Habakkuk's Two Tables #86
CONCLUSION
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, first off, we want to lift up Brother Emiliano who has been taken down with a cold and ask that you would heal him according to your will that he might accomplish the wonderful work that he has begun here the past couple of days. We know that you have been using him in a large way throughout Planet Earth recently, and I am aware personally that that kind of travel has a heavy impact upon the body. We ask that his time here does not bring him down even further; and, that if it is according to your will that you can heal him in a quick fashion. We have been praying for the work that he has been doing here for a long time, and we would like to see that go forward. And as we continue on in Habakkuk's Tables, we ask that you once again grant us the outpouring of your Holy Spirit, that you would send holy angels from on high to be in attendance with us, that they would keep the distractions away. And I ask that you would help me to keep focused on what you wish to present in Habakkuk's Tables but to keep my humanity out of it, that the light that you have for us will be able to come through this weak human vessel. I ask also that you would prepare the hearts and minds of those that are listening, whether here or on LiveStream or on DVD, to receive what you have for us. Please send us your Holy Spirit. Forgive us our sins. Clear our hearts, our minds, and bless us with some Rain from on High. We ask in Jesus's name, amen.
The 2520 (Continued)
Make Daniel Understand the Mareh Vision
BROTHER PIPPENGER: If you were here this morning, we did [Presentation] #85, and we were dealing with the last end of the indignation in Daniel 8:19. We were identifying that Gabriel had been commanded in Daniel 8 to come and make Daniel understand the mareh vision; and that Gabriel presented the indignation that ends last as a second testimony to 1844. I do not think we have proven that yet. We are still in Daniel 8:19, so to speak; but, what we have been doing is looking at the indignations in God's Word.
If you look at your notes, from Daniel 8:16, we see the command given to Gabriel for Daniel; and, it says,
"16And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the [mareh] vision." Daniel 8:16 (KJV).
And the mareh vision we have already identified: the vision of the evenings and the mornings. It is the vision of 1844, when the sanctuary was going to be cleansed.
And, we have identified that one of the correct definitions of this word that is translated as cleansed is to be made right.
CLEANSED: Strong's Concordance H6663—A primitive root; to be (causatively make) right (in a moral or forensic sense):—cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just (-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be, turn to) righteous (-ness).
Daniel 8:13-14
"13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days [in 1844]; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed [made right]." Daniel 8:13-14 (KJV).
And, of course, what we are doing here is addressing the answer of verse 14 to the question in verse 13; and, the question in verse 13 is, "How long is the châzôn vision of prophetic history concerning Paganism and Papalism that are going to trample down the sanctuary, and they are also going to trample down the host?" And the answer is, in 1844 the sanctuary will be made right.
But, in Exodus 25:8 we are informed that the purpose of the sanctuary is that God may dwell among His people.
"8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them." Exodus 25:8 (KJV).
So, in the Scriptures, whenever you find God's sanctuary referenced, it is automatically understood that there is a host connected to God's sanctuary. It is a given that is the purpose of the sanctuary.
So, in verse 13 of Daniel 8, where we see both the sanctuary and the host being trodden underfoot, what we are saying is that Daniel 8:14 is identifying the restoration of the sanctuary to its rightful place on October 22, 1844, but that Gabriel is also giving a second witness to 1844 and, in so doing, he is identifying the prophecy that restores the host in 1844. And that prophecy we are identifying as the seven times of Leviticus 26 that was accomplished against the Southern Kingdom of Judah, beginning in 677BC when Manasseh was carried to Babylon by the Assyrians, as marked by Miller up here [indicating the year 677BC in the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart] as being 2 Chronicles 33:11.
Of course, we can have a certain amount of confidence in William Miller because we know that the same angel that directed Daniel6 to write the Book of Revelation was the same angel directing Miller to understand the Book of Daniel.
And, we can have a certain amount of confidence in Miller's assessment that the seven times of Leviticus 26 was an expression of the year-day principle; because, we closed out our last presentation by noting that Ezra, in 2 Chronicles 36:21, tied in the 70 years of the captivity of Babylon with Leviticus 26, the same passage that Miller places up here [on the 1843 Chart] for the seven times, Leviticus 26:28-34, which among other things beyond simply identifying the seven times and the scattering of God's people, it identifies the land resting; and, this is where Ezra draws from Moses in Leviticus 26 and Jeremiah's 70 years and he brings them together.
So, we are still looking at God's indignation against His people.
Another characteristic of God's indignation, and the characteristics that we have identified so far, is that there is an indignation against the wicked during The Seven Last Plagues. That is God's righteous indignation. But, there is also an indignation in the Bible against God's people for breaking the covenant. And that was carried out twice: one against the Northern Kingdom and one against the Southern Kingdom.
We identified in our last presentation that the Lord uses Pagan kings to be the instrument that begins both of these indignations (the one against the Northern Kingdom and the one against the Southern Kingdom); but, ultimately, we identified that the Lord will punish the kings that He uses to carry them [His people] into captivity as well.
A Sign
Deuteronomy 29:1 – 30:7; Deuteronomy 28:45-50; 2 Chronicles 34:18-28
And the next point about the indignation that we want to look at, at to me this is perhaps the most important; and, I will tell you why I think it is the most important. There is no way I could know if is the most important. That is my human evaluation, which is like everyone else's human evaluation. It is flawed because it is human.
But, when it comes to marking the characteristics of the indignation, one of those prophetic characteristics is that it is a sign that must be recognized by God's people; and, we are first just going to deal with it as it is set forth in ancient history. But, the purpose of putting the emphasis on it is to identify that it was a sign that the Millerites had to recognize. They had to understand this indignation, and it is a sign here at the end of the world that Seventh-day Adventists have to understand in order to go back to the Old Paths of Jeremiah 6:16.
So, if we could show that among other things the indignation of God is a sign, and then we can take the principle that all the prophets are speaking more about the end of the world than the days in which they lived, then we see that the 2520 at the end of the world is a sign. And, of course, a sign in prophecy is life or death. If you reject the sign, if you reject the idea that, "Well, I have never seen it rain before, and I really don't know why those animals are getting on the ark; but, I am just going to stay here anyway," you reject that sign, you die in the flood. Signs in the Bible are to be recognized as life or death.
But, let us see if we can demonstrate that. Go to Deuteronomy 29, verse 1.
And I want to say that in terms of the way I was personally trying to do Habakkuk's Two Tables, and I know that there are some people that are thinking that Habakkuk's Two Tables is a never-ending story. Okay? And they have some concern about that. And perhaps it is. I would say that if we are going to study the Scriptures throughout eternity, we are going to be studying these Tables throughout eternity.
So, in terms of "eternity," 100 hours ain't much. Okay?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, I have been trying to go through this to where when I was done the points that I was going to stand upon were in place. So, pretty much, what I have been doing is waking up pretty early in the morning and getting the day's presentation together where I thought I had what I wanted when I come in here.
This is not what we are doing here; so, I am not necessarily so happy about doing this, where I have not put all the ducks in a row that I wanted to have, at least in my head. But, I am trusting that this is the Lord's will, but I am forewarning you, it may be a little bit more—what would you call it?—scattered, scattered, before we gather it together. All right?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, Deuteronomy 29, starting at verse 1:
"chapter 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
"2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: 4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot."—
So, what history is going on here?
We have already read it, but what is happening here?
I will tell you, because you cannot know what I really want you to say.
When the Lord entered into covenant at Sinai when they came out of Egypt, He entered into covenant. But, just before they go into the Promised Land, He reinstitutes the covenant.
And this is worth knowing, because, Sister White has a statement where she says in the last days the Lord renews His covenant with His commandkeeping people, and the Lord entered into covenant with Adventism in the 1844 to 1850 time period, with modern Israel; therefore, before modern Israel goes into the Promised Land, He is going to renew the covenant again with them, and that is in the time period of The Sunday Law.
So, this history here is prefiguring right now. It is right now. This is the renewal of the covenant that was made with Millerite Adventism at the beginning of Adventism. It is being typified here in this story.
Amen?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Verse 6:
—"6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God."—
Does everyone understand what I just said? Yes?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Does it seem to make sense to you? Do you believe that?
Or, are you willing to say you believe that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, what does it tell you about the history of Adventism? That they were wandering in the wilderness for almost the entire time, and they were all destined to die because they would not have anything to do with God's covenant.
So, what does that tell you about today? Where is Adventism today?
Verse 7:
—"7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
"10 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:"—
That oath is a very significant word.
And Daniel 9:11, that is an easy passage in Daniel to remember: In Daniel 9:11, this oath is referred to. It comes from the same word that is translated as seven times in Leviticus 26.
—"13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;"—
I like this part.
—"15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
That is us. We were not there, but this is the covenant that He is making prophetically right now.
—"16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)"—
Have you seen the idols and abominations here in the glorious land?
—"18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?"—
Now I want you to see, if you will, that the curse was something designed not only for the Jews to recognize but for the whole world to recognize. It was something they had to recognize. That qualifies for defining a sign.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It goes on, it says,
—"25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 28 And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in"—what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Great indignation.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things"—
This verse, if you read it, this verse is kind of just like thrown in there. It is out of the flow. And, what it is telling you, the student of prophecy, is that this is a prophetic subject that you need to recognize.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
"chapter 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee." Deuteronomy 29:1 – 30:7 (KJV).
What I am saying is, among other things, this curse, all the curses of Moses were designed to be recognized by the world as a sign of what the Lord had done; but, they are also designed for God's people to recognize. They were to recognize, when they finally woke up out of their Laodicean condition and realized they did not live in Israel anymore, they lived in Babylon and they did not have slaves working for them; they were working as slaves. They were to wake up and realize that "This was not what God intended for me," and then they should go through the repentance process, but they would do it only because they recognized that the curse had been accomplished upon them. And, when they acknowledged the curse that had been accomplished upon them, and then met the requirements of the Gospel (because there are requirements), then the Lord would gather them.
So, I want you to see in here that this scattering, this indignation is a sign.
Go to Deuteronomy 28:45-50.
"45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever."—
What will be a sign and a wonder upon them forever?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The curses.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The curses. It is a sign and a wonder forever.
What does forever mean? Forever. Okay? It is a sign throughout the Gospel dispensation.
Verse 47:
—"47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things: 48 Therefore shall thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee."—
That is AD70; because, the next verse tells you who is going to destroy them. It says,
—"49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: . . ." Deuteronomy 28:45-50 (KJV).
The iron nation that is going to put a yoke on them that speaks a different language that is the fierce countenance is Pagan Rome that destroys them in fulfillment of this prophecy in AD70.
And according to this passage, the trampling down that was accomplished upon them is a sign and wonder forever.
Does that mean even now?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indistinct responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Does that mean that the curse of God is the sign for Seventh-day Adventists? That is what this is all prefiguring, is us at the end of the world. So, maybe we should be careful about how we should relate to this doctrine in God's Word.
2 Chronicles 34:18-28. You have an illustration of someone who recognizes the sign for what it is supposed to be.
2 Chronicles 34, beginning at verse 18, is everyone there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes."—
What king is this?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Josiah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Good king Josiah.
—"20And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 21 Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,"—that is Josiah, good king Josiah—"24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again." 2 Chronicles 34:18-28 (KJV).
So, what we are saying is, this indignation (this curse of Moses) is a sign; and, Josiah represents those that recognize the sign correctly and respond accordingly in his history, but his history is typifying our history.
And in his history, when the curse of Moses was discovered, where did he seek light to understand it from?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: From the prophetess.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: From the prophetess.
Okay. And that is where we started with Habakkuk's Two Tables, is to show that Ellen White fully endorsed the 2520.
And, we took a great deal of time to show that if you are rejecting the truths (the foundational truths) on these [1843 and 1850] Charts, you are simultaneously, whether you do it openly or whether you understand it, you are simultaneously rejecting the Spirit of Prophecy.
And here, good king Josiah is recognizing the discovery of the curse of Moses as a sign, and acting accordingly. We wanted to put that in the record that this curse that we are dealing with, this indignation, this scattering, is a sign. All right?
A Gathering
Deuteronomy 30:1-3; Jeremiah 30:10-11; Ezekiel 11:17-21; 20:33-42; John 11:49-52; Genesis 49: 1-2, 7, 9-11, 33
Another point we want to put in place is the Gathering.
Deuteronomy 30, verses 1 and 2—Some of you just got here. I trust you understand that Brother Emiliano is sick.
Deuteronomy 30, verses 1 through 3:
"1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee. 2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee." Deuteronomy 30:1-3 (KJV).
That is good. Did you see the conditions of the Gospel there? It is if you see this curse and you understand your condition, and you turn "with all thine heart, and with all thy soul," then the Lord will gather you. There is a promise of a gathering to the scattering; but, you have to meet the conditions.
Okay. So, we are working in a little different fashion. Let me throw something in here for you. I want to show you that this is a specific command.
What command? A command to meet the conditions of the Gospel.
The reason that I am saying "to meet the conditions of the Gospel" is there has been controversy in Adventism that began in 1888, probably, when we began to reject the light. But, in the Fifties and Sixties it really got enthroned in Adventism that the Gospel is justification by faith; everything is done at the cross; and, you are safe in your sins—okay?—which is, pretty much, the Evangelical Gospel, which Adventism now presents to the world.
So, when you are dealing with that kind of foolish teaching in Adventism, there are places where Sister White says in order to be justified, we have to meet the conditions of Salvation. So, that is why I am emphasizing that phrase. There are conditions that have to be met.
And in this curse it is a sign. Okay? You saw that, it is a sign?
And when you see the sign, you have to respond to the conditions given. And, we have just seen some of the conditions, but I want to show you the conditions in a little bit more detail. It is not in your notes.
Go to Leviticus 26. We have already read down to verse 34 in our last presentation; so, let us start in verse 33. Leviticus 26, starting at verse 33.
You will see what I am getting at in a moment.
Leviticus 26, verse 33, says—and this is starting in the verses that Miller uses to identify the seven times [gesturing to the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart]. Okay. Verse 28 references the seven times.
Verse 33 says,
"33 And I will scatter you among the heathen,"—
And we showed that in the last presentation, that God's indignation is the scattering.
—"33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths."—
We tied that in with the 70 years in 2 Chronicles 36:21.
Verse 35:
—"35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them."—
Now, here are the conditions of the Gospel.
—"40 If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers,"—
There are right there two points. You have got to confess your iniquities and your fathers' iniquities.
—"40 If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me,"—
Have you ever had someone do a really dirty deed to you, and you knew they owed you an apology; and, it was such a dirty deed that it needed to be a specific apology, and they come up and just say, "I'm sorry." You know, it is not quite the same as when you say, "I am sorry for doing this, this, this, this."
You need to be specific with your apologies here. That is what it is saying.
—"40 If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;"—
Not just your sins, your fathers' sins, what you did, but also go ahead and admit that you turned and walked away from me. Okay?
—"41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, "—
And, "You need to admit that during this rebellion, I wasn't leading you. You were being led by Satan."
—"41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies;"—
You have to admit that Laodicea is not God's land. Philadelphia is God's land. You cannot be confessing to be a Philadelphian when you are living the experience of a Laodicean. You have to admit that you are in the enemies' land, captive.
—"have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes." Leviticus 26:33-43 (KJV).
Okay. Just to put it in the record—I do not want to put a lot of time there—go back to the next chapter, chapter 25, verse 1.
"1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai saying, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord." Leviticus 25:1-2 (KJV).
Okay. He just talked about, at the beginning where we read, in verse 34 (we started in verse 33, but in verse 34), and in verse 34 he references the land resting every seventh year; but, he also referenced that they had broken the statutes. So, I want you to understand that the statutes that in context have been broken are the statutes of the land resting. But, keep that in the back of your mind.
Where I want you to go to is Daniel 9—and keep your finger in Leviticus 26, just in case.
You know, there are many wonderful things in Daniel, chapter 9; but, what I want you to see is that when Daniel is praying, he is specifically praying the prayer that is identified, that is outlined in Leviticus 26.
If there is an outline in Leviticus 26 and Daniel prays a prayer that point by point covers that outline, then is Daniel praying that prayer because he understands the curse of Leviticus 26?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: {Affirmations.}
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes.
Daniel 9, and verse 1.
And what we are talking about is that this indignation, this scattering is among other things is a sign and the Bible is specific, giving us Josiah as an example, that those that recognize the sign are going to be blessed, and it gives us the example or it identifies what we need to do to be blessed, what our response must be, and it gives us an example of this in Daniel, chapter 9.
So, Daniel, chapter 9, verse 1, says,
"1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by [a book]"—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Books.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"Books."—
Okay. More than one book.
And, as you read this chapter, he is going to tell you who the books are.
What are the books?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The books of Moses and Jeremiah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Moses and Jeremiah. Okay.
—"I Daniel understood by books the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet,"—there is one book—"that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.'—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: 2 Chronicles.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Pardon me? No, it could not have been 2 Chronicles.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Ezra comes after Daniel.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Ezra comes a long time after Daniel, if Ezra is the author of 2 Chronicles.
Verse—pardon me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It is the book of Moses.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes, it is the book of Moses, the Pentateuch; and, the book of Jeremiah; and, perhaps others. But, it is not Chronicles, because Ezra wrote Chronicles after Daniel had been laid to rest. So, Daniel was not studying Ezra.
Verse 3:
—"3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to see by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled,"—
He is being pretty specific.
—"even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments; 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee."
Okay. He is being specific about the sins, and he is acknowledging that they have been scattered to the other countries.
—"8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of faces,"—
He is acknowledging that they walked contrary to God, and He has walked contrary to them. They are confused; they are in confusion; they are in Babylon.
—"to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore, hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly."
"16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name." Daniel 9:1-19 (KJV).
Brothers and Sisters, that is Daniel meeting the conditions of Leviticus 26. So, Daniel is praying this prayer because he understands the curse of Leviticus 26.
God's people at the end of the world are supposed to understand the curse of Leviticus 26 because it is a sign; and, you can relate to this sign either as Ahab does in Isaiah, chapter 7, or as Josiah did. And you know this is the prayer of Leviticus 26, because the point in time when you and I were supposed to investigate this curse, this sign at the end of the world was 9/11 [September 11, 2001].
And, if you read Daniel 9:11, it says,
"11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him."
And that oath is the same word that is translated as seven times in Leviticus 26.
So, what we are dealing with here is that the indignation is a sign and that it has conditions. When you see the sign, you have conditions that you need to meet if you are going to be benefited by the sign as Josiah was.
So, go back to your notes now. Let us go to Jeremiah 30:10-11. We are still looking at the fact that the indignation is a sign.
Jeremiah 30, beginning at verse 10:
"10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished." Jeremiah 30:10-11 (KJV).
You need to look at my notes. The scattering has with it the promise of a gathering; but, you are only going to participate in that gathering if you recognize that the curse is a sign and you respond correctly to the requirements of the sign.
So, now we are looking at the fact that the scattering also promises a gathering. Okay?
Let us go to Ezekiel 11. All we are doing is bringing two or three witnesses to the idea that the indignation that we are considering is a sign.
Ezekiel 11, beginning at verse 17, is everybody there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: "17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered; and I will give you the land of Israel."—
Now, there is more to read about this, but there is no reason not to make some points along the way.
If all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, if the Lord is going to gather us at the end of the world and renew the covenant with us, what does it mean about the time period just before He gathers us?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: We have been scattered.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Adventism has been scattered; and, he is going to gather us.
Adventism has been scattered? How have we been scattered?
If we are claiming that this is the time when the Lord is gathering us, there is no evidence that Seventh-day Adventists have been physically scattered to the other nations of the world, is there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Spiritually gathered—
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Spiritually scattered.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: —spiritually scattered.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Spiritually gathered and scattered.
Pardon me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Also, from the winds of doctrine.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Winds of doctrine.
How did that happen?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The leaders have led us astray.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The leaders have led us astray, but how does it happen?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Old Paths; we left the Old Paths.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Old Paths. We have left the Old Paths.
Why did we leave the Old Paths?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Because, it got covered up, covered up over a period of time. All right?
And, counterfeit coins were introduced [referencing William Miller's dream], as the old coins were covered up; and, they were taken out of the casket and scattered. Right?
So, we have been spiritually scattered, according to Inspiration.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: And we have lost sight of the vision.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Sure. You lose sight of the vision.
That is what these jewels [gesturing to the 1843 and 1850 Charts] identify, is the vision. This is the vision: ". . . Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." [Habakkuk 2:2, in part (KJV)]. This is the vision. You take these jewels, you throw them [away], and there is no vision: "Where there is no vision, the people perish: . . ." (Proverbs 29:18).
FROM THE AUDIENCE: In the light behind us, the Midnight Cry was removed.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Midnight Cry was removed.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: And there was no light to guide the people to Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Why was the Midnight Cry removed?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Because we rejected the Midnight Cry as a fulfillment of the Lord.
And that did what? It took us off the path, down to the dark, wicked world below; and, we lost sight of Jesus who was before us, and we were no longer receiving light from His glorious right hand.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: But, there will be a physical scattering.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Oh, yes, there will be a physical scattering, for certain. Sister White says that more than once.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Like the Disciples, they were spiritually scattered before the cross. At the cross, they were physically scattered.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: [Nodding his head in agreement], the Disciples were spiritually scattered before the cross; at the cross they were physically scattered. And the punch line of that study, when you do that, is that if you think you are going to be hanging around with all these spiritual giants that you are hanging around with now when The Sunday Law hits, you are going to be scattered and you are going to have to stand on your own. And you might find out that all these spiritual giants receive the mark of the beast at that time.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible comment.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: This is wonderful, but I have to pull it back in. Okay? This is getting me going to where we do not need to go.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Ezekiel 17 says,
—"17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered; and I will give you the land of Israel. 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God." Ezekiel 11:17-21 (KJV).
So, this curse is a sign. You must meet the conditions that are set forth in the curse in order to be benefited by this sign; and, if you do, the Lord will be entering into covenant with you and giving you a new heart.
But, if you do not, He is going to do what? Recompense their own way.
What way is that? There are two paths. The people who He is entering into covenant with, they are on the Old Paths. These other people are on the path of destruction.
Ezekiel 20:33-42:
"33As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:"—
When does the Lord do that?
When does He rule over us with an outstretched arm? Well, He did that in Egypt. He led them out of Egypt with an outstretched arm.
Of course, when they [the children of Israel] came out of Egypt, that is prefiguring 1840 to 1844; and, Ellen White's first vision in 1844 places Christ on a Path that leads to Heaven, with His glorious right hand shedding light all along the way. So, from 1840 to 1844 He was delivering us out of spiritual Babylon, the same way He was delivering Ancient Israel out of Egypt with His right hand stretched out.
—"34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face."—
When He brought them out of Egypt, did He plead with them face to face in the wilderness?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Yes.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Did He do that with the Millerites? Yes.
Is He going to renew the covenant at the end of the world?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, He is going to do it the same way again, right? The same history: the Millerite History is repeated to the very letter, and the Millerite History is illustrated by the history of Ancient Israel.
Verse 36:
—"36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:"—
This is the covenant that we are entering into right now.
—"38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord."—
When does He purge out the rebels?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Sunday Law.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Sunday Law; but, the purging process begins before The Sunday Law, does it not? That is why Sister White says the Church appears to fall, but it does not fall. It remains while—what?—the sinners in Zion are removed. This is a terrible ordeal, but the rebels are going to be purged out.
—"39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. 40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers." Ezekiel 20:33-42 (KJV).
So, there is going to be a gathering at the end of time that is prefigured by these histories.
Before we go to John, go to Zechariah. It is not in your notes.
Zechariah 1, starting at verse 12. I will not read all the way down.
But, in verse 12, in our last presentation, we read where Sister White compares the 70 years with the 1260 years. That is why we put this down here [referring to the whiteboard; see Figure No. 175]. Your notes from this morning has that quote.
So, the 70 years is referenced in verse 12.
And then in verse 16 it says,
"16 Therefore 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 forth upon Jerusalem. 17 Cry 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 1:16-17 (KJV).
When He is choosing Jerusalem at the end of this history [the 70 years], He is prefiguring Him choosing Jerusalem at the end of the world and He is going to enter into covenant with those that are gathered out of the places where they have been scattered, put His laws in their hearts; but, if you do not see the sign that allows you to respond to this covenant call, then you are going to be purged out as a rebel of Adventism.
John 11: The scattering has a promise of a gathering.
John 11, starting at verse 49:
"49 And one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all. 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."
All the prophets are speaking more about the end of the world than the days in which they lived, including John, the author of Revelation. And, there is a promise that He is going to gather all His people at the end of the world into one; because, they have been scattered.
But, in order to be gathered, what do you have to do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Repent.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In the Old Testament you had to admit that you had been scattered.
But, in our time period, what do we have to do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: [Indiscernible response.]
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Well, we have to admit that we are scattered; but, more importantly, what do we have to do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Meet the conditions.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Meet the conditions; but, what do we have to—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: All of you are nailing the details of the paradigm. That is good, but that is not what I am after.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Recognize the sign.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: You have to recognize the sign, but what is the sign for us?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is a doctrine. It is a doctrine that was presented here [indicating the 2520 in the upper right-hand corner of the 1843 Chart]. We have to recognize that this is truth, that this is one of the foundational truths. We have to recognize the curse in our day and age and then achieve all of those requirements.
Is that not how you would apply it, if you are going to be gathered?
Genesis 49. And we are talking about the scattering having the promise of the gathering; Genesis 49:7 [correcting notes from Isaiah 49:7]. And the subject of the scattering can be traced back to Genesis 49. What does that mean?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It is the first place that it is mentioned?
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the first mentioned perhaps; not really; the first mentioned of God's people. But, in Genesis 11 Babel is scattered.
But, what I wanted to emphasize and point out is that the scattering and gathering is mentioned in Genesis 49 long before Moses is born and puts it into a prophecy in Leviticus 26. So, Moses's prophecy is just a secondary prophecy to Genesis 49.
Genesis 49—and we are talking about the scattering and the gathering, and students of prophecy should pay attention to this chapter; because, this chapter is poetically structured upon the theme of the scattering and the gathering, if you will see it.
Notice verse 1. My notes say differently, but I am going to start in verse 1. I have verse 1 in the notes.
"1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together . . . ." Genesis 49:1, in part [KJV].
Do what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Gather together.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Gather together.
So, the first thing that is mentioned in this prophecy is a gathering.
And notice—go to the last verse of Genesis 49.
—"33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people." Genesis 49:33 (KJV).
So, the first thing that is emphasized in this prophecy, and the last thing, is the gathering.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible comments).
BROTHER PIPPENGER: I was not there yet.
When he calls them unto himself, it is JACOB, and they were to hearken unto ISRAEL.
So, verse 1, and Jacob called unto his sons, and said,
—"1 . . . Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days."—
And do you know what Sister White says about this verse? That this is a prophecy for the last days.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is just black and white. You do not need her to tell you that. It says it in verse 1; but, a second witness is good, right? So, this is for us.
Verse 2:
—"2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father." Genesis 48:1-2 (KJV).
Okay. "The sons of JACOB," who is Jacob? The supplanter; the deceiver.
Who is ISRAEL? The overcomer; the victorious one; the prince.
So, "hearken unto the victorious one, not to the deceptive one."
Go to verse 7. I probably ought to back up to verse 5 so you can see the context.
"5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall."—
Simeon and Levi, there is a curse pronounced upon them.
In the next verse, it says,
—"7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will"—what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Scatter them.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"scatter them"—where?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: In Israel.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"in Israel."—
ISRAEL
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Figure No. 176.
Israel is where the scattering is marked. ISRAEL is the name for the Northern Kingdom; and, this kingdom is where the scattering is going to take place.
Right? Maybe? Do you see it?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Now, in verse 8, it says,
—"8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."—
Who is Shiloh?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, what tribe is being referenced here?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Judah.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Judah, the Southern Kingdom, is the gathering. That is where the gathering is going to be, according to this prophecy, which of course Sister White refers to the last days.
But, speaking of Christ, the fulfillment of this verse, the scepter not departing until Shiloh comes—right? That is Christ—what does it say in verse 11?
—"11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:" Genesis 49:5-11 (KJV).
How did He wash His clothes and garments in the blood of grapes? How did He?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: At the cross.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: At the cross. He did it at the cross.
So, what is the cross? Well, one thing, it is where He confirms the covenant. This is about the covenant at the end of the world with the people that are going to be gathered, right? And He is going to enter into covenant with them. So, He is going to confirm that covenant with many for one week, and in the midst of the week He is going to be cut off.
2520 sacrifice 2520 sacrifices
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Figure No. 177
What is that one week? It is the 2520. And in the midst of the week, He is cut off.
So, where is He confirming the covenant? Right in the center of the 2520.
And as Emiliano was pointing out within the past couple of days, this 1260 days and this 1260 days, each day had an evening and morning sacrifice, and they continued on even after the cross. So, the first 3-1/2 years there were 2520 sacrifices, and 2520 [sacrifices] after [the second 3-1/2 years]. So, a week is a presentation of the 2520.
But, when He is going to the cross here, when He is going to the cross here to wash His garments in the blood to confirm the covenant, which is in the midst of the 2520, this covenant, when He is doing that (in verse 11) He binds his foal unto the vine.
Who is the vine?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Christ is the vine.
And his ass's colt unto the choice vine.
When He is going to the cross, what takes Him into Jerusalem to go to the cross?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: An ass; Islam.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Islam is associated with this covenant, from the beginning of the Bible to the end; but, that is another subject.
Verse 33 we have already read:
"33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people." Genesis 49:33 (KJV).
So, what I am saying is, is that the indignation (the scattering), among other things, is a sign; and, the Bible is not casual about identifying this sign. It tells you what happens to the people that are going to reject the sign. It gives you examples like Josiah, of those that will accept the sign, the blessing that is upon them. It tells you there are conditions, specific prayer conditions, that need to be met if you are going to receive the blessing of this sign; and, then it gives you the example of the prophet Daniel fulfilling those conditions, so you have a second witness to know what you are going to do if you are going to accept this sign. Because, if you are going to accept this sign, you are going to be among those that are gathered out of the spiritual Laodicea where you and I have been scattered; and, the Lord then will enter into covenant with us, and He is going to confirm that covenant right here at the cross in the midst of the 2520.
Therefore, one of the things about this indignation in Daniel 8 and Daniel 11 is that it is a sign that must be understood correctly, and it is from that perspective that we can understand why Adventism is being shaken by these Old Paths' truths right now. The Lord is attempting to gather His people and pour His blood upon them that they might be clean that He might enter into covenant with them.
2300/Sanctuary 2520/Host
The Same Event
The Great Controversy, page 426:
"The coming of Christ as our high priest to the most holy place, for the cleansing of the sanctuary, brought to view in Daniel 8:14; the coming of the Son of man to the Ancient of Days, as presented in Daniel 7:13; and the coming of the Lord to His temple, foretold by Malachi, are descriptions of the same event; and this is also represented by the coming of the bridegroom to the marriage, described by Christ in the parable of the ten virgins, of Matthew 25." The Great Controversy, 426.
So, I just have a couple of minutes.
With that overview of the indignation, go back to Daniel. I am just going to take a second here to tie this off, in advance of the next presentation.
Verse 15 of Daniel 8, Daniel wants to understand the châzôn vision; but, in verse 16 Gabriel is told to make him understand the mareh vision.
So, when Gabriel begins his job assignment in verse 19, he tells Daniel that the last [end of the] indignation is at the time appointed, thus telling us that there is at least two indignations.
And, we have identified the other indignation in Daniel 11:36.
But, because both Daniel 11:36 and Daniel 8:19 are at an appointed time, we know then that both of these indignations are time prophecies.
And, we understand that the second time prophecy that is an indignation ends in 1844. We understand that due to the work of William Miller. And with the testimony of Sister White, she says that William Miller's work was correct; therefore, we know that the indignation and the 2520 that ended in 1844 ended at the very same time that the 2300-year prophecy ended.
And the 2300-year prophecy in Daniel 8:14 is the question of verse 13 that says, "How long is the sanctuary and the host going to be trodden underfoot by Paganism and Papalism?"
So, what we are saying is that when Gabriel came to explain the mareh vision of 1844 to Daniel in verse 19, he says, "I'm going to give you a second witness to the Year 1844, because that is when the second indignation ends, the last indignation. But, more importantly, I want you to understand that the indignation is about the scattering of the host of God; but, there is a promise with the scattering that the Lord would gather those that meet the conditions at the end of the scattering time."
"27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the [mareh] vision, but none understood it." Daniel 8:27 (KJV).
And from 1798 to 1844 the Lord began to gather a people together that would enter into the Most Holy Place with Christ on October 22, 1844; thus, ending not only the trampling down of the sanctuary but the trampling down of the host. So, Daniel 8:19 is not just simply a witness to 1844, it is answering the question of how long the host is going to be trampled down, and that answer goes with the answer of verse 14 of when the sanctuary would be cleansed. And for the sanctuary to be cleansed, to be made right, both the sanctuary and the host need to be restored.
So, if you do not believe in the 2520 and profess to believe in the Sanctuary in Heaven since 1844, then your understanding is not valid; because, the purpose of the sanctuary is that God may dwell among the people, and you are rejecting the concept of Adventism being God's people.
But that is what he [William Miller] pulled together at that time.
Shall we pray?
Benediction: Heavenly Father, we want to be benefited by the blood of the Atonement that took place in the midst of the 2520 so long ago. And we understand to be benefited by that, we must recognize that we have been scattered, that we have been scattered by our own sins, that we have walked contrary to you; and, we have been scattered by our fathers' sins. We must confess that you have not been guiding us as a people, but we have been guiding ourselves through our own self-exaltation. We ask you to forgive us. We ask you to give us the discernment to understand correctly the sign that has been put in place to mark the gathering of your people that we might meet those conditions and be among those that, in the very near future, are to be lifted up as an ensign and give a final warning to all mankind. We thank you that we can, as certified Laodiceans, participate in such a sacred work; and, we ask that the work that we are doing here will be of benefit to those who are still in the valley of decision, or of those who may not have begun to consider these things at this point. We still lift Pastor Emiliano to you and ask that you would heal him according to your will, and that you would do it quickly. We thank you for all these things in Jesus's name. Amen.