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# The Book of Daniel - Number Fifty-Six

Knjiga proroka Daniela - broj pedeset i šest

Unlocking the Mystery of Revelation 17: The Final Prophecy of the Great Whore and the Beast

Otključavanje otajstva Otkrivenja 17: Posljednje proroštvo o Velikoj Bludnici i Zvijeri

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 20, 2024

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The last representation of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy is found in Revelation chapter seventeen. In that chapter, in verse three, John is carried into the “wilderness”, so that the angel can show John the judgment of the “great whore” of prophecy, who sits upon “many waters” and who committed “fornication” with the “kings of the earth.”

Posljednji prikaz kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva nalazi se u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja. U tom se poglavlju, u trećem retku, Ivan prenosi u „pustinju“, kako bi mu anđeo mogao pokazati sud nad „velikom bludnicom“ proroštva, koja sjedi na „mnogim vodama“ i koja je počinila „blud“ s „kraljevima zemaljskim“.

> And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Revelation 17:1–3.

> I dođe jedan od sedmorice anđela koji su imali sedam čaša te progovori sa mnom govoreći mi: Dođi ovamo; pokazat ću ti sud velike bludnice koja sjedi na mnogim vodama, s kojom su kraljevi zemaljski blud činili, i stanovnici zemlje opili se vinom njezina bluda. I odnese me u duhu u pustinju; i vidjeh ženu gdje sjedi na zvijeri skerletne boje, punoj hulnih imena, koja imaše sedam glava i deset rogova. Otkrivenje 17,1–3.

By John’s own words the “wilderness” represents the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal rule from the year 538, unto the time of the end in 1798.

Prema samim Ivanovim riječima, „pustinja” predstavlja tisuću dvjesto šezdeset godina papinske vladavine od godine 538. do vremena svršetka 1798. godine.

> And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. … And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Revelation 12:6, 14.

> I žena pobježe u pustinju, gdje joj Bog pripravi mjesto, da se ondje hrani tisuću dvjesta i šezdeset dana. … A ženi biše dana dva krila velikoga orla, da odleti u pustinju, na svoje mjesto, gdje se hrani za vrijeme, i vremena, i pola vremena, daleko od lica zmijina. Otkrivenje 12,6.14.

In the spirit, John was transported into the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal rule. Those years had been typified by the three and a half years of drought during the history of Jezebel, Ahab and Elijah. Those years were to continue until the papacy received its deadly wound in 1798, for that had been “determined” to occur at the end of the first indignation, which was the end of the war brought upon the sanctuary and host through the two desolating powers of paganism and papalism. All of these facts have been set forth in recent articles.

U duhu je Ivan bio prenesen u tisuću dvjesto šezdeset godina papinske vladavine. Te su godine bile predoznačene trima i pol godinama suše u povijesti Jezabele, Ahaba i Ilije. Te su godine trebale trajati sve dok papinstvo ne primi svoju smrtonosnu ranu 1798., jer je bilo „određeno“ da se to dogodi na kraju prve srdžbe, što je bio kraj rata navučenog na Svetište i Vojsku po dvjema pustošećim silama poganstva i papinstva. Sve su te činjenice izložene u nedavnim člancima.

The “great whore,” is Isaiah’s whore of Tyre, who was to be forgotten for seventy symbolic years, which were the “days of one king.” The history of the United States, is the history of the symbolic seventy years, which had been typified by the seventy years of captivity during the reign of Babylon, the first kingdom of Bible prophecy. During that history the great whore of Tyre was to be forgotten. At the end of that history she was to be remembered and once again to go forth and sing her songs, thus committing fornication with the kings of the earth. John was spiritually conveyed into the history of papal rule in order to see the judgment of the papal power. The judgment of a daughter of a priest who committed fornication was that she was to be burnt with fire.

„Velika bludnica“ jest Izaijina bludnica iz Tira, koja je trebala biti zaboravljena sedamdeset simboličkih godina, koje su bile „dani jednoga kralja“. Povijest Sjedinjenih Država povijest je simboličkih sedamdeset godina, koje su bile predočene sedamdesetogodišnjim sužanjstvom za vrijeme vladavine Babilona, prvoga kraljevstva biblijskog proročanstva. Tijekom te povijesti velika bludnica iz Tira trebala je biti zaboravljena. Na kraju te povijesti trebala je biti ponovno spomenuta i još jednom izaći te pjevati svoje pjesme, čineći tako blud s kraljevima zemlje. Ivan je duhovno bio prenesen u povijest papinske vladavine kako bi vidio sud nad papinskom vlašću. Presuda za kćer svećenika koja je počinila blud bila je da bude spaljena ognjem.

> And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. Leviticus 21:9.

> A kći kojega god svećenika, ako se oskvrne bludujući, oskvrnjuje svoga oca; neka se spali ognjem. Levitski zakonik 21,9.

In the vision of the judgment of the great whore that was given to John by one of the angels who poured out one of the seven last plagues was that she was burnt with fire.

U viđenju suda nad velikom bludnicom, koje je Ivanu dao jedan od anđela koji je izlio jedno od sedam posljednjih zala, bilo je pokazano da će ona biti spaljena ognjem.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Revelation 17:16.

> I deset rogova što si ih vidio na Zvijeri, oni će zamrziti bludnicu te će je opustošiti i ogoliti, i jest će njezino meso, i sažeći će je ognjem. Otkrivenje 17,16.

The waters that the great whore is sitting upon are the people of the world, who will be brought under her authority when the United States deceives the entire world to worship the beast, who is also the great whore. The United States then becomes the premier king of the ten kings who are represented in the prophecy of Revelation seventeen, and in this illustration the United States represents the first king to commit fornication with the whore, though she will accomplish that act with all the kings thereafter.

Vode na kojima sjedi velika bludnica jesu narodi svijeta, koji će biti dovedeni pod njezinu vlast kada Sjedinjene Države prevare sav svijet da se klanja zvijeri, koja je ujedno i velika bludnica. Sjedinjene Države tada postaju glavni kralj desetorice kraljeva koji su predstavljeni u proroštvu iz sedamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja, a u ovom prikazu Sjedinjene Države predstavljaju prvoga kralja koji počini blud s bludnicom, premda će ona nakon toga taj čin izvršiti sa svim kraljevima.

The first king of many kings is represented by Ahab, who was married to the great whore, who is represented as Jezebel in the church of Thyatira. The judgment of Jezebel (the great whore), is accomplished by the ten kings, who will be forced into a church and state alliance by the power of the United States. Those kings will agree to allow the papacy to rule the world (sit upon the waters), in spite of their hatred for the whore.

Prvoga kralja od mnogih kraljeva predstavlja Ahab, koji je bio oženjen velikom bludnicom, koja je u crkvi u Tijatiri prikazana kao Izebela. Sud nad Izebelom (velikom bludnicom) izvršava deset kraljeva, koji će silom Sjedinjenih Država biti prisiljeni na savez crkve i države. Ti će se kraljevi složiti da dopuste papinstvu da vlada svijetom (sjedi na vodama), usprkos svojoj mržnji prema bludnici.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:12–18.

> I deset rogova što ih vidje, deset je kraljeva koji još ne primiše kraljevstvo, nego primaju vlast kao kraljevi za jedan čas zajedno sa Zvijeri. Oni imaju jednu misao te svoju silu i vlast predaju Zvijeri. Oni će zaratiti s Janjetom, i Janje će ih pobijediti, jer on je Gospodar gospodara i Kralj kraljeva; a oni koji su s njim jesu pozvani i izabrani i vjerni. I reče mi: Vode koje si vidio, gdje sjedi bludnica, jesu puci i mnoštva i narodi i jezici. I deset rogova što ih vidje na Zvijeri, oni će zamrziti bludnicu, opustošit će je i ogoliti, i jest će njezino meso te je spaliti ognjem. Jer Bog im je stavio u srca da izvrše njegovu volju, i da budu složni, i da predaju svoje kraljevstvo Zvijeri, dok se ne ispune riječi Božje. A žena koju si vidio jest onaj veliki grad koji kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim. Otkrivenje 17,12–18.

The “ten kings” (the United Nations), actually hate the papacy, but are forced by circumstances to turn their short-lived kingdom over to the papal power in a vain hope to save the world from its increasing calamities. When they realize her deception, they become the instrument to burn her with fire in fulfillment of the law in Leviticus.

„Deset kraljeva” (Ujedinjeni narodi) zapravo mrze papinstvo, ali su okolnostima prisiljeni predati svoje kratkotrajno kraljevstvo papinskoj vlasti u uzaludnoj nadi da će spasiti svijet od njegovih sve većih nevolja. Kad spoznaju njezinu prijevaru, postaju oruđe da je sažegu ognjem, na ispunjenje zakona u Levitskom zakoniku.

The “ten kings” “make war with the Lamb” through the persecution they bring upon God’s last day people.

„Deset kraljeva” „ratuju s Janjetom” kroz progonstvo koje podižu protiv Božjeg naroda posljednjih dana.

> Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Psalms 2:1–5.

> Zašto se bune pogani i puci snuju ispraznost? Kraljevi se zemaljski podižu i knezovi se zajedno vijećaju protiv Gospodina i protiv Pomazanika njegova govoreći: Raskinimo okove njihove i zbacimo sa sebe sveze njihove. Onaj koji sjedi na nebesima smijat će se; Gospodin će ih izvrgnuti poruzi. Tada će im progovoriti u gnjevu svojemu i smesti ih u svojoj žestokoj srdžbi. Psalmi 2,1–5.

The persecution that is accomplished for the papacy by the kings of the earth, was also done against Christ at the cross.

Progon što su ga zemaljski kraljevi izvršili za papinstvo, također je bio izvršen protiv Krista na križu.

> Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Acts 4:25–28.

> Koji si po ustima sluge svojega Davida rekao: Zašto se pogani bune i narodi smišljaju ispraznosti? Kraljevi zemaljski ustadoše, i knezovi se okupiše zajedno protiv Gospodina i protiv Krista njegova. Jer se uistinu u ovome gradu skupiše protiv tvoga svetoga djeteta Isusa, kojega si pomazao, i Herod i Poncije Pilat, s neznabošcima i s narodima Izraelovim, da učine što god su tvoja ruka i tvoj naum unaprijed odredili da bude. Djela 4:25–28.

The “kings of the earth” that stood up against Christ at his crucifixion represents the “ten kings” of Revelation seventeen that make war with the Lamb again by persecuting his people. At the cross, those kings were the “assembly of the wicked” who “compassed” Christ, and who do so again with his last day people.

„Kraljevi zemlje“ koji su ustali protiv Krista pri njegovu raspeću predstavljaju „deset kraljeva“ iz sedamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja, koji ponovno ratuju protiv Jaganjca progoneći njegov narod. Na križu su ti kraljevi bili „zbor opakih“ koji su „opkolili“ Krista, a to ponovno čine i njegovu narodu posljednjih dana.

> For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. Psalms 22:16–18.

> Jer me opkoliše psi; zbor zlikovaca okruži me; probodoše mi ruke i noge. Mogao bih izbrojiti sve svoje kosti; oni gledaju i zure u me. Haljine moje dijele među sobom i za odjeću moju bacaju kocku. Psalmi 22:16–18.

The ten kings, who bring judgment upon the great whore burn her with fire, for she is a whore that professes to be a priest’s daughter. Those kings are also represented as “dogs,” and the ten kings will not only burn the great whore with fire, but will “eat her flesh.” The death of Jezebel was brought about when she was thrown from the wall and splattered on the ground, and then the dogs came and ate her flesh.

Deset kraljeva, koji izvršavaju sud nad velikom bludnicom, spaljuju je ognjem, jer je ona bludnica koja tvrdi da je kći svećenikova. Ti su kraljevi također prikazani kao „psi“, i deset kraljeva ne će samo spaliti veliku bludnicu ognjem, nego će i „jesti njezino meso“. Smrt Jezabele nastupila je kada je bila bačena sa zida i razmrskana o tlo, a zatim su došli psi i pojeli njezino meso.

> And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter. And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. 2 Kings 9:30–37.

> A kad Jehu dođe u Jizreel, Jezabela to ču; i naliči svoje lice, i uredi svoju glavu, te pogleda kroz prozor. I dok Jehu ulazaše na vrata, ona reče: Je li mir imao Zimri, koji ubi svoga gospodara? A on podiže lice svoje prema prozoru i reče: Tko je na mojoj strani? tko? I dva ili tri uškopljenika pogledaše prema njemu. A on reče: Bacite je dolje. I oni je baciše dolje; i nešto njezine krvi poškropi zid i konje; i on je pogazi nogama. A kad uđe, jedoše i piše, pa reče: Idite sada, pogledajte tu prokletu ženu i pokopajte je, jer je kći kraljeva. I oni odoše da je pokopaju; ali od nje ne nađoše više ništa osim lubanje, i stopala, i dlanova njezinih ruku. Zato se vratiše i javiše mu. A on reče: To je riječ Gospodnja, koju je izrekao po svome sluzi Iliji Tišbijcu, govoreći: Na području Jizreela psi će pojesti tijelo Jezabelino; i truplo Jezabelino bit će kao gnoj na licu polja na području Jizreela, tako da neće moći reći: Ovo je Jezabela. 2 Kraljevima 9:30–37.

The ten kings, who are the United Nations, whose premier king is the United States, will bring judgment upon the papacy by burning her with fire and eating her flesh. That judgment is what the angel came to show to John, and in order to do so he carried John into the history of the wilderness, but not simply a random point in the history of the wilderness, but to the very end of the period. It is evident that John was placed at the end of the twelve hundred and sixty years, for when he sees the woman she was already drunk with the blood of persecution and already identified as the mother of harlots.

Deset kraljeva, koji su Ujedinjeni narodi, čiji je glavni kralj Sjedinjene Američke Države, donijet će sud nad papinstvom tako što će je spaliti ognjem i jesti njezino meso. Taj je sud ono što je anđeo došao pokazati Ivanu, i da bi to učinio, odnio je Ivana u povijest pustinje, ali ne jednostavno na neku nasumičnu točku u povijesti pustinje, nego na sam kraj toga razdoblja. Očito je da je Ivan bio postavljen na kraj tisuću dvjesto šezdeset godina, jer kada vidi ženu, ona je već bila pijana od krvi progonstva i već označena kao majka bludnica.

> So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 17:3–6.

> I odnese me u duhu u pustinju; i vidjeh ženu gdje sjedi na zvijeri grimizne boje, punoj imena hule, koja ima sedam glava i deset rogova. A žena bijaše odjevena u purpur i grimiz, i nakićena zlatom i dragim kamenjem i biserjem, držeći u ruci zlatnu čašu punu gadosti i nečistoće svoga bluda. I na njezinu čelu bijaše napisano ime: TAJNA, VELIKI BABILON, MAJKA BLUDNICAMA I GADOSTIMA ZEMALJSKIM. I vidjeh ženu pijanu od krvi svetih i od krvi Isusovih mučenika; i kad je vidjeh, začudih se veoma. Otkrivenje 17:3–6.

The whore of Tyre, who is also the “great whore” that is represented in Revelation seventeen, was to be forgotten until the time when she would once again sing her songs and commit fornication with the kings of the earth.

Bludnica iz Tira, koja je ujedno i „velika bludnica“ prikazana u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, trebala je biti zaboravljena sve do vremena kada će ponovno pjevati svoje pjesme i bludničiti s kraljevima zemaljskim.

Any reputable dictionary that was published before 1950 identifies that the woman arrayed in scarlet in Revelation seventeen is a symbol of the Roman Catholic church, but today the world thinks the Catholic church is a Christian church. The world has forgotten who she really is.

Svaki ugledan rječnik objavljen prije 1950. navodi da je žena odjevena u skerlet iz sedamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja simbol Rimokatoličke crkve, ali danas svijet misli da je Katolička crkva kršćanska crkva. Svijet je zaboravio tko ona doista jest.

When John saw her the persecution of the Dark Ages was at its end, for she was already drunk with the blood of the saints. The natural illustrates the spiritual, and a person gets drunk after they drink, not before.

Kad ju je Ivan vidio, progonstvo mračnog srednjeg vijeka bilo je pri svome kraju, jer ona je već bila pijana od krvi svetih. Naravno predočava duhovno, a čovjek se opija nakon što pije, a ne prije.

The Protestants that broke from Catholicism centuries before 1798, had already begun their journey back to the Catholic communion by 1798, for she was identified as the “MOTHER OF HARLOTS.” When John saw her and wondered, the churches that had formerly separated from her fellowship had already returned. Thus John was carried to 1798, when the great whore already had murdered millions of Christians, and who had already seduced the former Protestant churches to accept her presumptuous claim that she was the head of the churches, as Justinian had identified her in the year 533.

Protestanti koji su se stoljećima prije 1798. odvojili od katoličanstva, već su do 1798. započeli svoj put natrag u zajedništvo s Katoličkom crkvom, jer je ona bila prepoznata kao „MAJKA BLUDNICA“. Kad ju je Ivan vidio i začudio se, crkve koje su se nekoć bile odvojile od njezina zajedništva već su joj se vratile. Tako je Ivan bio prenesen u 1798. godinu, kada je velika bludnica već bila pobila milijune kršćana i već zavela nekadašnje protestantske crkve da prihvate njezinu drsku tvrdnju da je ona glava crkava, kako ju je Justinijan označio godine 533.

From the prophetic vantage point of 1798, the angel then presented John with the last representation of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy.

S proročkoga gledišta 1798. godine, anđeo je potom Ivanu predstavio posljednji prikaz kraljevstava biblijskoga proroštva.

> And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:7–12.

> I anđeo mi reče: Zašto si se začudio? Kazat ću ti tajnu žene i Zvijeri koja je nosi, koja ima sedam glava i deset rogova. Zvijer koju si vidio bijaše, i nije, i uzaći će iz bezdana te otići u propast; i začudit će se stanovnici zemlje, kojima imena nisu zapisana u knjizi života od postanka svijeta, kad ugledaju Zvijer koja bijaše, i nije, a ipak jest. Ovdje je um koji ima mudrost. Sedam glava jesu sedam gora, na kojima žena sjedi. I jesu sedam kraljeva: pet ih pade, jedan jest, a drugi još nije došao; i kad dođe, mora ostati kratko vrijeme. A Zvijer koja bijaše, i nije, ona sama jest osmi, i od sedmorice je, i odlazi u propast. I deset rogova koje si vidio jesu deset kraljeva, koji još nisu primili kraljevstva; nego primaju vlast kao kraljevi za jedan sat sa Zvijeri. Otkrivenje 17:7–12.

A beast is a kingdom in Bible prophecy as easily identified in chapters seven and eight of Daniel, and the mystery that the angel is presenting to John is the mystery of the beast and the woman that rides upon the beast. The woman on the beast is the great whore who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. She is Jezebel and her husband is Ahab.

Zvijer je kraljevstvo u biblijskom proroštvu, što se lako prepoznaje u sedmom i osmom poglavlju Daniela, a otajstvo koje anđeo iznosi Ivanu jest otajstvo zvijeri i žene koja jaše na zvijeri. Žena na zvijeri jest velika bludnica koja bludniči s kraljevima zemaljskim. Ona je Jezabela, a njezin je muž Ahab.

> Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24.

> Stoga će čovjek ostaviti oca svojega i majku svoju i prionuti uza svoju ženu, i njih će dvoje biti jedno tijelo. Postanak 2,24.

A man is a man and a woman is a woman, but together they are one flesh. The mystery of the beast is that it is a combination of church and state, the combination of woman (church) and beast (kings) that are one kingdom, which consists of two parts. Statecraft and churchcraft combined, with the woman in control of the relationship, is the “image of the beast.” John is shown the woman being carried by the beast, for she is the one in control of the relationship.

Muškarac je muškarac, a žena je žena, ali zajedno su jedno tijelo. Tajna zvijeri jest u tome da je ona spoj Crkve i države, spoj žene (Crkve) i zvijeri (kraljeva) koji su jedno kraljevstvo, a sastoji se od dvaju dijelova. Državničko umijeće i crkveno upravljanje združeni, pri čemu žena upravlja tim odnosom, jest „slika zvijeri“. Ivanu je pokazana žena koju nosi zvijer, jer je ona ta koja upravlja tim odnosom.

> And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:18.

> A žena koju si vidio jest onaj veliki grad, koji kraljuje nad kraljevima zemlje. Otkrivenje 17:18.

Together the beast and the woman represent one kingdom (one flesh), but the angel is emphasizing the relationship of the great whore with the kings of the earth. “The beast that” “was, and is not”, which “shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition,” that “they that dwell on the earth shall wonder” after is the papacy when the great whore’s deadly wound is healed. She “was” the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy, but it was “determined” that she would receive a deadly wound in 1798.

Zvijer i žena zajedno predstavljaju jedno kraljevstvo (jedno tijelo), ali anđeo naglašava odnos velike bludnice s kraljevima zemaljskim. „Zvijer koja” „bijaše, i nije”, koja će „izaći iz bezdana i otići u propast”, i kojoj će se „diviti oni koji prebivaju na zemlji”, jest papinstvo kada smrtonosna rana velike bludnice bude izliječena. Ona „bijaše” peto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, ali bijaše „određeno” da će 1798. godine primiti smrtonosnu ranu.

When John was spiritually transported to 1798, she was “not” a beast, and “yet” when her deadly wound is healed at the end of the seventy symbolic years that conclude at the soon-coming Sunday law, she “is” again alive, singing her songs, committing fornication and murdering Christians.

Kad je Ivan bio duhovno prenesen u 1798. godinu, ona „nije” bila zvijer, a „ipak”, kad se njezina smrtna rana izliječi na kraju sedamdeset simboličnih godina koje završavaju uskoro nadolazećim nedjeljnim zakonom, ona „jest” ponovno živa, pjeva svoje pjesme, čini blud i ubija kršćane.

Chapter seventeen is the last presentation of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, and as such it must agree with the first mention of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy. The first mention of those kingdoms is found in Daniel chapter two, which is represented upon both of the charts that were a fulfillment of Habakkuk’s command to write the vision and make it plain upon tables.

Sedamnaesto poglavlje posljednji je prikaz kraljevstava biblijskog proročanstva, te se kao takvo mora slagati s prvim spominjanjem kraljevstava biblijskog proročanstva. Prvo spominjanje tih kraljevstava nalazi se u drugom poglavlju Danielove knjige, koje je prikazano na objema kartama što su bile ispunjenje Habakukove zapovijedi da se viđenje zapiše i jasno prikaže na pločama.

The Millerites were correct in their understanding of Daniel’s kingdoms of Bible prophecy as represented in chapters two, seven and eight, but their understanding was incomplete. Miller’s jewels of Daniel chapter two, shines ten times brighter in the last days, for it is recognized as identifying the first reference, not only of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, but also of the first reference of the revelation that the eighth is of the seven. Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing.

Mileriti su bili u pravu u svom razumijevanju Danielovih kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva kako su prikazana u drugom, sedmom i osmom poglavlju, ali je njihovo razumijevanje bilo nepotpuno. Milerov dragulj iz drugog poglavlja Danielove knjige sjaji deset puta jače u posljednjim danima, jer se prepoznaje kao onaj koji označava prvo upućivanje ne samo na kraljevstva biblijskog proroštva, nego i na prvo upućivanje na otkrivenje da je osmi od sedmorice. Isus uvijek prikazuje svršetak neke stvari početkom neke stvari.

All the prophets are speaking of the last days, and John, in Revelation seventeen is identifying the last earthly kingdom when he presents “the beast that” “was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition.” The beast ascends out of “the bottomless pit,” which is a symbol of a “new manifestation of satanic power.”

Svi proroci govore o posljednjim danima, a Ivan u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja prepoznaje posljednje zemaljsko kraljevstvo kada prikazuje „Zvijer koja“ „bijaše, i nije; i uzaći će iz bezdana te otići u propast.“ Zvijer uzlazi iz „bezdana“, što je simbol „novog očitovanja sotonske sile“.

> “‘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 [dovršavaju] svoje svjedočanstvo.’ Razdoblje tijekom kojega su dva svjedoka trebala prorokovati odjevena u kostrijet završilo je 1798. Dok su se približavali završetku svojega djela u skrovitosti, na njih je trebalo biti podignut 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. Ali ovdje se pred oči iznosi novo očitovanje sotonske sile.” The Great Controversy, 268.

Some of the theologians will argue that because the “beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit” in Revelation eleven, is identified in the passage as the atheism of the French Revolution, that the expression “bottomless pit” is a symbol of atheism. But Islam ascended out of the “bottomless pit” in Revelation nine, and Islam is not atheism. The bottomless pit represents a satanic manifestation.

Neki će teolozi tvrditi da je izraz „zvijer koja izlazi iz bezdana” u Otkrivenju 11, budući da je u tom odlomku poistovjećen s ateizmom Francuske revolucije, simbol ateizma. No islam je izašao iz „bezdana” u Otkrivenju 9, a islam nije ateizam. Bezdan predstavlja sotonsko očitovanje.

> “I told him that the Lord had shown me in vision that mesmerism was from the Devil, from the bottomless pit, and that it would soon go there, with those who continued to use it.” Review and Herald, July 21, 1851.

> „Rekla sam mu da mi je Gospodin u viđenju pokazao da mesmerizam potječe od đavla, iz bezdana, i da će uskoro ondje otići, zajedno s onima koji ga nastave primjenjivati.“ Review and Herald, 21. srpnja 1851.

Something from “the Devil,” is something from “the bottomless pit.” In Revelation seventeen the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit is the power that goes into perdition and those whose names are not written in the book shall wonder after. “Perdition” means eternal damnation and is represented in Revelation as the “lake of fire,” which is where the beast is cast into.

Nešto od „Đavla” jest nešto iz „bezdana”. U sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja zvijer koja izlazi iz bezdana jest sila koja odlazi u propast i kojoj će se diviti oni čija imena nisu zapisana u knjizi. „Propast” znači vječno prokletstvo i u Otkrivenju je prikazana kao „ognjeno jezero”, u koje je zvijer bačena.

> And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Revelation 19:20.

> I zvijer bi uhvaćena, i s njom lažni prorok koji je pred njom činio čudesa, kojima je zavodio one koji primiše žig zvijeri i one koji se klanjahu njezinu kipu. Oboje bijahu bačeni živi u ognjeno jezero koje gori sumporom. Otkrivenje 19:20.

In chapter thirteen the first beast that comes from the sea, which Sister White directly identifies as the papacy is identified. In that passage the world wonders after the papal beast.

U trinaestom poglavlju prepoznata je prva zvijer koja izlazi iz mora, a koju sestra White izravno poistovjećuje s papinstvom. U tom se odlomku svijet divi papinskoj zvijeri.

> And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:13.

> I vidjeh jednu od njegovih glava kao smrtno ranjenu; i njegova smrtonosna rana bijaše iscijeljena: i sav se svijet zadivi za zvijeri. Otkrivenje 13:13.

The beast of Revelation seventeen that “they that dwell on the earth shall wonder” after is the final manifestation of satanic power that occurs when the deadly wound of the papacy is healed at the soon-coming Sunday law. Every prophetic characteristic of the woman and the beast she rides upon in chapter seventeen, identifies the church of Rome, just as the dictionaries published before 1950 identified.

Zvijer iz sedamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja, za kojom će se „začuditi oni koji prebivaju na zemlji“, konačna je manifestacija sotonske sile koja nastupa kada smrtonosna rana papinstva bude izliječena u uskoro nadolazećem zakonu o nedjelji. Svaka proročka značajka žene i zvijeri na kojoj jaše u sedamnaestom poglavlju prepoznaje Rimsku crkvu, upravo onako kako su to prepoznavali rječnici objavljeni prije 1950. godine.

The beast of Revelation seventeen, is a symbol of the combination of church and state, which is the image of the beast. The beast with seven heads and ten horns is the kingdom that is composed of the ten kings (the United Nations), which the woman rides upon and rules over. The woman is the papacy, who is identified as Babylon the great, the mother of harlots. After the symbols are identified we can return to 1798; the point in history where John was carried to in order to receive the last representation of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy.

Zvijer iz sedamnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja simbol je sjedinjenja crkve i države, što je slika Zvijeri. Zvijer sa sedam glava i deset rogova jest kraljevstvo sastavljeno od deset kraljeva (Ujedinjeni narodi), na kojemu žena jaše i nad kojim vlada. Žena je papinstvo, koje je označeno kao Babilon veliki, majka bludnica. Nakon što su simboli utvrđeni, možemo se vratiti u 1798. godinu; točku u povijesti do koje je Ivan bio prenesen kako bi primio posljednji prikaz kraljevstava biblijskog proročanstva.

We shall address those kingdoms, and their representation in Daniel chapter two, in the next article.

O tim kraljevstvima i njihovu prikazu u drugom poglavlju Danielove knjige govorit ćemo u sljedećem članku.

> “Every nation that has come upon the stage of action has been permitted to occupy its place on the earth, that it might be seen whether it would fulfill the purpose of ‘the Watcher and the Holy One.’ Prophecy has traced the rise and fall of the world’s great empires—Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. With each of these, as with nations of less power, history repeated itself. Each had its period of test, each failed, its glory faded, its power departed, and its place was occupied by another.

> „Svakoj naciji koja je stupila na pozornicu djelovanja bilo je dopušteno zauzeti svoje mjesto na zemlji, da bi se vidjelo hoće li ispuniti naum ‘Stražara i Sveca’. Proročanstvo je pratilo uspon i pad velikih svjetskih carstava — Babilona, Medo-Perzije, Grčke i Rima. Sa svakim od njih, kao i s narodima manje moći, povijest se ponavljala. Svaki je imao svoje vrijeme kušnje, svaki je podbacio, njegova je slava izblijedjela, njegova je moć iščezla, a njegovo je mjesto zauzeo drugi.״

> “While the nations rejected God’s principles, and in this rejection wrought their own ruin, it was still manifest that the divine, overruling purpose was working through all their movements.” Education, 177.

> „Dok su narodi odbacivali Božja načela i u tom odbacivanju prouzročili vlastitu propast, ipak je bilo očito da se božanska, vrhovna namjera ostvarivala kroz sva njihova kretanja.” Odgoj, 177.

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