The book of Joel is perhaps the most direct revelation of the latter rain in the Scriptures, and Joel opens up by first referencing the four generations of apostasy accomplished by the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. Those four generations of escalating destruction represented in Joel’s opening verses align with the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight. 1863 unto 1888 represents the first generation, and it represents the rejection of the foundational message of the Millerites as represented upon the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts, represented in Habakkuk chapter two, and that symbolize the covenant as represented by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.
Kitabu cha Yoeli huenda ndicho ufunuo wa moja kwa moja zaidi wa mvua ya vuli ya mwisho katika Maandiko, na Yoeli hufungua kwa kwanza kurejelea vizazi vinne vya uasi vilivyotekelezwa na kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato wa Laodekia. Vizazi hivyo vinne vya uharibifu unaozidi kuongezeka vinavyowakilishwa katika aya za mwanzo za Yoeli vinapatana na machukizo manne yanayozidi kuongezeka ya Ezekieli sura ya nane. 1863 hadi 1888 huwakilisha kizazi cha kwanza, nacho huwakilisha kukataliwa kwa ujumbe wa msingi wa Wamilleri kama unavyowakilishwa katika chati za waanzilishi za 1843 na 1850, unaowakilishwa katika Habakuki sura ya pili, na unaoashiria agano kama linavyowakilishwa na mbao mbili za Amri Kumi.
1888 to 1919 represent the generation that rejected the experience of righteousness by faith, that produces an experience represented by the church of Philadelphia. In the first generation the rebellion focused upon the work of leadership represented by William Miller, and in the second generation of 1888 the leadership of the Spirit of Prophecy was rebelled against. The third generation of 1919 began with William Warren Prescott’s book, The Doctrine of Christ and ended with the book, Questions on Doctrine in 1957. That third generation was the generation of compromise with the world as Adventism sought the accreditation of the medical practices of the American Medical Association, and the accreditation of their colleges by the academic scholars of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.
1888 hadi 1919 vinawakilisha kizazi kilichokataa uzoefu wa haki kwa imani, ambacho huzaa uzoefu unaowakilishwa na kanisa la Filadelfia. Katika kizazi cha kwanza uasi ulilenga kazi ya uongozi iliyowakilishwa na William Miller, na katika kizazi cha pili cha 1888 uongozi wa Roho ya Unabii uliasiwa. Kizazi cha tatu cha 1919 kilianza kwa kitabu cha William Warren Prescott, The Doctrine of Christ, na kikaishia kwa kitabu, Questions on Doctrine, mwaka wa 1956. Kizazi hicho cha tatu kilikuwa kizazi cha maafikiano na ulimwengu wakati Waadventista walipotafuta ithibati ya utendaji wao wa kitabibu kutoka kwa American Medical Association, na ithibati ya vyuo vyao kutoka kwa wasomi wa kitaaluma wa Uprotestanti ulioasi na Ukatoliki wa Kirumi.
In the third generation the educational counsel from the pen of Ellen White was rejected and replaced with the false educational practices of the world as represented by the educational philosophy of Greece. Greek education is represented by the goddess Athena who is enshrined in the duplicate Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.
Katika kizazi cha tatu mashauri ya elimu kutoka kwa kalamu ya Ellen White yalikataliwa na kubadilishwa kwa desturi za elimu za uongo za ulimwengu kama zinavyowakilishwa na falsafa ya elimu ya Ugiriki. Elimu ya Kigiriki inawakilishwa na mungu mke Athena, ambaye amewekwa katika hekalu la Parthenon lililorudiwa katika Nashville, Tennessee.
True education was exemplified in the Bible with the schools of the prophets associated with the prophet Elisha. The Maccabean revolt of 167 BC and onward to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, was in large part a protest against the inroads of Greek education into the culture and nation of the ancient literal glorious land. The protest of the Maccabees was a revolt against Greek influence at every level, but the educational influence of Greece was so pervasive in the history and the motivations of the Maccabean zealots that it cannot be separated from the reality that Greek education was perhaps the largest factor associated with the Jewish rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Books have been written identifying the negative influence of Greek education upon the Jews and false educations contribution to the Jewish rejection and crucifixion of Christ.
Elimu ya kweli ilidhihirishwa katika Biblia kwa shule za manabii zilizohusishwa na nabii Elisha. Uasi wa Wamakabayo wa mwaka 167 KK na kuendelea hadi kuharibiwa kwa Yerusalemu mwaka 70 BK, kwa sehemu kubwa ulikuwa maandamano dhidi ya kupenya kwa elimu ya Kiyunani katika utamaduni na taifa la nchi ile ya kale halisi ya utukufu. Maandamano ya Wamakabayo yalikuwa uasi dhidi ya ushawishi wa Kiyunani katika kila ngazi, lakini ushawishi wa kielimu wa Ugiriki ulikuwa umeenea sana katika historia na katika misukumo ya wenye bidii wa Kimakabayo kiasi kwamba hauwezi kutenganishwa na ukweli kwamba elimu ya Kiyunani pengine ilikuwa sababu kubwa zaidi iliyohusishwa na kumkataa kwa Wayahudi Yesu Kristo kuwa ndiye Masihi wao. Vitabu vimeandikwa vikitambua ushawishi mbaya wa elimu ya Kiyunani juu ya Wayahudi na mchango wa elimu ya uongo katika kumkataa kwa Wayahudi Kristo na kumsulubisha.
The Maccabean revolt aligns with the revolt of 1776 in the modern spiritual glorious land. There are currently over 4,000 registered universities in the United States that are built upon the philosophy of Greek and Jesuit educational practices. The anarchy and lawlessness of the past ten-plus years can be directly traced to the so-called educational centers in the United States that for decades have been indoctrinating students who were already conditioned by media and entertainment sources to accept the globalist philosophies derived from the satanic philosophies of the French Revolution period. The students of today’s universities were already conditioned into accepting the lifestyle represented by Sodom and Gomorrah before they entered the educational centers designed to attack white people, Christians and true American history. A citizen of the United States today who wishes to understand the constant two-tiered system of justice that fulfills the justice and truth being cast into the streets as identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, must understand that the current circumstances are being produced by a purposeful designed attack that is indoctrinated from the earliest years of life by a educational system designed to bring mankind under the control of elitist globalists–the dragon power!
Uasi wa Wamakabayo unalingana na uasi wa mwaka 1776 katika nchi ya utukufu ya kiroho ya kisasa. Kwa sasa kuna zaidi ya vyuo vikuu 4,000 vilivyosajiliwa katika Marekani ambavyo vimejengwa juu ya falsafa ya elimu ya Kigiriki na Kiyesuiti. Machafuko na uasi dhidi ya sheria wa zaidi ya miaka kumi iliyopita yanaweza kufuatiliwa moja kwa moja hadi kwenye zile zinazoitwa vituo vya elimu nchini Marekani ambavyo kwa miongo mingi vimekuwa vikiwapandikiza wanafunzi mafundisho, huku wanafunzi hao wakiwa tayari wameandaliwa na vyanzo vya vyombo vya habari na burudani kuyakubali mafundisho ya utandawazi yanayotokana na falsafa za kishetani za kipindi cha Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa. Wanafunzi wa vyuo vikuu vya leo walikuwa tayari wameandaliwa kuukubali mtindo wa maisha unaowakilishwa na Sodoma na Gomora kabla hawajaingia katika vituo vya elimu vilivyoundwa kuwashambulia watu weupe, Wakristo, na historia ya kweli ya Marekani. Raia wa Marekani leo anayetaka kuelewa mfumo wa haki wa viwango viwili unaoendelea daima, ambao hutimiza haki na kweli kutupwa barabarani kama ilivyotambulishwa katika Biblia na Roho ya Unabii, ni lazima afahamu kwamba hali za sasa zinazalishwa na shambulio lililobuniwa kwa makusudi, linalopandikizwa tangu miaka ya kwanza kabisa ya maisha kupitia mfumo wa elimu ulioundwa kuwaleta wanadamu chini ya utawala wa waulimwengu wasomi wenye mamlaka ya kipekee—nguvu ya joka!
There are five major themes in the writings of Ellen White; education, health reform, Christian living, The Great Controversy theme and practical godliness. Education is one of five major themes in the Spirit of Prophecy, and Ellen White was as much a biblical prophet as every prophet noted in God’s Word. Among other things, this means her life is an example of and for the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Before anyone thinks that Christ alone is to be our example; Paul states:
Kuna mada kuu tano katika maandiko ya Ellen White: elimu, matengenezo ya afya, maisha ya Kikristo, mada ya Pambano Kuu, na utauwa wa vitendo. Elimu ni mojawapo ya mada kuu tano katika Roho ya Unabii, na Ellen White alikuwa nabii wa kibiblia kwa kiwango sawa na kila nabii aliyetajwa katika Neno la Mungu. Miongoni mwa mambo mengine, hili lina maana kwamba maisha yake ni kielelezo cha na kwa wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu. Kabla mtu yeyote hajafikiri kwamba Kristo peke yake ndiye anayepaswa kuwa kielelezo chetu; Paulo anasema:
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Corinthians 4:15, 16.
Kwa maana ijapokuwa mnayo waalimu elfu kumi katika Kristo, lakini hamna baba wengi; kwa kuwa katika Kristo Yesu mimi niliwazaa kwa njia ya injili. Kwa hiyo nawasihi, iweni wafuasi wangu. 1 Wakorintho 4:15, 16.
As a prophet Ellen White is an example. There was only one time that Ellen White accepted the role as a board member, and that time was with the formation of a college that embraced the principles of true education as set forth as one of the five major themes of her ministry. That college in Madison, Tennessee is located within the metropolitan district of Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did she agree to be on the founding board of Madison college from 1904 until a year before her death in 1915, she was instrumental in selecting the land where the college was established. Nashville is the center of the Greek educational system that helped to prevent the Jews from accepting their Messiah in the history of the Maccabees, who typify the apostate Protestantism of the times in which we now live. The line of the Maccabees is firmly set forth in the hidden history of verse forty, representing the apostate Protestantism that has now been fully indoctrinated with the very same, (though a modern version) destructive fruits of Greek education.
Kama nabii, Ellen White ni mfano. Kulikuwa na wakati mmoja tu ambapo Ellen White alikubali wajibu wa kuwa mjumbe wa bodi, na wakati huo ulikuwa katika kuanzishwa kwa chuo kilichokumbatia kanuni za elimu ya kweli kama zilivyowekwa wazi kuwa mojawapo ya mada tano kuu za huduma yake. Chuo hicho huko Madison, Tennessee, kipo ndani ya wilaya ya mji mkuu wa Nashville, Tennessee. Si tu kwamba alikubali kuwa katika bodi ya waanzilishi ya Chuo cha Madison kuanzia mwaka 1904 hadi mwaka mmoja kabla ya kifo chake mwaka 1915, bali pia alikuwa na mchango wa muhimu katika kuchagua ardhi ambapo chuo hicho kilianzishwa. Nashville ndicho kitovu cha mfumo wa elimu wa Kiyunani uliochangia kuwazuia Wayahudi wasimpokee Masihi wao katika historia ya Wamakabayo, ambao ni mfano wa Uprotestanti ulioasi wa nyakati tunazoishi sasa. Mlolongo wa Wamakabayo umewekwa imara katika historia iliyofichika ya aya ya arobaini, ukiwakilisha Uprotestanti ulioasi ambao sasa umefundishwa kikamilifu kwa matunda yale yale ya uharibifu ya elimu ya Kiyunani, ingawa katika toleo la kisasa.
In the third generation of Adventism, the leadership that had rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in 1888, chose to turn their educational system over to the accreditation structure of the world. Nashville represents the symbolic center of both true and false education. The prophet selected the same city that the world selected to enshrine Greek education, for unlike Greek education that is based upon separating truth into isolated subjects to destroy the whole. True education is the foundational basis of Sister White’s other four primary themes of health reform, practical godliness, Christian living, and especially the theme of The Great Controversy.
Katika kizazi cha tatu cha Uadventista, uongozi uliokuwa umeikataa Roho ya Unabii mwaka 1888, ulichagua kuukabidhi mfumo wao wa elimu kwa muundo wa uidhinishaji wa ulimwengu. Nashville inawakilisha kituo cha mfano cha elimu ya kweli na ya uongo. Nabii alichagua mji uleule ambao ulimwengu uliuchagua kuenzi elimu ya Kiyunani, kwa maana tofauti na elimu ya Kiyunani inayojengwa juu ya kuitenganisha kweli katika masomo yaliyotengwa-tengwa ili kuiangamiza jumla yake. Elimu ya kweli ndiyo msingi wa kimsingi wa mada nyingine nne kuu za Dada White: matengenezo ya afya, utauwa wa vitendo, maisha ya Kikristo, na hasa mada ya Pambano Kuu.
Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning, and the test in the Garden of Eden illustrates the test the world is now being confronted with. The test at the end is the same as every biblical test, for God never changes. A biblical test is a three-step testing process that produces two classes that are manifested at the end of the testing process. The first angel expresses the three steps as fearing God, giving Him glory, for the hour of the litmus test of judgment is come. The first step was the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lacking the necessary fear of God, Eve failed the test of the tree and ate the fruit represented as both good and evil. Adam’s fear of God did not prevent him from entering into the rebellion of the tree, and judgment was brought upon them both, as they manifested a life without the abiding presence of Divinity.
Yesu daima huonyesha mwisho kwa mwanzo, na jaribu katika Bustani ya Edeni huonyesha jaribu ambalo ulimwengu sasa unakabiliwa nalo. Jaribu la wakati wa mwisho ni lile lile kama kila jaribu la kibiblia, kwa maana Mungu habadiliki kamwe. Jaribu la kibiblia ni mchakato wa kupimwa wa hatua tatu unaozalisha matabaka mawili yanayodhihirishwa mwishoni mwa mchakato wa kupimwa. Malaika wa kwanza huieleza hatua hizo tatu kama kumcha Mungu, kumpa utukufu, kwa maana saa ya jaribio la hukumu lililo la kipimo bainishi imekuja. Hatua ya kwanza ilikuwa amri ya kutokula matunda ya mti wa ujuzi wa mema na mabaya. Kwa kukosa hofu ya Mungu iliyohitajika, Hawa alishindwa katika jaribu la mti na akala tunda lililowakilishwa kuwa ni jema na baya pia. Hofu ya Mungu aliyokuwa nayo Adamu haikumzuia kuingia katika uasi wa mti, na hukumu ikawajia wote wawili, walipodhihirisha maisha yasiyo na uwepo wa kudumu wa Uungu.
The test of the last days begins with a warning to eat the increase of knowledge that is unsealed in the revelation of Jesus Christ just before mankind’s probation comes to its end. Whether with Adventism or those outside of Adventism, the test is based upon the reception of, or the rejection of the increase of “knowledge” that is unsealed in our time. That test of knowledge is represented by the Garden’s tree of testing, that represents knowledge of either good or evil. True education was located and symbolized in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904, and false education was located and symbolized in Nashville in 1897, then re-built as a permanent structure in 1920. In the life of the prophetess true education was enshrined in Nashville, and false education was also enshrined. After her death in 1915 false education was restored in the second and permanent construction of the Parthenon temple, and true education was rejected through compromise with the world by the leadership of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.
Jaribio la siku za mwisho huanza kwa onyo la kula ongezeko la maarifa lililofunguliwa muhuri katika ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo muda mfupi kabla ya kipindi cha rehema kwa wanadamu kufikia mwisho wake. Iwe ni kwa Waadventista au kwa wale walio nje ya Uadventista, jaribio hilo linategemea kuupokea au kuukataa ule ongezeko la “maarifa” lililofunguliwa muhuri katika wakati wetu. Jaribio hilo la maarifa linawakilishwa na mti wa bustani wa kujaribiwa, unaowakilisha maarifa ya mema au ya mabaya. Elimu ya kweli iliwekwa na kuashiriwa katika Nashville, Tennessee mwaka 1904, na elimu ya uongo iliwekwa na kuashiriwa katika Nashville mwaka 1897, kisha ikajengwa upya kuwa jengo la kudumu mwaka 1920. Katika maisha ya nabii mke, elimu ya kweli ilitukuzwa katika Nashville, na elimu ya uongo nayo pia ilitukuzwa. Baada ya kifo chake mwaka 1915, elimu ya uongo ilirejeshwa katika ujenzi wa pili na wa kudumu wa hekalu la Parthenon, na elimu ya kweli ikakataliwa kupitia maridhiano na ulimwengu na uongozi wa kanisa la Kilaodikia la Waadventista Wasabato.
Nashville’s nickname, the “Athens of the South”, influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals. However, the Parthenon was the only one that was an exact reproduction. Today’s Nashville, Tennessee, is famous for its music, but before there was the Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville was famous for its education, not singing.
Jina la utani la Nashville, “Athene ya Kusini,” liliathiri uchaguzi wa jengo hilo kuwa kitovu cha Maonesho ya Karne ya 1897. Majengo kadhaa katika maonesho hayo yalitokana na vielelezo vya kale. Hata hivyo, Parthenon ndilo pekee lililokuwa nakala halisi kabisa. Nashville ya leo, Tennessee, inajulikana kwa muziki wake, lakini kabla ya kuwapo kwa Jumba la Makumbusho la Johnny Cash, Nashville ilikuwa maarufu kwa elimu yake, si kwa uimbaji.
By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system. By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors. At the time, Nashville was known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture.
Kufikia miaka ya 1850, Nashville ilikuwa tayari imejipatia jina la utani la “Athens ya Kusini” kwa kuwa ilikuwa imeanzisha taasisi nyingi za elimu ya juu; ilikuwa mji wa kwanza wa kusini mwa Amerika kuanzisha mfumo wa shule za umma. Kufikia mwisho wa karne hiyo, Nashville ilishuhudia Chuo Kikuu cha Fisk, Chuo cha St. Cecilia, Chuo cha Montgomery Bell, Chuo cha Tiba cha Meharry, Chuo Kikuu cha Belmont, na Chuo Kikuu cha Vanderbilt vyote vikifungua milango yao. Wakati huo, Nashville ilijulikana kuwa mojawapo ya miji ya kusini iliyostaarabika na iliyoelimika zaidi, ikiwa imejaa utajiri na utamaduni.
The mystery of iniquity is both a noun and a verb in the inspired Word. Inspiration identifies Satan, and the pope, who Sister White calls Satan’s “right hand man,” as the mystery of iniquity. Yet the “mystery of iniquity” also describes the amalgamation of truth and error. Joel’s four generations of apostasy aligns with Ezekiel chapter eight’s four escalating abominations. Those two witnesses align with the first four churches of Revelation, and the third church is represented by Constantine’s compromise of Christianity combined with paganism. Those first four churches align with the history of ancient Israel, that symbolizes modern Israel’s history.
Siri ya uasi ni nomino na pia kitenzi katika Neno lililovuviwa. Uvuvio humtambulisha Shetani, na papa, ambaye Dada White humwita “mkono wa kuume” wa Shetani, kuwa ndiye siri ya uasi. Hata hivyo, “siri ya uasi” pia hueleza muungano wa kweli na kosa. Vizazi vinne vya uasi-imani vya Yoeli vinapatana na machukizo manne yanayozidi kuongezeka ya Ezekieli sura ya nane. Mashahidi hao wawili wanapatana na makanisa manne ya kwanza ya Ufunuo, na kanisa la tatu linawakilishwa na maridhiano ya Konstantino ya Ukristo yaliyounganishwa na upagani. Makanisa hayo manne ya kwanza yanapatana na historia ya Israeli wa kale, ambayo ni ishara ya historia ya Israeli wa kisasa.
In the third generation of ancient Israel, the kings of Israel formed alliances with the other nations that were never to be brought into alliance with God’s people. The parallel of ancient literal Israel and the Christian church as set forth in the book of Revelation is a prophetic subject set forth clearly in the study titled, Habakkuk’s Tables. Joel aligns the fourth and final generation who are “cut off” from being God’s chosen covenant people with the twenty-five elders who are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel’s four escalating abominations. That fourth generation where Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism is cut off as they bow to the sun at the Sunday law, aligns with the fourth church of Thyatira that symbolizes the reign of the papacy at either 538 or the soon-coming Sunday law. The third church of Pergamos represents “compromise” whether ancient Israel aligning with pagan kingdoms, or Constantine combining paganism with Christianity, and those two witnesses address the third generation of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen.
Katika kizazi cha tatu cha Israeli ya kale, wafalme wa Israeli waliunda miungano na mataifa mengine ambayo hayakupaswa kamwe kuletwa katika muungano na watu wa Mungu. Ulinganifu wa Israeli ya kale halisi na kanisa la Kikristo kama ulivyowekwa katika kitabu cha Ufunuo ni somo la kinabii lililowekwa wazi kwa uwazi katika somo lenye kichwa, Habakkuk’s Tables. Yoeli anakilinganisha kizazi cha nne na cha mwisho ambacho “kinakatiliwa mbali” kisiwe tena watu wa Mungu wa agano waliochaguliwa na wale wazee ishirini na watano wanaolisujudia jua katika machukizo manne yanayozidi kuongezeka ya Ezekieli. Kizazi hicho cha nne ambamo Uadventista wa Sabato wa Laodikia unakatiliwa mbali wanapolisujudia jua katika sheria ya Jumapili, kinafanana na kanisa la nne la Thiatira linaloashiria utawala wa upapa ama katika 538 au katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja upesi. Kanisa la tatu la Pergamo linawakilisha “maelewano ya kupatana” iwe ni Israeli ya kale ikijilinganisha na falme za kipagani, au Konstantino akiunganisha upagani na Ukristo, na hao mashahidi wawili wanakishughulikia kizazi cha tatu cha mnyama wa nchi wa Ufunuo kumi na tatu.
The four generations of the United States, who among other truths was typified by Egypt during the bondage of 400/430 years, that concluded with Pharaoh drowning in the waters of the Red Sea. Those waters marked the end of the nation that was to be judged when God brought about deliverance for ancient Israel through the prophet Moses. The United States is judged in the period of time that judgment concludes upon God’s church, so it is to be noted that the water that ended the life of Pharaoh was brought upon Pharaoh by the release of the east wind that had been holding the waters in place as God delivered His chosen people. The east wind is the third woe that strikes at the Sunday law when the earthquake of Revelation eleven arrives.
Vizazi vinne vya Marekani, ambao miongoni mwa kweli nyingine walifananishwa na Misri wakati wa utumwa wa miaka 400/430, uliomalizika kwa Farao kuzamishwa katika maji ya Bahari ya Shamu. Maji hayo yaliashiria mwisho wa taifa lile lililopaswa kuhukumiwa wakati Mungu alipoleta ukombozi kwa Israeli wa kale kupitia nabii Musa. Marekani huhukumiwa katika kipindi ambacho hukumu inafikia hitimisho juu ya kanisa la Mungu, hivyo yapasa kufahamika kwamba maji yaliyokomesha maisha ya Farao yalimjia Farao kwa kuachiliwa kwa upepo wa mashariki uliokuwa umeyazuia maji yasikae mahali pake Mungu alipokuwa akiwaokoa watu Wake wateule. Upepo wa mashariki ni ole ya tatu inayopiga sheria ya Jumapili wakati tetemeko la nchi la Ufunuo kumi na moja linapowasili.
The generation that precedes the fourth and final generation of the earth beast is fulfilled on both the Republican and Protestant horns. The compromise of the Republican horn that was accomplished in its third generation occurred in the period surrounding the first world war, and it marked the United States turning its economic structure over to the globalists of the Federal Reserve. In that same period Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism sought to have its medical and educational work “accredited” by the standards of worldly education and medicine. As a verb the “mystery of iniquity” represents the compromise of Constantine and the kings of ancient Israel with the powers of the world. The word used by inspiration to describe the compromise is “amalgamation,” as defined in the dictionary of Ellen White’s time as; "to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend." The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree of amalgamation, the tree of compromise. “The last mighty conflict,” is the Sunday law crisis, and Satan’s preparation for that crisis is “the mystery of iniquity,” that blends human wisdom with Divine revelation.
Kizazi kinachotangulia kizazi cha nne na cha mwisho cha mnyama wa nchi kinatimizwa katika pembe zote mbili, yaani ya Kirepublikani na ya Kiprotestanti. Maafikiano ya pembe ya Kirepublikani yaliyotimizwa katika kizazi chake cha tatu yalitokea katika kipindi kilichozunguka vita vya kwanza vya dunia, nayo yaliashiria Marekani kuukabidhi muundo wake wa kiuchumi kwa walimwengu wa Federal Reserve. Katika kipindi hicho hicho Uadventista wa Siku ya Saba wa Laodikia ulitafuta kufanya kazi yake ya matibabu na ya elimu “itambuliwe rasmi” kwa viwango vya elimu na tiba vya kidunia. Kama kitenzi, “siri ya uasi” inawakilisha maafikiano ya Konstantino na wafalme wa Israeli ya kale pamoja na nguvu za ulimwengu. Neno lililotumiwa kwa uvuvio kueleza maafikiano hayo ni “amalgamation,” kama lilivyofafanuliwa katika kamusi ya wakati wa Ellen White kuwa; “kuchanganya au kuunganisha katika mchanganyiko; kuchanganya.” Mti wa ujuzi wa mema na mabaya ni mti wa amalgamation, mti wa maafikiano. “Mapambano makuu ya mwisho,” ni shida ya sheria ya Jumapili, na maandalizi ya Shetani kwa ajili ya shida hiyo ni “siri ya uasi,” inayochanganya hekima ya kibinadamu na ufunuo wa Kiungu.
“Satan is busily laying his plans for the last mighty conflict, when all will take sides....
“Shetani anashughulika kwa bidii akiweka mipango yake kwa ajili ya pambano la mwisho lenye nguvu, ambapo wote watachukua upande wao....”
“Listen to the voices, mark the powers, that prevail in the world. Is there any voice of prayer? Do you see any sign that God is recognized? There are priests, plenty of them; but they are trampling under their feet the law of Jehovah. Their garments are stained with the blood of souls. Multitudes are sacrificing to devils. Look, you who are hesitating between obedience and disobedience. Look in imagination at the vast multitudes worshipping at Satan’s altar. Listen to the music, to the language, called higher education. But what does God declare it?—The mystery of iniquity.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.
“Sikilizeni sauti, tambueni mamlaka, zinazotawala ulimwenguni. Je, iko sauti yoyote ya maombi? Je, mnaona ishara yoyote kwamba Mungu anatambuliwa? Wako makuhani, wengi sana; lakini wanalikanyaga chini ya miguu yao sheria ya Yehova. Mavazi yao yametiwa madoa na damu ya roho. Makutano mengi wanatoa dhabihu kwa mashetani. Tazameni, ninyi mnaositasita kati ya utii na kutotii. Tazameni kwa mawazo makutano makubwa sana wakisujudu katika madhabahu ya Shetani. Sikilizeni muziki, sikilizeni lugha, inayoitwa elimu ya juu. Lakini Mungu aitangazaje?—Siri ya kuasi.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.
In the last conflict when “all will take sides” the test of the Garden of Eden is repeated. The test that in the beginning was isolated to a tree in the middle of a garden, it is repeated at the end, in the entire world. Satan's work in advance of the final battle is “the mystery of iniquity,” which is defined as “higher education!” The symbol of “higher education” in the land of the earth beast is found in Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Athens of the South,’ where the Parthenon temple is located in contrast with the true education once represented in Nashville by Madison College. The following statement from inspiration is cited in its entirety at the end of this article, but a few points should be considered at this point.
Katika pambano la mwisho, wakati “wote watachukua upande,” jaribu la Bustani ya Edeni linarejelewa. Jaribu ambalo hapo mwanzo lilihusu mti mmoja katikati ya bustani, linarudiwa mwishoni, katika ulimwengu wote. Kazi ya Shetani kabla ya pambano la mwisho ni “siri ya uasi,” ambayo hufafanuliwa kuwa “elimu ya juu!” Alama ya “elimu ya juu” katika nchi ya mnyama wa dunia inapatikana Nashville, Tennessee, ‘Athene ya Kusini,’ ambako hekalu la Parthenon lipo kinyume na elimu ya kweli iliyowahi kuwakilishwa Nashville na Chuo cha Madison. Kauli ifuatayo kutoka kwa uvuvio imenukuliwa kwa ukamilifu mwishoni mwa makala hii, lakini mambo machache yapasa kuzingatiwa katika hatua hii.
“All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history....
“Wote wanahitaji hekima ili kuichunguza kwa uangalifu siri ya uovu, ambayo inachukua sehemu kubwa sana katika kuhitimishwa kwa historia ya dunia hii....”
“There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising....
“Hamna njia ya katikati iendayo kwenye Paradiso iliyorejeshwa. Ujumbe aliopewa mwanadamu kwa ajili ya siku hizi za mwisho si wa kuchanganywa na mawazo ya kubuni ya kibinadamu....”
“Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom.... All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.
“Wale ambao Mungu amewainua kwenye nyadhifa za juu za uaminifu wanaweza kuigeuka nuru ya mbinguni na kuelekea hekima ya kibinadamu.... Wote ambao wangekuwa na tabia ambayo ingewafanya kuwa watenda kazi pamoja na Mungu na kuipokea sifa ya Mungu, lazima wajitenge na adui za Mungu, na kuishika kweli ambayo Kristo alimpa Yohana ili aupe ulimwengu.” Manuscript Releases, juzuu la 18, 30–36.
The “all” who need “wisdom” represents all who are brought into a testing process that ultimately produces two classes of worshippers. The “wise” are those who secure the needed “wisdom.” The testing process begins when the revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed, just before the close of human probation. That unsealing begins an “increase of knowledge.” Those who are confronted with the test associated with the revelation of Jesus Christ will secure the “oil” of prophetic knowledge designed to guide, prepare and sanctify in advance of the arrival of the east wind at the Sunday law. The “tree of knowledge of good and evil” is the symbol of the counterfeit Bread of Heaven that is to be eaten or rejected.
“Hao wote” wanaohitaji “hekima” wanawakilisha wote wanaoletwa katika mchakato wa kujaribiwa ambao hatimaye huzaa makundi mawili ya waabuduo. “Wenye hekima” ni wale wanaoipata “hekima” inayohitajika. Mchakato wa kujaribiwa huanza wakati ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo unapofunguliwa muhuri, kabla tu ya kufungwa kwa muda wa rehema kwa wanadamu. Kufunguliwa huko kwa muhuri huanzisha “kuongezeka kwa maarifa.” Wale wanaokabiliwa na jaribio linalohusiana na ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo wataipata “mafuta” ya maarifa ya kiunabii yaliyokusudiwa kuongoza, kuandaa, na kutakasa kabla ya kuwasili kwa upepo wa mashariki katika sheria ya Jumapili. “Mti wa ujuzi wa mema na mabaya” ni ishara ya Mkate wa Mbinguni wa bandia ambao unapaswa kuliwa au kukataliwa.
In Galilee, at the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus lost more followers at one incident than any other time in His ministry. There the test was whether the prophetic words of Christ were literal or spiritual, and those who failed the test, failed—for they forgot that man is to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Christ had stated clearly that He was the Bread sent down from heaven and those who failed the test had blended Truth with human wisdom, represented by the Greeks.
Katika Galilaya, katika sinagogi la Kapernaumu, Yesu alipoteza wafuasi wengi zaidi kwa tukio moja kuliko wakati mwingine wowote katika huduma Yake. Hapo jaribu lilikuwa ni kama maneno ya kinabii ya Kristo yalikuwa halisi au ya kiroho, na wale waliolishindwa jaribu hilo, walishindwa—kwa maana walisahau kwamba mwanadamu ataishi kwa kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Mungu. Kristo alikuwa amesema wazi kwamba Yeye ndiye Mkate ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni, na wale waliolishindwa jaribu hilo walikuwa wamechanganya Kweli na hekima ya kibinadamu, inayowakilishwa na Wagiriki.
Before Eve began the failure of the garden, Christ had instructed both Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The first of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is the fear of God.
Kabla Hawa hajaanza kushindwa kwa bustani, Kristo alikuwa amewaagiza wote wawili, Adamu na Hawa, wasile matunda ya mti wa ujuzi wa mema na mabaya. Hatua ya kwanza kati ya hatua tatu za injili ya milele ni kumcha Mungu.
“Let the mind grasp the stupendous truths of revelation, and it will never be content to employ its powers upon frivolous themes; it will turn with disgust from the trashy literature and idle amusements that are demoralizing the youth of today. Those who have communed with the poets and sages of the Bible, and whose souls have been stirred by the glorious deeds of the heroes of faith, will come from the rich fields of thought far more pure in heart and elevated in mind than if they had been occupied in studying the most celebrated secular authors, or in contemplating and glorifying the exploits of the Pharaohs and Herods and Caesars of the world.
“Akili na ishike kweli kuu mno za ufunuo, nayo haitaridhika kamwe kutumia nguvu zake juu ya mada zisizo na maana; itageuka kwa chuki kutoka kwa maandishi duni yasiyo na thamani na anasa za upuuzi zinazowaharibu maadili vijana wa leo. Wale ambao wamekuwa na ushirika na washairi na wenye hekima wa Biblia, na ambao nafsi zao zimechochewa na matendo ya utukufu ya mashujaa wa imani, watatoka katika nyanja hizo tajiri za mawazo wakiwa safi zaidi moyoni na wenye kuinuliwa zaidi katika fikira kuliko kama wangekuwa wamejishughulisha katika kuwachunguza waandishi wa kilimwengu wanaosifiwa sana, au katika kutafakari na kutukuza matendo ya Mafarao na Herode na Kaisari wa ulimwengu.”
“The powers of the youth are mostly dormant, because they do not make the fear of God the beginning of wisdom. The Lord gave Daniel wisdom and knowledge, because he would not be influenced by any power that would interfere with his religious principles. The reason why we have so few men of mind, of stability and solid worth, is that they think to find greatness while disconnecting from Heaven.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.
“Uwezo wa vijana kwa sehemu kubwa umelala, kwa sababu hawafanyi kumcha Mungu kuwa mwanzo wa hekima. Bwana alimpa Danieli hekima na maarifa, kwa sababu hakukubali kuathiriwa na nguvu yoyote ambayo ingeathiri kanuni zake za kidini. Sababu inayotufanya tuwe na watu wachache sana wenye akili, wenye uthabiti na wenye thamani halisi, ni kwamba hudhani kupata ukuu huku wakijitenga na Mbingu.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.
Eve lost her “fear of God.” She should have trembled at the words of God, which is an attribute of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The fear of God is the first of three tests, and it begins when the prophetic Word is unsealed, ultimately producing a class of wise and a class of foolish. The beginning for those who are destined to be wise is to tremble at God’s Word. Eve did not do this, and when confronted with the second step of the testing process she was unable to give God glory, and then was confronted with the hour of judgment where she manifested the nakedness of Laodicea.
Hawa alipoteza “hofu ya Mungu.” Alipaswa kutetemeka kwa maneno ya Mungu, ambalo ni sifa ya wale mia na arobaini na nne elfu. Hofu ya Mungu ni la kwanza kati ya majaribu matatu, nayo huanza Neno la kinabii linapofunuliwa, hatimaye likizalisha tabaka la wenye hekima na tabaka la wapumbavu. Mwanzo kwa wale waliokusudiwa kuwa wenye hekima ni kutetemeka kwa Neno la Mungu. Hawa hakufanya hivi, na alipokabiliwa na hatua ya pili ya mchakato wa kupimwa hakuweza kumpa Mungu utukufu, kisha akakabiliwa na saa ya hukumu ambapo alidhihirisha uchi wa Laodikia.
“All who would perfect a Christian character must wear the yoke of Christ. If they would sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, they must learn of Him while on this earth. Christ pleased not Himself. The whole of His life was the development of a pure, disinterested benevolence. He assumed human nature to demonstrate to the fallen world, to Satan and his synagogue, to the universe of heaven, to the worlds unfallen, that human nature, united with His divine nature, could become entirely obedient to the law of God. All need to enquire, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ God requires humble, contrite hearts, that tremble at His word. It is only from the divine altar that we can receive the celestial torch, which, when received, will give us a full view of our incompetence, and reveal to us the dignity and glory of Christ. When this is seen, God places us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and it will lead us into all truth.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.
“Wote wanaotaka kuikamilisha tabia ya Kikristo ni lazima waivae nira ya Kristo. Ikiwa wangependa kuketi pamoja katika ulimwengu wa mbinguni ndani ya Kristo Yesu, ni lazima wajifunze Kwake wakiwa bado katika dunia hii. Kristo hakujipendeza Mwenyewe. Maisha Yake yote yalikuwa maendeleo ya wema safi usio na ubinafsi. Alitwaa asili ya kibinadamu ili kuudhihirishia ulimwengu ulioanguka, kwa Shetani na sinagogi lake, kwa ulimwengu wa mbinguni, kwa dunia zisizoanguka, kwamba asili ya kibinadamu, ikiunganishwa na asili Yake ya uungu, ingeweza kuwa mtiifu kabisa kwa sheria ya Mungu. Wote wanahitaji kujiuliza, ‘Nifanye nini nipate kuokolewa?’ Mungu anahitaji mioyo ya unyenyekevu na toba, inayolitetemekea neno Lake. Ni kutoka katika madhabahu ya mbinguni tu ndiko tunaweza kupokea mwenge wa kimbinguni ambao, ukishapokelewa, utatupa mtazamo kamili wa kutoweza kwetu, na kutufunulia heshima na utukufu wa Kristo. Hili linapoonekana, Mungu hutuweka chini ya uongozi wa Roho Mtakatifu, naye atatuongoza katika kweli yote.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.
The amalgamation of truth and error is the work of Satan which is identified as the mystery of iniquity. The compromise of all mankind in the final movements of the investigative judgment is enshrined in the Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mchanganyiko wa kweli na uongo ni kazi ya Shetani inayotambulishwa kama siri ya uasi. Maridhiano ya wanadamu wote katika hatua za mwisho za hukumu ya uchunguzi yamewekewa kumbukumbu katika hekalu la Parthenon huko Nashville, Tennessee.
“It is not wise to send our youth to universities where they devote their time to gaining a knowledge of Greek and Latin, while their heads and hearts are being filled with the sentiments of the infidel authors whom they study in order to master these languages. They gain a knowledge that is not at all necessary, or in harmony with the lessons of the great Teacher. Generally those educated in this way have much self-esteem. They think they have reached the height of higher education, and carry themselves proudly, as though they were no longer learners. They are spoiled for the service of God. The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest value to them.
“Si jambo la hekima kuwapeleka vijana wetu vyuoni ambako hujitolea wakati wao kupata ujuzi wa Kigiriki na Kilatini, huku vichwa na mioyo yao vikijazwa hisia za waandishi wasioamini Mungu ambao huwasoma ili kuyamudu lugha hizo. Hupata ujuzi ambao si wa lazima hata kidogo, wala haupatani na mafundisho ya Mwalimu mkuu. Kwa jumla, wale walioelimishwa kwa njia hii huwa na kujithamini sana. Hufikiri kwamba wamefikia kilele cha elimu ya juu, nao hujiendesha kwa majivuno, kana kwamba si wanafunzi tena. Huharibiwa kwa ajili ya utumishi wa Mungu. Wakati, mali, na juhudi ya kujifunza ambavyo wengi wametumia kupata elimu iliyo ya manufaa kidogo kwa kulinganisha, zingepaswa kutumiwa kupata elimu ambayo ingewafanya kuwa wanaume na wanawake waliokamilika kwa pande zote, waliotayarishwa kwa maisha ya vitendo. Elimu ya namna hiyo ingekuwa ya thamani ya juu kabisa kwao.”
“What do students carry with them when they leave our schools? Where are they going? What are they going to do? Have they the knowledge that will enable them to teach others? Have they been educated to be wise fathers and mothers? Can they stand at the head of a family as wise instructors? In their home life can they so instruct their children that theirs will be a family that God can behold with pleasure, because it is a symbol of the family in heaven? Have they received the only education that can truly be called ‘higher education’?
“Wanafunzi huondoka katika shule zetu wakiwa wamebeba nini pamoja nao? Wanaenda wapi? Watafanya nini? Je, wana ujuzi utakaowawezesha kuwafundisha wengine? Je, wameelimishwa kuwa baba na mama wenye hekima? Je, wanaweza kusimama katika uongozi wa familia kama waalimu wenye hekima? Katika maisha yao ya nyumbani je, wanaweza kuwafundisha watoto wao kwa namna ambayo yao itakuwa familia ambayo Mungu anaweza kuitazama kwa furaha, kwa sababu ni ishara ya familia ya mbinguni? Je, wamepokea elimu ile pekee ambayo kwa kweli inaweza kuitwa ‘elimu ya juu’?”
“What is higher education? No education can be called higher education unless it bears the similitude of heaven, unless it leads young men and young women to be Christlike, and fits them to stand at the head of their families in the place of God. If, during his school life, a young man has failed to gain a knowledge of Greek and Latin and the sentiments contained in the works of infidel authors, he has not sustained much loss. If Jesus Christ had deemed this kind of education essential, would he not have given it to his disciples, whom he was educating to do the greatest work ever committed to mortals, to represent him in the world? But, instead, he placed sacred truth in their hands, to be given to the world in its simplicity.
“Elimu ya juu ni nini? Hakuna elimu inayoweza kuitwa elimu ya juu isipokuwa iwe na mfano wa mbinguni, isipokuwa iwaongoze vijana wa kiume na vijana wa kike kuwa kama Kristo, na kuwafaa kusimama katika uongozi wa familia zao mahali pa Mungu. Ikiwa, wakati wa maisha yake ya shule, kijana ameshindwa kupata ujuzi wa Kigiriki na Kilatini na wa mawazo yaliyomo katika kazi za waandishi wasioamini Mungu, hajapata hasara kubwa sana. Ikiwa Yesu Kristo angeona kwamba aina hii ya elimu ni ya lazima, je, asingaliwapa wanafunzi wake elimu hiyo, ambao alikuwa akiwafundisha kufanya kazi iliyo kuu kuliko zote iliyowahi kukabidhiwa wanadamu wanaokufa, ya kumwakilisha yeye ulimwenguni? Lakini, badala yake, aliweka ukweli mtakatifu mikononi mwao, ili upewe ulimwengu katika usahili wake.”
“There are times when Greek and Latin scholars are needed. Some must study these languages. This is well. But not all, and not many, should study them. Those who think that a knowledge of Greek and Latin is essential to a higher education, cannot see afar off. Neither is a knowledge of the mysteries of that which the men of the world call science necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It is Satan who fills the mind with sophistry and tradition, which exclude the true higher education, and which will perish with the learner.
“Kuna nyakati ambapo wanazuoni wa Kigiriki na Kilatini wanahitajika. Wengine ni lazima wajifunze lugha hizi. Hili ni jema. Lakini si wote, wala si wengi, wanaopaswa kuzisoma. Wale wanaodhani kwamba ujuzi wa Kigiriki na Kilatini ni wa lazima kwa elimu ya juu zaidi, hawaoni mbali. Wala ujuzi wa mafumbo ya kile ambacho watu wa ulimwengu huiita sayansi si wa lazima kwa kuingia katika ufalme wa Mungu. Ni Shetani anayejaza akili kwa hila za hoja na mapokeo, ambayo huiondoa elimu ya juu ya kweli, na ambayo yataangamia pamoja na mwanafunzi.”
“Those who have received a false education do not look heavenward. They cannot see the One who is the true Light, ‘which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.’ They look upon eternal realities as phantoms, calling an atom a world, and a world an atom. Of many who have received the so-called higher education, God declares, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—wanting in a knowledge of practical business, wanting in a knowledge of how to make the best use of time, wanting in a knowledge of how to labor for Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.
“Wale ambao wamepokea elimu ya uongo hawatazami mbinguni. Hawawezi kumwona Yeye aliye Nuru ya kweli, ‘amtiaye nuru kila mtu ajaye ulimwenguni.’ Huyatazama mambo ya milele kana kwamba ni vivuli tu, wakiiita atomi kuwa ulimwengu, na ulimwengu kuwa atomi. Juu ya wengi ambao wamepokea ile iitwayo elimu ya juu, Mungu asema, ‘Umepimwa katika mizani nawe umeonekana kuwa umepungukiwa,’—umepungukiwa katika maarifa ya shughuli za kivitendo, umepungukiwa katika maarifa ya jinsi ya kutumia wakati kwa njia iliyo bora zaidi, umepungukiwa katika maarifa ya jinsi ya kumfanyia Yesu kazi.” Review and Herald, Agosti 17, 1897.
The warning of the fireballs of Nashville is not an arbitrary city, it is a direct judgment brought upon Seventh-day Adventists, the United States and the world. The fireballs of Nashville represent different attributes for the various categories of Adventism, the earth beast and the world. The fireballs of Nashville are God’s judgment upon false education, symbolized by the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Onyo la mipira ya moto ya Nashville halihusu mji wa kiholela, bali ni hukumu ya moja kwa moja iliyowaletwa juu ya Waadventista wa Sabato, Marekani, na ulimwengu. Mipira ya moto ya Nashville inawakilisha sifa mbalimbali kwa makundi tofauti ya Uadventista, mnyama wa nchi, na ulimwengu. Mipira ya moto ya Nashville ni hukumu ya Mungu juu ya elimu ya uongo, inayofananishwa na mti wa ujuzi wa mema na mabaya.
We will continue this study in the next article.
Tutaendelea na somo hili katika makala inayofuata.
“By a variety of images the Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people. All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history. God’s presentation of the detestable works of the inhabitants of the ruling powers of the world who bind themselves into secret societies and confederacies, not honoring the law of God, should enable the people who have the light of truth to keep clear of all these evils. More and more will all false religionists of the world manifest their evil doings; for there are but two parties, those who keep the commandments of God and those who war against God’s holy law....
“Kwa mifano mbalimbali Bwana Yesu alimwakilisha kwa Yohana tabia ovu na mvuto wa kudanganya wa wale ambao wamejulikana kwa kuwatesa watu wa Mungu. Wote wanahitaji hekima ili kuichunguza kwa uangalifu siri ya uasi ambayo inaonekana kwa kiwango kikubwa sana katika kufungwa kwa historia ya dunia hii. Uwasilishaji wa Mungu wa matendo ya kuchukiza ya wakaaji wa mamlaka zinazotawala za ulimwengu ambao hujifunga katika vyama vya siri na mashirikisho, bila kuiheshimu sheria ya Mungu, unapaswa kuwawezesha watu walio na nuru ya kweli kujiepusha kabisa na maovu haya yote. Zaidi na zaidi wanadini wote wa uongo wa ulimwengu wataonyesha matendo yao maovu; kwa maana yapo makundi mawili tu, wale wazishikao amri za Mungu na wale wanaopigana dhidi ya sheria takatifu ya Mungu....”
“The enmity between the seed of the woman and the serpent is clearly defined by the Lord. ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ ‘And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’
“Uadui kati ya uzao wa mwanamke na nyoka umefafanuliwa waziwazi na Bwana. ‘Nami nitaweka uadui kati yako na mwanamke, na kati ya uzao wako na uzao wake; huo utakuponda kichwa, nawe utamponda kisigino.’ ‘Akamwambia Adamu, Kwa sababu umeisikiliza sauti ya mkeo, ukala matunda ya mti ambao nalikuamuru, nikisema, Usile matunda yake: ardhi imelaaniwa kwa ajili yako; kwa uchungu utakula mazao yake siku zote za maisha yako; itakuzalia miiba na michongoma; nawe utakula mboga za kondeni; kwa jasho la uso wako utakula chakula, hata utakapoirudia ardhi; kwa maana katika hiyo ulitwaliwa: kwa kuwa u mavumbi wewe, nawe mavumbini utarudi.’
“By following his own way, by acting in harmony with Satan’s temptations and in opposition to the known will of God, man vainly attempted to elevate and bless himself. Thus he gained an experimental knowledge of disobedience to God’s commandments. Thus he knew good and evil; thus he lost his fidelity and loyalty to God and opened the floodgates of evil and suffering to the whole human family. How many today are making the same experiment! When will man learn that the only means for his safety is through a full confidence in a ‘thus saith the Lord’?
“Kwa kuifuata njia yake mwenyewe, kwa kutenda kwa upatano na majaribu ya Shetani na kwa kumpinga mapenzi ya Mungu yaliyojulikana, mwanadamu alijaribu bure kujiinua na kujibariki mwenyewe. Hivyo akapata ujuzi wa uzoefu wa kutotii amri za Mungu. Hivyo akajua mema na mabaya; hivyo akapoteza uaminifu na utii wake kwa Mungu na akafungua malango ya gharika ya uovu na mateso juu ya jamii yote ya wanadamu. Ni wangapi leo wanaofanya jaribio lilo hilo! Ni lini mwanadamu atajifunza kwamba njia pekee ya usalama wake ni kupitia tumaini kamili katika ‘Bwana asema hivi’?”
“Satan is seeking to intrude his own inventions upon the children of God through human methods. He is seeking to be received as God, or even to be placed above God.
“Shetani anatafuta kupenyeza ubunifu wake mwenyewe kwa watoto wa Mungu kwa njia ya mbinu za kibinadamu. Anatafuta kukubaliwa kama Mungu, au hata kuwekwa juu ya Mungu.
“In changing the Sabbath to the first day of the week, he leads men to disbelieve God’s declarations, and so to regard their own ways and plans that they appear exceeding wise in their own eyes and in their perverted judgment. Through human policy he leads men to regard the expressed commandments of God as of less force than human tradition, and to regard a deviation from that law which is always holy and just and good, as of little account. He sees that by thus preventing human agencies from walking as obedient children in harmony with God, he can hinder the accomplishment of God’s work in our world.
“Kwa kuibadili Sabato na kuifanya kuwa siku ya kwanza ya juma, huwaongoza wanadamu kutokuyaamini matamko ya Mungu, na hivyo kuziona njia na mipango yao wenyewe kana kwamba ni za hekima nyingi mno machoni pao wenyewe na katika hukumu yao iliyopotoka. Kwa sera za kibinadamu huwaongoza wanadamu kuyachukulia amri za Mungu zilizoelezwa wazi kuwa na nguvu ndogo kuliko mapokeo ya wanadamu, na kuyachukulia maachano na sheria hiyo ambayo daima ni takatifu na ya haki na njema kuwa ni jambo dogo. Anaona kwamba kwa namna hii, kwa kuwazuia vyombo vya kibinadamu wasienende kama watoto watii katika upatano na Mungu, anaweza kuzuia kutimizwa kwa kazi ya Mungu katika ulimwengu wetu.”
“But Satan’s connivings with human agencies who stand in responsible positions are just as much to be feared and shunned now after the experiment of sin has been tried, as it was in the case of our first parents. I am instructed to say that the men who are placed in positions of responsibility in the work of God have overestimated their right to control others. The position a man occupies does not change his character. Some have seemed to feel that they must devise for churches and for sanitariums and that there was to be no questioning of their judgment. Let them learn of Jesus at every step. He should be the chief authority for every man.
“Lakini hila za Shetani kwa kushirikiana na vyombo vya kibinadamu vinavyosimama katika nyadhifa za uwajibikaji zinapaswa kuogopwa na kuepukwa vivyo hivyo sasa baada ya jaribio la dhambi kujaribiwa, kama ilivyokuwa katika hali ya wazazi wetu wa kwanza. Nimeagizwa kusema kwamba watu waliowekwa katika nyadhifa za uwajibikaji katika kazi ya Mungu wamezidisha mno haki yao ya kuwatawala wengine. Nafasi anayoishika mtu haibadili tabia yake. Wengine wameonekana kuhisi kwamba ni lazima wao wapange kwa ajili ya makanisa na kwa ajili ya sanitariamu na kwamba hakukupaswa kuwapo swali lolote kuhusu hukumu yao. Na wajifunze kwa Yesu katika kila hatua. Yeye ndiye anayepaswa kuwa mamlaka kuu kwa kila mtu.”
“The One who has often been our Instructor says, ‘How hard it is for man to walk humbly with his God, in a contrite spirit taking God’s way and rejecting Satan’s propositions which seem to present great worldly advantages.’ The influence of man’s having his own way in the place of firmly standing on the solid foundation that God alone has laid, has been repeated over and over again. Refusing to walk in the straight paths that God has signified will bring them to confusion and will not teach wisdom to others who have the same test and trial. When will man learn that God is God, and not a man that He should change?
“Yeye ambaye mara nyingi amekuwa Mwalimu wetu asema, ‘Ni vigumu jinsi gani kwa mwanadamu kutembea kwa unyenyekevu pamoja na Mungu wake, akiwa na roho iliyotubu akifuata njia ya Mungu na kukataa mapendekezo ya Shetani ambayo yanaonekana kuwasilisha faida kubwa za kidunia.’ Ushawishi wa mwanadamu kufuata njia yake mwenyewe badala ya kusimama imara juu ya msingi thabiti ambao Mungu peke yake ameuweka, umerudiwa tena na tena. Kukataa kutembea katika njia zilizo nyofu ambazo Mungu ameonyesha kutawaleta katika machafuko na hakutawafundisha hekima wengine walio na jaribu na mtihani huohuo. Ni lini mwanadamu atajifunza kwamba Mungu ni Mungu, wala si mwanadamu hata apate kubadilika?”
“Some who have departed from the right way have been in a continual fever to grasp responsibilities that God has not laid upon them. God calls upon every minister and every physician to maintain the simplicity of the truth. The Son of God who is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments is the Saviour of our world today. From Him every medical missionary is to receive his training. Unless he shall separate himself from the prince of the power of the air, he will mislead souls who have confidence in him. Let all beware of men who are so educated and uplifted that their plans cannot be understood by the common people.
“Baadhi ya wale walioiacha njia iliyo sawa wamekuwa katika hamaki ya daima ya kutaka kushika majukumu ambayo Mungu hakuwatwika. Mungu anamtaka kila mhudumu na kila tabibu kudumisha usahili wa kweli. Mwana wa Mungu anayefunuliwa katika Agano la Kale na Agano Jipya ndiye Mwokozi wa ulimwengu wetu leo. Kila mmishonari wa matibabu anapaswa kupokea mafunzo yake kutoka kwake. Asipojitenga na mkuu wa uwezo wa anga, atazipotosha nafsi zinazomwamini. Wote na wajihadhari na watu walioelimishwa na kuinuliwa kiasi kwamba mipango yao haiwezi kueleweka na watu wa kawaida.
“The intrigues of sin surpass infinite conception. Every calamity, every suffering and death, is an evidence not only of the power of evil but of the truth of the living God. Having known the truth, the word of the living God, which abideth forever, and which through obedience gives life, man’s weakness in conforming to Satan’s ingenuity is surpassingly strange. All who are taught of God recognize Christ as His Son. All who disbelieve the known declarations of God demonstrate the popularity of sin, and are not working on the side of life and immortality which are brought to light through perfect sanctification of the truth. Unless they make a change in character, in words, and in spirit, souls will be lost.
“Mbinu za dhambi zapita sana ufahamu usio na mipaka. Kila msiba, kila mateso na mauti, ni ushahidi si wa nguvu ya uovu tu bali pia wa kweli wa Mungu aliye hai. Akiwa ameijua kweli, neno la Mungu aliye hai, lidumulo milele, na ambalo kwa njia ya utii hutoa uzima, udhaifu wa mwanadamu katika kufuata ujanja wa Shetani ni wa kushangaza kupita kiasi. Wote wafundishwao na Mungu humtambua Kristo kuwa ni Mwana Wake. Wote wasioyaamini matamko ya Mungu yanayojulikana hudhihirisha kusifika kwa dhambi, wala hawafanyi kazi upande wa uzima na kutokufa ambavyo vimeletwa nuruni kwa njia ya utakaso mkamilifu wa kweli. Wasipofanya badiliko la tabia, la maneno, na la roho, nafsi zitapotea.”
“There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising. We are not to lean upon the policy of worldly lawyers. We must be humble men of prayer, not acting like those who are blinded by Satan’s agencies.
“Hamna njia ya katikati kuelekea Paradiso iliyorejeshwa. Ujumbe aliopewa mwanadamu kwa ajili ya siku hizi za mwisho si wa kuchanganywa na ubunifu wa kibinadamu. Hatupaswi kutegemea sera ya mawakili wa kidunia. Inatupasa kuwa watu wanyenyekevu wa maombi, tusiotenda kama wale waliopofushwa na mawakala wa Shetani.
“Many have a faith, but not a faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Saving faith is not simply a mere belief of the truth. ‘The devils also believe, and tremble.’ The inspiration of the Spirit of God gives to men a faith that is an impelling power that molds character, and leads men higher than mere formal actions. The words, the actions, and the spirit are to bear testimony to the fact that we are followers of Christ.
“Wengi wana imani, lakini si imani itendayo kazi kwa upendo na kuitakasa nafsi. Imani iokoayo si kuamini tu ukweli kwa namna ya kawaida. ‘Mashetani nao huamini, na kutetemeka.’ Uvuvio wa Roho wa Mungu huwapa wanadamu imani ambayo ni nguvu yenye kusukuma mbele, inayoumba tabia, na kuwaongoza wanadamu juu zaidi ya matendo ya nje tu. Maneno, matendo, na roho vinapaswa kutoa ushuhuda wa ukweli kwamba sisi ni wafuasi wa Kristo.
“The greatest light and blessing that God has bestowed is not a security against transgression and apostasy in these last days. Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom. Their light will then become darkness, their God-entrusted capabilities a snare, their character an offense to God. God will not be mocked. A departure from Him has been and always will be followed by its sure results. The commission of acts that displease God will, unless decidedly repented of and forsaken, instead of seeking to justify them, lead the evildoer on step by step in deception till many sins are committed with impunity. All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.
“Nuru na baraka iliyo kuu zaidi ambayo Mungu ametoa si kinga dhidi ya uasi na kugeuka imani katika siku hizi za mwisho. Wale ambao Mungu amewainua kwenye nyadhifa za juu za amana wanaweza kuiacha nuru ya mbinguni na kugeukia hekima ya kibinadamu. Ndipo nuru yao itakuwa giza, uwezo wao waliokabidhiwa na Mungu utakuwa mtego, tabia yao itakuwa chukizo kwa Mungu. Mungu hatadhihakiwa. Kumwacha Yeye kumekuwa na daima kutafuatiwa na matokeo yake ya hakika. Kutenda mambo yasiyompendeza Mungu kutasababisha, isipokuwa yatubu kwa dhati na kuyaacha, badala ya kutafuta kuyahalalisha, mtenda maovu kuongozwa hatua kwa hatua katika udanganyifu hata dhambi nyingi zifanywe bila kuadhibiwa. Wote wanaotaka kuwa na tabia itakayowafanya kuwa watenda kazi pamoja na Mungu na kupokea pongezi ya Mungu, ni lazima wajitenge na maadui wa Mungu, na kushikilia kweli ambayo Kristo alimpa Yohana ili aupe ulimwengu.” Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 18, 30–36.