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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Ten

Kitab Daniel - Nomer Satus Sepuluh

The Threefold Alliance of Rome: Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of the Trumpets in Revelation

Aliansi Telu Rangkap Roma: Mbabar Wigati Profètis saka Trompet-trompet ing Kitab Wahyu

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 1, 2024

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Islam of the first and second woes of Revelation chapter nine represented the judgment that was brought upon Rome. William Miller had called the trumpets, “the peculiar judgments” which were brought upon Rome, but Miller could not see Modern Rome, as the threefold alliance which leads the world to Armageddon. Uriah Smith recognized the trumpets represented God’s judgment upon Rome, and that the fifth and sixth trumpets (first and second Woes), were judgments upon the Catholic church.

Islam ing bilai kapisan lan kapindho ing Wahyu bab sanga makili paukuman sing digawa tumrap Roma. William Miller nate nyebut kalasangka-kalasangka mau minangka “paukuman-paukuman kang mligi” sing digawa tumrap Roma, nanging Miller ora bisa mirsani Roma Modern minangka prasekuthon telu rangkep sing nuntun jagad menyang Armagedon. Uriah Smith mangerteni bilih kalasangka-kalasangka mau makili paukumaning Allah tumrap Roma, lan bilih kalasangka kaping lima lan kaping nem (bilai kapisan lan kapindho) iku paukuman tumrap gréja Katulik.

> “For an exposition of this trumpet, we shall again draw from the writings of Mr. Keith. This writer truthfully says: ‘There is scarcely so uniform an agreement among interpreters concerning any other part of the Apocalypse as respecting the application of the fifth and sixth trumpets, or the first and second woes, to the Saracens and Turks. It is so obvious that it can scarcely be misunderstood. Instead of a verse or two designating each, the whole of the ninth chapter of the Revelation in equal portions, is occupied with a description of both.

> “Kanggo sawijining panerang babagan kalasangka iki, kita bakal maneh njupuk saka tulisan-tulisanipun Bapak Keith. Panulis iki kanthi satemenipun ngandika: ‘Meh ora ana persetujuan kang sarupaning makaten ing antarané para juru tafsir ngenani pérangan liyané saka Apocalypse kajaba tumrap panganggèning kalasangka kaping gangsal lan kaping enem, utawa bilai kapisan lan kapindho, marang wong Saracen lan Turki. Bab iku cetha sanget, satemah meh ora bisa dipun salahpahami. Tinimbang mung satunggal utawa kalih ayat kang nandhani saben-sabené, sakabèhé pasal kaping sanga saka Wahyu, ing pérangan kang padha, kapanggenan déning sawijining gambaran ngenani kalorone.

> “‘The Roman empire declined, as it arose, by conquest; but the Saracens and the Turks were the instruments by which a false religion became the scourge of an apostate church; and hence, instead of the fifth and sixth trumpets, like the former, being designated by that name alone, they are called woes.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

> “‘Kakaisaran Romawi surut, kaya anggoné iku tuwuh, yaiku lumantar panaklukan; nanging wong Saracen lan wong Turki dadi piranti kang lumantaré sawijining agama palsu dadi pecut tumrap pasamuwan kang murtad; mulané, tinimbang kalasangka kaping lima lan kaping nem, kaya sing sadurungé, mung sinebut kanthi jeneng iku waé, kaloroné kasebut bilai.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

What Miller and Smith did not recognize about the trumpets as God’s judgment upon Rome, was that those judgments were brought about by the enforcement of the worship of the sun. In the year 321, Constantine passed the first Sunday law, and nine years later he moved the capital from the city of Rome, to the city of Constantinople, thus initiating the process of disintegration of the Roman Empire. In Daniel chapter eleven, pagan Rome was to rule supremely for a “time,” which represented the three hundred and sixty years, from the Battle of Actium, in the year 31 BC, unto the year 330, when Constantine divided the kingdom into the West and the East.

Bab ingkang boten dipunmangertosi déning Miller lan Smith ngenani kalasangka-kalasangka minangka paukumanipun Gusti Allah tumrap Rum, inggih punika bilih paukuman-paukuman punika kadadosaken lumantar pangejawantahan pakaryan meksa pangibadah dhateng srengéngé. Ing taun 321, Konstantinus netepaken undhang-undhang Minggu ingkang kapisan, lan sangang taun sasampunipun piyambakipun mindhahaken ibukutha saking kitha Rum dhateng kitha Konstantinopel, saéngga miwiti prosès bubaré Kakaisaran Rum. Ing Daniel pasal sewelas, Rum kapir dipuntemtokaken badhé mrentah kanthi paling unggul sajroning satunggal “wektu,” ingkang nglambangaken tigang atus suwidak taun, wiwit saking Peperangan Actium, ing taun 31 SM, dumugi taun 330, nalika Konstantinus mbagi karajan punika dados Kulon lan Wétan.

> He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.

> Panjenengané bakal lumebu kanthi tentrem malah ing panggonan-panggonan sing paling subur ing wewengkon iku; lan Panjenengané bakal nindakaké apa kang durung tau ditindakaké déning para leluhuré, utawa déning para leluhuré para leluhuré; Panjenengané bakal nyebarake ing antarané wong-wong mau barang rampasan, lan jarahan, lan kasugihan: ya, Panjenengané bakal ngrancang siasaté nglawan bètèng-bètèng kang kuwat, nganti sawatara mangsa. Daniel 11:24.

During those three hundred and sixty years, the Roman Empire was essentially invincible, but once the capital was moved to the East, the ability to govern such a massive empire was no longer possible. Constantine tried to maintain control by dividing the kingdom between his three sons, but that only furthered the crumbling of the former empire.

Sajeroning telung atus nem puluh taun iku, Kakaisaran Romawi ing satemené ora kena dikalahaké, nanging sawisé ibu kutha dipindhah menyang Wétan, kamampuan kanggo mrentah kakaisaran sing mangkono gedhéné wis ora bisa ditindakake manèh. Konstantinus ngupaya njaga pangwasané kanthi mbagi karajan iku marang telu putrané, nanging bab iku malah saya nyepetaké rubuhé kakaisaran lawas mau.

When the papacy took the throne of the earth in the year 538, at the third Council of Orleans a Sunday law was passed. Thus, in the year 606, Mohammed began his prophetic ministry, and symbolically represented the trumpet that was to be what the historians identify as a “scourge of an apostate church.” The history of the first and second woes, beginning with the ministry of Mohammed in the year 606, concluded on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet sounded.

Nalika kapausan mundhut dhamparing bumi ing taun 538, ing Konsili Orléans kaping telu dipasahaké sawijining undhang-undhang dina Minggu. Mangkono, ing taun 606, Mohammed miwiti palayanan kenabianné, lan kanthi pralambang makili slompret kang bakal dadi apa sing para sejarawan sebut minangka “cambuk tumrap gréja kang murtad.” Sajarah bilai kapisan lan kapindho, kang diwiwiti kanthi palayanan Mohammed ing taun 606, rampung ing tanggal 22 Oktober 1844, nalika slompret kapitu muni.

> The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:14, 15.

> Bilai kang kapindho wus kaliwat; lan lah, bilai kang katelu rawuh kanthi enggal. Lan malaékat kang kapitu ngebakake slomprèté; banjur ana swara-swara gedhé ana ing swarga, kang padha muni mangkéné: Kraton-kratoning jagad iki wus dadi kagungané Gusti kita lan kagungané Kristusé; lan Panjenengané bakal jumeneng ratu ing salawas-lawasé. Wahyu 11:14, 15.

During the history of the first two Woes, Constantinople, the capital of eastern Rome, was conquered in 1453, and papal Rome in the west was delivered its deadly wound in 1798. The “scourge of an apostate church,” had brought down both civil and religious Rome. The threefold union of Modern Rome is accomplished at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States.

Sajeroning sajarahing loro Bilai kang kapisan, Konstantinopel, ibukutha Roma sisih wétan, kaasoraké ing taun 1453, lan Roma kapapaan ing sisih kulon nampa tatu kang matèni ing taun 1798. “Pecuting gréja kang murtad,” wus ngrubuhaké Roma sipil lan Roma agama. Pasamuwan telu-lapisé Roma Modhèren kasampurnakaké lumantar hukum Minggu sing enggal bakal teka ing Amérika Sarékat.

> “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, 588.

> “Para Protestan ing Amérika Sarékat bakal dadi sing kawitan ngulurkaké tangané nyabrang jurang kanggo nggenggem tangan Spiritualisme; wong-wong mau bakal nggayuh ngliwati telenging jurang kanggo sesalaman karo kakuwasan Roma; lan ana ing sangisoré pangaribawa saka pasamuwan telung prakara iki, nagara iki bakal ngetutaké jejak Roma ing ngidak-idak hak-haké nurani.” The Great Controversy, 588.

At that time, Islam of the third Woe will accomplish God’s judgment against Modern Rome for its enforcement of Sunday worship, as He did with pagan Rome, and papal Rome. With pagan Rome He employed the first four trumpets to bring an end to Roman rulership in the capital of western Rome by the year 476, for after the year 476, no ruler of the city was of Roman lineage. By 1453 the fifth trumpet of Islam brought Roman rulership of eastern Rome to an end. By 1798, papal rulership of the former tenfold division of the nations of Europe was brought to an end in the history of the sixth trumpet of Islam. The demise of the civil kingdom of Rome, both west and east, and the religious kingdom of Rome was brought about following the enforcement of the pagan worship of the sun.

Ing wektu iku, Islam saka Bilai katelu bakal nuntasi paukumaning Allah marang Roma Modern amarga pameksa ibadah dina Minggu, kaya Panjenengane nindakaké marang Roma kapir lan Roma kapapan. Marang Roma kapir, Panjenengane migunakaké patang slompret kapisan kanggo mungkasi pamaréntahan Romawi ing ibukutha Roma sisih kulon ing taun 476, awit sawisé taun 476, ora ana panguwasa kutha iku kang asal trah Romawi. Ing taun 1453 slompret kaping lima, yaiku Islam, mungkasi pamaréntahan Romawi ing Roma sisih wétan. Ing taun 1798, pamaréntahan kepausan atas bekas pamérangan sapuluh bangsa-bangsa Éropah dipungkasi ing sajarah slompret kaping enem, yaiku Islam. Runtuhé karajan sipil Roma, loro-loroné sisih kulon lan wétan, sarta karajan agama Roma, kelakon sawisé pameksaning pangibadah kapir marang srengéngé.

> “The people of the United States have been a favored people; but when they restrict religious liberty, surrender Protestantism, and give countenance to popery, the measure of their guilt will be full, and ‘national apostasy’ will be registered in the books of heaven. The result of this apostasy will be national ruin.” Review and Herald, May 2, 1893.

> “Bangsa Amerika Sarékat wis dadi bangsa kang diparingi sih kinasihan; nanging nalika wong-wong mau matesi kabébasan agami, nyerahaké Protestantisme, lan maringi papan marang kapapaan, ukuran kaluputané bakal kebak, lan ‘murtad nasional’ bakal kacathet ana ing kitab-kitab swarga. Asiling murtad iki bakal dadi karusakan nasional.” Review and Herald, 2 Méi 1893.

The triple application of prophecy establishes the characteristic of the final fulfillment of the prophecy based upon the characteristics of the first two fulfillments. On September 11, 2001 the third Woe arrived in history. It had initially arrived on October 22, 1844, for the third Woe is the seventh trumpet, and that trumpet began to sound at that time. But as with ancient Israel, modern Israel chose rebellion and brought about a period of wandering in the wilderness instead of finishing the work. The sealing time of the third angel was therefore delayed, until it began again on September 11, 2001.

Panganggone telu lapis saka ramalan netepake ciri saka kasampurnan pungkasaning ramalan adhedhasar ciri-ciri saka rong kasampurnan kang kapisan. Ing tanggal 11 September 2001, Bilai kang katelu teka ing sajarah. Bilai iku wiwitané wis teka ing tanggal 22 Oktober 1844, awit Bilai kang katelu iku kalasangka kapitu, lan kalasangka iku wiwit muni ing wektu iku. Nanging kaya dene Israel jaman kuna, Israel modern milih pambrontakan lan ndadekake sawijining mangsa nglembara ing ara-ara samun tinimbang ngrampungake pakaryan. Mulané wektu panyegelan saka malaékat kang katelu katundha, nganti wiwit maneh ing tanggal 11 September 2001.

> “For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord’s professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years.” Selected Messages, book 2, 69.

> “Patang puluh taun suwéné, rasa ora pracaya, sambat-sambat, lan pambrontakan wis nutup dalan tumrap Israèl kuna mlebu ing tanah Kanaan. Dosa-dosa kang padha iki uga wis ndadèkaké mlebué Israèl modhèren menyang Kanaan swarga kasèngsèraké. Ing loro-loroné prakara iki, janji-janjiné Gusti Allah dudu kang kaluputan. Rasa ora pracaya, kadonyan, urip kang ora kasucèkaké, lan pasulayan ana ing antarané umaté Pangéran kang ngakoni dhéwé dadi kagungané Panjenengané, iku kang njalari kita tetep ana ing jagad dosa lan kasusahan iki nganti pirang-pirang taun.” Selected Messages, buku 2, 69.

God does not change, and He judges according to the available light. Modern Israel had more available light than ancient Israel, and we are informed “the same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan.” If modern Israel was only held accountable to the light which ancient Israel was held accountable to, it would have been enough, but they had more light. Therefore, if it was the “same sins” that caused “ancient Israel” to wander in the wilderness for “forty years,” then not only was modern Israel banished to the “wilderness” in the rebellion of 1863, but they were just as certainly destined to die there. Their “sins” have delayed the work of the third angel until now.

Gusti Allah ora owah, lan Panjenengané ngadili manut padhang kang kasedhiya. Israel modern nduwèni padhang kang luwih akèh tinimbang Israel kuna, lan kita diparingi pawartos manawa “dosa-dosa kang padha iku wis nundha mlebu Israel modern menyang Kanaan swarga.” Manawa Israel modern mung dipesthekaké tanggung jawabé manut padhang kang dadi ukuran tanggung jawabé Israel kuna, iku wis cukup, nanging wong-wong mau nduwèni padhang kang luwih akèh. Mulané, manawa “dosa-dosa kang padha” iku kang njalari “Israel kuna” nglembara ana ing ara-ara samun sajroning “patang puluh taun,” mula Israel modern ora mung kabuwang menyang “ara-ara samun” ing pambrontakan taun 1863, nanging padha uga mesthi wus katetepaké bakal mati ana ing kana. “Dosa-dosa” wong-wong mau wis nundha pakaryaning malaekat katelu nganti sapréné.

> “Said the angel, ‘The third angel is binding, or sealing, them in bundles for the heavenly garner.’ This little company looked careworn, as if they had passed through severe trials and conflicts. And it appeared as if the sun had just risen from behind a cloud and shone upon their countenances, causing them to look triumphant, as if their victories were nearly won.” Early Writings, 88.

> “Mangkéné pangandikané malaékat mau, ‘Malaékat katelu lagi ngiket, utawa mènèhi segel, wong-wong iku ana ing sawijining iketan-iketan kanggo lumbung swarga.’ Golongan cilik iki katon kebak reribed lan sumelang, kaya wong-wong sing wus ngliwati pacoban-pacoban lan peperangan-peperangan kang abot. Lan katon kaya srengéngé lagi waé njedhul saka saburin méga lan sumunar marang pasuryané, nganti ndadèkaké wong-wong mau katon kaya wong sing menang kalawan mulya, kaya déné kamenangané wis meh kasil.” Early Writings, 88.

The same sins that banished ancient Israel to die in the wilderness have delayed the work of the third angel who arrived on October 22, 1844.

Dosa-dosa sing padha kang njalari Israèl kuna dibuwang supaya mati ing ara-ara samun wis nundha pakaryaning malaékat katelu sing rawuh ing tanggal 22 Oktober 1844.

> “After Jesus opened the door of the most holy, the light of the Sabbath was seen, and the people of God were tested, as the children of Israel were tested anciently, to see if they would keep God’s law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the disappointed ones the way to the holiest of the heavenly sanctuary. As they by faith enter the most holy, they find Jesus, and hope and joy spring up anew. I saw them looking back, reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down through their experience to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and certainty again animate them. The third angel has lighted up the past, the present, and the future, and they know that God has indeed led them by His mysterious providence.” Early Writings, 254.

> “Sawisé Gusti Yésus mbikak lawanging papan suci ingkang maha suci, pepadhanging dina Sabat katingal, lan umatipun Allah kauji, kados dene para putranipun Israèl kala rumiyin kauji, supados katitik manawa wong-wong mau badhé netepi angger-anggeripun Allah. Aku nyumurupi malaékat kaping tiga nunjuk ing nginggil, nedahaké marang wong-wong ingkang kuciwa punika dalan tumuju ing papan ingkang paling suci wonten ing papan suci swarga. Nalika kanthi pitados wong-wong mau lumebet ing papan ingkang maha suci, wong-wong mau manggih Gusti Yésus, lan pangajeng-ajeng saha kabingahan medal malih kanthi énggal. Aku nyumurupi wong-wong mau ningali malih dhateng wingking, nliti malih jaman kapengker, wiwit saking pawartos bab rawuhipun Gusti Yésus kaping kalih, ngantos ngliwati pengalamanipun dumugi wontening kalampahaning wektu ing taun 1844. Wong-wong mau sumerep bilih kuciwanipun sampun katlantaraken kateranganipun, lan kabingahan saha kayektèn malih marakaké gesangipun. Malaékat kaping tiga sampun madhangi jaman kapengker, jaman samenika, lan jaman ingkang badhé rawuh, lan wong-wong mau mangertos bilih Allah temenan sampun nuntun wong-wong mau lumantar peparinging pangawulanipun ingkang mistèri.” Early Writings, 254.

The third angel is the sealing angel, and he arrived on October 22, 1844, but his work was delayed by the same sins that caused ancient Israel to die in the wilderness. The delay caused by the rebellion of 1863, was a delaying of the work of the third angel, and therefore the sealing has been hindered and delayed for over one hundred years.

Malaékat katelu iku malaékat sing maringi segel, lan panjenengané rawuh ing tanggal 22 Oktober 1844, nanging pakaryané ketundha déning dosa-dosa kang padha sing njalari Israèl kuna mati ana ing ara-ara samun. Ketundhan kang kasababaké déning pambrontakan taun 1863 iku minangka panundhaning pakaryané malaékat katelu, lan mulané panyegelan wis katundha lan kaalang-alangi luwih saka satus taun.

> “[Numbers 32:6–15, quoted.] The Lord God is a jealous God, yet He bears long with the sins and transgressions of His people in this generation. If the people of God had walked in His counsel, the work of God would have advanced, the messages of truth would have been borne to all people that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Had the people of God believed Him and been doers of His word, had they kept His commandments, the angel would not have come flying through heaven with the message to the four angels that were to let loose the winds that they should blow upon the earth crying, Hold, hold the four winds that they blow not upon the earth until I have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads. But because the people are disobedient, unthankful, unholy, as were ancient Israel, time is prolonged that all may hear the last message of mercy proclaimed with a loud voice. The Lord’s work has been hindered, the sealing time delayed. Many have not heard the truth. But the Lord will give them a chance to hear and be converted, and the great work of God will go forward.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 292.

> “[Cacahing Yosua 32:6–15, dipunpetik.] Pangéran Allah iku Allah ingkang cemburu, nanging Panjenengané sabar sanget marang dosa lan panerakipun umaté ing jaman punika. Manawi umat Allah mlampah miturut pitedahipun, pakaryanipun Allah mesthi sampun majeng, pesen-pesen kayekten mesthi sampun kababar dhateng sadaya bangsa ingkang manggèn ing salumahing bumi kabèh. Manawi umat Allah pitados dhateng Panjenengané lan dados para lampahing pangandika-Né, manawi padha netepi pepaken-pepakenipun, malaékat punika mesthi boten rawuh mabur lumantar langit nggawa pesen dhateng malaékat sekawan ingkang badhé nglilani angin-angin punika supados ngembus ing bumi, kanthi sesambat, Tahana, tahana angin sekawan punika, aja nganti padha ngembus ing bumi nganti Ingsun wus maringi segel dhateng para abdiné Allah ana ing bathuké. Nanging awit umat punika boten mituhu, boten sukur, boten suci, kados Israèl ing jaman kina, wekdal punika dipunpanjangaken supados sadaya tiyang saged mireng pesen pungkasan bab sih-rahmat ingkang dipunwartakaken kanthi swanten banter. Pakaryaning Pangéran sampun kapalang, wekdal panyegelan katundha. Kathah ingkang dereng mireng kayekten. Nanging Pangéran badhé maringi dhateng piyambakipun kasempatan supados mireng lan mratobat, sarta pakaryan agengipun Allah badhé lumajeng.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 292.

On September 11, 2001 the third angel arrived again, and the sealing time which had been delayed since the rebellion of 1863, began again. It was the arrival of Islam of the third Woe, which is also the seventh trumpet that marks the beginning of the sealing time. The sealing time began with the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet began to sound, but that trumpet was hindered and delayed.

Ing tanggal 11 September 2001 malaékat katelu rawuh manèh, lan wektu panyegelan kang wis katundha wiwit pambrontakan taun 1863, wiwit manèh. Iku yaiku rawuhipun Islam saka Bilai katelu, kang uga minangka kalasangka kapitu sing nandhani wiwitané wektu panyegelan. Wektu panyegelan diwiwiti kanthi rawuhipun malaékat katelu ing tanggal 22 Oktober 1844, nalika kalasangka kapitu wiwit muni, nanging kalasangka iku kaalang-alangi lan katundha.

> And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:5–7.

> Lan malaékat kang dakdeleng ngadeg ing sadhuwuring segara lan ing sadhuwuring bumi iku ngangkat tangané marang swarga, lan supata lumantar Panjenengané kang gesang ing salawas-lawasé, kang nitahaké swarga lan sakehing kang ana ing jeroné, lan bumi lan sakehing kang ana ing jeroné, lan segara lan sakehing kang ana ing jeroné, yèn wektu ora bakal ana menèh; nanging ing dina-dina swaraning malaékat kapitu, nalika dhèwèké wiwit muni, wewadi Allah bakal rampung, kaya kang wus dipratélakaké marang para abdiné, para nabi. Wahyu 10:5–7.

The “voice” of the seventh angel, is the voice of the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen, which descended when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down.

“swara”ing malaékat kapitu iku swaraning malaékat ing Wahyu bab wolulas, kang tumurun nalika gedhong-gedhong agung ing Kutha New York padha dirubuhaké.

> And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:1–3.

> Lan sawisé iku aku weruh malaekat liyané tumurun saka swarga, kagungan pangwasa gedhé; lan bumi dadi padhang marga saka kamulyané. Lan panjenengané nguwuh kanthi rosa nganggo swara kang banter, pangandikané: “Babil gedhé wis rubuh, wis rubuh, lan wis dadi papan padunungané para dhemit, lan panggonan tetahané saben roh najis, lan kurungané saben manuk najis lan sengit. Amarga kabèh bangsa wis ngombé saka anggur bebenduné jinahe, lan para ratu ing bumi wis padha laku jina karo dhèwèké, lan para sudagar ing bumi dadi sugih marga saka kalubèraning kemewahané.” Wahyu 18:1–3.

The “voice” of the mighty angel who descends, commands the angels to hold the four winds, that are represented as an “angry horse” seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction in its path.

“swara” saka malaékat sing kuwasa kang tumedhak, maréntah para malaékat supaya nahan papat angin, kang digambaraké minangka “jaran ngamuk” sing ngupaya uwal lan ngeteraké pati lan karusakan ing dalané.

> “The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> “Malaékat-malaékaté Allah nindakake dhawuhé Panjenengané, nahan angin-angin ing bumi, supaya angin-angin iku aja nganti ngembus ing bumi, utawa ing sagara, utawa ing wit apa waé, nganti para abdiné Allah dimeteraèkaké ana ing bathuké. Malaékat kang kuwasa iku katonton munggah saka wétan (utawa panggonan srengéngé njedhul). Malaékat iki, kang paling kuwasa ing antarané para malaékat, nyekel ing astané meterai Allah kang gesang, utawa meterai Panjenengané kang mung piyambak sing bisa maringi urip, kang bisa nulis ana ing bathuk tandha utawa prasasti, marang sapa kalanggengan, urip langgeng, bakal diparingaké. Swarané malaékat kang paling luhur iki sing nduwèni wewenang dhawuh marang papat malaékat supaya nahan papat angin nganti pakaryan iki kasampurnakaké, lan nganti piyambakipun maringi dhawuh supaya angin-angin iku dililani uwal.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

The angel who commands the four angels to hold the winds, is the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen who lightens the earth with His glory, and his “strong voice” is the voice of the seventh angel.

Malaékat kang marentah marang malaékat papat supaya nahan angin-angin iku, yaiku malaékat ing Wahyu pasal wolulas kang madhangi bumi kanthi kamulyané, lan “swara banter”-né iku swarané malaékat kapitu.

> “And what a representation is given in Revelation 7 for our consideration and comfort and encouragement! The four angels are commissioned to do a work upon the earth. But One who purchased the world by giving Himself for its ransom has a chosen few. Who? Those who are keeping all of the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.

> “Lan satemene endahing pralambang kang kaparingake ana ing Wahyu 7 kanggo kita renungake lan dadi panglipur sarta panguwat! Papat malaékat iku dipréntahaké supaya nindakaké sawijining pakaryan ana ing bumi. Nanging Ana Sawijining kang wus nebus jagad iki kanthi masrahaké Sarirané dhéwé dadi tebusané, nduwèni wong sawetara pilihan. Sapa? Yaiku wong-wong kang netepi kabèh préntahing Allah lan nduwèni precayané Gusti Yesus.

> “John’s attention was called to another scene: ‘And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God’ (Revelation 7:2). Who is this? The Angel of the covenant. He comes from the sunrising. He is the Dayspring from on high. He is the Light of the world. ‘In Him was life; and the life was the light of men’ (John 1:4). This is the One Isaiah describes: ‘Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace’ (Isaiah 9:6). He cried, as One who had superiority over the hosts of angels in heaven ‘to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, “hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads” (Revelation 7:2, 3).

> Manahé Yohanes dipunarahaké dhateng sawijining adegan sanès: “‘Lan aku weruh malaékat liyané munggah saka wetan, nggawa meteraining Allah kang gesang’ (Wahyu 7:2).” Sinten Panjenenganipun punika? Malaékating prejanjian. Panjenenganipun rawuh saking panyarenging srengéngé. Panjenenganipun punika Pepadang ésuk saking ing luhur. Panjenenganipun punika Pepadhanging jagad. “‘Ana ing Panjenenganipun ana urip; lan urip iku pepadhanging manungsa’ (Yohanes 1:4).” Punika Panjenenganipun ingkang dipunandharaké déning Yesaya: “‘Kanggo kita wus miyos sawijining Putra, marang kita wus kaparingaké sawijining Putra Kakung; lan pamaréntahan iku bakal ana ing pundhaké; lan asmané bakal sinebut: Endah, Penaséhat, Allah kang Rosa, Rama langgeng, Sang Pangéraning Katentreman’ (Yesaya 9:6).” Panjenenganipun sesambat, minangka Panjenengan kang kagungan kakuwasan ngungkuli pasukaning para malaékat ing swarga, “‘kang diparingi kawenangan ngrusak bumi lan segara,’ ngandika, ‘aja ngrusak bumi, aja uga segara, utawa wit-witan, nganti kita wus ngesahaké para abdiné Allah kita ana ing bathuké’ (Wahyu 7:2, 3).

> “Here is the divine and human united. The command is given to the four angels to hold in check the four winds until they receive His summons. Read the entire chapter. The cry, ‘Hurt not,’ is uttered by the Restorer, the Redeemer.

> “Ing kéné katon paseduluraning kodrat ilahi lan kodrat manungsa kang dadi siji. Parentah kaparingaké marang malaekat papat supaya nahan angin papat nganti padha nampani panggilané Panjenengané. Wacanen kabèh bab iku. Panggugah, ‘Aja ngrusak,’ kaandharaké déning Sang Mulihaké, Sang Juru Tebus.

> “Judgment and wrath were to be repressed only for a little space until a certain work was done. The message, the last message of warning and mercy, has been retarded in doing its work by the selfish love of money, the selfish love of ease, and the unfitness of man to do a work that needs to be done. The angel that is to lighten the earth with His glory has waited for human instrumentalities through whom the light of heaven could shine, and they thus cooperate to give, in its sacred, solemn importance, the message which is to decide the destiny of the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 222.

> “Paukuman lan bebendu iku mung kudu ditahan sawatara wektu nganti sawijining pakaryan tartamtu kelakon. Pesen iku, yaiku pesen pepènget lan sih-rahmat kang pungkasan, wis kalambatan anggoné nindakaké pakaryané déning katresnan egois marang dhuwit, katresnan egois marang rasa kepénak, lan ora pantesé manungsa kanggo nindakaké sawijining pakaryan kang prelu ditindakaké. Malaékat kang bakal madhangi bumi kanthi kamulyané wus ngentèni piranti-piranti manungsa kang lumantar iku pepadhangé swarga bisa sumunar, lan kanthi mangkono padha bebarengan makarya kanggo maringi, sajroning wigati suci lan khidmaté, pesen kang bakal netepaké nasibing donya.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 222.

The third angel, who is Christ, is also the sealing angel who arrived on October 22, 1844, but due to the disobedience of God’s people, His work of sealing the one hundred and forty-four thousand has been delayed until September 11, 2001. Then Islam of the third Woe, brought down the great buildings of New York, and the sealing process began. At that point the nations became “angry, yet held in check”. The first voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, is the voice that commands the four angels to hold, while God’s people are sealed.

Malaékat kaping telu, yaiku Kristus, uga iku Malaékat sing maringi meterai sing rawuh ing tanggal 22 Oktober 1844, nanging amarga pambangkangan umat Allah, pakaryan Panjenengané kanggo maringi meterai marang satus patang puluh papat èwu iku wis kasilambataké nganti 11 September 2001. Banjur Islam saka Bilai kaping telu ngrubuhaké gedhong-gedhong agung ing New York, lan proses pemeteraian wiwit lumaku. Ing wektu kuwi bangsa-bangsa dadi “nesu, nanging isih ditahan”. Swara kapisan saka Wahyu pasal wolulas iku swara sing marentahaké marang malaékat papat supaya nahan, nalika umat Allah lagi diparingi meterai.

Jesus always illustrates the ending with the beginning, and on February 26, 1993, Islam of the third Woe detonated a truck bomb in the underground parking garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The explosion resulted in significant damage to the building, killing six people and injuring over a thousand others. While the attack did not bring down the towers, it was a significant act of terrorism on U.S. soil and foreshadowed the events of September 11, 2001.

Gusti Yésus tansah nggambaraken pungkasan kanthi wiwitan, lan ing tanggal 26 Fèbruari 1993, Islam saking Bilai ingkang kaping tiga njeblugaken bom truk ing garasi parkir lemah menara Lor World Trade Center. Jeblugan punika nyebabaken karusakan ingkang awrat tumrap gedhung punika, matèni enem tiyang lan natoni langkung saking sèwu tiyang sanèsipun. Sanadyan serangan punika boten ndadosaken menara-menara punika ambruk, punika dados tindak terorisme ingkang wigati ing bumi A.S. lan dados pratandha rumiyin tumrap prastawa-prastawa tanggal 11 Sèptèmber 2001.

The sealing time began on September 11, 2001, but it included a forewarning eight years before. The Islamic attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 is a forewarning of the ending of the sealing time. The prophetic characteristics of the third Woe have been established with the prophetic characteristics of the first two Woes. In the opening verses of chapter nine of Revelation the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is illustrated.

Wektu panyegelan diwiwiti tanggal 11 September 2001, nanging kalebu sawijining pepèling rumiyin wolung taun sadurungé. Serangan Islam marang Israèl tanggal 7 Oktober 2023 iku minangka pepèling rumiyin ngenani pungkasaning wektu panyegelan. Ciri-ciri kenabian saka Bilai kaping telu wis ditetepaké bebarengan karo ciri-ciri kenabian saka rong Bilai kang kapisan. Ing ayat-ayat pambuka saka pasal sanga kitab Wahyu, panyegelan saka satus patang puluh papat èwu iku digambaraké.

We will consider that subject in the next article.

Bab punika badhé kita rembag wonten ing artikel salajengipun.

> “If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God’s people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.

> “Manawa pemandhangan-pemandhangan kaya mangkene bakal kelakon, yaiku paukuman-paukuman kang nggegirisi tumrap jagad kang kebak kaluputan, ana ing ngendi pangungsèné umat Allah? Kepriyé wong-wong mau bakal dilindhungi nganti bebendu iku wis kliwat? Yokanan nyumurupi unsur-unsur alam—lindhu, prahara, lan pasulayan pulitik—kang digambaraké kaya-kaya dicekel déning papat malaékat. Angin-angin iki isih ana ing sangisoré pangwasan nganti Allah maringi pangandika supaya dilèrèni. Ana ing kana kaslametan pasamuwané Allah. Para malaékaté Allah nindakake dhawuhé Panjenengané, nahan angin-angin bumi, supaya angin-angin iku aja nganti ngembus ing bumi, utawa ing segara, utawa marang wit apa waé, nganti para abdiné Allah kapatèni segel ana ing bathuké. Malaékat kang kuwasa iku katon munggah saka sisih wétan (utawa panggonan srengéngé njedhul). Malaékat kang paling kuwasa iki nyekel segelé Allah kang gesang ana ing astané, yaiku segelé Panjenengané kang piyambak bisa maringi urip, kang bisa nulis ing bathuk tandha utawa tulisan, marang sapa kauripan tanpa pati, urip langgeng, bakal diparingaké. Swarané malaékat kang paling luhur iki kang duwé wewenang kanggo mrintah papat malaékat mau supaya nahan papat angin kasebut nganti pakaryan iki rampung katindakaké, lan nganti dhèwèké maringi parentah supaya angin-angin mau diluwaraké.”

> “Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God’s protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. ‘Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.’

> “Wong-wong kang ngalahake jagad, daging, lan Iblis, bakal dadi wong-wong kang kaparingan sih lan bakal nampani meterai saka Allah kang gesang. Wong-wong kang tangane ora resik lan atine ora murni, ora bakal nduwèni meterai saka Allah kang gesang. Wong-wong kang ngrancang dosa lan nindakaké dosa iku bakal katilar. Mung wong-wong kang, sajroning sikapé ana ing ngarsané Allah, ngisi kalungguhané wong-wong kang lagi mratobat lan ngakoni dosa-dosané ing Dina Pangruwating Dosa anti-tipikal kang agung, bakal diakoni lan ditandhani minangka pantes nampa pangayomané Allah. Asma wong-wong kang kanthi mantep nyawang, ngenteni, lan waspada tumrap rawuhé Juru Slameté—kanthi luwih temen lan luwih ngarep-arep tinimbang wong-wong kang ngenteni ésuk—bakal kaétung ana ing antarané wong-wong kang dimeterai. Wong-wong kang, sanajan sakèhé pepadhanging kayektèn murup madhangi nyawané, kuduné nduwèni pakaryan kang cocog karo pracaya kang wis diakoni, nanging kasengsem déning dosa, ngedegaké brahala ing njero atiné, ngrusak nyawané ana ing ngarsané Allah, lan najisaké wong-wong kang sesrawungan karo wong-wong mau ing dosa, bakal dibusak asmané saka kitab kauripan, lan bakal katinggal ing pepeteng tengah wengi, tanpa lenga ana ing wadhan-wadhané bebarengan karo damar-damaré. ‘Nanging tumrap kowé kang wedi marang Asma-Ku, Srengéngé Kabeneran bakal njedhul mawa kasarasane ana ing swiwiné.’”

> “This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision. John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> “Panyegelan para abdiné Allah iki padha karo kang wis kaparingaké marang Yéhezkièl lumantar sesanti. Yokanan uga wus dadi seksi tumrap wahyu kang nggumunaké banget iki. Panjenengané weruh segara lan ombaké gumuruh, lan ati manungsa padha semplah merga wedi. Panjenengané nyumurupi bumi gonjang-ganjing, lan para gunung kacemplungaké menyang tengahing segara (kang satemené pancen lagi kalakon), banyuné gumuruh lan keruh, lan para gunung padha gonjang-ganjing merga ngembangé banyu iku. Panjenengané diparingi sesanti bab pageblug, sampar, pailan, lan pati kang nindakaké tugasé kang nggegirisi.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

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