Verse forty of Daniel eleven is one of the most profound verses in God’s Word, as is Daniel chapter eight, verse fourteen. Verse forty is represented by the Hiddekel River and the Ulai River represents Daniel chapter eight, verse fourteen.

但以理书十一章第四十节是神的话语中最深奥的经文之一,正如但以理书八章第十四节一样。十一章第四十节由希底结河所代表,而乌莱河则代表但以理书八章第十四节。

Verse forty begins with the words, “and at the time of the end,” thus specifically identifying that the beginning of the verse is 1798. The fifty-one words of the verse were unsealed in 1989, when they were recognized as identifying the collapse of the Soviet Union at that time. Those fifty-one words in the verse, represent both the time of the end in 1798, and then another the time of the end in 1989. Alpha and Omega placed His signature on the verse for all who are willing to see and hear. The time of the end for the movements of both the first and third angels are represented in that one verse.

第四十节以“到了末时”这句话开头,因此明确界定了这一节的起点为1798年。这一节的五十一个词在1989年被解封,人们当时认识到它们指向苏联的解体。该节中的那五十一个词,既代表1798年的末时,也代表1989年的另一个末时。阿尔法与欧米伽为所有愿意看见并听见的人在这一节上留下了他的印证。第一位和第三位天使之运动的末时都在这一节中得以体现。

The following verse identifies when the papacy, represented as the king of the north, conquers the United States, represented as the glorious land, at the soon coming Sunday law in the United States. Therefore, though the words of verse forty identify the time of the end in 1798, as the beginning, and the time of the end in 1989, as the ending, the reality is that the prophetic history represented in verse forty does not finish until verse forty-one, when the king of the north conquers the glorious land. This means that the history from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, until the soon-coming Sunday law in verse forty-one, represents the history of the United States from President Ronald Reagan until the soon coming Sunday law. That history includes September 11, 2001 and onward unto the hour of the great earthquake of Revelation chapter eleven.

下面这一节指出:在美国即将到来的星期日法令之时,以“北方王”预表的教皇权将征服以“荣美之地”预表的美国。因此,尽管第四十节的话语把1798年的“结局的时候”标示为起点,把1989年的“结局的时候”标示为终点,事实是:第四十节所代表的预言历史直到第四十一节、即北方王征服荣美之地之时才结束。这意味着,从1989年苏联解体开始,直到第四十一节所述即将到来的星期日法令,这段历史预表美国从罗纳德·里根总统时期直到即将到来的星期日法令的历史。这段历史包括2001年9月11日,并一直延续到启示录第十一章所说那场大地震的时候。

When the verse was initially unsealed, an argument was raised against the truth that “the claim by Pippenger, that the verse represents the history of 1798, unto the Sunday law was an absurd claim, for verses in the Bible never represent such long periods of history.” We had not thought about the concept of whether there is a limit upon a period of time that can be located in one verse, but we immediately remembered that Revelation chapter thirteen, verse eleven identifies the very same history, and it does so, in one verse. The history of the earth beast began in 1798, and the speaking of the earth beast as a dragon, is fulfilled at the soon coming Sunday law.

当这节经文最初被启封时,有人针对这样的真理提出了反驳:“Pippenger 所声称的,这节经文代表了从1798年直到星期日法令的历史,是一种荒谬的主张,因为圣经中的经文从不会代表如此漫长的历史时期。”我们以前没有想过一节经文所能包含的时间段是否有上限,但我们立刻想起,启示录十三章十一节指出的正是同样的历史,而且它是在一节经文中做到的。地上之兽的历史始于1798年,而地上之兽像龙一样说话,则将在即将到来的星期日法令中应验。

“And when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

“当教皇制度失去权势,被迫停止迫害的时候,约翰看见有一股新势力兴起,响应那龙的声音,并继续推行同样残忍而亵渎的行径。这股势力——将要向教会和上帝的律法发动战争的最后一股势力——被象征为一只长着羊羔般角的兽。”《时代的征兆》,1899年11月1日。

If a person needed to be technical, verse forty covers the history of 1798, to verse forty-one, and in verse forty-one the Sunday law is identified, so unlike the single verse in Revelation chapter thirteen, verse forty is actually a little bit shorter because the Sunday law is in the next verse, whereas, in Revelation chapter thirteen, 1798 to the Sunday law is in one verse. Sister White informs us the “same line of prophecy” that is in the book of Daniel is taken up in the book of Revelation, and Revelation chapter thirteen, verse eleven, easily goes right over the top of verse forty, if you choose to apply the principle of line upon line.

如果要较为严格地说,第40节涵盖了自1798年起直到第41节之前的历史;而在第41节中,星期日法令被指出。因此,不同于启示录第十三章中的那一节经文,第40节实际上稍短一些,因为星期日法令在下一节里;而在启示录第十三章中,从1798年到星期日法令都包含在同一节经文里。怀爱伦姐妹告诉我们,但以理书中的“同一条预言线索”在启示录中被承接;若应用“经上加经”的原则,启示录第十三章第十一节很容易就与第40节完全对应。

When you do employ the principle of line upon line, you find that verse forty’s representation of Revelation thirteen’s earth beast (the United States), who in verse forty is represented by the “chariots, ships and horsemen,” changes from a lamblike beast with two horns in 1798 into a dragon-speaking beast at the soon coming Sunday law, and also that the lamblike-beast has two horns.

当你运用“经上加经”的原则时,你会发现,第40节对《启示录》十三章的地上兽(美国)的描绘——在第40节中以“战车、船只和马兵”来代表——从1798年那只长着两只角的羊羔样的兽,转变为在即将到来的星期日法令之时说像龙的话的兽,并且还指出羊羔样的兽有两只角。

Verse forty, also represents the symbolic seventy years when the whore of Tyre is forgotten, for the seventy symbolic years are as the days of one king, and a king is a kingdom. Based upon verse forty, and the line of Revelation chapter thirteen, the kingdom of Bible prophecy that rules for the seventy symbolic years of Isaiah chapter twenty-three is the earth beast, which has two horns of strength. The earth beast begins with two horns of strength representing Republicanism and Protestantism, but as the history of verse forty draws near its fulfillment in verse forty-one, its two prophetic strengths are then identified as “ships” (economic power), and “chariots and horsemen” (military might).

第四十节也代表推罗的妓女被遗忘的象征性七十年,因为这象征性的七十年如同一位君王的日子,而一个王就是一个国度。根据第四十节,并依照《启示录》第十三章的经文,以赛亚书第二十三章中那统治象征性七十年的圣经预言之国度,就是有两只力量之角的地兽。地兽起初有两只力量之角,代表共和主义与新教,但随着第四十节的历史接近在第四十一节中的应验,它的两种预言性的力量便被界定为“船只”(经济实力)以及“战车与马兵”(军事力量)。

During the seventy symbolic years of Isaiah chapter twenty-three, the whore of Tyre, who in verse forty is the king of the north, is forgotten. But then at the end of the seventy symbolic years she will once again commit fornication with the kings of the earth, as was done in the history leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union when all historians confirm that President Reagan secured a secret alliance with the antichrist of Bible prophecy for the purpose of bringing down the Soviet Union. In the period leading up to 1989 Reagan had already begun a secret illicit relationship with the man of sin, thus Nebuchadnezzar’s musicians began to practice the tune that the forgotten whore was beginning to sing. The unprecedented worldwide ministry of John Paull II, in that very history, was the beginning of the “song and dance” that caused “all the world” to “wonder after the beast”.

在以赛亚书第二十三章所指的七十个象征性的年间,推罗的妓女——她在第四十节里是北方之王——被人遗忘了。但在这七十个象征性的年期结束时,她将再次与地上的列王行淫,正如在苏联解体前的历史中所发生的;当时所有历史学家都确认,里根总统为推翻苏联而与圣经预言中的敌基督达成了秘密同盟。在1989年之前的那段时期,里根已经与那不法之人开始了一段秘密的不正当关系,因此,尼布甲尼撒的乐师们开始练习那位被遗忘的妓女正要唱起的曲调。就在那段历史中,约翰·保尔二世空前的全球事工,是使“全世界”“希奇跟从那兽”的“歌舞”的开端。

Verse forty also represents the history of Laodicean Adventism, which began in 1798 as Sardis, then those in Sardis accepted the light that was unsealed, and then the Philadelphian movement came out of Sardis. When the Philadelphian movement rejected the light of 1856, they then transitioned from a movement unto the Laodicean church in 1863. That church is therefore destined to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord in verse forty-one, which is the soon-coming Sunday law. Verse forty represents not only the history of the United States, but also the history of Laodicean Adventism.

第40节也代表老底嘉时期复临运动的历史,这段历史始于1798年,起初为撒狄;随后撒狄中的人接受了被开启的亮光,于是非拉铁非运动从撒狄出来。当非拉铁非运动拒绝了1856年的亮光时,他们便在1863年从一个运动转变为老底嘉教会。因此,那间教会注定要在第41节被主的口所吐出,而这就是即将来临的星期日法令。第40节不仅代表美国的历史,也代表老底嘉时期复临运动的历史。

Laodicean Adventism was given the divine light of God’s Word for its anchor point and strength, and the government of the United States was given the divine light of the Constitution of the United States for its anchor point and strength. They both began prophetically as horns in 1798, and by the end of the seventy symbolic years, the apostate Republican horn and the apostate Protestant horn will come together as one horn and speak as a dragon.

老底嘉式复临信仰被赐予上帝话语的神圣之光,作为其立足点和力量;而美国政府也被赐予美国宪法的神圣之光,作为其立足点和力量。二者在预言的象征上都是“角”,并且都始于1798年;到象征性的七十年期结束时,背道的共和党之角与背道的新教之角将合二为一,成为一个角,并说话像龙。

Verse forty’s two horns are the government, and the chosen church, that represent two lines of prophecy which run together, for they are represented as two horns upon a single beast. Wherever the beast goes the two horns also go, and they do so in the same prophetic history. The horn of Protestantism has a twofold prophetic nature represented by Laodicea and Philadelphia. The horn of Republicanism also has a twofold prophetic nature represented by the Republican and Democratic political parties. The second of each of the horn’s twofold nature, comes up last and comes up higher, according to Daniel chapter eight.

第四十节中的两只角是政府和被拣选的教会;它们代表两条并行的预言线索,因为它们被描绘成同一只兽上的两只角。无论那兽往哪里去,两只角也随之而去,并且是在同一段预言历史中如此同行。新教之角具有双重的预言性质,由老底嘉和非拉铁非所代表。共和主义之角也具有双重的预言性质,由共和党与民主党这两个政治党派所代表。照但以理书第八章所述,这两只角各自的双重性质中的第二个,都是后来兴起并且更为高大的。

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. Daniel 8:3.

于是我举目观看,看哪,河边站着一只长着两角的公绵羊;那两角都很高,但一角高过另一角,并且那较高的角是后来长起来的。但以理书 8:3。

The twofold characteristics of each horn is illustrated in the line of Christ by the Sadducees and Pharisees, which in the Republican horn equates to liberalism (pro-slavery, democracy, woke-ism and globalism), and conservatism (anti-slavery, a Constitutional republic, traditionalists, MAGA). The twofold characteristics of the Protestant horn equates to Philadelphia and Laodicea. There is not a perfect parallel between the two horns’ division into a twofold symbol, for neither progressive liberalism or conservative MAGA-ism comes out on the right side of the Sunday law issue, for the Pharisees and Sadducees came together at the cross; but at the soon coming Sunday law, which was typified by the cross, Laodicea is spewed out of the mouth of the Lord, and the Philadelphian horn is then lifted up as an ensign. Still, the twofold nature of both horns is represented by the theological controversy between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the messenger to the Gentiles (Paul), in the history of Christ, had formerly been a Pharisee of Pharisees.

每只角的双重特征,在基督的历史中由撒都该人和法利赛人加以说明;在共和之角中,它对应为自由主义(支持奴隶制、民主、觉醒主义和全球主义)与保守主义(反奴隶制、宪政共和、传统主义者、MAGA)。新教之角的双重特征则对应为非拉铁非和老底嘉。两只角被分为双重象征并非存在完美的平行关系,因为在星期日法令的问题上,无论是进步自由主义还是保守的MAGA主义都不会站在正确的一边,因为法利赛人和撒都该人在十字架那里曾联合起来;但在那即将到来的、为十字架所预表的星期日法令之时,老底嘉将被主从口中吐出,而非拉铁非之角将被举起成为旗帜。尽管如此,这两只角的双重本性仍然由法利赛人与撒都该人之间的神学争论所体现;而在基督的历史中,那位外邦人的使者(保罗)先前曾是法利赛人中的法利赛人。

The methodology of the latter rain, being line upon line, produces great light in verse forty when it is applied. Revelation chapters two through eighteen, are all in alignment with verse forty. Isaiah chapter twenty three’s testimony of the whore of Tyre aligns with the verse. Of course, there are several other passages that are to be laid over the top of verse forty, but perhaps the most significant line upon line application of verse forty is verse forty itself.

晚雨的方法论,即“一行又一行”,在应用于第四十节时会产生大光。启示录第二章至第十八章都与第四十节相一致。以赛亚书第二十三章关于推罗淫妇的见证也与该节相符。当然,还有若干段落需要叠加在第四十节之上,但也许对第四十节最重要的“一行又一行”的应用就是第四十节本身。

In verse forty the time of the end in 1798 and the time of the end in 1989, are both set forth. This directs a student of prophecy to lay the time of the end in 1798 over the top of the time of the end in 1989. When that is done, the history of verse forty produces two lines that each begin in 1798, and continue until the soon coming Sunday law of verse forty-one. The line that begins in 1798 identifies the internal message of God’s last day people, and the line that begins in 1989 identifies the external message of God’s last day people during the very same history. Verse forty therefore possesses within itself the symbolism represented by the same internal and external prophetic relationship of the seven churches and the seven seals in the book of Revelation. And this prophetic phenomenon is represented in one verse, made up of fifty-one words!

在第四十节中,1798年的末时和1989年的末时都被呈明。这引导研读预言的人将1798年的末时与1989年的末时叠加对照。这样做时,第四十节的历史就形成两条线,每一条都始于1798年,并一直延续到第四十一节所述即将到来的星期日法令。始于1798年的那条线标明上帝末日子民的内部信息,而始于1989年的那条线则在同一段历史中标明上帝末日子民的外部信息。因此,第四十节自身就包含着与启示录中七教会和七印所代表的相同的内部与外部的预言性关系的象征。这一预言性的现象竟然呈现在一节经文之中,由五十一个词组成!

The Millerites recognized the internal-external message of the seven churches and seven seals, but they also recognized that the seven trumpets also represented a third line of truth which was an element of the history represented by the seven churches and seven seals. The trumpets were, as Miller states, “the peculiar judgments” that were brought upon Rome. The Millerites understood the judgments of God represented by the seven trumpets were connected with the history of the seven churches and the parallel history of the seven seals.

米勒派认识到七教会与七印的内在与外在的信息,也认识到七号同样代表着真理的第三条线,而这条线是七教会和七印所代表历史中的一个要素。正如米勒所言,七号是临到罗马的“特殊的审判”。米勒派明白,七号所代表的上帝的审判与七教会的历史以及与之平行的七印的历史相联系。

Verse forty includes the history of September 11, 2001, and in verse forty the prophetic line of the seven trumpets is therefore, also aligned. The first angel arrived in 1798, in order to announce the opening of the judgment in 1844. That judgment breaks down into an investigative and executive judgment. The history of verse forty is the history of the investigative judgment and the history of verse forty-one onward until Michael stands up and the seven last plagues are poured out is the history of the executive judgment.

第四十节包含了2001年9月11日的历史,因此,七号的预言线也在第四十节上得以对齐。第一位天使在1798年来到,为要宣告1844年审判的开启。那审判分为查案审判和执行审判。第四十节的历史是查案审判的历史;而从第四十一节起,直到米迦勒站起来并且末后的七灾被倾倒为止的历史,则是执行审判的历史。

The executive judgment begins when the United States speaks as a dragon.

当美国像龙一样说话时,执行审判便开始。

““The lamblike horns and dragon voice of the symbol point to a striking contradiction between the professions and the practice of the nation thus represented. The ‘speaking’ of the nation is the action of its legislative and judicial authorities. By such action it will give the lie to those liberal and peaceful principles which it has put forth as the foundation of its policy. The prediction that it will speak ‘as a dragon’ and exercise ‘all the power of the first beast’ plainly foretells a development of the spirit of intolerance and persecution that was manifested by the nations represented by the dragon and the leopardlike beast. And the statement that the beast with two horns ‘causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast’ indicates that the authority of this nation is to be exercised in enforcing some observance which shall be an act of homage to the papacy.” The Great Controversy, 443.

“这一象征中羊羔般的角与龙一般的声音,指出所代表的这个国家在其所宣称与其实际行径之间存在着鲜明的矛盾。这个国家的‘说话’,是指其立法和司法当局的行动。借着这样的行动,它将证明那些它提出并作为其政策基础的自由与和平原则乃属虚假。关于它将‘像龙一样说话’并行使‘头一个兽的一切权柄’的预言,明白无误地预示了不容忍与迫害之精神的发展,而这种精神曾在由龙和那像豹的兽所代表的各国中表现出来。并且,那只长有两角的兽‘叫地和住在地上的人拜那第一个兽’的陈述,表明这个国家的权柄将被用来强制执行某种遵守,使之成为向教皇制度致敬的举动。” 《大争战》,443页。

When the United States “speaks,” and enforces the soon coming Sunday law, the “second voice” of Revelation chapter eighteen, “speaks,” by calling men and women out of Babylon.

当美国“说话”,并强制执行即将来临的星期日法令时,启示录第十八章的“第二个声音”就借着呼召男男女女从巴比伦出来而“说话”。

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. Revelation 18:4–6.

我又听见有声音从天上出来,说:我的民哪,你们要从那城出来,免得与她一同有罪,受她所受的灾殃;因她的罪恶滔天,她的不义 神已经想起来了。她怎样待人,也要怎样待她,按她所行的加倍地报应她;用她调酒的杯,加倍地调给她喝。启示录 18:4–6。

In verse forty-one, when the United States speaks, those who are still in the threefold environment of modern Babylon are called out when the “second voice” of Revelation chapter eighteen speaks. Those that are then called out are represented in verse forty-one as “Edom, Moab and the chief of the children of Ammon.” In the verse, those represented in the threefold symbol of modern Babylon, escape the hand of the king of the north (the papacy). The Hebrew word “escape,” means to escape by slipperiness, and its inherent meaning is that the escape is accomplished from something that had previous to the escape held those that escape in captivity.

在第四十一节,当美国发声时,仍处在现代巴比伦三重环境中的人,在启示录第十八章的“第二个声音”发声时被呼召出来。那时被呼召出来的人,在第四十一节中被描绘为“以东、摩押,以及亚扪子孙中的首领”。在该节中,那些以现代巴比伦的三重象征所代表的人,逃脱了北方王(教皇制)的手。希伯来文“逃脱”一词,意为借着滑脱而逃,其内在含义是,这种逃脱是从在此之前将这些逃脱者囚禁着的事物之中得以实现的。

He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. Daniel 11:41, 42.

他还要进入那荣美之地,许多[国家]必被倾覆;但这些要从他手下逃脱,就是以东、摩押,并亚扪人中的首领。他也必伸手攻击各国,埃及地也必不能逃脱。但以理书 11:41、42。

In verse forty-two the papacy (the king of the north), conquers its third geographical obstacle when it takes Egypt, which is a symbol of the United Nations, as typified by Herod’s birthday, when he succumbs to the deceptive dance of Salome (the United States), the daughter of Herodias (the papacy). This identifies when the United Nations (the “ten kings” of Revelation seventeen), agree to give their kingdom to the beast for one hour. The one hour is the hour of Revelation eleven’s “great earthquake”, and the “hour” when the whore of Babylon is judged. In verse forty-two, Egypt (the United Nations), “shall not escape.”

在第四十二节,教皇权(北方王)在攻取埃及时,征服了其第三个地理障碍;埃及象征联合国,这一点由希律的生日所预表:那时他屈从于希罗底(教皇权)的女儿莎乐美(美国)那迷惑性的舞蹈。这表明联合国(启示录十七章的“十王”)同意把他们的国度交给那兽“一时”的时候。这“一时”就是启示录十一章的“大地震”之时,也是巴比伦大淫妇受审判的“时候”。在第四十二节,埃及(联合国)“必不能逃脱”。

The Hebrew word translated as “escape” in verse forty-two is different than the Hebrew word in verse forty-one. In verse forty-two the word “escape” means “finding no deliverance”, but verse forty-one is identifying when those previous to the soon coming Sunday law have been holding hands with the papacy, then escape as if by slipperiness. Prior to the hour of the Sunday law crisis those in the communion of modern Babylon have been accepting the satanic idea that Sunday is God’s day of worship. When the mark of the beast is enforced, a person can either accept it for whatever reason, or actually believe it to be so. To believe it is to receive the mark in the forehead, and to simply accept it, is to receive the mark in your hand.

第四十二节中被译为“逃脱”的希伯来词与第四十一节中的希伯来词不同。在第四十二节,“逃脱”一词的意思是“得不到解救”;而第四十一节则指出,那些在即将到来的星期日法令之前与教皇制度携手的人,会像因滑溜而逃脱一般逃走。在星期日法令危机的时刻来到之前,与现代巴比伦相交的人们一直在接受那撒但的观念,认为星期日是上帝的敬拜之日。当兽的印记被强制推行时,一个人或者会因各种原因而接受它,或者真的相信它确实如此。相信它,就是在额上受印;仅仅接受它,就是在手上受印。

Those who escape the hand of the papacy at the Sunday law, reject the satanic idea that God’s day of worship is the day of the sun at the very time when the United States and the United Nations are joining hands with the whore of Rome, the papal power, the king of the north.

那些在星期日法令之时逃脱教皇权势之手的人,正当美国和联合国与罗马的淫妇——即教皇权势、北方之王——携手之际,拒绝那撒但的观念,即上帝的敬拜之日是太阳之日。

“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, 588.

美国的新教徒将率先跨越鸿沟,与招魂术握手;他们也将越过深渊,与罗马权势握手;在这种三重联盟的影响之下,这个国家将在践踏良心权利方面步罗马后尘。 《大争战》,第588页。

It is important to take the time to set forth the structure of the last six verses of Daniel eleven as we proceed in our considerations of verse forty. The king of the north, which is Modern Rome conquers three geographical obstacles in order to be established on the throne of the earth. Pagan Rome conquered three geographical obstacles, as did papal Rome, so Modern Rome conquers the king of the south (the former Soviet Union) in verse forty, and then conquers the glorious land (the United States) in verse forty-one, and then Egypt (the United Nations) in verses forty-two and forty-three.

当我们继续考察但以理书第十一章第四十节时,花时间阐明该章最后六节的结构是很重要的。北方王,也就是现代罗马,为要在地上的宝座上立稳,必须征服三个地理上的障碍。异教罗马曾征服三个地理障碍,教皇罗马也是如此;因此,现代罗马在第四十节中征服南方王(前苏联),随后在第四十一节征服荣美之地(美国),再在第四十二、四十三节征服埃及(联合国)。

But as the previous quote of Sister White identifies, the United States joins hands with the papacy and the United Nations at the same time. The threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet is accomplished at the soon-coming Sunday law, though Daniel chapter eleven verses forty-one through forty-three identify the simultaneous conquering sequentially. The sequence that is illustrated is representing the flow of events, but they are all accomplished at the soon-coming Sunday law.

但正如怀特姐妹先前的引述所指出的那样,美国同时与教皇制度和联合国携手。龙、兽和假先知的三重联合将在即将到来的星期日法令时得以完成,尽管《但以理书》第十一章四十一至四十三节是以次序的方式指出这场同时进行的征服。所示的次序旨在表达事件的流程,但它们都将在即将到来的星期日法令中完成。

At that point the “second voice” of Revelation eighteen “speaks,” right where the United States “speaks.” God speaks where and when Satan speaks. In verse forty-four, tidings out of the east and the north trouble the king of the north and the final papal bloodbath is initiated. Verse forty-four, as like unto verses forty-two and forty-three, begins in verse forty-one, when the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen, begins His call for His other flock to come out of Babylon.

就在那时,启示录第十八章的“第二个声音”发声了,就在美国“发声”的地方。撒但在何处何时发声,神也在何处何时发声。在第四十四节,从东方和北方传来的消息使北方王惊惶,并且最终的教皇血腥大屠杀被发动。第四十四节,与第四十二节和第四十三节一样,是从第四十一节开始的,那时启示录第十八章那位大能的天使开始呼召祂的另一群羊从巴比伦出来。

The message He presents is the message which identifies Islam of the third woe as His instrument of judgment, and the punishment of the whore of Babylon. Islam is represented as the “tidings of the east”, and the papacy (the counterfeit king of the north) is the “tidings of the north”. Daniel eleven verse forty identifies the investigative judgment, and verse forty-one through forty-five identifies the executive judgment.

祂所传达的信息,是将第三样祸灾中的伊斯兰界定为祂施行审判的器皿,并指出对大淫妇巴比伦的惩罚。伊斯兰被象征为“东方的风声”,而教皇权(伪北方王)被象征为“北方的风声”。但以理书十一章四十节指出查案审判,四十一至四十五节则指出执行审判。

We will continue our consideration of verse forty of Daniel eleven in the next article.

我们将在下一篇文章中继续探讨但以理书第十一章第四十节。

“On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify their owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the most costly material was used. Those to whom these buildings belonged were not asking themselves: ‘How can we best glorify God?’ The Lord was not in their thoughts.

有一次,我在纽约市,夜间被召唤去观看那些建筑一层又一层地向天升起。这些建筑被保证是防火的,它们被建造出来是为荣耀其所有者和建造者。它们越建越高,其中使用了最昂贵的材料。这些建筑的所有者并没有自问:“我们怎样才能最荣耀上帝?”主并不在他们的心中。

“I thought: ‘Oh, that those who are thus investing their means could see their course as God sees it! They are piling up magnificent buildings, but how foolish in the sight of the Ruler of the universe is their planning and devising. They are not studying with all the powers of heart and mind how they may glorify God. They have lost sight of this, the first duty of man.’

“我想:‘哦,要是那些这样运用他们财力的人,能像上帝那样看清他们所走的路就好了!他们在堆砌宏伟的建筑,然而在宇宙之主眼中,他们的筹划与谋算是多么愚昧。他们并没有用尽心智的一切力量去思考如何荣耀上帝。他们已经忽略了这一点——这是人的首要本分。’”

“As these lofty buildings went up, the owners rejoiced with ambitious pride that they had money to use in gratifying self and provoking the envy of their neighbors. Much of the money that they thus invested had been obtained through exaction, through grinding down the poor. They forgot that in heaven an account of every business transaction is kept; every unjust deal, every fraudulent act, is there recorded. The time is coming when in their fraud and insolence men will reach a point that the Lord will not permit them to pass, and they will learn that there is a limit to the forbearance of Jehovah.

随着这些高耸的建筑相继落成,业主们得意洋洋、踌躇满志,为自己手中有钱可以满足私欲、惹得邻里眼红而欢欣。他们如此投入的许多资金,是通过苛索、压榨穷人得来的。他们忘了,天上记录着每一笔商业交易;每一桩不义的买卖、每一个欺诈的行为,都在那里被记在册。时候将到,在他们的欺诈与狂傲中,人会走到一个主不容许他们越过的界限,他们就会明白,耶和华的宽容是有度的。

“The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings and said: ‘They are perfectly safe.’ But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.

接下来呈现在我眼前的情景是火警警报响起。人们望着那些高耸、号称防火的建筑,说:“它们绝对安全。”然而这些建筑却仿佛是用沥青制成的,被焚毁殆尽。消防车无力阻止这场毁灭,消防员也无法操作这些机器。

“I am instructed that when the Lord’s time comes, should no change have taken place in the hearts of proud, ambitious human beings, men will find that the hand that had been strong to save will be strong to destroy. No earthly power can stay the hand of God. No material can be used in the erection of buildings that will preserve them from destruction when God’s appointed time comes to send retribution on men for their disregard of His law and for their selfish ambition.

我蒙指示:当上帝所定的时候来到,如果那些骄傲、野心勃勃之人的心仍未改变,人们就会发现,那曾大能拯救的手,也必大能毁灭。世上的任何权势都不能拦阻上帝的手。无论用何种材料建造房屋,都不能在上帝所定降下报应之时保全不毁;那时,上帝要因人藐视他的律法,并因他们自私的野心而施行惩罚。

“There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God’s word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them.

即使在教育家和政治家当中,能理解当今社会状况背后原因的人也不多。执政者也无法解决道德败坏、贫困、赤贫以及日益增加的犯罪问题。他们徒劳地挣扎,试图使商业运作建立在更稳固的基础上。若人们更多留心上帝话语的教导,他们就会找到困扰他们的问题的解决之道。

“The Scriptures describe the condition of the world just before Christ’s second coming. Of the men who by robbery and extortion are amassing great riches, it is written: ‘Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.’ James 5:3–6.

圣经描述了基督再来之前世界的光景。关于那些以抢夺和勒索聚敛巨财的人,经上记着说:“你们为末后的日子积聚财宝。看哪,你们克扣那为你们收割田地之人的工价,这工价在呼号;那收割之人的哀声已经进入万军之主的耳中。你们在世上奢华宴乐,放纵;你们养肥你们的心,如同在宰杀的日子。你们定了义人的罪,把他杀了;他也不抵挡你们。”雅各书5:3-6。

“But who reads the warnings given by the fast-fulfilling signs of the times? What impression is made upon worldlings? What change is seen in their attitude? No more than was seen in the attitude of the inhabitants of the Noachian world. Absorbed in worldly business and pleasure, the antediluvians ‘knew not until the Flood came, and took them all away.’ Matthew 24:39. They had heaven-sent warnings, but they refused to listen. And today the world, utterly regardless of the warning voice of God, is hurrying on to eternal ruin.

但是,有谁去阅读那些正在迅速应验的时代征兆所给出的警告呢?这在世俗之人心中留下了什么印象?他们的态度有何改变?与挪亚时代的居民并无二致。沉迷于世俗的生意和享乐,洪水以前的人“并不知,直到洪水来了,把他们全都冲去”。马太福音24:39。他们得到了从天而来的警告,却拒绝倾听。而今天,这个世界全然不顾上帝警戒的声音,正急速奔向永恒的灭亡。

“The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecy of the eleventh chapter of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place.”

全世界被好战的精神所鼓动。但以理书第十一章的预言几乎已经完全应验。不久,预言中所说的患难景象将要发生。

Testimonies to the Church, volume NINE, page ELEVEN.

《给教会的证言》第九卷,第十一页。