Belshazzar’s fear of the mysterious handwriting addresses not only his death and the end of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, but also the point in prophetic history when fear takes hold of the kings of the earth. Their fear is produced by the “east wind” of Islam. Their fear is as a woman in travail, thus identifying a progressively increasing pain, which comes with more and more rapidity. The fear begins at the “hour” of Belshazzar’s feast, though it initially arrived on September 11, 2001. From then onward the winds begin to slip through the hands of the four angels who are holding them during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The lamentation for Tyrus that Ezekiel identifies, defines Tyrus by asking the prophetic question, “What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?”
የቤልሻፄር በዚያ ምስጢራዊ ጽሕፈት ፊት ያጋጠመው ፍርሃት፣ ሞቱንና የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ትንቢት ስድስተኛው መንግሥት መጨረሻን ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ እንዲሁም በትንቢታዊ ታሪክ ውስጥ ፍርሃት የምድርን ነገሥታት የሚያዝበትን ነጥብ ደግሞ ይመለከታል። ፍርሃታቸውም በእስልምና “የምሥራቅ ነፋስ” ይፈጠራል። ፍርሃታቸውም ምጥ የያዛት ሴት እንደምትሆን ነው፤ ይህም እየጨመረ የሚሄድ ሥቃይን ይለይታል፣ እርሱም ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ በበለጠ ፍጥነት ይመጣል። ፍርሃቱ በቤልሻፄር ግብዣ “ሰዓት” ይጀምራል፤ ሆኖም በመጀመሪያ የደረሰው በሴፕቴምበር 11, 2001 ነበር። ከዚያም ጀምሮ፣ በአንድ መቶ አርባ አራት ሺህ የማኅተም ጊዜ እነርሱን ይዘው ካሉት ከአራቱ መላእክት እጅ ውስጥ ነፋሶቹ ሊያመልጡ ይጀምራሉ። ሕዝቅኤል የሚገልጸው ለጢሮስ ያለው ልቅሶ፣ “በባሕር መካከል እንደ ጠፋችው እንደ ጢሮስ ያለች ከተማ ማን ናት?” ብሎ ትንቢታዊውን ጥያቄ በመጠየቅ ጢሮስን ይገልጻል።
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. Ezekiel 27:25–36.
የተርሴስ መርከቦች በገበያሽ ስለ አንቺ ዘምረው ነበር፤ አንቺም ተሞልተሽ በባሕሮች መካከል እጅግ ክቡር ሆንሽ። ቀዛፊዎችሽ ወደ ታላቅ ውኆች አገቡሽ፤ የምሥራቅ ነፋስ ግን በባሕሮች መካከል ሰበረሽ። ባለጠግነትሽ፣ ገበያዎችሽ፣ ንግድሽ፣ መርከበኞችሽ፣ መሪዎችሽ፣ ስንጥቆችን የሚደፍኑ ሰዎችሽ፣ በንግድሽም የሚሠሩ ሁሉ፣ በአንቺም ውስጥ ያሉ የጦር ሰዎችሽ ሁሉ፣ እና በመካከልሽ ያለው ሕዝብሽ ሁሉ፣ በጥፋትሽ ቀን ወደ ባሕሮች መካከል ይወድቃሉ። በመሪዎችሽ ጩኸት ድምፅ ዳርቻዎች ይናወጣሉ። ቀዘፋን የሚይዙ ሁሉ፣ መርከበኞችና የባሕር መሪዎች ሁሉ ከመርከቦቻቸው ይወርዳሉ፤ በምድርም ላይ ይቆማሉ፤ በአንቺም ላይ ድምፃቸውን ያሰማሉ፥ እጅግም መራራ ልቅሶ ያለቅሳሉ፥ በራሳቸውም ላይ ትቢያ ይጥላሉ፥ በአመድም ውስጥ ይንከባለላሉ፤ ስለ አንቺም ራሳቸውን ፈጽመው ያስላጫሉ፥ ማቅም ይታጠቃሉ፥ በልብ መራራነትና በመራራ ዋይታ ስለ አንቺ ያለቅሳሉ። በዋይታቸውም ውስጥ ስለ አንቺ ሙሾ ያነሣሉ፥ በአንቺም ላይ እያሉ ያለቅሳሉ፤ እንዲህም ይላሉ፦ እንደ ጢሮስ ያለች ከተማ ማን ናት? በባሕር መካከል እንደ ጠፋችው ያለች ማን ናት? ሸቀጦችሽ ከባሕሮች በወጡ ጊዜ ብዙ አሕዛብን አጠገብሽ፤ በባለጠግነትሽና በንግድሽ ብዛት የምድርን ነገሥታት አበለጸግሽ። በውኆች ጥልቅ ውስጥ በባሕሮች ስትሰበሪ ጊዜ ንግድሽና በመካከልሽ ያለው ሕዝብሽ ሁሉ ይወድቃሉ። የደሴቶች ነዋሪዎች ሁሉ በአንቺ ይደነቃሉ፤ ነገሥታቶቻቸውም እጅግ ይፈራሉ፥ ፊታቸውም ይረበሻል። በአሕዛብ መካከል ያሉ ነጋዴዎች በአንቺ ላይ ያፏጫሉ፤ አስፈሪ ነገርም ትሆኛለሽ፥ ከእንግዲህም ወዲያ ፈጽሞ አትገኚም። ሕዝቅኤል 27፥25-36።
Tyrus is the city, or kingdom that the merchants of the earth cry bitterly over, and then ask, “what city is like Tyrus?” They do so in the “time,” when the city is broken in the sea. In Revelation chapter eighteen, the whore of Tyre, who is the whore of Rome, who has committed fornication with the kings of the earth and is identified as that great city whose judgment comes in one hour, and in one day. She is the city that raises the prophetic question from the wailing kings and merchants.
ጢሮስ የምድር ነጋዴዎች መራር ለቅሶ የሚያለቅሱላት ከተማ፣ ወይም መንግሥት ናት፤ ከዚያም፣ “እንደ ጢሮስ ያለች ከተማ ማን ናት?” ብለው ይጠይቃሉ። ይህንም የሚያደርጉት ከተማይቱ በባሕር ውስጥ በተሰበረችበት “ጊዜ” ነው። በራእይ ምዕራፍ አሥራ ስምንት፣ ከምድር ነገሥታት ጋር ዝሙት የፈጸመችው እና ፍርድዋ በአንድ ሰዓትና በአንድ ቀን እንደሚመጣ ያቺ ታላቂቱ ከተማ ተብላ የምትለይው፣ የጢሮስ ጋለሞታ፣ የሮምም ጋለሞታ ናት። እርስዋ ከሚያለቅሱት ነገሥታትና ነጋዴዎች ዘንድ ያን ትንቢታዊ ጥያቄ የምታስነሣው ከተማ ናት።
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Revelation 18:8–19.
ስለዚህ መቅሰፍቶቿ ሞትና ሐዘንና ራብ በአንድ ቀን ይመጡባታል፤ በእሳትም ፈጽማ ትቃጠላለች፤ የሚፈርድባት ጌታ አምላክ ብርቱ ነውና። ከእርስዋ ጋር ዝሙት የሠሩና በቅንጦት የኖሩ የምድር ነገሥታትም የመቃጠልዋን ጢስ ባዩ ጊዜ ያለቅሱላታል ያዝኑላታልም፤ ከስቃይዋም የተነሣ በፍርሃት ከሩቅ ቆመው፦ ወዮ፥ ወዮ፥ አንቺ ታላቂቱ ከተማ ባቢሎን፥ አንቺ ኃይለኛይቱ ከተማ! ፍርድሽ በአንድ ሰዓት መጥቶአልና ይላሉ። የምድር ነጋዴዎችም ስለ እርስዋ ያለቅሳሉ ያዝናሉም፤ ንግዳቸውን ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ የሚገዛ ሰው የለምና፤ የወርቅና የብር ንግድ፥ የከበሩ ድንጋዮችና የዕንቍ ንግድ፥ የቀጭን በፍታና የሐምራዊ ልብስ የሐርና የቀይ ልብስ ንግድ፥ የተለያዩ የጣፋጭ እንጨቶች፥ የዝሆን ጥርስ ዕቃ ሁሉ፥ ከከበረ እንጨትና ከናስና ከብረትና ከእብነ በረድ የተሠሩ ዕቃዎች ሁሉ፥ ቀረፋና ሽቱዎችና ቅባቶችና ዕጣን፥ የወይን ጠጅና ዘይት፥ የሰሞሊና ዱቄትና ስንዴ፥ ከብቶችና በጎች፥ ፈረሶችና ሰረገሎች፥ ባሪያዎችና የሰዎች ነፍሳት። ነፍስሽ የተመኘቻቸው ፍሬዎች ከአንቺ ርቀውብሻል፤ ምቹና አማረ የነበሩት ነገሮች ሁሉ ከአንቺ ጠፍተዋል፤ ከእንግዲህም ወዲህ ፈጽሞ አታገኚያቸውም። በእርስዋ ምክንያት የባለጠጉት የእነዚህ ነገሮች ነጋዴዎች ከስቃይዋ ፍርሃት የተነሣ ከሩቅ ይቆማሉ፥ እያለቀሱና እያዘኑ፦ ወዮ፥ ወዮ፥ በቀጭን በፍታና በሐምራዊ ልብስና በቀይ ልብስ የተለበሰች፥ በወርቅና በከበሩ ድንጋዮችና በዕንቍ የተሸለመች ያች ታላቂቱ ከተማ! እንዲላሉ፤ እንዲህ ያለ ታላቅ ባለጠግነት በአንድ ሰዓት ጠፍቶአልና። መርከብ አለቃ ሁሉና በመርከቦች የሚጓዙ ሁሉ፥ መርከበኞችና በባሕር የሚነግዱ ሁሉ ከሩቅ ቆሙ፥ የመቃጠልዋንም ጢስ ባዩ ጊዜ፦ እንደዚህ ያለች ታላቂቱ ከተማ ያለ ማን ነው? ብለው ጮኹ። በራሳቸውም ላይ ትቢያ ነሰነሱ፥ እያለቀሱና እያዘኑም፦ ወዮ፥ ወዮ፥ በውድነትዋ ምክንያት በባሕር መርከቦች የነበራቸውን ሁሉ ያበለጸገች ያች ታላቂቱ ከተማ! በአንድ ሰዓት ባድማ ሆነችና አሉ። ራእይ 18፥8–19።
The unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ includes the message of the Midnight Cry. That message is the second prophecy of Ezekiel thirty-seven that brings the dead dry bones that have laid in the streets for three and a half days to life as a mighty army. That message is the message that includes the truth that it is Islam that the Lord employs to bring executive judgment upon the United States for Sunday enforcement. That judgment arrives in the “hour” of the great earthquake, which is also the “hour” that the handwriting came upon Belshazzar’s wall. The handwriting produced the fear, that is represented as taking hold of all the kings and merchants when the economic structure of planet earth is taken down by the “east wind” of Islam, who have secretly slipped into Belshazzar’s kingdom, through the neglected lower “wall” to the south.
የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ራእይ መፈታቱ የእኩለ ሌሊት ጩኸት መልእክትን ያካትታል። ያ መልእክት በሕዝቅኤል ሠላሳ ሰባት ያለው ሁለተኛው ትንቢት ነው፤ ለሦስት ቀን ተኩል በአደባባዮች ላይ ተጥለው የቆዩትን ሙታን ደረቅ አጥንቶች ወደ ሕይወት የሚመልስ፣ እንደ ታላቅ ሠራዊትም የሚያስነሣ ነው። ያ መልእክት ጌታ በእሁድ ሕግ ማስፈጸም ምክንያት በአሜሪካ ላይ የአስፈጻሚ ፍርድ እንዲያመጣ የሚጠቀምበት እስልምና መሆኑን የሚያካትት እውነት ያለበት መልእክት ነው። ያ ፍርድ በታላቁ የምድር መናወጥ “ሰዓት” ውስጥ ይመጣል፤ ይህም ደግሞ ጽሕፈቱ በብልጣሶር ግድግዳ ላይ የተገለጠበት “ሰዓት” ነው። ያ ጽሕፈት ፍርሃትን አመጣ፤ ይህም የምድር ፕላኔት ኢኮኖሚያዊ መዋቅር በእስልምና “የምሥራቅ ነፋስ” ሲፈርስ በነገሥታትና በነጋዴዎች ሁሉ ላይ እንደሚያዝ የተወከለ ነው፤ እነርሱም በደቡብ በኩል ተተው በተዘነጋው ዝቅተኛ “ቅጥር” በኩል በስውር ወደ ብልጣሶር መንግሥት ሾልከው ገብተዋል።
The “city” or kingdom that the kings and merchants lament of and ask, “what city is like unto this great city” is the kingdom of the whore of Tyre, who is then singing her songs and committing fornication with those very kings. All the prophets speak of the end of the world and they agree with one another, so Ezekiel’s merchants are the same merchants in Revelation chapter eighteen. Three times in Revelation chapter eighteen they lament “alas, alas,” as the great city and the financial structure of planet earth is taken down. The Greek word translated as “alas,” in the passage, is the very same word that is translated three times in Revelation chapter eight, and verse thirteen, which is there translated with a different English word.
“ከተማዪቱ” ወይም መንግሥቱ፣ ነገሥታቱና ነጋዴዎቹ ስለእርስዋ የሚያለቅሱላትና “እንደዚህች ታላቂቱ ከተማ ያለች ከተማ ማን ናት?” ብለው የሚጠይቁላት የጢሮስ ጋለሞታ መንግሥት ናት፤ እርስዋም በዚያን ጊዜ ከእነዚያው ነገሥታት ጋር መዝሙሮቿን እየዘመረች ዝሙት ትፈጽም ነበር። ነቢያት ሁሉ ስለ ዓለም ፍጻሜ ይናገራሉ፣ እርስ በርሳቸውም ይስማማሉ፤ ስለዚህ በሕዝቅኤል ያሉት ነጋዴዎች በራእይ ምዕራፍ አሥራ ስምንት ያሉት እነዚያው ነጋዴዎች ናቸው። በራእይ ምዕራፍ አሥራ ስምንት ታላቂቱ ከተማ እና የምድር ፕላኔት የፋይናንስ መዋቅር በሚፈርስበት ጊዜ “ወዮ፣ ወዮ” ብለው ሦስት ጊዜ ያለቅሳሉ። በዚያ ክፍል “ወዮ” ተብሎ የተተረጎመው የግሪክ ቃል በራእይ ምዕራፍ ስምንት ቁጥር አሥራ ሦስት ደግሞ ሦስት ጊዜ የተተረጎመው ያው ቃል ነው፤ በዚያ ግን በሌላ የእንግሊዝኛ ቃል ተተርጉሟል።
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! Revelation 8:13.
እኔም አየሁ፤ አንድም መልአክ በሰማይ መካከል ሲበር ሰማሁ፥ በታላቅ ድምፅም እንዲህ ሲል፦ ወዮ፥ ወዮ፥ ወዮ፥ በኋላ ሊነፉ ያሉት የሦስቱ መላእክት የመለከት ድምፆች ምክንያት በምድር ለሚኖሩ ሰዎች! ራእይ 8፥13።
The kings and merchants are lamenting the destruction of the world’s economy with the words, “alas, alas,” meaning “woe, woe,” and the “Woe” is a symbol of Islam. The fear that takes hold of Belshazzar and his lords when the handwriting appears on the wall, is the fear produced when the economic structure of planet earth is destroyed by ongoing attacks from Islam, which God employs as His providential tool to bring about His executive judgment upon those who drink the wine of Babylon, that is Sunday enforcement. This truth is the theme of the Isaiah twenty-three “burden” of the whore of “Tyre.”
ነገሥታቱና ነጋዴዎቹ “ወዮ፥ ወዮ” ማለትም “አላስ፥ አላስ” በሚሉት ቃላት የዓለም ኢኮኖሚ ጥፋትን እያለቀሱ ናቸው፤ “ወዮ” ደግሞ የእስልምና ምልክት ነው። በግድግዳው ላይ የተጻፈው ጽሕፈት በታየ ጊዜ ብልሻጻርንና መኳንንቶቹን የሚይዘው ፍርሃት፣ እግዚአብሔር የባቢሎንን የወይን ጠጅ ማለትም የእሑድ ማስከበርን በሚጠጡት ላይ የመፈጸሚያ ፍርዱን ለማምጣት እንደ የቅድሚያ መሣሪያው የሚጠቀምባት እስልምና በሚያደርሳቸው ቀጣይ ጥቃቶች የተነሣ የምድር ፕላኔት የኢኮኖሚ አወቃቀር በሚፈርስበት ጊዜ የሚፈጠረው ፍርሃት ነው። ይህ እውነት የኢሳይያስ ሃያ ሦስት ስለ “ጢሮስ” ጋለሞታ የተነገረው “ሸክም” ዋና ጭብጥ ነው።
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 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. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Isaiah 23:1–18.
የጢሮስ ሸክም። እናንተ የተርሴስ መርከቦች ሆይ፥ አልቅሱ፤ ቤትም ሆነ መግቢያ እንዳይኖር ተፈርሳለችና፤ ይህም ከኪቲም ምድር ተገልጦላቸዋል። እናንተ የደሴቲቱ ነዋሪዎች ሆይ፥ ዝም በሉ፤ አንቺንም ባሕርን ተሻግረው የሚሄዱ የሲዶና ነጋዴዎች ሞልተውሻል። በብዙ ውኃዎችም ላይ የሲሖር ዘር፥ የወንዙ መከር ገቢዋ ነበረ፤ እርስዋም የአሕዛብ ገበያ ነበረች። ሲዶና ሆይ፥ እፈሪ፤ ባሕሩ አዎን፥ የባሕሩ ምሽግ እንዲህ ብሎ ተናግሯልና፤ እኔ ምጥ አልያዝም፥ ልጆችም አልወልድም፥ ጎበዞችንም አላሳድግም፥ ደናግልንም አላሳድግም። ስለ ግብፅ የመጣውን ወሬ እንደሚሰሙ ሁሉ፥ ስለ ጢሮስ የሚመጣውን ወሬ በሚሰሙ ጊዜ እጅግ ያዝናሉ። ወደ ተርሴስ ተሻገሩ፤ እናንተ የደሴቲቱ ነዋሪዎች ሆይ፥ አልቅሱ። ይህቺ እጅግ ደስ የሚያሰኝ ከተማችሁ ናትን? የመጀመሪያዋ ዘመን ከጥንት ዘመናት የሆነች? እግሮቿ ራሳቸው ለመቀመጥ ወደ ሩቅ ይሸከሙአታል። ዘውድ ትሰጥ በነበረችው በጢሮስ ላይ፥ ነጋዴዎቿ መኳንንት በሆኑባት፥ ነጋገርተኞቿም የምድር ክቡራን በሆኑባት፥ ይህን ምክር ያቀደ ማን ነው? የሠራዊት ጌታ እቅድ አድርጎታል፥ የክብርን ሁሉ ትዕቢት ለማርከስና የምድርን ክቡራን ሁሉ ለማዋረድ። የተርሴስ ልጅ ሆይ፥ እንደ ወንዝ በምድርሽ ላይ እለፊ፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ኀይል የለም። እጁን በባሕር ላይ ዘረጋ፤ መንግሥታትንም አናወጠ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ምሽጎቿን እንዲያጠፉ በንግድ ከተማይቱ ላይ ትእዛዝ ሰጥቶአል። እርሱም አለ፤ አንቺ የተጨቆንሽ ድንግል፥ የሲዶና ልጅ ሆይ፥ ከዚህ በኋላ አትደሰቺም፤ ተነሺ፥ ወደ ኪቲም ተሻገሪ፤ በዚያም ደግሞ ዕረፍት አታገኚም። እነሆ፥ የከለዳውያን ምድር፤ ይህ ሕዝብ አልነበረም፤ አሦራውያን በምድረ በዳ ለሚኖሩት እስኪመሠርቱት ድረስ፤ ማማዎቿን አቆሙ፥ ቤተ መንግሥቶቿንም አነሡ፤ እርሱም ወደ ፍርስራሽ አመጣት። እናንተ የተርሴስ መርከቦች ሆይ፥ አልቅሱ፤ ምሽጋችሁ ፈርሶአልና። በዚያም ቀን እንዲህ ይሆናል፤ ጢሮስ እንደ አንድ ንጉሥ ዘመን ሰባ ዓመት ትረሳለች፤ ከሰባውም ዓመት ፍጻሜ በኋላ ጢሮስ እንደ ጋለሞታ ትዘምራለች። አንቺ የተረሳሽ ጋለሞታ ሆይ፥ በገና ያዢ፥ ከተማይቱን ዙሪያ ዙሪያ ሂጂ፤ እንድትታሰቢ ጣፋጭ ዜማ አድርጊ፥ ብዙ መዝሙሮችን ዘምሪ። ከሰባውም ዓመት ፍጻሜ በኋላ እንዲህ ይሆናል፤ እግዚአብሔር ጢሮስን ይጎበኛታል፥ እርስዋም ወደ ዋጋዋ ትመለሳለች፥ በምድር ፊት ላይ ካሉትም የዓለም መንግሥታት ሁሉ ጋር ትመነዝራለች። ንግዷና ዋጋዋም ለእግዚአብሔር ቅድስና ይሆናሉ፤ አይከማቹም፥ አይቀመጡምም፤ ንግዷ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ለሚኖሩት በቂ እንጀራ ለመብላትና ለሚጸና ልብስ ትሆናለችና። ኢሳይያስ 23፥1–18።
The seventy years, which is as “the days of one king”, is represented by the kingdom of Babylon, for a king is a kingdom, and literal Babylon reigned for seventy years. The seventy years of literal Babylon ended in the “hour” the handwriting appeared upon the walls of Belshazzar’s banquet hall. That very night he was slain, by the power that came through the “wall” unnoticed, for he was having a party drinking the wine of Babylon, while Nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra was playing the music, and the whore of Tyre sang the sweet melody, and apostate Israel danced and bowed.
ሰባው ዓመታት፣ “እንደ አንድ ንጉሥ ዘመን” የሆነው፣ በባቢሎን መንግሥት ይወከላል፤ ምክንያቱም ንጉሥ መንግሥት ነውና፣ ቃል በቃል የነበረችውም ባቢሎን ሰባ ዓመት ነግሣለች። የቃል በቃል ባቢሎን ሰባው ዓመታት በቤልሻጸር ግብዣ አዳራሽ ግድግዳ ላይ የእጅ ጽሕፈት በታየበት “ሰዓት” ተፈጸመ። በዚያች ሌሊት በ“ግድግዳው” አልታወቀም ብሎ በገባው ኃይል ተገደለ፤ እርሱ የባቢሎንን ወይን እየጠጣ ድግስ ላይ ነበርና፣ በዚያም ጊዜ የነቡከደነፆር ኦርኬስትራ ሙዚቃውን እየተጫወተ ነበር፣ የጢሮስም ጋለሞታ ጣፋጭ ዜማዋን ትዘምር ነበር፣ ከሃዲትም እስራኤል ትጨፍርና ትሰግድ ነበር።
Then fear took hold of all involved, for God had “taken counsel against Tyre” and had “purposed” “to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.” God therefore “shook the kingdoms” with the “great earthquake” of that “hour,” for God had “given a commandment against the merchant” kingdom, “to destroy the strong holds thereof.” In the “hour” of fear for Belshazzar, the kings and the merchants began a search to understand the meaning of the fiery words on the wall. The death of Belshazzar is about to happen, but at that point, he is still alive. He therefore sought to understand the mysterious words and offered rewards to the wise men, if they could interpret the writing, but it could not be done, for the wise men of Babylon employ the methodology of biblical study that was a counterfeit of truth. The mysterious words are as the vision of a book that is sealed.
ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር “በጢሮስ ላይ ምክር ስለ መከረ” እና “የክብር ሁሉን ትዕቢት ለማርከስ፥ የምድርንም ክቡራን ሁሉ ለመናቅ አስቦ” ስለ ነበር፥ ፍርሃት ለተካፈሉት ሁሉ ያዘ። ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር በዚያ “ሰዓት” ባለው “ታላቅ መንቀጥቀጥ” “መንግሥታትን አናወጠ”፤ ምክንያቱም በነጋዴው መንግሥት ላይ “ትእዛዝ ሰጥቶ” ነበርና፥ “ምሽጎቿን ያፈርስ ዘንድ።” ለብልጣሶር በፍርሃት የሞላችው በዚያ “ሰዓት” ነገሥታትና ነጋዴዎች በግድግዳው ላይ የተጻፉትን እሳታማ ቃላት ትርጉም ለማስተዋል መፈለግ ጀመሩ። የብልጣሶር ሞት ሊደርስ አፋፍ ላይ ነው፤ ነገር ግን በዚያ ጊዜ ገና ሕያው ነው። ስለዚህም ምስጢራዊ ቃላቱን ለማስተዋል ፈለገ፥ ጽሕፈቱንም ማብራራት ለሚችሉ ጠቢባን ሽልማት አቀረበ፤ ነገር ግን ይህ ሊሆን አልቻለም፥ ምክንያቱም የባቢሎን ጠቢባን እውነትን የሚያስመስል ሐሰተኛ የነበረውን የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ጥናት ዘዴ ይጠቀሙ ነበርና። እነዚያም ምስጢራዊ ቃላት እንደ ታተመ መጽሐፍ ራእይ ናቸው።
Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live forever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing: And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. Daniel 5:8–16.
ከዚያም የንጉሡ ጠቢባን ሁሉ ገቡ፤ ነገር ግን ጽሑፉን ማንበብም ሆነ ትርጓሜውን ለንጉሡ ማሳወቅ አልቻሉም። ከዚያም ንጉሡ ብልሻጽር እጅግ ተረበሸ፥ ፊቱም ተለወጠበት፥ መኳንንቱም ደነገጡ። ንግሥቲቱም በንጉሡና በመኳንንቱ ቃል ምክንያት ወደ ግብዣው ቤት ገባች፤ ንግሥቲቱም ተናግራ አለች፦ ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ለዘላለም ኑር፤ ሐሳብህ አያስጨንቅህ፥ ፊትህም አይለወጥ። በመንግሥትህ ውስጥ የቅዱሳን አማልክት መንፈስ ያለበት አንድ ሰው አለ፤ በአባትህም ዘመን እንደ አማልክት ጥበብ ያለ ብርሃንና ማስተዋል እንዲሁም ጥበብ በእርሱ ውስጥ ተገኝቶ ነበር፤ ንጉሥ ናቡከደነፆርም አባትህ፥ እላለሁ ንጉሡ፥ አባትህ፥ የምትሐተኞችንና የኮከብ ቆጣሪዎችን የከለዳውያንንም የጥንቆላ ነጋሪዎችንም አለቃ አድርጎ ሾመው፤ ምክንያቱም የተለየ መንፈስና እውቀት፥ ማስተዋልም፥ ሕልምን መተርጎም፥ የተዘጉ ንግግሮችን መግለጥ፥ እና ጥርጣሬዎችን መፍታት፥ ንጉሡ ብልጥሻጽር ብሎ በጠራው በዚሁ በዳንኤል ውስጥ ተገኝቶ ነበርና፤ አሁንም ዳንኤል ይጠራ፥ እርሱም ትርጓሜውን ያሳያል። ከዚያም ዳንኤል ወደ ንጉሡ ፊት አመጡት። ንጉሡም ተናግሮ ዳንኤልን አለው፦ አንተ ከይሁዳ ምርኮኞች ልጆች የሆንህ፥ ንጉሥ አባቴ ከይሁዳ ያመጣህ፥ ያ ዳንኤል አንተ ነህን? በአንተ ውስጥ የአማልክት መንፈስ እንዳለ ሰምቻለሁ፥ ብርሃንና ማስተዋልም የተለየ ጥበብም በአንተ ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ ሰምቻለሁ። አሁንም ይህን ጽሑፍ እንዲያነቡና ትርጓሜውንም እንዲያሳውቁኝ ጠቢባኑና የኮከብ ቆጣሪዎቹ ወደ ፊቴ ተወስደው ገብተዋል፤ ነገር ግን የነገሩን ትርጓሜ ማሳየት አልቻሉም። አንተም ትርጓሜ ማድረግና ጥርጣሬዎችን መፍታት እንደምትችል ሰምቻለሁ፤ እንግዲህ ጽሑፉን ማንበብና ትርጓሜውን ማሳወቅ ብትችል፥ ቀይ ሐምራዊ ልብስ ትለብሳለህ፥ የወርቅም ሰንሰለት በአንገትህ ዙሪያ ይደረግልሃል፥ በመንግሥቱም ሦስተኛ ገዥ ትሆናለህ። ዳንኤል 5፥8–16።
The queen in the palace was not Belshazzar’s wife, but the queen of his grandfather, and she knew who could read the writing on the wall. There was a church (for a woman is a church prophetically), in the kingdom that knew who could understand the secrets of God.
ንግሥቲ ቤልሻዛር ሰበይቱ ኣይነበረትን፣ ነገር ግን ንግሥቲ ናይ ኣቦ-ኣቦኡ ነበረት፣ እቲ ኣብ ግድግዳ ዝተጻሕፈ ከኣ መን ከም ዘንብቦ ትፈልጥ ነበረት። ኣብቲ መንግሥቲ ድማ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ነበረት (ምኽንያቱ ሰበይቲ ብትንቢታዊ ምልክት ቤተ ክርስቲያን እያ)፣ ምስጢራት ኣምላኽ መን ከም ዚርዳእ ትፈልጥ ዝነበረት።
“There was in the palace a woman who was wiser than them all,—the queen of Belshazzar’s grandfather. In this emergency she addressed the king in language that sent a ray of light into the darkness. ‘O king, live forever,’ she said, ‘let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed. There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; …now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.’
በቤተ መንግሥቱ ውስጥ ከሁሉም ይልቅ ጥበበኛ የነበረች አንዲት ሴት ነበረች፤ እርስዋም የብልሻጽር አያት ንግሥት ነበረች። በዚህ አደጋ ጊዜ ለንጉሡ ጨለማውን የሚበራ የብርሃን ጨረር የሚልክ ቃል ተናገረችው። “ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ለዘላለም ኑር፤ ሐሳብህ አያስጨንቅህ፥ ፊትህም አይለወጥ። በመንግሥትህ ውስጥ የቅዱሳን አማልክት መንፈስ በእርሱ ያለበት አንድ ሰው አለ፤ በአባትህም ዘመን ብርሃንና ማስተዋል እንዲሁም እንደ አማልክት ጥበብ ያለ ጥበብ በእርሱ ውስጥ ተገኝቶ ነበር፤ ንጉሡም ናቡከደነፆር አባትህ፥ እላለሁ ንጉሡ፥ አባትህ ራሱ፥ በምሥጢር አዋቂዎችና በከዋክብት ተመልካቾች በከለዳውያንም በሟርተኞችም ላይ አለቃ አድርጎት ነበር፤ …አሁንም ዳንኤል ይጠራ፥ እርሱም ትርጓሜውን ያሳያል።”
“‘Then was Daniel brought in before the king.’ Making an effort to brace himself and to show his authority, Belshazzar said, ‘Art thou that Daniel which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, which the king, my father, brought out of Jewry? I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee…. Now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.’
“‘ከዚያም ዳንኤል በንጉሡ ፊት ገባ።’ ብልጣሶር ራሱን ለማበርታትና ሥልጣኑን ለማሳየት ጥረት እያደረገ እንዲህ አለ፦ ‘አንተ የይሁዳ ምርኮኞች ልጆች ከሆኑት፣ ንጉሡ አባቴ ከይሁዳ ያመጣህ ያ ዳንኤል ነህን? በአንተ ውስጥ የአማልክት መንፈስ እንዳለ፣ ብርሃንና ማስተዋልም የላቀ ጥበብም በአንተ እንደሚገኝ ሰምቻለሁ።… አሁንም ጽሕፈቱን ማንበብና ትርጉሙንም ለእኔ ማስታወቅ ብትችል፣ ቀይ ልብስ ትለብሳለህ፥ በአንገትህም የወርቅ ሰንሰለት ይደረግልሃል፥ በመንግሥቱም ሦስተኛ ገዥ ትሆናለህ።’”
“Daniel was not awed by the king’s appearance, nor confused or intimidated by his words. ‘Let thy gifts be to thyself,’ he answered, ‘and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour…. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him…. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this, but hast lifted up thyself against the God of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk in them, and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.’
“ዳንኤል በንጉሡ ገጽታ አልተደነቀም፥ በቃሉም አልተደናገረም ወይም አልፈራም። ‘ስጦታህ ለራስህ ይሁን፥’ ብሎ መለሰ፤ ‘ዋጋህንም ለሌላ ስጥ፤ ነገር ግን ጽሕፈቱን ለንጉሡ አነብባለሁ፥ ትርጓሜውንም አሳውቀዋለሁ። አንተ ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ልዑል አምላክ ለአባትህ ለናቡከደነፆር መንግሥትና ታላቅነትና ክብርና ማዕረግ ሰጥቶት ነበር…. ልቡ ግን በተኵራራ ጊዜ፥ አሳቡም በትዕቢት በጠነከረ ጊዜ፥ ከንጉሣዊ ዙፋኑ ተወርዶ ነበር፥ ክብሩንም ከእርሱ ወሰዱት…. አንተም ልጁ ሆይ፥ ብልሻጻር ሆይ፥ ይህን ሁሉ ምንም እንኳ ታውቅ ሳለህ ልብህን አላዋረድህም፥ ነገር ግን በሰማይ አምላክ ላይ ከፍ ከፍ አደረግህ፤ የቤቱንም ዕቃዎች በፊትህ አመጡ፥ አንተና መኳንንትህ፥ ሚስቶችህና ቁባቶችህም በእነርሱ ጠጣችሁ፤ የማያዩትንም የማይሰሙትንም የማያውቁትንም የብርና የወርቅ፥ የናስ፥ የብረት፥ የእንጨትና የድንጋይ አማልክት አመሰገንህ፤ ነገር ግን ትንፋሽህ በእጁ ያለች፥ መንገዶችህም ሁሉ የእርሱ የሆኑትን አምላክ አላከበርህም።”
“‘This is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene: God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it. Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Peres: Thy kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’
“‘የተጻፈው ጽሕፈት ይህ ነው፤ ሜኔ፥ ሜኔ፥ ቴቄል፥ ኡፋርሲን። የነገሩም ትርጓሜ ይህ ነው፤ ሜኔ፦ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥትህን ቈጥሮ ፈጽሞታል። ቴቄል፦ በሚዛን ተመዝነሃል፥ ጐድሎህም ተገኝተሃል። ፈሬስ፦ መንግሥትህ ተከፍሎ ለሜዶንና ለፋርስ ተሰጥቷል።’”
“Daniel did not swerve from his duty. He held the king’s sin before him, showing him the lessons he might have learned but did not. Belshazzar had not heeded the events so significant to him. He had not read his grandfather’s history correctly. The responsibility of knowing truth had been laid upon him, but the practical lesson he might have learned and acted upon had not been taken to heart; and his course of action brought the sure result.
“ዳንኤል ከግዴታው አልዘነበለም። ንጉሡ ሊማር ይችል ነበር ነገር ግን ያልተማረባቸውን ትምህርቶች በማሳየት የንጉሡን ኃጢአት በፊቱ አቆመ። ብልሻጽር ለእርሱ እጅግ ጠቃሚ የነበሩትን ክስተቶች አልተገነዘበም። የአያቱን ታሪክ በትክክል አላነበበም። እውነትን የማወቅ ኃላፊነት በእርሱ ላይ ተጥሎ ነበር፣ ነገር ግን ሊማርበትና በእርሱም መሠረት ሊሠራ ይችል የነበረው ተግባራዊ ትምህርት ወደ ልቡ አልገባም፤ እርሱም የወሰደው አካሄድ የማይቀር ውጤት አመጣ።”
“This was the last feast of boasting held by the Chaldean king; for He who bears long with man’s perversity had passed the irrevocable sentence. Belshazzar had greatly dishonoured the One who had exalted him as king, and his probation was taken from him. While the king and his nobles were at the height of their revelry, the Persians turned the Euphrates out of its channel, and marched into the unguarded city. As Belshazzar and his lords were drinking from the sacred vessels of Jehovah, and praising their gods of silver and gold, Cyrus and his soldiers stood under the walls of the palace. ‘In that night,’ the record says, ‘was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom.’” Bible Echo, May 2, 1898.
“ይህ በከለዳውያን ንጉሥ የተደረገ የትምክህት ግብዣ የመጨረሻው ነበር፤ ምክንያቱም የሰውን ጠማማነት ለረጅም ጊዜ የሚታገሥ እርሱ የማይመለስ ፍርድ አስቀድሞ አውጥቶ ነበር። ቤልሻጽር እርሱን ንጉሥ አድርጎ ያከበረውን አንዱን በእጅጉ አዋርዶ ነበር፥ የምሕረት ጊዜውም ከእርሱ ተወስዶ ነበር። ንጉሡና መኳንንቱ በደስታቸው ከፍተኛ ጫፍ ላይ ሳሉ፥ ፋርሳውያን ኤፍራጥስን ከመሄጃው መንገድ አስወግደው ወደ ያልተጠበቀችው ከተማ ገቡ። ቤልሻጽርና ጌቶቹ ከይሖዋ የተቀደሱትን ዕቃዎች ጠጅ እየጠጡባቸው፥ የብርና የወርቅ አማልክቶቻቸውንም እያመሰገኑ ሳሉ፥ ቂሮስና ወታደሮቹ ከቤተ መንግሥቱ ቅጥር በታች ቆመው ነበር። ‘በዚያች ሌሊትም፥’ መዝገቡ እንዲህ ይላል፥ ‘የከለዳውያን ንጉሥ ቤልሻጽር ተገደለ። መዶሳዊውም ዳርዮስ መንግሥቱን ወሰደ።’” Bible Echo, May 2, 1898.
In the midst of the crisis, the queen (a church), identified that there is a source that can identify the “Future for America”. Daniel once again stands in his lot to fulfill his purpose at the end of the days. The witness of the ensign given in the fiery furnace by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is now given by Daniel, as he adds to the line of truth that in the “hour” of the Sunday law crisis, those who represent the ensign will be brought before the state authorities to testify of the truth.
በቀውሱ መካከል፣ ንግሥቲቱ (ቤተ ክርስቲያን)፣ “Future for America”ን ሊለይ የሚችል ምንጭ እንዳለ አስተወቀች። ዳንኤል እንደገና በዕጣው ውስጥ ቆሞ፣ በዘመኑ ፍጻሜ ዓላማውን ይፈጽም ዘንድ ይገኛል። ሰድራቅ፣ ሜሳቅ እና አቤድናጎ በእሳቱ እቶን ውስጥ የሰጡት የሰንደቁ ምስክርነት፣ አሁን ደግሞ በዳንኤል ይሰጣል፤ እርሱም በእውነት መስመር ላይ ይህን ይጨምራል፥ በእሁድ ሕግ ቀውስ “ሰዓት” ውስጥ፣ ሰንደቁን የሚወክሉ ሰዎች ስለ እውነት ምስክርነት ለመስጠት በመንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት ፊት ይቀርባሉ።
“‘They will deliver you up to councils, … yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.’ Matthew 10:17, 18, R. V. Persecution will spread the light. The servants of Christ will be brought before the great men of the world, who, but for this, might never hear the gospel. The truth has been misrepresented to these men. They have listened to false charges concerning the faith of Christ’s disciples. Often their only means of learning its real character is the testimony of those who are brought to trial for their faith. Under examination these are required to answer, and their judges to listen to the testimony borne. God’s grace will be dispensed to His servants to meet the emergency. ‘It shall be given you,’ says Jesus, ‘in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.’ As the Spirit of God illuminates the minds of His servants, the truth will be presented in its divine power and preciousness. Those who reject the truth will stand to accuse and oppress the disciples. But under loss and suffering, even unto death, the Lord’s children are to reveal the meekness of their divine Example. Thus will be seen the contrast between Satan’s agents and the representatives of Christ. The Saviour will be lifted up before the rulers and the people.” The Desire of Ages, 354.
“‘ለምክር ቤቶች አሳልፈው ይሰጧችኋል፣ … ለእነርሱና ለአሕዛብም ምስክር እንድትሆኑ ስለ እኔ በገዥዎችና በነገሥታት ፊት ያቀርቧችኋል።’ ማቴዎስ 10፡17, 18፣ R. V. መከራ ብርሃኑን ያስፋፋል። የክርስቶስ አገልጋዮች በዓለም ታላላቅ ሰዎች ፊት ይቀርባሉ፤ ይህ ባይሆን ግን ወንጌልን ፈጽሞ ሊሰሙ የማይችሉ ነበሩ። እውነት ለእነዚህ ሰዎች በተሳሳተ መልኩ ቀርቦባቸዋል። ስለ ክርስቶስ ደቀ መዛሙርት እምነት የቀረቡ የሐሰት ክሶችን ሰምተዋል። ብዙ ጊዜ እውነተኛ ባሕርዩን ለማወቅ ያላቸው ብቸኛ መንገድ ስለ እምነታቸው ለፍርድ የሚቀርቡት ሰዎች ምስክርነት ነው። በምርመራ ጊዜ እነዚህ እንዲመልሱ ይጠየቃሉ፣ ፈራጆቻቸውም የሚሰጠውን ምስክርነት ለማዳመጥ ይገደዳሉ። የእግዚአብሔር ጸጋ አገልጋዮቹን የዚያን ጊዜ አስቸኳይ ሁኔታ እንዲቋቋሙ ይሰጣቸዋል። “‘በዚያች ሰዓት የምትናገሩት ይሰጣችኋል’ ይላል ኢየሱስ፤ ‘የሚናገርባችሁ የአባታችሁ መንፈስ ነው እንጂ የምትናገሩት እናንተ አይደላችሁምና።’ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ የአገልጋዮቹን አእምሮ ሲያበራ፣ እውነት በመለኮታዊ ኃይሏና በክቡር ዋጋዋ ይቀርባል። እውነትን የሚክዱ ሰዎች ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ለመክሰስና ለመጨቆን ይቆማሉ። ነገር ግን በኪሳራና በመከራ፣ እስከ ሞትም ድረስ፣ የጌታ ልጆች የመለኮታዊ አርአያቸውን የዋህነት ሊገልጡ ይገባቸዋል። እንዲሁም በሰይጣን ወኪሎችና በክርስቶስ ተወካዮች መካከል ያለው ልዩነት ይታያል። አዳኙ በገዥዎችና በሕዝቡ ፊት ከፍ ከፍ ይደረጋል።” የዘመናት ምኞት፣ 354።
As with the three worthies, Daniel was not interested in any gifts, nor did he need to rehearse what he was going to say. He very simply presented the interpretation of the “seven times,” represented upon the wall.
እንደ ሦስቱ ቅዱሳን ሰዎች ሁሉ፣ ዳንኤል በማንኛውም ስጦታ ፍላጎት አልነበረውም፤ እንዲሁም የሚናገረውን አስቀድሞ ለመደጋገም አያስፈልገውም ነበር። በቅጥሩ ላይ የተመለከተውን “ሰባቱን ዘመናት” በእጅግ ቀላል ሁኔታ ትርጓሜውን አቀረበ።
We will continue the story of Belshazzar in the next article.
በሚቀጥለው ጽሑፍ የቤልሻጽርን ታሪክ እንቀጥላለን።
“Those who are unfaithful to the work of God are lacking in principle; their motives are not of a character to lead them to choose the right under all circumstances. The servants of God are to feel at all times that they are under the eye of their employer. He who watched the sacrilegious feast of Belshazzar is present in all our institutions, in the counting-room of the merchant, in the private workshop; and the bloodless hand is as surely recording your neglect as it recorded the awful judgment of the blasphemous king. Belshazzar’s condemnation was written in words of fire, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting’; and if you fail to fulfill your God-given obligations your condemnation will be the same.” Messages to Young People, 229.
“ለእግዚአብሔር ሥራ ታማኝ ያልሆኑ ሰዎች መርህ ይጎድላቸዋል፤ ከሁሉም ሁኔታ በታች ትክክለኛውን እንዲመርጡ የሚመራቸው ዓይነት ያለ ተነሳሽነት የላቸውም። የእግዚአብሔር አገልጋዮች ሁልጊዜ እንደ ባለጌታቸው ዓይን ሥር እንዳሉ ሊሰማቸው ይገባል። የብልሻጽርን ቅዱስን የሚያረክስ ግብዣ የተመለከተ እርሱ በሁሉም ተቋማችን፣ በነጋዴው የሂሳብ ቤት፣ በግል የሥራ ማዕከሉም ውስጥ አለ፤ ደም የሌለውም እጅ የስድብ ንጉሡን አስፈሪ ፍርድ እንደ መዘገበች ሁሉ የእናንተን ቸልተኝነት ደግሞ በእርግጥ እየመዘገበች ነው። የብልሻጽር ፍርድ ‘በሚቃጠል ቃል’ ተጽፎ ነበር፦ ‘በሚዛን ተመዝነሃል፥ ጎድሎህማል፤’ እናንተም እግዚአብሔር የሰጣችሁን ግዴታ ለመፈጸም ብትጎድሉ ፍርዳችሁ ደግሞ እንዲሁ ይሆናል።” Messages to Young People, 229.