We are currently looking very closely at the prophetic characteristics of the history where the papacy returns to the throne of the earth as the eighth head, that is of the seven heads. We are doing so, in order to carefully identify the prophetic characteristics of the history when the eighth president, that is of the seven presidents, fulfills the formation of the image of the papal beast. We have begun our considerations of these truths with Mount Carmel and Herod’s birthday. Both sacred illustrations represent the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, which is also represented in verse forty-one of Daniel chapter eleven.

Trenutačno vrlo pomno promatramo proročka obilježja povijesti u kojoj se papinstvo vraća na prijestolje zemlje kao osma glava, to jest jedna od sedam glava. To činimo kako bismo pažljivo prepoznali proročka obilježja povijesti kada osmi predsjednik, to jest jedan od sedam predsjednika, dovršava oblikovanje slike papinske zvijeri. Svoja smo razmatranja ovih istina započeli gorom Karmel i Herodovim rođendanom. Obje svete ilustracije predstavljaju uskoro dolazeći nedjeljni zakon u Sjedinjenim Državama, koji je također prikazan u četrdeset i prvom retku jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela.

He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. Daniel 11:41.

I ući će i u slavnu zemlju, i mnoge će zemlje biti oborene; ali ovi će umaknuti njegovoj ruci: Edom i Moab i glavni između sinova Amonovih. Daniel 11,41.

The counterfeit king of the north enters the glorious land in the verse. The glorious land in the history of ancient Israel was the land of Judah, and it was represented as a land flowing with milk and honey, and for this reason, among others, it was glorious. It was glorious because Christ chose its capital city Jerusalem, as the place of His temple, and the city where he chose to place His name.

Krivotvoreni kralj sjevera ulazi u slavnu zemlju u ovom retku. Slavna zemlja u povijesti drevnoga Izraela bila je zemlja Judina, i bila je prikazana kao zemlja kojom teku med i mlijeko, i zbog toga je, među ostalim razlozima, bila slavna. Bila je slavna zato što je Krist izabrao njezin glavni grad Jeruzalem kao mjesto svojega hrama i grad u koji je izabrao staviti svoje ime.

Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 2 Chronicles 6:5, 6.

Od dana kad sam izveo svoj narod iz zemlje egipatske, nisam izabrao nijednoga grada među svim plemenima Izraelovim da se u njemu sagradi Dom, da ondje bude ime moje; niti sam izabrao ijednoga čovjeka da bude knez nad mojim narodom Izraelom. Nego sam izabrao Jeruzalem, da ondje bude ime moje; i izabrao sam Davida da bude nad mojim narodom Izraelom. 2 Ljetopisa 6,5.6.

The literal land of Judah was the glorious land for literal ancient Israel, and the United States is the spiritual land of Judah, the glorious land for spiritual modern Israel.

Doslovna zemlja Jude bila je slavna zemlja za doslovni drevni Izrael, a Sjedinjene Američke Države duhovna su zemlja Jude, slavna zemlja za duhovni suvremeni Izrael.

“When the land which the Lord provided as an asylum for His people, that they might worship Him according to the dictates of their own consciences, the land over which for long years the shield of Omnipotence has been spread, the land which God has favored by making it the depository of the pure religion of Christ,—when that land shall, through its legislators, abjure the principles of Protestantism, and give countenance to Romish apostasy in tampering with God’s law,—it is then that the final work of the man of sin will be revealed.” Signs of the Times, June 12, 1893.

„Kad zemlja koju je Gospod dao kao utočište svome narodu, da bi Mu iskazivao štovanje prema nalozima vlastite savjesti, zemlja nad kojom je tijekom dugih godina bio razastrt štit Svemogućega, zemlja kojoj je Bog iskazao naklonost učinivši je pohraništem čiste Kristove vjere,—kad se ta zemlja po svojim zakonodavcima odrekne načela protestantizma i pruži potporu rimskoj otpadi miješajući se u Božji zakon,—tada će se otkriti završno djelo čovjeka grijeha.“ Signs of the Times, 12. lipnja 1893.

After the counterfeit king of the north conquered the king of the south (the former Soviet Union), in verse forty, in 1989, it then conquers the glorious land (the United States). In verse forty-one the word “countries” is a supplied word, and is not fully accurate, for at the Sunday law, the “many” who are overthrown are a class of people who knew the distinction between the seventh-day Sabbath and the day of the sun, before the Sunday law arrived.

Nakon što je krivotvoreni kralj sjevera osvojio kralja juga (bivši Sovjetski Savez), u četrdesetom retku, 1989. godine, tada osvaja i slavnu zemlju (Sjedinjene Države). U četrdeset i prvom retku riječ „zemlje” umetnuta je riječ i nije posve točna, jer su kod nedjeljnog zakona „mnogi” koji bivaju oboreni skupina ljudi koja je poznavala razliku između subote sedmoga dana i dana sunca prije nego što je nedjeljni zakon stupio na snagu.

“The change of the Sabbath is the sign or mark of the authority of the Roman church. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false Sabbath in the place of the true, are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. The mark of the beast is the papal Sabbath, which has been accepted by the world in the place of the day of God’s appointment.

„Promjena subote znak je ili biljeg autoriteta Rimske crkve. Oni koji, razumijevajući zahtjeve četvrte zapovijedi, odluče svetkovati lažnu subotu umjesto prave, time odaju počast onoj sili po čijem je jedinom nalogu ona zapovjeđena. Žig Zvijeri jest papinska subota, koju je svijet prihvatio umjesto dana koji je Bog odredio.

“But the time to receive the mark of the beast, as designated in prophecy, has not yet come. The testing time has not yet come. There are true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion. None are condemned until they have had the light and have seen the obligation of the fourth commandment. But when the decree shall go forth enforcing the counterfeit Sabbath, and when the loud cry of the third angel shall warn men against the worship of the beast and his image, the line will be clearly drawn between the false and the true. Then those who still continue in transgression will receive the mark of the beast in their foreheads or in their hands.

„Ali vrijeme za primanje žiga zvijeri, kako je određeno u proročanstvu, još nije došlo. Vrijeme kušnje još nije nastupilo. U svakoj crkvi ima pravih kršćana, ne isključujući ni Rimokatoličku crkvu. Nitko nije osuđen dok nije primio svjetlo i uvidio obvezu četvrte zapovijedi. Ali kada bude izdan dekret kojim će se nametati krivotvorena subota, i kada glasni poklič trećega anđela bude upozoravao ljude protiv štovanja zvijeri i njezina lika, crta razgraničenja između lažnoga i istinitoga bit će jasno povučena. Tada će oni koji i dalje ustraju u prijestupu primiti žig zvijeri na svoja čela ili na svoje ruke.״

“With rapid steps we are approaching this period. When Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution, then will the papal Sabbath be enforced by the combined authority of church and state. There will be a national apostasy, which will end only in national ruin.” Bible Training School, February 2, 1913.

„Brzim koracima približavamo se ovom razdoblju. Kad se protestantske crkve ujedine sa svjetovnom vlašću kako bi poduprle lažnu religiju, zbog protivljenja kojoj su njihovi preci podnosili najžešći progon, tada će se papinski subotnji dan nametnuti združenim autoritetom Crkve i države. Nastupit će nacionalni otpad, koji će završiti jedino nacionalnom propašću.“ Bible Training School, 2. veljače 1913.

The class of “many” who are overthrown at the soon-coming Sunday law, are those who will be held accountable to the light of the Sabbath, which is the light that is given for that time, which is a turning point, and a crisis in the history of both the church and the nations. That class is the church of Laodicean Adventism that has reached their conclusion of wandering in the wilderness of rebellion. It is there that they are spewed out of the mouth of the Lord for eternity. Laodicean Adventism are those who were called unto the light of the third angel, either at the first Kadesh in the history of 1844, unto 1863, or at the second Kadesh in the history of 2001, unto the Sunday law.

Skupina „mnogih” koji će biti oboreni pri uskoro dolazećem zakonu o nedjelji jesu oni koji će se smatrati odgovornima za svjetlo o suboti, koje je svjetlo dano za to vrijeme, a koje je prekretnica i kriza u povijesti i crkve i narodâ. Ta je skupina crkva laodicejskog adventizma koja je dosegla svoj završetak lutanja u pustinji pobune. Ondje će biti izbljuvani iz usta Gospodnjih za vječnost. Laodicejski adventizam jesu oni koji su bili pozvani k svjetlu trećega anđela, bilo pri prvom Kadešu u povijesti od 1844. do 1863., bilo pri drugom Kadešu u povijesti od 2001. do zakona o nedjelji.

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew 22:12–14.

I reče mu: Prijatelju, kako si ušao ovamo bez svadbenoga ruha? A on zanijemi. Tada kralj reče slugama: Svežite mu ruke i noge, odvedite ga i bacite u tamu izvanjsku; ondje će biti plač i škrgut zubi. Jer mnogi su zvani, ali malo je izabranih. Matej 22,12–14.

The voice of the third angel, either in 1844, or 2001, was a call unto the wedding. The “many” that are overthrown at the Sunday law, are the “many” who rejected the wedding garment of Christ’s righteousness, and instead become part of the marriage party of the ten kings unto the whore of Rome. For that marriage, a person can keep their own garments, for all they need to take away their reproach is to be called by the surname of the whore that reigns over the ten kings.

Glas trećega anđela, bilo 1844. ili 2001., bio je poziv na svadbu. „Mnogi” koji bivaju oboreni pri nedjeljnom zakonu jesu oni „mnogi” koji su odbacili svadbenu haljinu Kristove pravednosti te umjesto toga postaju dio svadbene povorke deset kraljeva s bludnicom iz Rima. Za taj brak čovjek može zadržati svoje vlastite haljine, jer sve što mu je potrebno da ukloni svoju sramotu jest da se nazove prezimenom bludnice koja kraljuje nad deset kraljeva.

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. Isaiah 4:1.

I u onaj dan sedam će žena uhvatiti jednoga čovjeka govoreći: Svoj ćemo kruh jesti i svoju odjeću nositi; samo neka se zovemo tvojim imenom, da se ukloni naša sramota. Izaija 4,1.

They failed the first dietary test, for they chose to eat their own bread, instead of the bread of heaven. They failed the second test where they were to glorify God by manifesting His character, but they chose instead to wear their own garments. They failed the third litmus test, for they manifested the name (character) of the beast, for they chose to reject the name (character) of Christ. The purpose that Nimrod built a city (state), and a tower (church), in the first mention of Babylon, was that he might make himself a name.

Pali su na prvom ispitu prehrane, jer su izabrali jesti svoj vlastiti kruh, umjesto kruha nebeskoga. Pali su na drugom ispitu, u kojemu su trebali proslaviti Boga očitovanjem Njegova karaktera, ali su umjesto toga izabrali nositi svoje vlastite haljine. Pali su na trećem lakmus-testu, jer su očitovali ime (karakter) Zvijeri, budući da su izabrali odbaciti ime (karakter) Krista. Svrha zbog koje je Nimrod, pri prvom spomenu Babilona, sagradio grad (državu) i kulu (crkvu) bila je ta da sebi stekne ime.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Genesis 11:4.

I rekoše: Hajde da sebi sagradimo grad i kulu kojoj će vrh dopirati do neba; i steknimo sebi ime, da se ne raspršimo po svoj zemlji. Postanak 11,4.

Name is a symbol of character, and the prophetic character of the eighth beast, that is of the seven, is the twofold nature of the combination of Church (tower) and State (city). In the crisis of the last days men will separate into two classes.

Ime je simbol karaktera, a proročki karakter osme zvijeri, koja je od sedmorice, jest dvostruka narav saveza Crkve (kule) i Države (grada). U krizi posljednjih dana ljudi će se razdvojiti u dvije skupine.

“There can be only two classes. Each party is distinctly stamped, either with the seal of the living God, or with the mark of the beast or his image. Each son and daughter of Adam chooses either Christ or Barabbas as his general. And all who place themselves on the side of the disloyal are standing under Satan’s black banner, and are charged with rejecting and despitefully using Christ. They are charged with deliberately crucifying the Lord of life and glory.” Review and Herald, January 30, 1900.

„Mogu postojati samo dvije skupine. Svaka je strana jasno obilježena, bilo pečatom Boga živoga, bilo žigom Zvijeri ili njezine slike. Svaki sin i kći Adamova izabire ili Krista ili Barabu za svojega vođu. A svi koji se svrstavaju na stranu nevjernih stoje pod Sotoninim crnim stijegom i tereti ih se da odbacuju Krista i da se prema njemu odnose s prijezirom. Tereti ih se da namjerno razapinju Gospodina života i slave.“ Review and Herald, 30. siječnja 1900.

One class will represent the image of the beast, and the other class will represent the image of Christ. One will be wearing Christ’s wedding garment, and the other class will be wearing “their own apparel.” One class will be eating the heavenly diet, and the other will be eating their “own bread.” The class that eats their own bread, and retains their own apparel, represent the “many” who were called by the voice of the third angel, and they are the “many” who are overthrown at the soon-coming Sunday law. Their attempt to redeem their lost condition when their characters are manifested at the crisis of the Sunday law is the false hope that if they can accept the name of the whore of Rome, that doing so will take away their “reproach.”

Jedna će skupina predstavljati sliku Zvijeri, a druga će skupina predstavljati sliku Krista. Jedna će biti odjevena u Kristovu svadbenu haljinu, a druga će skupina nositi „svoje vlastito ruho“. Jedna će skupina jesti nebesku hranu, a druga će jesti svoj „vlastiti kruh“. Skupina koja jede svoj vlastiti kruh i zadržava svoje vlastito ruho predstavlja „mnoge“ koji su bili pozvani glasom trećega anđela, i oni su ti „mnogi“ koji bivaju oboreni pri uskoro nadolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu. Njihov pokušaj da otkupe svoje izgubljeno stanje kada se njihovi karakteri očituju u krizi nedjeljnoga zakona jest lažna nada da će, ako mogu prihvatiti ime rimske bludnice, to ukloniti njihovu „sramotu“.

At that time, the few who are chosen are lifted up as the ensign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and there is then another group in verse forty-one who then “escape” the hand of the counterfeit king of the north. The Hebrew word translated as “escape,” in verse forty-one, means to escape as if by slipperiness, and the definition conveys the idea of holding a bar of soap in the water, and due to the slipperiness of the soap, it slips out of your hand. The primary element of the definition of the word, when it is employed in the Hebrew language is that whatever it is that escapes, is something that had, prior to the escape, been under the control of whatever it escapes from.

U to vrijeme malobrojni koji su izabrani bivaju uzdignuti kao stijeg stotinu četrdeset i četiri tisuće, a potom se u četrdeset i prvom retku pojavljuje druga skupina koja tada „izmiče“ ruci krivotvorenoga kralja sjevera. Hebrejska riječ prevedena kao „izmiče“ u četrdeset i prvom retku znači izmaknuti kao uslijed klizavosti, a definicija prenosi zamisao držanja komada sapuna u vodi te da, zbog klizavosti sapuna, on isklizne iz ruke. Primarni element definicije te riječi, kada se rabi u hebrejskom jeziku, jest da je ono što izmakne nešto što je prije toga izmaknuća bilo pod vlašću onoga čemu izmiče.

In verse forty-one, the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet is accomplished.

U četrdeset i prvom retku ostvaruje se trostruko jedinstvo zmaja, Zvijeri i lažnoga proroka.

“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 Država bit će među prvima koji će pružiti svoje ruke preko provalije da prihvate ruku spiritizma; posegnut će preko bezdana da se rukuju s rimskom silom; i pod utjecajem toga trostrukog saveza, ova će zemlja poći stopama Rima u gaženju prava savjesti.“ Velika borba, 588.

When the United States joins hands with the United Nations, and the papacy at the Sunday law, there is a group of people who have previously been in the hand of the papacy, who then “escape” from the counterfeit king of the north’s hand. Those people were previously held in the grasp of the papal power. Those people are represented at Herod’s birthday party by John the Baptist, who was then in the captivity of the Roman dungeons, awaiting death or deliverance. The class of people who escape the captivity of the papacy at the Sunday law, are represented by three tribes, and thus symbolize the threefold makeup of modern Babylon.

Kada se Sjedinjene Američke Države udruže s Ujedinjenim narodima i papinstvom pri donošenju zakona o nedjelji, postoji skupina ljudi koja je prethodno bila u ruci papinstva, a koja tada „izmiče” iz ruke krivotvorenoga kralja sjevera. Ti su ljudi prethodno bili držani u stisku papinske vlasti. Ti su ljudi na Herodovoj rođendanskoj gozbi prikazani Ivanom Krstiteljem, koji je tada bio u zatočeništvu rimskih tamnica, čekajući smrt ili izbavljenje. Skupina ljudi koja izmiče iz zatočeništva papinstva pri zakonu o nedjelji prikazana je s tri plemena te tako simbolizira trostruki sastav suvremenoga Babilona.

At that very time, the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, calls those people to flee out of Babylon, that they not partake of her judgments that are then to begin. That second voice, is the voice of Christ, but it represents the voice of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are then proclaiming the third angels’ message with a loud voice. When those who escape the hand (a symbol of submission), they escape the hand of the counterfeit king of the north, and they then find the hand of the true king of the north.

Upravo u to vrijeme, drugi glas iz osamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja poziva te ljude da pobjegnu iz Babilona, kako ne bi sudjelovali u njezinim sudovima koji tada trebaju započeti. Taj drugi glas jest Kristov glas, ali on predstavlja glas sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće koji tada silnim glasom navješćuju poruku trećega anđela. Kada oni koji izmaknu ruci (simbolu podložnosti), izmaknu ruci krivotvorenoga kralja sjevera, tada nalaze ruku istinskoga kralja sjevera.

At Mount Carmel the prophets of Baal were slain, and as the masculine false deity they represent the State, and the prophets of Ashtaroth represent the Church. Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, thus identifying the end of the sixth kingdom, though the religion of apostate Protestantism as represented by Salome, was still represented. Salome, Apostate Protestantism, as Salome, seduces Herod, and the ten kings agree to enter into a Church and State alliance with the eighth head, that was of the seven heads. Salome is the one who the incestuous Herod lusts after in his heart.

Na gori Karmelu proroci Baalovi bili su pobijeni, a kao muško lažno božanstvo oni predstavljaju Državu, dok proroci Aštarotini predstavljaju Crkvu. Ilija je pobio proroke Baalove, označujući tako kraj šestoga kraljevstva, premda je religija otpaloga protestantizma, kako je predstavljena Salomom, još uvijek bila zastupljena. Saloma, otpali protestantizam, kao Saloma zavodi Heroda, i deset se kraljeva slažu stupiti u savez Crkve i Države s osmom glavom, koja bijaše od sedam glava. Saloma je ona za kojom u svome srcu žudi rodoskvrni Herod.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28.

A ja vam kažem: tko god pogleda ženu sa željom za njom, već je počinio preljub s njom u svome srcu. Matej 5,28.

Herod’s incestuous lust in his heart, joined their flesh together in his heart, and he therefore became one with Salome.

Herodova rodoskvrna požuda u njegovu srcu, združila je njihovo tijelo u njegovu srcu, i on je stoga postao jedno sa Salomom.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24.

Stoga će čovjek ostaviti oca svojega i majku svoju te će prionuti uza svoju ženu, i bit će njih dvoje jedno tijelo. Postanak 2,24.

At Herod’s birthday party, Herod and Salome became united, and Herod, who was typified by Ahab, is the head of the ten kings of the northern kingdom. At the soon coming Sunday law, the sixth kingdom of the earth beast ends when the horns that had become one horn representing the combination of the horns of Church and State (the image of the beast), is slain by Elijah. Salome then seduces Herod, becomes one with him, and convinces him to give half his kingdom (the world-wide State) to her mother (the world-wide Church). Salome has then taken control of Ahab and his ten tribes, for the ten kings all agree with each other.

Na Herodovu rođendanskom slavlju Herod i Saloma postali su ujedinjeni, a Herod, koji je bio predočen Ahabom, glava je deset kraljeva sjevernoga kraljevstva. U uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu, šesto kraljevstvo zemaljske zvijeri završava kada rogovi koji su postali jedan rog, predstavljajući spoj rogova Crkve i Države (slika zvijeri), budu ubijeni od Ilije. Saloma tada zavodi Heroda, postaje jedno s njime i navodi ga da polovicu svojega kraljevstva (svjetsku Državu) dade svojoj majci (svjetskoj Crkvi). Saloma je tada preuzela nadzor nad Ahabom i njegovih deset plemena, jer se deset kraljeva svi međusobno slažu.

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. Revelation 17:12, 13.

I deset rogova koje si vidio jesu deset kraljeva, koji još nisu primili kraljevstva; ali primaju vlast kao kraljevi za jedan sat sa Zvijeri. Oni su jedne misli te će svoju moć i snagu dati Zvijeri. Otkrivenje 17,12.13.

The beast they give their power and strength unto is the beast that the whore rides upon. The beast represents the character of the image, which is the combination of Church and State, with the woman (Church) in control of the relationship, for it is a Latin marriage, where the surname is the name of the wife, and where the woman rules over the man, in rebellion against the true marriage relationship.

Zvijer kojemu oni predaju svoju moć i svoju silu jest zvijer na kojoj bludnica jaše. Zvijer predstavlja značaj slike, koja je spoj Crkve i Države, pri čemu je žena (Crkva) ta koja upravlja tim odnosom, jer je to latinski brak, u kojemu je prezime ime žene i u kojemu žena vlada nad muškarcem, u pobuni protiv istinskoga bračnog odnosa.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Genesis 3:16.

A ženi reče: Umnožit ću veoma tvoju muku i tvoju trudnoću; u muci ćeš rađati djecu; i žudnja će tvoja biti za mužem tvojim, a on će vladati nad tobom. Postanak 3,16.

The ten kings are of one mind, and one heart.

Deset kraljeva jednodušni su i jednodušna srca.

“Revelation 17:13–14 quoted. ‘These have one mind.’ There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. ‘And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.’ Thus is manifested the same arbitrary, oppressive power against religious liberty, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, as was manifested by the papacy, when in the past it persecuted those who dared to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of Romanism.

„Otkrivenje 17,13–14 citirano. ‘Ovi imaju jednu misao.’ Postojat će opća veza jedinstva, jedno veliko suglasje, savez sotonskih sila. ‘I dat će svoju moć i vlast Zvijeri.’ Tako se očituje ista samovoljna, tlačiteljska vlast protiv vjerske slobode, slobode štovanja Boga prema nalozima savjesti, kakvu je očitovalo papinstvo kada je u prošlosti progonilo one koji su se usudili odbiti uskladiti se s vjerskim obredima i ceremonijama rimokatolicizma.

“In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be the great point at issue; for in the Sabbath commandment the great Law-giver identifies Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

„U ratu koji će se voditi u posljednjim danima ujedinit će se, u protivljenju Božjem narodu, sve pokvarene sile koje su otpale od odanosti Jahvinu zakonu. U tom će ratu subota iz četvrte zapovijedi biti veliko sporno pitanje; jer se u zapovijedi o suboti veliki Zakonodavac poistovjećuje kao Stvoritelj nebesa i zemlje.“ The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

The ten kings, whose leader is Ahab, or Herod, have been seduced by Salome, the daughter of Herodias. The United Nations, who at the Sunday law is seduced by Salome, the false religion of apostate Protestantism, and who was formerly the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, takes control of the kingdom of ten kings, who all agree to give half their kingdom unto the religion of Catholicism. They make this unanimous decision, for all the kings were seduced by Salome’s seductive dance. They agree to place their united strength into the work of killing those represented by John the Baptist.

Deset kraljeva, čiji je vođa Ahab, odnosno Herod, bili su zavedeni od Salome, kćeri Herodijadine. Ujedinjeni narodi, koji su kod nedjeljnog zakona zavedeni od Salome, lažne religije otpaloga protestantizma, i koji su nekoć bili šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proroštva, preuzimaju vlast nad kraljevstvom desetorice kraljeva, koji se svi slažu da polovicu svojega kraljevstva predaju religiji katolicizma. Tu jednoglasnu odluku donose zato što su svi kraljevi bili zavedeni zavodljivim plesom Salominim. Oni se slažu da svoju ujedinjenu snagu ulože u djelo ubijanja onih koje predstavlja Ivan Krstitelj.

The beast (the United Nations) is governed by a premier king (the daughter of Jezebel). Jezebel had directed her daughter to initiate the adulterous and incestuous relationship with Herod and the other kings, for she is the mother of harlots. She is the pimp of her own daughter. Herod, Ahab and the United Nations were seduced by the false prophet, who is the United States. The United States, ceases to be the sixth kingdom when the prophets of Baal were slain, and the prophets of Ashtaroth (Salome) immediately become the governing power of the seventh kingdom, as it duplicates in the world, what it just accomplished in the United States.

Zvijer (Ujedinjeni narodi) pod vlašću je vrhovnoga kralja (kćeri Jezabele). Jezabela je usmjerila svoju kćer da započne preljubnički i rodoskvrni odnos s Herodom i drugim kraljevima, jer ona je majka bludnica. Ona je svodnica vlastite kćeri. Heroda, Ahaba i Ujedinjene narode zavodio je lažni prorok, koji su Sjedinjene Države. Sjedinjene Države prestaju biti šesto kraljevstvo kada su proroci Baalovi bili pobijeni, a proroci Aštartini (Saloma) odmah postaju vladajuća sila sedmoga kraljevstva, jer ono u svijetu umnaža ono što je upravo postiglo u Sjedinjenim Državama.

The beast is the kings who are in a relationship with the whore’s daughter, and the whore is the woman that rules over the beast. Jesus illustrates the end of a thing, with the beginning of a thing. Just as Revelation chapter seventeen’s illustration of eight kingdoms unsealed the eight kingdoms of Daniel chapter two, the beast and the woman that rides upon the beast unseals another prophetic truth, that is based upon the first representing the last.

Zvijer su kraljevi koji su u odnosu s kćeri bludnice, a bludnica je žena koja vlada nad zvijeri. Isus prikazuje svršetak neke stvari početkom te iste stvari. Kao što je prikaz osam kraljevstava u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja razotkrio osam kraljevstava iz drugoga poglavlja Daniela, tako zvijer i žena koja jaše na zvijeri razotkrivaju još jednu proročku istinu, koja se temelji na tome da prvo predstavlja posljednje.

Revelation chapter seventeen is the last reference to the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, and therefore demands that Daniel chapter two, which is the first reference to the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, of prophetic necessity must also represent eight kingdoms, of which the eighth kingdom was of the seven. So too, the judgment of the woman and the beast she rides upon in chapter seventeen, must be represented in the first judgment of the whore in 1798.

Sedamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja posljednja je referenca na kraljevstva biblijskog proroštva, i stoga zahtijeva da i drugo poglavlje Daniela, koje je prva referenca na kraljevstva biblijskog proroštva, po proročkoj nužnosti također mora predstavljati osam kraljevstava, od kojih je osmo kraljevstvo bilo od sedam. Također, sud nad ženom i zvijeri na kojoj jaše u sedamnaestom poglavlju mora biti prikazan u prvom sudu nad bludnicom 1798. godine.

The angel informed John at the opening of chapter seventeen, that he was going to show the judgment of the great whore and of the beast she rides upon. The first time the whore was judged has been correctly understood as 1798 when the papacy received its deadly wound, and the time of the end arrived. Yet when a “time of the end” is represented in prophetic history there are always two waymarks symbolized by people. The birth of Aaron and his brother Moses was the time of the end in that history. Those two waymarks typified the birth of John the Baptist, and sixth months later his cousin Jesus, thus marking the time of the end for that history. At the end of the seventy-year captivity, which typifies the time of the end in 1798, Darius and his nephew Cyrus are the two waymarks of the time of the end. Together, they typify Reagan and Bush the first, in the time of the end of 1989.

Anđeo je obavijestio Ivana na početku sedamnaestoga poglavlja da će mu pokazati sud nad velikom bludnicom i nad zvijeri na kojoj ona jaše. Prvi put kada je bludnica bila suđena ispravno je shvaćen kao 1798. godina, kada je papinstvo zadobilo svoju smrtonosnu ranu i kada je nastupilo vrijeme svršetka. Ipak, kada je u proročkoj povijesti prikazano jedno „vrijeme svršetka“, uvijek postoje dvije razdjelnice označene ljudima. Rođenje Arona i njegova brata Mojsija bilo je vrijeme svršetka u toj povijesti. Te su dvije razdjelnice bile predslika rođenja Ivana Krstitelja, a šest mjeseci kasnije njegova rođaka Isusa, čime je bilo označeno vrijeme svršetka za tu povijest. Na kraju sedamdesetogodišnjega sužanjstva, koje predočava vrijeme svršetka 1798. godine, Darije i njegov nećak Kir dvije su razdjelnice vremena svršetka. Zajedno, oni su predslika Reagana i Busha starijeg, u vremenu svršetka 1989. godine.

1798, which was the time of the end when the book of Daniel was unsealed in Millerite history, identified the prophetic death of the political element of the beast of Catholicism. Napoleon’s general Berthier walked right into the Vatican, arrested the pope and ended the political authority of the beast of Catholicism. A year later, in 1799, the woman who had ridden that beast through the centuries, represented by the pope, died in captivity. The judgment of the whore, includes the judgment upon the beast she employed to govern the nations. Revelation chapter seventeen identifies both the judgment of the beast, and also the whore who rules over and rides upon the beast.

Godina 1798., koja je bila vrijeme svršetka kada je u mileritskoj povijesti knjiga proroka Daniela bila otpečaćena, označila je proročku smrt političkog elementa zvijeri katolicizma. Napoleonov general Berthier ušao je ravno u Vatikan, uhitio papu i okončao politički autoritet zvijeri katolicizma. Godinu dana kasnije, 1799., žena koja je kroz stoljeća jahala tu zvijer, predstavljena papom, umrla je u zatočeništvu. Sud nad bludnicom uključuje i sud nad zvijeri kojom se služila da vlada narodima. Sedamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja prepoznaje i sud nad zvijeri, kao i nad bludnicom koja vlada nad zvijeri i jaše na njoj.

“The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

„Svijet je ispunjen olujom, ratom i razdorom. Ipak, pod jednom glavom — papinskom vlašću — narod će se ujediniti da se suprotstavi Bogu u osobi Njegovih svjedoka.” Testimonies, svezak 7, 182.

The eighth head, that is of the seven, is the papal power that reigns over the beast that is made up of ten kings who are governed by the daughter of the whore who rides upon the beast. The elements of the eighth kingdom, that is of the seven must be seen in the eighth and last president, who is of the seven presidents, when the image of the beast is formed within the United States. The combination of the apostate horns of Republicanism and Protestantism must have a “head” that rules over the image of the beast, and that ruler will be a dictator extraordinaire.

Osma glava, koja je od sedmorice, jest papinska vlast koja vlada nad Zvijeri sastavljenom od deset kraljeva kojima upravlja kći bludnice što jaše na Zvijeri. Elementi osmoga kraljevstva, koje je od sedmorice, moraju se vidjeti u osmom i posljednjem predsjedniku, koji je od sedmorice predsjednika, kada se lik Zvijeri oblikuje unutar Sjedinjenih Država. Spoj otpalih rogova republikanizma i protestantizma mora imati „glavu“ koja vlada nad likom Zvijeri, a taj će vladar biti izvanredan diktator.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Nastavit ćemo ovo proučavanje u sljedećem članku.

A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. Psalms 83:1–8.

Pjesma ili psalam Asafov. Nemoj šutjeti, Bože; nemoj mirovati i ne budi nijem, Bože. Jer, evo, neprijatelji tvoji bune se, i oni koji te mrze podigoše glavu. Lukavo se dogovaraju protiv naroda tvojega i vijećaju se protiv tvojih skrivenih. Rekoše: Dođite, i istrijebimo ih da više ne budu narod, da se ime Izraelovo više ne spominje. Jer se jednodušno dogovoriše; protiv tebe sklopiše savez: šatori Edomovi i Jišmaelci, Moab i Hagarenci, Gebal i Amon i Amalek, Filistejci sa stanovnicima Tira; i Asur im se pridružio; pomogoše sinovima Lotovim. Sela. Psalmi 83:1–8.