Just before the close of probation the final prophetic secret is unsealed by the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and it is the wise who understand the increase of knowledge that is produced by that unsealing. Two witnesses in Revelation cast a light on part of what is unsealed at that time.
Kabla tu ya mwisho wa kipindi cha majaribio, siri ya kinabii ya mwisho inafunuliwa na Simba wa kabila la Yuda, na ni wenye hekima wanaoelewa ongezeko la maarifa linalotokana na kufunuliwa huko. Mashahidi wawili katika Ufunuo huangazia sehemu ya kile kinachofunuliwa wakati huo.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. … And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Revelation 13:18, 17:9.
Hapa ndipo penye hekima. Yeye aliye na ufahamu na aihesabu hesabu ya yule mnyama: kwa maana ni hesabu ya mwanadamu; na hesabu yake ni mia sita sitini na sita. ... Na hapa ndipo akili iliyo na hekima. Vichwa saba ni milima saba, ambayo juu yake mwanamke ameketi. Ufunuo 13:18, 17:9.
The “last power that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns,” is the United States. It is the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, and the structure of its kingdom is the same structure (image), as was the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. It becomes a kingdom of the Church ruling over the State, and then forces the entire earth to accept that very arrangement. The combination of Church and State is fully developed in the United States at the soon-coming Sunday law.
“Nguvu ya mwisho itakayopiga vita dhidi ya kanisa na sheria ya Mungu, ambayo iliwakilishwa na mnyama mwenye pembe kama za mwanakondoo,” ni Marekani. Ni ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia, na muundo wa ufalme wake ni muundo uleule (picha) kama ulivyokuwa wa ufalme wa tano wa unabii wa Biblia. Unakuwa ufalme wa kanisa linalotawala juu ya serikali, kisha unailazimisha dunia nzima kuukubali mpangilio huo huo. Muunganiko wa kanisa na serikali utakuwa umekamilika kikamilifu nchini Marekani wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja karibuni.
“The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The ‘mark of the beast’ still remains to be defined.” The Great Controversy, 445.
'picha ya mnyama' inawakilisha aina hiyo ya Uprotestanti uliopotoka ambayo itaibuka wakati makanisa ya Kiprotestanti yatakapotafuta msaada wa mamlaka za kiraia kwa ajili ya kulazimisha madogma yao. 'alama ya mnyama' bado haijafafanuliwa. The Great Controversy, 445.
The image of the beast and the mark of the beast are two different symbols, yet it is at the Sunday law that the image of the beast reaches its full development.
Sanamu ya mnyama na alama ya mnyama ni ishara mbili tofauti, hata hivyo ni wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili ndipo sanamu ya mnyama hufikia maendeleo yake kamili.
“The enforcement of Sundaykeeping on the part of Protestant churches is an enforcement of the worship of the papacy—of the beast. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false instead of the true Sabbath are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. 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, 448, 449.
Kulazimisha utunzaji wa Jumapili kunakofanywa na makanisa ya Kiprotestanti ni kulazimisha ibada ya Upapa - ya mnyama. Wale ambao, wakiwa wanaelewa madai ya amri ya nne, wanachagua kushika Sabato bandia badala ya Sabato ya kweli, kwa kufanya hivyo wanatoa heshima kwa ile nguvu ambayo peke yake ndiyo huamuru hivyo. Lakini katika tendo lenyewe la kulazimisha wajibu wa kidini kwa kutumia mamlaka ya kiraia, makanisa yenyewe yangetengeneza picha ya mnyama; hivyo kulazimisha utunzaji wa Jumapili nchini Marekani kungekuwa ni kulazimisha ibada ya mnyama na picha yake. The Great Controversy, 448, 449.
At the Sunday law, the Constitution of the United States is fully overthrown and the nation has separated fully from righteousness. Then, under the full control of Satan the United States forces the world to accept the same Church and State system that has just been established in the United States. The world government is the United Nations and the Roman church is the Church that rules over the relationship.
Wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, Katiba ya Marekani inabatilishwa kabisa na taifa limejitenga kabisa na haki. Kisha, chini ya udhibiti kamili wa Shetani, Marekani inalazimisha dunia kukubali mfumo uleule wa Kanisa na Serikali ulioanzishwa hivi punde nchini Marekani. Serikali ya dunia ni Umoja wa Mataifa, na Kanisa la Kirumi ndilo Kanisa linalotawala uhusiano huo.
“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.
Ulimwengu umejaa dhoruba, vita na mfarakano. Hata hivyo, chini ya kichwa kimoja—mamlaka ya upapa—watu wataungana kumpinga Mungu kwa kuwapinga mashahidi Wake. Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 7, 182.
The system of Church and State that is represented as the image of the beast in prophecy is also a threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. The ten kings of Revelation seventeen, that are the seventh head, represent the dragon power.
Mfumo wa Kanisa na Serikali unaowakilishwa kama picha ya mnyama katika unabii pia ni muungano wa mara tatu wa joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo. Wafalme kumi wa Ufunuo kumi na saba, ambao ndio kichwa cha saba, wanawakilisha nguvu ya joka.
“Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.
"Wafalme na watawala na magavana wamejiwekea alama ya Mpinga Kristo, na wanawakilishwa kama joka aendaye kufanya vita na watakatifu—wale wanaozishika amri za Mungu na wenye imani ya Yesu." Ushuhuda kwa Wahudumu, 38.
The “ten kings” represent the United Nations, whose religion is spiritualism, and the religion of the false prophet is apostate Protestantism, and the beast’s religion is Catholicism, which is simply spiritualism covered with a profession of Christianity.
Wale "wafalme kumi" wanawakilisha Umoja wa Mataifa, ambao dini yake ni Uspiritizimu, na dini ya nabii wa uongo ni Uprotestanti murtadi, na dini ya yule mnyama ni Ukatoliki, ambao ni Uspiritizimu tu uliofunikwa kwa ungamo la Ukristo.
“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 the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet is accomplished. The United States then forces the world to accept the one-world government of the United Nations, for the world is thrown into a great crisis at the Sunday law, as Islam brings judgment upon the United States for the enforcement of worshipping the sun. Satan then appears to personate Christ and as the United States forces the world to accept the one world combination of church and state, it also forces the world to accept Sunday as the day of rest. The same testing process that has happened in the United States is then brought upon the entire world.
Wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, muungano wa mara tatu wa joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo unakamilika. Kisha Marekani inailazimisha dunia kuukubali serikali ya ulimwengu mmoja chini ya Umoja wa Mataifa, kwa kuwa dunia inatumbukizwa katika mgogoro mkubwa wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, kwani Uislamu unaleta hukumu juu ya Marekani kwa sababu ya kulazimisha kuabudu jua. Kisha Shetani anaonekana kujifanya kuwa Kristo, na Marekani inapolazimisha dunia kuukubali muungano wa kanisa na serikali wa ulimwengu mmoja, pia inailazimisha dunia kuukubali Jumapili kama siku ya mapumziko. Mchakato huo huo wa kujaribiwa uliotokea Marekani kisha unaletwa juu ya dunia nzima.
“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.
The principle that national apostasy is followed by national ruin comes upon each country as they accept the day of the sun as the day of worship. The escalating crisis is the “one hour” that the ten kings rule with the pope, the “man of sin”. They agreed to give their seventh kingdom unto the papal authority, because they are led to believe that the moral authority of the papacy is necessary to unify the world against the escalating war against Islam. In 1798, the United Nations had not yet arrived into history.
Kanuni kwamba uasi wa kitaifa hufuatiwa na uharibifu wa kitaifa huiangukia kila nchi wanapokubali siku ya jua kuwa siku ya ibada. Mgogoro unaozidi kuongezeka ndio "saa moja" ambayo wafalme kumi wanatawala pamoja na papa, "mtu wa dhambi". Walikubali kuutoa ufalme wao wa saba kwa mamlaka ya kipapa, kwa sababu wanaongozwa kuamini kwamba mamlaka ya kimaadili ya upapa ni muhimu kuunganisha dunia dhidi ya vita vinavyozidi kuongezeka dhidi ya Uislamu. Mwaka 1798, Umoja wa Mataifa bado haukuwepo.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:12–14.
Na zile pembe kumi ulizoziona ni wafalme kumi, ambao bado hawajapokea ufalme; bali watapokea mamlaka kama wafalme kwa saa moja pamoja na yule mnyama. Hawa wana nia moja, nao watampa yule mnyama mamlaka yao na nguvu zao. Hawa watapigana vita na Mwanakondoo, na Mwanakondoo atawashinda; kwa maana yeye ni Bwana wa mabwana, na Mfalme wa wafalme; nao walio pamoja naye ni walioitwa, wateule, na waaminifu. Ufunuo 17:12-14.
As has always been the case with the pope, kings will supply the power for the papacy to carry out the persecution against God’s people, and it is the ten kings that make war with the Lamb, but they are doing so at the bidding of the “man of sin.” The “man of sin” is also the “man” that the seven churches take hold of in Isaiah chapter four.
Kama ilivyokuwa siku zote kwa Papa, wafalme watatoa mamlaka kwa upapa ili kutekeleza mateso dhidi ya watu wa Mungu, na ni wale wafalme kumi wanaofanya vita na Mwanakondoo, lakini wanafanya hivyo kwa amri ya "mtu wa dhambi." "Mtu wa dhambi" pia ndiye "mwanamume" ambaye makanisa saba yanamshika katika Isaya sura ya nne.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Isaiah 4:1, 2.
Na katika siku ile wanawake saba watamshika mtu mmoja, wakisema, Tutakula mkate wetu wenyewe, na kuvaa mavazi yetu wenyewe; ila tuitwe kwa jina lako tu, ili kuondoa aibu yetu. Katika siku ile chipukizi la Bwana litakuwa zuri na tukufu, na tunda la nchi litakuwa bora na la kupendeza kwa wale walionusurika wa Israeli. Isaya 4:1, 2.
The “seven women” represent that the papacy (the man of sin), has control over all the churches of the earth, just as he has control over all the nations. The “reproach” that the churches wish to avoid, is the “reproach” of rejecting the demand to worship on Sunday. Faithful Sabbath-keepers will be persecuted for their faithfulness, and Islam will also refuse to observe the day of the sun. The agreement that is arranged by the United States between the papacy and the United Nations is that the moral authority of the man of sin is what is needed to lead the world into accepting the warfare against Islam in order to establish peace upon the earth.
"Wanawake saba" wanawakilisha kwamba upapa (mtu wa dhambi) una udhibiti juu ya makanisa yote ya dunia, kama anavyodhibiti mataifa yote. "Aibu" ambayo makanisa yanataka kuepuka ni "aibu" ya kukataa madai ya kuabudu siku ya Jumapili. Washika Sabato waaminifu watateswa kwa uaminifu wao, na Uislamu pia utakataa kushika "siku ya jua". Mkataba unaoratibiwa na Marekani kati ya upapa na Umoja wa Mataifa ni kwamba mamlaka ya kimaadili ya mtu wa dhambi ndiyo inayohitajika kuiongoza dunia kukubali vita dhidi ya Uislamu ili kuanzisha amani duniani.
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5.
Lakini kuhusu nyakati na majira, ndugu, hamna haja niwaandikie. Kwa maana ninyi wenyewe mnajua kabisa kwamba siku ya Bwana huja kama mwivi usiku. Maana watakaposema, Amani na salama; ndipo maangamizi ya ghafla yatakapowajia, kama utungu umfikavyo mwanamke mwenye mimba; wala hawataepuka. Bali ninyi, ndugu, si katika giza, hata siku ile iwapate kama mwivi. Ninyi nyote ni wana wa nuru, na wana wa mchana; sisi si wa usiku, wala wa giza. 1 Wathesalonike 5:1-5.
The “peace and safety” message of Bible prophecy, which is always represented as a false message, is only logical in a period of time when there is no peace and safety. There is no reason to present a “peace and safety” message, when peace and safety exists. Islam removes all peace and safety. The “sudden destruction” associated with the false message is a destruction that escalates, for it is as “a woman” in “travail.” The first birth pang of the third Woe was September 11, 2001.
Ujumbe wa “amani na usalama” katika unabii wa Biblia, ambao daima huoneshwa kama ujumbe wa uongo, una mantiki tu katika kipindi ambacho hakuna amani wala usalama. Hakuna sababu ya kuwasilisha ujumbe wa “amani na usalama” wakati kunapokuwapo amani na usalama. Uislamu huondoa amani na usalama kabisa. “Uharibifu wa ghafla” unaohusishwa na ujumbe wa uongo ni uharibifu unaozidi kuongezeka, maana ni kama “mwanamke” aliye katika “utungu.” Utungu wa kwanza wa Ole wa tatu ulikuwa Septemba 11, 2001.
In the prophetic lines of Elijah and John the Baptist the deception of the papal power is illustrated. When Ahab travelled back to Samaria to inform Jezebel that Elijah’s God was the true God, for he had brought down fire out of heaven, Ahab then realized that Jezebel had deceived him concerning her hatred for Elijah. The same hatred and deception was illustrated when Herod promised half of his kingdom at his birthday party to Salome. Salome was Herodias’s daughter, thus Herod was the dragon, Herodias was the papacy and Salome was the false prophet.
Katika mistari ya kinabii ya Eliya na Yohana Mbatizaji, udanganyifu wa nguvu ya kipapa unaonyeshwa. Ahabu aliporejea Samaria ili kumjulisha Yezebeli kwamba Mungu wa Eliya ndiye Mungu wa kweli, kwa kuwa alikuwa ameshusha moto kutoka mbinguni, ndipo Ahabu akatambua kwamba Yezebeli alikuwa amemdanganya kuhusu chuki yake dhidi ya Eliya. Chuki na udanganyifu huo huo vilionyeshwa wakati Herode alipomwahidi Salome nusu ya ufalme wake katika sherehe ya siku yake ya kuzaliwa. Salome alikuwa binti wa Herodia; hivyo Herode alikuwa joka, Herodia alikuwa upapa, na Salome alikuwa nabii wa uongo.
In the story the deceiving power of Salome’s dance was used to lead Herod (the ten kings) to give half their kingdom over to a church (a woman). The woman (Salome) was under the direction of her mother (Catholicism), and Herod found out too late that the attitude of Herodias towards John was the same as Jezebel’s was towards Elijah. In both cases, the sabbath-keepers must die.
Katika hadithi nguvu ya kudanganya ya dansi ya Salome ilitumika kumwongoza Herode (wafalme kumi) kuikabidhi nusu ya ufalme wao kwa kanisa (mwanamke). Mwanamke huyo (Salome) alikuwa chini ya uongozi wa mama yake (Ukatoliki), na Herode aligundua kwa kuchelewa kwamba mtazamo wa Herodia kwa Yohana ulikuwa sawa na ule wa Yezebeli kwa Eliya. Katika visa vyote viwili, waishika sabato lazima wafe.
Islam progressively but rapidly removes the peace and safety from planet earth, and in so doing brings mankind together against Islam. Islam’s rapidly escalating warfare represents the argument that is employed to establish the worldwide image of the beast in the last days. The deception that is brought upon the world (the ten kings), is brought by the United States (Salome), and it leads the world to believe they must unite against Islam, but they find out too late, that the arrangement was just a ruse to be used to persecute sabbath-keepers. The deception is part of the reason the ten kings hate the whore, even though when under duress they agreed to give their seventh kingdom unto her.
Uislamu, kwa hatua kwa hatua lakini kwa kasi, unaondoa amani na usalama duniani, na kwa kufanya hivyo unawaleta wanadamu pamoja dhidi ya Uislamu. Vita vya Uislamu vinavyozidi kuongezeka kwa kasi vinawakilisha hoja inayotumiwa kuanzisha picha ya mnyama duniani kote katika siku za mwisho. Udanganyifu unaoletwa juu ya ulimwengu (wafalme kumi) unaletwa na Marekani (Salome), nao unausababisha ulimwengu kuamini kwamba lazima waungane dhidi ya Uislamu, lakini wanagundua kwa kuchelewa kwamba mpango huo ulikuwa hila tu ya kutumiwa kutesa waishika Sabato. Udanganyifu huo ni sehemu ya sababu inayowafanya wale wafalme kumi wamchukie yule kahaba, ingawa wakiwa chini ya shinikizo walikubali kumpa ufalme wao wa saba.
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. Revelation 17:16, 17.
Na zile pembe kumi ulizoziona juu ya yule mnyama, hizo zitamchukia yule kahaba, na zitamfanya awe ukiwa na uchi, na zitakula mwili wake, na kumteketeza kwa moto. Kwa maana Mungu ametia mioyoni mwao kutimiza mapenzi yake, na kuwa na nia moja, na kumpa yule mnyama ufalme wao, hata maneno ya Mungu yatimie. Ufunuo 17:16, 17.
The globalists of the United Nations are not simply the “kings” of the earth, but they are also represented as “merchants”, thus the globalists consist of political and economic powers. The reason the angel that brought the vision of Revelation seventeen and eighteen to John, was to show John the judgment of the great whore of Tyre. Both categories of the globalists mourn the death of the papacy.
Wafuasi wa utandawazi wa Umoja wa Mataifa si tu “wafalme” wa dunia, bali pia wanawakilishwa kama “wafanyabiashara”; hivyo basi wafuasi hao wa utandawazi wanajumuisha nguvu za kisiasa na kiuchumi. Sababu ya malaika aliyemletea Yohana maono ya Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba na kumi na nane ilikuwa kumwonyesha Yohana hukumu ya kahaba mkuu wa Tiro. Makundi yote mawili ya wafuasi wa utandawazi yanaomboleza kifo cha upapa.
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more. Revelation 18:8–11.
Kwa hiyo mapigo yake yatakuja katika siku moja, mauti, na maombolezo, na njaa; naye atateketezwa kabisa kwa moto; kwa maana Bwana Mungu anayemhukumu ni mwenye nguvu. Na wafalme wa dunia, waliotenda uzinzi naye na kuishi kwa anasa pamoja naye, watamwombolezea na kumlilia, watakapoona moshi wa kuungua kwake, wakiwa wamesimama mbali kwa hofu ya mateso yake, wakisema, Ole, ole mji ule mkuu Babeli, mji ule wenye nguvu! kwa maana katika saa moja hukumu yako imekuja. Na wafanyabiashara wa dunia watalia na kuomboleza kwa ajili yake; kwa kuwa hakuna mtu anayenunua bidhaa zao tena. Ufunuo 18:8-11.
The merchants and the kings both stand afar off and cry “alas, alas.” The word “alas” in the Greek is translated as “woe” in chapter eight of Revelation.
Wafanyabiashara na wafalme wote wamesimama kwa mbali na kulia, "Ole, ole." Neno "alas" kwa Kigiriki linatafsiriwa kama "ole" katika sura ya nane ya Ufunuo.
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! Revelation 8:13.
Nikaona, nikamsikia malaika mmoja akiruka katikati ya mbingu, akisema kwa sauti kuu, Ole, ole, ole, kwa wakaao juu ya nchi, kwa sababu ya sauti nyingine za tarumbeta za malaika wale watatu, ambao bado hawajapiga tarumbeta zao! Ufunuo 8:13.
The three Woes represent the fifth, sixth and seventh Trumpets, and they are symbols of Islam. The kings, merchants and shipmasters all cry out “alas, alas” three times in chapter eighteen.
Zile "Ole" tatu zinawakilisha tarumbeta ya tano, ya sita na ya saba, na ni alama za Uislamu. Wafalme, wafanyabiashara na manahodha wa meli wote wanalia "ole, ole" mara tatu katika sura ya kumi na nane.
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. … The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Revelation 18:9-10, 15–19.
Na wafalme wa dunia, waliotenda uzinzi na kuishi kwa anasa pamoja naye, watamwombolezea na kumlilia, watakapoona moshi wa kuungua kwake, wakiwa wamesimama mbali kwa hofu ya mateso yake, wakisema, Ole, ole, ule mji mkuu Babeli, mji ule wenye nguvu! kwa maana katika saa moja hukumu yako imekuja. ... Wafanyabiashara wa vitu hivi, waliotajirika kwa sababu yake, watasimama mbali kwa hofu ya mateso yake, wakilia na kuomboleza, na kusema, Ole, ole, ule mji mkuu, uliovikwa kitani safi, na zambarau, na nyekundu, na kupambwa kwa dhahabu, na vito vya thamani, na lulu! Kwa maana katika saa moja utajiri mkubwa namna hiyo umepotea. Na kila nahodha, na wote waliokuwa katika merikebu, na mabaharia, na wote wafanyao biashara kwa bahari, walisimama mbali, wakapaza sauti walipoona moshi wa kuungua kwake, wakisema, Ni mji gani ulio kama mji huu mkuu! Wakatupa vumbi juu ya vichwa vyao, wakapaza sauti, wakilia na kuomboleza, wakisema, Ole, ole, ule mji mkuu, ambamo wote waliokuwa na merikebu baharini walitajirika kwa sababu ya fahari yake! kwa maana katika saa moja amefanywa ukiwa. Ufunuo 18:9-10, 15-19.
The “hour” that the judgment of the papacy is accomplished, is the “hour” of Revelation eleven, that is the “hour of the great earthquake,” and it represents the Sunday law time period that begins at the Sunday law in the United States and continues until Michael stands up and human probation closes. The globalists that hated the whore, but still agreed to give their kingdom unto her for one hour, not only repeat “woe, woe” (alas, alas), three times, but they ask the question, “What city is like unto this great city?” They also asked that question in the book of Ezekiel.
Ile "saa" ambayo hukumu ya Upapa inatimizwa, ndiyo "saa" ya Ufunuo kumi na moja, yaani "saa ya tetemeko kuu la ardhi," na inawakilisha kipindi cha sheria ya Jumapili kinachoanza katika sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani na kuendelea hadi Mikaeli atasimama na kipindi cha rehema kwa wanadamu kitakapofungwa. Watawala wa kimataifa waliomchukia yule kahaba, lakini bado walikubali kumpa ufalme wao kwa muda wa saa moja, si tu kwamba wanarudia "Ole, ole" (Ole, ole) mara tatu, bali wanauliza swali, "Ni mji gani ulio kama mji huu mkuu?" Waliuliza swali hilo pia katika kitabu cha Ezekieli.
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. Ezekiel 27:30–36.
Nao wataifanya sauti yao isikike dhidi yako, na watalia kwa uchungu mwingi, watatupa mavumbi juu ya vichwa vyao, watajiviringisha katika majivu: Nao watanyoa vichwa vyao kabisa kwa ajili yako, na kujifunga nguo za gunia, nao watakulilia kwa uchungu wa moyo na kwa vilio vikali. Na katika kuomboleza kwao watainua maombolezo kwa ajili yako, na kukuombolezea, wakisema, Ni mji gani kama Tiro, aliyeangamizwa katikati ya bahari? Bidhaa zako zilipotoka baharini, uliwajaza watu wengi; uliwatajirisha wafalme wa dunia kwa wingi wa mali zako na biashara zako. Wakati utakapovunjwa na bahari katika vilindi vya maji bidhaa zako na wote walio pamoja nawe katikati yako wataanguka. Wakazi wote wa visiwa watashangaa juu yako, na wafalme wao wataingiwa na hofu kuu, nyuso zao zitafadhaika. Wafanyabiashara walioko miongoni mwa watu watapiga mluzi juu yako; utakuwa kitu cha kutisha, wala hutakuwapo tena kamwe. Ezekieli 27:30-36.
Ezekiel identifies the city as “Tyrus,” who is “destroyed in the midst of the sea?” Isaiah, speaking of the whore of Tyre (Tyrus), who is also the great whore of Revelation, who is the Catholic church, and also identifies her as the crowning city.
Ezekieli anataja mji huo kama “Tyrus,” “ulioangamizwa katikati ya bahari?” Isaya, akizungumza kuhusu kahaba wa Tyre (Tyrus), ambaye pia ni kahaba mkuu wa Ufunuo, ambaye ni Kanisa Katoliki, naye pia anamtambua kama mji wa kutawaza.
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Isaiah 23:7–9.
Je, huu ndio mji wenu wa furaha, uliokuwapo tangu siku za kale? Miguu yake yenyewe itambeba mbali akae ugenini. Ni nani aliyetoa shauri hili juu ya Tiro, mji wa taji—wafanyabiashara wake ni wakuu, na wachuuzi wake ni waheshimiwa wa dunia? Bwana wa majeshi amekusudia hilo, ili kudhalilisha kiburi cha fahari yote, na kuleta dharau juu ya waheshimiwa wote wa dunia. Isaya 23:7-9.
The papacy is the “crowning city,” for it is she that claims to sit as a queen over the threefold union.
Upapa ndiyo “mji wa kutawaza,” kwa maana ndiyo unaodai kuketi kama malkia juu ya muungano wa sehemu tatu.
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Revelation 18:7.
Kadiri alivyotukuza nafsi yake na kuishi kwa anasa, vivyo hivyo mpeni mateso na huzuni; kwa maana asema moyoni mwake, Naketi mimi malkia, wala si mjane, wala sitaona huzuni. Ufunuo 18:7.
Ezekiel said the whore’s judgment is accomplished in the “midst of the sea,” in his lamentation for Tyrus.
Ezekieli alisema kwamba hukumu ya kahaba imetekelezwa "katikati ya bahari," katika maombolezo yake kwa Tiro.
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus. … The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel 27:1, 2, 25, 26.
Neno la Bwana likanijia tena, likisema, Sasa, wewe, mwana wa mwanadamu, inua maombolezo juu ya Tiro. ... Meli za Tarshishi ziliimba habari zako katika soko lako; na ulijazwa, ukawa mtukufu mno katikati ya bahari. Wapiga makasia wako wamekuleta katika maji makuu; upepo wa mashariki umekuvunja katikati ya bahari. Ezekieli 27:1, 2, 25, 26.
It is the “east wind” that brings judgment upon the whore of Tyre, the crowning city, and the “east wind” is a symbol of Islam. The warfare brought against Islam by the ten kings is what destroys the papacy of the last days. The realization of the ten kings that they have been deceived also produces fear in their hearts.
Ni "upepo wa mashariki" unaoleta hukumu juu ya kahaba wa Tiro, mji wa kutawaza, na "upepo wa mashariki" ni ishara ya Uislamu. Vita vilivyoletwa dhidi ya Uislamu na wale wafalme kumi ndivyo vinavyoharibu upapa wa nyakati za mwisho. Utambuzi wa wafalme kumi kwamba wamedanganywa pia unazalisha hofu mioyoni mwao.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah. Psalms 48:2–8.
Mrembo kwa mwinuko wake, furaha ya dunia yote, ni Mlima Sayuni, pande za kaskazini, mji wa Mfalme Mkuu. Mungu ajulikana katika ngome zake kuwa kimbilio. Maana tazama, wafalme walikusanyika, wakapita pamoja. Walipoiona, wakastaajabu; wakafadhaika, wakakimbia upesi. Hofu ikawashika huko, na maumivu kama ya mwanamke aliye katika utungu wa kuzaa. Unazivunja merikebu za Tarshishi kwa upepo wa mashariki. Kama tulivyosikia, ndivyo tulivyoona katika mji wa Bwana wa majeshi, katika mji wa Mungu wetu; Mungu atauimarisha milele. Sela. Zaburi 48:2-8.
The globalists looked upon the kingdom of God, as represented by the city of Jerusalem, but chose “that great city” Babylon as their head. When God judges that great city, they cry and lament as they recognize that they are lost, for the great city they chose is broken in the midst of the sea, by the warfare brought upon them by Islam (the east wind). And the warfare is a progressively escalating warfare, for it is as a woman in travail.
Wafuasi wa uglobali waliutazama Ufalme wa Mungu, kama unavyowakilishwa na mji wa Yerusalemu, lakini wakauchagua "ule mji mkuu" Babeli kuwa kiongozi wao. Mungu anapouhukumu ule mji mkuu, wanalia na kuomboleza wanapotambua kwamba wamepotea, kwa maana mji ule mkuu waliouchagua umevunjika katikati ya bahari, kwa vita vilivyoletwa juu yao na Uislamu (upepo wa mashariki). Na vita hivyo ni vita vinavyozidi kuongezeka hatua kwa hatua, kwa maana ni kama mwanamke aliye katika utungu wa kuzaa.
The kingdom of God that they have persecuted for the papacy is represented in Daniel chapter two, where we are informed that in “the days of these [globalist] kings,” God will set up His eternal kingdom.
Ufalme wa Mungu ambao wameutesa kwa ajili ya upapa unawakilishwa katika Danieli sura ya pili, ambapo tunaambiwa kwamba katika "siku za hawa wafalme [globalist]," Mungu atasimamisha ufalme wake wa milele.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Daniel 2:44.
Na katika siku za wafalme hao Mungu wa mbinguni atausimamisha ufalme ambao hautaangamizwa kamwe; wala ufalme huo hautaachiwa watu wengine; bali utavunja vipandevipande na kuangamiza falme hizi zote, nao utasimama milele. Danieli 2:44.
The Millerites believed that they were living in the “days of these kings,” but the ten kings of Revelation seventeen had not yet come into history, indeed, they are just coming into view now. The Millerites were correct, but their vision was limited. The kingdom of God that is set up in the days of the kings of Revelation seventeen and eighteen, is the time period of the latter rain.
Wamilleraiti waliamini kwamba walikuwa wakiishi katika “siku za wafalme hawa,” lakini wafalme kumi wa Ufunuo kumi na saba bado hawakuwa wameingia katika historia; kwa kweli, ndio kwanza sasa wanaanza kuonekana. Wamilleraiti walikuwa sahihi, lakini maono yao yalikuwa finyu. Ufalme wa Mungu unaosimamishwa katika siku za wafalme wa Ufunuo kumi na saba na kumi na nane ni kipindi cha mvua ya masika.
“I saw that all things are intensely looking and stretching their thoughts on the impending crisis before them. The sins of Israel must go to judgment beforehand. Every sin must be confessed at the sanctuary, then the work will move. It must be done now. The remnant in the time of trouble will cry, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?
Niliona kwamba kila kitu kinaangalia kwa makini sana na kuelekeza kwa nguvu mawazo yake kwenye mgogoro unaokaribia ulioko mbele yake. Dhambi za Israeli lazima ziende katika hukumu mapema. Kila dhambi lazima iungamwe katika patakatifu, ndipo kazi itasonga mbele. Hilo lazima lifanywe sasa. Masalia katika wakati wa taabu watalia, “Mungu wangu, Mungu wangu, kwa nini umeniacha?”
“The latter rain is coming on those that are pure—all then will receive it as formerly.
Mvua ya masika inakuja juu ya wale walio safi—basi wote hao wataipokea kama hapo kwanza.
“When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom. None receive the latter rain but those who are doing all they can. Christ would help us. All could be overcomers by the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus. All heaven is interested in the work. Angels are interested.” Spalding and Magan, 3.
Malaika wanne watakapoachilia, Kristo atasimamisha ufalme wake. Hakuna anayepokea mvua ya masika ila wale wanaofanya yote wawezayo. Kristo angetusaidia. Wote wangeweza kuwa washindi kwa neema ya Mungu, kupitia damu ya Yesu. Mbingu yote ina nia katika kazi hiyo. Malaika wana nia. Spalding na Magan, 3.
In the time of the latter rain, when the angels release the four winds, which in the “days of these kings,” Christ sets up His kingdom. The latter rain is progressive, and began to sprinkle on September 11, 2001, when the third Woe arrived into history, but the angering of the nations was immediately restrained. It continues to escalate in intensity, until the Sunday law in the United States, when it brings about national ruin. That escalating judgment then continues as every other nation follows the example of the United States, and therefore suffers the same judgments. It escalates until the close of probation. It progresses as a woman in travail.
Katika wakati wa mvua ya mwisho, wakati malaika wanaziachia pepo nne, yaani katika 'siku za wafalme hao', Kristo huusimamisha ufalme Wake. Mvua ya mwisho ni ya kuendelea, na ilianza kunyesha manyunyu tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, wakati Ole wa tatu ulipoingia katika historia, lakini hasira za mataifa zikazuiliwa mara moja. Inaendelea kuongezeka kwa ukali, hadi sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani, wakati huo inaleta maangamizi ya kitaifa. Hukumu hiyo inayozidi kuongezeka kisha huendelea wakati kila taifa jingine linapofuata mfano wa Marekani, na hivyo kuteseka hukumu zile zile. Inazidi kuongezeka hadi kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema. Inaendelea kama mwanamke aliye katika utungu wa kuzaa.
We will continue the consideration of the eighth being of the seven in the next article.
Tutaendelea na uchambuzi wa kiumbe wa nane wa wale saba katika makala ijayo.
“Just as long as those who profess the truth are serving Satan, his hellish shadow will cut off their views of God and heaven. They will be as those who have lost their first love. They cannot view eternal realities. That which God has prepared for us is represented in Zechariah, chapters 3 and 4, and 4:12–14: ‘And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.’
Maadamu tu wale wanaokiri ukweli wanamtumikia Shetani, kivuli chake cha kuzimu kitakata mbali maono yao ya Mungu na mbingu. Watakuwa kama wale waliopoteza upendo wao wa kwanza. Hawawezi kuyaona uhalisia wa milele. Kile ambacho Mungu ametutayarishia kinaonyeshwa katika Zekaria, sura ya 3 na 4, na 4:12-14: 'Nikamjibu tena, nikamwambia, Haya matawi mawili ya mizeituni ni nini, ambayo kupitia mabomba mawili ya dhahabu humimina mafuta ya dhahabu kutoka ndani yao? Naye akanijibu, akasema, Je, hujui haya ni nini? Nikasema, La, bwana wangu. Ndipo akasema, Hawa ni wale wawili waliotiwa mafuta, wanaosimama karibu na Bwana wa dunia yote.'
“The Lord is full of resources. He has no lack of facilities. It is because of our lack of faith, our earthliness, our cheap talk, our unbelief, manifested in our conversation, that dark shadows gather about us. Christ is not revealed in word or character as the One altogether lovely, and the chiefest among ten thousand. When the soul is content to lift itself up unto vanity, the Spirit of the Lord can do little for it. Our shortsighted vision beholds the shadow, but cannot see the glory beyond. Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.
Bwana amejaa rasilimali. Hana upungufu wa nyenzo. Ni kwa sababu ya ukosefu wetu wa imani, udunia wetu, maneno yetu ya bure, kutokuamini kwetu, kunakodhihirika katika mazungumzo yetu, kwamba vivuli vyeusi hukusanyika kutuzunguka. Kristo hafunuliwi kwa neno wala kwa tabia kama Yule aliye wa kupendeza kabisa, na bora kuliko elfu kumi. Wakati nafsi inaporidhika kujikweza kwa ubatili, Roho ya Bwana hawezi kufanya mengi kwa ajili yake. Maono yetu mafupi huona kivuli, lakini hayawezi kuuona utukufu ulio mbali zaidi. Malaika wanashikilia pepo nne, zinawakilishwa kama farasi mwenye ghadhabu anayetaka kuvunja pingu na kukimbia kwa kasi juu ya uso wa dunia yote, akibeba uharibifu na mauti katika njia yake.
“Shall we sleep on the very verge of the eternal world? Shall we be dull and cold and dead? Oh, that we might have in our churches the Spirit and breath of God breathed into His people, that they might stand upon their feet and live. We need to see that the way is narrow, and the gate strait. But as we pass through the strait gate, its wideness is without limit.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.
“Je, tulale kwenye ukingo wenyewe wa ulimwengu wa milele? Je, tuwe wazito wa kuelewa na baridi na wafu? Laiti tungalikuwa nayo katika makanisa yetu Roho na pumzi ya Mungu ikivutwa ndani ya watu Wake, ili wasimame kwa miguu yao na kuishi. Tunahitaji kuona kwamba njia ni nyembamba, na lango ni jembamba. Lakini tunapopita katika lango lile jembamba, upana wake hauna kikomo.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.