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# The Book of Daniel - Number Fifty-Nine

Igitabo cya Daniyeli — Nimero Mirongo Itanu n’Icyenda

Unveiling the Final Prophetic Secret: The Climactic Unsealing by the Lion of the Tribe of Judah

Guhishurwa kw’Ibanga rya Nyuma ry’Ubuhanuzi: Gukingururwa kwa nyuma gukomeye n’Intare yo mu Muryango wa Yuda

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 23, 2024

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Just before the close of probation the final prophetic secret is unsealed by the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and it is the wise who understand the increase of knowledge that is produced by that unsealing. Two witnesses in Revelation cast a light on part of what is unsealed at that time.

Mbere gato y’iherezo ry’igihe cy’igeragezwa, ibanga rya nyuma ry’ubuhanuzi rihishurwa n’Intare yo mu muryango wa Yuda, kandi abanyabwenge ni bo basobanukirwa ukwiyongera k’ubumenyi guterwa n’uko guhishurwa. Abahamya babiri bo mu Ibyahishuwe bamurikira igice kimwe cy’ibyahishuwe muri icyo gihe.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. … And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Revelation 13:18, 17:9.

> Dore ubwenge. Ufite ubwenge abarure umubare w’inyamaswa, kuko ari umubare w’umuntu; kandi umubare wayo ni magana atandatu na mirongo itandatu n’atandatu. … Kandi dore ubwenge buri mu bitekerezo bifite ubwenge. Imitwe irindwi ni imisozi irindwi, uwo mugore ayicayeho. Ibyahishuwe 13:18, 17:9.

The “last power that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns,” is the United States. It is the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, and the structure of its kingdom is the same structure (image), as was the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. It becomes a kingdom of the Church ruling over the State, and then forces the entire earth to accept that very arrangement. The combination of Church and State is fully developed in the United States at the soon-coming Sunday law.

“Ububasha bwa nyuma bugomba kurwanya itorero n’amategeko y’Imana, bwagereranyijwe n’inyamaswa ifite amahembe ameze nk’ay’umwana w’intama,” ni Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ni bwo bwami bwa gatandatu bwo mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya, kandi imiterere y’ubwami bwabwo ni yo miterere imwe (ishusho) nk’iy’ubwami bwa gatanu bwo mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya. Buba ubwami bw’Itorero ritegeka Leta, hanyuma bugahatira isi yose kwemera iyo miterere nyine. Ihuriro ry’Itorero na Leta rizaba ryuzuye rwose muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu itegeko ry’Umunsi w’Icyumweru rigiye kuza vuba.

> “The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The ‘mark of the beast’ still remains to be defined.” The Great Controversy, 445.

> “Ishusho y’inyamaswa” igereranya iyo miterere y’Ubuporotesitanti bwahakanye ukwizera nyakuri izashyirwaho igihe amatorero y’Abaporotesitanti azashaka ubufasha bw’ubutegetsi bwa Leta kugira ngo ashyireho agahato mu gushyira mu bikorwa amahame y’inyigisho zayo. “Ikimenyetso cy’inyamaswa” kiracyategereje gusobanurwa. The Great Controversy, 445.

The image of the beast and the mark of the beast are two different symbols, yet it is at the Sunday law that the image of the beast reaches its full development.

Ishusho y’inyamaswa n’ikimenyetso cy’inyamaswa ni ibimenyetso bibiri bitandukanye, nyamara ni ku itegeko ry’icyumweru ari ho ishusho y’inyamaswa igera ku iterambere ryayo ryuzuye.

> “The enforcement of Sundaykeeping on the part of Protestant churches is an enforcement of the worship of the papacy—of the beast. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false instead of the true Sabbath are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

> “Gushyira mu bikorwa ugukomeza ku Cyumweru bikozwe n’amatorero y’Abaporotesitanti ni ugushyira mu bikorwa kuramya ubupapa—kwa nyamaswa. Abumva neza ibyo itegeko rya kane risaba, maze bagahitamo kwizihiza Isabato y’ibinyoma aho kwizihiza iy’ukuri, baba bityo bahaye icyubahiro ubwo butegetsi ari na bwo bwonyine bwategetse ibyo. Ariko kandi, muri icyo gikorwa nyir’izina cyo guhatira abantu inshingano y’idini bakoresheje ububasha bw’isi, ayo matorero ubwayo yaba aremye ishusho ya ya nyamaswa; bityo rero, gushyira mu bikorwa ugukomeza ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika byaba ari ugushyira mu bikorwa kuramya ya nyamaswa n’ishusho yayo.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

At the Sunday law, the Constitution of the United States is fully overthrown and the nation has separated fully from righteousness. Then, under the full control of Satan the United States forces the world to accept the same Church and State system that has just been established in the United States. The world government is the United Nations and the Roman church is the Church that rules over the relationship.

Mu gihe cy’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru, Itegeko Nshinga rya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika rizaba ririmbuwe burundu, kandi icyo gihugu kizaba gitandukanye rwose no gukiranuka. Hanyuma, kiyobowe mu buryo bwuzuye na Satani, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika izahatira isi kwemera iyo gahunda imwe y’ihuriro ry’Itorero na Leta imaze gushyirwaho muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ubutegetsi bw’isi ni Umuryango w’Abibumbye, kandi itorero ry’i Roma ni ryo Torero ritegeka uwo mubano.

> “The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

> “Isi yuzuye imiyaga y’inkubi n’intambara n’amakimbirane. Nyamara munsi y’umutwe umwe—ububasha bwa papa—abantu bazishyira hamwe kugira ngo barwanye Imana mu muntu w’abahamya bayo.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

The system of Church and State that is represented as the image of the beast in prophecy is also a threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. The ten kings of Revelation seventeen, that are the seventh head, represent the dragon power.

Uburyo bw’iyunge bw’Itorero na Leta bugaragazwa mu buhanuzi nk’ishusho y’inyamaswa, na bwo ni ubumwe bw’impande eshatu: ikiyoka, inyamaswa n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma. Abami icumi bo mu Byahishuwe 17, ari bo mutwe wa karindwi, bagereranya ububasha bw’ikiyoka.

> “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.

> “Abami n’abategetsi n’abagenga ibihugu bishyizeho ubwabo ikimenyetso cya antikristo, kandi bagereranywa n’ikiyoka kijya kurwana n’abera—na bo bitondera amategeko y’Imana kandi bafite kwizera kwa Yesu.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

The “ten kings” represent the United Nations, whose religion is spiritualism, and the religion of the false prophet is apostate Protestantism, and the beast’s religion is Catholicism, which is simply spiritualism covered with a profession of Christianity.

“Abaami icumi” bagereranya Umuryango w’Abibumbye, idini ryawo rikaba ari ubupfumu bw’imyuka, kandi idini ry’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma rikaba ari Uprotestanti bw’ubuhakanyi, naho idini ry’inyamaswa rikaba ari Gatolika, ari bwo gusa ubupfumu bw’imyuka bwitwikiriwe n’umwuga wo kwiyita Ubukristo.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> “Itegeko rishyiraho ubupapa, rinyuranyije n’amategeko y’Imana, rizatuma igihugu cyacu gitandukana burundu no gukiranuka. Igihe Ubuporotesitanti buzambura ukuboko kwabwo bukambuka icyuho kugira ngo bushike ukuboko kw’ubutegetsi bw’i Roma, igihe buzarambukira hejuru y’ikuzimu kugira ngo buhane ibiganza n’Abadayimoni, igihe kandi, bitewe n’ingaruka z’ubu bumwe bw’impande eshatu, igihugu cyacu kizihakana buri hame ry’Itegeko Nshinga ryacyo nk’ubutegetsi bw’Abaporotesitanti n’ubwa repubulika, kandi kikagena uburyo bwo gukwirakwiza ibinyoma n’ibishukisho bya gipapa, ni bwo tuzamenya ko igihe cyo gukora gutangaje kwa Satani kigeze kandi ko iherezo riri hafi.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

At the Sunday law the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet is accomplished. The United States then forces the world to accept the one-world government of the United Nations, for the world is thrown into a great crisis at the Sunday law, as Islam brings judgment upon the United States for the enforcement of worshipping the sun. Satan then appears to personate Christ and as the United States forces the world to accept the one world combination of church and state, it also forces the world to accept Sunday as the day of rest. The same testing process that has happened in the United States is then brought upon the entire world.

Ku itegeko ryo ku cyumweru, ubumwe bw’impande eshatu bw’ikiyoka, inyamaswa n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma buba busohoye. Icyo gihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zihatira isi kwemera ubutegetsi bw’isi imwe bw’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, kuko isi ijugunywa mu kaga gakomeye ku itegeko ryo ku cyumweru, ubwo Isilamu izanisha urubanza kuri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kubera gushyiraho ugusenga izuba ku ngufu. Hanyuma Satani aboneka yigira nka Kristo, kandi nk’uko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zihatira isi kwemera urwo rwunge rw’isi imwe rw’itorero na leta, ni na ko zihatira isi kwemera ku cyumweru nk’umunsi w’ikiruhuko. Uburyo bumwe bwo kugeragezwa bwabereye muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ni bwo noneho buzanwa ku isi yose.

> “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

> “Amahanga y’abanyamahanga azakurikiza urugero rwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Nubwo ari yo ibanza kuyobora, ariko icyo kibazo gikomeye kizagera no ku bwoko bwacu mu bice byose by’isi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

The principle that national apostasy is followed by national ruin comes upon each country as they accept the day of the sun as the day of worship. The escalating crisis is the “one hour” that the ten kings rule with the pope, the “man of sin”. They agreed to give their seventh kingdom unto the papal authority, because they are led to believe that the moral authority of the papacy is necessary to unify the world against the escalating war against Islam. In 1798, the United Nations had not yet arrived into history.

Ihame rivuga ko ubuhakanyi bw’igihugu bukurikirwa no kurimbuka kw’igihugu riza kuri buri gihugu uko cyemera umunsi w’izuba nk’umunsi wo kuramirizaho. Ihungabana rikomeza kwiyongera ni ryo “isaha imwe” abami icumi bategekana na papa, wa “muntu w’icyaha”. Bemeye guha ubwami bwabo bwa karindwi ubutware bwa gisipapa, kuko bayobejwe bakemera ko ubutware bw’imyifatire bwa gisipapa bukenewe kugira ngo isi ihurizwe hamwe mu guhangana n’intambara irushaho gukara irwanywa Isilamu. Mu 1798, Umuryango w’Abibumbye wari utaragera mu mateka.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:12–14.

> Kandi amahembe cumi wabonye ni yo bami icumi, batarahabwa ubwami; ahubwo bahabwa ubutware nk’abami, isaha imwe hamwe n’inyamaswa. Abo bafite umutima umwe, kandi bazaha inyamaswa imbaraga n’ubushobozi bwabo. Abo bazarwana n’Umwana w’Intama, kandi Umwana w’Intama azabanesha, kuko ari Umwami w’abami n’Umutware w’abatware; kandi abari kumwe na we barahamagawe, baratoranyijwe, kandi ni abanyamurava. Ibyahishuwe 17:12–14.

As has always been the case with the pope, kings will supply the power for the papacy to carry out the persecution against God’s people, and it is the ten kings that make war with the Lamb, but they are doing so at the bidding of the “man of sin.” The “man of sin” is also the “man” that the seven churches take hold of in Isaiah chapter four.

Nk’uko byahoraga bigenda ku mupapa, abami ni bo bazatanga ububasha kugira ngo ubupapa bukore iryo gutoteza ubwoko bw’Imana, kandi abo ni ba bami icumi barwana n’Umwana w’Intama, ariko babikora babitegetswe n’“umuntu w’icyaha.” Uwo “muntu w’icyaha” ni na we wa “muntu” amatorero arindwi afataho muri Yesaya igice cya kane.

> And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Isaiah 4:1, 2.

> Kandi muri uwo munsi abagore barindwi bazafata umugabo umwe, bavuga bati: “Tuzirirwanira umugati wacu kandi twiyambikire imyambaro yacu; icyakora twemerere twitirirwe izina ryawe, kugira ngo ukureho igisebo cyacu.” Muri uwo munsi Ishami ry’Uwiteka rizaba ryiza kandi rifite icyubahiro, kandi imbuto z’isi zizaba nziza cyane kandi zihebuje ku barokotse bo muri Isirayeli. Yesaya 4:1, 2.

The “seven women” represent that the papacy (the man of sin), has control over all the churches of the earth, just as he has control over all the nations. The “reproach” that the churches wish to avoid, is the “reproach” of rejecting the demand to worship on Sunday. Faithful Sabbath-keepers will be persecuted for their faithfulness, and Islam will also refuse to observe the day of the sun. The agreement that is arranged by the United States between the papacy and the United Nations is that the moral authority of the man of sin is what is needed to lead the world into accepting the warfare against Islam in order to establish peace upon the earth.

“Abagore barindwi” bahagarariye ko ubupapa (wa muntu w’icyaha) bugenzura amatorero yose yo mu isi, nk’uko bugenzura amahanga yose. “Igisuzuguriro” amatorero yifuza kwirinda ni “igisuzuguriro” cyo kwanga icyifuzo cyo kuramya ku Cyumweru. Abizerwa bakomeza Isabato bazarenganywa bazira ubudahemuka bwabo, kandi Islamu na yo izanga kwizihiza umunsi w’izuba. Amasezerano ategurwa na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika hagati y’ubupapa n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ni uko ubutware bw’imyifatire bwa wa muntu w’icyaha ari bwo bukenewe kugira ngo buyobore isi kwemera intambara irwanywa Islamu kugira ngo hashyirweho amahoro ku isi.

> But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5.

> Ariko ku bihe n’ibihe byashyizweho, bene Data, nta cyo mukeneye ko mbandikira. Kuko ubwanyu muzi rwose yuko umunsi w’Umwami uza nk’umujura nijoro. Kuko ubwo bazaba bavuga bati: Ni amahoro n’umutekano; ni bwo kurimbuka gutunguranye kuzabageraho, nk’uko ibise birya umugore utwite; kandi ntibazacika na hato. Ariko mwebweho, bene Data, ntimuri mu mwijima, ngo uwo munsi ubatungure nk’umujura. Mwese muri abana b’umucyo, kandi muri abana b’amanywa: ntituri ab’ijoro, habe n’ab’umwijima. 1 Abatesalonike 5:1–5

The “peace and safety” message of Bible prophecy, which is always represented as a false message, is only logical in a period of time when there is no peace and safety. There is no reason to present a “peace and safety” message, when peace and safety exists. Islam removes all peace and safety. The “sudden destruction” associated with the false message is a destruction that escalates, for it is as “a woman” in “travail.” The first birth pang of the third Woe was September 11, 2001.

Ubutumwa bwo mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya buvuga ngo “amahoro n’umutekano,” kandi buri gihe bugaragazwa nk’ubutumwa bw’ikinyoma, busobanuka gusa mu gihe hatari amahoro n’umutekano. Nta mpamvu yo gutanga ubutumwa bwa “amahoro n’umutekano” mu gihe amahoro n’umutekano bihari. Ubuyisilamu bukuraho amahoro n’umutekano byose. “Kurimbuka gutunguranye” gufitanye isano n’ubwo butumwa bw’ikinyoma ni ukurimbuka kugenda kurushaho gukara, kuko kumera nk’“umugore” uri mu “bise.” Agashinyaguro ka mbere ko kubyara k’ishyano rya gatatu kwabaye ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001.

In the prophetic lines of Elijah and John the Baptist the deception of the papal power is illustrated. When Ahab travelled back to Samaria to inform Jezebel that Elijah’s God was the true God, for he had brought down fire out of heaven, Ahab then realized that Jezebel had deceived him concerning her hatred for Elijah. The same hatred and deception was illustrated when Herod promised half of his kingdom at his birthday party to Salome. Salome was Herodias’s daughter, thus Herod was the dragon, Herodias was the papacy and Salome was the false prophet.

Mu mirongo y’ubuhanuzi ya Eliya na Yohana Umubatiza, uburiganya bw’ububasha bwa papa buragaragazwa. Igihe Ahabu yasubiraga i Samariya kugira ngo abwire Yezebeli ko Imana ya Eliya ari yo Mana y’ukuri, kuko yari yamanuye umuriro uvuye mu ijuru, Ahabu yahise amenya ko Yezebeli yari yaramushutse ku byerekeye urwango yari afitiye Eliya. Urwo rwango n’ubwo buriganya byongeye kugaragazwa igihe Herode yasezeranyaga Salome, mu birori by’isabukuru ye y’amavuko, kumuha kimwe cya kabiri cy’ubwami bwe. Salome yari umukobwa wa Herodiya; bityo Herode yari ikiyoka, Herodiya akaba ubupapa, naho Salome akaba umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma.

In the story the deceiving power of Salome’s dance was used to lead Herod (the ten kings) to give half their kingdom over to a church (a woman). The woman (Salome) was under the direction of her mother (Catholicism), and Herod found out too late that the attitude of Herodias towards John was the same as Jezebel’s was towards Elijah. In both cases, the sabbath-keepers must die.

Mu nkuru, imbaraga z’uburiganya zo kubyina kwa Salome zakoreshejwe kugira ngo Herode (abami icumi) ayoborwe gutanga igice cy’ubwami bwe agiha itorero (umugore). Uwo mugore (Salome) yari ayobowe na nyina (Gatolika), kandi Herode yamenye bitinze ko imyitwarire ya Herodiya kuri Yohana yari imwe n’iya Yezebeli kuri Eliya. Muri ibyo byombi, abakomeza Isabato bagomba gupfa.

Islam progressively but rapidly removes the peace and safety from planet earth, and in so doing brings mankind together against Islam. Islam’s rapidly escalating warfare represents the argument that is employed to establish the worldwide image of the beast in the last days. The deception that is brought upon the world (the ten kings), is brought by the United States (Salome), and it leads the world to believe they must unite against Islam, but they find out too late, that the arrangement was just a ruse to be used to persecute sabbath-keepers. The deception is part of the reason the ten kings hate the whore, even though when under duress they agreed to give their seventh kingdom unto her.

Ubuyisilamu bukuraho buhoro buhoro ariko vuba amahoro n’umutekano ku isi, kandi mu kubikora butuma abantu bose bahuriza hamwe kurwanya Ubuyisilamu. Intambara y’Ubuyisilamu irimo kwiyongera vuba ni yo ishingiro ry’impaka zikoreshwa mu gushyiraho ishusho y’inyamaswa ku isi yose mu minsi y’imperuka. Ubuyobe buzanywa ku isi (abami icumi), buzanywa na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika (Salome), kandi buyobora isi kwizera ko bagomba kwishyira hamwe barwanya Ubuyisilamu, ariko biza kubamenyekanira igihe cyarenze ko iyo migambi yari amayeri gusa yo kuzakoreshwa mu gutoteza abitondera Isabato. Ubuyobe ni kimwe mu bituma abami icumi banga maraya, nubwo igihe bari munsi y’agahato bemeye kumuha ubwami bwabo bwa karindwi.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. Revelation 17:16, 17.

> Kandi amahembe icumi wabonye kuri ya nyamaswa, ayo ni yo azanga maraya, maze amugire umusaka kandi amwambure ubusa, bazarya umubiri we, kandi bamutwikeshe umuriro. Kuko Imana yashyize mu mitima yabo gukora ibyo ishaka, no kugira umutima umwe, no guha ya nyamaswa ubwami bwabo, kugeza ubwo amagambo y’Imana azasohorerera. Ibyahishuwe 17:16, 17.

The globalists of the United Nations are not simply the “kings” of the earth, but they are also represented as “merchants”, thus the globalists consist of political and economic powers. The reason the angel that brought the vision of Revelation seventeen and eighteen to John, was to show John the judgment of the great whore of Tyre. Both categories of the globalists mourn the death of the papacy.

Abaglobaliste bo mu Muryango w’Abibumbye ntibagereranywa gusa n’“abami” bo mu isi, ahubwo banagereranywa n’“abacuruzi”; bityo rero abaglobaliste bagizwe n’imbaraga za politiki n’iz’ubukungu. Impamvu marayika wazaniye Yohana iyerekwa ryo mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi na karindwi n’icya cumi n’umunani yari ugamije kwereka Yohana urubanza rw’indaya ikomeye y’i Tiro. Ibyo byiciro byombi by’abaglobaliste byaboroze urupfu rw’ubupapa.

> Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more. Revelation 18:8–11.

> Ni cyo gituma ibyago bye bizamugeraho mu munsi umwe, ari byo urupfu n’icyunamo n’inzara; kandi azatwikwa rwose n’umuriro, kuko Uwiteka Imana umucira urubanza akomeye. Kandi abami bo mu isi, basambanije na we kandi babanye na we mu byishimo by’ubwibone, bazamuririra kandi bamuborogere, nibabona umwotsi wo gushya kwe, bahagaze kure batinya kubabazwa kwe, bavuga bati: Ayii, ayii, wa murwa munini Babuloni we, wa murwa ukomeye we! Kuko mu isaha imwe urubanza rwawe rugezeho. Kandi abacuruzi bo mu isi bazamuririra kandi bamuborogere, kuko nta muntu ukigura ibicuruzwa byabo ukundi. Ibyahishuwe 18:8–11.

The merchants and the kings both stand afar off and cry “alas, alas.” The word “alas” in the Greek is translated as “woe” in chapter eight of Revelation.

Abacuruzi n’abami bose bahagarara kure kandi bagataka bati: “Ayii, ayii.” Ijambo “ayii” mu Kigiriki risobanurwa ngo “ishyano” mu gice cya munani cy’Ibyahishuwe.

> And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! Revelation 8:13.

> Nuko nditegereza, numva marayika aguruka anyura hagati mu ijuru, avuga n’ijwi rirenga ati: Uzabona ishyano, ishyano, ishyano, mwa batuye isi mwe, kubera amajwi asigaye y’impanda z’abamarayika batatu, bagiye kuvuza! Ibyahishuwe 8:13.

The three Woes represent the fifth, sixth and seventh Trumpets, and they are symbols of Islam. The kings, merchants and shipmasters all cry out “alas, alas” three times in chapter eighteen.

Ibyago bitatu bishushanya Impanda ya gatanu, iya gatandatu n’iya karindwi, kandi ni ibimenyetso bya Isilamu. Abami, abacuruzi n’abatware b’amato bose barataka bati “mbega, mbega” incuro eshatu mu gice cya cumi n’umunani.

> And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. … The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Revelation 18:9-10, 15–19.

> Nuko abami bo mu isi, basambanye na we kandi babanaga na we mu buryo bwo kwinezeza, bazamuririra kandi bamuborogere, nibabona umwotsi wo gushya kwe, bahagarare kure bitewe no gutinya kubabazwa kwe, bavuga bati: Yoo, yoo, wa murwa munini Babuloni we, wa murwa ukomeye we! Kuko mu isaha imwe gusa urubanza rwawe rugezeho. … Abacuruzi b’ibi bintu, abakungahajwe na we, bazahagarara kure bitewe no gutinya kubabazwa kwe, barira kandi baboroga, bavuga bati: Yoo, yoo, wa murwa munini we, wari wambaye imyenda myiza y’igitare cyiza, n’iy’umutuku w’isine, n’iy’umutuku utukura, kandi wari urimbishijwe izahabu, n’amabuye y’agaciro, n’amasaro! Kuko mu isaha imwe gusa ubwo butunzi bwinshi cyane buhindutse ubusa. Kandi abatware b’amato bose, n’abagenzi bose bo mu mato, n’abasare, n’abacuruza bose banyuze mu nyanja, bahagarara kure, maze bataka cyane babonye umwotsi wo gushya kwe, bavuga bati: Ni uwuhe murwa wagereranywa n’uyu murwa munini! Biyuhagira umukungugu ku mitwe, maze bataka cyane, barira kandi baboroga, bavuga bati: Yoo, yoo, wa murwa munini we, uwo abakirizaga amato mu nyanja bose bakungahiyemo bitewe n’ubutunzi bwe bwinshi! Kuko mu isaha imwe gusa uhindutse umusaka. Ibyahishuwe 18:9-10, 15–19.

The “hour” that the judgment of the papacy is accomplished, is the “hour” of Revelation eleven, that is the “hour of the great earthquake,” and it represents the Sunday law time period that begins at the Sunday law in the United States and continues until Michael stands up and human probation closes. The globalists that hated the whore, but still agreed to give their kingdom unto her for one hour, not only repeat “woe, woe” (alas, alas), three times, but they ask the question, “What city is like unto this great city?” They also asked that question in the book of Ezekiel.

“Igihe” urubanza rw’ubupapa rusohorerwa ni cyo “gihe” cyo mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na kimwe, ni ukuvuga “igihe cy’umutingito ukomeye,” kandi gishushanya igihe cy’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru gitangirira ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kandi kigakomeza kugeza igihe Mikayeli ahagurukira maze igihe cyo kugeragezwa kw’abantu kigafungwa. Abashaka ubutegetsi bw’isi bose bangaga maraya, ariko bagakomeza kwemera kumuha ubwami bwabo isaha imwe, ntibasubiramo gusa “ishyano, ishyano” (mbega, mbega), incuro eshatu, ahubwo banabaza bati: “Ni uwuhe murwa umeze nk’uyu murwa ukomeye?” Icyo kibazo bakibajije no mu gitabo cya Ezekiyeli.

> And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. Ezekiel 27:30–36.

> Bazumvikanishe ijwi ryabo kukurwanya, kandi bazarira cyane, bihundagazeho umukungugu ku mitwe yabo, biyiringire mu ivu. Baziyogoshesha rwose ku bwawe, bakenyere ibigunira, kandi bazakuririra bafite agahinda ko mu mutima n’amaborogo asharira. Mu kuboroga kwabo bazakuririmbira indirimbo y’icyunamo, bakuborogere, bavuga bati: “Ni uwuhe murwa umeze nka Tiro, nk’uwarimburiwe hagati mu nyanja? Igihe ibicuruzwa byawe byavaga mu nyanja, wahazaga amahanga menshi; wakungahazaga abami b’isi ubwinshi bw’ubutunzi bwawe n’ubucuruzi bwawe. Mu gihe uzamenagurirwa n’inyanja mu burebure bw’amazi, ibicuruzwa byawe n’ikoraniro ryawe ryose riri muri wowe bizagwa. Abatuye ibirwa bose bazaguhagararira batangaye, kandi abami babo bazatinya cyane, mu maso habo hazagaragara guhagarika umutima. Abacuruzi bo mu moko bazakuvugiriza induru y’agasuzuguro; uzahinduka ikintu giteye ubwoba, kandi ntuzongera kubaho ukundi.” Ezekiyeli 27:30–36.

Ezekiel identifies the city as “Tyrus,” who is “destroyed in the midst of the sea?” Isaiah, speaking of the whore of Tyre (Tyrus), who is also the great whore of Revelation, who is the Catholic church, and also identifies her as the crowning city.

Ezekiyeli avuga ko uwo mudugudu ari “Tiro,” ari wo “warimbuwe hagati mu nyanja”? Yesaya, avuga kuri maraya wa Tiro (Tyrus), na we akaba ari maraya mukuru uvugwa mu Byahishuwe, akaba ari Kiliziya Gatolika, kandi akamuranga no ko ari umudugudu wambika amakamba.

> Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. Isaiah 23:7–9.

> Mbese uyu ni wo murwa wawe w’ibyishimo, ufite inkomoko yo mu bihe bya kera cyane? Ibirenge byawo ubwabyo ni byo bizawujyana kure kuba umushyitsi. Ni nde wafashe uyu mugambi wo kurwanya Tiro, umurwa wambika amakamba, abo bacuruzi bawo bakaba ibikomangoma, n’abashorera bawo bakaba abanyacyubahiro bo mu isi? Uwiteka Nyiringabo ni we wabigambiriye, kugira ngo yanduze ubwibone bw’ubwiza bwose, no gusuzuguza abanyacyubahiro bose bo mu isi. Yesaya 23:7–9.

The papacy is the “crowning city,” for it is she that claims to sit as a queen over the threefold union.

Ubupapa ni bwo “murwa wambitswe ikamba,” kuko ari bwo buvuga ko bwicaye nk’umwamikazi ku ihuriro ry’ubumwe bw’impande eshatu.

> How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Revelation 18:7.

> Nk’uko yihesheje icyubahiro kingana kandi akabaho mu buhehesi, abe ari na ko ahabwa kubabazwa no kurira bingana; kuko avuga mu mutima we ati: Nicaye ndi umwamikazi, kandi sindi umupfakazi, kandi sinzabona intimba. Ibyahishuwe 18:7.

Ezekiel said the whore’s judgment is accomplished in the “midst of the sea,” in his lamentation for Tyrus.

Ezekiyeli yavuze ko urubanza rw’iyo ndaya rusohorezwa “hagati mu nyanja,” mu muborogo we ku byerekeye Tiro.

> The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus. … The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel 27:1, 2, 25, 26.

> Ijambo ry’Uwiteka ryongera kungeraho rirambwira riti: Noneho, wa mwana w’umuntu we, diriza Tiro. … Amato y’i Tarushishi yakuririmbagaho mu isoko ryawe; kandi wari wuzuye, ugirwa uw’icyubahiro gikomeye cyane hagati y’inyanja. Abasare bawe bakugejeje mu mazi magari; umuyaga w’iburasirazuba wagukubitiye hagati y’inyanja. Ezekiyeli 27:1, 2, 25, 26.

It is the “east wind” that brings judgment upon the whore of Tyre, the crowning city, and the “east wind” is a symbol of Islam. The warfare brought against Islam by the ten kings is what destroys the papacy of the last days. The realization of the ten kings that they have been deceived also produces fear in their hearts.

“Umuyaga wo mu burasirazuba” ni wo uzanira urubanza maraya w’i Tiro, umujyi wambikwa ikamba, kandi “umuyaga wo mu burasirazuba” ni ikimenyetso cya Isilamu. Intambara abami icumi bazanye kurwanya Isilamu ni yo irimbura ubupapa bwo mu minsi y’imperuka. Kumenya kw’abami icumi ko bashutswe na byo kandi bitera ubwoba mu mitima yabo.

> Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah. Psalms 48:2–8.

> Cyiza ku kirere, umunezero w’isi yose, ni umusozi wa Siyoni, ku mpande z’ikasikazi, umudugudu w’Umwami ukomeye. Imana izwi mu ngoro zaho nk’ubuhungiro. Kuko, dore, abami bateranye, bahise banyurana hamwe. Barawubonye, maze baratangara; bahagarikwa umutima, barahunga bihutira kure. Ubwoba bwabafatiye aho, n’imibabaro nk’iy’umugore uri ku nda. Umenagura amato ya Tarushishi umuyaga uturutse iburasirazuba. Nk’uko twabyumvise, ni ko twabibonye mu mudugudu w’Uwiteka Nyiringabo, mu mudugudu w’Imana yacu: Imana izawukomeza iteka ryose. Sela. Zaburi 48:2–8.

The globalists looked upon the kingdom of God, as represented by the city of Jerusalem, but chose “that great city” Babylon as their head. When God judges that great city, they cry and lament as they recognize that they are lost, for the great city they chose is broken in the midst of the sea, by the warfare brought upon them by Islam (the east wind). And the warfare is a progressively escalating warfare, for it is as a woman in travail.

Abashyigikiye ubutegetsi bw’isi yose barebye ku bwami bw’Imana, nk’uko bugereranywa n’umujyi wa Yerusalemu, ariko bahitamo “uwo murwa munini,” Babuloni, ngo abe umutwe wabo. Iyo Imana iciriye urubanza uwo murwa munini, bararira kandi bakaboroga, kuko bamenya ko barimbutse, kuko uwo murwa munini bihitiyemo umenagurirwa hagati y’inyanja n’intambara yabazanyweho n’Isilamu (umuyaga w’iburasirazuba). Kandi iyo ntambara ni intambara igenda irushaho gukara buhoro buhoro, kuko imeze nk’umugore uri ku nda.

The kingdom of God that they have persecuted for the papacy is represented in Daniel chapter two, where we are informed that in “the days of these [globalist] kings,” God will set up His eternal kingdom.

Ubwami bw’Imana batoteje ku bw’ubupapa bugaragazwa muri Daniyeli igice cya kabiri, aho tubwirwa yuko mu “minsi y’abo bami [b’abanyamubumbe],” Imana izimika ubwami Bwayo bw’iteka ryose.

> And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Daniel 2:44.

> No mu minsi y’abo bami ni bwo Imana yo mu ijuru izimika ubwami butazigera burimburwa; kandi ubwo bwami ntibuzasigirwa andi mahanga, ahubwo buzasya kandi burimbure ubwo bwami bwose, kandi buzahoraho iteka ryose. Daniyeli 2:44.

The Millerites believed that they were living in the “days of these kings,” but the ten kings of Revelation seventeen had not yet come into history, indeed, they are just coming into view now. The Millerites were correct, but their vision was limited. The kingdom of God that is set up in the days of the kings of Revelation seventeen and eighteen, is the time period of the latter rain.

Abayobokezi ba Miller bizeraga ko bariho mu “minsi y’abo bami,” ariko abami cumi bo mu Byahishuwe cumi na birindwi ntibari batarinjira mu mateka; koko rero, ni ubu gusa batangiye kugaragara. Abayobokezi ba Miller bari bafite ukuri, ariko iyerekwa ryabo ryari rigarukira aho. Ubwami bw’Imana bushyirwaho mu minsi y’abami bo mu Byahishuwe cumi na birindwi na cumi na munani, ni cyo gihe cy’imvura y’itumba.

> “I saw that all things are intensely looking and stretching their thoughts on the impending crisis before them. The sins of Israel must go to judgment beforehand. Every sin must be confessed at the sanctuary, then the work will move. It must be done now. The remnant in the time of trouble will cry, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?

> “Nabonye ko ibintu byose birebana ubwitonzi bwinshi kandi birambura ibitekerezo byabyo ku bibazo bikomeye biri hafi kubageraho imbere yabo. Ibyaha bya Isirayeli bigomba kubanza kujyanwa mu rubanza. Buri cyaha kigomba kwaturirwa ahera, maze umurimo ugakomereza aho. Bigomba gukorwa ubu. Abasigaye bo mu gihe cy’amakuba bazataka bati, Mana yanjye, Mana yanjye, ni iki gitumye untererana?”

> “The latter rain is coming on those that are pure—all then will receive it as formerly.

> “Imvura y’itumba igiye kuza ku bari batunganye rwose—maze icyo gihe bose bazayakira nk’uko byagenze mbere.

> “When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom. None receive the latter rain but those who are doing all they can. Christ would help us. All could be overcomers by the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus. All heaven is interested in the work. Angels are interested.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

> “Iyo ba malayika bane bazarekura, Kristo azashyiraho ubwami Bwe. Nta n’umwe uzahabwa imvura y’itumba keretse abakora ibyo bashoboye byose. Kristo yadufasha. Bose bashoboraga kunesha ku bw’ubuntu bw’Imana, binyuze mu maraso ya Yesu. Ijuru ryose rihangayikishijwe n’uwo murimo. Abamalayika barawushishikajweho.” Spalding and Magan, 3.

In the time of the latter rain, when the angels release the four winds, which in the “days of these kings,” Christ sets up His kingdom. The latter rain is progressive, and began to sprinkle on September 11, 2001, when the third Woe arrived into history, but the angering of the nations was immediately restrained. It continues to escalate in intensity, until the Sunday law in the United States, when it brings about national ruin. That escalating judgment then continues as every other nation follows the example of the United States, and therefore suffers the same judgments. It escalates until the close of probation. It progresses as a woman in travail.

Mu gihe cy’imvura y’itumba yo mu mperuka, ubwo abamarayika barekura imiyaga ine, ni bwo mu “minsi y’abo bami” Kristo ashyiraho ubwami Bwe. Imvura y’itumba yo mu mperuka igenda yiyongera buhoro buhoro, kandi yatangiye kugwa utudatonyanga ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001, ubwo ibyago bya gatatu byageraga mu mateka, ariko uburakari bw’amahanga bwahise bubuzwa. Ikomeza kwiyongera mu bukana, kugeza ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, ubwo riteza kurimbuka kw’ishyanga. Hanyuma urwo rubanza rugenda rwiyongera rukomeza uko andi mahanga yose akurikira urugero rwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, bityo na yo akagerwaho n’imanza nk’izo. Rugenda rwiyongera kugeza igihe cy’irangira ry’igihe cy’imbabazi. Rutera imbere nk’umugore uri ku nda.

We will continue the consideration of the eighth being of the seven in the next article.

Mu nyandiko ikurikira tuzakomeza gusuzuma uwo wa munani wo muri ba barindwi.

> “Just as long as those who profess the truth are serving Satan, his hellish shadow will cut off their views of God and heaven. They will be as those who have lost their first love. They cannot view eternal realities. That which God has prepared for us is represented in Zechariah, chapters 3 and 4, and 4:12–14: ‘And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.’

> “Igihe cyose abavuga ko bakomeye ku kuri bagikorera Satani, igicucu cye cy’ikuzimu kizahuma amaso yabo ngo batabona Imana n’ijuru. Bazamera nk’abatakaje urukundo rwabo rwa mbere. Ntibashobora kubona iby’ukuri by’iteka ryose. Ibyo Imana yaduteguriye byagaragajwe muri Zekariya, igice cya 3 n’icya 4, no muri 4:12–14 ngo: ‘Nongera kumusubiza, ndamubaza nti, Izo mashami yombi y’umwelayo ni ayahe anyuze muri ya miyoboro yombi ya zahabu, akisuka mo amavuta ya zahabu ayakuye muri yo ubwayo? Aransubiza arambwira ati, Mbese ntiuzi ibyo ari byo? Nanjye ndavuga nti, Oya, Mwami wanjye. Hanyuma aravuga ati, Abo ni bo basizwe bombi bahagarara iruhande rw’Umwami w’isi yose.’”

> “The Lord is full of resources. He has no lack of facilities. It is because of our lack of faith, our earthliness, our cheap talk, our unbelief, manifested in our conversation, that dark shadows gather about us. Christ is not revealed in word or character as the One altogether lovely, and the chiefest among ten thousand. When the soul is content to lift itself up unto vanity, the Spirit of the Lord can do little for it. Our shortsighted vision beholds the shadow, but cannot see the glory beyond. Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.

> “Umwami afite ibimukomokaho byinshi byuzuye. Nta cyo abuze mu buryo n’ibikoresho. Ni ukubera kubura kwizera kwacu, kuba ab’isi kwacu, amagambo yacu atagira agaciro, kutizera kwacu kugaragarira mu biganiro byacu, ni byo bituma igicucu cy’umwijima kidukikiza. Kristo ntahishurwa mu ijambo cyangwa mu mico nk’Uri mwiza rwose byuzuye, kandi uruta cyane ibihumbi icumi. Iyo ubugingo bwishimiye kwishyira hejuru mu by’ubusa, Mwuka w’Umwami ntashobora kubukorera byinshi. Amaso yacu areba bugufi abona igicucu, ariko ntashobora kubona ubwiza buri hakurya yacyo. Abamarayika bafashe imiyaga ine, igereranywa n’ifarashi irakaye ishaka kwivumbura ikarekuka, ikiruka ku isi yose, izanye kurimbuka n’urupfu aho inyura.”

> “Shall we sleep on the very verge of the eternal world? Shall we be dull and cold and dead? Oh, that we might have in our churches the Spirit and breath of God breathed into His people, that they might stand upon their feet and live. We need to see that the way is narrow, and the gate strait. But as we pass through the strait gate, its wideness is without limit.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.

> “Mbese twasinzira ku nkombe ubwayo y’isi y’iteka? Mbese twaba ibipfuye mu mitekerereze, bikonje kandi bipfuye? Yoo, iyaba mu matorero yacu twagira Umwuka n’umwuka by’Imana bihuhirwa mu bwoko bwayo, kugira ngo bahagarare ku birenge byabo maze babeho. Dukeneye kubona ko inzira ifunganye, kandi ko irembo rifunganye. Ariko uko tunyura muri iryo rembo rifunganye, ubugari bwaryo ntibugira iherezo.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.

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