Islam of the first and second woes of Revelation chapter nine represented the judgment that was brought upon Rome. William Miller had called the trumpets, “the peculiar judgments” which were brought upon Rome, but Miller could not see Modern Rome, as the threefold alliance which leads the world to Armageddon. Uriah Smith recognized the trumpets represented God’s judgment upon Rome, and that the fifth and sixth trumpets (first and second Woes), were judgments upon the Catholic church.

Islam prvoga i drugoga jaoja iz devetoga poglavlja Otkrivenja predstavljao je sud koji je bio doveden na Rim. William Miller nazvao je trube „osobitim sudovima“ koji su bili dovedeni na Rim, ali Miller nije mogao vidjeti Suvremeni Rim kao trostruki savez koji vodi svijet k Armagedonu. Uriah Smith prepoznao je da trube predstavljaju Božji sud nad Rimom te da su peta i šesta truba (prvi i drugi jao) bili sudovi nad Katoličkom crkvom.

“For an exposition of this trumpet, we shall again draw from the writings of Mr. Keith. This writer truthfully says: ‘There is scarcely so uniform an agreement among interpreters concerning any other part of the Apocalypse as respecting the application of the fifth and sixth trumpets, or the first and second woes, to the Saracens and Turks. It is so obvious that it can scarcely be misunderstood. Instead of a verse or two designating each, the whole of the ninth chapter of the Revelation in equal portions, is occupied with a description of both.

„Za tumačenje ove trube ponovno ćemo posegnuti za spisima g. Keitha. Ovaj pisac s pravom kaže: ‘Jedva da postoji tako jednodušno slaganje među tumačima u pogledu ijednog drugog dijela Otkrivenja kao glede primjene pete i šeste trube, odnosno prvoga i drugoga jao, na Saracene i Turke. To je toliko očito da se jedva može pogrešno razumjeti. Umjesto da po jedan ili dva retka označuju svaku od njih, cijelo deveto poglavlje Otkrivenja, u jednakim dijelovima, posvećeno je opisu obiju.’

“‘The Roman empire declined, as it arose, by conquest; but the Saracens and the Turks were the instruments by which a false religion became the scourge of an apostate church; and hence, instead of the fifth and sixth trumpets, like the former, being designated by that name alone, they are called woes.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

„Rimsko je carstvo propalo, kao što je i nastalo, osvajanjem; no Saraceni i Turci bili su oruđa kojima je lažna religija postala bičem otpadničke crkve; i stoga se, umjesto da peta i šesta truba, poput prijašnjih, budu označene samo tim imenom, nazivaju jadima.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

What Miller and Smith did not recognize about the trumpets as God’s judgment upon Rome, was that those judgments were brought about by the enforcement of the worship of the sun. In the year 321, Constantine passed the first Sunday law, and nine years later he moved the capital from the city of Rome, to the city of Constantinople, thus initiating the process of disintegration of the Roman Empire. In Daniel chapter eleven, pagan Rome was to rule supremely for a “time,” which represented the three hundred and sixty years, from the Battle of Actium, in the year 31 BC, unto the year 330, when Constantine divided the kingdom into the West and the East.

Ono što Miller i Smith nisu prepoznali u vezi s trubama kao Božjim sudom nad Rimom bilo je to da su ti sudovi bili izvršeni nametanjem štovanja sunca. Godine 321. Konstantin je donio prvi zakon o nedjelji, a devet godina poslije premjestio je prijestolnicu iz grada Rima u grad Konstantinopol, čime je započeo proces raspadanja Rimskog Carstva. U jedanaestom poglavlju Daniela poganski je Rim trebao vrhovno vladati jedno „vrijeme“, što je predstavljalo tristo šezdeset godina, od Bitke kod Akcija, godine 31. pr. Kr., pa do godine 330., kada je Konstantin podijelio kraljevstvo na Zapad i Istok.

He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.

Ući će mirno čak i u najbogatija mjesta pokrajine; i učinit će ono što nisu činili njegovi oci niti oci njegovih otaca; razdijelit će među njima plijen, grabež i bogatstva; da, smišljat će svoje naume protiv utvrda, ali samo za neko vrijeme. Daniel 11:24.

During those three hundred and sixty years, the Roman Empire was essentially invincible, but once the capital was moved to the East, the ability to govern such a massive empire was no longer possible. Constantine tried to maintain control by dividing the kingdom between his three sons, but that only furthered the crumbling of the former empire.

Tijekom tih tristo šezdeset godina Rimsko je Carstvo u biti bilo nepobjedivo, ali kada je prijestolnica premještena na Istok, više nije bilo moguće upravljati tako golemim carstvom. Konstantin je pokušao zadržati vlast podijelivši kraljevstvo među svoja tri sina, ali to je samo dodatno ubrzalo raspadanje nekadašnjega carstva.

When the papacy took the throne of the earth in the year 538, at the third Council of Orleans a Sunday law was passed. Thus, in the year 606, Mohammed began his prophetic ministry, and symbolically represented the trumpet that was to be what the historians identify as a “scourge of an apostate church.” The history of the first and second woes, beginning with the ministry of Mohammed in the year 606, concluded on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet sounded.

Kada je papinstvo godine 538. preuzelo prijestolje zemlje, na trećem saboru u Orléansu donesen je nedjeljni zakon. Tako je godine 606. Muhamed započeo svoju proročku službu te simbolično predstavljao trubu koja je trebala biti ono što povjesničari označuju kao „bič otpale crkve”. Povijest prvoga i drugoga jaoja, započevši sa službom Muhameda godine 606., završila je 22. listopada 1844., kada je zatrubila sedma truba.

The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:14, 15.

Drugi jao prođe; i evo, treći jao dolazi brzo. I zatrubi sedmi anđeo; i nastadoše snažni glasovi na nebu, govoreći: Kraljevstva ovoga svijeta postala su kraljevstva našega Gospodina i njegova Krista; i on će kraljevati u vijeke vjekova. Otkrivenje 11,14.15.

During the history of the first two Woes, Constantinople, the capital of eastern Rome, was conquered in 1453, and papal Rome in the west was delivered its deadly wound in 1798. The “scourge of an apostate church,” had brought down both civil and religious Rome. The threefold union of Modern Rome is accomplished at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States.

Tijekom povijesti prva dva Jaoa, Carigrad, prijestolnica istočnog Rima, bio je osvojen 1453. godine, a papinski Rim na zapadu zadobio je svoju smrtonosnu ranu 1798. godine. „Bič otpale crkve“ oborio je i građanski i vjerski Rim. Trostruko jedinstvo suvremenog Rima ostvaruje se u skorašnjem zakonu o nedjelji u Sjedinjenim Državama.

“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, 588.

„Protestanti Sjedinjenih Američkih Država bit će prvi koji će pružiti svoje ruke preko ponora kako bi uhvatili ruku spiritizma; posegnut će preko bezdana da se rukuju s rimskom vlašću; a pod utjecajem toga trostrukog saveza, ova će zemlja poći stopama Rima gazeći prava savjesti.” Velika borba, 588.

At that time, Islam of the third Woe will accomplish God’s judgment against Modern Rome for its enforcement of Sunday worship, as He did with pagan Rome, and papal Rome. With pagan Rome He employed the first four trumpets to bring an end to Roman rulership in the capital of western Rome by the year 476, for after the year 476, no ruler of the city was of Roman lineage. By 1453 the fifth trumpet of Islam brought Roman rulership of eastern Rome to an end. By 1798, papal rulership of the former tenfold division of the nations of Europe was brought to an end in the history of the sixth trumpet of Islam. The demise of the civil kingdom of Rome, both west and east, and the religious kingdom of Rome was brought about following the enforcement of the pagan worship of the sun.

U to vrijeme islam trećega Jao izvršit će Božji sud nad Modernim Rimom zbog njegova nametanja bogoslužja nedjelje, kao što je učinio s poganskim Rimom i papinskim Rimom. Protiv poganskoga Rima upotrijebio je prve četiri trube kako bi do 476. godine priveo kraju rimsku vladavinu u prijestolnici zapadnoga Rima, jer nakon 476. godine nijedan vladar grada nije bio rimskoga podrijetla. Do 1453. peta truba islama dovela je do kraja rimsku vladavinu istočnoga Rima. Do 1798. papinska vladavina nad nekadašnjom deseterostrukom podjelom naroda Europe bila je privedena kraju u povijesti šeste trube islama. Propast građanskoga kraljevstva Rima, i zapadnoga i istočnoga, kao i religijskoga kraljevstva Rima, nastupila je nakon nametanja poganskoga štovanja sunca.

“The people of the United States have been a favored people; but when they restrict religious liberty, surrender Protestantism, and give countenance to popery, the measure of their guilt will be full, and ‘national apostasy’ will be registered in the books of heaven. The result of this apostasy will be national ruin.” Review and Herald, May 2, 1893.

„Narod Sjedinjenih Država bio je povlašten narod; ali kad ograniči vjersku slobodu, napusti protestantizam i dâ potporu papinstvu, mjera njegove krivnje bit će puna, a ‘nacionalni otpad’ bit će zabilježen u nebeskim knjigama. Posljedica tog otpada bit će nacionalna propast.” Review and Herald, 2. svibnja 1893.

The triple application of prophecy establishes the characteristic of the final fulfillment of the prophecy based upon the characteristics of the first two fulfillments. On September 11, 2001 the third Woe arrived in history. It had initially arrived on October 22, 1844, for the third Woe is the seventh trumpet, and that trumpet began to sound at that time. But as with ancient Israel, modern Israel chose rebellion and brought about a period of wandering in the wilderness instead of finishing the work. The sealing time of the third angel was therefore delayed, until it began again on September 11, 2001.

Trostruka primjena proročanstva utvrđuje obilježje konačnoga ispunjenja proročanstva na temelju obilježja prva dva ispunjenja. Dana 11. rujna 2001. treći Jao pojavio se u povijesti. On je isprva nastupio 22. listopada 1844., jer treći Jao jest sedma truba, a ta je truba tada počela zvučati. No, kao i drevni Izrael, suvremeni Izrael izabrao je pobunu i prouzročio razdoblje lutanja pustinjom umjesto da dovrši djelo. Vrijeme pečaćenja trećega anđela stoga je bilo odgođeno, sve dok nije ponovno započelo 11. rujna 2001.

“For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord’s professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years.” Selected Messages, book 2, 69.

„Četrdeset je godina nevjera, mrmljanje i pobuna isključivalo drevni Izrael iz zemlje kanaanske. Isti su grijesi odgodili ulazak suvremenog Izraela u nebeski Kanaan. Ni u jednom slučaju obećanja Božja nisu bila kriva. Nevjera, svjetovnost, neposvećenost i razdor među onima koji se nazivaju Gospodnjim narodom zadržali su nas toliko godina u ovom svijetu grijeha i žalosti.“ Selected Messages, knjiga 2, 69.

God does not change, and He judges according to the available light. Modern Israel had more available light than ancient Israel, and we are informed “the same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan.” If modern Israel was only held accountable to the light which ancient Israel was held accountable to, it would have been enough, but they had more light. Therefore, if it was the “same sins” that caused “ancient Israel” to wander in the wilderness for “forty years,” then not only was modern Israel banished to the “wilderness” in the rebellion of 1863, but they were just as certainly destined to die there. Their “sins” have delayed the work of the third angel until now.

Bog se ne mijenja i sudi prema raspoloživoj svjetlosti. Suvremeni Izrael imao je na raspolaganju više svjetlosti nego drevni Izrael, a obaviješteni smo da su „isti grijesi odgodili ulazak suvremenog Izraela u nebeski Kanaan“. Kad bi suvremeni Izrael bio smatran odgovornim samo prema svjetlosti prema kojoj je odgovarao drevni Izrael, i to bi bilo dovoljno, ali on je imao više svjetlosti. Stoga, ako su „isti grijesi“ prouzročili da „drevni Izrael“ luta pustinjom „četrdeset godina“, tada ne samo da je suvremeni Izrael bio prognan u „pustinju“ u pobuni 1863. godine, nego mu je jednako tako bilo određeno da ondje umre. Njihovi su „grijesi“ odgodili djelo trećega anđela sve do sada.

“Said the angel, ‘The third angel is binding, or sealing, them in bundles for the heavenly garner.’ This little company looked careworn, as if they had passed through severe trials and conflicts. And it appeared as if the sun had just risen from behind a cloud and shone upon their countenances, causing them to look triumphant, as if their victories were nearly won.” Early Writings, 88.

„Anđeo reče: ‘Treći anđeo ih povezuje, ili zapečaćuje, u snopove za nebesku žitnicu.’ To je malo društvo izgledalo izmučeno brigama, kao da je prošlo kroz teške kušnje i sukobe. I činilo se kao da je sunce upravo izašlo iza oblaka i obasjalo njihova lica, čineći da izgledaju pobjedonosno, kao da su njihove pobjede gotovo izvojevane.“ Early Writings, 88.

The same sins that banished ancient Israel to die in the wilderness have delayed the work of the third angel who arrived on October 22, 1844.

Isti grijesi koji su protjerali drevni Izrael da umre u pustinji odgodili su djelo trećega anđela koji je došao 22. listopada 1844.

“After Jesus opened the door of the most holy, the light of the Sabbath was seen, and the people of God were tested, as the children of Israel were tested anciently, to see if they would keep God’s law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the disappointed ones the way to the holiest of the heavenly sanctuary. As they by faith enter the most holy, they find Jesus, and hope and joy spring up anew. I saw them looking back, reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down through their experience to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and certainty again animate them. The third angel has lighted up the past, the present, and the future, and they know that God has indeed led them by His mysterious providence.” Early Writings, 254.

„Nakon što je Isus otvorio vrata presvetinje, vidjelo se svjetlo subote, a Božji je narod bio kušan, kao što su nekoć bila kušana djeca Izraelova, da bi se vidjelo hoće li držati Božji zakon. Vidjela sam trećega anđela kako pokazuje prema gore, pokazujući razočaranima put u presvetinju nebeskoga Svetišta. Kad vjerom uđu u presvetinju, nalaze Isusa, a nada i radost nanovo izviru. Vidjela sam ih kako gledaju unatrag, preispituju prošlost, od objavljivanja drugoga Isusova dolaska, kroz svoje iskustvo sve do isteka vremena 1844. godine. Vide objašnjenje svojega razočaranja, a radost i sigurnost ponovno ih oživljuju. Treći je anđeo obasjao prošlost, sadašnjost i budućnost, i oni znaju da ih je Bog doista vodio svojom tajanstvenom providnošću.” Early Writings, 254.

The third angel is the sealing angel, and he arrived on October 22, 1844, but his work was delayed by the same sins that caused ancient Israel to die in the wilderness. The delay caused by the rebellion of 1863, was a delaying of the work of the third angel, and therefore the sealing has been hindered and delayed for over one hundred years.

Treći anđeo jest anđeo zapečaćenja, i došao je 22. listopada 1844., ali je njegovo djelo bilo odgođeno zbog istih grijeha koji su prouzročili da drevni Izrael pogine u pustinji. Odgoda prouzročena pobunom iz 1863. bila je odgoda djela trećega anđela, i stoga je zapečaćenje bilo sprječavano i odgađano više od stotinu godina.

“[Numbers 32:6–15, quoted.] The Lord God is a jealous God, yet He bears long with the sins and transgressions of His people in this generation. If the people of God had walked in His counsel, the work of God would have advanced, the messages of truth would have been borne to all people that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Had the people of God believed Him and been doers of His word, had they kept His commandments, the angel would not have come flying through heaven with the message to the four angels that were to let loose the winds that they should blow upon the earth crying, Hold, hold the four winds that they blow not upon the earth until I have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads. But because the people are disobedient, unthankful, unholy, as were ancient Israel, time is prolonged that all may hear the last message of mercy proclaimed with a loud voice. The Lord’s work has been hindered, the sealing time delayed. Many have not heard the truth. But the Lord will give them a chance to hear and be converted, and the great work of God will go forward.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 292.

„[Brojevi 32,6–15, citirano.] Gospodin Bog jest ljubomoran Bog, ipak dugo podnosi grijehe i prijestupe svoga naroda u ovome naraštaju. Da je Božji narod hodio po Njegovu savjetu, djelo Božje bilo bi napredovalo, poruke istine bile bi nošene svim ljudima koji prebivaju po svemu licu zemlje. Da je Božji narod vjerovao Njemu i bio izvršitelj Njegove riječi, da su držali Njegove zapovijedi, anđeo ne bi došao leteći posred neba s porukom četvorici anđela koji su trebali pustiti vjetrove da pušu po zemlji, vičući: Zadržite, zadržite četiri vjetra da ne pušu po zemlji dok ne zapečatim sluge Boga našega na njihovim čelima. Ali zato što je narod neposlušan, nezahvalan, nesvet, kao što bijaše drevni Izrael, vrijeme se produljuje da svi čuju posljednju poruku milosti objavljenu silnim glasom. Djelo Gospodnje bilo je spriječeno, vrijeme pečaćenja odgođeno. Mnogi nisu čuli istinu. Ali Gospodin će im dati priliku da čuju i obrate se, i veliko djelo Božje poći će naprijed.“ Manuscript Releases, sv. 15, 292.

On September 11, 2001 the third angel arrived again, and the sealing time which had been delayed since the rebellion of 1863, began again. It was the arrival of Islam of the third Woe, which is also the seventh trumpet that marks the beginning of the sealing time. The sealing time began with the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet began to sound, but that trumpet was hindered and delayed.

Dana 11. rujna 2001. treći je anđeo ponovno došao, i vrijeme pečaćenja, koje je bilo odgođeno od pobune 1863. godine, ponovno je započelo. Bio je to dolazak islama trećega Jao, koji je ujedno i sedma truba što označuje početak vremena pečaćenja. Vrijeme pečaćenja započelo je dolaskom trećega anđela 22. listopada 1844., kada je sedma truba počela trubiti, ali ta je truba bila spriječena i odgođena.

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:5–7.

I anđeo kojega vidjeh gdje stoji na moru i na zemlji podiže ruku svoju prema nebu, te se zakle onim koji živi u vijeke vjekova, koji stvori nebo i što je u njemu, i zemlju i što je na njoj, i more i što je u njemu, da vremena više neće biti; nego će se u dane glasa sedmoga anđela, kad zatrubi, dovršiti tajna Božja, kao što je navijestio svojim slugama, prorocima. Otkrivenje 10,5–7.

The “voice” of the seventh angel, is the voice of the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen, which descended when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down.

„Glas“ sedmoga anđela glas je anđela iz osamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, koji je sišao kada su veliki neboderi grada New Yorka bili oboreni.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:1–3.

I nakon toga vidjeh drugoga anđela gdje silazi s neba, koji ima veliku vlast; i zemlja se rasvijetli od slave njegove. I povika snažno jakim glasom govoreći: Pade, pade Babilon veliki, i postade prebivalište đavolima, i tamnica svakomu nečistomu duhu, i krletka svakoj nečistoj i mrzostnoj ptici. Jer svi su narodi pili od vina gnjeva bluda njezina, i kraljevi zemaljski bludničili su s njom, i trgovci zemaljski obogatili su se od obilja raskoši njezine. Otkrivenje 18:1–3.

The “voice” of the mighty angel who descends, commands the angels to hold the four winds, that are represented as an “angry horse” seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction in its path.

„Glas“ moćnog anđela koji silazi zapovijeda anđelima da zadrže četiri vjetra, koji su prikazani kao „gnjevan konj“ što nastoji otrgnuti se i na svojem putu donijeti smrt i razaranje.

“The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

„Anđeli Božji izvršavaju Njegovu volju, zadržavajući vjetrove zemlje, da vjetrovi ne pušu ni po zemlji, ni po moru, ni na ikakvo stablo, dok sluge Božje ne budu zapečaćene na svojim čelima. Vidi se kako silni anđeo uzlazi s istoka (ili od izlaska sunca). Taj najmoćniji od anđela u svojoj ruci ima pečat Boga živoga, ili Onoga koji jedini može dati život, koji može na čela upisati znak ili natpis onima kojima će biti darovana besmrtnost, vječni život. Glas toga najuzvišenijeg anđela imao je vlast zapovjediti četvorici anđela da zadržavaju četiri vjetra dok se ovo djelo ne izvrši i dok on ne izda nalog da ih puste.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

The angel who commands the four angels to hold the winds, is the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen who lightens the earth with His glory, and his “strong voice” is the voice of the seventh angel.

Anđeo koji zapovijeda četvorici anđela da zadrže vjetrove jest anđeo iz osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja koji obasjava zemlju svojom slavom, a njegov „snažan glas” glas je sedmoga anđela.

“And what a representation is given in Revelation 7 for our consideration and comfort and encouragement! The four angels are commissioned to do a work upon the earth. But One who purchased the world by giving Himself for its ransom has a chosen few. Who? Those who are keeping all of the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.

„I kakav je prikaz dan u Otkrivenju 7 za naše razmatranje, utjehu i ohrabrenje! Četiri su anđela opunomoćena da obave djelo na zemlji. No Onaj koji je kupio svijet predavši samoga sebe kao otkupninu za njega ima izabranu manjinu. Tko su oni? Oni koji drže sve Božje zapovijedi i imaju vjeru Isusovu.

“John’s attention was called to another scene: ‘And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God’ (Revelation 7:2). Who is this? The Angel of the covenant. He comes from the sunrising. He is the Dayspring from on high. He is the Light of the world. ‘In Him was life; and the life was the light of men’ (John 1:4). This is the One Isaiah describes: ‘Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace’ (Isaiah 9:6). He cried, as One who had superiority over the hosts of angels in heaven ‘to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, “hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads” (Revelation 7:2, 3).

Ivanova pozornost bila je usmjerena na drugi prizor: „I vidjeh drugoga anđela gdje uzlazi od istoka sunčanoga, imajući pečat Boga živoga“ (Otkrivenje 7,2). Tko je to? Anđeo Saveza. On dolazi od izlaska sunca. On je Mladica odozgo. On je Svjetlo svijeta. „U njemu bijaše život, i život bijaše svjetlo ljudima“ (Ivan 1,4). To je Onaj kojega Izaija opisuje: „Jer, dijete nam se rodilo, sina dobismo; vlast će biti na njegovim plećima, i ime će mu biti: Divni Savjetnik, Silni Bog, Otac vječni, Knez mironosni“ (Izaija 9,6). Zaviče On, kao Onaj koji ima nadmoć nad vojskama anđela na nebu, onima „kojima bijaše dano da naude zemlji i moru“, govoreći: „Ne udite ni zemlji, ni moru, ni drveću, dok ne opečatimo sluge Boga našega na njihovim čelima“ (Otkrivenje 7,2.3).

“Here is the divine and human united. The command is given to the four angels to hold in check the four winds until they receive His summons. Read the entire chapter. The cry, ‘Hurt not,’ is uttered by the Restorer, the Redeemer.

„Ovdje su božansko i ljudsko sjedinjeni. Četirima anđelima daje se zapovijed da zadržavaju četiri vjetra dok ne prime Njegov poziv. Pročitajte cijelo poglavlje. Povik: ‘Ne škodite’ izgovara Obnovitelj, Otkupitelj.

“Judgment and wrath were to be repressed only for a little space until a certain work was done. The message, the last message of warning and mercy, has been retarded in doing its work by the selfish love of money, the selfish love of ease, and the unfitness of man to do a work that needs to be done. The angel that is to lighten the earth with His glory has waited for human instrumentalities through whom the light of heaven could shine, and they thus cooperate to give, in its sacred, solemn importance, the message which is to decide the destiny of the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 222.

„Sud i gnjev trebali su biti zadržani samo nakratko, dok se ne obavi određeno djelo. Poruka, posljednja poruka opomene i milosti, bila je usporena u izvršavanju svojega djela zbog sebične ljubavi prema novcu, sebične ljubavi prema lagodnosti i zbog neprikladnosti čovjeka da obavi djelo koje treba biti učinjeno. Anđeo koji treba obasjati zemlju svojom slavom čekao je ljudska oruđa po kojima bi svjetlost Neba mogla zasjati, te tako surađujući dati poruku koja će, u svojoj svetoj, svečanoj važnosti, odlučiti sudbinu svijeta.” Manuscript Releases, sv. 15, 222.

The third angel, who is Christ, is also the sealing angel who arrived on October 22, 1844, but due to the disobedience of God’s people, His work of sealing the one hundred and forty-four thousand has been delayed until September 11, 2001. Then Islam of the third Woe, brought down the great buildings of New York, and the sealing process began. At that point the nations became “angry, yet held in check”. The first voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, is the voice that commands the four angels to hold, while God’s people are sealed.

Treći anđeo, koji je Krist, ujedno je i anđeo pečaćenja koji je stigao 22. listopada 1844., ali je zbog neposlušnosti Božjega naroda Njegovo djelo pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće bilo odgođeno sve do 11. rujna 2001. Tada je islam trećega Jao oborio velike zgrade New Yorka i proces pečaćenja je započeo. U tom trenutku narodi su se „razgnjevili, ali su ipak bili zadržani pod kontrolom”. Prvi glas iz osamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja jest glas koji zapovijeda četvorici anđela da zadrže, dok se Božji narod ne zapečati.

Jesus always illustrates the ending with the beginning, and on February 26, 1993, Islam of the third Woe detonated a truck bomb in the underground parking garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The explosion resulted in significant damage to the building, killing six people and injuring over a thousand others. While the attack did not bring down the towers, it was a significant act of terrorism on U.S. soil and foreshadowed the events of September 11, 2001.

Isus uvijek kraj prikazuje početkom, a 26. veljače 1993. islam trećega Jao aktivirao je kamion-bombu u podzemnoj garaži Sjevernoga tornja Svjetskoga trgovačkog centra. Eksplozija je prouzročila znatnu štetu na zgradi, usmrtivši šest osoba i ozlijedivši više od tisuću drugih. Premda napad nije srušio tornjeve, bio je to značajan čin terorizma na tlu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država te je predoznačio događaje od 11. rujna 2001.

The sealing time began on September 11, 2001, but it included a forewarning eight years before. The Islamic attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 is a forewarning of the ending of the sealing time. The prophetic characteristics of the third Woe have been established with the prophetic characteristics of the first two Woes. In the opening verses of chapter nine of Revelation the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is illustrated.

Vrijeme pečaćenja započelo je 11. rujna 2001., ali je uključivalo predopomenu osam godina ranije. Islamski napad na Izrael 7. listopada 2023. predopomena je završetka vremena pečaćenja. Proročke značajke trećega Jao uspostavljene su proročkim značajkama prva dva Jao. U uvodnim recima devetoga poglavlja Otkrivenja prikazano je pečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće.

We will consider that subject in the next article.

Taj ćemo predmet razmotriti u sljedećem članku.

“If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God’s people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.

„Ako takvi prizori tek imaju doći, tako strašni sudovi nad krivim svijetom, gdje će biti utočište za Božji narod? Kako će biti zaštićeni dok gnjev ne mine? Ivan vidi prirodne sile — potres, oluju i političke sukobe — prikazane kao da ih drže četiri anđela. Ti su vjetrovi pod nadzorom dok Bog ne dâ riječ da ih puste. U tome je sigurnost Božje crkve. Božji anđeli izvršavaju Njegovu volju, zadržavajući vjetrove zemlje, da vjetar ne puše ni na zemlju, ni na more, ni na ijedno stablo, dok sluge Božje ne budu zapečaćene na svojim čelima. Vidi se kako se silni anđeo uzdiže s istoka (ili s izlaska sunca). Taj najmoćniji od anđela u svojoj ruci ima pečat živoga Boga, ili Onoga koji jedini može dati život, koji može na čela upisati znak ili natpis onima kojima će biti darovana besmrtnost, vječni život. To je glas toga najuzvišenijeg anđela imao vlast zapovjediti četvorici anđela da zadrže četiri vjetra dok se to djelo ne izvrši i dok on ne dâ znak da ih puste.“

“Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God’s protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. ‘Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.’

„Oni koji nadvladaju svijet, tijelo i đavla bit će oni miljenici koji će primiti pečat živoga Boga. Oni čije ruke nisu čiste, čija srca nisu čista, neće imati pečat živoga Boga. Oni koji planiraju grijeh i čine ga bit će zaobiđeni. Samo će oni koji, u svojem stavu pred Bogom, zauzimaju položaj onih koji se kaju i ispovijedaju svoje grijehe u velikom protuslikovnom Danu pomirenja, biti priznati i obilježeni kao dostojni Božje zaštite. Imena onih koji postojano gledaju, čekaju i bdiju za pojavak svojega Spasitelja — revnije i čežnjivije nego oni koji čekaju jutro — bit će ubrojena među zapečaćene. Oni koji, premda im sva svjetlost istine blješti nad dušama, trebaju imati djela koja odgovaraju njihovoj ispovjeđenoj vjeri, ali ih grijeh zavodi, te podižu idole u svojim srcima, kvare svoje duše pred Bogom i onečišćuju one koji se s njima sjedinjuju u grijehu, imat će svoja imena izbrisana iz knjige života i bit će ostavljeni u ponoćnoj tami, nemajući ulja u svojim posudama sa svojim svjetiljkama. ‘A vama koji se bojite imena mojega ogranuti će Sunce pravednosti i zdravlje će biti na zrakama njegovim.’”

“This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision. John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

„To pečaćenje slugu Božjih isto je ono koje je bilo pokazano Ezekielu u viđenju. Ivan je također bio svjedok toga najzapanjujućeg otkrivenja. Vidio je more i valove gdje huče, i ljudska srca kako klonu od straha. Promatrao je kako se zemlja potresa i gore prenose usred mora (što se doslovno zbiva), kako njegove vode huče i komešaju se, i kako se gore tresu od njegova nadimanja. Pokazane su mu pošasti, pomor, glad i smrt kako izvršavaju svoje strašno poslanje.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.