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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Seven

Otkrivenje Isusa Krista – Broj Sedam

The Third Woe and the Rise of the Seventh Kingdom: The Prophetic Significance of the Sunday Law

Treće jao i uspon sedmoga kraljevstva: proročko značenje nedjeljnog zakona

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Jeff Pippenger

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October 29, 2023

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In chapter eleven of Revelation, the two witnesses are lifted up to heaven as an ensign in “the same hour” that a “tenth part of the city” falls. In that hour the “second woe is past; and behold, the third woe cometh quickly.” Islam is the seventh trumpet and the third woe that comes at the “hour” of the Sunday law “earthquake.”

U jedanaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja, dva svjedoka uzdignuta su na nebo kao stijeg u „isti čas“ kada pada „deseti dio grada“. U taj čas „drugo jao prođe; i evo, treće jao dolazi brzo“. Islam je sedma truba i treće jao koje dolazi u „čas“ „potresa“ nedjeljnoga zakona.

> And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Revelation 11:12–19.

> I začuše velik glas s neba koji im govori: Uziđite ovamo. I uzađoše na nebo u oblaku, a njihovi ih neprijatelji gledahu. I u isti čas nastade velik potres, i deseti dio grada pade, i u potresu poginu od ljudi sedam tisuća; a ostali se uplašiše i dadoše slavu Bogu nebeskomu. Drugi jao prođe; i evo, treći jao dolazi brzo. I zatrubi sedmi anđeo; i nastadoše veliki glasovi na nebu govoreći: Kraljevstva ovoga svijeta postala su kraljevstva našega Gospodina i njegova Krista, i on će kraljevati u vijeke vjekova. I dvadeset i četiri starješine, koje su sjedile pred Bogom na svojim prijestoljima, padoše ničice na svoja lica i pokloniše se Bogu govoreći: Zahvaljujemo ti, Gospodine Bože Svemogući, koji jesi, i koji bijaše, i koji ćeš doći, jer si uzeo svoju veliku silu i zakraljevao. I narodi se razgnjeviše, i dođe tvoj gnjev, i vrijeme mrtvih da budu suđeni, i da dadeš plaću svojim slugama prorocima i svetima, i onima koji se boje imena tvojega, malima i velikima; i da uništiš one koji uništavaju zemlju. I otvori se hram Božji na nebu, i vidje se u njegovu hramu kovčeg njegova Saveza; i nastadoše sijevanja, i glasovi, i gromovi, i potres, i velika tuča. Otkrivenje 11:12–19.

The two witnesses ascend to heaven in a cloud, which prophetically represents a group of angels. As previously cited in these articles and as found in Habakkuk’s Tables, Sister White identifies that when the individual messages represented as the first, the second and the third angel arrive into prophetic history, they are portrayed as singular angels, but the message of the Midnight Cry, is represented by many angels. The two witnesses are lifted up into heaven as they proclaim the message of the Midnight Cry by an army of angels, thus they are taken into heaven “in a cloud.”

Dva svjedoka uzlaze na nebo u oblaku, koji proročki predstavlja skupinu anđela. Kao što je već navedeno u ovim člancima i kako se nalazi u Habakukovim tablicama, sestra White utvrđuje da su pojedinačne poruke, predstavljene kao prvi, drugi i treći anđeo, kada stupaju u proročku povijest, prikazane kao pojedinačni anđeli, ali poruka Ponoćnog pokliča predstavljena je mnogim anđelima. Dva su svjedoka uzdignuta na nebo dok objavljuju poruku Ponoćnog pokliča vojskom anđela; stoga su uzeti na nebo „u oblaku.”

> “Near the close of the second angel’s message, I saw a great light from heaven shining upon the people of God. The rays of this light seemed bright as the sun. And I heard the voices of angels crying, ‘Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!’

> „Pred svršetak poruke drugoga anđela vidjela sam veliku svjetlost s neba kako obasjava Božji narod. Zrake te svjetlosti činile su se sjajne poput sunca. I čula sam glasove anđela kako viču: ‘Evo, Zaručnik dolazi; iziđite Mu u susret!’“

> “This was the midnight cry, which was to give power to the second angel’s message. Angels were sent from heaven to arouse the discouraged saints and prepare them for the great work before them. The most talented men were not the first to receive this message. Angels were sent to the humble, devoted ones, and constrained them to raise the cry, ‘Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!’ Those entrusted with the cry made haste, and in the power of the Holy Spirit sounded the message, and aroused their discouraged brethren. This work did not stand in the wisdom and learning of men, but in the power of God, and His saints who heard the cry could not resist it. The most spiritual received this message first, and those who had formerly led in the work were the last to receive and help swell the cry, ‘Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!’” Early Writings, 238.

> „To je bio ponoćni poklik, koji je trebao dati silu poruci drugoga anđela. Anđeli su bili poslani s neba da probude obeshrabrene svete i priprave ih za veliko djelo koje je bilo pred njima. Najdarovitiji ljudi nisu bili prvi koji su primili ovu poruku. Anđeli su bili poslani k poniznima i odanima te ih potaknuli da podignu poklik: ‘Evo, zaručnik dolazi; iziđite mu u susret!’ Oni kojima je bio povjeren taj poklik požurili su te su u sili Duha Svetoga objavili poruku i probudili svoju obeshrabrenu braću. To djelo nije počivalo na mudrosti i učenosti ljudi, nego na Božjoj sili, i Njegovi sveti koji su čuli poklik nisu mu se mogli oduprijeti. Najduhovniji su prvi primili ovu poruku, a oni koji su prije predvodili u djelu bili su posljednji koji su je primili i pomogli pojačati poklik: ‘Evo, zaručnik dolazi; iziđite mu u susret!’“ Early Writings, 238.

In the hour of the earthquake, which destroys a tenth part of the city, seven thousand men are slain. The earthquake is the Sunday law in the United States. A city is a kingdom in prophecy, and the United States is one tenth of the kingdom of the ten kings of Revelation 17. The United States is overthrown at the earthquake of the Sunday law and ceases to be the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, and then transcends into the premier king of the ten kings, the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy, who will agree to give their kingdom unto the papacy who is the eighth which is of the seven.

U času potresa, koji razara deseti dio grada, biva ubijeno sedam tisuća ljudi. Potres je nedjeljni zakon u Sjedinjenim Državama. Grad je u proročanstvu kraljevstvo, a Sjedinjene Države su jedna desetina kraljevstva deset kraljeva iz Otkrivenja 17. Sjedinjene Države bivaju oborene pri potresu nedjeljnoga zakona i prestaju biti šesto kraljevstvo biblijskoga proroštva, a zatim prelaze u vrhovnoga kralja deset kraljeva, sedmo kraljevstvo biblijskoga proroštva, koji će se složiti da predaju svoje kraljevstvo papinstvu, koje je osmo i koje je od sedmorice.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:12–18.

> I deset rogova koje si vidio jesu deset kraljeva, koji još ne primiše kraljevstva; nego primaju vlast kao kraljevi za jedan sat sa Zvijeri. Ovi imaju jednu misao te će svoju silu i vlast dati Zvijeri. Oni će zaratiti s Janjetom, i Janje će ih nadvladati, jer ono je Gospodar gospodara i Kralj kraljeva; a oni koji su s njime pozvani su i izabrani i vjerni. I reče mi: Vode koje si vidio, gdje sjedi Bludnica, jesu puci i mnoštva i narodi i jezici. I deset rogova koje si vidio na Zvijeri, oni će zamrziti Bludnicu te će je opustošiti i ogoliti, i jest će njezino meso i spaliti je ognjem. Jer Bog im je stavio u srca da izvrše njegovu volju, i da budu jednodušni, i da predaju svoje kraljevstvo Zvijeri, dok se ne ispune riječi Božje. A žena koju si vidio jest onaj veliki grad, koji kraljuje nad kraljevima zemlje. Otkrivenje 17:12–18.

The ten kings of the United Nations “agree” to “give their worldwide “kingdom unto the beast.” They have “one mind,” just as they “consulted together with one consent,” in Psalms eighty- three. Ahab was the king of the ten tribes, who committed the unlawful relationship of fornication with the whore of Tyre in Isaiah twenty-three. Ahab and Jezebel’s unlawful relationship typified the unlawful relationship of Herod and Herodias in the time of Elijah, represented as John the Baptist. Herod was a representative of the Roman Empire, which in Daniel seven, the Roman Empire consists of ten horns. The ten horns were typified by Ahab’s kingdom of ten tribes, and they both provide witnesses to the ten kings of the United Nations. With Ahab and Herod representing the state in the unlawful relationships, their role was to accomplish the persecution of heretics for the whore of Tyre, who sings her songs at the end of the symbolic seventy years.

Deset kraljeva Ujedinjenih naroda „slažu se” da „predaju svoje svjetsko „kraljevstvo zvijeri”. Oni su „jedne misli”, baš kao što su se „složili jednodušno”, u Psalmu osamdeset i trećem. Ahab je bio kralj deset plemena, koji je počinio nezakonit odnos bludništva s bludnicom iz Tira u Izaiji dvadeset i trećoj glavi. Nezakoniti odnos Ahaba i Jezabele predoznačavao je nezakoniti odnos Heroda i Herodijade u vrijeme Ilije, prikazanog kao Ivan Krstitelj. Herod je bio predstavnik Rimskog Carstva, koje se u Danielu sedam sastoji od deset rogova. Deset rogova bili su predoznačeni Ahabovim kraljevstvom od deset plemena, i oboje pružaju svjedočanstvo o deset kraljeva Ujedinjenih naroda. Budući da Ahab i Herod u tim nezakonitim odnosima predstavljaju državu, njihova je uloga bila izvršiti progon heretika za bludnicu iz Tira, koja pjeva svoje pjesme na kraju simboličkih sedamdeset godina.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> „Kraljevi, vladari i upravitelji stavili su na sebe žig antikrista te su prikazani kao zmaj koji odlazi zaratiti sa svetima — s onima koji drže Božje zapovijedi i imaju Isusovu vjeru.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

At the Sunday law the earth beast ceases to reign as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, for it has just committed fornication with Jezebel, and then takes the leadership of the United Nations. It then forces the entire world to set up a worldwide image of the beast, as they had previously accomplished at the Sunday law in their nation.

Kod zakona o nedjelji zvijer sa zemlje prestaje vladati kao šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proroštva, jer je upravo počinila blud s Jezabelom, a zatim preuzima vodstvo Ujedinjenih naroda. Potom prisiljava cijeli svijet da podigne sveopću sliku zvijeri, kao što su to prethodno ostvarili zakonom o nedjelji u svojoj naciji.

> 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. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:14–17.

> I zavodi one koji prebivaju na zemlji čudesima koja mu bijaše dana činiti pred zvijeri; govoreći onima koji prebivaju na zemlji da načine lik zvijeri koja bijaše ranjena mačem, ali osta živa. I bijaše mu dano da udahne život liku zvijeri, kako bi lik zvijeri i progovorio i učinio da budu pobijeni svi koji se ne bi poklonili liku zvijeri. I čini da svi, mali i veliki, bogati i siromašni, slobodni i robovi, prime žig na svoju desnu ruku ili na svoja čela, te da nitko ne može ni kupovati ni prodavati osim onoga koji ima žig, ili ime zvijeri, ili broj njezina imena. Otkrivenje 13,14–17.

Ahab, Herod, the ten kings of the Roman Empire and the ten kings of the United Nations represent the dragon that goes to make war with the saints, for it is always Jezebel’s paramour that accomplishes the persecuting of those who Jezebel classifies as heretics.

Ahab, Herod, deset kraljeva Rimskoga Carstva i deset kraljeva Ujedinjenih naroda predstavljaju zmaja koji odlazi zaratiti sa svetima, jer uvijek je Jezebelin ljubavnik taj koji provodi progon onih koje Jezebela svrstava među heretike.

> “Thus while the dragon, primarily, represents Satan, it is, in a secondary sense, a symbol of pagan Rome.” The Great Controversy, 439.

> „Dakle, premda zmaj prvenstveno predstavlja Sotonu, on je, u drugotnom smislu, simbol poganskoga Rima.“ Velika borba, 439.

At the earthquake of the Sunday law there are “seven thousand” men that are “slain.” In Daniel eleven and verse forty-one, “many are overthrown.” Those overthrown when the Sunday law arrives, are Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists who have not prepared for the crisis. The number “seven thousand” represents the remnant of God’s people. God told Elijah, at the crisis of mount Carmel, which represents the Sunday law crisis, that there were “seven thousand in Israel” who had not bowed a knee to Baal. The apostle Paul comments on this.

Pri potresu nedjeljnoga zakona biva „ubijeno” „sedam tisuća” ljudi. U Danielu jedanaestom poglavlju i četrdeset prvom retku, „mnogi padaju”. Oni koji padaju kada nastupi nedjeljni zakon jesu laodicejski adventisti sedmoga dana koji se nisu pripremili za krizu. Broj „sedam tisuća” predstavlja ostatak Božjega naroda. Bog je rekao Iliji, u krizi na gori Karmelu, koja predstavlja krizu nedjeljnoga zakona, da je bilo „sedam tisuća u Izraelu” koji nisu prignuli koljeno pred Baalom. Apostol Pavao to komentira.

> I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Romans 11:1–5.

> Dakle, kažem: je li Bog odbacio svoj narod? Nipošto. Jer i ja sam Izraelac, od sjemena Abrahamova, iz plemena Benjaminova. Bog nije odbacio svoj narod koji je unaprijed poznao. Zar ne znate što Pismo kaže o Iliji? kako se tuži Bogu protiv Izraela govoreći: Gospodine, pobili su tvoje proroke i razvalili tvoje žrtvenike; i ja sam ostao sam, i traže život moj. Ali što mu veli Božji odgovor? Ostavio sam sebi sedam tisuća ljudi koji nisu prignuli koljena pred likom Baalovim. Tako dakle i u sadašnje vrijeme postoji ostatak po izboru milosti. Rimljanima 11:1–5.

The words “seven thousand” represent a remnant of God’s people, but the context where they are symbolically identified, must be factored in. The men overthrown at the earthquake of the Sunday law are the remnant of unfaithful Seventh-day Adventists who are there and then, taken captive by modern spiritual Babylon. In the prophetic history of ancient literal Israel, when Babylon desolated Jerusalem the second of three times, there was a remnant of “seven thousand” “mighty” men “of the land” taken captive.

Riječi „sedam tisuća” predstavljaju Ostatak Božjega naroda, no valja uzeti u obzir kontekst u kojemu su oni simbolički označeni. Ljudi oboreni u potresu nedjeljnoga zakona jesu ostatak nevjernih adventista sedmoga dana koji su tada i ondje odvedeni u sužanjstvo od suvremenoga duhovnog Babilona. U proročkoj povijesti drevnoga doslovnog Izraela, kada je Babilon po drugi put od triju opustošio Jeruzalem, postojao je ostatak od „sedam tisuća” „silnih” ljudi „iz zemlje” koji su bili odvedeni u sužanjstvo.

> And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 2 Kings 24:15–17.

> I odvede Jojakina u Babilon, i kraljevu majku, i kraljeve žene, i njegove službenike, i moćnike zemlje; njih odvede u sužanjstvo iz Jeruzalema u Babilon. I sve hrabre ljude, njih sedam tisuća, i tisuću obrtnika i kovača, sve koji bijahu snažni i sposobni za rat — njih babilonski kralj odvede kao sužnje u Babilon. I babilonski kralj postavi Mataniju, brata njegova oca, za kralja namjesto njega, i promijeni mu ime u Sidkija. 2 Kraljevima 24:15–17.

Once the mighty men of Jerusalem are overthrown at the earthquake of the Sunday law, “the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded.” The third woe is the seventh trumpet that the seventh angel sounds. In the “hour” of the “earthquake” of the Sunday law—Islam strikes!

Kad moćnici Jeruzalema budu oboreni u potresu nedjeljnoga zakona, „treća nevolja dolazi brzo. I zatrubi sedmi anđeo.” Treća nevolja jest sedma truba u koju trubi sedmi anđeo. U „satu” „potresa” nedjeljnoga zakona — islam udara!

One of the primary characteristics of Islam in the first and second woes, was the historical fact that their mode of warfare was unlike the common tactics of war carried out in the history where they fulfilled their prophetic role. Their mode of warfare was to strike suddenly and unexpectedly. The word “assassin” is derived from the practices of the Islamic warriors in that period of history. Their attacks were as the Japanese Kamikazes of World War Two. The Islamic warriors expected to die when they assassinated their target. For this reason, a common practice for the warriors was to prepare for death by getting intoxicated on hashish, before their attack to help subdue the fear of death. When they struck their victims, it was sudden and unexpected, and their dependence upon hashish for the desired mental state, combined with the secret attack, formed the etymological basis of the word “assassin,” due to its connection with the word hashish.

Jedna od glavnih značajki islama u prvom i drugom jao bila je povijesna činjenica da je njihov način ratovanja bio različit od uobičajenih ratnih taktika koje su se primjenjivale tijekom povijesti u kojoj su ispunjavali svoju proročku ulogu. Njihov način ratovanja bio je udariti iznenada i neočekivano. Riječ „atentator” izvedena je iz običaja islamskih ratnika u tom razdoblju povijesti. Njihovi napadi bili su poput japanskih kamikaza u Drugome svjetskom ratu. Islamski ratnici očekivali su da će poginuti kada izvrše atentat na svoju metu. Zbog toga je među ratnicima bila uobičajena praksa da se priprave za smrt opijajući se hašišem prije napada, kako bi lakše nadvladali strah od smrti. Kada bi napali svoje žrtve, to je bilo iznenadno i neočekivano, a njihovo oslanjanje na hašiš radi postizanja željenoga duševnog stanja, zajedno s potajnim napadom, tvorilo je etimološku osnovu riječi „atentator”, zbog njezine povezanosti s riječju hašiš.

The third woe and the seventh trumpet “cometh quickly.”

Treće jao i sedma truba „dolaze brzo“.

Similarly, on October 22, 1844, the messenger of the covenant came “suddenly” to His temple. Sister White defined the “suddenness” of the arrival of the messenger of the covenant, representing that His coming was “unexpected.” Therefore all four “comings” that were fulfilled on October 22, 1844 were unexpected and sudden.

Slično tomu, 22. listopada 1844., glasnik Saveza došao je „iznenada“ u svoj hram. Sestra White odredila je „iznenadnost“ dolaska glasnika Saveza kao pokazatelj da je njegov dolazak bio „neočekivan“. Stoga su sva četiri „dolaska“ koja su se ispunila 22. listopada 1844. bila neočekivana i iznenadna.

> “The coming of Christ as our high priest to the most holy place, for the cleansing of the sanctuary, brought to view in Daniel 8:14; the coming of the Son of man to the Ancient of Days, as presented in Daniel 7:13; and the coming of the Lord to His temple, foretold by Malachi, are descriptions of the same event; and this is also represented by the coming of the bridegroom to the marriage, described by Christ in the parable of the ten virgins, of Matthew 25.” The Great Controversy, 426.

> „Kristov dolazak kao našega Velikog svećenika u Svetinju nad svetinjama radi očišćenja Svetišta, prikazan u Danielu 8,14; dolazak Sina Čovječjega k Pradavnome, kako je izneseno u Danielu 7,13; i dolazak Gospodina u Njegov hram, prorečen po Malahiji, opisi su istoga događaja; a to je također predočeno dolaskom zaručnika na svadbu, što Krist opisuje u prispodobi o deset djevica u Mateju 25.” Velika borba, 426.

The parable of the ten virgins is repeated to the very letter, thus all four “comings” that were fulfilled on October 22, 1844, are to be fulfilled to the very letter again at the earthquake that is the Sunday law. Commenting on the parable of the virgins, Sister White adds to the witness that identifies the suddenness and unexpectedness that is symbolized at the earthquake of the Sunday law, which is the perfect fulfillment of the Midnight Cry.

Prispodoba o deset djevica ponavlja se do u najmanju pojedinost; stoga se sva četiri „dolaska” koja su se ispunila 22. listopada 1844. trebaju ponovno ispuniti do u najmanju pojedinost pri potresu koji je zakon o nedjelji. Osvrćući se na prispodobu o djevicama, sestra White pridodaje svjedočanstvu koje prepoznaje naglost i neočekivanost što su simbolizirane u potresu zakona o nedjelji, a koji je savršeno ispunjenje Ponoćnog poklika.

> “Character is revealed by a crisis. When the earnest voice proclaimed at midnight, ‘Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him,’ the sleeping virgins roused from their slumbers, and it was seen who had made preparation for the event. Both parties were taken unawares, but one was prepared for the emergency, and the other was found without preparation. Character is revealed by circumstances. Emergencies bring out the true metal of character. Some sudden and unlooked-for calamity, bereavement, or crisis, some unexpected sickness or anguish, something that brings the soul face to face with death, will bring out the true inwardness of the character. It will be made manifest whether or not there is any real faith in the promises of the word of God. It will be made manifest whether or not the soul is sustained by grace, whether there is oil in the vessel with the lamp.

> „Karakter se otkriva u krizi. Kada je ozbiljan glas u ponoć objavio: ‘Evo zaručnika, izlazite mu u susret’, usnule su se djevice probudile iz svojega sna, i vidjelo se tko se bio pripravio za taj događaj. Obje su skupine bile zatečene nespremne, ali jedna je bila pripravljena za tu izvanrednu okolnost, a druga se pokazala bez priprave. Karakter se otkriva okolnostima. Izvanredne okolnosti iznose na vidjelo pravo tkivo karaktera. Neka iznenadna i neočekivana nesreća, žalost zbog gubitka, ili kriza, neka neočekivana bolest ili tjeskoba, nešto što dušu dovodi licem u lice sa smrću, iznijet će na vidjelo pravu nutrinu karaktera. Očitovat će se ima li stvarne vjere u obećanja riječi Božje ili nema. Očitovat će se održava li dušu milost, ima li ulja u posudi sa svjetiljkom.“

> “Testing times come to all. How do we conduct ourselves under the test and proving of God? Do our lamps go out? or do we still keep them burning? Are we prepared for every emergency by our connection with Him who is full of grace and truth? The five wise virgins could not impart their character to the five foolish virgins. Character must be formed by us as individuals.” Review and Herald, October 17, 1895.

> „Vremena kušnje dolaze svima. Kako se vladamo pod Božjom kušnjom i provjeravanjem? Gase li se naše svjetiljke? ili ih još uvijek održavamo da gore? Jesmo li spremni za svaku izvanrednu priliku svojom povezanošću s Njim koji je pun milosti i istine? Pet mudrih djevica nisu mogle prenijeti svoj karakter na pet ludih djevica. Karakter svatko od nas mora oblikovati kao pojedinac.” Review and Herald, October 17, 1895.

At the earthquake of the Sunday law, the United States ceases to be the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The remnant of seven thousand Laodicean Adventists that have not prepared for the crisis, will manifest a character prepared for the mark of the beast. Then Islam suddenly and unexpectedly arrives, for “the third woe cometh quickly” as “the seventh angel” sounds!

U potresu nedjeljnoga zakona Sjedinjene Američke Države prestaju biti šesto kraljevstvo biblijskoga proročanstva. Ostatak od sedam tisuća laodicejskih adventista koji se nisu pripremili za krizu očitovat će karakter pripravljen za žig zvijeri. Tada islam iznenada i neočekivano dolazi, jer „treći jao dolazi brzo“ dok „sedmi anđeo“ trubi!

The four ‘comings’ that were all fulfilled on October 22, 1844 are then repeated. The first coming identified the opening of the judgment, in fulfillment of Daniel eight verse fourteen. It confirmed the message of the first angel that announced that the “hour” of His judgment is come. That fulfillment typifies the “hour” of the earthquake, which begins at the Sunday law, and is the “hour” when Islam brings “His judgment” upon the United States for the passage of a Sunday law.

Četiri „dolaska” koja su se sva ispunila 22. listopada 1844. zatim se ponavljaju. Prvi dolazak označio je otvaranje suda, kao ispunjenje Daniela osmog poglavlja, četrnaestog retka. On je potvrdio poruku prvoga anđela koji je objavio da je došao „čas” Njegova suda. To ispunjenje predstavlja „čas” potresa, koji započinje pri nedjeljnom zakonu, i jest „čas” kada islam donosi „Njegov sud” na Sjedinjene Države zbog donošenja nedjeljnog zakona.

The messenger of the covenant in Malachi chapter three, came suddenly to the temple He had raised up in forty-six years from 1798 to 1844, to enter into a covenant with the “Levites” of the Millerite history. At the earthquake of the Sunday law, the messenger of the covenant suddenly comes to enter into the temple of resurrected dead dry bones, to enter into covenant with the “Levites” of the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Glasnik Saveza u trećem poglavlju Malahije iznenada je došao u hram koji je podigao tijekom četrdeset i šest godina, od 1798. do 1844., da bi stupio u Savez s „Levitima” mileritske povijesti. U potresu nedjeljnog zakona, glasnik Saveza iznenada dolazi da uđe u hram uskrsnulih mrtvih suhih kostiju, da bi stupio u Savez s „Levitima” povijesti sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće.

At the earthquake of the Sunday law the Son of man comes to the Father to receive a kingdom in fulfillment of Daniel seven verse thirteen, as He did on October 22, 1844, for at the “hour” of the earthquake there are “voices in heaven,” who proclaim, that the “kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.”

Pri potresu nedjeljnoga zakona Sin Čovječji dolazi k Ocu da primi kraljevstvo kao ispunjenje Daniela 7, redak 13, kao što je učinio 22. listopada 1844., jer u „času” potresa postoje „glasovi na nebu” koji objavljuju da su „kraljevstva ovoga svijeta postala kraljevstva našega Gospodina i njegova Krista; i on će kraljevati u vijeke vjekova. I dvadeset i četiri starješine, koji su sjedili pred Bogom na svojim prijestoljima, padoše ničice i pokloniše se Bogu, Govoreći: Zahvaljujemo ti, Gospodine Bože Svemogući, koji jesi, i koji bijaše, i koji ćeš doći; jer si uzeo svoju veliku silu i zakraljevao se.”

In the hour of the earthquake, when His judgment is come, and the two witnesses who have been previously resurrected from the street where they had been murdered stand up. Then, as a mighty army, they are lifted up to heaven while the remnant of seven thousand Laodicean Adventist are overthrown. The wise wheat has there and then been separated from the foolish tares. Christ then receives His kingdom and the seventh trumpet sounds, which is also the third woe, which arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, and then “the nations” are “angry, and thy wrath is come.”

U času potresa, kada dođe Njegov sud i kada se dva svjedoka, koji su prethodno uskrsnuli s ulice na kojoj su bili ubijeni, podignu. Tada, kao moćna vojska, budu uzneseni na nebo, dok je ostatak od sedam tisuća laodicejskih adventista oboren. Mudra pšenica tu je i tada odvojena od ludoga kukolja. Krist tada prima svoje kraljevstvo i oglasi se sedma truba, koja je također treća nevolja, koja dolazi iznenada i neočekivano, a tada su „narodi” „gnjevni, i dođe tvoj gnjev.”

The angering of the nations is the prophetic role of Islam, and it begins at the hour of the earthquake and continues until the close of human probation and the seven last plagues, which are presented by the words, “thy wrath has come.” Between the Sunday law in the United States and the close of probation, where God’s wrath is manifested in the seven last plagues—the third woe, a symbol of Islam; the seventh trumpet, a symbol of Islam; and the angering of the nations, a symbol of Islam; provides three symbolic witnesses that the message of the Midnight Cry is a fulfillment of Islam’s arrival at the Sunday law.

Razgnjevljenje naroda jest proročka uloga islama, i ono započinje u času potresa te se nastavlja sve do završetka vremena milosti za čovječanstvo i sedam posljednjih zala, koja su predstavljena riječima: „došao je gnjev tvoj“. Između nedjeljnog zakona u Sjedinjenim Državama i završetka vremena milosti, kada se Božji gnjev očituje u sedam posljednjih zala — treći jao, simbol islama; sedma truba, simbol islama; i razgnjevljenje naroda, simbol islama — pružaju tri simbolična svjedoka da je poruka Ponoćnog poklika ispunjenje dolaska islama u vrijeme nedjeljnog zakona.

As with the Millerite movement at the beginning, the Midnight Cry message was a correction of a failed prediction. In the Millerite history it was a failure of the event that was predicted to take place. In Millerite history at the beginning, the Philadelphians presented their failed prediction, because God held His hand over a mistake in the 1843 chart.

Kao i na početku milleritskoga pokreta, poruka Ponoćnoga pokliča bila je ispravak neuspjeloga proročanstva. U milleritskoj povijesti radilo se o neispunjenju događaja za koji je bilo prorečeno da će se zbiti. U milleritskoj povijesti na početku filadelfijci su iznijeli svoje neostvareno proročanstvo, jer je Bog zadržao svoju ruku nad pogreškom na karti iz 1843.

In the Laodicean movement at the end of Future for America, God never held His hand over the mistake. It was human hands that covered the truth that time was to be no longer used in prophetic application. Human hands represent human works.

U laodicejskom pokretu na završetku Future for America, Bog nikada nije držao svoju ruku nad pogreškom. Ljudske su ruke prikrile istinu da se vrijeme više ne treba koristiti u proročkoj primjeni. Ljudske ruke predstavljaju ljudska djela.

In the ending movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, the error of applying time was sin, for the application of prophetic time was to be no longer used. The sinful application of time was typified by Moses disregarding God’s command to circumcise his son, and it was typified by Uzzah disregarding God’s command that only the priests could handle the ark. It was not the Lord’s will for either of those sinful actions or inactions to be accomplished by God’s people. Sin has only one definition and it is the transgression of the law. Moses transgressed God’s law of circumcision, Uzzah transgressed God’s law of the sanctuary and this movement transgressed God’s prophetic law. Ancient Israel was made the depositaries of God’s law and the Advent movement in its beginning and end were also made the depositaries of God’s prophetic truths.

U završnom pokretu sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, pogreška primjenjivanja vremena bila je grijeh, jer se primjena proročkog vremena više nije smjela koristiti. Grešna primjena vremena bila je predočena time što je Mojsije zanemario Božju zapovijed da obreže svojega sina, a bila je predočena i time što je Uza zanemario Božju zapovijed da samo svećenici mogu rukovati Kovčegom. Nije bila Gospodnja volja da bilo koje od tih grešnih djela ili propusta izvrši Božji narod. Grijeh ima samo jednu definiciju: prijestup zakona. Mojsije je prestupio Božji zakon o obrezanju, Uza je prestupio Božji zakon o Svetištu, a ovaj je pokret prestupio Božji proročki zakon. Drevni je Izrael bio učinjen čuvarom Božjega zakona, a adventni pokret na svojem početku i na svojem svršetku također je bio učinjen čuvarom Božjih proročkih istina.

In her distress, Zipporah immediately accomplished the act of circumcising their son herself, thus representing the repentance those who were involved in this movement were to immediately manifest for the sinful inaction of allowing the application of time to be associated with the message. David likewise manifests severe repentance for Uzzah’s action. For the movement to argue that the application of time in the prediction of July 18, 2020 was in some way correct, that somehow that it was God’s will, is to argue that Moses and Zipporah didn’t truly need to uphold God’s explicit commands, and that God did not really care whether Uzzah touched the ark. July 18, 2020 was a false prediction, and the element that was false was the element of time.

U svojoj tjeskobi, Sipora je odmah sama izvršila čin obrezanja njihova sina, predstavljajući tako pokajanje koje su oni koji su bili uključeni u ovaj pokret trebali odmah očitovati zbog grešne neaktivnosti kojom su dopustili da se primjena vremena poveže s porukom. David na sličan način očituje duboko pokajanje zbog Uzinog čina. Da bi pokret tvrdio kako je primjena vremena u predviđanju za 18. srpnja 2020. na neki način bila ispravna, da je nekako bila Božja volja, značilo bi tvrditi da Mojsije i Sipora zapravo nisu morali držati Božje izričite zapovijedi i da Bogu zapravo nije bilo stalo do toga je li Uza dotaknuo Kovčeg. 18. srpnja 2020. bilo je lažno predviđanje, a lažan je bio element vremena.

These truths will be explored further in the next article.

Ove će se istine podrobnije razmotriti u sljedećem članku.

> “The Lord has shown me that the message of the third angel must go, and be proclaimed to the scattered children of the Lord, and that it should not be hung on time; for time never will be a test again. I saw that some were getting a false excitement arising from preaching time; that the third angel’s message was stronger than time can be. I saw that this message can stand on its own foundation, and that it needs not time to strengthen it, and that it will go in mighty power, and do its work, and will be cut short in righteousness.” Experience and Views, 48.

> „Gospodin mi je pokazao da poruka trećega anđela mora poći i biti objavljena raspršenoj djeci Gospodnjoj te da ne smije biti vezana uz vrijeme; jer vrijeme više nikada neće biti kušnja. Vidjela sam da su neki zadobivali lažno uzbuđenje koje je proizlazilo iz propovijedanja vremena; da je poruka trećega anđela snažnija nego što vrijeme može biti. Vidjela sam da ta poruka može stajati na vlastitome temelju, da joj nije potrebno vrijeme kako bi je ojačalo, te da će poći u silnoj snazi, izvršiti svoje djelo i biti skraćena u pravednosti.” Experience and Views, 48.

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