I shall read from The Mount of Blessing page 186, paragraphs one and two. These paragraphs you will notice are based on the scripture which says Give not that which is holy unto the dogs. -1TG28 12.1

M.B. pg. 186 — Jesus here refers to a class who have no desire to escape from the slavery of sin. By indulgence in the corrupt and vile their natures have become so degraded that they cling to the evil and will not be separated from it. The servants of Christ should not allow themselves to be hindered by those who would make the gospel only a matter of contention and ridicule. -1TG28 12.2

But the Saviour never passed by one soul however sunken in sin who was willing to receive the precious truths of heaven. To publicans and harlots His words were the beginning of a new life…. Beneath an appearance of hatred and contempt even beneath crime and degradation may be hidden a soul that the grace of Christ will rescue to shine as a jewel in the Redeemers crown. -1TG28 12.3

Here we see that in His statement Give not that which is holy unto the dogs Christ instructs His followers to abstain from trying to poke down any Bible truth into those who have no desire to be freed from sin. Regardless how far one may have fallen in sin God will not overlook even one soul who is willing to be helped and willing to accept and practice the Truth. With this assurance let us pray for an increased desire to escape from slavery of sin. Indeed the important thing is not how good or how bad we are or have been but how susceptible and submissive to present Truth we are now while It unfolds. The real burden of our prayer should be that we catch a vision of the Truth that makes free if accepted as the Scroll unrolls. -1TG28 12.4

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On the Threshold of a New World in the Sight of the Old

TEXT OF ADDRESS BY V.T HOUTEF,
MINISTER OF DAVIDIAN 7TH-DAY ADVENTISTS
SABBATH, FEBRUARY 15, 1947
WACO, TEXAS

This afternoon we are to study the seventh chapter of Micah. This chapter brings to our attention three divisions of time in which three different conditions obtain on the earth. The first condition is recorded in the first four verses the second in verses 5-14 and the third in verse 15 down to the end of the chapter. -1TG28 13.1

Now let us begin our study with– -1TG28 13.2

Micah 7:1 — Woe is me there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. -1TG28 13.3

Something is likened to a vintage after its fruit is gathered in. What is it? We will find the answer by reading– -1TG28 13.4

Mic 7:2-6 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood they hunt every man his brother with a net. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly the prince asketh and the judge asketh for a reward and the great man he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh now shall be their perplexity. Trust ye not in a friend put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. -1TG28 13.5

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The righteous having been taken out of the world and the wicked alone left in it its condition is depicted by a vintage that has been robbed of its fruit and left in a state of loneliness and fear because of total wickedness. This sifting takes place in the day God visits His watchmen that is in the Judgment day the day He separates the wheat from the tares (Matt. 13:30) the good fish from the bad fish (Matt. 13:47, 48) the sheep from the goats (Matt. 25:31-46). -1TG28 14.1

Mic 7:7-10 — Therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me O mine enemy: when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him until He plead my cause and execute judgment for me: He will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold His righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it and shame shall cover her which said unto me Where is the Lord thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. -1TG28 14.2

These verses present Gods faithful people the people to whom these prophecies have been unfolded as having an enemy that bears the feminine designation she. This she questions and doubts Gods presence among His people she mocks them for their faith. -1TG28 14.3

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Since these prophecies are now for the first time brought to light they constitute the message of the hour and since upon us has been placed the burden of carrying the message to the church and since she is our enemy as was the Jewish church to the Christian Inspiration thus bears witness against her and pronounces her doom. -1TG28 15.1

Then it shall come to pass that the Gentiles shall see the saints righteousness and all kings their glory and they as a people shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord shall name. Isa. 62:2. -1TG28 15.2

Mic 7:11, 12 — In the day that thy walls are to be built in that day shall the decree be far removed. In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria and from the fortified cities and from the fortress even to the river and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. -1TG28 15.3

Since this decree is removed in the day the Kingdom (the church purified) is restored in the day the saints are fortified the decree has no effect on them. In that day declares Inspiration there shall be a great gathering from Assyria and from the fortified cities even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. This message therefore is the one that precedes the harvest of the earth the great and dreadful day of the Lord the Judgment for the Living the day in which all things are to be restored (Mark 9:12). -1TG28 15.4

Mic 7:13, 14 — Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein for the fruit of their doings. Feed thy people with thy rod the flock of thine heritage which dwell solitarily in the wood in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old. -1TG28 15.5

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Before these promises are fulfilled though Inspiration declared the land was to be desolate the dispersion of the people would first take place. -1TG28 16.1

This Rod of God not only speaks but It feeds too. And what can It be if not meat in due season ? if not the message of the hour? The people explains the scripture are those who dwell solitarily in the woods in the midst of Carmel. Prophecy for this day and hour recommends the message which the Rod contains and which Carmel puts out none other. -1TG28 16.2

Mic 7:15 — According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. -1TG28 16.3

We are given the promise that the saints experience is to be similar to that of the Exodus movement that is just as they were led out of Egypt by the mighty hand of God and were brought safely into the promised land so shall it be now. -1TG28 16.4

And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people which shall be left from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. And He shall set up an ensign for the nations and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Isa. 11:11, 12. -1TG28 16.5

Mic 7:16-18 — The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth their ears shall be deaf. -1TG28 16.6

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They shall lick the dust like a serpent they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God and shall fear because of Thee. Who is a God like unto Thee that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever because He delighteth in mercy. -1TG28 17.1

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon shall obey them. And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea and with His mighty wind shall He shake His hand over the river and shall smite it in the seven streams and make men go over dryshod. Isa. 11:13-15. -1TG28 17.2

As great as shall be the day of the Lord for the faithful just that dreadful will it be for the unfaithful. -1TG28 17.3

Mic 7:19 — He will turn again He will have compassion upon us He will subdue our iniquities and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. -1TG28 17.4

Our God is wonderful indeed He retains not His anger. He delights in mercy. He remembers not the sins of the penitent He casts them away where they cannot be found anymore. -1TG28 17.5

Mic 7:20 — Thou wilt perform the Truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham which Thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.-1TG28 17.6

Inspiration reaffirms all Gods promises. They never fail. His prophecies are sure. We are on the threshold of a new world in the sight of the old — soon there shall be sin no more. -1TG28 17.7

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Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Rev. 7:15-17. -1TG28 18.1

Even now says the Lord I have set watchmen upon thy walls O Jerusalem which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord keep not silence and give Him no rest till He establish and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. -1TG28 18.2

The Lord hath sworn by His right hand and by the arm of His strength Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine for the which thou hast laboured: -1TG28 18.3

But they that have gathered it shall eat it and praise the Lord and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of My holiness. Go through go through the gates prepare ye the way of the people cast up cast up the highway gather out the stones lift up a standard for the people. -1TG28 18.4

Behold the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world Say ye to the daughter of Zion Behold thy salvation cometh behold His reward is with Him and His work before Him. And they shall call them The holy people The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called Sought out A city not forsaken. Isa. 62:6-12. -1TG28 18.5

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We are indeed at the threshold of this new world in sight of the old. Let our works and faith now answer the Lords most astounding questions since the world began: -1TG28 19.1

Behold I will send My messenger and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord Whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in: behold he shall come saith the Lord of hosts. -1TG28 19.2

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. -1TG28 19.3

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages the widow and the fatherless and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not Me saith the Lord of hosts. For I am the Lord I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Mal. 3:1-6. -1TG28 19.4

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