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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight

Phau Ntawv Daniyees - Ib Puas Nees Nkaum Yim

The Prophetic Significance of Christ’s Baptism and Temptation: Unveiling the Characteristics of Three World Powers

Qhov Tseem Ceeb Hauv Kev Yaj Saub ntawm Khetos Txoj Kev Cai Raus Dej thiab Kev Ntxias: Qhia Tawm Txog Cov Cwj Pwm ntawm Peb Lub Hwj Chim Ntiajteb Teb

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

Kev muab lub cim pib thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 11, 2001 thaum tus timtswv muaj hwjchim loj ntawm Tshwm Sim tshooj kaum yim nqes los. Nws qhov kev nqes los tau raug ua piv txwv los ntawm tus timtswv ntawm Tshwm Sim tshooj kaum nqes los thaum lub Yim Hlis 11, 1840, thiab kuj raug ua piv txwv los ntawm Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv nqes los thaum Khetos ua kevcai raus dej. Khetos txoj kev ua kevcai raus dej taw tes mus tom ntej rau nag tom qab nqes los thaum tej tsev loj loj hauv Nroog New York raug muab rhuav poob. Lub hwjchim saum toj pib muaj, thiab tib lub sijhawm ntawd lub hwjchim hauv qab (qab ntuj tob tsis muaj chaw kawg) kuj yuav raug nthuav tawm, rau qhov Vajtswv Txojlus yeej tsis swb ib zaug li.

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Thaum Khetos txais kev cai raus dej lawm, Nws tam sim ntawd mus rau hauv roob moj sab qhua thiab yoo mov tau plaub caug hnub; tom qab ntawd Nws raug Xatas sim siab nrog peb yam kev sim siab. Txhua yam ntawm peb yam kev sim siab ntawd sawv cev rau cov yam ntxwv tseem ceeb ntawm peb lub hwj chim uas coj lub ntiajteb mus rau Armageddon. Peb yam kev sim siab ntawd yog kev khav theeb, uas yog ib yam ntxwv ntawm tus zaj; kev ntshaw plab, uas yog ib yam ntxwv ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum; thiab kev lam twv ua yam tsis muaj cai, uas yog ib yam ntxwv ntawm tus yaj saub cuav. Kev khav theeb thiab kev tsa tus kheej kom siab yog raug sawv cev los ntawm Lusifex hauv Yaxayas txoj kev piav qhia uas paub zoo.

> How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

> Au, Lujxisfaw, tus tub sawv ntxov, ua cas koj poob saum ntuj los! ua cas koj raug txiav nqes los rau hauv av, koj tus uas ua rau tej teb chaws qaug zog! Rau qhov koj tau hais hauv koj lub siab tias, Kuv yuav nce mus saum ntuj, kuv yuav tsa kuv lub zwm txwv kom siab dua Vajtswv tej hnub qub: kuv yuav zaum saum lub roob ntawm pawg sib txoos thiab rau ntawm tej kawg qaum teb: kuv yuav nce siab dua tej qhov siab ntawm huab; kuv yuav zoo ib yam li Tus Siab Tshaj Plaws. Los tsis kav, koj yuav raug coj nqes mus rau hauv ntuj raug txim, mus rau ntawm tej ntug qhov ntxa tob. Cov uas pom koj yuav ntsia ntsoov saib koj, thiab xav txog koj, hais tias, Tus no puas yog tus neeg uas ua rau lub ntiaj teb tshee hnyo, tus uas ua rau tej nceeg vaj co co. Yaxayas 14:12–16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Tsib zaug Lucifer tshaj tawm hauv nws lub siab tias, “Kuv yuav.” Xatas, tus uas ib zaug raug hu ua tus “nqa txoj kev kaj” (Lucifer), tab sis nim no tsuas nqa txoj kev tsaus ntuj xwb, yog nws “tus uas ua rau tej tebchaws tshee hnyo.” Hauv txoj kev cev Vajtswv lus yav tom ntej nws raug txuas nrog “tej tebchaws,” vim nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm pawg koom txoos phem ntawm tej tebchaws, thiab ntawm pawg koom txoos ntawm cov tub lag tub luam uas raug txheeb tseg hauv Phau Ntawv Qhia Tshwm tshooj kaum xya thiab kaum yim.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> “Cov vajntxwv thiab cov thawjcoj thiab cov nom kav tau muab lub cim ntawm tus antichrist lo rau saum lawv tus kheej, thiab raug sawv cev ua tus zaj uas tawm mus ua rog nrog cov neeg dawb huv—nrog cov uas tuav rawv Vajtswv tej lus txib thiab uas muaj Yexus txoj kev ntseeg.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Thaum Khetos ua kevcai raus dej, tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv nqes los, ua ib lub cim qhia txog lub sijhawm tom qab lub Cuaj Hlis 11, 2001. Tom qab Nws ua kevcai raus dej, Xatas tau sim Khetos los ntawm qhov uas nws hais yuav muab lub hwjchim uas Xatas siv los kav tej nceeg vaj hauv lub ntiajteb rau Khetos, rau qhov thaum Adas poob rau hauv kev txhaum lawm, Xatas twb dhau los ua tus kav tej nceeg vaj hauv lub ntiajteb.

> And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

> Thiab dab ntxwg nyoog thiaj coj Nws nce mus rau saum ib lub roob siab, thiab qhia rau Nws pom txhua lub tebchaws hauv ntiajteb no ib pliag xwb. Thiab dab ntxwg nyoog hais rau Nws tias, Kuv yuav muab tag nrho lub hwjchim no thiab lawv lub yeeb koob rau koj; rau qhov tej no twb raug muab cob rau kuv lawm, thiab kuv xav muab rau leejtwg los kuv yeej muab tau rau. Yog li ntawd, yog koj yuav pe kuv, txhua yam no yuav yog koj li. Thiab Yexus teb hais rau nws tias, Xatas, cia li thim rov qab mus tom qab kuv: rau qhov twb muaj lus sau tseg lawm tias, Koj yuav tsum pe tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv, thiab koj yuav tsum ua koom txoos rau Nws tib leeg xwb. Luka 4:5–8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Ob qho tseem ceeb loj tshaj plaws ntawm Loos papas (tus tsiaj nyaum) yog nws txoj kev ua nkauj ua nraug, thiab “zaub mov” nrog dej haus uas raug lom uas nws faib tawm.

> Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

> Txawm li ntawd los kuv muaj ob peb yam tawm tsam koj, vim koj cia tus poj niam Yexanpees ntawd, tus uas hu nws tus kheej tias yog ib tug yaj saub poj niam, qhia thiab ntxias kuv cov tub qhe kom ua nkauj ua nraug, thiab noj tej khoom uas tau muab fij rau mlom. Qhia Tshwm 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

“Khoom noj” thiab dej haus uas nws muab yog nws tej lus qhuab qhia cuav.

> “The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

> “Txoj kev txhaum loj uas raug liam tawm tsam Npanpiloo yog tias nws ‘ua rau txhua haiv neeg haus cawv txiv hmab ntawm txoj kev chim ntawm nws txoj kev deev luag poj luag txiv.’ Lub khob cawv uas ua rau qaug no, uas nws muab rau ntiajteb, sawv cev rau tej lus qhuab qhia cuav uas nws tau lees txais los ntawm qhov tshwm sim ntawm nws txoj kev sib txuas uas tsis raug cai nrog cov neeg loj hauv ntiajteb.” The Great Controversy, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Tsiaj qus ntawm Kev Ntseeg Kas Tos Liv kuj dag ntxias lub ntiaj teb los ntawm nws txoj kev ua khawv koob, uas ib zaug ntxiv yog ib yam uas raug coj mus rau sab hauv.

> And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

> Thiab lub teeb ntawm lub tswm ciab yuav tsis ci ntxiv lawm hauv koj kiag li; thiab lub suab ntawm tus nraug vauv thiab ntawm tus nkauj nyab yuav tsis hnov ntxiv lawm hauv koj kiag li: rau qhov koj cov tub lag tub luam yog cov neeg loj hauv ntiajteb no; rau qhov txhua haiv neeg tau raug ntxias los ntawm koj tej khawv koob. Qhia Tshwm 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Lo lus Kili uas txhais ua “kev ua khawv koob,” yog pharmakeia, uas txhais tias tshuaj. Lub khob kub hauv nws txhais tes sawv cev tsis yog ib lub khob haus cawv xwb, tiam sis tseem yog lub khob uas nws cov tshuaj kho mob khawv koob raug npaj thiab muab faib tawm thiab. Hauv lub ntiajteb niaj hnub no, cov tshuaj khawv koob ntawd raug muab xa los ntawm koob txhaj, tsis yog muab hauv ib lub khob ntau npaum li ntawd lawm. Thaum Xatas tshwm sim tom qab txoj cai Hnub Caiv uas yuav los sai no, nws yuav ua tej txujci tseem ceeb ntawm kev kho mob. Cov txujci tseem ceeb uas txuas nrog cov tshuaj ntawd thiab cov lus qhuab qhia cuav ntawm lub hwj chim kav ntawm papacy, raug sawv cev los ntawm qhov uas Xatas hais kom Khetos ua ib qho txujci tseem ceeb los hloov lub pob zeb ua mov.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Keeb kwm cev Vajtswv lus yav ua ntej thiab yav tom qab txoj cai Hnub Caiv muaj tib yam ntxwv. Lub sij hawm sim siab hais txog tus duab ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum rau Adventism uas coj mus rau txoj cai Hnub Caiv hauv Tebchaws Meskas yog tus qauv ua piv txwv txog lub sij hawm sim siab hais txog tus duab ntawm tus tsiaj nyaum rau tag nrho lub ntiaj teb. Vim li no thiaj muaj lus ceeb toom rau peb tias, “tib qho kev kub ntxhov ntawd yuav los raug peb haiv neeg hauv txhua cheeb tsam ntawm lub ntiaj teb.”

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Cov txuj ci tseem ceeb ntawm kev kho mob los ntawm Xatas, uas Xatas ua tiav tom qab txoj cai Hnub Caiv, sawv cev rau cov “khawv koob” ntawm yam hu ua tshuaj kho mob uas raug muab los dag ntxias thoob plaws hauv keeb kwm uas pib thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 11, 2001. Yexus tau hais tias, “neeg yuav tsis ciaj sia los ntawm mov xwb, tiamsis los ntawm txhua lo lus ntawm Vajtswv.” “Zaub mov” ntawm Loos yog tej kab lig kev cai thiab tej kev coj uas nws tsa siab tshaj Txojlus ntawm Vajtswv.

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> “Hauv tej kev txav uas tam sim no tab tom muaj nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas no kom nrhiav kev txhawb nqa ntawm lub xeev rau cov koom haum thiab tej kev coj siv ntawm pawg ntseeg, cov Protestants tab tom taug raws li cov papists tej kauj ruam. Tsis tas li ntawd xwb, lawv tseem tab tom qhib qhov rooj rau txoj kev papacy rov qab tau txoj kev muaj hwjchim loj tshaj hauv Meskas uas yog Protestant, uas nws tau poob lawm hauv Lub Qab Ntuj Qub. Thiab yam uas ua rau txoj kev txav no muaj lub ntsiab tseem ceeb tshaj ntxiv yog qhov tseeb tias lub hom phiaj loj uas xav ua kom tiav ntawd yog kev yuam kom coj hnub Sunday raws li ib txoj cai—ib qho kev coj uas pib los ntawm Loos, thiab uas nws lees tias yog lub cim ntawm nws txoj cai muaj hwjchim. Nws yog tus ntsujplig ntawm papacy—tus ntsujplig ntawm kev yoog raws li tej kev coj ntawm ntiajteb, kev hwm tej kab ke uas neeg tsim tsa siab dua Vajtswv tej lus txib—uas tab tom nkag mus thoob plaws hauv cov pawg ntseeg Protestant thiab coj lawv mus ua tib yam haujlwm ntawm kev tsa hnub Sunday kom siab uas papacy twb tau ua ua ntej lawv lawm.” The Great Controversy, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Kab ke thiab kev coj ua yog “zaub mov” ntawm txoj kev qhuab qhia uas tus tsiaj qus muab los hloov chaw rau Vajtswv Txojlus, kom nws thiaj yuav tsa nws txoj kev teev dab mlom uas yog neeg txawv teb chaws li kev cai tsa siab.

> “How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

> “Peb tsis pom tias Lub Koom Txoos Loos yuav ntxuav nws tus kheej dim ntawm qhov kev liam tias pe dab mlom li cas. Yeej muaj tseeb, nws lees tias pe hawm Vajtswv los ntawm cov duab no; cov neeg Ixayees kuj tau ua li ntawd thaum lawv pe hawm pem hauv ntej tus nyuj kub. Tiamsis tus Tswv txoj kev npau taws tau kub lug tawm tsam lawv, thiab coob leej raug muab tua. Vajtswv tau tshaj tawm tias lawv yog cov pe dab mlom uas tsis hwm Vajtswv, thiab tib daim ntawv sau ntawd tseem raug sau cia niaj hnub no hauv tej phau ntawv saum ntuj ceeb tsheej tawm tsam cov uas pe hawm tej duab ntawm cov neeg dawb huv thiab cov uas hu ua neeg dawb huv.”

> “And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

> “Thiab qhov no yog txojkev ntseeg uas cov Protestants tab tom pib saib nrog kev txaus siab loj kawg li, thiab thaum kawg nws yuav los koom ua ke nrog Protestantism. Txawm li ntawd los, kev koom no yuav tsis raug ua kom tiav los ntawm kev hloov hauv Catholicism; rau qhov Loos yeej tsis hloov li. Nws tshaj tawm tias nws tsis yuam kev. Nws yog Protestantism uas yuav hloov. Kev txais yuav tej tswv yim ywj pheej ntawm nws sab yuav coj nws mus txog qhov chaw uas nws yuav tuav tes nrog Catholicism. ‘Phau Vajlugkub, Phau Vajlugkub, yog lub hauv paus ntawm peb txojkev ntseeg,’ yog lub suab qw ntawm cov Protestants thaum Luther lub sij hawm, thaum cov Catholics qw tias, ‘Cov Txiv Txoos, kab ke, kev lig kev cai.’ Nimno ntau tus Protestants pom tias nyuaj rau lawv los ua pov thawj lawv tej lus qhuab qhia hauv Phau Vajlugkub, thiab tseem lawv tsis muaj lub siab tawv ncaj ncees los lees txais qhov tseeb uas muaj tus ntoo khaub lig nrog; vim li ntawd lawv tab tom maj nroos los txog rau lub hauv paus ntawm cov Catholics, thiab, siv cov lus sib cav zoo tshaj plaws uas lawv muaj los zam qhov tseeb, lawv hais txog cov lus tim khawv ntawm Cov Txiv Txoos, thiab tej kab ke thiab tej lus qhuab qhia ntawm neeg. Muaj tseeb tiag, cov Protestants ntawm tiam cuaj caum xyoo pua tab tom maj nroos los ze rau cov Catholics hauv lawv txojkev tsis ntseeg txog Vajlugkub. Tiamsis niaj hnub no tseem muaj ib lub hav tob dav sib nrug npaum qub ntawm Loos thiab Protestantism ntawm Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, thiab pab tub rog muaj meej mom ntawm cov tim khawv tuag, ib yam li thaum cov txiv neej no tau tsa qhov kev tawm tsam uas muab lub npe Protestants rau lawv.”

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> “Yexus Khetos yog ib tug Protestas. Nws tau tawm tsam kev pe hawm raws kab ke ntawm haiv neeg Yudais, uas tau tsis lees txais Vajtswv tej lus ntuas tawm tsam lawv tus kheej. Nws tau hais rau lawv tias lawv qhia tib neeg tej lus txib ntawm neeg ua yam li yog tej qhuab qhia, thiab hais tias lawv yog neeg dag ntxias thiab neeg siab phem. Zoo li tej ntxa uas pleev dawb, sab nraud zoo nkauj, tiamsis sab hauv puv npo tej kev qias thiab kev lwj siab. Cov Neeg Hloov Kho keeb kwm rov mus txog Khetos thiab cov tubtxib. Lawv tau tawm los thiab cais lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm ib txoj kev ntseeg uas muaj tsuas yog kab ke thiab tej kev ua pam tuag xwb. Luther thiab nws cov thwjtim tsis yog cov uas tsim txoj kev ntseeg hloov kho. Lawv tsuas yog lees txais txoj kev ntseeg ntawd raws li Khetos thiab cov tubtxib tau qhia tseg. Phau Vajlugkub raug muab rau peb ua ib phau qhia uas txaus lawm; tiamsis tus pope thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm muab nws tshem tawm ntawm cov neeg, zoo li nws yog ib yam kev foom phem, vim nws nthuav tawm lawv tej kev dag ntxias thiab cem lawv txoj kev pe mlom.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Cov txuj ci tseem ceeb txog kev kho mob zoo, uas ua lub hauv paus rau kev ntseeg dab qhuas, yog nws tej lag luam thiab tej kev khwv nyiaj.

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

> “Muaj coob leej coob tus siv zog los piav txog tej yam kev tshwm sim ntawm sab ntsuj plig los ntawm kev muab tag nrho rau kev dag ntxias thiab kev ntxias tes ceev tes nroos ntawm tus neeg ua medium. Tiamsis txawm yog qhov tseeb tias tej txiaj ntsig uas yog kev dag dag ntxias tau raug muab nthuav ua tej kev tshwm sim tseeb ntau zaus lawm, los kuj tseem muaj tej kev qhia tawm uas pom tseeb txog hwjchim saum ntuj ceeb tsheej. Tej suab nrov txawv txawv uas yog qhov pib rau kev ntseeg spiritualism niaj hnub no ntawd tsis yog txiaj ntsig ntawm tibneeg txoj kev dag ntxias lossis kev txawj ntxias, tiamsis yog txoj haujlwm ncaj qha ntawm cov timtswv phem, uas tau siv qhov no los qhib ib yam kev dag ntxias uas muaj kev vam meej tshaj plaws hauv kev rhuav tshem ntsuj plig. Coob leej yuav raug ntxias nkag rau hauv cuab los ntawm txoj kev ntseeg tias spiritualism tsuas yog ib yam kev dag cuav ntawm tibneeg xwb; thaum lawv raug coj los ntsib tim ntsej tim muag nrog tej kev tshwm sim uas lawv tsis muaj peevxwm tsis lees tias yog yam saum ntuj ceeb tsheej, lawv yuav raug dag ntxias, thiab yuav raug coj mus lees txais tej ntawd tias yog Vajtswv lub hwjchim loj kawg nkaus.”

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

> “Cov neeg no tsis quav ntsej txog zaj lus tim khawv ntawm Vajluskub hais txog tej yam txaus ntshai uas Xatas thiab nws cov tub qhe tau ua. Yog vim txoj kev pab ntawm dab ntxwg nyoog uas Falau cov neeg txawj ua yees siv thiaj muaj peev xwm ua cuav raws li Vajtswv txoj hauj lwm. Povlauj ua tim khawv tias ua ntej Khetos rov los zaum ob yuav muaj tej kev tshwm sim zoo ib yam ntawm Xatas lub hwjchim. Tus Tswv txoj kev los yuav raug ua ntej los ntawm ‘Xatas txoj kev ua hauj lwm nrog txhua yam hwjchim thiab tej cim thiab tej txujci dag, thiab nrog txhua yam kev ntxias ntawm kev tsis ncaj ncees.’ 2 Thexalaunikes 2:9,10. Thiab tus tubtxib Yauhas, thaum piav txog lub hwjchim ua txujci tseem ceeb uas yuav raug tshwm sim rau hnub kawg, tshaj tawm hais tias: ‘Nws ua tej txujci tseem ceeb loj kawg, txawm ua rau hluav taws nqes saum ntuj los rau hauv ntiajteb tim ntsej tim muag ntawm neeg, thiab ntxias cov uas nyob hauv ntiajteb los ntawm tej txujci tseem ceeb ntawd uas nws muaj hwjchim ua.’ Tshwmsim 13:13, 14. Tsis yog tsuas yog tej kev dag ntxias xwb uas raug hais ua ntej nyob ntawm no. Neeg raug ntxias los ntawm tej txujci tseem ceeb uas Xatas cov tub qhe muaj hwjchim ua, tsis yog tej yam uas lawv tsuas ua txuj hais tias ua tau.” The Great Controversy, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Cov lus qhuab qhia cuav uas tsa saum tej kab ke thiab tej kev cai qub, tej kev tshwm sim txuj ci tseem ceeb uas muaj tus yam ntxwv dab ntsuj plig, kev lag luam-kho mob cuav, thiab kev sib xyaw ntawm kev txawj ntse hauv pawg ntseeg nrog kev tswj hwm hauv lub xeev—tag nrho cov no yog tej cwj pwm ntawm tus tsiaj qus ntawm Catholicism. Kev khav theeb yog ib qho cwj pwm ntawm lub hwj chim ntawm tus zaj. Kev twv yuav ua yam tsis raws cai yog ib qho cwj pwm ntawm tus yaj saub cuav ntawm Protestantism uas tau thim txoj kev ntseeg lawm.

> And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

> Yexus, uas puv npo ntawm Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv, tau rov qab los ntawm Yaladees, thiab raug Vaj Ntsuj Plig coj mus rau tom roob moj sab qhua, raug dab ntxias tau plaub caug hnub. Thiab nyob hauv cov hnub ntawd nws tsis tau noj dabtsi li; thiab thaum cov hnub ntawd xaus lawm, nws thiaj tshaib plab tom qab ntawd. Ces dab ntxwg nyoog hais rau nws tias, Yog koj yog Vajtswv Leej Tub, cia li txib lub pob zeb no kom nws hloov ua mov. Yexus teb nws tias, Muaj lus sau tseg lawm hais tias, Neeg yuav tsis ciaj sia vim mov nkaus xwb, tiam sis vim txhua lo lus ntawm Vajtswv. Lukas 4:1–4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Kev twv ua ntej yog ib lub npe uas hais txog qhov kev ua los sis ib zaug kev xav tias ib yam twg yog qhov tseeb yam tsis muaj pov thawj los sis ntaub thawj txaus. Nws muaj nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim los sis kev xaus lus raws li ntaub ntawv uas tsis tiav los sis tsis txaus. Kev twv ua ntej kuj tseem qhia tau txog ib theem kev ntseeg siab rau tus kheej txoj kev xav ntawd, txawm yog tias tej zaum nws yuav tsis muaj qhov tsim nyog kiag li.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

Cov Protestant ntseeg uas tau thim txojkev ntseeg lawm tau lees txais hnub Sunday ua hnub pehawm Vajtswv tsis muaj ib qho pov thawj li los txhawb lub tswv yim yuam kev ntawd tawm hauv Vajtswv Txojlus, thiab lawv ua li ntawd thaum lawv tseem paub tseeb tias lawv yog cov Protestant, uas lawv lo lus ntxias yog “Vajtswv Txojlus xwb,” los yog raws li Martin Luther tau tshaj tawm tias, “Sola Scriptura!” Lawv xaiv lees txais qhov ntawd raws li tej kab ke thiab tej kev coj uas tuaj ntawm lub koom txoos Loos, lossis tej zaum tsuas yog raws li ib qho qub txeeg qub teg uas lawv tau txais ntawm lawv cov yawg koob. Thaum lub suab qw nrov ntawm tus tim tswv thib peb nrov tuaj, qhov tseeb uas hais tias yeej tsis muaj ib qho laj thawj ncaj ncees kiag li rau kev pe hawm lub hnub uas yuav muab tau los ntawm Phau Vajlugkub yuav raug qhia tawm kom meej, thiab tom qab ntawd cov uas tseem nyob ruaj hauv lawv txojkev xav yuam kev ntawd yuav txais lub cim ntawm tsiaj qus.

> “If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

> “Yog hais tias lub teeb ntawm qhov tseeb twb raug muab nthuav tawm rau nej lawm, nthuav qhia Hnub Xanpataus ntawm lo lus txib plaub, thiab qhia tias hauv Vajtswv Txojlus tsis muaj ib lub hauv paus li rau kev coj Hnub Caiv, los tseem nej pheej tuav rawv hnub xanpataus cuav ntawd, tsis kam ua kom dawb huv Hnub Xanpataus uas Vajtswv hu ua ‘kuv hnub dawb huv,’ nej tau txais lub cim ntawm tus tsiaj qus lawm. Qhov no tshwm sim thaum twg?—Thaum nej mloog raws txoj cai txib kom nej tsum tsis txhob ua hauj lwm rau hnub Sunday thiab pe hawm Vajtswv, thaum nej twb paub tias hauv Phau Vajlugkub tsis muaj ib lo lus twg qhia tias hnub Sunday yog ib yam dab tsi tshaj li ib hnub ua hauj lwm ib txwm xwb, nej pom zoo txais lub cim ntawm tus tsiaj qus, thiab tsis kam txais Vajtswv lub foob. Yog peb txais lub cim no rau saum peb hauv pliaj lossis hauv peb txhais tes, ces tej kev txiav txim uas tau tshaj tawm tawm tsam cov tsis mloog lus yuav tsum poob los rau saum peb. Tiamsis lub foob ntawm Vajtswv tus muaj sia raug muab tso rau saum cov uas ceev Hnub Xanpataus ntawm tus Tswv nrog lub siab dawb paug thiab raws li lub siab xav paub tseeb.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

The commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Qhov kev qaug zog uas neeg feem coob to taub txog tog Republican yog lawv txoj kev kam xav tias lawv cov yeeb ncuab nom tswv yog neeg ncaj ncees thiab ua raws kev ncaj, thaum cov txiv uas tog Democratic tsim tawm los twb qhia meej tias lawv yog cov me nyuam ntawm leej txiv ntawm tej lus dag. Ib zaug dhau ib zaug ntxiv, thiab tsis tu ncua li qub, cov Republicans txais lawv cov yeeb ncuab nom tswv raws li lawv tej lus, thaum lawv twb raug qhia ntau zaus lawm tias lawv cov yeeb ncuab yeej tsis tuav lawv tej lus. Lawv muab cov kev txhawb siab ncaj ncees tso rau saum cov uas pheej rov tshwm qhia tias tsis muaj ib qho laj thawj muaj ntsiab thiab tsim nyog hlo li los txhawb tau cov Republicans tej kev kwv yees yuam kev txog qhov ncaj ncees thiab qhov muaj meej mom uas lawv xav kom muaj. Kuj yog qhov tseeb thiab tias ntau tus Republicans tsis kam tuav rawv tej hauv paus ntsiab lus vim nrhiav nyiaj txiag rau tus kheej, los yog vim muaj tej xwm txheej zais cia uas tsis ncaj ncees hauv kev coj cwj pwm uas ua rau lawv raug tswj thiab siv tau yooj yim; tiam sis tus cwj pwm thawj uas yog yam cev lus faj lem ntawm tog Republican yog txoj kev xav presumptuous.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Qhov no yog tus cwj pwm ntawm kev khav theeb uas raug cim tseg raws li lus faj lem nyob hauv cov Protestant uas tau ntxeev kev ntseeg, uas pub rau lawv ua txuj hais tias lawv tau tuav txoj hauj lwm siab dua hauv kev ncaj ncees thiab kev nom kev tswv, thaum qhov tseeb lawv twb tso tseg lawv tej luag hauj lwm pej xeem raws li txoj kev cia siab khoob lug tias lawv cov neeg tawm tsam hauv kev nom kev tswv yuav khaws lawv lo lus. Txoj kev txhais uas nquag siv heev txog kev vwm yog kom pheej ua tib yam ntawd dua thiab dua, thaum tseem cia siab tias yuav muaj ib qho txiaj ntsig txawv, los txog thaum cov Republicans sib cav hais tias yog cov Democrats thiaj yog cov uas raug kis los ntawm txoj kev vwm, raws li pom tshwm hauv lawv txoj kev ntxub Trump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

Txawm li cas los xij, txoj kev vwm ntawm cov Republicans raug nthuav tawm ntau zaus thaum lawv pom zoo rau tej kev sib hais kom sib haum, raws li lub tswv yim tias kev sib haum yog ib feem ntawm txoj haujlwm tsim cai lij choj, thaum lawv tej kev sib haum hauv nom tswv, uas lawv hais tias yog nyob saum lub hauv paus ntsiab cai ntawm “txoj haujlwm tsim cai lij choj,” yog ua nrog ib pab neeg uas yeej tsis sib haum. Cov Democrats tsuas yog thim chaw hauv txoj txheej txheem nom tswv thaum lawv raug txwv kiag li los ntawm cov lej uas tawm tsam lawv. Lawv yeej tsis tau muab pov thawj tias lawv ua haujlwm tiag tiag los nrhiav ib thaj chaw nruab nrab hauv txoj txheej txheem nom tswv. Txoj kev vwm ntawm cov Republicans yog lawv txoj kev cia siab zoo rau lwm tus, uas rov muaj dua ntau zaus thiab tsis muaj ib qho laj thawj tsim nyog li.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Feem coob leej feem coob ntawm cov uas txhawb Donald Trump yuav ua tim khawv rau qhov tseeb tias tus cwj pwm phem tshaj plaws ntawm Trump yog nws txoj kev kam lees txais tib neeg los ua cov neeg txhawb nws txoj haujlwm thiab nws daim txheej txheem, thaum tej pov thawj uas muaj qhia meej tias nws yog kev khav theeb thiab kev twv xam yam tsis muaj cai kiag li ntawm Trump sab uas tau xaiv li ntawd. Kev khav theeb thiab kev twv xam yam tsis muaj cai yog tus yam ntxwv yav tom ntej uas sawv cev rau Protestantism uas tau poob kev ntseeg lawm. Xatas tau ntxias Khetos los ntawm kev hais Vajlugkub, tiam sis thaum nws ua li ntawd, Xatas tau nkhaus thiab yuam lub nqe Vajlugkub ntawd mus ua ib qho kev sim uas tsis muaj cai thiab tsis raws Vajlugkub.

> And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

> Thiab nws coj Nws mus rau Yeluxalees, thiab tsa Nws sawv saum lub ncov ntawm lub tuam tsev, thiab hais rau Nws tias, Yog tias Koj yog Vajtswv Leej Tub, cia li dhia ntawm no nqes mus: Rau qhov muaj lus sau tseg tias, Nws yuav txib Nws cov tim tswv saib xyuas Koj, kom lawv khaws Koj cia: Thiab lawv yuav txhawb nqa Koj rau hauv lawv ob txhais tes, tsam muaj ib lub sijhawm twg Koj tsoo Koj ko taw rau ntawm ib lub pob zeb. Thiab Yexus teb hais rau nws tias, Muaj lus hais tseg tias, Koj yuav tsum tsis txhob sim tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv. Luka 4:9–12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Thaum txog txoj cai Hnub Caiv uas yuav los sai no, cov Protestant hauv Tebchaws Meskas yuav coj txoj cai qhuab qhia hauv Vajlugkub kom tsum tsis txhob ua haujlwm rau hnub Xanpataus, thiab yuav muab lo lus txib kom pe hawm Vajtswv rau hnub Xanpataus hnub xya tig kho mus ua ib lo lus txib cuav tias yeej yog hnub ntawm lub hnub uas yog kev teev dab qhuas cuav uas tibneeg raug kom pe hawm rau hnub ntawd. Lawv yuav muab ib nqe Vajlugkub tig kho ua ib qho kev sim uas tsis muaj cai raws li Vajlugkub thiab tsis raws li Vajlugkub.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Peb yuav txuas ntxiv txoj kev kawm no hauv tsab xov xwm tom ntej.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

> “Kuv pom tias tus tsiaj muaj ob lub kub ntawd muaj zaj qhov ncauj, thiab tias nws lub hwj chim nyob hauv nws lub taub hau, thiab tias txoj cai txib yuav tawm ntawm nws lub qhov ncauj los. Ces kuv pom Tus Niam ntawm Cov Pojniam Ua Luag; tias tus niam tsis yog cov ntxhais, tiamsis yog cais tawm thiab txawv meej ntawm lawv. Nws twb muaj nws lub caij lawm, thiab lub caij ntawd twb dhau mus lawm, hos nws cov ntxhais, uas yog cov Protestant pab pawg ntseeg, yog cov tom ntej uas los rau saum theem thiab ua raws tib lub siab uas tus niam muaj thaum nws tsim txom cov neeg dawb huv. Kuv pom tias raws li tus niam tau tab tom nqis zog hauv hwj chim, cov ntxhais twb tab tom loj hlob; thiab tsis ntev lawv yuav siv tib lub hwj chim uas tus niam ib txwm tau siv.”

> “I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

> “Kuv tau pom tias pawg ntseeg uas tsuas muaj npe xwb thiab cov Adventists uas tsuas muaj npe xwb, ib yam li Yudas, yuav ntxeev siab muab peb cob rau cov Catholics kom tau lawv lub hwjchim txhawb nqa los tawm tsam qhov tseeb. Ces cov neeg dawb huv yuav yog ib haiv neeg uas nyob twjywm thiab tsis tshua muaj leejtwg paub los ntawm cov Catholics; tab sis cov pawg ntseeg thiab cov Adventists uas tsuas muaj npe xwb, uas paub txog peb txoj kev ntseeg thiab peb tej kev coj (vim lawv ntxub peb vim yog hnub Xanpataus, rau qhov lawv tsis muaj peevxwm tawm tsam nws tau) yuav ntxeev siab rau cov neeg dawb huv thiab qhia lawv rau cov Catholics tias lawv yog cov uas tsis quav ntsej tej kev cai uas yog ntawm cov neeg; yog li no, tias lawv coj hnub Xanpataus thiab tsis quav ntsej hnub Sunday.”

> “Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

> “Tom qab ntawd cov Catholics yuav hu kom cov Protestants mus tom ntej, thiab yuav tshaj ib tsab cai tias txhua tus uas tsis kam hwm thawj hnub ntawm lub limtiam, hloov chaw rau hnub xya, yuav raug tua. Thiab cov Catholics, uas muaj coob tus heev, yuav sawv nrog cov Protestants. Cov Catholics yuav muab lawv lub hwjchim rau tus duab ntawm tus tsiaj qus. Thiab cov Protestants yuav ua raws li lawv niam tau ua ua ntej lawv, kom rhuav tshem cov neeg dawb huv. Tiamsis ua ntej lawv tsab cai yuav coj los yog txi tau txiv, cov neeg dawb huv yuav raug cawm dim los ntawm Lub Suab ntawm Vajtswv.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

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