Ezekiel chapter eight is one of the easiest prophetic chapters in the Scriptures. The chapter has a distinct starting point.
以西結書第八章係聖經中其中一章最容易明白嘅先知書章節。呢一章有一個清晰分明嘅起點。
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. Ezekiel 8:1.
第六年，六月初五日，我坐喺屋裏，猶大嘅眾長老坐喺我面前；喺嗰度，主耶和華嘅手臨到我身上。以西結書 8:1。
The vision has a distinct ending in chapter eleven.
異象喺第十一章有一個明確嘅結束。
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had showed me. Ezekiel 11:24, 25.
之後，那靈將我提起，藉着神的靈，在異象中把我帶到迦勒底被擄的人那裏去。我所見的異象就離我上升而去。其後，我便將耶和華所指示我的一切事，都告訴被擄的人。以西結書 11:24, 25
The vision of chapter eight begins on the fifth day, of the sixth month of the sixth year, just a day before the date aligns with “666,” and sure enough the vision is about the Sunday law, which is the mark of the beast, whose number is the number of the “man of sin,” and also the number of the eighth kingdom that is of the seven. Those that get the victory over the number “666,” receive the seal of God, and in chapter nine, the seal of God is being placed upon God’s faithful people of the last days.
第八章嘅異象開始於第六年六月初五，正正喺日期與「666」相合之前一日；而果然，呢個異象所關乎嘅，就係星期日法令；呢法令乃係獸嘅印記，佢嘅數目就係「罪人」嘅數目，亦都係嗰由七而出嘅第八國度嘅數目。凡得勝「666」呢個數目嘅人，就領受上帝嘅印記；而喺第九章，上帝嘅印記正被加喺上帝末後日子忠心嘅子民身上。
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Revelation 15:1–3.
我又看見天上有異象，大而且奇，乃是七位天使掌管末後的七災；因為神的大怒在這七災中發盡了。我又看見彷彿有玻璃海，其中攙雜着火；那些勝了獸和獸像，並牠的印記，以及牠名字數目的人，都站在玻璃海上，拿着神的琴。他們唱神僕人摩西的歌，和羔羊的歌，說：主神全能者啊，你的作為大哉！奇哉！萬世之王啊，你的道途義哉！誠哉！啟示錄 15:1–3。
Just before the close of probation (for the seven angels with the seven last plagues are going to pour out God’s wrath in the next chapter of Revelation), God’s last day people are identified. They have obtained the victory over four things. The word translated as victory means to conquer. The faithful have conquered the beast, the image of the beast, the mark of the beast and the number of his name. The victory includes the fact that they understand what the four symbols represent. It is only a very small percentage of people that know what those four prophetic symbols actually represent.
就在恩典時期結束之前（因為在《啟示錄》下一章裏，那七位拿着七個末後災殃的天使將要傾倒上帝的忿怒），上帝末後日子的子民被辨認出來。佢哋已經勝過咗四樣嘢。譯作「勝過」嘅字，意思係征服。忠心嘅人已經征服咗獸、獸像、獸嘅印記，同埋佢名號嘅數目。呢個得勝亦包括佢哋明白呢四個表號所代表嘅意義。真正知道呢四個預言表號實際上代表乜嘢嘅人，只係極少數。
The world used to know the papacy was the whore of Babylon in chapter seventeen, but as God’s Word identified, the understanding of the whore of Tyre who commits fornication with the kings of the earth is forgotten during the history of the United States. To get victory over the beast means to rightly divide the word of truth in ascertaining that the beast of Bible prophecy is the papacy. In the very next chapter, the dragon, the beast and the false prophet lead the world to Armageddon, and God’s faithful of the last days must know who those three powers are.
世界昔日曾知道，教皇制度就係第十七章所講巴比倫的大淫婦；但正如上帝嘅話語所指明，喺美國歷史進程之中，人對推羅淫婦與地上列王行淫呢一點嘅認識，已被遺忘。要勝過嗰獸，就係要按正意分解真理之道，從而確定聖經預言中所講嘅獸乃係教皇制度。緊接住下一章，龍、獸同假先知引領世界走向哈米吉多頓；而上帝末後日子忠心嘅子民，必須知道嗰三個權勢究竟係邊三個。
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Revelation 16:12–16.
第六位天使把碗倒在幼發拉底大河上，河水就乾了，要給從日出之地而來的眾王預備道路。 我又看見三個污穢的靈，好像青蛙，從龍口、獸口並假先知的口中出來。 因為牠們本是鬼魔的靈，能行神蹟，出去到普天下眾王那裏，把他們招聚起來，叫他們在全能神的大日爭戰。 看哪，我來像賊一樣。那警醒、看守衣服，免得赤身而行、叫人見他羞恥的，有福了。 那三個鬼魔便叫眾王聚集在一處，希伯來話叫作哈米吉多頓。啟示錄 16:12–16
The victory over the beast is the victory of understanding correctly who the beast is. The passage just cited pronounces a blessing upon those that watch and keep their garments, yet by the sixth plague, probation has fully closed for all men. When Michael stands up, human probation closes and then the seven last plagues are poured out. There is no way to change garments after the close of probation, yet there is a warning associated with the sixth plague. That warning has to do with having the correct understanding of the beast before probation closes, and if you do not have that understanding, you will lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness before the close of probation.
勝過獸，就係勝過並且正確明白嗰獸係邊一個。啱啱所引述嘅經文，宣告嗰啲警醒並且保守自己衣服之人有福；然而，到第六災嘅時候，所有人嘅恩門已經完全關閉。當米迦勒起來嘅時候，人類嘅恩門就關閉，然後七大最後之災便傾倒出來。恩門關閉之後，已經冇任何方法可以更換衣服；然而，喺第六災之中，仍然附帶住一個警告。嗰個警告，係關乎喺恩門關閉之前，必須對獸有正確嘅認識；如果你冇呢種認識，你就會喺恩門關閉之前，失去基督公義嘅衣袍。
“Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist. There is no time now for us to assimilate with the world. Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which everyone should understand. These prophecies are to be witness in the world. By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves.” Kress Collection, 105.
「凡喺對聖言嘅理解上變得混亂、未能看明敵基督之意義的人，必定會將自己置於敵基督的一邊。現今我哋已經冇時間與世界同化。但以理正站喺佢所得之分同佢嘅位置上。但以理同約翰嘅預言都係應當被明白嘅。佢哋彼此詮釋。佢哋將人人都應當明白嘅真理賜畀世界。呢啲預言要喺世上作見證。藉住佢哋喺呢末後日子中嘅應驗，佢哋必會自行解明。」Kress Collection, 105.
If a person does not understand that the antichrist is the papacy, they will end up on the side of the papacy, or as John wrote, they will walk naked and manifest their shame. To get the victory over the beast is to understand that the beast is the papal power, and all that is revealed of the papal power. Those who get the victory and understand that the papacy is the man of sin, will need to understand that the image of the papacy represents the principle of the combination of church and state, with the church in control of the relationship.
若有人唔明白敵基督就係教皇制度，佢最終就會站喺教皇制度嗰一邊；或者照約翰所寫，佢哋要赤身而行，顯露自己嘅羞恥。得勝過獸，就係要明白嗰獸乃係教皇權勢，並且明白一切所揭示關於教皇權勢嘅事。凡得勝並明白教皇制度就係嗰大罪人嘅人，亦必須明白，教皇制度嘅像乃代表政教結合嘅原則，而喺呢種關係之中，係由教會操控整個關係。
In the book of Daniel, the structure of the beast, which is the combination of church and state, is represented as the transgression of desolation. Transgression is sin, and the sin that forms the papal beast is when kings surrender their power unto the papal authority. In doing this they commit spiritual fornication, which is Daniel’s transgression of desolation, and John’s image to the beast.
喺《但以理書》入面，嗰個獸嘅結構，即係教會同國家結合所形成嘅體制，乃係以「行毀壞可憎之僭越」嚟表明。僭越就係罪，而構成教皇獸嘅嗰種罪，乃在於列王將自己嘅權柄交畀教皇權勢。佢哋咁樣行，就係犯咗屬靈淫亂；呢個就係但以理所講嘅「行毀壞可憎之僭越」，亦即約翰所講「獸嘅像」。
To get victory over the papal image is to understand through God’s Word that the United States first forms this relationship, and ratifies it at the soon-coming Sunday law, and then forces the entire world to accept the same relationship.
要勝過獸像，就係要藉着上帝嘅話語明白：美國首先建立呢種關係，並喺即將來臨嘅星期日法案中予以確認，然後強迫全世界接受同樣嘅關係。
The church and state relationship that will be forced upon the earth by the United States consists of the one-world government (the United Nations), coming into an alliance with the papacy as the controlling power in the arrangements. Getting the victory over the image of the beast, is to understand by God’s prophetic Word that the image of the beast represents these very things.
美國將要強加於全地之上嘅政教關係，乃係由世界一體化政府（聯合國）同教皇制結成聯盟，而教皇制喺呢啲安排當中乃係掌控權力。得勝獸像，乃係藉着上帝嘅預言之道明白：獸像所代表嘅，正正就係呢啲事。
Getting the victory over the beast and the image of the beast includes getting the understanding of the beast’s (the papacy’s) mark of authority.
勝過嗰獸同獸像，亦包括明白嗰獸（即教皇權）權柄記號嘅含義。
The mark of the beast is the forced observance of Sunday as God’s Sabbath. To get victory over the mark requires understanding that Sunday worship is the worship of the sun, and that it is nothing less than pagan Baal worship. The victory includes the truth that no one receives the mark of the beast until it is forced upon men.
獸的印記，就是被強迫遵守星期日為上帝的安息日。要勝過這印記，必須明白：崇拜星期日就是敬拜太陽，而這無異於異教對巴力的敬拜。這得勝亦包括以下真理：在這印記尚未被強加於人之前，沒有人會領受獸的印記。
“But Christians of past generations observed the Sunday, supposing that in so doing they were keeping the Bible Sabbath; and there are now true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion, who honestly believe that Sunday is the Sabbath of divine appointment. God accepts their sincerity of purpose and their integrity before Him. But when Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God. He is paying homage to Rome and to the power which enforces the institution ordained by Rome. He is worshiping the beast and his image. As men then reject the institution which God has declared to be the sign of His authority, and honor in its stead that which Rome has chosen as the token of her supremacy, they will thereby accept the sign of allegiance to Rome—‘the mark of the beast.’ And it is not until the issue is thus plainly set before the people, and they are brought to choose between the commandments of God and the commandments of men, that those who continue in transgression will receive ‘the mark of the beast.’” The Great Controversy, 449.
「然而，過往世代嘅基督徒都守星期日，以為自己咁樣做就係遵守聖經中嘅安息日；而家喺各教會之中——包括羅馬天主教在內——亦都有真正嘅基督徒，誠實相信星期日係上帝所指定嘅安息日。上帝接納佢哋動機上嘅真誠，同埋佢哋喺祂面前嘅正直。但當守星期日將要由法律強制執行，而世人亦將會被光照，明白真正安息日之義務嘅時候，凡違犯上帝誡命、去服從一條權威唔高於羅馬之規條嘅人，就會因此而尊崇教皇制度過於上帝。佢係向羅馬，同埋向嗰個強制推行由羅馬所制定之制度嘅權勢致敬。佢就係敬拜獸同埋獸像。當人拒絕上帝所宣告為祂權柄之記號嘅制度，反而尊崇羅馬所揀選作為其至高權勢表記之物，佢哋就會因此接受效忠於羅馬嘅記號——『獸的印記』。而且，只有當呢個爭論點如此清楚擺喺眾人面前，使佢哋必須喺上帝嘅誡命同人嘅誡命之間作出選擇之時，嗰啲仍然繼續違犯誡命嘅人，先至會領受『獸的印記』。」《善惡之爭》，449頁。
Those who obtain the victory over the beast, the image of the beast and the mark of the beast must also obtain the victory over the number of his name. In the period of history when the whore of Tyre was not forgotten, the Protestant world knew the papacy was the antichrist. They knew that Paul had identified the papacy as “that wicked,” “the man of sin,” “the mystery of iniquity” and “the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” But now the great whore of Tyre has been forgotten.
凡勝過獸、獸像同獸之印記嘅人，亦必須勝過佢名號嘅數目。喺推羅淫婦尚未被忘記嘅歷史時期，新教世界知道教皇制度就係敵基督。佢哋知道，保羅已經指明教皇制度就係「那惡者」、「大罪人」、「不法嘅奧祕」同「沉淪之子；佢係敵擋主，高抬自己，超過一切稱為神嘅同一切受人敬拜嘅，甚至坐喺神嘅殿裏，自稱是神。」但如今，推羅大淫婦已經被忘記。
In ages past there were various isopsephy, or gematria, applications that demonstrated that the number “666” symbolically represented the papacy. A classic example of this is that on the pope’s miter the words Vicarius Filii Dei are written. Vicarius Filii Dei, which means the “Vicegerent of the Son of God”, and therefore addresses his claim of being seated in God’s temple, claiming to be God. The Latin letters of Vicarius Filii Dei equate to the number six hundred and sixty-six.
喺往昔嘅世代，曾經有各種 isopsephy，即 gematria 嘅應用，顯示數字「666」象徵性地代表教皇制度。一個經典例子，就係教皇嘅主教冠冕上寫有 Vicarius Filii Dei 呢幾個字。Vicarius Filii Dei，意思係「神子嘅攝政者」，因此正好觸及佢聲稱坐喺神嘅殿中、自稱為神嘅主張。Vicarius Filii Dei 呢個拉丁語名稱當中各個拉丁字母所對應嘅數值，加起上來就等於六百六十六。
The beast, which is the papal power, is identified by his number and his number is “666,” but the man of sin received a deadly wound in 1798, and has been forgotten. In the last days the deadly wound is to be healed, and the healing of the deadly wound identifies that the United States first forms an image to the beast in its own nation, and then forces the world to do the same.
呢隻獸，即係教皇權勢，藉着佢嘅數目被識別，而佢嘅數目就係「666」；但嗰罪惡之人喺1798年受咗致命傷，並且已被人遺忘。到末後嘅日子，呢個致命傷必要得着醫治；而致命傷嘅痊癒表明，美國首先喺自己國內為呢隻獸立起一個像，然後又強逼全世界照樣行。
The world image of the beast is both twofold and threefold. It is prophetically twofold for it is made up of a combination of church and state, but it is threefold in that it is made up of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. When the threefold union of the very powers that will lead the world to Armageddon is established, they will be the beast that is the eighth kingdom that is of the seven, and it will also be the threefold union of the sixth kingdom. The number of the beast’s name in the last days is again “666,” for it represents three kingdoms that are each part of the sixth kingdom.
世上嗰個獸嘅像，既有雙重性，亦有三重性。按預言而言，佢具有雙重性，因為佢係由教會同國家結合而成；但按其構成而言，佢又具有三重性，因為佢係由龍、獸同假先知組成。當嗰三重聯盟——正正就係要帶領世界走向哈米吉多頓嘅各種勢力——一經建立，佢哋就會成為嗰隻獸，即係出於七者之中嘅第八個國；同時，佢亦會係第六個國嘅三重聯盟。末後日子，獸名嘅數目再次係「666」，因為佢代表三個國，而每一個都係第六個國嘅一部分。
To get victory over the beast, his image, his mark and the number of his name is to understand the riddle that “the eighth is of the seven”, which is the secret of Daniel two, which Daniel prayed to understand. It is an element of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before probation closes, for as John said, the “time is at hand.” For this reason, those who get that victory are represented as being with the angels who pour out the plagues, for they get the victory, or the necessary prophetic understanding, just before probation closes.
要勝過那獸、獸像、獸的印記，以及牠名的數目，就是要明白「第八位乃是出於那七位」這個謎，這乃是但以理書第二章嘅奧祕，亦即但以理祈求要明白嘅事。呢個乃係耶穌基督啟示錄其中一個要素，喺恩門關閉之前不久先被揭開；因為正如約翰所講，「時候近了」。因此，嗰啲得勝嘅人被描繪為與傾倒災殃嘅天使同在，因為佢哋係喺恩門關閉之前不久得著呢個勝利，即係得著所必需嘅先知性理解。
Those who understand that the Revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed just before the close of probation, and that the number “666,” is an element of that vision will not miss that the vision of Ezekiel chapter eight begins on the fifth day (which is the day before the sixth day), in the sixth month of the sixth year. By the end of chapter eight twenty-five men are bowing down to the sun, and chapter nine identifies those who receive the seal of God.
凡明白耶穌基督的啟示乃係喺恩門關閉之前啟封，而「666」呢個數字乃係該異象之一個要素的人，都唔會忽略《以西結書》第八章嘅異象，乃係開始於第五日（即第六日之前一日）、第六月、第六年。到第八章結尾，二十五個人正向住太陽下拜；而第九章則指出邊啲人領受上帝嘅印記。
The context of the vision is the mark of the beast and the seal of God, and the vision is opened up just before probation closes at the Sunday law, as typified by the number “666.” But the close of probation that is identified as occurring at the Sunday law in the United States, is not the close of human probation, it is the close of probation only for Seventh-day Adventists.
異象嘅背景乃係獸嘅印記同上帝嘅印記，而呢個異象係喺恩典時期因星期日法案而結束之前、即由數字「666」所預表之時，被展開出嚟。但被指明為喺美國星期日法案之時發生嘅恩典時期結束，並唔係全人類恩典時期嘅結束；嗰只係基督復臨安息日會信徒恩典時期嘅結束。
The vision is represented as taking place within Jerusalem, which is a symbol of the Seventh-day Adventist church. At the Sunday law in the United States, Seventh-day Adventists are the only class that is, there and then, held accountable to the light of the Sabbath.
呢個異象被描繪為發生喺耶路撒冷之內；耶路撒冷乃係基督復臨安息日會嘅象徵。及至美國制定星期日法之時，基督復臨安息日會乃係唯一一等人，喺嗰時嗰地，須就安息日之亮光負責。
“If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.
「如果真理之光已經向你彰顯，啟示出第四誡中的安息日，並且指出在上帝的聖言之中，並無任何根據支持守星期日，然而你仍然執著於那虛假的安息日，拒絕守上帝稱為『我的聖日』的安息日，你就是接受了獸的印記。這事在何時發生呢？——當你順從那命令你在星期日停止勞作並敬拜上帝的法令之時；而你明知聖經之中並無一字表明星期日不是一個平常的工作日，你便同意接受獸的印記，並拒絕上帝的印。若我們在額上或在手上接受這印記，那些向悖逆之人所宣告的審判，就必臨到我們身上。但永生上帝的印，乃是蓋在那些憑良心謹守主安息日的人身上。」《Review and Herald》，1911年4月27日。
The vision of Ezekiel chapter eight through chapter eleven, identifies the history leading up to the close of probation for Jerusalem. It is portrayed as taking place just a day before the number “666” arrives, and chapter eight identifies an escalating rebellion within Jerusalem that culminates with the leading men bowing to the sun, thus receiving the mark of the beast.
以西結書第八章至第十一章嘅異象，指出咗引至耶路撒冷恩典時期終結之前嘅歷史。呢個異象被描繪為發生喺數字「666」來到之前僅僅一日，而第八章指出耶路撒冷內部一場不斷升級嘅悖逆，最終以首領人物向日頭下拜作結，從而領受獸嘅印記。
Chapter nine, represents an angel going through Jerusalem (thus identifying a progression), and placing a seal upon one class in advance of the destroying angels who thereafter slay all who do not have the seal. Both chapters represent a progressive history that leads to the Sunday law, where one class bows to the sun, and the other receives the seal of God. The wicked are then removed from Jerusalem, for the Sunday law separates the wicked and the wise.
第九章描繪一位天使穿行耶路撒冷（從而表明一個進展的過程），在毀滅的天使隨後誅殺一切沒有印記之人以前，先在其中一等人身上蓋上印記。這兩章都描繪一段逐步推進的歷史，直至星期日法令臨到；屆時，一等人向太陽下拜，另一等人則領受上帝的印記。其後，惡人便從耶路撒冷中被除去，因為星期日法令將惡人與智慧人分別出來。
The sealing that is represented in Ezekiel chapter nine is the same sealing that is represented in Revelation chapter seven.
以西結書第九章所表徵嘅印記，同啟示錄第七章所表徵嘅印記，乃係同一個印記。
“If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God’s people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.
「倘若如此嘅景象將要來臨，倘若咁樣巨大嘅審判要臨到呢個有罪嘅世界，咁上帝嘅子民將喺邊度得着避難所呢？佢哋要點樣蒙保護，直至忿怒過去呢？約翰看見自然界嘅各種元素——地震、暴風，同埋政治紛爭——被描繪為由四位天使所控制。呢啲風都喺管制之下，直到上帝發命令叫佢哋放開為止。呢度就有上帝教會嘅安全。上帝嘅天使遵行祂嘅命令，攔阻地上嘅風，叫風唔好吹喺地上、海上，或任何樹上，直到上帝嘅僕人都喺額上受咗印。又見有一位大能嘅天使從東方（或日出之地）上來。呢位最有能力嘅天使手中攞住永生上帝嘅印，或者話，攞住嗰位惟有祂先能賜生命者嘅印；惟有祂能喺人嘅額上寫上記號或銘文，而嗰啲人將要被賜予不朽、永遠嘅生命。正是呢位至高天使嘅聲音，有權命令嗰四位天使抑制住四方嘅風，直到呢項工作完成，並且直到佢發出命令，叫佢哋放開為止。」
“Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God’s protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. ‘Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.’
「凡得勝世界、肉體同魔鬼嘅人，必蒙眷顧，得領永生上帝嘅印記。手不清潔、心不純正嘅人，唔會有永生上帝嘅印記。凡籌劃罪惡並付諸實行嘅人，都必被越過。惟有嗰啲喺上帝面前，抱住喺偉大嘅預表所指嘅贖罪日中悔改認罪之人嘅態度，站喺佢哋地位上嘅人，先會被承認、被標記為配得上帝保護。嗰啲堅定仰望、等候、警醒等候救主顯現嘅人——比起等候晨光嘅人更為懇切、更為熱切——佢哋嘅名字必列入受印之人當中。至於嗰啲真理之光既已全然照耀其心靈，本應有與所宣稱之信仰相稱嘅行為，卻被罪所引誘，在心中設立偶像，在上帝面前敗壞自己嘅靈魂，並且玷污凡與佢哋一同犯罪嘅人，佢哋嘅名字必從生命冊上被塗抹，並被撇留喺午夜黑暗之中；佢哋燈雖點着，器皿裏卻冇油。『但向你們敬畏我名的人，必有公義的日頭出現，其翅膀有醫治之能。』」
“This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision. John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.
「呢個對上帝眾僕人嘅印記，與以西結喺異象中所見嘅乃是同一件事。約翰亦曾作過呢個極其驚人之啟示嘅見證人。佢看見海同波濤咆哮，亦看見人因恐懼而心裏發昏。佢看見大地震動，眾山被挪移到海中（呢事實際上正在發生），其水洶湧翻騰，群山因其漲溢而震動。佢又被指示看見瘟疫、疫病、饑荒同死亡，正在執行佢哋可怕嘅使命。」《傳道人證言》，445。
The sealing of the one hundred and forty four thousand in Revelation chapter seven is also represented in chapter nine of Ezekiel, and the sealing angel is the mightiest angel, who ascends from the east. Those who are lost, who have their names blotted out of the book of life, are represented as having “no oil in their vessels with their lamps.” The two classes in the vision of Ezekiel chapter eight through eleven, are the wise and foolish virgins of Matthew twenty-five, and they are therefore Adventists.
《啟示錄》第七章中對十四萬四千人嘅蓋印，亦喺《以西結書》第九章中有所表徵；而嗰位施行蓋印嘅天使，乃係由東方上來、最有大能嘅天使。凡失喪嘅人，即係佢哋嘅名字從生命冊上被塗抹出去嘅人，都被表徵為「燈裏冇油，只攞住燈」。喺《以西結書》第八章至第十一章嘅異象中所顯明嘅兩等人，就係《馬太福音》第二十五章中嘅聰明童女同愚拙童女，因此，佢哋乃係復臨信徒。
“The parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 also illustrates the experience of the Adventist people.” The Great Controversy, 393.
「《馬太福音》第25章十個童女的比喻，也說明了復臨信徒的經歷。」《善惡之爭》，393頁。
Sister White specifically identifies Jerusalem of Ezekiel’s vision as Adventism:
懷愛倫姊妹明確指出，以西結異象中嘅耶路撒冷就係復臨信仰：
“The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character. They will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins which easily beset the people of God. Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. ‘And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’” Testimonies, volume 3, 266.
「上帝真正的子民，心裏常懷着主嘅工作同拯救生靈嘅靈，必定時常按住罪本來真實、邪惡嘅本質去看待罪。他們必定總係站喺忠誠而直率對付罪惡嘅一邊，對付嗰啲容易纏累上帝子民嘅罪。尤其係喺為教會所作嘅最後工作之中，即係十四萬四千人受印嘅時候——佢哋將要喺上帝寶座前無有瑕疵地站立——嗰時佢哋必最深切感受到上帝自稱子民所犯嘅罪惡。先知以異象中最後工作嘅表號，有力地將呢一點陳明出來：每一個人手中都攞住殺戮嘅兵器。其中有一人身穿細麻衣，腰間帶着墨盒。『耶和華對他說：你要走遍城中，走遍耶路撒冷，在那些因城中所行一切可憎之事而歎息哀哭的人額上作記號。』」《證言》第3卷，266頁。
The vision of Ezekiel chapters eight through eleven, is directly addressing the history of Adventism leading up to and at the Sunday law. It identifies the two classes of worshippers who are within Jerusalem (Adventism), and is prophetically associated with the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before the close of probation, for its first references is setting forth the number “666” in prophetic symbolism. In doing so it identifies one of four things the wise must get victory over in the last days, and those four things are part of the light of the eighth being “of the seven”. Revelation fifteen also identifies that those that get the victory over the four symbolic aspects of the papacy, sing the song of Moses and the Lamb.
以西結書第八章至第十一章嘅異象，乃係直接針對安息日會歷史中，直至並及於星期日法案之時嘅情況而發出。呢個異象指出咗喺耶路撒冷（安息日會）之內敬拜者嘅兩等人，並且喺先知性上，與《耶穌基督嘅啟示》相聯繫；後者乃係喺恩典時期結束之前不久被揭開，因為其最初嘅提述，正係以先知表號陳明「666」呢個數目。藉此，佢指出咗末後日子智慧人必須得勝嘅四樣事物之一；而呢四樣事物，乃屬於第八位「係出於那七位」之亮光嘅一部分。啟示錄第十五章亦指出，凡得勝於教皇制度四重象徵層面嘅人，便唱摩西同羔羊之歌。
In that day Isaiah, in chapter twenty-seven says that the righteous of the last days will sing the song of the vineyard, which is a song that the Lamb sang when he walked among men that identifies a chosen people who are being passed by as a new chosen people are being selected. That song is sung by “the wise” of the last days during the sealing of Ezekiel nine and Revelation seven. Ezekiel’s vision of chapters eight through eleven is part of that very song.
到那日，以賽亞在第二十七章說，末後日子的義人要唱葡萄園之歌；這歌乃是羔羊在祂行走於人間時所唱的，指出一個蒙揀選的民族正被越過，而一個新的蒙揀選之民正在被選立。這歌乃由末後日子的「智慧人」在以西結書第九章與啟示錄第七章的蓋印期間所唱。以西結第八至第十一章的異象，正是這首歌本身的一部分。
We will continue this study in the next article.
我哋將會喺下一篇文章繼續呢項研究。
“The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character. They will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins which easily beset the people of God. Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. ‘And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’
「上帝真正嘅子民，心裏常存主嘅工作同拯救靈魂嘅精神，必定會按住罪本來嗰種真實而邪惡嘅本質去看待罪。他們必常常站喺忠心而坦率對付嗰啲容易纏累上帝子民之罪嘅一邊。尤其係喺為教會所作嘅最後工作之中，即係嗰十四萬四千人受印嘅時候——佢哋將要喺上帝寶座前站立，毫無瑕疵——上帝自稱嘅子民所犯嘅惡，必使他們感受得最深。先知用一個比喻，有力咁描繪出呢最後嘅工作，就係以各人手中都攞住殺戮兵器嘅人作為象徵。其中有一人身穿細麻衣，腰間帶住墨盒。『耶和華對他說：你要走遍城中，走遍耶路撒冷，在城中所有因其中所行一切可憎之事而歎息哀哭嘅人額上，畫個記號。』」
“Who are standing in the counsel of God at this time? Is it those who virtually excuse wrongs among the professed people of God and who murmur in their hearts, if not openly, against those who would reprove sin? Is it those who take their stand against them and sympathize with those who commit wrong? No, indeed! Unless they repent, and leave the work of Satan in oppressing those who have the burden of the work and in holding up the hands of sinners in Zion, they will never receive the mark of God’s sealing approval. They will fall in the general destruction of the wicked, represented by the work of the five men bearing slaughter weapons. Mark this point with care: Those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by a mark by the man in linen, are those ‘that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done’ in the church. Their love for purity and the honor and glory of God is such, and they have so clear a view of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, that they are represented as being in agony, even sighing and crying. Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel.
「現今有邊啲人係站立喺上帝嘅謀略之中呢？係咪嗰啲實際上為自稱屬上帝子民中間嘅惡行開脫嘅人，並且喺心裏——若唔係公開——向嗰啲責備罪惡嘅人發怨言嘅人呢？係咪嗰啲企喺佢哋對立面，並且同情行惡之人嘅人呢？決不是！除非佢哋悔改，離開撒但所作嘅工——即係壓迫嗰啲肩負聖工重擔嘅人，並扶持錫安中罪人嘅手——否則，佢哋永遠唔會領受上帝印證認可嘅記號。佢哋必喺惡人普遍被毀滅之中倒下；呢毀滅乃係由那五個帶着殺戮兵器之人所作嘅工所象徵。要謹慎留意呢一點：凡領受真理純潔印記嘅人——呢印記乃係藉聖靈嘅能力作成喺佢哋裏面，並由那穿細麻衣嘅人所畫嘅記號所象徵——就係嗰啲「因城中所行一切可憎之事而歎息哀哭」嘅人。佢哋對純潔，以及對上帝嘅尊榮同榮耀，所存嘅愛係如此深切；而且佢哋對罪之極其邪惡，有如此清楚嘅看見，以致佢哋被描繪為處於痛苦之中，甚至歎息哀哭。請讀以西結書第九章。」
“But the general slaughter of all those who do not thus see the wide contrast between sin and righteousness, and do not feel as those do who stand in the counsel of God and receive the mark, is described in the order to the five men with slaughter weapons: ‘Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” Testimonies, volume 3, 266, 267.
「但凡係唔能夠咁樣睇見罪與義之間廣大對比，亦唔能夠如嗰啲站喺上帝議會之中並領受印記者咁樣感受嘅人，佢哋所要遭遇嘅普遍殺戮，就喺對嗰五個手執殺戮兵器之人所發嘅命令中被描述出嚟：『你們要跟隨他走遍全城，擊殺；你們的眼不要顧惜，也不要可憐：要將老年人、少年人、處女、嬰孩，和婦女，盡都殺滅；只是凡有記號的人，你們都不可挨近；並要從我的聖所起首。』《證言》卷三，266, 267。」