Introduction

“I also saw that Old Jerusalem never would be built up,” wrote Ellen G. White in 1851. What kind of building up did she mean? Was she mistaken?GI 1.1

This sentence appears in Early Writings in a chapter (pp. 74-76) entitled “The Gathering Time,” combined from two visions and some additional lines. (For the text, see pp. 12, 13 below.) One vision, September 23, 1850, dealt with (a) the “gathering time” of “Israel,” (b) the dates on the Millerite 1843 chart, (c) the “daily” and time setting, and (e) the error of going to Old Jerusalem. Section (d), from the vision of June 21, 1851, deals with the third angel’s message and time setting. This was inserted when the combination was first published, in Experience and Views (August, 1851). There were added also: (f) a further reference to going to Jerusalem, and (g) the statement about Old Jerusalem not being built up. The whole was reprinted with minor verbal revision in Early Writings (1882).GI 1.2

Why were all these apparently unrelated topics combined?GI 1.3