The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand from September 11, 2001, unto the soon coming Sunday law in the United States is the prophetic period where every vision of God’s Word is fulfilled in the last days.

由二〇〇一年九月十一日起,直到美國即將來臨之星期日法之時,十四萬四千人受印的時期,乃是上帝聖言之一切異象在末後日子得以應驗的預言時段。

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. Ezekiel 12:23.

所以你要對佢哋講:主耶和華如此說:我必使呢句俗語止息,以色列中必不再用佢作俗語;你卻要對佢哋講:日子臨近,一切異象都必應驗。以西結書 12:23。

In that line, the third angel arrives again, and in so doing, it is represented by the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844, unto the rebellion of 1863. The rebellion of 1863 was represented by the first rebellion of ancient Israel at Kadesh, and therefore is represented by the whole history from the Red Sea crossing until the first Kadesh rebellion. The first Kadesh rebellion typified the second Kadesh rebellion, and thus the line from the death of Aaron to the second Kadesh rebellion is repeated in the line of the sealing.

喺嗰條線上,第三位天使再次來到;而藉此,乃係以第三位天使於1844年10月22日嘅來臨,直到1863年嘅叛逆,作為其表徵。1863年嘅叛逆,乃由古代以色列喺加低斯嘅第一次叛逆所預表;因此,亦由自過紅海起直到加低斯第一次叛逆為止嘅整段歷史所表徵。加低斯第一次叛逆預表加低斯第二次叛逆;因此,由亞倫之死直到加低斯第二次叛逆呢條線,喺受印嘅線上被重複。

It is repeated in the history of the Millerites, from 1840 unto 1844, which was typified by Christ’s baptism unto the cross, which also represented the history of the cross to the stoning of Stephen. Line upon line, each of the ancient prophets spoke about this period of time more than the days in which they lived.

呢件事喺米勒派嘅歷史中由1840年至1844年再次重演;呢段歷史乃由基督自受浸直到十字架所預表,而呢亦同時代表由十字架直到司提反被石頭打死嗰段歷史。訓誨加上訓誨,古時各位先知論到呢段時期,甚至比起佢哋自己所身處嘅日子講得更多。

“Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ 1 Corinthians 10:11. ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.’ 1 Peter 1:12. . . .

「每一位古時嘅先知,與其話係為佢哋自己嘅時代發言,不如話更係為我哋嘅時代發言;因此,佢哋所講嘅預言,對我哋仍然有效。『他們遭遇這些事,都要作為鑑戒;並且寫在經上,正是警戒我們這末世的人。』哥林多前書 10:11。『他們得了啟示,知道他們所傳講的一切事,不是為自己,乃是為你們;那些靠着從天上差來的聖靈傳福音給你們的人,現在將這些事報給你們;這些事,連天使也願意詳細察看。』彼得前書 1:12……」

“The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.

「聖經已為呢末後一代積聚並收藏咗佢一切嘅寶藏。舊約歷史中一切重大嘅事件同嚴肅嘅作為,都曾經喺呢末後嘅日子喺教會中重演,並且而家仍然喺度重演。」《信息選粹》,卷三,338、339頁。

The “last generation” is Peter’s chosen generation, which is the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and they are chosen from September 11, 2001 unto the soon-coming Sunday law, where they are then lifted up as an ensign. “All,” not some, but “all the great events and solemn transactions” of God’s Word, are “repeating themselves” in the “last generation” of “the church” of the “last days.” In the line of the sealing, all the books of the Bible meet and end.

「最後一代」就是彼得所講嘅蒙揀選一代,即係十四萬四千人;佢哋係由 2001 年 9 月 11 日起,直到即將來臨嘅星期日法案期間被揀選,然後被高舉作大旗。「所有」——唔係一部分,而係「所有上帝聖言中嘅重大事件同莊嚴經歷」——都喺「末後日子」之「教會」嘅「最後一代」中「重演」。喺蓋印嘅線上,聖經一切書卷都喺呢度匯合,並喺此終結。

“In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book of Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation. The book that was sealed is not the Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days. The angel commanded, ‘But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.’ Daniel 12:4.” Acts of the Apostles, 585.

「喺《啟示錄》中,聖經一切書卷都喺呢度匯合,並喺此終結。呢度有《但以理書》嘅補足。一者係預言;另一者係啟示。嗰本被封住嘅書唔係《啟示錄》,乃係《但以理書》預言中關乎末後日子嘅嗰一部分。天使命令話:『但以理啊,你要隱藏呢話,封閉呢書,直到末時。』但以理書 12:4。」《使徒行述》,585。

The “portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days,” that was unsealed, is the visions given to Daniel by the two great rivers of Shinar, the Ulai and the Hiddekel. Those visions represent Daniel chapter eight, verses thirteen and fourteen, and chapter eleven verses forty through forty-five. The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the history where Christ, as the heavenly High Priest, eternally seals the chosen of the final generation into a relationship consisting of divine and human. Verse forty of Daniel eleven, identifies the relationship of the dragon, the beast and false prophet who together are now leading the world to Armageddon, as represented by the history of the horn of Republicanism on the earth beast that rules as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy during the history of verse forty. Verse forty also identifies the separation of the wise and foolish that defines the history of the horn of Protestantism in the same history, beginning in 1798 unto the soon-coming Sunday law.

但以理書中「關乎末後日子的預言部分」、即那已被開啟封印的,乃是但以理由示拿地兩條大河——烏萊河與希底結河——旁所領受的異象。這些異象所指的,是但以理書第八章十三、十四節,以及第十一章四十至四十五節。十四萬四千人受印的時期,乃是一段歷史:在這段歷史中,基督作為天上的大祭司,將末後一代蒙揀選的人,永遠印證進入一種由神性與人性所構成的關係之中。但以理書第十一章第四十節,指出了龍、獸和假先知之間的關係;他們現今正一同帶領世界走向哈米吉多頓。這種關係,乃藉着地獸之上共和主義之角的歷史而表明;在第四十節的歷史期間,這地獸作為《聖經》預言中的第六國而施行統治。第四十節同時也指出了智慧人與愚拙人的分離;這種分離界定了同一段歷史中新教主義之角的歷史,從一七九八年開始,直到那即將來臨的星期日法案。

All “the books of the Bible” “meet and end” in the book of Revelation, and when they meet, the book of Revelation “complements” the book of Daniel, and the word “complement” means to bring to perfection. In the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, as represented in the book of Revelation, the prophecies of Daniel that were unsealed in the last days are brought to perfection, when they are brought together line upon line, over the line of history represented in chapter eighteen of Revelation, that begins with the voice in verses one through three, and ends with the second voice of verse four.

所有「聖經各卷書」都喺《啟示錄》裏面「匯合並終結」;而當佢哋匯合之時,《啟示錄》就「補足」《但以理書》,而「補足」一詞嘅意思,乃係使之臻於完全。喺《啟示錄》所表徵嘅十四萬四千人受印嘅時期,於末日被揭開封印嘅《但以理書》預言,當佢哋逐句逐句、沿住《啟示錄》第十八章所表明嘅歷史線被並列結合之時,便被帶到完全;而呢條歷史線,係由第一至第三節嘅聲音開始,並以第四節嘅第二個聲音結束。

The perfection of the prophetic vision represented by the Hiddekel River in the book of Daniel, represents the perfection of the external vision of the enemies of God’s people who trample down the sanctuary and host. The perfection of the prophetic vision represented by the Ulai River in the book of Daniel, represents the perfection of the internal vision of Christ appearing within His people when He accomplishes the covenant promise of joining divinity with humanity upon the final chosen generation.

但以理書中由希底結河所代表之先知異象的完全,乃代表那踐踏聖所與軍旅之上帝子民仇敵之外在異象的完全。但以理書中由烏萊河所代表之先知異象的完全,乃代表基督在最後蒙揀選的一代身上成就那使神性與人性聯合之聖約應許時,顯現於祂子民裡面之內在異象的完全。

The history of the sealing that focuses upon the Republican horn of the earth beast, begins with the earth beast speaking the Patriot Act in 2001, and ends with the speaking that was represented by the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which in Revelation chapter thirteen, are represented as the earth beast speaking as a dragon. The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, represent the end of a line that began with the speaking of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In the middle of that period of prophetic history, the earth beast spoke the Constitution into effect in 1789.

關於封印、並且聚焦於地獸之共和黨角嘅歷史,乃始於二〇〇一年地獸講出《愛國者法案》,並終於嗰種由一七九八年《外僑法案》同《煽動叛亂法案》所代表嘅講話;喺《啟示錄》第十三章,呢種講話被表述為地獸如龍發聲。一七九八年嘅《外僑法案》同《煽動叛亂法案》,代表一條線路嘅終結;呢條線路係由一七七六年《獨立宣言》嘅發聲開始。喺嗰段預言歷史嘅中間,地獸於一七八九年使《憲法》生效而發聲。

The speaking of 1776, aligns with the speaking of the Patriot Act, and the Alien and Sedition Acts represent the soon coming Sunday law in the United States. In the middle of that history there should be another speaking which aligns with 1789. The first voice of Revelation eighteen, verses one through three, is plainly identified as arriving when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down. The second voice of verse four, is also plainly identified as the soon-coming Sunday law. Both of those voices are divine voices, for they are both the voice of the angel who is to lighten the earth with His glory, who Sister White identifies as the first angel of Revelation fourteen. Jesus was the first angel, and He always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning, so He is also the third angel, who is the angel that lightens the earth with His glory.

1776 嘅發聲,乃係同《愛國者法案》嘅發聲相對應,而《外僑及煽惑叛亂法案》則代表美國即將來臨之星期日法令。喺呢段歷史嘅中間,應當仲有另一個發聲,與 1789 相對應。啟示錄十八章一至三節嘅第一個聲音,清楚被指明係喺紐約市嘅高樓大廈被拆毀之時臨到。第四節嘅第二個聲音,同樣清楚被指明係即將來臨之星期日法令。呢兩個聲音都係神聖嘅聲音,因為佢哋都係嗰位要以自己榮耀照亮全地之天使嘅聲音;懷師母指明呢位天使就係啟示錄十四章嘅第一位天使。耶穌乃係第一位天使,而祂一向都以事物嘅起頭去說明其終局,因此祂亦係第三位天使,即係嗰位以自己榮耀照亮全地嘅天使。

The first angel is also portrayed in Revelation chapter ten, as descending on August 11, 1840, thus typifying the descent of the angel on September 11, 2001. Sister White directly states that the angel who descended in chapter ten, was “no less a personage than Jesus Christ.” The first and second voices of Revelation eighteen, are the voice of Christ. That history is typified by 1776, 1789 and 1798, when the earth beast spoke three times. The voice of Christ that speaks in between the two voices of Revelation eighteen, is when He speaks in Revelation chapter eleven.

第一位天使亦被描繪於《啟示錄》第十章,於1840年8月11日降下,從而預表那位天使於2001年9月11日的降下。懷愛倫姊妹直接指出,第十章中所降下的那位天使,「正是耶穌基督本人。」《啟示錄》第十八章的第一個聲音與第二個聲音,乃是基督的聲音。這段歷史乃由1776年、1789年及1798年所預表,當時地上的獸曾三次發聲。基督的聲音,在《啟示錄》第十八章兩個聲音之間發聲之時,乃是祂在《啟示錄》第十一章說話之時。

And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. Revelation 11:11, 12.

過咗三日半之後,有從神而來嘅生命之靈進入佢哋裏面,佢哋就企起身來;見到佢哋嘅人都大大懼怕。佢哋又聽見有大聲音從天上向佢哋講:「上嚟呢度。」於是佢哋駕住雲上升到天上;佢哋嘅仇敵也看見了。啟示錄 11:11, 12.

In July of 2023, a voice from heaven (the voice of Christ) began raising up the two witnesses who had been slain in the streets by the atheistic dragon from the bottomless pit. At that point, the issues associated with the Constitution of the United States became a prophetic subject, for at the next voice, represented by 1798, the Constitution will be fully overthrown. Each of the three waymarks of 1776, 1789 and 1798, align with the three divine voices that are marked as September 11, 2001, July 2023, and the soon coming Sunday law.

喺2023年7月,一把從天上而來嘅聲音(基督嘅聲音)開始興起嗰兩個見證人;佢哋曾被嚟自無底坑、屬無神論嘅龍殺害,倒喺街上。到嗰個時候,同美國憲法有關嘅議題就成為咗一個先知性嘅主題,因為喺下一把聲音——由1798所代表——臨到之時,憲法將會被徹底推翻。1776、1789同1798呢三個路標,各自都同三把神聖嘅聲音相對應;呢三把聲音分別標示為2001年9月11日、2023年7月,以及即將來到嘅星期日法案。

Those three steps align with three steps of the third woe, represented by September 11, 2001, October 7, 2023 and the soon coming Sunday law when the seventh trumpet, which is the third Woe, suddenly arrives in the hour of the “great earthquake”. In 2023, the transition of both horns of the earth beast began, as represented by the secret image dream of Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in chapter two, was a secret that only God could reveal, and He revealed it to those who had passed the first test represented in chapter one of Daniel.

嗰三個步驟,正好對應第三禍嘅三個步驟;呢第三禍乃由2001年9月11日、2023年10月7日,以及快將來臨嘅星期日法所表徵;到嗰時,第七號,即第三禍,會喺「大地震」嗰一個鐘頭之內忽然臨到。喺2023年,地獸兩角嘅轉變已經開始,正如尼布甲尼撒嗰個隱祕嘅像夢所表徵一樣。尼布甲尼撒喺第二章嘅夢,乃係一個只有上帝先能顯明嘅祕密;而祂將之顯明畀嗰啲已經通過但以理書第一章所表徵之第一次考驗嘅人。

Daniel and the three worthies in chapter one who passed the first test, were those who chose to eat the heavenly food and reject the diet of Babylon. They are those represented by John in Revelation chapter ten, who take the little book out of the angel’s hand, who is no less a personage than Jesus Christ, and eat the message contained therein. They are those in John chapter six, who chose to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the heavenly manna, that the other class rejected and who then turned away from Christ and walked no more with Him forever, in chapter SIX, verse SIXTY-SIX.

但以理書第一章中通過第一次試驗的但以理和那三位賢士,乃是那些揀選吃天上的糧食、棄絕巴比倫膳食的人。他們就是啟示錄第十章約翰所代表的那等人;他們從那位天使手中接過小書卷,並把其中所載的信息吃下去;而那位天使,正是耶穌基督這一位尊貴的人物。他們也是約翰福音第六章中的那等人;他們揀選吃那天上嗎哪的肉、喝那天上嗎哪的血;其餘那一類人卻棄絕了這事,於是離開基督,永遠不再與祂同行,正如第六章第六十六節所言。

In that line Christ was teaching in Galilee, which means “a hinge” or “a turning point”. There He presented the message of the heavenly manna, that His disciples were to eat, just as John had eaten in Revelation chapter ten, and as Ezekiel had eaten in chapter three, and Jeremiah had eaten in chapter fifteen. The history represented by John in Revelation chapter ten, when he ate the little book, represented the history of the Millerites from 1840 to 1844, but it more directly represented the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand than the history of the Millerites. This is apparent in the chapter by the directions John was given when told to eat the little book.

喺嗰一行文字之中,基督當時係喺加利利教訓人;「加利利」嘅意思係「一個樞紐」或「一個轉捩點」。喺嗰度,祂提出咗天上嗎哪嘅信息,係祂嘅門徒所要吃嘅,正如約翰喺《啟示錄》第十章所吃嘅一樣,又如以西結喺第三章所吃嘅,並耶利米喺第十五章所吃嘅一樣。《啟示錄》第十章所表徵、由約翰所代表嘅歷史,當佢吃下嗰小書卷之時,乃係表徵米勒派由1840年至1844年嘅歷史;但佢更直接地表徵十四萬四千人受印記期間,而唔單止係米勒派嘅歷史。呢一點喺該章之中顯而易見,因為約翰被吩咐吃嗰小書卷時,所領受嘅指示已清楚表明。

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. Revelation 10:9.

我就去到那位天使那裏,對他說:「把那小書卷給我。」他對我說:「你拿着吃盡它吧;它必使你肚腹發苦,然而在你口中卻要甜如蜜。」啟示錄 10:9

In the verse, John was told in advance of his taking and eating the little book what experience would be produced by the message he ate. The Millerites did not understand the bitter-sweet experiences in advance of their historical fulfillment of John’s symbolism of their line of prophetic history. But the one hundred and forty-four thousand have been told in advance, and are required to know. When John illustrates either the history of the movement of the first angel or the history of the third angel, the message produces two classes of worshippers, and then ends with the bitter disappointment. When Jeremiah ate the little book, he then refused to associate with the “assembly of the mockers.”

喺呢節經文當中,約翰喺攞起並食下嗰小書卷之前,已預先被告知:他所食之信息將會產生何等經歷。米勒派並未預先明白,喺佢哋應驗約翰所象徵、屬於佢哋自己嗰條先知歷史路線之歷史過程中,會有嗰種苦甜交雜嘅經歷。但十四萬四千人卻已預先被告知,並且被要求知道。當約翰用以說明第一位天使之運動的歷史,或第三位天使之歷史時,嗰信息都會產生兩等敬拜者,然後以苦澀的失望告終。當耶利米食咗嗰小書卷之後,他隨即拒絕與「褻慢人的會」來往。

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Jeremiah 15:17.

我沒有坐喺戲笑人嘅會中,也沒有歡樂;因你嘅手臨到我,我獨自靜坐,因你使我滿心憤恨。耶利米書 15:17。

When Ezekiel ate the little book, he was told to give the message to the rebels of the house of Israel, who would not listen.

當以西結喫了那小書卷之後,他奉命要把這信息傳給以色列家的悖逆之民;他們是不肯聽從的。

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. . .. 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. Ezekiel 3:1,7.

此外,祂對我說:「人子啊,要吃你所尋見的;要吃這書卷,然後往以色列家那裏去宣講……但以色列家必不肯聽從你,因他們不肯聽從我;因為以色列全家都是厚顏無恥、心裏剛硬的。」以西結書 3:1,7

When Christ offered the heavenly bread, that was His flesh and His blood, to His home church at Galilee, the class that turned away never walked with Him again, and the fact that this occurred in chapter SIX, verse SIXTY-SIX, identifies that the eating is the first of a three-step testing process, which begins with the descent of the angel. The second test is where the two classes are manifested, whether it be the contrast of Ezekiel with the hard-hearted house of Israel, or the wise and foolish virgins of both the beginning and ending of Adventism, or Jeremiah with the assembly of mockers, or by Daniel and the three worthies in contrast with the wise men of Babylon in chapter two of Daniel.

當基督將天上嘅糧——即係祂嘅肉同祂嘅血——獻畀祂喺加利利嘅本家教會之時,嗰一班轉身離去嘅人,就再冇同祂同行;而呢件事發生喺第六章第六十六節呢一個事實,表明呢個食嘅行動,乃係一個三步測驗過程中嘅第一步,而呢個過程係由天使嘅降臨開始。第二個測驗,就係兩個等次被顯明出嚟之處,不論係以以西結同心裏剛硬嘅以色列家作對比,或者以復臨運動起首同結束時嘅聰明童女同愚拙童女作對比,或者以耶利米同譏誚者嘅會眾作對比,抑或喺《但以理書》第二章中,以但以理同三位賢士對比巴比倫嘅哲士。

In the line of John chapter six, the arrival at Galilee is September 11, 2001. The message to eat the flesh and drink the blood is the history that ultimately leads to the soon-coming Sunday law. “You are what you eat”, as represented by Daniel and the three worthies in chapter one, and in John six, those who chose to eat Christ’s flesh and drink His blood, became the image of what they ate. They became the image of Christ, while the other class that turned and walked no more with Christ manifested the image of the beast. One class was the image of the Creator, the other the image of the creation. John chapter six adds the meaning of “Galilee” to September 11, 2001, for the meaning is “hinge”, thus marking the turning point for the disciples. Would they turn to the heavenly diet or the diet of Babylon? It is at prophetic turning points that Christ manifests the light for the following period, as represented by His descent in 2001, when the earth was lightened with His glory.

喺《約翰福音》第六章呢條線上,到達加利利就係 2001 年 9 月 11 日。關於食肉飲血嘅信息,就係最終引向即將來臨之星期日法案嘅歷史。「人如其食」,正如《但以理書》第一章所表明嘅但以理同三位忠貞者一樣;而喺《約翰福音》第六章,凡揀選食基督嘅肉、飲祂嘅血嘅人,就成為佢哋所吃之物嘅形像。佢哋成為基督嘅形像;至於另一等轉身離去、不再與基督同行嘅人,就顯明咗獸嘅形像。一等係創造主嘅形像,另一等係受造之物嘅形像。《約翰福音》第六章又將「加利利」呢個詞義加到 2001 年 9 月 11 日之上,因其意思乃係「樞紐」,從而標示出門徒嘅轉捩點。佢哋會轉向天上嘅飲食,抑或巴比倫嘅飲食呢?正喺預言嘅轉捩點上,基督會彰顯隨後時期嘅亮光,正如 2001 年祂降臨所預表嘅一樣,當時全地都因祂嘅榮耀發光。

“There are lessons to be learned from the history of the past; and attention is called to these, that all may understand that God works on the same lines now that He ever has done. His hand is seen in His work and among the nations now, just the same as it has been ever since the gospel was first proclaimed to Adam in Eden.

「過去嘅歷史當中,有功課係我哋必須學習嘅;而家特別要人留意呢啲事,好叫人人都明白,上帝如今行事所循嘅軌跡,同祂一向所行嘅完全一樣。自從福音最先喺伊甸向亞當宣講以來,直到如今,祂嘅手一直都喺祂自己嘅工作之中,同埋列國之間,顯明可見。」

“There are periods which are turning points in the history of nations and of the church. In the providence of God, when these different crises arrive, the light for that time is given. If it is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow. The Lord in His word has opened up the aggressive work of the gospel as it has been carried on in the past, and will be in the future, even to the closing conflict, when Satanic agencies will make their last wonderful movement.” Bible Echo, August 26, 1895.

「喺列國同教會嘅歷史之中,有啲時期乃係轉捩點。按着上帝嘅護理,當呢啲唔同嘅危機臨到之時,適合嗰個時代嘅亮光就會賜下。若被領受,就有屬靈嘅進展;若被拒絕,隨之而來嘅就係屬靈嘅衰退同沉淪。主喺祂嘅話語之中,已經揭示福音積極進取嘅工作,正如佢喺過去所推行嘅一樣,並且將來亦必如此,直到最後嘅爭戰;到嗰時,撒但嘅勢力將作出其最後奇異嘅行動。」《Bible Echo》,1895年8月26日。

God always works upon the same lines of past history, and He never changes. There are “turning points” (Galilee), that are “crises,” and at those “turning points” the “light for that time is given.” The light for the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand was given at the crisis that began on September 11, 2001. If that light “is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow.” The light produces two classes of worshippers. The light that follows the turning point represents the message which produces two classes of worshippers.

上帝一向都係沿住過往歷史嘅同一路線作工,佢從不改變。歷史中有啲「轉折點」(Galilee),亦即係「危機」;而喺嗰啲「轉折點」上,「嗰個時期嘅亮光就會賜下」。關於十四萬四千人受印時期嘅亮光,乃係喺始於 2001 年 9 月 11 日嘅危機之中賜下嘅。若果呢亮光「被領受,就會有屬靈嘅進展;若果被拒絕,隨之而來嘅就係屬靈嘅衰退同破船。」呢亮光產生兩等敬拜者。喺轉折點之後而來嘅亮光,表徵嗰個產生兩等敬拜者嘅信息。

Daniel chapter two illustrates the second test, the test which follows the dietary test of chapter one. In verse one of chapter one of Daniel, Judah had just been conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, who then became the first kingdom of Bible prophecy. It was a turning point in both the history of nations and of the church, it was a great crisis and the light of a dietary test was then given. Daniel and the three worthies passed the test, and then in chapter two, they again represented those who passed the second test. The second test was a test over a secret that no man, not even Nebuchadnezzar knew.

《但以理書》第二章說明咗第二個考驗,即係緊接住第一章飲食考驗之後嘅考驗。喺《但以理書》第一章第一節,猶大啱啱被尼布甲尼撒所征服,而佢隨即成為《聖經》預言中第一個國度。呢件事無論喺列國歷史,抑或教會歷史上,都係一個轉捩點;亦係一次重大危機,而飲食考驗嘅亮光就喺嗰時賜下。但以理同三位忠貞之士通過咗呢個考驗,跟住喺第二章,佢哋再次代表咗嗰啲通過第二個考驗嘅人。第二個考驗,乃係關乎一個秘密嘅考驗,呢個秘密係冇任何人知道,甚至連尼布甲尼撒自己都唔知道。

The symbol of the test was the image of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. It was a life and death test over an image that no one knew. The image identified the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, and in chapters seven and eight of Daniel, the same kingdoms of Daniel two are represented as beasts. Nebuchadnezzar’s test was the test of “the image of the beasts”, that in the last days, occurs during the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

呢個考驗嘅象徵,就係尼布甲尼撒夢中嗰個像。呢係一場關乎生死、圍繞住一個無人認識其意義之像嘅考驗。呢個像標明咗《聖經》預言中嘅列國,而喺《但以理書》第七章同第八章,同《但以理書》第二章相同嘅列國,乃係以獸嚟表徵。尼布甲尼撒嘅考驗,就係「獸像」嘅考驗;喺末後嘅日子,呢個考驗發生於十四萬四千人受印期間。

In the last days, the formation of the image of the beast is the great test for the people of God, represented by Daniel and the three worthies. It is the test they must pass, before they are sealed, so it is the sealing-testing message that either produces a class that receives the seal of God and reflects the image of God, or a class that receives the seal of the beast, and therefore reflects the image of the beast. In Daniel chapter two the message of the image of the beast was sealed until the history when it became a life and death question. Nebuchadnezzar’s image was understood correctly by the Millerites, but in the history of the sealing a secret truth that is connected with Nebuchadnezzar’s image is unsealed, but only to those who have taken the message that was to be eaten when the turning point arrived.

喺末後的日子,獸像嘅形成,乃係上帝子民所要面對嘅重大考驗,並由但以理同三位忠貞義士所預表。呢一個考驗,乃係佢哋喺受印之前必須通過嘅;因此,呢就係嗰個關乎受印與試驗嘅信息:佢或者產生一等人,領受上帝嘅印記,並反映上帝嘅形像;或者產生另一等人,領受獸嘅印記,因而反映獸嘅形像。喺《但以理書》第二章,關於獸像嘅信息一直被封住,直到嗰段歷史成為生死攸關嘅問題之時。尼布甲尼撒嘅像曾被米勒派正確理解;但喺受印嘅歷史當中,一個同尼布甲尼撒嘅像有關聯嘅隱祕真理被揭開,然而呢真理只向嗰啲喺轉捩點來到之時,已接受咗嗰個本應被吃下去之信息嘅人顯明。

That food is the latter rain message that began when the angel of Revelation eighteen descended, and the latter rain message is the methodology of line upon line. Without eating that truth, the secret message of the formation of the image of the beast cannot be seen.

嗰糧食就係由《啟示錄》第十八章嗰位天使降臨之時開始嘅後雨信息,而後雨信息就係「律上加律、例上加例」嘅方法論。若唔食用嗰真理,就唔能看見有關獸像形成嘅隱密信息。

Ellen White was “clearly shown, that the image of the beast would be formed before probation closes.” The message of the formation of the image of the beast in Daniel two, represents a formation of the image that would only been seen in the history that followed the “turning point”, when the light would then be given. What is now understood about Nebuchadnezzar’s image is that it did not simply identify the first four kingdoms of Bible prophecy, it identified all eight kingdoms, and that understanding produces a new formation of the image-beast.

懷愛倫曾「清楚蒙指示,獸像必在恩門關閉之前形成。」但以理書第二章中有關獸像形成的信息,乃是預表一個像的形成;而此像,惟有在那「轉捩點」之後、當亮光隨即賜下時所接續展開的歷史中,方能被看見。如今對尼布甲尼撒之像的理解乃是:它並不單單標明聖經預言中的前四個國度,乃是標明全部八個國度;而這一理解便產生了一個關於獸像的新形成。

That truth identifies that the eighth beast, is of the seven, and it further identifies that the United States, who first forms an image of the beast, and thereafter forces the entire world to do the same, will possess the prophetic characteristic of the beast which it forms an image of. That image includes that it is the eighth, that is of the seven, and in the history of the three voices of Christ, it is marking the turning point of September 11, 2001, the voice of 2023 calling the dead, dry bones of the two witnesses to their feet, and the voice of the call out of Babylon.

嗰個真理表明,第八隻獸乃係出於嗰七隻;並且進一步指出,美國首先塑造獸嘅像,之後又強迫全世界照樣而行,必然具備佢所塑造之獸像嘅先知性特徵。嗰個像包括:佢係第八,亦係出於嗰七隻;並且喺基督三把聲音嘅歷史當中,佢標誌住二〇〇一年九月十一日呢個轉捩點、二〇二三年呼喚兩個見證人死咗、枯乾咗嘅骸骨站起來嘅聲音,以及從巴比倫出來之呼召嘅聲音。

The voice of 2023 is the voice that identifies the secret of Nebuchadnezzar’s image and when it speaks.

2023年嘅聲音,就係辨明尼布甲尼撒像之奧祕,並指出佢喺何時發聲嘅聲音。

September 11, 2001 represents the period that begins there, and ends on July 18, 2020. The period of the second voice from chapter eleven, represents the period from July 18, 2020, unto the third voice at the soon-coming Sunday law. The second period that begins on July 18, 2020, includes the waymark of November 3, 2020, and the waymark of January 6, 2021, when those that had slain the two witnesses and began to rejoice and send gifts, and it includes July, 2023, when the voice in the wilderness began to sound the warning of the seventh trumpet.

2001年9月11日,象徵由那時開始、並於2020年7月18日結束之時期。第十一章所述第二個聲音之時期,乃代表由2020年7月18日起,直到那即將來臨之星期日法令時的第三個聲音。第二個由2020年7月18日開始之時期,包括2020年11月3日這一個路標,亦包括2021年1月6日這一個路標;就在那時,那些殺了兩個見證人之人開始歡喜快樂,彼此送禮;並且亦包括2023年7月,當曠野中的聲音開始發出第七號角之警告。

We will continue this study in the next article.

我哋將會喺下一篇文章繼續呢項研讀。

“Upon the banks of the river Chebar, Ezekiel beheld a whirlwind seeming to come from the north, ‘a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber.’ A number of wheels, intersecting one another, were moved by four living beings. High above all these ‘was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.’ ‘And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.’ Ezekiel 1:4, 26; 10:8. The wheels were so complicated in arrangement that at first sight they appeared to be in confusion; but they moved in perfect harmony. Heavenly beings, sustained and guided by the hand beneath the wings of the cherubim, were impelling these wheels; above them, upon the sapphire throne, was the Eternal One; and round about the throne a rainbow, the emblem of divine mercy.

喺迦巴魯河邊,以西結見到一股旋風,似乎從北方而來,「有一朵大雲,又有包裹住自己嘅火,周圍有光輝;從其中間顯出好似琥珀嘅顏色。」有若干輪子彼此交錯,由四個活物推動。高高喺呢一切之上,「有寶座嘅形像,顯現好似藍寶石嘅樣式;喺寶座嘅形像以上,有一個形像,樣貌好似人坐喺其上。」「喺基路伯中顯出人手嘅樣式,喺佢哋翅膀以下。」以西結書 1:4, 26;10:8。嗰啲輪子嘅排列極其複雜,初看之下似乎雜亂無章;然而佢哋嘅運行卻完全和諧。天上嘅生靈,由基路伯翅膀以下嘅手所扶持並引導,正推動呢啲輪子;喺佢哋以上,藍寶石寶座之上,乃係永恆者;而環繞寶座嘅,乃係彩虹,係神聖憐憫嘅象徵。

“As the wheel like complications were under the guidance of the hand beneath the wings of the cherubim, so the complicated play of human events is under divine control. Amidst the strife and tumult of nations, He that sitteth above the cherubim still guides the affairs of the earth.

「正如那如輪一般、錯綜複雜之物,乃在基路伯翅膀以下之手的引導之下;照樣,人類諸般事件之褓繁交錯的運作,亦在上帝的掌管之中。列國雖處於紛爭與騷亂之間,那坐在基路伯之上的主,仍然引導地上萬事。」

“The history of nations that one after another have occupied their allotted time and place, unconsciously witnessing to the truth of which they themselves knew not the meaning, speaks to us. To every nation and to every individual of today God has assigned a place in His great plan. Today men and nations are being measured by the plummet in the hand of Him who makes no mistake. All are by their own choice deciding their destiny, and God is overruling all for the accomplishment of His purposes.

一個接一個,喺各自所分派嘅時代同位置上佔據其地位嘅列國歷史,喺不知不覺間為一個連佢哋自己都唔明其意義嘅真理作見證,向我哋發言。對於今日每一個國家同每一個人,上帝都已喺祂宏大嘅計劃中指派咗一個位置。今日,人同列國都正由嗰位絕不出錯者手中嘅準繩所衡量。人人都正因自己嘅選擇而決定自己嘅命運,而上帝正統攝萬有,以成就祂自己嘅旨意。

“The history which the great I AM has marked out in His word, uniting link after link in the prophetic chain, from eternity in the past to eternity in the future, tells us where we are today in the procession of the ages, and what may be expected in the time to come. All that prophecy has foretold as coming to pass, until the present time, has been traced on the pages of history, and we may be assured that all which is yet to come will be fulfilled in its order.” Education, 177, 178.

嗰位偉大嘅「自有永有者」喺祂嘅聖言之中所標示出嚟嘅歷史,將預言之鏈一環扣一環噉連繫起來,由過去嘅永恆直到將來嘅永恆,向我哋表明,喺歷代嘅進程之中,我哋今日身處何地,以及喺將來嘅時期可以期待乜嘢。凡預言所預告將要成就,而直到現今已經應驗嘅一切,都已經喺歷史嘅篇頁上留下了蹤跡;而我哋可以確信,凡尚未來到嘅一切,都必按其次序得以應驗。〈教育論〉,177,178。