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

Igitabo cya Daniyeli – Nimero Ijana na Makumyabiri n’Umunani

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

Akamaro k’Ubuhanuzi y’Umubatizo wa Kristo n’Igeragezwa Rye: Guhishura Ibiranga Ibihangange Bitatu by’Isi

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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.

Gushyingirwa kwatangiye ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001 igihe wa mumalayika ukomeye uvugwa mu gice cya cumi n’umunani cy’Ibyahishuwe yamanukaga. Kumanuka kwe kwari kwaragaragajwe mbere n’ukumanuka kwa marayika wo mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi ku wa 11 Kanama 1840, kandi nanone n’ukumanuka kwa Mwuka Wera mu mubatizo wa Kristo. Umubatizo wa Kristo werekeza imbere ku mvura y’itumba imanuka igihe inyubako zikomeye zo mu Mujyi wa New York zasenywaga zikagwa. Imbaraga ziturutse hejuru zatangiye, kandi muri icyo gihe nanone imbaraga ziturutse hasi (ikuzimu ridafite epfo) zagombaga kugaragazwa, kuko Ijambo ry’Imana ritajya rihomba.

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.

Igihe Kristo yabatizwaga, yahise ajya mu butayu maze yiyiriza ubusa iminsi mirongo ine, hanyuma Satani amugerageresha ibigeragezo bitatu. Buri kimwe muri ibyo bigeragezo bitatu kigereranya imiterere y’ibanze ya buri bushobozi mu butatu buyobora isi ku Harumagedoni. Ibyo bigeragezo bitatu byari ubwibone, ari bwo buranga ikiyoka; irari ry’inda, ari ryo riranga ya nyamaswa; n’ubwibone bwo kwihandagaza, ari bwo buranga umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma. Ubwibone no kwishyira hejuru bigereranywa na Lusiferi mu busobanuro bwa kera bwa Yesaya.

> 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.

> Mbega ukuntu uguye uvuye mu ijuru, wa Lusiferi we, mwana w’umuseke! Mbega ukuntu waciwe ugatabwa hasi ku butaka, wowe wahindishaga amahanga abanyantege nke! Kuko wavuze mu mutima wawe uti: Nzazamuka njye mu ijuru, nzashyira intebe yanjye y’ubwami hejuru y’inyenyeri z’Imana; kandi nzicara ku musozi w’iteraniro, ku mpande z’amajyaruguru; nzazamuka nsumbe uburebure bw’ibicu; nzahwana n’Isumbabyose. Nyamara uzamanurwa ujyanwe ikuzimu, ku mpande z’urwobo. Abazakubona bazakwitegereza cyane, bagutekerezeho bavuga bati: Mbese uyu ni wa muntu watigisaga isi, agahungabanya ubwami? Yesaya 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.

Incuro eshanu Lusiferi atangaza mu mutima we ati: “Nzabikora.” Satani, wahoze yitwa “umwitwaje umucyo” (Lucifer), none ubu akaba yitwaje umwijima gusa, ni we “wajegajegaga amahanga.” Mu buryo bw’ubuhanuzi ahuzwa n’“amahanga,” kuko ari we muyobozi w’ishyirahamwe ry’ubugome ry’amahanga, n’ishyirahamwe ry’abacuruzi rivugwa mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na karindwi n’icya cumi na munani.

> “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 bishyizeho ubwabo ikimenyetso cya antikristo, kandi bagaragazwa nk’igisato kijya kurwanya abera—abubahiriza amategeko y’Imana kandi bafite kwizera kwa Yesu.” 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.

Mu mubatizo wa Kristo, Mwuka Wera yaramanutse, bishushanya ibihe byo nyuma ya tariki ya 11 Nzeri 2001. Nyuma y’umubatizo We, Satani yagerageje Kristo amuha kumuha ububasha Satani akoresha mu gutegeka ubwami bwo mu isi, kuko igihe Adamu yagwaga, Satani yari yarabaye umutware w’ubwami bwo mu isi.

> 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.

> Nuko Satani amujyana ku musozi muremure, amwereka ubwami bwose bwo mu isi mu kanya gato. Satani aramubwira ati: Ubu bushobozi bwose n’ikuzo ryabwo nzabiguha; kuko nabiherewe, kandi uwo nshatse wese ndabimuha. Nuko rero niwunamira imbere yanjye, byose bizaba ibyawe. Yesu aramusubiza ati: Genda unte kure, Satani; kuko handitswe ngo: Uzaramye Uwiteka Imana yawe, kandi abe ari We wenyine ukorera. Luka 4:5–8.

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

Ibimenyetso bibiri by’ingenzi biranga Roma ya gipapa (inyamaswa) ni ubusambanyi bwayo n’“ibyokurya” n’ibinyobwa by’uburozi ikwirakwiza.

> 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.

> Nyamara mfite bike nkugaya, kuko wihanganira wa mugore Yezebeli, wiyita umuhanuzikazi, akigisha kandi akayobya abagaragu banjye gukora ubusambanyi no kurya ibyaterekerejwe ibigirwamana. Ibyahishuwe 2:14.

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

“Ibyokurya” n’ibyo kunywa atanga ni inyigisho ze z’ibinyoma.

> “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.

> “Icyaha gikomeye Babuloni iregwa ni uko ‘yaretse amahanga yose anywa ku nzoga z’uburakari bw’ubusambanyi bwayo.’ Iki gikombe cy’ubusinzi ageza ku isi kigereranya inyigisho z’ibinyoma yemeye bitewe n’isano ryayo ritemewe n’amategeko yagiranye n’abakomeye bo mu isi.” The Great Controversy, 388.

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

Inyamanswa ya Gatolika na yo iyobya abatuye isi ibinyujije mu burozi bwayo, na byo bikaba ari ikindi kintu cyongeye gufatirwa imbere mu muntu.

> 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.

> Kandi urumuri rw’itara ntiruzongera na hato kukumurikira; kandi ijwi ry’umukwe n’iry’umugeni ntibizongera na hato kumvikana muri wowe: kuko abacuruzi bawe bari abakomeye bo mu isi; kuko amahanga yose yashutswe n’uburozi bwawe. Ibyahishuwe 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.

Ijambo ry’Ikigereki ryahinduwemo “ubupfumu” ni *pharmakeia*, risobanura imiti. Igikombe cya zahabu kiri mu kuboko kwe ntigishushanya gusa igikombe cyo kunyweramo divayi, ahubwo gishushanya n’igikombe gitegurirwamo kandi kigatangirwamo imiti ye y’uburozi bw’ubupfumu. Muri iyi si ya none, iyo miti y’uburozi itangirwa mu nshinge, kurusha uko yatangirwa mu gikombe. Igihe Satani azabonekera nyuma y’itegeko rya ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba, azakora ibitangaza byo gukiza. Ibitangaza bifitanye isano n’iyo miti n’inyigisho z’ibinyoma by’ubupapa byashushanyijwe na Satani abwira Kristo gukora igitangaza cyo guhindura ibuye umugati.

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.”

Amateka y’ubuhanuzi mbere n’inyuma y’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru afite imiterere imwe. Igihe cy’ikigeragezo cy’ishusho y’inyamaswa ku Ba-Adventiste, giteganiriza ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, kigereranya igihe cy’ikigeragezo cy’ishusho y’inyamaswa ku isi yose. Ni cyo gituma tubwirwa ko, “ikibazo nk’iki kizagera ku bwoko bwacu mu bice byose by’isi.”

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.

Ibitangaza by’ugukiza bya satani bikorwa na Satani nyuma y’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru, bigereranya “ubupfumu” bw’icyo bita ubuvuzi bukwirakwizwa mu gihe cy’amateka gitangira ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001. Yesu yavuze ati: “umuntu ntazabeshwaho n’umutsima wonyine, ahubwo azabeshwaho n’ijambo ryose ry’Imana.” “Ibyokurya” bya Roma ni imigenzo n’imiziririzo ishyira hejuru y’Ijambo ry’Imana.

> “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.

> “Mu migendekere iriho ubu muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika yo gushakira ibigo n’imihango by’itorero ubufasha bwa Leta, Abaporotesitanti barimo gukurikira mu ntambwe z’Abapapisti. Ikirenzeho, barimo gukingurira ubupapa urugi kugira ngo bwongere kwisubiza muri Amerika y’Abaporotesitanti ubutegetsi bw’ikirenga bwatakaje mu Isi ya Kera. Kandi icyongera uburemere bw’uyu mugendekere ni uko intego nyamukuru itekerezwaho ari ugushyiraho kubahiriza Isabato y’icyumweru cya mbere—umuco wakomotse i Roma, kandi ubupapa bukaba buwiyitirira nk’ikimenyetso cy’ubutware bwabwo. Ni umwuka w’ubupapa—umwuka wo kwihuza n’imigenzo y’isi, wo guha icyubahiro imigenzo y’abantu kuruta amategeko y’Imana—uri gucengera amatorero y’Abaporotesitanti no kuyayobora gukora uwo murimo wo gushyira ku rwego rwo hejuru umunsi wo ku Cyumweru nk’uwo ubupapa bwabayoboye bwakoze.” 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.

Umuco n’imigenzo ni byo “byokurya” by’inyigisho iyo nyamaswa isimbuza Ijambo ry’Imana, kugira ngo ibashe gushyigikira ugusenga ibigirwamana kwayo kwa gipagani.

> “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.

> “Ntidushobora kubona uburyo Itorero ry’Abaroma ryakwikuraho ikirego cy’ubusenga bw’ibigirwamana. Ni ukuri ko rivuga ko risenga Imana binyuze muri ayo mashusho; ni ko n’Abisirayeli bakoze igihe bunamiraga ya nyana y’izahabu. Ariko umujinya w’Uwiteka wabagurumaniriye, maze benshi baricwa. Imana yabise abaramya ibigirwamana batubaha Imana, kandi n’uyu munsi ni ko byanditswe mu bitabo byo mu ijuru ku birebana n’abaramya amashusho y’abera n’abo bita abantu bera.

> “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.

> “Kandi iri ni ryo dini Abaporotesitanti batangiye kurebana igishyuhirane gikomeye, kandi amaherezo rizifatanya n’Ubuporotesitanti. Nyamara iri huriro ntirizagerwaho binyuze ku mpinduka mu Bukatolika; kuko i Roma itajya ihinduka. Ivuga ko idashobora kwibeshya. Ubuporotesitanti ni bwo buzahinduka. Kwemera ibitekerezo byo kwirekura ku ruhande rwabwo ni byo bizabugeza aho bushobora gufatana ukuboko n’Ubukatolika. ‘Bibiliya, Bibiliya, ni yo shingiro ry’ukwizera kwacu,’ uwo ni wo wabaga ari umuborogo w’Abaporotesitanti mu gihe cya Luteri, mu gihe Abakatolika bo bavugaga bati, ‘Ba Sogokuruza, umugenzo, umuco gakondo.’ Ubu Abaporotesitanti benshi basanga bibagoye kwemeza inyigisho zabo bahereye kuri Bibiliya, nyamara kandi nta butwari bwo mu by’umuco bafite bwo kwemera ukuri kurimo umusaraba; ni cyo gituma barimo kwegera vuba cyane aho Abakatolika bahagaze, kandi, bakoresha impamvu nziza kurusha izindi zose bafite kugira ngo bahunge ukuri, bakifashisha ubuhamya bwa ba Sogokuruza, n’imigenzo n’amategeko by’abantu. Yego, Abaporotesitanti bo mu kinyejana cya cumi n’icyenda barimo kwegera vuba cyane Abakatolika mu kutizera kwabo ku byerekeye Ibyanditswe. Ariko uyu munsi haracyari intera nini cyane nk’ikirenga kinini cyane hagati ya Roma n’Ubuporotesitanti bwa Luteri, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, n’ingabo y’icyubahiro y’abahowe ukwizera, nk’uko byari bimeze igihe abo bagabo batangaga icyo kirego cyatumye bahabwa izina ry’Abaporotesitanti.”

> “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.

> “Kristo yari Umuporotesitanti. Yamaganye kuramya kw’imihango kw’ishyanga ry’Abayahudi, ryanzwe kwemera inama y’Imana yo kubagirira akamaro. Yababwiye ko bigishaga amategeko y’abantu nk’aho ari inyigisho z’ukuri, kandi ko bari abiyitirira ibyo batari byo n’indyarya. Bari bameze nk’imva zasutseho umweru; inyuma zari nziza, ariko imbere zuzuyemo umwanda no kubora. Ivugurura ry’ukwizera rihera kuri Kristo no ku ntumwa. Basohotsemo kandi bitandukanya n’idini ry’imihango n’imigenzo. Luteri n’abamukurikiye ntibavumbuye idini ryavuguruwe. Ahubwo baryemeye gusa nk’uko ryatanzwe na Kristo n’intumwa. Bibiliya dushyikirizwa nk’umuyoboro uhagije; ariko papa n’abakozi be bayikura mu maboko y’abantu nk’aho ari umuvumo, kuko ihishura ukwiyitirira kwabo kandi igacyaha ugusenga ibigirwamana kwabo.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

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

Ibitangaza byo gukiza, bigize urufatiro rw’ubupfumu bw’imyuka, ni byo acuruzamo kandi ni byo amenyerejemo.

> “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.

> “Benshi bagerageza gusobanura iby’ukwiyerekana kwo mu by’umwuka babyitiranya rwose n’uburiganya n’ubuhanga bwo kubeshya bukorwa n’umupfumu. Ariko nubwo ari ukuri ko kenshi ibyavuye mu mayeri y’uburiganya byagiye byemezwa nk’aho ari ukwiyerekana nyakuri, habayeho kandi n’ibigaragaza bidasanzwe by’imbaraga z’indengakamere. Gukomanga kw’amayobera ni ko ukwizera imyuka kwa none kwatangiranye, kandi ntikwari igisubizo cy’uburiganya bw’abantu cyangwa ubucakura bwabo, ahubwo kwari umurimo ukorwa mu buryo butaziguye n’abamarayika babi, ari na bwo buryo binjijemo kimwe mu bishuko byageze ku ntsinzi kurusha ibindi byose mu kurimbura ubugingo. Benshi bazagwa mu mutego bitewe no kwemera ko ukwizera imyuka ari uburiganya bw’abantu gusa; maze nibahagarikwa imbonankubone n’ibyiyerekana badashobora kutabona ko ari iby’indengakamere, bazashukwa, bayoborwe no kubyakira nk’imbaraga ikomeye y’Imana.”

> “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.

> “Aba bantu birengagiza ubuhamya bw’Ibyanditswe bwerekeye ibitangaza bikorwa na Satani n’abakozi be. Ni ku bufasha bwa satani ni ho abarozi ba Farawo bashobojejwe kwigana umurimo w’Imana. Pawulo ahamya ko mbere yo kugaruka kwa kabiri kwa Kristo hazabaho ukwigaragaza nk’uko kw’imbaraga za satani. Ukuza k’Umwami kuzabanzirizwa no ‘gukora kwa Satani gufite imbaraga zose n’ibimenyetso n’ibitangaza by’ibinyoma, no gushuka kose gukomoka ku gukiranirwa.’ 2 Abatesalonike 2:9,10. Kandi intumwa Yohana, isobanura imbaraga zo gukora ibitangaza zizagaragazwa mu minsi y’imperuka, iravuga iti: ‘Kandi akora ibitangaza bikomeye, ndetse agategeka umuriro kumanuka uva mu ijuru ukaza ku isi abantu bareba, kandi akayobya abatuye mu isi abitewe n’ibitangaza yahawe gukora.’ Ibyahishuwe 13:13, 14. Ibyahanuwe hano si uburiganya busanzwe gusa. Abantu bayobywa n’ibitangaza abakozi ba Satani bafite ubushobozi bwo gukora, si ibyo biyitirira ko bakora.” Intambara Ikomeye, 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.

Inyigisho z’ibinyoma zubakiye ku migenzo n’amasakaramentu y’umuco, kugaragarira kw’ibitangaza by’ubupfumu bwo mu by’umwuka, urwego rw’ubuvuzi n’inganda by’impimbano, no guhuza ubuyobozi bw’itorero n’ubw’ubutegetsi bwa leta, byose ni ibiranga cya gikoko cya Gatolika. Ubwibone ni ikiranga cy’ububasha bwa cya kiyoka. Kwihandagaza ni ikiranga cy’uwo muhanuzi w’ibinyoma w’Abaporotesitanti bayobye.

> 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.

> Nuko Yesu yuzuye Umwuka Wera ava kuri Yorodani, ajyanwa n’Umwuka mu butayu, amaramwo iminsi mirongo ine ashukwa na Satani. Muri iyo minsi nta kintu na kimwe yariye; iyo minsi ishize, arasonza. Satani aramubwira ati: Niba uri Umwana w’Imana, tegeka iri buye rihinduke umugati. Yesu aramusubiza ati: Handitswe ngo Umuntu ntatungwa n’umugati wonyine, ahubwo atungwa na buri jambo ry’Imana. Luka 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.

Kwigiraho ni izina ryerekeza ku gikorwa cyangwa ku rwego rwo gufata ikintu ko ari ukuri hatabayeho ibimenyetso cyangwa gihamya bihagije. Bikubiyemo guca urubanza cyangwa kugera ku mwanzuro ushingiye ku makuru atuzuye cyangwa adahagije. Kwigiraho bishobora kandi gusobanura urwego runaka rwo kwiringira ibyo umuntu yafasheho umwanzuro, nubwo bishobora kuba bitari bifite ishingiro ryuzuye.

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.

Ubuporotesitanti bwataye ukuri bwemeye ko icyumweru ari wo munsi w’Imana wo kuramirizaho nta gihamya na kimwe gishyigikira icyo gitekerezo kiyobye kiboneka mu Ijambo ry’Imana, kandi babikora kandi bavuga babizi neza ko ari Abaporotesitanti, bafite intego igira iti “Ijambo ry’Imana ryonyine,” cyangwa nk’uko Martin Luther yabivuze ati, “Sola Scriptura!” Bahitamo kubyemera bashingiye ku migenzo no ku mico by’itorero ry’i Roma, cyangwa se wenda nk’umurage usanzwe bemeye bahawe na ba sekuruza babo. Mu ijwi riranguruye ry’umumarayika wa gatatu, ukuri k’uko nta shingiro na rito na rimwe na rimwe ryo kuramya izuba rishobora gutangwa riturutse muri Bibiliya kuzahishurwa mu buryo bweruye, maze ubwo abazaguma muri uko kwibeshya kwabo kuzagera, bazahabwa ikimenyetso cy’inyamaswa.

> “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.

> “Niba umucyo w’ukuri warabagejejweho, ukabahishurira Isabato y’itegeko rya kane, kandi ukabereka ko mu Ijambo ry’Imana nta shingiro na rimwe rihari ryo kuziririza ku Cyumweru, nyamara mugakomeza kwizirika ku isabato y’ikinyoma, mwanga kweza Isabato Imana yita ‘umunsi wanjye wera,’ icyo gihe mwakira ikimenyetso cya ya nyamaswa. Ibyo bibaho ryari?—Bibaho iyo mwumviye itegeko ribategeka guhagarika imirimo ku Cyumweru no kuramya Imana, mu gihe muzi neza ko muri Bibiliya nta jambo na rimwe rigaragaza ko ku Cyumweru hari ikindi kuri cyo kitari umunsi usanzwe wo gukora; bityo mukemera kwakira ikimenyetso cya ya nyamaswa, kandi mukanga ikimenyetso cy’Imana. Nitwakira icyo kimenyetso mu ruhanga rwacu cyangwa mu biganza byacu, imanza zavuzwe ku batumvira zigomba kutugeraho. Ariko ikimenyetso cy’Imana ihoraho gishyirwa ku bakomeza Isabato y’Umwami babitewe n’ijwi ry’umutimanama wabo.” Review and Herald, 27 Mata 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.

Intege nke ikunze gusobanukirwa z’Ishyaka ry’Aba-Republican ni uko baba biteguye kwemera ko abo bahanganye muri politiki ari abanyabutungane kandi b’inyangamugayo, nyamara imbuto z’Ishyaka ry’Aba-Democrat zigaragaza ku mugaragaro ko ari abana ba se w’ibinyoma. Inshuro nyinshi kandi mu buryo buhoraho, Aba-Republican bafata abo bahanganye muri politiki ku ijambo ryabo, kandi barerekanywe kenshi na kenshi ko abo bahanganye batigera bubahiriza ijambo ryabo. Bitirira impamvu z’ukuri kandi z’inyangamugayo abagiye bagaragaza incuro nyinshi ko nta mpamvu n’imwe ishingiye ku bwenge ishobora gushyigikira uko Aba-Republican, mu buryo bwabo burimo amakosa, baba bategereje ubunyangamugayo n’ubudahemuka. Ni ukuri kandi ko Aba-Republican benshi banga guhagarara ku mahame kubera inyungu zabo bwite z’amafaranga, cyangwa kubera ibihe by’ibanga by’ubwiyandarike bibatuma bashobora kuyoborwa no gukoreshwa byoroshye, ariko ikiranga nyamukuru cy’ubuhanuzi cy’Ishyaka ry’Aba-Republican ni ukwibwira ibitari byo.

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.

Ni cyo kimenyetso cyo kwihandagaza cyanditswe mu buryo bw’ubuhanuzi ku Baporotesitanti bayobye, kibemerera kwigira nk’aho bafashe umwanya wo hejuru mu by’umuco no muri politiki, nyamara mu by’ukuri baratereranye inshingano zabo z’abenegihugu bitewe n’icyizere cy’ubusa cy’uko abo bahanganye muri politiki bazasohoza ijambo ryabo. Igisobanuro gisanzwe cyane cy’ubusazi ni ugukomeza gukora ikintu kimwe inshuro nyinshi, utegereje ko hazavamo ingaruka zitandukanye, nyamara Abarepubulikani bavuga ko ari Abademokarate banduye ubusazi, nk’uko bugaragarira mu rwango rwabo kuri 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.

Nyamara ubusazi bw’Abarepubulikani bukomeje kugaragazwa incuro nyinshi mu gihe bemera ubwumvikane, babishingira ku gitekerezo cy’uko ubwumvikane ari umurimo w’inzira y’ikorwa ry’amategeko, nyamara ubwumvikane bwabo bwa politiki, bavuga ko bushingiye ku ihame rya “inzira y’ikorwa ry’amategeko,” bukorwa n’itsinda ritigera ryemera ubwumvikane. Abademokarate bemera gusa gusubira inyuma mu nzira ya politiki igihe babihatiwe byuzuye n’umubare w’ababarusha imbaraga. Nta na rimwe bigeze batanga gihamya y’uko bakorera by’ukuri inzira yo hagati mu mikorere ya politiki. Ubusazi bw’Abarepubulikani ni ugukomeza kugira ibyiringiro byiza ku bandi kandi bidafite ishingiro na gato.

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.

Abenshi cyane kurusha abandi bashyigikiye Donald Trump bazahamya ko inenge ikomeye kuruta izindi ya Trump ari ubushake bwe bwo kwemera abantu ngo bamushyigikire muri gahunda ye, mu gihe ibimenyetso bihari bigaragaza ko byari ukwihandagaza kwa Trump rwose gufata icyo cyemezo. Ukwihandagaza ni ikimenyetso cy’ubuhanuzi kiranga Ubuporotesitanti bw’ubuhakanyi. Satani yagerageresheje Kristo avuga Bibiliya, ariko mu kubikora yagoretse uwo murongo awugira ikigeragezo kitari ngombwa kandi kitari mu Byanditswe.

> 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.

> Nuko amujyana i Yerusalemu, amushyira ku gasongero k’urusengero, aramubwira ati: Niba uri Umwana w’Imana, yikubite hasi uhereye hano; kuko byanditswe ngo: Izategeka abamarayika bayo kukurinda; kandi bazagutegesha amaboko yabo, kugira ngo utazagusha ikirenge cyawe ku ibuye. Yesu aramusubiza ati: Haravuzwe ngo: Ntukagerageze Uwiteka Imana yawe. 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.

Mu mategeko ya vuba yerekeye ku cyumweru azashyirwaho, Abaporotesitanti bo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ni bo bazafata itegeko rya Bibiliya ryo kureka imirimo ku munsi w’Isabato, bakagoreka itegeko ryo kuramya Imana ku Isabato y’umunsi wa karindwi bakarihindura itegeko bahimbye rivuga ko mu by’ukuri ari umunsi w’izuba wa gipagani abantu basabwa kuramyaho. Bazagoreka umurongo wa Bibiliya bawuhindure ikigeragezo kidafite ishingiro kandi kitari icyo Ibyanditswe byigisha.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tuzakomeza iki cyigisho mu nyandiko ikurikira.

> “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.

> “Nabonye ko ya nyamaswa ifite amahembe abiri yari ifite akanwa k’ikiyoka, kandi ko imbaraga zayo zari mu mutwe wayo, kandi ko itegeko rizasohoka mu kanwa kayo. Hanyuma mbona Nyina w’Indaya; ko uwo mubyeyi atari ba bakobwa, ahubwo yari atandukanye na bo kandi yihariye. Yagize igihe cye, none cyarashize, kandi abakobwa be, ari bo matsinda y’Abaporotesitanti, ni bo bakurikiyeho kuza ku rubyiniro no kugaragaza wa mutima umwe nyina yari afite igihe yatotezaga abera. Nabonye ko, nk’uko nyina yagendaga agabanukirwa n’ububasha, abakobwa bo bagendaga bakura; kandi bidatinze bazakoresha ububasha nyina yigeze gukoresha.

> “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.

> “Nabonye ko itorero ry’izina gusa n’Abadiventisiti b’izina gusa, nk’uko Yuda yabigenje, bazatugambanira bakatugurisha ku Bakatolika kugira ngo babone ububasha bwabo bwo kuza kurwanya ukuri. Nuko abera icyo gihe bazaba ari abantu batagaragara, batazwi cyane n’Abakatolika; ariko amatorero n’Abadiventisiti b’izina gusa bazi ukwizera kwacu n’imigenzo yacu (kuko batwangaga bazira Isabato, kuko batashoboraga kuyivuguruza) bazagambanira abera kandi babamenyeshe Abakatolika ko ari abantu birengagiza ibyemezo by’abantu; ni ukuvuga ko bakomeza Isabato kandi birengagiza ku Cyumweru.”

> “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.

> “Hanyuma Abagatolika bazategeka Abaporotesitanti gukomeza mbere, maze basohore itegeko rivuga ko abazanga kuziririza umunsi wa mbere w’icyumweru mu mwanya w’umunsi wa karindwi bazicwa. Kandi Abagatolika, umubare wabo ukaba ari munini, bazashyigikira Abaporotesitanti. Abagatolika bazaha igishushanyo cya ya nyamaswa ubutware bwabo. Kandi Abaporotesitanti bazakora nk’uko nyina yabigenje mbere yabo, kugira ngo batsembe abera. Ariko mbere y’uko itegeko ryabo rigeraho cyangwa ryera imbuto, abera bazarokorwa n’Ijwi ry’Imana.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

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