The book of Joel is perhaps the most direct revelation of the latter rain in the Scriptures, and Joel opens up by first referencing the four generations of apostasy accomplished by the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. Those four generations of escalating destruction represented in Joel’s opening verses align with the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight. 1863 unto 1888 represents the first generation, and it represents the rejection of the foundational message of the Millerites as represented upon the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts, represented in Habakkuk chapter two, and that symbolizes the covenant as represented by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.
Kitab Yoél meureun mangrupa wahyu anu panglangsungna ngeunaan hujan panungtung dina Kitab Suci, sarta Yoél muka ku heula ngarujuk kana opat generasi kamurtadan anu geus dilaksanakeun ku garéja Advent Poé Katujuh Laodikia. Opat generasi karuksakan anu beuki ningkat anu digambarkeun dina ayat-ayat pambuka Yoél saluyu jeung opat kalakuan jijik anu beuki ningkat dina Yeheskiel pasal dalapan. Ti 1863 nepi ka 1888 ngawakilan generasi kahiji, sarta éta ngawakilan panolakan kana amanat dasar kaum Millerite sakumaha digambarkeun dina bagan-bagan panaratas 1843 jeung 1850, sakumaha digambarkeun dina Habakuk pasal dua, sarta éta ngalambangkeun perjangjian sakumaha digambarkeun ku dua loh Sapuluh Parentah.
1888 to 1919 represent the generation that rejected the experience of righteousness by faith, that produces an experience represented by the church of Philadelphia. In the first generation the rebellion focused upon the work of leadership represented by William Miller, and in the second generation of 1888 the leadership of the Spirit of Prophecy was rebelled against. The third generation of 1919 began with William Warren Prescott’s book, The Doctrine of Christ and ended with the book, Questions on Doctrine in 1957. That third generation was the generation of compromise with the world as Adventism sought the accreditation of the medical practices of the American Medical Association, and the accreditation of their colleges by the academic scholars of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.
1888 nepi ka 1919 ngawakilan hiji generasi anu nampik pangalaman kabeneran ku iman, anu ngahasilkeun hiji pangalaman anu diwakilan ku garéja Piladélpia. Dina generasi kahiji, pambarontakan museur kana pagawéan kapamingpinan anu diwakilan ku William Miller, sarta dina generasi kadua taun 1888, kapamingpinan Roh Nubuat anu dipungkir ku pambarontakan. Generasi katilu taun 1919 dimimitian ku buku William Warren Prescott, The Doctrine of Christ, sarta ditungtungan ku buku, Questions on Doctrine dina taun 1957. Generasi katilu éta nyaéta generasi kompromi jeung dunya nalika Adventisme neangan akréditasi prak-prakan médis ti American Medical Association, sarta akréditasi paguron-paguron maranéhna ku para sarjana akademik Protestanisme murtad jeung Katolik Roma.
In the third generation the educational counsel from the pen of Ellen White was rejected and replaced with the false educational practices of the world as represented by the educational philosophy of Greece. Greek education is represented by the goddess Athena who is enshrined in the duplicate Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dina generasi katilu, pituduh atikan anu asalna tina kalam Ellen White ditampik sarta digantikeun ku prak-prakan atikan palsu ti dunya, sakumaha diwakilan ku filsafat atikan Yunani. Atikan Yunani diwakilan ku déwi Athena anu dipujikeun di kuil Parthenon duplikat di Nashville, Tennessee.
True education was exemplified in the Bible with the schools of the prophets associated with the prophet Elisha. The Maccabean revolt of 167 BC and onward to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, was in large part a protest against the inroads of Greek education into the culture and nation of the ancient literal glorious land. The protest of the Maccabees was a revolt against Greek influence at every level, but the educational influence of Greece was so pervasive in the history and the motivations of the Maccabean zealots that it cannot be separated from the reality that Greek education was perhaps the largest factor associated with the Jewish rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Books have been written identifying the negative influence of Greek education upon the Jews and false educations contribution to the Jewish rejection and crucifixion of Christ.
Atikan sajati dipaparin dina Alkitab ngaliwatan sakola-sakola para nabi anu pakait jeung nabi Élisa. Pemberontakan Makabeus taun 167 SM nepi ka karuksakan Yerusalem taun 70 M, sabagian gedéna mangrupa protes ngalawan asupna pangaruh atikan Yunani kana kabudayaan jeung bangsa di nagri mulya literal baheula. Protes para Makabeus éta mangrupa pemberontakan ngalawan pangaruh Yunani dina unggal tingkatan, tapi pangaruh atikan Yunani kacida nyebarna dina sajarah jeung dina padorongan para zelot Makabeus nepi ka teu bisa dipisahkeun tina kanyataan yén atikan Yunani téh meureun faktor panggedéna anu pakait jeung panolakan urang Yahudi ka Yesus Kristus minangka Al Masih maranéhna. Geus aya buku-buku nu ditulis pikeun nétélakeun pangaruh goréng atikan Yunani ka urang Yahudi jeung sumbangan atikan palsu kana panolakan urang Yahudi sarta panyaliban Kristus.
The Maccabean revolt aligns with the revolt of 1776 in the modern spiritual glorious land. There are currently over 4,000 registered universities in the United States that are built upon the philosophy of Greek and Jesuit educational practices. The anarchy and lawlessness of the past ten-plus years can be directly traced to the so-called educational centers in the United States that for decades have been indoctrinating students who were already conditioned by media and entertainment sources to accept the globalist philosophies derived from the satanic philosophies of the French Revolution period. The students of today’s universities were already conditioned into accepting the lifestyle represented by Sodom and Gomorrah before they entered the educational centers designed to attack white people, Christians and true American history. A citizen of the United States today who wishes to understand the constant two-tiered system of justice that fulfills the justice and truth being cast into the streets as identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, must understand that the current circumstances are being produced by a purposeful designed attack that is indoctrinated from the earliest years of life by a educational system designed to bring mankind under the control of elitist globalists–the dragon power!
Pemberontakan Makabe sajajar jeung pemberontakan taun 1776 di tanah mulya rohani modéren. Ayeuna aya leuwih ti 4.000 paguron luhur nu kadaptar di Amérika Sarikat anu diadegkeun dina filsafat jeung prak-prakan atikan Yunani jeung Yésuit. Anarki jeung kalalaworaan salila leuwih ti sapuluh taun ka tukang bisa langsung dilacak ka nu disebut puseur-puseur atikan di Amérika Sarikat anu mangpuluh-puluh taun geus ngadoktrin murid-murid anu ti saméméhna geus dikondisikeun ku sumber média jeung hiburan pikeun narima filsafat globalis anu asalna tina filsafat satanis mangsa Révolusi Perancis. Mahasiswa paguron luhur kiwari geus ti heula dikondisikeun pikeun narima gaya hirup anu dilambangkeun ku Sodom jeung Gomora saméméh maranéhna asup ka puseur-puseur atikan anu dirancang pikeun nyerang jalma-jalma bodas, urang Kristen, jeung sajarah Amérika anu sajati. Warga nagara Amérika Sarikat kiwari anu hayang ngartos sistem kaadilan dua tingkat anu teu eureun-eureun, anu ngalaksanakeun kaadilan jeung bebeneran anu dipiceun ka jalan-jalan sakumaha diidéntifikasi dina Alkitab jeung Roh Nubuat, kudu ngartos yén kaayaan kiwari keur dihasilkeun ku serangan anu dirancang sacara ngahaja, anu diindoktrinasikeun ti taun-taun pangheubeulna kahirupan ku hiji sistem atikan anu dirancang pikeun mawa umat manusa kana kadali para globalis élitis—kakuatan naga!
There are five major themes in the writings of Ellen White; education, health reform, Christian living, The Great Controversy theme and practical godliness. Education is one of five major themes in the Spirit of Prophecy, and Ellen White was as much a biblical prophet as every prophet noted in God’s Word. Among other things, this means her life is an example of and for the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Before anyone thinks that Christ alone is to be our example; Paul states:
Aya lima téma utama dina tulisan-tulisan Ellen White, nyaéta pendidikan, réformasi kaséhatan, kahirupan Kristen, téma The Great Controversy, jeung kasalehan anu praktis. Pendidikan mangrupa salah sahiji tina lima téma utama dina Spirit of Prophecy, sarta Ellen White téh sarua hiji nabi Alkitabiahna jeung unggal nabi anu kacatet dina Firman Allah. Di antara hal-hal séjén, ieu ngandung harti yén hirupna téh jadi conto tina jeung pikeun saratus opat puluh opat rébu. Sateuacan aya anu nganggap yén ngan Kristus wungkul anu kudu jadi conto urang; Paulus nyatakeun:
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Corinthians 4:15, 16.
Sabab sanajan maraneh boga sapuluh rébu pangajar dina Kristus, maraneh henteu boga loba bapa; margi dina Kristus Yesus ku Injil sim kuring parantos ngalahirkeun maraneh. Ku sabab éta, sim kuring nyuhunkeun ka maraneh, sing jadi anu nuturkeun ka sim kuring. 1 Korinta 4:15, 16.
As a prophet Ellen White is an example. There was only one time that Ellen White accepted the role as a board member, and that time was with the formation of a college that embraced the principles of true education as set forth as one of the five major themes of her ministry. That college in Madison, Tennessee is located within the metropolitan district of Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did she agree to be on the founding board of Madison college from 1904 until a year before her death in 1915, she was instrumental in selecting the land where the college was established. Nashville is the center of the Greek educational system that helped to prevent the Jews from accepting their Messiah in the history of the Maccabees, who typify the apostate Protestantism of the times in which we now live. The line of the Maccabees is firmly set forth in the hidden history of verse forty, representing the apostate Protestantism that has now been fully indoctrinated with the very same, (though a modern version) destructive fruits of Greek education.
Salaku hiji nabi, Ellen White mangrupakeun conto. Ngan sakali Ellen White narima kalungguhan minangka anggota dewan, sarta éta lumangsung dina mangsa ngadegna hiji paguron luhur anu nangkeup prinsip-prinsip atikan sajati sakumaha ditepikeun minangka salah sahiji tina lima téma utama palayananana. Paguron luhur éta di Madison, Tennessee, ayana dina wewengkon métropolitan Nashville, Tennessee. Henteu ngan ukur anjeunna satuju pikeun aya dina dewan pangadeg Madison College ti taun 1904 nepi ka sataun saméméh pupusna dina taun 1915, anjeunna ogé miboga peran anu penting dina milih lahan tempat paguron luhur éta diadegkeun. Nashville mangrupa puseur sistem atikan Yunani anu mantuan nyegah urang Yahudi narima Al Masih maranéhna dina sajarah Makabe, anu ngalambangkeun Protestantisme murtad dina mangsa anu ayeuna keur urang hirup. Garis Makabe ditegeskeun kalayan pageuh dina sajarah anu disumputkeun tina ayat kaopat puluh, anu ngawakilan Protestantisme murtad anu ayeuna geus pinuh diindoktrinasi ku buah-buah anu ngaruksak tina atikan Yunani anu sarua pisan, sanajan dina vérsi modéren.
In the third generation of Adventism, the leadership that had rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in 1888, chose to turn their educational system over to the accreditation structure of the world. Nashville represents the symbolic center of both true and false education. The prophet selected the same city that the world selected to enshrine Greek education, for unlike Greek education that is based upon separating truth into isolated subjects to destroy the whole. True education is the foundational basis of Sister White’s other four primary themes of health reform, practical godliness, Christian living, and especially the theme of The Great Controversy.
Dina generasi katilu Adventisme, kapamingpinan anu parantos nampik Roh Nubuat dina taun 1888 milih pikeun nyerahkeun sistem atikan maranéhna ka struktur akreditasi dunya. Nashville ngagambarkeun puseur simbolis boh atikan anu leres boh atikan anu palsu. Nabi milih kota anu sarua jeung anu dipilih ku dunya pikeun ngagungkeun atikan Yunani, sabab béda jeung atikan Yunani anu dumasar kana misah-misahkeun bebeneran kana mata pelajaran anu papisah pikeun ngancurkeun kasagemblengan. Atikan anu leres téh mangrupa dasar anu pokok tina opat téma utama Sister White anu séjén, nyaéta reformasi kaséhatan, kasalehan praktis, hirup Kristen, jeung utamana téma The Great Controversy.
Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning, and the test in the Garden of Eden illustrates the test the world is now being confronted with. The test at the end is the same as every biblical test, for God never changes. A biblical test is a three-step testing process that produces two classes that are manifested at the end of the testing process. The first angel expresses the three steps as fearing God, giving Him glory, for the hour of the litmus test of judgment is come. The first step was the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lacking the necessary fear of God, Eve failed the test of the tree and ate the fruit represented as both good and evil. Adam’s fear of God did not prevent him from entering into the rebellion of the tree, and judgment was brought upon them both, as they manifested a life without the abiding presence of Divinity.
Isa salawasna ngagambarkeun tungtung ku mimiti, sarta ujian di Taman Éden ngagambarkeun ujian anu ayeuna keur disanghareupan ku dunya. Ujian dina tungtung téh sarua jeung unggal ujian Alkitabiah, sabab Allah henteu kungsi robah. Ujian Alkitabiah nyaéta hiji prosés nguji tilu léngkah anu ngahasilkeun dua golongan anu dinyatakeun dina ahir prosés nguji éta. Malaikat kahiji ngébréhkeun tilu léngkah éta salaku sieun ka Allah, méré kamulyaan ka Anjeunna, sabab jam ujian lakmus tina pangadilan geus datang. Léngkah kahiji nyaéta parentah sangkan ulah ngadahar tina tangkal pangaweruh ngeunaan nu hadé jeung nu jahat. Ku lantaran teu miboga sieun ka Allah anu diperlukeun, Hawa gagal dina ujian ngeunaan tangkal éta sarta ngadahar buah anu dilambangkeun minangka boh nu hadé boh nu jahat. Sieun Adam ka Allah henteu nyegah anjeunna pikeun milu kana pemberontakan tangkal éta, sarta pangadilan didatangkeun ka maranéhna duaan, sabab maranéhna nembongkeun hiji kahirupan tanpa ayana Kaallahan anu cicing langgeng.
The test of the last days begins with a warning to eat the increase of knowledge that is unsealed in the revelation of Jesus Christ just before mankind’s probation comes to its end. Whether with Adventism or those outside of Adventism, the test is based upon the reception of, or the rejection of the increase of “knowledge” that is unsealed in our time. That test of knowledge is represented by the Garden’s tree of testing, that represents knowledge of either good or evil. True education was located and symbolized in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904, and false education was located and symbolized in Nashville in 1897, then re-built as a permanent structure in 1920. In the life of the prophetess true education was enshrined in Nashville, and false education was also enshrined. After her death in 1915 false education was restored in the second and permanent construction of the Parthenon temple, and true education was rejected through compromise with the world by the leadership of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.
Ujian poé-poé panungtungan dimimitian ku hiji pangéling supaya ngadahar kana nambahan pangaweruh anu geus dibuka segelna dina wahyu Yesus Kristus pas saméméh mangsa probation umat manusa nepi ka tungtungna. Boh di kalangan Adventisme boh di luar Adventisme, ujian éta dumasar kana narima atawa nolak kana nambahan “pangaweruh” anu dibuka segelna dina jaman urang. Ujian pangaweruh éta digambarkeun ku tangkal pangujian di Taman, anu ngagambarkeun pangaweruh ngeunaan boh nu hadé boh nu jahat. Atikan sajati ditempatkeun sarta dilambangkeun di Nashville, Tennessee dina taun 1904, sedengkeun atikan palsu ditempatkeun sarta dilambangkeun di Nashville dina taun 1897, tuluy diwangun deui jadi wangunan permanén dina taun 1920. Dina kahirupan nabi awéwé éta, atikan sajati dipuseurkeun di Nashville, sarta atikan palsu ogé dipuseurkeun. Sanggeus pupusna dina taun 1915, atikan palsu dipulihkeun dina pangwangunan kadua anu permanén tina kuil Parthenon, sarta atikan sajati ditolak ngaliwatan kompromi jeung dunya ku kapamingpinan garéja Laodikea Advent Hari Katujuh.
Nashville’s nickname, the “Athens of the South”, influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals. However, the Parthenon was the only one that was an exact reproduction. Today’s Nashville, Tennessee, is famous for its music, but before there was the Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville was famous for its education, not singing.
Landihan Nashville, “Athena ti Kidul”, mangaruhan kana dipilihna éta gedong minangka puseur utama dina Centennial Exposition taun 1897. Sajumlah gedong dina éta paméran dumasar kana wangun-wangun asli kuna. Sanajan kitu, Parthenon téh hiji-hijina anu mangrupa réproduksi anu persis sarua. Nashville, Tennessee, kiwari kasohor ku musikna, tapi saméméh aya Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville kasohor ku atikanana, lain ku nyanyi.
By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system. By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors. At the time, Nashville was known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture.
Nepi ka taun 1850-an, Nashville geus meunang julukan “Athena ti Kidul” lantaran geus ngadegkeun rupa-rupa lembaga atikan luhur; éta téh kota kidul Amérika anu pangheulana ngadegkeun sistem sakola umum. Nepi ka ahir abad éta, Nashville bakal nyaksian Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, jeung Vanderbilt University sadayana muka panto-pantona. Dina mangsa éta, Nashville dipikawanoh minangka salah sahiji kota panghalusna tur pangdidikna di wewengkon kidul, pinuh ku kabeungharan jeung kabudayaan.
The mystery of iniquity is both a noun and a verb in the inspired Word. Inspiration identifies Satan, and the pope, who Sister White calls Satan’s “right hand man,” as the mystery of iniquity. Yet the “mystery of iniquity” also describes the amalgamation of truth and error. Joel’s four generations of apostasy aligns with Ezekiel chapter eight’s four escalating abominations. Those two witnesses align with the first four churches of Revelation, and the third church is represented by Constantine’s compromise of Christianity combined with paganism. Those first four churches align with the history of ancient Israel, that symbolizes modern Israel’s history.
Rusiahna kajahatan téh mangrupa kecap barang jeung ogé kecap pagawéan dina Pangandika anu diilhamkeun. Ilham ngaidéntifikasi Sétan, jeung paus, anu ku Sister White disebut “jalma leungeun katuhu” Sétan, minangka rusiahna kajahatan. Sanajan kitu, “rusiahna kajahatan” ogé ngagambarkeun campuran antara bebeneran jeung kasalahan. Opat turunan kamurtadan dina kitab Yoél sajajar jeung opat kajijikan anu beuki ningkat dina Yeheskiel pasal dalapan. Dua saksi éta sajajar jeung opat garéja anu kahiji dina Wahyu, sarta garéja anu katilu dilambangkeun ku kompromi Kakristenan ku Constantine anu dihijikeun jeung paganisme. Opat garéja anu kahiji éta sajajar jeung sajarah Israél baheula, anu ngalambangkeun sajarah Israél modéren.
In the third generation of ancient Israel, the kings of Israel formed alliances with the other nations that were never to be brought into alliance with God’s people. The parallel of ancient literal Israel and the Christian church as set forth in the book of Revelation is a prophetic subject set forth clearly in the study titled, Habakkuk’s Tables. Joel aligns the fourth and final generation who are “cut off” from being God’s chosen covenant people with the twenty-five elders who are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel’s four escalating abominations. That fourth generation where Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism is cut off as they bow to the sun at the Sunday law, aligns with the fourth church of Thyatira that symbolizes the reign of the papacy at either 538 or the soon-coming Sunday law. The third church of Pergamos represents “compromise” whether ancient Israel aligning with pagan kingdoms, or Constantine combining paganism with Christianity, and those two witnesses address the third generation of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen.
Dina generasi katilu Israél baheula, raja-raja Israél ngawangun pakait jeung bangsa-bangsa séjén anu saéstuna teu meunang dipakaitkeun kana umat Allah. Kasaluyuan antara Israél harfiah baheula jeung garéja Kristen sakumaha ditepikeun dina kitab Wahyu mangrupa jejer nubuat anu dipidangkeun kalayan écés dina pangajaran nu judulna, Habakkuk’s Tables. Yoél nyaluyukeun generasi kaopat jeung panungtung anu “diputus” tina jadi umat perjangjian pilihan Allah jeung dua puluh lima kokolot anu keur sujud ka panonpoé dina opat kajijikeun nu beuki ningkat dina Yézékiel. Generasi kaopat éta, nalika Adventisme Poé Katujuh Laodikia diputus waktu maranéhna sujud ka panonpoé dina hukum Minggu, sajajar jeung garéja kaopat, nyaéta Tiatira, anu ngalambangkeun mangsa pamaréntahan kapapaan boh dina taun 538 boh dina hukum Minggu anu enggal datang. Garéja katilu, nyaéta Pergamos, ngawakilan “kompromi,” boh Israél baheula anu nyaluyukeun diri jeung karajaan-karajaan kapir, boh Konstantinus anu ngahijikeun kapirisme jeung Kakristenan, sarta dua saksi éta nyanghareupan generasi katilu tina sato galak bumi dina Wahyu tilu welas.
The four generations of the United States, who among other truths was typified by Egypt during the bondage of 400/430 years, that concluded with Pharaoh drowning in the waters of the Red Sea. Those waters marked the end of the nation that was to be judged when God brought about deliverance for ancient Israel through the prophet Moses. The United States is judged in the period of time that judgment concludes upon God’s church, so it is to be noted that the water that ended the life of Pharaoh was brought upon Pharaoh by the release of the east wind that had been holding the waters in place as God delivered His chosen people. The east wind is the third woe that strikes at the Sunday law when the earthquake of Revelation eleven arrives.
Opat generasi Amérika Sarikat, anu di antara bebeneran-bebeneran séjén ditipologikeun ku Mesir salila pangawulaan 400/430 taun, anu dipungkas ku tilelepna Firaun dina cai Laut Beureum. Cai éta nandaan ahir bangsa anu kudu dihakiman nalika Allah ngayakeun pangluputan pikeun Israél baheula ngaliwatan nabi Musa. Amérika Sarikat dihukuman dina mangsa nalika panghakiman dipungkas ka garéja Allah, ku kituna kudu dicatet yén cai anu ngeureunkeun hirup Firaun didatangkan ka Firaun ku dileupaskeunana angin ti wétan anu geus nahan cai éta dina tempatna bari Allah ngaluluskeun umat pilihan-Na. Angin ti wétan téh nyaéta cilaka katilu anu narajang kana hukum Minggu nalika lini dina Wahyu sabelas datang.
The generation that precedes the fourth and final generation of the earth beast is fulfilled on both the Republican and Protestant horns. The compromise of the Republican horn that was accomplished in its third generation occurred in the period surrounding the first world war, and it marked the United States turning its economic structure over to the globalists of the Federal Reserve. In that same period Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism sought to have its medical and educational work “accredited” by the standards of worldly education and medicine. As a verb the “mystery of iniquity” represents the compromise of Constantine and the kings of ancient Israel with the powers of the world. The word used by inspiration to describe the compromise is “amalgamation,” as defined in the dictionary of Ellen White’s time as; "to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend." The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree of amalgamation, the tree of compromise. “The last mighty conflict,” is the Sunday law crisis, and Satan’s preparation for that crisis is “the mystery of iniquity,” that blends human wisdom with Divine revelation.
Generasi anu miheulaan generasi kaopat jeung anu pamungkas tina sato galak bumi téh kacumponan dina duanana tanduk, nyaéta tanduk Republik jeung tanduk Protestan. Kompromi tanduk Republik anu kajantenan dina generasi katiluna lumangsung dina mangsa sabudeureun perang dunya kahiji, sarta éta nandaan pasrahna Amérika Sarikat kana struktur ékonomina ka para globalis Federal Reserve. Dina mangsa anu sarua, Adventisme Poé Katujuh Laodisia narékahan sangkan padamelan médis jeung atikanana “diakréditasi” ku patokan atikan jeung kadokteran dunya. Minangka kecap pagawéan, “misteri kajahatan” ngawakilan kompromi Konstantinus jeung para raja Israél baheula jeung kakawasaan-kakawasaan dunya. Kecap anu dipaké ku ilham pikeun ngajelaskeun kompromi éta nyaéta “amalgamasi,” sakumaha dihartikeun dina kamus jaman Ellen White kieu; "nyampur atawa ngahijikeun dina hiji amalgam; ngahaurkeun." Tangkal pangaweruh ngeunaan nu hadé jeung nu jahat nyaéta tangkal amalgamasi, tangkal kompromi. “Perjuangan agung anu pamungkas,” nyaéta krisis hukum Minggu, sarta persiapan Iblis pikeun krisis éta nyaéta “misteri kajahatan,” anu ngahaurkeun hikmat manusa jeung wahyu Ilahi.
“Satan is busily laying his plans for the last mighty conflict, when all will take sides....
“Setan keur kacida sibukna nyusun rarancangna pikeun konflik ahir anu gede jeung kuat, nalika sakumna jalma bakal milih pihakna....”
“Listen to the voices, mark the powers, that prevail in the world. Is there any voice of prayer? Do you see any sign that God is recognized? There are priests, plenty of them; but they are trampling under their feet the law of Jehovah. Their garments are stained with the blood of souls. Multitudes are sacrificing to devils. Look, you who are hesitating between obedience and disobedience. Look in imagination at the vast multitudes worshipping at Satan’s altar. Listen to the music, to the language, called higher education. But what does God declare it?—The mystery of iniquity.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.
“Dangukeun sora-sora, tandaan kakawasaan-kakawasaan anu keur ngadominasi di dunya. Naha aya sora doa? Naha maranéh ningali aya tanda yén Allah diaku? Aya imam-imam, loba pisan; tapi maranéhna keur nginjak-injak hukum Yéhuwa ku suku maranéhna. Jubah-jubah maranéhna kacemar ku getih jiwa-jiwa. Réréana jalma keur ngurbankeun ka sétan-sétan. Tingal, hé maranéh anu keur ragu-ragu antara taat jeung henteu taat. Tingal dina bayangan pikiran kana réréana jalma anu luar biasa lobana keur nyembah di altar Iblis. Dangukeun musikna, basa na, anu disebut atikan luhur. Tapi naon anu dinyatakeun ku Allah ngeunaan éta?—Rahasia kajahatan.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.
In the last conflict, when “all will take sides” the test of the Garden of Eden is repeated. The test that in the beginning was isolated to a tree in the middle of a garden, is repeated at the end, in the entire world. Satan's work in advance of the final battle is “the mystery of iniquity,” which is defined as “higher education!” The symbol of “higher education” in the land of the earth beast is found in Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Athens of the South,’ where the Parthenon temple is located in contrast with the true education once represented in Nashville by Madison College. The following statement from inspiration is cited in its entirety at the end of this article, but a few points should be considered at this point.
Dina konflik panungtungan, nalika “sadayana bakal milih pihak,” ujian Taman Éden diulang deui. Ujian anu dina awalna ngan diwatesan kana hiji tangkal di tengah taman, diulang deui dina ahirna, di sakuliah dunya. Padamelan Sétan saméméh perang panungtungan nyaéta “rusiah kajahatan,” anu dihartikeun minangka “atikan luhur!” Lambang “atikan luhur” di tanah sato galak bumi kapanggih di Nashville, Tennessee, ‘Athena ti Kidul,’ tempat ayana kuil Parthenon, sabagé kontras jeung atikan sajati anu kungsi diwakilan di Nashville ku Madison College. Pernyataan di handap ieu tina ilham dicutat lengkep dina ahir ieu tulisan, nanging sawatara poin kedah dipertimbangkeun dina ieu waktos.
“All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history....
“Sadayana peryogi hikmat sangkan taliti nalungtik rusiah kajahatan anu kacida gedéna peranna dina panutup sajarah dunya ieu....”
“There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising....
“Teu aya jalan tengah pikeun Paradis anu dipulihkeun. Amanat anu dipasihkeun ka manusa pikeun poé-poé panungtungan ieu lain pikeun dihijikeun jeung rékaan manusa....”
“Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom.... All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.
“Jalma-jalma anu ku Allah geus diangkat ka kalungguhan luhur anu pinuh ku kapercayaan, bisa waé malik ti cahaya sawarga ka hikmah manusa.... Sakur anu hayang miboga tabiat anu bakal ngajadikeun maranéhna sasama pagawé jeung Allah sarta narima pujian ti Allah, kudu misahkeun dirina tina musuh-musuh Allah, sarta nyekel pageuh kana bebeneran anu dipasihkeun ku Kristus ka Yohanes pikeun dipasihkeun ka dunya.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.
The “all” who need “wisdom” represents all who are brought into a testing process that ultimately produces two classes of worshippers. The “wise” are those who secure the needed “wisdom.” The testing process begins when the revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed, just before the close of human probation. That unsealing begins an “increase of knowledge.” Those who are confronted with the test associated with the revelation of Jesus Christ will secure the “oil” of prophetic knowledge designed to guide, prepare and sanctify in advance of the arrival of the east wind at the Sunday law. The “tree of knowledge of good and evil” is the symbol of the counterfeit Bread of Heaven that is to be eaten or rejected.
Sadayana jalma anu peryogi “hikmat” ngagambarkeun sakumna anu diasupkeun kana hiji prosés pangujian anu ahirna ngahasilkeun dua golongan panyembah. Anu “wijaksana” nyaéta maranéhna anu meunangkeun “hikmat” anu diperlukeun. Prosés pangujian éta dimimitian nalika wahyu Yesus Kristus dibuka segelna, pas saméméh panutupan mangsa kasempetan manusa. Dibukana segel éta ngamimitian hiji “nambahanana pangaweruh.” Jalma-jalma anu disanghareupan ku ujian anu patali jeung wahyu Yesus Kristus bakal meunangkeun “minyak” pangaweruh nubuatan anu dimaksudkeun pikeun nungtun, nyiapkeun, jeung nyucikeun sateuacanna saméméh datangna angin ti wétan dina hukum Minggu. “Tangkal pangaweruh ngeunaan nu hadé jeung nu jahat” nyaéta lambang tina Roti Sawarga palsu anu kudu didahar atawa ditolak.
In Galilee, at the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus lost more followers at one incident than any other time in His ministry. There the test was whether the prophetic words of Christ were literal or spiritual, and those who failed the test, failed—for they forgot that man is to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Christ had stated clearly that He was the Bread sent down from heaven and those who failed the test had blended Truth with human wisdom, represented by the Greeks.
Di Galilea, di sinagoga Kapernaum, Isa leungiteun langkung seueur para pengikut dina hiji kajadian tibatan dina mangsa séjén naon baé salila palayanan-Na. Di dinya ujianana nya éta naha pangandika-pangandika nubuat Kristus téh harfiah atawa rohani, sarta jalma-jalma anu gagal dina ujian éta, gagal—sabab maranéhna poho yén manusa kudu hirup ku unggal pangandika anu medal tina biwir Allah. Kristus geus netelakeun kalayan écés yén Anjeunna téh Roti anu diturunkeun ti sawarga, sarta jalma-jalma anu gagal dina ujian éta geus nyampurkeun Kaleresan jeung hikmah manusa, anu digambarkeun ku urang Yunani.
Before Eve began the failure of the garden, Christ had instructed both Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The first of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is the fear of God.
Saméméh Hawa ngamimitian kagagalan di taman, Kristus parantos maréntahkeun ka Adam jeung Hawa sangkan ulah milu ngadahar buah tina tangkal pangaweruh ngeunaan nu hadé jeung nu jahat. Nu kahiji tina tilu léngkah injil anu langgeng nyaéta sieun ka Allah.
“Let the mind grasp the stupendous truths of revelation, and it will never be content to employ its powers upon frivolous themes; it will turn with disgust from the trashy literature and idle amusements that are demoralizing the youth of today. Those who have communed with the poets and sages of the Bible, and whose souls have been stirred by the glorious deeds of the heroes of faith, will come from the rich fields of thought far more pure in heart and elevated in mind than if they had been occupied in studying the most celebrated secular authors, or in contemplating and glorifying the exploits of the Pharaohs and Herods and Caesars of the world.
“Sing muga akal nyangkem kana bebeneran-bebeneran wahyu anu kacida agungna, tangtu eta moal kungsi wareg ngagunakeun kakuatanana kana jejer-jejer anu remeh; eta bakal malik kalayan geuleuh tina bacaan-bacaan murahan jeung hiburan-hiburan sia anu keur ngarusak akhlak para nonoman jaman kiwari. Jalma-jalma anu geus ngahiji dina pangdeudeul jeung para pujangga sarta jalma-jalma wijaksana dina Kitab Suci, jeung anu jiwana geus kagugah ku padamelan-padamélan mulya para pahlawan iman, bakal kaluar tina huma-huma pikiran anu beunghar kalayan hate anu jauh leuwih beresih jeung budi anu leuwih luhur batan lamun maranehna nyibukkeun diri ku nalungtik para pangarang sekuler anu pangkasohorna, atawa ku ngimeutan jeung ngamulyakeun kalakuan-kalakuan para Firaun, Herodes, jeung Kaisar-kaisar dunya.”
“The powers of the youth are mostly dormant, because they do not make the fear of God the beginning of wisdom. The Lord gave Daniel wisdom and knowledge, because he would not be influenced by any power that would interfere with his religious principles. The reason why we have so few men of mind, of stability and solid worth, is that they think to find greatness while disconnecting from Heaven.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.
“Kakuatan para nonoman lolobana masih kénéh ngaregep, sabab maranéhna henteu ngajadikeun sieun ka Allah minangka awal hikmah. PANGERAN maparin hikmah jeung pangaweruh ka Daniel, sabab anjeunna teu kersa dipangaruhan ku kakawasaan naon waé anu bakal ngaganggu prinsip-prinsip agamana. Alesan naha urang boga sakitu saeutikna jalma anu boga pikiran, katetepan, jeung ajén anu pageuh, nyaéta lantaran maranéhna nyangka bisa manggihan kaagungan bari misahkeun diri ti Sawarga.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.
Eve lost her “fear of God.” She should have trembled at the words of God, which is an attribute of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The fear of God is the first of three tests, and it begins when the prophetic Word is unsealed, ultimately producing a class of wise and a class of foolish. The beginning for those who are destined to be wise is to tremble at God’s Word. Eve did not do this, and when confronted with the second step of the testing process she was unable to give God glory, and then was confronted with the hour of judgment where she manifested the nakedness of Laodicea.
Hawa leungit “kasieun ka Allah.” Mantenna saéstuna kedah ngageter ku pangandika Allah, anu mangrupa salah sahiji sipat saratus opat puluh opat rébu. Kasieun ka Allah téh mangrupa tés anu kahiji tina tilu tés, sarta éta dimimitian nalika Pangandika nubuat dibuka segelna, anu ahirna ngahasilkeun golongan anu wijaksana jeung golongan anu bodo. Mimiti pikeun jalma-jalma anu geus ditangtukeun pikeun jadi wijaksana nyaéta ngageter ku Pangandika Allah. Hawa henteu ngalakukeun ieu, sarta nalika nyanghareupan léngkah kadua tina prosés pangujian éta, manehna teu mampuh maparin kamulyaan ka Allah, tuluy nyanghareupan jam pangadilan, dina mangsa éta manehna nembongkeun taranjangna Laodikea.
“All who would perfect a Christian character must wear the yoke of Christ. If they would sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, they must learn of Him while on this earth. Christ pleased not Himself. The whole of His life was the development of a pure, disinterested benevolence. He assumed human nature to demonstrate to the fallen world, to Satan and his synagogue, to the universe of heaven, to the worlds unfallen, that human nature, united with His divine nature, could become entirely obedient to the law of God. All need to enquire, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ God requires humble, contrite hearts, that tremble at His word. It is only from the divine altar that we can receive the celestial torch, which, when received, will give us a full view of our incompetence, and reveal to us the dignity and glory of Christ. When this is seen, God places us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and it will lead us into all truth.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.
“Sakabéh jalma anu hayang nyampurnakeun watak Kristen kudu nanggung kuk Kristus. Lamun maranéhna hayang linggih babarengan di tempat-tempat sawarga di jero Kristus Yesus, maranéhna kudu diajar ka Anjeunna salila hirup di ieu bumi. Kristus henteu milampah pikeun nyugemakeun diri-Na sorangan. Sakuliah hirup-Na mangrupa ngembangna kahadéan anu murni tur teu mentingkeun diri. Anjeunna nyandak kodrat manusa pikeun némbongkeun ka dunya anu geus ragrag, ka Sétan jeung sinagogana, ka jagat sawarga, ka dunya-dunya anu henteu ragrag, yén kodrat manusa, lamun dihijikeun jeung kodrat ilahi-Na, bisa jadi sagemblengna taat kana hukum Allah. Kabéh jalma kudu naros, ‘Naon anu kudu dipigawé ku kuring sangkan salamet?’ Allah nungtut haté anu handap asor, remuk, anu ngageter ku firman-Na. Ngan tina altar ilahi urang bisa narima obor sawarga, anu lamun geus ditarima, bakal méré ka urang paningal anu écés kana katidakmampuhan urang, sarta ngungkabkeun ka urang martabat jeung kamulyaan Kristus. Lamun ieu geus katingali, Allah nempatkeun urang dina pituduh Roh Suci, sarta Anjeunna bakal nungtun urang kana sagala bebeneran.” Bible Echo, 20 Juli 1896.
The amalgamation of truth and error is the work of Satan which is identified as the mystery of iniquity. The compromise of all mankind in the final movements of the investigative judgment is enshrined in the Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.
Campuran antara bebeneran jeung kasalahan téh mangrupa pagawean Sétan anu dipikawanoh minangka rusiah kajahatan. Pasaluyuan sakumna umat manusa dina gerak-gerik panungtung tina pangadilan panalungtikan diabadikeun dina candi Parthenon di Nashville, Tennessee.
“It is not wise to send our youth to universities where they devote their time to gaining a knowledge of Greek and Latin, while their heads and hearts are being filled with the sentiments of the infidel authors whom they study in order to master these languages. They gain a knowledge that is not at all necessary, or in harmony with the lessons of the great Teacher. Generally those educated in this way have much self-esteem. They think they have reached the height of higher education, and carry themselves proudly, as though they were no longer learners. They are spoiled for the service of God. The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest value to them.
“Teu wijaksana lamun nonoman urang dikirim ka paguron luhur anu maranéhna ngahaturanan waktuna pikeun meunangkeun pangaweruh ngeunaan basa Yunani jeung Latin, bari pikiran jeung haténa dieusian ku rasa jeung pamadegan para panulis kafir anu ku maranéhna dipaluruh sangkan ngawasaan basa-basa éta. Maranéhna meunang hiji pangaweruh anu sarua pisan teu perlu, sarta teu saluyu jeung palajaran ti Guru Agung. Umumna jalma-jalma anu dididik ku cara kieu miboga rasa harga diri anu luhur pisan. Maranéhna nyangka geus nepi ka puncak atikan luhur, sarta mawa diri kalayan reueus, saolah-olah maranéhna geus lain deui nu keur diajar. Maranéhna jadi ruksak pikeun palayanan ka Allah. Waktu, waragad, jeung pangajaran anu ku loba jalma geus dikaluarkeun pikeun meunangkeun atikan anu sacara bandingan kurang gunana, saenyana kudu dipaké pikeun meunangkeun atikan anu bakal ngajadikeun maranéhna lalaki jeung awéwé anu sampurna dina sagala widang, anu pantes pikeun kahirupan praktis. Atikan anu kitu bakal jadi pangluhurna nilaina pikeun maranéhna.”
“What do students carry with them when they leave our schools? Where are they going? What are they going to do? Have they the knowledge that will enable them to teach others? Have they been educated to be wise fathers and mothers? Can they stand at the head of a family as wise instructors? In their home life can they so instruct their children that theirs will be a family that God can behold with pleasure, because it is a symbol of the family in heaven? Have they received the only education that can truly be called ‘higher education’?
“Naon nu dibawa ku para murid nalika maranéhna ninggalkeun sakola-sakola urang? Ka mana maranéhna rék indit? Naon nu rék dipigawé ku maranéhna? Naha maranéhna miboga pangaweruh anu bakal ngamampuhkeun maranéhna pikeun ngajar batur? Naha maranéhna geus dididik sangkan jadi bapa jeung indung anu wijaksana? Naha maranéhna sanggup nangtung minangka kapala hiji kulawarga minangka pangajar anu wijaksana? Dina kahirupan rumah tanggana, naha maranéhna bisa ngadidik anak-anakna ku cara anu bakal ngajadikeun kulawargana hiji kulawarga anu ku Allah tiasa dipireng ku suka, sabab éta mangrupakeun lambang kulawarga di sawarga? Naha maranéhna geus narima hiji-hijina atikan anu saéstuna tiasa disebut ‘atikan luhur’?”
“What is higher education? No education can be called higher education unless it bears the similitude of heaven, unless it leads young men and young women to be Christlike, and fits them to stand at the head of their families in the place of God. If, during his school life, a young man has failed to gain a knowledge of Greek and Latin and the sentiments contained in the works of infidel authors, he has not sustained much loss. If Jesus Christ had deemed this kind of education essential, would he not have given it to his disciples, whom he was educating to do the greatest work ever committed to mortals, to represent him in the world? But, instead, he placed sacred truth in their hands, to be given to the world in its simplicity.
“Naon atikan luhur téh? Teu aya atikan anu bisa disebut atikan luhur iwal lamun éta mawa kasarupaan jeung sawarga, iwal lamun éta mingpin nonoman lalaki jeung nonoman awéwé supaya jadi sarupa jeung Kristus, sarta nyayagikeun maranéhna sangkan mampuh nangtung minangka kapala kulawargana dina gaganti Allah. Lamun, salila hirupna di sakola, saurang nonoman geus gagal meunang pangaweruh ngeunaan basa Yunani jeung Latin sarta rasa pikiran anu aya dina karya-karya para pangarang anu teu percaya ka Allah, manehna henteu ngalaman rugi anu gedé. Lamun Yesus Kristus nganggap yén rupa atikan ieu téh ésénsial, naha Anjeunna moal maparin éta ka murid-murid-Na, anu ku Anjeunna keur dididik pikeun ngalaksanakeun pagawean anu panggedéna anu kungsi dipercayakeun ka manusa fana, nya éta ngawakilan Anjeunna di dunya? Tapi sabalikna, Anjeunna nempatkeun bebeneran anu suci kana leungeun maranéhna, pikeun dibikeun ka dunya dina kasaderhanaanana.”
“There are times when Greek and Latin scholars are needed. Some must study these languages. This is well. But not all, and not many, should study them. Those who think that a knowledge of Greek and Latin is essential to a higher education, cannot see afar off. Neither is a knowledge of the mysteries of that which the men of the world call science necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It is Satan who fills the mind with sophistry and tradition, which exclude the true higher education, and which will perish with the learner.
“Aya mangsa-mangsa nalika para sarjana Yunani jeung Latin diperlukeun. Sababaraha urang kudu nalungtik basa-basa ieu. Éta hadé. Tapi henteu sakabéh, jeung henteu loba, kudu nalungtik éta. Jalma-jalma anu nyangka yén pangaweruh kana basa Yunani jeung Latin téh penting pikeun atikan anu leuwih luhur, moal bisa ningali jauh. Kitu deui, pangaweruh ngeunaan rasiah-rasiah tina naon anu ku jalma-jalma dunya disebut élmu pangaweruh, lain hal anu perlu pikeun asup ka Karajaan Allah. Iblis anu ngeusian pikiran ku sofistri jeung tradisi, anu nyingkirkeun atikan luhur anu sajati, sarta anu bakal binasa bareng jeung nu diajarna.
“Those who have received a false education do not look heavenward. They cannot see the One who is the true Light, ‘which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.’ They look upon eternal realities as phantoms, calling an atom a world, and a world an atom. Of many who have received the so-called higher education, God declares, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—wanting in a knowledge of practical business, wanting in a knowledge of how to make the best use of time, wanting in a knowledge of how to labor for Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.
“Jalma-jalma anu geus narima atikan palsu henteu neuteup ka sawarga. Maranéhna teu bisa ningali Anjeunna anu jadi Cahaya sajati, ‘anu nyaangan unggal jalma anu datang ka dunya.’ Maranéhna ningali kana kanyataan-kanyataan langgeng saperti hal-hal semu, nyebut hiji atom minangka dunya, jeung hiji dunya minangka atom. Ngeunaan loba jalma anu geus narima anu disebut atikan luhur, Allah ngandika, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—kurang dina pangaweruh ngeunaan urusan-urusan praktis, kurang dina pangaweruh ngeunaan kumaha ngamangpaatkeun waktu saalus- alusna, kurang dina pangaweruh ngeunaan kumaha digawé pikeun Yesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.
The warning of the fireballs of Nashville is not an arbitrary city, it is a direct judgment brought upon Seventh-day Adventists, the United States and the world. The fireballs of Nashville represent different attributes for the various categories of Adventism, the earth beast and the world. The fireballs of Nashville are God’s judgment upon false education, symbolized by the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Pangéling-ngéling ngeunaan bal seuneu Nashville lain ditujulkeun ka hiji kota sacara asal-asalan, tapi mangrupa panghukuman langsung nu ditepikeun ka umat Advent Poé Katujuh, ka Amérika Sarikat, jeung ka dunya. Bal seuneu Nashville ngagambarkeun rupa-rupa sipat pikeun rupa-rupa golongan dina Adventisme, sato galak ti bumi, jeung dunya. Bal seuneu Nashville téh panghukuman Allah kana atikan palsu, nu dilambangkeun ku tangkal pangaweruh ngeunaan nu hadé jeung nu jahat.
We will continue this study in the next article.
Urang baris neruskeun ieu ulikan dina artikel salajengna.
“By a variety of images the Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people. All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history. God’s presentation of the detestable works of the inhabitants of the ruling powers of the world who bind themselves into secret societies and confederacies, not honoring the law of God, should enable the people who have the light of truth to keep clear of all these evils. More and more will all false religionists of the world manifest their evil doings; for there are but two parties, those who keep the commandments of God and those who war against God’s holy law....
“Kalayan rupa-rupa gambaran Gusti Yesus nembongkeun ka Yohanes sipat jahat jeung pangaruh nu ngagoda ti jalma-jalma anu geus kasohor ku panganiaya maranéhna ka umat Allah. Sakumna jalma merlukeun hikmat pikeun taliti neuleuman rusiah kajahatan anu kacida gedéna peranna dina panutupan sajarah bumi ieu. Panyingkab Allah ngeunaan karya-karya anu matak geuleuh ti pangeusi kakawasaan-kakawasaan pamaréntah dunya anu ngabeungkeut dirina kana pakumpulan-pakumpulan rusiah jeung pakumpulan-pakumpulan paséa, bari henteu ngahormat kana hukum Allah, kuduna ngamampuh umat anu miboga cahaya bebeneran pikeun ngajauhkeun diri tina sagala kajahatan ieu. Beuki lila beuki nyata sakumna penganut agama palsu di dunya bakal nembongkeun kalakuan jahatna; sabab ngan aya dua golongan, nya éta jalma-jalma anu ngajaga parentah-parentah Allah jeung jalma-jalma anu merangan hukum suci Allah....”
“The enmity between the seed of the woman and the serpent is clearly defined by the Lord. ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ ‘And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’
“Permusuhan antara turunan awewe jeung oray geus ditetepkeun kalayan écés ku Gusti. ‘Jeung Kami baris nempatkeun permusuhan antara maneh jeung awewe éta, jeung antara turunan maneh jeung turunan dirina; eta bakal ngaremukkeun sirah maneh, jeung maneh bakal ngaremukkeun keuneung-Na.’ ‘Jeung ka Adam Anjeunna ngadawuh, Ku sabab maneh geus ngadéngé kana sora pamajikan maneh, sarta geus dahar tina tangkal anu ku Kami geus diparéntahkeun ka maneh, saur Kami, Maneh ulah dahar tina eta: taneuh dikutuk ku sabab maneh; dina kasedihan maneh bakal dahar tina hasilna salila sagala poé hirup maneh; cucuk-cucuk jeung rungkun jarami cucuk bakal dipelakkeunana pikeun maneh; sarta maneh bakal dahar jukut tatangkalan di tegalan; ku kesang raray maneh, maneh bakal dahar roti, nepi ka maneh balik deui kana taneuh; sabab ti dinya maneh dicokot: sabab maneh teh lebu, jeung kana lebu maneh bakal mulang deui.’”
“By following his own way, by acting in harmony with Satan’s temptations and in opposition to the known will of God, man vainly attempted to elevate and bless himself. Thus he gained an experimental knowledge of disobedience to God’s commandments. Thus he knew good and evil; thus he lost his fidelity and loyalty to God and opened the floodgates of evil and suffering to the whole human family. How many today are making the same experiment! When will man learn that the only means for his safety is through a full confidence in a ‘thus saith the Lord’?
“Ku nuturkeun jalan sorangan, ku ngalampahkeun saluyu jeung panggoda Iblis sarta sabalikna tina pangersa Allah anu geus dipikawanoh, manusa kaliru nyobaan ngangkat jeung ngaberkahan dirina sorangan. Ku kituna manéhna meunang pangaweruh tina pangalaman ngeunaan henteu taat kana parentah-parentah Allah. Ku kituna manéhna nyaho nu hadé jeung nu goréng; ku kituna manéhna kaleungitan kasatiaan jeung satia bakti ka Allah sarta muka panto-panto caahna kajahatan jeung kasangsaraan ka sakumna kulawarga manusa. Sabaraha lobana jalma kiwari anu keur ngalakukeun ékspérimén anu sarua! Iraha manusa baris diajar yén hiji-hijina jalan pikeun kasalametanana téh ngaliwatan kayakinan anu pinuh kana hiji ‘kieu timbalan Gusti’?”
“Satan is seeking to intrude his own inventions upon the children of God through human methods. He is seeking to be received as God, or even to be placed above God.
“Setan keur narékahan nyelapkeun karangan-karanganana sorangan ka anak-anak Allah ngaliwatan cara-cara manusa. Anjeunna keur narékahan sangkan ditarima minangka Allah, malah nepi ka diperenahkeun leuwih luhur ti Allah.
“In changing the Sabbath to the first day of the week, he leads men to disbelieve God’s declarations, and so to regard their own ways and plans that they appear exceeding wise in their own eyes and in their perverted judgment. Through human policy he leads men to regard the expressed commandments of God as of less force than human tradition, and to regard a deviation from that law which is always holy and just and good, as of little account. He sees that by thus preventing human agencies from walking as obedient children in harmony with God, he can hinder the accomplishment of God’s work in our world.
“Dina ngarobah Sabat kana poé kahiji dina saminggu, manéhna ngarahkeun jalma-jalma supaya teu percaya kana pernyataan-pernyataan Allah, sahingga maranéhna nganggap jalan-jalan jeung rencana-rencana dirina sorangan kacida wijaksanana dina panon maranéhna sorangan jeung dina pangadilan maranéhna anu geus nyimpang. Ku kawijakan manusa manéhna ngarahkeun jalma-jalma supaya nganggap parentah-parentah Allah anu geus dinyatakeun téh kirang kakuatanana tibatan tradisi manusa, sarta nganggap panyimpangan tina éta hukum, anu salawasna suci, adil, jeung hadé, minangka perkara anu leutik hartina. Manéhna ningali yén ku cara kitu nyegah sarana-sarana manusa leumpang minangka anak-anak anu taat dina kasaluyuan jeung Allah, manéhna bisa ngahalangan kacumponan padamelan Allah di dunya urang.”
“But Satan’s connivings with human agencies who stand in responsible positions are just as much to be feared and shunned now after the experiment of sin has been tried, as it was in the case of our first parents. I am instructed to say that the men who are placed in positions of responsibility in the work of God have overestimated their right to control others. The position a man occupies does not change his character. Some have seemed to feel that they must devise for churches and for sanitariums and that there was to be no questioning of their judgment. Let them learn of Jesus at every step. He should be the chief authority for every man.
“Tapi pakoméan Sétan jeung alat-alat manusa anu nangtung dina kalungguhan anu pinuh ku tanggung jawab, ayeuna sanggeus percobaan dosa geus dipigawe, kudu sarua pisan dipikasieunan jeung dijauhan, saperti halna dina kaayaan kolot urang anu pangheulana. Kuring dipaparin parentah pikeun nyebutkeun yén jalma-jalma anu ditempatkeun dina kalungguhan tanggung jawab dina pagawéan Allah geus kaleuleuwihan ngira-ngira hak maranéhna pikeun ngadalikeun batur. Kalungguhan anu dicekel ku saurang lalaki henteu ngarobah watakna. Aya sawatara anu kaciri ngarasa yén maranéhna kudu nyusun pikeun garéja-garéja jeung pikeun sanitarium-sanitarium, sarta yén teu meunang aya nu nanyakeun kana putusan maranéhna. Mugi maranéhna diajar ti Yesus dina unggal léngkah. Anjeunna kudu jadi panguasa anu utama pikeun unggal jalma.”
“The One who has often been our Instructor says, ‘How hard it is for man to walk humbly with his God, in a contrite spirit taking God’s way and rejecting Satan’s propositions which seem to present great worldly advantages.’ The influence of man’s having his own way in the place of firmly standing on the solid foundation that God alone has laid, has been repeated over and over again. Refusing to walk in the straight paths that God has signified will bring them to confusion and will not teach wisdom to others who have the same test and trial. When will man learn that God is God, and not a man that He should change?
“Anu remen jadi Guru urang téh ngandika, ‘Sakumaha héséna pikeun manusa leumpang kalayan handap asor jeung Allahna, dina sumanget anu remuk hate narima jalan Allah sarta nampik usulan-usulan Iblis anu katingalina mintonkeun kauntungan dunya anu gedé.’ Pangaruh tina manusa nuturkeun kahayangna sorangan gaganti nangtung pageuh dina pondasi anu kukuh anu ngan Allah wungkul anu geus netepkeun, geus kajadian deui jeung deui. Nolak leumpang dina jalan-jalan lempeng anu geus dipidangkeun ku Allah bakal mawa maranéhna kana kabingungan sarta moal ngajar hikmat ka nu séjén anu ngalaman ujian jeung cobaan anu sarua. Iraha manusa bakal diajar yén Allah téh Allah, lain manusa nepi ka Anjeunna kudu robah?”
“Some who have departed from the right way have been in a continual fever to grasp responsibilities that God has not laid upon them. God calls upon every minister and every physician to maintain the simplicity of the truth. The Son of God who is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments is the Saviour of our world today. From Him every medical missionary is to receive his training. Unless he shall separate himself from the prince of the power of the air, he will mislead souls who have confidence in him. Let all beware of men who are so educated and uplifted that their plans cannot be understood by the common people.
“Aya sawatara anu geus nyimpang tina jalan anu bener hirup dina kaayaan panasaran nu taya eureunna pikeun nyangking tanggung jawab anu ku Allah teu dipasrahkeun ka maranéhna. Allah nyaur ka unggal palayan jeung unggal tabib supaya ngajaga kesederhanaan bebeneran. Putra Allah anu dinyatakeun boh dina Perjangjian Heubeul boh dina Perjangjian Anyar teh nyaeta Jurusalamet dunya urang ayeuna. Ti Mantenna unggal misionaris médis kudu narima panglatihanana. Lamun manéhna henteu misahkeun dirina tina pangawasa kakawasaan hawa, manéhna bakal nyasabkeun jiwa-jiwa anu boga kapercayaan ka manéhna. Sing sakur waspada ka jalma-jalma anu kitu atikanana jeung kitu diangkatna nepi ka rarancang-rarancang maranéhna teu bisa kaharti ku jalma-jalma biasa.”
“The intrigues of sin surpass infinite conception. Every calamity, every suffering and death, is an evidence not only of the power of evil but of the truth of the living God. Having known the truth, the word of the living God, which abideth forever, and which through obedience gives life, man’s weakness in conforming to Satan’s ingenuity is surpassingly strange. All who are taught of God recognize Christ as His Son. All who disbelieve the known declarations of God demonstrate the popularity of sin, and are not working on the side of life and immortality which are brought to light through perfect sanctification of the truth. Unless they make a change in character, in words, and in spirit, souls will be lost.
“Rupa-rupa intrik dosa ngaleuwihan sagala pangaweruh anu taya watesna. Unggal musibah, unggal kasangsaraan jeung pati, mangrupakeun bukti lain wungkul ngeunaan kakawasaan kajahatan, tapi ogé ngeunaan kayaktian Allah anu hirup. Sanggeus nyaho kana kayaktian, kana firman Allah anu hirup, anu langgeng salalawasna, sarta anu ngaliwatan kataatan méré hirup, kalemahan manusa dina nyaluyukeun diri kana kapinteran licik Iblis téh matak anéh pisan. Sakumna anu diajar ku Allah ngaku Kristus minangka Putra-Na. Sakumna anu henteu percaya kana pernyataan-pernyataan Allah anu geus dipikawanoh, nembongkeun kumaha dosa téh dipikaresep, sarta maranéhna henteu digawé di pihak hirup jeung kalanggengan anu dipaterang ngaliwatan panyucian sampurna ku kayaktian. Iwal maranéhna nyieun robahna tabiat, dina kecap-kecap, jeung dina roh, jiwa-jiwa bakal leungit.”
“There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising. We are not to lean upon the policy of worldly lawyers. We must be humble men of prayer, not acting like those who are blinded by Satan’s agencies.
“Teu aya jalan tengah ka Paradise anu dipulihkeun. Amanat anu dipasihkeun ka manusa pikeun poé-poé panungtungan ieu lain pikeun dicampuraduk jeung reka-cipta manusa. Urang teu meunang ngandelkeun kawijakan para ahli hukum dunya. Urang kudu jadi jalma-jalma anu handap asor dina doa, lain meta saperti jalma-jalma anu dibutakeun ku pakakas Iblis.
“Many have a faith, but not a faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Saving faith is not simply a mere belief of the truth. ‘The devils also believe, and tremble.’ The inspiration of the Spirit of God gives to men a faith that is an impelling power that molds character, and leads men higher than mere formal actions. The words, the actions, and the spirit are to bear testimony to the fact that we are followers of Christ.
“Loba anu ngabogaan iman, tapi lain iman anu digawé ku kaasih sarta nyucikeun jiwa. Iman anu nyalametkeun lain saukur kapercayaan kana bebeneran hungkul. ‘Setan-setan oge percaya, sarta ngageter.’ Ilham Roh Allah maparin ka manusa hiji iman anu jadi kakuatan nu ngagerakkeun, nu ngabentuk tabiat, sarta nungtun manusa leuwih luhur tibatan lampah-lampah formal wungkul. Kecap-kecap, lampah-lampah, jeung sumanget kudu mere kasaksian kana kanyataan yen urang teh anu nurut ka Kristus.
“The greatest light and blessing that God has bestowed is not a security against transgression and apostasy in these last days. Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom. Their light will then become darkness, their God-entrusted capabilities a snare, their character an offense to God. God will not be mocked. A departure from Him has been and always will be followed by its sure results. The commission of acts that displease God will, unless decidedly repented of and forsaken, instead of seeking to justify them, lead the evildoer on step by step in deception till many sins are committed with impunity. All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.
“Cahaya jeung berkah nu panggedéna anu geus dipaparin ku Allah téh lain jaminan ngalawan palanggaran jeung kamurtadan dina poé-poé panungtungan ieu. Maranéhna anu ku Allah geus diangkat kana kalungguhan luhur pinuh ku kapercayaan bisa malik tina cahaya sawarga ka hikmah manusa. Mangka cahayana bakal jadi poék, kamampuh-kamampuhna anu dipercayakeun ku Allah jadi jebakan, watakna jadi hal anu matak nyinggung ka Allah. Allah moal bisa dipoyok. Nyimpang ti Mantenna geus jeung salawasna bakal dituturkeun ku balukarna anu pasti. Ngalakukeun kalakuan-kalakuan anu henteu ngareuah-reuahkeun Allah, iwal lamun sacara teges dipikanyaho minangka dosa tuluy ditobatkeun jeung ditinggalkeun, lain malah neangan pikeun ngabenerkeun éta kalakuan, bakal nungtun jalma anu nyieun kajahatan léngkah demi léngkah kana tipu daya nepi ka loba dosa dipigawé tanpa sieun kana hukuman. Sakabéh jalma anu hayang miboga watak anu bakal ngajadikeun maranéhna sabagé sasama pagawe jeung Allah sarta narima pujian ti Allah, kudu misahkeun dirina tina musuh-musuh Allah, jeung ngajaga bebeneran anu dipaparinkeun ku Kristus ka Yohanes pikeun dipasihkeun ka dunya.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.