The Mountain of the Lords House: Mount SION

Grace, grace unto it (Zechariah 4:7)

All believers in the True and Living God, those who honor the Eternal Law of God and remember the
Seventh Day Sabbath, to keep it holy, are to gather upon the eternal platform of Truth:
the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Eph. 2:21,22)
We are now lifting up an ensign to all nations Who is on the LORD'S side? whosoever is brave and courageous, whoso will stand stiffly for all this Truth which
is now revealed range under the banner

The first Table

Love to God

Love to man

The second Table

Isaiah 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an
ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
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Messengers Preface: Jesus would have us know quite plainly that His purpose for
sending these 7 Present Truth messages into the world, starting with Seventh Day
Adventists, is to prepare a people, His Bride, who shall receive the fullness of His Spirit
and give the Loud Cry of the Third Angels message to the world.
Reception of all these messages makes us that people: Mount Zion.
This is the concluding message. A message of Warfare and Marriage. This result, the end,
the ripe fullness of the age long conflict and controversy between Truth and Error, between
Christ and Satan since it was commenced in heaven by lies about the government of God.

We have a great privilege to receive the Gift that is still held out to us, in this still our time of
probation and trial The opportunity to take hold of Jesus Strength and in cooperation
with Him be the testimony that closes the Great Controversy and ushers in the Kingdom of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!!!
Lets decide we are ready to take Jesus hand in Marriage and stand by His pierced Side in
the Most Holy place and make our calling and election sure that we are finally ready to go
home knowing that our decision will initiate the final warfare on this earth before the final
fulfillment of heavens most glorious Promises are realized and made manifest.
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The heart of the message is the revelation of The heart of God
Those who think of the result of hastening or hindering the gospel think of it in relation to
themselves and to the world. Few think of its relation to God. Few give thought to the
suffering that sin has caused our Creator. All heaven suffered in Christ's agony; but that
suffering did not begin or end with His manifestation in humanity. The cross is a revelation to
our dull senses of the pain that, from its very inception, sin has brought to the heart of

God. Every departure from the right, every deed of cruelty, every failure of humanity to reach
His ideal, brings grief to Him
Our world is a vast lazar house, a scene of misery that we dare not allow even our thoughts
to dwell upon. Did we realize it as it is, the burden would be too terrible. Yet God feels it all. In
order to destroy sin and its results He gave His best Beloved, and He has put it in our

power, through co-operation with Him, to bring this scene of misery to an

end. "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come." Matthew 24:14.
"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15), is
Christ's command to His followers. Not that all are called to be ministers or missionaries in the
ordinary sense of the term; but all may be workers with Him in giving the "glad tidings" to their
fellow men. To all, great or small, learned or ignorant, old or young, the command is given.
{Education 263.1-264.1}
In the preceding quote from Mrs. Ellen G. Whites book, Education, is found the sum and
substance of these messages we are now presenting. We believe that in these messages, which are
made plain upon the two tables of Ten Commandments according to the command given to Habakkuk,
God is revealing His heart in the last message of mercy.

God wants us to make the decision that we are ready to come home

We read that few of Gods people think about the gospels relation to God and few give
thought to the suffering that sin has caused our Creator. In these messages our Lord is revealing to us
the great suffering the Godhead is yet enduring and the eternal sacrifices each member of the Godhead
has made to demonstrate Their great love for us and to win our hearts forever. But the most striking
revelation is that, He has put it in our power, through co-operation with Him, to bring this scene of
misery to an end. Should we not, then, be in great earnest to do whatever God requires of us, that we
might co-operate with Him so that all this suffering and sin on earth may forever cease and that Jesus
can cleanse us, our hearts and the heavenly sanctuary, then return to take us to Himself that He can
present us before the Father in the kingdom of heaven with exceeding joy?

Our great privilege to honor God by our commitment, faith and service
To see the ultimate triumph of Gods truth in the earth is what many prophets and righteous
men have desired to see and have not seen (Matt.13:17). These times we are living in, in which Gods
people shall finally take hold of His strength to finish His work in the earth is what God hath spoken by
the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. (Acts 3:21) Ours is a glorious privilege
Our privilege, our opportunity, held out to us from heaven by the hand of God, is to, by cooperation with heavenly agencies, grow up into Christ and to make ourselves ready for the
momentous event, and that Christ finally receive His portion, also called His inheritance.
"When the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is
come." Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When
the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim
them as His own. {Christs Object Lessons page 69.1}
When we shall receive the fullness of the Latter Rain of Christs Spirit, we shall grow up into
Christ and then Jesus will possess what He, the Father and the Holy Ghost poured out all of heaven to
receive the firstfruits of a perfected humanity; yet these firstfruits will appear on earth while sin yet
reigneth.

A perfected, redeemed humanity is Gods reward

For the LORD'S portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of His inheritance. Deut. 32:9
Israel is the rod of His inheritance Jere.51:19
I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine Song of Solomon 6:3

The Marriage of the Lamb to His beloved Bride

By receiving Jesus Own Spirit: the soul of His Life, which He made an infinite sacrifice for us to
be thus united with Himself, we are made to be partakers of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). God calls
this union with Christ, Marriagewe enter into a marriage Covenant with Christ.
The parable of the wedding garment opens before us a lesson of the highest consequence.
By the marriage is represented the union of humanity with divinity; the wedding garment
represents the character which all must possess who shall be accounted fit guests for the
wedding. {Christs Object Lessons page 307.1}
Our gospel message is to call all to the marriage that we may receive Jesus in our hearts and
have imparted to us His person, the divinity of His character {1SM 249.3}; Gods character possesses
the perfect balance of the divine attributes of Justice and Mercy.
God proposes to us that we join Him in the close bonds of Holy Marriage in heaven. God has been
looking for a Bride for Jesus. To call this Bride out of the world, out of the sea of humanity, is the whole
purpose God raised up the Seventh Day Adventist church.

The SDA church is founded upon our giving the invitation to the Marriage
Our church began as a movement, endued with the power of God, calling others to the Marriage
of the Lamb. Our SDA pioneers gave the Midnight cry in the Power of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
saying, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!" {Early Writings page 238.1}
This is still our message. These are the glad tidings we are to proclaim to all the world before the
end come. We are to invite whosoever will to come to the marriage which takes place as we stand next
to our heavenly Bridegroom and Press close to the bleeding side of the Son of God in the Most Holy
Place of the heavenly sanctuary.
Before Jesus closes His work in the Most Holy Place He will (have) made the atonement for His
people and blotted out their sins. The subjects of the kingdom (will be) made up. The marriage of the
Lamb (will be) consummated. And the kingdom, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, (will be) given to Jesus and the heirs of salvation, and Jesus (will) reign as King of kings and Lord
of lords. {Early Writings page 280.1}
EGW in her book The Great Controversy describes how the followers of God are to meet Jesus
in the Most Holy Place to be married to Him there:
"They that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: and the door was shut." They were
not to be present in person at the marriage; for it takes place in heaven, while they are upon

the earth. The followers of Christ are to "wait for their Lord, when He will return from the
wedding." Luke 12:36. But they are to understand His work, and to follow Him by faith as He
goes in before God. It is in this sense that they are said to go in to the marriage.
In the parable it was those that had oil in their vessels with their lamps that went in to
the marriage. Those who, with a knowledge of the truth from the Scriptures, had also the Spirit
and grace of God and by faith they followed Him in His work in the sanctuary above. And all
who through the testimony of the Scriptures accept the same truths, following Christ by faith as
He enters in before God to perform the last work of mediation, and at its close to receive His
kingdom--all these are represented as going in to the marriage. {The Great Controversy page
427.1,2}

God proves the loyalty of His people by sending Testing Truths

As revealed in the Great Controversy quote above, let us therefore humbly consider that God
will send us testing truths to reveal those who hear the voice of the Good Shepherd and follow Him
withersoever He goeth. This God has done again and again. If we desire to be in the last group of people
who shall honor God in this present evil world, we must know that Jesus will send us a message which
will be just as challenging to proclaim as when Noah preached about a coming rain, which the people
had never seen. It will be a message as bold as when the prophets were commanded to declare that
God would destroy the temple at Jerusalem, which was then the center of worship of Jehovah in the
earth, because of the impenitence of His people. The message will be at very least as challenging to
conventional scriptural thinking as when the Apostles preached to the Jews that the services of the
temple, which God Himself had ordained, were now meaningless and that a new and living way had
been opened by Jesus Christ Who had died, but was raised from the dead and ascended to heaven! The
message will surely be as problematic to the modern mind as when our SDA pioneers went forth boldly
to declare a message of a definite time for the return of Jesus Christ to our world!
This has always been Gods manner in dealing with His people He separates out those who are
His true disciples and believers by testing truth:
"Whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat
into the garner." Matt. 3:12 By the words of truth, the chaff was being separated from the
wheat. Because they were too vain and self-righteous to receive reproof, too world-loving to
accept a life of humility, many turned away from Jesus. Many are still doing the same thing.
Souls are tested today as were those disciples in the synagogue at Capernaum. When truth is
brought home to the heart, they see that their lives are not in accordance with the will of God.
They see the need of an entire change in themselves; but they are not willing to take up the selfdenying work. Therefore they are angry when their sins are discovered. They go away offended,
even as the disciples left Jesus, murmuring, "This is an hard saying; who can hear it?" {The
Desire of Ages page 392.2}

In the Spirit of Prophecy is predicted that God will again send a testing message, to separate
those who will receive the latter rain:
Most startling messages will be borne by men of God's appointment, messages of a
character to warn the people, to arouse them. And while some will be provoked by the warning
and led to resist light and evidence, we are to see from this that we are giving the testing
message for this time. Messages will be given out of the usual order. {Testimonies Volume 9
page 137.1,2}
Amid the confusing cries, "Lo, here is Christ! Lo, there is Christ!" will be borne a special
testimony, a special message of truth appropriate for this time, which message is to be
received, believed, and acted upon. It is the truth, not fanciful ideas, that is efficacious. The
eternal truth of the Word will stand forth free from all seductive errors and spiritualistic
interpretations, free from all fancifully drawn, alluring pictures. Falsehoods will be urged upon
the attention of God's people, but the truth is to stand clothed in its beautiful, pure garments.
The Word, precious in its holy uplifting influence, is not to be degraded to a level with common,
ordinary matters. It is always to remain uncontaminated by the fallacies by which Satan seeks to
deceive, if possible, the very elect. {The Review and Herald, October 13, 1904 par. 6}
Those who faithfully carry Gods special message of truth will face incredulity and stiff
persecution, but they will not labor alone, for all of heaven is pledged to help the faithful to triumph in
Christ, and make manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place. 2 Cor. 2:14 To do this the
people of God must know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all
the fulness of God. Eph.3:19 This is following Jesus example which He left for us when He walked the
earth; following Him as His true disciples, advancing His testing truth.
Says He, I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained My
lips, O LORD, thou knowest. I have not hid Thy righteousness within My heart; I have declared Thy
faithfulness and Thy salvation: I have not concealed Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth from the great
congregation. Psalms 40:9,10

Jesus will richly reward faithfulness to Him

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to youIf ye know these
things, happy are ye if ye do them. John 13:15,17
And the rewards are indeed great and immeasurable:
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame,
and am set down with My Father in His throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches. Rev.3:21,22

A people who have it in their power to end the Great Controversy

God has put it in our power, through co-operation with Him, to bring this scene of misery to an end.
We want to now study how glorious and yet how great and terrible it will be to fulfill Gods
purpose for us in these last days.
Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been
done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the
work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. Ex. 34:10

An exceeding great army

Gods last day people, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb, were shown in a vision
given to Ellen G. White to be clothed with an armor from their head to their feet. They moved in exact
order, like a company of soldiers.
Gods last day faithful people are likened unto a company of soldiers, a great army sent forth
to triumph in spiritual warfare.
In the prophets vision of the valley of dry bones recorded in Ezekiel chapter 37, behold what
God says that He will do for His people:
ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and
brought you up out of your graves, and shall put My Spirit in you, and ye shall live
Once God pours out His Spirit upon His people, then the prophet describes them as "an exceeding great
army." Eze. 37:10,13,14
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For
the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of
strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

In this spiritual warfare, proclaiming the Truth will burn as doth FIRE
Zechariah 12:6,8 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among
the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on
the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in
Jerusalem.

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among
them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the
LORD before them.
Isa. 30:27 Behold, the Name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with His anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue as a devouring fire.
Jer. 23:29 Is not My word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh
the rock in pieces?
Jer. 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold,
I will make My words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Isa. 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff,
so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have
cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

In Gods spiritual battle, those who proclaim The Truth are His weapons of war
While we shall proclaim the wonderful love of Jesus and the gospel of His blood able to save our
souls from the pollution of sinin doing this work we shall be as destroyers to Satans kingdom here on
earth which is founded upon lies. In declaring the Truth of God sent from heaven, we shall be used as
Gods army, His weapons of war, declaring and in the same instant hastening the complete fall of
Babylon.
Isa. 41:14-16 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the
LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing
instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt
make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the
whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One
of Israel.
Isa. 13:2-5, 11, 12 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain I have commanded my
sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my
highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous
noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of
the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the
weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause
the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will

make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of Ophir.
Jer. 50:14,15, 45,46 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend
the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. Shout against her
round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down:
for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his
purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock
shall draw them out: surely He shall make their habitation desolate with them. At the noise of
the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Jer. 51: 14, 19-23 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee
with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. Israel is the rod of
His inheritance: the LORD of hosts is His name. Thou art My battle ax and weapons

of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces
the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee
will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the
maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break
in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains
and rulers.
A message of Truth which destroys Babylon
Jer. 50:1,2 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the
Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not:
say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her

idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

This is the message we are declaring at this time.
In perfecting a people through the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, and by declaring through
earthen vessels the special message of truth appropriate for this time, Jesus, the Lord God of Hosts,
shall strike through the image of Babylon and destroy it.
Zech. 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all
that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be
gathered together against it.

Gods people become the sanctuary of God on earth, the place where Truth is imparted
When we are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself
being the chief corner stone; (and) the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the
Lord (we are) builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Eph. 2:20-22) Then, as
we receive light and the oil of grace from Jesus, we are to then impart these rich treasures of Heaven to
a darkened world taken captive by Satan.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1
Cor. 3:16
In these last days, God has ordained that His people be filled with His grace and become the
mountain of the Lords house: Mount Zion, the place of His sanctuary and dwelling.
Jesus healing grace is imparted in the world through His people
Wonderful is the work which the Lord designs to accomplish through His church, that His
name may be glorified. A picture of this work is given in Ezekiel's vision of the river of healing:
"These waters issue out ... And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth,
whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live because their waters they issued out of the
sanctuary" Ezekiel 47:8-12. {Acts of the Apostles page 13.1}

Say unto Zion, Thou art My people. Isa. 51:16

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, in the
place, O LORD, which thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy
hands have established. Ex. 15:17
God is ready to reveal Mount Sion, the place of His sanctuary - where He dwells, openly to the
world. Jesus wants to show His Bride, His faithful, believing people who shall be perfected by reception
of the latter rain, even while they are still in this wicked world of sin. The Bride of Christ, the firstfruits
unto God and to the Lamb, are the living saints who before the close of probation will have prepared in
their hearts a place for God to dwell in And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel,
when My sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. Eze. 37:28
Psalm 74:2 Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast purchased of old; the rod of
Thine inheritance, which Thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.

Psalm 125:1,2 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is
round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Isa. 4:2-6 4:2 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. 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: When the Lord shall have washed
away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the
midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. And the LORD will create
upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day,
and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there
shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and
for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isa. 31:4-6 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion
roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be
afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come
down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts
defend Jerusalem; defending also He will deliver it; and passing over He will preserve it. Turn ye
unto Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted
Gods people represent Jesus by being made the Lords house on earth: The fountain of Truth
In the last days Mount Sion is Gods people, the firstfruits who follow Jesus withersoever He
goeth. It shall come to pass that these people shall be the only people on earth who have the Truth, as
they will be filled with the Spirit of Truth and it is prophesied that to them will the pure in heart seek to
hear the words of God and to also join themselves unto the Lord and be saved.
Micah 4:1,2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of
the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the
hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up
to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD
from Jerusalem.
Isa. 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful

garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city

The revelation of His own glory in His people

The revelation of His own glory in the form of humanity will bring heaven so near to men
that the beauty adorning the inner temple will be seen in every soul in whom the Saviour
dwells. Men will be captivated by the glory of an abiding Christ. And in currents of praise and
thanksgiving from the many souls thus won to God, glory will flow back to the great Giver.
"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Isa. 60:1.
To those who go out to meet the Bridegroom is this message given... While all the world is
plunged in darkness, there will be light in every dwelling of the saints. They will catch the first
light of His second appearing. The unsullied light will shine from His splendor, and Christ the
Redeemer will be admired by all who have served Him To His faithful followers Christ has been
a daily companion and familiar friend. They have lived in close contact, in constant communion
with God. Upon them the glory of the Lord has risen. In them the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ has been reflected They are prepared for the
communion of heaven; for they have heaven in their hearts. {Christs Object Lessons page
420.2,3}

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful

garments
Chosen of God by our reception of Truth sent from heaven
Those who are to receive the immeasurable gift and honor to glorify God in this present sinful
world by being made perfect while yet in sinful human flesh are quarried out of the world and chosen by
our reception of testing truth. EGW declares plainly in the Spirit of Prophecy:
The stones which are in God's sacred temple are not collected from the mountains of
Judea but gathered from the nations, kindreds and tongues and people. They are not lifeless
material that must be prepared with hammer and chisel, but living stones which emit light. The
great cleaver of truth has taken them from the quarry of the world and placed them under the
hand of the great Master Builder, the Lord of the temple, and He is polishing them in His
workshop, which is this world, that all the rough edges and crookedness may be removed and
they hammered and chiseled and squared by the truth of God, polished and refined, ready to
fill their place in God's spiritual temple, that they may grow up a holy temple for God. {The
Upward Look page 373.3}
A banner of Truth beaconing all peoples to stand on the Lords side
The Lord has commanded that a banner be lifted up as an ensign for all nations so that they
shall know where to seek the Lord and also as a standard for those who would join the Lords last day
army would know how to declare they have determined to stand on the Lords side. A standard is lifted
up as an ensign to declare the character of the army marching under it.

An example of this is recorded in Numbers of how the divisions of the men of war for the 12
tribes of Israel were commanded to order their armies under standards:
on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of
Judah pitch throughout their armies Num 2:3
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to
their armies Num. 10:14
It is prophesied in the scriptures that in the last days, the Lord will lift up an ensign or a standard,
also called a banner, to gather His people under His standard of Righteousness, which shall at the same
instant declare the end of the reign of Babylon on earth When the time comes that the armies of the
living God (shall) take the field {19MR 160.1} there (shall be) great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for
ever and ever. Rev. 11:15
Isa. 11:10-12 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign
of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glory. And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of
His people And He shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of
Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Jer. 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and
conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols
are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Isa. 13:2, 4,5 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain The noise of a multitude in the
mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered
together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country,
from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the
whole land.
Range under the Banner of Christ, Who is THE TRUTH
Habakkuk 2:2,3 The LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon
tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the
end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not
tarry.
The Bible foretells that the vision revealed to Habakkuk, made plain upon tables for the end
time will not lie, because it is of heavenly origin and is declaring the Truth of heaven. The vision is of
Christs infinite sacrifice; made plain upon tables, it becomes a standard of Truth.

Christs character embodied in Habakkuks vision: LOOK AND LIVE

We are now lifting up the vision of the Lord, which was revealed to Habakkuk, made plain upon
the Two tables of the Ten Commandments as an ensign to all nations. Even as Moses lifted up the
serpent upon a standard (Hebrew word for pole is also translated standard or ensign in other places in
the Bible) so now we are lifting up the vision and standard of Christ, so that all who would, may come up
to the help of the Lord against the foe and by beholding His character embodied in the vision all may
look and live.

The first Table

Love to God

Love to man

The second Table

A Revelation of Gods Heart

In this message God is revealing His heart. Jesus has poured out His heart in giving us the Holy
Spirit: the soul of His life and in pouring out the blood of His spotless, perfect offering in humanity.
Now, in this anti-typical Day of Atonement, Jesus is looking to make a people perfect by the ministration
of His Own Holy Spirit, by His blood and through this life giving knowledge, which is illustrated in the
vision made plain upon tables by His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many.
We are now lifting up Habakkuks vision of Christs pierced side, in which is depicted His sacred
blood and water flowing from His side and in which is also illustrated the bright beams coming out of
His side: and there is the hiding of His power, which was commanded to be made plain upon the Two
Tables of the Ten Commandments, which vision is prophesied to speak in the end time. By obeying the
instruction given the scriptures, we have made plain upon the two tables of the Law the heaven
ordained pictures in which Gods perfect character of Justice and Mercy is made manifest; God has
revealed this testing truth we are to look in faith, behold the image of Christ and be changed into the
same image (character) even by the Spirit of the Lord.

Our message at this time is LOOK AND LIVE

The message will be carried not so much by argument as by the deep conviction of the
Spirit of God. The arguments have been presented. The seed has been sown, and now it will
spring up and bear fruit Notwithstanding the agencies combined against the truth, a large
number take their stand upon the Lord's side. {The Great Controversy page 612.2}
We are at this time giving a clarion call to all the peoples of the earth:
Accept and promulgate these truths by lifting the ensign of Habakkuks vision
to all nations
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish,
and conceal not: say (Jeremiah 50:2),
Who is on the LORD'S side? -whosoever is brave and courageous, whoso will
stand stiffly for all this Truth which is now revealed
range under the banner

The first Table of the Law : Love to God

The second Table of the Law : Love to man

And His brightness was as the light; he had bright beams

coming out of side: and there is the hiding of His power.
Habakkuk 3:4