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Stephen Bohr: Ready for His Appearing

Stephen Bohr

Three Inseparable Doctrines

Hidden Sabbath Truths

Reflections on Daniel 11

The Holy and the Profane

Well, it's not so much because of what I might say, but because of your capacity to assimilate after lunch.

But we will try and keep you awake, Lord willing.

It's wonderful that so many of you came out this afternoon.

No better place to be at Loma Linda University than here to study the Word of God.

Father in heaven we thank you for the awesome privilege of being here this afternoon once again to open your word And Father we ask that as we open up the pages of your holy book that your spirit will be with us.

Help us to have clear minds that we might be able to think the thoughts of God.

We ask Lord that you will bless those who are on the way, bring them here safely.

And we ask that as we study about the great events soon to break forth in this world, that you will teach us how we can be better prepared for these things which are going to overtake the world as an overwhelming surprise.

We thank you, Father, for the privilege of approaching your throne in prayer.

And we thank you especially because we know that you hear us, that you will answer this prayer for we ask it in the precious name of Jesus.

White, as far as I've been able to determine, in the 100, 000 plus pages that she wrote has only 3 primary references to Daniel 11.

In actual fact the first statement which I'm going to read as we begin our study this afternoon, does not even mention Daniel 11 by name, but we know that she's alluding to Daniel 11.

The second quotation, she actually mentions something about the prophecy of Daniel 11, but it's just a general statement.

In the third statement, Ellen White actually quotes some verses from Daniel 11.

There's only 1 quotation in all of the writings of Ellen White where she actually quotes verses from Daniel 11.

Now what I'd like to do is read these 3 statements.

The first of them, as I mentioned, does not directly mention Daniel 11, although we know that she is talking about Daniel 11 because of the content of the quotation.

I know it's difficult to calibrate a wireless microphone particularly when I'm the speaker.

We're deadly enemies, wireless mics and I.

The first quotation is in Testimonies to Ministers page 112.

This is the very general statement where she doesn't mention Daniel 11 directly.

She says this, the light that Daniel received from God was given especially for these last days.

The visions he saw by the banks of the Ulai, which vision of Daniel 8 was given by the river Ulai?

So she says, the visions he saw by the banks of the Ulai, that's Daniel 8, and the Haidakel.

And the Heidekkel, see she's indirectly referring to Daniel 11 here, the great rivers of Shinar are now in the process of fulfillment.

Which prophecies are in the process of fulfillment?

She says are now in the process of fulfillment and then she says and all the events foretold will soon come to pass.

As I mentioned she doesn't mention Daniel 11 directly here, but she speaks about the vision next to the Heidekel.

And we know that the vision next to the Heidekel was the vision that includes primarily Daniel 11.

Now she doesn't say in this statement where we are in the process of fulfillment.

She simply says that all of the events foretold in this chapter will soon come to pass, but we don't know where we are in the process of the chapter.

So now we need our second statement which is a little more specific.

It's found in volume 9 of the Testimonies, page 14.

And this is going to add something to the first statement.

She says, the world is stirred with the spirit of war.

The prophecy of the 11th chapter of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment.

First statement where it's in the process.

The prophecy of Daniel 11 is a process of fulfillment.

But where are we in the process first statement where it's in the process of the prophecy that you love is a process of fulfillment but where are we in the process in daniel 11 he doesn't say in the first statement but in the second statement she says the prophecy of the eleventh chapter of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment, which means that we must beware in Daniel 11, at the very end of Daniel 11.

And then she completes the statement by saying, soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place.

Now the third statement is the only statement in her writings that I've been able to find at least in all of what I was able to find on the CD-ROM.

It's the only statement where Ellen White actually quotes verses from Daniel 11.

And I want you to notice what she says about verses 30 to 36.

This is Manuscript Releases, Volume 13, page 394.

Manuscript releases, volume 13, page 394.

I tried to find it in 1 of the published books but I haven't been able to find it in any of the published books.

So it is, manuscript releases is, you know, There are several volumes that were published of previously unreleased Ellen White material, so they are published but not like the regular red books.

The world is stirred with the spirit of war.

Soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place.

The prophecy in the 11th of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment.

Now we saw that's in the previous statement, but now notice what she adds.

Much of the history that has taken place in fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated.

I'll wait just a moment so we can digest that.

Is she saying that Daniel 11 has a dual fulfillment?

She's saying that much of the history that fulfilled Daniel 11 will be repeated.

In a moment I'm going to explain what she means.

Daniel 11 does not have a dual fulfillment.

Daniel 11, true to historicist mold, begins with Persia and it develops, we're going to notice this, it develops without interruption chronologically, ending with the close of probation and ultimately the resurrection, the special resurrection.

So in other words it is like Daniel 2, Daniel 7.

It is a sequence of events in chronological order without parentheses or interruptions.

So it's impossible that that part of Daniel 11 was fulfilled in the past and then that part of Daniel 11 is going to be fulfilled in the future as well.

It doesn't fit the mold of the prophecies of Daniel.

But you're saying Pastor Bohr, Ellen White clearly says here that much of the history that has taken place in fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated.

Notice she's not saying that that Daniel 11 is going to be repeated.

She says much of the history that took place in fulfillment of Daniel 11 will be repeated.

There's a very important distinction here.

Now the question is which history of Daniel 11?

Which portion of Daniel 11 is going to, the history is going to be repeated again?

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Reflections on Daniel 11