Shall we pray? Heavenly Father, as we begin the second part of this presentation, we once again ask for your presence through your Holy Spirit and your angels. We ask that you would let these parables and these lines come together in our minds, that we can consider them and test them afterwards and see if what we're hearing is correct. We thank you for opening these thoughts up to us and we ask you to continue to bless us now in Jesus' name, Amen. What we're saying here in this presentation is that the history of the Millerites from 1798 to 1844 has been illustrated in the history of Belshazzar. We spent some time in our last presentation identifying that the first angel's message arrived in 1798 and that the first angel's message was the everlasting gospel and the everlasting gospel produces two classes of worshippers, the seed of Satan and the seed of Christ. And that the everlasting gospel throughout the Bible, but also as represented in the first angel's message, is this three-stepped work of conviction of sin. If you receive the message of conviction of sin, then you manifest righteousness and with that manifestation of righteousness you end up in the judgment. That's what took place in the Millerite history. The first angel's message arrived in 1798. That warning message of conviction of sin was rejected in June of 1842. The rejection began, we read a quote where, speaking of the fall of Babylon, Sister White plainly says, it's progressive. In June of 1842, the progressive rejection of that message began when the Protestants closed their doors. And then in the summer of 1844, we know that the second angel's message was proclaimed, Babylon is fallen. This proclamation in the second angel gives us every prophetic right to consider the fall of Babylon in the story of Belshazzar. It's this second angel's message that is one of the strongest prophetic connections with the story of Belshazzar's Babylon, because the story of Belshazzar's Babylon is probably the most significant representation of the fall of Babylon in the Bible. But in any case, with the divine pronouncement that the warning message had been rejected in the summer of 1842, it went right into the judgment when Christ moved into the most holy place. And we showed that in the story of Nebuchadnezzar, his entire story in Daniel chapter 4, is the everlasting gospel. And he represents those people that reject the warning message and that accept the warning message. There's the everlasting gospel, the two classes that are developed. There's a three-step process in the story of Nebuchadnezzar. He's given a warning message, he receives it, then he manifests righteousness, he's prepared for the judgment, or he rejects the warning message as the other character, and the pronouncement comes down, thy kingdom's taken from you, and then his punishment, his judgment is delivered. So we see the three-step process in this history. But this message, this history of Nebuchadnezzar, is a symbol of the first angel's message. Every characteristic of the everlasting gospel that's identified in Revelation 14, 6, and 7, is identified in the story of Nebuchadnezzar. And one of the things that we were nailing down is that Nebuchadnezzar's life, his testimony that becomes the first angel's message, it isn't complete until the end of the 2520. He was seven times living like a beast. So once the 2520 is concluded, Nebuchadnezzar's testimony as the first angel's message is concluded. Therefore the first angel's message came into history in 1798 at the end of the 2520 time prophecy against the northern kingdom of Israel, and the first angel's message as symbolically by Nebuchadnezzar, it came into the history of Belshazzar at the end of Nebuchadnezzar's 2520. So both of these histories start when the 2520 ends. Then you have the warning, then you have the pronouncement that the warning is rejected. Here it's Babylon has fallen. Here it's many, many tekel yapharsin, which I'm assuming for this audience that you've looked at other materials on the 2520 that you're familiar that many, many tekel yapharsin adds up to 2520. On the very night that the pronouncement comes, judgment is delivered to Belshazzar, and at the very history when the pronouncement comes in the summer of 1844, then we have the 2520 that comes to a conclusion against the southern kingdom. Parallel histories. So now on page 11, we're going to take this a little bit further. It says, in the history of Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, God speaks to the people of today. The condemnation that will fall upon the inhabitants of the earth in this day will be because of their rejection of light. Our condemnation and the judgment will not result from the fact that we've lived in error, but from the fact that we've neglected heaven-sent opportunities for discovering truth. It sounds like a Seventh-day Adventist if we determine that we've reached the point to where we understand the doctrines of Adventism, and we've reached the level we're supposed to, and we quit discovering truth, or are seeking for hidden treasures, that we're in a bad position. Our condemnation and the judgment will not result from the fact that we've lived in error, but from the fact that we've neglected heaven-sent opportunities for discovering truth. The means of becoming conversant with the truth are within the reach of all, but like the indulgent selfish king, we give more attention to things that charm the ear, and please the eye, and gratify the palate, than to things that enrich the mind, the divine treasures of truth. And we've read a couple of quotes already that we're supposed to be seeking for the hidden treasures of God's Word. It is through the truth that we may answer the great question, what must I do to be saved? So Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, according to inspiration, speaks to us today. And one of the things that it's speaking to us is about our need of continuously searching for truth. I'm going to switch gears now, or not switch gears, but we're going to leave that thought of Belshazzar and Nebuchadnezzar for a moment and just go to the principle that history repeats. Now, all these things happen unto them for examples, and they're written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him think he standeth, take heed lest he fall. There's a warning here, to take heed lest you fall, and it comes immediately after the principle that the histories of the Bible are used to illustrate the end of the world. Not very many biblical principles have a special warning that, here's one biblical principle, you need to take heed of this one lest you fall. And what Paul is saying here, pay close attention to the truth that the histories in the Bible are an illustration of the end of the world. If you're not in the process of promoting the prophetic message at this time of the history of Adventism, you may not be aware of how many different ways there are out in Adventism today that try to attack the principle that the histories of the Bible repeat. There are prominent voices, prominent schools, that this is something they openly teach, that histories do not repeat. So we're going to deal with that for a little bit. Revelation 123 says this, the Bible contains all the principles that men need to understand in order to be fitted either for this life or for the life to come, and these principles may be understood by all. No one with the spirit to appreciate its teachings can read a single passage from the Bible without gaining from it some helpful thought. But the most valuable teaching of the Bible is not gained by occasional or disconnected study. Its great system of truth is not so presented as to be discerned by the hasty or careless reader. To understand the great system of truth, it's going to require effort. Sometimes there's an argument against prophecy. People will sit down to a prophetic presentation and they'll say, I've learned that the way I can tell what truth is, is if it's simple, it's true, and if it's not simple, that's a warning flag that it's probably not true. This isn't so. This is a counterfeit thought that's been placed in Adventism by the devil. When it comes to prophetic study, we're supposed to dig and stretch our minds, search the scriptures. It's a work that has to be accomplished. Its great system of truth is not so presented as to be discerned by the hasty or careless reader. A hasty or careless reader is someone that just quickly reads through something and expects that to be the truth. Many of its treasures lie far beneath the surface and can be obtained only by diligent research and continuous effort. The truths that go to make up the great whole must be searched out and gathered up, here a little and there a little. When thus searched out and brought together, they will be found to be perfectly fitted to one another. Now you may not understand everything about this here the first time through, but brothers and sisters, it can be demonstrated that the beginning of the story of Belshazzar is at the conclusion of a 2520, and the beginning of the Millerite history is at the conclusion of a 2520, and the end of the Millerite history you see a 2520, and at the end of the story of Belshazzar you see a 2520 illustrated, and the characteristics of this testing time of the first and second angel's message is the same characteristics of the story of Belshazzar as represented by Nebuchadnezzar. That's easy to see. It may take a little bit of study until you're confident enough to teach it yourself or that you understand all the implications, but it's there, and it's a system of truth. You can see this whole thing is built upon the three-step work of the Holy Spirit, conviction of sin, manifestation of righteousness that leads to judgment. It's built upon the same system over and over again. When thus searched out and brought together, they will be found to be perfectly fitted to one another. Each gospel is a supplement to the others, every prophecy an explanation of another, every truth a development of some other truth. The types of the Jewish economy are made plain by the gospel. Every principle in the Word of God has its place, every fact its bearing, every fact its bearing. The fact is, correctly understood, the story of Belshazzar begins with a 2520 and ends with a 2520. Every fact has its bearing. In the beginning of the Millerite history there's a 2520, and at the end of the Millerite history there's a 2520. Now I may be putting the wrong slant upon those facts, but those facts are there, and it requires our effort to understand what they mean, because they mean something. Every fact has its bearing. The Great Controversy 349, let me read that back up. Every principle in the Word of God has its place, every fact its bearing, and the complete structure in design and execution bears testimony to its author. Like our brother said here in the last presentation, there's no way this could be an accident. This is bearing testimony to the divine author, even if we don't grasp all the details the first time through. This is the signature of the Lord. Such a structure, no mind but that of the infinite, could conceive or fashion. Now the Great Controversy 349. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples on the way to Emmaus, and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them and all the scriptures the things concerning himself. The hearts of his disciples were stirred, faith was kindled, they were begotten again into a lively hope even before Jesus revealed himself to them. Even before they knew who Jesus was, who they recognized him, the prophetic word was removing the sorrow and disappointment of the cross. That's what the prophetic word does. It was his purpose to enlighten their understanding and to fasten their faith upon the 28 doctrines of Adventism. Is that what it says? So it was his purpose to enlighten their understanding and to fasten their faith upon the sure word of prophecy. The last presentation, we read a few passages, three verses in a row from the Bible, and what did it say about God? He never changes. He never changes. If it was his work to fasten their faith upon the sure word of prophecy, what's Christ's work for you and I today? To fasten our faith upon the sure word of prophecy. He wished the truth to take firm root in their minds, not merely because it is supported by his personal testimony, but because of the unquestionable evidence presented by the symbols and shadows of the typical law and by the prophecies of the Old Testament. It was needful for the followers of Christ to have an intelligent faith, not only in their own behalf, but that they might carry the knowledge of Christ to the world. And as the first step in imparting this knowledge, is there going to be an increase of knowledge that prepares God's people to stand in the latter days? That's what Sister White says. What's the first step in imparting this knowledge? And as the very first step in imparting this knowledge, Jesus directed the disciples to Moses and all the prophets. Such was the testimony given by the risen Saviour to the value and importance of Old Testament scriptures. Great Controversy 521, whenever the study of the scriptures is entered upon without a prayerful, humble, teachable spirit, the plainest and simplest as well as the most difficult passages will be wrested from their true meaning. The papal leaders select such a portion of scriptures as best serve their purpose, interpret to suit themselves, and then present these to the people while they deny them the privilege of studying the Bible and understanding its sacred truths for themselves. The whole Bible should be given to the people just as it reads. It would be better for them not to have Bible instruction at all than to have the teaching of the scriptures, thus grossly misrepresented. The Bible was designed to be a guide to all who wish to become acquainted with the will of their Maker. God gave to men the sure word of prophecy. Angels and even Christ Himself came to make known to Daniel and John the things that must shortly come to pass. The most important matters that concern our salvation were not left involved in a mystery. They were not revealed in such a way as to perplex and mislead the honest seeker after truth. Said the Lord by the prophet Habakkuk, Write the vision and make it plain, that he may run that readeth it. The word of God is plain to all who study it with prayerful heart. Every truly honest soul will come to the light of truth. Light is sown for the righteous, and no church can advance in holiness unless its members are earnestly seeking for truth as for hidden treasure. And no individual Christian can advance in holiness unless they are individually seeking for truth as for hidden treasure. But you notice that Sister White is quoting from Habakkuk, and whether you're familiar with this or not, from Habakkuk 2, the Millerites were led to produce the 1843 pioneer chart which Sister White said was directed by the hand of the Lord and should not be altered. It was from Habakkuk 2, when they were told to write the vision and make it plain, that they produced this chart here, and they understood it to be a way mark, and Sister White identifies it as such in the great controversy. James White goes so far as to say, if you do not believe that this is a way mark of Millerite history, you have left the original faith. This is a way mark as much as the mighty angel descending in 1844, as much as the time of the end in 1798. The arrival of the 1843 chart in May of 1842, that's when it was printed, it's called the 1843 chart because it's predicting the end of the world in 1843, but it was printed in May of 1842. The arrival of this chart is a way mark in this history. If you reject that as a way mark, you have left the original faith, and Sister White has put that into the record more than once. And I'm just adding that in here as we move forward. Second message is book three, page 338. We're going to begin dealing with the fact that the foundational truths of Adventism as represented on these charts are under attack or rejected or ignored or not understood here at the end of the world, when they are to be understood and be defended at the end of the world. And it may not be easily apparent, but it's clearly defendable what I'm going to say here. If you reject these truths, you reject the spirit of prophecy. There's no way around it. You can't separate the true. We'll try to show you at least some of that. And here's one place where this battle in Adventism takes place, is about, do we believe that history is going to be repeated at the end of the world? Whether we believe that or we don't believe it, if you don't believe history is going to be repeated at the end of the world, then you're going to have a hard time accepting Ellen White as a prophet, because if you run the word history and repeat in the Ellen White CD-ROM, and if you know how to work the search engine in the Ellen White CD-ROM, you know that you can put history in and put an asterisk by it, and it will bring up everywhere the word history is, or histories, or historic, or any variation of history. If you put the word repeat in it with an asterisk, it will bring repeat, repeats, repeated, repeatedly, anywhere she used those words. So just to check it, I put the word history repeats with the asterisks in it, and there's 239 times in the writing of Ellen White where she says history repeats. Some of those are duplications, the same statement in several books. But there's other ways that she says history repeats in her writings without using those two words. There's at least over a hundred times where Ellen White plainly says history is going to be repeated at the end of the world. So if I don't believe that history is repeated, if I don't believe biblical history is repeated at the end of the world, whether I want to admit it or not, I'm saying that the writings of Ellen White are wrong on that subject. Can a prophet be wrong? Selected Messages, Book 3, page 338. Never are we absent from the mind of God. God is our joy and our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is enforced for us. All these things happened unto them for ensamples, and they're written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come. Now there is a teaching on 1 Corinthians 10-11 here that says these ensamples, these types, are to teach us moral lessons that we need to understand and that we need to incorporate into our Christian experience at the end of the world. I agree with that. We need to learn the moral lessons from the Bible and bring them into our experience to stand at the end of the world. But that isn't how Sister White is applying this passage here. She's saying each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, and their prophesying is enforced. And what is prophecy? Prophecy is a prediction about a history that's going to be fulfilled in the future. Their prophesying is enforced for us. This isn't about moral lessons. This is about history. So when she quotes 1 Corinthians 10-11 immediately thereafter, she's saying 1 Corinthians 10-11 is identifying the repetition of prophetic history at the end of the world and the history of the 144,000 in the time period of Laodicea. So I brought just a few quotes where Sister White says history is repeating, and I brought some of them where she's talking about false teachers. 1 Corinthians 10-11. History is repeating. With the open Bible before them and professing to reverence its teaching, many of the religious leaders of our time are destroying faith in it as the Word of God. They busy themselves with dissecting the Word and set their own opinions above its plainest statements. In their hands, God's Word loses its regenerating power. This is why infidelity runs riot and iniquity rife. In the days of the Apostle, the most foolish heresies, and brothers and sisters, when it comes to prophetic study, if you don't think that history repeats at the end of the world, that is the most foolish heresy out there. If you don't believe history repeats, you have no ability to apply prophecy at the end of the world. In the days of the Apostles, the most foolish heresies were presented as truth. History has been and will be repeated. There will always be those who, though apparently conscientious, will grasp at the shadow, preferring the substance. So not only are these foolish teachers foolish teachers, they appear to be very conscientious. Select Messages Book 2, page 109 says, In history and prophecy, the Word of God portrays the long-continued conflict between truth and error. That conflict is yet in progress. Those things which have been will be repeated. And this is Sister White paraphrasing Solomon. And who was Solomon? He's the wisest man. Notice Ecclesiastics 1, on the next page, verse 9 and 10. The things that hath been is that which shall be, and that which is done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath already of old time, which was before us. Solomon believed that history repeats. In chapter 3, verses 14 and 15, Solomon says this, I know that whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever. Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it. And God doeth it that men should fear before him. That which has been is now, and that which is to be hath already been. And God requireth that which is past. You know what that last phrase means? That we're required to understand that history, because that history is going to be repeated. Sister White dwells on this a lot. I don't have a bunch of quotes in here about it, but she has several quotes. She says, We are to know the great and solemn events that are about, as we stand on the threshold of their fulfillment. We are to know these great and solemn events. And these great and solemn events are the ones that were already accomplished in biblical history. We're required to understand the history of the past, because history is repeated at the end of the world. Testimonies to Ministers, page 31, In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what God has wrought, I am filled with astonishment and with confidence in Christ as leader. We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us and his teaching in our past history. Now, brothers and sisters, there's two things, she says, that we have a danger of forgetting there. How the Lord has led us. How the Lord led us in our past history was that at the time of the end, in 1798, he opened up the book of Daniel. And that increase of knowledge produced a warning message that was empowered. Then the message was rejected. And then there was a disappointment, a mistake. But that disappointment, that was part of our past history. The Lord was in that disappointment. He designed that. And then he brought about the Midnight Cry. And we entered by faith into the most holy place. That's how the Lord led us. That's our past history. We have nothing to fear for the future, except we forget that past history. And what else? The teachings in our past history. The teachings that are represented on this chart, these are the teachings of our past history. We're supposed to remember the foundational truths and the foundational history. Because they're all repeated at the end of time. Selected Messages, book 3, page 339. The Bible has accumulated and bound up its treasures, together its treasures. And how are we supposed to search? The Bible? As if we're searching for what? Hidden treasures. The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. Some of the great and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been and are repeating themselves in the Church in these last days. Is that what it says? All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been and are repeating themselves in the Church in these last days. There is Moses still speaking, teaching self-renunciation by wishing himself blotted from the Book of Life for his fellow men that they might be saved. David is leading the intercession of the Church for the salvation of souls to the end of the earth. The prophets are still testifying of the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow. There, the whole accumulated truths are presented in force to us that we may profit by their teachings. We are under the influence of the whole. What manner of person sought we to be to whom all this rich light of inheritance has been given? Concentrating all the influence of the past with the new and increased light of the present, a crude power is given to all who will follow the light. Their faith will increase and be brought into exercise at the present time, awakening an energy and intensely increased earnestness and through dependence upon God for his power to replenish the world and send the light of the Son of Righteousness to the end of the earth. That being said, the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy teach that history is repeated. One of the histories that I want to look at now is the history of the Millerites. This history, and notice this is from Great Controversy, the parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 also illustrates the experience of the Adventist people. Were the Millerites the Adventist people? No and yes. This is the beginning of Adventism, but no, not really. We weren't called Seventh-day Adventists until long after the Millerite history. They were called Adventists back then, but in its terminology she's talking about us today. The parable of the ten virgins illustrates the experience of the Adventist people. So she's talking about, I believe here, she's applying it to us here at the end of the world. In Matthew 24 in answer to the question of his disciples concerning the sign of his coming and the end of the world, Christ had pointed out some of the most important events in the history of the world and the church from his first to second Advent, namely the destruction of Jerusalem, the great tribulation of the church under the pagan and papal persecutions, the darkening of the sun and the moon, and the falling of the stars. After this he spoke of his coming in his kingdom and related the parable describing the two classes of servants who looked for his superior. Chapter 25 opens with the words, then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to the ten virgins. Here is brought to view the church living in the last days. What church is this? This is us now. There's no question mark here. This isn't Millerites. This is the church living in the last days, as illustrated by the parable of the ten virgins. The same that is pointed out in the close of chapter 24, in this parable their experience is illustrated by the incidents of an Eastern marriage. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to the ten virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom, and five of them were wise and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps, while the bridegroom tarried. They all slumbered and slept, and at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh, go you out to meet him. Notice what she says here. The coming of Christ is announced by the first angel's message. What history is this? This is the Millerites. She's been talking about the fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins among us here at the end of the world. Now she's going to talk about the fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins in the Millerite history, because she understands that the Millerite history is repeated at the end of the world when the parable of the ten virgins is fulfilled again. The coming of Christ is announced by the first angel and was understood to be represented by the coming of the bridegroom. The widespread reformation under the proclamation of his soon coming answered to the going forth of the virgins. In this parable, as in that of Matthew 24, two classes are represented. Nebuchadnezzar who rejects the message and Nebuchadnezzar who accepts the message. Two classes are represented, the seed of Satan, the seed of Christ. It's the everlasting gospel. All had taken their lamps, the Bible, and by its light had gone forth to meet the bridegroom. But while they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps. The latter class had received the grace of God, the regenerating, enlightening power of the Holy Spirit which renders his word a lamp to the feet and a light to the path. In the fear of God they had studied the scripture to learn the truth and had earnestly sought for purity of heart and life. These had a personal experience of faith in God and in his word which could not be overthrown by disappointment and delay. Others took their lamps and took no oil with them. They had moved from impulse. Their fear had been excited by the solemn message but they had depended upon the faith of their brethren. This is one of the classic statements of the foolish virgin, now this next statement. Satisfied with the flickering light of good emotions. Foolish virgins can hear this warning message and they can see it's true and they can get all convicted of it and they can get fearful of it and they can get emotional about it and they think that that emotion is the whole purpose of the message and they're satisfied with that emotional response. Satisfied with the flickering light of good emotions without a thorough understanding of the truth or a genuine work of grace in their heart. These had gone forth to meet their Lord full of hope and the prospect of immediate reward but they were not prepared for delay or disappointment. When trials came their faith felled and their lights burned dim. Sister White here in great controversy says the parable of ten virgins applied to the Millerites and it applies to us at the end of the world then in Review and Herald, August 19th, 1890, she says this. When the third angel's message is preached as it should be, power attends its proclamation and it becomes an abiding influence. What are you guys doing back there? It must be attended with divine power or it will accomplish nothing. I'm often referred to the parable of the ten virgins, five of whom were wise and five foolish. This parable has been and will be fulfilled to the very letter for it has special application to this time and like the third angel's message has been fulfilled and will continue to be present true to the close of time. In the parable the ten virgins had lamps but only five of them had saving oil with which to keep their lamps burning. This represents the condition of the church. The wise and foolish have their Bibles and are provided with all the means of grace but many do not appreciate the fact that they must have the heavenly unction. They do not heed the invitation, come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest unto your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Jesus desires to efface the image of the earthly from the minds of his followers and to impress upon them the image of the heavenly that they might become one with himself reflecting his character and showing forth the praises of him who called them out of darkness into his marvelous light. He does this through the everlasting gospel. If you have been permitted to stand in the presence of the Son of Righteousness it is not that you may absorb and conceal the bright beams of Christ's righteousness but that you may become a light to others. The enemy has men in our ranks through whom he works that the light of which God has permitted to shine upon the heart and illuminate the chambers of the mind may be darkened. There are persons who have received precious light of the righteousness of Christ but they do not act upon it, they are foolish virgins. They prefer the sophistry of the enemy rather than the plain, thus saith the Lord. When the blessing of God rested upon them in order that they might become channels of light they did not go forward from light to greater light. They permitted doubt and unbelief to come in so that the truth which they had seen became an uncertainty to them. So what I'm saying here is that history repeats and that one of the history that's identified as repeating at the end of the world is the history of the Millerites. The history of the Millerites is the history of 1798 to 1844. This is the history of the proclamation of the first and the second angel's messages. Amen, if you understand that. So what I'm also saying is that if the story of Belshazzar parallels the story of the Millerites then what else does the story of Belshazzar also parallel? The history of the 144,000, right? Because this is where the parable of the ten virgins was fulfilled in the Millerite history and the parable of the ten virgins is going to be repeated again to the very letter. So the history of Belshazzar is also going to typify the history of the 144,000, right? Do you understand the logic even if you don't understand where we're going? Okay, let's add a couple more arguments upon the testimony of two or three things established. The New and Herald, October 31st, 1899 says the first, second, and third angel's messages are to be repeated. When did the first, second, and third angel's message come into history? Here. This is the arrival of the first angel's message, is it not? The second angel's message is down here, correct? The third angel's message is here. Sister White says that these three messages are to be repeated. Amen? Okay, the first, second, and third angel's message are to be repeated. Many who went forth to meet the bridegroom under the messages of the first and second angel refused the third, the last, testing message to be given to the world and a similar position will be taken when the last call is made. Every specification of this parable should be carefully studied. We are represented either by the wise and the foolish virgins. Now here's what I want you to see if you will. If you approach the Millerite history, if you look at it from the point of view that this is where the first, second, and third angel's message came into history, Sister White says the first, second, and third angel's message is going to be repeated, right? But in this history the parable of the ten virgins was fulfilled and the parable of the ten virgins is what? It's going to be repeated. But in this quote, when she says the first, second, and third angel's message is going to be repeated, she connects it with the parable of the ten virgins, right? We're locking this down. We're giving arguments if you accept the spirit of prophecy. We're giving arguments that are just irrefutable if you accept the spirit of prophecy. Notice the next quote. Many who heard the first and second angel's messages thought they would live to see Christ coming in the clouds of heaven. Had all who claimed to believe the truth acted their parts of wise virgins, the messages were this have been proclaimed to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. But five were wise and five were foolish. The truth should have been proclaimed by the ten virgins, but only five had made provision essential to join that company who walked in the light that had not come to them. The third angel's message was needed. The proclamation was to be made. Many who went forth to meet the bridegroom under the first and second angel's message refused the third angel's message, the last testing message to be given to the world. Now she's going to give us another thought. A similar work will be accomplished when that other angel, represented in Revelation 18, gives his message. The first, second, and third angels' messages will need to be repeated. The call will be given to the church. So Sister White now is teaching that this history, when it's illustrated as the first, second, and third angels' message, it's going to be repeated. But this history is where the parable of the ten virgins was fulfilled, and that's going to be repeated. And now she's saying that when this history is repeated, it will be repeated in Revelation 18. Revelation 18 is where this is repeated. She says, a similar work will be accomplished when that other angel, represented in Revelation 18, gives his message. The first, second, and third angels' message will need to be repeated. So if you're going to draw a line and illustrate the repetition of this history, the chapter in the Bible that you will use as your point of reference is Revelation 18. Follow me? You follow me? Okay, we're going to switch gears now, because you all said you follow me. We're going to talk about these truths here, which are the foundation of Adventism. We're going to talk about the fact that in the Bible, in the spirit of prophecy, it is clearly revealed that at the end of the world, God's people are going to have to return to the foundations of Adventism, that somehow, someway, the foundational truths, the foundation, the platform, it's going to become obscured in Adventism, in the history of Adventism. And at the end of time, when the Lord raises up the 144,000, there will be a return to the foundations. We're going to start with the Bible, at the bottom of page 15, Jeremiah 6.16. Let me put this on it. Let's say this is Revelation 18, okay? Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths. In the last presentation, I told you we were going to talk a little bit about paths and ways. Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way? And walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk therein. Also I set watchmen over you, saying, hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, we will not hearken. Now, one of the things I want you to see here, is there's a work Jeremiah is speaking about, a call to come back to the old paths, and walk in the old paths. And whenever that call happens, there's a group in Adventism that says, we won't walk in those old paths. And at the same time, the Lord says that he raised up watchmen, and what did the watchmen say? The watchmen said, hearken to the sound of the seals. Hearken to the sound of the seven churches. He said, hearken to the sound of the trumpets. And what empowered the Millerite message in 1840, and brought the angel down, was a message from the sixth trumpet, right here. This message, this time prophecy. And what we're saying here, is when this history repeats, the prophetic message that brings the angel of Revelation 18 down, that perils the coming down of this angel, will once again be a message from the trumpets of Revelation, but that message will not be received. That message will not be hearkened to by a group in Adventism. Some will, but the majority won't. In connection, in connection with that message, there will be a call to go to the old paths. And brothers and sisters, you can only identify the fulfillment of September 11th, 2001, as the fulfillment of the seventh trumpet, if you retain the truths that are on this chart. If you don't understand that the pioneers understood that the first woe was Islam, and the second woe was Islam, if you don't believe that anymore, and many in Adventism don't, then you can't understand, you can't teach, that the third woe began on 9-11-2001. But it's real simple. If the first woe is Islam, and the second woe is Islam, what do you suppose the third woe is? Islam. Islam. That's not the proof text for it, but I'm just saying, it's simple. But if you reject the pioneer understanding of the trumpets, if you don't believe they were right about the fifth and the sixth trumpet being the first and second woe being Islam, then there's no way that you can put Islam in this prophetic history. But in any case, we're not studying this at this time, when they return to the old path, they're also going to give a message that's represented by the trumpets. And the same people that won't walk in the old path will refuse to walk in the message of the trumpets. Jeremiah also says, in chapter 18, verse 15, 15. 15. Because my people have forgotten me, they've burned incense to vanity, and they've caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk and pass in a way not cast up, to make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing, everyone that passeth by shall be astonished and wag his head. 16. I will scatter them as the east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back and not the face in the day of their calamity. Jeremiah here is saying that somewhere along the line, if we understand that these are the old paths, and this is where we're going, we're going to try to show you that these two charts represent the foundational truths of Adventism. Jeremiah is saying that sometime between the beginning of Adventism and the end of the world, that someone has caused God's people to leave these foundational truths. In response to that, what did the Lord say that he would do? He would scatter them. In our history, the Millerite history, had a scattering, the 2520s. These two 2520s that reach their conclusion here and here, they were scattering times that were brought to a conclusion in the gathering of 1844. Did you follow me on that? I don't think so. I think the telephone distracted you. You need to follow this one. The 2520 time prophecy against the northern kingdom when Israel, the ten tribes of the northern tribe, were scattered to the kingdoms of the world because they broke the covenant, and the 2520 time prophecy against the southern kingdom of Judah, when they were scattered to the kingdoms of the world, were both coming to a conclusion in the Millerite history. The first came to a conclusion in 1798, the second in 1844. Therefore, in this history of the first and second angels' message, which is the history of the parable of the ten virgins, which has been illustrated by the history of Belshazzar, which is to be repeated at the end of the world in the line of prophecy in Revelation 18, this history, one of the things that's in this history, is that there is a scattering coming to an end. This scattering is concluding here, this one here. In this history, there is a gathering taking place. It's illustrating a gathering. The Lord gathered modern Israel together on October 22nd, 1844. So if this history is going to be repeated in the history of the 144,000, there will have to be a scattering that comes upon those people that are represented as the 144,000. The scattering will have to come in that is removed when the Lord raises up and gathers the 144,000. We haven't time for that. But those of you that have looked closely at William Miller's dream know that William Miller, before he finally weeps and the dirt brush man comes in and sweeps the rubbish out the window, how many times does he use the word scatter to describe the covering up of the foundational truths? How many times in William Miller's dream? Seven times. So there's a scattering in Adventism that according to Jeremiah is the punishment for God's people being led away from the ancient paths. If these are the ancient paths, and William Miller's dream is describing the covering up of these ancient paths, then that's the scattering that is going to get dispelled when the history of the Millerites is repeated in the history of the 144,000. Isaiah speaks about this situation too, about these paths, Isaiah 42. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, and he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war. When is the Lord jealous? In Bible prophecy, the Lord is jealous for Jerusalem. When they're in captivity in Babylon, he's jealous for them. When he brings them out to re-establish them and they rebuild Jerusalem, Zechariah tells us that it was because he was jealous for Jerusalem. That jealousy that brought about the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the time period of the three decrees is prefiguring the jealousy of the Lord when he rebuilt spiritual Jerusalem on October 22, 1844. The Lord's jealousy is pointing forward to a time period when he gathers a special people together, and at the end of the world, he does it again. All the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, and here Isaiah is talking about the jealousy at the end of the world, and he says, he shall cry, yea, roar, he shall prevail against his enemies. I have a long time holding my peace. I have been still and refrained myself. Now I will cry like a travailing woman. I will destroy and devour at once. I will make waste mountains and hills and dry up all the herbs. I will make the rivers islands and will dry up the pools, and I will bring the blind. Who's the blind at the end of the world? Who is the blind at the end of the world? We are. Aren't we Laodiceans? We're poor, naked, blind, and miserable. Here's the promise for Laodicea, it says, I will bring the blind by a way, by a way that they knew not. I will lead them in paths that they have not known. Why don't they know these paths? Because they've been scattered, they've been covered up, the ancient paths. I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things will I do and not forsake them. The Lord has a promise that at the end of the world, in Laodicea, he's going to lead the Laodicean back to the ancient paths that have been covered up, all right? Isaiah also says in chapter 3, say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked, it shall be ill with them, for the reward of his hands shall be given him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the what? The way of thy paths. And what are thy paths? Ask for the old path, where is the good way, and walk therein. Isaiah 30, now go write it, now notice this, this is being specific, all right? Now go write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for what? For the time to come. Isaiah write this, for the end of the world, that's the time to come. For ever and ever, that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord, which say to the seers, see not into the prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceit. First point, they don't want to hear true prophecy. Second point, get you out of the way and turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. So they don't want to hear prophecy, and they don't want us walking in the old paths. Isaiah 58, 12 is a powerful promise though, it says, and they that shall be of thee shall build up the old waste places, thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations and shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in. What are the paths to dwell in? For the old paths, and walk therein. Testimonies, Volume 1, page 58, Sister White's first vision. It was not, and that means something, there's a rule of first mention in the Bible, and it applies in the writings of Sister White too. This is her first vision. It was not long after the passing of time in 1844 that my first vision was given me. I was visiting a dear sister in Christ, whose heart was knit with mine. Five of us, all women, were kneeling quietly at the family altar. While we were praying, the power of God came upon me as I'd never felt it before. I seemed to be surrounded with light and to be rising higher and higher from the earth. I turned to look for the advent people in the world, but could not find them when a voice said to me, look again and look a little higher. At this I raised my eyes and I saw a straight and narrow path. Do the prophets all agree with one another? So she's seen a straight and narrow path, is that the same path that Jeremiah is saying that we're supposed to ask for? Same path. At this I raised my eyes and saw a straight and narrow path cast up high above the world. On this path, the advent people were traveling toward the city. Behind them, at the beginning of the path, was a bright light which the angel told me was the Midnight Cry. The Midnight Cry is the symbol of this history when the righteousness of God was manifested. This whole history is represented in the Midnight Cry. That's the light that's set up at the beginning of Adventism. The truths that produce that light are the truths that are represented on this chart. This light shone all along the path until the year 2000. No, it shines all along the path, all the way. The light from this history never quits shining, that their feet might not stumble. Jesus himself went just before his people to lead them forward, and as long as they kept their eyes fixed on him, 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, from which came a light that waved over the advent band, and they shouted, Alleluia. Others rashly denied the light behind them. What are they denying? The history of the Millerites, the Midnight Cry. Others rashly denied the light behind them and said it was not of God that 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 of Jesus, and fell off the path down into the dark and wicked world below. Testimonies, Volume 8. The enemy is seeking to divert the minds of our brethren and sisters from the work of preparing a people to stand in these last days. His sophistries are designed to lead minds away from the perils and duties of the hour that they estimate as of little value the light that Christ came from heaven to give to John for his people. They teach that the scenes just before us are not of sufficient importance to receive special attention. They make no of effect the truth of heavenly origin, and they rob the people of their past experience, giving them instead a false science. Thus saith the Lord, standing in the ways unseen, ask where the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein. The past experience of God's people is the old paths. Let none seek to tear away the foundation of our faith, the foundations that were laid in the middle of our work, at the beginning of our work. By prayerful study of the word and by revelation upon these foundations we have been building for more than fifty years. Men may suppose that they have found a new way, that they can lay a stronger foundation than that which has been laid, but this is great deception. Other foundations can no man lay than is laid. In the past many have undertaken to build a new faith, to establish new principles, but how long did their building stand? It soon fell, for it was not founded upon the rock. Did not the disciples have to meet the sayings of man? Did they not have to listen to false theories, and then, having done all, to stand firm, saying, Other foundations can no man lay than is laid. So we are to hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end. The Bible and the spirit of prophecy talk about a controversy and Adventism at the end of the world, when God's people are led back to the foundations of Adventism. May God help you to receive the words that I have spoken. Let those who stand as God's watchmen on the walls of Zion be men who can see the dangers before the people, men who can distinguish between truth and error, righteousness and unrighteousness. The warning has come, nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. The foundation of the faith are the truths that are represented on this chart, because this is the chart that was used from 1842, 1843, and 1844. This is the foundation of the faith, the truths that are represented on this chart. And you know what's on this chart? One of the things is the 2520, even though we don't want to accept that in Adventism today. She goes, I was in this message, and ever since I've been standing before the world true to the light that God has given us, we do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given to me? It is to be the rock of ages. In the last quote, she's saying that Christ is the foundation, but she's saying this is the foundation, but she's saying that this is the rock of ages. These truths, when we reject these truths, according to Inspiration, we're rejecting the rock of ages, we're rejecting Christ. Next quote, I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm, giving no countenance to those who would unsettle the established faith of the body. God looked upon them with approbation. I was shown three steps. The first, second, and third angel's message said, my accompanying angel, woe to him who shall move a block or stir a pin of these messages. The true understanding of these messages is of vital importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon the manners in which they are received. I was again brought down through these messages and saw how dearly the people of God had purchased their experience. It had been obtained through much suffering and severe conflict. God had led them along step by step until he placed them upon a solid, immovable platform. I saw individuals approach the platform and examine the foundation. Some with rejoicing immediately stepped upon it. Others commenced to find fault with the foundation. They wished improvements made and then the platform would be more perfect and the people much happier. Some stepped off the platform to examine it and declared it to be laid wrong. But I saw that nearly all stood firm upon the platform and exhorted those who had stepped off to cease their complaints for God was the master builder and they were fighting against him. They recounted the wonderful work of God which had led them to the firm platform and in union raised their eyes to heaven and with a loud voice glorified God. This effected some of those who had complained and left the platform and with humble look again they stepped upon it. The foundation and platform of Adventism is represented on the truths of these charts and these truths will come under attack at the end of the world. But the Lord will raise up men who he will use to help take God's people back to a reconsideration of these truths and it's going to create a shaking in Adventism. Next quote, and I won't read from the first paragraph the sentence that is bold faced, every soul needs now to understand the foundation of his faith and then dropping down to the third paragraph it says, some of the messages given from 1840 to 1844 are to be made forcible now. Is that what it says? See these are the messages that were given from 1840 to 1844 and according to inspiration all of these messages are to be made forcible now and that's why I say if you reject these messages you're rejecting Ellen White because she says all of these messages including the 2520 and there's other ones that I could be using as the point of reference but we're talking about the fact that the 2520 is under attack today and people in Adventism say that it was an incorrect understanding of the Millerites and yet without even going to Leviticus 26 which is where William Miller goes to to understand the 2520 we can see the 2520 at the beginning of Belshazzar's history and at the end of Belshazzar's history giving testimony to the fact that a 2520 was there at the beginning of the Millerite history and at the end of the Advent history without even touching Leviticus 26. So when Sister White says all the messages are to be made forcible now I think as God's people at the end of the world understanding from prophecy that there's going to be a controversy about the ancient past that we have every right to take these truths, come to understand them and make them our own. Speaking of this chart, this is the 1850 chart, Sister White says this, if you're wondering why I'm going so fast I'm running out of time, I saw that God was in the publishment of this chart right here by Brother Nichols. I saw that there was a prophecy of this chart in the Bible and if this chart is designed for God's people if it's sufficient for one it is for another and if one needed a new chart painted on a larger scale all need it just as much. I saw that it was restless, uneasy, unsatisfied, ungrateful feeling in Brother Case that desired another chart. I saw that these painted charts had bad effect upon the congregation. It caused the light, chaffy spirit of ridicule to be in the meeting. She's rebuking a chart that Brother Case had made and she's comparing it with this chart but then notice what she says about this chart, I saw that the charts ordered by God, in plural, this chart here according to Ellen White it was ordered by God and so was this chart. I saw that the charts that were ordered by God struck the mind favorably even without an explanation. There's something light, lovely and heavenly in the representation of the angels on the charts. The mind is almost imperceptibly led to God in heaven but the other charts that have been gotten up disgust the mind and cause the mind to dwell more on earth than heaven. Images representing angels look more like fiends than beings of heaven. I saw that the chart had for days and weeks occupied Brother Case's mind when he should have been seeking heavenly wisdom from God and should have been growing in the grace of the Spirit and knowledge of the truth. What I want you to see here is that God was in the publishment of this chart, it's a prophecy of this chart in the Bible and that both these charts were ordered by God. This is what she says about this chart, I've seen that the 1843 chart was directed by the hand of the Lord and that it should not be altered, that the figures were as he wanted them and that his hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures so that none could see it until his hand was removed. The first time she commented on this chart it was a little bit different. In Spalding McGann, page 1, she says, I saw that the truth should be made plain upon tables, that the earth and the fullness thereof is the Lord's and that the necessary means should not be spared to make it plain. I saw that the old chart was directed by the hand of the Lord and that not a figure of it should be altered except by inspiration. In Early Writings, page 74, it doesn't have that expression except by inspiration. In Early Writings, page 74, it says, should not be altered. Here she says that this chart can be altered by inspiration. The reason I have that in here is because this chart was altered by inspiration. She was told to tell her husband to print a new chart to correct this error of 1843 and this is the chart that was corrected by inspiration. In one sense, these are the same charts. This is the first production and this is the correction. What allowed for this correction? This is the point I want to make. What allowed this correction to be made? Inspiration. These charts were directed by inspiration. Sometimes people say that the Lord held his hand over a mistake in some of the figures on this chart. Lots of people say that this chart is full of errors. You may believe this chart is full of errors, but you can't use what Sister White says in Early Writings to make that claim. Go to the top of the page. The last part of that sentence says, from Early Writings, page 74, His hand was over and hid a mistake, a mistake, what's that, singular, in some of the figures, plural, so that none can see it. That's all she's saying. His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, plural. In the same book, Early Writings, page 236, she says this, and this is the third quote on page 20, Jesus and all the heavenly hosts looked with sympathy and love upon those who had with sweet expectation longed to see him whom their souls loved. Angels were hovering around them to sustain them in their hour of trial, of their trial. Those who had neglected to receive the heavenly message were left in darkness and God's anger was kindled against them because they would not receive the light which he had sent them from heaven. Those faithful disappointed ones who could not understand why their Lord did not come were not left in darkness. Now notice, again, this is speaking about the first disappointment in 1843 when they thought the Lord would come and he didn't come. Again they were led to their Bibles to search the prophetic periods. The hand of the Lord was removed from the figures, plural, and the mistake, singular, was explained. They saw that the prophetic periods reached to 1844 and the same evidence which they had presented to show that the prophetic periods closed in 1843 proved that they would terminate in 1844. What Sister White's testimony about this chart is, is that the Lord held his hand over the His mistake, singular, 1843, in the figures, plural, one, two, until his hand was removed. And then, by divine direction, when they corrected the errors in this chart, then 1844 is the correction of the one mistake and both the figures. You can't use the writings of Ellen White to say that this chart has a bunch of errors. The only error on this chart was a mistake in these two figures. Now one other quote underneath this. We're almost ready to bring this to a conclusion. I do not wish to ignore or drop one link in the chain of evidence that was formed after the passing of time in 1844. The passing of time is an expression marking October 23, 1844. And the Lord didn't return on October 22, 1844. The time had passed. I see one brother that's fallen asleep here. He needs to wake up. So when Sister White is speaking about the passing of time, she's talking about October 22, 1844. I do not wish to ignore or drop one link in the chain of evidence that was formed as, after the passing of time in 1844, little companies of seekers after the troop met together to study the Bible and ask God for light and guidance. I hope as Adventists we all remember the times where Sister White speaks about them coming together and searching the Bible and praying together, staying up all night long, and her mind was locked. She couldn't understand anything. And when they couldn't come to a conclusion on truth, then and only then the Lord would open her mind and give her light. That experience took place after 1844. That's the experience she's speaking about here. She says the truth, point by point, was fastened in our mind so firmly that we could not doubt. The evidence given in our early experience has the same force that it had then. The truth is the same as it has ever been, and not a pin or a pillar can be moved from the structure of truth. That which was sought for out of the world in 1844, 1845, and 1846 remains truth in every particular. Notice here, this is the foundational truths of Adventism. This took them to October 22, 1844, and then came the passing of time. And then for the next three years, 1844, 1845, and 1846, they began to investigate what the sanctuary and the three angels' messages were. By 1846 this experience is over, and down here on this chart you see the light that they had put together in 1844, 1845, and 1846. The sanctuary, the law of God, the Sabbath, the third angel's message, the pillars of Adventism were raised from 1844 to 1846. They were raised upon the foundations. This is a representation of the foundations of Adventism. This is a representation of the foundation with the pillars on it. And by 1846 the foundation and the pillars were in place. And then in 1849, on the next page, top of the page, it says, Our next conference was in Fairhaven. Brother Bates and wife were present. It was quite a good meeting. On our return to Brothers Nichols, the Lord gave me a vision and showed me that the truth must be made plain upon tables. The point is this. 1849, then she's told to tell her husband to produce this chart representing the foundation and the pillars. This is the foundation and pillars. They were in place at the beginning of Adventism. They're going to come under attack as time goes forward, but at the end of the world when the Lord is raising up the 144,000, the Lord is going to lead his people back to the foundation. In this history here, there is now an investigation going on over these charts because this history is repeating. This is the history of Revelation 18, where the three angels' messages is repeated and where the parable of the ten virgins is repeated. And in closing, I want to just read this last quote on the bottom and then say a couple things. In the history of Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, God speaks to the nations of today. We are to take to heart the lessons he sought to teach these rebellious kings, for if Belshazzar had pursued a course in harmony with the instruction given to his grandfather, he would have retained not only his kingdom, but his life. He disregarded the lessons and went on in rebellion against God, committing the very sins for which his grandfather had been reproved and punished. He too lifted himself up in pride and exaltation, and the final judgment of God fell upon him and his house. His great sin was that, notwithstanding God had given him light, he refused to walk in what? The path of righteousness. For some reason, I think I missed the most important quote in this presentation. I want to look back at this for a second. It's on page 10. Go back to page 10. Maybe it was supposed to be inserted at this point. It says, The last ruler of Babylon, as in type to its first, Nebuchadnezzar, had come the sentence of the divine watcher, O king, to thee it is spoken, thy kingdom is departed from thee. So there are type-anti-type relationships. So here's what I want to say in closing. The story of Belshazzar is the story of the Millerite history from 1798 to 1844. Because Belshazzar represents the Protestant churches that rejected the warning message that was brought to them. Belshazzar's warning message arrived in history at the end of Nebuchadnezzar's 2520, just like the first angel's message arrived in history in 1798. You follow me, say amen. When the warning message in prophecy is rejected, the warning message is just one part of the three-step process of the Holy Spirit. You can't have the third message without a first and a second, and the warning message is just the first message. When the first message is rejected, the second message is a divine pronouncement identifying that the first warning message has been rejected. And in the summer of 1844, the pronouncement that those people that were living in that history had rejected the first angel's message was, Babylon is fallen, and it was paralleling the pronouncement against Belshazzar that he had rejected the warning message that was represented by Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon is fallen was their pronouncement, his was many, many tell you farsen, and that very night he reached judgment, and at the conclusion of the second angel's message, judgment arrived, and both of those events took place with the marking of a 2520. But as Belshazzar is paralleling, prefiguring the history of the Millerites at this time period, they were fulfilling the parable of the ten virgins, and the parable of the ten virgins is repeated again to the very letter at the end of the world. And in this sense, Belshazzar's rejection in this history is identifying a people that are rejecting their foundational message. The message of warning that came in the beginning, represented by Nebuchadnezzar, the beginning of Babylon, is what Belshazzar was refusing to accept. And when this history is repeated at the end of the world, Belshazzar is representing those in Adventism, which is a subject of prophecy in both the Bible and the spirit of prophecy, Belshazzar is representing those people in Adventism that are rejecting the foundational message of Adventism, just as Belshazzar represented the foundational message of Babylon as represented by Nebuchadnezzar. Do you see it? Here's one of the things about it when you see it. As this rejection takes place, the pronouncement that