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

Sifa ya kinabii ya joka ni muungano, kama alivyobainisha Isaya.

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

Jumuikeni, enyi watu, nanyi mtavunjika vipande vipande; sikilizeni, ninyi wote wa nchi za mbali: jifungeni mshipi, nanyi mtavunjika vipande vipande; jifungeni mshipi, nanyi mtavunjika vipande vipande. Shaurianeni pamoja, nalo halitafanikiwa; neneneni neno, nalo halitasimama; kwa kuwa Mungu yu pamoja nasi. Maana Bwana alinena nami hivi kwa mkono wenye nguvu, akanifundisha nisiende katika njia ya watu hawa, akisema, Msiseme, Njama, kuhusu kila kitu ambacho watu hawa huita, Njama; wala msiogope hofu yao, wala msiwe na woga. Mtakaseni Bwana wa majeshi yeye mwenyewe; na awe hofu yenu, na awe kicho chenu. Naye atakuwa mahali patakatifu; bali atakuwa jiwe la kujikwaza na mwamba wa kukwaza kwa nyumba zote mbili za Israeli, na mtego na tanzi kwa wenyeji wa Yerusalemu. Na wengi miongoni mwao watajikwaa, na kuanguka, na kuvunjika, na kunaswa, na kukamatwa. Funga ushuhuda, tia muhuri sheria kati ya wanafunzi wangu. Isaya 8:9-16.

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

Katika siku za mwisho, wakati wa kutiwa muhuri kwa laki moja na arobaini na nne elfu, wakati Isaya anaposema, "Funga ushuhuda, tia muhuri sheria kati ya wanafunzi wangu," kuna "muungano mwovu" katika sayari ya dunia. Ni muhimu kuelewa kwamba historia ya Marekani inayoongoza hadi sheria ya Jumapili ni kielelezo cha matukio yale yale katika ngazi ya ulimwengu.

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

"Mataifa ya kigeni yatafuata mfano wa Marekani. Ijapokuwa yeye ndiye anayeongoza, mgogoro uleule utawapata watu wetu katika sehemu zote za dunia." Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 6, 395.

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

Dada White anatambua kwa uangalifu ni nani “muungano mwovu” huo, na muungano huo unawakilisha uliberali unaoendelea wa wanautandawazi wa kisasa. Anapofanya hivyo, ananukuu mara kwa mara mistari ya awali katika Isaya, inayotambua muungano mwovu wakati wa kutiwa muhuri kwa wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu.

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

Bwana atangaza kupitia nabii Isaya: Isaya 8:9-13 imenukuliwa.

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

Kuna wale wanaohoji kama ni sahihi kwa Wakristo kuwa wanachama wa Wamasoni Huru na vyama vingine vya siri. Wote kama hao na wazingatie Maandiko yaliyonukuliwa hivi punde. Ikiwa kweli sisi ni Wakristo, ni lazima tuwe Wakristo kila mahali, na tuzingatie na kutii ushauri uliotolewa ili kutufanya tuwe Wakristo kulingana na kiwango cha Neno la Mungu. Evangelism, 617, 618.

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

Muungano mwovu wa siku za mwisho unahusishwa na Wamasoni, na jumuiya nyingine za siri. Dini yake ni Uspiritizimu, na unaundwa na wanabenki wa dunia na wafanyabiashara mabilionea wa dunia, wanao "kuweka pamoja utajiri na mamlaka ya ulimwengu katika kituo kimoja," na wanaokuza harakati kama Antifa na Black Lives Matter ili kuchochea "roho ya utovu wa utulivu, ya ghasia na umwagaji damu" kwa "kiwango cha dunia nzima," katika juhudi za kuiga anarkia ya "Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa."

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

Uspiritizimu hudai kwamba wanadamu ni miungu nusu ambao hawajaanguka; kwamba 'kila akili itajihukumu yenyewe;' kwamba 'maarifa ya kweli yanaweka wanadamu juu ya sheria zote;' kwamba 'dhambi zote zinazotendwa ni bila hatia;' kwa kuwa 'chochote kilichopo ni sahihi,' na 'Mungu hahukumu.' Inawaonyesha walio wa hali ya chini kabisa miongoni mwa wanadamu kuwa wako mbinguni, na wametukuzwa sana huko. Hivyo inatangaza kwa watu wote, 'Haijalishi unachofanya; ishi upendavyo, mbingu ni makao yako.' Wengi hivyo huongozwa kuamini kwamba tamaa ndiyo sheria ya juu kabisa, kwamba uholela ndio uhuru, na kwamba mwanadamu anawajibika kwa nafsi yake tu.

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

"Kwa mafundisho kama haya yanapotolewa mwanzoni kabisa mwa maisha, wakati mihemko ikiwa na nguvu zaidi, na hitaji la kujizuia na usafi wa maadili likiwa la dharura zaidi, kinga za maadili ziko wapi? Nini kitakachoizuia dunia isije ikawa Sodoma ya pili? Wakati huohuo, anarkia inatafuta kufagia mbali sheria zote, si za Mungu tu bali pia za kibinadamu. Kukusanywa kwa utajiri na mamlaka; miungano mikubwa kwa ajili ya kuwatajirisha wachache kwa gharama ya wengi; miungano ya tabaka la maskini kwa ajili ya kutetea maslahi na madai yao; hali ya kutotulia, ya ghasia na umwagaji damu; kuenezwa ulimwenguni kote kwa yale yale mafundisho yaliyosababisha Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa—vyote vinaelekea kuuhusisha ulimwengu mzima katika mapambano yanayofanana na yale yaliyotikisa Ufaransa." Elimu, 227, 228.

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

Mtu yeyote makini anapaswa kujiuliza nini kinaendelea katika mikutano kama ule uliofanyika hivi karibuni huko Davos, ambako wanaume huwasilisha mipango yao kwa ajili ya sayari Dunia bila kuzingatia hata kidogo wakazi wengine wote wa dunia? Ni siri gani zilijadiliwa huko? Bila shaka, Davos ni mojawapo tu ya mikutano kadhaa ya siri iliyo ya watu wachache waliochaguliwa ya mabilionea wa dunia, wanabenki, wanasiasa mafisadi na wanaume wenye upotovu wa maadili wanaoibuni mipango yao mikubwa kwa ajili ya sayari Dunia.

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

Katika siku hizi za mwisho, kunaibuka uzushi wa ajabu na nadharia za kibinadamu ambazo Mungu ametangaza kwamba zitavunjwa vipande vipande. Roho ya tamaa imewaongoza watu kutafuta faida za kidunia, na kwa ubadhirifu na maonyesho ya fahari wamejaribu kuficha matendo yao maovu waliyoyafanya ili kufikia lengo lao. Watu wanaoshika nyadhifa za juu za uaminifu wamedhihirisha tamaa hii isiyo halali ya kupata faida; wamefanya ushurutishaji na uporaji, na wameridhisha matamanio maovu ya mioyo yao, hadi miji yetu imeharibika kwa sababu ya uovu wao. Mungu ametangaza kwamba atafichua kazi hizi za udanganyifu na uporaji kwa matendo yao wenyewe. Katika baadhi ya matukio hukumu za Mungu tayari zimeanguka kwa uzito juu ya miji hii.

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

"Isaya 8:8-12 imenukuliwa." Review and Herald, Julai 18, 1907.

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

Miji imeharibika kwa ufisadi, kama ilivyotabiriwa katika kifungu kilichotangulia, na ufisadi huo unasababishwa na muungano mwovu wa Isaya sura ya nane. Miji hiyo imeharibishwa na "watu wanaoshika nyadhifa za juu za kuaminiwa" ambao "wamefunua" "tamaa yao isiyo halali ya kupata faida." Miji hiyo iliyoharibika kwa ufisadi huonekana kwa urahisi katika majimbo ambayo Mawanasheria Wakuu wao wamechaguliwa kwa fedha za wanakomunisti kama George Soros. Huo unaonekana wakati sheria zilizowekwa hazitekelezwi na wanasiasa waliofisidika huko Washington, DC. Unaonekana pia kupitia sheria zinazotumiwa tu dhidi ya wale walio upande mwingine wa wigo wa kisiasa, kama inavyoonyeshwa na watu kama Nancy Pelosi na Adam Schiff.

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

Katika kukosa na kusema uongo dhidi ya Bwana, na kugeuka mbali na Mungu wetu, tukisema dhuluma na uasi, tukitunga na kutamka kutoka moyoni maneno ya uongo. Na hukumu imegeuzwa nyuma, na haki imesimama mbali; kwa maana kweli imeanguka njiani, na unyofu hauwezi kuingia. Naam, kweli imekosekana; naye ajiepushaye na uovu hujifanya kuwa mawindo; na Bwana akaona, likawa baya machoni pake, kwamba hapana hukumu. Isaya 59:13-15.

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

Katika kifungu kilichotangulia kutoka Review and Herald, wanaume wanaoshikilia nyadhifa za juu za kuaminika wanatajwa kuwa wanasiasa waliopotoka, ambao mseto wao wa uwekezaji wa Wall Street kila mara huzidi mapato bora zaidi yanayowezekana, kwa sababu ya kazi yao ya kibunge ya kuhalalisha “biashara ya ndani” kwa ajili yao wenyewe, na si kwa mtu mwingine yeyote. Kagua historia ya Martha Stewart. Miji iliyotajwa katika kifungu imeharibika kwa uovu wake, na hili linaonekana wazi zaidi katika miji na majimbo yanayoongozwa na Wanademokrasia wa utandawazi.

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

Muungano mwovu katika siku za mwisho unaundwa na joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo, na mnyama na nabii wa uongo wana sifa zao za kinabii zenye uovu, lakini sifa ambazo zinaonekana wazi sana katika utandawazi wa kiliberali ni sifa za joka.

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

Ufunuo 17:13-14 imenukuliwa. ‘Hawa wana nia moja.’ Kutakuwa na mshikamano wa ulimwengu wote, maelewano makuu, muungano wa majeshi ya Shetani. ‘Nao watampa yule mnyama mamlaka yao na nguvu zao.’ Hivyo ndivyo inavyodhihirika ile ile mamlaka ya kiholela na ya kukandamiza dhidi ya uhuru wa kidini, uhuru wa kumwabudu Mungu kulingana na miongozo ya dhamiri, kama ilivyodhihirishwa na Upapa, hapo zamani ulipowatesa wale waliothubutu kukataa kufuata taratibu na sherehe za kidini za Ukatoliki wa Kirumi.

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

"Katika vita vitakavyopiganwa katika siku za mwisho, nguvu zote potovu zilizoacha utii kwa sheria ya Yehova zitaungana kupinga watu wa Mungu. Katika vita hivi, Sabato ya amri ya nne itakuwa kiini kikuu cha mzozo; kwa maana katika amri ya Sabato, Mtoa Sheria Mkuu anajitambulisha kuwa Muumba wa mbingu na nchi." Maelezo ya Biblia ya Waadventista Wasabato, 983.

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

Tutazingatia sifa za kinabii za mnyama na Uprotestanti ulioasi katika makala zifuatazo. Ni muhimu kutambua kile kilichofunuliwa kuhusu ni chama gani cha siasa kinachochukua uongozi na kuvuta kamba nyuma ya pazia katika utekelezaji wa sheria ya Jumapili. Bila shaka, vyama vyote viwili (Democrat na Republican) huungana katika suala la sheria ya Jumapili, kama vile Mafarisayo na Masadukayo walivyofanya msalabani, lakini hakuna sababu ya kuhalalisha kupendekeza kwamba jina la Mprotestanti au Mprotestanti aliyeasi linaweza kuhusishwa na chama cha Democratic, maana ni waziwazi kwamba ni nguvu ya joka.

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

Historia ya kutiwa muhuri kwa wale elfu mia na arobaini na nne ndiyo historia ambapo muungano mwovu wa sura ya nane ya Isaya unatambuliwa. Historia hiyo ilianza tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, wakati rais wa nne, Bush wa pili, alipokuwa madarakani. Katika historia hiyo rais wa sita angefika mwaka 2016, naye angeuamsha (kuuchochea) ufalme wote wa Uyunani, kwa kuwa angeiamsha dunia kuhusu mapambano kati ya nguvu ya joka na Uprotestanti uliopotoka ambao unatekeleza kazi ya kumrudisha yule mnyama kwenye kiti cha enzi cha dunia.

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

Chuki ya kipofu, isiyo na sababu dhidi ya Trump, inatambuliwa na wengi kama aina ya wazimu, kwa kuwa imejikita katika udanganyifu na mantiki isiyo na busara. Ulimwengu unajaribu kufafanua chuki isiyoweza kuhalalishwa dhidi ya Trump, lakini ukweli ni kwamba si wazimu wa kawaida wa kibinadamu kwa upande wa wafuasi wa utandawazi, bali ni udhihirisho wa kimiujiza wa utimilifu wa unabii katika historia ya kutiwa muhuri kwa wale laki moja na elfu arobaini na nne.

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

Laiti watu wa Mungu wangekuwa na ufahamu wa uharibifu unaokaribia wa maelfu ya miji, ambayo sasa karibu yote yamejitolea katika ibada ya sanamu! Lakini wengi wa wale ambao walipaswa kutangaza ukweli wanawashitaki na kuwahukumu ndugu zao. Wakati nguvu ya uongofu ya Mungu inapokuja juu ya mioyo, kutakuwa na mabadiliko ya dhahiri. Watu hawatakuwa na mwelekeo wa kukosoa na kubomoa. Hawatasimama katika nafasi inayozuia nuru kuangaza ulimwenguni. Ukosoaji wao na mashtaka yao vitakoma. Nguvu za adui zinajipanga kwa vita. Mapambano makali yako mbele yetu. Shikamaneni, ndugu zangu na dada zangu, shikamaneni. Fungamaneni na Kristo. 'Msiite, “Muungano,” ... wala msiogope hofu yao, wala msitishwe. Mtakaseni Bwana wa majeshi yeye mwenyewe; na yeye na awe hofu yenu, na yeye na awe kicho chenu. Naye atakuwa mahali patakatifu; bali atakuwa jiwe la kujikwaza na mwamba wa kukwaza kwa nyumba zote mbili za Israeli, atakuwa mtego na tanzi kwa wakazi wa Yerusalemu. Na wengi miongoni mwao watajikwaa, na kuanguka, na kuvunjika, na kunaswa, na kukamatwa.'

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

Dunia ni jukwaa. Waigizaji, yaani wakazi wake, wanajiandaa kuigiza sehemu yao katika tamthilia kuu ya mwisho. Mungu amesahaulika. Kwa makundi makubwa ya wanadamu hakuna umoja, isipokuwa pale watu wanapoungana ili kutimiza makusudi yao ya ubinafsi. Mungu anatazama. Makusudi yake kuhusu waasi wake yatatimia. Ulimwengu haujakabidhiwa mikononi mwa wanadamu, ijapokuwa Mungu anaruhusu vipengele vya mkanganyiko na machafuko vitawale kwa muda. Nguvu kutoka chini inafanya kazi kuleta matukio makuu ya mwisho katika tamthilia - Shetani akija kama Kristo, na akifanya kazi kwa madanganyo yote ya udhalimu miongoni mwa wale wanaojifunga pamoja katika vyama vya siri. Wale wanaojisalimisha kwa hamu ya kuunda miungano wanatekeleza mipango ya adui. Sababu itafuatwa na athari.

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

"Uasi umekaribia kufikia kikomo chake. Mkanganyiko umejaza dunia, na hofu kuu hivi karibuni itawapata wanadamu. Mwisho umekaribia sana. Sisi tunaojua ukweli tunapaswa kujiandaa kwa kile kinachokaribia kuikumba dunia kama mshangao mkubwa mno." Review and Herald, Septemba 10, 1903.

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

Uislamu wa ole la tatu uko karibu kushambulia "maelfu ya miji" na Uadventista wa Laodikia hauna ufahamu wa uharibifu unaokaribia kutokea. Katika kipindi ambacho muungano mwovu wa Isaya unatimiza kazi yake, kuna "nguvu kutoka chini" ya kishetani inayofanya kazi "kuleta matukio makuu ya mwisho katika tamthilia," na mambo haya yanakuja kama "mshangao mkubwa mno." Wazimu unaoelekezwa dhidi ya Trump unasababishwa na nguvu kutoka chini. Ni sehemu ya matukio ya mwisho ya historia ya dunia.

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

Hili halipaswi kueleweka kama uungaji mkono kwa Trump; ni Neno la Mungu tu, ambalo halishindwi kamwe. Wakati wa kutiwa muhuri kwa elfu mia moja arobaini na nne, Mungu anamimina nguvu Zake kutoka juu, ilhali Shetani anatumia nguvu zake kutoka chini.

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

Ili tupate kuwa na roho na nguvu za ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu, ni lazima tuwasilishe sheria na injili pamoja, kwa kuwa huenda mkono kwa mkono. Kama vile nguvu kutoka chini inavyowachochea wana wa uasi kuitangua sheria ya Mungu, na kukanyaga ukweli kwamba Kristo ndiye haki yetu, ndivyo nguvu kutoka juu inavyofanya kazi juu ya mioyo ya wale waaminifu, ili kuitukuza sheria, na kumwinua Yesu kama Mwokozi kamili. Isipokuwa nguvu ya kiungu iletwe katika uzoefu wa watu wa Mungu, nadharia na mawazo ya uongo yataziteka akili mateka, Kristo na haki yake wataachwa nje ya uzoefu wa wengi, na imani yao itakuwa bila nguvu wala uhai. Wafanyakazi wa Injili, 161.

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

Dhihirisho la nguvu za Shetani linalotokea kabla ya, na kuelekea, sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, ni kielelezo cha tendo la kilele la nguvu za Shetani linalotokea wakati wa sheria hiyo ya Jumapili.

“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.

"Kwa amri inayolazimisha utekelezwaji wa taasisi ya Upapa, kinyume na sheria ya Mungu, taifa letu litajitenga kikamilifu na uadilifu. Wakati Uprotestanti utakaponyosha mkono wake kuvuka pengo kushika mkono wa mamlaka ya Kirumi, na utakapovuka shimo kuu kushikana mikono na Uspiritizimu, wakati, chini ya ushawishi wa muungano huu wa mara tatu, nchi yetu itakapoikana kila kanuni ya Katiba yake kama serikali ya Kiprotestanti na ya kijamhuri, na itakapoweka utaratibu wa kueneza uongo na udanganyifu wa kipapa, ndipo tutajua kwamba wakati umefika wa utendaji wa ajabu wa Shetani na kwamba mwisho umekaribia." Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 5, 451.

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

Msukumo ambao kwa sasa unakuja kutoka chini, na unaojidhihirisha katika matendo ya wawakilishi wa joka wanaoegemea utandawazi nchini Marekani, utarudiwa katika mataifa ya dunia baada ya sheria ya Jumapili kufika. Hata sasa, mataifa ya dunia yanadhihirisha wazimu uleule wa kimaajabu kuhusu Trump.

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

"Mataifa ya kigeni yatafuata mfano wa Marekani. Ijapokuwa yeye ndiye anayeongoza, mgogoro uleule utawapata watu wetu katika sehemu zote za dunia." Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 6, 395.

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

Kile ambacho Warepublikani wa Marekani wanaeleza kuwa ni wazimu upande wa Wademokrasia katika upinzani wao usio wa kimantiki dhidi ya Trump, kwa kweli ni dhihirisho lisilo la asili la nguvu za kishetani linalotimiza Danieli sura ya kumi na moja, mstari wa pili. Trump, rais wa sita tangu wakati wa mwisho mwaka 1989, alipaswa “kuwachochea” (kuwaamsha) wafuasi wa utandawazi wa kisoshalisti wa ulimwengu mzima. Chuki dhidi yake si ya asili, na inaashiria mapema dhihirisho la nguvu za kishetani litakalokuja kwa ukubwa zaidi wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokaribia kuja.

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

Udhihirisho wa nguvu kutoka chini, kwa mujibu wa marejeo ya Dada White, hutokea wakati wa muungano mwovu ambao Isaya anaonya kuuhusu katika sura ya nane, na katika kipindi hicho kutiwa muhuri kwa watu wa Mungu kunafanyika.

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

Funga ushuhuda, tia muhuri sheria miongoni mwa wanafunzi wangu. Isaya 8:16.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

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

Maonyesho ya kutisha ya asili isiyo ya kawaida yatadhihirishwa hivi karibuni mbinguni, kuwa ishara ya nguvu za mapepo wafanyao miujiza. Roho za mashetani zitatoka kwenda kwa wafalme wa dunia na kwa ulimwengu wote, ili kuwafunga katika udanganyifu, na kuwachochea waungane na Shetani katika pambano lake la mwisho dhidi ya serikali ya mbinguni. Kwa njia hizi, watawala na watawaliwa watadanganywa vivyo hivyo. Watu watajitokeza wakijifanya kuwa Kristo Mwenyewe, na kudai cheo na ibada vinavyomstahili Mkombozi wa ulimwengu. Watatenda miujiza ya ajabu ya uponyaji na watadai kuwa na ufunuo kutoka mbinguni unaopingana na ushuhuda wa Maandiko.

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

Kama tendo la kilele katika igizo kuu la udanganyifu, Shetani mwenyewe atajifanya Kristo. Kanisa kwa muda mrefu limedai kutazamia ujio wa Mwokozi kama utimilifu wa matumaini yake. Sasa mdanganyifu mkuu atafanya ionekane kana kwamba Kristo amekuja. Katika sehemu mbalimbali za dunia, Shetani atajidhihirisha miongoni mwa wanadamu kama kiumbe wa kifalme mwenye mwangaza wa kupofusha macho, akifanana na maelezo ya Mwana wa Mungu yaliyotolewa na Yohana katika Ufunuo. Ufunuo 1:13-15. Utukufu unaomzunguka hauna kifani kwa chochote ambacho macho ya wanadamu yamewahi kukiona. Mlio wa ushindi unasikika hewani: ‘Kristo amekuja! Kristo amekuja!’ Watu wanaanguka kifudifudi kwa kumwabudu mbele yake, naye huinua mikono yake na kutamka baraka juu yao, kama vile Kristo alivyowabariki wanafunzi Wake alipokuwa duniani. Sauti yake ni laini na tulivu, lakini imejaa mvuto wa kupendeza. Kwa sauti za upole na huruma anawasilisha baadhi ya zile zile kweli za neema za mbinguni ambazo Mwokozi alizinena; anaponya maradhi ya watu, kisha, katika kujifanya kuwa Kristo, anadai kuwa amebadilisha Sabato iwe Jumapili, na anaamuru wote waitakase siku ambayo ameibariki. Anatangaza kwamba wale wanaoendelea kuitunza takatifu siku ya saba wanakufuru jina lake kwa kukataa kuwasikiliza malaika wake waliotumwa kwao wakiwa na nuru na kweli. Huu ni udanganyifu wenye nguvu, karibu usioweza kuzuilika. Kama Wasamaria waliodanganywa na Simoni Mchawi, makutano, wadogo kwa wakubwa, wanatoa sikio kwa uchawi huu, wakisema: Huyu ndiye ‘nguvu kuu ya Mungu.’ Matendo 8:10.

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

Lakini watu wa Mungu hawatapotoshwa. Mafundisho ya Kristo huyu wa uongo hayalingani na Maandiko Matakatifu. Baraka yake hutamkwa juu ya waabudu wa mnyama na sanamu yake, ndilo kundi ambalo Biblia yatangaza kwamba ghadhabu ya Mungu isiyochanganywa itamiminwa juu yao. Pambano Kuu, 624, 625.