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# The Book of Daniel - Number Thirty-Two

Knjiga proroka Daniela - trideset i dva

From Lions to Deception: A Deep Dive into Daniel 6 and End-Time Prophecy

Od Lavova do prijevare: dubinsko proučavanje Daniela 6 i proročanstva o posljednjem vremenu

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Jeff Pippenger

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December 27, 2023

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Daniel chapter six, is the third line in the first six chapters of Daniel, which directly presents an illustration of the Sunday law crisis. In chapter three Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image, and the three worthies, represent the ensign which is lifted up, and the entire world beholds.

Šesto poglavlje Daniela treća je crta u prvih šest poglavlja Daniela, koja izravno prikazuje ilustraciju krize nedjeljnoga zakona. U trećem poglavlju Nabukodonozorov zlatni kip i trojica dostojnih predstavljaju stijeg koji se podiže i koji promatra sav svijet.

> Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Daniel 3:2.

> Tada kralj Nabukodonozor posla da se okupe knezovi, upravitelji, namjesnici, suci, rizničari, savjetnici, šerifi i svi poglavari pokrajina, da dođu na posvećenje kipa koji je podigao kralj Nabukodonozor. Daniel 3,2.

In chapter three, the three worthies refused to bow, and their action brought upon them the persecution of the furnace, whereas Daniel in chapter six, bows three times a day, and his action brought upon him the persecution of the lion’s den. Line upon line, they represent the Sunday law persecution as a decision of worship, that in both cases, has already been determined by the faithful. Those represented by the three and one combination that symbolizes the one hundred and forty-four thousand have settled into the truth before the shaking of persecution arrives.

U trećem poglavlju trojica dostojnih odbila su se pokloniti, i njihov je čin na njih navukao progonstvo ognjene peći, dok se Daniel u šestom poglavlju klanja tri puta na dan, i njegov je čin na njega navukao progonstvo lavlje jame. Redak na redak, oni predstavljaju progonstvo nedjeljnoga zakona kao odluku bogoštovlja, koja je u oba slučaja već bila donesena od vjernih. Oni koje predstavlja spoj trojice i jednoga, što simbolizira sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, utvrdili su se u istini prije nego što stigne potres progonstva.

> “Said the angel, ‘Deny self; ye must step fast.’ Some of us have had time to get the truth and to advance step by step, and every step we have taken has given us strength to take the next. But now time is almost finished, and what we have been years learning, they will have to learn in a few months. They will also have much to unlearn and much to learn again. Those who would not receive the mark of the beast and his image when the decree goes forth, must have decision now to say, Nay, we will not regard the institution of the beast.” Early Writings, 68.

> „Anđeo reče: ‘Odrecite se sebe; morate brzo koračati.’ Neki od nas imali su vremena upoznati istinu i napredovati korak po korak, a svaki korak koji smo poduzeli dao nam je snagu da učinimo sljedeći. Ali sada je vrijeme gotovo isteklo, i ono što smo mi godinama učili, oni će morati naučiti u nekoliko mjeseci. Oni će također mnogo toga morati odučiti i mnogo toga ponovno naučiti. Oni koji ne bi htjeli primiti žig Zvijeri i njezine slike kada proglas bude izdan, moraju sada imati odlučnost da kažu: Ne, nećemo priznavati ustanovu Zvijeri.’” Early Writings, 68.

In chapter five, the Sunday law is addressing the end of the earth beast, and the judgment brought by the enemies that came through the wall.

U petom poglavlju nedjeljni zakon obrađuje svršetak zemaljske zvijeri i sud koji su donijeli neprijatelji što su prodrli kroz zid.

> In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. Daniel 5:30, 31.

> Te je noći ubijen Baltazar, kralj Kaldejaca. I Darije Medijac preuze kraljevstvo, u dobi od oko šezdeset i dvije godine. Daniel 5,30.31.

In chapter six, the sealing of God’s people, represented by the king’s seal being placed upon the lion’s den is identified.

U šestom poglavlju prepoznaje se pečaćenje Božjega naroda, prikazano time što je kraljev pečat stavljen na lavlju jamu.

> And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Daniel 6:17.

> I bi donesen kamen, i položen na otvor jame; i kralj ga zapečati svojim pečatom i pečatom svojih velikaša, da se odluka u vezi s Danielom ne bi promijenila. Daniel 6:17.

The three lines all contribute to the characteristics of the ensign that is lifted up in a cloud, during the hour of the great earthquake in Revelation chapter eleven.

Sve tri crte pridonose obilježjima zastave koja se podiže u oblaku, u času velikoga potresa u jedanaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja.

> 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. Revelation 11:12, 13.

> I začuše velik glas s neba gdje im govori: Uziđite ovamo. I uziđoše na nebo u oblaku; i njihovi ih neprijatelji gledahu. I u isti čas nastade velik potres, i deseti dio grada pade, i u potresu poginu sedam tisuća ljudi; a ostali se uplašiše i dadoše slavu Bogu nebeskom. Otkrivenje 11,12.13.

Daniel chapter six, identifies the sealing of God’s people, but it is more specifically addressing the punishment of the confederacy of the “presidents, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains,” that deceived the king into killing Daniel. The deception of the king (a symbol of the state), is a significant prophetic subject, containing several prophetic witnesses. Unlike Nebuchadnezzar in chapter three, or Belshazzar in chapter five, who were both oblivious to Daniel and the three witnesses until after the crisis arrived, Darius’ “preference” for Daniel, in advance of the crisis identifies a different setting for the crisis of the Sunday law.

Šesto poglavlje Daniela prepoznaje zapečaćenje Božjega naroda, no ono se još određenije bavi kaznom saveza „predsjednika, namjesnika i knezova, savjetnika i vojvoda“, koji su prevarili kralja da pogubi Daniela. Prijevara kralja (simbola države) značajan je proročki predmet, koji sadrži nekoliko proročkih svjedoka. Za razliku od Nabukodonozora u trećem poglavlju ili Belšacara u petom poglavlju, koji obojica nisu obraćali pozornost na Daniela i trojicu svjedoka sve dok kriza nije nastupila, Darijeva „naklonost“ prema Danielu, unaprijed, prije same krize, označuje drukčije okružje za krizu nedjeljnoga zakona.

Daniel was “preferred” above the other two presidents, and the three presidents were over the one hundred and twenty princes. Daniel is contrasted primarily with the presidents and princes, and he is favored above the two that form a confederacy of deception represented by five (five foolish virgins).

Daniel je bio „pretpostavljen” nad drugom dvojicom upravitelja, a trojica upravitelja bila su nad sto i dvadeset knezova. Daniel se prvenstveno suprotstavlja upraviteljima i knezovima te je više naklonjen od one dvojice koji tvore savez obmane, predstavljen brojem pet (pet ludih djevica).

> It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Daniel 6:1–5.

> Svidjelo se Dariju da nad kraljevstvom postavi stotinu i dvadeset knezova, koji će biti nad svim kraljevstvom; a nad njima tri predsjednika, od kojih je Daniel bio prvi, da bi im knezovi podnosili račune, te da kralj ne trpi nikakve štete. Tada je taj Daniel bio uzdignut iznad predsjednika i knezova, jer je u njemu bio izvrstan duh; i kralj je namjeravao postaviti ga nad cijelim kraljevstvom. Tada su predsjednici i knezovi nastojali naći povoda protiv Daniela u vezi s kraljevstvom, ali nisu mogli naći nikakva povoda ni krivnje, budući da je bio vjeran, i nikakve pogreške ni krivnje nije se našlo na njemu. Tada rekoše ti ljudi: Nećemo naći nikakva povoda protiv ovoga Daniela, osim ako ga nađemo protiv njega u pogledu zakona njegova Boga. Daniel 6,1–5.

Darius is being used to illustrate a deception that is carried out against the king, which represents the ten kings (the United Nations), at the end of the world. The deception contributes to the hatred which the ten kings (the United Nations), manifest against the whore (the papacy), which causes them to “make her desolate and naked,” and “eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.”

Darije se koristi kako bi se prikazala obmana koja se provodi protiv kralja, koji predstavlja deset kraljeva (Ujedinjene narode), na svršetku svijeta. Ta obmana pridonosi mržnji koju deset kraljeva (Ujedinjeni narodi) očituju prema bludnici (papinstvu), što ih navodi da je „opustoše i razgolite“ te da „jedu njezino meso i spale je ognjem“.

> 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 17:16–18.

> I deset rogova što si ih vidio na Zvijeri, oni će omrznuti 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 se slože, i predaju svoje kraljevstvo Zvijeri, dok se ne ispune riječi Božje. A žena koju si vidio jest onaj veliki grad koji kraljuje nad kraljevima zemaljskim. Otkrivenje 17:16–18.

The United Nations (the seventh kingdom), will destroy the papacy, even though they will have just recently given her their kingdom, for they rule for a “short space.”

Ujedinjeni narodi (sedmo kraljevstvo) uništit će papinstvo, premda će mu tek nedavno biti predali svoje kraljevstvo, jer vladaju „za kratko vrijeme“.

> And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. Revelation 17:10.

> I ima sedam kraljeva: pet ih je palo, jedan jest, a drugi još nije došao; i kad dođe, mora ostati kratko vrijeme. Otkrivenje 17,10.

At the Sunday law the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, the earth beast of Revelation thirteen (the United States), has just finished its reign of the seventy symbolic years, in which the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy, the sea beast of Revelation thirteen (the papacy), has been forgotten for those seventy symbolic years of Isaiah chapter twenty-three.

U vrijeme nedjeljnog zakona, šesto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, zvijer iz zemlje iz Otkrivenja trinaestoga (Sjedinjene Američke Države), upravo je dovršilo svoju vladavinu od sedamdeset simboličnih godina, tijekom kojih je peto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, zvijer iz mora iz Otkrivenja trinaestoga (papinstvo), bilo zaboravljeno tijekom tih sedamdeset simboličnih godina iz dvadeset trećega poglavlja Izaije.

> And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Isaiah 23:15–17.

> I dogodit će se u onaj dan da će Tir biti zaboravljen sedamdeset godina, prema danima jednoga kralja; nakon svršetka sedamdeset godina Tir će zapjevati kao bludnica. Uzmi harfu, idi po gradu, ti zaboravljena bludnice; zasviraj umilno, pjevaj mnoge pjesme, da bi te se spomenuli. I dogodit će se nakon svršetka sedamdeset godina da će Jahve pohoditi Tir, i on će se vratiti svojoj zaradi te će bludničiti sa svim kraljevstvima svijeta po licu zemlje. Izaija 23:15–17.

At the Sunday law the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy, the ten kings (the United Nations), begins to reign, but only briefly, for the premier king of the ten kings, then begins its work of forcing the entire world to align under the structure of the beast, which is the combination of church and state, and is symbolized as the image of the beast.

U vrijeme nedjeljnog zakona sedmo kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva, deset kraljeva (Ujedinjeni narodi), počinje vladati, ali samo nakratko, jer tada vrhovni kralj desetorice kraljeva započinje svoje djelo prisiljavanja cijeloga svijeta da se uskladi pod ustrojem zvijeri, što je spoj crkve i države i što je simbolizirano kao slika zvijeri.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 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. Revelation 13:11–14.

> I vidjeh drugu Zvijer gdje izlazi iz zemlje; imala je dva roga poput janjeta, a govorila je kao zmaj. I vrši svu vlast prve Zvijeri pred njom te navodi zemlju i one koji na njoj prebivaju da se klanjaju prvoj Zvijeri, kojoj bijaše iscijeljena smrtna rana. I čini velika čudesa, tako da čak i oganj spušta s neba na zemlju pred ljudima. I zavodi one koji prebivaju na zemlji znamenjima koja joj je dano činiti pred Zvijeri, govoreći onima koji prebivaju na zemlji da načine lik Zvijeri koja bijaše ranjena mačem, a oživje. Otkrivenje 13:11–14.

A primary element of the symbolism of the earth beast (the United States), that begins as a lamb and ends speaking as a dragon, is its speaking. Speaking prophetically identifies an action of the legislative and judicial authorities.

Temeljni element simbolike zvijeri iz zemlje (Sjedinjenih Država), koja započinje kao janje, a završava govoreći kao zmaj, jest njezino govorenje. Govorenje u proročkom smislu označava djelovanje zakonodavnih i sudskih vlasti.

> “The speaking of the nation is the action of its legislative and judicial authorities.” The Great Controversy, 443.

> „Govor nacije jest djelovanje njezinih zakonodavnih i sudbenih vlasti.“ Velika borba, 443.

When the United States first spoke as a lamb, it produced the Constitution of the United States, thus establishing a land of refuge for those fleeing the persecution of the papacy and the kings of Europe.

Kad su Sjedinjene Američke Države prvi put progovorile kao janje, donijele su Ustav Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, uspostavivši tako zemlju utočišta za one koji su bježali od progona papinstva i europskih kraljeva.

> And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. Revelation 12:16.

> I zemlja je pomogla ženi, i zemlja je otvorila svoja usta te progutala rijeku koju je zmaj izbacio iz svojih usta. Otkrivenje 12,16.

At the end of the seventy symbolic years, the earth beast speaks again, but then as a dragon, as it enforces Sunday worship, which is the mark of papal authority. When the mark of papal authority is enforced, the papacy is remembered, and she is remembered, when the Commandment that was never to be forgotten is made illegal to observe.

Na svršetku sedamdeset simboličnih godina, zemaljska zvijer ponovno progovara, ali tada kao zmaj, kada nameće bogoslužje nedjeljom, što je znak papinske vlasti. Kada se znak papinske vlasti nametne, papinstvo biva spomenuto, i ona biva spomenuta, kada se Zapovijed koja nikada nije smjela biti zaboravljena proglasi nezakonitom za obdržavanje.

> Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8–11.

> Sjeti se dana subotnjega da ga svetkuješ. Šest dana radi i obavljaj sav svoj posao; a sedmi dan subota je Gospodu, Bogu tvojemu: tada nemoj raditi nikakva posla, ni ti, ni sin tvoj, ni kći tvoja, ni sluga tvoj, ni sluškinja tvoja, ni stoka tvoja, ni stranac koji je unutar tvojih vrata. Jer je u šest dana Gospod stvorio nebo i zemlju, more i sve što je u njima, a sedmoga je dana počinuo; zato je Gospod blagoslovio dan subotnji i posvetio ga. Izlazak 20:8–11.

National apostasy is then followed by national ruin, and the three powers that lead the world to Armageddon join hands.

Nacionalni otpad tada biva praćen nacionalnom propašću, a tri sile koje vode svijet prema Armagedonu udružuju ruke.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> „Dekretom kojim se nameće ustanova papinstva, protivno Božjem zakonu, naš će se narod potpuno odvojiti od pravednosti. Kada protestantizam pruži svoju ruku preko ponora da uhvati ruku rimske sile, kada posegne preko bezdana da se rukuje sa spiritizmom, kada se, pod utjecajem ovoga trostrukog saveza, naša zemlja odrekne svakoga načela svojega Ustava kao protestantske i republikanske vlasti te omogući širenje papinskih laži i zabluda, tada možemo znati da je došlo vrijeme Sotonina čudesnog djelovanja i da je kraj blizu.“ Testimonies, svezak 5, 451.

When “Protestantism” (the United States), “the Roman power” (the Vatican) and “Spiritualism” (the United Nations), join hands at the Sunday law, they begin to lead the world to Armageddon, which is represented as first forcing the world to accept the authority of a one-world government, which consists of church and state, with the church in control of the relationship. The power of the miracles that are employed by the earth beast, not only brings about the fornication of the whore of Tyre with the kings of the earth, but it enforces the “speaking” of the world-wide image of the beast. By prophetic definition this means the one-world government must have a legislative body (located in New York), and a judicial body (located in the Hague).

Kada „protestantizam” (Sjedinjene Države), „rimska sila” (Vatikan) i „spiritizam” (Ujedinjeni narodi) pruže ruku jedan drugomu u donošenju nedjeljnog zakona, počinju voditi svijet prema Armagedonu, koji je prikazan tako da najprije prisiljava svijet da prihvati vlast jedne svjetske vlade, sastavljene od crkve i države, pri čemu crkva nadzire taj odnos. Sila čudesa kojima se služi zvijer iz zemlje ne dovodi samo do bluda tirske bludnice s kraljevima zemaljskim, nego nameće i „govorenje” sveopće slike zvijeri. Po proročkoj definiciji to znači da ta jedna svjetska vlada mora imati zakonodavno tijelo (smješteno u New Yorku) i sudbeno tijelo (smješteno u Haagu).

> 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. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:14–18.

> I zavodi one koji prebivaju na zemlji čudesima koja mu bijaše dano činiti pred zvijeri, govoreći onima koji prebivaju na zemlji da načine lik zvijeri koja bijaše ranjena mačem, a oživje. I dano mu bi da udahne duh liku zvijeri, da lik zvijeri i progovori te učini 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, i da nitko ne može ni kupiti ni prodati osim onoga koji ima žig, ili ime zvijeri, ili broj njezina imena. Ovdje je mudrost. Tko ima razuma, neka izračuna broj zvijeri, jer to je broj čovjekov; i broj je njezin šesto šezdeset i šest. Otkrivenje 13:14–18.

The earth beast (the United States), will deceive the entire world into accepting a worldwide image of the beast, the same image which the United States had formed as it led to and ultimately enforced the Sunday law. It will then empower the one-world government to enforce its laws upon pain of death, and/or economic penalties. The deception of Darius the king, is a symbol of the deception of the kings that is repeatedly identified in prophecy, for as the earth beast begins to force the world to accept the one-world government the argument that is used to force the world to accept the arrangement, is that the power that has angered the nations (Islam), must be opposed with a worldwide war.

Zvijer sa zemlje (Sjedinjene Države) zavest će cijeli svijet da prihvati svjetski lik zvijeri, isti onaj lik koji su Sjedinjene Države oblikovale dok su vodile prema nedjeljnom zakonu i naposljetku ga nametnule. Zatim će osnažiti jednostjetsku vlast da svoje zakone provodi pod prijetnjom smrti i/ili gospodarskih kazni. Prijevara kralja Darija simbol je prijevare kraljeva koja se u proročanstvu opetovano prepoznaje, jer dok zvijer sa zemlje počinje prisiljavati svijet da prihvati jednostjetsku vlast, argument kojim se svijet prisiljava da prihvati taj poredak jest da se sili koja je razgnjevila narode (islam) mora suprotstaviti svjetskim ratom.

The United States enforces the mark of papal authority, for the judgments of God had brought such a state of crisis in the United States leading up to the Sunday law, that the solution was offered that by returning to the god of Catholicism, the economic hardships that had been increasing would be ended. Yet at the Sunday law, the enemy that had snuck in under the lower wall, brings the judgment of national ruin.

Sjedinjene Države provode žig papinske vlasti, jer su Božji sudovi doveli do takvoga stanja krize u Sjedinjenim Državama u razdoblju koje je prethodilo nedjeljnom zakonu, da je bilo ponuđeno rješenje prema kojemu bi se, povratkom bogu katolicizma, okončale gospodarske teškoće koje su se sve više umnažale. Ipak, u vrijeme nedjeljnoga zakona neprijatelj koji se uvukao ispod nižega zida donosi sud nacionalne propasti.

> “And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon those whose obedience to God’s commandments is a perpetual reproof to transgressors. It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced; and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. Thus the accusation urged of old against the servant of God will be repeated and upon grounds equally well established: ‘And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.’ 1 Kings 18:17, 18. As the wrath of the people shall be excited by false charges, they will pursue a course toward God’s ambassadors very similar to that which apostate Israel pursued toward Elijah.” The Great Controversy, 590.

> „A tada će veliki varalica uvjeriti ljude da oni koji služe Bogu uzrokuju ta zla. Skupina koja je izazvala nezadovoljstvo Neba svalit će sve svoje nevolje na one čija je poslušnost Božjim zapovijedima trajni ukor prijestupnicima. Bit će proglašeno da ljudi vrijeđaju Boga kršenjem nedjeljne subote; da je taj grijeh donio nesreće koje neće prestati dok se strogo ne nametne svetkovanje nedjelje; te da oni koji iznose zahtjeve četvrte zapovijedi, razarajući tako poštovanje prema nedjelji, uznemiruju narod, sprečavajući njegov povratak božanskoj naklonosti i vremenitom blagostanju. Tako će se ponoviti optužba nekoć iznesena protiv Božjega sluge, i to na jednako dobro utemeljenim osnovama: ‘I dogodi se, kad Ahab ugleda Iliju, da mu reče: Jesi li ti onaj koji unesrećuje Izraela? A on odgovori: Nisam ja unesrećio Izraela, nego ti i dom oca tvojega, jer ste ostavili zapovijedi Gospodnje, a ti si pošao za Baalima.’ 1 Kings 18:17, 18. Kako gnjev naroda bude raspaljivan lažnim optužbama, oni će prema Božjim vjesnicima postupati vrlo slično onome kako je otpali Izrael postupao prema Iliji.” Velika borba, 590.

In the “hour” of “the great earthquake” of Revelation chapter eleven, the “third Woe” of Islam, that is also the Seventh Trumpet then sounds, and it will anger the nations. That anger of the nations against Islam will be used to deceive the world into accepting the same empty promise that had just failed for the earth beast. The empty promise being; that by submitting to the authority of Catholicism, as represented by the mark of papal authority, that the increasing judgments of God would cease. That promise, already proven to be ineffective for the United States, will then be employed as a promise to the panicking world.

U „času” „velikoga potresa” iz jedanaestoga poglavlja Otkrivenja oglašava se „treći Jao” islama, koji je ujedno i Sedma truba, i on će razgnjeviti narode. Taj gnjev naroda protiv islama bit će iskorišten da se svijet zavede kako bi prihvatio isto prazno obećanje koje je upravo doživjelo neuspjeh kod zvijeri iz zemlje. Prazno obećanje glasi: da će se, podvrgavanjem autoritetu katolicizma, kako je predstavljen žigom papinske vlasti, sve veći Božji sudovi obustaviti. To obećanje, koje se već pokazalo nedjelotvornim za Sjedinjene Države, tada će biti upotrijebljeno kao obećanje uspaničenomu svijetu.

It will be urged that if the nations of the world would only agree and allow the one-world government to be established for the purpose of addressing the warfare brought by Islam, stability would return. Islam is the power identified in the scriptures that brings every man together against Islam, but that coming together is the ultimate deception of the kings.

Tvrdít će se da bi se, kad bi se narodi svijeta samo složili i dopustili uspostavu jedne svjetske vlade radi suočavanja s ratovanjem koje donosi islam, vratila stabilnost. Islam je sila koja je u Svetome pismu prepoznata kao ona koja okuplja svakoga čovjeka protiv islama, ali to okupljanje predstavlja krajnju obmanu kraljeva.

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

> I anđeo Gospodnji reče joj: Evo, zatrudnjela si i rodit ćeš sina te ćeš mu nadjenuti ime Jišmael, jer je Gospod čuo tvoju nevolju. I on će biti divlji čovjek; ruka će njegova biti protiv svakoga čovjeka, i ruka svakoga čovjeka protiv njega; i prebivat će pred licem sve svoje braće. Postanak 16:11, 12.

Ishmael is the spiritual father of the religion of Islam. It is true that Mohammed, the father of Islam did not arrive in history until the seventh century, but the ancient literal people are what God uses to represent the spiritual people in the last days.

Jišmael je duhovni otac religije islama. Istina je da se Muhamed, otac islama, nije pojavio u povijesti sve do sedmoga stoljeća, ali drevni doslovni narod jest ono čime se Bog služi da bi predstavljao duhovni narod u posljednjim danima.

> 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. Isaiah 44:6, 7.

> 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, zazvati, i to obznaniti, i izložiti po redu preda mnom, otkako sam postavio drevni narod? A ono što dolazi i što će doći, neka im pokažu. Izaija 44:6, 7.

Before Ishmael was born, he was named and his prophetic role was identified. His spiritual descendants’ hands would “be against every man, and every man’s hand” will be against “him.” And unlike the foolish teaching of progressive liberalism, the Bible teaches that Ishmael will “dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” They do not assimilate into the culture around them, but rather, many condemn it, protest against it and attack it. The spirit of Ishmael is that “he” would “be a wild man.” The idea that there exists a peaceful class of the Islamic faith is not sustained in God’s Word, nor in the Koran.

Prije nego što se Jišmael rodio, bio je imenovan i bila je utvrđena njegova proročka uloga. Ruke njegovih duhovnih potomaka bit će „protiv svakoga čovjeka, i ruka svakoga čovjeka” bit će protiv „njega”. I za razliku od bezumnoga učenja progresivnoga liberalizma, Biblija uči da će Jišmael „prebivati u prisutnosti sve svoje braće”. Oni se ne asimiliraju u kulturu koja ih okružuje, nego je mnogi osuđuju, prosvjeduju protiv nje i napadaju je. Duh Jišmaela jest da će „on” „biti divlji čovjek”. Zamisao da postoji miroljubiva skupina islamske vjere ne nalazi uporište ni u Božjoj Riječi ni u Kuranu.

The deception of the two presidents and one hundred and twenty princes in Daniel chapter six, is identifying the deception that is brought upon the ten kings when they are led to believe the purpose and urgency for implementing a one-world government, under the control of Rome, is to address the escalating crisis of the Islamic warfare that is the “third Woe”. Once the image of the beast is set up and empowered to “speak,” the world will find out, too late, that the purposes of the papacy is to address those who uphold the seventh-day Sabbath (Daniel), not the enemy that snuck in through the unguarded southern wall.

Prijevara dvojice predsjednika i stotinu dvadesetorice knezova u šestom poglavlju Daniela predočava prijevaru koja dolazi na deset kraljeva kada budu navedeni da povjeruju kako je svrha i hitnost uspostave jedne svjetske vlade, pod nadzorom Rima, da se odgovori na sve veću krizu islamskog ratovanja koje je „treći Jao“. Jednom kada lik Zvijeri bude postavljen i osposobljen da „govori“, svijet će, prekasno, otkriti da je svrha papinstva obračunati se s onima koji drže subotu sedmoga dana (Daniel), a ne s neprijateljem koji se ušuljao kroz nečuvani južni zid.

> “God’s word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution.” The Great Controversy, 581.

> „Božja riječ upozorila je na neposrednu opasnost; neka se to zanemari, i protestantski će svijet spoznati koje su doista namjere Rima tek kad bude prekasno da izbjegne zamku. Ona tiho raste u moći. Njezini nauci vrše svoj utjecaj u zakonodavnim dvoranama, u crkvama i u srcima ljudi. Ona podiže svoje uzvišene i goleme građevine, u čijim će se skrovitim odajama ponoviti njezina prijašnja progonstva. Potajno i neopaženo ona jača svoje snage kako bi unaprijedila vlastite ciljeve kad dođe vrijeme da zada udarac. Sve što ona želi jest povoljan položaj, a to joj se već daje. Uskoro ćemo vidjeti i osjetiti koja je namjera rimskog elementa. Tko god bude vjerovao i slušao Božju riječ, time će navući na sebe porugu i progonstvo.” Velika borba, 581.

The deception of the United Nations that is carried out by the papacy, that produces the vengeance of their hearts, is often illustrated in the Scriptures, and the story of Darius is a primary example of this truth. It is a deception that is accomplished first in the United States and then repeated upon the world. This truth is identified in the story of Elijah and Jezebel, then again in the story of John the Baptist and Herodias, as well as in the crucifixion of Christ. Islam’s angering of the nations is the ploy employed by the papal power that provides her the vantage ground for attacking Sabbath-keepers all around the world.

Obmana Ujedinjenih naroda koju provodi papinstvo, a koja proizvodi osvetu njihovih srdaca, često je prikazana u Svetome pismu, a priča o Dariju primarni je primjer te istine. To je obmana koja se najprije ostvaruje u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, a zatim se ponavlja nad svijetom. Ta je istina prepoznata u izvještaju o Iliji i Jezabeli, zatim ponovno u izvještaju o Ivanu Krstitelju i Herodijadi, kao i u Kristovu raspeću. Islamovo razgnjevljenje naroda lukavstvo je kojim se služi papinska vlast, a koje joj pruža povoljan položaj za napad na one koji drže subotu diljem svijeta.

The first mention of Islam is the introduction of Ishmael into the Scriptures, and the role identified of Islam at the end of the world that of putting the world into a universal panic so they will accept any proposal as a solution, is what allows the deception to be accomplished. The deception is what motivates the United Nations (the ten kings), to fulfill God’s will, and agree to give their kingdom (the seventh kingdom) unto the papacy (the beast).

Prvo spominjanje islama jest uvođenje Jišmaela u Sveto pismo, a uloga islama prepoznata na svršetku svijeta — da dovede svijet u sveopću paniku kako bi prihvatili svaki prijedlog kao rješenje — ono je što omogućuje da prijevara bude izvršena. Ta prijevara jest ono što potiče Ujedinjene narode (deset kraljeva) da izvrše Božju volju i slože se da predaju svoje kraljevstvo (sedmo kraljevstvo) papinstvu (zvijeri).

The deception illustrated by Darius, and the other prophetic lines, includes the role of Islam angering the nations, the ultimate reason the papacy is destroyed by the United Nations, and just as significantly, it identifies the circumstances surrounding the enigma of the eighth kingdom, that is of the seven being put in place as the head of modern Babylon.

Obmana prikazana u Dariju, kao i u drugim proročkim linijama, uključuje ulogu islama u razgnjevljenju naroda, krajnji razlog zbog kojega Ujedinjeni narodi uništavaju papinstvo i, jednako značajno, prepoznaje okolnosti koje okružuju zagonetku osmog kraljevstva, koje je od sedmorice, postavljenog kao glava suvremenoga Babilona.

Daniel in the lion’s den is a very complex prophetic representation, but the understanding is only available when the methodology of “line upon line,” is applied.

Danijel u lavljoj jami vrlo je složen proročki prikaz, no razumijevanje je dostupno jedino kada se primijeni metodologija „redak na redak”.

We will continue Daniel chapter six in the next article.

U sljedećem ćemo članku nastaviti sa šestim poglavljem Daniela.

> “When we as a people understand what this book means to us, there will be seen among us a great revival.” Testimonies to Ministers, 113.

> „Kad mi kao narod budemo razumjeli što ova knjiga znači za nas, među nama će se vidjeti veliko probuđenje.“ Testimonies to Ministers, 113.

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