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# Elijah - Number Fourteen

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The Prophetic Parallel: From the Millerites to Future for America in the Spirit of Elijah

Proročki paralelizam: od millerita do Future for America u duhu Ilije

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Jeff Pippenger

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October 21, 2023

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At the time of the end in 1798, the prophetic message of the Ulai river of Daniel chapters eight and nine was unsealed, and William Miller was raised up in the spirit and power of Elijah to announce the nearness of God’s judgment.

U vrijeme svršetka, godine 1798., proročka poruka o rijeci Ulai iz osmog i devetog poglavlja Daniela bila je otpečaćena, a William Miller bio je podignut u duhu i sili Ilijinoj da objavi blizinu Božjeg suda.

> “To William Miller and his co-laborers it was given to preach the warning in America. This country became the center of the great Advent movement. It was here that the prophecy of the first angel’s message had its most direct fulfillment. The writings of Miller and his associates were carried to distant lands. Wherever missionaries had penetrated in all the world, were sent the glad tidings of Christ’s speedy return. Far and wide spread the message of the everlasting gospel, ‘Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his Judgment is come.’” The Great Controversy, 368.

> „Williamu Milleru i njegovim suradnicima bilo je dano propovijedati upozorenje u Americi. Ova je zemlja postala središtem velikoga adventnog pokreta. Ovdje je proročanstvo o poruci prvoga anđela imalo svoje najizravnije ispunjenje. Spisi Millera i njegovih suradnika nošeni su u daleke zemlje. Kamo god su misionari prodrli po svemu svijetu, slane su radosne vijesti o skorom Kristovu povratku. Nadaleko i naširoko širila se poruka vječnoga evanđelja: ‘Bojte se Boga i podajte mu slavu, jer je došao čas njegova suda.’” Velika borba, 368.

At the time of the end in 1989, the prophetic message of the Hiddekel river of Daniel chapters ten through twelve was unsealed, and Future for America was raised up in the spirit and power of Elijah to announce the nearness of God’s judgment.

U vrijeme svršetka 1989. godine, proročka poruka rijeke Hiddekel iz Daniela, poglavlja deset do dvanaest, bila je otpečaćena, a Future for America bio je podignut u duhu i sili Ilijinoj da objavi blizinu Božjega suda.

The Millerites announced the opening of the judgment, and Future for America announces the close of the judgment. The Millerites’ prophetic framework was the two desolating powers of paganism, followed by papalism. The prophetic framework of Future for America is the three desolating powers of paganism, followed by papalism and then followed by apostate Protestantism.

Mileriti su objavili otvaranje suda, a Future for America objavljuje završetak suda. Proročki okvir Milerita bile su dvije pustošeće sile poganstva, nakon kojih je slijedio papizam. Proročki okvir organizacije Future for America jesu tri pustošeće sile poganstva, nakon kojih slijedi papizam, a zatim otpadnički protestantizam.

The Millerites began as Philadelphians, and transitioned into Laodiceans. Future for America began as Laodiceans, and transitions into Philadelphians. The transition from Philadelphia unto Laodicea for the Millerites was in connection with the death of Elijah and his message of Moses’ oath. The transition of Future for America is in connection with the death and resurrection of Elijah and Moses in Revelation eleven.

Mileriti su započeli kao Filadelfijci i prešli u Laodikejce. Future for America započeo je kao Laodikejci i prelazi u Filadelfijce. Prijelaz Milerita iz Filadelfije u Laodikeju bio je povezan sa smrću Ilije i njegovom porukom Mojsijeve zakletve. Prijelaz organizacije Future for America povezan je sa smrću i uskrsnućem Ilije i Mojsija u jedanaestom poglavlju Otkrivenja.

At the opening of the judgment in 1844, the Millerites had fulfilled the work of Elijah at Mount Carmel. At the close of judgement, at the Sunday law, the movement of Future for America will have fulfilled the work of Elijah at Mount Carmel. In Millerite history the three waymarks of the sixty-five year prophecy that are identified in Isaiah chapter seven, verse eight, were repeated as two nations were joined together as one nation to establish the Protestant horn of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen. In the history of Future for America the three waymarks of the same sixty-five years are repeated when two nations come together to form the horn of Republicanism that speaks as a dragon.

Na početku suda 1844. godine, mileriti su ispunili Ilijino djelo na gori Karmelu. Na završetku suda, pri nedjeljnom zakonu, pokret Future for America ispunit će Ilijino djelo na gori Karmelu. U mileritskoj povijesti tri oznake na putu iz proročanstva o šezdeset i pet godina, koje su prepoznate u Izaiji, 7. poglavlju, 8. retku, bile su ponovljene kada su se dva naroda sjedinila kao jedan narod da uspostave protestantski rog zemaljske zvijeri iz Otkrivenja trinaest. U povijesti pokreta Future for America tri oznake na putu istih šezdeset i pet godina ponavljaju se kada se dva naroda udružuju da oblikuju rog republikanizma koji govori kao zmaj.

The first of those three waymarks in the prophetic history of Future for America, was the time of the end in 1989. The second was September 11, 2001 and the third will be the soon coming Sunday law. In Millerite history the sequence of waymarks identified in Isaiah seven was reversed from the sequence of waymarks in the history of Isaiah. In the history of Future for America the sequence aligns with the first reference of the sixty-five years, though at the end there is no longer any element of time. Since October 22, 1844, any application of prophetic time is a satanic delusion.

Prvi od ta tri međaša u proročkoj povijesti Future for America bio je vrijeme kraja 1989. godine. Drugi je bio 11. rujna 2001., a treći će biti uskoro nadolazeći nedjeljni zakon. U mileritskoj povijesti slijed međaša utvrđenih u Izaiji sedam bio je obrnut u odnosu na slijed međaša u povijesti Izaije. U povijesti Future for America taj se slijed podudara s prvim spominjanjem šezdeset i pet godina, premda na kraju više nema nikakva vremenskog elementa. Od 22. listopada 1844. svaka primjena proročkog vremena sotonska je obmana.

The prophetic justification for holding to the sequence of the three waymarks as they are set forth in Isaiah seven, as opposed to their reversed order in Millerite history, is partially based upon the rule of first mention. The order of the sixty-five years is first mentioned in Isaiah seven, and though there is no longer an element of the time of sixty-five years, when the final fulfillment of the prophetic history represented with those years occurs in the movement at the end, the three waymarks are still identified, and they retain the order as in Isaiah’s history.

Proročko opravdanje za držanje slijeda triju orijentira onako kako su izloženi u Izaiji sedam, nasuprot njihovu obrnutom redoslijedu u mileritskoj povijesti, djelomično se temelji na pravilu prvog spomena. Redoslijed šezdeset i pet godina prvi se put spominje u Izaiji sedam, i premda u konačnom ispunjenju proročke povijesti predstavljene tim godinama, koje se zbiva u pokretu na svršetku, više nema sastavnice vremena od šezdeset i pet godina, tri se orijentira ipak i dalje prepoznaju te zadržavaju redoslijed kao u Izaijinoj povijesti.

A second justification for retaining the first order of the waymarks, is the relationship of the Millerite history where the sixty-five years were fulfilled, and the continuity that the Millerite movement has with the movement of Future for America. Millerite history was the beginning and Future for America is the ending.

Drugo opravdanje za zadržavanje prvotnog redoslijeda putokaza jest odnos prema milleritskoj povijesti u kojoj se ispunilo šezdeset i pet godina, te kontinuitet koji milleritski pokret ima s pokretom Future for America. Milleritska povijest bila je početak, a Future for America je završetak.

The movement of the Millerites ended in 1863, when the legally organized Seventh-day Adventist church began. At that point the Elijah messenger that had arrived at the time of the end in 1798, when the vision of the Ulai river was unsealed, was silenced and sealed up. In 1989, at the time of the end, when the vision of the Hiddekel river was unsealed the Elijah messenger returned.

Pokret mileritâ završio je 1863., kada je započela pravno organizirana Crkva adventista sedmoga dana. U tom je trenutku glasnik Ilija, koji je stigao u vrijeme svršetka 1798., kada je viđenje rijeke Ulaja bilo otpečaćeno, bio ušutkan i zapečaćen. Godine 1989., u vrijeme svršetka, kada je viđenje rijeke Hiddekel bilo otpečaćeno, glasnik Ilija vratio se.

A third justification for retaining the original sequence of waymarks, is found in the line of prophecy that addresses the earth beast and its two horns. In Millerite history, two nations were joined to form the horn of Protestantism. In the history of Future for America the two horns of apostate Protestantism and apostate Republicanism will be joined to form the one nation that is an “image of,” and also an “image to” the beast. The two nations that come together in the ending history to form the single horn of church and state, reach that fulfillment at the Sunday law.

Treće opravdanje za zadržavanje izvornoga slijeda orijentira nalazi se u proročkoj liniji koja se bavi zvijeri iz zemlje i njezina dva roga. U mileritskoj povijesti dvije su nacije bile sjedinjene kako bi oblikovale rog protestantizma. U povijesti Future for America dva će roga otpaloga protestantizma i otpaloga republikanizma biti sjedinjena kako bi oblikovala jednu naciju koja je „slika“ zvijeri, a također i „slika za“ zvijer. Dvije nacije koje se u završnoj povijesti udružuju kako bi oblikovale jedan jedini rog crkve i države, dosežu to ispunjenje u nedjeljnom zakonu.

When the image of the beast is fully developed, its conclusion is attested to by its ability to pass the Sunday law. The development of that image is a process of time, but the mark of the beast is a point in time. The time of developing the image is represented by the forty-six years that the temple was erected from 1798 to 1844. The Republican horn erects a religious-political temple during the period of time that the image of the beast is being developed.

Kada se slika Zvijeri potpuno razvije, njezin se dovršetak potvrđuje njezinom sposobnošću da progura nedjeljni zakon. Razvoj te slike proces je koji traje kroz vrijeme, ali žig Zvijeri jest točka u vremenu. Vrijeme razvijanja slike predočeno je četrdeset i šest godina tijekom kojih je hram bio podizan, od 1798. do 1844. godine. Republikanski rog podiže religijsko-politički hram tijekom vremenskoga razdoblja u kojem se razvija slika Zvijeri.

The development of the image of the beast began prophetically on September 11, 2001. That crisis marked the arrival of the Patriot Act, which marked the change in Constitutional law from the premise of English law unto the premise of Roman law. English law is based upon the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty, and Roman law is based upon the principle that a person is guilty until proven innocent.

Razvoj slike Zvijeri započeo je proročki 11. rujna 2001. Ta je kriza označila dolazak Patriot Acta, koji je označio promjenu ustavnog prava s načela engleskoga prava na načelo rimskoga prava. Englesko se pravo temelji na načelu da je osoba nevina dok joj se ne dokaže krivnja, a rimsko se pravo temelji na načelu da je osoba kriva dok joj se ne dokaže nevinost.

The political temple that is erected from September 11, 2001 until the Sunday law is also illustrated by the formation of the image of the beast. Prophetic time is no longer applicable, so the forty-six years that the horn of Protestantism erected the spiritual temple, illustrates a period, not a point in time, when the horn of Republicanism raises up its religious-political temple.

Politički hram koji se podiže od 11. rujna 2001. do nedjeljnoga zakona također je prikazan oblikovanjem slike Zvijeri. Proročko vrijeme više nije primjenjivo, stoga četrdeset i šest godina tijekom kojih je rog protestantizma podizao duhovni hram prikazuje razdoblje, a ne vremensku točku, kada rog republikanizma podiže svoj religijsko-politički hram.

The three primary justifications for applying the same sequence of three waymarks of the sixty-five years represented in Isaiah seven are; first, the rule of first mention; 742 BC, 723 BC and 677 BC, thus nineteen years followed by forty-six years. It was opposite in Millerite history; 1798, 1844 and 1863, thus forty-six years followed by nineteen years.

Tri primarna opravdanja za primjenu istoga slijeda triju graničnika šezdeset i pet godina prikazanih u Izaiji sedam jesu: prvo, pravilo prvoga spomena; 742. pr. Kr., 723. pr. Kr. i 677. pr. Kr., dakle devetnaest godina, a zatim četrdeset i šest godina. U mileritskoj povijesti bilo je obrnuto; 1798., 1844. i 1863., dakle četrdeset i šest godina, a zatim devetnaest godina.

The second justification is continuity of the message of the role and work of Elijah. Elijah arrived at the time of the end in 1798, when the book of Daniel was unsealed (Daniel 8:14) and then arrived at the contest at Mount Carmel from 1840 to 1844, and he was then sealed up with the theology of custom and tradition in 1863. Elijah arrived again at the time of the end in 1989, when the book of Daniel was unsealed. He prophetically traveled to September 11, 2001, where the contest of Mount Carmel begins, only to end at the soon coming Sunday law. The continuity of the role and work of Elijah supports the sequence of waymarks identified in Isaiah seven.

Drugo opravdanje jest kontinuitet poruke o ulozi i djelu Ilije. Ilija je stigao u vrijeme svršetka 1798. godine, kada je knjiga proroka Daniela bila otpečaćena (Daniel 8:14), a zatim je stigao na sukob na gori Karmelu od 1840. do 1844., nakon čega je 1863. bio ponovno zapečaćen teologijom običaja i predaje. Ilija je ponovno stigao u vrijeme svršetka 1989. godine, kada je knjiga proroka Daniela bila otpečaćena. Proročki je putovao do 11. rujna 2001., gdje započinje sukob na gori Karmelu, da bi završio u uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu. Kontinuitet uloge i djela Ilije podupire slijed putokaza prepoznatih u Izaiji sedam.

The context of the two horns of the earth beast identifies that both horns transition from two powers unto one, one in the beginning and one in the ending of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. When the two sticks of either the beginning or ending are gathered and joined together as one nation, they are represented as building either a spiritual temple in the beginning or as a religious-political spiritual temple at the end. The counterfeit temple is an image of the papal temple, where the pope is seated in the temple of God proclaiming himself to be God.

Kontekst dvaju rogova zemaljske zvijeri pokazuje da oba roga prelaze od dviju sila u jednu, jednu na početku i jednu na završetku šestoga kraljevstva biblijskog proročanstva. Kada se dva štapa, bilo na početku bilo na završetku, sakupe i sjedine kao jedan narod, oni su prikazani kako grade ili duhovni hram na početku ili religijsko-politički duhovni hram na kraju. Krivotvoreni hram jest slika papinskoga hrama, gdje papa sjedi u hramu Božjem proglašavajući samoga sebe Bogom.

When the United States speaks as a dragon at the Sunday law, it will be fulfilling that very image, for it will have built a counterfeit temple where church and state are combined into one stick, and the church will be in control of the relationship.

Kada Sjedinjene Države pri nedjeljnom zakonu progovore kao zmaj, ispunjavat će upravo tu sliku, jer će biti izgradile krivotvoreni hram u kojemu su crkva i država sjedinjene u jedan štap, a crkva će imati nadzor nad tim odnosom.

In Isaiah seven the prophet Isaiah, took his son, to proclaim the message to king Ahaz by the conduit of the upper pool, by the fuller’s field.

U Izaiji sedmom poglavlju prorok Izaija uzeo je svoga sina da navijesti poruku kralju Ahazu kod vodovoda gornjega ribnjaka, uz valjarevo polje.

> Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. Isaiah 7:3.

> Tada Gospod reče Izaiji: Izađi sada na susret Ahazu, ti i Šear-Jašub, sin tvoj, na kraju dovoda gornjega ribnjaka, na putu kod valjareva polja. Izaija 7:3.

The word “shearjashub” means “a remnant will return.” The remnant of the beginning movement of Millerites returned in the movement of Future for America in 1989. Isaiah and his son represent a beginning and an ending, through their relationship as father and son. They convey the spirit of Elijah that was to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers. Isaiah was proclaiming an Elijah message to the wicked king Ahaz. Among other wicked acts, Ahaz is known for closing down the services of the sanctuary and erecting a copy of an Assyrian temple in its place.

Riječ „Shearjashub” znači „ostatak će se vratiti”. Ostatak početnog pokreta milerita vratio se u pokretu Future for America 1989. godine. Izaija i njegov sin predstavljaju početak i završetak, kroz svoj odnos oca i sina. Oni prenose Ilijin duh koji je trebao obratiti srca otaca k djeci i srca djece k očevima. Izaija je naviještao Ilijinu poruku opakom kralju Ahazu. Među ostalim zlim djelima, Ahaz je poznat po tome što je ukinuo službe u Svetištu i na njihovu mjestu podigao kopiju asirskoga hrama.

> Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father. But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar. And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria. 2 Kings 16:2–18.

> Ahaz je imao dvadeset godina kad se zakraljio, i kraljevao je šesnaest godina u Jeruzalemu; i nije činio što je pravo u očima Gospoda, Boga svojega, kao David, otac njegov. Nego je hodio putem kraljeva Izraelovih; štoviše, i sina svojega provodio je kroz oganj, po gadostima neznabožaca koje je Gospod protjerao ispred sinova Izraelovih. I prinosio je žrtve i palio kad na uzvišicama, po humovima i pod svakim zelenim drvetom. Tada su Rezin, kralj Sirije, i Pekah, sin Remalijin, kralj Izraelov, uzašli na Jeruzalem da ratuju; i opkolili su Ahaza, ali ga nisu mogli nadvladati. U to vrijeme Rezin, kralj Sirije, povrati Elat Siriji i istjera Judejce iz Elata; i Sirci dođoše u Elat te ondje ostadoše do današnjega dana. Tada Ahaz posla glasnike Tiglat-Pileseru, kralju Asirije, govoreći: Ja sam tvoj sluga i tvoj sin; uzađi i izbavi me iz ruke kralja Sirije i iz ruke kralja Izraelova, koji ustaju na me. I Ahaz uze srebro i zlato što se našlo u domu Gospodnjem i u riznicama kraljevskoga doma, te to posla na dar kralju Asirije. I kralj asirski posluša ga; jer kralj asirski uzađe na Damask, zauze ga, odvede njegove stanovnike u sužanjstvo u Kir i ubi Rezina. A kralj Ahaz ode u Damask u susret Tiglat-Pileseru, kralju asirskomu, i vidje žrtvenik koji bijaše u Damasku; i kralj Ahaz posla Uriji svećeniku nacrt žrtvenika i njegov uzorak, prema svoj izradi njegovoj. I Urija svećenik sagradi žrtvenik prema svemu što je kralj Ahaz poslao iz Damaska; tako ga je Urija svećenik načinio prije nego što se kralj Ahaz vratio iz Damaska. A kad je kralj došao iz Damaska, vidje žrtvenik; i kralj pristupi žrtveniku te prinese na njemu. I spali svoju paljenicu i svoj prinos, izli svoj ljevanik i poškropi krvlju svojih žrtava pomirnica po žrtveniku. A mjedeni žrtvenik, koji je bio pred Gospodom, ukloni ispred Doma, između žrtvenika i doma Gospodnjega, i postavi ga sa sjeverne strane žrtvenika. I kralj Ahaz zapovjedi Uriji svećeniku govoreći: Na velikom žrtveniku spaljuj jutarnju paljenicu i večernji prinos, kraljevu paljenicu i njegov prinos, zajedno s paljenicom svega puka zemaljskoga i njihovim prinosima i njihovim ljevanicama; i poškropi po njemu svu krv paljenice i svu krv žrtve; a mjedeni žrtvenik neka bude meni za ispitivanje. Tako učini Urija svećenik, prema svemu što mu je zapovjedio kralj Ahaz. I kralj Ahaz odsiječe rubove podnožja i ukloni umivaonik s njih; i skide more s mjedenih volova koji bijahu pod njim te ga postavi na kameni pod. A natkriveni prolaz za subotu, koji bijahu sagradili u Domu, i kraljev vanjski ulaz preinači kod doma Gospodnjega radi kralja asirskoga. 2 Kraljevima 16:2–18.

The king of Assyria represents the king of the north, which is a symbol of the papacy. The wicked king Ahaz was the literal leader of Judah, the literal glorious land. When Isaiah and his son met with him at the conduit of the upper pool by the fuller’s field, with the message that a remnant would return, the wicked king was in the crisis of a civil war between the north and the south. In that crisis, he rejected the message offered by God through the prophet Isaiah, and reached out to the literal king of the north for protection.

Kralj Asirije predstavlja kralja sjevera, koji je simbol papinstva. Zli kralj Ahaz bio je doslovni vođa Jude, doslovne slavne zemlje. Kada su se Izaija i njegov sin susreli s njim kod vodovoda gornjeg ribnjaka, uz suknarsko polje, s porukom da će se ostatak vratiti, zli se kralj nalazio u krizi građanskoga rata između sjevera i juga. U toj je krizi odbacio poruku koju mu je Bog ponudio preko proroka Izaije te se obratio doslovnom kralju sjevera za zaštitu.

The setting of Isaiah seven portrays a leader of the spiritual glorious land who reaches out to the papacy for an alliance in a time of civil war, instead of reaching out to God. Ahaz’s rebellion against God is represented by him visiting the king of the north and making a pattern of the temple of the god of the king of the north, and sending the pattern of the temple to the high priest in Jerusalem, who then erected a duplicate of the counterfeit temple in the sacred grounds of God’s sanctuary. Wicked king Ahaz represents the state, and the high priest’s cooperation represents a combination of church and state.

Prizor iz sedmog poglavlja Izaije prikazuje vođu duhovne slavne zemlje koji u vrijeme građanskoga rata traži savez s papinstvom, umjesto da se obrati Bogu. Ahazova pobuna protiv Boga prikazana je time što on pohodi kralja sjevera, izrađuje uzorak hrama boga kralja sjevera te taj uzorak hrama šalje velikom svećeniku u Jeruzalemu, koji potom podiže presliku toga krivotvorenoga hrama na svetome tlu Božjega Svetišta. Zli kralj Ahaz predstavlja državu, a suradnja velikoga svećenika predstavlja spoj crkve i države.

That literal rebellion represents the rebellion of the leader of the spiritual glorious land who duplicates the worship service of the papacy (the king of the north) and shuts down the true worship of God’s sanctuary. Ahaz’s rebellion represents the leadership of the United States, that erects a counterfeit temple in the glorious land, that is a copy of the temple of the king of the north.

Ta doslovna pobuna predstavlja pobunu vođe duhovne krasne zemlje koji oponaša bogoslužje papinstva (kralja sjevera) i obustavlja istinsko bogoslužje Božjega Svetišta. Ahazova pobuna predstavlja vodstvo Sjedinjenih Država, koje podiže krivotvoreni hram u krasnoj zemlji, kao presliku hrama kralja sjevera.

The prophetic setting of Isaiah seven represents the beginning sixty-five years of the earth beast, and more directly the ending period of the earth beast. There is much light to be gleaned from the prophetic setting of Isaiah seven, but at this point we are simply employing the principle that Christ illustrates the end of a thing, with the beginning of a thing. We are here making this application, not so much to dig deeply into the ramifications of the historical setting of Isaiah seven. We are identifying that when the horn of apostate Republicanism joins with the horn of apostate Protestantism it is a representation of the erection of a counterfeit temple.

Proročki kontekst Izaije sedmoga poglavlja predstavlja početnih šezdeset i pet godina zemaljske zvijeri, a još izravnije završno razdoblje zemaljske zvijeri. Mnogo se svjetla može izvući iz proročkoga konteksta Izaije sedmoga poglavlja, ali u ovom trenutku jednostavno primjenjujemo načelo da Krist kraj neke stvari prikazuje njezinim početkom. Ovdje iznosimo ovu primjenu, ne toliko da bismo duboko istraživali posljedice povijesnoga konteksta Izaije sedmoga poglavlja. Utvrđujemo da, kada se rog otpala republikanizma pridruži rogu otpala protestantizma, to predstavlja podizanje krivotvorenoga hrama.

The erection of the counterfeit temple, that is patterned after the temple of the king of the north, represents the history when the image of the beast is formed, and it is the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided.

Podizanje krivotvorenoga hrama, oblikovanoga prema uzoru na hram kralja sjevera, predstavlja povijesno razdoblje u kojem se oblikuje slika zvijeri, i to je velika kušnja za Božji narod, kojom će biti odlučena njihova vječna sudbina.

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

> „Gospodin mi je jasno pokazao da će se lik zvijeri uspostaviti prije nego što se završi vrijeme milosti; jer on treba biti velika kušnja za Božji narod, po kojoj će se odlučiti njihova vječna sudbina.״

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 976.

> „Ovo je kušnja koju Božji narod mora proći prije nego što bude zapečaćen. Svi koji su dokazali svoju odanost Bogu držeći Njegov zakon i odbijajući prihvatiti lažnu subotu, stat će pod stijeg Gospoda Boga Jehove i primit će pečat živoga Boga. Oni koji odbace istinu nebeskoga podrijetla i prihvate nedjeljnu subotu, primit će žig zvijeri.“ The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 976.

Seventh-day Adventists, who are the Laodicean “people of God,” have a “great test” that takes place before probation closes. It is “the test” they must pass “before they are sealed.” The seal of God and the close of probation take place at the Sunday law. The formation of the image of the beast takes place in a period that leads to and culminates at the Sunday law. The image of the beast and its formation is a truth that will decide our eternal destiny. The formation of that image has been illustrated as the joining of two sticks to make one nation. The joining of the two sticks happens at the beginning of the history of the United States and then again at its ending. Two sticks were joined in the beginning to establish the Protestant horn and two sticks are joined at the end to establish the Republican horn.

Adventisti sedmoga dana, koji su laodikejski „narod Božji”, imaju „veliku kušnju” koja se zbiva prije nego što se zaključi vrijeme milosti. To je „kušnja” koju moraju proći „prije nego što budu zapečaćeni”. Pečat Božji i zaključenje vremena milosti zbivaju se pri nedjeljnom zakonu. Oblikovanje slike Zvijeri odvija se u razdoblju koje vodi do nedjeljnog zakona i doseže svoj vrhunac u njemu. Slika Zvijeri i njezino oblikovanje istina su koja će odlučiti našu vječnu sudbinu. Oblikovanje te slike prikazano je kao spajanje dvaju štapova kako bi se načinio jedan narod. Spajanje dvaju štapova događa se na početku povijesti Sjedinjenih Država, a zatim ponovno na njezinu svršetku. Dva su štapa bila spojena na početku kako bi se uspostavio protestantski rog, a dva se štapa spajaju na kraju kako bi se uspostavio republikanski rog.

In the beginning history of 1798 to 1844, the temple of the Protestant horn was erected. Nineteen years later, the first Republican president of the Republican horn spake as a lamb, and in so doing began the process of freeing the slaves, but it cost him his life. The Lamb of God died on the cross to free mankind from the slavery of sin, but it cost him his life. The cross is the Emancipation Proclamation. In the history where the Republican horn was freeing the slaves, the Protestant horn rejected the prophecy of slavery. In the history of the Sunday law, when the Republican horn is re-establishing spiritual slavery, the Protestant horn will be proclaiming the message that sets the captives free.

U početnoj povijesti od 1798. do 1844. bio je podignut hram protestantskoga roga. Devetnaest godina poslije, prvi republikanski predsjednik republikanskoga roga progovorio je kao janje te je time započeo proces oslobađanja robova, ali ga je to stajalo života. Jaganjac Božji umro je na križu kako bi oslobodio čovječanstvo od ropstva grijeha, ali ga je to stajalo života. Križ je Proglas o emancipaciji. U povijesti u kojoj je republikanski rog oslobađao robove, protestantski rog odbacio je proročanstvo o ropstvu. U povijesti zakona o nedjelji, kada republikanski rog ponovno uspostavlja duhovno ropstvo, protestantski rog objavljivat će poruku koja oslobađa sužnjeve.

The last president of the earth beast’s Republican horn will speak as a dragon, and when he does, the true Protestant horn will be lifted up as an ensign. That is typified in the two horns of the literal and spiritual Medo-Persian Empire. The literal Medo-Persian Empire was the second kingdom of Bible prophecy, and the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy is the spiritual Medo-Persian Empire. In the book of Daniel, the ram of Medo-Persia had two horns, as does the United States, but the second horn came up last.

Posljednji predsjednik republikanskoga roga zemaljske zvijeri govorit će kao zmaj, a kada to učini, istinski će protestantski rog biti podignut kao stijeg. To je predočeno u dva roga doslovnoga i duhovnoga Medo-Perzijskog Carstva. Doslovno Medo-Perzijsko Carstvo bilo je drugo kraljevstvo biblijskoga proročanstva, a šesto kraljevstvo biblijskoga proročanstva jest duhovno Medo-Perzijsko Carstvo. U Danielovoj knjizi ovan Medo-Perzije imao je dva roga, kao što ih imaju i Sjedinjene Američke Države, ali je drugi rog izrastao posljednji.

> Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. Daniel 8:3.

> Tada podigoh oči svoje i vidjeh, i gle, pred rijekom stajaše ovan koji imadijaše dva roga; i oba roga bijahu visoka, ali jedan bijaše viši od drugoga, a viši izraste posljednji. Daniel 8,3.

In the prophetic history of the earth beast and its two horns, the Protestant horn was identified first, but instead of ascending and finishing the work it retreated into the wilderness of Laodicean blindness. In the history when the Republican horn speaks as a dragon, and passes the soon-coming Sunday law, the true Protestant horn will at last be lifted up as an ensign. Only those Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists that recognize the test represented by the formation of the image of the beast will receive the seal of God when probation closes. The message that identifies this testing process is now being unsealed for any who wish to be benefited thereby.

U proročkoj povijesti zemaljske zvijeri i njezina dva roga, protestantski je rog najprije bio prepoznat, ali umjesto da se uzdigne i dovrši djelo, povukao se u pustinju laodicejske sljepoće. U povijesti kada republikanski rog progovori kao zmaj i donese uskoro dolazeći nedjeljni zakon, pravi će protestantski rog napokon biti podignut kao stijeg. Samo će oni laodicejski adventisti sedmoga dana koji prepoznaju kušnju predstavljenu oblikovanjem slike zvijeri primiti pečat Božji kada se zaključi vrijeme milosti. Poruka koja prepoznaje ovaj proces kušnje sada se otpečaćuje za svakoga tko želi od toga imati koristi.

> And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1 Kings 18:21.

> I pristupi Ilija svemu narodu i reče: Dokle ćete hramati na dvije strane? Ako je Gospodin Bog, slijedite njega; a ako je Baal, onda slijedite njega. A narod mu ne odgovori ni riječi. 1 Kings 18:21.

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