Got Milk?

We have no reason to be lukewarm Davidians full of unbelief about future revelations of truth after the commencement of Ezekiel 9. Here are seven positive reasons why more truth will be revealed to the 144,000 during the period of the 7th Seal.

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…Why would God make a double prophecy for the same thing?—because the old prophecy (the type) only gives the details from the beginning of the third angel's message to the fulfillment of Ezekiel 9.  The prophecy by Ezekiel gives the information in detail from the beginning of Luther's reformation to Ezekiel 9, marking of the 144,000, and unrolling of the scroll.  ("Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll." Volume 6, page 17.)—1SR:116.1

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SEVEN—PERFECT NUMBER

     In this prophecy we find there are only six portions, and only six steps have been made.  Luther, Knox, Wesley, Campbell, Miller and White.  The number "six" is not a perfect number.  It is evident then, that there is still ANOTHER portion to follow, and a step to climb.  "Seven" is the perfect, Biblical number.  The question is, Why was not the seventh portion included in this prophecy?  Because the six were polluted; defiled with man's preparation, man's thoughts, and plans have been injected and followed, which, in God's sight are as "dung."  It is not to be so with the seventh, for it is the last; it must be pure.  This last PORTION, pure and undefiled, is represented by the angel of Rev. 18:1, "And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory."  It is at this time that Isaiah's prophecy will be fulfilled.  Isa. 52:1, 2: "Awake, awake: put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the Holy City: For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.  Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion [God's pure church]."—1SR:126.2

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     We must not be surprised if we should see that we have not heretofore fully understood the true meaning of the healing process.  We repeat the definition of the verbs, being in the past tense: "as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast."  It is evident that Inspiration foresaw that it would not be clearly understood until the divine prediction is fulfilled.  The Spirit of Prophecy bears witness to this, by saying, "The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be.  Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll." Volume 6, page 17.  If the scroll has made a turn, then only may we expect the truth to unmask the scripture.—1SR:214.2

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     "The light we have received upon the third angel's message is the true light.  The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be.  Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll; but a most solemn work is to be accomplished in our world."--Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 6, p. 17.—3SC2:10.2

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   And finally, when Jerusalem, their homeland, the land of promise, is liberated from Gentile rule, "the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled," then will these emancipated children of the "captive daughter of Zion" (Isa. 52:2), "return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and shall fear the Lord and His goodness." Hos. 3:5.  THEN will they be reassured forever of an

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even more abundant supply of pure, undefiled (Inspired) Truth.—1Srp:84.4

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     (We have omitted Rev. 10:4, as it deals with the seven thunders, a subject about which John was told not to write, and which remains unrevealed.)—5Tr:100.3

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Rev. 10:3, 4—And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.  And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. {2TG15:4.2} 

     Here we see that there was ANOTHER truth which could have been recorded, but John was told not to write it.  We do not know how extensive a truth the Seven Thunders contain, but possibly as much as or more than the Seven Trumpets.  Regardless, however, one thing stands out boldly, and that is that the omission of the Seven Thunders leaves a gap in the chain of Truth.  And since the Seven Thunders are not recorded, the truth of them cannot be revealed by interpretation, for there is nothing written of them, and therefore nothing to interpret from.  If, then, we are ever to know the truth of the Seven Thunders, it is to be shown to us perhaps by the same means as The Revelation was shown to John.—2TG15:4.2, 3

…Your claim of having all the truth, and that there is need of none, is denying every word written to the church.  It is rejecting in advance every message of truth or light God may choose to send.  It is shutting God out, and cutting the church loose from His stretched out arm.  It is a preparatory step toward sinning against the Holy Ghost.  Your assertion that there shall be no more prophets, is casting off before hand the latter rain and the "loud cry!"  It is denying the Word in its prophetic form, for we read: "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions." (Joel 2:28.) {2SR:274.2} 

     My brethren is there anything so fearful as this ungodly practice committed by men who are supposed to be watchmen on the walls of Zion?  If you count yourselves unworthy of the everlasting kingdom, will you not take your hands off the church of God?  Will you not grant religious freedom to the sheep and let them make their own decision?  Why not do as you would have others do unto you?  It is hard for you to kick against the 

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pricks.  Will you not say, Lord what wilt thou have me to do?  Do you know that the blood of the lost sheep shall be required at your hands?—2SR:274.2, 3

     This cordial invitation to eat of spiritual "butter and honey," hitherto never paralleled in quantity or quality, is especially extended to those who are inclined to doubt.  Accept this unprecedented invitation, my brethren, and you will convince yourselves of the sincerity and judgment which prompts our plea, and will realize at first taste that the product from these noble creatures is all that you need to keep you not only alive and well but also in joy and peace from "henceforth" and forever!  And though there is an innumerable multitude to be fed, you need not fear a shortage of food, for The Universal Dairy has

A World of Butter-Producing Milk. {6Tr:31.2} 

     These noble creatures give such a volume of milk that we are compelled to separate

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the cream, and are able to dispense only it.  The milk we preserve.  This plenitude bespeaks our being blessed with such a fullness of truth (milk) that all we can do is to send out the high points—the butter or cream.  Revealed truth never before having  amassed itself into such an inexhaustible store as it has today, completes the evidence that the interpretation of this prophecy is correct, and that The Shepherd's Rod, which contains the truth for this time, has caused the 

Land to Flow With “Milk And Honey.”—6Tr:31.2, 3

2Ch 20:20—…Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.