In the book of Ezekiel, the ‘siege’ of Jerusalem is the ‘sign’ that is the test by which our eternal destiny will be decided, for it marks the formation of the image of the beast.
Hauv phau ntawv Exekees, qhov “kev vij” ntawm Yeluxalees yog “lub cim” uas yog txoj kev sim uas peb txoj hmoo mus ib txhis yuav raug txiav txim los ntawm, rau qhov nws qhia txog kev tsim tsa daim duab ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum.
“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. …
“Tus Tswv tau qhia rau kuv kom meej tias tus mlom ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum yuav raug tsim tsa ua ntej lub sij hawm sim neej xaus; vim qhov no yuav yog txoj kev sim loj rau cov neeg ntawm Vajtswv, uas los ntawm qhov no lawv txoj hmoo nyob mus ib txhis yuav raug txiav txim. …
“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.
“Qhov no yog txoj kev sim uas Vajtswv haiv neeg yuav tsum ntsib ua ntej lawv raug muab khi ua cim. Txhua tus uas tau qhia tias lawv muaj siab ncaj rau Vajtswv los ntawm kev ceev Nws txoj kevcai, thiab tsis kam txais ib hnub Xanpataus cuav, yuav sawv nyob hauv tus chij ntawm tus Tswv Vajtswv Yehauvas, thiab yuav txais lub cim khi ntawm Vajtswv uas muaj sia nyob. Cov uas tso tseg qhov tseeb uas muaj keeb kwm saum ntuj ceeb tsheej thiab txais hnub Xanpataus Hnub Caiv, yuav txais lub cim ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.
The Christians that fled Jerusalem at the ‘sign’ of Cestius, did so because they had been forewarned and recognized the ‘sign’ when it arrived. Recognizing the formation of the image of the beast is to recognize the “events,” “preparations” and “movements” that lead to the Sunday law. The prophetic elements that make up the ‘sign’ must be understood in advance of the sign. When Cestius began the siege it was too late to learn what the sign was.
Cov Khixatia uas tau khiav tawm hauv Yeluxalees thaum lub sij hawm muaj “lub cim” ntawm Cestius, tau ua li ntawd vim lawv twb raug ceeb toom ua ntej lawm thiab lawv thiaj lees paub “lub cim” ntawd thaum nws los txog. Kev lees paub txog kev tsim tsa tus yam ntxwv ntawm tus tsiaj qus yog kev lees paub txog cov “xwm txheej,” “kev npaj,” thiab “cov kev txav” uas coj mus rau txoj cai Hnub Caiv. Cov ntsiab lus yaj saub uas tsim los ua “lub cim” yuav tsum raug to taub ua ntej lub cim ntawd los txog. Thaum Cestius pib lub yeej v围, ces twb lig dhau lawm los kawm paub tias lub cim ntawd yog dab tsi.
“Already preparations are advancing, and movements are in progress, which will result in making an image to the beast. Events will be brought about in the earth’s history that will fulfill the predictions of prophecy for these last days.” Review and Herald, April 23, 1889.
“Cov kev npaj twb tabtom nce mus lawm, thiab ntau yam kev txav txawm tabtom ua tiav, uas yuav coj mus rau kev tsim ib tug duab rau tus tsiaj nyaum. Tej xwm txheej yuav raug coj los ua kom muaj nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm lub ntiajteb no, uas yuav ua kom tiav tej lus twv yav tom ntej rau cov hnub kawg no.” Review and Herald, Plaub Hlis 23, 1889.
Preparations, Movements and Events
Kev Npaj, Kev Txav Mus Los thiab Tej Xwm Txheej
The “preparations,” “movements” and “events” must be recognized in advance of the test.
Cov “kev npaj,” “kev txav” thiab “tej xwm txheej” yuav tsum raug lees paub ua ntej txog qhov kev sim siab.
“All that God has in prophetic history specified to be fulfilled in the past has been, and all that is yet to come in its order will be. Daniel, God’s prophet, stands in his place. John stands in his place. In the Revelation the Lion of the tribe of Judah has opened to the students of prophecy the book of Daniel, and thus is Daniel standing in his place. He bears his testimony, that which the Lord revealed to him in vision of the great and solemn events which we must know as we stand on the very threshold of their fulfillment.
“Txhua yam uas Vajtswv tau qhia meej tseg hauv keeb kwm yaj saub tias yuav tsum tau ua tiav yav dhau los twb tau ua tiav lawm, thiab txhua yam uas tseem yuav los txog raws li nws txheej txheem kuj yuav muaj tiav. Daniyee, tus yaj saub ntawm Vajtswv, sawv hauv nws qhov chaw. Yauhas sawv hauv nws qhov chaw. Hauv Phau Ntawv Qhia Tshwm, Tsov Ntxhuav ntawm xeem Yudas tau qhib phau ntawv Daniyee rau cov tub ntxhais kawm txog yaj saub, thiab li no Daniyee thiaj sawv hauv nws qhov chaw. Nws nqa nws zaj lus tim khawv, yog yam uas tus Tswv tau qhia tshwm rau nws hauv yog toog txog cov xwm txheej loj thiab dawb ceev heev uas peb yuav tsum paub thaum peb sawv ntawm lub chaw pib nkaus ntawm lawv txoj kev ua tiav.”
“In history and prophecy the Word of God portrays the long continued conflict between truth and error. That conflict is yet in progress. Those things which have been, will be repeated.” Selected Messages, book 2, 109.
“Hauv keeb kwm thiab tej lus faj lem, Vajtswv Txojlus qhia txog txoj kev sib tawm tsam ntev mus li ntawm qhov tseeb thiab qhov yuam kev. Txoj kev sib tawm tsam ntawd tseem tab tom txuas ntxiv mus. Tej yam uas twb tau muaj lawm, yuav rov muaj dua.” Selected Messages, phau ntawv 2, 109.
We “must know” “the great and solemn events as we stand on the very threshold of their fulfillment.” The threshold identifies our need to understand the events in advance of their fulfilment.
Peb “yuav tsum paub” “tej xwm txheej loj thiab hnyav uas yuav tshwm sim, thaum peb sawv ntawm lub chaw pib nkaus xwb ntawm lawv qhov kev ua tiav.” Lub chaw pib ntawd qhia tias peb yuav tsum to taub tej xwm txheej no ua ntej lawv yuav los ua tiav.
“But the stern tracings of the prophetic pencil reveal a change in this peaceful scene. The beast with lamb-like horns speaks with the voice of a dragon, and ‘exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.’ The spirit of persecution manifested by paganism and the papacy is again to be revealed. Prophecy declares that this power will say ‘to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast.’ [Revelation 13:14.] The image is made to the first or leopard-like beast, which is the one brought to view in the third angel’s message. By this first beast is represented the Roman Church, an ecclesiastical body clothed with civil power, having authority to punish all dissenters. The image to the beast represents another religious body clothed with similar power. The formation of this image is the work of that beast whose peaceful rise and mild professions render it so striking a symbol of the United States. Here is to be found an image of the papacy. When the churches of our land, uniting upon such points of faith as are held by them in common, shall influence the State to enforce their decrees and sustain their institutions, then will Protestant America have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy. Then the true church will be assailed by persecution, as were God’s ancient people. Almost every century furnishes examples of what bigotry and malice can do under a plea of serving God by protecting the rights of Church and State. Protestant churches that have followed in the steps of Rome by forming alliance with worldly powers have manifested a similar desire to restrict liberty of conscience. In the seventeenth century thousands of non-conformist ministers suffered under the rule of the Church of England. Persecution always follows religious favoritism on the part of secular governments.” Spirit of Prophecy, volume 4, 277.
“Tiamsis cov kab uas tus cwj mem ntawm kev cev Vajtswv lus kos tseg nrog kev nruj nreem nthuav tawm ib qho kev hloov hauv daim duab uas muaj kev thaj yeeb no. Tus tsiaj qus uas muaj kub zoo li menyuam yaj hais lus nrog lub suab ntawm tus zaj, thiab ‘ua txhua txoj cai ntawm thawj tus tsiaj qus ntawd rau ntawm nws xub ntiag.’ Tus ntsuj plig ntawm kev tsim txom uas tau tshwm los ntawm kev teev dab mlom thiab los ntawm txoj kev kav ntawm papacy yuav rov raug nthuav tawm dua. Kev cev Vajtswv lus tshaj tawm tias lub hwj chim no yuav hais ‘rau cov uas nyob saum npoo ntiajteb, kom lawv ua ib tug mlom rau tus tsiaj qus.’ [Revelation 13:14.] Tus mlom ntawd raug ua rau thawj tus tsiaj qus, lossis tus zoo li tsov txaij, uas yog tus uas raug coj los qhia hauv txoj xov ntawm tus tim tswv thib peb. Los ntawm thawj tus tsiaj qus no yog sawv cev rau lub Koom Txoos Loos, yog ib lub cev ntawm kev teev hawm uas hnav nrog hwj chim ntawm nom tswv, muaj cai rau txim rau txhua tus uas tsis pom zoo. Tus mlom rau tus tsiaj qus sawv cev rau ib lub cev kev cai dab qhuas ntxiv uas hnav nrog hwj chim zoo ib yam. Kev tsim tus mlom no yog tes haujlwm ntawm tus tsiaj qus ntawd uas nws txoj kev sawv los muaj kev thaj yeeb thiab nws cov lus lees paub uas mos muag ua rau nws yog ib lub cim uas phim tshaj plaws rau Tebchaws Meskas. Ntawm no thiaj pom muaj ib tug mlom ntawm papacy. Thaum cov koom txoos hauv peb lub tebchaws, koom siab rau cov ntsiab lus ntawm txoj kev ntseeg uas lawv tuav ua ke, yuav muaj feem txhawb kom Lub Xeev yuam kom lawv tej kev txiav txim siv tau thiab txhawb nqa lawv tej koom haum, ces Protestant America yuav tau tsim ib tug mlom ntawm txoj kev tswj hwm qib txheej ntawm Loos. Ces lub koom txoos tseeb yuav raug ntaus los ntawm kev tsim txom, ib yam li Vajtswv haiv neeg puag thaum ub tau raug. Yuav luag txhua tiam puas xyoo muab piv txwv qhia txog yam uas kev ntxub ntxaug dig muag thiab kev phem siab ua tau thaum lawv siv lub npe tias yog tab tom ua Vajtswv tes haujlwm los tiv thaiv cov cai ntawm Koom Txoos thiab Lub Xeev. Cov koom txoos Protestant uas tau taug raws cov kauj ruam ntawm Loos los ntawm kev ua phooj ywg nrog tej hwj chim hauv ntiajteb tau qhia tawm tib yam kev ntshaw los txwv txoj kev ywj pheej ntawm lub siab dawb paug. Nyob rau tiam puas xyoo kaum xya ntau txhiab tus xibhwb uas tsis raws li txoj cai raug txom nyem nyob rau hauv kev tswj hwm ntawm lub Koom Txoos Askiv. Kev tsim txom yeej ib txwm raws tom qab kev xaiv ntsej muag rau kev cai dab qhuas ntawm cov nom tswv hauv lub xeev.” Spirit of Prophecy, volume 4, 277.
The formation of the image of the beast is accomplished first in the United States, and thereafter in the world.
Kev tsim tsa tus duab ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum yog ua tiav xub thawj hauv Tebchaws Meskas, thiab tom qab ntawd hauv lub ntiaj teb.
“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.
“Lwm haiv neeg txawv teb chaws yuav ua raws li tus qauv piv txwv ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Txawm yog nws yuav coj tawm ua ntej los xij, tib txoj kev kub ntxhov ntawd kuj yuav los raug rau peb haiv neeg nyob hauv txhua feem ntawm lub ntiaj teb no.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.
The Edict of Milan in 313 represents the starting of the formation, and also identifies the closed door for Seventh-day Adventists. Constantine of the west and Licinius of the east attached a treaty marriage to the Edict, when Constantine gave his half-sister Constantia to Licinius in the fourth treaty marriage represented in a prophetic line of the six treaty marriages within the prophetic history of Daniel eleven. The first two were associated with wars between the north and south, the next two were civil wars between east and west and the last two are symbolic marriages of the papal church power and state power.
Tsab Cai ntawm Milan xyoo 313 sawv cev rau qhov pib ntawm kev tsim tsa, thiab kuj qhia txog lub qhov rooj kaw rau Cov Neeg Cia Hnub Xya. Constantine ntawm sab hnub poob thiab Licinius ntawm sab hnub tuaj tau txuas ib txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus rau hauv Tsab Cai ntawd, thaum Constantine muab nws tus muam ib nrab hu ua Constantia rau Licinius hauv txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus zaum plaub, uas raug sawv cev hauv ib txoj kab yaj saub ntawm rau txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus nyob hauv keeb kwm yaj saub ntawm Daniyees kaum ib. Ob txoj thawj raug txuas nrog kev ua rog ntawm sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb, ob txoj tom ntej yog kev ua rog hauv teb chaws nruab nrab ntawm sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob, thiab ob txoj kawg yog kev sib yuav piv txwv txog hwj chim pawg ntseeg papal thiab hwj chim ntawm lub xeev.
Antiochus II Theos set aside his wife Laodice I to marry the Ptolemaic princess Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II) around 252 BC. The treaty marriages of the Seleucid Empire were accomplished between the king of the north and the king of the south, whereas; the treaty marriage of 313 was between the emperor of the east and the emperor of the west.
Antiochus II Theos tau tseg nws tus poj niam Laodice I tseg kom yuav tus ntxhais vajntxwv Ptolemaic hu ua Berenice (tus ntxhais ntawm Ptolemy II) kwv yees xyoo 252 BC. Cov kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus ntawm lub tebchaws Seleucid tau raug ua tiav nruab nrab ntawm vajntxwv sab qaum teb thiab vajntxwv sab qab teb, hos; kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus xyoo 313 yog nyob nruab nrab ntawm tus huab tais sab hnub tuaj thiab tus huab tais sab hnub poob.
The treaty marriage of Antiochus II Theos in 252 BC, represented the beginning of the Seleucid Empire that reached its conclusion as an empire in the history represented in verses ten through sixteen of Daniel eleven. In the final history of the Seleucid empire another treaty marriage was accomplished by Antiochus III the Great, when he gave his daughter Cleopatra I Syra, (the very first Cleopatra of prophetic history) to Ptolemy V in 193 BC. At the time Ptolemy V was about 16 and Cleopatra I Syra about 10 years old. Their marriage was a diplomatic settlement after the fifth Syrian war. The alpha treaty marriage between the king of the north and south in Daniel eleven had marked the end of the second Syrian war.
Kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus ntawm Antiochus II Theos hauv xyoo 252 BC sawv cev rau qhov pib ntawm lub tebchaws Seleucid uas tau mus txog nws qhov xaus raws li ib lub tebchaws nyob rau hauv keeb kwm uas raug sawv cev hauv nqe kaum txog kaum rau ntawm Daniyees kaum ib. Hauv keeb kwm kawg ntawm lub tebchaws Seleucid, muaj dua ib txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus uas Antiochus III tus Loj tau ua tiav, thaum nws muab nws tus ntxhais Cleopatra I Syra, (uas yog thawj tus Cleopatra kiag li hauv keeb kwm yaj saub) rau Ptolemy V hauv xyoo 193 BC. Lub sijhawm ntawd Ptolemy V muaj kwv yees li 16 xyoos, hos Cleopatra I Syra muaj kwv yees li 10 xyoos. Lawv txoj kev sib yuav yog ib qho kev daws teeb meem raws li kev diplomacy tom qab tsov rog Syrian zaum tsib. Txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus alpha ntawm vajntxwv qaum teb thiab vajntxwv qab teb hauv Daniyees kaum ib tau cim qhov kawg ntawm tsov rog Syrian zaum ob.
The last Cleopatra of prophetic history interacted with both Julius Caesar and thereafter with Mark Antony. After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC the second Triumvirate was formed in 43 BC. Three men made up the triumvirate and after one of those three, Marcus Lepidus was forced out of the threefold union by Octavian, a power struggle between Mark Antony of the east and Octavian of the west ensued. At Brundisium, in 40 BC a treaty between the two eastern and western rivals was made. The treaty included the marriage between Octavian’s sister Octavia and Mark Antony. The treaty and accompanying marriage did not hold, and after Mark Antony became involved with Cleopatra, he divorced Octavia in 32 BC. At the battle of Actium in 31 BC, the empires of east and west were consolidated into one power, and Octavian thereafter became Augustus Caesar, the symbol of the height of Roman glory and power.
Cleopatra kawg hauv keeb kwm cev Vajtswv lus tau muaj kev sib raug zoo nrog ob leeg Julius Caesar thiab tom qab ntawd nrog Mark Antony. Tom qab kev tua Julius Caesar hauv xyoo 44 BC, tau tsim Pawg Thawj Coj Peb Leeg thib ob hauv xyoo 43 BC. Peb tug txiv neej tau tsim ua pawg peb leeg ntawd, thiab tom qab ib tug ntawm peb tug ntawd, Marcus Lepidus, raug Octavian ntiab tawm ntawm txoj kev koom tes peb sab, ces kev sib tw rau hwj chim ntawm Mark Antony sab hnub tuaj thiab Octavian sab hnub poob thiaj li tshwm sim. Hauv Brundisium, xyoo 40 BC, tau muaj kev cog lus sib haum xeeb raug tsim los ntawm ob tug yeeb ncuab sib tw sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob ntawd. Daim ntawv cog lus ntawd muaj nrog txoj kev sib yuav ntawm Octavian tus muam Octavia thiab Mark Antony. Daim ntawv cog lus thiab txoj kev sib yuav uas nrog los ntawd tsis ruaj khov, thiab tom qab Mark Antony tau los koom nrog Cleopatra, nws thiaj nrauj Octavia xyoo 32 BC. Hauv tsov rog Actium xyoo 31 BC, tej faj tim teb chaws sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob tau raug koom ua ib lub hwj chim xwb, thiab tom qab ntawd Octavian thiaj los ua Augustus Caesar, uas yog lub cim ntawm qhov siab kawg ntawm Loos lub yeeb koob thiab hwj chim.
Prophetically the first treaty marriage of Daniel eleven was between the kings of the north and south in an attempt to end hostilities between the two combatants who were struggling to re-establish the empire of Alexander the Great. That first treaty marriage between the Seleucids and the Ptolemy’s of Egypt was the alpha treaty marriage of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms, which typified the omega treaty marriage between the same two powers. In the last or omega treaty marriage, the very first or alpha Cleopatra of Egyptian history became the prophetic link to the last, or omega Cleopatra; whose relationship with Mark Antony became the point of reference for the divorce of Octavia and Mark Antony. The divorce marked the renewed hostilities between Mark Antony of the east and Octavian of the west which ended at the battle of Actium in 31 BC.
Hais txog yav tom ntej raws li lus faj lem, thawj txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus hauv Daniyee tshooj kaum ib yog nyob nruab nrab ntawm vaj ntxwv sab qaum teb thiab vaj ntxwv sab qab teb, ua ib qho kev sim los xaus kev ua yeeb ncuab ntawm ob tog tub rog uas tab tom tawm tsam kom rov tsa Aleksandaw tus Loj lub teb chaws kav tebchaws dua tshiab. Thawj txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus ntawd, nyob nruab nrab ntawm cov Seleucid thiab cov Ptolemy ntawm Iyi tebchaws, yog alpha txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus ntawm lub nceeg vaj Seleucid thiab Ptolemaic, uas tau ua tus qauv qhia txog omega txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus ntawm tib ob lub hwjchim ntawd. Hauv txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus kawg, lossis omega, Cleopatra thawj tug kiag hauv keeb kwm Iyi tebchaws tau los ua txoj kev txuas raws li lus faj lem mus rau Cleopatra kawg, lossis omega; uas nws txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog Mark Antony tau los ua lub ntsiab chaw siv los txheeb txog txoj kev sib nrauj ntawm Octavia thiab Mark Antony. Txoj kev sib nrauj ntawd tau cim txog kev rov pib dua ntawm kev ua yeeb ncuab ntawm Mark Antony sab hnub tuaj thiab Octavian sab hnub poob, uas tau xaus rau hauv tsov rog Actium xyoo 31 BC.
The treaty marriage of Brundisium in 40 BC was the alpha treaty marriage of the struggle between east and west, just as the treaty marriage of Laodice and Antiochus II Theo was the alpha of the struggle between north and south. The treaty marriage of 313 was the omega to the alpha treaty marriage of Mark Antony and Octavia, just as the treaty marriage between Ptolemy V and Cleopatra I Syra was the omega treaty marriage of the northern and southern kingdoms. The three treaty marriages that led to the omega treaty marriage of 313 all align, and provide three witnesses to the prophetic characteristics associated with the Edict of Milan. Together the four literal treaty marriages of east, west, north and south align with the two symbolic treaty marriages of the papacy.
Kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus ntawm Brundisium hauv 40 BC yog txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus alpha ntawm txoj kev tawm tsam nruab nrab sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob, ib yam li txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus ntawm Laodice thiab Antiochus II Theo yog alpha ntawm txoj kev tawm tsam nruab nrab sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb. Txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus ntawm 313 yog omega rau txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus alpha ntawm Mark Antony thiab Octavia, ib yam li txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus ntawm Ptolemy V thiab Cleopatra I Syra yog txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus omega ntawm cov tebchaws sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb. Peb txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus uas coj mus rau txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus omega ntawm 313 puav leej sib haum, thiab muab peb tug tim khawv rau tej yam ntxwv yaj saub uas txuas nrog Edict of Milan. Ua ke, plaub txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus tiag tiag ntawm sab hnub tuaj, sab hnub poob, sab qaum teb, thiab sab qab teb sib haum nrog ob txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cim ntawm lub hwj chim papacy.
In 496, Clovis the king of the Franks was married to Clotilda. Clotilda was a Burgundian princess, the daughter of King Chilperic II of Burgundy. After her father and mother were murdered in a family power struggle, she lived under the protection of her uncle before being given in marriage to Clovis I, king of the Franks, in 493. She was a Catholic, that is, she held the Nicene/orthodox faith of the Roman Church. This set her apart from many other Germanic royal families of the time, who were Arian Christians. Her mother Caretena had been Catholic, and Clotilda was raised in that faith. She is remembered for persistently urging Clovis to abandon paganism and accept Catholic baptism, and thereafter his conversion in 496 is one of the most important events in the early history of France and of Western so-called Christianity.
Xyoo 496, Clovis uas yog vajntxwv ntawm cov Franks tau yuav Clotilda ua pojniam. Clotilda yog ib tug ntxhais fuabtais Burgundian, yog tus ntxhais ntawm Vajntxwv Chilperic II ntawm Burgundy. Tom qab nws txiv thiab nws niam raug tua nyob rau hauv kev sib ceg txeeb hwjchim hauv tsev neeg, nws tau nyob hauv kev tiv thaiv ntawm nws txiv ntxawm ua ntej raug muab los ua pojniam rau Clovis I, vajntxwv ntawm cov Franks, xyoo 493. Nws yog ib tug Catholic, uas yog hais tias, nws tuav txoj kev ntseeg Nicene/orthodox ntawm Lub Koom Txoos Roman. Qhov no ua rau nws txawv ntawm ntau tsev neeg vajntxwv Germanic lwm tus nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd, uas yog cov Khixatia Arian. Nws niam Caretena tau yog ib tug Catholic, thiab Clotilda tau raug tsa hlob hauv txoj kev ntseeg ntawd. Nws raug nco txog vim nws pheej yaum Clovis kom tso kev pe dab pe mlom tseg thiab lees txais kev cai raus dej Catholic, thiab tom qab ntawd nws txoj kev hloov siab los ntseeg xyoo 496 yog ib qho ntawm cov xwm txheej tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm thaum ntxov ntawm Fabkis thiab ntawm qhov hu ua Khixatia sab Hnub Poob.
Clovis vowed that if he won the battle of Tolbiac he would convert to Clotilda’s Catholic faith and be baptized. The Alemanni king was killed, their army broke, and the Franks won. After the victory Clotilda arranged for Bishop Remigius of Reims to instruct Clovis, and he was baptized (traditionally on Christmas Day 496), along with several thousand of his warriors.
Clovis tau hais cog lus tias yog nws yeej hauv tsov rog Tolbiac nws yuav tig los ntseeg Clotilda txoj kev ntseeg Kas Tos Liv thiab yuav txais kev cai raus dej. Vaj ntxwv Alemanni raug tua lawm, lawv pab tub rog tawg khiav, thiab cov Franks yeej. Tom qab txoj kev yeej ntawd Clotilda npaj kom Npis Sov Remigius ntawm Reims qhia Clovis, thiab nws tau txais kev cai raus dej (raws li kab lig kev cai hais tias yog hnub Christmas xyoo 496), nrog rau ob peb txhiab leej ntawm nws cov tub rog thiab.
Clovis was the king of the Franks, which in modern terms is the king of France. He became the first of the kings of Europe who would ultimately surrender their pagan religion and turn to Catholicism. For this reason, Clovis is considered the “eldest son of the Catholic church,” and France is called, “the eldest daughter of the Catholic church.” In 1980, when pope John Paul II visited France he asked, “France, eldest daughter of the Church, are you faithful to your baptism?”
Clovis yog vajntxwv ntawm cov Franks, uas raws li lus niaj hnub no txhais tau tias yog vajntxwv ntawm Fabkis. Nws tau los ua thawj tug ntawm cov vajntxwv hauv Tebchaws Europe uas thaum kawg yuav tso tseg lawv txojkev teev dab qhuas cuav thiab tig los txais txoj kev ntseeg Kas Tos Liv. Vim li no, Clovis raug suav hais tias yog “tus tub hlob ntawm lub Koom Txoos Kas Tos Liv,” thiab Fabkis raug hu ua, “tus ntxhais hlob ntawm lub Koom Txoos Kas Tos Liv.” Xyoo 1980, thaum Pope John Paul II mus xyuas Fabkis nws tau nug tias, “Fabkis, tus ntxhais hlob ntawm lub Koom Txoos, koj puas muab siab npuab rau koj txojkev ua kevcai raus dej?”
Clovis' conversion to Nicene Catholicism identifies the start of a symbolic marriage procession that would lead to the symbolic treaty marriage of 538. The symbolic treaty marriage between Clovis and the whore who commits fornication with the kings of the earth was typified by the four previous treaty marriages in Daniel eleven. Clovis was the first European king to provide military and economic support for the Roman church and Clovis is therefore represented within the history in Daniel eleven.
Kev tig los ntseeg ntawm Clovis mus rau Nicene Catholicism qhia txog qhov pib ntawm ib txoj kev taug kev ua tshoob uas muaj lub ntsiab lus piv txwv, txoj kev ntawd yuav coj mus rau txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus uas muaj lub ntsiab lus piv txwv hauv xyoo 538. Txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus uas muaj lub ntsiab lus piv txwv ntawd, uas nyob nruab nrab ntawm Clovis thiab tus niam ntiav uas ua nkauj ua nraug nrog cov vajntxwv hauv ntiajteb, tau raug ua qauv qhia ua ntej los ntawm plaub txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus yav dhau los hauv Daniyees kaum ib. Clovis yog thawj tus vajntxwv nyob sab Europe uas muab kev txhawb nqa tub rog thiab nyiaj txiag rau lub koom txoos Loos, thiab yog li ntawd Clovis raug sawv cev nyob hauv keeb kwm hauv Daniyees kaum ib.
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Daniel 11:31.
Thiab tej tub rog yuav sawv ntawm nws sab, thiab lawv yuav ua kom lub chaw dawb huv uas yog lub chaw muaj hwj chim qias neeg, thiab lawv yuav tshem tawm txoj kev txi niaj hnub, thiab lawv yuav tsa yam qias neeg uas ua rau kev puam tsuaj. Daniel 11:31.
Clovis in 496 marks the beginning of the European political structures to “stand up” to aid the papacy as it rose to power. It marks the beginning of a symbolic marriage procession. The “arms” of the verse would also pollute the “sanctuary of strength,” which for both pagan and papal Rome is the city of Rome.
Clovis nyob rau xyoo 496 cim txog qhov pib ntawm cov qauv kev nom kev tswv hauv Tebchaws Europe uas “sawv los” los pab txhawb txoj kev papacy thaum nws tab tom sawv los muaj hwjchim. Qhov no cim txog qhov pib ntawm ib txoj kev ua txheej txheem sib yuav uas muaj lub ntsiab lus piv txwv. Cov “caj npab” hauv nqe vajlugkub ntawd kuj yuav ua kom lub “chaw dawb huv ntawm lub zog” raug qias, uas rau ob leeg—Loos uas yog neeg pe hawm dab thiab Loos uas yog papal—yog lub nroog Loos.
Two Sanctuary's
Ob Lub Chaw Dawb Huv
There are two different Hebrew words in the book of Daniel that are translated as “sanctuary.” The Hebrew words ‘miqdash’ and ‘qodesh’ are both translated as “sanctuary,” but qodesh can only represent a holy entity, whereas miqdash can represent either a holy or unholy sanctuary—as determined by context.
Muaj ob lo lus Henplais sib txawv hauv phau Daniyees uas tau txhais ua “lub chaw dawb huv.” Ob lo lus Henplais ‘miqdash’ thiab ‘qodesh’ nkawd puav leej raug txhais ua “lub chaw dawb huv,” tiam sis qodesh tsuas yog sawv cev tau rau yam uas dawb huv xwb, hos miqdash kuj sawv cev tau rau ib lub chaw dawb huv los sis ib lub chaw tsis dawb huv thiab—raws li ntsiab lus nyob hauv kab lus txiav txim.
The “sanctuary of strength” in verse thirty-one is ‘miqdash’ and represents the sanctuary of Rome’s strength, which for both pagan and papal Rome was the city of Rome. From the battle of Actium, when Octavian united the empire, pagan Rome was invincible for three hundred and sixty years (a time) in fulfilment of verse twenty-four of Daniel eleven.
Lo lus “thaj chaw dawb huv ntawm lub zog” nyob hauv nqe peb caug ib yog ‘miqdash’ thiab sawv cev rau thaj chaw dawb huv ntawm lub zog ntawm Loos, uas rau ob qho tib si Loos teev dab qhuas thiab Loos papal, yog lub nroog Loos. Pib txij thaum kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Actium, thaum Octavian koom lub teb chaws faj tim teb chaws ua ke, Loos teev dab qhuas yeej tsis muaj leej twg kov yeej tau tau peb puas rau caum xyoo (ib lub sij hawm) raws li kev ua tiav ntawm nqe nees nkaum plaub hauv Daniyee kaum ib.
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.
Nws yuav nkag mus nyob kaj siab lug txawm mus rau tej thaj chaw rog tshaj plaws ntawm lub xeev; thiab nws yuav ua tej uas nws cov yawg koob tsis tau ua, thiab tsis yog nws cov yawg koob ua ntej lawv tau ua; nws yuav faib rau lawv tej khoom txeeb, thiab tej khoom plunder, thiab tej kev nplua nuj: muaj tseeb, nws yuav npaj nws tej tswv yim tawm tsam tej chaw ruaj khov, tsuas yog ib ntus xwb. Daniyee 11:24.
When pagan Rome ruled from the city of Rome it was invincible, but when Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople in 330, the “time” of verse twenty-four was fulfilled. When the last of the three horns (the Goths) of Daniel seven were driven out of the city, papal Rome prophetically took the throne as the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy in 538. The Goths had besieged Rome, but ultimately retreated as Belsarius, general for Justinian secured the city. The Roman church then ruled supremely for twelve hundred and sixty years until Napoleon had the pope removed and put in exile in 1798.
Thaum lub nroog Loos teev dab qhuas kav los ntawm lub nroog Loos, nws yog yam uas tsis muaj leejtwg kov yeej tau; tiam sis thaum Constantine tsiv lub peev mus rau Constantinople xyoo 330, ces “lub sijhawm” hauv nqe nees nkaum plaub tau tiav raws li yav tom ntej. Thaum tus kawg ntawm peb tug kub hauv Daniyee xya (cov Goths) raug ntiab tawm hauv lub nroog, Loos papal tau, raws li lus faj lem, sawv los tuav lub zwm txwv ua lub nceeg vaj thib tsib hauv tej lus faj lem hauv Phau Vajlugkub xyoo 538. Cov Goths tau tuaj kaw vav Loos, los thaum kawg lawv thim rov qab thaum Belsarius, tus thawj tub rog rau Justinian, tau txhim kho thiab tswj tau lub nroog ruaj khov. Tom qab ntawd pawg ntseeg Loos kav siab tshaj plaws tau ib txhiab ob puas rau caum xyoo mus txog thaum Napoleon muab tus pope tshem tawm thiab xa mus nyob txim teb chaws deb xyoo 1798.
Rome, “the sanctuary of strength” was “polluted,” (polluted, meaning ‘wounded or dissolved’), through the “arms” from the ongoing warfare against the city, represented primarily by the first four trumpets of Revelation chapter eight.
Loos, “lub chaw dawb huv ntawm lub zog,” raug “ua qias,” (ua qias, txhais tias “raug mob lossis raug rhuav tshem”), los ntawm cov “caj npab” ntawm kev ua tsov rog uas tab tom txuas ntxiv tawm tsam lub nroog, uas sawv cev feem ntau yog los ntawm thawj plaub lub raj nrov hauv Tshwm Sim tshooj yim.
The history that ensued from 496 onward would see the city of Rome polluted as it changed from the power and glory of the Roman empire unto the power and glory of the Roman Catholic empire. Those arms would take away the religion of paganism, represented by the word “daily” in the passage, as they accepted the religion of Nicene Catholicism.
Keeb kwm uas txuas ntxiv mus txij xyoo 496 mus lawm yuav pom lub nroog Loos raug qias neeg thaum nws hloov ntawm lub hwj chim thiab lub yeeb koob ntawm lub teb chaws Loos mus rau lub hwj chim thiab lub yeeb koob ntawm lub teb chaws Loos Kas Tos Liv. Cov npab ntawd yuav tshem tawm txoj kev ntseeg dab qub, uas hauv nqe lus ntawd sawv cev los ntawm lo lus “txhua hnub,” thaum lawv lees txais txoj kev ntseeg ntawm Nicene Kas Tos Liv.
At the battle of Vouillé, Clovis defeated the Arian Visigoths under Alaric II and took Aquitaine. In the aftermath of the victory, in 508, the Eastern emperor Anastasius I (in Constantinople) honored Clovis for his victory over the Visigoths. Gregory of Tours says that Anastasius sent Clovis' official papers making him consul. At Tours, in Saint Martin’s church, Clovis put on a purple tunic and cloak, set a diadem on his head, rode out, and scattered gold and silver to the crowd. Gregory says that from that day he was hailed as consul and recognized by the Roman emperor that Clovis was a legitimate Christian king in the west. He was rewarded for breaking the Arian Visigoths, whom Constantinople also opposed. 508 is the year the emperor in the East publicly honored the Catholic Frankish king—church, victory, and Roman legitimacy in one scene. 508 is the year the Frankish Catholic kingdom stood as the dominant Catholic power in Gaul after breaking Arian Visigoth’s rule. Clovis is the first major barbarian king to fight for Nicene Catholicism against Arian kingdoms, and thus the prototype of the French role as “eldest daughter of the Church.” Clovis represents the period of 496 unto 508 and is the alpha symbol of the symbolic marriage treaty. The thirty years from 508 unto 538 are represented by Justinian who is the omega symbol of the procession.
Hauv kev sib ntaus rog ntawm Vouillé, Clovis tau kov yeej cov Visigoth Arian nyob hauv qab Alaric II thiab txeeb tau Aquitaine. Tom qab qhov yeej ntawd, xyoo 508, tus huab tais sab Hnub Tuaj Anastasius I (nyob hauv Constantinople) tau qhuas Clovis vim nws txoj kev yeej cov Visigoths. Gregory of Tours hais tias Anastasius tau xa Clovis cov ntaub ntawv raug cai uas tsa nws ua consul. Hauv Tours, hauv lub tsev teev ntuj ntawm Saint Martin, Clovis tau hnav ib lub tsho ntev liab doog thiab ib daim tsho sab nraud, tso ib lub mom vaj ntxwv saum nws taub hau, caij nees tawm mus, thiab faib kub thiab nyiaj rau cov neeg coob coob. Gregory hais tias txij hnub ntawd los nws raug hu ua consul, thiab tus huab tais Loos tau lees paub tias Clovis yog ib tug vaj ntxwv Khixatia raug cai nyob sab hnub poob. Nws tau txais nqi zog vim nws tau rhuav tshem cov Visigoth Arian, uas Constantinople kuj tawm tsam thiab. Xyoo 508 yog lub xyoo uas tus huab tais sab Hnub Tuaj tau qhuas rau sawv daws pom tus vaj ntxwv Frankish Catholic—lub koom txoos, txoj kev yeej, thiab kev raug cai ntawm Loos nyob hauv tib qho xwm txheej. Xyoo 508 yog lub xyoo uas lub nceeg vaj Frankish Catholic tau sawv los ua lub hwj chim Catholic loj tshaj hauv Gaul tom qab rhuav tshem txoj kev kav ntawm cov Visigoth Arian. Clovis yog thawj tug vaj ntxwv barbarian loj uas tau tawm tsam rau Nicene Catholicism tiv thaiv cov nceeg vaj Arian, thiab yog li ntawd nws yog tus qauv xub thawj ntawm Fabkis txoj hauj lwm raws li “tus ntxhais hlob tshaj ntawm lub Koom Txoos.” Clovis sawv cev rau lub caij nyoog txij xyoo 496 mus txog 508 thiab yog lub cim alpha ntawm daim ntawv cog lus sib yuav uas muaj lub ntsiab lus sawv cev. Peb caug xyoo txij 508 mus txog 538 sawv cev los ntawm Justinian, uas yog lub cim omega ntawm txoj kev txheej txheem tawm mus.
In 538, the “arms” placed the papal power on the throne of the earth for 1260 years. It was then that the symbolic treaty marriage was consummated at the conclusion of the marriage procession that had begun in 496. In 1798, the treaty marriage that had begun between the pope of Rome and Clovis of France, was disannulled when Napoleon of France divorced the papal power by having his general take the pope captive.
Xyoo 538, “ob txhais npab” tau tsa lub hwj chim papacy rau saum lub zwm txwv kav lub ntiaj teb tau 1260 xyoo. Thaum ntawd thiaj yog lub sijhawm uas txoj kev sib yuav raws li lub cim ntawm daim ntawv cog lus tau raug ua kom tiav thaum xaus ntawm txoj kev taug kev sib yuav uas tau pib txij xyoo 496. Xyoo 1798, txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus uas tau pib ntawm tus pope ntawm Loos thiab Clovis ntawm Fab Kis, tau raug muab rhuav tshem tseg thaum Napoleon ntawm Fab Kis nrauj lub hwj chim papacy los ntawm kev kom nws tus thawj tub rog ntes tus pope coj mus kaw.
The alpha symbolic papal treaty marriage, which had begun its marriage procession in 496, was consummated at the Sunday law in 538, and it was thereafter disannulled in 1798, just as was every other treaty marriage of Daniel eleven. Revelation adds to the papal marital relationship between the kings of Europe and popes of Catholicism, for the dragon of Revelation twelve is both Satan and pagan Rome’s kings.
Qhov kev sib yuav los ntawm daim ntawv cog lus ntawm papacy uas yog cim alpha, uas tau pib nws txoj kev taug kev sib yuav nyob rau xyoo 496, tau raug ua tiav nyob rau ntawm txoj cai Hnub Sunday xyoo 538, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau raug rhuav tshem xyoo 1798, ib yam li txhua txoj kev sib yuav los ntawm daim ntawv cog lus hauv Daniyees kaum ib. Phau Ntawv Qhia Tshwm ntxiv rau txoj kev sib raug zoo ntawm papacy hauv kev sib yuav ntawm cov vajntxwv hauv Tebchaws Europe thiab cov popes ntawm Catholicism, rau qhov zaj hauv Qhia Tshwm kaum ob yog ob leeg Xatas thiab cov vajntxwv ntawm pagan Rome.
“Thus while the dragon, primarily, represents Satan, it is, in a secondary sense, a symbol of pagan Rome.” The Great Controversy, 439.
“Yog li ntawd, txawm hais tias zaj tseem ceeb tshaj sawv cev rau Xatas, los hauv ib lub ntsiab lus thib ob, nws kuj yog ib lub cim ntawm Loos uas pe hawm dab mlom.” The Great Controversy, 439.
In Revelation John informs us of three things the kings (the dragon) gave to the sea beast of Catholicism.
Hauv hauv Phau Tshwm Sim Yauhas qhia rau peb txog peb yam uas cov vajntxwv (tus zaj) tau muab rau tus tsiaj hiav txwv ntawm Kev Ntseeg Kas Tos Liv.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.
Thiab tus tsiaj qus uas kuv pom ntawd zoo ib yam li tus tsov txaij, thiab nws ob txhais ko taw zoo li ob txhais ko taw ntawm dais, thiab nws lub qhov ncauj zoo li lub qhov ncauj ntawm tsov ntxhuav; thiab tus zaj tau muab nws lub hwj chim, thiab nws lub zwm txwv, thiab txoj cai loj heev rau nws. Tshwmsim 13:2.
In 496, the kings of Europe began providing the papal beast their “power” as represented by their military might and economic support. They had moved the capital of their empire to Constantinople in 330, leaving the city of Rome as the “seat” of the papal authority. The “arms” thereafter identified the papal church as the head of all churches in 533 with the decree of Justinian. The decree included the use of their military might to persecute those who the papacy identified as heretics, thus placing their civil “authority” into the hands of the popes.
Xyoo 496, cov vajntxwv ntawm Tebchaws Europe tau pib muab lawv lub “hwjchim” rau tus tsiaj papacy raws li sawv cev los ntawm lawv lub peevxwm tub rog thiab kev txhawb nyiaj txiag. Lawv tau txav lub peev ntawm lawv lub tebchaws vajntxwv mus rau Constantinople xyoo 330, tseg lub nroog Loos ua “lub zwm txwv” ntawm txoj cai papacy. Tom qab ntawd, “caj npab” tau txheeb lub koom txoos papacy ua tus thawj ntawm txhua lub koom txoos xyoo 533 los ntawm txoj cai tshaj tawm ntawm Justinian. Txoj cai tshaj tawm ntawd kuj muaj xws li kev siv lawv lub peevxwm tub rog los tsim txom cov uas papacy txheeb tias yog cov ntseeg cuav, yog li muab lawv txoj “cai tswjfwm” rau hauv tes ntawm cov pope.
The alpha treaty marriage between the papacy and the kings of Europe began with Clovis in 496. By 508, paganism, the legal religion of the realm was set aside for the religion of Nicene Catholicism. In 533, Justinian identified the papacy as the head of all churches, and surrendered the legal authority of their respective thrones unto the papal power.
Kev alpha kev cog lus ntawm kev sib yuav ntawm txoj kev ua papacy thiab cov vajntxwv ntawm Tebchaws Europe tau pib nrog Clovis xyoo 496. Txog xyoo 508, kev pe dab qhuas, uas yog txoj kev ntseeg raug cai ntawm lub tebchaws, raug muab tso tseg rau txoj kev ntseeg ntawm Nicene Catholicism. Xyoo 533, Justinian tau txheeb papacy tias yog lub taub hau ntawm txhua pawg ntseeg, thiab tau muab txoj cai raug cai ntawm lawv tej lub zwm txwv nyias nyias cob rau lub hwjchim papal.
The Alpha and Omega Seat
Lub Rooj Zaum Alpha thiab Omega
In 330, the city of Rome was left in the hands of the Roman church where she would be seated until she is destroyed in the lake of fire at Christ’s second coming. In 538, she was officially seated again upon the papal throne, thus identifying the history of 330 unto 538 as a prophetic period that begins with an alpha seat and ends with an omega seat. The period represents the ending of the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy (Pergamos) as a progressive demise beginning in 330 and ending in 538 with the arrival of Thyatira. Both western and eastern Rome continued the slow dissolution beyond 538, but the period began with giving the seat, representing the city of Rome to the papacy in 330, until the seat became not simply a throne over the city, but over the kingdom represented by the city in 538.
Xyoo 330, lub nroog Loos raug tso cia rau hauv tes ntawm lub koom txoos Loos, uas nws yuav zaum nyob ntawd mus txog thaum nws raug rhuav tshem hauv lub pas hluav taws thaum Khetos rov qab los zaum ob. Xyoo 538, nws raug tsa rov qab zaum saum lub zwm txwv papal raws kev cai, yog li ntawd qhia meej tias keeb kwm txij xyoo 330 mus txog 538 yog ib lub sij hawm yaj saub uas pib nrog ib lub rooj zaum alpha thiab xaus nrog ib lub rooj zaum omega. Lub sij hawm ntawd sawv cev rau qhov xaus ntawm lub nceeg vaj plaub hauv Vajlugkub txoj kev yaj saub (Pergamos) raws li ib qho kev puas tsuaj zuj zus uas pib xyoo 330 thiab xaus xyoo 538 nrog kev los txog ntawm Thyatira. Ob qho tib si Loos sab hnub poob thiab Loos sab hnub tuaj tseem txuas ntxiv poob zuj zus qeeb qeeb dhau xyoo 538, tiam sis lub sij hawm ntawd pib nrog kev muab lub rooj zaum, uas sawv cev rau lub nroog Loos, rau txoj hauj lwm papacy xyoo 330, mus txog thaum lub rooj zaum ntawd tsis yog tsuas yog ib lub zwm txwv kav lub nroog xwb, tiamsis kav lub nceeg vaj uas lub nroog ntawd sawv cev rau xyoo 538.
330 to 538 is a specific prophetic period that defines the ‘eight’ waymarks of the papacy’s empowerment. Those eight steps are repeated in the healing of the papacy’s deadly wound at the soon-coming Sunday law.
330 txog 538 yog ib lub sijhawm yaj saub tshwj xeeb uas txhais meej txog yim lub cim taw qhia ntawm kev txhawb zog rau txoj cai kav ntawm tus papacy. Yim theem ntawd rov tshwm sim dua hauv kev kho kom zoo ntawm lub papacy qhov txhab tuag taus ntawm txoj cai Sunday uas tab tom yuav los sai no.
The first of the eight steps was the giving of the city of Rome to the papal power, and the eighth step was the giving of the city as the throne of the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. This identifies 538 as the seat, and as ‘the eighth step, that is of the previous seven steps.’ The first step was the giving of the seat and the eighth step was the giving of the seat; thus, the first step in 330 is the alpha and 538 is the omega. Two seats, three horns removed, the daily taken away, Clovis’ conversion and Justinian’s decree equal eight total steps that identify the marriage procession, and ultimately the marriage.
Kauj ruam thawj ntawm yim kauj ruam ntawd yog kev muab lub nroog Loos rau txoj kev muaj hwj chim ntawm papacy, thiab kauj ruam yim yog kev muab lub nroog ntawd ua lub zwm txwv ntawm lub nceeg vaj thib tsib hauv kev faj lem hauv phau Vajlugkub. Qhov no txheeb 538 ua lub rooj zaum, thiab ua “kauj ruam yim, uas yog los ntawm xya kauj ruam yav tas los.” Kauj ruam thawj yog kev muab lub rooj zaum thiab kauj ruam yim kuj yog kev muab lub rooj zaum; yog li ntawd, kauj ruam thawj hauv 330 yog alpha thiab 538 yog omega. Ob lub rooj zaum, peb lub kub hnyiab raug tshem tawm, qhov niaj hnub raug muab tshem tawm, kev hloov siab los ntseeg ntawm Clovis thiab txoj cai txiav txim ntawm Justinian sib npaug yim kauj ruam tag nrho uas txheeb qhia txoj kev taug hauv kev sib yuav, thiab thaum kawg yog txoj kev sib yuav.
In 1798, France, the power who had represented the ten European kings, who placed the papacy on the throne in 538, removed the papacy from that very throne. The alpha treaty marriage represented in the history of 538 unto 1798 typifies the omega treaty marriage of the papal power with the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. The marriage procession from 496 unto 538 typifies eight steps that align with the last eight presidents of the United States. Clovis and France are symbols of the ten European kings. They represent the United States who will become the premier king of Revelation seventeen’s ten kings at the soon-coming Sunday law.
Xyoo 1798, Fabkis, lub hwjchim uas tau sawv cev rau kaum tus vajntxwv hauv Tebchaws Europe, uas tau tsa lub papacy rau saum lub zwm txwv xyoo 538, kuj tau muab lub papacy tshem tawm ntawm tib lub zwm txwv ntawd. Txoj kev sib yuav los ntawm daim ntawv cog lus alpha uas raug sawv cev hauv keeb kwm txij xyoo 538 mus txog 1798 yog ib yam piv txwv ua ntej ntawm txoj kev sib yuav los ntawm daim ntawv cog lus omega ntawm lub hwjchim papal nrog kaum tus vajntxwv hauv Tshwmsim kaum xya. Txoj kev txheej txheem sib yuav txij xyoo 496 mus txog 538 yog ib yam piv txwv txog yim kauj ruam uas sib haum nrog yim tus thawj tswj hwm kawg ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Clovis thiab Fabkis yog cov cim ntawm kaum tus vajntxwv hauv Tebchaws Europe. Lawv sawv cev rau Tebchaws Meskas uas yuav los ua tus vajntxwv thawj tshaj ntawm kaum tus vajntxwv hauv Tshwmsim kaum xya thaum txoj cai Sunday uas yuav los sai no tuaj txog.
The five previous treaty marriages of Daniel eleven align with the sixth and final treaty marriage of the latter days. The alpha and omega treaty marriages of north and south identify the bride from the south as the alpha and the omega is a bride from the north. In the treaty marriages of pagan Rome, the alpha bride from the east was given to the west, and the omega of 313 was a bride from the west. Those four marriages are prophetically linked together by Cleopatra the first and Cleopatra the last. The symbolic treaty marriage of papal Rome represented the groom as the premier king of a prophetic confederacy of ten kings joining with their bride—the scarlet woman of Rome. The divorce was carried out by the premier king of the ten kings in 1798.
Tsib txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus hauv Daniyee kaum ib yav dhau los sib haum nrog txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus thib rau thiab yog txoj kev kawg ntawm hnub kawg. Cov kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus alpha thiab omega ntawm sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb qhia tias tus nkauj nyab ntawm sab qab teb yog tus alpha, hos tus omega yog ib tug nkauj nyab ntawm sab qaum teb. Hauv cov kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus ntawm Loos teev dab mlom, tus nkauj nyab alpha ntawm sab hnub tuaj raug muab rau sab hnub poob, thiab tus omega ntawm 313 yog ib tug nkauj nyab ntawm sab hnub poob. Plaub txoj kev sib yuav ntawd raug txuas ua ke raws li lus faj lem los ntawm Cleopatra thawj thiab Cleopatra kawg. Txoj kev sib yuav raws li daim ntawv cog lus uas yog cim ntawm Loos papacy sawv cev rau tus nraug vauv ua tus vajntxwv thawj ntawm ib lub koom haum faj lem uas muaj kaum tus vajntxwv koom nrog lawv tus nkauj nyab—tus pojniam liab doog ntawm Loos. Kev sib nrauj ntawd raug ua tiav los ntawm tus vajntxwv thawj ntawm kaum tus vajntxwv hauv 1798.
The treaty marriage of 313 represents the final treaty marriage of the papal power with the United States—the premier king of Revelation seventeen’s ten kings; a two horned power that is typified by the two horned power of France. The history that began with Clovis in 496 and ultimately led to the decree of Justinian in 533 and the enthronement of the papacy in 538, represents the history of 1989 unto the Sunday law.
Txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus xyoo 313 sawv cev rau txoj kev sib yuav raws li kev cog lus zaum kawg ntawm lub hwjchim papal nrog Tebchaws Meskas—tus vaj ntxwv tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm kaum tus vaj ntxwv hauv Tshwmsim kaum xya; ib lub hwjchim muaj ob tug kub uas raug ua piv txwv los ntawm lub hwjchim muaj ob tug kub ntawm Fabkis. Zaj keeb kwm uas pib nrog Clovis xyoo 496 thiab thaum kawg coj mus rau txoj cai txib ntawm Justinian xyoo 533 thiab kev tsa lub papacy rau saum lub zwm txwv xyoo 538, sawv cev rau keeb kwm txij xyoo 1989 mus txog rau hnub Sunday txoj cai.
We will continue these things in the next article.
Peb yuav txuas ntxiv tej no hauv tsab ntawv tom ntej.