Purpose:

To reveal the beginning of the kingdom of glory, the power of the 144 000 to finish the work and further facts about the judgment of the living in the church and world.

Introduction:

Dan 7/Rev 13/Rev 17 is a record of the world kingdoms from Babylon to the image of the beast. That the kingdom in which we are today is the leopard-like beast of Rev. 13:1. Here is the lineup:

(1) Lion-like beast with 2 wings = Babylon, (2) Bear-like beast with 3 ribs in the mouth = Medo-Persia. (3) Leopard-like beast with 4 wings and 4 heads = Grecia. (4) Non-descript beast with 10 horns and 7 heads, and later with a blasphemous little horn= Pagan Rome, later became papal Rome, up to the fall of the papacy in 1798. We are now in the time of the Leopard like beast of Rev. 13:1-10 which is existing together with the 2 horned beast (Rev 11-18) - U.S.A, as the chief power in the world. The work of U.S.A. is to promote globalization – the formation of the Image of the Beast world Government.

1. THE 7 KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD

Rev 17:1-6/Rev 18:24 - “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 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…And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.”

Matt. 23:34-39 – “[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.”

PP 72-73 – “Cain and Abel represent two classes that will exist in the world till the close of time. One class avail themselves of the appointed sacrifice for sin; the other venture to depend upon their own merits; theirs is a sacrifice without the virtue of divine mediation…”

* Modern Babylon being guilty of murdering all the martyrs of all ages, cannot be the papacy alone, for the Pope did not live in the time of the prophets. It is a system of long-existing false worship from Cain at the beginning of sinful world to the end of time:

Rev. 17:15/17:9 - “And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues…(i.e. 538 AD to 1798 AD)…And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”

* It calls for wisdom to unlock the meaning of the 7 heads. They are said to be 7 mountains (Zech. 8:3/Isa 56:6-7) etc. Mountain is a symbol of the church (AA9). They are the completeness of the Christian churches with the Roman Catholic Church, these are to unite under the New World Order.

Rev.17:8 - “The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”

The beast that “is” during the Mark of the Beast law, and “is not,” during the 1000 years, but “yet is” when it is resurrected after the 1000 years.

Rev. 17:11 - “And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”

It is no. 7 during the image of Beast and Loud Cry period, but becomes no. 8 after it is resurrected to “go into perdition” (destruction by fire

Rev. 17:10 -“And there are seven kings…”

The first kingdom on earth was: Gen 1:26-28 “Adam was crowned King in Eden” IBC1082 - the Adamic Empire. Therefore Babylon who was again given to rule all over God’s creation (Dan 2:36-38) was kingdom no. 2(2 wings) from Adam, Medo-Persia no. 3 (3 ribs), Greacia no.4 (4 wings), pagan and Papal Rome no. 5 and our present world (The Leopard-like beast Rev. 13:1-10) as kingdom no. 6. This makes the image beast (New World Order) to be kingdom no. 7.

Rev. 17:10 -“… five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space”

The 5 “kings” that are fallen are: Adamic, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome. The one that “is” at present is no. 6, and the one who is “not yet come” is no. 7 - the image beast which will rule 1 hour i.e. is 11^th to 12^th hours, then perish at 2^nd coming and finally at 3^rd coming.

2. THE BEGINNING OF THE KINGDOM OF GLORY

Dan 2:31-35 -“Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof [was] terrible. This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”

Dan 2:31 – 35 is yet another version of the same lineup of world kingdoms from Babylon to present world (Kingdom no. 6) . In our first lesson we discovered the bad role played by Uriah Smith in leading the church to reject the 4^th Angels message by Jones and Waggoner in 1888. Elder Smith wrote a book which he called “Thoughts on Daniel and Revelation in which he indicated that he borrowed his interpretations from Sunday preachers – including the Catholic Cardinal Gibbons (on the 7 trumpets).

*Despite the misleading theories in this book, the present S.D.A church has removed “Thoughts” from the title and it is now sold as “Daniel and Revelation”. “Thoughts” indicated that Elder Smith did not claim to be inspired as he even showed the list of contemporary commentators where he borrowed his interpretations. But the church has branded this controversial book to be at the centre of S.D.A doctrine which is now used to reject God’s 4^th Angel’s message.

TM 70

“Even Seventh-day Adventists are in danger of closing their eyes to truth as it is in Jesus, because it contradicts something which they have taken for granted as truth, but which the Holy Spirit teaches is not truth.”

PK 505-506.

“The symbolic representation by which God had revealed to king and people His purpose for the nation of the earth, was now to be made to serve for the glorification of human power. Daniel’s interpretation was to be rejected and forgotten, truth was to be misinterpreted and misapplied”

Thus the S.D.A theologians are repeating the works of Nebuchadnezzar, and Uriah Smith, of misinterpreting the true meaning of the prophecy of Dan. 2:

WHERE DID THE STONE COME FROM ? Dan. 2:34-35

“…Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet…” Daniel 2:34-35 does not say where the stone was cut from !

The book “Daniel and Revelation” used Dan. 2:34-35 which does not explain where the stone came from, it is not that Elder Smith was dull. But, like Miller who could not be allowed to see the Sabbath before the Heavenly Sanctuary door was opened in 1844, so even him – including E.G. White, could not know and indicate where the stone came from, while it is actually indicated elsewhere in the same Chapter ! Only the 4^th Angel’s message could unlock the mystery! This is simply because, knowing where the Stone came from, would have revealed the 144 000 and the Kingdom truths!

Let’s now see where the Stone came from:

Dan 2:44-45

“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”

Dan 2:45 - “…as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold…”

NOTE:

It was cut from ‘the mountain without hands’- i.e. without man’s effort or power. It is done by God. Then the mountain gives us a clue to know the stone:

Mountain in prophecy: Dan 9:16-20/Micah 4:1-2 /Zech. 8:3 /Isa 56:6, 7. AA9 - all say it is a symbol of the church - the church of God in the last days (Dan 2:28) – the S.D.A. Church. It is in this church today where very many tares and very little wheat exist and are about to be separated.

What is the stone of Daniel 2 which crushed the image?

Dan 2:44 calls it “a kingdom” not a person or God. A Kingdom comprises a king, citizens and territory. Nebuchadnezzar saw all these things happening on earth - not in or from heaven.

The stone: 1 Pet 2:3-6/1Cor 3;9-11/Eph 2:19-22 /8T:173-174- all say we Christians are symbolized by living stones which make the walls of the spiritual temple (church) of God. Jesus is not an ordinary stone; He is the “Chief corner stone”. The foundation is the 12 Apostles, and we are the wall’s material. In Zech 12:3 and Dan 2:44-45 the purified S.D.A church is represented as a united and strong stone, which has power to break in pieces entire nations that may temper with them.

Zech. 12:2-3 -“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

TM 422 -“Who are the subjects of the kingdom of God?-All those who do his will. They have righteousness, peace and joy in the holy Ghost. Are the sons of God, partners in his great firm. A chosen generation, a peaceful people, a holy nation…the salt of the earth, the salt of the world. They are living stones, a royal priesthood. They are in co-partnership with Jesus Christ. These are they that follow the lamb whithersover He goeth,”

Therefore, the Stone cut from the Mountain – the SDA Church, are the 144 000.

The cutting of the stone therefore is the separation of saints and sinners – the Judgment of the Living in the Church. It is done by God and His angels (Matt 13:39-40) – not human hand. The stone = wheat or saints in the church. The remainder of the mountain are the tares/sinners in the church which are to perish in the slaughter of Ezek. 9.

LETTER 55, 1886 –(3SM 385) – “The great issue so near at hand will weed out those whom God has not appointed and He will have a pure, true sanctified ministry prepared for the Latter rain”

The Time of Cutting:

Dan 2:28, 44 -“ in the latter days”/“in the days of these kings” God will set a kingdom during the 10 toes’ time

– kingdom no. 6:

3T. 361 “Our position in the image of Nebuchadnezzar is in the toes, in divided state”

Therefore during the days of these present governments that make up kingdom no. 6 – not after, God is about to purify His Church and make it a Kingdom for the finishing of His work. Remember that this kingdom no. 6 is not reaching the 2^nd coming. We still have kingdom no.7, the New World Order or the Image Beast that is still to come after kingdom no. 6. Therefore the title “Kingdom of glory” starts before

the Image of the Beast is set up - immediately after the church is purified and liberated from world control. The 144 000 are the first citizens--the stone, nucleus or leadership of the Kingdom church during the Loud Cry period.

Isaiah 14:1-3 -“For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.”

The Crushing of the image

Jere. 51:20-23 -“Thou [art] my battle ax [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.”

WHAT IS BEING BLOWN AWAY? Psa. 1:4-6

“The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor do sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

In order to get the wheat from the world – the Image, it is crushed and purged in the air – a symbol of the Judgment of the living in the world. The tares in the world are what is to be blown away as chuff.

WHAT MAKES THE STONE TO GROW

As covered in previous lessons, the wheat (Saints or converts) in the world will joint the pure church in the Loud Cry time. This will be the 2^nd and main harvest in the world to gather the 2^nd fruits - the great multitude. This is what will cause the Stone to grow. That is – the number increases rapidly from 144 000 to a very great mountain (church) with the addition of the great innumerable multitude. Thus the Kingdom Church’s influence and power shall fill the whole earth during the Loud Cry period.

We have come closer to the crisis and the Glorious part of our Earth’s history. While the Church is waiting for the 2^nd Coming, God is now preparing to exult a people who are to finish His Gospel work. We must not miss out!

May God guide us:

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