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The Time of the End A Prophetic study of the Millerite Movement and Daniel 11:40-45 Nothing New Under the SunSun A Trimmed and Burning Lamp, The very best Credentials we can carry is love for one another. All strife, all dissension is to cease. God will not accept the talents of the smartest, the most eloquent man if the inner lamp of the soul is not trimmed and burning. There must be consecrated heart and consecrated surrender of the soul. (Letter 119. 1899) 2 Table of Contents The Testimony of the two seeds 5 History in Transition 11 The Third Persecuting Power 18 Pioneer Experience Repeated 23 The Southern and Northern Kings 32 The Time of the End 37 The Modern Glorious Land 43 The Great Escape 48 Edom, Moab and Ammon 53 Returning from the Dead 58 Egypt the Dragon Power 62 Tidings of Trouble 67 The Latter Rain 71 None to Help 75 3 This magazine is revised version of Jeff Pip- penger’s Time of the End magazine published MISSION STATEMENT by Future for America. The ministry of Future for America is to proclaim the final warning message of Revelation 14 as identified For more information on this study or for a within the prophecies of the Bible and the Spirit of monthly newsletter you may contact the follow- Prophecy. The end-time fulfillment of Bible proph- ing brethren below who are affiliated with this ecy is no longer future—for it is taking place before work: our eyes. The historic, prophetic understanding of Seventh-day Adventism is now present truth. Future News We are the final generation. Our emphasis on the PO Box 7 prophetic word includes all the counsel of God’s Word. To know what lies ahead is useless if we do Bonnerdale, AR 71933 not possess the experience to stand during these sol- Telephone: 888-278-7744 emn times. Through obedience to God’s law, and Circulation Manager—Kathryn Pippenger faith in the promises of God’s Word, we are to re- [email protected] ceive that experience. 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[email protected] Future News—Canada Phyllis Vallieres RR 3, 2552 Cooper Road Madoc, Ontario, K0K 2K0, Canada Telephone: 613-473-5332 FAX 613-473-5630 www.Future-News.Org [email protected] Future is Now—Germany & Portugal Marco Barrios & Wolfgang Blaesing Brahmsweg 15 D 20144 Hamburg, Germany Telephone Germany: 49-40-226-905-90 Telephone Portugal: 351-236-551166 [email protected] url: www.future-is-now.net www.AdventTimes.Com 4 TheThe TestimonyTestimony ofof thethe TwoTwo SeedsSeeds “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, kindred and tongue, and people saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come…” Revelation 14:6-7 receive him; the other portion would take sides with Satan, and would op- pose Christ and his followers. The Prince of Peace, he was yet the cause of division. He who came to pro- claim glad tidings and to create hope and joy in the hearts of the children of men, opened a controversy that burns deep and arouses intense pas- sion in the human heart. And he warns his followers, "In the world ye shall have tribulation." "They shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the syna- gogues, and into prisons, being The message proclaimed by the an- two classes: brought before kings and rulers for gel flying in the midst of heaven is my name's sake. Ye shall be be- the message of the everlasting gos- “In the issue of the contest, all trayed both by parents, and brethren, pel. It is the same gospel that was Christendom will be divided into and kinsfolks, and friends; and some declared in Eden when God said to two great classes,--those who keep of you shall they cause to be put to the serpent “And I will put enmity the commandments of God and the death." John 16:33; Luke 21:12, 16. between thee and the woman and faith of Jesus, and those who wor- between thy seed and her seed; it ship the beast and his image and A Special Truth shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt receive his mark.” {Great Contro- bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15. It is versy 1888. 450.1} It takes a special truth for each gen- this gospel that has kept the world eration which calls for self sacrifice divided into two classes throughout Undeniably it is the Word of God and has battles to fight that distin- the whole of earth’s history, the seed that causes the separation. The pu- guishes the true believers from the of the serpent and the seed of the rity and holiness of Christ, the spot- false. It is this special truth that sepa- woman. The first two representa- less righteousness of Him who did rates the two classes into the seed of tives are found in the first two chil- no sin, was a perpetual reproach the serpent and the seed of the dren born into the world; Cain and upon all sin in a world of sensuality woman. The special truth for Christ Abel. Cain thought himself right- and sin. But this enmity referred to day came from a portion of the book eous and felt no need for the saviour in the prophecy in Eden was not to of Daniel which was the seventy but Abel came with the blood that be confined merely to Satan and the week prophecy found in Daniel 9.24- pointed to the Lamb of God. He Prince of life. It was to be univer- 27. If the Jews had understood this came as a sinner, confessing himself sal. Christ declares “As they perse- prophecy in its complete form, they lost; his only hope was the unmer- cuted me so they will persecute would have understood that Christ ited love of God. It is this testimony you.” In the closing scenes of His was the messiah who was to make an of the two seeds that has been car- ministry on earth He claims “think end of sins, bring in everlasting ried down throughout the ages. not that I am come to send peace on righteousness, seal up the vision and Christ illustrates this theme through earth: I came not to send peace but prophecy, and to anoint the Most many of His parables spoken; the a sword” By these words he did not Holy. But they rejected Him and Publican and the Pharisee, the two mean that his coming was to pro- were left in the outer court to con- sons, Lazarus and the rich man, the duce discord and contention among tinue with their useless sacrifices wise and the foolish virgins, the his followers. He desired to show whilst Christ’s ministry had now sheep and the goat, the wheat and the effect that his teaching would moved to the Holy Place. It was the the tares and so at the time of the have on different minds. One por- same scenario for those who lived in end will the world be divided into tion of the human family would the time period of the great disap- 5 pointment in 1844. If they also had understood the 2300 Daniel 11 up to the first phase of Daniel 11:40. The day prophecy located in Daniel 8:14, this was the remaining six verses were left unsolved until our time ‘marah’ (little view) that Daniel didn't understand but and it’s now our generation that has the responsibility was further explained in Daniel 9:24-27, [The Seventy of recognising the fulfilment of these verses in order to week prophecy being ‘cut of’ from the 2300 days] they prepare us for the Lord’s final coming. It is these last would have understood that Christ was moving to the six verses that will cause the separation of the two Most Holy apartment to begin the work of judgement but classes in Adventism. Daniel 11:40-45 is greatly many rejected theses messages and once again crucified enlarged upon in Revelation, chapters 13-18 and we Christ in the form of His Word. Ellen White writes: will endeavour to show that these last 6 verses contain a sequence of events leading down to the close of hu- All heaven watched with the deepest interest the recep- man probation. It is these verses that are designed by tion of the first angel's message. But many who professed God to be a catalyst to bring the final promised revival to love Jesus, and who shed tears as they read the story for God’s people.