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DOES THE JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING COMMENCE IN 1929-1930?(Special Edition)

7 SC 7-12:19 There is danger of out being so overzealous to keep out of Babylon, says the founder of the

S.D.A. church, that we shall commit her most noted blunder--that of sticking a stake and refusing to pull it up

and advance. When we cease to unlearn errors, we shall fall like those who have gone before us. We have learned

much, and no doubt there is much more for us to learn. ...It is the follow on and the go through spirit that willfinally land the remnant without fault on the heavenly Mount Zion. My conclusion is that we should give up no

Scripture truth, but that our false applications and interpretations of Scripture, and consequent false ideas of order

and propriety, should be given up as fast as possible.--The Review and Herald, May 29, 1860. (7 SC 7-12:19)

Inspiration declared In the light of the awful warnings here sounded, let every SROD believer gather up

without delay the corrections given from time to time in The Symbolic Code. (3 SC 11, 12:9). This reading

implicitly shows that Gods message did not burst at once. For example in 1930 V.T. Houteff teached that the

special resurrection in Daniel 12:2, will occur at the 7th plague (1 SR 23), but later on, the prophet plainly

declared that such special resurrection would be right after the deliverance of the 144,000 living saints. That is

why, we need to accept the correction given by God from time to time without delay.

The voice of Truth plainly told us, that whatever false applications and interpretations of Scripture, and

consequent false ideas of order and propriety, should be given up as fast as possible. For it is only the follow on

and the go through spirit that will finally land the remnant without fault on the heavenly Mount Zion then

keep advancing in the light, and for certain you shall finally stand on Mt. Zion with the Lamb. (1 TG 8:28)

Every Christian (Davidian) should remember that as the Truth is ever advancing, It will not be found today

where It was yesterday, and that therefore Christs followers must advance with It. They will not follow the

examples of the Jews and the Romans. (2 Ans. 80) For The Jews never rose higher than the height to which

Moses led them. When Moses died, they as it were died with him so far as spiritual progress was concerned.

Thus it was that they rejected and killed the prophets that came after Moses, not sparing the Son of God. (2 TG

26:21)

2 TG 26:20 ...But why are the Mohammedans still Mohammedans? Mohammedans are still

Mohammedans, for the same reason that Buddhists are still Buddhists; that is, because after Mohammed died,

they did just what the Buddhists did: In the progress of religion the Mohammedans stopped where Mohammed

stopped at his tomb. They stopped there to make sure that their followers would never join another sect. They

taught the people that there was to be no other prophet, that Mohammed was the last, that there was no need for

another, that they had all the Truth to lead them to the pearly gates. Thus corrupt Mohammedanism drilled this

false idea into the minds of the common people then, and still more corrupted Mohammedanism of today, like all

other sects, including corrupt Adventism, still does the same. Thus it is that no sect as a people, but only as

individuals, has ever accepted an additional message and this is the reason for the multi -sectarian world. (2 TG

26:20)

2 TG 26:16 As soon as Buddha died, though, his followers ran against a wall as it were, and their progress

toward God, the Bible, and Christ, stopped where Buddha stopped. Indeed they could not have advanced further

for they made the death of Buddha become their block against progress toward God. How did they do it? --

It is a known fact that when people give credit of a Divine deed to a finite being, then their hope of another as

great, or greater ever coming to help them is forever gone. They do not believe that God lives, that he will raise

another even greater to lead them further, but believe that there is no need of another and no need for more Truth.

Consequently as they do not expect another, when one comes they reject him. Thus the Buddhists put a stop to

their spiritual progress. So you see that when the light that is in you becomes darkness, How great is that

darkness! Matt. 6:23. (2 TG 26:16)

Worshiping the dead prophets and killing the living ones is a brutal effort to block the progress of Truth, to

deceive self and others. (2 TG 26:23).Now

In considering the several scriptures bearing on this point and on the kindred points in question, we must


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base our conclusions solely on the weight of evidence, so that we may not only know all the truth, but also teach

nothing but the truth. (9 TR 6) Although, the SROD made it so plain, that in order to avoid the many snares we

need to strictly adhere Gods method in studying the Scriptures, only through and by Inspiration. (3 TR 88, 89)

That we of ourselves can never discover hidden truths of the Bible, on the contrary, that we should wait for the

Spirit of Truth to come to teach us, which teaching is called Inspiration. (2 SC 12:6). But if we prefer a method

which is contrary to His method (5 SC 6-12:10) the doctrines and interpretations which did not come

through Inspiration they were only devisings of men. (1 TG 4:20) The SROD plainly declared:

The acceptance of so-called truth, without inspiration, is the devils trap of deception, and they whoadvocate such fallacious teachings are the hardest and most impossible ones to rescue from Satan s bottomless

pit; for he makes them believe that confession of their errors would disqualify them for teachers, and dishonor

their high standing. (2 SR 286) Plainly, then, whatever things Inspiration itself does not teach and interpret, are

not worth remembering, teaching or even listening to. (15 TR 31, 32) The following quotation plainly shows

that only Inspiration (a man called of God) can declare the truth and nothing but the truth. (2 SC 3, 4:13)

Now let us study carefully, to ascertain clearly if the Judgment of the Living commence in 1929-1930.Let us

ever remember that

before a person can climb the ladder of Truth, he must first of all free himself from erroneous theories,

which keep him bound in darkness. And to loose himself from such weights of error so as to reach the top step ofthe ladder of Truth, he must carefully investigate and prove all things in Open-Mindedness. (5 TR 6)

Now, let us begin our investigation

2 SR 162 The cases of all who are sealed from 1929 to the final close of probation will be investigated

before the throne in the heavenly sanctuary while living. The investigation commences after the fulfillment of

Ezekiel 9. Those who are sealed from 1929 to the fulfillment ofEzekiel 9 (close of probation for the church), are

living saints, 144,000 in number, who shall never die -- translated without tasting death. The class which

neglected their opportunity were left without the seal to perish under the ruin ofEzekiel 9; Isaiah 63; and Isaiah

66:15-17. This example of the destruction of the sinners in the church is a type of the destruction of the sinners in

the world after the close of probation. The great multitude of Revelation 7:9, living at the time of the close ofprobation for the world, shall also never die, of whom the 144,000 were a type. But all the wicked being left

without the seal, shall perish. Hitherto is the end of the matter; Fear God [not man] and keep His

commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Eccl. 12:13.) (2 SR 162)

Inspiration never used the term all promiscuously without an accurate significance. The word all means

does not exclude any, according to 1 SR 218. Let us use V.T. Houteff as our example, for if there is someone to

be included in such sealing that begin in 1929 AD logically it must be applied to V.T. Houteff. Since the term

used is all then of course, V.T. Houteff himself must be included with that term all. Now, the statement

was

The cases of all who are sealed from 1929 to the final close of probation will be investigated before the

throne in the heavenly sanctuary while living. (2 SR 162) The phrase while living can no longer be applied

after they died. But inspiration made it so plain, that those sealed ones will be investigated before the throne in

the heavenly sanctuary while living or in other words while still alive.Now when would that be?

Those who are sealed from 1929 to the fulfillment ofEzekiel 9 (close of probation for the church), are living

saints, 144,000 in number, who shall never die -- translated without tasting death. (2 SR 162)

It is clear as sunlight, that such investigation will occur after the fulfillment of Ezekiel 9 which is the close of

probation for the church. There is no dispute that the pioneers of Davidians together with V.T. Houteff expected

to be among the 144,000 living saints. But the pioneers are now dead, and yet probationary time in the church did

not as yet close, then how could such statement be real, that they will be investigated after probation closes while

living if they were now lying unconscious in their graves? So the question is not whether we want to changeour minds or not, but whether we have to. (1 TG 13:7)

Inspiration admonished us, that whatever false applications and interpretations of Scripture, and consequent

false ideas of order and propriety, should be given up as fast as possible. R&H May 29, 1860 (7 SC 7-12:19).


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But since, we should not give up any Scripture Truth, the statement must stand as it is, except the false

applications. The SROD declared

3 TR 43 Pointing directly to the time that the investigative judgment shall take place among the living,

Malachi parallels both parables in his prophecy:

...the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple,...But who may abide the day of His coming?

and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiners fire, and like fullers sope: and He shall sit as a

refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that theymay offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.Mal. 3:1-3.

As the cleansings called for in the parables and in Malachis prophecy have never taken place, the

investigative judgment of the living is obviously, then, yet future. This investigative work is therefore occasioned

by the work of separation in the earthly sanctuary (church), as brought to view also in Ezekiel 9. (3 TR 43)

The statement is very plain the investigative judgment of the living is obviously, then, yet future. (3 TR

43) That even in 1944, the prophet declared although we are still in the time of the judgment of the dead. (2

Ans. 93) The date 1931 and the statement in question have no reference to the investigative judgment. The

SROD sets no date either exact or approximate for the closing of the judgment of the dead or for the beginning of

the judgment of the living (1 SC 7:8). The message sets no date, either exact or approximate, for the closing ofthe judgment of the dead, or for the beginning of the judgment of the living. (1 Ans. 94) Such evidences plainly

show that V.T. Houteff himself never teached, that the Investigative Judgment of the Living commence in 1929-

1930. The only thing that V.T. Houteff teached is that, the sealing of the 144,000 living saints commence in 1929

A.D.Now, let us read

2 Ans. 33, 34 IS THE SEALING ON? WHO ARE SEALED? ARE ANY BEYOND SINNING?

Question No. 22:

If the sealing message of the 144,000 has been going to the church since 1929, are part (or all) of the 144,000

already sealed? Also, if none can be sealed save they be free from sin, and if some are now being sealed, then

have they passed beyond sinning?

Answer:

If the sealing is not in progress now, then the sealing message which we have borne since 1929 would no

more be present truth now than would the proclamation of the Judgment of the dead have been present truth from

1844 to 1929, had not the dead been judged during that period. Definitely, then the message of the sealing and the

sealing itself go hand in hand the same as the needle and the shuttle travel together until the seam is completed.

The Lord commands the angel with the writers inkhorn to set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that

sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof --in the church--so that when the men

with the slaughter weapons start slaying, they may pass by those who have the mark. Thus, the sighing and

crying since 1929 for the abominations in the church, has been the supreme evidence that we are living in the

period of the sealing. (2 Ans. 33, 34)

5 TR 102 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 heavenly sanctuary. This is the very event which opened the seals and sounded the trumpets, and

which, as we have seen, John was told would be here-after. (See Revelation, chapters4 and 5.) Possessed of

this understanding, a small group of believers, 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 TR 102)

Both prophets had the same idea and expectation. It so because God has showed to E.G. White concerning the

sealing of the 144,000, she expected that the sealing of the living saints commence in her days. The very first

vision of E.G. White is concerning the sealing of the 144,000. In 1929-1930 the very first subject that comes

through Inspiration is concerning the sealing of the 144,000. Therefore, such idea and expectation was only


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borrowed by V.T. Houteff from E.G. White.Let us read

2 Ans. 78 Of necessity, any statements relative to a subject which is still out of sight in the unfolding of the

Scroll, are made only in incidental terms of truth as it is at the time seen or commonly understood. And if the

common understanding of these incidental statements be wrong, the writer cannot be held responsible for that

which he has borrowed from others or seen but very dimly and therefore expressed very indefinitely. (2 Ans. 78)

The statement If the sealing is not in progress now, then the sealing message which we have borne since

1929would no more be present Truth now, is absolutely perfect. For the present Truth by which the 144,000are to be sealed is the present Truth under the seventh seal, and not the present Truth under the sixth seal.

The saints of God are sealed with present Truth in all ages, and whatever that present truth is, that is the

seal. (1 SR 28) The lamps of fire, seven in number, present before the throne, represent completeness of the

truth of Godpresent truth revealed to every generation since the world beganby which we are judged. Those

who are obedient to all the light and truth given them, have come up to the requirements -- they are sealed, and

cleared from the condemnation of the law of God. (2 SR 198) As there are seven seals in consecutive order, it

is clear that our worlds history is divided into seven different periods. The judgment begins with the first and

ends with the last. Evidently the first six seals complete the cases of those who were dead preceding the

judgment, and while it is in session; but the seventh sealing period, being the last, must concern the living. (2

SR 202)

What is the present truth under the seventh seal?

2 SR 164 When the judgment opened in 1844, as previously explained, the investigation began with the

dead, and when that part of the work is finished, then commences the judgment of the living. While the

investigation for the congregation of the dead is in progress, there can be no separation among the congregation

of the living. But when our High Priest shall begin the atonement for the living, there must be a message of

present truth -- sounding of the trumpet -- urging every one to lay hold on the Lamb of God (Christ) by which

only, can he in figure, come to the sanctuary, confess his sin and secure his life. Unless the close of the judgment

for the dead and the commencement for the living be made known to us, we would have no present truth while

the judgment for the living is in session. Neither would such judgment be legal or just. He who fails to respond

to the heavenly summons, will be left without the seal or covering of God, and therefore must be cut off from

among His people, as prefigured by the services in the typical day of atonement. (2 SR 164)

The statement definitely declared, that at the time when the judgment for the living is in session the

knowledge concerning the closed of the judgment of the dead, and the commencement for the judgment of the

living will be revealed, otherwise we would have no present Truth when the judgment of the living is in session.

The mere fact that such knowledge had not been bestowed by God to V.T. Houteff, bears the evidence the Truth

speaks of Itself, that judgment of the living did not commence in 1929-1930. Besides V.T. Houteff himself

declared clearly, that he has no knowledge either exact or approximate, the close of the judgment of the dead, and

the beginning of the judgment of the living. (1 Ans. 94)

The word now in 2 Ans. 33, must be directly applied to the commencement of the judgment of the living.That the present Truth from 1929-1955 would no longer be the present Truth in the period of the judgment of the

living. Although all present Truths since from the beginning are compacted as one under the seventh seal. And

since we do not give up any Scripture truth, except the false applications, the statement would be

2 SR 162 The cases of all who are sealed at the commencement of the Judgment of the living to the final

close of probation will be investigated before the throne in the heavenly sanctuary while living. The investigation

commences after the fulfillment ofEzekiel 9. Those who are sealed from the commencement of the judgment of

the living to the fulfillment ofEzekiel 9 (close of probation for the church) are living saints, 144,000 in number,

who shall never die translated without seeing death.(2 SR 162)

Now, when will The Judgment Of The Living Commence?




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...the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple,...But who may abide the day of His coming?

and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiners fire, and like fullers sope: and He shall sit as a

refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they

may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Mal. 3:1-3.



by the work of separation in the earthly sanctuary (church), as brought to view also in Ezekiel 9: (3 TR 43)

1 SC 16:2, 3Answer:Jude 14 & 15 are explained in SRod, Vol. 2, p. 162, 241. However, we may add: the

perfect fulfillment of this scripture embraces a period of time in which three judicial events are to expire: namely,

first, the investigative judgment for the dead as He came to His heavenly temple in 1844; second, the

investigative judgment for the living that is soon to take place; third, Christ s second coming and the judgment

during the millennium, and at last the final execution of His judgment after the millennium. It takes all these

events to perfectly fulfill the words: To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among

them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which

ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. (Jude 15.)

Malachi Three first applies as a type to the purification of the earthly temple in the days of Christ ( John 2:14,

15), but the direct application finds its fulfillment in the antitype, that is, in the purification of the church whenHe comes to His earthly temple (church) to purify the sons of Levi (the ministry the 144,000). After this He

comes for the investigative judgment of the living to His heavenly temple to blot out their sins. See The

Shepherds Rod, Vol. 2, pp. 240-246, 214-221. (1 SC 16:2, 3)

The SROD declared Malachi 3:1-13, is applicable to the judgment for the living. (2 SR 184) These verses

pointing directly to the investigative judgment of the living, by which the prophet told us, it was still future in his

days. (3 TR 43) Inspiration plainly stated, that the Investigative judgment of the living takes place, first in the

earthly temple, then after this Christ will come to the heavenly temple. (1 SC 16:3) Therefore, we need to

distinctly separate, the investigative judgment of the living which will take place on the earthly temple, and the

investigative judgment of the living which will take place on the heavenly temple.Now, let us read

3 TR 47, 48 Inescapably, therefore, the Lords coming to His temple (Mal. 3:1-3), His coming with all His

angels (Matt. 25), and His coming enthroned above the living creatures (Ezek. 1), -- all three representing the

same event, as has been shown, -- take place at the beginning of the judgment of the living: the time in which the

judicial activities of the heavenly sanctuary extend to the earthly sanctuary -- the church. (3 TR 47, 48)

Both Ezekiel 1 and Malachi 3:1-3, are representing the same event, according to our reading. In 2 SR 184,

plainly declared that Malachi 3:1-3 will occur on the Day of Atonement. Then obvious it is, this coming of

Malachi 3:1-3 could not be the 7 days slaughtering, for the half-hour silence will occur during the Passover week,

whereas Malachi 3:1-3 would be on the Day of Atonement. (2 SR 216; 184)

2 SR 171 The sealing of the 144,000 is at the closing of the judgment of the dead, and at the beginning of

the judgment of the living. (2 SR 171)

The beginning of the Investigative judgment of the living takes place at the time when the judicial activities in

the heavenly sanctuary extended to the earthly sanctuary the church, according to 3 TR 47, 48. And the sealing

of the 144,000 will be at the closing of the judgment of the dead, and at the beginning of the judgment of the

living, according to 2 SR 171.Now, let us read

1934 Tract 3 pg. 76 Spirit Of Prophecy In Perfect Harmony

Now to prove that Sister Whites writings are in perfect harmony with the testimonies of the prophets, we

quote from The Great Controversy, p. 425, showing that the purification of the church took place while the

investigative judgment of the dead was going on, and just before the commencement of the Loud Cry of theThird Angels Message -- the harvest: While the investigative judgment is going forward in heaven, while the

sins of penitent believers are being removed from the sanctuary, there is to be a special work of purification, of

putting away of sin, among Gods people upon earth....Then the church which our Lord at His coming is to

receive to Himself will be a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Then she will look


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forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners. She is to go

forth into all the world, conquering and to conquer. -- Prophets and Kings, p. 725. (1934 Tract 3 pg. 76)

3 Ans. 66 Let every honest member ask the question, If the church herself is not saved (Testimonies, Vol.

3, p. 253), not following Christ her Leader (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 217) and has become an harlot

(Testimonies, Vol. 8, p. 250), how can she save others? The greatest need therefore is first to save those in the

church, then those in the world. The special work of purification, of putting away of sin, among Gods people

(The Great Controversy, p. 425), the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and

forty-four thousand (Testimonies, Vol. 3, p. 266), must come first, then is to follow the sealing of those in theworld. (3 Ans. 66)

The phrase putting away of sin cannot be construed as the blotting out of sins. For inspiration declared

clearly Hence the investigative judgment for the living (blotting out of the sins) will begin after the sealing of

the 144,000 (1934 Tract 3 pg. 75), whereas the putting away of sin takes place before you are sealed. And

such occurrence putting away of sin is during the sealing of the 144,000. That unless you will completely

eradicate all forms of sin in your life, you could never receive the seal of the living God. And the voice of

Inspiration declared clearly, that during the sealing of the 144,000, the Investigative Judgment of the dead was

still going on in the heavenly sanctuary. (1934 Tract 3 pg. 76) Such statement perfectly corroborates with 2 SR

171, that the sealing of the 144,000 takes place at the closing of the judgment of the dead.

Here we can plainly see, that the Investigative Judgment of the Dead is divided into two sections, first the

beginning work, and second the closing work. In 5 TR 109, 110, there are two classes to be judge in the period of

the judgment of the dead, namely the temple and the altar.

The temple are contained the dead from Adams time up to 1844. (5 TR 109, 110) Obviously therefore, the

temple represents all who died under the first five sealsthose who will be resurrected in Rev. 20:5, 6. WHR 20

definitely implied, that the very first one who were considered in the judicial proceedings since 1844, are those

represented by the templethe one who will come up in the resurrection ofRev. 20:5, 6. Whereas, the altar are

those who will come up in the special resurrection ofDaniel 12:2(5 TR 109, 110)

Therefore, the phrase when that part of the work is finished (2 SR 164), definitely points out to the first part

of the work of the judgment of the dead the cases represented by the temple the first five seals. The

statement is not to be known until the one is past and the other begun (1 Ans. 95), can only mean that all the

sins of the righteous represented by the temple the first five seals is past (meaning finished), and then the cases

represented by the altar (those who died under the sixth seal)has begun. (To help more clarify, please read our

pamphletBEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH)

Now, let us read

2 Ans. 36 IS NOT THE HARVEST THE END OF THE WORLD?

Question No. 23:

How can your teaching of the separation of tares from the wheat in the church be harmonized with the

statement which says: The tares and the wheat are to grow together until the harvest; and the harvest is the end

of probationary time....When the work of the gospel is completed, there immediately follows the separation

between the good and the evil, and the destiny of each class is forever fixed?Christs Object Lessons, pp.

72, 123.

Answer:

Yes, according to the statement in question, the harvest is the end of probationary time taking place at, not

after, the close of probation. And the fact, that the Investigative Judgment acts upon ones case after his lifes

career in relation to salvation has ended and while probation still lingers, is another proof that the harvest is thelast part of probationary time. This accords with Jeremiahs statement, The harvest is past, the summer is ended,

and we are not saved. Jer. 8:20. It shows that the harvest is a period of time, having a beginning and ending, and

that during its time men are saved. AndEarly Writings, p. 118, reveals that the Third Angel is the one who does

the harvesting, while Matthew 13:30 shows also that the angels separate the tares from the wheat in the time of


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harvest. (2 Ans. 36)

The reading implied clearly, that the Investigative Judgment of the Living takes place in the period called

harvest which is the end of the world. (3 TR 43)Let us connect

3 TR 64, 65 A harvest means the result of effort, of toil, the gathering of a crop -- reaping the result of

labor and filling up the barns with grain. So rather than the years toil being finished at the beginning of the

harvest, the heaviest labor of the year just then begins. And though harvest time is the shortest of all the periods

of the harvest year, the work of reaping is not done in a moment; it takes time. The yield is not garnered byturning the field right into the barn; no, that would be a conglomerate mass instead of a harvest. First the sickle is

put to the grain, and next the grain is bound into sheaves, then threshed, after which it is put into the barn; and

thereafter the chaff and the tares are destroyed. This work being completed during the autumn, it shows that the

harvest is a season of time after the summer is past, and that it is followed by the fruitless winter period. (3

TR 64, 65)

(To have more definite understanding, please read our pamphletTHE HARVEST)

The entire gospel history is illustrated by 12 parabolic months, according to 3 TR 54. And such period is

divided into three, namely: the Sowing, Growing and Harvest. Now, let us read

3 TR 56, 57The Son of man, He who soweth the good seed, is of course none other than Christ. But as

He could not be called the Son of man before being born of a woman, He accordingly could not have sowed

the good seed of the spiritual harvest until after His birth in Bethlehem, Judea.

As His ministry -- His sowing of the good seed, the truth -- began right after His baptism (Matt. 4:17),

therefore to establish the beginning of the parabolic harvest period, we must ascertain the date He was baptized.

And after threescore and two weeks, prophesied Daniel, concerning Christs ministry and His death, shall

Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself:... and He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the

midst of the weekHe shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.Dan. 9:26, 27.

That this is prophetic time, reckoned by the year-day rule ofEzekiel 4:6, is seen from the fact that there were

seven years from the time Christ was baptized to the time the apostles were permitted to take the gospel to the

Gentiles. During this period, Christ confirmed or fulfilled the covenant. In the midst of the week, or at the end

of three and one half years, He was to be crucified, thus causing the earthly sacrifice to cease. (3 TR 56, 57)

Our reading definitely indicates, that the entire sowing period commence on Christs baptism and ended on

Oct. 16, 34 A.D., the stoning of Stephen.But in 3 TR 58, declared

The three and one half years from the beginning of Christs ministry to His crucifixion being the sowing

time, and the harvest time being the end of the world, then the intervening period is the time for the growing and

ripening of the grain

Inspiration declared the harvest time is the shortest of all periods. (3 TR 65) The sowing time being

consist of 3 years, according to 3 TR 58, then the harvest must be shorter than the sowing period being the

shortest of all the periods. And the Investigative judgment of the living will take place in the period called

harvest the last part of probationary time. (2 Ans. 36; 3 TR 42, 43) Then obvious it is, since the entire period of

the Sowing consists of exactly 7 years, the harvest being the shortest must be shorter than 7 years.

EW 58 My dear brethren and sisters, let the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ be in

your minds continually and let them crowd out worldly thoughts and cares. When you lie down and when you

rise up, let them be your meditation. Live and act wholly in reference to the coming of the Son of man. The

sealing time is very short, and will soon be over. Now is the time, while the four angels are holding the four

winds, to make our calling and election sure. (EW 58)

Plainly, therefore, with such weighty evidences here amassed, there is manifestly but one conclusion possible,

that since the Investigative Judgment of the Living takes place in the time called harvest (3 TR 43), by which


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such period is the shortest of all periods (3 TR 65), the sealing of the 144,000 is very, very short in which such

shortness should not exceed more than 7 years.

2 SR 240, 241 The Lord came to His temple in the most holy place in 1844 for the judgment of the dead,

which was a fulfillment of Daniel 7:9, 10. Malachi refers to the judgment for the living, which is of the same

events (judgment). For the prophet says: But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when

he appeareth? for... he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: And shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge

them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. (Mal. 3:2, 3.) As the

dead cannot be purified, or offer gifts, it is evident that it is the purification of the church, for He shall purify thesons of Levi -- the priests -- the 144,000. Furthermore the Lord says: I will send my messenger, and as no

messenger can be sent to the dead, it must be a message to the living. (2 SR 240, 241)

If our God will not send any messenger to give the message to the dead, reciprocally God will not send a dead

messenger to give a message to the living. (To have more information, please read our pamphlet THE

)ANTITYPICAL ELIJAH THE TISHBITE

2SC7,8:12The churches may incompletely confederate almost any time, but the union of church and state

(the image of the beast) will take place only after the investigative judgment of the dead is completed, for the

fact that the anger of the nations (the time of trouble, Dan. 12:1), the wrath of God (the seven last plagues,

Rev. 15:1, and the time to judge the dead (Dan. 8:14), are events separate and distinct, one following theother. Early Writings, p. 36.

Therefore, the persecution against the church by the image beast arises in the time of the judgment of the

living -- the time of the Loud Cry -- after the sealing of the 144,000. (2SC7,8:12)

This reading implicitly shows that at the commencement of the time of Trouble, the investigative judgment of

the dead is completed. Then let us ascertain clearly, when such Time of Trouble commence.Let us read

3 TR 50, 51Further Reasons For Both Judgments.

As the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary is a work of cleansing the books by blotting from them the namesof both the backsliders and the tares, and as at the time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation,

the only ones who shall be delivered are those whose names are found written in the book, the cleansing of the

books, therefore, obviously takes place before the resurrection, and before the time of trouble such as never was.

Thus the unfaithful dead will be left in their graves at the first resurrection, and the unfaithful living will be left

without deliverance from the coming trouble. But were their names allowed to remain in the books, then

according to the records either the wicked dead would have to be resurrected with the righteous, and the living

wicked delivered with the living righteous or else both the righteous dead and the righteous living would have to

be forsaken with them -- alternatives both of which, of course, are impossible; thus again making mandatory an

absolute separation, as instanced in type in Joshuas time. (3 TR 50, 51)

It is clear as sunlight, that before the Time of Trouble will commence, all the names of the wicked that hadbeen entered in the Lambs book of life will then be completely blotted out.Let us read

2 SC 11:8 Consequently, when the earthly sanctuary is polluted it is necessary to cleanse the heavenly

also. For an example, if we were to cleanse the earthly sanctuary, we would have to cast out those that pollute it,

while at the same time those in heaven would have to cleanse the heavenly one by blotting out the names of the

wicked in the church on earth. Thus, the proper term for such a work wou ld be, investigative judgment. (2 SC

11:8)

When wil l the sinners in the church be taken out i n the midst of them?

1 TG 3:3, 4 The Lords Supper was ordained in remembrance of the Lords sacrifice, not to cleanse the

partakers of it from their sins but to cleanse them from sinners, as is seen from the Passover in Egypt and from

the fact that thereafter Judas no longer walked with the disciples. Plainly, then, the celebration of the ordinance

brought blessing to the eleven, but damnation to the one. (1 TG 3:3, 4)


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The antitypical Lords Supper is not to cleanse them from sins, but to cleanse them from sinners, according

to our reading. But in heaven, the blotting out of names inspiration declared their names blotted out after the

slaughter and just before the commencement of the judgment of the living saints. (2 SC 11:6). Therefore, the

statement in 2 SC 11:8saying at the same timethose in heaven can only meanthe same day but not the

same hour. The sinners will be taken out from among Gods people at sunset, whereas the slaughtering at

midnight, and the blotting out of names must be after midnight. To portray it vividly, let us make a li ttle

diagram.

2 TG 12:29, 30 The only difference, you see, is that Daniel was shown the Judgment being set up,

whereas John saw it in full session.

The Revelation, moreover, in the following verses again and again endeavors to make us see that the event

there portrayed is the Judgment in session:

Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come.

And I saw thrones, John declares, and judgment was given unto them. Rev. 20:4.

John truly penned it as a prophecy, but when it actually takes place then Gods agency on earth, the Spirit of

Prophecy in the Church is to proclaim that the event has actually taken place.

Since the records of both the dead and the living must be reviewed by the Judicial Tribunal, the First Angels

Message (Rev. 14:6), must be proclaimed in both periods, in the period of the judgment of the dead, and by a

loud cry in the period of the judgment of the living. The direct application of the First Angels Message,

therefore, also the call to come out of Babylon, are actually made in the day the earth is lightened with the glory

of the angel. (See Rev. 18:1-4). The Revelation, therefore, is to be more fully understood during the judgment of

the living.

The light that now shines on our path is an unmistakable evidence that we are approaching the time of the

judgment of the living. (2 TG 12:29, 30)

This reading was written Oct. 18, 1947, by which the prophet declared with unmistakable evidence that they

are still approaching the time of the judgment of the living. Brethren, to declare something by which the prophet

himself has not said so, is Laodiceanism of the worst kind. (GCS 23) With unmistakable facts, the prophet

himself several times denied that the judgment of the living commence in 1930. At the time when somebody ask

concerning the date 1931, if the judgment of the dead is closed and the judgment of the living begins, he clearly

declared: The date 1931 and the statement in question have no reference to the investigative judgment. The

SROD sets no date either exact or approximate for the closing of the judgment of the dead or for the beginning of

the judgment of the living. The time of these events is not to be known until the one is past and the other begun.(1 SC 7:8).Now, let us read



Oct. 22, 2016A.D.

At sunset,during the

"Lords Supper"the sinners willbe taken fromamong Gods

people.

Oct. 22, 2016A.D.

At midnightall the first

born sons ofPharaoh will

bedestroyed.

Oct. 22, 2016A.D.

Right aftermidnight - allthe names ofthe wicked

who had beenentered in the

Lambs Book oflife completely

blotted out.


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the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple,...But who may abide the day of His coming?

and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiners fire and like fullers sope: and He shall sit as a

refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they

may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Mal. 3:1-3.



by the work of separation in the earthly sanctuary (church), as brought to view also in Ezekiel 9: (3 TR 43)

1 SC 16:2, 3Answer:Jude 14 & 15 are explained in SRod, Vol. 2, p. 162, 241. However, we may add: the

perfect fulfillment of this scripture embraces a period of time in which three judicial events are to expire: namely,

first, the investigative judgment for the dead as He came to His heavenly temple in 1844; second, the

investigative judgment for the living that is soon to take place; third, Christ s second coming and the judgment

during the millennium, and at last the final execution of His judgment after the millennium. It takes all these

events to perfectly fulfill the words: To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among

them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which

ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. (Jude 15.)

Malachi Three first applies as a type to the purification of the earthly temple in the days of Christ ( John 2:14,15), but the direct application finds its fulfillment in the antitype, that is, in the purification of the church when

He comes to His earthly temple (church) to purify the sons of Levi (the ministry the 144,000). After this He

comes for the investigative judgment of the living to His heavenly temple to blot out their sins. See The

Shepherds Rod, Vol. 2, pp. 240-246, 214-221. (1 SC 16:2, 3)

Malachi 3:1-3 is pointing directly to the investigative judgment of the living, according to 3 TR 43, and not

executive. The executive judgment in Malachi 3 is found in verse 4-6. The SROD made it so plain, that the

investigative judgment of the living was yet future in the days of V.T. Houteff. And since our God did not intend

to make the judgment known not until the judgment actually begins, seeing that the Scripture has inscribed in a

present tense, otherwise such revelation would be grammatically incorrect. (1 SR 156, 157) Obviously therefore

it utters the impossibility of V.T. Houteff of comprehending the entire nature of the event. He then declared

So, while it was not exactly understood beforehand what the nature of the event would be, yet when the

fullness of the time came and no other event occurred but this one, it was thereby identified as the one predicted

in Ezekiel 4 in connection with the end of the 430 prophetic years when the scroll was to unroll another turn.

(1 Ans. 95)

Inspiration declared clearly that such unrolling of the scroll would be at the end of 430 years which was still

future in 1930. (2 SR 275) And such unrolling of the scroll would be identical with that of 1930. (1 SC 7:8).

Heres a little diagram

1890 A.D. 1930 A.D.

First Identical

Within this period of 40 years there was no revelation

of any new Truth.

without Refilling

1955 A.D. 1995 A.D.

without Refilling

Within this period of time there was no revelation of anynew Truth.


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Third Identical

1885 A.D. 1929 A.D. 1930 A.D.

V.T. Houteff wasborn.

1966 A.D. 2010 A.D. 2011 A.D.

Gods servant

was born.

Fourth Identical

1818 A.D. 26 Years 1844 A.D.

W. Miller began

to study the

bible.

The

commencement of

the InvestigativeJudgment of the

Dead.

1986 A.D. 26 Years 2011 A.D.

Gods servant

was baptized.

Thecommencement of

the Investigative

Judgment of the

Living.

1929 A.D. 1955 A.D.

26 Years


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Fifth Identical

1844 A.D. 19 Years 1863 A.D.

Inspiration came

to E.G. White.

In 1863, the SDA

church was

organized.

1996 A.D. 19 Years 2015 A.D.

Inspiration came,

the Rod was taken

from the hands of

Moses and passed

to Joshua.

In 2015 A.D.,the

complete and

perfect fulfillment

of the prophesied

Re-organization.

Sixth Identical

1930 A.D. 5 Years 1935 A.D.

The 430 Years

ended.

In 1935 A.D., Gods

headquarters inWaco, Texas was

built.

2010 A.D. 5 Years 2015 A.D.

The 430 Years

ended.

In 2015 A.D., Gods

true headquarters

would be built in

Texas.


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To have more definite understanding, concerning the Investigative Judgment of the Living please read our

pamphlets THE JUDGMENT AND THE SANCTUARY THE SIXTH SEAL THE SEVENTH SEAL THE

JUDGMENT IN SESSIONTHE SANCTUARY CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICESHEAVENLY AND EARTHLYand all

others.

Yours in Christ Jesus,A.D.JEZREEL

Seventh Identical

535 B.C.March 3, 519

B.C.

March 3, 515

B.C.

Gods people

leave out

Babylon.

1996 A.D.Oct. 3, 2012

A.D.

Sept. 12,

2016 A.D.

Laymans

Movement

began to rise.

On Sept. 12, 2016 A.D.

the 144,000 will be

completely sealed.

does the judgment of the living commence in 1929-1930 (special edition)

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