Habakkuk's Two Tables #89
CONCLUSION
Presented by Jeff Pippenger
Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, as we begin this study, we once again plead that you would grant us the power and presence of your Holy Spirit, that you would take control of this message, set it forth in a clear and concise package that we can understand and that we can be held accountable for. We want the discernment that only comes from the presence of your Holy Spirit. We ask that you grant us that discernment. I would ask that you would overrule my thinking, my humanity, and use me as a tool that is hid behind your cross to convey a message to your people at this time that would prepare us to share the message with those that we come in contact with. Give us the experience that we need when we come in contact with those people and strengthen us to stand during the coming crisis that is soon to be here, just on the horizon. We ask again that the holy angels would be in attendance, that we would be breathing the atmosphere of Heaven by association with them, that they would prevent the distractions and disruptions that can come in at times and pray that you pour the Latter Rain out upon us and continue to be with us as you have been so far. In Jesus's name, amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: I hope you still have your notes from last time. There has been a few times in Habakkuk's Two Tables where I wanted to deal with Isaiah 30:8-21. And I actually believe I dealt with it before in this series, but I wanted to deal with it last time and never got there, obviously.
But, this time, at the beginning of this next presentation, I was going to take a verse out of that sequence of verses and we would have had it already in our memory banks. So, I am thinking that as we go into prayer that I may take up (probably going to take up) the very last part of your previous notes and finish it off—I do not know that I can put it off any further—and then go directly into Presentation #89.
PRESENTATION #88 (Continued)
Isaiah 66 (continued)
Others (continued)
Isaiah 30:8-21. This is something that I have often done in the past, so it will be familiar ground with many of you in this room, and perhaps with some of you watching LiveStream.
I will try to move quickly through this.
Beginning in verse 8 of Isaiah 30:
"8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:"—
Whatever gets written in this table and book is at the end of the world; because, the "time to come" that is portrayed by all the prophets is the end of the world.
The book that has a table in it is Habakkuk, chapter 2. This book that is referenced here, what is noted in the Book of Habakkuk, is these two tables [indicating the 1843 and 1850 Charts], Habakkuk's two tables.
"8 Now, go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever."—
That it may be for now.
—"9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:"—
These two tables produce through the testing process the rebels of Adventism.
These two tables are prefigured by the two tables of the Ten Commandments, and the two tables of the Ten Commandments also identify rebellion.
Verse 10: This is how the rebellion is manifested by the foolish virgins in Adventism. It says,
—"10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:"—
They are unwilling to hear the prophetic message. It is not about the health message, country living, or basic advent doctrine. They do not want to hear the prophetic message that is derived from the table that is noted in the Book. And because they do not want to walk in those Old Paths, their rebellion is manifested.
Are you following the logic?
In verse 11, it also says,
—"11 Get you out of the way,"—
This is the Old Paths.
—"turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."—[to be continued]
Now, if you drop down in your notes, the notes from last time [and replicated in this presentation], from Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, page 57, it says,
"They had a bright light set up behind them at the beginning of the path, which an angel told me was the 'midnight cry.' This light shone all along the path, and gave light for their feet, so that they might not stumble.'
"If they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was just before them, leading them to the city, they were safe. But soon some grew weary, and said the city was a great way off, and they expected to have entered it before. Then Jesus would encourage them by raising His glorious right arm, and from His arm came a light which waved over the advent band, and they shouted 'Alleluia!' Others rashly denied the light behind them,"—
They denied the Midnight Cry.
—'and said that it was not God that had led them out so far. The light behind them went out, leaving their feet in perfect darkness, and they stumbled and lost sight of the mark and of Jesus, and fell off the path down into the dark and wicked world below." Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, 57.
So, if you return now to verse 11 of Isaiah 30, these rebels that are being manifested by the rejection of these Tables [indicating the 1843 and 1850 Charts] noted in the Book of Habakkuk that do not want to hear the prophetic message, they say,
—"11 Get you out of the way,"—the Old Paths—"Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."—
On this path in Ellen White's first vision, there was the Midnight Cry behind them, and Jesus was just before them. This is definitely a reference to them wanting to get off the Path to Heaven.
Verse 12:
—"12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word,"—
What word?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (No audible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: This word [indicating the 1843 and 1850 Charts], the message of the Old Paths.
—"and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant."—
This is The Sunday Law. Sister White says it comes suddenly and unexpectedly; the final movements will be rapid ones.
Verse 14:
—"14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces;"—
The Sunday Law here is being portrayed as the breaking of the pottery.
—"he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit."—
When The Sunday Law comes, the pieces of the pot that are left will not allow you to take the fire of the Holy Spirit (because, we are told that the fire from the altar represents the Holy Spirit). Probation is closed. You cannot get the Holy Spirit, nor can you get any water with these little small sherds. You cannot get the Holy Spirit because your probation has closed at The Sunday Law.
Verse 15:
—"15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest"—
If you return to the Old Paths, Jeremiah says, "Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your soul." (Jeremiah 6:16) And the rest is the refreshing, according to Isaiah 28, verse 12, "To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear."
And, Sister White in The Great Controversy, page 611, says the refreshing is the Latter Rain.
So,
—"In returning and rest shall ye be saved;"—
You shall be saved by returning to the Old Paths and accepting the Latter Rain Message; but, there is a class that have built their house upon the sand that will not receive the Latter Rain Message represented by the Rain, nor will they receive the message of Islam in the Message of the East represented by the wind, nor will they receive the message of Daniel 11:40-45 represented as the floods and, because of that, their structure will be swept away.
Verse 15:
—"15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses;"—
Okay. If you go to verse 1 of Isaiah 31, it says, "1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses,"—These people are going to flee on horses, and Isaiah 31 is going to tell us what they are going to flee on, because they are going to define "horses" for us—"and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. . . ."
Now, if you go back up into verse 16 of Isaiah 30, these people that are rejecting the Old Paths, say,
—"16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses,"—
They are going to flee upon the strong delusion, the false outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
—"therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one;"—
And on October 22, 1844, the Advent Movement, in the fulfillment of the parable of the Ten Virgins, when the door closed, went from 50,000 down to 50. That is a 1,000:1 ratio. This is identifying the fulfillment of the parable of the Ten Virgins.
It says,
—"17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one,"—
That says, "I do not have any oil to give you. Go get your own oil."
—"at the rebuke of five shall ye flee:"—
You are going to flee at the rebuke of the five wise virgins.
—"till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill."—
At The Sunday Law after the rebuke to the foolish virgins is delivered and they are lifted up as an ensign.
—"18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. . . ."—
Okay. Now, this is the one that we are going to refer to in our next set of notes, which we are going to start in a moment; so, I will not say anything about verse 18. We are going to come back to that one.
But, the next presentation is about the Tarrying Time, and you can see the Tarrying Time referenced here in verse 18.
Verse 19:
—"19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:"—
The reason that we are doing LiveStreaming here is partially because of this verse. It clicked on me one time when I was saying this, "Hey, the internet is what the Lord has prepared for the world to see the teachers, even if you have been kicked out of the Sabbath School class.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible comments.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The teachers in this verse, the Hebrew word means to flow as water as the rain. So, what message are these teaches going to be teaching? The Latter Rain Message.
Verse 21:
—"21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee,"—
What is the word behind us that we hear?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Midnight Cry.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Midnight Cry, and this word [referring to the 1843 and 1850 Charts] right here. This history is the word behind us that we will hear.
And what is the word behind us going to say? And it says,
—"21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." Isaiah 30: 8-17, 19-21 (KJV).
What are we supposed to walk in?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Old Paths.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Old Paths.
And in the break, a sister here who recently has come into this Message (her husband has been into it a little bit longer), she just told a story and I am going to tell her I will not say who she is. I do not want to embarrass her.
She said when her husband was into the Message and she was not, he would come home from a meeting like this [clenching his fists] and would be all excited about this Message, saying, "The Bible has come alive! Do you understand what I mean?"
And she would intellectually say she understood what he meant.
But, now, now that she is following this Message, she really understands what he means. And what he means and what she means, what we all mean, is now that you see the logic of this Message. If your Bible is open like mine to Isaiah, if you turn [the pages] to the right, you are going to see the message of the Old Paths; or, if you turn [the pages] to the left, you are going to see the Message of the Old Paths; because, from beginning to end, it is the Message of the Old Paths.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: And that is what this verse is saying, "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is the Message of the Bible.
So, the book that have the tables noted in it are Habakkuk 2, and Jeremiah 6:16-17 are the Old Paths.
So, let us go to Notes for Presentation #89.
COMMENCING WITH PRESENTATION #89
Tarrying Time
Isaiah 30:18; Matthew 25:5; Daniel 12:12; Habakkuk 2:3-4; Exodus 24:14-18; Luke 24:44-52, 36; John 20:17-22
And you will notice that his first reference is Isaiah 30:18. Isaiah 30:18 says,
"18 And therefore will the Lord wait,'—
And what I am suggesting is that the Lord waited in the Millerite History on March 22, 1844, at the first disappointment and fulfilled the Tarrying Time in the parable of the Ten Virgins. So, all the prophets are identifying the same story, and we know that the Millerite History is going to be repeated to the very letter. So, we, as the Millerites [had], are going to have a Tarrying Time.
Verse 18:
—"18 And therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you,"—
And I submit to you that the word Grace, more often than not, has to do with power of the Holy Spirit. He pours out His Grace upon us. So, I am saying that the Tarrying Time marks the beginning of the outpouring of the Spirit. And, of course, we know that in the Millerite History the Tarrying Time is what leads into the Midnight Cry, where the Holy Spirit is poured out in that history.
—"and therefore will he be exalted,"—
And, it is in the time period in sacred history when God is pouring out His Spirit upon His people where the Lord is exalted.
—"that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment:"—
And, invariably, when the Lord is pouring out His Spirit upon His people, in the sacred Scriptures it is in connection with Him executing judgment upon two classes of worshippers.
And, it says,
—"blessed are all they that wait for him." Isaiah 30:18 (KJV).
Which is a reference to Daniel 12:12, "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days" which is 1843 which ended on March 21, 1844, which marks the Tarrying Time. Blessed are all those that come to the Tarrying Time which this verse is referencing. And the reason it is a blessing is because it leads you to the threshold of where the Lord is going to pour out His Spirit.
So, Matthew 25:5 talks about the Tarrying Time. It is in your notes. We are familiar with that. This is the parable of the Ten Virgins:
"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept." Matthew 25:5, (KJV).
Daniel 12:12, I just referenced. We can look at it, in case I did not give the absolute word for word. It says,
"12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." Daniel 12:12 (KJV).
Habakkuk 2:3-4.
All these are the same Tarrying Time, and they all should be understood as being fulfilled in Millerite History and in our history.
Beginning at verse 3, it says,
"3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Habakkuk 2:3 (KJV).
"4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith." Habakkuk 2:3-4 (KJV).
The Tarrying Time marks the point where the two classes of worshippers are going to be developed from that point on. One class of worshippers is going to be lifted up. What does that tell you? That the symbol of those worshippers is gâdal (the Daily). They are lifted up, while the other class is going to live by faith, which Sister White says is simply taking God at His Word.
Exodus 24:14-18. We are looking at the Tarrying Time because we want to be prepared to place that in our history and consider the implications of this. Exodus 24, beginning at verse 14:
"14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
"15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days:"—that is six days—"and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. Exodus 24:14-18 (KJV).
That is 46 days in total. The first day of the 40 is the seventh day.
But, this manifestation of the power of God, where Moses receives the Law of God and receives the instructions for building the sanctuary, the part that I want to emphasize here is it begins with a Tarrying Time. A Tarrying Time precedes the manifestation of the power of God in this history.
Luke 24:44-52:
"44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
"49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but"—but— "tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."—
You tarry, and then comes the power afterwards.
Are you seeing that? That is two witnesses to the fact that the power follows the Tarrying Time.
—"50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: . . ." Luke 24:44-52 (KJV).
Back up before those verses. That is why I had those verses out of sequence to verse 36 in the notes.
Verse 36 of chapter 24 of Luke:
"36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you." Luke 24:36 (KJV).
"Peace be unto you."
Can you say that with me?
BROTHER JEFF AND AUDIENCE IN UNISON: "Peace be unto you."
BROTHER JEFF: All right.
Okay. And then afterwards He is going to tell them to tarry in Jerusalem, and there is a parallel passage of this in John 20. And the expression, "Peace be unto you," is what allows you to tie these two passages together in a nice package in terms of isolating some of the truth therein.
John 20:17-22:
"17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
"19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: . . ." John 20:17-22 (KJV).
Now, go back to Luke 24. I should have told you to keep your finger there, Luke 24.
TARRY PENTECOST
Breathes
TARRYING TIME
Figure No. 179.
Here, Jesus has just resurrected and He tells Mary, "Don't touch me. I have to ascend."
The same day, He comes down out of Heaven, and He breathes upon them.
And in Luke 24, when He comes down out of Heaven, He first says, "Peace be unto you," and then He breathes upon them the Holy Spirit.
And, you have in your notes from Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, pages 243, and it says,
"The act of Christ in breathing upon his disciples the Holy Ghost, and in imparting his peace to them, was as a few drops before the plentiful shower to be given on the day of Pentecost." Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, 243.
So, a sprinkling, a few drops before the plentiful showers of Pentecost (John 20.)
But, if you are in Luke 24, in verse 36 He says, "Peace be unto you." Then notice what He does in verse 45: "Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures."
This sprinkling is the opening of the understanding to God's people of the Scriptures that takes place, when He comes down out of Heaven.
But, then, in this same period, He is telling them to . . . what?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: To tarry.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: This is the Tarrying Time, the components of the Tarrying Time.
And, we have already seen that in the tarrying of Sinai, which is prefiguring this here [referring to Figure No. 179] in the time of Christ, that when He had the 70 elders tarry on the mount, thereafter is when you have the manifestation of the power of God that prefigures Pentecost over here.
Right? Are y'all with me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Notice the next quote, from Review and Herald, July 20, 1886.
"It is with an earnest longing that I look forward to the time when the events of the day of Pentecost shall be repeated with even greater power than on that occasion. John says, 'I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.' Then, as at the Pentecostal season, the people will hear the truth spoken to them, every man in his own tongue.
"God can"—what?—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Can breathe.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, Sister White just compared this history of Pentecost with Revelation 18. So, when Christ comes down in the history of Pentecost, this is the Angel coming down in Revelation 18.
Do you see it?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BOTHER PIPPENGER: But, in this history [of Christ], when He comes down here at this very time, He says to the Disciples, what? "Tarry you here."
So, I am saying that the Tarrying Time is marked when the Angel comes down, and then He breathes upon them which is opening their understanding to His Word. And Sister White says that then every man in the world is going to understand these things in their own tongue.
How? How are they going to do that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: It is going to be worldwide (among other various responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is going to be a worldwide message, but how are they going to understand it in their own tongue? They are going to understand the Rules of Prophetic Understanding adopted by Miller and his associates, and that is going to be the key that opens the Scriptures for them.
—"God can breathe new life into every soul that sincerely desires to serve Him, and can touch the lips with a live coal from off the altar,"—
What is that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is Isaiah 6 happening right here [His breathing upon the Disciples]. Isaiah 6.
Is that not the story of Isaiah 6?
—"and cause them to become eloquent with His praise. Thousands of voices will be imbued with the power to speak forth the wonderful truths of God's Word. The stammering tongue will be unloosed,"—
What is that?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Isaiah 28.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Isaiah 28. Go there for a moment.
What I am trying to show you is this Tarrying Time followed by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is a very large subject that is dealt with a lot in the Bible.
In verse 11 of Isaiah 28, it says, "For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people."
Okay. What people is He going to speak to?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various responses.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: To Adventism, right? He tells you at the end of the next verse who they are, ". . . will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear."
This is the people that refuse the refreshing.
Who were the people that refused the refreshing?
And in this verse it identifies that the refreshing is the rest.
And who are the people that refused the rest in Jeremiah 6:16?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The people who refused to return to the Old Paths: "Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls [the refreshing]. Jeremiah 6:16, in part (KJV).
So, here in verse 12, "12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest;"—The "To whom" there is the people that they are speaking to in verse 11, the people that refused to walk in the Old Paths. This is the Judgment Message to these people, and He is going to speak to them with "stammering lips and another tongue."
How is He going to do that in the context of Isaiah 28?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Line upon line.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Line upon line; it is through William Miller's Rules of Prophetic Interpretation. Proof-texting is how this message gets conveyed to them. That is the very context of Isaiah 28, ". . . But they said, We will not walk therein, [we will not hear]." (Jeremiah 6:16, in part), which also tells you in verse 12 of Isaiah 28 that it is about a message, "We will NOT proof-text."
Therefore, it tells you in verse 14—well, let us just read it all, "13 But the word of the Lord"—the Word of the Lord, the test to them—"the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and three a little;"—that is Miller's Rules—"that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem." Isaiah 28:13-14 (KJV): The unwillingness to turn loose of the hermeneutics and the exegesis, the historical grammatical critical foolishness of Babylon that causes them to die, instead of taking the simplicity of God's Word!
And back to our quote, the second paragraph. Let us run it through again.
—"God can breathe new life into every soul"—
He breathes here [see Figure No. 179}, does he not?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: In John 20 and Luke 24.
And what does He breathe? The Spirit, which Sister White says is a few drops.
But, what is this; what is this?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Various comments.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: What is the breathing?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It is Isaiah 37. This is where He is breathing life into the new bones. This is the message of the Four Winds that Sister White says that the Four Winds that are restrained are represented as an angry horse, seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction in its path. This is the breath [the sprinkling], the Message of Islam, Isaiah 37.
—"God can breathe new life into ever soul that sincerely desires to serve Him, and can touch the lips with a live coal from off the altar,"—Isaiah 6—"and cause them to become eloquent with His praise. Thousands of voices will be imbued with the power to speak forth the wonderful truths of God's Word. The stammering tongue will be unloosed,"—through the method of proof-texting—" and the timid will be made strong to bear courageous testimony to the truth. May the Lord help His people to cleanse the soul temple from every defilement, and to maintain such a close connection with Him that they may be partakers of the latter rain when it shall be poured out." Review and Herald, July 20, 1886.
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, page 984:
"We must not wait for the latter rain. It is coming upon all who will recognize and appropriate the dew and showers of grace that fall upon us. When we gather up the fragments of light, when we appreciate the sure mercies of God, who loves to have us trust Him, then every promise will be fulfilled. [Isaiah 61:11 quoted.] The whole earth is to be filled with the glory of God." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.
In order to receive the Latter Rain, you have to recognize it.
And the word RECOGNIZE means:
RECOGNIZE: 1. To recollect or recover the knowledge of, either with an avowal of that knowledge or not. We recognize a person at a distance, when we recollect that we have seen him before, or that we have formerly known him. We recognize his features or his voice. Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
In order to recognize the Latter Rain, we have to have seen it before, and where we have seen it before is in God's prophetic Word. We see it in Ezekiel 37. We see it in John 20. We see it in Luke 24. We see it in Isaiah 6. We see it almost everywhere we look in the Bible. It is illustrated.
But, what we are dealing with here is the sprinkling of the Latter Rain that at the beginning of it, it begins with the Tarrying Time when Islam is restrained; and, it leads to the full outpouring at Pentecost.
And, at this point we receive the Seal of God at Pentecost.
Testimonies, volume 5, pages 214, 216:
"Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement."—
I have told this story, and I probably should not tell it, but I will tell it again.
At camp meeting, Hamburg, Germany (just outside of Hamburg, Germany).
Hamburg, Germany, is the birthplace of Louis Conradi. I have a special disdain for Louis Conradi, because he is the tool the Lord allowed to bring in the false view of the Daily in 1901. And he ends up rejecting Adventism; but, still, some Adventists, particularly Germans and European Adventists, hold him in high regard. But, in reality, there was no reason to hold him in high regard during any of that history.
I mean, this man was having children. He was married and he was having children with other women; and, they knew it and they allowed him to maintain his position as a leader in the Adventist Church. And when they tell you the story about him, they never tell you that part. This was just ridiculous that he was allowed to even be a member in the church, let along lead the Germany Community. He pretty much single-handedly brought the schism that creates the Reform Movement.
So, the guy is just—if you believe the word "by their fruit you shall know them."
Okay. We are in Hamburg, Germany; so, I am emphasizing that point because I knew I was in Hamburg, Germany, and I knew I had a different view than Conradi did about the Daily, and I knew that the European Adventists have no respect for the Spirit of Prophecy, whatsoever, and it is worse in Germany more than in almost anywhere else. So, I was probably amplifying that a little bit.
There was a pastor that wanted me to come and speak in his church in Hamburg, Germany, and I said, "You don't want me to do that. You will get in trouble."
"No, no, no, no. Come on, come on!"
I have witnesses. He would to the meetings at the Prophecy School. Three times he plead with me to come and preach in his church on Sabbath.
I finally agreed. I said, "This will cause you a headache."
He says, "No, no. I'll be fine."
I might have told this here just this past week ago.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Laughter.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Afterwards, he got sent to a little church in the Middle East. That is a fun job assignment, leaving modern Hamburg, Germany, to be sent to the Middle East!
So, I think I was right.
The day after we left, he is already forced to write a letter saying how I forced myself in, and this, that, and the other. But, that is just a big story there.
But, what I want to get to is this: A big church in Hamburg! I get there, and he says, "You have 30 minutes to speak."
I am thinking, "What am I going to do? I have got 30 minutes to speak, and it has got to be translated into German." And what I am doing is the study called, "The Time Prophets."
So, I am flying and the German translator that is there with me, we are both flying. We are trying to get through this.
But, we read this quote. We read this quote here that I just read.
It says,
—"Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot of stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters,"—
And there were probably 50 to 60 people up in the balcony in the back of this church; and, at that point they all got up and walked out.
Hmm. They do not believe we are going to remedy the defects of our character, and that is why they walked out.
So, this is a serious issue. It is left to us; and, I said this in a really liberal church in Ventura, California, once, and the elder who was opposing this message there on the Sabbath day with his Hawaiian shirt and his shorts and his sandals, with his group in the back arguing all the way through, he interrupted when I read this quote from the back.
He said, "Did you just say it is left up to us to remedy the defects of our characters?"
I said, "No, Brother. That is what Ellen White says."
Brothers and Sisters, this is a serious quote.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen!
BROTHER PIPPENGER: We have to participate in the work of allowing the Holy Spirit to remove sin from us.
And if you do not believe it, it cannot happen!
And if you do not understand how that this truth here is something that Satan fights every step of the way, then you need to wrap your mind around it. We need to wrap our minds around this.
—"It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the Day of Pentecost. . . ."—
If you do not believe that you have to do that, are you going to receive the Latter Rain?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: No.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: How did the Latter Rain fall upon the Disciples at Pentecost? How did it do so?
First, with a sprinkling: The act of Christ breathing upon His Disciples was as a few drops before the full outpouring on the Day of Pentecost.
—"What are you doing, brethren, in the great work of preparation? Those who are uniting with the world are receiving the worldly mold and preparing for the mark of the beast. Those who are distrustful of self, who are humbling themselves before God and purifying their souls by obeying the truth these are receiving the heavenly mold and preparing for the seal of God in their foreheads. When the decree goes forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for eternity." Testimonies, volume 5, 214, 216.
It is up to us to remedy the defects in our character in this history [the Tarrying Time of the sprinkling of the Latter Rain], because it is too late here [at Pentecost with the full outpouring of the Latter Rain]. This is The Sunday Law. It is too late here.
Right?
The next page [of your notes].
Acts of the Apostles, page 38:
"The Pentecostal outpouring was Heaven's communication that the Redeemer's inauguration was accomplished. According to His promise He had sent the Holy Spirit from heaven to His followers as a token that He had, as priest and king, received all authority in heaven and on earth, and was the Anointed One over His people." Acts of the Apostles, 38.
Pastor Emiliano dealt with this a few times this week. That is the quote that he is referring to. And he was not addressing the issue that I am going to address here, so it is not that he would not agree with me. He was just making another point than what I am going to make here.
The history of Pentecost here [in the time of Christ] is a fulfillment of the Book of Joel. In Acts 2 and 3, Peter plainly says so. He says, "These men aren't drunk as you suppose, this is a fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel."
But, the Millerite History was a fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel because it is Joel that predicts that the stars were going to fall. Okay? So, Christ's History and the Millerite History are a fulfillment of Joel; but, the perfect fulfillment of Joel is our day and age. Okay? So, all three of those histories are the same history.
And in this history when the Holy Spirit is poured out here [at Pentecost], it is marking that Christ has begun a work in the Heavenly Sanctuary.
In the Millerite History, the Midnight Cry, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the Midnight Cry is announcing that Christ is beginning a new work in the Heavenly Sanctuary.
Therefore, in our history here [during the Tarrying Time of the sprinkling of the Latter Rain], when the Latter Rain begins to fall, you have to ask yourself, "What new work is Christ beginning in the Heavenly Sanctuary?" And it is the Judgment of the Living.
Now, I want to show you something, so you understand that sometimes the differences are purposeful to make a point.
PENTECOST
TIME OF CHRIST
Begins new work
October 22, 1844
8/11/170
MILLERITE HISTORY
Midnight Cry
9/11/2001 S/L
HISTORY OF 144,000
Judgment of
the Living
Figure No. 180.
We just read that the full outpouring here at Pentecost in the time of Christ marked that He began a work right here.
I just said the Midnight Cry, which came before this waymark (this waymark is 1844, October 22nd).
This is Pentecost [in the History of Christ]: a change of dispensation here, and the Spirit comes after this waymark.
A change of dispensation here [8/11/40], and the Spirit is poured out just before this waymark [10/22/1844].
So, those two witnesses tell you that when He is changing dispensations, the Spirit is going to be poured out in that timeframe; but, they tell you by their difference that it is not going to necessarily be at the same point in that history. The Midnight Cry leads us into Him moving from the Holy Place to the Most Holy. The Latter Rain takes place when He begins His work in the Holy Place.
And what we are saying here [9/11/2001] is the work of the Judgment of the Living begins here. There is also going to be a full outpouring here [at The Sunday Law], when a new dispensation is taking place; because, now, the ensign is going to gather the other flock out of Babylon; so, there is a work there, too, but it is still going to be the Judgment of the Living.
The Judgment of the Living, the dispensational change begins right here, at September 11, 2001.
The sprinkling in this history [of the Millerites] begins on August 11, 1840. This begins when He comes down out of Heaven.
He came down out of Heaven here [September 11, 2001]; Sister White said no less the personage than Jesus Christ. The Angel of Revelation 18 comes down right here.
Are you with me?
The First Disappointment
Spiritual Gifts, volume 1, page 153:
"Another mighty angel was commissioned to descend to earth. Jesus placed in his hand a writing, and as he came to earth, he cried, Babylon is fallen! is fallen!"—
So, what Angel is this? This is Millerite History.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Second Angel.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, this is the Second Angel. Okay?
—"Then I saw the disappointed ones"—
Why was anyone disappointed in the history of the Second Angel's Message?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (No response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Because of why?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes, that is the right answer.
A Restrained Ass
TARRY PENTECOST
TIME OF CHRIST /
LAZARUS Breathes
GATHERING and SEALING TIME
TARRYING TIME
3/22/1844 10/22/1844
Summer
MILLERITE HISTORY 1844
SAME EVIDENCE re 2520/2300-yrs prophecies
TARRYING TIME
1989 9/11/2001 Sunday Law
HISTORY OF
144,000
SAME EVIDENCE re 2520/2300-yrs prophecies
(1) (2) (3)
Figure No. 181.
Yes, that is the right answer; but, they were disappointed right here, at the Tarrying Time, March 22, 1844.
And now the Second Angel is going to come down in the Summer of 1844; that is what Sister White says.
This is the Spring [March 22, 1844].
And ultimately, the Second Angel is going to meet its climax in the Midnight Cry on October 22, 1844. Right?
Correct? Do you all follow that logic?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: All right. Back to the quote.
—"Jesus placed in his hand a writing, and as he came to earth, he cried, Babylon is fallen! is fallen!. Then I saw the disappointed ones again look cheerful, and raise their eyes to heaven, looking with faith and hope for their Lord's appearing. But many seemed to remain in a stupid state, as if asleep; yet I could see the trace of deep sorrow upon their countenances. The disappointed ones saw from the Bible that they were in the tarrying time,"—
What does that mean, Brothers and Sisters? This is Millerite History. What does that mean? FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: You are not understanding the question.
Pardon me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: There are two classes of worshippers.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: You are not understanding the question, either.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Inaudible response.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: [Shakes head negatively.]
The disappointed ones saw that they were in the Tarrying Time. What does that mean to us? It means that we are going to have to see that we are in the Tarrying Time. We have to know when we are in the Tarrying Time. They knew! We are going to know.
How did they know? From the Bible. Okay?
From the Bible they knew that the Tarrying Time had arrived; therefore, from the Bible we are going to have to know when the Tarrying Time arrives.
Do you get my point?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Maybe it is not an important point. Maybe that is why you could not assent to answer that question.
—"The disappointed ones saw from the Bible that they were in the tarrying time, and that they must patiently wait the fulfillment of the vision. The same evidence which led them to look for their Lord in 1843, led them to expect him in 1844." Spiritual Gifts, volume 1, 153.
So, there are a couple of things that I want to point out here [in Figure No. 181] is that they had to recognize that they were in the Tarrying Time.
And, what do we have to recognize?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: When are in the Tarrying Time.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Yes, that is true. I just taught you that, so you answered correctly.
But, what we have to recognize is that the Latter Rain is falling, and I wanted you to see that connection; because, what I am suggesting is when the Tarrying Time arrives the Latter Rain begins to fall, and we have to recognize both aspects of this, that on 9/11, this is our Tarrying Time.
And, the Tarrying Time marks the beginning of the manifestation of the power of God. It is also marked when the Angel comes down, and then we have to recognize that the sprinkling has begun and that we are in the Tarrying Time.
Now, I am aware that this here [indicating the Summer of 1844 in the Millerite History], how we commonly illustrate this history may throw some of you, but it should not.
It should not; because, in this history of here [in the time of Christ], this history up here where we normally mark the Angel coming down is where?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The baptism.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The baptism over here [indicating to the left of the timeline in the time of Christ]. Okay? That is when the Angel comes down to mark the time of God's visitation, when Christ is anointed; and, you allowed me to show you that the Angel came down here, right after His ascension. You allowed me to use that symbol to define this symbol here at September 11, 2001; and, it is okay. It is okay, if you follow Miller's Rules. Symbols can mean more than one thing in Miller's Rules. Read it.
So, what I am saying here, just like in the history of Christ—I am not denying that on August 11 of 1840 the Angel of Revelation 10 came down, but I am saying that at the Tarrying Time here [March 22, 1844], the quote we just read, in this history [of the Millerites] another Mighty Angel was commissioned to come down to the Earth, and He had a writing in His hand. So, we have an angel coming down in this history, too.
Did you read it? Did you follow me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: But, in this history [of the Millerites], they recognized they were in the Tarrying Time. And this may be the point that means the most to me, maybe above all this, is they understood that the same evidence that had led them to predict 1843, and it did not come here [March 22, 1844], proved 1844. And, we have already dealt with the fact that this message that they had, that the prophecies of the 2520 and the 2300 days actually ends in 1844, is the message that got them cast out of the churches.
And when Sister White quotes Isaiah 66, the verse that says 'your brethren which hated you and cast you out of the churches,' she quotes that verse [Isaiah 66:5] exclusively when she is identifying the disfellowshipping that took place in the Millerite History.
So, what I am saying, the disfellowshipping that will go in this history [of the 144,000] is going to be, because this history here is going to be given the identical message that got them booted out here; and that is, that the 2520 and the 2300 years are valid prophecies that came to a conclusion in 1844, because the Millerite History is going to be repeated to the very letter.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, it is the same evidence.
Is that part of the Old Path Message?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It fits, Brothers and Sisters.
Lazarus
"Lazarus," another line.
The Desire of Ages, pages 528 – 529:
"Had Christ been in the sickroom, Lazarus would not have died; for Satan would have had no power over him. Death could not have aimed his dart at Lazarus in the presence of the Life-giver. Therefore Christ remained away. He suffered the enemy to exercise his power, that He might drive him back, a conquered foe. He permitted Lazarus to pass under the dominion of death; and the suffering sisters saw their brother laid in the grave. Christ knew that as they looked on the dead face of their brother their faith in their Redeemer would be severely tried. But He knew that because of the struggle through which they were now passing their faith would shine forth with far greater power. He suffered every pang of sorrow that they endured."—
Drop down to the bottom of that paragraph—you know, the story—because of time.
They come to say, "Lazarus is sick [John 11:3] . . . Lazarus died [spoken by Jesus, John 11:14]."
What did Jesus do?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: He tarried.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He tarried. Okay. It was purposeful.
The bottom of that first paragraph:
"—He loved them no less because He tarried; but He knew that for them, for Lazarus, for Himself, and for His disciples, a victory was to be gained.
"'For your sakes,' 'to the intent ye may believe.' To all who are reaching out to feel the guiding hand of God, the moment of greatest discouragement is the time when divine help is nearest. They will look back with thankfulness upon the darkest part of their way. 'The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly,' 2 Peter 2:9. From every temptation and every trial He will bring them forth with firmer faith and a richer experience.
"In delaying to come to Lazarus, Christ had a purpose of mercy toward those who had not received Him. He tarried, that by raising Lazarus from the dead He might give to His stubborn, unbelieving people another evidence that He was indeed 'the resurrection, and the life.' He was loath to give up all hope of the people, the poor, wandering sheep of the house of Israel. His heart was breaking because of their impenitence. In His mercy He purposed to give them one more evidence that He was the Restorer, the One who alone could bring life and immortality to light. This was to be an evidence that the priests could not misinterpret. This was the reason of His delay in going to Bethany. This crowning miracle, the raising of Lazarus, was to set the seal of God on His work and on His claim to divinity." The Desire of Ages, 528–529.
So, I am telling you that in the story of Lazarus, we also have a Tarrying Time.
But, in the story of Lazarus, what other line of truth is also there?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: This is the Sealing Time.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: This is the Sealing Time. Right?
General Conference Bulletin, February 4, 1893:
"I lay down my pen and lift up my soul in prayer, that the Lord would breathe upon his backslidden people, which are as dry bones, that they may live." General Conference Bulletin, February 4, 1893.
The Breath comes in here. The breathing is what brings them to life.
Selected Messages, book 1, page 121, Sister White says our greatest and our most urgent need is to seek for a revival.
A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work. There must be earnest effort to obtain the blessing of the Lord, not because God is not willing to bestow His blessing upon us, but because we are unprepared to receive it. Our heavenly Father is more willing to give His Holy Spirit to them that ask Him, than are earthly parents to give good gifts to their children. But it is our work, by confession, humiliation, repentance, and earnest prayer, to fulfill the conditions upon which God has promised to grant us His blessing. A revival need be expected only in answer to prayer. While the people are so destitute of God's Holy Spirit, they cannot appreciate the preaching of the Word; but when the Spirit's power touches their hearts, then the discourses given will not be without effect. . . ." {Selected Messages, book 1, 121.1}
And on page 128 she says a revival represents a renewal of spiritual life.
A revival and a reformation must take place, under the ministration of the Holy Spirit. Revival and reformation are two different things. Revival signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death. Reformation signifies a reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits and practices. Reformation will not bring forth the good fruit of righteousness unless it is connected with the revival of the Spirit. Revival and reformation are to do their appointed work, and in doing this work they must blend.—The Review and Herald, February 25, 1902. {1SM 128.1}
The breathing upon the dry bones represents a revival, a bringing back to life.
The raising of Lazarus represents the revival that takes place at 9/11.
Do you see it?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: It represents the beginning of the Sealing Time of the 144,000, and it begins with the Tarrying Time [September 11, 2001]. 9/11 is our Tarrying Time in the parable of the Ten Virgins.
The next quote: Bible Training School, December 1, 1903:
"The dry bones need to be breathed upon by the Holy Spirit of God, that they may come into action, as by a resurrection from the dead." Bible Training School, December 1, 1903.
Did Lazarus get resurrected right here [pointing to the first waymark in the time of Christ (Figure No. 181)]? This is where the dry bones, this is where Lazarus gets resurrected.
Martha
Youth Instructor, May 4, 1899:
"When the Lord is about to do a work, Satan moves upon someone to object. 'Take ye away the stone.' Christ said. As far as possible, prepare the way for my work. But Martha's positive and ambitious nature asserted itself. Thinking that he wished only to look upon the body of her brother, she said, Lord, the work of corruption had made this impossible. She thought that it would be terrible to reveal the decomposing body to the beholders. Thus she expressed her unbelief."—
Middle of that first paragraph, it says, "Jesus had tarried for four days." Are you there with me?
SISTER FROM THE AUDIENCE: Yes.
BROTHER FROM THE AUDIENCE: Two days.
BROTHER Pippenger: Ah, here it tells us how long He tarried.
—"She did not realize that Jesus had tarried for two days where he was when he received the message, permitting Lazarus to die, that he might manifest the greatness of his power by raising him, thus giving all who should witness the miracle an evidence that could not be excelled.
"Christ reproved Martha for her unbelief, but his words were spoken with the utmost gentleness. 'Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?' Why should you doubt my power? You have my word. If you will believe, you shall see the glory of God. Skepticism and unbelief are not humility. Implicit belief in Christ's word is true humility, true self-surrender." Youth Instructor, May 4, 1899.
Hosea 6:1-6
Go to Hosea 6.
How long did He tarry before He resurrected Lazarus?
[Brief intermittently indiscernible discussion among the audience on the length of time Jesus tarried before He resurrected Lazarus.]
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He was resurrected on the fourth?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible comment.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Lazarus?
[Discussion ceases.]
Verse 1 of Hosea 6:
"1Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. "3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
"4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:1-6 (KJV).
So, we know, if nothing else, that the First Angel's Message in our history is empowered at 9/11, the First Angel's Message being the message of Daniel 11 that arrived at the time of the end in 1989; and, that in this history here, this being The Sunday Law, that this is our third waymark. And after two days (this is the second test in our history), He is going to raise us up.
So, Lazarus is raised up on the fourth day—
FROM THE AUDIENCE: John 11:39.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: —John 11:39—which is not a problem. It is the Fourth Angel's Message, but let us go there.
John 11:39 says,
"39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days." John 11:39 (KJV).
So, he is being lifted up on the fourth day, which would be in this history [of the 144,000], the Tarrying Time (the waiting), the raising up here [The Sunday Law)] in Hosea is the third day. But, Lazarus in our history, representing those that are resurrected by the breath of God, is representing the Fourth Angel's Message; our history.
Youth Instructor, February 21, 1901:
"The afternoon was half spent when Jesus sent his disciples to the village of Bethphage, saying: 'Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.'
"This was the first time during his life of ministry that Christ had consented to ride, and the disciples interpreted this move to be an indication that he was about to assert his kingly power and authority, and take his position on David's throne." The Youth Instructor, February 21, 1901.
What do we have in this history? A restrained ass. They were told to loose a restrained ass.
And where is He going in this history. This is the history of Lazarus, but where is He going?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The Triumphal Entry.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Triumphal Entry.
But, this is also the history of Pentecost. Is this too many lines to have overlaid [referring to Figure No. 181]?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Uh-huh.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Okay. This is the history when He comes back from Heaven and He breathes upon His Disciples just a few drops, which leads to the full outpouring at Pentecost. But, because this is the history of Christ, rather than draw a fourth line, I am also, simultaneously marking this as the history of Lazarus.
Jesus tarries to come to Lazarus, marking a Sealing Time. He is going to raise him up, marking the resurrection here, the revival that takes place in this history. He revives him in the fourth day, saying this is the Fourth's Angel's Message.
But, He is going to take Lazarus, and what is He going to do now? He is going to go into Jerusalem and do the Triumphal Entry.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Indiscernible comment.)
BROTHER PIPPENGER: He is going to lift him up as an ensign, but they are going into Jerusalem and they first unrestrain [let loose] an ass that is restrained.
Of course, in this history here [of the 144,000] we have an ass that is restrained as well; we have a revival taking place, a breathing.
So, are you all with me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Affirmations.)
SISTER FROM THE AUDIENCE: Sister White said that was a short distance, and that His Disciples were puzzled that He would want to ride an ass such a short distance.
Genesis 49:10-11
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Genesis 49, verses 10 and 11. We referred to this yesterday.
"10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come;"—
Who is Shiloh?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Christ.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Is He coming into this history when He is going into the Triumphal Entry? Yes.
—"and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."—
This is a gathering time. So, this is a gathering time and a sealing time.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: That is the purpose of the gathering.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: That is the purpose of the gathering.
Verse 11:
—"11 Binding 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 49:10-11 (KJV).
So, the blood of the vine is going to take place at the cross in the story of Lazarus.
The blood of the cross is lining up with Pentecost.
These are two histories going simultaneously. Right? The story of Lazarus, and the story of the breathing upon the Disciples.
But, in the story of Lazarus, we see a restrained ass; and, in the story of Genesis, which is the initial story of scattering and the gathering, it is a gathering time that is referenced in Genesis 49; and, the blood of the cross is associated with the ass—okay?—with the Triumphal Entry.
We are almost done.
The Desire of Ages, page 572:
"Never before had the world seen such a triumphal procession. It was not like that of the earth's famous conquerors. No train of mourning captives, as trophies of kingly valor, made a feature of that scene. But about the Saviour were the glorious trophies of His labors of love for sinful man. There were the captives whom He had rescued from Satan's power, praising God for their deliverance. The blind whom He had restored to sight were leading the way. The dumb whose tongues He had loosed shouted the loudest hosannas. The cripples whom He had healed bounded with joy, and were the most active in breaking the palm branches and waving them before the Saviour. Widows and orphans were exalting the name of Jesus for His works of mercy to them. The lepers whom He had cleansed spread their untainted garments in His path, and hailed Him as the King of glory. Those whom His voice had awakened from the sleep of death were in that throng. Lazarus, whose body had seen corruption in the grave, but who now rejoiced in the strength of glorious manhood, led the beast on which the Saviour rode." The Desire of Ages, 572.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: So, what is the beast on which the Saviour rode?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: The ass.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: The ass.
So, the ass, the message of the ass (the Message of Islam), which is the breath that brings the revival represented by Lazarus, that message is being carried by Lazarus, who is Seventh-day Adventism who have come to life at 9/11, and they are carrying the Message of Christ's Righteousness in connection with the Message of Islam, as He comes as a King.
I am almost done.
Are you with me?
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
There is this one more component to this history, and we will just take this top paragraph from Spirit of Prophecy, volume 2, page 390.
"Jesus gazes upon the enchanting scene before him, and the vast multitude hush their shouts, spell-bound by this sudden vision of beauty. All eyes turn instinctively upon the Saviour, expecting to see in his countenance the admiration which they themselves feel. But instead of this they behold a cloud of sorrow gathering upon his countenance. They are surprised and disappointed to see the eyes of the Saviour fill with tears, and his body rock to and fro like a tree before the tempest, while a wail of anguish bursts from his quivering lips as if from the depths of a broken heart. What a sight was this for angels to behold! Their loved Commander in an agony of tears! What a sight was this for that glad throng who had accompanied him with shouts of triumph and waving of palm-branches to that summit overlooking the glorious city where they fondly hoped he would reign! Their acclamations were now silenced, while many tears flowed in sympathy with the grief they could not comprehend." Spirit of Prophecy, volume 2, 390.
Why? What is going on now? He is turning loose of the Seventh-day Adventist Church [referencing the History of the 144,000 between 9/11/2001 and The Sunday Law]. It is breaking His heart; but, that is what is happening in this history.
Spirit of Prophecy, volume 4, page 250:
"The midnight cry was not so much carried by argument, though the Scripture proof was clear and conclusive. There went with it an impelling power that moved the soul. There was no doubt, no questioning. Upon the occasion of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the people who were assembled from all parts of the land to keep the feast, flocked to the Mount of Olives, and as they joined the throng that were escorting Jesus, they caught the inspiration of the hour, and helped to swell the shout, 'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord!' [Matthew 21:9.] In like manner did unbelievers who flocked to the Adventist meetings—some from curiosity, some merely to ridicule—feel the convincing power attending the message, 'Behold, the Bridegroom cometh!'" Spirit of Prophecy, volume 4, 250.
What is happening in our history is that at 9/11 the Tarrying Time in the parable of the Ten Virgins has arrived, thus telling us that God is about the manifest His power. At that point He is going to breathe upon us the breath of Islam, the Message of Islam that is going to bring us back to life, as Lazarus was brought back to life.
We are going to begin to proclaim the Message of the Old Paths, with a special emphasis upon the fact that the 2520 and the 2300 are valid prophecies that ended in 1844, just as the Millerites did, and it is this message that is going to get us cast out of the churches by the brethren who hate us, and we are going to become the Outcasts of Israel during this history.
But, this history is a sealing time. Those people that are sighing and crying for this that is going on are the ones that are going to receive the Seal of God, and they are going to be gathered together because they are going to be gathered together because right over here [at The Sunday Law] they are going to be lifted up on the third day as an ensign in fulfillment of Hosea.
And, the weeping of Jerusalem, just partially, represents the weeping that would be going on right now in Heaven by Christ, because He is bringing it all to the end now.
I guess in some sense, if it is okay to be a little bit metaphorical, all the raindrops of the Latter Rain are mixed with His tears.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Amen.
BROTHER PIPPENGER: Shall we pray?
Benediction: Father in Heaven, we want to be awakened as was Lazarus that we might humbly take hold of that rope and lead that message of Islam and your Righteousness, and your blood, and your sacrifice into Jerusalem. We ask that you would allow us to partake in this experience, fully knowing that if we are going to do so we have to come to the foot of the cross and allow you to take the Daily away from us. We ask that you would allow that to happen in each of our lives, and we thank you for being with us so far through this week of presentations and ask for your continued blessing as we continue on. In Jesus's name, amen.