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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Twenty-Three

Skrivena povijest četrdesetoga retka – broj dvadeset i tri

Ezekiel Number Four

Ezekiel broj četiri

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Jeff Pippenger

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August 9, 2026

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Ezekiel is identified as the “mourning prophet” for he is a symbol of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who in chapter nine of his book are mourning (sighing and crying) for the abominations done in the land and in the church. In the passage from Testimonies we cited in the last article Sister White penned, “The prophet himself was a stranger in a strange land, where boundless ambition and savage cruelty reigned supreme. That which he saw and heard of human tyranny and wrong distressed his soul, and he mourned bitterly day and night.”

Ezekiel je prepoznat kao „prorok žalosti”, jer je simbol sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, koji u devetom poglavlju svoje knjige tuguju (uzdišu i vape) zbog gadosti koje se čine u zemlji i u crkvi. U odlomku iz Testimonies koji smo naveli u prošlom članku sestra White je napisala: „Sam prorok bio je stranac u tuđoj zemlji, gdje su bezgranična častohleplja i divlja okrutnost vrhovno vladali. Ono što je vidio i čuo o ljudskoj tiraniji i nepravdi žalostilo je njegovu dušu, te je gorko tugovao danju i noću.”

The one hundred and forty-four thousand are the “outcasts of Israel,” who were scattered, as represented by Ezekiel being taken into captivity. The sealing process represented in Ezekiel nine is the same as Revelation seven, and both those chapters are represented as taking place in the latter days.

Sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće jesu „izopćenici Izraelovi”, koji su bili raspršeni, kao što je predočeno Ezekielovim odvođenjem u sužanjstvo. Postupak zapečaćivanja prikazan u Ezekielu 9 isti je kao u Otkrivenju 7, a oba su ta poglavlja prikazana kao da se zbivaju u posljednje dane.

> “This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> „Ovo pečaćenje slugu Božjih isto je ono koje je Ezekielu bilo pokazano u viđenju.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

From the throne, God directs the cherubim who in turn manage the wheels. Ezekiel was to understand from the vision that God was in control, even in the period when everything appeared to be in confusion. Sister White says “in like manner” after setting forth the structure of God on the throne, directing the cherubim who managed the affairs of earth, as she describes John in the sanctuary where Christ walked among the seven churches. Ezekiel and John are symbols of those who live in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who, as inspiration records, “The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of.”

S prijestolja Bog upravlja kerubima, a oni pak upravljaju kotačima. Ezekiel je iz viđenja trebao razumjeti da je Bog imao nadzor, čak i u razdoblju kada se činilo da je sve u pomutnji. Sestra White kaže „na isti način“ nakon što iznosi ustroj Boga na prijestolju, koji upravlja kerubima što upravljaju poslovima zemlje, kao što opisuje Ivana u Svetištu gdje je Krist hodio među sedam crkava. Ezekiel i Ivan simboli su onih koji žive u vremenu pečaćenja stotinu četrdeset i četiri tisuće o kojima, kako nadahnuće bilježi, „The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of.”

Certainly when Sister White penned those words, those words were true, but in the sealing time they find their perfect fulfillment. Twenty years ago or so, would you have thought that what is now transpiring in the world in conjunction with the swarming of the locusts of Islam? Locusts as a symbol of Islam in chapter nine of Revelation includes the migration in nature of the Locusts of northern Africa. Those swarming locusts of Africa's migration path aligns with the geography that was taken over by Islam. Islam is a descendant of Ishmael, and Ishmael’s mother was Hagar. Hagar means “flight” or “to flee.” In Arabic the name is usually rendered Hajar (هاجر), and it is connected to the same root that gives us Hijra (the migration/flight of Muhammad). The roots of Islam are associated with not only the swarming of locusts, but the roots include the meaning of migration. Did anyone ever dream that illegal immigration was a manifestation of the locust of Islam?

Zacijelo, kada je sestra White napisala te riječi, te su riječi bile istinite, ali u vrijeme pečaćenja one nalaze svoje savršeno ispunjenje. Biste li prije dvadesetak godina pomislili da će se ono što se sada zbiva u svijetu odvijati u vezi s najezdom skakavaca islama? Skakavci kao simbol islama u devetom poglavlju Otkrivenja uključuju migraciju skakavaca sjeverne Afrike u prirodi. Ti rojevi skakavaca, na migracijskom putu Afrike, podudaraju se sa zemljopisnim područjem koje je zauzeo islam. Islam je potomak Jišmaela, a Jišmaelova majka bila je Hagara. Hagara znači „bijeg” ili „bježati”. Na arapskom se to ime obično prenosi kao Hajar (هاجر), i povezano je s istim korijenom iz kojega dolazi Hidžra (Muhamedova migracija/bijeg). Korijeni islama povezani su ne samo s najezdom skakavaca, nego ti korijeni uključuju i značenje migracije. Je li itko ikada sanjao da je nezakonita imigracija očitovanje skakavca islama?

Did anyone dream that the global communists would form an alliance with the Islamic hordes? Both Islam and the globalists dragon power ascend from the bottomless pit in Revelation 9/11 respectively, and the bottomless pit represents a manifestation of satanic power. Both of the current allies are instruments of Satan according to the Scriptures of truth.

Je li itko sanjao da će globalni komunisti sklopiti savez s islamskim hordama? I islam i zmajevska sila globalista uzlaze iz bezdana u Otkrivenju 9/11, redom, a bezdan predstavlja očitovanje sotonske sile. Oba sadašnja saveznika oruđa su Sotone prema Pismima istine.

> “‘When they shall have finished [are finishing] their testimony.’ The period when the two witnesses were to prophesy clothed in sackcloth ended in 1798. As they were approaching the termination of their work in obscurity, war was to be made upon them by the power represented as ‘the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit.’ In many of the nations of Europe the powers that ruled in Church and State had for centuries been controlled by Satan, through the medium of the papacy. But here is brought to view a new manifestation of Satanic power.” The Great Controversy, 268.

> „‘Kad dovrše [privode kraju] svoje svjedočanstvo.’ Razdoblje u kojemu su dva svjedoka trebala prorokovati odjevena u kostrijet završilo je 1798. godine. Dok su se približavali dovršetku svojega djela u skrovitosti, protiv njih je trebao biti vođen rat od strane sile prikazane kao ‘zvijer koja izlazi iz bezdana’. U mnogim europskim narodima silama koje su vladale u Crkvi i državi stoljećima je upravljao Sotona, posredstvom papinstva. No ovdje se pred oči iznosi novo očitovanje sotonske sile.” Velika borba, 268.

Sister White here identifies the arrival of socialism in the French Revolution period, while also noting that Satan also controls the papal power. The papal power also comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation seventeen and in chapter nine of Revelation, Islam is the smoke which came from the bottomless pit. The point still remains; did inspiration truly mean, “The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of?” Who dreamed that Islam would now be spread across Europe and now descending upon the Americas? Did you dream the locusts would be spread across the globe by the globalists of the United Nations, the European Union and the democratic party of the United States?

Sestra White ovdje prepoznaje dolazak socijalizma u razdoblju Francuske revolucije, istodobno napominjući da Sotona također upravlja papinskom vlašću. Papinska vlast također izlazi iz bezdana u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, a u devetom poglavlju Otkrivenja islam je dim koji je izišao iz bezdana. Bit i dalje ostaje ista: je li nadahnuće doista mislilo: „Prizori koji će se odigrati u našem svijetu još nisu ni sanjani“? Tko je sanjao da će se islam sada proširiti diljem Europe i sada se spuštati na Amerike? Jeste li sanjali da će skakavci biti prošireni diljem globusa od strane globalista Ujedinjenih naroda, Europske unije i Demokratske stranke Sjedinjenih Američkih Država?

Who dreamed that the educational institutions would be overcome by the communist and Islamic alliance that is now being paid for by tax dollars of citizens that never intended their tax dollars would be employed to destroy the nation supplying the tax dollars.

Tko je sanjao da će obrazovne ustanove biti nadvladane komunističko-islamskim savezom koji se sada financira poreznim novcem građana koji nikada nisu namjeravali da se njihov porezni novac upotrijebi za uništenje nacije koja taj porezni novac osigurava.

Who dreamed Great Britain would promote an uphold white girls being gang raped, kidnapped and imprisoned and murdered by Islam? Many point out the fact that every communist system ever located in human history has been a complete failure, but the fruit of the socialism of Britain is as much a condemnation of socialism, as the failure of the system’s economic and political philosophies.

Tko je sanjao da će Velika Britanija promicati i podupirati skupno silovanje bijelih djevojaka, njihovu otmicu, zatočenje i ubojstvo od strane islama? Mnogi ističu činjenicu da je svaki komunistički sustav ikada zabilježen u ljudskoj povijesti bio potpuni promašaj, no plod britanskoga socijalizma jednako je osuda socijalizma kao i neuspjeh gospodarskih i političkih filozofija toga sustava.

Who would have dreamed that the merchants of the earth would be allowed to introduce poisons to accomplish mass murder of over seventeen million people?

Tko bi mogao i sanjati da će trgovcima zemlje biti dopušteno uvesti otrove kako bi počinili masovno ubojstvo više od sedamnaest milijuna ljudi?

Who dreamed men such as George Soros, Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci would be allowed to accomplish their demonic deeds of evil with absolutely no consequences?

Tko je sanjao da će ljudima poput Georgea Sorosa, Billa Gatesa i Anthonyja Faucija biti dopušteno izvršavati svoja demonska zlodjela bez ikakvih posljedica?

When Sister White stated the scenes enacted would not be dreamed about, she did so in the context of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. She was following her comments on Christ warning in Matthew twenty-four where she recorded, “These lessons are for our benefit. We need to stay our faith upon God, for there is just before us a time that will try men’s souls. Christ, upon the Mount of Olives, rehearsed the fearful judgments that were to precede His second coming.”

Kad je sestra White izjavila da se o prizorima koji će se odigrati neće ni sanjati, učinila je to u kontekstu vremena pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. Time je nastavila svoje primjedbe o Kristovu upozorenju u Mateju dvadeset i četvrtom poglavlju, gdje je zapisala: „Ove su pouke za našu korist. Svoju vjeru trebamo učvrstiti u Bogu, jer je upravo pred nama vrijeme koje će okušati duše ljudi. Krist je na Maslinskoj gori iznio strašne sudove koji su trebali prethoditi Njegovu drugom dolasku.”

The lessons she had just referred to were the illustrations of both Ezekiel and John in the sanctuary learning to understand that God is in control of all things. In the confusion and rebellion that is now under way, a confusion and rebellion that will only escalate as history moves forward, those who are God’s messengers, as represented by not only Ezekiel and John in the temple, but also Isaiah will only navigate the history in a fashion that glorifies the Lord if they understand that even the things we never dreamed of are still under the control of God.

Pouke na koje se upravo osvrnula bile su prikazi i Ezekiela i Ivana u Svetištu, koji su učili razumjeti da Bog upravlja svime. Usred zbrke i pobune koja je sada u tijeku, zbrke i pobune koje će se samo pojačavati kako povijest bude odmicala, oni koji su Božji glasnici, kako ih ne predstavljaju samo Ezekiel i Ivan u Hramu, nego i Izaija, moći će se kretati kroz povijest na način koji proslavlja Gospodina jedino ako razumiju da su i one stvari o kojima nikada nismo ni sanjali još uvijek pod Božjom vlašću.

Those wheels intersecting the other wheels include the events that were never dreamed of, and they are the events that transpire in the sealing time that began on 9/11. The lessons that are to be learned are only learned by those who by faith enter into the Most Holy Place and see Christ and His light shining from the Ark of the Covenant. When that glory is viewed as represented by Daniel in chapter ten, the class that is benefitted from the light is separated from those who fled from the vision.

Ti kotači koji presijecaju druge kotače obuhvaćaju događaje o kojima se nikada nije ni sanjalo, i to su događaji koji se zbivaju u vremenu pečaćenja koje je započelo 11. rujna. Pouke koje se trebaju naučiti uče samo oni koji vjerom ulaze u Svetinju nad svetinjama i vide Krista i Njegovu svjetlost kako sja iz Kovčega saveza. Kada se ta slava promatra onako kako je predstavljena po Danielu u desetom poglavlju, skupina koja ima koristi od svjetla odvaja se od onih koji su pobjegli od viđenja.

> And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Daniel 10:7.

> I ja, Daniel, sam vidio viđenje; ljudi koji bijahu sa mnom ne vidješe viđenje, ali velik strah obuze ih, te pobjegoše da se sakriju. Daniel 10,7.

There is much more to be derived from the passage in the previous article, but we will address a wheel as we close this article. We have noted in the last article the symbolism of the number twenty-five and before that we spent time on the number thirty. The light from the book of Ezekiel is not simply symbolic numbers, but it is worthwhile to first familiarize ourselves with some of those numerical symbols before beginning to bring some clarity out of the confusion.

Iz odlomka u prethodnom članku može se izvući još mnogo toga, ali ćemo se pri završetku ovoga članka osvrnuti na jedan kotač. U prethodnom smo članku zapazili simboliku broja dvadeset i pet, a prije toga posvetili smo vrijeme broju trideset. Svjetlo iz knjige Ezekielove ne sastoji se naprosto od simboličnih brojeva, ali korisno je najprije se upoznati s nekima od tih brojčanih simbola prije nego što počnemo unositi nešto jasnoće iz zbrke.

## Seventeen

Sedamnaest

The three two-hundred and fifty-year prophecies identify a seventeen-year period that begins at the end of the history of the church of Smyrna. From 313 to 330, seventeen years typify the setting up of the image of the beast.

Tri dvjesto-pedesetogodišnja proročanstva prepoznaju sedamnaestogodišnje razdoblje koje započinje na kraju povijesti crkve u Smirni. Od 313. do 330. godine, sedamnaest godina predstavljaju podizanje slike Zvijeri.

The two hundred and fifty years that began in 457 BC ended in 207 BC, ten years after the battle of Raphia and seven years before the battle of Panium. From Raphia to Panium was seventeen years, and it represents the hidden history of verse forty as set forth in verses eleven through fifteen of Daniel eleven.

Dvije stotine i pedeset godina koje su započele 457. pr. Kr. završile su 207. pr. Kr., deset godina nakon bitke kod Rafije i sedam godina prije bitke kod Panija. Od Rafije do Panija bilo je sedamnaest godina, i to predstavlja skrivenu povijest četrdesetoga retka kako je izložena u jedanaestom do petnaestom retku jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela.

Ptolemy IV Philopator (also known as Ptolemy IV) was the ruler who won the Battle of Raphia in 217 BC. He reigned as king (and pharaoh) of Ptolemaic Egypt from 221 BC to 204 BC, thus he reigned for seventeen years. He began his reign before the battle of Raphia, but died before the battle of Panium.

Ptolemej IV. Filopator (također poznat kao Ptolemej IV.) bio je vladar koji je pobijedio u Bitki kod Rafije 217. pr. Kr. Vladao je kao kralj (i faraon) ptolemejskog Egipta od 221. pr. Kr. do 204. pr. Kr., te je tako vladao sedamnaest godina. Svoju je vladavinu započeo prije Bitke kod Rafije, ali je umro prije Bitke kod Panija.

The battle of Raphia representing the Ukrainian War began in 2014 when the United States brought about a color revolution in the Ukraine. Ptolemy IV, the king of the south typifies Vladimir Putin, who began his reign in 2000, the year before the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand in 2001 began. As with Ptolemy, Putin began to reign before the Ukrainian war, typified by the battle of Raphia beginning in 2014. Before Panium, Putin, as typified by Ptolemy, is removed. Putin began to reign in 2000, thus aligning with the beginning of the sealing time that began the next year in 2001. Seventeen symbolic years as represented by Ptolemy identifies the period Putin reigns, and he does so during the sealing time.

Bitka kod Rafije, koja predstavlja ukrajinski rat, započela je 2014. godine kada su Sjedinjene Američke Države izazvale obojenu revoluciju u Ukrajini. Ptolemej IV., kralj juga, predočuje Vladimira Putina, koji je započeo svoju vladavinu 2000. godine, godine koja je prethodila početku zapečaćivanja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće 2001. godine. Kao i u slučaju Ptolemeja, Putin je počeo vladati prije ukrajinskog rata, koji je predočen bitkom kod Rafije započetom 2014. godine. Prije Panija, Putin je, kao što je predočen Ptolemejem, uklonjen. Putin je počeo vladati 2000. godine, usklađujući se tako s početkom vremena zapečaćivanja, koje je započelo sljedeće godine, 2001. Sedamnaest simboličnih godina, kako su predstavljene Ptolemejem, označava razdoblje Putinove vladavine, i on vlada tijekom vremena zapečaćivanja.

Trump represented by the conclusion of the two hundred and fifty years that began in 457 BC is located in the same hidden history as Putin, a history that is seventeen years long beginning at the battle of Raphia. The dragon (Putin) and false prophet (Trump) are located within the hidden history. In that history the beast, represented as “the robbers of thy people” symbolizing the papal power is located at the end of the seventeen years from Raphia to Panium.

Trump, predstavljen završetkom dvjesto pedeset godina koje su započele 457. pr. Kr., smješten je u istoj skrivenoj povijesti kao i Putin, povijesti koja traje sedamnaest godina i započinje bitkom kod Rafije. Zmaj (Putin) i lažni prorok (Trump) smješteni su unutar te skrivene povijesti. U toj se povijesti zvijer, predstavljena kao „razbojnici tvoga naroda”, koji simboliziraju papinsku vlast, nalazi na kraju sedamnaest godina od Rafije do Panija.

The year 321 represents the Sunday law in the United States, and 321 is located within a seventeen-year period from the Edict of Milan in 313 unto the division of the empire in 330.

Godina 321. predstavlja zakon o nedjelji u Sjedinjenim Državama, a 321. se nalazi unutar sedamnaestogodišnjeg razdoblja od Milanskoga edikta 313. do podjele carstva 330.

The history represented from Josiah’s Great Passover as it is called, begins the seventeenth Jubilee cycle of the Jews. From Josiah’s Passover, which is the greatest revival in the Old Testament unto October 22, represents the Millerite history from August 11, 1840 unto October 22, 1844, but more importantly it represents the history of 9/11 unto the Sunday law. The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is represented by the seventeenth Jubilee cycle from Josiah unto October 22. Seventeen is a symbol associated with the major events of the sealing time, and the number seventeen is a point where Ezekiel’s wheels intersect.

Povijest prikazana od Jošijine Velike Pashe, kako se naziva, započinje sedamnaesti jubilejski ciklus Židova. Od Jošijine Pashe, koja je najveće probuđenje u Starome zavjetu, pa do 22. listopada, predstavlja mileritsku povijest od 11. kolovoza 1840. do 22. listopada 1844., ali što je još važnije, predstavlja povijest od 11. rujna do nedjeljnoga zakona. Vrijeme pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće predstavljeno je sedamnaestim jubilejskim ciklusom od Jošije do 22. listopada. Sedamnaest je simbol povezan s glavnim događajima vremena pečaćenja, a broj sedamnaest točka je na kojoj se sijeku Ezekielovi kotači.

In the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel, as represented in verses ten through fifteen of the same chapter the dragon is associated with the number “17” by Ptolemy’s reign. The history of verses eleven’s battle of Raphia unto verse fifteen’s battle of Raphia is “17” years. That history places Donald Trump in the middle of the seventeen years represented by those two battles. The image of the beast that is formed and set up by Trump in the United States is represented by “17” years from 313 to 330. In verse one of chapter one Ezekiel is in the thirtieth year of the “17th” Jubilee cycle. Did you ever dream that the number seventeen represented one of the wheels Ezekiel saw in the Most Holy Place?

U skrivenoj povijesti četrdesetoga retka Daniela, kako je prikazana u recima deset do petnaest istoga poglavlja, zmaj je povezan s brojem „17” preko Ptolemejeve vladavine. Povijest od bitke kod Rafije iz jedanaestoga retka do bitke kod Rafije iz petnaestoga retka traje „17” godina. Ta povijest smješta Donalda Trumpa u sredinu sedamnaest godina koje su predstavljene tim dvjema bitkama. Slika zvijeri koju Trump oblikuje i postavlja u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama predstavljena je s „17” godina od 313. do 330. U prvome retku prvoga poglavlja Ezekiel je u tridesetoj godini „17.” jubilejskoga ciklusa. Jeste li ikada sanjali da broj sedamnaest predstavlja jedan od kotača koje je Ezekiel vidio u Svetinji nad svetinjama?

Ezekiel is a symbol of those during the sealing time who have by faith entered into the Most Holy Place. They are Peter’s priests.

Ezekiel je simbol onih koji su tijekom vremena pečaćenja vjerom ušli u Svetinju nad svetinjama. Oni su Petrovi svećenici.

> Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5.

> I vi se kao živo kamenje ugrađujete u duhovnu kuću, sveto svećenstvo, da prinosite duhovne žrtve, ugodne Bogu po Isusu Kristu. 1 Petrova 2,5.

They have been commissioned to present a message to God’s former covenant people who are then being passed by, though they are forewarned, God’s former covenant people will not see or hear.

Povjereno im je da objave poruku Božjemu nekadašnjemu zavjetnom narodu, koji tada biva zaobiđen; premda je unaprijed opomenut, Božji nekadašnji zavjetni narod neće vidjeti ni čuti.

> And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:3–9.

> I reče mi: Sine čovječji, nahrani trbuh svoj i napuni utrobu svoju ovim svitkom koji ti dajem. Tada ga pojedoh, i bijaše mi u ustima sladak kao med. I reče mi: Sine čovječji, idi, pođi k domu Izraelovu i govori im mojim riječima. Jer nisi poslan narodu tuđega govora i teška jezika, nego domu Izraelovu; ne mnogim narodima tuđega govora i teška jezika, čijih riječi ne možeš razumjeti. Zaista, da sam te poslao k njima, poslušali bi te. Ali dom Izraelov neće te poslušati, jer neće poslušati mene; jer sav dom Izraelov tvrda je čela i okorjela srca. Evo, učinio sam lice tvoje tvrdim prema njihovim licima i čelo tvoje tvrdim prema njihovim čelima. Kao dijamant, tvrđim od kremena, učinio sam čelo tvoje: ne boj ih se i ne plaši se njihovih pogleda, premda su dom odmetnički. Ezekiel 3:3–9.

Ezekiel is directed to proclaim a message to the former covenant people as represented by the Protestants of Millerite history and the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church in the latter days. If he refuses to proclaim the message the blood of those left unwarned will be upon him.

Ezekielu je naloženo da objavi poruku nekadašnjem savezničkom narodu, predstavljenom protestantima iz mileritske povijesti i laodicejskom Crkvom adventista sedmoga dana u posljednjim danima. Ako odbije objaviti poruku, krv onih koji ostanu neupozoreni bit će na njemu.

> Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. Ezekiel 3:17–21.

> Sine čovječji, postavio sam te za stražara domu Izraelovu; zato slušaj riječ iz mojih usta i opomeni ih od mene. Kad reknem bezbožniku: Zacijelo ćeš umrijeti; a ti ga ne opomeneš niti progovoriš da bezbožnika odvratiš od njegova zloga puta, da mu spasiš život, taj će bezbožnik umrijeti u svojoj bezakonosti; ali ću njegovu krv iskati iz tvoje ruke. Ako li opomeneš bezbožnika, a on se ne odvrati od svoje bezbožnosti ni od svojega zloga puta, on će umrijeti u svojoj bezakonosti; ali ti si izbavio dušu svoju. Opet, kad se pravednik odvrati od svoje pravednosti i počini bezakonje, i ja stavim kamen spoticanja pred nj, on će umrijeti: zato što ga nisi opomenuo, umrijet će u svojem grijehu, i njegova pravedna djela što ih je činio neće se spominjati; ali ću njegovu krv iskati iz tvoje ruke. Ali ako opomeneš pravednika da pravednik ne griješi, i on ne sagriješi, zacijelo će živjeti, jer je bio opomenut; a i ti si izbavio dušu svoju. Ezekiel 3:17–21.

In the first ‘eleven’ chapters of Ezekiel, he is shown the destruction of Jerusalem, illustrated by the visions by the river Chebar, the plain and Jerusalem. He is commissioned to proclaim a warning of the impending judgment upon Jerusalem. The warning message of the impending judgment upon Jerusalem is the warning given first to the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. The warning identifies the judgment and rejection of God’s people in Jerusalem who do not possess the seal of God. The warning typified by Ezekiel is the warning of the soon-coming Sunday law.

U prvih „jedanaest” poglavlja Ezekiela prikazano mu je razorenje Jeruzalema, oslikano viđenjima kraj rijeke Kebara, na ravnici i u Jeruzalemu. Povjereno mu je da objavi upozorenje o nadolazećem sudu nad Jeruzalemom. Poruka upozorenja o nadolazećem sudu nad Jeruzalemom jest upozorenje koje je najprije dano laodicejskoj Crkvi adventista sedmoga dana. Upozorenje prepoznaje sud i odbacivanje Božjega naroda u Jeruzalemu koji nemaju Božji pečat. Upozorenje predočeno u Ezekielu jest upozorenje o uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu.

In those first eleven chapters where these truths are set forth, Ezekiel is made dumb, and only speaks thereafter when God specifically opens his mouth, and this continues until the destruction of Jerusalem, when he again can speak.

U onih prvih jedanaest poglavlja, u kojima su izložene te istine, Ezekielu je oduzeta moć govora te potom govori samo kada mu Bog izričito otvori usta; i to traje sve do razorenja Jeruzalema, kada ponovno može govoriti.

> Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:24–27.

> Tada duh uđe u me i postavi me na noge; i progovori sa mnom te mi reče: Idi, zatvori se u svojoj kući. A ti, sine čovječji, evo, stavit će na tebe užad i svezat će te njima, da ne izlaziš među njih. I učinit ću da ti se jezik prilijepi za nepce, te ćeš onijemjeti i nećeš im biti ukoritelj; jer oni su dom odmetnički. Ali kad budem govorio s tobom, otvorit ću ti usta, i reći ćeš im: Ovako govori Gospodin Jahve: Tko sluša, neka sluša; a tko odbija, neka odbija; jer oni su dom odmetnički. Ezekiel 3:24–27.

When Jerusalem fell, Ezekiel could once again speak.

Kad je Jeruzalem pao, Ezekiel je ponovno mogao govoriti.

> And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. Ezekiel 33:21, 22.

> I dogodi se dvanaeste godine našega sužanjstva, desetoga mjeseca, petoga dana u mjesecu, da dođe k meni jedan koji bijaše umakao iz Jeruzalema govoreći: Grad je pao. A ruka Jahvina bijaše nada mnom uvečer, prije nego što dođe onaj koji je umakao; i bijaše otvorio moja usta dok ne dođe k meni ujutro; i moja se usta otvoriše te više ne bijah nijem. Ezekiel 33,21.22.

The fall of Jerusalem represents the fall of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church in the latter days. That fall occurs while those who were sealed in Jerusalem in chapter nine are then lifted up as the church triumphant. The Laodicean’s within Jerusalem are taken out, and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are lifted up as the kingdom of glory is established. That kingdom of glory was typified by the establishment of the kingdom of grace at the cross. The kingdom of grace at the cross aligns with the kingdom of glory at the Sunday law, and those two kingdoms are placed into the sequence of prophetic history located in the book of Ezekiel. The first eleven chapters, when Ezekiel is placed within the context of the sanctuary is about the purification of God’s church as His people change from the church militant, that is defined as being made up of wheat and tares, into the church triumphant, that is made up of the wheat offering of Pentecost.

Pad Jeruzalema predstavlja pad laodikejske Crkve adventista sedmoga dana u posljednjim danima. Taj se pad događa dok se oni koji su bili zapečaćeni u Jeruzalemu u devetom poglavlju tada uzdižu kao crkva pobjednička. Laodikejci unutar Jeruzalema bivaju uklonjeni, a sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće bivaju uzdignuti dok se uspostavlja kraljevstvo slave. To je kraljevstvo slave bilo predočeno uspostavom kraljevstva milosti na križu. Kraljevstvo milosti na križu usklađeno je s kraljevstvom slave pri zakonu o nedjelji, a ta su dva kraljevstva smještena u slijed proročke povijesti koji se nalazi u knjizi proroka Ezekiela. Prvih jedanaest poglavlja, kada se Ezekiela promatra unutar konteksta Svetišta, govori o pročišćenju Božje crkve dok se Njegov narod mijenja iz crkve ratnice, koja je određena kao sastavljena od pšenice i kukolja, u crkvu pobjedničku, koja je sastavljena od pšenične žrtve Pedesetnice.

> And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. Ezekiel 21:25–27.

> A ti, bezbožni opaki kneže Izraelov, kojemu je došao dan, kada će bezakonju doći kraj, ovako govori Gospodin Jahve: Skini turban i odloži krunu; ovo više neće biti isto: uzvisi onoga koji je nizak, a ponizi onoga koji je visok. Prevratit ću, prevratit ću, prevratit ću to; i toga više neće biti, dok ne dođe onaj kojemu to po pravu pripada; i dat ću mu to. Ezekiel 21:25–27.

Zedekiah was the final king of Judah, and he is the “wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come” in the verses. Nebuchadnezzar was about to take Jerusalem and Zedekiah’s crown was to be removed by Babylon who would be overturned by the Medes and Persians, who would in turn be overturned by the Greeks, who would be overturned by Rome. The third overturning arrives at Rome, which is the history when the King “whose right it is” will receive the crown of the kingdom of grace at the setting up of that kingdom at the cross.

Sidkija je bio posljednji kralj Jude, i on je „opaki knez Izraelov, kojemu dolazi dan” u tim redcima. Nabukodonozor se spremao zauzeti Jeruzalem, a Sidkijina je kruna trebala biti uklonjena od Babilona, koji će biti oboren od Medijaca i Perzijanaca, koje će zatim oboriti Grci, koje će oboriti Rim. Treće obaranje dolazi do Rima, što je povijesni trenutak u kojemu će Kralj „kojemu pripada pravo” primiti krunu kraljevstva milosti pri uspostavi toga kraljevstva na križu.

> “To the ‘profane wicked prince’ had come the day of final reckoning. ‘Remove the diadem,’ the Lord decreed, ‘and take off the crown.’ Not until Christ Himself should set up His kingdom was Judah again to be permitted to have a king. ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it,’ was the divine edict concerning the throne of the house of David; ‘and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him.’ Ezekiel 21:25–27.” Prophets and Kings, 451.

> „Bezbožnom opakom knezu“ došao je dan konačnoga obračuna. „Skini mitru“, odredi Gospod, „i uzmi krunu.“ Tek kada sam Krist uspostavi svoje kraljevstvo, Judi će ponovno biti dopušteno imati kralja. „Oborit ću, oborit ću, oborit ću to“, glasio je božanski proglas o prijestolju doma Davidova; „i njega više neće biti, dok ne dođe Onaj kojemu po pravu pripada; i dat ću ga Njemu.“ Ezekiel 21:25–27.” Proroci i kraljevi, 451.

In the time of the latter rain, which began when the judgment of the living began on 9/11 Christ sets up his kingdom of glory.

U vremenu kasne kiše, koje je započelo kada je 11. rujna otpočeo sud živima, Krist uspostavlja svoje kraljevstvo slave.

> “When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

> „Kad četiri anđela puste, Krist će uspostaviti svoje kraljevstvo.” Spalding i Magan, 3.

A period of preparation begins at 9/11 and at the Sunday law the glorious holy mountain is lifted up above all the hills and mountains.

Razdoblje priprave započinje 11. rujna, a pri nedjeljnom zakonu slavna sveta gora uzdiže se iznad svih bregova i gora.

> The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:1–3.

> Riječ koju je Izaija, sin Amosov, vidio o Judi i Jeruzalemu. I dogodit će se u posljednjim danima da će gora Doma Gospodnjega biti utvrđena vrh gora i uzdignuta nad bregovima; i svi će narodi pritjecati k njoj. I mnogi će pukovi ići i govoriti: Dođite, pođimo na goru Gospodnju, u Dom Boga Jakovljeva; i on će nas učiti svojim putovima, i hodit ćemo njegovim stazama: jer će iz Siona izaći Zakon, i riječ Gospodnja iz Jeruzalema. Izaija 2:1–3.

On 9/11 the winds were released and then restrained, thus marking the beginning of the setting up of the kingdom of Daniel two, that is represented as a rock cut out of the mountain that fills the whole earth.

Dana 11. rujna vjetrovi su bili pušteni, a zatim obuzdani, označivši tako početak uspostavljanja kraljevstva iz Daniela 2, koje je prikazano kao kamen odvaljen od gore i koje ispunja svu zemlju.

> “This view was given in 1847 when there were but very few of the Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these but few supposed that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between the people of God and unbelievers. Now the fulfillment of that view is beginning to be seen. ‘The commencement of that time of trouble,’ here mentioned does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. 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.

> „Ovo viđenje dano je 1847. godine, kada je bilo tek vrlo malo adventističke braće koja su svetkovala subotu, a od njih je tek nekolicina smatrala da je njezino svetkovanje od dovoljne važnosti da povuče crtu razdvajanja između Božjega naroda i nevjernika. Sada se počinje uviđati ispunjenje toga viđenja. ‘Početak onoga vremena nevolje’, koji se ovdje spominje, ne odnosi se na vrijeme kada će pošasti početi biti izlivene, nego na kratko razdoblje neposredno prije nego što budu izlivene, dok je Krist u Svetištu. 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 trećega anđela. U to će vrijeme doći ‘kasna kiša’, ili okrjepa od prisutnosti Gospodnje, da da silu jakomu glasu trećega anđela i pripravi svete da opstanu u razdoblju kada će se izliti sedam posljednjih pošasti.” Early Writings, 85.

Christ sets up His everlasting kingdom during the time of the latter rain, and His kingdom includes the kingdom of grace that was established at the cross and also His kingdom of glory at the Sunday law. Zedekiah to Babylon (1st kingdom), to Medo-Persia (2nd kingdom), to Greece (3rd kingdom) and on to pagan Rome (4th kingdom) identifies the history leading to the kingdom of grace. That history identifies a parallel historical sequence from Papal Rome (spiritual Babylon 5th kingdom), unto the United States (spiritual Medo-Persia 6th kingdom), unto the United Nations (spiritual Greece 7th kingdom) and on unto the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet, that together make up modern Rome (spiritual Rome 8th kingdom that is of the seven).

Krist uspostavlja svoje vječno kraljevstvo u vrijeme poznoga dažda, a Njegovo kraljevstvo obuhvaća kraljevstvo milosti koje je uspostavljeno na križu, kao i Njegovo kraljevstvo slave pri nedjeljnom zakonu. Od Sidkije do Babilona (1. kraljevstvo), do Medo-Perzije (2. kraljevstvo), do Grčke (3. kraljevstvo) i dalje do poganskoga Rima (4. kraljevstvo) prepoznaje se povijest koja vodi do kraljevstva milosti. Ta povijest ukazuje na usporedni povijesni slijed od Papinskoga Rima (duhovni Babilon, 5. kraljevstvo), do Sjedinjenih Američkih Država (duhovna Medo-Perzija, 6. kraljevstvo), do Ujedinjenih naroda (duhovna Grčka, 7. kraljevstvo) i dalje do trostrukoga saveza zmaja, Zvijeri i lažnoga proroka, koji zajedno tvore suvremeni Rim (duhovni Rim, 8. kraljevstvo koje je od sedmorice).

The triumph of that kingdom in Daniel two is represented by a rock, and God’s faithful are stones in the temple.

Pobjeda toga kraljevstva u drugom poglavlju Daniela prikazana je kamenom, a Božji vjerni jesu kamenje u hramu.

> Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5.

> I vi se kao živo kamenje ugrađujete u duhovni dom, sveto svećenstvo, da prinosite duhovne žrtve, ugodne Bogu po Isusu Kristu. 1. Petrova 2,5.

That everlasting kingdom triumphs over the kingdoms of the world and fills the entire world. In Ezekiel chapter forty to the end of his book, that same kingdom is represented as a temple which fills the world with the water of life.

To vječno kraljevstvo odnosi pobjedu nad kraljevstvima ovoga svijeta i ispunja sav svijet. U Ezekielu, od četrdesetoga poglavlja do kraja njegove knjige, to isto kraljevstvo prikazano je kao hram koji ispunja svijet vodom života.

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