The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand from September 11, 2001, unto the soon coming Sunday law in the United States is the prophetic period where every vision of God’s Word is fulfilled in the last days.
从2001年9月11日直到美国即将到来的星期日法令,这段十四万四千人受印的时期,是末后日子里神的话语的一切异象都得以应验的预言时期。
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. Ezekiel 12:23.
所以你要对他们说:主耶和华如此说:我必使这句谚语止息,在以色列中不再有人以此为谚语;你却要对他们说:日子临近,一切的异象都要应验。以西结书12:23。
In that line, the third angel arrives again, and in so doing, it is represented by the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844, unto the rebellion of 1863. The rebellion of 1863 was represented by the first rebellion of ancient Israel at Kadesh, and therefore is represented by the whole history from the Red Sea crossing until the first Kadesh rebellion. The first Kadesh rebellion typified the second Kadesh rebellion, and thus the line from the death of Aaron to the second Kadesh rebellion is repeated in the line of the sealing.
在那条线上,第三位天使再次到来;因此,它由从1844年10月22日第三位天使的到来一直到1863年的悖逆这一段所代表。1863年的悖逆由古代以色列人在加低斯的第一次悖逆所代表,因此又由从过红海直到第一次加低斯悖逆的全部历史所代表。第一次加低斯的悖逆预表了第二次加低斯的悖逆,因此,从亚伦之死到第二次加低斯悖逆的那条线在封印这条线上被重演。
It is repeated in the history of the Millerites, from 1840 unto 1844, which was typified by Christ’s baptism unto the cross, which also represented the history of the cross to the stoning of Stephen. Line upon line, each of the ancient prophets spoke about this period of time more than the days in which they lived.
这一模式在米勒派1840年至1844年的历史中被重演;这段历史以基督从受洗直到上十字架为预表,也象征从十字架到司提反被石头打死的那段历史。行上加行,句上加句,古时的每一位先知谈论这段时期的内容,都多过他们对自己所处时代的描述。
“Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ 1 Corinthians 10:11. ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.’ 1 Peter 1:12. . . .
“古代的每一位先知,为他们自己的时代所说的,少于为我们的时代所说的,因此他们的预言对于我们仍然有效。‘他们遭遇这些事,都要作为鉴戒;并且写在经上,正是警戒我们这末世的人。’哥林多前书10:11。‘他们得了启示,知道他们所传讲的一切事,不是为自己,乃是为你们;那靠着从天上差来的圣灵,传福音给你们的人,现在将这些事报给你们;这些事连天使也愿意详细察看。’彼得前书1:12。……”
“The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.
“圣经已经为这末后的世代积聚并封藏了它的珍宝。旧约历史中一切重大的事件和庄严的作为,都曾在这末后的日子于教会中重演,并且仍在重演。”《信息选粹》第3卷,338—339页。
The “last generation” is Peter’s chosen generation, which is the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and they are chosen from September 11, 2001 unto the soon-coming Sunday law, where they are then lifted up as an ensign. “All,” not some, but “all the great events and solemn transactions” of God’s Word, are “repeating themselves” in the “last generation” of “the church” of the “last days.” In the line of the sealing, all the books of the Bible meet and end.
“末后一代”就是彼得所说的那“被拣选的一代”,也就是那十四万四千人;他们是从2001年9月11日起直到即将到来的周日法令这段期间被拣选的,届时他们将被高举为旌旗。“所有”,不是一部分,而是上帝的话语中“所有重大事件与庄严事务”,都在“末日”的“教会”的“末后一代”中“重演”。在封印的脉络中,圣经的一切书卷在此会合并告终。
“In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book of Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation. The book that was sealed is not the Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days. The angel commanded, ‘But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.’ Daniel 12:4.” Acts of the Apostles, 585.
“在《启示录》中,圣经的一切书卷都汇集并终结于此。这里乃是《但以理书》的补篇。一者是预言;另一者是启示。那被封住的书卷并不是《启示录》,而是《但以理书》中关于末后的那一部分预言。天使命令说:‘但你,但以理啊,要隐藏这话,封闭这书,直到末时。’但以理书 12:4。”《使徒行述》,第585页。
The “portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days,” that was unsealed, is the visions given to Daniel by the two great rivers of Shinar, the Ulai and the Hiddekel. Those visions represent Daniel chapter eight, verses thirteen and fourteen, and chapter eleven verses forty through forty-five. The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the history where Christ, as the heavenly High Priest, eternally seals the chosen of the final generation into a relationship consisting of divine and human. Verse forty of Daniel eleven, identifies the relationship of the dragon, the beast and false prophet who together are now leading the world to Armageddon, as represented by the history of the horn of Republicanism on the earth beast that rules as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy during the history of verse forty. Verse forty also identifies the separation of the wise and foolish that defines the history of the horn of Protestantism in the same history, beginning in 1798 unto the soon-coming Sunday law.
“但以理关于末后日子的预言中‘被解封的部分’,就是在示拿的两条大河——乌莱河与希底结河——旁赐给但以理的异象。这些异象对应《但以理书》第八章十三至十四节,以及第十一章四十至四十五节。十四万四千人受印的时期,是这样的历史:基督作为天上的大祭司,将末代所拣选的人永远封印于由神性与人性组成的关系之中。第十一章四十节辨明那龙、那兽与假先知之间的关系;他们如今正合力把世界引向哈米吉多顿。这种关系,是借着地上兽上的共和主义之角的历史来表明的;而在四十节所指的历史期间,这地上兽以圣经预言中的第六个王国身分执掌权柄。四十节也指出聪明人与愚拙人的分别,这界定了同一时期中新教之角的历史,其始于1798年,直到即将到来的星期日法令。”
All “the books of the Bible” “meet and end” in the book of Revelation, and when they meet, the book of Revelation “complements” the book of Daniel, and the word “complement” means to bring to perfection. In the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, as represented in the book of Revelation, the prophecies of Daniel that were unsealed in the last days are brought to perfection, when they are brought together line upon line, over the line of history represented in chapter eighteen of Revelation, that begins with the voice in verses one through three, and ends with the second voice of verse four.
《圣经》的所有“书卷”都在《启示录》中“相会并告终”。当它们相会时,《启示录》“补足”《但以理书》,而“complement”一词的意思是使之臻于完善。在《启示录》所呈现的十四万四千人受印的时期,末后日子里被开启的《但以理书》预言得以成全;当这些预言被“一行又一行”地汇聚到《启示录》第十八章所代表的那条历史线上时,这条历史线起于第一至第三节中的那个声音,终于第四节中的第二个声音。
The perfection of the prophetic vision represented by the Hiddekel River in the book of Daniel, represents the perfection of the external vision of the enemies of God’s people who trample down the sanctuary and host. The perfection of the prophetic vision represented by the Ulai River in the book of Daniel, represents the perfection of the internal vision of Christ appearing within His people when He accomplishes the covenant promise of joining divinity with humanity upon the final chosen generation.
但以理书中希底结河所代表的先知异象之完全,象征那践踏圣所与军旅的神子民仇敌之外在异象的完全。但以理书中乌莱河所代表的先知异象之完全,象征当基督在其子民里面显现、在末后蒙拣选的一代身上成就将神性与人性联合之约的应许时,内在异象的完全。
The history of the sealing that focuses upon the Republican horn of the earth beast, begins with the earth beast speaking the Patriot Act in 2001, and ends with the speaking that was represented by the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, which in Revelation chapter thirteen, are represented as the earth beast speaking as a dragon. The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, represent the end of a line that began with the speaking of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In the middle of that period of prophetic history, the earth beast spoke the Constitution into effect in 1789.
以地兽的共和主义之角为焦点的受印历史,始于地兽在2001年“说出”《爱国者法案》,终于1798年的《外国人与煽动叛乱法》所代表的“说话”;而在《启示录》第十三章中,这被描绘为地兽“说话好像龙”。1798年的《外国人与煽动叛乱法》标志着一条线的终点,那条线始于1776年“说出”《独立宣言》。在那段预言性历史的中期,地兽在1789年“说出”《宪法》,使之生效。
The speaking of 1776, aligns with the speaking of the Patriot Act, and the Alien and Sedition Acts represent the soon coming Sunday law in the United States. In the middle of that history there should be another speaking which aligns with 1789. The first voice of Revelation eighteen, verses one through three, is plainly identified as arriving when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down. The second voice of verse four, is also plainly identified as the soon-coming Sunday law. Both of those voices are divine voices, for they are both the voice of the angel who is to lighten the earth with His glory, who Sister White identifies as the first angel of Revelation fourteen. Jesus was the first angel, and He always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning, so He is also the third angel, who is the angel that lightens the earth with His glory.
1776年的“发声”与《爱国者法案》的“发声”相一致,而《外国人与煽动叛乱法案》则代表美国即将到来的周日法令。在那段历史的中间,还应该有一次与1789年相一致的“发声”。启示录第十八章一至三节的第一个声音,清楚地被认定为在纽约市的高楼倒塌之时到来。第四节的第二个声音,也清楚地被认定为即将到来的周日法令。这两个声音都是神圣的声音,因为它们都是那位要以祂的荣耀照亮全地之天使的声音;怀特姊妹把这位天使认定为启示录十四章的第一位天使。耶稣就是第一位天使,祂总是用起初来说明一件事的终结,因此祂也是第三位天使,就是那位以祂的荣耀照亮全地的天使。
The first angel is also portrayed in Revelation chapter ten, as descending on August 11, 1840, thus typifying the descent of the angel on September 11, 2001. Sister White directly states that the angel who descended in chapter ten, was “no less a personage than Jesus Christ.” The first and second voices of Revelation eighteen, are the voice of Christ. That history is typified by 1776, 1789 and 1798, when the earth beast spoke three times. The voice of Christ that speaks in between the two voices of Revelation eighteen, is when He speaks in Revelation chapter eleven.
第一位天使也在启示录第十章中被描绘为于1840年8月11日降临,从而预表2001年9月11日那位天使的降临。怀特姐妹直接指出,第十章中降临的那位天使“不是别人,正是耶稣基督”。启示录第十八章中的第一声和第二声,都是基督的声音。那段历史由1776年、1789年和1798年所预表,那时地上的兽说了三次话。夹在启示录第十八章两次声音之间的基督之声,就是他在启示录第十一章中说话的时候。
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. Revelation 11:11, 12.
过了三天半,有生气从神那里进入他们里面,他们就站起来;看见他们的人甚是惧怕。两位先知听见有大声音从天上来,向他们说:“上到这里来。”他们就驾着云上了天;他们的仇敌也看见了他们。启示录 11:11, 12
In July of 2023, a voice from heaven (the voice of Christ) began raising up the two witnesses who had been slain in the streets by the atheistic dragon from the bottomless pit. At that point, the issues associated with the Constitution of the United States became a prophetic subject, for at the next voice, represented by 1798, the Constitution will be fully overthrown. Each of the three waymarks of 1776, 1789 and 1798, align with the three divine voices that are marked as September 11, 2001, July 2023, and the soon coming Sunday law.
2023年7月,天上的声音(基督的声音)开始使那两位见证人复活,他们曾被来自无底坑的无神论之龙在街上杀害。那时,与美国宪法相关的问题成为预言性的主题,因为在下一道声音(以1798年所代表的)时,宪法将被彻底推翻。1776、1789和1798这三个路标,各自与三次神圣的声音相对应,这三次声音被标记为2001年9月11日、2023年7月,以及即将到来的星期日法令。
Those three steps align with three steps of the third woe, represented by September 11, 2001, October 7, 2023 and the soon coming Sunday law when the seventh trumpet, which is the third Woe, suddenly arrives in the hour of the “great earthquake”. In 2023, the transition of both horns of the earth beast began, as represented by the secret image dream of Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in chapter two, was a secret that only God could reveal, and He revealed it to those who had passed the first test represented in chapter one of Daniel.
这三个步骤与第三样灾祸的三个步骤相一致,它们分别由2001年9月11日、2023年10月7日,以及即将到来的星期日法令所代表;届时,作为第三样灾祸的第七号将于“大地震”的时刻突然临到。2023年,地上兽的两只角都开始转变,这正如尼布甲尼撒关于那像的奥秘之梦所代表的。第二章中尼布甲尼撒的那梦,是只有上帝才能启示的奥秘;祂把这奥秘启示给了那些通过了但以理书第一章所代表的第一次考验的人。
Daniel and the three worthies in chapter one who passed the first test, were those who chose to eat the heavenly food and reject the diet of Babylon. They are those represented by John in Revelation chapter ten, who take the little book out of the angel’s hand, who is no less a personage than Jesus Christ, and eat the message contained therein. They are those in John chapter six, who chose to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the heavenly manna, that the other class rejected and who then turned away from Christ and walked no more with Him forever, in chapter SIX, verse SIXTY-SIX.
但以理和第一章中那三位通过第一次考验的勇士,是那些选择吃天上的食物、拒绝巴比伦饮食的人。他们就是启示录第十章中由约翰所代表的那些人,他们从那位天使——他不是别人,正是耶稣基督——手中取过那小书卷,并把其中的信息吃下去。他们也是约翰福音第六章中那些人,他们选择吃天上吗哪的肉、喝天上吗哪的血;而另一类人却拒绝了这一点,随后离开了基督,从此永不再与他同行,在第六章第六十六节。
In that line Christ was teaching in Galilee, which means “a hinge” or “a turning point”. There He presented the message of the heavenly manna, that His disciples were to eat, just as John had eaten in Revelation chapter ten, and as Ezekiel had eaten in chapter three, and Jeremiah had eaten in chapter fifteen. The history represented by John in Revelation chapter ten, when he ate the little book, represented the history of the Millerites from 1840 to 1844, but it more directly represented the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand than the history of the Millerites. This is apparent in the chapter by the directions John was given when told to eat the little book.
在那条线上,基督在加利利教导人,“加利利”的意思是“铰链”或“转折点”。在那里,他传达了天上吗哪的信息,这是他的门徒要吃的,正如约翰在《启示录》第十章所吃的那样,也如以西结在第三章、耶利米在第十五章所吃的那样。约翰在《启示录》第十章中吃小书卷所预表的历史,预表了1840年至1844年米勒派的历史,但与其说它预表米勒派的历史,不如说它更直接地预表了十四万四千人受封印的时期。这一点从该章中约翰被吩咐要吃小书卷时所领受的指示就可以看出。
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. Revelation 10:9.
我就到那天使那里,对他说:把小书卷给我。他对我说:拿去,把它吃尽;它必使你的肚腹发苦,然而在你口中却甜如蜜。启示录10:9。
In the verse, John was told in advance of his taking and eating the little book what experience would be produced by the message he ate. The Millerites did not understand the bitter-sweet experiences in advance of their historical fulfillment of John’s symbolism of their line of prophetic history. But the one hundred and forty-four thousand have been told in advance, and are required to know. When John illustrates either the history of the movement of the first angel or the history of the third angel, the message produces two classes of worshippers, and then ends with the bitter disappointment. When Jeremiah ate the little book, he then refused to associate with the “assembly of the mockers.”
在这节经文中,约翰在拿取并吃下那小书之前,就被预先告知他所吃的信息将会带来怎样的经历。米勒派在他们于历史上应验约翰对他们这条预言历史线的象征之前,并未预先明白那种苦乐参半的经历。但那十四万四千人已经被预先告知,并被要求知道。无论约翰所阐述的是第一位天使之运动的历史,还是第三位天使的历史,这信息都会产生两类敬拜者,然后以苦涩的失望告终。当耶利米吃下那小书时,他便拒绝与“讥笑者的会众”为伍。
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Jeremiah 15:17.
我没有坐在亵慢人的会中,也不欢乐;因你的手,我独自坐着,因为你使我满心愤恨。耶利米书15:17。
When Ezekiel ate the little book, he was told to give the message to the rebels of the house of Israel, who would not listen.
当以西结吃下那小书卷时,他被告知要把这信息传给以色列家中的悖逆者,他们必不肯听从。
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. . .. 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. Ezekiel 3:1,7.
他又对我说:人子啊,吃你所找到的;吃这书卷,好去对以色列家说话。……但以色列家必不听从你,因为他们不听从我;因为以色列全家都是厚颜无耻、心里刚硬的。以西结书3:1,7。
When Christ offered the heavenly bread, that was His flesh and His blood, to His home church at Galilee, the class that turned away never walked with Him again, and the fact that this occurred in chapter SIX, verse SIXTY-SIX, identifies that the eating is the first of a three-step testing process, which begins with the descent of the angel. The second test is where the two classes are manifested, whether it be the contrast of Ezekiel with the hard-hearted house of Israel, or the wise and foolish virgins of both the beginning and ending of Adventism, or Jeremiah with the assembly of mockers, or by Daniel and the three worthies in contrast with the wise men of Babylon in chapter two of Daniel.
当基督把天上的粮,也就是祂的肉和祂的血,赐给祂在加利利的本地会众时,转身离去的那一类人就再也没有与祂同行,而这一事实恰发生在第六章第六十六节,这就表明,吃是一个三步式考验过程中的第一步,而这一过程以天使的降临为起点。第二个考验则显明出两类人,无论是以西结与心硬的以色列家的对比,还是复临运动开端与末期中的聪明与愚拙童女,或耶利米与讥诮者会众的对照,抑或如但以理书第二章中,但以理和那三位同伴与巴比伦智慧人之间的对照。
In the line of John chapter six, the arrival at Galilee is September 11, 2001. The message to eat the flesh and drink the blood is the history that ultimately leads to the soon-coming Sunday law. “You are what you eat”, as represented by Daniel and the three worthies in chapter one, and in John six, those who chose to eat Christ’s flesh and drink His blood, became the image of what they ate. They became the image of Christ, while the other class that turned and walked no more with Christ manifested the image of the beast. One class was the image of the Creator, the other the image of the creation. John chapter six adds the meaning of “Galilee” to September 11, 2001, for the meaning is “hinge”, thus marking the turning point for the disciples. Would they turn to the heavenly diet or the diet of Babylon? It is at prophetic turning points that Christ manifests the light for the following period, as represented by His descent in 2001, when the earth was lightened with His glory.
在约翰福音第六章这条线路上,到达加利利就是2001年9月11日。关于“吃肉、喝血”的信息,是一段最终通向即将到来的星期日法令的历史。“你吃什么,就成为什么”,这在但以理书第一章中由但以理和他的三位同伴所体现;而在约翰福音第六章中,那些选择吃基督的肉、喝祂的血的人,成了他们所吃之物的形象。他们成为基督的形象,而另一类转身不再与基督同行的人则显出了兽的形象。一类是造物主的形象,另一类是受造之物的形象。约翰福音第六章把“加利利”的含义赋予了2001年9月11日,因为其意为“铰链”,从而为门徒标志了一个转折点。他们会转向天上的饮食,还是巴比伦的饮食?正是在预言性的转折点上,基督显明了随后时期的亮光,正如祂在2001年的降临所代表的那样,那时大地因祂的荣耀而被光照。
“There are lessons to be learned from the history of the past; and attention is called to these, that all may understand that God works on the same lines now that He ever has done. His hand is seen in His work and among the nations now, just the same as it has been ever since the gospel was first proclaimed to Adam in Eden.
从过去的历史中有可学习的教训;提醒人们留意这些,为要使众人明白,上帝如今仍按着他一贯的方式作工。如今,在他的作为中并在列国之中,都可以看见他的手;自从福音在伊甸园首次向亚当宣告以来,一直都是如此。
“There are periods which are turning points in the history of nations and of the church. In the providence of God, when these different crises arrive, the light for that time is given. If it is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow. The Lord in His word has opened up the aggressive work of the gospel as it has been carried on in the past, and will be in the future, even to the closing conflict, when Satanic agencies will make their last wonderful movement.” Bible Echo, August 26, 1895.
在列国与教会的历史中,有一些时期是转折点。在上帝的护理之下,当这些不同的危机来临时,便会赐下那个时期所需的亮光。若是接受,就有属灵的长进;若是拒绝,随之而来的就是属灵的衰退与覆没。主在祂的话语中,已经揭示了福音那积极推进的工作:它过去是怎样开展的,将来也要怎样开展,直到最后的冲突——那时,撒但的势力将发动他们最后一次惊人的行动。 《圣经回声》,1895年8月26日。
God always works upon the same lines of past history, and He never changes. There are “turning points” (Galilee), that are “crises,” and at those “turning points” the “light for that time is given.” The light for the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand was given at the crisis that began on September 11, 2001. If that light “is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow.” The light produces two classes of worshippers. The light that follows the turning point represents the message which produces two classes of worshippers.
上帝总是按着以往历史相同的规律做工,祂从不改变。有“转折点”(加利利),那些“转折点”就是“危机”,并且在那些“转折点”上,“当时的亮光”会被赐下。为十四万四千人受封印时期的亮光,是在自2001年9月11日开始的那场危机中被赐下的。如果那道亮光“被接受,就有属灵的长进;若被拒绝,属灵的衰退与覆没随之而来”。这道亮光产生两类敬拜者。紧随转折点而来的亮光,代表那带来两类敬拜者的信息。
Daniel chapter two illustrates the second test, the test which follows the dietary test of chapter one. In verse one of chapter one of Daniel, Judah had just been conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, who then became the first kingdom of Bible prophecy. It was a turning point in both the history of nations and of the church, it was a great crisis and the light of a dietary test was then given. Daniel and the three worthies passed the test, and then in chapter two, they again represented those who passed the second test. The second test was a test over a secret that no man, not even Nebuchadnezzar knew.
但以理书第二章说明了第二次试验,即紧随第一章饮食试验之后的那次试验。在但以理书第一章第一节中,犹大刚被尼布甲尼撒征服,而他随即成为圣经预言中第一个王国的君王。这既是列国历史也是教会历史的转折点;那是一场重大危机,于是关于饮食试验的亮光就被赐下。但以理和那三位同伴通过了这次试验,随后在第二章中,他们又代表那些通过第二次试验的人。第二次试验是对一个奥秘的试验,这个奥秘无人知道,连尼布甲尼撒也不知道。
The symbol of the test was the image of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. It was a life and death test over an image that no one knew. The image identified the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, and in chapters seven and eight of Daniel, the same kingdoms of Daniel two are represented as beasts. Nebuchadnezzar’s test was the test of “the image of the beasts”, that in the last days, occurs during the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
这次考验的象征是尼布甲尼撒梦中的像。那是一场关乎生死的考验,围绕着一尊无人知道的像。那尊像标明了圣经预言中的列国;而在《但以理书》第七章和第八章中,第二章所述的同样那些王国被描绘为诸兽。尼布甲尼撒的考验,就是关于“那些兽的像”的考验;在末后的日子,这一考验发生在十四万四千人受印的时期。
In the last days, the formation of the image of the beast is the great test for the people of God, represented by Daniel and the three worthies. It is the test they must pass, before they are sealed, so it is the sealing-testing message that either produces a class that receives the seal of God and reflects the image of God, or a class that receives the seal of the beast, and therefore reflects the image of the beast. In Daniel chapter two the message of the image of the beast was sealed until the history when it became a life and death question. Nebuchadnezzar’s image was understood correctly by the Millerites, but in the history of the sealing a secret truth that is connected with Nebuchadnezzar’s image is unsealed, but only to those who have taken the message that was to be eaten when the turning point arrived.
在末后的日子,兽像的形成成为神子民的大考验,以但以理和那三位忠信者为代表。这是他们在受封印之前必须通过的考验,所以这是一则封印—考验的信息:要么产生一类人,领受神的印记并反映神的形象;要么产生一类人,领受兽的印记,因此反映兽的形象。在但以理书第二章中,有关兽像的信息被封住,直到它成为生死攸关问题的那段历史。米勒派对尼布甲尼撒的像有着正确的理解,但在封印的历史中,与尼布甲尼撒之像相关的一项隐藏的真理被解封,不过只向那些在转折点来到时领受了那必须吃下的信息的人开启。
That food is the latter rain message that began when the angel of Revelation eighteen descended, and the latter rain message is the methodology of line upon line. Without eating that truth, the secret message of the formation of the image of the beast cannot be seen.
那食物就是在启示录第十八章的天使降下时开始的晚雨信息,而晚雨信息就是“行上加行”的方法论。若不吃那真理,关于兽像形成的奥秘信息就无法看见。
Ellen White was “clearly shown, that the image of the beast would be formed before probation closes.” The message of the formation of the image of the beast in Daniel two, represents a formation of the image that would only been seen in the history that followed the “turning point”, when the light would then be given. What is now understood about Nebuchadnezzar’s image is that it did not simply identify the first four kingdoms of Bible prophecy, it identified all eight kingdoms, and that understanding produces a new formation of the image-beast.
艾伦·怀特“清楚地看到,兽像会在恩典期结束之前形成。”但以理书第二章中关于兽像形成的信息,所代表的是一种只有在“转折点”之后的历史中才会被看见的像的形成;那时,亮光才会赐下。如今对尼布甲尼撒之像的理解是,它并不只是指认圣经预言中的前四个国度,而是指认了全部八个国度;而这种理解产生了一个关于兽像的新形成。
That truth identifies that the eighth beast, is of the seven, and it further identifies that the United States, who first forms an image of the beast, and thereafter forces the entire world to do the same, will possess the prophetic characteristic of the beast which it forms an image of. That image includes that it is the eighth, that is of the seven, and in the history of the three voices of Christ, it is marking the turning point of September 11, 2001, the voice of 2023 calling the dead, dry bones of the two witnesses to their feet, and the voice of the call out of Babylon.
那真理表明,第八个兽属那七个;并进一步指出,首先为兽立像、其后又强迫全世界照做的美国,将具有它所为之立像的那兽的预言性特征。那像包括它是第八个、且属那七个;并且在基督三个声音的历史中,它标记了2001年9月11日的转折点、2023年那呼唤两个见证人枯骨站起来的声音,以及呼召人出离巴比伦的声音。
The voice of 2023 is the voice that identifies the secret of Nebuchadnezzar’s image and when it speaks.
2023年的声音,是那辨明尼布甲尼撒之像的秘密以及它何时发声的声音。
September 11, 2001 represents the period that begins there, and ends on July 18, 2020. The period of the second voice from chapter eleven, represents the period from July 18, 2020, unto the third voice at the soon-coming Sunday law. The second period that begins on July 18, 2020, includes the waymark of November 3, 2020, and the waymark of January 6, 2021, when those that had slain the two witnesses and began to rejoice and send gifts, and it includes July, 2023, when the voice in the wilderness began to sound the warning of the seventh trumpet.
2001年9月11日代表一个从那时开始并在2020年7月18日结束的时期。第十一章中的第二个声音所对应的时期,指的是从2020年7月18日直至即将到来的星期日法令时出现的第三个声音的这段时期。自2020年7月18日开始的第二个时期,包括2020年11月3日的路标,以及2021年1月6日的路标,那时那些杀了两位见证人的人开始欢喜并互赠礼物;还包括2023年7月,那时旷野中的声音开始发出第七号的警告。
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。
“Upon the banks of the river Chebar, Ezekiel beheld a whirlwind seeming to come from the north, ‘a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber.’ A number of wheels, intersecting one another, were moved by four living beings. High above all these ‘was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.’ ‘And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.’ Ezekiel 1:4, 26; 10:8. The wheels were so complicated in arrangement that at first sight they appeared to be in confusion; but they moved in perfect harmony. Heavenly beings, sustained and guided by the hand beneath the wings of the cherubim, were impelling these wheels; above them, upon the sapphire throne, was the Eternal One; and round about the throne a rainbow, the emblem of divine mercy.
在迦巴鲁河畔,以西结看见有一阵仿佛从北方来的旋风,“有一朵大云,有火自相卷绕,周围有光辉,从其中发出仿佛琥珀的颜色。”若干个彼此相交的轮子,由四个活物推动。在这一切之上高高地,“有宝座的形像,其外貌如蓝宝石;在那宝座的形像上,有仿佛人的样式在其上。” “在基路伯的翅膀以下,显出人的手的形状。”以西结书 1:4、26;10:8。那些轮子的安排极其复杂,初看仿佛混乱;然而它们运行却完全和谐。天上的生灵,在基路伯翅膀下那只手的扶持与引导之下,推动这些轮子;在它们之上,在那蓝宝石的宝座上,是那位永恒者;宝座的周围有彩虹,作为神怜悯的象征。
“As the wheel like complications were under the guidance of the hand beneath the wings of the cherubim, so the complicated play of human events is under divine control. Amidst the strife and tumult of nations, He that sitteth above the cherubim still guides the affairs of the earth.
正如那如车轮般复杂的机关都在基路伯翅膀下那只手的引导之下,人类事件错综复杂的演进也同样在神圣的掌管之中。在列国的争斗与喧嚣之中,那位坐在基路伯之上的仍然引导着地上的事务。
“The history of nations that one after another have occupied their allotted time and place, unconsciously witnessing to the truth of which they themselves knew not the meaning, speaks to us. To every nation and to every individual of today God has assigned a place in His great plan. Today men and nations are being measured by the plummet in the hand of Him who makes no mistake. All are by their own choice deciding their destiny, and God is overruling all for the accomplishment of His purposes.
“一个又一个国家在其所分定的时期与地位上相继登场的历史,虽在不知不觉中为那连他们自己也不明其意义的真理作见证,却向我们发声。对于今日的每一个国家和每一个个人,上帝都已在祂伟大的计划中指定了一个位置。今日,世人与列国正由那位绝无差错者手中的准绳所衡量。人人都在凭着自己的选择决定自己的命运,而上帝却统御这一切,以成就祂的旨意。”
“The history which the great I AM has marked out in His word, uniting link after link in the prophetic chain, from eternity in the past to eternity in the future, tells us where we are today in the procession of the ages, and what may be expected in the time to come. All that prophecy has foretold as coming to pass, until the present time, has been traced on the pages of history, and we may be assured that all which is yet to come will be fulfilled in its order.” Education, 177, 178.
伟大的自有永有者在祂话语中所标明的历史,把预言之链一环接一环地连缀起来,从永恒的过去一直到永恒的未来,告诉我们今日在时代进程中所处的地位,并指示将来可以期待什么。凡预言所预告将要成就的一切,直到如今,都已记录在历史的篇页上;我们可以确信,那些尚未到来的,也必将按其次序应验。《教育》,177、178。