Introduction;
"I saw four angels who had a work to do on the earth, and were on their way to accomplish it. Jesus was clothed with priestly garments. He gazed in pity on the remnant, then raised His hands, and with a voice of deep pity cried, "My blood, Father, My blood! My blood! My blood!" Then I saw an exceedingly bright light come from God, who sat upon the great white throne, and was shed all about Jesus. Then I saw an angel fly with a commission from Jesus, swiftly flying to the four angels who had a work to do in the earth, and waving something up and down in his hand, and crying with a loud voice, "Hold! hold! hold! hold! until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads." I asked my accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard, and what the four angels were about to do. He said to me that it was God that restrained the powers, and that He gave His angels charge over things on the earth; that the four angels had power from God to hold the four winds, and that they were about to let them go; but while their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not sealed, and He raised His hands to the Father and pleaded with Him that He had spilled His blood for them. Then another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to the four angels, and bid them hold, until the servants of God were sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads."
[Ellen G. White 'Early Writings' Pg. 38 Paragraph 2]
Revelation 7 (KJV)
7 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
[Ellen G. White 'Early Writings' Pg. 38 Paragraph 2]
On September 11, 2001, while standing in my father's living room watching the second Jet slam into Tower 2 of the World Trade Center on TV I saw this vision in my mind. While that earthly conflagration was happening I was privileged to see Jesus in the throne room in heaven pleading with the Father to hold the four winds. At the exact moment that it occurred in heaven, He allowed me to see this event foretold by the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation chapter 7. This led me to other prophecies that illustrate exactly what happened that day, illustrating how close we are to the second coming of Christ. This vision gave me a clue that tied together perfectly what I had already been taught by the Holy Spirit through scripture and other dreams and visions. This is how the Lord teaches me through the Spirit of Prophecy, by following His clues He sends me on a journey of discovery.
Look at all the corroborating elements between the Early Writings prophecy and Revelation chapter 7:1-4. Revelation 7 is vitally important to understand the importance of the vision of Mrs. White.
7 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Looking at the biblical evidence of Revelation 7, which is obviously the same event, reveals that the holding of the four winds would occur just before the 144,000 would be sealed. The 144,000 are the living saints when Jesus comes back to earth to receive His people so this vision in Early Writings could not have been fulfilled in the past but must be an end-time event. September 11, 2001, was when the vision given to Mrs. White was fulfilled. I believe with all my soul that 9/11 was a sign that we are now at the time of the sealing of the 144,000 just before Jesus would come again. I hope you will be blessed to see how close to the end we really are because as of September 11th, 2001, we are living on borrowed time.
Chapter 1; The Argument
Several papers and the Seventh Day Adventist church in general dispute the claims that the Spirit of Prophecy foretold the events of 9/11. Shame on them.
On the subject of New York City, many have argued that Ellen White said; “I have no light in particular concerning what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's power. . . . Death will come in all places. This is why I am so anxious for our cities to be warned.”
This altered use of her quote was part of a disclaimer from the ‘Ellen White Estate’ in a paper entitled "Conflicts of the last days". They said "Contrary to unsubstantiated reports, Ellen White made no prediction concerning the destruction of a twin-towered building in New York or any other place in the world… This paper was written in the wake of the overwhelming response to people searching the E.G.W. writings for prophetic answers to the events of September 11, 2001." http://www.whiteestate.org/issues/conflicts.asp
Their argument would be significant if it weren't for the fact that this quote is but a snippet of the original text. This first prophetic writing about New York in its entirety states;
"How comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, “What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1-3 will be fulfilled.” The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we can not imagine."
{'Life Sketches of Ellen White' pg. 411, written August 3, 1903}
Compare this statement to the previous. When looking at the whole quote it’s easy to see important elements that would be missed otherwise. Two other writings concerning New York, directly and indirectly, will be addressed in the order in which they were written later in this report. In this first statement written on August 3, 1903, we find four important points to explore.
First; she was addressing false statements claiming she predicted New York was to be "destroyed by a tidal wave". She obviously had commented to someone about an earlier impression concerning New York's buildings falling down JUST BEFORE the fulfillment of Revelation Chapter 18. She was shown a connection but it just wasn't the one that was quoted her from others. In other words, she saw the buildings thrown down but didn't see "in particular ... what is coming" to do the work. We find in the quoted text Revelation 18; 21 ‘And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all”.’ It is easy to see how someone could have drawn the conclusion of a tidal wave but it was the wrong conclusion. She didn't see exactly what was going to cause the destruction.
Second; she was looking at the buildings going up "there" in New York saying “What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth”. This is to say that when the buildings are “thrown down” the event would be a signal that the ‘shaking’ would intensify and everything that can be shaken will be shaken. “For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day, there shall be a great shaking...” Ezekiel 38:19.
‘I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness of the Laodiceans. My attention was then turned to the company I had seen who were mightily shaken. . . . The company of guardian angels around them had been doubled, and they were clothed with an armor from their head to their feet. . . . I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect...I asked what had made this great change. An angel answered, "It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel”.’ Maranatha, Page 202
Notice in this quote from the Spirit of Prophecy how the 'Shaking' precedes the "Loud Cry of the Third Angels Message" and "Latter Rain"? What does the destruction of the buildings in New York have to do with the third angel’s message? It has everything to do with it, soon to be shown.
Third; As shown by the second point the "mighty shaking" precedes the "loud cry of the third angel’s message" This first New York vision also supports this bridge between these two events where she recorded that after the shaking “then the words of Revelation 18:1-3 will be fulfilled.”
Rev 18 is called 'the loud cry of the three angels message', quoted here ...
Rev 18 is called 'the loud cry of the three angels message', quoted here ...
1: ‘After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.
2: With a mighty voice he shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
2: With a mighty voice he shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
3 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth (world trade center) grew rich from her excessive luxuries".’ Revelation 18; 1-3.
This is the amplified version of the "three angels message" which is originally proclaimed in Revelation 14 without the mention of demonic apparitions. The original message began back in the days of the pioneers of the 1844 Advent movement, but the amplified version occurs after the shaking of God’s remnant people.
Mrs. White illustrated the swelling of the third angel's message between the period of Revelation 14; 9 and Revelation 18; 1-3 in an article printed in ‘The Gospel Herald’ and concluded with this statement;
“We are in danger of giving this message in so indefinite a manner that it does not impress the people. . . . Our warfare is aggressive. Tremendous issues are before us, yea, and right upon us. Let our prayers ascend to God that the four angels may be commissioned to hold the four winds, (see intro) that they may not blow to injure or destroy until the last warning has been given to the world.” The Gospel Herald, March 1, 1900, paragraph 4.
The fourth point; is there any significance to the words chosen when she stated these will be ‘thrown down by the turning and overturning of God’s power’?
Scripture answers this question. It is found in Judges 7:13. "And when Gideon had (secretly) come, there was a (Midianite) man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed”.
In the very next chapter of Judges, chapter 8 verse 17 we find the fulfillment of the dream;
"...then he (Gideon) tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city."
The towers of New York were not in ‘Babylon’ for we know that term is mainly used for the Church of Rome in scripture, but they stood in a town highly controlled by and sympathetic to the Papacy, full of Catholic parishes and the 'daughters' of fallen churches that adhere to her doctrines and fornicate with the kings of the earth. In fact, the first ecumenical agreement ever signed by any Protestant church was signed between the Lutheran Church and the Papacy in New York, on Manhattan Island, down the road from the World Trade Center in 1999. God showed me that these events are tied together. The ecumenical agreement led to the withdrawal of God's protection for New York and 9/11 was the result, then God held those four winds which sprung from the River Euphrates (see; the second woe of Rev 9 where the leader is introduced in verse 11), but only until the 144,000 are sealed.
Saint Peters Cathedral, the oldest Catholic parish in New York State (cornerstone laid in 1786) and in the shadow of the World Trade Center, was only slightly damaged by the landing gear of one of the planes when it fell through the roof and landed before their altar.
The strongest representatives for the Papacy in America were in the Archdiocese of New York, and the last Archbishop of New York, Cardinal ‘O Connor, orchestrated the ecumenical movement uniting the Lutheran and Evangelical Protestants with the Papacy.
(See. http://www.leaderu.com/ect/ectmenu.html, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html )
The strongest representatives for the Papacy in America were in the Archdiocese of New York, and the last Archbishop of New York, Cardinal ‘O Connor, orchestrated the ecumenical movement uniting the Lutheran and Evangelical Protestants with the Papacy.
(See. http://www.leaderu.com/ect/ectmenu.html, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html )
This Ecumenical agreement was the beginning of the fulfillment of this writing from the Spirit of Prophecy;
‘When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.’
{Testimonies for the Church, Volume Five, page 451, paragraph 1, Chapter Title: The Coming Crisis}
Here’s food for thought. The ‘tower’ of Penuel was built on the place where Jacob had wrestled with the LORD and said “I have seen God face to face”, Penuel means ‘Face of God’. This was the time of Jacob's trouble.
The whole story of Gideon and the army that God called to destroy His enemies is full of end-time imagery. So full, in fact, one could write a whole book on the parallels between Gideon’s Army and the 144,000. Just a few will be addressed here.
What was the sign that God gave Gideon as to who He wanted in His army? “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself” (Judges 7; 5). They didn't make provisions or overindulge themselves while in preparation for battle. They had faith that God would give them the victory and these are who God would choose.
The 144,000 not only have the same character as Gideon's 300 but also of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15, who after pursuing the LORD relentlessly and being tested by Him then answered…“Yes Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith!” The 144,000 understand that they are dust and have nothing to lose but everything to gain. They rely upon the word of God to give them victory which is the essence of having faith.
In Revelation chapter 7 the 144,000 are introduced in prophecy. The holding of the Four winds that John saw and recorded in Rev 7 is the same as the vision Mrs. White saw a century ago (see intro) and I saw during the attack on America in 2001. Notice again that this event would occur right before the sealing of the 144,000.
The 144,000 not only have the same character as Gideon's 300 but also of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15, who after pursuing the LORD relentlessly and being tested by Him then answered…“Yes Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith!” The 144,000 understand that they are dust and have nothing to lose but everything to gain. They rely upon the word of God to give them victory which is the essence of having faith.
In Revelation chapter 7 the 144,000 are introduced in prophecy. The holding of the Four winds that John saw and recorded in Rev 7 is the same as the vision Mrs. White saw a century ago (see intro) and I saw during the attack on America in 2001. Notice again that this event would occur right before the sealing of the 144,000.
Rev 7:7 "After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, (See Red Heifer Blog) with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given the power to harm earth and sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel."
What 3 instruments did Gideon give to the 300 men?
What 3 instruments did Gideon give to the 300 men?
1. A trumpet; warning of the end of judgment.
2. A potter's vessel; that they were to smash as in Isaiah 30; 14. This signifies the professed church having been judged. Isaiah 30 also was quoted to Mrs. White in the next vision about New York.
3. And lamps; like the five wise virgins who have an extra measure of oil and awake from their slumber full of the Holy Spirit. (see; Red Heifer vision)
They even pursued their enemies to the river Jordan, which is a symbol of death.
Chapter 2: "When the Towers fall"
The second vision Mrs. White had about 9/11 was dated August 23, 1906, in which she stated;
‘In the night I was, I thought, in a room but not in my own house. I was in a city, where I knew not, and I heard explosion after explosion. I rose up quickly in bed and saw from my window large balls of fire. Jetting out were sparks, in the form of arrows (see Picture below↓; the exact moment this picture was taken is when I had the vision), and buildings were being consumed, and in a very few minutes the entire block of buildings was falling and the screeching and mournful groans came distinctly to my ears. I cried out, in my raised position, to learn what was happening: “Where am I? And where are our family circle?” Then I awoke. But I could not tell where I was for I was in another place than home. I said, Oh Lord, where am I and what shall I do? It was a voice that spoke, "Be not afraid. Nothing shall harm you”.’
‘I was instructed that destruction hath gone forth upon cities. The word of the Lord will be fulfilled. Isaiah 29:19-24 was repeated. I dared not move, not knowing where I was. I cried unto the Lord, What does it mean? These representations of destruction were repeated. “Where am I?” "In scenes, I have represented that which will be; but warn My people to cease from putting their trust in men who are not obedient to my warnings and who despise My reproof, for the day of the Lord is right upon the world when evidence shall be made sure. Those who have followed the voices that would turn things upside down will themselves be turned where they cannot see (turning and overturning; see 1st vision), but will be as blind men” (like the men of Sodom just before its destruction).’
‘These words were given me from Isaiah 30: "Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: Which say to the seers, “See not”; and to the prophets, “Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”.” [Isaiah 30:8-15 quoted.] I was instructed that light had been given me and that I had written under special light the Lord had imparted.’--Ms. 126, 1906. [Diary, August 23, 27, 1906.]
There are seven points other than the photographic evidence that validate this vision as being connected to New York on 9/11 and very important;
First: ‘explosion after explosion’ shows there would be two, one after another.
Second: ‘the entire block of buildings was falling’; it wasn't just the twin towers of the World Trade Center that fell in New York that day; they took the whole block with them.
Third: the word ‘cities’ is used here; let us remember that Washington D.C. was also hit that day.
Fourth; ‘Isaiah 29; 19-24 was repeated’; when God repeats something it is very important to pay attention to it! It is here quoted…
(19) ‘Once more the humble will rejoice in the LORD; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (20) The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down. (21) Those who with a word make a man out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice. (22) Therefore this is what the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the house of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed; no longer will their faces grow pale. (23) When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. (24) Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction”.’
Fifth; ‘Evidence will be made sure’ I believe this not only points to the fulfillment of this and all subsequent prophecies but also, bear in mind, that God next said this is to be written in a table and He talks about the Law. The Ten Commandments will be written on the hearts of those that are prepared for the latter rain as written in 2 Corinthians 3; 3. They will cry with a loud voice and the evidence will be made sure.
Sixth; ‘Isaiah 30’ was quoted. The whole chapter of Isaiah 30 is about the end times; the apostasy in the church, the turning away from the prophetic testimonies, a call to repentance and Sabbath, the outpouring of the latter rain, and most notably it has this. Verse 25; “And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers, and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall”. It then ends with the coming of the Lord! I have checked the archives of a hundred libraries and to this day I have never found even one historical record of two towers falling on the same day. Let alone one in the last days which is what the prophecy of Isaiah is pointing to, the day of the Latter Rain when the Holy Spirit flows like a river.
Seventh; she had been told by God that she had written under ‘special light’. If there was ever a prophecy to pay attention to in the testimonies it is this one!
Chapter 3: The Last Vision of New York
The last vision that Ellen White had written and this time directly mentioned New York that I would like to draw attention to was written in 1909 and is found in; Testimonies for the Church Volume 9 in the chapter which begins on page 11...
"On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify the owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them, the most costly material was used. Those to whom these buildings belonged were not asking themselves: "How can we best glorify God?" The Lord was not in their thoughts.’ ‘I thought: "Oh, that those who are thus investing their means could see their course as God sees it! They are piling up magnificent buildings, but how foolish in the sight of the Ruler of the universe are their planning and devising. They are not studying with all the powers of heart and mind how they may glorify God. They have lost sight of this, the first duty of man.’
‘As these lofty buildings went up, the owners rejoiced with ambitious pride that they had money to use in gratifying self and provoking the envy of their neighbors. Much of the money that they thus invested had been obtained through exaction, through grinding down the poor. They forgot that in heaven an account of every business transaction is kept; every unjust deal, every fraudulent act, is there recorded. The time is coming when in their fraud and insolence men will reach a point that the Lord will not permit them to pass, and they will learn that there is a limit to the forbearance of Jehovah.’
‘The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings and said: "They are perfectly safe." But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.’
‘I am instructed that when the Lord's time comes, should no change have taken place in the hearts of proud, ambitious human beings, men will find that the hand that had been strong to save will be strong to destroy. No earthly power can stay the hand of God. No material can be used in the erection of buildings that will preserve them from destruction when God's appointed time comes to send retribution on men for their disregard of His law and for their selfish ambition."
Just watch the videos about the firefighters during that terrible situation. They were so powerless to stop the destruction, they didn't know what to do since the fire was so high up they couldn't reach it with their equipment. Then after just a few short minutes, the unthinkable happened… Both buildings came crashing down and many of the firefighters lost their lives.
Because of the similarities, there can be no doubt that these three visions are on the same subject. The First NY Vision directly talks about the Shaking, the Loud Cry, and the destruction of property because of the "turning and overturning of God's power" which is a warning of the end of probation. Look at how perfectly this third Vision of 9/11, which directly mentions New York City, as compared to the second vision, which quoted Isaiah 29 twice, meaning listen up, and Isaiah 29 is all about the corruption of those in power over the poor, and how they have been judged. The third NY vision is almost verbatim the same words as Isaiah 29. The one common thread through all of them is the end of judgment and the Outpouring of the Latter Rain.
Then to top it off this all led me to discover that in Isaiah 30, quoted in the second NY vision, the latter rain will be prepared to fall on the day that the towers fall! And these prophecies from the Lord's servant are all said to be prepared to be fulfilled when a block of buildings falls in NEW YORK! If this isn't a sign that these prophecies are to be taken literally and in major significance to the connected biblical prophecies then God cannot ever be taken seriously, because this is so perfectly in fulfillment that I am astounded how no one in the leadership of the SDA church will listen to what God has shown me!!! No one takes it seriously, as prophesied in Isaiah 30, as quoted in the second NY vision... "Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: Which say to the seers, “See not”; and to the prophets, “Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”.” [Isaiah 30:8-15 quoted.] If ever there was proof that these prophecies directly point to 9/11 and the vision God gave me is true, this is it.
Chapter 4: The Sixth King
I would now like to draw attention to the prophetic time frame in which these events took place as seen from the vision of St. John recorded in the book of Revelation. Revelation 17 clearly shows that St. John was taken in the spirit from his time to see the future, not to just any time frame, but the time of the sixth king.
9"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. 10 They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while.”
Prophecy never applies symbolic meaning to interpreted texts. So when Revelation 17 here says the seven heads “are” seven hills “and” seven kings, it means we look for seven kings that come from seven hills where the woman sits (Rome) because the symbolic language has been deciphered for us.
Verse 3 shows this vision of St. John’s begins during the beast’s wilderness experience. In this vision, the Papacy had not re-attained the power and world dominion as they had held previous to the head wound. When the Beast had dominion during the dark ages, the true church of Christ (woman) fled into the wilderness, but when the wound was inflicted on the head of the Beast in 1798, the Whore went into the wilderness and God’s true church comes out of the wilderness and thrives. After the wound is healed and the eighth king in succession arrives, the whole world again wanders after the restored beast.
The head wound to the beast occurred in 1798, and the powers of the Papacy were restored in 1929 by the Lateran treaty, thus beginning the healing of that wound. At that time the Vatican was recognized as a sovereign nation and as such again became a kingship.
Logically, if we come to the conclusion that 1929 was the starting point for re-establishing the kingship of the Papacy (still figuratively in the wilderness for lack of political power), then all we have to do is count the popes from that date to find out where we are in the scope of end-time events.
This is an amazing point, Pope John Paul II would have been the sixth king in this concession of kings, and he was the king who was in power during the time of 9/11 when all these prophecies were beginning to be fulfilled and recognized! Following this logic, we find that St. John was taken in the spirit to see the time frame of Pope John Paul II.
Look at the other prophetic fulfillment that took place during JPII’s 30-year reign. Most notably; the Book of Daniel foretold of the alliance between America and the papacy and how they together would bring about the collapse of the king of the south, or atheistic nations (Dan. 11:40).
Chapter 5; The time of the Eighth King
Now we look to where we are today. If this reckoning is correct then justifiably we should see that we have just left the time of the seventh king of Rev 17 Benedict XVI who must remain for a ‘short season’! Benedict 16 has retired so this prophecy is fulfilled because he "remains" after leaving office.
Rev 17:11. ‘And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.’
At the end of Rev 17, the eighth king leads the world to perdition/ destruction. Remember that the first vision of Mrs. White about New York states; "as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, “What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1-3 will be fulfilled.” Now the eighth king at the end of Revelation 17 has come and now we are going to see the fulfillment of Rev 18.
This is not time-setting because the coming of each king is dependent on the death of the previous king which could be vastly different each time according to God’s pleasure. This sign points to when Satan will be revealed as an angel of light as an alarm to God’s end-time church which should be alarming the whole world.
This is not time-setting because the coming of each king is dependent on the death of the previous king which could be vastly different each time according to God’s pleasure. This sign points to when Satan will be revealed as an angel of light as an alarm to God’s end-time church which should be alarming the whole world.
“the beast that was, and is not” signifies the perspective of the vision, i.e. during the time of the sixth king when the beast is still in the wilderness not having fully regained its world empire status back, yet. This eighth king restores the full world power of the beast, like the Dark Ages and more. The eighth king goes “into perdition”. This means this king comes BEFORE the second coming of Christ when Satan will be thrust into prison beginning his incarceration prior to his destruction.
Mrs. White saw the Eighth King in vision as recorded at the end of Early Writings in the chapter regarding demons impersonating the dead;
“I saw the rapidity with which this delusion was spreading. A train of cars was shown me, going with the speed of lightning. The angel bade me look carefully. I fixed my eyes upon the train. It seemed that the whole world was on board, that there could not be one left. Said the angel, "They are binding in bundles ready to burn." Then he showed me the conductor, who appeared like a stately, fair person, whom all the passengers looked up to and reverenced. (the Pope) I was perplexed and asked my attending angel who it was. He said, "It is Satan. He is the conductor in the form of an angel of light. He has taken the world captive. They are given over to strong delusions, to believe a lie, that they may be damned. This agent, the next highest in order to him, is the engineer, and other of his agents are employed in different offices as he may need them, and they are all going with lightning speed to perdition."
"The “man of sin,” which is also styled the “mystery of iniquity,” the “son of perdition,” and “that wicked,” represents the papacy, {GC88 356.1} The eighth king of Rev 17 also is said to lead the world to perdition, and it’s not a coincidence, he and this stately fair person that the whole world looks up to in reverence are the same man, the son of perdition. Continuing the quote in Early Writings;
“I asked the angel if there were none left. He bade me look in an opposite direction, and I saw a little company traveling a narrow pathway. All seemed to be firmly united, bound together by the truth, in bundles, or companies. Said the angel, "The third angel is binding, or sealing, them in bundles for the heavenly garner." This little company looked careworn as if it had passed through severe trials and conflicts (shaking). And it appeared as if the sun had just risen from behind a cloud and shone upon their countenances, causing them to look triumphant as if their victories were nearly won. I saw that God had given men time to discover the snare.” Early Writings (1882), pages 88, 89.
This whole chapter in Early Writings is about people appearing to come back from the dead, satanically staged to deceive men regarding the truth about the state of the dead. Why would this vision be in the middle of a chapter about the dead coming to try to deceive the world? Please note; that when this deception takes place, it occurs simultaneously with the loud cry of the third angel’s message.
May the God of heaven bless all those who read this prophetic interpretation in the righteous name of Christ, amen.
