Reasoning from cause to effect is worthless if you define the effect incorrectly, as has been done by Laodicean Adventist historians who pontificate on the circumstances and personalities associated with the 1888 General Conference at Minneapolis. The inspired commentary identifies the event as a repetition of the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, which was motivated by the judgment that assigned them to wander in the wilderness for forty years until they died. That same judgment had been pronounced upon Laodicean Adventism.

Zaključivanje od uzroka prema učinku bezvrijedno je ako učinak pogrešno odredite, kao što su to učinili laodicejski adventistički povjesničari koji dociraju o okolnostima i osobama povezanima s Generalnom konferencijom 1888. u Minneapolisu. Nadahnuti komentar označuje taj događaj kao ponavljanje pobune Koraha, Datana i Abirama, koja je bila potaknuta presudom kojom im je bilo određeno da četrdeset godina lutaju pustinjom dok ne pomru. Ta ista presuda bila je izrečena nad laodicejskim adventizmom.

The rebellion included secret discussions where the rebels were in such extreme Laodicean blindness that it prevented them from understanding that God was aware of their closed-door planning and rebellion. As Korah, Dathan and Abiram hid in their tents and made their plans and spread their rebellion against Moses, so too did the ancient men of 1888, hide behind the closed doors of their houses, to plot against Sister White, her son and the chosen messengers. From that point Sister White, Jones and Waggoner were to be attacked.

Pobuna je uključivala tajne rasprave u kojima su pobunjenici bili u takvoj krajnjoj laodicejskoj sljepoći da ih je to sprječavalo da shvate kako je Bog svjestan njihova planiranja iza zatvorenih vrata i njihove pobune. Kao što su se Korah, Datan i Abiram skrivali u svojim šatorima te kovali svoje planove i širili svoju pobunu protiv Mojsija, tako su se i stari ljudi iz 1888. skrivali iza zatvorenih vrata svojih kuća kako bi kovali urotu protiv sestre White, njezina sina i izabranih vjesnika. Od toga trenutka sestra White, Jones i Waggoner trebali su biti napadani.

The four generations of Adventism progressively grew in its rebellion, as illustrated in Ezekiel chapter eight. The chambers of imagery within the physical temple and human temple had become entrenched with wicked imaginations, and spiritualism settled upon the ancient men who were appointed to protect the people. Leading up to 1888, the ancient men both cast dispersions upon the authority of the Bible and then the Spirit of Prophecy, and in 1884, the open visions ceased. Kellogg’s pantheistic spiritualism began to make its way in the history preceding 1888, and 1888 marks the arrival of the second generation. The Adventist historians may have not recorded the actual historical testimony of the rebellion manifested at the meeting, but according to inspiration the heavenly Watchers “heard every word and registered” the “words in the books of heaven.”

Četiri naraštaja adventizma postupno su rasla u svojoj pobuni, kao što je prikazano u osmom poglavlju Ezekiela. Odaje likova u fizičkom hramu i u ljudskom hramu bijahu se ukorijenile u opakim maštarijama, a spiritualizam se nastanio nad starješinama koji su bili postavljeni da štite narod. U razdoblju koje je vodilo do 1888. godine, starješine su najprije bacale klevete na autoritet Biblije, a potom i Duha proroštva, te su 1884. godine otvorena viđenja prestala. Kelloggov panteistički spiritualizam počeo je prodirati u povijest koja je prethodila 1888., a 1888. označava dolazak drugoga naraštaja. Adventistički povjesničari možda nisu zabilježili stvarno povijesno svjedočanstvo pobune očitovane na tom skupu, ali prema nadahnuću nebeski Stražari „čuli su svaku riječ i zabilježili” „riječi u knjigama neba.”

The rebellion represented by Ezekiel’s “secret chambers of imagery,” represented an attack upon the true foundations. It represented an attack upon the prophetess and the chosen messengers, and it marked the arrival of spiritualism. In that generation the next major attack was going to be carried out by Satan against the very foundation of William Miller’s foundations.

Pobuna prikazana Ezekielovim „tajnim odajama slika“ predstavljala je napad na istinske temelje. Predstavljala je napad na proročicu i izabrane vjesnike te je označila dolazak spiritizma. U tom je naraštaju sljedeći veliki napad trebao biti izvršen od strane Sotone protiv samoga temelja temelja Williama Millera.

Miller based the framework of all his prophetic applications upon the understanding that the two desolating powers in Daniel chapter eight, verse thirteen, represented paganism followed by papalism. In 1901, Lewis Conradi, a leader of Laodicean Adventism in Germany, re-introduced the fallen Protestant view that the “the daily” in the book of Daniel represented Christ’s sanctuary ministry.

Miller je temelj cjelokupne strukture svojih proročkih primjena zasnovao na razumijevanju da dvije pustošne sile u Danijelu, osmo poglavlje, trinaesti redak, predstavljaju poganstvo, nakon kojega slijedi papinstvo. Godine 1901. Lewis Conradi, vođa laodikejskog adventizma u Njemačkoj, ponovno je uveo otpalo protestantsko gledište da „svagdašnja žrtva” u knjizi proroka Danijela predstavlja Kristovu službu u Svetištu.

During the period of history following the 1888 Minneapolis meeting, the spiritualism of the leader of the health work escalated, alienation continued between leaders as the fallout of the rejection of the message of Jones and Waggoner continued to take its toll. In the beginning of the new century W. W. Prescott, a Laodicean Adventist leader who had received theological credentials from the schools of apostate Protestantism, took up the satanic mantle to promote Conradi’s view of “the daily,” and as is always the case “the victors write the history.”

Tijekom povijesnog razdoblja nakon sastanka u Minneapolisu 1888., spiritizam vođe zdravstvenog djela se pojačao, otuđenje među vođama nastavilo se dok su posljedice odbacivanja poruke Jonesa i Waggonera i dalje uzimale svoj danak. Na početku novoga stoljeća W. W. Prescott, laodicejski adventistički vođa koji je stekao teološke vjerodajnice u školama otpaloga protestantizma, preuzeo je sotonski plašt kako bi promicao Conradijevo gledište o „svagdanjoj službi“, a kao što je uvijek slučaj, „pobjednici pišu povijest“.

The holy angels recorded the true history, but Laodicean Adventism produced a historical position of the controversy over the rejection of the Millerite understanding of “the daily,” that leaves any of the “unlearned” in Laodicean Adventism to believe that the definition of “the daily,” which Sister White identified as coming from “angels that were expelled from heaven,” is actually a true doctrine. During the early years of the twentieth century W. W. Prescott led out in producing a publication titled, The Protestant. The entire premise of the publication was to teach that Miller’s understanding of “the daily” was incorrect, and that apostate Protestantism, where he had obtained his theological credentials, was correct in assigning a satanic symbol to Christ. In that history A. G. Daniells (General Conference President), joined forces with Prescott in the satanic attack against truth, in spite of the fact that Sister White had directly endorsed Miller’s view of “the daily” as correct.

Sveti anđeli zabilježili su istinitu povijest, ali laodicejski adventizam proizveo je povijesno stajalište o sporu oko odbacivanja mileritskog razumijevanja „svagdašnje žrtve”, koje svakoga od „neukih” u laodicejskom adventizmu navodi da vjeruje kako je definicija „svagdašnje žrtve”, za koju je sestra White ustvrdila da dolazi od „anđela koji su bili izbačeni s neba”, zapravo istiniti nauk. Tijekom ranih godina dvadesetoga stoljeća W. W. Prescott predvodio je izdavanje publikacije pod naslovom The Protestant. Cjelokupna pretpostavka te publikacije bila je poučiti da je Millerovo razumijevanje „svagdašnje žrtve” bilo netočno te da je otpali protestantizam, gdje je on stekao svoje teološke vjerodajnice, bio u pravu kada je Kristu pripisivao sotonski simbol. U toj povijesti A. G. Daniells (predsjednik Generalne konferencije) udružio je snage s Prescottom u sotonskom napadu na istinu, unatoč činjenici da je sestra White izravno potvrdila Millerovo gledište o „svagdašnjoj žrtvi” kao ispravno.

“The Lord showed me that the 1843 chart was directed by his hand, and that no part of it should be altered; that the figures were as he wanted them. That his hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until his hand was removed.

„Gospodin mi je pokazao da je tablica iz 1843. bila upravljena njegovom rukom i da se nijedan njezin dio ne smije mijenjati; da su brojke bile onakve kakve je on želio. Da je njegova ruka bila nad njima te je prikrila pogrešku u nekim brojkama, tako da je nitko nije mogao vidjeti, sve dok njegova ruka nije bila uklonjena.״

“Then I saw in relation to the ‘Daily,’ that the word ‘sacrifice’ was supplied by man’s wisdom, and does not belong to the text; and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry. When union existed, before 1844, nearly all were united on the correct view of the ‘Daily;’ but since 1844, in the confusion, other views have been embraced, and darkness and confusion has followed.” Review and Herald, November 1, 1850.

„Tada sam u vezi sa ‘Svakidašnjom’ vidjela da je riječ ‘žrtva’ dodana ljudskom mudrošću i da ne pripada tekstu; te da je Gospod dao ispravno razumijevanje toga onima koji su objavili vijest o času suda. Kada je postojalo jedinstvo, prije 1844., gotovo su svi bili sjedinjeni u ispravnom razumijevanju ‘Svakidašnje’; ali od 1844., u zbrci, prihvaćena su druga gledišta, a slijedili su tama i pomutnja.” Review and Herald, 1. studenoga 1850.

At the time of Prescott and Daniells’ attack against the truth of “the daily,” Prescott and Daniells were representing a minority opinion on the subject, and Sister White’s counsel during the controversy towards the two men was that they should shut up, although she said it in more diplomatic terms, such as “in silence is your wisdom.” When she rebuked them for their false view she also emphasized that the subject of “the daily,” was not to be made a test question. The historical revisionists, which revisionism is a historical method that is credited with beginning with the Jesuit order of the Catholic church, have used her statements about “the daily” not being made a test question, in order to prevent an honest evaluation of the doctrine. They misrepresent her statements for they invariably leave out that when she counselled against agitating the subject of “the daily,” she always qualified her statements with statements such as, “at this time,” or “under current circumstances.”

U vrijeme Prescottova i Daniellsova napada protiv istine o „svagdanjoj“, Prescott i Daniells zastupali su manjinsko mišljenje o tome predmetu, a savjet sestre White tijekom te rasprave, upućen toj dvojici ljudi, bio je da trebaju šutjeti, premda je to izrazila diplomatskijim riječima, poput: „u šutnji je vaša mudrost“. Kada ih je ukorila zbog njihova pogrešnog gledišta, također je naglasila da se pitanje „svagdanje“ ne smije učiniti ispitnim pitanjem. Povijesni revizionisti, pri čemu je revizionizam povijesna metoda za koju se smatra da je započela s isusovačkim redom Katoličke crkve, upotrijebili su njezine izjave o tome da se od „svagdanje“ ne smije načiniti ispitno pitanje kako bi spriječili pošteno vrednovanje toga nauka. Oni pogrešno prikazuju njezine izjave, jer neizostavno izostavljaju da je, kada je savjetovala protiv uznemiravanja oko pitanja „svagdanje“, svoje izjave uvijek ograničavala izrazima kao što su „u ovo vrijeme“ ili „pod sadašnjim okolnostima“.

As a prophetess she was trying to rein in an escalating controversy that was on the verge of causing a great division in the church at large, by a minority of persons who thought that because they were leaders they had the authority to promote whatever they determined to be truth. And the Lord, through her influence, kept the satanic work in check, until she died. Then in 1931, a new push to reject the truth of “the daily” was attempted, and ultimately accomplished. Today the true understanding of the definition of “the daily” is the minority understanding in Laodicean Adventism, and under the current circumstances “the daily,” is now most certainly a test question.

Kao proročica nastojala je obuzdati sve žešći spor koji je bio na rubu da izazove veliku podjelu u crkvi u cjelini, od strane manjine osoba koje su smatrale da, budući da su vođe, imaju ovlast promicati sve što su odredili kao istinu. I Gospodin je, preko njezina utjecaja, držao sotonsko djelo pod nadzorom sve dok nije umrla. Zatim je 1931. učinjen nov pokušaj odbacivanja istine o „svagdašnjoj“, te je to naposljetku i ostvareno. Danas je pravo razumijevanje značenja izraza „svagdašnja“ manjinsko razumijevanje u laodicejskom adventizmu, a u sadašnjim okolnostima „svagdašnja“ je sada sasvim sigurno ispitno pitanje.

When the majority opinion held the true understanding it was not a test, but when any truth is defined as error, it is then a test. When the compilation of manuscripts that is titled Manuscript Releases, was published in the 1980’s, or there about, there was then recognized an article that is as direct in its opposition to Prescott and Daniells’ view of “the daily,” as is her endorsement of Miller’s view.

Kada je mišljenje većine zastupalo ispravno razumijevanje, to nije bilo kušnja; ali kada se bilo koja istina proglasi zabludom, tada ona postaje kušnja. Kada je zbirka rukopisa pod naslovom Manuscript Releases objavljena 1980-ih godina, ili otprilike tada, tada je bio prepoznat članak koji je u svom protivljenju Prescottovu i Daniellsovu gledištu o „svagdašnjoj“ jednako izravan kao i njezina potpora Millerovu gledištu.

“At this stage of our experience we are not to have our minds drawn away from the special light given [us] to consider at the important gathering of our conference. And there was Brother Daniells, whose mind the enemy was working; and your mind and Elder Prescott’s mind were being worked by the angels that were expelled from heaven. Satan’s work was to divert your minds that jots and tittles should be brought in which the Lord did not inspire you to bring in. They were not essential. But this meant much to the cause of truth. And the ideas of your minds, if you could be drawn away to jots or tittles, is a work of Satan’s devising. To correct little things in the books written, you suppose would be doing a great work. But I am charged, Silence is eloquence.

„U ovoj fazi našega iskustva ne smijemo dopustiti da nam se misli odvrate od posebne svjetlosti koja nam je dana da je razmatramo na važnom skupu naše konferencije. A ondje je bio brat Daniells, na čiji je um neprijatelj djelovao; a na vaš um i na um starješine Prescotta djelovali su anđeli koji su bili izbačeni s neba. Sotonino je djelo bilo odvratiti vaše misli kako bi se unosile sitnice i najsitniji detalji koje vas Gospodin nije nadahnuo da unosite. Oni nisu bili bitni. Ali to je mnogo značilo za djelo istine. A zamisli vašega uma, ako biste mogli biti odvučeni na sitnice i najsitnije detalje, djelo su Sotonine zamisli. Pretpostavljate da biste ispravljanjem sitnica u napisanim knjigama činili veliko djelo. Ali meni je naloženo: Šutnja je rječitost.“

“I am to say, Stop your picking flaws. If this purpose of the devil could only be carried out, then [it] appears to you [that] your work would be considered as most wonderful in conception. It was the enemy’s plan to get all the supposed objectionable features where all classes of minds did not agree.

„Treba mi je reći: Prestanite sitničavo tražiti pogreške. Kad bi se ta đavolova namjera samo mogla ostvariti, tada vam se čini da bi se vaše djelo smatralo najčudesnijim u svojoj zamisli. Neprijateljev je plan bio istaknuti sve navodno prijeporne značajke ondje gdje se nisu slagali svi tipovi umova.

“And what then? The very work that pleases the devil would come to pass. There would be a representation given to the outsiders not of our faith just what would suit them, that would develop traits of character which would cause great confusion and occupy the golden moments which should be used zealously to bring the great message before the people. The presentations upon any subject we have worked upon could not all harmonize, and the results would be to confuse the minds of believers and unbelievers. This is the very thing that Satan had planned that should take place—anything that could be magnified as a disagreement.

„I što onda? Upravo bi se ostvarilo ono djelo koje ugađa đavlu. Onima izvana bio bi dan prikaz, ne naše vjere, nego upravo onakav kakav bi njima odgovarao, koji bi razvijao crte karaktera što bi izazvale veliku zbrku i zaokupile zlatne trenutke koje bi valjalo revno upotrijebiti kako bi se veliki navještaj iznio pred narod. Izlaganja o bilo kojoj temi na kojoj smo radili ne bi se sva mogla uskladiti, a posljedica bi bila da se zbune umovi vjernika i nevjernika. To je upravo ono što je Sotona planirao da se dogodi — bilo što što bi se moglo uveličati kao neslaganje.“

“Read Ezekiel, chapter 28. Now, here is a grand work, where strange spirits can figure. But the Lord has a work to [be] done to save perishing souls; and the places which Satan, disguised, could fill in, bringing confusion into our ranks, he will do to perfection, and all those little differences will become enlarged, prominent.

„Pročitajte Ezekiela, 28. poglavlje. Ovdje je sada veliko djelo, u kojemu neobični duhovi mogu igrati ulogu. Ali Gospodin ima djelo koje treba biti učinjeno kako bi se spasile propadajuće duše; a mjesta koja bi Sotona, prerušen, mogao popuniti, unoseći zbrku u naše redove, on će ispuniti do savršenstva, i sve će te male razlike postati uvećane, istaknute.״

“And I was shown from the first that the Lord had given neither Elders Daniells nor Prescott the burden of this work. Should Satan’s wiles be brought in, should this “Daily” be such a great matter as to be brought in to confuse minds and hinder the advancement of the work at this important period of time? It should not, whatever may be. This subject should not be introduced, for the spirit that would be brought in would be forbidding, and Lucifer is watching every movement. Satanic agencies would commence his work and there would be confusion brought into our ranks. You have no call to hunt up the difference of opinion that is not a testing question; but your silence is eloquence. I have the matter all plainly before me. If the devil could involve any one of our own people on these subjects, as he has proposed to do, Satan’s cause would triumph. Now the work without delay is to be taken up and not a [difference] of opinion expressed.

„I od samoga početka bilo mi je pokazano da Gospod nije ni starješini Daniellsu ni Prescottu dao teret ovoga djela. Treba li se uvesti Sotonine lukavštine, treba li ta „Svakodnevna“ biti tako velika stvar da se unese kako bi zbunila umove i spriječila napredak djela u ovom važnom vremenskom razdoblju? Ne bi trebalo, što god to bilo. Ovaj se predmet ne bi smio uvoditi, jer bi duh koji bi se unio bio duh zabrane, a Lucifer motri svaki pokret. Sotonske bi sile započele svoje djelo i u naše bi redove bila unesena zbrka. Nemate poziva tragati za razlikom u mišljenju koja nije ispitno pitanje; ali vaša je šutnja rječitost. Sve mi je to posve jasno izneseno pred oči. Kad bi đavao mogao uvući ikoga od našega vlastitog naroda u te predmete, kao što je naumio učiniti, Sotonina bi stvar trijumfirala. Sada se djelo mora bez odgode poduzeti i ne smije se izražavati [razlika] u mišljenju.“

“Satan would inspire those men who have gone out from us to unite with evil angels and retard our work on unimportant questions, and what rejoicing [there] would be in the camp of the enemy. Press together, press together. Let every difference be buried. Our work now is to devote all our physical and brain-nerve power to put these differences out of the way, and all harmonize. If Satan could with his great unsanctified wisdom be permitted to get the least hold, [he would rejoice].

„Sotona bi nadahnuo one ljude koji su izišli od nas da se udruže sa zlim anđelima i da ometaju naše djelo nevažnim pitanjima; i kakvo bi veselje [tada] zavladalo u taboru neprijatelja. Zbijte se, zbijte se. Neka svaka razlika bude pokopana. Naš je posao sada posvetiti svu svoju tjelesnu snagu i svu snagu živaca i uma tomu da se te razlike uklone s puta i da svi budu usklađeni. Kad bi Sotoni, sa svom njegovom velikom neposvećenom mudrošću, bilo dopušteno da stekne i najmanje uporište, [radovao bi se].“

“Now, when I saw how you were working, my mind took in the whole situation and the results if you should go forward and give the parties that have left us the least chance to bring confusion into our ranks. Your lack of wisdom would be just what Satan would have it. Your loud proclamation was not under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I was instructed to say to you that your picking flaws in the writings of men that have been led of God is not inspired of God. And if this is the wisdom that Elder Daniells would give to the people, by no means give him an official position, for he cannot reason from cause to effect. Your silence on this subject is your wisdom. Now, everything like picking flaws in the publications of men who are not alive is not the work God has given any of you to do. For if these men—Elders Daniells and Prescott—had followed the directions given in working the cities, there would have been many, very many, convinced of the truth and converted, able men that [now] are in positions where they never will be reached.

„Kad sam sada vidjela kako radite, moj je um obuhvatio cjelokupnu situaciju i posljedice ako nastavite i onima koji su nas napustili pružite i najmanju priliku da unesu zabunu u naše redove. Vaš nedostatak mudrosti bio bi upravo ono što bi Sotona želio. Vaše glasno proglašavanje nije bilo pod nadahnućem Duha Svetoga. Naloženo mi je da vam kažem kako vaše traženje pogrješaka u spisima ljudi koje je Bog vodio nije nadahnuto od Boga. A ako je to mudrost koju bi starješina Daniells dao narodu, nipošto mu ne dajte službeni položaj, jer on ne može rasuđivati od uzroka do posljedice. Vaša šutnja o ovome predmetu vaša je mudrost. Dakle, sve što je nalik traženju pogrješaka u publikacijama ljudi koji nisu živi nije djelo koje je Bog dao ikome od vas da čini. Jer da su ti ljudi — starješine Daniells i Prescott — slijedili dane upute u radu po gradovima, bilo bi mnogo, veoma mnogo onih koji bi bili osvjedočeni o istini i obraćeni, sposobnih ljudi koji su [sada] na položajima na kojima ih se nikada neće dosegnuti.“

“All the world is to be regarded as one great family. And when you have such a fountain of knowledge to draw from, why have you left the world to perish for years with the testimonies given by our Lord Jesus Christ? True religion teaches us to regard every man and woman as a person to whom we can do good.

„Sav svijet treba smatrati jednom velikom obitelji. A kada imate takav izvor znanja iz kojega možete crpsti, zašto ste godinama ostavili svijet da propada, premda su vam dana svjedočanstva našega Gospodina Isusa Krista? Istinska nas vjera uči da svakoga muškarca i svaku ženu smatramo osobom kojoj možemo činiti dobro.

“This has been in print many years: ‘A Balanced Mind,’ testimony to Elder Andrews. The mind may be cultivated to become a power to know when to speak and what burdens to take up and to bear, for Christ is your teacher. And I feared greatly for you [when I saw you] exalting your wisdom and pursuing a course to bring in differences of opinion. The Lord calls for wise men who can hold their peace when it [is] wisdom for them to do so. If you would be a whole man, you need sanctification through Jesus Christ. Now there is a work just started, and let wisdom be seen in every minister, in every president of [a] conference. But here was a work for you to take hold of years ago where you were needed to lift your voice for this very work. Christ gave all His people special directions what they shall do and the things they shall not do. And there is a little time left us to work out the righteousness of the Lord. You can understand the way of the Lord. I saw your purpose of carrying things after your own devising after you were placed as president. You had thought you would do wonderful things, which would be a work God had not placed in your hands to do. Now, your work is not to oppress but to release every necessity possible if the Lord has accepted you to serve. But you have very early given evidence that wisdom and sanctified judgment have not been manifested by you. You blazed out matters that would not be received unless the Lord should give light.

„Ovo je već mnogo godina tiskano: ‘Uravnotežen um’, svjedočanstvo upućeno starješini Andrewsu. Um se može odgajati tako da postane sila koja zna kada govoriti i kakve terete preuzeti i nositi, jer Krist je vaš učitelj. I silno sam se bojala za vas [kad sam vas vidjela] kako uzvisujete svoju mudrost i slijedite put koji bi unio razlike u mišljenju. Gospodin traži mudre ljude koji znaju šutjeti kada je za njih mudrost da tako čine. Ako želite biti potpun čovjek, potrebna vam je posvećenost po Isusu Kristu. Sada je upravo započelo jedno djelo, i neka se mudrost vidi u svakom propovjedniku, u svakom predsjedniku konferencije. Ali ovdje je bilo djelo kojega ste se trebali prihvatiti prije mnogo godina, gdje ste bili potrebni da podignete svoj glas upravo za ovo djelo. Krist je svemu svojemu narodu dao posebne upute što trebaju činiti i što ne trebaju činiti. I preostalo nam je još malo vremena da ostvarimo pravednost Gospodnju. Vi možete razumjeti put Gospodnji. Vidjela sam vašu namjeru da vodite stvari prema vlastitoj zamisli nakon što ste bili postavljeni za predsjednika. Mislili ste da ćete učiniti čudesna djela, što bi bilo djelo koje Bog nije stavio u vaše ruke da ga činite. Sada vaše djelo nije tlačiti, nego osloboditi svaku moguću potrebu ako vas je Gospodin prihvatio za službu. Ali vi ste veoma rano pružili dokaze da se u vama nisu očitovali mudrost i posvećeni sud. Razglašavali ste pitanja koja ne bi bila prihvaćena ako Gospodin ne bi dao svjetlo.“

“I have been instructed that such hasty movements should not have [been] made [such] as selecting you as president of the conference even another year. But the Lord forbids any more such hasty transactions until the matter is brought before the Lord in prayer; and as you have had the message come to you that the work of the Lord resting upon the president is a most solemn responsibility, you had no moral right to blaze out as you did upon the subject of the ‘Daily’ and suppose your influence would decide the question. There was Elder Haskell, who has carried the heavy responsibilities, and there is Elder Irwin and several men I might mention who have the heavy responsibilities.

„Poučena sam da se takvi ishitreni potezi nisu smjeli poduzimati, kao što je i izbor vas za predsjednika konferencije čak i za još jednu godinu. Ali Gospodin zabranjuje svaku daljnju takvu ishitrenu radnju dok se to pitanje ne iznese pred Gospodina u molitvi; a budući da vam je došla poruka da je djelo Gospodnje koje počiva na predsjedniku najsvečanija odgovornost, niste imali nikakvo moralno pravo tako planuti glede pitanja o ‘Svakidašnjoj’ i pretpostaviti da će vaš utjecaj odlučiti to pitanje. Tu je bio starješina Haskell, koji je nosio teške odgovornosti, a tu je i starješina Irwin i nekoliko ljudi koje bih mogla spomenuti, a koji nose teške odgovornosti.״

“Where was your respect for the men of age? What authority could you exercise without taking all the responsible men to weigh the matter? But let us now investigate the matter. We must now reconsider whether it is the Lord’s judgment, in the face of the work that has been neglected, of showing your zeal to carry the work even another year. If you should carry the work another year with the help that shall unite with you, there should be a change take place in you and Elder Prescott. And humble your own hearts before God. The Lord will have to see in you a showing of a different experience, for if ever men needed to be reconverted at this present [time], it [is] Elder Daniells and Elder Prescott.

„Gdje je bilo vaše poštovanje prema ljudima u godinama? Kakvu ste vlast mogli izvršavati a da ne uzmete sve odgovorne ljude kako bi razmotrili to pitanje? No istražimo sada to pitanje. Moramo sada ponovno razmotriti je li to Gospodnji sud, pred licem djela koje je bilo zanemareno, da pokazujete svoju revnost kako biste nastavili djelo još jednu godinu. Ako biste nastavili djelo još jednu godinu uz pomoć koja će se ujediniti s vama, trebala bi se dogoditi promjena u vama i starješini Prescottu. I ponizite vlastita srca pred Bogom. Gospodin će morati vidjeti u vama očitovanje drukčijega iskustva, jer ako su ikada ljudi trebali biti iznova obraćeni u ovo sadašnje [vrijeme], to su starješina Daniells i starješina Prescott.“

“Seven men should be chosen that are men of wisdom and through the working of the grace of God [give] evidence [of] a reconversion. For any men who are so blinded that they cannot reason from cause to effect, that they would ignore the men who have borne the responsibilities of the work and these presidents of conferences, [that] men [who] carry the work for over two years should be disregarded and such an impulsive consequence take place that men would neglect the very work kept before them for years—work the cities—and no, or but very little, attention [be] given to the old men for counsel, but proclaim the things they choose to give the people, bears its own testimony of the unsafety of the men to be entrusted with such a grand and wonderful work.

„Treba izabrati sedam ljudi koji su ljudi mudrosti i koji po djelovanju milosti Božje daju dokaz obraćenja. Jer svaki čovjek koji je tako zaslijepljen da ne može razmišljati od uzroka do posljedice, tako da zanemaruje ljude koji su nosili odgovornosti djela i te predsjednike konferencija, da se zanemare ljudi koji nose djelo više od dvije godine te da nastupi takva nagla posljedica da bi ljudi zanemarili upravo ono djelo koje im je godinama bilo stavljano pred oči — djelo u gradovima — a da se starijim ljudima ne posvećuje nimalo ili tek vrlo malo pozornosti radi savjeta, nego da objavljuju ono što sami izaberu dati narodu, samo po sebi svjedoči o nesigurnosti tih ljudi da im se povjeri tako veliko i čudesno djelo.

“Christ is not dead. He will never suffer His work to be carried on in this strange way. Let the books alone. If any change is essential, God will have the harmony in that change consistent, but when a message has been entrusted to men with the large responsibilities involved, [God] demands faithfulness that will work by love and purify the soul. Elders Daniells and Prescott both need reconversion. A strange work has come in, and it is not in harmony with the work Christ came to our world to do; and all who are truly converted will work the works of Christ.

„Krist nije mrtav. On nikada neće dopustiti da se Njegovo djelo nastavlja na ovaj neobičan način. Ostavite knjige na miru. Ako je ikakva promjena bitna, Bog će se pobrinuti da sklad u toj promjeni bude dosljedan; ali kada je neka poruka povjerena ljudima s velikim odgovornostima koje su u to uključene, [Bog] zahtijeva vjernost koja djeluje kroz ljubav i pročišćuje dušu. Starješine Daniells i Prescott obojica trebaju ponovno obraćenje. Ušlo je neko neobično djelo, i ono nije u skladu s djelom koje je Krist došao izvršiti u naš svijet; i svi koji su doista obraćeni činit će Kristova djela.

“We are everyone [to] work out the work which shall glorify the Father. We have come to the crisis—either to conform to the character of Jesus Christ right in this preparatory time or not attempt [it]. Elder Daniells, [you are not] to feel at liberty to let your voice be heard on high as you have done under similar circumstances. And understand, the president of a conference is not a ruler. He works in connection with the wise men who occupy the position as presidents whom God has accepted. He has not liberty to meddle with the writings in printed books from the pens that God has accepted. They are no longer to bear sway unless they show less of the ruling, dominating power. The crisis has come, for God will be dishonored.

„Svi mi trebamo izvršiti djelo koje će proslaviti Oca. Došli smo do krize — ili se upravo u ovom pripravljivom vremenu suobličiti karakteru Isusa Krista ili to ni ne pokušavati. Starješina Daniells, ne smijete se smatrati slobodnim da se vaš glas uzvisuje kao što ste to činili u sličnim okolnostima. I shvatite, predsjednik konferencije nije vladar. On djeluje u povezanosti s mudrim ljudima koji zauzimaju položaj predsjednika koje je Bog prihvatio. Nema slobodu uplitati se u spise u tiskanim knjigama iz pera onih koje je Bog prihvatio. Oni više ne smiju vladati, osim ako ne pokažu manje vladajuće, gospodareće moći. Kriza je došla, jer će Bog biti obeščašćen.“

“How does the Lord look upon the unworked cities? Christ is in heaven. Now its acknowledgment is to be, ‘There is no kingly rule. And now is the crisis of this world. Now I am the Power to save or to destroy. Now is the time when the destiny of all is in My hands. I have given My life to save the world. And “I, if I be lifted up,” the saving grace I shall impart will prove that all who will be fashioned after the divine similitude and will be one with Me shall work as I work with My power of redeeming grace.’ Whoever will, [let him] take hold with his brethren to do the work given them to do when in responsible places under the counsel the Lord gives, and seek most earnestly to work in complete harmony with Him who so loved the world He gave His life a full sacrifice for the saving of the world. I speak to our ministers, that as they enter upon the work in our cities let there be a calm sacredness attending the ministry of the Word. We cannot make the proper impression upon the minds of the people if we . . .

„Kako Gospodin gleda na neobrađene gradove? Krist je na nebu. Sada njegovo priznanje treba biti: ‘Nema kraljevske vlasti. I sada je kriza ovoga svijeta. Sada sam Ja Sila da spasim ili da uništim. Sada je vrijeme kada je sudbina svih u Mojim rukama. Dao sam svoj život da spasim svijet. A „Ja, kad budem podignut“, spasonosna milost koju ću udijeliti dokazat će da će svi koji budu oblikovani po božanskoj sličnosti i budu jedno sa Mnom raditi kao što Ja radim snagom svoje otkupiteljske milosti.’ Tko god hoće, neka se uhvati sa svojom braćom da izvrši djelo koje im je dano da ga čine kad se nalaze na odgovornim položajima pod savjetom koji Gospodin daje, i neka najozbiljnije nastoji raditi u potpunom skladu s Njime koji je tako ljubio svijet da je dao svoj život kao potpunu žrtvu za spasenje svijeta. Govorim našim propovjednicima da, kad stupe na rad u našim gradovima, neka uz službu Riječi bude prisutna smirena svetost. Ne možemo ostaviti pravi dojam na umove ljudi ako mi…”

“I copy from my Diary. The truth as it is in Jesus—talk it, pray it, believe every word in its simplicity. What would you gain if mistakes are brought before the men who have departed from the faith and given heed to seducing spirits, men who were not long ago with us in the faith? Will you stand on the devil’s side? Give your attention to the unworked fields. A world-wide work is before us. I was given representations of John Kellogg.

„Prepisujem iz svoga Dnevnika. Istina kakva je u Isusu — govorite je, molite za nju, vjerujte svakoj riječi u njezinoj jednostavnosti. Što biste dobili ako bi se pogreške iznijele pred ljude koji su otpali od vjere i prionuli uz zavodljive duhove, ljude koji su ne tako davno bili s nama u vjeri? Hoćete li stati na đavolovu stranu? Posvetite svoju pozornost neobrađenim poljima. Pred nama je djelo po svemu svijetu. Dane su mi predodžbe o Johnu Kelloggu.“

“A very attractive personage was representing the ideas of the specious arguments that he was presenting, sentiments different from the genuine Bible truth. And those who are hungering and thirsting after something new were advancing ideas [so specious] that Elder Prescott was in great danger. Elder Daniells was in great danger [of] becoming wrapped in a delusion that if these sentiments could be spoken everywhere it would be as a new world.

„Vrlo privlačna osoba utjelovljivala je zamisli prividno uvjerljivih argumenata koje je iznosila, osjećaje drukčije od istinske biblijske istine. A oni koji su gladovali i žeđali za nečim novim iznosili su zamisli [tako uvjerljive] da je starješina Prescott bio u velikoj opasnosti. Starješina Daniells bio je u velikoj opasnosti [da] postane obavijen zabludom da bi, kad bi se ti osjećaji mogli posvuda iznositi, to bilo kao novi svijet.“

“Yes, it would, but while their minds were thus absorbed I was shown that Brother Daniells and Brother Prescott were weaving into their experience sentiments of a spiritual[istic] appearance and drawing our people to beautiful sentiments that would deceive, if possible, the very elect. I have to trace with my pen [the fact] that these brethren would see defects in their delusive ideas that would place the truth in an uncertainty; and [yet] they [would] stand out as [if they had] great spiritual discernment. Now I am to tell them [that] when I was shown this matter, when Elder Daniells was lifting up his voice like a trumpet in advocating his ideas of the ‘Daily,’ the after results were presented. Our people were becoming confused. I saw the result, and then there were given me cautions that if Elder Daniells without respect to the outcome should thus be impressed and let himself believe he was under the inspiration of God, skepticism would be sown among our ranks everywhere, and we should be where Satan would carry his messages. Set unbelief and skepticism would be sown in human minds, and strange crops of evil would take the place of truth.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 17–22.

„Da, bi, ali dok su im misli bile tako zaokupljene, pokazano mi je da brat Daniells i brat Prescott u svoje iskustvo upliću osjećaje duhovnoga[ističkog] privida i privlače naš narod lijepim osjećajima koji bi, ako je moguće, zaveli i same izabrane. Moram svojim perom zabilježiti [činjenicu] da bi ta braća u svojim varavim zamislima uvidjela nedostatke koji bi istinu doveli u nesigurnost; a [ipak] bi se oni [držali] kao [da imaju] veliko duhovno rasuđivanje. Sada im trebam reći [da], kad mi je ovo bilo pokazano, dok je starješina Daniells podizao svoj glas kao truba zastupajući svoje zamisli o ‘Svakidašnjoj’, bili su mi predočeni kasniji rezultati. Naš je narod postajao zbunjen. Vidjela sam ishod, i tada su mi bila dana upozorenja da će se, ako starješina Daniells, ne obazirući se na ishod, bude tako pod dojmom i dopusti sebi vjerovati da je pod Božjim nadahnućem, posijati skepticizam posvuda među našim redovima, i mi ćemo biti ondje gdje će Sotona pronositi svoje poruke. U ljudskim će se umovima posijati ustaljeno nevjerstvo i skepticizam, a neobični usjevi zla zauzet će mjesto istine.” Manuscript Releases, svezak 20, 17–22.

The history of the second generation identifies an escalation of rebellion. The spiritualism represented by Ezekiel’s chambers of imagery illustrate that “Brother Daniells and Brother Prescott were weaving into their experience sentiments of a spiritualistic appearance and drawing our people to beautiful sentiments that would deceive, if possible, the very elect.” The spiritualism associated with the false view of “the daily,” is the symbol of what, if possible, would deceive the very elect. She ties together the spiritualism of pantheism that was being promoted by Kellogg with Prescott and Daniells’ push to define “the daily” as Christ’s sanctuary ministry.

Povijest drugoga naraštaja otkriva pojačavanje pobune. Spiritizam koji je predočen Ezekielovim odajama slika prikazuje da su „Brat Daniells i brat Prescott uplitali u svoje iskustvo osjećaje spiritističkoga obilježja i privlačili naš narod lijepim osjećajima koji bi, kad bi bilo moguće, zaveli i same izabrane.” Spiritizam povezan s lažnim shvaćanjem „svagdašnje žrtve” simbol je onoga što bi, kad bi bilo moguće, zavelo i same izabrane. Ona povezuje spiritizam panteizma, koji je Kellogg promicao, s nastojanjem Prescotta i Daniellsa da „svagdašnju žrtvu” odrede kao Kristovu službu u Svetištu.

She informs them to leave the books alone, by which she was addressing the push by Prescott and Daniells to re-write Uriah Smith’s book, Daniel and the Revelation, in order to remove his teaching that identified “the daily,” just as Miller identified it. The historical revisionists of Laodicea, who Isaiah identifies as “the learned”, have accomplished a wonderful work upon the unlearned of Adventism, for they have misrepresented the testimony of the history to lead those with itching ears and shallow study habits to think that the subject of “the daily,” is unimportant, and that Miller was incorrect on the subject. That work of revision is part of the rubbish Miller was shown that was to be swept away by the dirt brush man, in the time when the manifestation of the power of God in the Midnight Cry is repeated.

Ona ih obavještava da ostave knjige na miru, čime se obraćala nastojanju Prescotta i Daniellsa da prerade knjigu Uriasa Smitha, Daniel and the Revelation, kako bi uklonili njegovo učenje koje je poistovjećivalo „svagdašnju žrtvu”, upravo onako kako ju je poistovjetio Miller. Povijesni revizionisti Laodiceje, koje Izaija označuje kao „učene”, izvršili su čudesno djelo nad neukima adventizma, jer su pogrešno prikazali svjedočanstvo povijesti kako bi naveli one koje svrbe uši i koji imaju površne navike proučavanja da misle kako je predmet „svagdašnje žrtve” nevažan te da je Miller o tom predmetu bio u krivu. To djelo revizije dio je smeća koje je Milleru bilo pokazano da će biti pometeno od čovjeka s prljavom četkom, u vrijeme kada se ponavlja očitovanje Božje sile u Ponoćnom pokliču.

We will continue our consideration of the second generation of Laodicean Adventism in the next article.

Nastavit ćemo naše razmatranje drugog naraštaja laodicejskog adventizma u sljedećem članku.

“The message ‘Go forward’ is still to be heard and respected. The varying circumstances taking place in our world call for labor which will meet these peculiar developments. The Lord has need of men who are spiritually sharp and clear-sighted, men worked by the Holy Spirit, who are certainly receiving manna fresh from heaven. Upon the minds of such, God’s Word flashes light, revealing to them more than ever before the safe path. The Holy Spirit works upon mind and heart. The time has come when through God’s messengers the scroll is being unrolled to the world. Instructors in our schools should never be bound about by being told that they are to teach only what has been taught hitherto. Away with these restrictions. There is a God to give the message His people shall speak. Let not any minister feel under bonds or be gauged by men’s measurement. The gospel must be fulfilled in accordance with the messages God sends. That which God gives His servants to speak today would not perhaps have been present truth twenty years ago, but it is God’s message for this time.” The 1888 Materials, 133.

Poruku „Pođite naprijed“ još uvijek treba slušati i poštovati. Raznolike okolnosti koje se odvijaju u našem svijetu zahtijevaju rad koji će odgovoriti na te osobite razvoje događaja. Gospodin treba ljude koji su duhovno pronicavi i bistroumni, ljude na kojima djeluje Duh Sveti, koji zasigurno primaju manu svježu s neba. Umovima takvih Božja Riječ bljeska svjetlošću, otkrivajući im više nego ikada prije sigurni put. Duh Sveti djeluje na um i srce. Došlo je vrijeme kada se po Božjim glasnicima svijetu odmata svitak. Učitelji u našim školama nikada ne bi smjeli biti sputavani time što im se govori da trebaju učiti samo ono što se dosad učilo. Uklonite ta ograničenja. Postoji Bog koji daje poruku što je Njegov narod treba govoriti. Neka se nijedan propovjednik ne osjeća vezanim niti mjeren mjerilom ljudī. Evanđelje se mora ispuniti u skladu s porukama koje Bog šalje. Ono što Bog danas daje svojim slugama da govore možda prije dvadeset godina ne bi bilo sadašnja istina, ali to je Božja poruka za ovo vrijeme.” The 1888 Materials, 133.