Five Hidden Months

隐藏的五个月

The message of Islam as represented by verse ten was presented in connection with the time set forth in verse fifteen by Josiah Litch in 1838. At that point there were elements of the prophecy that were hidden from Litch’s view. By August 1, 1840, Litch published a more thorough presentation, based upon what had been revealed to him after 1838 from the message of “five months.” In 1838 part of Revelation nine’s message of “five months” had been hidden from Litch. The hidden portion of the prophecy of five months was unsealed to Litch before 1840, and the unsealing produced the manifestation of the power of God from 1840 to 1844.

1838年,约西亚·利奇将第十节所表征的伊斯兰教信息与第十五节所列明的时间联系起来,加以阐述。当时,这一预言中的某些内容对利奇而言仍是隐藏的。到1840年8月1日,利奇根据1838年以后从“五个月”的信息中向他显明的内容,发表了更为详尽的阐述。1838年,《启示录》第九章中“五个月”这一信息的部分内容对利奇而言仍是隐藏的。五个月这一预言中隐藏的部分,在1840年之前已向利奇揭开了封印;这封印的揭开,使上帝的大能在1840年至1844年间彰显出来。

The five months of verse five was hidden until 2026. When Elisabeth came out of five months of hiding, she was joined by Mary. Mary aligns the five months of hiding with the parable of the ten virgins, for, unlike Elisabeth, Mary was a pregnant virgin and Elisabeth was a pregnant woman beyond the age to bear children. Both were miracle births in their own way, but Mary was a virgin. All the prophets speak of the end of the world, and the virgins represented by Mary in the latter days are the five wise virgins who make up the Philadelphian movement of the third angel who are numbered as one hundred and forty-four thousand. Elisabeth and Mary meet in the sixth month after Elisabeth’s five months of hiding. The five months of verse five was hidden until 2026.

第五节所说的五个月,一直隐藏到2026年。当以利沙伯结束五个月的隐居时,马利亚前来与她相会。马利亚使这五个月的隐居与十个童女的比喻相呼应,因为,与以利沙伯不同,马利亚是怀有身孕的童女,而以利沙伯则是一位已过生育年龄却怀有身孕的妇人。这两次降生各有其神迹之处,但马利亚是童女。所有先知都论及世界的末了,而在末后的日子里,马利亚所代表的童女就是那五个聪明的童女,她们组成了第三位天使的非拉铁非运动,人数共计十四万四千。以利沙伯隐居五个月后,在第六个月与马利亚相会。第五节所说的五个月,一直隐藏到2026年。

When John was born, Mary returned to Nazareth, and Zacharias was no longer dumb. Mary was with Elisabeth until the door closed at the Sunday law, when prophecy speaks. Zacharias is the alpha waymark that is made dumb and also the omega waymark who speaks at the birth of his son. Zacharias is at the beginning and the ending, representing both the first and third angels. Elisabeth is the second angel’s message, and Mary is the midnight cry message that joins Elisabeth at the end of the five months of hiding.

约翰出生时,马利亚回到了拿撒勒,撒迦利亚也恢复了说话的能力。马利亚一直与伊利沙伯在一起,直到星期日法令之时门关闭,那时预言便发声。撒迦利亚是那被夺去说话能力的阿拉法路标,也是那在儿子出生时开口说话的俄梅戛路标。撒迦利亚既在开端,也在末了,同时代表第一位和第三位天使。伊利沙伯是第二位天使的信息,而马利亚是半夜呼声的信息,这信息在五个月的隐藏期结束时与伊利沙伯会合。

Noah’s family of eight was hidden in the ark for five months, and then the ark rested on Mount Ararat. The midnight cry joined the second angel at Exeter and continued until the door closed on October 22, 1844, in fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins. Mary joined Elisabeth at Exeter and continued until the birth of John.

挪亚一家八口藏身于方舟中五个月,随后方舟停在亚拉腊山上。半夜的呼声在埃克塞特与第二位天使会合,并一直持续到1844年10月22日门关闭之时,应验了十个童女的比喻。马利亚在埃克塞特与以利沙伯会合,并一直留到约翰出生。

The message that was hidden from Litch in 1838 was the message of “five months.” The hiding of five months is represented by eight people in the ark; it is Elisabeth hiding during her first five months of pregnancy. It was the Lord holding His hand over the five months in 1838, until He removed His hand from the five months, allowing Litch to publish the date ten days before its fulfillment. When the message of five months is unsealed in the latter days, as it is now being set forth, you are at the six days of the Exeter camp meeting, from the 12th to 17th of August, 1844, that were followed by sixty-six days to the closed door of October 22, 1844. There were seventy-two days, but when they are placed in a prophetic line and the waymarks are then isolated, it can be seen that the sign of the siege represented by the Exeter camp meeting was six days that were followed by sixty-six days until the closed door. Prophetically the period is represented as 6 6 6.

1838年向李奇隐藏的信息,就是“五个月”的信息。方舟中的八个人表征了这五个月的隐藏;这也就是以利沙伯在怀孕的头五个月里隐藏自己。那是主在1838年用祂的手遮住了这五个月,直到祂将手从这五个月上移开,才使李奇得以在其应验前十天公布那个日期。当这关于五个月的信息在末后的日子被解封时,正如如今所阐明的那样,你便来到了1844年8月12日至17日埃克塞特帐棚大会的那六天;这六天之后再过六十六天,便到1844年10月22日门关闭之时。总共是七十二天,但若将这些日子置于一条预言线上,再将各个路标单独分离出来,就可以看出,由埃克塞特帐棚大会所表征的围城之兆历时六天,随后再过六十六天,便到门关闭之时。从预言的角度看,这段时期被表征为6 6 6。

The history of the siege as represented by Exeter unto October 22 is represented by Cain’s sixth generation Lamech. The door is closed just after the prophecy of five months is unsealed. It closes progressively, but the progression for Adventism began at 9/11, and it ends at the siege. When the siege arrives, you will manifest the character of either Lamech of Cain or Lamech of Seth. The number of that history for Lamech of Cain is 6 6 6, and the number for Lamech of Seth and the church triumphant is 7 7 7.

埃克塞特至10月22日这一时期所表征的围城历史,是以该隐一系第六代的拉麦为代表的。五个月的预言启封后不久,门便关闭。门是逐步关闭的,但对复临运动而言,这一过程始于9·11,并在围城时结束。围城来临时,你们将显明该隐一系的拉麦或塞特一系的拉麦的品格。在这段历史中,该隐一系的拉麦所对应的数字是6 6 6,而塞特一系的拉麦和得胜的教会所对应的数字是7 7 7。

The manifestation of the two characters represented by the two Lamechs and by 666 or 777 begins with the events that propel Adventism into the public’s attention as the question is raised about why Adventists were silent about the warning of the fireballs of Nashville. The escalating controversy becomes a visual demonstration in advance of the closed door of the soon-coming Sunday law that was typified by the animals ascending the ramp into the ark. The escalating visual warning was also typified by the experience of Elijah on Mount Carmel and by the Millerite movement of 1844.

当人们质问复临信徒为何对有关纳什维尔火球的警告保持沉默时,一系列事件将复临运动推入公众视野,两位拉麦以及666或777所代表的两种品格也随之开始显明。这场愈演愈烈的争论,成为即将来临的星期日法令使门关闭之前的一种直观展示,正如动物沿坡道进入方舟的情景所预表的那样。这一不断增强的直观警告,也由以利亚在迦密山上的经历以及1844年的米勒派运动所预表。

The Prophetic Structure of the Siege

围城的预言性结构

The prophetic structure of a siege that ends at the destruction of the city represents a period of time that begins with a sign and ends with a sign. It represents a period of time and a point in time. The period of the formation of the image is represented in a variety of ways. Every prophetic structure of this nature in the inspired testimony is typifying the image of the beast testing time that culminates with the mark of the beast.

以城邑被毁告终的围城,其预言结构代表着一段以一个征兆为开端、又以一个征兆为终点的时期。它既代表一段时期,也代表一个时间点。像的形成时期以多种方式得到表征。在蒙默示的证言中,凡属此类的预言结构,都预表着以兽的印记为高潮的兽像考验时期。

“The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The ‘mark of the beast’ still remains to be defined.” The Great Controversy, 445.

“‘兽像’代表背道的新教的一种形态;当新教各教会为强制推行其教义而寻求世俗政权的援助时,这种形态便会形成。‘兽的印记’仍有待界定。”《善恶之争》,第445页。

The period of time represents the formation of the image to and of the beast; the mark of the beast is enforced when the image that has been forming reaches the point where it can speak a Sunday law into existence. The mark of Rome’s authority was typified by Nebuchadnezzar when Jerusalem was destroyed. Whether Babylon or Rome, the structure of the siege is emphasizing the king of the north in the latter days. The siege of Orhan from 1333 unto 1337 and the four years from July 27, 1449 unto the siege of Constantinople in 1453 not only typify the period from August 11, 1840 unto October 22, 1844, but the sieges also emphasize the role of Islam as the children of the east wind of Bible Prophecy. The theme of the king of the north (Babylon or Rome) and the east wind is the “tidings out of the east and out of the north” in Daniel 11:45.

这段时期代表着为兽所立、仿照兽而造的像的形成过程;当那逐渐形成的像发展到能够开口颁布星期日法令的地步时,兽的印记便会被强制推行。耶路撒冷被毁时,尼布甲尼撒预表了罗马权威的印记。无论是巴比伦还是罗马,围城的模式都在凸显末后的北方王。奥尔汗从1333年至1337年的围城,以及从1449年7月27日至1453年君士坦丁堡被围的四年时间,不仅预表了从1840年8月11日至1844年10月22日的这段时期,而且这些围城事件也凸显了伊斯兰教作为《圣经》预言中东风之子的角色。北方王(巴比伦或罗马)与东风这一主题,就是《但以理书》11:45中所说的“从东方和北方来的消息”。

But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. Daniel 11:44.

但从东方和北方必有消息扰乱他,他就大发烈怒出去,要将多人杀灭净尽。但以理书11:44。

The four years from July 27, 1449, unto the siege of Constantinople in 1453 identify not only a four-year period, but combined with the death of John Palaiologos in 1448, the period is also represented by five years.

自1449年7月27日至1453年君士坦丁堡之围的这四年,不仅标示了一个四年的时期;若将约翰·巴列奥略于1448年去世一事一并计入,这一时期也可表示为五年。

The structure is represented in both destructions of Jerusalem and in Noah’s flood. It is in the first Passover in Egypt when it was required that the destroying angel see the sign of blood on the door that led Pharaoh and his host into the sea until the east winds were released and the waters closed the door of entrance into the promised land. The structure is in the alpha history of the church of Pergamos from 313 unto the first Sunday law in 321, and it is in the omega history of Pergamos from the decree of Justinian in 533 unto the Sunday law of 538. With Pergamos, the sign is either an edict or a decree, but both begin a period that culminates at a Sunday law.

这一结构在耶路撒冷的两次毁灭和挪亚的洪水中都有所体现。它也见于埃及的第一次逾越节:当时,灭命的天使必须看见门上血的记号;这将法老和他的大军引入海中,直到东风被释放,海水关闭了通往应许之地的入口之门。这一结构存在于别迦摩教会的阿拉法历史中,即从313年到321年首道星期日法令颁布的时期;也存在于别迦摩的俄梅戛历史中,即从533年查士丁尼颁布法令到538年星期日法令颁布的时期。对别迦摩而言,记号或为敕令,或为法令,但两者都开启了一段以星期日法令为终点的时期。

The structure of Ezekiel’s siege and destruction of Jerusalem was from 587 BC unto 586 BC: two years when considering the time inclusively and 1.5 years when considering the time exclusively. Another siege structure of prophecy is also represented by two years in the campaign of Panium that included the battle of Panium in 200 BC and the siege of Sidon in 198 BC. The death of Ezekiel’s wife aligns with the death of Lamech, the death of John Palaiologos and the battle of Panium.

以西结所记耶路撒冷围城与毁灭的时间结构,是从公元前587年至公元前586年:按首尾均计的方式计算为两年,按首尾不并计的方式计算则为1.5年。预言中的另一围城结构,同样体现于帕尼翁战役的两年时间跨度中;这场战役包括公元前200年的帕尼翁之战和公元前198年的西顿围城战。以西结妻子之死,与拉麦之死、约翰·巴列奥略之死及帕尼翁之战相对应。