Ezekiel chapter eight is one of the easiest prophetic chapters in the Scriptures. The chapter has a distinct starting point.

Ezekiel, osmo poglavlje, jedno je od najlakših proročkih poglavlja u Svetome pismu. To poglavlje ima jasno određenu početnu točku.

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Ezekiel 8:1.

I dogodi se šeste godine, šestoga mjeseca, petoga dana u mjesecu, dok ja sjeđah u svojoj kući, a starješine Judine sjeđahu preda mnom, da ondje na me pade ruka Gospodina Boga. Ezekiel 8,1.

The vision has a distinct ending in chapter eleven.

Viđenje ima jasan završetak u jedanaestom poglavlju.

Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had showed me. Ezekiel 11:24, 25.

Potom me duh podiže i odvede me u viđenju, po Duhu Božjemu, u Kaldeju, k onima u sužanjstvu. I viđenje koje sam bio vidio uzađe od mene. Tada govorih onima u sužanjstvu sve što mi je Gospod pokazao. Ezekiel 11:24, 25.

The vision of chapter eight begins on the fifth day, of the sixth month of the sixth year, just a day before the date aligns with “666,” and sure enough the vision is about the Sunday law, which is the mark of the beast, whose number is the number of the “man of sin,” and also the number of the eighth kingdom that is of the seven. Those that get the victory over the number “666,” receive the seal of God, and in chapter nine, the seal of God is being placed upon God’s faithful people of the last days.

Viđenje iz osmoga poglavlja započinje petoga dana šestoga mjeseca šeste godine, samo dan prije nego što se datum podudari s „666“, i uistinu, viđenje govori o nedjeljnom zakonu, koji je žig zvijeri, čiji je broj broj „čovjeka grijeha“, a također i broj osmoga kraljevstva koje je od sedmorice. Oni koji odnesu pobjedu nad brojem „666“ primaju pečat Božji, a u devetome poglavlju pečat Božji stavlja se na Božji vjerni narod posljednjih dana.

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Revelation 15:1–3.

I vidjeh drugi znak na nebu, velik i čudesan: sedam anđela koji imaju sedam posljednjih zala; jer se u njima dovršuje gnjev Božji. I vidjeh kao more stakleno pomiješano s ognjem; a oni koji su izvojevali pobjedu nad Zvijeri, i nad njezinim kipom, i nad njezinim žigom, i nad brojem njezina imena, stoje na staklenom moru, imajući harfe Božje. I pjevaju pjesmu Mojsija, sluge Božjega, i pjesmu Jaganjčevu, govoreći: Velika su i čudesna djela tvoja, Gospodine Bože Svemogući; pravedni su i istiniti putovi tvoji, Kralju svetih. Otkrivenje 15:1–3.

Just before the close of probation (for the seven angels with the seven last plagues are going to pour out God’s wrath in the next chapter of Revelation), God’s last day people are identified. They have obtained the victory over four things. The word translated as victory means to conquer. The faithful have conquered the beast, the image of the beast, the mark of the beast and the number of his name. The victory includes the fact that they understand what the four symbols represent. It is only a very small percentage of people that know what those four prophetic symbols actually represent.

Neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti (jer će sedam anđela sa sedam posljednjih zala u sljedećem poglavlju Otkrivenja izliti Božji gnjev), prepoznaje se Božji narod posljednjih dana. Oni su zadobili pobjedu nad četirima stvarima. Riječ prevedena kao pobjeda znači pobijediti. Vjerni su pobijedili Zvijer, sliku Zvijeri, žig Zvijeri i broj njezina imena. Ta pobjeda uključuje i činjenicu da razumiju što ta četiri simbola predstavljaju. Samo vrlo malen postotak ljudi zna što ta četiri proročka simbola doista predstavljaju.

The world used to know the papacy was the whore of Babylon in chapter seventeen, but as God’s Word identified, the understanding of the whore of Tyre who commits fornication with the kings of the earth is forgotten during the history of the United States. To get victory over the beast means to rightly divide the word of truth in ascertaining that the beast of Bible prophecy is the papacy. In the very next chapter, the dragon, the beast and the false prophet lead the world to Armageddon, and God’s faithful of the last days must know who those three powers are.

Svijet je nekoć znao da je papinstvo bludnica Babilona iz sedamnaestoga poglavlja, ali kako je Riječ Božja prepoznala, razumijevanje bludnice iz Tira, koja bludniči s kraljevima zemlje, biva zaboravljeno tijekom povijesti Sjedinjenih Država. Zadobiti pobjedu nad Zvijeri znači ispravno razdijeliti riječ istine utvrđujući da je Zvijer biblijskoga proroštva papinstvo. Već u sljedećem poglavlju zmaj, Zvijer i lažni prorok vode svijet u Armagedon, i Božji vjerni u posljednjim danima moraju znati koje su te tri sile.

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Revelation 16:12–16.

I šesti anđeo izli svoju čašu na veliku rijeku Eufrat; i voda njezina presahnu, da se pripravi put kraljevima s istoka. I vidjeh tri nečista duha, nalik žabama, gdje izlaze iz usta zmaja, i iz usta Zvijeri, i iz usta lažnoga proroka. Jer to su duhovi đavolski, koji čine čudesa, te izlaze k kraljevima zemlje i svega svijeta, da ih skupe na boj onoga velikoga dana Boga Svemogućega. Evo, dolazim kao tat. Blažen je onaj koji bdije i čuva svoje haljine, da ne hodi gol i da se ne vidi njegova sramota. I skupi ih na mjesto koje se hebrejski zove Armagedon. Otkrivenje 16:12–16.

The victory over the beast is the victory of understanding correctly who the beast is. The passage just cited pronounces a blessing upon those that watch and keep their garments, yet by the sixth plague, probation has fully closed for all men. When Michael stands up, human probation closes and then the seven last plagues are poured out. There is no way to change garments after the close of probation, yet there is a warning associated with the sixth plague. That warning has to do with having the correct understanding of the beast before probation closes, and if you do not have that understanding, you will lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness before the close of probation.

Pobjeda nad Zvijeri jest pobjeda pravilnoga razumijevanja tko je Zvijer. Upravo navedeni odlomak izriče blagoslov onima koji bdiju i čuvaju svoje haljine, no do šeste pošasti vrijeme milosti za sve ljude u potpunosti je završeno. Kada Mihovil ustane, ljudsko vrijeme milosti završava, a potom se izlijeva sedam posljednjih pošasti. Nakon završetka vremena milosti nema načina da se promijene haljine, no uz šestu je pošast povezano upozorenje. To upozorenje odnosi se na ispravno razumijevanje Zvijeri prije završetka vremena milosti, a ako nemate to razumijevanje, izgubit ćete haljinu Kristove pravednosti prije završetka vremena milosti.

“Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist. There is no time now for us to assimilate with the world. Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which everyone should understand. These prophecies are to be witness in the world. By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves.” Kress Collection, 105.

„Oni koji postanu zbunjeni u svojem razumijevanju Riječi, koji ne uspiju uvidjeti značenje antikrista, zasigurno će se svrstati na stranu antikrista. Sada nije vrijeme da se stopimo sa svijetom. Daniel stoji u svojem dijelu i na svojem mjestu. Proročanstva Daniela i Ivana treba razumjeti. Ona tumače jedno drugo. Ona svijetu daju istine koje bi svatko trebao razumjeti. Ta proročanstva trebaju biti svjedočanstvo u svijetu. Svojim ispunjenjem u ovim posljednjim danima sama će se objasniti.“ Kress Collection, 105.

If a person does not understand that the antichrist is the papacy, they will end up on the side of the papacy, or as John wrote, they will walk naked and manifest their shame. To get the victory over the beast is to understand that the beast is the papal power, and all that is revealed of the papal power. Those who get the victory and understand that the papacy is the man of sin, will need to understand that the image of the papacy represents the principle of the combination of church and state, with the church in control of the relationship.

Ako osoba ne razumije da je antikrist papinstvo, završit će na strani papinstva, ili će, kako je Ivan napisao, hodati gola i očitovati svoju sramotu. Zadobiti pobjedu nad Zvijeri znači razumjeti da je Zvijer papinska vlast i sve što je otkriveno o papinskoj vlasti. Oni koji zadobiju pobjedu i razumiju da je papinstvo čovjek grijeha, morat će razumjeti da slika papinstva predstavlja načelo sjedinjenja crkve i države, pri čemu crkva ima nadzor nad tim odnosom.

In the book of Daniel, the structure of the beast, which is the combination of church and state, is represented as the transgression of desolation. Transgression is sin, and the sin that forms the papal beast is when kings surrender their power unto the papal authority. In doing this they commit spiritual fornication, which is Daniel’s transgression of desolation, and John’s image to the beast.

U knjizi proroka Daniela struktura Zvijeri, koja je spoj crkve i države, predstavljena je kao prijestup pustoši. Prijestup je grijeh, a grijeh koji tvori papinsku Zvijer jest to što kraljevi predaju svoju vlast papinskoj vlasti. Čineći to, oni počinjaju duhovno bludništvo, što je Danielov prijestup pustoši i Ivanov lik Zvijeri.

To get victory over the papal image is to understand through God’s Word that the United States first forms this relationship, and ratifies it at the soon-coming Sunday law, and then forces the entire world to accept the same relationship.

Zadobiti pobjedu nad papinskom slikom znači razumjeti po Božjoj Riječi da Sjedinjene Države najprije uspostavljaju taj odnos i potvrđuju ga u uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu, a zatim prisiljavaju cijeli svijet da prihvati isti odnos.

The church and state relationship that will be forced upon the earth by the United States consists of the one-world government (the United Nations), coming into an alliance with the papacy as the controlling power in the arrangements. Getting the victory over the image of the beast, is to understand by God’s prophetic Word that the image of the beast represents these very things.

Odnos crkve i države koji će Sjedinjene Države nametnuti zemlji sastoji se u tome da jednoga svjetskog vladavina (Ujedinjeni narodi) stupa u savez s papinstvom kao upravljačkom silom u tim uređenjima. Zadobiti pobjedu nad slikom Zvijeri znači razumjeti, po Božjoj proročkoj Riječi, da slika Zvijeri predstavlja upravo te stvari.

Getting the victory over the beast and the image of the beast includes getting the understanding of the beast’s (the papacy’s) mark of authority.

Zadobiti pobjedu nad Zvijeri i njezinim likom uključuje i stjecanje razumijevanja o znaku vlasti Zvijeri (papinstva).

The mark of the beast is the forced observance of Sunday as God’s Sabbath. To get victory over the mark requires understanding that Sunday worship is the worship of the sun, and that it is nothing less than pagan Baal worship. The victory includes the truth that no one receives the mark of the beast until it is forced upon men.

Žig zvijeri jest prisilno svetkovanje nedjelje kao Božjega subotnjeg dana. Da bi se odnijela pobjeda nad žigom, potrebno je razumjeti da je bogoslužje nedjeljom štovanje sunca te da ono nije ništa manje nego pogansko štovanje Baala. Ta pobjeda uključuje istinu da nitko ne prima žig zvijeri dok on ne bude nametnut ljudima.

“But Christians of past generations observed the Sunday, supposing that in so doing they were keeping the Bible Sabbath; and there are now true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion, who honestly believe that Sunday is the Sabbath of divine appointment. God accepts their sincerity of purpose and their integrity before Him. But when Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God. He is paying homage to Rome and to the power which enforces the institution ordained by Rome. He is worshiping the beast and his image. As men then reject the institution which God has declared to be the sign of His authority, and honor in its stead that which Rome has chosen as the token of her supremacy, they will thereby accept the sign of allegiance to Rome—‘the mark of the beast.’ And it is not until the issue is thus plainly set before the people, and they are brought to choose between the commandments of God and the commandments of men, that those who continue in transgression will receive ‘the mark of the beast.’” The Great Controversy, 449.

„No kršćani prošlih naraštaja svetkovali su nedjelju, smatrajući da time drže biblijsku subotu; a i sada u svakoj crkvi ima istinskih kršćana, ne isključujući ni Rimokatoličku crkvu, koji iskreno vjeruju da je nedjelja subota određena božanskom odredbom. Bog prihvaća njihovu iskrenost nakane i njihovu čestitost pred Njim. Ali kada svetkovanje nedjelje bude nametnuto zakonom i svijet bude prosvijetljen glede obveze prave subote, tada će svatko tko bude prestupio Božju zapovijed da bi poslušao propis koji nema više vlasti od vlasti Rima, time odati čast papinstvu iznad Boga. On iskazuje počast Rimu i sili koja provodi ustanovu koju je odredio Rim. On se klanja Zvijeri i njezinoj slici. Kad ljudi tada odbace ustanovu za koju je Bog objavio da je znak Njegove vlasti, a umjesto nje ukažu čast onome što je Rim izabrao kao znak svoje vrhovne vlasti, time će prihvatiti znak odanosti Rimu — ‘žig Zvijeri’. I tek kada to pitanje bude tako jasno stavljeno pred narod te oni budu dovedeni do izbora između Božjih zapovijedi i ljudskih zapovijedi, oni koji ustraju u prijestupu primit će ‘žig Zvijeri’.“ Velika borba, 449.

Those who obtain the victory over the beast, the image of the beast and the mark of the beast must also obtain the victory over the number of his name. In the period of history when the whore of Tyre was not forgotten, the Protestant world knew the papacy was the antichrist. They knew that Paul had identified the papacy as “that wicked,” “the man of sin,” “the mystery of iniquity” and “the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” But now the great whore of Tyre has been forgotten.

Oni koji zadobiju pobjedu nad zvijeri, nad slikom zvijeri i nad žigom zvijeri moraju također zadobiti pobjedu nad brojem njezina imena. U razdoblju povijesti kada bludnica iz Tira nije bila zaboravljena, protestantski je svijet znao da je papinstvo antikrist. Znali su da je Pavao prepoznao papinstvo kao „onoga bezakonika“, „čovjeka grijeha“, „tajnu bezakonja“ i „sina propasti; koji se protivi i uzvisuje iznad svega što se zove Bog ili se štuje, tako da kao Bog sjedi u hramu Božjem, pokazujući sebe da je Bog.” Ali sada je velika bludnica iz Tira zaboravljena.

In ages past there were various isopsephy, or gematria, applications that demonstrated that the number “666” symbolically represented the papacy. A classic example of this is that on the pope’s miter the words Vicarius Filii Dei are written. Vicarius Filii Dei, which means the “Vicegerent of the Son of God”, and therefore addresses his claim of being seated in God’s temple, claiming to be God. The Latin letters of Vicarius Filii Dei equate to the number six hundred and sixty-six.

U prošlim vremenima postojale su različite primjene izopsefije, odnosno gematrije, koje su pokazivale da broj „666“ simbolički predstavlja papinstvo. Klasičan primjer toga jest da su na papinskoj mitri ispisane riječi Vicarius Filii Dei. Vicarius Filii Dei, što znači „Namjesnik Sina Božjega“, te se stoga odnosi na njegovu tvrdnju da sjedi u hramu Božjem, prisvajajući sebi da je Bog. Latinska slova izraza Vicarius Filii Dei odgovaraju broju šest stotina šezdeset i šest.

The beast, which is the papal power, is identified by his number and his number is “666,” but the man of sin received a deadly wound in 1798, and has been forgotten. In the last days the deadly wound is to be healed, and the healing of the deadly wound identifies that the United States first forms an image to the beast in its own nation, and then forces the world to do the same.

Zvijer, koja je papinska vlast, prepoznaje se po svojemu broju, a njegov je broj „666“, no čovjek grijeha zadobio je smrtonosnu ranu 1798. godine i bio je zaboravljen. U posljednjim danima smrtonosna rana treba biti iscijeljena, a iscjeljenje smrtonosne rane pokazuje da Sjedinjene Države najprije u vlastitoj naciji oblikuju sliku Zvijeri, a zatim prisiljavaju svijet da učini isto.

The world image of the beast is both twofold and threefold. It is prophetically twofold for it is made up of a combination of church and state, but it is threefold in that it is made up of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. When the threefold union of the very powers that will lead the world to Armageddon is established, they will be the beast that is the eighth kingdom that is of the seven, and it will also be the threefold union of the sixth kingdom. The number of the beast’s name in the last days is again “666,” for it represents three kingdoms that are each part of the sixth kingdom.

Svjetska slika zvijeri jest i dvostruka i trostruka. Proročki je dvostruka jer je sačinjena od spoja Crkve i države, ali je trostruka po tome što je sačinjena od zmaja, zvijeri i lažnog proroka. Kada se uspostavi trostruki savez upravo onih sila koje će povesti svijet u Armagedon, one će biti zvijer koja je osmo kraljevstvo, koje je od sedmorice, a također će biti i trostruki savez šestoga kraljevstva. Broj imena zvijeri u posljednjim danima ponovno je „666“, jer predstavlja tri kraljevstva od kojih je svako dio šestoga kraljevstva.

To get victory over the beast, his image, his mark and the number of his name is to understand the riddle that “the eighth is of the seven”, which is the secret of Daniel two, which Daniel prayed to understand. It is an element of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before probation closes, for as John said, the “time is at hand.” For this reason, those who get that victory are represented as being with the angels who pour out the plagues, for they get the victory, or the necessary prophetic understanding, just before probation closes.

Zadobiti pobjedu nad Zvijeri, njezinim kipom, njezinim žigom i brojem njezina imena znači razumjeti zagonetku da je „osmi od sedmorice“, što je tajna iz Daniela 2, koju je Daniel molio da razumije. To je sastavni dio Otkrivenja Isusa Krista koji biva odpečaćen neposredno prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme kušnje, jer, kako je Ivan rekao, „vrijeme je blizu“. Iz toga razloga oni koji zadobiju tu pobjedu prikazani su kao da su s anđelima koji izlijevaju zla, jer oni zadobivaju pobjedu, odnosno potrebno proročko razumijevanje, neposredno prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme kušnje.

Those who understand that the Revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed just before the close of probation, and that the number “666,” is an element of that vision will not miss that the vision of Ezekiel chapter eight begins on the fifth day (which is the day before the sixth day), in the sixth month of the sixth year. By the end of chapter eight twenty-five men are bowing down to the sun, and chapter nine identifies those who receive the seal of God.

Oni koji razumiju da se Otkrivenje Isusa Krista otpečaćuje neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti, i da je broj „666“ sastavni dio te vizije, neće propustiti uočiti da viđenje iz osmog poglavlja Ezekiela započinje petoga dana (što je dan prije šestoga dana), u šestome mjesecu šeste godine. Do kraja osmoga poglavlja dvadeset i pet muškaraca klanja se suncu, a deveto poglavlje prepoznaje one koji primaju pečat Božji.

The context of the vision is the mark of the beast and the seal of God, and the vision is opened up just before probation closes at the Sunday law, as typified by the number “666.” But the close of probation that is identified as occurring at the Sunday law in the United States, is not the close of human probation, it is the close of probation only for Seventh-day Adventists.

Kontekst viđenja jest žig Zvijeri i pečat Božji, a viđenje se otvara neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti pri nedjeljnom zakonu, kako je predočeno brojem „666“. No završetak vremena milosti, koji se prepoznaje kao onaj što nastupa pri nedjeljnom zakonu u Sjedinjenim Državama, nije završetak vremena ljudske milosti, nego završetak vremena milosti samo za adventiste sedmoga dana.

The vision is represented as taking place within Jerusalem, which is a symbol of the Seventh-day Adventist church. At the Sunday law in the United States, Seventh-day Adventists are the only class that is, there and then, held accountable to the light of the Sabbath.

Viđenje je prikazano kao da se odvija unutar Jeruzalema, koji je simbol Crkve adventista sedmoga dana. Pri donošenju zakona o nedjelji u Sjedinjenim Državama, adventisti sedmoga dana jedini su sloj koji se upravo tada i ondje smatra odgovornim za svjetlo o suboti.

“If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

„Ako vam je predočeno svjetlo istine, otkrivajući subotu iz četvrte zapovijedi i pokazujući da u Božjoj Riječi nema nikakva temelja za svetkovanje nedjelje, a vi se ipak i dalje držite lažne subote, odbijajući svetkovati subotu koju Bog naziva ‘moj sveti dan’, primate žig zvijeri. Kada se to događa? — Kada se pokoravate odredbi koja vam zapovijeda da prestanete raditi u nedjelju i štujete Boga, premda znate da u Bibliji nema ni jedne riječi koja bi pokazivala da je nedjelja išta drugo osim običnoga radnog dana, pristajete primiti žig zvijeri i odbijate Božji pečat. Ako taj žig primimo na svoja čela ili na svoje ruke, sudovi izrečeni nad neposlušnima moraju pasti na nas. Ali pečat živoga Boga stavlja se na one koji savjesno drže subotu Gospodnju.” Review and Herald, 27. travnja 1911.

The vision of Ezekiel chapter eight through chapter eleven, identifies the history leading up to the close of probation for Jerusalem. It is portrayed as taking place just a day before the number “666” arrives, and chapter eight identifies an escalating rebellion within Jerusalem that culminates with the leading men bowing to the sun, thus receiving the mark of the beast.

Viđenje iz osmog do jedanaestog poglavlja Ezekiela predočuje povijest koja vodi do završetka vremena milosti za Jeruzalem. Prikazano je kao da se zbiva samo dan prije nego što stigne broj „666“, a osmo poglavlje prikazuje sve veću pobunu unutar Jeruzalema koja kulminira time što se vodeći ljudi klanjaju suncu, primajući tako žig zvijeri.

Chapter nine, represents an angel going through Jerusalem (thus identifying a progression), and placing a seal upon one class in advance of the destroying angels who thereafter slay all who do not have the seal. Both chapters represent a progressive history that leads to the Sunday law, where one class bows to the sun, and the other receives the seal of God. The wicked are then removed from Jerusalem, for the Sunday law separates the wicked and the wise.

Deveto poglavlje prikazuje anđela kako prolazi kroz Jeruzalem (time označujući slijed događaja) i stavlja pečat na jedan razred prije anđela zatornika koji potom ubijaju sve koji nemaju pečat. Oba poglavlja prikazuju progresivnu povijest koja vodi do zakona o nedjelji, gdje se jedan razred klanja suncu, a drugi prima pečat Božji. Tada se zli uklanjaju iz Jeruzalema, jer zakon o nedjelji razdvaja zle i mudre.

The sealing that is represented in Ezekiel chapter nine is the same sealing that is represented in Revelation chapter seven.

Zapečaćivanje koje je prikazano u devetom poglavlju Ezekiela isto je ono zapečaćivanje koje je prikazano u sedmom poglavlju Otkrivenja.

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

„Ako takvi prizori tek trebaju doći, tako strašni sudovi nad krivim svijetom, gdje će biti utočište Božjem narodu? Kako će biti zakriljeni dok gnjev ne prođe? Ivan vidi elemente prirode — potres, oluju i političke sukobe — prikazane kao da ih zadržavaju četiri anđela. Ti su vjetrovi pod nadzorom sve dok Bog ne izda riječ da ih puste. U tome je sigurnost Božje crkve. Anđeli Božji izvršavaju Njegovu volju, zadržavajući vjetrove zemlje, da vjetrovi ne pušu ni na zemlju, ni na more, ni na ikakvo drvo, dok se sluge Božje ne zapečate na svojim čelima. Vidi se kako silni anđeo uzlazi s istoka (ili od izlaska sunca). Taj najsilniji od anđela u svojoj ruci ima pečat Boga živoga, ili Onoga koji jedini može dati život, koji može na čela upisati znak ili natpis onima kojima će biti darovana besmrtnost, vječni život. To je glas toga najuzvišenijeg anđela koji je imao vlast zapovjediti četvorici anđela da zadržavaju četiri vjetra dok se ovo djelo ne izvrši i dok on ne izda poziv da ih puste.“

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

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

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

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

The sealing of the one hundred and forty four thousand in Revelation chapter seven is also represented in chapter nine of Ezekiel, and the sealing angel is the mightiest angel, who ascends from the east. Those who are lost, who have their names blotted out of the book of life, are represented as having “no oil in their vessels with their lamps.” The two classes in the vision of Ezekiel chapter eight through eleven, are the wise and foolish virgins of Matthew twenty-five, and they are therefore Adventists.

Pečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće u sedmom poglavlju Otkrivenja također je prikazano u devetom poglavlju Ezekiela, a anđeo koji pečati jest najsilniji anđeo, koji uzlazi od istoka. Oni koji su izgubljeni, kojima su imena izbrisana iz knjige života, prikazani su kao oni koji nemaju „ulja u svojim posudama sa svojim svjetiljkama“. Dvije skupine u viđenju iz osmog do jedanaestog poglavlja Ezekiela jesu mudre i lude djevice iz Mateja dvadeset i petoga, i stoga su adventisti.

“The parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 also illustrates the experience of the Adventist people.” The Great Controversy, 393.

„Prispodoba o deset djevica iz Mateja 25 također prikazuje iskustvo adventnog naroda.“ Velika borba, 393.

Sister White specifically identifies Jerusalem of Ezekiel’s vision as Adventism:

Sestra White izričito poistovjećuje Jeruzalem iz Ezekielova viđenja s adventizmom:

“The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character. They will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins which easily beset the people of God. Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. ‘And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’” Testimonies, volume 3, 266.

„Pravi Božji narod, kojemu su na srcu duh djela Gospodnjega i spasenje duša, uvijek će promatrati grijeh u njegovu pravom, grešnom karakteru. Oni će uvijek biti na strani vjernog i otvorenog postupanja prema grijesima koji tako lako opsjedaju Božji narod. Osobito će u završnom djelu za Crkvu, u vremenu pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće koji trebaju stajati bez mane pred prijestoljem Božjim, najdublje osjećati nepravde onih koji se izjašnjavaju kao Božji narod. To je snažno predočeno prorokovim prikazom posljednjega djela pod slikom ljudi od kojih svaki u ruci ima oružje za klanje. Jedan među njima bio je odjeven u lan, s pisarevim tintarnikom uz bok. ‘I Gospod mu reče: Prođi posred grada, posred Jeruzalema, i stavi znak na čela ljudi koji uzdišu i plaču zbog svih gadosti što se čine posred njega.’” Svjedočanstva, svezak 3, 266.

The vision of Ezekiel chapters eight through eleven, is directly addressing the history of Adventism leading up to and at the Sunday law. It identifies the two classes of worshippers who are within Jerusalem (Adventism), and is prophetically associated with the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before the close of probation, for its first references is setting forth the number “666” in prophetic symbolism. In doing so it identifies one of four things the wise must get victory over in the last days, and those four things are part of the light of the eighth being “of the seven”. Revelation fifteen also identifies that those that get the victory over the four symbolic aspects of the papacy, sing the song of Moses and the Lamb.

Viđenje iz osmog do jedanaestog poglavlja Ezekiela izravno se odnosi na povijest adventizma koja vodi do nedjeljnog zakona i zbiva se u vrijeme nedjeljnog zakona. Ono prepoznaje dvije skupine štovatelja koje se nalaze unutar Jeruzalema (adventizma) te je proročki povezano s Otkrivenjem Isusa Krista koje je otpečaćeno neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti, jer se u njegovim prvim upućivanjima iznosi broj „666” u proročkoj simbolici. Time se prepoznaje jedna od četiri stvari nad kojima mudri moraju izvojevati pobjedu u posljednjim danima, a te su četiri stvari dio svjetla o osmom koji je „od sedmorice”. Otkrivenje petnaest također prepoznaje da oni koji odnesu pobjedu nad četirima simboličkim vidovima papinstva pjevaju pjesmu Mojsijevu i Janjetovu.

In that day Isaiah, in chapter twenty-seven says that the righteous of the last days will sing the song of the vineyard, which is a song that the Lamb sang when he walked among men that identifies a chosen people who are being passed by as a new chosen people are being selected. That song is sung by “the wise” of the last days during the sealing of Ezekiel nine and Revelation seven. Ezekiel’s vision of chapters eight through eleven is part of that very song.

U onaj dan Izaija u dvadeset sedmom poglavlju kaže da će pravednici posljednjih dana pjevati pjesmu o vinogradu, koja je pjesma što ju je Jaganjac pjevao dok je hodio među ljudima i koja označuje izabrani narod koji se mimoilazi dok se bira novi izabrani narod. Tu pjesmu pjevaju „mudri” posljednjih dana tijekom pečaćenja iz Ezekiela devet i Otkrivenja sedam. Ezekielovo viđenje iz poglavlja osam do jedanaest dio je upravo te pjesme.

We will continue this study in the next article.

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“The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character. They will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins which easily beset the people of God. Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. ‘And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’

„Pravi Božji narod, koji u srcu nosi duh djela Gospodnjega i spasenje duša, uvijek će gledati na grijeh u njegovu pravom, grešnom karakteru. Oni će uvijek biti na strani vjernoga i otvorenoga postupanja prema grijesima koji tako lako opsjedaju Božji narod. Osobito će u završnom djelu za Crkvu, u vremenu pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće koji trebaju stajati bez mane pred Božjim prijestoljem, najdublje osjećati nepravde onih koji ispovijedaju da su Božji narod. To je snažno prikazano proročkom slikom posljednjega djela pod prilikom ljudi od kojih je svaki imao u ruci oružje za klanje. Jedan među njima bio je odjeven u lan, s pisarskom tintarnicom uz bok. ‘I reče mu Jahve: Prođi posred grada, posred Jeruzalema, i stavi znak na čela ljudi koji uzdišu i koji viču zbog svih gadosti što se čine posred njega.’”

“Who are standing in the counsel of God at this time? Is it those who virtually excuse wrongs among the professed people of God and who murmur in their hearts, if not openly, against those who would reprove sin? Is it those who take their stand against them and sympathize with those who commit wrong? No, indeed! Unless they repent, and leave the work of Satan in oppressing those who have the burden of the work and in holding up the hands of sinners in Zion, they will never receive the mark of God’s sealing approval. They will fall in the general destruction of the wicked, represented by the work of the five men bearing slaughter weapons. Mark this point with care: Those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by a mark by the man in linen, are those ‘that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done’ in the church. Their love for purity and the honor and glory of God is such, and they have so clear a view of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, that they are represented as being in agony, even sighing and crying. Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel.

„Tko u ovo vrijeme stoji u vijeću Božjem? Jesu li to oni koji praktično opravdavaju nepravde među onima koji se nazivaju Božjim narodom i koji mrmljaju u svojim srcima, ako ne i otvoreno, protiv onih koji bi ukoravali grijeh? Jesu li to oni koji zauzimaju stav protiv njih i suosjećaju s onima koji čine zlo? Nipošto! Ako se ne pokaju i ne prestanu vršiti Sotonino djelo tlačeći one koji nose teret djela i podupirući ruke grešnicima na Sionu, nikada neće primiti znak Božjega pečatnog odobrenja. Past će u općem uništenju opakih, predočenom djelom petorice ljudi koji nose oružje za klanje. Dobro zapamtite ovu točku: Oni koji primaju čisti biljeg istine, oblikovan u njima silom Duha Svetoga, predočen biljegom po čovjeku odjevenom u lan, jesu oni „koji uzdišu i vape zbog svih gadosti koje se čine“ u crkvi. Njihova ljubav prema čistoći te časti i slavi Božjoj takva je, i oni imaju tako jasan uvid u prekomjernu grešnost grijeha, da su prikazani kao oni koji su u smrtnoj tjeskobi, koji čak uzdišu i vape. Pročitajte deveto poglavlje Ezekiela.“

“But the general slaughter of all those who do not thus see the wide contrast between sin and righteousness, and do not feel as those do who stand in the counsel of God and receive the mark, is described in the order to the five men with slaughter weapons: ‘Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” Testimonies, volume 3, 266, 267.

„Ali opći pokolj svih onih koji tako ne vide široku suprotnost između grijeha i pravednosti, i ne osjećaju kao oni koji stoje u Božjem vijeću i primaju znak, opisan je u nalogu petorici ljudi s oružjem za klanje: ‘Pođite za njim kroz grad i ubijajte: neka vaše oko ne štedi niti imajte samilosti: pobijte do kraja starce i mladiće, i djevojke, i malu djecu, i žene; ali ne prilazite nijednom čovjeku na kojemu je znak; i počnite od Mojega Svetišta.’ Testimonies, volume 3, 266, 267.”