ࡱ>     Y QbjbjWW ==M]8= ( =======$?Al= =8 4 888   = =8f8P===  = DANIEL 11:40-45 By Ron Foutz e-mail: studythebible@nexet.net PROPHETIC, PROGRESSIVE EVENTS FAITH OF JESUS, END TIME PROPHECY, PROGRESSIVE EVENTS Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Most denominations claim faith in Jesus. This faith is important for salvation. Our trust in His sacrifice must be the foremost foundation of our belief. How did Jesus endure the cross? What exactly is the faith of Jesus? And how did Jesus get this faith? There are many different aspects to this, yet to serve this particular study, we will discuss one certain aspect. Creator - Psalm 104:2 Colossians 1:16 200 Billion Stars Jesus left the glories of heaven. Why? John 2:4 "Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come." Matthew 26:45 "Then cometh He to His disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners." John 12:23 "And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified." John 4:25-26 "The woman saith unto Him, I know that the Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when He come, He will tell us all things. "Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He." Jesus was not given any special advantage or special strengths to overcome sin that we cannot receive. Desire of Ages, 70 The child Jesus did not receive instruction in the synagogue schools. His mother was His first human teacher. From her lips and from the scrolls of the prophets, He learned of heavenly things. The very words which He Himself had spoken to Moses for Israel He was now taught at His mother's knee. As He advanced from childhood to youth, He did not seek the schools of the rabbis. He needed not the education to be obtained from such sources; for God was His instructor... Every child may gain knowledge as Jesus did. How did He know that He was the Messiah? How did He know that his hour had not yet come? And when it did come, how did He know? Hated and persecuted by His own people. He sweat great drops of blood in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was in Pilate's judgment hall. It was His faith that He depended on. While hanging on the cross, when He asked, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?", Hearing the people say, "If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him". What kept Him up on the cross. His faith. This is the faith of Jesus. This is the same faith we are to have in the last days. It will be with this faith that we will be able to endure the persecutions without an Intercessor. But how did Jesus get this faith? He pointed this out to His disciples, so that they could have understanding. Why did the people reject Jesus? Why did they not recognize Jesus as the Messiah? The people did not study for themselves. Luke 24:44-46 "And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me. "Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, "And said unto them, Thus it is written...." Jesus studied the prophecies that did and would concern Him. As He studied, He came into a faith that He could rely on in His time of trouble. These were the current events concerning His day. Should we also do as Jesus did to gain this particular type of faith that we know we will need? He knew the terrible things that He was to endure. He also knew the signs of the times. He knew what and when these things were to happen. We have an opportunity to also study the prophecies concerning our day, and the current events, so we too can be aware of the signs of the times. The last few verses of chapter 11 and verse 12 in its entirety deal with our day. The prophecies that were shut up are now open for our study and understanding. Could this knowledge that is spoken of in Daniel 12:4 be an increase of awareness of today's current events? Do current events verify the fulfillment of prophecy? Do we have an opportunity to gain this same faith that Jesus had? Could this faith help us in the 'time of trouble' which is soon to come upon the world? And is this faith of Jesus important to receiving the seal of God? Revelation 14:12 Rev. 6:17 - Who shall be able to stand? Daniel Chapter 9 Prophets and Kings, p.554 "Through another vision further light was thrown upon the events of the future; and it was at the close of this vision that Daniel heard "one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision?" Daniel 8:13. The answer that was given, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed" (verse 14), filled him with perplexity. Earnestly he sought for the meaning of the vision... "Still burdened in behalf of Israel, Daniel studied anew the prophecies of Jeremiah.... "With faith founded on the sure word of prophecy, Daniel pleaded with the Lord for the speedy fulfillment of these promises. He pleaded for the honor of God to be preserved. In his petition he identified himself fully with those who had fallen short of the divine purpose, confessing their sins as his own." 1844 Disappointment The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, p.241-242 "When the year 1843 entirely passed away unmarked by the advent of Jesus, those who had looked in faith for His appearing were for a time left in doubt and perplexity. But not withstanding their disappointment, many continued to search the Scriptures, examining anew the evidences of their faith, and carefully studying the prophecies to obtain further light... "Their faith was greatly strengthened by the direct and forcible application of those Scriptures which set forth a tarrying time... "Had it not been for such portions of Scripture, showing that they were in the right path, their faith would have failed in that trying hour." How did they find these portions of scripture? They STUDIED. Revelation 10:11 Prophecies 5Testimonies, p.452 "God has revealed what is to take place in the last days, that [1] His people may be prepared to stand against the tempest of opposition and wrath [personal preparation]. Those who have been warned of the events before them are not to sit in calm expectation of the coming storm, comforting themselves that the Lord will shelter His faithful ones in the day of trouble. [2] We are to be as men waiting for their Lord, not in idle expectancy, but in earnest work, with unwavering faith [warning the world]." Seal of God Early Writings 85,86 "At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time the "latter rain," or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, [1] to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and [2] prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out." END-TIME PROPHECIES AND EVENTS Revelation 3:13-22 We are to have a revival in the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Selected Messages book 1, p.121 "A revival of true Godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work." Review and Herald Feb. 25, 1902 "A revival and a reformation must take place, under the ministration of the Holy Spirit. Revival and reformation are two different things. Revival signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death. Reformation signifies a reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits and practices. Reformation will not bring forth the good fruit of righteousness unless it is connected with a revival of the Spirit. Revival and reformation are to do their appointed work, and in doing this work they must blend." This revival needs to be accompanied with a reformation. These two things will be accomplished through an understanding of the book Revelation. And what book is to be studied with Revelation? The book of Daniel. What are the topics that we are to understand? The topics contained in prophecies, as we will see. The knowledge God blesses us with should instill the urgency for 1) Personal preparation, and 2) the urgency to take the three angel's message to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. Testimonies to Ministers, p.113 "When we as a people understand what this book [speaking in context to both Daniel and the Revelation] means to us, there will be seen among us a great revival." Acts of the Apostles, p.585 "In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation." The Faith I Live By, p. 345 "When the books of Daniel and Revelation are better understood, believers will have an entirely different experience. They will be given such glimpses of the open gates of heaven that heart and mind will be impressed with the character that all must develop in order to realize the blessedness which is to be the reward of the pure in heart....One thing will certainly be understood from the study of Revelation--that the connection between God and His people is close and decided." Matthew 24:15 Revelation 12:17 Selected Messages, book 2, p.105 "The book that was sealed was not the book of Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel which related to the last days. The Scripture says, 'But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.' Daniel 12:4. When the book was opened, the proclamation was made, 'Time shall be no longer.' See Revelation 10:6. The book of Daniel is now unsealed, and the revelation made by Christ to John is to come to all inhabitants of the earth. By the increase of knowledge a people is to be prepared to stand in the latter days." In the same book as quoted above, Sister White identifies one of the topics of which knowledge would be increased on. Selected Messages, book 2, p.106 "In the first angel's message men are called upon to worship God, our Creator, who made the world and all things that are therein. They have paid homage to an institution of the Papacy, making of no effect the Law of Jehovah, but there is to be an increase of knowledge on this subject." Review and Herald April 4, 1893 "The events of the future will be discerned by prophecy and will be understood." Matt. 24:15 ************************** TESTS ************************* God has tests for His people that He allows to happen to prove how much His people believe in Him, to build their faith in preparation for greater tests. Do we accept that He has our best interest in our growth in what He allows to happen to us? Do we use the blessings He gave us to accomplish His will? Do we search out the object lesson that is contained in these tests? Do we react to the test with the shortness of time, and the reward of eternity in mind? This is called purification. The Lord's chosen methods of discipline. See Ministry of Healing, p.471 5Testimonies p.261 "God tests men, some in one way, and some in another. He tests some by bestowing upon them His rich bounties, and others by withholding His favors. He proves the rich to see if they will love God, the Giver, and their neighbor as themselves. When man makes a right use of these bounties, God is pleased; He can then trust him with greater responsibilities. The Lord reveals Man's relative estimate of time and eternity, of earth and heaven." The Spirit of Prophecy. 3SM 84, 1903 "One thing is certain: Those Seventh-day Adventists who take their stand under Satan's banner will first [compromise] give up their faith in the warnings and reproofs contained in the Testimonies of God's Spirit." 4T 211 "It is Satan's plan to weaken the faith of God's people in the Testimonies [first step] . Next follows skepticism in regard to the vital points of our faith, the pillars of our position, then doubt as to the Holy Scriptures, and then the downward march to perdition. When the Testimonies, which were once believed, are doubted and given up, Satan knows the deceived ones will not stop at this; and he redoubles his efforts till he launches them into open rebellion, which becomes incurable and ends in destruction." Letter 11, 1890 "The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided." Manuscript 118, 1899 "Sundaykeeping is not yet the mark of the beast, and will not be until the decree goes forth causing men to worship this idol sabbath. The time will come when this day will be the test, but that time has not come yet." Great Controversy, p. 605 "The Sabbath will be the great test of loyalty, for it is the point of truth especially controverted. When the FINAL TEST shall be brought to bear upon men, then the line of distinction will be drawn between those who serve God and those who serve Him not." Since it is the Sunday law, being the 'final test' that determines who receives the seal of God or the mark of the beast, which is also the closing of probation, this "image test" cannot be the "final test", because it is brought upon God's people [Seventh-Day Adventists] before probation closes. This must be a separate test. Yet to be prepared for this test, we need to go through another test to help us in this test. The test prior to the "image" test includes the total belief in the Testimonies, the Spirit of Prophecy. For a person to receive the seal of God, they must pass this test first. Evangelism 234-235 "None are condemned until they have had the light and have seen the obligation [Matt. 28:19 - how will they see it?] of the Fourth Commandment. But when the decree shall go forth enforcing the counterfeit sabbath, and the loud cry of the third angel shall warn men against the worship of the beast and his image, the line will be clearly drawn between the false and the true. Then those who still continue in transgression will receive the mark of the beast." Tests are progressive. One test prepares us for the next test, like little quizzes, ultimately leading up to the final test, which we receive either the seal of God, or the mark of the beast, depending on our reaction to this last test. ***************************************** The SUNDAY LAW is progressive, first being signed and enacted in the United States, then the other nations of the world follow. Revelation 13:11-14 When the papal sabbath, Sunday, becomes enacted legislation, it will then be the last test brought upon us as a test of faith. Pass this test, receive the seal of God. Fail this test, receive the mark of the beast. 6T 18 "As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example." 6T 395 "Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world." ************************************************* The PUNISHMENT for disobedience to the Sunday law is progressive, starting out mild, then becoming more severe. Rev. 13 15-17 President James Grafield "Whoever controls the money in any country is master of all its legislation and commerce." Maranatha, p.188 "In the last conflict the Sabbath will be the special point of controversy throughout all Christendom. Secular rulers and religious leaders will unite to enforce the observance of the Sunday; and as milder measures fail, the most oppressive laws will be enacted. It will be urged that the few who stand in opposition to an institution of the church and a law of the land ought not to be tolerated." Death decrees. *************************************************** The JUDGMENT is progressive, beginning with the dead, moving to the living. When judgment of the living begins, it starts in the house of God, the Seventh-day Adventist church. Hebrews 9:27 Revelation 11:18 Ezekiel 9:6 "Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house." 1Peter 4:17 "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1) Tests are progressive, ending with the National Sunday Law test (first in the United States), which will be the last test, determining our eternal destination 2). Sunday law is progressive, beginning in the United States. 3) Judgment of the living is progressive, beginning in the Seventh-day Adventist church. (A=B, & B=C, then A also = C) Putting these three truths together, judgment of the living must begin with those in the Seventh-day Adventist church located in the United States, around the time of the enactment of the National Sunday Law, being the final test. Seventh-day Adventists in the United States are next in the book of life to be judged. It is at the time when those who receive the seal of God that they then receive the latter rain in full. Their (S.D.A. in the U.S.) probation has closed. Early Writings, 33 I saw that God had children who do not see and keep the Sabbath. They have not rejected the light upon it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble, we were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. This enraged the churches and nominal Adventists, as they could not refute the Sabbath truth. And at this time God's chosen all saw clearly that we had the truth, and they came out and endured the persecution with us." PAGE 85 in reference to p. 33 " 'The commencement of that time of trouble,' here mentioned, does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time the 'latter rain,' or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out." It is at this time that they proclaim the Sabbath more fully and call God's sheep out of the other churches, whose probation is still open. This will be repeated again throughout the entire world as the Sunday law becomes world-wide. 5Testimonies, p. 214 "Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the Day of Pentecost." Revelation 7:1-4 Revelation 14:1-5 B.C. vol. 7, p.970 "Those whom the Lamb shall lead by the fountains of living waters, and from whose eyes He shall wipe away all tears, will be those NOW receiving the KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING revealed in the Bible, the Word of God." THE IMAGE, THE LAW - confusion over the mark and its enforcement - confusion over the mark and its image Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 3:1 - setting up of the image ~~~~ Union of Church and State Dan 3:4-6 - decree concerning the image ~~~~ Sunday Law Dan 3:7 - enforcement of the decree ~~~~ Signs of the Times 06-03-89 "When Wesley began his career in England, there were only a few who rallied around his standard. When the puritans emigrated from England to America, they were like shipwrecked mariners who had barely escaped with their lives. Left without friends or influence, all they had was their precious faith, their strong will, and their earnest devotion to God. They were as sheep without a shepherd. The believers were few. Like the mustard seed, which is the least of all seeds, so seemed the Pilgrims; but their influence became powerful and far-reaching. The faith of the Puritans was as a coal from the altar of God, an inextinguishable light that GLORIFIED THE LAND with its radiance. The Puritans were obliged to practice the most rigid economy and self-denial, yet they did not neglect to build houses in which to worship God. They were GUIDED BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD." Letter 11, 1890 "The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided." Deadly wound Feb. 10, 1798 the papacy did not stop being a church. Church and state. The national image of the beast is a reflection of Rome past, not Rome present, prophesied to be Rome future. ** Since it was the Dragon, that is, Satan, which gave the first beast it's power (Rev. 13:2,4), Satan is also behind this "image". ** And it is the papacy that bids the will of Satan, moving behind the scenes to influence the making of the "image". Great Controversy p.606 "The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power-all will be unmasked." Great Controversy, p.581 "God's word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike." Great Controversy p.445 "The 'image to the beast' represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas." In the following statement, "national apostasy" is identified as the "National Sunday Law" Review and Herald May 2, 1893 "The people of the United States have been a favored people, but when they restrict religious liberty, surrender Protestantism, and give countenance to popery, the measure of their guilt will be full, and 'national apostasy' will be registered in the books of heaven." The image is completed before it becomes enforced law. When we see legislation being passed to sustain the institutions of the leading churches in the U.S., which is given as a signpost for us, the image of the beast has been made. School vouchers? The next event in prophecy is the N.S.L. decree being signed, which does not become the "mark" until it goes into effect at a future date. Yet, before any of this can be accomplished, the First Amendment must be dealt with. Do we see any movement in the government pushing for the wall between church and state to be torn down? Do we see any actions by the White House to work around the First Amendment? Can we see any legislation in Congress supporting the viewpoints of Rome? The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." George Washington 1789 Every man conducting himself as a good citizen and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions ought to be protected in worshipping the deity according to the dictates of his own conscience. Thomas Jefferson, Writings, Library of America, p510. "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declare that their legislature should make 'no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and state." Benjamin Franklin When religion is good, it will take care of itself. When its not able to take care of itself, and God does not see fit to take care of it so that it has to appeal to the civil power for support, its evidence in my mind that the cause is a bad one. James Madison, Letter to Robert Welsh, Mar. 2,1819 The civil Government, though bereft of everything like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete success, whilst the number, the industry, and morality of the priesthood, and devotion of the people, have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. Ulysses S. Grant Leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separated. Rev.13:11 Advent Review and Sabbath Herald Jan. 1, 1889 "Prophecy represents Protestantism as having lamb-like horns, but speaking like a dragon. Already we are beginning to hear the voice of the dragon. There is a satanic force propelling the Sunday movement, but is concealed." Great Controversy p.445 "When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result." Signs of the Times March 22, 1910 "When the Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution; when the state shall use its power to enforce the decrees [passing of legislation] and sustain the institutions of the church [signpost] - then will Protestant America have formed [completed] an image to the papacy [Rome past, church and state union], and there will be [future] a national apostasy [National Sunday Law], which will end only in national ruin [close of probation]." Judiciary Branch Great Controversy, p. 564, 565 " 'A well-known writer speaks thus of the attitude of the papal hierarchy as regards freedom of conscience, and of the perils which especially threaten the United States from the success of her policy: " 'There are many who are disposed to attribute any fear of Roman Catholicism in the United States to bigotry or childishness. Such see nothing in the character and attitude of Romanism that is hostile to our free institutions, or find nothing portentous in its growth. Let us, then, first compare some of the fundamental principles of our government with those of the Catholic Church. " 'The Constitution of the United States guarantees liberty of conscience. Nothing is dearer or more fundamental. Pope Pius IX, in his Encyclical Letter of August 15, 1854, said: "The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings in defense of liberty of conscience are a most pestilential error--a pest, of all others, most to be dreaded in a state." The same pope, in his Encyclical Letter of December 8, 1864, anathematized "those who assert the liberty of conscience and of religious worship," also "all such as maintain that the church may not employ force." " 'The pacific tone of Rome in the United States does not imply a change of heart. She is tolerant where she is helpless. Says Bishop O'Connor: "Religious liberty is merely endured until the opposite can be carried into effect without peril to the Catholic world.". . . The archbishop of St. Louis once said: "Heresy and unbelief are crimes; and in Christian countries, as in Italy and Spain, for instance, where all the people are Catholics, and where the Catholic religion is an essential part of the law of the land, they are punished as other crimes.". . . " 'Every cardinal, archbishop, and bishop in the Catholic Church takes an oath of allegiance to the pope, in which occur the following words: "Heretics, schismatics, and rebels to our said lord (the pope), or his aforesaid successors, I will to my utmost persecute and oppose." '--Josiah Strong, Our Country, ch. 5, pars. 2-4." Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist "The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned." St. Louis Dispatch, 10-29-91 "As the second century of the Bill of Rights draws to a close, the Supreme Court is redefining what religious liberty will mean in the third century. Broadly, the court's new approach helps conventional religions, while hurting unconventional ones." Legislative Branch Great Controversy p.606 "The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power-all will be unmasked." Great Controversy, p.581 "God's word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike." Washington Post 4-12-00 "RNC officials decided to honor [Rev. Daniel P.] Coughlin, a conservative [Catholic] priest from Chicago, with a Mass and reception at St. Peter's Church on Capitol Hill last night. The RNC, which launched a Catholic task force last September, has intensified its outreach to Catholics.... " 'We're communicating the way we've been voting for the past five years,' [RNC spokesman] Paulitz said. 'Since we took the majority in 1995, we've had a 100 percent Catholic voting record and (Democrats) have been on the wrong side of the issue'.... " 'It's become more and more obvious they are admitting they made a mistake [by not originally supporting a Catholic priest] and they're [the Republicans] overreaching, doing Catholic resolutions and Catholic Masses and Catholic legislation almost on a daily bases,' [Rep. Timothy J.] Roemer [D-Ind] said.... " 'Its a very appropriate, traditional Catholic thing to do,' said [Thomas P.] Melady, who served as ambassador to the Vatican." Executive Branch Time Magazine Feb. 24, 1992 "On June 7, 1982, Reagan and John Paul met for fifty minutes at the Vatican. During that conversation the plot was hatched to eliminate Communism. In that meeting, Reagan and the Pope agreed to undertake a clandestine campaign to hasten the dissolution of the Communist empire, declares Richard Allen, Reagan's first national security advisor. This was one of the best kept secret alliances of all times." Washington Post 12-24-01, p. A-2 "Pat Robertson's resignation this month as president of the Christian Coalition confirmed the ascendance of a new leader of the religious right in America: George W. Bush.... "For the first time since religious conservatives became a modern political movement, the president of the United States has become the movement's de facto leader- a status even Ronald Reagan, though admired by religious conservatives, never earned..... "....Religious conservatives have regarded Bush as of their own since the presidential campaign, when he spoke during a debate of the guidance of Jesus. At the same time, key figures in the religious right- Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Billy Graham and Franklin Graham-- have receded in political prominence or influence, in part because they are no longer mobilized by their opposition to a president.... " 'I think Robertson stepped down because the position has already been filled,' said Gary Baurer.... Bush 'is the leader right now. There was already a great deal of identification with the president before 9-11 in the world of the Christian right, and the nature of this war is such that a man of god is in the White House'.... "Ralph Reed, who once led the Christian Coalition and now is chairman of the Georgia GOP [also was President Bush's campaign adviser during the presidential campaign], notes that the religious conservative movement 'no longer plays the institutional role it once did,' in part because it succeeded in electing Bush and other friendly leaders. 'You're no longer throwing rocks at the building; you're in the building.' "Conservative Christians tend to view Bush's recent success as part of a divine plan. 'I've heard a lot of "God knew something we didn't",' Reed said. 'In the evangelical mind, the notion of an omniscient God is central to their theology. He had a knowledge nobody else had: He knew George Bush had the ability to lead in this compelling way'. "Still, some of those around Bush say they have a sense that a higher purpose is involved. 'I think President Bush is God's man at this hour, and I say this with a great sense of humility,' Bush aide Tim Goeglein, described as a 'strong evangelical,' told World magazine, a Christian publication." Washington Post, 4-16-01, p. A-2 "Since taking over the White House, President Bush and top advisers have been assiduously cultivating Catholic voters in an attempt to realign a once-Democratic constituency in much the same way that the Republican Party in the 1970s and 1980s won over southern evangelical Protestants.... "Bush....has met privately with at least three high Catholic Church officials and has adopted Catholic themes in speeches; his staff has instituted a weekly conference call with an informal group of Catholic advisers; and the Republican National Committee is setting up a Catholic Task Force.... "The effort to recruit Catholic voters has led to a striking change in the political climate in Washington. George [Princeton University political scientist Robert George, a member of the informal Catholic advisers] noted in an interview last week that 'in 1960, John Kennedy went from Washington down to Texas to assure Protestant preachers that he would not obey the pope. In 2001, George Bush came from Texas up to Washington to assure a group of Catholic bishops that he would.' Remarks by President Bush at the dedication of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, in part. Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 3-22-01 "To those with power, the Pope carries a message of justice and human rights. And that has caused dictators to fear and to fall. His is not the power of armies or technology or wealth. It is the unexpected power of a baby in a stable, of a man on a cross, of a simple fisherman who carried a message of hope to Rome.... "....And we, in our country, must not ignore the words the Pope addresses to us. On his four pilgrimages to America, he has spoken with wisdom and feeling about our strengths and our flaws, our successes and our needs.... "I'm grateful that Pope John Paul II chose Washington as the site of this center. It brings honor and it fills a need. We are thankful for the message. We are also thankful for the messenger, for his personal warmth and prophetic strength; for his good humor and his bracing honesty; for his spiritual and intellectual gifts; for his moral courage, tested against tyranny and against our own complacency. "Always, the Pope points us to the things that last and the love that saves. We thank God for this rare man, a servant of God and a hero of history. And I thank all of you for building this center of conscience and reflection in our Nation' Capital." Pope John Paul II remarks concerning the Cultural Center, Review Tribune, 3-23-01 "We will come to view this as our little Vatican in the United States. The church has never done anything like this and we see it as a reflection of our faith." Washington Post, 2-6-02, p. B-3 "[Speaking of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center] The soaring limestone-and-glass museum, located on 12 acres across from Catholic University, is dedicated to spreading church teachings through a combination of sacred artifacts and interactive technology." Washington Post, 1-30-01, p. A-16 "The president signed two executive orders, one to set up a White House office to promote social work by religious organizations, the other to instruct federal agencies to play their part in cooperating with faith groups.... "Assuming faith-based social work is indeed effective, Mr. Bush still needs to tread carefully around the constitutional separation between church and state. There is no clear line here.... "In a sign that he does not want his initiative to be seen as a sop to the Protestant religious right within his party, yesterday's signing ceremony was attended by nonreligious as well as religious charities, by Catholic, Jewish and Muslim groups as well as Protestant ones. The two officials Mr. Bush has appointed to lead his initiative, John DiIulio, and Stephen Goldsmith, are Catholic and Jewish respectively." Washington Post, 2-27-01, p. A-4 "Bush....declared: 'When we see social needs in America, my administration will look first to faith-based programs and community groups, which have proven their power to save and change lives.' "....the Bush initiative requires five federal departments- Justice, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development- to set up 'Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.' "The purpose of each of these centers, according to Bush's order, 'will be to coordinate department efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the provision of social services.' " We need to ask the following questions: 1) Could this possibly mean to eliminate Constitutional constraints? The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." 2) And if so, how would they get around these Constitution constraints? Washington Post, 1-30-01, p. A-8 "Goldsmith also plans to create an advisory board [made up of Catholics] for the new White House office and a separate entity that would solicit private funds to support religious efforts that the government cannot fund because of constitutional issues." Again, does the papacy have the power to influence the passing of legislation, or the power for the legislation that grants religious freedom in this country to be ignored, by entering into God's church? No. The influence must be in the very institutions that has the authority and ability to pass legislation. Washington D.C., 1-30-01 Zenit.org "President George W. Bush will meet Wednesday with a group of 30 Catholic leaders at the White House to discuss the importance of faith-based social services in his legislative agenda [LAW].... " [Deal W. Hudson, publisher and editor of Crisis magazine commenting] 'The president and his advisers knew very well that for their faith-based program to work it must establish a full partnership with existing Catholic social service providers. This meeting is the beginning of that partnership.' " Who is coming together in a "full partnership"? The image of the beast is the coming together of church and state. The mark of the beast is what the image forces. When the beast speaks as a dragon, when the power of the image is revealed, which is at the time the N.S.L. goes into effect, forcing through civil legislation the dictates of the conscience, it is Rome's dogma that is forced. Thus the image of the beast progresses into the mark of the beast. Washington Post, 1-8-01, p. A-19 "When the phone call came from Austin, I was surprised. Just two days after his election was assured, President-elect Bush wanted a meeting with religious leaders to discuss faith- based initiatives in solving poverty. He was reaching well beyond his base of conservative evangelicals; would I [Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners magazine and the convener of Call to Renewal, a national federation of churches and faith-based organizations] come and suggest others who should be invited? "He asked us how to speak to the nation's soul.... "I noted that churches across a broad spectrum are finding remarkable unity on these issues [hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities being the topic], and maybe it was time to try it on a political level. Evangelical and liberal, Catholic and Protestant, black and white church leaders have been motivated by prosperity's contradictions and united by the biblical imperatives of compassion and justice.... "Bush asked theological questions such as, 'What is justice?'....We [the religious leaders] told him that in forging new partnerships to reduce poverty, the religious community will not only be service providers but prophetic interrogators." They said "forging new partnerships". This new partnership is exactly that. New. At least in this country. This is a partnership between church and state. What power is advising the White House? Never has this partnership existed in the United States. The title of this Post article is "A Church-State Priority". We need to ask ourselves, "prophetic interrogators" for what purpose? 5Testimonies, p.452 "While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord's people may not have mercy and justice. The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness." Matt. 10:16-20 John 16:1-4 NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW Revelation 13:11-12 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth [prophetically the United States, as identified in the previous verse] and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons "Of course the Catholic Church claims the change was her act....And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things." Evangelism, p. 234 "The mark of the beast is the papal sabbath." There are many Sunday laws in the world today. Satan wants to camouflage the one that is spoken of in prophecy, therefore we need to have a clear understanding of the elements contained in the Sunday law which is prophesied so we will recognize it. Review and Herald Dec. 18, 1888 "A time is coming when the law of God is, in a special sense, to be made void in our land. The rulers of our nation will, by legislation enactments, enforce the Sunday law, and God's people be brought into great peril. When our nation, in its legislative councils, shall enact laws to bind the conscience of men in regard to their religious privileges, [1] enforcing Sunday observance, and [2] bringing oppressive power to bear against those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath, the law of God will, to all intents and purposes, be made void in our land; and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin." The Sunday law that will fulfill prophecy will: 1. Enforce Sunday observance. 2. Persecute those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Revelation 13:13,14 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast." Great Controversy p.606 "The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority [image of the beast], the inroads of spiritualism [Mariology], the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal [apostate doctrines] power-all will be unmasked." Great Controversy, p.588 "The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience." When Protestant America (after unity of church and state), which represents the image to the beast, unites with spiritualism and Rome, the result is the enforcement of the mark of the beast. It is through the connection of common points of doctrine, such as celebrating the Eucharist (the participation of receiving Mass, especially in the U.S. Congress, which has already been revealed), celebrating the resurrection through Sunday worship, that this Protestant country will join with Rome. Yet they will and are ignoring the more detailed points of these doctrines, as we see in the ecumenical movements happening today. It is through spiritualism that will also unite the Protestant world with Rome, but more importantly, spiritualism will unite those in the world that have in the past rejected Jesus as the Messiah. And it is Rome that represents spiritualism. When, Then 5T 451 "When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold 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." It is through Rome that Satan has instilled the worship of Mary. For many years, there have been apparitions of Mary. These visions have been given to a selected people, encouraging Catholicism to accept spiritualism, preparing for the great deception of Satan, his crowning act, when he appears as Jesus to deceive the rest of the world. It is after the N.S.L. goes into effect, but before the law of God is fully made void through the universal image, as we will see, that Satan will "doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on earth in the sight of men. And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast." It is after these wonders that Satan says "to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." Revelation 13:13,14. Satan tells the whole world that they, just as the United States has done, should unite and give total support to the Roman power. Testimonies to Ministers, p. 62 "In this age antichrist will appear as the true Christ, and then the law of God will be fully made void in the nations of our world. Rebellion against God's holy law will be fully ripe. But the true leader of all this rebellion is Satan clothed as an angel of light. Men will be deceived and will exalt him to the place of God, and deify him." Great Controversy, p.588-589 "The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papist, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power, and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium." Common points unite Protestants with Rome. Spiritualism unites everyone else with Rome. Rome is the common denominator. WORLDWIDE DECEIT; SPIRITUALISM Revelation 16:13,14 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Father Gobbi is a Catholic priest who, for the past few decades, "Mary" has been appearing to in apparitions. In these apparitions, "Mary" has been giving Father Gobbi messages and instructions for the counterfeit church. Prophecy of the New Times (Based on the book, Thunder of Justice, p. 320) by Ted and Maureen Flynn "In 1937, a Polish nun and mystic, sister Faustina, was given a message about a future sign Jesus would give to the world. [Jesus speaking] 'Before I come as the just judge, I am coming as the King of mercy. Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to the people a sign in the heavens of this sort; all light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then, the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed, will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time'. " Washington Post 8-12-99, p A-1 "The last full solar eclipse of the millennium today stirred a 70-mile-wide patch of human wonder along an arc of darkness from the English Channel to the Indian subcontinent. For a little more than three hours virtually all routine halted to permit goggle-eyed apprecation, joyes prayer or ill-concealed dread." Washington Post 8-8-99, Science Page "Because of its path, alignment and timing, this eclipse has unusual appeal for astrologists, numerologists and New Age mystics. During the eclipse, the sun and moon will be aligned with Mars, Saturn and Uranus in a way rarely seen, forming, from the perspective of Earth, the shape of a cross." It will be through these great signs and lying wonders that deceives the world to exalt Satan as God (see Isaiah 14:12-14; Testimonies to Ministers, p.62), bringing them in harmony with the Sunday law. ***************** 2Cor. 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. Revelation 13:13-14 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 5BC 1105, 1106 (1900) "As the second appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ draws near, satanic agencies are moving from beneath. Satan will not only appear as a human being, but he will personate Jesus Christ, and the world that has rejected the truth will receive him as the Lord of lords and King of kings." 1Kings 18:21, 38,39 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. Medical Ministry, p.87-88 "Satan will come in to deceive if possible the very elect. He claims to be Christ, and he is coming in, pretending to be the great medical missionary. He [Satan] will cause fire to come down from heaven in the sight of men to prove that he is God." 2SM 51 (1890) "It is the lying wonders of the devil that will take the world captive, and he will cause fire to come down from heaven in the sight of men. He is to work miracles, and this wonderful, miracle-working power is to sweep in the whole world." 3SM 427- 428 "The wicked...declared that they had the truth, that miracles were among them, that angels from heaven talked with them and walked with them, that great power and signs and wonders were performed among them, and that this was the temporal millennium that they had been expecting so long. The whole world was converted and in harmony with the Sunday law." Satan will work miracles, making fire come down from heaven in the sight of men to prove he is God, to deceive the world. Then he will claim to have changed the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day, "saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." Rev. 13:14. This is Satan's crowning act, which he has been preparing the world for through the apparitions. (Look up) Matthew 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. (Read) Great Controversy, p.624-625 "As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour's advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13-15. The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shout of triumph rings out upon the air: "Christ has come! Christ has come!" The people prostrate themselves in adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His disciples when He was upon the earth. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Saviour uttered; he heals the diseases of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the seventh day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth. This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion. Like the Samaritans who were deceived by Simon Magus, the multitudes, from the least to the greatest, give heed to these sorceries, saying: This is 'the great power of God.' Acts 8:10." Great Controversy, p. 588-589 "The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power, and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and ushering in of the long-expected millennium." Tried to make sense of this??? It is in sight of the entire world that Satan will appear as an angel of light, claiming to be Jesus. This has all to do with the Fatima messages, the "New World Order", which the pope will claim victor, "ushering in the long-expected millennium". They had a deadline. Message to Father Gobbi Dec.5, 1994 "I [Mary] confirm to you that, by the great jubilee year of 2000, there will take place the triumph of my Immaculate Heart, of which foretold you at Fatima, and this will come to pass with the return of Jesus in glory to establish His reign in the world. Thus you will at last be able to see with your own eyes the new heaven and the new earth." The 'Great Jubilee 2000' began on Dec. 24,1999 (see Incarnationis Mysterium, p. 3), and ended on Jan. 6, 2001. On May 13, 1981 in St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul II saw a little girl wearing a small picture of Mary, as 'Our Lady of Fatima'. As the pope bent over as a gesture to the girl, hired assasin Mehmet Ali Agca shot at him, hitting two other people. Had the pope not bent over, these shots would have struck his head. The assasin shot two more times, this time inflicting a deadly wound to the pope, which was healed. John Paul had always been a student of Fatima. After this incident, he became convinced that Mary was the one who saved his life. While he was recovering, he received what he thought to be a vision from God. He had the same vision that the three little children received at Fatima. He received the same messages first hand in this vision. He now began to apply the Fatima messages to his pontificate, to be fulfilled during his reign, within a set time-table. Keys of This Blood By Malachi Martin 1990 pp. 47-48 "Like most Catholics the world over, Karol Wojtyla had been acquainted for as long as he could remember with most of the facts about Fatima. The Virgin Mary had appeared several times to three peasant children; she had confided to them certain admonitions and instructions, including a detailed set of instructions and predictions that were intended for papal action at a certain time in the future.... "Now, however- after what were arguably the very pointed events that had taken place in St. Peter's Square; after exhaustive examination of the documents and living witnesses and participants connected with the Fatima events themselves; and after nothing less than a personal communication from Heaven during his long convalescence- John Paul was all but forced to face the full meaning of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski's familiar maxim that 'certain events are willed by the Lord of History, and they shall take place'. "More, he came face- to- face with the realization that, far from pointing to some distant future time, the contents of the now famous Fatima message- and, specifically, the secret contents directed to papal attention- amounted to a geopolitical agenda attached to an immediate time-table." The Keys Of This Blood p. 16 "As to the time factor involved, those of us who are under seventy will see at least the basic structures of the new world government installed. Those of us under forty will surely live under its legislative, executive and judiciary authority and control.... Speak[ing] about this new world not as something around a distant corner of time, but as something that is imminent. As a system that will be introduced and installed in our midst by the end of this final decade of the second millennium." "As a system that will be introduced and installed in our midst by the end of this final decade of the second millennium." Malachi Martin was a former Jesuit and professor at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. He was a Vatican insider and intelligence expert, knowing the goals of Pope John Paul II. They had a time schedule. January 1, 2000. The new millennium. They call it the millennium of peace, when Jesus would come with authority, declaring the beginning of the thousand years of peace, handing the keys of the church to the pope. Spirit of Prophecy calls this the "temporal millennium". Great Controversy, p.588-589 "Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and ushering in of the long-expected millennium." 3SM 427- 428 "The wicked...declared that they had the truth, that miracles were among them, that angels from heaven talked with them and walked with them, that great power and signs and wonders were performed among them, and that this was the temporal millennium that they had been expecting so long. The whole world was converted and in harmony with the Sunday law." This 'temporal millennium' is a counterfeit thousand years, not the Biblical millennium. The Catholic church has a prophecy which states: "When Jesus Christ comes, then the pope will give Him the pope's tiarra, and throne. Jesus will give him [the pope] the keys and then Jesus will bless the pope." They expected Jesus to come around Jan. 1, 2000. And when Satan does appear as Jesus, he will usher in "the temporal millennium that they had been expecting so long". This is why the Spirit of Prophecy states they had expected it. It is very clear that this millennium time table is as they interpret it to be, supported by satanic prophecies and visions. But it's not supported by the Bible. They are in a counterfeit tarrying time. Pope John Paul's actions are all done in compliance to the fulfillment of the papal messages of Fatima. This direction he is taking is due to his belief that he is the vicar of Christ, thinking he is doing His will. The pope claims himself as His servant. Keys of This Blood [MIRACLES] p.638-639 "He is a Pope who is waiting..... John Paul is waiting, but not for that city to be built in order, as it were, to find out if there will be a place in it for him. He knows it will not be built, at least not as men have configured it. "He is waiting, rather, for an event that will fission human history, splitting the immediate past from the oncoming future. It will be an event on public view in the skies, in the oceans, and on the continental landmasses of this planet. It will particularly involve our human sun, which every day lights up and shines upon the valleys, the mountains and plains of this earth for our eyes. John Paul II is waiting for MIRACLES!!!! This is the prophetic teaching of the Catholic church, based on the messages received from the apparitions given at Fatima. These messages given to the popes through the three little children in 1917 were given in the town of Fatima, which was the name of Mohammed's daughter. There is a relationship between Catholicism and Islam. Mohammed's daughter stated she (Fatima) would be second only to Mary in the kingdom of God. Satan has been working at this deception for a long, long time. The messages that have been given and that will be given will be accepted totally be the Muslim nations. These final messages Satan will give the world through Mary will be readily accepted throughout the world. It will be through spiritualism, these signs and wonders at the beginning of this temporal millennium, that will deceive the Muslims, the Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, etc.... to except Jesus, and to except the pope as His replacement on earth, leading the pope to begin his ministry as the servant of God as the victor of the new world endtime game. Washington Post 5-7-01, p. A11 "In the middle stood John's [the Baptist] tomb, covered in a cloth embroidered with Islam's 99 names of God, as well as the Muslim's central creed: There is no God but God. Around it huddled Muslims praying to one of the chief figures of Christianity, supplicating with their hands and scribbling private prayers on the granite walls. " 'We welcome Christians all the time here. We are close,' said Ahmed Mohammed,42. 'Jesus is part of Islam, and will come and run the whole world with the peace of God.' " 'If people only knew what Islam was about,' said Sheikh Nizzar Khattib, the prayer leader at the Umayyad mosque for 40 years. 'The teachings are the same. That this globe was created by one God. There is right and wrong...Christ and Mohammed and Moses are one.' " Messengers by Patricia Treece Published by Our Sunday Visitor Press. p.14, 288, 289 "All spiritual traditions make a place for important appearances of the dead....the idea of the dead returning to do God's work is not some weird Catholic notion, but a universal belief." "Seeing after-death experiences universally acknowledged I hope will buttress your faith in the reality of life after life....I see the Holy Spirit working, to varying degrees, in and through all faiths and present in all people of good will.... "When I speak of saints like Buddha, Mohammed, the Torah's holy men and women, holy Hindus, and certain shamanistic sages, I do so comfortably with the hope of hastening the day when all of us who believe in supernatural realities and moral imperatives change our world through our love for each other and for God...." 2Thessalonians 2:9-12 "Even him, whose coming is AFTER the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusions, that they should believe a lie: "That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." (After - Websters; an imitation of Strongs; according as) Revelation 13:13-14 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." Thus the whole world is deceived into making an image to the beast. "And all the world wondered after the beast." Great Controversy, p. 640,641 The voice of God is heard from heaven, declaring the day and hour of Jesus' coming, and delivering the everlasting covenant to His people. Like peals of loudest thunder His words roll through the earth... 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. They expected to see Jesus return to usher in the millennium of peace around Jan.1 2000. When God does allows this deception to occur, we know from Scripture that it is Satan impersonating Christ. Could this be proceeded by an apparition of 'Mary', counterfeiting the announcement of the day and hour of Jesus' return? But, having a more sure word of prophecy, we know from God's Word that when Jesus does come, He does not set foot on this earth at that time. It is after the 1000 years when "His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof,... and there shall be a very great valley". Zechariah 14:4,9. All is ready and in place for the closing prophecies to be allowed to be fulfilled. But if God finds His people not ready, if He finds His people not fulfilling the commission He gave His remnant church, taking the three angels message and preaching it with a loud voice to every nation, kindred, tongue and people, He will have His angels continue to hold back the four winds of the earth, and we will find ourselves in a continuing tarrying time. Will God find 144,000 ready to be sealed, or will we continue to sleep? God is waiting on us. Habakkuk 2:3 "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Revelation 10:11 "And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings." 3 Angels message. CONCLUSION The Bible teaches us that it will be a union of papal Rome, spiritualism, and Protestant United States which Satan will work through to enforce the mark of the beast. For hundreds and hundreds of years, Satan has been establishing the Catholic belief in Mariology, and also setting up a worldwide acceptance of her and her messages. They believed that these things would take place sometime around the turn of the millennium. If these predictions, which have been given through the apparitions, do not come to fulfillment as predicted, or at least near the time that they are expecting and in similar manner, this widespread belief in Mary and her apparitional messages will no doubt fall apart. Ever see a $7 counterfeit bill? A $13 bill counterfeit? The image has been completed. We can expect to see a Sunday law go into effect in the United States in the very near future. And at about that time, Seventh-Day Adventists located in the U.S. will receive either the seal of God or the mark of the beast. Their probation will be closed. Those who receive the seal of God will then receive the latter rain in full, proclaiming the Sabbath more fully to those outside of the S.D.A. church, whose probation remains open. The eleventh-hour workers heed the warning found in Revelation 18:4 and join the loud cry. This is the 'little time of trouble'. After the Sunday law is enforced in the United States, we can possibly expect 'Mary' to appear before the world in an apparition, delivering the counterfeit announcement of the time of Christ's return. This unites Islam with Rome. Then Satan will appear as Christ, bringing fire down from heaven to prove he is God, giving blessings, and performing miracles, including his deception of healing. This is the 'Messiah' that the Jewish nation has been waiting for. They unite with Rome. The counterfeit tarrying time is ushered in. Then 'Christ' announces that he has changed the Sabbath, from the seventh day to the first, and commands the world to honor that day. The rest of the world's nations unite with Rome. All the world is in harmony with the papal sabbath. The probation for the Seventh-Day Adventists throughout the rest of the world now closes. Through those that remain faithful to God and receive the latter rain proclaim the Sabbath more fully to those whose probation still remains open through out the rest of the world. The eleventh-hour workers heed Revelation 18:4. The 'little time of trouble' progresses to the remainder of the world. Probation for mankind is now beginning to close. The seven last plagues are beginning to fall. Satan states that the world must be rid of those who chose to keep the seventh day Sabbath to stay the plagues. Death decrees are issued. The 'time of Jacob's trouble' begins. Not until God's people are ready to be sealed will He allow these final prophecies to be fulfilled. And they will come to fulfillment quicker then we have imagined. 9Testimonies, p. 11 The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession. Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. Men cannot discern the sentinel angels restraining the four winds that they shall not blow until the servants of God are sealed; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there shall be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones. Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Commentary vol. 7, p.989 "When probation ends, it will come suddenly, unexpectedly--at a time when we are least expecting it. But we can have a clean record in heaven today, and know God accepts us." Revelation 22:11-12 "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. "And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be." COMPARE PROPHECIES WITH THE SEAL OF GOD Prophecies 5Testimonies, p.452 "God has revealed what is to take place in the last days, that [1] His people may be prepared to stand against the tempest of opposition and wrath [personal preparation]. Those who have been warned of the events before them are not to sit in calm expectation of the coming storm, comforting themselves that the Lord will shelter His faithful ones in the day of trouble. We are to be as men waiting for their Lord, not in idle expectancy, but in [2]earnest work, with unwavering faith [warning the world]." Seal of God Early Writings p.86 At that time the "latter rain," or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, [1] to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and [2] prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out. Daniel 12:10, 3 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. DANIEL CHAPTER 11 By Ron Foutz TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SUBJECT 3. Prophetic Terms, Symbols and Synonyms 5. The Daily 10. King of the North 13. King of the South 16. Daniel, an Outline 21. The Importance of Understanding Daniel 23. Daniel 11:40 25. Daniel 11:41-42 31. Papacy Enters into the Glorious Land 36. God's Purpose for His Chosen Lands 39. Why the Glorious Land Cannot be the Adventist Church 42. Daniel 11:42-45 Prophetic Terms, Symbols And Synonyms The Bible, when speaking on prophetic terms, uses much symbolic language. For a clear and true Biblical interpretation, we need to let the Bible teach us what these symbols represent. Bible Principles of Interpretation, p.11-12 "This principle is positively fundamental to the understanding of the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation- it is the foundational principle of God's last-day message. The Lord gave Paul the special commission of showing how the church became 'the Israel of God', that the promises to the literal Israel were to be fulfilled in the experiences of the church [spiritual Israel]....'We are numbered with Israel....All the promises of blessing through obedience, are for us.' The Ministry of Healing, 405. 'I was shown that those who are trying to obey God...are God's chosen people, His modern Israel.' Testimonies, vol. 2, 109. ...The principle that Israel's [literal] history is typical or prophetical of the experiences of the church [spiritual] is continually employed in the Spirit of Prophecy." * Day = Year - Ezekiel 4:6; Numbers 14:34, Luke 13:31-33 * Beast = King - Daniel 7:17; Kingdom - Daniel 7:23 * Horns = Kings - Daniel 7:24; Revelation 17:12 * Seas or Waters = Multitudes of people, nations, and tongues - Revelation 17:15 * Earth = Opposite of waters, not multitudes of people, nations, and tongues. * Dragon = Satan, the Devil, the old serpent - Revelation 12:9; Revelation 20:2 * Hand = Ruling power - 2Samuel 5:19; 2Kings 21:14; 2Kings 17:39, Daniel 1:1-2 * Chariots and Horsemen = Military strength - 1Kings 1:5; 1Kings 20:1 * Ships = Economy - Psalm 107:23; Revelation 18:17-19 * Clothes = Character - Revelation 19:8 * Woman = The Church - Ephesians 5:23; Revelation 19:7; Jeremiah 6:2 * Winds = Strife, destruction- Daniel 7:2; Jeremiah 51:1 * Seven Heads = Seven mountains - Revelation 17:9; also is defined as leadership-Ephesians 1:22; and having dominion -Daniel 7::6 * Horse = A woman, or the church - Zechariah 10:3; Song of Solomon 1:7-9 * Blasphemy = 1) Man claiming to be God - John 10:31-33 2) Man claiming to forgive sins - Mark 2:5-7 * Wings = Swiftness - Habakkak 1:8; Revelation 12:14; Exodus 19:4 * Whirlwind: Strong's Concordance: "8175 ....a primary root; to storm; by implication to shiver, i.e. fear: - be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind." * Overflow: Strong's Concordance: "7857....a primary root; to gush; by implication to inundate, cleanse; by analogy to gallop, conquer...:" * Pass: Strong's Concordance: "5674....a primary root; to cross over, used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, or causative); specifically to cover...." * Glorious land = See following section. * Glorious Holy Mountain = God's Commandment-keeping remnant. Isaiah 2:2-3 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. "And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." * Edom = Esau, brother to Israel - Genesis 25:30-34; Hebrews 12:16-17 * Moab and Ammon = Both the sons of Lot born from his daughters. - Genesis 19:35-38 * Michael the Archangel = Jesus Referred to in: Daniel 10:21, Dan. 12:1, 1Thess. 4:16, Jude 9, Rev. 12:7. Micha means "who is", or, "one like". El is an abbreviation of the Hebrew word "Elowahh", or "Eloheem", which means "God". So, Michael means "Who is God", or "One like God". Arch means "the first or chief, leader", or" ruler of", sometimes used as a prefix. Angel means "messenger". So, Archangel means "Ruler of messengers", or "Ruler over angels ". Michael the Archangel is "One like God, Who is ruler of the angels". The Daily Dan 8:11-12 "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily (sacrifice) was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. "And an host was given him against the daily (sacrifice) by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered." Early Writings, p. 74 "Then I saw in relation to the "daily" (Dan. 8:12) that the word "sacrifice" was supplied by man's wisdom, and does not belong to the text, and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry. When union existed, before 1844, nearly all were united on the correct view of the "daily"; but in the confusion since 1844, other views have been embraced, and darkness and confusion have followed. Time has not been a test since 1844, and it will never again be a test." Ellen G. White Volume 6 The Later Elmshaven Years 1905-1915 pp. 246, 247, 249 "During the General Conference session in Washington in 1909, there surfaced signals of potential doctrinal controversy in which the 'daily' of Daniel 8 largely figured. The Bulletin carries no reference to this, but it was in the back of the minds of not a few present at the session. Ellen White was fully aware of this and saw it as a threat to the long-overdue drive for city evangelism. Leading workers who expended their time and energies in doctrinal disputes could not throw themselves wholeheartedly into the evangelistic thrust. The story takes us back before the session, and then moves forward to some months after the session. This background aids in a better understanding of Ellen White's repeated and almost desperate calls for work in the cities. "Soon after becoming leader of the church in 1901, Elder Daniells was brought into close association with W. W. Prescott, former president of Battle Creek College. As editor of the Review and Herald and vice-president of the General Conference during the period of 1901 to 1909, Prescott worked closely with Daniells. Early in their association, Prescott brought to Daniells' attention what was termed the 'new view' of the 'daily' of Daniel 8. His own study and association with workers in Europe had led Prescott to question the presentation in the widely read Uriah Smith book "Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation", which came to be known as the 'old view.' At the time, and in succeeding months Daniells counseled that 'nothing be said, that the matter should not be agitated or discussed,' for fear that something wrong might be brought in, and 'for fear that the question of heresy might be raised, and people get unsettled, and controversy be set on foot' (DF 200, AGD, in interview at Elmshaven, Jan. 26, 1908). "The question of the meaning of the daily was not a new one in Adventist history. William Miller had taught that it referred to paganism, but even before the Disappointment, that view was questioned. The classic 1843 chart produced by Fitch, and used by all the Advent preachers, omitted reference to the meaning of the daily. "In 1847 O. R. L. Crosier had expressed the view that the daily refers to the high-priestly ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. Uriah Smith in 1854 briefly expounded this position (RH, March 28, 1854). But Smith, rising to prominence shortly afterward, in his "Thoughts on the Book of Daniel" (1873 ed., p. 163), went back to the view of William Miller. Smith's became the accepted position until the turn of the century, and thus was known as the 'old view.' Prescott's position was similar to Crosier's, but nevertheless acquired the less-than-accurate designation as the 'new view.' ... "A week later she wrote Prescott again in a letter opening with the words: "I am instructed to say to you, Let there be no questions agitated at this time in the Review that will tend to unsettle minds. . . . We have no time now to enter into unnecessary controversy, but we should earnestly consider the need of seeking the Lord for true conversion of heart and life. There should be determined efforts made to secure sanctification of soul and mind." Elder Prescott and Elder Daniells carried the same view as O.R.L. Cosier concerning the "daily" as being Christ's ministry in heaven. This view is called the "new view". Uriah Smith, for a short time, supported the new view. Yet, he returned to the view that William Miller had, which was that the "daily" represented paganism. This view is called the "old view". In this article, which is quoted only in part, we can read that Sister White stated several times that the subject of the "daily" should not be a point of argument "at this time", being the time in which she was writing. What was happening "at this time" ? The leadership were preparing for an evangelistic series in a city, but instead of applying their attention to the needed preparation, they were spending their time arguing their different views of the "daily". She was simply stating that the "daily" should not be a point of discussion "at this time". Is inspiration silent on this subject? What does inspiration say concerning the "new view" of the daily? Manuscript Releases Volume Twenty, pp. 21, 22 "I copy from my Diary. The truth as it is in Jesus--talk it, pray it, believe every word in its simplicity. What would you gain if mistakes are brought before the men who have departed from the faith and given heed to seducing spirits, men who were not long ago with us in the faith? Will you stand on the devil's side? Give your attention to the unworked fields. A world-wide work is before us. I was given representations of John Kellogg. A very attractive personage was representing the ideas of the specious arguments that he was presenting, sentiments different from the genuine Bible truth. And those who are hungering and thirsting after something new were advancing ideas [so specious] that Elder Prescott was in great danger. Elder Daniells was in great danger [of] becoming wrapped in a delusion that if these sentiments could be spoken everywhere it would be as a new world. "Yes, it would, but while their minds were thus absorbed I was shown that Brother Daniells and Brother Prescott were weaving into their experience sentiments of a spiritual[istic] appearance and drawing our people to beautiful sentiments that would deceive, if possible, the very elect. I have to trace with my pen [the fact] that these brethren would see defects in their delusive ideas that would place the truth in an uncertainty; and [yet] they [would] stand out as [if they had] great spiritual discernment. Now I am to tell them [that] when I was shown this matter, when Elder Daniells was lifting up his voice like a trumpet in advocating his ideas of the "Daily," the after results were presented. Our people were becoming confused. I saw the result, and then there were given me cautions that if Elder Daniells without respect to the outcome should thus be impressed and let himself believe he was under the inspiration of God, skepticism would be sown among our ranks everywhere, and we should be where Satan would carry his messages. Set unbelief and skepticism would be sown in human minds, and strange crops of evil would take the place of truth.--Ms 67, 1910, pp. 1-8." The added words in the above quote were added by the trusties of the Ellen G. White Estate, and are present on the E.G. White c.d.rom. This "new view", interpreted as being Christ's ministry in heaven, is one of the "other views" that entered in after 1844 which is spoken of in the quote from "Early Writings", p. 74 which caused the darkness and confusion that followed. It is a delusive idea which they believed to be inspiration from God. God gave Sister White cautions concerning this very thing. Strong's: DAILY 8548 tamiyd (taw-meed'); from an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice: KJV-- alway (-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ([n-]) ever (-more), perpetual. Here we find the definition of "daily". It means continual, perpetual, always, constant. Let's look at Dan. 8:11. Dan 8:11 "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily (sacrifice) was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down." Keep in mind that inspiration tells us that the word "sacrifice" does NOT belong in the text. What do we do with this word? Take it out. Therefore, this verse is not talking about a continual sacrifice, but of something else that is to continue. As we will see, daily has a synonym that means "opposes", "with hold". Where else can we find the daily being taken away? Dan 11:31 "And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Here the Bible says that the daily (paganism which stood in the way of the papacy being set up) was removed, and the abomination that maketh desolate is put into place. What power stood in the way of the papacy being set up? It's outlined in Daniel. First there was Babylon, then Medo-Persia, then Greece, then pagan Rome, then papal Rome. Can we find in the Bible another example of pagan Rome being taken out of the way to make room for the papacy as found in Daniel 8:11 and Daniel 11:31? This is where we find the synonym for "daily". 2Thessalonians 2:1-8 "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, "That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. "Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? "And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming." LETTETH, LET: 2722 katecho (kat-ekh'-o); from 2596 and 2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively): KJV-- have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold. 2596 kata (kat-ah'); a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case [genitive case, dative case or accusative case] with which it is joined): KJV-- about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, [charita-] bly, concerning, + covered, (daily-), down, every, (+far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in (-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-) on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+your) X own, + particularly, so, through (-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-) to (-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where (-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity. Notice that a synonym to the word "letteth" is "daily". These two definitions are in harmony with each other. We find in these verses in 2Thess. chapter 2 that there was a power that stood in the way, which needed to be taken out of the way before the papacy could be set up. The power that this was can only be pagan Rome. Rome before the papacy represents paganism. Isn't this similar to Egypt representing atheism? This is the same power that is identified in Daniel 8:11 and Dan. 11:31, which also is taken out of the way. The "daily", we saw, means "continual", "perpetual", etc. How does this definition fit into this? Paganism, which stood in the way of the papacy being set up was taken out of the way as being a hindrance to the papacy. We can find through study of history that the pagan rulers began to accept the papacy a few years before 538 A.D. The French king Clovis is an example of this, by his conversion to Catholicism, which took place in 508 A.D. How did paganism continue? Paganism joined the Christian church, which by this union led to the setting up of the abomination that maketh desolate, which is the papacy. We are told by the pen of inspiration that nearly all of those who gave the judgment hour cry BEFORE 1844 had a correct view of the "daily". Among those that interpreted the "daily" as being paganism is William Miller, Uriah Smith, J. N. Loughborough and S. N. Haskell. Also, J. N. Andrews and Josiah Litch were in agreement with Miller and Smith. See "The Sanctuary and the 2300 Days" by J. N. Andrews, p. 33-45. The Great Controversy, p. 58 "The advancing centuries witnessed a constant increase of error in the doctrines put forth from Rome. Even before the establishment of the papacy the teachings of heathen philosophers had received attention and exerted an influence in the church. Many who professed conversion still clung to the tenets of their pagan philosophy, and not only continued its study themselves, but urged it upon others as a means of extending their influence among the heathen. Serious errors were thus introduced into the Christian faith. Prominent among these was the belief in man's natural immortality and his consciousness in death. This doctrine laid the foundation upon which Rome established the invocation of saints and the adoration of the Virgin Mary. From this sprang also the heresy of eternal torment for the finally impenitent, which was early incorporated into the papal faith." What about the sanctuary that was cast down in Daniel 8:11? Dan 8:11-13 "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. "And an host was given him against the daily by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. "Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." SANCTUARY as used in verse 11: 4720 miqdash (mik-dawsh'); or miqqedash (Exod. 15:17) (mik-ked-awsh'); from 6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum: KJV-- chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary. Note that the original Hebrew word is used as both God's holy sanctuary and false god's sanctuary. SANCTUARY as used in verse 14: 6944 qodesh (ko'-desh); from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity: KJV-- consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary. Note that this original Hebrew word is used only as God's holy sanctuary. If God intended for the word "sanctuary" in verse 11 to mean the same as in verse 14, would He not have used the same original Hebrew word in both verses? Therefore, we come to the conclusion that God meant the word "sanctuary" in verse 11 to represent a sanctuary of idols to false gods, being different than the sanctuary of the true God found in verse 14. Who's sanctuary was cast down? Whoever the daily is, it was his sanctuary cast down. Since the sanctuary is of idols, the daily must represent idol worshippers. If we apply Elder Daniell's and Elder Prescott's interpretation of the daily being Christ's ministry in the heavenly sanctuary, then we therefore say that the heavenly sanctuary is a place of idol worshipping. Is this truth? It's no wonder that Sister White was shown that this interpretation is a delusive idea not inspired from God. Futurism We should know the history of this form of interpretation. Where it came from, why it came, and on what foundation this delusive form of interpretation is built. The Futurist's form of interpretation was the result of the Council of Trent, which was held in the mid 1500's to counter the Reformation. A Jesuit priest by the name of Ribera spent a dozen and a half years developing a new way to interpret Scripture so the papacy would not be seen in its true light as being the little horn-antichrist. He basically said that Daniel 9:27 (seven year tribulation) and Revelation chapters 4 - 22, including the verses that concern the beast power, were to take place in the future "time of the end". He took the symbolism out of the prophecies and replaced them with literalism. This is why today we find the futurists looking at literal Israel and literal Jerusalem and literal Jews to be the fulfillment of last day events. This is the bases of the United States government's support of Israel today in its foreign policy. Protestant United States is a futurist in belief. Clasping hands with the Roman power. Satan took this form of interpretation through various developments through the next few hundred years. In the early-mid 1800's, a lady from the Church of the Brethren, while in church, went into a trance. As she came out of her vision, she supported Ribera's interpretation, adding that the "time of the end" and the seven years began with a "secret rapture". One of the men in the congregation that day was a man by the name of John Darby. He took hold of this and began to travel teaching this view. One of the men he taught was a man by the name of Scoffield, who in 1920 published a Bible containing in its footnotes this very teaching. This Bible is called the Scoffield Bible, which the majority of Protestants use today. They have no idea that this originated from a Jesuit priest with the purpose of countering the Reformation. I might suggest that Satan has had much success with this. Notice that the foundation of the Futurist's form of interpretation. 1) Replaces prophetic symbolism with literalism. 2) And then throws it of into the future. Let's briefly look at a principle of typology. The Great Controversy, p. 627, 628 "When Christ ceases His intercession in the sanctuary, the unmingled wrath threatened against those who worship the beast and his image and receive his mark (Revelation 14:9, 10), will be poured out. The plagues upon Egypt when God was about to deliver Israel were similar in character to those more terrible and extensive judgments which are to fall upon the world just before the final deliverance of God's people." Principle: Only those things contained in the type that are similar in character to the antitype are carried over from the type to the antitype. How does this apply to Daniel chapter 12? Dan 12:11 "And from the time that the daily shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up...." Remember, the "daily" and its sanctuary is speaking of idol worshipping. This verse cannot be looking future, for the "daily" (paganism) has already been replaced by the papacy, and it is the papacy that goes down into perdition. This verse must be looking back to the time when the papacy rose to prominence. 538 A.D. After the papacy, it is the kingdom of God that follows. What about the time periods of the 1260, 1290, and the 1335 found in Daniel chapter 12? Some people tend to interpret that these prophetic days are literal days, and they are still future. The only way these can be future is to imply that the "daily" is future. The only way the "daily" can be interpreted as being future is to say the abomination that maketh desolate is the Sunday law (marking the beginning of these prophetic days), and it is taking the place of the "daily" which is the ministration of Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary, exalting Sunday over Sabbath. This cannot be the case. We find in God's Word that the little horn THINKS to change times and law. Concerning the "daily", we find that it IS taken out of the way, not thought to be. See the difference? Saying the 1260, 1290 and 1335 found in Daniel chapter 12 is literal days still future is the Adventist form of futurism. It removes the historicism's view concerning the true final events as found in Daniel 11:40-45 and the entire chapter 12. When we apply all the contextual references to this, we come to the conclusion that the prophetic time periods spoken of in Daniel 12, the 1260, 1290 and 1335, must be past. Can we find inspired principle to support this? Rev 10:5-6 "And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer." Manuscript Releases Volume Seventeen, p. 9 "And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by Him that liveth forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer" [Rev. 10:5, 6]. This message announces the end of the prophetic periods. The disappointment of those who expected to see our Lord in 1844 was indeed bitter to those who had so ardently looked for His appearing. It was in the Lord's order that this disappointment should come, and that hearts should be revealed. Manuscript Releases Volume One, p. 100 This time which the angel declares with a solemn oath, is not the end of this world's history, neither of probationary time, but of prophetic time, which should precede the advent of our Lord. That is, the people will not have another message upon definite time. After this period of time, reaching from 1842 to 1844, there can be no definite tracing of the prophetic time. The longest reckoning reaches to the autumn of 1844. The angel's position with one foot on the sea, the other on the land signifies the wide extent of the proclamation of the message. It will cross the broad waters and be proclaimed in other countries, even to all the world. The comprehension of truth, the glad reception of the message is represented in the eating of the little book. The truth in regard to the time of the advent of our Lord was a precious message to our souls. We understand the abomination that maketh desolate found in Matthew 24:15 is speaking of the Sunday law in the last days. When we compare it to Daniel, which Jesus points us to, we need to keep in mind that it is only the traits of the type that are similar in character that applies to the antitype, which is the Sunday law. Matthew 24:15 is referring to Daniel for the purpose of identifying WHO the abomination that maketh desolate is (the papacy), not the event found in Daniel. Although there are several interpretations concerning the daily, the only interpretation that fits with other Scripture is that it represents paganism. As we move through this study of Daniel, we will see the importance of an accurate interpretation of the daily. King of the North (The Great Controversy) Psalm 48:1-2 "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." Isaiah 41:25-27 "I have raised up One from the north, and He shall come: from the rising of the sun shall He call upon My name: and He shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the Potter treadeth clay. "Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. "The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem One that bringeth good tidings." God is the true King of the north. Jesus Himself was declared as to be "raised up from the north", and then approaching from the east. Yet, where God has a truth, Satan has a counterfeit. As we know, Satan wants to be worshipped as God Himself. Isaiah 14:12-14 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." Satan wants control of God's children. Satan claims the 'north side' his, and he seeks to dishonor God by destroying the holy reputation of the 'north side'. Persecution of God's people would come from the north. Ezekiel 26:7 "For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people." Jeremiah 10:21,22 "For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. "Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons." Here we see that the pastors have fallen away, they are not worshipping the true God. Their worship is in vain. And as a result, their destruction will be fulfilled by the hand of the king of the north. This will have another fulfillment in the last days. Jeremiah 3:12,14 "Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, return, thou backsliding Israel [the northern kingdom of God's chosen, Judah being the southern kingdom], saith the LORD; And I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. "Turn O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion." We read that the apostate religion is from the north, being that the warning is given in that direction. This same message is to be proclaimed again in our day by the "angel coming down from heaven, having great power". "Saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues". Rev. 18:4. Come out of where? "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, 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." Rev. 18:2. "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." Rev. 14:8. Great Controversy p.388 "The great sin charged against Babylon is that she 'made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.' This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth." . Today, God's people are called to come out of Babylon. Not the literal, north country, but spiritual, where false doctrines are taught. Therefore, this must be a religious movement contrary to God's truth. We are seeing that Satan is attacking the character of the true King of the north through a false religion. This apostate religion that Satan controls as Babylon, first literally, now spiritually. Story of Daniel the Prophet By Stephen N. Haskell p.229 "Babylon was an example of Satan's power to establish a religion which counterfeited the heavenly worship." Isaiah 21:9 "And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen: and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground." Once again, Babylon represents a false religion, with graven images of her gods. Revelation 17:5-6 "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." The above scripture refers to the papacy. The church in Rome, which is the mother of harlots, is spiritual Babylon. Great Controversy, pp. 382-383. And it was in Babylon that Satan began to establish his counterfeit religion. Principle: We can notice that both the king of the north (counterfeit) and king of the south (as we will see) are symbolic, yet carry the characteristics of the literal. Even though the identities of those which the spiritual application applies to change through time, they always have a literal location. Conclusion: The king of the north found in Daniel represents spiritual Babylon. Spiritual Babylon represents false religion. Today, it is Papal Rome that is referred to as Spiritual Babylon. It is through the papacy that Satan will lead all the world to follow him in the last days, attempting to realize Isaiah 14:13-14. Therefore, the king of the north represents the papacy, spiritually. Daniel chapter 11 outlines the growth and activities of the beast power, beginning in verse 1 with the reign of Medo-Persia (literal Babylon is not mentioned in this chapter because when Daniel received this vision, Medo-Persia had already conquered Babylon), highlighting Greece and Pagan Rome, ending with its destruction as Papal Rome in verse 45. Its companion chapters are Revelation 12, 13, and 14, but actually beginning in Revelation chapter 5, with the opening of the sealed book, which was sealed in Dan. 12:4. King of the South ATHEISM Encyclopedia Americana "Atheism, commonly speaking, is the denial of God. Theism is the belief in or conceptualization of God. Atheism is the rejection of such belief or conceptualization." The Random House Dictionary "Atheism: n. 1. The doctrine or belief that there is no God. 2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings." "Atheist: n. a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings." Encyclopedia Britannica "Atheism, the critique and denial of metaphysical beliefs in God or spiritual beings. As such, it is the opposite of theism, which affirms the reality of the divine and seeks to demonstrate its existence. Atheism is to be distinguished from agnosticism, which leaves open the question whether there is a god or not, professing to find the question unanswered or unanswerable; for the atheist, the nonexistence of God is a certainty." Encyclopedia Americana CHINA (not atheistic) "Religious life: "The Chinese state historically viewed most religious faiths with considerable misgivings. The most popular form of religion was a family-based ancestor worship that combined Confucian principles with a blend of Buddhism, Daoism (Taoism), and animism. Siting (geomancy), a mythology of ghosts and other supernatural demons, and the worship of local gods have long flourished. "The Maoist leadership was wary of religion in any form. Despite guarantees of religious freedom in successive constitutions, religious leaders often were persecuted, church property confiscated, and mass campaigns launched to discourage conversions to folk religion....Islam (as opposed to Buddhism, Daoism, and Christianity) generally has been treated more tolerantly because of its appeal to several minority nationalities..... "Deng's reforms attempted to revive an element of religious freedom as part of the modernization drive. More than 200 Protestant and 90 Roman Catholic churches were reopened, and some 13,300 mosques were allowed to operate. In 1981, Pope John Paul II ended the impasse between the Vatican and the P.R.C. (Peoples Republic of China) by appointing Tang Domenic as archbishop of Canton (Kwangchou)." Strong's Exhaustive Concordance: South: 5045. from an unused root mean. to be parched; the south (from its drought); spec. the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Pal. [Palestine] ):- south (country, side, -ward). We can see in the history of Greece after the death of Alexander the Great the kingdom was divided into four divisions. These four divisions later became two. Concerning the 11 chapter of Daniel: Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 4, p.866 "5. The king of the south. From this point on through much of the chapter, the prophecy focuses on the two kingdoms emerging from Alexander's empire with which God's people, the Jews, had most to do. These were Syria, ruled by the Seleucids, and Egypt, ruled by the Ptolemies. From the geographical standpoint of Palestine, the former was north, and the latter, south. The original Greek translation, in fact, has 'king of Egypt' for 'king of the south'; also v. 8 points to Egypt as king of the south." Daniel 11:8,9 "And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. "So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land." Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Commentary vol. 4, p.867 "8. Egypt. This sole occurrence (until v. 42) of the actual name of the country of "the king of the south" established beyond doubt the identity of that land." Revelation 11:3,7-8 "And I will give power unto My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." Great Controversy pp. 269, 270 "'The great city' in whose streets the witnesses are slain, and where their dead bodies lie, is 'spiritually' Egypt. Of all nations presented in Bible history, Egypt most boldly denied the existence of the living God and resisted His commands. No monarch ever ventured upon open and highhanded rebellion against the authority of heaven than did the king of Egypt. When the message was brought him by Moses, in the name of the Lord, Pharaoh proudly answered: 'Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.' Exodus 5:2, A.R.V. This is atheism, and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance.... "This prophecy has received a most exact and striking fulfillment in the history of France..... "France is the only nation in the world concerning which the authentic record survives, that as a nation she lifted her hand in open rebellion against the Author of the universe.... "....France stands apart in the world's history as the single state which, by decree of her Legislative Assembly, pronounced that there is no God....." Keys of This Blood, p.103 "John Paul was halfway through his homeland pilgrimage, heading for his scheduled June 7 arrival at his former diocese of Krakow..... Still the Party labored mightily to blunt the effect of his presence and his insistent message. "We have been surprised," said one disingenuous spokesman for CCP Chief Edward Gierek, "by the political nature of many of the Pope's statements. "'The solution for the Karol Wojtyla problem," Ukrainian Communist Party Chief M. Vladimir Shcherbitsky chimed in from across the Soviet border, "must lie in a renewed and more vigorous propaganda in favor of atheism in the Soviet Union and its faternal socialist societies." Conclusion: We are dealing with 'spiritual Egypt', which carry the characteristics of the literal Egypt. The nation that represents atheism is the 'king of the south'. In the Great Controversy, Ellen White identifies 'spiritual Egypt' as France, which fulfilled Revelation 11:7-11 in the 1790's. The most recent atheistic teachings were found in communist U.S.S.R. The nation that would represent spiritual Egypt in the last days did not exist at the time of Sister White's death in 1915. This nation formed through a revolution, two years after her death, in 1917. This was the rise of the Bolshevik Party, the event was the Communist Revolution. Therefore, the king of the south was the Soviet Union from that time up to its collapse in 1989. Daniel, An Outline Manuscript Releases, vol. 13, p.394 "The prophecy in the eleventh of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Much of the history that has taken place in fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated..... Scenes similar to those described in these words will take place..... Let all read and understand the prophecies of this book." Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 112, 113 There is need of a much closer study of the word of God; especially should Daniel and the Revelation have attention as never before in the history of our work. We may have less to say in some lines, in regard to the Roman power and the papacy; but we should call attention to what the prophets and apostles have written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit has so shaped matters, both in the giving of the prophecy and in the events portrayed, as to teach that the human agent is to be kept out of sight, hid in Christ, and that the Lord God of heaven and His law are to be exalted. Read the book of Daniel. Call up, point by point, the history of the kingdoms there represented. Behold statesmen, councils, powerful armies, and see how God wrought to abase the pride of men, and lay human glory in the dust. . . . The light that Daniel received from God was given especially for these last days. The visions he saw by the banks of the Ulai and the Hiddekel, the great rivers of Shinar, are now in process of fulfillment, and all the events foretold will soon come to pass. At the time of Daniel writing this chapter, literal Babylon has already been given into the hands of Medo-Persia. Therefore, literal Babylon is not mentioned in this prophecy. The establishing of Satan's false religion in Babylon was passed on, that is, inherited to the next empire. Daniel begins with the current world empire, Medo-Persia. Verses 1-2: "Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia." This false religion passes from Medo-Persia to Greece. Verses 3-13: "And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. "And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. "And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. "And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. 'But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: "And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. 'So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. "But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. "And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. "And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. "For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches." The history of Greece, including the dividing of the kingdom after the death of Alexander the Great. These four winds represent the four divisions after Alexander's death. 1) Ptolemy ruled Egypt, also Palestine and part of Syria. 2) Cassander ruled Macedonia, with nominal sovereignty over Greece. 3) Lysimachus ruled Thrace and a large part of Asia Minor. 4) Seleucus ruled the bulk of what had been the Persian Empire- part of Asia Minor, northern Syria, Mesopotamia, and the east. **See Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, pp. 821-823, reference to Dan. 7:6. (These four divisions became two divisions, which represent the kings of the north and south. See separate identifying points on these kings.) Verses 14-30: "And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. "So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. "But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. "He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. "After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. "Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. "Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. "And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. "And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. "And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. "He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. "And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. "Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. "And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. "Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. "At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 'For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant." Verse 14: And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. The change from Greece to first phase of Rome; Pagan. The worldwide power has now passed from Greece to Rome. The title of 'king of the north' has also passed from Greece to Rome. These verses give a detailed account of the history of Pagan Rome. Verse 20: "Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle." "Raiser of taxes". See Luke 2:1. Verse 22: "And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant." "Prince of the covenant". This is Jesus. Verse 31: "And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Second phase of Rome. The daily, which represents paganism as found in Rome (see prophetic terms), has been moved out of the way, and continues in the abomination that maketh desolate, Papal Rome. Power and the title "king of the north", has been transferred from Pagan Rome to Papal Rome. Story of Daniel the Prophet By Stephen N. Haskell p.251 "Babylon, Persia, Greece , and Rome had attempted the overthrow of truth, but there had been a constantly increasing gradeur in place of defeat. A new plan was devised by Satan. If paganism could be placed in the heart, while Christian principles were acknowledged outwardly, the overthrow would be certain; for destruction worketh from within, outward. It was a repetition of Balaam's plan." Verses 32-39: And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. This is the work of Papal Rome, the beast power of Rev. chapter 13, through the Dark Ages. Verse 33: And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Revelation 13:5, 7 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. Verses 36-39: And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. Exalt and magnify: 2Thess. 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Speak great things: Dan. 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Rev. 13:5, 6 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. Prosper: Rev. 13:3, 4 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? Verses 40-45 The activities of the papacy from the time of the deadly wound. These are the verses which require the utmost study, with much prayer. We need to also understand that these last verses of Daniel 11 speak of spiritual kings of the north and south, which means symbolism to this prophecy must be used instead of literalism, which is to continue through chapter 12. Satan has attacked these end time prophecies by replacing symbolism with literalism. This is the root of the Futurist's form of interpretation. The Importance Of Understanding Daniel Manuscript Releases Volume Thirteen, p. 394 "We have no time to lose. Troublous times are before us. The world is stirred with the spirit of war. Soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place. The prophecy in the eleventh of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Much of the history that has taken place in fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated. In the thirtieth verse a power is spoken of that "shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant." (Verses 31-36, quoted.) "Scenes similar to those described in these words will take place. We see evidence that Satan is fast obtaining the control of human minds who have not the fear of God before them. Let all read and understand the prophecies of this book, for we are now entering upon the time of trouble spoken of: (Dan. 12:1-4, quoted.) "The Spirit of the Lord is being withdrawn from the world." Matthew 24:15 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)." 5Testimonies, p. 452 "God has revealed what is to take place in the last days, that His people may be prepared to stand against the tempest of opposition and wrath." Daniel 12:4 "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." The Great Controversy, p.356 But since 1798 the book of Daniel has been unsealed, knowledge of the prophecies has increased, and many have proclaimed the solemn message of the judgment near. Selected Messages, book 2, pp. 105,106 "The book that was sealed was not the book of Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel which related to the last days. The Scripture says, 'But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.' Daniel 12:4. When the book was opened, the proclamation was made, 'Time shall be no longer.' See Revelation 10:6. The book of Daniel is now unsealed, and the revelation made by Christ to John is to come to all the inhabitants of the earth. By the increase of knowledge a people is to be prepared to stand in the latter days. "In the first angel's message men are called upon to worship God, our Creator, who made the world and all things that are therein. They have paid homage to an institution of the Papacy, making of no effect the Law of Jehovah, but there is to be an increase of knowledge on this subject." The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 4, p.1174 "The time has come for Daniel to stand in his lot. The time has come for the light given him to go to the world as never before. If those for whom the Lord has done so much will walk in the light, their knowledge of Christ and the prophecies relating to Him will be greatly increased as they near the close of this earth's history." The Faith I Live By, p. 345 "When the books of Daniel and Revelation are better understood, believers will have an entirely different experience. They will be given such glimpses of the open gates of heaven that heart and mind will be impressed with the character that all must develop in order to realize the blessedness which is to be the reward of the pure in heart....One thing will certainly be understood from the study of Revelation-- that the connection between God and His people is close and decided." Acts of the Apostles, p. 585 "In the Revelation all books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation." We should, therefore, find in the Revelation the very outline and events foretold in Daniel. It would be wise to note that the knowledge of the prophecies that were sealed in Daniel are identified as including the Sunday law in the United States. Daniel 11:40 And at he time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. The prophecies in the book of Daniel uses symbols and symbolic terms. When Jesus died on the cross, the veil was torn in twain, marking the end of the typical sacrifices, and all the things which pointed to the future first coming of Christ. Type has met Anti-type. From this point on, the principal of symbolism needs to be applied to prophecy. Also, some of these symbols that appear after the time of the Cross are to be considered 'spiritual', such as ''spiritual Israel' and 'spiritual Babylon'. We can also look at these two as God's true and Satan's counterfeit. Something happens to the king of the north in verse 40. The king of the south, who has been silent in the verses that cover the period of the Dark Ages (verses 31-39), reappears and "pushes at" the king of the north. Since this is dealing with the beast power, this 'time of the end' would be the end of the 1260 year prophecy, in 1798, the year the deadly wound was inflicted. We can support this understanding by going back a few verses. Daniel 11:33 "And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days." This verse took place during the Dark Ages. We can find the companion scripture, in part, to this verse in the book Revelation. Revelation 13:10 "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with a sword must be killed with a sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." How many days was Daniel 11:33 speaking of? Revelation 13:5 "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." Forty two months. Prophetically 1260 years. This 1260 year prophecy came to an end in 1798, when General Berthier took the pope captive. In the very next verse (after verse 10 in Rev. 13) the United States enters into prophecy. Revelation 13:11 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth...." This time period is most definitely speaking of 1798. The first part of Daniel 11:40, "And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him [king of the north]", was fulfilled by France. King of the South We have identified the king of the south as being any country that represents atheism. In 1798, that country was France. Turning to Revelation 13:10-11, we see that this prophecy quickly moves from the deadly wound being inflicted in 1798 to the rise of the United States and it speaking as a dragon , which has already begun. Using these verses as a key to unlock Daniel, we can see that Daniel 11:40 also moves quickly from the deadly wound being inflicted in 1798 to the United States cooperating with the king of the north: "....and the king of the north shall come against him [king of the south] like a whirlwind [deadly wound is now healed], with chariots , and with horsemen, and with many ships...." Chariots and horsemen represent military strength in prophecy. 1Kings 1:5; 1Kings 20:1 Ships represents economy. Psalm 107:23; Rev. 18:17-19 The Scriptures declare that, except for the 144,000, the entire world will [future] accept the mark of the beast. If that is so, then at least outwardly there will be no atheist in the final conflict. The king of the south will have been defeated. In order to bring about universal religious agreement, the king of the north must rid the world of atheistic communism and secularism. The first step has been accomplished. On June 7, 1982, President Ronald Reagan made a secret alliance with Pope John Paul II, to join forces and influences for the overthrow of the Soviet Union. Time Magazine, 2-24-92 "The Holy Alliance" "On June 7, 1982, [President] Reagan and John Paul met for fifty minutes at the Vatican. During that conversation the plot was hatched to eliminate Communism. In that meeting, Reagan and the Pope agreed to undertake a clandestine campaign to hasten the dissolution of the Communist Empire declares Richard Allen, Reagan's first national security advisor. This was one of the best kept secret alliances of all times." Toronto Star, Canada, 3-9-92 by Mikkail Gorbachev "Now it can be said that everything which took place in Eastern Europe in recent years [collapse of the Soviet Union] would have been impossible without the Pope's efforts and the enormous role, including the political role, which he played in the world arena. Pope John Paul II will play an enormous political role now that profound changes have occurred in European history." This was accomplished. Atheistic communism has been eliminated, with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. Since then, Catholicism has made a major impact on the countries of the former Soviet Union. This was prophesied in the last part of verse 40: "....and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over." As verse 40 progresses, we see the union of the papacy and Protestant United States. The image to the beast is being formed. Through the united power of these two, the king of the south is not spoken of any more. Atheism, as represented by a nation, is defeated. We are now witnessing the king of the north working at overthrowing secularism, which is prophesied in the remainder of Daniel, chapter 11. All the world wonders after the beast. Daniel 11:41-42 1Thess. 5:19-21 "Quench not the Spirit. "Despise not prophesyings. "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." * Glorious: Strong's Concordance: "6643....in the sense of prominence; splendor (as conspicuous): also a gazelle (as beautiful): beautiful, glorious, goodly, pleasant, roe." Daniel 11:41-42 "He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. "He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape." The word "countries" in verse 41 is in italics, which mean was added by man's wisdom. We need to delete this word from this verse to receive a clear understanding of these verses. Note that he will enter also into the glorious land. He, being the papacy, will enter into the glorious land in like manner as he did with the countries found in verse 40. Daniel 11:40 "And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over." How did he enter into the former Soviet Union countries? The word countries in verse 40 is not a supplied word. The word overflow translates to conquer, to cleanse. The word pass translates to specifically to cover. The papacy will conquer, cleanse and cover the glorious land in like manner as he did the countries of the former Soviet Union. Keep this in mind. "Daniel and the Revelation" by Uriah Smith, p. 247 "After putting an end to the war, Pompey demolished the walls of Jerusalem, transferred several cities from the jurisdiction of Judea to that of Syria, and imposed tribute on the Jews. For the first time, Jerusalem was by conquest placed in the hands of Rome, that power which was to hold the 'glorious land' in its iron grasp till it had utterly consumed it." We need to ask a question. Did Rome control only God's people in the typical glorious land, or did He control all the inhabitants? Deuteronomy 3:25 "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon." Jeremiah 3:18-19 "In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. "But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly land heritage of the hosts of nations?...." The literal 'glorious land' was ancient Palestine. We shall see some parallels concerning ancient Palestine and the anti-typical 'glorious land'. Prophets and Kings, 536 "The prophecies which the great I AM has given in His word, uniting link after link in the chain of events, from eternity in the past to eternity in the future, tell us where we are today in the procession of the ages and what may be expected in the time to come. All that prophecy has foretold as coming to pass, until the present time, has been traced on the pages of history, and we may be assured that all which is yet to come will be fulfilled in its order." "Fulfilled in its order." We can go to Revelation chapter 13 and understand the events and the order of events that has taken place and will soon to take place. The image to the beast is first made, then the Sunday law is enacted in the United States, then the rest of the world follows. Since Sister White is silent on the final six verses found in the eleventh of Daniel, we must apply Isaiah 28:9-10 in the study of this subject as never before. We need to stay in the inspired word of God on this subject. Would not uninspired words only be man's opinion? We are told that the Revelation is the key that unlocks the book of Daniel. What is in Daniel is supported by what is in the Revelation. Is not one a prophecy, and the other a revelation of that prophecy? See Acts of the .Apostles, p. 585. Also see Great Controversy 341. Would this not mean that we can come to a complete understanding of these prophecies using only the Bible? Yet God has blessed us with the Spirit of Prophecy to magnify these difficult passages. Precept upon precept, line upon line. Here a little, and there a little. Let's look at some parallels of a fulfilled prophecy that is to be repeated. Matthew 24:3, 15 "And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world? "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)" Luke 21:20, 21 "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. "Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto." Great Controversy, p.26 " 'When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains.' Matthew 24:15, 16; Luke 21:20, 21. When the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight." Great Controversy, p. 36 "The Saviour's prophecy concerning the visitation of judgments upon Jerusalem is to have another fulfillment, of which that terrible desolation was but a faint shadow. In the fate of the chosen city we may behold the doom of a world that has rejected God's mercy and trampled upon His law....But a scene yet darker is presented in the revelations of the future." 5Testimonies p.464 "As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains." The destruction of Jerusalem represents the close of probation for the world (note the quote from G.C. p.36). It is also being pointed out that Jerusalem and the United States are paralleled with each other in prophecy. Keep in mind the anti-typical fulfillment of the setting up of the abomination of desolation is the passing of legislation in the United States enforcing the papal sabbath. Palestine and Jerusalem was chosen by God for His people. Has the United States also been chosen by God? Signs of the Times June 12,1893 "When the land which the Lord provided as an asylum for His people, that they might worship Him according to the dictates of their own consciences, the land over which for long years the shield of Omnipotence has been spread, the land which God has favored by making it the depository of the pure religion of Christ- when that land shall, through its legislators, abjure the principles of Protestantism, and give countenance to Romish apostasy in tampering with God's law- it is then that the final work of the man of sin will be revealed." Maranatha, p. 193 "The Lord has done more for the United States than for any other country upon which the sun shines." The United States was designed by God to be the modern-day land of milk and honey, as a safe asylum and spring board for God's last day people, for the purpose of proclaiming the truths of the final warning message to the world through the principles of Protestantism. What was the principle of Protestantism? The Bible and the Bible only. At the beginning of the Protestant movement, did not the reformers warn the people that the papacy was the beast power of Revelation 13? Selected Messages, bk. 1, p.92 "Is it in vain that the declaration of eternal truth has been given to this nation to be carried to all the nations of the world? God has chosen a people and made them the repositories of truth weighty with eternal results. To them has been given the light that must illuminate the world. Has God made a mistake? Are we indeed His chosen instrumentalities? Are we the men and women who are to bear to the world the messages of Revelation fourteen, to proclaim the message of salvation to those who are standing on the brink of ruin? Do we act as if we were?" All the world will wonder after the beast. All the world will also hear the preaching of the everlasting gospel. E.G.W. Comments on Revelation 13:11 "Shield of Omnipotence Over America.- The United States is a land that has been under the special shield of the Omnipotent One. God has done great things for this country, but in the transgression of His law, men have been doing a work originated by the man of sin. Satan is working out his designs to involve the human family in disloyalty (MS 17, 1906)." Maranatha, 193 "The Lord has done more for the United States than for any other country upon which the sun shines. Here He provided an asylum for His people, where they could worship Him according to the dictates of conscience. Here Christianity has progressed in its purity. The life-giving doctrine of the one Mediator between God and man has been freely taught. God designed that this country should ever remain free for all people to worship Him in accordance with the dictates of conscience. He designed that its civil institutions [based on the Constitution, specifically the First Amendment], in their expansive productions, should represent the freedom of the gospel privileges. "But the enemy of all righteousness has designs upon God's purpose for this country [see previous quote from 1SM 92]. He will bring in enterprises that will lead men to forget that there is a God. Worldliness and covetousness, which is idolatry, will prevail through the working of the archdeceiver, till the law of God, in all its bearings, shall be made void." He shall enter also.... He shall prevail. Who accomplishes this in the land of God's asylum for His people? Great Controversy, 441 " And he had two horns like a lamb. The lamblike horns indicate youth, innocence, and gentleness, fitly representing the character of the United States when presented to the prophet as coming up in 1798. Among the Christian exiles who first fled to America and sought an asylum from royal oppression and priestly intolerance were many who determined to establish a government upon the broad foundation of civil and religious liberty. Their views found place in the Declaration of Independence, which sets forth the great truth that all men are created equal and endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And the Constitution guarantees to the people the right of self-government, providing that representatives elected by the popular vote shall enact and administer the laws. Freedom of religious faith was also granted, every man being permitted to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. Republicanism and Protestantism became the fundamental principles of the nation. These principles are the secret of its power and prosperity. The oppressed and downtrodden throughout Christendom have turned to this land with interest and hope. Millions have sought its shores, and the United States has risen to a place among the most powerful nations of the earth. Great Controversy, p. 292 It was the desire for liberty of conscience that inspired the Pilgrims to brave the perils of the long journey across the sea, to endure the hardships and dangers of the wilderness, and with God's blessing to lay, on the shores of America, the foundation of a mighty nation. Rev 12:15, 16 "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman [persecution of God's true church], that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood [multitudes of people]. "And the earth [The United States of America] helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." Great Controversy, 252 "In the seventeenth century thousands of pastors were expelled from their positions. The people were forbidden, on pain of heavy fines, imprisonment, and banishment, to attend any religious meetings except such as were sanctioned by the church....Yet God was with His people, and persecution could not prevail to silence their testimony. Many were driven across the ocean to America and here laid the foundations of civil and religious liberty which have been the bulwark and glory of this country." Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 05-02-93 God does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men. With tearful utterance the husbandman says, "What more could I do for my vineyard that I have not done in it?" The unrivaled mercies and blessings of God have been showered upon our nation, it has been a land of liberty, and the glory of the whole earth. But instead of returning gratitude to God, instead of honoring God and his law, the professed Christians of America have become leavened with pride, covetousness, and self-sufficiency. The love of money, which is the root of all evil, has had a large place in their hearts. Many whose names are upon the church records have oppressed the poor, and grasped every possible advantage over those who were under them. Signs of the Times 06-03-89 When Wesley began his career in England, there were only a few who rallied around his standard. When the Puritans emigrated from England to America, they were like shipwrecked mariners who had barely escaped with their lives. Left without friends or influence, all they had was their precious faith, their strong will, and their earnest devotion to God. They were as sheep without a shepherd. The believers were few. Like the mustard seed, which is the least of all seeds, so seemed the Pilgrims; but their influence became powerful and far-reaching. The faith of the Puritans was as a coal from the altar of God, an inextinguishable light that glorified the land with its radiance. Let's ask ourselves some questions. Since God provided this country as a refuge for His people, and had this country in His design, including its civil institutions, and has done great things for this country, and has kept this country under His special shield, being a glorified land of liberty that is the glory of the entire world, from whom did this country receive its glory? Does not this cause this country to be a glorious country? A glorious land? The anti-typical 'glorious land' is Protestant United States. The papacy has under attack the very civil legislation which guarantee the religious liberties His people have in this country. A nation with Lamb-like horns, yet will speak on behalf of the papacy. Review and Herald, Dec. 18, 1888 "And now this nation--the greatest nation of earth--under whose government we are blessed with every religious and temporal advantage; which has been the recipient of unrivaled mercies; which Providence has watched over and shielded, by which the standard of liberty and religious freedom has been lifted--will it follow the course of the Papacy and make void God's law?" E.G.W. Comments on Revelation 13:11 "The Prospect Before Us.- Prophecy represents Protestantism as having lamblike horns, but speaking as a dragon. Already we are beginning to hear the voice of the dragon. There is a satanic force propelling the Sunday movement, but it's concealed....(RH Jan. 1,1889)." E.G.W. Comments on Revelation 13:11-17 "Persecuting Hand of the Enemy. - [Rev. 13:11-13 quoted.] Religious powers, allied to heaven by profession and claiming to have the characteristics of a lamb, will show by their acts that they have the heart of a dragon, and that they are controlled by Satan.....The professed Protestant world will form a confederacy with the man of sin, and the church and the world will be in corrupt harmony." E.G.W. Comments on Revelation 13:14-17 "Apostasy and National Ruin.- When the Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution; when the state shall use its power to enforce the decrees and sustain the institutions of the church - then will Protestant America have formed an image to the papacy, and there will be a national apostasy which will end only in national ruin (ST March 22, 1910)." Conclusion: Just like Daniel, we need to consider the horns, at first Lamblike horns, but are now speaking as a dragon. It is the Constitution that is under attack. The First Amendment. Freedom of religion. Protestantism. Let's ask ourselves some questions. In the 1790's, the king of the south (spiritual Egypt) was represented by a system that gave voice, professing and claiming atheism, geographically located in France, and was later represented by a system geographically located in the Soviet Union. Both of these governments declared pure atheism, just as Pharaoh declared "Who is God?". Presently, the spiritual king of the north is represented by a system giving voice, professing and claiming to be the true religion, yet is a false religion (spiritual Babylon, the mother [Rev. 17] ), geographically located in Rome. Is it possible that the spiritual glorious land (Palestine being the literal) could also be a geographically located system (based on the Constitution), giving voice to a certain profession and claim? A claim of having lamblike horns? Protestant America? Yet will speak as a dragon as shown in verse 41? Dan. 11:41 shows the papacy entering into the 'glorious land'. The National Sunday law is also found in Dan. 11:41, which is the anti-typical abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel. We need to ask, could this legislation be enacted, or separation of church and state that grants religious freedom in this country be ignored, by the papacy entering into God's church? The papacy cannot enact laws in this country, nor can God's church. Rather, is it possible this could be accomplished by the papacy entering into the legislative halls of this country, to change the very civil institution, based on the Constitution (specifically the First Amendment), that was designed by God to represent the freedom of the gospel privileges? To attack from within the structure of Protestant United States, which claims to have lamblike horns, yet will speak as a dragon? Do we see these things being fulfilled? We already know that this is true. God has revealed this to His remnant church, through prophecy foretold and the verification of their fulfillment found in today's current events. In what way would it be evident that the papacy has entered into this country, with the final result being legislation passed that supports an institution of the papacy? Would the evidence be a major influence upon the three branches of government of the land God glorified? Can we see this evidence manifested? Papacy Enters Into the Glorious Land The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Thomas Jefferson, Writings, Library of America, p510. "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declare that their legislature should make 'no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and state." Judiciary Branch Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist "The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned." St. Louis Dispatch, 10-29-91 "As the second century of the Bill of Rights draws to a close, the Supreme Court is redefining what religious liberty will mean in the third century. Broadly, the court's new approach helps conventional religions, while hurting unconventional ones." Great Controversy, p. 564, 565 " 'A well-known writer speaks thus of the attitude of the papal hierarchy as regards freedom of conscience, and of the perils which especially threaten the United States from the success of her policy: " 'There are many who are disposed to attribute any fear of Roman Catholicism in the United States to bigotry or childishness. Such see nothing in the character and attitude of Romanism that is hostile to our free institutions, or find nothing portentous in its growth. Let us, then, first compare some of the fundamental principles of our government with those of the Catholic Church. " 'The Constitution of the United States guarantees liberty of conscience. Nothing is dearer or more fundamental. Pope Pius IX, in his Encyclical Letter of August 15, 1854, said: "The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings in defense of liberty of conscience are a most pestilential error--a pest, of all others, most to be dreaded in a state." The same pope, in his Encyclical Letter of December 8, 1864, anathematized "those who assert the liberty of conscience and of religious worship," also "all such as maintain that the church may not employ force." " 'The pacific tone of Rome in the United States does not imply a change of heart. She is tolerant where she is helpless. Says Bishop O'Connor: "Religious liberty is merely endured until the opposite can be carried into effect without peril to the Catholic world.". . . The archbishop of St. Louis once said: "Heresy and unbelief are crimes; and in Christian countries, as in Italy and Spain, for instance, where all the people are Catholics, and where the Catholic religion is an essential part of the law of the land, they are punished as other crimes.". . . " 'Every cardinal, archbishop, and bishop in the Catholic Church takes an oath of allegiance to the pope, in which occur the following words: "Heretics, schismatics, and rebels to our said lord (the pope), or his aforesaid successors, I will to my utmost persecute and oppose." '--Josiah Strong, Our Country, ch. 5, pars. 2-4." Legislative Branch Washington Post 4-12-00 "The Republican Nation Committee's [RNC] decision to host a Mass and reception for the new House chaplain yesterday sparked conflict yet again, prompting Democrats to accuse Republicans of politicizing the already sensitive religious post.... "RNC officials decided to honor [Rev. Daniel P.] Coughlin, a conservative [Catholic] priest from Chicago, with a Mass and reception at St. Peter's Church on Capitol Hill last night. The RNC, which launched a Catholic task force last September, has intensified its outreach to Catholics since the disputes over the House chaplain choice and GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush's visit to Bob Jones University, a South Carolina school known for its anti-Catholic teachings.... " 'We're communicating the way we've been voting for the past five years,' [RNC spokesman] Paulitz said. 'Since we took the majority in 1995, we've had a 100 percent Catholic voting record and (Democrats) have been on the wrong side of the issue'.... " 'It's become more and more obvious they are admitting they made a mistake [by not originally supporting a Catholic priest] and they're [the Republicans] overreaching, doing Catholic resolutions and Catholic Masses and Catholic legislation almost on a daily bases,' [Rep. Timothy J.] Roemer [D-Ind] said.... " 'Its a very appropriate, traditional Catholic thing to do,' said [Thomas P.] Melady, who served as ambassador to the Vatican." Executive Branch Washington Post 12-24-01, p. A-2 "Pat Robertson's resignation this month as president of the Christian Coalition confirmed the ascendance of a new leader of the religious right in America: George W. Bush.... "For the first time since religious conservatives became a modern political movement, the president of the United States has become the movement's de facto leader- a status even Ronald Reagan, though admired by religious conservatives, never earned..... "....Religious conservatives have regarded Bush as of their own since the presidential campaign, when he spoke during a debate of the guidance of Jesus. At the same time, key figures in the religious right- Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Billy Graham and Franklin Graham-- have receded in political prominence or influence, in part because they are no longer mobilized by their opposition to a president.... " 'I think Robertson stepped down because the position has already been filled,' said Gary Baurer.... Bush 'is the leader right now. There was already a great deal of identification with the president before 9-11 in the world of the Christian right, and the nature of this war is such that a man of god is in the White House'.... "Ralph Reed, who once led the Christian Coalition and now is chairman of the Georgia GOP [also was President Bush's campaign adviser during the presidential campaign], notes that the religious conservative movement 'no longer plays the institutional role it once did,' in part because it succeeded in electing Bush and other friendly leaders. 'You're no longer throwing rocks at the building; you're in the building.' "Conservative Christians tend to view Bush's recent success as part of a divine plan. 'I've heard a lot of "God knew something we didn't",' Reed said. 'In the evangelical mind, the notion of an omniscient God is central to their theology. He had a knowledge nobody else had: He knew George Bush had the ability to lead in this compelling way'. "Still, some of those around Bush say they have a sense that a higher purpose is involved. 'I think President Bush is God's man at this hour, and I say this with a great sense of humility,' Bush aide Tim Goeglein, described as a 'strong evangelical,' told World magazine, a Christian publication." Washington Post, 4-16-01, p. A-2 "Since taking over the White House, President Bush and top advisers have been assiduously cultivating Catholic voters in an attempt to realign a once-Democratic constituency in much the same way that the Republican Party in the 1970s and 1980s won over southern evangelical Protestants.... "Bush....has met privately with at least three high Catholic Church officials and has adopted Catholic themes in speeches; his staff has instituted a weekly conference call with an informal group of Catholic advisers; and the Republican National Committee is setting up a Catholic Task Force.... "The effort to recruit Catholic voters has led to a striking change in the political climate in Washington. George [Princeton University political scientist Robert George, a member of the informal Catholic advisers] noted in an interview last week that 'in 1960, John Kennedy went from Washington down to Texas to assure Protestant preachers that he would not obey the pope. In 2001, George Bush came from Texas up to Washington to assure a group of Catholic bishops that he would.' Remarks by President Bush at the dedication of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, in part. Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 3-22-01 "To those with power, the Pope carries a message of justice and human rights. And that has caused dictators to fear and to fall. His is not the power of armies or technology or wealth. It is the unexpected power of a baby in a stable, of a man on a cross, of a simple fisherman who carried a message of hope to Rome.... "....And we, in our country, must not ignore the words the Pope addresses to us. On his four pilgrimages to America, he has spoken with wisdom and feeling about our strengths and our flaws, our successes and our needs.... "I'm grateful that Pope John Paul II chose Washington as the site of this center. It brings honor and it fills a need. We are thankful for the message. We are also thankful for the messenger, for his personal warmth and prophetic strength; for his good humor and his bracing honesty; for his spiritual and intellectual gifts; for his moral courage, tested against tyranny and against our own complacency. "Always, the Pope points us to the things that last and the love that saves. We thank God for this rare man, a servant of God and a hero of history. And I thank all of you for building this center of conscience and reflection in our Nation' Capital." Pope John Paul II remarks concerning the Cultural Center, Review Tribune, 3-23-01 "We will come to view this as our little Vatican in the United States. The church has never done anything like this and we see it as a reflection of our faith." Washington Post, 2-6-02, p. B-3 "[Speaking of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center] The soaring limestone-and-glass museum, located on 12 acres across from Catholic University, is dedicated to spreading church teachings through a combination of sacred artifacts and interactive technology." Washington Post, 1-30-01, p. A-1 "President Bush, giving teeth to his father's decade-old 'Thousand Points of Light' initiative, launched a broad governmental effort yesterday to invigorate religious charities and other nonprofit organizations in the battle against the nation's social problems. "In the first step of what could be an unprecedented collaboration between government and non-profits, the president created offices in five cabinet agencies and the White House with a charge to ease regulations and boost government funding of charities, many of them with religious ties." Washington Post, 1-30-01, p. A-16 "The president signed two executive orders, one to set up a White House office to promote social work by religious organizations, the other to instruct federal agencies to play their part in cooperating with faith groups.... "Assuming faith-based social work is indeed effective, Mr. Bush still needs to tread carefully around the constitutional separation between church and state. There is no clear line here.... "In a sign that he does not want his initiative to be seen as a sop to the Protestant religious right within his party, yesterday's signing ceremony was attended by nonreligious as well as religious charities, by Catholic, Jewish and Muslim groups as well as Protestant ones. The two officials Mr. Bush has appointed to lead his initiative, John DiIulio, and Stephen Goldsmith, are Catholic and Jewish respectively." Washington Post, 2-27-01, p. A-4 "Bush....declared: 'When we see social needs in America, my administration will look first to faith-based programs and community groups, which have proven their power to save and change lives.' "....the Bush initiative requires five federal departments- Justice, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development- to set up 'Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.' "The purpose of each of these centers, according to Bush's order, 'will be to coordinate department efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the provision of social services.' " We need to ask the following questions: 1) Could this possibly mean to eliminate Constitutional constraints? 2) And if so, how would they get around these Constitution constraints? Washington Post, 1-30-01, p. A-8 "Goldsmith also plans to create an advisory board [made up of Catholics] for the new White House office and a separate entity that would solicit private funds to support religious efforts that the government cannot fund because of constitutional issues." Again, does the papacy have the power to influence the passing of legislation, or the power for the legislation that grants religious freedom in this country to be ignored, by entering into God's church? No. The influence must be in the very institutions that has the authority and ability to pass legislation. Washington Post, 1-8-01, p. A-19 "When the phone call came from Austin, I was surprised. Just two days after his election was assured, President-elect Bush wanted a meeting with religious leaders to discuss faith- based initiatives in solving poverty. He was reaching well beyond his base of conservative evangelicals; would I [Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners magazine and the convener of Call to Renewal, a national federation of churches and faith-based organizations] come and suggest others who should be invited? "He asked us how to speak to the nation's soul.... "I noted that churches across a broad spectrum are finding remarkable unity on these issues [hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities being the topic], and maybe it was time to try it on a political level. Evangelical and liberal, Catholic and Protestant, black and white church leaders have been motivated by prosperity's contradictions and united by the biblical imperatives of compassion and justice.... "Bush asked theological questions such as, 'What is justice?'....We [the religious leaders] told him that in forging new partnerships to reduce poverty, the religious community will not only be service providers but prophetic interrogators." They said "forging new partnerships". This new partnership is exactly that. New. At least in this country. This is a partnership between church and state. What power is advising the White House? Never has this partnership existed in the United States. The title of this Post article is "A Church-State Priority". We need to ask ourselves, "prophetic interrogators" for what purpose? Could it be for the purpose of overthrowing many, as found in Daniel 11:41? God's Purpose For His Chosen Lands We read where Jerusalem is the type, and Protestant United States is the anti-type. Let's look at some characteristics (God's purpose) concerning His people and where and why He placed them where He did. Christ's Object Lessons, p. 290 "The children of [literal] Israel were to occupy all the territory which God appointed them....To all the world the gospel invitation was to be given.... "God desired to bring all peoples under His merciful rule. He desired that the earth should be filled with joy and peace.... "But Israel did not fulfill God's purpose." Just as God led His ancient people into Palestine as a blessing, removing them from the false worship found in Egypt, as a spring board of His love to go to all people, as a blessing to all the world, He has led His people into the last day land of milk and honey, as a spring board for the three angel's message to go forth to all people. God has designed a modern day 'glorious land' which flows with milk and honey, one filled with prosperity, one with freedom of religion, one with abundant resources, to be a blessing to the world, but not only in the riches of its people and resources, but in the eternal truths which salvation may only be found. Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." 1SM 92 "Is it in vain that the declaration of eternal truth has been given to this nation to be carried to all nations of the world? God has chosen His people [we must ask ourselves, has God designed a place in these last days for His people as an asylum?] and made them the repositories of truth weighty with eternal results. To them has been given the light that must illuminate the world. Has God made a mistake? Are we indeed His chosen instrumentalities? Are we the men and women who are to bear to the world the messages of Revelation fourteen, to proclaim the message of salvation to those who are standing on the brink of ruin?" Parallels 1. a) God led literal Israel out of the oppressive hand of Egypt into the promised land so that His people could worship Him according to the dictates of conscience. b) God also led spiritual Israel out of the oppressive hand found in Europe into a land He designed so His people could worship according to the dictates of conscience. 2. a) Literal Israel (the people) did not fulfill the plan of God, and national apostasy (rejection of Jesus) was followed by national ruin, which was God's Spirit being removed from that nation in 34 A.D., and the destruction of Jerusalem (God's chosen city, located in the literal glorious land) in 70 A.D., resulting in literal Israel's continued worship in vain. b) Spiritual Israel (the people) will not fulfill God's plan in Protestant America (God's chosen asylum, the spiritual glorious land), and national apostasy (rejection of the law of God) will be followed by national ruin, where spiritual Babylon will also continue to worship in vain. We have read from inspiration that the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. is to be fulfilled again, in Protestant United States. The siege by pagan Rome represents the assumption of power, which is the enforcing of a doctrine of the king of the north (National Sunday law [national apostasy] ), and the destruction of Jerusalem represents the "little time of trouble" (national ruin). This will be repeated throughout the world, which will be found beginning in Daniel 11:42, resulting in the time of Jacob's trouble, the close of probation for mankind, found in Dan. 12:1. Nobody can deny that the three angel's message began in the United States. Think of the 50 people on Oct. 23, 1844. And it has sprung to all the nations of the world. God's people are in all the nations of the world. Yet in Daniel 11:41, we see how Satan (through the papacy) will enter into the land God designed as an asylum for His people. Satan will complete this overthrow of Protestant America, fulfilling verse 41, with the enactment of the National Sunday law. Many will be overthrown. There will be many that honor the true Sabbath today that will join the ranks of apostasy at that time. Also, there will be many that are outside of God's church that will remain outside. But, we are told through the pen of inspiration, that there will be just as many that come out of Babylon to lift the banners that were dropped by those which are overthrown that are now within the church. These eleventh hour workers are represented by Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. All three of these people where blood relatives of Abraham. They knew truth, yet chose their own way. But when the testing time comes, they will choose to follow the convicting voice of the Holy Spirit and come out of Babylon. They shall escape out of his hand. And what does "hand" represent? Ruling power - 2Samuel 5:19; 2Kings 21:14; 2Kings 17:39. Isaiah 11:11-14 "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. "And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together [by the truth of the three angel's message, see Early Writings, p. 74] the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. "The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. "But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them." Who will Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon obey? The loud voice of the third angel, and the mightily strong voice of the angel of Revelation 18:4. In these last days, the seeds of truth of the three angels brought to God's people in the other folds may be rejected at first, but as these truths unfold, they shall escape out of the hand of oppression of the counterfeit king of the north. Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 8, p.41 In vision I saw two armies in terrible conflict. One army was led by banners bearing the world's insignia; the other was led by the bloodstained banner of Prince Immanuel. Standard after standard [do we see standards being lowered in the churches today?] was left to trail in the dust as company after company from the Lord's army joined the foe and tribe after tribe from the ranks of the enemy united with the commandment-keeping people of God. Daniel 11:41 "He [the papacy] shall enter also [after entering into, and in the same manner, the countries of the former Soviet Union, found in Dan. 11:40] into the glorious land [Protestant America], and many shall be overthrown [receiving the mark of the beast through the legislated National Sunday Law; Rev. 13:11, 12]: but these shall escape out of his hand [by coming out of her; Rev. 18:4], Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon [God's people now in the other folds, becoming the eleventh hour workers]." The 'glorious land' being the United States is in harmony with the other scriptures that reveal through prophecy, especially in the Revelation, the last movements in earth's history. Why the "Glorious Land" Cannot be the Adventist Church Great Controversy, pp. 382-383 "The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as 'arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness:...and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.' Says the prophet: 'I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.' Babylon is further declared to be 'that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.' Revelation 17:4-6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome.... "Babylon is said to be 'the mother of harlots.' By her daughters must be symbolized churches that cling to her doctrines and traditions, and follow her example of sacrificing the truth and the approval of God, in order to form an unlawful alliance with the world. The message of Revelation 14, announcing the fall of Babylon must apply to religious bodies that were once pure and have become corrupt. Since this message follows the warning of the judgment, it must be given in the last days; therefore it cannot refer to the Roman Church alone, for that church has been in a fallen condition for many centuries. Furthermore, in the eighteenth chapter of the Revelation the people of God are called upon to come out of Babylon. According to this scripture, many of God's people must still be in Babylon. And in what religious bodies are the greater part of the followers of Christ now to be found? Without doubt, in the various churches professing the Protestant faith." In the above inspired statement we read the defining characteristics of the religious bodies which the king of the north has entered. The doctrines of the papacy have entered into the religious bodies which at one time followed the light which they had, and was pure, yet are now corrupt because of their acceptance of falsehood (including the immortality of the soul, specifically Sunday worship). If any church meets the characteristic highlighted in the above statement, that church falls into the category of being Babylon, which the papacy has entered. If the 'glorious land' represents God's church, we need to examine the characteristics of this identification. Following this interpretation, according to verse 41 of Daniel 11, the papacy would enter into the Adventist church. This indicates that the papacy has authority and control over the Adventist church, because we see that he enters into and conquers the glorious land just as he entered into and conquered the former Soviet Union countries, as revealed in verse 40. Daniel is a book of prophecy, and Revelation is a book revealed (Acts of the Apostles, p. 585). Revelation unlocks Daniel. Can we find in Revelation the papacy entering into God's church (His people) since the passing of 1989? Remember, this prophecy of the papacy entering into the glorious land in Daniel 11:41 is after the overthrow of the atheistic Soviet Union, which was fulfilled in 1989. Or do we find the prophecy in Revelation 13 focusing on the papacy entering into Protestant United States after 1989? If the glorious land is not Protestant United States, where in Daniel can we find the companion verses to Revelation 13:11-12? There will be many in the Adventist church that are overthrown. What about those that are not in the Adventist church? Some of them will choose not to come out of her, My people. They too will be overthrown. What about those that are in Babylon now, yet will heed the warning to come out of Babylon? The glorious land must include the presence of those not in the Adventist church, along with those that are present in the church. But then we see in verse 41 that there are some that escape from the papacy, which controls the glorious land. This would indicate that since the papacy is in control of the church, those escaping are escaping out of the church. Do we find in Revelation God's people 'coming out' of any system? In Daniel 11:41, they are 'coming out of her'. What does Revelation reveal that they come out of? There is a calling that will sound for God's people to 'come out of her'. This is found in Rev. 18:4. As we read Rev. 18:4 in context, we clearly see that they are to come out of BABYLON. These verses are, in part, each other's companion verses. If the 'glorious land' is God's church, the only conclusion we can arrive at is that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is Babylon. Is the Seventh-day Adventist church Babylon? Last Day Events, p.43 "Let all be careful not to make an outcry against the only people who are fulfilling the description given of the remnant people, who keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus....God has a distinct people, a church on earth, second to none, but superior to all in their facilities to teach the truth, to vindicate the law of God....My brother, if you are teaching that the Seventh-day Adventist church is Babylon, you are wrong." (also found in TM 50, 58.59 {1893}) Advent Review and Sabbath Herald-date 10-03-93 "Mark the whole tenor of this chapter, and learn the lesson it conveys to modern Israel. These things are written for our ensamples upon whom the ends of the world are come. We see the unbelief, and the stout resistance of some who have had great light, and although evidence has been piled upon evidence, they have kept themselves in stubborn resistance. The Lord has sent messages of warning and entreaty, messages of reproof and rebuke, and they have not been in vain. But we have never had a message that the Lord would disorganize the church. We have never had a prophecy concerning Babylon applied to the Seventh-day Adventist church, or informed that the 'loud cry' consisted in calling God's people to come out of her; for this is not God's plan concerning Israel." Manuscript Releases, p. 311 "God is leading out a people. He has a chosen people, a church on the earth, whom He has made the depositaries of His law. He has committed to them sacred trust and eternal truth to be given to the world. He would reprove and correct them. The message to the Laodiceans is applicable to Seventh-day Adventists who have had great light and have not walked in the light. It is those who have made a great profession, but have not kept in step with their Leader, that will be spewed out of His mouth unless they repent. The message to pronounce the Seventh-day Adventist church Babylon, and call the people of God out of her, does not come from any heavenly messenger, or any human agent inspired by the Spirit of God." Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 56 "Those who have proclaimed the Seventh-day Adventist Church as Babylon, have made use of the Testimonies in giving their position a seeming support; but why is it they did not present that which for years has been the burden of my message--the unity of the church? Why did they not quote the words of the angel, 'Press together, press together, press together'? Why did they not repeat the admonition and state the principle, that 'in union there is strength, in division there is weakness'? It is such messages as these men have borne that divide the church, and put us to shame before the enemies of truth; and in such messages is plainly revealed the specious working of the great deceiver, who would hinder the church from attaining unto perfection in unity. These teachers follow the sparks of their own kindling, move according to their own independent judgment, and cumber the truth with false notions and theories. They refuse the counsel of their brethren, and press on in their own way until they become just what Satan would desire to have them--unbalanced in mind." Last Day Events, p. 51 (1SM 179) "You will take passages in the Testimonies that speak of the close of probation, of the shaking among God's people, and you will talk of a coming out from this people of a purer, holier people that will arise. Now all this pleases the enemy." If the Seventh-day Adventist Church is entered into and conquered by the papacy, as would be revealed in verse 41 in this interpretation, what do we do with the following quoted verse? Matthew 16:18 "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Since inspiration tells us that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is not Babylon, and never will be, the papacy has not, and will never, enter into her. This is not saying that there will not be problems with the Remnent church. This is not saying that the devil will not focus his attack on the Remnent church. Rev. 12:17 is very clear on this. How important is a clear understanding of the 'glorious land' in the eyes of God? There is to be a shaking in the commandment-keeping church. But what gets shaken out? The wicked or the righteous? If it's the righteous [as would be represented by Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon escaping out of his hand, which represents ruling power] that are shaken out, then that which is left would be a remnant of the wicked. That is NOT Biblical. It is the wicked that is shaken out, and what is left is the righteous remnant. That IS Biblical. We need to make sure that when the shaking truly begins, we find ourselves in the church, not outside. 2SM, p. 380 Satan will work his miracles to deceive; he will set up his power as supreme. The church may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall. It remains, while the sinners in Zion will be sifted out--the chaff separated from the precious wheat. This is a terrible ordeal, but nevertheless it must take place. None but those who have been overcoming by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony will be found with the loyal and true, without spot or stain of sin, without guile in their mouths. We must be divested of our self-righteousness and arrayed in the righteousness of Christ. What is the purpose of the shaking? To cleanse the church, to make her pure, without spot, to be made ready as a bride for her coming husband. The church is revealed as having fallen asleep, but she is and never will be Babylon. 6Testimonies, p.18 "As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath [verse 41], the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example [verse 42]." DANIEL 11:42-45 Verse 42 (first part): "He shall stretch forth his hand [ruling power] also upon the countries...." What countries? The rest of the world. The Universal Image. When? After the National Sunday Law is in place in Protestant America. But how does spiritualism fit in? We shall see. Verse 40 we find the deadly wound being inflicted (1798), the healing beginning to taking place (1929), and the papacy, with the help of the United States, overthrowing atheism, represented by the Soviet Union (1989). Then the papacy enters into the countries of the former Soviet Union, conquering. Companion verses for Dan. 11:40: Rev. 13:10 "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with a sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience of the saints." Rev. 13:3 (first part) "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed." In verse 41 we find the doctrines of the papacy being supported by the legislation of the United States within its (U.S.) own borders. The Sunday law is enacted in the United States, and many are overthrown, which include both those that are not in the Adventist church and those that are in the Adventist church that will drop the banners of truth, being replaced by those obeying the call of the angel of Revelation 18, and coming out of Babylon, to join God's saints in truth. Companion verses for Dan. 11:41: Rev. 13:11-12 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth [the United States]; and he had two horns like lamb, and spake as a dragon. "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth [the United States] and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." 8T p.41 "In vision I saw two armies in terrible conflict. One army was led by banners bearing the world's insignia; the other was led by the bloodstained banner of Prince Immanuel. Standard after standard was left to trail in the dust as company after company from the Lord's army joined the foe and tribe after tribe from the ranks of the enemy united with the commandment-keeping people of God." Rev. 18:4 "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Early Writings p. 261 "I saw that God has honest children among the nominal Adventists and the fallen churches, and before the plagues shall be poured out, ministers and people will be called out from these churches and will gladly receive the truth. Satan knows this; and before the loud cry of the third angel is given, he raises an excitement in these religious bodies, that those who have rejected the truth may think that God is with them. He hopes to deceive the honest and lead them to think that God is still working for the churches. But the light will shine, and all who are honest will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant." SPIRITUALISM Verse 42 (second part): "....and the land of Egypt shall not escape." 5Testimonies, pp. 217-218 "I am filled with sadness when I think of our condition as a people. The Lord has not closed heaven to us, but our own course of continual backsliding has separated us from God. Pride, covetousness, and love of the world have lived in the heart without fear of banishment or condemnation....The church has turned back from following Christ her Leader and is steadily retreating toward Egypt....Have we not been seeking the friendship and applause of the world rather than the presence of Christ and a deeper knowledge of His will?" Signs of the Times March 6,1884 "Many are not growing strong, because they do not take God at His Word. They are conforming to the world. Every day they pitch their tents nearer to Egypt, when they should encamp a day's march nearer the heavenly Canaan." Since the overthrow of atheism as represented as a nation in 1989, which, as a system was represented by the king of the south, the world consists of only two global superpowers. The United States and the papacy. Yet the world consists of three types of people. Those that follow the true God (spiritual Israel), those that follow a false god (spiritual Babylon), and those who do not follow any god ( spiritual Egypt representing atheistic individuals, which is the rest of the world). We know through the Word of God that at the end of time there will only be two classes of people. Those that receive the seal of God, and those who receive the mark of the beast. Therefore, there must be a time when those who do not follow any god must choose between one of the first two, either to receive the seal of God in the foreheads, or the mark of the beast in their forehead or their hand. Verse 42 is the Sunday law becoming a world wide legislation. All people of earth must choose who they will follow. Spiritual Egypt in this verse represents the individuals of the world. Those who up to this point of time, lived their lives as if there were not a God to answer to. They shall not escape the hand of the king of the north, whether by joining and receiving the mark of the beast in their head by believing the doctrines of the papacy as being God's will, or in hand, for the convenience of buying and selling, or by rejecting this mark in choosing to side with God's commandment-keepers and being persecuted by this image. Either way, they cannot live their lives as they have. But how will this be accomplished? Through spiritualism. Rev. 13:13-14 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 62 "Fallen angels upon earth form confederations with evil men. In this age antichrist will appear as the true Christ, and then the law of God will be fully made void in the nations of our world. Rebellion against God's holy law will be fully ripe. But the true leader of all this rebellion is Satan clothed as an angel of light. Men will be deceived and will exalt him to the place of God, and deify him." Note that first the Sunday law is enacted in the United States, then Satan appears as Jesus. What is the purpose of Satan appearing as Christ? Medical Ministry pp. 87-88 "Satan will come in to deceive if possible the very elect. He claims to be Christ, and he is coming in, pretending to be the great medical missionary. He [Satan] will cause fire to come down from heaven in the sight of men to prove he is God." 2SM p.51 (1890) "It is the lying wonders of the devil that will take the world captive, and he will cause fire to come down from heaven in the sight of men. He is to work miracles, and this wonderful, miracle-working power is to sweep in the whole world." Once Satan establishes (falsely) who he is, he then sweeps the whole world into something. What is it he sweeps them into? 3SM pp. 427-428 "The wicked....declared that they had the truth, that miracles were among them, that angels from heaven talked with them and walked with them, that great power and signs and wonders were performed among them, and that this was the temporal millennium that they had been expecting so long. The whole world was converted and in harmony with the Sunday law." The above sheds light on when, how, and by whom spiritualism will come into this threefold union fully, deceiving the people of the world (the Egypt found in Dan. 11:42) into making an image to the beast. Verse 43: "But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps." The king of the north will have total control of the finances of this world. In ancient times, the Ethiopians were coveted for their rich gold mines and its abundance of resources. Ancient Libya was a desert people, not a people blessed with great possessions. The Libyans represent the poor countries of the world, and the Ethiopians represent the richer countries of the world. "And all the world wondered after the beast." Companion verses for Dan. 11:43: Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Rev 18:11-13, 16 "And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her [Babylon]; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: "The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. "And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!" Verse 44: But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. Jesus is the true King of the north. Psalm 48:1-2 "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." Isaiah 41:25-27 "I have raised up One from the north, and He shall come: from the rising of the sun shall He call upon My name: and He shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the Potter treadeth clay. "Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. "The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem One that bringeth good tidings." Tidings, that is, a message, that comes out of the east. It is the sealing angel that comes out of the east (Rev. 7:2). With the Sabbath - Sunday issue being the final test for the world, and this message is one that infuriates the papacy, we can come to the conclusion that this is the three angel's message, specifically the third's, including the call for God's people to come out of Babylon. The choice for dishonoring the law of the land are increasing in penalty. Maranatha p.188 In the last conflict the Sabbath will be the special point of controversy throughout all Christendom. Secular rulers and religious leaders will unite to enforce the observance of the Sunday;and as milder measures fail, the most oppressive laws will be enacted. It will be urged that the few who stand in opposition to an institution of the church and a law of the land ought not to be tolerated. Verse 45: And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. We studied that the "glorious holy mountain" represents God's commandment-keeping remnant. This verse states that the papacy stands between the multitudes of the world in the remnant church. Yet we studied that the papacy will not enter into the remnant. Is there a contradiction? I refer to Brother Lloyd Rosenvold concerning this, since in his research he has contacted a college on this very point. The King of the North and God's People, p.46 "We telephoned a leading Hebrew college in the United States. We were directed to the library and librarian, Sarah by name. She read to us verse 45 from the Hebrew commentary as follows: " 'He will pitch his royal pavilion between the seas and the glorious holy mountain, and he will meet his doom with no one to help him.' "As we continued asking questions, she directed us to the assistant dean who could speak and read Hebrew fluently. We asked him if he would be so kind as to translate for us into English from the Hebrew text, Daniel 11 verses 16, 41, and 45.... "We waited silently and anxiously for him to translate that last key verse of Daniel 11. We had not told him the reason why we had requested his help. Therefore, we were suprised when he began his explanation by saying: " 'Literally, in the Hebrew Bible, verse 45 does not say "in the glorious holy mountain," it actually says "pitches tents from (the) seas TO (the) glorious holy mountain." ' He continued explaining: 'the word 'TO' is a better rendering than either the word 'in' or 'AND'. 'In' is not a likely reading. 'In' is not justified." This is in harmony with the papacy not being able to enter into the remnant. What this verse is stating is that the papacy will be the power that stands between the world filled with false doctrines and God's truth. Its as if the papacy, with the support of the civil powers, is saying that 'if you follow God, you must first cross this line where I stand, and then I'll have you killed'. Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. But as probation has closed, and the sixth plague begins to fall, the world will stand back and not help the papacy in any way. Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. Revelation 17:15-18 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Great Controversy, pp. 653-654, 655-656; 657 "Such are the judgments that fall upon Babylon in the day of the visitation of God's wrath. She has filled up the measure of her iniquity; her time has come; she is ripe for destruction. "When the voice of God turns the captivity of His people, there is a terrible awakening of those who have lost all in the great conflict of life.... "Ministers and people see that they have not sustained the right relation to God. They see that they have rebelled against the Author of all just and righteous law.... "The people see that they have been deluded. They accuse one another of having led them to destruction; but all unite in heaping their bitterest condemnation upon the ministers. Unfaithful pastors have prophesied smooth things; they have led their hearers to make void the law of God and to persecute those who would keep it holy....The very ones that once admired them most will pronounce the most dreadful curses upon them. The very hands that once crowned them with laurels will be raised for their destruction. The swords which were to slay God's people are now employed to destroy their enemies. Everywhere there is strife and bloodshed." We are living in Daniel 11:41 today. The papacy has indeed entered into Protestant United States. We see her influences in our White House, Supreme Court and our Legislative Branches of government. The foundations needed for the United States to speak as a dragon are in place. All that is needed is some type of calamity; financial, social (gay marriages?) or national disaster (natural, and/or terrorism?) to bring the people to the point of calling for legislation on a day of rest to appease God. Do we see an increase of the rights of the American people being legislated away since Sept. 11? Have the people been mentally prepared to accept this? Verse 41 is on the brink of fulfillment. Daniel 11:40-45 "And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 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