The prophetic characteristic of the dragon is confederation, as identified by Isaiah.

Ciri kenabian naga téh nyaéta konfederasi, sakumaha anu diidéntifikasi ku Yesaya.

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:9–16.

Mupakatan aranjeun, heh bangsa-bangsa, tangtu aranjeun bakal diremukkeun; sing ngadéngé, heh sakumna anu ti nagri-nagri jauh: pek meungkeut cangkéng, tangtu aranjeun bakal diremukkeun; meungkeut cangkéng, tangtu aranjeun bakal diremukkeun. Rarancangkeun papatah babarengan, tapi éta bakal jadi euweuh hartina; ucapkeun hiji perkara, tapi éta moal ngadeg: sabab Allah nyarengan ka kami. Sabab kieu PANGERAN nimbalan ka kuring kalawan panangan anu kuat, sarta mapatahan kuring sangkan ulah leumpang dina jalan umat ieu, saur-Na, Ulah maranéh nyebut, Pakumpulan, ka sakur anu ku umat ieu disebut, Pakumpulan; ulah maranéh sieun ku anu ku maranéhna dipikasieun, sarta ulah ngarasa giris. Sucikeun PANGERAN Nu Maha Kawasa dirina sorangan; mugi Anjeunna anu jadi kasieun maranéh, sarta mugi Anjeunna anu jadi kahariwang maranéh. Jeung Anjeunna bakal jadi tempat suci; tapi jadi batu panyandung jeung cadas anu nyigeung ka duanana kulawarga Israil, jadi jiret jeung jadi perangkap ka nu nyicingan Yerusalem. Jeung loba di antara maranéhna bakal kasandung, jeung ragrag, jeung remuk, jeung kajiret, jeung katangkep. Beungkeutkeun kasaksian, capkeun hukum di antara murid-murid Kami. Yesaya 8:9–16.

In the last days, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, when Isaiah says, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples,” there is an “evil confederacy” on planet earth. It is important to understand that the history of the United States leading to the Sunday law is prefiguring the same events on the global level.

Dina poé-poé panungtungan, dina mangsa panyegelan saratus opat puluh opat rébu, nalika Yesaya nyarios, “Beungkeutkeun kasaksian éta, segelkeun hukum di antara murid-murid Kami,” aya hiji “pakumpulan jahat” di planét bumi. Penting pikeun ngartos yén sajarah Amérika Sarikat anu nuju ka hukum Minggu téh ngalambangkeun ti heula kajadian-kajadian anu sarua dina tingkat global.

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

“Bangsa-bangsa deungeun bakal nuturkeun conto Amérika Serikat. Sanajan manéhna mingpin heula, krisis anu sarua bakal narajang umat urang di sakuliah penjuru dunya.” Testimonies, jilid 6, 395.

Sister White carefully identifies who the “evil confederacy” is, and it represents the progressive liberalism of the modern globalists. As she does so, she repeatedly quotes the previous verses in Isaiah, which identify an evil confederacy during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Nyi White taliti ngaidéntifikasi saha anu disebut “pakumpulan jahat” éta, sarta éta ngagambarkeun liberalisme progresif ti para globalis modéren. Dina ngalakukeun éta, anjeunna sababaraha kali ngutip ayat-ayat saméméhna dina Yesaya, anu ngaidéntifikasi hiji pakumpulan jahat dina mangsa pamaséan meterai pikeun saratus opat puluh opat rébu.

“The Lord declares through the prophet Isaiah: Isaiah 8:9–13 quoted.

“PANGERAN ngandika ngaliwatan nabi Yesaya: Yesaya 8:9–13 dikutip.”

“There are those who question whether it is right for Christians to belong to the Free Masons and other secret societies. Let all such consider the scriptures just quoted. If we are Christians at all, we must be Christians everywhere, and must consider and heed the counsel given to make us Christians according to the standard of God’s Word.” Evangelism, 617, 618.

“Aya sawatara nu nanya naha pantes pikeun urang Kristen jadi anggota Free Masons jeung paguyuban-paguyuban rusiah séjénna. Mugi sakumna nu kitu nganggap kalayan temen Kitab Suci nu kakara dicutat. Lamun urang enya-enya urang Kristen, urang kudu jadi urang Kristen di unggal tempat, sarta kudu mertimbangkeun jeung nurut kana pituduh nu dipasihkeun sangkan urang jadi urang Kristen nurutkeun patokan Firman Allah.” Evangelism, 617, 618.

The evil confederacy of the last days is associated with Freemasons, and other secret societies. Its religion is spiritualism, and it is made up of the world bankers and the billionaire merchants of the earth, who “centralize the wealth and power of the world,” and who promote such movements as Antifa and Black Lives Matter to foment “the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed” on a “world-wide scale,” in an effort to reproduce the anarchy of the “French Revolution.”

Pakumpulan jahat dina poé-poé panungtungan aya patalina jeung kaum Freemason, sarta jeung rupa-rupa paguyuban rusiah séjénna. Agamana nyaéta spiritualisme, sarta éta diwangun ku para bankir dunya jeung padagang-padagang billionaire di bumi, anu “ngapuseurkeun kabeungharan jeung kakawasaan dunya,” sarta anu ngamajukeun gerakan-gerakan saperti Antifa jeung Black Lives Matter pikeun ngahudangkeun “sumanget karusuhan, huru-hara, jeung pancadarah” dina skala “saalam dunya,” minangka usaha pikeun ngahasilkeun deui anarki tina “Révolusi Perancis.”

“Spiritualism asserts that men are unfallen demigods; that ‘each mind will judge itself;’ that ‘true knowledge places men above all law;’ that ‘all sins committed are innocent;’ for ‘whatever is, is right,’ and ‘God doth not condemn.’ The basest of human beings it represents as in heaven, and highly exalted there. Thus it declares to all men, ‘It matters not what you do; live as you please, heaven is your home.’ Multitudes are thus led to believe that desire is the highest law, that license is liberty, and that man is accountable only to himself.

“Spiritualisme nyatakeun yén manusa téh demi-déwa anu can ragrag; yén ‘unggal pikiran bakal ngahakiman dirina sorangan;’ yén ‘pangaweruh sajati nempatkeun manusa saluhureun sagala hukum;’ yén ‘sagala dosa anu dipigawé téh teu salah;’ sabab ‘naon baé anu aya, éta téh bener,’ sarta ‘Allah henteu ngahukum.’ Jalma-jalma anu panghandapna di antara umat manusa ku éta digambarkeun aya di sawarga, sarta kacida diluhungkeunana di dinya. Ku kituna éta nyatakeun ka sakumna manusa, ‘Henteu penting naon anu ku maranéh dipigawé; hirup sakahayang maranéh, sawarga téh bumi maranéh.’ Ku jalan kitu, balaréa dipingpin pikeun percaya yén kahayang téh hukum anu pangluhurna, yén kabébasan tanpa wates téh kamerdikaan, sarta yén manusa nanggung jawab ngan ka dirina sorangan.”

“With such teaching given at the very outset of life, when impulse is strongest, and the demand for self-restraint and purity is most urgent, where are the safeguards of virtue? what is to prevent the world from becoming a second Sodom? At the same time anarchy is seeking to sweep away all law, not only divine, but human. The centralizing of wealth and power; the vast combinations for the enriching of the few at the expense of the many; the combinations of the poorer classes for the defense of their interests and claims; the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed; the world-wide dissemination of the same teachings that led to the French Revolution—all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convulsed France.” Education, 227, 228.

“Ku pangajaran nu saperti kitu, anu dipasihkeun ti mimiti pisan kahirupan, nalika dorongan hawa nafsu pangkuatna, jeung tungtutan pikeun nahan diri sarta kasucian téh pangpangna mendesak, di mana benteng-benteng kautamaan? naon anu bakal nyegah dunya sangkan henteu jadi Sodom anu kadua? Dina waktos anu sarua, anarki keur ngupayakeun ngabasmi sagala hukum, lain ngan hukum ilahi, tapi ogé hukum manusa. Pemusatan kabeungharan jeung kakawasaan; pakaitna golongan-golongan gedé pikeun ngabeungharkeun nu saeutik ku ngorbankeun nu loba; pakaitna golongan-golongan nu leuwih miskin pikeun ngabéla kapentingan sarta tuntutan maranéhna; sumanget karungsingan, huru-hara, jeung pertumpahan getih; panyebaran ka sakuliah dunya tina ajaran anu sarua nu ngabalukarkeun Revolusi Perancis—sadayana nuju ngadorong sakumna dunya kana hiji perjuangan anu sarupa jeung anu ngaguncang Perancis.” Education, 227, 228.

Any thoughtful person should ask themselves what goes on at meetings such as recently took place at Davos, where men express their plans for planet earth without any consideration of the rest of earth’s population? What secrets were there discussed? Of course, Davos is simply one of several secret restricted meetings of the world’s billionaires, bankers, corrupted politicians and morally perverse men who develop their exalted plans for planet earth.

Sakur jalma anu mikir sacara wijaksana kedah naros ka dirina sorangan naon anu lumangsung dina pasamoan-pasamoan sapertos anu nembe diayakeun di Davos, tempat jalma-jalma ngedalkeun rencana-rencana maranéhna pikeun planét bumi tanpa aya pertimbangan naon waé ka sesa pangeusi bumi? Rusiah-rusiah naon anu dibahas di dinya? Tangtu waé, Davos téh saukur salah sahiji tina sababaraha pasamoan rusiah anu diwatesan, milik para milyarder dunya, bankir, politisi anu geus korup, jeung jalma-jalma anu sacara moral bejat, anu nyusun rencana-rencana maranéhna anu diagung-agungkeun pikeun planét bumi.

“In these last days, there are arising strange fallacies and man-made theories which God declares shall be broken in pieces. The spirit of covetousness has led men to seek worldly advantage, and by extravagance and display they have tried to hide their wicked deeds which they have done in order to reach their object. Men occupying high positions of trust have revealed this unlawful desire for gain; they have practised extortion and robbery, and have gratified the evil passions of their hearts, until our cities are corrupted through their wickedness. God has declared that he will uncover these works of deceit and robbery by their own working. In some cases the judgments of God have already fallen heavily on these cities.

“Dina ieu poé-poé panungtung, keur mucunghul rupa-rupa kasasatan anu anéh jeung tiori-tiori jieunan manusa anu ku Allah dinyatakeun baris diruksak nepi ka remuk. Roh katamak geus ngadorong manusa pikeun neangan kauntungan dunya, jeung ku kalobaan-lobaan jeung pamer maranéhna geus nyoba nyumputkeun kalakuan jahatna anu dipigawé ku maranéhna supaya ngahontal tujuanana. Jalma-jalma anu nyekel kalungguhan luhur kapercayaan geus némbongkeun kahayang haram ieu kana kauntungan; maranéhna geus ngalakonan pameres jeung pangrampogan, sarta geus nyugemakeun hawa nafsu jahat dina haténa, nepi ka kota-kota urang diruksak ku kajahatanna. Allah geus nganyatakeun yén Mantenna baris ngalaan padamelan tipu daya jeung pangrampogan ieu ku jalan hasil tina pagawéanana sorangan. Dina sawatara hal, hukuman-hukuman Allah geus turun kalayan beurat ka kota-kota ieu.”

“Isaiah 8:8–12 quoted.” Review and Herald, July 18, 1907.

“Isaiah 8:8–12 dicutat.” Review and Herald, 18 Juli 1907.

The cities have been corrupted, as predicted in the previous passage, and that corruption is brought about by the evil confederacy of Isaiah chapter eight. They have been corrupted by, “men occupying high positions of trust” who “have revealed” their “unlawful desire for gain.” The corrupted cities are easily seen in states whose attorney generals have been elected by the funds of communists such as George Soros. It can be seen when established laws go un-enforced by corrupted politicians in Washington, DC. It can be seen by laws which are only employed against those on the other side of the political spectrum, as illustrated by persons such as Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.

Kota-kota geus diruksak ku karuksakan moral, sakumaha geus diprediksikeun dina petikan saméméhna, sarta karuksakan éta ditepikeun ku pakumpulan jahat anu kasebut dina Yesaya pasal dalapan. Eta kota-kota geus diruksak ku, “jalma-jalma anu nyekel kalungguhan kapercayaan anu luhur” anu “ngedalkeun” “kahayang maranéhna anu teu sah pikeun meunang kauntungan.” Kota-kota anu geus diruksak éta gampang katingali dina nagara-nagara bagian anu jaksa agungna kapilih ku dana ti komunis saperti George Soros. Hal éta katingali nalika hukum-hukum anu geus ditetepkeun teu ditegakkan ku pulitikus anu geus ruksak di Washington, DC. Hal éta katingali dina hukum-hukum anu ngan diterapkeun ka jalma-jalma anu aya di pihak séjén dina spéktrum pulitik, sakumaha digambarkeun ku jalma-jalma saperti Nancy Pelosi jeung Adam Schiff.

In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Isaiah 59:13–15.

Dina ngalanggar jeung ngabohong ka PANGERAN, sarta ngantunkeun Allah urang, ngucapkeun panindesan jeung pamberontakan, ngandung dina hate sarta ngedalkeun kecap-kecap kabohongan. Jeung pangadilan dipalingkeun ka tukang, sarta kaadilan nangtung jauh: sabab bebeneran geus murag di jalan, jeung kajujuran teu bisa asup. Enya, bebeneran geus taya; jeung sing saha anu nyingkah tina kajahatan ngajadikeun dirina mangsa rampasan: sarta PANGERAN ningali éta, jeung éta matak henteu kersaeun ka Anjeunna lantaran taya pangadilan. Yesaya 59:13–15.

In the previous passage from the Review and Herald, the men who occupy high positions of trust, identifies corrupted politicians whose Wall Street portfolios always exceed the best possible returns, because of their legislative work in legalizing “insider trading” for themselves, and no one else. Review the history of Martha Stewart. The cities in the passage are corrupted through their wickedness, and this is especially apparent in the cities and states governed by the globalist Democrats.

Dina petikan saméméhna tina Review and Herald, jalma-jalma anu nyekel kalungguhan luhur kapercayaan éta ngagambarkeun para pulitikus anu ruksak, anu portofolio Wall Street maranéhna salawasna ngaleuwihan hasil panghadéna nu bisa kahontal, ku sabab pagawéan législatif maranéhna dina ngalégalisasi “insider trading” pikeun dirina sorangan, sarta pikeun taya saurang ogé lianna. Tilik deui sajarah Martha Stewart. Kota-kota dina petikan éta geus diruksak ku kajahatanana, sarta ieu kacida écésna utamana dina kota-kota jeung nagara-nagara bagian anu diparéntah ku kaum Demokrat globalis.

The evil confederacy in the last days consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, and the beast and false prophet have their own wicked prophetic characteristics, but the characteristics that are so apparent in liberal globalism are the traits of the dragon.

Pakumpulan jahat dina poé-poé panungtungan diwangun ku naga, sato galak, jeung nabi palsu, sarta sato galak jeung nabi palsu miboga ciri-ciri profétikna sorangan anu jahat, tapi ciri-ciri anu kacida écésna dina globalisme liberal téh nya éta sipat-sipat naga.

“Revelation 17:13–14 quoted. ‘These have one mind.’ There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. ‘And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.’ Thus is manifested the same arbitrary, oppressive power against religious liberty, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, as was manifested by the papacy, when in the past it persecuted those who dared to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of Romanism.

“Wahyu 17:13–14 dipetik. ‘Maranéhna sajiwa.’ Bakal aya hiji beungkeutan persatuan anu sajagat, hiji kasaluyuan anu agung, hiji pakumpulan pasukan Iblis. ‘Jeung bakal masrahkeun kakawasaan jeung kakuatan maranéhna ka éta sato galak.’ Ku kituna katingalina kakawasaan anu sarua sawenang-wenangna, nindes kana kabébasan agama, kabébasan pikeun nyembah ka Allah nurutkeun pituduh haté nurani, sakumaha anu geus ditembongkeun ku kapapaan, nalika baheula éta nganiaya jalma-jalma anu wani nolak nyaluyukeun diri jeung ritus-ritus sarta upacara-upacara agama Romanisme.”

“In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be the great point at issue; for in the Sabbath commandment the great Law-giver identifies Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

“Dina peperangan anu bakal lumangsung dina poé-poé panungtungan, sakabéh kakawasaan anu rusak anu geus murtad tina kasatiaan ka hukum Yéhuwa bakal ngahiji pikeun ngalawan umat Allah. Dina peperangan ieu Sabat tina parentah kaopat bakal jadi perkara utama anu dipasalahkeun; sabab dina parentah Sabat éta, Sang Manggala Hukum anu Agung nganyatakeun diri-Na minangka Nu Nyipta langit jeung bumi.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

We will consider the prophetic characteristics of the beast and apostate Protestantism in the following articles. It is important to identify what has been revealed concerning which political party is leading out and pulling the strings in the enforcement of Sunday legislation. Of course, both parties (Democrat and Republican) come together at the Sunday law issue, as did the Pharisees and Sadducees at the cross, but there is no justifiable reason to suggest that the label of Protestant or apostate Protestant can be associated with the Democratic party, for it is clearly the dragon power.

Dina artikel-artikel salajengna urang bakal mertimbangkeun ciri-ciri nubuat ngeunaan sato galak jeung Protestantisme murtad. Penting pikeun ngaidentifikasi naon anu geus diungkabkeun ngeunaan partéy pulitik mana anu mingpin sarta narik benang dina palaksanaan panerapan poé Minggu. Tangtu baé, duanana partéy (Demokrat jeung Republik) ngahiji dina perkara hukum poé Minggu, sakumaha urang Parisi jeung Saduki ngahiji dina salib, tapi teu aya alesan anu bisa dibenerkeun pikeun nyarankeun yén sebutan Protestan atawa Protestan murtad bisa diasosiasikeun jeung partéy Demokrat, sabab éta écés mangrupa kakawasaan naga.

The history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the history where Isaiah’s evil confederacy of chapter eight is identified. That history began on September 11, 2001, when the fourth president, Bush the second, was in power. In that history the sixth president would arrive in 2016, and he would awaken (stir up) all the realm of Grecia, for he would awaken the world to the struggle between the dragon power and apostate Protestantism that accomplishes the work of restoring the beast to the throne of the earth.

Sajarah pamasangan segel ka saratus opat puluh opat rebu téh nya éta sajarah nalika konféderasi jahat dina Yesaya pasal dalapan diidéntifikasi. Sajarah éta dimimitian dina 11 Séptémber 2001, nalika présidén kaopat, Bush nu kadua, keur nyekel kakawasaan. Dina sajarah éta présidén kagenep bakal datang dina taun 2016, sarta anjeunna bakal ngahudangkeun (ngagugah) sakabéh karajaan Grécia, sabab anjeunna bakal ngahudangkeun dunya kana perjuangan antara kakawasaan naga jeung Protestanisme murtad anu ngalaksanakeun padamelan mulangkeun sato galak éta kana tahta bumi.

The blind, unreasoning hatred against Trump is identified by many as a kind of insanity, for it is based on dishonesty and irrational logic. The world attempts to define the unjustifiable hatred for Trump, but the reality is that it is not a straightforward human insanity on the part of the globalists, it is the supernatural manifestation of the fulfillment of prophecy during the history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Kabencian nu buta tur teu make akal ka Trump ku loba jalma diidentifikasi minangka sajenis kagilaan, sabab éta dumasar kana kateujujuran jeung logika nu teu rasional. Dunya narékahan nangtukeun naon ari kabencian ka Trump nu teu bisa dibenerkeun éta, tapi kanyataanana mah éta lain kagilaan manusa nu lugas ti pihak para globalis, tapi mangrupa manifestasi gaib tina kacumponan nubuat salila sajarah panyegelan saratus opat puluh opat rébu.

“O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry! But many of those who should be proclaiming the truth are accusing and condemning their brethren. When the converting power of God comes upon minds, there will be a decided change. Men will have no inclination to criticize and tear down. They will not stand in a position that hinders the light from shining to the world. Their criticism, their accusing, will cease. The powers of the enemy are mustering for battle. Stern conflicts are before us. Press together, my brethren and sisters, press together. Bind up with Christ. ‘Say ye not, A confederacy, . . . neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.’

“Nun umat Allah miboga rasa kana karuksakan nu keur ngadeukeutan ka rébuan kota, anu ayeuna geus ampir dipasrahkeun ka panyembahan brahala! Tapi loba di antara maranéh nu sakuduna ngawawarkeun bebeneran malah nuduh jeung ngahukum dulur-dulurna sorangan. Lamun kakawasaan Allah nu ngarobah hate turun kana pikiran manusa, bakal aya parobahan anu tétéla. Jalma-jalma moal boga karep pikeun ngécé jeung ngaruntuhkeun. Maranéhna moal nangtung dina posisi nu ngahalangan cahaya pikeun nyaangan dunya. Pangécéanna, tuduhanna, bakal eureun. Kakawasaan musuh keur ngumpulkeun pasukan pikeun perang. Patempuran anu teuas aya di hareupeun urang. Ngahiji raket, dulur-dulur lalaki jeung awéwé kuring, ngahiji raket. Beungkeutkeun diri jeung Kristus. ‘Ulah maranéh nyebut, A confederacy,... ulah sieun kana naon anu dipikasieun ku maranéhna, jeung ulah jadi gentar. Sucikeun PANGERAN semesta alam sorangan; sarta muga Anjeunna jadi kasieun maranéh, jeung muga Anjeunna jadi kagegeran maranéh. Jeung Anjeunna bakal jadi tempat suci; tapi jadi batu sandungan jeung batu panghalang ka dua kulawarga Israil, jadi jebakan jeung sarap ka pangeusi Yerusalem. Jeung loba di antara maranéhna bakal titajong, jeung murag, jeung remuk, jeung kacekel ku sarap, jeung katangkep.’”

“The world is a theater. The actors, its inhabitants, are preparing to act their part in the last great drama. God is lost sight of. With the great masses of mankind there is no unity, except as men confederate to accomplish their selfish purposes. God is looking on. His purposes in regard to his rebellious subjects will be fulfilled. The world has not been given into the hands of men, though God is permitting the elements of confusion and disorder to bear sway for a season. A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama,—Satan coming as Christ, and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies. Those who are yielding to the passion for confederation are working out the plans of the enemy. The cause will be followed by the effect.

“Dunya téh hiji téater. Para palaku, nyaéta pangeusina, keur nyiapkeun diri pikeun maénkeun bagianna dina drama agung panungtungan. Allah geus teu katenjo deui. Di antara mayoritas gedé umat manusa teu aya kasatunggalan, iwal lamun maranéhna ngahijikeun diri pikeun ngahontal tujuan-tujuan maranéhna anu mentingkeun diri sorangan. Allah keur niténan. Maksud-maksud-Na ngeunaan para bawahan-Na anu doraka bakal tinekanan. Dunya henteu dipasrahkeun kana leungeun manusa, sanajan Allah keur ngidinan unsur-unsur kabingungan jeung kakacauan ngawasaan pikeun sawatara waktu. Aya hiji kakawasaan ti handap anu keur digawé pikeun mawa kana kajadian adegan-adegan agung panungtungan dina drama éta,—Iblis datang minangka Kristus, sarta digawé kalayan sagala tipu daya kajahatan di antara jalma-jalma anu keur meungkeut dirina babarengan dina paguyuban-paguyuban rusiah. Maranéhna anu nyerah kana hawa nafsu pikeun ngawangun pakumpulan keur ngalaksanakeun rencana-rencana musuh. Sabab bakal dituturkeun ku akibat.”

“Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise.” Review and Herald, September 10, 1903.

“Palanggaran geus ampir ngahontal watesna. Kabingungan ngeusian dunya, sarta hiji kasingsieunan anu gedé moal lila deui bakal nimpah ka umat manusa. Ahirna geus kacida deukeutna. Urang anu nyaho kana bebeneran kudu keur nyiapkeun diri pikeun naon anu moal lila deui bakal ngadadak nimpah ka dunya minangka hiji hal anu pohara ngageunjleungkeun.” Review and Herald, 10 Séptémber 1903.

Islam of the third woe is about to strike “thousands of cities” and Laodicean Adventism has no sense of the impending destruction that is about to happen. In the time period when Isaiah’s evil confederacy is accomplishing its work, there is a satanic “power from beneath” that is “working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama,” and these things come as an “overwhelming surprise.” The insanity exercised towards Trump is caused by a power from beneath. It is a component of the last scenes of earth’s history.

Islam tina cilaka katilu geus rék narajang “rébuan kota,” sarta Adventisme Laodikea teu boga rasa kana karuksakan nu ngancem, anu geus rék kajadian. Dina mangsa nalika pakumpulan jahat anu disebut ku Yesaya keur ngalaksanakeun pagaweanana, aya hiji “kakuatan ti handap” anu sipatna satanis, anu “keur digawé pikeun nganteurkeun kana kajadian-kajadian panungtungan anu agung dina drama éta,” sarta hal-hal ieu datang minangka hiji “reuwas anu ngageunjleungkeun.” Kagilaan anu dipintonkeun ka arah Trump disababkeun ku hiji kakuatan ti handap. Éta mangrupa hiji komponén tina adegan-adegan panungtungan dina sajarah bumi.

This should not be understood as an endorsement for Trump, it is simply God’s Word, which never fails. During the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand God is pouring out His power from on high, while Satan is exercising his power from beneath.

Ieu henteu kedah kahartos salaku pangrojong ka Trump, ieu ngan saukur Firman Allah, anu moal kungsi gagal. Salila pamatrian saratus opat puluh opat rébu, Allah keur ngucurkeun kakawasaan-Na ti luhur, sedengkeun Sétan keur ngalaksanakeun kakawasaanana ti handap.

“If we would have the spirit and power of the third angel’s message, we must present the law and the gospel together, for they go hand in hand. As a power from beneath is stirring up the children of disobedience to make void the law of God, and to trample upon the truth that Christ is our righteousness, a power from above is moving upon the hearts of those who are loyal, to exalt the law, and to lift up Jesus as a complete Saviour. Unless divine power is brought into the experience of the people of God, false theories and ideas will take minds captive, Christ and His righteousness will be dropped out of the experience of many, and their faith will be without power or life.” Gospel Workers, 161.

“Lamun urang hayang miboga roh jeung kakawasaan tina amanat malaikat katilu, urang kudu maparin hukum jeung Injil babarengan, sabab duanana silih gandeng. Sakumaha hiji kakawasaan ti handap keur ngagerakkeun barudak durhaka supaya ngabatalkeun hukum Allah, jeung nginjak-injak kana bebeneran yén Kristus teh kabeneran urang, kitu deui hiji kakawasaan ti luhur keur mangaruhan hate jalma-jalma anu satia, pikeun ngagungkeun hukum, sarta ngangkat Yesus minangka Jurusalamet anu sampurna. Lamun kakawasaan ilahi teu dibawa kana pangalaman umat Allah, tiori-tiori jeung pamanggih-pamanggih palsu bakal ngarebut pikiran, Kristus jeung kabeneran-Na bakal disingkirkeun tina pangalaman loba jalma, sarta iman maranehna bakal taya kakawasaan atawa kahirupan.” Gospel Workers, 161.

The manifestation of Satanic power which occurs before, and leading up to the soon-coming Sunday law, typifies the crowning act of Satan’s power that occurs at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Panyingkabna kakawasaan setan anu lumangsung saméméh, sarta ngarah kana hukum Minggu anu baris geura datang, mangrupa pralambang tina lampah pangpuncakna kakawasaan Setan anu lumangsung dina hukum Minggu anu baris geura datang.

“By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

“Ku dekrit anu maksakeun lembaga Kapapaan, bari ngalanggar hukum Allah, bangsa urang bakal misahkeun dirina sapinuhna tina kabeneran. Lamun Protestanisme ngulurkeun leungeunna meuntas jurang pikeun nyekel leungeun kakawasaan Roma, lamun éta ngahontal meuntas kaungkulan jero pikeun ngajabat leungeun Spiritualisme, lamun, dina pangaruh ieu tilu rupa pakumpulan, nagara urang bakal nampik unggal prinsip Konstitusina salaku pamaréntahan Protestan jeung républikan, sarta bakal nyayagikeun jalan pikeun nyebarna kapalsuan jeung pamujaan sesat kapapaan, mangka urang bisa nyaho yén waktuna geus sumping pikeun karya anu luar biasa ti Iblis sarta yén tungtungna geus caket.” Testimonies, jilid 5, 451.

The motivation that is currently coming from beneath, and manifesting its activities in the globalist representatives of the dragon in the United States, will be reproduced in the nations of the world after the Sunday law arrives. Even now, the nations of the world are manifesting the same supernatural insanity over Trump.

Pangjurung anu ayeuna keur datang ti handap, sarta nembongkeun kagiatanana dina para wawakil globalis naga di Amérika Sarikat, bakal diproduksi deui di bangsa-bangsa saalam dunya sanggeus hukum Minggu datang. Malah ayeuna kénéh, bangsa-bangsa saalam dunya keur nembongkeun kagilaan gaib anu sarua ngeunaan Trump.

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

“Bangsa-bangsa asing bakal nuturkeun conto ti Amérika Serikat. Sanajan manéhna mingpin heula, tapi krisis anu sarua bakal tumiba ka umat urang di sakuliah dunya.” Testimonies, jilid 6, 395.

What the Republicans of the United States define as insanity on the part of Democrats in their illogical opposition to Trump, is actually a supernatural manifestation of satanic power that is in fulfillment of Daniel chapter eleven, verse two. Trump, the sixth president since the time of the end in 1989 was to “stir up” (awaken), the socialistic globalists of the entire world. The hatred against him is supernatural, and it prefigures the manifestation of satanic power that arrives in greater magnitude at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Naon anu ku pihak Republik Amérika Sarikat ditétélakeun minangka kagilaan dina pihak Démokrat dina panolakan maranéhna anu teu logis ka Trump, sabenerna téh mangrupa manifestasi gaib tina kakawasaan satanis anu minuhan Daniel pasal sabelas, ayat dua. Trump, présidén kagenep saprak mangsa ahir dina taun 1989, memang kudu “ngagerakkeun” (ngahudangkeun) para globalis sosialis sakuliah dunya. Kabencian ka anjeunna téh gaib sifatna, sarta éta ngalambangheulakeun manifestasi kakawasaan satanis anu bakal datang dina ukuran anu leuwih gedé dina hukum Minggu anu baris geura sumping.

The manifestation of the power from beneath, according to Sister White’s reference takes place during the evil confederation, which Isaiah warns about in chapter eight, and in that period the sealing of God’s people is occurring.

Panyingkaban kakawasaan ti handap, nurutkeun rujukan Sister White, kajadian dina mangsa pakumpulan jahat, anu dipélingkeun ku Yesaya dina pasal dalapan, jeung dina mangsa éta panyegelan umat Allah keur lumangsung.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:16.

Iket pageuh kasaksian, segelkeun hukum di antara murid-murid Kami. Yesaya 8:16.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Urang baris neraskeun ieu ulikan dina artikel salajengna.

“Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of miracle-working demons. The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings of the earth and to the whole world, to fasten them in deception, and urge them on to unite with Satan in his last struggle against the government of heaven. By these agencies, rulers and subjects will be alike deceived. Persons will arise pretending to be Christ Himself, and claiming the title and worship which belong to the world’s Redeemer. They will perform wonderful miracles of healing and will profess to have revelations from heaven contradicting the testimony of the Scriptures.

“Tetempoan-tetempoan anu matak sieun nu sipatna gaib bakal geura nembongan di langit, minangka tanda kakawasaan roh-roh jahat nu nyieun mujijat. Roh-roh sétan bakal indit ka raja-raja bumi jeung ka sakuliah dunya, pikeun ngaraketkeun maranéhna dina pangabobodo, sarta ngadorong maranéhna supaya ngahiji jeung Sétan dina perjuanganana nu pamungkas ngalawan pamaréntahan sawarga. Ku lantaran ieu sarana, boh para pamingpin boh rahayat sarua bakal kabeurangan. Jalma-jalma bakal mucunghul bari ngaku-ngaku yén dirina téh Kristus Mantenna, sarta nungtut gelar jeung panyembahan anu jadi hak Sang Jurusalamet dunya. Maranéhna bakal ngalakukeun mujijat-mujijat panyageurkeun anu matak hélok, sarta bakal ngaku boga wahyu ti sawarga anu nentang kasaksian Kitab Suci.

“As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour’s advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13–15. The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shout of triumph rings out upon the air: ‘Christ has come! Christ has come!’ The people prostrate themselves in adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His disciples when He was upon the earth. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Saviour uttered; he heals the diseases of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the seventh day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth. This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion. Like the Samaritans who were deceived by Simon Magus, the multitudes, from the least to the greatest, give heed to these sorceries, saying: This is ‘the great power of God.’ Acts 8:10.

“Salaku kalakuan panungtungan anu makutan drama gedé panipuan, Sétan sorangan bakal nyaru jadi Kristus. Garéja geus lila ngaku-ngaku nengetan kadatangan Jurusalamet minangka puncak tina harepanana. Ayeuna, anu tukang nipu agung bakal nyieun saolah-olah Kristus geus sumping. Di rupa-rupa bagéan bumi, Sétan bakal nembongkeun dirina di antara manusa minangka hiji mahluk nu agung, mulya, jeung caang ngagenclang, sarupa jeung katerangan ngeunaan Putra Allah anu dipaparinkeun ku Yohanes dina Wahyu. Wahyu 1:13–15. Kamulyaan anu ngurilingan anjeunna teu aya tandinganana ku naon baé anu kantos katempo ku panon fana. Sora surak kameunangan ngagema dina angkasa: ‘Kristus geus sumping! Kristus geus sumping!’ Jalma-jalma sujud nyembah ka hareupeun anjeunna, sedengkeun anjeunna ngangkat leungeunna sarta ngucapkeun berkah ka maranéhna, sakumaha Kristus ngaberkahan murid-murid-Na nalika Anjeunna aya di bumi. Sorana lemes jeung handap, tapi pinuh ku wirahma. Kalawan nada anu lemah lembut tur pinuh karunya, anjeunna nepikeun sabagian tina bebeneran sawarga anu pinuh ku kurnia, anu sarua jeung anu kungsi diucapkeun ku Jurusalamet; anjeunna nyageurkeun panyakit jalma-jalma, tuluy, dina peran Kristus anu dipakéna, anjeunna ngakukeun yén anjeunna geus ngarobah Sabat jadi Minggu, sarta maréntahkeun ka sakumna jalma supaya nyucikeun poé anu geus diberkahan ku anjeunna. Anjeunna nyatakeun yén jalma-jalma anu terus keukeuh ngajaga kasucian poé katujuh téh keur ngahujat ngaranna ku sabab maranéhna nampik ngadéngékeun malaikat-malaikatna anu diutus ka maranéhna mawa cahaya jeung bebeneran. Ieu téh panipuan anu kacida kuatna, ampir teu kaungkulan. Saperti urang Samaria anu katipu ku Simon Magus, balaréa, ti nu pangleutikna nepi ka nu panggedéna, merhatikeun sihir-sihir ieu bari nyebut: Ieu téh ‘kakawasaan Allah anu agung.’ Rasul-rasul 8:10.”

“But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this false christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is pronounced upon the worshipers of the beast and his image, the very class upon whom the Bible declares that God’s unmingled wrath shall be poured out.” The Great Controversy, 624, 625.

“Tapi umat Allah moal kasasarkeun. Pangajaran-pangajaran ti Kristus palsu ieu teu saluyu jeung Kitab Suci. Berkahna diucapkeun ka jalma-jalma anu nyembah ka sato galak jeung gambarna, nya éta golongan anu ku Alkitab dinyatakeun yén amarah Allah anu teu campur bakal dicurahkeun ka maranéhna.” The Great Controversy, 624, 625.