Unseal i ng t he Seven Thunders

Rest orat ion of t he Covenant

pr ol ogue

There is a revival going on around t he world. A revival
wit h all t he appearance of "primit ive godliness." Not t he
kind you see on t elevision, see or hear about in t he news;
at least not yet . This is a quiet revival as f ar as t he world
in general is concerned.

But among believers and f ollowers of I AUA ( God) and
I AUshua ( Jesus) , it is as a "wildf ire in the st ubble." I t's
part icipant s are t hose t hat desire t o "f ollow t he Lamb
whithersoever He goet h." Could t his be Earth's last
revival? I t ' s at least t he beginning of t he final call t o
repent ance.

The revival is a call t o ret urn t o t he ol d pat hs given in script ure, and t o be a r epai r er of
t he br each. Thus sait h t he LORD, St and ye in t he ways, and see, and ask f or t he ol d pat hs,
where is t he good way, and walk t herein, and ye shall find rest f or your souls. But t hey said,
We will not walk t herein. Jer. 6: 16. And t hey t hat shall be of t hee shall build t he old wast e
places: t hou shalt raise up t he f oundations of many generations; and t hou shalt be called, The
repai r er of t he br each, The rest or er of pat hs t o dwel l i n. I sa 58: 12

I t is at f irst a call t o repent ance, in preparat ion f or t he f inal j udgment of mankind on eart h. This
revival has spread around t he world t he last f ew years, wit h a t remendous surge beginning
around 2008 or 2009, evidenced by t he f lourishing of inf ormat ion, and discussion groups and
f orums available on t he int ernet . The t hing t hat is most remarkable is t hat t he int ernet is t he
primary vehicle f or t he flow of inf ormat ion and exchange of ideas among t hose seeking t he f ull
t rut h; t he t rut h about I AUA, t he Creat or and His word. I t is t he resurgence of t he heart of t he
Three Angels Message of Revelat ion 14, and t he beginning work of t he Fourt h Angel of
Revelation. I t is t he t ime of I AUA's f inal j udgment on the earth.

Rev 14: 6-10 And I saw anot her angel fly in t he midst of heaven, having t he everlasting
gospel to preach unt o t hem t hat dwell on t he eart h, and t o every nat ion, and kindred,
and t ongue, and people, Rev 14: 7 Saying wit h a loud voice, Fear God, and gi ve gl ory
t o hi m; f or t he hour of his j udgment is come: and worshi p hi m t hat made
heaven, and ear t h, and t he sea, and t he f ount ai ns of wat er s. And t here followed
anot her angel, saying, Babyl on i s f al l en, i s f al len, t hat great cit y, because she made
all nations drink of t he wine of t he wrat h of her fornicat ion. Rev 14: 9 And t he t hird angel
followed t hem, saying wit h a loud voice, I f any man worshi p t he beast and hi s
i mage, and recei ve hi s mark i n hi s forehead, or i n hi s hand, t he same shal l
dri nk of t he wi ne of t he wrat h of God, which is poured out wit hout mixt ure int o t he
cup of his indignat ion; and he shall be t orment ed wit h fire and brimst one in t he presence
of t he holy angels, and in t he presence of t he Lamb:
Before the final visitation
of God's judgments upon
the earth, there will be,
among the people of the
Lord, such a revival of
primitive godliness as has
not been witnessed since
apostolic times. GC 464
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I saw angels hurrying t o and fro in heaven, descending t o t he eart h, and again ascending
t o heaven, preparing for t he fulfillment of some import ant event . Then I saw anot her
mi ght y angel commissi oned t o descend t o t he ear t h, t o uni t e his voi ce wi t h
t he t hi rd angel , and gi ve power and f orce t o hi s message. Great power and glory
were impart ed t o t he angel, and as he descended, t he eart h was light ened wit h his glory.
The light which at t ended t his angel penet rat ed everywhere, as he cried mightily, wit h a
st rong voice, "Babylon t he great is fallen, is fallen, and is become t he habit at ion of devils,
and t he hold of every foul spirit , and a cage of every unclean and hat eful bird." The
message of t he f al l of Babyl on, as gi ven by t he second angel , i s repeat ed, wi t h
t he addi t i onal ment i on of t he cor rupt i ons whi ch have been ent eri ng t he
chur ches si nce 1844. The work of t hi s angel comes i n at t he r i ght t i me t o j oi n
i n t he l ast great work of t he t hi rd angel ' s message as i t swel l s t o a l oud cry.
And t he people of God are t hus prepared t o st and in t he hour of t empt at ion, which t hey
are soon to meet . I saw a great light rest ing upon t hem, and t hey unit ed t o fearlessly
proclaim t he t hird angel' s message. { EW 277.1

The world wide web has provided ways f or st udent s of script ure, and f ollowers of t he Lamb, t o
connect wit h each ot her, eit her by email, websit es, f orums, discussion groups, et c.
Communicat ion t echnology is responsible f or t he increase of knowledge and men running "t o
and f ro." I t is, wit hout reservat ion, a sign of t he t ime of t he end.

But thou, O Dani el, shut up the words, and seal the
book, e v e n to the ti me of the end: many shall run to and
fro, and knowledge shall be i ncreased. Dan 12:4

Daniel was t old t o shut up t he words and seal his book unt il t he t ime of t he end, which began
in 1798. I n t he early 1840's, Daniels words began t o come t o light and t he Millerit es began a
"process of discovery." One of t he most import ant discoveries t he Millerit es made was t he
sacred calendar of script ure, from which t hey were able t o det ermine t he Day of At onement in
1844, t hat of t he 10t h day of t he 7t h biblical month of script ure, which in t hat year, f ell on
October 22nd. Due to the interwoven mechanics of t he sun and t he moon, this calendar of
script ure is commonly ref erred t o as a "lunisolar" calendar.

Wit hout f irst discovering t his calendar, the Sanctuary doct rine, one of t he fundament al pillars of
t he Sevent h Day Advent ist church may not have been revealed. Essent ially t he script ural
calendar and t he sanct uary or t abernacle are t he keys t hat unlock I AUAs ent ire plan of
salvation, including all of his laws essent ial to the well being of mankind. Yes, it 's about t he Ten
Commandment s, but it 's about so much more. And we've been kept in the dark; unt il recently.

During t hat period of t ime, around 1844, t here was much t o be revealed. John t he Revelat or
was given a vision, during which "seven t hunders" ut t ered something. But John was t old by a
voice f rom heaven, t o shut up what t he seven t hunders said and not even t o writ e it down.
While t he words of Daniel were being revealed, t he words of t he seven t hunders were being
sealed. But why? The purpose of t his paper is t o explore t he meaning of t he seven t hunders,
and of f er a plausible explanat ion of what it means for us t oday.




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I nt r oduct i on

For over 165 years, t he ut t erances of t he Seven Thunders of Revelat ion 10 have been sealed.
We would expect t o have revealed t o us, bef ore t he end of t ime, what t he messages of t he
Seven Thunders are. The question remains, what were the messages of the Seven Thunders
t hat John was t old not t o writ e. What do t hey mean f or us, living down at t he end of t ime. This
paper will explore a very likely answer t o t he mystery of t he Seven Thunders.

While John t he Revelat or was exiled on t he I sle of Pat mos in t he lat e 1st cent ury CE, he wrot e
t he book of Revelation, under divine guidance and inspiration. He was t aken in vision more than
once t o t he t hrone room in Heaven, and he was also given visions of f ut ure event s t hat would
occur, down near t he end of t ime in Eart h's hist ory. I t is one of t hese f ut ure visions t hat we
want t o examine here. (See all of Revelat ion 10 and 11 f or complet e t ext and cont ext )

Rev 10: 3 And cried wit h a loud voice, as when a lion roaret h: and when he had cried,
seven t hunders ut t er ed t hei r voi ces.

Rev 10: 4 And when t he seven t hunders had ut t ered t heir voices, I was about t o writ e:
and I heard a voice from heaven saying unt o me, Seal up t hose t hi ngs whi ch t he
seven t hunders ut t er ed, and wr i t e t hem not .

Rev 10: 7 But i n t he days of t he voi ce of t he sevent h angel , when he shal l begi n
t o sound, t he myst ery of God shoul d be f i nished, as he hat h declared t o his
servant s t he prophets.

The might y angel who inst ruct ed John was no less a personage t han Jesus Christ .
Set t ing His right foot on t he sea, and His left upon t he dry land, shows t he part which He
is act ing in t he closing scenes of t he great cont roversy wit h Sat an. This position denot es
His supreme power and aut horit y over t he whole eart h. Manuscript Releases pg.99 par.2

Rev 11: 19 And t he t empl e of God was opened i n heaven, and t her e was seen i n
hi s t empl e t he ark of hi s t est ament : and t here were l i ght nings, and voices, and
t hunder i ngs, and an eart hquake, and great hail.

"As t he t emple of God was opened unt o His people, t he l i ght of t he l aw of God, which
was in t he ark, shone fort h. Those who received t his light are brought t o view in t he
proclamat ion of t he t hird angel's message." (4BC 1152) "Therefore t he announcement
t hat t he t emple of God was opened in heaven and t he ark of His t est ament was seen
poi nt s t o t he openi ng of t he most Hol y Pl ace of t he heavenl y sanct uar y in
1844 as Christ ent ered t here t o perform t he closing work of t he at onement . Those who
by fait h followed t heir great High Priest as He ent ered upon His minist ry in t he Most Holy
behel d t he ark of Hi s t est ament . (GC 433-434)

There have been mult iple st udies over t he years, at t empt ing t o ravel t he many charact erist ics
and meanings of t hese verses. I n t his discussion, we only want t o deal with what the thunders
are, t he sealing up of t he seven t hunders, and t heir unsealing in t he end of t ime j ust prior t o
and during t he t ribulation.





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Some not es about t he name of God

Before we begin t he j ourney of unsealing t he seven t hunders, let s examine t he name of God
f or a moment , f or explanat ion of why you will see it dif f erent ly in t his paper, except f or quot ed
ref erences. I t is t o honor His NAME as t he reason for t his explanat ion.

God does have a name, and He want s us t o know it and use it . His proper name has been
removed f rom nearly all of script ure t oday, and is supplant ed wit h words like God, Elohim, Lord,
et c.
The f ollowing t ext is excerpt ed f rom a book by Richard Ruhling, t it led The Earthquake and the 7
Seals. I am indebt ed t o Richard f or t hese insight s.
Proverbs 30: 4 asks, What is His name? These words reflect our need t o know. Josephus, a
Jewish hist orian at t he t ime of Jerusalems destruct ion, gives us a maj or clue. He describes the
high priest s golden crown, in which was engraven t he sacred name [ of God] ...I t consists of
four vowels Wars of t he Jews, Book 5, Chapt er 5, Sect ion 7.
Some modern aut horit ies agree. The let t ers of t he Name of God in Hebrew are yod, hay, vav,
and hay. They are f requent ly mispronounced Yahveh ...[ but ] t hey are all vowels. Rabbi
Lawrence Kushner, The Book of Words, Jewish Light s Publ, p. 27.
Some say t hose let t ers are consonant s, but a renowned Hebrew t ext book says, Long bef ore
t he introduction of vowel-signs, it was f elt that t he main vowel-sounds should be indicat ed in
writ ing, and so t he t hree let t ers, yot he, hay, waw, were used t o represent long vowels A
Pract ical Grammar f or Classical Hebrew, Weingreen, Oxford Universit y Press, 1959, p. 7-8.
Gods name is spelled yod, hay, waw [ vav] , hay.
The above t hree sources all support Gods name as f our vowels. His name is said t o be glorious.
Psalm 96: 8 How?
One reason is because of t he meaning of t he Hebrew let t ersyod, hay and vav t hat compose it .
1. The yod is t he f irst let t er of Gods name. I t is t he smallest Hebrew let t er and it looks like an
apost rophe. As a vowel it has t he sound of i in Gloria and it means hand as in giving,
receiving or ownership.
2. The second let t er of Gods name is t he hay which sounds like ah and it represent s light or
rain.
3. The t hird let t er is t he vav and as a vowel sounds like oo in t oot h. I t looks like a concret e nail
and has the meaning of nail or hook.
The meanings of the lett ers suggest t hey are the initials of the Fat her (Genesis 22: 8) , Holy
Spirit ( Genesis 1: 2) , and t he Son Psalm 2: 12; I saiah 53: 4-7. Gods name is glorious for its
meaning depict ing t he role of Fat her wit h an outst ret ched hand, t he Holy Spirit as light t o guide
us and t he Son nailed f or us on t he cross.
The best of Hebrew t ranslit erat es Josephus st at ement of Gods name ( f our vowels ) as I AUA.
I has the int ernat ional I sound as in Gloria. [ Phonet ically I AUA is ee- ah- oo -ah.] This
may be one reason the Jews prof aned it --to avoid t he heathen mocking it or laughing at t hem
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because it is so different . But you wouldnt want God t o have a name like Tom, Dick or Harry;
His name must be dif f erent . The reason you might see it writ t en as YHWH, or YAHWEH, is
because phonet ically, t hey sound very much t he same.
Consonant s [ like b, d, k, or m] are made by obst ruct ion of air flow. Gods name has no
obst ruct ion like our names or charact ers have. His name and His charact er are all flow and
melody. And t he vowel t ones are pure [ not dipht hongs like ah-ee = I . This reminds us of His
apocalypt ic promise t hen will I t urn t he people t o a pure language [ margin says lip] t hat t hey
may all call upon t he name of I AUA. Zephaniah 3: 9.
The f irst t wo let t ers (I A= ee-ah) were part of many Hebrew namest he prophet s oft en came in
Gods name like JeremI A or ZecharI A, and we should pronounce t he i like ee as t hey do in
most count ries. Elij ah was pronounced el-ee-ah, because t here is no J in Hebrew. So Elia
means El [ short f orm of Elohim, meaning God] is I A. Women named Maria or Gloria have t he
short poet ic f orm of Gods name ( I A) as part of t heir name. Count ries like SyrI A or SamarI A also
have Gods name as part of t heirs.
HalleluI A is an int ernat ional word meaning Praise I A in most languages. You can read t his
short f orm of Gods name in Psalm 68: 4, except t ranslat ors supplant ed t he Hebrew yod wit h J
making it Jah, where it should be I A [ ee-ah] .
Bef ore t he second coming, Elias t ruly shall first come, and rest ore all t hings. Mat t hew 17: 11.
Since Gods name means salvation, it st ands t o reason t hat His name will also be rest ored t o its
right ful place in t he end t ime. I t is our privilege t o share in t his work of Elij ah.

Gods name is a subj ect all unt o itself , but having given some basic explanation, we will leave it
at t hat f or now. I n t his discourse, your will find t he proper names of God as I AUA, and Jesus as
I AUshua.

Rest or at i on of t he Covenant
Preparing for t he Bridegroom

What I AUA did on Mt Sinai was present a covenant , in which he asked t he I sraelit es
3 t imes if t hey would accept it . "All t hat t he Lord has said, we will do." But t his is
about more t han doing. This is about accept ing t he t erms of t he "ket ubah," or
" marr iage cont ract . " Will t he br ide agr ee t o accept t he t er ms pr esent ed by t he
br idegroom. I AUA, as t he fat her , is t he go- bet ween, bet ween t he br ide, and His son
I AUshua. I t is, in a sense, I AUshua asking us t o marry Him.

I n Bible t imes, a young man looking t o be married would give t he young lady t hat
he hoped t o be his br ide a Ket ubah, which was a very beaut iful covenant cont r act
for mar r iage. I t was wr it t en wit h gr eat car e and for et hought and given t o her at a
special dinner planned by her family. Writ t en on t his Ket ubah Covenant was t his
young mans heart s desire; of how he loves and adores t he young woman he hoped
would be His bride; of his promises t o her of all t hat he would be and how he would
pr ot ect and provide for her ; as well as his likes and dislikes, his favor it e foods, his
highest ideals, his st andar d of living, how he want ed his household r un and his
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childr en r aised. This covenant was basically, The Bluepr int for t he Br ide. From
Bluepr int f or t he Bride of Chr ist , Pam Bent on.

The biblical wedding ser vice t hat God gave marr iage consist ed of t hr ee st ages. The
fir st st age is bet r ot hal. You ent er t his fir st st age of mar r iage as soon as a bet r ot hal
cont r act is made bet ween t he t wo part ies. During bet rot hal, you are legally
marr ied, but do not physically dwell wit h your mat e. The word for bet r ot hal in
Hebr ew, ' er usin' , comes fr om t he Hebr ew ver b ' aras' . Ar as is r elat ed t o t he Hebr ew
word ' asar' , which means "t o bind". By t his, we can see t hat bet rot hal is legally
binding.

Bet r ot hal is also ment ioned in Exodus 21: 8 and Deut eronomy 20: 7 and 22: 23,24.
The t hr ee phases t o a Hebr ew mar r iage: t he bet r ot hal, t he wedding and t he
celebr at ion ar e r ealized in t he r elat ionship bet ween t he childr en of I sr ael and
I AUshua. This t r ut h ser ves as a perpet ual illust r at ion of how t he br ide ( I sr ael) is
chosen by her Br idegr oom ( I AUshua) , is set - apar t for Him ( in her depar t ur e fr om
Egypt / t he wor ld syst em) , and is led t o her bet r ot hal by t he Holy Spir it / Ruach
HaKodesh. I n pr epar at ion, she r emoves any soiled gar ment s ( sinful nat ur e) , bat hes
herself, t hen dresses in pur e spot less robes ( r ight eousness) , and comes under t he
chuppah in agreement t o t he marriage covenant wit h her Bridegroom. There she
says, I will obey ( Exodus 19: 5- 6; 20: 1- 17) . I n Ex 19: 10- 11, t he br ide is t o make
herself ready. "And t he LORD said unt o Moses, Go unt o t he people, and sanct ify
t hem t o day and t o mor r ow, and let t hem wash t heir clot hes, And be r eady against
t he t hird day: for t he t hird day t he LORD will come down in t he sight of all t he
people upon mount Sinai."

I n Exodus 19, when God, by t he leading of Moses, brought t he childr en of I sr ael t o
Mount Sinai, He was making a bet rot hal cont r act wit h I srael. The wr it t en bet rot hal
cont r act repr esent s "The book of t he covenant " ( marr iage is a covenant ) t hat Moses
wr ot e prior t o t he revelat ion at Mount Sinai ( Exodus 24: 4,7) . The Book of t he
Covenant spelled out mut ual obligat ions of God and I srael j ust as t he bet rot hal
cont r act spelled out t he obligat ions bet ween husband and wife. So, God made a
marr iage cont ract wit h I sr ael in Exodus 19: 3- 7.

I n Exodus 19: 8, I sr ael accept s God' s mar r iage pr oposal. I sr ael answer ed " All t hat
t he Lor d hat h spoken we will do."

Moses wrot e out t he marr iage covenant ( Exodus 19- 24) . I t was t his t est imony
given t o him by I AUA t hat showed t he br ide how t o live out her lif e wit h her
Br idegroom. Moses gave t his wr it t en copy, called a ket ubah in Hebr ew, t o t he br ide
for her t o keep as a remembrance of t heir vows. This copy of t he vows, t he
ket ubah, can also be ident ified as t he Tor ah, t he five books of Moses, or , in a fuller
sense, t he whole Word of God.

At t he end of t he discussion of t he bet rot hal on Mt Sinai, t he agreement is set in
st one. And here begins t he t ragedy of broken covenant s. All I AUshua want s is a
br ide, t hat will willingly be in r elat ionship wit h Him and Him only. May we all come
t o a fullness of underst anding of t he covenant , as we must complet ely under st and
t he covenant , befor e we can ent er int o it .
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Now, let s see how t he covenant is relat ed t o t he seven t hunders.

When wer e t he seven t hunder s hear d by John?

John's vision t akes him down t hrough t he mainst ream of time to the 19th cent ury, over 1700
years int o t he f ut ure from his day. According t o Sevent h Day Advent ist hist ory, t he seven
t hunders began t o ut t er t heir voices on or about Oct ober 22 1844. I t was during t he Advent
movement of 1844 the Sanctuary doct rine was revealed, which became one of the most
import ant f oundat ional pillars of t he SDA church. This is point ed out in Revelation 11: 19, and is
t he key t o I AUA 's ent ire divine plan as revealed t o us in His script ures. I n 1844, I AUA began
t he process of revealing all of His plan to modern I srael. Unf ort unat ely, it appears t he process
was never complet ely f ulfilled, as we are st ill here, and Jesus ( I AUshua) has not ret urned.

I t was around t his t ime in 1844 t hat t he seven t hunders began t o ut t er t heir voices. John was
apparent ly going t o writ e what t he seven t hunders said, when he was t old, by a voice f rom
heaven, t o seal up and not writ e what t he seven t hunders ut t ered. Why? As we will see in t his
discussion, all of I AUA 's plan had not been complet ely revealed yet , f or t he end days. I n 1844,
t he 7t h day Sabbat h had not yet been reveal ed, and it is part of I AUA 's divine plan
forever. Considering t hat t he 7t h Day Sabbat h had not yet been revealed, what else might we
look for t hat had not yet been revealed?

Ellen Whit e provides some insight int o these events:

Aft er t hese seven t hunders ut t ered t heir voices, t he inj unct ion came t o John as t o Daniel
in regard t o t he lit t le book: Seal up t hose t hings which t he seven t hunders ut t ered.
These r el at e t o* f ut ure event s whi ch wi l l be di scl osed i n t hei r order. 7 SDABC
pg.971 par. 4: (* Not e: relat e to; NOT, are fut ure event s.)

The special light given t o John which was expressed in t he seven t hunders was a
del i neat i on of event s whi ch woul d t r anspi r e under t he f i r st and second angels
messages. I t was not best for t he people t o know t hese t hings, for t heir fait h must
necessarily be t est ed. I n t he order of God most wonderful and advanced t rut hs would be
proclaimed. The fi rst and second angel s messages were t o be proclaimed, but no
f urt her l i ght was t o be reveal ed bef ore t hese messages had done t hei r speci f i c
work. This is represent ed by t he angel st anding wit h one foot on t he sea, proclaiming
wit h a most solemn oat h t hat t ime should be no longer. 7 SDABC pg.971 par. 6.

Summarizing what Ellen Whit e wrote, we are t old t hat t he seven t hunders rel at ed t o f ut ure
event s ( f ut ure f rom 1844-writ t en in 1890) , t hat t hey are a del i neat i on of event s whi ch
woul d t r anspi r e under t he 1st and 2nd Angel s messages, and t hat no f urt her light
regarding t he seven t hunders was t o be revealed at t hat t ime ( 1844) . We are lef t wit h t he
assumpt ion t hat t he messages of t he Seven Thunders would be revealed somet ime in t he
f ut ure. St rangely, it appears t hat Ellen Whit e didn't have anyt hing to say about t he 7 Thunders
during t he great crisis of t he 1888 period.



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Defi ni t i ons of Thunder (Hebrew/Gr eek) i n Scr i pt ur e

St r ongs Concordance

H6963
7Ij 7j
ql ql
kole, kole
From an unused root meaning t o cal l al oud; a voi ce or sound: - + aloud, bleat ing,
crackling, cry ( + out ) , f ame, light ness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, [ pro-] claim, proclamat ion,
+ sing, sound, + spark, t hunder ( -ing) , voi ce, + yel l .

G1027
pov:n
bront
bron-tay'
Akin t o psu brem ( t o r oar ) ; t hunder: - t hunder (-ing).

Compl et e Wor d St udy

H6963

7Ij
ql: A masculine noun meaning a voi ce, a sound, a noise, a cry. This is an all-encompassing
word t hat is used of any kind of sound. I t descr i bes God' s voi ce i n t he Gar den
of Eden ( Gen_3:8, Gen_3:10) ; human voices, speech ( Gen_27: 22; Jos_6: 10; 2Ki_7: 10);
singing (Exo_32: 18); laught er (Jer_30: 19); horses hoof s ( Jer_47: 3) ; animal sounds
(1Sa_15: 14; Jer_8: 16) . I t is used of noises and sounds from inanimate obj ects: musical
inst rument s, e.g., a shophar ( Exo_19: 16; Exo_20: 18) ; a clap of t hunder ( I sa_30: 30; Amo_1: 2);
feet marching (1Ki_14: 6); chariot s ( Nah_3: 2), et c. I t ref ers t o t he cont ent of
speech, what i s act ual l y conveyed (Gen_3: 17; Exo_3: 18) ; also t he cont ent s of a
writ t en message (2Ki_10: 6) . I n a special use, it ref ers t o t he sound meaning of a divine sign
(Exo_4: 8). The speech and ut t erances of t he Lord as ql are f ound
of t en ( Gen_22:18; Gen_26:5; Exo_5: 2; Zec_6:15) . The phr ase ql l
means a l oud ( great ) voi ce ( Gen_39: 14) . The idiom t o lift up one's voice means t o
cry out , t o plead (Gen_21: 16) ; t o raise up one's voice means t o prepare t o cry out
(Gen_39: 15). The phrase ql qre means a voice calls ( I sa_40: 3, I sa_40: 6). I t may bear t he
meaning of news, a report, hearsay (Gen_45: 16) . The word is used as a personificat ion of a
person's blood crying out ( Gen_4: 10).



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pov:n
bront ; gen. bront s, f em. noun. Thunder (Mar_3: 17, "sons of t hunder"); see boanergs
(G993) , which means sons of t hunder, a surname applied by t he Lord to James and John
because of their lively, impetuous spirit s ( Joh_12: 29; Rev_4: 5; Rev_6: 1; Rev_8: 5; Rev_10: 3-4;
Rev_11: 19; Rev_14: 2; Rev_16: 18; Rev_19: 6; Sept .: Job_26: 14; Psa_77: 18).


Thunder

Sent as a pl ague:
Upon t he Egypt ians Exo_9: 23-34

At Si nai (As a covenant , or decree)
Exo_19: 16; Psa_77: 18; Heb_12: 18-19
Duri ng Bat t l e
Upon t he Philistines, in bat t le wit h t he
children of I srael 1Sa_7: 10
A t oken of di vi ne anger
1Sa_12: 17-18

Sent as a decree or j udgment
I sa_29: 6

A mani fest at i on of di vine power
Job_26: 14; Psa_77: 18
Seven Thunder s: P o i n t s t o C o n s i d er

The Revelat ion of t he Thunder Voices must compare wit h script ures.
These Thunders are t o be revealed in t he Last Days, when t hey are needed, j ust before t he
coming of t he Lord.
These Thunder Voices will be made known t o the True Church.
The devil cannot cat ch t his Revelat ion and he want s t o keep us from it .
The Seven Thunder Voices hold a key t hat will unlock somet hing.
The Revelat ion of t hese Seven Thunder Voices will give us Fait h and Grace.
The Seven Thunders were sealed on t he backside of t he book.
The Revelat ion of t he Seven Thunders hold t he Myst ery of t he coming of t he Lord.
The Revelat ion of t he Seven Thunder Voices is held by t he Seven Angels.
The Seven Thunder Voices are connect ed yet somehow diff erent f rom t he Seven Seals.
The Revelat ion of t hese Seven Thunder Voices will wake up t he bride.
The Revelat ion of t he Seven Thunder Voices will bring t he f ull manif est at ion of t he spoken
word.
The Seven Thunders were spelling out something.
These Divine Myst ery Trut hs will t urn t he Heart s of t he Children t o t he Fat hers.

From t he f ollowing websit e: ht t p: / / www.revival.org/ seven_t hunders.j sp

NOTE: This websit e is affiliat ed wit h William Branham. This person appears t o be cont roversial regarding
t heir beliefs and present at ions, alt hough I believe deceased now. I am only using what I consider
informat ion of value t o the discussion.
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Thunder as t he Voi ce of I AUA
When do we hear it , and what does it mean?

We f ind many examples in script ure and relat ed comment aries, indicat ing t hat t hunder i s
heard as t he voi ce of I AUA. Thunders in script ure represent at least t hree primary t hemes;

decree or covenant
mercy
j udgment .

Let ' s t ake a closer look and see when t hunders appear in t he script ures, and what t hey
represent .

Thunder i n t he Gar den of Eden: ( broken covenant ; j udgment , mercy)

The first t ime we encount er t hunder as t he voi ce of I AUA in script ure is in t he Garden of
Eden. Alt hough t he word "voice" is used, it is t he same Hebrew word f or "t hunder."

Gen 3: 7-10 And the eyes of them both were opened, and t hey knew t hat t hey w e r e
naked; and they sewed f i g l eaves t oget her , and made t hemsel ves apr ons. And
t hey heard t he voi ce [ t hunder] of t he LORD God walking in t he garden in t he cool of
t he day: and Adam and his wife hid t hemselves from t he presence of t he LORD God
amongst t he t rees of t he garden. And t he LORD God called unt o Adam, and said unt o
him, Where art t hou? And he said, I heard t hy voi ce [ t hunder] in t he garden, and I
was af rai d, because I was naked; and I hi d mysel f .

Here we see and hear I AUA's voice as t hunder, as His covenant is broken. We might assume
t hat since t he covenant / law had been broken at t his point , t hat t his t ime I AUA's voice is heard,
it is about j udgment . But it may f irst be about mercy. Not ice t hat Adam and Eve clot hed
t hemselves with vegetation, but I AUA clothed t hem with skins. Here begins I AUA's plan of
redempt ion for man, in t he f irst example resembling sacrifice.

Not ice t he correlat ion of Adam and Eve in Genesis, in t he Garden when t hey were naked and
ashamed, and I AUA clot hed t hem wit h skins, compared t o t he Book of Revelat ion, where I AUA
wants t o clothe us inst ead with His righteousness,

Rev 3: 17-18 Because t hou sayest , I am rich, and increased wit h goods, and have need of
not hing; and knowest not t hat t hou art wret ched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked: I counsel t hee t o buy of me gold t ried in t he fire, t hat t hou mayest be rich;
and whi t e r ai ment , t hat t hou mayest be cl ot hed, and t hat t he shame of t hy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint t hine eyes with eyesalve, t hat t hou mayest see.

Rev 16: 15 Behold, I come as a t hief. Blessed is he t hat wat chet h, and keepet h his
garment s, l est he wal k naked, and t hey see hi s shame.



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Thunder s i n t he Pl agues of Egypt : (Judgment )

Thunders make t heir next appearance in script ure, j ust bef ore t he Exodus of t he I sraelit es f rom
400+ years of slavery in Egypt . I AUA sent t he plagues on t he Egypt ians as a f orm of j udgment
because of t heir enslavement of t he I sraelit es, t o convince Pharoah t o let t he people go; t o
release t hem from slavery.

Exo 9: 23 And Moses st ret ched fort h his rod t oward heaven: and t he LORD sent
t hunder and hail, and t he fire ran along upon t he ground; and t he LORD rained hail
upon t he land of Egypt .

Exo 9: 2) I nt reat t he LORD (for it is enough) t hat t here be no more might y t hunderings
and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall st ay no longer.

Exo 9: 2) And Moses said unt o him, As soon as I am gone out of t he cit y, I will spread
abroad my hands unt o t he LORD; and t he t hunder shall cease, neit her shall t here be
any more hail; t hat t hou mayest know how t hat t he eart h is t he LORD'S.

Exo 9: 33 And Moses went out of t he cit y from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands
unt o t he LORD: and t he t hunders and hail ceased, and t he rain was not poured upon
t he eart h.

Exo 9: 3) And when Pharaoh saw t hat t he rain and t he hail and t he t hunders were
ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart , he and his servant.

Thunder s at Mt Si nai : (Decree or Covenant ; legal dispensat ion; divine power and aut horit y)

Next , we encount er t he voice of I AUA in probably what is t he most significant display of His
voice as t hunder in all of script ure, when t he Law or Covenant is given in its ent iret y at Mt
Sinai.

Exo 19: 16 And it came t o pass on t he t hird day in t he morning, t hat t here were
t hunder s and li ght nings, and a t hick cloud upon t he mount , and t he voice of t he
t rumpet exceeding loud; so t hat all t he people t hat was in t he camp t rembled.

Exo 20: 18 And all t he people saw t he t hunderi ngs, and t he l i ght nings, and t he noise
of t he t rumpet , and t he mount ain smoking: and when the people saw it , t hey removed,
and st ood afar off.

Here, amidst t he overwhelming and awesome display of nat ure on Mt . Sinai, we hear t he voice
of I AUA as t hunder, as He offers His covenant , or decree; t he legal dispensat ion, if you will, of
t he overall law of I AUA.

El l en Whi t e Comment ar y

"The I srael of God st ood wit h t heir eyes fixed upward, l i st eni ng t o t he words as t hey
came f r om t he mout h of Jehovah, and r oll ed t hrough t he eart h li ke peals of
l oudest t hunder." Early Writ ings, p. 34.


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Gi l l Comment ar y
. . . .t here were t hunders, and l i ght ni ngs, and a t hick cloud upon t he mount ; which
were t o awaken t he at t ention of t he people t o what t hey were t o hear and receive, and
t o st rike t heir minds wit h an awe of t he divine Being; and t o add t o t he solemnit y of t he
day, and t he service of it ; and t o signify t he obscurit y and t error of t he l egal
di spensat i on, and t he wrat h and curse t hat t he t ransgressors of t he l aw might
expect , even an horrible t empest of divine vengeance, see Heb_12: 18.
Mat t hew Henr y comment ary
V. The int roduct ions t o t he service were t hunder s and l i ght ni ngs, Exo_19: 16. These
were designed t o st rike an awe upon t he people, and t o raise and engage t heir at t ent ion.
Were t hey asleep? The t hunders would awaken t hem. Were t hey looking anot her way?
The light nings would engage t hem to t urn t heir faces towards him t hat spoke t o t hem.
Thunder and light ning have nat ural causes, but t he script ure direct s us in a part icular
manner t o t ake not ice of t he power of God, and His t error in t hem. Thunder i s t he
voi ce of God, and l i ght ni ng t he f i re of God, proper t o engage t he senses of
si ght and heari ng, t hose senses by whi ch we recei ve so much of our
i nf or mat i on.

Spur geon, in one of his sermons, ref ers t o t he "t hunders of t he l aw." Here is an excerpt
f rom his sermon No 87 regarding t hunders;

There is one st riking proof I would offer t o you, t hat the t hunder i s t he voi ce of God;
and t hat is t he fact , t hat when God spake on Si nai , and gave f ort h Hi s l aw, His
voice is t hen described, if not in t he first passage, yet in t he reference t o it , as being
great t hunder s. "There were t hunders and light nings, exceedingly loud and long." God
spoke t hen, and He spoke so t erribly in t hunder, t hat the people request ed t hat t hey
might hear t hat voice no more. And I must refer you to one passage in t he New
Test ament, which will bear me out t horoughly in describing t he t hunder t o be, indeed,
t he voice of God; and t hat is in t he 11t h chapt er of t he Gospel according t o St . John,
where Jesus lift ed up his voice t o heaven at t he t omb of Lazarus, and asked his Fat her t o
answer him; and t hen a voice came from heaven, and they t hat st ood by said, " t hat i t
t hunder ed; " i t was t he voi ce of God whi ch was t hen heard, and t hey ascri bed
i t t o t he t hunder. Here is a remarkable proof when God's voice has been heard on any
remarkable occasion, it has always been accompanied by t he sound of t hunder, or,
rat her, has been t he sound of t hunder it self. The Maj est ic Voice-Thunder, Spurgeon
Sermon 87

Mt Sinai is probably the most out st anding demonst ration of t hunders seen t hroughout script ure,
except possibly for t he end of eart h's hist ory, when t he Seven Thunders are f inally revealed.

At Sinai, another principle of t hunders is demonst rated; t hat of decree or covenant ; t he
gi vi ng of t he Law or Torah. Sinai represents t he giving of the whol e law of I AUA, beginning
with t he Ten Commandment s. The t ot al cont ent of t he law given at Sinai, includes all t he
st at ut es, commandments, and j udgments, as well as the Ten Commandment s. The t otal
number of laws given at Sinai, including t he Ten Commandments, totals 613. They are
comprised of t he 7t h Day Sabbat h, t he Sanct uary doct rine, laws regarding how t o live among
our f ellow human beings, the diet and healt h laws, tit he and f inance, t he sacrificial syst em,
including all sacrifices, oblations and of f erings.

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Also detailed in I AUAs divine plan, are all the set-apart or "appointed t imes," His "f east"
days, or as t he Hebrew word declares, His "moeds." This includes t he 7
t h
day Sabbat h, as
out lined t hroughout t he Book of t he Law or t he Book of Moses, given by I AUA. I t is I AUA's
compl et e law f or t he benef it of humanit y. The Book of Moses, or t he Law, i s essent i al l y
t he " how- t o" or i nst r uct i on manual f or t he Ten Commandment s, detailing how
humanit y should live t o be in harmony wit h I AUA, our f ellow human beings, and all of nat ure.

We need to consider there is more involved in t his scenario than simply the ten
commandment s. The reason to consider t his possibilit y is because this scenario relates to the
t ime of t he end, t he Three Angels Messages, and t he "r est i t ut i on ( or r est or at i on) of al l
t hi ngs."

Ellen Whit e reminds us of this f act:

"I n t he t ime of t he end, EVERY di vi ne i nst i t ut i on is to be rest ored. The breach made
in t he law at t he t ime t he Sabbat h was changed by man, is t o be repaired." PK 678

What Was Reveal ed Ami dst Thunder s At Si nai
The Offering of t he Covenant

The 10 commandment s, engraved in st one by t he f inger of I AUA, were placed in t he Ark of t he
Test ament, while all t he laws, including the 10 commandments, all given by I AUA t o Moses,
were writ t en in t he Book of t he Law and pl aced i n t he si de of t he Ark. This was so t he
people had access t o t he ent ire law as t hey were forbidden t o t ouch t he Ark of t he Test ament .

Deu 31: 24-26 And it came t o pass, when Moses had made an end of wri t i ng t he
words of t hi s l aw [ t or ah] in a book, unt il t hey were finished, That Moses
commanded t he Levit es, which bare t he ark of t he covenant of t he LORD, saying, Take
t hi s book of t he l aw, and put i t i n t he si de of t he ark of t he covenant of t he
LORD your God, t hat i t may be t here f or a wi t ness agai nst t hee.

Bef or e Mt . Si nai

Adam t aught his descendant s t he l aw of God, and it was handed down from fat her t o
son t hrough successive generat ions. But not wit hst anding t he gracious provision for man's
redempt ion, t here were few who accept ed it and rendered obedience. By t ransgression
t he world became so vile t hat it was necessary t o cleanse it by t he Flood from it s
corrupt ion. The law was preserved by Noah and his family, and Noah t aught his
descendant s t he Ten Commandment s.

As men again depart ed from God, t he Lord chose Abraham, of whom He declared,
"Abraham obeyed My voi ce, and kept My charge, My commandment s, My
st at ut es, and My l aws." Genesis 26:5. To him was given t he rit e of circumcision,
which was a sign t hat t hose who received it were devoted t o t he service of God--a
pledge t hat t hey would remain separat e from idolat ry, and would obey t he law of God.
The f ail ur e of Abr aham' s descendant s t o keep t hi s pl edge, as shown i n t hei r
di sposi t i on t o f or m al li ances wi t h t he heat hen and adopt t hei r pr act i ces, was
t he cause of t hei r soj ourn and bondage i n Egypt . But in t heir int ercourse wit h
idolat ers, and t heir forced submission t o t he Egypt ians, t he divine precept s became st ill
furt her corrupt ed wit h t he vile and cruel t eachings of heat henism. { PP 363-364}
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At Mt . Si nai

Therefore when t he Lord brought t hem fort h from Egypt , He came down upon Sinai,
enshrouded in glory and surrounded by His angels, and i n awf ul maj est y spoke Hi s
l aw i n t he hear i ng of all t he people.

He did not even t hen t rust His precept s t o t he memory of a people who were prone t o
forget His requirements, but wrot e t hem upon t ables of st one. He would remove from
I srael all possibilit y of mingling heat hen t raditions wit h His holy precept s, or of
confounding His requirement s wit h human ordinances or cust oms." { PP 363-364}

The covenant t hat God made wit h His people at Sinai is t o be our refuge and defense.
(Ex.19: 3-8 quot ed) Thi s covenant i s of j ust as much f orce t oday as i t was when
t he Lord made i t wi t h anci ent I srael . SDABC 7A 35

Not j ust t he Ten Commandment s

"But He did not st op wit h giving t hem t he precept s of t he Decalogue. The people had
shown t hemselves so easily led ast ray t hat He would leave no door of t empt at ion
unguarded. Moses was commanded t o writ e, as God should bid him, j udgment s and
l aws gi vi ng mi nut e i nst ruct i on as t o what was r equi red. These direct ions relat ing
t o t he dut y of t he people to God, t o one anot her, and to t he st ranger were only t he
pri nci pl es of t he Ten Commandment s ampl i f i ed and gi ven i n a speci f i c manner,
t hat none need er r. They were desi gned t o guar d t he sacr edness of t he t en
precept s engraved on t he t abl es of st one." { PP 364.1}

Moab: Bor der s of t he Pr omi sed Land
Renewing t he Covenant aft er 40 years in t he Wilderness

Af t er 40 years of wandering in t he wilderness, because of disobedience, idolat ry, rebellion, and
out right sin, t he I sraelit es were camped on t he plains of Moab, on t he east side of t he Jordan
River, j ust across t he river from t he promised land of Canaan. I t was f rom t hese plains t hat
Moses would repeat and reconf irm I AUAs covenant wit h t hem.

At Sinai, I AUA spoke di r ect l y t o I srael and called t he nat ion his f irst born son (Ex 4: 22) and a
kingdom of priest s Ex 19: 6) . The covenant at Sinai, (see Ex 19-24) was rat ified t hen broken
by t he apost asy of t he golden calf ( Ex 32; Num 12-14, 25: 1-18) , af t er which t he I sraelit es were
placed under t he clerical supervision of priest s and Levit es ( Ex 34-40; Lev 1-26) . Owing t o
st ubborn persist ent disobedience, t he I sraelit es were f orced t o spend f ort y years in t he
wilderness as punishment and t o prevent t he ent ry of the f irst generation int o the Promised
Land. Yet t he second generat ion f ell int o idolat rous apost asy again at Bet h-peor in Moab. Af t er
t hat , t he covenant of Deut eronomy was inst it ut ed.

Deut eronomy makes a clear dist inction bet ween t he covenant at Sinai (or Horeb) and t he lat er
covenant in Moab; These are t he words of t he covenant which t he Lord commanded Moses t o
make wit h t he people of I srael in t he land of Moab, besides t he covenant which he had made
wit h t hem at Horeb. Deut 29: 1. Whereas I AUA spoke direct ly t o t he people at Sinai, He now
spoke only t hrough Moses at Moab.

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The repeat ed apost asy of I srael made t he second covenant very different from t he first . The
idolat ry of t he golden calf ( Ex 32) , and again in Moab ( Num 25) , showed t hat I srael was not yet
ready to assume t he responsibilit ies of being a priestly kingdom. As a result , the laws in
Deut eronomy had t o make concessions t o I sraels unholiness. I gave t hem st at ut es t hat were
not good, and ordinances by which t hey could not have lif e, I AUA says in Ezek 20: 25. This
st art ling declarat ion comes af t er a summary of t he covenant and rebellion in t he wilderness, t he
point being t hat some of the laws in Deut eronomy made concessions t o I sraels sinful nature.
This same idea underlies I AUshua t eaching on Deut eronomys legal provision f or divorce: Mat
19:8 He sait h unt o t hem, Moses because of t he hardness of your heart s suff ered you t o put
away your wives: but f rom t he beginning it was not so.

So we see much of Deut eronomy as t he f allout from t he apost asy in t he wilderness.
Deut eronomy lowers t he bar of moral expect at ion for a people st ruggling wit h weakness.
Divorce is not good, but it must be regulat ed t o prevent even worse abuses (Deut 24: 1) . The
wars of ext erminat ion in Canaan were not good, but were made necessary by I sraels
const ant at t ract ion t o t he abominable idols of her neighbors ( Deut 20: 16-16; Mat t 5: 43-44) .
The Lord alone is King ( Deut 33: 5; 1Sam 8: 4-7) , and eart hly kings are not good ( 1Sam 8: 10-
18) , but t he I sraelit es would demand one anyway (Deut 17: 14-20). The principle behind t hese
concessions was t o prevent , if possible, t he worst excesses of evil by permit t ing lesser ones.

So t his was t he condit ion of t he chosen people as t hey prepared t o ent er t he promised land.

What Changed At Cal var y?
What was done away wit h, and what wasn't !

What happened bef or e Cal var y?

Bef ore t ime was, I AUA was. I AUAs nat ure is perfect , inviolat e, great er t han any ot her. He was
( and is) Justice, and His syst em was, and is, unchangeable. Then, about 6000 or so years ago,
I AUA creat ed man.

Event ually man sinned, violating I AUAs syst em of j ustice. I AUA's syst em demands j ust ice.
There was no way t o avoid His j ust ice. And now man was under condemnat ion. His legal
nature demanded t he penal t y of deat h f or di sobedi ence.

I AUshua l egal l y pai d t he j ust penal t y f or t hat si n agai nst I AUA. I AUshua, and only
I AUshua, was t he One in all t he universe who was able t o legally pay t he penalt y on our behalf .
Because of the deat h of I AUshua at Calvary, I AUAs legal syst em of j ust ice is now able to legally
f orgive our debt of sin, and f orgive us - once and f or all, f or all our t ransgressions - bef ore
I AUA!

Forgiveness by I AUA is a legal act within His Holy Just ice. I AUshua deat h and resurrection
provides t hat legalit y. No ot her way is given t o man by which he can be freed f rom t he
condemnation of I AUA f or his sins. Only those that accept I AUAs j ustificat ion through I AUshua
will ever be accept ed by I AUA, because t hat is part of his legal j ust ice syst em.

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Only t he blood of I AUshua was, and is, accept ed by I AUA t o legally f orgive a person. Ot herwise
man remains under condemnat ion. Only I AUshua is suf ficient as the t otal subst it ut e f or all t he
punishment we legally deserve bef ore I AUA. I AUshua is t he expiat ion, t he only appropriat e
amends bef ore Almight y I AUA, Creat or of all. I AUA provides t his way out f or us. And
I AUshua "paid it all."

Messi ahs Bapt i sm
Even sat an hears t he voice of I AUA as t hunder

Sat an was present at t he t ime when Christ present ed himself t o John for baptism.
He heard t he maj est i c voi ce resounding t hrough Heaven and echoing t hrough t he
eart h like peal s of t hunder. He saw t he li ght nings flash from t he cloudless heavens,
and heard t he f earf ul words f rom Jehovah, " Thi s i s my bel oved Son, i n whom I
am wel l pl eased." He saw t he bright ness of t he Fat her's glory overshadowing t he form
of I AUshua, t hus point ing out in t hat crowd t he One whom he acknowledged as his Son
wit h unmist akable assurance. The circumst ances connect ed wit h t his bapt ismal scene
had aroused t he most int ense hat red in t he breast of Sat an. He knew t hen for a cert aint y
t hat unless he could overcome Christ , from t hencefort h t here would be a limit ation of his
power. He underst ood t hat t he communicat ion from t he t hrone of God signified t hat
Heaven was more direct ly accessible t o man. { ST, April 5, 1883 par. 6}

What happened wi t h t he penal t y of deat h f or di sobedi ence Bef or e Cal var y?

Prior t o I AUshua' deat h, I AUA had devised a way for man t o at one f or his sins. I t was known as
t he ceremonial or sacrificial syst em, and was part of t he service of t he Sanct uary or Tabernacle.
This specifically det ailed syst em, was set up by I AUA f or man t o have a way t o commune wit h
Him, and f or man t o at one f or his sin and disobedience. An elaborat e syst em of sacrifices,
oblat ions and of f erings in t he Sanct uary provided a way f or man t o of f er up t o I AUA, his
at t empt at repent ance and reformat ion. This syst em worked f or hundreds of years, as it paved
t he way f or I AUshua t o ult imat ely pay t he f ull price f or sin and disobedience f or each one of us.
The blood of sacrificed animals subst it ut ed f or t he blood of I AUshua, which was t o come at
Calvary.

What Was Compl et ed or Done Away Wi t h At Cal var y?

When I AUshua died at Calvary, he paid t he ult imat e price f or sin, t he penalt y of deat h f or man,
as a result of sin and disobedience. When he died, and t he veil in t he t emple was rent , t he price
was paid, and t he ceremonial law, i.e. t he sacrifices and oblat ions, were ended. There was no
longer any need f or sacrifices t o t ake place in t he t emple, as part of man's part t o at one f or his
sin and disobedience. I AUshua now replaced t hat system wit h His own sacrifice.

Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm t he covenant wit h many for one week: and in t he midst of
t he week he shall cause t he sacri f i ce and t he obl at i on t o cease, and for t he
overspreading of abominat ions he shall make it desolat e, even unt il t he consummat ion, and
t hat det ermined shall be poured upon t he desolat e.

El l en G Whi t e Comment s r egar di ng t he end of t he Sacr i f i ci al Syst em

"And in t he midst of t he week he shall cause t he sacrifice and t he oblation t o cease." I n
A. D. 31, t hree and a half years aft er his bapt ism, our Lord was crucified. Wit h t he great
sacrifice offered upon Calvary, ended t hat syst em of of f eri ngs which for four
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t housand years had point ed forward t o t he Lamb of God. Type had met ant it ype, and al l
t he sacri f i ces and obl at i ons of t he cer emoni al syst em wer e t her e t o cease.
{ GC88 327.3-328}

The ceremonial syst em was made up of symbols point ing t o Christ , t o His sacrifice and
His priest hood. This rit ual law, wit h it s sacrifices and ordinances, was to be performed by
t he Hebrews unt il t ype met antit ype in t he deat h of Christ , t he Lamb of God t hat t aket h
away t he sin of t he world. Then al l t he sacri fi ci al of f eri ngs were t o cease. I t i s
t hi s l aw t hat Chri st " t ook . . . out of t he way, nai l i ng i t t o Hi s cross." Colossians
2: 14. PP365

"The opinion is widely held, t hat t he sacri f i ces and off eri ngs of t he Hebrews possess
no significance for Christ ians, and can be of no int erest t o t hem. This opinion is wit hout
foundat ion. I t is t rue t hat t he ceremoni es of t he Mosaic law are not now t o be
obser ved; but , when rightly underst ood, t hey are seen t o be all aglow wit h sacred and
import ant t rut hs. These rit es, appoint ed by Jehovah himself, were like so many beacons
t o light up t he pat h of God's ancient people, and to direct t heir minds t o t he great
sacrifice t o be offered for t he sins of men. Vi ewed i n t he l i ght of t he cross, t hey
cont ai n most pr eci ous l essons f or t he people of God t oday. Review & Herald,
January 9, 1883

Man' s at t empt t o cover hi s nakedness and shame

When Adam and Eve sinned in t he garden, t heir response was t o cover t hemselves wit h
veget at i on. I AUA's response was t o cover t hem wit h ski ns. This t hen, is t he f irst indicat ion of
t he sacr i f i cial syst em.

And t he eyes of t hem bot h were opened, and t hey knew t hat t hey were naked; and t hey
sewed f i g l eaves t oget her, and made t hemsel ves aprons. And t hey heard t he voice of
t he LORD God walking in t he garden in t he cool of t he day: and Adam and his wife hi d
t hemsel ves from t he presence of t he LORD God amongst t he t rees of t he garden. And t he
LORD God called unt o Adam, and said unt o him, Where art t hou? And he said, I heard t hy
voice in t he garden, and I was af rai d, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he
said, Who t ol d t hee t hat t hou wast naked? Hast t hou eat en of t he t ree, whereof I
commanded t hee t hat t hou shouldest not eat ? Gen 3: 7-11

I AUA' s Ul t i mat e Cover i ng f or Si n and Disobedi ence

When the sacrif icial syst em was fulf illed with the f irst coming of I AUshua t hrough His sacrifice
at Calvary, He made provision for anot her covering; t he Robe of Hi s Ri ght eousness;

Rev 3: 17-21 "Because t hou sayest , I am rich, and increased wit h goods, and have need
of not hing; and knowest not t hat t hou art wret ched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked: I counsel t hee t o buy of me gold t ried in t he fire, t hat t hou mayest be rich;
and whi t e r ai ment , t hat t hou mayest be cl ot hed, and t hat t he shame of t hy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint t hine eyes with eyesalve, t hat t hou mayest see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chast en: be zealous t herefore, and repent . Behold, I
st and at t he door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open t he door, I will come
in t o him, and will sup wit h him, and he wit h me. To him t hat overcomet h will I grant t o
sit wit h me in my t hrone, even as I also overcame, and am set down wit h my Fat her in
his t hrone." No longer were t he skins of t he sacrificial syst em required. I AUshua
provided a bet t er and more sure way.

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I AUA's Law, in any respect , was not done away wit h at Calvary. The onl y t hi ng t hat
changed at Cal vary, was t he way i n whi ch si n and di sobedi ence was deal t wi t h and
at oned f or. Not hi ng el se. I AUA's law remains in ef f ect t oday, and t hose t hat love Him, and
desire t o f ollow t he Lamb whit hersoever He goet h, will obey His commandments; ALL of t hem.

What Was Fi ni shed at t he Cross; and What Wasn't ?
Quest ions t hat demand answers

I t is generally believed t oday t hat much of what is called t he "old covenant " was finished at t he
cross. I t is believed t hat I AUshua eliminat ed cert ain aspect s of t he covenant wit h His people,
and t hat much of what is called t he "old covenant " is no longer required. I t is usually ref erred t o
as t he ceremonial law or syst em. But t here is much more t hat is involved, and f or t he most
part , misunderst ood. The ceremonial law is part of a much larger pict ure.

I n general, it is also believed t hat sat urday as t he 7t h Day Sabbat h was/ is not part of t he old
covenant or ceremonial syst em. I n order t o support or sust ain t hat belief , proponent s of t his
t heory must excise, or remove, t he 7t h Day Sabbat h f rom t he list of I AUA's appoint ed t imes in
Lev 23. I n t his account of "feast s," or appoint ed t imes, I AUA gives us t he Holy Days t hat are
part of His covenant wit h mankind. The 7t h Day Sabbat h is list ed as t he f irst of t hose
appointment s. There is no script ural inst ruction t o remove t his special day f rom t he list and
appoint it t o anot her t ime and place, and on anot her calendar t hat isnt ordained of I AUA. This
is simply man's doing, of "changing t imes and laws." Daniel 7: 25

Are t hese belief s act ually t rue? I n realit y, much of what is t hought t o be done away wit h,
remains as part of I AUA's covenant f or His last day people and plan. Let 's examine what Ellen
Whit e has t o say in t his regard.

What Wasnt Done Away Wi t h At Cal vary?

I n many places in her writ ings, Ellen Whit e makes it very clear t hat t he st at ut es,
j udgments, f east s, or appointed t imes, as well as the Ten Commandment s were not
done away wit h at Calvary.

I n consequence of cont inual t r ansgr ession, t he mor al law was r epeat ed in
awful gr andeur fr om Sinai. Christ gave t o Moses r el i gi ou s pr ecept s w hi ch
w er e t o gover n t he ever yday l i f e. These st at ut es w er e ex pl i ci t l y gi ven
t o guar d t he t en commandment s. They w er e not shadow y t y pes t o
pass aw ay w i t h t he deat h of Chr i st . They w er e t o be bi n di ng u pon
man i n ever y age as l on g as t i me shoul d l ast . These commands were
enforced by t he power of t he moral law, and t hey clearly and definit ely
explained t hat law. Christ speaks t o such: " Not every one t hat sait h unt o me,
Lord, Lord, shall ent er int o t he kingdom of Heaven; but he t hat doet h t he will of my
Fat her which is in Heaven." What i s t he wi l l of t he Fat her? That we keep hi s
commandment s. Chri st , t o enfor ce t he wi ll of hi s Fat her , became t he aut hor of
t he st at ut es and precept s gi ven t hrough Moses t o t he peopl e of God. Christ ians
who ext ol Christ , but array t hemselves against t he law governing t he Jewish
church, array Christ against Christ . { RH, May 6, 1875}


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We are t o become familiar wit h t he Levi t i cal l aw in all it s bearings; for it cont ai ns
rul es t hat must be obeyed; it cont ains t he inst ruct ion t hat if st udied will enable
us t o underst and bet t er t he rule of fait h and pract ice t hat we are t o follow in our
dealings wit h one anot her. No soul has any excuse for being in darkness. Those who
receive Christ by fait h will receive also power t o become t he sons of God. 1BC 1110

The light est eem in which t he law of God is held, even by religious leaders, has been
product ive of great evil. The t eachi ng whi ch has become so wi despread,
t hat t he di vi ne st at ut es are no l onger bi ndi ng upon men, i s t he same as
i dol at ry i n i t s ef f ect upon t he moral s of t he peopl e. Those who seek t o
l essen t he cl ai ms of God' s hol y l aw are st ri ki ng di rect l y at t he
f oundat i on of t he government of f ami li es and nat i ons. Religious parent s,
failing t o walk in His st at ut es, do not command t heir household t o keep t he way of t he
Lord. The law of God is not made t he rule of life A reformat ion in t his
respect is needed--a reformation which shall be deep and broad. Parent s need t o
reform; minist ers need t o reform; t hey need God in t heir households. PP
143

Gods St at ut es ar e connect ed t o t he descent of t he Hol y Spi r i t ! The prophecies
in t he eight eent h of Revelat ion will soon be fulfilled. During t he proclamat ion of
t he t hird angel's message, " anot her angel" is t o "come down from heaven, having great
power," and t he eart h is t o be "light ed wit h his glory." During t he loud cry t he light
of present t rut h will be seen flashing everywhere The Word declares: "Then will I
sprinkle clean wat er upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filt hiness, and from all
your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
wit hin you: and I will t ake away t he st ony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an
heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit wit hin you, and cause you t o walk in my st at ut es."
Thi s i s t he descent of t he Hol y Spi ri t , sent f rom God t o do i t s of f i ce work As
men, women, and chil dren procl ai m t he gospel , t he Lor d wi ll open t he eyes of
t he bli nd t o see hi s st at ut es, and wil l wr i t e upon t he hear t s of t he t r ul y
peni t ent his l aw Ot her chapt ers will open before us, and in order t o discern
t heir meaning, we shall need keen percept ion. RH Oct . 13, 1904 (Art icle, The Closing
Work)

Dest r oyed f or Lack of Knowl edge: God's favor toward I srael had always been
condit ional on t heir obedience. At t he foot of Sinai t hey had ent ered int o covenant
relat ionship wit h Him as His "peculiar t reasure. . . above all people." Solemnly t hey had
promised to follow in t he pat h of obedience. "All t hat the Lord hat h spoken we will do,"
t hey had said. Exodus 19: 5, 8. And when, a f ew days af t erward, God' s l aw was
spoken f r om Si nai , and addi t i onal inst ruct ion in t he f or m of st at ut es and
j udgment s was communi cat ed t hr ough Moses, t he I sraelit es wit h one voice had
again promised, " All t he words which t he Lord hat h said will we do." At t he rat ification of
t he covenant , t he people had once more unit ed in declaring, "All t hat t he Lord hat h said
will we do, and be obedient ," Exodus 24: 3, 7. God had chosen I srael as His people, and
t hey had chosen Him as t heir King. { PK 293.1}

"Now t herefore hearken," Moses had inst ruct ed I srael, " unt o t he st at ut es and unt o
t he j udgment s, whi ch I t each you, f or t o do t hem, t hat ye may l i ve, and go i n
and possess t he l and whi ch t he Lor d God of your f at her s gi vet h you. Ye shall
not add unt o t he word which I command you, neit her shall ye diminish aught from it ,
t hat ye may keep t he commandment s of t he Lord your God which I command you. . . .
Keep t herefore and do t hem; for t his is your wisdom and your underst anding in t he sight
of t he nat ions, which shall hear all t hese st at ut es, and say, Surely t his great nation is a
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wise and underst anding people." Deut eronomy 4: 1-6. { PK 294.1} { RH, February 19,
1914 par. 2}

Near t he close of t he wilderness wandering t he condit ions of t he covenant had been
repeat ed. At Baal-peor, on t he very borders of t he Promised Land, where many fell prey
t o subt le t empt at ion, t hose who remained fait hful renewed t heir vows of allegiance.
Through Moses t hey were warned against t he t empt at ions t hat would assail t hem in t he
fut ure; and t hey were earnest ly exhort ed t o remain separat e from t he surrounding
nat ions and t o worship God alone. { PK 293.2}

I f we t hink most of I AUAs divine plan has been done away wit h, t here are some quest ions t hat
we need t o ask bef ore making a final decision.

Quest i ons t hat must be answer ed

I f t he 7t h Day Sabbat h was not part of t he feast s or ceremonial syst em, why
were sacrifices required (Num 28: 9-10) ? I f sacrifices were required on 7t h Day
Sabbat hs, why wasn't t he 7t h Day Sabbat h done away wit h when t he sacrif ices
were?

Since the Sabbath is t he f irst it em in t he list of appointed t imes or f east s in
Levit icus 23, why is it not included wit h t he rest of t he f east s on t he same
cal endar t he f east s are on.

I f Sat urday is t he t rue 7t h Day Sabbat h, why would I AUA give specific det ailed
inst ruct ions t o Moses regarding EVERYTHI NG except how t o f ind sat urday as t he
7th day in script ure?

I f New Moon Day is not a biblically recognized day, why were t here specific
sacrifices f or new moon day?

I f new moon day has no relevance t oday, why is it ment ioned in I sa 66: 23,
indicating a f uture applicat ion, along with t he 7
t h
day Sabbat h?

I f freewill and t hank off erings were done away wit h as part of ceremonial
system, why are t hey still claimed t oday?

I f t he healt h and diet ary laws were part of t he ceremonial syst em, why are t hey
st ill being applied t oday?

I f t it hing is part of the old ceremonial syst em, why is it st ill claimed t oday?


I f all of t he old covenant was done away wit h, why have churches and
inst itut ions spent so much t ime and energy studying and writing about it .
Cert ainly not j ust t o prove it was done away wit h.


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What Was Reveal ed i n 1844
The Millerit es and t he Seven Thunders

"I n t he t ime of t he end, every di vi ne inst i t ut i on is to be rest ored.
The breach made in t he law at t he time t he Sabbat h was changed by man,
[ changed, not subst it ut ed] is t o be repaired." PK 678

The Begi nni ng of Rest or at i on

The restit ution, or restoration of all t hings began in 1840-1844. Unf ort unat ely, t he process t hat
was begun and was highlight ed ( delineat ion of event s) in 1844, f ailed t o be complet ed. We are
now over 165 years furt her down t he road of hist ory f rom t hat t ime. We need t o examine what
was being revealed, and what might have been missed. We must ask t he quest ion, what does
"every divine instit ution" mean? Does it mean more than simply t he 7t h Day Sabbath, and t he
Ten Commandment s.

We must also ask the same question of 1888. Several t imes during t hat moment ous t ime in
hist ory, Ellen Whit e st at ed t hat "t he Lord would have come ere t his." Amidst t he message of
Right eousness by Faith in 1888, was somet hing missed; an incomplete message if you will. We
have t o assume t his due t o t he fact we are st ill here, and I AUshua has not ret urned. Aft er t he
early 1900's, she had lit t le more t o say about t he 2nd coming. And we are now over 120 years
well past ere t his.

What Was Reveal ed t o t he Mi l l eri t es; and What Di d They Mi ss?

The Sanct uary doct rine, one of the primary pillars of Advent ism, was revealed t o the Millerit es
in 1844. But it was not simply t he sanct uary or t abernacle t hat was being revealed. I t involved
so much more. I t was I AUA's overall plan f or mankind, which included His appoint ed t imes,
f easts, or moeds, dietary and health laws, statut es and j udgment s, lif est yles for living, et c. I t
was f or t he benef it of all mankind t hat I AUA int ended t o reveal His ent ire plan t o t he Millerit es.
I n a nut shell, I AUA was about t o reveal or r est ore everything t hat was init ially given at Sinai.
And His Sacred calendar is at t he core of His ent ire plan.

"As t he t emple of God was opened unt o His people, t he light of t he law of God, which
was in t he ark, shone fort h. Those who received t his light are brought t o view in t he
proclamat ion of t he t hird angel's message." (4BC 1152) "Therefore t he announcement
t hat t he t empl e of God was opened i n heaven and t he ark of Hi s t est ament
was seen poi nt s t o t he opening of t he most Hol y Pl ace of t he heavenl y
sanct uary i n 1844 as Chri st ent ered t here t o perf orm t he cl osi ng wor k of t he
at onement . Those who by fait h followed t heir great High Priest as He ent ered upon His
minist ry in t he Most Holy beheld t he ark of His t est ament . (GC 433-434)

1844: Advent i sm at Mt Si nai " ( Coming out of Egypt : heading f or the promised land)

I n t he 1840' s, t he biblical lunisolar calendar was one of t he f irst part s of I AUA's divine plan t o
be revealed t o t he Millerit es, in order t hat t hey could det ermine t he Day of At onement . This
calendar would event ually lead t hem t o t he discovery of t he Sanct uary doct rine, or t he
t abernacle in Heaven. (See Hebrews 9)
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Just before t he I sraelit es were f reed f rom slavery in Egypt , I AUA began t o rest ore His sacred
calendar t o t hem. This was in t he 1st mont h of t he year of t he Exodus. Beginning in t he 3rd
mont h of t he Exodus, I AUA began rest oring His complet e law t o t hem. First t he calendar; t hen
t he law. But bef ore Sinai, t he f irst it em on t he agenda of rest orat ion was t he Sabbat h. The 7t h
day Sabbat h was reinst it ut ed wit h t hem in t he 2nd mont h of t he exodus, as det ailed in Exodus
16 in t he account of t he quail and t he manna. . . . . t hat I may prove t hem, whet her t hey will
walk in my law, or no. Ex 16: 4.
The parallel t o Advent ism is highly remarkable, in t hat it was t he rest oring of the sacred
calendar, leading t o t he discovery of t he 10t h day of t he 7t h mont h, t he Day of At onement ,
which in 1844, was Oct ober 22nd. Once t he Millerit es underst ood t he sacred calendar, t he
unveiling of t ruth led t o the rest oration of the understanding of the Sanctuary, or t abernacle,
one of the f oundational pillars of t he SDA church.

But t he Day of At onement and t he Sanct uary was j ust t he t ip of t he iceberg in 1844. I AUA
began revealing everything t hat He init ially gave t o the I sraelites at Mt Sinai. This was
Advent ism's call t o leave Egypt , or more t o t he point , t o come out of t he world.

A compl et e revel at i on of I AUA' s di vi ne plan woul d have i ncl uded:
I AUA's sacred or appointed t imes, f east s, f est ivals, [ moeds]

The 7t h day Sabbat h

Feast of Trumpet s
New Moon Days Feast of Tabernacles
Passover The sanct uary or t abernacle doct rine
Feast of Unleavened Bread Diet and healt h laws
Feast of Weeks Tit he and Finance
Pent ecost Laws for living in relat ionship t o I AUA and all mankind

Beginning in t he 1840' s, and more specif ically 1844, I AUA int ended t o reveal His overall plan;
His complet e and WHOLE law, for t he benef it of all mankind, j ust as He did at Mount Sinai.
Every "divine inst it ut ion" given at Mt . Sinai, was t o be rest ored beginning in 1844.

Mt . Si nai 184 4
Exodus 19: 16 (t he t hird day) Revel at i on 1 1: 1 9
Thunders
Light ning
Voice of Trumpet
Very loud blast
Whole mount quaked great ly

I AUA's ent ire law revealed every divine inst it ut ion

Golden Calf
Thunderings
Light ning
voices
eart hquake
great hail

I AUA began to reveal His entire law

Sacred calendar revealed
Sanct uary in heaven revealed
7t h day Sabbat h event ually revealed, but on wrong
calendar

Was Sat urday as t he 7t h day Sabbat h, Advent i sms gol den cal f ?

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What Di d t he Mi l l er i t es Mi ss?

We know f rom t he hist ory of t he SDA Pioneers, and t he writ ings of Ellen Whit e t hat all of I AUA's
plan was not rest ored during t hat t ime. We also know t his because I AUA's overall plan is not
evident in t he church t oday. We know t hat t he 7t h Day Sabbat h did not surf ace in 1844, and
even when it did present a couple of years lat er, it was t hen kept at t he wrong t ime f or anot her
10 years. Event ually t he t rut h of "even" was revealed in a vision, and correct ed.

When we compare what was given at Sinai, and what is evident in t he church t oday, we f ind
t hat nearly all of I AUA's holy days specified in script ure are missing. I n fact , some papal pagan
holidays are observed inst ead. The only ' holy day" we f ind evident is t he 7t h Day Sabbat h on
sat urdays, on a roman calendar. During t he period of t he Advent movement , Sabbat h was
observed st art ing about 1855, f rom sundown f riday t ill sundown sat urday.

We find lit t le evidence t hat I AUA's ot her sacred appoint ed t imes are being observed wit hin t he
mainst ream of Advent ism. We also find t hat lit t le of t he rest of I AUA's laws are observed, in t he
f orm of t he st at ut es and j udgment given at Sinai. What st at ut es do exist have been picked and
chosen t o fit t he needs of t he church.

Remember t he words of Ellen Whit e; "I n t he t ime of t he end, EVERY DI VI NE I NSTI TUTI ON will
be rest ored." ( PK 678) We must assume t hat many of t he "divine inst it ut ions" not evident in t he
church t oday, are about t o be rest ored. So what are t he rest of I AUA's Laws, St at ut es,
Judgment s; what are all of t he "divine inst it ut ions?"


What Happened i n 1888?
Advent ism On The Borders of t he Promised Land

Advent ism was script urally st anding on t he borders of t he promised land in 1888. Since we did
not go in, we must have t urned back int o t he wilderness, where we have been since. We are
now at least 123 years behind I AUA's int ended plan t o t ake His people int o t he kingdom. The
quest ion is WHY? Ellen White makes it very clear; (* note the date-pre 1888)

The church has t urned back from following Christ her Leader, and is st eadi l y
ret reat i ng t oward Egypt . Yet few are alarmed or astonished at t heir want of spirit ual
power. Doubt and even disbelief of t he t estimonies of the Spirit of God is leavening our
churches everywhere. Sat an would have it t hus. Ministers who preach self inst ead of
Christ , would have it t hus. The t est imonies are unread and unappreciat ed. God has
spoken t o you. Light has been shining from his word and from t he t est imonies, and bot h
have been slight ed and disregarded. The resul t i s apparent i n t he l ack of puri t y
and devot i on and ear nest f ai t h among us. { PH001 1.2} Healdsburg CA May 30
1882




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Moab: 40 years aft er Egypt
( 40 years in t he wil derness)
188 8: 44 years from 1844
( 44 years in t he wil derness)
Deut er onomy SDA Gen er al Con f er en ce

Borders of t he eart hly Canaan

I AUA's ent ire covenant revisit ed

I AUA's ent ire law repeat ed and reviewed

Song of Moses

I srael Numbered
Minneapolis Conference

I AUA began to reveal His entire law

Sacred calendar revealed
(10t h day, 7t h mont h)

Sanct uary in heaven revealed

At t empt s by Jones-Waggoner t o reveal I AUA's
appoint ed t imes; "feast s"

Advent isms Skeleton in t he Closet

I AUA's appoi nt ed t i mes sent t o t he scrap heap
with ceremonial/ sacrificial law in 1888

3 Angels Message?

Saint s Numbered

The Song of Moses and t he Song of t he Lamb
st i ll wait ing t o be sung

El l en Whi t e t est i f i es where Advent i sm st ood i n 1888
(Not e t he years of each of t he references)

Gods power was t o go wit h t hem. I f t hose who claimed t o have a living experience in
t he t hings of God had done t heir appoint ed work as t he Lord ordained, t he whol e
worl d woul d have been warned ere t his, and t he Lor d Jesus woul d have come
i n power and great gl or y. For God has appoint ed a day in t he which he will j udge t he
world. He t ells us when t hat day shall come,--"This gospel of t he kingdom shall be
preached in all t he world for a wit ness unt o all nat ions; and t hen shall t he end come."
I AUshua want s every minist er t o whom he has commit ted a t rust , t o be fait hful, t o
remember his inj unct ions, to cont emplat e t he vast ness of t he work, and upon how large
a number t he obligat ion rest s. " Ye shall receive power, aft er t hat t he Holy Ghost is come
upon you; and ye shall be wit nesses unt o me, bot h in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in
Samaria, and unt o t he ut t ermost part of t he eart h." { RH, Oct ober 6, 1896 par. 7}

Had Advent ist s, aft er t he great disappoint ment in 1844, held fast t heir fait h and followed
on unit edly in t he opening providence of God, receiving t he message of t he t hird angel
and in t he power of t he Holy Spirit proclaiming it to t he world, t hey woul d have seen
t he sal vat i on of God, t he Lord would have wrought might ily wit h t heir effort s, t he
work woul d have been compl et ed, and Chr ist woul d have come er e t his t o
receive His people to t heir reward. But in t he period of doubt and uncert aint y t hat
followed t he disappoint ment , many of t he advent believers yielded t heir fait h. . . . Thus
t he work was hindered, and t he world was left in darkness. Had t he whole Advent ist
body unit ed upon t he commandment s of God and t he fait h of I AUshua, how widely
different would have been our hist ory!
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I t was not t he will of God t hat t he coming of Christ should be t hus delayed. God di d not
desi gn t hat Hi s peopl e, I srael , shoul d wander f ort y year s i n t he wi l derness. He
promised to lead t hem direct ly to t he land of Canaan, and est ablish t hem t here a holy,
healt hy, happy people. But t hose t o whom it was first preached, went not in "because of
unbelief." Their heart s were filled wit h murmuring, rebellion, and hat red, and He could
not fulfill His covenant wit h t hem. { Ev 696.1}

For fort y years did unbel i ef , murmuring, and r ebel l i on shut out ancient I srael from
t he land of Canaan. The same si ns have del ayed t he ent rance of modern I srael
i nt o t he heavenl y Canaan. I n neit her case were t he promises of God at fault . I t is t he
unbelief, t he worldliness, unconsecrat ion, and st rife among t he Lord's professed people
t hat have kept us in t his world of sin and sorrow so many years.--Manuscript 4, 1883.
{ Ev 695.3} { Ev 696.2}

Had t he church of Christ done her appoint ed work as t he Lord ordained, t he whol e
wor l d woul d bef or e t his have been warned and t he Lord I AUshua woul d have
come t o our ear t h in power and gr eat gl or y.--DA 633, 634 ( 1898) . { LDE 38.2}

Had t he purpose of God been carried out by his people in giving t he message of mercy to
t he world, Christ would have come t o t he eart h, and t he sai nt s woul d ere t hi s have
recei ved t hei r wel come i nt o t he ci t y of God. { MMR, May 9, 1908 par. 9}

At t empt s at Rest or at i on of Di vi ne I nst i t ut i ons in 1888
Rest or i ng t he Covenant

Somet ime during t he crisis of 1888, at t empt s were made by cert ain individuals t o bring t he
issue of t he st at ut es, j udgments, including appoint ed t imes or f east s, int o the light . But t hese
ef forts were resist ed.

The f ollowing informat ion has been select ed f rom an art icle t it led Remember t he Law of
Moses wi t h i t s St at ut es and Judgment s; Nai l ed t o t he Cross i n 1888, by David Barron,
locat ed at t he f ollowing webpage: ( Emphasis is mine) .
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Short ly bef ore 1888 a maj or issue arose regarding The Law in Galat ians. I t ended up t hat
some of our pioneers such as G.I . But l er and Uri ah Smi t h bel i eved t hat t he Law of
Moses was t he cer emoni al l aw al one, so t hey chose t o nail t he Law of Moses t o t he cross.
G.I . But ler called it t he abol i shed l aw of Moses (G.I . But ler, The Law in Galatians page
41)

I n 1893 when t he subj ect of pork eat ing was being discussed using t he st at ut e in Deut .14: 8,
Ur i ah Smi t h who was also considered a maj or cont ribut or t o t he rej ect ion of t he 1888
message given t hrough elders A.T. Jones and E.J. Waggoner nai l ed t he heal t h st at ut es t o
t he cr oss because he f el t t he st at ut es wer e part of t he Law of Moses.

Uriah Smit h said: We believe t here is bet t er ground on which t o rest [ t he prohibit ion on pork]
t han t he ceremonial law of t he f ormer dispensation, i f we t ake t he posi t i on t hat t hat l aw i s
st i l l bi ndi ng, we must accept i t al l , and t hen we shal l have mor e on our hands t han
we can easi l y di spose of . { MR 852. 2.}

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E.J. Waggoner brought up t he issue of t he law of Moses in his book The Gospel in Galat ians ,
which was a reply t o t he book by G.I . But ler called The Law in Galat ians .

What did Ellen Whit e say about Waggoner and t he law? You know t hat precious light has
shone f ort h in connect ion wit h the law of God, as t he right eousness of Christ has been
present ed wit h t hat law. Dr. Waggoner has opened t o you pr eci ous l i ght , not new, but ol d
l i ght whi ch has been l ost si ght of by many mi nds, and i s now shi ni ng f ort h i n cl ear
rays (The 1888 EGW Mat erials, 174).

And f or t he f irst t ime I began t o t hink it might be we did not hold correct views af t er all upon
t he law in Galatians, f or t he t rut h required no such spirit t o sust ain it . { 1888 Mat erials bk.1
p.221} Waggoner underst ood t hat t he l aw of Moses and t he l aw of t he Lord were t he
same law. He also underst ood t hat when Paul was speaking of t he law in Galat ians, as well
as Romans and ot her books, he meant t he law of God or t he law of Moses . There was no
dist inction; t hey were t he same l aw.

Have we made t his mist ake t oday in t rying t o dist inguish bet ween t he law of Moses and t he
law of God?

Of t ent imes I see t hese chart s used by our modern day Seventh Day Advent ist minist ers, and on
one side of t he chart t hey have t he law of Moses and on t he ot her side of t he chart t he law
of God , and t hey say, t he law of Moses was against us . They also say, t he law of God is
f or us on t he opposit e side. To a degree t his is t rue, but what t hey f ail t o realize is t hat t he
l aw of God i s t he l aw of Moses , and it is witnessing against us when we break it .
Anot her mist ake is t hat t hey say it is t he ceremonial law t hat wit nesses against us, but t he f act
is, the moral law is witnessing against us inst ead.

The law wit nesses against us when we rebel. I t i s not t he r emedi al l aw t hat woul d
wi t ness agai nst us. That was performed af t er we rebelled. Theref ore t he law of Moses is not
only t he ceremonial law, but it is also the moral law, which witnesses against us.

Af t er we violat e t he moral law, it t eaches us t hat we need I AUshua. The law, including bot h
moral and ceremonial, cannot j ust ify us. I t only point s out t he f act t hat we deserve DEATH ,
and we need t o run t o I AUshua who is t he only one who could sat isfy t he demand of t his law
which was wit nessing against us . This law is not j ust t he law of Moses , it is t he law of
I AUA. They are one and t he same j ust as Waggoner t ried t o share in 1888.

When Ellen Whit e wrot e regarding t he law of Moses, she said:

From t he light which God has given me it would be for our advant age t o st udy t he
direct ions given t o I srael (read Malachi 4). Ver se 4 especi al l y has a meani ng whi ch
al l have not comprehended. Let i t be caref ul l y consi dered. { PH087 8.2} E. G.
Whit e: Pamphlet s -PH087 -Special Testimony to Bat tle Creek Church (1897).

Mal 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, whi ch I
commanded unto hi m i n Horeb for all I srael , w i t h the st atutes
and j udgment s.

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"The closing words of Malachi are a prophecy regarding t he work t hat should be done
preparat ory t o t he first and t he second advent of Chr i st . This prophecy is int roduced
wit h t he admonit ion, "Remember ye t he law of Moses my servant , which I commanded
unt o him in Horeb for all I srael, wit h t he st at ut es and judgment s." { SW, March 21, 1905
par. 1} E. G. Whit e: PERI ODI CALS / SW The Sout hern Wat chman -March 21, 1905 "I n
The Spirit and Power of Elias.)

"God is now t esting and proving His people. Charact er is being developed. Angels are
weighing moral wort h and keeping a fait hful record of all t he act s of t he children of
men. Among God's professed people are corrupt heart s; but t hey will be t est ed and
proved. That God who reads t he heart s of everyone, will bring to light hidden t hings of
darkness where t hey are oft en least suspect ed, t hat st umbl i ng bl ocks whi ch have
hi ndered t he progress of t r ut h may be r emoved, and God have a cl ean and
hol y peopl e t o decl are Hi s STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS... The Capt ain of our
salvat ion leads His people on st ep by st ep, purifying and fit t ing t hem for
TRANSLATI ON... (1T 332.3) .

Ex. 15: 26 And said, I f t hou wilt diligent ly hearken t o t he voice of t he LORD t hy God, and wilt
do that which is right in his sight , and wilt give ear t o his commandment s, and keep ALL HI S
STATUTES, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the
Egypt ians: f or I am t he LORD t hat healet h t hee.

I n consequence of cont inual t ransgression, t he moral law was repeat ed in awful
grandeur from Sinai. Christ gave t o Moses religious precept s which were t o govern t he
everyday life. These st at ut es were explicit ly given to guard t he Ten Commandment s.
They were not shadowy t ypes t o pass away wi t h t he deat h of Chri st . They
were t o be bi ndi ng upon man i n every age as l ong as t i me shoul d l ast . These
commands were enforced by t he power of t he moral law, and t hey clearly and definit ely
explained t hat law. { RH, May 6, 1875 par. 10} E. G. Whit e The Review and Herald
May 6, 1875 The Law of God.

Not es about t his quot e:

St at ut es guard t he t en commandment s

These explained t he moral law.
These were given t o Moses.
These were repeat ed at Sinai indicat ing t hey exist ed before Sinai.
They were repeat ed and reconfirmed at Moab j ust before t he promised land.
They will be binding as long as time should last.
They were not nailed t o t he cross and did not pass away at t he deat h of I AUshua. The
only t hing I AUshua abolished at t he cross was t he penal t y of deat h.

Deu 30: 15 See, I have set before t hee t his day life and good, and deat h and evil; Deu 30: 16
I n that I command t hee t his day t o l ove t he LORD t hy God, t o wal k i n hi s ways, and t o
keep hi s commandment s and hi s st at ut es and hi s j udgment s, that t hou mayest live and
multiply: and t he LORD t hy God shall bless t hee in t he land whit her t hou goest t o possess it

St at ut es t hat were not Nai l ed t o t he Cross

Consider t his: How can we expect I AUA t o pour out His Spirit on a church t hat says, We keep
t he commandment s , and yet nails some of t he statut e commandments t o t he cross where they
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dont belong? We have nailed more t o t he cross t han j ust t he penalt y t hat was against us. We
have gone so f ar as t o nail t he law of Moses t o t he cross with many of it s st at ut es and
j udgment s.

Not everyt hing is so black and whit e. There are 2 part s of t he law, t he Moral Law and t here is
t he Ceremonial or Remedial Syst em which was put in place af t er violat ing t he moral law. But
t here seems t o be a gray area where t here are a lot of st at ut es , and some, as weve
discovered, are still binding which include statut es regarding healt h, marriage, t it hing,
f ornicat ion, usury. These st at ut es are st ill binding. Then t here are st at ut es which point ed t o
t he cross and were part of t he Ceremonial Law such as Sacrifices and Off erings.

But t here is a quest ion concerning t he Feast s of Jehovah as well as some of t he ot her st at ut es
t hat remain. Here is a quot e f rom Pam Bent on who did some research on t his t opic. This is
what she discovered:

Our English word st at ut e comes f rom t wo original Hebrew words, St rong's # 2706 choq and
St rong's # 2708 chuggah. According t o St rong's Lexical Aids, t he def init ions for bot h words are
t he same, except # 2708 has t he added qual i f i er of bei ng per manent l y bi ndi ng. The
word st at ut es ( # 2706) most always ref ers t o t he sacrificial syst em and is not permanent ly
binding. The word st at ut es ( # 2708) most al ways ref ers t o t he moral l aw, i ncl udi ng
God' s hol y days i n Levi t i cus chapt er 23, and i s per manent l y bi ndi ng. Thus the original
Hebrew words t hemselves suggest t o us which statut es are permanent ly binding. --Diamonds
in t he Sand by Pam Bent on. So looking at t he Hebrew we can get a good idea of what is
permanently binding and what is not .

I n t he days of Christ t hese feast s were at tended by vast mult it udes of people from all
lands; and had t hey been kept as God int ended, in t he spirit of t rue worship, t he light of
t rut h might t hrough t hem have been given t o all t he nat ions of t he world. Wit h t hose
who lived at a dist ance from t he t abernacle, more t han a mont h of every year must have
been occupied in at t endance upon t hese holy convocat ions. The Lord saw t hat t hese
gat herings were necessary for t he spirit ual life of His people. They needed t o t urn away
from t heir worldly cares, t o commune wit h God, and to cont emplat e unseen realit ies. I f
t he chi l dr en of I sr ael needed t he benef i t of t hese hol y convocat i ons i n t hei r
t i me, how much more do we need t hem i n t hese l ast days of peri l and conf l i ct !
And i f t he people of t he worl d t hen needed t he light whi ch God had commi t t ed
t o Hi s chur ch, how much mor e do t hey need i t now! (Ellen Whit e 6T 39-40)

So what have we l earned?

1. The Law of Moses is not nailed t o t he cross
2. The law of Moses is t he law of I AUA
3. I n 1888 a message was sent from heaven t o clarify t his.
4. I n 1888 t he spirit of t he I AUA was rej ect ed.
5. The glorious gospel is seen in t he Law of Moses
6. I t can blind t he eyes of t he unconvert ed.
7. The unconvert ed is at enmity wit h t hat law.
8. The Law of Moses is part of t he Elij ah Message
9. Their was much light to shine fort h from t he law after Ellen Whit e died
10. The law cont ained st at ut es which explained t he 10 commandment s.
11. These st at ut es are binding forever.
12. I AUshua abolished deat h and nailed it to t he cross. Not t he Law of Moses.
13. The feast s were not Ceremonial but Moral St at ut es.
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14. I AUshua as t he Passover sacrifice was set aside 4000 years before t he cross.
15. The Passover day was not nailed t o t he cross as Paul kept t he Passover.
16. The Philippians, Corint hians, Colossians and early Christ ians were all Feast Keepers.
17. Rome t hought t o change t imes and laws.
18. AT Jones, EJ Waggoner, and Ellen Whit e never spoke against t he Feast s.
19. We should keep t he Feasts t oday.
20. The New Moons are fest ivals which are meant for t he purifying of t he body of I AUshua, his Church.

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* END excerpts from art icle

For additional information about t he issues were t hat were relat ed t o t he feast s, st at ut es, j udgment s
during t he 1888 period, see Exposing t he Skelet on in the S.D.A. Closet of 1888 by Norman Bradley.
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What Needs t o Be Rest ored
What was t aken away, is what needs t o be rest ored

Whenever I srael went into apostasy, supplanting t heir own t radit ions f or t hose of I AUA, there
were consequences. For what ever reasons, t he children of I srael periodically t urned from t he
ways of I AUA and implement ed t heir own ways. Because of t hese errant and sinful ways, I AUA
said he would cause t hem t o f orget t heir own way of doing t hings. He said he would remove
t heir f easts and f est ivals, their appointed t imes, their own tradit ions. I AUA said in several places
in script ure t hat t heir way of doing t hings, apart f rom His ways, were an abominat ion t o Him.
Let ' s look at some of t he places where I AUA caused t heir ways t o be removed or forgot t en.

Hosea

I will also cause all her mi r t h t o cease, her f east days, her new moons, and her Sabbat hs,
and all her sol emn f east s.
(Hos 2: 11)

I sai ah

Hear t he word of t he LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unt o t he law of our God, ye people of
Gomorrah. To what purpose is t he mult it ude of your sacrifices unt o me? sait h t he LORD: I am
f ull of t he burnt of f erings of rams, and t he f at of f ed beast s; and I delight not in t he blood of
bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goat s. When ye come t o appear before me, who hat h required
t his at your hand, t o t read my court s? Bring no more vain oblat ions; incense is an abominat ion
unt o me; t he new moons and Sabbat hs, t he cal l i ng of assembl i es, I cannot away
wi t h; i t i s i ni qui t y, even t he sol emn meet i ng. Your new moons and your appoi nt ed
f east s my soul hat et h: t hey are a t r oubl e unt o me; I am weary t o bear t hem. And
when ye spread f ort h your hands, I will hide mine eyes f rom you: yea, when ye make many
prayers, I will not hear: your hands are f ull of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away t he
evil of your doings from bef ore mine eyes; cease t o do evil; Learn t o do well; seek j udgment ,
relieve t he oppressed, j udge t he f at herless, plead f or t he widow. Come now, and let us reason
t oget her, sait h t he LORD: t hough your sins be as scarlet , t hey shall be as whit e as snow;
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t hough t hey be red like crimson, t hey shall be as wool . I f ye be willing and obedient , ye shall
eat t he good of t he land: But if ye ref use and rebel, ye shall be devoured wit h t he sword: for
t he mout h of the LORD hat h spoken it .
(I sa 1: 10-20)

Amos

Shall not t he day of t he LORD be darkness, and not light ? even very dark, and no bright ness in
it ? I hat e, I despi se your f east days, and I wi l l not smel l i n your sol emn assembl i es.
Though ye of f er me bur nt of f eri ngs and your meat of f eri ngs, I wi l l not accept t hem:
nei t her wi l l I regard t he peace of f eri ngs of your f at beast s. Take t hou away f rom me
t he noi se of t hy songs; f or I wi l l not hear t he mel ody of t hy vi ol s. But l et j udgment
run down as wat er s, and r i ght eousness as a mi ght y st r eam. Have ye of f ered unt o
me sacr i f i ces and of f eri ngs i n t he wi l derness f ort y years, O house of I srael ? But ye
have bor ne t he t aber nacl e of your Mol och and Chi un your i mages, t he st ar of your
god, whi ch ye made t o yoursel ves. Therefore will I cause you t o go int o capt ivit y beyond
Damascus, sait h t he LORD, whose name is The God of host s.
(Amo 5: 20-27)

Lament at ions

How hat h t he Lord covered t he daught er of Zion wit h a cloud in his anger, and cast down f rom
heaven unt o t he eart h t he beaut y of I srael, and remembered not his f oot st ool in t he day of his
anger! The Lord hat h swallowed up all t he habit at ions of Jacob, and hat h not pit ied: he hat h
t hrown down in his wrat h t he strong holds of t he daught er of Judah; he hat h brought t hem
down t o the ground: he hath pollut ed t he kingdom and t he princes t hereof . He hath cut of f in
his f ierce anger all t he horn of I srael: he hat h drawn back his right hand f rom bef ore t he
enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a f laming f ire, which devouret h round about. He hat h
bent his bow like an enemy: he st ood wit h his right hand as an adversary, and slew all t hat
were pleasant t o t he eye in t he t abernacle of t he daught er of Zion: he poured out his f ury like
f ire. The Lord was as an enemy: he hat h swallowed up I srael, he hat h swal l owed up al l her
pal aces: he hat h dest r oyed hi s st r ong hol ds, and hat h i ncr eased i n t he daught er of
Judah mour ni ng and l ament at i on. And he hat h vi ol ent l y t aken away hi s t aber nacl e,
as i f i t wer e of a garden: he hat h dest r oyed hi s pl aces of t he assembl y: t he LORD
hat h caused t he sol emn f east s and Sabbat hs t o be f orgot t en i n Zi on, and hat h
despi sed i n t he i ndi gnat i on of hi s anger t he ki ng and t he pri est . The Lord hat h cast
of f hi s al t ar, he hat h abhor red hi s sanct uary, he hat h gi ven up i nt o t he hand of t he
enemy t he wal l s of her pal aces; t hey have made a noi se i n t he house of t he LORD,
as i n t he day of a sol emn f east .
(Lam 2: 1-7)

I n t he above examples of script ure, we f ind t he "divine inst it ut ions" t hat have been lost
t hroughout t he cent uries, due t o apostasy. disobedience, ignorance, and willf ul sinf ulness. I t is
t hese "divine inst it ut ions" t hat we must consider t hat need t o be rest ored.

We are t old in I saiah 66: 23 of t wo of t he "divine inst it utions" t hat will be rest ored. Not ice t hat
t he "new moon" and Sabbat h are t wo of t hese divine inst it ut ions t hat will be rest ored.

And it shall come t o pass, t hat from one new moon to anot her,
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and from one Sabbat h to anot her, shall all flesh come t o worship
before me, sait h t he LORD. (I sa 66: 23)

What needs t o be rest ored, are all of I AUA's "appoint ed t imes," at t heir proper t ime, which
consist of the 7th Day Sabbath to it's right f ul place in I AUA's sacred lunisolar calendar,
Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks, Pent ecost , Day of Trumpet s, Day of
At onement , and t he Feast of Tabernacles. I f Sat urday, as t he 7
t h
day Sabbath, is the biblically
correct day, why would it need t o be rest ored?

What does not need t o be rest ored are t he sacrifices and oblat ions, t hat were required under
t he ceremonial and sacrificial syst em. Daniel t ells us clearly t hat t hese were complet ed at t he
sacrifice of I AUshua on t he cross.

Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm t he covenant wit h many for one week: and in t he midst
of t he week he shal l cause t he sacri f i ce and t he obl at i on t o cease, and for t he
overspreading of abominat ions he shall make it desolat e, even unt il t he consummat ion,
and t hat det ermined shall be poured upon t he desolat e.

Ellen Whit e supports t his as well. See ref erences from Ellen Whit e in ot her places in t his paper.
I t was at t he point of t he crucifixion t hat deat h was no l onger r equi r ed as a penal t y f or
si n. I AUshua t ook our sent ence upon Him inst ead.

Where i s Advent i sm t oday?
165 years in t he Wilderness

I n 1844, The Millerit es, and event ually Advent ism, st ood script urally at t he f oot of Mt Sinai, and
began t o receive t he covenant of I AUA, or t he law, I AUAs set -apart or appoint ed t imes (f east s),
including everything writ ten in the 5 books of the Old Test ament . ( wit h the except ion of the
sacrif ices and oblations)

The I sraelit es, at Mt Sinai, chose to create an idol to worship, the inf amous golden calf .
Advent ism, f ollowing 1844, appears t o have creat ed it s own idol, in Sat urday as t he 7
t h
day
Sabbat h. According t o script ure, t he 7
t h
day Sabbat h out lined in script ure cannot be f ound on a
papal, roman calendar. Did Advent ism, in 1846, creat e it s own golden calf , when Sat urday
was adopt ed as t he 7
t h
day Sabbat h?

I n 1888, Advent ism st ood script urally in t he land of Moab, ready t o ent er t he promised land,
evidenced by t he writ ings of Ellen Whit e.

Today, Advent ism, and all of I AUAs church, not only are not in t he promised land, t hey have
ret reat ed t o t he wilderness, and have marched st eadily back t oward Egypt . Today, not only are
we not in t he promised land, we are over 120 years overdue. And f rom all appearances, we are
at t he end.

The church has t urned back from following Christ her Leader, and is st eadi l y
ret reat i ng t oward Egypt . Yet few are alarmed or astonished at t heir want of spirit ual
power. Doubt and even disbelief of t he t estimonies of the Spirit of God is leavening our
churches everywhere. Sat an would have it t hus. Ministers who preach self inst ead of
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Christ , would have it t hus. The t est imonies are unread and unappreciat ed. God has
spoken t o you. Light has been shining from his word and from t he t est imonies, and bot h
have been slight ed and disregarded. The resul t i s apparent i n t he l ack of puri t y
and devot i on and ear nest f ai t h among us. { PH001 1.2} Healdsburg CA May 30
1882

The Might y Work of The Fourt h Angel is long overdue

I saw angels hurrying t o and fro in heaven, descending t o t he eart h, and again ascending
t o heaven, preparing for t he fulfillment of some import ant event . Then I saw anot her
might y angel commissioned to descend t o t he eart h, to unit e his voice wit h t he t hird
angel, and give power and force t o his message. Great power and glory were impart ed to
t he angel, and as he descended, t he eart h was light ened wit h his glory. The light which
at t ended t his angel penet rat ed everywhere, as he cried might ily, wit h a st rong voice,
"Babylon t he great is fallen, is fallen, and is become t he habit at ion of devils, and t he hold
of every foul spirit , and a cage of every unclean and hat eful bird." The message of t he
f al l of Babyl on, as gi ven by t he second angel , i s repeat ed, wi t h t he addi t i onal
ment i on of t he corr upt i ons whi ch have been ent er i ng t he chur ches since 1844.
The work of t hi s angel comes i n at t he ri ght t i me t o j oi n i n t he l ast great work
of t he t hi r d angel ' s message as i t swel l s t o a l oud cry. And t he people of God are
t hus prepared t o st and in t he hour of t empt ation, which t hey are soon t o meet . I saw a
great light resting upon t hem, and t hey unit ed t o fearlessly proclaim t he t hird angel's
message. { EW 277.1

Summary

Thunder represent s t he voice of I AUA, and seven represent s "complet eness" (see Act s of t he
Apost les, p. 585); t heref ore, t he seven t hunders cont ain t he complet e revelat ion of I AUA's voice
t o His remnant people who are living in "t he t imes of rest it ut ion [ rest orat ion] of all t hings" (Act s
3: 21).

The seven t hunders cont ain t he f ull depiction of Mercy's last call, the rainbow revelation of
I AUA's promise t o cont inue t o speak t o us "unt il [ our] right eousness t hereof go f ort h as
brightness, and t he salvation thereof as a lamp t hat burneth," t hat we "may eventually st and on
Mount Zion with t he Lamb."

Present ly, I AUAs voice, through His sacred word, is t hundering around t he globe, using, of all
t hings, t he int ernet . The flurry of act ivit y on t he world wide web is like wildf ire in t he st ubble.
I AUAs f ollowers are meet ing on t he web, f rom all over t he world, in discussion groups, f orums,
email exchanges, Facebook groups, small f ellowships around t he world, and any ot her f orm of
communicat ion, that binds people together who are seeking I AUAs ult imate trut h, willing to
follow t he Lamb whit hersoever He goet h.

Have t he messages of t he 3
rd
and 4
t h
angels been t aken f rom t he SDA church and given t o a
remnant people? From t he looks of t he act ivit y around t he world, in camps of many
denominat ions, t his appears t o be t he case. I t is t he beginning of t he rest it ut ion of ALL t hings.
I t is t he rest orat ion of t he covenant of I AUA. And His voice is t hundering, behol d t he
br i degr oom comet h. Are you ready?


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Now all these thi ngs happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are wri tten for our admoni ti on,
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
1Co 10:11


And there shall be signs i n the sun, and i n the moon, and i n the stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the
waves roari ng; Men's heart s fail ing them for fear, and for looking after
those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man comi ng i n a
cloud wi th power and great glory. And when t hese t hi ngs begi n
t o come t o pass, t hen l ook up, and l i f t up your heads; f or
your r edempt i on dr awet h ni gh.
Luke 21:25-28








Book and Publ i cat ion Abbr evi at ions
GC The Great Cont roversy; Ellen G. Whit e RH Review and Herald Publishing
EW Early Writings; Ellen G. Whit e ST Signs of t he Times
PK Prophet s and Kings; Ellen G. Whit e PH Special Pamphlets
PP Pat riarchs and Prophet s; Ellen G. Whit e EV Evangelism; Ellen G. Whit e
SDABC SDA Bible Comment ary; Whit e Est at e LDE Last Day Event s; E.G.Whit e Compilation
MR Manuscript Releases; Ellen G. Whit e





Paul W Puckett
August 8 2011




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