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Journey to the Promised Land ADRIAN WELSH Prophetic Parallels - Journey to the Promised Land Copyright © 2010 by Adrian Welsh All rights reserved Cover design by Adrian Welsh All Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV) unless otherwise stated. All quotations from Ellen White were taken from the Ellen G. White Writings, Comprehensive Research Edition 2008 CD. This book may be freely copied, so long as it is not sold and is kept in its original form. If you would like your own copy, you can write to: [email protected] or Prophetic Parallels PO Box 602 Maleny, QLD 4552 Australia Further information can be found at: www.propheticparallels.com Dedicated to: God’s amazing grace and patience & Linda, my loving and patient wife Table of Contents Preface................................................................................. 1 1. Chosen of God............................................................... 2 2. Out of Egypt................................................................ 13 3. Go Forward.................................................................. 23 4. The Appointed Sign ......................................................37 5. Has the Lord Led Us?................................................... 46 6. Organized..................................................................... 53 7. Opposition................................................................... 66 8. Rebellion at Kadesh..................................................... 75 9. An Uprising................................................................. 99 10. Rebuked, but Not Forsaken......................................... 116 11. Thirty-eight Years ....................................................... 126 12. Serpents in the Camp.................................................. 142 13. Apostasy at the Jordan................................................ 181 14. Reformation............................................................... 233 15. The Loud Cry .............................................................247 16. Mission Impossible..................................................... 264 17. Another Prophet?....................................................... 276 18. Faith Is the Victory..................................................... 296 Epilogue ...........................................................................314 Appendix A...................................................................... 316 Appendix B...................................................................... 327 Appendix C...................................................................... 338 Preface e very careful what you agree to do. It may take you places you never dreamed of. B When I was scheduled to take a Sabbath school lesson on Numbers 25 at the end of 2009, I had no idea I would end up writing a book over three hundred pages. The lesson was entitled “Immorality on the Border.” As I studied the lesson in preparation to teach it, I was amazed at all the parallels that stand out so clearly. Once the lesson was finished, I then set about writing a study on what I had learned. I had no idea at that stage what this study would turn into. It was my intention to enlarge on what I had learned from Numbers 25. However the thought came to me that it would be worthwhile adding a little of Israel’s history to the beginning of the study. This would take me on a four-month detour where I learned more than I had bargained for. Needless to say, my original plan to prepare a study on Numbers 25 resulted in the writing of this book. One cannot study Israel’s wilderness wanderings without being exposed to parallels or types. There are so many of them, but what I found more amazing was that most major events in Israel’s history had a chronological parallel in the Advent movement. This means the types or parallels are not only lessons we can learn, but are prophetic. There are many studies people have prepared dealing with types Prophetic parallels - Journey to the Promised Land ✦ ii that are found in Israel’s history, but I am not aware of any that show a clear parallel between Israel’s journey to the Promised Land and that of the Seventh-day Adventist church on a chronological basis. Parallels or types, as they are more commonly known, are prolific throughout the Bible. A type is a shadow that points to the real substance or antitype. Some of the most obvious and well known types are Enoch and Elijah, who were a type of those who will be translated when Jesus returns, Moses—a type of those who will be resurrected, Noah—a type of those who will proclaim the last message before probation closes. Perhaps one of the greatest examples of a type in the Bible is the sanctuary and its services. Its object was to point God’s people forward to the great plan of salvation. Every aspect of the sanctuary tells a story of Jesus our Saviour. The apostle Paul referred to a number of types and their antitypes in his writings. In Hebrews 8:5, he used the Greek word tupos to show that the earthly sanctuary and its services were a “pattern” or “type” of the heavenly. Tupos is the word we derive our English word “type” from. In Romans 5:14, he used the same Greek word which was translated as “figure” to show that Adam was a type of Christ. On another occasion, Paul wrote of Israel’s journey through the wilderness and said it was a type. “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.”1 The word “ensamples” in this verse can also be translated as “types,” as is shown in the margin. It too is derived from the same Greek word tupos. According to Paul, the history of Israel’s wilderness wanderings are a type and serve as a lesson for those particularly who live in a time when the “ends of the world are come.” This same truth is repeated in the Spirit of Prophecy. “The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.”2 When we study types, it is important to realize that types and 1 1 Corinthians 10:11 2 Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, Book 3, p. 339 iii ✦ Preface their antitypes are not identical, they are only similar. An example of this is the lamb that was slain in the sanctuary service. The lamb pointed forward to Jesus, but the type and antitype were obviously not the same. When we study the types of Israel’s wilderness wanderings and their antitypes, we will also find that not all points are identical. However, the similarities are very striking. In fact, the messenger of the Lord wrote, “The history of ancient Israel is a striking illustration of the past experience of the Adventist body.”3 The history of Israel’s wilderness wanderings is filled with glorious highs and appalling lows. As they marched out of Egypt and crossed the Red Sea, you can just imagine the exhilarating joy and amazement they must have felt. Who could stand in their way with a God that could perform such mighty miracles? Yet there were other times in their history that leave you wondering how they could have ever done that. However hard those passages are to read, particularly as we realize they are a prophetic parallel to the Advent movement, we can be sure that there are important lessons for us to learn. Ellen White wrote, “The murmurings of ancient Israel and their rebellious discontent, as well as the mighty miracles wrought in their favor and the punishment of their idolatry and ingratitude, are recorded for our benefit. The example of ancient Israel is given as a warning to the people of God, that they may avoid unbelief and escape His wrath.”4 As we study Israel’s wilderness wanderings with their ups and downs, one thing we will learn, is that God has a last day movement that He has been leading for over one hundred and sixty-six years. That movement started out as a loosely knit group of believers, known as Adventists, but later became known as the Seventh-day Adventist church. To this Church God has entrusted a most precious message. When that message is accepted and when it has its effect on the people of God, then we, like ancient Israel, will be able to enter the heavenly Canaan. It is my deepest desire that as you read this book, you will catch a greater glimpse of Jesus and His righteousness. 3 Ellen G. White, e Great Controversy (1911), p. 457 4 Ellen G. White, Conflict and Courage, p. 8 “For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. e same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord's professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years.--Manuscript 4, 1883.” Evangelism, p. 696 Chapter 1 Chosen of God “And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.” —Exodus 2:10 he predicted time drew near for the children of Israel to be set free from their captivity. It had been prophesied that they “shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four T 5 hundred years.” Aware of this time prophecy, Satan used Pharaoh to destroy all the male children. “The king and his counselors had hoped to subdue the Israelites with hard labor, and thus decrease their numbers and crush out their independent spirit. Failing to accomplish their purpose, they proceeded to more cruel measures. Orders were issued to the women whose employment gave them opportunity for executing the command, to destroy the Hebrew male children at their birth. Satan was the mover in this matter. He knew that a deliverer was to be raised up among the Israelites; and by leading the king to destroy their children he hoped to defeat the divine purpose.”6 5 Genesis 15:13 6 Ellen G. White, Daughters of God, p. 31 Prophetic parallels - Journey to the Promised Land ✦ 3 From the very beginning of this world’s history, Satan has tried to thwart the purposes of God.
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