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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Sixteen

Skrivena povijest četrdesetoga retka – broj šesnaest

The Second Woe - Part Three

Drugo jao - Treći dio

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Jeff Pippenger

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June 18, 2026

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## Jones' Logic

Jonesova logika

Jones’ logic that the first angel of Revelation fourteen cannot be separated from the following two angels is rock-solid. His identification of the structural connection of those three angels with the trumpet angels is absolutely air-tight. His emphasis was no doubt upon the three angels of Revelation fourteen, but the logic for applying them as “inseparable,” is just as valid for all the angels that preceded them.

Jonesova logika da se prvi anđeo iz četrnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja ne može odvojiti od sljedeća dva anđela neoboriva je. Njegovo prepoznavanje strukturne povezanosti ta tri anđela s anđelima truba posve je nepropusno. Njegov je naglasak bez sumnje bio na tri anđela iz četrnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, ali logika njihove primjene kao „nerazdvojivih” jednako je valjana i za sve anđele koji su im prethodili.

Because he was focusing upon the three angels of Revelation fourteen, he did not carry out his own logic to its ultimate conclusion. Ultimately the logic he used to connect the fifth, sixth and seventh woe trumpets to the three angels of Revelation fourteen, also included taking the line of the trumpets all the way back to the first of the seven trumpet angels.

Budući da se usredotočio na tri anđela iz Otkrivenja četrnaestog poglavlja, nije proveo vlastitu logiku do njezina krajnjeg zaključka. U konačnici, logika kojom je povezivao petu, šestu i sedmu trubu jao s trojicom anđela iz Otkrivenja četrnaestog poglavlja, također je uključivala vraćanje niza truba sve do prvoga od sedmorice anđela truba.

> And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. … And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. Revelation 8:2, 6.

> I vidjeh sedam anđela koji stajahu pred Bogom; i njima bijaše dano sedam truba. … I sedam anđela koji imahu sedam truba pripraviše se zatrubiti. Otkrivenje 8,2.6.

The series of angels begins with the “seven” trumpet angels, and the line of angels in Revelation begins with the first trumpet all the way through to the third angel’s warning of the mark of the beast. Jones is correct for identifying a distinction from the first four trumpets and the last three woe trumpets, for that “four and three” prophetic structure is also found in the churches and the seals. Established upon three witnesses in the book of Revelation allows those who choose to see that seven as a symbol, also contains four as a symbol and three as a symbol.

Niz anđela započinje sa „sedam” anđela sa trubama, a niz anđela u Otkrivenju počinje prvom trubom i proteže se sve do upozorenja trećega anđela o žigu zvijeri. Jones ispravno razlikuje prve četiri trube od posljednje tri trube jao, jer se ta proročka struktura „četiri i tri” nalazi i u crkvama i u pečatima. Utemeljenost na tri svjedoka u knjizi Otkrivenja omogućuje onima koji žele vidjeti da sedam, kao simbol, također u sebi sadrži četiri kao simbol i tri kao simbol.

## A Divine Connection

Božanska veza

What we have been identifying in the recent past is that the first and second angels of Revelation fourteen are empowered by a time prophecy of Islam of the first and second woes, and that the empowerment of the third angel is accomplished by the fulfillment of the third woe on 9/11. What Jones’ application identifies, (even though he did not make my point) is that every angel from the first trumpet angel of Revelation eight to the third woe trumpet of Revelation eleven is inseparably connected with the three angels of Revelation fourteen. They are symbols within the same prophetic line. They must be recognized as such to understand the various roles that each of the angels represent. So just as the seven churches, seals and trumpets represent seven, and also the symbol of four and three within the overall symbolism of the seven (churches, seals and trumpets); the line of angels from the first of seven trumpet angels all the way through to the third angel must be considered as a whole. This identifies a line of eleven angels.

Ono što smo u novije vrijeme utvrđivali jest da su prvi i drugi anđeo iz Otkrivenja četrnaest osnaženi vremenskim proročanstvom o islamu prvoga i drugoga jaoa, te da se osnaživanje trećega anđela ostvaruje ispunjenjem trećega jaoa 11. rujna. Ono što Jonesova primjena prepoznaje (premda on nije iznio moju poantu) jest da je svaki anđeo, od prvoga anđela trube iz Otkrivenja osam do anđela trube trećega jaoa iz Otkrivenja jedanaest, nerazdruživo povezan s trima anđelima iz Otkrivenja četrnaest. Oni su simboli unutar iste proročke linije. Moraju biti prepoznati kao takvi da bi se razumjele različite uloge koje svaki od tih anđela predstavlja. Dakle, kao što sedam crkava, pečata i truba predstavlja broj sedam, a također i simbol četiriju i triju unutar sveukupne simbolike broja sedam (crkava, pečata i truba), tako se i linija anđela od prvoga od sedam anđela truba pa sve do trećega anđela mora promatrati kao cjelina. To prepoznaje liniju od jedanaest anđela.

The three angels of Revelation fourteen represent the warning message of the Millerites that announced the opening of the judgment and thereafter the warning message of the one hundred and forty-four thousand that is announcing the close of judgment.

Tri anđela iz četrnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja predstavljaju upozoravajuću poruku milerita, koja je navijestila početak suda, a potom upozoravajuću poruku sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, koja navješćuje završetak suda.

The seven trumpets represent powers that God employed providentially to bring judgment upon nations that enforced the worship of the sun.

Sedam truba predstavljaju sile kojima se Bog providnosno poslužio kako bi izvršio sud nad narodima koji su nametali štovanje sunca.

The first four trumpets identify the progressive demise of Western Rome by the year 476.

Prve četiri trube označuju postupnu propast Zapadnog Rimskog Carstva do 476. godine.

The fifth and sixth identify the demise of Eastern Rome from 1449 unto 1453.

Peta i šesti označavaju propast Istočnog Rima od 1449. do 1453. godine.

The last three trumpets represent Islam of the three woes.

Posljednje tri trube predstavljaju islam triju jao.

The angel in Revelation ten is Christ, who descends to empower the movement in the beginning and He descends again in Revelation eighteen, to empower the movement at the end.

Anđeo u desetom poglavlju Otkrivenja jest Krist, koji silazi kako bi osnažio pokret na početku, a ponovno silazi u osamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja kako bi osnažio pokret na svršetku.

The seventh trumpet began to sound on October 22, 1844 at the opening of the judgment which is the antitypical Day of Atonement. The trumpet of Jubilee was to be sounded on the Day of Atonement. Two trumpets therefore are sounded at the judgment; the Jubilee trumpet and the seventh trumpet.

Sedma truba počela je zvučati 22. listopada 1844. pri otvaranju suda, koji je protuslikovni Dan pomirenja. Truba jubileja trebala je biti oglašena na Dan pomirenja. Stoga se na sudu oglašavaju dvije trube: jubilejska truba i sedma truba.

> Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. Leviticus 25:9–11.

> Tada zapovjedi da zatrubi truba jubileja desetoga dana sedmoga mjeseca; na Dan pomirenja neka se zatrubi trubom po svoj vašoj zemlji. I posvetite pedesetu godinu te proglasite slobodu po svoj zemlji svim njezinim stanovnicima; neka vam to bude jubilej; i neka se svaki vrati na svoj posjed, i neka se svaki vrati svojoj obitelji. Ta pedeseta godina neka vam bude jubilej; ne sijte, niti žanjite ono što samo od sebe u njoj raste, niti berite grožđe s neobrezane loze svoje. Levitski zakonik 25,9–11.

The context that identifies the scattering of Israel for “seven times” located in the very next chapter in Leviticus, is set forth in the verses that lead to the instruction of sounding the jubilee trumpet on the Day of Atonement.

Kontekst koji prepoznaje raspršenje Izraela na „sedam vremena“, smješten u samom sljedećem poglavlju Levitskog zakonika, izložen je u recima koji prethode uputi da se na Dan pomirenja oglasi jubilejska truba.

> Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Leviticus 25:2–8.

> Govori sinovima Izraelovim i reci im: Kad dođete u zemlju koju vam dajem, neka zemlja svetkuje subotu Gospodu. Šest godina zasijavaj svoju njivu i šest godina obrezuj svoj vinograd te sabiri njegov rod; ali sedme godine neka bude zemlji subota potpunoga počinka, subota Gospodu: svoju njivu nemoj zasijavati niti svoj vinograd obrezivati. Ono što samo od sebe izraste od tvoje žetve nemoj žeti, niti sabiraj grožđe sa svoje neobrezane loze, jer to je godina počinka za zemlju. A subota zemlje neka vam bude za hranu: tebi, i tvojemu sluzi, i tvojoj sluškinji, i tvojemu najamniku, i tvojemu došljaku koji boravi s tobom; i tvojoj stoci, i zvijeri što je u tvojoj zemlji, sav njezin urod neka bude za hranu. I izbrojit ćeš sebi sedam subota godina, sedam puta po sedam godina; i vrijeme tih sedam subota godina neka ti bude četrdeset i devet godina. Levitski zakonik 25,2–8.

When Miller recognized the judgment against Israel for breaking the sabbath rest for the land in chapter twenty-six, he applied the principle that a day represents a year and discovered that a year is three hundred and sixty days, and that seven times three hundred and sixty was twenty-five hundred and twenty years of punishment for breaking the covenant. It was the first prophetic truth he discovered. It’s the foundation of the truths that made up the foundation that Christ laid through the work of Miller. The Jubilee trumpet is an announcement of deliverance and freedom.

Kada je Miller u dvadeset i šestom poglavlju prepoznao sud nad Izraelom zbog kršenja subotnjega počinka za zemlju, primijenio je načelo da jedan dan predstavlja jednu godinu te je ustanovio da godina ima tristo šezdeset dana, i da je sedam puta tristo šezdeset dvjesto pedeset i dvadeset godina kazne za kršenje Saveza. To je bila prva proročka istina koju je otkrio. Ona je temelj istina koje su sačinjavale temelj što ga je Krist položio kroz Millerovo djelo. Jubilejska truba navještaj je izbavljenja i slobode.

The seventh trumpet is Islam of the third woe.

Sedma truba jest islam trećega jao.

> But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:7.

> Nego u danima glasa sedmoga anđela, kad on počne trubiti, dovršit će se tajna Božja, kao što je navijestio svojim slugama, prorocima. Otkrivenje 10,7.

The seventh trumpet of Islam is an external prophetic truth and the Jubilee trumpet is the internal prophetic truth of justification by faith—deliverance from sin, which according to Sister White is the third angel in verity. In the period when the seventh trumpet is sounding, the mystery of Christ in you the hope of glory will be perfected as Christ combines His Divinity with the humanity of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Those who then receive the seal of God will proclaim a trumpet message of warning represented as the third woe and also the warning of the third angel. The third woe empowers the message of the third angel when the angel who is no less a personage than Jesus Christ descends with a message in His hand.

Sedma truba islama jest vanjska proročka istina, a jubilejska truba unutarnja je proročka istina o opravdanju vjerom — izbavljenju od grijeha, što je, prema sestri White, treći anđeo u istini. U razdoblju kada odjekuje sedma truba, tajna Krista u vama, nade slave, bit će usavršena dok Krist sjedinjuje svoje božanstvo s čovještvom sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. Oni koji tada prime pečat Božji objavit će trubnu poruku upozorenja, prikazanu kao treći jao, a također i upozorenje trećega anđela. Treći jao osnažuje poruku trećega anđela kada anđeo, koji nije nitko manji od Isusa Krista, siđe s porukom u svojoj ruci.

When we identify that it was a time prophecy of the first and second woe that empowered the first angel’s message, and a prophecy of the third woe that empowers the third angel’s message, we are identifying the trumpets as ‘judgments that were brought upon Rome in response to Sunday enforcement.’ Those providential judgments, particularly the last three woe trumpets, align and parallel the warning message of Revelation fourteen’s three angels. Two woes and two angels in the Millerite history and the third woe and the third angel in the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. In the beginning history of the first and second angels, the message of the opening of the judgment was empowered by a fulfillment of Islam of the first and second woes. In the ending history of the third angel the message announcing the close of judgment was empowered by a fulfillment of Islam of the third woe.

Kada utvrdimo da je proroštvo o vremenu prvoga i drugoga jaoa osnažilo poruku prvoga anđela, te da proroštvo o trećem jaou osnažuje poruku trećega anđela, tada prepoznajemo trube kao „sudove koji su bili dovedeni na Rim kao odgovor na nametanje svetkovanja nedjelje“. Ti providonosni sudovi, osobito posljednje tri trube jaoa, podudaraju se i usporedno teku s porukom upozorenja trojice anđela iz četrnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja. Dva jaoa i dva anđela u mileritskoj povijesti, te treći jao i treći anđeo u povijesti sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. U početnoj povijesti prvoga i drugoga anđela, poruka o otvaranju suda bila je osnažena ispunjenjem islama prvoga i drugoga jaoa. U završnoj povijesti trećega anđela, poruka koja objavljuje zaključenje suda bila je osnažena ispunjenjem islama trećega jaoa.

The empowerment at the beginning and ending was represented by the angel of Revelation ten and eighteen, “who was no less a personage than Jesus Christ.” The external message of Islam and the internal message of judgment is the external third woe trumpet and the internal message of judgment is the trumpet of the third angel. The external trumpet of Islam is the prophecy of twenty-five hundred and twenty years and the internal trumpet of the third angel is the twenty-three hundred years. Both arrived and sounded at the opening of the judgment of the dead, and both arrived again at the opening of the judgment of the living.

Osnaženje na početku i na svršetku bilo je predočeno anđelom iz Otkrivenja deset i osamnaest, „koji nije bio nitko manji od Isusa Krista”. Vanjska poruka islama i unutarnja poruka suda jesu vanjska truba trećega jaoa, a unutarnja poruka suda jest truba trećega anđela. Vanjska truba islama jest proročanstvo o dvije tisuće petsto dvadeset godina, a unutarnja truba trećega anđela jest dvije tisuće tristo godina. Obje su stigle i zatrubile pri otvaranju suda nad mrtvima, i obje su ponovno stigle pri otvaranju suda nad živima.

The angel of Revelation ten descended on August 11, 1840 in fulfillment of the prophecy of Islam and in so doing, the angel typified the descent of the angel of Revelation eighteen with a fulfillment of a prophecy of Islam. God’s judgment upon the rebellion of the Sunday law in 321, and then again in 538 is represented by the first six trumpets, and His judgment for the soon-coming Sunday law rebellion is represented by the seventh trumpet, which is the third woe and also the third angel. The warning message of the beginning of the judgment on October 22, 1844 and the warning message of the judgment of the living on 9/11 were both empowered by the seventh angel in the sequence that Jones set forth. Six trumpet angels in chapters eight and nine, then in chapter ten the angel descends who is no less a personage than Jesus Christ. He is the seventh in the sequence of angels, who is followed in chapter eleven by the third woe, which is the seventh trumpet that began to sound in 1844, but is the eighth in the series of angels that lead to the ninth, tenth and eleventh angels in Revelation fourteen.

Anđeo iz desetog poglavlja Otkrivenja sišao je 11. kolovoza 1840. kao ispunjenje proročanstva o islamu, i time je taj anđeo predoznačio silazak anđela iz osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja uz ispunjenje proročanstva o islamu. Božji sud nad pobunom nedjeljnoga zakona 321. godine, a zatim ponovno 538. godine, prikazan je u prvih šest truba, a Njegov sud za uskoro dolazeću pobunu nedjeljnoga zakona prikazan je sedmom trubom, koja je treća nevolja, a ujedno i treći anđeo. Poruka upozorenja o početku suda 22. listopada 1844. i poruka upozorenja o sudu živima 11. rujna obje su bile osnažene po sedmom anđelu u slijedu koji je izložio Jones. Šest anđela truba u osmome i devetome poglavlju, zatim u desetome poglavlju silazi anđeo koji nije nitko manji od Isusa Krista. On je sedmi u slijedu anđela, za kojim u jedanaestome poglavlju slijedi treća nevolja, a to je sedma truba koja je počela zvučati 1844., ali je osma u nizu anđela koji vode do devetoga, desetoga i jedanaestoga anđela u četrnaestome poglavlju Otkrivenja.

The third angel’s message cannot be isolated from the first and second angels’ messages, but neither can it be separated from the seven trumpets of God’s judgment upon apostasy. The first four trumpets of judgment in chapter eight of Revelation identify the progressive demise of Western Rome after Constantine’s first Sunday law in 321 and began at his division of the empire into east and west in 330.

Poruka trećega anđela ne može se izdvojiti od poruka prvoga i drugoga anđela, ali se isto tako ne može odvojiti ni od sedam trublja Božjega suda nad otpadništvom. Prve četiri trublje suda u osmom poglavlju Otkrivenja označuju postupnu propast Zapadnoga Rima nakon Konstantinova prvoga nedjeljnog zakona iz 321. godine, a započele su njegovom podjelom Carstva na istok i zapad 330. godine.

> “When our nation, in its legislative councils, shall enact laws to bind the consciences of men in regard to their religious privileges, enforcing Sunday observance, and bringing oppressive power to bear against those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath, the law of God will, to all intents and purposes, be made void in our land; and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin.” Review and Herald, December 18, 1888.

> „Kada naš narod, u svojim zakonodavnim vijećima, bude donosio zakone da veže savjesti ljudi u pogledu njihovih vjerskih prava, namećući svetkovanje nedjelje i primjenjujući tlačiteljsku silu protiv onih koji drže subotu sedmoga dana, Božji će zakon, za sve praktične svrhe, biti ukinut u našoj zemlji; a nakon nacionalnog otpada uslijedit će nacionalna propast.” Review and Herald, 18. prosinca 1888.

The principle of national apostasy bringing national ruin was brought upon Constantine’s nation beginning with the first four trumpets that brought Western Rome to a conclusion by 476. Eastern Rome came to its conclusion in 1453, though it had prophetically lost its national sovereignty on July 27, 1449. Unlike Babylon, who was overthrown in one night, Rome, both western and eastern was brought to their endings progressively. The demise of Western Rome under the first four trumpets by 476, represents the demise of the United States under four trumpets, which at one level represents the four generations of the United States that began in 1798 and ends at the Sunday law. Those four generations parallel the four generations of Adventism, which parallel the first four churches of Revelation two, and the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight and the four waves of grasshoppers in the book of Joel.

Načelo nacionalnog otpada koji donosi nacionalnu propast primijenilo se na Konstantinov narod počevši s prve četiri trube, koje su dovele Zapadni Rim do njegova završetka 476. godine. Istočni Rim došao je do svojega završetka 1453. godine, premda je proročki izgubio svoj nacionalni suverenitet 27. srpnja 1449. Za razliku od Babilona, koji je bio oboren u jednoj noći, Rim je, i zapadni i istočni, bio doveden do svojih završetaka postupno. Propast Zapadnoga Rima pod prve četiri trube do 476. godine predstavlja propast Sjedinjenih Američkih Država pod četiri trube, što na jednoj razini predstavlja četiri naraštaja Sjedinjenih Američkih Država koji su započeli 1798. godine i završavaju nedjeljnim zakonom. Ta četiri naraštaja usporedna su s četiri naraštaja adventizma, koji su usporedni s prve četiri crkve iz drugoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, te s četiri sve teža gadna djela iz osmog poglavlja Ezekiela i s četiri vala skakavaca u knjizi proroka Joela.

> For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? Ezekiel 14:21.

> Jer ovako govori Gospodin Bog: Koliko li više kad pošaljem svoja četiri teška suda na Jeruzalem: mač, glad, zlu zvijer i pomor, da iz njega istrijebim čovjeka i životinju? Ezekiel 14:21.

The fifth and sixth trumpets brought down Eastern Rome, and eastern Rome in prophetic relation to western Rome, represents the state. Western Rome represents the church. Western Rome also represents the United States, who is conquered first, as was western Rome.

Peta i šesta truba oborile su Istočni Rim, a Istočni Rim, u proročkom odnosu prema Zapadnom Rimu, predstavlja državu. Zapadni Rim predstavlja crkvu. Zapadni Rim također predstavlja Sjedinjene Države, koje su najprije osvojene, kao što je bio i Zapadni Rim.

> “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> „Kada se Amerika, zemlja vjerske slobode, ujedini s Papinstvom u prisiljavanju savjesti i primoravanju ljudi da poštuju lažnu subotu, tada će narodi svake zemlje na kugli zemaljskoj biti navedeni da slijede njezin primjer.” Testimonies, sv. 6, 18.

The first four trumpets represent the four generations of American history, and when the United States falls, the glorious land of verse forty-one of Daniel eleven has just fallen, and the next obstacle is Egypt, a symbol of the rest of the nations of the world. The United Nations, who are the ten kings, then agree to give their seventh kingdom to the papacy, for ‘a short space—one hour,’ in Revelation seventeen. This occurs at Herod’s birthday party, when he pledges half his kingdom. At Herod’s birthday party, in that hour the handwriting appears upon the plaster of the walls, and Belshazzar is slain. That hour arrives at the Sunday law and continues until the close of human probation. The seventh kingdom is conquered as typified by the destruction of the walls of Constantinople that came down in 1453. From the Sunday law in the United States, as typified by 1449; unto the fall of Constantinople in 1453 is four symbolic years. The papacy received its deadly wound in 1798.

Prve četiri trube predstavljaju četiri naraštaja američke povijesti, a kada Sjedinjene Države padnu, slavna zemlja iz četrdeset i prvog retka jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela upravo je pala, a sljedeća je prepreka Egipat, simbol ostatka naroda svijeta. Ujedinjeni narodi, koji su deset kraljeva, tada pristaju predati svoje sedmo kraljevstvo papinstvu, za „kratko vrijeme — jedan sat“, u Otkrivenju sedamnaest. To se zbiva na Herodovoj rođendanskoj gozbi, kada on obećava polovicu svojega kraljevstva. Na Herodovoj rođendanskoj gozbi, u tom se času pojavljuje rukopis na vapnu zidova, i Baltazar biva ubijen. Taj sat dolazi sa zakonom o nedjelji i traje do završetka ljudskog vremena milosti. Sedmo je kraljevstvo osvojeno, kao što je predočeno uništenjem zidina Carigrada koje su pale 1453. godine. Od zakona o nedjelji u Sjedinjenim Državama, kako je predočeno 1449. godinom, do pada Carigrada 1453. godine, protežu se četiri simbolične godine. Papinstvo je zadobilo svoju smrtonosnu ranu 1798. godine.

In Daniel eleven verse forty the papacy fell in 1798, at the time of the end. Then the king of the south fell in 1989, at the time of the end. The United States falls in verse forty-one and Egypt falls in verse forty-two and the papacy comes to its second and final fall in verse forty-five.

U Danielu 11, redak 40, papinstvo je palo 1798., u vrijeme svršetka. Zatim je kralj juga pao 1989., u vrijeme svršetka. Sjedinjene Američke Države padaju u retku 41, a Egipat pada u retku 42, a papinstvo dolazi do svojega drugog i konačnog pada u retku 45.

> “From the rise and fall of nations as made plain in the books of Daniel and the Revelation, we need to learn how worthless is mere outward and worldly glory. Babylon, with all its power and magnificence, the like of which our world has never since beheld,—power and magnificence which to the people of that day seemed so stable and enduring,—how completely has it passed away! As ‘the flower of the grass,’ it has perished. James 1:10. So perished the Medo-Persian kingdom, and the kingdoms of Grecia and Rome. And so perishes all that has not God for its foundation. Only that which is bound up with His purpose, and expresses His character, can endure. His principles are the only steadfast things our world knows.” Prophets and Kings, 548.

> „Iz uspona i padova naroda, kako je to jasno prikazano u knjigama Daniela i Otkrivenja, trebamo naučiti koliko je bezvrijedna puka izvanjska i svjetovna slava. Babilon, sa svom svojom moći i veličanstvenošću, kakvu naš svijet od tada više nikada nije vidio,—moći i veličanstvenošću koje su se ljudima onoga doba činile tako postojanima i trajnima,—kako je potpuno iščeznuo! Kao ‘cvijet trave’, propao je. Jakov 1,10. Tako je propalo medo-perzijsko kraljevstvo, kao i kraljevstva Grčke i Rima. I tako propada sve ono što nema Boga za svoj temelj. Jedino ono što je povezano s Njegovom namjerom i izražava Njegov karakter može opstati. Njegova su načela jedino postojano što naš svijet poznaje.” Proroci i kraljevi, 548.

The fall of the United States (the false prophet) in verse forty-one was typified by 1449, and the fall of Egypt (the dragon) in verse forty-two was typified by 1453 and the papacy (the beast) comes to its end with none to help as typified by 1798. The false prophet and the dragon are brought down by trumpet powers, and the beast is brought down by a dragon power.

Pad Sjedinjenih Američkih Država (lažnog proroka) u četrdeset i prvom retku bio je predoznačen 1449. godinom, a pad Egipta (zmaja) u četrdeset i drugom retku bio je predoznačen 1453. godinom, dok papinstvo (zvijer) dolazi svome kraju, bez ikoga da mu pomogne, kako je predoznačeno 1798. godinom. Lažni prorok i zmaj bivaju oboreni silama truba, a zvijer biva oborena silom zmaja.

The number four is a symbol of the dissolution of a kingdom. Alexander’s kingdom disintegrated into four kingdoms, and Egypt came down in the Red Sea in the fourth generation, and Israel is bowing to the sun in the fourth abomination of Ezekiel eight. The four generations of Protestantism and Republicans in the earth beast began in 1798 and ends at the soon-coming Sunday law for both horns. Ezekiel’s four sore judgments upon Jerusalem illustrate four judgments upon the United States, and those four judgments upon the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy typify the four years from 1449 unto 1453 when the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy agrees to give half their kingdom unto the papacy in a church and state relationship that the whore of Tyre reigns over.

Broj četiri simbol je raspada jednoga kraljevstva. Aleksandrovo se kraljevstvo raspalo na četiri kraljevstva, a Egipat je potonuo u Crveno more u četvrtom naraštaju, i Izrael se klanja suncu u četvrtoj gadosti iz Ezekiela osam. Četiri naraštaja protestantizma i republikanaca u zvijeri iz zemlje započinju 1798. godine i završavaju uskoro nadolazećim nedjeljnim zakonom za oba roga. Ezekielova četiri teška suda nad Jeruzalemom predočuju četiri suda nad Sjedinjenim Državama, a ta četiri suda nad šestim kraljevstvom biblijskog proročanstva predstavljaju četiri godine od 1449. do 1453., kada sedmo kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva pristaje dati polovicu svojega kraljevstva papinstvu u odnosu crkve i države nad kojim vlada tirska bludnica.

The four years of 1449 unto 1453 represent the demise of the seventh kingdom at the Sunday law, and they also represent the period of the demise of the eighth kingdom from the Sunday law unto the close of probation. The conquering of Egypt, who is the world and also the dragon that is given to the papacy, is a fractal at the beginning of the period symbolized by the four years of 1449 unto 1453. This identifies the fall of Constantinople at the Sunday law, and then again when Michael stands up. When Michael stands up the four angels are fully released according to inspiration.

Četiri godine od 1449. do 1453. predstavljaju propast sedmoga kraljevstva kod nedjeljnoga zakona, a također predstavljaju i razdoblje propasti osmoga kraljevstva od nedjeljnoga zakona do završetka vremena milosti. Osvajanje Egipta, koji je svijet, a također i zmaj koji je predan papinstvu, fraktal je na početku razdoblja simboliziranoga četirima godinama od 1449. do 1453. To poistovjećuje pad Carigrada s nedjeljnim zakonom, a potom ponovno kada Mihael ustane. Kada Mihael ustane, četiri su anđela, prema nadahnuću, potpuno puštena.

> “I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus’ work was done in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues.” Early Writings, 36.

> „Vidjela sam da će četiri anđela zadržavati četiri vjetra dok Isusovo djelo ne bude dovršeno u Svetištu, a tada će doći sedam posljednjih zala.” Early Writings, 36.

Four divisions of Alexander’s kingdom, four trumpets upon Western Rome, four winds released on Eastern Rome, four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, four winds released when the papacy comes to its end with none to help. With these prophetic symbols set forth we will consider the second woe in the context of applying it at the soon coming Sunday law.

Četiri podjele Aleksandrova kraljevstva, četiri trube nad Zapadnim Rimom, četiri vjetra puštena na Istočni Rim, četiri teška suda nad Jeruzalemom, četiri vjetra puštena kada papinstvu dođe kraj i ne bude mu nikoga da mu pomogne. Pošto su ovi proročki simboli tako izloženi, razmotrit ćemo drugi jao u kontekstu njegove primjene na uskoro dolazeći zakon o nedjelji.

## The Council of Florence

Firentinski sabor

In 1439, at the Council of Florence (also called the Union of Florence), representatives of the Eastern Orthodox Church (led by the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos and the Patriarch of Constantinople) signed a formal decree of union with the Roman Catholic Church. They agreed to identify the Pope of Rome as the head (supreme authority) of the entire Church.

Godine 1439., na Firentinskom saboru (također zvanom Firentinska unija), predstavnici Istočne pravoslavne Crkve (predvođeni bizantskim carem Ivanom VIII. Paleologom i carigradskim patrijarhom) potpisali su formalni dekret o uniji s Rimokatoličkom Crkvom. Složili su se priznati rimskog papu kao poglavara (vrhovnu vlast) cijele Crkve.

> For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Ephesians 5:23.

> Jer muž je glava ženi, kao što je i Krist glava Crkvi; i on je Spasitelj tijela. Efežanima 5:23.

## The Nicene Creed

Nicejsko vjerovanje

The Emperor and Patriarch accepted the “Filioque clause” in the Nicene Creed, which was an addition to the Nicene Creed, claiming that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Nicene Creed is one of the most important and widely used statements within the history of the Catholic faith. The Nicene Creed is a formal summary of core Catholic beliefs. It was originally written to defend the truth about who Jesus Christ is. In 325, a major controversy arose because a priest named Arius taught that Jesus was created by God the Father and was not fully God.

Car i Patrijarh prihvatili su „klauzulu Filioque” u Nicejsko-carigradskom vjerovanju, koja je bila dodatak Nicejsko-carigradskom vjerovanju, tvrdeći da Duh Sveti izlazi od Oca i Sina. Nicejsko-carigradsko vjerovanje jedna je od najvažnijih i najraširenije korištenih izjava u povijesti katoličke vjere. Nicejsko-carigradsko vjerovanje formalni je sažetak temeljnih katoličkih vjerovanja. Izvorno je bilo sastavljeno kako bi se obranila istina o tome tko je Isus Krist. Godine 325. nastala je velika kontroverza jer je svećenik po imenu Arije naučavao da je Isusa stvorio Bog Otac i da on nije u potpunosti Bog.

Emperor Constantine called the First Council of Nicaea to settle the issue. The council strongly affirmed that Jesus is fully God, “of the same substance” as the Father. The Creed was later expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. It is to be noted at this point; that the Nicene Creed was established in the history of Constantine the first, and it would be an issue for the last Constantine, who was Constantine the eleventh, who was the last Emperor of the eastern Byzantine Empire. Constantine the Great, who was the first is repeatedly set forth as a subject in Bible prophecy. He is the ruler at the beginning of the empire of the east and therefore typifies the ruler at the ending of the empire of the east. The fact that the Nicene Creed is an element of both the beginning and ending histories must be noted by a student of prophecy, if they understand the principle of alpha and omega.

Car Konstantin sazvao je Prvi nicejski sabor kako bi razriješio to pitanje. Sabor je snažno potvrdio da je Isus potpuno Bog, „iste biti” kao i Otac. Vjerovanje je poslije prošireno na Carigradskom saboru 381. godine. Ovdje valja zapaziti da je Nicejsko vjerovanje ustanovljeno u povijesti prvoga Konstantina, te da će ono biti pitanje za posljednjega Konstantina, Konstantina Jedanaestoga, koji je bio posljednji car istočnoga Bizantskog Carstva. Konstantin Veliki, koji je bio prvi, opetovano se iznosi kao predmet u biblijskom proroštvu. On je vladar na početku istočnoga carstva i stoga predoznačuje vladara na završetku istočnoga carstva. Činjenicu da je Nicejsko vjerovanje sastavni dio i početnih i završnih povijesti mora zapaziti učenik proroštva ako razumije načelo alfe i omege.

In 381, the Nicene Creed was updated with the doctrine of Purgatory, the doctrine of the Eucharist, with the acceptance of the use of unleavened bread for the Eucharist, which was a Latin practice. The Creed of 381 also accepted the Catholic understanding of original sin and the afterlife. It ended with this key line: “We also define that the holy apostolic see and the Roman Pontiff holds the primacy over the whole world and is the true vicar of Christ.”

Godine 381. Nicejsko vjerovanje bilo je dopunjeno naukom o Čistilištu, naukom o Euharistiji, uz prihvaćanje uporabe beskvasnoga kruha za Euharistiju, što je bila latinska praksa. Vjerovanje iz 381. također je prihvatilo katoličko razumijevanje istočnoga grijeha i zagrobnoga života. Završavalo je ovom ključnom rečenicom: „Također određujemo da sveta apostolska stolica i rimski prvosvećenik imaju prvenstvo nad cijelim svijetom te da je on pravi Kristov namjesnik.”

At the Council of Florence another updated version was signed on July 6, 1439, 14 years before Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The union was signed under heavy political pressure. The Byzantine Empire was desperate for military help from the West against the advancing Ottomans. When the Greek delegates returned home, the agreement was strongly rejected by the majority of the clergy, monks, and ordinary people in the East. Most of the bishops who signed it later withdrew their support. The union was never fully implemented and was formally repudiated by the Eastern Orthodox Church in the following years. By the time Constantinople fell in 1453, the union had already effectively collapsed. It is often described by historians as a political union that failed due to deep theological, cultural, and popular resistance.

Na Firentinskom saboru potpisana je još jedna ažurirana verzija 6. srpnja 1439., četrnaest godina prije nego što je Konstantinopol pao pod osmanske Turke 1453. godine. Unija je potpisana pod snažnim političkim pritiskom. Bizantsko Carstvo očajnički je tražilo vojnu pomoć sa Zapada protiv nadirućih Osmanlija. Kada su se grčki izaslanici vratili kući, sporazum je bio snažno odbačen od većine klera, redovnika i običnoga naroda na Istoku. Većina biskupa koji su ga potpisali poslije je povukla svoju potporu. Unija nikada nije bila u cijelosti provedena te ju je Istočna pravoslavna Crkva u sljedećim godinama službeno odbacila. Do vremena pada Konstantinopola 1453. godine, unija se već bila djelotvorno raspala. Povjesničari je često opisuju kao političku uniju koja je propala zbog dubokoga teološkog, kulturnog i narodnog otpora.

At the First Council of Nicaea of 325 the Nicene Creed was adopted. It is marked five years before the year 330, when the 360 years of Daniel eleven, verse twenty-four, represented as a “time” concluded.

Na Prvom nicejskom saboru 325. godine usvojeno je Nicejsko vjerovanje. Ono je označeno pet godina prije 330. godine, kada je završilo 360 godina iz Daniela 11, redak 24, prikazanih kao „vrijeme”.

> He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.

> On će mirno ući čak i u najplodnija mjesta pokrajine; i učinit će ono što nisu učinili njegovi oci, niti oci njegovih otaca; razdijelit će među njima plijen i grabež i bogatstva; da, smišljat će svoje nakane protiv utvrda, ali samo za neko vrijeme. Daniel 11:24.

The year 31 BC and 330 both mark the “time appointed” of verses twenty-seven and twenty-nine of Daniel eleven.

Godina 31. pr. Kr. i 330. označavaju „određeno vrijeme“ iz dvadeset sedmog i dvadeset devetog retka jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela.

> And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. … At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. Daniel 11:27, 29.

> I srce će obojice tih kraljeva biti usmjereno na zlo, i za jednim će stolom govoriti laži; ali to neće uspjeti, jer kraj još treba doći u određeno vrijeme. … U određeno će se vrijeme vratiti i poći prema jugu; ali neće biti kao prije ni kao poslije. Daniel 11:27, 29.

The beginning (330) and ending (1449–1453) of the prophetic line of eastern Rome is represented by the first and last emperor Constantine. The alpha and omega of the prophetic line of eastern Rome, called the Byzantine Empire is connected to the ending of the three hundred and sixty-years Imperial Rome ruled supremely from the battle of Actium in 31 BC unto the year 330, and then onward to 1453. Before the battle of Actium in 31 BC Mark Antony and Augustus Ceasar spoke lies at one table that did not prosper. Before the year 330, in 325 the Nicene Creed was adopted. Before the year 1453 the updated version of the very same Nicene Creed was adopted. Before 31 BC two political figures told lies at one table. In 325 the spiritual lies were told at one table. Those two witnesses identify the political and spiritual lies that were adopted in 1439 at the Council of Florence. That updated Nicene Creed was called the Decree of Union.

Početak (330.) i svršetak (1449.–1453.) proročkog niza istočnog Rima predstavljeni su prvim i posljednjim carem Konstantinom. Alfa i omega proročkog niza istočnog Rima, nazvanog Bizantsko Carstvo, povezana je sa svršetkom tristošezdesetogodišnjega razdoblja carskoga Rima, koji je vrhovno vladao od bitke kod Akcija 31. pr. Kr. do 330. godine, a zatim nadalje do 1453. godine. Prije bitke kod Akcija 31. pr. Kr. Marko Antonije i August Cezar govorili su laži za jednim stolom, ali to nije uspjelo. Prije 330. godine, 325. godine, bio je usvojen Nicejski simbol vjere. Prije 1453. godine bila je usvojena ažurirana inačica toga istoga Nicejskog simbola vjere. Prije 31. pr. Kr. dvije političke osobe govorile su laži za jednim stolom. Godine 325. duhovne su laži bile izgovorene za jednim stolom. Ta dva svjedoka prepoznaju političke i duhovne laži koje su bile usvojene 1439. godine na Firentinskom saboru. Taj ažurirani Nicejski simbol vjere nazivao se Dekret o uniji.

The first waymark of lies at one table came before 31 BC, and was between two political factions of pagan Rome. The time appointed for those lies was 31 BC, and it consisted of Augustus, a symbol of Rome against a confederacy of a man and woman representing Egypt. The second set of lies was 325, and the time appointed was 330. The third set of lies was in 1439, and the time appointed was 1449–1453. Those at the table in 1439 represented western and eastern Rome, with eastern Rome seeking a political goal, by agreeing to a religious argument. 31 BC, followed by 330 and then 1453 represent a triple application of the line of Rome.

Prvi orijentir laži za istim stolom nastupio je prije 31. pr. Kr. i bio je između dviju političkih frakcija poganskoga Rima. Vrijeme određeno za te laži bilo je 31. pr. Kr., a sastojalo se od Augusta, simbola Rima, nasuprot savezu muškarca i žene koji su predstavljali Egipat. Drugi skup laži bio je 325., a određeno vrijeme bilo je 330. Treći skup laži bio je 1439., a određeno vrijeme bilo je 1449.–1453. Oni za stolom 1439. predstavljali su zapadni i istočni Rim, pri čemu je istočni Rim težio političkom cilju pristajući na vjerski argument. 31. pr. Kr., zatim 330., a potom 1453. predstavljaju trostruku primjenu linije Rima.

The political threat of the alliance of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, typified the spiritual threat of the heresy of Arianism in 325, which in turn typified the political and religious threat of the Islamic Turks in 1439.

Politička prijetnja saveza Marka Antonija i Kleopatre predočavala je duhovnu prijetnju arijanske hereze 325. godine, koja je pak predočavala političku i vjersku prijetnju islamskih Turaka 1439. godine.

The doctrines of the Nicene Creed are lies and there is no truth in them. The document signed on July 6, 1439, at the Council of Florence was called the Decree of Union and represented the same lies and more. When the delegates returned to Constantinople in 1439, they were met with anger and accusations of betrayal. The saying went around: “Better the Turkish turban than the Pope’s mitre.”

Doktrine Nicejskog vjerovanja laži su i u njima nema istine. Dokument potpisan 6. srpnja 1439. na Firentinskom saboru nazivao se Dekret o uniji i predstavljao je iste laži, i još više od toga. Kada su se izaslanici 1439. vratili u Carigrad, dočekani su s gnjevom i optužbama za izdaju. Uokolo se pronosila izreka: “Bolji turski turban nego papinska mitra.”

The union was signed mainly because the Byzantine Emperor desperately needed Western military help against the Ottomans. Once it became clear that very little (or no) military aid was coming, support for the union evaporated. In 1450–1451, several Eastern synods rejected the union, and after Constantinople fell in 1453, the union was completely abandoned. The ultimate outcome of the Decree of Union of Florence is considered by the Eastern Orthodox Church as a failed and rejected council. It is not recognized as valid. The Roman Catholic Church, however, still considers it a valid ecumenical council.

Unija je bila potpisana ponajprije zato što je bizantski car očajnički trebao zapadnu vojnu pomoć protiv Osmanlija. Kada je postalo jasno da vrlo malo vojne pomoći dolazi (ili da je uopće nema), potpora uniji je ishlapjela. U razdoblju 1450.–1451. nekoliko istočnih sinoda odbacilo je uniju, a nakon pada Carigrada 1453. unija je potpuno napuštena. Konačni ishod Firentinskog dekreta o uniji Istočna pravoslavna Crkva smatra neuspjelim i odbačenim saborom. Ne priznaje ga valjanim. Rimokatolička Crkva, međutim, i dalje ga smatra valjanim ekumenskim saborom.

We are setting the logic to understand how the prophetic characteristics of the second woe are repeated in the history of the third woe. The one-hundred-and-fifty-year prophecy of the first woe began on July 27, 1299 and ended on July 27, 1449.

Postavljamo logiku za razumijevanje kako se proročke značajke drugoga jao ponavljaju u povijesti trećega jao. Proročanstvo o sto pedeset godina prvoga jao započelo je 27. srpnja 1299. i završilo 27. srpnja 1449.

## 1449

1449

Constantine XI Palaiologos was born in 1404 and reigned from January, 1449 unto May 29, 1453. He was the final emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, which had lasted over 1,100 years. He bravely led the defense of Constantinople during the Ottoman siege in 1453 with only about 7,000 to 8,000 defenders against Mehmed II’s army of 80,000 plus. He died fighting on the city walls on May 29, 1453 when Constantinople finally fell. His body was never conclusively identified. His death marked the end of the Roman Empire (the last direct continuation of the empire founded by Augustus in 27 BC).

Konstantin XI. Paleolog rođen je 1404. godine i vladao je od siječnja 1449. do 29. svibnja 1453. Bio je posljednji car Istočnog Rimskog (Bizantskog) Carstva, koje je trajalo više od 1.100 godina. Hrabro je predvodio obranu Carigrada tijekom osmanske opsade 1453. godine sa samo oko 7.000 do 8.000 branitelja nasuprot vojsci Mehmeda II., koja je brojila više od 80.000 ljudi. Poginuo je boreći se na gradskim zidinama 29. svibnja 1453., kada je Carigrad napokon pao. Njegovo tijelo nikada nije bilo nedvojbeno identificirano. Njegova smrt označila je kraj Rimskog Carstva (posljednjeg izravnog nastavka carstva koje je utemeljio August 27. pr. Kr.).

He is remembered in Greek history and Orthodox tradition as a heroic figure — often called “the Marble Emperor” in legend (the belief that he will one day return to save Constantinople).

U grčkoj povijesti i pravoslavnoj predaji ostao je upamćen kao junačka ličnost — u predaji često nazivan „Mramorni car” (vjerovanje da će se jednoga dana vratiti kako bi spasio Carigrad).

John VIII Palaiologos (1392–1448) was the second-to-last Byzantine Emperor who reigned from 1425–1448. He was the eldest son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and the older brother of Constantine XI. John VIII spent most of his reign desperately trying to save the dying Byzantine Empire from the Ottomans. In 1439, he personally traveled to Italy and presided over the Council of Florence, where he and the Eastern Orthodox delegation temporarily agreed to reunite with the Roman Catholic Church and accept the Pope as head of the Church. Constantine the Great had also presided over the Council of Nicaea. John VIII hoped this union with the papacy would bring Western military help against the Turks, but the union was deeply unpopular back in Constantinople and ultimately failed. John VIII died in 1448 (of natural causes), just five years before Constantinople fell in 1453. His brother Constantine XI then became emperor and died defending the city.

Ivan VIII. Paleolog (1392.–1448.) bio je pretposljednji bizantski car, koji je vladao od 1425. do 1448. godine. Bio je najstariji sin cara Manuela II. Paleologa i stariji brat Konstantina XI. Ivan VIII. proveo je veći dio svoje vladavine očajnički nastojeći spasiti umiruće Bizantsko Carstvo od Osmanlija. Godine 1439. osobno je otputovao u Italiju i predsjedao Firentinskim saborom, gdje su se on i istočnopravoslavno izaslanstvo privremeno složili da se ponovno ujedine s Rimokatoličkom Crkvom i prihvate Papu kao poglavara Crkve. Konstantin Veliki također je predsjedao Nicejskim saborom. Ivan VIII. nadao se da će to jedinstvo s papinstvom donijeti zapadnu vojnu pomoć protiv Turaka, no unija je u samom Carigradu bila duboko nepopularna i na koncu je propala. Ivan VIII. umro je 1448. godine (prirodnom smrću), samo pet godina prije nego što je Carigrad pao 1453. godine. Njegov brat Konstantin XI. potom je postao carem i poginuo braneći grad.

When John VIII died in 1448, his brother Constantine XI was chosen as successor. By 1448 the Byzantine Empire was a tiny vassal state, and the Ottomans had significant influence over who sat on the throne in Constantinople. On July 27, 1449, a very significant political event occurred in the final years of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos had died earlier in 1448. His brother, Constantine XI Palaiologos (the last emperor), was proclaimed emperor in Constantinople. However, before Constantine XI officially ascended the throne, he sent ambassadors to the Ottoman Sultan (Murad II) and requested permission to reign. The Sultan granted that permission, and only then was Constantine XI formally crowned and recognized as emperor. This act was seen as the voluntary surrender of Byzantine independence. For the first time, a Byzantine emperor openly acknowledged that he ruled only by permission of the Ottoman Turks. Just four years later, in 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottomans.

Kad je Ivan VIII. umro 1448., njegov brat Konstantin XI. izabran je za nasljednika. Do 1448. Bizantsko Carstvo bilo je malena vazalna država, a Osmanlije su imale znatan utjecaj na to tko će sjediti na prijestolju u Carigradu. Dana 27. srpnja 1449. dogodio se vrlo značajan politički događaj u posljednjim godinama Bizantskoga Carstva. Bizantski car Ivan VIII. Paleolog umro je ranije, 1448. Njegov brat, Konstantin XI. Paleolog (posljednji car), bio je proglašen carem u Carigradu. Međutim, prije nego što je Konstantin XI. službeno uzašao na prijestolje, poslao je izaslanike osmanskom sultanu (Muratu II.) i zatražio dopuštenje da vlada. Sultan je dao to dopuštenje, i tek tada Konstantin XI. bijaše formalno okrunjen i priznat za cara. Taj je čin bio shvaćen kao dragovoljna predaja bizantske neovisnosti. Po prvi put bizantski je car otvoreno priznao da vlada samo uz dopuštenje osmanskih Turaka. Samo četiri godine kasnije, 1453., Carigrad je pao pod Osmanlije.

Three hundred and ninety-one years and fifteen days after July 27, 1449, on August 11, 1840, the Turks sought protection from Egypt by submitting to the four great European powers, thus fulfilling the prophecy of an hour, day, month and year. We have now set the logic in place to apply the first and second woe at the soon coming Sunday law. Peter as a symbol of the one hundred and forty-four thousand represents the movement of the third angel and William Miller represents the movement in the first and second angels. Both movements are associated with “keys.”

Tristo devedeset i jedna godina i petnaest dana nakon 27. srpnja 1449., 11. kolovoza 1840., Turci su zatražili zaštitu od Egipta podvrgavajući se četirima velikim europskim silama, ispunivši tako proročanstvo o satu, danu, mjesecu i godini. Sada smo postavili logiku za primjenu prvoga i drugoga jao na uskoro dolazeći nedjeljni zakon. Petar kao simbol sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće predstavlja pokret trećega anđela, a William Miller predstavlja pokret u prvome i drugome anđelu. Oba su pokreta povezana s „ključevima“.

> And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. Isaiah 22:22.

> I ključ doma Davidova metnut ću mu na rame; i kad on otvori, nitko neće zatvoriti; i kad on zatvori, nitko neće otvoriti. Izaija 22,22.

> And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:18, 19.

> A ja tebi kažem: ti si Petar, i na toj stijeni sagradit ću Crkvu svoju, i vrata paklena neće je nadvladati. I dat ću ti ključeve kraljevstva nebeskoga: i što god svežeš na zemlji, bit će svezano na nebesima; i što god odriješiš na zemlji, bit će odriješeno na nebesima. Matej 16:18, 19.

We will approach the battle of Nineveh in the next article as the “key” that not only opens the bottomless pit, but as the prophetic key that aligns the entire testimony of Daniel eleven into perfect order. In Miller’s dream the “key” attached to the casket was Miller’s method of Bible study. Proof texting of the Millerite history combined with “line upon line” in the history of the third angel is the key that allows the key of Revelation nine to unlock and align the hidden history of verse forty’s external message into order.

Bitci kod Nineve pristupit ćemo u sljedećem članku kao „ključu“ koji ne samo da otvara bezdan, nego i kao proročkom ključu koji cjelokupno svjedočanstvo jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela dovodi u savršen red. U Millerovu snu „ključ“ pričvršćen za kovčežić bio je Millerova metoda proučavanja Biblije. Dokazivanje biblijskim tekstovima povijesti mileritskog pokreta, združeno s načelom „redak na redak“ u povijesti trećega anđela, ključ je koji omogućuje da ključ iz Otkrivenja devet otključa i dovede u red skrivenu povijest izvanjske poruke četrdesetoga retka.

We will continue our considerations in the next article.

Nastavit ćemo svoja razmatranja u sljedećem članku.

> “To the prophet the wheel within a wheel, the appearances 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 works in perfect harmony with every other.” Testimonies to Ministers, 214.

> „Proroku se kotač unutar kotača, kao i obličja živih bića povezana s njima, sve činilo zamršenim i neobjašnjivim. Ali među kotačima vidi se ruka Beskonačne Mudrosti, a savršen red rezultat je njezina djelovanja. Svaki kotač djeluje u savršenom skladu sa svakim drugim.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 214.

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