As we bring the consideration of the various controversies which have occurred in Advent history together line upon line in order to conclude our understanding of the current issue, we have taken selected attributes of five prophetic lines. The first line is also the last line, for both controversies were directly based upon verse fourteen of Daniel eleven’s “robbers of thy people.” We considered the controversies of Uriah Smith and James White and the controversy of “the daily”, in the book of Daniel. We considered the controversy that occurred after the unsealing of the last six verses of Daniel eleven in 1989, concerning the king of the north. We then considered the four insects of the book of Joel. There is so much more that might be added to each of these lines, but we are simply isolating certain characteristics that contributed to the positions that rejected the truths connected with the subject of Rome.
Nalika urang ngahijikeun panalungtikan ngeunaan rupa-rupa pasulayan anu geus kajadian dina sajarah Advent, baris demi baris, pikeun nyindekkeun pamahaman urang ngeunaan perkara anu ayeuna, urang geus nyokot sipat-sipat nu dipilih tina lima garis nubuatan. Garis anu kahiji téh ogé garis anu panungtung, sabab duanana pasulayan éta dumasar langsung kana ayat kaopat welas tina Daniel sabelas ngeunaan “garong-garong ti umat anjeun.” Urang nalungtik pasulayan Uriah Smith jeung James White sarta pasulayan ngeunaan “the daily” dina kitab Daniel. Urang ogé nalungtik pasulayan anu kajadian sanggeus dibukana segel genep ayat panungtung tina Daniel sabelas dina taun 1989, ngeunaan raja kalér. Saterusna urang nalungtik opat serangga dina kitab Yoel. Masih loba pisan deui anu sabenerna bisa ditambihan kana unggal garis ieu, tapi urang ngan saukur ngasingkeun sawatara ciri anu nyumbang kana pamadegan-pamadegan anu nolak bebeneran-bebeneran anu patali jeung poko perkara Roma.
Five histories, but the first also being the last represents six lines. The prophetic setting for these lines of controversy is the last days, so for this reason the lines are to be applied during the test of the image of the beast.
Lima sajarah, tapi anu kahiji ogé salaku anu panungtung ngawakilan genep garis. Latar profétis pikeun garis-garis pasalia ieu nyaéta poé-poé panungtung, ku kituna ku sabab ieu garis-garis éta kudu diterapkeun salila ujian gambar sato galak éta.
“The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. . ..
“PANGERAN parantos némbongkeun ka abdi kalayan écés yén gambar sato galak éta baris dibentuk saméméh masa kasempetan tobat ditutup; sabab éta bakal janten ujian anu agung pikeun umat Allah, anu ku dinya nasib langgeng maranéhna bakal dipastikeun....”
“This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.
“Ieu teh ujian anu kudu karandapan ku umat Allah saméméh maranéhna diségél.” Manuscript Releases, jilid 15, 15.
The test of the formation of the image of the beast is, as with the other six lines of controversy a test concerning the prophetic subject of Rome. The great test that occurs before God’s people are sealed is about the formation of the image of the Roman beast. The beast is the papal power, and the United States forms an image of the papal power as it progresses to the soon-coming Sunday law.
Ujian ngeunaan kabentukna gambar sato galak téh, saperti dina genep garis pasulayan nu séjén, mangrupa hiji ujian ngeunaan poko nubuat ngeunaan Roma. Ujian anu agung anu lumangsung saméméh umat Allah diségél nyaéta ngeunaan kabentukna gambar sato galak Romawi. Sato galak éta téh kakawasaan kapapaan, sarta Amérika Sarikat ngawangun hiji gambar tina kakawasaan kapapaan éta nalika éta maju ka hukum Minggu anu geura-giru datang.
“In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, 443.
“Supaya Amérika Sarikat bisa ngawangun hiji gambar tina sato galak éta, kakawasaan agama kudu nepi ka ngawasaan pamaréntahan sipil, nepi ka kakawasaan nagara ogé dipaké ku garéja pikeun ngalaksanakeun tujuanana sorangan.” The Great Controversy, 443.
That Sunday law in the United States identifies that the image of the beast has been fully formed in the United States.
Yén yén undang-undang Minggu di Amérika Sarikat nandakeun yén gambar sato galak éta geus kabentuk sapinuhna di Amérika Sarikat.
“But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image.” The Great Controversy, 449.
“Sanajan kitu, dina lampahna sorangan nalika maksa hiji kawajiban agama ku kakawasaan sipil, garéja-garéja éta bakal ngawangun hiji gambar pikeun sato galak; ku sabab éta, paksaan pikeun ngajaga poé Minggu di Amérika Sarikat bakal jadi paksaan pikeun nyembah ka sato galak jeung gambarna.” The Great Controversy, 449.
At the Sunday law, the image of the beast has been fully formed in the United States, and the United States is then fully disconnected from God and it begins its prophetic work of forcing the entire world to form an image of the beast. At the Sunday law in the United States, Satan begins his marvelous work in leading the nations of the world to repeat the process of forming an image of the beast that encompasses all the nations of the world.
Dina hukum Minggu, gambar sato galak téh geus kabentuk sapinuhna di Amérika Sarikat, sarta waktu éta Amérika Sarikat geus putus sapinuhna ti Allah, tuluy mimiti ngalaksanakeun padamelan nubuatna, nyaéta maksa sakuliah dunya pikeun ngawangun gambar sato galak. Dina hukum Minggu di Amérika Sarikat, Iblis mimiti padamelan anu ajaib dina mingpin bangsa-bangsa di dunya supaya ngulang prosés ngawangun gambar sato galak anu ngawengku sakumna bangsa di dunya.
“By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.
“Ku putusan anu maksa netepna kapausan bari ngalanggar hukum Allah, bangsa urang bakal mupuskeun dirina sapinuhna tina kabeneran. Nalika Protestantisme ngalegaan leungeunna nyebrang jurang pikeun nyekel leungeun kakawasaan Romawi, nalika éta ngulurkeun leungeunna ngalangkungan tebing jero pikeun silihgandeng jeung Spiritisme, nalika, dina pangaruh ieu pakumpulan tilu rangkep, nagara urang nolak unggal prinsip Konstitusina minangka pamaréntahan Protestan jeung républik, sarta nyieun jalan pikeun sumebarna kasasatan jeung tipu daya kapausan, mangka urang bisa nyaho yén waktuna geus datang pikeun pagawéan ajaib Iblis, sarta yén ahir geus deukeut.” Testimonies, jilid 5, 451.
At the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, Satan, in cooperation with the United States, will force every nation to follow the example of the United States in forming a church and state system, and enforcing Sunday worship.
Dina mangsa hukum Minggu nu baris geura datang di Amérika Sarikat, Iblis, dina gawé bareng jeung Amérika Sarikat, bakal maksa unggal bangsa nuturkeun conto Amérika Sarikat dina ngawangun hiji sistem garéja jeung nagara, sarta ngalaksanakeun ibadah poé Minggu.
“Satan will work the miracles to deceive those who dwell upon the earth. Spiritualism will do its work by causing the dead to be personated. Those religious bodies who refuse to hear God’s messages of warning will be under strong deception, and will unite with the civil power to persecute the saints. The Protestant churches will unite with the papal power in persecuting the commandment-keeping people of God. This is that power which constitutes the great system of persecution which will exercise spiritual tyranny over the consciences of men.
“Sétan bakal ngalakukeun mujijat-mujijat pikeun nipu jalma-jalma anu cicing di bumi. Spiritisme bakal ngalaksanakeun pagawéanana ku nyababkeun anu paéh dipaénkeun saolah-olah hirup kénéh. Awak-awak agama anu nampik ngadéngé amanat-amanat pangéling ti Allah bakal aya dina panipuan anu kacida kuatna, sarta bakal ngahiji jeung kakawasaan sipil pikeun nganiaya umat suci. Garéja-garéja Protestan bakal ngahiji jeung kakawasaan kapapaan dina nganiaya umat Allah anu ngajaga parentah-parentah-Na. Ieu téh éta kakawasaan anu ngawangun sistem panganiayaan anu agung, anu bakal ngalaksanakeun tirani rohani kana nurani manusa.
“‘He had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.’ Though professing to be followers of the Lamb of God, men become imbued with the spirit of the dragon. They profess to be meek and humble but they speak and legislate with the spirit of Satan, showing by their actions that they are the opposite of what they profess to be. This lamb-like power unites with the dragon in making war upon those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. And Satan unites with Protestants and papists, acting in consort with them as the god of this world, dictating to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.
“‘Miboga dua tanduk kawas anak domba, jeung nyarita kawas naga.’ Sanajan ngaku yén maranéhna téh para pangikut Anak Domba Allah, manusa jadi kasurupan ku sumanget naga. Maranéhna ngaku leuleus jeung handap asor, tapi maranéhna nyarita jeung nyieun undang-undang kalawan sumanget Iblis, bari némbongkeun ku lampahna yén maranéhna téh sabalikna tina naon anu ku maranéhna diaku. Kakawasaan anu siga anak domba ieu ngahiji jeung naga dina ngayakeun perang ngalawan jalma-jalma anu nurut kana parentah-parentah Allah jeung anu boga kasaksian Yesus Kristus. Jeung Sétan ngahiji jeung kaum Protestan jeung kaum papis, gawé babarengan jeung maranéhna minangka déwa dunya ieu, maréntahkeun ka manusa saolah-olah maranéhna téh rahayat karajaanna, pikeun diatur, diparéntah, jeung dikawasa sakumaha kahayangna.
“If men will not agree to trample underfoot the commandments of God, the spirit of the dragon is revealed. They are imprisoned, brought before councils, and fined. ‘He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads’ [Revelation 13:16]. ‘He had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed’ [verse 15]. Thus Satan usurps the prerogatives of Jehovah. The man of sin sits in the seat of God, proclaiming himself to be God, and acting above God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 14, 162.
“Lamun jalma-jalma teu daék satuju pikeun nginjeum-nginjeum paréntah-paréntah Allah, roh naga téh kabuka. Maranéhna dipanjara, dibawa ka hareupeun déwan-déwan, sarta didenda. ‘Jeung manéhna ngajadikeun sakumna jalma, boh nu leutik boh nu gedé, nu beunghar boh nu miskin, nu merdéka boh nu abdi, narima hiji tanda dina leungeun katuhuna, atawa dina tarangna’ [Wahyu 13:16]. ‘Manéhna boga kawasa pikeun méré nyawa ka gambar sato galak éta, supaya gambar sato galak éta bisa nyarita, jeung nyababkeun supaya sakur anu henteu nyembah ka gambar sato galak éta dipaéhan’ [ayat 15]. Ku kituna Iblis ngarampas hak-hak istiméwa Yéhuwa. Jalma dosa linggih dina kalungguhan Allah, ngembarkeun dirina sorangan jadi Allah, sarta meta ngaleuwihan Allah.” Manuscript Releases, jilid 14, 162.
The papal power is the beast, the United Nations is the dragon and the United States is the false prophet. Those who become confused on the meaning of antichrist, who is both Satan and Satan’s earthly representative, the pope of Rome, will end up on the side of antichrist.
Kakawasaan kapausan nyaéta sato galak, Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa nyaéta naga, sarta Amérika Sarikat nyaéta nabi palsu. Jalma-jalma anu jadi bingung kana harti anti-Kristus, anu duanana nyaéta Sétan jeung wakil Sétan di bumi, nyaéta paus Roma, bakal tungtungna nangtung di pihak anti-Kristus.
The United States is not the man of sin. The man of sin is the antichrist and he is Satan’s earthly representative. To confuse the power that places the papacy on the throne of the earth with the papacy is represented by Paul as evidence of not loving the truth. To reject the prophetic relationship of pagan Rome who restrained the papal power, until pagan Rome was removed, in order for the papal power to be revealed, as set forth in 2 Thessalonians chapter two, is to reject the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and accept the outpouring of the unholy spirit, which Paul identifies as strong delusion. That being said, each of the ancient prophets spoke more directly of the last days than the days in which they lived.
Amérika Sarikat lain manusa dosa. Manusa dosa nyaéta antikristus, sarta anjeunna téh wawakil Sétan di bumi. Ngabingungkeun kakawasaan anu nangtungkeun kapausan dina tahta bumi jeung kapausan éta sorangan ku Paulus dipidangkeun minangka bukti yén henteu mikanyaah kana bebeneran. Nolak hubungan kenabian Roma pagan anu nahan kakawasaan kapausan, nepi ka Roma pagan dipiceun, sangkan kakawasaan kapausan bisa dinyatakeun, sakumaha dipedar dina 2 Tesalonika pasal dua, nyaéta nolak curahan Roh Suci sarta narima curahan roh anu najis, anu ku Paulus diidéntifikasi minangka kasasab anu kacida kuatna. Ku kituna, unggal nabi baheula nyarios leuwih langsung ngeunaan poé-poé panungtungan tibatan ngeunaan jaman anu maranéhna hirup di jerona.
“Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ 1 Corinthians 10:11. ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.’ 1 Peter 1:12. . . .
“Masing-masing nabi baheula nyarios langkung saeutik pikeun jamanna sorangan tibatan pikeun jaman urang, sahingga nubuat maranéhna tetep lumaku pikeun urang. ‘Ayeuna sagala perkara ieu kajadian ka maranéhna pikeun jadi conto: sarta éta parantos dituliskeun pikeun panggeuing urang, anu ka urang parantos sumping ahir jaman dunya.’ 1 Korinta 10:11. ‘Henteu pikeun dirina sorangan, tapi pikeun urang maranéhna ngaladénan perkara-perkara éta, anu ayeuna parantos diwawarkeun ka aranjeun ku jalma-jalma anu ngawartakeun Injil ka aranjeun ku Roh Suci anu diutus turun ti sawarga; perkara-perkara anu ku para malaikat kénéh dipikahayang pikeun disawang.’ 1 Petrus 1:12....”
“The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.
“Kitab Suci geus ngumpulkeun sarta ngabeungkeut babarengan sakumna harta karunna pikeun generasi panungtungan ieu. Sagala kajadian agung jeung sagala urusan anu khidmat dina sajarah Perjangjian Heubeul geus, jeung keur, ngulang deui dirina sorangan di jero gareja dina poé-poé panungtungan ieu.” Selected Messages, buku 3, 338, 339.
Pagan Rome and the man of sin in 2 Thessalonians represents the United States and papal Rome of the last days. To misunderstand this truth is to demonstrate, among other things, that even if a person claims to be basing their private interpretation upon the principle of “type and antitype,” they actually do not understand “type and antitype.” The United States has been typified by several powers in sacred history. Every two-horned power represents the United States in the last days, whether it be the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel, the Medo-Persian Empire, or atheistic France represented by Sodom and Egypt.
Roma kapir jeung jelema dosa dina 2 Tesalonika ngagambarkeun Amérika Sarikat jeung Roma kapausan dina poé-poé pamungkas. Salah ngartos kana bebeneran ieu téh, di antarana, némbongkeun yén sanajan aya nu ngaku-ngaku ngadasarkeun panapsiran pribadina kana prinsip “tipe jeung antitipe,” sabenerna manéhna henteu ngarti kana “tipe jeung antitipe.” Amérika Sarikat geus dipratipakan ku sababaraha kakawasaan dina sajarah suci. Unggal kakawasaan nu dua tanduk ngagambarkeun Amérika Sarikat dina poé-poé pamungkas, boh éta karajaan kalér jeung kidul Israél, Kakaisaran Médo-Pérsia, atawa Perancis atéis nu dipralambangkeun ku Sadumu jeung Mesir.
The period when the United States forms an image of and to the beast has been typified by the iron and clay of Daniel two, and the little horn that manifests as male and female in Daniel eight as well as the prophets of Baal and priests of the grove in the witness of Elijah at Mount Carmel. Salome typifies the United States in the witness of Herod’s drunken birthday party. Pergamos typifies the United States and identifies the compromise that leads to Thyatira, which typifies the papal power of the last days.
Mangsa nalika Amérika Sarikat ngawangun hiji gambar tina sarta pikeun sato galak éta geus ditipikeun ku beusi jeung taneuh liat dina Daniel dua, sarta ku tanduk leutik anu nembongkeun dirina minangka jalu jeung bikang dina Daniel dalapan, kitu deui ku nabi-nabi Baal jeung imam-imam leuweung dina kasaksian Élia di Gunung Karmel. Salomé ngetipikeun Amérika Sarikat dina kasaksian pésta ulang taun Hérodés anu mabok. Pérgamos ngetipikeun Amérika Sarikat sarta nandaan kompromi anu ngarah ka Tiatira, anu ngetipikeun kakawasaan kapapaan dina poé-poé panungtungan.
Clovis, king of the Franks in 496, typifies the United States in the Ronald Reagan era. Justinian in 533 represents Donald Trump in advance of the Sunday law. In each typification the United States represents the power that bows in submission to the papal power of the last days. The power who bows in submission is represented as paying homage to Rome. The act of ‘homage” includes bowing to the king, who is the head.
Clovis, raja bangsa Franka dina taun 496, ngalambangkeun Amérika Sarikat dina mangsa Ronald Reagan. Justinian dina taun 533 ngawakilan Donald Trump sateuacan hukum Minggu. Dina unggal tipifikasi, Amérika Sarikat ngawakilan kakawasaan anu tunduk kalayan pasrah ka kakawasaan kapapaan dina poé-poé panungtungan. Kakawasaan anu tunduk kalayan pasrah éta digambarkeun minangka mayar hormat ka Roma. Kalakuan “hormat” éta ngawengku sujud ka raja, anu jadi kapala.
"It has been shown that the United States is the power represented by the beast with lamblike horns, and that this prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance, which Rome claims as the special acknowledgment of her supremacy. But in this homage to the papacy the United States will not be alone. The influence of Rome in the countries that once acknowledged her dominion is still far from being destroyed. And prophecy foretells a restoration of her power. ‘I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.’ Verse 3. The infliction of the deadly wound points to the downfall of the papacy in 1798.
Geus dituduhkeun yén Amérika Sarikat téh kakawasaan anu diwakilan ku sato galak anu boga tanduk siga anak domba, sarta yén ieu nubuat bakal kacumponan nalika Amérika Sarikat maksa palaksanaan pangajén poé Minggu, anu ku Roma diaku minangka pangakuan husus kana kakawasaan pangluhurna dirina. Tapi dina ieu panghormatan ka kapausan, Amérika Sarikat moal nyorangan. Pangaruh Roma di nagara-nagara anu baheulana ngaku kana kakawasaanana téh masih jauh ti musnah. Jeung nubuat ngaramalkeun mulangna deui kakawasaanana. “Kuring ningali salah sahiji huluna siga anu katatu nepi ka maot; jeung tatu paéhna téh cageur deui: sarta sakuliah dunya ngarasa héran nuturkeun sato galak éta.” Ayat 3. Nimpahkeun tatu paéh éta nandakeun ragragna kapausan dina taun 1798.
"After this, says the prophet, ‘his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.’ Paul states plainly that the ‘man of sin’ will continue until the second advent. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8. To the very close of time he will carry forward the work of deception. And the revelator declares, also referring to the papacy: ‘All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life.’ Revelation 13:8. In both the Old and the New World, the papacy will receive homage in the honor paid to the Sunday institution, that rests solely upon the authority of the Roman Church." The Great Controversy, 578.
“Sanggeus ieu,” saur nabi, “‘tatuna anu ngabahayakeun nepi ka maot geus cageur: sarta sakuliah dunya ngarasa héran tur nuturkeun sato galak éta.’ Paulus nétélakeun kalayan écés yén ‘jalma dosa’ éta bakal terus aya nepi ka kadatangan Kristus anu kadua. 2 Tesalonika 2:3-8. Nepi ka mangsa panutupna jaman, manéhna bakal neruskeun pagawéan panipuan. Jeung nu nulis kitab Wahyu ogé nyatakeun, bari kénéh ngarujuk ka kapausan: ‘Sakabéh anu cicing di bumi bakal nyembah ka anjeunna, nyaéta maranéhna anu ngaranna teu kaserat dina kitab kahirupan.’ Wahyu 13:8. Boh di Dunya Heubeul boh di Dunya Anyar, kapausan bakal narima panghormatan dina kahormatan anu dipasihkeun ka lembaga Minggu, anu nangtung ngan ukur dina kawibawaan Garéja Roma.” The Great Controversy, 578.
The last sentence provides more evidence that Sister White understood the expression, “old world” to represent Europe, and the “new world” to represent the Americas. That being as it is, the United States pays homage to the papal power and forces the rest of the world to do the same. This identifies the United States as in subjection to the directions of the papal power. Isaiah’s identification and emphasis upon understanding the “head” in order to be established finds its divine purpose in that the symbol “head,” becomes a key to understand the external line of prophecy, and also the internal line of prophecy.
Kalimah panungtungan méré bukti anu leuwih écés yén Sadérék White ngartos éksprési “old world” minangka ngawakilan Éropa, jeung “new world” minangka ngawakilan Amérika. Ku kituna, Amérika Sarikat ngahaturkeun panghormatan ka kakawasaan kapapaan sarta maksa sakuliah dunya supaya ngalakukeun hal anu sarua. Ieu nangtukeun yén Amérika Sarikat aya dina panaklukan kana parentah-parentah kakawasaan kapapaan. Pangidéntifikasian Yesaya jeung panekananana kana pamahaman ngeunaan “head” sangkan bisa diteguhkeun manggihan tujuan ilahi-na dina hal yén lambang “head” jadi konci pikeun ngartos garis lahiriah nubuat, sarta ogé garis batiniah nubuat.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:8, 9.
Sabab kapala Siria teh Damsyik, jeung kapala Damsyik teh Resin; sarta dina jero genep puluh lima taun Epraim bakal diruntuhkeun nepi ka moal jadi hiji bangsa deui. Jeung kapala Epraim teh Samaria, jeung kapala Samaria teh putra Remalya. Lamun maraneh teu percaya, tangtu maraneh moal diteguhkeun. Yesaya 7:8, 9.
In the last days, which is when every prophet’s testimony is in force, the “robbers of thy people” establish the vision. Upon the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy, and in agreement with the foundational truths of Adventism, as represented upon the two sacred charts of Habakkuk, the “robbers,” are a symbol of Rome. When pagan Rome inserted itself into history for the first time in 200 BC, they typified modern Rome of the last days. This prophetic truth is what establishes the prophetic vision of the last days, and if you refuse to see that modern Rome’s “head” is the papal power, then surely you will not be established.
Dina poé-poé ahir, nyaéta mangsa nalika kasaksian unggal nabi keur berlaku, “jalma-jalma garong ti bangsamu” netepkeun tetempoan éta. Dumasar kana kawibawaan Roh Nubuat, sarta saluyu jeung kabeneran-kabeneran dasar Adventisme, sakumaha digambarkeun dina dua bagan suci Habakuk, “jalma-jalma garong” téh lambang Roma. Nalika Roma kapir nyelapkeun dirina kana sajarah pikeun kahiji kalina dina taun 200 SM, maranéhna janten perlambang Roma modéren dina poé-poé ahir. Kabeneran nubuat ieu anu netepkeun tetempoan nubuat poé-poé ahir, sarta lamun aranjeun nolak ningali yén “sirah” Roma modéren téh kakawasaan kapausan, tangtu aranjeun moal diteguhkeun.
“The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.
“Dunya pinuh ku badai, perang, jeung pasalia paham. Tapi dina hiji pamingpin—kakawasaan kapausan—umat manusa bakal ngahiji pikeun ngalawan Allah dina diri para saksi-Na.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.
If you have ears to hear, then you may understand that a primary failing of the Jews of Christ’s era was that they identified the “shadow” as the “substance.” The Jews before and after the cross trusted in the types of their system of worship, and rejected the Antitype. They argued that the “shadow” was the “substance”, and in doing so they left in the inspired record, a people in the last days who will also identify the shadow as the substance.
Lamun anjeun boga ceuli pikeun ngadéngé, mangka anjeun bisa ngartos yén kagagalan utama urang Yahudi dina jaman Kristus téh nya éta maranéhna nganggap “kalangkang” minangka “hakékat.” Urang Yahudi saméméh jeung sanggeus salib ngandelkeun rupa-rupa lambang dina sistem ibadah maranéhna, sarta nampik Antitipe. Maranéhna ngedalkeun yén “kalangkang” téh “hakékat”, sarta ku ngalakukeun kitu, maranéhna nyésakeun dina catetan anu diilhamkeun hiji umat dina poé-poé panungtungan anu ogé bakal ngaidéntifikasi kalangkang minangka hakékat.
When the United States forms an image to the beast, they are forming a shadow of the beast. They are forming a shadow of the substance, for an image is a typification. To identify the United States, when it forms the image of the beast, as the symbol of Modern Rome, is to parallel ancient Israel’s rejection and crucifixion of the Great Antitype.
Waktu Amérika Sarikat ngabentuk hiji gambar pikeun sato galak, maranéhna keur ngabentuk hiji kalangkang tina sato galak éta. Maranéhna keur ngabentuk kalangkang tina hakékatna, sabab hiji gambar téh mangrupa perlambang. Ngawanohkeun Amérika Sarikat, waktu éta ngabentuk gambar sato galak, salaku lambang Roma Modéren, sarua jeung ngajajarkeunana jeung panolakan sarta panyaliban ku Israél baheula ka Antitipe Agung.
Those teaching the flawed view that the United States is the robbers of thy people speak much about their use of type and antitype, and they often identify the United States as the image of the beast and somehow think that by identifying the United States as the image of the beast somehow proves the United States is “the robbers.” If they truly allowed themselves to be governed by the basic principles of “type and antitype” they would quickly see that the prophetic role of the United States which has been repeatedly typified in God’s Word identifies the United States as the power that is in subjection to the papal authority. They would see that without the beast as the point of reference, it is absurd to identify an image to the beast that did not exist. The only thing which can define the image of the beast, is the beast itself, for the papal power is what establishes the image in the looking glass vision.
Jalma-jalma anu ngajar pamadegan anu salah yén Amérika Sarikat téh para garong ti bangsamu, loba nyarita ngeunaan pamakéan maranéhna kana tipe jeung antitipe, sarta maranéhna remen ngaidentipikasi Amérika Sarikat minangka gambar sato galak, tuluy ku hiji cara nganggap yén ku ngaidentipikasi Amérika Sarikat minangka gambar sato galak éta, ku hiji cara, ngabuktikeun yén Amérika Sarikat téh “para garong.” Lamun maranéhna enya-enya ngantep dirina diparéntah ku prinsip-prinsip dasar “tipe jeung antitipe,” maranéhna bakal gancang ningali yén peran nubuat Amérika Sarikat anu geus sababaraha kali ditipikeun dina Firman Allah ngaidentipikasi Amérika Sarikat minangka kakawasaan anu aya dina katundukan ka otoritas kapapaan. Maranéhna bakal ningali yén tanpa sato galak minangka titik rujukan, téh mangrupa hal anu teu masuk akal pikeun ngaidentipikasi hiji gambar ka sato galak anu can aya. Hiji-hijina hal anu bisa nangtukeun gambar sato galak téh nyaéta sato galak éta sorangan, sabab kakawasaan kapapaan lah anu ngadegkeun gambar éta dina visi kaca eunteung.
The parallel line of prophecy to the United States forming an image of the beast is when the horn of true Protestantism forms an image of Christ. That formation is specifically identified in Daniel chapter ten, when Daniel beholds the “marah,” vision, which is the “looking glass” vision. Daniel represents those who behold Christ, and in so doing they reflect Christ’s character. If the vision of Christ was not presented to Daniel, he would have been unable to reflect the character of Christ. In order for the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are represented by Daniel in chapter ten of forming an image of Christ within, they must behold His character. By beholding they are changed.
Garis nubuat anu sajajar ngeunaan Amérika Sarikat nu ngawangun gambar sato galak nyaéta nalika tanduk Protestanisme sajati ngawangun gambar Kristus. Pangwangunan éta sacara husus diidéntifikasi dina Daniel pasal sapuluh, nalika Daniel ningali “marah,” nyaéta tetenjoan, anu mangrupa tetenjoan “kaca tingali.” Daniel ngalambangkeun jalma-jalma anu ningali Kristus, sarta ku ngalakukeun kitu maranéhna ngagambarkeun tabiat Kristus. Lamun tetenjoan ngeunaan Kristus henteu dipidangkeun ka Daniel, anjeunna moal sanggup ngagambarkeun tabiat Kristus. Supaya saratus opat puluh opat rébu éta, anu dilambangkeun ku Daniel dina pasal sapuluh dina ngawangun gambar Kristus di jero, maranéhna kudu ningali tabiat-Na. Ku ningali, maranéhna dirobah.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Tapi urang sadaya, kalawan beungeut anu teu katutupan, bari ningali saolah-olah dina eunteung kamulyaan Gusti, dirobah jadi gambar anu sarua, ti kamulyaan ka kamulyaan, sakumaha ku Roh Gusti. 2 Korinta 3:18.
The Hebrew definition of the “marah” vision which Daniel beheld in chapter ten is “a vision; also (causatively) a mirror: —looking glass, vision.” The Greek word translated as glass in the previous verse is to mirror oneself, that is, to see reflected (figuratively): —behold as in a glass.
Harti kecap Ibrani tina visi “marah” anu ditempo ku Daniel dina pasal sapuluh nyaéta “hiji visi; ogé (sacara kausatif) hiji eunteung: — kaca tingal, visi.” Kecap Yunani anu ditarjamahkeun jadi glass dina ayat saméméhna hartina ngaca ka diri sorangan, nyaéta ningali pantulan (sacara figuratif): — ningali saolah-olah dina eunteung.
James also sets forth a line of truth connected with the looking glass.
Yakobus ogé ngedalkeun hiji runtuyan bebeneran anu patalina jeung kaca eunteung.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:23–25.
Sabab lamun aya anu ngan saukur ngadangu firman, tapi henteu ngalakonan éta, anjeunna sarua jeung jelema anu ningali rarayna sorangan dina kaca: sabab anjeunna ningali dirina, tuluy indit, sarta harita kénéh poho kumaha kaayaan dirina. Tapi sing saha anu nitenan kana hukum kabébasan anu sampurna, sarta tetep dina éta, anjeunna lain nu ngadangu bari poho, tapi nu ngalakonan pagawean, jalma ieu bakal meunang berkah dina lampahna. Yakobus 1:23–25.
If we love the truth, and we are therefore a doer of the Word, then the looking glass we behold is the perfect law of liberty, then if we do not love the truth, and thereafter go our own way, as those with Daniel did when they fled, then the looking glass is simply a reflection of ourselves.
Lamun urang nyaah ka bebeneran, sarta ku sabab kitu urang jadi palaku tina Pangandika, mangka eunteung anu ku urang ditempo téh nya éta hukum kamerdékaan anu sampurna; tapi lamun urang henteu nyaah ka bebeneran, tuluy saenggeusna leumpang nurutkeun jalan urang sorangan, saperti jalma-jalma anu babarengan jeung Daniel ngalakukeun nalika maranéhna ngungsi, mangka eunteung éta ngan saukur jadi pantulan diri urang sorangan.
“God’s law is the mirror presenting a complete reflection of the man as he is, and holding up before him the correct likeness. Some will turn away and forget this picture, while others will employ abusive epithets against the law, as though this would cure their defects of character. Still others who are condemned by the law will repent of their transgressions and, through faith in Christ’s merits, will perfect Christian character.” Faith and Works, 31.
“Hukum Allah téh kaca eunteung anu nembongkeun bayangan anu lengkep ngeunaan manusa sakumaha ayana, sarta ngahangkeutkeun di payuneunana rupa anu saéstuna luyu. Sabagian bakal malik ngajauhan sarta mopohokeun ieu gambaran, ari nu séjén bakal ngagunakeun kecap-kecap panyacian ngalawan hukum, saolah-olah ku kituna cacad-cacad tabiat maranéhna bakal cageur. Anu séjén deui, anu dikutuk ku hukum, bakal tobat tina palanggaran-palanggaran maranéhna sarta, ku iman kana kaunggulan jasa Kristus, bakal nyampurnakeun tabiat Kristen.” Faith and Works, 31.
Daniel did not see himself in the looking glass vision, He saw Christ, who is the perfect representation of James’ perfect law of liberty.
Daniél henteu ningali dirina sorangan dina titingalian eunteung éta; anjeunna ningali Kristus, anu mangrupa gambaran sampurna tina hukum kamerdikaan anu sampurna nurutkeun Yakobus.
“Christ’s life on earth is a perfect reflection of the divine law. In Him is life and hope and light. Behold Him, and you will be changed into the same likeness, from character to character.” Signs of the Times, May 10, 1910.
“Hirup Kristus di bumi mangrupakeun cerminan anu sampurna tina hukum ilahi. Di Anjeunna aya hirup, pangharepan, jeung cahaya. Tenjo ka Anjeunna, sarta maraneh bakal dirobah jadi sarupa jeung Anjeunna kénéh, tina tabiat ka tabiat.” Signs of the Times, 10 Méi 1910.
The image of the beast reflects the beast, and the formation of the image of the beast is the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. When the Protestant churches take control of the government of the United States, they will have formed an image of the church state system which the papal power has always employed. In the same period of time the image of Christ will be produced in His last-day people. Yet, those that were with Daniel saw not the vision, for they fled from the vision.
Gambar sato galak téh ngagambarkeun sato galak éta sorangan, sarta kabentukna gambar sato galak téh mangrupa ujian anu agung pikeun umat Allah, ku jalan éta nasib maranéhna pikeun salalanggengna bakal diputuskeun. Nalika gareja-gareja Protestan nyekel kakawasaan pamaréntahan Amérika Serikat, maranéhna bakal geus ngabentuk hiji gambar tina sistim nagara-gareja anu salawasna dipaké ku kakawasaan kapapaan. Dina mangsa anu sarua, gambar Kristus bakal diwujudkeun dina umat-Na dina poé-poé panungtungan. Sanajan kitu, jalma-jalma anu babarengan jeung Daniel henteu ningali éta tetenjoan, sabab maranéhna kabur tina éta tetenjoan.
The formation of the image of Christ produces a manifestation of two classes of worshippers. One class rejects the principle of reflection. The principle of reflection being represented by a mirror, for Christ employs the literal earthly things to represent spiritual heavenly truths.
Kabentukna gambar Kristus ngahasilkeun hiji manifestasi tina dua golongan jalma-jalma anu nyembah. Hiji golongan nampik prinsip pantulan. Prinsip pantulan ieu dilambangkeun ku hiji eunteung, sabab Kristus ngagunakeun hal-hal harfiah anu aya di bumi pikeun ngawakilan bebeneran rohani anu aya di sawarga.
“In Christ’s parable teaching the same principle is seen as in His own mission to the world. That we might become acquainted with His divine character and life, Christ took our nature and dwelt among us. Divinity was revealed in humanity; the invisible glory in the visible human form. Men could learn of the unknown through the known; heavenly things were revealed through the earthly; God was made manifest in the likeness of men. So it was in Christ’s teaching: the unknown was illustrated by the known; divine truths by earthly things with which the people were most familiar.
Dina pangajaran pasemon Kristus, katempo prinsip anu sarua saperti dina misi-Na sorangan ka dunya. Supaya urang tiasa wawuh kana tabiat ilahi jeung hirup-Na, Kristus nyandak kodrat urang sarta cicing di antara urang. Kaallahan dinyatakeun dina kamanusaan; kamulyaan anu teu katingali dina wangun manusa anu katingali. Jalma-jalma tiasa diajar ngeunaan anu teu dipikawanoh ngaliwatan anu dipikawanoh; perkara-perkara sawarga dinyatakeun ngaliwatan anu kadunyaan; Allah dinyatakeun dina kasaruaan jeung manusa. Kitu deui dina pangajaran Kristus: anu teu dipikawanoh dijelaskeun ku anu dipikawanoh; bebeneran-bebeneran ilahi ku perkara-perkara kadunyaan anu pangdipikawanohna ku rahayat.
“The Scripture says, ‘All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; … that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.’ Matthew 13:34, 35. Natural things were the medium for the spiritual; the things of nature and the life-experience of His hearers were connected with the truths of the written word. Leading thus from the natural to the spiritual kingdom, Christ’s parables are links in the chain of truth that unites man with God, and earth with heaven.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 17.
Kitab Suci nyebutkeun, “Sagala perkara ieu dipidangkeun ku Isa ka balaréa dina misil; … supaya kajadian naon anu geus diucapkeun ku nabi, saurna, Kami baris muka sungut Kami dina misil; Kami baris ngedalkeun hal-hal anu geus disimpen rusiah ti saprak ngadegna dunya.” Mateus 13:34, 35. Hal-hal alamiah dijadikeun médium pikeun nu rohani; perkara-perkara alam jeung pangalaman hirup para pangdéngéna dihijikeun jeung bebeneran tina firman anu katulis. Ku cara kitu, ngantunkeun ti nu alamiah kana Karajaan rohani, misil-misil Kristus téh mangrupa mata ranté dina ranté bebeneran anu ngahijikeun manusa jeung Allah, jeung bumi jeung sawarga.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 17.
The spiritual principle of reflection is accomplished by looking into a mirror that represents Christ, and because the “marah” vision is a causative vision, the image of Christ in the mirror, produces the image of Christ in humanity.
Prinsip rohani ngeunaan panyawangan diwujudkeun ku cara ningali kana hiji eunteung anu ngagambarkeun Kristus, sarta ku sabab visi “marah” téh mangrupakeun visi kausatif, gambar Kristus dina eunteung éta ngahasilkeun gambar Kristus dina kamanusaan.
To claim the United States is what establishes the vision, is to claim that the image of Daniel is what establishes Christ. Christ is what establishes the vision of His character and work, and the antichrist is what establishes the vision of his character and work. The vision is what is reflected with the looking glass, and the vision is established by the robbers. To misunderstand an image of a beast, by identifying the image as the actual beast, produces parallel lines.
Mastikeun yén Amérika Serikat anu netepkeun éta titingalian, sarua jeung mastikeun yén patung dina kitab Daniel anu netepkeun Kristus. Kristus anu netepkeun titingalian ngeunaan tabiat jeung karya-Na, sarta antikristus anu netepkeun titingalian ngeunaan tabiat jeung karya-na. Titingalian téh nya éta anu kacerminan ku kaca tingali, sarta titingalian téh ditetepkeun ku para garong. Salah ngartos kana hiji gambar tina sato galak, ku ngaidentifikasi éta gambar minangka sato galak anu saéstuna, ngahasilkeun garis-garis sajajar.
The unconverted man sees himself in the mirror, or if he does see God’s law, he throws contempt upon the law in an attempt to avoid its claims. A converted man sees Christ and His law in the looking glass. The United States forms an image to the papal power by beholding the papal power and duplicating it. The antichrist is duplicated by the United States.
Jalma anu can canobat ningali dirina sorangan dina eunteung, atawa lamun enya anjeunna ningali hukum Allah, anjeunna ngalungkeun hina ka éta hukum dina usaha pikeun nyingkahan tuntutan-tuntutanana. Jalma anu geus tobat ningali Kristus jeung hukum-Na dina eunteung. Amérika Sarikat ngawangun hiji gambaran ka kakawasaan papal ku nempo kakawasaan papal éta sarta ngadobelanana. Antikristus didobelkeun ku Amérika Sarikat.
Lucifer desired to be seated upon God’s political and religious thrones.
Lucifer hayang calik dina tahta pulitik jeung agama Allah.
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. Ezekiel 14:12–14.
Betapa geus muragna maneh ti sawarga, he Lucifer, putra isuk! betapa geus ditegorkeun maneh nepi ka taneuh, maneh anu ngaleuleuskeun bangsa-bangsa! Sabab maneh geus ngadawuh dina haté maneh, Kami rek naék ka sawarga, kami rek ngangkat tahta kami ngaleuwihan béntang-béntang Allah; kami ogé rek linggih di gunung pasamoan, di sisi-sisi kalér; kami rek naék ngaleuwihan jangkungna mega-mega; kami rek sarua jeung Nu Maha Luhur. Yehezkiel 14:12–14.
Satan is the antichrist, and so too is the papal power. The papal power was seated in the church and reigned over the political thrones of Europe. The causative looking glass of Daniel chapter ten, when seen in its spiritual application, transforms those who behold into the image of Christ. That truth governs the line of the antichrist. When a nation or an individual looks into the looking glass vision it produces a causative effect, as it reproduces its image in either the individual or nation who beholds it and that produces either the image of Christ or the image of the beast. It parallels the same effect represented by Daniel. Christ is what established the vision for Daniel, and the antichrist establishes the vision for the United States when it forms an image of the beast.
Sétan téh antikristus, sarta kitu deui kakawasaan kapapaan. Kakawasaan kapapaan téh linggih dina garéja sarta maréntah ngungkulan tahta-tahta pulitik Éropa. Eunteung anu nyababkeun dina Daniel pasal sapuluh, lamun ditempo dina panerapan rohanina, ngarobah jalma-jalma anu nenjona jadi sarua jeung gambar Kristus. Kaleresan éta ngatur garis antikristus. Lamun hiji bangsa atawa hiji jalma nenjo kana visi eunteung éta, éta ngahasilkeun pangaruh anu nyababkeun, sabab éta ngareproduksi gambarna dina diri jalma atawa bangsa anu nenjona, sarta éta ngahasilkeun boh gambar Kristus boh gambar sato galak. Ieu sajajar jeung pangaruh anu sarua anu digambarkeun ku Daniel. Kristus téh anu netepkeun visi pikeun Daniel, sarta antikristus netepkeun visi pikeun Amérika Sarikat waktu éta ngawangun gambar sato galak.
We will continue these thoughts in the next article.
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