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# The Book of Daniel - Number Ninety-Five

Knjiga proroka Daniela - Broj devedeset i pet

Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of the Second Angel’s Message

Otkrivanje proročkoga značenja poruke drugoga anđela

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 28, 2024

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In the history of the movement of both the first and third angel, the message can be summarized by the second angel’s message.

U povijesti pokreta i prvoga i trećega anđela, poruka se može sažeti porukom drugoga anđela.

> And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. Revelation 14:8.

> I za njim pođe drugi anđeo govoreći: Pade, pade Babilon, grad veliki, jer on napoji sve narode vinom gnjeva bluda svojega. Otkrivenje 14,8.

The second angel identifies the triple application of prophecy, for those who wish to see. The second angel is presenting a prophetic message, and the message is that Babylon has twice fallen. It identifies Babylon as that “great city” which is identified in chapters seventeen and eighteen as Modern Babylon. Modern Babylon has twice fallen, and her fall was produced because she made all nations “drink of the wrath of her fornication.” Her fornication was accomplished with the kings of the earth. That relationship allowed her to employ the strength of the kings she committed fornication with to carry out her “wrath,” which is the persecution she brings upon God’s faithful people.

Drugi anđeo predočava trostruku primjenu proročanstva, onima koji žele vidjeti. Drugi anđeo iznosi proročku poruku, a poruka je da je Babilon dvaput pao. On označuje Babilon kao onaj „veliki grad“ koji je u sedamnaestom i osamnaestom poglavlju prepoznat kao Suvremeni Babilon. Suvremeni Babilon dvaput je pao, a njegov je pad prouzročen time što je sve narode naveo da „piju od gnjeva njezina bluda“. Njezin blud ostvaren je s kraljevima zemaljskim. Taj joj je odnos omogućio da upotrijebi snagu kraljeva s kojima je počinila blud kako bi provodila svoj „gnjev“, to jest progonstvo koje donosi nad Božji vjerni narod.

Wine is a doctrine, and the doctrine that she leads all nations to drink of, is the false doctrine that claims that worshipping the sun will produce peace. All nations accept the “mark” of her authority, which is the worship of the sun, as represented by Sunday worship. The acceptance of all nations of that “mark,” is brought about by the power of the United States, but it is done so in the time of the escalating warfare being brought upon planet earth by the third Woe of Islam. The nations accept the “wine” of her wrath, based upon a promise of “peace and safety.”

Vino je nauk, a nauk kojim ona navodi sve narode da piju jest lažni nauk koji tvrdi da će štovanje sunca proizvesti mir. Svi narodi prihvaćaju „žig“ njezina autoriteta, a to je štovanje sunca, kako je predstavljeno bogoslužjem u nedjelju. Prihvaćanje toga „žiga“ od svih naroda ostvaruje se silom Sjedinjenih Država, ali to se zbiva u vrijeme sve žešćega ratovanja koje se na planet Zemlju dovodi trećim teškoćama islama. Narodi prihvaćaju „vino“ njezina gnjeva na temelju obećanja „mira i sigurnosti“.

> “Now comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, ‘What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1–3 will be fulfilled.’ The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God’s power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we cannot imagine.” Review and Herald, July 5, 1906.

> „Odakle sada tvrdnja da sam izjavila kako New York treba biti pometen plimnim valom? To nikada nisam rekla. Rekla sam, dok sam gledala kako se ondje podižu velike zgrade, kat za katom: ‘Kakvi će se strašni prizori odigrati kada Gospod ustane da strašno potrese zemlju! Tada će se ispuniti riječi iz Otkrivenja 18,1–3.’ Cijelo osamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja upozorenje je o onome što dolazi na zemlju. Ali nemam nikakvu posebnu svjetlost u pogledu onoga što dolazi na New York, osim što znam da će jednoga dana velike zgrade ondje biti oborene okretanjem i preokretanjem Božje sile. Iz svjetla koje mi je dano znam da je uništenje u svijetu. Jedna riječ od Gospoda, jedan dodir njegove silne moći, i te će goleme građevine pasti. Odigrat će se prizori čiju strahotu ne možemo ni zamisliti.” Review and Herald, 5. srpnja 1906.

The second angels’ message was repeated on September 11, 2001, when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down by a touch of God’s hand.

Poruka drugoga anđela ponovila se 11. rujna 2001., kada su velike građevine New Yorka bile oborene dodirom Božje ruke.

> “The prophet says, ‘I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils’ (Revelation 18:1, 2). This is the same message that was given by the second angel. Babylon is fallen, ‘because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’ (Revelation 14:8). What is that wine?—Her false doctrines. She has given to the world a false sabbath instead of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and has repeated the falsehood that Satan first told Eve in Eden—the natural immortality of the soul. Many kindred errors she has spread far and wide, ‘teaching for doctrines the commandments of men’ (Matthew 15:9).

> „Prorok kaže: ‘I vidjeh drugoga anđela gdje silazi s neba, imajući veliku vlast; i zemlja se prosvijetli od slave njegove. I povika snažno jakim glasom govoreći: Pade, pade Babilon veliki, i postade prebivalište đavola’ (Otkrivenje 18:1, 2). To je ista poruka koja je dana po drugom anđelu. Babilon pade, ‘jer je sve narode napojio vinom gnjeva bluda svojega’ (Otkrivenje 14:8). Što je to vino?—Njezini lažni nauci. Dala je svijetu lažnu subotu umjesto subote četvrte zapovijedi, i ponovila laž koju je Sotona prvi put rekao Evi u Edenu—o prirodnoj besmrtnosti duše. Mnoge srodne zablude raširila je nadaleko i naširoko, ‘naučavajući kao nauke zapovijedi ljudske’ (Matej 15:9).”

> “When Jesus began His public ministry, He cleansed the Temple from its sacrilegious profanation. Among the last acts of His ministry was the second cleansing of the Temple. So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. The second angel’s message is, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’ (Revelation 14:8). And in the loud cry of the third angel’s message a voice is heard from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities’ (Revelation 18:4, 5).” Selected Messages, book 2, 118.

> „Kad je Isus započeo svoju javnu službu, očistio je Hram od njegova svetogrđem oskvrnjenja. Među posljednjim činovima Njegove službe bilo je drugo čišćenje Hrama. Tako se i u posljednjem djelu opomene svijetu crkvama upućuju dva posebna poziva. Vijest drugoga anđela glasi: ‘Pade, pade Babilon, grad veliki, jer vinom gnjeva bluda svojega napoji sve narode’ (Otkrivenje 14,8). A u silnom pokliču vijesti trećega anđela čuje se glas s neba koji govori: ‘Iziđite iz nje, narode moj, da ne budete sudionicima grijeha njezinih i da ne primite od njezinih zala. Jer grijesi njezini dopriješe do neba, i Bog se spomenu njezinih nepravdi’ (Otkrivenje 18,4. 5).” Selected Messages, knjiga 2, 118.

Between September 11, 2001, and the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, the first three verses of Revelation eighteen are fulfilled, for it is at the Sunday law, that the call out of Babylon begins.

Između 11. rujna 2001. i uskoro dolazećeg zakona o nedjelji u Sjedinjenim Državama ispunjavaju se prva tri retka osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja, jer upravo na zakonu o nedjelji započinje poziv na izlazak iz Babilona.

> “Revelation 18 points to the time when, as the result of rejecting the threefold warning of Revelation 14:6–12, the church will have fully reached the condition foretold by the second angel, and the people of God still in Babylon will be called upon to separate from her communion. This message is the last that will ever be given to the world; and it will accomplish its work. When those that ‘believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness’ (2 Thessalonians 2:12), shall be left to receive strong delusion and to believe a lie, then the light of truth will shine upon all whose hearts are open to receive it, and all the children of the Lord that remain in Babylon will heed the call: ‘Come out of her, My people’ (Revelation 18:4).” The Great Controversy, 389, 390.

> „Otkrivenje 18 upućuje na vrijeme kada će, kao posljedica odbacivanja trostrukog upozorenja iz Otkrivenja 14,6–12, crkva u potpunosti dosegnuti stanje koje je prorekao drugi anđeo, a Božji narod koji je još uvijek u Babilonu bit će pozvan da se odvoji od njezina zajedništva. Ova je poruka posljednja koja će ikada biti dana svijetu; i izvršit će svoje djelo. Kada oni koji „ne povjerovaše istini, nego zavolješe nepravdu“ (2 Solunjanima 2,12) budu prepušteni da prime silnu zabludu i da povjeruju laži, tada će svjetlo istine obasjati sve čija su srca otvorena da je prime, i sva djeca Gospodnja koja ostanu u Babilonu poslušat će poziv: „Iziđite iz nje, narode moj“ (Otkrivenje 18,4).“ Velika borba, 389, 390.

At the soon-coming Sunday law the former covenant people will receive strong delusion. From September 11, 2001, until the strong delusion is poured out at the Sunday law the second angel’s message is repeated, and the rejection represents the rejection of “the threefold warning of Revelation fourteen, verses six through twelve.” In this sense, the three angels are represented by the message of the second angel. The second angel’s message is Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and the second angel’s message is placed between the first and third message.

Pri uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu nekadašnji će saveznički narod primiti silnu zabludu. Od 11. rujna 2001. pa sve dok se pri nedjeljnom zakonu ne izlije silna zabluda, poruka drugoga anđela se ponavlja, a njezino odbacivanje predstavlja odbacivanje „trostrukoga upozorenja iz Otkrivenja četrnaest, redci šest do dvanaest“. U tom smislu, tri anđela predstavljena su porukom drugoga anđela. Poruka drugoga anđela glasi: Babilon pade, pade, a poruka drugoga anđela smještena je između prve i treće poruke.

The pronouncement of the first voice in Revelation chapter eighteen, is a repetition of the second angel’s message, but it represents a rejection of all three angels of Revelation fourteen. The second angel’s message represents all three messages, and it possesses the signature of Alpha and Omega, for it was proclaimed in the history of the movement of the first angel, and then will be again in the movement of the third angel. The message identifies that Babylon has twice fallen, and in this prophetic sense it is identifying a “triple application of prophecy.”

Objava prvoga glasa u osamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja ponavljanje je poruke drugoga anđela, ali ona predstavlja odbacivanje svih triju anđela iz Otkrivenja četrnaest. Poruka drugoga anđela predstavlja sve tri poruke i nosi obilježje Alfe i Omege, jer je bila objavljena u povijesti pokreta prvoga anđela, a zatim će ponovno biti objavljena u pokretu trećega anđela. Poruka utvrđuje da je Babilon dvaput pao, i u tom ga proročkom smislu označuje kao „trostruku primjenu proročanstva“.

The first two times Babylon fell, as represented by Babel and Babylon, represent the final fall of modern Babylon. The twofold pronouncement of Babylon’s fall is bookended by the first and last message of the three angels. The structure of the three angels possesses the signature of Alpha and Omega, for the first message is identified as the “everlasting gospel,” which by definition means it is the eternal gospel, or the same gospel message for all time. The message of the third angel is the gospel message that warns against receiving the mark of the beast, so the first message and the third message, which are the first and the last messages, are the same messages, for both are the gospel.

Prva dva puta kada je Babilon pao, kako su predstavljeni Babelom i Babilonom, predstavljaju konačni pad suvremenog Babilona. Dvostruki navještaj pada Babilona omeđen je prvom i posljednjom porukom trojice anđela. Struktura poruka trojice anđela nosi obilježje Alfe i Omege, jer je prva poruka označena kao „vječno evanđelje“, što po samoj definiciji znači da je to vječno evanđelje, odnosno ista evanđeoska poruka za sva vremena. Poruka trećega anđela jest evanđeoska poruka koja upozorava protiv primanja žiga zvijeri, stoga su prva poruka i treća poruka, koje su prva i posljednja poruka, ista poruka, jer su obje evanđelje.

Alpha and Omega placed His signature of “Truth” upon the three messages, for the Hebrew word translated as “truth,” was created by the Wonderful Linguist by combining the first, thirteenth and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. “Thirteen” as a symbol represents rebellion, and it is in the second message that the rebellion of Babylon, as represented by her false doctrines and fornication, is identified. As already noted, the second message also contains the signature of Alpha and Omega, for the message that was proclaimed in Millerite history to announce the opening of the judgment is repeated in the movement of the third angel to identify the close of judgment.

Alfa i Omega stavio je svoj potpis „Istine” na tri poruke, jer je hebrejska riječ prevedena kao „istina” stvorena od strane Čudesnog Jezikoslovca spajanjem prvoga, trinaestoga i posljednjega slova hebrejske abecede. „Trinaest” kao simbol predstavlja pobunu, i upravo se u drugoj poruci prepoznaje pobuna Babilona, prikazana njezinim lažnim naukama i bludom. Kao što je već istaknuto, druga poruka također sadrži potpis Alfe i Omege, jer se poruka koja je bila naviještana u mileritskoj povijesti da objavi otvaranje suda ponavlja u pokretu trećega anđela kako bi označila završetak suda.

The fall of Babel in Genesis chapter eleven, is the first reference of the fall of Babylon, and the witness of Nimrod’s highhanded rebellion contains the signature of the first angel’s message. As demonstrated in previous articles all three messages of the three angels are also located within the first angel. In the message of the first angel the expression, “fear God,” represents the first message, and the expression, “give Him glory,” represents the second angel’s message. The third message is found in the first, when it announces that “the hour of His judgment is come.”

Pad Babela u jedanaestom poglavlju Postanka prvo je upućivanje na pad Babilona, a svjedočanstvo o Nimrodovoj drskoj pobuni nosi obilježje poruke prvoga anđela. Kao što je pokazano u prethodnim člancima, sve tri poruke triju anđela također se nalaze unutar poruke prvoga anđela. U poruci prvoga anđela izraz „boj se Boga” predstavlja prvu poruku, a izraz „podaj Mu slavu” predstavlja poruku drugoga anđela. Treća se poruka nalazi u prvoj, kada objavljuje da je „došao čas Njegova suda”.

In Nimrod’s fall, which is the first fall of Babylon, the three steps of the three angels is also identified. It is represented by the expression “go to.”

U Nimrodovu padu, koji je prvi pad Babilona, također se prepoznaju tri koraka triju anđela. To je predstavljeno izrazom „idi k”.

> And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:1–9.

> I sva je zemlja imala jedan jezik i jedan govor. I dogodilo se, kad su putovali s istoka, da su našli ravnicu u zemlji Šinearu; i ondje su se nastanili. I rekoše jedan drugomu: Hajde, načinimo opeke i dobro ih ispecimo. I opeka im bijaše mjesto kamena, a smola im bijaše mjesto žbuke. I rekoše: Hajde, sagradimo sebi grad i kulu kojoj bi vrh dosezao do neba; i steknimo sebi ime, da ne budemo raspršeni po licu sve zemlje. I Gospod siđe da vidi grad i kulu što su je gradili sinovi čovječji. I Gospod reče: Evo, narod je jedan i svi imaju jedan jezik; i ovo su počeli činiti; i sada ih ništa neće spriječiti u onome što su naumili učiniti. Hajde, siđimo i ondje pomutimo njihov jezik, da ne razumiju jedan drugomu govora. Tako ih Gospod odande rasprši po licu sve zemlje; i prestadoše graditi grad. Stoga mu je ime Babel, jer je ondje Gospod pomutio jezik sve zemlje; i odande ih je Gospod raspršio po licu sve zemlje. Postanak 11:1–9.

The first fall of Babylon, represented as Babel, is expressed in “go to,” three times. The three angels are all represented in the first angel. Daniel chapter one also represents the first angel’s message, and as previously identified in these articles, the three-step testing process of the everlasting gospel is found in step one, when Daniel refused to eat the Babylonian diet, and chose instead to give glory to God. His first test was the test of the first angel who descended in Millerite history on August 11, 1840 with a little book, which John was commanded to eat.

Prvi pad Babilona, prikazan kao Babel, izražen je riječima „hajde”, tri puta. Sva tri anđela također su prikazana u prvome anđelu. Prvo poglavlje Daniela također predstavlja poruku prvoga anđela, a kao što je već utvrđeno u ovim člancima, trostupanjski proces kušnje vječnoga evanđelja nalazi se u prvome koraku, kada je Daniel odbio jesti babilonsku hranu te je umjesto toga odlučio dati slavu Bogu. Njegova prva kušnja bila je kušnja prvoga anđela koji je sišao u mileritskoj povijesti 11. kolovoza 1840. s knjižicom koju je Ivanu bilo zapovjeđeno pojesti.

He was then given a visual test of ten days, which demonstrated a distinction between those who ate the Babylonian diet, and those who, like Daniel, chose to eat pulse. The second test produced two classes, just as did the arrival of the second angel in 1844. That second test was followed by the test at the end of three years, where Nebuchadnezzar manifested his judgment, as represented by the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844.

Tada mu je bila dana vizualna kušnja od deset dana, koja je pokazala razliku između onih koji su jeli babilonsku hranu i onih koji su, poput Daniela, izabrali jesti povrće. Druga kušnja proizvela je dvije skupine, baš kao što je to učinio dolazak drugoga anđela 1844. godine. Nakon te druge kušnje uslijedila je kušnja na kraju tri godine, kada je Nabukodonozor očitovao svoj sud, kako je prikazano dolaskom trećega anđela 22. listopada 1844. godine.

After the flood Noah was instructed to build altars and when doing so he was never to cut or trim the rocks he used, nor was he to use mortar for his altar. The rebel Nimrod used bricks and mortar, counterfeiting the altar of the covenant relationship that had been directed to be employed by those who repopulated the earth. The first “go to” in Nimrod’s testimony represents a “covenant of death” that was formed in rebellion to the first message. The second “go to” represents the construction of a tower (a Church) and a city (a State). The second “go to” in Nimrod’s testimony was the combination of Church and State, which is the fornication of the second angel’s message. The third “go to” represented the judgment of scattering the people and confounding the language.

Nakon potopa Noi je bilo naloženo da podiže žrtvenike, i pritom nikada nije smio tesati niti obrezivati kamenje koje je upotrebljavao, niti je za svoj žrtvenik smio rabiti žbuku. Pobunjeni Nimrod upotrijebio je opeke i žbuku, krivotvoreći žrtvenik zavjetnoga odnosa za koji je bilo određeno da ga rabe oni koji su ponovno naselili zemlju. Prvo „hajde“ u Nimrodovu svjedočanstvu predstavlja „savez sa smrću“ koji je bio sklopljen u pobuni protiv prve poruke. Drugo „hajde“ predstavlja izgradnju kule (Crkve) i grada (Države). Drugo „hajde“ u Nimrodovu svjedočanstvu bilo je sjedinjenje Crkve i Države, što je blud poruke drugoga anđela. Treće „hajde“ predstavljalo je sud raspršivanja naroda i pomućivanja jezika.

The first fall of Babylon typifies the first angel’s message, and the second fall of Babylon in the two manifestations that establish the elements of modern Babylon’s fall, typifies the second angel’s message. It does so for the fall of Babylon as recorded in the book of Daniel represents a beginning and an ending, as does the second angel’s message which is proclaimed in the beginning and ending of Adventism. Sister White specifically identified that the judgment brought upon Belshazzar had been typified by the judgment that was brought upon Nebuchadnezzar.

Prvi pad Babilona predočuje poruku prvoga anđela, a drugi pad Babilona, u dvjema pojavnostima koje uspostavljaju sastavne elemente pada suvremenoga Babilona, predočuje poruku drugoga anđela. To je tako jer pad Babilona, kako je zabilježen u knjizi proroka Danijela, predstavlja početak i svršetak, kao što to čini i poruka drugoga anđela, koja se objavljuje na početku i na svršetku adventizma. Sestra White izričito je ustvrdila da je sud izrečen nad Baltazarom bio predočen sudom koji je bio izrečen nad Nabukodonozorom.

> “To the last ruler of Babylon, as in type to its first, had come the sentence of the divine Watcher: ‘O king, . . . to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.’ Daniel 4:31.” Prophets and Kings, 533.

> „Posljednjem vladaru Babilona, kao u praslici i njegovu prvomu, došla je presuda božanskoga Stražara: ‘O kralju,… tebi se govori; kraljevstvo je otišlo od tebe.’ Daniel 4:31.” Proroci i kraljevi, 533.

The second fall of Babylon has the signature of Alpha and Omega, as does the second angel’s message. The signature is represented by the fall of the first and the last kings of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar’s judgment and fall is represented as “seven times,” which is a reference to the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six, and the “scattering” in Nimrod’s judgment and fall is also a reference to the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six. Belshazzar’s judgment and fall is represented by the fiery letters that add up to twenty-five hundred and twenty, also identifying a reference to the “seven times,” of Leviticus twenty-six.

Drugi pad Babilona nosi potpis Alfe i Omege, kao i poruka drugoga anđela. Taj je potpis prikazan padom prvoga i posljednjega kralja Babilona. Sud i pad Nabukodonozora prikazani su kao „sedam vremena“, što je upućivanje na „sedam vremena“ iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest, a „raspršenje“ u Nimrodovu sudu i padu također je upućivanje na „sedam vremena“ iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest. Sud i pad Baltazara prikazani su vatrenim slovima koja zbrojem daju dvije tisuće petsto i dvadeset, čime se također označuje upućivanje na „sedam vremena“ iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest.

A “triple application of prophecy” is established by the first two witnesses that identify and establish the characteristics of the third and final fulfillment. With the three falls of Babylon, the very message that identifies the fall of Babylon, also identifies the rule which the triple application of prophecy is based upon. The first two falls of Babylon identify the prophetic characteristics of the third and final fall.

„Trostruka primjena proročanstva“ uspostavlja se prvim dvama svjedocima koji prepoznaju i utvrđuju obilježja trećega i konačnoga ispunjenja. S trima padovima Babilona, sama poruka koja prepoznaje pad Babilona ujedno prepoznaje i pravilo na kojemu se temelji trostruka primjena proročanstva. Prva dva pada Babilona prepoznaju proročka obilježja trećega i konačnoga pada.

The Millerite history is repeated to the very letter in the history of Future for America. In Millerite history a compilation of rules which William Miller became familiar with, and employed to establish the framework of truth he used to present the message of the first angel, was a waymark of that history. A “triple application of prophecy” is one of the rules that has been compiled in these last days to establish the framework of truth in which the message of the third angel is identified.

Mileritska povijest ponavlja se doslovce u povijesti Future for America. U mileritskoj povijesti zbirka pravila s kojima se William Miller upoznao i koja je primijenio kako bi uspostavio okvir istine kojim se služio za iznošenje poruke prvoga anđela bila je putokaz te povijesti. „Trostruka primjena proroštva” jedno je od pravila koje je sastavljeno u ovim posljednjim danima kako bi se uspostavio okvir istine u kojem se prepoznaje poruka trećega anđela.

The three manifestations of Rome, combined with the three manifestations of Babylon’s fall, are closely related, but have distinctions. The whore of Tyre, or Babylon, who commits fornication with the kings of the earth is one flesh with them, but she reigns over those kings as Jezebel reigned over king Ahab. Modern Rome is the beast of Revelation seventeen that the whore of Modern Babylon rides upon and reigns over.

Tri očitovanja Rima, zajedno s trima očitovanjima pada Babilona, usko su povezana, ali među njima postoje razlike. Bludnica iz Tira, ili Babilon, koja bludniči sa kraljevima zemaljskim, jedno je tijelo s njima, ali vlada nad tim kraljevima kao što je Izebela vladala nad kraljem Ahabom. Suvremeni Rim jest Zvijer iz Otkrivenja sedamnaest, koju bludnica suvremenoga Babilona jaše i nad kojom vlada.

We will continue this study in the next article.

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> “Then my eyes were taken from the glory, and I was pointed to the remnant on the earth. The angel said to them, ‘Will ye shun the seven last plagues? Will ye go to glory and enjoy all that God has prepared for those who love Him and are willing to suffer for His sake? If so, ye must die that ye may live. Get ready, get ready, get ready. Ye must have a greater preparation than ye now have, for the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. Sacrifice all to God. Lay all upon His altar—self, property, and all, a living sacrifice. It will take all to enter glory. Lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where no thief can approach or rust corrupt. Ye must be partakers of Christ’s sufferings here if ye would be partakers with Him of His glory hereafter.’

> „Tada su moje oči bile odvratene od slave, i bila sam upućena na Ostatak na zemlji. Anđeo im reče: ‘Hoćete li izbjeći sedam posljednjih zala? Hoćete li poći u slavu i uživati sve što je Bog pripravio onima koji Ga ljube i koji su voljni trpjeti radi Njega? Ako je tako, morate umrijeti da biste živjeli. Pripravite se, pripravite se, pripravite se. Morate imati veću pripravu nego što je sada imate, jer dolazi dan Gospodnji, okrutan i s gnjevom i žestokom srdžbom, da opustoši zemlju i da istrijebi iz nje njezine grešnike. Žrtvujte sve Bogu. Položite sve na Njegov žrtvenik — sebe, imetak i sve ostalo — kao živu žrtvu. Trebat će sve da se uđe u slavu. Sabirite sebi blago na nebu, kamo se nijedan lopov ne može približiti niti ga hrđa nagriza. Ovdje morate biti dionici Kristovih patnja ako želite s Njim biti dionici Njegove slave u budućnosti.’”

> “Heaven will be cheap enough, if we obtain it through suffering. We must deny self all along the way, die to self daily, let Jesus alone appear, and keep His glory continually in view. I saw that those who of late have embraced the truth would have to know what it is to suffer for Christ’s sake, that they would have trials to pass through that would be keen and cutting, in order that they may be purified and fitted through suffering to receive the seal of the living God, pass through the time of trouble, see the King in His beauty, and dwell in the presence of God and of pure, holy angels.

> „Nebo će biti dovoljno jeftino ako ga zadobijemo kroz patnju. Moramo se tijekom cijeloga puta odricati sebe, svakodnevno umirati sebi, dopustiti da se pojavi samo Isus i njegovu slavu neprestano imati pred očima. Vidjela sam da će oni koji su u posljednje vrijeme prigrlili istinu morati upoznati što znači trpjeti poradi Krista, da će morati proći kroz kušnje koje će biti oštre i bolne, kako bi bili očišćeni i kroz patnju osposobljeni primiti pečat Boga živoga, proći kroz vrijeme nevolje, vidjeti Kralja u njegovoj ljepoti i prebivati u prisutnosti Boga i čistih, svetih anđela.“

> “As I saw what we must be in order to inherit glory, and then saw how much Jesus had suffered to obtain for us so rich an inheritance, I prayed that we might be baptized into Christ’s sufferings, that we might not shrink at trials, but bear them with patience and joy, knowing what Jesus had suffered that we through His poverty and sufferings might be made rich. Said the angel, ‘Deny self; ye must step fast.’ Some of us have had time to get the truth and to advance step by step, and every step we have taken has given us strength to take the next. But now time is almost finished, and what we have been years learning, they will have to learn in a few months. They will also have much to unlearn and much to learn again. Those who would not receive the mark of the beast and his image when the decree goes forth, must have decision now to say, Nay, we will not regard the institution of the beast.” Early Writings, 67.

> „Kad sam vidjela što moramo biti da bismo baštinili slavu, a zatim vidjela koliko je Isus pretrpio da bi nam pribavio tako bogatu baštinu, molila sam da budemo kršteni u Kristove patnje, da ne uzmičemo pred kušnjama, nego da ih podnosimo sa strpljenjem i radošću, znajući što je Isus pretrpio da bismo mi po Njegovu siromaštvu i patnjama bili obogaćeni. Anđeo je rekao: ‘Odrecite se sebe; morate žurno koračati.’ Neki od nas imali su vremena primiti istinu i napredovati korak po korak, i svaki korak koji smo učinili dao nam je snagu da učinimo sljedeći. Ali sada je vrijeme gotovo isteklo, i ono što smo mi učili godinama, oni će morati naučiti za nekoliko mjeseci. Oni će također mnogo toga morati odučiti i mnogo toga iznova naučiti. Oni koji ne bi htjeli primiti žig Zvijeri i njezine slike kada dekret bude izdan, moraju sada imati odlučnost da kažu: Ne, nećemo poštovati ustanovu Zvijeri.” Early Writings, 67.

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