PROPHETS IN HEAVEN’S BOOK

By Leslie Hardinge PHD.

In the book Education p. 46, these interesting sentences are recorded.

“From the earliest times Prophets have been recognized as teachers divinely appointed.”
In the highest sense the prophet was one who spoke by direct inspiration.
Communicating to the people the messages that he had received from God. But the name
was given also to those who was not so directly inspired were divinely called to instruct
the people the works and ways of god. For the training of such a cast of teachers, Samuel,
by the Lords direction established the schools of the prophets.
Now let us think of what some of these prophets did. Some of these prophets were
just a one time, a one-message kind of approach. Some of them didn’t even give one
message. The bible tells us that the prophets of God were helping them, by their presents.
And I sure by their words, and by their prayers
The Women Prophetess are in Red
1. Aaron: Exodus 7:1; There are no messages that he recorded. He was to help
Moses. A spokesman, by his presents, by his prayer. When
Moses was lifting up his arms, Aaron and Hur upheld them.
That was more than a physiological act, that was symbolic
jester of total support. It comes to the English language to
uphold the hands of any person right in the forefront of the
conflict seeking to do the divine will.

2. Abigail: 1 Samuel 25:3 (mentioned 17 times in Old Testament.)

She was given the flash of insight into the success and messianic
potential of this outlaw Captain David. Who had been so bitterly
insulted by her husband Nabal.
3. Abraham: Genesis Ch. 15; In the 15th chapter, and then in the messianic tablow
of the sacrificing of his son. And Christ looking back,
says to Isaac, your father Abraham rejoiced to see My
day, and saw it. So God opened his eyes, in an
inspired vision, and he looked down and saw, as you
read in the 15th chapter, the horror of Great
Darkness of Gethsemane, Calvary,

4. Adam: P&K’s 67, DA 799; tells us Adam had the Spirit of Prophecy, even
though the bible doesn’t tell us. He could look through, and see the future
of his prosperity, the tragedy of the world, the future of the Kingdom of
God, and the ultimate success.

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 5. Agabus: Acts 11:28, “He meet Paul” he predicted that “Paul was to be arrested”
Acts 21:11; just a one shot message. As we go through
. these Prophets. Try to assess in our minds the circumstances
and the wherefores as we can recall the stories why these
prophets functioned.

6. Agur: Proverbs 30 & 31: Mystery man, also called Lemuel. Some think this
was a way Solomon was speaking of himself. There
are inspired writing by this writer.

7. Ahijah: 1 Kings 15:27; He gave his message, did what he could. Suffered all the
rebuffs that came to him. And carried out the divine functioning.

8. Amos: Wrote a book,

9. Ananias: Acts ch. 9; God spoke to him, and said you go and speak to Saul that’s
called Straight. You’ll find a man Saul of Tarsus, and tell
him I have a future for him. And he did. He worked a
miracle, almost completely restored Paul’s blindness. He
didn’t completely, because Paul had trouble with his eyes the
rest of his life. And the Lord aloud him to have this, so that
he wouldn’t be Proud because of the abundance of the
Revelations given to him. See he’s the New Testament
counterpart of Moses. Paul molded and made the New
Testament. He was the giant that describes the 1st century,
and the succeeding century. God realized that Paul needed to
maintain his humility, and He let this thorn in the flesh, this
minister of Satan to buffed him. But Ananias accomplished
this task, and baptized the most influential mind in the
Christian Church, apart from Jesus Christ.

10. Anna: Luke 2:36; Meeting Christ. Elderly lady, filled with the gift of prophecy.
recognizing that Christ had come, she was saturated with the
knowledge of the Old Testament. Particularly the Psalms.
and when Christ came, all that phraseology, that were in the
Psalms, and in the prophets, came right back to their minds
and focused on the face of that was there presented.

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11. Asaph: I Chronicles 25:9 And many other places. (A Song Writer) God had
inspired several people to write hymns. The Psalms,
to lead in worship. And we will call attention to them
as we go through the bible. Asaph is probably one of
the most famous.

12. Azariah: 2 Chronicles 15:1; (came once) meet a crisis, and disappears. .

13. Azur: Jeremiah 28:1; He does nothing that we have any knowledge.

14. Balaam: Was a true prophet at one time. He was one of God’s shining
firmaments of glory. He was a priest.
Talmud mentions there were great persons, 4 persons;
1. Job (a priest, and a prophet.)
2. Balaam (a Priest and prophet).
3. Melchizedek (a priest and prophet)
4. Jethro: (a priest and prophet).
These were non-Hebrew people.
But God accepted their offerings. This is used many times by the
Talmudists, the ancient Hebrew writers, we sometimes think it’s just
mentioned 6 times in the New Testament, which it is, but it’s mentioned
many times, extra Biblically in the Jewish writings.

Job: Was a Canaanite. He offered sacrifices continually, in case his sons

sinned.

Melchizedek: Was a Canaanite. Whose home was in Jerusalem.

Jethro: Was a priest of the most high God from Midian. He was a
Midianite.

Balaam: Offered sacrifices to God, and he came from Mesopotamia.

He aloud the erosion of his faith to be produced by his
abborous, Balaam loved money, which destroyed his faith, and
when the children concurred the land, he was slain.

Those mentioned above were non-Hebrew people. God introduces them into
the scripture narrative, to indicate that His Spirit will fill, and His grace will
transform characters wherever they are found.

15.Caiaphas: (Was chairman of the Sanhedrin) with the stories of Jesus arrest, and
the condemnation of Christ. Caiaphas plays a very important roll. They
knew nothing at all, its expedient that one should parish that the whole
nation suffer not. Even though he despised Christ, God used him. “This

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 spake he”, not because he was a High Priest, but because God gave him
prophecy. He understood it. You know God can use Balaam, He can
Caiaphas, to convey His message, one shot.

16.Daniel: Wrote a book.

17.David: Great writer, poet. wrote parts of Samuel, and much of the Psalms.

18.Deborah: Judges Ch. 4; (a woman of action). 1 time ministry. Got a vision,

one time. Barak was the leader, The presence of Deborah,
with the message of the Lord to give to him. Then the
great song of triumph in the 5th chapter of Judges.
Something like the triumph that the Israelites sung after
Crossing the Red Sea. A one-time ministry. Inspired by
God, accomplished the will, when it was over, that was it.

Then there were two mysterious characters, Eldad, and Medad they prophesied before
Israel. While the children of Israel were forgetting, that Moses was in the Mount.
Forgetting the Lord had brought them safely from bondage in Egypt, across the Red Sea,
fed them, watered them, lighted them, cooled them, and heated them, Eldad & Medad
prophesied. They wrote no books, gave no oral discourse that has been recorded by any
other. Nevertheless, they accomplished a purpose.

19.Eldad: Numbers 11: 26-29; Eldad and Medad, they prophesied before Israel.

20. Medad: Numbers 11: 26-29.

21. Eliezer: 2 Chronicles 20:37; One time, gave his message.

22. The Seventy Elders: That prophesied and helped Eldad and Medad.

Then we have Elijah and Elisha, They wrote no books. Nevertheless, there’s a great
deal told to us about their ministry. Much more about Elisha than Elijah.

23. Elijah: The Tishbite: (was fearless, a doer, rather than a thinker. teacher, or
preacher.) A man of action. The need arose, and he rose to the need
and said lets get it done. And he did it. Also both Elijah and Elisha
were great educators. They reestablished the schools of the
prophets. That was Deborah too, a woman of action. An other
aspect of this prophetic ministry, is activity. Something needs to
be done, lets get with it. And the wheels of machinery begin
moving.

24. Elisha: Who followed in the footsteps of Elijah, who ask for, and given a
double portion (blessing of Elijah).

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25. Elizabeth: Luke 1:5; You can read Elizabeth the Mother of John the Baptist.
when Mary came into her presence, Remember when she
the child in my womb jumped for joy, and immediately
she breaks out in peaians of praise, to the mother of
the Lord of Glory. That is full of poetic effusion is
full of Old Testament imagery and quotations and
illusions, but also looks foreword to the success and
ultimate triumphant of that babe in her presence.

26. Enoch: (the seventh from Adam.) He predicted the Flood, and the Second
Advent. The two major interventions to stop this Planet, and remove
the evil, so to speak, that God takes a part.

27. Ethan: Psalms 89: 1; He was an other singer.

I Chronicles 16:41: He is also called Jeduthun; he is a musician and
and a writer of Hymns. So God wished that His people sing Hymns of
very high order. The lyrics, the music, God himself took an interest.

28. Ezekiel: We have no question, he wrote the book.

29. Gad: I Chronicles 29:29; wrote a book, and the book is lost. He was also very
interested in music too. He took a great part in helping
to smoothen out, and more worth while, the worship that
God’s people rendered to God in corporate activities.
Not personal, but when they meet together to worship.
The choirs, and the singers, and the musicians, and
the orchestras, the soloist, the lyrics they sang, the
Music they produced, God gave this prophetic gift
To be directed there.

30. Habakkuk: Wrote a book.

31. Hanani: II Chronicles 16:7, and 19:2, and I Chronicles 25:4. He to came once
and gave his message, and went his way.

32. Hanna: II Samuel ch. Two; The mother of Samuel, God gave her the Spirit of
Prophecy. Not only did she see the future of her son.
But he gave to her a vision what the son would play
some part in the accomplishing in the establishment
of the kingdom of God. Hanna was a very remarkable
women.

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33. Heman: I Chronicles 25:1-6; The title that was given to him was “THE
SINGER”
It is believed that he composed Psalms 88. And
when you read that Psalm, it was to help David
when he was going through the weeks of terrible
depression that he went through, when he had realized
what he had done with Bathsheba and Uriah and
everything that happened. When you read the Bible.
David never got over that, never ever. It was like an
incubus over him all the time. God had forgiven him,
But sometimes when God forgives, He doesn’t
always remove the consequences of that act. And the
consequences of that act, like the consequences of
Adams act, for nearly a thousand years, when all
wickedness came, when all the death and war and
everything came. Adams descendents, great, great,
great grandchildren came, and pointed their finger at
Adam, and said you were the one responsible for this.
A shadow over his life, although he was forgiven,
right to the End. Heman evidently produced music,
even for David. To help him lift his spirits up by
seeing the Lord.

34. Hezekiah: The King, added fifteen years to his life, and cured him. Produced a
Psalm that came by the gift of Prophecy.

35. Hosea: He wrote a book.

36. Huldah: II Kings 22:14; She lived there in the college, close by the temple.
Well known by her ability to give expositions of the
scripture. She was once introduced into the story as
bringing a tremendous word in the confidence in Gods
inspired word, and instruction to the King.

37. Iddo: An other man, wrote a book, it is lost. Was close to David. A chronicler,
historian, encourager of the King in all his troubles. There is nothing of
his actual words that are produced. These prophets come, and they fulfill
their function for a day, a month, a year, and then they disappear.

38. Isaac: Genesis 26:6-24; Son of Abraham, he to be also granted the Spirit of
Prophecy.

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39. Isaiah: II Kings 19:2; And of course the book he’s written. It is recorded that
was sawn asunder. If you would look in the SDA
Commentary, the volume that deals with Isaiah, you will
read that Ellen White says he was sawn asunder. And also
read in the Second volume of Charles, the pseudo epigrapher.
You will read the martyrdom of Isaiah. It’s just a small book, that
Has been preserved, a very old one. About four pages long. It
describes how Manasseh had him sawed into pieces.
Also in Hebrews 11:37,
Even though it doesn’t give his name, does mention the various
types of persecutions God’s prophets endured.

40. Isaiah’s Wife: Isaiah 8:3; She was called the “prophetess”, this does not mean Mrs.
Prophet, it’s a term indicative of a Prophetic Office.
And so with her husband, she worked for the up building
the cause of God, at a time when Israel was in desperate
straights

41. Jacob: Genesis 49; predicting his son’s future. Genesis 28:10 to 13. Spiritual Gifts
Vol. 3, pg. 170. Jacob had the gift of Spiritual Prophecy.

42. Jehiel: Prophets and Kings, pg. 201, and II Chronicles 21:1-4: was an other Prophet,
just one time.

43. James: Wrote the book, brother of the Lord in the New Testament.

44. Jeiel: II Chronicles 29:13; he too was a singer. Had the prophet gift, he helped with the
cleansing of the temple. He aided Hezekiah had the
prophetic gift. He helped him in the cleansing of the temple.

45. Jehu: I Kings 16:1 through 7 & 12 and several other places. He to helped the King.
He was the son of Hanani.

46. Jeremiah: Wrote a book.

47. Job: Was a prophet, and priest.

48. Joel: Wrote a book. Son of Pethuel.

49. John the Baptist: Luke 7:28-30; There is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist.

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50. John the Revelator: these are pretty obvious, and we know their functions.

51. Joseph: Genesis 41: 16-29; and the 6th Vol. Of the Testimonies, pg. 219
Remember he saw sun, moon & stars, he got a vision bowing before him.
And he saw the sheaves bowing down to him. He had several interesting
Visions that the Lord had given him. And also functioned as a prophet for
Pharaoh.

52. Joshua: Joshua 6:26.and I Kings 16:34; He wrote the book. He to had the Spirit
of Prophecy.

53. Judas Barsabas: In the New Testament, Acts 15:22-27; Had the gift of prophecy.
He helped Paul, encouraged the church.

54. Jude: The second to the last book in the Bible.

55. Luke: Wrote a book.

56. Malachi: Wrote a book.

56. Matthew: Wrote a book.

57. Mark: Wrote a book.

58. Mary: The Mother of Jesus. If you consider the magnificat, it’s full of the Psalms,
she must have known those Psalms from memory. Magnificent teacher for
the son that was commended to her care. “Blessed among women” could see
through it, the future of her son.

59. Micah: Wrote a book.

60. Micaiah: He stood up to Ahab, predicted his death. Ahab put him in jail for his trouble.

61. Miriam: Exodus: 15:20; Miriam had the Spirit of Prophecy. You have to be very sad
for Miriam and Aaron, they had made a mess of their lives.
God could still use them. But they were never like what they
could have been, like David. What David would have been?
What these people would have been, if they hadn’t allowed
themselves to be seduced by Satan. God could still use them,
but they were crippled. Their joints had never really set, so
after leading the women of Israel in their anthem of praise
antiphonally with the men that were lead by Moses. After
the crossing of the Red Sea, allowing herself to become
jealous of Zipporah, we need nothing more. Now the ministry
God had specially for building the women, in helping their faith.

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62. Moses: Wrote five books, the book of Job. Many predictions, every function. Moses was
much more than a prophet. He was magnificent.

63. Nahum: Wrote a book.

64. Nathan: II Samuel 7:2; His ministry for David, the histories he wrote, the organization
of the kingdom that he produced , the helping and encouraging
and triggering the building temple. He had a very wide ministry.

65. Noah: Hebrews 11:7; The time of the Flood,

66. Obadiah: And his book.

67. Oded: II Chronicles 28:9; Not only a prophet himself. II Chronicles 15:8; that he was also
a son of a prophet, Azariah. Two of them, father and son. Which
is not common.

68. Peter: Couple books he wrote, predicts the Second Coming of Christ, predicts the
Geo-science crises,

69. Paul: Paul of course, here is a shadow that flips across the page. I view Paul as a type of
Moses, leading out in the first century of the Christian Age.

70. Philip’s daughters: Acts 21:8,9. Philip’s four virgin daughter’s prophesized.
What they prophesized about is unknown

74. Haroeh: “THE SEER”, A descendant of Caleb listed in the genealogy of Judah.
What he did, we are not told.

75. Samuel: An other giant, wrote a book, inaugurated Christian education, helped in the
anointing of two Kings, and stemmed the defeat of Israel and a very young
man against the Philistines.

76. Saul: I Samuel 10:5-12; King Saul, the first King of Israel. Patriarchs and Prophets.
Page 610. He could be a King, as well as a Prophet. God turned him into an other
man . Give him the gift of prophecy. The miracle was so profound and well known,
that it became a proverb in Israel “Is Saul also among the prophets?” If he can get
religion, then anyone can. But he allowed the attacks of the adversary to destroy him,
until he committed suicide.

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77. Shemaiah: I Kings 12:22-24, II Chronicles 11, II Chronicles 12. He came and carried out
his purpose of sustaining and supporting. He wrote a book and it is lost. Was
called “A Man of God.”

There were two Simeon’s, There was the elderly gentleman in the temple, and there was a
prophet at Antioch. The one was lead to identify Christ, and the
Second Simeon helped in the inauguration of the first missionary
enterprise of the Christian church, lead by Paul and Barnabus.

78. Simeon: Luke 2:25-32. The elderly prophet in the temple.

79. Simeon: Acts 13:1: The Prophet at Antioch, He was called Niga , and Niga in the Kings
James spelling “Niger”. You have to have certain characteristics to be
Called Niger.
The word Niga in Latin means Black. The Nigerian Country and
The river Niga in West of Africa, was the first place that was called
“Black”. So this man evidentially was black in some way.

80. Solomon: He wrote his books,

81. Steven: Act 6:5-9; At his martyrdom, He was a deacon. A man full of Faith, and the Holy
Ghost.

82. Urijah: Jeremiah 26:20-23; Was slain by Jehoiakim with a sword, and cast his body into
the graves of the common people. Was the son of Shemaiah.

There are three Zechariah’s.

83. Zechariah: Son of Barachias. In Mathew 23:35; Christ mentions Zachariah son
of Barachias, whom they had slew between the temple
and the alter. Gave a call to return to God.

84. Zechariah: II Chronicles 24:20-22; Son of Jehoiada the priest, who was executed for
prophesying against Joash for turning to idolatry.
So they stoned him.

85.Zachariah: II Chronicles 26:5 and Isaiah 8:2; son of Jeberechiah.

We are told of the fate they suffered, but no details of their ministries.
81. Zephaniah: Wrote a book.

This is the list that emerges in the Bible, as Dr. Leslie Hardinge was able to get.
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in number. They all had the gift of prophecy. There are others that have written books,
that are no longer available.
Iddo wrote a book, its called The Story of the Commentary of the prophet Iddo.
But it’s gone.
Jehu wrote a book, called; The Acts of Jehoshaphat, and it to is gone.
Shemaiah wrote a book called; The Acts of Rehoboam, it too is gone.
Ahijah wrote a book called; A Prophecy, in the Prophecy of Ahijah.
Gad he wrote a history of David and Solomon.
Nathan did the same, and he wrote a book called; The Acts of Solomon.
Heman just that he wrote a book.
There is a book of Isaiah, other then the prophecy that we have, that is a lost
Biography of King Uzziah, first and last. II Chronicles 26:22.That’s not in the
Prophetic book.
There’s a book of Jasher; Joshua 10:13 & II Samuel 1:18; No body knows
anything about that.
There’s a book called The Wars of God, in Numbers 21:14.
There’s a book called The Acts of Solomon, in I Kings 11:41
There’s a book called The Acts of Uzziah in II Chronicles 26; 22, That Isaiah wrote.
In II Chronicles 21:12; there is a letter that Elijah wrote to Jehoram that is lost.
In II Chronicles 35:4; The writings of David and Solomon.
Then in Paul’s second Epistle, he makes the illusion to the letter he had written after
I Corinthians, to the Corinthian Church. These are lost.

2 Chronicles 20:20…“Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established;
believe his prophets, and you will prosper.”

FIVE EPOCHS OR CRISIS

1. THE FLOOD: Prophetic Truth, Present Truth
Enoch Noah
2. THE EXODUS: Prophetic Truth Present Truth
Abraham, Joseph Moses

3. THE EXILE: Prophetic Truth Present Truth

Jeremiah, Isaiah Daniel

4. TIME OF CHRIST; Prophetic Truth Present truth

John the Baptist Christ

5. TIME OF DANIEL: Prophetic Truth Present Truth

Daniel and the ?
2300 days.

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 If you will notice the chart above, on it is five epochs. (An epoch is a crisis). The word
crisis comes from the word krinein, from which the word critic comes. Or criticism. Crisis is
an exact English letter transliteration of the Greek krisis. All words ending in “is” describe
processes. Krino is to judge. It’s the process; the krisis that brings you up to the watershed
that makes for the time of decision, after which the rivers flow in a direction that they can never
revoke.
As we approach the Bible there are certain preconceptions that we must keep in our
heads. They are so simple when I tell them, they’re almost truisms, but how many people really
believe them? “God never changes”. How many texts do you want? “I AM THAT I AM”
(Exodus 3:14”) “I the Lord change not. (Malachi 3:6) With Him there is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning. (James 1:17) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and
forever. (Hebrews 13:8)” If God changed, we’d be all in the loony bin. What would happen
if gravity didn’t function now? Right now. If gravity disappeared and you started to float
weightlessly through the area that you are in, what would you do? If you are always wondering
whether that large object would stay down there or whether it would go up somewhere and
gravity would stop and it would scrunch you. Life would be interesting, wouldn’t it? We’d be
insane. Sunrises, Sunsets. Gravity holds us chained to the location where we are at. God has
made it so. “Seedtime and harvest, day and night, summer and winter shall not cease”.
Since God does not change, the way He acts through the centuries doesn’t change. Doesn’t
change. You can challenge that statement, but give me two texts to prove your point.
That’s what Jesus says, “In the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word will stand.
Matthew 18:16; You need at least two texts for every idea you get. He works the same in
every age. “And the Lord God will do nothing but He’ll revealeth His secret to His
servants and prophets.”
Now with these in our minds as presuppositions, let’s look at these charts. God was
going to destroy the world by a flood. Point #1. If He revealed His secret to His servants or
prophets, find the prophet. Then when the period is ending, He applies prophetic truth as
present truth by another prophet. And that second prophet forms the nucleus of a
believing, remnant that survives. Noah preached prophetic truth that Enoch had given, for 120
years. He built an ark in the process. God did His part and filled the ark with the species of the
animals He wanted. He told Noah and all the believers, “Get on board.” And eight people

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climbed aboard. It has been suggested that there were about 6 billion people on the planet in
the days of Noah. You don’t have to believe that statement, go calculate. If you come to 5
billion, maybe I’ll agree, too. If you come to 4, it’s a lot. If you come to one billion, it’s a lot.
If you come to 100,000 and only eight got on board, it’s still a lot. So the figure is
inconsequential. A trickle of humanity decided to climb a board. How many people do you
think Noah had on his last Sabbath morning sermon in church? As it was so, there was a
surviving remnant that believed prophetic truth when it was made present truth on the tongue of
a prophet. That has been so in every case in history. The Lord God will do nothing, but He
will reveal His secret to His servants the prophets. The next step is known as the Exodus.
Moses took the prophetic truth and applied it. Time has come, Pharaoh; “Let my people go”,
God is saying. And a great number of people set out, and the journey was not the way they
expected. It took them longer than they thought. See they had built up in their minds a myth, a
scenario. It’s going to be this way. It’s going to be this quick. It should have been this quick. It
must be this quick. And two people got to the Promised Land. Their named; Joshua and
Caleb. Prophetic truth applied by Moses.
You know since the turn of the century, the world has seen the greatest war that was ever
fought, 60 million causalities. It’s seen the greatest famine that was ever contrived. Did you
known most of the famines are contrived? Thirty million people starved to death in China,
(59-61) compared with nine million people that Stalin starved to death. Mao Tse Tung beat
Stalin by 3 ½ times. The greatest earthquake that the world has ever seen, 400,000 causalities.
The greatest single epidemic.
Since the turn of the Century we have seen these signs. What signs do we want to see
more? There will be war, there will be pestilences, and there will be earthquakes. Staggering!
Seventy weeks-coming of the Messiah. Scores and scores of prophecies finding the Christ;
His birth, His time, His lineage. Everything to do with Him. He raised up; “There has not
been a greater prophet than John the Baptist.” Jesus said. “To proclaim, the time is
fulfilled.” Prophetic truth is becoming present truth. Prophets raised up. Scores and scores
of predictions fulfilled. And people chose not to believe. Let me emphasize that. Belief is a
choice. I’ve had people come to me sometimes, I haven’t done it too many times, but I’ve sort of
enjoyed doing it. Somebody came to me and said I couldn’t see anything wrong with that. I
said, “May I compliment you on your honesty, that you admit you can’t see.” Shook them

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up, which I wanted to do. Think again, why can’t you see? You’re choosing not to, from
the evidence given in the Bible. They chose not to accept Christ, and a remnant survived.
After Christ’s ascension, how large was the biggest congregation that he addressed,
according to the apostle Paul? “Five hundred persons at one time”, Paul tells us. “Five
hundred.” How many of those were in the Upper Room? “One hundred and twenty.”
What happened to the three hundred and eighty? Ten days He was away before His gift of
the Spirit on Pentecost, and 380 had to go skiing. Or whatever else they did in those days
to occupy their time. But there were survivors there. They would to me and said I couldn’t
see anything wrong with that. I said, “May I compliment you on your honesty, that you
admit you can’t see.” Shook them up, which I wanted to do. Think again, why can’t you
see? You’re choosing not to, from the evidence given in the Bible. They chose not to accept
Christ, and a remnant survived.
After Christ’s ascension, how large was the biggest congregation that he addressed,
according to the apostle Paul? “Five hundred persons at one time”, Paul tells us. “Five
hundred.” How many of those were in the Upper Room? “One hundred and twenty.” What
happened to the three hundred and eighty? Ten days He was away before His gift of the Spirit
on Pentecost, and 380 had to go skiing. Or whatever else they did in those days to occupy their
time. But there were survivors, there were survivors. Let’s look at the last one. This is where,
“so also shall be when the Son of Man comes.”
Daniel made a prediction that was fulfilled on October 22, 1844. If you can’t
establish that, please learn to do so. During the Second World War, Leslie Hardinge was pastor
of a church in Edinborough, Scotland. And he and his wife would offer a Rest and Recreation
area in their home, so every Sabbath, they would have 4 or 6 or so GI’s. New Zealander’s,
Canadians, Australians, American’s, wherever they came from, they’d come. And his wife
would invite them to have lunch with us, and he would mingle with them and he wanted to see
how they had got on, during the conditions of the war. Not to embarrass anyone. They were of
age, but he wanted to find out how they managed. How they managed about the Sabbath.
You know some of them told Leslie some wonderful stories. One guy had said to him,
“The first Friday, Sergeant was a little tough. He wouldn’t give him the Sabbath. He should’ve,
but he was a little tough. So he said, “I want to see the Captain.” So he took him to the Captain.
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says, “You’re a Seventh-day Adventist.” He said, “Yes, Sir.” He said, “Sit down here.” So
he sat him down at the corner of the desk, pulled out a sheet of paper, stuck it in front of him and
gave him a pencil and said, “Draw me a chart of the 2300 days with all the trimmings.” Leslie
never forgot that phrase. “2300 days with all the trimmings”. Could you draw a chart of the
2300 days with all the trimmings? Seven weeks, 62 weeks, last week, all unto the end. And he
sat down there and with a prayer, he said, “Lord help me!” and he remembered, his Academy
Bible teacher. You see, he was drafted before he went to College. And the Lord helped him to
put it down and he got all the dates down and all the bits and pieces and he handed it to the
Captain and the Captain had a grin all over his face. He said, “You know, I went to an
Evangelistic Meeting run by a Seventh-day Adventist some years ago and he had a chart like this
and I’ve always wanted one. Thanks!” He had no trouble getting the Sabbath off. That’s what
a Seventh-day Adventist was supposed to do, in this Captain’s mind. He’s supposed to know
the 2300 days with all the trimmings.
Now since Jesus Christ never changes, since the Bible tells us, “He is the same
yesterday, today and forever.” Since He has walked this way in every crisis, and every epoch
in Salvation history, The prophetic truth of the 2300 days must be applied by a Prophet.
Look down there and you will see Prophet question marks. Who is the prophet? You’ve got to
find one. That is the center of the believing nucleus that takes Prophetic Truth and makes
it Present Truth. That organized a believing remnant. Step by step by step. Millerite
Movement, down through the years, he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
Many will be taken, few will remain and we, who are alive and remain, shall be caught up.
Twice, Jesus made a very interesting statement. “Many are called, but few are chosen.” Now
may I say with very great respect, that’s not quite what the Greek says. That’s a meaning of the
Greek, but not the way it says it. Let me tell you the way it says it, and if you don’t believe me,
check up in the Testaments. Your Pastor’s got one. You can look it up and see. Christ’s
statements are verbals. They are gerunds. The little word many; many, simple term. The next
one, the-being-called-out-ones, it’s one word. Many, the-being-called-out-ones. It’s a process.
But few; simple term, another word, the-choosing-for-themselves-ones. You couldn’t
translate it like that in English. So many are called but few are chosen. The end gerund,
choosing-for-themselves, is a middle voice. It’s not passive, it’s not that they are chosen, but
they are choosing for themselves. You go look that up.

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 We ought do what the Bereans did when Paul preached. They went home and they
checked whether those things were so or not. (Acts 17:11) Many, the-being-called-out-ones.
Ekkalein from which you get Ekklesia. They are the ones in process of being called out. Few,
the-ones-who-choose-for-themselves, there is no doubt whatever, that one of the main emphases
of scripture is that the surviving remnants are saved. Jesus works this way. Jesus is the one
that made the prophecies. Did you know that? Did you know that Jesus inspired the
prophets? I Peter 1:10, “The prophets searched diligently who prophesied.” Verse 11,
“Searching or what manner of time the spirit of Christ in them did signify.” I Peter
1:10,11.
The same Jesus who was going to save the believing remnant, made the prediction.
And He sent the prophet to take prophetic truth and apply it as present truth. That’s why
the Spirit of Prophesy is the Testimony of Jesus. He is the one that testifies. “The Spirit of
Prophesy is the Testimony of Jesus.” Got that one from Revelation 19:10. Jesus was in the
prophets, testifying beforehand. Jesus was in the prophet who took that prophetic truth and
made it present truth, to apply to us, who live in the present. And present truth today, in the
emphasis that I am giving this today, is to accept the teachings of Jesus that will enable us to
survive.
Believe, what He has taught. Believe, the prophets, so shalt you prosper. Believe His
Word. Many are the ones being called out, but few choose for themselves, and what we are
choosing is the Word of Jesus. And since Jesus is the Word, we are choosing Him. He is
the Alphabet from which the Word was written. He’s the Alpha and the Omega. He’s all the
words. He is the Word, but the words teach us about Him. He is all the articulated segments of
speech, the Logos is the meaning. Jesus starts with the alphabet, Jesus goes through the words of
the Bible, Jesus focuses on the message of the Bible. Jesus is the center of everything. Those
who believed in His message, in Noah’s time, the time of the Exodus, at the time of the Exile,
at the time of Christ, and Today. Those are the survivors; those are the ones that hold to
their hearts, the Testimony of Jesus.
Brothers and sisters very soon, it will be all over. Many will be taken, and a few will be
left. May the good Lord hold us to His side and keep us close. That when He comes in the
clouds of heaven, we, who are alive and remain, will be caught up.
THOUGHTS BY LESLIE HARDINGE PHD.

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I personally with to dedicate this work, as the life long passion, and dedication of Leslie
Hardinge PHD, his research and his love for the Bible, and Spirit of Prophecy. He now is
sleeping in the arms of Christ, awaiting the trumpeter’s call.

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