All the prophets agree with one another, and they all testify more specifically about the end of the world than the days in which they lived. Their testimony is to be applied in the prophetic period of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for that is where the effect of every vision occurs. Isaiah, in chapter six, in vision was allowed to look into the Most Holy Place, during the period of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, where He saw God’s glory. We know it was post-September 11, 2001, for he heard the angels in verse three, identify that the earth was then full of His glory.
所有先知彼此一致；他们对世界末了的见证比对他们所处时代的见证更为具体。他们的见证是要应用在十四万四千人受印的预言时期，因为所有异象的应验都在那时发生。以赛亚在第六章中，于异象里被允许看见至圣所，在十四万四千人受印的时期，他在那里看见了上帝的荣耀。我们知道那是在2001年9月11日之后，因为他在第三节听见天使说，那时全地充满了祂的荣耀。
“When God was about to send Isaiah with a message to His people, He first permitted the prophet to look in vision into the holy of holies within the sanctuary. Suddenly the gate and the inner veil of the temple seemed to be uplifted or withdrawn, and he was permitted to gaze within, upon the holy of holies, where even the prophet’s feet might not enter. There rose before him a vision of Jehovah sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, while the train of His glory filled the temple. Around the throne were seraphim, as guards about the great King, and they reflected the glory that surrounded them. As their songs of praise resounded in deep notes of adoration, the pillars of the gate trembled, as if shaken by an earthquake. With lips unpolluted by sin, these angels poured forth the praises of God. ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts,’ they cried; ‘the whole earth is full of His glory.’ [See Isaiah 6:1–8.]
当上帝正要差遣以赛亚把信息传给祂的子民时，祂先允许这位先知在异象中窥见圣所里面的至圣所。忽然，殿门与内幔仿佛被掀起或挪去，他得以向内注目，观看那连先知的脚都不可踏入的至圣所。他眼前展开一幕景象：耶和华坐在高高被举起的宝座上；祂荣耀的衣裳下摆充满了殿。宝座四围有撒拉弗，如同大君王的侍卫，他们反照着环绕他们的荣耀。当他们的赞美之歌以深沉的敬拜回响时，殿门的柱子都震动，好像被地震摇撼一般。这些天使以未被罪玷污的嘴唇倾吐对上帝的赞美。他们呼喊说：“圣哉！圣哉！圣哉！万军之耶和华！全地都充满祂的荣耀。”［参见以赛亚书6:1-8。］
“The seraphim around the throne are so filled with reverential awe as they behold the glory of God, that they do not for an instant look upon themselves with admiration. Their praise is for the Lord of hosts. As they look into the future, when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory, the triumphant song is echoed from one to another in melodious chant, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts.’ They are fully satisfied to glorify God; abiding in His presence, beneath His smile of approbation, they wish for nothing more. In bearing His image, in doing His bidding, in worshiping Him, their highest ambition is reached.” Gospel Workers, 21.
围绕宝座的撒拉弗在瞻仰上帝的荣耀时，充满了崇敬的敬畏，以至于片刻也不会以赞叹的目光看自己。他们的赞美是献给万军之耶和华的。当他们展望未来、当全地都将充满祂的荣耀之时，得胜的歌声以优美的吟唱在他们之间彼此呼应：“圣哉！圣哉！圣哉！万军之耶和华！”他们以荣耀上帝为全然的满足；住在祂的面前，在祂赞许的微笑之下，他们别无他求。在彰显祂的形象、遵行祂的吩咐并敬拜祂之时，他们最高的志向便已达成。《福音工人》，第21页。
In agreement with Isaiah, the prophet Ezekiel was also allowed to see into the Most Holy Place. Ezekiel’s vision began in chapter one, verse one.
正如以赛亚一样，先知以西结也得以看见至圣所。以西结的异象始于第一章第一节。
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. Ezekiel 1:1.
当三十年四月初五日，我在迦巴鲁河边，被掳的人中，天就开了，我看见神的异象。以西结书 1:1。
His vision continues on for chapters, and it is a continuation of the same vision in chapters eight and nine, which identifies the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. We know this by his careful testimony.
他的异象延续了好几章，而第八章和第九章也是同一异象的延续，其中指出了十四万四千人受印。我们从他谨慎的证词中得知这一点。
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. Ezekiel 8:1–4.
到了第六年，第六个月初五日，我正坐在家中，犹大的长老们坐在我面前，主耶和华的手在那里临到我身上。于是我观看，见有仿佛火的形像；从他腰以下，显为火；从他腰以上，仿佛发光的样子，如同琥珀的颜色。他伸出仿佛一只手，抓住我头上的一绺头发；灵把我提起，使我悬在天地之间，在神的异象中把我带到耶路撒冷，到朝北的内门门口；那里有那惹动嫉妒的偶像的座位，那像挑起嫉妒。看哪，以色列之神的荣耀在那里，正如我在平原所见的异象。以西结书 8:1-4。
The vision of chapters eight and nine that identify the two classes that are developed during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, was, “according to the vision that” Ezekiel had seen “in the plain.” The vision he had seen in the plain is identified in chapter three.
第八章和第九章中的异象，指明在封印十四万四千人期间形成的两类人。这异象是“照着以西结在‘平原’所见的异象”。他在平原所见的那异象见于第三章。
And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. Ezekiel 3:22, 23.
耶和华的手在那里降在我身上；他对我说：你起来，往平原去，我要在那里和你说话。我就起来，往平原去；看哪，耶和华的荣耀正在那里，正如我在迦巴鲁河边所见的荣耀，我就俯伏在地。以西结书 3:22, 23。
Ezekiel’s vision of the “plain,” was as the “glory which” Ezekiel “saw by the river of Chebar,” and that was the vision of chapter one, verse one. The vision of the sealing in chapter nine, and the vision of the “plain,” were simply continuations of the vision of the river Chebar. It was a vision of the glory of God in the Most Holy Place, during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, just as was Isaiah’s vision. Isaiah’s vision was identifying God’s work of raising up messengers during the sealing time, and in chapter two and three, Ezekiel identifies that very work in greater detail than Isaiah, for he illustrates a messenger who is to carry a message to Laodicean Adventism, and in order to understand the message he is to carry to the rebellious people who are being passed by, Ezekiel is commanded to eat the little book, that was in the angel’s hand when He descended on September 11, 2001.
以西结关于“平原”的异象，与他在迦巴鲁河边所见的“荣耀”相同，就是第一章第一节所述的异象。第九章关于盖印的异象，以及“平原”的异象，不过是迦巴鲁河异象的延续。那是在为十四万四千人盖印期间，神在至圣所的荣耀之异象，正如以赛亚的异象一样。以赛亚的异象是指出神在盖印时期兴起使者的工作，而以西结在第二、第三章中，比以赛亚更详细地指出了这同一工作，因为他描绘了一位将把信息传给老底嘉复临派的使者。为要明白他要传给那些正被越过的悖逆之民的信息，以西结被吩咐吃下那小书卷，就是那位天使在2001年9月11日降临时手中的小书卷。
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:1–9.
他又对我说：人子啊，你要吃你所遇见的；吃这书卷，然后去对以色列家说话。于是我开了口，他使我吃那书卷。他又对我说：人子啊，要使你的肚腹吃下去，用我给你的这书卷充满你的肠腹。于是我吃了，在我口中甘甜如蜜。他又对我说：人子啊，你去，到以色列家那里，用我的话对他们说。因为我差你去的，不是到言语生疏、语言艰涩的民族那里，乃是到以色列家；不是到许多言语生疏、语言艰涩、你不能明白其言的众民那里。诚然，我若差你到他们那里去，他们必定听从你。但以色列家必不听从你，因为他们不听从我；因为以色列全家额顽心硬。看哪，我使你的脸坚硬，好与他们的脸相对；使你的额坚硬，抵住他们的额。我使你的额像金刚石，比火石更硬。不要怕他们，也不要因他们的脸色惊惶，虽然他们是叛逆之家。以西结书 3:1-9。
A Gentile in the Bible is a stranger, and a stranger speaks strange speech. Ezekiel was sent to the house of modern Israel, which in the sealing time is the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church, which is being passed by. The message during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is for God’s church, which is first judged, and then at the soon-coming Sunday law, the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, calls God’s Gentile flock out of Babylon. When Isaiah, in chapter six, is representing those who accept the calling of being sent to the rebellious house with the Laodicean message, he is forewarned that they are a people who in seeing, do not perceive, and in hearing, do not understand. Isaiah records the very attribute that Jesus quoted from Isaiah, chapter six, when He assigned that very attribute to the quibbling Jews who were being passed by in the history of Christ.
圣经中的外邦人就是陌生人，而陌生人说陌生的言语。以西结被差遣到现代的以色列家；在盖印时期，这就是老底嘉的基督复临安息日会教会，而这教会正被越过。十四万四千人在盖印时期的信息是给神的教会的，教会要先受审判；随后，在即将来临的星期日法令之时，启示录第十八章的第二个声音呼召神的外邦羊群从巴比伦出来。当以赛亚在第六章中代表那些接受呼召、带着老底嘉信息被差遣到悖逆之家的那一班人时，他被预先警告说，他们是看见却不领会、听见却不明白的百姓。以赛亚记录了耶稣所从以赛亚书第六章引用的那一特征；当时他把这同样的特征归给了基督时代中那些被越过、好争辩的犹太人。
In chapter twelve, Ezekiel also employs the very same terminology, thus specifically placing chapter twelve, into the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
在第十二章中，以西结也使用了完全相同的术语，因此将第十二章明确置于十四万四千人受印的时期。
The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 12:1, 2.
耶和华的话又临到我说：“人子啊，你住在悖逆之家中；他们有眼却不看，有耳却不听，因为他们是悖逆之家。”以西结书12:1-2。
Ezekiel chapter twelve, is identifying the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and in so doing he addresses the counterfeit latter rain message that is offered by the drunkards of Ephraim who rule the people of Jerusalem, the drunkards who cannot read the book that is sealed. Their counterfeit latter rain message is based upon placing the prophetic visions of God’s Word far off into the future.
以西结书第十二章指出十四万四千人受印的时间，并且在此过程中，他也针对由以法莲的醉汉——那些统治耶路撒冷百姓、却不能读那封住的书卷的人——所宣扬的假冒“晚雨”信息。他们的假冒“晚雨”信息，是以把上帝话语中的预言异象推到遥远的未来为基础的。
In verses three through fifteen, Ezekiel is instructed to illustrate God’s people going into the captivity in Babylon. The captivity in Babylon represents the soon-coming Sunday law, and then in verses sixteen through twenty, he identifies the famine that accompanies the destruction of the cities that begins at the hour of the great earthquake, which is the soon-coming Sunday law. The benefits of country living during that crisis time are there represented, and then in verses twenty-one to twenty-eight, we have the passage that was recognized as present truth in Millerite history. The passage is quoted word for word in The Great Controversy in the description of Millerite history in the book.
在第三至第十五节中，以西结被指示要描绘神的子民被掳到巴比伦。在巴比伦的被掳象征那即将来临的星期日法令；然后在第十六至第二十节中，他指出伴随城邑毁灭而来的饥荒，这场毁灭始于大地震之时——也就是那即将来临的星期日法令。在那里也呈现了危机时期乡间生活的益处；接着在第二十一至第二十八节，我们看到了在米勒派历史中被认作现今真理的那段经文。这段经文在《大争战》中对米勒派历史的叙述里被逐字引用。
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 12:21–28.
耶和华的话临到我说：“人子啊，在以色列地你们所用的那句谚语是什么？说：‘日子延长了，所有的异象都落空。’你要因此对他们说：主耶和华如此说：我要使这句谚语止息，他们在以色列不再把它当作谚语；却要对他们说：日子临近了，各样异象的应验也临近了。因为在以色列家中不再有虚妄的异象，也不再有奉承的占卜。因为我是耶和华：我要说话，我所说的话必成就，不再迟延；悖逆的家啊，在你们的日子里，我必说出这话，也必成就——这是主耶和华说的。” 耶和华的话又临到我说：“人子啊，看哪，以色列家的人说：他所见的异象是为许多日子以后，他所预言的是遥远的时候。所以你要对他们说：主耶和华如此说：我的话不再迟延，我所说的话必成就——这是主耶和华说的。” 以西结书12:21-28。
The counterfeit latter rain message that is presented in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand claims “the days are prolonged, and every vision faileth.” After all, did not those messengers represented by Moses, Elijah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and John fail in their prediction of July 18, 2020? The Laodicean Adventist’s message at that time is “the vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.” In that history not only will every vision come to pass, but the messenger is to tell the lost house of modern Israel, “Thus saith the Lord God,” “I will make” the counterfeit “proverb” of Laodicean Adventism “to cease.” Tell them, “The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.” “There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.”
在十四万四千人受印的时期出现的那假冒“晚雨”信息宣称：“日子延长，众异象都落了空。”毕竟，那些由摩西、以利亚、以西结、以赛亚和约翰所代表的使者，不正是在他们对2020年7月18日的预言上失败了吗？当时，老底嘉的复临信徒所传的信息是：“他所见的异象是指着许多日以后的事，他所说的预言是指着遥远的时候。” 在那段历史中，不仅每一个异象都要应验，而且使者要对失丧的现代以色列家说：“主耶和华如此说：我要使老底嘉式复临信徒中的那句假冒‘俗语’止息。”你要对他们说：“日子临近，众异象的应验也近了。”“我所说的话必不再耽延，我所说的必定成就。这是主耶和华说的。”
The Laodicean message requires that the message identifies that the days are at hand when the effect of every vision is to take place, and those days are the days of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The essential point that should not be missed in the passage is that God directly states that in the “days,” which represent the period of the sealing time, He would cause Laodicean Adventism’s “vain vision,” their “flattering divination,” and their counterfeit “proverb” to cease. God causes their counterfeit latter rain message to cease before the soon-coming Sunday law, for He causes it to cease in the days He is addressing. He causes it to cease, by confirming the true latter rain message as He is lifting up those who are chosen to be the ensign at the soon coming Sunday law. Those chosen ones are sealed before the “earthquake”.
老底嘉的信息要求这信息指出：各样异象要应验的日子近了，而这些日子就是十四万四千人受印的日子。这段经文不可忽视的要点是：上帝直接宣告，在那些“日子”里——即受印时期——祂要使老底嘉式复临派的“虚妄的异象”、他们“奉承的占卜”，以及他们伪造的“箴言”止息。在即将到来的星期日法令之前，上帝使他们那套假冒的“晚雨”信息止息，因为祂就在祂所指的那些日子里使之止息。祂通过证实真正的“晚雨”信息，并高举那些被拣选在即将到来的星期日法令时成为“旌旗”的人，使之止息。这些被拣选的人在“地震”之前就已受印。
The other way He causes the vain proverb of the counterfeit latter rain message to cease is by the arrival of the unexpected and escalating judgments of God, that come as an overwhelming surprise to the children of darkness, but are part of the very message the children of light will have been predicting. The history we are now entering into is about to be confronted by God’s judgments. Those judgments are represented repeatedly in God’s Word, and the period of the sealing, which began on September 11, 2001, is where every vision, including the visions of God’s judgments, must arrive, for His Word never fails.
祂使那假冒“晚雨”信息的虚妄之说止息的另一种方式，是借着出人意料且不断升级的神的审判临到；这些审判对黑暗之子来说会出其不意地席卷而来，却正是光明之子一直所预告的那信息的一部分。我们如今正在进入的历史，即将要面对神的审判。这些审判在神的话语中一再被呈现，而封印的时期——始于2001年9月11日——则是所有异象（包括关于神审判的异象）都必须在此应验的时期，因为祂的话从不落空。
In previous articles we demonstrated that the first three chapters in the book of Daniel, represent the three angel’s messages of Revelation chapter fourteen. Chapter two, is the second angel’s message, and is therefore an illustration of the second test in the sealing period. The first test was chapter one, and it was the dietary test of whether a person would choose heavenly food or the food of Babylon. Chapter two, was represented by the hidden truth within Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the image of beasts, which are kingdoms.
在先前的文章中，我们证明了《但以理书》前三章代表了《启示录》第十四章的三位天使的信息。第二章就是第二位天使的信息，因此也是封印时期第二个考验的一个例证。第一个考验是第一章，是饮食的考验，看人是否会选择天上的食物还是巴比伦的食物。第二章则由尼布甲尼撒关于兽像的梦中所隐藏的真理所代表，这些兽就是诸王国。
Daniel two, represents the image of the beast test during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and it contains an understanding that is hidden, for Nebuchadnezzar was unable to remember the dream. It represents a hidden truth that is unsealed in the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and a hidden truth concerning the kingdoms of Bible prophecy represented in the image. It represented a life-or-death test for Daniel and the three worthies, and also for the Chaldean wise men who ate of the Babylonian diet.
但以理书第二章，预表在十四万四千人受印期间的兽像的试验，并且其中包含一种隐藏的含义，因为尼布甲尼撒记不起那梦。它预表一项隐藏的真理，这真理在十四万四千人的历史中被揭开，以及关于那像所代表的、圣经预言中诸国的一项隐藏真理。对但以理和那三位同伴来说，这是一场关乎生死的考验，对那些吃巴比伦饮食的迦勒底哲士也是如此。
Ellen White was shown that the image of the beast would be formed “before probation closes, for it is the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided.” The hidden dream of Nebuchadnezzar represents that test. The hidden truth of the image that has been revealed in these days, when the effect of every vision is no longer prolonged, is that Jesus, as Alpha and Omega, identified in the first and the last references to the kingdoms of Bible prophecy that the eighth beast is of the seven.
艾伦·怀特蒙启示看到，兽像将会在“恩典期结束之前”形成，因为那是上帝子民的大考验，借此他们的永恒命运将被决定。尼布甲尼撒那隐藏的梦象征着这场考验。在这些日子里，当各样异象的应验不再迟延时，关于那像的隐藏真理已经被揭示：耶稣，作为阿尔法和俄梅伽，在圣经预言中关于列国的最初与最后的提及中指明，那第八个兽是属那七个的。
The eighth beast of Revelation chapter seventeen, that is of the seven, is the papal power who has been returned to the throne of the earth, and the deeper hidden secret that has been revealed is that as the United States forms an image of the beast in this nation, it also will represent the phenomenon of the eighth, being of the seven. The sixth president since the time of the end in 1989, who is the rich president who stirred up all the realm of the dragon received a deadly political wound at the hands of the progressive, woke, liberal globalists in 2020, as the Republican horn was assassinated in the streets by the atheistic beast of Revelation chapter eleven.
《启示录》第十七章的第八个兽，出于那七个，就是那已经重登地上宝座的教皇权势；而更深隐藏却已显明的奥秘是：当美国在本国塑造兽的形象之时，它也将体现那“出于七者的第八”的现象。自1989年末时以来的第六位总统——那位搅动了龙的全境的富有总统——在2020年于进步派、觉醒派、自由派的全球主义者手中遭受致命的政治创伤，因为《启示录》第十一章所述的无神论之兽在街头暗杀了那共和党之角。
At the same time the movement of the third angel, received a deadly wound on July 18, 2020, at the hands of the atheistic beast of Revelation chapter eleven. That movement had been made up of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists, and in 2023, the movement was raised up as the Philadelphian movement of the third angel. Both horns were slain in 2020, and both horns stand up after three and a half symbolic days. The formation of the political image of the beast consists of the combination of Church and State in the United States, and the beast they make an image of in the last days is the eighth beast, that is of the seven. When the image beast is formed in the United States it will possess that very prophetic attribute of the eighth beast of Rome.
与此同时，第三天使的运动在2020年7月18日被《启示录》第十一章中的无神论之兽重创，受了致命的伤。那一运动原本由老底嘉的基督复临安息日会信徒组成，到了2023年，这一运动被兴起为第三天使的非拉铁非运动。两角在2020年都被杀，象征性的三天半之后，两角都站立起来。兽的政治形象的形成是由美国的政教合一所构成的，而他们在末后的日子所仿造其像的那只兽，是第八只兽，就是属那七者的。当兽像在美国形成时，它将拥有罗马第八只兽的那一预言性属性。
When the image of the beast test is fulfilled upon the true Protestant horn, those who recognize the prophetic truths associated with the formation of the image of the beast in both horns of the earth beast, will be sealed for eternity with the image of Christ. Those foolish virgins that have accepted the vain and flattering vision will have formed the image of the beast for eternity.
当兽像的考验临到真正的新教之角时，凡认出与那从地中上来的兽的两角中形成兽像有关的预言真理的人，必将永远被印上基督的形象。那些接受虚空而谄媚异象的愚拙童女，便会使兽像在他们身上永远成形。
“It was this that the prophet Ezekiel saw when before his astonished gaze were portrayed symbols that revealed a Power overruling the affairs of earthly rulers. Wheels intersecting one another were moved by four living beings. High above all these ‘was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form.’ Ezekiel 1:26, RSV.
先知以西结所看见的正是如此：当他惊异地注视时，呈现在他眼前的象征揭示出一股主宰地上统治者事务的权势。相互交错的轮子由四个活物推动。在这一切之上，高高在上的是“有宝座的形状，样子好像蓝宝石；在宝座的形状之上，坐着的有仿佛人的形状。”以西结书1:26，RSV。
“The wheels, so complicated that at first sight they appeared to be in confusion, moved in perfect harmony. Heavenly beings were impelling those wheels. The complicated play of human events is under divine control. Amidst the strife and tumult of nations He that sits above the cherubim still guides the affairs of this earth. To every nation and individual God has assigned a place in His great plan. Today men and nations are by their own choice deciding their destiny, and God is overruling all for the accomplishment of His purposes.
这些轮子复杂到初看仿佛杂乱无章，却运转得完美和谐。天上的生灵正推动那些轮子。人类历史错综复杂的演变都在上帝的掌管之下。在列国的争战与喧嚣之中，坐在基路伯之上的那一位仍在引导这地上的事务。上帝在他伟大的计划中，为每一个国家和个人都安排了位置。今天，人和各国正凭自己的选择决定他们的命运，而上帝正超越并掌管这一切，为要成就他的旨意。
“The prophecies which the great I AM has given in His Word tell us where we are in the procession of the ages. All that prophecy has foretold until the present time has been traced on the pages of history, and all which is yet to come will be fulfilled in its order.
伟大的自有永有者在祂的话语中所赐的预言，告诉我们在时代进程中所处的位置。到目前为止，预言所预告的一切都已在历史的篇章中得到应验，而尚未来到的一切也必按着次序应验。
“The signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Everything in our world is in agitation. The Saviour prophesied of events to precede His 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.’ Matthew 24:6, 7. Rulers and statesmen recognize that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.
时代的征兆宣告我们正站在重大而庄严事件的门槛上。整个世界都在动荡不安。救主预言了在祂再来之前将要发生的事：“你们也要听见打仗和打仗的风声……民要攻打民，国要攻打国；多处必有饥荒、瘟疫和地震。”马太福音 24:6、7。统治者和政治家认识到，一件重大而决定性的事情即将发生——世界正濒临一场空前的巨大危机。
“The Bible, and the Bible only, gives a correct view of events that already are casting their shadows before, the sound of their approach causing the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them for fear. ‘Behold, the Lord will lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.’ ‘For they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt.’ Isaiah 24:1, 5, 6, RSV.
圣经，而且唯有圣经，才能正确地揭示那些已经显出征兆的事件；它们临近的声音使大地震动，使人因惧怕而胆战心惊。“看哪，主必使大地荒废，使其荒凉；他要翻转大地，将居民分散。”“因为他们违背律法，干犯典章，背弃永约；因此，咒诅吞噬大地，地上的居民因自己的罪孽而受苦。”以赛亚书24:1、5、6，RSV。
“‘Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.’ Jeremiah 30:7.
“哀哉！那日为大，无日可比；这正是雅各遭难的时候，但他必从其中得救。” 耶利米书 30:7
“’Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, Even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.’ Psalm 91:9, 10.
“因为你以耶和华——我的避难所，就是至高者——为你的居所；祸患必不临到你，灾害也不临近你的住处。” 诗篇 91:9-10。
“God will not fail His church in the hour of her greatest peril. He has promised deliverance. The principles of His kingdom will be honored by all beneath the sun.” Historical Sketches 277–279.
在教会遭遇最严峻的危难之时，上帝必不辜负祂的教会。祂已经应许拯救。祂国度的原则将被普天下的人所尊崇。历史素描 277-279。
The “complicated play of human events” is what was represented by the wheels intersecting the wheels in Ezekiel’s vision of the Most Holy Place, during the sealing time. Those events are under divine control, for those events are the fulfillment of all the visions of God’s Word, that find their final and perfect effect in the sealing time. There is a “sound” that identifies “a stupendous crisis” which the “world is on the verge” of realizing. That “sound” causes “the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them for fear.” Both the shaking of the earth, and the causing of men’s hearts to fail for fear are symbols of the sound of the seventh and final Trumpet, which is the third woe.
“‘人类事件的错综演变’正是以西结在封印时期于至圣所所见异象中，轮与轮相交所代表的。那些事件在神圣的掌控之下，因为这些事件是神的话语一切异象的应验，并在封印时期达到最终而完美的成全。有一种‘声音’，表明一个‘惊天动地的危机’，‘世界正濒临’意识到它。那‘声音’使‘地震动，人心因惧怕而衰弱’。无论是地的震动，还是人心因惧怕而衰弱，都是第七也是最后一支号角之声的象征，这就是第三样祸灾。”
The angering of the nations by Islam of the third woe, is as a woman in travail, thus representing an increasing, escalating crisis. That escalating crisis began on September 11, 2001; and on October 7, 2023, the next extreme birth pain hit, and because God’s Word never fails, the next birth pang is coming very soon, and it will be even more destructive. Are you still living in a city?
第三个祸患中，伊斯兰教激怒列国，如同产难的妇人，因此表明这是一个不断加剧、不断升级的危机。那场不断升级的危机始于2001年9月11日；而在2023年10月7日，下一次剧烈的产痛袭来，并且因为神的话语从不落空，下一次产痛很快就会到来，而且会更具破坏性。你还住在城市里吗？
We will continue this study in the next article.
我们将在下一篇文章中继续这项研究。
“To the prophet the wheel within a wheel, the appearance of living creatures connected with them, all seemed intricate and unexplainable. But the hand of Infinite Wisdom is seen among the wheels, and perfect order is the result of its work. Every wheel, directed by the hand of God, works in perfect harmony with every other wheel. I have been shown that human instrumentalities are liable to seek after too much power and try to control the work themselves. They leave the Lord God, the Mighty Worker, too much out of their methods and plans, and do not trust to Him everything in regard to the advancement of the work. No one should for a moment fancy that he is able to manage those things that belong to the great I AM. God in His providence is preparing a way so that the work may be done by human agents. Then let every man stand at his post of duty, to act his part for this time and know that God is his instructor.” Testimonies, volume 9, 259.
在先知看来，轮中套轮，以及与之相连的活物的样式，都显得错综复杂，难以解释。然而，在这些轮子中可见无限智慧之手，其作为的结果乃是完美的秩序。每一个轮子在上帝之手的指引下，都与其他每一个轮子完美和谐地运转。我蒙指示，人类的器皿容易追求过多的权力，并试图自己掌控这项工作。他们在方法和计划上把主上帝这位大能的工作者置之度外，对于这工的推进并不把一切都交托给他。任何人都不该片刻以为自己能够管理那些属于伟大自有永有者的事。上帝在他的护理中正在预备道路，使这项工作可以由人类的代理来完成。因此，让人人站在各自职责的岗位上，在这时候尽上自己的本分，并且知道上帝是他的导师。 《证言》第九卷，第259页。