Nahum 3 The Modern Replay (posted in 17 parts) Parts 1-17
Posted by Steve on April 2, 2011, 1:41 pm, in reply to "Sabbath Study: NAHUM chapter 3, the modern REPLAY placed into proper perspective."
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For those paying attention.
~ Steven Benjamin
". . . beware of rejecting that which is truth. The great danger with our people has been that of depending upon men, and making flesh their arm. Those who have not been in the habit of searching the Bible for themselves, or weighing evidence, have confidence in the leading men, and accept the decisions they make; and thus many will reject the very messages God sends to His people, if these leading brethren do not accept them. " -- Testimonies to Ministers, p. 106.
NAHUM Chapter THREE as given to Steven Benjamin by The Spirit.
“…if we had consulted the ministers of our respective former denominations and accepted their counsel, how many of us would have become Seventh-day Adventists? The overall answer is, "Not one of us. " Such has been the fate of all who have followed the decisions of uninspired men against inspired men of God. Men of piety, men deeply rooted in their religion, as were the priests and rabbis in Christ's day, have been the most successful in keeping away the light of God from the people. This is a fact that no one should ever forget or neglect to give consideration to.
Moreover, since our personal rights of investigating truths purported to be sent from God, without the interference of our former ministers, took us out of the churches which are mindful only of past truths, and brought us into the Advent present Truth some years ago, should we now surrender these rights and become spiritually dependent on others to tell us what is Truth and what is error? Why judge ourselves spiritual invalids rather than full grown Christians? And why take the ministers' word now against advanced purported inspired present Truth, if such a step previously taken would have been disastrous, would have cheated us from accepting the Advent Truth? Is it not true that if we would let others think for us, we might be cheated as badly as were the Jewish common people cheated by the priests and rabbis in Christ's day?”
V.T. Houteff Tract 15 “TO the Seven Churches: The Breaking of The Seven Seals © 1947
The topic of Nahum has been associated to the Branch Davidians in lieu of the fact that David Koresh prophesied from the book. The event of Waco can be clearly seen in Nahum chapter 2. But David Koresh is not the first messenger rising through the Advent message to prophesy from that book. Before him Victor Houteff did likewise.
Each messenger, David, Lois, Benjamin Roden, Victor Houteff, all the way back presented the gift or prophesy in varied ways. 3 in fact. They put first the past into perspective, then in discussing both the past and future gave insight to the present timeframe they were in, and of course, the discussion of things future as noted by their brethren, the prophets.
Such is no different of anything seen of the Angel of Revelation 18:1. His message first, puts the past into perspective. How can a city fall and no one know? Such is the nature of confusion, of “Babylon.” IF an event of such significance can occur and no one be even aware as it occurs before their very eyes, surely, they are in confusion, surely in such confusion in such “Babylon,” they do not even recognize the present, they wander, they are lost. Even the righteous amongst them, wander in the wilderness so to speak.
SO a messenger is sent, to first shout “WAKE UP YOU SLEEPING VIRGINS!”
Such came in Brother Houteff’s day every bit as much to those he was given to, as it later did in David Koresh’s day. Just as Victor Houteff prophecied David’s coming…David prophecied the messenger to follow him, the Angel, or messenger of Revelation 18:1.
That angel, like his predecessors, has 3 aspects of his message. Why do you think people were so drawn to David in his lifetime? Likewise to Brother Houteff? Because when they spoke of the future, those with them, knew they were speaking of the present. They SAW THE LIVING SPIRIT OF PROPHECY UPON THEM. They didn’t just hear a bunch of PREDICTIONS…PROCLAMATIONS…there is a reason when Victor Houteff died people from around the world sold their homes and moved to Waco to form a tent city. Actually there are a few, of them, just as a time between Ellen White and Victor Houteff, as between Victor Houteff and Ben Roden, there was a rise of confusion, of “Babylon” even in the hearts of those who had been paying attention to the messenger of their generation. They were not without their temporary shepeherds…ones appointed to maintain the flock for a while to guard the inspiration that had been sent, and having a greater degree of it than their brethren…much like Benjamin who was given five times as much as his brethren. Between White and Houteff, the world had THE SDA. A group who did not even embrace Ellen White fully as a prophet until after her death.
Between Victor Houteff and Benjamin Roden, the world was given Florence Houteff.
The truth of these things of the “TEMPORARY SHEPHERD” has been explained on this board in greater detail in the days leading up to the time of Atonement last August and September and I wont dwell long on that topic. Save to say that David in his own words, not the words of those who would PURPORTEDLY say he said this or that, but in his own archived words can be heard describing the messenger who would come after him, a Resurrection of “Brother (Benjamin) Roden.”
(As archived in the Audio Sermon “THE SEVENTH ANGELS MESSAGE”)
If there are those promoting that David Koresh did not know his role prior to the last years of his ministry…they are mistaken, for he did and the testimony of those who lived with him, studied with him, learned from and loved him, exists still to confirm such truth.
With the angel of Revelation 18, which we need to look at before and as we look at the book of Nahum, we see he brings a message to Babylon, but his message is three fold…to the people of God still in the land, to the wicked, and to saints with those in heaven. In such, he declares first the past, the immediate timeframe leading up to his Announcement of his arrival. The declaration “Babylon is fallen, is fallen” not will be fallen will be fallen, not IS FALLING IS FALLING…therefore, he is shouting “WAKE UP YOU SLEEPING VIRGINS!” This city just fell before their very selves and they had to be told about it, an event in which this city whose smoke would be seen by the world…and they were clueless…surely, they were, these children of God, these ones given to be called “MY PEOPLE,” were not just asleep, but asleep in Babylon, in CONFUSION. But the first thing that angel does, as those messengers before him…and there were as it is noted “AND I SAW” not an angel come down…but “ANOTHER MIGHTY ANGEL”…and ANOTHER, being the key word to place this angel as one of a succession before him. The first thing he does is bring clarity to the saints…but even then, they don’t’ draw to him immediately, they have be given instruction…”COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE…” and then FUTURE is mentioned drawing to the confirmation of such, that which is rooted in the present…”THAT YE BE NOT PARTAKERS OF HER PLAGUES.” And again the return to placing the present into PERSPECTIVE, that the past become even clearer.
There is matter of the Prophecy of “THE DAY OF THE LORD” in conjunction with the events of Seven ANGELS with Seven TRUMPS than needs to be considered. In such, there is Seven more angels who have not been seen before to the generations in this earth currently living. You see, such matter deals with THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, as seen during Zecheriah 14. In the time of atonement, there is many angels sounding, as such correlates to the seven angel trumpeters of Revelation.
Prior to this time, “THE VOICE” of the Seventh angel has been seen as the HUMAN representative of the Divine. But there is more to that, and that in itself is correct, but not the whole picture. You see, during each Sabbath, the Weekly, there is but one trump sounded. That is by locale, one Trumpeter. ON THE DAY OF TRUMPS during the time LEADING UP TO ATONEMENT, which in this case is the time just prior to Zecheriah 14, there are not only many trumps, as seen emphasized in the Seven Angel TRUMPETERS OF REVELATION, but there is “THE VOICE OF EACH ANGEL.”
One CALLING THE CADENCE….one who sings…
“TEKIAH----“ and the the Trumpeter sounds the call on the Shofar, this is no different in Heaven as it is on earth. What is being seen in Heaven when those Angels are sounding…is the time of TRUMPS, in Heaven, as HEAVEN prepares for “THE DAY OF ATONEMENT.” So then we see, a THIRD ENTITY, not previously seen, now not A VOICE ON EARTH WHICH FOLLOWS THAT CALL OF THE ANGEL TRUMPETER IN HEAVEN, as John receiving the book told he must prophesy again before many nations, but we see then TWO in HEAVEN with each Trump, one being “THE VOICE of the Seventh Angel….calling cadence, then the angel giving the call on the Shofar.”
This has greatly to do with events as witnessed in both the MACRO AND MICRO in one group, as compared to that witnessed likewise in another group. The evidence of this is seen in the form of The Elder who wept not, who was not troubled as all those whom John witnessed weeping…hoping for one worthy to open the book. And when the elder spake to John, he spoke in PAST TENSE, to an event in the present tense, was still FUTURE TENSE TO JOHN. HE spake…”Behold the LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH”…not will PREVAIL…NOT IS PREVAILING…but “HATH” as in ALREADY PREVAILED…and then John witnesses the event not as the Elder spake, but following such. That elder, we see then now a clue, is “A VOICE”…one of those associated to the trumpeters, and having his message sounded prior, already in the know in that last moment of silence when all else wept, that space of time between the sounding of one cadence, and the trump which followed.
You must consider then, “WHY IS THIS NOT MORE CLEARLY RECORDED…”well firstly, a heart receptive to the truth, can see it plainly…or will. But One must consider the things sealed until the time of the end spoken of in Daniel, a thing which would be revealed, just as John likewise was told to seal up certain details which would illuminate a particular event surrounding the Seven Thunders. We now see a glimpse of that.
“Now Truth clearly points out that The Revelation is not made up of something which originated with John's vision, but that it is made up of the things which the sealed book contained and which were then made known. Since the writings of John recorded the things which the sealed book revealed at the instance its seals were broken, Inspiration entitled them "The Revelation" -- the sealed things unsealed, the secret things revealed.”
V.T. Houteff Tract 15 “TO the Seven Churches: The Breaking of The Seven Seals © 1947
The Angel of Revelation 18, not only speaks of the past, of the present, but of the Judgement still coming. He is given instruction to impart not only to righteous, but announcement to the wicked, not only a proclamation for the living, but for those in Heaven already departed. Such is the cadence of the Shofar…”TEKIAH…and it’s message…Shivarim…likewise with it’s own message just as the weeping message of mourning with “TERULAH…” and the Triumph of “TEKIAH GEDOLAI”…which will be heard As the Kingdoms are given into the hands of “OUR LORD” …’AND”…”His Christ.”
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