All the prophets agree with one another, and they all testify more specifically about the end of the world than the days in which they lived. Their testimony is to be applied in the prophetic period of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for that is where the effect of every vision occurs. Isaiah, in chapter six, in vision was allowed to look into the Most Holy Place, during the period of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, where He saw God’s glory. We know it was post-September 11, 2001, for he heard the angels in verse three, identify that the earth was then full of His glory.
所有先知彼此一致，並且他們都更具體地見證世界的末了，而非他們自己所生活的日子。他們的見證必須應用於十四萬四千人受印時期之先知性期間，因為每一個異象的效應都是在那裏發生的。以賽亞在第六章中，於異象裏蒙允許觀看至聖所；那是在十四萬四千人受印時期之期間，在那裏他看見了上帝的榮耀。我們知道那是在二〇〇一年九月十一日之後，因為他在第三節聽見天使指出，那時全地已充滿祂的榮耀。
“When God was about to send Isaiah with a message to His people, He first permitted the prophet to look in vision into the holy of holies within the sanctuary. Suddenly the gate and the inner veil of the temple seemed to be uplifted or withdrawn, and he was permitted to gaze within, upon the holy of holies, where even the prophet’s feet might not enter. There rose before him a vision of Jehovah sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, while the train of His glory filled the temple. Around the throne were seraphim, as guards about the great King, and they reflected the glory that surrounded them. As their songs of praise resounded in deep notes of adoration, the pillars of the gate trembled, as if shaken by an earthquake. With lips unpolluted by sin, these angels poured forth the praises of God. ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts,’ they cried; ‘the whole earth is full of His glory.’ [See Isaiah 6:1–8.]
「當上帝正要差遣以賽亞帶住一個信息去到祂嘅子民嗰度之前，祂首先容許呢位先知喺異象之中望入聖所裏面嘅至聖所。忽然之間，聖殿嘅門同內層嘅幔子似乎被舉起，或者被撤去；於是佢得以凝望其中，望見至聖所——就連先知嘅腳也不可踏入之地。喺佢面前顯現出耶和華坐喺高高被舉起嘅寶座上嘅異象，而祂榮耀嘅衣裾充滿聖殿。寶座周圍有撒拉弗，好似大君王四圍嘅侍衛一樣，並且反照住環繞佢哋嘅榮耀。當佢哋以深沉敬拜嘅聲調發出讚美之歌時，殿門嘅門柱就震動起嚟，彷彿被地震搖撼一樣。呢啲嘴唇未曾被罪玷污嘅天使，傾流出對上帝嘅讚美。『聖哉，聖哉，聖哉，萬軍之耶和華，』佢哋呼喊說；『全地都充滿了祂的榮耀。』［見 Isaiah 6:1–8。］」
“The seraphim around the throne are so filled with reverential awe as they behold the glory of God, that they do not for an instant look upon themselves with admiration. Their praise is for the Lord of hosts. As they look into the future, when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory, the triumphant song is echoed from one to another in melodious chant, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts.’ They are fully satisfied to glorify God; abiding in His presence, beneath His smile of approbation, they wish for nothing more. In bearing His image, in doing His bidding, in worshiping Him, their highest ambition is reached.” Gospel Workers, 21.
「寶座周圍的撒拉弗，當佢哋瞻望上帝的榮耀之時，心中充滿敬畏之情，甚至片刻也不以欽羨之心注視自己。佢哋的讚美乃歸於萬軍之耶和華。當佢哋展望將來，見到全地都要充滿祂的榮耀之時，得勝的歌聲便此起彼和，以和諧悅耳的頌唱彼此呼應：『聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！萬軍之耶和華！』佢哋以榮耀上帝為完全的滿足；常居於祂面前，在祂悅納的笑容之下，別無所求。能夠彰顯祂的形像，遵行祂的旨意，敬拜祂，便係佢哋至高的志向已然達到。」《福音工人》，21頁。
In agreement with Isaiah, the prophet Ezekiel was also allowed to see into the Most Holy Place. Ezekiel’s vision began in chapter one, verse one.
與以賽亞一致，先知以西結也蒙准得見至聖所裏面的景象。以西結的異象始於第一章第一節。
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. Ezekiel 1:1.
第三十年四月初五日，我在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人中間，天就開了，我便看見神的異象。以西結書 1:1。
His vision continues on for chapters, and it is a continuation of the same vision in chapters eight and nine, which identifies the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. We know this by his careful testimony.
佢嘅異象延續咗好幾章，而且係第八章同第九章同一個異象嘅延續；嗰個異象指出十四萬四千人受印嘅事。我哋從佢審慎嘅見證就知道呢一點。
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. Ezekiel 8:1–4.
到了第六年、六月、初五日，我坐在我家中，猶大的眾長老坐在我面前；在那裏，主耶和華的手臨到我身上。那時我觀看，看哪，有一個形狀，樣貌彷彿火：從他腰以下，有火的樣貌；從他腰以上，有光輝的樣貌，彷彿光耀的精金。他伸出一隻手的形狀，抓住我頭上的一綹髮；靈將我提起，置於天地之間，在神的異象中帶我到耶路撒冷，到了朝北的內門門口；那裏有惹動忌邪之像的座位，就是那使人惹動忌邪的像所在之處。看哪，以色列神的榮耀在那裏，正如我在平原所見的異象一樣。以西結書 8:1–4。
The vision of chapters eight and nine that identify the two classes that are developed during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, was, “according to the vision that” Ezekiel had seen “in the plain.” The vision he had seen in the plain is identified in chapter three.
第八章同第九章所見嘅異象，指出喺十四萬四千人受印期間所形成嘅兩等人；呢個異象乃係「照着他在平原所見的異象」。「他在平原所見的異象」係喺第三章被指明。
And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. Ezekiel 3:22, 23.
耶和華嘅手喺嗰度臨到我；佢對我話：「你起來，往平原去，我要喺嗰度同你說話。」於是我起來，往平原去；看哪，耶和華嘅榮耀站喺嗰度，正如我喺迦巴魯河邊所見嘅榮耀一樣；我就俯伏喺地。以西結書 3:22, 23。
Ezekiel’s vision of the “plain,” was as the “glory which” Ezekiel “saw by the river of Chebar,” and that was the vision of chapter one, verse one. The vision of the sealing in chapter nine, and the vision of the “plain,” were simply continuations of the vision of the river Chebar. It was a vision of the glory of God in the Most Holy Place, during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, just as was Isaiah’s vision. Isaiah’s vision was identifying God’s work of raising up messengers during the sealing time, and in chapter two and three, Ezekiel identifies that very work in greater detail than Isaiah, for he illustrates a messenger who is to carry a message to Laodicean Adventism, and in order to understand the message he is to carry to the rebellious people who are being passed by, Ezekiel is commanded to eat the little book, that was in the angel’s hand when He descended on September 11, 2001.
以西結所見關於「平原」的異象，正如以西結「在迦巴魯河邊所見的榮耀」一樣；那就是第一章第一節的異象。第九章關於蓋印的異象，以及關於「平原」的異象，不過都是迦巴魯河異象的延續而已。那是在至聖所中、於十四萬四千人受印期間、上帝榮耀的異象，正如以賽亞所見的異象一樣。以賽亞的異象乃是指明上帝在蓋印時期興起使者的工作；而在第二章和第三章中，以西結則比以賽亞更詳細地指出那一項工作，因為他描繪了一位將要向老底嘉復臨信仰傳遞信息的使者；並且，為要明白他所要帶給那些正被越過之悖逆子民的信息，以西結奉命吃下那小書卷，就是那位天使於2001年9月11日降臨時手中所拿著的。
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 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 3:1–9.
他又對我說：「人子啊，你要食你所搵着的；要食者書卷，然後往對以色列家說話。」於是我開口，他就使我食那書卷。他又對我說：「人子啊，要使你腹中食飽，用我所賜給你的這書卷充滿你嘅腸腹。」於是我食了，口中覺得其甜如蜜。 他又對我說：「人子啊，你往以色列家那裏去，要將我嘅話對他們說。因為你奉差遣，唔係往那說話難明、言語難懂之民那裏去，乃是往以色列家去；唔係往許多說話難明、言語難懂之民那裏去，他們的話語你不能明白。我若差你往他們那裏去，他們必定聽從你。惟有以色列家卻不肯聽從你，因為他們不肯聽從我；原來以色列全家都是額厚心硬的。看哪，我使你嘅面硬過他們的面，使你嘅額硬過他們的額。我使你嘅額像金鋼鑽，比火石更硬；你不要怕他們，也不要因他們的面色驚惶，雖然他們是悖逆之家。」以西結書 3:1–9。
A Gentile in the Bible is a stranger, and a stranger speaks strange speech. Ezekiel was sent to the house of modern Israel, which in the sealing time is the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church, which is being passed by. The message during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is for God’s church, which is first judged, and then at the soon-coming Sunday law, the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, calls God’s Gentile flock out of Babylon. When Isaiah, in chapter six, is representing those who accept the calling of being sent to the rebellious house with the Laodicean message, he is forewarned that they are a people who in seeing, do not perceive, and in hearing, do not understand. Isaiah records the very attribute that Jesus quoted from Isaiah, chapter six, when He assigned that very attribute to the quibbling Jews who were being passed by in the history of Christ.
聖經中所講嘅外邦人，乃係陌生人；而陌生人所講嘅，乃係異樣嘅言語。以西結奉差遣往現代以色列家嗰度去；喺蓋印時期，呢個家就係老底嘉嘅基督復臨安息日會，而佢正被越過。喺十四萬四千人受印期間所傳嘅信息，係畀上帝嘅教會；呢個教會首先受審判，然後喺即將來到嘅星期日法令之時，啟示錄第十八章嘅第二個聲音，呼召上帝屬於外邦嘅羊群從巴比倫出來。當以賽亞喺第六章中代表嗰啲接受蒙召、奉差遣往悖逆之家，帶住老底嘉信息而去嘅人時，佢預先被警告：嗰啲人係一班看見卻不領悟、聽見卻不明白嘅百姓。以賽亞記下嘅，正正就係耶穌喺基督時代將被越過、吹毛求疵嘅猶太人指派畀佢哋嘅嗰個特質；而耶穌所引用嘅，正係出自以賽亞第六章。
In chapter twelve, Ezekiel also employs the very same terminology, thus specifically placing chapter twelve, into the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
喺第十二章，以西結亦都使用完全相同嘅措辭，因此明確地將第十二章置於十四萬四千人受印嘅時期之中。
The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 12:1, 2.
耶和華的話又臨到我，說：人子啊，你住在悖逆之家中；他們有眼可看，卻看不見；有耳可聽，卻聽不見；因為他們是悖逆之家。以西結書 12:1, 2
Ezekiel chapter twelve, is identifying the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and in so doing he addresses the counterfeit latter rain message that is offered by the drunkards of Ephraim who rule the people of Jerusalem, the drunkards who cannot read the book that is sealed. Their counterfeit latter rain message is based upon placing the prophetic visions of God’s Word far off into the future.
以西結書第十二章，指出十四萬四千人受印的時期；並且藉此斥責那由以法蓮的醉漢、就是那些統治耶路撒冷百姓的人所傳講之冒牌晚雨信息——那些醉漢無法讀那封住的書卷。他們那冒牌的晚雨信息，是建立在把上帝話語中的預言異象推延到極遙遠的將來之上。
In verses three through fifteen, Ezekiel is instructed to illustrate God’s people going into the captivity in Babylon. The captivity in Babylon represents the soon-coming Sunday law, and then in verses sixteen through twenty, he identifies the famine that accompanies the destruction of the cities that begins at the hour of the great earthquake, which is the soon-coming Sunday law. The benefits of country living during that crisis time are there represented, and then in verses twenty-one to twenty-eight, we have the passage that was recognized as present truth in Millerite history. The passage is quoted word for word in The Great Controversy in the description of Millerite history in the book.
喺第三至第十五節，以西結受吩咐去描繪神嘅子民被擄到巴比倫。巴比倫嘅被擄，預表即將來到嘅星期日法；然後喺第十六至第二十節，佢指出嗰隨住城邑被毀而來嘅饑荒，而呢毀滅係開始於大地震嘅時辰，即係即將來到嘅星期日法。喺嗰場危機嘅時期之中，鄉村生活嘅益處亦喺其中被表明；然後喺第二十一至第二十八節，我哋見到嗰段喺米勒派歷史中被認明為現代真理嘅經文。呢段經文喺《善惡之爭》一書描述米勒派歷史時，被逐字逐句引用。
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 12:21–28.
耶和華的話臨到我，說：「人子啊，你們在以色列地有這是甚麼俗語，說：『日子遲延，一切異象都落空』呢？所以你要告訴他們，主耶和華如此說：我要使這俗語止息，他們在以色列中必不再用這俗語；你卻要對他們說：『日子臨近，一切異象都必應驗。』因為在以色列家中，必不再有虛假的異象和諂媚的占卜。因為我是耶和華；我要說話，我所說的話必定成就，不再遲延；悖逆之家啊，就在你們的日子，我必說這話，也必成就，這是主耶和華說的。」 耶和華的話又臨到我，說：「人子啊，看哪，以色列家說：『他所見的異象，是關乎許多日子以後的；他所說的預言，是指着遙遠的時候。』所以你要對他們說，主耶和華如此說：『我的話必不再有一句遲延；我所說的話，必必成就。』這是主耶和華說的。」以西結書 12:21–28。
The counterfeit latter rain message that is presented in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand claims “the days are prolonged, and every vision faileth.” After all, did not those messengers represented by Moses, Elijah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and John fail in their prediction of July 18, 2020? The Laodicean Adventist’s message at that time is “the vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.” In that history not only will every vision come to pass, but the messenger is to tell the lost house of modern Israel, “Thus saith the Lord God,” “I will make” the counterfeit “proverb” of Laodicean Adventism “to cease.” Tell them, “The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.” “There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.”
喺十四萬四千人受印嘅時期所提出嗰個假冒嘅晚雨信息，聲稱「日子遲延，一切異象都落空了。」畢竟，由摩西、以利亞、以西結、以賽亞同約翰所代表嗰啲使者，喺佢哋對 2020 年 7 月 18 日嘅預言上，唔係失敗咗咩？當時老底嘉復臨信徒所傳嘅信息係：「他所見的異象，是關乎許多日子以後的事；他所說的預言，是指着極遠的時候。」喺嗰段歷史當中，唔單止一切異象都必應驗，並且使者仲要對現代以色列迷失嘅家宣告：「主耶和華如此說，」「我必使」老底嘉復臨信徒主義嗰個假冒嘅「俗語」「止息。」要對佢哋講：「日子臨近，一切異象的應驗也近了。」「我嘅話必不再遲延；我所說的話必定成就。這是主耶和華說的。」
The Laodicean message requires that the message identifies that the days are at hand when the effect of every vision is to take place, and those days are the days of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The essential point that should not be missed in the passage is that God directly states that in the “days,” which represent the period of the sealing time, He would cause Laodicean Adventism’s “vain vision,” their “flattering divination,” and their counterfeit “proverb” to cease. God causes their counterfeit latter rain message to cease before the soon-coming Sunday law, for He causes it to cease in the days He is addressing. He causes it to cease, by confirming the true latter rain message as He is lifting up those who are chosen to be the ensign at the soon coming Sunday law. Those chosen ones are sealed before the “earthquake”.
老底嘉的信息要求，這信息必須指出：每一個異象之效驗快要臨到的日子已經近了，而那些日子就是十四萬四千人受印的日子。這段經文中不可忽略的要點乃是：上帝親自聲明，在那些「日子」裏——即代表受印時期的那段期間——祂要使老底嘉復臨信仰的「虛假異象」、他們的「諂媚占卜」以及他們那冒充的「俗語」止息。上帝使他們那冒充的晚雨信息止息，乃是在那快將來臨的星期日法令之前，因為祂是在祂所指明的那些日子中使其止息。祂使其止息，乃是藉着堅證真正的晚雨信息，當祂高舉那些被揀選、要在那快將來臨的星期日法令中作為大旗的人之時。那些蒙揀選的人，是在那「地震」之前受印的。
The other way He causes the vain proverb of the counterfeit latter rain message to cease is by the arrival of the unexpected and escalating judgments of God, that come as an overwhelming surprise to the children of darkness, but are part of the very message the children of light will have been predicting. The history we are now entering into is about to be confronted by God’s judgments. Those judgments are represented repeatedly in God’s Word, and the period of the sealing, which began on September 11, 2001, is where every vision, including the visions of God’s judgments, must arrive, for His Word never fails.
祂使那虛妄、屬於冒牌晚雨信息之俗語止息嘅另一個方式，乃係藉着上帝嗰啲出人意表而且不斷加劇嘅審判臨到；呢啲審判對黑暗之子而言，係鋪天蓋地、完全出乎意料嘅震驚；但對光明之子而言，卻正正係佢哋一直所預言之信息嘅一部分。我哋而家正要進入嘅歷史，即將面對上帝嘅審判。呢啲審判喺上帝嘅聖言之中一再被表明；而印證嘅時期，自 2001 年 9 月 11 日開始，正係每一個異象——包括有關上帝審判嘅異象——都必須達到之處，因為祂嘅話語永不落空。
In previous articles we demonstrated that the first three chapters in the book of Daniel, represent the three angel’s messages of Revelation chapter fourteen. Chapter two, is the second angel’s message, and is therefore an illustration of the second test in the sealing period. The first test was chapter one, and it was the dietary test of whether a person would choose heavenly food or the food of Babylon. Chapter two, was represented by the hidden truth within Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the image of beasts, which are kingdoms.
喺之前嘅文章入面，我哋已經證明《但以理書》頭三章，係代表《啟示錄》第十四章三位天使嘅信息。第二章，就係第二位天使嘅信息，因此亦係印證時期第二個考驗嘅一個例證。第一個考驗係第一章，乃係飲食上嘅考驗，即係一個人會揀選天上嘅食物，抑或巴比倫嘅食物。第二章，乃係藉住尼布甲尼撒關於獸像之夢當中所隱藏嘅真理而表明；呢啲獸，就係列國。
Daniel two, represents the image of the beast test during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and it contains an understanding that is hidden, for Nebuchadnezzar was unable to remember the dream. It represents a hidden truth that is unsealed in the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and a hidden truth concerning the kingdoms of Bible prophecy represented in the image. It represented a life-or-death test for Daniel and the three worthies, and also for the Chaldean wise men who ate of the Babylonian diet.
但以理書第二章，代表十四萬四千人受印期間那獸像的試驗，並且其中包含一種隱藏的理解，因為尼布甲尼撒不能記起那夢。它代表一項在十四萬四千人的歷史中被開啟之隱藏真理，亦代表一項關乎那像所表徵之《聖經》預言列國的隱藏真理。它對但以理和那三位忠貞之士而言，乃是一場生死攸關的試驗；對那些食用巴比倫膳食的迦勒底智慧人而言，也是如此。
Ellen White was shown that the image of the beast would be formed “before probation closes, for it is the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided.” The hidden dream of Nebuchadnezzar represents that test. The hidden truth of the image that has been revealed in these days, when the effect of every vision is no longer prolonged, is that Jesus, as Alpha and Omega, identified in the first and the last references to the kingdoms of Bible prophecy that the eighth beast is of the seven.
懷愛倫蒙指示，看見獸像將會在「恩典時期結束之前」被造成，「因為這乃是上帝子民所要經受之大考驗，藉此他們永遠的命運將被決定。」尼布甲尼撒那隱藏的夢，正是代表那一場考驗。那關於像之隱藏真理，如今於這些日子已被顯明；當每一個異象的效驗不再遲延之時，其真理乃是：耶穌既是阿拉法，也是俄梅戛，祂在聖經預言中對諸國度最先與最後的提及之中表明，第八獸乃是出於那七者。
The eighth beast of Revelation chapter seventeen, that is of the seven, is the papal power who has been returned to the throne of the earth, and the deeper hidden secret that has been revealed is that as the United States forms an image of the beast in this nation, it also will represent the phenomenon of the eighth, being of the seven. The sixth president since the time of the end in 1989, who is the rich president who stirred up all the realm of the dragon received a deadly political wound at the hands of the progressive, woke, liberal globalists in 2020, as the Republican horn was assassinated in the streets by the atheistic beast of Revelation chapter eleven.
啟示錄第十七章中那屬於七位之中的第八獸，就是那已被重新扶上地上寶座之教皇權勢；而那如今已被揭示之更深隱藏奧祕乃是：當美國在這國中塑造獸的像之時，它同時也將代表那屬於七位之中的第八這一現象。自一九八九年末時以來的第六位總統，就是那攪動龍全境之富有總統，於二〇二〇年在進步派、覺醒派、自由派全球主義者手中，受了致命的政治創傷；彼時，共和黨的角在街上被啟示錄第十一章那無神論之獸所殺。
At the same time the movement of the third angel, received a deadly wound on July 18, 2020, at the hands of the atheistic beast of Revelation chapter eleven. That movement had been made up of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists, and in 2023, the movement was raised up as the Philadelphian movement of the third angel. Both horns were slain in 2020, and both horns stand up after three and a half symbolic days. The formation of the political image of the beast consists of the combination of Church and State in the United States, and the beast they make an image of in the last days is the eighth beast, that is of the seven. When the image beast is formed in the United States it will possess that very prophetic attribute of the eighth beast of Rome.
同時，第三位天使嘅運動，喺2020年7月18日，受咗《啟示錄》第十一章所講嗰隻無神論獸所加嘅致命傷。嗰個運動原本係由老底嘉嘅基督復臨安息日會信徒所組成；到咗2023年，呢個運動被興起，成為第三位天使之非拉鐵非運動。兩隻角都喺2020年被殺，而兩隻角都喺象徵性三日半之後站立起來。那政治性獸像嘅形成，乃在於美國政教聯合；而佢哋喺末日所造之像嘅嗰隻獸，就係那第八隻獸，亦即那出於七者之一者。當獸像喺美國形成之時，佢必具備羅馬第八隻獸嗰個正正嘅預言性特徵。
When the image of the beast test is fulfilled upon the true Protestant horn, those who recognize the prophetic truths associated with the formation of the image of the beast in both horns of the earth beast, will be sealed for eternity with the image of Christ. Those foolish virgins that have accepted the vain and flattering vision will have formed the image of the beast for eternity.
當獸像嘅試驗喺真正嘅新教角上得以應驗之時，凡認識與地上之獸兩角中獸像形成有關之預言真理嘅人，必永遠受印，帶有基督嘅形像。嗰啲接受咗虛妄而諂媚之異象嘅愚拙童女，則已為永遠形成咗獸嘅像。
“It was this that the prophet Ezekiel saw when before his astonished gaze were portrayed symbols that revealed a Power overruling the affairs of earthly rulers. Wheels intersecting one another were moved by four living beings. High above all these ‘was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form.’ Ezekiel 1:26, RSV.
先知以西結所見嘅，正係呢一幕：喺令佢驚異嘅眼前，顯現出一啲象徵，揭示出有一個大能者喺統管地上掌權者嘅事務。彼此相交嘅輪，由四個活物推動。喺呢一切之上，「又有寶座嘅形像，彷彿藍寶石；喺寶座形像以上，有彷彿人形嘅顯現。」以西結書 1:26，RSV.
“The wheels, so complicated that at first sight they appeared to be in confusion, moved in perfect harmony. Heavenly beings were impelling those wheels. The complicated play of human events is under divine control. Amidst the strife and tumult of nations He that sits above the cherubim still guides the affairs of this earth. To every nation and individual God has assigned a place in His great plan. Today men and nations are by their own choice deciding their destiny, and God is overruling all for the accomplishment of His purposes.
「嗰啲輪子極其複雜，初看之下似乎雜亂無章，然而卻在完全嘅和諧中運行。天上嘅生靈正推動住嗰啲輪子。人類事件錯綜複雜嘅演變，乃在神聖嘅掌管之下。喺列國嘅紛爭與動盪之中，坐喺基路伯以上嘅主，仍然引導住呢個世界嘅事務。對每一個國家同個人，上帝都已經喺祂偉大嘅計劃中指定咗佢哋嘅位置。今日，人同列國正憑住自己嘅選擇決定自己嘅命運，而上帝正統管萬有，使祂嘅旨意得以成全。」
“The prophecies which the great I AM has given in His Word tell us where we are in the procession of the ages. All that prophecy has foretold until the present time has been traced on the pages of history, and all which is yet to come will be fulfilled in its order.
「偉大嘅『我是』喺祂聖言中所賜下嘅預言，話畀我哋知我哋喺歷世歷代嘅進程中身處何處。凡預言所預告、直到現今為止嘅一切，都已經喺歷史嘅篇頁上得着印證；而一切尚未來到嘅事，也必按其次序應驗。」
“The signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Everything in our world is in agitation. The Saviour prophesied of events to precede His coming: ‘Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars… . Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.’ Matthew 24:6, 7. Rulers and statesmen recognize that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.
「時代嘅徵兆宣告，我哋正企喺重大而莊嚴事件嘅門檻上。我哋世界上一切都處於動盪之中。救主曾預言喺祂降臨之前要發生嘅事：『你們也要聽見打仗和打仗的風聲……民要攻打民，國要攻打國；多處必有饑荒、瘟疫、地震。』馬太福音 24:6, 7。統治者同政治家都認識到，一件重大而決定性嘅事將要發生——世界正處於一場驚天大危機嘅邊緣。」
“The Bible, and the Bible only, gives a correct view of events that already are casting their shadows before, the sound of their approach causing the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them for fear. ‘Behold, the Lord will lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.’ ‘For they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt.’ Isaiah 24:1, 5, 6, RSV.
「唯有《聖經》，且只有《聖經》，對那些其陰影早已先行投下、其臨近之聲使大地震動、使人心因懼怕而消化之事件，提供正確的觀點。『看哪，耶和華使地荒涼，變為荒廢；又翻轉地面，驅散其上的居民。』『因為他們犯了律法，違背了律例，背棄了永約。所以，咒詛吞滅大地，地上的居民擔當自己的罪孽。』以賽亞書24:1, 5, 6，RSV。」
“‘Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.’ Jeremiah 30:7.
「哀哉！那日為大，無日可比；這就是雅各遭難的時候；但他必從其中得救。」耶利米書 30:7。
“’Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, Even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.’ Psalm 91:9, 10.
「因你已將耶和華——就是我嘅避難所——立為你嘅居所，以至你已將至高者立為你嘅居所；禍患必不臨到你，災害也不挨近你嘅帳棚。」詩篇 91:9, 10。
“God will not fail His church in the hour of her greatest peril. He has promised deliverance. The principles of His kingdom will be honored by all beneath the sun.” Historical Sketches 277–279.
「喺佢教會面臨最巨大危難嘅時刻，上帝決不會離棄佢。佢已應許拯救。喺日光之下嘅萬民，都必尊崇佢國度嘅原則。」《Historical Sketches》277–279.
The “complicated play of human events” is what was represented by the wheels intersecting the wheels in Ezekiel’s vision of the Most Holy Place, during the sealing time. Those events are under divine control, for those events are the fulfillment of all the visions of God’s Word, that find their final and perfect effect in the sealing time. There is a “sound” that identifies “a stupendous crisis” which the “world is on the verge” of realizing. That “sound” causes “the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them for fear.” Both the shaking of the earth, and the causing of men’s hearts to fail for fear are symbols of the sound of the seventh and final Trumpet, which is the third woe.
「人間世事之複雜交錯」所象徵的，正是以西結於封印時期所見至聖所異象中輪中套輪的景象。這些事件都在神聖的掌管之下，因為這些事件乃是神話語中一切異象的應驗，而其最終且完全的功效，乃顯明於封印時期。有一種「聲音」標示出一場「驚天動地的危機」，而「世界正瀕臨」要親身面對這危機。那「聲音」使「大地震動，人的心因懼怕而消化」。地的震動，以及使人的心因懼怕而消化，二者都是第七枝、也是最後一枝號筒之聲的象徵，這號筒就是第三樣災禍。
The angering of the nations by Islam of the third woe, is as a woman in travail, thus representing an increasing, escalating crisis. That escalating crisis began on September 11, 2001; and on October 7, 2023, the next extreme birth pain hit, and because God’s Word never fails, the next birth pang is coming very soon, and it will be even more destructive. Are you still living in a city?
第三樣災禍之伊斯蘭激怒列國，猶如婦人臨產，因而象徵一場愈演愈烈、節節升高之危機。這場不斷升級之危機始於2001年9月11日；而於2023年10月7日，下一次極其劇烈之產痛臨到；並且因為神的話語永不落空，下一次產痛很快便要來到，而且其破壞將更為嚴重。你仍然住在城市裏嗎？
We will continue this study in the next article.
我哋會喺下一篇文章繼續呢項研讀。
“To the prophet the wheel within a wheel, the appearance of living creatures connected with them, all seemed intricate and unexplainable. But the hand of Infinite Wisdom is seen among the wheels, and perfect order is the result of its work. Every wheel, directed by the hand of God, works in perfect harmony with every other wheel. I have been shown that human instrumentalities are liable to seek after too much power and try to control the work themselves. They leave the Lord God, the Mighty Worker, too much out of their methods and plans, and do not trust to Him everything in regard to the advancement of the work. No one should for a moment fancy that he is able to manage those things that belong to the great I AM. God in His providence is preparing a way so that the work may be done by human agents. Then let every man stand at his post of duty, to act his part for this time and know that God is his instructor.” Testimonies, volume 9, 259.
「對於先知而言，那輪中套輪、以及與輪相連之活物的景象，一切都似乎錯綜複雜，難以解明。然而，在眾輪之間可以看見無限智慧之手，而其工作的結果乃是完全的秩序。每一個輪子，在上帝之手的引導之下，都與其餘各輪完全和諧地運行。我曾蒙指示，看見人類作為工具，往往傾向追求過多的權柄，並企圖親自控制這工作。他們在自己的方法與計劃中，把主上帝——那位大工師——排除得太多，對於工作推進的一切事務，並沒有將所有的事全然信託給祂。任何人都不應有片刻幻想，以為自己能管理那些屬於偉大「自有永有者」的事。上帝在祂的護理中，正預備一條道路，使這工作可以藉着人的代理者而完成。如此，就讓各人都站在自己當盡的崗位上，盡其於此時此刻所當盡的一分，並知道上帝乃是他的導師。」《教會證言》卷九，259頁。