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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Eighty-Eight

Knjiga proroka Daniela - sto osamdeset i osam

From Raphia to Panium: Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of Ancient Battles

Od Rafije do Panija: Otkrivanje proročkoga značenja drevnih bitaka

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Jeff Pippenger

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April 18, 2024

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The Battle of Raphia and the Battle of Panium are two distinct historical events that occurred in different periods and contexts, but they both have significance in the history of ancient Judea and its surrounding regions. The Battle of Raphia took place in 217 BC. The Battle of Panium occurred in 200 BC between the Seleucid kingdom (king of the north) and the Ptolemaic kingdom (king of the south). These two battles are identified in verses eleven through fifteen of Daniel chapter eleven. These two battles preceded the Maccabean Revolt in 167 BC.

Bitka kod Rafije i bitka kod Panija dva su različita povijesna događaja koja su se zbila u različitim razdobljima i okolnostima, ali obje imaju značenje u povijesti drevne Judeje i njezinih okolnih krajeva. Bitka kod Rafije odigrala se 217. pr. Kr. Bitka kod Panija zbila se 200. pr. Kr. između Seleukidskoga kraljevstva (kralja sjevera) i Ptolemejskoga kraljevstva (kralja juga). Te su dvije bitke prepoznate u jedanaestom do petnaestom retku jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela. Te su dvije bitke prethodile Makabejskom ustanku 167. pr. Kr.

The Battle of Panium took its name from the nearby geographical feature, Mount Panium, where the conflict occurred. The name Panium is derived from the Greek god Pan, to whom a temple was there dedicated. The site was known as Panium due to its association with the worship of Pan. The temple complex was often referred to as the Sanctuary of Pan, emphasizing its role as a place of religious devotion and worship dedicated to the god Pan. The term “Nymphaeum” refers to a monument or shrine dedicated to water nymphs in ancient Greek and Roman religion. The temple complex at Panium included a grotto and natural spring, which were believed to be inhabited by nymphs, and thus it was sometimes referred to as the Nymphaeum of Panium.

Bitka kod Panija dobila je ime po obližnjem geografskom obilježju, gori Panij, gdje se sukob odigrao. Ime Panij izvedeno je od grčkoga boga Pana, kojemu je ondje bio posvećen hram. Mjesto je bilo poznato kao Panij zbog svoje povezanosti sa štovanjem Pana. Hramovni sklop često se nazivao Panovo svetište, naglašavajući njegovu ulogu kao mjesta religiozne pobožnosti i bogoštovlja posvećenog bogu Panu. Izraz „Nimfej” odnosi se na spomenik ili svetište posvećeno vodenim nimfama u starogrčkoj i rimskoj religiji. Hramovni sklop u Paniju uključivao je špilju i prirodni izvor, za koje se vjerovalo da ih nastanjuju nimfe, te se stoga ponekad nazivao Nimfejem Panija.

After the city was rebuilt and expanded by Herod Philip, son of Herod the Great, it was known as Caesarea Philippi in honor of the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus and Herod Philip himself. The temple complex was an important religious center within this city.

Nakon što je grad obnovio i proširio Herod Filip, sin Heroda Velikoga, bio je poznat kao Cezareja Filipova, u čast rimskoga cara Augusta Cezara i samoga Heroda Filipa. Hramski kompleks bio je važno religijsko središte unutar toga grada.

During the reign of Emperor Augustus, the temple was rededicated or renamed in honor of Augustus, reflecting the imperial cult and the integration of Roman religious practices into the local religious landscape. The area near the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi, where the temple of Pan was located, was sometimes referred to as the “Gates of Hell” or the “Gates of Hades.”

Tijekom vladavine cara Augusta, hram je bio ponovno posvećen ili preimenovan u čast Augustu, odražavajući carski kult i integraciju rimskih vjerskih običaja u mjesni vjerski krajolik. Područje u blizini drevnoga grada Cezareje Filipove, gdje se nalazio Panov hram, katkad se nazivalo „Vratima pakla” ili „Vratima Hada”.

In verses sixteen through nineteen of Daniel chapter eleven, the three geographical areas of conquest that pagan Rome was to overcome in order to be established as the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy and the king of the north in the chapter, are represented. In verse sixteen, the Roman general Pompey is identified as conquering Syria in 65 BC, and then Jerusalem in 63 BC. Verses seventeen through nineteen identify Julius Caesar’s conquering of Egypt, the third of the three obstacles. The Battle of Actium in 31 BC, marks the beginning of the three hundred and sixty years that pagan Rome would rule supremely in fulfillment of verse twenty-four, of Daniel chapter eleven.

U recima šesnaest do devetnaest jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela prikazana su tri zemljopisna područja osvajanja koja je poganski Rim trebao svladati kako bi bio uspostavljen kao četvrto kraljevstvo biblijskog proročanstva i kao kralj sjevera u tome poglavlju. U retku šesnaest rimski vojskovođa Pompej prikazan je kako osvaja Siriju 65. pr. Kr., a zatim Jeruzalem 63. pr. Kr. Reci sedamnaest do devetnaest ukazuju na osvajanje Egipta od strane Julija Cezara, treće od triju prepreka. Bitka kod Akcija 31. pr. Kr. označava početak tristo šezdeset godina tijekom kojih će poganski Rim vrhovno vladati u ispunjenju retka dvadeset i četiri jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela.

In verse twenty the reign of Augustus Caesar is marked, and in that history, Jesus was born. Then in verses twenty-one and twenty-two the wicked Tiberius Caesar’s reign is identified, thus marking the crucifixion of Christ. In verse twenty-three, the league which the Maccabean Jews entered into with pagan Rome is marked, and thus the flow of history that began in verse eleven is halted, and the historical narrative drops back to the period of 161 BC to 158 BC.

U dvadesetom retku označena je vladavina Augusta Cezara, a u toj povijesti rođen je Isus. Zatim se u dvadeset i prvom i dvadeset i drugom retku određuje vladavina opakoga Tiberija Cezara, čime se označuje Kristovo raspeće. U dvadeset i trećem retku označen je savez koji su Makabejski Židovi sklopili s poganskim Rimom, te se time zaustavlja tijek povijesti koji je započeo u jedanaestom retku, a povijesni se prikaz vraća na razdoblje od 161. pr. Kr. do 158. pr. Kr.

Verse twenty-three represents the line of the Maccabees, and though it does not provide all the details of their prophetic line, the record of history does. In 217 BC, the Battle of Raphia took place, and in the aftermath a child king left Egypt vulnerable. As the Seleucid and Greek kings made plans to deal with the child king in the year 200 BC, Rome inserted itself into the history and became the defender of the Egyptian child king. In the same year the Battle of Panium took place. Then in 167 BC the guerilla warfare of the Maccabees, began.

Dvadeset i treći redak predstavlja lozu Makabejaca, i premda ne pruža sve pojedinosti njihove proročke loze, povijesni zapis to čini. Godine 217. pr. Kr. odigrala se Bitka kod Rafije, a nakon nje dječak-kralj ostavio je Egipat ranjivim. Dok su se seleukidski i grčki kraljevi u godini 200. pr. Kr. dogovarali kako postupiti s dječakom-kraljem, Rim se umiješao u povijest i postao branitelj egipatskoga dječaka-kralja. Iste se godine odigrala Bitka kod Panija. Zatim je 167. pr. Kr. započelo gerilsko ratovanje Makabejaca.

The Maccabean revolt began in Modein in 167 BC, and it consisted of the Maccabees not only engaging against the Seleucid Empire, but also engaging the Jews that they had determined were in alliance with the Seleucids. The revolt was religiously motivated, and it was carried out against an internal and external enemy. In 164 BC the Maccabees rededicated the temple, and this event is commemorated by the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. In that year the infamous Antiochus Epiphanes died. Then from 161 BC to 158 BC the “league” of verse twenty-three was entered into with Rome.

Makabejski ustanak započeo je u Modinu 167. pr. Kr., i sastojao se u tome da su se Makabejci ne samo borili protiv Seleukidskog Carstva, nego i protiv Židova za koje su utvrdili da su u savezu sa Seleukidima. Ustanak je bio vjerski motiviran i vođen protiv unutarnjeg i vanjskog neprijatelja. Godine 164. pr. Kr. Makabejci su ponovno posvetili hram, a taj se događaj obilježava židovskom svetkovinom Hanuke. Te je godine umro zloglasni Antioh Epifan. Zatim je od 161. pr. Kr. do 158. pr. Kr. sklopljen „savez” iz dvadeset i trećeg retka s Rimom.

The only direct reference to the Maccabees, their revolt and their league with Rome, is found in verse twenty-three, but the history of the dynasty, called the Hasmonean Dynasty began at Modein in 167 BC, and continued to the time of the cross. The final representatives of the Hasmonean Dynasty were the Pharisees of Christ’s time period. Therefore, there is a prophetic line of the history of apostate Judaism as represented by the Maccabees which began in 167 BC at the revolt of Modein, which ends in verses twenty-one and twenty-two when Jesus was crucified.

Jedino izravno upućivanje na Makabejce, njihovu pobunu i njihov savez s Rimom nalazi se u dvadeset i trećem retku, no povijest dinastije, nazvane Hašmonejska dinastija, započela je u Modinu 167. pr. Kr. i trajala do vremena križa. Posljednji predstavnici Hašmonejske dinastije bili su farizeji Kristova vremena. Stoga postoji proročka linija povijesti otpaloga judaizma, kako ga predstavljaju Makabejci, koja je započela 167. pr. Kr. pobunom u Modinu, a završava u dvadeset prvom i dvadeset drugom retku kada je Isus bio razapet.

Their history reached a turning point in verse sixteen, when Rome, for the first time, through Pompey, conquered Jerusalem. His primary motivation for bringing the destruction upon Jerusalem at that time was a dispute among two factions of the Hasmonean Dynasty. From that point in time (63 BC), Judah was under Roman rule. The Hasmonean Dynasty of the Maccabees begins prophetically at the battle of Modein in 167 BC, then is placed under subjection to Rome in 63 BC. Soon after the beginning of that history the Maccabees initiated and entered into a league with Rome from 161 BC to 158 BC. They were in subjection to Rome from 63 BC until the cross and the ultimate destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70.

Njihova je povijest dosegla prekretnicu u šesnaestom retku, kada je Rim, po prvi put, preko Pompeja, osvojio Jeruzalem. Njegov glavni poticaj da u to vrijeme navuče razaranje na Jeruzalem bio je spor između dviju frakcija Hasmonejske dinastije. Od toga trenutka (63. pr. Kr.) Juda je bio pod rimskom vlašću. Hasmonejska dinastija Makabejaca proročki započinje bitkom kod Modina 167. pr. Kr., a zatim biva podvrgnuta Rimu 63. pr. Kr. Ubrzo nakon početka te povijesti Makabejci su pokrenuli i sklopili savez s Rimom od 161. pr. Kr. do 158. pr. Kr. Bili su podložni Rimu od 63. pr. Kr. sve do križa i konačnog razaranja Jeruzalema godine 70.

The prophetic line of the Maccabees is the line of apostate Judaism, and it therefore typifies the line of apostate Protestantism. From the Battle of Panium until the Sunday law of verse sixteen the prophetic events of 200 BC, 167 BC, 164 BC, and the league from 161 BC to 158 BC will be repeated in the history of apostate Protestantism. These waymarks will occur in the history of the eighth president who is of the seven in advance of the Sunday law. 200 BC represents the external line of the Republican horn in relation to 167 BC, representing the internal line of the apostate Protestant horn.

Proročki rod Makabejaca jest rod otpaloga judaizma te stoga predočuje rod otpaloga protestantizma. Od bitke kod Panija pa sve do nedjeljnog zakona iz šesnaestoga retka, proročki događaji iz 200. pr. Kr., 167. pr. Kr., 164. pr. Kr. te saveza od 161. pr. Kr. do 158. pr. Kr. ponovit će se u povijesti otpaloga protestantizma. Te će se međe zbiti u povijesti osmoga predsjednika koji je od sedmorice, prije nedjeljnoga zakona. Godina 200. pr. Kr. predstavlja vanjsku liniju republikanskoga roga u odnosu na 167. pr. Kr., koja predstavlja unutarnju liniju roga otpaloga protestantizma.

These waymarks are essentially hidden within the historical line of the Hasmonean Dynasty, but none-the-less form part of the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel eleven. It is a line that is part of the “that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days.”

Ti su putokazi u biti skriveni unutar povijesne linije Hasmonejske dinastije, ali ipak tvore dio skrivene povijesti četrdesetoga retka jedanaestoga poglavlja Daniela. To je linija koja je dio „onoga dijela Danielova proročanstva koji se odnosi na posljednje dane.”

The fact that Judaism celebrates Hanukkah in memory of the revolt of the Maccabees, does not define the Maccabees as righteous. Due to rebellion the shekinah never returned to the temple that was rebuilt after the captivity of seventy years. The final prophetic message came through Malachi roughly two centuries before the Maccabees. The history of the Maccabees identifies that they allowed their political leaders to also function as high priest, the very sin that the Egyptian Ptolemy attempted, and that King Uzziah also attempted. Tradition identifies that God intervened to prevent Ptolemy from the sacrilegious action, and God’s Word identifies directly that God did intervene when king Uzziah attempted to perform the work of the priest and king. The final fruit of their dynasty was the Pharisees. There is no reason to conclude the Maccabees were a symbol of righteousness, in spite of the historical reverence modern Judaism’s Jews may hold to.

Činjenica da judaizam slavi Hanuku u spomen na ustanak Makabejaca ne određuje Makabejce kao pravedne. Zbog pobune šekina se nikada nije vratila u hram koji je bio ponovno sagrađen nakon sedamdesetogodišnjega sužanjstva. Posljednja proročka poruka došla je po Malahiji otprilike dva stoljeća prije Makabejaca. Povijest Makabejaca pokazuje da su dopustili da njihovi politički vođe također obnašaju službu velikoga svećenika, upravo onaj grijeh koji je pokušao počiniti egipatski Ptolemej, a koji je pokušao počiniti i kralj Uzija. Predaja drži da je Bog intervenirao kako bi spriječio Ptolemeja u tome svetogrđu, a Božja Riječ izravno potvrđuje da je Bog doista intervenirao kada je kralj Uzija pokušao obavljati službu svećenika i kralja. Konačni plod njihove dinastije bili su farizeji. Nema razloga zaključiti da su Makabejci bili simbol pravednosti, unatoč povijesnom štovanju koje prema njima mogu gajiti Židovi suvremenoga judaizma.

The Protestant reformation began in the time of Luther, and it was a progressive development. It was not a new tradition, for Jesus and His disciples were Protestants. It was an awakening to the darkness of the history where Luther and other reformers were awakened. The climax of that progressive reformation was the Millerite movement. God did not only need to awaken the early reformers to the sins of Babylon, but He intended to bring them into the full understanding of His law, and His work in the heavenly sanctuary. On April 19, 1844 the Protestants rejected the increasing light of the reformation and became apostate Protestantism.

Protestantska reformacija započela je u Lutherovo vrijeme i bila je progresivan razvoj. Ona nije bila nova tradicija, jer Isus i Njegovi učenici bili su protestanti. Bila je to probuđenost iz tame povijesti, u kojoj su se Luther i drugi reformatori probudili. Vrhunac te progresivne reformacije bio je mileritski pokret. Bogu nije bilo potrebno samo probuditi rane reformatore za grijehe Babilona, nego ih je namjeravao dovesti do punoga razumijevanja svojega Zakona i svojega djela u nebeskom Svetištu. Dana 19. travnja 1844. protestanti su odbacili rastuće svjetlo reformacije i postali otpadnički protestantizam.

The faithful Millerites then were “given the mantle” and directed into the Most Holy Place to finish the work to become mature Protestant Christians. In 1863 those who had been given the mantle, through disobedience, set aside the mantle of Protestantism, and took the mantle of Laodicea. In the final period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, which began twenty-two years after September 11, 2001, in 2023, the Lion of the tribe of Judah is unsealing the truths that fill up the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel chapter eleven, which is the history from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 unto the soon coming Sunday law. In doing this, He has unsealed the history of apostate Judaism as a symbol of apostate Protestantism.

Vjerni mileriti tada su „primili plašt” i bili usmjereni u Svetinju nad svetinjama da dovrše djelo kako bi postali zreli protestantski kršćani. Godine 1863. oni kojima je bio dan plašt, kroz neposlušnost, odložili su plašt protestantizma i uzeli plašt Laodiceje. U završnom razdoblju pečaćenja sto četrdeset i četiri tisuće, koje je započelo dvadeset i dvije godine nakon 11. rujna 2001., godine 2023., Lav iz plemena Judina otpečaćuje istine koje popunjavaju skrivenu povijest četrdesetog retka jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela, a to je povijest od sloma Sovjetskoga Saveza 1989. pa sve do uskoro dolazećeg nedjeljnog zakona. Čineći to, On je otpečatio povijest otpalog judaizma kao simbola otpalog protestantizma.

Both lines of God’s apostate people, whether those of literal Judah or spiritual Judah (both glorious lands), end at the conquering of Jerusalem, the former in 63 BC, and the latter at the soon coming Sunday law. Both lines represent warfare that is motivated by misguided religious convictions. Both lines represent a warfare against the religious philosophies of Greece, and both lines end up with the apostates being in subjection to Rome. I identify the three battles of verse forty representing the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the Ukraine War, and Panium at the Sunday law for the purpose of identifying a distinction between those three battles and the three world wars.

Obje linije Božjega otpalog naroda, bilo one doslovne Jude ili duhovne Jude (obje slavne zemlje), završavaju osvajanjem Jeruzalema, prva 63. pr. Kr., a druga pri uskoro dolazećem nedjeljnom zakonu. Obje linije predstavljaju ratovanje potaknuto pogrešno usmjerenim vjerskim uvjerenjima. Obje linije predstavljaju rat protiv religijskih filozofija Grčke, i obje završavaju time da otpali dolaze pod vlast Rima. Tri bitke iz četrdesetoga retka prepoznajem kao prikaz raspada Sovjetskog Saveza 1989., rata u Ukrajini i Panija pri nedjeljnom zakonu, radi utvrđivanja razlike između tih triju bitaka i triju svjetskih ratova.

> “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 je riječ upozorila na nadolazeću opasnost; ostane li to upozorenje bez obzira, protestantski će svijet spoznati koje su zapravo namjere Rima, ali tek kad bude prekasno da izbjegne zamku. Ona potiho 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 tajnim skrovištima ponoviti njezina prijašnja progonstva. Potajno i neopaženo ona jača svoje snage kako bi promicala 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 poslušao Božju riječ, time će navući na sebe prijekor i progonstvo.” Velika borba, 581.

From verse ten, which identifies the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, unto the Battle of Panium in verse fifteen, the papacy has been “strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike.” These verses identify the prophetic circumstances that are the “snare” that has been prepared by the papacy, which will be impossible to “escape.” In the final engagement, represented by the Battle of Panium, the image of the beast will be formed in the United States. The formation of that image is the final test for God’s people of the last days.

Od retka desetoga, koji označuje raspad Sovjetskoga Saveza 1989. godine, pa sve do bitke kod Panija u retku petnaestom, papinstvo „jača svoje snage kako bi unaprijedilo vlastite ciljeve kada dođe vrijeme da zada udarac”. Ti reci označuju proročke okolnosti koje su „zamka” što ju je papinstvo pripravilo, iz koje će biti nemoguće „pobjeći”. U završnom sukobu, prikazanom bitkom kod Panija, lik zvijeri bit će načinjen u Sjedinjenim Državama. Oblikovanje toga lika posljednja je kušnja za Božji narod posljednjih dana.

> “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. … In Revelation 13 this subject is plainly presented; [Revelation 13:11–17, quoted].

> „Gospodin mi je jasno pokazao da će lik Zvijeri biti oblikovan prije nego što se završi vrijeme kušnje; jer će on biti velika kušnja za Božji narod, po kojoj će biti odlučena njihova vječna sudbina. … U Otkrivenju 13 ova je tema jasno iznesena; [Otkrivenje 13,11–17, citirano].”

> “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.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> „To je kušnja koju Božji narod mora proći prije nego što bude zapečaćen. Svi koji su dokazali svoju vjernost Bogu držeći Njegov zakon i odbijajući prihvatiti lažnu subotu, stat će pod stijeg Gospoda Boga Jehove i primit će pečat živoga Boga. Oni koji se odreknu istine nebeskoga podrijetla i prihvate nedjeljnu subotu, primit će žig zvijeri.“ Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

The formation of the image of the beast is represented by the period when the league of Rome was entered into. The Protestant horn of the United States became the daughters of Rome in 1844, and the beginning of their history is repeated at the end of their history when they once again determine to imitate their mother.

Oblikovanje slike Zvijeri prikazano je razdobljem u kojemu je sklopljen savez s Rimom. Protestantski rog Sjedinjenih Država postao je kćerima Rima 1844. godine, a početak njihove povijesti ponavlja se na kraju njihove povijesti kada ponovno odluče oponašati svoju majku.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

> „Vidjela sam da je zvijer s dva roga imala zmajeva usta i da je njezina vlast bila u njezinoj glavi te da će uredba izići iz njezinih usta. Zatim sam vidjela Majku bludnica; da majka nisu kćeri, nego da je od njih odvojena i različita. Imala je svoj dan, i on je prošao, a njezine kćeri, protestantske sekte, bile su sljedeće koje su stupile na pozornicu i očitovale isti duh koji je majka imala kada je progonila svete. Vidjela sam da, kako je majka slabila u moći, kćeri su rasle, i uskoro će vršiti vlast koju je nekoć vršila majka.“

> “I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

> „Vidjela sam da će nominalna crkva i nominalni adventisti, poput Jude, izdati nas katolicima kako bi zadobili njihov utjecaj da ustanu protiv istine. Sveti će tada biti neznatan narod, malo poznat katolicima; ali će crkve i nominalni adventisti koji znaju za našu vjeru i običaje (jer su nas mrzili zbog subote, budući da je nisu mogli pobiti) izdati svete i prijaviti ih katolicima kao one koji zanemaruju ustanove naroda; to jest, da drže subotu i zanemaruju nedjelju.“

> “Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

> „Tada će katolici pozvati protestante da pođu naprijed i izdaju odredbu da svi koji ne budu svetkovali prvi dan tjedna umjesto sedmoga dana imaju biti pogubljeni. A katolici, kojih je mnogo, stat će uz protestante. Katolici će dati svoju moć slici zvijeri. A protestanti će djelovati kao što je njihova majka djelovala prije njih da uništi svete. No prije nego što njihova odredba donese ili urodi plodom, sveti će biti izbavljeni Glasom Božjim.” Spalding i Magan, 1, 2.

In the passage there are two groups of “nominal,” which means “in name only,” that betray God’s faithful ones to the Catholics. Ellen White’s understanding of nominal churches and nominal Adventists is different than what they actually represent in the last days, for her understanding of a “nominal Adventist,” would have represented a Christian who professed to believe in the return of Christ. But the prophets speak more for the last days, than the days in which they lived, and a “nominal Adventist,” in the last days represents the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church, and the nominal churches are the descendants of those who became the daughters of Rome in 1844.

U tom odlomku postoje dvije skupine „nominalnih”, što znači „samo po imenu”, koje odaju Božje vjerne katolicima. Razumijevanje Ellen White o nominalnim crkvama i nominalnim adventistima razlikuje se od onoga što oni u posljednjim danima zapravo predstavljaju, jer bi po njezinu razumijevanju „nominalni adventist” predstavljao kršćanina koji tvrdi da vjeruje u Kristov povratak. No proroci govore više za posljednje dane nego za dane u kojima su živjeli, i „nominalni adventist” u posljednjim danima predstavlja laodicejsku Crkvu adventista sedmoga dana, a nominalne crkve potomci su onih koji su 1844. postali kćeri Rima.

Seventh-day Adventists will hate the “obscure people,” who are God’s true representatives for they “cannot refute the Sabbath truth,” which represents the Sabbath of the land resting. The Seventh-day Adventist church professes to uphold the seventh-day as the day of worship, but in the last days the Sabbath they can not refute is the “seven times,” of Leviticus twenty-six, which was the first foundational truth they rejected in 1863.

Adventisti sedmoga dana mrzit će „neugledan narod”, koji su Božji istinski predstavnici, jer „ne mogu pobiti istinu o suboti”, koja predstavlja subotu počinka zemlje. Crkva adventista sedmoga dana tvrdi da drži sedmi dan kao dan bogoslužja, ali u posljednjim danima subota koju ne mogu pobiti jest „sedam vremena” iz Levitskog zakonika dvadeset i šest, što je bila prva temeljna istina koju su odbacili 1863. godine.

The passage that we are now addressing is identifying the prophetic dynamics associated with the history that begins at the soon coming Sunday law, but the final testing history that follows the Sunday law is first accomplished within the United States. At the Sunday law the United States will force the entire world to erect an image to the beast, but before they accomplish that work, they will have erected an image to the beast in the United States.

Odjeljak kojim se sada bavimo prepoznaje proročku dinamiku povezanu s poviješću koja započinje nadolazećim nedjeljnim zakonom, no završna povijest kušnje koja slijedi nakon nedjeljnoga zakona najprije se ostvaruje unutar Sjedinjenih Država. Pri nedjeljnom zakonu Sjedinjene Države prisilit će cijeli svijet da podigne sliku Zvijeri, ali prije nego što izvrše to djelo, podignut će sliku Zvijeri u Sjedinjenim Državama.

> “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> „Kada se Amerika, zemlja vjerske slobode, ujedini s papinstvom u prisiljavanju savjesti i primoravanju ljudi da odaju čast lažnoj suboti, narod svake zemlje na kugli zemaljskoj bit će naveden da slijedi njezin primjer.” Svjedočanstva, svezak 6, 18.

> “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

> „Strani narodi slijedit će primjer Sjedinjenih Država. Premda ona predvodi, ipak će ista kriza doći na naš narod u svim dijelovima svijeta.” Testimonies, sv. 6, 395.

The great test for the people of God, occurs before the Sunday law, for at the Sunday law probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists. The test is represented as the formation of the image of the beast, and the image of the beast is the combination of church and state, with the church in control of the relationship. Just as the Protestants became a daughter of Rome in 1844, and a daughter is the image of her mother, the apostate Protestants will accomplish a parallel work in the last days, for Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing.

Velika kušnja za Božji narod nastupa prije nedjeljnoga zakona, jer se na nedjeljni zakon završava vrijeme milosti za adventiste sedmoga dana. Kušnja je prikazana kao oblikovanje Zvijeričine slike, a Zvijeričina slika jest sjedinjenje crkve i države, pri čemu crkva upravlja tim odnosom. Kao što su protestanti 1844. postali kćer Rima, a kći je slika svoje majke, tako će otpali protestanti u posljednjim danima izvršiti usporedno djelo, jer Isus uvijek kraj neke stvari prikazuje početkom neke stvari.

The history represented by the “league” of verse twenty-three of Daniel chapter eleven, represented a professed apostate people of the glorious land reaching out to form a union with Rome. 161 BC to 158 BC represents the formation of the image of the beast that culminates at the Sunday law.

Povijest predstavljena „savezom” iz dvadeset trećeg retka jedanaestog poglavlja Daniela predstavljala je tobožnji otpadnički narod slavne zemlje koji je posegnuo da uspostavi savez s Rimom. Razdoblje od 161. pr. Kr. do 158. pr. Kr. predstavlja oblikovanje slike Zvijeri koje kulminira pri nedjeljnom zakonu.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Nastavit ćemo ovu studiju u sljedećem članku.

> “But what is the ‘image to the beast’? and how is it to be formed? The image is made by the two-horned beast, and is an image to the beast. It is also called an image of the beast. Then to learn what the image is like and how it is to be formed we must study the characteristics of the beast itself—the papacy.

> „No što je ‘slika Zvijeri’? I kako ona treba biti načinjena? Sliku stvara Zvijer s dva roga, i ona je slika Zvijeri. Također se naziva i slikom Zvijeri. Da bismo, dakle, spoznali kakva je ta slika i kako treba biti načinjena, moramo proučiti obilježja same Zvijeri — papinstva.״

> “When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of ‘heresy.’ In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, 443.

> „Kada se rana crkva iskvarila odstupivši od jednostavnosti evanđelja te prihvativši poganske obrede i običaje, izgubila je Duha i silu Božju; a kako bi nadzirala savjest naroda, potražila je potporu svjetovne vlasti. Posljedica je bilo papinstvo, crkva koja je upravljala državnom vlašću i služila se njome da promiče vlastite ciljeve, osobito radi kažnjavanja ‘hereze’. Da bi Sjedinjene Države načinile sliku Zvijeri, vjerska sila mora tako ovladati građanskom vlašću da se i državni autoritet crkva posluži kako bi ostvarila vlastite ciljeve.” Velika borba, 443.

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