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The Shepherd's Rod vol. 2

Isa. 58: 1

"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, an shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins."

The

Shepherd's

Rod

The 144,000 of Revelation7-

Call For Reformation

By

V. T. HOUTEFF

Volume 2

• Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................................9
• IN WHAT MANNER WERE THE SCRIPTURESGIVEN?....................................................................................12
  1. Sin Against the Holy Ghost What is it?...........................................................................................................13
• INTRODUCING CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR.............................................................................................................17
  1. Three Days and Three Nights in the Heart of the Earth..............................................................................17
  2. The Passover Preparation................................................................................................................................. 20
  3. Time Table From Passover to the Resurrection............................................................................................23
• THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL AND THE REVELATION OF JOHN CONTAINS THE WORLD’S HISTORY....................................27
  1. Symbol of Wings and Ribs.................................................................................................................................33
  2. “Arise Devour Much Flesh”.............................................................................................................................42
  3. Plucked the Lions Wings..................................................................................................................................42
  4. Man’s Heart Given to It.......................................................................................................................................45
• THE BEAR AND THE LEOPARD............................................................................................................................50
  1. The Ram and the He Goat...................................................................................................................................53
  2. Kingdom of Brass Rules the World.................................................................................................................53
• THE NON-DESCRIPT BEAST. DAN. 7...................................................................................................................56
  1. Attempts to Establish Ecclesiastical Governments ......................................................................................56
• THE RED DRAGON. Rev. 3......................................................................................................................................65
  1. War in Heaven......................................................................................................................................................66
  2. Time Cast Out......................................................................................................................................................66
  3. The Dragon’s Horns and Heads........................................................................................................................68
  4. The Dragon’s Crowns.........................................................................................................................................69
  5. The Accuser of the Brethren............................................................................................................................69
• THE CHURCH OF GOD IN SYMBOL OF A WOMAN. Rev. 12.........................................................................71
• THE LEOPARD-LIKE BEAST. Rev. 13:1-10..........................................................................................................85
  1. The Crowns and the Horns................................................................................................................................87
  2. Horns and Heads All Present............................................................................................................................88
  3. The Symbol of the Heads....................................................................................................................................88
  4. One Head Wounded Unto Death........................................................................................................................96
  5. His Deadly Wound Was Healed.......................................................................................................................96
  6. All the World Wondered After the Beast.......................................................................................................98
  7. The Name of Blasphemy....................................................................................................................................98
  8. Separating the Tares From the Wheat..........................................................................................................101
  9. Confidence in Man is Satan’s Sure Trap......................................................................................................102
  10. A Brief Summary of the Leopard-Like Beast.............................................................................................106
• THE TWO-HORNED BEAST. Rev. 13:11-18.......................................................................................................108
• THE SCARLET COLORED BEAST. Rev. 17.......................................................................................................111
• THE WOMAN RIDING ON THE “BEASTS” “HEADS” &“WATERS" Rev. 17.........................................121
  1. Who is the Woman Riding on the Beast.......................................................................................................121
  2. How Long Has the Woman Been in Existence?...........................................................................................123
• THE EXCEEDING GREAT HORN OF DAN. 8:9............................................................................................126
  1. Rome’s Power Not Her Own- Understanding Dark Sentences................................................................127
  2. The Horn Reveals That Which the Beast Fails to Do.................................................................................129
  3. Cast Down the Host and the Stars..................................................................................................................129
  4. The Daily and the Sanctuary Cast Down.......................................................................................................130
  5. How Was the Church Paganized?..................................................................................................................134
  6. How Idol Worship Crept into the Church.....................................................................................................136
  7. SUMMARY-The Horn “Bears Rule Over All the Earth”..........................................................................139
  8. The Sabbath “Trodden” Only Once...............................................................................................................141
  9. Double Worship in All Ages.......................................................................................................................... 142
• THE BEAST (666), FALSE PROPHET, MOTHER OF HARLOTS, MAN OF SIN,WHO ARE THEY?.....................................148
  1. The Destruction of the Beast and the Prophet............................................................................................152
  2. The Destruction of the “Man of Sin”............................................................................................................153
  3. The Mother of Harlots Not the Beast.............................................................................................................153
  4. The Time of the Woman’s Destruction.........................................................................................................154
  5. Who is the False Prophet?..............................................................................................................................157
  6. The Woman Sitting on the Heads..................................................................................................................157
  7. The Woman Sitting on the Beast...................................................................................................................158
  8. The Cup, Jewels, and the Loud Colors..........................................................................................................159
  9. SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................................160
• THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND. Rev. 7&14 ............................................................163
  1. The 144,000 Sealed While in the Church....................................................................................................163
  2. Servants of God in the Time of the Harvest..................................................................................................166
  3. Are the 144,000 of Both Sexes?.....................................................................................................................167
• AT PROBATION’S END, GRAVES CEASE---Rev. 14 & 15.............................................................................170
• THE TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER OF MATTHEW, AND THE SIGNS OF CHRIST’S COMING...................................174
  1. Committed to S. D. A. Denomination.............................................................................................................178
  2. The Ten Virgins---Matthew 26.......................................................................................................................180
  3. Summary of the Ten Virgins..........................................................................................................................185
• THE SEVEN SEALS AND THE SANCTUARY....................................................................................................187
  1. The Plan of Salvation Preceded the Fall........................................................................................................188
  2. Is the Sanctuary the Eternal Place of God’s Throne?................................................................................188
  3. Where is the Throne Seen by John?.............................................................................................................189
  4. The Judgment and the Seals-Revelation Chapter 4....................................................................................194
  5. Sea of Glass........................................................................................................................................................198
  6. The Opening of the Book.................................................................................................................................200
  7. The Seals By Periods-Revelation Six............................................................................................................201
  8. The Meaning of the Horses and Riders.........................................................................................................202
  9. First Seal-White Horse....................................................................................................................................205
  10. The First Rider..................................................................................................................................................205
  11. Second Seal-Red Horse....................................................................................................................................206
  12. The Rider on the Red Horse............................................................................................................................207
  13. The Third Seal-Black Horse...........................................................................................................................208
  14. The Balances in the Rider’s Hand.................................................................................................................209
  15. Hurt Not the Oil and the Wine........................................................................................................................210
  16. The Fourth Seal.................................................................................................................................................211
  17. The Fifth Seal.....................................................................................................................................................212
  18. The Sixth Seal....................................................................................................................................................213
  19. The Seventh Seal, Revelation 8:15.................................................................................................................214
  20. Reformation in View.........................................................................................................................................219
  21. Summary of Commencement and Termination of Seals............................................................................221
• WHEAT AND BARLEY EACH FOR A PENNY..................................................................................................222
  1. The Ancient Time Clock..................................................................................................................................225
  2. The Morning Call..............................................................................................................................................226
  3. Second Call in the Third Hour........................................................................................................................227
  4. The Sixth Hour Call..........................................................................................................................................227
  5. The Ninth and Eleventh Hour Calls...............................................................................................................229
  6. Why Stand Ye Idle?...........................................................................................................................................231
  7. The Last First and the First Last...................................................................................................................233
  8. Give Them Their Hire......................................................................................................................................235
  9. Why Early in the Morning?............................................................................................................................236
  10. Seven Universal Governments........................................................................................................................236
  11. Reason Why Three Hours to a Movement....................................................................................................237
• MILLER’S MISTAKE; WHAT IS THE FLOOD TO US?...................................................................................240
  1. The Flood a Type of the Destruction of the Wicked....................................................................................246
  2. Flood Coincides With the Passover and Crucifixion..................................................................................254
  3. The Significance of the First and the Second Month..................................................................................256
• THE FIRST AND SECOND TEMPLE-TYPE AND ANTI-TYPE........................................................................259
  1. The Second Temple...........................................................................................................................................259
  2. The Literal and Spiritual Distinction Between the Two Temples............................................................261
  3. First Temple Literally Greater, But the Second Spiritually.....................................................................262
  4. The Time for Building the Anti-Typical Temple (Church) ......................................................................266
  5. Three Decrees Issued Before Temple Was Built.......................................................................................273
  6. False Accusations and Excuses......................................................................................................................273
  7. Objections Against the Channel God May Use............................................................................................275
  8. The Second Decree to Build “The Temple”.................................................................................................276
  9. The Third Decree to Build “The Temple”....................................................................................................278
  10. The Time For the Establishment of the True Church................................................................................279
  11. The Power of God’s People To Build His House..........................................................................................280
  12. The Result of Obedience to God’s Word.......................................................................................................281
• ZECHARIAH 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................283
  1. The Two Golden Pipes......................................................................................................................................285
  2. The Seven Lamps...............................................................................................................................................285
  3. The Seven Golden Tubes..................................................................................................................................285
  4. What Is Inspired and What Is Not?................................................................................................................287
• THE RIVER OF EZEKIEL’S VISION.....................................................................................................................290
  1. Ezekiel 47 ..........................................................................................................................................................291
• JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH; WHAT IS IT?........................................................................................................299 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH..........................................................22
• THE IMAGE OF DANIEL 2.......................................................................................................................................29
• THE FOUR BEASTS OF DANIEL 7.........................................................................................................................31
• THE LION OF DANIEL 7...........................................................................................................................................35
• THE BEAR OF DANIEL 7..........................................................................................................................................37
• THE LEOPARD OF DANIEL 7..................................................................................................................................39
• LION’S WINGS PLUCKED, MAN’S HEART GIVEN TO IT...............................................................................44
• THE GOAT AND RAM OF DANIEL 7.....................................................................................................................51
• NON-DESCRIPT BEAST IN HIS FIRST STAGE. DANIEL 7:7..........................................................................57
• NON-DESCRIPT BEAST IN HIS SECOND STAGE. DANIEL 7:8.....................................................................59
• THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON OF REVELATION 12.................................................................................64
• THE WOMAN WITH THE EAGLE’S WINGS OF REVELATION 12 ...............................................................74
• THE BEASTS OF DANIEL AND REVELATION...................................................................................................84
• WORLD’S HISTORY IN SYMBOLS OF RAM AND GOAT............................................................................128
• THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BEASTS, THE HARVEST AND THE PLAGUES .........................................150
• THE SEVEN SEALS AND THE JUDGMENT.......................................................................................................204
• THE HISTORY OF THE GOSPEL, ELEVENTH HOUR CALL, MATTHEW 20. HISTORY OF THE GOSPEL....................................224
• THE FLOOD-TYPE AND ANTI-TYPE...................................................................................................................250
• THE TWO TEMPLES IN TYPE AND ANTI-TYPE..............................................................................................270
• THE MIGHTY RIVER OF EZEKIEL......................................................................................................................294