Ezekiel is identified as the “mourning prophet” for he is a symbol of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who in chapter nine of his book are mourning (sighing and crying) for the abominations done in the land and in the church. In the passage from Testimonies we cited in the last article Sister White penned, “The prophet himself was a stranger in a strange land, where boundless ambition and savage cruelty reigned supreme. That which he saw and heard of human tyranny and wrong distressed his soul, and he mourned bitterly day and night.”
Ezekieli anatambulishwa kuwa “nabii wa kuomboleza,” kwa maana yeye ni ishara ya wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu, ambao katika sura ya tisa ya kitabu chake wanaomboleza (wakiguna na kulia) kwa sababu ya machukizo yanayofanywa katika nchi na katika kanisa. Katika kifungu kutoka Testimonies tulichokinukuu katika makala iliyopita, Dada White aliandika, “Nabii mwenyewe alikuwa mgeni katika nchi ya kigeni, ambako tamaa isiyo na mipaka na ukatili wa kishenzi vilitawala kwa ukuu. Yale aliyoyaona na kuyasikia kuhusu udhalimu na uovu wa kibinadamu yaliihuzunisha nafsi yake, naye akaomboleza kwa uchungu mchana na usiku.”
The one hundred and forty-four thousand are the “outcasts of Israel,” who were scattered, as represented by Ezekiel being taken into captivity. The sealing process represented in Ezekiel nine is the same as Revelation seven, and both those chapters are represented as taking place in the latter days.
Wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu ndio “wafukuzwa wa Israeli,” waliotawanywa, kama inavyowakilishwa na Ezekieli kuchukuliwa mateka. Mchakato wa kutiwa muhuri unaowakilishwa katika Ezekieli 9 ni uleule wa Ufunuo 7, na sura hizo zote mbili zinaonyeshwa kuwa zinatukia katika siku za mwisho.
“This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.
“Kutiwa muhuri huku kwa watumishi wa Mungu ndiko kuleko kulionyeshwa kwa Ezekieli katika maono.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.
From the throne, God directs the cherubim who in turn manage the wheels. Ezekiel was to understand from the vision that God was in control, even in the period when everything appeared to be in confusion. Sister White says “in like manner” after setting forth the structure of God on the throne, directing the cherubim who managed the affairs of earth, as she describes John in the sanctuary where Christ walked among the seven churches. Ezekiel and John are symbols of those who live in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who, as inspiration records, “The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of.”
Kutoka katika kiti cha enzi, Mungu huwaongoza makerubi ambao nao kwa upande wao huisimamia ile magurudumu. Ezekieli alipaswa kuelewa kutoka katika ono hilo kwamba Mungu alikuwa akitawala, hata katika kipindi ambacho kila kitu kilipoonekana kuwa katika machafuko. Dada White anasema “kwa jinsi iyo hiyo” baada ya kuweka wazi mpangilio wa Mungu akiwa juu ya kiti cha enzi, akiwaongoza makerubi waliokuwa wakisimamia mambo ya dunia, kama anavyomweleza Yohana katika patakatifu ambapo Kristo alitembea katikati ya yale makanisa saba. Ezekieli na Yohana ni alama za wale wanaoishi katika wakati wa kutiwa muhuri wa wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu ambao, kama uvuvio unavyonukuu, “Matukio yatakayotekelezwa katika dunia yetu bado hayajaota ndotoni hata kidogo.”
Certainly when Sister White penned those words, those words were true, but in the sealing time they find their perfect fulfillment. Twenty years ago or so, would you have thought that what is now transpiring in the world in conjunction with the swarming of the locusts of Islam? Locusts as a symbol of Islam in chapter nine of Revelation includes the migration in nature of the Locusts of northern Africa. Those swarming locusts of Africa's migration path aligns with the geography that was taken over by Islam. Islam is descendant of Ishmael, and Ishmael’s mother was Hagar. Hagar means “flight” or “to flee.” In Arabic the name is usually rendered Hajar (هاجر), and it is connected to the same root that gives us Hijra (the migration/flight of Muhammad). The roots of Islam are associated with not only the swarming of locusts, but the roots include the meaning of migration. Did anyone ever dream that illegal immigration was a manifestation of the locust of Islam?
Hakika, wakati Dada White alipoandika maneno hayo, maneno hayo yalikuwa kweli, lakini katika wakati wa kutiwa muhuri yanapata utimilifu wake mkamilifu. Takriban miaka ishirini iliyopita, je, ungalifikiri kwamba yale yanayotukia sasa ulimwenguni yanahusiana na kusongamana kwa nzige wa Uislamu? Nzige kama ishara ya Uislamu katika sura ya tisa ya Ufunuo hujumuisha uhamaji wa asili wa nzige wa Afrika ya Kaskazini. Hao nzige wanaosongamana, katika njia yao ya uhamaji barani Afrika, wanaendana na jiografia iliyotwaliwa na Uislamu. Uislamu ni uzao wa Ishmaeli, na mama yake Ishmaeli alikuwa Hagari. Hagari humaanisha “kukimbia” au “kutoroka.” Kwa Kiarabu jina hilo kwa kawaida huandikwa Hajar (هاجر), na linahusishwa na mzizi uleule unaotupatia Hijra (uhamaji/kukimbia kwa Muhammad). Mizizi ya Uislamu haihusiani tu na kusongamana kwa nzige, bali mizizi hiyo pia inajumuisha maana ya uhamaji. Je, kuna yeyote aliyewahi kuota kwamba uhamiaji haramu ulikuwa udhihirisho wa nzige wa Uislamu?
Did anyone dream that the global communists would form an alliance with the Islamic hordes? Both Islam and the globalists dragon power ascend from the bottomless pit in Revelation 9/11 respectively, and the bottomless pit represents a manifestation of satanic power. Both of the current allies are instruments of Satan according to the Scriptures of truth.
Je, kuna yeyote aliyedhani kwamba wakomunisti wa ulimwengu wangefanya muungano na makundi ya Kiislamu? Uislamu na mamlaka ya joka ya wanaulimwengu wote wawili hupanda kutoka katika shimo lisilo na mwisho katika Ufunuo 9/11 mtawalia, na shimo lisilo na mwisho linawakilisha udhihirisho wa nguvu za kishetani. Washirika hao wa sasa, wote wawili, ni vyombo vya Shetani kulingana na Maandiko ya kweli.
“‘When they shall have finished [are finishing] their testimony.’ The period when the two witnesses were to prophesy clothed in sackcloth ended in 1798. As they were approaching the termination of their work in obscurity, war was to be made upon them by the power represented as ‘the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit.’ In many of the nations of Europe the powers that ruled in Church and State had for centuries been controlled by Satan, through the medium of the papacy. But here is brought to view a new manifestation of Satanic power.” The Great Controversy, 268.
“‘Watakapokwisha [wanamaliza] ushuhuda wao.’ Kipindi ambacho mashahidi hao wawili walipaswa kutoa unabii wakiwa wamevikwa nguo za gunia kilifikia mwisho mwaka 1798. Walipokuwa wakikaribia kufikia mwisho wa kazi yao katika hali ya kutofahamika, iliwapasa kushambuliwa kwa vita na nguvu ile inayowakilishwa kama ‘yule mnyama apandaye kutoka katika shimo lisilo na mwisho.’ Katika mataifa mengi ya Ulaya, mamlaka yaliyotawala katika Kanisa na Serikali yalikuwa kwa karne nyingi yakidhibitiwa na Shetani, kwa njia ya upapa. Lakini hapa kunaonyeshwa udhihirisho mpya wa nguvu za kishetani.” The Great Controversy, 268.
Sister White here identifies the arrival of socialism in the French Revolution period, while also noting that Satan also controls the papal power. The papal power also comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation seventeen and in chapter nine of Revelation, Islam is the smoke which came from the bottomless pit. The point still remains; did inspiration truly mean, “The scenes to be enacted in our world are not yet even dreamed of?” Who dreamed that Islam would now be spread across Europe and now descending upon the Americas? Did you dream the locusts would be spread across the globe by the globalists of the United Nations, the European Union and the democratic party of the United States?
Hapa Dada White anatambua kuwasili kwa ujamaa katika kipindi cha Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa, huku pia akibainisha kwamba Shetani pia huidhibiti mamlaka ya upapa. Mamlaka ya upapa nayo pia hutoka katika shimo lisilo na mwisho katika Ufunuo kumi na saba, na katika sura ya tisa ya Ufunuo, Uislamu ndio ule moshi uliotoka katika shimo lisilo na mwisho. Hoja bado yasalia; je, uvuvio ulikusudia kweli kusema, “Matukio yatakayotekelezwa katika ulimwengu wetu bado hayajaota hata katika ndoto?” Ni nani aliyewahi kuota kwamba Uislamu sasa ungeenea kote Ulaya na sasa kushuka juu ya mabara ya Amerika? Je, wewe uliota kwamba nzige wangeenezwa katika uso wa dunia yote na wanataifa wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Umoja wa Ulaya, na chama cha Democratic cha Marekani?
Who dreamed that the educational institutions would be overcome by the communist and Islamic alliance that is now being paid for by tax dollars of citizens that never intended their tax dollars would be employed to destroy the nation supplying the tax dollars.
Ni nani aliyedhani kwamba taasisi za elimu zingeshindwa na muungano wa kikomunisti na Kiislamu ambao sasa unafadhiliwa kwa fedha za kodi za raia ambao hawakukusudia kamwe kwamba fedha zao za kodi zingetumiwa kuangamiza taifa linalotoa fedha hizo za kodi.
Who dreamed Great Britain would promote an uphold white girls being gang raped, kidnapped and imprisoned and murdered by Islam? Many point out that fact the every communist system ever located in human history has been a complete failure, but the fruit of the socialism of Britain is as much a condemnation of socialism, as the failure of the system’s economic and political philosophies.
Ni nani aliyewahi kudhani kwamba Uingereza ingeendeleza na kutetea wasichana weupe kubakwa kwa makundi, kutekwa nyara, kufungwa gerezani, na kuuawa na Uislamu? Wengi huonyesha ukweli kwamba kila mfumo wa kikomunisti uliowahi kuwapo katika historia ya wanadamu umekuwa kushindwa kabisa; lakini matunda ya ujamaa wa Uingereza ni hukumu dhidi ya ujamaa kwa kadiri ileile ilivyo kushindwa kwa falsafa za kiuchumi na kisiasa za mfumo huo.
Who would have dreamed that the merchants of the earth would be allowed to introduce poisons to accomplish mass murder of over seventeen million people?
Ni nani ambaye angewahi kuota kwamba wafanyabiashara wa dunia wangeruhusiwa kuingiza sumu ili kutekeleza mauaji ya halaiki ya zaidi ya watu milioni kumi na saba?
Who dreamed men such as George Soros, Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci would be allowed to accomplish their demonic deeds of evil with absolutely no consequences?
Ni nani aliyedhani kwamba watu kama George Soros, Bill Gates na Anthony Fauci wangeruhusiwa kutimiza matendo yao ya kishetani ya uovu bila matokeo yoyote kabisa?
When Sister White stated the scenes enacted would not be dreamed about, she did so in the context of the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. She was following her comments on Christ warning in Matthew twenty-four where she recorded, “These lessons are for our benefit. We need to stay our faith upon God, for there is just before us a time that will try men’s souls. Christ, upon the Mount of Olives, rehearsed the fearful judgments that were to precede His second coming.”
Wakati Dada White aliposema kwamba matukio yaliyotekelezwa yasingeweza kuotwa, alifanya hivyo katika muktadha wa wakati wa kutiwa muhuri kwa wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu. Alikuwa akiendeleza maoni yake kuhusu onyo la Kristo katika Mathayo ishirini na nne ambapo aliandika, “Mafunzo haya ni kwa manufaa yetu. Tunahitaji kuitegemeza imani yetu juu ya Mungu, kwa maana mbele yetu kabisa kuna wakati utakaozijaribu nafsi za wanadamu. Kristo, juu ya Mlima wa Mizeituni, alisimulia hukumu za kutisha ambazo zilipaswa kutangulia kuja Kwake mara ya pili.”
The lessons she had just referred to were the illustrations of both Ezekiel and John in the sanctuary learning to understand that God is in control of all things. In the confusion and rebellion that is now under way, a confusion and rebellion that will only escalate as history moves forward, those who are God’s messengers, as represented by not only Ezekiel and John in the temple, but also Isaiah will only navigate the history in a fashion that glorifies the Lord if they understand that even the things we never dreamed of are still under the control of God.
Mafundisho ambayo alikuwa ametaja punde tu yalikuwa ni mifano ya wote wawili, Ezekieli na Yohana, ndani ya patakatifu wakijifunza kuelewa kwamba Mungu anatawala juu ya vitu vyote. Katika machafuko na uasi unaoendelea sasa, machafuko na uasi ambao utaendelea tu kuongezeka historia inaposonga mbele, wale walio wajumbe wa Mungu, kama wanavyowakilishwa si na Ezekieli na Yohana tu ndani ya hekalu, bali pia na Isaya, wataipitia historia kwa namna inayomtukuza Bwana tu ikiwa wataelewa kwamba hata mambo ambayo hatukuwahi kuyaota bado yako chini ya utawala wa Mungu.
Those wheels intersecting the other wheels include the events that were never dreamed of, and they are the events that transpire in the sealing time that began on 9/11. The lessons that are to be learned are only learned by those who by faith enter into the Most Holy Place and see Christ and His light shining from the Ark. When that glory is viewed as represented by Daniel in chapter ten, the class that is benefitted from the light is separated from those who fled from the vision.
Magurudumu yale yanayokatiza magurudumu mengine yanajumuisha matukio ambayo hayakuwahi kuota katika ndoto, nayo ndiyo matukio yanayotukia katika wakati wa kutiwa muhuri ulioanza tarehe 9/11. Mafunzo yanayopaswa kujifunzwa hujifunzwa tu na wale ambao kwa imani huingia katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu na kumwona Kristo na nuru Yake iking’aa kutoka kwenye Sanduku la Agano. Utukufu huo unapoonekana kama unavyowakilishwa na Danieli katika sura ya kumi, tabaka linalonufaishwa na nuru hutenganishwa na wale walioikimbia maono hayo.
And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Daniel 10:7.
Nami mimi, Danieli, peke yangu niliiona maono hiyo; kwa maana wale watu waliokuwa pamoja nami hawakuiona maono hiyo; lakini tetemeko kuu likawaangukia, hata wakakimbia kujificha. Danieli 10:7.
There is much more to be derived from the passage in the previous article, but we will address a wheel as we close this article. We have noted in the last article the symbolism of the number twenty-five and before that we spent time on the number thirty. The light from the book of Ezekiel is not simply symbolic numbers, but it is worthwhile to first familiarize ourselves with some of those numerical symbols before beginning to bring some clarity out of the confusion.
Kuna mengi zaidi yanayoweza kutolewa kutoka katika kifungu cha makala iliyotangulia, lakini tutashughulikia gurudumu moja tunapohitimisha makala hii. Tumebaini katika makala iliyopita ishara ya namba ishirini na tano, na kabla ya hapo tulitumia muda juu ya namba thelathini. Nuru itokayo katika kitabu cha Ezekieli si namba za ishara tu, lakini yafaa kwanza kujizoesha na baadhi ya ishara hizo za kinamba kabla ya kuanza kuleta uwazi kutoka katika mkanganyiko.
Seventeen
Kumi na saba
The three two-hundred and fifty-year prophecies identify a seventeen-year period that begins at the end of the history of the church of Smyrna. From 313 to 330, seventeen years typify the setting up of the image of the beast.
Unabii tatu za miaka mia mbili na hamsini zinaonyesha kipindi cha miaka kumi na saba kinachoanza mwishoni mwa historia ya kanisa la Smirna. Kuanzia 313 hadi 330, miaka kumi na saba inafananisha kusimamishwa kwa sanamu ya mnyama.
The two hundred and fifty years that began in 457 BC ended in 207 BC, seven years after the battle of Raphia and ten years before the battle of Panium. From Raphia to Panium was seventeen years, and it represents the hidden history of verse forty as set forth in verses eleven through fifteen of Daniel eleven.
Miaka mia mbili na hamsini iliyoanza mwaka 457 KK ilimalizika mwaka 207 KK, miaka saba baada ya vita vya Rafia na miaka kumi kabla ya vita vya Paniumu. Tangu Rafia hadi Paniumu kulikuwa miaka kumi na saba, nayo inawakilisha historia iliyofichika ya aya ya arobaini kama ilivyowekwa bayana katika aya ya kumi na moja hadi ya kumi na tano ya Danieli kumi na moja.
Ptolemy IV Philopator (also known as Ptolemy IV) was the ruler who won the Battle of Raphia in 217 BC. He reigned as king (and pharaoh) of Ptolemaic Egypt from 221 BC to 204 BC, thus he reigned for seventeen years. He began his reign before the battle of Raphia, but died before the battle of Panium.
Ptolemy IV Philopator (anayejulikana pia kama Ptolemy IV) alikuwa mtawala aliyeshinda Vita vya Raphia mwaka 217 KK. Alitawala kama mfalme (na Farao) wa Misri ya Ptolemy kutoka mwaka 221 KK hadi 204 KK, hivyo alitawala kwa muda wa miaka kumi na saba. Alianza utawala wake kabla ya vita vya Raphia, lakini akafa kabla ya vita vya Panium.
The battle of Raphia representing the Ukrainian War began in 2014 when the United States brought about a color revolution in the Ukraine. Ptolemy IV, the king of the south typifies Vladimir Putin, who began his reign in 2000, the year before the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand in 2001 began. As with Ptolemy, Putin began to reign before the Ukrainian war, typified by the battle of Raphia beginning in 2014. Before Panium Putin, as typified by Ptolemy is removed. Putin began to reign in 2000, thus aligning with the beginning of the sealing time that began the next year in 2001. Seventeen symbolic years as represented by Ptolemy identifies the period Putin reigns, and he does so during the sealing time.
Vita vya Raphia vinavyowakilisha Vita vya Ukrainia vilianza mwaka wa 2014 wakati Marekani iliposababisha mapinduzi ya rangi nchini Ukrainia. Ptolemy wa Nne, mfalme wa kusini, anamwakilisha kwa mfano Vladimir Putin, aliyeanza kutawala mwaka wa 2000, mwaka mmoja kabla ya kutiwa muhuri kwa wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu kuanza mwaka wa 2001. Kama ilivyokuwa kwa Ptolemy, Putin alianza kutawala kabla ya vita vya Ukrainia, vinavyoonyeshwa kwa mfano na vita vya Raphia vilivyoanza mwaka wa 2014. Kabla ya Panium, Putin, kama anavyoonyeshwa kwa mfano na Ptolemy, ataondolewa. Putin alianza kutawala mwaka wa 2000, hivyo akiambatana na mwanzo wa wakati wa kutiwa muhuri ulioanza mwaka uliofuata wa 2001. Miaka kumi na saba ya kiishara kama inavyowakilishwa na Ptolemy hutambulisha kipindi ambacho Putin anatawala, naye hutawala hivyo wakati wa kutiwa muhuri.
Trump represented by the conclusion of the two hundred and fifty years that began in 457 BC is located in the same hidden history as Putin, a history that is seventeen years long beginning at the battle of Raphia. The dragon (Putin) and false prophet (Trump) are located within the hidden history. In that history the beast, represented as “the robbers of thy people” symbolizing the papal power is located at the end of the seventeen years from Raphia to Panium.
Trump anayewakilishwa na hitimisho la miaka mia mbili na hamsini iliyoanza mwaka 457 KK, na yuko katika historia iyo hiyo iliyofichwa kama Putin, historia yenye urefu wa miaka kumi na saba ikianzia katika vita vya Raphia. Joka (Putin) na nabii wa uongo (Trump) wako ndani ya historia iliyofichwa. Katika historia hiyo, yule mnyama, anayewakilishwa kama “wanyang’anyi wa watu wako,” akiiashiria mamlaka ya upapa, yuko mwishoni mwa ile miaka kumi na saba kutoka Raphia hadi Panium.
The year 321 represents the Sunday law in the United States, and 321 is located within a seventeen-year period from the Edict of Milan in 313 unto the division of the empire in 330.
Mwaka wa 321 unawakilisha sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani, na 321 uko ndani ya kipindi cha miaka kumi na saba kuanzia Amri ya Milano ya mwaka 313 hadi mgawanyo wa himaya katika mwaka 330.
The history represented from Josiah’s Great Passover as it is called, begins the seventeenth Jubilee cycle of the Jews. From Josiah’s Passover, which is the greatest revival in the Old Testament unto October 22, represents the Millerite history from August 11, 1840 unto October 22, 1844, but more importantly it represents the history of 9/11 unto the Sunday law. The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is represented by the seventeenth Jubilee cycle from Josiah unto October 22. Seventeen is a symbol associated with the major events of the sealing time, and the number seventeen is a point where Ezekiel’s wheels intersect.
Historia inayowakilishwa kuanzia Pasaka Kuu ya Yosia, kama inavyoitwa, huanza mzunguko wa kumi na saba wa Yubile wa Wayahudi. Kuanzia Pasaka ya Yosia, ambayo ni uamsho mkuu kuliko yote katika Agano la Kale, hadi Oktoba 22, kunawakilisha historia ya Wamillerite kuanzia Agosti 11, 1840 hadi Oktoba 22, 1844, lakini lililo la muhimu zaidi, kunawakilisha historia ya 9/11 hadi sheria ya Jumapili. Wakati wa kutiwa muhuri wa wale mia moja na arobaini na nne elfu unawakilishwa na mzunguko wa kumi na saba wa Yubile kuanzia kwa Yosia hadi Oktoba 22. Kumi na saba ni ishara inayohusishwa na matukio makuu ya wakati wa kutiwa muhuri, na namba kumi na saba ni mahali ambapo magurudumu ya Ezekieli hukutana.
In the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel, as represented in verses ten through fifteen of the same chapter the dragon is associated with the number “17” by Ptolemy’s reign. The history of verses eleven’s battle of Raphia unto verse fifteen’s battle of Raphia is “17” years. That history places Donald Trump in the middle of the seventeen years represented by those two battles. The image of the beast that is formed and set up by Trump in the United States is represented by “17” years from 313 to 330. In verse one of chapter one Ezekiel is in the thirtieth year of the “17th” Jubilee cycle. Did you ever dream that the number seventeen represented one of the wheels Ezekiel saw in the Most Holy Place?
Katika historia iliyofichika ya aya ya arobaini ya Danieli, kama inavyowakilishwa katika aya za kumi hadi kumi na tano za sura hiyohiyo, yule joka anahusishwa na namba “17” kupitia utawala wa Ptolemy. Historia ya vita vya Rafia vya aya ya kumi na moja hadi vita vya Rafia vya aya ya kumi na tano ni miaka “17”. Historia hiyo humweka Donald Trump katikati ya miaka kumi na saba inayowakilishwa na vita hivyo viwili. Sanamu ya mnyama inayoundwa na kusimamishwa na Trump katika Marekani inawakilishwa na miaka “17” kuanzia 313 hadi 330. Katika aya ya kwanza ya sura ya kwanza, Ezekieli yumo katika mwaka wa thelathini wa mzunguko wa Yubile wa “17”. Je, uliwahi kuota kwamba namba kumi na saba iliwakilisha mojawapo ya magurudumu ambayo Ezekieli aliona katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu?
Ezekiel is a symbol of those during the sealing time who have by faith entered into the Most Holy Place. They are Peter’s priests.
Ezekieli ni ishara ya wale walio katika wakati wa kutiwa muhuri ambao kwa imani wameingia katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu. Hao ni makuhani wa Petro.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5.
Ninyi nanyi, kama mawe yaliyo hai, mnajengwa kuwa nyumba ya kiroho, ukuhani mtakatifu, ili kutoa dhabihu za kiroho, zinazokubalika kwa Mungu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo. 1 Petro 2:5.
They have been commissioned to present a message to God’s former covenant people who are then being passed by, though they are forewarned God’s former covenant people will not see or hear.
Wameagizwa kuwasilisha ujumbe kwa watu wa agano la zamani la Mungu ambao wakati huo wanapitwa, ingawa wameonywa tangu kabla kwamba watu wa agano la zamani la Mungu hawataona wala kusikia.
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:3–9.
Naye akaniambia, Mwanadamu, lisha tumbo lako, ukajaze matumbo yako gombo hili ninalokupa. Ndipo nikalila; nalo likawa kinywani mwangu tamu kama asali. Akaniambia, Mwanadamu, enenda, uende kwa nyumba ya Israeli, ukawanenee kwa maneno yangu. Kwa maana hukutumwa kwa watu wenye msemo wa kigeni na lugha ngumu, bali kwa nyumba ya Israeli; si kwa watu wengi wenye msemo wa kigeni na lugha ngumu, ambao maneno yao huwezi kuyaelewa. Hakika, kama ningalikutuma kwao, wangalikusikiliza. Lakini nyumba ya Israeli hawatakusikiliza wewe; kwa maana hawataki kunisikiliza mimi; kwa kuwa nyumba yote ya Israeli ni wakaidi na wenye mioyo migumu. Tazama, nimeifanya uso wako uwe mgumu dhidi ya nyuso zao, na kipaji chako kiwe kigumu dhidi ya vipaji vyao. Nimekifanya kipaji chako kuwa kama almasi, kigumu kuliko gumegume; usiwaogope, wala usifadhaike kwa sababu ya nyuso zao, ijapokuwa wao ni nyumba ya kuasi. Ezekieli 3:3–9.
Ezekiel is directed to proclaim a message to the former covenant people as represented by the Protestants of Millerite history and the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church in the latter days. If he refuses to proclaim the message the blood of those left unwarned will be upon him.
Ezekieli anaagizwa kutangaza ujumbe kwa watu wa agano la zamani, kama wanavyowakilishwa na Waprotestanti wa historia ya Millerite na kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato wa Laodikia katika siku za mwisho. Akiikataa kutangaza ujumbe huo, damu ya wale walioachwa bila kuonywa itakuwa juu yake.
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. Ezekiel 3:17–21.
Mwanadamu, nimekuweka kuwa mlinzi juu ya nyumba ya Israeli; basi lisikie neno litokalo kinywani mwangu, ukawape onyo litokalo kwangu. Nikimwambia mtu mwovu, Hakika utakufa; nawe usimwonye, wala kusema ili kumwonya mtu huyo mwovu aache njia yake mbovu, upate kuokoa maisha yake; mtu huyo mwovu atakufa katika uovu wake; lakini damu yake nitaitaka mkononi mwako. Lakini ukiwaonya waovu, naye asigeuke na kuuacha uovu wake, wala njia yake mbovu, atakufa katika uovu wake; lakini wewe umejiokoa nafsi yako. Tena, mwenye haki akigeuka na kuiacha haki yake, akatenda uovu, nami nikiweka kikwazo mbele yake, atakufa; kwa sababu hukumwonya, atakufa katika dhambi yake, wala matendo yake ya haki aliyoyatenda hayatakumbukwa; lakini damu yake nitaitaka mkononi mwako. Walakini ukimwonya mwenye haki, ili mwenye haki asitende dhambi, naye asitende dhambi, hakika ataishi, kwa sababu ameonywa; nawe pia umejiokoa nafsi yako. Ezekieli 3:17–21.
In the first ‘eleven’ chapters of Ezekiel, he is shown the destruction of Jerusalem, illustrated by the visions by the river Chebar, the plain and Jerusalem. He is commissioned to proclaim a warning of the impending judgment upon Jerusalem. The warning message of the impending judgment upon Jerusalem is the warning given first to the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. The warning identifies the judgment and rejection of God’s people in Jerusalem who do not possess the seal of God. The warning typified by Ezekiel is the warning of the soon-coming Sunday law.
Katika sura kumi na moja za kwanza za Ezekieli, anaonyeshwa uharibifu wa Yerusalemu, uliowakilishwa kwa mifano kupitia njozi kando ya mto Kebari, katika uwanda na Yerusalemu. Anaagizwa kutangaza onyo la hukumu inayokaribia juu ya Yerusalemu. Ujumbe wa onyo wa hukumu inayokaribia juu ya Yerusalemu ndiyo onyo linalotolewa kwanza kwa kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia. Onyo hilo linatambulisha hukumu na kukataliwa kwa watu wa Mungu katika Yerusalemu wasio na muhuri wa Mungu. Onyo lililofananishwa na Ezekieli ni onyo la sheria ya Jumapili iliyo karibu kuja.
In those first eleven chapters where these truths are set forth, Ezekiel is made dumb, and only speaks thereafter when God specifically opens his mouth, and this continues until the destruction of Jerusalem, when he again can speak.
Katika sura zile kumi na moja za kwanza ambamo kweli hizi zinawekwa wazi, Ezekieli anafanywa kuwa bubu, wala hasemi tena isipokuwa tu Mungu anapofungua kinywa chake kwa namna maalumu; nayo hali hii yaendelea mpaka kuangamizwa kwa Yerusalemu, ndipo anapoweza kusema tena.
Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. Ezekiel 3:24–27.
Kisha roho ikaingia ndani yangu, ikanisimamisha kwa miguu yangu, ikanena nami, ikaniambia, Nenda ukajifungie ndani ya nyumba yako. Lakini wewe, Ee mwanadamu, tazama, watakutia vifungo, nao watakufunga navyo, wala hutatoka kwenda katikati yao; nami nitaufanya ulimi wako ugandamane na kaakaa la kinywa chako, hata utakuwa bubu, wala hutakuwa kwao mwenye kukemea; kwa maana wao ni nyumba ya kuasi. Lakini nitakaposema nawe, nitafungua kinywa chako, nawe utawaambia, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; asikiaye, na asikie; naye akataaye, na akatae; kwa maana wao ni nyumba ya kuasi. Ezekieli 3:24–27.
When Jerusalem fell, Ezekiel could once again speak.
Yerusalemu ilipoanguka, Ezekieli aliweza tena kusema.
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. Ezekiel 33:21, 22.
Ikawa katika mwaka wa kumi na miwili wa utumwa wetu, katika mwezi wa kumi, siku ya tano ya mwezi, mtu mmoja aliyekuwa ameokoka kutoka Yerusalemu alinijia, akisema, Mji umepigwa. Basi mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa juu yangu jioni, kabla hajaja huyo aliyekuwa ameokoka; naye alikuwa amefungua kinywa changu, hata aliponijia asubuhi; na kinywa changu kilifunguliwa, wala sikuwa tena bubu. Ezekieli 33:21, 22.
The fall of Jerusalem represents the fall of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church in the latter days. That fall occurs while those who were sealed in Jerusalem in chapter nine are then lifted up as the church triumphant. The Laodicean’s within Jerusalem are taken out, and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are lifted up as the kingdom of glory is established. That kingdom of glory was typified by the establishment of the kingdom of grace at the cross. The kingdom of grace at the cross aligns with the kingdom of glory at the Sunday law, and those two kingdoms are placed into the sequence of prophetic history located in the book of Ezekiel. The first eleven chapters, when Ezekiel is placed within the context of the sanctuary is about the purification of God’s church as His people change from the church militant, that is defined as being made up of wheat and tares, into the church triumphant, that is made up of the wheat offering of Pentecost.
Kuanguka kwa Yerusalemu kunawakilisha kuanguka kwa kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato wa Laodikia katika siku za mwisho. Kuanguka huko hutukia wakati wale waliotiwa muhuri katika Yerusalemu katika sura ya tisa wanainuliwa wakati huo kama kanisa lenye ushindi. Walaodikia waliomo ndani ya Yerusalemu wanaondolewa, na wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu wanainuliwa wakati ufalme wa utukufu unapoanzishwa. Ufalme huo wa utukufu ulifanishwa kwa kielelezo na kuanzishwa kwa ufalme wa neema msalabani. Ufalme wa neema msalabani unapatana na ufalme wa utukufu katika sheria ya Jumapili, na falme hizo mbili zinawekwa ndani ya mfuatano wa historia ya unabii unaopatikana katika kitabu cha Ezekieli. Sura kumi na moja za kwanza, Ezekieli anapowekwa ndani ya muktadha wa patakatifu, zinahusu utakaso wa kanisa la Mungu wakati watu Wake wanapobadilika kutoka kanisa linalopigana, ambalo linafafanuliwa kuwa linajumuisha ngano na magugu, na kuwa kanisa lenye ushindi, ambalo linajumuisha sadaka ya ngano ya Pentekoste.
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. Ezekiel 21:25–27.
Nawe, Ee mkuu wa Israeli, mwenye unajisi, mwovu, ambaye siku yako imefika, wakati ambapo uovu utafikia mwisho, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Ivue kilemba, uondoe taji; hali hii haitakuwa kama ilivyokuwa: mtukuze aliye mnyonge, na umshushe aliye juu. Nitakipindua, nitakipindua, nitakipindua; nacho hakitakuwapo tena, mpaka atakapokuja yeye ambaye ni haki yake; nami nitampa yeye. Ezekieli 21:25–27.
Zedekiah was the final king of Judah, and he is the “wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come” in the verses. Nebuchadnezzar was about to take Jerusalem and Zedekiah’s crown was to be removed by Babylon who would be overturned by the Medes and Persians, who would in turn be overturned by the Greeks, who would be overturned by Rome. The third overturning arrives at Rome, which is the history when the King “whose right it is” will receive the crown of the kingdom of grace at the setting up of that kingdom at the cross.
Sedekia alikuwa mfalme wa mwisho wa Yuda, naye ndiye “mkuu mwovu wa Israeli, ambaye siku yake imekuja” katika mistari hiyo. Nebukadneza alikuwa karibu kuuteka Yerusalemu, na taji ya Sedekia ilikuwa iondolewe na Babeli, ambaye angeangushwa na Wamedi na Waajemi, ambao nao wangeangushwa na Wagiriki, ambao wangeangushwa na Rumi. Kupinduliwa kwa tatu kunafika kwa Rumi, ambako ndiko historia ile ambapo Mfalme “ambaye ni haki yake” atapokea taji ya ufalme wa neema wakati wa kusimamishwa kwa ufalme huo msalabani.
“To the ‘profane wicked prince’ had come the day of final reckoning. ‘Remove the diadem,’ the Lord decreed, ‘and take off the crown.’ Not until Christ Himself should set up His kingdom was Judah again to be permitted to have a king. ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it,’ was the divine edict concerning the throne of the house of David; ‘and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him.’ Ezekiel 21:25–27.” Prophets and Kings, 451.
Kwa “mkuu mwovu, asiye mtakatifu” siku ya hesabu ya mwisho ilikuwa imefika. “Ondoa kilemba,” Bwana akaamuru, “na vua taji.” Hadi Kristo Mwenyewe atakapousimamisha ufalme Wake, Yuda hangekubaliwa tena kuwa na mfalme. “Nitauangusha, nitauangusha, nitauangusha,” ilikuwa amri ya Mungu kuhusu kiti cha enzi cha nyumba ya Daudi; “nayo haitakuwapo tena, hata atakapokuja yeye ambaye ni haki yake; nami nitampa hicho.” Ezekieli 21:25–27.” Prophets and Kings, 451.
In the time of the latter rain, which began when the judgment of the living began on 9/11 Christ sets up his kingdom of glory.
Katika wakati wa mvua ya masika ya mwisho, iliyoanza hukumu ya walio hai ilipoanza tarehe 9/11, Kristo huusimamisha ufalme wake wa utukufu.
“When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom.” Spalding and Magan, 3.
“Wakati malaika wanne watakapoachilia, Kristo atausimamisha ufalme Wake.” Spalding and Magan, 3.
A period of preparation begins at 9/11 and at the Sunday law the glorious holy mountain is lifted up above all the hills and mountains.
Kipindi cha matayarisho huanza tarehe 9/11, na wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili mlima mtakatifu wa utukufu huinuliwa juu ya vilima vyote na milima yote.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:1–3.
Neno aliloliona Isaya mwana wa Amozi kuhusu Yuda na Yerusalemu. Na itakuwa katika siku za mwisho, ya kwamba mlima wa nyumba ya Bwana utawekwa imara juu ya vilele vya milima, nao utatukuzwa juu ya vilima; na mataifa yote yatamiminika kwenda kwake. Na watu wengi wataenda na kusema, Njoni, twende juu mlimani kwa Bwana, kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wa Yakobo; naye atatufundisha njia zake, nasi tutakwenda katika mapito yake; kwa maana katika Sayuni itatoka sheria, na neno la Bwana litatoka Yerusalemu. Isaya 2:1–3.
On 9/11 the winds were released and then restrained, thus marking the beginning of the setting up of the kingdom of Daniel two, that is represented as a rock cut out of the mountain that fills the whole earth.
Mnamo 9/11 pepo zilifunguliwa kisha zikazuiliwa, hivyo kuashiria mwanzo wa kusimikwa kwa ufalme wa Danieli mbili, ambao umeonyeshwa kama jiwe lililokatwa kutoka mlimani ambalo huijaza dunia yote.
“This view was given in 1847 when there were but very few of the Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these but few supposed that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between the people of God and unbelievers. Now the fulfillment of that view is beginning to be seen. ‘The commencement of that time of trouble,’ here mentioned does not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time the ‘latter rain,’ or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be poured out.” Early Writings, 85.
“Maono huu ulitolewa mwaka 1847 wakati ambapo kulikuwa na ndugu wachache sana wa Waadventista waliokuwa wakiishika Sabato, na miongoni mwa hao ni wachache tu waliodhani kwamba kuishika kwake kulikuwa na umuhimu wa kutosha kuweka mpaka kati ya watu wa Mungu na wasioamini. Sasa utimilifu wa maono hayo unaanza kuonekana. ‘Mwanzo wa wakati huo wa taabu,’ unaotajwa hapa, haurejelei wakati ambapo mapigo yataanza kumiminwa, bali kipindi kifupi kabla hayajamiminwa, Kristo akiwa angali katika patakatifu. Wakati huo, huku kazi ya wokovu ikikaribia kufungwa, taabu itakuwa ikija juu ya dunia, na mataifa yatakuwa na hasira, lakini yakizuiliwa ili yasizuie kazi ya malaika wa tatu. Wakati huo ‘mvua ya masika,’ au uburudisho utokao mbele za Bwana, utakuja, ili kuipa nguvu sauti kuu ya malaika wa tatu, na kuwaandaa watakatifu kusimama imara katika kipindi ambapo mapigo saba ya mwisho yatamiminwa.” Early Writings, 85.
Christ sets up His everlasting kingdom during the time of the latter rain, and His kingdom includes the kingdom of grace that was established at the cross and also His kingdom of glory at the Sunday law. Zedekiah to Babylon (1st kingdom), to Medo-Persia (2nd kingdom), to Greece (3rd kingdom) and on to pagan Rome (4th kingdom) identifies the history leading to the kingdom of grace. That history identifies a parallel historical sequence from Papal Rome (spiritual Babylon 5th kingdom), unto the United States (spiritual Medo-Persia 6th kingdom), unto the United Nations (spiritual Greece 7th kingdom) and on unto the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet, that together make up modern Rome (spiritual Rome 8th kingdom that is of the seven).
Kristo huusimamisha ufalme Wake wa milele wakati wa mvua ya mwisho, na ufalme Wake unajumuisha ufalme wa neema ulioanzishwa msalabani na pia ufalme Wake wa utukufu katika sheria ya Jumapili. Sedekia hadi Babeli (ufalme wa 1), hadi Umedi na Uajemi (ufalme wa 2), hadi Ugiriki (ufalme wa 3), na kuendelea hadi Rumi ya kipagani (ufalme wa 4) hutambulisha historia inayoongoza hadi ufalme wa neema. Historia hiyo hutambulisha mfuatano wa kihistoria unaolingana kuanzia Rumi ya Kipapa (Babeli ya kiroho, ufalme wa 5), hadi Marekani (Umedi na Uajemi wa kiroho, ufalme wa 6), hadi Umoja wa Mataifa (Ugiriki wa kiroho, ufalme wa 7), na kuendelea hadi muungano wa pande tatu wa joka, mnyama, na nabii wa uongo, ambao kwa pamoja huunda Rumi ya kisasa (Rumi ya kiroho, ufalme wa 8 ulio wa wale saba).
The triumph of that kingdom in Daniel two is represented by a rock, and God’s faithful are stones in the temple.
Ushindi wa ufalme huo katika Danieli mbili unawakilishwa na mwamba, na waaminifu wa Mungu ni mawe katika hekalu.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5.
Ninyi nanyi, kama mawe yaliyo hai, mnajengwa kuwa nyumba ya kiroho, ukuhani mtakatifu, ili kutoa dhabihu za kiroho zinazokubalika kwa Mungu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo. 1 Petro 2:5.
That everlasting triumphs over the kingdoms of the world and fills the entire world. In Ezekiel chapter forty to the end of his book that same kingdom is represented as a temple which fills the world with the water of life.
Huo wa milele hushinda juu ya falme za ulimwengu na kuujaza ulimwengu wote. Katika kitabu cha Ezekieli sura ya arobaini hadi mwisho wa kitabu chake, ufalme huo huo unawakilishwa kama hekalu linaloujaza ulimwengu kwa maji ya uzima.
We will continue these things in the next article.
Tutaendelea na mambo haya katika makala inayofuata.