All the prophets speak of the end of the world, and all the prophecies meet and end in the book of Revelation. In the book of Revelation, the same line is taken up as in the book of Daniel, for they are the same book. All of these prophetic principles have been firmly recorded in the previous articles. In the book of Revelation, we are informed that just before probation closes there is a prophecy that has been sealed up that is unsealed. These articles have been setting forth the prophetic elements connected to the message in the book of Revelation that is now being unsealed. The message is not a singular prophetic truth, and every element of the message that is being unsealed falls into the category of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
Svi proroci govore o svršetku svijeta, i sva se proročanstva susreću i završavaju u knjizi Otkrivenja. U knjizi Otkrivenja preuzima se ista crta kao i u knjizi Daniela, jer to je ista knjiga. Sva su ta proročka načela čvrsto zabilježena u prethodnim člancima. U knjizi Otkrivenja obaviješteni smo da se neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti nalazi jedno zapečaćeno proročanstvo koje se otpečaćuje. Ovi članci iznosili su proročke elemente povezane s porukom u knjizi Otkrivenja koja se sada otpečaćuje. Ta poruka nije jedna pojedinačna proročka istina, i svaki element poruke koja se otpečaćuje pripada kategoriji Otkrivenja Isusa Krista.
The message is unsealed just before the close of probation, when the “time is at hand.” The books of Daniel and Revelation, in association with the commentary from the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy, are very specific concerning the process associated with the unsealing of a prophetic message. It is the Lion of the tribe of Judah who accomplishes the unsealing, and when he does so he employs a structured method for presenting the message. He receives the message from the Father, who is represented as holding the Bible as it is sealed with seven seals. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, who is also the root of David and the Lamb that was slain, takes the book from the Father and removes the seals.
Poruka se otpečaćuje neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti, kada je „vrijeme blizu“. Knjige Daniela i Otkrivenja, zajedno s komentarima iz spisa Duha proroštva, vrlo su određene glede procesa povezanog s otpečaćivanjem proročke poruke. Lav iz plemena Judina jest onaj koji izvršava otpečaćivanje, a kada to čini, služi se ustrojenom metodom izlaganja poruke. On prima poruku od Oca, koji je prikazan kako drži Bibliju zapečaćenu sa sedam pečata. Lav iz plemena Judina, koji je ujedno i korijen Davidov i zaklano Janje, uzima knjigu od Oca i skida pečate.
Jesus then gives the message to Gabriel, who along with other angels conveys the message to a prophet who writes the message and sends it to the churches. When the time to unseal the prophetic message is at hand the opening of the prophetic message produces a three-step testing process, that tests those within the churches who are the target audience of the prophet’s writing, and based upon the individual response of those church members, they determine whether they are in one of two classes. Those that accept the increase of knowledge which is produced by the message that is unsealed are identified as the “wise,” and those who do not are identified by Daniel as the “wicked,” and by Matthew as the “foolish”.
Isus potom daje poruku Gabrielu, koji je zajedno s drugim anđelima prenosi proroku koji zapisuje poruku i šalje je crkvama. Kada se približi vrijeme da se proročka poruka otpečati, otvaranje proročke poruke proizvodi proces kušanja u tri koraka, koji ispituje one unutar crkava koji su ciljana publika prorokova spisa, te na temelju osobnog odgovora tih članova crkve oni određuju pripadaju li jednoj od dviju skupina. Oni koji prihvate porast znanja koji poruka, kada je otpečaćena, proizvodi, prepoznaju se kao „mudri“, a oni koji to ne prihvate Daniel označava kao „bezbožne“, a Matej kao „lude“.
All of these factors connected with the unsealing of the final prophetic secret are addressed and emphasized in verse nine of Revelation seventeen, for it identifies an element of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that will test the two classes of worshippers. It does so by identifying that it is the “wise” that will understand the message that follows the warning flag of the verse.
Svi ovi čimbenici povezani s otpečaćivanjem posljednje proročke tajne obrađeni su i naglašeni u devetom retku sedamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja, jer on prepoznaje jedan element Otkrivenja Isusa Krista koji će iskušati dva razreda štovatelja. To čini time što utvrđuje da će poruku koja slijedi nakon upozoravajuće zastave toga retka razumjeti „mudri”.
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Revelation 17:9–11.
I ovdje je um koji ima mudrost. Sedam glava jesu sedam gora, na kojima sjedi žena. I sedam je kraljeva: pet ih je palo, jedan jest, a drugi još nije došao; i kad dođe, mora ostati kratko vrijeme. A Zvijer koja bijaše, a nije, i ona je osma, i od sedmorice je, i odlazi u propast. Otkrivenje 17:9–11.
The “mind that has wisdom,” is the mind of the “wise.” The “wise” understand the increase of knowledge, and the increase of knowledge that is represented immediately after the prophetic marker, which identifies a truth that will be understood by the wise and rejected by the wicked, is the truth associated with the kingdoms of Bible prophecy set forth in the verses that follow. Those verses represent the last illustration of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, and what is unsealed in the last days is that those eight kingdoms have also been represented in the first illustration of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy in Daniel chapter two.
„Um koji ima mudrost“ jest um „mudrih“. „Mudri“ razumiju umnažanje spoznaje, a umnažanje spoznaje koje je prikazano neposredno nakon proročkog obilježja, koje označava istinu koju će mudri razumjeti, a zli odbaciti, jest istina povezana s kraljevstvima biblijskog proroštva izloženima u stihovima koji slijede. Ti stihovi predstavljaju posljednji prikaz kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva, a ono što je otpečaćeno u posljednjim danima jest da je tih osam kraljevstava također bilo prikazano u prvom prikazu kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva u drugom poglavlju Daniela.
The revelation of the truth upholds the limited view of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy that made up one of Miller’s jewels, but it shone ten times brighter, for it possesses much more truth than the Millerites understood from their limited point in history, and it represents a test as represented by the number “ten,” and by the warning beacon of the introductory warning of “here is the mind that has wisdom,” prophetically interpreted as, the following truth will test the churches that are sent the message that is unsealed just before the close of probation.
Otkrivenje istine podupire ograničeno razumijevanje kraljevstava biblijskog proročanstva koje je činilo jedan od Millerovih dragulja, ali je zasjalo deset puta sjajnije, jer sadrži mnogo više istine nego što su Milleriti razumjeli sa svojega ograničenog povijesnog stajališta, te predstavlja kušnju, kako je predočena brojem „deset”, i upozoravajućim svjetionikom uvodnog upozorenja „ovdje je um koji ima mudrost”, proročki protumačenog ovako: sljedeća će istina iskušati crkve kojima je poslana poruka koja je zapečaćena neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti.
In Revelation seventeen John was carried into the wilderness of twelve hundred and sixty years of papal darkness. He was placed at the very end of that period in 1798, which is the identical history he was placed at in Revelation thirteen.
U sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja Ivan je bio odnesen u pustinju od tisuću dvjesto i šezdeset godina papinske tame. Bio je postavljen na sam kraj toga razdoblja, u 1798. godinu, što je istovjetna povijest na koju je bio postavljen u trinaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Revelation 13:1.
I stadoh na pijesku morskome te vidjeh Zvijer gdje uzlazi iz mora, imajući sedam glava i deset rogova, i na svojim rogovima deset kruna, a na svojim glavama ime hule. Otkrivenje 13,1.
The “sand of the sea” represents 1798, for it represents the historical vantage point where John was shown the papacy (the beast of the sea) in the past tense, and the United States (the beast of the earth) rising up, and ultimately speaking as a dragon at the soon-coming Sunday law. Then the earth beast forces the world to accept the “image of the beast,” that would speak and implement Sunday legislation upon the entire world.
„Pijesak morske obale“ predstavlja 1798. godinu, jer predstavlja povijesno gledište s kojega je Ivanu bilo pokazano papinstvo (zvijer iz mora) u prošlom vremenu, te Sjedinjene Američke Države (zvijer iz zemlje) kako izlaze, i naposljetku govore kao zmaj pri uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu. Tada zvijer iz zemlje prisiljava svijet da prihvati „lik zvijeri“, koji će govoriti i provoditi nedjeljno zakonodavstvo nad cijelim svijetom.
“At the time when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, is represented by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea; but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which it symbolized—the United States.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.
„U vrijeme kada je Papinstvo, lišeno svoje snage, bilo prisiljeno odustati od progonstva, Ivan je ugledao novu silu kako ustaje da odjekne zmajevim glasom i nastavi isto okrutno i hulno djelo. Ta sila, posljednja koja će zaratiti protiv crkve i Božjega zakona, prikazana je zvijeri s janjećim rogovima. Zvijeri koje su joj prethodile izišle su iz mora; no ova je izišla iz zemlje, predstavljajući miran uspon naroda koji je simbolizirala — Sjedinjenih Država.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.
John is taken to the same vantage point of history to receive the final presentation of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy in chapter seventeen. Standing at that vantage point the kingdoms are presented. He is first informed that the beast controls both church and state, for she is seated upon not only seven heads, but also seven mountains. The seating of the great whore is identifying that she is the one riding the beast, and the one who rides the beast is the one who controls the beast.
Ivan je odveden na isto povijesno gledište kako bi u sedamnaestom poglavlju primio konačni prikaz kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva. Stojeći na tom gledištu, kraljevstva su mu predstavljena. Najprije je obaviješten da Zvijer nadzire i Crkvu i državu, jer ona sjedi ne samo na sedam glava, nego i na sedam gora. Sjedenje velike bludnice označava da je ona ta koja jaše Zvijer, a ona koja jaše Zvijer jest ona koja upravlja Zvijeri.
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:18.
A žena koju si vidio jest onaj veliki grad koji kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim. Otkrivenje 17,18.
The word “reigneth” means to hold and to rule over. A rider rules over the beast by holding the reins. The papacy rules over seven heads and also over seven mountains. In Daniel chapter two, Daniel informs Nebuchadnezzar that he is the “head” of gold. In Isaiah chapter seven a “head” is also a king, a capitol or a kingdom.
Riječ „vlada” znači držati i upravljati nad. Jahač vlada nad zvijeri držeći uzde. Papinstvo vlada nad sedam glava, a također i nad sedam gora. U drugom poglavlju Daniela, Daniel obavještava Nebukadnezara da je on „glava” od zlata. U sedmom poglavlju Izaije „glava” je također kralj, glavni grad ili kraljevstvo.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:7, 8.
Jer je glava Siriji Damask, a glava Damasku Resin; i za šezdeset i pet godina Efrajim će se skršiti da više ne bude narod. I glava je Efrajimu Samarija, a glava Samariji sin Remalijin. Ako ne uzvjerujete, doista se nećete održati. Izaija 7:7, 8.
The papacy, which is the woman riding the beast, rules over all the kings of the earth. Those kings are represented as “ten kings,” that are the dragon-power of the last days. They are the kings the whore of Tyre commits fornication with. Those “ten kings” have been forced to accept the authority of the papacy, but the premier king of those ten kings is the United States. The United States is therefore also represented by Ahab, the king of the ten northern kingdoms of Israel. The number “seven” represents “complete,” and when the papacy is portrayed as reigning over the kings of the earth, she is also reigning over the ten kings and she is seated upon the seven heads.
Papinstvo, koje je žena što jaše Zvijer, vlada nad svim kraljevima zemlje. Ti su kraljevi predstavljeni kao „deset kraljeva“, koji su zmajeva sila posljednjih dana. Oni su kraljevi s kojima bludnica iz Tira čini blud. Tih je „deset kraljeva“ bilo prisiljeno prihvatiti vlast papinstva, ali prvotni kralj tih deset kraljeva jesu Sjedinjene Države. Stoga su Sjedinjene Države također predstavljene Ahabom, kraljem deset sjevernih kraljevstava Izraela. Broj „sedam“ predstavlja „potpunost“, i kada je papinstvo prikazano kako kraljuje nad kraljevima zemlje, ono također kraljuje nad deset kraljeva i sjedi na sedam glava.
Here is the mind that has wisdom, for the wise of the last days employ the methodology of “line upon line,” and they recognize that each of the symbols of the statecraft that the whore rules over identify the same truth. She also rules over seven mountains, and the Millerites identified a “mountain” in Bible prophecy as a symbol of a kingdom, but they also identified that symbols have more than one meaning.
Ovdje je um koji ima mudrost, jer mudri posljednjih dana primjenjuju metodologiju „redak po redak“ i prepoznaju da svaki od simbola državničke vlasti nad kojom bludnica vlada označuje istu istinu. Ona također vlada nad sedam gora, a mileriti su u biblijskom proroštvu prepoznali „goru“ kao simbol kraljevstva, ali su također prepoznali da simboli imaju više od jednoga značenja.
Mountains are also a symbol of a church. The “glorious holy mountain” in the Scriptures represents God’s church.
Planine su također simbol crkve. „Slavna sveta gora” u Svetome pismu predstavlja Božju crkvu.
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. Isaiah 2:1–3.
Riječ koju je Izaija, sin Amosov, vidio o Judi i Jeruzalemu. I dogodit će se u posljednje dane da će gora Doma Gospodnjega biti utvrđena vrh gora i uzvišena nad humcima; i svi će narodi teći k njoj. I mnogi će narodi poći i reći: Dođite, i pođimo na goru Gospodnju, u Dom Boga Jakovljeva; i on će nas učiti svojim putovima, i hodit ćemo njegovim stazama. Jer će iz Siona izići Zakon i riječ Gospodnja iz Jeruzalema. Izaija 2:1–3.
The “Lord’s house” is His church, and it is a “mountain.” The great whore is seated upon seven mountains, thus identifying that she rules over all the churches, just as she rules over all the kings. She has control over all the churches and all the states in all the world.
„Dom Gospodnji“ jest Njegova crkva i ona je „gora“. Velika bludnica sjedi na sedam gora, čime se pokazuje da ona vlada nad svim crkvama, kao što vlada i nad svim kraljevima. Ona ima vlast nad svim crkvama i svim državama u cijelome svijetu.
The vision that Isaiah is identifying that came to him “concerning Judah and Jerusalem,” that we just cited, continues on, and it is still the same passage in chapter four, and according to Isaiah it is the “same day” that people say, “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.” In that same period of time “seven women” are identified.
Viđenje koje Izaija prepoznaje, a koje mu je došlo „o Judi i Jeruzalemu“, koje smo upravo naveli, nastavlja se, i još je uvijek riječ o istome odlomku u četvrtome poglavlju, i prema Izaiji to je „isti dan“ kada ljudi govore: „Hajdete, i pođimo na goru Gospodnju, u Dom Boga Jakovljeva.“ U tom istom razdoblju vremena prepoznaje se „sedam žena“.
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. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. Isaiah 4:1–6.
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 skinemo svoju sramotu. U onaj dan izdanak Jahvin bit će krasan i slavan, a plod zemlje izvrstan i divan onima koji umaknuše iz Izraela. I dogodit će se da će se onaj koji ostane na Sionu i onaj koji preostane u Jeruzalemu zvati svetim, svaki koji je zapisan među živima u Jeruzalemu: kada Jahve opere nečistotu kćeri sionskih i očisti krv Jeruzalema iz njegove sredine duhom suda i duhom paljenja. I Jahve će stvoriti nad svakim prebivalištem gore Siona i nad njezinim zborovima oblak i dim danju, a sjaj plamenoga ognja noću; jer nad svom slavom bit će zaštita. I bit će sjenica za sjenu danju od žege te za utočište i zaklon od oluje i od kiše. Izaija 4,1–6.
The “day” which is the subject of Isaiah’s vision is the “hour” of the great earthquake of Revelation chapter eleven. The wise that have accepted the admonition to “return” from the disappointment of July 18, 2020, and met the requirements of Leviticus twenty-six, and who have been brought together by Ezekiel’s first prophecy, are sealed when they accept Ezekiel’s second message of the four winds of Islam. They are then lifted up into heaven as an ensign, and God’s other children in Babylon begin to respond to the call to come out of Babylon, that begins at the earthquake, which is the soon-coming Sunday law. God’s other flock hear the message to come out of Babylon, and they proclaim, “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.”
„Dan” koji je predmet Izaijina viđenja jest „čas” velikoga potresa iz jedanaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja. Mudri koji su prihvatili opomenu da se „vrate” nakon razočaranja od 18. srpnja 2020. i ispunili zahtjeve iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest, te koji su okupljeni po Ezekielovu prvom proročanstvu, zapečaćeni su kada prihvate Ezekielovu drugu poruku o četiri vjetra islama. Tada su uzdignuti na nebo kao stijeg, a druga Božja djeca u Babilonu počinju odgovarati na poziv da izađu iz Babilona, koji započinje pri potresu, a to je uskoro-dolazeći nedjeljni zakon. Drugo Božje stado čuje poruku da izađe iz Babilona te objavljuje: „Dođite, i pođimo na goru Gospodnju, u dom Boga Jakovljeva.”
In that “hour” the great whore begins to sing her songs and commit fornication with the kings of the earth. Those who are not written in the Lamb’s book of life follow the whore, and their churches come under her authority. Those churches are represented by Isaiah as “seven women.” Those “seven women” are the “seven mountains” that the papacy shall rule over, as the United States forces the entire world to erect an image of the beast that will both speak and cause all to receive the mark of papal authority.
U tome „času“ velika bludnica počinje pjevati svoje pjesme i bludničiti s kraljevima zemaljskim. Oni koji nisu upisani u Jaganjčevu knjigu života slijede bludnicu, a njihove crkve dolaze pod njezinu vlast. Te crkve Izaija prikazuje kao „sedam žena“. Tih „sedam žena“ jesu „sedam gora“ nad kojima će papinstvo vladati, dok Sjedinjene Američke Države prisiljavaju cijeli svijet da podigne sliku Zvijeri koja će i govoriti i učiniti da svi prime žig papinske vlasti.
Those “seven women shall take hold of one man,” and that “man” is the “man” Paul identifies as “the man of sin.” In that testing period those who remain “in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem.” God’s people are those in the period of time whose names are written in the book of life, the book of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world. The other class, who take hold of the “man of sin” are those in Revelation chapter thirteen that worship the man of sin.
Tih „sedam žena uhvatit će se jednoga čovjeka“, a taj je „čovjek“ onaj „čovjek“ kojega Pavao označuje kao „čovjeka grijeha“. U tom razdoblju kušnje oni koji ostanu „u Jeruzalemu, zvat će se sveti, svaki koji bude zapisan među živima u Jeruzalemu“. Božji su narod oni iz toga vremenskog razdoblja čija su imena zapisana u knjizi života, u knjizi Jaganjca zaklanoga od postanka svijeta. Druga skupina, koja se hvata „čovjeka grijeha“, jesu oni iz trinaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja koji se klanjaju čovjeku grijeha.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. Revelation 13:8, 9.
I svi koji prebivaju na zemlji klanjat će mu se, svi kojima imena nisu zapisana u knjizi života Jaganjca zaklanoga od postanka svijeta. Ako tko ima uho, neka čuje. Otkrivenje 13,8.9.
The “hour” of the great earthquake, which is the Sunday law crisis, is the conclusion of the investigative judgment, and the judgment is based upon whether your name is found or not found entered within the book of life, thus in that time the two classes represented by the relation to the book of life is identifying the very closing scenes of judgment. Those who take hold of the “man of sin,” proclaim that they will “eat” their “own bread, and wear” their “own apparel,” but their primary desire is to “be called by thy name”.
„Čas“ velikoga potresa, koji je kriza zakona o nedjelji, jest završetak istražnoga suda, a sud se temelji na tome nalazi li se ili ne nalazi vaše ime upisano u knjizi života; stoga u tom vremenu dvije skupine, predstavljene odnosom prema knjizi života, označuju upravo same završne prizore suda. Oni koji se hvataju „čovjeka grijeha“ izjavljuju da će „jesti“ „svoj kruh i nositi“ „svoje ruho“, ali njihova je prvenstvena želja „zvati se tvojim imenom“.
They will retain their own doctrinal statement of beliefs (eat their own bread), and retain their denominational profession (their own apparel), but accept the name of the “man of sin.” The name of the “man of sin,” is “catholic”, which means “universal”. Those who take hold of the “man of sin,” wish to become part of the “universal church”, which is the Catholic church. They desire that relationship in order to “take away” their “reproach.”
Zadržat će vlastitu doktrinarnu izjavu vjere (jesti svoj vlastiti kruh) i zadržati svoje denominacijsko ispovijedanje (svoje vlastito ruho), ali će prihvatiti ime „čovjeka grijeha“. Ime „čovjeka grijeha“ jest „katolički“, što znači „univerzalan“. Oni koji se prihvate „čovjeka grijeha“ žele postati dijelom „univerzalne crkve“, koja je Katolička crkva. Oni žude za tim odnosom kako bi „uklonili“ svoju „sramotu“.
The “reproach” addresses two significant elements of the beast that reigns over all the churches and all the nations in the last days. In the “hour of the great earthquake” in Revelation eleven, “the third woe cometh quickly”. The “third woe” is Islam. In the “hour of the great earthquake” in Revelation eleven, the Seventh Trumpet sounds. The Seventh Trumpet is Islam. Islam strikes in the “hour of the great earthquake,” for all of the Trumpets are the prophetic tools God has employed in judgment upon forced Sunday worship throughout world history.
„Sramota” se odnosi na dva značajna elementa Zvijeri koja vlada nad svim crkvama i svim narodima u posljednjim danima. U „času velikoga potresa” iz jedanaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja, „treći jao dolazi brzo”. „Treći jao” jest islam. U „času velikoga potresa” iz jedanaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja oglašava se Sedma truba. Sedma truba jest islam. Islam udara u „času velikoga potresa”, jer su sve trube proročka oruđa kojima se Bog služio u sudu nad prisilnim svetkovanjem nedjelje tijekom svjetske povijesti.
When the “national ruin” of the United States is brought about, at the soon-coming Sunday law, the “nations will be angry.” It is Islam that angers the nations in Bible prophecy, as represented by the first reference to Islam in the book of Genesis.
Kada bude izazvana „nacionalna propast” Sjedinjenih Država, prigodom uskoro nadolazećega nedjeljnog zakona, „narodi će se razgnjeviti”. U biblijskom proročanstvu islam je taj koji razgnjevljuje narode, kao što je prikazano u prvom spominjanju islama u knjizi Postanka.
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. Genesis 16:11, 12.
I anđeo Gospodnji reče joj: Evo, trudna si i rodit ćeš sina; i nadjenut ćeš mu ime Jišmael, jer je Gospod čuo tvoju nevolju. A on će biti divlji čovjek; ruka će njegova biti protiv svakoga, i svačija ruka protiv njega; i prebivat će pred licem sve svoje braće. Postanak 16,11.12.
The “reproach” of the last days is the religion of Islam. The churches and the nations of the world will come under the authority of the New World Order of a United Nations, which is ruled over by the Catholic church. The pope will be seated upon the one-world system, just as Constantine gave the papacy its seat in the year 330. The nations will determine that their ability to deal with the warfare being brought against mankind by Islam, can only be accomplished by a united effort, which will require a subjection to some moral authority, which the United States will insist is the Roman church. Just as Justinian gave the Catholic church its great authority in the year 533, history is repeated. The United States will force the world through its military might to obey, just as Clovis did for the Catholic church in the year 496. The history of verse two of Revelation thirteen will be repeated.
„Sramota“ posljednjih dana jest religija islama. Crkve i narodi svijeta doći će pod vlast Novoga svjetskog poretka Ujedinjenih naroda, kojim upravlja Katolička crkva. Papa će biti postavljen nad jednoga svjetskim sustavom, kao što je Konstantin dao papinstvu njegovo sjedište godine 330. Narodi će zaključiti da se njihova sposobnost suočavanja s ratovanjem koje islam donosi protiv čovječanstva može ostvariti jedino zajedničkim naporom, što će zahtijevati podložnost nekom moralnom autoritetu, za koji će Sjedinjene Države ustrajati da je Rimska crkva. Kao što je Justinijan dao Katoličkoj crkvi njezin veliki autoritet godine 533., tako se povijest ponavlja. Sjedinjene Države prisilit će svijet svojom vojnom silom na poslušnost, baš kao što je to učinio Klodvig za Katoličku crkvu godine 496. Ponovit će se povijest drugoga retka trinaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.
I zvijer koju vidjeh bijaše slična leopardu, i noge joj bijahu kao u medvjeda, a usta njezina kao usta lavlja; i zmaj joj dade svoju silu, i svoje prijestolje, i veliku vlast. Otkrivenje 13,2.
Once the image is set up, then the kings of the earth, who have been angered by the attacks of Islam, will recognize that the universal “reproach” against Islam that has been used to bring the worldwide image of the beast into existence, was not the “reproach” that the “man of sin” (Jezebel) was actually concerned with. Too late, the world will find out that Jezebel cares nothing about Islam, but that her heart desires to kill Elijah, as Herodias killed John the Baptist.
Kad jednom lik bude postavljen, tada će kraljevi zemaljski, koje su razgnjevili napadi islama, prepoznati da sveopći „prijekor” protiv islama koji je bio upotrijebljen kako bi se u postojanje doveo svjetski lik Zvijeri nije bio onaj „prijekor” koji je „čovjeka grijeha” (Jezabelu) doista zabrinjavao. Prekasno će svijet doznati da Jezabelu nimalo nije briga za islam, nego da njezino srce žudi ubiti Iliju, kao što je Herodijada ubila Ivana Krstitelja.
The “mind which hath wisdom,” is the “mind of the wise,” and the “wise” are those who understand the “increase of knowledge” that is produced when the Lion of the tribe of Judah, unseals the Revelation of Jesus Christ, just before probation closes.
„Um koji ima mudrost” jest „um mudrih”, a „mudri” su oni koji razumiju „umnoženje znanja” koje nastaje kada Lav iz plemena Judina otpečati Otkrivenje Isusa Krista, neposredno prije nego što se završi vrijeme milosti.
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22:10, 11.
I reče mi: Ne zapečati riječi proroštva ove knjige, jer vrijeme je blizu. Tko je nepravedan, neka i dalje bude nepravedan; i tko je nečist, neka i dalje bude nečist; i tko je pravedan, neka i dalje čini pravdu; i tko je svet, neka i dalje bude svet. Otkrivenje 22,10.11.
The “seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth,” represents the truth that the papacy will reign over both church and state. Symbols have more than one meaning, and the symbols are to be defined and understood by the context of the passage where the symbols are represented. The argument arises that the verse identifies that the heads are the mountains, so what would be the justification for identifying a distinction between the heads (statecraft) and the mountains (churchcraft)? The distinction is established in Daniel chapters seven and eight. In chapter seven both pagan Rome and papal Rome are identified as “diverse,” from the beasts that preceded them.
„Sedam glava jesu sedam gora, na kojima žena sjedi“, predstavlja istinu da će papinstvo vladati i Crkvom i državom. Simboli imaju više od jednoga značenja, a simbole treba odrediti i razumjeti prema kontekstu odlomka u kojem su prikazani. Pojavljuje se tvrdnja da redak poistovjećuje glave s gorama, pa kakvo bi bilo opravdanje za razlikovanje između glava (državničke vlasti) i gora (crkvene vlasti)? To se razlikovanje uspostavlja u sedmom i osmom poglavlju Daniela. U sedmom poglavlju i poganski Rim i papinski Rim označeni su kao „različiti“ od zvijeri koje su im prethodile.
When chapter seven is brought upon chapter eight (line upon line), we find in chapter eight the little horn of Rome, oscillating between man, woman, man, woman. One symbol (the little horn) that represents two powers. In those chapters, a horn is a kingdom, and a kingdom is also a head. In chapter eight, the little horn represents two kingdoms, the fourth and fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The little horn symbolically represents two kingdoms, and the two kingdoms it represents are kingdoms that identify the union of statecraft and churchcraft. The seven heads, which are also seven mountains, represent two kingdoms, and the one kingdom is churchcraft and the other is statecraft.
Kada se sedmo poglavlje dovede na osmo poglavlje (redak na redak), u osmom poglavlju nalazimo mali rog Rima, koji oscilira između muškarca, žene, muškarca, žene. Jedan simbol (mali rog) predstavlja dvije sile. U tim poglavljima rog je kraljevstvo, a kraljevstvo je također i glava. U osmom poglavlju mali rog predstavlja dva kraljevstva, četvrto i peto kraljevstvo biblijskog proroštva. Mali rog simbolički predstavlja dva kraljevstva, a ta dva kraljevstva koja predstavlja jesu kraljevstva koja prepoznaju sjedinjenje državničke i crkvene vlasti. Sedam glava, koje su također sedam gora, predstavljaju dva kraljevstva, a jedno je kraljevstvo crkvene vlasti, a drugo je kraljevstvo državničke vlasti.
In Daniel chapter two, there is another witness to this prophetic symbolism, for there the last kingdom, which the Millerites understood to be the fourth kingdom of Rome, is represented by iron and clay. The iron and clay are combined, though in reality iron does not combine with clay. Yet when Sister White comments upon the “iron and clay,” she identifies it as a symbol of churchcraft and statecraft, as is represented by chapter eight’s little horn, and the Revelation seventeen heads that are also mountains.
U drugom poglavlju Daniela postoji još jedno svjedočanstvo o toj proročkoj simbolici, jer je ondje posljednje kraljevstvo, koje su mileriti razumjeli kao četvrto kraljevstvo Rima, prikazano željezom i glinom. Željezo i glina združeni su, premda se u stvarnosti željezo ne sjedinjuje s glinom. Ipak, kada sestra White komentira „željezo i glinu“, ona to prepoznaje kao simbol crkvenjaštva i državničke vlasti, kako je prikazano malim rogom iz osmog poglavlja i glavama iz Otkrivenja sedamnaest, koje su također gore.
“We have come to a time when God’s sacred work is represented by the feet of the image in which the iron was mixed with the miry clay. God has a people, a chosen people, whose discernment must be sanctified, who must not become unholy by laying upon the foundation wood, hay, and stubble. Every soul who is loyal to the commandments of God will see that the distinguishing feature of our faith is the seventh-day Sabbath. If the government would honor the Sabbath as God has commanded, it would stand in the strength of God and in defense of the faith once delivered to the saints. But statesmen will uphold the spurious sabbath, and will mingle their religious faith with the observance of this child of the papacy, placing it above the Sabbath which the Lord has sanctified and blessed, setting it apart for man to keep holy, as a sign between Him and His people to a thousand generations. The mingling of churchcraft and statecraft is represented by the iron and the clay. This union is weakening all the power of the churches. This investing the church with the power of the state will bring evil results. Men have almost passed the point of God’s forbearance. They have invested their strength in politics, and have united with the papacy. But the time will come when God will punish those who have made void His law, and their evil work will recoil upon themselves.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1168, 1169.
„Došli smo u vrijeme kada je Božje sveto djelo predočeno stopalima kipa u kojima je željezo bilo pomiješano s ilovastom glinom. Bog ima narod, izabrani narod, čije razlučivanje mora biti posvećeno, koji ne smije postati nesvet polažući na temelj drvo, sijeno i slamu. Svaka duša koja je odana Božjim zapovijedima uvidjet će da je prepoznatljivo obilježje naše vjere subota sedmoga dana. Kad bi vlast odavala čast suboti kako je Bog zapovjedio, stajala bi u Božjoj snazi i u obrani vjere jednom predane svetima. Ali će državnici podupirati lažnu subotu i pomiješat će svoju vjersku vjeru sa svetkovanjem toga djeteta papinstva, stavljajući je iznad subote koju je Gospodin posvetio i blagoslovio, odvojivši je da je čovjek svetkuje kao svetu, kao znak između Njega i Njegova naroda kroz tisuću naraštaja. Miješanje crkvenjaštva i državničtva predočeno je željezom i glinom. Taj savez slabi svu snagu crkava. Ovo obdarivanje crkve vlašću države donijet će zle posljedice. Ljudi su gotovo prešli granicu Božje strpljivosti. Uložili su svoju snagu u politiku i sjedinili se s papinstvom. Ali doći će vrijeme kada će Bog kazniti one koji su njegov Zakon učinili ništavnim, i njihovo će se zlo djelo obiti o njih same.“ The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1168, 1169.
We will continue this study in the next article.
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“In the scene representing the work of Christ for us, and the determined accusation of Satan against us, Joshua stands as the high priest, and makes request in behalf of God’s commandment-keeping people. At the same time Satan represents the people of God as great sinners, and presents before God the list of sins he has tempted them to commit through their lifetime, and urges that because of their transgressions, they be given into his hands to destroy. He urges that they should not be protected by ministering angels against the confederacy of evil. He is full of anger because he cannot bind the people of God into bundles with the world, to render to him complete allegiance. 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. In their enmity against the people of God, they show themselves guilty also of the choice of Barabbas instead of Christ.
„U prizoru koji prikazuje Kristovo djelo za nas i odlučnu Sotoninu optužbu protiv nas, Jošua stoji kao veliki svećenik i upućuje molbu u korist Božjega naroda koji drži Njegove zapovijedi. U isto vrijeme Sotona prikazuje Božji narod kao velike grešnike i iznosi pred Boga popis grijeha na koje ih je kušao tijekom čitava njihova života, te zahtijeva da zbog njihovih prijestupa budu predani u njegove ruke da ih uništi. On zahtijeva da ne budu zaštićeni služenjem anđela protiv saveza zla. Pun je gnjeva jer ne može svezati Božji narod u snopove sa svijetom kako bi sebi osigurao njihovu potpunu odanost. 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. U svojem neprijateljstvu prema Božjem narodu pokazuju se krivima i zbog izbora Barabe umjesto Krista.“
“God has a controversy with the world. When the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, He has an awful account to settle, which would now make the world fear and tremble were men not blinded and bewitched by satanic delusions and deceptions. God will call the world to account for the death of His only-begotten Son, whom to all intents and purposes the world has crucified afresh, and put to open shame in the persecution of His people. The world has rejected Christ in the person of His saints, has refused His messages in the refusal of the messages of prophets, apostles, and messengers. They have rejected those who have been colaborers with Christ, and for this they will have to render an account.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38, 39.
„Bog ima spor sa svijetom. Kada sud sjedne i knjige se otvore, On ima strašan račun koji treba poravnati, a koji bi sada naveo svijet da se boji i drhti kad ljudi ne bi bili zaslijepljeni i opčinjeni sotonskim zabludama i prijevarama. Bog će pozvati svijet na odgovornost za smrt svojega jedinorođenog Sina, kojega je svijet, za sve praktične svrhe, ponovno razapeo i javno osramotio progoneći Njegov narod. Svijet je odbacio Krista u osobi Njegovih svetih, odbio je Njegove poruke odbacivanjem poruka proroka, apostola i glasnika. Odbacili su one koji su bili Kristovi suradnici, i za to će morati položiti račun.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 38, 39.