I intend to demonstrate how the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six is “hidden in plain sight” in the book of Daniel, while also identifying that it was hidden through the human instruments which God employed in presenting “the stone” that is stumbled over in the book of Daniel. To follow the light of this presentation requires “integrity.” The definition of integrity that I am suggesting, would be defined as consistency in one’s actions, values, methods, and principles. It would demand that we adhere to what is revealed within God’s Word, even when it does not agree with human ideas that contradict God’s Word.
Mo pinnu láti fi hàn bí “àkókò méje” tí ó wà nínú Lefitiku ogún-ún lé mẹ́fà ṣe jẹ́ “ohun tí a fi pamọ́ síta gbangba” nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì, nígbà kan náà mo sì tún ń fi hàn pé a fi í pamọ́ nípasẹ̀ àwọn ohun èlò ènìyàn tí Ọlọ́run lò ní fífi “òkúta náà” tí a ń kọsẹ̀ lé kalẹ̀ nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì. Láti tẹ̀lé ìmọ́lẹ̀ ìfihàn yìí nílò “ìdúróṣinṣin.” Ìtumọ̀ ìdúróṣinṣin tí mo ń daba ni pé, a lè túmọ̀ ọ́ sí ìfaradà pẹ̀lú ìbámu nínú ìṣe ènìyàn, àwọn ìyebíye rẹ̀, àwọn ọ̀nà rẹ̀, àti àwọn ìlànà rẹ̀. Yóò béèrè pé kí a faramọ́ ohun tí a ti fi hàn nínú Ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run, àní nígbà tí kò bá bá àwọn èrò ènìyàn tí ó tako Ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run mu.
“Strict integrity should be cherished by every student. Every mind should turn with reverent attention to the revealed word of God. Light and grace will be given to those who thus obey God. They will behold wondrous things out of His law. Great truths that have lain unheeded and unseen since the day of Pentecost, are to shine from God’s word in their native purity. To those who truly love God the Holy Spirit will reveal truths that have faded from the mind, and will also reveal truths that are entirely new. Those who eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God will bring from the books of Daniel and Revelation truth that is inspired by the Holy Spirit. They will start into action forces that cannot be repressed. The lips of children will be opened to proclaim the mysteries that have been hidden from the minds of men. The Lord has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.” The Fundamentals of Christian Education, 474.
“Òtítọ́ pípé gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ́ ohun ìṣúra ní ọwọ́ gbogbo akẹ́kọ̀ọ́. Gbogbo ọkàn gbọ́dọ̀ yí padà pẹ̀lú àfiyèsí ìbọ̀wọ̀ sí ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run tí a ti fi hàn. Imọ́lẹ̀ àti oore-ọ̀fẹ́ ni a ó fi fún àwọn tí wọ́n bá ń ṣègbọràn sí Ọlọ́run báyìí. Wọ́n yóò rí àwọn ohun ìyanu nínú òfin Rẹ̀. Àwọn òtítọ́ ńlá tí wọ́n ti dubulẹ̀ láìsí àkíyèsí àti láìrí láti ọjọ́ Pẹ́ńtíkọ́sítì wá, ni yóò tàn láti inú ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run nínú mímọ́ ìbílẹ̀ wọn. Sí àwọn tí wọ́n nífẹ̀ẹ́ Ọlọ́run ní tòótọ́, Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ yóò fi àwọn òtítọ́ tí ó ti rẹ̀ kúrò nínú ọkàn hàn, yóò sì tún fi àwọn òtítọ́ tí ó jẹ́ tuntun pátápátá hàn. Àwọn tí wọ́n ń jẹ ẹran ara tí wọ́n sì ń mu ẹ̀jẹ̀ Ọmọ Ọlọ́run yóò mú òtítọ́ tí Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ mí sí wá láti inú àwọn ìwé Dáníẹ́lì àti Ìfihàn. Wọ́n yóò mú àwọn agbára bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣiṣẹ́ tí a kò lè dá mọ́lẹ̀. Ètè àwọn ọmọ kékeré ni a ó là sílẹ̀ láti kéde àwọn àṣírí tí a ti fi pamọ́ kúrò ní ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn. Olúwa ti yan àwọn ohun aṣiwèrè ayé yìí láti dojúti àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n, àti àwọn ohun aláìlera ayé láti dojúti àwọn alágbára.” The Fundamentals of Christian Education, 474.
An easy example of both the human error that is found in the book of Daniel, and the unwillingness to adhere to God’s Word, can be found in the word translated as “daily” in Daniel chapter eight. Integrity would demand that if Ellen White commented on that word, as she does, that as Seventh-day Adventists that profess to uphold the Spirit of Prophecy, we would automatically use her commentary on the word to direct our understanding.
Àpẹẹrẹ tí ó rọrùn ti àṣìṣe ènìyàn tí a rí nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì, àti ti àìfẹ́ láti faramọ́ Ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ni a lè rí nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tí a túmọ̀ sí “ojoojúmọ́” nínú Dáníẹ́lì orí kẹjọ. Ìwà òtítọ́ yóò béèrè pé bí Ellen White bá ti ṣàlàyé lórí ọ̀rọ̀ náà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti ṣe, pé gẹ́gẹ́ bí Àwọn Adventist Ọjọ́ Keje tí ń jẹ́wọ́ pé a ń gbé Ẹ̀mí Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ga, a yóò fi àlàyé rẹ̀ lórí ọ̀rọ̀ náà ṣe ìtọ́nisọ́nà ìmọ̀ wa láìyọ̀nda.
“Then I saw in relation to the ‘Daily,’ that the word ‘sacrifice’ was supplied by man’s wisdom, and does not belong to the text; and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry. When union existed, before 1844, nearly all were united on the correct view of the ‘Daily;’ but since 1844, in the confusion, other views have been embraced, and darkness and confusion has followed.” Review and Herald, November 1, 1850.
“Nígbà náà ni mo rí nípa ‘Ojoojúmọ́,’ pé ọ̀rọ̀ náà ‘ẹbọ’ ni ọgbọ́n ènìyàn fi kún un, àti pé kò sí nínú ọ̀rọ̀ náà; àti pé Olúwa fi ìmọ̀ tòótọ́ rẹ̀ hàn fún àwọn tí wọ́n ké ìkéde wákàtí ìdájọ́ náà. Nígbà tí ìṣọ̀kan wà, ṣáájú 1844, ó fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ jẹ́ pé gbogbo wọn ní ìṣọ̀kan lórí òye tòótọ́ nípa ‘Ojoojúmọ́;’ ṣùgbọ́n láti ọdún 1844 wá, nínú ìdàrúdàpọ̀, àwọn ìrònú mìíràn ni a ti gbà mọ́ra, òkùnkùn àti ìdàrúdàpọ̀ sì ti tẹ̀ lé e.” Review and Herald, November 1, 1850.
We could spend a great deal of time on these two sentences, for when they finally get placed in the book Early Writings, the human editors have placed a misguided definition of what is stated, but that is another story. For our purposes we simply wish to point out two relevant points. The first point is that Sister White says “the word “sacrifice” was supplied by man’s wisdom, and does not belong to the text.”
A lè lo àkókò púpọ̀ lórí àwọn gbólóhùn méjèèjì wọ̀nyí, nítorí nígbà tí a fi wọ́n sí inú ìwé Early Writings ní ìparí, àwọn olùtúnṣe ènìyàn ti fi ìtumọ̀ àṣìṣe kan sí ohun tí a sọ, ṣùgbọ́n ìyẹn jẹ́ ìtàn mìíràn. Fún ète wa, a kàn fẹ́ tọ́ka sí ojú méjì pàtàkì tí ó bá ọ̀ràn náà mu. Kókó àkọ́kọ́ ni pé Sister White sọ pé, “ọ̀rọ̀ náà ‘sacrifice’ ni ọgbọ́n ènìyàn fi kún un, kò sì ṣe ti ẹsẹ̀ náà.”
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? Daniel 8:13.
Nígbà náà ni mo gbọ́ ẹni mímọ́ kan ń sọ̀rọ̀, ẹni mímọ́ mìíràn sì wí fún ẹni mímọ́ kan náà tí ń sọ̀rọ̀ pé, Yóò pé tó mélòó kan ìran náà nípa ẹbọ ojoojúmọ́, àti ìrékọjá ìsọdahoro, láti fi ibi mímọ́ àti ogun náà jọ fún fífọ̀ mọ́lẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹsẹ̀? Danieli 8:13.
The previous verse is the question that elicits the answer of verse fourteen, and that answer represents the central pillar and foundation of Adventism. And in the very question that produces that great light represented as the central pillar of Adventism, we are informed that human wisdom has made an error by placing an added word into the translation of the verse.
Ẹsẹ̀ tí ó ṣáájú ni ìbéèrè tí ó mú ìdáhùn ẹsẹ̀ kẹrìnlá jáde, àti pé ìdáhùn náà dúró gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀pá àárín gbùngbùn àti ìpìlẹ̀ Adventism. Àti nínú ìbéèrè gan-an tí ó mú ìmọ̀lẹ̀ ńlá náà wá, tí a ṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀pá àárín gbùngbùn Adventism, a jẹ́ kí a mọ̀ pé ọgbọ́n ènìyàn ti ṣe àṣìṣe nípa fífi ọ̀rọ̀ àfikún kan sínú ìtumọ̀ ẹsẹ̀ náà.
There are literally hundreds of added words in the translation of the 1611 KJV Bible, but there is only one time that God identifies any of those hundreds of added words as erroneous. And it is clear it was an error that was produced by the human side of the combination of humanity and divinity which produced the Word of God. More significant is that there would be no need for any inspired commentary on the added word “sacrifice” if it were not something that produced an incorrect understanding of the verse. It is clear that it does, for the inspired commentary not only identifies that the word should not be there, but also identifies that “those who gave the judgment hour cry,” were given “the correct view” of the “daily” by the Lord. Integrity demands that we use those two sentences just as they read.
Ní ti gidi, ọgọ́rọ̀ọ̀rún àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tí a fi kún un wà nínú ìtumọ̀ Bíbélì KJV ti ọdún 1611, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀ẹ̀kan ṣoṣo ni Ọlọ́run fi tọ́ka sí èyíkéyìí nínú ọgọ́rọ̀ọ̀rún àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tí a fi kún un wọ̀nyí gẹ́gẹ́ bí àṣìṣe. Ó sì hàn gbangba pé àṣìṣe kan ni, tí apá ènìyàn nínú ìṣọ̀kan ẹ̀dá ènìyàn àti ìwà-àtọ̀runwá tí ó mú Ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá, ni ó ṣe é jáde. Ohun tí ó ṣe pàtàkì jùlọ ni pé kò ní sí ìdí kankan fún àlàyé amísí kankan lórí ọ̀rọ̀ tí a fi kún un náà, “ẹbọ,” bí kò bá jẹ́ ohun tí ó mú òye tí kò tọ́ nípa ẹsẹ náà jáde. Ó hàn gbangba pé ó ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, nítorí àlàyé amísí náà kì í ṣe pé ó dá ọ̀rọ̀ náà mọ̀ pé kò yẹ kí ó wà níbẹ̀ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ó tún fi hàn pé “àwọn tí wọ́n ké igbe wákàtí ìdájọ́ náà,” ni a fi “ìwòye tí ó tọ́” ti “ìgbà gbogbo” fún láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa. Òtítọ́ ọkàn béèrè pé kí a lo àwọn gbolohun méjèèjì wọ̀nyí gẹ́gẹ́ bí wọ́n ti wà ní kíkà.
Those who gave the judgment hour cry identified “the daily” as a symbol representing paganism or pagan Rome, depending on the context where it is located. The word translated as “daily” occurs five times in the book of Daniel. All five occurrences are as a noun. The word occurs one hundred and four times in God’s Word, and ninety-nine times it is used as an adjective, but in the book of Daniel alone, it is used as a noun. The men who translated the King James Bible saw the word ninety-nine times as an adjective, so when it came to the book of Daniel, they attempted to make it an adjective in order to agree with all the other times it occurred as an adjective. In order to do that, they added the word “sacrifice.” But God, through Ellen White, said that “sacrifice” should be omitted, which would mean that “the daily” is to be understood as a noun.
Àwọn tí wọ́n ké ìkígbe wákàtí ìdájọ́ náà dá “ojoojúmọ́” mọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àmì tí ń ṣojú fún ẹ̀sìn abọ̀rìṣà tàbí Róòmù abọ̀rìṣà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ àyíká ibi tí ó wà ṣe jẹ́. Ọ̀rọ̀ tí a túmọ̀ sí “ojoojúmọ́” farahàn ní ìgbà márùn-ún nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì. Gbogbo ìfarahàn márùn-ún náà ni ó jẹ́ orúkọ. Ọ̀rọ̀ náà farahàn ní ìgbà ọgọ́rùn-ún-ún mẹ́rin nínú Ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run, àti ní ìgbà mọ́kàndínlọ́gọ́rùn-ún a lò ó gẹ́gẹ́ bí ajẹtífù, ṣùgbọ́n nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì nìkan ni a ti lò ó gẹ́gẹ́ bí orúkọ. Àwọn ọkùnrin tí wọ́n túmọ̀ Bíbélì King James rí ọ̀rọ̀ náà ní ìgbà mọ́kàndínlọ́gọ́rùn-ún gẹ́gẹ́ bí ajẹtífù, nítorí náà nígbà tí wọ́n dé sí ìwé Dáníẹ́lì, wọ́n gbìyànjú láti mú un jẹ́ ajẹtífù kí ó lè bá gbogbo àwọn ìgbà mìíràn tí ó ti farahàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ajẹtífù mu. Látàrí láti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, wọ́n fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà “ẹbọ” kún un. Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run, nípasẹ̀ Ellen White, sọ pé a gbọ́dọ̀ yọ “ẹbọ” kúrò, èyí tí yóò túmọ̀ sí pé a gbọdọ̀ lóye “ojoojúmọ́” gẹ́gẹ́ bí orúkọ.
Those who stand opposed to God’s counsel on this word within Adventism define the word as a symbol of Christ’s heavenly sanctuary ministry, but those who gave the judgment hour cry correctly defined it as paganism. Adventism today uses a symbol of a satanic power to represent Christ!
Àwọn tí wọ́n dúró ní ìtakò sí ìmọ̀ràn Ọlọ́run lórí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí nínú Adventism ń túmọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ náà gẹ́gẹ́ bí àpèjúwe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ Kristi nínú ibi mímọ́ rẹ̀ ti ọ̀run, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn tí wọ́n ké ìkéde wákàtí ìdájọ́ náà túmọ̀ ọ́n ní òtítọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀sìn abọ̀rìṣà. Adventism lónìí ń lo àpèjúwe agbára Satani kan láti ṣojú fún Kristi!
Through erroneous human logic, the true understanding of the word translated as “the daily” has been hidden from Adventism. Adventists that base their prophetic study on subjects that occur randomly through the years in their Sabbath School quarterlies lazily drink the Kool-Aid that is dished out through those quarterlies, and which are confirmed by pastors who themselves have not the integrity necessary to allow any input from the comments on the subject by Sister White.
Nípasẹ̀ ọgbọ́n-ìjìnlẹ̀ ènìyàn tí ó ṣìnà, òye tòótọ́ ti ọ̀rọ̀ tí a túmọ̀ sí “ìràbọmi ojoojúmọ́” ni a ti fi pamọ́ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Adventism. Àwọn Adventist tí wọ́n dá ìkẹ́kọ̀ọ́ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ wọn lórí àwọn kókó-ọrọ̀ tí ń fara hàn láìtẹ̀lé ètò nípasẹ̀ àwọn ọdún nínú àwọn ìdámẹ́rin ìwé Ẹ̀kọ́ Ilé-Ìsinmi wọn, ní ọ̀nà àìṣiṣẹ́ra máa ń mu Kool-Aid tí a ń pín jáde nípasẹ̀ àwọn ìdámẹ́rin náà, tí àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn sì ń fìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀, àwọn tí èmi wọn fúnra wọn kò ní ìwà-òtítọ́ tó yẹ láti jẹ́ kí a gba àfikún kankan láti inú àwọn àlàyé lórí kókó náà láti ọ̀dọ̀ Sister White.
The history of the controversy of “the daily” reached the turning point around 1911, where Sister White directly stated that those who had rejected the pioneer understanding of “the daily” as paganism, and who were teaching that “the daily” represented Christ’s sanctuary ministry, had received their understanding from “angels that were expelled from heaven” (20 MR 17).
Ìtàn àríyànjiyàn nípa “ojoojúmọ́” dé ibi ìyípadà pàtàkì rẹ̀ ní àyíká ọdún 1911, níbi tí Arábìnrin White ti sọ ní tààrà pé àwọn tí wọ́n ti kọ́ òye àwọn aṣáájú-ọ̀nà sílẹ̀ pé “ojoojúmọ́” túmọ̀ sí ẹ̀sìn abọ̀rìṣà, tí wọ́n sì ń kọ́ni pé “ojoojúmọ́” dúró fún iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ Kristi nínú ibi mímọ́, ti gba òye wọn láti ọ̀dọ̀ “àwọn áńgẹ́lì tí a lé kúrò ní ọ̀run” (20 MR 17).
The truth of “the daily” has been identified clearly by Sister White, and she teaches that “holy angels” guided the mind of William Miller and that “angels expelled from heaven” guide the minds of those who teach that “the daily” represents Christ’s heavenly sanctuary ministry. The truth of “the daily”, as presented by those who gave the judgment hour cry, was discovered by William Miller.
Òtítọ́ “ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́” ni a ti fi hàn ní kedere pẹ̀lúpasẹ̀ Sister White, ó sì kọ́ni pé “àwọn áńgẹ́lì mímọ́” ni wọ́n darí ọkàn William Miller àti pé “àwọn áńgẹ́lì tí a lé jáde kúrò ní ọ̀run” ni wọ́n ń darí ọkàn àwọn tí ń kọ́ni pé “ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́” dúró fún iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ Kristi ní ibi mímọ́ rẹ̀ ti ọ̀run. Òtítọ́ “ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́”, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn tí wọ́n polongo igbe wákàtí ìdájọ́ ti fi hàn án, ni William Miller ṣàwárí.
“I read on, and could find no other case in which it [the daily] was found, but in Daniel. I then [by the aid of a concordance] took those words which stood in connection with it, ‘take away;’ he shall take away the daily; ‘from the time the daily shall be taken away,’ &c. I read on, and thought I should find no light on the text; finally I came to 2 Thess. ii, 7, 8. ‘For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way, and then shall that wicked be revealed,’ &c. And when I had come to that text, O, how clear and glorious the truth appeared! There it is! That is the daily! Well, now, what does Paul mean by ‘he who now letteth,’ or hindereth? By ‘the man of sin,’ and the ‘wicked,’ Popery is meant. Well, what is it which hinders Popery from being revealed? Why, it is Paganism; well, then, ‘the daily’ must mean Paganism.” Second Advent Manual, 66.
“Mo kà á síwájú, n kò sì rí àpẹẹrẹ mìíràn kankan nínú èyí tí a ti rí i [ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́ náà], bí kò ṣe nínú Dáníẹ́lì. Nígbà náà ni mo sì [pẹ̀lú ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìwé ìtọ́kasí ọ̀rọ̀] mú àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí tí ó dúró ní ìbátan pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, ‘mú kúrò;’ yóò mú ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́ kúrò; ‘láti àkókò tí a óo ti mú ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́ kúrò,’ àti bẹ́ẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ. Mo kà á síwájú, mo sì rò pé èmi kì yóò rí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kankan lórí ọ̀rọ̀ náà; ní ìkẹyìn mo dé 2 Tẹsalóníkà ii, 7, 8. ‘Nítorí àṣírí ìwà búburú ti ń ṣiṣẹ́ tèlẹ̀; ẹni tí ó ń dí i mú nísinsin yìí nìkan ni yóò máa dí i mú, títí a ó fi mú un kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, nígbà náà ni a ó sì fi ẹni búburú náà hàn,’ àti bẹ́ẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ. Nígbà tí mo sì dé sí ọ̀rọ̀ náà, ah, bí òtítọ́ náà ti hàn gbangba tó sì ní ògo tó! Ó wà níbẹ̀! Èyí ni ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́ náà! Dáadáa nísinsin yìí, kí ni Pọ́ọ̀lù túmọ̀ sí nípa ‘ẹni tí ó ń dí i mú nísinsin yìí,’ tàbí ẹni tí ó ń dá a dúró? Nípa ‘ọkùnrin ẹ̀ṣẹ̀,’ àti ‘ẹni búburú náà,’ a túmọ̀ sí Ìjọ Pápá. Dáadáa, kí ni ó jẹ́ ohun tí ń dí Ìjọ Pápá lọ́wọ́ láti fihàn? Kí nìdí, ẹ̀sìn keferi ni; nítorí náà, ‘ìrúbọ ojoojúmọ́ náà’ gbọ́dọ̀ túmọ̀ sí ẹ̀sìn keferi.” Second Advent Manual, 66.
What is really sobering about Miller’s discovery that “the daily” represented paganism, is where he found the truth. He found it in the passage of the apostle Paul’s writings where Paul not only defines “the daily” as paganism, but it is the passage identifying that those who received not the love of the truth, receive strong delusion. The acceptance of “the daily” as a symbol of Christ’s sanctuary ministry, the definition that came from angels that were expelled from heaven, is the symbol of those in Adventism who have not the integrity necessary to rightly divide the word of truth, and therefore are already destined to receive strong delusion.
Ohun tí ó jẹ́ kíkankíkan gan-an nínú ìṣàwárí Miller pé “ojoojúmọ́” dúró fún ẹ̀sìn àwọn keferi, ni ibi tí ó ti rí òtítọ́ náà. Ó rí i nínú ẹsẹ̀ kan nínú àwọn ìkọ̀wé apọ́sítélì Pọ́ọ̀lù, níbi tí Pọ́ọ̀lù kò ṣe pé ó ṣàlàyé “ojoojúmọ́” gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀sìn àwọn keferi nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó tún jẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ náà pẹ̀lú tí ń fi hàn pé àwọn tí kò gba ìfẹ́ òtítọ́ ni a fi ìtanràn líle fún. Gbigba “ojoojúmọ́” gẹ́gẹ́ bí ààmì iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ Kristi nínú ibi mímọ́ Rẹ̀, ìtumọ̀ tí ó wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn áńgẹ́lì tí a lé jáde kúrò ní ọ̀run, ni ààmì àwọn tí wọ́n wà nínú Adventism tí kò ní ìwà-pípé tí ó yẹ láti pín ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́ dáadáa, nítorí náà a ti pinnu wọn tẹ́lẹ̀ láti gba ìtanràn líle.
I do not want to sidetrack the point we are seeking to identify. That point is that the “seven times” that is identified in the same vision where “the daily” is located has been hidden by human hands, though it remains in plain sight. This was simply an easy example of how a human translation error made long centuries ago, that is thereafter manipulated in human minds by angels that were expelled from heaven, is used today at this crucial time just before the final crisis at the end of the world, to blind minds to truth that is actually in plain sight.
Mi ò fẹ́ yí ọ̀ràn pàtàkì tí à ń wá láti mọ̀ yìí kúrò lójú ọ̀nà. Kókó náà ni pé “àkókò méje” tí a sọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ nínú ìran kan náà níbi tí “ẹbọ ojoojúmọ́” wà ni a ti fi ọwọ́ ènìyàn bò ó mọ́, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ó ṣì wà ní gbangba kedere. Èyí jẹ́ àpẹẹrẹ rọrùn lásán bí àṣìṣe kan nínú ìtumọ̀ ẹ̀dá ènìyàn, tí a ṣe ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọ̀rúndún sẹ́yìn, tí àwọn áńgẹ́lì tí a lé kúrò ní ọ̀run sì tún ń lò láti yí i ká nínú ọkàn ènìyàn, ṣe di ohun èlò tí a fi ń lò lónìí ní àkókò pàtàkì yìí, díẹ̀ ṣáájú ìpèníjà ìkẹyìn ní òpin ayé, láti fọ́ ojú inú ènìyàn mọ́ òtítọ́ tí ó wà ní gbangba kedere gan-an.
In the 1910 time period the rebellion of “the daily” was just getting under way, W. W. Prescott and A. G. Daniells were spearheading the satanic work of rejecting the foundational understanding of “the daily.” The following article is a letter from that very time, where Sister White addresses the satanic view that “the daily” in the book of Daniel represents Christ’s sanctuary work. At that time the two men were pushing the idea of going into the old pioneer books and changing the pioneer understanding to their new satanic definition. It is my hope that we can exercise integrity as we read the article.
Ní àkókò ọdún 1910, ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ti “ojoojúmọ́” ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í lọ, W. W. Prescott àti A. G. Daniells ni wọ́n ń darí iṣẹ́ Sátánì ti ìkọ̀sílẹ̀ òye ìpilẹ̀ nípa “ojoojúmọ́.” Àpilẹ̀kọ tó tẹ̀ lé e yìí jẹ́ lẹ́tà láti inú àkókò náà gan-an, níbi tí Sister White ti ń sọ̀rọ̀ sí ìwòye ti Sátánì pé “ojoojúmọ́” nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì dúró fún iṣẹ́ ibi mímọ́ Kristi. Ní àkókò náà, àwọn ọkùnrin méjèèjì náà ń ta ko ero pé kí wọ́n wọ inú àwọn ìwé aṣáájú ìgbàanì, kí wọ́n sì yí òye àwọn aṣáájú náà padà sí ìtumọ̀ tuntun ti Sátánì tiwọn. Ìrètí mi ni pé a lè lo òótọ́-inú bí a ṣe ń ka àpilẹ̀kọ náà.
“At this stage of our experience we are not to have our minds drawn away from the special light given [us] to consider at the important gathering of our conference. And there was Brother Daniells, whose mind the enemy was working; and your mind and Elder Prescott’s mind were being worked by the angels that were expelled from heaven. Satan’s work was to divert your minds that jots and tittles should be brought in which the Lord did not inspire you to bring in. They were not essential. But this meant much to the cause of truth. And the ideas of your minds, if you could be drawn away to jots or tittles, is a work of Satan’s devising. To correct little things in the books written, you suppose would be doing a great work. But I am charged, Silence is eloquence.
“Lẹ́yìn ìpele yìí nínú ìrírí wa, a kò gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ kí a fa ọkàn wa kúrò lórí ìmọ́lẹ̀ pàtàkì tí a fi fún wa láti ronú lé lórí ní ìpàdé pàtàkì ti àpéjọ wa. Arákùnrin Daniells sì wà níbẹ̀, ẹni tí ọ̀tá ń ṣiṣẹ́ lórí ọkàn rẹ̀; a sì tún ń ṣiṣẹ́ lórí ọkàn rẹ àti ọkàn Alàgbà Prescott láti ọwọ́ àwọn áńgẹ́lì tí a lé jáde kúrò ní ọ̀run. Iṣẹ́ Satani ni láti yí ọkàn yín padà sí ibòmíràn kí a lè mú àwọn kékèké ohun tí kò tó nǹkan àti àwọn kékèké àlàyé wá sínú ọ̀ràn náà, àwọn ohun tí Olúwa kò mí yín láti mú wá sínú rẹ̀. Wọ́n kì í ṣe ohun pàtàkì. Ṣùgbọ́n èyí ní ìtumọ̀ púpọ̀ fún iṣẹ́ òtítọ́ náà. Àwọn ìròyìn inú ọkàn yín, bí a bá lè fà yín kúrò sí àwọn kékèké ohun tí kò tó nǹkan tàbí àwọn kékèké àlàyé, jẹ́ iṣẹ́ ọgbọ́n ète Satani. Láti ṣàtúnṣe àwọn kékèké nǹkan nínú àwọn ìwé tí a kọ, ẹ̀yin rò pé ẹ̀yin yóò ṣe iṣẹ́ ńlá kan. Ṣùgbọ́n a ti fún mi ní àṣẹ pé, Ìdakẹ́jẹ́ ni èrò ẹnu.”
“I am to say, Stop your picking flaws. If this purpose of the devil could only be carried out, then [it] appears to you [that] your work would be considered as most wonderful in conception. It was the enemy’s plan to get all the supposed objectionable features where all classes of minds did not agree.
“Mo ní láti sọ pé, Ẹ dákẹ́ nínú ṣíṣe àṣìṣe wá. Bí ète yìí ti èṣù bá lè ṣẹ ní kíkún nìkan, nígbà náà ó dà bíi pé iṣẹ́ yín ni a óò kà sí ohun tí ó tayọ jùlọ nínú èrò ìdájọ́pọ̀ rẹ̀. Ètò ọ̀tá náà ni láti mú kí gbogbo àwọn ohun tí a ń ka sí àbùkù wà níbi tí gbogbo irú ọkàn ènìyàn kò ti fara mọ́ wọn.”
“And what then? The very work that pleases the devil would come to pass. There would be a representation given to the outsiders not of our faith just what would suit them, that would develop traits of character which would cause great confusion and occupy the golden moments which should be used zealously to bring the great message before the people. The presentations upon any subject we have worked upon could not all harmonize, and the results would be to confuse the minds of believers and unbelievers. This is the very thing that Satan had planned that should take place—anything that could be magnified as a disagreement.
“Ǹjẹ́ kí ni yóò sì ṣẹlẹ̀ nígbà náà? Iṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí èyí tí ń mú inú èṣù dùn gan-an ni yóò wá sí ìmúṣẹ. A ó fi àfihàn kan hàn fún àwọn ẹni ìta, kì í ṣe ti ìgbàgbọ́ wa, ṣùgbọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí yóò bá wọn mu, èyí tí yóò mú kí àwọn ìwà kan dàgbà nínú ìwà ẹni, tí yóò sì fa ìdàrúdàpọ̀ ńlá, tí yóò sì gba àwọn àkókò wúrà wọ̀nyí tí ó yẹ kí a fi ìtara ńlá lò láti gbé ìhìn ńlá náà kalẹ̀ níwájú àwọn ènìyàn. Gbogbo àwọn ìfihàn lórí kókó-ọrọ̀ èyíkéyìí tí a ti ṣiṣẹ́ lé lórí rẹ̀ kò ní lè bá ara wọn mu pátápátá, àti pé èsì rẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ láti da ọkàn àwọn onígbàgbọ́ àti àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́ rú. Èyí gan-an ni ohun tí Satani ti pinnu pé kí ó ṣẹlẹ̀—ohunkóhun tí a lè gbéga ga bí àìfohùnṣọ̀kan.”
“Read Ezekiel, chapter 28. Now, here is a grand work, where strange spirits can figure. But the Lord has a work to [be] done to save perishing souls; and the places which Satan, disguised, could fill in, bringing confusion into our ranks, he will do to perfection, and all those little differences will become enlarged, prominent.
“Kà Ìwé Ẹsẹkiẹli, orí 28. Ní báyìí, iṣẹ́ ńlá kan wà níbí, nínú èyí tí àwọn ẹ̀mí àjèjì lè kó ipa. Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa ní iṣẹ́ kan tí ó yẹ kí a ṣe láti gba àwọn ọkàn tí ń ṣègbé là; àti àwọn ipò tí Sátánì, ní ìrísí àṣekúpani, lè wọ̀ sínú wọn, tí yóò sì mú ìdàrúdàpọ̀ wá sínú ipò wa, òun yóò ṣe é ní pípé, àti gbogbo àwọn ìyàtọ̀ kéékèèké wọ̀nyí yóò di ńlá, yóò sì hàn gbangba.”
“And I was shown from the first that the Lord had given neither Elders Daniells nor Prescott the burden of this work. Should Satan’s wiles be brought in, should this “Daily” be such a great matter as to be brought in to confuse minds and hinder the advancement of the work at this important period of time? It should not, whatever may be. This subject should not be introduced, for the spirit that would be brought in would be forbidding, and Lucifer is watching every movement. Satanic agencies would commence his work and there would be confusion brought into our ranks. You have no call to hunt up the difference of opinion that is not a testing question; but your silence is eloquence. I have the matter all plainly before me. If the devil could involve any one of our own people on these subjects, as he has proposed to do, Satan’s cause would triumph. Now the work without delay is to be taken up and not a [difference] of opinion expressed.
“A sì fi hàn mí láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ wá pé Olúwa kò fi ẹrù iṣẹ́ yìí lé àwọn Alàgbà Daniells tàbí Prescott lọ́wọ́. Ṣé a ó jẹ́ kí àrékérekè Satani wọlé, kí “Ojoojúmọ́” yìí sì di ọ̀ràn ńlá tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí a ó fi mú un wọlé láti dàrú ọkàn ènìyàn àti láti dá ìlọsíwájú iṣẹ́ náà dúró ní àkókò pàtàkì yìí? Kò yẹ kí ó rí bẹ́ẹ̀, bóyá ohunkóhun lè jẹ́. Kò yẹ kí a mú kókó yìí wọlé, nítorí ẹ̀mí tí a ó mú wọlé yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀mí ìdènà, Lucifa sì ń ṣọ́ gbogbo ìṣísẹ̀. Àwọn agbára Satani yóò bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣẹ́ rẹ̀, a ó sì mú ìdàrúdàpọ̀ wá sínú ipò wa. Kò sí ìpè kankan fún ọ láti máa wá ìyàtọ̀ èrò tí kì í ṣe ìbéèrè ìdánwò; ṣùgbọ́n ìdakẹ́jẹ́ rẹ jẹ́ ọ̀rọ̀ alágbára. Mo ní gbogbo ọ̀ràn náà níwájú mi ní kedere pátápátá. Bí èṣù bá lè fa ẹnikẹ́ni nínú àwọn ènìyàn tiwa sínú àwọn kókó wọ̀nyí, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti pinnu láti ṣe, ọ̀ràn Satani yóò borí. Ní báyìí, iṣẹ́ náà gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ́ kí a gbé e dìde láìsí ìdádúró, kí a má sì sọ [ìyàtọ̀] èrò kankan jáde.”
“Satan would inspire those men who have gone out from us to unite with evil angels and retard our work on unimportant questions, and what rejoicing [there] would be in the camp of the enemy. Press together, press together. Let every difference be buried. Our work now is to devote all our physical and brain-nerve power to put these differences out of the way, and all harmonize. If Satan could with his great unsanctified wisdom be permitted to get the least hold, [he would rejoice].
“Satani yóò mú kí àwọn ọkùnrin wọ̀nyẹn tí wọ́n ti jáde kúrò láàárín wa darapọ̀ mọ́ àwọn áńgẹ́lì búburú kí wọ́n sì dí iṣẹ́ wa dúró lórí àwọn ìbéèrè tí kò ṣe pàtàkì, ìdùnnú wo ni yóò sì wà ní ibùdó ọ̀tá. Ẹ fara mọ́ ara yín, ẹ fara mọ́ ara yín. Kí gbogbo ìyàtọ̀ sin. Iṣẹ́ wa nísinsìnyí ni láti fi gbogbo agbára ara wa àti gbogbo agbára ọpọlọ àti iṣan-ara ọpọlọ wa sí i láti mú àwọn ìyàtọ̀ wọ̀nyí kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, kí gbogbo ènìyàn sì wà ní ìṣọ̀kan. Bí a bá jẹ́ kí Satani, pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n ńlá rẹ̀ tí a kò sọ di mímọ́, ní àyè láti di ohun kékeré jù lọ mú, [yóò yọ̀].”
“Now, when I saw how you were working, my mind took in the whole situation and the results if you should go forward and give the parties that have left us the least chance to bring confusion into our ranks. Your lack of wisdom would be just what Satan would have it. Your loud proclamation was not under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I was instructed to say to you that your picking flaws in the writings of men that have been led of God is not inspired of God. And if this is the wisdom that Elder Daniells would give to the people, by no means give him an official position, for he cannot reason from cause to effect. Your silence on this subject is your wisdom. Now, everything like picking flaws in the publications of men who are not alive is not the work God has given any of you to do. For if these men—Elders Daniells and Prescott—had followed the directions given in working the cities, there would have been many, very many, convinced of the truth and converted, able men that [now] are in positions where they never will be reached.
“Nísinsìnyí, nígbà tí mo rí bí ẹ̀yin ṣe ń ṣiṣẹ́, ọkàn mi lóye gbogbo ipò náà àti àbájáde rẹ̀ bí ẹ bá tẹ̀síwájú tí ẹ sì fi àǹfààní kékeré jùlọ fún àwọn ẹgbẹ́ tí ó ti fi wá sílẹ̀ láti mú ìdàrúdàpọ̀ wọ inú ipò wa. Àìní ọgbọ́n yín yóò jẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí Sátánì yóò fẹ́ kí ó rí. Ìkéde ńlá yín kò wà lábẹ́ ìmísí Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́. A kọ́ mi láti sọ fún yín pé, pé ẹ̀yin ń wá àbùkù nínú àwọn ìwé àwọn ènìyàn tí Ọlọ́run ti darí kò wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run. Tí èyí bá sì jẹ́ ọgbọ́n tí Àgbà Daniells yóò fi fún àwọn ènìyàn, ẹ má ṣe fi ipò àṣẹ kankan fún un rárá, nítorí kò lè ronú láti inú ìdí dé ipa. Ìdákẹ́jẹ́ yín lórí ọ̀ràn yìí ni ọgbọ́n yín. Nísinsìnyí, ohun gbogbo tí ó dàbí wíwá àbùkù nínú àwọn ìtẹ̀jáde àwọn ènìyàn tí kò sí láàyè mọ́ kì í ṣe iṣẹ́ tí Ọlọ́run ti fi fún ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín láti ṣe. Nítorí bí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí—Àwọn Àgbà Daniells àti Prescott—bá ti tẹ̀lé àwọn ìtọ́nisọ́nà tí a fi fún wọn nípa iṣẹ́ nínú àwọn ìlú, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀, àní púpọ̀ gan-an, ni a bá ti dá lójú nípa òtítọ́ tí a sì ti yí padà, àwọn ọkùnrin agbára tí [ní báyìí] wà ní ipò tí a kì yóò lè dé ọ̀dọ̀ wọn láé.”
“All the world is to be regarded as one great family. And when you have such a fountain of knowledge to draw from, why have you left the world to perish for years with the testimonies given by our Lord Jesus Christ? True religion teaches us to regard every man and woman as a person to whom we can do good.
“Gbogbo ayé ni a gbọdọ̀ kà sí ìdílé ńlá kan ṣoṣo. Nígbà tí ẹ sì ní irú orísun ìmọ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ láti mú jáde, èéṣe tí ẹ fi jẹ́ kí ayé ṣègbé fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹ̀rí tí Olúwa wa Jésù Kristi ti fi fún wa? Ẹ̀sìn tòótọ́ ń kọ́ wa láti ka gbogbo ọkùnrin àti obìnrin sí ẹni tí a lè ṣe rere sí.
“This has been in print many years: ‘A Balanced Mind,’ testimony to Elder Andrews. The mind may be cultivated to become a power to know when to speak and what burdens to take up and to bear, for Christ is your teacher. And I feared greatly for you [when I saw you] exalting your wisdom and pursuing a course to bring in differences of opinion. The Lord calls for wise men who can hold their peace when it [is] wisdom for them to do so. If you would be a whole man, you need sanctification through Jesus Christ. Now there is a work just started, and let wisdom be seen in every minister, in every president of [a] conference. But here was a work for you to take hold of years ago where you were needed to lift your voice for this very work. Christ gave all His people special directions what they shall do and the things they shall not do. And there is a little time left us to work out the righteousness of the Lord. You can understand the way of the Lord. I saw your purpose of carrying things after your own devising after you were placed as president. You had thought you would do wonderful things, which would be a work God had not placed in your hands to do. Now, your work is not to oppress but to release every necessity possible if the Lord has accepted you to serve. But you have very early given evidence that wisdom and sanctified judgment have not been manifested by you. You blazed out matters that would not be received unless the Lord should give light.
“Èyí ti wà ní títẹ fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún: ‘Ọkàn Tí Ó Ní Ìwọ̀ntúnwọ̀nsì,’ ẹ̀rí sí Alàgbà Andrews. A lè gbin ọkàn kí ó lè di agbára láti mọ ìgbà tí a gbọdọ̀ sọ̀rọ̀ àti àwọn ẹrù wo ni a gbọdọ̀ gbé sókè kí a sì rú, nítorí Kristi ni olùkọ́ yín. Èmi sì bẹ̀rù gidigidi fún yín [nígbà tí mo rí yín] nígbà tí ẹ̀yin ń gbé ọgbọ́n ara yín ga, tí ẹ sì ń tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà kan láti mú àwọn ìyàtọ̀ èrò wọlé. Olúwa ń pe àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn tí wọ́n lè pa ìdákẹ́jẹ́ mọ́ nígbà tí ó [jẹ́] ọgbọ́n fún wọn láti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀. Bí ẹ bá fẹ́ jẹ́ ènìyàn pípé, ẹ nílò ìsòmímọ́ nípasẹ̀ Jesu Kristi. Ní báyìí iṣẹ́ kan ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bẹ̀rẹ̀, kí a sì rí ọgbọ́n nínú gbogbo òjíṣẹ́-ìhìnrere, nínú gbogbo ààrẹ ìpàdé àjọ. Ṣùgbọ́n níbí ni iṣẹ́ kan wà fún yín láti dì mú ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún sẹ́yìn níbi tí a ti nílò yín láti gbé ohùn yín sókè fún iṣẹ́ yìí gan-an. Kristi fún gbogbo ènìyàn Rẹ̀ ní ìtọ́nisọ́nà pàtàkì nípa ohun tí wọ́n gbọdọ̀ ṣe àti ohun tí wọn kò gbọdọ̀ ṣe. Àkókò kékeré sì kù fún wa láti ṣiṣẹ́ òdodo Olúwa jáde. Ẹ lè lóye ọ̀nà Olúwa. Mo rí ète yín láti máa darí ohun gbogbo gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlànà tí ẹ̀yin fúnra yín dá lẹ́yìn tí a fi yín sí ipò ààrẹ. Ẹ ti rò pé ẹ ó ṣe àwọn ohun àgbàyanu, èyí tí yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ tí Ọlọ́run kò fi lé yín lọ́wọ́ láti ṣe. Ní báyìí, iṣẹ́ yín kì í ṣe láti ni àwọn ènìyàn lára, bí kò ṣe láti tú gbogbo ohun àìní sílẹ̀ ní gbogbo ọ̀nà tí ó ṣeé ṣe bí Olúwa bá ti gbà yín láti ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ ti fi ẹ̀rí hàn ní kùtùkùtù pé ọgbọ́n àti ìdájọ́ mímọ́ kò tíì hàn nínú yín. Ẹ mú àwọn ọ̀ràn kan jáde ní gbangba tí a kò ní gbà láìjẹ́ pé Olúwa fún ni ní ìmọ́lẹ̀.”
“I have been instructed that such hasty movements should not have [been] made [such] as selecting you as president of the conference even another year. But the Lord forbids any more such hasty transactions until the matter is brought before the Lord in prayer; and as you have had the message come to you that the work of the Lord resting upon the president is a most solemn responsibility, you had no moral right to blaze out as you did upon the subject of the ‘Daily’ and suppose your influence would decide the question. There was Elder Haskell, who has carried the heavy responsibilities, and there is Elder Irwin and several men I might mention who have the heavy responsibilities.
“A ti kọ́ mi pé irú àwọn ìgbésẹ̀ kánkán bẹ́ẹ̀ kò yẹ kí a ti ṣe, bí yíyan rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ààrẹ ìpàdé àgbègbè náà pàápàá fún ọdún mìíràn. Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa kò jẹ́ kí irú àwọn ìlòpòọ̀mú kánkán bẹ́ẹ̀ tún máa ṣẹlẹ̀ mọ́ títí a ó fi mú ọ̀ràn náà wá síwájú Olúwa nínú àdúrà; àti nítorí pé ìwọ ti gba ìránṣẹ́ náà pé iṣẹ́ Olúwa tí ó wà lórí ààrẹ jẹ́ ojúṣe tí ó ṣe pàtàkì gidigidi, ìwọ kò ní ẹ̀tọ́ ìwà rere kankan láti tú síta gẹ́gẹ́ bí o ti ṣe lórí kókó ọ̀ràn “Daily” náà, kí o sì rò pé agbára ipa rẹ yóò pinnu ìbéèrè náà. Alàgbà Haskell wà níbẹ̀, ẹni tí ó ti ru àwọn ojúṣe wúwo; Alàgbà Irwin sì wà níbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, àti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọkùnrin mìíràn tí mo lè darúkọ tí wọ́n ní àwọn ojúṣe wúwo.”
“Where was your respect for the men of age? What authority could you exercise without taking all the responsible men to weigh the matter? But let us now investigate the matter. We must now reconsider whether it is the Lord’s judgment, in the face of the work that has been neglected, of showing your zeal to carry the work even another year. If you should carry the work another year with the help that shall unite with you, there should be a change take place in you and Elder Prescott. And humble your own hearts before God. The Lord will have to see in you a showing of a different experience, for if ever men needed to be reconverted at this present [time], it [is] Elder Daniells and Elder Prescott.
“Nibo ni ìbòwọ̀ yín sí àwọn ọkùnrin àgbà? Àṣẹ wo ni ẹ lè lò láì kó gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin oníṣe ojúṣe jọ láti fi ọ̀ràn náà wò ó? Ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí a wá ṣàyẹ̀wò ọ̀ràn náà nísinsin yìí. A gbọ́dọ̀ tún ronú lórí bóyá ó jẹ́ ìdájọ́ Olúwa, ní ojú iṣẹ́ tí a ti ṣàìbójútó, láti fi ìtara yín hàn láti mú iṣẹ́ náà lọ síwájú fún ọdún mìíràn pẹ̀lú. Bí ẹ bá yẹ kí ẹ mú iṣẹ́ náà lọ fún ọdún mìíràn pẹ̀lú ìrànlọ́wọ́ tí yóò dara pọ̀ mọ́ yín, ó yẹ kí ìyípadà kan ṣẹlẹ̀ nínú yín àti nínú Alàgbà Prescott. Kí ẹ sì rẹ ara ọkàn yín sílẹ̀ níwájú Ọlọ́run. Olúwa yóò ní láti rí nínú yín àfihàn ìrírí tí ó yàtọ̀, nítorí bí ó bá jẹ́ pé àwọn ènìyàn kan ti nílò láti tún yí padà ní àkókò yìí, Alàgbà Daniells àti Alàgbà Prescott ni.”
“Seven men should be chosen that are men of wisdom and through the working of the grace of God [give] evidence [of] a reconversion. For any men who are so blinded that they cannot reason from cause to effect, that they would ignore the men who have borne the responsibilities of the work and these presidents of conferences, [that] men [who] carry the work for over two years should be disregarded and such an impulsive consequence take place that men would neglect the very work kept before them for years—work the cities—and no, or but very little, attention [be] given to the old men for counsel, but proclaim the things they choose to give the people, bears its own testimony of the unsafety of the men to be entrusted with such a grand and wonderful work.
“Ó yẹ kí a yan ọkùnrin méje tí í ṣe àwọn ọkùnrin ọgbọ́n, tí ó sì jẹ́ pé nípasẹ̀ iṣẹ́ oore-ọ̀fé Ọlọ́run wọ́n [fúnni ní] ẹ̀rí [ti] ìyípadàpadà. Nítorí pé àwọn ọkùnrin èyíkéyìí tí a ti fọ́jú wọn dé bẹ́ẹ̀ tí wọn kò lè ṣe ìrònú láti inú ìdí dé àbájáde, tí wọn yóò fi kọ̀ láti ka àwọn ọkùnrin tí wọ́n ti ru ojúṣe iṣẹ́ náà àti àwọn ààrẹ ìpàdé àgbègbè wọ̀nyí sí; [pé] a lè ṣe àìbìkítà sí àwọn ọkùnrin [tí] wọ́n ti ń gbé iṣẹ́ náà lọ fún ju ọdún méjì lọ, tí irú àbájáde ìkánjú bẹ́ẹ̀ yóò sì ṣẹlẹ̀ débi pé àwọn ọkùnrin yóò pa ojú mọ́ iṣẹ́ gan-an náà tí a ti ń fi síwájú wọn fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún—iṣẹ́ ní àwọn ìlú ńlá—tí a kò sì ní fi, tàbí tí a ó fi kékeré gan-an, àfiyèsí sí àwọn àgbàlagbà fún ìmọ̀ràn, ṣùgbọ́n kí wọ́n máa kéde àwọn nǹkan tí wọ́n fúnra wọn yàn láti fi fún àwọn ènìyàn, èyí ń jẹ́rìí fúnra rẹ̀ nípa àìláàbò àwọn ọkùnrin náà láti fi iṣẹ́ ńlá àti ìyanu bẹ́ẹ̀ lé lọ́wọ́.”
“Christ is not dead. He will never suffer His work to be carried on in this strange way. Let the books alone. If any change is essential, God will have the harmony in that change consistent, but when a message has been entrusted to men with the large responsibilities involved, [God] demands faithfulness that will work by love and purify the soul. Elders Daniells and Prescott both need reconversion. A strange work has come in, and it is not in harmony with the work Christ came to our world to do; and all who are truly converted will work the works of Christ.
“Kristi kò kú. Kò ní jẹ́ kí a máa tẹ̀síwájú nínú iṣẹ́ Rẹ̀ ní ọ̀nà àjèjì yìí láé. Ẹ fi àwọn ìwé náà sílẹ̀. Bí ìyípadà kan bá ṣe pàtàkì gan-an, Ọlọ́run yóò mú kí ìbámu wà nínú ìyípadà náà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti yẹ, ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí a bá ti fi ìránṣẹ́ kan lé àwọn ènìyàn lọ́wọ́ pẹ̀lú àwọn ojúṣe ńlá tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀, [Ọlọ́run] ń béèrè fún ìṣòtítọ́ tí yóò ṣiṣẹ́ nípa ìfẹ́, tí yóò sì sọ ọkàn di mímọ́. Àwọn Alàgbà Daniells àti Prescott méjèèjì nílò ìyípadà ọkàn tuntun. Iṣẹ́ àjèjì kan ti wọlé, kò sì bá iṣẹ́ tí Kristi wá sí ayé wa láti ṣe mu; gbogbo àwọn tí a yí padà ní òtítọ́ yóò sì máa ṣe iṣẹ́ Kristi.”
“We are everyone [to] work out the work which shall glorify the Father. We have come to the crisis—either to conform to the character of Jesus Christ right in this preparatory time or not attempt [it]. Elder Daniells, [you are not] to feel at liberty to let your voice be heard on high as you have done under similar circumstances. And understand, the president of a conference is not a ruler. He works in connection with the wise men who occupy the position as presidents whom God has accepted. He has not liberty to meddle with the writings in printed books from the pens that God has accepted. They are no longer to bear sway unless they show less of the ruling, dominating power. The crisis has come, for God will be dishonored.
“A jẹ́ gbogbo wa láti ṣiṣẹ́ iṣẹ́ náà tí yóò yin Baba lógo. A ti dé sí ìpẹ̀yà náà—bóyá láti bá ìwà Jésù Krísti mu ní kíkún gan-an nínú àkókò ìmúrasílẹ̀ yìí tàbí kí a má ṣe gbìyànjú [rẹ̀] rárá. Alàgbà Daniells, [ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀] rò pé o ní òmìnira láti jẹ́ kí ohùn rẹ gbọ́ ga bí o ti ṣe lábẹ́ àwọn ipò tó jọra. Kí o sì mọ̀ pé, ààrẹ àpéjọ kan kì í ṣe alákòóso. Ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ ní ìbáṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n ọkùnrin tí wọ́n wà ní ipò gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn ààrẹ tí Ọlọ́run ti tẹ́wọ́ gbà. Kò ní òmìnira láti dá sí àwọn ìkọ̀wé inú àwọn ìwé tí a tẹ̀ jáde láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn kálámù tí Ọlọ́run ti tẹ́wọ́ gbà. Wọn kò gbọdọ̀ máa jẹ aláṣẹ mọ́ bí kò ṣe pé wọ́n fi agbára àkóso àti ìṣàkóso olórí hàn díẹ̀ kù. Ìpẹ̀yà náà ti dé, nítorí Ọlọ́run yóò jẹ́ aláìlọ́lá.”
“How does the Lord look upon the unworked cities? Christ is in heaven. Now its acknowledgment is to be, ‘There is no kingly rule. And now is the crisis of this world. Now I am the Power to save or to destroy. Now is the time when the destiny of all is in My hands. I have given My life to save the world. And “I, if I be lifted up,” the saving grace I shall impart will prove that all who will be fashioned after the divine similitude and will be one with Me shall work as I work with My power of redeeming grace.’ Whoever will, [let him] take hold with his brethren to do the work given them to do when in responsible places under the counsel the Lord gives, and seek most earnestly to work in complete harmony with Him who so loved the world He gave His life a full sacrifice for the saving of the world. I speak to our ministers, that as they enter upon the work in our cities let there be a calm sacredness attending the ministry of the Word. We cannot make the proper impression upon the minds of the people if we . . . [Lower third of this page left blank.]
“Báwo ni Olúwa ṣe wo àwọn ìlú tí a kò tíì ṣiṣẹ́ nínú wọn? Kristi wà ní ọ̀run. Ní báyìí, ìjẹ́wọ́ rẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ pé, ‘Kò sí ìṣàkóso ọba. Ní báyìí sì ni ìpẹ̀yà ayé yìí. Ní báyìí ni Èmi jẹ́ Agbára láti gbàlà tàbí láti pa run. Ní báyìí ni àkókò tí àyànmọ́ gbogbo ènìyàn wà lọ́wọ́ Mi. Mo ti fi ẹ̀mí Mi lélẹ̀ láti gbà ayé là. Àti pé “Èmi, bí a bá gbé Mi sókè,” oore-ọ̀fẹ́ ìgbàlà tí Èmi yóò fi pín yóò fi hàn pé gbogbo àwọn tí a óò tún dá ní ìrísí àfarawé ìwà-àtọ̀runwá, tí wọn yóò sì jẹ́ ọ̀kan pẹ̀lú Mi, ni yóò ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Èmi ti ń ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú agbára oore-ọ̀fẹ́ ìràpadà Mi.’ Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá fẹ́, [kí ó] di mọ́ àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ láti ṣe iṣẹ́ tí a fi fún wọn láti ṣe nígbà tí wọn wà ní ipò ojúṣe lábẹ́ ìmọ̀ràn tí Olúwa ń fi fúnni, kí wọ́n sì fi gbogbo tìtaratìtara wá láti ṣiṣẹ́ ní ìbámu pípé pẹ̀lú Ẹni tí ó fẹ́ràn ayé tó bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́ẹ́ tí Ó fi ẹ̀mí Rẹ̀ lélẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹbọ pípé fún ìgbàlà ayé. Mo ń bá àwọn òjíṣẹ́ wa sọ̀rọ̀, pé bí wọ́n bá ń wọ iṣẹ́ náà lọ nínú àwọn ìlú wa, kí ìfaradà mímọ́ kan sì máa bá iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ Ọ̀rọ̀ náà lọ. A kò lè fi ìfarahàn tí ó yẹ sílẹ̀ lórí ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn bí a bá... [Ìdá ìsàlẹ̀ ìkẹta ojú-ìwé yìí ni a fi sí òfo.]”
“I copy from my Diary. The truth as it is in Jesus—talk it, pray it, believe every word in its simplicity. What would you gain if mistakes are brought before the men who have departed from the faith and given heed to seducing spirits, men who were not long ago with us in the faith? Will you stand on the devil’s side? Give your attention to the unworked fields. A world-wide work is before us. I was given representations of John Kellogg.
“Mo ń da àkọọlẹ mi nínú Ìròyìn-Ọjọ́ mi kọ. Òtítọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti wà nínú Jésù—ẹ máa sọ ọ́, ẹ máa gbàdúrà rẹ̀, ẹ sì gba gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ gbọ́ nínú ìrọ̀rùn rẹ̀. Kí ni ẹ ó jèrè bí a bá mú àwọn àṣìṣe wá síwájú àwọn ọkùnrin tí wọ́n ti yà kúrò nínú ìgbàgbọ́, tí wọ́n sì ti fi etí sí àwọn ẹ̀mí tí ń tan ènìyàn jẹ, àwọn ọkùnrin tí kì í pẹ́ sẹ́yìn ni wọ́n wà pẹ̀lú wa nínú ìgbàgbọ́? Ṣé ẹ ó dúró ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ èṣù? Ẹ fi àkíyèsí yín sí àwọn pápá tí a kò tíì ṣiṣẹ́. Iṣẹ́ kan tí ó gbòòrò káàkiri ayé wà níwájú wa. A fi àwọn àfihàn kan ti John Kellogg hàn mí.”
“A very attractive personage was representing the ideas of the specious arguments that he was presenting, sentiments different from the genuine Bible truth. And those who are hungering and thirsting after something new were advancing ideas [so specious] that Elder Prescott was in great danger. Elder Daniells was in great danger [of] becoming wrapped in a delusion that if these sentiments could be spoken everywhere it would be as a new world.
“Ẹni kan tí ó ní ìrísí tí ń fà áyà gidigidi ni ó ń ṣojú fún àwọn èrò inú àwọn àríyànjiyàn ẹlẹ́tan tí ó ń gbé kalẹ̀, àwọn ìmọ̀lára tí ó yàtọ̀ sí òtítọ́ gidi ti Bíbélì. Àti pé àwọn tí ebi ń pa, tí òǹgbẹ sì ń gbẹ fún ohun tuntun kan, ń mú àwọn èrò [tí ó rẹ́wà tó bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni pé ó tọ́] síwájú, débi pé Ẹ̀gbọ́n Prescott wà nínú ewu ńlá. Ẹ̀gbọ́n Daniells sì wà nínú ewu ńlá [láti] di mímú sínú ìtanràn kan pé bí a bá lè sọ àwọn ìmọ̀lára wọ̀nyí ní gbogbo ibi, yóò dà bí ayé tuntun kan.”
“Yes, it would, but while their minds were thus absorbed I was shown that Brother Daniells and Brother Prescott were weaving into their experience sentiments of a spiritual[istic] appearance and drawing our people to beautiful sentiments that would deceive, if possible, the very elect. I have to trace with my pen [the fact] that these brethren would see defects in their delusive ideas that would place the truth in an uncertainty; and [yet] they [would] stand out as [if they had] great spiritual discernment. Now I am to tell them [that] when I was shown this matter, when Elder Daniells was lifting up his voice like a trumpet in advocating his ideas of the ‘Daily,’ the after results were presented. Our people were becoming confused. I saw the result, and then there were given me cautions that if Elder Daniells without respect to the outcome should thus be impressed and let himself believe he was under the inspiration of God, skepticism would be sown among our ranks everywhere, and we should be where Satan would carry his messages. Set unbelief and skepticism would be sown in human minds, and strange crops of evil would take the place of truth.—Ms 67, 1910, 1–8. Manuscript Release, volume 20, 17–22.
“Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ó ní ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ọkàn wọn ti wà báyìí nínú ìfọkànsìn yẹn, a fihàn mí pé Arákùnrin Daniells àti Arákùnrin Prescott ń hun sínú ìrírí wọn àwọn èrò tí ó ní ìrísí ẹ̀mí[ẹ̀mí-òkú], wọ́n sì ń fa àwọn ènìyàn wa sí àwọn èrò ẹlẹ́wà tí yóò tan, bí ó bá ṣeé ṣe, àní àwọn ayànfẹ́ pàápàá. Mo ní láti fi kálámù mi tọpasẹ̀ [òtítọ́ náà] pé àwọn arákùnrin wọ̀nyí yóò rí àbùkù nínú àwọn èrò ìtanrànjẹ wọn tí yóò fi òtítọ́ sí ipò àìdánilójú; àti [síbẹ̀] wọn [yóò] dúró jáde bí ẹni pé [wọ́n ní] ìmọ̀yàtọ̀ ẹ̀mí ńlá. Ní báyìí, a ní kí n sọ fún wọn [pé] nígbà tí a fihàn mí nípa ọ̀ràn yìí, nígbà tí Alàgbà Daniells ń gbé ohùn rẹ̀ sókè bí ìpè ní fífi agbára gbèjà àwọn èrò rẹ̀ nípa ‘Daily,’ a tún fihàn àwọn àbájáde tó máa tẹ̀ lé e. Àwọn ènìyàn wa ń di aláìlọ́kànbalẹ̀ nínú ìdàrúdàpọ̀. Mo rí àbájáde rẹ̀, lẹ́yìn náà a sì fún mi ní àwọn ìkìlọ̀ pé bí Alàgbà Daniells, láìka àbájáde sí, bá jẹ́ pé ìfaradà yìí gbá a lọ́kàn báyìí tí ó sì jẹ́ kí ara rẹ̀ gbàgbọ́ pé òun wà lábẹ́ ìmísí Ọlọ́run, àníyàn àti iyèméjì yóò jẹ́ kí a tú káàkiri láàárín ipò wa ní gbogbo ibi, a ó sì wà ní ibi tí Satani yóò ti máa gbé àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ dé. Àìgbọ́ràn àti iyèméjì tí a ti fi múlẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ kí a gbin sínú ọkàn ènìyàn, àwọn èso àjèjì ti ibi yóò sì gba ipò òtítọ́.—Ms 67, 1910, 1–8. Manuscript Release, ìwọ̀n 20, 17–22.”
Those that gave the judgment hour cry were given the correct view of “the daily” in the book of Daniel. Through the human hands which translated the book of Daniel, and thereafter by human beings that were being directed by angels that were expelled from heaven, the correct understanding of “the daily” has become hidden, though it is in plain sight. In Daniel when the word translated as “the daily” occurs, it is not to include the added human word “sacrifice.” In verse thirteen of Daniel eight we find one of the five times where this occurs in the book of Daniel. In that very verse, the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six is also identified, but through the same type of humanistic manipulation it has been hidden in plain sight.
Àwọn tí wọ́n ké ìhòòhò wákàtí ìdájọ́ ni a fi ìmọ̀ tó tọ́ nípa “ìmọ́júmọ́” nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì fún. Nípasẹ̀ ọwọ́ ènìyàn tí wọ́n túmọ̀ ìwé Dáníẹ́lì, lẹ́yìn náà sì nípasẹ̀ àwọn ènìyàn tí àwọn áńgẹ́lì tí a lé kúrò ní ọ̀run ń darí, ìtumọ̀ tòótọ́ ti “ìmọ́júmọ́” ti di ohun tí a fi pamọ́, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ó wà ní gbangba kedere. Nínú Dáníẹ́lì, nígbà tí ọ̀rọ̀ tí a túmọ̀ sí “ìmọ́júmọ́” bá farahàn, kì í ṣe láti fi kún un pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ ènìyàn tí a ṣàfikún náà, “ẹbọ.” Nínú ẹsẹ̀ kẹtàlá Dáníẹ́lì mẹ́jọ a rí ọ̀kan nínú ìgbà márùn-ún tí èyí ti ṣẹlẹ̀ nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì. Nínú ẹsẹ̀ náà gan-an, “àkókò méje” ti Léfítíkù mẹ́rìndínlọ́gbọ̀n ni a tún tọ́ka sí, ṣùgbọ́n nípasẹ̀ irú ìfọwọ́gbà ènìyàn kan náà, a ti fi í pamọ́ ní gbangba kedere.
We will look at this fact in the next article.
A ó wo òtítọ́ yìí ní àpilẹ̀kọ tó kàn.