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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Fourteen

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The Seventh Seal

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 11, 2023

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The probationary war of angels, that began with Lucifer in the third heaven represented in Revelation chapter twelve, typifies the probationary war of men and angels, that ends in the first heaven. When Satan and his angels were cast out of the third heaven, Satan opened a new battle front in the garden of Eden. As in the war of the third heaven with Lucifer, God also instituted a period of probation for mankind. The war in the first heaven that begins in earnest at the soon-coming Sunday law represents the end of probationary time for mankind.

Probni rat anđela, koji je započeo s Luciferom na trećem nebu, prikazan u 12. poglavlju Otkrivenja, predoznačuje probni rat ljudi i anđela, koji završava na prvom nebu. Kada su Sotona i njegovi anđeli bili zbačeni s trećega neba, Sotona je otvorio novu bojišnicu u edenskom vrtu. Kao i u ratu na trećem nebu s Luciferom, Bog je i za čovječanstvo uspostavio razdoblje kušnje. Rat na prvom nebu, koji ozbiljno započinje pri uskoro dolazećem zakonu o nedjelji, predstavlja kraj vremena kušnje za čovječanstvo.

In Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen the dragon, the beast and the false prophet are represented. Customarily, those three powers are understood to represent primarily past history of those three powers, but John was told to write the “things that will be,” and the entire book of Revelation speaks of the “last days,” so we are employing the biblical principle that the end is illustrated by the beginning, and applying the symbols of Revelation as present, not past truth.

U dvanaestom i trinaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja prikazani su zmaj, zvijer i lažni prorok. Obično se smatra da te tri sile prvenstveno predstavljaju prošlu povijest tih triju sila, no Ivanu je bilo rečeno da zapiše „što će biti“, a cijela knjiga Otkrivenja govori o „posljednjim danima“, stoga primjenjujemo biblijsko načelo da je svršetak predočen početkom te simbole iz Otkrivenja primjenjujemo kao sadašnju, a ne prošlu istinu.

Satan has been identified in both the war he began in the third heaven, and the first battle that he brought to men in the garden of Eden as employing “hypnotism” to convey his corrupted communications in order to accomplish his warfare.

Sotona je prepoznat i u ratu koji je započeo na trećem nebu i u prvoj bitci koju je donio ljudima u edenskome vrtu kao onaj koji se služi „hipnotizmom“ kako bi prenio svoje iskvarene poruke radi ostvarivanja svojega ratovanja.

> “Satan tempted the first Adam in Eden, and Adam reasoned with the enemy, thus giving him the advantage. Satan exercised his power of hypnotism over Adam and Eve, and this power he strove to exercise over Christ. But after the word of Scripture was quoted, Satan knew that he had no chance of triumphing.

> „Sotona je iskušavao prvoga Adama u Edenu, a Adam se upustio u raspravljanje s neprijateljem, dajući mu tako prednost. Sotona je upotrijebio svoju moć hipnotizma nad Adamom i Evom, i tu je moć nastojao primijeniti i nad Kristom. Ali nakon što je bila citirana riječ Pisma, Sotona je znao da nema nikakve mogućnosti za pobjedu.״

> “Men and women are not to study the science of how to take captive the minds of those who associate with them. This is the science that Satan teaches. We are to resist everything of the kind. We are not to tamper with mesmerism and hypnotism—the science of the one who lost his first estate and was cast out of the heavenly courts.” Mind, Character and Personality, 713.

> „Muškarci i žene ne trebaju proučavati znanost o tome kako zarobiti umove onih koji su s njima povezani. To je znanost koju Sotona naučava. Trebamo se oduprijeti svemu takve vrste. Ne smijemo se poigravati mesmerizmom i hipnotizmom — znanošću onoga koji je izgubio svoje prvobitno stanje i bio izbačen iz nebeskih dvorova.” Mind, Character and Personality, 713.

The “science that Satan teaches” has been perfected by the globalist merchants, and is carried out through the “information super highway” in the “last days.” Satan is the father of lies, and the media giants, not only promote falsehoods, but they also screen out truth, they track those they deem as heretics, and they employ the most sophisticated form of hypnotism ever practiced in the history of planet earth. The war that began in the third heaven emphasizes this attribute of Satan’s warfare, in order that the faithful living when the war of the first heaven gets under way might be forewarned by foreknowledge. When we understand that the control center for the worldwide web, and the “information super highway” is managed and controlled in the United States, we have a view of what it means that the United States, calls fire down out of heaven and deceives the entire world. “Fire” in the book of Revelation represents a message.

„znanost koju Sotona poučava“ usavršili su globalistički trgovci, a provodi se putem „informacijske superautoceste“ u „posljednjim danima“. Sotona je otac laži, a medijski divovi ne samo da promiču neistine, nego i filtriraju istinu, prate one koje smatraju hereticima te primjenjuju najsuvremeniji oblik hipnotizma ikada prakticiran u povijesti planeta Zemlje. Rat koji je započeo na trećem nebu naglašava ovo obilježje Sotonina ratovanja, kako bi vjerni koji budu živjeli kada rat prvoga neba započne mogli biti unaprijed upozoreni predznanjem. Kada razumijemo da se središtem upravljanja svjetskom mrežom i „informacijskom superautocestom“ upravlja iz Sjedinjenih Američkih Država te da je ono pod njihovim nadzorom, imamo uvid u značenje toga da Sjedinjene Američke Države spuštaju oganj s neba i varaju cijeli svijet. „Oganj“ u knjizi Otkrivenja predstavlja poruku.

The symbolism of Revelation chapter thirteen, and verse thirteen is drawn from the battle of mount Carmel where the prophets of Baal and the prophets of the groves, were unable to call fire down out of heaven to confirm that Baal and Ashtaroth were true gods. Baal, being a male deity and Ashtaroth a female deity represents the image of the beast, the unholy combination of church and state. They were the prophets of Jezebel, who was in an unholy relationship with Ahab. Those two prophetic witnesses of the image of the beast in the story of Mount Carmel, identify the role of the United States in first forming an image of the papal system in the United States, and thereafter in the world. The “fire” at Carmel was to be the evidence of who the true God really was. It represented a revelation from heaven identifying the true God, and the same issue exists when the United States calls fire down from heaven.

Simbolika trinaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja, i trinaestoga retka, preuzeta je iz bitke na gori Karmelu, gdje proroci Baala i proroci lugova nisu mogli prizvati oganj s neba kako bi potvrdili da su Baal i Aštarota istiniti bogovi. Baal, kao muško božanstvo, i Aštarota, kao žensko božanstvo, predstavljaju sliku Zvijeri, nesvetu kombinaciju crkve i države. Oni su bili proroci Izebele, koja je bila u nesvetom odnosu s Ahabom. Ta dva proročka svjedoka slike Zvijeri u izvještaju o gori Karmelu prepoznaju ulogu Sjedinjenih Država u tome da najprije u Sjedinjenim Državama oblikuju sliku papinskoga sustava, a potom i u svijetu. „Oganj“ na Karmelu trebao je biti dokaz tko je doista pravi Bog. On je predstavljao objavu s neba koja otkriva pravoga Boga, i isto to pitanje postoji kada Sjedinjene Države prizivaju oganj s neba.

In the book of Isaiah, the God who identifies the end from the beginning, addresses the very setting of Mount Carmel of old, and also the prophetic setting that is represented when the United States calls down fire out of heaven.

U knjizi Izaijinoj Bog, koji od početka objavljuje svršetak, obraća se samom prizoru gore Karmela iz davnine, a također i proročkom prizoru koji je predočen kada Sjedinjene Države spuštaju oganj s neba.

> Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. Isaiah 41:21–27.

> Iznesite svoju parnicu, govori Gospod; iznesite svoje jake razloge, govori Kralj Jakovljev. Neka ih iznesu i neka nam pokažu što će se dogoditi: neka pokažu prijašnje stvari, što su bile, da ih razmotrimo i spoznamo njihov svršetak; ili nam navijestite ono što će doći. Pokažite ono što će se dogoditi poslije, da znamo da ste bogovi; da, učinite dobro ili učinite zlo, da se zaprepastimo i to zajedno vidimo. Evo, vi ste ništa, i vaše je djelo ništavno; gnusoba je onaj koji vas izabire. Podigao sam jednoga sa sjevera, i on će doći; od istoka sunčeva zazivat će moje ime; i doći će na knezove kao na žbuku, i kao što lončar gazi glinu. Tko je to navijestio od početka, da bismo znali? i unaprijed, da bismo mogli reći: Pravedan je? Da, nema nikoga tko pokazuje; da, nema nikoga tko navješćuje; da, nema nikoga tko čuje vaše riječi. Prvi će reći Sionu: Evo, evo ih; i dat ću Jeruzalemu glasnika dobre vijesti. Izaija 41:21–27.

In the war of the first heaven that gets under way at the soon-coming Sunday law, the United States, and also Satan himself, will be allowed to “produce” their “cause,” and they will call fire down from heaven in an attempt to prove that the god of Jezebel is the true God. The world will be forced to accept the mark of that god’s day of worship. The fire that is brought down from heaven, through the “information super highway” to all mankind is a work of “nought,” and he that chooses the message conveyed through that medium is an “abomination.”

U ratu prvoga neba, koji započinje s uskoro dolazećim nedjeljnim zakonom, Sjedinjenim Državama, a također i samome Sotoni, bit će dopušteno da „iznesu” svoju „parbu”, te će oni svesti oganj s neba u pokušaju da dokažu kako je bog Jezebele pravi Bog. Svijet će biti prisiljen prihvatiti žig dana bogoslužja toga boga. Oganj koji se svodi s neba, putem „informacijske superautoceste” do cijeloga čovječanstva, djelo je „ništavila”, a onaj koji izabere poruku prenesenu tim sredstvom jest „gnusoba”.

In that warfare the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and thereafter the great multitude, will be God’s witnesses in the argument of who is the true God. The messages conveyed from both sides of the war are represented as “fire.” All the nations will be gathered to determine who is the true God, and there will be two classes of witnesses in order to establish the “truth.”

U tome će ratovanju sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, a potom i veliko mnoštvo, biti Božji svjedoci u sporu o tome tko je istiniti Bog. Poruke koje se prenose s obje strane rata prikazane su kao „vatra“. Svi će narodi biti okupljeni kako bi se utvrdilo tko je istiniti Bog, a postojat će dvije skupine svjedoka kako bi se ustanovila „istina“.

> Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. Isaiah 43:9–12.

> Neka se saberu svi narodi i neka se okupe puci: tko među njima može ovo navijestiti i pokazati nam ono što je prije bilo? Neka izvedu svoje svjedoke da se opravdaju; ili neka čuju i kažu: To je istina. Vi ste moji svjedoci, govori Gospodin, i moj sluga kojega sam izabrao: da biste me spoznali i vjerovali mi, te razumjeli da ja jesam onaj; prije mene nijedan bog nije bio oblikovan, niti će ga biti poslije mene. Ja, ja sam Gospodin; i osim mene nema spasitelja. Ja sam navijestio, i spasio, i pokazao, kad među vama nije bilo tuđega boga; stoga ste vi moji svjedoci, govori Gospodin, da sam ja Bog. Izaija 43:9–12.

The final manifestation of Mount Carmel, has witnesses for Satan and witnesses for God. The demonstration is to prove who is the true God, but what are God’s faithful witnesses supposed to bear witness to?

Posljednje očitovanje gore Karmela ima svjedoke za Sotonu i svjedoke za Boga. To očitovanje treba dokazati tko je istiniti Bog, ali o čemu trebaju svjedočiti Božji vjerni svjedoci?

> Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Isaiah 44:6–9.

> Ovako govori Gospodin, Kralj Izraelov, i njegov Otkupitelj, Gospod nad vojskama: Ja sam prvi i ja sam posljednji, i osim mene nema Boga. I tko će, kao ja, dozvati, i to objaviti, i preda me to urediti, otkad sam postavio drevni narod? A što dolazi i što će doći, neka im objave. Ne bojte se i ne plašite se: nisam li ti od onoga vremena kazao i objavio? Vi ste, doista, moji svjedoci. Ima li Boga osim mene? Da, nema Boga; ne znam ni za jednoga. Svi koji prave lik rezani sama su taština; i njihove mile stvari neće koristiti; i oni su sami sebi svjedoci; ne vide niti znaju, da bi se postidjeli. Izaija 44:6–9.

The faithful in the final confrontation of Mount Carmel are to witness to the truth that God is the first and the last. He is the God that “appointed the ancient people,” in order to identify the “things that are coming.” God’s witnesses are to present the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before the final battle of Mount Carmel.

Vjerni će u završnom sukobu na gori Karmelu svjedočiti istini da je Bog prvi i posljednji. On je Bog koji je „postavio drevni narod“ kako bi označio „ono što dolazi“. Božji svjedoci trebaju iznijeti Otkrivenje Isusa Krista koje je otpečaćeno neposredno prije završne bitke na gori Karmelu.

Satan’s Mount Carmel message is represented as fire that comes down out of heaven.

Sotonina poruka s gore Karmela predstavljena je kao oganj koji silazi s neba.

> And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, Revelation 13:13.

> I čini velika čudesa, tako da čini da oganj silazi s neba na zemlju pred ljudima, Otkrivenje 13,13.

The verse is describing the miracles that the United States accomplishes through the modern science of hypnotism that is conveyed to mankind on “the information super highway.” But the verse is also speaking to the appearance of Satan himself when he personates Christ.

Ovaj redak opisuje čudesa koja Sjedinjene Američke Države ostvaruju putem suvremene znanosti hipnotizma, koja se čovječanstvu prenosi „informacijskom superautocestom“. No taj redak također govori o samoj pojavi Sotone kada se on izdaje za Krista.

> “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 pridružuje naviještanju poruke trećega anđela treba obasjati svu zemlju svojom slavom. Ovdje je prorečeno djelo 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 postojalo najveće vjersko zanimanje kakvo je bilo posvjedočeno u ijednoj zemlji od reformacije šesnaestoga stoljeća; ali sve će to nadmašiti silni pokret 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 „rani dažd“ bio dan, u izlijevanju Duha Svetoga na početku evanđelja, da prouzroči nicanje dragocjenoga sjemena, tako će „kasni dažd“ biti dan na njegovu svršetku za sazrijevanje žetve. „Tada ćemo poznati, ako nastavimo poznavati Jahvu: kao zora spreman je njegov izlazak; doći će nam kao dažd, kao kasni i rani dažd zemlji.“ Hošea 6:3. „Radujte se, dakle, sinovi sionski, i veselite se u Jahvi, Bogu svojemu, jer vam je dao rani dažd umjereno, i pustit će da vam siđe dažd, rani dažd i kasni dažd.“ 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, bit će spašen.“ 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.

> „Veliko djelo evanđelja ne smije se završiti s manjim očitovanjem Božje sile nego što je obilježilo njegov početak. Proročanstva koja su se ispunila u izlijevanju ranoga dažda na početku evanđelja ponovno se trebaju ispuniti u kasnome daždu na njegovu svršetku. To su ‘vremena okrjepe’ na koja je apostol Petar unaprijed gledao kad je rekao: ‘Pokajte se dakle i obratite se da se izbrišu grijesi vaši, da od lica Gospodnjega dođu vremena okrjepe, i da pošalje Isusa.’ Djela 3,19.20.”

> “Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan also works, with lying wonders, even bringing down fire from heaven in the sight of men. Revelation 13:13. Thus the inhabitants of the earth will be brought to take their stand.” The Great Controversy, 611, 612.

> „Sluge Božje, lica obasjanih i ozarenih svetim posvećenjem, žurit će od mjesta do mjesta da objave poruku s neba. Tisućama glasova, po svoj zemlji, bit će upućeno upozorenje. Činit će se čudesa, bolesni će biti iscijeljeni, a znakovi i čudesa pratit će vjernike. I Sotona djeluje lažnim čudesima, čak i spuštajući oganj s neba pred očima ljudi. Otkrivenje 13,13. Tako će stanovnici zemlje biti navedeni da zauzmu svoj stav.” Velika borba, 611, 612.

When we reach the time when Satan calls fire down out of heaven, “the inhabitants of earth will be brought to take their stand.” In that time, God’s witness “will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given.” The work God’s witnesses accomplish “will be similar to that of the Day of Pentecost,” when the “angel who unites in the proclamation of the third angel’s message is to lighten the whole earth with his glory.” At Pentecost, fire was the symbol of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and fire is also the symbol of the outpouring of Satan’s unholy spirit.

Kada dođemo do vremena kada Sotona priziva oganj s neba, „stanovnici zemlje bit će dovedeni do toga da zauzmu svoje stajalište“. U to vrijeme Božji će svjedok „žurno ići od mjesta do mjesta kako bi objavio poruku s neba. Tisućama glasova, po svoj zemlji, upozorenje će biti dano.“ Djelo koje Božji svjedoci izvrše „bit će slično onome na Dan Pedesetnice“, kada „anđeo koji se pridružuje u objavljivanju poruke trećega anđela treba obasjati svu zemlju svojom slavom“. Na Pedesetnicu oganj je bio simbol izlijevanja Duha Svetoga, a oganj je također simbol izlijevanja Sotonina nečistoga duha.

After John represents the one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude in Revelation chapter seven, he identifies the opening of the seventh and final seal. The final or seventh seal represents the unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and the only prophecy in the book of Revelation that was to be unsealed just before probation closes. The seventh seal, the seven thunders and the Revelation of Jesus Christ are all symbols of the same truth, that is opened up just before probation closes. The Revelation of Jesus Christ emphasizes Christ’s character and creative power as the Alpha and Omega. The seven thunders identify the history where the one hundred and forty-four thousand are sealed, and the seventh seal identifies the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the history when the two witnesses are resurrected and receive the creative power of the “truth” of God, that is conveyed from the Father, to the Son, to Gabriel, to the prophet unto those who choose to read, hear and keep the power contained therein.

Nakon što Ivan u sedmom poglavlju Otkrivenja prikaže sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće i veliko mnoštvo, on označava otvaranje sedmoga i posljednjega pečata. Posljednji, odnosno sedmi pečat, predstavlja otpečaćenje Otkrivenja Isusa Krista i jedino proročanstvo u knjizi Otkrivenja koje je trebalo biti otpečaćeno neposredno prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme kušnje. Sedmi pečat, sedam gromova i Otkrivenje Isusa Krista svi su simboli iste istine, koja se otvara neposredno prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme kušnje. Otkrivenje Isusa Krista naglašava Kristov karakter i stvaralačku silu kao Alfu i Omegu. Sedam gromova označava povijest u kojoj se pečati sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, a sedmi pečat označava izlijevanje Duha Svetoga tijekom povijesti u kojoj su dva svjedoka uskrišena i primaju stvaralačku silu Božje „istine“, koja se prenosi od Oca, Sinu, Gabrielu, proroku, onima koji odluče čitati, slušati i držati silu sadržanu u njoj.

> 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 bi dano sedam truba. I drugi anđeo dođe i stade kod žrtvenika, imajući zlatnu kadionicu; i dade mu se mnogo tamjana, da ga prinese s molitvama svih svetih na zlatni žrtvenik koji bijaše pred prijestoljem. I dim tamjana, koji dođe s molitvama svetih, uzađe pred Boga iz anđelove ruke. I anđeo uze kadionicu, napuni je ognjem sa žrtvenika i baci na zemlju: i nastadoše glasovi, i gromovi, i sijevanja munja, i potres. Otkrivenje 8:1–5.

In the verses, “seven angels” “stood before God” with “seven trumpets.” Those seven trumpet angels have been correctly understood customarily to represent God’s judgments against Rome for the enforcement of Sunday worship. Pagan Rome, under Constantine, passed the first Sunday law in the year 321, and by the year 330, his empire was divided into east and west. From that point on the first four trumpets began to sound, and they represented the historical forces which were brought against his empire, and which by the year 476, left the city of Rome where it never again had another Roman ruling over the city, which was the symbol of Rome’s strength and glory. When the papacy passed the Sunday law at the Council of Orleans in the year 538, Mohammed was raised up to bring judgment against the Roman church, as represented by the fifth and sixth trumpets, which were also the first and second woe, and represented Islam. As correct as the traditional understanding of those trumpets are, they are defined in the passage where they are presented in Revelation nine as “plagues.”

U redcima „sedam anđela” „stajalo je pred Bogom” sa „sedam truba”. Tih sedam anđela s trubama ispravno se uobičajeno razumije kao prikaz Božjih sudova protiv Rima zbog nametanja svetkovanja nedjelje. Poganski Rim, pod Konstantinom, donio je prvi zakon o nedjelji godine 321., a do godine 330. njegovo je carstvo bilo podijeljeno na istok i zapad. Od toga trenutka prve četiri trube počeše zvučati te su predstavljale povijesne sile koje su bile podignute protiv njegova carstva i koje su do godine 476. ostavile grad Rim u stanju u kojemu više nikada nije imao drugoga rimskog vladara nad gradom, koji je bio simbol snage i slave Rima. Kada je papinstvo donijelo zakon o nedjelji na saboru u Orléansu godine 538., Muhamed je bio podignut da donese sud protiv Rimske crkve, kako je prikazano petom i šestom trubom, koje su ujedno bile i prvo i drugo jao te su predstavljale islam. Koliko god tradicionalno razumijevanje tih truba bilo ispravno, one su određene u odlomku u kojemu su predstavljene u devetom poglavlju Otkrivenja kao „zla”.

> And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Revelation 9:20, 21.

> I ostali ljudi koji ne bijahu pobijeni ovim pošastima ipak se ne pokajaše za djela ruku svojih, da se ne bi klanjali zlodušima i idolima od zlata, i srebra, i mjedi, i kamena, i drveta, koji niti mogu vidjeti, niti čuti, niti hoditi. Niti se pokajaše za svoja ubojstva, ni za svoja vračanja, ni za svoj blud, ni za svoje krađe. Otkrivenje 9:20, 21.

The perfect and final fulfillment of the seven trumpets is the seven last plagues of Revelation chapter sixteen. Even a casual survey of the prophetic characteristics of the seven trumpets of Revelation chapter nine demonstrates they possess parallel characteristics of the seven last plagues. The opening of the seventh seal takes place in the history when probation is about to close and the wrath of God, as represented by the seven last plagues, is about to be poured out.

Savršeno i konačno ispunjenje sedam truba jesu sedam posljednjih zala iz šesnaestog poglavlja Otkrivenja. Čak i letimičan pregled proročkih obilježja sedam truba iz devetog poglavlja Otkrivenja pokazuje da one posjeduju usporedna obilježja sedam posljednjih zala. Otvaranje sedmog pečata zbiva se u povijesti u vrijeme kada se vrijeme milosti sprema završiti i kada se gnjev Božji, kako je prikazan sedam posljednjim zalima, sprema izliti.

When Christ, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, “opened the seventh seal” an 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.” The outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost was preceded by the unified prayer of the believers that were assembled in Jerusalem.

Kad je Krist, kao Lav iz plemena Judina, „otvorio sedmi pečat“, anđeo dođe i stade pred žrtvenik, držeći zlatnu kadionicu; i dade mu se mnogo tamjana da ga prinese zajedno s molitvama svih svetih na zlatni žrtvenik koji bijaše pred prijestoljem. „I dim kadova, koji uzađe s molitvama svetih, uzađe pred Boga iz anđelove ruke.“ Izlijevanje Duha Svetoga na Pedesetnicu bilo je prethodeno jednodušnom molitvom vjernika okupljenih u Jeruzalemu.

> “A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work. There must be earnest effort to obtain the blessing of the Lord, not because God is not willing to bestow His blessing upon us, but because we are unprepared to receive it. Our heavenly Father is more willing to give His Holy Spirit to them that ask Him, than are earthly parents to give good gifts to their children. But it is our work, by confession, humiliation, repentance, and earnest prayer, to fulfill the conditions upon which God has promised to grant us His blessing. A revival need be expected only in answer to prayer.” Selected Messages, book 1, 121.

> „Obnova istinske pobožnosti među nama najveća je i najhitnija od svih naših potreba. Težiti za tim treba biti naše prvo djelo. Mora postojati ozbiljan napor da se zadobije Gospodnji blagoslov, ne zato što Bog nije voljan izliti svoj blagoslov na nas, nego zato što mi nismo spremni primiti ga. Naš nebeski Otac spremniji je dati svojega Svetoga Duha onima koji ga mole, nego što su zemaljski roditelji spremni dati dobre darove svojoj djeci. Ali naša je zadaća da ispovijedanjem, poniznošću, pokajanjem i usrdnom molitvom ispunimo uvjete pod kojima je Bog obećao udijeliti nam svoj blagoslov. Obnova se može očekivati jedino kao odgovor na molitvu.” Selected Messages, knjiga 1, 121.

The opening of the seventh seal is identifying the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The sealing is initiated by prayer, but not simply by the activity of prayer, but by a specific prayer. The specific prayer is identified in the book of Daniel, which is of course, also the book of Revelation.

Otvaranje sedmoga pečata označava zapečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. Zapečaćenje se pokreće molitvom, ali ne naprosto djelovanjem molitve, nego određenom molitvom. Ta određena molitva prepoznaje se u Knjizi proroka Daniela, koja je, dakako, ujedno i Otkrivenje.

John in the Revelation and Daniel in his book, represent the one hundred and forty-four thousand in the “last days.” In the “last days” those who are to be God’s witnesses during the battle of the first heaven will bear witness to the prophecy that is unsealed just before probation closes. This is represented as the seventh seal in the verses we are now considering. The prayers that come to the angel with the “golden censer” are represented by Daniel’s prayer in chapter nine of his book. That prayer is a specific prayer, which was outlined by Moses in connection with the prophecy of the “seven times.” The prayer is two-fold, and Daniel places the context of his two-fold prayer in the terms of “the curse” and “the oath” of Moses. The books of Daniel and Revelation are the same book, and the same lines of prophecy that are in the book of Daniel are taken up in the book of Revelation.

Ivan u Otkrivenju i Daniel u svojoj knjizi predstavljaju sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće u „posljednjim danima“. U „posljednjim danima“ oni koji trebaju biti Božji svjedoci tijekom bitke prvoga neba svjedočit će o proročanstvu koje je otpečaćeno neposredno prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme milosti. To je u stihovima koje sada razmatramo predstavljeno kao sedmi pečat. Molitve koje dolaze k anđelu sa „zlatnom kadionicom“ predstavljene su Danielovom molitvom u devetom poglavlju njegove knjige. Ta je molitva posebna molitva, koju je Mojsije izložio u vezi s proročanstvom o „sedam vremena“. Molitva je dvostruka, a Daniel kontekst svoje dvostruke molitve postavlja u okvir Mojsijevih izraza „prokletstvo“ i „zakletva“. Knjige Daniela i Otkrivenja ista su knjiga, a iste proročke linije koje se nalaze u knjizi Daniela preuzete su u knjizi Otkrivenja.

The prayer that brings about the outpouring of holy fire in the movement of the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen, is Daniel’s prayer of the “seven times.” It is the prayer that brought the angel Gabriel down from heaven to explain the prophecies to Daniel. At the conclusion of his prayer, which covers the first twenty verses of Daniel nine, Gabriel came down about the time of the evening oblation. The prayers that ascend that the angel with the golden censer receives are prayers that ascend as the sun is setting, in the evening of “the last days.”

Molitva koja dovodi do izlijevanja svetoga ognja u pokretu moćnoga anđela iz Otkrivenja osamnaest jest Danielova molitva o „sedam vremena“. To je molitva koja je dovela anđela Gabriela s neba da Danielu protumači proročanstva. Na završetku njegove molitve, koja obuhvaća prvih dvadeset redaka devetoga poglavlja knjige proroka Daniela, Gabriel je sišao otprilike u vrijeme večernje žrtve. Molitve koje uzlaze, a koje anđeo sa zlatnom kadionicom prima, jesu molitve koje se uzdižu dok sunce zalazi, u večeri „posljednjih dana“.

> And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. Daniel 9:20, 21.

> I dok sam još govorio, i molio se, i priznavao svoj grijeh i grijeh svojega naroda Izraela, i iznosio svoju prošnju pred Gospodina, Boga svojega, za svetu goru Boga svojega; da, dok sam još govorio u molitvi, čovjek Gabriel, kojega bijah vidio u viđenju na početku, doletje brzim letom i dotače me oko vremena večernjega prinosa. Daniel 9:20, 21.

Daniel’s prayer was a confession of not only his sins, but also the sins of God’s people. His prayer is the blueprint of the prayer of repentance connected with the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six.

Danielova molitva bila je ispovijed ne samo njegovih grijeha, nego i grijeha Božjega naroda. Njegova je molitva nacrt pokajničke molitve povezane sa „sedam vremena” iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest.

> And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. Leviticus 26:39–42.

> A oni od vas koji preostanu kopnjet će u svojoj bezakonosti u zemljama svojih neprijatelja; i također će kopnjeti s njima u bezakonostima svojih otaca. Ako priznaju svoju bezakonost i bezakonost svojih otaca, sa svojim prijestupom kojim su mi se ogriješili, i da su također hodili protivno meni; te da sam i ja hodio protivno njima i doveo ih u zemlju njihovih neprijatelja; ako se tada njihova neobrezana srca ponize i tada prihvate kaznu za svoju bezakonost: Tada ću se sjetiti svojega saveza s Jakovom, i također svojega saveza s Izakom, i također svojega saveza s Abrahamom sjetit ću se; i zemlje ću se sjetiti. Levitski zakonik 26:39–42.

After Moses sets forth the punishment associated with the “seven times,” which he calls the “quarrel of” God’s “covenant,” he identifies what God’s people are to do if and when they become aware that they are slaves in the enemy’s land, such as Daniel was. They needed, as Daniel represented, to confess their sins, and also the sins of their fathers.

Nakon što Mojsije izloži kaznu povezanu sa „sedam vremena”, koju naziva „parbom” Božjega „saveza”, on određuje što Božji narod treba učiniti ako i kada postane svjestan da je rob u zemlji neprijatelja, kao što je to bio Daniel. Trebali su, kako je Daniel predstavljao, ispovjediti svoje grijehe, a također i grijehe svojih otaca.

When this specific prayer is offered by those called to be the one hundred and forty-four thousand, the angel with the golden censer will take “the censer, and” fill “it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.” The holy fire that represents the message of “truth” in contrast with the counterfeit message of “fire”, that the United States and Satan call down out of heaven, takes place in the hour of the “earthquake” that is the Sunday law.

Kada ovu određenu molitvu uznesu oni koji su pozvani da budu sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, anđeo sa zlatnom kadionicom uzet će „kadionicu i“ napuniti je „ognjem sa žrtvenika te ga baciti na zemlju; i nastadoše glasovi, i gromovi, i munje, i potres“. Sveti oganj koji predstavlja poruku „istine“, nasuprot krivotvorenoj poruci „ognja“, koju Sjedinjene Američke Države i Sotona spuštaju s neba, zbiva se u času „potresa“, to jest nedjeljnog zakona.

In the book of Zechariah, we are informed that Zerubbabel laid both the foundation and the headstone of the temple in the history of the rebuilding of the temple and Jerusalem after the return from the slavery that Daniel was part of.

U knjizi Zaharijinoj obaviješteni smo da je Zerubabel položio i temelj i zaglavni kamen hrama u povijesti obnove hrama i Jeruzalema nakon povratka iz sužanjstva čiji je dio bio Daniel.

> Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth. Zechariah 4:6–10.

> Tada on odgovori i reče mi govoreći: Ovo je riječ Gospodnja Zerubabelu: Ne silom, niti snagom, nego mojim Duhom, veli Gospod nad vojskama. Tko si ti, o goro velika? Pred Zerubabelom postat ćeš ravnica; i on će iznijeti zaglavni kamen uz poklike, vičući: Milost, milost njemu! I dođe mi riječ Gospodnja govoreći: Ruke Zerubabelove postaviše temelj ovomu domu; njegove će ga ruke i dovršiti; i spoznat ćeš da me Gospod nad vojskama poslao k vama. Jer tko je prezreo dan malih početaka? Jer oni će se radovati i vidjeti visak u ruci Zerubabelovoj s onih sedam; to su oči Gospodnje koje obilaze svu zemlju. Zaharija 4:6–10.

Zerubbabel means “offspring of Babylon”, and is a symbol of the second angel’s message, which when combined with the message of the Midnight Cry, laid the “foundation” in the beginning movement of Adventism. Zerubbabel also represents the repetition of the second angel’s message in the ending movement of Adventism in the movement of Future for America, when the “headstone” is placed.

Zerubabel znači „potomak Babilona“ i simbol je poruke drugoga anđela, koja je, kada je bila sjedinjena s porukom Ponoćnoga poklika, položila „temelj“ u početnom pokretu adventizma. Zerubabel također predstavlja ponavljanje poruke drugoga anđela u završnom pokretu adventizma, u pokretu Future for America, kada se postavlja „zaglavni kamen“.

The world rejoiced over the two witnesses that had been slain in the valley of dead bones in the street that is the “information super highway.” When those two witnesses were brought back to life the world feared, and the heavens rejoiced. Zechariah, like all prophets, is identifying the “last days” when God’s people rejoice. Zechariah informs us that they rejoice at the resurrection of the two witnesses, when they see “those seven.” “Those seven” is the same Hebrew word translated as “seven times” in Leviticus twenty-six. The movement of the first angel placed the foundation stone of Moses’ seven times, and that “truth” is also to be the headstone of the movement of the third angel, in spite of its rejection in 1863.

Svijet se radovao nad dvojicom svjedoka koji su bili ubijeni u dolini suhih kostiju, na ulici koja je „informacijska superautocesta“. Kada su ta dva svjedoka bila vraćena u život, svijet se uplašio, a nebesa su se radovala. Zaharija, kao i svi proroci, ukazuje na „posljednje dane“ kada se Božji narod raduje. Zaharija nas obavještava da se oni raduju pri uskrsnuću dvojice svjedoka, kada vide „onih sedam“. „Onih sedam“ ista je hebrejska riječ prevedena kao „sedam vremena“ u Levitskom zakoniku dvadeset i šest. Pokret prvoga anđela postavio je kamen temeljac Mojsijevih sedam vremena, a ta „istina“ također treba biti zaglavni kamen pokreta trećega anđela, unatoč njezinu odbacivanju 1863. godine.

When it is recognized and fulfilled, and acted upon with the appropriate two-fold prayer, the true fire will be cast to the earth, as it was at Pentecost.

Kada to bude prepoznato i ispunjeno te popraćeno odgovarajućom dvostrukom molitvom, istinska će vatra biti bačena na zemlju, kao što je bila o Pedesetnici.

We will continue to address the opening of the seventh seal in the next article.

Nastavit ćemo se baviti otvaranjem sedmoga pečata u sljedećem članku.

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