The last promise of the Old Testament is that before the great and terrible day of the Lord, Elijah would come.

Posljednje obećanje Staroga zavjeta glasi da će prije velikoga i strašnoga Dana Gospodnjega doći Ilija.

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:4–5.

Sjetite se Zakona Mojsija, sluge mojega, koji mu zapovjedih na Horebu za svega Izraela, sa uredbama i sudovima. Evo, poslat ću vam Iliju proroka prije nego dođe veliki i strašni dan Gospodnji. I on će obratiti srce otačko k djeci i srce djece k njihovim ocima, da ne dođem i ne udarim zemlju prokletstvom. Malahija 4:4–5.

The Elijah that comes in advance of “the great and dreadful day of the Lord,” is an individual messenger, and also the movement associated with the message the messenger proclaims. The Elijah that is sent is therefore the one hundred and forty-four thousand who do not taste death, just as Enoch and Elijah represent. They are those who are lifted up as an ensign at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ilija koji dolazi unaprijed „prije velikoga i strašnoga dana Gospodnjega” jest pojedinačni glasnik, a također i pokret povezan s porukom koju taj glasnik objavljuje. Ilija koji je poslan stoga su sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće koji ne kušaju smrti, kao što to predstavljaju Henok i Ilija. To su oni koji su podignuti kao stijeg pri uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu.

The last day Elijah was also represented by John the Baptist, but John did not represent the one hundred and forty-four thousand. He represented those who join the movement and accept the message of the last day messenger, who are then murdered by the papacy in the hour of the Sunday law crisis that begins at the soon coming Sunday law and ends when Michael stands up and the papacy comes to its end with none to help.

Ilija posljednjega dana bio je također predstavljen Ivanom Krstiteljem, ali Ivan nije predstavljao sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. On je predstavljao one koji se pridružuju pokretu i prihvaćaju poruku glasnika posljednjega dana, a koje zatim papinstvo ubija u času krize nedjeljnoga zakona koja započinje uskoro nadolazećim nedjeljnim zakonom i završava kada Mihael ustane i papinstvu dođe kraj, a da mu nitko ne pomogne.

Elijah is represented on Mount Carmel and John is represented in Herod’s banquet hall. Those two historical witnesses identify the two groups of God’s last day people represented in Revelation chapter seven. The one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude align with Mount Carmel and Herod’s birthday party. Those two prophetic lines provide a sound point of reference to carefully identify the elements of the eighth head, that is of the seven heads in Revelation seventeen, with enough prophetic detail to clarify how and why the last president, which is the eighth president that is of the seven, becomes the great dictator of the United States in the last movements of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy.

Ilija je prikazan na gori Karmelu, a Ivan je prikazan u Herodovoj blagdanskoj dvorani. Ta dva povijesna svjedoka prepoznaju dvije skupine Božjega naroda posljednjih dana, predstavljene u sedmom poglavlju Otkrivenja. Sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće i veliko mnoštvo odgovaraju gori Karmelu i Herodovoj rođendanskoj gozbi. Te dvije proročke linije pružaju pouzdano polazište za pažljivo prepoznavanje obilježja osme glave, koja je od sedam glava u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, s dovoljno proročkih pojedinosti da razjasne kako i zašto posljednji predsjednik, koji je osmi predsjednik, a od sedmorice je, postaje veliki diktator Sjedinjenih Američkih Država u posljednjim zbivanjima šestoga kraljevstva biblijskog proročanstva.

At the Sunday law the threefold union is accomplished.

Pri nedjeljnom zakonu ostvaruje se trostruko jedinstvo.

“By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

„Dekretom kojim se nameće uspostava papinstva, protivno Božjem zakonu, naš će se narod potpuno odijeliti od pravednosti. Kad protestantizam pruži svoju ruku preko ponora da uhvati ruku rimske sile, kad posegne preko bezdana da se rukuje sa spiritizmom, kad se, pod utjecajem toga trostrukog saveza, naša zemlja odrekne svakoga načela svojega Ustava kao protestantske i republikanske vlasti te osigura sredstva za širenje papinskih laži i zabluda, tada možemo znati da je došlo vrijeme za čudesno djelovanje Sotone i da je kraj blizu.” Svjedočanstva, svezak 5, 451.

Yet in this illustration there is a sequence, and that sequence is a subject of the inspired word. It is an event that happens at the decree, which in one sense is a singular event, but it is actually a very careful sequence of events. At the “decree” the United States ceases to be the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, which means that it is there that the seventh kingdom begins, but the seventh kingdom agrees to give their kingdom unto the beast. When the false prophet is defeated, the dragon takes its position, and immediately gives half its kingdom to the beast.

Ipak, u ovom se prikazu nalazi slijed, a taj je slijed predmet nadahnute Riječi. To je događaj koji se zbiva pri odredbi, koji je u jednom smislu jedinstven događaj, ali je zapravo vrlo pomno uređen slijed događaja. Pri „odredbi“ Sjedinjene Američke Države prestaju biti šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, što znači da ondje započinje sedmo kraljevstvo, ali sedmo kraljevstvo pristaje dati svoje kraljevstvo Zvijeri. Kada je lažni prorok poražen, Zmaj zauzima svoj položaj i odmah daje polovicu svojega kraljevstva Zvijeri.

At Mount Carmel, there were four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and there four hundred prophets of the grove who were in Samaria eating at Jezebel’s table.

Na gori Karmelu bilo je četiri stotine i pedeset proroka Baalovih, a ondje i četiri stotine proroka od gaja koji su bili u Samariji i jeli za Jezabelinim stolom.

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. 1 Kings 18:19.

Zato sada pošalji i saberi k meni sav Izrael na goru Karmel, i četiri stotine pedeset proroka Baalovih, i četiri stotine proroka gajeva, koji jedu za stolom Jezabelinim. 1 Kraljevima 18:19.

Elijah identifies the confrontation at Mount Carmel as a controversy, not only the question of who was the true God, but also that it was a controversy over who was the true prophet.

Ilija prepoznaje sukob na gori Karmelu kao spor, ne samo glede pitanja tko je bio istiniti Bog, nego i da je to bio spor o tome tko je bio istiniti prorok.

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 1 Kings 18:22.

Tada Ilija reče narodu: Ja, jedino ja, ostadoh prorok Gospodnji; a Baalovih je proroka četiri stotine i pedeset ljudi. 1 Kings 18:22.

When Elijah’s offering was consumed by the fire that came down out of heaven, he then slew the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal with his own hands.

Kad je Ilijinu žrtvu progutao oganj koji je sišao s neba, tada je on vlastitim rukama pobio četiri stotine i pedeset Baalovih proroka.

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. 1 Kings 18:40.

I Ilija im reče: Pohvatite Baalove proroke; neka ni jedan od njih ne umakne. I pohvataše ih; i Ilija ih odvede dolje k potoku Kišonu i ondje ih pobi. 1 Kings 18:40.

Baal was a false masculine deity, and the four hundred prophets of the grove, who were still with Jezebel, eating at her table in the city of Samaria were the prophets of the female deity, Ashtaroth. The female deity survived Elijah’s slaughter of the prophets of Mount Carmel.

Baal je bio lažno muško božanstvo, a četiri stotine proroka iz gaja, koji su još uvijek bili s Jezabelom i jeli za njezinim stolom u gradu Samariji, bili su proroci ženskoga božanstva, Aštarote. Žensko božanstvo preživjelo je Ilijin pokolj proroka na gori Karmelu.

“The people upon the mountain prostrate themselves in terror and awe before the unseen God. They cannot look upon the bright, consuming fire sent from Heaven. They fear that they will be consumed in their apostasy and sins. They cry out with one voice, which resounds over the mountain, and echoes to the plains below them with terrible distinctness, ‘The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.’ Israel is at last aroused and undeceived. They see their sin and how greatly they have dishonored God. Their anger is aroused against the prophets of Baal. With fearful terror, Ahab and Baal’s priests witnessed the wonderful exhibition of Jehovah’s power. Again is heard, in startling words of command, the voice of Elijah to the people, ‘Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.’ And the people were ready to obey the word of Elijah. They seized the false prophets who had deluded them, and brought them to the brook Kishon, and there Elijah, with his own hand, slew these idolatrous priests.” Review and Herald, October 7, 1873.

„Narod na gori pada ničice u strahu i strahopoštovanju pred nevidljivim Bogom. Ne mogu gledati u blistavu, proždiruću vatru poslanu s Neba. Boje se da će biti uništeni u svojem otpadništvu i grijesima. Jednim glasom viču, koji odjekuje gorom i strašnom razgovijetnošću dopire do ravnica pod njima: ‘Jahve je Bog; Jahve je Bog.’ Izrael se napokon budi i oslobađa obmane. Uviđaju svoj grijeh i koliko su teško obeščastili Boga. U njima se raspaljuje gnjev protiv proroka Baalovih. S užasnim strahom Ahab i Baalovi svećenici promatrali su čudesno očitovanje Jehovine sile. Ponovno se čuje, u zapanjujućim riječima zapovijedi, Ilijin glas narodu: ‘Pohvatite proroke Baalove; neka nijedan od njih ne umakne.’ I narod je bio spreman poslušati Ilijinu riječ. Uhvatili su lažne proroke koji su ih zaveli te ih odveli do potoka Kišona, i ondje je Ilija vlastitom rukom pobio te svećeničke služitelje idolopoklonstva.” Review and Herald, October 7, 1873.

Mount Carmel typifies the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. It is then that the ensign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand (typified by Elijah), is lifted up. It is there that the genuine Protestant horn is distinctly manifested in contrast with the counterfeit Protestant horn, who is in Samaria, eating Jezebel’s diet. It is there that the Republican horn that had become the horn of both church and state leading up to Mount Carmel comes to its end as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. What remains then is Ahab, and his tenfold nation, and Jezebel, who has been hiding in Samaria, while she dines with apostate Protestants. The sixth kingdom is finished, and the rain then comes without measure.

Gora Karmel predoznačuje uskoro dolazeći nedjeljni zakon u Sjedinjenim Državama. Tada se podiže stijeg stotinu četrdeset i četiri tisuće (predočen Ilijom). Ondje se pravi protestantski rog jasno očituje nasuprot krivotvorenom protestantskom rogu, koji je u Samariji i hrani se Jezabeljinom hranom. Ondje republikanski rog, koji je uoči Gore Karmela postao rogom i crkve i države, dolazi svome svršetku kao šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva. Tada preostaju Ahab i njegov deseterostruki narod te Jezabela, koja se skrivala u Samariji dok blaguje s otpadničkim protestantima. Šesto je kraljevstvo dovršeno, a potom kiša dolazi bez mjere.

At Herod’s birthday party, Elijah, represented by John the Baptist is in the Roman prison awaiting deliverance or death. There are no prophets of Baal to accomplish the dance of deception, just Salome, Jezebel’s daughter. Herod and his royal friends are drunk with the wine of Babylon, for his birthday also represents the Sunday law, and all nations began to drink the wine of Babylon on September 11, 2001, well before the soon coming Sunday law.

Na Herodovoj rođendanskoj gozbi Ilija, predstavljen u Ivanu Krstitelju, nalazi se u rimskom zatvoru očekujući izbavljenje ili smrt. Nema Baalovih proroka da izvedu ples obmane, nego samo Saloma, Jezabelina kći. Herod i njegovi kraljevski prijatelji opijeni su vinom Babilona, jer njegov rođendan također predstavlja nedjeljni zakon, a svi su narodi počeli piti vino Babilona 11. rujna 2001., mnogo prije uskoro nadolazećega nedjeljnog zakona.

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, imajući veliku vlast; i zemlja se prosvijetli od njegove slave. I povika silno, jakim glasom, govoreći: Pade, pade Babilon veliki, i postade prebivalište đavolâ i utočište svakoga nečistoga duha i krletka svake nečiste i mrske ptice. Jer su svi narodi pili od vina gnjeva njezina bluda, i kraljevi zemaljski s njom su bludničili, i trgovci zemaljski obogatiše se od obilja njezinih raskoši. Otkrivenje 18:1–3.

These three verses were fulfilled when the great buildings of New York, the twin towers were thrown down by a touch of God.

Ova su tri stiha bila ispunjena kada su velike građevine New Yorka, tornjevi blizanci, bile oborene dodirom Božjim.

“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 dolazi riječ da sam izjavila kako će New York biti zbrisan 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 Otkrivenja 18:1–3.’ Cijelo osamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja upozorenje je na ono što dolazi na zemlju. Ali nemam nikakvu posebnu svjetlost 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 svjetlosti koja mi je dana znam da je razaranje u svijetu. Jedna riječ od Gospoda, jedan dodir njegove silne moći, i te će goleme građevine pasti. Odigrat će se prizori čiju strahotu ne možemo zamisliti.“ Review and Herald, 5. srpnja 1906.

The soon coming Sunday law is represented by the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, and it represents Ahab’s Mount Carmel, and Herod’s birthday party. Herodias, who is also Jezebel, is not present at Herod’s drunken party, just as Jezebel was absent from Mount Carmel. Until the Sunday law, she has been forgotten during the seventy symbolic years of the reign of the earth beast, the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. When Jezebel received her deadly wound in 1798 and 1799, the sixth kingdom (the United States) began its term as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. When the sixth kingdom ends, she then returns and begins to sing her songs and commits fornication with all the nations on earth.

Skorašnji nedjeljni zakon prikazan je drugim glasom iz osamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, i on predstavlja Ahabovu goru Karmel te Herodovu rođendansku gozbu. Herodijada, koja je također Izebela, nije prisutna na Herodovoj pijanoj gozbi, kao što je i Izebela bila odsutna s gore Karmela. Sve do nedjeljnog zakona, ona je bila zaboravljena tijekom sedamdeset simboličnih godina vladavine zvijeri iz zemlje, šestoga kraljevstva biblijskoga proročanstva. Kada je Izebela primila svoju smrtonosnu ranu 1798. i 1799. godine, šesto kraljevstvo (Sjedinjene Države) započelo je svoje razdoblje kao šesto kraljevstvo biblijskoga proročanstva. Kada šesto kraljevstvo završi, tada se ona vraća, počinje pjevati svoje pjesme i čini blud sa svim narodima na zemlji.

Her songs of fornication and wine was prophetically initiated on September 11, 2001, but that was simply the period of preparation, as had been represented by the thirty years from 508, unto 538, the first time she took the throne. Up until the Sunday law, when the sixth kingdom is slain by the hands of Elijah, she has been hidden in Samaria. At that point John the Baptist is being held in her prison, awaiting either deliverance or death.

Njezine pjesme o bludu i vinu bile su proročki započete 11. rujna 2001., ali to je bilo samo razdoblje priprave, kao što je bilo predočeno tridesetim godinama od 508. do 538., prvi put kad je zauzela prijestolje. Sve do nedjeljnoga zakona, kada šesto kraljevstvo biva ubijeno rukama Ilije, ona je bila skrivena u Samariji. U tom trenutku Ivan Krstitelj drži se u njezinu zatvoru, iščekujući ili izbavljenje ili smrt.

Herod and his noble friends were drunk with the wine of Babylon, when Salome, the daughter of Herodias (Jezebel), performed her highly seductive dance, and Herod manifests his lustful and incestual desires. He is fully captivated by his step-daughters’ sexual overtures, and offers her up to half his kingdom.

Herod i njegovi plemeniti prijatelji bili su opijeni vinom Babilona kada je Saloma, kći Herodijade (Jezabele), izvela svoj krajnje zavodljivi ples, a Herod očituje svoje požudne i incestuozne želje. On je posve opčinjen spolnim izazovima svoje pastorke te joj nudi do polovice svoga kraljevstva.

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. Mark 6:21–28.

I kad je došao zgodan dan, Herod na svoj rođendan priredi gozbu svojim velikašima, vojnim zapovjednicima i uglednicima Galileje. I kad uđe kći te Herodijade te zapleše i ugodi Herodu i onima koji su sjedili s njim, kralj reče djevojci: Zaišti od mene što god hoćeš, i dat ću ti. I zakle joj se: Što god zatražiš od mene, dat ću ti, do polovice svoga kraljevstva. A ona izađe i reče svojoj majci: Što da zatražim? A ona reče: Glavu Ivana Krstitelja. I ona odmah žurno uđe kralju i zatraži, govoreći: Hoću da mi odmah daš na pladnju glavu Ivana Krstitelja. I kralj se silno ožalosti; ipak, poradi svoje zakletve i poradi onih koji su sjedili s njim, ne htjede je odbiti. I kralj odmah posla krvnika i zapovjedi da mu donesu glavu; i on ode te ga obezglavi u tamnici, I donese njegovu glavu na pladnju i dade je djevojci; a djevojka je dade svojoj majci. Marko 6:21–28.

The first voice of Revelation eighteen sounded on September 11, 2001, and the second voice sounds at the soon coming Sunday law. In the history represented in John chapter six, the first voice of 2001 was the voice of Christ informing His disciples that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood, for He was the true Bread of Heaven. That period began in Galilee and ended with a purging of His disciples who turned away from Him in John chapter SIX, verse SIXTY-SIX. That history began at Galilee with a dietary test, and ended at the enforcement of the mark of the beast, as typified by the number of the pope’s name, which is SIX, SIX, SIX. Galilee means “turning point,” and September 11, 2001 was a prophetic “turning point” (Galilee), and Herod’s birthday was with the leadership of Galilee. The beginning voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, and the ending voice of Revelation eighteen, are both represented by Galilee, which is a turning point.

Prvi glas iz osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja zazvučao je 11. rujna 2001., a drugi glas zazvučat će pri skorom donošenju nedjeljnog zakona. U povijesti prikazanoj u šestom poglavlju Ivanova evanđelja, prvi glas iz 2001. bio je Kristov glas koji je obavještavao svoje učenike da moraju jesti Njegovo tijelo i piti Njegovu krv, jer On bijaše pravi Kruh s Neba. To je razdoblje započelo u Galileji i završilo pročišćenjem Njegovih učenika koji su se odvratili od Njega u šestom poglavlju Ivanova evanđelja, šezdeset i šestom retku. Ta je povijest započela u Galileji ispitom u pogledu prehrane, a završila nametanjem žiga zvijeri, kako je predočeno brojem papina imena, koji je ŠEST, ŠEST, ŠEST. Galileja znači „prekretnica“, a 11. rujna 2001. bio je proročka „prekretnica“ (Galileja), a Herodov rođendan bio je povezan s vodstvom Galileje. Početni glas osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja i završni glas osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja oba su prikazana Galilejom, koja je prekretnica.

“There are lessons to be learned from the history of the past; and attention is called to these, that all may understand that God works on the same lines now that He ever has done. His hand is seen in His work and among the nations now, just the same as it has been ever since the gospel was first proclaimed to Adam in Eden.

„Iz povijesti prošlosti treba izvući pouke; i pozornost se na njih usmjerava kako bi svi mogli razumjeti da Bog sada djeluje po istim načelima po kojima je oduvijek djelovao. Njegova se ruka vidi u Njegovu djelu i među narodima sada, upravo isto kao što se vidjela otkako je evanđelje prvi put bilo naviješteno Adamu u Edenu.“

“There are periods which are turning points in the history of nations and of the church. In the providence of God, when these different crises arrive, the light for that time is given. If it is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow. The Lord in His word has opened up the aggressive work of the gospel as it has been carried on in the past, and will be in the future, even to the closing conflict, when Satanic agencies will make their last wonderful movement.” Bible Echo, August 26, 1895.

„Postoje razdoblja koja predstavljaju prekretnice u povijesti narodâ i Crkve. U Božjoj providnosti, kada nastupe ove različite krize, daje se svjetlo za to vrijeme. Ako se ono prihvati, nastupa duhovni napredak; ako se odbaci, slijede duhovno opadanje i brodolom. Gospodin je u svojoj riječi razotkrio napredujuće djelo evanđelja onako kako se ono provodilo u prošlosti i kako će se provoditi u budućnosti, sve do završnog sukoba, kada će sotonske sile učiniti svoj posljednji čudesni pokret.“ Bible Echo, 26. kolovoza 1895.

Galilee at 2001, and Galilee at the soon coming Sunday law, identify when the light of the latter rain is poured out. In 2001 it was a measured outpouring, but at the second voice it is poured out without measure, as represented by the tremendous outpouring after Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, which occurred at Herod’s birthday party. Herod’s birthday identifies the birth of the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy, which immediately follows the death of the preceding kingdom. The United States began to reign in 1798, at the death of the fifth kingdom, and at the death of the prophets of Baal, the seventh kingdom’s birthday has arrived. That seventh kingdom is represented by Ahab’s tenfold kingdom of the north, and by Herod, a representative of the tenfold northern kingdom of pagan Rome.

Galileja godine 2001. i Galileja u vrijeme uskoro nadolazećega nedjeljnog zakona određuju kada se izlijeva svjetlo pozne kiše. Godine 2001. to je bilo odmjereno izlijevanje, ali pri drugom glasu ono se izlijeva bez mjere, kako je predočeno silnim izlijevanjem nakon što je Ilija pogubio Baalove proroke, što se zbilo na Herodovu rođendanskom slavlju. Herodov rođendan označava rođenje sedmoga kraljevstva biblijskoga proroštva, koje neposredno slijedi nakon smrti prethodnoga kraljevstva. Sjedinjene Američke Države počele su vladati 1798. godine, pri smrti petoga kraljevstva, a pri smrti Baalovih proroka nastupio je rođendan sedmoga kraljevstva. To sedmo kraljevstvo predočeno je Ahabovim deseterostrukim sjevernim kraljevstvom i Herodom, predstavnikom deseterostrukoga sjevernoga kraljevstva poganskoga Rima.

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:16–18.

I deset rogova što ih vidje na Zvijeri, oni će zamrziti bludnicu, opustošit će je i ogoliti, i jest će njezino meso te je spaliti ognjem. Jer Bog im je stavio u srca da izvrše njegovu volju, da budu jednodušni i predaju svoje kraljevstvo Zvijeri, dok se ne ispune riječi Božje. A žena koju si vidio jest onaj veliki grad, koji kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim. Otkrivenje 17:16–18.

Herod agrees to fulfill the oath he made to Salome, and give her the head of John, and his oath was represented as up to half his kingdom. The ten kings of the United Nations, in spite of hating the whore, agree to give their seventh kingdom unto the eighth head, that is of the seven previous heads. They agree to a kingdom that is premised upon the combination of the worldwide State, being combined with her worldwide Church. But the marriage is a Latin marriage, not an English marriage, for their marriage is represented by the “woman” reigning “over the kings.” In a Latin marriage the family retains the woman’s surname, not the mans’, and the name of this twofold marriage is an important element of the prophetic narrative.

Herod pristaje ispuniti zakletvu koju je dao Salomi i dati joj Ivanovu glavu, a njegova je zakletva bila prikazana kao do polovice njegova kraljevstva. Deset kraljeva Ujedinjenih naroda, unatoč tomu što mrze bludnicu, pristaju dati svoje sedmo kraljevstvo osmoj glavi, koja je od sedam prethodnih glava. Oni pristaju na kraljevstvo koje počiva na sjedinjenju svjetske Države s njezinom svjetskom Crkvom. Ali taj je brak latinski, a ne engleski brak, jer je njihov brak prikazan time što „žena“ kraljuje „nad kraljevima“. U latinskom braku obitelj zadržava ženino prezime, a ne muževljevo, i ime toga dvostrukog braka važan je element proročkoga pripovijedanja.

“Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

„Kraljevi i vladari i upravitelji stavili su na sebe žig antikrista te su prikazani kao zmaj koji odlazi zaratiti sa svetima — s onima koji drže Božje zapovijedi i imaju vjeru Isusovu.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

We will continue this study in the next article.

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The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. . .. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 2:1–3, 4:1–4.

Riječ koju je Izaija, sin Amosov, vidio o Judi i Jeruzalemu. I dogodit će se u posljednjim danima da će gora doma Gospodnjega biti utvrđena navrh gora i uzvišena nad bregovima; i svi će narodi k njoj pritjecati. I mnogi će pukovi poći i reći: Dođite, i uzađimo na goru Gospodnju, u dom Boga Jakovljeva; i on će nas poučiti svojim putovima, i hodat ćemo njegovim stazama: jer će sa Siona izaći zakon, i riječ Gospodnja iz Jeruzalema.... I u onaj dan sedam će žena uhvatiti jednoga čovjeka govoreći: Svoj ćemo kruh jesti i svoju odjeću nositi; samo da se zovemo tvojim imenom, da se ukloni naša sramota. U onaj dan izdanak Gospodnji bit će lijep i slavan, a plod zemlje izvrstan i krasan onima koji budu izmakli u Izraelu. I dogodit će se da će se onaj koji ostane na Sionu i onaj koji preostane u Jeruzalemu zvati svetim, svaki koji bude zapisan među živima u Jeruzalemu: kad Gospod opere nečistoću kćeri sionskih i očisti krv Jeruzalema iz njegove sredine duhom suda i duhom spaljivanja. Izaija 2:1–3, 4:1–4.