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Page 153 of 316Genesis 223:3
@@@^Speaking of section two in the summary chart, entitled “Patriarchate Types” is the section which gave birth to the patriarchs (for this reason we have given it that title), whom God preordained to be as monuments, and sign posts as it were, and examples for His church in their appointed time, to fulfill the divine purpose. Monuments? Yes; more than monuments. Their voices thunder by echoes, and re-echoes, onward through the ages, and in our own time they are heard the loudest.
Genesis 226:1
@@@^While the passover lamb gave way to Hagar, (symbol of the church under the Jewish economy), it also celebrated the commencement of the ceremonial system, thus section number three became the mother of the ceremonial types. The types themselves are not the true object, no more than a photograph is, but it is a representation which pictures an unmistakable evidence, the object in view. The passover lamb is a perfect type of the “Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world” (John 1:29).
Genesis 227:3
@@@^As there was an important event with each succeeding section (at the close of the one, and beginning of the other), there must be something of no lesser consequence that would make the change of this section with which we have identified ourselves. That important event is none other than the purification of God’s church, and the separation of the tares from the wheat. Said Jesus, “Let both grow together @9until@7 the harvest.” The separation will mark the harvest. Note the verb “until,” meaning “up to.” @9This@7 most solemn time for the one class (the tares), and glorious for the other (the 144,000), @9thrusts out@7 the section represented by Jacob, and @9forwards@7 the other.
Genesis 228:1
@@@^Said Jesus, “@9in@7 the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together @9first@7 the tares, and bind them in bundles to @9burn@7 them.” The tares, therefore, are gathered just prior to the harvest, and burned in the time of the harvest (for note the prefix “in”). “But gather the wheat into My barn.” Matt. 13:30. The wheat represents the 144,000; the “barn” is a symbol of security. This glorious company is saved and protected. Satan cannot harm them. They are to be translated without seeing death. John describes them as “being the firstfruits [of the harvest] unto God and the Lamb.”
Genesis 229:2
@@@^John, after seeing in vision the finishing work of the church, close of probation, and the judgments of God in the seven last plagues, says, “And I saw a @9great white throne@7, and @9him@7 that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven @9fled away@7; and there was found @9no place@7 for them.” Rev. 20:11.
Genesis 230:1
@@@^In order to meet the divine standard of perfection, both in symbols as well as in figures, for the entire history of God’s church, He must provide a fitting symbol for this particular section as He has provided for the two succeeding sections. Whatever that symbol is, it must be the kind to indicate church history without earthly parentage.
Genesis 230:3
@@@^As soon as sin entered in the beginning with the parents of the human family, and before they were driven out from their Eden home, the plans already devised for the return to their original home of eternal abode were made known to them as well as to the serpent. These pre-ordained plans of God are better understood by studying His wonderful divine dealings with the human family onward through the ages as pictured in this chart.
Genesis 231:1
@@@^Though we cannot comprehend such infinite wisdom, it gives us better understanding of God’s love for sinners, and our misconception of so-called human knowledge of things. To the eternal “I AM,” who inhabits eternity, before whom the darkness is light, and the remotest boundaries in space His footstool, who sees the end from the beginning, and to whom a thousand years are but as yesterday, all things are open and naked unto Him.
Genesis 233:2
@@@^Abraham’s name at the time he was called out of Ur (before God added the two extra letters—H and A) spelled with five letters: (Abram). His son, Isaac, and his wives all have the same number of letters in their names. Naturally the question arises, why five? Why not three or seven? Had their names more or less than “5” letters, the picture would have been spoiled. Why? Because the “7” letters of Abraham and the “5” of Hagar make “12” in all,—a symbol of the twelve tribes of Israel after the @9flesh@7. Sarah and Abraham also number “12,” meaning the twelve tribes of Israel after the @9Spirit@7. The same holds good with Isaac and Jacob, also meaning consecutive (one shall succeed the other).
Genesis 236:1
@@@^The studies that comprise this volume were first typewritten into a book in manuscript form, which was entitled “The Shepherd’s Rod.” Thirty-three such copies were given to the leading men (ministerial association) of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination,—brethren of experience, ministers and conference presidents. This was done in order to comply with the instructions given to the church by the Spirit of God. We quote from Volume 5, page 293: “There are a thousand temptations in disguise prepared for those who have the light of truth, and the only safety for any of us is in receiving no @9new@7 doctrine, no @9new@7 interpretation of the Scriptures, without first submitting it to brethren of experience. Lay it before them in a humble, teachable spirit with earnest prayer; and if they see no light in it, yield to their judgment; for ‘in the multitude of counselors there is safety’”.
Genesis 237:1
@@@^Since the document was placed in their hands, and at the time this publication goes to press, over five months have passed by. We now feel they have had ample time to at least write and give us some information in regards to the manuscript and their intention. The elapse of time is an evidence that our brethren have failed to carry out their promise as well as their duty. Evidently these ministers of God and leaders of this great denomination must have overlooked the instructions respecting matters of this kind as given them by the Spirit of Prophecy. “If a brother is teaching error, those who are in responsible positions ought to know it; and if he is teaching truth, they ought to take their stand at his side. We should all know what is being taught among us; for if it is truth, we need to know it.” Testimonies to Ministers, page 110.
Genesis 237:3
@@@^On the other hand, if they found no error, and yet refuse to make known their intention, even after making the second and the third appeal to our local conference then it is perhaps that they wish to fulfill the following prophecy as found in Testimonies to Ministers, pages 106, 107. “But @9beware@7 of @9rejecting@7 that which is @9truth@7. The great danger with our people has been that of @9depending@7 upon men, and making flesh their arm. Those who @9have not been@7 in the habit of searching the Bible for themselves, or @9weighing@7 evidence, @9have confidence @7in the @9leading@7 men, and accept the decisions @9they make@7; and @9thus@7 many @9will reject@7 the very messages God sends to His people, @9if these leading@7 brethren @9do not accept @7them.
Genesis 238:1
@@@^“@9No one@7 should claim that he has @9all@7 the light there is for God’s people. The Lord @9will not@7 tolerate this. He has said, ‘I have set before thee an open door, and @9no man@7 can shut it.’ Even if @9all@7 our leading men should refuse light and truth, that door will still @9remain open@7. The Lord @9will raise@7 up men who will give the people the message for this time….
Genesis 238:2
@@@^“Suppose a brother held a view that differed from yours, and he should come to you, proposing that you sit down with him and make an @9investigation@7 of that point in the Scriptures; should you rise up, filled with @9prejudice@7, and condemn his ideas, while @9refusing@7 to give him a candid hearing? @9The only @7right way would be to sit down as Christians, and investigate the position presented, in the light of @9God’s word@7, which @9will reveal@7 truth and unmask error. To ridicule his ideas @9would not@7 weaken his position in the least if it were false, or strengthen your position if it were true. If the pillars of our faith @9will not@7 stand the test of investigation, @9it is time@7 that we knew it. There must be no spirit of @9Pharisaism@7 cherished among us.”
Genesis 239:1
@@@^Seeing the danger approaching as revealed in “The Shepherd’s Rod,” we have anxiously waited all these months with the fear that we may wait too long, and thereby fail to sound the alarm as well as to go ahead with the sound of the trumpet before we hear from our brethren. While waiting and praying, a certain scripture was revealed to us, found in Micah 6, which we now bring forth to prove that God has spoken to His people by the written word, giving us the instruction to go ahead without delay and give the trumpet that certain sound.
Genesis 240:1
@@@^Quoting Micah 6:1: “Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.” It is a fact that the prophecy of this chapter has never before been understood at any time, and no one has ever profited much from it, only whatever lesson from a certain passage may have been derived in connection with some other study. The question may be asked, Why has it not been understood? Is it that no one ever tried to study out this part of the Scriptures? Doubtless many godly, earnest students have spent much valuable time without any results as far as revealing the truth of the chapter.
Genesis 240:2
@@@^The reason for their failure to unmask the prophecy is because it is in present tense. “@9Hear@7 ye @9now@7 what the Lord @9saith@7, @9Arise@7, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills @9hear@7 thy voice.” From this fact, we know that inspiration never expected that it should be revealed before the time intended, otherwise it would have been grammatically incorrect. In the same manner as Rev. 14:7, “Fear God, and @9give@7 glory to Him; for the hour of his judgment @9is come@7.” Had this scripture been in future tense, William Miller would not have made the mistake as to the event that was to transpire in 1844. He who controls the Scriptures evidently did not intend to reveal the truth until after the judgment hour had begun in 1844. The same rule is to be observed in all Bible truths to establish authoritatively a particular prophetic time. .
Genesis 240:3
@@@^We have previously stated that this truth came through the Sabbath School department in 1929, in the lessons of the first quarter of that year, beginning with Isaiah 54 to the 66th chapter inclusive. The 54th was the first to reveal that these chapters were written directly to the church at this very time as explained on pages 136-40. In Isa. 58:1 we learned that God is to reveal the existing sins in the church, and thereby call for reformation. We quote the verse: “Cry aloud, spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”
Genesis 241:1
@@@^This scripture now has met its fulfillment. After these existing sins were revealed, these studies were put into writing, the document being entitled “The Shepherd’s Rod,” and placed in the hands of the leading men of this movement. Thus the “Cry” like a “trumpet” is being sounded. The evidence of the existing sins being made known (shown) to God’s people and to the house of Jacob, also showing that Laodiceans have neglected the invitations of the True Witness, therefore, the shame of our nakedness has appeared. “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and @9that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear@7, and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” Rev. 3:18.
Genesis 242:4
@@@^“The @9Lord’s voice@7 crieth unto the @9city@7, and the man of wisdom @9shall see@7 thy name: @9Hear ye the rod@7, and @9who@7 hath appointed it.” Micah 6:9. Note it is the @9Lord’s@7 voice. The voice is crying in the “city.” (City, or Jerusalem are symbols of God’s church the same as “mountain,” the difference between the symbols being that “mountain” means the entire denomination, but “city” means the leading part of that body.) By what means is the Lord’s voice crying in the city (church)? The last part of the verse answers the question: “Hear ye the rod.” To hear a rod, it must be the kind that can speak.