Just as August 11, 1840, confirmed the rules adopted by Miller, after September 11, 2001 it was seen by those willing to see, that the prophetic principles adopted by Future for America were the true biblical methodology of the latter rain, as set forth in Isaiah chapter twenty-eight. The application of reform line upon reform line as set forth in sacred history established that September 11, 2001, was a repetition of August 11, 1840.

Baš kao što je 11. kolovoza 1840. potvrdio pravila koja je usvojio Miller, tako se nakon 11. rujna 2001. vidjelo onima koji su bili voljni vidjeti da su proročka načela koja je usvojio Future for America bila istinska biblijska metodologija kasne kiše, kako je izložena u dvadeset i osmom poglavlju Izaije. Primjena reformne crte na reformnu crtu, kako je prikazana u svetoj povijesti, utvrdila je da je 11. rujna 2001. bio ponavljanje 11. kolovoza 1840.

It was seen that as the mighty angel of Revelation ten descended in 1840, He typified His descent in 2001. Both angels descended as a prophecy of Islam was fulfilled. The movement then grew as men and women responded to the effectiveness of the methodology. The leadership of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism was passed by at the time of the end in 1989, and now that church entered into its final testing process, as the Lord began to select the movement of the third angel to be His last-day spokesmen.

Vidjelo se da, kao što je silni anđeo iz Otkrivenja deset sišao 1840. godine, tako je predoznačio svoj silazak 2001. godine. Oba su anđela sišla dok se ispunjavalo jedno proročanstvo o islamu. Pokret je zatim rastao kako su muškarci i žene odgovarali na djelotvornost te metodologije. Vodstvo laodicejskog adventizma sedmoga dana bilo je zaobiđeno u vrijeme svršetka 1989. godine, a sada je ta crkva ušla u svoj završni proces kušnje, dok je Gospod počeo izabirati pokret trećega anđela da budu Njegovi glasnogovornici posljednjih dana.

A premier rule of the rules given for the last days was the triple application of prophecy. Especially so at that time was the triple application of the three woes, which so clearly upheld the event of September 11, 2001. When that truth was honestly investigated, those who were then being led to Jeremiah’s “old paths,” by hearts seeking for the truth, the prophetic fulfillment, along with the validity of the rules of prophetic interpretation adopted by the movement of the third angel was recognized as valid.

Jedno od najvažnijih pravila među pravilima danima za posljednje dane bila je trostruka primjena proročanstva. Osobito je u to vrijeme trostruka primjena triju jao tako jasno poduprla događaj od 11. rujna 2001. godine. Kada je ta istina pošteno istražena, oni koji su tada, sa srcima koja su tražila istinu, bili vođeni Jeremijinim „starim stazama“, prepoznali su kao valjano i proročko ispunjenje i valjanost pravila proročkog tumačenja koja je usvojio pokret trećega anđela.

It was seen that the correct pioneer understanding of the history of the first woe of Revelation chapter nine represented Islam. The false prophet Mohammed was seen to be the king of that history. In that history Islam would attack the Roman Empire, and their mode of warfare was specifically identified as striking suddenly and unexpectedly. In that regard it was understood that the very mode of warfare of Islam provided the etymological roots of the word “assassin.” In that history Islam would hurt the armies of Rome, and the period concluded under the line of a one-hundred-and-fifty-year time prophecy. When that time prophecy ended on July 27, 1449, the time prophecy and history of the second woe began.

Vidjelo se da ispravno pionirsko razumijevanje povijesti prvoga jao iz devetoga poglavlja Otkrivenja predstavlja islam. Vidjelo se da je lažni prorok Muhamed kralj te povijesti. U toj bi povijesti islam napao Rimsko Carstvo, a njihov način ratovanja bio je osobito prepoznat kao udaranje iznenada i neočekivano. U tom se pogledu razumjelo da je sam način ratovanja islama pružio etimološke korijene riječi „atentator”. U toj bi povijesti islam nanosio štetu vojskama Rima, a to je razdoblje završilo pod crtom vremenskoga proročanstva od sto i pedeset godina. Kada je to vremensko proročanstvo završilo 27. srpnja 1449., otpočelo je vremensko proročanstvo i povijest drugoga jao.

It began another time-prophecy of three hundred and ninety-one years and fifteen days, that ended on August 11, 1840. In that history the ruler that represented the prophetic work of Islam was Ottman, who had been typified by Mohammed in the history of the first woe. Chapter nine says that in the history of the second woe, Islam would kill the armies of Rome. They would still exercise the mode of warfare, attacking suddenly and unexpectedly, but in that history gunpowder was first invented and employed, so the second woe represented a mode of warfare represented by the assassin’s sudden attack, plus it included explosives.

Otpočelo je drugo vremensko proročanstvo od tristo devedeset i jedne godine i petnaest dana, koje je završilo 11. kolovoza 1840. U toj je povijesti vladar koji je predstavljao proročko djelo islama bio Otman, koji je bio predočen Muhamedom u povijesti prvoga jao. Deveto poglavlje kaže da će u povijesti drugoga jao islam pobiti vojske Rima. Oni će i dalje primjenjivati način ratovanja, napadajući iznenada i neočekivano, ali u toj je povijesti barut prvi put izumljen i upotrijebljen, tako da je drugo jao predstavljalo način ratovanja predočen iznenadnim napadom ubojice, a uz to je uključivalo i eksplozive.

On September 11, 2001 the third woe of Islam suddenly struck the spiritual armies of Rome with explosives. That event marked the beginning of several lines of prophetic truth, but it had clearly been established upon the two previous witnesses of the first and second woe. The event clearly demonstrated that just as the empowerment of the Millerite history of August 11, 1840, when the prophecy of Islam of the second woe was fulfilled and the angel of Revelation ten descended, that when the prophecy of Islam of the third woe arrived, it marked the descent of the angel of Revelation eighteen on that date.

Dana 11. rujna 2001. treće teško zlo islama iznenada je eksplozivom pogodilo duhovne vojske Rima. Taj je događaj označio početak nekoliko linija proročke istine, ali je očito bio utemeljen na dvama prethodnim svjedocima prvoga i drugoga teškog zla. Taj je događaj jasno pokazao da je, kao što je osnaženje mileritske povijesti 11. kolovoza 1840., kada se ispunilo proročanstvo o islamu drugoga teškog zla i kada je sišao anđeo iz Otkrivenja deset, tako i dolazak proročanstva o islamu trećega teškog zla označio silazak anđela iz Otkrivenja osamnaest na taj datum.

“Now comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, ‘What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1–3 will be fulfilled.’ The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God’s power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we cannot imagine.” Review and Herald, July 5, 1906.

„Sada dolazi glas da sam izjavila kako će New York biti pometen plimnim valom? To nikada nisam rekla. Rekla sam, dok sam gledala kako se ondje podižu velike zgrade, kat za katom: ‘Kakvi će se strašni prizori odigrati kad Gospod ustane da silno potrese zemlju! Tada će se ispuniti riječi iz Otkrivenja 18,1–3.’ Cijelo osamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja upozorenje je na ono što dolazi na zemlju. No nemam nikakvu posebnu svjetlost u pogledu onoga što dolazi na New York, osim što znam da će jednoga dana velike zgrade ondje biti oborene okretanjem i prevrtanjem Božje sile. Iz svjetlosti koja mi je dana znam da je uništenje u svijetu. Jedna riječ od Gospoda, jedan dodir njegove silne moći, i te će se goleme građevine srušiti. Odigrat će se prizori čiju strahotu ne možemo ni zamisliti.” Review and Herald, 5. srpnja 1906.

The movement of Future for America was then seen, by those willing to see, as the parallel of the Millerite movement. Islam of the third woe became a primary element of the message from that point onward. Inspiration plainly taught that when the angel of Revelation descended the latter rain would arrive.

Pokret Future for America tada je, od onih koji su bili voljni vidjeti, bio prepoznat kao paralela mileritskom pokretu. Islam trećeg jaoa od toga je trenutka nadalje postao primarni element poruke. Nadahnuće je jasno učilo da će, kada siđe anđeo iz Otkrivenja, stići kasna kiša.

“The latter rain is to fall upon the people of God. A mighty angel is to come down from heaven, and the whole earth is to be lighted with his glory.” Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.

„Pozna kiša treba pasti na Božji narod. Silan anđeo treba sići s neba, i sva zemlja treba biti obasjana njegovom slavom.” Review and Herald, 21. travnja 1891.

As the Lion of the tribe of Judah began to open the broader understanding of the latter rain, He led His people to the book of Joel, which is a primary point of reference of the latter rain. At that point some of those men who had joined the movement post September 11, 2001, determined that the insects of Joel that destroy God’s vine, leading up to the awakening of the Midnight Cry, represented Islam. They could not or would not see that the insects represented Rome.

Kako je Lav iz Judina plemena počeo otvarati šire razumijevanje pozne kiše, poveo je svoj narod do knjige proroka Joela, koja je primarno uporište u vezi s poznom kišom. U tom su trenutku neki od onih ljudi koji su se pridružili pokretu nakon 11. rujna 2001. zaključili da kukci iz Joela, koji uništavaju Božju lozu, dovodeći do buđenja Ponoćnog pokliča, predstavljaju islam. Nisu mogli ili nisu htjeli vidjeti da su kukci predstavljali Rim.

The powerful light that had been brought about by recognizing the triple application of prophecy in regards to the three woes added an unsanctified logical support to their claim that the insects represented Islam. As is always the case, once a private interpretation is entertained a wresting of the Scriptures takes place in an attempt to uphold the false premise. In their work to uphold their view they demonstrated that they did not understand the principle of type and antitype.

Snažno svjetlo koje je proizašlo iz prepoznavanja trostruke primjene proročanstva u pogledu na tri jaoa pridodalo je neposvećenu logičku potporu njihovoj tvrdnji da kukci predstavljaju islam. Kao što je uvijek slučaj, jednom kad se prihvati privatno tumačenje, dolazi do izvrćanja Svetoga pisma u nastojanju da se održi lažna pretpostavka. U svojem nastojanju da podupru svoje gledište pokazali su da ne razumiju načelo tipa i antitipa.

In theological and biblical studies, the terms “type” and “antitype” are used to describe a relationship between two elements, where one prefigures or foreshadows the other. This concept often falls under the broader categories of “shadow” and “substance.”

U teološkim i biblijskim studijama pojmovi „tip” i „antitip” upotrebljavaju se za opisivanje odnosa između dvaju elemenata, pri čemu jedan predoznačuje ili predočuje drugi. Taj pojam često potpada pod šire kategorije „sjene” i „stvarnosti”.

A type is an event, person, or institution in the Old Testament that prefigures or foreshadows a corresponding event, person, or institution in the New Testament. It serves as a symbolic precursor. The antitype is the fulfillment or actualization of the type. It is the reality that was foreshadowed by the type. The concept of “shadow” and “substance” parallels the relationship between type and antitype. The “shadow” represents the (type), whereas the “substance” represents the (antitype).

Tip je događaj, osoba ili ustanova u Starom zavjetu koja predoznačuje ili nagovješćuje odgovarajući događaj, osobu ili ustanovu u Novom zavjetu. On služi kao simbolički preteča. Antitip je ispunjenje ili ostvarenje tipa. On je stvarnost koju je tip nagovijestio. Pojam „sjene” i „stvarnosti” odgovara odnosu između tipa i antitipa. „Sjena” predstavlja (tip), dok „stvarnost” predstavlja (antitip).

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Colossians 2:16, 17.

Neka vas dakle nitko ne osuđuje zbog jela ili pića, ili s obzirom na blagdan, ili mlađak, ili subotnje dane: što je sjena onoga što ima doći; a tijelo je Kristovo. Kološanima 2,16.17.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. Hebrews 10:1.

Jer zakon, koji ima sjenu budućih dobara, a ne samu sliku stvari, nikada ne može žrtvama koje se neprestano prinose iz godine u godinu učiniti savršenima one koji pristupaju. Hebrejima 10,1.

In the post September 11, 2001 controversy over Joel, and the correct identification of papal Rome as symbolized by four insects, thus outlining the progressive destruction of Laodicean Adventism, those arguing that the insects were Islam, not only placed an unsanctified emphasis upon the triple application of the three woes, but they also pointed to types which pointed to the antitype of Rome, and claimed those types actually identified Islam. In doing so, they gave evidence that they either did not truly understand the principle of type and antitype, or they believed misrepresenting the types was a worthy means to justify the end.

U polemici nakon 11. rujna 2001. o Joelu i o ispravnoj identifikaciji papinskoga Rima, simboliziranoga četirima kukcima, čime se ocrtava postupno razaranje laodicejskoga adventizma, oni koji su tvrdili da su ti kukci islam, ne samo da su nesvećenim naglaskom isticali trostruku primjenu triju nevolja, nego su također ukazivali na predslike koje su upućivale na protusliku Rima te tvrdili da ti predslike zapravo identificiraju islam. Čineći to, pružili su dokaz da ili nisu doista razumjeli načelo predslike i protuslike, ili su vjerovali da je pogrešno prikazivanje predslika dostojno sredstvo za opravdanje cilja.

In the current controversy over Rome, there is once again evidence that those holding to the flawed idea that the “robbers” of Daniel chapter eleven, verse fourteen is the United States do not correctly understand both the triple application of prophecy, or the principle of type and antitype.

U sadašnjem prijeporu o Rimu ponovno se očituje da oni koji se drže pogrešne zamisli da su „razbojnici” iz Daniela 11, 14 Sjedinjene Američke Države ne razumiju ispravno ni trostruku primjenu proročanstva ni načelo tipa i antitipa.

When those who hold the view that the “robbers” are the United States seek to uphold their position they employ an application of a triple application of the three Rome’s, to supposedly prove that modern Rome, the third manifestation of Rome is the United States. Trusting that they are not purposely bearing false witness, and that they are only manifesting a blind ignorance of the rules of a triple application of prophecy, they employ a prophetic characteristic of the first two Rome’s and argue that a characteristic of Rome’s history identifies modern Rome.

Kada oni koji zastupaju gledište da su „razbojnici” Sjedinjene Američke Države nastoje poduprijeti svoje stajalište, primjenjuju trostruku primjenu triju Rimova kako bi navodno dokazali da je moderni Rim, treća manifestacija Rima, Sjedinjene Američke Države. U nadi da ne svjedoče lažno namjerno, nego da samo očituju slijepo neznanje o pravilima trostruke primjene proročanstva, oni se služe proročkim obilježjem prva dva Rima i tvrde da jedno obilježje iz povijesti Rima identificira moderni Rim.

Pagan Rome is the first of three prophetic fulfillments of Rome. In Daniel chapter eight pagan Rome is the masculine little horn. In chapter two pagan Rome is statecraft. In Daniel seven pagan Rome divides into a ten-fold kingdom.

Poganski Rim prvo je od triju proročkih ispunjenja Rima. U osmom poglavlju Daniela poganski Rim jest muški mali rog. U drugom poglavlju poganski Rim jest državna vlast. U Danielu 7 poganski se Rim dijeli na desetostruko kraljevstvo.

The second manifestation of Rome is papal Rome, who in chapter eight is the feminine little horn, and who is churchcraft in chapter two, and who is the horn speaking blasphemies and plucks up three horns in chapter seven. Pagan Rome is a singular power, but papal Rome is a twofold power, representing the papal church as ruling over the statecraft of the previous political structures of pagan Rome. In 1798, the papal power received its deadly wound, but it did not cease to be a church, it only ceased to be a beast of Bible prophecy for the civil power it had previously controlled was removed.

Drugo očitovanje Rima jest papinski Rim, koji je u osmom poglavlju ženski mali rog, i koji je crkvenjaštvo u drugom poglavlju, i koji je rog što govori hule i iščupa tri roga u sedmom poglavlju. Poganski Rim jest jedinstvena sila, ali papinski Rim jest dvostruka sila, koja predstavlja papinsku crkvu kao vladara nad državnim ustrojstvom prethodnih političkih struktura poganskog Rima. Godine 1798. papinska je vlast zadobila smrtonosnu ranu, ali nije prestala biti crkvom; samo je prestala biti zvijer biblijskog proročanstva, jer je bila uklonjena građanska vlast koju je prethodno nadzirala.

The second Rome is papal Rome and it only functioned as a power (beast) of Bible prophecy when it had the ability to control the power of the state to carry out its blasphemous plans. The first Rome was a singular power, the second Rome was a twofold power and the third Rome is a threefold power. The three manifestations of Rome are governed by the same principles as every triple application of prophecy. Prophetically there are three woes, three Babylon’s, three Rome’s and three Elijah’s. In terms of type and antitype the first two manifestation of any of the triple applications are types which provide the shadow of the third fulfillment, which is the antitype and substance of the triple application of prophecy.

Drugi Rim jest papinski Rim i on je djelovao kao sila (zvijer) biblijskog proročanstva samo kada je imao sposobnost upravljati silom države kako bi proveo svoje bogohulne planove. Prvi Rim bio je jedinstvena sila, drugi Rim bio je dvostruka sila, a treći Rim trostruka je sila. Trima očitovanjima Rima upravljaju ista načela kao i svakom trostrukom primjenom proročanstva. Proročki govoreći, postoje tri jao, tri Babilona, tri Rima i tri Ilije. U pogledu tipa i antitipa, prva dva očitovanja bilo koje od trostrukih primjena jesu tipovi koji pružaju sjenu trećeg ispunjenja, koje je antitip i bit trostruke primjene proročanstva.

With Rome the characteristics of the first two Rome’s identify that both pagan and papal Rome gave the title of Pontifex Maximus to their ruler. Therefore, the title of the ruler of modern Rome would be Pontifex Maximus, a title never attributed to any president of the United States. The first two Rome’s would overcome three geographical obstacles in order to establish the authority upon the throne of their specific period of history. There is no evidence of the United States overcoming three geographical obstacles leading up to 1798.

Kod Rima obilježja prva dva Rima pokazuju da su i poganski i papinski Rim svome vladaru davali naslov Pontifex Maximus. Stoga bi naslov vladara suvremenoga Rima bio Pontifex Maximus, naslov koji se nikada nije pripisivao nijednom predsjedniku Sjedinjenih Američkih Država. Prva dva Rima nadvladala bi tri zemljopisne prepreke kako bi uspostavila vlast na prijestolju svoga određenog povijesnog razdoblja. Nema dokaza da su Sjedinjene Američke Države nadvladale tri zemljopisne prepreke u razdoblju koje je vodilo do 1798.

The first two Rome’s had a specific period of time identified when they would rule supremely. In verse twenty-four of Daniel eleven pagan Rome is identified ruling for a “time,” or three hundred and sixty years, which it did from the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, until the year 330 AD. Repeatedly papal Rome is identified as ruling for twelve hundred and sixty years after the three horns were removed, from 538 until 1798. In Isaiah chapter twenty-three the United States is identified as reigning for seventy symbolic years, as the days of one king, but it never removed three geographical obstacles in advance of its ruling for seventy symbolic years.

Prva dva Rima imala su određeno vremensko razdoblje naznačeno za vrijeme u kojemu će vrhovno vladati. U dvadeset i četvrtom retku jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela poganski Rim prikazan je kako vlada jedno „vrijeme“, odnosno tristo šezdeset godina, što je i činio od bitke kod Akcija 31. pr. Kr. pa do 330. godine po. Kr. Papinski Rim opetovano je prikazan kao onaj koji vlada tisuću dvjesto šezdeset godina nakon što su uklonjena tri roga, od 538. do 1798. godine. U Izaiji, dvadeset trećem poglavlju, Sjedinjene Američke Države prikazane su kao one koje vladaju sedamdeset simboličnih godina, kao u dane jednoga kralja, ali nikada nisu uklonile tri zemljopisne prepreke prije svoje vladavine od sedamdeset simboličnih godina.

Modern Rome is represented as overcoming the three geographical obstacles of the king of the south, the glorious land and Egypt in Daniel chapter eleven, verses forty to forty-two, and when those three obstacles are defeated and brought into the submission of Rome they then form the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet. John also informs us that the papal beast’s deadly wound is healed and that it then rules for forty-two symbolic months.

Suvremeni Rim prikazan je kao onaj koji nadvladava tri zemljopisne prepreke kralja juga, slavnu zemlju i Egipat u jedanaestom poglavlju Daniela, od četrdesetoga do četrdeset i drugoga retka, a kada su te tri prepreke poražene i dovedene u podložnost Rimu, tada one tvore trostruko jedinstvo zmaja, zvijeri i lažnoga proroka. Ivan nas također obavješćuje da je smrtonosna rana papinske zvijeri iscijeljena te da ona potom vlada četrdeset i dva simbolička mjeseca.

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. Revelation 13:3–5.

I vidjeh jednu od njegovih glava kao smrtno ranjenu; ali njegova smrtonosna rana bijaše iscijeljena. I sva se zemlja u divljenju povede za Zvijeri. I pokloniše se Zmaju koji dade vlast Zvijeri; i pokloniše se Zvijeri govoreći: Tko je kao Zvijer? tko se može vojskovati s njom? I dana joj bi usta koja govore velike stvari i hule; i dana joj bi vlast da djeluje četrdeset i dva mjeseca. Otkrivenje 13,3–5.

The beast that rules for forty-two symbolic months after its deadly wound is healed is the Roman power.

Zvijer koja vlada četrdeset i dva simbolična mjeseca nakon što joj je smrtonosna rana iscijeljena jest rimska sila.

The prophecy of Revelation 13 declares that the power represented by the beast with lamblike horns shall cause ‘the earth and them which dwell therein’ to worship the papacy—there symbolized by the beast ‘like unto a leopard.’ . .. In both the Old and the New World, the papacy will receive homage in the honor paid to the Sunday institution, that rests solely upon the authority of the Roman Church.” The Great Controversy, 578.

Proročanstvo iz Otkrivenja 13 objavljuje da će sila predstavljena zvijeri s janjećim rogovima navesti „zemlju i one koji na njoj prebivaju“ da se klanjaju papinstvu — koje je ondje simbolizirano zvijeri „nalik leopardu“. ... I u Starome i u Novome svijetu papinstvo će primiti počast kroz iskazivanje časti nedjeljnoj ustanovi, koja počiva jedino na autoritetu Rimske Crkve.” Velika borba, 578.

Pagan, the first Rome, ruled supremely for three hundred and sixty years in fulfillment of Daniel chapter eleven, verse twenty-four, and it did so after it removed three geographical obstacles in fulfillment of Daniel chapter eight, verse nine.

Poganski Rim, prvi Rim, vrhovno je vladao tristo šezdeset godina kao ispunjenje Daniela 11,24, i to nakon što je uklonio tri zemljopisne prepreke kao ispunjenje Daniela 8,9.

Papal, the second Rome ruled supremely for twelve hundred and sixty years in fulfillment of several passages of Scripture, and it did so after it removed three geographical obstacles in fulfillment of Daniel chapter seven, verses eight and twenty.

Papinska, druga Rim, vrhovno je vladala tisuću dvjesto i šezdeset godina kao ispunjenje nekoliko odlomaka Svetoga pisma, i to nakon što je uklonila tri zemljopisne prepreke kao ispunjenje Daniela, sedmoga poglavlja, redaka osam i dvadeset.

Modern Rome overcomes the king of the south in verse forty of Daniel eleven, and then in verse forty-one it overcomes the glorious land and in verse forty-two it overcomes Egypt. Modern Rome is the king of the north of Daniel chapter eleven.

Suvremeni Rim svladava kralja juga u četrdesetom retku jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela, a zatim u četrdeset i prvom retku svladava slavnu zemlju, te u četrdeset i drugom retku svladava Egipat. Suvremeni Rim je kralj sjevera iz jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela.

Pagan, the first Rome, was a persecuting power, and papal, the second Rome, was a persecuting power and therefore modern Rome will be a persecuting power.

Poganski Rim, prvi Rim, bio je progoniteljska sila, a papinski Rim, drugi Rim, bio je progoniteljska sila; stoga će i moderni Rim biti progoniteljska sila.

The United States will participate in the third persecution accomplished by modern Rome, but this doesn’t identify the United States as the papal power, it simply identifies a characteristic of the United States’ relationship to the papal power in the last days.

Sjedinjene Države sudjelovat će u trećem progonstvu koje će izvršiti suvremeni Rim, no to ne poistovjećuje Sjedinjene Države s papinskom silom, nego jednostavno označava jedno obilježje odnosa Sjedinjenih Država prema papinskoj sili u posljednjim danima.

Those who wish to argue that the United States is the “robbers of thy people” in the last days employ the triple application of the three Rome’s to incorrectly identify the United States. The flawed method they employ in the context of a triple application is based upon identifying a characteristic of the first two Rome’s, and insisting that a prophetic characteristic of Rome, and not Rome itself, is the third Rome.

Oni koji žele tvrditi da su Sjedinjene Američke Države „razbojnici tvoga naroda” u posljednjim danima služe se trostrukom primjenom triju Rimova kako bi pogrešno poistovjetili Sjedinjene Američke Države. Pogrešna metoda kojom se služe u kontekstu trostruke primjene temelji se na tome da se prepoznaje obilježje prva dva Rima te se ustraje na tome da je proročko obilježje Rima, a ne sam Rim, treći Rim.

They identify Constantine’s first historical Sunday law in 321 AD, and then papal Rome’s Sunday law in 538 AD, to claim the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States defines the United States as modern Rome, and they also mix their flawed application by associating Jesus’ warning to flee when the “abominations of desolation” spoken of by Daniel, as the Sunday law. The “abomination of desolation” Jesus spoke of, points to two Sunday laws in the last days, but it is a very different symbolism in that it is a warning to flee, not the warning to shun the mark of the beast. Their flawed idea doesn’t even address that there are two specific Sunday laws in the last days.

Oni prepoznaju Konstantinov prvi povijesni nedjeljni zakon iz 321. godine, a zatim i nedjeljni zakon papinskoga Rima iz 538. godine, kako bi ustvrdili da skori dolazak nedjeljnoga zakona u Sjedinjenim Državama određuje Sjedinjene Države kao suvremeni Rim; pritom također miješaju svoju pogrešnu primjenu povezujući Isusovo upozorenje da se bježi kada nastupi „grozota pustoši“ o kojoj je govorio Daniel, s nedjeljnim zakonom. „Grozota pustoši“ o kojoj je Isus govorio upućuje na dva nedjeljna zakona u posljednjim danima, ali riječ je o posve drukčijoj simbolici, jer je to upozorenje na bijeg, a ne upozorenje da se kloni žiga Zvijeri. Njihova pogrešna zamisao čak ni ne uzima u obzir da u posljednjim danima postoje dva određena nedjeljna zakona.

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day. Matthew 24:15–20.

Kada dakle ugledate gnusobu pustoši, o kojoj govori prorok Daniel, gdje stoji na svetome mjestu, (tko čita, neka razumije:) tada oni koji budu u Judeji neka bježe u gore; tko bude na krovu, neka ne silazi uzeti što iz svoje kuće; niti onaj koji bude u polju neka se vraća natrag po svoju odjeću. A jao trudnicama i dojiljama u one dane! Nego molite da vaš bijeg ne bude zimi ni u subotu. Matej 24:15–20.

“The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,” was a sign which Jesus gave to His people that identified when they should flee from the coming destruction of Jerusalem as pagan Rome besieged and thereafter destroyed the sanctuary and city from the year 66 to the year 70 AD.

„Groza pustoši, o kojoj govori prorok Daniel”, bila je znak koji je Isus dao svome narodu, a koji je označavao kada trebaju pobjeći pred nadolazećim razorenjem Jeruzalema, dok je poganski Rim opsjedao, a potom i razorio Svetište i grad od 66. do 70. godine po Kr.

“Jesus declared to the listening disciples the judgments that were to fall upon apostate Israel, and especially the retributive vengeance that would come upon them for their rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah. Unmistakable signs would precede the awful climax. The dreaded hour would come suddenly and swiftly. And the Saviour warned His followers: ‘When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains.’ Matthew 24:15, 16; Luke 21:20, 21. When the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight. When the warning sign should be seen, those who would escape must make no delay. . ..

„Isus je učenicima koji su ga slušali objavio sudove što su se imali oboriti na otpali Izrael, a osobito odmazdnu osvetu koja će ih stići zbog njihova odbacivanja i raspeća Mesije. Nepogrešivi znakovi prethodit će strašnome vrhuncu. Strašni će čas doći iznenada i brzo. A Spasitelj je upozorio svoje sljedbenike: ‘Kada dakle vidite gnusobu pustoši, o kojoj govori prorok Daniel, gdje stoji na svetome mjestu — tko čita, neka razumije — tada oni koji budu u Judeji neka bježe u gore.’ Matej 24,15.16; Luka 21,20.21. Kad se idolopoklonički barjaci Rimljana budu postavili na svetome tlu, koje se protezalo nekoliko stadija izvan gradskih zidina, tada su Kristovi sljedbenici trebali naći sigurnost u bijegu. Kad se opominjući znak bude vidio, oni koji žele umaći ne smiju nimalo odgađati....“

“Not one Christian perished in the destruction of Jerusalem. Christ had given His disciples warning, and all who believed His words watched for the promised sign. . . . Without delay they fled to a place of safety—the city of Pella, in the land of Perea, beyond Jordan.” The Great Controversy, 25, 30.

„Nijedan kršćanin nije poginuo u razorenju Jeruzalema. Krist je svojim učenicima dao upozorenje, i svi koji su vjerovali njegovim riječima pazili su na obećani znak.... Bez odgode pobjegli su na sigurno mjesto — u grad Pelu, u zemlji Pereji, s onu stranu Jordana.“ Velika borba, 25, 30.

As the year 538 approached, the Christians of that era recognized that the church had been corrupted by a compromise with the religion of paganism, and based upon the warning of Christ, and in conjunction with the light given through the apostle Paul’s testimony in 2 Thessalonians chapter two, they fled into the prophetic wilderness of the twelve hundred and sixty years.

Kako se približavala 538. godina, kršćani toga doba prepoznali su da je crkva iskvarena kompromisom s religijom poganstva te su, na temelju Kristova upozorenja i u skladu sa svjetlom danim kroz svjedočanstvo apostola Pavla u drugom poglavlju Druge poslanice Solunjanima, pobjegli u proročku pustinju tisuću dvjesto i šezdeset godina.

“But before the coming of Christ, important developments in the religious world, foretold in prophecy, were to take place. The apostle declared: ‘Be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.’

„Ali prije Kristova dolaska trebali su se zbiti važni razvoji u vjerskom svijetu, prorečeni u proročanstvu. Apostol je izjavio: ‘Da se ne date brzo pokolebati u umu niti uznemiriti, ni duhom, ni riječju, ni poslanicom kao da je od nas, kao da je dan Kristov blizu. Neka vas nitko ni na koji način ne zavede: jer taj dan neće doći ako najprije ne dođe otpad i ne otkrije se čovjek grijeha, sin propasti; koji se protivi i uzvisuje iznad svega što se naziva Bogom ili se štuje; tako da kao Bog sjedi u hramu Božjem, pokazujući samoga sebe da je Bog.’

“Paul’s words were not to be misinterpreted. It was not to be taught that he, by special revelation, had warned the Thessalonians of the immediate coming of Christ. Such a position would cause confusion of faith; for disappointment often leads to unbelief. The apostle therefore cautioned the brethren to receive no such message as coming from him, and he proceeded to emphasize the fact that the papal power, so clearly described by the prophet Daniel, was yet to rise and wage war against God’s people. Until this power should have performed its deadly and blasphemous work, it would be in vain for the church to look for the coming of their Lord. ‘Remember ye not,’ Paul inquired, ‘that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?’

„Pavlove riječi nisu se smjele pogrešno tumačiti. Nije se smjelo naučavati da je on, na temelju posebne objave, upozorio Solunjane na skori Kristov dolazak. Takvo bi stajalište izazvalo pomutnju u vjeri; jer razočaranje često vodi u nevjeru. Apostol je stoga upozorio braću da ne primaju nikakvu takvu poruku kao da dolazi od njega, te je zatim naglasio činjenicu da papinska vlast, tako jasno opisana po proroku Danielu, tek treba ustati i zaratiti protiv Božjega naroda. Dok ta vlast ne izvrši svoje smrtonosno i bogohulno djelo, uzalud bi bilo da Crkva očekuje dolazak svojega Gospodina. ‘Ne sjećate li se’, upita Pavao, ‘da sam vam to govorio dok sam još bio s vama?’”

“Terrible were the trials that were to beset the true church. Even at the time when the apostle was writing, the ‘mystery of iniquity’ had already begun to work. The developments that were to take place in the future were to be ‘after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish.’

„Strašne su bile kušnje koje su imale snaći pravu crkvu. Već u vrijeme kada je apostol pisao, „tajna bezakonja“ već je počela djelovati. Razvoj događaja koji su se imali zbiti u budućnosti trebao je biti „po djelovanju Sotoninu sa svakom silom i znakovima i lažnim čudesima, i sa svakom prijevarom nepravde među onima koji propadaju.“

“Especially solemn is the apostle’s statement regarding those who should refuse to receive ‘the love of the truth.’ ‘For this cause,’ he declared of all who should deliberately reject the messages of truth, ‘God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’ Men cannot with impunity reject the warnings that God in mercy sends them. From those who persist in turning from these warnings, God withdraws His Spirit, leaving them to the deceptions that they love.” Acts of the Apostles, 265, 266.

„Osobito je svečana apostolova izjava u vezi s onima koji bi odbili primiti ‘ljubav istine’. ‘I zato’, izjavio je za sve koji bi hotimice odbacili poruke istine, ‘Bog će im poslati silnu zabludu da povjeruju laži: da budu osuđeni svi koji nisu vjerovali istini, nego su uživali u nepravednosti.’ Ljudi ne mogu nekažnjeno odbacivati opomene koje im Bog u svojem milosrđu šalje. Od onih koji ustraju odvraćati se od tih opomena, Bog povlači svojega Duha, prepuštajući ih obmanama koje ljube.” Djela apostolska, 265, 266.

The compromise between paganism and the church was the warning sign that led the Christians of that era to separate from papal Rome, but it should be noted that the light that Paul contributed to Jesus’ warning to flee, is the same passage that William Miller came to understand that “the daily” of the book of Daniel represented pagan Rome. The prophetic relationship between pagan Rome restraining, and then falling away in order for papal Rome to ascend to the throne was a truth that must be understood, for the consequences of not recognizing the prophetic relationship would bring strong delusion upon those who did not love that truth. Sister White addresses the same history:

Kompromis između poganstva i crkve bio je znak upozorenja koji je naveo kršćane onoga doba da se odvoje od papinskoga Rima, ali valja zapaziti da je svjetlo koje je Pavao pridonio Isusovu upozorenju da se bježi isti onaj ulomak iz kojega je William Miller došao do razumijevanja da „svagdašnja“ iz knjige proroka Daniela predstavlja poganski Rim. Proročki odnos u kojemu poganski Rim zadržava, a zatim otpada kako bi se papinski Rim uzdigao na prijestolje, bio je istina koja se mora razumjeti, jer bi posljedice nepriznavanja toga proročkog odnosa donijele silnu zabludu na one koji nisu ljubili tu istinu. Sestra White govori o istoj povijesti:

“It required a desperate struggle for those who would be faithful to stand firm against the deceptions and abominations which were disguised in sacerdotal garments and introduced into the church. The Bible was not accepted as the standard of faith. The doctrine of religious freedom was termed heresy, and its upholders were hated and proscribed.

Bila je potrebna očajnička borba da oni koji su željeli ostati vjerni čvrsto odole obmanama i gadostima koje su bile prerušene u svećeničko ruho i uvedene u crkvu. Biblija nije bila prihvaćena kao mjerilo vjere. Učenje o vjerskoj slobodi nazivalo se krivovjerjem, a njegovi su zagovornici bili omraženi i progonjeni.

“After a long and severe conflict, the faithful few decided to dissolve all union with the apostate church if she still refused to free herself from falsehood and idolatry. They saw that separation was an absolute necessity if they would obey the word of God. They dared not tolerate errors fatal to their own souls, and set an example which would imperil the faith of their children and children’s children. To secure peace and unity they were ready to make any concession consistent with fidelity to God; but they felt that even peace would be too dearly purchased at the sacrifice of principle. If unity could be secured only by the compromise of truth and righteousness, then let there be difference, and even war.” The Great Controversy, 45, 46.

„Nakon dugoga i žestokoga sukoba, vjerna nekolicina odlučila je raskinuti svaku zajednicu s otpale crkve ako se ona još uvijek bude odbijala osloboditi zablude i idolopoklonstva. Uvidjeli su da je odvajanje prijeka nužnost žele li biti poslušni Božjoj riječi. Nisu se usuđivali trpjeti zablude pogubne za vlastite duše niti dati primjer koji bi ugrozio vjeru njihove djece i djece njihove djece. Radi očuvanja mira i jedinstva bili su spremni učiniti svaki ustupak koji je bio u skladu s vjernošću Bogu; ali osjećali su da bi i sam mir bio preskupo plaćen žrtvovanjem načela. Ako se jedinstvo može osigurati samo kompromisom istine i pravednosti, neka tada bude razdora, pa i rata.“ Velika borba, 45, 46.

The prophetic relationship between the United States and the papacy in the last days has been typified, and emphasized, by Paul’s identification of the relationship between pagan and papal Rome leading up to 538 AD. In the triple application of Rome, pagan Rome fulfilled Jesus words identifying the abomination of desolation as a sign to flee, and papal Rome also fulfilled Jesus’ words. Sister White identifies another fulfillment of Christ’s words.

Proročki odnos između Sjedinjenih Država i papinstva u posljednjim danima bio je predočen i naglašen Pavlovim poistovjećivanjem odnosa između poganskoga i papinskoga Rima koji vodi do 538. godine po. Kr. U trostrukoj primjeni Rima, poganski Rim ispunio je Isusove riječi koje određuju gnusobu pustoši kao znak za bijeg, a papinski Rim također je ispunio Isusove riječi. Sestra White prepoznaje još jedno ispunjenje Kristovih riječi.

“It is no time now for God’s people to be fixing their affections or laying up their treasure in the world. The time is not far distant, when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains.” Testimonies, volume 5, 464.

„Sada nije vrijeme da Božji narod usmjerava svoje sklonosti ili sabire svoje blago u svijetu. Nije daleko vrijeme kada ćemo, poput ranih učenika, biti prisiljeni potražiti utočište na pustim i osamljenim mjestima. Kao što je opsada Jeruzalema od strane rimskih vojski bila znak za bijeg judejskim kršćanima, tako će i preuzimanje vlasti od strane našega naroda u uredbi kojom se nameće papinska subota biti nama upozorenje. Tada će biti vrijeme da se napuste veliki gradovi, kao priprava za napuštanje manjih radi povučenih domova na skrovitim mjestima među planinama.” Testimonies, svezak 5, 464.

For the Christians of Christ’s time period the warning identified when to flee Jerusalem. In the fifth and sixth century the warning for the Christians led them to flee into the wilderness.

Za kršćane Kristova vremena to je upozorenje označilo kada trebaju pobjeći iz Jeruzalema. U petom i šestom stoljeću upozorenje je kršćane navelo da pobjegnu u pustinju.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. . .. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:6, 15–17.

I žena pobježe u pustinju, gdje joj je Bog pripravio mjesto, da je ondje hrane tisuću dvjesto i šezdeset dana.... I ženi se dadoše dva krila velikoga orla, da odleti u pustinju, na svoje mjesto, gdje se hrani za vrijeme, i vremena, i pola vremena, daleko od lica zmije. I zmija izbaci iz svojih usta za ženom vodu kao rijeku, da učini da je rijeka odnese. Ali zemlja pomože ženi, i zemlja otvori svoja usta te proguta rijeku što ju je zmaj izbacio iz svojih usta. I zmaj se razgnjevi na ženu te ode zaratiti s ostatkom njezina potomstva, koji drže zapovijedi Božje i imaju svjedočanstvo Isusa Krista. Otkrivenje 12,6. 15–17.

Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of the thing, for He is Alpha and Omega. The warning of the abomination of desolation in the history of papal Rome was recognized when the papal power was recognized as standing in the holy place.

Isus uvijek prikazuje svršetak neke stvari njezinim početkom, jer On je Alfa i Omega. Upozorenje o gnusobi pustoši u povijesti papinskog Rima bilo je prepoznato kada je papinska vlast bila prepoznata kao da stoji na svetome mjestu.

The warning is recorded by Matthew, Mark and Luke, and each reference has a slight variation of words. Matthew states, “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,” and Mark states, “when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not.” Luke states, “when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains.”

Upozorenje je zabilježeno kod Mateja, Marka i Luke, i svaki navod ima neznatnu razliku u riječima. Matej kaže: „Kada dakle ugledate grozotu pustoši, o kojoj govori prorok Daniel, gdje stoji na svetome mjestu“, a Marko kaže: „kada ugledate grozotu pustoši, o kojoj govori prorok Daniel, gdje stoji ondje gdje ne bi smjela.” Luka kaže: „kada ugledate da je Jeruzalem opkoljen vojskama, tada znajte da se približila njegova pustoš. Tada neka oni koji su u Judeji bježe u gore.”

All three testimonies apply together. In a more specific application, Luke’s reference of Jerusalem being compassed with armies identifies the warning that when pagan Rome began its siege against Jerusalem in the year 66 AD, that Christians still in Jerusalem were to immediately flee. Matthew’s reference of “the holy place,” corresponds with Paul identifying the “man of sin” who “sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God,” thus representing the papal fulfillment of the “abomination of desolation.” Mark identifies the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, and it corresponds to the warning to flee given to Adventism in the last days. Two of the warnings are associated with the command that whoever reads the warning should understand, and they all address a sign that was to inform the Christians of the era to flee.

Sva tri svjedočanstva primjenjuju se zajedno. U određenijoj primjeni, Lukino spominjanje Jeruzalema opkoljena vojskama označava upozorenje da, kada je poganski Rim godine 66. po Kr. započeo svoju opsadu Jeruzalema, kršćani koji su još bili u Jeruzalemu trebali su odmah pobjeći. Matejevo spominjanje „svetoga mjesta” odgovara Pavlovu poistovjećivanju „čovjeka grijeha” koji „sjedi u hramu Božjem, pokazujući sebe da je Bog”, predstavljajući tako papinsko ispunjenje „grozote pustoši”. Marko prikazuje grozotu pustoši gdje stoji ondje gdje ne bi smjela stajati, i to odgovara upozorenju na bijeg danom adventizmu u posljednjim danima. Dva su upozorenja povezana sa zapovijeđu da onaj tko čita upozorenje treba razumjeti, a sva se odnose na znak koji je trebao obavijestiti kršćane toga razdoblja da pobjegnu.

The false application of a triple application that is misrepresented by those who claim the “robbers of thy people” are the United States, identifies that when the “abomination of desolation” is fulfilled at the Sunday law in the United States, that the Sunday law that then is enforced identifies the United States as Modern Rome, for pagan and papal Rome both previously enforced a Sunday law.

Lažna primjena trostruke primjene, koju pogrešno prikazuju oni koji tvrde da su „razbojnici tvoga naroda” Sjedinjene Države, poistovjećuje to da, kada se „grozota pustoši” ispuni pri nedjeljnom zakonu u Sjedinjenim Državama, tada nedjeljni zakon koji se potom provodi označava Sjedinjene Države kao moderni Rim, jer su i poganski i papinski Rim prethodno provodili nedjeljni zakon.

The problem with that flawed application is that the Sunday law of pagan Rome took place in the year 321 AD, but pagan Rome’s fulfillment of the “abomination of desolation” was fulfilled in the year 66 AD, 255 years before the Sunday law of 321 AD. So too, the compromise that produced the “man of sin” was already occurring in the time of Paul, who said, “the mystery of iniquity doth already work,” yet the papal Sunday law came over four centuries later. The first two witnesses in a triple application of prophecy establish the characteristics of the third fulfillment of the last days. The “abomination of desolation” in the last days, upon two historical witnesses, and three biblical records of Christ’s words, represents a warning to flee, not the enforcement of a Sunday law.

Problem s takvom pogrešnom primjenom jest u tome što se nedjeljni zakon poganskoga Rima dogodio godine 321. po. Kr., dok se ispunjenje poganskoga Rima u vezi s „gnusobom pustoši“ zbilo godine 66. po. Kr., 255 godina prije nedjeljnoga zakona iz 321. po. Kr. Tako je i kompromis koji je proizveo „čovjeka grijeha“ već bio na djelu u Pavlovo vrijeme, koji je rekao: „jer tajna bezakonja već djeluje“, a ipak je papinski nedjeljni zakon došao više od četiri stoljeća poslije. Prva dva svjedoka u trostrukoj primjeni proročanstva uspostavljaju obilježja trećega ispunjenja u posljednjim danima. „Gnusoba pustoši“ u posljednjim danima, na temelju dvaju povijesnih svjedoka i triju biblijskih zapisa Kristovih riječi, predstavlja upozorenje na bijeg, a ne provođenje nedjeljnoga zakona.

In the next article we will break down why the application is flawed in the context of established rules associated with a triple application of prophecy, and why the identification of the Sunday law in the context of the warning given by Christ is a misrepresentation of prophetic history.

U sljedećem ćemo članku razložiti zašto je ta primjena pogrešna u kontekstu utvrđenih pravila povezanih s trostrukom primjenom proročanstva, i zašto je poistovjećivanje zakona o nedjelji u kontekstu upozorenja koje je dao Krist pogrešno prikazivanje proročke povijesti.

“This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of ‘the man of sin’ foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God. That gigantic system of false religion is a masterpiece of Satan’s power—a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will.” The Great Controversy, 50.

„Ta nagodba između poganstva i kršćanstva dovela je do razvoja ‘čovjeka grijeha’, prorečenoga u proročanstvu kao onoga koji se protivi Bogu i uzdiže se iznad Boga. Taj golemi sustav lažne religije remek-djelo je Sotonine moći — spomenik njegovim nastojanjima da sebe postavi na prijestolje kako bi vladao zemljom prema svojoj volji.” Velika borba, 50.