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Sunday morning the weather was still cloudy, but before it was time for the people to assemble the sun shone forth. Boats and trains poured their living freight upon the ground, as was the case last year. Elder Smith spoke in the morning upon the Eastern question. The subject was of special interest, and the people listened with the most earnest attention. It seemed to be just what they wanted to hear. {RH September 6, 1877, par. 11} Confine Public Efforts to Important Lines of Truth We Are United Upon Let us confine our public efforts to the presentation of the important lines of truth on which we are united, and on which we have clear light. {1SM 167.2} No Time for Study on Subjects Unnecessary for Perfection of Faith There are many questions treated upon that are not necessary for the perfection of the faith. We have no time for their study. {1SM 163.2} We are Not to Search Into Matters on Which God has Been Silent Matters of vital importance have been plainly revealed in the Word of God. These subjects are worthy of our deepest thought. But we are not to search into matters on which God has been silent. {1SM 173.5} Elder Smith United with Us on the Eastern Question Elder [Uriah] Smith spoke on the … Continued

That the book of Daniel was written by the person whose name it bears, there is no reason to doubt. Exekiel, who was contemporary with Daniel, bears testimony, through the spirit of prophecy, to his piety and uprightness, ranking him in this respect with Noah and Job; “Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast; though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lor .God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.” Eze. 14:19, 20. His wisdom also, even at that early day, had become proverbial, as appears from the same writer. To the prince of Tyrus he was directed of the Lord to say, “Behold thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee.” Eze. 28:3. But above all, our Lord recognized him as a prophet of God, and bade his disciples understand the predictions given through him for the benefit of his church: “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whosoever readeth, let him understand), then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains.” … Continued

Preface 1. With Enoch, the seventh from Adam, and for three hundred and eight years contemporary with Adam, the voice of prophecy began to be heard through human lips. For so the apostle Jude declared: “And Enoch, also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” Jude 14, 15. This sublime and earliest prophecy reaches to the end of time. And through all the intervening ages, other prophecies have covered all the more important events in the great drama of history. 2. The coming to pass of these great events has been but the response of history to what the prophecies had declared. And thus amid the ever present evidences of the short-sightedness of men, and the ever-recurring failures of human schemes, a voice has continually gone up from earth to heaven, “The word of the Lord endureth forever.” 3. It is for the purpose of calling attention to some of these important prophetico-historical lessons, if we may be permitted to coin a word, that this volume is written. And the books of … Continued

This page was created to establish the place which the book Daniel and the Revelation holds in God’s plan to bring the light of truth to the world. The download of the true 1897 Edition is provided above in the first sentence of this first paragraph. That is because there were many versions provided by the SDA Church, but the one in the link above is the version that Ellen White Endorsed. Below are multiple quotes written by Sister E.G.White which reveal the powerful part that this book was intended to play in God’s plan to communicate light and direct minds to the truths of our time. Here is the first quote: Manuscript Releases vol. pg. 63.9 The interest in Daniel and the Revelation is to continue as long as probationary time shall last. God used the author of this book as a channel through which to communicate light to direct minds to the truth. Shall we not appreciate this light, which points us to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our King? {1MR 63.1} The second and most profound aspect of this quote is that God Himself used the author of this book, Uriah Smith, to communicate the light of truth to the Church and the world. This certainly is a most significant and profound aspect of this … Continued

There are many things which constitute the True Remnant Church, but limiting it to a membership within the confines of the General Conference is not one of them. To prove this let’s go to the very credible source of the book of Revelations. After all, doesn’t the book the Revelation of Jesus Christ define the Remnant Church? Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. So the Bible defines the Remnant Church as keeping the commandments of God and having the testimony of Jesus Christ, but nowhere in the book of the Revelation nor in any book of the Bible does it define the Church as being confined to a membership within the General Conference. Let’s take another look at the book of Revelations to get some more insight about how things can be legitimately defined. Revelation 22:18-19 18 If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy … Continued

In several of her writings Ellen White said that the book Daniel and the Revelation was truth. She even went as far as to say that God used the author of Daniel and the Revelation to communicate light and direct minds to the truth. Now if Mrs. White had instructed us that God, yes, even GOD had used this author, Uriah Smith, to communicate light and truth for the modern times, then how can we doubt that it was truth, or that the figures as explained in the book could be mistaken? She even said that, “The interest in Daniel and the Revelation is to continue as long as probationary time shall last.” Keep in mind that the discussion pertaining to the modern day present truth identification of the King of the North in the book Daniel and the Revelations is contained in between the pages starting from the last paragraph on page 280 and ending on page 293. In those pages you will find that the King of the North is clearly defined as Turkey. 1MR 62.3 God desires the light found in the books of Daniel and Revelation to be presented in clear lines. It is painful to think of the many cheap theories picked up and presented to the people by ignorant, unprepared teachers. Those who present … Continued

For many people in modern society the person spoken of in the Bible known as the antichrist is a mystery. In truth it is not that mysterious at all. There a many discriptions of the antichrist in the Bible and even a history of how he comes to power and what he will do. Many people, including the church reformers from which the protestant church came out of, have publicly declared who the antichrist is and they were correct. So how can we know who the antichrist is and what do the words “antichrist” actually mean in the original language, because that will certainly have a bearing on how to determine who the antichrist actually is.

What is a Time, Times, and Half a Time? Well, it’s a direct quote from Revelation 12:14. It is also a direct (well almost a direct quote) from Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:7. We say it’s almost a direct quote because Daniel 7:25 King James Version translates to the word “dividing” instead of “half” and the word “and” is missing between time and times in Daniel 12:7 which are both trivial and it really means the same thing, but let’s get back to what it means. What is a time? A time is a year. For now the reader will just have to accept that as a fact. By the time we reach the end of this article we will have fully established that a time is a year. So if a time is a year, then what is a Time, and Times, and Half a Time. Well it’s Three and one half years. A Time is one year, Times are two years and half a time is a half a year. So 1 year + 2 years + 1/2 year = 3-1/2 years, but how do we know that it’s three and a half years? For instance couldn’t “Times” mean three or four or some other number of years as opposed to two years? Once again, the fact that … Continued