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# The Book of Daniel - Number Twenty-Two

Knjiga proroka Daniela – broj dvadeset i dva

Unveiling the Prophetic Debate: The Methodology of the Latter Rain and the Final Crisis

Razotkrivanje proročanske rasprave: metodologija kasne kiše i završne krize

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Jeff Pippenger

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December 17, 2023

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The methodology that is sanctioned by God is specifically identified in Isaiah chapters twenty-eight and twenty-nine, where the methodology is represented as “line upon line.” On September 11, 2001 the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen descended, and in so doing, he repeated the descent he had made on August 11, 1840. In both cases, after his descent, Babylon was identified as fallen, and a call was made, and soon will be made again, for those still in her communion to come out. In both cases, the event that fulfilled the prediction had a worldwide impact, for just as the first angel’s message was carried to “every mission station in the world” in 1840 the entire world was impacted and understood the event of September 11, 2001. The prophecy that was fulfilled on August 11, 1840 was a prophecy that identified a restraint being placed upon Islam of the second woe, and immediately after September 11, 2001 a restraint was placed upon Islam of the third Woe.

Metodologija koju Bog odobrava posebno je prepoznatljiva u Izaiji, u dvadeset osmom i dvadeset devetom poglavlju, gdje je ta metodologija prikazana kao „redak na redak“. Dana 11. rujna 2001. siđe silni anđeo iz Otkrivenja osamnaestoga, i time je ponovio svoj silazak koji je učinio 11. kolovoza 1840. U oba slučaja, nakon njegova silaska, Babilon je bio označen kao pao, te je bio upućen poziv, a uskoro će ponovno biti upućen, onima koji su još uvijek u njegovu zajedništvu da iziđu. U oba slučaja događaj koji je ispunio proročanstvo imao je svjetski utjecaj, jer kao što je vijest prvoga anđela 1840. bila prenesena do „svake misijske postaje na svijetu“, tako je cijeli svijet bio pogođen događajem od 11. rujna 2001. i razumio ga. Proročanstvo koje se ispunilo 11. kolovoza 1840. bilo je proročanstvo koje je označavalo da je obuzdavanje stavljeno na islam drugoga jao, a neposredno nakon 11. rujna 2001. obuzdavanje je bilo stavljeno na islam trećega Jao.

August 11, 1840 represents the empowerment of the message that was unsealed at the time of the end in 1798, and September 11, 2001 represents the empowerment of the message that was unsealed at the time of the end in 1989. The primary rule of the movement of the first angel was confirmed on August 11, 1840, and the rule was the day for a year principle. The primary rule of the movement of the third angel was confirmed on September 11, 2001. The rule being that truth is established by bringing “line upon line,” demonstrating that the end is illustrated by the beginning, and that history repeats. The prophetic event of September 11, 2001 is not only established by Sister White’s direct words, but more significantly by the fact that the events perfectly paralleled the same waymark in Millerite history. What was recognized with the event of August 11, 1840 was not the fulfillment of the prophecy, so much as the soundness of the methodology adopted by Miller and his associates.

11. kolovoza 1840. predstavlja osnaženje poruke koja je bila odpečaćena u vrijeme svršetka 1798., a 11. rujna 2001. predstavlja osnaženje poruke koja je bila odpečaćena u vrijeme svršetka 1989. Primarno pravilo pokreta prvoga anđela bilo je potvrđeno 11. kolovoza 1840., a to je pravilo bilo načelo dan za godinu. Primarno pravilo pokreta trećega anđela bilo je potvrđeno 11. rujna 2001. To pravilo glasi da se istina utvrđuje dovođenjem „reda na red”, pokazujući da je svršetak predočen početkom i da se povijest ponavlja. Proročki događaj od 11. rujna 2001. nije utvrđen samo izravnim riječima sestre White, nego još značajnije činjenicom da su događaji savršeno bili usporedni s istom oznakom puta u mileritskoj povijesti. Ono što je bilo prepoznato događajem od 11. kolovoza 1840. nije bilo toliko ispunjenje proročanstva, koliko valjanost metodologije koju su prihvatili Miller i njegovi suradnici.

> “The event exactly fulfilled the prediction. When it became known, multitudes were convinced of the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and a wonderful impetus was given to the advent movement. Men of learning and position united with Miller, both in preaching and in publishing his views, and from 1840 to 1844 the work rapidly extended.” The Great Controversy, 335.

> „Događaj je točno ispunio proročanstvo. Kad je to postalo poznato, mnoštva su se uvjerila u ispravnost načela proročkog tumačenja koja su prihvatili Miller i njegovi suradnici, te je adventnom pokretu dan čudesan zamah. Ljudi od znanja i položaja pridružili su se Milleru, kako u propovijedanju tako i u objavljivanju njegovih gledišta, a od 1840. do 1844. djelo se brzo širilo.” Velika borba, 335.

On September 11, 2001, when the latter rain began to be measured, the “debate” was and still is over true or false methodology. The prophecies of the Millerite movement are set forth on both the 1843 and the 1850 charts, which Sister White endorses as being designed by the Lord, and also as a fulfillment of Habakkuk chapter two. The message of the Millerites that was produced through “the principles of prophetic interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and” which thereafter produced the “wonderful impetus” that empowered the message of the Midnight Cry, had been represented upon the two sacred charts. The prophecies represented upon those two sacred charts were identified and established by Miller’s prophetic rules. The charts were a fulfillment of the command in Habakkuk to visually represent the prophecies that had been established by Miller’s methodology upon “tables,” in the plural. Habakkuk chapter two, identifies and is directly connected to the “debate” of Isaiah chapter twenty-seven.

Dana 11. rujna 2001., kada je počela biti mjerena kasna kiša, „rasprava” je bila, a i dalje jest, o istinitoj ili lažnoj metodologiji. Proročanstva milleritskoga pokreta izložena su i na karti iz 1843. i na karti iz 1850., koje sestra White potvrđuje kao načinjene po Gospodinu, a također i kao ispunjenje drugoga poglavlja Habakuka. Poruka millerita, koja je nastala kroz „načela proročkoga tumačenja koja je usvojio Miller i njegovi suradnici, i” koja je potom proizvela „čudesan poticaj” što je osnažio poruku Ponoćnoga poklika, bila je prikazana na dvjema svetim kartama. Proročanstva prikazana na tim dvjema svetim kartama bila su prepoznata i utvrđena Millerovim proročkim pravilima. Karte su bile ispunjenje zapovijedi u Habakuku da se proročanstva koja su bila utvrđena Millerovom metodologijom vizualno prikažu na „pločama”, u množini. Drugo poglavlje Habakuka poistovjećuje se s „raspravom” iz dvadeset i sedmoga poglavlja Izaije i s njom je izravno povezano.

> I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. Habakkuk 2:1.

> Stat ću na svoju stražu i postaviti se na kulu; motrit ću da vidim što će mi reći i što ću odgovoriti kad budem ukoren. Habakuk 2,1.

The word “reproved” in the verse means ‘argued with.’ Habakkuk, representing both the watchmen of the movement of the first and third angels, was going to be argued with, and he wished to understand what he was to answer when the debate began. The answer in the history of the first angel was the production of the two sacred charts, and the answer in the history of the movement of the third angel was the production of the prophetic series titled, Habakkuk’s Two Tables. The charts and the series were built upon the methodology represented in each of those respective histories. In Habakkuk, the methodology represents what the watchmen use to establish the message, and it also identifies the issue that is “debated,” which in turn produces two classes of worshippers.

Riječ „ukoren” u retku znači „raspravljao se s”. Habakuk, koji predstavlja stražare pokreta prvoga i trećega anđela, trebao je biti predmet rasprave, te je želio razumjeti što mu valja odgovoriti kada rasprava započne. Odgovor u povijesti prvoga anđela bilo je izlaganje dviju svetih karata, a odgovor u povijesti pokreta trećega anđela bilo je izlaganje proročkog niza naslovljenog Habakukove dvije ploče. Karte i niz bili su izgrađeni na metodologiji prikazanoj u svakoj od tih odgovarajućih povijesti. U Habakuku metodologija predstavlja ono čime se stražari služe da bi utvrdili poruku, a također prepoznaje i pitanje o kojemu se „raspravlja”, što zauzvrat proizvodi dvije skupine štovatelja.

> I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:1–4.

> Stajat ću na svojoj straži i postaviti se na kulu; motrit ću da vidim što će mi reći i što ću odgovoriti kada budem ukoren. I odgovori mi Gospodin i reče: Zapiši viđenje i učini ga jasnim na pločama, da može trčati onaj koji ga čita. Jer viđenje je još za određeno vrijeme, ali na svršetku progovorit će i neće slagati; ako i okasni, čekaj ga, jer će zacijelo doći, neće zakasniti. Evo, duša njegova koja se uzoholi nije pravedna u njemu; ali pravednik će živjeti po svojoj vjeri. Habakuk 2:1–4.

One class is justified by faith, and the other class is lifted up in soul, as represented by the Pharisee and the Publican. The Pharisees trusted in a methodology that was based upon custom and tradition, and the Pharisee also represented a religious system who maintained control of their flock by implementing a hierarchical system governed by those who professed to be the chosen people of God, and the defenders of truth, but who ultimately participated in the crucifixion of the Truth. The prophetic “debate” of Isaiah chapter twenty-seven, is over true and false biblical methodology. The antagonists in the “debate” are those who follow the methodology of the Elijah for that time, and the long-established system of theological experts, that is typified by the Sanhedrin in the time of Christ.

Jedan je razred opravdan vjerom, a drugi je razred uznesen u duši, kao što to prikazuju farizej i carinik. Farizeji su se uzdali u metodologiju utemeljenu na običaju i predaji, a farizej je također predstavljao vjerski sustav koji je održavao nadzor nad svojim stadom uspostavom hijerarhijskog poretka kojim su upravljali oni koji su ispovijedali da su izabrani Božji narod i branitelji istine, ali koji su naposljetku sudjelovali u razapinjanju Istine. Proročka „rasprava” u dvadeset i sedmom poglavlju Izaije vodi se oko istinite i lažne biblijske metodologije. Protivnici u toj „raspravi” jesu oni koji slijede metodologiju Ilije za to vrijeme i dugotrajno uspostavljen sustav teoloških stručnjaka, koji je predočen Sinedrijem u Kristovo vrijeme.

Chapter twenty-seven identifies that the “debate” begins when he “stayeth,” or when God restrains “his rough wind,” in the “day of the east wind.” “In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged.” The word “purged” means atoned for, and represents the blotting out of sin in the investigative judgment. The methodology that is debated over, represents the test that must be passed, if the sins of God’s people are to be blotted out. The methodology of Elijah as a test is represented in the history of Christ, where we have been forewarned that in that time, those who rejected the message of John the Baptist (who Christ identified as Elijah), could not be benefitted by the teachings of Jesus.

Dvadeset i sedmo poglavlje utvrđuje da „rasprava” započinje kada on „zadržava”, odnosno kada Bog obuzdava „svoj silni vjetar”, u „dan istočnoga vjetra”. „Po mjeri, kad potjera, raspravljat ćeš se s njom; on zadržava svoj silni vjetar u dan istočnoga vjetra. Stoga će se ovime očistiti bezakonje Jakovljevo.” Riječ „očistiti” znači izvršiti pomirenje za, te predstavlja brisanje grijeha u istražnom sudu. Metodologija o kojoj se raspravlja predstavlja ispit koji mora biti položen ako grijesi Božjega naroda imaju biti izbrisani. Ilijina metodologija kao ispit prikazana je u Kristovoj povijesti, gdje smo unaprijed upozoreni da u to vrijeme oni koji su odbacili poruku Ivana Krstitelja (kojega je Krist poistovjetio s Ilijom) nisu mogli imati koristi od Isusova nauka.

The message of the latter rain is represented as the teachings of Jesus, for He is the Word, and more than this, the latter rain is represented as “the refreshing”, which is defined as “the presence of the Lord”.

Poruka poznoga dažda predstavljena je kao Isusov nauk, jer On je Riječ; i više od toga, poznji dažd predstavljen je kao „osvježenje”, koje je određeno kao „prisutnost Gospodnja”.

> Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you. Acts 3:19, 20.

> Pokajte se, dakle, i obratite se da se izbrišu grijesi vaši, kako bi došla vremena okrjepe od lica Gospodnjega; i da pošalje Isusa Krista, koji vam je unaprijed naviješten. Djela 3,19.20.

Sister White identifies that the angel that descended in Revelation chapter ten, on August 11, 1840, “was no less a personage than Jesus Christ.” The angel that descended on September 11, 2001, would therefore be “no less a personage than Jesus Christ.” His descent in either history identifies the beginning of the prophetic “debate” over true or false methodology, for it is represented by the book in His hand that God’s people were commanded to eat. When in Galilee, Jesus instructed the disciples that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood, for He claimed there that He was the bread sent down from heaven. He lost more disciples there than any other point in his ministry, and those that left, never returned. Those that left, did so because they chose to analyze His teachings with the false methodology of taking His words in their literal sense, instead of applying them in the correct spiritual sense. The “debate” of Isaiah twenty-seven, is a prophetic waymark that has several witnesses to establish that it represents an established professed system of biblical analysis in confrontation with the methodology represented by the Elijah messenger.

Sestra White utvrđuje da anđeo koji je sišao u desetom poglavlju Otkrivenja, 11. kolovoza 1840., „nije bio ništa manje ličnost nego Isus Krist“. Anđeo koji je sišao 11. rujna 2001. stoga bi također bio „ništa manje ličnost nego Isus Krist“. Njegov silazak u bilo kojoj od tih povijesti označava početak proročanske „rasprave“ o istinitoj ili lažnoj metodologiji, jer je predstavljen knjigom u Njegovoj ruci koju je Božjem narodu bilo zapovjeđeno pojesti. Dok je bio u Galileji, Isus je poučio učenike da moraju jesti Njegovo tijelo i piti Njegovu krv, jer je ondje ustvrdio da je On kruh sišao s neba. Ondje je izgubio više učenika nego u bilo kojoj drugoj točki svoje službe, a oni koji su otišli nikada se nisu vratili. Oni koji su otišli, učinili su to zato što su odlučili analizirati Njegova učenja lažnom metodologijom, uzimajući Njegove riječi u njihovu doslovnom smislu, umjesto da ih primijene u ispravnom duhovnom smislu. „Rasprava“ iz Izaije dvadeset i sedam proročanski je putokaz koji ima nekoliko svjedoka kako bi se utvrdilo da predstavlja uspostavljeni ispovjedni sustav biblijske analize u sukobu s metodologijom koju predstavlja glasnik Ilija.

It marks a specific point in the progressive passing by of the former covenant and chosen people of God, and the beginning of the covenant relationship with those “who in times past, were not the people of God.” The “debate,” more importantly represents the beginning of the period of time that concludes with the soon-coming Sunday law. The Alpha and Omega always represents the end with the beginning, and in so doing the very “debate” becomes a symbol of one of the sins of our fathers, that must be acknowledged and confessed, in order to fulfill the Leviticus twenty-six prayer.

Ona označava određenu točku u postupnom iščezavanju prijašnjega saveza i izabranoga Božjeg naroda te početak savezničkoga odnosa s onima „koji nekoć ne bijahu narod Božji“. Još važnije, „rasprava“ predstavlja početak vremenskoga razdoblja koje završava uskoro dolazećim zakonom o nedjelji. Alfa i Omega uvijek predstavlja svršetak s početkom, i time sama „rasprava“ postaje simbol jednoga od grijeha naših otaca, koji se mora priznati i ispovjediti kako bi se ispunila molitva iz dvadeset i šeste glave Levitskoga zakonika.

Daniel’s prayer of chapter nine, represents the prayer that must be offered at the conclusion of the three and a half days of Revelation eleven. That period of time is represented in Isaiah twenty-seven as the period when “the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour.”

Danielova molitva iz devetoga poglavlja predstavlja molitvu koja se mora uznijeti na završetku tri i pol dana iz jedanaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja. To razdoblje vremena prikazano je u dvadeset i sedmom poglavlju Izaije kao razdoblje kada će „utvrđeni grad opustjeti, i prebivalište će biti napušteno, i ostavljeno kao pustinja: ondje će tele pasti, i ondje će ležati, i obrstiti njegove grane. Kad se njegove grane osuše, bit će polomljene: žene dolaze i pale ih ognjem; jer to je narod bez razuma: stoga im se neće smilovati onaj koji ih je stvorio, i onaj koji ih je oblikovao neće im iskazati milost.”

The two witnesses are shown “no favor,” for they proclaimed a false prediction that ushered in the “wilderness” period of three and a half days. They then became a “people of no understanding,” though they previously had been the “defenced city.” That city then became “desolate” and a “habitation” that was “forsaken”. It became dead dry bones lying in the street of the city of Sodom and Egypt. When the dead are then called to arise, they are tested by the sins of their fathers, which includes the “debate” at the beginning of the period that starts with the empowerment of the first message and ends with the arrival of the third message. The debate is whether to accept or reject the methodology represented by the Elijah of their history. In 1863, the fathers of Adventism rejected the message of Moses’ “seven times,” that had been presented by Elijah.

Dvama svjedocima ne iskazuje se „naklonost”, jer su proglasili lažno proročanstvo koje je uvelo razdoblje „pustinje” od tri i pol dana. Tada su postali „narod bez razuma”, premda su prethodno bili „utvrđeni grad”. Taj je grad zatim postao „opustošen” i „prebivalište” koje je bilo „napušteno”. Postao je mrtve suhe kosti što leže na ulici grada Sodome i Egipta. Kada se mrtvima potom zapovijeda da ustanu, oni se iskušavaju grijesima svojih otaca, što uključuje i „raspravu” na početku razdoblja koje započinje osnaženjem prve poruke, a završava dolaskom treće poruke. Rasprava se vodi o tome treba li prihvatiti ili odbaciti metodologiju koju predstavlja Ilija njihove povijesti. Godine 1863. oci adventizma odbacili su poruku Mojsijevih „sedam vremena”, koju je iznio Ilija.

Beginning in July, of 2023 the withered boughs of Isaiah twenty-seven must decide if they will repeat the sins of the church in Galilee, and the history of 1863, as well as the history of September 11, 2001. To reject the methodology represented by Habakkuk chapter two, and Isaiah twenty-seven, and by Elijah, John the Baptist and William Miller is to repeat the sins of our fathers, instead of being benefited by the sacred ensamples that were record for those upon whom the ends of the earth have come.

Počevši od srpnja 2023., osušene grane iz Izaije dvadeset i sedam moraju odlučiti hoće li ponoviti grijehe crkve u Galileji, i povijest 1863., kao i povijest 11. rujna 2001. Odbaciti metodologiju predstavljenu u drugom poglavlju Habakuka, i u Izaiji dvadeset i sedam, te po Iliji, Ivanu Krstitelju i Williamu Milleru znači ponoviti grijehe naših otaca, umjesto da imamo korist od svetih uzora koji su bili zapisani za one na koje su došli svršeci svijeta.

> Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 1 Corinthians 10:11–15.

> A sve se to njima događalo za primjer, a napisano je za upozorenje nama, kojima su došli svršeci vjekova. Stoga neka pazi onaj koji misli da stoji, da ne padne. Nije vas snašla kušnja osim one koja je ljudima zajednička; ali vjeran je Bog, koji neće dopustiti da budete kušani iznad svojih mogućnosti, nego će s kušnjom dati i izlaz, da je mognete podnijeti. Zato, moji ljubljeni, bježite od idolopoklonstva. Govorim kao mudrima; prosudite sami što kažem. 1 Korinćanima 10:11–15.

The sacred methodology establishes the message of the Midnight Cry, which is the latter rain message. That message, when eaten spiritually produces a corresponding experience as certainly as Daniel and the three worthies’ diet of pulse, produced a fairer and fatter countenance. But in Habakkuk chapter two, the stumbling block for those who reject the offer of justification by faith, is pride which prevents them from following on to know the Lord. If there is ever a time when God’s people cannot put off the work of accepting the true methodology, and eating the message from the angel’s hand, it is now!

Sveta metodologija uspostavlja poruku Ponoćnoga poklika, koja je poruka pozne kiše. Ta poruka, kada se duhovno blaguje, proizvodi odgovarajuće iskustvo jednako sigurno kao što je Danielova i trojice dostojnika prehrana povrćem proizvela ljepše i punije lice. No u drugom poglavlju Habakuka, kamen spoticanja za one koji odbacuju ponudu opravdanja vjerom jest oholost, koja ih sprječava da nastave upoznavati Gospodina. Ako je ikada bilo vrijeme kada Božji narod ne može odgađati djelo prihvaćanja istinite metodologije i blagovanja poruke iz anđelove ruke, onda je to sada!

> “We must not wait for the latter rain. It is coming upon all who will recognize and appropriate the dew and showers of grace that fall upon us. When we gather up the fragments of light, when we appreciate the sure mercies of God, who loves to have us trust Him, then every promise will be fulfilled. ‘For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.’ Isaiah 61:11. The whole earth is to be filled with the glory of God.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.

> „Ne smijemo čekati kasnu kišu. Ona dolazi na sve koji će prepoznati i prisvojiti rosu i pljuskove milosti što padaju na nas. Kada sabiremo ulomke svjetlosti, kada cijenimo sigurne milosti Božje, koji voli da Mu vjerujemo, tada će se ispuniti svako obećanje. ‘Jer kao što zemlja pušta svoju mladicu i kao što vrt čini da nikne ono što je u njemu posijano, tako će Gospodin Jahve učiniti da pravda i hvala niknu pred svim narodima.’ Izaija 61,11. Cijela zemlja treba biti ispunjena slavom Božjom.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, svezak 7, 984.

God’s prophetic Word has identified that when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down, the angel of Revelation eighteen would descend and “Revelation eighteen, verses one through three would be fulfilled.” Isaiah twenty-seven identifies that time as the “day of the east wind,” and it is the time when “the rough wind” is restrained. “In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.” Sister White identifies the very same time.

Božja proročka Riječ prepoznala je da će, kada velike zgrade grada New Yorka budu oborene, sići anđeo iz osamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja te da će se „Otkrivenje osamnaest, redci jedan do tri ispuniti”. Izaija dvadeset i sedam prepoznaje to vrijeme kao „dan istočnoga vjetra”, i to je vrijeme kada je „žestoki vjetar” obuzdan. „U mjeri, kad izbije, ti ćeš se s njim prepirati: on susteže svoj žestoki vjetar u dan istočnoga vjetra.” Sestra White prepoznaje upravo to isto vrijeme.

> “At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time the ‘latter rain,’ or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out.” Early Writings, 85.

> „U to vrijeme, dok se djelo spasenja privodi kraju, nevolja će dolaziti na zemlju, i narodi će se gnjeviti, ali će biti zadržani kako ne bi spriječili djelo trećeg anđela. U to će vrijeme doći ‘kasna kiša’, ili okrepa od lica Gospodnjega, da da silu snažnom glasu trećeg anđela i pripremi svete da opstanu u razdoblju kada će se izliti sedam posljednjih zala.” Early Writings, 85.

The power that angers the nations arrived when the latter rain began to fall. But as soon as that power angered the nations, it was held in check, for Isaiah recorded that he “stayeth his rough wind.” The rough wind, is the east wind, and that wind is restrained when the latter rain begins to sprinkle, and the work of salvation is closing. The closing work of salvation is the sealing time. “Line upon line” the rough, or east wind that is restrained during the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the four winds of Revelation chapter seven.

Sila koja razgnjevljuje narode pojavila se kada je kasna kiša počela padati. No čim je ta sila razgnjevlila narode, bila je zadržana, jer je Izaija zapisao da on „ustavlja svoj silni vjetar”. Silni vjetar jest istočni vjetar, i taj je vjetar obuzdan kada kasna kiša počne rositi i kada se djelo spasenja privodi kraju. Završno djelo spasenja jest vrijeme pečaćenja. „Redak po redak”, silni, odnosno istočni vjetar koji je zadržan tijekom pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće jesu četiri vjetra iz sedmoga poglavlja Otkrivenja.

> And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Revelation 7:1–3.

> I nakon toga vidjeh četiri anđela gdje stoje na četiri ugla zemlje, zadržavajući četiri vjetra zemlje, da vjetar ne puše ni na zemlju, ni na more, ni na ikakvo drvo. I vidjeh drugoga anđela gdje uzlazi od istoka sunčanoga, imajući pečat Boga živoga; i povika iza glasa četvorici anđela kojima bijaše dano da naude zemlji i moru, govoreći: Ne naudite ni zemlji, ni moru, ni drveću, dok ne zapečatimo sluge Boga našega na njihovim čelima. Otkrivenje 7:1–3.

The sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand was typified by Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. There Christ, for the only time in His life, rode upon an ass (a symbol of Islam), and Lazarus led the procession into Jerusalem. Sister White identifies Lazarus as the symbol of the seal in that history.

Zapečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće bilo je predoznačeno Kristovim slavodobitnim ulaskom u Jeruzalem. Ondje je Krist, jedini put u svome životu, jahao na magarcu (simbolu islama), a Lazar je predvodio povorku u Jeruzalem. Sestra White prepoznaje Lazara kao simbol pečata u toj povijesti.

> “In delaying to come to Lazarus, Christ had a purpose of mercy toward those who had not received Him. He tarried, that by raising Lazarus from the dead He might give to His stubborn, unbelieving people another evidence that He was indeed ‘the resurrection, and the life.’ He was loath to give up all hope of the people, the poor, wandering sheep of the house of Israel. His heart was breaking because of their impenitence. In His mercy He purposed to give them one more evidence that He was the Restorer, the One who alone could bring life and immortality to light. This was to be an evidence that the priests could not misinterpret. This was the reason of His delay in going to Bethany. This crowning miracle, the raising of Lazarus, was to set the seal of God on His work and on His claim to divinity.” The Desire of Ages, 528, 529.

> „Odgađajući svoj dolazak Lazaru, Krist je imao cilj milosrđa prema onima koji Ga nisu primili. Zadržao se kako bi, uskrsnuvši Lazara od mrtvih, svojem tvrdokornom, nevjernom narodu dao još jedan dokaz da je On doista ‘uskrsnuće i život’. Nerado je odustajao od svake nade za narod, siromašne, zalutale ovce doma Izraelova. Srce Mu se slamalo zbog njihove nepokajanosti. U svojem milosrđu namjeravao im je dati još jedan dokaz da je On Obnovitelj, Onaj koji jedini može iznijeti na vidjelo život i besmrtnost. To je trebao biti dokaz koji svećenici ne bi mogli pogrešno protumačiti. To je bio razlog Njegova odgađanja odlaska u Betaniju. To vrhovno čudo, uskrsnuće Lazara, trebalo je staviti Božji pečat na Njegovo djelo i na Njegovo pravo na božanstvo.” The Desire of Ages, 528, 529.

The tarrying time that began on July 18, 2020 is represented by Christ’s tarrying before He resurrected Lazarus. The tarrying time of Revelation chapter eleven, ends at the conclusion of the three and a half days. During those days the two witnesses laid dead in the street. And just as Lazarus was to be resurrected following a tarrying time, so too were John’s two witnesses. Once resurrected they lead the procession into Jerusalem, representing the “seal of God,” and the “crowning miracle” that testifies to Christ’s divinity. The resurrection identifies the conclusion of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, which takes place while the four winds, the east wind, the rough wind, that arrived on September 11, 2001, is held in check.

Vrijeme odgađanja koje je započelo 18. srpnja 2020. predstavljeno je Kristovim zadržavanjem prije nego što je uskrsnuo Lazara. Vrijeme odgađanja iz jedanaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja završava na svršetku tri i pol dana. Tijekom tih dana dva su svjedoka ležala mrtva na ulici. I kao što je Lazar trebao uskrsnuti nakon vremena odgađanja, tako su trebala i Ivanova dva svjedoka. Jednom uskrsnuvši, oni predvode povorku u Jeruzalem, predstavljajući „pečat Božji” i „krunsko čudo” koje svjedoči o Kristovu božanstvu. Uskrsnuće označuje završetak pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, koje se zbiva dok se četiri vjetra, istočni vjetar, silni vjetar, koji je stigao 11. rujna 2001., zadržava pod nadzorom.

In the hour that is the Sunday law, those winds are released to bring retributive judgment upon the earth beast of Revelation thirteen. They are now even slipping through the fingers of those four angels that are restraining them during the sealing period. One of the most profound references in the Spirit of Prophecy relating to the day of the east wind is found in Testimonies, volume nine. That volume begins the inspired words on page eleven, so it begins symbolically on “nine-eleven”. The title of the chapter is, “The Final Crisis”, but it is also the first chapter of a section titled, “For the Coming of the King”.

U času koji je nedjeljni zakon, ti se vjetrovi oslobađaju da donesu odmazdbeni sud nad zvijeri iz zemlje iz trinaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja. Oni se sada već provlače kroz prste ona četiri anđela koja ih zadržavaju tijekom razdoblja pečaćenja. Jedno od najdubljih upućivanja u Duhu proroštva koje se odnosi na dan istočnoga vjetra nalazi se u Svjedočanstvima, svezak deveti. Taj svezak započinje nadahnutim riječima na jedanaestoj stranici, te stoga simbolički započinje na „devet-jedanaest“. Naslov poglavlja glasi „Posljednja kriza“, ali to je također i prvo poglavlje dijela naslovljenog „Za dolazak Kralja“.

There is no evidence that the section and title of the chapter were purposely manipulated by the editors that compiled the volume, yet the coming of the King, is easily recognized as the coming of the bridegroom, which in the parable of the ten virgins occurs with the midnight crisis that is produced in the virgins, by the presence or lack of oil in their vessels. The midnight crisis that is now arriving, is as the title represents—the last crisis for the ten virgins. In that crisis they manifest whether they have the oil, or they don’t. The oil is not simply the Holy Spirit, it is precisely defined as the Holy Spirit, and also as the correct message, and also as the correct character.

Nema dokaza da su odjeljak i naslov poglavlja bili namjerno izmijenjeni od strane urednika koji su sastavili svezak; ipak, dolazak Kralja lako se prepoznaje kao dolazak zaručnika, koji se u prispodobi o deset djevica zbiva zajedno s ponoćnom krizom koja se među djevicama proizvodi prisutnošću ili nedostatkom ulja u njihovim posudama. Ponoćna kriza koja sada pristiže jest, kako naslov prikazuje — posljednja kriza za deset djevica. U toj krizi one očituju imaju li ulja ili ga nemaju. Ulje nije naprosto Duh Sveti; ono je točno određeno kao Duh Sveti, a također i kao ispravna poruka, a također i kao ispravan karakter.

The correct methodology establishes the correct message of the Midnight Cry, and that message, received and acted upon, produces the correct character. That character in the last crisis is the character that receives the seal of God. The process of sealing God’s people began at the arrival of the day of the east wind, on September 11, 2001. The message of that time was then to be eaten. Whether to eat or not to eat is represented by Isaiah’s “debate,” and also by Habakkuk’s question of what the watchmen should answer in the argument. The tarrying time of Matthew twenty-five and Habakkuk concludes with the representation of two classes of worshippers. The tarrying time, represented by three and a half days in Revelation chapter eleven, is almost finished.

Ispravna metodologija uspostavlja ispravnu poruku Ponoćnog poklika, a ta poruka, prihvaćena i prema njoj postupljeno, proizvodi ispravan karakter. Taj karakter u posljednjoj krizi jest karakter koji prima pečat Božji. Proces pečaćenja Božjeg naroda započeo je pri dolasku dana istočnog vjetra, 11. rujna 2001. Poruku toga vremena tada je trebalo pojesti. Hoće li se jesti ili neće, predstavljeno je Izaijinim „raspravljanjem“, a također i Habakukovim pitanjem što bi stražari trebali odgovoriti u toj raspravi. Vrijeme odgađanja iz Mateja dvadeset i petog poglavlja i Habakuka završava prikazom dviju skupina štovatelja. Vrijeme odgađanja, predstavljeno s tri i pol dana u jedanaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, gotovo je završeno.

That tarrying time is also represented at the beginning of the chapter in volume nine, with a passage from Hebrews, where Paul paraphrases verse four of Habakkuk chapter two. Paul’s reference places Habakkuk two in the movement of the third angel, for it is in that history that Christ moved into the Most Holy Place, and in that history the light of His high priestly ministry was revealed, and it is in the book of Hebrews that Paul is revealing the clearest revelation of Christ’s high priestly ministry in God’s Word.

To vrijeme odgađanja također je prikazano na početku poglavlja u devetom svesku, odlomkom iz Poslanice Hebrejima, gdje Pavao parafrazira četvrti redak drugoga poglavlja Habakuka. Pavlova referenca smješta Habakuka 2 u pokret trećega anđela, jer je u toj povijesti Krist prešao u Svetinju nad svetinjama, i u toj je povijesti objavljena svjetlost Njegove velikosvećeničke službe, a upravo u Poslanici Hebrejima Pavao iznosi najjasniju objavu Kristove velikosvećeničke službe u Božjoj Riječi.

Habakkuk two in the movement of the first angel did not yet recognize the movement of Christ into the Most Holy Place, for it did not happen until the end of the proclamation of the Midnight Cry. The tarrying time referenced by Paul, is the tarrying time of Habakkuk and Matthew, but it is the tarrying time that would begin on July 18, 2020. The last verse of Habakkuk two represents the conclusion of the Midnight Cry in the Millerite history, and the arrival of the third angel:

Habakuk dva u pokretu prvoga anđela još nije prepoznao Kristovo kretanje u Svetinju nad svetinjama, jer se ono nije dogodilo sve do završetka objavljivanja Ponoćnoga vapaja. Vrijeme odgađanja na koje Pavao upućuje jest vrijeme odgađanja iz Habakuka i Mateja, ali to je vrijeme odgađanja koje bi započelo 18. srpnja 2020. Posljednji redak Habakuka dva predstavlja završetak Ponoćnoga vapaja u mileritskoj povijesti i dolazak trećega anđela:

> But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2:20.

> Ali Jahve je u svojem svetom hramu: neka sva zemlja umukne pred njim. Habakuk 2,20.

Testimonies, volume nine emphasizes, beginning on page eleven (nine-eleven), the parable of the ten virgins, the tarrying time and its connection with Habakkuk and Matthew, and the final crisis and September 11, 2001, when the prophetic debate arrived.

Svjedočanstva, deveti svezak, naglašavaju, počevši od jedanaeste stranice (devet-jedanaest), prispodobu o deset djevica, vrijeme odgađanja i njegovu povezanost s Habakukom i Matejem, te završnu krizu i 11. rujna 2001., kada je stigla proročka rasprava.

> “Section 1—For the Coming of the King

> „1. odjeljak — Za dolazak Kralja“

> “‘Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.’ Hebrews 10:37.

> „Jer još malo, vrlo malo, i Onaj koji ima doći doći će i neće zakasniti.“ Hebrejima 10,37.

> “The Last Crisis

> „Posljednja kriza“

> “We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.

> „Živimo u vremenu svršetka. Brzo ispunjavajući znaci vremena objavljuju da je Kristov dolazak blizu, pred vratima. Dani u kojima živimo svečani su i važni. Duh se Božji postupno, ali sigurno, povlači sa zemlje. Zla i sudovi već padaju na one koji preziru milost Božju. Nesreće na kopnu i na moru, nesređeno stanje društva, uzbune zbog rata, zloslutni su znakovi. Oni navješćuju približavanje događaja od najveće važnosti.

> “The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.

> „Sile zla ujedinjuju svoje snage i učvršćuju se. One se jačaju za posljednju veliku krizu. Uskoro će se u našem svijetu zbiti velike promjene, a završni će se događaji brzo odvijati.“

> “The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right upon us. The daily papers are full of indications of a terrible conflict in the near future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed of demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. Men have become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails.

> „Stanje u svijetu pokazuje da su vremena nevolje upravo pred nama. Dnevne novine pune su naznaka strašnoga sukoba u neposrednoj budućnosti. Drske pljačke česta su pojava. Štrajkovi su uobičajeni. Krađe i ubojstva počinju se na svakom koraku. Ljudi opsjednuti demonima oduzimaju živote muškarcima, ženama i maloj djeci. Ljudi su postali opčinjeni porokom, i prevladava svaka vrsta zla.״

> “The enemy has succeeded in perverting justice and in filling men’s hearts with the desire for selfish gain.

> „Neprijatelj je uspio izopačiti pravdu i ispuniti ljudska srca željom za sebičnim dobitkom.״

> “‘Justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.’ Isaiah 59:14. In the great cities there are multitudes living in poverty and wretchedness, well-nigh destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; while in the same cities are those who have more than heart could wish, who live luxuriously, spending their money on richly furnished houses, on personal adornment, or worse still, upon the gratification of sensual appetites, upon liquor, tobacco, and other things that destroy the powers of the brain, unbalance the mind, and debase the soul. The cries of starving humanity are coming up before God, while by every species of oppression and extortion men are piling up colossal fortunes.

> „Pravda je daleko, jer istina pade na ulici i pravda ne može da prođe.” Izaija 59,14. U velikim gradovima mnoštva žive u siromaštvu i bijedi, gotovo lišena hrane, skloništa i odjeće; dok u istim tim gradovima ima onih koji imaju više nego što bi srce moglo poželjeti, koji žive raskošno, trošeći svoj novac na bogato opremljene kuće, na osobno ukrašavanje, ili još gore, na udovoljavanje osjetilnim požudama, na alkohol, duhan i druge stvari koje razaraju snage mozga, remete um i ponižavaju dušu. Vapaji izgladnjeloga čovječanstva uzdižu se pred Boga, dok ljudi svakovrsnim tlačenjem i iznudom gomilaju golema bogatstva.

> “On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify their owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the most costly material was used. Those to whom these buildings belonged were not asking themselves: ‘How can we best glorify God?’ The Lord was not in their thoughts.

> „Jednom prigodom, dok sam bila u New Yorku, u noćnom mi je viđenju bilo naloženo da promatram zgrade kako se kat za katom uzdižu prema nebu. Za te se zgrade jamčilo da su vatrootporne, a bile su podignute na proslavu svojih vlasnika i graditelja. Sve više i više te su se zgrade uzdizale, i u njima je bio upotrijebljen najskuplji materijal. Oni kojima su te zgrade pripadale nisu se pitali: ‘Kako možemo na najbolji način proslaviti Boga?’ Gospodin nije bio u njihovim mislima.“

> “I thought: ‘Oh, that those who are thus investing their means could see their course as God sees it! They are piling up magnificent buildings, but how foolish in the sight of the Ruler of the universe is their planning and devising. They are not studying with all the powers of heart and mind how they may glorify God. They have lost sight of this, the first duty of man.’

> „Pomislila sam: ‘Oh, kad bi oni koji na taj način ulažu svoja sredstva mogli vidjeti svoj put onako kako ga Bog vidi! Gomilaju veličanstvene građevine, ali kako je ludo u očima Vladara svemira njihovo planiranje i smišljanje. Ne istražuju svim silama srca i uma kako bi mogli proslaviti Boga. Izgubili su iz vida ovo, čovjekovu prvu dužnost.’“

> “As these lofty buildings went up, the owners rejoiced with ambitious pride that they had money to use in gratifying self and provoking the envy of their neighbors. Much of the money that they thus invested had been obtained through exaction, through grinding down the poor. They forgot that in heaven an account of every business transaction is kept; every unjust deal, every fraudulent act, is there recorded. The time is coming when in their fraud and insolence men will reach a point that the Lord will not permit them to pass, and they will learn that there is a limit to the forbearance of Jehovah.

> „Dok su se te uzvišene građevine podizale, njihovi su se vlasnici radovali s ohološću prožetom taštom ambicijom što imaju novca da ga upotrijebe za udovoljavanje sebi i izazivanje zavisti svojih susjeda. Velik dio novca koji su tako ulagali bio je stečen iznudom, tlačenjem siromaha. Zaboravili su da se na nebu vodi račun o svakom poslovnom postupku; ondje je zabilježena svaka nepravedna pogodba, svako prijevarno djelo. Dolazi vrijeme kada će ljudi u svojoj prijevari i drskosti dosegnuti točku preko koje im Gospodin neće dopustiti da prijeđu, i naučit će da strpljivost Jahvina ima svoju granicu.“

> “The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings and said: ‘They are perfectly safe.’ But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11–13.

> „Prizor koji je zatim prošao preda mnom bio je požarna uzbuna. Ljudi su gledali visoke i navodno vatrootporne zgrade te govorili: ‘One su posve sigurne.’ Ali te su zgrade izgorjele kao da su načinjene od smole. Vatrogasne sprave nisu mogle ništa učiniti da zaustave razaranje. Vatrogasci nisu bili u stanju rukovati spravama.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11–13.

The “debate” that took place over methodology in the beginning of the period represented by Daniel chapter one; and also represented by Daniel chapters one through three; and also represented by the history beginning on August 11, 1840; and also represented in the history of John chapter six, at the crisis in Galilee; and also represented by the history of September 11, 2001 (until July 18, 2020), is now being repeated, not within Adventism at large, but among the dead dry bones that are being aroused from their lethargy by a “voice” crying in the wilderness.

„Rasprava” koja se vodila o metodologiji na početku razdoblja predstavljenog u prvom poglavlju Danielove knjige; a također predstavljenog u prvim trima poglavljima Danielove knjige; a također predstavljenog poviješću koja započinje 11. kolovoza 1840.; a također predstavljenog u povijesti šestoga poglavlja Ivanova evanđelja, u krizi u Galileji; a također predstavljenog poviješću od 11. rujna 2001. (do 18. srpnja 2020.), sada se ponavlja, ne unutar adventizma u cjelini, nego među mrtvim suhim kostima koje se bude iz svoje letargije „glasom” koji viče u pustinji.

We will take up the consideration of the methodology being the latter rain as represented in Isaiah chapters twenty-eight and twenty-nine in our next article.

U sljedećem ćemo članku razmotriti metodologiju koja je kasna kiša, kako je prikazana u dvadeset osmom i dvadeset devetom poglavlju Izaije.

> Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. Isaiah 6:8–13.

> Tada začuh glas Gospodnji kako govori: Koga da pošaljem, i tko će poći za nas? A ja rekoh: Evo me, mene pošalji. I reče on: Idi i reci tome narodu: Slušajte doista, ali ne razumijte; gledajte doista, ali ne shvaćajte. Učini srce ovoga naroda pretilim, uši njegove otežaj i oči njegove zatvori, da ne vidi očima svojim, i ne čuje ušima svojim, i ne razumije srcem svojim, i ne obrati se, i ne ozdravi. Tada rekoh: Dokle, Gospodine? A on odgovori: Dok gradovi ne opuste bez stanovnika, i kuće bez ljudi, i zemlja ne postane sasvim pusta, i dok Gospod ne udalji ljude daleko, te bude veliko opustošenje usred zemlje. Ali će ipak u njoj ostati desetina, i ona će se vratiti, pa će i ona biti proždrta; kao terebinta i kao hrast, kojima panj ostaje kad obore lišće: tako će sveto sjeme biti njezin panj. Izaija 6:8–13.

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