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.”
But these events are beyond That we need to see now in Nahum 3, to see more clearly our present timeframe. They are associated, but a little beyond for now, and will not be given more clearly until after December 22, 2012.
For now, we first look at Nahum in Light of previous messengers…Did David’s message on Nahum negate that of Brother Houteffs’? No. It did not. IN Brother Houteff’s day, those who were under his message saw NAHUM happening right before their very eyes.
Such is seen in the tract by Brother Houteff…”War News Forecast.” A message he was already shown prior to the USA entering into World War Two. Such messages about future events were ALWAYS AS MUCH ABOUT THE PRESENT with God’s messengers as they involved things on the near horizon as much or moreso than the distant horizon. Did they understand such completely. For their day they did, but not in actuality. Even in the days of Yeheshua’s Diciples, they did not get the whole truth, it was not that it was not there…as Christ knew it, it was that they could not handle it, and he told them so, such is written in the New Testament.
Even of that which Christ shared with those he was sent to…they got it mixed up, as seen as he was out of their sight, I call Acts chapter 1 and verse ten to light.
They walked with Christ, they knew him, you would think if any could explain the truth of their generation it would be them…but they couldn’t even get along for too long.
But that which God needed preserved was preserved, and God sent two to them.
Again, you are not ready for that.
I asked Clive one time why they thought during the Siege they were in the fifth seal. You see, Renos if actually responsible for the hidden manna doctrine, has one take on the fifth seal that Livingstone does not. Clive has a take than neither the Renos or Livingstone share. Livingstone and Renos do agree we are in the fifth seal. Clive has stated more than once he uncertain if “ANY” of the seals have been opened. I assure you, they have, and yes, we are in the fifth seal. But in noting that I have in regards to Clive, such was the cause for me then to ask, if he felt we may not be in any of the actual seals, but that what the world seen was in fact only a preview, and none have actually been opened yet, and if so, certainly not five of them in his opinion, I asked why then, did those in Mt. Carmel believe such? Why did they believe themselves to be in the 5th seal?
He noted two things, first he notes, well, for one thing David told us that, that the fifth seal had opened during the siege. But I was there in the last days and I also heard him in the last 2 or 3 days say…”This isn’t right, it’s not happening the way I saw it”…so he said he had his doubts because of that. SO I asked again, why then do others believe it so strongly and why did they in that timeframe and he noted…”Well because as a group, we all witnessed a series of events, (supernatural) and as a group having witnessed such, it did appear that was exactly what was going on.”
I point then back to illustrate, the same, was occurring during the days of Victor Houteff.
IN fact the same was going on with EVERY MESSENGER OF G-D including YEHESHUA! Even in his day, there were things so far off, and yet those diciples were certain such would play out during their lifetimes for a very long time, so much so, that again, as in Acts chapter one, they stood there waiting, anticipating certain things to fulfill themselves immediately.
So then, having seen then an experience which those paying attention are starting to now see here, we see a communion with groups before us, those under David Koresh to 4.19.93….and those under Victor Houteff as well, and in such, we are about to see another…one preaching current prophecy, living prophecy, from the book of Nahum.
In such, we well see chapter one more emphatically illustrated the ministry and timeline of Victor Houteff than the latter two chapters, chapter two did likewise with David Koresh in his timeline than the former and latter chapters, and now in our case, we see ourselves in Chapter three, and in such we see emphatic correlation to the time between the 5th and 6th seals, to the events of Zecheriah 13 in the latter verses leading into the opening verses of Chapter 14, Daniel 11, and The Seventh Angel of Revelation, now seeing more clearly a message of “THE VOICE.” John was to the 7th angel, a voice, but not “THE VOICE”…IF anything, he was as the resonating sound of “THE TRUMP” in the beginning of it’s sounding. Note the passage notes…”in the days of the voice of the seventh angel WHEN HE SHALL BEGIN TO SOUND…” how then, can he both sound and speak at the same time?” WE have answered this. John then on the earth, becomes the VOICE, for the TRUMP which is then heard on the earth, and such is the 7th angels Message.
David Koresh noted of himself to be both the Seventh Angel of one phase, and the first of another, and that the Angel of Revelation 18, would repeat the SECOND ANGELS MESSAGE, as David would REPEAT THAT OF THE FIRST ANGEL.
We will deal more with that later, at least those paying attention will see more of that later.
For now, it is enough that we have established that there was a common experience between one group, those with David Koresh, who saw the events of NAHUM being replayed in their day, with that of a predecessor, those under Victor Houteff who likewise saw with them not only the events of Nahum playing out as Victor Houteff was given to show them to be in replay, but likewise they, like those under David Koresh, saw THE REVELATION at the THRESHHOLD. Like David Koresh, the followers of God under Victor Houteff’s ministry saw the Living Spirit of prophecy so strongly, they believed he would immediately, in just 3 and ½ years or less, return to life. Both Brothers Houteff and Koresh were believed to have a message of the Seven seals, to have seen the silver cord loosed and given as was John insight contained in that sealed book which their generations had not seen before. And that insight was an insight to all those books contained within the bible. Such is seen in TRACT 15 of the DAVIDIAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST by Brother Houteff, a message titled “TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES…THE BREAKING OF THE SEVEN SEALS.”
But the reason those followed Houteff as they did Koresh so strongly, was their witness of truth, and in such truths, not just the deeper things of scripture, but in seeing such things, seeing confirmation in their actual timelines to real world events unfolding around them panoramically in their timeframe following that which the Spirit of God gave through inspiration to his anointed, that his people see these things unfold before their very eyes in their very present timefrmes. THE WORLD, and it’s events, were confirming that faith they had already yielded too. THE PEOPLE OF GOD, dwelt with, by their witness of his anointed, the very LIVING SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.
They were not reliant upon fantasy, upon fairy tales set in the future…always ready to be fulfilled, but never being witnessed in the slightest to be in progress, as much off in the horizon just beyond or even way beyond the reach of one’s very lifetime, moreso more often than not, than actually in one’s lifetime.
Victor Houteff in the Spirit, Prophecied WW2 to lead to the institution of a “MODERN ISRAEL” as a nation YEARS before the event happened, and documented so, in copyrighted works at least as early as 1942. So in 1948, when the event occurred, many were taking notice that Brother Houteff was not only teaching Prophesy, but was DISPALYING THE VERY SPIRIT OF PROPHESY IN THIS WORLD, TO THIS WORLD, and TO THE WITNESS OF THOSE PAYING ATTENTION, Dwelling within his very person. Such is seen of David Koresh as well.
When both died, a messenger would come, and all would deem in 1955, under the ministry of Florence Houteff in the role of a temporary shepherd prophecied in the Book of Zecheriah, all would deem that Victor Houteff would resurrect to life, and a doctrine placing him as one of The TWO WITNESSES of REVELATION would promote such.
Sound familiar?
You must understand, that just because those under Brother Houteff did not fully get what he was saying, does not mean he was wrong, it just means they could not grasp the message fully, and some more so or less so than others. We see primariliy the ministry of Victor Houteff illustrated in the Book of Nahum, to which he preached in a tract titled “WAR NEWS FORECAST” prior to the US involvement in WW2 and later published and promoted during that war. And many clung to him, as they Did David Koresh. We know that THE ENTIRE REPLAY OF NAHUM did not occur during Brother Houteff’s ministry. And we know this because we see in the Ministry of David Koresh a great emphasis of Nahum chapter 2. But we do not see the experience of that occurring between 1980 and April 19th, 1993 negating the experience of that occurring during the Shepherds Rod and subsequent Davidian SDA movement. What we see however in hindsight, is each event harmonizing to the other.
BUT DO WE SEE A COMPLETE FULFILLMENT OF NAHUM being replayed in the ministry of David Koresh between 1980 and 1993?
I submit to you that we do not. Do we see relation from all that replay to the ministry of David Koresh, that is, is the replay of Chapter 3 relevant? Yes, in as much as David’s experience of that replay was releveant to Nahum chapter one and the ministry of V.T. Houteff we do.
Victor Houteff prohecied from Nahum the falling away of the SDA into apostasy, and they did, just as Ellen White had warned, they joined the ranks of the Catholic Church, becoming an “INSTITUTION” more concerned with organization than with actual PRESENT TRUTH?
ORGANIZATION OVER PRESENT TRUTH? Hmmm…sound familiar?
I submit to you that Present truth need not focus on organization, for those paying attention in any generation to G-d’s anointed messengers, and via that attention, their focus moreso on hearing the Spirit itself, not only through those messengers, but in their own lives, as they did their own investigations, interacting with the truth themselves…the harmony in the chosen in those generations…was ever present with regard to the Spirit.
And what became of the SDA? IT did what Ellen White said it would do, it was doing what Victor Houteff preached from “PRESENT TRUTH” was THEN…in that Generation occurring, and building on inspired insight, saw precept upon precept did he that Victor Houteff in the Spirit and those paying attention to the same knew of a “COMING WAR NEWS FORECAST” long before such made world headlines, and knew it from the prophet Nahum to their then current generation.
We see much of Nahum chapter one having occurred in replay during the lifetime of Victor Houteff in application to the Relationship between God’s Annointed, and the SDA. So then, In showing you how exactly the same event occurred later as by the MICRO, events in Nahum Chapter two with David played out at Mt. Carmel, you will see that NAHUM CHAPTER 3, did in fact….NOT! But rather such played out chronologically following in the MACRO to the world at large, and is still in play.
SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT…because of visions David had, and of things which are to come in the MICRO as we see them…which have now directly while impacting those in Mt. Carmel prior to 4.19.93 primarliy in the MACRO as EVENTS FUTURE…(beyond 1993), have now directly IMPACTED US, this generation, in the MICRO. And once we understand where we are, then we see as well where we are headed, as well the world.
WW2 did not directly impact the Davidian SDA. IN fact, they changed their name from the SHEPHERDS ROD, to the DAVIDIAN SDA for legal reasons, to gain status that they may proclaim themselves by religious rights to be “CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS” and having gained that status as pacifists, their members, their fathers, their sons, themselves, exempt from the draft, therefore untouched in the MICRO by the events they witnessed in the MACRO playing out in the greater world outside Waco Texas.
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