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# The Book of Daniel - Number Thirty-Eight

Knjiga proroka Daniela – broj trideset osam

Unveiling the Jewels: William Miller’s Prophetic Dream and the Restoration of Truth

Otkrivanje dragulja: proročki san Williama Millera i obnova istine

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Jeff Pippenger

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In Miller’s dream he was sent a casket by an unseen hand. In his dream he was led to understand the dimensions of the casket as “six square” by “ten inches.” Ten multiplied by six squared equates to three hundred and sixty, which represents the days in a prophetic year. Miller was given a casket that contained the message he was to proclaim, and the message he was to proclaim was based upon the principle that a day in Bible prophecy represents a year. The casket was the Bible, and for Miller the Bible was to be viewed in the dimension of the “day-for-a-year” principle of Bible prophecy.

U Millerovu snu nevidljiva mu je ruka poslala škrinjicu. U svojem je snu bio naveden da razumije dimenzije škrinjice kao „šest kvadratnih” sa „deset palaca”. Deset pomnoženo sa šest na kvadrat iznosi tristo šezdeset, što predstavlja dane u proročkoj godini. Milleru je bila dana škrinjica koja je sadržavala poruku koju je trebao objaviti, a poruka koju je trebao objaviti temeljila se na načelu da jedan dan u biblijskom proročanstvu predstavlja jednu godinu. Škrinjica je bila Biblija, i za Millera je Bibliju trebalo promatrati u dimenziji načela „dan-za-godinu” biblijskog proročanstva.

> “Connected with the Word of God there is a key that unlocks the precious casket, to our satisfaction and delight. I feel thankful for every ray of light. In the future, experiences now to us very mysterious will be explained. Some experiences we may never fully comprehend until this mortal shall put on immortality.” Manuscript Releases, volume 17, 261.

> „S Božjom Riječju povezan je ključ koji otvara dragocjeni kovčežić, na naše zadovoljstvo i radost. Osjećam zahvalnost za svaku zraku svjetlosti. U budućnosti će se objasniti iskustva koja su nam sada veoma tajanstvena. Neka iskustva možda nikada nećemo potpuno shvatiti sve dok se ovo smrtno ne obuče u besmrtnost.“ Manuscript Releases, svezak 17, 261.

There was a “key” attached to the casket in Miller’s dream which represented the methodology that Miller was led to employ.

U Millerovu snu bio je uz kovčeg pričvršćen „ključ“ koji je predstavljao metodologiju koju je Miller bio naveden primijeniti.

> “Those who are engaged in proclaiming the third angel’s message are searching the Scriptures upon the same plan that Father Miller adopted. In the little book entitled Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, Father Miller gives the following simple but intelligent and important rules for Bible study and interpretation:—

> „Oni koji su angažirani u objavljivanju poruke trećega anđela istražuju Sveto pismo prema istom načelu koje je usvojio otac Miller. U maloj knjizi pod naslovom Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, otac Miller iznosi sljedeća jednostavna, ali razborita i važna pravila za proučavanje i tumačenje Biblije:—“

> “[Rules one through five quoted.]

> „[Citirana pravila od jedan do pet.]“

> “The above is a portion of these rules; and in our study of the Bible we shall all do well to heed the principles set forth.” Review and Herald, November 25, 1884.

> „Navedeno je dio ovih pravila; i u našem proučavanju Biblije svi ćemo dobro učiniti ako obratimo pozornost na iznesena načela.” Review and Herald, 25. studenoga 1884.

When Miller opened the casket, he found “all sorts and sizes of jewels, diamonds, precious stones, and gold and silver coin of every dimension and value, beautifully arranged in their several places in the casket; and thus arranged they reflected a light and glory equaled only to the sun.” Miller discovered the jewels of truths that make up the foundational truths of Adventism. The truths he found were “arranged” in perfect order and reflected the light of the sun.

Kad je Miller otvorio kovčeg, našao je „svakovrsno i svakoveličinsko dragulje, dijamante, drago kamenje te zlatan i srebrn novac svake veličine i vrijednosti, lijepo raspoređene na svojim pojedinim mjestima u kovčegu; i tako raspoređeni odražavali su svjetlost i slavu kojoj je jedino sunce bilo ravno.” Miller je otkrio dragulje istina koje sačinjavaju temeljne istine adventizma. Istine koje je pronašao bile su „raspoređene” u savršenom redu i odražavale su svjetlost sunca.

Miller then placed the truths “on a center table” and called all to “come and see.” “Come and see,” is a symbol drawn from the opening of the seals in the book of Revelation, and Miller represents the wise that understand the message of Daniel that was unsealed in 1798. The truths that Miller placed upon the table, were the unsealed truths from the book of Daniel that had been unsealed by the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and were to test the generation that was alive when they were unsealed. For this reason, the four beasts of Revelation associated with the first four seals, and Miller, called out for that generation to “come and see.”

Miller je tada stavio istine „na središnji stol” i pozvao sve da „dođu i vide”. „Dođi i vidi” simbol je preuzet iz otvaranja pečata u knjizi Otkrivenja, a Miller predstavlja mudre koji razumiju poruku Daniela koja je bila otpečaćena 1798. godine. Istine koje je Miller stavio na stol bile su otpečaćene istine iz knjige Daniela, koje je otpečatio Lav iz plemena Judina, i trebale su iskušati naraštaj koji je bio živ kada su bile otpečaćene. Iz toga razloga četiri zvijeri iz Otkrivenja, povezane s prva četiri pečata, i Miller, pozvali su taj naraštaj da „dođe i vidi”.

> And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Revelation 6:1–8.

> I vidjeh kad Jaganjac otvori jedan od pečata, i začuh, kao huku groma, jedno od četiri bića gdje govori: Dođi i vidi. I pogledah, i gle, konj bijel; i onaj koji sjedaše na njemu imao je luk; i dade mu se kruna; i iziđe pobjeđujući i da pobijedi. A kad otvori drugi pečat, začuh drugo biće gdje govori: Dođi i vidi. I iziđe drugi konj, riđ; i onomu koji sjedaše na njemu bijaše dano da uzme mir sa zemlje, i da ubijaju jedni druge; i dade mu se velik mač. A kad otvori treći pečat, začuh treće biće gdje govori: Dođi i vidi. I vidjeh, i gle, konj crn; i onaj koji sjedaše na njemu imao je vagu u svojoj ruci. I začuh glas usred četiri bića gdje govori: Mjera pšenice za denar, i tri mjere ječma za denar; a ulju i vinu ne naudi. A kad otvori četvrti pečat, začuh glas četvrtoga bića gdje govori: Dođi i vidi. I pogledah, i gle, konj blijed; i ime onomu koji sjedaše na njemu bijaše Smrt, a Pakao iđaše za njim. I dade im se vlast nad četvrtim dijelom zemlje, da ubijaju mačem, i glađu, i smrću, i zvijerima zemaljskim. Otkrivenje 6:1–8.

It was Christ, represented as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, who unsealed the book sealed with seven seals in the book of Revelation, and it was the Lion of the tribe of Judah that unsealed the jewels that Miller placed upon the table, and then proclaimed for all to “come and see.”

Krist, predstavljen kao Lav iz Judina plemena, bio je taj koji je otpečatio knjigu zapečaćenu sa sedam pečata u knjizi Otkrivenja, i Lav iz Judina plemena bio je taj koji je otpečatio dragulje koje je Miller položio na stol, a zatim proglasio svima da „dođu i vide”.

The truths he discovered were graphically illustrated upon the 1843 pioneer chart, which Sister White said was directed by the hand of the Lord, which was the same unseen hand that had brought Miller the casket full of jewels. The three hundred charts that were produced in 1842, were a fulfillment of Habakkuk’s command to write the vision and make it plain upon tables. Miller’s table in the center of his room represented the three hundred charts (tables) the Millerite messengers took to the world in 1842 and 1843. That chart, along with the 1850 pioneer chart, were the “tables” of Habakkuk chapter two.

Istine koje je otkrio bile su zorno prikazane na pionirskoj karti iz 1843., za koju je sestra White rekla da je bila vođena rukom Gospodnjom, istom onom nevidljivom rukom koja je Milleru donijela kovčežić pun dragulja. Tri stotine karata koje su bile izrađene 1842. bile su ispunjenje Habakukove zapovijedi da se viđenje zapiše i jasno izloži na pločama. Millerov stol u središtu njegove sobe predstavljao je tri stotine karata (ploča) koje su mileritski vjesnici odnijeli svijetu 1842. i 1843. Ta karta, zajedno s pionirskom kartom iz 1850., bile su „ploče” iz drugog poglavlja Habakuka.

> “It was the united testimony of Second Advent lecturers and papers, when standing on ‘the original faith,’ that the publication of the chart was a fulfillment of Habakkuk 2:2, 3. If the chart was a subject of prophecy (and those who deny it leave the original faith), then it follows that BC 457 was the year from which to date the 2300 days. It was necessary that 1843 should be the first published time in order that ‘the vision’ should ‘tarry,’ or that there should be a tarrying time, in which the virgin band was to slumber and sleep on the great subject of time, just before they were to be aroused by the Midnight Cry.” James White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Volume 1, Number 2.

> „Bilo je to zajedničko svjedočanstvo predavača i tiskovina o Drugom adventu, dok su stajali na ‘izvornoj vjeri’, da je objavljivanje karte bilo ispunjenje Habakuka 2,2.3. Ako je karta bila predmet proročanstva (a oni koji to niječu napuštaju izvornu vjeru), tada iz toga slijedi da je 457. pr. Kr. bila godina od koje treba računati 2300 dana. Bilo je nužno da 1843. bude prvo objavljeno vrijeme kako bi ‘viđenje’ moglo ‘oklijevati’, odnosno da bi postojalo vrijeme odgode, u kojem je družina djevica trebala drijemati i spavati glede velikog predmeta vremena, neposredno prije nego što će biti probuđena Ponoćnim poklikom.” James White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, svezak 1, broj 2.

The people who began to respond to the message (jewels) that was thereafter represented on Habakkuk’s table, were at first a few, but with the confirmation of the day-for-a-year principle on August 11, 1840, the people “increased to a crowd.”

Ljudi koji su počeli odgovarati na poruku (dragulji), koja je potom bila prikazana na Habakukovoj ploči, isprva su bili malobrojni, ali s potvrdom načela dan-za-godinu 11. kolovoza 1840. narod se „umnožio u mnoštvo“.

> “At the very time specified, Turkey, through her ambassadors, accepted the protection of the allied powers of Europe, and thus placed herself under the control of Christian nations. 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, 334, 335.

> „Upravo u određeno vrijeme Turska je, preko svojih veleposlanika, prihvatila zaštitu savezničkih sila Europe te se tako stavila pod nadzor kršćanskih naroda. Taj je događaj točno ispunio proročanstvo. Kad je to postalo poznato, mnoštvo se uvjerilo u ispravnost načela proročkog tumačenja koja su prihvatili Miller i njegovi suradnici, a adventnom pokretu dan je čudesan poticaj. Ljudi od znanja i ugleda pridružili su se Milleru, kako u propovijedanju tako i u objavljivanju njegovih gledišta, i od 1840. do 1844. djelo se brzo širilo.” The Great Controversy, 334, 335.

Then the crowd began to trouble the jewels. At that point Miller is going to identify the scattering of the jewels. The word “scatter” is one of the primary symbols of Leviticus twenty-six’s “seven times,” and Miller employs some variation of the word “scatter” ten times in the presentation of his dream. “Ten” is the symbol of a test, and marks the correct understanding of the symbolic meaning of Miller’s “scattered” jewels as a prophetic test for those upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Tada je mnoštvo počelo uznemiravati dragulje. U tom će trenutku Miller prepoznati raspršivanje dragulja. Riječ „raspršiti” jedan je od glavnih simbola „sedam vremena” iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest, a Miller u izlaganju svojega sna deset puta rabi neki oblik riječi „raspršiti”. „Deset” je simbol kušnje i označava ispravno razumijevanje simboličkoga značenja Millerovih „raspršenih” dragulja kao proročkoga ispita za one na koje su došli svršeci svijeta.

The rejection of the jewel of the “seven times” was the first jewel set aside by Laodicean Adventism as they failed the test of Moses’ “scattering,” which had been presented by Elijah (Miller), in 1863. From that point on the jewels were to be increasingly scattered, mixed with counterfeits and ultimately fully covered up. The covering up of the precious jewels would ultimately reach a point where the casket (the Bible) would be destroyed.

Odbacivanje dragulja „sedam vremena” bilo je prvi dragulj koji je laodicejski adventizam odbacio kada je 1863. pao na ispitu Mojsijeva „raspršenja”, koji je bio iznesen po Iliji (Milleru). Od toga trenutka dragulji su trebali biti sve više raspršivani, miješani s krivotvorinama i na koncu posve prekriveni. Prekrivanje dragocjenih dragulja naposljetku će dosegnuti točku u kojoj će kovčežić (Biblija) biti uništen.

In Miller’s dream there is a marked distinction between the first “seven times” the word “scatter” is employed by Miller, and the last three times he uses the word. After he mentions “scatter” “seven times,” he “became wholly discouraged and disheartened, and sat down and wept.”

U Millerovu snu postoji jasno izražena razlika između prvih „sedam puta” kada Miller upotrebljava riječ „raspršiti”, i posljednja tri puta kada se služi tom riječju. Nakon što je „sedam puta” spomenuo „raspršiti”, „postao je posve obeshrabren i klonuo duhom, te sjeo i zaplakao.”

Before Christ, represented as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, began his work of unsealing the book that was sealed with seven seals in the book of Revelation, John wept. John and Miller both wept when they understood the casket (God’s Word) had been buried up by counterfeit jewels.

Prije nego što je Krist, predstavljen kao Lav iz plemena Judina, započeo svoje djelo otvaranja knjige zapečaćene sa sedam pečata u knjizi Otkrivenja, Ivan je plakao. I Ivan i Miller plakali su kada su shvatili da je kovčežić (Božja Riječ) bio zatrpan krivotvorenim draguljima.

> And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Revelation 5:1–5.

> I vidjeh u desnici Onoga koji sjedi na prijestolju knjigu ispisanu iznutra i izvana, zapečaćenu sa sedam pečata. I vidjeh snažna anđela gdje glasno proglašava: Tko je dostojan otvoriti knjigu i razlomiti njezine pečate? I nitko na nebu, ni na zemlji, ni pod zemljom, nije mogao otvoriti knjigu niti u nju pogledati. I mnogo sam plakao, jer se ne nađe nitko dostojan otvoriti i čitati knjigu, niti u nju pogledati. Tada mi jedan od starješina reče: Ne plači! Evo, pobijedio je Lav iz plemena Judina, Korijen Davidov, da otvori knjigu i razlomi njezinih sedam pečata. Otkrivenje 5:1–5.

Once the escalating rejection of the jewels that Miller discovered and presented to the world reached the point where the Bible (the casket) was destroyed, then Miller wept.

Kad je sve snažnije odbacivanje dragulja koje je Miller otkrio i predstavio svijetu doseglo točku na kojoj je Biblija (kovčežić) bila uništena, tada je Miller zaplakao.

> “I then saw that among the genuine jewels and coin they had scattered an innumerable quantity of spurious jewels and counterfeit coin. I was highly incensed at their base conduct and ingratitude, and reproved and reproached them for it; but the more I reproved, the more they scattered the spurious jewels and false coin among the genuine.

> „Tada sam vidio da su među prave dragulje i kovani novac razasuli bezbrojnu množinu lažnih dragulja i krivotvorena novca. Bio sam silno ogorčen njihovim podlim postupanjem i nezahvalnošću te sam ih zbog toga ukorio i prekorio; ali što sam ih više koriо, to su više među prave dragulje i pravi novac razasipali lažne dragulje i krivotvoren novac.״

> “I then became vexed in my physical soul and began to use physical force to push them out of the room; but while I was pushing out one, three more would enter and bring in dirt and shavings and sand and all manner of rubbish, until they covered every one of the true jewels, diamonds, and coins, which were all excluded from sight. They also tore in pieces my casket and scattered it among the rubbish. I thought no man regarded my sorrow or my anger. I became wholly discouraged and disheartened, and sat down and wept.”

> „Tada sam se uznemirio u svojoj tjelesnoj duši i počeo primjenjivati tjelesnu silu da ih istjeram iz sobe; ali dok sam istjerivao jednoga, ulazila bi još trojica i unosila prljavštinu i strugotine i pijesak i svakovrstan otpad, sve dok nisu prekrili sve prave dragulje, dijamante i novčiće, tako da su svi bili uklonjeni iz vidokruga. Također su rastrgali moju škrinjicu i razbacali je među otpadom. Mislio sam da nitko ne mari za moju žalost ni za moj gnjev. Posve sam klonuo i obeshrabrio se te sjeo i zaplakao.”

At this point in his dream the word “scatter” has been employed “seven times.” The last three occurrences are distinct, from the first seven, thus placing a prophetic signature upon the seven scatterings as a symbol of the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty six. Miller’s second dream, as with Nebuchadnezzar’s second dream, symbolically identifies the “seven times.”

U ovome je trenutku u njegovu snu riječ „raspršiti” upotrijebljena „sedam puta”. Posljednja tri pojavljivanja razlikuju se od prvih sedam, te tako stavljaju proročki pečat na sedam raspršenja kao simbol „sedam vremena” iz Levitskoga zakonika dvadeset šest. Millerov drugi san, kao i Nabukodonozorov drugi san, simbolički prepoznaje „sedam vremena”.

As with John in Revelation chapter five, when Miller wept, the dirt brush man (the Lion of the tribe of Judah), then “opened a door” and entered the room. The visual representation of the Father holding the book which was sealed with seven seals, that no man could open, and that had caused John to weep, began in verse one of chapter four.

Kao i kod Ivana u petom poglavlju Otkrivenja, kad je Miller zaplakao, čovjek sa četkom za prašinu (Lav iz plemena Judina) tada je „otvorio vrata“ i ušao u prostoriju. Vizualni prikaz Oca koji drži knjigu zapečaćenu sa sedam pečata, koju nitko nije mogao otvoriti i koja je navela Ivana da plače, započeo je u prvom retku četvrtoga poglavlja.

> After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. Revelation 4:1.

> Nakon ovoga pogledah, i gle, vrata bijahu otvorena na nebu; i prvi glas koji čuh bijaše kao glas trube koja govoraše sa mnom; i reče: Uziđi ovamo, i pokazat ću ti što se ima dogoditi nakon ovoga. Otkrivenje 4,1.

Miller wept and saw a door opened. “While I was thus weeping and mourning for my great loss and accountability, I remembered God, and earnestly prayed that He would send me help. Immediately the door opened, and a man entered the room, when the people all left it; and he, having a dirt brush in his hand, opened the windows, and began to brush the dirt and rubbish from the room.” The Lion of the tribe of Judah and the dirt brush man arrived at the opening of a door, when John and Miller wept. The opening of a door is a symbol of a dispensational change.

Miller je plakao i vidio otvorena vrata. „Dok sam tako plakao i tugovao zbog svojega velikog gubitka i odgovornosti, sjetih se Boga te usrdno molih da mi pošalje pomoć. Odmah se vrata otvoriše i čovjek uđe u sobu, dok je sav narod izišao iz nje; a on, držeći u ruci četku za prašinu, otvori prozore i poče čistiti prašinu i smeće iz sobe.” Lav iz plemena Judina i čovjek s četkom za prašinu pojavili su se pri otvaranju vrata, kada su Ivan i Miller plakali. Otvaranje vrata simbol je promjene razdoblja upravljanja.

With Miller, he wept and a door was opened, but he also prayed. “I became wholly discouraged and disheartened, and sat down and wept. While I was thus weeping and mourning for my great loss and accountability, I remembered God, and earnestly prayed that He would send me help. Immediately the door opened, and a man entered the room, when the people all left it; and he, having a dirt brush in his hand, opened the windows, and began to brush the dirt and rubbish from the room.”

S Millerom je plakao i vrata su se otvorila, ali se također molio. „Postao sam posve obeshrabren i klonuo duhom te sam sjeo i zaplakao. Dok sam tako plakao i tugovao zbog svojega velikog gubitka i odgovornosti, sjetih se Boga te usrdno molih da mi pošalje pomoć. Odmah su se vrata otvorila, i jedan čovjek uđe u sobu, dok su je svi ljudi napustili; a on, držeći u ruci četku za prašinu, otvori prozore i poče čistiti prašinu i otpatke iz sobe.”

The prayer that is a waymark in the history of the last days, is the prayer marked by Daniel and the three worthies in chapter two, and also by Daniel in chapter nine. It is the Leviticus twenty-six prayer of the “seven times,” which the two witnesses of Revelation eleven are to pray when they realize that they had been scattered. The two witnesses are to repeat what Daniel had done in chapter nine, when he recognized that he had been “scattered” in fulfillment of the curse of Moses. The two witnesses are to repeat what Miller illustrated in his dream when he reached the point where his jewels had been scattered “seven times.”

Molitva koja je putokaz u povijesti posljednjih dana jest molitva označena Danielom i trojicom dostojnika u drugom poglavlju, a također i Danielom u devetom poglavlju. To je molitva iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest, molitva „sedam vremena“, koju dva svjedoka iz Otkrivenja jedanaest trebaju moliti kada shvate da su bili raspršeni. Dva svjedoka trebaju ponoviti ono što je Daniel učinio u devetom poglavlju, kada je prepoznao da je bio „raspršen“ u ispunjenju Mojsijeva prokletstva. Dva svjedoka trebaju ponoviti ono što je Miller prikazao u svom snu kada je došao do točke u kojoj su njegovi dragulji bili raspršeni „sedam puta“.

When that prayer is marked a door is opened, the dirt brush man arrives, and the room is empty. The wicked crowd were gone, and a new dispensation had arrived. Then the Lion of the tribe of Judah, whose fan is in His hand, “opened the windows, and began to brush the dirt and rubbish from the room,” and as “he brushed the dirt and rubbish, false jewels and counterfeit coin, all rose and went out of the window like a cloud, and the wind carried them away.”

Kada je ta molitva obilježena, otvaraju se vrata, dolazi čovjek s četkom za prljavštinu, a soba ostaje prazna. Opako mnoštvo bijaše otišlo, i nastupilo je novo razdoblje. Tada je Lav iz plemena Judina, kojemu je vijača u ruci, „otvorio prozore i počeo mesti prljavštinu i smeće iz sobe“, a dok je „metao prljavštinu i smeće, lažni dragulji i krivotvoren novac, sve se podiglo i izišlo kroz prozor kao oblak, i vjetar ih je odnio.“

The open windows also mark a division, for as the rubbish is carried out of the window, those who have fulfilled the command found in Malachi, that directs the “priests” of the last days to, “bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” The open door and the open windows represent a change in dispensation that is fulfilled at the time the wicked priests are removed, and the righteous priests are being blessed.

Otvoreni prozori također označuju razdvajanje, jer kao što se smeće iznosi kroz prozor, tako su oni koji su ispunili zapovijed iz Malahije, koja „svećenicima“ posljednjih dana nalaže: „Donesite sve desetine u spremište, da bude hrane u mojoj kući, i okušajte me sada u tome, veli Jahve nad Vojskama, neću li vam otvoriti ustave nebeske i izliti na vas blagoslov toliko obilan da ga nećete moći primiti.“ Otvorena vrata i otvoreni prozori predstavljaju promjenu u rasporedbi vremena milosti koja se ispunjava u vrijeme kada se uklanjaju opaki svećenici, a pravedni svećenici primaju blagoslov.

As the dirt brush man begins to purge his floor, Miller closes his eyes for a moment. “In the bustle I closed my eyes for a moment; when I opened them, the rubbish was all gone. The precious jewels, the diamonds, the gold and silver coins, lay scattered in profusion all over the room.” The precious and the vile were then fully separated.

Kad čovjek s četkom za prašinu počne čistiti svoj pod, Miller na trenutak zatvara oči. „U vrevi sam na trenutak zatvorio oči; kad sam ih otvorio, svega smeća više nije bilo. Dragocjeni dragulji, dijamanti, zlatnici i srebrnjaci ležali su razasuti u obilju po cijeloj sobi.” Tada su dragocjeno i bezvrijedno bili posve razdvojeni.

The larger casket was then placed upon the table, and the scattered jewels were cast into it. “He then placed on the table a casket, much larger and more beautiful than the former, and gathered up the jewels, the diamonds, the coins, by the handful, and cast them into the casket, till not one was left, although some of the diamonds were not bigger than the point of a pin.” Miller’s foundational truths were then brought together with not only the Bible, but with the Spirit of Prophecy, and those truths were more beautiful and brighter than they originally were.

Zatim je veći kovčežić bio stavljen na stol, a rasuto je dragulje bilo ubačeno u nj. „Tada je na stol stavio kovčežić, mnogo veći i ljepši od prijašnjega, te je pregrštima skupljao dragulje, dijamante, novčiće, i ubacivao ih u kovčežić, sve dok nijedan nije ostao, premda neki od dijamanata nisu bili veći od vrška igle.“ Millerove temeljne istine tada su bile sabrane zajedno ne samo s Biblijom, nego i s Duhom proroštva, i te su istine bile ljepše i sjajnije nego što su izvorno bile.

As we evaluate the vision of the Ulai River in the terms of the message that was unsealed in 1798, it is to be understood that some of those truths were limited by the framework given to Miller. It is also to be expected that some of those truths will therefore be larger and more beautiful, even though some of them might appear small or minor.

Dok vrednujemo viđenje rijeke Ulai u svjetlu poruke koja je bila otpečaćena 1798. godine, treba razumjeti da su neke od tih istina bile ograničene okvirom danim Milleru. Također treba očekivati da će neke od tih istina stoga biti veće i ljepše, premda bi se neke od njih mogle činiti malenima ili neznatnima.

When the truths are restored, they are cast into a larger casket, then the call is once again made, not by Miller, but by Christ, (who is the dirt brush man, who is the Lion of the tribe of Judah) to, “come and see.” This identifies that an unsealing has just taken place, and the final unsealing is the Revelation of Jesus Christ that takes place just before probation closes, or as Sister White identifies, when the dirt brush man has entered.

Kad se istine obnove, polažu se u veći kovčežić, a tada se ponovno upućuje poziv, ne od Millera, nego od Krista (koji je čovjek s četkom za prašinu, koji je Lav iz plemena Judina) da „dođi i vidiš“. To pokazuje da se upravo dogodilo otpečaćenje, a konačno otpečaćenje jest Otkrivenje Isusa Krista koje se zbiva neposredno prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme milosti, ili, kako to sestra White označava, kada je čovjek s četkom za prašinu ušao.

> “I looked into the casket, but my eyes were dazzled with the sight. They shone with ten times their former glory. I thought they had been scoured in the sand by the feet of those wicked persons who had scattered and trod them in the dust. They were arranged in beautiful order in the casket, everyone in its place, without any visible pains of the man who cast them in. I shouted with very joy, and that shout awoke me.” Early Writings, 83.

> „Pogledala sam u kovčežić, ali oči su mi bile zaslijepljene prizorom. Sjajile su deset puta većom slavom nego prije. Mislila sam da su u pijesku izglancane nogama onih opakih osoba koje su ih razasule i pogazile u prah. Bile su složene u prekrasnom redu u kovčežiću, svaka na svome mjestu, bez ikakva vidljiva traga rada čovjeka koji ih je bacio unutra. Viknula sam od same radosti, i taj me usklik probudio.” Early Writings, 83.

The tarrying time and the first disappointment arrived on July 18, 2020, and since July of 2023, the Lion of the tribe of Judah has been unsealing the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. That unsealing includes the book of Daniel, and we will finish our consideration of Miller’s dream in the next article.

Vrijeme otezanja i prvo razočaranje nastupili su 18. srpnja 2020., a od srpnja 2023. Lav iz Judina plemena skida pečate s poruke Otkrivenja Isusa Krista. To skidanje pečata uključuje i knjigu proroka Daniela, a naše razmatranje Millerova sna dovršit ćemo u sljedećem članku.

The work of the dirt brush man is carried out in cooperation with the “wise priests”, and the work of those “priests”, who are the two witnesses of Revelation chapter eleven, and who are the resurrected dead bones of Ezekiel chapter thirty-seven are also represented by other lines of God’s Word. We will employ a few of those lines as second witnesses for what we have identified concerning William Miller’s second dream.

Djelo čovjeka s četkom za prašinu izvršava se u suradnji s „mudrim svećenicima“, a djelo tih „svećenika“, koji su dva svjedoka iz jedanaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja i koji su uskrsle mrtve kosti iz trideset sedmoga poglavlja Ezekiela, također je predočeno drugim linijama Božje Riječi. Poslužit ćemo se nekima od tih linija kao drugim svjedocima za ono što smo utvrdili u vezi s drugim snom Williama Millera.

> “The Scriptures are given for our benefit that we may have instruction in righteousness. Precious rays of light have been obscured by the clouds of error, but Christ is ready to sweep away the mists of error and superstition, and to reveal to us the brightness of the Father’s glory, so that we shall say as did the disciples, ‘Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way?’” Publishing Ministry, 68.

> „Pisma su nam dana za našu korist kako bismo imali pouku u pravednosti. Dragocjene zrake svjetlosti bile su zamračene oblacima zablude, ali Krist je spreman razagnati magle zablude i praznovjerja te nam otkriti sjaj Očeve slave, tako da ćemo reći kao što su rekli učenici: ‘Nije li gorjelo srce u nama dok nam je putem govorio?’” Publishing Ministry, 68.

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