Ezekiel is a priest during the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. In chapter one Ezekiel is taken into the sanctuary.
以西結喺十四萬四千人受印記嘅時期作祭司。喺第一章，以西結被帶進聖所。
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. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
到咗第三十年，四月初五日，我喺迦巴魯河邊，被擄嘅人中間；嗰時諸天開咗，我就見到神嘅異象。正喺嗰月初五日，即係約雅斤王被擄第五年，耶和華嘅話清楚臨到祭司布西嘅兒子以西結，喺迦勒底人之地、迦巴魯河邊；耶和華嘅手喺嗰度臨到佢身上。
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
我觀看，見有旋風從北方颳來，有一朵大雲，並有火在其中輾轉翻騰，周圍有光輝；從其中間，從火中間，顯出彷彿光耀的精金。又從其中間現出四個活物的形像。牠們的形狀是這樣：有人的樣式。各有四個臉面，各有四個翅膀。牠們的腿是直的，腳掌好像牛犢之蹄掌，都燦爛如磨亮的銅。牠們四面的翅膀以下都有人的手；這四個活物都有臉面和翅膀。牠們的翅膀彼此相連；行走的時候並不轉身，各自一直向前。至於牠們臉面的形像，四個活物右面都有人的臉和獅子的臉，左面都有牛的臉，四個活物又都有鷹的臉。牠們的臉面就是如此；牠們的翅膀向上張開；各有兩個翅膀彼此相連，另有兩個翅膀遮蔽身體。
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
佢哋各直往前行；靈要往邊度去，佢哋就往邊度去；行走嘅時候並不轉身。至於活物嘅形像，佢哋嘅樣貌好似炭火燒著，又似火把嘅形狀；火喺活物中間上去落嚟；嗰火明亮，從火中發出閃電。活物往來奔走，好似電光一閃。 我觀看活物嘅時候，睇見地上喺各活物旁邊有一個輪，對住佢四個面。輪嘅形狀同構造，好似水蒼玉嘅顏色；四個輪都係一個樣式；佢哋嘅形狀同構造，好似輪中套輪。輪行走嘅時候，向四方都能直行，行走嘅時候並不轉身。至於輪輞，高而可畏；四個輪輞周圍都滿有眼睛。 活物行走嘅時候，輪也在旁邊行走；活物從地上升起，輪也升起。靈要往邊度去，佢哋就往邊度去；輪都喺活物旁邊升起，因為活物嘅靈在輪中。
When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. And above the firmament that was over their heads 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 I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. Ezekiel 1:1–28.
嗰啲行走嘅時候，呢啲也行走；嗰啲企定嘅時候，呢啲也企定；嗰啲從地上升起嘅時候，輪子也在佢哋旁邊升起；因為活物嘅靈在輪中。 在活物嘅頭以上，有穹蒼嘅形像，看來好似可畏嘅水晶色，鋪張在佢哋頭以上。穹蒼以下，佢哋嘅翅膀直展，彼此相向；各有兩個翅膀遮體，呢邊兩個，嗰邊兩個，遮住自己嘅身體。佢哋行走嘅時候，我聽見翅膀響聲，好似大水嘅聲音，又好似全能者嘅聲音，又好似喧嘩嘅聲音，又好似軍旅嘅響聲；佢哋企定嘅時候，就垂下翅膀。 在佢哋頭以上嘅穹蒼之上有聲音；佢哋企定、垂下翅膀嘅時候，便有聲音發出。喺佢哋頭以上嘅穹蒼之上，有寶座嘅形像，看來好似藍寶石；在寶座形像以上，又有一個形像，看來好似人嘅樣式坐在其上。我又見有彷彿光耀金精之色，周圍有火嘅形狀，在其中；從佢腰以上有火嘅形狀，從佢腰以下也有火嘅形狀，周圍都有光輝。周圍光輝嘅形狀，好似雨天雲中虹嘅形狀。這就是耶和華榮耀形像嘅樣式。我一看見，就俯伏在地，並且聽見一位說話者嘅聲音。以西結書 1:1–28。
“Ezekiel, the mourning exile prophet, in the land of the Chaldeans, was given a vision teaching the same lesson of faith in the mighty God of Israel. As he was upon the banks of the river Chebar, a whirlwind seemed 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 of strange appearance, intersecting one another, were moved by four living creatures. 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.’ ‘As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.’ ‘And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.’
「哀傷中被擄嘅先知以西結，喺迦勒底人之地，蒙賜異象，教導同一個功課：要信靠以色列大能嘅上帝。當佢喺迦巴魯河邊嘅時候，似乎有一陣旋風從北方而來，『有一朵包括着閃爍火焰嘅大雲，周圍有光輝；從其中嘅中央，顯出好像光耀嘅精金。』又有幾個形狀奇異、彼此交錯嘅輪，由四個活物推動。喺呢一切之上高高嘅地方，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。』『至於活物嘅形像，佢哋嘅樣貌好像燒着嘅火炭，又像火把嘅樣貌；火喺活物中間上去落來；嗰火光輝燦爛，從火中發出閃電。』『喺基路伯中間，喺佢哋翅膀以下，顯出有人手嘅形狀。』」
“There were wheels within wheels in an arrangement so complicated that at first sight they appeared to Ezekiel to be all in confusion. But when they moved, it was with beautiful exactness and in perfect harmony. Heavenly beings were impelling these wheels, and, above all, upon the glorious sapphire throne, was the Eternal One; while round about the throne was the encircling rainbow, emblem of grace and love. Overpowered by the terrible glory of the scene, Ezekiel fell upon his face, when a voice bade him arise and hear the word of the Lord. Then there was given him a message of warning for Israel.” Testimonies, 751.
「嗰度有輪中套輪，排列之繁複，初看之下，以西結覺得一切都似乎混亂不堪。然而當佢哋運行之時，卻有優美嘅準確，同埋完全嘅和諧。天上嘅活物推動呢啲輪；而最重要嘅係，喺榮耀嘅藍寶石寶座之上，坐着嗰位永恆者；寶座四圍又有環繞嘅彩虹，作為恩典同慈愛嘅表徵。以西結畀呢景象可畏嘅榮耀所懾服，就俯伏喺地，嗰時有聲音吩咐佢起來，聽耶和華嘅話。於是，有一個警告以色列嘅信息賜咗畀佢。」《證言》，751。
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. Isaiah 6:1–8.
當烏西雅王崩嘅嗰年，我見到主坐喺寶座上，高高在上；佢衣袍嘅下襬充滿聖殿。其上有撒拉弗侍立；各各有六個翅膀：用兩個遮臉，用兩個遮腳，用兩個飛翔。彼此呼喊話：「聖哉，聖哉，聖哉，萬軍之耶和華；全地都充滿佢嘅榮耀。」因呼喊者嘅聲音，門檻嘅根基震動，殿中充滿咗煙霧。 嗰時我話：「禍哉！我滅亡了！因為我係嘴唇不潔嘅人，又住喺嘴唇不潔嘅民中；因為我雙眼已經見到大君王萬軍之耶和華。」於是有一個撒拉弗飛到我呢度，手裏攞住一塊紅炭，係用火剪從壇上夾落嚟嘅；佢將炭沾我嘅口，話：「看哪，呢炭沾咗你嘅嘴唇；你嘅罪孽便除掉，你嘅罪過就得赦免。」我又聽見主嘅聲音話：「我可以差遣邊個呢？邊個肯為我哋去呢？」我就話：「我在這裏，請差遣我。」以賽亞書 6:1–8。
“This vision was given to Ezekiel at a time when his mind was filled with gloomy forebodings. He saw the land of his fathers lying desolate. The city that was once full of people was no longer inhabited. The voice of mirth and the song of praise were no more heard within her walls. 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. But the wonderful symbols presented before him beside the river Chebar revealed an overruling power mightier than that of earthly rulers. Above the proud and cruel monarchs of Assyria and Babylon the God of mercy and truth was enthroned.
「呢個異象係喺以西結心裏充滿陰沉不祥之感嘅時候賜畀佢嘅。佢看見佢列祖之地荒涼淒寂。嗰座從前人民充滿嘅城，已經再無人居住。歡樂之聲同頌讚之歌，喺城牆之內亦不復聽聞。先知自己亦寄居異地，喺嗰處，無邊嘅野心同殘酷嘅暴虐居於至高之位。佢所見所聞關於人間暴政同不義嘅事，使佢心靈憂傷；佢晝夜痛苦哀哭。然而，喺迦巴魯河邊陳列於佢面前嗰啲奇妙嘅表號，卻顯明有一種掌權嘅能力，比地上統治者嘅權勢更為強大。在亞述同巴比倫嗰啲驕傲殘暴嘅君王之上，施憐憫同真理嘅上帝坐著為王。」
“The wheellike complications that appeared to the prophet to be involved in such confusion were under the guidance of an infinite hand. The Spirit of God, revealed to him as moving and directing these wheels, brought harmony out of confusion; so the whole world was under His control. Myriads of glorified beings were ready at His word to overrule the power and policy of evil men, and bring good to His faithful ones.
喺先知眼中顯得捲入咁大混亂之中、猶如輪子一般錯綜複雜嘅事，原來都受無限之手引導。上帝嘅靈向佢顯明，正係推動並指引呢啲輪子嘅；祂從混亂之中帶出和諧；照樣，全世界都喺祂掌管之下。千千萬萬已得榮耀嘅生靈，隨時聽候祂一聲令下，制止惡人權勢同謀略嘅運作，並為祂忠心嘅子民成就美善。
“In like manner, when God was about to open to the beloved John the history of the church for future ages, He gave him an assurance of the Saviour’s interest and care for His people by revealing to him ‘One like unto the Son of man,’ walking among the candlesticks, which symbolized the seven churches. While John was shown the last great struggles of the church with earthly powers, he was also permitted to behold the final victory and deliverance of the faithful. He saw the church brought into deadly conflict with the beast and his image, and the worship of that beast enforced on pain of death. But looking beyond the smoke and din of the battle, he beheld a company upon Mount Zion with the Lamb, having, instead of the mark of the beast, the ‘Father’s name written in their foreheads.’ And again he saw ‘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 singing the song of Moses and the Lamb.
照樣，當上帝將要向蒙愛嘅約翰展開教會喺將來世代嘅歷史之時，祂藉着向佢顯現「一位好似人子嘅」，喺燈臺中間行走，將救主對祂子民嘅關注同眷顧向佢作出保證；嗰七個燈臺乃係象徵七間教會。當約翰被指示見到教會同地上權勢之間最後重大嘅爭戰時，佢亦獲准得見忠信之人最終嘅得勝同拯救。佢見到教會被帶進與獸同佢像嘅致命衝突之中，而對嗰獸嘅敬拜亦被強迫施行，違者要受死刑。但當佢越過戰場上嘅煙霧同喧囂而望，便看見有一班人同羔羊一齊企喺錫安山上；佢哋額上唔係有獸嘅印記，乃係有「佢父嘅名寫在額上」。之後，佢又看見「那些勝了獸和獸的像，並牠名字數目的人，都站在玻璃海上，拿着上帝的琴」，並且歌唱摩西同羔羊之歌。
“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: ‘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. All these are the beginning of sorrows.’ While these prophecies received a partial fulfillment at the destruction of Jerusalem, they have a more direct application to the last days.
「呢啲教訓係為咗我哋嘅益處。我哋必須將信心建立喺上帝之上，因為喺我哋面前，正有一段要試驗人心靈嘅時候。基督喺橄欖山上，重述咗喺祂第二次降臨之前所要臨到嘅可怕審判：『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。這都是災難的起頭。』呢啲預言雖然喺耶路撒冷被毀時已經有部分應驗，但佢哋更直接係指向末後的日子。」
“We are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecy is fast fulfilling. The Lord is at the door. There is soon to open before us a period of overwhelming interest to all living. The controversies of the past are to be revived; new controversies will arise. The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of. Satan is at work through human agencies. Those who are making an effort to change the Constitution and secure a law enforcing Sunday observance little realize what will be the result. A crisis is just upon us.
「我哋正企喺重大而莊嚴事件嘅門檻上。預言正迅速應驗。主已經喺門前。不久，喺我哋面前將要展開一段對所有在生之人都極其關切嘅時期。過去嘅爭議將要再度興起；新嘅爭議亦將出現。將要喺我哋世界中上演嘅景象，至今人連夢想都未曾夢想到。撒但正藉住人為嘅媒介運作。嗰啲力圖修改憲法、並確立一條強制遵守星期日嘅法律嘅人，幾乎全然唔明白其結果將會係乜嘢。危機已經迫在眉睫。」
“But God’s servants are not to trust to themselves in this great emergency. In the visions given to Isaiah, to Ezekiel, and to John we see how closely heaven is connected with the events taking place upon the earth and how great is the care of God for those who are loyal to Him. The world is not without a ruler. The program of coming events is in the hands of the Lord. The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations, as well as the concerns of His church, in His own charge.
「但係喺呢一個重大嘅危急關頭，上帝嘅僕人唔可以倚靠自己。喺賜畀以賽亞、以西結同約翰嘅異象之中，我哋睇見天上同地上所發生嘅事係何等緊密相連，又睇見上帝對嗰啲忠於祂嘅人所施嘅眷顧係何等深切。呢個世界並非冇統治者。將要發生之事嘅安排，係喺主嘅手中。天上嘅尊榮者親自掌管列國嘅命運，以及祂教會嘅事務。」
“We permit ourselves to feel altogether too much care, trouble, and perplexity in the Lord’s work. Finite men are not left to carry the burden of responsibility. We need to trust in God, believe in Him, and go forward. The tireless vigilance of the heavenly messengers, and their unceasing employment in their ministry in connection with the beings of earth, show us how God’s hand is guiding the wheel within a wheel. The divine Instructor is saying to every actor in His work, as He said to Cyrus of old: ‘I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me.’
「我哋容讓自己喺主嘅工作上感受到實在過多嘅掛慮、煩擾同困惑。有限嘅世人並唔係被撇低去獨自肩負責任嘅重擔。我哋需要信靠上帝，相信佢，並且繼續向前行。天上使者不知疲倦嘅警醒，同埋佢哋喺服事地上眾生之事上不住嘅作工，向我哋顯明，上帝嘅手正引導緊輪中套輪。神聖嘅導師正向祂工作中每一位參與者說話，正如祂昔日對古列所說：『我曾給你束腰，雖然你不認識我。』」
“In Ezekiel’s vision God had His hand beneath the wings of the cherubim. This is to teach His servants that it is divine power that gives them success. He will work with them if they will put away iniquity and become pure in heart and life.
喺以西結嘅異象之中，上帝嘅手喺基路伯嘅翅膀以下。呢個係要教導祂嘅僕人，使佢哋知道，賜佢哋成功嘅乃係神聖嘅能力。若然佢哋肯除去罪孽，並且喺心靈同生活上成為純潔，祂就必與佢哋同工。
“The bright light going among the living creatures with the swiftness of lightning represents the speed with which this work will finally go forward to completion. He who slumbers not, who is continually at work for the accomplishment of His designs, can carry forward His great work harmoniously. That which appears to finite minds entangled and complicated, the Lord’s hand can keep in perfect order. He can devise ways and means to thwart the purposes of wicked men, and He will bring to confusion the counsels of them that plot mischief against His people.
「喺活物中間往來、其疾如閃電嘅明亮光輝，表明呢項工作最終推進至完成之迅速。嗰位唔打盹、並且為成就自己旨意而不住作工者，能夠使祂偉大嘅工作和諧一致噉向前推進。凡喺有限之人心目中顯得糾結複雜嘅事，主嘅手都能使之保持完全有序。祂能設計方法同途徑，挫敗惡人嘅圖謀；並且祂必使嗰啲謀害祂子民之人嘅計議歸於混亂。」
“Brethren, it is no time now for mourning and despair, no time to yield to doubt and unbelief. Christ is not now a Saviour in Joseph’s new tomb, closed with a great stone and sealed with the Roman seal; we have a risen Saviour. He is the King, the Lord of hosts; He sitteth between the cherubim; and amid the strife and tumult of nations He guards His people still. He who ruleth in the heavens is our Saviour. He measures every trial. He watches the furnace fire that must test every soul. When the strongholds of kings shall be overthrown, when the arrows of God’s wrath shall strike through the hearts of His enemies, His people will be safe in His hands.” Testimonies, volume 5, 752–754.
「弟兄們，現今唔係悲哀同絕望嘅時候，亦唔係向疑惑同不信屈服嘅時候。基督而家唔係喺約瑟嗰座新墳墓裏面、畀一塊大石封住，又蓋上羅馬印記嘅救主；我哋所擁有嘅，乃係一位復活咗嘅救主。祂係王，係萬軍之耶和華；祂坐喺基路伯中間；喺列國爭鬥同喧囂之中，祂仍然保守祂嘅子民。嗰位喺天上掌權嘅，乃係我哋嘅救主。祂量度每一個試煉。祂看守住嗰必須試驗每一個靈魂嘅火爐烈焰。當君王嘅保障要被傾覆之時，當神烈怒嘅箭要射透祂仇敵嘅心之時，祂嘅子民必安然喺祂手中。」《教會證言》卷五，752–754。
Ezekiel represents the candidates to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and line upon line his experience in the sanctuary aligns with Isaiah’s and John’s experience within the sanctuary. We are now in the temple test, the second of the three tests that seals the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That period is the purification accomplished by the Messenger of the Covenant in fulfillment of Malachi three. The purification process of three tests, is Malachi’s fiery “furnace” “that must test every soul.” When the third angel arrived on October 22, 1844 the Messenger of the Covenant suddenly came to His temple and led the wise virgins of that history into the Most Holy Place, in order to seal His faithful, but the virgins of that history rebelled, and by 1856 the Philadelphian Millerite movement had changed unto the Laodicean Millerite movement and in 1863 became the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.
以西結象徵嗰啲有資格列入十四萬四千人之中嘅候選者；而佢喺聖所之中嘅經歷，一行一行噉，與以賽亞同約翰喺聖所之內嘅經歷彼此吻合。我哋而家正處於聖殿嘅考驗之中，呢個乃係封印十四萬四千人嘅三重考驗之中嘅第二重。呢段時期，就係立約之使者為應驗瑪拉基書第三章而成就嘅潔淨工作。呢個由三重考驗構成嘅潔淨過程，就係瑪拉基所講嗰個火熱嘅「爐」——「嗰個必須試驗每一個靈魂」嘅爐。當第三位天使喺1844年10月22日來到之時，立約之使者就忽然進入祂嘅殿，並帶領嗰段歷史中嘅聰明童女進入至聖所，為要封印祂忠心嘅子民；但嗰段歷史中嘅童女背叛咗，到咗1856年，非拉鐵非嘅米勒派運動已經變成老底嘉嘅米勒派運動，並且喺1863年成為老底嘉嘅基督復臨安息日會。
The third angel who arrived suddenly on October 22, 1844 withdrew his presence in 1863, and then returned on September 11, 2001. Twenty-five years later the temple test that was typified by October 22, 1844 is now being repeated. Twenty-five is symbolically a prophetic tithe of two hundred and fifty, and two hundred and fifty is a symbol of the history represented in verses eleven to fifteen of Daniel eleven. Two hundred and fifty, and twenty-five is a wheel within the sanctuary vision of Ezekiel. Twenty-five is a symbol of the separation of the wise and the wicked in fulfillment of the three-step testing process that is represented in the work of purification that is accomplished by the Messenger of the Covenant.
喺1844年10月22日忽然來到嘅第三位天使，喺1863年撤去咗佢嘅同在，然後喺2001年9月11日再度返回。二十五年之後，由1844年10月22日所預表嘅聖殿試驗，而今正被重演。二十五喺象徵上，乃係二百五十嘅先知性十分之一；而二百五十，乃係但以理書第十一章第十一至第十五節所代表之歷史嘅象徵。二百五十，同埋二十五，乃係以西結聖所異象當中輪中之輪嘅表號。二十五乃係智慧人與惡人分離嘅象徵，應驗咗由立約之使者所完成之潔淨工作所代表嘅三步試驗過程。
Matthew twenty-five contains three parables, and each parable identifies the separation of the wise and wicked in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The hope of God’s people represented in the chapter is that they might be a wise virgin in possession of the oil of the message of the midnight cry. Their hope is that they are judged a faithful servant in their stewardship of employing the special talents that were given them to manage in their personal probationary period. Their hope is that they are judged as a sheep of God’s pasture, seated upon His right side, and not a goat on his left. Twenty-five is a symbol of the separation of the wise and wicked in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Twenty-five is one of Ezekiel’s wheels.
《馬太福音》第二十五章包含三個比喻，而每一個比喻都指出喺十四萬四千人受印嘅時期，智慧人同惡人之間嘅分別。呢一章所表明上帝子民嘅盼望，係佢哋可以成為一個聰明嘅童女，持有午夜呼聲信息之油。佢哋嘅盼望，係喺佢哋個人恩典時期之內，因着忠心管理並運用所賜予佢哋嘅特別才幹，而被判定為忠心嘅僕人。佢哋嘅盼望，係被判定為上帝草場上嘅綿羊，坐喺祂嘅右邊，而唔係作為山羊喺祂嘅左邊。第二十五章乃係十四萬四千人受印之時，智慧人同惡人分別開來嘅象徵。第二十五章係以西結眾輪之一。
In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither. Ezekiel 40:1.
喺我哋被擄第二十五年，年初，正月初十，城被攻陷之後第十四年，就喺嗰一日，耶和華嘅手臨到我，帶我到嗰度。以西結書 40:1。
The twenty-fifth year of captivity is represented by October 22, which is represented by the closing of a dispensational door. On October 22, 1844 a door was opened and a door was closed as two classes were separated.
被擄第二十五年，乃係以十月二十二日為表號；而呢一日，又以一個時代恩典之門嘅關閉為表號。喺1844年10月22日，一道門被打開，一道門被關上；同時，兩等人亦被分別出嚟。
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Revelation 3:7, 8.
你要寫信畀非拉鐵非教會嘅使者，話：嗰位聖潔、真實、攞住大衛之匙、開咗就冇人能關、關咗就冇人能開嘅，咁樣講：我知道你嘅行為；看哪，我喺你面前設立了一道敞開嘅門，係冇人能關閉嘅；因為你略有一點力量，也曾遵守我嘅道，並冇有否認我嘅名。啟示錄 3:7, 8
Christ tells the angel of Philadelphia that He knows their work, that He has set before the church of Philadelphia, an open door. That door is opened by “the key of David,” the key that is placed upon Eliakim.
基督對非拉鐵非教會嘅使者講，祂知道佢哋嘅作為；祂已經喺非拉鐵非教會面前設立咗一扇敞開嘅門。呢扇門係由「大衛嘅鑰匙」打開嘅，就係安放喺以利亞敬身上嘅嗰條鑰匙。
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. Isaiah 22:20–22.
到那日，事情必然如此：我要召我僕人希勒家個仔以利亞敬來；我要畀你件袍佢着上，用你條帶使佢剛強，又要將你嘅政權交喺佢手中；佢必作耶路撒冷居民同猶大家嘅父。我要將大衛家嘅鑰匙擱喺佢肩頭上；佢開，就冇人能關；佢關，就冇人能開。以賽亞書 22:20–22。
The day that Eliakim is called, he is separated from wicked Shebna.
以利亞敬蒙召之日，便從惡人舍伯那之中分別出來。
Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house. Isaiah 22:15–18.
萬軍之主耶和華如此說：你去見呢個掌庫的，就是管理家政的舍伯那，對他說：你在這裏有甚麼呢？你在這裏有誰呢？竟在這裏為自己鑿墳墓，好像在高處為自己鑿墳墓，又在磐石中為自己鑿出居所。看哪，耶和華必以大力將你擄去，必定將你緊緊裹住。他必定猛烈地將你捲起，拋來拋去，如球一般拋到寬闊之地；你必死在那裏，你榮耀的車輛也必在那裏，成為你主人家的羞辱。以賽亞書 22:15–18。
The separation of the wise and foolish virgins that fulfilled the illustration of Shebna and Eliakim was fulfilled on October 22, 1844, and also in the twenty-fifth year of captivity of Jehoiachin which was October 22, 573 BC. In Ezekiel chapter eight the wicked within Adventism, represented by Jerusalem, are represented by twenty-five men bowing to the sun. The destruction of Jerusalem represents the Sunday law, which is also the waymark which ends the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That sealing time began on September 11, 2001, and Jesus is both the Alpha and Omega, so September 11, 2001 as the beginning of the sealing illustrates the end, at the Sunday law.
應驗咗舍伯那同以利亞敬之比喻嘅智慧童女與愚拙童女之分離，係喺1844年10月22日；亦都應驗喺約雅斤被擄第二十五年，即係主前573年10月22日。喺《以西結書》第八章入面，復臨運動之內嘅惡人，由耶路撒冷所預表，乃係由二十五個向太陽下拜嘅人所代表。耶路撒冷嘅毀滅，預表星期日法案；而呢一個亦都係結束十四萬四千人受印時期嘅路標。呢個受印時期開始於2001年9月11日；而耶穌既係阿拉法，又係俄梅戛，所以，2001年9月11日作為受印嘅開始，正好說明其終局，就係喺星期日法案之時。
September 11, 2001 was typified by the Minneapolis meetings of 1888, for Sister White identifies that when the great buildings of New York came down at 9/11, Revelation 18:1–3 was fulfilled. At that time, as in 1888 she identified the angel of Revelation eighteen descended to lighten the earth with His glory. The rebellion of 1888 she aligned with the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, who also had two hundred and fifty men of renown join in their apostasy. Two hundred and fifty rebels in the rebellion of Korah and his cohorts in the beginning history of ancient Israel typified the twenty-five men who were bowing to the sun at the ending of ancient Israel.
2001年9月11日，乃由1888年明尼阿波利斯會議所預表；因懷愛倫姊妹指出，當紐約嘅宏偉建築於9/11倒下之時，啟示錄18:1–3便應驗了。彼時，正如1888年一樣，她指出啟示錄第十八章嘅天使降下，以祂嘅榮耀照亮全地。她將1888年嘅悖逆，對應於可拉、大坍、亞比蘭嘅悖逆；佢哋亦有二百五十個有名望嘅人加入佢哋嘅叛道。古以色列早期歷史中，可拉及其黨羽之悖逆中嘅二百五十個叛徒，預表咗古以色列末期向日頭下拜嘅二十五個人。
Twenty-five leaders of Laodicean Adventism bowing at the Sunday law and two hundred and fifty at 9/11 sets forth the sealing time with the symbolism of twenty-five, (the symbol of the separation of the wise and wicked) to mark the beginning and ending of the sealing time. Whether it’s the two hundred and fifty rebels in the time of Moses, or the twenty-five men in Ezekiel chapter eight, or of Matthew chapter twenty-five’s three witnesses of the separation, or the twenty-fifth year of the captivity in Ezekiel forty; all the manifestations of the symbol of twenty-five, align with the three two hundred- and fifty-year periods that reached their conclusion in 207 BC, 313 and 2026 respectively.
老底嘉復臨信仰入面二十五個領袖喺星期日法案前下拜，而喺9/11則有二百五十個，呢件事藉住「二十五」呢個象徵——即智慧人同惡人分離嘅象徵——表明咗蓋印時期嘅開始同終結。無論係摩西時代嗰二百五十個背叛者，抑或以西結書第八章嗰二十五個人，或馬太福音第二十五章關於分離嘅三個見證，又或以西結書第四十章被擄第二十五年；凡屬「二十五」呢個象徵嘅一切顯現，都同嗰三段分別喺主前207年、313年同2026年告終嘅二百五十年時期彼此吻合。
Twenty-five is an axle, so to speak, of twenty-five that brings all the lines of twenty-five into perfection. It becomes one of the prophetic keys of the kingdom given to Peter to bring clarity into the hidden history of verse forty. It has been repeatedly established on more than three witnesses that verses ten to fifteen of Daniel eleven represent a line that covers the history from 1989 unto the Sunday law, which is the hidden history of verse forty. The lion of the tribe of Judah is now unsealing the wheels of Ezekiel as He opens the hidden history that will finalize the message of the Midnight Cry of the latter days.
二十五，可以話係一個二十五嘅輪軸，將所有二十五嘅線帶到完全。佢成為咗賜畀彼得、屬於國度嘅先知性鑰匙之一，使第四十節隱藏嘅歷史得以顯明。藉着超過三個見證，已經一再確立：《但以理書》第十一章第十至第十五節，乃係一條涵蓋由1989年直到《星期日法》之歷史嘅線，而呢段歷史就係第四十節隱藏嘅歷史。猶大支派嘅獅子，現正喺祂展開呢段隱藏歷史之時，解開《以西結書》眾輪嘅封印，以此完成末後日子午夜呼聲嘅信息。
In the following articles we will continue to identify Ezekiel’s wheels that represent the complex interplay of men in the latter days. Ezekiel chapter one at the beginning of this article and the accompanying passage from Testimonies volume five set forth will be our continued point of reference as we proceed in the articles. When the wheels are set forth in their proper place, and with their proper intersections with the other wheels of prophetic history we will demonstrate that the three hundred and ninety-one years and fifteen days that empowered the first angel on August 11, 1840 is also represented by Ezekiel as three hundred and ninety years, connected with the one and a half years of the siege of Jerusalem; and that the arrival of this prophetic light identifies the lifting up of the ensign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
喺以下各篇文章當中，我哋將會繼續辨明以西結嘅輪子；呢啲輪子象徵末後日子眾人之間錯綜複雜嘅相互作用。本文開首所列出嘅《以西結書》第一章，以及隨附《Testimonies》卷五嘅經文，將會喺我哋繼續撰寫呢幾篇文章之時，成為我哋持續參照嘅依據。當呢啲輪子被擺列喺其適當位置，並同先知歷史之中其餘輪子有其適當交會之處時，我哋將會證明：喺1840年8月11日賦予第一位天使能力嘅三百九十一年零十五日，亦都被以西結表述為三百九十年，並且同耶路撒冷被圍困之一年半相連；而呢一道先知性亮光嘅來到，正標明咗十四萬四千人旗幟被高舉。
July 27, 1299 unto 1337 represents thirty-eight years at the beginning of the one hundred and fifty years (five months) of Revelation nine, verse ten. That one hundred and fifty years connects with the three hundred and ninety-one years and fifteen days of verse fifteen. Thus, the beginning of the two periods, make up one line of prophecy which concluded in the fulfillment of the 1838 and 1840 prediction of Josiah Litch and marked the rising up and empowerment of the Millerite movement. That history at the beginning of Adventism, marks the rising up of the one hundred and forty-four thousand as an ensign in advance of the Sunday law. Thus, Ezekiel’s three hundred and ninety years, and one point five years (1.5) of Jerusalem’s siege marks the end of the line of prophecy that began in 1299.
由1299年7月27日至1337年，代表啟示錄九章十節之一百五十年（五個月）起首嗰三十八年。呢一百五十年同第十五節所講嘅三百九十一年零十五日係相連嘅。因此，呢兩段時期嘅起頭，構成一條預言線，而呢條預言線喺約西亞・利治（Josiah Litch）於1838年同1840年所作之預測應驗之時告終，並標誌住米勒派運動嘅興起同得着能力。呢段喺復臨信仰起初嘅歷史，標誌住十四萬四千人喺星期日法案之前作為一面旌旗嘅興起。因此，以西結所講之三百九十年，以及耶路撒冷被圍困之一點五年（1.5），標誌住嗰條始於1299年之預言線嘅終結。
It would be worthwhile to consider the passage from Testimonies, volume five in advance of the next article.
喺下一篇文章之前，先行思考《Testimonies》第五卷入面呢段文字，乃係值得嘅。