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    “But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.” Leviticus 16:10   Someone placed a magazine on my car once and the cover article was titled: “Who is your scapegoat?” Well some of you may have read all of Leviticus 16 and may have this same question. In the Day of Atonement service two goats were chosen for the service. One was the Lord’s goat and the other is the scapegoat. The Lord’s goat was sacrificed as a sin offering (Leviticus 16:9). The sins removed from the temple, at the end of the service, were placed on the head of the scapegoat (Leviticus 16:10; GC 420.1). The scapegoat was then lead into the wilderness by a strong man and left there (Leviticus 16:26).   We know Who was represented by the Lord’s goat because we’ve seen that event occur. The Messiah, Jesus Christ, came to the Earth as a man, took on our si...

  “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Luke 21:28   We find ourselves living in a curious span of earth’s sinful history. As Jesus stated, the time of His return will be similar to the times of Noah and Lot (Matthew 24:37; Luke 17:26-28). We definitely see an amplification of continually evil thoughts, idleness, selfishness, gluttony and scoffing (Genesis 6:5; Ezekiel 16:49; 2 Peter 3:3-7). However, in addition to these signs, another trait of these grand events, that our time shares, is that no precise timing has been given for the fulfilment of these events (Matthew 25:13). The flood was marked by the death of Methuselah, but it didn’t come the day he died (Genesis 7). Lot knew Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed but he didn’t know when until the angels came to remove him (Genesis 19). Every other major event has had a precise time span, even to the point that Josiah Litch could pinpoint ...

  "Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord." Leviticus 23:27   The 1260-day prophecy brought us up to 1798 but the entire prophecy timeline is 2300 years which brings us to 1844. What great event happened in 1844 of which we all need to take a note? Daniel was told: “Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed” (Daniel 8:14). As a faithful Jew, Daniel associated the phrase “sanctuary be cleansed” with the temple services in Jerusalem (Leviticus 23). The first temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar’s army when Judah was taken into captivity. This message caused Daniel to panic, because Jeremiah had prophesied only 70 years of captivity (Jeremiah 29:10; Daniel 9:2). Had they done something to extend their time in exile?   The angel Gabriel came to Daniel and ...

  "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Revelation 13:18   Another part of the 2300-day prophecy of Daniel 8 is the 1260-day prophecy. In this time the little horn/seven headed amalgam beast would speak great things, blaspheme God by assuming the ‘place of God Almighty on earth’ – “Vicarius filii Dei” – and “think to change times and laws” – 10 commandments (Daniel 7:25; 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4; Revelation 13:1). This was fulfilled on time when the emperor of Rome gave his power, seat and authority to the Pope in 538 ad (Revelation 13:2). For 1260 years all of Western Europe was subjected to the tyranny of the Roman Catholic Church. Kings were humiliated, the bible was forbidden, literacy was abominably low and people, adhering to Biblical Christianity, were driven into hiding to avoid torture and a painful death (GC 51.3; 57.3). On the 31 st Octobe...