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SATAN’S PERSONATION OF CHRIST

“…the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In DIFFERENT PARTS of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. (Rev 1: 13 -15). The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shout of triumph rings out upon the air: "Christ has come!" Great Controversy, 623 -624

SPIRIT of PROPHECY BIBLE EVIDENCE ANSWER QUESTIONS?

“Every position of truth taken by our people will bear the criticism of the greatest minds; the highest of the world’s great men will be brought in contact with truth, and therefore every position we take should be critically examined and tested by the Scriptures. Now we seem to be unnoticed, but this will not always be. Movements are at work to bring us to the front, and if our theories of truth can be picked to pieces by historians or the world’s greatest men, it will be done. ” Evangelism pg 69

We must individually know for ourselves what is truth, and be prepared to give a reason of the hope that we have with meekness and fear, not in a proud boasting, self-sufficiency, but with the spirit of Christ. We are nearing the time when we shall stand Individually alone to answer for our belief. Evangelism, 69

“Even now he [Satan] is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great CONFLAGRATIONS, in fierce TORNADOES and terrific HAILSTORMS, in TEMPESTS, FLOODS, CYCLONES, TIDAL WAVES, and EARTHQUAKES, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AND DISASTROUS. ” GC 589 -590

“And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils…It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the SUNDAY sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until SUNDAY observance shall be strictly enforced…” GC 590

The Great Controversy PG- 592 Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favor, will yield to the POPULAR DEMAND for a law enforcing Sunday observance.

ORDER OF LAST DAY EVENTS SUNDAY LAW Great conflagrations become “more & more disasterous” Disasters Popular demand Saints leave large cities for small ones preparatory to leaving for solitary places: mountains, etc.

“…the assumption of power on the part of our nation in the DECREE enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then be time to LEAVE THE LARGE CITIES, PREPARATORY to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains. ” 4 T 464 -465

Last Day Events PG- 179 The great issue so near at hand [enforcement of Sunday laws] will weed out those whom God has not appointed and He will have a pure, true, sanctified ministry prepared for the latter rain. -3 SM 385 (1886).

ORDER OF LAST DAY EVENTS PROBATION CLOSES SUNDAY LAW Disasters, Popular demand Latter rain falls on a purified church. Loud cry goes worldwide. Everyon e makes choice Martyrs Saints leave large cities for small villages & towns preparatory to leaving for solitary places: mountains, etc. The Great Controversy PG- 592 Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favor, will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance.

“I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus' work was DONE in the sanctuary, and then will come the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. These plagues ENRAGED the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we had brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could RID THE EARTH OF US, the plagues would then be stayed. A DECREE went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. This was the time of JACOB’S TROUBLE. Then all the saints cried out with anguish of spirit, and were delivered by the VOICE OF GOD. ” EW 36 -37

Four angels would hold the four winds Jesus' work was DONE in the sanctuary The SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. Plagues ENRAGED the wicked against the righteous; RID THE EARTH OF US A DECREE went forth to slay the saints Cry day and night for deliverance. This was the time of JACOB’S TROUBLE. Saints cried out with anguish of spirit Delivered by the VOICE OF GOD. EW 36 -37

“As the DECREE…shall withdraw the protection of government and abandon them to those who desire their destruction, the people of God will FLEE from the cities and villages and associate together in companies, dwelling in the most DESOLATE & SOLITARY PLACES. Many will find refuge in the strongholds of the mountains. ” GC 626

“In the Time of Trouble we all FLED from the cities and villages…Then we all CRIED day and night for DELIVERANCE, and the cry came up before God. ” Early Writings p 34

ORDER OF LAST DAY EVENTS SUNDAY LAW Disasters, Popular demand PROBATION CLOSES Latter Loud cry rain goes falls on worldwide. a Everyone purified makes church. choice Martyrs Saints leave large cities for small villages & towns preparatory to leaving for solitary places: mountains, etc. The Great Controversy PG- 592 Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favor, will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance. DEATH DECREE 7 last plagues commence which enraged the wicked against the righteous Wicked want to “rid the earth” of the righteous to stay the plagues. They pass a death decree Jesus’ High Priestly ministry ceases Four angels let go the four winds VOICE OF GOD DELIVERS SAINTS Saints MUST flee villages etc for solitary places!!! Saints delivered by the voice of God Saints cry out day & night for deliverance because of the death decree Time of (Jacobs) trouble 7 last plagues

ORDER OF LAST DAY EVENTS SUNDAY LAW SATAN’S PERSONATION OF CHRIST? ? ? PROBATION CLOSES SATAN’S PERSONATION OF CHRIST? ? ? Saints leave cities for small villages & towns preparatory to leaving for solitary places: mountains, etc. DEATH DECREE SATAN’S PERSONATION OF CHRIST? ? ? Jesus’ High Priestly ministry ceases VOICE OF GOD DELIVERS SAINTS SATAN’S PERSONATION OF CHRIST? ? ? Saints MUST flee villages etc for solitary places!!! Time of (Jacobs) trouble 7 last plagues

“Roman” armies of the wicked surround the saints “IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE Satan stirs up the wicked, and they ENCIRCLE the people of God to destroy them. ” RH Nov. 19, 1908. All the world wondered after the BEAST!

“. . . As Satan influenced Esau to march against Jacob, so he will stir up the wicked to destroy God's people in the TIME OF TROUBLE. . . God's people will be SURROUNDED by enemies who are bent upon their destruction. . . ” GC 615 -619

“Alas! for that day is great so that none is like it: it is even THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE; but he shall be saved out of it. " Daniel, in prophetic vision looking down to this point, says: "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a TIME OF TROUBLE SUCH AS NEVER WAS since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. ” The Signs of the Times, Nov. 27, 1879

“About four months since, I had a vision of events, all in the future. And I saw the TIME OF TROUBLE, SUCH AS NEVER WAS, - Jesus told me it was THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE, and that we should all be delivered out of it by the VOICE OF GOD. ” The Day-Star, Mar 14, 1846

“The ‘TIME OF TROUBLE, such as never was, ’ is soon to open upon us…The wrath of Satan increases as his time grows short, and his work of DECEIT and destruction will reach its CULMINATION IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE…As the CROWNING ACT in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ…” GC 623 -624

“I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus' work was DONE in the sanctuary, and then will come the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. These plagues enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we had brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could rid the earth of us, the plagues would then be stayed. A DECREE went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. This was the time of JACOB’S TROUBLE. Then all the saints cried out with anguish of spirit, and were delivered by the VOICE OF GOD. ” EW 36 -37

“I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus' work was DONE in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues. These PLAGUES enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we had brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could RID THE EARTH OF US, the plagues would then be stayed. A DECREE went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to CRY DAY AND NIGHT for DELIVERANCE. This was the time of Jacob’s Trouble. ” EW 36 -37 PROBATION CLOSES PLAGUES DEATH DECREE CRY FOR DELIVERANCE Time of Jacob’s trouble

“Satan sees that he is about to LOSE HIS CASE. He cannot sweep in the whole world. He makes ONE LAST DESPERATE EFFORT to overcome the faithful by deception. He does this in personating Christ. . . One effort more, and then Satan's last device is employed. He hears the UNCEASING CRY FOR CHRIST TO COME, FOR CHRIST TO DELIVER THEM. This last strategy is to PERSONATE CHRIST, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” LDE 164 -165 PROBATIONS CLOSE DEATH DECREE PLAGUES SATAN PERSONATES CHRIST CRY FOR DELIVERANCE

SATAN’S LAST DESPERATE EFFORT Buying or selling, job loses “ONE LAST DESPERATE EFFORT” Signs & wonders performed by his agents. SUNDAY LAW EFFORT PROBATIO N CLOSES Healing miracles. Pentecostal & Spiritualism, Evangelical Aparitions christianity DEATH DECREE EFFORT SATAN’S PERSONATION

“Satan sees that he is about to LOSE HIS CASE. He cannot sweep in the whole world. He makes one LAST desperate effort to overcome the faithful by deception. He does this in personating Christ. . . …One effort more, and then Satan's LAST device is employed. He hears the unceasing cry for Christ to come, for Christ to deliver them. This LAST strategy is to personate Christ, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” Last Day Events p 164 -165.

BIBLE EVIDENC E?

“The twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew is presented to me again and again as something that is to be brought to the attention of all. We are today living in the time when the predictions of this chapter are fulfilling. Let our ministers and teachers explain these prophecies to those whom they instruct. Let them leave out of their discourses matters of minor consequence, and present the truths that will DECIDE THE DESTINY OF SOULS. ” Evangelism p 196

“The prophecy which He uttered was twofold in its meaning; while foreshadowing the destruction of Jerusalem, it prefigured also the terrors of the last great day. ” Great Controversy 25

The ruin of Jerusalem was a symbol of the final ruin that shall overwhelm the world. The prophecies that received a partial fulfillment in the overthrow of Jerusalem have A MORE DIRECT APPLICATION to the last days. . The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations, as well as the concerns of His church, in His own charge. Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing PG- 120

The twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew gives an outline of what is to come upon the world. This Day with God PG- 152

Christ forewarned His disciples of the destruction of Jerusalem and the signs to take place prior to the coming of the Son of man. The whole of the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew is a prophecy concerning the events to precede this event, and the destruction of Jerusalem is used to typify the last great destruction of the world by fire. -Ms 77, 1899. Last Day Events PG- 18

BIBLE EVIDENCE? 14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world …THEN SHALL THE END COME. 15 When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand IN THE HOLY PLACE [“when ye shall see JERUSALEM COMPASSED WITH ARMIES. ” Luke 21: 20]…FLEE into the mountains…”

THE CLOSE OF PROBATION 13 But he that shall endure unto THE END, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the END come. “The third angel's message is to be sounded by God's people. It is to swell to the loud cry. The Lord has a time appointed when HE WILL BIND OFF THE WORK; but when is that time? --when the truth to be proclaimed for these last days shall go forth as a WITNESS TO ALL NATIONS THEN SHALL THE END COME. ” 9 MR 212

Fundamentals of Christian Education PG- 335: “But there is A DAY that GOD HATH APPOINTED for the close of this world's history. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. " Prophecy is fast fulfilling. More, much more, should be said about these tremendously important subjects. THE DAY is at hand when the DESTINY of every soul will be fixed forever. THIS DAY OF THE LORD hastens on a pace. ”

14 “And this gospel [three angels messages swell to the loud cry] of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world …then shall THE END [probation’s close] come.

15 When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand IN THE HOLY PLACE. . . FLEE into the mountains…”

14 “And this gospel [three angels messages swell to the loud cry] of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world …then shall THE END [probation’s close] come. 15 When ye THEREFORE shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand: ) “The word ‘therefore’ implies a conclusion, an inference from what has gone before it. ” MB 76

15 When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand IN THE HOLY PLACE…FLEE into the mountains…” The gospel commission is over. Probation has closed for the world. Saints to flee to the mountains. No need for further evangelism.

WHAT IS THE ABOMINATIO N OF DESOLATION ?

WHAT IS THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION? BIBLE VERSE WHAT TO WATCH FOR WHAT IT WOULD DO WHERE IT WOULD DO IT MATTHEW 24: 15 “abomination of desolation” “stand in” “the holy place” MARK 13: 14 “abomination of desolation” “standing” “where it ought not” LUKE 21: 20 “armies” “compassed” “Jerusalem” ‘ROMAN’ ARMIES surrounding Jerusalem [The Holy City, (Rev 11: 2), GOD’S TRUE CHURCH] intent on it’s destruction

FIRST APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24 1. Jesus warned of the temple’s destruction in vs 2. 2. Disciples’ question: When shall these things be? 3. Jesus warning: the abomination of desolation 4. Jerusalem [SURROUNDED] by Roman armies. 5. With this event destruction was imminent. 6. FLEE, no dallying! DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE Luke 21: 20

FIRST APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24 When the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight. When the warning sign should be seen, judgment was to follow so quickly that those who would escape must make no delay. Spirit of Prophecy Vol 4 PG- 26

FIRST APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand); then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains; . . . " This warning was given to be heeded forty years after, at the destruction of Jerusalem. The Christians obeyed, and not one of them perished in the destruction of the city. The Signs of the Times 02 -20 -01

FIRST APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Luke 19

SPOKEN OF BY THE PROPHET FIRST APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24

WARNING FOUND IN DANIEL 9 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, [killed] but not for himself: [He died for our sins: Isaiah 53: 8] and the people of the prince [the Romans who arose after Daniel’s time] that shall come [future] shall destroy the city [Jerusalem] and the sanctuary; [temple] and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. “Now, as soon as the army had no more people to slay or to plunder. . . Ceasar gave orders that they should now DEMOLISH the entire city and temple. . . This was the end which Jerusalem came to. . . ” Josephus, Wars of the Jews, trans. William Whiston, p 589

WARNING FOUND IN DANIEL 9 27 And he [messiah] shall confirm the covenant [the everlasting covenant. The “he” cannot be Titus who was mentioned in verse 26 because Titus confirmed no such covenant. ] with many for one week: and in the midst of the week [“this covenant he (Jesus) shall confirm. . . ” Matthew Henry Comments on Dan 9: 27] he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, [margin: upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator] even until the consummation, [God departed the Jewish sanctuary leaving it “desolate. ” It had been His house but Jesus finally called it their house (Luke 13: 34 -35) and Jerusalem is to remain desolate even until the consummation or second coming] and that determined [What is decided in God’s judgment] shall be poured upon the desolate. [margin: upon the desolator] i. e. Rome will be destroyed.

FIRST APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24 ROMAN ARMIES SURROUNDING “JERUSALEM” ABOMINATION of DESOLATION

THE ENDTIME APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24?

ENDTIME APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24? 11 & 12

ENDTIME APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24? And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Daniel 11: 31 THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION

ENDTIME APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24? And from the time [that] the daily [sacrifice] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, [there shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Daniel 12: 11 THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION

THE ROMAN PAPACY THE ABOMINATION & DESOLATING ‘ARMY’

PARALLEL BETWEEN DANIEL & MATTHEW BIBLE VERSE “SPOKEN OF BY DANIEL” BIBLE VERSE PARALLEL IN MATTHEW 24 DANIEL 11: 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: MATTHEW 24: 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world. . DANIEL 11: 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas IN the glorious holy mountain; MATTHEW 24: 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, . . . stand IN the holy place, DANIEL 12: 1 and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation MATTHEW 24: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, nor ever shall be. DANIEL 12: 1 and at that time thy people shall be delivered, . . . MATTHEW 24: 22 but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. DANIEL 12: 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, MATTHEW 24: 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, . . .

ENDTIME APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24? 15 When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand IN THE HOLY PLACE …” For the second application where in DANIEL does it “STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE”?

ENDTIME APPLICATION OF MATTHEW 24? And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas IN the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. Daniel 11: 45

GLORIOUS HOLY MOUNTAIN JERUSALEM: Symbol of God’s true church. BABYLON: Symbol of a wicked church. DANIEL: Church- “the glorious holy mountain” MOUNTAIN: symbol of a kingdom (Dan 2: 44 -45; Jer 51: 25) EPHESIANS 5: 27: Church is glorious & holy GOD’S PURIFIED CHURCH

GLORIOUS HOLY MOUNTAIN O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: Daniel 9: 16

GLORIOUS HOLY MOUNTAIN The “GLORIOUS HOLY MOUNTAIN” refers to God’s cleansed church AFTER probation has closed, when ALL within her borders are “without spot or wrinkle or any such thing”. Eph 5: 27; cf Rev 22: 11 2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 3 And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: Isaiah 4

FIRST APPLICATION of MATTHEW 24 ABOMINATION of DESOLATION was Roman armies surrounding Jerusalem Luke 21: 20 SECOND APPLICATION of MATTHEW 24 ABOMINATION of DESOLATION is “Roman armies” (the wicked) empowered with DEATH DECREE surrounding Jerusalem [the true church]

THE ROMAN POWER To John the exile on lonely Patmos was given a view of the 1260 years during which the papal power was permitted to trample upon God's word and OPPRESS HIS PEOPLE. Said the angel of the Lord: "The holy city [the true church] shall they tread under foot forty and two months. Spirit of Prophecy Volume Four PG- 188

SECOND APPLICATION of MATTHEW 24 ABOMINATION of DESOLATION is “Roman armies” (the wicked) surrounding Jerusalem [the true church] “IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE Satan stirs up the wicked, and they ENCIRCLE the people of God to destroy them. ” RH Nov. 19, 1908. The time of trouble was upon us. I saw our people in great distress, weeping and praying, pleading the sure promises of God, while the wicked were all AROUND us mocking us and threatening to destroy us. 3 SM PG- 427

SECOND APPLICATION of MATTHEW 24 ABOMINATION of DESOLATION is “Roman armies” (the wicked) surrounding Jerusalem [the true church] When Christ shall cease His work as mediator in man's behalf, then this time of trouble will begin. . Then the restraining Spirit of God is withdrawn from the earth. As Jacob was threatened with death by his angry brother, so the people of God will be in peril from the wicked who are seeking to destroy them. And as the patriarch wrestled all night for deliverance from the hand of Esau, so the righteous will cry to God day and night for deliverance from the enemies that SURROUND them. Patriarchs and Prophets PG- 201

But isn’t the Abomination of Desolation the SUNDAY LAW?

As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of OUR NATION in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a WARNING to us. It will then be time to leave the LARGE cities, PREPARATORY to leaving the SMALLER ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains. 5 T pg 464 -465

The US Sunday Law is NOT the Abomination of Desolation in the holy place Abomination of Desolation Matthew 24: 15. Luke 21: 20 QUOTE in Testimonies Vol 5 page 464 -465 ENDTIME APPLICATION Death Decree Speaks of the Abomination of Roman Army of the wicked Desolation Speaks of the US Sunday Law empowered with The Death (Roman army in holy place) Decree Jerusalem is the purified Abo of Des is seen The US is not literal Jerusalem HOLY CHURCH. Wicked will Compassing nor is it represented by surround the church to kill [SURROUNDING] Jerusalem symbolic Jerusalem them Flee IMMEDIATELY to the MOUNTAINS US Sunday law is time to leave the LARGE cities PREPARATORY to leaving smaller ones Flee ALL CITIES IMMEDIATELY to the MOUNTAINS. GC 626

WICKED ARMIES EMPOWERED BY DEATH DECREE + ? ? ? ABOMINATION of DESOLATION Matthew 24: 15. Luke 21: 20 WICKED ARMIES EMPOWERED BY THE DEATH DECREE And when ye shall see Jerusalem In the time of trouble Satan stirs up the wicked, COMPASSED with ARMIES, then know that and they ENCIRCLE the people of God to the desolation thereof is nigh. Luke 21: 20 destroy them R&H Nov 19, 1908 Abomination of Desolation comes after the close of probation in Matthew 24: 14 Death Decree comes after probation’s close “And I saw the time of trouble, such as never was - Jesus told me it was the time of Jacob’s trouble, . . . ” The Daystar Mar 14, 1846 Flee IMMEDIATELY to the MOUNTAINS Flee ALL cities IMMEDIATELY to the MOUNTAINS. GC 626 There was NO salvation for those in the city following the flight of God’s people There will be NO salvation for those in “the city” (this world) following the deliverance of God’s people

The US Sunday Law is NOT the Abomination of Desolation in the holy place Abomination of Desolation Matthew 24: 15. Luke 21: 20 If the Abomination of Desolation were the US SUNDAY LAW and we are commanded to flee IMMEDIATELY to the mountains, no presumptous dallying, then who will receive the latter rain & who will proclaim the LOUD CRY of the third angel and who will proclaim the Sabbath more fully? What of the purified ministry heralded in by the Sunday law? The events associated with the abomination of desolation versus those to take place after the Sunday law are at loggerheads. Try and piece the ‘puzzle’ together and there is only one way to harmonise the SOP statements and the Bible, line upon line. The great issue so near at hand [enforcement of Sunday laws] will weed out those whom God has not appointed and He will have a pure, true, sanctified ministry prepared for the latter rain. --3 SM 385 (1886).

PIONEERS & THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION ABOMINATION of DESOLATION Matthew 24: 15. Luke 21: 20 WICKED ARMIES EMPOWERED BY THE DEATH DECREE A T JONES (1850 -1923) Lessons from the Reformation pg 258 And what the abomination of desolation was He makes plain by saying, "When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, . . . " Luke 21 : 20, 21. The armies that compassed, destroyed, and desolated, Jerusalem were the armies of Rome. This therefore makes it certain that Rome was then the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet. And that Rome being continued and intensified in the papacy, this makes it certain that in the papacy there is continued and intensified "the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet. " "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand. )" In this we have a W MILLER (1782 -1849) proof of what Daniel means by his "little horn, " which rose up out of one of the four winds Millers Works, Exposition of the Twenty of heaven, towards which the Grecian kingdom was divided; Dan. viii. 8 -13. It evidently Fourth of Matthew, Lecture 1, pg 16 means the Romans and their armies making desolate Jerusalem. Compare Luke xxi. 20: "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. " "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place. . . In this language our Lord brings to view the dreadful calamities of the Jewish people, and the destruction of their city and temple as J N ANDREWS (1829 -1883) predicted by the Daniel the prophet; and his watchful care over his people as their Lord History of the Sabbath and the First Day leads him to point out their means of escape. He gives them a token by which they of the Week, pg 132 should know when this terrible overthrow was immediately impending. It was "the abomination of desolation" standing "in the holy place; " or, as expressed by Luke, the token was "Jerusalem compassed with armies. "

PIONEERS & THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION ABOMINATION of DESOLATION Matthew 24: 15. Luke 21: 20 WICKED ARMIES EMPOWERED BY THE DEATH DECREE In the 24 of Matt. our Saviour says to his disciples, in answer to their questions, When shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and the end of the world? JOSEPH BATES (1792 -1872) "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the The Seventh day Sabbath, A Perpetual prophet, stand in the holy place, " &c. 15 v. "Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day. " 20 v. . . 1 st. It is agreed on all hands that this time to which Sign, pg 25 he here refers, never transpired until the destruction of Jerusalem in A. D. 70, about forty years after his crucifixion. The "abomination of desolation" is called "armies" in Luke 21: 20, and refers to the Roman army. "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. " This desolating power is spoken of by Daniel as follows: "And J S WHITE (1821 -1881) the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the The Second Coming of Christ, or a Brief end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. . . Exposition of Matthew 24, pg 28. And for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. " Margin, "desolator. " Dan. 9: 26, 27. "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand), then let them which E J WAGGONER ( 1855 -1916) be in Judea flee into the mountains; let him which is on the house-top not come down to Prophetic Lights, The Time of the End, pg take anything out of his house; neither let him which is in the field return back to take his 119 clothes. " Matt. 24: 15 -18. In thus foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem (compare verse 14 with Luke 21: 20), the Saviour answered the question, "When shall these things be?

Here Inspiration comes to our aid. Jesus tells us the "abomination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel the prophet will "stand in the holy place" before the destruction of Jerusalem. Luke 21: 20 simply says, "When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. " These words refer directly to Daniel 9: 27, which follow the prophecy of verse 26, "the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. " David Lin “China Letters” pg. 118

TIME OF TROUBLE “For THEN shall be great TRIBULATION, SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD…And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Matt 24: 14 -23

SATAN PERSONATES CHRIST THEN if any man shall say unto you, LO, HERE IS CHRIST, OR THERE; believe [it] not. ” Matt 24: 23

SATAN PERSONATES CHRIST “Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, [he is] in the secret chambers; believe [it] not. ” Matthew 24: 26

MATTHE W 24 BIBLE VERSE SECOND APPLICATION MATTHEW 24: 14 CLOSE OF PROBATION MATTHEW 24: 15 ARMIES SURROUND SAINTS - DEATH DECREE MATTHEW 24: 21 TIME OF TROUBLE MATTHEW 24: 23, 24 SATAN PERSONATES CHRIST MATTHEW 24: 31 THE SECOND COMING

SATAN’S LAST DESPERATE EFFORT “Satan sees that he is about to LOSE HIS CASE. He cannot sweep in the whole world. He makes one LAST desperate effort to overcome the faithful by deception. He does this in personating Christ. . . …One effort more, and then Satan's LAST device is employed. He hears the unceasing cry for Christ to come, for Christ to DELIVER them. This LAST strategy is to personate Christ, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” Last Day Events p 164165.

WICKED ARMIES EMPOWERED BY DEATH DECREE + ? ? ? “BUT THIS ANSWERS TO THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION STANDING IN THE HOLY PLACE. ” LDE 164 -165; Ms 16, 1884.

SUMMARY of EARLY WRITINGS & LAST DAY EVENTS “I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus' work was DONE in the sanctuary CLOSE OF PROBATION Early Writings 36, 37 Seven last plagues occur after probation closes Early Writings 36, 37 These PLAGUES enraged the wicked against the righteous Plagues enrage wicked AFTER probation closes Early Writings 36, 37 if they could RID THE EARTH OF US, the plagues would then be stayed. Plagues enrage wicked AFTER probation closes Early Writings 36, 37 Death decree issued AFTER probation closes Early Writings 36, 37 Time of Trouble (Jacob’s trouble) occurs AFTER probation closes Early Writings 36, 37 then will come the seven last plagues. A DECREE went forth to slay the saints which caused them to CRY DAY AND NIGHT for DELIVERANCE. One effort more, and then Satan’s last device is employed. He hears the unceasing cry for Christ to come, for Christ to deliver them. Personate Christ & make them think their prayers have been answered Satan hears saints’ cry for deliverance AFTER Last Day Events 164, 165 probation closes Satan personates Christ AFTER probation closes Last Day Events 164, 165

PARALLELS WITH CHRIST SATAN’S PERSONATION TO CHRIST SATAN’S PERSONATION AS CHRIST Christ driven to the wilderness Saints driven to the wilderness Christ was hungry Saints also hungry Christ praying for Deliverance Saints praying for Deliverance Satan personation Satan’s personation

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS?

QUES. In what chapter of the Great Controversy does Sister White place Satan’s personation of Christ? ANS. In the chapter titled, “The Time of Trouble” “The wrath of Satan increases as his time grows short, and his work of deceit and destruction will reach its culmination IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE. . . As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. ” GC 623 -624.

QUES. What is this “time of trouble”? ANS. Jacob’s trouble which begins after probation closes. [EW 36 -37; 1 T 204]. “About four months since, I had a vision of events, all in the future. And I saw the time of trouble, such as never was, --Jesus told me it was the time of Jacob's trouble, and that we should be delivered out of it by the voice of God. ” The Day-Star, 03 -14 -46.

QUES. Where does the Bible describe Satan’s personation of Christ? ANS. Matt 24: 14 -23. During the “Tribulation” or Time of Trouble which occurs AFTER the “end” of probationary time (Matt 24: 14). After the end of probationary time will be the “great tribulation” (Jacob’s Trouble). “THEN if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not. ”

QUES. What chance would Satan have of deceiving the very elect into believing that he was Jesus come back THE SECOND TIME if he came BEFORE probation had closed? ANS. Very Little. The very elect know that Jesus does not return until after the passing of the Sunday law, the outpouring of the plagues and the death decree.

QUES. It appears that Satan will come as Christ before apostasy has become worldwide. “In this age antichrist will appear as the true Christ, and then the law of God will be fully made void in the nations of our world. Rebellion against God's holy law will be fully ripe. But the TRUE LEADER of all this rebellion is SATAN clothed as an angel of light. ” Mar 205. Does this teach that Satan will personate Christ BEFORE the Sunday law is passed? The following questions help to clarify this issue.

(a) If Satan personates Christ before the Sunday law is passed then how does one explain why the saints will be crying day & night for Christ to come and deliver them when Satan appears? LAST DAY EVENTS pg 164 -165 states: “One effort more, and then Satan’s LAST DEVICE is employed. He hears the UNCEASING CRY for Christ to come, for Christ to DELIVER THEM. This last strategy is to PERSONATE CHRIST, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” How can anyone explain this before the Sunday law? !!!

(b) If Satan personates Christ before the Sunday law then how does one explain that Satan appears in the “time of trouble”? GC 622 -624 states: “The “time of trouble, such as never was, ” is soon to open upon us. . . The wrath of Satan increases as his time grows short, and his work of deceit and destruction will reach its culmination IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE. . . As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will PERSONATE CHRIST. . . the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. ”

How can the “Time of Trouble” occur before the Sunday law!? Note: The servant of the Lord did NOT say “little time of trouble. ” In fact she NEVER once uses the term “little time of trouble. ” Even if one adds the word “little” [God forbid] to the word of God we may still ask, Does even this little time of trouble occur BEFORE the Sunday law? !!!

The prophet tells us that the time of trouble is Jacob’s trouble: “About four months since, I had a vision of events, all in the future. And I saw the TIME OF TROUBLE, such as never was, - JESUS TOLD ME it was the TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE, and that we should all be delivered out of it by the voice of God. ” The Day-Star, Mar 14, 1846. How can the “Time of Trouble, i. e. Jacob’s Trouble, be before the Sunday Law? !!! As the Death Decree begins the Time of Jacob’s Trouble (EW 36 -37) how can the Death Decree occur before the Sunday Law? !!!

(c) If Satan personates Christ before the Sunday law then how can the personation be called Satan’s “LAST effort. . . LAST device. . . LAST strategy. ” LAST DAY EVENTS pg 164 -165 states: “Satan sees that he is about to lose his case. He cannot sweep in the whole world. He makes one LAST DESPARATE EFFORT to OVERCOME the faithful by deception. He does this in personating Christ. . . One effort more, and then Satan’s LAST DEVICE is employed. He hears the unceasing cry for Christ to come, for Christ to deliver them. This LAST STRATEGY is to personate Christ, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” LDE 164 -165 If the Sunday law [another effort to overcome the faithful, the big test] occurs after Satan’s personation then how could the personation be described as Satan’s LAST strategy if it occurs before the Sunday law?

(d) If the antichrist in the first sentence is Satan then why does it say a few words further on, “BUT the TRUE LEADER of all this rebellion IS SATAN? Doesn’t this show that the word antichrist in the first sentence is NOT referring to Satan, the TRUE LEADER of rebellion?

(e) If the “antichrist” in this first sentence is not Satan the TRUE leader of rebellion, then who could it be?

ANTICHRIST, the man of sin, exalted himself as SUPREME in the earth, and THROUGH HIM Satan has worked in a masterly way to create REBELLION against the law of God and against the memorial of his created works. Is this not sin and iniquity? The Signs of the Times 03 -12 -94

Paul explains in 2 Thessalonians 2: 3 -9 “. . . that MAN OF SIN (“antichrist”) be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, SHEWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD (“appear as true Christ”). . . whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [Even him], whose coming is AFTER [according to] THE WORKING OF SATAN (“the true leader of all this rebellion”) with all power and signs and lying wonders. ”

ANS. The antichrist spoken of in this passage CANNOT be Satan because the passage continues, “Antichrist will appear. . . BUT the true leader. . . is Satan. ” Antichrist in this statement is probably used as in 3 SM 402: “Antichrist, meaning all who exalt themselves against the will and work of God. ” 3 SM 402.

TM 62 “In this age antichrist (the Papacy) will appear as the true Christ, and then the law of God will be fully made void in the nations of our world (universal Sunday law). Rebellion against God's holy law will be fully ripe. (The beast of Revelation 13 is instrumental in all this, not Satan in person. EGW has this to say: “Antichrist, the man of sin, exalted himself as supreme in the earth, and through him Satan has worked in a masterly way to create REBELLION against the law of God and against the memorial of his created works. ” SOT 03/12/94). But the true leader of all this REBELLION is Satan (correct, as noted in the above quote) clothed as an angel of light. (In the teachings & leading of the catholic church and her apostate protestant daughter). Men will be deceived (yes, the Pope is only human & not God) and will exalt him (How? Through exalting the papacy. Remember the emperors of Rome were deified also. The Papacy today is in a position to assume the place of God) to the place of God, (“who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped. . . ”) and deify him (“. . . so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God showing himself that he is God”. We have always applied these verses to the man of sin, the Papacy which harmonises with the TM 62 statement). But Omnipotence will interpose, and to the apostate churches that unite in the exaltation of Satan, (through the doctrines & WORSHIP of the beast, Rev 13, 14. Remember worship is due to God alone, Matt 4: 10) the sentence will go forth, 'Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. ”

QUES. It appears that Satan will come as Christ working miracles while the loud cry is going forth. “But while Satan works with his lying wonders, the time will be fulfilled foretold in the Revelation, and the mighty angel that shall lighten the earth with his glory, will proclaim the fall of Babylon, and call upon God's people to forsake her. ” Mar 189 ANS. This statement nowhere clearly speaks of Satan personating Christ. Satan performs his lying wonders WITHOUT being visibly present. Satan has worked lying wonders in the past, and he is today working lying wonders without being visible as Christ. This he will continue to do.

QUES. What will the saints be doing when Satan, in desperation, appears as Christ? ANS. Praying unceasingly for Christ to come and deliver them. “Satan sees that he is about to lose his case. He cannot sweep in the whole world. He makes one last desperate effort to overcome the faithful by deception. He does this in personating Christ. . . One effort more, and then Satan's last device is employed. He hears the unceasing cry for Christ to come, for Christ to deliver them. This last strategy is to personate Christ, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” LDE 164 -165

QUES. What causes the saints to cry unceasingly for Christ to come and deliver them, and what do they need delivering from? ANS. The Death Decree. “A DECREE went forth TO SLAY the saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. ” EW 36

QUES. When will the Death Decree be passed? ANS. After probation has closed. “When Jesus leaves the most holy, His restraining Spirit is withdrawn from rulers and people. They are left to the control of evil angels. THEN such laws will be made by the counsel and direction of Satan, that unless time should be very short, no flesh could be saved [cf. Matt 24: 22]. ” 1 T 204 “I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus' work was done in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues. These PLAGUES enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we had brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could rid the earth of us, the plagues would then be stayed. A DECREE went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. This was the time of Jacob's trouble. ” EW 36 -37

QUES. The death decree is a strategy to overcome the faithful but if Satan’s personation of Christ is his LAST effort to overcome the faithful then doesn’t that mean that it must come after the Death Decree? ANS. Yes. “Satan sees that he is about to lose his case. HE CANNOT SWEEP IN THE WHOLE WORLD. He makes ONE LAST DESPERATE EFFORT to overcome the faithful by deception. He does this in personating Christ. . . One effort more, and then Satan's last device is employed. He hears the unceasing cry for Christ to come, for Christ to deliver them. This last strategy is to personate Christ, and make them think their prayers are answered. ” LDE 164 -165

QUES. Will Satan ever do anything desperate at a time when he has no chance of success? ANS. Yes. In desperation Satan will attempt to capture the New Jerusalem. The fact that there is no chance of success does not prove that the event will not then occur. We must not assume that Satan will personate Christ before probation’s close.

QUES. It appears that Satan will come as Christ before God’s unmingled wrath (the plagues) are poured out. “But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this false Christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is pronounced upon the worshippers of the beast and his image, the very class upon whom the Bible declares that God’s unmingled wrath shall be poured out. ” GC 625 ANS. “Declares” is present tense. The Bible declares TODAY that those whom Satan will bless are those who shall receive God’s unmingled wrath. Note: The worship of the beast & image and the observance of the counterfeit sabbath, will ALREADY be happening when Satan appears. Satan is to come AFTER the Sunday laws have been passed.

QUES. After probation closes there will be no possibility of deceiving the elect. What would be the point of Satan coming as Christ after probation has closed? The objection is actually an assumption. It ASSUMES that Satan will come at a time when it is still possible to deceive the elect, but this is to assume what the objector must prove. Just because a strategy has no chance of succeeding does not mean that it will not happen. After the millennium, long after probation’s close, Satan will again personate Christ, lead an army to surround the saints again, and fail again. The fact that he has no chance of overcoming the saints does not prove that he will not try. Both of Satan’s personation strategies at the beginning and end of the millennium have no chance of success. Satan’s personation of Christ is to be an act of desperation (LDE p 164 -165).

QUES. After probation closes there will be no possibility of deceiving the elect. What would be the point of Satan coming as Christ after probation has closed? Last Day Events -PG- 234 In the time of trouble Satan stirs up the wicked, and they encircle the people of God to destroy them. But he does not know that "pardon" has been written opposite their names in the books of heaven. --RH Nov. 19, 1908. As Satan influenced Esau to march against Jacob, so he will stir up the wicked to destroy God's people in the time of trouble. . He sees that holy angels are guarding them, and he infers that their sins have been pardoned, but he does not know that their cases have been decided in the sanctuary above. -GC 618 (1911).

HOPE INTERNATIONAL However, when Satan first begins to personate Christ, it will be near the beginning of the seven last plagues. Our Firm Foundation Vol. 14, No. 7 pg 17