EPISODE II

THE PEOPLE OF GOD DELIVERED

From the time of the great delusion when Satan personated Christ, things began to deteriorate rapidly in the world.  The SUNDAY LAW, MARKED THE TURNING POINT OF THE CONFLICT between the forces of good and evil, and became THE FINAL TEST FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD. 

At first, the leaders of the New World Order and religious leaders (who by this time were working hand in hand) gave the dissident Sabbath keepers a deadline by which time they were to conform to the Sunday law.  But when that time came and went and they still refused to go along with the rest of the world and receive the mark, the patience of the leaders ran out and their anger was kindled against them.

Tom and his family decided, based upon what the Bible said, that they could not go along with the demands of this false Christ and world leaders to worship on Sunday, and be tattooed with a PIN number.  Tom's experience is typical of all who will remain faithful to God and heed the call of the third angel of Revelation 14 to come out of Babylon.  They will face severe persecution, and some, before Jesus leaves the Most Holy of the Sanctuary and probation for the world has closed will be called to give their lives for their faith.  (See Exhibit “E” a study by Dr. Richard Nies on the Sanctuary.)    

So convincing were the miracles performed, that with the exception of a very few faithful who resisted the enemy and sought the true God of heaven with all their hearts, everyone worldwide was drawn into the enemy's delusion and were bowing down, worshiping and praising him, convinced that he was the true Messiah, the Savior of the world.  By this time all had conformed and yielded to the command to receive the laser tattoo in their forehead or in their hand, and all, except the few holdouts called the Remnants, were worshiping on Sunday as commanded.

Because of things happening in the natural world, pressure was mounting for them to comply with the laws of the land. CONTRARY TO WHAT THE FALSE CHRIST HAD FIRST SAID about his plan to control the forces of nature, things continued to deteriorate.  The plagues became unbearable.  The forces of nature had become more violent and the destruction more widespread.  (As mentioned before, what people did not realize, was that this Christ [Satan] was both causing and then subduing the forces of nature to fulfill his designs.)  These things were happening because God's Spirit had withdrawn from the world, leaving it totally at the mercy of the enemy.  The world had yet to see the full impact of the enemy’s designs.  (For a complete study of the 7 last plagues, see Exhibit “C” and “D” by Dr. Richard Nies,)

Tom could see that what was happening was clearly described in the Bible, and would lead up to the biblical description of the seven last plagues.  It seemed to him that, from the time the Sunday law was announced, catastrophes and disasters began to accelerate rapidly.  It was now June of 2003, and in perspective he could look back and see the progression of events.

When Tom discovered what and who UFOs and ETs really were, he made some major changes in his life.  His former lifestyle had changed greatly with yet more and dramatic changes to come. 

Tom was fired from his job at the newspaper because he would not work on Saturday.  As a consequence he could not pay the mortgage on his home and was forced to move out.  Tom and his family were doing a lot of studying, praying, and trusting in the Lord to lead and guide them.  Thus they were providentially led to a small remnant of Sabbath keepers who were also following the Lord, and who refused to worship on Sunday or take the mark, even though it meant they would not be able to buy or sell anything and risked going hungry.

Like Tom, all of these in this group had lost their jobs and hd their homes confiscated.  But by God’s providence one man in the group named Joseph had some acreage up in the High Sierra Mountains in a very secluded area.  This was a perfect mountain retreat and hideout complete with solar power, so they could run a TV and radio to keep up with events, running water from a spring, and plenty of wood for heat.  As this man and his wife made plans to move up there, they invited the group including Tom and his family to come with them.

With his last tank of gas, Tom and his family packed all the essentials they could get into their van, including his laptop computer, and drove up to join the rest of the group.  This beautiful place with its natural spring, a large garden area already planted, and a large orchard of apples and pears was more than they ever expected.  All recognized that God was leading, guiding, and protecting them, and was seeing to their every need.  True, by comparison, it was austere to the way they had lived before in San Francisco, but all were praising God for leading them to a safe and protected place.

Meanwhile back in the populated areas and cities around the world, many changes were rapidly taking place.  As the group listened on their car radios and portables, and watched on their portable TV, they heard and saw events that were happening, one after the other in rapid succession.  It seemed that literally all the forces of hell had broken loose.  Not a day passed without some major event or events taking place, happening somewhere in the world.  After a brief time of so-called peace, nations were once again threatening each other with nuclear war. Strife, bloodshed, and violence were taking place everywhere.   With increasing frequency, innocent people, women, children, the aged and helpless were being killed without reason. 

One event that especially interested the group was the mass exodus from the popular churches.  This was the time mentioned in the Bible of the great test for all mankind, when separation from the sin and evil found in the churches was to take place.  Many who had been members in good standing could see what was happening and discerned that their church had become part of what the Bible calls Babylon. 

They refused to follow the false Christ's command to worship on Sunday and receive the mark.  They could see where this was going to lead, and refused to be a part of it.  They like Abraham stepped out in faith, not knowing where their choice would take them. 

Just like with the small remnant groups, God's Holy Spirit was leading them also.  At the time they did not know it, but most of them would be laid to rest in the grave for a very brief period of time, but soon be resurrected at the second coming of Jesus.  In mercy the Lord would do this because of the terrible things that were  soon to take place.

But others who were part of this mass exodus were suffering great trials, imprisonment, and abuse, some of it at the hands of their former brothers and sisters in their respective churches.  All were facing rejection by family and friends just as the Bible describes.  This they recognized was to test their faith and resolve to follow Jesus.  All must be tested, tried and proven.

Quite some time before the Sunday law was enforced some, in third world countries like the Islamic, Hindus, and the Communist China, had faced terrible torture, mutilation and death.  An organization, Voice of the Martyrs had a worldwide prayer chain going to pray for these people who were dying for their faith.  Fanatical and radical Islamic’s were obviously under the total control of Satan.  Tom was on their mailing list and prayed for these poor Christians.  This state of affairs had continued up to the present time, but suddenly as if by a miracle, all torture and death had ceased.  Being knowledgeable, Tom recognized by the signs all around and what God’s Word said that everyone’s fate was sealed either unto eternal life or eternal death.  He knew that judgment and probation for the world had to be almost finished, marked by the beginning of the plagues.  Soon nothing would be accomplished for the cause of God by any saint's death.  When probation would close, each by this time wo9uld have made his choice to either be on God's or the enemy's side.

As events took shape, Tom became aware that there were two groups of Christians which had formed.  By far the largest group was comprised of those now leaving the fallen churches. The second group by way of comparison was much smaller.  Those in this group were found in clusters around the world.  Their experience was much like those in Tom's group.  They left the big churches a considerable time before the present exodus from the popular churches by the large group.  Like Tom, when the Sunday law was announced, they had disappeared into mountain hideouts and wilderness areas. 

Tom knew that only a very few if any, that were now exiting from the churches would providentially be led by the angels of the Lord to the remnant who were in hiding.  Most would be imprisoned, or laid to rest, but all would be saved and be resurrected and be taken to heaven when the Real Jesus would return.

SATAN AS CHRIST CALLS FOR DEATH DECREE:

Satan in his guise as Christ responded immediately in face of the terrible plagues he had created, he gathered the church and world leaders together.  TV coverage records each event as it unfolds.  He tells them the only hope of survival for earth and the people will require immediate action.  HE SAYS THE CAUSE OF THESE DISASTERS IS BECAUSE OF THE SMALL DISSIDENT GROUP OF SABBATH-KEEPERS who refuse to worship on his holy day, Sunday, and refuse to receive his mark.  He says that in order for there to be any relief, the death decree must be enforced as quickly as possible, and that these people must be tracked down wherever they can be found and killed.  The TVs and radios blared out the news with newsmen following the events and broadcasting the news hourly.

A HEAVENLY MIRACLE:

        Suddenly in the midst of all this confusion something very dramatic takes place.  From out of nowhere a video tape is played on the TV stations around the world.  No one know where it came from, but all recognized it as the most important event in Television history.  The actual, original Ark of the Covenant hunted and searched for, for over 2600 years miraculously appears on TV in all its glory, as if by magic.  No one knew how this happened, but there it was.  The Jews were dumbfounded as they see this most important part of their heritage in ancient times suddenly displayed for the whole world to see.

        For years people had claimed the Ark was here or there but no proof was ever brought forth.  But here video pictures taken in a cave chamber somewhere in Jerusalem was brought forth mysteriously and played before the world.  The world is stunned and Jews and Arabs totally taken back by this event.  Maybe even more than the coming of this false Christ.  They think that maybe he has something to with this.    

FLASHBACK:

Tom totally engrossed by all this calls to mind events he had heard about in 1990.  As he watches, glued to video being played on the TV, he sees a gray haired man with a beard in the presence of 4 men in this chamber.  He instantly recognizes him as Ron Wyatt, for he had been to a weekend series of meeting where he had talked and had also bought some videos at the time which described this man’s discoveries. 

In the video, he sees two of the men come over to the Ark and lift off the cover called the mercy seat.  He knew it was made of solid gold from the Bible’s description.  It had a golden angel on each end, and must have weighed at least 600 lbs.  The men lifted it up and off as if it were a feather.  A third man tells the bearded man to take something out of the Ark.  When he does it, is two tables of stone with writing on them.  He knows these are the actual tables or 10 commandments written with the finger of God on Mt. Sinai.  The very same tables placed by Moses into the Ark of the Covenant.  Ron had mentioned all this while he was alive.  The letters were in phyto-aramaic writing and although the stone was rock hard, the letters seemed to have been formed like someone writing in butter, for they were smooth and perfect like someone had cut it with a laser tool. 

Ron had wanted to be alive to be here when they were brought out, but in August of 1999 he died of cancer.  He had plead with God to let him live, but God had other plans for Ron.  After Ron died, faithful friends carried on the work of spreading this wonderful news.  A personal friend Jonathan Gray, an Archaeologist from New Zealand carried the torch about these discoveries all over the world.   

Then the most astounding part of the tape was shown.  It had to do with an analysis of dried blood found on the Mercy Seat, which Ron had scraped off the Mercy Seat and was tested to see if it was human or animal blood.  It turned out to be human blood but not like ours.  Instead of having 46 chromosomes like ours, it only had 24.  As the narrative continued on the video, Tom found out that the Ark had been placed in a chamber 20 feet under the cross hole where Jesus’ cross was placed.  Thus when his side was pierced, his blood dropped down into the hole and down a crack made by the earthquake that hit at the time Jesus died, and right onto the mercy seat.  Thus type met antitype on the mercy seat where for hundreds of years animal blood had been sprinkled.  Only God knew where that Ark was, placed their over 600 years before our Savior died and had it perfectly aligned to receive Christ’s blood offering.   

Suddenly after the footage was aired, a person was ushered in carrying the very tables of stone seen in the video.  How he got them no one knew for the chamber was off limits to everyone except who God allowed into it.  Around 16 people had died violent and mysterious deaths in trying to reach the Ark.  Yet here was this person now on TV with these tables of stone.  No one knew more about this person than how the video appeared and was played.  Some were assuming that it might possibly have been one of the four angels Ron had encountered in the chamber on his last visit to it. 

In 1996 when Tom had heard Ron, he was convinced that this was the obvious supernatural work of God who had set the stage for this very event.  He had known for years that a prophet of the Lord had described this scene which was to take place at the time of a manmade law that would replace the law of God and would be connected to a death decree. 

Now here the event was happening before his very eyes.  It seemed obvious to him that God had preserved his law for all this time to bring it out to convince the world that his law was immutable against the enemy’s assertions that it had been changed.  It all centered on the fourth Sabbath commandment as written by God on the Tables of Stone.    

(What you just read here about Ron Wyatt is absolutely true.  We have included this account in Exhibit “F” of this book.  You can read what the angel told Ron about this time and the Tables of Stone and when they would be brought out.  Before going on with this book, you definitely owe it to yourself to look at this evidence. 

Ron was a man who lived close to the Lord, felt he was led by providence and divine guidance to bring to light several major archaeological sites that show events portrayed in the Bible to be true.  These were: 1) Noah’s Ark site, 2) Joseph’s grain complex where the grain was stored when Egypt was in famine, 3) Sodom and Gomorrah, 4) The real Read Sea Crossing, 5) Mt. Sinai in Arabia, 6) The Ark of the Covenant.  If the reader wants more information about all this, they can contact Bill Fry at: www.anchorstone.com)

We believe these findings to be the work of the God’s Spirit and probably the greatest manifestation of the Spirit since Pentecost. It’s as if God was setting the stage to bring this evidence out to the attention of the world at the proper time, to be a witness to the world of the truth of the Bible stories about Creation, the story of the Israelites and the Ark of the Covenant, The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and most important the Ark of the Covenant.) 

WORLD LEADERS UNDETERRED:

In spite of this amazing display of the video and the tables of Stone the leaders at the prompting of Satan as Christ immediately set a time that was announced worldwide.  An open season on the remnant was declared.  Private citizens are encouraged to get involved.  They are told that at the appointed time, anyone who wants to participate in eradicating the hated sect will be given the weapons to do so.  A massive one-day strike, coordinated by the armed military and police forces worldwide, working with various citizen militia groups is planned and set.  If all goes as planned the world will be rid of the hated sect who is causing the untold pain and suffering seen globally.  Dogs, surveillance equipment, satellite tracking, night scopes heat sensing devices and scanners are to be used to track down the hated sect.

The wicked, suffering intensely because of the plagues can hardly wait to carry out the command and some begin to take action before the set time.  Tom and the group of believers listen with intense interest and concern as the announcement is made.  But they know they have no need to be concerned, for their deliverance has been promised. 

As proof of God's protection, not one of the plagues so far has affected them.  They have pure water to drink, and food to eat.  The sun has not scorched them as a cloud hovers over their camp.  They know the angels of God, as promised, are protecting them, and will continue to do so.

As we continue with Tom’s story, we will now follow the narrative taken from an inspired book by Ellen White, The Great Controversy.  Ellen White is recognized as one of the most prolific women writers of all times.  In her time from the 1840's until her death in 1915, she, with only a third grade education, hand wrote over 100,000 pages of instruction, visions, and admonition to God's remnant people, over a million words.  The following is an accurate eyewitness account of events shown to her in vision.  She saw what would take place from the time of plagues through the time of the millennium or thousand-year period.  She saw how God would purge the earth by fire and re-create it back to its Edenic state, as it was before sin entered.  If you doubt or question her inspiration, read the account first and then decide. For yourself if it sounds plausible, and followed Scripture.  To keep an open mind is of prime importance. 

Her vision in the 1880’s parallels Tom’s story and is a summary of end time events which will soon come to pass.  It is important to recognize that this account IS NOT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, but a time before that time known as the time of the deliverance of the saints.  This is how she saw the events transpire. 

THE DELIVERANCE OF THE SAINTS:

   "As the time appointed in the decree against God's people comes, the inhabitants of the earth unite to destroy the disturbers [the Sabbath keepers] of their peace.  In one night they determine to strike the decisive blow that shall forever silence the voice of the reprover.  The waiting ones, in their solitary retreats, are still pleading for divine protection.  In every quarter, companies of armed men, urged on by hosts of evil angels, are preparing for the work of death. 

   "With shouts of triumph, with jeers and imprecations, they are about to rush upon their prey.

   "But lo, a dense blackness, deeper than the darkness of the night, falls upon the earth.  Then a rainbow, shining with the glory from the throne of God, spans the heavens, and seems to encircle each raying company.  The angry multitudes are suddenly arrested.  Their mocking cries die away.  The objects of their murderous rage are forgotten.  With fearful foreboding they gaze upon the symbol of God's covenant, and long to be shielded from its overpowering brightness.

   "By the people of God a voice, clear and melodious, is heard saying, 'Look up,' and, lifting their eyes to the heavens, they behold the bow of promise.  The black, angry clouds that covered the firmament are parted, and like Stephen they look up steadfastly into Heaven, and see the glory of God, and the Son of man seated upon His throne.  In His divine form they discern the marks of His humiliation; and from His lips they hear the request, presented before His Father and the holy angels,  'I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am' (John 17:24).  Again a voice, musical and triumphant, is heard, saying, 'They come! they come!  Holy, harmless, and undefiled.  They have kept the word of my patience; they shall walk among the angels;' and the pale, quivering lips of those who have held fast their faith, utter a shout of victory.

   "It is at midnight that God manifests His power for the deliverance of His people.  The sun appears shining in its strength.  Startling signs and wonders follow in quick succession.  The wicked look with terror and amazement upon the scene, while the righteous behold with solemn joy the tokens of their deliverance.  Everything in nature seems turned out of its course.  The streams cease to flow.  Dark, heavy clouds come up, and clash against each other.  In the midst of the angry heavens is one clear space of indescribable glory, whence comes the voice of God like the sound of many waters, saying, 'It is one.'

   "That voice shakes the heavens and the earth.  There is a mighty earthquake.  The firmament appears to open and shut.  The glory from the throne of God seems flashing through.  The mountains shake like a reed in the wind, and ragged rocks are scattered on every side.  There is a roar as of a coming tempest.  The sea is lashed into fury.  There is heard the shriek of the hurricane, like the voice of demons upon a mission of destruction.  The whole earth heaves and swells like the waves of the sea.  Its surface is breaking up.  Its very foundations seem to be giving way.  Mountain chains are sinking.  Inhabited islands disappear with their living freight.  The seaports that have become like Sodom for wickedness are swallowed up by the angry waters.  Great hailstones, every one 'about the weight of a talent [60 lbs.]' (Rev. 16:21), are doing their work of destruction.  The proudest cities of the earth are laid low.  The costly palaces, upon which the world's great men have lavished their wealth in order to glorify themselves, are crumbling to ruin before their eyes.  Prison walls are rent asunder, and God's people who have been held in bondage for their faith, are set free.

   "Graves are opened, and 'many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth...awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt' (Dan. 12:2).  (This is a special resurrection)  All who have died in faith under the third angel's message [the call to come out of Babylon and the worship of the beast and on Sunday] come forth from the tomb glorified, to hear God's covenant of peace with those who have kept His law.  'They also which pierced Him' (Rev. 1:7), those that mocked and derided Christ's dying agonies, and the most violent opposers of His truth and His people, are raised to behold Him in His glory, and to see the honor placed upon the loyal and obedient. 

   "Thick clouds still cover the sky; yet the sun now and then breaks through, appearing like the avenging eye of Jehovah.  Fierce lightnings leap from the heavens, enveloping the earth in a sheet of flame.  Above the terrific roar of thunder, voices mysterious and awful, declare the doom of the wicked.  The words spoken are not comprehended by all; but they are distinctly understood by the false watchmen.  Those who a little before were so reckless, so boastful and defiant, so exultant in their cruelty to God's commandment-keeping people, are now overwhelmed with consternation, and shuddering in fear.  Their wails are heard above the sound of the elements.  Demons acknowledge the divinity of Christ, and tremble before His power, while men are supplicating for mercy, and groveling in abject terror....

   "Through a rift in the clouds, there beams a star whose brilliancy is increased fourfold in contrast with the darkness.  It speaks hope and joy to the faithful, but severity and wrath to the transgressors of God's law.  Those who have sacrificed all for Christ are now secure, hidden as in the secret of the Lord's pavilion (Psalms 31:20).  They have been tested, and before the world and the despisers of truth they have evinced their fidelity to Him who died for them.  A marvelous change has come over those who have held fast their integrity in the very face of death.  They have been suddenly delivered from the dark and terrible tyranny of men transformed into demons.  Their faces, so lately pale, anxious, and haggard, are now aglow with wonder, faith, and love.  Their voices rise in triumphant song:  'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble' (Psalms 46:1).

"While these words of holy trust ascend to God, the clouds sweep back, and the starry heavens are seen, unspeakably glorious in contrast with the black and angry firmament on either side.  The glory of Heaven is beaming from the gates ajar.  Then there appears against the sky a hand holding two tables of stone folded together.  The hand opens the tables, and there are revealed the precepts of the Decalogue (the Ten Commandments), traced as with a pen of fire.  (This is the second time the Commandments are shown.  These are the heavenly copy of the earthly, which were brought out at the time of the death decree as described above.) The words are so plain that all can read them. Memory is roused, the darkness of superstition and heresy is swept from every mind, and God's ten words, brief, comprehensive, and authoritative, are presented to the view of all the inhabitants of earth.  Wonderful code!  Wonderful occasion!

   "It is impossible to describe the horror and despair of those who have trampled upon God's holy requirements.  The Lord gave them His law; they might have compared their characters with it, and learned their defects while yet there was opportunity for repentance and reform; but in order to secure the favor of the world, they set aside its precepts and taught others to transgress.  They have endeavored to compel God's people to profane His Sabbath.  Now they are condemned by that law which they have despised.  With awful distinctness they see that they are without excuse.  They chose whom they would serve and worship.... 

   "The enemies of God's law, from the ministers down to the least among them, have a new conception of truth and duty.  Too late they see that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is the seal of the living God.  Too late they see the true nature of their spurious Sabbath (Sunday), and the sandy foundation upon which they have been building....

Following the deliverance of the people of God described above, the prophetess then saw "a time of jubilee when the land would rest," and those enslaved by the enemy would be freed.  It is not yet known exactly what she meant by that.  But as described, this time is followed in a short time by Christ's coming in clouds of glory.  The next Episode takes you there. 

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