Ezekiel is identified as the “mourning prophet,” for he is a symbol of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who in chapter nine of his book are mourning (sighing and crying) for the abominations done in the land and in the church. In the passage from Testimonies we cited in the last article, Sister White penned, “The prophet himself was a stranger in a strange land, where boundless ambition and savage cruelty reigned supreme. That which he saw and heard of human tyranny and wrong distressed his soul, and he mourned bitterly day and night.”

Yehezkiel dikenali sebagai “nabi yang meratap”, kerana dia melambangkan seratus empat puluh empat ribu orang, yang dalam bab sembilan kitabnya meratap (mengeluh dan menangis) kerana kekejian yang dilakukan di negeri itu dan di dalam gereja. Dalam petikan daripada Testimonies yang kami nukilkan dalam rencana yang lalu, Saudari White menulis, “Nabi itu sendiri ialah seorang asing di negeri asing, tempat cita-cita tanpa batas dan kekejaman yang bengis bermaharajalela. Segala yang dilihat dan didengarnya tentang kezaliman dan ketidakadilan manusia menyedihkan jiwanya, dan dia meratap dengan amat pilu siang dan malam.”

The one hundred and forty-four thousand are the “outcasts of Israel,” who were scattered, as represented by Ezekiel being taken into captivity. The sealing process represented in Ezekiel nine is the same as Revelation seven, and both those chapters are represented as taking place in the latter days.

የእስራኤል “ተጣሉት” የሆኑት አንድ መቶ አርባ አራት ሺህ ናቸው፤ እነርሱም ሕዝቅኤል ወደ ምርኮ መወሰዱ እንደሚወክለው ተበትነው ነበር። በሕዝቅኤል ዘጠኝ የተወከለው የማተም ሂደት ከራእይ ሰባት ጋር ተመሳሳይ ነው፤ እነዚህም ሁለቱ ምዕራፎች በኋለኛው ዘመን እንደሚፈጸሙ ተወክለዋል።

“This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

“Pemeteraian hamba-hamba Allah ini adalah sama seperti yang telah diperlihatkan kepada Yehezkiel dalam penglihatan.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

From the throne, God directs the cherubim who in turn manage the wheels. Ezekiel was to understand from the vision that God was in control, even in the period when everything appeared to be in confusion. Sister White says “in like manner” after setting forth the structure of God on the throne, directing the cherubim who managed the affairs of earth, as she describes John in the sanctuary where Christ walked among the seven churches. Ezekiel and John are symbols of those who live in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. As inspiration records, “The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of.”

Dari takhta itu, Allah mengarahkan kerub-kerub yang seterusnya mengendalikan roda-roda itu. Melalui penglihatan itu, Yehezkiel harus memahami bahawa Allah tetap mengawal keadaan, bahkan ketika segala-galanya kelihatan kacau-bilau. Saudari White menggunakan ungkapan “dengan cara yang serupa” ketika menggambarkan Yohanes di tempat kudus, tempat Kristus berjalan di tengah-tengah ketujuh-tujuh jemaat, setelah terlebih dahulu menerangkan susunan yang memperlihatkan Allah bersemayam di atas takhta dan mengarahkan kerub-kerub yang mengendalikan urusan bumi. Yehezkiel dan Yohanes melambangkan mereka yang hidup pada masa pemeteraian seratus empat puluh empat ribu orang itu. Sebagaimana yang dicatatkan oleh ilham, “Peristiwa-peristiwa yang bakal berlaku di dunia kita bahkan belum pernah dimimpikan sekalipun.”

Certainly when Sister White penned those words, those words were true, but in the sealing time, they find their perfect fulfillment. Twenty years ago or so, would you have thought that what is now transpiring in the world in conjunction with the swarming of the locusts of Islam would actually be happening? Locusts as a symbol of Islam in chapter nine of Revelation include the migration in nature of the locusts of northern Africa. The migration path of those swarming locusts of Africa aligns with the geography that was taken over by Islam. Islam is a descendant of Ishmael, and Ishmael’s mother was Hagar. Hagar means “flight” or “to flee.” In Arabic the name is usually rendered Hajar (هاجر), and it is connected to the same root that gives us Hijra (the migration/flight of Muhammad). The roots of Islam are associated with not only the swarming of locusts, but the roots include the meaning of migration. Did anyone ever dream that illegal immigration was a manifestation of the locust of Islam?

Sesungguhnya, ketika Saudari White menuliskan kata-kata itu, kata-kata tersebut benar, tetapi pada masa pemeteraian, kata-kata itu mencapai penggenapannya yang sempurna. Kira-kira dua puluh tahun yang lalu, pernahkah anda menyangka bahawa apa yang kini sedang berlaku di dunia seiring dengan pergerakan kawanan belalang Islam benar-benar akan berlaku? Perlambangan belalang bagi Islam dalam bab sembilan kitab Wahyu merangkumi penghijrahan semula jadi belalang Afrika Utara. Laluan penghijrahan kawanan belalang Afrika itu bertepatan dengan wilayah geografi yang dikuasai oleh Islam. Islam merupakan keturunan Ishmael, dan ibu Ishmael ialah Hagar. Hagar bermaksud “pelarian” atau “melarikan diri.” Dalam bahasa Arab, nama itu lazimnya ditulis sebagai Hajar (هاجر), dan dikaitkan dengan akar kata yang sama yang menghasilkan perkataan Hijra (penghijrahan/pelarian Muhammad). Akar umbi Islam bukan sahaja dikaitkan dengan pergerakan kawanan belalang, tetapi turut merangkumi makna penghijrahan. Pernahkah sesiapa terbayang bahawa imigrasi haram merupakan manifestasi belalang Islam?

Did anyone dream that the global communists would form an alliance with the Islamic hordes that is now being identified as the red and green alliance? Both Islam and the globalists’ dragon power ascend from the bottomless pit in Revelation 9/11 respectively, and the bottomless pit represents a manifestation of satanic power. Both of the current allies are instruments of Satan according to the Scriptures of truth. Hagar was an Egyptian and Ishmael is a symbol of Islam; thus, Hagar and Ishmael are symbols of the modern red and green alliance.

Pernahkah sesiapa membayangkan bahawa golongan komunis global akan membentuk pakatan dengan gerombolan Islam, iaitu pakatan yang kini dikenal pasti sebagai pakatan merah dan hijau? Islam dan kuasa naga golongan globalis masing-masing naik dari jurang maut dalam Wahyu 9/11, dan jurang maut itu melambangkan suatu manifestasi kuasa Iblis. Kedua-dua pihak yang kini bersekutu itu merupakan alat Iblis menurut Kitab Suci yang benar. Hagar ialah orang Mesir dan Ishmael merupakan lambang Islam; oleh itu, Hagar dan Ishmael merupakan lambang pakatan merah dan hijau zaman moden.

“‘When they shall have finished [are finishing] their testimony.’ The period when the two witnesses were to prophesy clothed in sackcloth ended in 1798. As they were approaching the termination of their work in obscurity, war was to be made upon them by the power represented as ‘the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit.’ In many of the nations of Europe the powers that ruled in Church and State had for centuries been controlled by Satan, through the medium of the papacy. But here is brought to view a new manifestation of Satanic power.” The Great Controversy, 268.

“‘Ndziyavula loko va ta be va hetile [va ri eku hetisiseni] vumbhoni bya vona.’ Nkarhi lowu Timbhoni timbirhi a ti fanele ku profeta ti ambale masaka wu hele hi 1798. Loko a ti ri karhi ti tshinela eku heleni ka ntirho wa tona ekuhundzukeni, a ku ta endliwa nyimpi ehenhla ka tona hi matimba lama yimeleriwaka tanihi ‘xivandzana lexi tlhantlukaka xi huma ekheleni leri nga riki na makumu.’ Eka matiko yo tala ya Yuropa, matimba lama a ma fuma eKerekeni ni leMfun’wini a ma ri ehansi ka vulawuri bya Sathana ku ringana makume ya malembe ya malembe, hi ku tirhisa vupapa. Kambe laha ku kombisiwa xivumbeko lexintshwa xa ku paluxa matimba ya vusathana.” The Great Controversy, 268.

Sister White here identifies the arrival of socialism in the French Revolution period, while also noting that Satan also controls the papal power. The papal power also comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation seventeen, and in chapter nine of Revelation, Islam is the smoke which came from the bottomless pit. The point still remains: did inspiration truly mean, “The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of?” Who dreamed that Islam would now be spread across Europe and now descending upon the Americas? Did you dream the locusts would be spread across the globe by the globalists of the United Nations, the European Union and the Democratic Party of the United States?

Di sini, Saudari White mengenal pasti kemunculan sosialisme pada zaman Revolusi Perancis, sambil turut menyatakan bahawa Syaitan juga menguasai kuasa kepausan. Kuasa kepausan juga keluar dari jurang maut dalam Wahyu bab tujuh belas, dan dalam bab sembilan kitab Wahyu, Islam ialah asap yang keluar dari jurang maut itu. Persoalan pokoknya tetap sama: adakah ilham itu benar-benar bermaksud, “Peristiwa-peristiwa yang bakal berlaku di dunia kita bahkan belum pernah dibayangkan lagi?” Siapakah yang pernah membayangkan bahawa Islam kini akan disebarkan ke seluruh Eropah dan kini sedang melanda benua-benua Amerika? Pernahkah anda membayangkan bahawa belalang-belalang itu akan disebarkan ke seluruh dunia oleh golongan globalis daripada Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu, Kesatuan Eropah dan Parti Demokrat Amerika Syarikat?

Who dreamed that the educational institutions would be overcome by the communist and Islamic alliance that is now being paid for by tax dollars of citizens that never intended their tax dollars would be employed to destroy the nation supplying the tax dollars?

Siapakah yang pernah menyangka bahawa institusi-institusi pendidikan akan dikuasai oleh pakatan komunis dan Islam yang kini dibiayai dengan wang cukai warganegara yang tidak pernah berniat agar wang cukai mereka digunakan untuk memusnahkan negara yang membekalkan wang cukai tersebut?

Who dreamed Great Britain would promote and uphold white girls being gang raped, kidnapped and imprisoned and murdered by Islam? Many point out the fact that every communist system ever located in human history has been a complete failure, but the fruit of the socialism of Britain is as much a condemnation of socialism as the failure of the system’s economic and political philosophies.

Siapakah yang pernah membayangkan bahawa Great Britain akan menggalakkan dan mempertahankan perogolan beramai-ramai, penculikan, pemenjaraan dan pembunuhan gadis-gadis kulit putih oleh Islam? Ramai yang menegaskan hakikat bahawa setiap sistem komunis yang pernah wujud dalam sejarah manusia telah gagal sepenuhnya, tetapi hasil sosialisme Britain merupakan kecaman terhadap sosialisme yang sama beratnya dengan kegagalan falsafah ekonomi dan politik sistem tersebut.

Who would have dreamed that the merchants of the earth would be allowed to introduce poisons to accomplish mass murder of over seventeen million people?

Ke mang ea neng a ka nahana hore bahoebi ba lefatše ba ne ba tla lumelloa ho hlahisa chefo hore ka eona ba phethe polao e khōlō ea batho ba fetang limilione tse leshome le metso e supileng?

Who dreamed men such as George Soros, Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci would be allowed to accomplish their demonic deeds of evil with absolutely no consequences?

ဣဒၶိမုခ္ခီသော George Soros၊ Bill Gates နှင့် Anthony Fauci ကဲ့သို့သော လူတို့အား မိမိတို့၏ နတ်ဆိုးဆန်သော မကောင်းမှုအကျင့်များကို လုံးဝ အကျိုးဆက်တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ မခံရဘဲ ပြုလုပ်ခွင့်ပေးထားမည်ဟု မည်သူက စိတ်ကူးယဉ်ဖူးသနည်း။

When Sister White stated the scenes enacted would not be dreamed about, she did so in the context of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. She was following her comments on Christ's warning in Matthew twenty-four where she recorded, “These lessons are for our benefit. We need to stay our faith upon God, for there is just before us a time that will try men’s souls. Christ, upon the Mount of Olives, rehearsed the fearful judgments that were to precede His second coming.”

Semasa Sister White menyatakan bahawa adegan-adegan yang akan berlaku itu tidak akan dapat dibayangkan dalam mimpi, beliau berbuat demikian dalam konteks masa pemeteraian bagi seratus empat puluh empat ribu itu. Beliau sedang meneruskan ulasannya tentang amaran Kristus dalam Matius dua puluh empat, di mana beliau mencatatkan, “Pelajaran-pelajaran ini adalah untuk manfaat kita. Kita perlu meneguhkan iman kita kepada Allah, kerana tepat di hadapan kita ada suatu masa yang akan menguji jiwa manusia. Kristus, di atas Bukit Zaitun, telah mengulangi penghakiman-penghakiman yang dahsyat yang akan mendahului kedatangan-Nya yang kedua.”

The lessons she had just referred to were the illustrations of both Ezekiel and John in the sanctuary learning to understand that God is in control of all things. In the confusion and rebellion that is now under way, a confusion and rebellion that will only escalate as history moves forward, those who are God’s messengers, as represented by not only Ezekiel and John in the temple but also Isaiah, will only navigate the history in a fashion that glorifies the Lord if they understand that even the things we never dreamed of are still under the control of God.

Pengajaran yang baru sahaja dirujuknya itu ialah gambaran tentang Yehezkiel dan Yohanes di tempat kudus ketika mereka belajar memahami bahawa Allah menguasai segala sesuatu. Di tengah-tengah kekacauan dan pemberontakan yang sedang berlangsung kini, iaitu kekacauan dan pemberontakan yang akan terus memuncak seiring dengan perjalanan sejarah, para utusan Allah, yang dilambangkan bukan sahaja oleh Yehezkiel dan Yohanes di bait suci tetapi juga oleh Yesaya, hanya akan dapat mengharungi perjalanan sejarah dengan cara yang memuliakan Tuhan jika mereka memahami bahawa perkara-perkara yang tidak pernah kita bayangkan sekalipun tetap berada di bawah kekuasaan Allah.

Those wheels intersecting the other wheels include the events that were never dreamed of, and they are the events that transpire in the sealing time that began on 9/11. The lessons that are to be learned are only learned by those who by faith enter into the Most Holy Place and see Christ and His light shining from the Ark of the Covenant. When that glory is viewed as represented by Daniel in chapter ten, the class that benefits from the light is separated from those who fled from the vision.

Roda-roda yang bersilang dengan roda-roda lain itu merangkumi peristiwa-peristiwa yang tidak pernah terlintas dalam fikiran, dan peristiwa-peristiwa itulah yang berlaku dalam tempoh pemeteraian yang bermula pada 9/11. Pengajaran yang perlu dipelajari hanya dapat dipelajari oleh mereka yang dengan iman memasuki Tempat Maha Suci dan melihat Kristus serta cahaya-Nya yang bersinar dari Tabut Perjanjian. Apabila kemuliaan itu dilihat sebagaimana yang digambarkan oleh Daniel dalam bab sepuluh, golongan yang mendapat manfaat daripada cahaya itu dipisahkan daripada mereka yang melarikan diri daripada penglihatan itu.

And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Daniel 10:7.

Na nna Daniel nko ara hụrụ ọhụ ahụ; n’ihi na ndị ikom ndị so m ahụghị ọhụ ahụ; ma oké ịma jijiji dakwasịrị ha, nke mere ka ha gbapụ zoo onwe ha. Daniel 10:7.

There is much more to be derived from the passage in the previous article, but we will address a wheel as we close this article. We have noted in the last article the symbolism of the number twenty-five and before that we spent time on the number thirty. The light from the book of Ezekiel is not simply symbolic numbers, but it is worthwhile to first familiarize ourselves with some of those numerical symbols before beginning to bring some clarity out of the confusion.

Tsa go na le mo gogolo mo go ka ntshiwang mo temaneng ya setlankana se se fetileng, mme re tla sekaseka lebili fa re konela setlankana seno. Re lemogile mo setlankaneng se se fetileng sesupo sa palo ya masome a mabedi le botlhano, mme pele ga moo re ne ra tsaya nako re sekaseka palo ya masome a mararo. Lesedi le le tswang mo bukeng ya Hesekiele ga se fela dipalo tse di nang le sesupo, mme go botlhokwa go itsise pele ka dingwe tsa ditshupo tseo tsa dipalo pele re simolola go ntsha tlhaloso e e utlwalang mo tlhakatlhakanong.

Seventeen

Leshumi na miviri na michanu

The three two-hundred-and-fifty-year prophecies identify a seventeen-year period that begins at the end of the history of the church of Smyrna. From 313 to 330, seventeen years typify the setting up of the image of the beast.

Ketiga-tiga nubuat yang masing-masing meliputi tempoh dua ratus lima puluh tahun itu mengenal pasti suatu tempoh tujuh belas tahun yang bermula pada penghujung sejarah jemaat Smyrna. Dari tahun 313 hingga tahun 330, tempoh tujuh belas tahun itu melambangkan pendirian patung binatang itu.

The two hundred and fifty years that began in 457 BC ended in 207 BC, ten years after the battle of Raphia and seven years before the battle of Panium. From Raphia to Panium was seventeen years, and it represents the hidden history of verse forty as set forth in verses eleven through fifteen of Daniel eleven.

Dvyaka igwékana na makhumi matàánu yatsungulukira mu 457 BC yàpera mu 207 BC, myâka ikùmi inyuma ya lùtalo lwa Raphia na myâka mwandamutekete inyuma ya lùtalo lwa Panium. Ukùva ku Raphia okùya ku Panium kwali myâka ikùmi na mwandamutekete, ne yô yìmenyesya ilyandì ilyaswika ilya vesi ya makhumi mana, bo lùsetelweyo mu mavési ya ikùmi na gumo ukufika ku ikùmi na itàànu ga Daniel ikùmi na gumo.

Ptolemy IV Philopator (also known as Ptolemy IV) was the ruler who won the battle of Raphia in 217 BC. He reigned as king (and pharaoh) of Ptolemaic Egypt from 221 BC to 204 BC; thus he reigned for seventeen years. He began his reign before the battle of Raphia, but died before the battle of Panium.

Ptolemy IV Philopator (juga dikenali sebagai Ptolemy IV) ialah pemerintah yang memenangi Pertempuran Raphia pada tahun 217 SM. Baginda memerintah sebagai raja (dan firaun) Mesir Ptolemaik dari tahun 221 SM hingga tahun 204 SM; dengan demikian, baginda memerintah selama tujuh belas tahun. Baginda memulakan pemerintahannya sebelum Pertempuran Raphia, tetapi mangkat sebelum Pertempuran Panium.

The battle of Raphia representing the Ukrainian War began in 2014 when the United States brought about a color revolution in the Ukraine. Ptolemy IV, the king of the south, typifies Vladimir Putin, who began his reign in 2000, the year before the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand in 2001 began. As with Ptolemy, Putin began to reign before the Ukrainian war, typified by the battle of Raphia beginning in 2014. Before Panium, Putin, as typified by Ptolemy, is removed. Putin began to reign in 2000, thus aligning with the beginning of the sealing time that began the next year in 2001. Seventeen symbolic years as represented by Ptolemy identify the period Putin reigns, and he does so during the sealing time.

Pertempuran Raphia yang melambangkan Perang Ukraine bermula pada tahun 2014 apabila Amerika Syarikat mencetuskan revolusi warna di Ukraine. Ptolemy IV, raja selatan, melambangkan Vladimir Putin, yang mula memerintah pada tahun 2000, iaitu setahun sebelum bermulanya pemeteraian seratus empat puluh empat ribu orang pada tahun 2001. Seperti Ptolemy, Putin mula memerintah sebelum Perang Ukraine, yang dilambangkan oleh pertempuran Raphia yang bermula pada tahun 2014. Sebelum Panium, Putin, sebagaimana yang dilambangkan oleh Ptolemy, disingkirkan. Putin mula memerintah pada tahun 2000, dengan demikian sejajar dengan permulaan tempoh pemeteraian yang bermula pada tahun berikutnya, iaitu 2001. Tujuh belas tahun simbolik, sebagaimana yang dilambangkan oleh Ptolemy, menandakan tempoh pemerintahan Putin, dan dia memerintah dalam tempoh pemeteraian itu.

Trump, represented by the conclusion of the two hundred and fifty years that began in 457 BC, is located in the same hidden history as Putin, a history that is seventeen years long beginning at the battle of Raphia. The dragon (Putin) and false prophet (Trump) are located within the hidden history. In that history the beast, represented as “the robbers of thy people” symbolizing the papal power, is located at the end of the seventeen years from Raphia to Panium.

Trump, yang dilambangkan oleh berakhirnya tempoh dua ratus lima puluh tahun yang bermula pada tahun 457 SM, berada dalam sejarah tersembunyi yang sama dengan Putin, iaitu sejarah sepanjang tujuh belas tahun yang bermula dengan pertempuran Raphia. Naga (Putin) dan nabi palsu (Trump) berada dalam sejarah tersembunyi itu. Dalam sejarah itu, binatang tersebut, yang digambarkan sebagai “perompak-perompak bangsamu” yang melambangkan kuasa kepausan, berada pada penghujung tempoh tujuh belas tahun dari Raphia hingga Panium.

The year 321 represents the Sunday law in the United States, and 321 is located within a seventeen-year period from the Edict of Milan in 313 unto the division of the empire in 330.

Tahun 321 melambangkan undang-undang Ahad di Amerika Syarikat, dan 321 terletak dalam suatu tempoh tujuh belas tahun dari Edik Milan pada tahun 313 hingga pembahagian empayar pada tahun 330.

The history represented from Josiah’s Great Passover as it is called, begins the seventeenth Jubilee cycle of the Jews. From Josiah’s Passover, which is the greatest revival in the Old Testament unto October 22, represents the Millerite history from August 11, 1840 unto October 22, 1844, but more importantly it represents the history of 9/11 unto the Sunday law. The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is represented by the seventeenth Jubilee cycle from Josiah unto October 22. Seventeen is a symbol associated with the major events of the sealing time, and the number seventeen is a point where Ezekiel’s wheels intersect.

Le historial a representá desde e Gran Páskua de Josías, komo e ta yamá, ta kuminsá e diesi-siete siklo di Jubileo di e hudiunan. Desde e Páskua di Josías, ku ta e reavivamentu mas grandi den e Testamento Bieu, te ku dia 22 di òktober, ta representá e historia Millerita desde 11 di ougùstùs 1840 te ku 22 di òktober 1844; pero mas importante ainda, e ta representá e historia di 9/11 te ku e lei dominikal. E tempu di selamentu di e sientu kuarenta i kuater mil ta representá pa e diesi-siete siklo di Jubileo desde Josías te ku dia 22 di òktober. Diesi-siete ta un símbulo asosíá ku e eventonan prinsipal di e tempu di selamentu, i e number diesi-siete ta un punto na unda e ruedanan di Ezequiel ta krusá.

In the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel, as represented in verses ten through fifteen of the same chapter the dragon is associated with the number “17” by Ptolemy’s reign. The history of verses eleven’s battle of Raphia unto verse fifteen’s battle of Panium is “17” years. That history places Donald Trump in the middle of the seventeen years represented by those two battles. The image of the beast that is formed and set up by Trump in the United States is represented by “17” years from 313 to 330. In verse one of chapter one Ezekiel is in the thirtieth year of the 17th Jubilee cycle. Did you ever dream that the number seventeen represented one of the wheels Ezekiel saw in the Most Holy Place?

Dalam sejarah tersembunyi pada ayat empat puluh kitab Daniel, sebagaimana yang dilambangkan dalam ayat sepuluh hingga lima belas dalam bab yang sama, naga itu dikaitkan dengan angka “17” melalui pemerintahan Ptolemy. Tempoh sejarah dari pertempuran Raphia dalam ayat sebelas hingga pertempuran Panium dalam ayat lima belas ialah “17” tahun. Sejarah itu menempatkan Donald Trump di tengah-tengah tempoh tujuh belas tahun yang dilambangkan oleh kedua-dua pertempuran tersebut. Patung binatang yang dibentuk dan didirikan oleh Trump di Amerika Syarikat dilambangkan oleh tempoh “17” tahun dari tahun 313 hingga 330. Dalam ayat satu bab satu, Ezekiel berada pada tahun ketiga puluh dalam kitaran Jubli yang ke-17. Pernahkah anda terbayang bahawa angka tujuh belas melambangkan salah satu roda yang dilihat oleh Ezekiel di Tempat Yang Mahakudus?

Ezekiel is a symbol of those during the sealing time who have by faith entered into the Most Holy Place. They are Peter’s priests.

Hezekiela i wan piksa bilong ol lain long taim bilong siling em ol i bin go insait long Holi Tru ples long rot bilong bilip. Ol em ol pris bilong Pita.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5.

Kamu pun, sebagai batu-batu yang hidup, dibangunkan menjadi suatu rumah rohani, suatu imamat yang kudus, untuk mempersembahkan korban-korban rohani yang berkenan kepada Allah oleh Yesus Kristus. 1 Petrus 2:5.

They have been commissioned to present a message to God’s former covenant people who are then being passed by; though they are forewarned, God’s former covenant people will not see or hear.

Mereka telah ditugaskan untuk menyampaikan suatu perkhabaran kepada umat perjanjian Allah yang terdahulu, yang pada waktu itu sedang diketepikan; walaupun mereka diberi amaran terlebih dahulu, umat perjanjian Allah yang terdahulu tidak akan melihat atau mendengar.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:3–9.

वह मुझ से कहने लगा, हे मनुष्य के सन्तान, जो पत्र-ग्रन्थ मैं तुझे देता हूँ उसे खा; अपना पेट भर, और अपनी अन्तड़ियों को उससे परिपूर्ण कर। तब मैं ने उसे खा लिया; और वह मेरे मुँह में मधु के समान मीठा था। फिर वह मुझ से कहने लगा, हे मनुष्य के सन्तान, इस्राएल के घराने के पास जा, और मेरे वचन उन से कह। क्योंकि तुझे ऐसे लोगों के पास नहीं भेजा गया है जिनकी बोली अपरिचित हो और जिनकी भाषा कठिन हो, वरन् इस्राएल के घराने के पास; बहुत से ऐसे लोगों के पास नहीं, जिनकी बोली अपरिचित हो और जिनकी भाषा कठिन हो, जिनके वचन तू समझ न सके। निश्चय यदि मैं तुझे उन के पास भेजता, तो वे तेरी सुनते। परन्तु इस्राएल का घराना तेरी न सुनेगा; क्योंकि वे मेरी नहीं सुनते; इस्राएल का सारा घराना निर्लज्ज और कठोरहृदय है। देख, मैं ने तेरा मुख उन के मुख के साम्हने दृढ़, और तेरा ललाट उन के ललाट के साम्हने दृढ़ कर दिया है। मैं ने तेरे ललाट को चकमक पत्थर से भी अधिक कठोर हीरे के समान कर दिया है; उन से मत डर, और उन के मुख देखने से विचलित मत हो, यद्यपि वे विद्रोही घराना हैं। यहेजकेल 3:3–9।

Ezekiel is directed to proclaim a message to the former covenant people as represented by the Protestants of Millerite history and the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church in the latter days. If he refuses to proclaim the message, the blood of those left unwarned will be upon him.

Yehezkiel diarahkan untuk menyampaikan suatu perkhabaran kepada umat perjanjian terdahulu, sebagaimana yang diwakili oleh golongan Protestan dalam sejarah gerakan Millerit dan gereja Advent Hari Ketujuh Laodikia pada akhir zaman. Jika dia enggan menyampaikan perkhabaran itu, darah mereka yang dibiarkan tanpa amaran akan ditanggungkan ke atasnya.

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. Ezekiel 3:17–21.

“Anak manusia, Aku telah menjadikan engkau seorang pengawal bagi kaum Israel; sebab itu dengarkanlah firman dari mulut-Ku dan berilah mereka peringatan dari pihak-Ku. Apabila Aku berfirman kepada orang fasik: Engkau pasti mati; dan engkau tidak memberi dia peringatan, dan tidak berkata-kata untuk memperingatkan orang fasik itu daripada jalannya yang fasik, supaya menyelamatkan nyawanya; maka orang fasik itu akan mati dalam kesalahannya; tetapi darahnya akan Kutuntut dari tanganmu. Namun jika engkau memperingatkan orang fasik itu, dan ia tidak berbalik daripada kefasikannya, dan tidak daripada jalannya yang fasik, ia akan mati dalam kesalahannya; tetapi engkau telah melepaskan jiwamu. Lagi, apabila seorang benar berbalik daripada kebenarannya, lalu melakukan kedurjanaan, dan Aku meletakkan suatu batu sandungan di hadapannya, ia akan mati; oleh sebab engkau tidak memberi dia peringatan, ia akan mati dalam dosanya, dan kebenarannya yang telah dilakukannya tidak akan diingat lagi; tetapi darahnya akan Kutuntut dari tanganmu. Namun demikian, jika engkau memperingatkan orang benar itu supaya orang benar jangan berbuat dosa, dan ia tidak berbuat dosa, ia pasti hidup, kerana ia telah diperingatkan; dan engkau juga telah melepaskan jiwamu.” Yehezkiel 3:17–21.

In the first ‘eleven’ chapters of Ezekiel, he is shown the destruction of Jerusalem, illustrated by the visions by the river Chebar, the plain and Jerusalem. He is commissioned to proclaim a warning of the impending judgment upon Jerusalem. The warning message of the impending judgment upon Jerusalem is the warning given first to the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. The warning identifies the judgment and rejection of God’s people in Jerusalem who do not possess the seal of God. The warning typified by Ezekiel is the warning of the soon-coming Sunday law.

Dalam sebelas pasal pertama Yehezkiel, kepadanya diperlihatkan kebinasaan Yerusalem, yang digambarkan melalui penglihatan-penglihatan di tepi sungai Kebar, di dataran, dan di Yerusalem. Ia ditugaskan untuk memaklumkan suatu amaran tentang hukuman yang akan segera menimpa Yerusalem. Berita amaran mengenai hukuman yang akan segera menimpa Yerusalem itu ialah amaran yang mula-mula diberikan kepada gereja Masehi Advent Hari Ketujuh Laodikia. Amaran itu mengenal pasti hukuman dan penolakan umat Tuhan di Yerusalem yang tidak memiliki meterai Tuhan. Amaran yang dilambangkan oleh Yehezkiel itu ialah amaran tentang undang-undang Ahad yang segera akan datang.

In those first eleven chapters where these truths are set forth, Ezekiel is made dumb, and only speaks thereafter when God specifically opens his mouth, and this continues until the destruction of Jerusalem, when he again can speak.

Ngenxa yaloo machapter alishumi elinanye okuqala, apho ezi nyaniso zibekwa khona, uHezekile wenziwa waba sisimumu, yaye emveni koko wathetha kuphela xa uThixo evula umlomo wakhe ngokukodwa; yaza le meko yaqhubeka kwada kwafika ukutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem, xa waphinda wakwazi ukuthetha.

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:24–27.

Nako spirit i bin insaed long mi, em i mekim mi sanap long tupela lek bilong mi, na em i toktok wantaim mi, na i tokim mi, Go, pasim yu yet insaed long haus bilong yu. Tasol yu, O pikinini bilong man, lukim, ol bai putim ol pas long yu, na bai pasim yu long ol, na yu no ken i go ausait namel long ol: Na bai Mi mekim tang bilong yu i pas long rup bilong maus bilong yu, bai yu kamap mauspas, na yu no ken stap long ol olsem wanpela man bilong tokaut long sin bilong ol: long wanem, ol i wanpela haus bilong bikhet. Tasol taim Mi toktok wantaim yu, bai Mi opim maus bilong yu, na bai yu tokim ol, Olsem Nambawan Bikpela God i tok; Man i harim, larim em i harim; na man i no laik harim, larim em i no harim: long wanem, ol i wanpela haus bilong bikhet. Ezekiel 3:24–27.

When Jerusalem fell, Ezekiel could once again speak.

Ha Jerusalem e wa, Hesekiele a ka bua gape.

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. Ezekiel 33:21, 22.

Kwenzeka-ke ngomnyaka wetshumi lambili wokuthunjwa kwethu, ngenyanga yetshumi, ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga, ukuthi omunye owayesindile ephuma eJerusalema weza kimi, wathi, Umuzi utshaywe. Isandla seNkosi sasesiphezu kwami kusihlwa, engakafiki lowo owayesindile; sasivule umlomo wami, kwaze kwaba yilapho efika kimi ekuseni; umlomo wami wavulwa, ngangingasayisithulu. Hezekeli 33:21, 22.

The fall of Jerusalem represents the fall of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church in the latter days. That fall occurs while those who were sealed in Jerusalem in chapter nine are then lifted up as the church triumphant. The Laodiceans within Jerusalem are taken out, and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are lifted up as the kingdom of glory is established. That kingdom of glory was typified by the establishment of the kingdom of grace at the cross. The kingdom of grace at the cross aligns with the kingdom of glory at the Sunday law, and those two kingdoms are placed into the sequence of prophetic history located in the book of Ezekiel. The first eleven chapters, when Ezekiel is placed within the context of the sanctuary, are about the purification of God’s church as His people change from the church militant, which is defined as being made up of wheat and tares, into the church triumphant, which is made up of the wheat offering of Pentecost.

Kejatuhan Yerusalem melambangkan kejatuhan gereja Advent Hari Ketujuh Laodikia pada akhir zaman. Kejatuhan itu berlaku ketika mereka yang telah dimeteraikan di Yerusalem dalam bab sembilan kemudiannya diangkat sebagai gereja yang menang. Orang-orang Laodikia di dalam Yerusalem disingkirkan, dan seratus empat puluh empat ribu orang itu diangkat ketika kerajaan kemuliaan didirikan. Kerajaan kemuliaan itu telah dilambangkan oleh penubuhan kerajaan kasih kurnia di kayu salib. Kerajaan kasih kurnia di kayu salib sejajar dengan kerajaan kemuliaan pada masa undang-undang hari Ahad, dan kedua-dua kerajaan itu ditempatkan dalam urutan sejarah nubuatan yang terdapat dalam kitab Yehezkiel. Sebelas bab pertama, apabila kitab Yehezkiel diletakkan dalam konteks bait suci, membicarakan penyucian gereja Allah ketika umat-Nya beralih daripada gereja yang berjuang, yang ditakrifkan sebagai terdiri daripada gandum dan lalang, kepada gereja yang menang, yang terdiri daripada persembahan gandum pada hari Pentakosta.

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. Ezekiel 21:25–27.

ཁྱོད་ནི་ཨིས་ར་ཨེལ་གྱི་མ་དག་པ་དང་ངན་པའི་རྒྱལ་སྲས་ཞིག་ཡིན་པས། ཉེས་པའི་མཐའ་མ་འབྱུང་བའི་ཉིན་མོ་ཁྱོད་ལ་སླེབས་སོ། གཙོ་བོ་དཀོན་མཆོག་གིས་འདི་སྐད་གསུངས། ཅོད་པན་ཕུད་ཅིག་དང་། རྒྱལ་ཞྭ་ཕུད་ཅིག །འདི་ནི་ད་ནས་སྔར་བཞིན་མི་ཡིན། དམའ་བ་དེ་མཐོན་པོར་སྒྱུར་ཞིག །མཐོ་བ་དེ་དམའ་བར་ཕབ་ཅིག །ངས་དེ་གཏོར་ཞིག་གཏོར། གཏོར་ཞིག་གཏོར། དེ་ནི་དེའི་ཐོབ་ཐང་ཡོད་པ་དེ་འོང་བའི་བར་དུ་མེད་པར་འགྱུར། ངས་དེ་ཁོང་ལ་སྦྱིན་པར་བྱའོ། ཨེ་ཟེ་ཀི་ཨེལ་ ༢༡:༢༥–༢༧។

Zedekiah was the final king of Judah, and he is the “wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come” in the verses. Nebuchadnezzar was about to take Jerusalem and Zedekiah’s crown was to be removed by Babylon who would be overturned by the Medes and Persians, who would in turn be overturned by the Greeks, who would be overturned by Rome. The third overturning arrives at Rome, which is the history when the King “whose right it is” will receive the crown of the kingdom of grace at the setting up of that kingdom at the cross.

Sidikia ialah raja Yehuda yang terakhir, dan dialah “putera Israel yang jahat, yang harinya sudah datang” dalam ayat-ayat itu. Nebukadnezar hampir-hampir menawan Yerusalem dan mahkota Sidikia akan ditanggalkan oleh Babilon, yang akan dijungkirbalikkan oleh orang Media dan Persia, yang pada gilirannya akan dijungkirbalikkan oleh orang Yunani, yang akan dijungkirbalikkan oleh Roma. Penjungkirbalikan yang ketiga tiba pada Roma, iaitu sejarah ketika Raja “yang berhak atasnya” akan menerima mahkota kerajaan kasih karunia pada penegakan kerajaan itu di salib.

“To the ‘profane wicked prince’ had come the day of final reckoning. ‘Remove the diadem,’ the Lord decreed, ‘and take off the crown.’ Not until Christ Himself should set up His kingdom was Judah again to be permitted to have a king. ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it,’ was the divine edict concerning the throne of the house of David; ‘and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him.’ Ezekiel 21:25–27.” Prophets and Kings, 451.

“Kepada ‘raja fasik yang cemar’ telah tiba hari perhitungan yang terakhir. ‘Tanggalkanlah serban,’ demikianlah Tuhan menetapkan, ‘dan lepaskanlah mahkota itu.’ Tidak sampai Kristus sendiri mendirikan kerajaan-Nya, Yehuda sekali lagi diizinkan mempunyai seorang raja. ‘Aku akan membalikkan, membalikkan, membalikkan dia,’ demikianlah ketetapan ilahi mengenai takhta keluarga Daud; ‘dan itu tidak akan ada lagi, sampai Ia datang yang berhak atasnya; dan Aku akan memberikannya kepada-Nya.’ Yehezkiel 21:25–27.” Prophets and Kings, 451.

In the time of the latter rain, which began when the judgment of the living began on 9/11, Christ sets up His kingdom of glory.

Pada masa hujan akhir, yang bermula ketika penghakiman terhadap orang yang hidup bermula pada 9/11, Kristus mendirikan kerajaan kemuliaan-Nya.

“When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

“Apabila keempat-empat malaikat itu melepaskan, Kristus akan mendirikan kerajaan-Nya.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

A period of preparation begins at 9/11, and at the Sunday law the glorious holy mountain is lifted up above all the hills and mountains.

Suatu tempoh persediaan bermula pada 9/11, dan ketika undang-undang hari Ahad dikuatkuasakan, gunung kudus yang mulia itu ditinggikan di atas segala bukit dan gunung.

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:1–3.

Ny teny izay hitan’i Isaia zanak’i Amoza momba an’i Joda sy Jerosalema. Ary amin’ny andro farany dia hiseho izao: ny tendrombohitry ny tranon’i Jehovah haorina ho eo an-tampon’ny tendrombohitra, sady hasandratra ho ambonin’ny havoana; ary ny firenena rehetra hirohotra ho any aminy. Ary olona maro no handeha ka hanao hoe: Avia ianareo, andeha isika hiakatra ho any amin’ny tendrombohitry Jehovah, ho any an-tranon’Andriamanitr’i Jakoba; ary hampianatra antsika ny lalany Izy, ka handeha amin’ny diany isika; fa avy ao Ziona no hivoahan’ny lalàna, ary ny tenin’i Jehovah avy any Jerosalema. Isaia 2:1–3.

On 9/11, the winds were released and then restrained, thus marking the beginning of the setting up of the kingdom of Daniel two, that is represented as a rock cut out of the mountain that fills the whole earth.

Ka 9/11, mhepho dza vhofhololwa, dza mbo dovha dza thivhelwa, nga zwenezwo zwa swaya u thoma ha u vusuludzwa ha muvhuso wa Daniele mbili, une wa imelwa nga tombo lo tumulwaho thavhani lune lwa ḓadza ḽifhasi ḽothe.

“This view was given in 1847 when there were but very few of the Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these but few supposed that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between the people of God and unbelievers. Now the fulfillment of that view is beginning to be seen. ‘The commencement of that time of trouble,’ here mentioned does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time the ‘latter rain,’ or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out.” Early Writings, 85.

“Pandangan ini telah diberikan pada tahun 1847 ketika hanya ada sangat sedikit saudara-saudara Advent yang memelihara Sabat, dan dari antara mereka hanya sedikit yang menganggap bahwa pemeliharaannya cukup penting untuk menarik suatu garis pemisah antara umat Allah dan orang-orang yang tidak percaya. Sekarang penggenapan pandangan itu mulai terlihat. ‘Permulaan masa kesusahan,’ yang disebutkan di sini, tidak menunjuk kepada waktu ketika tulah-tulah itu mulai dicurahkan, melainkan kepada suatu masa singkat tepat sebelum semuanya itu dicurahkan, sementara Kristus berada di dalam bait suci. Pada waktu itu, sementara pekerjaan keselamatan sedang mendekati penutupannya, kesusahan akan datang atas bumi, dan bangsa-bangsa akan menjadi marah, namun ditahan sehingga tidak mencegah pekerjaan malaikat ketiga. Pada waktu itu ‘hujan akhir,’ atau penyegaran dari hadirat Tuhan, akan datang, untuk memberi kuasa kepada seruan nyaring malaikat ketiga, dan mempersiapkan orang-orang kudus untuk berdiri teguh pada masa ketika ketujuh tulah terakhir akan dicurahkan.” Early Writings, 85.

Christ sets up His everlasting kingdom during the time of the latter rain, and His kingdom includes the kingdom of grace that was established at the cross and also His kingdom of glory at the Sunday law. Zedekiah to Babylon (1st kingdom), to Medo-Persia (2nd kingdom), to Greece (3rd kingdom) and on to pagan Rome (4th kingdom) identifies the history leading to the kingdom of grace. That history identifies a parallel historical sequence from Papal Rome (spiritual Babylon--5th kingdom), unto the United States (spiritual Medo-Persia--6th kingdom), unto the United Nations (spiritual Greece--7th kingdom) and on unto the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet, that together make up modern Rome (spiritual Rome--8th kingdom that is of the seven).

Kristo o hloma Mmušo wa Gagwe wa neng le neng nakong ya pula ya morago, gomme Mmušo wa Gagwe o akaretša le mmušo wa mogau wo o hlomilwego sefapanong, le gona Mmušo wa Gagwe wa letago molaong wa Lamorena. Tšedekia go ya Babilona (mmušo wa pele), go ya go Medo-Peresia (mmušo wa bobedi), go ya Gerika (mmušo wa boraro), gomme go tšwela pele go ya Roma ya boheitene (mmušo wa bone), go hlaloša histori yeo e išago go mmušo wa mogau. Histori yeo e hlaloša tatelano ya histori ye e bapetšago go tloga Roma ya Bopapa (Babilona ya semoya—mmušo wa bohlano), go fihla United States (Medo-Peresia ya semoya—mmušo wa botshelela), go fihla United Nations (Gerika ya semoya—mmušo wa bošupa), gomme go tšwela pele go fihla kopanong ya makga a mararo ya noga, sebata, le moporofeta wa maaka, tšeo mmogo di bopago Roma ya mehleng yeno (Roma ya semoya—mmušo wa seswai wo e lego wa bašupa).

The triumph of that kingdom in Daniel two is represented by a rock, and God’s faithful are stones in the temple.

Kgosi ya mmuso oo mo go Daniele pedi e emetswe ke lefika, mme ba ba ikanyegang ba Modimo ke maje mo tempeleng.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5.

Kamu pun, sebagai batu-batu yang hidup, sedang dibangunkan menjadi suatu rumah rohani, suatu imamat yang kudus, untuk mempersembahkan korban-korban rohani yang berkenan kepada Allah melalui Yesus Kristus. 1 Petrus 2:5.

That everlasting kingdom triumphs over the kingdoms of the world and fills the entire world. In Ezekiel chapter forty to the end of his book, that same kingdom is represented as a temple which fills the world with the water of life.

Mmuso oo o sa khutleng o fenya mebuso ya lefatshe mme o tlatsa lefatshe lohle. Mo go Esekiele kgaolo ya masome a mane go fitlha kwa bokhutlong jwa buka ya gagwe, mmuso oo oo tshwanang o emelwa e le tempele e e tlatsang lefatshe ka metsi a bophelo.

We will continue these things in the next article.

Ri gitwarire ibi bintu mu kigambo gikurikira.