The book The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, was written by Malachi Martin, and it was first published in 1990. Martin examines the role of Pope John Paul II as a transformative figure in global politics and diplomacy during the latter half of the 20th century. He discusses the Pope’s role in the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. The book presents a Catholic perspective of the dynamics that brought about the fulfillment of verse forty of Daniel eleven, at the time of the end in 1989.

Kitabu The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, kiliandikwa na Malachi Martin, na kilichapishwa kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 1990. Martin anachunguza nafasi ya Papa Yohane Paulo II kama mtu wa mabadiliko makubwa katika siasa na diplomasia ya kimataifa katika nusu ya pili ya karne ya 20. Anajadili nafasi ya Papa katika kuanguka kwa Ukomunisti katika Ulaya ya Mashariki. Kitabu hiki kinawasilisha mtazamo wa Kikatoliki kuhusu mienendo iliyoleta utimilifu wa aya ya arobaini ya Danieli kumi na moja, wakati wa mwisho mwaka 1989.

Martin analyzes the internal dynamics of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, particularly focusing on Gorbachev’s policies of “glasnost” (openness) and “perestroika” (restructuring). He discusses the challenges facing the Soviet Union and Gorbachev’s attempts to reform the Communist system. He explores the geopolitical tensions and power struggles between the Soviet Union (the king of the south—the dragon), the Catholic Church (the king of the north—the beast), and what he calls the capitalist West (the king of the north’s proxy army—the false prophet). He discusses the ideological conflicts, espionage, and covert operations that characterized the Cold War era and examines the efforts of various actors to shape the future of the world.

Martin anachambua mienendo ya ndani ya Umoja wa Kisovyeti chini ya uongozi wa Mikhail Gorbachev, hasa akizingatia sera za Gorbachev za "glasnost" (uwazi) na "perestroika" (uundaji upya). Anajadili changamoto zinazoikabili Umoja wa Kisovyeti na juhudi za Gorbachev za kurekebisha mfumo wa Kikomunisti. Anachunguza mivutano ya kijiopolitiki na mapambano ya madaraka kati ya Umoja wa Kisovyeti (mfalme wa kusini—joka), Kanisa Katoliki (mfalme wa kaskazini—mnyama), na anachokiita Magharibi ya kibepari (jeshi la kibaraka la mfalme wa kaskazini—nabii wa uongo). Anajadili migongano ya kiitikadi, ujasusi, na operesheni za siri zilizotambulisha kipindi cha Vita Baridi na anachunguza juhudi za wahusika mbalimbali kuunda mustakabali wa dunia.

Martin emphasizes the significance of Catholicism as a force in global politics and diplomacy. He argues that the Catholic Church, under the leadership of Pope John Paul II, played a pivotal role in shaping the course of history during this period and influencing the outcome of the Cold War. He places John Pauls’ influence in the context of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, and identifies the influence of Fatima upon global events and the Catholic Church’s role in shaping the course of history. Martin suggests that the events at Fatima hold significant prophetic and geopolitical implications, particularly in the context of the Cold War era.

Martin anasisitiza umuhimu wa Ukatoliki kama nguvu katika siasa na diplomasia za kimataifa. Anadai kwamba Kanisa Katoliki, chini ya uongozi wa Papa Yohane Paulo wa Pili, lilikuwa na jukumu la msingi katika kuunda mwelekeo wa historia katika kipindi hiki na kuathiri matokeo ya Vita Baridi. Anaweka ushawishi wa Yohane Paulo wa Pili katika muktadha wa maono ya Bikira Maria huko Fatima, Ureno, na kubainisha athari za Fatima kwa matukio ya kimataifa na nafasi ya Kanisa Katoliki katika kuunda mwelekeo wa historia. Martin anapendekeza kwamba matukio ya Fatima yana athari kubwa za kimaunabii na kijiopolitiki, hasa katika muktadha wa enzi ya Vita Baridi.

Martin explores the three secrets of Fatima, which were allegedly revealed by the Virgin Mary to three young shepherd children in Fatima in 1917. He suggests that the third secret, which was initially kept secret by the Vatican and only revealed in 2000, contained apocalyptic warnings about the future of the Catholic Church and the world. Martin argues that the events at Fatima, including the apparitions and the messages conveyed by the Virgin Mary, had significant implications for global politics and the struggle between communism and capitalism during the Cold War era.

Martin anachunguza siri tatu za Fatima, ambazo zilidaiwa kufunuliwa na Bikira Maria kwa watoto watatu wachungaji wadogo huko Fatima mwaka 1917. Anapendekeza kwamba siri ya tatu, ambayo awali ilifichwa na Vatikani na ikafichuliwa tu mwaka 2000, ilikuwa na maonyo ya kiapokaliptiki kuhusu mustakabali wa Kanisa Katoliki na dunia. Martin anahoji kwamba matukio ya Fatima, yakiwemo mionekano na ujumbe uliowasilishwa na Bikira Maria, yalikuwa na athari kubwa kwa siasa za dunia na mapambano kati ya ukomunisti na ubepari katika enzi ya Vita Baridi.

Martin highlights the role of Pope John Paul II as a key figure in the fulfillment of the prophecies of Fatima. He suggests that John Paul II saw himself as the “bishop in white” mentioned in the third secret of Fatima and that he viewed his papacy as a mission to confront the forces of evil and promote spiritual renewal within the Catholic Church and society at large.

Martin anasisitiza jukumu la Papa Yohane Paulo wa Pili kama mhusika muhimu katika kutimia kwa unabii wa Fatima. Anapendekeza kwamba Yohane Paulo wa Pili alijiona kuwa “askofu aliyevaa nyeupe” aliyotajwa katika siri ya tatu ya Fatima na kwamba aliutazama upapa wake kama utume wa kukabiliana na nguvu za uovu na kukuza upya wa kiroho ndani ya Kanisa Katoliki na jamii kwa ujumla.

Martin suggests that the messages of Fatima emphasized the importance of spiritual warfare and the need for the Catholic Church to confront the forces of evil, both within and outside the Church. He argues that the events at Fatima provided a spiritual and moral framework for understanding and addressing the challenges facing humanity in the modern world. The Fatima messages represent the satanic message which conditions Catholicism to accept Satan as Christ, when he “personates” Christ at the soon coming Sunday law.

Martin anapendekeza kwamba ujumbe wa Fatima ulisisitiza umuhimu wa vita vya kiroho na haja ya Kanisa Katoliki kukabiliana na nguvu za uovu, ndani ya Kanisa na nje yake. Anahoji kwamba matukio ya Fatima yalitoa mfumo wa kiroho na wa maadili wa kuelewa na kushughulikia changamoto zinazoukabili ubinadamu katika dunia ya kisasa. Ujumbe wa Fatima unawakilisha ujumbe wa kishetani unaouandaa Ukatoliki kuukubali Shetani kama Kristo, atakapomwigiza Kristo wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni.

“Satan will work 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.

Shetani atafanya miujiza ili kuwadanganya wale wanaokaa duniani. Uspiritismu utafanya kazi yake kwa kuiga wafu. Makundi ya kidini yanayokataa kusikia maonyo ya Mungu yatakuwa chini ya udanganyifu mkubwa, na yataungana na mamlaka ya kiraia ili kuwatesa watakatifu. Makanisa ya Kiprotestanti yataungana na mamlaka ya kipapa katika kuwatesa watu wa Mungu wanaoshika amri. Hii ndiyo nguvu inayounda mfumo mkubwa wa mateso, utakaotekeleza udhalimu wa kiroho juu ya dhamiri za wanadamu.

“‘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.

"Alikuwa na pembe mbili mfano wa Mwanakondoo, akanena kama joka." Ijapokuwa wanadai kuwa wafuasi wa Mwanakondoo wa Mungu, watu hujazwa roho ya joka. Wanadai kuwa wapole na wanyenyekevu, lakini husema na kutunga sheria kwa roho ya Shetani, wakionyesha kwa matendo yao kwamba ni kinyume cha kile wanachodai kuwa. Nguvu hii yenye mfano wa Mwanakondoo huungana na joka kufanya vita dhidi ya wale waishikao amri za Mungu na walio na ushuhuda wa Yesu Kristo. Naye Shetani huungana na Waprotestanti na Wakatoliki, akishirikiana nao kama mungu wa dunia hii, akiwaamulia watu kana kwamba ni raia wa ufalme wake, ili washughulikiwe, watawaliwe, na kudhibitiwe apendavyo.

“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.

Ikiwa watu hawatakubali kukanyaga chini amri za Mungu, roho ya joka hufunuliwa. Wanafungwa, wanafikishwa mbele ya mabaraza, na kutozwa faini. ‘Awasababisha wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa, matajiri na maskini, walio huru na watumwa, wapokee chapa katika mkono wao wa kuume, au katika vipaji vya nyuso zao’ [Ufunuo 13:16]. ‘Alikuwa na uwezo wa kuipa uhai sanamu ya mnyama, ili sanamu ya mnyama inene, na kusababisha kwamba wote wasioiabudu sanamu ya mnyama wauawe’ [aya 15]. Hivyo Shetani anapora mamlaka za pekee za Yehova. Yule mtu wa dhambi anaketi katika kiti cha Mungu, akijitangaza kuwa Mungu, na kutenda kana kwamba yuko juu ya Mungu.” Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 14, ukurasa 162.

Antichrist is a symbol of both the pope of Rome, and Satan, for the pope of Rome is Satan’s earthly representative. “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.” Satan intends to so control the world when he takes control that he will dictate “to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.” In order to have a religious throne to rule from He created the Catholic Church, and in order to have a political throne to rule from he created the United Nations.

Mpinga Kristo ni ishara ya wote wawili, yaani Papa wa Roma na Shetani, kwa kuwa Papa wa Roma ndiye mwakilishi wa Shetani hapa duniani. “Hivyo Shetani anapora mamlaka za kipekee za Yehova. Mtu wa dhambi anaketi katika kiti cha Mungu, akijitangaza kuwa Mungu, na akitenda kana kwamba yuko juu ya Mungu.” Shetani anakusudia kwamba, atakapochukua madaraka, ataudhibiti ulimwengu kiasi kwamba atawamulia watu “kana kwamba wao ni raia wa ufalme wake, washughulikiwe, watawaliwe na wadhibitiwe apendavyo.” Ili awe na kiti cha dini cha kutawalia, aliumba Kanisa Katoliki, na ili awe na kiti cha kisiasa cha kutawalia, akaumba Umoja wa Mataifa.

“This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of ‘the man of sin’ foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God. That gigantic system of false religion is a masterpiece of Satan’s power—a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will.” The Great Controversy, 50.

"Muafaka huu kati ya upagani na Ukristo ulisababisha kuibuka kwa 'mtu wa dhambi' aliyetabiriwa katika unabii kama anayempinga na kujiinua juu ya Mungu. Mfumo huo mkubwa mno wa dini ya uongo ni kazi bora ya uwezo wa Shetani—mnara wa juhudi zake za kujikalisha juu ya kiti cha enzi ili kuitawala dunia kulingana na mapenzi yake." Pambano Kuu, 50.

The miracle of Fatima, and its satanic prophecy is what Satan has employed to prepare a prophetic setting that allows Catholicism to quickly surrender their church into His control, when he appears, and personates Christ. His personation of Christ begins at the soon coming Sunday law, represented in verse sixteen, verse twenty-two, verse thirty-one and verse forty-one of Daniel chapter eleven.

Muujiza wa Fatima, na unabii wake wa kishetani, ndicho ambacho Shetani ametumia kuandaa mazingira ya kinabii yanayoruhusu Wakatoliki kukabidhi haraka kanisa lao chini ya udhibiti wake, atakapojitokeza na kujifanya kuwa Kristo. Kujifanya kwake kuwa Kristo kunaanza katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja karibuni, iliyowakilishwa katika aya ya kumi na sita, aya ya ishirini na mbili, aya ya thelathini na moja na aya ya arobaini na moja za Kitabu cha Danieli, sura ya kumi na moja.

“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.

At the Sunday law in the United States, the “time has come for the marvelous working of Satan.” In Revelation chapter thirteen, verse eleven, the United States “speaks” as a dragon, and then in verse thirteen, which is simply identifying what happens when the United States “speaks,” by passing the Sunday law, Satan appears to call fire down out of heaven.

Wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani, “wakati umefika wa kazi ya ajabu ya Shetani.” Katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tatu, aya ya kumi na moja, Marekani “inanena” kama joka, na kisha katika aya ya kumi na tatu, ambayo inabainisha tu kile kinachotokea wakati Marekani “inanena,” kwa kupitisha sheria ya Jumapili, Shetani anaonekana kushusha moto kutoka mbinguni.

“Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan also works, with lying wonders, even bringing down fire from heaven in the sight of men. Revelation 13:13. Thus the inhabitants of the earth will be brought to take their stand.” The Great Controversy, 611, 612.

"Watumishi wa Mungu, nyuso zao zikiwa zimejaa mwanga na kung'aa kwa kuwekwa wakfu kitakatifu, wataenda kwa haraka kutoka sehemu moja hadi nyingine kutangaza ujumbe kutoka mbinguni. Kwa maelfu ya sauti, kote duniani, onyo litatolewa. Miujiza itatendeka, wagonjwa wataponywa, na ishara na maajabu yataandamana na waaminio. Shetani naye atafanya kazi, kwa maajabu ya uongo, hata kushusha moto kutoka mbinguni machoni pa watu. Ufunuo 13:13. Hivyo wakazi wa dunia wataletwa kuchukua msimamo wao." Pambano Kuu, 611, 612.

The messages of Fatima were confirmed by a miracle that was testified to by the atheistic government newspapers that attended the event in order to refute the claims that had been made about the so-called Virgin Mary visiting the three children on the thirteenth day of the month from May until the miracle on October 13, 1917. Every atheistic news organization that was at Fatima at the time of the miracle confirmed the event. It was a genuine miracle (of Satan).

Ujumbe wa Fatima ulithibitishwa na muujiza ambao ulishuhudiwa na magazeti ya serikali isiyoamini Mungu yaliyohudhuria tukio hilo ili kupinga madai yaliyokuwa yamefanywa kuhusu kile kinachoitwa Bikira Maria kuwajia watoto wale watatu katika siku ya kumi na tatu ya kila mwezi kuanzia Mei hadi muujiza wa Oktoba 13, 1917. Kila shirika la habari lisiloamini Mungu lililokuwa Fatima wakati wa muujiza huo lilithibitisha tukio hilo. Ulikuwa muujiza wa kweli (wa Shetani).

As Malachi Martin identified in his book, Pope John Paul was guided by his devotion to Mary of Fatima. The secret prophecy of Fatima, that was not revealed until the year 2000, was of course a satanic prophecy, but in the last days Jesus repeats the first days. The oldest book in the Bible, the first book that Moses wrote is the book of Job, and it identifies that Job, who represents the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for all the prophecies are fulfilled most perfectly in the last days. Satan, in the story of Job, is allowed to bring death and destruction upon Job, for the purpose of testing Job. The miracles that Satan is allowed to accomplish in the last days, are genuine miracles. They are satanic miracles, but God has allowed Satan to accomplish his crowning act, for the same purpose that he allowed Satan to test Job.

Kama Malachi Martin alivyobainisha katika kitabu chake, Papa Yohane Paulo aliongozwa na ibada yake kwa Maria wa Fatima. Unabii wa siri wa Fatima, ambao haukufunuliwa hadi mwaka 2000, bila shaka ulikuwa unabii wa kishetani, lakini katika siku za mwisho Yesu hurudia siku za kwanza. Kitabu cha zamani zaidi katika Biblia, kitabu cha kwanza alichoandika Musa, ni kitabu cha Ayubu, na kinaonyesha kwamba Ayubu, ambaye anawakilisha wale mia arobaini na nne elfu, kwani unabii wote hutimizwa kwa ukamilifu mkubwa zaidi katika siku za mwisho. Shetani, katika simulizi ya Ayubu, anaruhusiwa kumletea Ayubu mauti na uharibifu, kwa kusudi la kumjaribu Ayubu. Miujiza ambayo Shetani anaruhusiwa kuifanya katika siku za mwisho ni miujiza ya kweli. Ni miujiza ya kishetani, lakini Mungu amemruhusu Shetani atimize tendo lake la kilele, kwa kusudi lilelile alilomruhusu Shetani amjaribu Ayubu.

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

Wengi hujitahidi kueleza maonyesho ya kiroho kwa kuyahusisha kabisa na udanganyifu na ujanja wa mikono wa mpatanishi. Lakini ingawa ni kweli kwamba matokeo ya hila mara nyingi yamewasilishwa kana kwamba ni maonyesho halisi, kumekuwapo pia maonyesho dhahiri ya nguvu zilizo juu ya asili. Mapigo ya kubisha ya fumbo ambayo ndiyo mwanzo wa uspiritizimu wa kisasa hayakuwa matokeo ya ujanja au hila za kibinadamu, bali yalikuwa kazi ya moja kwa moja ya malaika waovu, ambao kwa njia hiyo walitambulisha mojawapo ya udanganyifu wenye mafanikio makubwa zaidi wa kuangamiza roho. Wengi watanaswa kwa kuamini kwamba uspiritizimu ni udanganyifu wa kibinadamu tu; watakapokabiliwa uso kwa uso na maonyesho ambayo hawawezi ila kuyaona kuwa ya juu ya asili, watadanganywa, nao wataongozwa kuyakubali kuwa ndiyo nguvu kuu ya Mungu.

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

Watu hawa hupuuzia ushuhuda wa Maandiko kuhusu maajabu yaliyofanywa na Shetani na mawakala wake. Ni kwa msaada wa kishetani ndipo wachawi wa Farao waliweza kuiga kazi ya Mungu. Paulo anashuhudia kwamba kabla ya ujio wa pili wa Kristo kutakuwa na maonyesho yanayofanana ya nguvu za kishetani. Kuja kwa Bwana kutatanguliwa na ‘kazi ya Shetani kwa uwezo wote, na ishara na maajabu ya uongo, na kwa udanganyifu wote wa udhalimu.’ 2 Wathesalonike 2:9, 10. Naye mtume Yohana, akielezea nguvu za kutenda miujiza zitakazoonekana siku za mwisho, anatangaza: ‘Hutenda maajabu makuu, hata hushusha moto kutoka mbinguni mpaka duniani machoni pa watu, naye huwadanganya wakaao juu ya nchi kwa miujiza ile aliyokuwa na uwezo wa kuifanya.’ Ufunuo 13:13, 14. Si udanganyifu wa kawaida tu uliotabiriwa hapa. Watu hudanganywa na miujiza ambayo mawakala wa Shetani wana uwezo wa kuifanya, si ile wanayojifanya kuifanya. Pambano Kuu, 553.

The messages of Fatima in Malachi Martin’s book are represented as the prophetic structure of Catholicism in the last days, in relation to an internal struggle within the church, that can be represented as either the good pope versus the bad pope, or the conservative pope versus the liberal pope. The conservative, and according to Martin’s reading of the miracle, the good pope, bases his understanding upon the First Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, which took place from December 8, 1869 to July 20, 1870, convened by Pope Pius IX and primarily focused on defining the dogma of papal infallibility and addressing various theological and doctrinal issues facing the Catholic Church at the time. The Second Vatican Council, commonly known as Vatican II, was held much later, from October 11, 1962 to December 8, 1965. It was convened by Pope John XXIII and continued by Pope Paul VI after John XXIII’s death.

Ujumbe wa Fatima katika kitabu cha Malachi Martin umewasilishwa kama muundo wa kinabii wa Ukatoliki katika siku za mwisho, kuhusiana na mapambano ya ndani ndani ya Kanisa, ambayo yanaweza kuwakilishwa kama aidha Papa mwema dhidi ya Papa mbaya, au Papa wa kihafidhina dhidi ya Papa wa kiliberali. Yule wa kihafidhina, ambaye kwa mujibu wa tafsiri ya Martin ya muujiza huo ndiye Papa mwema, anategemeza uelewa wake juu ya Mtaguso wa Kwanza wa Vatikano, unaojulikana pia kama Vatikano I, uliofanyika kuanzia Desemba 8, 1869 hadi Julai 20, 1870, uliitishwa na Papa Pius IX na uliolenga hasa kufafanua dogma ya kutokosea kwa Papa na kushughulikia masuala mbalimbali ya kiteolojia na kimafundisho yaliyokuwa yakilikabili Kanisa Katoliki wakati huo. Mtaguso wa Pili wa Vatikano, unaojulikana kwa kawaida kama Vatikano II, ulifanyika baadaye sana, kuanzia Oktoba 11, 1962 hadi Desemba 8, 1965. Uliitishwa na Papa John XXIII na ukaendelezwa na Papa Paul VI baada ya kifo cha John XXIII.

The last days of Catholicism, as Martin expressed it, identifies the struggle between the infallibility and primacy of the church of Rome as set forth in Vatican I, versus the liberalism that is currently on display by Francis the woke-pope, and represented in the documents of Vatican II. Martin suggests that within the struggle for these two approaches of controlling the church, the third world war breaks out, and Jesus returns, comes down to earth and places his blessing upon the good pope and takes the throne of the Catholic church.

Siku za mwisho za Ukatoliki, kama Martin alivyolieleza, zinatambua mapambano kati ya fundisho la kutokukosea na ukuu wa Kanisa la Roma kama yalivyowekwa katika Mtaguso wa Vatikano wa Kwanza, dhidi ya uliberali unaodhihirishwa kwa sasa na Francis, papa aliye ‘woke’, na unaowakilishwa katika hati za Mtaguso wa Pili wa Vatikano. Martin anadokeza kwamba ndani ya mapambano ya mbinu hizi mbili za kuidhibiti Kanisa, Vita vya Dunia vya Tatu vinazuka, naye Yesu anarudi, anashuka duniani na kuweka baraka zake juu ya papa mwema na kuchukua kiti cha enzi cha Kanisa Katoliki.

In verses thirteen through fifteen, of Daniel eleven, the history that immediately precedes the Sunday law of verse sixteen, describes the third and final battle of the proxy wars. It is the battle that follows Putin’s victory in verses eleven and twelve, but in the middle of those three verses, verse fourteen identifies when Catholicism enters into the history of the last days.

Katika aya ya kumi na tatu hadi kumi na tano ya Danieli kumi na moja, historia inayotangulia mara moja sheria ya Jumapili ya aya ya kumi na sita inaeleza vita ya tatu na ya mwisho ya vita vya mawakala. Hiyo ndiyo vita inayofuata ushindi wa Putin katika aya ya kumi na moja na ya kumi na mbili, lakini katikati ya aya hizo tatu, aya ya kumi na nne hutambulisha wakati Ukatoliki unapoingia katika historia ya siku za mwisho.

According to Isaiah the whore of Rome is forgotten during the symbolic seventy-year reign of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The first time the papacy was enthroned upon the earth in 538, the waymark that preceded her enthronement was the decree of Justinian in 533.

Kulingana na Isaya, kahaba wa Roma husahauliwa wakati wa utawala wa mfano wa miaka sabini wa ufalme wa sita katika unabii wa Biblia. Mara ya kwanza upapa ulitawazwa duniani mwaka 538, alama ya njia iliyotangulia kutawazwa kwake ilikuwa amri ya Justinian mwaka 533.

The history surrounding Justinian’s decree identifies that Justinian sought to consolidate his control over his kingdom by bringing an end to the religious argument that had been causing turmoil in the kingdom. That argument was whether the church in Constantinople in the east, or the church in Rome in the west was the head of the so-called Christian church. In verse thirteen, the last president of the United States will be confronted with a controversy that forces him to parallel the history of Justinian, and declare that the Catholic church is the head of the churches, and the corrector of heretics, in order to establish the necessary political support to consolidate his power.

Historia inayozunguka amri ya Justinian inaonyesha kwamba Justinian alitaka kuimarisha udhibiti wake juu ya ufalme wake kwa kukomesha mabishano ya kidini yaliyokuwa yakisababisha msukosuko katika ufalme huo. Hoja hiyo ilikuwa iwapo kanisa la Konstantinopoli mashariki, au kanisa la Roma magharibi, ndilo lililokuwa kichwa cha kile kinachoitwa Kanisa la Kikristo. Katika aya ya kumi na tatu, rais wa mwisho wa Marekani atakabiliwa na mzozo utakaomlazimisha kufuata mkondo wa historia ya Justinian, na kutangaza kwamba Kanisa Katoliki ndilo kichwa cha makanisa, na mrekebishaji wa wazushi, ili kuanzisha uungwaji mkono wa kisiasa unaohitajika kuimarisha mamlaka yake.

We should not place any confidence in the satanic predictions of Fatima, but we are required to see what is revealed in God’s Word. In the beginning of the twentieth century both horns of the earth beast entered into their third generation, which is the generation of compromise. The Republican horn surrendered its financial system to the world bankers, which trace their origins back to the house of the Red Shield, the Rothschilds, and its mysterious connection with the Illuminati, Freemasonry, secret societies and the Jesuit order. Sister White directly warns of these entities. During the same period of time Laodicean Adventism, as the Protestant horn, surrendered its educational and religious institutions to the governing of the world.

Hatupaswi kuweka tumaini lolote katika utabiri wa kishetani wa Fatima, bali tunapaswa kuona yale yanayofunuliwa katika Neno la Mungu. Hapo mwanzo wa karne ya ishirini pembe zote mbili za mnyama wa nchi ziliingia katika kizazi chao cha tatu, ambacho ni kizazi cha maafikiano. Pembe ya Kirepublikani ilikabidhi mfumo wake wa kifedha kwa wabenki wa ulimwengu, ambao chimbuko lao linarejea hadi nyumba ya Ngao Nyekundu, Rothschilds, na uhusiano wake wa fumbo na Illuminati, Umasuni, jumuiya za siri na shirika la Wajesuiti. Dada White anaonya moja kwa moja kuhusu makundi haya. Katika kipindi hicho hicho Uadventista wa Laodikia, kama pembe ya Kiprotestanti, ulikabidhi taasisi zake za elimu na za kidini kwa utawala wa ulimwengu.

In that very time period, the modern king of the south begins its history with the Russian Revolution, and the modern king of the north begins its history with the miracle of Fatima. As Malachi Martin emphasizes in his book, beyond the internal struggle of the good and bad pope, the Fatima messages identified the struggle of Catholicism against atheism in general, but more specifically against the atheism of Russia. The secret that the pope in 1917 was to act upon contained the (satanic) promise, that if the pope would call a conclave and dedicate Russia to the Virgin Mary, then there would not be a second world war. It also identified that if the pope refused Russia would spread its philosophy far and wide and there would then be another world war.

Katika kipindi hicho hicho, mfalme wa kusini wa kisasa anaanza historia yake na Mapinduzi ya Urusi, na mfalme wa kaskazini wa kisasa anaanza historia yake na muujiza wa Fatima. Kama Malachi Martin anavyosisitiza katika kitabu chake, zaidi ya mapambano ya ndani ya papa mwema na papa mwovu, ujumbe wa Fatima ulitambua mapambano ya Ukatoliki dhidi ya ukanamungu kwa ujumla, lakini hasa dhidi ya ukanamungu wa Urusi. Siri ambayo papa mwaka 1917 alipaswa kuitekeleza ilikuwa na ahadi (ya kishetani) kwamba ikiwa papa angeitisha konklave na kuiweka wakfu Urusi kwa Bikira Maria, basi kusingekuwepo Vita vya Pili vya Dunia. Pia ilibainisha kwamba ikiwa papa angekataa, Urusi ingeeneza falsafa yake kwa upana na mbali na kisha kungekuwa na vita vingine vya dunia.

The second world war included the war of Catholicism against the Communism of Russia. Catholicism’s proxy army in that war was Nazi Germany. The papacy always employs proxy armies. In 1933 the Catholic church, through the work of Cardinal Pacelli, signed a concordat with Adolph Hitler that allowed Hitler to take control of Germany, and by Hitler’s own testimony, that contract (concordat), was what allowed Hitler to solve the Jewish question. The Nazi’s were the papacy’s proxy against atheistic Russia in World War II, and in the second battle of the proxy wars, now being accomplished in the Ukraine, it is being carried out by another Nazi proxy army.

Vita vya Pili vya Dunia vilijumuisha vita vya Ukatoliki dhidi ya Ukomunisti wa Urusi. Jeshi la uwakilishi la Ukatoliki katika vita hivyo lilikuwa Ujerumani ya Kinazi. Upapa hutumia daima majeshi ya uwakilishi. Mwaka 1933 Kanisa Katoliki, kupitia kazi ya Kardinali Pacelli, lilitia saini konkodato na Adolph Hitler iliyomruhusu Hitler kuitawala Ujerumani, na kwa ushuhuda wa Hitler mwenyewe, mkataba huo (konkodato), ndio uliomruhusu Hitler kutatua suala la Wayahudi. Wanazi walikuwa jeshi la uwakilishi la upapa dhidi ya Urusi isiyoamini Mungu katika Vita vya Pili vya Dunia, na katika pambano la pili la vita vya uwakilishi, linalotekelezwa sasa nchini Ukraine, linafanywa na jeshi jingine la uwakilishi la Kinazi.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

“Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.

Kwa kupitia makosa mawili makuu, yaani kutokufa kwa roho na utakatifu wa Jumapili, Shetani atawaleta watu chini ya udanganyifu wake. Ilhali la kwanza linaweka msingi wa uspiritizimu, la pili linaunda mfungamano wa maelewano na Roma. Waprotestanti wa Marekani watakuwa wa kwanza kunyoosha mikono yao kuvuka mwanya ili kushika mkono wa uspiritizimu; watavuka shimo kuu ili kushikana mikono na mamlaka ya Kirumi; na chini ya ushawishi wa muungano huu wa pande tatu, nchi hii itafuata nyayo za Roma katika kukanyaga haki za dhamiri.

“As spiritualism more closely imitates the nominal Christianity of the day, it has greater power to deceive and ensnare. Satan himself is converted, after the modern order of things. He will appear in the character of an angel of light. Through the agency of spiritualism, miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and many undeniable wonders will be performed. And as the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and manifest respect for the institutions of the church, their work will be accepted as a manifestation of divine power.

Kadiri ushirikina wa kiroho unavyozidi kuiga kwa karibu Ukristo wa majina tu wa wakati huu, ndivyo unavyopata uwezo mkubwa zaidi wa kudanganya na kunasa. Shetani mwenyewe hujionyesha kana kwamba ameongoka, akifuata mpangilio wa kisasa wa mambo. Ataonekana kama malaika wa nuru. Kupitia njia ya ushirikina wa kiroho, miujiza itafanywa, wagonjwa wataponywa, na maajabu mengi yasiyoweza kukanushwa yatafanyika. Na kwa kuwa roho watadai kuwa na imani katika Biblia, na kuonyesha heshima kwa taasisi za kanisa, kazi yao itakubaliwa kuwa dhihirisho la nguvu za Kimungu.

“The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium.

Mstari wa kutofautisha kati ya wanaodai kuwa Wakristo na wasiomcha Mungu sasa karibu haitofautishiki. Wanachama wa kanisa hupenda yale ambayo dunia hupenda na wako tayari kujiunga nao, na Shetani ameazimia kuwaunganisha katika mwili mmoja na hivyo kuimarisha kusudi lake kwa kuwavuta wote waingie katika safu za ushirikina wa kiroho. Wafuasi wa Papa, ambao hujivuna kwa miujiza kama ishara ya hakika ya kanisa la kweli, watadanganywa kwa urahisi na nguvu hii ifanyayo maajabu; na Waprotestanti, kwa kuwa wametupa mbali ngao ya kweli, nao pia watapotoshwa. Wafuasi wa Papa, Waprotestanti, na watu wa kidunia wote sawasawa watakubali umbo la utauwa bila nguvu yake, na katika muungano huu wataona harakati kubwa za uongofu wa ulimwengu na kuanzishwa kwa ule utawala wa miaka elfu moja uliotarajiwa kwa muda mrefu.

“Through spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of the race, healing the diseases of the people, and professing to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith; but at the same time he works as a destroyer. His temptations are leading multitudes to ruin. Intemperance dethrones reason; sensual indulgence, strife, and bloodshed follow. Satan delights in war, for it excites the worst passions of the soul and then sweeps into eternity its victims steeped in vice and blood. It is his object to incite the nations to war against one another, for he can thus divert the minds of the people from the work of preparation to stand in the day of God.

Kupitia imani ya kuwasiliana na roho, Shetani huonekana kama mfadhili wa jamii ya wanadamu, akiponya magonjwa ya watu, na akidai kuwasilisha mfumo mpya na ulio tukuka zaidi wa imani ya kidini; lakini wakati huohuo anafanya kazi kama mharibifu. Vishawishi vyake vinaongoza watu wengi kwenye maangamizi. Ukosefu wa kiasi huiondoa busara madarakani; kujiachilia katika tamaa za mwili, ugomvi, na kumwaga damu hufuata. Shetani hufurahia vita, kwa maana huamsha mihemko mibaya zaidi ya nafsi na kisha huwafagilia katika umilele wahanga wake waliokithiri katika uovu na damu. Lengo lake ni kuchochea mataifa yapigane wao kwa wao, maana kwa njia hiyo anaweza kugeuza fikra za watu kutoka kazi ya kujiandaa kusimama katika siku ya Mungu.

“Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for the law of Jehovah; and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would—He will withdraw His blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.” The Great Controversy, 588, 589.

Shetani pia hufanya kazi kupitia vipengele vya asili ili kukusanya mavuno yake ya roho ambazo hazijaandaliwa. Amezichunguza siri za maabara ya asili, na hutumia nguvu zake zote kudhibiti vipengele hivyo kwa kadiri Mungu anavyoruhusu. Aliporuhusiwa kumletea mateso Ayubu, kwa haraka jinsi gani makundi ya kondoo na ya ng’ombe, watumishi, nyumba, na watoto vilifagiliwa mbali, msiba mmoja ukifuatia mwingine kana kwamba papo hapo. Ni Mungu anayewalinda viumbe vyake na kuwazungushia uzio dhidi ya nguvu za mharibifu. Lakini ulimwengu wa Kikristo umeonyesha dharau kwa sheria ya Yehova; na Bwana atafanya kama alivyotangaza kwamba atafanya: ataondoa baraka zake kutoka duniani na kuondoa ulinzi wake kwa wale wanaoiasi sheria yake na kuwafundisha na kuwalazimisha wengine wafanye vivyo hivyo. Shetani anadhibiti wale wote ambao Mungu hawalindi kwa namna ya pekee. Atawapendelea na kuwastawisha baadhi ili kusukuma mbele makusudi yake mwenyewe, na ataleta taabu juu ya wengine na kuwaongoza watu waamini kwamba ni Mungu ndiye anayewatesa. Mzozo Mkubwa, 588, 589.