Who are the Reapers?

Who are the Reapers
and When do they come?

"…No one finds the truth accidentally, or sees it without the Holy Spirit's aid.—4An:36.1

     No one, say the Scriptures, can privately (without Inspiration) unfold the prophecies, for, reasons the Apostle, as prophecy came not by private effort—not by the will of men, but by holy men and the Spirit—neither can it therefore be of private interpretation, but only by holy men led by the Holy Spirit.  Moreover, even AFTER prophecy is thus interpreted, only to the righteous (the penitent) is given the gift of understanding it (Dan. 12:10).—2TG44:31.2

And those who fail to acknowledge the truth or even array themselves to oppose it, the following scripture reveals why.

1Pe 5:5—Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

     “Those who are truly converted to Christ [must] keep on constant guard lest they shall accept error in place of truth. Those who think that it matters not what they believe in doctrine, so long as they believe in Jesus Christ, are on dangerous ground.…”—CTr:235.4 and

…We are ready to accept truth, but when the theory is contradicted by the Scriptures, then we must not submit to erroneous conclusions, for, he who believes a lie is an abomination unto God.—2SR:19.2

     In considering the several scriptures bearing on this point and the kindred points in question, our conclusions must be based solely on the weight of evidence, because not only do we want to know all the truth that God sees fit to reveal to us, but also we dare not teach anything but the truth.—9Tr40:7.1  (1st Edition)

     Since this fearsome truth, as here revealed, finds its counterpart in Christ's parable of the wheat and the tares, the parables must necessarily therefore teach the investigative

Judgment Among the Living. {3Tr:42.1}

     "Let both grow together," commands Christ, in regard to the commingling of the wheat and tares, "until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into My barn." Matt. 13:30. {3Tr:42.2}

     Here the Lord is parabolically teaching that a time of investigation will come, and that then the angels will remove the sinners from "the congregation of the righteous." Ps. 1:5 {3Tr:42.3}

     "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just." Matt. 13:47-49. {3Tr:42.4}

     In both of these parables, Christ is sounding the forewarning that the investigative judgment will take place in the time called "harvest," which IS the end of the world—the time in which the 2300 days culminate, just as the angel declared: "Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision." Dan. 8:17. "…shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days." Dan. 8:26. "...for yet the vision is for many days." Dan. 10:14. {3Tr:42.5}

     Pointing directly to the time that the investigative judgment shall take place among the living, Malachi parallels both parables in his prophecy: {3Tr:43.1}

     "...the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple,…But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's sope: and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." Mal. 3:1-3. {3Tr:43.2}

     As the cleansings called for in the parables and in Malachi's prophecy have never taken place, the investigative judgment of the living is obviously, then, yet future. This investigative work is therefore occasioned by the work of separation in the earthly sanctuary (church), as brought to view also in Ezekiel 9: {3Tr:43.3}

     "And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon He was, to the threshold of the house. And He called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; and the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. {3Tr:44.1}

     "And to the others He said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house." Ezek. 9:2-6. {3Tr:44.2}

     Here the people are shown to be in a mixed state (tares and wheat commingled), with the time just ahead of them when on the one hand those who have sighed and cried for the abominations in their midst shall receive the mark of deliverance, while on the other hand those who have not sighed and cried shall be left without the mark, to perish (in their sins) under the angels' slaughter weapons.—3Tr:42.1-44.3

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     In graphic demonstration that He will come to earth with all His angels to execute judgment upon the living, the Lord revealed Himself prophetically to Ezekiel as being brought enthroned to earth by four living creatures just before the slaughter of the hypocrites in the church takes place. And as each of the living creatures has the face of a lion, the face of a calf, the face of a man, and the face of an eagle (Ezek. 1:10),—the same judicial insignia as have the beasts who are before the throne in the heavenly sanctuary (Rev. 4:7) in the time of the judgment of the dead,—and as they descend to earth, they thereby symbolically show that the work of the mediatorial-judicial throne which convenes and presides over the judgment of the dead is extended to earth. {3Tr:46.3}

     This extension, so far as we are able to know now, must take place at the opening of the seventh seal (Rev. 8:1), for at that time the celestial voices, which opened the judgment of the dead, cease in the heavenly sanctuary and begin, after the half hour's silence, to sound on earth. In other words, just as in heaven at the opening of the judgment of the dead, there were "lightnings and thunderings and voices" (Rev. 4:5), likewise on earth at the opening of the "judgment of the living," there are "voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake." Rev. 8:5. {3Tr:47.1}

     With the judgment of the dead, however, the work of separation takes place in the books in the heavenly sanctuary; whereas with the judgment of the living, the separation takes place among the people in the church as well as among their names in the books in the heavenly sanctuary, thus showing that both sanctuaries will finally be cleansed. {3Tr:47.2}

     Inescapably, therefore, the Lord's coming to His temple (Mal. 3:1-3), His coming with all His angels (Matt. 25), and His coming enthroned above the living creatures (Ezek. 1),—all three representing the same event as has been shown,—take place at the beginning of the judgment of the living: the time in which the judicial activities of the heavenly sanctuary extend to the earthly sanctuary—the church.—3Tr:46.3-47.3

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     Being the one shining example of a church never guilty of thwarting or trying to thwart in any way her members in their exercise of their inalienable right to investigate and to accept for themselves whatever their conscience bid them investigate and accept, she alone contributed nothing to the grievous condition calling forth the scripture: "Hear the Word of the Lord, ye that tremble at His word; your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed" (Isa. 66:5) in the

Separation of the Tares
From Among the Wheat. {3Tr:63.1}

     The end of the period in which the wheat and the tares are commingled is the time of the closing work for the Laodicean church (the last of the seven churches). This work is identified by the church's founder as the marking in Ezekiel 9, the sealing of spiritual Israel, the 144,000. (See Testimonies to Ministers, p. 445 and Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 266; Vol. 5, p. 211.) And this identification is conclusively substantiated by the fact, as herein seen, that Ezekiel's prophecy is a separation of two classes—those who "sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof" (the church) and those who do not. And as the former are delivered while the latter fall under the slaughter weapons of the angels, there is clearly seen a complete separation of the tares from among the wheat in the

Time of Harvest.—3Tr:63.1, 2

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Who Are the Reapers? {3Tr:66.2}

   "The reapers are the angels" who "shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just." Matt. 13:39, 49. These angels are not those who shall "come" with Christ at His second coming, but rather those whom He "shall send forth.'' They are like the three angels of Revelation 14:6-11. Indeed, the third angel "is to select the wheat from the tares and seal, or bind, the wheat for the heavenly garner." -- Early Writings, p. 118. Therefore the angels, the reapers, whom Christ sends forth, INCLUDE BOTH [[ 1. ]] him who does the sealing, or binding, and [[ 2. ]] those who follow on to do the destroying (Ezek. 9:2, 5, 6), first in the church, then in the world. Thus is the

Separation in Two Sections.—3Tr:66.2, 3

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     This being the dreadful experience of the tares in Babylon, in the second section of the harvest, there must, as a type, be a similar and precedent experience for the tares in the Laodicean church, in the first section of the harvest, a parallel which shows conclusively that

The Church Is Not Babylon. {3Tr:71.1}

     The reason that the church is figuratively not "Babylon" is that it is called Jerusalem (Ezek. 9:4, 8), and from among the good therein, the wicked (the tares) are destroyed, taken out, by the SIX MEN with the slaughter weapons (Ezek. 9:6-9), and then afterward the good (the wheat) are gathered in "the barn;" while from among the wicked in Babylon, the just ("My people") are called out and gathered into the barn, and then the seven angels pour out the seven last plagues, and the remaining wicked are destroyed. {3Tr:71.2}

     Thus in the first section of the harvest, the separation in the church, the wicked are destroyed by SIX MEN with slaughter weapons, before the good are taken out; and in the second section, the separation among the churches in Babylon, the wicked are destroyed by seven angels with the seven last plagues, after the good are taken out. There are therefore two separations and two fruits: the former gives the first fruits, the 144,000, who are not defiled with women (Rev. 14:4). That is, they are those whom the sealing message finds in the church of God, not in the heathen churches. And the second gives the second fruits, the great multitude from all nations, some of whom also may be undefiled with women—heathen churches.—3Tr:71.1-3

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     The 40 days (Acts 1:3, 9) from the resurrection to the ascension are consequently typical of the period from 1844 to the fulfillment of the marking and slaying as recorded in Ezekiel 9 and Revelation 7:3-8; 14:1-5 respectively, and in Testimonies to Ministers, p. 445, Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 266, also Early Writings, pp. 270-273.—3Tr:86.1

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     From the evidences adduced, the fact towers forth that the purification takes place before the work of the gospel is finished in any part of the world: for those who "escape" the slaughter are sent to "bring all [their] brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations."  Necessarily therefore, the consummation of this "special; work of purification" precedes the commencement of "The Loud Cry."  Doubly conclusive proof of this is that the Spirit of Prophecy states that "the true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord,…will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins.… Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.…"  This special work of purification and "sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision."—Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 266; Testimonies to Ministers, p. 445. {2Tr:22.1}

     Ezekiel's vision discloses that those who "sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof" (the church) are marked, or sealed, and that the men with the "slaughter weapons" then "slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children and women" who have not the mark.  The purification of the church, therefore, is a separation of the sinners from the true people of God.  At the time of its fulfillment, the immediate future, the 144,000 receive the seal, or mark, escape the slaughter, become the "servants of God," and go forth unto the nations to finish the work.  This makes them the "first-fruits" of the living who are to be translated, and "all their brethren" whom they bring in (the "great multitude" of Revelation 7, verse 9), the second fruits of the living who are to be translated: for where there are no second fruits, there can be no first. (For further light on this subject, read Tract No. 1, Pre-"Eleventh Hour" Extra!.)—2Tr:22.1, 2

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     As these mighty works are done in the time of the "Loud Cry of the Third Angel's Message," the purification, therefore, incontrovertibly takes place AT the commencement of the "Loud Cry."  And from this it follows as a logical necessity that Ezekiel's prophecy of marking and slaying must contain the announcement of the purification of the church. {1Tr:17.3}

     Continuing to behold in vision the cherubim and the glory of God's throne, the prophet saw the Lord come to the threshold of the house (church), and as He gave charge to His angel who was "clothed with linen" and who "had the writer's inkhorn by his side," Ezekiel heard Him command the man: "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. {1Tr:17.4}

     "And to the others He said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.  Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.  And He said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth.  And they went forth and slew in the city. {1Tr:18.1}

     "And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God!  Wilt Thou destroy all the residue of Israel in Thy pouring out of Thy fury upon Jerusalem? Then said He unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not." Ezek. 9:3-9.—1Tr:17.3-18.2

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     After the sighing and crying ones were marked (which is NOT TO BE understood as being consummated in its entirety worldwide BEFORE the slaying follows anywhere), the slaughter completed, and the matter reported, the Lord "spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city." Ezek. 10:2.—1Tr:38.2

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     Plainly, therefore, the vision was prophetic in Ezekiel's time, and has been prophetic ever since. And if it is ever to be fulfilled, and not remain a useless and unprofitable writing,—a thing which God never creates,—then its mystery must, of course, now be unveiled, and its action executed in the near future.—1Tr:12.2

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     Beyond the angel's reporting the matter of the marking and slaying in the church Ezekiel was not given to see.  But Isaiah was.  He saw

The Escaped Ones Go To All Nations.—1Tr:22.5

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     Comparing both reports, each is seen to be of a different event: At the first report, the Lord was on "the threshold of the house" on earth (Ezek. 9:3); at the second, He was in the heavenly sanctuary.—1Tr:21.2

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     These mandatory words (of weighty significance to all) reveal that the message which the prophet received is only for God's people, and that therefore, by logical extension, the entire vision, of which it is a part, meets its fulfillment at a time in which the Lord sends forth the warning that because His church is at a very low ebb spiritually,—"impudent and hard-hearted" and "a rebellious house,"—He will do within it a work of marking and slaying.  And in all the Bible there is to be found in but one church a situation as to condition, cause, time, and result answering to that of the prophecy, and that is in

The Laodicean Church.—1Tr:14.1

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     The sealing (Rev. 7) being the same as the marking  (Ezek. 9),—the "purification,"—we thus are given a twofold view of the "closing work for the church,…the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God.… They feel most deeply the wrongs of God's professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet's illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side."—Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 266. {1Tr:19.5}

     Since the purification, or the sealing, CAME AT the commencement of the "Loud Cry," as we have already seen, the 144,000 are therefore the "first-fruits"—the first to be sealed; whereas those who are sealed after the purification of the church, are the second fruits, of whom John (after having seen the 144,000 sealed) says: "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands." Rev. 7:9.—1Tr:19.5-20.1

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Rev. 9:10, third clause. "And their power was to hurt men five months." {5Tr:74.1}

     The fact, too, that the trumpets are figurative, is another evidence that these five months are figurative time.  But why should this period in which the locusts, the Christians, have power to torment men be limited to "five months"?  It will be noted that the 144,000 are called the "first-fruits," denoting that they are sealed at the beginning of "the harvest"—the commencement of the time to separate "the tares" from "the wheat."  To the parable of the "harvest," then, we must go for the full explanation of the "five months" period.—5Tr:74.1, 2

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     (4) And, finally, the only revelation pertaining to and coming "at a year," and preparing the four angels "for to slay the third part of men" is says the Lord, "the year of My redeemed." Isa. 63:4.  And this "year" at which His people are redeemed is, of course, the time of the sealing and of the deliverance of the 144,000,—those who are redeemed who escape the slaughter decreed in Ezekiel 9.  Of these, the Lord says: "I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations,...to the isles afar off, that have not heard My fame, neither have seen My glory; and they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations…to My holy mountain Jerusalem,…in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord." Isa. 66:19, 20.—5Tr:88.1

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     Chapters 10 and 11 of The Revelation cover a series of events different from those of chapter 9.  Verse 13 of the eleventh chapter brings us up only to THE time of the fulfillment of the marking 👉 and 👈 slaying (Ezekiel 9) in the church, or to the commencement of the Loud Cry of the Third Angel's Message.…—5Tr:114.2

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     We read in Revelation 8 and 9, of the seven angels with the seven trumpets.  These seven trumpets indicate the principal political and warlike events which were to transpire during the time of the gospel church.  The sealing of the 144,000 belongs to the time of the sixth trumpet.  Beginning with Rev. 9:1, we read about the angel with the fifth trumpet.  Verse 4 of this chapter we quote: "And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." Here we see that many years before the third angel's message ever began to be preached, the saints of God were sealed with the seal of God, just the same as the ones under the third angel's message are to be sealed.  According to these scriptures which are plainly stated, we must conclude that the saints of God are sealed with present truth in all ages, and whatever that present truth is, that is the seal.  Present truth under the third' angel's message is Sabbath truth, therefore, the Sabbath is a seal which seals the people who are obedient to it.  Quoting Great Controversy, page 452: "The seal of God's law is found in the fourth commandment.…When the Sabbath was changed by the papal power, the seal was taken from the law." Early Writings, page 58: "The sealing time is very short, and will soon be over." {1SR:28.1}

     Those who died under the third angel's message, keeping the Sabbath, are sealed with the Sabbath truth, but the 144,000 never die.  While they must keep Sabbath and have that seal, they must sigh and cry for the abominations that are in the church, for otherwise they can not receive the mark by the angel with the writer's inkhorn of Ezekiel 9, which is the seal according to Testimonies to Ministers, page 445; Volume 5, pages 210-16; Volume 3, pages 266-7.  The sealing of the 144,000 is the separation of the faithful from the disloyal ones; the purification of the church.  Those who do not keep the truth, and indulge in the sins and abominations, who try to throw a cloak over the existing evils, will fall under the figure of the five men with the slaughter weapons of Ezekiel 9.—1SR:28.2

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FIVE MEN FOLLOW THE ONE

     The men with the slaughter weapons must immediately follow the one with the writer's inkhorn.  God must separate His people if the marking is to be of any value and except the separation takes place, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit can not fall in its fullness upon the people of God.  "I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony [[ which is the sealing message ]] called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans.  This will have its effect upon the heart of the receiver, and will lead him to exalt the standard and pour forth the straight truth.  Some will not bear this straight testimony.  They will rise up against it, and this is what will cause a shaking among God's people.…I asked what had made this great change.  An angel answered, 'It is the latter rain [[ again the sealing message identified as causing the difference ]], the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel'." Early Writings, pages 270, 271.  It is clear that the shaking must take place before the "Loud Cry." The men with the slaughter weapons were already slaying BEFORE the man with the writer's inkhorn returned to report the matter that he had done as he was commanded.  See Ezekiel 9:8, 11.—1SR:37.2

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     The above proves that the slaughter comes before the gathering of the second fruits and under the seventh seal, and that the Loud Cry begins with an additional message and with mighty power. However, when the seventh seal begins, the events of the sixth do not necessarily cease, for all the seals extend to the close of probation. (See "The Shepherd's Rod," Vol. 2, p. 221.) Revelation 8:1, speaking of

[1.]  the silence in Heaven for the space of half an hour, proves to be
[2.]  the event of the fulfillment of Ezekiel 9. AT which TIME
[3.]  ‘shall Michael stand up.’ It is AT this juncture that
[4.]  Christ puts on His garments of vengeance

and surprises the hypocrites IN Zion. See ‘Testimonies for the Church,’ Vol. 5, p. 690.”—2SC5,6:10.2

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     As the five wise virgins are the 144,000 (Rev. 14:4), we see that the cry for them to awake is the same as Isa. 52:1: which makes the time of the cry the same as "the sealing time of the 144,000" (3 T 266), and their meeting the bridegroom the same as Ezek. 9. Then after the close of probation and after the pouring of the plagues, He will come and take His own, not to witness the marriage but to eat the marriage supper after the ceremony is performed.—1SC10:9.12

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     The 144,000 are living saints, to be translated without seeing death.  "The Lord has shut them in.  Their destination is inscribed—GOD, NEW JERUSALEM." Testimonies to Ministers, page 446.  Therefore, those who die "in the Lord" must be of those who are saved, after the separation (in the time of harvest) under which Isa. 52:1 and Zeph. 3:13, are fulfilled.…—1SR:219.1

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     Ques. "Will those who are now accepting the S.D.A. faith during this sealing time be among the 144,000, or fall in the slaughter of Ezekiel 9?" {1SC11,12:9.6}

     Ans. All that are found members of the church AT the fulfillment of Ezekiel Nine will either receive the seal and be of the 144,000, or else be left without and fall under the "slaughter weapons" of the "five men." Only those who "sigh and cry for all the abominations" in the church will escape from the destruction.—1SC11,12:9.6, 7

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     Still further, the Spirit of Prophecy writes that when the sealing of the 144,000 and the slaying of Ezekiel Nine is about to take place, the ministers will have betrayed their trust (5T 211)…— 4SC10-12:5.1

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     The Lord commands the angel with the writer's inkhorn to "set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof"—in the church—so that when the men with the slaughter weapons start slaying, they may pass by those who have the mark. Thus, the sighing and crying since 1929 for the abominations in the church, has been the supreme evidence that we are living in the period of the sealing.—2An:33.3

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Note that they "slumbered and slept" before the cry was made.…Therefore, the tarrying time must be the judgment for the dead, BEFORE the bridegroom came to the investigation of the living, in which time the "ten virgins" developed.  So, that is the time in which they all slumbered and slept.… 2SR:181.3  (See also: 11SC3:7.1-12.1; 11SC12:11.4-14.2; 1TG21:5.4-7.3; 2TG11:11.4-13.3; 2TG44:38.6-40.1)

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     Because the hour is late, and because you Elders continue to spurn God's urgent plea that you fill your empty vessels with the golden oil (Matt. 25:1-13) now flowing from the golden bowl (Zech. 4) so that your path be lightened; and that you anoint your eyes with "eyesalve" so that you be no longer blind, Inspiration has this concluding counsel for you:—3JL:1.1

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     Be in the class of the five wise virgins, my brethren, and avail yourselves of this extra oil NOW before your lamps go out and the door closes forever (Matt. 25:10).  "Anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see." Rev. 3:18.  Sigh and cry for the abominations that be done in the church (Ezek. 9:4), that you may prove yourselves worthy to carry the message to her.  Then after you have cried out, "O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off" (Nah. 1:15, last part), it shall be said of you, "Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace" (Nah. 1:15, first part), and you will be 

Spared Through "Butter And Honey."

—6Tr:42.2

When was 6Tr:42.2 published?

According to the "golden bowl", how many times does the parable of the "ten virgins" afford the lamps to go OUT for all ten virgins at the same time?

According to 6Tr:42.2 Have the lamps gone out yet?

     Fearful is the day that is soon to fall upon the watchman on the walls of Zion, for the righteous only shall be preserved.  "Those who would rather die than perform a wrong act are the only ones who will be found faithful."—"Testimonies for the Church," Vol 5, p. 53.  The separation of the pure from the impure is well described by Ezekiel.  Those who are worthy to escape the ruin will be marked by the man with the writer's inkhorn, after which the five men with the slaughter weapons shall smite the class who are left without the mark.  Said the Lord: "Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.  Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.  And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth.  And they went forth, and slew in the city." (Ezek. 9:6, 7.)  At this time the tares are separated from the wheat according to the words of Christ: "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the TIME of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." (Matt. 13:30.)—2SR:101.2

     Should we not now consider ourselves the most fortunate people in the world for knowing these things beforehand?  Shall we not be glad and thankful for having been warned beforehand that we have come almost to the time of the harvest, and that we have been given the opportunity to make ready for it?  Shall we not be glad that we are not left in darkness, and that we are now plainly shown that these are the closing hours of the pre-harvest period, that the harvest will soon begin?—1TG21:19.2