As we take up the study of the hidden history we will consider both the internal and external lines of prophecy that are now understood as aligning with the history from the time of the end in verse forty unto the Sunday law of verse forty-one. The internal line of that prophetic history is marked by the book of Revelation in chapter eleven and verse eleven. The external line is marked by the book of Daniel in chapter eleven verse eleven. The external line of Daniel eleven—verse eleven arrived in history in 2014, and the internal line of Revelation eleven—verse eleven arrived in history on December 31, 2023. The external line represents the Republican horn of the earth beast and the internal line represents the Protestant horn of the earth beast.
當我哋開始研究呢段隱藏嘅歷史時,我哋會一同考察預言嘅內在線同外在線;而家已明白,呢兩條線都同第四十節由末時開始、直到第四十一節之星期日法令嘅歷史相互對應。呢段預言歷史嘅內在線,係由《啟示錄》第十一章第十一節所標示;外在線,則係由《但以理書》第十一章第十一節所標示。《但以理書》第十一章——第十一節——所代表嘅外在線,喺二〇一四年進入歷史;而《啟示錄》第十一章——第十一節——所代表嘅內在線,則喺二〇二三年十二月三十一日進入歷史。外在線代表地獸嘅共和黨角,內在線則代表地獸嘅新教角。
The United States
美國
The book of Revelation identifies one primary nation as the subject of the latter days. That nation is the earth beast who forces the entire world to worship the papal sea beast. The book of Revelation identifies one primary nation, one confederacy of ten nations and one counterfeit church. The nation is the United States, the earth beast of chapter thirteen, the counterfeit church is the sea beast of chapter thirteen and the biblical ten-king confederacy of evil is the United Nations. Those three powers, represented as the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in Revelation sixteen, lead the world to Armageddon.
《啟示錄》指出,在末後的日子,有一個主要國家成為其論述的對象。那國家就是地上來的獸;牠強迫全世界敬拜那教皇制的海中來的獸。《啟示錄》指出一個主要國家、一個由十個國家組成的聯盟,以及一個冒牌的教會。那國家就是美國,即第十三章中的地獸;那冒牌教會就是第十三章中的海獸;而聖經所說由十王組成的邪惡聯盟就是聯合國。這三股勢力,在《啟示錄》第十六章中被描繪為龍、獸和假先知,帶領世界走向哈米吉多頓。
They are each identified in Daniel eleven, verses forty to forty-five, where the counterfeit church comes to her end between the seas and the glorious holy mountain in verse forty-five, which geographically aligns with Revelation’s Armageddon. Verse forty begins in 1798 when the sea beast, that is the counterfeit church received a deadly wound and the passage ends with that resurrected sea beast, who is the whore of Revelation seventeen dying the second time, thus ending the passage right where it began. The primary nation in both the book of Revelation and Daniel, is the United States, the earth beast of Revelation thirteen’s chapter of rebellion. The earth beast is also the false prophet in chapter sixteen of Revelation, and in verse forty of Daniel eleven, it is the chariots, ships and horsemen.
佢哋各自都喺《但以理書》第十一章四十至四十五節中被指出;喺第四十五節,嗰個偽冒嘅教會喺兩海之間、榮美嘅聖山那裏走到佢嘅結局;就地理位置而言,呢一點與《啟示錄》所講嘅哈米吉多頓相吻合。第四十節始於一七九八年,當時海獸,即係嗰個偽冒嘅教會,受咗致命嘅傷;而呢段經文則以嗰隻復活咗嘅海獸作結,佢就係《啟示錄》第十七章所講嘅淫婦,第二次死亡;因此,呢段經文正正喺佢開始嘅地方結束。無論喺《啟示錄》定係《但以理書》中,主要嘅國家都係美國,即係《啟示錄》第十三章背道篇章中嘅地獸。呢隻地獸同時亦係《啟示錄》第十六章中嘅假先知,而喺《但以理書》第十一章第四十節,佢就係戰車、船隻同馬兵。
Half Truths are No Truth at All
半真理根本唔係真理
The nation that is the subject of both Daniel and Revelation in the latter days is the United States and Daniel chapter eleven begins by specifically identifying that nation’s final president. This truth is an established biblical fact which Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists reject by hiding behind a half-truth. The half truth they hide behind on this subject is their agreement that it is the United States that is both the earth beast of Revelation thirteen and also the false prophet of chapter sixteen; yet they refuse to see that Donald Trump is a primary subject of biblical prophecy in the latter days. God never changes and when He interacted with Egypt, Pharoah was a primary subject of the prophetic history, then with Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar are named. Cyrus was named. Darius was named. The Bible specifically identifies the last ruler of the earth beast, and it is not a casual reference. Adventism knows who the United States is, in end-time prophecy, but cannot see that God addresses both the nation and its leader in every prophetic scenario, and all of those previous sacred histories illustrate the latter days.
但以理書同啟示錄喺末後日子所論及嘅國家,乃係美國;而但以理書第十一章一開始,便明確指出呢個國家最後一位總統。呢個真理乃係已經確立嘅聖經事實,然而老底嘉時期嘅基督復臨安息日會信徒,卻藉住一個半真半假嘅說法加以拒絕。佢哋喺呢個問題上所倚靠嘅半真理,就係佢哋同意:啟示錄第十三章所講嘅地獸,以及第十六章所講嘅假先知,兩者都係指美國;但佢哋卻拒絕承認,唐納德·特朗普乃係末後日子聖經預言嘅主要主題之一。上帝從不改變;當祂同埃及打交道嘅時候,法老乃係預言歷史中嘅主要主題;其後講到巴比倫,尼布甲尼撒同伯沙撒都被指名提出。古列被指名提出。大利烏被指名提出。聖經明確指出地獸最後一位統治者,呢並唔係一個隨意嘅提及。復臨信仰知道,美國喺末時預言中係邊一個;但佢哋卻睇唔見,上帝喺每一個預言情景當中,總係同時論及嗰個國家同佢嘅領袖,而之前所有呢啲神聖歷史,都係末後日子嘅預表。
Trump in the Final Vision
特朗普喺最後異象中
Donald Trump is the first subject in Daniel’s final vision, which is the climax of all the prophetic visions, not simply in the book of Daniel, but the entire Bible.
唐納德.特朗普係但以理最後異象中首先出現嘅主角;呢個異象乃係一切先知異象嘅高潮,唔單止喺《但以理書》之中,亦係全本聖經之中。
The theme of the last vision of prophetic history within God’s Word is Donald Trump. He is the symbol that identifies the footsteps of the external latter-day prophecy of the hidden history of verse forty. He is also the link that identifies and establishes the internal line of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The one hundred and forty-four thousand are the Protestant horn upon the earth beast of Revelation thirteen, and Donald Trump represents the Republican horn of the same beast. The beast is the Constitution of the United States as represented by the constitutional republican government that initially placed a separation between the two horns, but ultimately unites the horns into an image of the papal sea beast.
上帝話語之中先知歷史最後一個異象的主題,乃是唐納德.特朗普。他是用以辨識第四十節隱藏歷史之外在末後日子預言之腳蹤的象徵。他亦是那辨識並確立十四萬四千人內在線索的連結。那十四萬四千人,就是《啟示錄》第十三章地獸之上的新教角,而唐納德.特朗普則代表同一獸的共和黨角。這獸乃是美國憲法,正如憲政共和政府所表徵的那樣;該政府起初使兩角彼此分離,但最終卻將兩角聯合,成為教皇制海獸的像。
Sister White repeatedly aligns Daniel chapter three’s golden image with the Sunday law of the latter days; so, who does Nebuchadnezzar represent? Adventism will inform you it is the United States, the earth beast of chapter thirteen of Revelation, which equates to identifying that it was Babylon that threw Shadrach, Meshak and Abednego into the fire. It was Nebuchadnezzar that the Bible identifies as the one who was responsible at the Sunday law, so who is Nebuchadnezzar, if it is not the president that rules when the soon coming Sunday law arrives?
懷愛倫一再將但以理書第三章嘅金像,對應到末後日子嘅星期日法;咁,尼布甲尼撒所代表嘅係邊個呢?復臨信仰會話畀你知,佢就係美國,即係啟示錄第十三章所講嘅地獸;呢一點等同於指出,將沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌扔入火中嘅,乃係巴比倫。聖經所指出、喺星期日法之時負責任嘅,正係尼布甲尼撒;因此,如果唔係將要臨到嘅星期日法到來之時執政嘅總統,尼布甲尼撒又係邊個呢?
Three
三
Daniel’s last vision, which is the vision of the Hiddekel River is broken into three chapters that each align with the characteristics of the three angels of Revelation fourteen. The three chapters represent the first, second and third angels, but they also represent Daniel’s last message. His first message of chapter one also represents the three angels of Revelation fourteen, and in so doing the signature of Alpha and Omega is placed upon chapter one and the vision of the Hiddekel River.
但以理最後嘅異象,即希底結河嘅異象,被分為三章;每一章都同《啟示錄》第十四章三位天使嘅特徵相對應。呢三章代表第一、第二同第三位天使,但同時亦代表但以理最後嘅信息。佢喺第一章所傳嘅第一個信息,同樣代表《啟示錄》第十四章嘅三位天使;藉此,阿拉法與俄梅戛嘅印記就被加蓋喺第一章同希底結河嘅異象之上。
Daniel’s last vision is set upon the framework of the Hebrew word “truth,” which is made up of the first, thirteenth and the last and twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Chapter ten identifies Daniel as a student of prophecy who is transformed from a Laodicean unto a Philadelphian on the twenty-second day. Daniel is then empowered to understand the unsealed increase of knowledge represented in chapter twelve. The first and last chapters of the vision identify Daniel as a symbol of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are genuine students of prophecy.
但以理最後一個異象乃建立於希伯來文「真理」一詞嘅架構之上;此詞由希伯來字母表中第一、第十三,以及最後即第二十二個字母組成。第十章指出,但以理係一個研習預言嘅人,並且喺第二十二日由老底嘉人轉變成為非拉鐵非人。於是,但以理得着能力,可以明白第十二章所代表、那已開啟封印而增加嘅知識。異象嘅首章與末章都指出,但以理乃係十四萬四千人嘅象徵;佢哋都係真正研習預言嘅人。
“Whatever may be man’s intellectual advancement, let him not for a moment think that there is no need of thorough and continuous searching of the Scriptures for greater light. As a people we are called individually to be students of prophecy.” Testimonies, volume 5, 708.
「無論人喺智識上有幾大嘅進步,都唔好有一刻以為,自己唔需要為咗得著更大嘅亮光,而徹底並持續不斷咁查考聖經。作為一班子民,我哋各人都蒙召作預言嘅研習者。」《證言》第5卷,708頁。
Chapter one identifies the same truths of the Hiddekel River vision, and the Hiddekel River vision’s first chapter identifies the same truth as its third and last chapter. The book of Daniel bears the signature of Alpha and Omega for chapter one identifies the three step testing process of the everlasting gospel and so does chapter twelve. Then within the three chapters which make up Daniel’s final vision, the first chapter is the alpha and the third chapter is the omega. This aligns with Daniel’s first test of what food to eat and his third and final test when he was judged by Nebuchadnezzar after three years. Daniel one’s alpha test was over the methodology of Bible study as represented by eating either the Babylonian fare or the vegetarian fare.
第一章指出希底結河異象中同一嘅真理,而希底結河異象嘅第一章,亦指出與其第三章、即最後一章,相同嘅真理。〈但以理書〉帶有阿拉法同俄梅戛嘅印記,因為第一章指出永遠福音三步驟嘅試驗過程,第十二章亦同樣如此。跟住喺構成但以理最後異象嘅三章之中,第一章係阿拉法,第三章係俄梅戛。呢一點同但以理第一次關於食乜嘢嘅試驗,以及第三次、亦係最後一次嘅試驗相互呼應;嗰次試驗係三年之後,佢喺尼布甲尼撒面前受審察之時。〈但以理書〉第一章中阿拉法嘅試驗,乃係關乎研讀聖經之方法,藉住食巴比倫膳食或者素菜嚟表徵。
Daniel’s faithfulness to the methodology of “line upon line” allowed him to be found “in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” In the omega chapter twelve it is the wise who understand all matters of wisdom that are increased when the prophetic Word is unsealed. Chapter twelve is the omega to chapter one, and it is also the omega to chapter ten, the alpha of the Hiddekel vision. In that alpha chapter ten, Daniel settles into the spiritual experience aligning with the wise settling into the intellectual experience in chapter twelve. Chapter one underlines that it is the methodology of biblical study that allows the student of prophecy to settle into the truth both spiritually and intellectually in order to be sealed.
但以理對「一句一句」呢種方法論嘅忠誠,使佢被人見到「王所問他們一切事上嘅智慧聰明,見他們比通國嘅術士和用法術嘅勝過十倍。」喺俄梅加嘅第十二章,當先知嘅話語被揭開封印之時,明白一切智慧之事嘅智慧人就得以增多。第十二章係第一章嘅俄梅加,同時亦係第十章——希底結異象之阿拉法——嘅俄梅加。喺呢個作為阿拉法嘅第十章,但以理進入嗰種屬靈經歷,正如第十二章裏面嘅智慧人進入嗰種知性經歷一樣。第一章強調,正正係聖經研讀嘅方法論,使預言嘅學生得以喺屬靈同知性兩方面都安定於真理之中,好叫他們得着印記。
Representing the genuine students of prophecy in the latter days, Daniel and the three worthies are the wise who not only understand the increase of knowledge that is unsealed at the time of the end in 1989, but they also understand the increase of knowledge at 9/11. Ultimately, they understand the unsealed increase of knowledge on December 31, 2023.
但以理同三位忠貞嘅同伴,乃係代表末後日子真正研習預言嘅人;佢哋就係嗰啲有智慧嘅人,唔單止明白喺1989年末時所解開封印而增長嘅知識,亦都明白喺9/11時知識嘅增長;最終,佢哋亦明白喺2023年12月31日所解開封印而增長嘅知識。
In their pursuit of God’s prophetic light, they are changed from the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand unto the Philadelphian movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. When the change occurs, they are separated from those who fled from the vision of the looking glass.
喺佢哋追求上帝預言之光嘅過程之中,佢哋由十四萬四千人嘅老底嘉第七日安息日會運動,轉變為十四萬四千人嘅非拉鐵非運動。當呢個轉變發生之時,佢哋就同嗰啲逃避鏡中異象嘅人分別出嚟。
Message of Human Rebellion
人類悖逆的信息
Chapters ten and twelve address the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for they are the first and third steps in the framework of truth. Once empowered by the internal experience of the looking glass vision of chapter ten, along with being enlightened with the unsealed understanding of Daniel twelve, they are to proclaim the message of human rebellion. The message of human rebellion is represented by the books of Daniel and Revelation, and the message of rebellion is placed within the prophetic framework of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy set forth in Daniel. The prophetic symbolism of the testimony of human rebellion within the book of Daniel is fully represented in chapter eleven. Chapter eleven is a history beginning at the ending of Babylon and the beginning of the Medes and Persians. It is therefore beginning with the deadly wound of Babylon, which typifies the deadly wound of the papacy in 1798. When the papacies’ deadly wound is healed at the soon coming Sunday law, she becomes the head of the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. She then is the woman riding the beast in Revelation seventeen, and that woman has Babylon the Great written upon her forehead. At the soon coming Sunday law the deadly wound of both Babylon and the papacy is healed.
第十章同第十二章係論到嗰十四萬四千人,因為佢哋係真理架構之中嘅第一同第三步。一旦佢哋藉住第十章之照鏡異象嘅內在經歷而得着能力,並且因着但以理書第十二章已開啟封印之理解而蒙光照,佢哋就要宣告人類背叛嘅信息。人類背叛嘅信息,乃係由但以理書同啟示錄所表徵,而呢個背叛嘅信息乃被置於但以理書所陳明之《聖經》預言列國嘅先知性架構之內。但以理書之中有關人類背叛見證嘅先知性象徵,喺第十一章得到完整嘅表述。第十一章乃係一段歷史,始於巴比倫嘅終結同瑪代波斯嘅開始。因此,佢係由巴比倫所受嘅致命傷開始,而呢個致命傷正係預表教皇權於1798年所受嘅致命傷。當教皇權所受嘅致命傷喺將近來到嘅星期日法令之時得醫治,佢就成為龍、獸同假先知三重聯盟之首。其後,佢就係啟示錄第十七章之中騎在獸上嘅婦人,而嗰婦人額上寫着「大巴比倫」。喺將近來到嘅星期日法令之時,巴比倫同教皇權兩者嘅致命傷都要得醫治。
The human rebellion represented from the time of Babylon through to the end of the world is the framework of the book of Daniel, and chapter eleven is the external prophetic message that chronicles that rebellion of the last days. That testimony of rebellion found in chapter eleven aligns with and within the last six verses of the chapter. The last six verses are the message of human rebellion, and those last six verses are represented with and within the hidden history of verse forty. In so doing the book of Daniel is reduced to one chapter, which in turn is reduced to six verses of that very chapter, which is in turn reduced to the hidden history of the last half of one verse.
由巴比倫時代直到世界末了所表徵的人類叛逆,乃係《但以理書》的架構;而第十一章則係一篇外在嘅先知信息,記述末後日子嗰場叛逆。喺第十一章所見關於叛逆嘅見證,與該章最後六節彼此相符,並且包含於其中。最後六節就係關乎人類叛逆嘅信息,而呢最後六節亦藉住並包含喺第四十節隱藏嘅歷史之中而得以表明。如此一來,《但以理書》便被歸納為一章;而嗰一章又被歸納為該章嘅六節經文;而嗰六節經文又再被歸納為一節經文後半段所隱藏嘅歷史。
Chapter eleven represents the thirteenth letter that is preceded by the first and followed by the last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the first and last are always the same. The first chapter identifies the wise being separated from the foolish at the looking glass vision and the last chapter identifies the wise being separated from the foolish at the unsealing. Inspiration informs us that the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is a “settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually.” Chapter ten identifies the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand spiritually and chapter twelve shows the intellectual. Chapter ten identifies three touches and three interactions with heavenly beings. Chapter twelve identifies a three-step purification of the wise that is accomplished by the increase of the intellectual prophetic truth as “purified, made white and tried.” Just as chapter ten has two symbols of three, with the three touches and three heavenly encounters; chapter twelve has the three-step testing process, as well as, three time prophecies.
第十一章代表第十三個字母;其前有希伯來字母表中第一個字母,其後有最後一個字母,而首與末總是相同。第一章指出,在照鏡子的異象中,智慧人與愚昧人被分別出來;最後一章則指出,在揭開封印之時,智慧人與愚昧人被分別出來。默示告訴我哋,十四萬四千人受印,乃係「在真理之中安定下來,無論在理智上或屬靈上。」第十章指出十四萬四千人喺屬靈方面受印,而第十二章則顯示其理智方面。第十章指出三次觸摸,以及與天上 beings 的三次互動。第十二章指出,藉着理智上預言真理嘅增加,智慧人經歷一個三步驟嘅潔淨過程,就是「潔淨自己,使自己潔白,且被熬煉。」正如第十章有兩組「三」的表號,即三次觸摸同三次與天上的相遇;第十二章亦有這個三步驟的試驗過程,以及三個時間預言。
Chapter ten’s three heavenly encounters bear the signature of truth for the first and last heavenly being to interact with Daniel was the angel Gabriel, and the middle being was Michael. Three angels, but Christ was the angel in the second step. The three touches represent a progressive three-step empowerment of Daniel. Within the passage Daniel identifies the looking glass vision three times, and in so doing he is placing the three looking glass visions within seven references of the mareh vision in chapter ten. Twice the Hebrew word mareh is translated as “appearance,” and twice as “vision,” and three other times it is translated as “vision.” The ‘three other times’ are not mareh, they are the feminine expression of mareh, which is marah. Chapter ten has three touches of progressive empowerment, three heavenly encounters that bear the signature of truth and three looking glass visions that are a part of seven references of the appearance of Christ.
第十章之中三次天上的相遇,都帶有真理嘅印記,因為最先同最後與但以理接觸嘅天上使者都係天使加百列,而中間嗰一位就係米迦勒。三位天使,但基督乃係第二步之中嘅嗰位使者。呢三次觸摸,代表但以理漸進式、分三步所得嘅加力。於呢段經文之內,但以理三次指出「照見鏡中」嘅異象;而佢咁樣做,乃係將呢三個照見鏡中嘅異象,置於第十章中有關 mareh 異象嘅七次提述之內。希伯來字 mareh 兩次被譯作「appearance」,又兩次被譯作「vision」,其餘三次亦被譯作「vision」。嗰「其餘三次」並唔係 mareh,而係 mareh 嘅陰性形式,即 marah。第十章有三次漸進式加力嘅觸摸、三次帶有真理印記嘅天上相遇,以及三個照見鏡中嘅異象;而呢啲都係基督顯現之七次提述嘅一部分。
Appearance
外貌
The two times mareh is translated as appearance align with the two times it is translated as vision. Together they identify Christ as a symbol that appears as a waymark in prophetic history. In Revelation chapter ten, an angel descends and places one foot on the land and the other on the sea. Sister White informs us the angel was “no less a personage than Jesus Christ.” The angel of Revelation ten is the “appearance” of Christ in prophetic history. He appears in verse thirteen of Daniel chapter eight as Palmoni, and in Revelation chapter five onward He appears as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Daniel is representing those of the last days who follow the prophetic appearances of Christ, wherever He might go. If they are faithful to do so, they are led to the looking glass vision where the unfaithful flee.
mareh 兩次被譯作「顯現」,正與它兩次被譯作「異象」互相對應。兩者合起來,將基督指出為一個在預言歷史中顯現、作為路標的象徵。於《啟示錄》第十章,一位天使降下,一腳踏地,一腳踏海。懷愛倫姊妹告訴我哋,呢位天使「唔係別個,正是耶穌基督」。 《啟示錄》第十章的天使,乃是基督在預言歷史中的「顯現」。祂喺《但以理書》第八章第十三節以 Palmoni 嘅身份顯現,而自《啟示錄》第五章起,祂又以猶大支派之獅顯現。Daniel 所代表的,是末後日子那些跟隨基督在預言中各種顯現的人,無論祂往哪裡去。若他們忠心如此行,就必被引到照鏡子的異象那裡;而不忠心的人則要逃跑。
Chapter twelve’s three-step purification based upon understanding the knowledge that is increased when a prophecy is unsealed is accompanied by three ‘time prophecies,’ which represent three distinct fulfillments for each of the three verses. Verse seven’s twelve hundred and sixty years, verse eleven’s twelve hundred and ninety years and verse twelves thirteen hundred and thirty-five years identify three verses that each contain a time prophecy which was fulfilled in history, and thereafter recognized by the Millerites as historical confirmation of the message they proclaimed. The prediction in the verse, the historical fulfillment and the Millerite application of that history witness to the latter-day fulfillment of those three prophecies. But the Millerites application of time is no longer valid, so the time references in the verses are to be applied as symbols, not as time. The symbolism is established in the verses through applying the verse, the verse’s fulfillment in history and the Millerite presentation of the message.
第十二章所記、建立喺對預言被解開封印時所增多之知識嘅理解之上嘅三步潔淨,係伴隨住三個「時間預言」而出現;呢三個時間預言,分別代表三節經文各自有三重不同嘅應驗。第七節之一千二百六十年、第十一節之一千二百九十年,同埋第十二節之一千三百三十五年,指出咗三節各自包含時間預言嘅經文;呢啲預言喺歷史中已經應驗,並且其後被米勒派認定為佢哋所宣講之信息嘅歷史印證。經文中嘅預告、歷史上嘅應驗,以及米勒派對該段歷史嘅應用,共同為呢三個預言喺末後日子嘅應驗作見證。然而,米勒派對時間嘅應用如今已不再有效,所以經文中有關時間嘅提法應當作為象徵去應用,而唔係作為時間本身。呢種象徵意義,乃係藉着對經文本身、該經文喺歷史中嘅應驗,以及米勒派對信息嘅闡述加以應用,而喺經文之中被確立。
Chapter eleven’s chronology of human rebellion is woven together by leagues, treaties and covenants. The human covenants that are represented within the history of chapter eleven are contrasted with the Divine covenant.
第十一章中人類悖逆嘅年代次序,乃由盟約、條約同立約交織而成。喺第十一章歷史之中所呈現嘅人間諸約,乃與神聖之約形成對比。
“In the last days of this earth’s history, God’s covenant with his commandment-keeping people is to be renewed.” Review and Herald, February 26, 1914.
「喺呢個世界歷史嘅末後日子,上帝要同嗰班遵守祂誡命嘅子民重新立約。」《Review and Herald》,1914年2月26日。
Rome establishes the entire vision, and when papal Rome is first addressed in chapter eleven, she is identified as “them that forsake the holy covenant.” The internal line in Daniel eleven, which is also the internal line within the hidden history of verse forty, represents those who enter into covenant with God in the latter days, and the external line identifies those who forsake that very covenant. In illustrating the class who will not be benefitted by the increase of knowledge in the latter days, their external history is woven upon the prophetic thread of broken human treaties.
羅馬奠定了整個異象;而當第十一章首次提及教皇羅馬時,她被指明為「離棄聖約的人」。但以理書第十一章中嘅內在線,亦即第四十節隱藏歷史中嘅內在線,象徵嗰啲喺末後日子與上帝立約嘅人;而外在線則標示嗰啲離棄呢同一聖約嘅人。為咗說明嗰一等喺末後日子唔會因知識增長而得益嘅人,佢哋外在嘅歷史,乃係編織喺人所破壞之條約嘅先知性脈絡之上。
Woven into the internal line of the one hundred and forty-four thousand are multiple symbols and illustrations of the covenant relationship of God with His latter-day remnant people. The symbol of the number “eleven” is one of those truths, and the fact that the eleventh verse of chapter eleven identifies the external and internal vision of the latter days is emphasized by Isaiah identifying the purpose and work of God’s last day covenant people in chapter eleven, and verse eleven.
編織於十四萬四千人內在線索之中,乃有多重象徵與圖像,表明神與祂末後餘民之約的關係。數字「十一」的象徵乃其中一項真理;而第十一章第十一節指出末後日子的外在與內在異象這一事實,更因以賽亞在第十一章、並第十一節中,指出神末日立約子民的宗旨與工作,而得着強調。
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. Isaiah 11:11.
到那日,主必再次伸手,第二次收回祂百姓所餘剩的,就是從亞述、埃及、巴忒羅、古實、以攔、示拿、哈馬,並海島所餘剩的。以賽亞書 11:11。
The Scattering
分散
In the last days the remnant people of God will have been twice scattered, needing to be gathered. Verse seven of Daniel twelve identifies a scattering of God’s people in the last days, thus representing the twelve hundred and sixty days as a symbol of a scattering.
喺末後嘅日子,神嘅餘民將會兩次被分散,因而需要被招聚。〈但以理書〉十二章第七節指出,喺末後嘅日子,神嘅子民會被分散;因此,一千二百六十日就表徵一次分散。
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. Daniel 12:7.
我聽見那穿細麻衣、站在河水以上的人,向天舉起右手同左手,指着那活到永永遠遠者起誓,話:呢事要到一載、二載、半載;及至佢使聖民嘅權勢分散淨盡,呢一切事就都要完結。但以理書 12:7
The two witnesses were scattered in Revelation chapter eleven after they gave their testimony.
兩個見證人喺《啟示錄》第十一章作完見證之後,就分散咗。
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. Revelation 11:7–10.
及至他們作完見證,那從無底坑上來的獸,必與他們交戰,並且勝過他們,把他們殺了。他們的屍首必倒在那大城的街上;按着靈意,那城稱為所多瑪,又稱為埃及;我們的主也曾在那裏被釘十字架。各民、各族、各方、各國的人,必觀看他們的屍首三天半,又不容許他們的屍首安放在墳墓裏。住在地上的人,就必因他們歡喜快樂,彼此餽送禮物;因為這兩位先知曾叫住在地上的人受痛苦。啟示錄 11:7–10
In the next verse, verse eleven, the two witnesses are resurrected from their death in the street of Sodom and Egypt. That same death is portrayed by Ezekiel as a valley of scattered, dead, dry bones. The two witnesses represent the Republican and Protestant horns that were slain in 2020. The Protestant horn died at its false prediction of July 18, 2020 and the Republican horn died at the stolen election of 2020. Isaiah identifies that when the witnesses are resurrected, which he identifies as being gathered a second time, those witnesses become the ensign that gathers the eleventh-hour workers.
喺下一節,即第十一節,兩個見證人由佢哋喺所多瑪同埃及街上嘅死亡之中復活。同一個死亡景象,以西結描繪為一個遍滿分散、死亡、枯乾骸骨嘅平原。呢兩個見證人代表喺2020年被殺害嘅共和黨同新教兩角。新教之角喺佢對2020年7月18日嘅錯誤預言之中死去,而共和黨之角則喺2020年被竊取嘅選舉之中死去。以賽亞指出,當呢些見證人復活之時,即佢所稱為第二次招聚之時,呢些見證人就成為招聚第十一時工人嘅旌旗。
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Isaiah 11:10–12.
到那日,必有耶西的根立作萬民的大旗;外邦人必尋求他;他安息之所必有榮耀。到那日,主必再一次伸手,救贖他餘剩的子民,就是從亞述、埃及、巴忒羅、古實、以攔、示拿、哈馬,並海島所餘剩的。祂必向列國豎立大旗,招聚以色列被趕散的人,又從地的四方聚集分散的猶大人。以賽亞書 11:10–12。
When the Lord sets his hand the second time to gather, he assembles “the outcasts of Israel.” The “outcasts of Israel” become the ensign to the Gentiles, and for this reason they must be cast out before they are gathered. They were cast out into Ezekiel’s valley of dead bones and once slain, they laid in the street where also our Lord was crucified, while the other class rejoiced.
當主第二次伸手招聚嘅時候,佢要聚集「以色列被趕散的人」。「以色列被趕散的人」成為向列國所立嘅大旗;正因如此,佢哋必先被趕出,然後先被招聚。佢哋被趕到以西結死骨嘅平原之中;既被殺害之後,就倒臥喺街上,亦即我哋嘅主被釘十字架之處;與此同時,另一類人卻歡喜快樂。
Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Isaiah 66:5.
你們這些因耶和華的話而戰兢的人,當聽耶和華的話;你們的弟兄,因我的名恨惡你們、把你們趕逐出去的,曾說:「願耶和華得榮耀」;但祂必顯現,使你們歡喜,而他們必蒙羞。以賽亞書 66:5
Those who tremble at God’s Word are cast out by their brethren which hated them. Jeremiah identifies what happens to the brethren that hated the ensign.
嗰啲因神嘅話而戰兢嘅人,被嗰啲恨惡佢哋嘅弟兄趕出去。耶利米指出,嗰啲恨惡旗號嘅弟兄將會有乜嘢遭遇。
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. Jeremiah 11:11.
所以,耶和華如此說:看哪,我必使災禍臨到他們身上,是他們不能逃脫的;他們雖然向我哀求,我卻不聽他們。耶利米書 11:11。
The context of verse eleven is God’s covenant, and all the prophets address the last days, so the covenant being discussed is the renewing of the covenant with the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
第十一節嘅語境係 神嘅約,而眾先知所論及嘅都係末後嘅日子,所以呢度所講嘅約,乃係與嗰十四萬四千人更新所立之約。
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.
耶和華有話臨到耶利米,說:「你們當聽這約的話,並要對猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民宣講;你要對他們說,耶和華以色列的 神如此說:不聽從這約之話的人,必受咒詛。這約乃是我將你們列祖從埃及地領出來、脫離鐵爐之日所吩咐他們的,說:你們要聽從我的聲音,照着我一切所吩咐你們的去行;這樣,你們就作我的子民,我也必作你們的 神;好使我成就向你們列祖所起的誓,賜給他們流奶與蜜之地,正如今日本是如此。」我就回答說:「耶和華啊,阿們。」
Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
耶和華對我說:「你要在猶大各城,並耶路撒冷的街市,宣告這一切話,說:你們當聽這約的話,並要遵行。因為自我領你們列祖從埃及地上來的那日,直到今日,我鄭重地警戒他們,殷勤地一再警戒,說:你們要聽從我的聲音。可是他們卻不聽從,也不側耳而聽,竟各人隨從自己邪惡之心的頑梗而行;所以,我必使這約中的一切話臨到他們,就是我吩咐他們去行的;他們卻沒有遵行。」
And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. Jeremiah 11:1–11.
耶和華對我說:「在猶大人中間,並耶路撒冷居民當中,發現了背叛的陰謀。他們轉回他們列祖的罪孽;那些列祖不肯聽從我的話;他們竟去隨從別神,事奉那些神。以色列家和猶大家背棄了我與他們列祖所立的約。」所以耶和華如此說:「看哪,我必使災禍臨到他們,是他們不能逃脫的;他們雖然向我哀求,我卻不垂聽他們。」耶利米書 11:1–11
The subject of the judgment of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism that Jeremiah identifies is repeated by Ezekiel in chapter eleven, verse eleven.
耶利米所指出、關乎老底嘉時期基督復臨安息日會之審判的主題,以西結在第十一章第十一節再次重申。
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel. Ezekiel 11:11.
呢座城必不作你哋嘅鍋,你哋亦必不作其中嘅肉;我必喺以色列嘅境界審判你哋。以西結書 11:11。
Inspiration directly identifies the sealing of Ezekiel chapter nine as the very same sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand in Revelation seven. Verse eleven of chapter eleven is simply the continuation of Ezekiel’s running narrative of the judgment upon the Seventh-day Adventist church, which Sister White identifies as Jerusalem of Ezekiel chapter nine. Those who did not receive the seal are judged and destroyed in the vision of chapter nine through eleven.
默示直接指出,以西結書第九章嘅印記,正正就係啟示錄第七章嗰十四萬四千人所受嘅同一個印記。第十一章第十一節只不過係以西結關於對基督復臨安息日會施行審判之連續敘述嘅延續;懷愛倫姊妹指出,呢個教會就係以西結書第九章所指嘅耶路撒冷。凡冇領受呢個印記嘅人,都喺第九章至第十一章嘅異象之中受審判並被毀滅。
The vision of 9/11 in Ezekiel identifies the unfaithful as being taken outside of Jerusalem to be judged, thus identifying the final separation of those who profess to be the final church illustrated in the book of Revelation. The symbol of “eleven, eleven” is a symbol of the covenant which the one hundred and forty-four thousand enter into with God. When added together the numbers represent twenty-two, which is a tenth of two hundred and twenty, one of the symbols of the combination of Divinity with humanity.
以西結書中關於9/11的異象指出,那些不忠信的人要被帶到耶路撒冷城外受審,從而表明那在啟示錄中所描繪、自稱為末後教會之人所面臨的最後分別。「十一、十一」這個象徵,乃是一百四十四萬與上帝所立之約的象徵。當這兩個數字相加時,便成為二十二;而二十二乃是二百二十的十分之一,二百二十乃是神性與人性結合之其中一個象徵。
Two hundred and twenty years between 677 and 457 BC connect Daniel’s prophecy of twenty-three hundred days, with Moses’ time prophecy of seven times. Much can be identified of the two hundred and twenty years as a symbol of the work of the atonement which began when those two prophecies arrived together in 1844. Much can be set forth of what is symbolically represented by the number twenty-two as a tithe of two hundred and twenty, as is the case with the number eleven. What I wish to identify here is the relation between eleven and twenty-two.
主前677年與457年之間嘅二百二十年,將但以理二千三百日嘅預言,同摩西七期嘅時間預言聯繫起來。關於呢二百二十年,有好多方面可以辨明為贖罪工作嘅象徵;當嗰兩個預言喺1844年一同到達之時,呢項工作便開始咗。至於二百二十嘅十分之一,即二十二,當中所象徵代表嘅意義,亦有好多可以闡明;十一呢個數字亦係如此。我喺呢度所要指出嘅,乃係十一同二十二之間嘅關係。
We will continue these thoughts in the next article.
我哋將會喺下一篇文章繼續探討呢啲思想。