The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

Panyegelan dimimitian dina 11 Séptémber 2001 nalika malaikat anu gagah perkasa dina Wahyu pasal dalapan welas turun. Turunna anjeunna ditipikeun ku turunna malaikat dina Wahyu sapuluh dina 11 Agustus 1840, sarta ogé ku turunna Roh Suci dina baptisan Kristus. Baptisan Kristus nunjuk ka hareup kana hujan panungtungan anu turun nalika gedong-gedong agung Kota New York diruntuhkeun. Kakawasaan ti luhur mimiti digelar, jeung dina waktu éta kénéh kakawasaan ti handap (liang tanpa dasar) bakal dinyatakeun, sabab Firman Allah moal kungsi gagal.

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Nalika Kristus dibaptis, Anjeunna langsung angkat ka padang gurun sarta puasa salila opat puluh poe, satutasna Anjeunna digoda ku Iblis ku tilu godaan. Unggal tina tilu godaan éta ngagambarkeun ciri-ciri utama tina masing-masing tilu kakawasaan anu mingpin dunya ka Armagedon. Tilu godaan éta nyaéta kasombongan, hiji ciri naga; napsu kana dahareun, hiji ciri sato galak, jeung kalalaworaan, hiji ciri nabi palsu. Kasombongan jeung ngagungkeun diri sorangan digambarkeun ku Lusifer dina pedaran klasik Yesaya.

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. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

Aduh, kumaha engkau geus murag ti sawarga, eh Lucifer, putra isuk! kumaha engkau geus ditumbangkeun ka taneuh, engkau anu ngaleuleuskeun bangsa-bangsa! Sabab engkau geus nyarita dina haté sorangan, “Kami rek naék ka sawarga, kami rek ngaluhurkeun tahta kami ngaleuwihan béntang-béntang Allah; kami ogé rek linggih di gunung pasamoan, di tungtung kalér; kami rek naék ngaleuwihan jangkungna mega-mega; kami rek jadi saperti Nu Mahakawasa.” Tapi engkau bakal diturunkeun ka naraka, ka sisi liang jero. Jalma-jalma anu ningali ka engkau bakal neuteup kalawan taliti, sarta nitenan engkau, bari nyebut, “Naha ieu jalma anu nyababkeun bumi ngageter, anu ngagoncangkeun karajaan-karajaan?” Yesaya 14:12–16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Lima kali Lusifer ngucap dina haténa, “Kuring rek.” Sétan, anu baheulana dingaranan “nu mawa cahaya” (Lusifer), anu ayeuna ngan mawa poék wungkul, nya éta anjeunna “anu ngaguncang bangsa-bangsa.” Dina harti nubuat anjeunna pakait jeung “bangsa-bangsa,” sabab anjeunna pamingpin pakumpulan jahat bangsa-bangsa, jeung pakumpulan para padagang anu diidéntifikasi dina Wahyu pasal tujuh belas jeung dalapan belas.

“Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

“Raja-raja jeung pangawasa-pangawasa sarta gubernur-gubernur geus nempatkeun kana dirina sorangan tanda antikristus, sarta digambarkeun minangka naga anu indit pikeun nyieun perang ngalawan jalma-jalma suci—nyaéta jalma-jalma anu ngajaga parentah-parentah Allah jeung anu miboga iman ka Yesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Dina baptisan Kristus, Roh Suci lungsur, ngalambangkeun mangsa sanggeus 11 Séptémber 2001. Sanggeus baptisan-Na, Sétan ngagoda Kristus ku nawarkeun ka Anjeunna kakawasaan anu dipaké ku Sétan pikeun maréntah karajaan-karajaan dunya, sabab dina waktu ragragna Adam, Sétan geus jadi panguasa karajaan-karajaan dunya.

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

Sarta Iblis, nyandak Anjeunna ka hiji gunung anu luhur, nembongkeun ka Anjeunna sakumna karajaan dunya dina sakedapan waktu. Jeung Iblis ngandika ka Anjeunna, “Sakabéh kakawasaan ieu baris ku sim kuring dipaparinkeun ka Anjeun, kitu deui kamulyaan maranéhna; sabab eta geus dipasrahkeun ka sim kuring; jeung ka saha waé anu dipikahayang ku sim kuring, ku sim kuring dipaparinkeun eta. Ku sabab eta, lamun Anjeun nyembah ka sim kuring, sakabéhna bakal jadi kagungan Anjeun.” Jeung Isa ngawaler sarta ngandika ka manehna, “Mundur ka tukang Kami, Setan; sabab aya katulisan, ‘Anjeun kudu nyembah ka PANGERAN Allah Anjeun, jeung ngan ka Mantenna wungkul Anjeun kudu ngabakti.’” Lukas 4:5–8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Dua ciri utama Roma kepausan (sato galak) nyaéta cabulna jeung “kadaharan” jeung inuman diracun anu ditebarna.

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

Najan kitu, Kami boga sawatara hal ngalawan ka maneh, lantaran maneh ngantep awéwé éta, Izébél, anu nyebut dirina saurang nabi awéwé, ngajar jeung nyasabkeun hamba-hamba Kami supaya maranéhna ngalakukeun cabul jeung ngadahar kadaharan anu geus dipasrahkeun ka brahala. Wahyu 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

“Kadaharan” jeung inuman anu dipasihkeun ku manehna téh nyaéta ajaran-ajaran palsu manehna.

“The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

“Dosa gedé anu dituduhkeun ka Babul nyaéta yén manéhna ‘ngajadikeun sakumna bangsa nginum anggur amarah tina cabulna.’ Cangkir kamabokan anu dipasihkeun ku manéhna ka dunya ngagambarkeun ajaran-ajaran palsu anu geus ditarimana minangka balukar tina hubungan haramna jeung jalma-jalma agung di bumi.” The Great Controversy, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Sato Katolikisme ogé nipu dunya ku tukang sihirna, anu deuih mangrupa hiji hal anu diasupkeun sacara internal.

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

Jeung cahaya lampu moal caang deui pisan di jero maneh; jeung sora pangantén lalaki jeung pangantén awéwé moal kadéngé deui pisan di jero maneh; sabab padagang-padagang maneh téh jalma-jalma gedé di bumi; sabab ku elmu sihir maneh sagala bangsa geus kasasab. Wahyu 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Kecap Yunani anu ditarjamahkeun jadi “sihir,” nya éta pharmakeia, anu hartina ubar-ubaran. Cangkir emas dina leungeunna ngagambarkeun lain ngan ukur hiji cangkir pikeun nginum anggur, tapi ogé cangkir tempat ramuan ubar gaibna disiapkeun jeung dipasrahkeun. Dina dunya modéren kiwari, ramuan gaib éta dipasrahkeun ngaliwatan jarum, lain teuing ku cangkir. Nalika Sétan nembongan sanggeus undang-undang Minggu anu bakal geura datang, manéhna baris ngalakukeun mujijat-mujijat panyageur. Mujijat-mujijat anu pakait jeung ramuan-ramuan sarta doktrin-doktrin palsu kapausan, digambarkeun ku Sétan anu nitah Kristus ngalakukeun hiji mujijat ku cara ngarobah batu jadi roti.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Sajarah nubuat saméméh jeung sanggeus hukum Minggu miboga sipat anu sarua. Mangsa pangujian ngeunaan gambar sato galak pikeun Adventisme anu ngantunkeun kana hukum Minggu di Amérika Sarikat ngalambangkeun mangsa pangujian ngeunaan gambar sato galak pikeun sakuliah dunya. Ku sabab éta urang dipaparin béja yén, “krisis anu sarua bakal tumiba ka umat urang di unggal penjuru dunya.”

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Kaajaiban panyageur anu sipatna satanis, anu dilaksanakeun ku Iblis sanggeus hukum Minggu, ngalambangkeun “sihir” ubar nu disebut-kitu, anu dipasarkeun salila sajarah anu dimimitian dina 11 Séptémber 2001. Isa ngadawuh yén, “manusa moal hirup ku roti wungkul, tapi ku unggal pangandika Allah.” “Daharan” Roma nyaéta tradisi jeung kabiasaan anu ku dirina ditempatkeun leuwih luhur batan Firman Allah.

“In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

“Dina gerakan-gerakan anu ayeuna keur lumangsung di Amérika Sarikat pikeun ngamankeun pangrojong nagara ka lembaga-lembaga jeung adat-istiadat garéja, kaum Protestan keur nuturkeun tapak suku kaum papis. Leuwih ti éta deui, maranéhna keur muka panto pikeun kapapanan supaya meunangkeun deui kakawasaan pangluhurna di Amérika Protestan anu geus leungit ti dirina di Dunya Heubeul. Jeung hal anu ngajadikeun ieu gerakan leuwih gedé hartina nyaéta kanyataan yén tujuan utama anu keur dipiharep téh nyaéta maksa panataan poé Minggu—hiji kabiasaan anu asalna ti Roma, jeung anu ku dirina diaku minangka tanda kakawasaanana. Éta téh sumanget kapapanan—sumanget kasaluyuan kana adat-istiadat dunya, panghormat ka tradisi manusa leuwih ti batan parentah-parentah Allah—anu keur nembus ka garéja-garéja Protestan sarta nungtun maranéhna pikeun ngalakukeun pagawean pangluhurna poé Minggu anu sarua saperti anu geus dipigawé ku kapapanan saméméh maranéhna.” The Great Controversy, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Tradisi jeung kabiasaan téh mangrupa “kadaharan” doktrinal anu ku sato galak digantikeun pikeun Firman Allah, sangkan éta bisa ngangkat luhur panyembahan brahala kapirna.

“How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

“Kumaha Garéja Roma tiasa ngabébaskeun dirina tina tuduhan panyembahan brahala, kami teu tiasa ningali. Memang, manéhna ngaku nyembah Allah ngaliwatan gambar-gambar ieu; kitu kénéh urang Israél nalika maranéhna sujud di hareupeun anak sapi emas. Tapi amarah Gusti hurung ngalawan maranéhna, sarta loba anu dipaéhan. Allah netelakeun yén maranéhna téh panyembah brahala anu durhaka, sarta catetan anu sarua ayeuna dijieun dina kitab-kitab sawarga ngalawan jalma-jalma anu nyembah gambar-gambar para santo jeung jalma-jalma anu disebut suci.

“And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

“Jeung ieu téh agama anu ku kaum Protestan geus mimiti dipandang kalayan kacida dipikaresepna, sarta anu ahirna bakal ngahiji jeung Protestantisme. Sanajan kitu, ngahijina ieu moal kajadian ku parobahan dina Katolikisme; sabab Roma moal kungsi robah. Manehna ngaku teu bisa salah. Protestantismelah anu bakal robah. Narimana gagasan-gagasan liberal ku pihakna bakal mawa dirina ka tempat anu ngamungkinkeun manehna ngagenggem leungeun Katolikisme. ‘Alkitab, Alkitab, nyaéta dasar iman urang,’ kitu ceurik kaum Protestan dina jaman Luther, sedengkeun kaum Katolik nyarita, ‘Para Bapa, kabiasaan, tradisi.’ Ayeuna loba kaum Protestan ngarasa hésé ngabuktikeun doktrin-doktrinna tina Alkitab, tapi maranéhna teu boga kawani moral pikeun narima bebeneran anu ngandung hiji salib; ku sabab éta, maranéhna gancang-gancang datang kana dasar kaum Katolik, sarta, ku maké alesan-alesan panghadéna anu dipiboga pikeun nyingkahan bebeneran, maranéhna nyutat kasaksian Para Bapa, jeung kabiasaan sarta parentah-parentah manusa. Enya, kaum Protestan abad kasalapan welas téh gancang pisan ngadeukeutan kaum Katolik dina kakufuran maranéhna ngeunaan Kitab Suci. Tapi ayeuna kénéh aya jurang anu sarua legana antara Roma jeung Protestantisme-na Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, jeung balad agung para martir, sakumaha baheulana nalika jalma-jalma ieu ngadamel protes anu méré maranéhna ngaran Protestan.”

“Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

“Kristus teh saurang protestan. Anjeunna ngabantah ibadah formal bangsa Yahudi, anu nolak pituduh Allah ngalawan dirina sorangan. Anjeunna ngabejaan ka maranéhna yén maranéhna ngajarkeun parentah-parentah manusa jadi ajaran, sarta yén maranéhna teh pura-pura jeung munafik. Saperti kuburan anu diputihan, maranéhna éndah di luarna, tapi di jerona pinuh ku najis jeung kabobrokan. Para Reformator ngambah nepi ka mangsa Kristus jeung rasul-rasul. Maranéhna kaluar sarta misahkeun dirina tina hiji agama anu pinuh ku rupa-rupa bentuk jeung upacara. Luther jeung para penganutna henteu nyiptakeun agama reformasi. Maranéhna ngan saukur narima éta sakumaha geus dipidangkeun ku Kristus jeung rasul-rasul. Alkitab dipidangkeun ka urang salaku pituduh anu cekap; tapi paus jeung para pagawéna nyingkirkeun éta ti rahayat saolah-olah éta kutuk, sabab éta ngalaan kamunafikan maranéhna sarta nyarékan panyembahan brahala maranéhna.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Mujijat-mujijat panyageur, anu jadi dasar spiritualisme, téh mangrupa barang daganganana.

“Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

“Loba jalma narékahan ngajelaskeun rupa-rupa manifestasi rohani ku nganggap yén éta sagemblengna asalna tina panipuan jeung kapinteran sulap ti pihak médium. Nanging, sanajan leres yén hasil-hasil tipu daya mindeng geus dipidangkeun saolah-olah manifestasi anu asli, aya ogé pintonan-pintonan anu écés tina kakawasaan adikodrati. Ketukan-ketukan misterius anu jadi awal spiritualisme modéren téh lain hasil tipu daya atawa akal licik manusa, tapi mangrupa pagawean langsung ti malaikat-malaikat jahat, anu ku jalan kitu ngenalkeun salah sahiji tipu muslihat anu panghasilna dina ngancurkeun jiwa. Loba jalma bakal kajiret ku kayakinan yén spiritualisme téh ngan saukur panipuan manusa; nalika maranéhna dihareupkeun langsung kana manifestasi-manifestasi anu teu bisa henteu ku maranéhna dianggap adikodrati, maranéhna bakal katipu, sarta bakal digiring pikeun narima éta minangka kakawasaan agung ti Allah.

“These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

“Jalma-jalma ieu teu maliré kana kasaksian Kitab Suci ngeunaan kaajaiban-kaajaiban anu dipigawé ku Iblis jeung agén-agénna. Ku pitulung satanis para ahli sihir Firaun dimampuhkeun pikeun nyonto pagawean Allah. Paulus mere kasaksian yén saméméh datangna Kristus anu kadua bakal aya pintonan-pintonan kakawasaan satanis anu sarupa. Kadatangan Gusti bakal dipiheulaan ku ‘pagawéan Iblis kalayan sagala kakawasaan jeung tanda-tanda jeung kaajaiban-kaajaiban palsu, sarta kalayan sagala daya nipu kajahatan.’ 2 Tesalonika 2:9,10. Jeung rasul Yohanes, nalika nerangkeun kakawasaan anu ngalakukeun mujijat anu bakal dipintonkeun dina poé-poé panungtungan, nyatakeun: ‘Manehna ngalakukeun kaajaiban-kaajaiban anu gedé, nepi ka nyieun seuneu turun ti langit ka bumi di hareupeun manusa, sarta nipu jalma-jalma anu nyicingan bumi ku jalan mujijat-mujijat anu ku anjeunna dibéré kakawasaan pikeun ngalakukeunana.’ Wahyu 13:13, 14. Anu diramalkeun di dieu lain saukur panipuan kosong. Manusa ditipu ku mujijat-mujijat anu ku agén-agén Iblis boga kakawasaan pikeun dipigawé, lain ku anu ngan saukur dipura-purakeun ku maranéhna.” The Great Controversy, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Doktrin-doktrin palsu anu diwangun dina adat kabiasaan jeung tradisi, manifestasi mujijat anu sipatna spiritualistis, industri médis-industri palsu, sarta papaduan antara kapanditaan garéja jeung kapangurusan nagara, kabéhanana téh mangrupakeun atribut sato galak Katolik. Kareueus téh mangrupakeun ciri kakawasaan naga. Kalalaworakeun anu ngaleuwihan wates téh mangrupakeun ciri nabi palsu tina Protestanisme murtad.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

Jeung Isa, pinuh ku Roh Suci, mulih ti Yordan, tuluy ku Roh dibawa ka gurun keusik, salila opat puluh poé kagoda ku Iblis. Jeung dina mangsa éta Anjeunna teu dahar nanaon; sarta sanggeus éta réngsé, ahirna Anjeunna lapar. Tuluy Iblis ngandika ka Anjeunna, “Lamun Anjeun teh Putra Allah, parentahkeun ieu batu sangkan jadi roti.” Jeung Isa ngawaler ka manéhna, saur-Na, “Geus kaserat, yén manusa moal hirup ku roti wungkul, tapi ku unggal pangandika Allah.” Lukas 4:1–4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Prasangka nyaéta kecap barang anu nuduhkeun kana kalakuan atawa hiji kajadian nganggap hiji hal téh leres tanpa bukti atawa pangrojong anu cekap. Ieu ngawengku nyieun putusan atawa narik kacindekan dumasar kana informasi anu teu lengkep atawa teu nyukupan. Prasangka ogé bisa ngandung harti ayana kadar kayakinan nu tangtu kana anggapan sorangan, sanajan hal éta bisa jadi teu sagemblengna pantes dibenerkeun.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

Protestantisme murtad geus narima poé Minggu minangka poé ibadah Allah tanpa aya bukti naon waé pikeun ngarojong éta pamadegan anu sesat tina Firman Allah, sarta maranéhna ngalakukeun éta bari kalayan sadar ngaku yén maranéhna téh urang Protestan, anu mottona nyaéta “Firman Allah wungkul,” atawa sakumaha diproklamasikeun ku Martin Luther, “Sola Scriptura!” Maranéhna milih narimana dumasar kana tradisi jeung kabiasaan garéja Roma, atawa meureun saukur salaku warisan anu geus ditarima ti karuhunna. Dina sora tarik malaikat katilu, bebeneran yén teu aya pisan pembenaran pikeun nyembah panonpoé anu bisa dipasihkeun tina Alkitab bakal dinyatakeun kalayan écés, tuluy jalma-jalma anu terus nyekel anggapan sesatna éta bakal narima tanda sato galak.

“If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

“Lamun cahaya bebeneran geus dipidangkeun ka aranjeun, anu nganyatakeun Sabat parentah kaopat, sarta némbongkeun yén teu aya dasar dina Firman Allah pikeun miéling poé Minggu, tapi aranjeun tetep kénéh nyekel sabat palsu éta, nampik pikeun nyucikeun Sabat anu ku Allah disebut ‘poé suci Kami,’ aranjeun narima tanda sato galak. Iraha ieu kajadian?—Nalika aranjeun nurut kana parentah anu maréntahkeun aranjeun supaya eureun digawé dina poé Minggu sarta nyembah Allah, bari aranjeun nyaho yén teu aya hiji kecap ogé dina Alkitab anu némbongkeun yén poé Minggu téh lain poé pagawean biasa, aranjeun satuju pikeun narima tanda sato galak, sarta nolak segel Allah. Lamun urang narima tanda ieu dina tarang urang atawa dina leungeun urang, panghukuman anu geus diucapkeun ka jalma-jalma anu henteu taat téh kudu tumiba ka urang. Tapi segel Allah anu hirup ditempatkeun ka jalma-jalma anu kalayan nurani satia ngajaga Sabat Gusti.” Review and Herald, 27 April 1911.

The commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Kelemahan Partéy Republik anu ilaharna kaharti nyaéta kasadiaan maranéhna pikeun nganggap yén lawan-lawan pulitikna téh adil jeung jujur, padahal buah-buah Partéy Démokrat écés nembongkeun yén maranéhna téh anak-anak bapa kabohongan. Réa kali tur kalawan ajeg, kaum Republik narima kecap lawan-lawan pulitikna sakumaha ayana, padahal geus dipintonkeun deui-deui yén lawan-lawanana henteu kungsi nyekel kecapna. Maranéhna ngawangun sangkaan ngeunaan motivasi anu jujur ka jalma-jalma anu geus sababaraha kali némbongkeun yén euweuh alesan rasional pikeun ngadukung sangkaan-sangkaan cacad kaum Republik ngeunaan kajujuran jeung integritas anu diarepkeun. Leres ogé yén loba urang Republik nolak ngajaga prinsip demi kauntungan kauangan pribadi, atawa ku lantaran kaayaan rusiah anu amoral anu ngajadikeun maranéhna gampang dimanipulasi, tapi sipat nubuat anu utama tina Partéy Republik nyaéta prasangka asumtif.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Eta sipat kapanggedéan diri anu sacara nubuat dipapandé dina kalangan Protestan murtad, anu ngamungkinkeun maranéhna ngaku-ngaku yén maranéhna geus nyekel posisi moral jeung pulitik anu leuwih luhur, padahal saéstuna maranéhna geus ngantunkeun tanggung jawab sipilna dina harepan kosong yén lawan-lawan pulitikna bakal nyekel jangjina. Harti kagilaan anu kacida ilaharna nyaéta terus-terusan ngalakukeun hal anu sarua bari ngaharepkeun hasil anu béda, tapi pihak Republik ngedalkeun yén justru pihak Démokrat anu geus katepaan ku kagilaan, sakumaha katingali dina kabencian maranéhna ka Trump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

Nanging kabobodoan urang Républikan téh terus-terusan katingali nalika maranéhna satuju kana rupa-rupa kompromi, dumasar kana anggapan yén kompromi téh mangrupa pagawéan tina prosés législatif, padahal kompromi pulitik maranéhna, anu ceuk maranéhna dumasar kana prinsip “prosés législatif,” dipigawé jeung hiji golongan anu teu kungsi kompromi. Démokrat ngan ukur mundur dina prosés pulitik nalika maranéhna sagemblengna kapeungpeuk ku jumlah anu ngalawan maranéhna. Maranéhna teu kungsi méré bukti yén saéstuna digawé pikeun jalan tengah dina prosés pulitik. Kabobodoan Républikan téh aya dina harepan optimistis maranéhna ka batur anu terus diulang-ulang, padahal éta saréréa téh taya alesan pisan.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Kalolobaanana anu pohara gedéna tina jalma-jalma anu ngarojong Donald Trump bakal mere kasaksian kana kanyataan yén sipat Trump anu panggoréngna nyaéta kasadiaanana pikeun narima jalma-jalma minangka pangrojong kana agendana, padahal bukti-bukti anu aya nétélakeun yén éta téh sakabéhna mangrupa kapangajén sorangan dina pihak Trump pikeun nyieun éta pilihan. Kapangajén sorangan téh mangrupa sipat nubuat tina Protestanisme murtad. Iblis ngagoda Kristus ku ngutip Kitab Suci, tapi ku lampah kitu, Iblis ngabéngkokkeun éta petikan jadi hiji ujian anu teu boga dasar jeung teu saluyu jeung Kitab Suci.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

Tuluy anjeunna dibawa ka Yerusalem, tuluy disimpen dina puncak Bait Allah, sarta ceuk anjeunna ka Anjeunna, “Lamun Anjeun teh Putra Allah, lungsurkeun diri ti dieu ka handap; sabab aya tulisan kieu: Mantenna baris marentahkeun malaikat-malaikat-Na ngeunaan Anjeun, supaya ngajaga ka Anjeun; sarta ku leungeunna maranehna baris nangkep Anjeun, supaya suku Anjeun ulah neunggeul kana batu iraha wae.” Sarta Yesus ngawaler, saurna ka anjeunna, “Aya kieu pangandika: Maneh ulah nyoba ka Gusti Allah maneh.” Lukas 4:9–12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Dina hukum Minggu anu baris geura datang, golongan Protestan di Amérika Sarikat lah anu bakal nyokot parentah Alkitabiah pikeun eureun tina pagawean dina poé Sabat, tuluy ngabengkokkeun parentah pikeun nyembah ka Allah dina Sabat poé katujuh jadi hiji parentah rekaan yén sabenerna poé panonpoé milik kapir téh anu diwajibkeun ku jalma-jalma pikeun dijadikeun poé ibadah. Maranéhna bakal ngabengkokkeun hiji petikan Alkitab jadi hiji ujian anu teu aya dasarna sarta teu nurutkeun Kitab Suci.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Urang baris neruskeun ieu pangajaran dina artikel salajengna.

“I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

“Kuring ningali yén éta sato anu dua tanduk téh boga sungut naga, sarta yén kakawasaanana aya dina sirahna, jeung yén éta putusan bakal kaluar tina sungutna. Tuluy kuring ningali Indung para Palacuran; yén indung téh lain anak-anak awéwéna, tapi misah jeung béda ti maranéhna. Manehna geus kungsi mangsana, sarta éta geus kaliwat, jeung anak-anak awéwéna, nyaéta sekte-sekte Protestan, nya éta anu saterusna datang ka panggung sarta ngalakonan pikiran anu sarua jeung anu dipiboga ku indungna nalika manehna nganiaya para suci. Kuring ningali yén sakumaha indungna geus beuki susut kakawasaanana, anak-anak awéwéna geus beuki tumuwuh, sarta moal lila deui maranéhna baris ngalaksanakeun kakawasaan anu baheula kungsi dilaksanakeun ku indungna.”

“I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

“Kuring ningali yén gareja anu ngan saukur ngagem ngaran, jeung urang Advent anu ngan saukur ngagem ngaran, kawas Yudas, baris ngahianat ka kami ka pihak Katolik supaya meunang pangaruh maranéhna pikeun ngalawan bebeneran. Dina mangsa harita para suci baris jadi umat anu samar, saeutik dipikawanoh ku pihak Katolik; tapi gareja-gareja jeung urang Advent anu ngan saukur ngagem ngaran, anu nyaho kana iman jeung kabiasaan urang (sabab maranéhna ngabencian ka urang ku lantaran Sabat, sabab maranéhna teu bisa ngabantahna), baris ngahianat ka para suci sarta ngalaporkeun maranéhna ka pihak Katolik salaku jalma-jalma anu teu maliré kana aturan-aturan rahayat; nyaéta, yén maranéhna ngajaga Sabat sarta teu maliré ka Minggu.

“Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

“Geus éta urang Katolik maréntahkeun ka urang Protestan supaya maju, sarta ngaluarkeun hiji kaputusan yén sakur anu henteu ngalalakonan poé kahiji dina saminggu, gaganti poé katujuh, kudu dipaéhan. Jeung urang Katolik, anu jumlahna loba, bakal nangtung ngadukung urang Protestan. Urang Katolik bakal mikeun kakawasaan maranéhna ka gambar sato galak éta. Jeung urang Protestan bakal ngalakonan sakumaha indung maranéhna geus ngalakonan saméméh maranéhna pikeun ngancurkeun para wali. Tapi saméméh kaputusan maranéhna ngahasilkeun atawa mawa buah, para wali bakal disalametkeun ku Sora Allah.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.