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# The Eighth is of the Seven - Number Three

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Daniel Two

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 17, 2023

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The question we will seek to resolve in this article is how the first mention of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy in Daniel chapter two agrees with the last mention of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy in Revelation seventeen. I intend to raise some questions about what is actually identified in Nebuchadnezzar’s image and the pioneer’s position, that their history represented the point when the rock would strike the feet of the image.

Pitanje koje ćemo nastojati razriješiti u ovome članku jest kako se prvi spomen kraljevstava biblijskoga proročanstva u drugom poglavlju Danielove knjige slaže s posljednjim spomenom kraljevstava biblijskoga proročanstva u sedamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja. Namjeravam postaviti neka pitanja o tome što je zapravo predočeno u Nabukodonozorovu kipu i o stajalištu pionira da je njihova povijest predstavljala trenutak kada će stijena udariti u stopala kipa.

Sister White identifies that we had reached the point where “God’s sacred work is represented by the feet of the image in which the iron was mixed with the miry clay,” which she further describes as the “mingling of churchcraft and statecraft.”

Sestra White utvrđuje da smo dosegli točku u kojoj je „Božje sveto djelo prikazano stopalima kipa u kojima je željezo bilo pomiješano s kaljavom glinom“, što ona dalje opisuje kao „miješanje crkvenjaštva i državničke politike“.

> “We have come to a time when God’s sacred work is represented by the feet of the image in which the iron was mixed with the miry clay. God has a people, a chosen people, whose discernment must be sanctified, who must not become unholy by laying upon the foundation wood, hay, and stubble. Every soul who is loyal to the commandments of God will see that the distinguishing feature of our faith is the seventh-day Sabbath. If the government would honor the Sabbath as God has commanded, it would stand in the strength of God and in defense of the faith once delivered to the saints. But statesmen will uphold the spurious sabbath, and will mingle their religious faith with the observance of this child of the papacy, placing it above the Sabbath which the Lord has sanctified and blessed, setting it apart for man to keep holy, as a sign between Him and His people to a thousand generations. The mingling of churchcraft and statecraft is represented by the iron and the clay. This union is weakening all the power of the churches. This investing the church with the power of the state will bring evil results. Men have almost passed the point of God’s forbearance. They have invested their strength in politics, and have united with the papacy. But the time will come when God will punish those who have made void His law, and their evil work will recoil upon themselves.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1168.

> „Došli smo u vrijeme kada je Božje sveto djelo predočeno stopalima kipa u kojima je željezo bilo pomiješano s ilovačom. Bog ima narod, izabrani narod, čije razlučivanje mora biti posvećeno, koji ne smije postati neposvećen polažući na temelj drvo, sijeno i slamu. Svaka duša koja je odana Božjim zapovijedima vidjet će da je osobito obilježje naše vjere subota sedmoga dana. Kad bi vlast odavala čast suboti kako je Bog zapovjedio, stajala bi u Božjoj snazi i u obrani vjere jednom predane svetima. Ali će državnici podupirati krivotvorenu subotu i pomiješat će svoju vjersku vjeru s obdržavanjem toga djeteta papinstva, stavljajući je iznad subote koju je Gospodin posvetio i blagoslovio, odvojivši je da je čovjek svetkuje kao znak između Njega i Njegova naroda kroz tisuću naraštaja. Miješanje crkvenjaštva i državne politike predočeno je željezom i ilovačom. Ova unija slabi svu moć crkava. To što se crkvu zaodijeva vlašću države donijet će zle posljedice. Ljudi su gotovo prekoračili granicu Božje strpljivosti. Uložili su svoju snagu u politiku i ujedinili se s papinstvom. Ali doći će vrijeme kada će Bog kazniti one koji su obezvrijedili Njegov zakon, i njihovo će se zlo djelo oboriti na njih same.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1168.

The time which we have come to when God’s sacred work is mingling churchcraft and statecraft, is a description of a progressive period of time. She says the mingling “is weakening all the power of the churches,” and it “will bring evil results,” and that “the time will come when God will punish those who have made void His law.”

Vrijeme u koje smo došli, kada se Božje sveto djelo miješa s crkvenim upravljanjem i državnim upravljanjem, opis je jednog postupnog razdoblja. Ona kaže da to miješanje „slabi svu snagu crkava“, da će „donijeti zle posljedice“ i da će „doći vrijeme kada će Bog kazniti one koji su obezvrijedili Njegov zakon“.

The mingling of church and state that weakens the power of the churches is a description of the church of Pergamos, where the combining of churchcraft and statecraft represented the falling away that precedes the revealing of the man of sin. Pergamos and the emperor that symbolizes the compromise between Christianity and idolatry takes place in the fourth kingdom of Daniel two. That compromise is represented in Daniel two with the use of the word “clay.”

Miješanje crkve i države koje slabi moć crkava opis je crkve u Pergamu, gdje je povezivanje crkvene i državne politike predstavljalo otpad koji prethodi otkrivenju čovjeka grijeha. Pergam i car koji simbolizira kompromis između kršćanstva i idolopoklonstva pojavljuju se u četvrtom kraljevstvu iz Daniela 2. Taj je kompromis u Danielu 2 prikazan uporabom riječi „glina”.

> Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Daniel 2:31–34.

> Ti si, o kralju, gledao, i gle, lik velik. Taj veliki lik, kojemu je sjaj bio izvrstan, stajao je pred tobom; i obličje mu bijaše strašno. Glava toga lika bijaše od čistoga zlata, prsa njegova i ruke njegove od srebra, trbuh njegov i bedra njegova od mjedi, Noge njegove od željeza, stopala njegova dijelom od željeza, a dijelom od gline. Ti si gledao dok se ne odvali kamen bez ruku, koji udari lik u njegova stopala od željeza i gline te ih razbi na komade. Daniel 2:31–34.

As Daniel’s interpretation continues it is no longer “clay” but it became dirty or “miry clay.”

Kako se Danielovo tumačenje nastavlja, više nije riječ o „glini“, nego je ona postala prljava ili „gnjecava glina“.

> And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. Daniel 2:41.

> A što si vidio stopala i prste, dijelom od lončarske gline, a dijelom od željeza, kraljevstvo će biti razdijeljeno; ali u njemu će biti nešto od čvrstoće željeza, budući da si vidio željezo pomiješano s ilovastom glinom. Daniel 2:41.

The pure clay which was the Potter’s clay changes to miry clay. God is the Divine Potter and His work is never miry.

Čista glina, koja bijaše lončareva glina, pretvara se u glibovitu glinu. Bog je božanski Lončar i Njegovo djelo nikada nije glibovito.

> But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8.

> Ali sada, Gospode, ti si naš Otac; mi smo glina, a ti naš lončar; i svi smo djelo tvoje ruke. Izaija 64,8.

In the history of pagan Rome, the church of Smyrna was pure clay. In the history of Pergamos, which is the fourth kingdom in Daniel two, the clay changes into miry clay. What is first mentioned in the passage as simply “clay”, and thereafter “potter’s clay”, changes into “miry clay”, as the interpretation continues. Pergamos is where that change was accomplished in order to prepare the way for Thyatira, or papal Rome. The change from “clay” into “miry clay” is the falling away that prepares the way for Thyatira, which Paul identifies as the “falling away first” in 2 Thessalonians.

U povijesti poganskoga Rima crkva u Smirni bila je čista glina. U povijesti Pergama, koji je četvrto kraljevstvo u drugom poglavlju Danielove knjige, glina se mijenja u kaljavu glinu. Ono što se u odlomku najprije spominje jednostavno kao „glina“, a potom kao „lončarska glina“, kako se tumačenje nastavlja, mijenja se u „kaljavu glinu“. Pergam je mjesto gdje je ta promjena izvršena kako bi se pripravio put za Tijatiru, odnosno papinski Rim. Promjena od „gline“ u „kaljavu glinu“ jest otpad koji pripravlja put za Tijatiru, što Pavao u 2. Solunjanima prepoznaje kao „najprije otpad“.

The Millerites could see no further than the fourth kingdom of Rome and expected the Second Coming of Christ to be the next prophetic event, for the stone that smites the image’s feet represents the Second Coming. But did Christ set up a kingdom in 1798? He did come into the Most Holy Place on October 22, 1844, to receive a kingdom, but was it set up at that time?

Mileriti nisu mogli vidjeti dalje od četvrtoga kraljevstva Rima te su očekivali da će Drugi Kristov dolazak biti sljedeći proročki događaj, jer kamen koji udara u stopala kipa predstavlja Drugi dolazak. No je li Krist uspostavio kraljevstvo 1798. godine? On je doista ušao u Svetinju nad svetinjama 22. listopada 1844. da primi kraljevstvo, ali je li ono bilo uspostavljeno u to vrijeme?

The answer to the first of those two questions is that Christ did not set up His everlasting kingdom in 1798. The second question whether or not Christ set up His everlasting kingdom on October 22, 1844 is also no.

Odgovor na prvo od ta dva pitanja glasi da Krist nije uspostavio svoje vječno kraljevstvo 1798. godine. I na drugo pitanje, je li Krist uspostavio svoje vječno kraljevstvo 22. listopada 1844., odgovor je također niječan.

Was there a kingdom set up in the time of pagan Rome? I ask this for the pioneers understood the fourth kingdom to be both pagan and papal Rome which identifies 1798 as the conclusion of the fourth kingdom when Christ would set up an everlasting kingdom. But the book of Revelation identifies four kingdoms that follow pagan Rome.

Je li bilo uspostavljeno kraljevstvo u vrijeme poganskoga Rima? To pitam jer su pioniri četvrto kraljevstvo razumjeli kao i poganski i papinski Rim, što 1798. godinu određuje kao završetak četvrtoga kraljevstva, kada će Krist uspostaviti vječno kraljevstvo. No knjiga Otkrivenja prepoznaje četiri kraljevstva koja slijede nakon poganskoga Rima.

If the fourth kingdom of iron in Daniel two is simply representing pagan Rome where the compromise of Constantine is represented by the clay being turned into miry clay, did Christ setup a kingdom in that history? The answer is yes. At the cross, which is the history of Pergamos, not Thyatira, Christ established His kingdom of “grace.” There was an everlasting kingdom set up at the cross, and the throne of that kingdom typifies a throne that gets set up during the latter rain. That latter rain throne represents His kingdom of “glory.”

Ako četvrto kraljevstvo od željeza u Danielu 2 jednostavno predstavlja poganski Rim, gdje je kompromis Konstantina prikazan time što je glina pretvorena u kaljavu glinu, je li Krist u toj povijesti uspostavio kraljevstvo? Odgovor je da. Na križu, koji pripada povijesti Pergama, a ne Tijatire, Krist je uspostavio svoje kraljevstvo „milosti“. Na križu je bilo uspostavljeno vječno kraljevstvo, a prijestolje toga kraljevstva predočava prijestolje koje se uspostavlja tijekom kasne kiše. To prijestolje kasne kiše predstavlja Njegovo kraljevstvo „slave“.

> “The announcement which had been made by the disciples in the name of the Lord was in every particular correct, and the events to which it pointed were even then taking place. ‘The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand,’ had been their message. At the expiration of ‘the time’—the sixty-nine weeks of Daniel 9, which were to extend to the Messiah, ‘the Anointed One’—Christ had received the anointing of the Spirit after His baptism by John in Jordan. And the ‘kingdom of God’ which they had declared to be at hand was established by the death of Christ. This kingdom was not, as they had been taught to believe, an earthly empire. Nor was it that future, immortal kingdom which shall be set up when ‘the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High;’ that everlasting kingdom, in which ‘all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’ Daniel 7:27. As used in the Bible, the expression ‘kingdom of God’ is employed to designate both the kingdom of grace and the kingdom of glory. The kingdom of grace is brought to view by Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews. After pointing to Christ, the compassionate intercessor who is ‘touched with the feeling of our infirmities,’ the apostle says: ‘Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace.’ Hebrews 4:15, 16. The throne of grace represents the kingdom of grace; for the existence of a throne implies the existence of a kingdom. In many of His parables Christ uses the expression ‘the kingdom of heaven’ to designate the work of divine grace upon the hearts of men.

> „Objava koju su učenici iznijeli u ime Gospodnje bila je u svakom pogledu točna, a događaji na koje je upućivala upravo su se tada zbivali. ‘Ispunilo se vrijeme, približilo se kraljevstvo Božje’ — to je bila njihova poruka. Po isteku ‘vremena’ — šezdeset i devet tjedana iz Daniela 9, koji su se trebali protezati do Mesije, ‘Pomazanika’ — Krist je primio pomazanje Duhom nakon svojega krštenja od Ivana na Jordanu. A ‘kraljevstvo Božje’, za koje su oni objavili da se približilo, bilo je uspostavljeno Kristovom smrću. To kraljevstvo nije bilo, kako su bili poučeni vjerovati, zemaljsko carstvo. Niti je to bilo ono buduće, besmrtno kraljevstvo koje će biti uspostavljeno kada se ‘kraljevstvo i vlast i veličanstvo pod svim nebom dade puku svetaca Svevišnjega’; ono vječno kraljevstvo, u kojemu će ‘sve vlasti njemu služiti i njega slušati’. Daniel 7:27. Kako se rabi u Bibliji, izraz ‘kraljevstvo Božje’ upotrebljava se za označavanje i kraljevstva milosti i kraljevstva slave. Kraljevstvo milosti prikazano je kod Pavla u Poslanici Hebrejima. Nakon što upućuje na Krista, suosjećajnoga Posrednika koji je ‘sudjelovao u našim slabostima’, apostol kaže: ‘Pristupajmo dakle smjelo prijestolju milosti, da primimo milosrđe i nađemo milost.’ Hebrews 4:15, 16. Prijestolje milosti predstavlja kraljevstvo milosti; jer postojanje prijestolja podrazumijeva postojanje kraljevstva. U mnogim svojim prispodobama Krist rabi izraz ‘kraljevstvo nebesko’ kako bi označio djelovanje božanske milosti na ljudska srca.“

> “So the throne of glory represents the kingdom of glory; and this kingdom is referred to in the Saviour’s words: ‘When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations.’ Matthew 25:31, 32. This kingdom is yet future. It is not to be set up until the second advent of Christ.

> „Dakle, prijestolje slave predstavlja kraljevstvo slave; a na to se kraljevstvo odnose Spasiteljeve riječi: ‘A kad Sin Čovječji dođe u slavi svojoj i svi sveti anđeli s njime, tada će sjesti na prijestolje slave svoje; i pred njim će se sabrati svi narodi.’ Matej 25,31.32. To je kraljevstvo još buduće. Ono neće biti uspostavljeno sve do drugoga Kristova dolaska.

> “The kingdom of grace was instituted immediately after the fall of man, when a plan was devised for the redemption of the guilty race. It then existed in the purpose and by the promise of God; and through faith, men could become its subjects. Yet it was not actually established until the death of Christ. Even after entering upon His earthly mission, the Saviour, wearied with the stubbornness and ingratitude of men, might have drawn back from the sacrifice of Calvary. In Gethsemane the cup of woe trembled in His hand. He might even then have wiped the blood-sweat from His brow and have left the guilty race to perish in their iniquity. Had He done this, there could have been no redemption for fallen men. But when the Saviour yielded up His life, and with His expiring breath cried out, ‘It is finished,’ then the fulfillment of the plan of redemption was assured. The promise of salvation made to the sinful pair in Eden was ratified. The kingdom of grace, which had before existed by the promise of God, was then established.” The Great Controversy, 347.

> „Kraljevstvo milosti bilo je uspostavljeno odmah nakon čovjekova pada, kada je načinjen plan za otkupljenje krivoga roda. Tada je postojalo u Božjoj namjeri i po Božjem obećanju; i po vjeri ljudi su mogli postati njegovi podanici. Ipak, ono nije bilo stvarno uspostavljeno sve do Kristove smrti. Čak i nakon što je stupio u svoju zemaljsku misiju, Spasitelj, umoran od tvrdokornosti i nezahvalnosti ljudi, mogao je odustati od žrtve na Kalvariji. U Getsemaniju čaša jada drhtala je u Njegovoj ruci. Čak je i tada mogao otrti krvavi znoj sa svojega čela i prepustiti krivi rod da propadne u svojoj bezakonosti. Da je to učinio, za pale ljude ne bi bilo otkupljenja. No kada je Spasitelj predao svoj život i svojim posljednjim dahom povikao: ‘Svršeno je’, tada je ispunjenje plana otkupljenja bilo zajamčeno. Obećanje spasenja dano grešnome paru u Edenu bilo je potvrđeno. Kraljevstvo milosti, koje je prije postojalo po Božjem obećanju, tada je bilo uspostavljeno.” Velika borba, 347.

Christ did set up an everlasting kingdom in the prophetic history of pagan Rome, not at the end of papal Rome. He also sets up His kingdom of glory at His Second Coming which includes the history of the latter rain, when the four winds of Islam are released.

Krist je uspostavio vječno kraljevstvo u proročkoj povijesti poganskoga Rima, a ne na kraju papinskoga Rima. On također uspostavlja svoje kraljevstvo slave o svojem Drugom dolasku, što uključuje povijest kasne kiše, kada se oslobađaju četiri vjetra islama.

> “The latter rain is coming on those that are pure—all then will receive it as formerly.

> „Kasna kiša dolazi na one koji su čisti — tada će je svi primiti kao i prije.“

> “When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom. None receive the latter rain but those who are doing all they can. Christ would help us. All could be overcomers by the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus. All heaven is interested in the work. Angels are interested.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

> „Kad četvorica anđela puste, Krist će uspostaviti svoje kraljevstvo. Nitko ne prima kasnu kišu osim onih koji čine sve što mogu. Krist bi nam pomogao. Svi bi mogli biti pobjednici po Božjoj milosti, po Isusovoj krvi. Cijelo je nebo zainteresirano za to djelo. Anđeli su zainteresirani.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

When the four winds are released, Christ sets up His kingdom. Both the latter rain and the releasing of the four winds represent progressive events, and neither represent a point in time. The four winds represent Islam.

Kada se četiri vjetra puste, Krist uspostavlja svoje kraljevstvo. I pozna kiša i puštanje četiriju vjetrova predstavljaju postupne događaje, i nijedno ne predstavlja jednu točku u vremenu. Četiri vjetra predstavljaju islam.

> “Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.

> „Anđeli zadržavaju četiri vjetra, prikazana kao razjaren konj koji nastoji otrgnuti se i provaliti preko lica cijele zemlje, noseći na svom putu razaranje i smrt.״

> “Shall we sleep on the very verge of the eternal world? Shall we be dull and cold and dead? Oh, that we might have in our churches the Spirit and breath of God breathed into His people, that they might stand upon their feet and live. We need to see that the way is narrow, and the gate strait. But as we pass through the strait gate, its wideness is without limit.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.

> „Zar ćemo spavati na samome rubu vječnoga svijeta? Zar ćemo biti tromi, hladni i mrtvi? O, kad bismo u svojim crkvama imali Duha i dah Božji udahnut u Njegov narod, da bi stali na svoje noge i živjeli. Trebamo uvidjeti da je put uzak i vrata tijesna. Ali kad prođemo kroz tijesna vrata, njihova širina nema granica.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.

The angels are holding the angry horse of Islam that is seeking to break loose bearing death and destruction in its path, in the time period when the Spirit of God is breathed upon God’s people. They then stand upon their feet and live. Prior to the Spirit being breathed upon them, God’s people are dead, for the breath of the Spirit causes them to stand up and live. When Sister White says we have now come to a time when the feet of the image that is mixed with iron and miry clay represents the combination of church and state, the outpouring of the latter rain was still in the future.

Anđeli zadržavaju gnjevnoga konja islama koji nastoji provaliti, noseći na svom putu smrt i razaranje, u vremenskom razdoblju kada se Duh Božji izlijeva na Božji narod. Tada oni staju na svoje noge i oživljuju. Prije nego što je Duh izliven na njih, Božji je narod mrtav, jer dah Duha uzrokuje da ustanu i žive. Kada sestra White kaže da smo sada došli u vrijeme kada stopala lika, pomiješana od željeza i kaljužaste gline, predstavljaju spoj crkve i države, izlijevanje kasne kiše još je bilo u budućnosti.

> “The latter rain is to fall upon the people of God. A mighty angel is to come down from heaven, and the whole earth is to be lighted with his glory.” Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.

> „Kasna kiša treba pasti na Božji narod. Silan anđeo treba sići s neba, i sva zemlja treba biti obasjana njegovom slavom.“ Review and Herald, 21. travnja 1891.

There are two voices in Revelation eighteen.

U Otkrivenju osamnaest postoje dva glasa.

> “When Jesus began His public ministry, He cleansed the Temple from its sacrilegious profanation. Among the last acts of His ministry was the second cleansing of the Temple. So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches.” Selected Messages, book 2, 118.

> „Kad je Isus započeo svoju javnu službu, očistio je Hram od njegova svetogrđem izazvanog oskvrnuća. Među posljednjim činima Njegove službe bilo je drugo čišćenje Hrama. Tako se i u posljednjem djelu opomene svijetu upućuju dva posebna poziva crkvama.” Selected Messages, knjiga 2, 118.

The first voice is a wake-up call for God’s people, the second voice is the wake-up call for God’s other children that are still in Babylon.

Prvi glas jest poziv na buđenje Božjega naroda, drugi glas jest poziv na buđenje druge Božje djece koja su još uvijek u Babilonu.

> “There is a world lying in wickedness, in deception, and delusion, in the very shadow of death,—asleep, asleep. Who are feeling travail of soul to awaken them? What voice can reach them? My mind is carried to the future when the signal will be given, ‘Behold the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him.’ But some will have delayed to obtain the oil for replenishing their lamps, and too late they will find that character, which is represented by the oil, is not transferable.” Bible Echo, May 4, 1896.

> „Postoji svijet koji leži u opačini, u obmani i zabludi, u samoj sjeni smrti, — usnuo, usnuo. Tko osjeća duševnu tjeskobu da ih probudi? Koji ih glas može dosegnuti? Moj je um prenesen u budućnost kada će biti dan znak: ‘Evo Zaručnika, ide; iziđite Mu u susret.’ Ali neki će odgađati pribaviti ulje za nadopunjavanje svojih svjetiljaka, i prekasno će uvidjeti da se karakter, koji je predstavljen uljem, ne može prenijeti.” Bible Echo, May 4, 1896.

In the passage two questions were asked. Who are feeling travail of soul to awaken them? What voice can reach them?

U odlomku su postavljena dva pitanja. Tko osjeća duševne porođajne bolove da ih probude? Koji ih glas može dosegnuti?

The “voice” that awakens the world is the second voice of Revelation eighteen that calls God’s other flock out of Babylon. Both God’s people and the world need to be awakened by the Midnight Cry, which is simply another symbol of the latter rain.

„Glas“ koji budi svijet jest drugi glas iz osamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, koji poziva drugo Božje stado da izađe iz Babilona. I Božji narod i svijet trebaju biti probuđeni Ponoćnim poklikom, koji je jednostavno drugi simbol kasne kiše.

Were the Millerites correct in identifying that in the days of the fourth kingdom Christ would set up an everlasting kingdom? Yes.

Jesu li mileriti bili u pravu kada su utvrdili da će Krist u danima četvrtoga kraljevstva uspostaviti vječno kraljevstvo? Da.

He established His kingdom of “grace” at the cross, which was during the history of the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy. That kingdom being pagan Rome. In Daniel two, is the falling away that precedes the church of Thyatira represented? Yes, for the clay which represents God’s people changed from clay unto miry clay. So where is Thyatira in the image? Or is it even in the image? It is represented in the image, and Nebuchadnezzar sheds light on that fact when he reaches the height of his proud arrogance in chapter four of Daniel.

On je uspostavio svoje kraljevstvo „milosti” na križu, i to tijekom povijesti četvrtoga kraljevstva biblijskog proročanstva. To kraljevstvo bio je poganski Rim. Je li u Drugoj Danielovoj knjizi prikazano otpadništvo koje prethodi crkvi u Tijatiri? Da, jer se glina, koja predstavlja Božji narod, promijenila od gline u kaljužastu glinu. Gdje se dakle Tijatira nalazi u kipu? Ili se uopće nalazi u kipu? Ona je prikazana u kipu, a Nabukodonozor rasvjetljuje tu činjenicu kada u četvrtom poglavlju Daniela doseže vrhunac svoje ohole oholosti.

> The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? Daniel 4:30.

> Kralj progovori i reče: Nije li ovo Babilon veliki, što ga ja sagradih za dom kraljevstva silom svoje moći i na čast svojega veličanstva? Daniel 4:30.

Just prior to Nebuchadnezzar’s judgment of twenty-five hundred and twenty days of living like a beast of the field, he exhibited his pride by asking the question of whether or not he built the kingdom that is Babylon the great? The whore of Revelation seventeen has written on her forehead, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” The Roman church, as Sister White calls her is Babylon the Great. The head of gold in the image represents literal Babylon and it also represents spiritual Babylon, the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy that has the singular characteristic as being the power who received a deadly wound. In Isaiah twenty-three the papal power represented as Tyre, would be forgotten for seventy years as the days of one king. Literal Babylon represented by Nebuchadnezzar also received a deadly wound that was healed when Nebuchadnezzar was banished from his kingdom for twenty-five hundred and twenty days. Literal Babylon the great typified spiritual Babylon the great and both had their kingdoms temporarily removed, and thereafter restored. The whore of Revelation seventeen did not have a silver cup in her hand, nor a brass or iron cup, she had a golden cup.

Neposredno prije Nebukadnezarova suda od dvije tisuće petsto dvadeset dana življenja poput zvijeri poljske, on je očitovao svoju oholost postavljajući pitanje nije li on sagradio kraljevstvo koje je Babilon veliki? Bludnica iz Otkrivenja sedamnaest ima na svome čelu napisano: „TAJNA, BABILON VELIKI, MAJKA BLUDNICAMA I ODVRATNOSTIMA ZEMLJE.” Rimska crkva, kako je naziva sestra White, jest Babilon veliki. Zlatna glava na kipu predstavlja doslovni Babilon, a također predstavlja i duhovni Babilon, peto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva koje ima jedinstveno obilježje da bude sila koja je zadobila smrtonosnu ranu. U Izaiji dvadeset i tri papinska bi sila, predstavljena kao Tir, bila zaboravljena sedamdeset godina, kao dani jednoga kralja. Doslovni Babilon, predstavljen Nebukadnezarom, također je zadobio smrtonosnu ranu koja je bila izliječena kada je Nebukadnezar bio prognan iz svoga kraljevstva na dvije tisuće petsto dvadeset dana. Doslovni Babilon veliki bio je praslika duhovnoga Babilona velikoga, i oboma su njihova kraljevstva bila privremeno oduzeta, a potom obnovljena. Bludnica iz Otkrivenja sedamnaest nije imala u svojoj ruci srebrnu čašu, ni mjedenu ni željeznu čašu; imala je zlatnu čašu.

> 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. Revelation 17:4.

> I žena bijaše odjevena u grimiz i skerlet, i nakićena zlatom i dragim kamenjem i biserjem, držeći u ruci zlatnu čašu punu gnusoba i nečistoće svojega bluda. Otkrivenje 17,4.

Gold represented literal Babylon and it also represents spiritual Babylon, the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy that received a deadly wound in 1798, when the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy took the throne. Literal Babylon in the image was followed by a silver kingdom that consisted of two powers, the Medes and the Persians, and the Persian horn in Daniel eight came up last and higher. Darius the Mede was the first horn and his general, Cyrus was a Persian that would ultimately come into power after the Median king Darius.

Zlato je predstavljalo doslovni Babilon, a također predstavlja i duhovni Babilon, peto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva koje je zadobilo smrtonosnu ranu 1798. godine, kada je šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva preuzelo prijestolje. Nakon doslovnog Babilona u kipu slijedilo je srebrno kraljevstvo koje se sastojalo od dviju sila, Medijaca i Perzijanaca, a perzijski rog u Danielu osam pojavio se posljednji i bio je viši. Darije Medijac bio je prvi rog, a njegov vojskovođa Kir bio je Perzijanac koji će naposljetku doći na vlast nakon medijskoga kralja Darija.

Cyrus was a type of Christ who was going to begin the process of freeing God’s people from captivity. The Medo-Persian empire represents the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy which is the United States. The United States has two horns representing Republicanism and Protestantism. Darius represents the Republican horn of the United States and Cyrus represents the horn of Protestantism. As Cyrus began the process of freeing God’s people to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple, the United States was the land which was raised up to free the captives of spiritual Babylon’s captivity in order to erect the spiritual temple, of which the Millerites laid the foundation. The literal captivity in Babylon being seventy years typified the captivity in spiritual Babylon for twelve hundred and sixty years. The United States is the shoulders of silver in Nebuchadnezzar’s image.

Kir je bio praslika Krista koji je trebao započeti proces oslobađanja Božjega naroda iz sužanjstva. Medo-perzijsko carstvo predstavlja šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, a to su Sjedinjene Američke Države. Sjedinjene Američke Države imaju dva roga koja predstavljaju republikanizam i protestantizam. Darije predstavlja republikanski rog Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, a Kir predstavlja rog protestantizma. Kao što je Kir započeo proces oslobađanja Božjega naroda kako bi se ponovno izgradili Jeruzalem i hram, tako su Sjedinjene Američke Države bile zemlja koja je bila podignuta da oslobodi sužnjeve iz sužanjstva duhovnoga Babilona kako bi se podigao duhovni hram, kojemu su mileriti položili temelj. Doslovno sužanjstvo u Babilonu, koje je trajalo sedamdeset godina, bilo je praslika sužanjstva u duhovnome Babilonu tijekom tisuću dvjesto šezdeset godina. Sjedinjene Američke Države jesu srebrna ramena na Nabukodonozorovu kipu.

The third kingdom of brass was Greece that represents a worldwide kingdom. That kingdom is the United Nations, that in Revelation seventeen was the kingdom that in 1798 had not yet came. The ten kings of Revelation seventeen agree to give their kingdom unto the papacy, the eighth kingdom, that is of the seven. They make this agreement because they are forced to by the United States, and because the world is being destroyed by the “four winds” of Islam, that are released during the time of the latter rain, which begins to be fully poured out at the Sunday law in the United States.

Treće mjedeno kraljevstvo bila je Grčka, koja predstavlja svjetsko kraljevstvo. To kraljevstvo jesu Ujedinjeni narodi, koji su u Otkrivenju sedamnaest ono kraljevstvo koje 1798. još nije bilo došlo. Deset kraljeva iz Otkrivenja sedamnaest suglasni su dati svoje kraljevstvo papinstvu, osmome kraljevstvu, koje je od sedmorice. Oni sklapaju taj sporazum zato što su na to prisiljeni od strane Sjedinjenih Država, i zato što svijet biva razaran „četirima vjetrovima“ islama, koji se oslobađaju tijekom vremena kasne kiše, koja počinje biti potpuno izlijevana pri nedjeljnom zakonu u Sjedinjenim Državama.

At the Sunday law in the United States, God establishes His kingdom of “glory” as He lifts up His people as an ensign to call God’s other children out of Babylon. Thus, the horn of Protestantism comes up last and is higher than the first in agreement with the two horns of Medo-Persia. Once the United Nations agrees to turn the control of the world over to the papacy, the four winds of Islam are released and the worldwide kingdom is confronted by the warfare that followed the death of Greece’s first horn that was broken and produced four horns.

Prilikom donošenja nedjeljnog zakona u Sjedinjenim Državama, Bog uspostavlja svoje kraljevstvo „slave“ dok uzdiže svoj narod kao stijeg da pozove drugu Božju djecu da iziđu iz Babilona. Tako rog protestantizma izrasta posljednji i viši je od prvoga, u skladu s dva roga Medo-Perzije. Jednom kada se Ujedinjeni narodi slože predati nadzor nad svijetom papinstvu, oslobađaju se četiri vjetra islama i svjetsko se kraljevstvo suočava s ratovanjem koje je uslijedilo nakon smrti prvoga roga Grčke, koji je bio slomljen i proizveo četiri roga.

When the image reaches the feet of iron (statecraft) and miry clay (churchcraft) and the ten toes (ten kings), the stone that has been cut out of the mountain without hands strikes the feet of the image. The Millerites were accurate to Daniel’s image, as much as they could be accurate from their vantage point in prophetic history. But the Alpha and Omega always illustrates the end with the beginning and the four kingdoms of Nebuchadnezzar’s image represent four literal kingdoms that typify their spiritual counterparts at the end of the world.

Kada kip dosegne stopala od željeza (državništvo) i kaljužaste gline (crkvenjaštvo) te deset nožnih prstiju (deset kraljeva), kamen koji je bez ruku odvaljen od gore udara u stopala kipa. Mileriti su bili točni u odnosu na Danielov kip, koliko su god mogli biti točni sa svoga gledišta u proročkoj povijesti. Ali Alfa i Omega uvijek prikazuje svršetak početkom, a četiri kraljevstva Nabukodonozorova kipa predstavljaju četiri doslovna kraljevstva koja predoznačuju svoje duhovne pandane na svršetku svijeta.

With the kingdoms of history Rome comes up eighth and is of the seven. In Daniel seven Rome comes up eighth and is of the seven. In Daniel eight Rome comes up eighth and is of the seven. In Revelation seventeen Rome comes up eighth and is of the seven. In Daniel two, which represents the first mention of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, modern spiritual Rome comes up eighth and is of the seven. The first (Alpha) illustration of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy identifies the last (Omega).

U povijesnim kraljevstvima Rim izlazi kao osmi i od sedmorice je. U Danielu sedam Rim izlazi kao osmi i od sedmorice je. U Danielu osam Rim izlazi kao osmi i od sedmorice je. U Otkrivenju sedamnaest Rim izlazi kao osmi i od sedmorice je. U Danielu dva, koji predstavlja prvi spomen kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva, suvremeni duhovni Rim izlazi kao osmi i od sedmorice je. Prvi (Alfa) prikaz kraljevstava biblijskog proroštva prepoznaje posljednji (Omega).

> “We have come to a time when God’s sacred work is represented by the feet of the image in which the iron was mixed with the miry clay. God has a people, a chosen people, whose discernment must be sanctified, who must not become unholy by laying upon the foundation wood, hay, and stubble. Every soul who is loyal to the commandments of God will see that the distinguishing feature of our faith is the seventh-day Sabbath. If the government would honor the Sabbath as God has commanded, it would stand in the strength of God and in defense of the faith once delivered to the saints. But statesmen will uphold the spurious sabbath, and will mingle their religious faith with the observance of this child of the papacy, placing it above the Sabbath which the Lord has sanctified and blessed, setting it apart for man to keep holy, as a sign between Him and His people to a thousand generations. The mingling of churchcraft and statecraft is represented by the iron and the clay. This union is weakening all the power of the churches. This investing the church with the power of the state will bring evil results. Men have almost passed the point of God’s forbearance. They have invested their strength in politics, and have united with the papacy. But the time will come when God will punish those who have made void His law, and their evil work will recoil upon themselves.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1168.

> „Došli smo u vrijeme kada je Božje sveto djelo predočeno stopalima kipa u kojemu je željezo bilo pomiješano s kaljužastom glinom. Bog ima narod, izabrani narod, čije rasuđivanje mora biti posvećeno, koji se ne smije obeščastiti polažući na temelj drvo, sijeno i strnjiku. Svaka duša koja je odana Božjim zapovijedima vidjet će da je osobita oznaka naše vjere subota sedmoga dana. Kad bi vlast odavala čast suboti kako je Bog zapovjedio, stajala bi u Božjoj snazi i u obrani vjere jednom predane svetima. Ali će državnici podupirati krivotvorenu subotu i miješat će svoju vjersku vjeru s držanjem toga djeteta papinstva, stavljajući je iznad subote koju je Gospodin posvetio i blagoslovio, odvojivši je da je čovjek svetkuje kao znak između Njega i Njegova naroda kroz tisuću naraštaja. Miješanje crkvenjaštva i državne politike prikazano je željezom i glinom. Ta zajednica slabi svu moć crkava. Ovo obdarivanje crkve vlašću države donijet će zle posljedice. Ljudi su gotovo prešli granicu Božje strpljivosti. Svoju su snagu uložili u politiku i ujedinili se s papinstvom. Ali doći će vrijeme kada će Bog kazniti one koji su poništili Njegov zakon, i njihovo će se zlo djelo oboriti na njih same.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1168.

The Alpha and Omega has made the correct pioneer understanding of Daniel two “new.”

Alfa i Omega učinio je ispravno pionirsko razumijevanje dvaju „novih” iz Daniela.

> And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Revelation 21:5, 6.

> I Onaj koji sjedi na prijestolju reče: Evo, činim sve novo. I reče mi: Piši, jer su ove riječi istinite i vjerne. I reče mi: Svršeno je. Ja sam Alfa i Omega, početak i svršetak. Ja ću žednome dati zabadava s izvora vode života. Otkrivenje 21,5.6.

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