Christ pointed His people to the budding trees of Spring, in order that they would understand the “signs” and the implication of the “signs” of the last days.

Krist je svoj narod uputio na proljetna stabla koja pupaju, kako bi razumjeli „znakove” i značenje „znakova” posljednjih dana.

“Christ had bidden His people watch for the signs of His advent and rejoice as they should behold the tokens of their coming King. ‘When these things begin to come to pass,’ He said, ‘then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.’ He pointed His followers to the budding trees of spring, and said: ‘When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.’ Luke 21:28, 30, 31.” The Great Controversy, 308.

„Krist je svome narodu naložio da bdije nad znakovima Njegova dolaska i da se raduje kad ugleda znamenja dolazećega Kralja. ‘Kad se ovo počne zbivati’, rekao je, ‘uspravite se i podignite glave, jer se približuje vaše otkupljenje.’ Svojim je sljedbenicima ukazao na proljetna stabla koja pupaju i rekao: ‘Kad već propupaju, sami od sebe vidite i znate da je ljeto već blizu. Tako i vi, kad vidite da se to zbiva, znajte da je blizu kraljevstvo Božje.’ Luka 21,28.30.31.” Velika borba, 308.

The “signs” of the last days were typified by the “signs,” that announced and ushered in the movement of the first angel. Those “signs” included the shaking of the heavens, but Joel identifies that the “signs” of the last days, the days when the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and not found, when God’s holy mountain is holy forever, for no strangers will ever pass through her again, the shaking of the powers of the heavens, will also include the shaking of the powers of earth. Sister White identifies the distinction between the shaking of the powers of the heavens and the powers of the earth.

„Znaci“ posljednjih dana bili su predoznačeni „znacima“ koji su najavili i uveli pokret prvoga anđela. Ti su „znaci“ uključivali potresanje nebesa, ali Joel utvrđuje da će „znaci“ posljednjih dana, dana kada će se tražiti bezakonje Izraelovo i neće se naći, kada će Božja sveta gora biti sveta zauvijek, jer više nikakvi tuđinci neće prolaziti njome, potresanje sila nebeskih, također uključivati i potresanje sila zemaljskih. Sestra White ističe razliku između potresanja sila nebeskih i sila zemaljskih.

“December 16, 1848, the Lord gave me a view of the shaking of the powers of the heavens. I saw that when the Lord said ‘heaven,’ in giving the signs recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, He meant heaven, and when He said ‘earth’ He meant earth. The powers of heaven are the sun, moon, and stars. They rule in the heavens. The powers of earth are those that rule on the earth. The powers of heaven will be shaken at the voice of God. Then the sun, moon, and stars will be moved out of their places. They will not pass away, but be shaken by the voice of God.

„Dana 16. prosinca 1848. Gospodin mi je dao viđenje o potresanju sila nebeskih. Vidjela sam da je Gospodin, kada je dao znakove zabilježene kod Mateja, Marka i Luke te rekao ‘nebo’, mislio na nebo, a kada je rekao ‘zemlja’, mislio je na zemlju. Sile nebeske jesu sunce, mjesec i zvijezde. Oni vladaju na nebesima. Sile zemaljske jesu one koje vladaju na zemlji. Sile nebeske bit će uzdrmane glasom Božjim. Tada će sunce, mjesec i zvijezde biti pomaknuti sa svojih mjesta. Ne će proći, nego će biti uzdrmani glasom Božjim.

“Dark, heavy clouds came up and clashed against each other. The atmosphere parted and rolled back; then we could look up through the open space in Orion, whence came the voice of God. The Holy City will come down through that open space. I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations.” Early Writings, 41.

„Tamni, teški oblaci navukli su se i sudarali jedan s drugim. Ozračje se razdvojilo i povuklo natrag; tada smo mogli pogledati gore kroz otvoreni prostor u Orionu, odakle je došao glas Božji. Sveti će Grad sići kroz taj otvoreni prostor. Vidjela sam da se sile zemlje sada potresaju i da događaji dolaze svojim redom. Rat, i glasovi o ratovima, mač, glad i pošast najprije potresaju sile zemlje; zatim će glas Božji potresti sunce, mjesec i zvijezde, a i ovu zemlju. Vidjela sam da potresanje sila u Europi nije, kako neki naučavaju, potresanje sila nebeskih, nego je to potresanje gnjevnih naroda.” Early Writings, 41.

The shaking of the heavens in Matthew, Mark and Luke represent the shaking of the powers that rule the heavens, as represented by the sun, moon and stars. All of these heavenly powers were shaken, and produced the “signs,” which ushered in and announced the movement of the first angel. Those heavenly powers will be again shaken during the movement of the third angel. But in the movement of the third angel, the powers of earth will also be shaken. The powers of earth are the powers that rule the earth. On September 11, 2001, the powers of earth, not heaven, were shaken.

Potresanje nebesa u Mateju, Marku i Luki predstavlja potresanje sila koje vladaju nebesima, prikazanih suncem, mjesecom i zvijezdama. Sve su te nebeske sile bile uzdrmane i proizvele su „znakove“ koji su uveli i navijestili pokret prvoga anđela. Te će nebeske sile ponovno biti uzdrmane tijekom pokreta trećega anđela. Ali u pokretu trećega anđela bit će uzdrmane i sile zemlje. Sile zemlje jesu sile koje vladaju zemljom. Dana 11. rujna 2001. bile su uzdrmane sile zemlje, a ne nebesa.

“Now comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, ‘What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1–3 will be fulfilled.’ The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God’s power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we cannot imagine.” Review and Herald, July 5, 1906.

„Odakle sada ta riječ da sam izjavila kako New York treba biti pometen plimnim valom? To nikada nisam rekla. Rekla sam, dok sam promatrala kako se ondje podižu velike zgrade, kat za katom: ‘Kakvi će se strašni prizori odigrati kada Gospod ustane da silno potrese zemlju! Tada će se ispuniti riječi iz Otkrivenja 18,1–3.’ Cijelo osamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja upozorenje je o onome što dolazi na zemlju. Ali nemam posebno svjetlo u pogledu onoga što dolazi na New York, osim što znam da će jednoga dana ondje velike zgrade biti oborene okretanjem i prevrtanjem Božje sile. Iz svjetla koje mi je dano znam da je razaranje u svijetu. Jedna riječ od Gospoda, jedan dodir njegove silne moći, i te će se goleme građevine srušiti. Odigrat će se prizori čiju strahotu ne možemo ni zamisliti.” Review and Herald, 5. srpnja 1906.

In the history of the Millerites one of the signs recorded by Luke was the “distress of nations.” The nations represent the powers that rule the earth, and on September 11, 2001, every nation on earth was shaken as the third Woe arrived into prophetic history. That earthly shaking was represented in Luke twenty-one, but not by the biblical expression of the shaking of the powers of the earth. It was represented by the phrase, “the distress of nations,” as was brought upon the nations of the world when the great buildings of New York were brought down. “The distress of nations” in Luke is the shaking of the powers of earth, and it was fulfilled in the history of the Millerites.

U povijesti milerita jedan od znakova koje je Luka zabilježio bio je „tjeskoba narodâ”. Narodi predstavljaju sile koje vladaju zemljom, i 11. rujna 2001. svaki je narod na zemlji bio potresen kada je treće Jao ušlo u proročku povijest. To zemaljsko potresanje bilo je prikazano u Luki dvadeset i prvom poglavlju, ali ne biblijskim izrazom o potresanju sila zemlje. Bilo je prikazano izrazom „tjeskoba narodâ”, kakva je zadesila narode svijeta kada su velike zgrade New Yorka bile srušene. „Tjeskoba narodâ” u Luki jest potresanje sila zemlje, i ispunila se u povijesti milerita.

“I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations.” Early Writings, 41.

„Vidjela sam da se sile zemlje sada potresaju i da događaji dolaze svojim redom. Rat, i glasovi o ratovima, mač, glad i pomor prvi će potresti sile zemlje; zatim će glas Božji potresti sunce, mjesec i zvijezde, a i ovu zemlju. Vidjela sam da potresanje sila u Europi nije, kako neki naučavaju, potresanje nebeskih sila, nego je to potresanje gnjevnih naroda.“ Early Writings, 41.

The “shaking of the powers of the angry nations,” is the shaking of the “powers of earth,” as illustrated in the early history of Adventism by the shaking of the “powers in Europe.” Uriah Smith identified what was shaking the powers in Europe in 1838.

„Potresanje sila gnjevnih naroda” jest potresanje „sila zemlje”, kako je u ranoj povijesti adventizma prikazano potresanjem „sila u Europi”. Uriah Smith je 1838. godine utvrdio što je potresalo sile u Europi.

“As the prophetic period of this [6th] trumpet commenced by the voluntary surrender of power into the hands of the Turks by the Christian emperor of the East, so we might justly conclude that its termination would be marked by the voluntary surrender of that power by the Turkish Sultan back again into the hands of the Christians. In 1838 Turkey became involved in war with Egypt. The Egyptians bid fair to overthrow the Turkish power. To prevent this, the four great powers of Europe, England, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, interfered to sustain the Turkish government. Turkey accepted their intervention. A conference was held in London at which an ultimatum was drawn up to be presented to Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt. It is evident that when this ultimatum should be placed in the hands of Mehemet, the destiny of the Ottoman Empire would be virtually lodged in the hands of the Christian powers of Europe. This ultimatum was placed in the hands of Mehemet on the 11th day of August 1840! and on that very day the Sultan addressed a note to the ambassadors of the four powers, inquiring what should be done in case Mehemet refused to comply with the terms which they had proposed. The answer was that he need not alarm himself about any contingency that might arise; for they had made provision for that. The prophetic period ended, and on that very day the control of Mohammedan affairs passed into the hands of Christians, just as the control of Christian affairs had passed into the hands of the Mohammedans 391 years and 15 days before. Thus the second woe ended, and the sixth trumpet ceased its sounding.” Uriah Smith, Synopsis of Present Truth, 218.

„Kao što je proročko razdoblje ove [6.] trube započelo dragovoljnom predajom vlasti u ruke Turaka od strane kršćanskog cara Istoka, tako bismo s pravom mogli zaključiti da će njegov završetak biti obilježen dragovoljnom predajom te vlasti od strane turskog sultana natrag u ruke kršćana. Godine 1838. Turska se uplela u rat s Egiptom. Egipćani su imali dobre izglede srušiti tursku vlast. Da bi to spriječile, četiri velike sile Europe, Engleska, Rusija, Austrija i Pruska, umiješale su se kako bi poduprle tursku vladu. Turska je prihvatila njihovu intervenciju. U Londonu je održana konferencija na kojoj je sastavljen ultimatum koji je trebao biti predočen Mehemetu Aliju, paši Egipta. Očito je da bi, kada taj ultimatum bude stavljen u Mehemetove ruke, sudbina Osmanskoga Carstva zapravo bila položena u ruke kršćanskih sila Europe. Taj je ultimatum stavljen u Mehemetove ruke 11. kolovoza 1840.! I upravo toga dana sultan je uputio notu veleposlanicima četiriju sila, raspitujući se što bi trebalo učiniti u slučaju da Mehemet odbije pristati na uvjete koje su oni predložili. Odgovor je glasio da se ne treba uznemiravati ni zbog kakve mogućnosti koja bi mogla nastati; jer su oni za to već predvidjeli rješenje. Proročko je razdoblje završilo, i upravo toga dana nadzor nad muhamedanskim poslovima prešao je u ruke kršćana, baš kao što je nadzor nad kršćanskim poslovima prešao u ruke muhamedanaca 391 godinu i 15 dana prije. Tako je završilo drugo jao, a šesta je truba prestala trubiti.” Uriah Smith, Synopsis of Present Truth, 218.

Islam of the second Woe, had passed the zenith of its power, which according to God’s word was to continue for three hundred and ninety-one years and fifteen days. Yet in the 1830’s Egypt was attempting to re-establish a caliphate in Egypt for the purpose of continuing the second great jihad of Muslim history. The possibility of more Islamic warfare was causing the European powers to shake in fear. For decades the crisis of Islam re-igniting its warfare was labelled by the historians and the reporters of those years as the “Eastern Question.” The warfare of the children of the east had been carried out for centuries against the nations of Europe, who derived their religion from the Roman church. In 1838, “the distress of nations,” referred to by Christ represented the shaking of the angry nations that was produced by the warfare brought against the former Roman Empire by Islam.

Islam drugoga Jao, bio je prošao zenit svoje moći, koja je prema Božjoj riječi trebala trajati tristo devedeset i jednu godinu i petnaest dana. Ipak, 1830-ih Egipat je pokušavao ponovno uspostaviti kalifat u Egiptu s ciljem nastavka drugoga velikog džihada u muslimanskoj povijesti. Mogućnost daljnjega islamskog ratovanja izazivala je da europske sile drhte od straha. Desetljećima su povjesničari i izvjestitelji tih godina krizu ponovnoga rasplamsavanja islamskoga ratovanja nazivali „Istočnim pitanjem“. Ratovanje sinova istoka stoljećima se vodilo protiv europskih naroda, koji su svoju religiju crpili iz Rimske crkve. Godine 1838. „tjeskoba narodâ“, na koju se Krist osvrnuo, predstavljala je potresanje gnjevnih naroda koje je proizvelo ratovanje što ga je islam poveo protiv negdašnjega Rimskog Carstva.

“By [loosing] the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates, I understand that God was now about to suffer the four principal nations of which the Ottoman empire was composed, which had in vain attempted to subdue the Eastern Empire at Constantinople, and made but little progress in conquering Europe, now to take Constantinople, and to overrun and subdue one third part of Europe, which was the fact about the middle of the fifteenth century.” Works of William Miller, Volume 2, 121.

„Pod [odrješivanjem] četiriju anđela koji su svezani na velikoj rijeci Eufratu, razumijem da je Bog sada namjeravao dopustiti četirima glavnim narodima od kojih je bilo sastavljeno Osmansko Carstvo, koji su uzalud pokušavali pokoriti Istočno Carstvo u Carigradu, a postigli su tek neznatan napredak u osvajanju Europe, da sada zauzmu Carigrad te pregaze i pokore trećinu Europe, što je i bila činjenica oko sredine petnaestoga stoljeća.“ Djela Williama Millera, svezak 2, 121.

The distress of nations in the narrative found in Luke was “with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring,” and with men’s “hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” The perplexity of the Eastern Question continued to agitate the powers of earth all the way into the twentieth century, and the symbol of that distress was “men’s hearts failing them for fear” and the “sea and waves roaring.”

Tjeskoba narodâ u izvješću koje nalazimo u Evanđelju po Luki bila je „sa smetenošću; more i valovi huče“, a ljudima su „srca klonula od straha i od iščekivanja onoga što dolazi na zemlju“. Smetenost Istočnoga pitanja nastavila je potresati sile zemlje sve do dvadesetoga stoljeća, a simbol te tjeskobe bio je „ljudima srca klonula od straha“ te „more i valovi huče“.

“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.

„Ovo pečaćenje slugu Božjih isto je ono koje je Ezekielu bilo pokazano u viđenju. Ivan je također bio svjedok tog najsnažnijeg otkrivenja. Vidio je more i valove kako huče, i ljudska srca kako malakšu od straha. Promatrao je kako se zemlja potresa i gore nose usred mora (što se doslovno zbiva), kako njegove vode huče i uzburkane su, i kako se gore tresu od njegova nadimanja. Bile su mu pokazane pošasti, pomor, glad i smrt kako izvršavaju svoje strašno poslanje.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

When John was shown the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, he saw the distress of nations, as represented by the seas and waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing for fear, and it was the same sealing that Ezekiel was shown in chapter nine. Ezekiel was shown the internal elements of the sealing and John was shown the external elements associated with the sealing. John saw that the angering of the nations is associated with the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and the angering of the nations is also Luke’s distress of nations which is historically identified as the Eastern Question. John was shown that Islam of the third Woe, is the external sign of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Kad je Ivanu bilo pokazano pečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, vidio je tjeskobu narodâ, prikazanu hučanjem mora i valova, te kako ljudima srca klonu od straha; a to je bilo isto ono pečaćenje koje je Ezekielu bilo pokazano u devetom poglavlju. Ezekielu su bili pokazani unutarnji elementi pečaćenja, a Ivanu vanjski elementi povezani s pečaćenjem. Ivan je vidio da je razjarivanje narodâ povezano s pečaćenjem sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, a razjarivanje narodâ ujedno je i Lukina tjeskoba narodâ, koja se povijesno poistovjećuje s Istočnim pitanjem. Ivanu je bilo pokazano da je islam trećeg Jaoa vanjski znak pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće.

“The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place about us. They are watching the strained, restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element, and they recognize that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.

„Sadašnjost je vrijeme od silnoga zanimanja za sve žive. Vladari i državnici, ljudi koji zauzimaju položaje povjerenja i vlasti, misaoni muškarci i žene svih staleža, usmjeravaju svoju pozornost na događaje koji se zbivaju oko nas. Oni promatraju napete, nemirne odnose koji postoje među narodima. Zapažaju silinu koja obuzima svaki zemaljski čimbenik i prepoznaju da se sprema dogoditi nešto veliko i odlučujuće — da se svijet nalazi na rubu goleme krize.״

“Angels are now restraining the winds of strife, that they may not blow until the world shall be warned of its coming doom; but a storm is gathering, ready to burst upon the earth; and when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture.

„Anđeli sada zadržavaju vjetrove sukoba, da ne zapušu dok svijet ne bude upozoren na svoju nadolazeću propast; ali oluja se skuplja, spremna da se obruši na zemlju; i kada Bog naredi svojim anđelima da puste vjetrove, nastat će takav prizor sukoba kakav nikakvo pero ne može opisati.

“The Bible, and the Bible only, gives a correct view of these things. Here are revealed the great final scenes in the history of our world, events that already are casting their shadows before, the sound of their approach causing the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them for fear.” Education, 179, 180.

„Biblija, i samo Biblija, daje ispravan pogled na te stvari. Ovdje su otkriveni veliki završni prizori u povijesti našega svijeta, događaji koji već bacaju svoje sjene unaprijed, a zvuk njihova približavanja čini da zemlja drhti i da ljudska srca klonu od straha.” Odgoj, 179, 180.

In Luke chapter twenty-one Jesus identified the “signs” that ushered in the Millerite movement, and all those “signs”, according to Sister White, were fulfilled. The Lisbon earthquake, the dark day, the falling of the stars, and the distress of nations, which represented the shaking of the powers of earth that was fulfilled by Islam in the fear produced by the Eastern Question, are all fulfilled. The Millerite “signs” also include the Son of man coming with a cloud which was fulfilled in the correct order that the “signs” were given by Christ, for after the distress of nations ended with the restraint of the Ottoman supremacy in 1840, Christ came to the Most Holy Place on October 22, 1844, and when He came He came with clouds.

U dvadeset prvom poglavlju Evanđelja po Luki Isus je označio „znakove“ koji su uveli milleritski pokret, i svi su ti „znakovi“, prema sestri White, bili ispunjeni. Lisabonski potres, tamni dan, padanje zvijezda i tjeskoba narodâ, koja je predstavljala potresanje sila zemaljskih što se ispunilo kroz islam u strahu proizvedenom Istočnim pitanjem, sve je to ispunjeno. Milleritski „znakovi“ također uključuju dolazak Sina Čovječjega s oblakom, što se ispunilo u ispravnom redoslijedu kojim je Krist dao te „znakove“, jer nakon što je tjeskoba narodâ završila ograničenjem osmanske prevlasti 1840. godine, Krist je 22. listopada 1844. došao u Svetinju nad svetinjama, a kada je došao, došao je s oblacima.

“‘And, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away.’ Daniel 7:13, 14. The coming of Christ here described is not His second coming to the earth. He comes to the Ancient of Days in heaven to receive dominion and glory and a kingdom, which will be given Him at the close of His work as a mediator. It is this coming, and not His second advent to the earth, that was foretold in prophecy to take place at the termination of the 2300 days in 1844. Attended by heavenly angels, our great High Priest enters the holy of holies and there appears in the presence of God to engage in the last acts of His ministration in behalf of man—to perform the work of investigative judgment and to make an atonement for all who are shown to be entitled to its benefits.” The Great Controversy, 479.

„I gle, kao Sin Čovječji dolažaše s oblacima nebeskim i dođe do Pradavnoga, i dovedoše ga pred Njega. I bijaše mu dana vlast, i slava, i kraljevstvo, da mu služe svi narodi, plemena i jezici; vlast je njegova vlast vječna, koja neće proći.“ Daniel 7:13, 14. Kristov dolazak koji je ovdje opisan nije Njegov drugi dolazak na zemlju. On dolazi k Pradavnomu na Nebu da primi vlast i slavu i kraljevstvo, što će Mu biti dano pri završetku Njegova djela kao Posrednika. Upravo je taj dolazak, a ne Njegov drugi dolazak na zemlju, bio u proročanstvu prorečen da se zbude po isteku 2300 dana, godine 1844. Praćen nebeskim anđelima, naš veliki Veliki svećenik ulazi u svetinju nad svetinjama i ondje se pojavljuje u Božjoj prisutnosti da izvrši posljednje čine svoje službe za čovjeka — da obavi djelo istražnoga suda i izvrši pomirenje za sve za koje se pokaže da imaju pravo na njegove blagodati.“ Velika borba, 479.

The “signs” associated with the history of the Millerites typified the “signs” associated with the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. When Christ provided the second witness to the historical narrative with the parable, He pointed His disciples to “the budding trees of spring.” He informed them that when the trees begin to bud out you know you are near the end of the world, and that the generation that witnesses the budding trees of spring will live to see the heavens and the earth pass away, in the fires of His second coming.

„Znakovi“ povezani s poviješću milerita predoznačivali su „znakove“ povezane s poviješću sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. Kada je Krist prispodobom pružio drugo svjedočanstvo povijesnom prikazu, uputio je svoje učenike na „prolistalo drveće u proljeće“. Obavijestio ih je da, kada drveće počne pupati, znate da ste blizu svršetka svijeta, te da će naraštaj koji svjedoči prolistalom drveću u proljeće doživjeti kako nebesa i zemlja prolaze, u ognju Njegova drugog dolaska.

When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21:30–33.

Kad one sada potjeraju, sami od sebe vidite i znate da je ljeto već blizu. Tako i vi, kad vidite da se ovo zbiva, znajte da je kraljevstvo Božje blizu. Zaista vam kažem: ovaj naraštaj neće proći dok se sve ne ispuni. Nebo i zemlja proći će, ali moje riječi neće proći. Luka 21,30–33.

The question then becomes, “when did the trees begin to shoot forth?” The latter rain began to sprinkle on September 11, 2001, which according to Isaiah is “the day” of God’s “rough wind in the day of the east wind.”

Pitanje tada postaje: „kada je drveće počelo pupati?“ Kasna je kiša počela rositi 11. rujna 2001., što je prema Izaiji „dan“ Božjega „žestokog vjetra u dan istočnoga vjetra“.

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. Isaiah 27:8–13.

S mjerom ćeš se s njime parbiti kad provali; on zaustavlja svoj žestoki vjetar u dan istočnoga vjetra. Stoga će se ovime okajati bezakonje Jakovljevo; i ovo je sav plod uklanjanja njegova grijeha: kad sve kamenje žrtvenika učini kao vapneno kamenje razbijeno u komade, lugovi i likovi neće više stajati. Ipak će utvrđeni grad opustjeti, prebivalište će biti napušteno i ostavljeno kao pustinja: ondje će tele pasti, ondje će ležati i brstiti njegove grane. Kad se njegove grane osuše, bit će polomljene; žene dolaze i pale ih; jer to je narod bez razuma: stoga mu se neće smilovati onaj koji ga je stvorio, i onaj koji ga je oblikovao neće mu iskazati milost. I dogodit će se u onaj dan da će Gospod ovršiti vršidbu od riječnoga korita do potoka egipatskoga, a vi ćete biti sabrani jedan po jedan, o sinovi Izraelovi. I dogodit će se u onaj dan da će zatrubiti velika truba, i doći će oni koji bijahu spremni poginuti u zemlji asirskoj i prognanici u zemlji egipatskoj, te će se pokloniti Gospodu na svetoj gori u Jeruzalemu. Izaija 27:8–13.

The latter rain began to sprinkle (measured) on September 11, 2001, and the debate over the message of the latter rain and the counterfeit peace and safety message began. The history of that debate is where the iniquity of Jacob is removed (purged, meaning atoned for). The history of the debate, which is the debate of Habakkuk, is the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, that concludes with the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist being spewed out of the mouth of the Lord, for it, as “the defenced city,” shall be desolate, for it had become the city of a people of no understanding, who find no mercy or favor. At that time the “second voice” of Revelation eighteen, will blow a great trumpet, which is the seventh trumpet and the third woe, and God’s other flock shall come and worship at “Jerusalem”, which will have become the movement of the church triumphant.

Kasna je kiša počela škropiti (odmjereno) 11. rujna 2001., i započela je rasprava o poruci kasne kiše i krivotvorenoj poruci o miru i sigurnosti. Povijest te rasprave jest mjesto gdje se uklanja Jakovljeva bezakonja (očisćuje, što znači da se za njih vrši pomirenje). Povijest rasprave, koja je Habakukova rasprava, razdoblje je zapečaćivanja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, koje završava time da se laodicejski adventist sedmoga dana izbljuje iz usta Gospodnjih, jer će on, kao „utvrđeni grad“, opustjeti, budući da je postao grad naroda bez razuma, koji ne nalazi milost ni naklonost. U to će vrijeme „drugi glas“ iz Otkrivenja osamnaest zatrubiti u veliku trubu, koja je sedma truba i treći jao, i drugo će Božje stado doći i pokloniti se u „Jeruzalemu“, koji će postati pokret pobjedonosne crkve.

September 11, 2001, identifies that the last generation of earth’s history has arrived, and only those that recognize the budding trees of spring will receive the rain that is causing the trees to bud. Only those that recognize that Islam of the third woe, is what marks the arrival of the latter rain and the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, will be among that group.

11. rujna 2001. označava da je posljednji naraštaj zemaljske povijesti stigao, i samo oni koji prepoznaju pupajuća stabla proljeća primit će kišu koja uzrokuje da stabla pupaju. Samo oni koji prepoznaju da je islam trećeg jaoa ono što označava dolazak pozne kiše i pečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, bit će među tom skupinom.

“Only those who are living up to the light they have will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.

„Samo oni koji žive u skladu sa svjetlom koje imaju primit će veće svjetlo. Ako iz dana u dan ne budemo napredovali u očitovanju djelatnih kršćanskih vrlina, nećemo prepoznati očitovanja Duha Svetoga u kasnoj kiši. Ona može padati na srca svuda oko nas, ali je mi nećemo razabrati niti primiti.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.

“We must not wait for the latter rain. It is coming upon all who will recognize and appropriate the dew and showers of grace that fall upon us. When we gather up the fragments of light, when we appreciate the sure mercies of God, who loves to have us trust Him, then every promise will be fulfilled. ‘For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations’ (Isaiah 61:11). The whole earth is to be filled with the glory of God.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.

„Ne smijemo čekati kasnu kišu. Ona dolazi na sve koji će prepoznati i prisvojiti rosu i pljuskove milosti koji padaju na nas. Kada skupimo ulomke svjetlosti, kada cijenimo sigurne milosti Božje, koji voli da mu vjerujemo, tada će se ispuniti svako obećanje. ‘Jer kao što zemlja daje svoj izdanak, i kao što vrt čini da nikne ono što je u nj posijano, tako će Gospodin Jahve učiniti da pravda i hvala niknu pred svim narodima’ (Izaija 61,11). Cijela zemlja treba biti ispunjena slavom Božjom.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.

We will continue the study in the next article.

Nastavit ćemo proučavanje u sljedećem članku.

“Unless those who can help in——are aroused to a sense of their duty, they will not recognize the work of God when the loud cry of the third angel shall be heard. When light goes forth to lighten the earth, instead of coming up to the help of the Lord, they will want to bind about His work to meet their narrow ideas. Let me tell you that the Lord will work in this last work in a manner very much out of the common order of things, and in a way that will be contrary to any human planning. There will be those among us who will always want to control the work of God, to dictate even what movements shall be made when the work goes forward under the direction of the angel who joins the third angel in the message to be given to the world. God will use ways and means by which it will be seen that He is taking the reins in His own hands. The workers will be surprised by the simple means that He will use to bring about and perfect His work of righteousness.” Testimonies to Ministers, 300.

„Ako oni koji mogu pomoći u —— ne budu probuđeni na svijest o svojoj dužnosti, neće prepoznati Božje djelo kada se bude čuo snažan poklič trećega anđela. Kada svjetlo pođe da obasja zemlju, umjesto da priteknu u pomoć Gospodinu, oni će htjeti svezati Njegovo djelo kako bi ga uskladili sa svojim skučenim zamislima. Dopustite mi da vam kažem da će Gospodin u ovom posljednjem djelu djelovati na način koji je vrlo izvan uobičajenoga reda stvari i na način koji će biti protivan svakom ljudskom planiranju. Među nama će biti onih koji će uvijek htjeti nadzirati Božje djelo, određivati čak i koje pokrete valja poduzeti kada djelo bude napredovalo pod vodstvom anđela koji se pridružuje trećemu anđelu u poruci koja se treba dati svijetu. Bog će uporabiti putove i sredstva po kojima će se vidjeti da On uzima uzde u svoje vlastite ruke. Radnici će biti iznenađeni jednostavnim sredstvima kojima će se On poslužiti da ostvari i dovrši svoje djelo pravednosti.” Testimonies to Ministers, 300.