When the parable of the ten virgins was fulfilled in Millerite history it took place during the second angel’s message. The second angel’s message represents two distinct messages, both in the period of time which they cover and in terms of the intended audience of the message. The second angel’s message was directed to the Protestant churches that had just returned to Rome and became daughters of Babylon. The Midnight Cry was directed to the sleeping Millerites. The first message was directed outside of the Millerites, the second was directed inside. This will be fulfilled to the letter in our day.
वेल्गुम कुली लामी ददू ऐली माइलिते इतिहासेरे पूरा नादे, ऐदू दोसरा स्वर्गदूतरे संदेशरे बिच्चे ग्यादे। दोसरा स्वर्गदूतरे संदेश दो अलग संदेशां प्रतिनिधित्व करतै, दूई काल-परिधिरे जेते ओढ़ै सेही हिसाबे, आर संदेशरे नियत श्रोतामंडळीरे हिसाबे भी। दोसरा स्वर्गदूतरे संदेश सेई प्रोटेस्टांत गिरजाघरां ताईं निर्देशित नादे जे आभे-आभे रोम ताईं फेरी गे आर बाबुलरे दिकिरियां बनी गे। मद्धिरातिरे पुकार सूत्ता माइलिते लोकां ताईं निर्देशित नादे। पहिला संदेश माइलिते लोकांरे बाहर ताईं निर्देशित नादे, दोसरा अंदर ताईं निर्देशित नादे। ऐदू आमर दिनांरे अक्षरशः पूरा नाइ।
The difference that needs to be noted in the repetition of our day is that in the beginning of Adventism the message of the second angel first went outside the Millerites and then part two of the message went inside the Millerites. At the end of Adventism, when the parable is again repeated, so also is the second angel’s message. We are told that directly more than a handful of times. But the two-fold nature of the message is reversed at the end. The first message goes to Adventism and the second to those outside of Adventism. We are told that the work and message represented by the angel of Revelation eighteen is a repetition of the second angel’s message.
Olw’okwetaaga okwetegerezebwa mu kuddiŋŋana kw’olunaku lwaffe kwe kuti mu ntandikwa y’Obwadiventi, obubaka bwa malayika ow’okubiri lwasooka kugenda eri abo abaali ebweru wa baMillerite, ne oluvannyuma ekitundu eky’okubiri eky’obubaka ne kigenda munda mu baMillerite. Ku nkomerero y’Obwadiventi, ng’olugero luddibwamu nate, n’obubaka bwa malayika ow’okubiri bwe buddibwamu bwe butyo. Kino tukiweebwa mu butereevu emirundi egisukka wala ku mutono ogw’emirundi etaano. Naye obutonde bw’obubaka obw’emirundi ebiri bukiikuddwa ku nkomerero. Obubaka obusooka bugenda eri Obwadiventi, era obw’okubiri eri abo abali ebweru wa Obwadiventi. Tutegeezebwa nti omulimu n’obubaka ebikiikirirwa malayika wa Okubikkulirwa ekkumi n’omunaana kwe kuddiŋŋana kw’obubaka bwa malayika ow’okubiri.
“The prophet says, ‘I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils’ (Revelation 18:1, 2). This is the same message that was given by the second angel. Babylon is fallen, ‘because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’ (Revelation 14:8). What is that wine?—Her false doctrines. She has given to the world a false sabbath instead of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and has repeated the falsehood that Satan first told Eve in Eden—the natural immortality of the soul. Many kindred errors she has spread far and wide, ‘teaching for doctrines the commandments of men’ (Matthew 15:9).
Nabii anasema, “Nikaona malaika mwingine akishuka kutoka mbinguni, mwenye mamlaka kuu; nayo dunia ikaangazwa na utukufu wake. Akalia kwa nguvu kwa sauti kuu, akisema, Umeanguka, umeanguka Babeli ule mkuu, nao umekuwa makao ya pepo wachafu” (Ufunuo 18:1, 2). Huu ndio ujumbe uleule uliotolewa na malaika wa pili. Babeli umeanguka, “kwa sababu amewanywesha mataifa yote mvinyo ya ghadhabu ya uasherati wake” (Ufunuo 14:8). Mvinyo huo ni nini?—Mafundisho yake ya uongo. Ameupa ulimwengu sabato ya uongo badala ya Sabato ya amri ya nne, tena amerudia uongo ule ambao Shetani alimwambia Hawa kwanza katika Edeni—kwamba nafsi haifi kwa asili. Makosa mengine mengi ya aina iyo hiyo ameyatawanya kila mahali, “akifundisha mafundisho yaliyo maagizo ya wanadamu” (Mathayo 15:9).
“When Jesus began His public ministry, He cleansed the Temple from its sacrilegious profanation. Among the last acts of His ministry was the second cleansing of the Temple. So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. The second angel’s message is, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication’ (Revelation 14:8). And in the loud cry of the third angel’s message a voice is heard from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities’ (Revelation 18:4, 5).” Selected Messages, book 2, 118.
“Jesus etango kutandika utumishi wake wa hadhara, akaitakasa Hekalu kutokana na unajisi wake wa kukufuru. Miongoni mwa matendo ya mwisho ya utumishi Wake kulikuwako kutakaswa kwa pili kwa Hekalu. Hivyo basi, katika kazi ya mwisho ya kuionya dunia, miito miwili iliyo tofauti hutolewa kwa makanisa. Ujumbe wa malaika wa pili ni, ‘Umeanguka, umeanguka Babeli, mji ule mkuu, kwa sababu amewanywesha mataifa yote mvinyo ya ghadhabu ya uasherati wake’ (Ufunuo 14:8). Naye katika kilio kikuu cha ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu sauti husikika kutoka mbinguni ikisema, ‘Tokeni kwake, enyi watu wangu, msije mkashiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake. Kwa maana dhambi zake zimefika hata mbinguni, naye Mungu ameyakumbuka maovu yake’ (Ufunuo 18:4, 5).” Selected Messages, book 2, 118.
The message of the second angel at the beginning of Adventism is the same message as the message represented by the angel of Revelation eighteen, and in that warning, there are two voices that proclaim a message. The first voice is proclaimed when the earth is lightened by his glory and in verse four John heard another voice saying, “come out of her.”
ئېدۋېنتىزم باشلىنىشىدىكى ئىككىنچى پەرىشتىنىڭ خەۋىرى، ۋەھىي 18-بابتىكى پەرىشتە بىلەن تەمثىل قىلىنغان خەۋەرنىڭ ئۆزىدۇر؛ ۋە شۇ ئاگاھلاندۇرۇشتا، بىر خەۋەرنى جاكارلايدىغان ئىككى ئاۋاز بار. بىرىنچى ئاۋاز، يەر يۈزى ئۇنىڭ شان-شەرىپى بىلەن يورۇتۇلغاندا جاكارلىنىدۇ؛ 4-ئايەتتە بولسا، يۇھاننا «ئۇنىڭ ئىچىدىن چىقىڭلار» دەپ ئېيتقان يەنە بىر ئاۋازنى ئاڭلىدى.
In Millerite history the call out of Babylon came first and the message to the Millerites came second. In Revelation eighteen it is the second voice, or second message that addresses those outside of Adventism. Along with the declaration that there are “two distinct calls made to the churches” we find that the two times Christ cleansed the temple (at the beginning and ending of His ministry) is also an illustration of the beginning and ending of Adventism.
Mu makuru ya Bamillerite, ihamagarwa ryo gusohoka i Babuloni ryabanje, maze ubutumwa bwo kubwira Abamillerite bukurikiraho. Mu Byahishuwe 18, ni ijwi rya kabiri, cyangwa ubutumwa bwa kabiri, rivugana n’abari hanze y’Adventisme. Hamwe n’itangazwa ry’uko hariho “amahamagarwa abiri atandukanye yagiriwe amatorero,” dusangamo kandi ko ibihe bibiri Kristo yejeje urusengero (mu ntangiriro no ku iherezo ry’umurimo We) nabyo ari ikigereranyo cy’intangiriro n’iherezo bya Adventisme.
The beginning of Adventism illustrated a purification of the workers that helped in building the foundation that William Miller was used to establish. The foundation was completed at the conclusion of the second angel’s message, for with the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844 the truths that make up the foundations of Adventism were made available to understand, for those who are willing to hear.
Ukwamba kwa Uadventisti kulionyesha utakaso wa watenda kazi uliosaidia katika kujenga msingi ambao William Miller alitumiwa kuusimamisha. Msingi huo ulikamilishwa mwishoni mwa ujumbe wa malaika wa pili, kwa maana kwa kuja kwa malaika wa tatu mnamo Oktoba 22, 1844, kweli zinazounda misingi ya Uadventisti zilifanywa zipatikane kueleweka kwa wale walio radhi kusikia.
The work of building the foundation concluded at the climax of the history of the second angel, when “two distinct calls were made to the churches.” The first call was outside the Millerites, the second was for the Millerites. But another beginning that aligns with Adventism’s beginning is the ministry of Christ when He cleansed His temple the first time. The prophetic illustration of the temple being cleansed is marking a purification at the beginning and end of His ministry, that in turn typifies a purification of Adventism at its beginning and ending. Christ’s two temple cleansings align with the beginning and ending of Adventism, but His message was just for His covenant people who were in the process of forever divorcing themselves from God.
Gutondoka kwa mulimo wa kutung’a ulufula kwapwishile pa cifulo ca pamulu pa calo ca mwaice wa cibili, apo “ukwitika kubili ukwaibela kwaletelwe ku macechi.” Ukwitika kwa kutandikilako kwali kunse ya baMillerite, ukwibili kwali kwa baMillerite. Lelo pamo pali no kutandika na kumbi kukolanya no kutandika kwa Adventism ni bukapyunga bwa kwa Kristu ilyo asambile itempile yakwe pa nshita yakwe iya kutandikilako. Icikope ca bupolofita ica kusambiwa kwa itempile cilelemba ukupwililwa pa kutandika na pa kupwa kwa bukapyunga bwakwe, ico na co cilecita umusango wa kupwililwa kwa Adventism pa kutandika no pa kupwa kwakwe. Ukusamba kwa kwa Kristu itempile incende shibili kukolanya no kutandika no kupwa kwa Adventism, lelo imbila yakwe yali fye ku bantu ba cipangano cakwe abo bali mu mulimo wa kwitalukilako kuli Lesa umuyayaya.
The beginning of Adventism presented a message announcing the opening of the judgment and the end of Adventism is announcing the end of judgment. Jesus cleansed the temple the first time and rebuked the Jews for turning His house into a den of thieves, but the second cleansing of the temple was “among the last acts of His ministry.” At the end of His ministry, He no longer told the Jews that they had made His Father’s house a den of thieves, he then told them that their house “was left to them desolate.”
अडभेन्टिज्मको आरम्भले न्यायको उद्घाटनको घोषणा गर्ने सन्देश प्रस्तुत गर्यो, र अडभेन्टिज्मको अन्त्यले न्यायको समाप्तिको घोषणा गरिरहेको छ। येशूले पहिलो पटक मन्दिर शुद्ध पार्नुभयो र उहाँको घरलाई डाँकाहरूको गुहा बनाएकोमा यहूदीहरूलाई हप्काउनुभयो, तर मन्दिरको दोस्रो शुद्धीकरण उहाँको सेवाकाइका “अन्तिम कार्यहरूमध्ये” थियो। उहाँको सेवाकाइको अन्त्यमा, उहाँले अब यहूदीहरूलाई तिनीहरूले उहाँका पिताको घरलाई डाँकाहरूको गुहा बनाएका छन् भनेर भन्नुभएन; त्यसपछि उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको घर “उजाड छोडिएको” छ भनेर भन्नुभयो।
“Meanwhile worshipers from every nation sought the temple which had been dedicated to the worship of God. Glittering with gold and precious stones, it was a vision of beauty and grandeur. But Jehovah was no longer to be found in that palace of loveliness. Israel as a nation had divorced herself from God. When Christ, near the close of His earthly ministry, looked for the last time upon the interior of the temple, He said, ‘Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.’ Matthew 23:38. Hitherto He had called the temple His Father’s house; but as the Son of God passed out from those walls, God’s presence was withdrawn forever from the temple built to His glory.” Acts of the Apostles, 145.
“Hata hivyo waabudu kutoka kila taifa waliitafuta hekalu lililokuwa limewekwa wakfu kwa ibada ya Mungu. Likimetameta kwa dhahabu na mawe ya thamani, lilikuwa maono ya uzuri na utukufu mkuu. Lakini Yehova hakupatikana tena katika jumba hilo la kupendeza. Israeli kama taifa lilikuwa limejitenga na Mungu kwa talaka ya kiroho. Kristo, alipokuwa karibu na mwisho wa huduma Yake duniani, alipotazama kwa mara ya mwisho ndani ya hekalu, alisema, ‘Tazama, nyumba yenu mmeachiwa hali ya ukiwa.’ Mathayo 23:38. Hadi wakati huo alikuwa ameliita hekalu nyumba ya Baba Yake; lakini Mwana wa Mungu alipotoka ndani ya kuta hizo, uwepo wa Mungu uliondolewa milele kutoka katika hekalu lililokuwa limejengwa kwa utukufu Wake.” Matendo ya Mitume, 145.
The temple He cleansed at the beginning was a different temple than what He cleansed at the end. The first temple was His Father’s house, but the second temple was the Jew’s house. The Lord entered into covenant with Adventism at the beginning and Adventists became priests in His temple. At the end of Adventism, they are to be no more priests, and their house will be desolated.
Ye etbung itring ngadi wa nungib iti kuyaran yé semakos yé wa nungib ti yé semakos ta maling. Etbung etring ta salis ngandi ti Apuṅ Ama-na, apan etbung etring ta maling ta salis ngandi ti mga Judio. Ing Pánginoon milub iti tipan kareng Adventismu iti pasibayu, at ing mga Adventista meging saserdote king templo-na. King kaluguran ning Adventismu, ali la no reng saserdote, at ing balé da meging wangis a pinaburak.
The second angel represents two messages. This is one reason the message is represented as Babylon falling twice. This is not the primary reason for the twice repeated announcement of Babylon’s fall, but is one reason. How is it two messages?
لەقا دوانەم دوو پەیام نیشان دەدات. ئەمە یەکێکە لەو هۆکارانەی کە پەیامەکە وەک بەبڵۆن کە دووجار دەکەوێت نیشان دەدرێت. ئەمە هۆکاری سەرەکی نییە بۆ ئەو ڕاگەیاندنەی کە دووجار دووبارە کراوەتەوە دەربارەی کەوتنی بەبڵۆن، بەڵام یەکێکە لە هۆکارەکان. چۆن دەبێتە دوو پەیام؟
The second angel arrived in response to the rejection of the first angel’s message. When the failed prediction, identifying 1843 as the conclusion of the 2300-year prophecy, the Protestant churches used the erroneous message to reject Miller’s message. Miller’s message was the first angel’s message. At its rejection the Protestant churches, who had been God’s church in the wilderness for over 1260 years, were rejected and became a daughter of Babylon. At that point the second angel arrived with his message.
दूसरा स्वर्गदूत पहिले स्वर्गदूतको सन्देशको अस्वीकृतिको प्रतिक्रियास्वरूप आयो। जब असफल भविष्यवाणीले २३००-वर्षीय भविष्यवाणीको समाप्ति १८४३ मा हुन्छ भनी पहिचान गर्यो, तब प्रोटेस्टेन्ट मण्डलीहरूले त्यस त्रुटिपूर्ण सन्देशलाई मिलरको सन्देश अस्वीकार गर्न प्रयोग गरे। मिलरको सन्देश नै पहिले स्वर्गदूतको सन्देश थियो। त्यसको अस्वीकृतिमा, १२६० वर्षभन्दा बढी समयसम्म उजाडस्थानमा परमेश्वरको मण्डली भएका ती प्रोटेस्टेन्ट मण्डलीहरू अस्वीकृत भए र बाबेलकी छोरी बने। त्यस बिन्दुमा दोस्रो स्वर्गदूत आफ्नो सन्देशसहित आयो।
There are some very important points involved with the various elements of this history we are considering. There is at least one point that must be developed slowly for it definitely contributes to the understanding of the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is currently being unsealed. For this reason, I am including a very important passage about that history. It is two chapters that I am pointing to, but there is also a third important chapter in the middle of those two chapters. I am not including this at this time in order to limit the scope of our consideration.
Twakikala kuenena mapoini amwe akali akankene muno alombele ku bintu byapusana-pusana vya ino historia twetukonkonona. Kuli pamo pointi imo iyelelenge kukwata kusononeka panono-panono, pantu cinecine iletwako ku kumvwisisha kwa mbila ya Kusokolola kwa Yesu Kristu iyo pano ilesokololwa. E ico, ndelenga mo icilembelo cimo icankene sana pa iyo historia. Ni fitabo fibili ifyo ndeleangila, lelo pakati ka ifyo fitabo fibili kuli ne cishilwa ca butatu icankene. Nshilecileta pano ino nshita pa mulandu wa kupima umubili wa ifyo tulekonkonona.
Notice which angel is being addressed as you read through, look for the progressive testing process, note in the first paragraph that the prophetic characteristics of the angel of Revelation eighteen are also the characteristics of the first angel. Notice that to crucify one of the messages is to crucify Christ, and notice that the three angels are all presented as single angels, but the Midnight Cry message is a multitude of angels.
とぅわて ぬちば、どぅぬ えんじぇる が あどれす さりーんでぃ る かを みいらん。すすみゆく てすてぃんぐ の ぷろせす を さがし、だいいち ぱらぐらふ において、黙示録十八章の天使の預言的特質が、第一の天使の特質でもあることを 心に留めなさい。一つの使命を十字架につけることは、キリストを十字架につけることでもある、ということに注意しなさい。また、三人の天使はみな単一の天使として提示されているが、しかし真夜中の叫びの使命は、多くの天使たちであることにも注意しなさい。
“I was shown the interest which all heaven had taken in the work which had been going on upon the earth. Jesus commissioned a strong and mighty angel to descend and warn the inhabitants of earth to get ready for his second appearing. I saw the mighty angel leave the presence of Jesus in heaven. Before him went an exceedingly bright and glorious light. I was told that his mission was to lighten the earth with his glory, and warn man of the coming wrath of God. Multitudes received the light. Some seemed to be very solemn, while others were joyful and enraptured. The light was shed upon all, but some merely came under the influence of the light, and did not heartily receive it. But all who received it, turned their faces upward to heaven, and glorified God. Many were filled with great wrath. Ministers and people united with the vile, and stoutly resisted the light shed by the mighty angel. But all who received it withdrew from the world, and were closely united together.
«Min hate ku nîşan hate ku hemû asîman çawa bi karê ku li ser rûyê erdê diçû re eleqedar bû. Îsa ferman da melekek hêzdar û bihêz ku dakeve û niştecihên erdê hişyar bike ku ji bo xuyabûna wî ya duyem amade bibin. Min dît ku ew melekê bihêz ji huzûra Îsa li asîman derket. Li pêşiya wî ronahiyek pir geş û şanaz diçû. Ji min re hate gotin ku erka wî ew bû ku erdê bi rûmeta xwe ronî bike û mirovan ji xezeba Xwedê ya hatinê hişyar bike. Gelek komên mirovî ew ronahî qebûl kirin. Hin bi xuyangî pir cidî xuya dikirin, lê hin din bi kêfxweşî û mestbûnê tije bûn. Ronahî li ser hemûyan hate belav kirin, lê hin tenê ketin bin bandora ronahiyê û wê bi dilxwazî qebûl nekirin. Lê hemû yên ku wê qebûl kirin, rûyên xwe ber bi jor ve, ber bi asîman ve zivirandin û Xwedê mezin kirin. Gelek bi xezebeke mezin hatin tije kirin. Xizmetkar û gel bi hev re bi yên nepak re yekbûn, û bi berxwedanek tund li hember ronahiya ku ji aliyê melekê bihêz ve hatibû belav kirin rawestan. Lê hemû yên ku wê qebûl kirin, ji cîhanê veqetiyan û bi hev re bi têkiliyeke pir nêzîk hatin yek kirin.»
“Satan and his angels were busily engaged in seeking to attract the minds of all they could from the light. The company who rejected it were left in darkness. I saw the angel watching with the deepest interest the professed people of God, to record the character they developed, as the message of heavenly origin was introduced to them. And as very many who professed love for Jesus turned from the heavenly message with scorn, derision and hatred, an angel with a parchment in his hand, made the shameful record. All heaven was filled with indignation, because Jesus was slighted by his professed followers.
“സാത്താനും അവന്റെ ദൂതന്മാരും തങ്ങൾക്ക് കഴിയുന്ന എല്ലാവരുടെയും മനസ്സുകളെ വെളിച്ചത്തിൽനിന്ന് ആകർഷിച്ചു മാറ്റുവാൻ അത്യന്തം തിരക്കോടെ പ്രവർത്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു. അതിനെ നിരസിച്ച കൂട്ടം ഇരുളിൽ വിട്ടുകൊടുക്കപ്പെട്ടു. സ്വർഗീയ ഉത്ഭവമുള്ള സന്ദേശം അവർക്കു പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ അവർ പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ച സ്വഭാവം രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതിനായി, ദൈവത്തിന്റെ ജനമെന്നു അവകാശപ്പെട്ടവരെ ദൂതൻ അത്യന്തം ആഴത്തിലുള്ള ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ നിരീക്ഷിക്കുന്നതു ഞാൻ കണ്ടു. യേശുവിനെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു എന്നു അവകാശപ്പെട്ട അത്യന്തം അനേകർ സ്വർഗീയ സന്ദേശത്തിൽനിന്ന് പരിഹാസത്തോടും ഉപഹാസത്തോടും വൈരത്തോടും കൂടി തിരിഞ്ഞുപോയപ്പോൾ, കൈയിൽ ഒരു ചുരുൾ പിടിച്ചിരുന്ന ഒരു ദൂതൻ ആ ലജ്ജാകരമായ രേഖ തയ്യാറാക്കി. യേശു തന്റെ അനുയായികളെന്നു അവകാശപ്പെട്ടവരാൽ നിരസിക്കപ്പെട്ടതുകൊണ്ടു സകല സ്വർഗ്ഗവും കോപാകുലമായി നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു.”
“I saw the disappointment of the trusting ones. They did not see their Lord at the expected time. It was God’s purpose to conceal the future, and bring his people to a point of decision. Without this point of time the work designed of God would not have been accomplished. Satan was leading the minds of very many far ahead in the future. A period of time proclaimed for Christ’s appearing must bring the mind to earnestly seek for a present preparation. As the time passed, those who had not fully received the light of the angel, united with those who had despised the heavenly message, and they turned upon the disappointed ones in ridicule. I saw the angels in heaven consulting with Jesus. They had marked the situation of Christ’s professed followers. The passing of the definite time had tested and proved them, and very many were weighed in the balance and found wanting. They all loudly professed to be Christians, yet failed in following Christ in almost every particular. Satan exulted at the state of the professed followers of Christ. He had them in his snare. He had led the majority to leave the straight path, and they were attempting to climb up to heaven some other way. Angels saw the pure, the clean, and holy, all mixed up with sinners in Zion, and the world-loving hypocrite. They had watched over the true lovers of Jesus; but the corrupt were affecting the holy.
“Nangitinan ko ang pagkasiphayo ng mga nagtitiwala. Wara nira nakita an ira Ginoo ha ginlalaoman nga panahon. Katuyoan ito han Diyos nga tagoon an tidaraon, ngan dal-on an Iya katawohan ngadto ha usa ka punto han pagdesisyon. Kon waray ini nga punto han panahon, an buhat nga gintuyo han Diyos diri unta natuman. Ginmandoan ni Satanas an mga hunahuna han damo hinduro nga umuna gud ngadto ha tidaraon. An usa nga yugto han panahon nga iginsangyaw para han pagpakita ni Cristo kinahanglan magdara han hunahuna ngadto ha sinsero nga pamiling han andam para ha presente. Han lumabay an panahon, adton waray gud makakarawat han kapawa han anghel, nag-usa hadton nagtamay han mensahe tikang ha langit, ngan ira ginbinalingan ha pagyubit adton mga nasiphayo. Nakita ko an mga anghel ha langit nga nakigsabot kan Jesus. Ira namarkahan an kahimtang han mga nag-aangkon nga mga sumurunod ni Cristo. An paglabay han tinutdo nga panahon nagsari ngan nagpamatuod ha ira, ngan damu hinduro an tinimbang ha timbangan ngan nasapwan nga kulang. Naghahambog hira ngatanan ha makusog nga tingog nga mga Cristiano hira, kondi napakyas hira ha pagsunod kan Cristo ha haros ngatanan nga bahin. Naghinangyo hi Satanas han kahimtang han mga nag-aangkon nga mga sumurunod ni Cristo. Aada hira ha iya lit-ag. Iya gin-giyaan an kadam-an nga bumaya han matadong nga dalan, ngan nangangalimbasog hira pagsaka ngadto ha langit pinaagi hin lain nga paagi. Nakita han mga anghel an mga putli, an mga limpyo, ngan an mga baraan, nga nahahalo na la ngatanan kaupod han mga makasasala ha Sion, ngan han pakuno-kuno nga mahigugmaon ha kalibotan. Ira ginbabantayan an mga matuod nga mga nahigugma kan Jesus; kondi an mga maraot nakakaapekto ha mga baraan.”
“Those whose hearts burned with a longing, intense desire to see Jesus, were forbidden by their professed brethren to speak of his coming. Angels viewed the whole scene, and sympathized with the remnant, who loved the appearing of Jesus. Another mighty angel was commissioned to descend to earth. Jesus placed in his hand a writing, and as he came to earth, he cried, Babylon is fallen! is fallen! Then I saw the disappointed ones again look cheerful, and raise their eyes to heaven, looking with faith and hope for their Lord’s appearing. But many seemed to remain in a stupid state, as if asleep; yet I could see the trace of deep sorrow upon their countenances. The disappointed ones saw from the Bible that they were in the tarrying time, and that they must patiently wait the fulfillment of the vision. The same evidence which led them to look for their Lord in 1843, led them to expect him in 1844. I saw that the majority did not possess that energy which marked their faith in 1843. Their disappointment had dampened their faith. But as the disappointed ones united in the cry of the second angel, the heavenly host looked with the deepest interest, and marked the effect of the message. They saw those who bore the name of Christians turn with derision and scorn upon those who had been disappointed. As the words fell from the mocker’s lips, You have not gone up yet! an angel wrote them. Said the angel, They mock God.
Ane, ava na mioyo yao iliwaka kwa shauku, kwa hamu kuu ya kumwona Yesu, walikatazwa na ndugu zao wa kujidai kusema juu ya kuja kwake. Malaika walitazama tukio lote, nao wakawahurumia mabaki, waliopenda kutokea kwake Yesu. Malaika mwingine mwenye nguvu alitumwa ashuke duniani. Yesu akaweka mkononi mwake andiko, naye alipokuja duniani, akalia, Babeli umeanguka! umeanguka! Ndipo nikawaona tena wale waliokatishwa tamaa wakichangamka uso, na kuinua macho yao mbinguni, wakitazama kwa imani na tumaini kutokea kwa Bwana wao. Lakini wengi walionekana kubaki katika hali ya uzito wa akili, kana kwamba wamelala; hata hivyo niliweza kuona alama ya huzuni ya ndani sana juu ya nyuso zao. Wale waliokatishwa tamaa waliona kutoka katika Biblia kwamba walikuwa katika wakati wa kukawia, na kwamba iliwapasa kungojea kwa saburi kutimizwa kwa ono. Ushahidi uleule uliowaongoza kumtazamia Bwana wao mwaka 1843, uliwaongoza kumtarajia mwaka 1844. Nikaona kwamba wengi hawakuwa na nguvu ile iliyokuwa alama ya imani yao mwaka 1843. Kukatishwa tamaa kwao kulikuwa kumepooza imani yao. Lakini wale waliokatishwa tamaa walipoungana katika kilio cha malaika wa pili, jeshi la mbinguni lilitazama kwa shauku iliyo kuu sana, na likaona athari ya ujumbe ule. Wakawaona wale waliolichukua jina la Wakristo wakigeukia kwa dhihaka na kejeli juu ya wale waliokuwa wamekatishwa tamaa. Maneno yalipotoka katika midomo ya mwenye kudhihaki, Bado hamjakwenda juu! malaika akaandika maneno hayo. Akasema malaika, Wanamdhihaki Mungu.
“I was pointed back to the translation of Elijah. His mantle fell on Elisha, and wicked children (or young people) followed him, mocking, crying, Go up thou bald head! Go up thou bald head! They mocked God, and met their punishment there. They had learned it of their parents. And those who have scoffed and mocked at the idea of the saints’ going up, will be visited with the plagues of God, and will realize that it is not a small thing to trifle with him.
“Ndzi kongomisiwile emuva eka ku tlakusiwa ka Eliya. Nguvu ya yena ya vuprofeta yi wela eka Elixa, kutani vana vo homboloka (kumbe vantshwa) va n’wi landzela, va hlekula, va huwelela, va ku: Tlakuka wena nhloko ya mpandlha! Tlakuka wena nhloko ya mpandlha! A va hlekula Xikwembu, kutani va hlangana ni xigwevo xa vona kona kwalaho. A va swi dyondzile eka vatswari va vona. Kutani lava va hlekuleke ni ku hlekula mhaka ya ku tlhandluka ka vakwetsimi, va ta pfuxeriwa makhombo ya Xikwembu, kutani va ta lemuka leswaku a hi mhaka leyitsongo ku tlangisa hi Yena.
“Jesus commissioned other angels to fly quickly to revive and strengthen the drooping faith of his people, and prepare them to understand the message of the second angel, and of the important move which was soon to be made in heaven. I saw these angels receive great power and light from Jesus, and fly quickly to earth to fulfill their commission to aid the second angel in his work. A great light shone upon the people of God as the angels cried. Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him. Then I saw those disappointed ones rise, and in harmony with the second angel, proclaim, Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him. The light from the angels penetrated the darkness everywhere. Satan and his angels sought to hinder this light from spreading, and having its designed effect. They contended with the angels of God, and told them that God had deceived the people, and that with all their light and power, they could not make the people believe that Jesus was coming. The angels of God continued their work, although Satan strove to hedge up the way, and draw the minds of the people from the light. Those who received it looked very happy. They fixed their eyes up to heaven, and longed for the appearing of Jesus. Some were in great distress, weeping and praying. Their eyes seemed to be fixed upon themselves, and they dared not look upward.
“Yesu aliwatuma malaika wengine waruke upesi ili kuifufua na kuitia nguvu imani iliyokuwa imelegea ya watu wake, na kuwaandaa wapate kuielewa ujumbe wa malaika wa pili, na hatua ile muhimu ambayo ilikuwa karibu kufanywa mbinguni. Naliwaona malaika hao wakipokea uwezo mkuu na nuru kutoka kwa Yesu, kisha wakaruka upesi kuja duniani kutimiza utume wao wa kumsaidia malaika wa pili katika kazi yake. Nuru kubwa ikawamulikia watu wa Mungu malaika walipolia, Tazama, Bwana-arusi anakuja, tokeni mwende kumlaki. Kisha nikawaona wale waliokatishwa tamaa wakainuka, na kwa upatano na malaika wa pili, wakatangaza, Tazama, Bwana-arusi anakuja, tokeni mwende kumlaki. Nuru iliyotoka kwa malaika ilipenyesha giza kila mahali. Shetani na malaika zake wakatafuta kuizuia nuru hii isienee, wala isilete athari iliyokusudiwa. Walibishana na malaika wa Mungu, na kuwaambia kwamba Mungu alikuwa amewadanganya watu, na kwamba kwa nuru na uwezo wao wote, wasingeweza kuwafanya watu waamini kwamba Yesu alikuwa anakuja. Malaika wa Mungu waliendelea na kazi yao, ingawa Shetani alijitahidi kuuziba njia, na kuigeuza mioyo ya watu mbali na nuru. Wale walioipokea walionekana kuwa na furaha nyingi sana. Walielekeza macho yao juu mbinguni, na walitamani kuonekana kwa Yesu. Wengine walikuwa katika dhiki kuu, wakilia na kuomba. Macho yao yalionekana kujitazama wenyewe, nao hawakuthubutu kutazama juu.”
“A precious light from heaven parted the darkness from them, and their eyes, which had been fixed in despair upon themselves, were turned upward, while gratitude and holy joy were expressed upon every feature. Jesus and all the angelic host looked with approbation upon the faithful, waiting ones.
Muveŋelu wa ntalu wa kufuma mwilu wakabavwanganya ku mfifi, ne menso abo, ayo akali ayumfikwile mu kukabila pa bene mu kutalalika, akapindukila kuulu, apo kusakilwa ne nsansa sha buzhilo vyakemwene pa bipande byonse bya bilungi byabo. Yesu ne nkamu yonse ya bangele bakatalile na kusangulukila aba bulembele, aba baketekela mu kulindila.
“Those who rejected and opposed the light of the first angel’s message, lost the light of the second, and could not be benefited by the power and glory which attended the message, Behold the Bridegroom cometh. Jesus turned from them with a frown. They had slighted and rejected him. Those who received the message were wrapt in a cloud of glory. They waited and watched and prayed to know the will of God. They greatly feared to offend him. I saw Satan and his angels seeking to shut this divine light from the people of God; but as long as the waiting ones cherished the light, and kept their eyes raised from earth to Jesus, Satan could have no power to deprive them of this precious light. The message given from heaven enraged Satan and his angels, and those who professed to love Jesus, but despised his coming, scorned and derided the faithful, trusting ones. But an angel marked every insult, every slight, every abuse they received from their professed brethren. Very many raised their voices to cry, Behold the Bridegroom cometh, and left their brethren who did not love the appearing of Jesus, and who would not suffer them to dwell upon his second coming. I saw Jesus turn his face from those who rejected and despised his coming, and then he bade angels lead his people out from among the unclean, lest they should be defiled. Those obedient to the messages stood out free and united. A holy and excellent light shone upon them. They renounced the world, tore their affections from it, and sacrificed their earthly interests. They gave up their earthly treasure, and their anxious gaze was directed to heaven, expecting to see their loved Deliverer. A sacred, holy joy beamed upon their countenances, and told of the peace and joy which reigned within. Jesus bade his angels go and strengthen them, for the hour of their trial drew on. I saw that these waiting ones were not yet tried as they must be. They were not free from errors. And I saw the mercy and goodness of God in sending a warning to the people of earth, and repeated messages to bring them up to a point of time, to lead them to a diligent search of themselves, that they might divest themselves of errors which have been handed down from the heathen and papists. Through these messages God has been bringing out his people where he can work for them in greater power, and where they can keep all his commandments. . . .
“Avela vaze valikataa na kupinga nuru ya ujumbe wa malaika wa kwanza, walipoteza nuru ya ule wa pili, wala hawakuweza kufaidika na uweza na utukufu vilivyoandamana na ujumbe, Tazama, Bwana-arusi yuaja. Yesu akawageukia kwa uso wa kununa. Walikuwa wamemdharau na kumkataa. Wale walioupokea ujumbe walizingirwa katika wingu la utukufu. Walingoja na kukesha na kuomba ili wajue mapenzi ya Mungu. Waliogopa sana wasimkosee. Nikaona Shetani na malaika zake wakitafuta kuifungia nuru hii ya kimungu mbali na watu wa Mungu; lakini maadamu wale waliokuwa wakingoja waliithamini nuru hiyo, na kuyaelekeza macho yao juu kutoka duniani kwa Yesu, Shetani hakuwa na uwezo wa kuwanyang’anya nuru hiyo ya thamani. Ujumbe uliotolewa kutoka mbinguni ulimghadhibisha Shetani na malaika zake, na wale waliodai kumpenda Yesu, lakini waliodhihaki kuja kwake, waliwadharau na kuwakejeli wale waaminifu wenye kutumaini. Lakini malaika aliandika kila tusi, kila dharau, kila udhalilishaji walioupokea kutoka kwa ndugu zao waliodai kuwa ndugu. Wengi sana waliinua sauti zao kupaza, Tazama, Bwana-arusi yuaja, wakawaacha ndugu zao ambao hawakupenda kufunuliwa kwa Yesu, na ambao hawangekubali wao kukaa katika kutafakari kuja kwake mara ya pili. Nikaona Yesu akigeuza uso wake kutoka kwa wale waliokataa na kudharau kuja kwake, kisha akawaagiza malaika wawatoe watu wake watoke miongoni mwa wachafu, wasije wakatiwa unajisi. Wale waliotii jumbe zile wakasimama wakiwa huru na wenye umoja. Nuru takatifu na bora ikawamulikia. Waliukana ulimwengu, wakayakata mapendo yao kutoka kwake, na kuyatoa kafara maslahi yao ya kidunia. Waliacha hazina yao ya duniani, na macho yao yenye shauku yakatazamishwa mbinguni, wakitarajia kumwona Mkombozi wao mpendwa. Furaha takatifu, iliyo safi, iliangaza katika nyuso zao, nayo ilishuhudia juu ya amani na furaha vilivyotawala ndani. Yesu akawaagiza malaika zake waende na kuwatia nguvu, kwa kuwa saa ya kujaribiwa kwao ilikuwa imekaribia. Nikaona kwamba hawa wanaongoja walikuwa hawajajaribiwa bado kama ilivyowapasa. Walikuwa hawajawekwa huru mbali na makosa. Nami nikaona rehema na wema wa Mungu katika kupeleka onyo kwa watu wa dunia, na jumbe za kurudiwa-rudiwa ili kuwafikisha kwenye wakati maalumu, kuwaongoza katika kujichunguza kwa bidii, ili wajivue makosa ambayo yamepitishwa kwao kutoka kwa wapagani na wapapa. Kwa njia ya jumbe hizi Mungu amekuwa akiwatoa watu wake mahali ambapo anaweza kuwatendea kazi kwa uweza mkuu zaidi, na ambapo wanaweza kuzishika amri zake zote....”
“As the ministration of Jesus closed in the Holy place, and he passed into the Holiest, and stood before the ark containing the law of God, he sent another mighty angel to earth with the third message. He placed a parchment in the angel’s hand, and as he descended to earth in majesty and power, he proclaimed a fearful warning, the most terrible threatening ever borne to man. This message was designed to put the children of God upon their guard, and show them the hour of temptation and anguish that was before them. Said the angel, They will be brought into close combat with the beast and his image. Their only hope of eternal life is to remain steadfast. Although their lives are at stake, yet they must hold fast the truth. The third angel closes his message with these words, Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. As he repeated these words he pointed to the heavenly Sanctuary. The minds of all who embrace this message are directed to the Most Holy place where Jesus stands before the ark, making his final intercession for all those for whom mercy still lingers, and for those who have ignorantly broken the law of God. This atonement is made for the righteous dead as well as for the righteous living. Jesus makes an atonement for those who died, not receiving the light upon God’s commandments, who sinned ignorantly.
“Ŋwãc Jecu kɛ tɔ̈u ku bï piny ciɛl ci thɛɛr në acïŋ malual, kɔc ɛ̈ piny baai tën bɛ̈n në acïŋ malualic, kɛ ye tën nyin aräk cï loi ku nhom cï Mɛnh Yïth tɔ̈u, acï tɛ̈n mac rot dït kedhie looi ku piny; kɛ acï warak në tɛ̈n nhomic rëëc, ku kɛ ye piny bɛ̈n në kuɛny ku në pɛɛr, acï yök dhuk pïou cï ruac raan në agut, ku acï ya dhuk rëër cï laŋ tën raan. Ruac ënë acï raan Yïth looi bïk keŋ guɔp ku bïk nyic aköl kɔc ë pinyic ku aköl diɛɛr cï bɛn kɔ̈k. Tɛ̈n acï lueel, “Kek bïk kaac në yic ku mac tën raan cï bïthiin ku rɛl ën.” Raan ënë ya guɔp ke cï yiic baai rac tɔ̈u aköl piny acie, bïk cï raan nhialic ye cïï ke pïou. Kuun kɛ acï guop kedhië jiɛl ënë, kek bïk raan yic cïï tɔ̈u ku bïk tɛ̈n yïth ye cï käk laar. Tɛ̈n mac diɔk acï ruac ën thok ku lueel në kë cï, “Yeën ënë pieth ë raan Yïth; yeën ënë raan cï guir käk tɔ̈u Mɛnh Yïth ku deet Jecu.” Kɛ ye acï këkë ruac luɛl thin, acï ciɛk në Acïŋ Malual nhialic. Nhïïm ë raan kedhië cï ruac ënë yök acï ciɛk në Acïŋ Malualic, tën Jecu cɔl ku nyin aräk, looi yeny deet thokic looi ba raan kedhië cï guɔp tɔ̈u bɛ̈i, ku ba raan kedhië cï käk tɔ̈u Mɛnh Yïth bɛ̈n raan nhom cïï nyic. Raan cï deet ënë looi ba raan piɔ̈u cï thiin në dhöl ku ba raan piɔ̈u cï rëër piny. Jecu alooi deet ba raan cï thiin kɛ cïï raanic pïou cï käk tɔ̈u Mɛnh Yïth yök, ku cï kɔc nhom në cïï nyic.”
“After Jesus opened the door of the Most Holy the light of the Sabbath was seen, and the people of God were to be tested and proved, as God proved the children of Israel anciently, to see if they would keep his law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the disappointed ones the way to the Holiest of the heavenly Sanctuary. They followed Jesus by faith into the Most Holy. Again they have found Jesus, and joy and hope spring up anew. I saw them looking back reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down through their travels to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and certainty again animate them. The third angel has lighted up the past, present and future, and they know that God has indeed led them by his mysterious providence.
“Jisu mu gheshi ga Handu Hashweswe liisule, obulafu bwa Sabato bwabonwa, kandi abantu ba Ruhanga bakaba bashemereire kukemebwa no kulagibwa amazima, nk’oku Ruhanga yaakemeire abaana ba Isiraeri omu biro eby’edhaire, kureeba oba nibaija kurinda amateeka ge. Naabona maraika wa kashatu ng’ayeraga eiguru, ng’alaga abacwekyerwe amaani ekkubo erigenda omu Handu Hashweswe ey’omu Kyeranda eky’omu iguru. Bamukurataho Jisu omu kwikiriza, baingira omu Handu Hashweswe. Ongaru, baboine Jisu, kandi okushemererwa n’amasuubi byamera bupya. Naabona nibehindukya amaisho enyuma, nibasubiramu ebyahingwire, okuruga aha kurangirira okw’okwija kwa Jisu okw’akabiri, bakagenda omu lugendo lwabo okuhika aha kuhwa kw’obwire omu 1844. Baleba okujunana kwabo kusobooroirwe, kandi okushemererwa n’okukakasa byabagaruramu amaani. Maraika wa kashatu acanire omumuri aha byahingwire, eby’omu kasumi aka, n’eby’omu maisho, kandi bamanya ngu buzima Ruhanga niwe yabebembeire omu buheereza bwe obw’ebyama.”
“It was represented to me that the remnant followed Jesus into the Most Holy place, and beheld the ark, and the mercy-seat, and were captivated with their glory. Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and behold! the tables of stone, with the ten commandments written upon them. They trace down the lively oracles; but they start back with trembling when they see the fourth commandment living among the ten holy precepts, while a brighter light shines upon it than upon the other nine, and a halo of glory is all around it. They find nothing there informing them that the Sabbath has been abolished, or changed to the first day of the week. It reads as when spoken by the mouth of God in solemn and awful grandeur upon the mount, while the lightnings flashed and the thunders rolled, and when written with his own holy finger in the tables of stone. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. They are amazed as they behold the care taken of the ten commandments. They see them placed close by Jehovah, overshadowed and protected by his holiness. They see that they have been trampling upon the fourth commandment of the decalogue, and have observed a day handed down by the heathen and papists, instead of the day sanctified by Jehovah. They humble themselves before God, and mourn over their past transgressions.
“Nikambulelwa kuti masalia bamukonka Yesu kuŋena mu Kiseo Kikatulikile Nkulo, kabona sanduku, ni kifulo kya lusa, kabapwilwamo ne bukata bwavyo. Yesu wafula kisweko kya sanduku, kabemba! bipande bya mabwe, ne mafunde ikumi yandikidwe pa vyona. Kabakonka ne menso amafunde ya mweo; lelo kabasunkila panyuma ne kututuma ilyo bamona itontonkanyo lya bune lili ne mweo pakati ka mafunde ikumi aya mushilo, ilyo ulubuuto ulukalamba ukucila pa yambi cine konse lubonesha pali lo, kabwelelo ka bukata buli monse ukulizunguluka. Tabasanga nangu cimo palya icibalanda ukuti Sabata yafutwapo, nangu ukuti yalaswishiwa ku bushiku bwa kutendeka kwa mulungu. Ilisoma nga filya lyalandilwe ku mulomo wa Leza mu bukata bwa mweo ne bwakutinya pa lupili, ilyo imimonekeshe yalekenka ne myulu yalepuma, kandi ilyo lyandikidwemo ne munwe wakwe wa mushilo pa bipande bya mabwe. Ibijelelo mutanda wakakolebemo no kumalamo imilimo yobe yonse; lelo ubushiku bwa cine lubali ni Sabata ya Mukama Leza obe. Kabakumya nganshi ilyo bamona ubwitekelelo ubwaikibwe pa mafunde ikumi. Kabamona nga yaikidwe pabula no kwa Yehova, yafimbiliwa no kulindwa ne bushilo bwakwe. Kabamona ukuti balecindamika panshi itontonkanyo lya bune ilya mu Mafunde Ikumi, no kucita ubushiku ubwapelwe ukufuma ku bapagani na baPapa, mu cifulo ca bushiku ubwacindikilwe na Yehova. Kabepesha imbere ya Leza, no kulila pa maka yabo ayapitapo.”
“I saw the incense in the censer smoke as Jesus offered their confessions and prayers to his Father. And as it ascended, a bright light rested upon Jesus, and upon the mercy-seat; and the earnest, praying ones, who were troubled because they had discovered themselves to be transgressors of God’s law, were blest, and their countenances lighted up with hope and joy. They joined in the work of the third angel, and raised their voices and proclaimed the solemn warning. But few at first received the message, yet they continued with energy to proclaim the warning. Then I saw many embrace the message of the third angel, and unite their voices with those who had first proclaimed the warning, and they exalted God and magnified him by observing his sanctified Rest-day.
“Ndzi vone musi wa murhi wa risuna wu hunga exibyeni xa murhi wa risuna loko Yesu a nyiketa ku tivula ka swidyoho swa vona ni swikhongelo swa vona eka Tata wakwe. Kutani loko wu ri karhi wu tlakuka, ku vonakala loku hatimaka ku tshama ehenhla ka Yesu, ni le henhla ka xitulu xa tintswalo; kutani lava a va khongela hi mbilu hinkwayo, lava a va karhatekile hikuva a va swi kumile leswaku i vatluri va nawu wa Xikwembu, va katekisiwa, naswona swivumbeko swa vona swi voningisiwa hi ntshembo ni ku tsaka. Va hlanganyele entirhweni wa ntsumi ya vunharhu, va tlakusa marito ya vona kutani va twarisa xitsundzuxo lexi tlakukeke. Kambe eku sunguleni i vatsongo lava amukeleke rungula, hambi swi ri tano va ya emahlweni hi matimba ku twarisa xitsundzuxo. Kutani ndzi vona vo tala va amukela rungula ra ntsumi ya vunharhu, va hlanganisa marito ya vona ni ya lava a va rhange hi ku twarisa xitsundzuxo, kutani va tlakusa Xikwembu ni ku xi kurisa hi ku hlayisa Siku ra xona ro Kwetsima ra ku Wisa.”
“Many who embraced the third message had not an experience in the two former messages. Satan understood this, and his evil eye was upon them to overthrow them; but the third angel was pointing them to the Most Holy place, and those who had an experience in the past messages were pointing them the way to the heavenly Sanctuary. Many saw the perfect chain of truth in the angels’ messages, and gladly received it. They embraced them in their order, and followed Jesus by faith into the heavenly Sanctuary. These messages were represented to me as an anchor to hold the body. And as individuals receive and understand them, they are shielded against the many delusions of Satan.
“Kuvaingi ve vakakumbatia ilavo viungo vya tatu havakupata ufahamu wa hakika katika viungo viwili vya kale. Shetani alielewa haya, na jicho lake baya lilikuwa juu yao ili awaangushe; lakini malaika wa tatu alikuwa akiwaelekeza katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu Sana, na wale waliokuwa wamejifunza kupitia viungo vya kale walikuwa wakiwaonyesha njia ya kwenda Patakatifu pa Mbinguni. Wengi walitambua mnyororo mkamilifu wa kweli katika viungo vya malaika, na waliukubali kwa furaha. Wakavikumbatia kwa mpangilio wake, na kwa imani wakamfuata Yesu kuingia katika Patakatifu pa Mbinguni. Viungo hivi vilionyeshwa kwangu kuwa kama nanga ya kuushikilia mwili imara. Na kadiri watu mmoja mmoja wanavyovipokea na kuvielewa, hulindwa dhidi ya madanganyo mengi ya Shetani.”
“After the great disappointment in 1844, Satan and his angels were busily engaged in laying snares to unsettle the faith of the body. He was affecting the minds of individuals who had a personal experience in these things. They had an appearance of humility. They changed the first and second messages, and pointed to the future for their fulfillment, while others pointed far back in the past, declaring that they had been there fulfilled. These individuals were drawing the minds of the inexperienced away, and unsettling their faith. Some were searching the Bible to try to build up a faith of their own, independent of the body. Satan exulted in all this; for he knew that those who broke loose from the anchor, he could affect by different errors and drive about with winds of doctrine. Many who had led in the first and second messages, denied them, and division and scattering was throughout the body. I then saw Wm. Miller. He looked perplexed, and was bowed with sorrow and distress for his people. He saw the company who were united and loving in 1844, losing their love for each other, and opposing one another. He saw them fall back into a cold, backslidden state. Grief wasted his strength. I saw leading men watching Wm. Miller, and fearing lest he should embrace the third angel’s message and the commandments of God. And as he would lean towards the light from heaven, these men would lay some plan to draw his mind away. I saw a human influence exerted to keep his mind in darkness, and to retain his influence among them. At length Wm. Miller raised his voice against the light from heaven. He failed in not receiving the message which would have fully explained his disappointment, and cast a light and glory on the past, which would have revived his exhausted energies, brightened up his hope, and led him to glorify God. But he leaned to human wisdom instead of divine, and being broken with arduous labor in his Master’s cause, and by age, he was not as accountable as those who kept him from the truth. They are responsible, and the sin rests upon them. If Wm. Miller could have seen the light of the third message, many things which looked dark and mysterious to him would have been explained. His brethren professed such deep love and interest for him, he thought he could not tear away from them. His heart would incline towards the truth; but then he looked at his brethren. They opposed it. Could he tear away from those who had stood side and shoulder with him in proclaiming Jesus’ coming? He thought they surely would not lead him astray.
1844-ൽ ഉണ്ടായ മഹാനിരാശയ്ക്കുശേഷം, ശരീരത്തിന്റെ വിശ്വാസം അസ്ഥിരമാക്കുവാൻ സാത്താനും അവന്റെ ദൂതന്മാരും കണികൾ വിരിച്ചുകൊണ്ടു അത്യന്തം തിരക്കോടെ പ്രവർത്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു. ഈ കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ വ്യക്തിപരമായ അനുഭവം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന ചിലരുടെയും മനസ്സുകളെ അവൻ സ്വാധീനിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു. അവർക്കു വിനയത്തിന്റെ ഭാവമുണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവർ ഒന്നാമത്തെയും രണ്ടാമത്തെയും ദൂതസന്ദേശങ്ങളെ മാറ്റിമറിച്ച്, അവയുടെ നിവൃത്തിക്കായി ഭാവിയിലേക്കു വിരൽചൂണ്ടി; അതേസമയം, മറ്റുചിലർ അതിവിദൂരമായ ഭൂതകാലത്തിലേക്കു തിരിഞ്ഞ്, അവ അവിടെത്തന്നെ നിവൃത്തിയായിരിക്കുന്നു എന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. ഈ വ്യക്തികൾ അനുഭവമില്ലാത്തവരുടെ മനസ്സുകളെ തെറ്റുവഴിപ്പിക്കുകയും അവരുടെ വിശ്വാസം അസ്ഥിരമാക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ചിലർ ശരീരത്തിൽനിന്നു സ്വതന്ത്രമായി, തങ്ങളുടേതായ ഒരു വിശ്വാസം സ്ഥാപിക്കുവാൻ ശ്രമിച്ചു ബൈബിൾ അന്വേഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു. ഇതൊക്കെയും കണ്ട് സാത്താൻ ആനന്ദിച്ചു; കാരണം, നങ്കൂരത്തിൽനിന്നു വിടുതൽ പ്രാപിച്ചവരെ താൻ വിവിധ ഭ്രമങ്ങളാൽ സ്വാധീനിക്കയും ഉപദേശങ്ങളുടെ കാറ്റുകളാൽ എല്ലാദിക്കിലേക്കും അടിച്ചൊലിപ്പിക്കയും ചെയ്യാമെന്നു അവൻ അറിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു. ഒന്നാമത്തെയും രണ്ടാമത്തെയും സന്ദേശങ്ങളിൽ മുന്നിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന പലരും അവയെ നിഷേധിച്ചു; അങ്ങനെ ശരീരമൊട്ടാകെ വിഭജനവും ചിതറലും പടർന്നു. അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ Wm. Miller-നെ കണ്ടു. അദ്ദേഹം ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലായിരുന്നു; തന്റെ ജനത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ദുഃഖവും വേദനയും മൂലം നമിച്ചുകിടക്കുന്നതുപോലെ തോന്നി. 1844-ൽ ഐക്യത്തിലും സ്നേഹത്തിലും ഒന്നിച്ചിരുന്ന സംഘം പരസ്പരസ്നേഹം നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തി ഒരുവൻ മറ്റൊരുവന്നു വിരോധികളായിത്തീരുന്നതു അദ്ദേഹം കണ്ടു. അവർ തണുത്തതും പിന്മാറിയതുമായ അവസ്ഥയിലേക്കു വീഴുന്നതു അദ്ദേഹം കണ്ടു. ദുഃഖം അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ശക്തിയെ ക്ഷയിപ്പിച്ചു. മുഖ്യന്മാരായ ചിലർ Wm. Miller-നെ നിരീക്ഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കയും, മൂന്നാം ദൂതന്റെ സന്ദേശവും ദൈവത്തിന്റെ കല്പനകളും അദ്ദേഹം സ്വീകരിച്ചുകളയുമോ എന്നു ഭയപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നുവെന്ന് ഞാൻ കണ്ടു. അദ്ദേഹം സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽനിന്നുള്ള വെളിച്ചത്തിങ്കലേക്കു ചായുവാൻ തുടങ്ങുമ്പോഴൊക്കെയും, ഈ മനുഷ്യർ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ മനസ്സിനെ അതിൽനിന്നു തിരിച്ചു വിടുവാൻ എന്തെങ്കിലും ഉപായം ആസൂത്രണം ചെയ്തു. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ മനസ്സിനെ ഇരുളിൽ പിടിച്ചിരുത്തുകയും, അവരുടെ ഇടയിൽ അദ്ദേഹത്തിനുണ്ടായിരുന്ന സ്വാധീനം നിലനിർത്തുകയും ചെയ്യുവാൻ ഒരു മാനുഷിക സ്വാധീനം പ്രയോഗിക്കപ്പെടുന്നതായി ഞാൻ കണ്ടു. ഒടുവിൽ Wm. Miller സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽനിന്നുള്ള വെളിച്ചത്തിനെതിരെ തന്റെ ശബ്ദം ഉയർത്തി. തന്റെ നിരാശയെ പൂർണമായി വിശദീകരിക്കുകയും, ഭൂതകാലത്തിന്മേൽ വെളിച്ചവും മഹത്വവും ചൊരിയുകയും, അതുവഴി ക്ഷീണിച്ചുപോയ തന്റെ ശക്തികളെ പുതുക്കുകയും തന്റെ പ്രത്യാശയെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുകയും ദൈവത്തെ മഹത്വപ്പെടുത്തുവാൻ തന്നെ നയിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തേനേ ആയിരുന്ന ആ സന്ദേശം സ്വീകരിക്കാതിരുന്നതിൽ അദ്ദേഹം പരാജയപ്പെട്ടു. എന്നാൽ അദ്ദേഹം ദിവ്യജ്ഞാനത്തിന്നു പകരം മാനുഷികജ്ഞാനത്തോടു ചായിച്ചു; തന്റെ യജമാനന്റെ കാരണത്തിൽ നടത്തിയ കഠിനപ്രയത്നത്താലും വാർദ്ധക്യത്താലും തകർന്നിരിക്കയാൽ, അവനെ സത്യത്തിൽനിന്നു അകറ്റിനിർത്തിയവരെപ്പോലെ അദ്ദേഹം അത്രത്തോളം ഉത്തരവാദിയല്ലായിരുന്നു. അവർ ഉത്തരവാദികളാണ്; പാപം അവരുടെമേലാണ് നിൽക്കുന്നത്. Wm. Miller-നു മൂന്നാം സന്ദേശത്തിന്റെ വെളിച്ചം കാണാനായിരുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, അദ്ദേഹത്തിനു ഇരുണ്ടതും ഗൂഢവുമായിത്തോന്നിയിരുന്ന പല കാര്യങ്ങളും വിശദീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടേനേ ഇരുന്നൂ. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ സഹോദരന്മാർ തനിക്കായി അത്തരം ആഴമുള്ള സ്നേഹവും താൽപര്യവും പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ചിരുന്നതിനാൽ, അവരിൽനിന്നു താൻ വേർപിരിയാൻ കഴിയുകയില്ലെന്നു അദ്ദേഹം വിചാരിച്ചു. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ഹൃദയം സത്യത്തിലേക്കു ചായും; എങ്കിലും പിന്നീട് അദ്ദേഹം തന്റെ സഹോദരന്മാരെ നോക്കും. അവർ അതിനെ എതിർത്തു. യേശുവിന്റെ വരവിനെ പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നതിൽ തനിക്കൊപ്പം ചേർന്ന് തോളോടുതോൾ നിന്നവരിൽനിന്നു അദ്ദേഹം വേർപിരിയുമോ? അവർ തീർച്ചയായും താനെ തെറ്റുവഴിയിലേക്കു നയിക്കുകയില്ലെന്നു അദ്ദേഹം വിചാരിച്ചു.
“God suffered him to come under the power of Satan, and death to have dominion over him. He hid him in the grave, away from those who were constantly drawing him from God. Moses erred just as he was about to enter the promised land. So also, I saw that Wm. Miller erred as he was soon to enter the heavenly Canaan, in suffering his influence to go against the truth. Others led him to this. Others must account for it. But angels watch the precious dust of this servant of God, and he will come forth at the sound of the last trump.
“Ngai akamũrĩkia agĩe thĩ wa hinya wa Satani, na gũkua kũmũtongorere. Akamũhitha mbĩrĩra-inĩ, kũrĩa kũrĩna andũ arĩa maarĩ kũmũgũrũka hingo ciothe kuuma kwa Ngai. Musa akĩhĩtia o hingo ĩrĩa ya hakuhĩ na kũingĩra bũrũri ũrĩa wa kĩragano. O ta ũguo-rĩ, ndonire atĩ Wm. Miller nake akĩhĩtia rĩrĩa aarĩ hakuhĩ na kũingĩra Kanana ya igũrũ, nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩka ũhoti wake ũthii nginya kũrwana na ũhoro-wa-ma. Andũ angĩ nĩmo makamũtongoririe gwĩka ũguo. O andũ acio nĩmo mangĩgũrwo nĩ ũguo. No araika mararinda rũkũngũ rwa goro rwa ndungata ĩno ya Ngai, na nĩagacooka aumĩre na mũgambo wa tarumbeta ya mũthurano.”
“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm, and would give no countenance to those who would unsettle the established faith of the body. God looked upon them with approbation. I was shown three steps—one, two and three—the first, second and third angels’ messages. Said the angel, Woe to him who shall move a block, or stir a pin in these messages. The true understanding of these messages is of vital importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon the manner in which they are received. I was again brought down through these messages, and saw how dearly the people of God had purchased their experience. It had been obtained through much suffering and severe conflict. Step by step had God brought them along, until he had placed them upon a solid, immovable platform. Then I saw individuals as they approached the platform, before stepping upon it examine the foundation. Some with rejoicing immediately stepped upon it. Others commenced to find fault with the laying of the foundation of the platform. They wished improvements made, and then the platform would be more perfect, and the people much happier. Some stepped off the platform and examined it, then found fault with it, declaring it to be laid wrong. I saw that nearly all stood firm upon the platform, and exhorted others who had stepped off to cease their complaints, for God was the master-builder, and they were fighting against him. They recounted the wonderful work of God, which had led them to the firm platform, and in union nearly all raised their eyes to heaven, and with a loud voice glorified God. This affected some of those who had complained, and left the platform, and again they with humble look stepped upon it.
“Ndzi vone nhlengeletano ya vanhu lava a va yime va sirhelelekile swinene naswona va tiyile, naswona a va nga pfumeli nchumu eka lava a va lava ku tsekatseka ripfumelo leri simekiweke ra miri. Xikwembu xi va langute hi ku va amukela. Ndzi kombisiwile magoza manharhu—rin’we, mambirhi ni manharhu—marungula ya yingelosi yo sungula, ya vumbirhi ni ya vunharhu. Yingelosi yi te, Khombo eka loyi a nga ta susa xiphemu, kumbe a tsekatsekisa pini eka marungula lawa. Ku twisisa ka ntiyiso ka marungula lawa i ka nkoka lowukulu swinene. Makumu ya mimoya ma le ka ndlela leyi ma amukeriwaka ha yona. Ndzi tlhela ndzi tisiwa ehansi hi ku hundza eka marungula lawa, kutani ndzi vona hilaha vanhu va Xikwembu va xaveleke ntokoto wa vona hi ku durha hakona. A wu kumiwile hi ku xaniseka lokukulu ni ku lwisana loku tika. Goza hi goza Xikwembu xi va fambisile, ku kondza xi va veke ehenhla ka pulatifomo leyi tiyeke, leyi nga susumekiki. Kutani ndzi vona vanhu van’wana loko va tshinela eka pulatifomo, va nga si khandziya ehenhla ka yona, va kambisisa masungulo. Van’wana hi ku tsaka va hatla va khandziya ehenhla ka yona. Van’wana va sungula ku sola ku vekiwa ka masungulo ya pulatifomo. A va navela leswaku ku endliwa ku antswisiwa, kutani pulatifomo a yi ta va leyi hetisekeke ngopfu, naswona vanhu a va ta tsaka ngopfu. Van’wana va rhelela ehenhla ka pulatifomo kutani va yi kambisisa, kutani va kuma nandzu eka yona, va vula leswaku yi vekiwile hi ndlela leyi hoxeke. Ndzi vone leswaku kusuhi ni hinkwavo a va yime va tiyile ehenhla ka pulatifomo, naswona va khutaza van’wana lava a va rhelerile ehenhla ka yona leswaku va tshika ku gungula ka vona, hikuva Xikwembu a ku ri muaki lonkulu, naswona a va lwa na xona. Va tlherisela emiehleketweni ntirho lowa hlamarisa wa Xikwembu, lowu a wu va kongomisile eka pulatifomo leyi tiyeke, naswona hi vun’we kusuhi ni hinkwavo va tlakusa mahlo ya vona etilweni, kutani hi rito lerikulu va dzunisa Xikwembu. Leswi swi khumbe van’wana va lava a va vilela naswona va tshikile pulatifomo, kutani va tlhela, hi xikandza xa ku titsongahata, va khandziya ehenhla ka yona.”
“I was pointed back to the proclamation of the first advent of Christ. John was sent in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way for Jesus’ coming. Those who rejected the testimony of John were not benefited by the teachings of Jesus. Their opposition to the proclamation of his first advent placed them where they could not readily receive the strongest evidence of his being the Messiah. Satan led on those who rejected the message of John to go still further, to reject Jesus and crucify him. In doing this, they placed themselves where they could not receive the blessing on the day of Pentecost, which would have taught them the way into the heavenly Sanctuary. The rending of the vail of the temple showed that the Jewish sacrifices and ordinances would no longer be received. The great Sacrifice had been offered, and had been accepted, and the Holy Spirit which descended on the day of Pentecost carried the minds of the disciples from the earthly Sanctuary to the heavenly, where Jesus had entered by his own blood, and shed upon his disciples the benefits of his atonement. The Jews were left in complete deception and total darkness. They lost all the light they might have had upon the plan of salvation, and still trusted in their useless sacrifices and offerings. They could not be benefited by the mediation of Christ in the Holy place. The heavenly Sanctuary had taken the place of the earthly, yet they had no knowledge of the way to the heavenly.
“Nacembuwi ukubwelelwa ku kulangazwa kwa kuboola kwa kusala kwa Kilisito. Yoane akatumwa mu mupashi na mu bukole bwa Eliya ukulungika nshila ya kwisa kwa Yesu. Abo baakene ubunte bwa Yoane tabakapusushiwa ku misambisho ya Yesu. Ukukana kwabo kulangazwa kwa kuboola kwakwe kwa kusala kwabikile apo batakakonsha kwakupokelela bwangu bwa bukapepa bukankala ubwa kwamba ukuti yeye ali Mesiya. Satana akatungulula abo baakene imbila yakwe Yoane ukuya ne kuya patanshi, ukana Yesu no kumupopa pa lupanda. Mu kucita ici, baibikile benga abo batakakonsha kupokelela uluse pa bushiku bwa Pentekoste, ubwalibafunjishe inshila iya kuya mu Nsanctuary ya mu myulu. Ukupanduka kwa kafula ka tempile kwalangishe ukuti ifyopefyo ne milimo ya mitemo ya Bayuda tabyakapokelelwapo kabili. Icipayano Icikulu cali capelwe, kabili cali capokelelwa, kabili Mupashi wa Mushilo uwatulukile pa bushiku bwa Pentekoste watwele amano ya basambi ukufuma ku Nsanctuary ya pano isonde ukuya ku ya mu myulu, uko Yesu aingile ku mulopa wakwe umwine, no kusulwila basambi bakwe amapindu ya kulipila kwakwe. Bayuda basiyilwe mu kubepwa konse ne mu mfifi yonse. Bapotelele ulubuto lonse bali no kulubapo pa butantiko bwa lupusukilo, kabili bacili batetekele mu fyopefyo fyabo ifya bushe no bupefyango bwabo ifya pefyo. Tabakakonsha ukupusushiwa ku buombeshi bwa pakati bwa Kilisito mu ncende ya Mushilo. Nsanctuary ya mu myulu yali yatola icifulo ca iya pano isonde, lelo tabali no kwishiba inshila iya kuya ku ya mu myulu.”
“Many look with horror at the course the Jews pursued toward Jesus in rejecting and crucifying him. And as they read the history of his shameful abuse, they think they love Christ, and would not have denied him like Peter, or crucified him like the Jews. But God who has witnessed their professed sympathy for his Son, has proved them, and has brought to the test that love which they professed for Jesus.
“Bajinji batara nteke n’ubwoba inzira Abayahudi banyuzemo ku byerekeye Yesu, ubwo bamwangaga kandi bakamubamba ku musaraba. Kandi uko basoma amateka y’uko yakorewe iyicarubozo n’isoni, bibwira ko bakunda Kristo, kandi ko batari kumwihakana nka Petero, cyangwa ngo bamubambe nk’Abayahudi. Ariko Imana, yo yabonye impuhwe bagaragazaga bavuga ko bafitiye Umwana wayo, yarabagerageje, kandi izana mu igeragezwa urwo rukundo bavugaga ko bakunda Yesu.”
“All heaven watched with the deepest interest the reception of the message. But many who profess to love Jesus, and who shed tears as they read the story of the cross, instead of receiving the message with gladness, are stirred, with anger, and deride the good news of Jesus’ coming, and declare it to be delusion. They would not fellowship those who loved his appearing, but hated them, and shut them out of the churches. Those who rejected the first message could not be benefited by the second, and were not benefited by the midnight cry, which was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the Most Holy place of the heavenly Sanctuary. And by rejecting the two former messages, they can see no light in the third angel’s message, which shows the way into the Most Holy place. I saw that the nominal churches, as the Jews crucified Jesus, had crucified these messages, and therefore they have no knowledge of the move made in heaven, or of the way into the Most Holy, and they cannot be benefited by the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered their useless sacrifices, they offer up their useless prayers to the apartment which Jesus has left, and Satan, pleased with the deception of the professed followers of Christ, fastens them in his snare, and assumes a religious character, and leads the minds of these professed Christians to himself, and works with his power, his signs and lying wonders. Some he deceives in one way and some in another. He has different delusions prepared to affect different minds. Some look with horror upon one deception, while they readily receive another. Satan deceives some with Spiritualism. He also comes as an angel of light, and spreads his influence over the land. I saw false reformations everywhere. The churches were elated, and considered that God was marvelously working for them, when it was another spirit. It will die away and leave the world and the church in a worse condition than before.
“Mbingu yote ilitazama kwa shauku iliyo kuu sana kupokelewa kwa ujumbe huo. Lakini wengi wanaodai kumpenda Yesu, na wanaomwaga machozi wanaposoma kisa cha msalaba, badala ya kuupokea ujumbe kwa furaha, huchochewa kwa hasira, na kuzidhihaki habari njema za kuja kwa Yesu, na kutangaza kwamba ni udanganyifu. Hawakutaka kushirikiana na wale waliopenda kutokea kwake, bali waliwachukia, na kuwafungia nje ya makanisa. Wale walioukataa ujumbe wa kwanza hawakuweza kufaidika kwa ule wa pili, wala hawakufaidika kwa kilio cha usiku wa manane, ambacho kilipaswa kuwaandaa ili waingie pamoja na Yesu kwa imani ndani ya Patakatifu pa Patakatifu pa Patakatifu pa mbinguni. Na kwa kuzikataa jumbe zile mbili za kwanza, hawawezi kuona nuru yo yote katika ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu, unaoonyesha njia iendayo katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu. Niliona ya kwamba makanisa ya jina tu, kama vile Wayahudi walivyomsulibisha Yesu, yamesulibisha jumbe hizi; na kwa sababu hiyo hayana maarifa yo yote ya hatua iliyochukuliwa mbinguni, wala ya njia iendayo katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu, nayo hayawezi kufaidika kwa uombezi wa Yesu huko. Kama Wayahudi, waliozitoa dhabihu zao zisizo na faida, nao hutoa sala zao zisizo na faida kwa sehemu ile ambayo Yesu ameiacha; naye Shetani, akifurahia udanganyifu wa wafuasi wa Kristo wanaojidai, huwafunga katika mtego wake, na hujivika tabia ya kidini, na kuiongoza mioyo ya hawa wanaojiita Wakristo kwake mwenyewe, na kutenda kwa uweza wake, na ishara zake, na maajabu ya uongo. Wengine huwadanganya kwa njia moja na wengine kwa njia nyingine. Ana udanganyifu mbalimbali uliotayarishwa ili kuathiri nia zilizo mbalimbali. Wengine hutazama kwa hofu udanganyifu mmoja, huku wakiupokea mwingine kwa wepesi. Shetani huwadanganya wengine kwa Uroho. Tena huja kama malaika wa nuru, na kueneza mvuto wake juu ya nchi. Niliona matengenezo ya uongo kila mahali. Makanisa yalishangilia, na kudhani kwamba Mungu alikuwa akiwatendea mambo ya ajabu sana, ilhali ilikuwa ni roho nyingine. Hayo yatafifia na kuuacha ulimwengu na kanisa katika hali iliyo mbaya zaidi kuliko hapo kwanza.”
“I saw that God had honest children among the nominal Adventists, and the fallen churches, and ministers and people will yet be called out from these churches, before the plagues shall be poured out, and they will gladly embrace the truth. Satan knows this, and before the loud cry of the third angel, raises an excitement in these religious bodies, that those who have rejected the truth may think God is with them. He hopes to deceive the honest, and lead them to think that God is still working for the churches. But the light will shine, and every one of the honest ones will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant.” Spiritual Gifts, volume 1, 151–172.
“Námùnyìk wè nìkùna kùrĩ Ngai aana a ma kîhooto gatagatĩ ka Aadvendisti a rĩĩtwa tu, na makanitha marĩa maragũire; na athamaki a wĩra wa Ngai hamwe na andũ nĩ makĩhũũranwo kuuma makanithainĩ macio, mbere ya mĩhĩtũko gũitĩka; nao nĩ makĩambatĩra kĩhooto na ngoro ya gĩkeno. Saitani nĩoĩ aya, na mbere ya mũgambo mũnene wa mũraika wa gatatũ, agĩcokia gũkĩrĩra kwa ndumĩrĩri gatagatĩ ka mbungano ici cia kĩrĩhĩtie, nĩguo arĩa maaregire kĩhooto mecirie atĩ Ngai arĩ hamwe nao. Arĩna kĩeha gũthũkĩria arĩa a ma kîhooto, na kũmatongoria mecirie atĩ Ngai nĩagĩtũma agĩkĩra makanitha ma. No ũtheri nĩũkaakĩa, na o mũndũ ũrĩa wa kîhooto nĩakauma makanithainĩ marĩa magũire, na agĩtũũra hamwe na arĩa matigariirio.” Spiritual Gifts, volume 1, 151–172.
This passage has so many important truths, but I am using the passage to isolate some characteristics of the messages of Millerite history, in order to understand how those typify our history. All three of the angels of Revelation fourteen have a message in their hands. The second and third angel are identified as having a “parchment,” with them as they descend with their message. Each angel represents a message, and the arrival of each message causes an effect.
Ennyo eno erimu amazima mangi nnyo amakulu, naye nkozesa ennyo eno okwawulaamu ebimu ku bifaananyi by’obubaka bw’ebyafaayo bya ba-Millerite, tusobole okutegeera engeri gye bifuuka ekifaananyi ky’ebyafaayo byaffe. Bamalayika bonna abasatu ab’omu Okubikkulirwa essuula kkumi nnya balina obubaka mu mikono gyabwe. Malayika ow’okubiri n’ow’okusatu bategeezebwa nga balina “olupapula oluzingiddwa,” nabo nga bakka n’obubaka bwabwe. Buli malayika akiikirira obubaka, era okutuuka kwa buli bubaka kuleeta ekivaamu.
We will continue this subject in the next article.
Tukakolesyanga kusubject eyi mu kaandiko akalondako.