Intervening Time?

As we know the subject of Jacob’s time of trouble is complex. We have SOP showing us a different view as opposed to the Rod. We did a thorough analysis on this subject on our other sister blog and can be viewed here —

https://godsloveandlaw.com/2014/10/04/jacobs-time-of-trouble-part-1-of-3/

But we want to focus on the so-called intervening time that some present truth believers propagate. Briefly, they say that after the 144,000 are sealed, then the saints go through JTT prior to Ezek. 9. They use numerous new code references for this. 

But as we have published numerous times we are safe to stay with the original Rod as published by the prophet, not the apostate wife (new codes).

Let us break down the issue with two main points from the mesage to see whether there can be any intervening time prior to Ezek.9.

1 — The Lord has given us our Fundamental Beliefs in Tract form. This means exactly what it says — the beliefs we as Davidians have, are summed up and made fundamental to our doctrine. In other words our core understanding of the message and VERY important.

Let’s review number 4 to 7 again —

“4. That the destruction of the tares from among the first fruits of the living (Matt. 13:30, 48, 49; Ezek. 9:6, 7) results in the purification of the church.

5. That immediately thereafter, the angels let loose the four winds (Rev. 7:1-3), whereupon ensues the time of trouble and Michael’s standing up to deliver from it, all whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Dan. 12:1).

6. That the angels’ letting loose the four winds to blow over the four corners of the earth (Rev. 7:1), does not anticipate a World war but rather a world wide decree enforced throughout Babylon by the image-beast, and that then no one may buy or sell save he who worships “the image.” Rev. 13:15-17.

7. That subsequently, the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jer. 30:7) for the 144,000, the sons of Jacob, logically develops on their way home (Gen. 32:1, 24) to the land of their fathers (Ezek. 36:28; 37:21, 25).” (FB Tract, p.12-13)

The words “immediately thereafter” and “subsequently” are indicative of a progression of thought, a continuation of the timeline. So we see that Jacob’s time of trouble (no. 7) comes AFTER Ezek. 9. Plain and clear. Yet some would like to confuse this, make of no effect the clear “Thus sayeth the Lord” Words.

SOP reminds us of God’s principle —

“The truths most plainly revealed in the Bible have been involved in doubt and darkness by learned men, who, with a pretense of great wisdom, teach that the Scriptures have a mystical, a secret, spiritual meaning not apparent in the language employed. These men are false teachers. It was to such a class that Jesus declared: “Ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God.

The language of the Bible should be explained according to its obvious meaning, unless a symbol or figure is employed. Christ has given the promise: “If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine.” If men would but take the Bible as it reads, if there were no false teachers to mislead and confuse their minds, a work would be accomplished that would make angels glad and that would bring into the fold of Christ thousands upon thousands who are now wandering in error.” (GC, p. 598)

So we should read it as it plainly says and not slice, dice or sidestep its obvious meaning. JTT comes after Ezek. 9. When we stand upon the solid Rock of Jesus –His Word, we also see that this belief destroys the false ideas like being zoomed over to the kingdom in a chariot. For if we were to experience that then,  there would be no chance on JTT developing trouble “on the way home”, a mental anguish such as in the type during his physical travel to the kingdom home.

2 — Ok so let’s now go to the main Rod reference that absolutely clears this issue —

“After the sighing and crying ones were marked(which is not to be understood as
being consummated in its entirety worldwide before the slaying follows anywhere), the slaughter completed, and the matter reported, the Lord “spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels even under  the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city.” Ezek. 10:2. (Tract 1, p.38-39)

Do we see that? We are told NOT to think that the whole number (the 144,000) are to be sealed in completion BEFORE the slaughter starts (Ezek. 9) !  Wow, this nails it brethren. To say that the sealing is completed prior to Ezek. 9, as the intervening time brethren do is to throw this inspired Word out the window. This and the Fundamental timeline are in great harmony once again!

In closing, let us be deep thinkers and  do close studies and when we do the Lord is faithful and His promise (John 16:13) comes to us, amen.

Walter Veith’s Mangling of Zechariah 4 Prophecy

We just completed a YouTube video on how Walter Veith is deceiving the flock. His old folksy manner is sure a clever disguise, but underneath his “fair words and nice speeches” is a trick from the Adversary! Be Blessed.

 

Feed in Bashan?

As many present truth believers are aware, one of the old-time pioneers, indeed one of the most well-versed students of the Rod–M.J. Bingham, founded the Bashan group of Davidians based in Missouri.

One of his primary foundational statements that he based his movement on was Micah 7:14. This, he believed, was specifically a divine injunction to his cause, to start a “new pasture” a new place where God’s present truth believers (ie. Davidian SDA) could organize and call headquarters.

After all “Carmel had withered”, VTH’s organization was gone, it’s “Carmel pasture” completed,  and now there needed to be a new place from which to finish the message –the Bashan pasture– where God’s final message of Truth was to be dispensed in the vineyard. Thus “Let them feed in Bashan” now, went the thinking.

It reads —

“Feed thy people with thy Rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solidarity in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.”

But as we have said so many times, in any report, any study on a certain subject, we need to get out that SRod index and put the pieces on the table (all the references that speak of Micah 7:14). The following is the list.

1 — 1 SR Tract,  p.86-87,

2 — 1 SR, p.243

3 — 1 SC, no.14, p.5     2 SC, no.11, p.2    2 SC, no.5-6, p.3   9 SC, no.1-12, p.20

4 — 4 JL, p.2

5 — 3 ANS, p. 33, p.62

6 — 1 TG, no.28, p.15

 

There are 10 references that we should closely go over. At the conclusion, we’ll conclude with a summary.

1 SR Tract , p.86-87 —

“No longer now need the faithful truth-seeker wander from church to church, groping his way through the dense and endless forest of the world’s religious literature in search of the right church with the right doctrine. Both now stand clearly identified, challenging him who would bear the

Shepherd’s Rod Tract 1, page 86

vessels of the Lord, to be clean, to touch not that which is baked on “dung” fire — that which is inspired not by the Spirit of Truth — and to be ever acutely mindful that no newly-revealed truth was given to the church during the forty years from 1890 to 1930, and that therefore every claimant to a heaven-sent message during that period was a false one.

But having the long fast now broken with fresh truth, abundant and undefiled by man’s wisdom, the hungry are now feeding at the bountiful table of the Rod (Mic. 7:14), at which you, dear reader, now sit and are joyously bidden to stay on for the rest of the feast.”

This reference obviously connects Micah 7:14 to the Rod message and not to any specific area (pasture) of where it may be dispensed.

1 SR, p.243 —

“Again, note “The men of wisdom shall see thy name.” The wisdom mentioned is not that which the world can give, but a heavenly one. Douay version reads as follows: “And salvation [wisdom] shall be to them that fear [see] thy name: hear, O ye tribes.” The same thought is brought over in the seventh chapter, verse 14. “Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.” “Feed thy people with thy rod:”

The verb “feed” is to be understood as spiritual food, and that food (truth) is found in the “Rod,” therefore we again have the command to give out the book (“Feed thy [God’s] people).” Carmel, Bashan, and Gilead are used as symbols of good spiritual pasture. These places are where Israel had their victories. Mount Carmel is where Elijah had his experience with the backslidden Israel in the days of Ahab. It was in Carmel where he (Elijah) brought the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifice upon the altar, after which he slew the prophets of Baal.”

The red highlighted area brings us a great clue. Notice is does not say “pastures” which would indicate different locations or areas. It clearly says they symbolize “pasture” meaning singular in purpose, thus confining  the meaning to spiritual food coming from ONE ROD MESSAGE. In other words we are to feed in “good spiritual pasture” , the Rod message, not go to three different areas for different aspects or times of the message but ONE PASTURE–ONE MESSAGE.

1 SC, no.14, p.5 —

“Moreover, Bro. Houteff’s work has proved that he will not sit in a corner by himself, but will evenly divide with as many as may come to the knowledge of the truth and share Carmel’s burden for the salvation of souls, for thus is he instructed by the Word of the Lord, saying: “Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.” (Mic. 7:14.) For this purpose has he bought the land and settled in the woods, on the top (midst) of Mt. Carmel, by the side of the brook.”

Once again this reference is inconclusive as to any clear pointing to evidence of Bashan being a separate pasture (ie. separate location) of spiritual food, for it clearly lumps it all under the “Carmel” heading.

 2 SC, no.11, p.2 —

“Open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee” and “Feed thy people with thy rod.” (Ezek. 2:8; Mic. 7:14.)

No help for Bashan pasture.

2 SC, no.5-6, p.3 —

“Inasmuch as Present Truth believers are faithfully straining their ears in an anxious endeavor to catch all the news waves from this anti-typical hill of “green pastures,” to which the prophet Micah’s attention was called long ago (Micah 7:14), we fear they will be greatly disappointed if we say nothing of its activities; therefore, we are happy to send forth a few lines of greeting from Mother Nature at Mt. Carmel.”

This one is,  just as 1 SR, p.243 was, quite illuminating! We see that ALL pastures of Micah 7:14 including Bashan are symbolically centralized in meaning the main headquarters at Waco. Thus again showing that the pastures are not later separate locations or headquarters where a different phase of the message comes, but are simply pointing to the original “anti-typical hill” at Mt. Carmel.

9 SC, no.1-12, p.20 —

“Feed thy people,” He commands, “with thy rod, the flock if thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel.” Mic. 7:14.”

Once again we see the meaning of Micah 7:14 being simply feeding God’s people with the Rod. 

4 JL, p.2

“Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of shine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel.” Mic. 7:14. 

Another reference showing the meaning of Micah 7:14 as feeding God’s people with His Rod.

3 ANS, p. 33

 

“As a necessary and natural sequent, God will have but one mouthpiece to teach His people in the establishing of His Kingdom, as He prophetically tells us in unmistakable language: “And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even My servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it. And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the

Answerer Book 3, page 32

wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.” Ezek. 34:23-26. “The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the Rod, and Who hath appointed it.” “Feed thy people with thy Rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvelous things.” Mic. 6:9; 7:14, 15.

Once more the preponderance is starting to add up. More evidence of simply placing Micah 7:14 in terms of feeding the people, even in the kingdom.

3 ANS, p.62

“And now louder and louder sounds the voice of Carmel, through the series of The Shepherd’s Rod publications, “the Lord’s voice…unto the city, and,” says the Divine Author, “the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the Rod, and Who hath appointed it.” Mic. 6:9.

“Feed thy people,” He commands, “with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel.” Mic. 7:14.”

No help to teach that Bashan is a separate place.

1 TG, no.28, p.15

 

“Mic. 7:13, 14 — “Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.”

Timely Greetings, Vol. 1, No. 28, page 15

Before these promises are fulfilled, though, Inspiration declared the land was to be desolate, the dispersion of the people would first take place.

This Rod of God not only speaks, but It feeds, too. And what can It be if not “meat in due season”? if not the message of the hour? The people, explains the scripture, are those who dwell solitarily in the woods, in the midst of Carmel. Prophecy, for this day and hour recommends the message which the Rod contains, and which Carmel puts out, none other.”

Once again the meaning of Micah 7:14 is that it “feeds, too.” This reference along with the others is basically in harmony with the explaining of Micah 7:14.

Summary —

As we do our close study of all the relevant references, we find that absolutely NONE of them point to Bashan as a separate place or headquarters. Nor a transfer of the message location to Bashan. This is simply the figment of the imagination of MJ Bingham. The most powerful point is that the Rod indeed identifies that Mt. Carmel consists of “pastures” that include both Gilead and Bashan. They are simply a figurative symbol of the present truth pastures of truth.

To solidify this understanding we find  this inspired Word of God explaining more about pastures–

“Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture [truths that please you], but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? And to have drunk of the deep waters [the greater truths], but ye must foul the residue with your feet? And as for My flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. ” (Ezek. 34:18, 19. )(3 SC, No. 5-6, p.3)

Bottomline, there is no truth to the teaching that we must now feed at Bashan, meaning we need to go to another area/location that is to be called Bashan. MJ Bingham, unfortunately, brought us a lot of misunderstanding and even falsehoods, sad to say. And this is one of them.

“What a fearful responsibility rests upon those who carelessly handle the Word of God, who pose as soul guardians over the people!” (1 TG, no.18, p.17)

Meddling with Inspiration

In 2 Samuel 6:5-7, we read —

“And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and he died there by the ark of God.”

Uzzah took upon himself to meddle with something holy, something inspired of the Lord. The consequences were disastrous. Today we are witness to another form of tampering, though not so overt.

Back on 8/31/2019 we did a post called ” Taking the Place of the Spirit of Truth”. In it, we talked about how some among us were placing our own interpretation right INSIDE the actual inspired quote! In other words, doing the work of the Spirit of Truth.

https://hearyetherod.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/taking-the-place-of-the-spirit-of-truth/

For example, a report from the leader of Salem DSDA  organization, Don Adair,  called “Seventh-Day Adventist Church is Not Babylon” is a correct report. The premise is made that the SDA church is not Babylon. However all through his report, we find his (insertions) as shown in the following —

He quotes Early Writings, p.40 —

“Then I was taken to a world which had seven moons. There I saw good old Enoch, who had been translated {type of the great multitude who will also be translated}. On his right arm he bore a glorious palm, and on each leaf was written ‘victory’. ” 

In the red highlighted area Adair inserted his own interpretation of what the verse was saying. Although he is correct in this addition, the point is that inserting in the middle or anywhere in the body of the HOLY WORD is not something we should ever do!

Once we get into this habit of self-insertion it can be a slippery slope. For example, brother Don does it often in his reports (144,000 and those with them) and his following insertion “living or dead”, we believe  is inserted because he is well known for his teaching that “more than” 144,000 will be sealed from the SDA church at Ezek. 9 judgment, and thus promotes his ideas into the inspired quote.

“Remember, too, that you [living Davidians} are candidates for the first fruits, to be either one with {living or dead} or one of the 144,000 {who never die}, that you are to be without guile in your mouths.” (Rev. 14:5).(1 TG, no. 4, p.27)

This of course underscores his well-known doctrinal teaching of “those with living” at Ezek. 9 from our SDA church. Recently we were doing our studies and we came across Adair’s Shepherd’s Rod series volume 2 book. It has the TG’s and some Charts.

On page 35 of his book, the TG volume 1, no.4 is discussed. But our eye caught something disturbing. It reads —

“Remember, too, that you are candidates for the first fruits, to be either one with or one of the 144,000, that you are to be without guile in your mouths (Rev. 14:5).” (1 TG, no. 4, p.27)

We ask ourselves, did brother Houteff underline the “with” in this statement? The original TG ,sure enough,  is NOT underlined! Once again Adair set his hand to inspiration, an act we believe is of dire consequences as the type shows.

Further our Lord made it all too clear —

 ^“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (Rev. 22:18-19)

But Adair does it again on page 61 —

“Notwithstanding these ensamples  , though, men still expect God to work in accordance with their judgment, and that is why sometimes He uses children in His work instead of wise and prudent men.” (1 TG, no. 7, p.7)

Then also we are all aware of this same practice engaged by the General Conference back in 1962 when it steered people to a deceptive explanation of what SOP was saying in the following inspired reference —

“Prophecy must be fulfilled. The Lord says: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.” Somebody is to come in the spirit and power of Elijah,[*SEE APPENDIX.] and when he appears, men may say: “You are too earnest, you do not interpret the Scriptures in the proper way. Let me tell you how to teach your message.” (TM, p.475)

Contrarily, the Lord’s PROPHETS do have this privilege, to add WITHIN the inspired quote, their thoughts, interpretations and guidance, as show here —

Isa. 3:13, 14 — “The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of His people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.”

This scripture emphatically declares that the Lord is pleading while He stands to judge the people, showing that the Judgment of the Living begins after this announcement of it has sounded throughout Laodicea. The charge against the ancient and the princes (leaders and ministers) is that they have eaten up the vineyard, that they have consumed the entire income, and that they have robbed His people to enrich themselves.

It is a known fact that not only the tithe (the only lawful allowance for the ministry) but also the offerings (the portion for the poor) and all else are consumed by the ministry, and that they have turned even the Sabbath and the house of worship into institutions of money raising, using all kinds of means and devices in the name of religion by which to make the poor poorer and themselves richer.

Not I, but the Lord is the One Who says so. It is no exaggeration, therefore, to say that the house of God is become a house of merchandise, run by thieves, that the dwelling places of the ancients and the princes thereof are used as pack rat nests, and that the Sabbath day has been turned into a market day.” (1 TG, no.5, p.21)

“The name, Davidian, deriving from the name of the king of Ancient Israel, accrues to this Association by reason of its following aspects: First, it is dedicated to the work of announcing and bringing forth the restoration (as predicted in Hosea 1:11; 3:5) of David’s kingdom in antitype, upon the throne of which Christ, “the son of David,” is to sit.

Second, it purports itself to be the first of the first fruits of the living, the vanguard from among the present-day descendants of those Jews who composed the Early Christian Church. With the emergence of this vanguard and its army, the first fruits, from which are elected the 12,000 out of each of the twelve tribes of Jacob, “the 144,000” (Rev. 14:1; 7:2-8) who stand on Mount Zion with the Lamb (Rev. 14:1; 7:2-8), the reign of antitypical David begins.” (Leviticus  of DSDA, p.3)

We who love the Truth take delight to read such insertions as we know they are INSPIRED interpretations, from which the Spirit of Truth is working!

The Lord sent us a clear unmistaken  lesson on the proper channel of Inspiration–Zechariah 4, let’s adhere to it!

Another brother shows this wrong action in two examples as follows —

“The certainty that the souls cried from under the altar, the place from which God’s truth is dispensed, makes obvious that they were slain for their firmness in the Word of God, and that for their faithfulness they were given white robes —they were accounted worthy of eternity. That they were the martyrs of the preceding period, the period of the fourth seal, is clear from the fact that they were already dead when the fifth seal opened.

Moreover, an altar denotes renewal of faith, reformation [this does not happen in the Kingdom for S. D. A.’s]. That is what it meant to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the instances they built their altars (Gen. 8:20; 12:8; 26:25; 35:14).”—Tract No. 15, pp. 52,53 [bracket added] (WhyPerish. org — “Going Eastward: A Study From Ezekiel 47” report, page 5)

“It is certain that if you are to escape alive from the vengeance of God, these facts you Elders [in the S. D.A. church] now dare not deny, neither dare you refuse to arise and as loud as you possibly can proclaim revival and reformation throughout the breadth and length of Laodicea.”—Jezreel Letter No. 3, p. 10. [bracket added] (WhyPerish. org — “Going Eastward: A Study From Ezekiel 47” report, page 6)

This brother clarifies that he has added his interpretations, but does that excuse it?  Is this not guiding us on how to interpret the reference as he sees it, be it right or wrong? Did not Uzzah have good intentions, to protect the Lord’s Ark? Carelessness and pretentiousness!

Again, Inspiration is holy and deserves our total reverence, let us keep this in mind as we read, report and quote God’s words through His prophets.

“However when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, thatshall He speak: and he will shew you things to come.” (John 16:13)

Let us be clear, there is times we need to highlight certain parts of the message to bring out a point, such as red, green or yellow highlights. But to add written insertions in the inspired reference is altogether something different.  By way of disclosure, in the past we ourselves have occasionally underlined certain areas of a reference which we are, in hindsight,  remorseful. We are reviewing it and correcting it upon review of posts done in the past. If anyone should bring it to our attention, so we can correct it,  we would be thankful.

As you might have surmised, we have had a rebuke from the Lord and this post is meant to relay what we now understand about it. Afterall we don’t want to be found accused of the following —

“I have been shown that the greatest reason why the people of God are now found in this state of spiritual blindness is that they will not receive correction. Many have despised the reproofs and warnings given them… Those who despise the warning will be left in blindness to become self-deceived.” (Testimonies, vol. 3, p.255, 257)

In closing , let us be very careful that we don’t “steady the ark” as did Uzzah did. Sure we can give our opinions and thoughts about any inspired reference, but to place our additions, our interpretations, inside the body of the written word — that is a BIG NO-NO   or we may face the same fate as Uzzah.

“What a fearful responsibility rests upon those who carelessly handle the Word of God, who pose as soul guardians over the people!” (1 TG, no.18, p.17)

Rod Division and Disunity brings a Pre-Ezekiel Slaughter?

As the picture shows the early Christians, including the Apostles and Disciples, were involved in disagreements, false doctrines, splinters, infiltration, separate groups, and a whole myriad of influences that caused division.

Apostle Paul highlighted this fact —

“My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?” (1 Cor. 1:11-14)

“You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?” (1 Cor. 3:3-4)

And further, the powerful delusion of the Nicolaitans was causing tremendous issues with the early Christian movement. Even our Lord pointed out this delusion —

“..you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” (Rev. 2:6)

Let us remember that the Lord was addressing the first church of the early Christians “Church of Ephesus”(Rev.2:1), known as “the way” back then. So we know that the very first church was dealing with division led by false doctrines and spurious brethren that infiltrated the Lord’s work.

“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.” (Acts 9:1-2)

See also Wikipedia article — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century

The teachings of the Nicolaitans, was a powerful delusion, misguided teaching of grace. 

So what do we see in our founding movement? Division, false doctrine, and a whole host of disunity! This is a fact that we must admit. But unfortunately, there are some among us present truth believers that totally ignore the type. They proclaim that the Lord cannot work now with so much division and disunity among us Davidians. Therefore  He must come and do a pre-purification among us!

What this is, is total private ideas and interpretations. The following reference is a  main ref. and relied upon for their ideas, let us read —

“In the year 1930, God again spoke to His people, as He spoke to Israel in the days of Joshua, but now, as then, there are among us the ten spies, the Korahs, Dathans, and Abirams, and the Achans–all such as love to make discouraging reports, who seek position, who covet the Babylonish garment, the silver, and the wedge of gold.

And as a result, we also are held back, and will continue to be until the Lord manifest His power and takes from among us the pretending ones, makes us free from sin and sinners, as in the time of Korah and as in the time of Achan, and says to us as He said to Joshua “Go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.” Josh. 1:2.

Though at times we are greatly disappointed as we see among us the unfaithful, doubting, fault-finding, self-exalting multitude, including those who have forsaken the Lord; and those who when put on trial for their faith even curse and swear that they are not followers of the message of The Shepherd’s Rod; along with those who apparently believe and who declare that they stand strongly for the message, but who are throwing rocks at us and at our work;–though we certainly are not grateful for this element, yet we are not at all discouraged but rather made glad to stand alone for truth and righteousness when the majority forsake us.” ( 2 ANS, p.55-56)

They read the red highlighted area and say “ah see the Lord must take away the false brethren among us Davidians, in order to have the message go forth in purity and to give to Mother”.  What a deception!

Now, ask yourself, did the Lord in the early church come down and purify the Way movement? Did He find a necessity to remove the false brethren in order for His work to go forth in purity? No Brethren.  He allowed for wheat and tares to comingle despite these troubles and trouble makers. He allows the work to go forward despite what we see as big problems among us today.

So once again, we are safe to stay with a “thus sayeth the Lord” and not follow men who are the “other voice” (GCS, p.8) leading us down fantasies and false constructions of the Word.

The Lord will do with us, during the troubles we have, the same as He did in type–allow the work to go forward UNTIL He removes the tares–Ezekiel 9.

In closing, despite what it appears today, with many groups and factions, as was the type, the Lord IS in control and the sooner we know that the sooner we can go forward in confidence that the 144,000 WILL BE gathered “one by one” by the Lord despite the confusion, murmuring and complaining by those who demand unitedness today.

“Yet the time will come when the LORD will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them—from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west.” (Isaiah 27:12)

“Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”(Matt. 13:30)

The First of the First Fruits Doctrine Fails Miserably

As we engage in an ongoing spiritual war with truly one of the most insidious delusions amongst us Elijah messengers, we are compelled to address it in this written report.

Recently we held a phone conference study and we dealt with Wave Sheaf ministries’ doctrines, primarily the charts and how they are greatly misinterpreted. But as the Lord always does, we gained more insight into this matter because we seek it.It was provided by a brother on the call who brought out an excellent point. When we truly seek after truth, the Lord does not fail!

“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)

But the study took a very interesting turn. Brother Lennox Sam decided to join in during the latter part of the call. We had already presented our report and bro. Michael Graham had finished his testimony and were into the Q and A section.

Those on the call heard first hand from Sam that “new light” on the first of the first fruits was shown us in 1943 with the following statement.(mark 2:16:40 in link below)

“The name, Davidian, deriving from the name of the king of Ancient Israel, accrues to this Association by reason of its following aspects: First, it is dedicated to the work of announcing and bringing forth the restoration (as predicted in Hosea 1:11; 3:5) of David’s kingdom in antitype, upon the throne of which Christ, “the son of David,” is to sit. Second, it purports itself to be the first of the first fruits of the living, the vanguard from among the present-day descendants of those Jews who composed the Early Christian Church. With the emergence of this vanguard and its army, the first fruits, from which are elected the 12,000 out of each of the twelve tribes of Jacob, “the 144,000″ (Rev. 14:1; 7:2-8) who stand on Mount Zion with the Lamb (Rev. 14:1; 7:2-8), the reign of antitypical David begins.” (Lev. Tract, p.3)

The red highlighted area is the first beginning of this new light according to Sam. But brother R made the point to Sam that there was no connection of this mention of the First of the first fruits to the wave sheaf only the vanguard. He requested Sam show him where in the Rod this new light connects the Davidians to the wave sheaf of the living (??). The response was typical– nothing clear and substantial, only private construction, here a little there a little until  –wol lah — you got this new light, according to Sam! (mark 2:18:00)

Well not so fast. Brother R made us hit the books as they say and what we found was quite clear and telling!

When Sam told us that this1943 reference was the changing point, it got us thinking about Tract 3 which was finished in 1942, just one year prior to LEV. ref. How could brother Houteff under Inspiration make such a far-reaching, deep, and thorough report on the Judgment and the Harvest, including much on the ceremonies and wave sheaf of the living, then one year later with a simple brief statement change much of It’s whole idea of the wave sheaf of the living? Certainly confusing, non-sensical and questionable to say the least!

So let’s analyze what we have here. First, we know in Tract 3 that words too clear to misunderstand say this about the wave sheaf of the living —

“..as those who arose with Christ ascended with Him as trophies of His victory over death and the grave, they thereby became a living type, and thus The Wave-Sheaf Of The Living.” (Tract 3, p.79-80)

 

“From these facts it can more clearly be seen that those whom Christ took with Him were the living wave-sheaf and the only one that has been offered in the heavenly sanctuary; and that as ones raised from the dead, they are the first fruits of the dead, whereas as ones everliving before the Father, they are the living wave-sheaf of the first fruits of the living, the 144,000 servants of God, who sequentially precede The Second Fruits And The Feast Of Tabernacles.” (Tract 3, p.80)

Ok so in 1942 VTH showed us that Christ and those who arose by His power, were the LIVING WAVE SHEAF OF THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE LIVING, the 144,000 servants of God.

But now according to Sam, in 1943 we are to take the Lev. 3 Tract statement as replacement wave sheaf teaching of Tract 3. Ok, so let’s follow along with his idea.

In 1943 this new light came. Now, this obviously is quite game-changing because it takes Christ and His trophies out as the living wave sheaf and replaces them with living Davidians!

But one now needs to ask — As this is BIG NEWS and a change from the in-depth report from Tract 3, where in the Rod can we find further evidence that select Davidians are going to be the living wave sheaf after 1943? There is just one statement that speaks about this —

“The Lord wants us to know that when He turns away our captivity He will also make us a name and a praise among all the people of the earth. This kingdom of Judah (the church purified and set apart), is therefore, not only pre-millennial, but also probationary. And how glad we ought to be for the privilege to be among the first of the first fruits.” (1 TG, no.23, p.9)

We see another mention of the term first of the first fruits. But where is the connection to wave sheaf? Only in his assumptions does this work!

If one does a careful study on all references on the words “first of the firstfruits” after the Lev. , p.3 statement you will find NOTHING at all expounding that Davidians are to be the sheaf waved for the living presented before the Father!

So what do we have from Sam’s purported new light? No evidence from after 1943 to the end of the written message. His only way out is to go back prior to 1943 and construct certain ref’s and build his doctrine by private construction!

Let us go back to Lev. ref and take a closer look. When we see the term “first of the first fruits” we next see what Inspiration says they are — THE VANGUARD.  The term is used simply as equating Davidian SDA’s, those who are first and leading out with the message as the Vanguard. Our Davidian SDA movement is indeed leading out right now, we are attempting to be the vanguard, Lord willing!

This term described in this context is meant as being the vanguard, NOT the wave sheaf. Sam erroneously interprets this as the wave sheaf too. Even though the Rod does not say that in LDSDA, p.3.

Thus we see that the Rod does not solely make the term “first of the firstfruits” to mean solely wave sheaf but also those first to lead out– the vanguard, the leaders. What we have now, according to the Rod is two definitions of the term, one for the context of meaning wave sheaf and the other for the context of meaning vanguard.

This is the only way we can harmonize Lev. Ref without chopping up the whole understanding as presented thoroughly in Tract 3 and also the ceremonial harvest Chart. Which, by the way, does not show any support for Wave Sheaf’s teaching either.

Brethren, what we have here is a misrepresentation of the Rod message —

“two parties are brought to view. One party permitted themselves to be deceived, and took sides with those with whom the Lord has a controversy. They misinterpreted the messages sent them, and clothed themselves in robes of self-righteousness.” — Testimonies, Vol. 9, p. 268.

Questions to ask Wave Sheaf followers —

1) Since the Rod said in Tract 3 that Christ and His followers are the everliving wave sheaf, where can we find where the Rod says the Davidians replace them?

2) Since the ceremonial type shows ONE wave sheaf waved before the Father, then who is waved Davidians or Christ and those arose in 1844, for the living?

3) Since you claim that 1943 “new light” came about the wave sheaf of the living, show us where there are references AFTER this date to expound upon this “new light”.

4) In the Ceremonial Chart, why did brother Houteff forget to add the wave sheaf symbol  of Davidians under the sealing area and left only Christ’s and those who arose? Why did VTH bring new light in 1943 and forget to change the Chart?

5) Because you have to use references before 1943 to explain this “new light”, then why didn’t the prophet do that? We see no references prior to 1943 showing Davidians will be the wave sheaf of the living, but only the contrary–Christ and His trophies.

6) As you claim the Davidians will be the living wave sheaf, when and how are they presented and waved before the Father? 

7) Since this “new light” came in 1943, why is it that there are just two short references after 1943 mentioning the term “first of the first fruits”? (LDSDA, page3,  and 1 Tg, no. 23, p.9) Neither are connecting Davidians as the wave sheaf. 

In closing brethren, 

When we carefully study this swiss cheese holed doctrine we find it is strange fire Wave Sheaf doctrine. It requires us to “hit the books” as they say and truly follow this counsel in order to be ready to give an answer for those who may be helped from this snare. Truly another voice leading into perdition! (GCS, p.8)

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Tim. 2:15)

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The First of the First Fruits — A Closer Look

As present truth believers, especially those who keep abreast of the latest ongoings among us, we know that the strange fire doctrine of the “first of the firstfruits” is being promulgated among us. We made a video on our YouTube channel going through this teaching, and what the Rod says about it. Click below for the video —

End Time Final Events Timeline (Part 5 of 5)

Let us stop here and recap what we have learned so far.

1– The Loud  Cry headquarters is to be set up at the same time as the church federation

2-  The Loud Cry authorization is given by anti-typical “Joshua” which many present truth believers think will be brother Houteff

3– God’s servants go to work with much success pulling in the GM into the kingdom.

4- Satan sees this and institutes his SL beast decree, I quote “halt the steady flow of multitudes of converts to the then already purged and purified church.”

5- The false prophet does his miracles and Satan impersonates Christ

As we continue along the event path of the Harvest Chart we then see that the USA Beast system finally evolves into the great international Beast system, the Woman riding the scarlet covered beast!

The message expounds more —

Quote —

“The scarlet-colored beast, therefore, is the symbol of the world government into which the United Nations will finally evolve.” (2 TG, no. 18, p.20)

But this scarlet-colored Beast system is doomed for failure.

Quote —

“..the woman riding on the beast, denotes an international system of church and state, enforced by civil law, and miraculous power. At the close of probation, the union represented by the symbol of the “scarlet colored beast,” shall be dissolved with the destruction of the “woman” or head of that union as pictured at the turning point of the chart.

The world at that time, as represented by the horns of the beast, shall “hate” the harlot, dethrone her, and “burn her with fire;” which can be nothing less than by revolution against the head of that religio-political system. Then the prophecy of Revelation 16:19, will meet its fulfillment: “And the great city [Babylon] was divided into three parts.” That is, the union of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Spiritualism was dissolved.” (SROD, vol. 2, p.160)

In regard to the Sunday Law and then the final drastic measure the –death decree, SOP gives us good clarity —

Quote —

 “I saw the leading men of the earth consulting together, and Satan and his angels busy around them. I saw a writing, copies of which were scattered in different parts of the land, giving orders that unless the saints should yield their peculiar faith, give up the Sabbath, and observe the first day of the week, the people were at liberty after a certain time, to put them to death.” (EW, p.34)

Apparently, the Sunday Law will later evolve into a more drastic measure of the death decree.

Let us at this time bring out a VERY IMPORTANT counsel to remember in studying this subject of prophecy and that is the quote” Limited Light theory”. The Lord’s Rod explains

 

“..any statements incidental to a subject that is still out of sight in the unrolling of the scroll are made only in terms of truth as it is seen, or as it is commonly understood, not in terms of truth not seen. And if the understanding of that be wrong, the writer cannot be responsible for that which he has necessarily borrowed.

This circumstance is natural and common to every writer treating of present truth, even to the gospel writers, and will thus continue until every component part of the Truth is made known.” (Sym. Code, vol. 7, no. 7-12, p.21-22)

Let us look at a perfect example of this important rule —

 

Quote

“WHO FLEE TO MOUNTAINS?

Question No. 37:

If God’s people are in the Kingdom during the Loud Cry, how can they be put in prison

Answerer Book 2, page 66

or driven to the mountains during that time, as the Spirit of Prophecy asserts they will (“The Great Controversy,” p. 626) ?

Answer:

When it is understood that the 144,000 are but first fruits, the forerunners or advanced guard of a great multitude of second fruits, the difficulty in question is immediately resolved. The first fruits stand with the Lamb, safe on Mt. Zion (in the Kingdom). Thus those who shall find refuge in the mountains, and those who shall be put in prison, can only be from among the second fruits–those who shall accept the message during the Loud Cry, but who shall not yet at that time have reached the Kingdom. (See our Tract No. 12, The World Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 1941 Edition, pp. 45-49.)”

You will find in your studies that brother Houteff , in the early days, just like sister White did not have the kingdom light and therefore some Rod statements were made with the common understanding of that time. When the kingdom light came, then much more clarity came in regards to the Sunday Law and how it concerns the 144,000 and the Great Multitude.

Sometimes brethren come up to me and say, “look here at this reference from the Rod, it shows that the 144,000 will be persecuted by the dragon from the Sunday Law”. But we should remember that the early Rod days were based on the common understanding of that time which had no kingdom light. But once that light came then the Rod made many new clarifying statements on the 144,000 and the Sunday Law.

We must keep this interpretation rule in mind.

Likewise sister White did not know about the 144,000 going to the kingdom and being safe from the dragon. She wrote what light she had on this subject and her light was mostly on the Great Multitude NOT the 144,000.

Ok let us conclude our study with a final recap —

1 — right now we are living in the sealing message time, where many are settling into the truth.

2– at this same time Satan has his workers making false prophecies and timelines and leading the flock astray, away from the Lord’s Rod message

3– Soon the Lord will cause Ezek. 9 church judgment, in which the wheat and tares will be separated.

4– Right at this same time the war is taking place in the middle east, Assyria is being crushed, the unbelievers are being driven out of the Holy Land

5- At the conclusion of Ezek. 9 the saints, the 144,000 realize its their time to head back home and commence doing so

6- On their way back Jacob’s time of trouble develops for the 144,000. We are not told the details of what this is but the Rod tells us it truly was unnecessary, let us read —

“Jer. 30:4-6 — “And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.  For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.  Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?  wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?”

The cause of the fear here forecast is fundamentally needless and unnecessary, declares the Lord.

Jer. 30:7 — “Alas!  for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”

The people that have come to this antitypical time of trouble are returning to the homeland, are comforted.  Apparently it is bad enough to frighten all, but God’s encouraging counsel is, “Fear not.”

   Plainly, the burden of this chapter is concerning the antitypical returning to the homeland.  Though terrible the trouble may seem, yet the outcome of it is to be the same as in the type.” (Timely Greetings, volume 1, no.47, p.14)

7- upon reaching the homeland the saints will stand with the Lamb upon Mt. Zion and then go to work building up the kingdom, along with the Gentile carpenters .

And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. (Zech. 1:20-21)

8- at this same time the world is in shock as it just sees the THREE BIG shocking events  — The gigantic war over Israel where Israel gets demolished, the mysterious slaying of millions of the SDA church, and the gigantic great valley made in Israel by the Lord’s feet touching there (although they will not see Him physically).

9- Based on this confusion, the USA will lead out in calling the churches together for a federation and then begin to discuss religious matters and unity for the world’s sake.

10 — During this time the saints begin to go out into Babylon , after being authorized to give the Loud Cry from anti-typical Joshua (which many believe including yours truly will be brother Houteff).

11- They begin to have great success with the Lord’s full power behind them, the second pentecostal power, and many start to make it back to the kingdom in Israel.

12– This success is countered at this time by Satan , with his false prophet and then his imitation of Christ. Thus the world has two great movements at the same time causing a decision to be made one way or the other.

13– But Satan is also furious with the 144,000 success and begins the establishment of the Sunday Law forcing the people to worship his mark of the beast system. this soon spreads around the world where the final act of the woman rides the Scarlet covered Beast.

14 — Soon the Law is made further drastic by implementing the death decree. This is the time of the GM’s Jacobs’ time of trouble as spoken of by numerous SOP references.

15 — Probation draws to a close and the kingdom is set, all have been brought in and the final seven last plagues begin!

This is a vast and deep subject and we have only touched upon it. There is much more involved here and by God’s grace soon we will no longer see through the glass dimly but with the full blaze of light, praise the Lord for His greatness and power to save!

 

 

End Time Final Events Timeline (Part 4 of 5)

The kingdom shall be first set up and then the Loud Cry proclamation shall begin, let us read —

“Then people shall “flow into it” because “the law shall go forth of Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” The gospel work, therefore, is to be finished while its headquarters stand in the Holy Land. Thus the Kingdom is set up in probationary time, in time of salvation and judicial purification, for after it is set up other people from many nations flow into it.”  (1949) (2 TG, no.44, p.49)

Let us go back to the adversary side now. As we have shown the church federation is taking place at this time while the saints are working to establish the kingdom. let us read —

“The union of the churches represented by the “woman” sitting on the “heads” must take place before the combined power of the “beast” and the “false prophet” is fully realized. The symbols (“false prophet” and the “beast”) reveal that there shall be a national alliance of church and state.” (SRod, vol. 2, p. 160)

Again showing that the church federation begins first before the false prophet combines with the Beast for that wicked MOB system. So it appears that while this Church federation takes place , protestant and catholic churches joining together, the 144,000 begin their work proclaiming the Loud Cry. The message tells of great success from this proclamation —

“In the last days,” says Micah in his forecast of the time in which the first fruits stand with the Lamb on Mount Zion, and in which the second fruits leave Babylon to go to Mount Zion, “it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

“And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

“And He shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.” Mic. 4:1-4.

Conclusively, therefore, the Kingdom-church must be “set up” before the Devil turns upon the remnant, those who are left behind and who are then being gathered, and against whom he wars for refusing to worship him in the person of the beast and his image.” (Rev. 13:15). (1943)   (2 ANS, p.16-17)

Apparently, the adversary will notice the great work by the Lord through His servants and then he shall begin to implement the dreaded Sunday Law.

“…the beast’s decree and his rigid enforcement of it, are not for the purpose of purifying the church, but for the purpose of blockading the way out of Babylon, thereby holding the world captive. This he does specifically to halt the steady flow of multitudes of converts to the then already purged and purified church.” (1943) (3 Ans. p.70-71)

Another quote saying the same thing —

“The only thing that would compel him to pass blue Sunday laws and go “to make war with the remnant of her seed” (with those that are left, Rev. 12:17) is the purity of the church when God by the slaughter weapons of Ezekiel Nine takes away the tares which received not the mark, and even then Satan will not enact “blue Sunday laws” until after he has exhausted every other weapon against the church.”  (1936)  (2 SC, no.1, p.9-10)

The Spirit of Prophecy also shows us great clarity of this time of success —

” I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect. Many had been bound; some wives by their husbands, and some children by their parents. The honest who had been prevented from hearing the truth now eagerly laid hold upon it. All fear of their relatives was gone, and the truth alone was exalted to them. They had been hungering and thirsting for truth; it was dearer and more precious than life. I asked what had made this great change. An angel answered, “It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel.”(EW, p.271)

But let us make no mistake Satan will be very wroth at all this.

“The church’s purification, therefore, will not bring the millennial time of peace. Indeed not but it will bring the end of the wicked in the church, and with it Satan’s greatest wrath against the remnant, against those who, while still among the Gentiles, dare thereafter to take their stand on the Lord’s side. They shall, nevertheless, be delivered if they, as it were risk their lives — if they take their stand on the Lord’s side and thereby put their names in the “book.” Dan. 12:1.

The dragon cannot war with the woman, the church that is made up of the first fruits, because at that time she is with the Lamb on Mt. Sion (Rev. 14:1), out of the dragon’s reach.” (1947)(Tract 15, p.89)

Let us now go back to Satan’s false system of worship. Remember there is to be a dual competing system for mankind’s souls at this time. As we see on our Harvest Chart, the path continues from the church federation to the false prophet and the USA Beast. let us read —

“.. the false prophet is not the papacy or the two-horned beast, neither is he the devil, for we read: “And the devil that deceived them was cast into a lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are.” (Rev. 20:10.) Therefore, the false prophet is the one who shall precede the manifestation of Satan himself. Said the apostle, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” (2 Cor. 11:14.)

As the doctrines held by the false prophet cannot be fully supported by the Scriptures, miracles are performed to secure the confidence of the people. As the great men and religious leaders declare to the public that the so-called true religion is the truth of Christ, and that the false prophet is His servant, multitudes will fall into Satan’s snare.

His false prediction of the coming of the Lord, will be fulfilled by Satan himself as he appears as an angel of light. His dazzling brightness, and the false fulfillment of the prophet’s prediction, in addition to the already overwhelming delusion, will ensnare a multitude greater than the first. “While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation.” — “The Great Controversy,” p. 589.  (2 SRod, p.157)

Two opposing forces going head-on at the same time! What a war for souls! God’s servants with their pentecostal miracle-working power and the false prophet’s miracles and Satan’s Beast system. Apparently, Satan at this time will pull off his great hoax of impersonating Christ! Thus we see that people are joining one of two churches –Christ’s or Satan’s.

……To be continued with the last part 5

 

End Time Final Events Timeline (Part 3 of 5)

As we begin part 3, we’d like to show a chart based on the original message —

As we continue to go through our outline, keep a good look at how the outline based on the original message is solidly backed up by the Word.

At this point, we want to call attention to the Chart called “The Harvest Period and Close of Probation.”

In this Chart there is a path shown, events that occur along this path. As we study this the following event timeline is shown–

1- 1929 date as the beginning  of the sealing message

2- Ezek. 9

3- The Church federation

4- The USA  Two-horned Beast with the False Prophet (makes note of the MOB –Rev. 13:14-18

Here we should point out that the message tells us the Sunday Law passes first in USA then is adopted around the world, let us read —

“This drastic decree of the two-horned beast shall be adopted by the nations of the world, and the image of the beast, which will demand obedience to an ecclesiastical form of worship, will be internationally set up.  The mark of the beast is Sunday observance.  Under one pretext or another, the careless and indifferent will worship the image of the beast, and receive the mark.” (SRod, vol. 2, p.110)

5 – The Woman riding the Scarlet covered Beast (the world Sunday Law system)

6- Close of probation for the world

7 – Beast and False Prophet cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:20)

8 — All the world’s saints meet the Lord in the air

9 – The wicked are destroyed by the Lord’s brightness

Thus this VERY IMPORTANT Chart gives us a clear timeline to follow.

We see that once Ezek. 9 and the war takes place the saints start for home. They will experience JTT as they head home.

It is at this time, Rev. 12:16-17 takes place, let us read —

“But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had sprewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman and he went to make war with the rest of her off-spring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

Coming back to the church federation that is shown to take place after Ezek. 9.  We read.

 ” The union of the churches represented by the “woman” sitting on the “heads” must take place before the combined power of the “beast” and the “false prophet” is fully realized.” (2 SRod, p.160)

Thus we see that just as it is depicted in the Chart the Church federation happens prior to the False prophet arriving in connection with the Beast system. So as the saints head home the formation of this Church federation begins and even while the saints set up the kingdom. A double work is shown to occur in setting up the final two camps, as it were — Satan sets up his false Beast system beginning with the Church federation, while the saints set up the Lord’s kingdom in Israel! Two setups happening simultaneously! 

As this federation develops, it proceeds to the next stage –the arrival of the False Prophet and the working of Satan, let us read —

“When Protestantism shall stretch forth her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when under the influence of this three-fold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its constitution as a Protestant and Republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan, and that the end is near.” — “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 451.

But what happens while this church federation forms?

Let us now look at God’s servants work being done over in Israel during this time,The message has alot to say about this set up time.

First, we shall establish that after Ezek. 9, the dragon cannot “make war” with the 144,000.

“The church’s purification, therefore, will not bring the millennial time of peace. Indeed not but it will bring the end of the wicked in the church, and with it Satan’s greatest wrath against the remnant, against those who, while still among the Gentiles, dare thereafter to take their stand on the Lord’s side. They shall, nevertheless, be delivered if they, as it were risk their lives — if they take their stand on the Lord’s side and thereby put their names in the “book.” Dan. 12:1.

The dragon cannot war with the woman, the church that is made up of the first fruits, because at that time she is with the Lamb on Mt. Sion (Rev. 14:1), out of the dragon’s reach.” (1947) (Tract 15, p.89)

Another quote —

“..the truth is clearly seen that after the earth swallows the flood, after the angels separate the wicked (“the tares,” the “bad” “fish”) from the righteous (the “wheat,” the “good” “fish”) in the church, and take the righteous to Mount Sion (“the barn,” “the vessels” Matt. 13:30, 48), the dragon will then be angry with the woman (the servants of God), and as a result will war against the remnant (the second fruits, those who are then to be called out of Babylon–Rev. 18:4).” (1943)(2 Ans. p. 16)

From the above quotes, we see that the church purification makes the dragon furious but because the saints have made hast and quickly fled to the kingdom to safely stand with the Lamb on Mt. Zion, the dragon will have to war against the Great Multitude.

One more quote with this same prediction —

“Stirred to fury over her purification, the dragon will make war “with the remnant of her seed.” Against her personally, though, he will not war, because her communicants, the 144,000 (the first fruits — Rev. 7:3-8; 14:4), those who go first into the kingdom, stand with the Lamb, the King, on Mount Sion (Rev. 14:1) His palace grounds.” (1942) (Tract 12, p.44)

So once the 144,000 are safely back to the kingdom , and after going through their brief Jacob’s time of trouble while heading home, They are to begin the kingdom set up. Remember this is during the time while the Church federation is formulating by Satan, let us read —

Zech. 1:20, 21 — “And the Lord shewed me four carpenters. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Previously the prophet saw these as four horns, as powers that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem throughout the Gentile nations, but as the angel projected the prophetic view to the time of the end he saw them as four carpenters; that is, as “horns” they come to “fray” and to “cast out the horns of the Gentiles” from the land of Judah, but as carpenters they obviously come to build for Judah. Evidently, then, when the horns (powers) of the Gentiles are cast out of the land, and God’s people are brought into it, then “the times of the Gentiles” shall have been fulfilled.” (1 TG, no. 12, p.15)

So there will be builders who are there with the 144,000, and they shall help build up the kingdom.

Then we see that the Lord authorizes a hierarchy that is set up for the Loud Cry proclamation.

Zech. 6:11 — “Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest.”

The angel is commanded to take silver and gold, and to make crowns — not one, but more than one. These are set upon Joshua’s head.

Zech. 6:14 — “And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.”

Verse 14 reveals that Joshua is to pass the crowns on to his helpers whom the Lord Himself names. This is to be a memorial, an everlasting reminder in the temple of the Lord.

What can all this mean? — Just this: Joshua is Heaven’s appointed judge, ruler. He himself is crowned as such. And in response to the Lord’s Own command, Joshua crowns (authorizes) his helpers whom the Lord Himself names. In other words, as members of “the house of David,” Joshua authorizes them to engage in the work. So, Joshua is responsible to the Lord, but his helpers are responsible to Joshua. Here is seen an organization having a Leader and an under leader — the Lord and Joshua. Thus it is that whatever is to be bound on earth, is also to be bound in Heaven (Matt. 16:19.)

As concretely as Heaven can make it, this symbolism depicts that God’s people in this final work are not to labor at cross purposes. All are to speak the same thing. So it is that His “Watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.” Isa. 52:8. Then His people shall be called “The Holy people, The redeemed of the Lord,” “Sought out, A city not forsaken” (Isa. 62:12). 1 TG, no. 8, p.26-27)

Wow! Such detail! Here we see that the Loud Cry shall have “Heaven’s appointed judge, ruler– (Joshua). Then he will authorize certain helpers to engage in the Loud Cry work. So not only is actual structure building going on with the land but a system is set in place to organize the final Gospel work!

Brethren this is simply wonderful! God shows us the final timeline in detail!

To be continued …..