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Page 157 of 316Exodus 112:3
@@@^Therefore, if this beast represents our world at the present time, would it not be unwise on the part of God, if He should have neglected to foresee the present day multiplicity of sects, and the great confusion among Christendom, if the symbols by this beast fail to reveal the true condition of the churches? As the non-descript beast tells the fall of the church in the period he represents so must the scarlet colored. In fact, this is the principal reason why these prophetic beasts are presented.
Exodus 115:1
@@@^This period commences with the second coming of Christ and the end of this present world. At that time the Scripture of Revelation 20:6, will be fulfilled: “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” As the righteous dead are raised and united with the living, then the prophecy of Jeremiah shall be fully realized: “I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was as a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger. For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.” (Jer. 4:26, 27.)
Exodus 115:2
@@@^When the cities are broken down and the land laid waste, then the hope of the redeemed shall be accomplished: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thess. 4:16, 17.) At that glorious time when the saints depart, the earth will be left in darkness as described by Jeremiah: For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: @9every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein@7.” (Jer. 4:28, 29.)
Exodus 115:3
@@@^Then, as the saints enter in through the pearly gates John’s vision will meet its fulfillment: “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands, and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” (Rev. 20:4.) The righteous shall spend a thousand years judging the wicked dead. For further study of the millennium see “Patriarchs and Prophets,” p. 103; “The Great Controversy,” pp. 321, 662.
Exodus 115:4
@@@^“But the rest of the dead @9lived not again@7 until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.… And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the @9dead@7 were @9judged@7 out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works,” (Rev. 20:5, 12.) The books contain the records of the wicked; the book of life is opened and examined by the saints, and in it they behold only the names of the righteous. The names of some who once appeared in it were blotted out, while the names of others were never entered between its pages.
Exodus 116:1
@@@^Coming back to our subject: “The beast that thou sawest was, and is not, and @9shall ascend out of the bottomless pit@7.” Thus far, we have explained the first part of the Scripture quoted (@9was@7 and is @9not@7). Now we note the words, “And shall ascend out of the bottomless pit.” In the millennial period the wicked shall be judged; and at its close, Christ and the saints shall return to earth. John bears witness of this: “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Rev. 21:2.) As Christ with the saints and the city descend, then, the following Scripture will be fulfilled: “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they @9were@7 judged every man according to their works.” (Rev. 20:13.) Note the verb, “were,” being in past tense, shows that they were judged previous to their resurrection. By the resurrection of the wicked, Satan will be loosed from his captivity for a “little season.” (See Rev. 20:3.) In this manner shall the beast (world) “ascend out of the bottomless pit.”
Exodus 118:1
@@@^“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.” (Rev. 17:10.) The “king,” that “@9is@7,” must be the one in existence at this present time, and the one that is “@9not yet come,@7” must be in the future. Consequently the five that are “@9fallen@7,” must be in the past. This would be the only fair position for one to take without doing injury to the holy Word of God. As it has reference to the entire world’s history under sin, we must consider the number of universal empires, or periods, since the world began. There is one before the flood, as previously explained; the second is Babylon; the third, Medo-Persia; fourth, Grecia; and the fifth is the Roman monarchy. These @9five are fallen@7. The one that “@9is@7”, is the present civilization since the fall of Rome under the symbol of the “leopard-like” and the “scarlet colored” beasts, to the commencement of the millennium, which period is termed Rome in her broken state represented by the feet and toes of the great image of Daniel 2. These are the six kings. “Five are fallen” and the one “is.” The other that is “@9not yet come,@7” must be the period after the millennium, corresponding with the beast that is to ascend from the bottomless pit.
Exodus 118:2
@@@^It is wonderful to note how God has portrayed our world’s history with such perfect symbols, using numbers of completeness in each instance. Thus His divine plan, rule, and guide for His people, is revealed from generation to generation. Speaking of the seventh king, the one after the millennium, the text says, “When he cometh, he must continue a short space,” corresponding with that of Revelation 20:3, “And after that he [Satan] must be loosed a little season.”
Exodus 119:3
@@@^Verse 14: “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.” Satan shall gather the great multitude and deceive them once more. He will marshall the armies of the nations at the close of the one hundred years against the holy city—New Jerusalem, thus making war with the Lamb: “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Rev. 20:7-10.)
Exodus 120:2
@@@^The color of the beast (scarlet) reveals that God’s people will have been called out by the message of the “@9loud cry,@7” and thus be separate and distinct from the world. Thus, leaving the beast “scarlet” (skimmed-separated), a sign of being under condemnation, left without excuse—ready to perish. “Full of names and blasphemy”, denotes multiplicity of sects and hypocrisy. The balance of the chapter will be explained in another study.
Exodus 123:5
@@@^The “woman” did not originate with the Roman church, but rather @9she produced@7 that church. Therefore, we must trace her existence beyond the beginning of the papacy. Revelation 18:24, throws light upon the subject: “And in her was found the blood of the @9prophets@7, and of the @9saints@7, and of @9all@7 that were slain upon the earth.” The holy Word of God declares that the “woman” is guilty of the blood of the martyrs in @9all@7 ages. Therefore, the “woman” is drunk with the blood of Abel, and thus the blood of “all” the martyrs is found in her; proving that Cain was her first client by presenting a counterfeit sacrifice (false doctrine), and by slaying his brother.
Exodus 126:3
@@@^“And in the latter time of their kingdom [the four Grecian divisions], a king of fierce countenance . . . shall stand up.” This Scripture is applicable to the Roman monarchy, for this king must stand at the end of the reign of the kings of Grecia. The Ptolemy’s was the last of the four Grecian divisions to fall under the ascendancy of Rome. With the defeat of Anthony, and the death of Cleopatra about 27 B.C., the noted dynasty of the Ptolemy’s came to its end, and Egypt became a province of the Roman state. He was to stand up “when the transgressors are come to the full.” The Grecians have never been anything but transgressors; therefore, the reference can be applied only to the Jewish nation, at which time the once-favored people of God would have exceeded any previous record of both moral and Spiritual corruption. The Jewish nation reached that condition at the time of the ascendency of Rome, and the first advent of Christ. Therefore, this king of “fierce countenance” is the Roman monarchy, after the “transgressors” (Jews) had come to their “full.”
Exodus 127:4
@@@^“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to His throne.” (Rev. 12:1-5.)
Exodus 129:1
@@@^ The woman is a symbol of God’s church; the crown of twelve stars is her authority or government (the twelve apostles), and the child is Christ. In the ninth verse we are told that the dragon is “the Devil, and Satan.” It was under the figure of Herod that the dragon stood before the woman ready to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Exodus 131:1
@@@^The verse just quoted makes clear the idea that both the “daily” and the “sanctuary” must be a part of God’s truth. This thought cannot be misconstrued without doing injury to the Scripture. Note the language used: “And they shall @9pollute@7 the sanctuary of @9strength@7 and shall @9take away@7 the “@9daily@7.” After @9polluting@7 the “sanctuary” and @9taking away@7 the “daily,” then it says: “They shall @9place@7 the abomination that maketh desolate.” That is to say: The “sanctuary” and the “daily” were replaced by the abomination. The abomination must be some Pagan religious institution, and that Pagan doctrine (“abomination”) was to make desolate. That is to say, it laid @9waste@7 the “sanctuary,” the “daily,” and the “@9truth@7”; or as it is expressed in Daniel 8:13, “Trodden under foot.” “And it cast down the @9truth@7 to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.” (Dan. 8:12.)
Exodus 132:4
@@@^At the fulfillment of this prophecy, the first angel’s message was proclaimed: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to Him; for the hour of His @9judgment@7 is come.” (Rev. 14:6, 7.) This is another well know Bible truth. (Read “The Great Controversy,” pp. 352-356.)
Exodus 133:4
@@@^In order to understand the truth of the 1290 years (“days”), add this figure to 508, which points forward to 1798 A.D. at which time the 1260 prophetic days of Daniel 7:25 terminated with the imprisonment of Pope Pius VI. Thus the prophetic treading of the “@9host@7” ended in 1798, but the “@9sanctuary@7” and the “@9daily@7” truths were not restored and placed in the church until after the fulfillment of the 1335 days (years) in 1844. This unquestionable evidence proves that the movement that arose in 1844 is God’s true church, and divinely predicted. Hence it clears up the widespread confusion in Christendom, as to which denomination has the truth for the present time; it also weeds out all the rest as false, for it is the only movement that has the truth of the sanctuary.
Exodus 133:5
@@@^As the truth of the two inseparable doctrines were thrown down in 508 A.D., preliminary to the setting up of the papacy, just so the imprisonment of the pope in 1798 was preparatory to the restoration of the jointly taught Bible truths, the Sabbath and the Sanctuary. The accountability that rests on the papacy is not the observance of the day, but rather, the desire to change the law of God, as shown in Daniel 7:25: “Think to change times and laws.” The papacy thought to erase the Seventh-day Sabbath from the @9eternal@7 law, and to inscribe the first day of the week in its place.
Exodus 136:3
@@@^As the Pagans and the Christians became one, the dragon wielded his power and great authority into the papacy. By this concentrated ecclesiastical monarchy he erased the Seventh-day Sabbath from the law of God, and in its stead he inserted the pagan Sunday. At this point he directed his power against disloyalty to the demands of the papacy. This pontifical authority continued to wear out the saints of the Most High, as in Daniel 7:25. As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Babylon, and Daniel in Medo-Persia, prevented the establishment of an ecclesiastical government, and brought to naught the king’s decree, just so Luther abolished the pontifical monarchy, and brought to an end the papal authority. As Luther’s blow weakened his power and Protestantism continually irritated his wound, the pope, by the hand of Berthier, was put behind prison bars.
Exodus 137:4
@@@^While Sunday was growing more and more sacred, the Seventh-day Sabbath was on the decline, and becoming less and less holy. Here we see an example that should be marked carefully by all Christians. To add anything to the religion of Christ, though it may seem good on the surface, results in a deadly sting from beneath. Our God has devised a religion sufficient to save the church, if carefully followed. He needs no man’s help, neither can He accept man-made devices.