Bible PROPHECY for the ENDtime

June 6, 2010

jsm--you seem to recognize now that the four living creatures sang the song with the 24 elders. You have already stated that you believe the four living creatures are angels, not humans, so they could not sing the song the way the KJV renders it.

So you are going with the NASB rendering which distances the 24 elders from humanity. You try to explain this by saying that the 24 elders are Old Testament believers (Enoch, Moses, Elijah, and 21 others resurrected at the time of Jesus' Resurrection). But this distinction does not seem reasonable. Old Testament believers were still humans and are also redeemed by Jesus. Whether before or after the Cross, Jesus is "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). If they were humans at all, the 24 elders could not distance themselves from those redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, because that is the only way into Heaven for any of the children of Adam.

I must submit that your claim that the 24 elders are humans yet spoke of the Lamb redeeming men in the third person, is untenable.

What is wrong with taking the text exactly as it most clearly reads? Is it worth it to go to such great lengths just to maintain a long held traditional view? When did tradition become somthing we must give weight to in the interpretation of Scripture?

June 6, 2010

The case has been made and shown to be plausable, that the 24 elders are human and involved as observers/jury in the plan for restoration. The translation I prefer is the NASB, but I will use others when I need further information. I you choose not to believe that the 24 elders are human, that is your prerogitive. I respect your right to your understanding.

June 7, 2010

I know this is getting tiresome. But Wayfinder, in what way, by what means, has the "case been made and shown to be plausible" that the 24 elders are humans? I have not seen anyone make that case nor shown it to be plausible, at least not based on what the text says. Why is it so important to you to maintain that the 24 elders are humans?

June 7, 2010

As for the case being made plausable, check my post #363361.

As to the importance of their being human. I respect God's justice and understanding. When I consider that God placed righteous humans, who had been taken to heaven before the restoration of God's glory was effected, demonstrates to me that God has done everything to insure that the process is without flaw. It is beyond question that their are humans in heaven right now and I ask myself why, why would God take humans to heaven before everything is completed, the only logical answer is, He needs them there. Why would He need them there? The only logical answer is, they are an integral part of the process for restoration. When God gave Moses and the prophets the information contained in His plan for restoration, He made clear that His plan was to develop a righteous kingdom on earth. When His kingdom had attained righteousness, He would come down from heaven and sit on the throne in Jerusalem and all nations would come to Jerusalem to worship the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 3:17 "At that time they will call Jerusalem 'The Throne of the LORD,' and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

God gave the children of Israel two opportunities to accomplish this, they failed both times. This is why Daniel saw the thrones being setup around the throne of The Ancient of Days. There was now a process began that would ultimately accomplish what Israel refused to accomplish. The 24 elders are observing this process and that is why they use the terms "them" in reguards to the kingdom. The kingdom is sealed before the trumpets sound so that they can testify to the truth during the time of the trumpets. The elders make statements throughout the "judgment of the living" which affirms the validity and justness of the process. The following text is the concluding statement of those who have observed the whole process from inception to conclution

Revelation 19:1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, " Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; 2 BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER." 3 And a second time they said, "Hallelujah ! HER SMOKE RISES UP FOREVER AND EVER." 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. Hallelujah !"

June 8, 2010

Wayfinder, we are close where you say: "The kingdom is sealed before the trumpets sound." I think, however, that the sealing takes place during the trumpets, because the trumpets take place during the Judgment of the Living during the final conflict and test over the Mark of the Beast. In that test, people either receive the Mark of the Creature (Beast) or the Seal of the Creator.

June 8, 2010

My understanding of the sequence of the sealing is this. The 144,000 are sealed first, this is consistant with the information in Matthew 24:42-51 and Revelation 3:10,11 and 7:2,3. The Kingdom of God is sealed next and concludes with the casting down of the censer, this information is in Matthew 25:1-13 and Revelation 3:1-6;14-22 and 11:1 also the 1335 days of Daniel 12:12 is the amount of time for the sealing of the kingdom, these are literal days not day/years.

The rational for sealing before the trumpets is that God needs prepared representitives, unified by the truth, to give the message of truth to the "nations". The trumpets are designed to wake the nations up to the realization that the earth is doomed and God purpose for causing this calamities. If the people of God are trying to understand what they need to know, during this time, who will help the "nations".

June 9, 2010

A FEW RESEARCH FACTS FOR REVELATION 4-5

Revelation 4-11 will be shown to apply to events shortly before the close of probation.

After John saw in vision Jesus walking among the church symbols, he was told to “Write the THINGS which you HAVE SEEN, and the THINGS which ARE, and the THINGS which WILL take place AFTER THESE THINGS [which ARE].” Revelation 1:19.

There were more than 7 Christian churches at the time of this prophecy; so why are only 7 listed?

The number 7 is used as a symbol of completion or perfection; and characteristics of the specific 7 churches listed are in an order that would apply to characteristics of the Christian church until the end-time.

“The names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different periods of the Christian Era. The number indicates completeness, and is symbolic of the fact that the messages extend to the end of time, while the symbols used reveal the condition of the church at different periods in the history of the word.” AA 585.

Recognizing a historic progression, Revelation 2-3 can reasonably be shown to apply both to conditions at the time of the prophecy and to successive periods throughout the Christian era—-leading to a more concentrated description of end-time events.

The primary focus of the prophecy, then, is on end-time events—-when “the time is near.” Revelation 1:3.

What time was John particularly interested in?

Remember that John and other disciples of Jesus had asked, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3.

Jesus then outlined major events to take place, with an emphasis on events in connection with His second coming.

James later wrote: “You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” James 5:8.

As with that earlier prophecy by Jesus, Revelation 4 CONTINUES from chapters 2 and 3 with a detailed description of events to take place AT THE END of the Christian era. This detailed description continues through chapter 11. Chapter 12 begins a new historic series.

“AFTER” the chapters 2 and 3 “things,” John SAW the things described in 4:1 and onward.

“After these things [meta tauta] I looked” is stated by John in Revelation 4:1 to show that direct connection between chapters 3 and 4.

Jesus then emphasized this connection when He said, “I will show you THINGS which MUST TAKE PLACE AFTER THESE [chapters 3 and 4] THINGS.” [meta tauta].

“THINGS” TO TAKE PLACE “AFTER THINGS.”

Jesus clearly said the “THINGS” described in 4:1 and onward are to ‘TAKE PLACE AFTER” the THINGS described in chapters 2 and 3.

Only in Revelation 4:1 is “meta tauta” used twice; and it is a double emphasis written for us recognize and accept the time sequence.

Notice the 2 ways “meta tauta” is used here:

1. By John to show the order in which he SAW “THINGS”

2. By Jesus to show the order in which “THINGS” will “TAKE PLACE.”

Let’s review ALL the verses where John used “meta tauta”

1. To show the ORDER in which “THINGS” did take place:

“After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea…” John 3:22.

“After these things there was a feast of the Jews…” John 5:1.

“After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.” John 6:1.

“After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee.” John 7:1.

“After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus…” John 19:38.

“After these things Jes us showed Himself again…” John 21:1.

“After these things I looked” Revelation 4:1

“After these things I saw four angels…” Revelation 7:1.

“After these things I looked…” Revelation 7:9.

“After these things I looked…” Revelation 15:5.

“After these things I saw…” Revelation 18:1.

“After these things I heard…” Revelation 19:1.

2. To show the ORDER in which “THINGS” were PREDICTED to “TAKE PLACE.”

“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know AFTER THESE THINGS.’” John 13:7.

“Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which WILL take place AFTER THESE THINGS.” Revelation 1:19.

“I will show you THINGS which must TAKE PLACE AFTER THESE [chapters 3 and 4] THINGS.” Revelation 4:1.

“One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming AFTER THESE THINGS.” Revelation 9:12.

“…But AFTER THESE THINGS he must be released for a little while.” Revelation 20:3.

It must be recognized that events starting in Revelation 4 “MUST TAKE PLACE,” AS JESUS SAID, “AFTER” [or at the end of] events described in chapters 2 and 3.

NO RECAPITULATION CAN REASONABLY BE INFERRED BY HIS WORDS. The only possible alternative is to apply chapters 2 and 3 ONLY to the 7 early churches to whom the prophecy was given. Chapters 4 and onward would then take place AFTER what was written about them in chapters 2 and 3 had been fulfilled.

The time for testing and shaking [spewing] referred to in Revelation 3:10 & 16 begins in Revelation 6.

We need to compare Revelation 4-5 with similar descriptions in Daniel 7 and Hebrews 12.

John wrote: Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne…Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads…And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain…Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying:

“ You are worthy to take the scroll,

And to open its seals;

For You were slain,

And have redeemed us to God by Your blood

Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

And have made us kings and priests to our God;

And we shall reign on the earth.”

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.” Revelation 4:2,4; 5:6-11.

Compare that with what Daniel saw:

“I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated…A thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened….

“I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14.

Compare also what Paul wrote to the Hebrews:

“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the HEAVENLY Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of ANGELS, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are REGISTERED in heaven, to GOD THE JUDGE of all, to the spirits of just MEN MADE PERFECT, to JESUS the Mediator of the new covenant, and to THE BLOOD of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.” Hebrews 12:22-24.

The setting in Daniel 7 is clearly the same as in Revelation 4-5, and similar to that in Hebrews 12, except there is no reference to the cleansing blood in Daniel. But “without the shedding of blood there is no remission” from sin. “For it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” Hebrews 9:22; Leviticus 17:11.

“THE ACTUAL CLEANSING of the heavenly is to be accomplished by the removal, or BLOTTING OUT, of THE SINS which are there recorded. BUT BEFORE THIS can be accomplished, THERE MUST BE AN EXAMINATION OF THE BOOKS of record to determine who, through repentance of sin and faith in Christ, are entitled to the benefits of His ATONEMENT.” GC 421.

Daniel was clearly shown the start of that EXAMINATION process which takes place BEFORE "THE ACTUAL CLEANSING OF THE HEAVENLY” SANCTUARY by the “BLOTTING OUT” OF SINS.

Since both John and Paul refer to the BLOOD sacrifice by Christ, we should recognize they are both speaking of “THE ACTUAL CLEANSING” to take place AT THE END OF THE INVESTIGATION process.

As shown in Daniel 7 and Revelation 4, God the Father presides during the INVESTIGATION process; but then in Revelation 5, He passes responsibility TO CHRIST for the FINAL DECISIONS and the BLOTTING OUT OF SINS. “For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son.” John 5:22. For “it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.” Acts 10:42.

When will Christ become our Judge?

“God ‘hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world [by Christ].’ Acts 17:31. Christ tells us when that day shall be ushered in. He does not say that all the world will be converted, but that ‘this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.’” DA 633.

“Christ is soon to act as Judge, where now he officiates as mediator.” EGW in ST 2/23/1882.

“Since the dead are to be judged out of the things written in the books, it is impossible that the sins of men should be blotted out until AFTER the judgment at which their cases are to be investigated. But the apostle Peter distinctly states that the sins of believers will be blotted out ‘when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus Christ.’ Acts 3:19, 20.” GC 485.

“The FIFTH CHAPTER OF REVELATION needs to be closely studied. It is of great importance to those who shall act a part in the work of God FOR THESE LAST DAYS...WHEN GOD [through Christ] PRONOUNCES JUDGMENT upon the children of men.” 9T 267.

Ellen White seems to use the term “GRAND REVIEW OF THE JUDGMENT” when referring to this time when Christ will unseal the scroll, make the final decision for both the dead and the living, and pronounce judgment by either blotting out names or sins from what is then, the Lamb’s Book of Life.

“A large work is to be done by fathers and mothers, and both should act their individual part in preparing their children for the GRAND REVIEW of the JUDGMENT.” EGW in Bible Training School, 12/1/1911.

"Am I prepared to DIE? prepared to appear before God in JUDGMENT, and pass the GRAND REVIEW?" 1T 131.

“Nothing but purity, sacred purity, will stand the GRAND REVIEW, abide the DAY OF GOD, and be received into a pure and holy HEAVEN.” 2T 458.

“You have made little effort to become a loyal and intelligent Christian. How, then, will you be prepared to pass the GRAND REVIEW, where all your deeds and words, and the inmost thoughts of your heart, will be laid open before the great JUDGE and the assembled SAINTS and ANGELS?” 4T 116.

“Could we see all the activity of human instrumentality, as it appears before God, we would see that only the work accomplished by much prayer, which is sanctified by the merit of Christ, will stand the TEST of THE JUDGMENT. When the GRAND REVIEW shall take place, then shall ye return and discern between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.” EGW in RH 7/4/1893.

“There is a final examination that is to take place in reference to your probationary time in this world which is of vital interest to every one of us. There will in that day be no indifferent spectators. Every one will have a part to act, and will have intense interest to pass that ordeal with heavenly honors. All will have an opportunity to educate themselves while in this world, that they may be fitted to stand the GRAND REVIEW which must shortly take place.” EGW in ST 2/14/1878.

“Are we prepared for that GRAND REVIEW? Are we fashioning our characters to that divine similitude? God help us that we may be Christians in every sense of the word. If we will obey God let me tell you the way is already open; the angels of God will be our representatives wherever we go. The angels of God are round about us. Every one is in communication with Jesus Christ; they are one with Him and we want to do the works of God. We want to be wide awake, full of zeal, and live for God and advance step by step heavenward. Are we prepared for the GRAND REVIEW? It is coming on. Satan is gathering all of his beautiful knowledge that he had when he was an angel of light and he is coming in to deceive the very elect with that very knowledge, and we want to be in a position where we can work intelligently,-- where we can work in faith and bring souls to a knowledge of the truth of the GRAND REVIEW that will take place when he tells them that he is going to have the whole world as his subjects and they will gather under his banner, but we must stand higher.” EGW in Loma Linda Messages 541.

Note below the relationship between Revelation 5:2-3 and other verses:

Revelation 5:2-3

Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

Isaiah 59:15-16

Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him

That there was no justice.

He saw that there was no man,

And wondered that there was no intercessor;

Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;

And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.

Isaiah 50:2

Why, when I came, was there no man?

Why, when I called, was there none to answer?

Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Psalm 49:5-7

Why should I fear in the days of evil,

When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

Those who trust in their wealth

And boast in the multitude of their riches,

None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

Nor give to God a ransom for him

Jeremiah 5:1

“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;

See now and know;

And seek in her open places

If you can find a man,

If there is anyone who executes judgment,

Who seeks the truth,

And I will pardon her.

Ezekiel 22:30

So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

“Christ humbled Himself to stand at the head of humanity, to meet the temptations and endure the trials that humanity must meet and endure. He must know what humanity has to meet from the fallen foe, that He might know how to succor those who are tempted.

“And Christ has been made our Judge. The Father is not the Judge. The angels are not. He who took humanity upon Himself, and in this world lived a perfect life, is to judge us. He only can be our Judge.” 9T 185.

“The tares are permitted to grow among the wheat, to have all the advantage of sun and shower; but in the time of harvest ye shall ‘return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.’ Mal. 3:18. Christ Himself will decide who are worthy to dwell with the family of heaven. He will judge every man according to his words and his works.” COL 74.

June 9, 2010

jsm--you have done a good job putting together these texts. Truly all of Scripture, and especially all of Bible prophecy, was inspired by One Mind.

June 11, 2010

We all need to study and pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, recognizing that proper interpretations can only be developed in this way. And we must be cautious about accepting the ideas presented by one or a few. However, this may help alert us to the need for further study.

“Jesus said, ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged.’ That is, do not set yourself up as a standard. Do not make your opinions, your views of duty, your interpretations of Scripture, a criterion for others and in your heart condemn them if they do not come up to your ideal. Do not criticize others, conjecturing as to their motives and passing judgment upon them.” MB 124.

“Men will arise with interpretations of Scripture which are to them truth; but which are not truth. The truth for this time, God has given us as a foundation for our faith. He himself has taught us what is truth. One will arise, and still another with new light, which contradicts the light that God has given under the demonstration of His Holy Spirit...We are not to receive the words of those who come with a message that contradicts THE SPECIAL POINTS OF OUR FAITH.” EGW in LLM 150.

It should be understood that past interpretations of Revelation 4-11 are NOT included in "the special points of our faith." SDAs have always had differing opinions on this portion of the prophecy.

Victorinus and others in the early centuries applied the 7-churches messages ONLY to the time of the prophecy. They then applied the 7-seal events to the complete Christian age. This is not a recapitulation.

SDAs and other Christians now ALSO properly apply the 7-churches to the complete Christian age. And most SDAs still apply the 7-seal events to that same period -- as Victorinus and others did. This made recapitulation necessary.

But remember this: There is much recapitulation in Daniel, due in part to the fact he had his visions over several decades. In contrast with this, Jesus called what John wrote: "THE PROPHECY of this book." Revelation 22:18-19. So recapitulation should ONLY be considered if there is no reasonable CONSECUTIVE interpretation.

June 14, 2010

The following may be of interest considering the way the tide of influence is turning against the "rich".

“The Lord is removing His restrictions from the earth, and soon there will be death and destruction, increasing crime, and cruel, evil working against the rich who have exalted themselves against the poor. Those who are without God's protection will find no safety in any place or position. Human agents are being trained and are using their inventive power to put in operation the most powerful machinery to wound and to kill.” 8T 49.

“Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it….

“In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and bats, to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crags of the rugged rocks, from the terror of the LORD and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.” Isaiah 2:2,20-21.

“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

“Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” James 5:1-8.

Now read a related facetious article titled:

Wall Street's Advice to Joran van der Sloot

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-tavakoli/wall-streets-advice-to-jo_b_605380.html

Jesus said: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:19-21.

June 20, 2010

The following reminds me of Christ’s warning to get out of Jerusalem before it was destroyed:

“Get out of the cities as fast as possible.” EGW in RH 7/5/1906.

“Educate our people to get out of the cities into the country, where they can obtain a small piece of land, and make a home for themselves and their children….erelong there will be such strife and confusion in the cities that those who wish to leave them will not be able. We must be preparing for these issues.” EGW in RH 4/14/1903.

This “strife and confusion in the cities” would develop in an instant with a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse. It is very likely in a future major war; and would be devastating, while avoiding the radiation problems caused by a dirty A-bomb or H-bomb.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/electronic-armageddon-emp_n_615638.html

Electronic Armageddon:

How An EMP Bomb Would Be A Deathblow To Life As We Know It

6/17/2010

“Earlier this month, NASA warned that as the Sun wakes up from its ‘deep slumber,’ a massive solar storm could wreak havoc on our electronics, from satellites to the electrical grid, causing damages up to 20 times the cost of Hurricane Katrina.

“But the Sun isn't the only threat to our electronic lifeline. National Geographic explores the risk and consequences of the "electronic Armageddon" that could be caused by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) bomb.

“An EMP bomb, National Geographic explains, is ‘a bomb that's designed to go above the atmosphere and release huge amounts of energy,’ some of which are in the form of gamma rays. Such a weapon would cripple electronics, but not kill people.

National Geographic:

“What do future presidents need to know about existential dangers this country could face? Explorer investigates the science behind the dangers of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse, or HEMP. Picture an instantaneous deathblow to the vital engines that power our society, delivered by a nuclear weapon designed not to kill humans but to attack electronics. What could happen if an electromagnetic pulse surged to earth, crippling every aspect of modern society's infrastructure?”

Read and see more:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/se...s#ixzz0rJPeZUm1

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http://www.superconductors.org/emp-bomb.htm

“Ultimately, the Army hopes to use E-bomb technology to explode artillery shells in midflight. The Navy wants to use the E-bomb's high-power microwave pulses to neutralize antiship missiles. And, the Air Force plans to equip its bombers, strike fighters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles with E-bomb capabilities. When fielded, these will be among the most technologically sophisticated weapons the U.S. military establishment has ever built.

“There is, however, another part to the E-bomb story, one that military planners are reluctant to discuss. While American versions of these weapons are based on advanced technologies, terrorists could use a less expensive, low-tech approach to create the same destructive power. ‘Any nation with even a 1940s technology base could make them,’ says Kopp. ‘The threat of E-bomb proliferation is very real.’ POPULAR MECHANICS estimates a basic weapon could be built for just $400.”

Many countries now have this technology and capability.

“The judgments of God are in the land. The wars and rumors of wars, the destruction by fire and flood, say clearly that the time of trouble, which is to increase until the end, is very near at hand. We have no time to lose. The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecies of the eleventh of Daniel have almost reached their final fulfillment.” EGW in RH 11/24/1904.

Read Daniel 11:40-45. Will atheistic China become the King of the South as it rises to Superpower status? Is the U.S. the current King of the North?

July 6, 2010

Revelation 14:17-20

17 Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of THE WRATH OF GOD. 20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.

I believe the above "WRATH OF GOD" event takes place just before the close of probation, and the "blood" is the blood of martyrs for Christ.

Why do I say that? Because THE VERY NEXT VERSE reads as follows:

Revelation 15:1

Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES, for IN THEM THE WRATH OF GOD IS COMPLETE.

Revelation 14:14-16 describes the harvest of the earth and may be compared with Matthew 13:39-43 about harvest of "the church of Christ in the world." COL 70.

They will be sealed, and EGW said they are represented in Revelation 14:12 with the following words:

Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

The very next verse speaks of end-time martyrs:

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

Those sealed will have developed Christ-like characters, and that takes much time.

But Revelation 18 speaks of an end-time call out of spiritual Babylon, which has already fallen. "At that time PROMPT DECISIONS WILL BE MADE...They will see and understand as never before." 9T 149.

Many of these will not be ready to stand through the seven last plagues, but will - like the thief on the cross - demonstrate their loyalty to God through martyrdom and their final words of faith in God.

Through our global mission efforts we can help people to prepare for the Revelation 14:14-16 harvest, instead of the Revelation 18:4 call out of spiritual Babylon - leading to martyrdom.

July 18, 2010

Please notice in the next-to-last quotation below that "THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE SEAL OF GOD...MUST REFLECT THE IMAGE OF JESUS FULLY."

The following explains how we can fully reflect the image of Jesus and be ready to stand firm in the coming conflicts.

Christ in Romans

Comparing Romans with the words of Christ

J. Stanley McCluskey 7/14/2010 using the NKJV

“Obedience of faith” instead of self-sufficient attempts by obedience to “the deeds of the law” is emphasized in Romans.(1) Paul even calls it “the law of faith” by which we are freely justified through Christ and are being sanctified as the Holy Spirit works in our hearts—with “the love of God” increasing as our natural motive for action.(2)

Read the story about a Jewish lawyer and a Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37.

“The lawyer's question to Jesus had been, ‘What shall I do [to inherit eternal life]?’ And Jesus, recognizing love to God and man as the sum of righteousness, had said, ‘This do, and you shall live.’ The Samaritan had obeyed the dictates of a kind and loving heart, and in this had proved himself a doer of the law.”(3)

Now compare that with what Paul wrote about the law and doers of the law:

“For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things of the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts.”(4) [Note that the law written in the heart by the Spirit is God’s New Covenant promise: Hebrews 8:10]

How can Gentiles who do not have the law be doers of the law? As with the Samaritan in that story by Jesus, the answer is love—a fruit of the Spirit through faith in Christ. Every act is “right or wrong according to the motive which prompts it.”(5)

Paul said this love motive makes one a “doer of the law”: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another: for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ‘You shall not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no harm to a neighbor: therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”(6)

As stated above, Jesus recognized “love to God and man as the sum of righteousness.” Christ is God, and He is love.(7) And Paul wrote: “For Christ [Christ-likeness] is the end [the goal] of the law for righteousness to every one who believes.”(8) “The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed; the righteousness by which we are sanctified is imparted. The first is our title to heaven, the second is our fitness for heaven.” And both are ours by faith.(9)

People asked Jesus, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe [have faith] in Him whom He sent.”(10)

“He who believes [has faith] in Me,” Jesus said, “as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive.(11)

God had said centuries before this, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you [motivate you] to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.”(12) This is “obedience of faith”.

“‘The fruit of the Spirit is love.’ Mark the words,--love, not hatred; it is joy, not discontent and mourning; peace, not irritation, anxiety and manufactured trials. It is ‘long-suffering gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Against such there is no law.’”(13)

“‘The fruit of the Spirit is love.’ This is the very thing for which we are to labor. If we have the love of Christ in our souls, as a natural consequence we shall have all the other graces, -- ‘joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance,’ and ‘against such there is no law.’ The law of God does not condemn and hold in bondage those who have these graces, because they are obeying the requirements of that law.(14) They are law-keepers [’doers of the law’], and therefore they are not under the bondage of the law...If we live in harmony with the life of Christ, and with the law [of love] of which his life was a living example, we are not, we cannot be, under the bondage of the law.”(15)

“Love is the basis of godliness. Whatever the profession, no man has pure love to God unless he has unselfish love for his brother. But we can never come into possession of this spirit by trying to love others. What is needed is the love of Christ in the heart. When self is merged in Christ, love springs forth spontaneously. The completeness of Christian character is attained when the impulse to help and bless others springs constantly from within—when the sunshine of heaven fills the heart and is revealed in the countenance.”(16)

“Love to man is the earthward manifestation of the love of God. It was to implant this love, to make us children of one family, that the King of glory became one with us. And when His parting words are fulfilled, ‘Love one another, as I have loved you’ (John 15:12); when we love the world as He has loved it, then for us His mission is accomplished. We are fitted for heaven; for we have heaven in our hearts.”(17)

Motives make the difference between acceptable obedience by faith and by works: “All a man's ways (may) seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.”(18) “And the reward will be according to the motives which prompted the action.”(19) So, “Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being perfected by (works)?” No. “For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”(20)

Paul wrote: “For Christ [Christ-likeness] is the end [the goal] of the law for righteousness to every one who believes.” And “with the heart one believes unto righteousness [‘righteousness by faith’].”(21)

So obedience of faith is a means to an end—and Christ-likeness is that end. “Christ in you [is] the hope of glory.”(22) And by sharing in His love-motivated ‘yoke’ of obedience plus beholding His glory, we through the Spirit will grow more and more to be like Him, “from glory to glory.”(23)

Those who “keep” the word of God are the “good ground” hearers of Luke 8:11-15. And as Jesus said in verse 15, they also sow the Word in their hearts and bear “fruit”—the “fruit of the Spirit.”(24)

“Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.”(25)

Faith PLUS obedience to God’s instructions provides the BEST soil for the Holy Spirit to work in us and change our motives. But faith is the primary essential, making a change in motives by the Holy Spirit available to all—”even among the heathen,” “so that they are without excuse.”(26) Yet, to knowingly disobey is like the foolish man who built his house on the sand. It could not stand firm during stressful times.(27) And “if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sin.”(28)

Note these words carefully: “What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith. [This is the “righteousness by faith...through the Spirit” of Galatians 5:5. And they are ’doers of the law’ as defined in Romans 2:14-15 & 13:8-10]. But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by the works of the law...For with the heart one believes unto righteousness.”(29)

Paul wrote, “we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.” Then he added: “For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”(30)

All have sinned, and we cannot in our own strength overcome a natural inclination to that “law of sin” which is in our members. “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.” “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.”(31) “Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil.”(32) And God reads the motives of the heart.

Only the Holy Spirit can change our inner motives. And God said, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you [motivate you] to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.”(33) This is obedience of faith. “The pure motive sanctifies the act.”(34)

Compare that with Paul’s chapter 8 response to the Romans 7 “law of sin” dilemma: “If you live according to the flesh you will die; but if BY THE SPIRIT you put to death the deeds of the body [Obedience of faith], you will live.” “For the law of THE SPIRIT of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law [in our minds] could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law (13:10) might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but [walk] according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”(35) Don’t be deceived. We will reap what we sow; so sow to the Spirit.(36)

The “righteous requirement of the law” as demonstrated by Jesus is “right actions and good works from pure, unselfish motives.”(37) This is obedience of faith. So, “Let us examine our hearts in the light of the great principle of the law of God as defined by Christ: ‘You shall love the Lord your God will all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.’ (Luke 10:27, 28). Here the conditions of eternal life are specified. The promise is, ‘This do, and you shall live.’”(38)

“Those who receive the SEAL of the living God and are protected in the time of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully.” And, “The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.”(39)

References:

1. Romans 1:5 & 16:26 [NASB & Greek]; 3:20; 9:30-32.

2. Romans 3:27, 24; 5:1-5; 10:10; 15:16; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1 Thess. 3:12.

3. Ellen G White (EGW) in Desire of Ages, p. 504.

4. Romans 2:13-15.

5. EGW in Review & Herald (RH) 5/17/1898.

6. Romans 13:8-10.

7. John 1:1; 1 John 4:8.

8. Romans 10:4.

9. EGW in RH 6/4/1895; Romans 5:1-2.

10. John 6:28-29.

11. John 7:38-39.

12. Ezekiel 36:27.

13. EGW in Home Missionary, 11/1/1893.

14. Romans 8:4; 13:10

15. EGW in Southern Watchman, 12/4/1906.

16. EGW in Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 384; John 15:5.

17. EGW in Desire of Ages, p. 641.

18. Proverbs 16:2 niv.

19. EGW in Testimonies, vol. 2, p. 520.

20. Galatians 3:3; 5:5.

21. Romans 10:4,10.

22. Colossians 1:27.

23. Matthew 11:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18.

24. Galatians 5:22-23.

25. Romans 3:31.

26. EGW in Desire of Ages, p. 638; Romans 1:20, 12:3; Titus 2:11-12.

27. Matthew 7:24-27.

28. Hebrews 10:26.

29. Romans 9:30-32; 10:10.

30. Romans 7:4, 22-23.

31. Jeremiah 13:23; 17:9.

32. Ecclesiastes 9:3.

33. Ezekiel 36:26-27.

34. EGW in Sanctified Life, p. 8.

35. Romans 8:13, 2-6.

36. Galatians 6:7-9.

37. 3T 528.

38. Gospel Workers, 432.

39. EGW in Early Writings, p. 71; Christ Object Lessons, p. 415.

July 27, 2010

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON THE SHADOW SABBATHS OF COLOSSIANS 2:16, 17

1. (a) Why was the Passover to be celebrated on the 14th day of the first month, the day before a type of “Sabbath”? That same“Sabbath” was the day before the “Wave Sheaf” offering which was to be waved, on the 16th of the first month.

( What did that “Sabbath” (which was also the first day of (Unleavened Bread) represent? Why was it called a “Sabbath” and why was the Wave Sheaf specified to be, “on the morrow after the "Sabbath”?

2. (a) Why do the literal translations of the Bible, such as, the King James' Versions, the Geneva Bible and Young's Literal Translation etc. etc., show that the day before the Wave Sheaf ceremony was a “Sabbath”?

( What was the purpose of this scheduling?

3. (a) Why is the day before the Day of Pentecost always called, a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

( Why was the Day of Pentecost never called, a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

4. (a) Why is the day after the 7thday of Unleavened Bread called a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

( Why is the 7th day of Unleavened Bread never called a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

5. Why is there an exact 7-day sequence between these types of “Sabbaths” disbursed among the spring feasts in the Bible?

6. What is the relationship between these types of “Sabbaths” mentioned in Leviticus 23, (also referred to in Colossians 2:16, 17,) and the 7th-day “Sabbath”?

7. (a) Why is it so common among pastors and evangelists who claim to believe in the “Sabbaths”of the Bible, to call both the 7th day of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost, “Sabbaths”?

( Who gave pastors and evangelists the authority to "change times and the laws" as can be seen in their illustrative presentations of calling these days “Sabbaths”?? Is this change of times and laws done to confuse and to distract from their prophetic significance?

8. (a) When the first new moon of spring falls on a 7th-day “Sabbath”, why do all 8 of thesetypes of “Sabbaths” in Lev. 23:15 also fall on 7th-day “Sabbaths”?

( Why does this exact same pattern occur in the 7th month of the sacred year, where the 4 fallfeasts occur on these kinds of “Sabbaths”?

9. Why is the Day of Atonement always called a “Sabbath” being on the 10th day of the 7th month?

10. (a) How is the Day of Atonement, (the 10th day of the 7th month), in an exact 7-day sequence with the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles (the 15th day of the 7th month), and with the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles (the 22nd day of the 7the month)?

( Can you explain why, and exactly how, the 4 fall feast days, which are all called “Sabbaths” are actually in this exact 7-day sequence with each other?

11. What are the “Sabbaths” in Colossians 2:16, 17 shadows of?

12. (a) Why do all 4 of the fall feast days have extra-special significance only in the “Sabbath” years why?

( And what exactly is that extra-special significance? Where is the Bible evidence for this?

© Why does only the Day of Atonement, have extra-special significance in the Jubilee year? Why does the Day of Atonement have extra-special significance in both the “Sabbath year” and the “Jubilee years”, two consecutive years?

13. (a) Why are all 4 of the fall feast days called "Sabbaths"? When the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on a “seventh-day Sabbath”, why does the next Day of Atonement, also end up occurring on seventh-day Sabbaths?

( Why does this phenomenon occur so often in the perpetual Hebrew calendar, (HII) “HEBCAL”?

July 27, 2010

PROCLAIMING THE SABBATH MORE FULLY

# 1 OF 5

GOD'S PROPHETIC CODE

The evidence used in this study will be taken from the Bible KJV, the Spirit of Prophecy, the perpetual Hebrew calendars, both ancient, and the more recent Hillel II calendar used since the middle of the fourth century C.E., together with other ancient historical records.

Evidence will also be used from the US Naval Observatory. This evidence will prove beyond reasonable doubt, that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment has ten times more significance, then has yet been realized or understood by God's people today, possibly, not since the time that Jesus walked the earth, nearly 2000 years ago. The latter rain also, will be shown to be inseparably connected to this new light on the Sabbath.

In order to comprehend and understand this glorious light on the Sabbath, one needs to rediscover and utilize God's entire prophetic code, which Jesus gave to Moses. (and later interpreted, by His fulfillment of the feast days relating to His first advent 2000 years ago) This was all recorded in the Bible for the purpose of aiding God's people in unlocking the precise timing of the events in God's plan of salvation.

This old covenant system was actually a precise and intricate prophecy of the events, and of the exact timing of the events, that are to transpire within the new covenant, which is the heavenly sanctuary system, now in process in Heaven, where Jesus is our High Priest.

The following four quotations from the Spirit of Prophecy draw attention to, as well as, show the profound significance of the old sanctuary system.

“The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth. For it is the work of every one to whom the message of warning has come, to lift up Jesus, to present Him to the world as revealed in types, as shadowed in symbols, ...” 1SM 362.4

“Through the posterity of faithful Abraham, of the line of Shem, a knowledge of Jehovah's beneficent designs was to be preserved for the benefit of future generations. From time to time divinely appointed messengers of truth were to be raised up to call attention to the meaning of the sacrificial ceremonies, and especially to the promise of Jehovah concerning the advent of the One toward whom all the ordinances of the sacrificial system pointed. Thus the world was to be kept from universal apostasy. “ PK 687.1

“The significance of the Jewish economy is not yet fully comprehended. Truths vast and profound are shadowed forth in its rites and symbols. The gospel is the key that unlocks its mysteries. Through a knowledge of the plan of redemption, its truths are opened to the understanding. Far more than we do, it is our privilege to understand these wonderful themes. We are to comprehend the deep things of God. Angels desire to look into the truths that are revealed to the people who with contrite hearts are searching the word of God, and praying for greater lengths and breadths and depths and heights of the knowledge which He alone can give.” COL 133.1

"We do not half understand the Lord's plan in taking the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, and leading them through the wilderness into Canaan. As we gather up the divine rays shining from the gospel, we shall have a clearer insight into the Jewish economy, and a deeper appreciation of its important truths. Our exploration of truth is yet incomplete. We have gathered up only a few rays of light. Those who are not daily students of the Word will not solve the problems of the Jewish economy. They will not understand the truths taught by the Temple service. The work of God is hindered by a worldly understanding of His great plan. -Letter 156, 1903, pp. 2, 3. (To P. T. Magan, July 27, 1903.) {3MR 259.1}

There are many Spirit of Prophecy statements similar to these four quoted above, some of these are quoted in other parts of this 5-part study.

Leviticus 23 (KJV) is the chapter which specifies the observances of the weekly seventh-day Sabbath, as well as, each of the other annual feast days in the old covenant system. The seven annual feasts are: (1) Passover, (2) Week of Unleavened Bread, (3) Wave Sheaf, (which always occurs on the second day of Unleavened Bread) (4) Day of Pentecost, (5) Feasts of Trumpets, (6) Day of Atonement, (7) Feast of Tabernacles (8 days in this Feast). The first four feasts occur in spring and the three remaining occur in the fall.

THE SHADOWY SABBATHS AND THEIR ANTI-TYPE

Some of these are listed as “Sabbaths”, “holy convocations”, and days of “no servile work”. Others are listed as “holy convocations” and days of “no servile work”. Each has a distinctive meaning. “Sabbath” means “Sabbath”; “holy convocation” means only a “holy convocation”; no “servile work” means only “no servile work”. The “Sabbath” is a “holy convocation”, but a “holy convocation” is not necessarily a “Sabbath”.

For example, Wednesday prayer meeting is a “holy convocation”, but it is not a “Sabbath”, and it is not a day of “no servile work”. There are only two feast days with the requirement of absolutely no work whatsoever. These two days are, the seventh-day Sabbath and the Day of Atonement.

To illustrate this point, let us look at God's specifications for the Day of Pentecost in Leviticus 23: 15-21 KJV. One can clearly see that Pentecost is required to come the day after the seventh Sabbath counting from the Wave Sheaf offering, Wave Sheaf being the second day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread; yet Pentecost is specified to be a “holy convocation” and, also, a “day of no servile work”, but, it is not a Sabbath, because it is specified to come on the morrow after a Sabbath, just like the specifications are for the Wave Sheaf offering.

"And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days;....21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. Leviticus 23: 15-21 KJV.

These Sabbaths, 8 of which are mentioned in the verses above (Lev. 23:15-21), are all 'shadowy” Sabbaths, described in Colossians 2: 16, 17, as … “shadows of things to come” KJV. They follow their own seven-day cycle beginning on the new moon of the first and the seventh month only, of the sacred year.

The only purpose for these “shadowy” Sabbaths within the feast days, which are besides the seventh-day Sabbath, (Lev. 23:37, 38, Col 2:16) is to show exactly the days of the week the feast days will ultimately be fulfilled on, in relation to the weekly seventh-day Sabbath.

These “shadowy” Sabbaths are sometimes referred to as, “ceremonial Sabbaths”, but they, nor their purpose are understood, as they must be. These “shadowy Sabbaths” (Colossians 2: 16, 17 KJV) are just that, shadows of seventh-day Sabbaths to come. “Shadowy Sabbaths” are prophecies of future seventh-day Sabbaths. Each type in the old sanctuary system mentioned in Leviticus 23-25 has an anti-type . These Sabbaths can, truly, be called, the “type” and seventh-day Sabbaths the “anti-type”. The inspired statement below clearly shows God's interpretation of Colossians 2:16, giving us more evidence, in the process of unraveling the prophetic code.

“One day as Elder Corliss stepped out of a train, the guard [conductor] stopped him with the request that he explain Colossians 2:16. They stopped, and as the crowd rushed by, the explanation was given, and from Leviticus 23:37, 38 it was shown that there were sabbaths besides the Sabbath of the Lord.” RH, January 7, 1896 par. 14, by E.G. White.

12 ANNUAL SHADOWY SABBATHS

ALL CALCULATED FROM THE NEW MOON

There are exactly 12 annual (shadowy) Sabbaths listed in Leviticus 23-25 KJV, with 8 of these outlined within the spring feasts, and calculated from the first new moon after the spring equinox, according to the ancient Hebrew calendar, and the remaining 4 within the fall feasts, calculated from the seventh new moon, the month of the harvest feasts.

These “shadowy Sabbaths” are, in verity, the prophetic code one must use to understand the precise timing of the plan which God gave to Moses, and it is this same code, that the Messiah revealed to His disciples at His first advent, that unlocks for future generations the timing of the types relating to His second advent. This code and its implications will be the main focus of this 5 part study on the “Glorious Sabbath in the Mysterious Sanctuary”.

God designed the entire Jewish economy, in such a way that both the events of the great plan of salvation, and the exact timing of these events were typified in this ritual round of ceremonies, which took a period of fifty years to complete, and then, began all over again. Within this ritual system there is a prophetic code which can easily be deciphered with the aid of the Holy Spirit, by any sincere and devoted Bible student. But one must pay close attention to all the intricate details of these rituals, and also use a literal translation like the King James version of the Holy Bible, or Young's Literal Translation of the Bible. The following list contains some of these details.

THE HOLY SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH ON THE NEW MOON

INTERPRETS GOD'S MYSTERIOUS PROPHETIC CODE

1.

All the feast days in the old sanctuary system were scheduled from the new moon of the first month of the sacred year, (the beginning of which was“corresponding to the last of March and the beginning of April.” PP . 537.)

2.

Whenever the new moon, used to designate the timing of the feast days, (which would be the first and the seventh new moon, beginning the first and the seventh month of the sacred year), falls on a seventh-day Sabbath, then all the “shadowy” Sabbaths (ceremonial Sabbaths) which are calculated from that new moon, also, fall on seventh-day-Sabbaths KJV.

This is God's mysterious code. It was this prophetic code that Jesus revealed to His disciples 2000 years ago, which was later lost during the dark ages, and is only now being rediscovered by God's people today.

This is apparently the reason God links these two significant days together, the seventh-day Sabbath and the new moon, in the new heaven and the new earth which He will create. In combination they are the “key”, that unlocks the prophecies of Moses, as revealed in the old covenant system of Hebrew worship.

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Isaiah 66:22-24.

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Rev. 12:1 KJV.

Incidentally there are exactly twelve annual shadowy Sabbaths listed in the Bible.

3.

The spring feast days from Passover to Pentecost number 52 days, according to the Bible evidence (Leviticus 23:5-16 KJV), and the main Hebrew calendars in use today. (There is no variation in the count of the days, or the manner of observance from year to year) The ceremonies within the spring feast days were observed unvaried every year, this indicates that there was no specially designated year, when these spring feast days would meet their fulfillment from the books of Moses. (The prophet Daniel, however, in Daniel 9:27 says it was to occur in the midst of the 70th week of years.) This, however, was not the case for the fall feast days.

4.

The fall feast days, 22 literal days, had extra special ceremonies that where performed only in the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. Clearly, indicating that their main fulfillment would be in these two special years. Some of the fall feast days had extra special ceremonies in the Sabbatical year only (the year of release). The law of God was read to all, men, women, children, and the stranger during the days of the Feast of Tabernacles Deuteronomy 31:10-16. This practice was reserved just for the Sabbatical year (the year of release).

"Deuteronomy 31:10-13 KJV And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: And [that] their children, which have not known [any thing], may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.)

5.

The Day of Atonement also, had extra special significance in the Sabbatical year (year of release), when certain classes of Hebrew slaves were set free (Deuteronomy 15:1, 12). This evidence shows that a fulfillment of the Day of Atonement can be expected to take place in a Sabbath year. No doubt, this is the Sabbatical year that precedes the year of Jubilee.

The reason for this is that there are 4 “shadowy” Sabbaths that must all come on seventh-day Sabbaths in their fulfillment, and this always happens in two consecutive years, Remember the year before the Jubilee year is always a Sabbatical year.

6.

There is only one feast day that had extra special significance, in both, the Sabbatical year and in the year of Jubilee, and that fall feast day is the Day of Atonement. In the Sabbatical year a certain class of Hebrew slaves were set free (Deuteronomy 15:1, 12. PP 532).

The Day of Atonement has special significance in its fulfillment in the Sabbatical year, but its prime fulfillment was reserved for the commencement of the Jubilee.

7.

All other slaves waited for the Jubilee trumpet to sound on the Day of Atonement of the Jubilee year. Leviticus. 25:9,10, PP 534. The Jubilee trumpet was blown only on that special Holy day, when all slaves where set free from slavery.

So it can now be clearly seen that Jesus designed the Day of Atonement to come on the tenth day of the month, because only then, are all four of the “shadowy Sabbaths within the fall feast days, positioned to come on seventh-day Sabbaths in these two consecutive years, the very years when they have their extra special significance. Isn't that amazing!

What a holy loving mastermind is our Lord and Savior, that He would design and implement such a precise and intricate plan for the salvation of man, and that He would then share all the details of this glorious plan with His created beings, giving them insight into the mysteries of the deep things of God.

July 27, 2010

PROCLAIMING THE SABBATH MORE FULLY

# 2 OF 5

THE ANCIENT HEBREW CALENDAR, AND HILLEL II

The main Orthodox Jewish calendar in use today, Hillel II, abides by the exact reckoning of 52 and 22 days for the seven annual feasts. This principle is maintained from the ancient Hebrew calendar used in Old Testament times until the middle of the fourth century C.E. when the Hillel II calendar was adopted. The differences between the ancient Hebrew calendar and the Hillel II calendar are as follows.

1. The ancient Hebrew calendar begins the new moon of the first month after the spring equinox (in order to have ripe barley for the Wave Sheaf offering), while the Hillel II calendar begins the first month with the new moon nearest the spring equinox.

2. Since the time of the crucifixion of the Messiah in 31 C.E. there has never been a Friday Passover scheduled for the spring feast days. According to the Hillel II calendar, the Passover will always be postponed or advanced a day if the first new moon of the sacred year ever occurs on a seventh-day Sabbath.

3. As was the practice in the ancient Hebrew calendar, the Jews today (for the fall feast days only), will still postpone or advance a day if the new moon can be on a seventh-day Sabbath, sometimes going by an invisible new moon which would be near the time of conjunction, and sometimes going by the first sighting, as can be seen in Hillel II calendar today (see Hebcal).

Since there was no ripe barley for the Wave Sheaf when using the Hillel II calendar in 1844, early Adventists calculated the feasts days by using the ancient Hebrew reckoning, this caused the Day of Atonement to fall on Tuesday October 22 in 1844, instead of Monday, September 23. There must be ripe barley for the Wave Sheaf offering on the 16th day of the first Hebrew month. This is the reason the ancient Hebrew calendar should be used today. Actually, both of these calendars agree about half of the time for the fall feast days, and they are in agreement on the four perfect Sabbath alignments within the fall feasts in the 49th and 50th years that occur now in our time.

A DETAILED RECAP OF THE SHADOWY SABBATHS

Many have wrongly classified all seven of the annual feasts (1) Passover, (2) Week of Unleavened Bread, (3) Wave Sheaf (4) Day of Pentecost, (5) Feasts of Trumpets, (6) Day of Atonement, (7) Feast of Tabernacles as “shadowy Sabbaths”, rather than accepting the plainly illustrated teachings of our Lord to Moses, where Jesus actually specifies precisely, which feast days are the “shadowy Sabbaths”, and which are not.

However, one must use a literal translation, like the KJV of the Bible. Satan has created many different versions of the Bible to confuse the minds of men, and to keep them from understanding the glorious plan that God has revealed through these “shadowy” Sabbaths.

Many false under Shepherds behind the pulpits in the Churches of today exalt their own ideas (which in many cases are deliberate deception, but in some cases are just plain ignorance, the blind leading the blind) above the plain Holy Word of God by changing the timing of the “shadowy” Sabbaths, so that no one can make rhyme or reason out of what they are meant to teach. All must search the Scriptures for themselves or be deceived by Satan and his agents.

DAYS SPECIFIED AS SABBATHS IN THE SPRING FEASTS

USING A LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE LIKE THE KJV.

(1) The day after Passover...............A SHADOWY SABBATH

(2) The first day of Unleavened Bread ....A SHADOWY SABBATH

(3) The day before Wave Sheaf ........... A SHADOWY SABBATH

(4) The day after the 7th day of Unleavened A SHADOWY SABBATH

(5) The 6 other Sabbaths to Pentecost .....A SHADOWY SABBATH

(6) The day before The Day of Pentecost .. A SHADOWY SABBATH

(A) The day after Passover, the 15th day which is the first day of the 7 days of Unleavened Bread the day before Wave Sheaf—Wave Sheaf always occurred on the 16th day which was the second day of the 7 days of Unleavened Bread (and the third day from Passover,) this makes the first day of the 7 days of Unleavened Bread a Sabbath. The result of this, is that the Wave Sheaf always occurs on the morrow after the Sabbath (shadowy Sabbath).

Leviticus 23:11- And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Jesus taught Moses and later, His disciples the prophecy that Passover occurs a day before a Sabbath and that the Wave Sheaf offering occurs on the third day from Passover, “on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.” Leviticus 23:11 KJV. To His disciples He said, “Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day.” Luke 24:46 KJV Jesus was the first fruits and His resurrection took place on the very day that the Wave Sheaf offering was waved before the Lord.

Whenever the “shadowy” Sabbath comes on the seventh-day Sabbath, it is termed an “high day”. In 31 C.E., the day after Passover was a seventh-day Sabbath. “The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,)” John 19:31 KJV

( The day after the 7th day of Unleavened Bread, which is the first Sabbath in the seven Sabbath count to the day before the Day of Pentecost. This is clearly seen in the following text.

Leviticus 23:15, 16- And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days;

From this evidence, we can see that Passover came one day before a “shadowy” Sabbath, Wave Sheaf came one day after a “shadowy” Sabbath, the seventh day of Unleavened Bread came one day before a shadowy Sabbath and the Day of Pentecost came one day after a shadowy Sabbath.

From Jesus' teaching to Moses in Leviticus, the Day of Pentecost, the last spring feast, comes on the morrow after the seventh “shadowy” Sabbath. In 31 C.E. this feast day met fulfillment on the appointed day, on the morrow after the seventh “shadowy” Sabbath, and also a morrow after a seventh-day Sabbath that year. This event is historically recognized as occurring on a Sunday.

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.” Act 2:1, 2 KJV

In the fulfillment of the spring feasts, in the year of Jesus' crucifixion, this is exactly how the “shadowy” Sabbaths fell within the weekly cycle of days, all of them came on seventh-day-Sabbaths that year.

“These types were fulfilled, not only as to the event, but as to the time. On the fourteenth day of the first Jewish month, the very day and month on which, for fifteen long centuries, the passover lamb had been slain, Christ, having eaten the passover with his disciples, instituted that feast which was to commemorate his own death as “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” That same night he was taken by wicked hands, to be crucified and slain. And as the antitype of the wave-sheaf, our Lord was raised from the dead on the third day, “the first-fruits of them that slept,” [1 Corinthians 15:20.] a sample of all the resurrected just, whose “vile body” shall be changed, and “fashioned like unto his glorious body.” [Philippians 3:21.] GC88 399.

“In like manner, the types which relate to the second advent must be fulfilled at the time pointed out in the symbolic service.” GC 399.

DAYS SPECIFIED AS SABBATHS IN THE FALL FEASTS

AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH

(1) Feast of Trumpets Leviticus 23:24 -A SHADOWY SABBATH

(2) Day of Atonement Leviticus 23:27--- SHADOWY SABBATH

(3) 1st day of Feast of Tabernacls......SHADOWY SABBATH

(4) 8th day of Feast of Tabernacles ----A SHADOWY SABBATH

“...In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath,” Leviticus 23:24 “Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month... It [shall be] unto you a Sabbath of rest,” 27 “...The fifteenth day of this seventh month...on the first day [shall be] a Sabbath, and on the eighth day [shall be] a Sabbath.” 34, 36

The surface reader will assume that the fall feast days cannot all come on seventh-day Sabbaths because the Day of Atonement is on the 10th day of the month, the honest reply can be made, that it is only because it comes on the 10th day that it can come on the seventh-day Sabbath.

There are many mysteries revealed in the four “shadowy” Sabbaths of the fall feasts, and in order to unlock their prophetic significance, one needs to search out other pieces of evidence directly related to these Sabbaths, which are also revealed in the Holy Scriptures.

1. One of these mysteries is that the Day of Atonement occurs on the 10th day of the month, if it occurred on any other day it could not fulfill its prophetic Sabbath role in the Jubilee year, which is the year of its prime fulfillment. Always remember the prime fulfillment of the Day of Atonement is in the year of Jubilee. Leviticus 25:8-10.

2. Another mystery of the fall feasts is that the Feast of Tabernacles has its prime fulfillment only in the Sabbatical year. Deuteronomy 31:10-16.

3. The year just before the year of Jubilee is a Sabbatical year, so here is the answer as to why the Day of Atonement falls on the 10th day. For it is only then, that all the shadowy Sabbaths in the fall feast days can be fulfilled on seventh-day Sabbaths, in the year of their prime fulfillment's.

Whenever the three “shadowy Sabbaths” in the fall feast days fall on the seventh-day Sabbath, the fourth “shadowy Sabbath”, the Day of Atonement always falls on the seventh-day Sabbath, the very next year. To repeat again, in this way all of the “shadowy” Sabbaths in the fall feast days, actually occur on seventh-day Sabbaths in the year of their prime fulfillment the 49th and 50th years (the Sabbatical year and the year of Jubilee.)

What an amazing phenomena to behold, an obvious illustration of the genius ability of the author and designer, who is none other then, our Lord Jesus Christ. Here one can see, that this could only have been designed by a mastermind.

THE 7 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SABBATHS

The first two of these Sabbaths have been discussed earlier, the seventh-day Sabbath and the “shadowy” (ceremonial) Sabbaths. With the remaining five, there are a total of 7 different kinds of Sabbaths brought to view in God's plan of salvation. The following statement shows us the actual meaning of the number 7.

“The number 7 indicates completeness, and is symbolic of the fact that the messages extend to the end of time” AA p.585.3,

(1) SABBATH OF DAYS 7TH-DAY-SABBATHS CALCULATED BY THE SUN

(2) SABBATH OF DAYS SHADOWY SABBATHS . CALCULATED BY THE MOON

(3) SABBATH OF WEEKS SHADOWY SABBATHS CALCULATED BY THE MOON

(4) SABBATH OF MONTHS 7th MONTH FEASTS CALCULATED BY THE MOON

(5) SABBATH OF YEARS SABBATH YEARS .. CALCULATED BY THE MOON

(6) SABBATH OF WEEKS OF YEARS 7X7 YEARS CALCULATED BY THE MOON

(7) SABBATH OF MILLENNIUMS.1000 YEARS CALCULATED BY THE MOON

(1) LEV. 23:3 (2) LEV. 23:24 (3) LEV. 23:15,16 (4) LEV. 23:24 (5) LEV. 25:1-7 (6) LEV. 25:8 (7) 2 PETER 3:8

When all 7 of the different kinds of SABBATHS line up at one place in time, the evidence in this five part study will show that we will then have arrived at the end of time, THE LAST GREAT SABBATH JUBILEE.

From the time of the Messiah to our time, there have been no perfect alignments of the “shadowy Sabbaths (with seventh-day Sabbaths) in the fall feast days, in the seventh Sabbatical and Jubilee years (according to Hebcal (Hillel II, the perpetual Hebrew calendar.)

But now at the end of the six thousand years we see four distinct perfect alignments in these specific years, all in our time, and then there are no more alignments of the “shadowy” Sabbaths (with seventh-day Sabbaths) in the fall feast days in the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, even though one looks a thousand years in the future.

This amazing data was obtained from the perpetual Hebrew Calendar (hebcal), the Hebrew Calendar in use by the majority of the Jewish people today.

Amazingly, we see that both the ancient Hebrew calendar and the Hillel II calender perfectly agree in the years of these four rare alignments.

The ancient Hebrew calendar, in use during the time of Christ was used until the middle of the fourth century C.E. (except that from the time of Jesus crucifixion till today, there has never been a seventh-day Sabbath allowed on the new moon of the first month), in consequence there has never been a Friday Passover since the crucifixion till today.

In the middle of the fourth century C.E., the Hillel II calendar was adopted. However, some classes of Jews continue using the ancient Hebrew calendar today.

THE EXPLANATION OF THE SEVEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF SABBATHS:

1. The seventh-day Sabbath is the very hub from which all of the other types of Sabbaths emanate and receive their glory. The seventh-day Sabbath is calculated from the cycle of the sun alone, whereas, all the other types of Sabbaths are calculated from the cycle of the moon, aided by the sun. Therefore, the seventh-day Sabbath shines the brightest of them all, just as the sun shines brighter than the moon.

2. The (shadowy) Sabbaths are calculated from the new moon, and occur in an exact seven-day sequence, as does the seventh-day Sabbath. All shadowy Sabbaths are calculated from only two of the new moons of the sacred year, the first new moon, and the seventh or last new moon, even though some of the shadowy Sabbaths extend into the third month of the sacred year.

3. The seven shadowy Sabbaths, an exact week of shadowy Sabbaths, are to be counted from the day of the Wave Sheaf offering and reach to the 49th day. The 50th day, the day after the seventh shadowy Sabbath, is the Feast of Pentecost. The Day of Pentecost is the first day after a shadowy Sabbath, similar to the first day in the weekly cycle. This 50-day period is a miniature replication of the Jubilee cycle of years, showing that the Jubilee immediately follows the seven Sabbath years. All the shadowy Sabbaths are designed to prophesy exactly where the seventh-day Sabbaths would be, at the time when the feast days would meet their fulfillment in the new covenant.

4. The seventh month is the Sabbath month. The Jewish sacred year has only seven months in which all the annual feasts (those appointed by God) occur. In the seventh month which begins on the seventh new moon of the sacred year, the closing events of the plan of redemption are typified in 22 literal days. Lev. 23:24

5. Like the days of the week, the years are also counted in a cycle of seven, a week of years, with the seventh year being the Sabbath year. The cycle of seven in God's calendar, whether with days or years or weeks of years, was never interrupted or disturbed. In the seventh year the land rested, as a reminder of the seventh millennium in which the earth will rest. It is also called a “year of release”Deuteronomy 15:1, since certain Hebrew slaves were set free in the Sabbath year, (and this took place on the Day of Atonement.) All other slaves were released in the “great year of release”, the Jubilee. And as in the Sabbatical year, this great release also took place on the Day of Atonement. LEV. 25:1-7

6. The week of Sabbath years, 7 X 7 years, or 49 years, was to illustrate that the Jubilee year was to occur immediately after the seventh Sabbatical year. The Jubilee was the first year in a new beginning, in a new set of seven years. The 7 X 7 Sabbaths is a reminder that after the alignment of ALL 7 of the different kinds of Sabbaths in one area of time, the end will come.

7. The Sabbath millennium will begin immediately after the sixth millennium is completed. “...one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8.

In the Spirit of Prophecy there are more than a dozen references to the six thousand years being the time allotted for the working of Satan in the demonstration of sin. The seventh millennium begins when all of these separate and distinct Sabbaths are aligned at the time of the end. Then will begin the seventh millennium, the great Sabbath rest for this earth.

We now conclude part two of this five part study on “THE GLORIOUS SABBATH IN THE MYSTERIOUS SANCTUARY” with the following inspired statement.

“I saw that we sensed and realized but little of the importance of the Sabbath, to what we yet should realize and know of its importance and glory. I saw we knew not what it was yet to ride upon the high places of the earth and to be fed with the heritage of Jacob. But when the refreshing and latter rain shall come from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power, we shall know what it is to be fed with the heritage of Jacob and ride upon the high places of the earth. Then shall we see the Sabbath more in its importance and glory. “But we shall not see it in all its glory and importance until the covenant of peace is made with us at the voice of God, and the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem are thrown open and swing back on their glittering hinges, and the glad and joyful voice of the lovely Jesus is heard richer than any music that ever fell on mortal ear bidding us enter.”--Letter 3, 1851. 3SM 388.2

The next study number 3 of 5 will be, LOCATING THE ANCIENT BIBLE JUBILEE.

July 27, 2010

THE 4 SABBATHS THAT ALWAYS APPEAR TOGETHER

A casual look at the perpetual Hebrew calendar “HEBCAL” will show that all 4 Sabbaths of the fall feasts very often occur on seventh day Sabbaths together in two consecutive years. For example, look at these years listed in the list below. Of course, in most years they have no special significance, it is only when this phenomena occurs in the 49th and 50th years that it would have potential significance.

For example in the year 2003 the “Feast of Trumpets”, the first day of the “Feast of Tabernacles” and the eighth day of the “Feast of Tabernacles” all fell on Holy seventh day Sabbaths , and the very next year in 2004 the “Day of Atonement” occurred on the Holy seventh day Sabbath also, and the exact same thing can be seen in the two consecutive years listed in the list bellow taken from “HEBCAL” (the perpetual Hebrew calendar HII). HI is the calendar used up until the middle of the 4th century, and the HII is the calendar used from the middle of the 4th century,

2003-----2004---- HII, .....ONLY

2009-----2010---- HII, .....ONLY

2023-----2024---- HI + HII

2027-----2028---- HI + HII

2030-----2031---- HI + HII

2033-----2034---- HI + HII

2040-----2041---- HII,..... ONLY

2050-----2051---- HII, .....ONLY

2054-----2055---- HI + HII

2057-----2058---- HI + HII

2061-----2062---- HI + HII

2067-----2068---- HII, ....ONLY

2070-----2071---- HII, ....ONLY

2077-----2078---- HII, ....ONLY

2081-----2082---- HI + HII

2084-----2085---- HI + HII * etc. etc. etc.

July 27, 2010

PROCLAIMING THE SABBATH MORE FULLY

# 3 OF 5

LOCATING THE ANCIENT BIBLE JUBILEE

The prophecies of Moses are the first written record showing the significance of the Jubilee. The ancient Bible Jubilee year is easily located in the Bible and in other ancient historical Hebrew records.

“In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” 2 Corinthians 13:1

The testimony of all three witnesses will be given to pinpoint the Jubilee year.

The Jubilee years were prophetic of two of the great events in the plan of redemption; the first day of Christ's public ministry at His first advent, and, also, “the day of vengeance of our God”, just before the second advent. (Isaiah 61:1,2) According to the prophecy which Jesus gave Moses in Leviticus 23 and 25, the Jubilee must be ushered in on a Day of Atonement and that day must be a seventh-day Sabbath.

This is precisely how Jesus fulfilled the first part of the Jubilee prophecy. In the proclamation of the Jubilee on the Day of Atonement, in the synagogue on the seventh-day Sabbath, Jesus stopped in the middle of the sentence, omitting the phrase, “and the day of vengeance of our God,” which was the last part of the same sentence that He was reading from the Jubilee prophecy of Isaiah 61. He closed the book and then proclaimed,

“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:21

“... as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:16-21

“The spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,...” Isaiah 61:1,2

The Bible cross-reference to the text in Luke is Isaiah 61:1, 2, and then, from Isaiah, the reference is to Leviticus 25, the great Jubilee prophecy. Jesus did not complete the sentence He was reading from Isaiah 61, as the remainder of the Jubilee prophecy did not apply to His first advent. The part of the sentence that He omitted applies to the “day of vengeance of our God:” which will be fulfilled just before He returns to earth for the second time.

This Jubilee, “the day of vengeance of our God,” was illustrated by the experience of Elijah, the prophet, in his three and one-half year ministry culminating on Mt. Carmel where Elijah dealt with the priests of Baal, who had led God's people into apostasy. This was just before the time of the appearance of the small cloud, the size of a man's hand, representing the second coming of Jesus.

“And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.” 1 Kings 18:44.

“Soon there appears in the east a small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand. It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour, and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. The people of God know this to be the sign of the Son of man.” GC 640

In the ancient Hebrew writings from the time of Elijah, there is recorded an amazing statement regarding the location of the Jubilee. (an actual statement made by Elijah)

“Elijah told Judah, the brother of Sala Hasida, 'The world will endure not less than 85 Jubilees, and on the last Jubilee the Son of David will come.” (Sanh.97b) from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581-582 (Jewish Synagogue Library)

(No one knows how long the earth endured from the creation of the world until man fell into sin, but it couldn't have been much over the time of two Jubilees (a period of 98 years), as Adam's third son was born when Adam was one hundred and thirty years old (Genesis 5:3) and Abel had just been killed by Cain. From the entrance of sin until 27 C.E. when Jesus started His public ministry, could have been about 4067 years or 83 Jubilee cycles.)

In these same ancient Hebrew writings is stated,

“The sages ... reckoned the historical order and the end of time by Sabbatical Years and Jubilees.” from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581 (Jewish Synagogue Library)

“Israel counted 17 Jubilees from the time they entered the land to the time they left it” (Ar. 12b). from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581 (Jewish Synagogue Library)

Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, in “JOSEPHUS COMPLETE WORKS” , p. 706, begins his list of the ancient Jubilee years with the year, “1787 B.C.E.” and ends the list with his last recorded Jubilee year of “27 C.E.” ,

Each Jubilee cycle is forty-nine years in sequence, the Jubilee year is the 50th year, it was also the first year in the next set of forty-nine years. His placement agrees perfectly with the proclamation Jesus made announcing the Jubilee (Luke 4:16-21). This completely harmonizes with the date of 27 A.D. for this event given by the prophet, E.G. White, recorded in Prophets and Kings, p. 698.

“In A.D. 27, Jesus at His baptism received the anointing of the Holy Spirit and soon afterward began His ministry. Then the message was proclaimed, "The time is fulfilled." Mark 1:15. PK 698

Regarding the last Jubilee, “the day of vengeance of our God”, E.G. White describes the occurrence of this great Jubilee in Early Writings, p. 285. Please note that this is not the time of the second coming of Jesus, which takes place some number of days after this time. The number of days is unknown until the Father speaks the day and the hour of Jesus' second coming at the moment the Jubilee commences.

“And as God spoke the day and hour of Jesus' coming, [Ezekiel 12:25. Mark 13:32.] and delivered the everlasting covenant to His people, [Ezekiel 20:37. Hebrews 12:22-25.] He spoke one sentence, and then paused, while the words were rolling through the earth! [Jeremiah 25:30, 31.] The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upwards, listening to the words as they came from the mouth of Jehovah, and rolled through the earth like peals of loudest thunder! It was awfully solemn. At the end of every sentence, the saints shouted, Glory! Hallelujah! Their countenances were lighted up with the glory of God; and they shone with the glory as Moses' face did when he came down from Sinai. The wicked could not look on them, for the glory. [song of Solomon 5:1-5.] And when the never ending blessing was pronounced on those who had honored God, in keeping His Sabbath holy, there was a mighty shout of victory over the Beast, and over his Image.

Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest. I saw the pious slave rise in triumph and victory, and shake off the chains that bound him, while his wicked master was in confusion, and knew not what to do; for the wicked could not understand the words of the voice of God. [Daniel 12:10.] Soon appeared the great white cloud. Revelation 14:14.” Early Writings, p. 285

JUBILEE HYMNS

IN EARLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HYMNALS

In early Adventism, in hymnals, such as, the “Christ in Song”, there are many songs about the soon anticipated Sabbatical and Jubilee years, many of these, however were omitted in subsequent hymnals. Notice the words of one of these hymns from the hymnal, “Christ in Song”, hymn no. 880 in the Souvenir edition, entitled, “THE YEAR OF JUBILEE”.

THE YEAR OF JUBILEE

1. “Oh, glory to God! It is coming again, 'Tis the glad jubilee of the children of men;

Then blow ye the trumpet, shout glory and sing, And join in the praises of Jesus the King.

Chorus: Shout with the voice of triumph, Soon shall the saints be free (be free);

Glory to the Lord! Hallelujah! Hasten the jubilee!”

2. “'Tis the glad anti-type of that day long ago, When the hosts of the Lord might not gather or sow;

When the minions of Israel from labor were free, And the land was to rest in the glad jubilee.

Chorus: Shout with the voice of triumph, Soon shall the saints be free (be free);

Glory to the Lord! Hallelujah! Hasten the jubilee!”

3. “Yes, gladder by far is that rest “by and by,” When on wings like the eagle we mount to the sky;

We shall dwell evermore in that land of the blest, In that grand jubilee, in that Sabbath of rest.

Chorus: Shout with the voice of triumph, Soon shall the saints be free (be free):

Glory to the Lord! Hallelujah! Hasten the jubilee!”

Copyright, 1885, by the J. E. White Pub. Co. Used by permission.

GOD'S ORIGINAL JUBILEE CALENDAR

THE SABBATH ALIGNMENTS IN THE FALL FEASTS IN THE 49TH AND 50TH YEARS

JOSEPHUS, FIRST CENTURY JEWISH HISTORIAN LISTS C.E. 27 AS A JUBILEE YEAR

HILLEL I calendar was used from Moses' time to C.E. 354. The HILLEL I calendar uses all the principles for calculation that God gave to Moses to designate the times and the seasons. Whenever the HILLEL II calendar (the Jewish calendar in use today) begins the year with the new moon after the spring equinox, then both calendars agree on the timing of the fall feasts.

The Pharisee and the Sadducee methods of scheduling the feasts differed; but, both agreed at the time Jesus fulfilled the Feast days relating to His first coming. The two calendars, HILLEL I (HI) , & HILLEL II (HII) are in agreement for the four rare alignments of the fall feasts. DATA SHOWN BELOW TAKEN FROM “HEBCAL” (HILLEL II) PERPETUAL HEBREW CALENDAR

HILLEL I (HI) begins the Sacred Year with the first new moon AFTER the spring equinox

HILLEL II (HII) begins the Sacred Year with the first new moon NEAREST the spring equinox

OVER 300 YEARS WERE EXTRACTED FROM JEWISH RECKONING OF TIME FOLLOWING THE FULFILLMENT OF ELIJAH'S PROPHECY THAT MESSIAH WOULD APPEAR ON THE 85TH JUBILEE, WHICH WAS IN THE YEAR 27 C.E. AND NO FRIDAY PASSOVER SINCE 31 C.E. CAN BE FOUND IN THE HILLEL II CALENDAR.

*HIGH SABBATHS MEAN THAT IN THE 49TH AND 50TH YEARS ALL 4 SABBATHS ALIGN ON HOLY SABBATHS

* J.Y. MEANS ONLY THE JUBILEE YEAR IS CALCULATED with the new moon AFTER THE SPRING EQUINOX

* S.Y. MEANS ONLY THE SABBATICAL YEAR IS CALCULATED with the new moon AFTER THE SPRING EQUINOX

JOSEPHUS FIRST CENTURY JEWISH HISTORIAN LISTS 27 C.E. AS A JUBILEE YEAR

27 C.E. / HI HIGH SABBATH--Jesus read the Jubilee prophecy in 27 C.E. Luke 4:17-21; Isaiah 61

76 C.E. X

125 C.E. X

174 C.E. X

223 C.E. X

272 C.E. X

321 C.E. X

370 C.E. X

419 C.E. X

468 C.E. X

517 C.E. X

566 C.E. X

615 C.E. X

664 C.E. X

713 C.E. X

762 C.E. X

811 C.E. X

860 C.E. X / J.Y. In HI *

909 C.E. X

958 C.E. X / J.Y. In HI *

1007 C.E. X

1056 C.E. X

1105 C.E. X

1154 C.E. X

1203 C.E. X

1252 C.E. X

1301 C.E. X

1350 C.E. X

1399 C.E. X

1448 C.E. X

1497 C.E. X

1546 C.E. X

1595 C.E. X

1644 C.E. X

1693 C.E. X

1742 C.E. X

1791 C.E. X

1840 C.E. X

1889 C.E. / only HI HIGH SABBATHS *

1938 C.E. X

1987 C.E. / / HI + HII HIGH SABBATHS *

2036 C.E. X

2085 C.E. / / HI + HII HIGH SABBATHS *

2134 C.E. X

2183 C.E. / / HI + HII HIGH SABBATHS *

2232 C.E. X

2281 C.E. / / HI + HII HIGH SABBATHS *

2330 C.E. X

2379 C.E. X /S.Y. In HI *

2428 C.E. X

2477 C.E. X / S.Y. In HI *

2526 C.E. X

2575 C.E. X

2624 C.E. X

2673 C.E. X

2722 C.E. X

2771 C.E. X

2820 C.E. X

2869 C.E. X

2918 C.E. X

2967 C.E. X

3016 C.E. X

3065 C.E. X

3114 C.E. X

3163 C.E. X

3212 C.E. X

3261 C.E. X

3310 C.E. X

3359 C.E. X

3408 C.E. X

3457 C.E. X

Data from (“HEBCAL”) PERPETUAL HEBREW CALENDAR

“Light and grace will be given to those who thus obey God.They will behold wondrous things out of His law.Great truths that have lain unheeded and unseen since the day of Pentecost,are to shine from God's word in their native purity. To those who truly love God the Holy Spirit will reveal truths that have faded from the mind, and will also reveal truths that are entirely new.Those who eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God will bring from the books of Daniel and Revelation truth that is inspired by the Holy Spirit. They will start into action forces that cannot be repressed. The lips of children will be opened to proclaim the mysteries that have been hidden from the minds of men. The Lord has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

July 29, 2010

PROCLAIMING THE SABBATH MORE FULLY

# 4 OF 5

THE ADVENT MOVEMENT AND THE TYPES RELATING TO THE SECOND ADVENT (AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS)

In view of the specific detailed requirements of the fall feast days (“the types relating to the second advent “) which Jesus taught to Moses in Leviticus 23,-25 and in Deuteronomy 16, and 31, an in-depth examination of the Advent Movement culminating in the “Midnight Cry” of 1844, must be made, specifically, in light of the requirements for the Sabbatical and the Jubilee Years.

(We must always remember that William Miller was shown two caskets full of the same jewels, the first one given to him, was as bright as the sun, wile the second was much larger and ten times brighter then the sun. This 5 part study is an invitation to take a look inside the second casket of William Miller's dream, and see what he seen when he looked into this second casket, which was prepared by the other man, who entered the room. Read the entire dream in Early Writings, p.81-83, which is included at the end of this study # 4 of 5 .)

This “Midnight Cry”, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh ! Go ye out to meet Him,” focused on only one of the fall feast days, the Day of Atonement, Tuesday, October22, 1844, as the time of the return of Jesus to this earth. We must never forget that this “Midnight Cry” is referred to by E.G. White, in “A Word To The Little Flock”, p.14 and in Christian Experience and Teachings of E.G. White, p.57,58, as the “bright light” at the first end of the path that lightens the way the saints must travel until the time that they hear the voice of God giving them the actual day and hour of Jesus' coming.

“ It was not long after the passing of the time, in 1844, that my first vision was given me. I was visiting Mrs. Haines at Portland, 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 had 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 saw a straight and narrow path, cast up high above the world. On this path the advent people were traveling to the city which was at the farther end of the path. They had a bright light set up behind them at the beginning of the path, which an angel told me was the "midnight cry." [see Matthew 25:6.] 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, 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. Soon we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus' coming.” Christian Experience and Teachings of E.G. White, p. 57, 58 (also in Early Writin gs, p.14, 15.)

E.G. White's first vision was also printed in the Day Star in which she included some additional details not found in her statement above. Therefore, both statements are quoted.

“While praying at the family altar the Holy Ghost fell on me and I seemed to be rising higher and higher, far above the dark world. 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 see a strait and narrow path, cast up high above the world. On this path the Advent people were traveling to the City, which was at the farther end of the path. They had a bright light set up behind them at the first end 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 they might not stumble. And 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 glorious light which waved over the Advent band, and they shouted, Hallelujah! Others rashly denied the light behind them, and said that it was not God that had led them out so far. The light behind them went out which left their feet in perfect darkness, and they stumbled and got their eyes off the mark and lost sight of Jesus, and fell off the path down in the dark and wicked world below. It was just as impossible for them to get on the path again & go to the City, as all the wicked world which God had rejected. They fell all the way along the path one after another, until we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus' coming. The living saints, 144,000, in number, know and understand the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder & an earthquake. When God spake the time, he poured on us the Holy Ghost, and our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God as Moses did when he came down from Mount Sinai, (Exodus 34:30-34.)” DS, January 24, 1846 par. 1 by E.G. White.

Please note, again, that the “Midnight Cry,” “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him,” in 1844, is the “bright light” at the beginning of the path, that God's people travel to the Holy City. Referring to the time just before the second coming of Jesus, E.G. White says, “My mind was carried to the future, when the signal will be given, “Behold the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him.” This statement is found in the RH, February 11, 1896 par. 6.

These statements clearly show that the “Midnight Cry,” pointing to the Day of Atonement on Tuesday, October 22, 1844, has a reapplication, and that it is a prophecy, a forerunner, if you will, of the future final call, when the parable of the ten virgins is repeated.

“This parable has been and will be fulfilled to the very letter, for it has a special application to this time,...”Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, August 19, 1890, E.G. White.

“That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.” Ecclesiastes 3:15.

In light of this dual application of the “Midnight Cry,” “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him,” there are other aspects of the 1844 movement to which this would also apply. These are prophetic of future events, as well, one of them being the reference to the judgment on the Day of Atonement, “the judgment sat and the books were opened.” In the scripture study of E.G. White's writings on this text, we see that approximately 20% of her statements refer to the Day of Atonement, Tuesday, October 22, 1844, while 80% refer to the future pee-advent judgment, “when the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened.”

Of this 80 %, two specific future judgments are brought to view that apply especially to God's people. The first of these two would involve the judgment of the Church, while the second would concern the individuals living at the time of the judgment of the living would begin. A few statements by E.G. White will be given to support this fact.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH:

“ In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church is to be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: "Found wanting." By the light bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be judged.” 8 Testimonies p. 247.

“The church will be weighted in the balances of the sanctuary. If her moral character and spiritual state do not correspond with the benefits and blessings God has conferred upon her, she will be found wanting.” 5 Testimonies, 83.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING INDIVIDUAL:

“When the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, and every man shall be judged according to the things written in the books, then the tables of stone, hidden by God until that day, will be presented before the world as the standard of righteousness, Then men and women will see that the prerequisite of their salvation is obedience to the perfect law of God, None will find excuse for sin. By the righteous principles of that law, men will receive their sentence of life or of death.” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, January 28, 1909, E.G. White,

This is strong evidence that the future judgment of the living, will, as in 1844, commence on a Day of Atonement, when the sanctuary will be cleansed, at the end of the 2300-day prophecy, in literal time.

“Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world....” Acts 17:31.

From the statement by E.G. White that prophetic time ended in 1844, there will never again be a day for a year interpretation of Bible prophecy. The final application of the 2300 day prophecy, reaching to the time when the sanctuary will be cleansed for the living, will be just that, 2300 literal days, and these days will be counted from a future going forth of a commandment to restore and build Jerusalem.

“I saw that they were correct in their reckoning of the prophetic periods; prophetic time closed in 1844,” Early Writings, p. 243.

The three angels' messages were given in relation to the 1840-1844 movement with the first angel's message pointing to the hour of God's judgment on the Day of Atonement, October 22, 1844, the end of the 2300 day prophecy of Daniel 8:14, by counting a day for a year from the going forth of the “commandment to restore and build Jerusalem” issued by Artaxerxes in 457 B.C.E.

In light of the following statements, when the first angel's message is repeated, it will again focus attention on a Day of Atonement, “the hour of Gods judgment,” which of cores will be at the end of a literal 2300 days from the going forth of another literal commandment to restore and build Jerusalem.

“The first, second, and third angels' messages are to be repeated. The call is to be given to the church: "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. . . . Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Many who went forth to meet the Bridegroom under the messages of the first and second angels, 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.” RH, October 31, 1899 par. 11 and 12.

"The people of God everywhere are to be aroused to co-operate in the great, grand work represented by the first, second, and third angel's messages. This last warning to the inhabitants of the earth is to make men see the importance God attaches to his holy law. So plainly is the truth to be presented, that no transgressor, hearing it, shall fail to discern the importance of obedience to the Sabbath commandment. RH, March 26, 1908 par. 3

In comparing the specific requirements of the fall feast days, given to Moses by Jesus, Himself, with the actual fulfillment of the judgment at the end of the 2300 years on the Day of Atonement in 1844, we see that the fulfillment of the fall feast types in 1844 was not a complete fulfillment of the fall feast types, but, rather a partial fulfillment of one of them only, the Day of Atonement. There was no literal fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets or of the eight days of the Feast of Tabernacles. Remember, however, that the “Midnight Cry” of October 22, 1844 is the “bright light” at the first end of the path.

As was previously presented in an earlier study,

1. The fall feasts must be fulfilled in 22 literal days, and this fulfillment must be in a seventh Sabbatical Year, for the Day of Atonement to fall on the seventh-day Sabbath in the following year, the year of Jubilee, thus fulfilling the requirement of each of the fall feast days occurring on the seventh-day Sabbath in the two year period of the seventh Sabbatical year and the year of Jubilee. In1844, there was no 22 day literal fulfillment of the fall feast days comparable to the 52 day literal fulfillment of the spring feast days in C.E. 31 at the first advent.

The statement by E.G. White, “In like manner, the types which relate to the second advent must be fulfilled at the time pointed out in the symbolic service”. GC88 399.3, has not yet. been fulfilled.

2. In 1844, the Day of Atonement fell on a Tuesday, October 22. To qualify as a main complete fulfillment, the Day of Atonement must be fulfilled on a Monday, in the seventh Sabbatical year, and on the seventh-day Sabbath in the year of Jubilee.

3. The year, 1844, came in the middle of a week of years, therefore, it was neither a Sabbatical year nor a year of Jubilee, as the Jubilee year actually occurred in the year 1840.

4. The fulfillment of the fall feast days must come at the end of the 6000 years for the demonstration of sin. In 1844, the 6000 years were not yet expired. (See E.G. White statements on the 6000 years).

“ In every age there is a new development of truth, a message of God to the people of that generation. The old truths are all essential; new truth is not independent of the old, but an unfolding of it. It is only as the old truths are understood that we can comprehend the new. When Christ desired to open to His disciples the truth of His resurrection, He began "at Moses and all the prophets" and "expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself." Luke 24:27. But it is the light which shines in the fresh unfolding of truth that glorifies the old. He who rejects or neglects the new does not really possess the old. For him it loses its vital power and becomes but a lifeless form.” COL 127.4 by E.G. White

WILLIAM MILLER'S DREAM

BY E.G. WHITE

“I dreamed that God, by an unseen hand, sent me a curiously wrought casket about ten inches long by six square, made of ebony and pearls curiously inlaid. To the casket there was a key attached. I immediately took the key and opened the casket, when, to my wonder and surprise, I found it filled with all sorts and sizes of jewels, diamonds, precious stones, and gold and silver coin of every dimension and value, beautifully arranged in their several places in the casket; and thus arranged they reflected a light and glory equaled only to the sun.

I thought it was not my duty to enjoy this wonderful sight alone, although my heart was overjoyed at the brilliancy, beauty, and value of its contents. I therefore placed it on a center table in my room and gave out word that all who had a desire might come and see the most glorious and brilliant sight ever seen by man in this life.

The people began to come in, at first few in number, but increasing to a crowd. When they first looked into the casket, they would wonder and shout for joy. But when the spectators increased, everyone would begin to trouble the jewels, taking them out of the casket and scattering them on the table.

I began to think that the owner would require the casket and the jewels again at my hand; and if I suffered them to be scattered, I could never place them in their places in the casket again as before; and felt I should never be able to meet the accountability, for it would be immense. I then began to plead with the people not to handle them, nor to take them out of the casket; but the more I pleaded, the more they scattered; and now they seemed to scatter them all over the room, on the floor and on every piece of furniture in the room.

I then saw that among the genuine jewels and coin they had scattered an innumerable quantity of spurious jewels and counterfeit coin. I was highly incensed at their base conduct and ingratitude, and reproved and reproached them for it; but the more I reproved, the more they scattered the spurious jewels and false coin among the genuine.

I then became vexed in my physical soul and began to use physical force to push them out of the room; but while I was pushing out one, three more would enter and bring in dirt and shavings and sand and all manner of rubbish, until they covered every one of the true jewels, diamonds, and coins, which were all excluded from sight. They also tore in pieces my casket and scattered it among the rubbish. I thought no man regarded my sorrow or my anger. I became wholly discouraged and disheartened, and sat down and wept.

While I was thus weeping and mourning for my great loss and accountability, I remembered God, and earnestly prayed that He would send me help. Immediately the door opened, and a man entered the room, when the people all left it; and he, having a dirt brush in his hand, opened the windows, and began to brush the dirt and rubbish from the room.

I cried to him to forbear, for there were some precious jewels scattered among the rubbish. He told me to "fear not," for he would "take care of them".

Then, while he brushed the dirt and rubbish, false jewels and counterfeit coin, all rose and went out of the window like a cloud, and the wind carried them away. In the bustle I closed my eyes for a moment; when I opened them, the rubbish was all gone. The precious jewels, the diamonds, the gold and silver coins, lay scattered in profusion all over the room.

He then placed on the table a casket, much larger and more beautiful than the former, and gathered up the jewels, the diamonds, the coins, by the handful, and cast them into the casket, till not one was left, although some of the diamonds were not bigger than the point of a pin. He then called upon me to "come and see."

I looked into the casket, but my eyes were dazzled with the sight. They shone with ten times their former glory. I thought they had been scoured in the sand by the feet of those wicked persons who had scattered and trod them in the dust. They were arranged in beautiful order in the casket, every one in its place, without any visible pains of the man who cast them in. I shouted with very joy, and that shout awoke me.” EW p. 81- 83 by E.G. White.

In this dream, William Miller was given a view of the message that he presented to the world, which was the historical Advent movement of 1840-1844. And remarkably, in the second casket, he, also, was shown a similar movement at the end of time that would compose the truths of 1840-1844, only these truths would be more developed and would have ten times the brilliance of the former movement.

August 4, 2010

ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS

First, I would point out that there is a time element in connection with the “MYSTERY” of God, as brought out in the text --”But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the “MYSTERY” of God should be finished....” Revelation 10:7

“[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:” Colossians 1:26, 27

“And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:” Mark 4:11

“The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever,...” Deuteronomy 29:29

“The significance of the Jewish economy is not yet fully comprehended. Truths vast and profound are shadowed forth in its rites and symbols. The gospel is the key that unlocks its mysteries.” Christ's Object Lessons, 133

“Around the sanctuary and its solemn services mystically gathered the grand truths which were to be developed through succeeding generations.” Faith I Live By, 194

This next text reinforces this time element again.

“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,...” Galatians 4:4

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:1

“But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” 1 Thessalonians 5:4

Jesus told His disciples that it was given unto them to know the mystery of the kingdom. Yes, there are things that are secret, known to God only, but that which is revealed belongs to us and to our children forever. One of the secret things not yet revealed, is the “day and the hour of the coming of the Son of Man,” which the Father will reveal to us at the appointed time, according to the prophecies of Moses.

The prophecies of Moses are the foundation to understand all prophecies, both in the events foretold and for understanding the precise time when these prophecies would be fulfilled.

The focus of my questions deals with this time element from the prophecies of Moses.

These prophecies show such precise timing, in that, they reveal:

the exact hour of the day

the exact day of the week

the exact day of the month

the exact month of the year

the exact year within the Sabbatical cycle of years

the exact Sabbatical cycle of years within the Jubile cycle of years

and the exact Jubile cycle.

The Messiah often referred to this precision in the prophecies ,when He spoke to the disciples and said, “My time is not yet come,” John 7:6, or “My time is at hand.” Matthew 26:18, and other similar phrases.

The statement He made when He announced His public ministry. “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:21. He had just read the Jubile prophecy of Isaiah 61, stopping in the middle of the sentence, omitting the portions of the prophecy that apply to the last Jubile at the end of time.

The first coming of the Messiah did not fulfill all of the prophecies given in the old sanctuary system. He only fulfilled the types relating to the first advent. In this system there are types which relate to the second advent, as well, that must be fulfilled in the same manner as the first advent types—not only as to the event, but, also, as to the exact and precise time that they were rehearsed in the annual ceremonies for so many centuries.

“Because He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness...” Acts 17:31

The 12 annual “Sabbaths” in the King James Version dispersed among the feast days, are the “Sabbaths” mentioned in Colossians 2:16, 17, as “shadows” of things to come. These 12 show where the 7th-day Sabbath would be in relation to the great events in the plan of salvation when these events would be fulfilled.

Question #1

(a) Passover was celebrated on the 14th day of the first month (Lev. 23:5), a day before a “shadow” Sabbath, because the Messiah was crucified on the 14th day of the first month, the day just before a 7th-day Sabbath (“because it was the preparation,” John 19:31). And on the 16th day the Wave Sheaf offering was celebrated (Lev.23:11), the Messiah rose from the dead, the day after the 7th-day Sabbath that year (John 20:1).

( This “shadow” Sabbath, the day after the Passover, also the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, represented the 7th-day Sabbath which came the day after the crucifixion.

The Wave Sheaf offering was specified to be on the “morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it” (Lev. 23:11), because that was the day that Christ presented His sacrifice to the Father (John 20:17). “Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.” (1 Cor. 15:23). It was the day after the 7th-day Sabbath (Matthew 28:1).

Question #2

(a) The literal translations of the Bible show the day before the Wave Sheaf Offering to be a “Sabbath”, because in the year that the Messiah was crucified, this day was a 7th-day Sabbath (Matthew 28:1, 6).

( This scheduling shows where the 7th-day Sabbath would occur when these feasts, Passover and Wave Sheaf, would be fulfilled in the year of the crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah.

Question #3

(a) The day before the Day of Pentecost is always called a “Sabbath” in the prophecies of Moses (Lev 23:15 16), because in the year of fulfillment it would be a 7th-day Sabbath.

( The Day of Pentecost was never called a “Sabbath” in the prophecies of Moses, because when it was fulfilled it followed a 7th-day Sabbath, and occurred on the first day of the week just as Moses had prophesied (Acts 2:1).

Question #4

(a) The day after the 7th day of Unleavened Bread is called a “Sabbath” in the Bible because in the year that the Messiah was crucified this day fell on a 7th-day Sabbath and was the first Sabbath in the 7 Sabbath-count to the day before the day of Pentecost (Lev. 23:15, 16).

(The 7th day of the feast of Unleavened Bread is never called a “Sabbath” in the Bible because this would disrupt the 7 day weekly cycle that God instituted. In the typical system the “shadow” Sabbaths followed a 7-day sequence, as well. Therefore, the 7th day of Unleavened Bread would be only 6 days from a day named as a “Sabbath” previously, and also, the very next day is the first Sabbath in the 7 Sabbath-count to the day before the day of Pentecost.

Question #5

There is an exact 7-day sequence between the “shadow” Sabbaths because these “Sabbaths” were prophecies of 7th-day Sabbaths in the year of fulfillment.

Question #6

The relationship between these types of “Sabbaths” and the 7-th day Sabbath is that one is the prophecy, the other is the fulfillment. We have the interpretation that the Messiah gave when He fulfilled the types relating to His first advent. He fulfilled them as to the event, as well as, to the timing.

Question #7

(a) I don't have an answer as to why pastors call both the 7th day of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost, “Sabbaths”, when the Bible does not.

(No one has given anyone authority to change any of God's appointed times. “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed,...” Act 17:25, 26.

He never gave man permission to set times and seasons or to change the times and seasons that He has set. Let us never confuse God's time-setting with man's time-setting. We should be wary of any time-setting by man.

Question #8

(a) When the first new moon of spring falls on a 7th-day Sabbath, all 8 of the “shadow” Sabbaths in the spring feasts, fall on 7th-day Sabbaths because the “shadow” Sabbaths follow a 7-day sequence.

The new moon on the 7th-day Sabbath activates the “shadow” Sabbaths, by causing them to fall on 7th-day Sabbaths. This is one reason that we will worship God on the new moon and on the Sabbath in the new heaven and the new earth. (Isaiah 66:23).

( Through the Messiah's fulfillment of the types relating to the first advent, we have the interpretation for the fulfillment of the types relating to His second advent.

The new moon of the 7th month falling on a 7th day Sabbath causes all 4 of the “shadow” Sabbaths in the fall feasts to occur on 7th-day Sabbaths, as well, although not all in that same year. See the complete answer under Question 10.

Question #9

The Day of Atonement is always called a “Sabbath”, because it met fulfillment and will be fulfilled on the 7th-day Sabbath. When the Messiah read the Jubile prophecy on the Day of Atonement on a 7th-day Sabbath in the synogague, and then pronounced, “This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:21, the Day of Atonement met its 7th-day Sabbath fulfillment. His stopping in the middle of the sentence, and not reading the phrase pertaining to the “day of vengeance of our God”, shows that the Day of Atonement has a future 7th-day Sabbath fulfillment at the time of the day of vengeance.

Question #10

(a) Since the Day of Atonement is the only feast day with extra-special significance in two consecutive years, the Sabbatical year and the year of Jubile, and since the other fall feasts have extra-special significance only in the Sabbatical year, this necessitates that the Day of Atonement must occur on the 10th day of the 7th month, in order for there to be a perfect 7-day sequence from the Feast of Trumpets, the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles and the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles to the Day of Atonement of the Jubile year, when all the slaves were set free, ending the entire prophetic cycle.

The Fall Feasts are prophesied to be fulfilled in a Sabbatical year because of the extra-special prophetic ceremonies that were to be performed only in the Sabbatical year (Deuteronomy 31:10-16). On the Day of Atonement a certain class of Hebrew slaves were also set free only in the Sabbatical year (Deuteronomy 15:1, 12) The year of release is the Sabbatical year.

( There is only one feast day that has extra-special significance in more than just one year. That feast day is the Day of Atonement, which has extra-special significance in the Sabbatical year, but, its greatest significance is in the Jubile year, which always follows a seventh Sabbatical year.

It is in the Jubile year that the Day of Atonement follows a perfect 7-day sequence from the last feast day (the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles) of the Sabbatical year

This is the reason that the Day of Atonement must be on the 10th day of the 7th month, in order to have a perfect 7-day sequence in all the “shadow” Sabbaths of the fall feasts in the years of their greatest significance, the Sabbatical and the Jubile years, so that all four of the fall feast days occur on a 7th-day Sabbath.

Of course, the 7th-day Sabbath fulfillment in the fall feasts can only occur if the new moon of the 7th month falls on a 7th-day Sabbath in the 7th Sabbatical year, the year before the grand fulfillment of the Jubile year.

Question #11

These “shadow” Sabbaths in Colossians 2:16, 17 are shadows or prophecies of 7th-day Sabbaths. A shadow cannot make a shadow. Therefore, the “shadow” Sabbaths are caused by the real 7th-day Sabbath and are shadows of it. The 7th-day Sabbath cannot be a “shadow”, or a type, or a prophecy, because it is the substance that created the “shadows”.

Question #12

(a) Please see answers to Question 10.

( Please see answers to Question 10.

Question #13

(a) All four of the fall feast days are called “Sabbaths” because in their main fulfillments, all four must occur on 7th-day Sabbaths. When the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on a 7th-day Sabbath, then the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on the next 7th-day Sabbath. If one continues the 7-day sequence until the next Day of Atonement, this Day of Atonement will occur on a 7th-day Sabbath, also.

( This phenomenon occurs so often in the Hebrew calendar to keep the alive prospect of the grand fulfillments of the fall feast days on 7th-day Sabbaths in the great final Sabbatical and Jubile year.

August 15, 2010

Because of the serious implications of Part 5 of my 5-part Study, I would like to draw attention to some Spirit of Prophecy statements before I post Part 5.

“We cannot be excusable in accepting only the light which our fathers had one hundred years ago. If our God-fearing fathers had seen what we see, and heard what we hear, they would have accepted the light, and walked in it. If we desire to imitate their faithfulness, we must receive the truths open to us, as they received those presented to them; we must do as they would have done, had they lived in our day.” HS 197.

“ I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen, and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans. This will have its effect upon the heart of the receiver, and will lead him to exalt the standard and pour forth the straight truth. Some will not bear this straight testimony. They will rise up against it, and this is what will cause a shaking among God's people.” CET 176.

“ I saw that the testimony of the True Witness has not been half heeded. The solemn testimony upon which the destiny of the church hangs has been lightly esteemed, if not entirely disregarded. This testimony must work deep repentance; all who truly receive it will obey it, and be purified.” CET 176.

“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation 3:14-19.

I beg of each one to weigh the evidence that is presented in these studies. Is it of God? then stand with it. Is it of Satan? then war against it. God does not want us to be neutral on such important issues. If God's handwriting is on the wall, let us read it and determine what it means for us today.

“God does not propose to remove all occasion for unbelief. He gives evidence, which must be carefully investigated with a humble mind and a teachable spirit, and all should decide from the weight of evidence. God gives sufficient evidence for the candid mind to believe; but he who turns from the weight of evidence because there are a few things which he cannot make plain to his finite understanding will be left in the cold, chilling atmosphere of unbelief and questioning doubts, and will make shipwreck of faith.” CCh 93.

“If God abhors one sin above another, of which His people are guilty, it is doing nothing in case of an emergency. Indifference and neutrality in a religious crisis is regarded of God as a grievous crime and equal to the very worst type of hostility against God.” 3T 280.

God calls each of us to stand for truth and do what is entailed, seeking God for direction in everything. No man is to be our counselor in these matters. The Messiah forewarned of the persecution to come to His followers.

“But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; …: Matthew 10:17

“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.” Matthew 24:9

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” 2 Timothy 3:12.

August 15, 2010

KEEPING THE SECOND COMING IMMINENT

"God gives no one a message that it will be ten or twenty years before this earth’s history shall close. If it were forty or one hundred years, the Lord would not authorize anyone to proclaim it. He would not give any living being an excuse for delaying the preparation for His appearing. He would have no one say, as did the unfaithful servant, “My Lord delayeth his coming,” for this leads to reckless neglect of opportunities and privileges to prepare for that great day. Every soul who claims to be a servant of God is called to do His service as if every day might be the last". . . . CTr 346.2

"Let everyone to whom the Lord has given light from His Word be sure to make a right use of that light. Let all be guarded that they do not presume to feed the flock of God with food that is not appropriate for the time." CTr 346.3

"Talk of the speedy appearing of the Son of man in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Put not off that day. God has given no one light to say, “My Lord delayeth his coming.” Let the inquiry be made, Shall I stand at the right hand or at the left hand of the Judge at that day?" . . . CTr 346.4

"It is essential that all shall know what atmosphere surrounds their own souls, whether they are in copartnership with the enemy of righteousness and unconsciously doing his work, or whether they are linked up with Christ, doing His work, and seeking to establish souls more firmly in the truth." CTr 346.5

August 15, 2010

Matthew 24:43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

This text can be stated differently without changing the meaning. If we look at it in the present and not as a future event.

Because the "head of the house" knows the time of night the thief is coming, and he knows this because he is on the alert, {My coming like a thief}(implied) we not be a suprise to him.

When the Son of God said: Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour..., He had used the context of a marriage process, which was well understood by His disciples. The one who had the privledge of setting the time for the wedding feast was the father of the bridegroom, therefore the only one who knows the day and hour of the marriage feast is Christ's Father and this is exactly what He says. What He doesn't say is that this information will never be revealed by the Father, only that at the time of his telling of this prophecy, the day and hour had not been made known. Revelation 1:1 tells us that the Father has "revealed" to His Son, the time for the marriage feast. The whole prophecy of Revelation concerns the preparation of the bride for her Husband.

Revelation 19:7 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready."

8 It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean ; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

9 Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' " And he said to me, "These are true words of God."

10 Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus ; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

You may believe what EGW has to say about this or you may believe what the Son of God says, the choice is yours, but what if your eternal life or death was involved. What if a correct and true understanding of this was necessary, who's word would you trust.

Matthew 25:11 "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'

12 "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.'

13 "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

Matthew 7:22 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles ?'

23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'

The Two Foundations

24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock

August 16, 2010

PROCLAIMING THE SABBATH MORE FULLY

# 5 OF 5

PERFECT ALIGNMENTS ONLY IN OUR TIME

There are only two areas of time in history from 27 C.E., until today, when all the fall feast days meet all the Bible specifications for these feasts, these specifications were revealed to Moses by Jesus, and, later, explained by His fulfillment of these types, relating to His first advent.

These two areas of time would be 1888-1889, and 1986-1987, (however, according to (Hebcal) the perpetual Hebrew calendar, there are four perfect sets of Sabbath alignments in our day; two, in the very near future, and then after these, no more alignments even if one looks 1000 years farther into the future.) All these sets of Sabbath alignments occur at the end of the six thousand years, What is God trying to tell us in this amazing phenomenon?? (See the Jubilee calendar on the last page of # 3 of this 5-part study.)

In examining 1888-1889, we find that 1888 was a seventh Sabbatical year (a 49th year), and 1889 was a Jubilee year. According to the ancient Hebrew calendar, all four of the fall feast days fell on seventh-day Sabbaths within those two years, exactly, as would be required for a main fulfillment of the prophecy

Speaking of this same time period, E.G. White wrote,

“I saw that Jones and Waggoner had their counter-part in Joshua and Caleb. As the children of Israel stoned the spies with literal stones, you have stoned these brethren with stones of sarcasm and ridicule. I saw that you willfully rejected what you knew to be truth just because it was too humiliating to your dignity. I saw some of you in your tents mincing and making all manner of fun of these two brethren. I also saw that if you had accepted their message we would have been in the kingdom two years from that date, but now we have to go back into the wilderness and there stay forty years.” E.G. White, Melbourne, Australia, May 9, 1892. E.G. White

The second, of these two areas in time, would be the seventh Sabbatical year (the 49th year) of 1986, and the Biblical Jubilee year (the 50th year), of 1987. These two consecutive years meet every specification for the 49th and 50th years. All four of the “shadowy” Sabbaths in the fall feast days fell on seventh-day Sabbaths within those two years, according to both Jewish calendars, the Hillel I and Hillel II calendars.

THE FALL FEASTS DAYS ARE UNMISTAKABLY LINKED TO BOTH THE 2300 DAYS AND ALSO THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES

That which gave the Day of Atonement, October 22, 1844, such special significance, was that on this day the longest time prophecy, the 2300 years, had ended. This period had begun with the “going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem” in (457 B.C.), as related in Daniel 9.

Similarly, the Day of Atonement, October 13, 1986, came at the end of 2300 days which had also, begun with the “going forth of a commandment to restore and build Jerusalem”. This commandment “went forth” to the whole world via Reuters International News Agency, on Friday, June 27, 1980. It was picked up the same day by other major news services around the world.

This commandment was introduced into the Israeli Knesset, and became law in Israel. A copy, of the “Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel” can be found by doing a search on the internet.

THE DEVASTATING VOLCANO BLAST OF MOUNT ST. HELENS

The devastating volcano blast of Mount St. Helens in the U.S.A. On May 18, 1980, and the Dark Day that followed, announced this prophetic fulfillment. This event occurred exactly 200 years after the Dark Day of May 19, 1780, which also had prophetic implications. The month after Mt. St. Helens eruption, on Friday, June 27, 1980, Reuters News Agency broadcast over the entire world the law introduced into the Israeli Knesset by Guela Kohen, which, was then overwhelmingly passed by the Knesset and became law in Israel. The law is titled, “Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel”.[/b]

The “going forth” of this commandment to restore and build Jerusalem on June 27, 1980, meets every specification of Daniel 9:25 to be the beginning point of the twenty-three hundred day prophecy, at the end of which judgment would come, or in other words, the sanctuary would be cleansed. This twenty-three hundred day prophecy ended on Monday, October 13, 1986, on the Day of Atonement of that year.

And amazingly, 1986 was not only a Sabbatical year, but was a seventh Sabbatical year, the year just before a Biblical Jubilee, fitting exactly the precise specifications of the prophecies of Moses, including that of the Feast of Trumpets being on a 7th day Sabbath and the first and eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, as well. The Day of Atonement occured on a seventh-day Sabbath the next year, the Biblical Jubilee year, on October 3, 1987.

THIS COMMANDMENT SIGNALS A FULFILLMENT OF

THE END OF THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES,

“THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH”

This commandment to restore and build Jerusalem in 1980, and the Messiah's prophecy in Luke 21:24 are unmistakably linked to a fulfillment of the end of the times of the Gentiles. (This of coarse does not negate, but rather enhances the expectation of still another fulfillment of this same end-time prophecy of Jesus to occur at the end of time-the judgment for living individuals.)

“Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” Luke 21:24.

The commandment which began a literal fulfillment of the twenty-three hundred day prophecy, also began the first seventy weeks of that prophetic period. Seventy weeks or 490 days reaches to October 29, 1981. On that day, amateur archeologist, Tom Crotser, from Winfield, Kansas, found, but did not disturb, the sacred Ark of the Covenant containing the ten commandments. Tom Crotser, led by the information in 2 Maccabees 2 searched for the Ark on Mt. Pisgah, where Moses went up to see the inheritance of God.

2 Maccabees 2:4-8

“4 It was also contained in the in the same writing (of Jeremiah) ,how the prophet (Jeremiah), being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany him, till he come forth to the mountain where Moses went up and saw the inheritance of God.

5 And when Jeremiah came thither he found a hollow cave: and he carried in thither the tabernacle and the ark and the altar of incense and so stopped the door.

6 Then some of them that followed him came up to mark the place: but they could not find it.

7 And when Jeremiah perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place shall be unknown till God gather together the congregation of the people and receive them to mercy.

8 And then the Lord will shew these things : and the majesty of the Lord shall appear and there shall be a cloud, as it was also shewed to Moses, and he shewed it when Solomon prayed that the place might be sanctified to the great God.” 2 Maccabees 2:4-8

A DREAM FROM GOD GIVES ALL THE DETAILS

With his three companions, Tom camped near this peak when during the night, he was given a dream. In the dream he could see through the top of the mountain and was shown the location of the Ark of the Covenant. He woke and informed his three companions of what God had just shown him. In the darkness of that night, they, immediately, went to the spot pointed out in the dream and went to work. After some difficult digging within the tombs, through several passages identified in the dream, they finally broke through into the last room and found the Ark of the Covenant just as the dream had shown. They took some pictures but did not touch or disturb anything they found.

There is quite a story behind this discovery, which many readers may wish to investigate further, as we will not relate all the details here.

The government of Jordan resealed the entrance to these tombs and posted guards to prevent any further investigation of the site. This event marks the end of the seventy weeks which were allotted to the Gentile churches.

“To finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness...” Daniel 9:24.

PROFOUND DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

As the seventy weeks were ending, there were some profound developments within the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Washington DC.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church had applied for their trademark from the Patent office of the United States Federal Government in Washington, D.C., which they received the week following the end of the seventy weeks.

When the Seventh-day Adventist Church Corporation applied for their Mark (trademark) from the federal government (the beast with lamb-like horns, Rev. 13:12) they were issued federal document No.1177185 on the tenth day of November, 1981. The following quotation is from this federal document:

“This is to certify that the records of the Patent and trademark Office show that an application was filed in said office for registration of the Mark shown herein, a copy

of said Mark and pertinent data from the Application being annexed hereto and made a part hereof, and there having been due compliance with the requirements of the law and with the regulations prescribed...Upon examination, it appeared that the applicant was entitled to have said Mark registered under the Trademark Act of 1946, and the said Mark has been duly registered this day in the Patent and Trademark Office on

the Principal Register....I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Patent and Trademark Office to be affixed this tenth day of November, 1981.

(Signature appears) COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS”

Please note that the word “Mark” is repeated four times and is capitalized in the original document. In speaking of “the Mark”, a vital statement came to mind from the book by James and Ellen G. White, entitled “A Word to the Little Flock”.

“The work of the second angel, was to show to the advent host that Babylon had fallen, And as a large portion of them did not learn this fact, until the MIDNIGHT CRY waked them up, just in time for them to make their escape from the churches, before the 10th day came on; it follows, that the second angel brought us to the 7th month, 1844. The third angel's message was, and still is, a WARNING to the saints to 'hold fast', and not go back, and 'receive' the marks which the virgin band got rid of, during the second angel's cry.” E.G. White. A Word to the Little Flock p.11 E.G. White

Following the registration of the “Mark”, the Seventh-day Adventist Church commenced litigation through the civil power now at their disposal, filing suit against an 11-member independent group, headed by Marik, in Hawaii, on April 9, 1987, as one of the first of many such cases to follow.

Corbett, Marik's twangy-voiced Texas attorney, in the Hawaiian case, said:

“This has stirred up one of the hottest ruckuses I've ever seen....It's a suite of tremendous import, for if the judgment is not overturned on appeal, it will open the door for mass persecution of one's religion, be it...Christian, Buddhist,Muslim, Hindu.”

This action by the Seventh-day Adventist Church makes more relevant the following statement:

“In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be

employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, p. 443 EGW

When asked from which funds the litigation expenses are paid, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists responded on their official letterhead, stating:

“April 10, 1989

Mr.

Dear Brother ____________:

Thank you for your recent letters concerning trademarks. Elder Wilson's office asked me to respond.

First, enclosed is a copy of the questions and answers we have released on the question. Perhaps you already have seen it in the January 12 issue of the Adventist Review.

Second, you inquired whether tithe is used to pay church litigation. The treasury informs me that all litigation is paid from the annual appropriation made at the Annual Council, and that appropriation comes from tithe.

If you have additional questions, please write.

Sincerely,

(SIGNATURE) Robert W. Nixon Associate General Counsel”

How does this “Mark” relate to the three angels' messages? Or to the present truth for today?

There are several profound statements from Ellen G. White in regard to the judgment of the “Church”. She makes very clear that the “church” goes through to the end victoriously. Some use the words “church” and “Church” interchangeably, without understanding the difference in meaning; however, in legal terms there is a big difference between these two words, “church and Church”. See any corporate law dictionary or corporate law lawyer.

The word “Church” indicates a legal corporation registered under the laws of the state. This Church gives government recognized tax-deductible receipts, and is, also, a 501©3 Corporation. All 501©3 Corporations are incorporated under “Roman Catholic Canon Law” and thereby subject to that law, make no mistake about it.

When E.G. White made the following statements, she was referring to a church that had not yet incorporated as a 501©3 Corporation.

“When this church is weighed in the balance of the sanctuary, it is found wanting,having left its first love.” 1SM 370 E.G. White

“In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church is to be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: 'Found wanting.' By the light bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be judged.” Volume 8, Testimonies For The Church, p.247. E.G. White

“He will take His Holy Spirit from the church, and give it to others who will appreciate it....The absence of harmony with God becomes apparent. The light grows dim, goes out' the candlestick has been removed.” Review and

Herald, July 16, 1895. E.G. White

The Jewish church was given a period of probation to fulfill God's purpose in them. Just so, a time would come when the remnant church would be weighed in the balances of the sanctuary.

“When the Saviour saw in the Jewish people a nation divorced from God, He saw also a professed Christian Church united to the world and the papacy. And as He stood upon Olivet, weeping over Jerusalem till the sun sank behind the western hills, so He is weeping over and pleading with sinners in these last moments of time. Soon He will say to the angels who are holding the four winds, 'Let the plagues loose; let darkness, destruction, and death come upon the transgressors of my law.' Will He be obliged to say to those who have had great light and knowledge, as He said to the Jews, 'If thou hadst known, even thou at least in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes'?” RH, October 8, 1901 par. 15 E.G. White.

(Notice in the original statement, E.G. White spells the word, “Church” with a capital “C”.)

The first angel's message points to the judgment, the end of the 2300 days in the prophecy of Daniel 8. In prophetic history, the first part of this prophecy, the 70 weeks, were given to the Jewish nation as the time in which to repent and to bring in everlasting righteousness. They failed to repent and their house was left desolate. The sobering fact is that 40 years later, they were destroyed by the Roman armies. There is a lesson in this for us.

Was the Laodicean church given 70 weeks in which to repent? What does the prophet say?

“Neglect to repent and obey His word will bring as serious consequences upon God's people today as did the same sin upon ancient Israel. There is a limit beyond which He will no longer delay His judgments.” Volume 4 Testimonies, page 166, 167, E. G. White.

“Jerusalem is a representation of what the church will be if it refuses to walk in the light that God has given.” Volume 8 Testimonies, page 67, E. G. White.

“The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel, that the corrections given through His chosen instruments cannot be disregarded with impunity.” Volume 4, Testimonies, page 167, E. G. White.

“And thou, Capernaum [seventh-day Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted unto heaven [in point of privilege], shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.” Review and Herald, August 1, 1893, E. G. White.

Some may find these facts rather shocking, but the Trademark Document No. 1177185 was issued by the federal government in the week following the end of the 70 literal weeks from the “going forth” of the commandment (from the Israeli Knesset, parliament) to “restore and build Jerusalem” instituted by Guela Cohen, a member of the Israeli Knesset. On Friday, June 27, 1980, this commandment received international news coverage via Europe's largest news agency, Reuters, and was picked up the same day by many other international news agencies.

Surprisingly, 2300 literal days after the “going forth” of this commandment, the prophecy ends on a Day of Atonement in a Sabbatical year, a seventh Sabbatical year or 49th year, when the fall feast days met every specification, including the “shadowy” Sabbaths falling on seventh-day Sabbaths.

What is God telling us???

Is it time for the first angel's message to be repeated pointing to another 2300 days? What about the second and third angels' messages?

On many internet forums, there is quite an extensive movement already underway among people of many different churches, calling people to leave the churches that have incorporated under the government regulations of the 501©3 corporations.

“One thing is certain: those Seventh-day Adventists who take their stand under Satan's banner will first give up their faith in the warnings and reproofs contained in the Testimonies of God's Spirit.” 3MR 259 E.G. White

“Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth, there will be, among the people of the Lord, such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His Word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time, to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming.” Faith I Live By p. 326 E.G. White

A FUTURE FULFILLMENT FOR THE JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING

In light of the following evidence, there is a future literal fulfillment of the 2300-day prophecy, yet to take place, which would, of course, begin with another commandment “to restore and build Jerusalem”. The first angel's message pointing to the time of the judgment of the living at the end of this, still future 2300 days, will go with power. The following statements from the Spirit of Prophecy describe events connected with this fulfillment at the time the judgment of the living begins.

“The precious record of the law was placed in the ark of the testament and is still there, safely hidden from the human family. BUT IN GOD'S APPOINTED TIME HE WILL BRING FORTH THESE TABLES OF STONE to be a testimony to all the world against

the disregard of His commandments and against the idolatrous worship of a counterfeit Sabbath.” 1 Bible Commentary, p. 1109, E. G. White. (Emphasis ours)

From this statement above, we see that God has an appointed time in the future for this event to occur.

“The tables of stone are hidden by God TO BE PRODUCED IN THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY just as He wrote them.” Review and Herald, March 26, 1908,E. G. White. (Emphasis ours)

“God will not break His covenant, nor alter the thing that has gone out of His lips. His word will stand fast forever as unalterable as His throne. At the judgment this covenant will be brought forth, plainly written with the finger of God, and the world will be arraigned before the bar of Infinite Justice to receive sentence.” PK 187.1 E.G. White.

This day, yet to come, would be the day that the first angel's message points to, as the “hour of His judgment”, the end of the last 2300 literal days, a Day of Atonement in a seventh Sabbatical year.

Other statements by Ellen G. White point to this future judgment.

“When the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, and every man shall Be judged according to the things written in the books, THEN THE TABLES OF STONE, HIDDEN BY GOD UNTIL THAT DAY, WILL BE PRESENTED BEFORE THE WORLD as the standard of righteousness. Then men and women will see that The PREREQUISITE of their salvation is obedience to the perfect law of God. None will find excuse for sin. By the righteous principles of that law, men will receive their sentence of life or of death.” Review and Herald, January 28, 1909, E. G. White. (Emphasis ours)

“The first, second, and third angels' messages are to be repeated. The call is to be given to the church: "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. . . . Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Many who went forth to meet the Bridegroom under the messages of the first and second angels, 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.” RH, October 31, 1899 par. 11 and 12. E.G. White

"The people of God everywhere are to be aroused to co-operate in the great, grand work represented by the first, second, and third angel's messages. This last warning to the inhabitants of the earth is to make men see the importance God attaches to his holy law. So plainly is the truth to be presented, that no transgressor, hearing it, shall fail to discern the importance of obedience to the Sabbath commandment. RH, March 26, 1908 par. 3 E.G. White

A NIGHT VISION OF THE JUDGMENT, BY THE PROPHET

“I dreamed of seeing a temple, to which many persons were flocking. Only those who took refuge in that temple would be saved when time should close; all who remained outside would be forever lost. The multitudes without who were going about their various ways, derided and ridiculed those who were entering the temple, and told them that this plan of safety was a cunning deception, that in fact there was no danger whatever to avoid. They even laid hold of some to prevent them from hastening within the walls.

Fearful of being ridiculed, I thought best to wait until the multitude dispersed, or until I could enter unobserved by them. But the numbers increased instead of diminishing, and fearful of being too late, I hastily left my home and pressed through the crowd. In my anxiety to reach the temple I did not notice or care for the throng that surrounded me.

On entering the building, I saw that the vast temple was supported by one immense pillar, and to this was tied a lamb all mangled and bleeding. We who were present seemed to know that this lamb had been torn and bruised on our account. All who entered the temple must come before it and confess their sins. Just before the lamb were elevated seats, upon which sat a company looking very happy. The light of heaven seemed to shine upon their faces, and they praised God and sang songs of glad thanksgiving that seemed like the music of the angels. These were they who had come before the lamb, confessed their sins, received pardon, and were now waiting in glad expectation of some joyful event.

Even after I had entered the building, a fear came over me, and a sense of shame that I must humble myself before these people; but I seemed compelled to move forward, and was slowly making my way around the pillar in order to face the lamb, when a trumpet sounded, the temple shook, shouts of triumph arose from the assembled saints, an awful brightness illuminated the building, then all was intense darkness.” CET 24-26 E.G. White

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY QUOTATIONS ON THE

OLD SANCTUARY TYPES

“Christ Himself was the originator of the Jewish system of worship, in which, by types and symbols, were shadowed forth spiritual and heavenly things. Many forgot the true significance of these offerings; and the great truth that through Christ alone there is forgiveness of sin, was lost to them. The multiplying of sacrificial offerings, the blood of bulls and goats, could not take away sin. . . . “ {AG 155.3} E.G. White

“Christians who profess to be Bible students can appreciate more fully than ancient Israel did the full signification of the ceremonial ordinances that they were required to observe. If they are indeed Christians, they are prepared to acknowledge the sacredness and importance of the shadowy types, as they see the accomplishment of the events which they represent. The death of Christ gives the Christian a correct knowledge of the system of ceremonies and explains prophecies which still remain obscure to the Jews.” RH, May 6, 1875 E.G. White

“That which was type and symbol to the Jews is reality to us.” COL 317.2 E.G. White

“The Lord Jesus was the foundation of the whole Jewish economy. Its imposing services were of divine appointment. They were designed to teach the people that at the time appointed One would come to whom those ceremonies pointed.” COL 34 E.G. White (Emphasis ours)

“All the ceremonies of the Jewish law were prophetic, typical of mysteries in the plan of redemption.” 6BC 1095.5 E.G. White

“Arguments drawn from the Old-Testament types also pointed to the autumn as the time when the event represented by the “cleansing of the sanctuary” must take place. This was made very clear as attention was given to the manner in which the types relating to the first advent of Christ had been fulfilled.” GC 399. E.G. White

“These types were fulfilled, not only as to the event, but as to the time.” GC 399 E.G. White

“In like manner, the types which relate to the second advent must be fulfilled at the time pointed out in the symbolic service.” GC 399, 400 E.G. White

“The rites and ceremonies of the law were given by Christ Himself, who, enshrouded in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, was the leader of the hosts of Israel; and this law should be treated with great respect, for it is sacred. Even after it was no longer to be observed, Paul presented it before the Jews in its true position and value, showing its place in the plan of redemption and its relation to the work of Christ; and the great apostle pronounces this law glorious, worthy of its divine Originator.” 6BC 1095 E.G. White

“Through the teachings of the sacrificial service, Christ was to be uplifted before all nations, and all who would look to Him should live. Christ was the foundation of the Jewish economy. The whole system of types and symbols was a compacted prophecy of the gospel, a presentation in which were bound up the promises of redemption.” AA 14.1 E.G. White

“We do not half understand the Lord's plan in taking the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, and leading them through the wilderness into Canaan. As we gather up the divine rays shining from the gospel, we shall have a clearer insight into the Jewish economy, and a deeper appreciation of its important truths. Our exploration of truth is yet incomplete. We have gathered up only a few rays of light. Those who are not daily students of the Word will not solve the problems of the Jewish economy. They will not understand the truths taught by the Temple service. The work of God is hindered by a worldly understanding of His great plan. The future life will unfold the meaning of the laws that Christ, enshrouded in the pillar of cloud, gave to His people.”--Letter 156, 1903, pp. 2, 3. (To P. T. Magan, July 27, 1903.) 3MR 259.1 E.G. White

August 16, 2010

The first, second, and third angels messages are future and are given during the time of the trumpets.

My calculations for the first angel to sound his trumpet, is on the spring equinox 2016. The seventh trumpet sounds on Sept. 27-28 2019. The 1335 days start around end of June to early July 2012 (this has no connection to the Mayan calender, it is just coincidentaly the same year).

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