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# Laodicea - Number Five

Laodiceja – broj pet

The Last Three

Posljednje troje

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 3, 2023

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Ideally the seven churches and seven seals should be understood as parallel symbols representing internal and external lines of the same history. It is also important to note that when considering the last three churches and the last three seals that the historical line representing progressive history is not a primary subject of the symbols. When the churches are applied in the context of parallel histories, the progression of history is an essential element of the symbolism, but this is not the case when the last three churches and seals are treated as a symbol unto themselves.

U idealnom slučaju, sedam crkava i sedam pečata treba razumjeti kao usporedne simbole koji predstavljaju unutarnje i vanjske linije iste povijesti. Također je važno napomenuti da, kada se razmatraju posljednje tri crkve i posljednja tri pečata, povijesna linija koja predstavlja progresivnu povijest nije primarni predmet tih simbola. Kada se crkve primjenjuju u kontekstu usporednih povijesti, napredovanje povijesti bitan je element simbolike, ali to nije slučaj kada se posljednje tri crkve i pečati promatraju kao simbol za sebe.

The last three churches as a symbol are about the relationship of three groups and the dynamics of the interaction of the three groups of worshippers represented by the various churches. The last three seals identify God’s people as represented by Moses and Elijah. Elijah representing the one hundred and forty-four thousand and Moses the righteous dead.

Posljednje tri crkve, kao simbol, govore o odnosu triju skupina i dinamici međudjelovanja triju skupina štovatelja koje predstavljaju različite crkve. Posljednja tri pečata identificiraju Božji narod onako kako ga predstavljaju Mojsije i Ilija. Ilija predstavlja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, a Mojsije pravedne mrtve.

> And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. And when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Revelation 6:9–17.

> I kad otvori peti pečat, vidjeh pod žrtvenikom duše onih koji bijahu pobijeni zbog riječi Božje i zbog svjedočanstva koje držahu. I povikaše iza glasa govoreći: Dokle, Gospodine, sveti i istiniti, nećeš suditi i osvetiti krv našu na onima koji prebivaju na zemlji? I dane su svakome od njih bijele haljine; i rečeno im je da počinu još malo vremena, dok se ne ispuni broj njihovih suslugā i njihove braće, koji će biti ubijeni kao i oni. I kad otvori šesti pečat, i gle, nastade velik potres; i sunce postade crno kao kostrijet od dlake, i mjesec postade kao krv; i zvijezde nebeske padoše na zemlju, kao što smokva odbacuje svoje nedozrele plodove kad je zatrese silan vjetar. I nebo se izmače kao svitak kad se savije; i svaka gora i otok pokrenuše se sa svojih mjesta. I kraljevi zemaljski, i velikaši, i bogataši, i vojvodе, i moćnici, i svaki rob, i svaki slobodnjak, sakriše se u spilje i u stijene gorske; i govorahu gorama i stijenama: Padnite na nas i sakrijte nas od lica Onoga koji sjedi na prijestolju i od gnjeva Janjetova. Jer došao je veliki dan gnjeva njegova, i tko može opstati? Otkrivenje 6:9–17.

Sister White informs us that that the fifth seal addresses “a period of time in the future.” The verses of the fifth seal are asking when God would judge the papacy for murdering God’s people during the Dark Ages. The answer was given that in the “last days” God would judge the papacy for their murder and also for another group of papal martyrs that would also be murdered by the papacy during the Sunday law crisis.

Sestra White obavještava nas da se peti pečat odnosi na „buduće vremensko razdoblje”. Redci petoga pečata postavljaju pitanje kada će Bog suditi papinstvu zbog ubojstva Božjega naroda tijekom mračnoga srednjeg vijeka. Dan je odgovor da će u „posljednjim danima” Bog suditi papinstvu zbog njihova ubojstva, a također i zbog druge skupine papinskih mučenika koji će također biti pogubljeni od strane papinstva tijekom krize nedjeljnoga zakona.

> “‘And when he had opened the fifth seal . . . [Revelation 6:9–11]. Here were scenes presented to John that were not in reality but that which would be in a period of time in the future.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 197.

> „I kad je otvorio peti pečat... [Otkrivenje 6,9–11]. Ovdje su Ivanu bili predočeni prizori koji nisu bili stvarnost, nego ono što će biti u budućem vremenskom razdoblju.“ Manuscript Releases, svezak 20, 197.

Inspiration also confirms that the souls under the altar, who desire to know when God will judge the papacy are connected with the two voices of the angel that lightens the earth with its glory in chapter eighteen of Revelation.

Nadahnuće također potvrđuje da su duše pod žrtvenikom, koje žele znati kada će Bog suditi papinstvu, povezane s dvama glasovima anđela koji svojom slavom obasjava zemlju u osamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja.

> “When the fifth seal was opened, John the Revelator in vision saw beneath the altar the company that were slain for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. After this came the scenes described in the eighteenth of Revelation, when those who are faithful and true are called out from Babylon. Revelation 18:1–5 quoted.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 14.

> „Kad je otvoren peti pečat, Ivan Otkritelj u viđenju je vidio pod žrtvenikom skupinu onih koji su bili ubijeni zbog Riječi Božje i svjedočanstva Isusa Krista. Nakon toga uslijedili su prizori opisani u osamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, kada su oni koji su vjerni i istiniti pozvani da izađu iz Babilona. Otkrivenje 18,1–5 citirano.“ Manuscript Releases, svezak 20, 14.

In Revelation eighteen Catholicism’s judgment is double for there and then she is punished for not only those she will murder in the “last days,” but also for the murder victims during the Dark Ages of papal rule.

U osamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja sud nad katolicizmom dvostruk je, jer ondje i tada biva kažnjen ne samo za one koje će ubiti u „posljednjim danima“, nego i za žrtve umorstva tijekom mračnoga doba papinske vladavine.

> And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. Revelation 18:4–6.

> I začuh drugi glas s neba kako govori: Iziđite iz nje, narode moj, da ne budete dionicima njezinih grijeha i da ne primite od njezinih zala. Jer grijesi njezini dopriješe do neba i Bog se spomenu njezinih bezakonja. Vratite joj kako je i ona vama vratila, i podajte joj dvostruko po djelima njezinim; u čaši koju je napunila napunite joj dvostruko. Otkrivenje 18:4–6.

The sixth seal provides one of the Bible’s classic illustrations of the events which immediately precede the Second Coming of Christ during the seven last plagues. It concludes with the introduction to chapter seven of Revelation which provides the answer for the question raised in the last verse of the sixth seal, “who shall be able to stand.” There are two groups that will stand as God’s ensign in the Sunday law crisis that concludes when the seven last plagues arrive. Those two groups are the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are represented by Elijah, and the “great multitude” who are represented by Moses. These two symbols of Moses and Elijah were previously identified as those who stand at the end of the world, for they both stood with Christ at the Mount of Transfiguration.

Šesti pečat pruža jedan od klasičnih biblijskih prikaza događaja koji neposredno prethode Kristovu Drugom dolasku tijekom sedam posljednjih zala. On završava uvodom u sedmo poglavlje Otkrivenja, koje daje odgovor na pitanje postavljeno u posljednjem retku šestoga pečata: „tko će moći opstati“. Postoje dvije skupine koje će opstati kao Božji stijeg u krizi zakona o nedjelji, koja se završava kada dođu sedam posljednjih zala. Te dvije skupine jesu sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, koje predstavlja Ilija, i „veliko mnoštvo“, koje predstavlja Mojsije. Ta dva simbola, Mojsije i Ilija, prethodno su bila prepoznata kao oni koji stoje na svršetku svijeta, jer su obojica stajala s Kristom na gori Preobraženja.

The first group of papal martyrs from the Dark Ages were given white robes, and the second group that they were told to wait for until that group was made up is the “great multitude” who are also wearing white robes. The fifth and sixth seal is not providing a parallel history of the fifth and sixth churches, they are providing a witness about the two groups that stand up as an ensign for the Lord in the “last days.” Those two groups are they who proclaim the messages of the two voices in Revelation chapter eighteen. The message that is then proclaimed is accompanied with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as typified by the history of Pentecost and the history of the Midnight Cry at the beginning of Adventism.

Prva skupina papinskih mučenika iz Mračnoga doba dobila je bijele haljine, a druga skupina, za koju im je rečeno da je čekaju dok se ta skupina ne upotpuni, jest „veliko mnoštvo“ koje također nosi bijele haljine. Peto i šesto pečat ne pružaju usporednu povijest pete i šeste crkve, nego svjedoče o dvjema skupinama koje ustaju kao stijeg za Gospoda u „posljednjim danima“. Te dvije skupine jesu oni koji objavljuju poruke dvaju glasova u osamnaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja. Poruka koja se tada objavljuje popraćena je izlijevanjem Duha Svetoga, kako je predočeno poviješću Pedesetnice i poviješću Ponoćnoga poklika na početku adventizma.

> “The angel who unites in the proclamation of the third angel’s message is to lighten the whole earth with his glory. A work of world-wide extent and unwonted power is here foretold. The advent movement of 1840–44 was a glorious manifestation of the power of God; the first angel’s message was carried to every missionary station in the world, and in some countries there was the greatest religious interest which has been witnessed in any land since the Reformation of the sixteenth century; but these are to be exceeded by the mighty movement under the last warning of the third angel.

> „Anđeo koji se ujedinjuje u objavi poruke trećega anđela treba obasjati svu zemlju svojom slavom. Ovdje je pretkazan rad svjetskih razmjera i neobične snage. Adventni pokret od 1840. do 1844. bio je slavno očitovanje Božje sile; poruka prvoga anđela bila je odnesena do svake misionarske postaje u svijetu, a u nekim je zemljama vladalo najveće vjersko zanimanje kakvo je u ijednoj zemlji viđeno od Reformacije šesnaestoga stoljeća; no sve će to biti nadmašeno silnim pokretom pod posljednjim upozorenjem trećega anđela.

> “The work will be similar to that of the Day of Pentecost. As the ‘former rain’ was given, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the opening of the gospel, to cause the upspringing of the precious seed, so the ‘latter rain’ will be given at its close for the ripening of the harvest. ‘Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.’ Hosea 6:3. ‘Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain.’ Joel 2:23. ‘In the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh.’ ‘And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ Acts 2:17, 21.

> „Djelo će biti slično onomu na Dan Pedesetnice. Kao što je „rana kiša“ bila dana, u izlijevanju Duha Svetoga na početku evanđelja, da bi izazvala nicanje dragocjenoga sjemena, tako će „pozna kiša“ biti dana na njegovu svršetku za sazrijevanje žetve. „Tada ćemo poznati, ako nastavimo poznavati Jahvu: njegov je dolazak siguran kao zora; i doći će nam kao kiša, kao pozna i rana kiša zemlji.“ Hošea 6,3. „Radujte se stoga, sinovi sionski, i veselite se u Jahvi, Bogu svojemu; jer vam je dao ranu kišu umjereno, i pustit će da za vas siđe kiša, rana kiša i pozna kiša.“ Joel 2,23. „U posljednje dane, govori Bog, izlit ću od Duha svojega na svako tijelo.“ „I dogodit će se: tko god prizove ime Gospodnje, spasit će se.“ Djela 2,17.21.”

> “The great work of the gospel is not to close with less manifestation of the power of God than marked its opening. The prophecies which were fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the opening of the gospel are again to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its close. Here are ‘the times of refreshing’ to which the apostle Peter looked forward when he said: ‘Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus.’ Acts 3:19, 20.” The Great Controversy, 611.

> „Veliko djelo evanđelja ne treba završiti s manjim očitovanjem sile Božje od onoga koje je obilježilo njegov početak. Proročanstva koja su se ispunila u izlijevanju ranoga dažda na početku evanđelja trebaju se ponovno ispuniti u kasnome daždu na njegovu svršetku. Ovdje su ‘vremena osvježenja’ kojima se apostol Petar unaprijed radovao kada je rekao: ‘Pokajte se dakle i obratite se da se izbrišu grijesi vaši, kada dođu vremena osvježenja od lica Gospodnjega; i poslat će Isusa.’ Djela 3,19.20.” Velika borba, 611.

After the sixth seal raises the question that introduces Elijah and Moses represented in chapter seven of Revelation the seventh seal is opened and describes the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon those two groups. It is to be noted that in the description there is a silence for a half an hour. The outpouring of the latter rain represented with the opening of the seventh seal includes a period of silence.

Nakon što šesti pečat postavi pitanje koje uvodi Iliju i Mojsija, predstavljene u sedmom poglavlju Otkrivenja, otvara se sedmi pečat i opisuje izlijevanje Duha Svetoga na te dvije skupine. Valja zapaziti da u tom opisu nastupa tišina za pola sata. Izlijevanje poznoga dažda, predstavljeno otvaranjem sedmoga pečata, uključuje razdoblje tišine.

> And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Revelation 8:1–5.

> I kad je otvorio sedmi pečat, nastade tišina na nebu oko pola sata. I vidjeh sedam anđela koji stajahu pred Bogom; i njima bijaše dano sedam truba. I drugi anđeo dođe i stade kod žrtvenika, imajući zlatnu kadionicu; i bi mu dano mnogo tamjana, da ga prinese sa molitvama svih svetih na zlatni žrtvenik koji bijaše pred prijestoljem. I dim tamjana, koji se uzdizao s molitvama svetih, uzađe pred Boga iz ruke anđelove. I anđeo uze kadionicu, napuni je ognjem sa žrtvenika, i baci na zemlju; i nastadoše glasovi, i gromovi, i munje, i potres. Otkrivenje 8:1–5.

As just noted in the passage in The Great Controversy the latter rain begins to be poured out when the mighty angel descends and lightens the earth with his glory. The latter rain began when “the great buildings of New York City were thrown down” on September 11, 2001.

Kao što je upravo zapaženo u navedenom odlomku iz Velike borbe, kasna kiša počinje se izlijevati kada silni anđeo silazi i obasjava zemlju svojom slavom. Kasna je kiša započela kada su „velike zgrade grada New Yorka bile srušene” 11. rujna 2001.

> “Now comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, ‘What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1–3 will be fulfilled.’ The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God’s power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we cannot imagine.” Review and Herald, July 5, 1906.

> „Sada dolazi vijest da sam izjavila kako New York treba biti pometen plimnim valom? To nikada nisam rekla. Rekla sam, dok sam gledala kako se ondje podižu velike zgrade, kat za katom: ‘Kakvi će se strašni prizori odigrati kada Gospod ustane da silno potrese zemlju! Tada će se ispuniti riječi iz Otkrivenja 18:1–3.’ Cijelo osamnaesto poglavlje Otkrivenja upozorenje je na ono što dolazi na zemlju. Ali nemam posebnu svjetlost u pogledu onoga što dolazi na New York, osim što znam da će jednoga dana ondje velike zgrade biti oborene okretanjem i prevrtanjem Božje sile. Iz svjetlosti koja mi je dana znam da je razorenje u svijetu. Jedna riječ od Gospoda, jedan dodir njegove silne moći, i te će se goleme građevine srušiti. Odigrat će se prizori čiju strahotu ne možemo ni zamisliti.” Review and Herald, 5. srpnja 1906.

On September 11, 2001 the latter rain began to fall and the outpouring of that rain falls upon those represented by Elijah and Moses, and includes a time of silence. A time of silence for Moses and Elijah is also represented in chapter eleven of Revelation where Moses and Elijah, those two prophets that tormented the world, were “slain” in the streets. But after three and a half days they came out of the cave of Horeb and ascended to heaven. In the history of the latter rain the message, represented by those two messengers, is slain and cast into the street, but not buried until they are resurrected. This is one of the primary truths that the Lion of the tribe of Judah is now unsealing.

Dana 11. rujna 2001. pozna je kiša počela padati, a izlijevanje te kiše pada na one koje predstavljaju Ilija i Mojsije te uključuje vrijeme šutnje. Vrijeme šutnje za Mojsija i Iliju također je prikazano u jedanaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, gdje su Mojsije i Ilija, ona dva proroka koji su mučili svijet, bili „ubijeni” na ulicama. No nakon tri i pol dana izašli su iz horebske pećine i uzašli na nebo. U povijesti pozne kiše poruka, predstavljena po ta dva glasnika, biva ubijena i bačena na ulicu, ali ne i pokopana sve dok ne uskrsnu. To je jedna od temeljnih istina koje Lav iz Judina plemena sada otpečaćuje.

The last three seals are identifying the final movement of God’s people as represented by Elijah and Moses. That movement dies and is resurrected. It is a movement, for Adventism began with a movement that continued until 1863 when they set aside the first truth William Miller was led to recognize. In 1863 the movement ended, for in 1863 they legally became a church. The Alpha and Omega insists that if He began His remnant people as a movement, He will also end it as a movement.

Posljednja tri pečata prepoznaju završni pokret Božjega naroda, kako ga predstavljaju Ilija i Mojsije. Taj pokret umire i uskrsava. To je pokret, jer je adventizam započeo pokretom koji je trajao do 1863., kada su odložili po strani prvu istinu koju je William Miller bio vođen prepoznati. Godine 1863. taj je pokret završio, jer su 1863. pravno postali crkva. Alfa i Omega ustraje na tome da, ako je započeo svoj ostatak naroda kao pokret, također će ga završiti kao pokret.

We have now finished the overview of the seven churches and seven seals. In the last three seals we see two classes of the redeemed that are represented by Moses and Elijah. Those seals all testify of the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen. When he descended on September 11, 2001 two classes of redeemed entered into a purification process which is designed to expose and separate two classes of worshippers within the movement at the end of Adventism as prefigured by the movement at the beginning of Adventism. Daniel identifies that one class, which he calls the wicked will not understand the increase of knowledge, but the wise do. Matthew informs us that those lacking the understanding of the knowledge that has been unsealed identifies a virgin as foolish. The wise virgins demonstrate in the crisis at midnight that they understood and possess the increase of knowledge. The wise and the foolish are represented by the church of Philadelphia or the church of Laodicea. The wicked, foolish virgins of Laodicea are to be spewed out of the mouth of the Lord and the wise receive God’s name, or His character in their foreheads. If the sixth church of Philadelphia represents the wise, how is it that the seventh church of Laodicea represents the wicked? If this is the case, the sequence is out of order, is it not? The answer of course is solved by Alpha and Omega.

Sada smo dovršili pregled sedam crkava i sedam pečata. U posljednja tri pečata vidimo dvije skupine otkupljenih koje su predstavljene Mojsijem i Ilijom. Svi ti pečati svjedoče o moćnom anđelu iz Otkrivenja osamnaest. Kada je sišao 11. rujna 2001., dvije skupine otkupljenih ušle su u proces pročišćenja koji je osmišljen da razotkrije i razdvoji dvije skupine štovatelja unutar pokreta na kraju adventizma, kako je predočeno pokretom na početku adventizma. Daniel prepoznaje tu jednu skupinu, koju naziva zlima, i kaže da oni neće razumjeti porast spoznaje, dok će mudri razumjeti. Matej nas obavještava da one kojima nedostaje razumijevanje spoznaje koja je bila otpečaćena prepoznajemo kao ludu djevicu. Mudre djevice u krizi o ponoći pokazuju da su razumjele i da posjeduju porast spoznaje. Mudri i ludi predstavljeni su crkvom u Filadelfiji ili crkvom u Laodiceji. Zli, ludi djevice Laodiceje trebaju biti izbljuvani iz usta Gospodnjih, a mudri primaju ime Božje, odnosno Njegov karakter, na svojim čelima. Ako šesta crkva, Filadelfija, predstavlja mudre, kako to da sedma crkva, Laodiceja, predstavlja zle? Ako je to tako, slijed nije u redu, zar ne? Odgovor se, naravno, razrješava pomoću Alfe i Omege.

At the beginning of the first denominated people of God, ancient Israel, Moses typified Christ at the end of that denominated people.

Na početku prvoga denominiranog Božjeg naroda, drevnoga Izraela, Mojsije je predoznačavao Krista na kraju toga denominiranog naroda.

> For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Acts 3:22, 23.

> Jer Mojsije doista reče ocima: Proroka će vam podići Gospodin, Bog vaš, između vaše braće, kao mene; njega slušajte u svemu što god vam rekne. I dogodit će se da će svaka duša koja ne posluša toga Proroka biti istrijebljena iz naroda. Djela 3:22, 23.

At the end of the first denominated people of God, John the Baptist was the Elijah messenger that prepared the way for Christ’s first coming. Jesus would then make His offering at the cross and thereafter begin His High Priestly work in the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. At the beginning of the second denominated people of God, modern Israel, William Miller was the Elijah messenger that prepared the way for Christ’s Second Coming. Jesus then suddenly came into the Most Holy Place and began judgment. At the end of the second denominated people of God, a final Elijah messenger prepared the way for Christ to begin the dispensation of the judgment of the living, the conclusion of His work as Heavenly High Priest and his Second Coming.

Na kraju prvoga denominiranog Božjeg naroda, Ivan Krstitelj bio je Ilijin glasnik koji je pripravio put Kristovu prvom dolasku. Isus je potom prinio svoju žrtvu na križu i nakon toga započeo svoje velikosvećeničko djelo u Svetinji nebeskoga Svetišta. Na početku drugoga denominiranog Božjeg naroda, modernoga Izraela, William Miller bio je Ilijin glasnik koji je pripravio put Kristovu Drugom dolasku. Isus je tada iznenada ušao u Svetinju nad svetinjama i započeo sud. Na kraju drugoga denominiranog Božjeg naroda, posljednji Ilijin glasnik pripravio je put da Krist započne razdoblje suda nad živima, dovršenje svojega djela kao nebeskoga Velikog svećenika i svoj Drugi dolazak.

William Miller symbolizes not only the messenger, but the movement he was associated with.

William Miller simbolizira ne samo glasnika, nego i pokret s kojim je bio povezan.

> “With trembling, William Miller began to unfold to the people the mysteries of the kingdom of God, carrying his hearers down through the prophecies to the second advent of Christ. With every effort he gained strength. As John the Baptist heralded the first advent of Jesus and prepared the way for His coming, so William Miller and those who joined with him proclaimed the second advent of the Son of God….

> „Sa strahopoštovanjem William Miller poče narodu razotkrivati otajstva kraljevstva Božjega, vodeći svoje slušatelje kroz proročanstva do drugoga Kristova dolaska. Svakim je naporom zadobivao snagu. Kao što je Ivan Krstitelj navijestio prvi Isusov dolazak i pripravio put Njegovu dolasku, tako su William Miller i oni koji su mu se pridružili navješćivali drugi dolazak Sina Božjega….“

> “Thousands were led to embrace the truth preached by William Miller, and servants of God were raised up in the spirit and power of Elijah to proclaim the message.” Early Writings, 229, 230, 233.

> „Tisuće su bile navedene da prigrle istinu koju je propovijedao William Miller, a sluge Božje bile su podignute u duhu i sili Ilijinoj da objave poruku.“ Rani spisi, 229, 230, 233.

In the beginning of ancient Israel God called Moses, who received forty years of corrupted education in Egypt, that required forty years of wilderness living in an attempt to remove the influence of Egypt from his character. Forty years after his birth, understanding that he had been chosen to lead God’s people out of Egypt, Moses exercised human strength to kill the Egyptian. Forty years later at the burning bush he rebelled against God’s calling. After finally accepting the calling, he disregarded the command to circumcise his son until threatened with death. On the border of the Promised Land, he rebelled and struck the Rock a second time. At the beginning of ancient Israel, Moses possessed the character traits of a Laodicean. In doing so he still fulfilled his high and holy calling, including the typification of Christ at the end of ancient Israel. Christ, who struggled with the quibbling Jews, or those who said they were Jews, but were not, represented the character of a Philadelphian. At the beginning of ancient Israel Moses represented a Laodicean in need of gold, eye salve and white raiment. At the end Christ is a Philadelphian.

Na početku staroga Izraela Bog je pozvao Mojsija, koji je primio četrdeset godina iskvarenoga odgoja u Egiptu, što je zahtijevalo četrdeset godina života u pustinji kao pokušaj da se ukloni utjecaj Egipta iz njegova karaktera. Četrdeset godina nakon svojega rođenja, shvaćajući da je izabran da izvede Božji narod iz Egipta, Mojsije je uporabio ljudsku snagu da ubije Egipćanina. Četrdeset godina poslije, kod gorućega grma, pobunio se protiv Božjega poziva. Nakon što je napokon prihvatio poziv, zanemario je zapovijed da obreže svojega sina sve dok mu nije zaprijećeno smrću. Na granici Obećane zemlje pobunio se i drugi put udario u Stijenu. Na početku staroga Izraela Mojsije je posjedovao karakterne crte Laodikejca. Čineći tako, ipak je ispunio svoj uzvišeni i sveti poziv, uključujući i predslikavanje Krista na kraju staroga Izraela. Krist, koji se borio s cjepidlačavim Židovima, ili onima koji su govorili da su Židovi, a nisu bili, predstavljao je karakter Filadelfijca. Na početku staroga Izraela Mojsije je predstavljao Laodikejca kojemu su bili potrebni zlato, očna mast i bijela haljina. Na kraju je Krist Filadelfijac.

At the beginning of Adventism, William Miller, represented by those few in Sardis that had not defiled their garments, represented a Philadelphian, as did the movement associated with him. At the end of Adventism, the movement that recognized the time of the end in 1989 were as much Laodicean as was Moses. The Millerite movement typifies the movement of Future for America with the prophetic caveat that the first movement was fulfilled by Philadelphians in the time of Philadelphia, and the last movement is fulfilled by Laodiceans in the time of Laodicea.

Na početku adventizma, William Miller, predstavljen onima malobrojnima u Sardu koji nisu okaljali svojih haljina, predstavljao je Filadelfijca, kao i pokret povezan s njime. Na kraju adventizma, pokret koji je 1989. godine prepoznao vrijeme svršetka bio je jednako laodicejski kao što je to bio Mojsije. Mileritski pokret predoznačuje pokret Future for America, uz proročku ogradu da je prvi pokret bio ispunjen po Filadelfijcima u vrijeme Filadelfije, a posljednji se pokret ispunjava po Laodicejcima u vrijeme Laodiceje.

I am the witness of more of the prophetic history of this movement from 1989 than any other person associated with the history of Future for America, and I testify that I personally walked through the history beginning in 1989 onward as a certified Laodicean Adventist. There are many souls along that path who would uphold my testimony. I also can testify of a certainty that those associated with the movement at the end of Adventism were also certified Laodicean Adventists. The first denominated people begin with a Laodicean that becomes a Philadelphian and ends with a Philadelphian. The second denominated people begin with a Philadelphian and ends with a Laodicean that is called to become a Philadelphian. This is the signature of Alpha and Omega.

Ja sam svjedok većega dijela proročke povijesti ovoga pokreta od 1989. godine nego ijedna druga osoba povezana s poviješću Future for America, i svjedočim da sam osobno prošao kroz tu povijest, počevši od 1989. godine pa nadalje, kao ovjereni laodicejski adventist. Mnogo je duša na tome putu koje bi potvrdile moje svjedočanstvo. Također mogu sa sigurnošću posvjedočiti da su oni povezani s pokretom na kraju adventizma također bili ovjereni laodicejski adventisti. Prvi imenovani narod započinje s laodicejcem koji postaje filadelfijac i završava s filadelfijcem. Drugi imenovani narod započinje s filadelfijcem i završava s laodicejcem koji je pozvan postati filadelfijac. To je obilježje Alfe i Omege.

In spite of the wretched, miserable spiritual blindness of the leader and those who joined with him, God still directed and controlled the prophetic waymarks which transpired from 1989 until now. In spite of the spiritual nakedness and poverty of the leader and those who joined with him, God was still directing the unsealing of the truths He saw fit to unseal. In His mercy which is never separated from His “truth,” He devised a purification process that provided for a Laodicean to die and thereafter be resurrected as a Philadelphian. That death and resurrection was typified by the authors of the books of Daniel and Revelation, who both were symbolically killed and resurrected. John was resurrected from the death of being thrown into a pot of boiling oil, Daniel from the den of hungry lions. Thus, the two books, which are one book provide an emphasis to the symbol of death and resurrection as part of the message that is now being unsealed.

Unatoč bijednoj, jadnoj duhovnoj sljepoći vođe i onih koji su mu se pridružili, Bog je ipak usmjeravao i upravljao proročkim putokazima koji su se zbivali od 1989. godine do sada. Unatoč duhovnoj golotinji i siromaštvu vođe i onih koji su mu se pridružili, Bog je ipak upravljao otpečaćivanjem istina koje je smatrao prikladnima otpečatiti. U svojoj milosti, koja nikada nije odvojena od njegove „istine“, osmislio je proces pročišćenja koji je omogućio da Laodikejac umre i potom uskrsne kao Filadelfijac. Tu su smrt i uskrsnuće predoznačili autori knjiga Daniela i Otkrivenja, koji su obojica simbolički bili ubijeni i uskrišeni. Ivan je bio uskrišen iz smrti nakon što je bio bačen u kotao vreloga ulja, a Daniel iz jame gladnih lavova. Tako te dvije knjige, koje su jedna knjiga, stavljaju naglasak na simbol smrti i uskrsnuća kao dio poruke koja se sada otpečaćuje.

As the movement in the “last days” of the investigative judgment, (which was typified by the Millerite movement), approached the end of time God designed that the leader and the movement should be killed and thereafter resurrected. In the context of the seven churches, Laodicea was slain on July 18, 2020 and would be resurrected as Philadelphia before the approaching Sunday law. The resurrected movement would be of the seven churches, but it would be the eighth. The movement would be the eighth, that is of the seven.

Kako se pokret u „posljednjim danima” istražnoga suda (koji je bio predoznačen mileritskim pokretom) približavao svršetku vremena, Bog je odredio da vođa i pokret budu ubijeni, a potom uskrsnuti. U kontekstu sedam crkava, Laodiceja je bila ubijena 18. srpnja 2020. i uskrsnula bi kao Filadelfija prije nadolazećega zakona o nedjelji. Uskrsnuli pokret bio bi od sedam crkava, ali bi bio osmi. Pokret bi bio osmi, to jest od sedam.

This prophetic secret is supported in the book of Revelation upon several witnesses, though heretofore not recognized. In this time period we are now entering into the test of the image of the beast, which Sister White informs us is the test that comes before the Sunday law. It is at the Sunday law that the seal of God is impressed upon the Philadelphians of that history. But they must pass the test of the image of the beast that comes before probation closes.

Ovu proročku tajnu podupire knjiga Otkrivenja na temelju nekoliko svjedoka, premda dosad nije bila prepoznata. U ovom vremenskom razdoblju sada ulazimo u kušnju ikone Zvijeri, za koju nas sestra White obavještava da je kušnja koja dolazi prije nedjeljnog zakona. Upravo se pri nedjeljnom zakonu pečat Božji utiskuje na filadelfijce te povijesti. No oni moraju proći kušnju ikone Zvijeri koja dolazi prije nego što se milost zatvori.

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. Your position is such a jumble of inconsistencies that but few will be deceived.

> „Gospodin mi je jasno pokazao da će se lik Zvijeri oblikovati prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme milosti; jer to treba biti velika kušnja za Božji narod, po kojoj će biti odlučena njihova vječna sudbina. Vaše je stajalište takva zbrka nedosljednosti da će tek rijetki biti zavedeni.

> “In Revelation 13 this subject is plainly presented; [Revelation 13:11–17, quoted].

> „U Otkrivenju 13 ova je tema jasno izložena; [Otkrivenje 13,11–17, citirano].“

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> „Ovo je kušnja koju narod Božji mora proći prije nego što bude zapečaćen. Svi koji su dokazali svoju odanost Bogu držeći Njegov zakon i odbijajući prihvatiti lažnu subotu, stat će pod stijeg Gospoda Boga Jehove i primit će pečat Boga živoga. Oni koji se odreknu istine nebeskoga podrijetla i prihvate nedjeljnu subotu, primit će žig zvijeri“ Manuscript Releases, svezak 15, 15.

In this current history, the two horns formerly identified as Republicanism and Protestantism have already changed to a democracy and apostate Protestantism. When those two horns are fully joined, they then form one power, one horn. In that same period, God will identify and lift up the genuine horn of Protestantism to warn against the image of the beast. Those two horns run parallel to one another until the United States ceases to be the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy.

U ovoj sadašnjoj povijesti, dva roga koja su prije bila poistovjećena s republikanizmom i protestantizmom već su se promijenila u demokraciju i otpali protestantizam. Kada se ta dva roga potpuno sjedine, tada tvore jednu silu, jedan rog. U tom istom razdoblju Bog će prepoznati i uzdignuti pravi rog protestantizma da upozori protiv slike zvijeri. Ta dva roga teku usporedno jedan s drugim sve dok Sjedinjene Države ne prestanu biti šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proroštva.

Revelation seventeen identifies that the three-fold union of the dragon (the United Nations), the beast (the papal power) and the false prophet (the United States) is the power that is the eighth head, that is of the seven heads. Those seven heads are the kingdoms of Bible prophecy beginning with Babylon, then Medo-Persia, Greece and then pagan Rome. Then the fifth kingdom is papal Rome who prophetically received a deadly wound in 1798. At that point in history the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, the United States ascended the throne until it is overthrown at the soon coming Sunday law.

Otkrivenje sedamnaesto utvrđuje da je trostruki savez zmaja (Ujedinjeni narodi), Zvijeri (papinska vlast) i lažnog proroka (Sjedinjene Države) sila koja je osma glava, a koja je od sedam glava. Tih sedam glava jesu kraljevstva biblijskog proročanstva, počevši od Babilona, zatim Medo-Perzije, Grčke, a potom poganskoga Rima. Zatim je peto kraljevstvo papinski Rim, koji je proročki zadobio smrtonosnu ranu 1798. godine. U toj točki povijesti šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, Sjedinjene Države, uzdiglo se na prijestolje sve dok ne bude zbačeno pri uskoro dolazećem zakonu o nedjelji.

The United Nations will be then forced by the power that forces the entire world to set up an image to the beast. At that point the sixth kingdom has also received a deadly wound, but the United States will then force the entire world to accept its leadership over the United Nations and demand that they also accept the moral authority of the papacy to govern the three-fold union.

Ujedinjeni narodi tada će biti prisiljeni od strane sile koja prisiljava cijeli svijet da načini kip Zvijeri. U tom će trenutku i šesto kraljevstvo zadobiti smrtonosnu ranu, ali će Sjedinjene Države tada prisiliti cijeli svijet da prihvati njihovo vodstvo nad Ujedinjenim narodima i zahtijevati da također prihvate moralni autoritet papinstva da upravlja trostrukim savezom.

> And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Revelation 13:13, 14.

> I zavodi one koji prebivaju na zemlji znamenjima koja mu bijaše dano činiti pred zvijeri, govoreći onima koji prebivaju na zemlji da načine lik zvijeri koja bijaše ranjena mačem, a oživjela. I bijaše mu dano dati dah liku zvijeri, da lik zvijeri i progovori i učini da budu pobijeni svi koji se ne bi poklonili liku zvijeri. Otkrivenje 13:13, 14.

The only definition of the “image of the beast” in inspiration is that it represents the combination of church (the papal power) and state (the United Nations, with the United States controlling the other nine kings.) Jezebel is the papal power; Ahab is the United States who is king of the ten northern tribes.

Jedina definicija „slike Zvijeri” u nadahnuću jest da ona predstavlja sjedinjenje crkve (papinske vlasti) i države (Ujedinjenih naroda, pri čemu Sjedinjene Države upravljaju ostalih devet kraljeva). Jezabela je papinska vlast; Ahab je Sjedinjene Države, koje su kralj deset sjevernih plemena.

When the United States falls at the Sunday law, Tyre (the papacy) who has been forgotten since 1798 is “remembered” and she begins her seductive songs. Due to the financial collapse represented as “national ruin” in the writings of Ellen White, the United States is forced to bring the entire world together to address the biblical power that brings every man’s hand together against him. That power is Islam, as represented by Islam’s forefather Ishmael.

Kada Sjedinjene Američke Države padnu pri nedjeljnom zakonu, Tir (papinstvo), koji je bio zaboravljen od 1798., biva „spomenut“, te ona započinje svoje zavodljive pjesme. Zbog financijskog sloma, prikazanog kao „nacionalna propast“ u spisima Ellen White, Sjedinjene Američke Države prisiljene su okupiti čitav svijet kako bi se suočile s biblijskom silom koja okreće ruku svakoga čovjeka protiv njega. Ta sila jest islam, kako ga predstavlja Išmael, praotac islama.

> And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. Genesis 16:11, 12.

> I anđeo Gospodnji reče joj: Evo, začela si i rodit ćeš sina, i nadjenut ćeš mu ime Jišmael; jer je Gospod čuo tvoju nevolju. I on će biti divlji čovjek; njegova će ruka biti protiv svakoga čovjeka, i ruka svakoga čovjeka protiv njega; i prebivat će pred licem sve svoje braće. Postanak 16,11.12.

The United States forms an alliance with the other nine kings, taking the leadership position. It does so for only a brief time, and it will then insist that the papal power becomes the head of it all, just as Jezebel controlled Ahab.

Sjedinjene Države sklapaju savez s ostalih devet kraljeva, preuzimajući vodeći položaj. To čine samo nakratko, a zatim će zahtijevati da papinska vlast postane glava svega toga, upravo kao što je Izebela upravljala Ahabom.

Thus, the three-fold alliance of the dragon, beast and false prophet march off together to Armageddon. The number eight represents resurrection, and the kingdom that is noted by prophecy as receiving a deadly wound was the fifth kingdom, the papal power. When the papacy is resurrected, they become the eighth kingdom and they are given control of the three-fold union and that eighth kingdom is the one head of the seven kingdoms that has been identified as receiving a deadly wound, but inspiration also identifies the healing of that deadly wound.

Tako trostruki savez zmaja, Zvijeri i lažnoga proroka zajedno kreće prema Harmagedonu. Broj osam predstavlja uskrsnuće, a kraljevstvo koje je u proročanstvu zabilježeno kao ono koje prima smrtonosnu ranu bilo je peto kraljevstvo, papinska vlast. Kada papinstvo uskrsne, ono postaje osmo kraljevstvo te mu se daje nadzor nad trostrukom unijom; i to osmo kraljevstvo jest ona jedna glava od sedam kraljevstava koja je prepoznata kao ona koja prima smrtonosnu ranu, ali nadahnuće također prepoznaje iscjeljenje te smrtonosne rane.

> “As we approach the last crisis, it is of vital moment that harmony and unity exist among the Lord’s instrumentalities. The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses. This union is cemented by the great apostate. While he seeks to unite his agents in warring against the truth he will work to divide and scatter its advocates. Jealousy, evil surmising, evilspeaking, are instigated by him to produce discord and dissension.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

> „Kako se približavamo posljednjoj krizi, od presudne je važnosti da među Gospodnjim oruđima vladaju sklad i jedinstvo. Svijet je ispunjen olujom, ratom i razdorom. Ipak, pod jednom glavom — papinskom vlašću — ljudi će se ujediniti da se suprotstave Bogu u osobi Njegovih svjedoka. To je jedinstvo učvršćeno po velikom otpadniku. Dok bude nastojao ujediniti svoje oruđe u ratovanju protiv istine, djelovat će na tome da razdijeli i rasprši njezine zastupnike. Ljubomora, zla sumnjičenja, zlo govorenje potiče on kako bi proizveo neslogu i razdor.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

The fifth kingdom, the sixth kingdom and the seventh kingdom at that point have all lost their individual kingdoms, so their respective kingdoms are all resurrected together as one kingdom made up of three parts, counterfeiting the three-fold makeup of the godhead.

Peto kraljevstvo, šesto kraljevstvo i sedmo kraljevstvo u tom su trenutku svi izgubili svoja pojedinačna kraljevstva, pa su njihova odgovarajuća kraljevstva sva zajedno uskrsnuta kao jedno kraljevstvo sastavljeno od tri dijela, krivotvoreći trojstveni sastav Božanstva.

The sixth kingdom that began with two lamb-like horns and ends as one horn that speaks as a dragon possesses the prophetic characteristic of the papal power for it becomes the image of the beast. It is the beast, the papal power, that is primarily represented as the resurrected eighth kingdom that was of the seven. But even though it is the papal power that most directly fulfills the prophetic enigma, of the eighth being of the seven, the United States forms an image of the papacy and therefore prophetically produces the same characteristics as the papal power.

Šesto kraljevstvo koje započinje s dva rogu slična janjećima, a završava kao jedan rog koji govori kao zmaj, posjeduje proročko obilježje papinske vlasti, jer postaje slikom Zvijeri. Upravo je Zvijer, papinska vlast, ona koja je prvenstveno prikazana kao uskrsnulo osmo kraljevstvo koje bijaše od sedmorice. Ali premda je papinska vlast ta koja najizravnije ispunjava proročku zagonetku da je osmi od sedmorice, Sjedinjene Američke Države oblikuju sliku papinstva te stoga proročki proizvode ista obilježja kao i papinska vlast.

The United States began in 1798 when according to Isaiah twenty-three, Tyre, the papal power was to be forgotten until the end of the sixth kingdom. 1798 was the time of the end for the Millerites at the beginning of Adventism. By the spring of 1844, Millerite Adventism had accepted the mantle of Protestantism which runs parallel to the horn of Republicanism representing the government of the United States. The two horns are on the same animal, so they proceed through history together. The beginning and ending of Adventism runs parallel to the Republican horn. The history of 1798, until the Protestants rejected the first angels’ message, was the period where God established that Protestant horn. He did so through a testing process, as He did with the Republican horn. There is much to say about the parallel horns, but not now.

Sjedinjene Američke Države započele su 1798. godine kada je, prema Izaiji dvadeset i trećem poglavlju, Tir, papinska sila, trebao biti zaboravljen do svršetka šestoga kraljevstva. Godina 1798. bila je vrijeme svršetka za milerite na početku adventizma. Do proljeća 1844. mileritski adventizam prihvatio je plašt protestantizma, koji teče usporedno s rogom republikanizma što predstavlja vladu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država. Ta su dva roga na istoj zvijeri, stoga zajedno prolaze kroz povijest. Početak i završetak adventizma teku usporedno s republikanskim rogom. Povijest od 1798. godine pa sve dok protestanti nisu odbacili poruku prvoga anđela bila je razdoblje u kojem je Bog uspostavljao taj protestantski rog. Učinio je to kroz proces kušanja, kao što je učinio i s republikanskim rogom. O tim usporednim rogovima može se mnogo toga reći, ali ne sada.

The Republican horn commits fornication with apostate Protestantism, not with the true Protestant horn, for the true horn is the Lamb’s bride and she is a virgin. Since the time of the end in 1989 there have been seven presidents. The sixth of those presidents received a deadly wound in the very year that the movement at the end of Adventism also received a deadly wound. The eighth president since the time of the end in 1989, will be the one who received a deadly wound that is healed. He must be a president that is of the seven. At the same time, in 2020 when the sixth president received his deadly wound, the horn that is now carrying the Protestant mantle was also killed. As with the beast of Catholicism, and as with the image of the beast of apostate Protestantism, so with the genuine horn of Protestantism. The horn of Protestantism is represented as the sixth church, that becomes the eighth, but is of the seven.

Republikanski rog čini blud s otpali protestantizmom, a ne s pravim protestantskim rogom, jer pravi je rog Zaručnica Jaganjčeva i ona je djevica. Od vremena svršetka 1989. bilo je sedam predsjednika. Šesti od tih predsjednika zadobio je smrtonosnu ranu upravo one godine kada je i pokret na kraju adventizma zadobio smrtonosnu ranu. Osmi predsjednik od vremena svršetka 1989. bit će onaj koji je zadobio smrtonosnu ranu koja je iscijeljena. On mora biti predsjednik koji je od sedmorice. U isto vrijeme, 2020., kada je šesti predsjednik zadobio svoju smrtonosnu ranu, ubijen je i rog koji sada nosi protestantski plašt. Kao s zvijeri katolicizma, i kao sa slikom zvijeri otpalog protestantizma, tako i s istinskim rogom protestantizma. Rog protestantizma predstavljen je kao šesta crkva, koja postaje osma, ali je od sedmorice.

When you test these claims, remember the message that is unsealed just before probation closes will most certainly be presented within the context of the beginning illustrating the end. That message will be presented with the methodology of “historicism,” which employs biblical history aligned with world history to identify the end of the world. That message springs up out of the earth.

Kada budete provjeravali ove tvrdnje, imajte na umu da će poruka koja se otpečaćuje neposredno prije završetka vremena milosti sasvim sigurno biti izložena u okviru načela da početak predočuje svršetak. Ta će poruka biti predstavljena metodologijom „historicizma”, koja se služi biblijskom poviješću usklađenom sa svjetskom poviješću kako bi se prepoznao kraj svijeta. Ta poruka niče iz zemlje.

> Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. Psalms 85:11–13.

> Istina će niknuti iz zemlje, i pravednost će pogledati s neba. Da, Gospodin će dati ono što je dobro, i zemlja će naša dati svoj rod. Pravednost će ići pred njim i postavit će nas na put njegovih koraka. Psalmi 85,11–13.

It is not simply that earth in the passage is identified as a “land.” The passage in Psalms not only identifies the “land” as the “earth” beast of Revelation thirteen, but it also notes that “truth” “springs” up out of the earth.

Nije posrijedi samo to što je zemlja u tom odlomku označena kao „zemlja“. Odlomak u Psalmima ne samo da poistovjećuje „zemlju” sa „zvijeri” iz zemlje iz trinaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, nego također ističe da „istina” „izniče” iz zemlje.

> “What nation of the New World was in 1798 rising into power, giving promise of strength and greatness, and attracting the attention of the world? The application of the symbol admits of no question. One nation, and only one, meets the specifications of this prophecy; it points unmistakably to the United States of America. Again and again the thought, almost the exact words, of the sacred writer has been unconsciously employed by the orator and the historian in describing the rise and growth of this nation. The beast was seen ‘coming up out of the earth;’ and, according to the translators, the word here rendered ‘coming up’ literally signifies ‘to grow or spring up as a plant.’” The Great Controversy, 440.

> „Koji se narod Novoga svijeta 1798. uzdizao na vlast, obećavajući snagu i veličinu te privlačeći pozornost svijeta? Primjena ovoga simbola ne dopušta nikakvu sumnju. Jedan narod, i samo jedan, odgovara obilježjima ovoga proročanstva; ono nedvojbeno upućuje na Sjedinjene Američke Države. Iznova i iznova misao, gotovo same riječi, svetoga pisca nesvjesno su upotrebljavali govornik i povjesničar opisujući uspon i razvoj toga naroda. Zvijer je bila viđena kako ‘izlazi iz zemlje’; a prema prevoditeljima, riječ ovdje prevedena kao ‘izlazi’ doslovno znači ‘rasti ili nicati poput biljke.’” Velika borba, 440.

The United States is the earth beast that “springs up.” So, when you are testing the claims made in these articles, inspiration identifies the message will be based upon the end being illustrated by the beginning, it will be placed in the context of historical line upon historical line, and it must come from a voice in the United States. There are of course false voices within the United States, but according to and upon the authority of God’s Word any messenger or ministry that is located or has its origins outside the United States is a false light. Adventism began in the United States with the voice of a man and a movement established in the United States. Jesus illustrates the end of a thing, with the beginning of a thing.

Sjedinjene Američke Države zvijer su iz zemlje koja „izranja“. Stoga, kada ispitujete tvrdnje iznesene u ovim člancima, nadahnuće prepoznaje da će se poruka temeljiti na tome da je svršetak prikazan početkom, da će biti postavljena u kontekst povijesne crte na povijesnu crtu te da mora dolaziti od glasa u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. U Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, dakako, postoje i lažni glasovi, ali prema i na temelju autoriteta Božje Riječi, svaki glasnik ili služba koji se nalaze izvan Sjedinjenih Američkih Država ili ondje nemaju svoje podrijetlo lažna su svjetlost. Adventizam je započeo u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama glasom jednog čovjeka i pokretom utemeljenim u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Isus prikazuje svršetak nečega početkom nečega.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Tko ima uho, neka čuje što Duh govori crkvama.

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