As we return to identify the hidden history of verse forty it seems prudent to first review the basics of the first four articles of this series. The first of four articles in this series presented a prophetic interpretation, portraying Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah (and Alpha and Omega) who unseals portions of Daniel chapter eleven at pivotal moments to direct the final reform movement of the 144,000. It identifies that the history of the first and second angels aligns with the history of the third angel’s message, thus identifying that in 1989, (126 years after the 1863 Adventist rebellion), the Lion unsealed Daniel 11:40–45. Those unsealed verses trace the papacy’s 1798 deadly wound, its healing through a threefold union of dragon, beast, and false prophet leading on to Armageddon at “the glorious holy mountain” of verse forty-five. As the one hundred and forty-four thousand movement nears the soon coming Sunday law in the United States, the hidden history of verse 40 (spanning 1989 to that Sunday law) began to be unsealed in July, 2023.
當我哋返回去辨識第四十節所隱藏嘅歷史之時，似乎審慎嘅做法，係先重溫本系列頭四篇文章嘅基本要點。本系列四篇文章之中嘅第一篇，提出咗一種預言性嘅詮釋，將基督描繪為猶大支派嘅獅子（亦即阿拉法同俄梅嘎），祂喺關鍵時刻揭開《但以理書》第十一章嘅部分封印，以引導十四萬四千人最後嘅改革運動。文章指出，第一位同第二位天使嘅歷史，乃與第三位天使信息嘅歷史互相對應；因此亦表明，喺1989年（即1863年復臨信徒叛逆之後126年），嗰位獅子揭開咗《但以理書》11:40–45 嘅封印。呢幾節被揭開嘅經文，追溯教皇權喺1798年所受嘅致命傷，以及其藉着龍、獸同假先知嘅三重聯合而得醫治，並一路引向《第四十五節》所講、位於「榮美嘅聖山」之哈米吉多頓。當十四萬四千人嘅運動日益臨近美國即將來到嘅星期日法之時，第四十節所隱藏嘅歷史（由1989年延伸至嗰道星期日法）喺2023年7月開始被揭開。
Drawing on Ellen White’s commentary that the portion of the unsealed book of Daniel which related to the last days produces an “increase of knowledge” that prepares a people to stand. “Oil” is identified as the Holy Spirit, divine messages and character in the ten virgin’s parable. The unsealing triggered the threefold testing process of Daniel 12:10, where many are “purified, made white, and tried.” The history represents several prophetic points when prophecy was unsealed beginning with 1989, September 11, 2001 and ending July, 2023. Those various unsealing’s represent a period from 1989 unto 9/11, the period of 9/11 unto the soon coming Sunday law, and the period of the tarrying time from July 18, 2020 unto December 31, 2023 when the Midnight Cry message is progressively unsealed unto the Sunday law.
根據懷愛倫嘅註釋，《但以理書》中嗰一部分關乎末後日子、先前未揭開嘅書卷，會產生「知識增長」，預備一班子民得以站立得住。「油」喺十個童女嘅比喻中，被界定為聖靈、神聖嘅信息同埋品格。呢個揭開引發咗《但以理書》12:10 所描述嘅三重試驗過程，其中有許多人被「潔淨、洗白，且受試煉」。呢段歷史代表咗幾個預言上嘅時點，當中預言由 1989 年開始被揭開，經過 2001 年 9 月 11 日，並喺 2023 年 7 月結束。呢啲唔同嘅揭開，代表咗由 1989 年直到 9/11 嘅一段時期、由 9/11 直到即將來臨嘅星期日法令嘅一段時期，以及由 2020 年 7 月 18 日直到 2023 年 12 月 31 日嘅遲延時期；喺呢段期間，午夜呼聲嘅信息逐步被揭開，直到星期日法令。
The awakening of the candidates to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand, represented by Ezekiel 37’s dry bones and Revelation eleven’s two witnesses who stand when filled with the Spirit is accomplished by the unsealing. If God’s people fail to awaken to this “precious light” showing perils like the papal power and Sunday law, heresies sift them (separating chaff from wheat). Earlier prophetic waymarks such as the 1888 Blair Bill and the Patriot Act are identified as prophetic warnings. The article identifies that all prior lines of prophetic history represented within Daniel chapter eleven repeats in verses 40-45. The article identifies that the image of the beast is formed first in the United States and then in the world as typified by 321 and the first Sunday law, followed by the global image of the beast typified by 538 as Michael stands up and probation closes.
藉着揭開封印，那些要成為十四萬四千人之一的候選者便被喚醒；這事乃由以西結書第三十七章的枯骨，以及啟示錄第十一章那兩個在被聖靈充滿時站立起來的見證人所表徵。倘若上帝的子民未能醒覺這顯明教皇權勢與星期日法等危險的「寶貴亮光」，異端便會篩淨他們（將糠秕與麥子分開）。較早先知性路標，如1888年的 Blair Bill 與 Patriot Act，被指出為先知性的警告。該文章指出，凡但以理書第十一章之內所呈現的一切先知性歷史脈絡，皆在第40至45節重演。該文章指出，獸的像首先在美國形成，然後在全世界形成，前者由321年與第一次星期日法所預表；其後則是由538年所預表的全球性獸像，那時米迦勒站起來，恩門關閉。
The second of the four articles continues the prophetic framework by identifying the Patriot Act of 2001 as the United States “speaking” in fulfillment of Revelation 13:11. The Patriot Act was the first of three constitutional repudiations that parallel the three waymarks at the beginning of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy; 1776 Declaration of Independence, 1789 Constitution, and 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts. 1888’s failed Blair Bill, a national Sunday-law attempt was withdrawn like unto Cestius’ siege in the year 66; both typifying 2001, when the Patriot Act initiated the image-of-the-beast testing period in the United States. The Patriot Act aligns with 1776, and replacing English “innocent until proven guilty” common law, with Roman “guilty until proven innocent” civil law. The middle waymark, represented by 1789—the Pelosi Trials beginning in January 2022—trampled procedural and substantive due process through political lawfare, false-flag operations, and agency corruption, openly denying fundamental rights. These three waymarks of speaking in the 2001 Patriot Act, 2022 Pelosi Trials, and the coming Sunday law progressively repudiate every principle of the U.S. Constitution.
四篇文章之中嘅第二篇，藉着指出 2001 年嘅《愛國者法案》乃係美國喺應驗《啟示錄》13:11 所講嘅「說話」，從而延續呢個先知性嘅框架。《愛國者法案》係三次憲制背棄當中嘅第一次；而呢三次背棄，乃平行於《聖經》預言中第六個國度起始時嘅三個路標：1776 年《獨立宣言》、1789 年《憲法》，以及 1798 年《外僑與煽動叛亂法》。1888 年失敗咗嘅 Blair Bill，即一次全國性星期日法嘅嘗試，被撤回，有如主後 66 年 Cestius 嘅圍城一樣；兩者都預表 2001 年，當時《愛國者法案》喺美國啟動咗獸像試驗時期。《愛國者法案》對應 1776 年，並以羅馬「被證明無罪之前先當有罪」嘅民法，取代英國「被證明有罪之前先當無罪」嘅普通法。中間嘅路標，由 1789 年所代表——始於 2022 年 1 月嘅 Pelosi Trials——藉着政治法律戰、假旗行動同機構腐敗，踐踏程序性同實體性嘅正當法律程序，公開否認基本權利。呢三個「說話」嘅路標——2001 年《愛國者法案》、2022 年 Pelosi Trials，以及將來嘅星期日法——逐步背棄美國《憲法》嘅每一項原則。
Then Protestantism joins hands with popery and spiritualism in the threefold union, at which point the United States speaks as a dragon, fully forms the image of the beast, fills its cup of probation, and ceases as the sixth kingdom. National apostasy is then followed by national ruin. The speaking at the Sunday law is typified by the beginning and first Sunday law of Constantine in 321 and then the ending and last Sunday law is represented by 538.
其後，新教便與羅馬教及招魂術結成三重聯盟；到那時，美國便如龍發聲，完全造成獸像，斟滿其恩典時期之杯，並作為第六個國度而止息。國家的背道，隨後便是國家的敗亡。主日法案之發聲，乃由君士坦丁於321年所開始並頒布之第一條主日法所預表；其後，終結及最後一條主日法，則由538年所表徵。
All of these events are hidden within the prophetic history of Daniel 11:40, which runs parallel to the Millerite and also Christ-to-cross lines. Revelation 12:15–16 portrays the Constitution as the “earth” that once swallowed the dragon’s flood of persecution, that ultimately speaks as the dragon at the soon coming Sunday law. Ellen White’s warning in Testimonies, volume 5 (pages 711 and 451–452) that any religious legislation that concedes to the papacy, and that the Sunday law will reveal the dragon’s spirit; confirms the three steps of 1776, 1789, 1798 are waymarks that typify the final three-step testing process that concludes at the final test and the testing process is what prepares God’s people to stand.
呢一切事件都隱藏喺但以理書 11:40 嘅預言歷史之中；呢條歷史線與米勒派嘅歷史線，以及由基督到十字架嘅歷史線，彼此平行。啟示錄 12:15–16 將《憲法》描繪為嗰塊曾經吞滅龍所發出之迫害洪流嘅「地」，而呢塊「地」最終會喺即將來臨嘅星期日法之時，說話如同龍一樣。懷愛倫喺《教會證言》第5卷（第711頁及451–452頁）所發出嘅警告——即任何向教皇制度讓步嘅宗教立法，以及星期日法將會顯明龍嘅精神——證實咗1776、1789、1798呢三個步驟乃係路標，預表最後嗰個三步驟嘅試驗過程；而呢個過程係以最後嘅考驗作結，而試驗嘅過程正係預備上帝嘅子民得以站立得住。
The third article elaborates further on Ellen White’s warnings in Testimonies, volume 5, pages 451–452, asserting that the soon coming Sunday law in the United States marks the decisive moment when the nation fully disconnects from righteousness, accomplishes the threefold union (Protestantism grasping Romanism and spiritualism). The United States then repudiates every constitutional principle as a Protestant and republican government, and propagates papal delusions. This is the signal that the limit of God’s forbearance has been reached, thus filling up the nation’s cup of iniquity, prompting the angel of mercy’s departure and initiating national ruin. Then the answer to the martyrs’ cry from the fifth seal of, “How long?” arrives as a second group of papal martyrs is made up. The dragon’s spirit is revealed when the “Sunday movement” speaks—serving as the modern “abomination of desolation” (spoken of by Daniel and referenced by Christ) as a sign to flee the cities before destruction. The Sunday law is the conclusion of the progressive repudiation of the Constitution that began in 2001 with the Patriot Act (typified by the 1888 Blair Bills, Cestius’s 66 AD siege, Christ’s baptism, August 11, 1840 and The Declaration of Independence).
第三篇文章進一步闡明 Ellen White 喺《Testimonies》，第5卷，第451–452頁所發出嘅警告，斷言美國即將來臨嘅星期日法，標誌住國家徹底與公義脫離嘅決定性時刻，並完成三重聯合（更正教握住羅馬教同招魂術）。其後，美國便否棄作為一個更正教同共和政體之政府嘅每一項憲政原則，並傳播教皇制度嘅迷惑。呢個就係上帝容忍嘅限度已經達到嘅信號，從而使國家嘅罪孽之杯滿溢，促使憐憫嘅天使離去，並開始國家嘅毀滅。於是，第五印之下殉道者所呼喊嘅「要到幾時呢？」嘅回答便臨到，因為第二班教皇制度下嘅殉道者被湊足。當「星期日運動」發聲之時，龍嘅精神就被顯露出嚟——呢個運動就成為現代嘅「那行毀壞可憎的」（但以理所說、基督所提及），作為喺毀滅臨到之前逃離城市嘅記號。星期日法乃係對憲法逐步否棄之進程嘅終局；呢個進程始於2001年嘅《Patriot Act》（其預表包括1888年嘅 Blair Bills、主後66年 Cestius 嘅圍城、基督嘅受浸、1840年8月11日，以及《The Declaration of Independence》）。
The period of the formation of the image of the beast in the United States includes a complicated dual line, involving parallel Republican (political) and Protestant (religious) “horns” that ultimately unite in church-state enforcement of Sunday laws. The relationship mirrors the papal beast’s woman-over-beast control and is fully manifested at the overturning of the Constitution’s core principle of the separation of church and state.
喺美國塑造獸像嘅時期，包含一條複雜嘅雙重路線，涉及彼此並行嘅共和黨（政治）同新教（宗教）兩隻「角」；兩者最終聯合起來，以政教合一嘅方式執行星期日法。呢種關係映照住教皇獸中婦人駕馭獸嘅控制，並喺推翻憲法政教分離呢一核心原則之時，得到完全嘅顯明。
Internally, the image of the beast testing time tests character formation (Christ’s image versus Satan’s beast image) among all people, separating wise and foolish virgins, while externally identifying the latter days political struggles, alliances and broken treaties. The 2001 unto the Sunday law period initiates the sprinkling of the latter rain (beginning when the Revelation 18 angel descended on September 11, 2001, lightening the earth via the fall of New York’s great buildings). 9/11 begins the sifting of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism through acceptance or rejection of the “little book” message that is to be eaten as in Revelation 10. The wheat and tares remain together until their separation at the Sunday law, when the one hundred and forty-four thousand are lifted up as the ensign and the arrival of the full outpouring of the latter rain during the worldwide image-of-the-beast formation, typified by 321 to 538. Then the gathering of the great multitude from Babylon commences until Michael stands up and probation closes. This aligns with judgment beginning first with God’s house from 9/11, then to the eleventh-hour workers post-Sunday law.
喺內部，獸像之試驗嘅時期，乃係喺眾民中試驗品格嘅塑造（基督嘅形像對比撒但獸嘅像），將聰明童女同愚拙童女分別出嚟；而喺外部，則標示末後日子嘅政治鬥爭、結盟同埋被破壞嘅條約。由2001年至星期日法期間，啟動咗晚雨嘅灑下（始於2001年9月11日《啟示錄》第18章天使降下，藉住紐約宏偉建築物嘅倒塌，使全地發光）。9/11 藉住人對《啟示錄》第10章所指、當被食下之「小書卷」信息嘅接納或拒絕，開始篩淨老底嘉時期嘅基督復臨安息日會。麥子同稗子仍然一同存留，直到佢哋喺星期日法之時被分開；嗰時，十四萬四千人被高舉為旌旗，而晚雨嘅完全傾注亦於全球獸像形成期間臨到，正如321年至538年所預表。其後，從巴比倫招聚大群人嘅工作便開始，直到米迦勒起來，恩門關閉。呢一切都同審判先由上帝嘅家開始相一致，始於9/11，然後延至星期日法之後第十一個鐘頭嘅工人。
The third article emphasizes that surviving the period when celestial glory and past persecutions are blended and repeated requires prior mastery of prophecy, via line-upon-line methodology of Isaiah 28. The methodology is exemplified by Daniel’s worthies, Christ’s disciples pre-Pentecost, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego at the furnace who are typify as those who are prepared to stand securely on “It is written,” amid Satan’s marvelous workings and counterfeits.
第三篇文章強調，要喺天上榮耀與過往逼迫交織並重演嘅時期中存留，就必須事先藉住《以賽亞書》第二十八章「命上加命、令上加令」嘅方法，精通預言。呢種方法喺但以理嘅忠僕、五旬節前基督嘅門徒，以及沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌喺火爐中嘅經歷上都得到說明；佢哋乃係預表嗰啲已準備好喺撒但奇妙作為同假冒之事當中，穩固站立於「經上記着說」之上嘅人。
The fourth article explains that the prophetic testing process of the formation of the image of the beast in the United States runs parallel to and is intertwined with the three constitutional waymarks (Patriot Act in 2001 as the initial “speaking,” Pelosi Trials in 2022 as the middle, and the Sunday law as the final). The testing process prepares the wise virgins (the 144,000) to endure the crowning trial of persecution that begins at the Sunday law, when national apostasy leads to ruin. Satan then unleashes marvelous counterfeits (claiming to be God with miracles), and celestial glory blends with repeated past persecutions, allowing God’s people to walk unmoved in the light proceeding from God’s throne. This preparation mirrors Christ’s strategy in John six (as commented on in The Desire of Ages, 394), where He permitted a severe test to weed out self-seeking followers early, strengthening the true disciples for their ultimate trial (Gethsemane, betrayal, crucifixion) by His presence. Similarly, the image-of-the-beast test—encompassing the internal character formation (Christ’s image vs. Satan’s beast image) and external church-state union overturning separation of church and state—sifts Laodicean Adventism. The test purifies the wise through acceptance of the unsealed message via the line-upon-line methodology of, Isaiah 28.
第四篇文章解釋，美國境內獸像形成之先知性試驗過程，乃與三個憲法路標並行而且交織進行（2001年《愛國者法案》作為最初的「發聲」、2022年佩洛西審訊作為中段，而主日法則為最後）。這試驗過程乃是為要預備智慧的童女（即十四萬四千人），使她們能忍受那自主日法則開始、當國家性的背道引致毀滅時臨到之加冕性的逼迫試煉。其後，撒但便釋放出奇妙的偽冒之事（聲稱自己是上帝，並施行神蹟）；天上的榮耀又與昔日一再重演的逼迫交織，使上帝的子民得以在從上帝寶座發出的光中堅定不移地行走。 這種預備與基督在約翰福音第六章中的策略互相對應（正如《歷代願望》，394頁所評述），當時祂容讓一場嚴峻的試驗提早臨到，為要篩除那些自私自利的跟隨者，並藉着祂的同在，堅固真正的門徒，以面對他們最終的試煉（客西馬尼、出賣、釘十字架）。同樣，獸像的試驗——包括內在品格之形成（基督的形像對比撒但那獸的形像），以及外在政教聯合推翻政教分離——乃是對老底嘉狀態之復臨信仰的篩選。這試驗藉着人按着以賽亞書28章「律上加律」的方法，接受那尚未開啟封印的信息，而使智慧人得潔淨。
The unsealed light is the light of the seventh seal (Revelation 8:1–5), manifested as fire cast to earth in answer to the saints’ prayers, as typified by the tongues of fire at the Pentecost’s outpouring. The unsealed light was also represented by the Millerite midnight cry (which prepared entry by faith into the Most Holy Place), and which will be fulfilled in the modern midnight cry unsealed in July 2023, within Daniel 11:40’s hidden history. The message of the latter rain sprinkling since 9/11, along with the increase of knowledge on the papacy and the Sunday law, accompanied with the unsealing of the seven thunders, the hidden history of verse forty are all encompassed in the unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The detailed prophetic illumination of the image-of-the-beast formation; including both the Republican and Protestant horns’ struggles, political parties, Laodicean Adventism, 144,000 emergence, Islam’s third woe, Russia, UN, papal power, and Hasmonaean parallels equips the wise to recognize and appropriate God’s leading without forgetting past guidance (Testimonies to Ministers, 31).
未開封嘅亮光，乃係第七印嘅亮光（啟示錄 8:1–5）；佢顯現為火被擲落地上，作為對聖徒祈禱嘅回應，正如五旬節傾降之時嗰火舌所預表嘅一樣。未開封嘅亮光，亦由米勒派嘅午夜呼聲所表徵（藉此憑信進入至聖所嘅預備得以完成）；而呢一點，將會喺但以理書 11:40 隱藏歷史之中、於 2023 年 7 月被開封嘅現代午夜呼聲上得著應驗。自 9/11 以來後雨灑降之信息，連同對教皇制度同星期日法之知識嘅增長，並七雷被開封，以及第四十節之隱藏歷史，呢一切都包括喺《耶穌基督之啟示》被開封之中。對獸像形成之詳盡先知性闡明——包括共和黨同新教兩角之爭鬥、政治黨派、老底嘉狀態之復臨信徒主義、十四萬四千人之興起、伊斯蘭教之第三樣禍患、俄羅斯、聯合國、教皇權勢，以及哈斯摩尼平行對照——裝備智慧人，使其能夠辨認並領受上帝嘅引導，而不忘記過往嘅帶領（《傳道人證言》，31）。
By eating the “little book” (Revelation 10), internalizing the history in advance through Berean study, the one hundred and forty-four thousand gain discernment to stand securely on, “It is written,” amid Satan’s deceptions. Their preparation allows them to avoid drawing back to perdition (Hebrews 10:37–39; Habakkuk 2:4), and they are thereafter manifested as tried-and-tested overcomers who keep God’s commandments (especially the fourth) and the faith of Jesus. They are those who navigate the final crisis where the just live by faith, protected by angels, while the foolish (who reject the methodology and message) face strong delusion and are without hope. This aligns with Testimonies, volume 9’s chapter For the Coming of the King, (beginning at page 11) with its 9/11 symbolism, thus identifying the period of 9/11 to the Sunday law as the sealing time where the wise understand Daniel eleven’s completion and fear nothing except forgetting God’s leading in past sacred histories.
藉着食用「小書卷」（啟示錄 10 章），並透過庇哩亞式嘅查考，預先將歷史內化，一十四萬四千人便得着辨識力，能夠喺撒但嘅迷惑之中，穩固站立喺「經上記着說」之上。佢哋所受嘅預備，使佢哋得以避免退後以致沉淪（希伯來書 10:37–39；哈巴谷書 2:4）；其後，佢哋就顯明為經過試驗、得勝到底嘅人，遵守上帝誡命（尤其第四誡），並持守耶穌嘅信仰。佢哋就係嗰啲喺最後危機之中前行嘅人；喺嗰時，義人必因信得生，有天使保護；而愚拙嘅人（即拒絕呢種方法論同信息者）則要面對強烈迷惑，毫無盼望。呢一點與《Testimonies》第 9 卷〈For the Coming of the King〉一章（由第 11 頁開始）相一致，其中帶有其 9/11 象徵意義，因此指明由 9/11 至星期日法令之期間，乃係印證嘅時期；喺呢段時期，智慧人明白但以理書第十一章嘅成全，並且一無所懼，惟獨懼怕忘記上帝喺過往神聖歷史中嘅帶領。
The four articles collectively present a prophetic interpretation of Christ, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and the Alpha and the Omega who unseals portions of Daniel chapter eleven at key moments to guide the final reform movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. In 1989, 126 years after the 1863 Adventist “rebellion,” the Lion unsealed Daniel 11:40–45, revealing the papacy’s 1798 deadly wound healing at the threefold union (dragon, beast, and false prophet) of verse forty-one and leading to Armageddon, “the glorious holy mountain” where the papacy receives her final judgment in verse forty-five. The unsealing initiates the movement’s beginning, producing an “increase of knowledge” (Selected Messages, book 2) on “the papacy and Sunday law”, triggering the threefold testing of being “purified, made white, and tried” as represented in Daniel 12:10.
呢四篇文章合共提出一個關於基督嘅先知性詮釋：基督乃係猶大支派嘅獅子，亦係阿拉法同俄梅戛；佢喺關鍵時刻揭開但以理書第十一章若干部分嘅封印，以引導十四萬四千人最後嘅改革運動。喺1989年，即係1863年復臨信徒「悖逆」之後126年，呢位獅子揭開咗但以理書11:40–45嘅封印，顯明教皇權喺1798年所受嘅致命傷，點樣喺第四十一節所記載嘅三重聯合（龍、獸同假先知）當中得着醫治，並引向哈米吉多頓——「榮美嘅聖山」——喺第四十五節，教皇權喺嗰度領受佢最後嘅審判。呢次揭開封印，啟動咗呢場運動嘅開端，帶來關於「教皇權同星期日法」嘅「知識增長」（《信息選粹》第二冊），並觸發但以理書12:10所表徵嗰種「被潔淨、變為潔白，且受熬煉」嘅三重試驗。
We will continue these thoughts in the next article.
我哋將會喺下一篇文章繼續呢啲思想。