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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Sixty-Seven

Knjiga proroka Daniela - sto šezdeset i sedam

Decoding Prophecy: Unveiling the Historical and Prophetic Significance of Daniel 11:10 and Beyond

Dešifriranje proročanstva: razotkrivanje povijesnog i proročkog značenja Daniela 11,10 i dalje

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 30, 2024

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Verse forty of Daniel chapter eleven, begins at the time of the end in 1798, when the king of the north is delivered his deadly wound at the hands of the king of the south. That history was typified by the year 246 BC, when Ptolemy brought revenge upon the northern kingdom, and also by Napoleonic France taking the pope captive in 1798. After the king of the south returns to Egypt in verse nine, then verse ten identifies that the king of the north would mount a counter-attack against the king of the south.

Četrdeseti redak jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela započinje u vrijeme svršetka 1798. godine, kada kralj sjevera prima svoju smrtonosnu ranu od ruke kralja juga. Ta je povijest bila predoznačena godinom 246. pr. Kr., kada je Ptolemej izvršio osvetu nad sjevernim kraljevstvom, a također i time što je napoleonska Francuska 1798. godine odvela papu u sužanjstvo. Nakon što se kralj juga u devetom retku vrati u Egipat, tada deseti redak pokazuje da će kralj sjevera podići protuudar protiv kralja juga.

> So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. Daniel 11:9, 10.

> Tako će kralj juga doći u svoje kraljevstvo i vratiti se u svoju zemlju. Ali njegovi će se sinovi podići i skupiti mnoštvo velikih sila; i jedan će doista doći, preplaviti i proći; zatim će se vratiti i podići, sve do svoje utvrde. Daniel 11:9, 10.

Before we consider Uriah Smith’s commentary upon the history that fulfilled verse ten, we note the expression of “overflow, and pass through.” The Hebrew phrase that is translated in this fashion, is also translated in verse forty, as “overflow and pass over.” It is the same phrase in the original Hebrew. It is only found one other place in the Scriptures.

Prije nego što razmotrimo komentar Urije Smitha o povijesti koja je ispunila deseti redak, zapazimo izraz „preplaviti i proći“. Hebrejski izraz koji je preveden na taj način također je u četrdesetom retku preveden kao „preplaviti i prijeći“. To je isti izraz u izvornom hebrejskom. U Svetome pismu nalazi se još samo na jednome drugom mjestu.

> And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Isaiah 8:8.

> I proći će kroz Judu; razlit će se i preliti, doprijet će sve do vrata; i raširenost njegovih krila ispunit će širinu tvoje zemlje, o Immanuele. Izaija 8:8.

In Daniel chapter eleven, verse ten and verse forty, and then again in Isaiah chapter eight, verse eight, the identical Hebrew phrase is translated three different ways, though they represent the same meaning. The last word of the phrase, the Hebrew word “abar,” is either represented as “pass through,” in verse ten, “pass over,” in verse forty, and then as “go over,” in Isaiah. The meaning is essentially the same in each of the three references, but in Isaiah there is also another prophetic connection between the references.

U jedanaestom poglavlju Daniela, u desetom i četrdesetom retku, a zatim ponovno u osmom poglavlju Izaije, u osmom retku, istovjetna hebrejska fraza prevedena je na tri različita načina, premda predstavlja isto značenje. Posljednja riječ te fraze, hebrejska riječ „abar“, prikazana je ili kao „proći kroz“ u desetom retku, „prijeći preko“ u četrdesetom retku, a zatim kao „preći preko“ u Izaiji. Značenje je u biti isto u svakom od ta tri navoda, ali u Izaiji postoji i druga proročka povezanost među tim navodima.

The verse in Isaiah, was fulfilled when the king of Assyria conquered Judah and came to Jerusalem, but never conquered the city itself. He came up “to the neck,” but he never conquered the “head.” In the very same prophecy, Isaiah sets forth a prophetic symbol of what a “head” represents, and he identifies a “head,” as the capital of the kingdom, and the king of the kingdom is also the “head.” He provides two witnesses of the prophetic truth that a head, is a king, and a kingdom, and then cryptically identifies that if the student of prophecy will not accept and understand this truth, he will not be established. The cryptic verse is part of the very same prophecy that identifies that the king of the north would overflow and go over, but only up “to the neck.”

Stih u Izaiji ispunio se kada je asirski kralj osvojio Judu i došao do Jeruzalema, ali nikada nije osvojio sam grad. Uzdigao se „do vrata“, ali nikada nije osvojio „glavu“. U istom tom proročanstvu Izaija iznosi proročki simbol onoga što „glava“ predstavlja te poistovjećuje „glavu“ s prijestolnicom kraljevstva, a kralj kraljevstva također je „glava“. On iznosi dva svjedoka proročke istine da je glava kralj i kraljevstvo, a zatim zagonetno naznačuje da, ako učenik proroštva ne prihvati i ne razumije tu istinu, neće biti utvrđen. Taj zagonetni stih dio je istoga proročanstva koje pokazuje da će kralj sjevera provaliti i prijeći, ali samo „do vrata“.

> For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:8, 9.

> Jer glava Sirije jest Damask, a glava Damaska Rezin; i za šezdeset i pet godina Efrajim će biti satrven da više ne bude narod. A glava Efrajima jest Samarija, a glava Samarije sin Remalijin. Ako ne budete vjerovali, zacijelo se nećete održati. Izaija 7,8.9.

The “head” of the nation of Syria was its capital city “Damascus,” and the “head” of “Damascus” (the capital city) was “Rezin,” the king of Syria. Also, the “head” of the nation of Ephraim was its capital city “Samaria,” and the “head” of “Samaria” (the capital city) was “Remaliah’s son” (Pekah), the king of Samaria. In the same prophecy, in the next chapter, in verse eight, King Sennacherib of Assyria surrounded Jerusalem, and in verse eight, it identifies his surrounding of Jerusalem as coming up to the neck.

„Glava“ sirijskoga naroda bio je njegov glavni grad „Damask“, a „glava“ „Damaska“ (glavnoga grada) bio je „Resin“, kralj Sirije. Također, „glava“ naroda Efrajimova bio je njegov glavni grad „Samarija“, a „glava“ „Samarije“ (glavnoga grada) bio je „sin Remalijin“ (Pekah), kralj Samarije. U istome proroštvu, u sljedećem poglavlju, u osmom retku, kralj asirski Senaherib opkolio je Jeruzalem, a u osmom retku njegovo se opkoljavanje Jeruzalema označava kao da dopire do vrata.

Verses seven and eight, which set forth upon two witnesses, the prophetic symbol of a “head,” representing both the king and the capital of the king’s nation is the prophecy of sixty-five years that identifies the starting point of both prophecies of twenty-five hundred and twenty years against the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel. It is therefore, a very complex verse, for it connects with verse ten, and forty, of chapter eleven of Daniel, which both also identify engagements of a northern king attacking a southern king, just as Sennacherib, a king of the north, attacked Judah, a southern king in verse eight, of Isaiah chapter eight.

Stihovi sedmi i osmi, koji na temelju dvaju svjedoka iznose proročki simbol „glave“, što predstavlja i kralja i prijestolnicu kraljeva naroda, jesu proročanstvo o šezdeset i pet godina koje utvrđuje početnu točku obaju proročanstava od dvije tisuće petsto dvadeset godina protiv sjevernoga i južnoga kraljevstva Izraela. To je stoga vrlo složen stih, jer se povezuje s desetim i četrdesetim stihom jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela, koji također označuju sukobe u kojima sjeverni kralj napada južnoga kralja, upravo kao što je Senaherib, kralj sa sjevera, napao Judu, južnoga kralja, u osmom stihu osmog poglavlja Izaije.

The key that connects these engagements of northern and southern kings together is the “head,” and the “overflowing and passing over.” When the king of the north retaliates against the king of the south in verse ten, of chapter eleven, he wins the battle, but he leaves the “head,” for he “comes, and overflows, and passes through” “to” the king of the south’s “fortress.” The history of verse ten represents the northern king’s victory over the southern king, but he does not enter into Egypt (the fortress), the capital—the “head.”

Ključ koji povezuje ove sukobe sjevernoga i južnoga kralja jest „glava” te „preplavljivanje i nadiranje”. Kada se kralj sa sjevera u desetom retku jedanaestoga poglavlja osveti kralju s juga, on dobiva bitku, ali ostavlja „glavu”, jer „dolazi, i preplavljuje, i prolazi” „do” „utvrde” kralja s juga. Povijest desetoga retka predstavlja pobjedu sjevernoga kralja nad južnim kraljem, ali on ne ulazi u Egipat (utvrdu), prijestolnicu — „glavu”.

When the southern king previously defeated the northern king in verses seven and eight, he “entered into the fortress of the king of the north, and” “prevailed and” “carried captives” back to “Egypt.” In the king of the north’s retaliatory victory, he did not enter into Egypt, thus typifying that when the Soviet Union was swept away in 1989, Russia, its capital—its head was left standing. “If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.” It is Russia, represented as the king of the south in verses eleven and twelve, that wins the battle of the borderland, which in antiquity was Raphia, and today is Ukraine.

Kad je južni kralj prethodno porazio sjevernoga kralja u sedmom i osmom retku, on je „ušao u utvrdu kralja sjevera i“ „nadvladao ga te“ „odveo zarobljenike“ natrag u „Egipat“. U odmazdnoj pobjedi kralja sjevera on nije ušao u Egipat, čime predočava da, kada je Sovjetski Savez bio pometen 1989. godine, Rusija, njegov glavni grad — njegova glava — ostala je stajati. „Ako ne vjerujete, zaista se nećete održati.“ Rusija je, predstavljena kao južni kralj u jedanaestom i dvanaestom retku, ta koja dobiva bitku za pograničnu zemlju, koja je u starini bila Raphia, a danas je Ukrajina.

> “‘VERSE 10. But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.’

> „‘REDAK 10. Ali će se njegovi sinovi podići i skupiti mnoštvo velikih snaga; i jedan će zacijelo doći, preplaviti i proći; zatim će se vratiti i podići, sve do svoje tvrđave.’“

> “The first part of this verse speaks of sons, in the plural; the last part, of one, in the singular. The sons of Seleucus Callinicus were Seleucus Ceraunus and Antiochus Magnus. These both entered with zeal upon the work of vindicating and avenging the cause of their father and their country. The elder of these, Seleucus, first took the throne. He assembled a great multitude to recover his father’s dominions; but being a weak and pusillanimous prince, both in body and estate, destitute of money, and unable to keep his army in obedience, he was poisoned by two of his generals after an inglorious reign of two or three years. His more capable brother, Antiochus Magnus, was thereupon proclaimed king, who, taking charge of the army, retook Seleucia and recovered Syria, making himself master of some places by treaty, and of others by force of arms. A truce followed, wherein both sides treated for peace, yet prepared for war; after which Antiochus returned and overcame in battle Nicolas, the Egyptian general, and had thoughts of invading Egypt itself. Here is the ‘one’ who should certainly overflow and pass through.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, 253.

> „Prvi dio ovoga retka govori o sinovima, u množini; posljednji dio, o jednom, u jednini. Sinovi Seleuka Kalinika bili su Seleuk Keraun i Antioh Veliki. Obojica su revno prionula na djelo opravdavanja i osvećivanja stvari svoga oca i svoje zemlje. Stariji od njih, Seleuk, prvi je zauzeo prijestolje. Okupio je veliko mnoštvo kako bi povratio očevu vlast; ali budući da je bio slab i malodušan knez, i tijelom i imanjem, bez novca te nesposoban održati svoju vojsku u poslušnosti, bila su ga otrovala dvojica njegovih vojskovođa nakon neslavne vladavine od dvije ili tri godine. Njegov sposobniji brat, Antioh Veliki, potom je bio proglašen kraljem te je, preuzevši zapovjedništvo nad vojskom, ponovno osvojio Seleukiju i povratio Siriju, učinivši se gospodarom nekih mjesta ugovorom, a drugih silom oružja. Uslijedilo je primirje, tijekom kojega su obje strane pregovarale o miru, a ipak se pripremale za rat; nakon čega se Antioh vratio i u boju pobijedio Nikolu, egipatskoga vojskovođu, te je pomišljao i na samu invaziju na Egipat. To je taj ‘jedan’ koji će zacijelo navreti i proći.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, 253.

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, marked the “time of the end,” and the two sons in the verse, represent the two waymarks of Reagan and Bush the first. Since the “time of the end,” in 1798, which is where verse forty of Daniel eleven began, the whore of Rome has been forgotten, for she, as Jezebel, remains behind in Samaria, while her husband Ahab addresses Elijah at Mount Carmel. She was in hiding, but secretly pulling the strings, as she was in World War One and World War Two. Her husband is her proxy army against the king of the south. When she retaliated in 1989, she, as the king of the north, brought chariots, ships and horsemen.

Slom Sovjetskog Saveza 1989. označio je „vrijeme svršetka“, a dva sina u retku predstavljaju dvije oznake: Reagana i Busha starijeg. Od „vremena svršetka“ 1798. godine, gdje je započeo četrdeseti redak jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela, bludnica iz Rima bila je zaboravljena, jer ona, kao Izebela, ostaje u Samariji, dok se njezin muž Ahab obraća Iliji na gori Karmelu. Bila je u skrovištu, ali je potajno vukla konce, kao što je činila u Prvome svjetskom ratu i Drugome svjetskom ratu. Njezin muž njezina je posrednička vojska protiv kralja juga. Kada je uzvratila 1989., ona je, kao kralj sjevera, dovela kola, lađe i konjanike.

> And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. Daniel 11:40.

> I u vrijeme svršetka kralj juga sukobit će se s njime; a kralj sjevera navalit će na nj kao vihor, s kolima i s konjanicima i s mnogim lađama; i provalit će u zemlje, i preplavit će ih i prijeći preko njih. Daniel 11:40.

Her proxy in the retaliation is represented by “ships,” which are economic power, and by “chariots and horsemen,” which are military might. Military might and economic power are the two prophetic attributes of the United States in the prophecies of the last days, for the United States will forbid those who will not bow to Jezebel from buying and selling, and if they still refuse Jezebel’s mark of authority, they will be put to death. It was the economic power and military strength of the United States that was employed in cooperation with the papacy that brought about the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989, though Russia was left standing.

Njezin zastupnik u odmazdi prikazan je „lađama”, koje predstavljaju gospodarsku moć, te „kolima i konjanicima”, koji predstavljaju vojnu silu. Vojna sila i gospodarska moć dva su proročka obilježja Sjedinjenih Država u proročanstvima posljednjih dana, jer će Sjedinjene Države zabraniti onima koji se ne budu htjeli pokloniti Jezabeli da kupuju i prodaju, a ako i dalje budu odbijali Jezabelin znak vlasti, bit će pogubljeni. Upravo su gospodarska moć i vojna snaga Sjedinjenih Država, upotrijebljene u suradnji s papinstvom, dovele do raspada Sovjetskoga Saveza 1989. godine, premda je Rusija ostala stajati.

The history which fulfilled verse ten of Daniel chapter eleven is repeated in the history of the second part of verse forty which identifies the time of the end in 1989. The history of verses six through nine represent the history that led to the time of the end, which is identified in the first part of verse forty. Verses five through ten of Daniel chapter eleven perfectly illustrate the history of verse forty of Daniel eleven, for as Sister White recorded, “much of the history that has been fulfilled in the eleventh of Daniel will be repeated.”

Povijest koja je ispunila deseti redak jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela ponavlja se u povijesti drugoga dijela četrdesetoga retka, koji označava vrijeme svršetka 1989. godine. Povijest redaka šest do devet predstavlja povijest koja je vodila do vremena svršetka, koje je označeno u prvome dijelu četrdesetoga retka. Redci pet do deset jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela savršeno prikazuju povijest četrdesetoga retka Daniela 11, jer kako je zapisala sestra White, „velik dio povijesti koji se ispunio u jedanaestom poglavlju Daniela ponovit će se.“

Verses one through four of Daniel eleven identify Cyrus, the second king of the two-horn nation at the time of the end in the last days. The “time of the end” in the last days was 1989, and the second president, represented by Cyrus, establishes a prophetic sequence that allows a student of prophecy to count to the sixth president after 1989, who would be the richest president, and who would stir up (awaken), the globalist dragon powers whether they be the globalists of the world, or those in the United States. That prophetic history then jumps to the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy, the ten kings of the United Nations, and identifies its primary and first king, as represented by Alexander the Great (meaning “The Warrior of Men”), and the ultimate dissolution of his kingdom when the four winds of Islam are fully released at the close of human probation.

Stihovi jedan do četiri iz Daniela jedanaest prepoznaju Kira, drugoga kralja dvoroge nacije u vremenu svršetka u posljednjim danima. „Vrijeme svršetka” u posljednjim danima bilo je 1989., a drugi predsjednik, predstavljen Kirom, uspostavlja proročki slijed koji učeniku proročanstva omogućuje da broji do šestoga predsjednika nakon 1989., koji bi bio najbogatiji predsjednik i koji bi uzburkao (probudio) globalističke zmajske sile, bilo da su to globalisti svijeta ili oni u Sjedinjenim Državama. Ta proročka povijest potom prelazi na sedmo kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, deset kraljeva Ujedinjenih naroda, te prepoznaje njegova glavnog i prvog kralja, predstavljenog Aleksandrom Velikim (što znači „Ratnik ljudi”), kao i konačno rasulo njegova kraljevstva kada četiri vjetra islama budu potpuno puštena na svršetku vremena ljudske kušnje.

Then verses five through nine illustrate the history represented by the period that preceded the establishment of the papacy upon the throne in 538, for first the power who is to become the king of the north must overcome three geographical obstacles, as did Seleucus, who then was established as the king of the north. Thereafter for three and a half years, as represented by thirty-five actual years, the king of the north ruled, until the king of the south entered into his fortress and took him captive, where he later died in Egypt from falling off a horse. Thus, the verses identify the history that concluded at the time of the end in 1798.

Zatim reci od petog do devetog prikazuju povijest predstavljenu razdobljem koje je prethodilo uspostavi papinstva na prijestolju 538. godine, jer sila koja treba postati kraljem sjevera najprije mora nadvladati tri zemljopisne prepreke, kao što je to učinio Seleuk, koji je potom bio uspostavljen kao kralj sjevera. Nakon toga je tri i pol godine, prikazane kao trideset i pet doslovnih godina, kralj sjevera vladao, sve dok kralj juga nije prodro u njegovu tvrđavu i odveo ga u sužanjstvo, gdje je poslije umro u Egiptu uslijed pada s konja. Tako ti reci prepoznaju povijest koja je završila u vrijeme svršetka 1798. godine.

Verse ten identifies the history of the time of the end in 1989, and together with verses five through nine, they represent the history of verse forty, as does the history of verses thirty to thirty-six. Therefore, from verse one to verse ten, line upon line, there are two prophetic lines. The first addresses the leaders of the sixth and seventh kingdoms, though there is an empty space between the sixth and richest president of the sixth kingdom and the seventh kingdom.

Deseti redak prepoznaje povijest vremena svršetka 1989. godine, a zajedno s redcima pet do devet predstavlja povijest četrdesetoga retka, kao što to čini i povijest redaka trideset do trideset i šest. Stoga, od prvoga do desetoga retka, redak na redak, postoje dvije proročke linije. Prva se odnosi na vođe šestoga i sedmoga kraljevstva, premda postoji praznina između šestoga i najbogatijega predsjednika šestoga kraljevstva te sedmoga kraljevstva.

The second line covers the history of the removal of the three obstacles, the period the king of the north reigned, and who was then removed in 1798, and up to 1989, and the second president, represented in the previous line by Cyrus.

Drugi redak obuhvaća povijest uklanjanja triju prepreka, razdoblje u kojem je kralj sa sjevera vladao, te onoga koji je zatim bio uklonjen 1798. godine, pa sve do 1989., i drugoga predsjednika, prikazanog u prethodnom retku Kirom.

Verses eleven and twelve represent a third line of history that occurs after the rich president of verse two, but sometime after the collapse of the Soviet Union at the time of the end in 1989, and somewhere before the Sunday law in the United States as represented in verse sixteen.

Jedanaesti i dvanaesti redak predstavljaju treću liniju povijesti koja se odvija nakon bogatoga predsjednika iz drugoga retka, ali neko vrijeme nakon sloma Sovjetskoga Saveza u vrijeme svršetka 1989. godine, i negdje prije nedjeljnoga zakona u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, kako je prikazano u šesnaestom retku.

The history after the time of the end in 1989, is taken to the sixth and richest president who stirs up the globalists beginning in 2016, in the first line. The prophetic history is taken to 1989, in the second line. The Battle of Raphia (“The Borderline”) in verses eleven and twelve, precedes verse thirteen, where the recently defeated king of the north restores his army and then defeats the king of the south, just before the Sunday law of verse sixteen. The king of the north’s proxy power in verse thirteen, is the last of the eight presidents that reign from 1989 to the Sunday law. Verse thirteen must therefore take place at or after the election of the eighth president, who is of the seven. Verses eleven and twelve begin just before the sixth, richest president, and likely ends just before the election of that very same president, who becomes the eighth that is of the seven, and is victorious in the third battle of the proxy war, in verses thirteen to fifteen.

Povijest nakon vremena svršetka 1989. godine vodi se do šestoga i najbogatijega predsjednika koji, počevši od 2016., podiže globaliste, u prvome retku. Proročanska povijest vodi se do 1989. godine u drugome retku. Bitka kod Rafije („Granica”) u recima jedanaest i dvanaest prethodi retku trinaest, gdje nedavno poraženi kralj sjevera obnavlja svoju vojsku te potom poražava kralja juga, neposredno prije nedjeljnoga zakona iz retka šesnaest. Zamjenska sila kralja sjevera u retku trinaest posljednji je od osmorice predsjednika koji vladaju od 1989. do nedjeljnoga zakona. Redak trinaest stoga se mora odigrati u vrijeme izbora osmoga predsjednika, koji je od sedmorice, ili nakon njega. Reci jedanaest i dvanaest započinju neposredno prije šestoga, najbogatijega predsjednika i vjerojatno završavaju neposredno prije izbora toga istoga predsjednika, koji postaje osmi od sedmorice te odnosi pobjedu u trećoj bitki zamjenskoga rata, u recima trinaest do petnaest.

The retaliation of the king of the south in verses eleven and twelve, is in response to the defeat the king of the south suffered in verse ten. Verse ten identifies the victory of the king of the north in 1989, which was brought about by the secret alliance of the United States and the Vatican. The victory for the northern army was the first battle of the proxy war. The literal hot war that was fulfilled in antiquity typified a proxy war in the last days, and the victory of verse eleven and twelve will therefore be a victory for the southern king, in the second battle of the proxy wars.

Odmazda kralja juga u jedanaestom i dvanaestom retku odgovor je na poraz koji je kralj juga pretrpio u desetom retku. Deseti redak prepoznaje pobjedu kralja sjevera 1989. godine, do koje je došlo tajnim savezom Sjedinjenih Država i Vatikana. Pobjeda sjeverne vojske bila je prva bitka posredničkoga rata. Doslovni vrući rat koji se ispunio u starini predoznačavao je posrednički rat u posljednjim danima, pa će stoga pobjeda iz jedanaestoga i dvanaestoga retka biti pobjeda južnoga kralja, u drugoj bitci posredničkih ratova.

There are three battles in verses ten through fifteen, and they were all fulfilled in antiquity by literal hot wars, but they represent three battles in the proxy wars in the last days. The first battle was won by the secret alliance of the beast and false prophet, against the dragon in 1989. The second battle of the proxy wars will be won by the atheistic dragon power of the king of the south, against the alliance of the pope and his proxy army. The third battle of the proxy wars will be won by the proxy army of the king of the north, as represented in verses thirteen through fifteen.

Postoje tri bitke u redcima deset do petnaest, i sve su se one u starini ispunile doslovnim vrućim ratovima, ali predstavljaju tri bitke u posredničkim ratovima posljednjih dana. Prvu je bitku dobio tajni savez Zvijeri i lažnoga proroka protiv Zmaja 1989. godine. Drugu bitku posredničkih ratova dobit će ateistička zmajska sila kralja juga protiv saveza pape i njegove posredničke vojske. Treću bitku posredničkih ratova dobit će posrednička vojska kralja sjevera, kako je prikazano u redcima trinaest do petnaest.

Prophetically there are three hot world wars, three proxy wars, consisting of three battles, and the warfare of the three woes of Islam. There is also a Civil War and a Revolutionary war. The second battle of the proxy wars is now under way in the Ukraine, “The Borderline”, as represented by Raphia, which was the borderline between the king of the south and the king of the north, when verses eleven and twelve were first fulfilled in history.

Proročki gledano, postoje tri žarka svjetska rata, tri posrednička rata, koja se sastoje od triju bitaka, te ratovanje triju islamskih jao. Tu su također i građanski rat te revolucionarni rat. Druga bitka posredničkih ratova sada je u tijeku u Ukrajini, „Graničnom području“, kako je prikazano Rafijom, koja je bila granično područje između kralja juga i kralja sjevera kada su jedanaesti i dvanaesti redak prvi put bili ispunjeni u povijesti.

At the very same time that the second battle of the proxy wars in the Ukraine is being carried out, the second of three attacks of Islam against the glorious land is also occurring. The first attack of the third woe arrived on September 11, 2001, and the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand began. The sealing time ends at the soon coming Sunday law in the United States, when Islam of the third woe will once again strike the United States. The first and last strikes are the same, and they both mark a voice of the angel of Revelation eighteen, which is also the voice of the third angel, which is also the sounding of the seventh trumpet, which is also the third woe.

Upravo u isto vrijeme kada se vodi druga bitka posredničkih ratova u Ukrajini, događa se i drugi od triju napada islama protiv slavne zemlje. Prvi napad trećega jaoa nastupio je 11. rujna 2001., i počelo je pečaćenje sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. Vrijeme pečaćenja završava pri uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu u Sjedinjenim Državama, kada će islam trećega jaoa ponovno udariti na Sjedinjene Države. Prvi i posljednji udar isti su, i oba označavaju glas anđela iz Otkrivenja osamnaest, koji je ujedno i glas trećega anđela, koji je ujedno i zvuk sedme trube, koji je ujedno i treći jao.

In the middle of those two attacks, which are two voices, which are the sound of the seventh trumpet, Islam of the third woe attacked, not the modern spiritual glorious land, but the ancient literal glorious land on October 7, 2023.

Usred ta dva napada, koja su dva glasa, koji su zvuk sedme trube, islam trećega jao napao je, ne suvremenu duhovnu slavnu zemlju, nego drevnu doslovnu slavnu zemlju 7. listopada 2023.

The warfare that then began, is now taking place in the exact area where the Battle of Raphia occurred as described in verses eleven and twelve. The Gaza strip is the borderline between the southern kingdom of Judah and Egypt. October 7, 2023, is a wheel within the other wheels that marks the rebellion, or thirteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet that together with the first and the last letters creates the word “truth.”

Ratovanje koje je tada započelo sada se odvija upravo na istome području gdje se odigrala Bitka kod Rafije, kako je opisano u jedanaestom i dvanaestom retku. Pojas Gaze granično je područje između južnoga kraljevstva Jude i Egipta. Dana 7. listopada 2023. pojavio se kotač unutar drugih kotača koji označava pobunu, odnosno trinaesto slovo hebrejskoga alfabeta koje zajedno s prvim i posljednjim slovom tvori riječ „istina“.

The second attack against the glorious land by Islam of the third woe, took place on October 7, 2023, and it took place in the exact area that the ancient Battle of Raphia occurred in fulfillment of verses eleven and twelve. The second attack upon the glorious land, is through prophetic geographic symbolism, connected to the second battle of the proxy wars, as represented by the war in Ukraine.

Drugi napad islama trećega jao protiv slavne zemlje zbio se 7. listopada 2023., i zbio se upravo na području na kojemu se odigrala drevna bitka kod Rafije, u ispunjenju jedanaestoga i dvanaestoga retka. Drugi napad na slavnu zemlju, putem proročkoga zemljopisnog simbolizma, povezan je s drugom bitkom posredničkih ratova, kako je prikazana ratom u Ukrajini.

Line upon line, the second battle of the proxy wars that is now under way in the Ukraine (The Borderland), includes the second note of the trumpet of the third woe (October 7, 2023), that is accomplished in the final period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That sealing experience is illustrated by Daniel in chapter ten, when he sees the “marah” vision after the twenty-one day period of mourning, which is the three and a half days that the two prophets were dead in the street. The vision was interpreted as the explanation of “what was to befall God’s people in the last days.”

Redak po redak, druga bitka posredničkih ratova koja je sada u tijeku u Ukrajini (Pograničju), uključuje drugu notu trube trećega jaoa (7. listopada 2023.), koja se ispunjava u završnom razdoblju pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. To iskustvo pečaćenja Daniel prikazuje u desetom poglavlju, kada nakon dvadeset i jednoga dana žalovanja vidi viđenje „marah“, što su tri i pol dana tijekom kojih su dva proroka bila mrtva na ulici. Viđenje je protumačeno kao objašnjenje „onoga što će zadesiti Božji narod u posljednjim danima“.

The truth that is represented by the vision of the Hiddekel River, which is the sealing truth, is fulfilled in the prophetic history of verses eleven through fifteen. It is the history of verse forty that begins in 1989, and continues to verse forty-one and the soon coming Sunday law. It is the history of the sixth, richest president in verse two that is represented until the seventh kingdom of “Alexander the Great” as noted in verse three.

Istina koja je predočena viđenjem rijeke Hiddekel, a koja je istina zapečaćenja, ispunjava se u proročkoj povijesti redaka jedanaest do petnaest. To je povijest četrdesetoga retka koja započinje 1989. godine i nastavlja se do četrdeset i prvoga retka i uskoro nadolazećega nedjeljnog zakona. To je povijest šestoga, najbogatijeg predsjednika u drugom retku, koja je predočena sve do sedmoga kraljevstva „Aleksandra Velikog“, kako je zabilježeno u trećem retku.

The history which began at the commencement of the second battle of the proxy wars in 2014, that was followed by the richest president beginning his campaign in 2015, is the empty area of verse forty, from 1989 unto the Sunday law in verse forty-one, and it is also the empty area from the sixth, richest president in verse two, unto the seventh kingdom. It is the history that began with the first voice of Revelation chapter eighteen on September 11, 2001, and ends with the second voice at the hour of the great earthquake in chapter eleven of Revelation. That history is also the period of history identified by Ezekiel in chapter twelve, where every vision is fulfilled. That period of time is the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The sanctification of God’s people is accomplished through His word.

Povijest koja je započela na početku druge bitke posredničkih ratova 2014. godine, nakon koje je najbogatiji predsjednik započeo svoju kampanju 2015. godine, jest prazno područje četrdesetoga retka, od 1989. pa do nedjeljnoga zakona u četrdeset i prvome retku, a također je i prazno područje od šestoga, najbogatijega predsjednika u drugome retku pa do sedmoga kraljevstva. To je povijest koja je započela s prvim glasom osamnaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja 11. rujna 2001., a završava s drugim glasom u času velikoga potresa u jedanaestome poglavlju Otkrivenja. Ta je povijest također razdoblje povijesti koje Ezekiel prepoznaje u dvanaestome poglavlju, gdje se svako viđenje ispunjava. To razdoblje vremena jest vrijeme pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće. Posvećenje Božjega naroda ostvaruje se kroz Njegovu riječ.

> Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17.

> Posveti ih svojom istinom: tvoja riječ jest istina. Ivan 17,17.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Ovu ćemo studiju nastaviti u sljedećem članku.

> “This vision was given to Ezekiel at a time when his mind was filled with gloomy forebodings. He saw the land of his fathers lying desolate. The city that was once full of people was no longer inhabited. The voice of mirth and the song of praise were no more heard within her walls. The prophet himself was a stranger in a strange land, where boundless ambition and savage cruelty reigned supreme. That which he saw and heard of human tyranny and wrong distressed his soul, and he mourned bitterly day and night. But the wonderful symbols presented before him beside the river Chebar revealed an overruling power mightier than that of earthly rulers. Above the proud and cruel monarchs of Assyria and Babylon the God of mercy and truth was enthroned.

> „Ovo je viđenje bilo dano Ezekielu u vrijeme kada mu je um bilo ispunjeno turobnim predosjećajima. Gledao je zemlju svojih otaca kako leži opustošena. Grad koji je nekoć bio pun ljudi više nije bio nastanjen. Glas veselja i pjesma hvale više se nisu čuli unutar njegovih zidina. Sam prorok bio je stranac u tuđinskoj zemlji, gdje su neograničena častohleplja i divlja okrutnost vrhovno vladali. Ono što je vidio i čuo o ljudskoj samovolji i nepravdi ispunjavalo je njegovu dušu tjeskobom, te je gorko plakao dan i noć. Ali čudesni simboli koji su mu bili pokazani kraj rijeke Kebara otkrili su nadmoćnu silu, moćniju od sile zemaljskih vladara. Iznad oholih i okrutnih monarha Asirije i Babilona bio je ustoličen Bog milosrđa i istine.״

> “The wheellike complications that appeared to the prophet to be involved in such confusion were under the guidance of an infinite hand. The Spirit of God, revealed to him as moving and directing these wheels, brought harmony out of confusion; so the whole world was under His control. Myriads of glorified beings were ready at His word to overrule the power and policy of evil men, and bring good to His faithful ones.

> „Komplikacije nalik kotačima, koje su se proroku činile obuhvaćene takvim metežom, bile su pod vodstvom beskonačne ruke. Duh Božji, koji mu je bio otkriven kao onaj koji pokreće i upravlja tim kotačima, izvodio je sklad iz zbrke; tako je sav svijet bio pod Njegovim nadzorom. Bezbrojna mnoštva proslavljenih bića bila su spremna na Njegovu riječ nadjačati silu i politiku zlih ljudi te donijeti dobro Njegovim vjernima.“

> “In like manner, when God was about to open to the beloved John the history of the church for future ages, He gave him an assurance of the Saviour’s interest and care for His people by revealing to him ‘One like unto the Son of man,’ walking among the candlesticks, which symbolized the seven churches. While John was shown the last great struggles of the church with earthly powers, he was also permitted to behold the final victory and deliverance of the faithful. He saw the church brought into deadly conflict with the beast and his image, and the worship of that beast enforced on pain of death. But looking beyond the smoke and din of the battle, he beheld a company upon Mount Zion with the Lamb, having, instead of the mark of the beast, the ‘Father’s name written in their foreheads.’ And again he saw ‘them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God’ and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb.

> „Na isti način, kada je Bog namjeravao ljubljenomu Ivanu otkriti povijest Crkve za buduće vjekove, dao mu je jamstvo Spasiteljeva zanimanja i skrbi za svoj narod otkrivši mu ‘nekoga kao Sina Čovječjega’ kako hodi posred svijećnjaka, koji su simbolizirali sedam crkava. Dok je Ivanu bilo pokazano posljednje veliko sukobljavanje Crkve sa zemaljskim silama, bilo mu je također dopušteno promatrati konačnu pobjedu i izbavljenje vjernih. Vidio je Crkvu dovedenu u smrtonosan sukob sa zvijeri i njezinim kipom te kako se bogoslužje toj zvijeri nameće pod prijetnjom smrti. Ali, gledajući onkraj dima i buke bitke, ugledao je skupinu na gori Sionu s Jaganjcem, koja je, umjesto žiga zvijeri, imala ‘ime Oca njegova napisano na svojim čelima’. I opet je vidio ‘one koji su pobijedili zvijer i kip njezin i žig njezin i broj imena njezina gdje stoje na staklenome moru i imaju harfe Božje’ te pjevaju pjesmu Mojsijevu i Jaganjčevu.“

> “These lessons are for our benefit. We need to stay our faith upon God, for there is just before us a time that will try men’s souls. Christ, upon the Mount of Olives, rehearsed the fearful judgments that were to precede His second coming: ‘Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars.’ ‘Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.’ While these prophecies received a partial fulfillment at the destruction of Jerusalem, they have a more direct application to the last days.

> „Ove su pouke za našu korist. Potrebno je da svoju vjeru oslonimo na Boga, jer je upravo pred nama vrijeme koje će iskušati ljudske duše. Krist je na Maslinskoj gori iznio strašne sudove koji su trebali prethoditi Njegovu drugom dolasku: ‘Čut ćete za ratove i glasove o ratovima.’ ‘Ustat će narod protiv naroda i kraljevstvo protiv kraljevstva; i bit će gladi, pošasti i potresa na raznim mjestima. A sve je to početak nevolja.’ Premda su se ta proročanstva djelomično ispunila pri razorenju Jeruzalema, ona se još neposrednije odnose na posljednje dane.“

> “We are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecy is fast fulfilling. The Lord is at the door. There is soon to open before us a period of overwhelming interest to all living. The controversies of the past are to be revived; new controversies will arise. The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of. Satan is at work through human agencies. Those who are making an effort to change the Constitution and secure a law enforcing Sunday observance little realize what will be the result. A crisis is just upon us.

> „Stojimo na pragu velikih i svečanih događaja. Proročanstvo se brzo ispunja. Gospodin je pred vratima. Uskoro će se pred nama otvoriti razdoblje od silnog značenja za sve žive. Prijepori iz prošlosti bit će oživljeni; pojavit će se novi prijepori. Prizori koji se imaju odigrati u našem svijetu još nisu ni naslućeni. Sotona djeluje preko ljudskih oruđa. Oni koji nastoje promijeniti Ustav i ishoditi zakon kojim bi se nametnulo svetkovanje nedjelje malo shvaćaju kakav će biti ishod. Kriza je upravo pred nama.״

> “But God’s servants are not to trust to themselves in this great emergency. In the visions given to Isaiah, to Ezekiel, and to John we see how closely heaven is connected with the events taking place upon the earth and how great is the care of God for those who are loyal to Him. The world is not without a ruler. The program of coming events is in the hands of the Lord. The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations, as well as the concerns of His church, in His own charge.” Testimonies, volume 5, 752, 753.

> „No Božji se sluge ne smiju uzdati u same sebe u ovoj velikoj krizi. U viđenjima danima Izaiji, Ezekielu i Ivanu vidimo kako je usko nebo povezano sa zbivanjima koja se odvijaju na zemlji i kolika je Božja skrb za one koji Mu ostaju vjerni. Svijet nije bez Vladara. Program budućih događaja u rukama je Gospodnjim. Veličanstvo neba drži u svojoj vlastitoj skrbi sudbinu naroda, kao i pitanja svoje Crkve.” Testimonies, svezak 5, 752, 753.

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