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Page 163 of 316Exodus 261:1
@@@^The religious services in both temples were executed in the same manner, but in structural magnificence, both internal and external, Solomon’s temple comparatively speaking, was by far the greatest. But the Lord by the mouth of Haggai the prophet, asked those who were then engaged in the construction of the house of God: “Who is left among you that saw this house [Solomon’s temple] in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.” (Haggai 2:3, 9.)
Exodus 263:1
@@@^Therefore, in the time of the “Loud Cry,” miracles are wrought—the sick will be healed, the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the deaf shall hear, the tongue of the dumb loosed, and the lame shall leap for joy! What a glorious sight! Those who have never seen light, to behold the glory of the Lord! They who have never heard a sound, now listening to the glorious melodies of the angels’ harps, and the singing of the saints! What a thrill! What bliss! “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Rev. 21:4.)
Exodus 263:3
@@@^As the living saints witness the dead of all ages rising from their dusty beds, it will bring joy indescribable. Then to behold friends and loved ones as they meet each other, clothed in glorious incorruptible bodies, marching through space via sinless planets, and finally into the Heaven of heavens! What a glorious train of immortal beings—saints and angels, and the King of kings, the Lord of lords, “the everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace,” in the midst of them! Swiftly flying from the sin-cursed earth to the Center of centers in but “seven” days, while it would take “light” millions of years to make a trip of such incomprehensible distance! Can you perceive of an object moving with such tremendous velocity! God forbid that we should rob ourselves of glory like this. An hour’s time lived in heaven, without sin, pain or tears, fear or death, is worth more than a thousand years in tents of wickedness.
Exodus 263:4
@@@^My brethren, to obey the Word of God, and be true to principle for your own good, is not asking too much of you. Will you let self and sin rob you of a crown of life? Your human wisdom and worldly knowledge will prove to be as black as darkness itself, if you should allow the wily foe to rob you of the celestial bliss that should be yours throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
Exodus 263:5
@@@^Though the early Christian church suffered terrible persecution, she prospered wonderfully. The three thousand converted on the day of Pentecost “of such as should be saved,” was marvelous to behold. But the speedy growth of the first section of the church, in comparison with the second and last is to be as @9nothing@7, according to the type. Therefore, the same is proven by the prophetic Word of God through the prophet Zechariah, and as the prediction was interwoven with the construction of the second temple, or with the type of the second section of the church, of which we speak at this particular time, the application of the following Scriptures must be correct:
Exodus 264:1
@@@^“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and @9I will dwell in the midst of thee@7, saith the Lord. And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in @9that day@7, and @9shall be my people:@7 and @9I will dwell in the midst of thee.@7” (Zech. 2:10, 11.) “Yea, many people and @9strong nations shall come to seek the Lord@7 of hosts in @9Jerusalem@7 [the church without reference to location], and @9to pray before the Lord.@7” (Zech. 8:22.) “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually: they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces [margin, wealth] of the Gentiles, and that @9their kings@7 may be brought.” (Isa. 60:11.) “And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, @9two parts@7 therein shall be cut @9off@7 and @9die@7; but the @9third@7 shall be left therein. And I will bring @9the third part through the fire@7, and will @9refine@7 them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they @9shall@7 call on @9my name@7, and @9I will hear them: I will@7 say, @9it is My people@7: and @9they shall @7say, @9the Lord@7 is @9my God.@7” (Zech. 13:8, 9.)
Exodus 264:3
@@@^The early Christian church was a converted righteous church; nevertheless the tares and the wheat were to grow together @9“until the harvest.”@7 (Matt. 13:30.) These word, @9“until the harvest,”@7 cannot be mistaken; therefore, at the commencement of the harvest the separation takes place. Thus the church in the time of the @9“loud cry”@7 is to be a pure and holy church, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: a church without guile. If the foregoing statement is correct then the same must be found in the prophetic Word of God.
Exodus 265:1
@@@^“The remnant of Israel [the 144,000] shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” (Zeph. 3:13.) “In @9that day@7 shall there be upon the bells of the horses [those that carry the gospel] @9holiness unto the Lord@7; and the @9pots@7 [in whose possession is the truth] in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar [pure and undefiled]. Yea, @9every pot @7in Jerusalem [the church] and in Judah [the leading part of the church] shall be @9holiness unto the Lord of hosts@7, and all they that sacrifice [offering] shall come and take of them, and seeth therein [they who administer in sacred things], and in @9that day@7 there shall be @9no more@7 the Canaanite [unconverted] in the house of the Lord of hosts.” (Zech. 14:20, 21.) This is the church that is represented in Revelation 12:17, “Which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” The “woman” represents the church as a body. “The remnant of her seed” are the 144,000 against whom the dragon makes war. The war is waged against them, because they are the earthly leaders and founders of the movement. “Of her seed” signifies that they are part of “the woman,” or in other words, the 144,000, and the great multitude, is but one movement—one family.
Exodus 266:5
@@@^A close study of the type is the only possible way to clear the truth, not only of the foregoing question, but also of the following ones: If the “woman” was to return from the wilderness to the vineyard (civilization) after the end of the prophetic period of 1260 years, what transpired in 1798 to prove that “she” came back in that year? As the imprisonment and death of the pope answers one side of the question and clears the end of the prophetic period, where is the sign to show that the “woman” returned from the wilderness? If the accepted interpretation of the “woman” is a symbol of the church, and if she was in the “wilderness” from 538 A.D. to 1798 A.D., what about the four great denominations that were raised up prior to that time; namely, Lutherans, Presbyterians Methodist, and Christian? Were they not the “woman” (church)? Bible students have failed to clear this mystery because of their lack of light on the Word of God. A great searchlight by the power of the Spirit shining through the types, is the only medium that can remove the obstruction and clear the way to an understanding of these and many other mysteries that are considered incomprehensive and that baffle the human mind. Therefore, the temple type of the church (woman) is the only channel by which these questions can be answered.
Exodus 267:1
@@@^The “temples” and the “woman” represent the church as a body; or in other words, the symbol of the woman is a revelation of the types (temples), and the temples are symbolical prophecies of the “woman”—church. It will be noticed that the separate members of that church are represented by the composite substance of the temples: “As @9lively stones@7 are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5.) “So we being many, are @9one@7 body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” (Rom. 12:5.) “In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord.” (Eph. 2:21.) Therefore, these two temples represent both—the church, and Christ. Christ our High Priest, is prefigured by the “chief-corner-stone,” and His priestly administration by the ceremonial or sanctuary service of these two literal temples.
Exodus 268:2
@@@^The foregoing explanation answers one of our questions. The Protestant churches which were raised up before the “woman” returned from the wilderness were in total darkness concerning the sanctuary service. Therefore, they are not represented by the “woman,” or by the “temple,” for, as we stated before, the typical temples represent both sections of the church with @9two divine laws@7; namely, moral and ceremonial. Thus the “woman” represents a church that keep the “commandments of God—moral law, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ”—ceremonial law or the plan of salvation revealed in the light of “The Spirit of Prophecy.” (Rev. 12:17.) The reformers, before the “woman” returned from the wilderness, were divinely called out as a preparatory step to bring her back to the “vineyard”; that is, to establish a true anti-typical temple service—true church worship.
Exodus 271:2
@@@^Our second co-incident is the fall of the Babylonian monarchy by the conquest of the Medo-Persian kings. Let it be remembered that in the night of Belshazzar’s drunken feast, Cyrus and Darius took the kingdom and slew the king. The fulfillment of the type in the anti-type, which co-incides with the imprisonment of the Pope in 1798 A.D., and followed by his death. Therefore the death of Belshazzar who defied the God of heaven and earth, is a type of the pope who blasphemed for a “time, times and a half a time,” fulfilling Daniel 7:25 and Revelation 13:10. At which time the prophetic 1260 years of the “woman’s” wilderness journey ended.
Exodus 272:1
@@@^Cyrus was a heathen worshiper at the time he conquered Babylon; but his attention was turned to the fulfillment of the Scriptures, and was shown that his name was written in the sacred volume years before he was born, and that he had fulfilled the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the lions of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which @9call@7 thee @9by thy name@7, am the God of Israel… I have surnames thee, @9though thou hast not@7 known me.” (Isa. 45:1-4.) “That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, thou shall be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.” (Isa. 44:28.)
Exodus 273:2
@@@^“I am filled with sadness when I think of our condition as a people. The Lord has not closed Heaven to us, @9but our own course of continual backsliding has separated us from God@7. Pride covetousness, and love of the world have lived in the heart @9without@7 fear of banishment or condemnation… The church has turned back from @9following Christ her leader@7, and it steadily @9retreating toward Egypt@7. Yet few are alarmed or astonished at their want of spiritual power.”
Exodus 275:1
@@@^Your accusations against setting time is like a man talking when out of his mind. What definite time has been set? Do you mean Ezekiel, chapter four? If so will you not study the subject a little closer than you have and see what it says? Do you not see that the prophetic period had already ended when the statement was made? Or do you mean to say that God knows not the length of time from one event to another, and that He @9must not@7 put it in the Bible? Do you not see that the coincidences recorded in “The Shepherd’s Rod,” Vol. 1, pp. 112, 113, proves the interpretation of Ezekiel four to be correct, or truth would not have come?
Exodus 275:3
@@@^“Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea they shall all cover their lips; for there is @9no answer of God@7. But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. Hear this, I pray you, ye @9heads@7 of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money. @9Yet@7 will they @9lean@7 upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord @9among us? None@7 evil can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.” (Micah 3:7-12.)
Exodus 277:2
@@@^“They began this satanic work at Minneapolis. Afterward, when they saw and felt the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, testifying that the message was of God, they hated it the more, because it was a testimony against them… Yet these men have been holding positions of trust, and have been molding the work after their own similitude, as far as they possibly could.”—“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 80.
Exodus 280:3
@@@^It is evident by this Scripture that this glorious church is to be established at the close of this world’s history when the earthly kingdoms shall come to their end. While interpreting Zechariah’s vision, the angel spoke of Zerubbabel, saying: “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands also shall finish it.” (Zech. 4:9). That is, the founders of the anti-type which were typified by Zerubbabel, laid the foundation in 1844. Zerubbabel being “a signet” to the anti-type (by laying the foundation and finishing the house), denotes that the finishing of the spiritual house (the completeness of the church of God—numbering of the saints) is to be accomplished in one generation (in the life of a man, commencing in 1844.)
Exodus 281:1
@@@^“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.” (Zech. 8:20-23.)
Exodus 282:1
@@@^“And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The @9Lord@7 is my @9God.”@7 (Zech. 13:8, 9.)