CONCLUSION
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for a good night's rest and we thank you for bringing us together to study your Word this morning. We know that next week is a big work in terms of LiveStreaming and recording, and the guests that are going to come. The beginning of those guests are arriving today. We ask for traveling mercies that everyone heading this way for this next week's period will get here safely and that you will ultimately take them home safely. As we take up our study this morning, we ask that you would overrule my thoughts, my understanding, take control of this presentation that it can be clear and concise and that we can understand some more of the significance of Daniel 8, verse 11. We want the Latter Rain poured out upon us; so, we would ask that you would open our understanding to these truths and pour your Spirit out upon us. We ask that you prepare the hearts and minds of those that are listening to these things, to understand them as you see fit. In Jesus's name, amen.
The Daily
104 Times
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We are dealing with the Daily in the Book of Daniel, and we are going through it very slowly, very carefully. We are showing that Daniel 8 is the illustration of the religious manifestations of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy.
We have shown that the root of Satan's religion that is represented in Daniel 8 is represented by the word gâdal that increases as it goes through the various kingdoms of Bible prophecy that are in Daniel 8.
The Medes and the Persians, they became great, gâdal(ed), exalted themselves; but, the Greeks exalted themselves more. The little horn of Pagan Rome exalted itself more than that; and, the Papacy exalted itself even more than Pagan Rome.
And, this self-exaltation that is represented in this word gâdal is the root of Satan's religion that is represented in all these kingdoms of Bible prophecy. We know that Daniel here is telling us that this is a counterfeit religion that is in these kingdoms; because, he uses sanctuary terms, but the terms he uses, they are always corrupted to show that they would not be an offering or they would not be represented in God's sanctuary.
TAMID: Strong's Concordance H8548—From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice:—always (-s), continual (employment –ly), daily, ([n-]) even (-more), perpetual.
When it comes to the word tamid that represents the Daily (or is translated as the word Daily in the Book of Daniel), I personally will not, do not, or agree to argue or debate with the theologians when they want to use the 104 times that the word tamid appears in the Bible. I refuse to assent to the idea that tamid is a verb or an adjective that can be used to describe tamid as a noun.
But, there is one way that I will agree to that consideration, and it is in this sense: When the kingdoms of Bible prophecy are represented in the Book of Daniel, chapter 8, the symbols that are used to represent these kingdoms are corrupted symbols, corrupted sanctuary symbols in order to teach the lesson that this is a counterfeit religion that is being introduced here.
So, when we see that 99 times in the Bible the word tamid is an adjective and an adverb, and many, many times this word is used in connection with the sanctuary service (the genuine sanctuary service), then when we see the word tamid in the Book of Daniel as a noun that is identical to seeing the ram with two different sized horns, or a goat with the horn broken and four horns coming up out of it, or a horn that is both a man and a woman. The word tamid here can be studied prophetically in connection with the 104 times that it is found in the Bible, but only in the sense that it is not right in the Book of Daniel. It is a noun when it is supposed to be an adjective and a verb; and, therefore, the fact that it is a noun is also telling us that whatever the Daily represents, it represents a counterfeit. It is a symbol of a counterfeit.
A counterfeit what? We are identifying it [the Daily, tamid] as a counterfeit religion of Paganism, just as the Pioneers did.
Take Away
SUR: Daniel 11:31; 12:11—Strong's Concordance H5493—A primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively): - be [-head], bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get [you], go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
RUM: Daniel 8:11—Strong's Concordance H7311—A primitive root; to be high actively to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively): - bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high (-er, one), hold up, levy, lift (-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote (-ion), proud, set up, tall (-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
MIQDASH: Strong's Concordance H4720—a consecrated thing or place, especially a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum:—chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
QODESH: Strong's Concordance H6944—a sacred place or thing; rarely abstractly sanctity: - consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Now, we touched briefly yesterday on the fact that in verse 11, and in verses 13 and 14, you will find the word sanctuary in each of those three verses; but, in verse 11, the word that is translated as sanctuary is miqdâsh. But, in verses 13 and 14, when we as Seventh-day Adventists know that this is God's Sanctuary, the word that is translated as sanctuary in verses 13 and 14 is qôdesh. When qôdesh is used in the Bible, it always represents God's sanctuary, either His earthly sanctuary or His Heavenly Sanctuary.
So, in terms of Daniel 8:11, I contend that Daniel 8:11 is the verse that defines the controversy over the Daily, and that this is one of the most profound verses in the Scriptures and that there is more than meets the eye at a surface level here.
So, now I want to read J. N. Andrews, a portion from his article The Sanctuary and the 2300 Days, pages 35 - 38. When he speaks about these two sanctuaries, miqdâsh and qôdesh, he says,
"It needs no argument to prove that the two grand forms of opposition, by which Satan has desolated the church and trod underfoot the sanctuary of the living God, are none other than paganism and popery. It is also a clear point that the change from one of these desolations to the other did occur under the Roman power. Paganism, from the days of the kings of Assyria, down to the period when it became so far modified that it took the name of popery, had been the daily (or, as Professor Whiting renders it, 'the continual') desolation, by which Satan had stood up against the cause of Jehovah. And, indeed, in its priests, its altars and its sacrifices,"—speaking of Paganism—"it bore resemblance to the Levitical form of Jehovah's worship."—
Andrews is here saying that from the time of Assyria, on through Pagan Rome, these counterfeit Pagan worship shrines, temples were counterfeits of God's sanctuary upon Earth.
—"When the Christian form of worship took the place of the Levitical,"—
When the earthly sanctuary was set aside and the Heavenly Sanctuary came into play and Christianity started.
—"When the Christian form of worship took the place of the Levitical, a change in Satan's form of opposition, and counterfeit worship, became necessary, if he would successfully oppose the worship of the great God."—
So, what Andrews is saying here is that through the history where Paganism was the enemy of God, Pagan religion, their temples were a counterfeit of the earthly sanctuary; but, when Christianity comes into history, now Satan is still going to carry on his counterfeit opposition to the true work of God, so he is forced to change his mode of counterfeit worship.
Continuing on:
—"And it is in the light of these facts that we are able to understand our Lord's reference to the abomination of desolation in Matthew 24:15."—
And if you remember, in Matthew 24:15 Jesus says, "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)" There is more to that, but what I am saying is Jesus specifically references the abomination of desolation in the Book of Daniel and tells us to understand what it means; and, Andrews is going to tell us that Jesus is speaking of Daniel 9:26 and 27, where the abomination of desolation is set forth as two desolating powers, not simply one.
Okay.
—"It is evident that he"—Jesus—"there cites Daniel 9:26, 27. Now, although we do not understand that paganism in the year 70 had given place to popery, we do understand that that same power which then appeared, modified somewhat in name and form,"—
And the reason he says that is, in verse 26 of Daniel 9 it says that " . . . the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; . . ." so, he is referencing that Jesus is identifying the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet as the abomination of desolation referenced in Daniel 9:26. And in Daniel 9:26 it talks about the [people of the] prince that shall come and destroy the city, and that took place in AD70. So, Andrews is dealing with the context of that.
—"It is evident that he there cites Daniel 9:26, 27. Now, although we do not understand that paganism in the year 70 had given place to popery, we do understand that that same power which then appeared, modified somewhat in name and form, was the very power that should, as the abomination of desolation, wear out the saints of the Most High.
"The language of Paul is to the point: 'For the mystery of iniquity [popery] doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.' 2 Thessalonians 2:7, 8. That Paul refers to paganism and popery, none question. And here is direct proof that popery, the abomination of desolation, had in Paul's day already begun to work."—
When was Paul living? In the 1st Century. Okay?
But, when is the Papacy going to get placed on the throne of the Earth? AD538, 400 years after that, more than 400 years; but, it was already active 400 years before. That is what he is saying.
—"And here is direct proof that popery, the abomination of desolation, had in Paul's day already begun to work. Nor was it a very great change of character when Satan transformed his counterfeit worship from paganism to popery. The same temples, altars, incense, priests and worshipers were ready, with little change, to serve as the appendages of the papal abomination. The statue of Jupiter"—
And Jupiter is one of these false gods, but who does Jupiter represent? He does not mention it in here, but who is Jupiter a symbol of in ancient history? It is a symbol of Nimrod, and Nimrod was a Black man.
And the statue of Jupiter in Rome has the features of a Black man, because it is representing Nimrod, who was a Black man.
So, when they changed it to the statue of Peter when Catholicism comes in, suddenly the Apostle Peter is a Black man. If you did not know that, that is kind of curious; but, anyway, that is not what Brother Andrews is dealing with here.
—"The statue of Jupiter readily changed to that of Peter, the prince of the apostles; and the Pantheon, which had been the temple of all the gods, without difficulty became the sanctuary of all the saints. Thus the same abomination that desolated Jerusalem, in a degree changed and modified, became the wonderful desolater of the saints and martyrs of Jesus. And in its so-called temple of God, it set at naught and trod underfoot the true temple of Jehovah, and he who is its minister, Jesus Christ."—
Now, what I want you to see here, Andrews being very specific, he is saying that Satan set up a counterfeit religious system in the system we call Paganism. And then in the time period of Constantine—Andrews is not saying that—but, in the time period of Constantine, Constantine began to incorporate these Pagan systems into the Christian church. So, when the Papacy is placed upon the throne of the Earth, we have a second counterfeit system that is going to oppose God and His people, and that is part of the story that I want you to see. They are not just counterfeit systems; they are counterfeit systems that are attacking God's people. Both of these systems are going to persecute God's people. They are going to trample down the sanctuary and the host.
Okay. Adventism in its Laodicean condition does not want to understand the implications of this in connection with the 2520, and Andrews is not dealing with that here, but this is part of that story as well.
—"The change from paganism to popery is clearly shown in John's view of the transfer of power from the dragon of Revelation 12, to the beast of Revelation 13. And that they are essentially the same thing, is evident from the fact that both the dragon and the beast are represented with the seven heads; thus showing that, in a certain sense, either may be understood to cover the whole time. And in the same sense we understand that either abomination covers all the period. Christ's reference to the abomination of desolation (Matthew 24:15; Luke 21:20) is an absolute demonstration that Rome is the little horn of Daniel 8:9–12. Having shown that there are two desolations, by which the sanctuary and the host are trodden down, we now notice the fact that there are two opposing sanctuaries in Daniel 8."—
And, this is what I wanted you to see here, if you will. There are two opposing sanctuaries in Daniel 8. One is miqdâsh, the other one is qôdesh—all right?—because, Daniel 8 is about the counterfeit religion of these kingdoms of Bible prophecy. So, when you hear me saying that, please understand that I am nobody. J. N. Andrews is somebody in Advent History. He is somebody that they named the premier seminary in Adventism after, and it is an abomination that a couple of years ago that seminary produced a Bible that teaches that the Daily is Christ's Sanctuary ministry, when the person they named that seminary after speaks in these words.
Continuing on:
—"To the careful reader this fact will at once appear. They are as follows: First, the sanctuary of the daily desolation. [Daniel 8,] Verse 11; 11:31. Second, the sanctuary which the daily and the transgression of desolation were to tread under foot. Verses 13, 14."—
That is qôdesh.
God's sanctuary is going to be tread underfoot by the sanctuary that is in verse 11, the miqdâsh.
—"The one is the sanctuary of Satan; the other is the sanctuary of the Lord of hosts. The one is the dwelling place of 'all the gods;' the other is the habitation of the only living and true God. If it be said that a sanctuary is never connected with heathen and idolatrous worship, we cite the direct testimony of the Bible. Heathen Moab had a sanctuary. And that sanctuary was a place of prayer and worship for that heathen nation. Isaiah 16:12. The chapel erected by the king of Israel at Bethel, as a rival to the temple of God at Jerusalem (1 Kings 12:27, 31–33)"—that is Jeroboam's temple—"was called his sanctuary. Amos 7:13, margin. And the places in which idolatrous Israel (the ten tribes) worshiped, are called sanctuaries. Amos 7:9. The same is true of idolatrous Tyre. Ezekiel 28:18. Attention is called to the following from Apollos Hale:
"'What can be meant by the "sanctuary" of paganism? Paganism, and error of every kind, have their sanctuaries as well as truth. These are the temples or asylums consecrated to their service. Some particular and renowned temple of paganism may, then, be supposed to be here spoken of. Which of its numerous distinguished temples may it be? One of the most magnificent specimens of classic architecture is called the Pantheon. The name signifies 'the temple or asylum of all the gods'."—
Now, break the name [PANTHEON] apart here (and we are going to do this in just a minute), but just so you see it: PAN is the name for a Greek god.
What does THEON come from? Theos. Theos is a word for god. Okay?
So, this is where you get PANTHEON, is by bringing these two words together; and, it means the temple of all the gods.
—"The "place" of its location is Rome. The idols of the nations conquered by the Romans were sacredly deposited in some niche or apartment of this temple, and in many cases became objects of worship by the Romans themselves. Could we find a temple of paganism that was more strikingly 'his sanctuary'?"—speaking of Daniel 8:11.
—"'Was Rome, the city or place of the Pantheon, "cast down" by the authority of the State? Read the following well-known and remarkable facts in history: "The death of the last rival of Constantine had sealed the peace of the empire. Rome was once more the undisputed queen of nations. But, in the hour of elevation and splendor, she had been raised to the edge of a precipice. Her next step was to be downward and irrecoverable. The change of the government to Constantinople still perplexes the historian. Constantine abandoned [the City of] Rome, the great citadel and throne of the Caesars, for an obscure corner of Thrace, and expended the remainder of his vigorous and ambitious life in the double toil of raising a colony into the capital of his empire, and degrading the capital into the feeble honors and humiliated strength of a colony"'.—Second Advent Manual, page 68.
"And not only did Satan possess himself of a rival to the sanctuary of Jehovah in the period of pagan worship, but, throughout the Christian dispensation, has that arch fiend possessed a rival temple of God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Thus much for the rival sanctuary of Satan. The sanctuary of God remains to be noticed at length. Connected with these two sanctuaries." J. N. Andrews, The Sanctuary and the 2300 Days, 35–38.
Okay. So, what I wanted you to see by J. N. Andrews, that was from The Sanctuary and the 2300 Days, pages 35 – 38, is that Daniel 8 is speaking about two rival sanctuaries.
REPEAT OF SATAN'S REBELLION IN HEAVEN AT END OF MILLENNIUM
EARTH
HEAVEN MADE NEW
GÂDAL, SELF-EXALTATION (Counterfeit Religion)
TAMID - CONTINUAL
Figure No. 163.
So, this is the Earth made new. We know that Daniel 8 is talking about a counterfeit religion; and, from the beginning of time in Heaven, the rebellion of Satan that began in Heaven, it is going to be repeated at the end of the 1,000 years, when the unrighteous dead are resurrected and Satan is going to rally them to attack the City. Right?
And from the rebellion in Heaven to the Earth made new, Satan's religion is GÂDAL, self-exaltation. Right?
So, when Daniel is going to illustrate this religion in Daniel 8, he does so by showing that these kingdoms of Bible prophecy, each one of them gâdals themselves more than the previous kingdom.
You see that, right? A progression.
And we have seen a progression in Bible prophecy in Daniel 2 with the various metals, and we have seen the progression in Revelation 17, if you remember; because, this woman that rides on the beast in Revelation 17, where does she sit? She sits upon the heads, and there are seven heads, and those seven heads are the kingdoms of Bible prophecy. So, she sits on Babylon, and then on the Medes and Persians, and then on the Greeks, and then on Pagan Rome, Papal Rome, all down through history. Do you follow me? There is a progression of this Mystery Babylon woman.
And what does a woman represent?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: A church.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: A church. So, there is a religious influence that controls these kingdoms of Bible prophecy all the way through.
And what is that religion? It is gâdal. It is the religion of self-exaltation.
But, in Daniel 8:11, Daniel wants to give us a symbol of what this religion is, and what is the word he uses there?
What gets lifted up and exalted in verse 11 of Daniel 8? The Daily is taken away. Only, that word take away there is not sûr; it is rûm. It is Paganism that gets lifted up and exalted.
So, the word for this religion [of self-exaltation] is Paganism; but, the Hebrew word is tamid. And what does tamid mean? Continual. The Daily represents the continual religion of self-exaltation. It is the continual opposition of Satan against God throughout history. And in order to do this, according to Andrews which is absolutely correct, Satan sets up counterfeit temples, counterfeit religions all through history to oppose the true temple and the true religion. This is why Daniel uses the word continual to represent this religion. Do you see this?
Can you get that?
Okay. Let me show you something, if you can get that. This is where it gets tricky.
In your notes—I am passing over right now the definition of Pan, Pantheon, and Pantheism, and dropping down to where it says "By."
By
BY: Strong's Concordance H4480—For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses: - above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with. H4482—From an unused rot meaning to apportion; a part; hence a musical chord (as parted into strings): - in [the same]
If you notice in Daniel 8:11, it says this:
"11Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him"—
See that word by? In my Bible it has a marginal reference for that little word by, and it says from.
—"[from] him . . ."—
And I have in here from Strong's Concordance, that this word by means from,
Okay. Are you with me?
You have got to follow this one. This is delicate to convey, but it is worth seeing. Okay?
So, underneath the definition of BY in your notes, defining it as from or through, you have how verse 11 is expressed in the King's James [Bible]:
"11Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down." Daniel 8:11 (KJV).
But, underneath it you have the actual flow of the words in the Hebrew. The Hebrew says,
"11Even to the Prince of the host he exalted himself. And from him was lifted up the daily and the place of his sanctuary was cast down." Hebrew rendition.
Are you with me?
Okay. There is a little bit different flow; it is saying the same thing.
What is it saying? Let us look at the bottom one [the rendition of the Hebrew words].
"11Even to the Prince of the host"—
Who is the "Prince of the host"?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Christ.
Are you all with me?
—"11Even to the Prince of the host he"—
Who is "he"?
Who is the masculine little horn?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Pagan Rome.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"11Even to the Prince of the host [Pagan Rome]"—
Did what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Exalted himself.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: What is exalted? It is this religion [indicating in Figure No. 163 where is marked "GÂDAL: Self-Exaltation]."
Pagan Rome had a counterfeit religion. Paganism was counterfeiting the true religion of the Levitical time period of the Old Testament.
—"11Even to the Prince of the host he exalted himself. And from him"—
From whom?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Pagan Rome.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: From Pagan Rome. From Pagan Rome, Brothers and Sisters, was the Daily lifted up and exalted, taken away.
All right. This is the part that is hardest to convey; so, it would stand to reason that we would have a little bit of a break in thought right when we are trying to convey this. So, I am going to focus us back in.
What we are saying in Daniel 8 is that this is a counterfeit system that Satan has set up throughout history. The root of this religion is gâdal, and the symbol of this religion is the Daily because it represents this continual counterfeit warfare that Satan exercises against God's people.
But, in Daniel 8:11, where the battleground over the Daily really resides, we see Pagan Rome (the masculine little horn) exalting himself to Christ; but, it says, from Pagan Rome, from Paganism (the Daily, Paganism), the religion of Paganism is lifted up and exalted.
PREPARATION PERIOD OF THE PAPACY (The Antichrist)
AD508 538 1798 1843
30 years
Paganism End of End of
Removed 1290-year 1335-year
Time Prophecy Time Prophecy
Figure No. 164.
All right. What I want you to see here is this: In Daniel 11:31, Paganism is taken away in AD508. Any resistance to the rise of the Papacy is removed at the Battle of the Visigoths. So, here Paganism is removed, not in the sense that it does not exist in history anymore but in the sense that the political strength of the Pagans that are still in the Empire has been subdued where they cannot prevent the rise of the Papacy. It is removed, but Paganism is not gone from history; because, Paganism is about to transcend into Papalism. Okay?
So, in Daniel 11:31, we have this history marked because it says, "And arms shall stand on the part of the Papacy," and those arms are what is going to defeat the political resistance of Paganism to the rise of the Papacy.
And in Daniel 12:11, it says that from the time that Paganism is removed, you have two time prophecies that start. One takes you out here to 1798 (this is the end of the 1290-year time prophecy), and another takes you to 1843 (1335).
But, what I am saying is—and this is what rum does for you—in AD508, in Daniel 8:11, the Daily was not taken away; it was lifted up and exalted.
TIME PERIOD OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST
Birth of
Christ AD27
30 years
Figure No. 165.
Okay. From AD508 to 538, you see a preparation period for the Papacy that parallels the birth of Christ and his first 30 years of life.
And, the antichrist here is governed by the History of Christ; and this is a time of preparation [indicating between the Birth of Christ and AD27 in Figure No. 165].
Preparation [indicating between AD508 and 538 in Figure No. 164], setting up, Daniel 12:11 says, "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, . . ."
So, in Daniel 8:11, although it is not really there at the grammatical level, it is there in Daniel 8.
What is there? What is there?
What is there in Daniel 8:11 is an illustration of this counterfeit religion. Daniel 8:11 says that Pagan Rome would exalt itself against Christ; but. from Pagan Rome, Paganism would be lifted up and exalted.
And in the true sanctuary service, there were offerings that were lifted up and exalted. They are called wave offerings. The priest would take the wave offering and lift it up before the Lord.
So, in Daniel 8:11, although it is not specifically stated, it is saying that in AD508, when Paganism was taken away, Paganism became the counterfeit sacrificial offering that died and was lifted up from 508 to 538 by the new counterfeit priestcraft called "the Papacy." It was to lift up and exalt Paganism in the new counterfeit religious system of Catholicism.
So, in Daniel 8:11, in the chapter that is (according to Andrews) a chapter that is describing two temples—a true temple and a counterfeit temple—and their warfare against one another, Daniel 8:11 is describing the lifting up of Paganism in this history [Figure No. 164] in order to exalt it in this history.
Are you with me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Do you see it?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. Now, there is something that goes along with this.
PREPARATION OF THE PAPACY (The Antichrist)
PERGAMOS THYATIRA
AD321 508 538 1798 1843
1500
30 years
Removed 1290 ends 1335 ends
Falling Away First A Falling Away that
allows Satan to enter
the Temple of God once
again
Figure No. 166.
What history is this [referring to a period before AD508 to 538]?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Pergamos.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: What history is this [referring to AD538 to 1798]?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Thyatira.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: [Enters "Thyatira" onto the timeline.]
What happens in this history [of Pergamos] according to Paul in 2 Thessalonians?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: There is a falling away first. Right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Where does the falling away begin? AD321, with Constantine, you can mark the falling away, the beginning of the incorporation of Paganism into the Christian church. The church begins to fall.
This history [Pergamos] is the history of the falling away first, in order that—what?— the man of sin will be revealed.
Are you with me? Can you hold these two concepts in your head, that the two concepts in Daniel 8:11 were actually seen as not the removing of the Daily (of Paganism); but, in Daniel 8:11 we are seeing the lifting up and exalting of Paganism, and we are seeing it done by the counterfeit worship system of Paganism and Papalism? So, when Paganism is taken away, it has been slain as an offering and now it is being lifted up and exalted in a counterfeit worship service that is going to be carried on for the next 1260 years by the Papacy.
But, along with this, we have another line of prophecy that this [AD321 to 538] is the time period of Pergamos, and this [538 to 1798] is the time period of Thyatira. And, in the time period of Pergamos, there is a falling away first that precedes this [the time period of Thyatira].
And, this falling away precedes the revelation of who the man of sin is, but where is the man of sin?
Go to 2 Thessalonians 2.
Where is the man of sin when it is all accomplished?
Verse 4—well, let us back up to verse 3 so you can see the falling away. 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 3:
"3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition."—
This [time period of Pergamos] is the falling away, and the Papacy is revealed in AD538. And where is he?
Verse 4:
—"4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (KJV).
Suddenly in AD538 not only is the Papacy revealed but the new counterfeit temple is put into history. It has replaced the Pagan counterfeit temples and now it has put in a counterfeit so‑called Christian temple. Do you see that?
You have got to see that; because, you cannot separate Daniel 8:11 from 2 Thessalonians.
And how could you?! 2 Thessalonians is where William Miller discovers what the Daily is, and the Daily is the heart of Daniel 8:11. How can you separate them? You cannot.
Revelation 17:3, 9-11
But, let us go to Revelation 17, verse 3, and remind ourselves of something that we have already mentioned. Verse 3 says,
"3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." Revelation 17:3 (KJV).
Who is the woman?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Papacy.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Papacy. Okay? She is setting on this beast.
Go to verse 9.
"9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads"—that are on this beast—"The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."—
So, when the woman is sitting on the beast—she is sitting on the beast; but, where is it that she is sitting on the beast? She is sitting on these mountains.
And, these mountains are what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Kingdoms.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Kingdoms.
The very next verse says,
—"10And there are seven kings: five are fallen,"—
What are the five that are fallen? Well, the Book of Revelation is going to agree with the Book of Daniel, and the kingdoms of Bible prophecy are Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan Rome, and Papal Rome.
And in verse 3, John has been carried away to the wilderness; and, in Revelation 12, verses 6 and 14, the wilderness is defined as the 1260 years of Papal rule.
But, when he sees the woman in verses 3, 4, and 5 of Revelation 17, not only is he in the wilderness but he sees the woman drunken with the blood of the saints; therefore, he is at the end of the 1260 years because the persecution has already taken place. You cannot be drunk with the blood, if the blood has not been spilled; and, the end of the persecution period ended just before 1798. So, he sees the woman drunk. You get drunk after you drink.
So, he sees the woman right down there in 1798. The five that are fallen (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan Rome, and Papal Rome).
—"and one is,"—
The United States [the sixth kingdom].
—"and the other is not yet come;"—
The United Nations [the seventh kingdom].
And the eighth is of the seven:
—"and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." Revelation 17:9-10 (KJV).
When the woman is portrayed here, there are several things to learn here. No. 1, she rides each of those heads down through history.
So, when one head is defeated, what is the woman doing? She is crawling onto the next head. Right? That is AD508 to 538. Pagan Rome (Paganism) has been set aside, and now this woman is moving to the next head, Papal Rome.
Do you see it?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, in order for that to happen there has to be a falling away first.
But, this history here of AD508, Brothers and Sisters, this history is directly, directly and purposely connected with this history [1335]. And what is that history?
Well, what is this history here [AD1843]?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Millerite History and the Second Angel.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Millerites and the Second Angel, that is right.
But, it is not the history that I am talking about.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. Millerite, Second Angel, that is right; but, it is not the history that I am talking about.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. Probably all good answers.
Here is the history that I am speaking about. Right here [the 30 years encompassing AD508 to 538 in Figure No. 166], the woman is getting off the head of Pagan Rome and getting on the head of Papal Rome.
Amen?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Right here [AD1798, Figure No. 166], the woman is getting off the head of Papal Rome and doing what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Getting on the head of the U.S.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Getting on the head of the United States.
Okay. But, notice that this history here, 1798 to 1843, is directly connected to this history [AD508 to 538] by two time prophecies. Right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, what does that tell you, students of prophecy? That Jesus illustrates the end from the beginning. So, what is going on in this history [508 to 538] is an illustration of what is going to be going on in this history [1798 to 1843]. Right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, what was going on in this history [508 to 538]? There was a falling away that allowed Satan, though his earthly representatives, to take control of the temple.
Now, was there a falling away in this history [1798 to 1843]? Sure, Brothers and Sisters. This was the testing time for the Protestants.
The Protestants had been raised up back here, AD1500 or so. Now, they are going to be tested.
Did the Protestants pass the test?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Negative response.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: They fell away. They fell away.
1798
Let me show you something. I am passing the long quote at the top. I am going to go back to that.
But, under "1798," I am saying this is what is happening in 1798, this quote here. We have read this several times in Habakkuk's Two Tables. It says,
"Those who rejected the first message 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, 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, 259–261.
Right here [the time period of 1798 to 1843] there is a falling away in order for Satan to come into the temple of God once again.
Do you see the parallel history there?
And, what is going on in this history [AD321 to 508] is Pagan Rome in Daniel 8:11 is being taken away. It is being slain as a counterfeit offering and it is to be lifted up. Paganism is to be lifted up by this priest that is not directly identified in verse 11, but he is there. This counterfeit priest is lifting up the offering of Paganism and is exalting them; therefore, the counterfeit priest is the Pope of Rome [538].
Do you follow me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, here [AD508 to 538] we are seeing the same history repeated here [1798 to 1843].
538
Now let us go back to your notes titled "538."
And the first three paragraphs, we will talk about this history. But, we have covered this history but I just want to cover the fourth paragraph from the Acts of the Apostles, pages 265 – 266.
She is just talking about this history in 2 Thessalonians:
"But before the coming of Christ, important developments in the religious world, foretold in prophecy, were to take place. The apostle declared: 'Be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.'
"Paul's words were not to be misinterpreted. It was not to be taught that he, by special revelation, had warned the Thessalonians of the immediate coming of Christ. Such a position would cause confusion of faith; for disappointment often leads to unbelief. The apostle therefore cautioned the brethren to receive no such message as coming from him, and he proceeded to emphasize the fact that the papal power, so clearly described by the prophet Daniel, was yet to rise and wage war against God's people. Until this power should have performed its deadly and blasphemous work, it would be in vain for the church to look for the coming of their Lord. 'Remember ye not,' Paul inquired, 'that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?'
"Terrible were the trials that were to beset the true church. Even at the time when the apostle was writing, the 'mystery of iniquity' had already begun to work. The developments that were to take place in the future were to be 'after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish.'"—
And now she is going to make kind of a summary about this history for you and me here at the end of the world. She says,
—"Especially solemn is the apostle's statement regarding those who should refuse to receive 'the love of the truth.' 'For this cause,' he declared of all who should deliberately reject the messages of truth, 'God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.' Men cannot with impunity reject the warnings that God in mercy sends them. From those who persist in turning from these warnings, God withdraws His Spirit, leaving them to the deceptions that they love." Acts of the Apostles, 265–266.
She is now applying this history here [AD508 to 538] not to 1843 but to the end of the world. And what I am wanting you to see, if you will—I am wanting you to see many things—but the Daily, the word tamid in verse 11 of Daniel 8 is the symbol of this continual warfare by Satan that is accomplished through setting up a counterfeit religion and persecuting the true religion. He does so by setting up a counterfeit temple in opposition to the true temple. Okay?
So, this word continual is the symbol of Satan's religion, and it is the symbol of Satan's warfare against God's truth and His people.
We still have not dealt with the Pantheon Temple; but, therefore, the Daily becomes something very significant.
But, the Daily here in this history [AD508 to 538] that is illustrated in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, it is the power that is restraining the Papacy [pointing to 538], and it is the power that accomplishes the falling away. So, this history here is illustrating this history [1798 to 1843].
Why is it that the Protestants rejected Miller's message?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: No response.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: This is easy, based upon today's presentation: Self-exaltation. They [the Protestants] were too proud to receive it. Self-exaltation. They did not have the humility to accept the message of the hour.
Because, that is what it is all the way through. If you are going to follow Satan's religion, it is going to be the religion of self-exaltation. So, the Daily was active in this history [AD1798 to 1843]. Was it not?
Was it [pointing to 508 on the 1843 Chart]?
Was it a controversy in this history?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes.
Hmm. All of these histories are pointing forward to the end of the world; so, the Daily, representing self-exaltation; representing 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, where the Daily is defined; representing Daniel 8:11, where the sanctuary of the Daily is the Pantheon Temple, it must have a bearing here at the end of the world.
Today
Notice in your notes under "Today."
"In the days of the apostle Paul, the Thessalonian brethren were laboring under the erroneous impression that the Lord would return in their day, and Paul wrote to correct this false impression, stating what events must transpire before the advent could take place. He declared: 'Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.' The man of sin was to arise, and do his work of exaltation and blasphemy, before the brethren could look for the coming of Christ. That great event was to be preceded by a falling away. There would be revealed a form of Antichrist, and the leaven of apostasy was to work with increasing power to the end of time. We are not to be surprised beyond measure to see the widespread declension of faith and piety. I have been bearing my testimony for the last forty years, that there would be those who would fall away from the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in. God has been sending warnings, reproofs, and encouragements to his people. He has warned them that some would depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits." Review and Herald, July 31, 1888.
Now, Brothers and Sisters, Sister White is here referencing 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, and the falling away; and, she is saying there was going to be a falling away in Adventism at the end of the world.
Do you see that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. So, what went on in this history [AD508 to 538] and what went on in the history at the beginning of Adventism [1798 to 1843], it gets repeated at the end of Adventism. And, there is no way to remove this subject of the Daily from this history [508 to 538]; there is no way to remove the subject of the Daily from this history [1798 to 1843]. So, I submit to you that when we are dealing with the Omega Apostasy, which both of these apostasies that are represented by the falling away point forward to that it demands that the Daily be part of that Apostasy.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
GÂDAL—Pride
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Now, on the next quote, Testimonies, volume 8, pages 126 – 127, it says,
"Let men become lifted up in pride,"—
Lifted up in pride? What is that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is rum. That is rum and gâdal, combined.
"Listed up in pride."
—"Let men become lifted up in pride, and the Lord will not sustain them and keep them from"—what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Falling.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: — falling. Let a church become proud and boastful, not depending on God, not exalting His power, and that church will surely be left by the Lord, to be brought down to the ground. Let a people glory in wealth, intellect, knowledge, or in anything but Christ, and they will soon be brought to confusion." Testimonies, volume 8, 126–127.
So, there is the principle for you. If you are lifted up—rum(ed)—with self-exaltation, there comes a falling away; and, that is what Sister White is saying.
Of course, Laodicea meets all of those characteristics, and the Adventist Church is Laodicea.
Conradi's Daily Produces Spiritualism
Now, this next quote we have read before, more than once, in Habakkuk's Two Tables. This is the manuscript from Manuscript Release, volume 20, page 22, where Sister White says that the teaching that the Daily represents Christ's Sanctuary ministry that Daniells and Prescott was promoting came from angels that were expelled from Heaven.
But, there is something that I want you to see in here, to put into the record for some following presentations.
This is the last paragraph in that manuscript. She says,
"Yes, it would, but while their minds were thus absorbed I was shown that Brother Daniells and Brother Prescott were weaving into their experience sentiments of a spiritual[istic] appearance and drawing our people to beautiful sentiments that would deceive, if possible, the very elect."—
She is here telling you, if you are willing to see, that their promotion of the false view of the Daily produces spiritualism. Okay? You cannot separate it.
She continues to say,
—"I have to trace with my pen [the fact] that these brethren would see defects in their delusive ideas that would place the truth in an uncertainty; and [yet] they [would] stand out as [if they had] great spiritual discernment. Now I am to tell them [that] when I was shown this matter, when Elder Daniells was lifting up his voice like a trumpet in advocating his ideas of the 'Daily,' the after results were presented. Our people were becoming confused."—
All right. I just want to put it in the record one more time that the false view of the Daily produces confusion, but it also produces spiritualism that would—what?—deceive the very elect.
—"I saw the result, and then there were given me cautions that if Elder Daniells without respect to the outcome should thus be impressed and let himself believe he was under the inspiration of God, skepticism would be sown among our ranks everywhere, and we should be where Satan would carry his messages. Set unbelief and skepticism would be sown in human minds, and strangecrops of evil would take the place of truth.—Ms 67, 1910, 1–8. Manuscript Release, volume 20, 22.
The Latter Rain
All right. Now, "The Latter Rain."
The end of Adventism—this is the beginning of Adventism [AD1798].
What is going on in the beginning of Adventism? Let us remind ourselves.
The woman of Revelation 17, she is getting off the head of Catholicism, and she is getting on the head of the United States.
The United States has not two heads, but it has two horns; and, one of the horns is Republicanism (that is its political side), and the other horn is Protestantism (its religious side). And in this history [AD1798 to 1843], the woman is getting on the horn of Protestantism; because, as this testing time finishes and the Protestants have fallen away, they are praying to Satan and they are in perfect darkness.
It is not till the time of Ronald Reagan that the Papacy gets fully upon the horn of Republicanism; and, now, she is riding the United States fully.
I am not a horse person, but I have seen where people try to get on a horse and the horse does not want them to get on and it takes off running and they have got one foot in the stirrup and they are hanging on for dear life, and they are not quite there and it takes a while with the bucking and running until they finally get on.
Well, from AD1842, when the Protestants began to close their door, until the time 1984 (the time of Ronald Reagan), the woman was struggling to get her foot over into that other stirrup so she could ride the head of the United States.1
PREPARATION OF THE PAPACY (The Antichrist)
PERGAMOS THYATIRA
Oct 22
AD321 508 538 1798 1843 1844
1500 M/C
30 years
Removed 1290 1335
Falling Away First A Falling Away that
allows Satan to enter
the Temple of God
once again
Figure No. 167.2
This history, at the beginning of Adventism [AD1798], in the time period of the Midnight Cry, is illustrating our time period, the time period of the Loud Cry, the Latter Rain.
So, in the time period of the Latter Rain, from The 1888 Materials, page 152, Sister White says this—because she is saying this about 1888:
"Much that has been revealed to me crowds upon my mind, which I hardly know how to express. Yet I cannot hold my peace. The Lord is indignant at men who set themselves up to rule their fellow-men, and to carry out plans which the Holy Spirit has condemned. I am more surprised than I can express at your failure to discern that God has not set up these men."—
She is speaking to the General Conference President during the 1888 Minneapolis Conference, which is where the Lord attempted to pour out the Latter Rain. She is speaking to the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the time of the Latter Rain; because, all the prophets are speaking more about the end of the world than the days in which they lived. She is speaking to Ted Wilson.
She says,
—"The new order of things ought to alarm you, for it had not the sanction of heaven.
"The natural heart is not to bring its own tainted, corrupting principles into the work of God. There must be no concealing of the principles of our faith. The third angel's message is to be sounded by God's people. It is to swell to the loud cry. The Lord has a time appointed when he will bind off the work; but when is that time?"—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Sunday Law.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: My brother says The Sunday Law. Does everyone agree with that?
I do not agree with that. The time appointed when He is going to bind off the work is 9/11/2001 to The Sunday Law; because, she is referencing the Latter Rain here.
—"When the truth to be proclaimed for these last days shall go forth as a witness to all nations, then shall the end come."—
Now, notice what she says.
—"If the power of Satan can come into the very temple of God, and manipulate things as he pleases, the time of preparation will be prolonged."—
Wow!
Right here [AD538], Satan came into the temple of God.
Right here [the Midnight Cry], Satan takes over (at a prophetic level) the temple of God, the Holy Place. The Protestants are praying to him in the Holy Place.
But, now Sister White is speaking to Seventh-day Adventists in the time of the Latter Rain and says there is a way that Satan can actually come into the temple of God of Adventism during the Latter Rain.
How? The same as he has always done, the same as he has always done. There is a falling away first.
—"Here is the secret of the movements made to oppose"—
She just described about Satan coming into the temple of God, and now she is going to give us some information about it. She says,
—"Here is the secret of the movements made to oppose the men whom God sent with a message of blessing for his people."—
Who was that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Jones and Waggoner.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: A. T. Jones and E. J. Waggoner.
—"These men were hated. The men and God's message were despised, as verily as Christ himself was hated and despised at his first advent. Men in responsible positions have manifested the very attributes that Satan has revealed. They have sought to rule minds, to bring their reason and their talents under human jurisdiction. There has been an effort to bring God's servants under the control of men who have not the knowledge and wisdom of God, or an experience under the Holy Spirit's guidance. Principles have been born that should never have seen the light of day. The illegitimate child should have been stifled as soon as it breathed the first breath of life. Finite men have been warring against God and the truth and the Lord's chosen messengers, counterworking them by every means they dared to use. Please consider what virtue there came in the wisdom and plans of those who have slighted God's messages, and, like the scribes and Pharisees, have despised the very men whom God has used to present light and truth which his people needed." The 1888 Materials, 1525.
How does Satan come into the temple of Adventism? He comes in when the men in leadership begin to resist the Latter Rain Message. And when that happens, when that happens it is a repeat of the beginning of Adventism, and it is a repeat of 508 to 538, and it is represented in Daniel 8:11.
The symbol of all those histories, 508 to 538, the Millerite History, or our history is the Daily. So, when we consider the Omega Apostasy in the time of the Latter Rain, I want to submit as one of my arguments that the Daily is a testing truth, that it is the very symbol of the Omega Apostasy, and that it will produce spiritualism within those that accept the premise that a symbol of Satan [referencing the year AD508 on the 1843 Chart] is actually Christ.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we appreciate that on both Charts, in the center of both Charts, is the cross. And, we further appreciate, in the light of this study, that beneath the cross on both Charts you have represented the Daily. And we know that from the fall of Adam and Eve that Satan's religion has been in every human being. The root of his religion being self-exaltation, we all have the ability to exalt and lift ourselves up. But, we know just from these Charts alone that if we would but come to the foot of the cross, humble ourselves before the foot of the cross, that you can remove that gâdal out of us. We ask that you would do that work in us; but, we would ask also that you would make us intelligent to what is going on, on Planet Earth at this time and understand that Satan is now in the time period when he is trying to set up shop in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as he did in the Protestant church in the Millerite History and as he did in the Christian church in 538. Help us to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves as we navigate through this serious and incredible history. In Jesus's name, amen.