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SPECIAL NOTATION

This study was taken from a 6 X 8-1/2 size booklet with its own pagination. Therefore, it will not print the same on 8-1/2 X 11 paper. Also, in this study one page and paragraph may be compared to another page and paragraph, which will be noted in parenthesis, as seen in this example---> (see12:3).

A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
Chapter 1

The doctrine of the 144,000 was first originated in "Dec., 1844" (W.L.F. 22), at the time the Lord gave to Ellen G. Harmon (not yet married to James White), a vision of "the living saints, 144,000 in number" (E.W.15), after which the S.D.A. church "came into existence in 1845" (1 S.R. 75). Then later the doctrine of those who go "with" the 144,000 was first originated when the angel of the Lord revealed to her (E.W.40) that she would be one "with the 144,000" (among the resurrected dead, because she died in 1915). It was sometime thereafter (who really knows when) that the leaders of this church erroneously concluded that these two groups of saints were all that would be saved and translated out of the entire WORLD. In order, however, to correct their error, the Lord sent His prophet Elijah, V.T. Houteff (T.M. 475), in 1930 with the message of "The Shepherd's Rod," which proved that besides the 144,000 there would be other living saints saved from the S.D.A. church, and many more saved from the world, the "great multitude" (Rev. 7:9), who were to be translated "with" them. But since the church has rejected that message of truth, they still believe to this day that only these two groups of saints will be translated at Christ's coming, which are:

Group 1: The 144,000 numbered living saints who will be sealed in the S.D.A. church from the twelve tribes of Israel (Rev. 7:4-8), and then translated at Christ's second advent (not having tasted death).

Group 2: The unnumbered resurrected saints--those that go "with" the 144,000 (Dan. 12:2; E.W. 40, 285), who will be sealed in the S.D.A. church, and who are to be translated (having tasted death).

Though the S.D.A. church is right in their belief concerning these two groups of saints, the laymembers have been told by their ministers that the "great multitude" (Rev. 7:9) are the righteous dead--"the triumphant saints of all ages," which is their "favored view" (Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, pg. 784). And that is why they do not know that the "great multitude" are living saints saved from the world (Babylon), because they do not study the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy as they should. Thus, the "testimonies are unread and unappreciated," because "doubt, and even disbelief of the testimonies" is encouraged by "ministers who preach self" (5 Test. 217). Therefore, as most S.D.A. are willfully ignorant of the doctrine of living saints from the world who are translated "with" the 144,000; so some Davidians are willfully ignorant of the doctrine of the living saints from the S.D.A. church who are translated "with" the 144,000. For this reason the SRod message rebukes their willfull ignorance:

DO RIGHT ONLY BY UNDERSTANDING DOCTRINE

"It has been said by some {S.D.A.} that it matters not whether one understands the subject of the 144,000 {and by certain Davidians who say it matters not whether one understands the subject of those who go 'with' them} or not, so long as he does right. This is certainly true if we DO RIGHT, but how do we know whether we do right or not, except we understand Bible doctrines {such as the 144,000 and those 'with' them}?--1 Shepherd's Rod, pg. 14 (bold emphasis, braces added).

This statement proves that Seventh-day Adventists can not be led by the truth to "DO RIGHT" and become Davidians, if they do not understand the doctrine of the 144,000; and neither can some Davidians be led by the truth to "DO RIGHT" and join God's Association at Salem, if they do not understand the doctrine of those who go "with" the 144,000! Those Davidians, however, who want to "DO RIGHT" know that it is very important to understand this "Bible doctrine," rather than be willfully ignorant of it. And since they are not "too lazy to study" (1 T.G. 21:12), because they know that "all intellectual laziness is sin, and spiritual lethergy is death" (4 Test. 399), they will obey the SRod's divine injunction to "...read closely every page of the solemn message contained in The Shepherd's Rod publications. Let not a line escape your attention. Study every word carefully and prayerfully." (5 Ans. 29). And that is the reason why they will read this entire book, in order to understand the "Bible doctrine" of the living saints who go "with" the 144,000.

There are some Davidians, however, who are not very careful to "DO RIGHT," and they are satisfied with a superficial understanding of this "Bible doctrine," because they really are "too lazy to study" (1 T.G. 21:12) every "page," every "line," and every "word" (5 Ans. 29) of the SRod message. Therefore, the SRod references concerning those who will go "with" the 144,000 which they may or may not know about, are "unread and unappreciated," because they allowed "doubt and disbelief" to be encouraged by Davidian "ministers who preach self" (5 Test. 217). So, they are left to continue misunderstanding certain former doctrines they learned before becoming Davidians.

Misunderstanding no. 1--Many of the protestants, who misunderstood the "stone" of Daniel 2:45, and thought that it symbolized Christ at His second advent, became Seventh-day Adventists and continued to believe this error until today; because they assumed Ellen G. White had stated this in her writings. Thus, they took it for "granted as truth" (T.M. 70), and never even bothered to search her writings to know for sure if they understood it right. If they had studied her writings as they should have, they would have been amazed to discover that she did not say the "stone" is Christ at His second appearance! This irrefutable fact is well proven by Sis. White's grandson, Arthur White, who stated brief words in a letter on Dec. 2, 1971 to Bro. Craig Mueller:

"Dear Brother Mueller:

"In October you wrote to us asking if we could direct you to a statement from Mrs. White's pen indicating that Jesus Christ was the 'stone' of Daniel 2:45.

"This has been the holding of the denomination down through the years. Ellen White touches the matter of this vision of Nebuchadnezzar rather lightly. She does not go into great detail. So we are unable to direct you to any statement from her pen on this point. This does not in any sense mean that the views that we have held are not correct.

"With the best of wishes, I am

Sincerely your Brother,
Arthur L. White"

Misunderstanding no. 2--Many S.D.A. misunderstand the subject of the 144,000, and teach that these living saints are all that will be saved from the entire WORLD. But after they became Davidians, some still misunderstand, and teach that only 144,000 will be saved from the entire CHURCH. And they assumed that Bro. V. T. Houteff had stated this in his writings; so, they took it for "granted as truth" (T.M. 70), and never bothered to study his writings to find the truth. Had they studied, they would have been amazed to learn that other living Davidians will go "with" the 144,000! True Davidians assume nothing, because "they know what they believe, and believe what they know" (1 T.G. 7:13). They are not "too lazy to study" (1 T.G. 21:12; 4 Test. 399). They are the "wise" who understands!

ONLY THE WISE SHALL UNDERSTAND

"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."--Daniel 12:10 (bold emphasis added).

"Since none of the wicked shall understand in the day of the Lord, it shows that the Truth {of the SRod message} will become deeper and deeper {even after Elijah died} until finally the wicked will not be able to comprehend it."--12 Symbolic Code No. 6, pg. 18 (bold emphasis, braces added).

The reason why most Seventh-day Adventists cannot "understand" the doctrine of the 144,000, and those "with" them, is because they have rejected the Elijah who explained this basic Truth in the Shepherd's Rod message. But why are there some SRod-believing Davidians who cannot "comprehend" a "deeper" understanding of this Bible doctrine? Because they do not know that its understanding becomes "deeper and deeper" by two methods: (1) By a prophet's message; and (2) by personal study of that message; because "only to the righteous (the penitent) is given the gift of understanding." (2 T.G. 44:32). But since they only accept the first method (message) they are puzzled, because they do not believe "Truth" becomes "deeper" after Elijah's death in 1955. This confuses them, for they know that Elijah was the "last prophet to the church today" (G.C.S. 23), and that another prophet will not come and add any more "oil" to the "golden bowl" of truth concerning those who are to go "with" the 144,000. Therefore, they become frustrated and baffled in their efforts to explain to the other Davidians just how the "truth will become deeper and deeper" today!

MORE STUDY MEANS A "DEEPER" UNDERSTANDING

And they will always be puzzled, confused, and frustrated, until they accept the fact that the other method by which this "Truth will become deeper and deeper," after the death of Elijah, is by studying deeper into the "golden bowl" of Truth! This is proven by the fact that any Davidian who has studied the message for only two years, certainly cannot boast that he understands it as well as a Davidian who has a "deeper" understanding of the "Truth," after studying the message for ten, twenty, or even thirty years! Therefore, it is only natural to conclude that the less a Davidian studies, the less he will understand. And if he is "too lazy to study" at all, then he will know very little, much less have a "deeper" understanding of anything! A Davidian, however, who really desires a "deeper" understanding of the message on any subject, will obey the command to "Get your doctrine, Brother, Sister, only from the golden bowl" (11 Tr. 12); which means that he must "read closely every page" and every "line" and every "word" of the SRod message (5 Ans. 29). But why would some Davidians be willfully ignorant of the living saints who go "with" the 144,000, when they have a "golden bowl" full of truth to help him understand if they have the "gift of understanding" (see 11:4)?

The obvious reason is because they do not care to know more about "deeper" understandings of certain SRod doctrines, lest they be obligated to study it, or admit their ignorance. And since they are "too lazy to study" (1 T.G. 21:12), then their knowledge of the SRod message is very shallow regarding most subjects; and that is why they cannot recognize "Truth" as it becomes "deeper and deeper," even if they heard it, much less "comprehend" it. So, when they hear of a deeper understanding of the SRod message being taught about those who go "with" the 144,000, which they know little or nothing about, they think it cannot be truth because they do not understand it. And because they are too lazy to study "deeper" into this doctrine, they not only try to discourage others from studying it, but they also try to bring the Davidians who do study it down to their low level of ignorance by misapplying this mandate: "teach not short of nor beyond what is published" in the message (4 Ans. 69).

That is, while they try to make it appear that they dare not teach "beyond what is published," they are exceedingly guilty of teaching "short of...what is published" about those "with" the 144,000! And their boasting does not prove that they are trying to obey this mandate; instead, it proves that they could not teach "beyond what is published" anyway, because they know so little of what the SRod message teaches! Thus, they try to conceal their great ignorance (because they do not study), by pretending to be true defenders of the SRod message; and that is why they say that those who teach a "deeper" understanding, is teaching "beyond" the message, though it is taken right from the "golden bowl," which the Lord told the Davidians to do through His prophet (2 S.R. 289), and which, therefore, is their right and obligation to do!

MANY KNOW NOT THEIR IGNORANCE

"I have been shown that many {Davidian S.D.A.} who profess to have a knowledge of present truth {the Shepherd's Rod message}, know not what they believe {about those living saints who go 'with' the 144,000}. They do not understand the evidences of their faith. They have no just appreciation of the work for the present time. When the trial shall come, there are men {Davidians} now preaching to others, who will find, upon examining the positions they hold {that only the 144,000 will be saved from the entire CHURCH}, that there are many things {such as the other living saints from the church} for which they can give no satisfactory reason. Until thus tested, they knew not their ignorance."--Gospel Workers, pg. 298 (bold emphasis, braces added).

One basic truth among Seventh-day Adventists which has "become deeper and deeper" is the subject of the 144,000 and the "great multitude" who will be translated "with" them from the world; but among some Davidians it is the saints who are to be translated "with" them from the church. Therefore, because they "know not what they believe," they misunderstand this truth, and teach that the saints who go "with" the 144,000 can only be the resurrected dead saints. But if they would examine this doctrine now, rather than wait until the "trial" comes, wherein they will be "tested" (G.W. 298), they would not be embarrassed, nor surprised at their great ignorance. Therefore, let the reader put aside all prejudice, and study all the references quoted in this book, and he will be amazed to discover that besides the resurrected dead saints, there will be an unnumbered company of living Davidians who will also escape the slaughter of Ezekiel 9 in the church, and go "with" the 144,000 to the kingdom of God!

There are some Davidians, however, who try to keep others ignorant of this truth. They oppose it by using subtle arguments based on a false premise, which are illogical and erroneous, by which to refute what the SRod message plainly teaches about those living Davidians who go "with" the 144,000. In order to help the honest reader see the wide contrast between truth and error, the author includes all of their false arguments in this book for three reasons:

(1) The reader may believe that only resurrected dead saints go "with" the 144,000; and when he reads the truth about the living ones, he may think of these same false arguments. But when they are answered, he is left to accept the truth, as the SRod message teaches.

(2) After reading this book and accepting this truth, he will know how to tell others the truth of these other living Davidians.

(3) And then when he studies with others, he will recognize those who oppose the truth of the living Davidians that are to go "with" the 144,000, when he hears them teaching these same false arguments.

It is these false arguments that create a controversy among Davidians by some who have rejected all the SRod truths that deal with the following two statements:

SROD STATEMENT No. 1: "Remember, too, that you {Davidians} are candidates for the first fruits, to be either one with, or one of the 144,000, that you are to be without guile in your mouths (Rev. 14:5)."--1 Timely Greetings, No. 4, pg. 27. (bold emphasis, braces added).

The false argument against the above statement no. 1 is that some unbelieving Davidians say that those "with" the 144,000 can only be resurrected dead saints; whereas it really means that those "with" are not only resurrected dead saints, but they also include living saints who will not die in the slaughter of Ezek. 9, as statement no. 2 says below:

SROD STATEMENT No. 2: "All {Davidians and Seventh-day Adventists} that are found members in the faith up to the fulfillment of Ezekiel Nine {slaughter} will either receive the seal and be a part of or with the 144,000, or else be left without the seal and fall {die} under the 'slaughter weapons' of the 'five angels'."--2 Symbolic Code, No. 5, pg. 8:1 (bold emphasis, braces added).

It is obvious, then, that in order for you to settle this controversy about those "with" the 144,000 for yourself, you must read and study other SRod statements about this subject in this book, because those who have rejected this subject (living saints "with" the 144,000) will not tell you about these statements. First, though, a brief study of historical facts is necessary in Chapter 2.

A BRIEF STUDY OF HISTORICAL EVENTS
Chapter 2

THE MESSAGE OF WILLIAM MILLER

It was in 96 A.D. (1 T.G. 3:11) that John received the Revelation, and ever since that time many Christians down through the New Testament era have read about the 144,000 (Rev. 7:4; 14:1-5), and have desired to know who they are, and from what church they will come. But this special truth was not to be understood until the "time of the end" (Dan. 12:4), when "knowledge of the prophecies has increased" (G.C. 356). This increase of prophetic knowledege began about the time William Miller taught the 2300-day doctrine; after which "The Seventh-day Adventist church...came into existence in 1845..." (1 S.R. 75), following the disappointment in 1844. Thus, it will be necessary to briefly study the historical events that led up to the time of their first understanding of the 144,000, and how they misunderstood this truth, and were led to erroneously conclude that only the 144,000, and none others, will be translated out of the entire WORLD. Then the reader will clearly understand how some Davidians misunderstood this same truth, and were led to believe: (1) Only a 144,000 saints will be translated out of the entire CHURCH of Seventh-day Adventists, and (2) only the resurrected dead saints will go "with" them.

In the year 1833 William Miller began to teach the doctrine of the 2300 years (Dan. 8:14), which he and his co-laborers (First-day Adventists) believed would begin in 457 B.C., and end on Oct. 22, 1844 A.D. (G.C. 410) at Christ's second coming. But they were mistaken, not about the 2300-day prophecy, but what was to transpire at its end. They thought the cleansing of the "sanctuary" meant that He was to cleanse the earth by fire (G.C. 352) at His coming. Instead, He went to the heavenly sanctuary to cleanse the books (G.C. 424). But when He did not appear as expected, they were greatly disappointed and confused.

"The surpassing joy with which the all-engrossing thought that Christ was coming in the autumn of 1844 A.D. possessed the {First-day Adventists} believers then, was indeed as "sweet as honey" {Rev. 10:9} to them. But when the longingly awaited hour came, and failed their joyous expectations, the sweet of hope turned to the 'bitter' {Rev. 10:10} of disappointment."--5 Tract, pg. 101 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"My husband {James White} with Elders Joseph Bates, Steven Pierce, Hiram Edson, and others who were keen, nobel, and true, was among those who, after the passing of the time in 1844, searched for the truth as for hidden treasure....We spent many hours in this way. Sometimes the entire night was spent in solemn investigation of the Scriptures, that we might understand the truth for our time."--Testimonies to Ministers, pgs. 24, 25 (bold emphasis, braces added).

AN ENCOURAGING VISION

"To correct their misunderstanding on Daniel 8:14 the prophetic Word of God declared: 'Thou must prophesy again' {to many nations--Rev. 10:11}; that is, repeat the preaching of Christ's coming to earth. But as His people were then greatly confused and unable to reconcile the Scriptures, God sent into their midst, one Ellen G. Harmon, seventeen years of age, to be His mouthpiece {a prophetess--1 S.M. 35,36} unto them. She was given a vision relative to the disappointment and the ingathering of the first fruits, the 144,000. (See Early Writings, pp, 13-20.)"--5 Tract, pg. 102 (bold emphasis, braces added).

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Now since the Seventh-day Adventist church "came into existence in 1845" (1 S.R. 75), its obvious that Sister White's vision in "Dec., 1844" (W.L.F. 22) regarding the "living saints, 144,000 in number" (E.W. 15), was first applied to the First-day Adventist believers, who taught that "the midnight cry was finished, at the seventh month, 1844" (E.W. 42, 43), wherein Christ's second advent was to take place. In this vision she referred to them as "the Advent people" who were symbolically traveling on a straight and narrow path to the Holy City; and "they had a bright light set up behind them at the beginning of the path, which an angel told me was the midnight cry." (E.W. 14). When they understood that the sanctuary books were to be cleansed in 1844 instead of Christ's second coming, her vision greatly encouraged them to believe that the 144,000 living saints were to come only from among "the Advent people" who believe the 2300-day prophecy (midnight cry), which is the "bright light set up behind them.

"By that time it was understood that the statement, 'the sanctuary shall be cleansed,' did not mean that Christ was to cleanse the earth in 1844, but rather that in fulfillment of Daniel 7:9, 10, He was to cleanse {the books in} the heavenly sanctuary....Possessed of this understanding, a small group of believers {First-day Adventists}, who later called themselves 'Seventh-day Adventists,' organized into a body, and zealously moved on with the prospect in view of gathering in 'the servants of our God' (the 144,000). This work appeared to them to be an overwhelmingly great task, and it met with ridicule on every side."--5 Tract, pg. 102 (bold emphasis, braces added).

GO TO OLD JERUSALEM TO CONVERT 144,000 JEWS?

Though Seventh-day Adventists did accept the "overwhelmingly great task" to gather these "servants" into God's church, some probably thought that since the 144,000 are called "virgins" (Rev. 14:1,4), then they all had to be pure Jews, not Gentiles. This may have been the reason why they believed that it was their duty to go to "Old Jerusalem," obviously to convert a 144,000 Jews to join the S.D.A. church, and then Jesus would come. However, though the term "virgins" does symbolize the 144,000, it does not mean they are all pure Jews. And that is one reason why Sis. E.G. White was inspired to tell these zealous brethren that they were not to go to "Old Jerusalem" to convert the Jews.

"Then I was pointed to some {Seventh-day Adventists} who are in the great error of believing that it is their duty to go to Old Jerusalem, and think they have a work to do there {to convert a 144,000 Jews to the advent faith} before the Lord comes....I saw that such a mission would accomplish no real good, that it would take a long while to make a very few of the Jews believe even in the first advent of Christ, much more to believe in His second advent {and even moreso to become Seventh-day Adventists}."--Early Writings, pg. 75 (bold emphasis, braces added).

A BRIEF STUDY OF HISTORICAL EVENTS

Since Early Writings, pg. 75 says that Seventh-day Adventists are not to go to "Old Jerusalem," obviously because their objective was to convert 144,000 Jews as members of God's church, it proves that the 144,000 virgins are not to be literally understood as pure Jews; because the word "virgins" symbolically means they are "not defiled with women"--the other churches (9 Tr. 55; G.C. 381). And since the 144,000 cannot be all pure Jews whom Seventh-day Adventists were to gather from one nation only, then they had to be among the Gentiles whom they were to gather from "many...nations" (Rev. 10:11; 5 Test. 454). However, they cannot be pure Gentiles either (5 Ans. 90), because the 144,000 must be sealed "from all the tribes of the children of Israel" (Rev. 7:4); so it is obvious that most of them must be Jews whose blood is mixed with the blood of the Gentiles. And that is why the 144,000 are called "Christian Jews" (9 Tr. 55), even though they may look like Gentiles. Thus, they must be either pure Jews, or Gentiles who are "lineal descendants of Jacob, though not necessarily of the present identifiable Jewish stock" (8 Tr. 8:1).

Those Seventh-day Adventists who accepted Sister White's admonition (see 15:4), made no plans to go to "Old Jerusalem" to convert a 144,000 Jews to the advent faith; instead they broadened their work by preaching the third angel's message to "many...nations" (Rev. 10:11). And to their great surprise, these Gentile converts began to swell the membership of God's church, while they joyfully looked forward to that day when there would be 144,000 members in the church, and then Jesus would come as they believed (1 T.G. 13:7). Finally, that great historical event did take place in 1917, which was a time of great rejoicing for them as never before. If there ever was a time since the great disappointment in 1844 (when Jesus did not appear as they expected), which would make them feel very confident that He was soon to come, it was at that time; because they had finally reached their ultimate goal--the gathering of 144,000 members into the Seventh-day Adventist church!

144,000 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MEMBERS IN 1917

"When the long-sought number (144,000) of living S.D.A. church members was finally reached in the year 1917, and the world had yet but barely been touched by the message, the leaders of the denomination became confused, but only because they lost sight of the truth that there were bad as well as good in the 'net' (gospel church), as Christ had predicted: {Mt. 13:30}...The result was that they began to doubt and to question and variously to explain away their former position both as to the number {144,000--which some now teach is symbolic and not literal} to be gathered in, and the generation to witness the end, until today the subject of the 144,000 {and those who will go "with" them} has become to them one of the most confused and mooted of Bible subjects."--5 Tract, pg. 103 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Why had the leaders become confused about Sister White's first vision of the 144,000? Because they had "taken for granted as truth" that "which the Holy Spirit teaches is not truth" (T.M. 70); and this led them to accept an erroneous conclusion, and teach the laity this: "The 144,000 who are sealed in the Seventh-day Adventist church are all that will be saved out of the entire WORLD." Of course, since the first part of their teaching is correct: "The 144,000...are sealed in the Seventh-day Adventist church," then this could not be the basis of their misunderstanding. Thus, it was based upon the last part of their teaching: "The 144,000...are all that will be saved out of the entire WORLD"!

TAKEN FOR GRANTED AS TRUTH--A FALSE PREMISE

This entire sentence, founded upon the leader's erroneous conclusion, is based on a false "premise," which means "something assumed or taken for granted" (Webster's Dictionary) as truth. This definition proves that the words: "The 144,000 are all that will be saved out of the entire WORLD" must be a false assumption based on the belief of the early pioneering leaders who must have thought that as soon as they had gathered a 144,000 members into the Seventh-day Adventist church, then Jesus would surely come. And since they thought there was only time enough to gather a 144,000, they could not believe time would be extended to include the gathering of a great multitude; so they accepted the erroneous conclusion, based upon a false premise, that: "The 144,000 are all that will be saved out of the entire WORLD"!

Since this "false premise" is the basis of the leader's erroneous conclusion, then the reader will be reminded several times of this irrefutable fact during the remainder of this book for two fundamental reasons: (1) It will reveal the basic reason why most Seventh-day Adventists misunderstand the truth of the 144,000, because of this false premise; and (2) it will also reveal the basic reason why there are some Davidians who misunderstand the truth of those that go "with" the 144,000, because of their modified version of this "false premise."

ONLY 144,000 TRANSLATED FROM THE ENTIRE WORLD?
Chapter 3

It was in the year 1917 that their ultimate goal of gathering into the Seventh-day Adventists church a 144,000 living members was finally accomplished. But they became confused when Jesus did not appear as they expected, because they held tenaciously to the false premise that only 144,000 Seventh-day Adventists would be translated out of the entire WORLD. And their confusion increased as their membership grew tremendously in great numbers far beyond the 144,000 members which they had already gained by 1917. Thus, the confusion caused by their false premise created a doctrinal dilemma, because this increase of members puzzled the laymembers, and provoked them to ask questions which the leaders could not answer, such as: (1) "Why are our ministers bringing many more people into the Seventh-day Adventist church, if only a 144,000 members are to be translated?" (2) "Will the others be lost?" (3) "If not, then how will they be saved?"

The leaders, of course, could do nothing to prevent these provocative questions from being asked by the laity; and in time they obviously became a constant source of irritation to them, because it required answers to questions they could not answer. And since they were reluctant to admit that their false premise was the cause of their confusion, they were determined to defend it at all costs, even though they could not prove from the Bible that only 144,000 will be translated out of the entire WORLD. Moreover, since the Testimony of Jesus' Word in the Spirit of Prophecy would never contradict the Testimony of His Father's Word in the Bible, they could produce no answers from either of these two authoritative sources by which to justify their false premise, and rescue themselves from their dilemma. So, it was obvious that they needed an authoritative answer.

The fact that many of the ministers now use the words of the angel who stated to Sister E.G. White: "If you are faithful, you, with the 144,000, shall have the privilege of visiting all the worlds..." (E.W. 40), seems to indicate that they are trying to make it appear to the laity that the angel's words, spoken to one who is now dead, is the authoritative answer to their dilemma, which supports their false premise. By quoting this reference, the ministers can tell the laity that the reason why only a 144,000 will be translated out of the entire WORLD, even though the church membership is much greater than this number, is because all S.D.A. must die, except the 144,000; after which these dead saints will be raised to life again in the special resurrection, when "many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt" (Dan. 12:2). Then they would all be translated "with" the 144,000 at the second advent of Jesus Christ. Thus, the leader's use of the angel's words, they hoped, would make the laymembers believe that their conclusion (which is based upon a false premise) must be correct, because they could say that it comes right from the mouth of God's angel, which must be authoritative!

A MISINTERPRETATION OF THE ANGEL'S WORDS

Their conclusion, of course, is erroneous if it would lead them to misinterpret what the angel said. Though his authoritative words do indicate that some S.D.A. will die, be resurrected, and go "with the 144,000," such as E.G. White (E.W. 40), he never said (by any stretch of the imagination) that all Seventh-day Adventists must die, except the 144,000. He only said that if she was faithful, then she, "with the 144,000," would visit the other worlds. Thus, by misinterpreting the angel's words, the leaders could make it appear that he supports their false premise, even though it contradicts the Bible and the Testimonies, which says that there will be "a great multitude" from the world (Rev. 7:9; P.P. 88,89; Evan. 700; C.T. 532), who have not tasted death and who will be translated "with the 144,000" at Christ's second advent!

Therefore, if the leaders should tell the laity that the words of the angel (E.W. 40) indicates that all Seventh-day Adventists must die except the 144,000, then they would be confusing the "Truth" of the 144,000, and unwittingly making their doctrinal dilemma even worse, because such a teaching would make it appear that the angel is disputing the words of God! Thus, the laity would be led to believe one of two conclusions: (1) The authoritative words of the angel proves that the Father (Rev. 7:9) and His Son (P.P. 88,89) are liars for saying that a great multitude of living saints will be translated "with" the 144,000"! (2) The authoritative Words of the Father (Rev. 7:9) and His Son (P.P. 88,89) proves that the angel is a liar if his words really did indicate that "Only a 144,000 out of the entire WORLD will be translated, because all the rest must die in order to be saved"!

But in spite of the fact that the Bible says: "God is not a man, that He should lie" (Num. 23:19), and "let God be true, but every man a liar" (Rom. 3:4), it appears that the leaders (unknowingly or unwittingly) would rather make the Father, Jesus, and the angel all liars, rather than admit that their premise is false! So they continue to defend this doctrinal position on the assumption that it is supported by other E.G. White statements. In 1850 she wrote to a brother whose wife died, and told him that she "was sealed and would come up at the voice of God and stand upon the earth, and would be with the 144,000" (2 S.M. 263). This statement, and two others which are quoted below, could (according to their false premise) be made to appear that she agreed with the angel's authoritative words.

A RESURRECTION OF MANY DEAD SAINTS

"Your work, my work, will not cease with this life. For a little while we may {die and} rest in the grave, but, when the call comes {for the dead saints to be resurrected after the kingdom has been set up}, we shall in the kingdom of God, take up our work {of saving souls} once more."--7 Testimonies, pg. 17 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"But there was one clear place of settled glory, whence came the voice of God like many waters, shaking the heavens and the earth. There was a mighty earthquake. The graves were opened, and those {Seventh-day Adventists} who died in faith under the third angel's message, keeping the Sabbath, came forth from their dusty beds, glorified, to hear the covenant of peace that God was to make with those who had kept His law."--Early Writings, pg. 285 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Though the above quotations do prove that many Seventh-day Adventists will die and be raised to life again in the special resurrection of Daniel 12:2 to go "with" the 144,000, they do not prove that Sister White, or the Father and His Son Jesus, or the angel, ever indicated that all of them must die, except the 144,000! This proves that the leader's premise is false! Yet, in spite of the fact that there is no Biblical foundation to support the idea that only 144,000 will be translated out of the entire WORLD, some ministers still teach this false doctrine to the laymembers, because they think it is the answer to their dilemma, which was caused by the laity who ask these provocative questions: (1) "Why are our ministers bringing many more people into the Seventh-day Adventist church, if only a 144,000 members are to be translated?" (2) Will the others be lost?" (3) "If not, then how will they be saved?" (see 18:1).

HOW ONE S.D.A. MINISTER EXPLAINED THEIR DILEMMA

"...One minister explained: 'When the work closes,' he said, 'there would be in the {Seventh-day Adventist} church many more thousands than 144,000 living saints, but rather than being translated, the greater number of them will have to die from the {seven last} plagues or from epidemics before Jesus comes, because they could not be good enough for translation although perfect enough for resurrection'!

"What an eye-opener to the {S.D.A.} laity these outstanding false doctrines!"--1 Timely Greetings, No. 12, pg. 21 (bold emphasis, braces added).

THREE OUTSTANDING FALSE DOCTRINES

Note that there is more than one error in this minister's explanation, because Elijah said his explanation includes several errors, which he says are "outstanding false doctrines." Also, note how his explanation of the dilemma in defence of the leader's false premise leads him on to his final error. First be begins by telling the laymembers this: "Only a 144,000 Seventh-day Adventists out of the entire WORLD will be translated at the second coming of Christ." (false doctrine--ONE)!

This false doctrine provokes the laity to ask him other questions: "Why are there more S.D.A. in the church than 144,000?" and "Why are thousands more added to the church if they cannot be translated?"

In order to answer their questions, and still hold to the false premise, he states this: "All the saints from the entire WORLD will die, except the 144,000, because those who go 'with' them must be dead saints who were resurrected." (false doctrine--TWO)!

Again, this second false doctrine leads the laymembers to ask him still another thought-provoking question: "Why must they all die"?

Since he dare not say that these Seventh-day Adventists must all die because they were unfaithful (was Sis. E.G. White, her husband, and all other dead S.D.A. unfaithful?), then he has no choice but to state this to the laity: "They all must die because they are not good enough for translation, although perfect enough for resurrection." (false doctrine--THREE)!

The purpose of these three false doctrines is to make it appear to the laity that only a 144,000 Seventh-day Adventists will be translated out of the entire WORLD. Those, however, who study their Bibles know that the requirements for salvation is the same for both the dead and living saints! That is, if the dead saints, according to Elijah's statement, "...are good enough to come up in the first resurrection, they are good enough for translation. Ridiculous it is to say that the standard of salvation is lower for the resurrected ones than it is for the translated!" (U.A.A. 24). This fact (standard to be saved is the same for the dead and living) is proof that all S.D.A. do not have to die, except the 144,000! Yet, this minister believes so strongly in the leader's false premise, that he would defend it at all costs, even if he must teach the laity these three false doctrines, which leads them to reject the truth of a "great multitude" (Rev. 7:9) from the world, and the 144,000 from the church.

MOST S.D.A. REJECT THE TRUTH OF THE 144,000

Though most Seventh-day Adventists were confused since 1917 about the 144,000 and those "with" them, they need not stay confused, because Sis. White wrote that "somebody is to come in the spirit and power of Elijah" to the church with a "message" (T.M. 475) to seal the 144,000. This Elijah was V.T. Houteff who received that message in 1929, and who published a book in 1930 (1 Tr. 37) with the title The Shepherd's Rod written on the front cover, along with these words: "The 144,000 A Call For Reformation" (Vol. 1). In this book (and his later literature) he explained the 144,000 and those "with" them. Had the leaders accepted his message, they would no longer be confused, because it would have been the answer to their dilemma. But they rejected it, and tried to prove it wrong by misapplying a statement he published in 1936:

"Moreover, as the Shepherd's Rod is the Elijah message (Testimonies to Ministers, pg. 475), it is impossible for anyone {all Davidians sealed as one 'of' the 144,000} who accepts it and lives it to die, for the type demands translation. Thus it is that Elijah stands as a type of the 144,000 {not the dead who go 'with' them}."--2 Symbolic Code, Nos. 7, 8 (July-Aug., 1936), pg. 11 (bold emphasis, braces added).

The leaders quoted this 1936 statement on page 33 in their tract, "The History And Teachings of 'THE Shepherd's Rod,'" to use it along with a 1955 statement from a later Symbolic Code, to try and refute the Shepherd's Rod message regarding the 144,000. That 1955 statement, quoted on page 34 of this same tract, says:

"'Victor Tasho Houteff was born in Raicovo, Bulgaria, Mar. 2, 1885, and died Feb. 5, 1955, at the Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas.--10 Symbolic Code, Nos. 3,4 (January--February, 1955), pg. 9." (bold emphasis added).

Obviously they quoted these two statements in their tract to lead the reader to conclude that V.T. Houteff was a false prophet because he died in 1955, which was 25 year after he received The Shepherd's Rod message in 1930 to seal the 144,000, and which was 19 years after he said in 1936 that: "It is impossible for anyone who accepts it and lives it to die." Since they quoted no other references from his writings to clarify what he meant by that statement, the reader is left to believe that his message was false, because he and other Davidians died, even though they had accepted and lived his message!

However, since Bro. Houteff's writings agreed with those of Sis. E.G. White who stated that she (E.W. 40) and other faithful Seventh-day Adventists (2 S.M. 263) who died would be resurrected to be one "with" the 144,000, then why did these S.D.A. leaders ignore what he had written in 1930 (1 S.R. 48) about the dead Seventh-day Adventist and Davidian saints being raised to life again in the special resurrection? Because his 1930 statement would prove, along with his 1936 statement, that all the faithful Davidians who died would be resurrected to life again to be saved "with" the 144,000!

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It is obvious, then that the main reason why they ignored his 1930 statement (1 S.R. 48), is because they want the reader to believe that Bro. Houteff was a false prophet, by misapplying his words to make it appear that his 1936 statement was referring to all Davidians, even though they knew that he was not referring to those who were to die! This irrefutable fact proves that it is impossible for these S.D.A. leaders to use the death of some Davidians and the prophet himself, to prove that his 1936 statement (see 22:2) makes him a false prophet, because he said that "Elijah stands as a type of the 144,000," which meant that they would be translated without dying. This fact proved he was only referring to living Davidians who would never die (as ancient Elijah never died), because they had been sealed as one "of" the 144,000 by "The Shepherd's Rod" message; and that is why he wrote: "It is impossible for anyone who accepts it and lives it to die," if he is sealed as one "of" the 144,000. This proves that Bro. Houteff is a true prophet, because he not only taught the truth of the living Davidians (144,000), but also the truth of the resurrected dead Davidians (and the living ones) who will go "with" them. The following references will substantiate this fact.

ELIJAH--A TYPE OF THE 144,000

"Elijah was a type of the saints {144,000} who will be living on the earth at the time of the second advent of Christ and who will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, without tasting death. 1 Corinthians 15:51,52....and there also stood Elijah, representing those who at the close of earth's history will be changed from mortal to immortal and be translated to heaven without seeing death."--Prophets and Kings, pg. 227 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"Since there are two types for the living {translated saints}, and as Enoch {P.P. 88, 89} himself was not a descendant of Jacob, he cannot logically represent Jacob's descendants, the 144,000. In fact, the name Jacob, or the title 'Israelite,' did not even come into existance until centuries after Enoch was translated. Accordingly, Elijah, an Israelite himself, logically typifies the 144,000 {not the dead saints who go 'with' them}, and Enoch logically typifies the great multitude, who are from 'all nations, and kindreds, and people and tongues' (Rev. 7:9), because from his generation have descended all nations."--1 Shepherd's Rod Tract, pg. 22 (bold emphasis, braces added).

MIXED MULTITUDE--A TYPE OF THE RESURRECTED SAINTS

"If Moses represents the general resurrection {D.A. 421}, who, then, would represent the mixed, or special resurrection of Daniel 12: 2? We have the one of Matthew 27:52,53. 'And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.' The saints who had part in this resurrection were gathered from all ages."--1 Shepherd's Rod, pg. 47 (bold emphasis, braces added).

ONLY 144,000 TRANSLATED FROM THE ENTIRE CHURCH?
Chapter 4

A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE FALSE PREMISE

The foregoing quotations is proof that The Shepherd's Rod message, as brought by Elijah the prophet (V.T. Houteff), contains the truth to seal both the living and the dead saints from the Seventh-day Adventists church. It also states that a great multitude (as typified by Enoch) will be sealed from the world and translated "with" the 144,000. Of course, if the S.D.A. leaders had accepted his message, it would have been the answer to their dilemma, and lead them to see the error of their false premise. Then they would no longer be confused about the 144,000 and those "with" them. But they rejected it altogether, and continued to hold to their false premise, wherein they say: "Only the 144,000 will be translated out of the entire WORLD;" that is, "the Denomination says 'He is to save only 144,000 living sons of Jacob,' and consequently none of the sons of other nations!" (1 T.G. 15:20:2). And surprising as it may be and even harder to believe, some Davidians are teaching a modified version of this false premise, because they say: "Only the 144,000 will be translated out of the entire CHURCH!"

Note how these Davidians were led to believe this error: Some of them were former Seventh-day Adventists who came into the church by the "third angel's message" (1 S.R. 62), and were taught this same false premise, which they had "taken for granted as truth but which the Holy Spirit teaches" (T.M. 70) is an "outstanding false doctrine" (see 20:5). And since they believe a "great multitude" will be translated "with" the 144,000 (1 S.R. 41), they think they are not influenced by this false premise; yet, they still believe it (some unknowingly and some unwittingly) in its modified form! That is, even though they will admit that the S.D.A. premise "All S.D.A. out of the entire WORLD must die, except the 144,000" is false (because they believe a great multitude will not die), they still accept this same basic premise with a change of only one word ("All S.D.A. out of the entire CHURCH must die, except the 144,000"), which is also false!

NOT ENTIRE WORLD, BUT ENTIRE CHURCH

Now why will some Davidians reject the S.D.A. false premise ("Only 144,000 will be translated from the entire WORLD"), and then foolishly accept the same false premise in its modified version ("Only 144,000 will be translated from the entire CHURCH")? Obviously, the reason is because they are still influenced (unknowingly) by "false doctrine--two" (see 21:3), which teaches that all the saints from the S.D.A. church who are to go "with" the 144,000, must die and be resurrected! And they are so persistent in this belief, that they will defend it at all costs, even if they must reject certain SRod statements, which proves that those who go "with" the 144,000 are not all resurrected dead saints!

The next page shows how a Davidian minister would defend his modified version (only 144,000 translated from the entire CHURCH), which is very similar to the way in which the S.D.A. minister defended his false premise (only 144,000 translated from the entire WORLD).

THREE OUTSTANDING FALSE DOCTRINES REPEATED

Because of several questions which some laymembers are asking the Davidian minister, he is forced to give some kind of explanation in order to defend his modified version of the false premise. And this leads him on to his final erroneous conclusion, just as it did to the S.D.A minister (see 20:4) when he gave his explanation. First, the Davidian tells the laity that "Only a 144,000 Seventh-day Adventists out of the entire CHURCH will be translated at the second coming of Christ." (false doctrine--ONE)!

This false doctrine provokes the laity to ask him other questions: "Why does the SRod message say all living Davidians are 'candidates for the first fruits, to be either one with, or one of the 144,000' (1 T.G. 4:27)?" "Isn't this positive proof that there will be more than 144,000 Davidians translated from the entire CHURCH"?

In order to answer their questions, and still hold to his modified version of the false premise, he states this to the laity: "All saints from the entire CHURCH will die, except the 144,000, because those who will go 'with' them must all be dead Davidians who have been resurrected." (false doctrine--TWO)!

Again, this second false doctrine leads the Davidians to ask him still another thought-provoking question: "Why must they all die"?

Since thes Davidian leaders dare not say that all Davidians must die because they were unfaithful (was Brother Houteff and all other dead Davidians unfaithful?), then he is forced to say: "All Davidians must die, except the 144,000, because they are not good enough for translation, although perfect enough for resurrection." (false doctrine--THREE)!

It is obvious that the Seventh-day Adventists minister's explanation in defence of the leader's false premise, and also the Davidian minister's explanation in defence of his modified version of that false premise, proves that they are both teaching "outstanding false doctrines"! (see 20:5). And since the false premise (all S.D.A. out of the entire WORLD must die, except the 144,000), has led the laity to reject the truth of a "great multitude" who will be translated "with" them; so likewise, the Davidian leader's modified version of that false premise (all the Davidians out of the entire CHURCH must die, except the 144,000), has led some SRod believers to reject the truth that other living Davidians will also be translated along "with" the 144,000!

THE CHARIOT, THE BAY HORSES, AND THE PASSENGERS
Chapter 5

The SRod message teaches from Zechariah's prophecy (Zech. 6:3,6,7) the truth of the living Davidians who go "with" the 144,000: (1) the chariot (S.D.A. church); (2) the living passengers in that chariot (those who go "with" the 144,000); and (3) the bay horses (144,000). This prophecy is the one that is most hated, rejected, and taught against by those Jamaican Davidian who teach their modified version of the S.D.A. false premise!

THE FOURTH CHARIOT, A NEW MOVEMENT--LAODICEAN (S.D.A. CHURCH)

"...the name 'Laodiceans' can logically fit only one of the chariots and only one denomination. The word, itself, is derived from the Greek word, Lego-dikean, meaning, 'declaring judgment.'...And... in 1844 A.D.,...a new movement {chariot--2 Tr. 57}, the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, arose, proclaiming...the judgment,...the S.D.A. church is the only one which can rightly be called the 'Laodicean,'--Declaring Judgment.--2 Tract, pg. 35 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"...also since the Laodicean church has been identified as representing the Seventh-day Adventist movement {chariot}, then it...follows that the 'fourth chariot,' the last of the chariots, is symbolical of the S.D.A. church--Laodicean."--2 Tract, pg. 36 (bold emphasis, braces added).

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Though most Davidians know that the "fourth chariot" (movement--2 Tr. 57) represents the S.D.A. church; some are confused about the "passengers" in it (other living saints) led by the "bay horses" (144,000), because it does not fit the modified version of the false premise: "All Davidians from the entire CHURCH must die, except the 144,000." Thus, they defend their modified premise by teaching that Zechariah's "chariot" cannot show anything different than Daniel's "stone" from the "mountain" (S.D.A. church). And that is why they say this: "The stone shows no other saints with them, so the bay horses cannot have other living saints ('passengers in the chariot') 'with' them." But this type of false reasoning is accusing Daniel of calling Zechariah and V.T. Houteff liars and false prophets, because Zechariah's prophesy and V.T. Houteff's interpretion of it, proves that the bay horses are the 144,000 (see 32:4) and the "passengers," those who follow in the chariot, are saved "with" them!

THE DUAL WORK OF THE 144,000

Therefore, both prophets are right, because the "stone" shows that the work of the 144,000 is to destroy the kingdoms of Satan, since it smites the "great image" (2 T.G. 46:31); whereas the "bay horses" who pull the chariot of passengers "with" them, shows that their work is to build God's kingdom (1 S.R. 154), because they "walk to and fro through the earth" (Zech. 6:7) to gather saints into it. So the two opposite works of the 144,000 (one which destroys, and the other which builds), must be shown by two different symbolisms. However, the Davidians who try to justify their modified premise, rather than the teachings of the SRod message, will be confused about the 144,000 and its dual work, unless they accept the following SRod statement, which will prove that all symbolisms of God's church do not show the same details. Then they will know why Daniel's "stone" does not show other saints "with" the 144,000, as does Zechariah's bay horses who pull its chariot.

"The Scriptures symbolize God's church by various earthly objects. ...The same object cannot perfectly characterize the church under varying conditions and circumstances or relationships. For example, on the one hand the church that gave birth to Christ (Rev. 12:1,2) cannot congruously be symbolized by a chariot {of living passengers 'with' the 144,000}, but rather only by a woman, while on the other hand the church {144,000} with which God will break the nations cannot conguously be likened to a woman, but rather to a 'stone' (Dan. 2:45), or an 'axe.' Jer. 51:20."--2 Tract pgs. 25,26 (bold emphasis, braces added).

THE DAVIDIAN BAY HORSE LEADERS

"These symbolical 'horses'...each portray a certain class of people in connection with the church. And owing to the fact that each team is leading a chariot, they can denote only a class of church leaders. The chariots...must in some way depict the church membership which the symbolical horses are leading."--2 Tract pg. 25 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"The double team of horses, and their two kinds of colors, pulling in two different directions are immediately seen to symbolize a double set of church leaders (the Seventh-day Adventist leaders {grisled horses} and the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist leaders) {bay horses} unlike in character and aim."--2 Timely Greetings, No. 22, pg. 22 (bold emphasis, braces added).

THE LAYMEMBERS--LIVING PASSENGERS IN THE CHARIOT

"Since the chariots are led by {living} horses, the horses themselves must symbolize the chariot's (church's) leadership, and the {living, not the dead} passengers in the chariots must symbolize the laity."--2 Timely Greetings, No. 22, pg. 21 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Any SRod believer knows that since the "bay horses" represent living leaders, so the "passengers in the chariot" must also represent living laymembers. But surprising as it may seem, and even harder to believe, some Davidians teach that the passengers are resurrected dead saints, because they think all Davidians, except the 144,000, must die. This particular error, therefore, is like an identification mark which they cannot hide, and which exposes them to others.

IDENTIFYING THE "DEAD 'WITH' DAVIDIANS"

Of all the doctrines which the SRod message teaches concerning the subject of the 144,000 and those "with" them, this prophecy of the chariot, the bay horses, and the passengers is the one most spoken against by those Jamaican Davidians in New York who teach their modified version of the S.D.A. false premise; because it proves that there are to be living "passengers" in the chariot who go "with" the 144,000 "bay horses." In 1981 these Jamaicans (led by Tony Hibbert) denied this truth, rebelled against God's Association at Mt. Carmel Center P.O. Box 450 in Salem, S.C. 29676 (864) 944-1254, and broke away (G.W. 486:2) to set up their own association in Mountain Dale, New York. And since the leaders hate this truth, they confuse the laity with false arguments to keep them ignorant of it, because they are afraid they will learn these facts: (1) That they teach this error: "All Davidians must die, except the 144,000." (2) That their association is false, since it was founded upon rebellion and this error. (3) That they have no right to exist as an association because of their rebellion and this error. (4) And that their great need for much land to bury all the dead Davidians whom they teach must die, is false. For these reasons their fight against this truth and their rebellion against God's Association in Salem becomes stronger and more determined every day.

FALSE ARGUMENTS OF THE "DEAD 'WITH' DAVIDIANS"

It is to be noted that these particular Davidians, who are teaching a modified version of the S.D.A. false premise, are saying that:

(1) "Only the 144,000 will be translated out of the entire CHURCH."

(2) "All those who go 'with' the 144,000 can only be dead Davidians who have been raised up to life again in the special resurrection."

And because they are teaching these two errors, it will be necessary to identify them during the remainder of this book by the use of a shortened title--the "dead 'with' Davidians"! It is to be noted, however, that this phrase is not intended to offend or ridicule anyone. It's only a shortened description of what they believe concerning the doctrine of those living "passengers" who go "with" the 144,000 bay horses, which is used by the writer to identify to the reader those particular Davidians who teach the error that the "passengers in the chariot" must all be resurrected dead saints. Furthermore, it is also used so that every time their many other errors are mentioned in this book, the writer will not have to reiterate their entire false premise (only a 144,000 translated out of the entire CHURCH), which is a modified version of the Seventh-day Adventists false premise (only a 144,000 translated out of the entire WORLD).

Since these "dead 'with' Davidians" have adopted the modified version of the S.D.A. false premise (see 24:1), they were left with no other alternative but to automatically reject the truth that the "passengers" are living Davidians who escape the slaughter. And because their denial of this truth has disrupted the harmony of the SRod message in their minds, and distorted their understanding of those "with" the 144,000, they have deliberately rejected the truth that the "bay horses" symbolize the 144,000 (2 Tr. 39). Therefore, it is necessary to know the answer to the following question:

WHO ARE THE BAY HORSES TODAY?

The Davidians today are symbolized by the "bay horses" (see 28:2) during the reign of antitypical Assyria (12 S.C. 1:7,9). They first came into the S.D.A. church "by the third angel's message" (1 S.R. 62), along with all the other laymembers, as "passengers in the chariot" (see 2 T.G. 22:21). Some of the laymembers became "Seventh-day Adventist leaders" (grisled horses), while most of them followed these leaders. But after the SRod message came in 1929 to seal the 144,000 and those "with" them (both living and dead saints), some laymembers became "Davidian Seventh-day Adventist leaders" (bay horses), while a few of them followed these leaders. But these Davidians were not to be gathered all at once when the message came in 1929; instead, the "first fruits" were to be gathered "one by one" (Isa. 27:12).

"...as the saints, the first fruits, are to be rescued one by one, He at first sends fishers to fish them out and afterwards hunters to hunt them out (Jer. 16:16). Thus He gathers them one by one (Isa. 27:12,13). And so it is today--they are fished by this free literature, and are now hunted by men right to their houses, be they in the city, village, or countryside."--1 Timely Greetings, No. 9 pg. 5 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Ever since the SRod message came in 1929 we have been laboring only to gather "one by one" the "first of the first fruits"--the "vanguard" (L.D. 3), which is a small handful of Davidian bay horses and "passengers" (laity) with them. But during the time that antitypical Assyria is falling, the rest of the bay horses (all the 144,000) and those "with" them (all the living passengers) will be gathered "one by one" during a great revival and reformation. (Read the book entitled, The Fall Of The Protestant Nations, pgs. 338-342. To order your copy, click on the "ORDER FORM" at the end). Today, there are times when our work seems discouraging to some Davidians, because of the opposition we now receive from the leaders (grisled horses), but our efforts will not be in vain.

"Plainly, then, our efforts to reach the people with the message of a 'second birth' shall not be in vain: Zion shall bring forth all her children, as it were, in one day {meaning a very short period of time}. And that is why we cannot be driven to despair or to discouragement. We are assured that 'revival and reformation' will take place among all God's people, that His word will not return unto Him void.

"Now who could the children be?--To be children of Zion, they {bay horses} must some day stand on Zion. They are therefore none other than the 'firstfruits'...an hundred forty and four thousand..." Rev. 14:1."--1 Timely Greetings, No. 49, pg. 8 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"...the fall of Assyria takes place while God's people {144,000 and passengers 'with' them} are turning to Him, while revival and reformation are successfully carried by him {6 Tr. 42} who "publisheth peace" (Nahum 1:15)."--1 Timely Greetings, No. 24, pg. 19 (bold emphasis, braces added).

THE FIRST OF THE FIRST FRUITS

According to the aforequoted statements, its obvious that the purpose of the SRod message since 1929 was not to gather all the 144,000 at once, but to gather only a small handful of Davidian bay horses in the beginning--the "vanguard" (see 32:1). It will be later, during the fall of Assyria, that a great "revival and reformation" will take place among S.D.A., wherein the greater part of the 144,000 will be born "as it were, in one day" (1 T.G. 49:8). This means that the remainder of the 144,000 will be gathered very quickly in a short period of time, compared to the already 59 years (1929 to 1998) that it has taken to gather "one by one" the small handful of Davidian bay horses of today. Therefore, all those Davidians who have been gathered up to this day must be the faithful few bay horses--the "first of the first fruits," and the rest of the 144,000 bay horses, including the "passengers" who go "with" them, must be gathered later (during Assyria's Confederacy and her fall).

"This kingdom of Judah (the church purified {by the slaughter} and set apart), is therefore, not only premillennial, but also probationary. And how glad we ought to be for the privilege to be among the first {few bay horses} of the first fruits {all the 144,000 bay horses}."--1 Timely Greetings, No. 23, pg. 9 (bold emphasis, braces added).

If all the 144,000 Davidian bay horses were gathered "as it were, in one day" (1 T.G. 49:8) at L.A., Calif. where the SRod message came in 1929, there would have been no need for the "first of the first fruits" (the vanguard). But since the Lord knew that the work of gathering a 144,000 would take many years; He inspired His prophet Elijah (V. T. Houteff) to move His Headquarters from L.A., Calif. to Waco, Texas, to set up a "camp" (1 S.R. 128; S.C. No. 10, April 15, 1935, pg. 3), which was named "Mt. Carmel Center," and which was later organized as the "General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists" (2 T.G. 29:10). Its purpose was to gather the "first of the first fruits" only, not all of the 144,000 first fruits. This fact was proven when the Headquarters at Mt. Carmel Center was dissolved, because of the "knockout blow" (W.H.R. 33), before it had gathered even 5,000 members, much less all of the 144,000! However, the Lord led the Davidians to reorganize themselves again at L.A., Calif. in 1961; and then later in 1970, His Headquarters was moved to Salem, So. Carolina. Therefore, those faithful members of this Association must be the "first of the firstfruits"--the "vanguard."

THE VANGUARD AND ITS ARMY--THE 144,000

"This Association shall be known provisionally as The Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, the prophetic offspring of the parent Seventh-day Adventist, the Laodicean, church....it purports itself to be the first of the first fruits of the living, the vanguard from among the present-day descendants of those Jews who composed the Early Christian Church. With the emergence of this vanguard and its army, the first fruits, from which are elected the 12,000 out of each of the twelve tribes of Jacob, 'the 144,000' (Rev. 14:1; 7:2-8) who stand on Mount Zion with the Lamb (Rev. 14:1; 7:2-8), the reign of antitypical David begins."--Leviticus of D.S.D.A., pg. 3 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Note that "this Association" (whose Headquarters is presently at Salem, S. Car.) "purports itself to be the first of the first fruits of the living, the vanguard." The word "vanguard" means "the forefront of an action or movement" (Webster's Dictionary), which proves that they are the first of a small group of Davidian bay horses who are at the "forefront" of a "movement (chariot)" (2 Tr. 57). They will swell to a large group of 144,000 bay horses--the "vanguard and its army, the first fruits." But they are not all gathered at the same time, because the small group (the "vanguard," the "first" part of the 144,000 "first fruits") will be gathered first; thus, they are referred to as the "first of the first fruits" (see 31:2)!

At what time, though, will the remainder of the "first fruits"--the "army" (see 32:1) be gathered and merged with the "vanguard"? Since the SRod message not only states that the bay horses symbolize the "Davidian Seventh-day Adventist leaders" (2 T.G. 22:22), but it also states they are the 144,000 (2 Tr. 39), then we must conclude that today, before the slaughter, the bay horses will be the "first of the first fruits"--the small "vanguard" of Davidians. But after the unfaithful grisled horses (the first leadership), and also the "passengers in the chariot" who follow them are slain, then those who escape (the "vanguard and its army)" are to make up the 144,000 bay horses--the "second leadership." (There will also be living "passengers in the chariot" who are to go "with" the 144,000, which will be discussed later.)

THE 144,000 BAY HORSES--A SECOND LEADERSHIP

"In view of this sad fact, God must have a second leadership {bay horses who are} to finish His greatest work since the world began. Of this second set of servants {Rev. 7:3--the 144,000--Rev. 7:4}, we read: 'And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,...saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.' 'And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.'--Rev. 7:2,3; 14:5."--2 Tract, pg. 39 (bold emphasis, braces added).

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Any honest Davidian can see that the aforequoted reference states irrefutably that the bay horses (the "second leadership") symbolizes the 144,000, the first fruits, because of the Bible texts which it quoted (Rev. 7:2, 3; 14:5). But in spite of its clarity, the "dead 'with' Davidians" seek to justify their modified premise by reasoning falsely, which has led them to reject 2 Tract, pg. 39, because it does not say these exact words: "The bay horses (second leadership) symbolizes the 144,000 first fruits." Such false reasoning has blinded their eyes to simple English language, which every honest Davidian should understand. Therefore, for their sake, we compare a statement by E.G. White (quoted below) with this one by V.T. Houteff (2 Tract, pg. 39), which exposes the false reasoning of these "dead 'with' Davidians" who rejected this truth.

"The time is coming when we cannot sell at any price. The decree will soon go forth prohibiting men to buy or sell of any man save him that hath the mark of the beast. We came near having this realized in California a short time since; but this was only the threatening of the blowing of the four winds. As yet they are held by the four angels."--5 Testimonies, pg. 152 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Though Sis. White used these words: "the mark of the beast" and "the four winds," she did not say these exact words: "The four winds symbolizes the image beast." Yet, this is what she meant; and that is why the SRod message quoted this reference in 3 Ans. pg. 25. Now since the "dead 'with' Davidians" by false reasoning have rejected 2 Tract pg. 39 because Brother Houteff did not say these exact words: "The bay horses (second leadership) symbolizes the 144,000," so by the logic of this same false reasoning they must also reject 5 Test. pg. 152, because Sis. White did not say these exact words: "The four winds symbolizes the image beast"!

Now why do they reject 2 Tract, pg. 39? because they would have to admit that the "passengers in the chariot" must be the other living Davidians who also escape the slaughter and go "with" the 144,000 to the kingdom. And they know that such an admission would prove that they teach error, when they say "All Davidians must die, except 144,000." So they resist this admission by falsely reasoning that 2 Tract, pg. 39 is only one statement being taken out of context, even though the SRod message proves again that the bay horses symbolizes the 144,000.

THE HIDDEN ONES COMPLETE THE 144,000 BAY HORSES

"We shall now read of the {second} leaders whom the bay horses depict, the ones that come on the scene last:

"'...The Lord has {144,000} faithful servants {Rev. 7:3}, who in the shaking, testing time will be disclosed to view. There are precious ones {potential bay horses} now hidden who have not bowed the knee to Baal. They have not had the light which has been shining in a concentrated blaze upon you. But, it may be under a rough and uninviting exterior the pure brightness of a genuine Christian character will be revealed. In the daytime we look toward heaven, but do not see the stars. They are there, fixed in the firmament, but the eye cannot distinguish them. In the night we behold their genuine lustre.'--Testimonies, Vol. 5, pgs. 80-81 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"This is exactly what is happening right now: Those {S.D.A.} who are rejecting the message that is announcing the Judgment for the Living; those who 'did not keep pace with the light,' and are satisfied to stay in antitypical Egypt; the Seventh-day Adventists' ministry {the grisled horses} are to be discharged (unhitched); and the 'hidden' ones, those represented by the bay horses {second leadership}, the Davidian Seventh-day Adventists' ministry, are coming to the front. They are now being 'disclosed to view', and are getting ready to take the chariot!"--2 Timely Greetings, No. 22, pgs. 23, 24. (bold emphasis, braces added).

Note that this SRod statement is quoting 5 Testimonies, pg. 80, 81 to identify the bay horses as the "'hidden'ones" (the second leadership) who are the 144,000, according to the following statement.

"...those who 'escape of them,' the 144,000, the first fruits, are to be the servants of God in the time of the Loud Cry (Rev. 14:4; Testimonies, Vol. 5, pgs. 80, 81) to bring the second fruits out of 'all nations.' Isa. 66:19,20."--7 Tract, pg. 72 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Now by taking the two statements together, the one (2 T.G. 22:23, 24) which refers to the bay horses as the "'hidden' ones" by quoting Testimonies, Vol. 5, pgs. 80, 81, while the other one (7 Tr. 72), which refers to them as the 144,000, and by enclosing these references in parenthesis "(Rev. 14:4; Testimonies, Vol. 5, pgs. 80, 81)," it proves exactly what 2 Tract. pg. 39 says--the bay horses symbolize the "second leadership"--the 144,000, who are the "'hidden' ones"!

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Note that these three SRod statements (2 Tr. 39; 2 T.G. 22:23,24; 7 Tr. 72), which all agree with each other, prove that most of the 144,000 are still in the Laodicean church as potential Davidians who are "hidden" there as "passengers in the chariot;" because only a handful of them up until this day have accepted The Shepherd's Rod message. They are the "first of the first fruits" (see 32:1), the ones who are "getting ready to take the chariot" (2 T.G. 22:24) to "the promised land" (2 Tr. 45), as soon as all the 144,000 are sealed, and have come "to the front" as bay horses (see 34:3).

However, in spite of this fact, the "dead 'with' Davidians" try to confuse the truth about the 144,000 bay horses, in a vain attempt to justify their modified false premise. That is, they admit that most of the 144,000 are in the chariot, but they say these "'hidden' ones" will stay there and never come "to the front" (2 T.G. 22:24) as the 144,000 bay horses. Why? because they cannot admit that two groups will escape the slaughter: (1) The 144,000 "bay horses;" and (2) the "passengers in the chariot" who go "with" them. So, they teach that all Davidians must die, except the 144,000, which they say leaves a 144,000 Davidians who are divided into two parts: (1) The bay horses (men); and (2) the "passengers in the chariot" (women and children). However, when they are confronted with 2 Tract 39; 2 Timely Greetings, No. 22:23, 24; and 7 Tract 72, which proves the bay horses symbolizes all of the 144,000 (men, women, and children), they turn their laymembers away from this truth, because they are terrified that they will find out that the SRod message challenges their right to exist as an association (see 28:5).

Thus, the truth is, all the remainder of the 144,000 who are "hidden" (5 Test. 81) in the chariot will finally come "to the front" (2 T.G.22:24) as bay horses (during the Assyrian Confederacy) to be priests and kings (2 Tr. 66; 5 Test. 475), including women and children (note 144,000 on "Four Winds" chart), because the SRod says: "We conclude...that the 144,000 are of both sexes" (2 S.R. 167). Thus, the 144,000 bay horses who symbolize a class of numbered saints (kings) cannot be pure Gentiles, because they must be pure Jews or Jew-Gentile mixed, while the living Davidians who go "with" them as "passengers in the chariot" symbolize another class of unnumbered saints (under leaders), which includes men, women and children, who are pure Jews or pure Gentiles or Jew-Gentile mixed.

THE 144,000--NOT GENTILES, BUT PURE JEWS, OR JEW-GENTILE MIXED
Chapter 6

ONLY 144,000 ISRAELITES SAVED LEAVING LOST GENTILES?

When God called Abram "the Hebrew" (Gen. 14:13), and later changed his name to Abraham (Gen. 17:5), He chose his "seed" (Gen. 13:15) through Isaac and Jacob (Israel) to be His people, which divided the world into two main groups--pure Israelites and pure Gentiles. Then after the kingdom of Israel was set up, they were divided into two kingdoms--Judah and Israel. Later, Israel was scattered by Assyria and finally Judah was taken captive by Babylon, Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome, wherein the Jews killed Jesus their Messiah. Thus, these Jews who descended from ancient Israel, and also the Gentiles, have continued on down through the Christian era until today, wherein many from both groups are being brought into the S.D.A. church (chariot).

Although the "dead 'with' Davidians" agree with this fact, they refuse to admit that there must be living "passengers in the chariot" who will go "with" the 144,000 bay horses. This is why they say that out of the entire CHURCH that there is to be only a 144,000 saved from the Israelite group, and that the rest are lost wicked from the Gentile group. "This," they say, "leaves the 144,000 to be part bay horses, and also part 'passengers in the chariot'"; which they say "proves that the Lord will bring no Israelites into His church (the chariot), except the 144,000, because all the others must be the lost Gentiles who are brought in by the devil, and who will die in the slaughter."

Of course, when they say this, they are teaching two errors: Their first error (only 144,000 Israelites saved) is an attempt to make it appear to Davidians that the Lord and Satan has made an agreement with each other. That is, the Lord will promise Satan that He will not bring into the S.D.A. church any Gentiles, but only Israelites (144,000 of them); while Satan will promise the Lord that he will not bring in any Israelites, but only Gentiles (about eight million of them)! Of course, no honest Davidian can really believe that the Lord and Satan ever made any such promises to each other; therefore, its obvious that both the Lord and Satan will bring many Israelites and Gentiles into the church (chariot). Their second error (all the other S.D.A. are lost Gentiles), is another attempt to make it appear to Davidians that when the angels come to slay, they will only slay Gentiles, because there are supposedly no Israelites to slay. But the fact is: Satan will also bring wicked Israelites into the church, and they will be slain along with the Gentiles; because Ezekiel asked the Lord: "Wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel"! (Ezek. 9:8).

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In view of the fact that "The Lord does not now work to bring many souls into the truth, because of the church members who have never been converted and those who were once converted but who have back-slidden." 6 Test. 371), then it is obvious that most S.D.A. must have been brought into the church by Satan (Rev. 12:15)! Many are pure Gentiles, and some are pure Jews from "the house of Israel and Judah" (Ezek. 9:9). The Lord also brings many into the church; some will backslide or apostatize; but the few left will be the 144,000 and those "with" them. Most of them will not be pure Israelites or even pure Gentiles; instead, they will be Davidians in whose veins flow a mixture of pure Jew and Gentile blood, because they will be "from among the present-day descendants of those Jews who composed the Early Christian Church" (L.D. pg. 3)--the Jew-"Christians" (Acts 11:26) who took the gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 13:46). Many of these pure Jews married the Gentile-Christians, and this mixed their blood together; and as a result they"...gradually lost their racial distinctiveness, until finally they altogether ceased to be called Jews" (9 Tr. 50). "Thus, many of us {Davidians} who suppose to be of the Gentile nations may at long last discover that we are of the lost tribes of Judah and Israel, and of the apostolic Christian Jews." (2 Timely Greetings, No. 21, pg. 6--braces added); and that is the very reason the 144,000 are called "Christian Jews" (9 Tr. 55:3).

ISRAELITES AND GENTILES MIXED

This mixing of the Jew and Gentile blood among the Davidians means that unless he is a pure Jew, then he cannot know if he is pure Gentile or Jew-Gentile mixed. And since only God knows the difference (Ps. 87:4-6), then He will decide if a Davidian is classified as a pure Gentile, or a pure Jew, or a mixed Jew-Gentile. Note what the message of the SRod says about this:

"According to Revelation 7 {4 to 8}, the 144,000 are of the twelve tribes, Israel and Judah, not of the {pure} Gentiles."--9 Tract, pg. 55, par. 2 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Though the 144,000 are not pure Gentiles, neither can they all be "made up of {pure} Jews unconverted to Christ" (9 Tr. 51:2--braces added); otherwise, Davidians would go to old Jerusalem to convert 144,000 pure Jews in violation of the Spirit of Prophecy's command (E.W. 75), which states that we are not to do this (see 15:3,4; 16:1,2).

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It is very obvious, then, that the 144,000 can not be pure Gentiles (5 Ans. 90), because they must be "lineal descendants of Jacob" (8 Tr. 8:1). Therefore, none of them will be pure Gentiles, though a few will be pure Jews, but most of them will be Jew-Gentile mixed. Now what if a Davidian is part Jew and part Gentile. Would he be sealed as one "of" the 144,000, because he is part Jew? or would he be sealed as one "with" the 144,000, because he is part Gentile? Since no Davidian can decide which way he will be sealed, this proves that only the Lord is to decide, because "We do not know for sure who is who." (1 T.G. 37:12). It is for this reason that we have been told to "strive with all the power God has given us to be among the 144,000" (1 S.R. Tr. 7); but "strive" only means to struggle to be sealed and thus live to be among that number. It does not give a Davidian the right to choose what position he will hold.

For example: Suppose a Davidian (one who knows for sure that he is a pure Jew or part Jew), should assume that he is automatically one "of" the 144,000 (a special class of Davidians who can not die); and suppose he asserts this proud assumption to others in so many boastful words, or by implication. He will, of course, be challenged by other Davidians to prove this assumption as a positive fact, by demonstrating that he is one of the 144,000 who can not die; and he will have no alternative but to retract his boastful assertion, lest he be put to some death-defying test, from which he knows he can not live. This irrefutable fact proves that no Davidian has the right to decide which class he will be a part of. We can "decide (judge ourselves) either to receive the mark and be saved, or to remain without it and be taken by the slaughter weapons of the angels" (12 S.C. 3:19), but no Davidian (even if he is a pure Jew) can of himself choose to be one "of" the 144,000; or choose to be king David (2 T.G. 2:23); or choose to be a prophet (T.M. 475); or choose to "inspire yourself with the Spirit of Prophecy" (2 T.G. 34:23); or even choose whether he will be a living "passenger in the chariot"! Only the Lord God can do that!

ONLY GOD CAN CHOOSE THE 144,000

To prove this fact, ask any Davidian (who thinks he has the right to choose to be one "of" the 144,000), to look at the color of his skin, whether it be white, red, yellow, black, or any other shade of color. Then ask him to tell you whether he is pure Gentile, or Jew-Gentile mixed; and (if he is not a pure Jew) he will be forced to admit the irrefutable fact that he does not know. Why? because the color of his skin proves that he is a Gentile, but he does not know if his blood is pure Gentile, or mixed with Jewish blood. And when you ask him how can he choose to be one "of" the 144,000 if he does not know whether he is pure Gentile or Jew-Gentile mixed, he must admit that only God chooses the 144,000, or try to justify his right to make that choice by getting into a controversy with you about it.

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"It is not His will that they {all S.D.A. and Davidians} shall get into controversy over questions which will not help them spiritually, such as, Who is to compose the hundred and forty-four thousand? This those who are the elect of God will in a short time know without question."--1 Selected Messages, pg. 174 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Today, the Davidians do not know if they are one "of" the 144,000 or not, because the SRod message says that "We do not know for sure who is who. God, however, has kept a perfect geneological record," as recorded in Psalms 87:4-6 (1 T.G. 37:12). There will come a day when they will all know "without question," if they are sealed as one "of" the 144,000 bay horses; but all S.D.A. who judge themselves not to be sealed, as did the Jews (Acts 13:46), are the wicked Israelites and Gentiles who die in the slaughter. This proves that the 144,000 are not all the Jews and Gentiles in the Laodicean chariot, because the Christians brought into the S.D.A. church must be pure Israelites, or pure Gentiles, or Jew-Gentiles mixed. This mixture of Jew-Gentile blood divides them into seven classes. The first two classes are wicked, and the remaining five classes are saints; they are studied in this order:

SEVEN CLASSES OF S.D.A. IN THE LAODICEAN CHURCH (CHARIOT)

Class no. 1--The wicked Israelites who are to die in the slaughter.

Class no. 2--The wicked Gentiles who will also die in the slaughter.

Class no. 3--The living Israelite saints represented as 144,000 bay horses "in Zion" who escape the slaughter.

Class no. 4--The living Israelite saints represented as "passengers in the chariot" "in Jerusalem" who escape the slaughter "with" them.

Class no. 5--The living Gentile saints represented as "passengers in the chariot" who also escape the slaughter "with" the 144,000.

Class no. 6--The Israelite saints who will die, be resurrected, and go "with" the 144,000 after they stand on Mt. Zion.

Class no. 7--The Gentile saints (S.D.A. and Davidians) who will die, be resurrected, and go "with" the 144,000 after they stand on Mt. Zion.

WICKED ISRAELITES WHO DIE IN THE SLAUGHTER--CLASS NO. 1
Chapter 7

Some "dead 'with' Davidians" teach that Satan only brings Gentiles and no Israelites into the S.D.A. church (chariot), and that God only brings in a 144,000 Israelites and no Gentiles. Now why do they teach this error? So they can say this: "After the slaughter of all Satan's Gentiles, there will only be 144,000 Israelites left alive; therefore, they must be part bay horses and part passengers in the chariot." This error (see 36:2) contradicts the Bible (Ezek. 9:9), and the SRod message (1 T.G. 21:15), which proves that besides all the Gentiles, there are also many wicked Israelites in the church (chariot) who are the "Israel and Judah" of Ezek. 9:9, and also the hypocrites in Zion (1 Test. 469; 2 Test. 446). Their "iniquity...is exceeding great" (Ezek. 9:9); therefore, they will die in the antitypical passover slaughter, just as the Egyptians and many Israelites died in the ancient passover slaughter.

WICKED ISRAELITES WHO DIED IN THE TYPICAL PASSOVER

The Lord commanded all the children of Israel to kill the passover lamb on the 14th day in the evening (Ex. 12:6,21), and "strike" its blood upon the lintel and two door posts of their house (Ex. 12:7, 22). Then they were to stay in their own homes, not in the "habitations" of the Egyptians, "until the morning" (Ex. 12:22), because:

"The blood {of a lamb put} upon the lintel of the door symbolized the blood of Christ, who alone saved the first-born of the Hebrews from the curse {of the slaughter}. Any one of the children of the Hebrews who was found in an Egyptian habitation was destroyed.

"This {ancient} experience of the Israelites was written for the instruction of those {S.D.A. and the Davidians} who live in the last days. Before the overflowing scourge {slaughter of Ezek. 9--1 T.G. 3:10} shall come upon the dwellers of the earth, the Lord calls upon all who are Israelites indeed {bay horses and 'passengers'} to prepare for that event."--6 Testimonies, pg. 195 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Because the Egyptians did not prepare for the passover slaughter, most (but not all--P.P. 279) of their first-born sons died (Ex. 12:29). There were, however, many Israelites who were "unfaithful;" and if they were "found in an Egyptian habitation," then their first-born sons would be slain by the slaughtering angel.

"In the writings of Moses we do not find a record as to the faithfulness of the children of Israel in the land of Egypt. Whether they were good or bad, Moses does not say. But here through Ezekiel {20: 1-8} we are told what they were. Not all of them, you note, were God-fearing people. This scripture makes clear that even when God called them to move out of the land of Egypt, the majority were unfaithful in their devotion to God."--2 Timely Greetings, No. 1:4 (bold emphasis, braces added).

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As the "majority" of Israelites were unfaithful when Moses called them "to move out of the land of Egypt," which is a type (1 Cor. 10: 11--margin), so the "majority" of the antitypical Israelites (S.D.A.--9 Test. 164) who "retreated toward Egypt" (5 Test. 217), will also be "unfaithful in their devotion to God." They are, of course, the "Israel and Judah" whose "iniquity...is exceeding great" (Ezek. 9:9); and they will perish "in Egypt" (2 Tr. 45) by the slaughtering angels (Ezek. 9:8), as did ancient Israel's first born.

WICKED ISRAELITES WHO DIE IN THE ANTITYPICAL PASSOVER

"The first born (firstfruits) who failed to paint the door post with the sacrificial blood in the first exodus, the type, perished. So any of the firstfruits of today who fails to comply with the demands of the message for today, will as certainly perish at the angel's slaughter weapons (Ezekiel 9:5,6)."--1 Timely Greetings, No. 31, pg. 9 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"With these solemn words the Lord warns that the slaughter (antitypical Passover--Testimonies, Vol. 5, pgs. 505, 211; Vol. 1, pgs. 190, 198) is to take place among those who are of the household of God, the church, for...the angels who execute this slaughter are to take away from the {S.D.A.} church the unrighteous {Israelites--grisled horses and 'passengers in the chariot' who follow them, including many Gentiles}..."--White House Recruiter, pg. 24 (bold emphasis, braces added).

The Bible (Ezek. 9:9) and the SRod message (1 T.G. 31:9) both agree that there will be other Israelites brought into the church, besides the 144,000; and most of them will die in the slaughter of Ezekiel 9 because of their sins. These facts prove that the "dead 'with' Davidians" cannot prove that there will only be a 144,000 Israelites brought into the church (chariot) and no more. Thus, they avoid the subject because they are terrified that their error will be exposed, when they are asked: "Who are the "Israel and Judah" whose "iniquity" is "exceeding great" (Ezek. 9:9)?" Since they dare not answer and say that these are the sins of the 144,000 Israelites, then they must admit they are dead wrong, because other Israelites will be brought into the Laodicean church (chariot) besides the 144,000; some of which will be saved as "passengers in the chariot," while the majority of them, along with many Gentiles, will die in this slaughter because of their exceeding great "iniquity."

WICKED GENTILES WHO DIE IN THE SLAUGHTER--CLASS NO. 2
Chapter 8

In the parable of Mt. 13:24-30, 36-43, Jesus (the "man") sowed "the good seed" (the wheat) into the Jewish church (Mt. 13:24), which represented "the call of the Apostles, and the Gentiles" (2 S.R. 227). But sometime after the Apostles and the Spirit-filled Christians died off, then "men slept," wherein Satan was allowed to sow the "tares" into the Christian church (Mt. 13:25), which represented the wicked (Jews and Gentiles) who professed to be Christians. And during the Dark-Age period, Satan sowed many pagan-Gentiles into the Christian church to destroy her, which he could not do by "oppression" through persecutions and martyrdom.

"So, seeing the results of his oppression, he quickly changed his tactics....Just as soon as Satan caused his agents {Gentile pagan-heathens} to cease oppressing the Christians, and to start fellowshiping with them, he beguiled them into thinking him their friend. Thus being eased of his persecution, they fell asleep spiritually; and while they slept, he sowed the tares....Yea, he made a complete turnabout and even compelled the heathen {pagan Gentiles} to join the church..."--2 Answerer Book, pgs. 10, 11 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"When the old dragon saw that he could not overthrow that spiritual house by persecution, he reversed the scheme and employed his power to undermine the apostolic foundation by donatives and various inducements to the {Gentile} pagans in favor of the Christians. As the pagans {pure Gentiles} rushed to join the church, the current of apostasy turned against the Christians. Instead of the church Christianizing the world, the world paganized the church."--2 Shepherd's Rod, pg. 135 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Besides the unconverted Gentile pagans who united with the Christian church, there were many apostate Jewish-Christians and pagan-Gentiles who married each other; they represent the "tares" sown by Satan (C.O.L. 71). Also, there were many other faithful Jewish-Christians who married faithful Christian-Gentiles; they represent the "wheat" sown by Christ. As a result the Jews "...gradually lost their racial distinctiveness, until finally they altogether ceased to be called Jews...." (9 Tr. 50). And the descendants of these mixed Jew-Gentiles continued down through the Christian era until the last days. Today, there are a few pure Jews and many pure Gentiles in the S.D.A. church (chariot), but the greater percentage of them are mixed Jew-Gentile Christians, because those "...who are taken as Gentiles, are but unidentified descendants of ancient Judah, Israel, and the Jewish Christians {who married Gentiles}." (2 T.G. 6:16--braces added). This mixture of Jews, pagans, Gentiles, and Christians makes it impossible for a Davidian to know if he is pure Gentile descent, or Jew-Gentile mixed (unless he is pure Jew). Only God knows where he was born, what blood line he came from, if it was pure or mixed; and then classify him as a Jew or a Gentile.

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Though the Bible does say that many of the wicked in God's church "Judah and Israel" (Ezek. 9:9; 9 Test. 164) will be slain in the slaughter, there must, however, be Gentiles who will also be slain. Therefore, it is obvious that before the slaughtering angels begin to slay the wicked ministry (Ezek. 9:6) in the Laodicean church, they will be told not only to slay the hypocritical Israelites (class no. 1--see 39:3), but also the hypocritical Gentiles (class no. 2--see 39:4), who are symbolized by grisled horses, because "...grisled (an indefinite color, neither black nor white) symbolizes ministers that are neither true Christians nor true Gentiles--hypocrites" (2 T.G. 22:21). Moreover, this slaughter of the hypocritical Gentile ministers (grisled horses), and also the Gentile laymembers ("passengers" who follow them), is proven by the ancient "passover."

HEBREWS MARRIED EGYPTIAN GENTILES

In the type, there were many pure Egyptians (Gentiles) who died by the hand of the slaughtering angel (Ex. 12:29). But there were also some Israelites who married Egyptian (Gentile) wives (P.P. 260), because they were "unfaithful in their devotion to God" (see 40:6); and they either lived together in a Hebrew home or in an Egyptian habitation. Now if these "unfaithful" Israelites lived in a Hebrew home, then they would not have put the blood on their door post (Ex. 12:23), and their first-born child (part Gentile and part Hebrew) would be slain. But if they lived together in an Egyptian habitation on the night of the "passover" slaughter, then the Hebrew and his children (part Gentile and part Hebrew) would also be slain (see 40:3). This type proves that today, during the antitypical passover (slaughter of Ezek. 9), there will be two classes (see 39:3) of hypocrites who will be slain among the ministers (the grisled horses) and also the laymembers (the "passengers in the chariot" who follow them). They are pure Jews and Jew-Gentiles mixed (class no. 1--see 39:3), and the pure Gentiles (class no. 2--see 39:4).

However, those Israelites today who will be saved as pure Jews and Jew-Gentiles mixed (8 Tr. 8:1, 9:3; 10:0), would be those chosen by God to be the 144,000 bay-horse Israelites (class no. 3--see 39:6), and the "passenger" Israelites who go "with" them (class no. 4--see 39:7). These two classes will be studied together in this book, because the Bible and the SRod message refers to them as God's people "in Zion" and "in Jerusalem."

ISRAELITE SAINTS--144,000 AND THOSE 'WITH' THEM--CLASS NOS. 3, 4
Chapter 9

Though there are some pure Jews and many Gentiles brought into the S.D.A. church (chariot) today, the majority are the Jew-Gentiles who look like Gentiles, because they have Gentile blood flowing in their veins. They are, however, classified as Israelites in God's sight, because their Gentile blood is mixed with Jewish blood; and that is why many of them who look like Gentiles will be "gathered from almost every nation," and sealed as one "of" the 144,000 bay horses.

"Thus just as obvious as strange is the fact that no one today but the recognized Jew can vouch for his ancestry, with the result that the 144,000 can be gathered {into the Laodicean church, after which they will go to the front of the chariot as bay horses--see 35:1} from almost every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, and yet be of the sons of Jacob."--8 Tract pgs. 9, 10 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"Let Leah represent the true church of Christ (Seventh-day Adventists); Rachel, a sister church, but not the true (Protestant); Zilpah and Bilhah, the world (religious and irreligious). These are the mothers of the 144,000, and the way they (144,000) are gathered. But while the twelve tribes came from many mothers, they were begotten by the same father. So with the true--the 144,000 {bay horses}. While they are gathered from all churches and the world, they must be brought into one church {S.D.A. chariot}, at the same period of church history, by the same message (the third angel's message)."--1 Shepherd's Rod, pg. 62 (bold emphasis, braces added).

"Since...God has preserved the genealogy of the chosen branch of the human race...He must, then, for a consistent reason, also have preserved the identity of the elect today {the 144,000 bay horses--2 Tr. 39, 65}. And this, we see, is precisely what He has done in His designating the lineage of the 144,000, as 'of all the tribes of the children of Israel.' Rev. 7:4. And though we know not what we are {pure Gentiles, pure Jews, or Jew-Gentiles}, and cannot ever of ourselves tell, the One Who knows all about us, even to the last hair of each head, knows our precise ancestry {Jewish or Gentile}, although those of us who are to be gathered from the seed of Jacob are, says the prophet, 'as the sand of the sea,' whereas, comparatively speaking, the identifiable {pure} Jewish race of today is but a handful to the nations..."--8 Tract, pgs. 10, 11 (bold emphasis, braces added).

Thus, its the Jewish blood in the veins of the Gentile-looking Davidians that classifies them as Israelites in God's sight; and because they are "lineal descendants of Jacob" (8 Tr. 8), they are chosen by God to be one "of" the 144,000 bay horses from the 12 tribes of Israel (class no. 3--see 39:5). However, the living Davidians (Jew-Gentiles) who are "passengers in the chariot," and who are not chosen as one "of," do not die as the "dead 'with' Davidians" teach; instead, God chooses them as one "with" the 144,000 (class no. 4--see 39:6).

LIVING DAVIDIANS--ONE "OF" OR ONE "WITH" THE 144,000

"Remember, too, that you {living Davidians}