. He entered into covenant with them. In time past, they were not the people of God, but now they were His denominated people.
But, Peter here is using that history to show that the Christian church, which in time past were not the people of God, but now become the people of God because he had entered into covenant with them.
But, Peter is primarily speaking about the end of the world, where there is a group of people that in time past were not the people of God. Who were they? They were the Outcasts of Israel that the Lord is going to enter into covenant with.
So, go back to verse 5. We are definitely closing. It says,
"5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood,"�
How was the Millerite spiritual house built up? It was built up from the history of 1798 to 1844, the arrival of the First Message to the arrival of the Third. And, that history is where the temple is built up, and that history is repeated.
In this history here [Figure No. 150], He is building up a people. And on 9/11 when Islam is restrained, the separation process begins. The message is empowered; it begins. And He is starting to separate two classes.
Verse 6, and where is it that Peter is quoting from here in verse 6? That is Isaiah 28.
"6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone,"�
What is Sion? That is His people.
What is the Cornerstone?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Jesus.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes, it is Jesus; but, what is Jesus in this context? He is the Rock of Ages. He is the Cornerstone. He is represented by the Truths on these [1843 and 1850] Charts.
"Behold, I lay in the Adventist Church these Two Tables that represent my covenant that has been prefigured by the two tables of the Ten Commandments. I place that in Adventism."
�"Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone, which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed." 1 Peter 2:6-8 (KJV).
This here, in the Millerite History, these here [the 1843 and 1850 Charts] in our history marks the time when this separation process of these two classes begin.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we wish to be among the obedient, and not among the disobedient that have been appointed to hide themselves under lies and falsehoods, that have made a covenant with death that is going to be swept away by the overflowing scourge, that are going to be judged by the plummet with the eyes of those seven that was stretched out over the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom. We want to be among those that become your resting place in this time period; prepared to be lifted up as an ensign at The Sunday Law, lifted up as you were on the cross, that the nations might be called unto you, as you called all men unto you when you were lifted up. We thank you for this morning to take time to study these things. We ask that your Holy Spirit would keep running these precious truths through our hearts and minds as we accomplish our work this day; and, we ask that you would give us a safe workday as we do so. In Jesus's name, amen.