All the prophets identify the end of the world.
Hemû pêxemberan dawiya cîhanê diyar dikin.
“Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ 1 Corinthians 10:11. ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.’ 1 Peter 1:12. . . .
“Vaporofita va kale, kila mmoja wao, hawakusema sana kwa ajili ya nyakati zao wenyewe kuliko kwa ajili ya nyakati zetu; hivyo basi unabii wao una nguvu na utendaji kwa ajili yetu. ‘Basi mambo hayo yote yaliwapata wao kwa jinsi ya mifano; tena yakaandikwa ili kutuonya sisi, ambao miisho ya dunia imetufikia.’ 1 Wakorintho 10:11. ‘Walifunuliwa ya kuwa si kwa ajili ya nafsi zao wenyewe, bali kwa ajili yenu, walihudumu mambo hayo, ambayo sasa mmehubiriwa na wale waliowahubirieni injili kwa Roho Mtakatifu aliyetumwa kutoka mbinguni; mambo ambayo malaika hutamani kuyaangalia.’ 1 Petro 1:12....”
“The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.
“Bibilia imekusanya na kuunganisha pamoja hazina zake kwa ajili ya kizazi hiki cha mwisho. Matukio yote makuu na shughuli zote za kutisha za historia ya Agano la Kale yamekuwa, na yanaendelea, kujirudia katika kanisa katika siku hizi za mwisho.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.
All the books of the Bible conclude in the book of Revelation.
Bokonzi nyonso ya Biblia esukaka na buku ya Emoniseli.
“In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end.” Acts of the Apostles, 585.
“Mu Kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa ebitabo byonna ebya Bayibuli gye bisisinkanira era ne bikomekkerezebwa.” Ebikolwa by’Abatume, 585.
The final warning message for planet earth’s inhabitants is identified in Revelation eighteen.
ꯃꯄꯥꯟ ꯇꯧꯔꯤꯕꯥ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯕꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛ ꯑꯔꯣꯢꯕ ꯅꯧꯖꯟꯕ ꯄꯥꯎ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯔꯦꯕꯤꯂꯦꯁꯟ 18ꯗ ꯈꯪꯍꯟꯂꯤ।
And after these things 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, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:1–3.
Na baada ya hayo nikaona malaika mwingine akishuka kutoka mbinguni, mwenye mamlaka makuu; nayo dunia ikaangazwa kwa utukufu wake. Naye akalia kwa nguvu kwa sauti kuu, akisema, Umeanguka, umeanguka Babeli ule mkuu, naye amekuwa maskani ya mashetani, na mahali pa kukaa pa kila roho mchafu, na ngome ya kila ndege mchafu na achukiwaye. Kwa maana mataifa yote wamekunywa divai ya ghadhabu ya uasherati wake, na wafalme wa dunia wamefanya uasherati pamoja naye, na wafanyabiashara wa dunia wamepata utajiri kwa wingi wa anasa zake. Ufunuo 18:1–3.
The phrase “Babylon the great” represents the Roman Catholic church and in Isaiah chapter twenty-three “Babylon the great” is represented as Tyre.
“Mbigiliya nene” imerekanisha Kanisa Katolika la Roma, na katika Isaya sura ya ishirini na tatu “Mbigiliya nene” imewakilishwa kama Tiro.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Isaiah 23:1–18.
Tirot ngewina. Tarshish kadayang ityo, soso geyi; ngeme iwet bubu, no ka ngat aye ka seye; Chittim tokot ka to atye. Nywe me kabaka mewi, atolot meyi; in aye, ma Zidon me cilo, ma doggye ka laa, emwa kadego ni in. Kede pii me dit, nyig Sihor, cang me kulu, aye mwocce; kede en aye can me cing acel me rok ducu. Zidon, ibed me wiya; pien nam owaco, ee, tek pa nam, ka waco ni, “An pe anywala, pe alwongo lutino, pe akwanyo jo me nyareco, kede pe akwanyo nyako.” Calo kare ma wie lok me Ejipt, kum me cwercwiny romo meno ni gin bibedo ka rem ma dit ka gin oywoko lok me Tirot. Dul woko i Tarshish; nywe me atolot meyi, soso geyi. Man aye gang me yom wu, ma kareke aa i kare me macon? Tye ka tii ki tunggi kikome meya, me cako dul ma lacen. Ngat mene otyeko yub man kuom Tirot, gang ma rwatte ka lwongo korona, ma jo me cato meye tye rwot, ma jo me cato jami meye tye lupwonye me lobo? Rwot pa zasti ducu aye oyubu man, me kwanyo pwoc me pyem ducu, kede me keto i ciya jo me rwatte ducu me lobo. Ipong i lobo ni calo kulu, nyako pa Tarshish; pe tye dok teko. Otyeko yaro cinge iwiye nam, otyeko yego ker; Rwot otyeko cako cik kuom gang me cato jami, me balo ot me tek meye. Kede owaco ni, “Pe ibiyom dok, in nyako ma gityeko coyo, nyako pa Zidon; aa malo, idul i Chittim; kany dok pe ibinongo yweyo.” Nen lobo pa jo Kaldea; rok man pe obedo, nio wa ma Asur okeno gi pire tek jo ma bedo i tim; gityeko cako ot me koro meye, gityeko kelo malo pa ot pa ker meye; kede en okele ka obale. Tarshish kadayang ityo, soso geyi; pien tek wu obale. Kede bibedo ni i nino meno, Tirot bibed ka gitye wilone mwaka piero abiro, calo nino pa rwot acel; ka tum pa mwaka piero abiro otuco, Tirot biwero calo dako me cato kom. Mak apii, idul bute gang, in dako me cato kom ma gitye wiloni; go wer me yom, wer wer mapol, wek gupoi dok. Kede bibedo ni ka tum pa mwaka piero abiro otuco, Rwot bineno Tirot, kede en bidok i nywola me culu, kede bicito cilo me cwiny gi ker ducu me lobo ma tye i wang lobo. Kede cato jami meye kede nywola meye bibedo maleng bot Rwot: pe gibikwanyo me kano onyo me kano piny; pien cato jami meye bibedo pi jo ma bedo i wang Rwot, me cam ma romo, kede me rwate mapore. Isaiah 23:1–18.
Sister White writes: “All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.”
Mutangana White yaranditse ati: “Ibikorwa byose bikomeye n’imihango yose ikomeye y’amateka yo mu Isezerano rya Kera byarabaye kandi birimo bisubirirwa mu itorero muri iyi minsi y’imperuka.”
Isaiah twenty-three addresses the prophetic relationships of the United Nations, the Papacy, the United States and Islam. In order to recognize these truths certain symbols in the chapter must be defined by Inspiration. Once the symbols are defined, the sequence of events is fairly straightforward. The symbols in the chapter that need to be defined are:
Yesaya ishirini na tatu inashughulikia mahusiano ya kinabii ya Umoja wa Mataifa, Upapa, Marekani, na Uislamu. Ili kutambua kweli hizi, ni lazima alama fulani katika sura hii zifafanuliwe kwa uvuvio. Mara alama hizo zinapofafanuliwa, mfululizo wa matukio huwa wazi kwa kiasi kikubwa. Alama katika sura hii zinazohitaji kufafanuliwa ni:
The Burden, Tyre, The harlot, The Assyrian, The land of the Chaldeans, Towers and Palaces, Tarshish, The Seed of Sihor, The Land of Chittim, Zidon, The Merchants City, The report of Egypt and the report of Tyre, The Howling, A Daughter, Seventy Years, The Days of One King, Forgetting, and Remembering
ਭਾਰ, ਸੂਰ, ਵੇਸ਼ਵਾ, ਅਸ਼ੂਰੀ, ਕਸਦੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਧਰਤੀ, ਮੀਨਾਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਲ, ਤਰਸ਼ੀਸ਼, ਸਿਹੋਰ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ, ਕਿੱਤੀਮ ਦੀ ਧਰਤੀ, ਸਿਦੋਨ, ਵਪਾਰੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ, ਮਿਸਰ ਦੀ ਖ਼ਬਰ ਅਤੇ ਸੂਰ ਦੀ ਖ਼ਬਰ, ਵਿਲਾਪ, ਇੱਕ ਧੀ, ਸੱਤਰ ਸਾਲ, ਇੱਕ ਰਾਜੇ ਦੇ ਦਿਨ, ਭੁੱਲ ਜਾਣਾ, ਅਤੇ ਯਾਦ ਕਰਨਾ
The word “burden” in verse one identifies a prophecy of doom against the kingdom of Tyre.
Mu suak “burden” ruma verse one ka prophecy ya doom against the kingdom of Tyre.
Burden: H4853—From H5375; a burden; specifically tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire: – burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute.
Omusigo: H4853—Okuva mu H5375; omugugu; by’amaani omusolo, oba (mu ngeri ey’obwongo) okutikka emigugu; mu ngeri ey’akabonero okwogera, okusingira ddala ekirangiriro eky’omusango, naddala okuyimba; mu birowoozo, okwegomba: – omugugu, okutwala, obunnabbi, X be bateeka, oluyimba, omusolo.
The burden of Tyre is one of many passages in the Bible where the final judgment of the Roman Catholic church is identified. A “burden” by use and definition is a prophecy, and primarily a prophecy of doom. There are eleven “burdens” in Isaiah and eight times the word is used to describe a burden carried on the shoulders. The eleven times the word “burden” is represented as prophecy of doom are Isaiah 13:1; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1, 11, 13; 22:1; 30:6 and of course chapter twenty-three where we find the burden of Tyre. It is worthwhile to place all of Isaiah’s prophecies of doom together in order to evaluate which power is being represented in the last days. Eleven prophecies of doom are difficult to cover at one time, so I will give a brief definition of each doom prophecy to set the context for chapter twenty-three.
Tiara barê yek ji gelek dergehên di Pirtûka Pîroz de ye ku tê de dadweriya dawî ya dêrê Katolîk a Romayê tê diyarkirin. “Bar” li gorî bikaranîn û pênaseyê, pêxemberîyek e, û di bingeh de pêxemberîya helakbûnê ye. Di Işaya de yazdeh “bar” hene, û heşt caran jî ev peyv ji bo danasîna barekî ku li ser milan tê hilgirtin, tê bikaranîn. Ew yazdeh cihan ku peyva “bar” wek pêxemberîya helakbûnê tê nîşandan, ev in: Işaya 13:1; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1, 11, 13; 22:1; 30:6, û bi bêguman beşa bîst û sêyemîn ku tê de em bara Tiara dibînin. Hêjayî ye ku hemû pêxemberiyên helakbûnê yên Işaya li hev bên danîn da ku were nirxandin ka di rojên dawî de kîjan hêz tê temsîl kirin. Yazdeh pêxemberiyên helakbûnê di carekê de vegirtin zor e, lewma ez ê pênaseyek kurt a her pêxemberiya helakbûnê bidim da ku çarçoveya beşa bîst û sêyemîn were danîn.
In chapter thirteen the prophecy of doom against Babylon is modern Babylon at the end of the world, which is the whore of Rome that is also illustrated in chapter seventeen of the book of Revelation.
Mú kapítulù tûmì na yítâtu, búproféta bwa libúngu búmweku bùdì bùmònanganyìbwa pa Bábìlònì bùdi Bábìlònì wa leelù ku ndekeelu wa buloba, udi ngǎndà wa Róòmà, udi kàbìdì ùleejiibwe mu kapítulù wa dikùmi na mwandamukùlu wa mukàndà wa Bûku bwa Ùbuulula.
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Revelation 17:1–5.
Bongo mo ya tujanjelosi twa saba twakwene bya saba vya makopo, ayandimwene na mono, amba, Ija kuno; nangakulangija buhigi bwa ndumbakaji nkulu udi pa meyi avule: uo bafumu ba pano pa ntanda basangile nandi pite, ne bikalwa ba pano pa ntanda balalawijilwe na vinyu vya bupite bwandi. Po andengele mu Mupashi kuya mu cipalala: nangamona mukaji waikele pa nyama ya nsaku wa mbala ya skarlata, wa kujula ne mena a kupontesha Nzambi, ne mutwe saba ne mponda dikumi. Ne mukaji wa udi wavwadikijilwe buponi bwa mpukusa ne skarlata, walembesha ne ngolo, ne mabwe a mushinga mukole, ne mapela, ne mu cyanza cyandi mukwete kikopo kya ngolo, kya kujula ne bya bushetani ne manyinga a bupite bwandi. Ne pa kipala kyandi kya ku meso kwikale jina dijingila, NSHINDA, BABULONA NKULU, NYINA WA BANDUMBAKAJI NE WA BINYADIDI BYA PANO PA NTANDA. Kusokoloka 17:1–5.
I need to digress a little. The purpose of the study of the prophecy of Tyre is ultimately to align the prophetic history of the United States with that of the Seventh-day Adventist church. We will show that the government of the United States is one horn on the lamb-like beast of Revelation thirteen and that Protestantism that came out of the Dark Ages was the other horn. The horn of Protestantism became Millerite Adventism at the point the Protestants of the United States rejected the first angel’s message. When we have that in place, we will show that the history of the Protestant horn and the history of the Republican horn run parallel to one another and possess parallel prophetic characteristics. After all they are on the same beast representing that both horns are contemporary to one another. I will illustrate one example of this parallel of the horns of church and state in the United States. They both ‘forget’ in their own way.
Ndzi fanele ku hambuka nyana. Xikongomelo xa ku dyondza vuprofeta bya Tiri, eku heteleleni, i ku fambelanisa matimu ya vuprofeta ya United States na lama ya kereke ya Seventh-day Adventist. Hi ta kombisa leswaku mfumo wa United States i rin’we ra timhondzo ta xivandzana lexi fanaka ni xinyimpfana xa Nhlavutelo 13, naswona Vuprotestanta lebyi humeke eMinkarhini ya Munyama a byi ri rin’wana rhondzo. Rhondzo ra Vuprotestanta ri hundzuke Millerite Adventism hi nkarhi lowu Maprotestanta ya United States ma arikeke rungula ra ntsumi yo sungula. Loko sweswo se swi vekiwile endhawini ya swona, hi ta kombisa leswaku matimu ya rhondzo ra Vuprotestanta ni matimu ya rhondzo ra Riphabuliki ma fambelana, naswona ma ni swihlawulekisi swa vuprofeta leswi fambelanaka. Kahle-kahle, swi le ka xivandzana xin’we, leswi yimelaka leswaku timhondzo letimbirhi i ta nkarhi wun’we. Ndzi ta kombisa xikombiso xin’we xa ku fambelana loku ka timhondzo ta kereke ni ta mfumo eUnited States. Hinkwato ha timbiri ti “rivala” hi ndlela ya tona.
Isaiah twenty-three marks the prophetic point that the papal power is forgotten for seventy years, and in those seventy symbolic years men forget the papacy and why the Dark Ages are called the Dark Ages. The Protestant horn’s motto when they separated from the Catholic church was the Bible and the Bible alone. They forgot that the Bible informs us who the papacy really is. They forgot the message enshrined in the sacred document they were entrusted with, and professed to be the champion defenders of.
Yesaya makumi maviri nenhatu inoratidza nzvimbo yechiporofita yokuti simba roupapa rinokanganwika kwemakore makumi manomwe, uye mumakore iwayo makumi manomwe okufananidzira vanhu vanokanganwa upapa nechikonzero nei Nguva dzeRima dzichinzi Nguva dzeRima. Chirevo chehwamanda yePurotesitendi pavakazviparadzanisa nechechi yeKatorike chaiva chokuti Bhaibheri, uye Bhaibheri roga. Vakakanganwa kuti Bhaibheri rinotizivisa kuti upapa ndianiko chaizvoizvo. Vakakanganwa shoko rakachengetwa mugwaro dzvene ravakapiwa kuti varichengete, uye ravakazviti ndivo varwiri varo vakuru.
“Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist. There is no time now for us to assimilate with the world. Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which everyone should understand. These prophecies are to be witness in the world. By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves.” Kress Collection, 105.
“Lāmi āmce hāñvẽ sözācī samzūnni gōndḷtāt, āni antikristācā artha pāhonk nāsāt, tē khātrīn antikristācā pākh ghevpak yētāt. Ātā āmkā jagāsõv sāmāvēś jāvpak kāḷ nā. Dāniel āpliyā vāṭent āni āpliyā thikāṇi ubhō āsa. Dāniel āni Yohañvche bhaviṣyavāṇī samzūpāk zai. Tẽ ekmekācho artha sāngtāt. Tẽ jagāk sogleãnnī samzūpāk zai ashī satyāñv ditāt. Hyā bhaviṣyavāṇī jagānt sākṣ diunk zai. Hyā shevaṭchyā disāñni tãce pūrṇ zāvpānnī, tẽ āpnẽch āpnẽ samzāvtāl.” Kress Collection, 105.
Likewise, the Republican horn representing the government of the United States was to be by the people and for the people, but the citizens of the United States have also forgotten the sacred document that they were entrusted with. That sacred document is the Constitution of the United States and the motto of the government that was designed to be for the people was the separation of church and state. They have forgotten the message of the Constitution they were entrusted with, and professed defenders of.
Ngokunjalo, uphondo lweRiphabhulikhi olumele urhulumente wase-United States lwalumele ukuba lube lolwabantu yaye lusebenzele abantu, kodwa nabemi base-United States bayilibele incwadi engcwele abebeyiphathisiwe. Loo ncwadi ingcwele nguMgaqo-siseko wase-United States, yaye umgaqo osisiseko worhulumente owayeyilwe ukuba ube ngowabantu yayikukwahlulwa kwecawa norhulumente. Bayilibele isigidimi soMgaqo-siseko ababewuphathisiwe, nababezibiza ngokuba ngabakhuseli bawo.
“And let it be remembered, it is the boast of Rome that she never changes. The principles of Gregory VII and Innocent III are still the principles of the Roman Catholic Church. And had she but the power, she would put them in practice with as much vigor now as in past centuries. Protestants little know what they are doing when they propose to accept the aid of Rome in the work of Sunday exaltation. While they are bent upon the accomplishment of their purpose, Rome is aiming to re-establish her power, to recover her lost supremacy. Let the principle once be established in the United States that the church may employ or control the power of the state; that religious observances may be enforced by secular laws; in short, that the authority of church and state is to dominate the conscience, and the triumph of Rome in this country is assured.
“ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯇ ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏꯁꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯕ ꯐꯪꯉꯥꯕꯅꯤ, ꯔꯣꯝꯅ ꯃꯍꯥꯛ ꯃꯇꯝ ꯍꯥꯏꯕꯁꯤ ꯍꯟꯅ ꯍꯣꯡꯗꯣꯛꯄ ꯉꯝꯗꯦꯕꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯕꯁꯤ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯆꯥꯎꯈꯠꯄ ꯑꯗꯨꯅꯤ꯫ Gregory VII ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ Innocent III ꯀꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡ ꯏꯅꯥꯛꯄꯁꯤ ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛ ꯍꯥꯟꯅꯥ ꯔꯣꯃꯟ ꯀꯦꯊꯣꯂꯤꯛ ꯆꯔꯆꯀꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡ ꯏꯅꯥꯛꯄꯁꯤ ꯑꯗꯨꯅꯤ꯫ ꯑꯃꯗꯤ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯇ ꯄꯥꯟꯕ ꯂꯩꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯃꯇꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯗ ꯂꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯔꯕ ꯅꯪꯅꯥ ꯑꯗꯨꯕꯨ ꯊꯕꯛ ꯑꯃ ꯇꯧꯔꯣꯏ, ꯃꯄꯥꯟꯒꯤ ꯆꯠꯊꯔꯛꯄ ꯆꯥꯎꯔꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯇꯧꯔꯛꯄ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯨꯝ ꯍꯣꯡꯅꯥ ꯑꯁꯤꯗꯁꯨ ꯇꯧꯔꯣꯏ꯫ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯣꯇꯦꯁꯇꯦꯟꯇꯁꯤꯡꯅ ꯅꯣংꯃꯥ ꯔꯣꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯥ ꯏꯔꯩꯕ ꯍꯥꯏꯔꯒꯥ ꯅꯣংꯃꯥ ꯅꯁꯥꯅ ꯀꯔꯤ ꯇꯧꯔꯤꯕꯅꯣ ꯍꯥꯏꯕ ꯈꯪꯗꯦ, ꯃꯈꯣꯏꯅ ꯅꯣংꯃꯥꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏꯁꯤꯡ ꯂꯤꯡꯈꯠꯄꯒꯤ ꯊꯕꯛꯇ ꯔꯣꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡ ꯁꯥꯍꯥꯌ ꯆꯥꯡꯕ ꯍꯥꯏꯔꯒꯥ ꯄꯤꯕ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ꯫ ꯃꯈꯣꯏ ꯃꯈꯣꯏꯒꯤ ꯄꯥꯝꯖꯕ ꯄꯥꯟꯗꯝ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ ꯅꯣংꯃꯥ ꯆꯠꯊꯄ ꯍꯧꯔꯛꯄ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ, ꯔꯣꯃꯅ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯜ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯃꯨꯛ ꯍꯪꯒꯠꯅꯕ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯂꯣꯁꯤꯜꯂꯕ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯔꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯃꯨꯛ ꯍꯟꯊꯕ ꯄꯥꯝꯃꯤ꯫ ꯑꯃꯦꯔꯤꯀ ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯇ ꯑꯁꯨꯝꯅ ꯃꯇꯨꯡ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯃ ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛ ꯂꯩꯔꯛꯄ ꯑꯃꯗꯤ, ꯆꯔꯆꯅ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯜ ꯁꯤꯖꯤꯟꯅꯕ ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯥ ꯂꯤꯟꯁꯤꯟꯅꯕ ꯉꯝꯉꯥꯏ; ꯂꯩꯔꯤꯡ-ꯂꯥꯏꯅꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯊꯧꯔꯥꯡꯁꯤꯡ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤꯛꯁꯤꯡꯅ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯤꯅꯥ ꯄꯥꯟꯖꯤꯜꯂꯅꯕ ꯉꯝꯉꯥꯏ; ꯃꯇꯝ ꯃꯁꯥꯅ, ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯑꯣꯊꯣꯔꯤꯇꯤꯅ ꯃꯤꯌꯥꯝꯒꯤ ꯈꯨꯗꯝ ꯁꯦꯠꯄꯥ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯍꯥꯀꯊꯦꯡꯅꯕꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯃ ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛ ꯂꯩꯔꯛꯄ ꯑꯃꯗꯤ, ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛ ꯑꯁꯤꯗ ꯔꯣꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛꯄ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯅꯣংꯃꯥ ꯄꯨꯡꯐꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯒꯅꯤ꯫”
“God’s word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution.” The Great Controversy, 581.
“Kalunga alyebisye kale bintu bya bulabo bwa bukese obuli kumpi no kwiza; lekai ekyo kisadwe, kale ensi ya Baprotestanti ikamanyina byatya byine Roma by’ashali ne milimo yakyo ya nankyo, naye pakashita akakimishapo, ilyo kyatamwa kupuluka ku mutego. Yo ikulanga bucece mu bukose. Ifundisho fyayo fili kuleta amaka gakyo mu nyumba sha kupanga amafunde, mu mabuumba, na mu myeo ya bantu. Ili kuunga pamwe inyumba shayo ishapulamo kandi ishakosa, mu mpanga sha mfisama umo ukupyanishiwapo ukushupa kwakale kukabwilapo kabili. Mu bwibilo kandi ukwabula kumanyikwa, ili kukomesha amabumba gayo pakuti ikafikilishe ifyo yene ifwaya ilyo inshita yakwe yakukoma yakwe yafika. Byonse ifyo ifwaya ni pa kwimininapo ne cifulo cawamapo, kandi na kino kale cili kupelwa kuli yo. Tulemona nomba line kandi tuleumfwa ifyo inshila ya kiputulwa kya Kiroma iri. Uyo onse uuketekela no kumvwila icebo ca Kalunga, akesanga ukusebana no kushushiwa.” The Great Controversy, 581.
If you can locate any dictionary that was published before 1950, and look up “scarlet colored woman” or some variation of that phrase from Revelation seventeen, every one of those pre-1950 dictionaries identifies that the Roman Catholic church is the whore of Revelation seventeen. The United States, Revelation thirteen’s two-horned earth-beast forgets its past, whether it be the horn of Protestantism or the horn of Republicanism. Both of these institutions came about from the protest against the religious tyranny of the papacy and the political tyranny of the kings that supported her, or as the Bible says, the kings that “committed fornication” with her. Before we take up Isaiah twenty-three, we will briefly give an overview of the other ten times Isaiah identifies a ‘prophecy of doom,’ for all of the eleven “burdens” are just that.
Sunga uvwa kupata kashekesho kali kasesema ko kapwa kamekale kuvumbwilwa shimbu ya mwaka wa 1950, no kusakula mo “mukaintu wa mbwende ya shika” nyi kweseka kwakwa kwa lushimbi lwalwo kufuma mu Kusoloka kapetulu seventeeni, byonse ibyo bi-dictionary bya shimbu ya 1950 bivuluka pamo nechi Luka ya Roman Catholic yo ye ndumbu wa ushipa wa mu Kusoloka seventeeni. United States, chisama cha pa ntanda cha malulimi avali cha mu Kusoloka kapetulu thirteen, chilavulyanga byalwe bya kunyima, kana kibe lulimi lwa Protestantism nyi lulimi lwa Republicanism. Yonsi aya ma-institution avali yalupukile mu kupikisa ubushiku bwa bufumu bwa papacy mu bya bupopwe ne bushiku bwa bufumu bwa bakamfumu abo baamwimikile, nyi nge omu Bibiliya mwaamba, bakamfumu abo “baachitile ubushipi” naye. Shimbu twafika pa Isaya twenty-three, tukapela mubufi umwesho wa nshita dikumi shimbi Isaya eavuluka “ubusesemo bwa malanda,” pantu byonse ebi “mitolo” ikumi ne umo, efyo fyo bile.
Isaiah thirteen is the burden of Babylon in the “last days.” Babylon, though controlled and directed by the Catholic church in the last days is made up of three powers that lead the world to Armageddon in chapter sixteen of Revelation. In chapter thirteen’s prophecy of doom against modern Babylon there are three powers represented; Babylon, Lucifer and Assyria representing the beast (Assyria), the dragon (Lucifer) and the false prophet (Babylon). Assyria and Babylon are the two desolating powers God employed to punish ancient Israel and Assyria came first taking the northern ten tribes into captivity and thereafter Babylon took the southern two tribes of Judah.
Yesaya wa ikumi na isatu ni mzigo wa Babeli katika “siku za mwisho.” Babeli, ijapokuwa inadhibitiwa na kuongozwa na kanisa Katoliki katika siku za mwisho, imeundwa na mamlaka matatu yanayouongoza ulimwengu hadi Har-Magedoni katika sura ya kumi na sita ya Ufunuo. Katika unabii wa sura ya kumi na tatu wa hukumu dhidi ya Babeli wa kisasa, kuna mamlaka matatu yanayowakilishwa; Babeli, Lusifa na Ashuru, wakiwakilisha mnyama (Ashuru), joka (Lusifa) na nabii wa uongo (Babeli). Ashuru na Babeli ndizo mamlaka mbili za uharibifu ambazo Mungu alitumia kuiadhibu Israeli ya kale, na Ashuru ilikuja kwanza kwa kuzichukua kabila kumi za kaskazini kwenda utumwani, na baada ya hayo Babeli ikawachukua makabila mawili ya kusini ya Yuda.
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. Jeremiah 50:17, 18.
이스라엘은 흩어진 양이라 사자들이 그를 몰아내었나니, 먼저는 앗수르 왕이 그를 삼켰고, 나중에는 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살이 그의 뼈를 꺾었도다. 그러므로 만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님께서 이같이 말씀하시느니라. 보라, 내가 앗수르 왕을 벌한 것같이 바벨론 왕과 그의 땅을 벌하리라. 예레미야 50:17, 18.
First Assyria took the northern ten tribes of Israel into captivity and thereafter Babylon took the southern two tribes of Judah into captivity. Both of these captivities were fulfillment of Leviticus twenty-six’s “seven times.” The “seven times” of Leviticus was the very first “time prophecy” William Miller discovered, and it identifies that when Assyria captured the northern tribe it marked the beginning of a scattering that continued for twenty-five hundred and twenty years. That period began at their captivity in 723BC and ended at the “time of the end” in 1798. The southern tribes were taken by Babylon in 677BC, beginning the “seven times” against Judah which ended at the same point as the 2300-year prophecy of Daniel eight verse fourteen, on October 22, 1844. Assyria and Babylon fulfilled the same purpose of punishment against the rebellion of God’s people, but the punishment was first carried out by Assyria and then by Babylon.
Bubanza Asiriya yatswe amahanga icumi y’Abarayeli bo mu majyaruguru abajyana mu bunyage, hanyuma nyuma yaho Babuloni ijyana mu bunyage amahanga abiri y’Abayuda bo mu majyepfo. Ubu bunyage bwombi bwari ugusohora kwa “ibihe birindwi” byo mu Balewi makumyabiri na gatandatu. “Ibihe birindwi” byo mu Balewi ni bwo buhanuzi bwa mbere bw’“igihe” William Miller yavumbuye, kandi bugaragaza ko igihe Asiriya yafataga amahanga yo mu majyaruguru ari bwo hatangiye gusandazwa kwakomeje imyaka ibihumbi bibiri magana atanu na makumyabiri. Icyo gihe cyatangiriye ku bunyage bwabo mu 723 Mbere ya Kristo, kirangirira ku “gihe cy’imperuka” mu 1798. Amahanga yo mu majyepfo yajyanywe n’i Babuloni mu bunyage mu 677 Mbere ya Kristo, hatangira “ibihe birindwi” byaciwe kuri Yuda, byarangiye ahantu hamwe n’ubuhanuzi bw’imyaka 2300 bwo muri Daniyeli 8:14, ku wa 22 Ukwakira 1844. Asiriya na Babuloni byujuje umugambi umwe wo guhana ukwigomeka kw’ubwoko bw’Imana, ariko igihano cyabanje gushyirwa mu bikorwa na Asiriya, hanyuma na Babuloni.
In the prophetic relationship of the three powers in chapter thirteen Babylon is the image of Assyria, for she came after but did the same work against God’s people.
Di têkiliya pêxemberî ya sê hêzan de, di beşa sêzdêhan de, Babil wêneyê Aşûrê ye, çimkî wê paşê hat, lê li dijî gelê Xwedê heman kar kir.
In chapter fifteen, the burden against Moab is against the Protestant churches.
Mu kyavuluko kya kkumi na ttaano, obubaka obuzito obukwata ku Mowaabu businga ku makkanisa g’Abapolotesitante.
“This description of Moab represents the churches that have become like Moab. They have not stood at their post of duty as faithful sentinels. They have not cooperated with the heavenly intelligences by exercising their God-given ability to do the will of God, pressing back the powers of darkness, and using every power God has given them to advance truth and righteousness in our world. They have a knowledge of the truth, but they have not practiced what they know.” Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1159.
“Kukifafa kino ku Moabu kirepresenta makanisa yano yava nga Moabu. Tigahagararire omu kifo kyago ky’omulimo gwago nk’abarinzi abesigwa. Tigakoranire n’obwengye bw’omu iguru nga gakoresa obushoborozi bwago obwahaibwe Ruhanga okukora okukunda kwa Ruhanga, nga gasindika enyima amaani g’omwirima, kandi nga gakoresa buri bushoborozi bwona Ruhanga obwabagabiire okutwariza omu maisho amazima n’obuhikiri omu nsi yaitu. Nibamanya amazima, kwonka tibashyize mu bikorwa eki bamanya.” Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 4, 1159.
The Protestant church that has fallen is the church that continued to walk with the Lord when the rest of Protestantism fled at the second angel’s message. Moab is Adventism, the fallen Protestant horn.
Ngisi ya Kipolotesitanti leyi wileke hi yona leyi yi yeke emahlweni yi famba ni Hosi loko hinkwavo ka Vupolotesitanti va balekile hi nkarhi wa rungula ra ntsumi ya vumbirhi. Mowabu i Vuaadivente, mpondzo wa Kipolotesitanti lowu wileke.
Chapter seventeen is about Damascus, and it is identified as a city that is taken away. A city is a symbol of a kingdom and the kingdom that is taken away in the “last days” is the United States.
Babetê hivdeh li ser Şamê ye, û ew wek bajarê ku tê rakirin tê nasandin. Bajar sembola padîşahiyekê ye, û padîşahiya ku di “rojên dawî” de tê rakirin, Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê ne.
Chapter nineteen is the prophecy of doom against Egypt, representing the United Nations and the whole world.
Sura ya kumi na tisa ni unabii wa hukumu juu ya Misri, inayowakilisha Umoja wa Mataifa na ulimwengu wote.
The next three prophecies of doom in chapter twenty-one are against the terrible desert land of the south, Dumah and Arabia. These three prophecies of doom identify Islam, in agreement with the three woes of Revelation 8:13.
سورەی بیست و یەکدا، سێ پێشبینیی داهاتووی لەناوچوونەوە لە دژی ئەو خاکە چۆلەکە ترسناکەی باشوور، دومە و عەرەبستانن. ئەم سێ پێشبینییەی لەناوچوونەوەیە ئیسلام دیاری دەکەن، بە هاوڕێیی لەگەڵ ئەو سێ وایەی ئاشکراکردنەوە ٨:١٣.
The prophecy of doom in chapter twenty-two portrays the separation of the Laodicean Adventists from the Philadelphian Adventists at the Sunday law.
Utabiri wa maangamizi katika sura ya ishirini na mbili unaonyesha kutengwa kwa Waadventista wa Laodikia na Waadventista wa Filadelfia wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili.
And then in chapter thirty we find the burden of the beasts of the south, which is a second illustration of the rebellion of Laodicean Adventists. Bringing all the burdens of Isaiah together virtually addresses every prophetic player in the “last days.” I am selecting Isaiah twenty-three in order to demonstrate that the history of the United States, as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, reigns from 1798 to the Sunday law.
Na kisha katika sura ya thelathini tunaikuta unabii mzito wa wanyama wa kusini, ambao ni mfano wa pili wa uasi wa Waadventista wa Laodikia. Kuleta pamoja unabii mzito wote wa Isaya kwa hakika kunawahusu karibu wahusika wote wa kinabii katika “siku za mwisho.” Ninachagua Isaya ishirini na tatu ili kuonyesha kwamba historia ya Marekani, kama ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia, hutawala tangu 1798 hadi sheria ya Jumapili.
Because “each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us,” every prophetic utterance is addressing the events at the end of the world. This truth combined with the fact that “all the books of the Bible meet and end” in the book of Revelation, establishes the book of Revelation as the point of reference for aligning the prophetic testimony about the events at the end of the world.
Bwanyuma “mbiila mukulu ne mukulu wa baana-bilumbuludi waamba pa kimye kyabo bukeene, leelo pa kimye kyetu bingi, pa kuti bulumbuludi bwabo buli na maka kuli fwe,” byonse bya bulumbuludi bidi byandamuna ku byabikala ku mpelo ya nsi. Ichi cine, pamo ne cishinka ca kuti “mabuku onse a mu Bible akumana no kupwila” mu buku lya Kusokolola, cikazikizha buku lya Kusokolola nge cifulo ca kulolelako mu kulungamika bu testimonia bwa bulumbuludi pa byabikala ku mpelo ya nsi.
In the seventeenth chapter of Revelation, we see the great whore that commits fornication with the kings of the earth and her final judgment.
Mu nsura ya cumi na ndwi ya Ibyahishuriwe Yohana, tubona maraya ahambaye usambana n’abami bo ku isi n’urubanza rwe rwa nyuma.
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Revelation 17:1, 2.
Na moko wa banjozi saba waliokuwa na vile vibakuli saba akaja, akasema nami, akiniambia, Njoo huku; nami nitakuonyesha hukumu ya yule kahaba mkuu aketiye juu ya maji mengi; ambaye wafalme wa dunia wamezini naye, nao wakaao juu ya dunia wamelevywa kwa divai ya uasherati wake. Ufunuo 17:1, 2.
The prophets never contradict one another.
Abahanuzi ntibigera banyuranya.
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1 Corinthians 14:32, 33.
Û reha pêxemberan jî bindestê pêxemberan in. Çimkî Xwedê ne afirînerê tevliheviyê ye, lê yê aşitiyê ye, wek di hemû dêrên pîrozan de. 1 Korîntî 14:32, 33.
At the end of the world “the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters,” the great whore with “whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,” the great whore that has made “the inhabitants of the earth” drunk “with the wine of her fornication;” is represented by Isaiah as the “harlot” who is forgotten for “the days of one king,” or seventy prophetic years. When the seventy years conclude Tyre “shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world.” Isaiah’s harlot is John’s great whore. Isaiah’s harlot and John’s whore represent the Roman Catholic church, for a woman is a symbol of a church in God’s Word.
Ncherekeleke nke uwa, “ikpe-ikpe nke nnukwu akwuna nke nọkwasịrị n’elu ọtụtụ mmiri,” nnukwu akwuna ahụ “nke ndị eze nke ụwa so ya gbaa ịkwa iko,” nnukwu akwuna ahụ nke mere ka “ndị bi n’ụwa” ṅụọbiga mmanya ókè “site n’mmanya nke ịkwa iko ya;” Aịzaịa na-anọchi anya ya dịka “akwa iko nwanyị” e chefuru echefu “ụbọchị nke otu eze,” ma ọ bụ afọ amụma iri asaa. Mgbe afọ iri asaa ahụ gwụchara, Taịa “ga-agba ịkwa iko na alaeze niile nke ụwa.” Akwa iko nwanyị nke Aịzaịa bụ nnukwu akwuna nke Jọn. Akwa iko nwanyị nke Aịzaịa na akwuna nke Jọn na-anọchi anya ụka Roman Katọlik, n’ihi na nwanyị bụ ihe nnọchianya nke ụka n’Okwu Chineke.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:22–33.
Bî jinan, we xwe bidin bin destê mêrên xwe yên taybet, wekî ji Xudan re. Çimkî mêr serê jina ye, çawa ku Mesîh jî serê dêrê ye; û ew Xilaskarê bedenê ye. Ji ber vê yekê, çawa ku dêr di bin Mesîh de ye, wisa jî bila jin di her tiştî de ji mêrên xwe yên taybet re bin dest. Bî mêr, jinên xwe hez bikin, çawa ku Mesîh jî dêr hez kir û xwe ji bo wê da; da ku wê pîroz bike û bi şûştina avê bi peyvê wê paqij bike, da ku wê ji bo xwe dêrêke bi rûmet pêşkêş bike, bê lek, an bê çermbûn, an tiştekî wekî van; lê da ku ew pîroz û bêqusûr be. Wisa divê mêr jinên xwe wekî bedenên xwe hez bikin. Yê ku jina xwe hez dike, ew xwe hez dike. Çimkî tu kesê qet goştê xwe nefret nekiriye; lê ew wê didomîne û lê dihêle, çawa ku Xudan jî dêrê dike. Çimkî em endamên bedenê wî ne, ji goştê wî û ji hestîyên wî. Ji ber vê yekê, mêrek dê bav û dayika xwe bihêle û bi jina xwe ve were girêdan, û ew her du dê bibin yek goşt. Ev razeke mezin e; lê ez li ser Mesîh û dêrê diaxivim. Lêbelê, bila her yek ji we bi taybetî jina xwe wisa hez bike wekî xwe; û bila jin jî mêrê xwe hurmet bike. Efesî 5:22–33.
The apostle Paul identifies that the church of Christ is prophetically represented as a woman. Therefore, a woman in prophecy is a church, but Christ’s church is “holy and without blemish.” An unholy church is represented as an unholy woman, thus Isaiah identifies a harlot and John a whore. They represent the papacy as a whore and God’s church is a virgin.
Mtume Paulo anatambua kwamba kanisa la Kristo kwa namna ya kinabii linawakilishwa kama mwanamke. Kwa hiyo, mwanamke katika unabii ni kanisa, lakini kanisa la Kristo ni “takatifu lisilo na waa.” Kanisa lisilo takatifu linawakilishwa kama mwanamke asiye mtakatifu; hivyo Isaya anamtaja kahaba na Yohana anamtaja mzinzi. Hao wanawakilisha upapa kama kahaba, na kanisa la Mungu ni bikira.
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:2.
चूँकि मैं तुम लोगों के लिये परमेश्वर-सदृश जलन रखता हूँ; क्योंकि मैंने तुम्हारा वाग्दान एक ही पति से किया है, ताकि मैं तुम्हें मसीह के लिये एक पवित्र कुँवारी के रूप में उपस्थित करूँ। 2 कुरिन्थियों 11:2।
Not only is God’s church represented as a virgin, but she is espoused to only one husband. Tyre and John’s great whore commit fornication with the kings of the earth. The Catholic church has relations with several men, not one. Daniel informs us the kings are kingdoms.
Ekalesia ya Nzambe ezali kaka te komonisama lokola mwasi ya ngɔndɔ; kasi mpe apesami na libala epai ya mobali moko kaka. Tiro mpe ndumba monene ya Yoane basalaka pite ná bakonzi ya mabele. Ekalesia Katolike ezali na boyokani ná mibali ebele, kasi na moko te. Daniele ayebisi biso ete bakonzi bazali mikili ya bokonzi.
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. Daniel 2:36–40.
Echi ndicho chiloto; ndipo tidzafotokozera kumasulira kwake pamaso pa mfumu. Inu, mfumu, ndinu mfumu ya mafumu; pakuti Mulungu wa kumwamba wakupatsani ufumu, mphamvu, nyonga, ndi ulemerero. Ndipo kulikonse kumene ana a anthu akukhala, nyama za kuthengo ndi mbalame za kumwamba wazipereka m’manja mwanu, ndipo wakukhazikitsani kukhala wolamulira pa zonsezo. Inu ndinu mutu uwu wagolide. Ndipo pambuyo panu padzauka ufumu wina wotsika kuposa inu, ndi ufumu wachitatu wina wa mkuwa, umene udzalamulira dziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo ufumu wachinayi udzakhala wamphamvu ngati chitsulo; popeza chitsulo chiphwanya ndi kugonjetsa zinthu zonse; ndipo monga chitsulo chimene chiphwanya zonsezi, momwemonso udzaphwanya ndi kufafaniza. Danieli 2:36–40.
In Daniel two, the kingdoms of Bible prophecy are identified and explained. As Daniel explains the dream to Nebuchadnezzar, he informs Nebuchadnezzar that he is the head of gold. The head of gold is a king, but a king represents a kingdom. The Roman Catholic church is the great harlot that commits fornication with all the kings of the earth at the end of seventy prophetic years. The kings are symbolic of men, and Tyre is an impure woman. A woman is a church, a whore is an unholy church; a man is a king and a king is a kingdom. A woman is a church and a king is a state. The unlawful relationship of these two entities represents spiritual fornication.
ꯗꯥꯅꯤꯌꯦꯜ ꯑꯅꯤꯁꯨ, ꯕꯥꯏꯕꯜ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯣꯐꯦꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯂꯩꯃꯌꯥꯟꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯅꯥꯎꯔꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯁꯟꯗꯣꯛꯂꯤ꯫ ꯗꯥꯅꯤꯌꯦꯜꯅ ꯅꯦꯕꯨꯀꯗꯅꯦꯆꯔꯗ ꯃꯪꯍꯜ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯁꯟꯗꯣꯛꯄ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯅꯦꯕꯨꯀꯗꯅꯦꯆꯔꯗ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅꯤ ꯁꯥꯅꯒꯤ ꯃꯄꯨ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯍꯥꯏ꯫ ꯁꯥꯅꯒꯤ ꯃꯄꯨ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ, ꯑꯗꯨꯕꯨ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯂꯩꯃꯌꯥꯟ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ꯫ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯣꯐꯦꯇꯤꯛ ꯆꯍꯤ ꯃꯥꯔꯤ ꯇꯔꯥꯁꯨꯕꯒꯤ ꯑꯔꯣꯏꯕꯗ, ꯔꯣꯃꯟ ꯀꯦꯊꯣꯂꯤꯛ ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯃꯂꯦꯝꯒꯤ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯁꯨꯡ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ-ꯅꯨꯄꯥꯒꯤ ꯑꯍꯣꯡꯕ ꯇꯧꯕ ꯑꯗꯨꯗꯥ ꯑꯆꯧꯕ ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ ꯑꯗꯨꯅꯤ꯫ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯃꯤꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯑꯣꯏ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯇꯥꯏꯔ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯁꯦꯡꯕ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ꯫ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ; ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯑꯁꯦꯡꯗꯕ ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ; ꯅꯨꯄꯥ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯂꯩꯃꯌꯥꯟ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ꯫ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯔꯥꯏꯖ ꯑꯃꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ꯫ ꯏꯀꯥꯏꯕꯥ ꯃꯌꯥꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯂꯤꯟꯅ-ꯂꯥꯟꯅꯕ ꯃꯔꯨꯎꯕ ꯃꯔꯣꯜ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯥꯇ꯭ꯃꯥꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ-ꯅꯨꯄꯥꯒꯤ ꯑꯍꯣꯡꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ꯫
The Constitution of the United States is a divine document that enshrines the necessity of keeping these two entities separate. Though we are not yet finished with identifying Tyre as the Roman Catholic church, it seems appropriate at this point to address another symbol in Isaiah twenty-three that explains the symbolism of man and woman—church and state.
دەستووری بنەڕەتی وڵاتە یەکگرتووەکانی ئەمریکا بەڵگەنامەیەکی ئیلاهییە کە پێویستیی جیاهێشتنی ئەم دوو دەزگایە تێیدا پارێزراوە. هەرچەندە هێشتا لە تەواوکردنی ناساندنی سور وەک کڵێسای کاتۆلیکی ڕۆما نەگەیشتووین، لەم خاڵەدا گونجاو دەردەکەوێت کە ئاماژەیەکی دیکە لە ئیشعیا بیست و سێدا باس بکەین کە هێمای پیاو و ژن ـ کڵێسا و دەوڵەت ـ ڕوون دەکات.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. Isaiah 23:13.
Lán Chaldéa o: ĩ ávó ẽ́mó tɔ́, sí Assiria kɔ́tá kɔ́nda nʉ́mó ávó-ma ámáa ã́ oĩ́; ísú ávó tɔ́rɛ́-sí ísága, ísú ávó pálási-sí ṹrũga; ndẽ́ éré ávó ṹrũkʉ́ra-rĩ. Isaia 23:13.
In the verse, the Assyrian founded the land of the Chaldeans and set up both “towers” and “palaces.” The Assyrian is a symbol of Nimrod, and the Chaldeans represent the religious leaders of Babylon’s mystery religions. A “tower” is a symbol of a church. When Jesus set forth the parable of the vineyard, Sister White comments on the parable as follows:
Mu msorho uyo, Mwasyria aatandikie tsi ya Vakaldeya ni kuisimamisha vyose “minara” na “majumba ya kifalme.” Mwasyria ni ishara ya Nimrodi, na Vakaldeya wanawakilisha viongozi wa kidini wa dini za siri za Babeli. “Mnara” ni ishara ya kanisa. Yesu alipoweka mbele mfano wa shamba la mizabibu, Dada White alitoa maoni juu ya mfano huo kama ifuatavyo:
“In the parable the householder represented God, the vineyard the Jewish nation, and the hedge the divine law which was their protection. The tower was a symbol of the temple.” Desire of Ages, 596.
“Parable ahụ n’ime ya, onye nwe ụlọ ahụ nọchiri anya Chineke, ubi-vine ahụ bụ mba ndị Juu, ma ogige ahụ bụ iwu Chineke nke bụ nchebe ha. Ụlọ elu ahụ bụ ihe nnọchianya nke ụlọ nsọ.” *Desire of Ages*, 596.
The Assyrian founded the land of the Chaldeans who set up a church (tower) and a “palace.” A “palace’ represents a “king” which in turn represents a kingdom. A kingdom is also represented as a city.
އަސޫރީން ކަލްދާއީންގެ ބިން ބަނެދި، އެމީހުން އެކުލަވާލި ބެއްޔެއް (ޓަވަރެއް) އަދި “ގަސްރެއް” ޤާއިމް ކުރިއެވެ. “ގަސްރެއް” މަނަކީ “ރަސްގެފާނެއް” އެވެ؛ އަދި އެ “ރަސްގެފާނު” އަނެއްކާ “ރާއްޖެއް” މަނަކުރެއެވެ. ރާއްޖެއް އަދި ރަށެއް ގޮތުގައި ވެސް މަނަކުރެއެވެ.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Genesis 11:4.
Na bo batia, Wisa, ka tu tungile kisumba ne ngolo, yi nsongi andi ikoka kufika ti na zulu; mpe ka tu salile beto zina, sambu beto kubalangana ve na zulu ya ntoto ya mvimba. Kuyantika 11:4.
The “tower” and “palace” that the Assyrian founded are the “city” and “tower” which Nimrod built.
“kitu” na “nzau ya mfumu” yina Mwasulia yatumisaka, yo kele “bwala” mpe “kitu” yina Nimrodi tungaka.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Revelation 11:8.
Na maiti yao italala barabarani katika mji ule mkuu, ambao kwa maana ya rohoni huitwa Sodoma na Misri, ambamo pia Bwana wetu alisulibiwa. Ufunuo 11:8.
Inspiration informs us the “great city” in Revelation eleven represents the kingdom of France during the period of the French Revolution.
Ntlhatshedimo e re tsebisa gore “motse o mogolo” mo go Tshenolo kgaolo ya bolesome le bongwe o emela bogosi jwa Fora mo nakong ya Phetogo ya Fora.
“‘The great city’ in whose streets the witnesses are slain, and where their dead bodies lie, is ‘spiritually’ Egypt. Of all nations presented in Bible history, Egypt most boldly denied the existence of the living God and resisted His commands. No monarch ever ventured upon more open and highhanded rebellion against the authority of Heaven than did the king of Egypt. When the message was brought him by Moses, in the name of the Lord, Pharaoh proudly answered: ‘Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.’ Exodus 5:2, A.R.V. This is atheism, and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance. ‘The great city’ is also compared, ‘spiritually,’ to Sodom. The corruption of Sodom in breaking the law of God was especially manifested in licentiousness. And this sin was also to be a pre-eminent characteristic of the nation that should fulfill the specifications of this scripture.
“Abakazi kinene” omwo abahamya bicirwamu, kandi omwo n’emirambo yabo gyebundikire, “mu by’omwoyo” ni Misri. Mu mahanga gona agashushanizibwa mu byafaayo bya Baibuli, Misri niyo yasingire kimwe kweyakana obutahari bw’Okurora Ruhanga, kandi yarwanisa ebiragiro Bye. Tihariho mwami n’omwe eyayeziremu okujeemera obushoborokye bw’Eiguru mu buryo oburabikira kandi obw’amaani nk’oku omugabe wa Misri yakikozire. Obu obutumwa bwamuleeterwa Musa, omu iziina rya Mukama, Farao yagarukamu n’okwekuluntaza ati: “Yehova ni oha, ngu mpurire iraka Rye nkarekura Isiraeri agende? Tiimanyire Yehova, kandi n’ekindi, tindikurekura Isiraeri kugenda.” Okuva 5:2, A.R.V. Eki ni obutahikiriiriza-kuri Ruhanga; kandi ihanga erihagararirwa Misri ryandibaire n’iraka ry’okwehakana nk’okwo ebyo Okurora Ruhanga arikwetenga, kandi ryakwerekire omwoyo nk’ogwo ogw’obutakwikiriza n’okugaya. “Abakazi kinene” naryo rigereranywa, “mu by’omwoyo,” na Sodoma. Obusheeshe bwa Sodoma omu kurenga ebiragiro bya Ruhanga bwerekaanirwa kimwe omu bweshamunda. Kandi n’eki kibi nakyo kyari kuba kimwe ku biranga bikuru eby’ihanga eryari kusiimisa ebiragiro by’eki kyahandiikirwe.
“According to the words of the prophet, then, a little before the year 1798 some power of satanic origin and character would rise to make war upon the Bible. And in the land where the testimony of God’s two witnesses should thus be silenced, there would be manifest the atheism of the Pharaoh and the licentiousness of Sodom.
“Nabii yira kusa mashoko gha muprofeti, ntheura, nyengo yichoko waka pambere chaka cha 1798 chindafike, nkhongono yinyake ya chiyambi na mikhaliro ya Satana yizamuwuka kuti yikaparanye nkhondo na Baibolo. Ndipo mu charu umo ukaboni wa ŵakaboni ŵaŵiri ŵa Chiuta ungazimizgikira nthena, ukayuyurukenge usambazi wa Farao wa kukana kuti kuli Chiuta na uzaghali wa Sodomu.”
“This prophecy has received a most exact and striking fulfillment in the history of France. During the Revolution, in 1793, ‘the world for the first time heard an assembly of men, born and educated in civilization, and assuming the right to govern one of the finest of the European nations, uplift their united voice to deny the most solemn truth which man’s soul receives, and renounce unanimously the belief and worship of a Deity.’—Sir Walter Scott, Life of Napoleon, vol. 1, ch. 17. ‘France is the only nation in the world concerning which the authentic record survives, that as a nation she lifted her hand in open rebellion against the Author of the universe. Plenty of blasphemers, plenty of infidels, there have been, and still continue to be, in England, Germany, Spain, and elsewhere; but France stands apart in the world’s history as the single state which, by the decree of her Legislative Assembly, pronounced that there was no God, and of which the entire population of the capital, and a vast majority elsewhere, women as well as men, danced and sang with joy in accepting the announcement.’—Blackwood’s Magazine, November, 1870.” The Great Controversy, 269.
“Ubuhanuzi ubu bwabonye isohozwa rinoze cyane kandi ritangaje cyane mu mateka y’u Bufaransa. Mu gihe cy’Impinduramatwara, mu 1793, ‘isi ubwa mbere yumvise inteko y’abagabo, bavukiye kandi barerwa mu mico yateye imbere, kandi biyitirira uburenganzira bwo gutegeka rimwe mu mahanga meza cyane yo ku mugabane w’u Burayi, bazamura ijwi ryabo bahurije hamwe kugira ngo bahakane ukuri gukomeye kuruta ukundi ubugingo bw’umuntu bwakira, kandi bahakane bose icyarimwe ukwizera no kuramya Imana.’—Sir Walter Scott, Life of Napoleon, vol. 1, ch. 17. ‘U Bufaransa ni bwo bwoko bwonyine ku isi ku byerekeye bwo inyandiko yizewe ikiriho, yemeza ko nk’ishyanga ryazamuye ukuboko kwaryo mu bugome bugaragara bwo kwigomeka ku Muremyi w’ijuru n’isi. Abatuka Imana ni benshi, abatizera Imana ni benshi, kandi babayeho kandi baracyakomeza kubaho mu Bwongereza, mu Budage, muri Esipanye, n’ahandi; ariko u Bufaransa bwihariye umwanya mu mateka y’isi nk’igihugu kimwe rukumbi, ari cyo ku bw’itegeko ry’Inteko Nshinga-Mategeko yacyo cyatangaje ko Imana itabaho, kandi aho abaturage bose b’umurwa mukuru, hamwe n’umubare munini cyane w’ahandi, abagore kimwe n’abagabo, babyinnye kandi bararirimba bishimye bemera iryo tangazo.’—Blackwood’s Magazine, Ugushyingo, 1870.” The Great Controversy, 269.
The “great city” in Revelation eleven was the nation of France that passed a “decree of her Legislative Assembly” pronouncing that there was no God. The decree was an expression of atheism as represented by the rebellion of Pharaoh. A great city is a kingdom, or a “nation” or a “state.” In Revelation eleven France consists of two symbols—Egypt and Sodom.
U “mbuga nkuru” ivugwa mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi n’umwe yari igihugu cy’u Bufaransa cyashyizeho “itegeko ry’Inteko Nshingamategeko yacyo” ritangaza ko Imana itabaho. Iryo tegeko ryari imvugo y’ubuhakanyi bw’Imana, nk’uko bwagereranywaga n’ubwigomeke bwa Farawo. Umujyi munini ni ubwami, cyangwa “ihanga” cyangwa “leta.” Mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi n’umwe, u Bufaransa bugizwe n’ibimenyetso bibiri—Egiputa na Sodomu.
We are informed, “This is atheism, and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance. ‘The great city’ is also compared, ‘spiritually,’ to Sodom. The corruption of Sodom in breaking the law of God was especially manifested in licentiousness.”
Tukafahamishwa, “Huu ni ukana-Mungu, na taifa linalowakilishwa na Misri lingetoa sauti ya kukana madai ya Mungu aliye hai kwa namna iyo hiyo, na lingedhihirisha roho ya namna iyo hiyo ya kutokuamini na ukaidi. ‘Mji ule mkuu’ pia unalinganishwa, ‘kiroho,’ na Sodoma. Uovu wa Sodoma katika kuvunja sheria ya Mungu ulidhihirishwa hasa katika uasherati.”
The great city or nation of France is symbolically represented by a nation (Egypt) and a city (Sodom.) Egypt “would give voice,” and the speaking of a nation represents statecraft, not churchcraft. Egypt was the state and Sodom was the church is the representation found in chapter eleven of Revelation
Faransa, umurwa cyangwa ishyanga rikomeye, rigereranywa mu buryo bw’ikimenyetso n’ishyanga (Egiputa) hamwe n’umurwa (Sodomu). Egiputa “yari kuvuga ijwi,” kandi ukuvuga kw’ishyanga kugaragaza imiyoborere ya leta, si imiyoborere y’itorero. Egiputa yari leta, naho Sodomu yari itorero—uko ni ko kugaragazwa kuboneka mu gice cya cumi na kimwe cy’Ibyahishuwe.
“The ‘speaking’ of the nation is the action of its legislative and judicial authorities.” The Great Controversy, 442.
“‘Kuyowoola’ kw’eggwanga kye kikolwa ky’ab’obuyinza baalyo ab’oku mateeka n’ab’ensala.” The Great Controversy, 442.
In Revelation eleven John sets forth the events of the French Revolution in prophetic symbolism. The actual Revolution provided ample historical evidence of the validity of John’s predictions in the chapter. John predicted, then the French Revolution fulfilled the prediction, and then in turn—both the prediction and the historical fulfillment of the prediction identify and parallel events at the end of the world, when once again a corrupt state is combined with a corrupt church. Of course, a bloodbath follows that unholy marriage. The kingdom of God is also a great city.
Mu Kusukulurwa ikumi na kumwe, Yohana atala pa bwikalo bwa Muvuluvulu wa mu Fulansi mu bifwanikiso bya buprofeti. Muvuluvulu uwinewine waletele ubulembi bwa byakale obwalingile ukulanga ukwa cine ukwa byaprofetwa na Yohana mu cipande ico. Yohana alaprofetile; lyene Muvuluvulu wa mu Fulansi wakwanirizye ubuprofeti ubo; kabili na panuma—bwense ubuprofeti ne kukwanirizigwa kwabwo mu byakale—filondolola no kufwanana ne fintu ifikacitika ku mpela ya calo, ilyo na none leta yabola ikasangangana ne chalichi yabola. Mucine, ukwipaya kwa bantu abengi kulakonka ulya mulalo wa busenshi. Ubwami bwa Lesa nabwo ni musumba ukulu.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Revelation 21:10.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Ufunuo 21:10.
“The coming of the bridegroom, here brought to view, takes place before the marriage. The marriage represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is called ‘the bride, the Lamb’s wife.’ Said the angel to John: ‘Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.’ ‘He carried me away in the spirit,’ says the prophet, ‘and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.’ Revelation 21:9, 10.” The Great Controversy, 426.
“Kuisa kwa Bwana-arusi, kama kunavyoletwa hapa mbele ya macho, hutukia kabla ya arusi. Arusi hiyo huwakilisha kupokelewa na Kristo kwa ufalme Wake. Mji Mtakatifu, Yerusalemu Mpya, ambao ndio mji mkuu na mwakilishi wa ufalme huo, huitwa ‘bibi-arusi, mke wa Mwana-Kondoo.’ Malaika akamwambia Yohana: ‘Njoo huku, nami nitakuonyesha yule bibi-arusi, mke wa Mwana-Kondoo.’ ‘Akanichukua katika Roho,’ asema nabii, ‘akanionyesha ule mji mkuu, Yerusalemu mtakatifu, ukishuka kutoka mbinguni kwa Mungu.’ Ufunuo 21:9, 10.” Pambano Kuu, 426.
Nimrod’s rebellion is represented by his building a tower and a city, which typifies the combination of church and state at the end of the world, for all the prophets spoke of the end of the world. Nimrod’s rebellion was also a continuation of the rebellion of Lucifer whose desire was to take control of both God’s church and God’s state.
ꯅꯤꯝꯔꯣꯗꯀꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯊꯣꯡꯁꯦ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯆꯥꯎꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯁꯥꯟꯕꯗꯥ ꯐꯣꯡꯗꯣꯛꯂꯤ, ꯃꯁꯤꯅ ꯑꯥꯏꯄꯥꯎ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯀꯤ ꯑꯔꯣꯏꯕꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯔꯤꯕ ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯠꯀꯤ ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕꯥ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯃꯤꯁꯥꯛ ꯇꯧꯏ, ꯃꯔꯝꯗꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯨꯔꯣꯢꯕ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯅ ꯑꯥꯏꯄꯥꯎ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯀꯤ ꯑꯔꯣꯏꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯔꯝ ꯋꯥ ꯍꯥꯏꯈꯤꯕꯅꯤꯡꯉꯥꯏ꯫ ꯅꯤꯝꯔꯣꯗꯀꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯊꯣꯡꯁꯦ ꯂꯨꯁꯤꯐꯔꯀꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯊꯣꯡꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯥ ꯆꯠꯊꯔꯛꯄꯥ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯥꯝꯕꯗꯤ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯋꯔꯒꯤ ꯆꯔꯆ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯋꯔꯒꯤ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯠ ꯑꯅꯤꯃꯛꯄꯨ ꯄꯨꯡꯂꯤꯕꯥ꯫
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:12–14.
Ukawa ute uweagu rwa igulu, we Lusiferi, mwana wa igitondo! Ukatagwa ute ukagwa hasi, wewe wahonyanganyaga amahanga! Kuko wavuze mu mutima wawe uti: Nzazamuka njye mu ijuru, nzashyira intebe yanjye hejuru y’inyenyeri z’Imana; kandi nzicara ku musozi w’iteraniro, ku mpera z’amajyaruguru; nzazamuka hejuru y’ahakikijwe n’ibicu; nzahwana n’Isumbabyose. Yesaya 14:12–14.
As Isaiah reveals Lucifer’s secret heart-desires to be “like the most High,” he points out that Lucifer is seeking to be seated in two distinctly different chairs. He wishes to “exalt” his “throne above the stars of God” and to “sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.”
Nga Isaya asokolola ebya mu mutima eby’ekyama ebya Lusifa eby’okwagala okuba “nga Oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo,” alaga nti Lusifa anoonya okutudde ku ntebe bbiri ez’enjawulo ddala. Ayagala “okugulumiza” “entebe ye ey’obwakabaka waggulu w’emmunyeenye za Katonda” era “n’okutuula ku lusozi olw’ekibiina, ku mbiriizi ez’obukiikakkono.”
The throne is a symbol of the king’s authority—or state authority and “the sides of the north” is God’s church.
تەخت نیشانەی دەسەڵاتی پاشاست—یان دەسەڵاتی دەوڵەت—و «لایەنەکانی باکوور» کلیسای خودایە.
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. Psalm 48:1–3.
Koraha yana ya kuyembelwa nzyimbo ne Pisalmu. Yehova ni mukulu, kabiji wafwainwa kutota sana mu muzhi wa Lesa wetu, pa lupili lwa buzhilo bwandi. Lusuma mu mwikalo walwo, lusekelo lwa nsi yonse, ni Lupili lwa Ziona, ku mpelo sha ku kabeta, muzhi wa Mfumu Mukatampe. Lesa wamanyika mu bipango byalwo nga kipumino. Pisalmu 48:1–3.
Jerusalem is “the city of the great King,” thus marking the political throne of God, and Jerusalem is also “the mountain of his holiness,” “on the sides of the north,” thus marking the religious throne of God. From the beginning Satan’s rebellion and warfare are portrayed within the context of his desire to rule over both God’s church and God’s state. Satan thereafter led in the rebellion of Nimrod and the land that he founded for the Chaldeans is represented as a land where Nimrod built both a tower and a city—church and state.
Yerusalemu ni “mji wa Mfalme mkuu,” hivyo ukiweka alama ya kiti cha enzi cha kisiasa cha Mungu; na Yerusalemu pia ni “mlima wa utakatifu wake,” “katika pande za kaskazini,” hivyo ukiweka alama ya kiti cha enzi cha kidini cha Mungu. Tangu mwanzo, uasi na vita vya Shetani vinaonyeshwa katika muktadha wa shauku yake ya kutawala juu ya kanisa la Mungu na juu ya taifa la Mungu. Baada ya hayo Shetani aliongoza katika uasi wa Nimrodu, na nchi ile aliyoiweka msingi kwa ajili ya Wakaldayo inaonyeshwa kuwa ni nchi ambamo Nimrodu alijenga mnara na mji pia—kanisa na taifa.
Therefore, when Isaiah’s harlot and John’s great whore commit fornication with the kings of the earth, prophecy is marking that an unholy relationship takes place between the Roman Catholic church and the kings of the earth at the end of seventy prophetic years.
Nahan, dema disa metranê Îşaya û fahişeya mezin a Yûhenna bi padîşahên erdê re zînakariyê dikin, pêxemberî nîşan dide ku di dawiya heftê salên pêxemberî de têkiliyek nepîroz di navbera Dêra Katolîka Romayê û padîşahên erdê de çêdibe.
Isaiah’s line of prophecy describes the judgment of the harlot Tyre in chapter twenty-three and John describes the same judgment with the symbol of a scarlet-colored woman who is identified as “Babylon the great.” A third witness to the same judgment of the same whore is as follows:
Xeta pêxemberiya Îşaya di beşa bîst û sêyemîn de dadweriya Sûrê fahişe pênase dike, û Yûhenna heman dadweriyê bi sembola jineke sor-reng, ya ku wekî “Babîlona mezin” tê nasîn, pênase dike. Şahîdeke sêyemîn ji bo heman dadweriya heman fahişeyê jî ev e:
“The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as ‘arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness: . . . and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.’ Says the prophet: ‘I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.’ Babylon is further declared to be ‘that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.’ Revelation 17:4–6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome.” The Great Controversy, 382.
“Mwanamke (Babeli) wa Ufunuo 17 aelezwa kuwa ‘amevikwa rangi ya zambarau na nyekundu, na kupambwa kwa dhahabu na vito vya thamani na lulu, akiwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake kilichojaa machukizo na uchafu: ... na juu ya kipaji cha uso wake palikuwa na jina limeandikwa, Siri, Babeli Mkuu, mama wa makahaba.’ Nabii asema: ‘Nikamwona yule mwanamke amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu, na kwa damu ya mashahidi wa Yesu.’ Tena Babeli yatangazwa kuwa ‘mji ule mkuu, unaowatawala wafalme wa dunia.’ Ufunuo 17:4–6, 18. Uwezo ule ambao kwa karne nyingi sana uliendeleza utawala wa kidhalimu juu ya wafalme wa Jumuiya ya Wakristo ni Roma.” Pambano Kuu, 382.
Tyre is the Roman Catholic church in the “last days.” At that time the papacy will go forth and sing her seductive songs to the kings of the earth, thus leading the kings into the act of fornication, which is prophetically the combination of church and state.
Tiro nicyo Kiliziya Gatolika y’Abaroma mu “minsi y’imperuka.” Muri icyo gihe, ubupapa buzasohoka buririmba indirimbo zabwo z’ubushukanyi ku bami bo mu isi, bityo buyobore abo bami mu gikorwa cy’ubusambanyi, ku by’ubuhanuzi kikaba ari ukwishyira hamwe kwa kiliziya n’ubutegetsi bwa leta.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Isaiah 23:15.
Kandi ku mukenyi uwo, Tiro izokwibagirana imyaka mirongo indwi, nk’uko imisi y’umwami umwe iri; hanyuma, impera y’imyaka mirongo indwi imaze kugera, Tiro izoririmba nk’indaya. Yesaya 23:15.
A king is a kingdom in Bible prophecy, so Tyre shall be forgotten during the time when a prophetic kingdom rules for seventy years.
Omukama mu bunnabbi bwa Bayibuli ye bwakabaka; n’olwekyo Ttuulo eribulirwa mu biro ebyo obwakabaka obw’obunnabbi lwe bulifuga emyaka nsanvu.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Isaiah 23:15–17.
Na siku hiyo itakuwa kwamba Tiro atasahauliwa kwa muda wa miaka sabini, sawasawa na siku za mfalme mmoja; baada ya mwisho wa miaka sabini Tiro ataimba kama kahaba. Twaa kinubi, uzunguke mjini, wewe kahaba uliyekuwa umesahauliwa; piga kwa utamu, imba nyimbo nyingi, upate kukumbukwa. Tena itakuwa, baada ya mwisho wa miaka sabini, ya kuwa Bwana atamwangalia Tiro, naye atarudia ujira wake, naye atafanya uasherati na falme zote za ulimwengu juu ya uso wa nchi. Isaya 23:15–17.
During the days of one kingdom that rules for seventy prophetic years the Roman Catholic church will be forgotten. At the end of the seventy years, the papal power will “make sweet melody, sing many songs.” Prophetically a “song” represents “experience.”
Kisumba kia bufumu bumosi bufuaka bidimu makumi sambanu na dikumi bia buprofete, eklezia ya Roma Katalika neivua yadilabuibua. Ku nsuka kua bidimu makumi sambanu na dikumi, bukole bua bupaapa buefuela “kulenga musambu wa bununu, kuimba misambu minene.” Mu buprofete, “musambu” udi umvuija “dilabula.”
“Upon the crystal sea before the throne, that sea of glass as it were mingled with fire,—so resplendent is it with the glory of God,—are gathered the company that have ‘gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name.’ With the Lamb upon Mount Zion, ‘having the harps of God,’ they stand, the hundred and forty and four thousand that were redeemed from among men; and there is heard, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of a great thunder, ‘the voice of harpers harping with their harps.’ And they sing ‘a new Song’ before the throne, a song which no man can learn save the hundred and forty and four thousand. It is the song of Moses and the Lamb—a song of deliverance. None but the hundred and forty-four thousand can learn that song; for it is the song of their experience—an experience such as no other company have ever had. ‘These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.’ These, having been translated from the earth, from among the living, are counted as ‘the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb.’ Revelation 15:2, 3; 14:1-5. ‘These are they which came out of great tribulation;’ they have passed through the time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation; they have endured the anguish of the time of Jacob’s trouble; they have stood without an intercessor through the final outpouring of God’s judgments. But they have been delivered, for they have ‘washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.’ ‘In their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault’ before God. ‘Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.’ They have seen the earth wasted with famine and pestilence, the sun having power to scorch men with great heat, and they themselves have endured suffering, hunger, and thirst. But ‘they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.’ Revelation 7:14-17.” The Great Controversy, 648.
“काचजस्ता स्फटिकी समुद्र, जो सिंहासनको सामुन्ने छ, आगोसँग मिसिएको जस्तो देखिने त्यो काचको समुद्र—परमेश्वरको महिमाले यति दीप्तिमान् छ—त्यसमाथि ती जनहरूको सभा एकत्रित छ, जसले ‘पशुमाथि, त्यसको प्रतिमामाथि, त्यसको छापमाथि, र त्यसको नामको संख्यामाथि जय प्राप्त गरेका’ छन्। सियोन पर्वतमाथि थुमासँगै, ‘परमेश्वरका वीणाहरू लिएर,’ तिनीहरू उभिएका छन्—मानिसहरूका बीचबाट छुटकारा पाएका एक लाख चवालीस हजार; अनि धेरै पानीहरूको शब्दजस्तो, र ठूलो गर्जनको शब्दजस्तो, ‘आफ्ना वीणाहरू बजाउँदै वीणावादकहरूको स्वर’ सुनिन्छ। अनि तिनीहरू सिंहासनको सामु ‘एउटा नयाँ गीत’ गाउँछन्, यस्तो गीत, जुन एक लाख चवालीस हजारबाहेक अरू कसैले सिक्न सक्दैन। त्यो मोशा र थुमाको गीत हो—उद्धारको गीत। एक लाख चवालीस हजारबाहेक अरू कसैले त्यो गीत सिक्न सक्दैन; किनकि त्यो तिनीहरूको अनुभवको गीत हो—यस्तो अनुभव, जस्तो अरू कुनै समूहले कहिल्यै पाएका छैनन्। ‘यी तिनीहरू हुन् जो थुमाले जहाँजहाँ जानुहुन्छ उहाँलाई पछ्याउँछन्।’ जीवितहरूमध्येबाट, पृथ्वीबाट रूपान्तरित गरिएका यी जनहरू ‘परमेश्वर र थुमाका लागि पहिलो फल’ गनिएका छन्। प्रकाश 15:2, 3; 14:1-5। ‘यी तिनीहरू हुन् जो ठूलो सङ्कष्टबाट निस्केर आएका छन्;’ तिनीहरूले यस्तो सङ्कष्टको समय पार गरेका छन्, जस्तो कुनै जाति भएकोदेखि कहिल्यै भएको थिएन; तिनीहरूले याकूबको सङ्कष्टको समयको पीडा सहन गरेका छन्; परमेश्वरका न्यायहरूको अन्तिम पोखाइको बीचमा तिनीहरू मध्यस्थकर्ताविना दृढ उभिएका छन्। तर तिनीहरू छुटकारा पाएका छन्, किनकि तिनीहरूले ‘आफ्ना पोशाकहरू धोएका छन्, र थुमाको रगतमा तिनलाई सेता बनाएका छन्।’ ‘तिनीहरूको मुखमा कुनै छल पाइएन; किनकि तिनीहरू परमेश्वरको सामु निर्दोष छन्।’ ‘यसकारण तिनीहरू परमेश्वरको सिंहासनको सामु छन्, र उहाँको मन्दिरमा दिनरात उहाँको सेवा गर्छन्; अनि सिंहासनमा विराजमान हुनुहुनेले तिनीहरूका बीचमा वास गर्नुहुनेछ।’ तिनीहरूले पृथ्वीलाई अनिकाल र महामारीले उजाड पारिएको देखेका छन्, सूर्यलाई मानिसहरूलाई ठूलो तापले पोल्ने अधिकार प्राप्त भएको देखेका छन्, र तिनीहरू आफैले पनि दुःख, भोक, र तिर्खा सहन गरेका छन्। तर ‘अब तिनीहरू फेरि कहिल्यै भोकाउनेछैनन्, न त फेरि कहिल्यै तिर्खाउनेछन्; न त सूर्य तिनीहरूमाथि पर्नेछ, न कुनै ताप नै। किनकि सिंहासनको बीचमा हुनुहुने थुमाले तिनीहरूलाई चराउनुहुनेछ, र तिनीहरूलाई जीवित पानीका मूलहरूसम्म डोर्याउनुहुनेछ: अनि परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूको आँखाबाट सबै आँसु पुछिदिनुहुनेछ।’ प्रकाश 7:14-17।” द ग्रेट कन्ट्रोवर्सी, 648.
“‘In His temple doth everyone speak of His glory’ (Psalm 29:9), and the song which the ransomed ones will sing—the song of their experience—will declare the glory of God: ‘Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are Thy ways, Thou King of the ages. Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for Thou only art holy.’ Revelation 15:3, 4, R.V.” Education, 308.
“‘Mu tempile yakwe muntu yense atila pa bukata bwakwe’ (Masalmo 29:9), kabili ulwimbo ulo abasumbulwa bakalimba—ulwimbo lwa byo baishibapo—lukalanda pa bukata bwa Lesa: ‘Imilimo yenu iikulu kabili iyakupapusha, mwe Shikulu Lesa wa Maka yonse; inshila shenu shalungama kabili sha cine, mwe Mfumu ya imyaka. Ni nani uushakumwina, mwe Shikulu, no kulumbanya ishina lyenu? pantu imwe mweka ni mwe aba mushilo.’ Ukusokolola 15:3, 4, R.V.” Education, 308.
At the end of seventy prophetic years the papacy will “make sweet melody, sing many songs, that” she “mayest be remembered.” At the end of the kingdom that rules for seventy prophetic years the Roman Catholic church will remind the world of the experience of her past history. In that history she ruled as the moral authority in a relationship between her and the kings of Europe. That history is rightly identified as the Dark Ages, and all the darkness that might in any way be associated with the history where the Papacy ruled over the kings of Europe can be attributed to the very foundational action that produced all the following darkness. That action was the combination of church and state, the combination of the kings of Europe and the Catholic church. In a biblical marriage the man is to rule over the woman, but the fornication that took place in that history was upside down from the true order of the relationship of man and woman.
Kupwilikila kwa myaka makumi mutanda na kumi ya kinabii, upapa “akakuba kinanda kwa ulaini, aimbe nyimbo nyingi, ili” “ukumbukwe.” Kupwilikila kwa ufalme unaotawala kwa miaka makumi mutanda na kumi ya kinabii, Kanisa Katoliki la Roma litaukumbusha ulimwengu uzoefu wa historia yake ya zamani. Katika historia hiyo lilitawala kama mamlaka ya kimaadili katika uhusiano kati yake na wafalme wa Ulaya. Historia hiyo hutambulishwa kwa haki kuwa ni Enzi za Giza, na giza lote ambalo kwa namna yo yote lingeweza kuhusishwa na historia ambayo katika hiyo Upapa ulitawala juu ya wafalme wa Ulaya laweza kuhesabiwa kuwa lilitokana na tendo lile lile la msingi kabisa lililozaa giza lote lililofuata. Tendo hilo lilikuwa ni muungano wa kanisa na dola, muungano wa wafalme wa Ulaya na Kanisa Katoliki. Katika ndoa ya kibiblia mwanamume hupaswa kumtawala mwanamke, lakini uasherati uliotokea katika historia hiyo ulikuwa umepinduliwa kinyume cha utaratibu wa kweli wa uhusiano wa mwanamume na mwanamke.
At the end of seventy years there will be a great crisis when the kingdom of Bible prophecy that rules the world during the period of time when the Papacy is prophetically forgotten comes to a conclusion. The worldwide crisis produced by the collapse of that kingdom opens the door for the Catholic church to begin to inform the world that in order to navigate the troublous times produced by the collapse of that kingdom, the world must submit to the moral authority of the Roman Catholic church, as illustrated in the history of the Dark Ages.
Myaka sabini inapofika mwisho, kutakuwa na msukosuko mkuu wakati ufalme wa unabii wa Biblia unaoutawala ulimwengu katika kipindi ambacho Upapa umesahaulika kiunabii unapofikia hitimisho lake. Msukosuko wa ulimwenguni pote unaotokana na kuanguka kwa ufalme huo hufungua mlango kwa Kanisa Katoliki kuanza kuuarifu ulimwengu kwamba, ili kuzipitia nyakati za taabu zinazotokana na kuanguka kwa ufalme huo, ulimwengu lazima ujitiishe chini ya mamlaka ya kimaadili ya Kanisa Katoliki la Roma, kama inavyoonyeshwa katika historia ya Enzi za Giza.
When the kingdom ends and the papacy sings the song of her past experience, an experience that historians label as darkness; so how could that dark history possibly be a message for the papacy to share with the kings of the earth that would convince them to commit fornication with her? In a great crisis why would the experience of the past ages, (her song) her experience before she was forgotten prophetically, provide the logic for the kings of the earth to accept the experience of darkness as the solution for their great crisis?
Ubwami nibuhagarara kandi ubupapa bukaririmba indirimbo y’ibyabubayeho mu bihe byahise, ibyabayeho abahanga mu mateka bita umwijima; none se ni gute ayo mateka y’umwijima ashobora kuba ubutumwa ubupapa buzasangira n’abami bo mu isi, bukabemeza gusambana na bwo? Mu gihe cy’ikibazo gikomeye, ni kuki ibyabayeho mu bihe byahise, (indirimbo yabwo) uburambe bwabwo mbere y’uko bwibagirana mu buhanuzi, byatanga impamvu yumvikana ku bami bo mu isi yo kwemera uburambe bw’umwijima nk’umuti w’ikibazo cyabo gikomeye?
“A large class, even of those who look upon Romanism with no favor, apprehend little danger from her power and influence. Many urge that the intellectual and moral darkness prevailing during the Middle Ages favored the spread of her dogmas, superstitions, and oppression, and that the greater intelligence of modern times, the general diffusion of knowledge, and the increasing liberality in matters of religion forbid a revival of intolerance and tyranny. The very thought that such a state of things will exist in this enlightened age is ridiculed. It is true that great light, intellectual, moral, and religious, is shining upon this generation. In the open pages of God’s Holy Word, light from heaven has been shed upon the world. But it should be remembered that the greater the light bestowed, the greater the darkness of those who pervert and reject it.
“Roma Katolika ubulikhu vaangisiyanga ingumu ikulu, nanga ni mu bhalia bhakulola kuyo kuve ulusongo naashili, bhatoola akhatali akhanini muno ku mphamvu yakwe na ku bhushemashema bhwakwe. Abhinji bhakugamba ukuti ulwisi ulwa ndumbula na lwa mbombo inofu, ulwene lwakhalipo mu Nyakati sha Pakati, lwafumyaga ikyanya ku kusasa kwa masunde gakwe, amang’ani, nu kunyanzya; soona ukuti amasongo amakulu aga nyakati isha leelo, ukusasama kwa luhala ku bhantu bhosa, nu bhwiyungunyo ubhukulu ubhwiyongele mu mbombo sha dini, vikukingila ukubuya soona kwa butalaliki nu butemi ubhwa kinyanzya. Inyinyo lyene ilya kwinogona ukuti imbeewo iya bintu bhene bhitya yikubha mu ngulilo iyi iyamulikhiwe, likusekelwa. Ni kweli ukuti ubhumalikho ubhukulu—ubhwa ndumbula, ubhwa mbombo inofu, na bhwa dini—bukumulika pa kisepo iki. Mu mapepala agha bhwelu agha Lisyu Ilitakatifu ilya Nguluve, ubhumalikho ubhwa kumwanya bhusheedhiwe pa nsi. Looli bikulondigwa ukuti bhakhumbukhe ukuti, uko ubhumalikho ubhupelwa bhukulekela ukubha ubhukulu, ko nu mwisi kwa bhalia bhakubhupotosya nu kubhukania nako kukulekela ukubha ubhukulu.”
“A prayerful study of the Bible would show Protestants the real character of the papacy and would cause them to abhor and to shun it; but many are so wise in their own conceit that they feel no need of humbly seeking God that they may be led into the truth. Although priding themselves on their enlightenment, they are ignorant both of the Scriptures and of the power of God. They must have some means of quieting their consciences, and they seek that which is least spiritual and humiliating. What they desire is a method of forgetting God which shall pass as a method of remembering Him. The papacy is well adapted to meet the wants of all these. It is prepared for two classes of mankind, embracing nearly the whole world—those who would be saved by their merits, and those who would be saved in their sins. Here is the secret of its power.
“Ku xwendina pîroz a Kitêba Pîroz bi dua re dê Protestantan karaktera rastîn a papatiyê nîşan bidana û biba sedem ku ew ji wê nefret bikin û xwe jê dûr bixin; lê gelek ji wan ew qas di xwe-xeyalê xwe de zana ne ku hest dikin ku pêdiviya wan bi vê yekê tune ye ku bi dilnizmî Xwedê bigerin da ku ew ber bi rastiyê ve werin rêber kirin. Her çend bi ronahîbûna xwe didin pesn, ew hem ji Nivîsarên Pîroz û hem jî ji hêza Xwedê bêagah in. Pêdivî ye ku wan amrazek hebe ku wijdanên xwe bêdeng bikin, û ew li tiştê digerin ku herî kêm ruhanî û biçûkxistinî be. Ya ku ew dixwazin rêbazek e ji bo ji bîr kirina Xwedê ku wek rêbazek ji bo bîranîna Wî were pejirandin. Papatiya baş ji bo peydakirina hewcedariyên hemû van guncan e. Ew ji bo du çînên mirovan amadekirî ye, ku hema hemû cîhanê dihewîne—yên ku dixwazin bi qezencên xwe xilas bibin, û yên ku dixwazin di nav gunehên xwe de xilas bibin. Li vir razê hêza wê ye.”
“A day of great intellectual darkness has been shown to be favorable to the success of the papacy. It will yet be demonstrated that a day of great intellectual light is equally favorable for its success. In past ages, when men were without God’s word and without the knowledge of the truth, their eyes were blindfolded, and thousands were ensnared, not seeing the net spread for their feet. In this generation there are many whose eyes become dazzled by the glare of human speculations, ‘science falsely so called;’ they discern not the net, and walk into it as readily as if blindfolded. God designed that man’s intellectual powers should be held as a gift from his Maker and should be employed in the service of truth and righteousness; but when pride and ambition are cherished, and men exalt their own theories above the word of God, then intelligence can accomplish greater harm than ignorance. Thus the false science of the present day, which undermines faith in the Bible, will prove as successful in preparing the way for the acceptance of the papacy, with its pleasing forms, as did the withholding of knowledge in opening the way for its aggrandizement in the Dark Ages.” The Great Controversy, 572.
“Ulukom lwakukolela amano lwakakulu lwaoneshigwe ukuti lwali lwakufwaisha ku kupambana kwa bupapa. Kandi kuchili ukulangwa ukuti ulukom lwakukolela amano ulwengi na lumo lwine lwakukolela amano lukulu, na lwo lwine, lwakufwaisha ku kupambana kwabwo. Mu nkulo sha kale, apo abantu bali ukwabula Icebo cakwa Lesa no kwabula ukwishiba ukwa cine, amenso yabo yali yafimbwa, kabili amakana ya bantu yalipankanishiwe, ukwabula ukumona ulukata ulwasansamishiwemo ku makasa yabo. Muli ino nkulo, baliko abengi abo amenso yabo yapofwako ku bukali bwa kubengeshanya kwa maano ya muntu, “sayansi iya bufi iyo itelwa ukuti sayansi;” tabamona ulukata, kabili balwingilamo capapa fye ngefyo bangaba abafofweshiwa amenso. Lesa alalengela ukuti amaka ya mano ya muntu yacingilwe nge cabupe ukufuma ku Mulengi wakwe kandi yalingile ukulumbwilwamo mu mulimo wa cine no bulungami; lelo ilyo amaka ya kwilumba no kufwaya ubukulu yasungilwa, kabili abantu bakwesha amafundisho yabo pa mulu wa Cebo cakwa Lesa, elyo amano yangacita ububi ubukulu ukucila ukushaba ukwishiba. Ifi efyo sayansi ya bufi ya nshiku shino, iyo ileonaula icitetekelo muli Baibele, ikaba iya kupambana ngefyo fine mu kulongosa inshila iya kupokelela bupapa, hamwe ne mibele yabwo iya kusekesha, nga fintu ukwiminina kwa bumanyepo kwali mukwesha inshila iya kukulisha ubukulu bwabwo mu Nshiku sha Mfifi.” The Great Controversy, 572.
“Roman Catholics acknowledge that the change in the Sabbath was made by their church, and they cite this very change as evidence of the supreme authority of the church. They declare that by observing the first day of the week as the Sabbath, Protestants are recognizing her power to legislate in divine things. The Roman church has not relinquished her claim to infallibility; and when the world and the Protestant churches accept a spurious Sabbath of her creating, while they reject the Sabbath of Jehovah, they virtually acknowledge this claim. They may cite the authority for this change, but the fallacy of their reasoning is easily discerned. The papist is sharp enough to see that Protestants are deceiving themselves, willingly closing their eyes to the facts in the case. As the Sunday institution gains favor, he rejoices, feeling assured that it will eventually bring the whole Protestant world under the banner of Rome.
"ਕੈਥੋਲਿਕ ਰੋਮਨ ਇਹ ਮੰਨਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਸੱਬਤ ਦੀ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਲੀਸਿਆ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਸੀ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਇਸੇ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਲੀਸਿਆ ਦੇ ਸਰਵੋਚ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਮਾਣ ਵਜੋਂ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਘੋਸ਼ਣਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਦਿਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੱਬਤ ਵਜੋਂ ਮਨਾਉਣ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰੋਟੈਸਟੈਂਟ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਦਿਵਯ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ ਬਣਾਏ। ਰੋਮਨ ਕਲੀਸਿਆ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਅਭੂਲਤਾ ਦੇ ਦਾਅਵੇ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਆਗਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਜਦੋਂ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਟੈਸਟੈਂਟ ਕਲੀਸਿਆਵਾਂ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਰਚੇ ਹੋਏ ਇੱਕ ਕੂੜੇ ਸੱਬਤ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਜਦਕਿ ਉਹ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਦੇ ਸੱਬਤ ਨੂੰ ਅਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਤਾਂ ਉਹ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਦਾਅਵੇ ਨੂੰ ਮੰਨ ਲੈਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਇਸ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਲਈ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਹਵਾਲਾ ਦੇ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ, ਪਰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਤਰਕ-ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ ਦੀ ਭੁੱਲ ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਪਛਾਣੀ ਜਾ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ। ਪਾਪੀਵਾਦੀ ਇੰਨਾ ਚਤੁਰ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਵੇਖ ਸਕੇ ਕਿ ਪ੍ਰੋਟੈਸਟੈਂਟ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਧੋਖਾ ਦੇ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਦੇ ਤੱਥਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਜਾਣ-ਬੁੱਝ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਮੂੰਦ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਜਿਵੇਂ-ਜਿਵੇਂ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਸੰਸਥਾ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਸਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਨੰਦ ਮਨਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਇਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਸਮਝਦਿਆਂ ਕਿ ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਟੈਸਟੈਂਟ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਰੋਮ ਦੇ ਝੰਡੇ ਹੇਠ ਲਿਆਵੇਗੀ।"
“The change of the Sabbath is the sign or mark of the authority of the Roman church. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false Sabbath in the place of the true, are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. The mark of the beast is the papal Sabbath, which has been accepted by the world in the place of the day of God’s appointment.
“Sabatoĩ ngĩhindũka nĩ kĩmenyithia kana mũhũri wa wathani wa kanitha wa Roma. Arĩa, na kũmenya mabango ma rũrĩrĩ rwa kana, magũcagũra kũrĩka Sabato ya maheeni handũ ha Sabato ya ma, nĩ ũguo marĩhũthĩra hinya ũcio ũrĩa wiki wothe yaragĩrwo nĩ ũyo. Mũhũri wa nyamũ nĩ Sabato ya upapa, ĩrĩa yatemetwo nĩ thĩ yothe handũ ha mũthenya ũrĩa Ngai arotire.”
“But the time to receive the mark of the beast, as designated in prophecy, has not yet come. The testing time has not yet come. There are true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion. None are condemned until they have had the light and have seen the obligation of the fourth commandment. But when the decree shall go forth enforcing the counterfeit Sabbath, and when the loud cry of the third angel shall warn men against the worship of the beast and his image, the line will be clearly drawn between the false and the true. Then those who still continue in transgression will receive the mark of the beast in their foreheads or in their hands.
“Lê serdemê wergirtina nîşana heywanê, wekî ku di pêxemberiyê de hatî diyarkirin, hîn nehatiye. Serdema ceribandinê hîn nehatiye. Di her dêrê de Mesîhîyên rast hene, tewra civata Katolîka Romayî jî nayê derxistin. Kes nayê mehkûmkirin heta ku ronahiyê wergirtibe û pêdiviya emrê çaremîn dîtibe. Lê dema ku ferman derkeve ku Şema derewîn bi zorê bisepîne, û dema ku bangê bilind ê meleka sêyem mirov ji perestiya heywan û wêneyê wî hişyar bike, wê demê xet bi awayekî eşkere di navbera derew û rast de were kişandin. Hingê ewên ku hîn jî di serkeftina li ser sûcê xwe de didomin, nîşana heywanê li eniyên xwe an li destên xwe wergirin.”
“With rapid steps we are approaching this period. When Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution, then will the papal Sabbath be enforced by the combined authority of church and state. There will be a national apostasy, which will end only in national ruin.” Bible Training School, February 2, 1913.
“Kwa hatua za haraka tunaikaribia kipindi hiki. Wakati makanisa ya Kiprotestanti yatakapoungana na mamlaka ya kidunia ili kuitegemeza dini ya uongo, ambayo kwa kuipinga mababu zao walivumilia mateso makali sana, ndipo Sabato ya kipapa itakapolazimishwa kwa mamlaka ya pamoja ya kanisa na serikali. Kutakuwako uasi wa taifa, ambao mwisho wake utakuwa ni maangamizi ya taifa.” Bible Training School, February 2, 1913.
We have now touched upon five of the symbols we are seeking to identify before we fully address the chapter itself. A city is a kingdom in Bible prophecy and in Isaiah twenty-three there are two kingdoms that are closely related, but distinctly different. The first is the “crowning city” and the other is the “merchant city.” In the last days the power who is in control of the three-fold union of the dragon, beast and false prophet is the papacy. It is the kingdom that has the crown.
Ubu twamaze gukoraho ibimenyetso bitanu muri byo turiko turondera kumenya imbere y’uko duca twinjira neza muri ico gice ubwaco. Mu buhanuzi bwo muri Bibiliya, igisagara ni ubwami, kandi muri Yesaya 23 harimwo ubwami bubiri bufitaniye isano rya hafi, ariko butandukanye neza. Ubwa mbere ni “igisagara cimitsa amakamba,” ikindi na co ni “igisagara c’abadandaza.” Mu misi y’iherezo, ububasha bugenzura ubumwe bw’inkingi zitatu bw’ikiyoka, igikoko n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma ni ubupapa. Ni bwo bwami bufise ikamba.
“As we approach the last crisis, it is of vital moment that harmony and unity exist among the Lord’s instrumentalities. The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses. This union is cemented by the great apostate. While he seeks to unite his agents in warring against the truth he will work to divide and scatter its advocates. Jealousy, evil surmising, evilspeaking, are instigated by him to produce discord and dissension.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.
“Natuaye tuhetekela kuelekea mgogoro wa mwisho, ni jambo la umuhimu wa uhai kwamba upatano na umoja viwepo miongoni mwa vyombo vya Bwana. Ulimwengu umejaa dhoruba na vita na mafarakano. Hata hivyo chini ya kichwa kimoja—mamlaka ya kipapa—watu wataungana kumpinga Mungu katika nafsi ya mashahidi Wake. Muungano huu umeimarishwa na yule mwasi mkuu. Wakati akitafuta kuwaunganisha mawakala wake katika kupigana dhidi ya kweli, atafanya kazi ya kuwagawanya na kuwatawanya watetezi wake. Wivu, mashaka mabaya, usemi mbaya, husukumwa na yeye ili kuleta kutokubaliana na mifarakano.” Testimonies, juzuu ya 7, 182.
The kingdom with the crown is Tyre, which means, “a rock.” In this chapter Tyre represents the papacy that works to counterfeit Christ, for the papacy is antichrist. The word “anti” in antichrist means “in place of.” The papacy seeks to counterfeit Christ at every level, and the name Tyre means rock, for the papacy is a counterfeit of the “Rock of Ages.”
Obukama obuliko engule bwe Ttuulo, ekitegeeza nti, “olwazi.” Mu ssuula eno Ttuulo akiikirira obwapapa obufuba okukoppa Kristo mu bulimba, kubanga obwapapa bwe bukristaayo obulwanyisa Kristo. Ekigambo “anti” mu antichrist kitegeeza nti “mu kifo kya.” Obwapapa bunoonyereza okukoppa Kristo mu bulimba ku buli mutendera, era erinnya Ttuulo litegeeza olwazi, kubanga obwapapa kye kikoppe eky’obulimba eky’“Olwazi olw’Ebiro.”
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. Isaiah 23:8–11.
Ni nani aliyefanya shauri hili juu ya Tiro, mji utoao mataji, ambao wafanyabiashara wake ni wakuu, ambao wachuuzi wake ni wenye heshima wa dunia? BWANA wa majeshi amelikusudia hili, ili kuchafua kiburi cha utukufu wote, na kuwadhalilisha wenye heshima wote wa dunia. Pita katika nchi yako kama mto, Ee binti wa Tarshishi; hakuna tena nguvu. Amenyoosha mkono wake juu ya bahari, amezitikisa falme; BWANA ametoa amri juu ya mji wa wafanyabiashara, ili kuziharibu ngome zake. Isaya 23:8–11.
We intend to show upon many witnesses that “the shaking of the kingdoms” is accomplished by God, through Islam. Islam is the power that angers the nations and is used to shake the nations. At this point we are identifying that the Lord has determined to bring into contempt “all the honorable of earth,” who are the “merchants” and “traffickers” whose “strong holds” are to be destroyed. The merchant city and the crowning city “have provoked the displeasure of heaven” and the Lord has purposed to destroy their “strong holds” and that represents the economy. The collapse of the economy occurs before the Sunday law in the United States, for before the Sunday law the citizens of the United States are demanding to be returned “to divine favor and temporal prosperity.” Their argument is that the judgments of God will not end until Sunday is “strictly enforced.” Several Bible witnesses agree that we are on the verge of a tremendous crash in the economy of the world. That crash occurs before the Sunday law, just as the crash of 1837, occurred before October 22, 1844.
Twakwenda kulangisha, pa maumbo maingi a ushahidi, kwamba “kutikiswa kwa falme” kunatimizwa na Mungu, kwa njia ya Uislamu. Uislamu ndio nguvu inayozikasirisha mataifa na inayotumiwa kuyatikisa mataifa. Hapa tunatambua kwamba Bwana amekusudia kuwaleta katika fedheha “waheshimiwa wote wa dunia,” ambao ndio “wafanyabiashara” na “wachuuzi” ambao “ngome” zao zinapaswa kubomolewa. Mji wa biashara na mji unaovika taji “umechochea hasira ya mbinguni,” naye Bwana amekusudia kuziharibu “ngome” zake, na hilo linawakilisha uchumi. Kuanguka kwa uchumi hutokea kabla ya sheria ya Jumapili katika Marekani, kwa maana kabla ya sheria ya Jumapili raia wa Marekani wanadai warudishwe “katika kibali cha Mungu na ustawi wa wakati huu.” Hoja yao ni kwamba hukumu za Mungu hazitakoma mpaka Jumapili “itekelezwe kwa ukali.” Mashahidi kadhaa wa Biblia wanakubaliana kwamba tuko ukingoni mwa anguko kubwa sana katika uchumi wa dunia. Anguko hilo hutokea kabla ya sheria ya Jumapili, kama vile anguko la mwaka 1837 lilivyotokea kabla ya Oktoba 22, 1844.
“And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon those whose obedience to God’s commandments is a perpetual reproof to transgressors. It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced; and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. Thus the accusation urged of old against the servant of God will be repeated and upon grounds equally well established: ‘And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.’ 1 Kings 18:17, 18. As the wrath of the people shall be excited by false charges, they will pursue a course toward God’s ambassadors very similar to that which apostate Israel pursued toward Elijah.” The Great Controversy, 590.
“Na hapo yule mdanganyifu mkuu atawashawishi watu kwamba wale wanaomtumikia Mungu ndio wanaosababisha maovu haya. Kundi lile lililoichochea kutopendezwa kwa Mbingu litazibebesha taabu zao zote juu ya wale ambao utii wao kwa amri za Mungu ni karipio la daima kwa wakosaji. Itatangazwa kwamba watu wanamkosea Mungu kwa kuivunja sabato ya Jumapili; kwamba dhambi hii imeleta maafa ambayo hayatakoma mpaka ushikaji wa Jumapili utakapolazimishwa kwa ukali; na kwamba wale wanaowasilisha madai ya amri ya nne, hivyo wakiharibu heshima kwa Jumapili, ni wasumbufu wa watu, wakizuia kurejeshwa kwao katika kibali cha Mungu na ustawi wa maisha ya sasa. Hivyo shtaka lililotolewa zamani dhidi ya mtumishi wa Mungu litarudiwa tena, na kwa misingi iliyowekwa sawasawa: ‘Ikawa, Ahabu alipomwona Eliya, Ahabu akamwambia, Je! Ndiwe wewe, wewe uisumbuaye Israeli? Naye akajibu, Mimi siisumbui Israeli; bali ni wewe, na nyumba ya baba yako, kwa kuwa mmeziacha amri za Bwana, nawe umewafuata Mabaali.’ 1 Wafalme 18:17, 18. Kadiri hasira ya watu itakavyochochewa kwa mashitaka ya uongo, watawafuata wajumbe wa Mungu kwa mwenendo unaofanana sana na ule ambao Israeli iliyoasi iliufuata kwa Eliya.” Pambano Kuu, 590.
Elijah confronting the prophets of Baal and the priests of the grove on Mount Carmel represents the Sunday law. The message for the church was “choose this day whom you will serve.” When this history is repeated at the Sunday law the question is “which day are you going to choose, for the day you pick indicates whom you serve.” Before Mount Carmel was three and a half years of severe drought. Before the Sunday law there is a series of Sunday laws, but they have not been “strictly enforced.” The principle associated with a Sunday law is that national apostacy is followed by national ruin. The example of that is Constantine in the year 321 passed a Sunday law and shortly thereafter the first four trumpets of Revelation chapter eight began to bring Western Rome to its conclusion by the year 476. The story of Constantine is important for it included a progressive exalting of Sunday, and simultaneous progressive restrictions on the seventh-day Sabbath. The progressive history reached its conclusion when the citizens were forced to observe Sunday or be persecuted for keeping the Sabbath. That is also the conclusion of the escalating Sunday legislation in the United States. One principle associated with Sunday worship enforcement is “national apostasy is followed by national ruin.” This principle means escalating Sunday law enforcements, produces an escalation of God’s judgments, before the actual Sunday law of Revelation thirteen verse eleven. Every enactment will bring a corresponding ruin. The judgments the citizens are accusing the Sabbath-keepers of producing are actually produced by the escalating enforcement of Sunday legislation. We have included a passage from The Great Controversy, which I titled Sunday Progression. I would recommend that you read that once again. It is in the category entitled The Spirit of Prophecy.
Eliya akivatanangana n’abahanūzi ba Baali n’abatambyi b’igiti cera ku Musozi Karumeli bishushanya itegeko ry’icyumweru. Ubutumwa bwagenewe itorero bwari ngo: “uyu munsi muhitemo uwo muzākorera.” Igihe ayo mateka azasubirwamo ku itegeko ry’icyumweru, ikibazo kizaba ngo: “ni uwuhe munsi muzahitemo, kuko umunsi muhitamo ugaragaza uwo mukorera.” Mbere ya Karumeli habanje imyaka itatu n’igice y’amapfa akomeye. Mbere y’itegeko ry’icyumweru habanza uruhererekane rw’amategeko y’icyumweru, ariko ntiruba “rwarashyizwe mu bikorwa byimazeyo.” Ihame rijyana n’itegeko ry’icyumweru ni iri ngo: ubuhakanyi bw’ihugu bukurikirwa no kurimbuka kw’ihugu. Urugero rwabyo ni uko Konstantino mu mwaka wa 321 yashyizeho itegeko ry’icyumweru, maze bidatinze impanda enye za mbere zo mu Byahishuwe igice cya munani zitangira kugeza Roma y’Iburengerazuba ku iherezo ryayo mu mwaka wa 476. Inkuru ya Konstantino ni ingenzi kuko yarimo kuzamurwa kw’icyumweru buhoro buhoro, kandi icyarimwe hakabaho gukomanyirizwa buhoro buhoro Isabato y’umunsi wa karindwi. Ayo mateka agenda azamuka yageze ku musozo wayo igihe abaturage bahatiwe kwizihiza icyumweru cyangwa bagatotezwa bazira kurinda Isabato. Uwo ni na wo musozo w’izamuka ry’amategeko y’icyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Ihame rimwe rijyana no guhatira abantu kuramya ku cyumweru ni iri ngo: “ubuhakanyi bw’ihugu bukurikirwa no kurimbuka kw’ihugu.” Iri hame risobanura ko gukazwa kw’amategeko y’icyumweru uko agenda yiyongera gutera kwiyongera kw’imanza z’Imana, mbere y’itegeko nyakuri ry’icyumweru ryo mu Byahishuwe 13:11. Buri tegeko rishyizweho rizazana kurimbuka kurihwanye na ryo. Imanza abaturage barega abarinda Isabato ko ari bo bazitera, mu by’ukuri ziterwa no gukazwa kugenda kwiyongera kw’amategeko y’icyumweru. Twashyizemo igice kivuye mu gitabo The Great Controversy, ari cyo nahaye umutwe wa Sunday Progression. Nagusaba kongera kugisoma. Kiri mu cyiciro cyitwa The Spirit of Prophecy.
“God has revealed what is to take place in the last days, that His people may be prepared to stand against the tempest of opposition and wrath. Those who have been warned of the events before them are not to sit in calm expectation of the coming storm, comforting themselves that the Lord will shelter His faithful ones in the day of trouble. We are to be as men waiting for their Lord, not in idle expectancy, but in earnest work, with unwavering faith. It is no time now to allow our minds to be engrossed with things of minor importance. While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord’s people may not have mercy or justice. The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whither the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon. It is our duty to do all in our power to avert the threatened danger. We should endeavor to disarm prejudice by placing ourselves in a proper light before the people. We should bring before them the real question at issue, thus interposing the most effectual protest against measures to restrict liberty of conscience. We should search the Scriptures and be able to give the reason for our faith. Says the prophet: ‘The wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.’” Testimonies, volume 5, 452.
“Ngai aaringu muno wega undu uria ugakinyia matukũ ma mũthia, nĩguo andũ ake maithirwo nĩguo mamĩrĩre mũhũũri wa kũgũrũkanwo na thayũ. Aria maheetwo ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩ mbere yao ti a gũikara na thayũ indo ciothe ciĩrĩte mũhĩrĩga wa kũũka, makĩhũũra ngoro ciao na kwĩra atĩ Mwathani nĩagakingira arĩa ametĩka mũthenya wa thĩna. Twagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũgĩa ta andũ marindĩrĩire Mwathani wao, ti na kũrindĩrĩra gwa ũhũthũ, no na wĩra wa ũkũrũ, hamwe na wĩtĩkio ũtarĩ na kũgũcinjĩrĩrwo. Rĩu ti ihinda rĩa gwĩtĩkĩra meciiria maitũ mahingwo nĩ maũndũ marĩa matarĩ na ũnene. Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ marĩ mũtũrĩre, Satani nĩarĩ kũhiga maũndũ na kĩyo nĩguo andũ a Mwathani matikanyitwo tha kana ũhoro wa kĩhooto. Gũthii kwa Sunday rĩu nĩgũgĩa mbere na nduma. Atongoria nĩmakũhitha ũhoro wa ma, na aingĩ arĩa maikaranĩra na gũthii kwogu bo o matirĩ kuona kũrĩa rwĩrĩrĩ rwa thĩ rũgũthiĩ. Kwĩhoya kwagu nĩ gwa ũhoro mũhooreri na wa Kĩristiano ta ũrĩa ũonekaga; no hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gũkaria, gũkĩonania roho wa nyamũ ya ndiga. Nĩ wĩra witũ gwĩka ciothe tũrĩ na hinya naguo nĩguo tũgĩtange ũũru ũcio ũhunjĩtio. Twagĩrĩirwo nĩ kwĩhũthĩra kũhohoria ũiru wa mbere twĩheanĩtie mbere ya andũ na njĩra ya kwagĩrĩra. Twagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũmarehera ikibazo kĩrĩa kĩa ma kĩrĩ mbere yao, na ũguo tũgĩikaga mbere gĩkeno kĩrĩa gĩa hinya mũnene mũno gĩa kũgana na mĩhianano ya gũthibithia wĩyathi wa ngoro. Twagĩrĩirwo nĩ gũcaria Maandĩko na tũhotage kũheana gĩkũyũ gĩa wĩtĩkio witũ. Mũnabii auga atĩ: ‘Aagiru nĩmakorwo marĩ aagiru; na gũtirĩ ũmwe wa aagiru ũgũtaata; no arĩa aŋgeku nĩo magũtaata.’” Testimonies, volume 5, 452.
It is difficult to recognize the movement for Sunday legislation, for it is making its way in “darkness” and the papacy is “stealthily and unsuspectedly” “strengthening her forces to further her own ends.” It is a fact that the work to pass Sunday legislation in darkness is a central issue in the testing process of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. “None of the wicked shall understand” according to Daniel and Sister White. The “wicked” in Daniel are Matthew’s “foolish virgins,” who Sister White identifies as Laodiceans. The wise will understand the events that are now taking place, even if the history around us appears to contradict God’s word. Do we believe God’s word or what is happening around us? Yet we have been forewarned that the end would be as the days of Noah.
تەواوی دەستپێکردنی یاسادانانی ڕۆژی یەکشەممە ناسینەوەی زۆر دژوارە، چونکە لە “تاریکی”دا ڕێگەی خۆی دەکات و پاپایەتی بە شێوەیەکی “بە نهێنی و بێ گومانلێکراو” “هێزەکانی خۆی بەهێز دەکات بۆ ئەوەی ئامانجە تایبەتەکانی خۆی پێش ببات.” ئەمە ڕاستییەکە کە کارکردن بۆ پەسەندکردنی یاسادانانی ڕۆژی یەکشەممە لە تاریکیدا، بابەتێکی ناوەندییە لە پرۆسەی تاقیکردنەوەی سەد و چل و چوار هەزار. بە گوێرەی دانیال و خوشک وایت، “هیچ یەک لە خراپەکاران تێناگەن.” “خراپەکاران” لە دانیالدا هەمان “پاکیزە نەزانە”کانی مەتاون، کە خوشک وایت ئەوان بە لاودیکییەکان ناساندووە. ژیرەکان ڕووداوەکانی ئێستا تێدەگەن، تەنانەت ئەگەر مێژووی دەوروبەرمان وا دیار بێت کە دژ بە وشەی خودایە. ئایا ئێمە باوەڕ بە وشەی خودا دەکەین یان بەوەی کە لە دەوروبەرمان ڕوودەدات؟ بەڵام پێشتر ئاگادار کراوینەوە کە کۆتایییەکە وەک ڕۆژگاری نووح دەبێت.
“The world, full of rioting, full of godless pleasure, is asleep, asleep in carnal security. Men are putting afar off the coming of the Lord. They laugh at warnings. The proud boast is made, ‘All things continue as they were from the beginning.’ ‘Tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.’ 2 Peter 3:4; Isaiah 56:12. We will go deeper into pleasure loving. But Christ says, ‘Behold, I come as a thief.’ Revelation 16:15. At the very time when the world is asking in scorn, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?’ the signs are fulfilling. While they cry, ‘Peace and safety,’ sudden destruction is coming. When the scorner, the rejecter of truth, has become presumptuous; when the routine of work in the various money-making lines is carried on without regard to principle; when the student is eagerly seeking knowledge of everything but his Bible, Christ comes as a thief.
“Dunia, yang penuh dengan huru-hara, penuh dengan kesenangan fasik, sedang tertidur, tertidur dalam rasa aman duniawi. Manusia menjauhkan kedatangan Tuhan. Mereka menertawakan amaran. Dengan congkak mereka berkata, ‘Segala sesuatu tetap berlangsung seperti sejak awal mulanya.’ ‘Hari esok akan seperti hari ini, bahkan jauh lebih limpah.’ 2 Petrus 3:4; Yesaya 56:12. Kami akan makin tenggelam dalam kecintaan akan kesenangan. Tetapi Kristus berkata, ‘Lihatlah, Aku datang seperti pencuri.’ Wahyu 16:15. Pada saat yang sama ketika dunia dengan ejekan bertanya, ‘Di manakah janji kedatangan-Nya?’ tanda-tanda sedang digenapi. Sementara mereka berseru, ‘Damai dan aman,’ kebinasaan yang mendadak sedang datang. Ketika pengejek itu, penolak kebenaran itu, telah menjadi lancang; ketika rutinitas pekerjaan dalam berbagai bidang pencarian wang dijalankan tanpa mengindahkan prinsip; ketika pelajar dengan giat mencari pengetahuan tentang segala sesuatu kecuali Alkitabnya, Kristus datang seperti pencuri.”
“Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous. Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly. Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen. Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders. There are those who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord’s appearing. Another class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great apostate. Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a heaven to win.
“Ya ku di cîhanê de hemû tişt di heyecanê de ne. Nîşanên deman nehs in. Bûyerên tên, siya xwe berê davêjin. Ruhê Xwedê ji erdê vedikşîne, û felaket li dû felaketê li ser deryayê û li ser behrê tê. Bahoz hene, hejandinên erdê hene, agir hene, avahî hene, kuştinên her cureyî hene. Kî dikare pêşerojê bixwîne? Ewlehî li ku derê ye? Di tiştê ku mirovî an erdî ye de tu pêbawerî tune ye. Bi lez mirovan xwe li bin ala ku hilbijartine rêz dikin. Bi bêarami ew li benda ne û li hereketên serokên xwe dinêrin. Hene yên ku li benda ne, li temaşe dikin, û ji bo xuyabûna Xudanê me dixebitin. Pola din di rêzê de tê ketin li bin fermandariya yekem mezinê murted. Kêm kes bi dil û can bawer dikin ku dojehek heye ku em jê birevin û bihiştek heye ku em bi dest bixin.”
“The crisis is stealing gradually upon us. The sun shines in the heavens, passing over its usual round, and the heavens still declare the glory of God. Men are still eating and drinking, planting and building, marrying, and giving in marriage. Merchants are still buying and selling. Men are jostling one against another, contending for the highest place. Pleasure lovers are still crowding to theaters, horse races, gambling hells. The highest excitement prevails, yet probation’s hour is fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided. Satan sees that his time is short. He has set all his agencies at work that men may be deceived, deluded, occupied and entranced, until the day of probation shall be ended, and the door of mercy be forever shut.
“Mpasi yi mbutukila beto malembe-malembe. Mwini ke sema na zulu, ke landa nzila na yo ya mumeseno, mpe mazulu ke tuba kaka nkembo ya Nzambi. Bantu kele kaka kudia mpe kunwa, kulona mpe kutunga, kukwela mpe kupesa na makwela. Basumbidi kele kaka kusumba mpe kuteka. Bantu kele kusakana mosi na nkaka, ke nuanina kisika ya kuluta zulu. Bantu ya luzolo ya bisengo kele kaka kufuluka na biteyatelo, na bambangu ya bampunda, na banzo ya kisalu ya mbongo. Kiese ya kuluta nene me kuma na zulu, kansi ngunga ya ekzamɛ ya mawa ke kwenda kukanga nswalu, mpe mambu ya muntu nyonso kele pene-pene ya kuzwa lukanu ya seko. Satana ke mona nde ntangu na yandi kele nkufi. Yandi me tula banzila na yandi nyonso na kisalu mpo bantu kuvuna, kukusa, kuzabisa mambu ya luvunu, kukanga na bisalu mpe kukangama na yo nyonso, tii kilumbu ya ngunga ya ekzamɛ kuvanda me suka, mpe kielo ya mawa kukangama mpo na seko.
“Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives: ‘Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.’ ‘Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.’” Desire of Ages, 635, 636.
“Binyagha bya bughinesi bitwihira, bimanukha mu myaka mingi yosi, amagambo go kuburira gha Mukama witu, agha ku Lusozi lwa Mizeituni: ‘Mwerinde inywe bene, mutsa mutima yinyu ikaremewa n’obulya obw’enshonga, n’obutami, n’amalalika g’obulamu buno, kandi olusiku olwo lukabiyelera mutabumanya.’ ‘N’olwekyo mugume nimulinda, kandi musabe buli kasumi, kugira ngo mubalwe ko mubonekerwa kuba abahikire okuwona mu bintu bino byosi ebiribaireho, n’okwemera mu maaso g’Omwana w’omuntu.’” Desire of Ages, 635, 636.
In chapter twenty-three of Isaiah Zidon is the United States and Tyre is the papacy. Tyre and Zidon were ancient contemporary Phoenician cities located on the Mediterranean coast. They were known for their maritime trade, wealth, and influence in the ancient world. Zidon and its “merchants” replenished Tarshish in the passage. Zidon’s merchants trafficked the “seed of Sihor,” which is “the harvest of a river,” and is the fruit “of the river,” and it is “her revenue,” for she is the “mart of nations.” All the prophets speak of the end of the world, so who is the mart of nations at the end of the world? It’s the USA.
Mu isula ya twenti-thili ya Isaya, Zidon ni United States mpe Tire ni bopapa. Tire na Zidon ezalaki bingumba ya kala ya Bafenisia, ya eleko moko, oyo ezalaki na libongo ya Mbu ya Méditerranée. Bayebanaki mpo na mombongo na bango ya mayi, bozwi, mpe nguya na bango na mokili ya kala. Na eteni yango, Zidon mpe “bateki” na ye bazalaki kopesa lisusu Tarshish biloko. Bateki ya Zidon bazalaki kosala mombongo ya “mbuma ya Sihor,” oyo ezali “elanga ya ebale,” mpe ezali mbuma “ya ebale,” mpe yango ezali “litomba na ye,” mpo azali “zando ya bikólo.” Basakoli nyonso balobaka mpo na nsuka ya mokili; boye, nani azali zando ya bikólo na nsuka ya mokili? Ezali USA.
Sihor is a river in Egypt (likely the Nile delta) and is used to represent the wealth of the world, for Egypt is the world. Zidon’s “virgin daughter” represents the last generation of the USA, and she is oppressed from the martial law that accompanies the Sunday law and the national ruin that immediately follows. Those virgins of Zidon are rebuked by the question concerning Tyre saying, “is this your joyous city” (kingdom) that the USA rejoiced in? Is “this the kingdom “whose antiquity is of ancient days,” when according to the passage it was founded by Nimrod, just after the flood?
ស៊ីហោរ គឺជាទន្លេមួយនៅស្រុកអេស៊ីព្ទ (ប្រហែលជាតំបន់ដីសណ្តទន្លេនីល) ហើយត្រូវបានប្រើដើម្បីតំណាងឲ្យទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិនៃលោកិយ ពីព្រោះអេស៊ីព្ទគឺជាលោកិយ។ «កូនស្រីព្រហ្មចារី» របស់ស៊ីដូន តំណាងឲ្យជំនាន់ចុងក្រោយនៃសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ហើយនាងត្រូវបានសង្កត់សង្កិនដោយច្បាប់អាជ្ញាសឹកដែលអមមកជាមួយច្បាប់ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ និងសេចក្តីវិនាសជាតិដែលកើតតាមភ្លាមៗ។ ពួកព្រហ្មចារីនៃស៊ីដូនទាំងនោះ ត្រូវបានស្តីបន្ទោសដោយសំណួរដែលទាក់ទងនឹងទីរ៉ុស ដោយថា៖ «តើនេះឬជាទីក្រុងដ៏រីករាយរបស់អ្នក» (នគរ) ដែលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកបានអរសប្បាយក្នុងវា? តើ «នេះឬជានគរ ដែលភាពបុរាណរបស់វាមកពីថ្ងៃបុរាណដ៏ចំណាស់» នៅពេលដែលតាមបទគម្ពីរនោះ វាត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងដោយនីមរ៉ុឌ ភ្លាមៗបន្ទាប់ពីទឹកជំនន់?
God has determined and “purposed” for “Tyre, the crowning city,” to punish her. The papacy’s punishment includes the collapse of the financial structure of the world, for “the Lord hath given” “a commandment against” “Zidon” “the merchant city,” (the United States.) His commandment “to destroy the strong holds,” or the economy of the United States is the Sabbath commandment, for national apostasy is followed by national ruin.
Xwedê biryar da û “mebest kir” ku “Sûrê, bajarê tacdar” ceza bike. Di cezayê papatî de hilweşîna avahiya aborî ya cîhanê jî heye, çimkî “Xudan daye” “fermankirinek li dijî” “Sîdonê” “bajarê bazirgan,” (Dewletên Yekbûyî.) Fermana wî “ji bo tunekirina kelehanên xurt,” an jî aboriya Dewletên Yekbûyî, fermana Şemiyê ye, çimkî paşê bertîlbûna neteweyî, hilweşîna neteweyî tê.
The punishment of the papacy begins with the economic collapse of the entire world in response to the economy of the United States being destroyed. Zidon has a “house” associated with its economy, thus representing a financial structure that is destroyed, for you can no longer enter in. No more investments or profits from that “house,” for it is destroyed. The destruction takes place at the Sunday law, even though prior to the Sunday law there are already escalating judgments. When the collapse hits, the papacy, the USA with its merchant princes and honorable traffickers and the ships of Tarshish are going to “howl.”
Igihano cy’ubupapa gitangira n’ugusenyuka kw’ubukungu kw’isi yose, nk’igisubizo ku kuba ubukungu bwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika bwararimbuwe. Zidon ifite “inzu” ifitanye isano n’ubukungu bwayo, bityo ikagereranya imiterere y’imari irimburwa, kuko mutakiyinjiramo. Nta yandi mashoramari cyangwa inyungu biva muri iyo “nzu,” kuko yarimbuwe. Kurimbuka kuba ku cyumweru gitegekwa n’amategeko, nubwo mbere y’ayo mategeko y’icyumweru haba hasanzwe hariho imanza zigenda zongerwa ubukana. Igihe ugusenyuka kugeze, ubupapa, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika hamwe n’abatware bayo b’abacuruzi n’abacuruzi bayo b’ibyamamare, n’amato ya Tarushishi, bazaboroga.
The location of “Tarshish” in the passage is associated with wealth in antiquity, and the ships of Tarshish in the Bible are the premier symbol of economic strength.
Ala a “Tarshish” mu lusambo luno lufwanana ne buvubi bwa kale, ne byombo bya Tarshish mu Bibele ni cimanyinu ca pa ntanshi ca bukomo bwa byuumi bwa cimpiya.
For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 2 Chronicles 9:21, 22.
Naveya mfumu ghali ghendanga ku Tarshishi pamoza na ŵateŵeti ŵa Huramu; pa vyaka vitatu chilichose ghakizanga gha ku Tarshishi, ghakanyamulanga golide, na siliva, mino gha njovu, na nyani, na nkhanga. Ndipo Themba Solomoni wakaluta pa mafumu ghose gha charu pa usambazi na pa vinjeru. 2 Midauko 9:21, 22.
Ships represent economic strength, and Tarshish is the leading economic ship in Bible prophecy. The final generation of Tarshish, represented by the “daughter” of Tarshish is told to “pass through thy land as a river,” and what she finds is that her land has “no more strength,” and can no longer “rejoice” over the kingdom of Tyre. The strength they were looking for was the former economic strength of Zidon, but it was gone for the sea had spoken “saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins,” thus identifying the final generation of the sea, which is the peoples of the world lamenting the destruction of the economy of the world and at which point the people of the world wake up to the reality that they are the last generation of earth’s history, and its too late to prepare for eternal life.
Meli zinawakilisha nguvu za uchumi, na Tarshishi ndiyo jahazi kuu la kiuchumi katika unabii wa Biblia. Kizazi cha mwisho cha Tarshishi, kinachowakilishwa na “binti” wa Tarshishi, kinaambiwa “pita katika nchi yako kama mto,” na anachokikuta ni kwamba nchi yake “haina tena nguvu,” wala haiwezi tena “kuifurahia” juu ya ufalme wa Tiro. Nguvu waliyokuwa wakiiangalia ilikuwa ile nguvu ya zamani ya kiuchumi ya Sidoni, lakini ilikuwa imeondoka, kwa maana bahari ilikuwa imenena “ikisema, Siumi uchungu wa kuzaa, wala sizai watoto, wala siwalei vijana, wala siwakuzi mabikira,” hivyo kikitambulisha kizazi cha mwisho cha bahari, ambacho ni mataifa ya ulimwengu yakilia kwa maombolezo juu ya kuangamizwa kwa uchumi wa ulimwengu, na ndipo watu wa ulimwengu huamka kwa uhalisi kwamba wao ndio kizazi cha mwisho cha historia ya dunia, na kwamba imekwisha kuchelewa kujiandaa kwa uzima wa milele.
“Money will soon depreciate in value very suddenly when the reality of eternal scenes opens to the senses of man.” Evangelism, 62.
“Indalama ishalapo ukutalaluka mu mutengo bwangu sana, ilyo ukutunguluka kwa fipasho fya muyayaya kukesulwa ku menso ya muntu.” Evangelism, 62.
There are two “reports” or messages that cause pain to everyone in the passage. The first “report” concerns Egypt and the second “report” is Tyre. The report of Egypt is in the past tense for Isaiah says, “as at the report concerning Egypt,” thus showing that God had done something with Egypt prior to His destruction of Zidon (the USA.) What God did to Egypt, that also represents the “report” of Egypt, is that He destroyed Egypt in connection with the first time God entered into covenant with a chosen people. The two reports are the same “report.” The report of Egypt is the beginning and the report of Tyre is the ending. The Alpha and Omega has illustrated the covenant with the one hundred and forty-four thousand in the last days with the beginning history of that subject. The “report” concerning Egypt is the Red Sea deliverance when Pharaoh and his host were destroyed, which typifies the final deliverance of God’s people as represented by the “report” which is the “burden of Tyre.”
Kuna “taarifa” au jumbe mbili zinazowaletea wote katika kifungu hiki maumivu. “Taarifa” ya kwanza yahusu Misri, na “taarifa” ya pili ni Tiro. Taarifa ya Misri iko katika wakati uliopita, kwa maana Isaya asema, “kama vile ilivyokuwa katika taarifa kuhusu Misri,” akionyesha hivyo kwamba Mungu alikuwa amekwisha kufanya jambo fulani kwa Misri kabla ya kuiangamiza Sidoni (USA.) Kile Mungu alichokifanya kwa Misri, nacho pia ndicho kinachowakilisha “taarifa” ya Misri, ni kwamba aliiangamiza Misri kuhusiana na mara ya kwanza Mungu alipoingia katika agano pamoja na watu wateule. Taarifa hizi mbili ni “taarifa” ileile. Taarifa ya Misri ndiyo mwanzo, na taarifa ya Tiro ndiyo mwisho. Alfa na Omega ameonyesha agano pamoja na wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu katika siku za mwisho kwa historia ya mwanzo ya somo hilo. “Taarifa” kuhusu Misri ni ukombozi wa Bahari ya Shamu, wakati Farao na jeshi lake walipoangamizwa, jambo ambalo ni mfano wa ukombozi wa mwisho wa watu wa Mungu kama unavyowakilishwa na “taarifa” ambayo ndiyo “mzigo wa Tiro.”
The power represented in the Bible that destroys the ships of Tarshish is Islam. The subject of Islam will be taken up later, so we will address the subject more fully at a later time. It is represented in the passage as “Chittim” an ancient word for Cyprus, and the passage says that the destruction of Zidon and Tyre is revealed from “Chittim.” The symbol of Islam includes a very specific illustration of the destruction of the United States in Bible prophecy.
Imbaraga zigereranywa muri Bibiliya zisenya amato ya Tarushishi ni Isilamu. Ingingo y’Isilamu izasuzumwa nyuma, bityo tuzayivugaho mu buryo burambuye kurushaho mu gihe kizaza. Muri uwo murongo igereranywa na “Kitimu,” ijambo rya kera ryakoreshwaga kuri Kupuro, kandi uwo murongo uvuga ko irimbuka rya Sidoni na Tiro rihishurwa rivuye kuri “Kitimu.” Ikimenyetso cy’Isilamu gikubiyemo ishusho yihariye cyane y’irimbuka rya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya.
It is important to follow the days and years referenced in the book of Isaiah for they often identify the prophetic time of the passage that follows. Isaiah twenty-three follows the “burden” of the valley of vision in chapter twenty-two, that is preceded by chapter twenty-one that has three burdens,” and all three identify Islam. Before that chapter, in verse one of chapter twenty the setting of the prophetic history where the following prophecies of doom are identified in the following chapters.
Nauko iala wala ku landa masiku ni myafo yina itambulamaka na buku ya Yisaya, sambu mbala mingi yawu ke monisaka ntangu ya profesi ya kitini yina ke landa. Yisaya makumi zole na tatu ke landa “nsiku ya kilo” ya lubwaku lwa monikisu na kapu makumi zole na zole; mpe yina me longolama na ntwala na kapu makumi zole na mosi, yina kele na “minsiku ya kilo” tatu, mpe yawu yonso tatu ke monisaka Islam. Na ntwala ya kapu yina, na vesa ya mosi ya kapu makumi zole, kisika ya disolo ya profesi, kisika biprofesi ya mbasi yina ke landa me zabanaka na bakapu yina ke landa.
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it. Isaiah 20:1.
Mu mwaka uo Taritani yâi kia Ashidodi (rĩrĩa Sarigoni mũthamaki wa Ashuri amũtũmire), agĩrũa na Ashidodi, akĩgĩtũma. Isaiah 20:1.
The word “Tartan” may be a name or it is most likely a title of a military leader. Tartan came to Ashdod, a city in Egypt and took it in the period of history when the Assyrians were progressively taking control of the world. Assyria typified Babylon. Both Assyria and Babylon were kingdoms that came from the north, kingdoms identified as “lions” that “scattered” God’s sheep and both receive the same punishment. Assyria was first Babylon was last.
“តារតាន់” អាចជាឈ្មោះមួយ ឬទំនងជាបំផុតវាជាបុព្វនាមនៃមេបញ្ជាការយោធាម្នាក់។ តារតាន់បានមកដល់អាសដូឌ ជាក្រុងមួយនៅអេស៊ីព្ទ ហើយបានវាយយកក្រុងនោះ ក្នុងសម័យប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រដែលអាស្ស៊ីរីកំពុងកាន់កាប់អំណាចលើពិភពលោកជាបន្តបន្ទាប់។ អាស្ស៊ីរីជានិមិត្តរូបនៃបាប៊ីឡូន។ ទាំងអាស្ស៊ីរី និងបាប៊ីឡូនសុទ្ធតែជានគរដែលមកពីទិសខាងជើង ជានគរដែលត្រូវបានកំណត់ថាជា “សិង្ហ” ដែល “បំបែកខ្ចាត់ខ្ចាយ” ហ្វូងចៀមរបស់ព្រះ ហើយទាំងពីរក៏ទទួលទណ្ឌកម្មដូចគ្នាផងដែរ។ អាស្ស៊ីរីជាអាទិ៍ បាប៊ីឡូនជាអន្តិម។
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. Jeremiah 50:17, 18.
이스라엘은 흩어진 양이니, 사자들이 그를 몰아내었도다. 먼저는 아시리아 왕이 그를 삼켰고, 나중에는 바빌론 왕 느부갓네살이 그의 뼈를 꺾었도다. 그러므로 만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님께서 이같이 말씀하시니라. 보라, 내가 아시리아 왕을 벌한 것 같이 바빌론 왕과 그의 땅을 벌하리라. 예레미야 50:17, 18.
Prophetically they are both the “haughty Assyrian.”
Mu buhanuzi, bombi ni “Umunyasiriya w’umwibone.”
“When Sennacherib, the haughty Assyrian, reproached and blasphemed God, and threatened Israel with destruction, ‘it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand.’ There were ‘cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains,’ from the army of Sennacherib. ‘So he returned with shame of face to his own land.’ [2 Kings 19:35; 2 Chronicles 32:21.]” The Great Controversy, 512.
“Senakerib, Mwasyriya mwiisumbula, bwe yakayemera kandi yakatuka Nyasaye, kandi yagoye Isiraeli n’okuzikirira, ‘kyabaho obwire obwo, malaika wa Nyasaye n’afuma, n’akuba mu nkambi y’Abasyriya abantu emitwalo kikumi mu enkumi kinaana na bataanu.’ Mu bo ‘bakatemwamu abantu bonna ab’amaani mu buzima, n’abakulembeze n’abakapitani,’ okuva mu ggye lya Senakerib. ‘Awo n’addayo mu nsi ye n’obuswavu mu maaso ge.’ [2 Bassekabaka 19:35; 2 Ebyomumirembe 32:21.]” Olutalo Olukulu, 512.
The year that “Tartan came unto Ashdod” and “took it,” represents the progressive conquering of the world by the papal power as illustrated in the last six verses of Daniel eleven. The history of the Sunday law crisis, which is the “last days” of the investigative judgment, and which leads directly into the executive judgment, (the seven last plagues) is the historical setting represented by the “year” that Tartan came to Ashdod. With the context of that history in place Isaiah then gives three prophecies of doom concerning Islam, one concerning Laodicean Adventism and then the burden of Tyre. Chapter twenty-four is one of the classic examples of the seven last plagues that is followed by chapter twenty-five representing the final deliverance of God’s people, where we find God’s people expressing one of the most well-known statements during the great time of trouble.
Suula ngwa “Tartan hiki unto Ashdod” ne “kya kwachitwala,” kimela okuwangwa kwa nsi mu nkola y’amaanyi ga paapa nga bwe kisongolwa mu myalo esatu n’omukaaga egy’enkomerero egyo mu Daniel ekumi n’emu. Ebyafaayo eby’obuzibu bw’etteeka lya Sande, obuli “ennaku ez’enkomerero” ez’omusango ogw’okunoonyereza, era obuyingira butereevu mu musango ogw’okutuukiriza, (ebibonyoobonyo musanvu eby’enkomerero) bye musingi gw’ebyafaayo ogumanyikibwa nga “omwaka” Tartan lwe yajja e Ashdod. Nga omusingi gw’ebyafaayo ebyo guteekeddwawo, Isaaya n’alyoka awa obunnabbi busatu obw’okuzikirira obukwata ku Busiraamu, obumu obukwata ku Adventism ya Laodikiya, ne oluvannyuma omugugu gwa Ttuulo. Essuula abiri mu nnya kye kimu ku byokulabirako eby’enjawulo eby’ebibonyoobonyo musanvu eby’enkomerero, era kiddirirwa essuula abiri mu ttaano emirira okununulibwa okw’enkomerero okw’abantu ba Katonda, gye tusanga abantu ba Katonda nga boogera ekimu ku bigambo ebisinga okumanyika mu kiseera ekinene eky’okulabiramu ennaku.
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Isaiah 25:9.
Na itasemwa katika siku hiyo, Tazama, huyu ndiye Mungu wetu; tumemngoja, naye atatuokoa; huyu ndiye Bwana; tumemngoja, tutafurahi na kushangilia katika wokovu wake. Isaya 25:9.
The one hundred and forty-four thousand are the wise virgins that waited for their Lord to come to the wedding, though He tarried in agreement with the parable of the ten virgins. They are not Laodiceans, they are Philadelphians. Up to this point this article has been setting the context.
Abali kikumi kimwe na mirongo ine na bine ni bo bakobwa b'inkumi b'abanyabwenge bategereje ko Umwami wabo aza mu bukwe, nubwo yatinze nk'uko byari bihuye n'umugani w'abakobwa b'inkumi cumi. Si Abanyolawodikiya, ahubwo ni Abanyafiraderifiya. Kugera aha, iyi nyandiko yari imaze gushyiraho urwego rw'ibivugwamo.
In 1798, Napoleon took the pope captive delivering the prophetic deadly wound that is healed at the end of the world according to Revelation thirteen. At that point the United States took its place as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy according to Daniel two, seven, eight and eleven and Revelation twelve, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen and eighteen. From that point on both the Republican horn of the United States and the Protestant horn (Adventism) have forgotten who the papacy is. 1798 is the first year that the nations of the rest of the world acknowledged the United States as a sovereign nation, and it is also the year the first angel’s message arrived in history.
Mu 1798, Napoleon akasenda papa mu ukapolo, bityo asohoza igikomere cy’ubuhanuzi cyica, kizakira ku mperuka y’isi nk’uko bivugwa mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na gatatu. Icyo gihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zafashe umwanya wazo nk’ubwami bwa gatandatu bw’ubuhanuzi bwa Bibiliya nk’uko bivugwa muri Daniyeli 2, 7, 8 na 11 no mu Byahishuwe 12, 13, 16, 17 na 18. Uhereye icyo gihe, ihembe rya Repubulikani rya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika n’ihembe ry’Abaporotesitanti (Adiventizimu) byombi byibagiwe uwo ubupapa ari bwo. Umwaka wa 1798 ni wo mwaka wa mbere amahanga y’ibindi bice by’isi yemeye Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika nk’igihugu cyigenga, kandi ni na wo mwaka ubutumwa bwa marayika wa mbere bwageze mu mateka.
The “motto” of a Protestant at that time was, “the Bible and the Bible only.” Protestants identify themselves as defenders of the Bible alone, and when Adventism took their mantel at the arrival of the second angel, they accepted that “motto,” and were afterward labelled the “people of the book.” They had been given, through the ministry of William Miller a set of rules that would, if properly employed open the Bible to the minds of all who wished to hear. Miller’s Rules of Prophetic Interpretation are what inspiration says we must study if we are to give the third angel’s message.
Neno la kaulimbiu la Mprotestanti wakati huo lilikuwa, “Biblia na Biblia pekee.” Waprotestanti hujitambulisha kuwa watetezi wa Biblia peke yake, na wakati Uadventista ulipochukua joho lao katika kuwasili kwa malaika wa pili, walikubali “kaulimbiu” hiyo, na baadaye wakaitwa “watu wa Kitabu.” Walikuwa wamepewa, kupitia huduma ya William Miller, mkusanyiko wa kanuni ambazo, zikitumiwa ipasavyo, zingeifungua Biblia kwa akili za wote waliotaka kusikia. Kanuni za Miller za Ufafanuzi wa Unabii ndizo ambazo uvuvio unasema ni lazima tuzisome ikiwa tutatoa ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu.
“Said Christ, ‘If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.’ Again he said, ‘I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness.’ The light of truth is going forth like a burning lamp, and those who love the light will not walk in darkness. They will study the Scriptures, that they may know of a surety that they are listening to the voice of the true Shepherd, and not that of a stranger.
Kristo yavuze iti: “Nihagira ushaka kunkurikira, niyiyange, yikorere umusaraba we, ankurikire.” Yongera kuvuga ati: “Ni jye mucyo w’isi; unkurikira ntazagenda mu mwijima.” Umucyo w’ukuri uragenda usakara nk’itara ryaka, kandi abakunda umucyo ntibazagenda mu mwijima. Baziga Ibyanditswe Byera, kugira ngo bamenye badashidikanya ko barimo kumva ijwi ry’Umwungeri w’ukuri, atari iry’umunyamahanga.
“Those who are engaged in proclaiming the third angel’s message are searching the Scriptures upon the same plan that Father Miller adopted. In the little book entitled Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, Father Miller gives the following simple but intelligent and important rules for Bible study and interpretation:
“Balĩĩra ba kûhubîrĩra ũtũmwa wa malaika wa gatatũ nĩbarĩ gũcokeria Maandĩko marĩrĩte njĩra ĩrĩa Taata Miller aacookire. Mũkabũku kanini gatwetwo Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, Taata Miller arutaga mĩtugo ĩno ĩrĩ mĩnyoro no ya ũmenyi na ya bata mũnene ya gũthoma Bibilia na ya kũtaũra:”
“‘1. Every word must have its proper bearing on the subject presented in the Bible; 2. All Scripture is necessary, and may be understood by diligent application and study; 3. Nothing revealed in Scripture can or will be hid from those who ask in faith, not wavering; 4. To understand doctrine, bring all the scriptures together on the subject you wish to know, then let every word have its proper influence; and if you can form your theory without a contradiction, you cannot be in error; 5. Scripture must be its own expositor, since it is a rule of itself. If I depend on a teacher to expound to me, and he should guess at its meaning, or desire to have it so on account of his sectarian creed, or to be thought wise, then his guessing, desire, creed, or wisdom is my rule, and not the Bible.’
“‘1. Lījambo lyōsi lipewe uzito wake wa kufaa juu ya somo lililowasilishwa katika Biblia; 2. Maandiko yote ni ya lazima, nayo yaweza kueleweka kwa kujituma kwa bidii na kwa kujifunza; 3. Hakuna jambo lililofunuliwa katika Maandiko liwezalo au litakalofichwa kwa wale waombao kwa imani, bila kusita; 4. Ili kuielewa mafundisho, yakusanyeni pamoja maandiko yote juu ya somo mtakalo kulijua, kisha kila neno lipewe mvuto wake wa kufaa; na ikiwa mwaweza kuunda nadharia yenu pasipo mkinzano, hamwezi kuwa katika kosa; 5. Andiko lapaswa kuwa mfasiri wake lenyewe, kwa kuwa ni kanuni kwa nafsi yake. Ikiwa namtegemea mwalimu anifasirie, naye akakisia maana yake, au akatamani iwe hivyo kwa sababu ya kanuni ya dhehebu lake, au ili ahesabiwe kuwa mwenye hekima, basi kukisia kwake, tamanio lake, kanuni yake, au hekima yake ndiyo kanuni yangu, wala si Biblia.’”
“The above is a portion of these rules; and in our study of the Bible we shall all do well to heed the principles set forth.
“Eri n’okugabana okw’eno okw’ebiragiro bino; era mu kusoma kwaife okw’Ebyahandiikirwe Tusemeriire fenka twena okulabirira emisingi egiteekeddwawo.
“Genuine faith is founded on the Scriptures; but Satan uses so many devices to wrest the Scriptures and bring in error, that great care is needed if one would know what they really do teach. It is one of the great delusions of this time to dwell much upon feeling, and to claim honesty while ignoring the plain utterances of the word of God because that word does not coincide with feeling. Many have no foundation for their faith but emotion. Their religion consists in excitement; when that ceases, their faith is gone. Feeling may be chaff, but the word of God is the wheat. And ‘what,’ says the prophet, ‘is the chaff to the wheat?’
“Ithemba lelisiso lisekelwe emiBhalweni; kodwa uSathane usebenzisa amaqhinga amaningi kangaka ukuphambanisa imiBhalo nokungenisa iphutha, kangangokuba kudingeka ukuqaphela okukhulu uma umuntu efuna ukwazi lokho ekufundisayo ngempela. Enye yezinkohliso ezinkulu zalesi sikhathi ukuhlala kakhulu emizweni, nokuzisho ukuthi umuntu uqotho kuyilapho enganaki izimemezelo ezicacile zezwi likaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokuthi lelo zwi alivumelani nomuzwa. Abaningi abanaso isisekelo sokholo lwabo ngaphandle kwemizwa. Inkolo yabo imi ekuthathekeni; lapho lokho kuphela, nokholo lwabo luyaphela. Umuzwa ungaba ngamakhoba, kodwa izwi likaNkulunkulu liyingqolowa. Futhi, ‘yini,’ kusho umprofethi, ‘amakhoba ayini engqoloweni na?’”
“None will be condemned for not heeding light and knowledge that they never had, and they could not obtain. But many refuse to obey the truth that is presented to them by Christ’s ambassadors, because they wish to conform to the world’s standard; and the truth that has reached their understanding, the light that has shone in the soul, will condemn them in the Judgment. In these last days we have the accumulated light that has been shining through all the ages, and we shall be held correspondingly responsible. The path of holiness is not on a level with the world; it is a way cast up. If we walk in this way, if we run in the way of the Lord’s commandments, we shall find that the ‘path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.’” Review and Herald, November 25, 1884.
“Wasiozabaaza mukutongwa olw’okuba tebawulirize kitangaala n’okumanya bye batafuna, era bye bataasobola kufuna. Naye bangi bagaana okugondera amazima agabateereddwa mu maaso abakwasi ba Kristo, kubanga baagala okwefaananya n’omutindo gw’ensi; era amazima ago agatuuse ku kutegeera kwabwe, ekitangaala ekimasamase mu mmeeme, bye biribasalira omusango ku lunaku olw’Omusango. Mu nnaku zino ez’oluvannyuma tulina ekitangaala ekyakuŋŋaanyizibwa ekyabaddenga kyaka okuyita mu mirembe gyonna, era tulibalanibwa obuvunaanyizibwa obugenderera n’ekyo. Ekkubo ery’obutukuvu teriri ku mutendera gumu n’ensi; lye kkubo erigulumiziddwa. Bwe tunaatambuliranga mu kkubo lino, bwe tunaaddukiranga mu kkubo ery’ebiragiro bya Mukama, tunaalaba nga ‘ekkubo ly’abatuukirivu liri ng’ekitangaala ekimasamasa, ekyeyongera okwolesa okutuusa ku lunaku olutuukiridde.’” Review and Herald, November 25, 1884.
You can read in more detail about William Miller’s rules in the Article entitled William Miller under the Prophetic Keys category.
Oshisoma natango meendjikilo kombinga yemilao daWilliam Miller mOshiningwanima sha lukilwe *William Miller* moshikando shOmakonakono Ouprofeti.
In “our study of the Bible we shall all do well to heed the principles set forth” within “Father Miller’s” rules of prophetic interpretation. The horn of Protestantism was given the sacred document we call the Bible, and also given the responsibility to defend and promote the principles contained therein, and the Protestant horn was also given a set of rules to rightly divide the sacred documents’ meaning and intent.
Mu “kwiga kwacu Bibiliya twese tuzaba twakoze neza twitaye ku mahame yashyizweho” mu mategeko y’isesengura ry’ubuhanuzi ya “Data Miller.” Ihembe ry’Abaporotesitanti ryahawe inyandiko yera twita Bibiliya, kandi ryanahawe inshingano yo kurinda no guteza imbere amahame ayirimo, kandi ihembe ry’Abaporotesitanti ryanawe ryahawe urutonde rw’amategeko yo kugabanya neza ubusobanuro n’umugambi by’izo nyandiko zera.
The horn of Republicanism was given a sacred document we call the Constitution, and also given the responsibility to defend and promote the principles contained therein. The Republican horn was also given a set of rules to rightly divide the sacred documents’ meaning and intent. The rules given to rightly divide the Constitution is the Bill of Rights and it enshrines the most important purpose of the Constitution in the first rules of the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment listed in the Bill of Rights is the freedom of religion, expression, speech, and the press.
Lihembe lya Urepubliki lilipewa hati takatifu iitwayo Katiba, na pia likapewa wajibu wa kutetea na kuendeleza kanuni zilizomo ndani yake. Lihembe la Kirepubliki pia lilipewa mkusanyiko wa kanuni za kugawanya kwa usahihi maana na kusudi la hati hiyo takatifu. Kanuni zilizopewa kwa ajili ya kugawanya Katiba kwa usahihi ni Hati ya Haki, nayo huiweka wakfu kusudi muhimu zaidi la Katiba katika kanuni za kwanza za Hati ya Haki. Marekebisho ya Kwanza yaliyoorodheshwa katika Hati ya Haki ni uhuru wa dini, wa kujieleza, wa kusema, na wa vyombo vya habari.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” U.S. Constitution, amend. I
“Конгресс діннің орнығуына қатысты ешбір заң қабылдамайды, не оның еркін жүзеге асырылуына тыйым салмайды; немесе сөз бостандығын, не баспасөз бостандығын; немесе халықтың бейбіт түрде жиналу және шағым-арыздарының өтелуін сұрап Үкіметке өтініш білдіру құқығын шектемейді.” АҚШ Конституциясы, I түзету
The Sunday law is an open attack against the first issue of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion, which is eliminated at the Sunday law, thus marking the end of the Constitution, the end of the United States as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy and the beginning of the persecution against those who are then proclaiming the third angel’s message in a loud cry. Those who are proclaiming the loud cry of the third angel and protesting against the destruction of the first Amendment and the Constitution are persecuted by those who were supposed to be upholding and applying the sacred rules, which defend the sacred document they were ordained to defend. This is an illustration of understanding and applying the parallel histories of the two horns of the lamb-like earth beast. The founding Fathers of the Constitution parallel Father Miller. The term Father used for Miller is used to designate a leader, not a popish priest. The Bible forbids calling men father who are professing to be spiritual guides. The Millerites are named after their father, as is often the case. To miss this distinction is to miss some of what the Elijah message means, when it turns the hearts of the fathers unto the children and vice-versa.
Umthetho weSonto uyisihlaselo esivulekileyo nxamnye nomba wokuqala woMgaqo-siseko, oqinisekisa inkululeko yonqulo, ethi isuswe ngoMthetho weSonto, ngaloo ndlela kuphawulwa ukuphela koMgaqo-siseko, ukuphela kwe-United States njengobukumkani besithandathu besiprofeto seBhayibhile, nokuqala kwentshutshiso nxamnye nabo abathi ngelo xesha bavakalise isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu ngesikhalo esikhulu. Abo bavakalisa isikhalo esikhulu sengelosi yesithathu, bekwaphikisana nokutshatyalaliswa koLungiso lokuQala noMgaqo-siseko, bayatshutshiswa ngabo ekwakufanele ukuba bayawuxhasa baze bawusebenzise loo mithetho ingcwele ekhusela olo xwebhu lungcwele abebemiselwe ukulukhusela. Lo ngumzekeliso wokuqonda nokusebenzisa iimbali ezihambelanayo zeempondo ezimbini zerhamncwa lomhlaba elifana negusha. OoTata abasungula uMgaqo-siseko bahambelana noBawo uMiller. Igama elithi Bawo, njengoko lisetyenziswa kuMiller, lisetyenziselwa ukubonisa inkokeli, hayi umbingeleli wobupopu. IBhayibhile iyakwalela ukubiza abantu ngokuthi ngoobawo xa bezibanga ukuba bangabakhokeli bokomoya. AmaMillerite athiywe ngegama likayise wawo, njengoko kuhlala kusenzeka. Ukungawuboni lo mahluko kukulahlekelwa yinxalenye yoko kuthethwa sisigidimi sikaEliya, xa sibuyisela iintliziyo zoobawo kubantwana, nezabantwana koobawo.
The United States in Isaiah twenty-three is the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy and it remains so until it overturns its Constitution at the rapidly approaching Sunday law. The sixth kingdom rules for seventy prophetic years, which are the days of one king. The kingdom (a king is a kingdom) that ruled for seventy years was Babylon. During the seventy years the horn of the state was the government of Babylon and the horn of the church was the Chaldeans. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego represent the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Both horns and God’s people are represented in Daniel’s testimony. The seventy years of captivity in Babylon was the days of one king that Isaiah employs to identify that the prophetic history of the United States and the history of Adventism as 1798 until the Sunday law.
Mu Bumi bw’Abamerika obugattire obuli mu Isaaya abiri mu ssatu bwe bwakabaka obw’omukaaga obw’obunnabbi bwa Bayibuli, era busigala nga bwe bityo okutuusa lwe busaanyaawo Ssemateeka waabwo ku kiragiro kya Ssande ekiri okwanguyiriza okutuuka. Obwakabaka obw’omukaaga bufuga emyaka nsanvu egy’obunnabbi, gye nnaku za kabaka omu. Obwakabaka (kabaka bwe bwakabaka) obwafuga emyaka nsanvu bwe bwali Babulooni. Mu myaka egyo ensanvu ejjembe ly’eggwanga lyali gavumenti ya Babulooni, ate ejjembe ly’ekkanisa lyali Abakaludaaya. Danyeri, Sadulaaka, Mesaki ne Abednego bakiikirira emitwalo kikumi mu enkumi amakumi ana mu enkumi nnya. Amayembe gombi n’abantu ba Katonda bikiikirirwa mu bujulirwa bwa Danyeri. Emyaka ensanvu egy’obusibe mu Babulooni gye nnaku za kabaka omu Isaaya z’akozesa okulaga nti ebyafaayo eby’obunnabbi eby’Amerika n’ebyafaayo eby’Abadiventi bye 1798 okutuuka ku kiragiro kya Ssande.
Identifying that the line of prophetic history for both horns of the United States allows us to consider the ending and beginning, with the two horn witnesses to identify the characteristic of the other horn. After all the horns were the same. In Daniel there were horns, some broken, with horns that grew out of the broken horn. Some horns in Daniel were not the same size as each other, coming up later than the other. Not so, with the two horns of the United States. Those two horns parallel each other through the same history and produce the same waymarks, though different from one another in terms of their purpose. There are caveats within the history that are also important to understand.
Kuona kwamba mstari wa historia ya kinabii kwa pembe zote mbili za Marekani unaturuhusu kuzingatia mwisho na mwanzo, huku mashahidi wale wa pembe mbili wakitumika kutambulisha tabia ya pembe ile nyingine. Hata hivyo, pembe zote zilikuwa za namna moja. Katika Danieli kulikuwa na pembe, nyingine zikavunjwa, na pembe zikamea kutoka katika pembe ile iliyovunjika. Baadhi ya pembe katika Danieli hazikuwa na ukubwa uleule miongoni mwao, zikitokea baadaye kuliko ile nyingine. Sivyo ilivyo kwa pembe mbili za Marekani. Pembe hizo mbili zinafanana kwa sambamba katika historia ileile na huleta alama zilezile za hatua, ijapokuwa zinatofautiana zenyewe kwa zenyewe kwa upande wa kusudi lao. Ndani ya historia hiyo pia mna masharti ya tahadhari ambayo ni muhimu vilevile kueleweka.
In the beginning of Adventism there was a change from the prophetic history represented by the church of Philadelphia unto the church of Laodicea. There must be therefore at the end a change from the prophetic history of Laodicea. The Revelation of Jesus Christ includes the light of this understanding and it is part of what is being unsealed at this time.
Ku mwanzo wa Uadventista kulikuwapo badiliko kutoka historia ya kinabii iliyowakilishwa na kanisa la Filadelfia kwenda kwa kanisa la Laodikia. Kwa hiyo, ni lazima mwishoni kuwe na badiliko kutoka historia ya kinabii ya Laodikia. Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo unajumuisha nuru ya ufahamu huu, nayo ni sehemu ya yale yanayofunuliwa wakati huu.
And “after the end of seventy years” the pope will “sing” and the “forgotten” “harlot” will be remembered. She is “remembered” at the Sunday law, where the issue is between the worship of the sun, or the worship of the day that God’s law informed mankind to “remember.”
Ka “morao ga bokhutlong jwa dingwaga tse di masome a supa” mopapa o tla “opela,” mme “seaka” se se “lebetsweng” se tla gopolwa. O “gopolwa” ka nako ya molao wa Tshipi, kwa kgang e leng fa gare ga kobamelo ya letsatsi, kgotsa kobamelo ya letsatsi leo molao wa Modimo o neng wa laela batho go “gopola” lona.
In this article we have identified that the history of Babylon’s seventy-year rule typifies the history of the United States from 1798 until the Sunday law. In a previous article and often in Habakkuk’s Tables we identify that the captivity in and deliverance from Egypt, also typifies the history of the United States and God’s people. Those four histories of Babylon, Egypt, Adventism and the United States are not the only lines to bring upon these lines, but when we apply the rule of first mention to those four lines—it is absolutely amazing. I will close this article with one simple and partial illustration of what I mean, and what I intend to continue with when we further address the history of Isaiah twenty-three at a later time.
Mu kiganiro c’iyi nyandiko twerekanye ko amateka y’ubutegetsi bwa Babiloni bwamaze imyaka mirongo irindwi agereranya amateka ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika kuva mu 1798 kugeza ku itegeko ryo ku cyumweru. Mu nyandiko yabanje, kandi kenshi no mu Mbonerahamwe za Habakuki, twerekanye ko ubunyage bwo mu Misiri no kubohorwa muri bwo na bwo bugereranya amateka ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika n’ubwoko bw’Imana. Ayo mateka ane—aya Babiloni, Misiri, Ubadiventisiti, na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika—si yo yonyine ashobora gushyirwa kuri iyi mirongo, ariko iyo dukoresheje ayo mateka ane ihame ryo kuvugwa bwa mbere, biratangaje rwose. Ndasoza iyi nyandiko n’akarorero kamwe koroshye kandi k’igice gusa kagaragaza icyo nshaka kuvuga, n’icyo nteganya gukomeza igihe tuzongera gusuzuma amateka ya Yesaya makumyabiri na gatatu mu gihe kizaza.
The history of Babylon has a converted king at the beginning and a wicked king at the end. Doesn’t matter if it were Biden or Trump, for the book of Daniel teaches that it is God who sets up rulers and takes them down. What can be sure about either a Democrat or Republican leader at the time of the Sunday law is that they are a wicked leader. Nebuchadnezzar was Babylon, he was the tyrant of Babylon, willing to throw three good men into the fire. But he was eventually converted to Daniel’s God. Not so with the last leader Belshazzar. He was a wicked king. The United States in prophecy begins as a lamb, a symbol of Christ and His sacrifice for mankind. At the end the United States will speak as a dragon. The change from Christ to Satan in this line of history is represented by the difference of Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar.
Babuloni ilondwe lya buteko lina mfumu iyavikilwe ku ntendekelo ne mfumu mbi ku mpela. Takwafwilepo ukuti abe Biden nangu Trump, pantu ibuku lya Daniele lisambilisha ukuti ni Lesa ulemika abatongi no kubabombololapo. Ico umuntu enga shibukisha bwino pa mutungulushi wa ba Democrat nangu wa ba Republican pa nshita ya mweo wa Ca pa Mulungu ni ici: ni mutungulushi mbi. Nebukadinezari ali ni Babuloni; ali ni kateka wa Babuloni, uwalefwaya ukuposa abantu batatu abalungami mu mulilo. Lelo pa kupwa ailekelelwa no kupilibulwa kuli Lesa wa Daniele. Te fi ifyo ku mutungulushi wa kulekelesha, Belishazari. Ena ali mfumu mbi. Mu buprofeti, United States itendeka nga mwana wa mpaanga, icilangililo ca Kristu ne cipope Cakwe pa bantu bonse. Ku mpela United States ikalandula nga cinjoka. Ukupilibuka uku ukufuma kuli Kristu ukuya kuli Satana muli uyu mulongo wa kale kulangililwa no bulya busiyana pakati pa Nebukadinezari na Belishazari.
“Belshazzar had been given many opportunities for knowing and doing the will of God. He had seen his grandfather Nebuchadnezzar banished from the society of men. He had seen the intellect in which the proud monarch gloried taken away by the One who gave it. He had seen the king driven from his kingdom, and made the companion of the beasts of the field. But Belshazzar’s love of amusement and self-glorification effaced the lessons he should never have forgotten; and he committed sins similar to those that brought signal judgments on Nebuchadnezzar. He wasted the opportunities graciously granted him, neglecting to use the opportunities within his reach for becoming acquainted with truth. ‘What must I do to be saved?’ was a question that the great but foolish king passed by indifferently.” Bible Echo, April 25, 1898.
“벨사살은 하나님의 뜻을 알고 행할 수 있는 많은 기회를 부여받았다. 그는 그의 조부 느부갓네살이 사람들의 사회에서 쫓겨나는 것을 보았다. 그는 교만한 그 군주가 자랑하던 지성이 그것을 주신 분에 의해 거두어지는 것을 보았다. 그는 그 왕이 그의 왕국에서 쫓겨나 들짐승들의 벗이 되는 것을 보았다. 그러나 벨사살의 오락에 대한 사랑과 자기 영화는 그가 결코 잊지 말았어야 할 교훈들을 지워 버렸으며, 그는 느부갓네살에게 현저한 심판을 가져왔던 것과 유사한 죄들을 범하였다. 그는 은혜로이 그에게 허락된 기회들을 낭비하였고, 진리를 알게 되는 데 그의 손이 미칠 수 있는 기회들을 활용하기를 소홀히 하였다. ‘내가 어떻게 하여야 구원을 얻으리이까?’라는 질문을 그 위대하나 어리석은 왕은 무관심하게 지나쳐 버렸다.” Bible Echo, 1898년 4월 25일.
Notice that the wicked Belshazzar was the foolish king. He suffered the same judgment as his father Nebuchadnezzar, for both judgments were represented as the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six. Nebuchadnezzar was in the fields living like a beast for twenty-five hundred and twenty days, which is seven biblical years and his son Belshazzar’s judgment which written on the wall represents twenty-five hundred and twenty as well. The difference was the judgment against Nebuchadnezzar converted him and made him a wise king, whereas Belshazzar’s judgment was upon the foolish king.
دەربارەی ئەوە سەرنج بدە کە بەڵشەسەرە خراپەکارەکە پاشای نەزان بوو. ئەو هەمان حوکمێی تاقی کردەوە کە باوکی، نەبوکەدنەسەر، تاقی کردەوە، چونکە هەردوو حوکمەکە وەک «حەوت کات»ی لاویان بیست و شەش نیشان درابوون. نەبوکەدنەسەر بۆ ماوەی دوو هەزار و پێنج سەد و بیست ڕۆژ لە کێڵگەکاندا دەژیا وەک ئاژەڵێک، کە ئەوە حەوت ساڵی پێروزییە؛ هەروەها حوکمی کوڕەکەی، بەڵشەسەر، کە لەسەر دیوار نووسرابوو، هەمان دوو هەزار و پێنج سەد و بیستیش نیشان دەدات. جیاوازییەکە ئەوە بوو کە حوکمەکەی دژ بە نەبوکەدنەسەر گۆڕانی کرد و پاشایەکی دانا لێکرد، بەڵام حوکمەکەی بەڵشەسەر لەسەر ئەو پاشای نەزانە هات.
“To the last ruler of Babylon, as in type to its first, had come the sentence of the divine Watcher: ‘O king, . . . to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.’ Daniel 4:31.” Prophets and Kings, 533.
“Ji hukumdarê dawî yê Babelê re, wekî di nimûneyê de ji bo yekemîn hukumdarê wê, biryara Çavdêrê Îlahî hatibû: ‘Ey padîşah, ... ji te re tê gotin; Padîşahî ji te hatiye standin.’ Daniel 4:31.” Pêxember û Padîşahan, 533.
The handwriting on the wall for the last president is the first amendment which identifies the “wall” of separation of church and state, which the final foolish king does not understand. The “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six represents a “scattering of the people” that is accomplished by the king of the north at the Sunday law. That scattering is the national ruin that follows the Sunday law. The sixth nation forgot the lessons of their founding fathers who penned the Constitution to protect not only from a corrupt church, but also from the tyrannical European kings that the corrupt woman slept with. The founding fathers represent those who rejected the papacy and the kings of Europe for they knew from their own experience after coming out of a scattering of twelve hundred and sixty years of papal darkness, that protections against that type of tyranny must be the center piece of their new Constitution. They were wise fathers, they were lamb-like, but not so with the last father, for he will speak as a dragon. The Fathers came out of a scattering and the son goes back into a scattering. The tyrant in both instances is the first papacy and the last papacy.
Ji bo serokê dawî, nivîsa li ser dîwarê ew guherîna yekem e ku “dîwar”a cihêbûna dêr û dewletê nas dike, ya ku padîşahê bêaqil ê dawî fam nake. “Heft dem”ên Leviticus bîst û şeş temsîl dike “belavbûna gel”ê ku ji aliyê padîşahê bakur ve di dema yasaya Yekşemê de tê pêkanîn. Ew belavbûn wê wêranbûna neteweyî ye ku li dû yasaya Yekşemê tê. Neteweya şeşem dersên bavên xwe yên damezrîner ji bîr kirin, yên ku Destûra Bingehîn nivîsandibûn da ku ne tenê ji dêrêkî fesad, lê her weha ji padîşahên zordar ên Ewropayê yên ku ew jina fesad bi wan re razabû, biparêzin. Bavên damezrîner temsîla wan kesan dikin ku papatî û padîşahên Ewropayê red kirin, çimkî ew ji ezmûna xwe dizanibûn ku piştî derketina wan ji belavbûnek heزار û du sed û şêst salî ya tarîtiya papatî, parastinên li dijî wî cure zordariyê divê bibe xala navendî ya Destûra Bingehîna wan a nû. Ew bavên hikmetdar bûn, mîna berx bûn, lê bi bavê dawî re wisa nîne, çimkî ew ê wek ejdeha biaxive. Bav ji belavbûnek derketin û kur vedigere nav belavbûnekê. Zordar di her du rewşan de papatîya yekem û papatîya dawî ye.
The symbol of the judgment upon Nebuchadnezzar, the first king and the last king Belshazzar was the “seven times” scattering of Leviticus twenty-six. Nebuchadnezzar lived it, and Belshazzar had it written upon the wall as his epitaph the very night he died. The symbol of the Republican horn in the beginning was its escape from the king of the north’s bondage and the symbol of the Republican horn at its end is captivity brought about from the king of the north. The Sunday law is the “very night” that it dies as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. In all four illustrations, Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar, and the beginning and ending of the Republican horn the twenty-five twenty of Leviticus twenty-six, is the symbol represented at the beginning and the ending. That represents the signature of Alpha and Omega.
Nebukadnezzar, waamuzi wa kwanza, na mfalme wa mwisho Belshaza, ishara ya hukumu juu yao ilikuwa ni kutawanywa kwa “nyakati saba” ya Mambo ya Walawi ishirini na sita. Nebukadnezzar aliishi jambo hilo, na Belshaza akaandikiwa ukutani kama kifungu chake cha kumbukumbu usiku uleule aliokufa. Ishara ya pembe ya Kirepublican mwanzoni ilikuwa ni kuponyoka kwake kutoka katika utumwa wa mfalme wa kaskazini, na ishara ya pembe ya Kirepublican mwishoni mwake ni utekwa unaoletwa na mfalme wa kaskazini. Sheria ya Jumapili ni “usiku uleule” ambao inakufa kama ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia. Katika mifano yote minne, Belshaza, Nebukadnezzar, na mwanzo na mwisho wa pembe ya Kirepublican, ishirini na tano ishirini ya Mambo ya Walawi ishirini na sita, ndiyo ishara inayowakilishwa mwanzoni na mwishoni. Hilo linawakilisha saini ya Alfa na Omega.
The first “time prophecy” William Miller discovered was the twenty-five twenty of Leviticus twenty-six. It was the first stone in the foundation that Jesus laid through the work of Miller. It was also the first foundational truth that was set aside by Adventism in 1863. When all of Miller’s stones of truth were put into the foundation, those truths were represented on the two tables of Habakkuk, which are the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts. Those two tables represent the covenant relationship between God and His denominated people just as the two tables of the Ten Commandments represented the covenant with ancient Israel.
وختە پێشبینییەی یەکەم کە ویلیام میلەر دۆزییەوە، بیستوپێنج-بیستەکەی لێڤییەکان بیستوشەش بوو. ئەو یەکەم بەردی بناغەکە بوو کە عیسا لە ڕێگەی خزمەتی میلەرەوە داینا. هەروەها یەکەم ڕاستییە بناغەییەکە بوو کە لەلایەن ئەدڤێنتیزمەوە لە ساڵی 1863 دانرا. کاتێک هەموو بەردەکانی ڕاستیی میلەر لە بناغەکەدا دانران، ئەو ڕاستیانە لەسەر دوو تەختەی حەبەقوق نیشاندران، کە خشتە پێشەنگەکانی 1843 و 1850ن. ئەو دوو تەختە نوێنەرایەتیی پەیوەندیی پەیمان لەنێوان خودا و گەلە ناونیشانکراوەکەی دەکەن، هەروەک دوو تەختەی دە فەرمانەکە نوێنەرایەتیی پەیمانەکەیان لەگەڵ ئیسرائیلی کۆن دەکرد.
At the end of Laodicean Adventism, when it is spewed out of the mouth of the Lord at the Sunday law, the handwriting on the wall is those two sacred pioneer charts. Charts which they are unable to read, for they refused to be benefitted by the warning message in their beginning of their history….
Mu kisasi ky’Obulokole bwa Baadiventi aba Laodikea, bwe bulifukibwa okuva mu kamwa ka Mukama ku mateeka ga Ssande, okuwandiikibwa ku kisenge ge maapu ezo ebbiri entukuvu ez’abawandiisi abaasooka. Maapu ze batayinza kusoma, kubanga baagaana okuganyulwa obubaka obw’okulabula mu ntandikwa y’ebyafaayo byabwe….
The financial crisis of 1837 in the United States was a complex event triggered by a combination of economic factors, policies, and speculative activities.
Pada 1837, krisis keuangan di Amerika Serikat merupakan suatu peristiwa yang kompleks, yang dipicu oleh perpaduan berbagai faktor ekonomi, kebijakan, dan kegiatan spekulatif.
Speculative Bubble: In the years leading up to 1837, there was a speculative boom in land and investments, driven in part by the westward expansion of the country. Land speculation, particularly in the western frontier, led to inflated land prices and excessive borrowing.
بۇ گۇمانغا تايىنىدىغان پۈپۈك: 1837-يىلدىن بۇرۇنقى يىللاردا، دۆلەتنىڭ غەربكە كېڭىيىشى بىلەن قىسمەن قوزغىتىلغان يەر ۋە مەبلەغ سېلىش ساھەسىدە پەرەزلەش خاراكتېرىدىكى بىر گۈللىنىش يۈز بەردى. بولۇپمۇ غەربىي چېگرا رايونلىرىدىكى يەر پەرەزلەشلىرى يەر باھالىرىنىڭ سۈنئىي ئۆسۈشىگە ۋە ھەددىدىن ئاشقان قەرز ئېلىشقا سەۋەپ بولدى.
Easy Credit and Speculative Lending: Banks and financial institutions were issuing large amounts of credit and loans, often without adequate collateral. This easy access to credit contributed to the speculative frenzy and increased the risks of financial instability.
Kimpa mpeto ya mbongo mpe kupesa ndeke ya mbongo ya kusumba-sumba: Mabanki mpe bitunga bya mbongo byakalutanga kimpa minene ya mbongo mpe mindeke, mbala mingi kaka na nse ya bilandi bya kukoka ve. Nzila yai ya pete ya kuzwa kimpa ya mbongo yakumisaka ngolo ya kisumba-sumba yango mpe yakwelesa makama ma kukonda kutelema ya makambu ma mbongo.
Overexpansion of Banks: Banks were expanding their operations rapidly, often issuing more paper money (banknotes) than they had specie (gold and silver) to back it up. This practice, known as “wildcat banking,” resulted in an overabundance of unregulated and unreliable currency in circulation.
Mabanki kutanuka kupita kiasi: Mabanki yalikuwa yanapanua shughuli zao kwa haraka, mara nyingi yakitoa fedha nyingi zaidi za karatasi (noti za benki) kuliko kiasi cha fedha halisi (dhahabu na fedha) walichokuwa nacho ili kuziunga mkono. Desturi hii, iliyojulikana kama “wildcat banking,” ilisababisha wingi kupita kiasi wa fedha zilizokuwa hazidhibitiwi na zisizoaminika katika mzunguko.
Jackson’s Economic Policies: President Andrew Jackson’s policies played a role in exacerbating the crisis. He issued the Specie Circular in 1836, which required that public lands be purchased with hard currency (gold and silver) rather than paper money. This led to a rush to convert banknotes into specie, causing financial strains and bank failures.
Mitemo ya Kiuchumi ya Jackson: Mitemo ya Rais Andrew Jackson ilichangia katika kuzidisha msukosuko huo. Alitoa Specie Circular mwaka wa 1836, iliyotaka kwamba ardhi za umma zinunuliwe kwa fedha halisi (dhahabu na fedha) badala ya fedha za karatasi. Hili lilisababisha msongamano wa kubadilisha noti za benki kuwa fedha halisi, na hivyo kuleta mikazo ya kifedha na kufilisika kwa benki.
International Factors: The crisis in the United States was also influenced by international economic conditions. A slump in the British economy, a major trading partner of the United States, led to a reduction in demand for American goods and exports. This, in turn, affected American businesses and contributed to economic distress.
Mpango ya Kimataifa: Mgogoro nchini Marekani pia uliathiriwa na hali za uchumi wa kimataifa. Kudorora kwa uchumi wa Uingereza, ambaye alikuwa mshirika mkuu wa kibiashara wa Marekani, kulisababisha kupungua kwa mahitaji ya bidhaa na mauzo ya nje ya Marekani. Hali hii, nayo, iliathiri biashara za Marekani na kuchangia katika dhiki ya kiuchumi.
Panic and Bank Runs: In May 1837, a series of financial shocks, including bank failures and credit contractions, led to a panic among investors and depositors. This panic triggered a wave of bank runs and a severe contraction of credit.
Mwaka wa Kaanza 1837, mwei wa Tanu, mukumo wa makwavo ga fedha—wakati mabengi gamwenga gangwangalika na mikopo kupunguka—gwatenda wawekezaji na wabikaji wa fedha wakwate hofu kuu. Hofu iyo yatandite mawimbi ga kukimbilia mabengi kwa kutaka kutoa fedha zao, na kusababisha kupunguka kukali sana kwa mikopo.
Contraction of Money Supply: As banks failed and credit tightened, the overall money supply in the economy contracted significantly. This contraction of money aggravated economic difficulties and deepened the recession. The combination of these factors led to a severe economic downturn, characterized by bank failures, unemployment, reduced consumer spending, and a general economic depression.
Kusinzikana kwa Ugavi wa Fedha: Benki ziliposhindwa na mikopo ikawa migumu kupatikana, ugavi wa fedha kwa jumla katika uchumi ulisinyaa sana. Kusinzikana huku kwa fedha kuliongeza matatizo ya kiuchumi na kuizidisha hali ya mdororo wa uchumi. Muungano wa mambo hayo ulisababisha anguko kubwa la kiuchumi, lililoonyeshwa na kushindwa kwa benki, ukosefu wa ajira, kupungua kwa matumizi ya walaji, na mdororo wa jumla wa uchumi.
“We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” Life Sketches, 196.
“Hatufai kuwa na jambo lolote la kuogopa kwa habari ya wakati ujao, isipokuwa tu tutakaposahau njia ambayo Bwana ametuongoza, na mafundisho Yake katika historia yetu ya zamani.” Life Sketches, 196.