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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Eleven

Amateka Ahishe y’Umurongo wa Mirongo Ine — Umubare Cumi n’Umwe

Number Eleven

Umubare Cumi n’Umwe

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Jeff Pippenger

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May 21, 2026

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The book of Joel is perhaps the most direct revelation of the latter rain in the Scriptures, and Joel opens up by first referencing the four generations of apostasy accomplished by the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. Those four generations of escalating destruction represented in Joel’s opening verses align with the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight. 1863 unto 1888 represents the first generation, and it represents the rejection of the foundational message of the Millerites as represented upon the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts, represented in Habakkuk chapter two, and that symbolize the covenant as represented by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.

Igitabo cya Yoweli ni cyo ahari gitanga uguhishurwa kutaziguye kurusha ibindi kw’imvura y’itumba mu Byanditswe, kandi Yoweli atangira abanza kuvuga ibyerekeye ibisekuru bine by’ubuhakanyi byakozwe n’itorero rya Lawodikiya ry’Abadiventisiti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi. Ibyo bisekuru bine by’ukurimbuka kugenda kwiyongera, bishushanyijwe mu mirongo ibanza ya Yoweli, bihura n’ibizira bine bigenda byiyongera byo muri Ezekiyeli igice cya munani. 1863 kugeza mu 1888 bihagarariye igisekuru cya mbere, kandi bihagarariye kwangwa k’ubutumwa bw’ishingiro bw’Abamileriti nk’uko bwashushanyijwe ku mbonerahamwe z’abapayoniya zo mu 1843 no mu 1850, nk’uko bihagarariwe muri Habakuki igice cya kabiri, kandi bikaba bishushanya isezerano nk’uko rihagarariwe n’amabuye abiri y’Amategeko Cumi.

1888 to 1919 represent the generation that rejected the experience of righteousness by faith, that produces an experience represented by the church of Philadelphia. In the first generation the rebellion focused upon the work of leadership represented by William Miller, and in the second generation of 1888 the leadership of the Spirit of Prophecy was rebelled against. The third generation of 1919 began with William Warren Prescott’s book, The Doctrine of Christ and ended with the book, Questions on Doctrine in 1957. That third generation was the generation of compromise with the world as Adventism sought the accreditation of the medical practices of the American Medical Association, and the accreditation of their colleges by the academic scholars of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

1888 kugeza mu 1919 hagereranya igisekuru cyanze ubunararibonye bwo gukiranuka kubonerwa mu kwizera, bukabyara ubunararibonye buhagarariwe n’itorero rya Filadelifiya. Mu gisekuru cya mbere, ubwigomeke bwibanze ku murimo w’ubuyobozi buhagarariwe na William Miller, kandi mu gisekuru cya kabiri cyo mu 1888, ubuyobozi bwa Mwuka w’Ubuhanuzi ni bwo bwigomekwemo. Igisekuru cya gatatu cyo mu 1919 cyatangiranye n’igitabo cya William Warren Prescott, The Doctrine of Christ, kirangira n’igitabo, Questions on Doctrine mu 1957. Icyo gisekuru cya gatatu cyari igisekuru cy’ubwumvikane n’isi, ubwo Abadiventisiti bashakaga kwemerwa kw’imigenzereze yabo y’ubuvuzi n’Ishyirahamwe ry’Abaganga b’Abanyamerika, no kwemerwa kwa za kaminuza zabo n’intiti z’ubumenyi z’Abaporotesitanti b’abahakanyi na Kiliziya Gatolika y’i Roma.

In the third generation the educational counsel from the pen of Ellen White was rejected and replaced with the false educational practices of the world as represented by the educational philosophy of Greece. Greek education is represented by the goddess Athena who is enshrined in the duplicate Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mu rubyaro rwa gatatu, inama z’inyigisho zaturutse mu ikaramu ya Ellen White zaranzwe no kwangwa, zisimbuzwa imigenzereze y’ibinyoma y’inyigisho y’isi nk’uko ihagarariwe n’ubuhanga-mvugo bw’uburezi bw’u Bugiriki. Uburezi bw’Abagiriki buhagarariwe n’imanakazi Athena, yubashywe mu rusengero rwa Parthenon rwubatswe mu ishusho y’urundi i Nashville, muri Tennessee.

True education was exemplified in the Bible with the schools of the prophets associated with the prophet Elisha. The Maccabean revolt of 167 BC and onward to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, was in large part a protest against the inroads of Greek education into the culture and nation of the ancient literal glorious land. The protest of the Maccabees was a revolt against Greek influence at every level, but the educational influence of Greece was so pervasive in the history and the motivations of the Maccabean zealots that it cannot be separated from the reality that Greek education was perhaps the largest factor associated with the Jewish rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Books have been written identifying the negative influence of Greek education upon the Jews and false educations contribution to the Jewish rejection and crucifixion of Christ.

Uburezi nyakuri bwatanzweho urugero muri Bibiliya binyuze mu mashuri y’abahanuzi yari afitanye isano n’umuhanuzi Elisa. Ubugome bw’Abamakabayo bwo mu mwaka wa 167 mbere ya Kristo bukageza ku kurimburwa kwa Yerusalemu mu mwaka wa 70 nyuma ya Kristo, ahanini bwari imyigaragambyo yo kwamagana ukwivanga kw’uburezi bw’Abagiriki mu muco no mu gihugu cy’icyubahiro nyacyo cya kera. Imyigaragambyo y’Abamakabayo yari ubugome bwo kurwanya ingaruka z’Abagiriki ku nzego zose, ariko ingaruka z’uburezi bw’Ubugiriki zari zarakwirakwiye cyane mu mateka no mu mpamvu zashishikazaga abashishikari b’Abamakabayo ku buryo bidashobora gutandukanywa n’ukuri yuko uburezi bw’Ubugiriki bwari, ahari, ikintu gikomeye kurusha ibindi cyari gifitanye isano no kwanga kw’Abayuda Yesu Kristo nk’Umukiza wabo wasezeranijwe. Ibitabo byanditswe bigaragaza ingaruka mbi z’uburezi bw’Ubugiriki ku Bayuda n’uruhare rw’uburezi bw’ibinyoma mu gutuma Abayuda banga Kristo no bamubamba.

The Maccabean revolt aligns with the revolt of 1776 in the modern spiritual glorious land. There are currently over 4,000 registered universities in the United States that are built upon the philosophy of Greek and Jesuit educational practices. The anarchy and lawlessness of the past ten-plus years can be directly traced to the so-called educational centers in the United States that for decades have been indoctrinating students who were already conditioned by media and entertainment sources to accept the globalist philosophies derived from the satanic philosophies of the French Revolution period. The students of today’s universities were already conditioned into accepting the lifestyle represented by Sodom and Gomorrah before they entered the educational centers designed to attack white people, Christians and true American history. A citizen of the United States today who wishes to understand the constant two-tiered system of justice that fulfills the justice and truth being cast into the streets as identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, must understand that the current circumstances are being produced by a purposeful designed attack that is indoctrinated from the earliest years of life by a educational system designed to bring mankind under the control of elitist globalists–the dragon power!

Ubugome bw’Abamakabayo bujyanye n’ubwigomeke bwo mu 1776 mu gihugu cy’ubwiza bw’iki gihe cyo mu buryo bw’umwuka. Kuri ubu muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika hari za kaminuza zirenga 4,000 zanditswe mu buryo bwemewe, zishingiye kuri filozofiya n’imigenzereze y’uburezi by’Abagiriki n’Abayezuwiti. Akaduruvayo no kutubahiriza amategeko byabayeho mu myaka irenga icumi ishize bishobora gukomorwa mu buryo butaziguye kuri izo ngirwa ngoro z’uburezi zo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, zimaze imyaka myinshi zinjiza mu banyeshuri inyigisho zubakiye ku myumvire runaka, kandi abo banyeshuri bari baramaze gutegurirwa n’itangazamakuru n’inzego z’imyidagaduro kwakira filozofiya z’aba-globaliste zikomoka kuri filozofiya za satani zo mu gihe cy’Impinduramatwara y’Abafaransa. Abanyeshuri bo muri za kaminuza z’iki gihe bari baramaze kumenyerezwa kwemera imibereho ishushanywa na Sodomu na Gomora mbere y’uko binjira muri izo ngoro z’uburezi zagenewe kugaba ibitero ku bazungu, ku Bakristo no ku mateka y’ukuri ya Amerika. Umunyagihugu wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika wo muri iki gihe wifuza gusobanukirwa iyo gahunda idahinduka y’ubutabera bw’ingeri ebyiri, isohoza ubutabera n’ukuri bijugunywa mu mihanda nk’uko bigaragazwa muri Bibiliya no mu Mwuka w’Ubuhanuzi, agomba kumva ko ibihe n’imimerere biriho ubu biri guturuka ku gitero cyateguwe ku bushake kandi gishyirwa mu bantu nk’inyigisho kuva mu myaka ya mbere y’ubuzima binyuze mu rwego rw’uburezi rwagenewe gushyira inyokomuntu munsi y’ubutegetsi bw’aba-globaliste b’indobanure—imbaraga z’ikiyoka!

There are five major themes in the writings of Ellen White; education, health reform, Christian living, The Great Controversy theme and practical godliness. Education is one of five major themes in the Spirit of Prophecy, and Ellen White was as much a biblical prophet as every prophet noted in God’s Word. Among other things, this means her life is an example of and for the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Before anyone thinks that Christ alone is to be our example; Paul states:

Hari insanganyamatsiko eshanu zikomeye mu nyandiko za Ellen White: uburezi, ivugurura ry’ubuzima, imibereho ya Gikristo, insanganyamatsiko y’Intambara Ikomeye, n’ubumana bugaragarira mu buzima bwa buri munsi. Uburezi ni imwe mu nsanganyamatsiko eshanu zikomeye zo mu Mwuka w’Ubuhanuzi, kandi Ellen White yari umuhanuzi wa Bibiliya kimwe n’umuhanuzi uwo ari we wese uvugwa mu Ijambo ry’Imana. Mu bindi, ibi bisobanura ko imibereho ye ari urugero rw’abihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine kandi ari n’urugero rubagenewe. Mbere y’uko hagira uwibwira ko Kristo wenyine ari we ugomba kutubera icyitegererezo, Pawulo aravuga ati:

> For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Corinthians 4:15, 16.

> Kuko n’iyo mwagira ababayobora ibihumbi icumi muri Kristo, nyamara ntimugira ba se benshi; kuko muri Kristo Yesu ari jye wababyaye binyuze mu Butumwa Bwiza. Nuko rero, ndabinginga, nimumbe abankurikiza. 1 Abakorinto 4:15, 16.

As a prophet Ellen White is an example. There was only one time that Ellen White accepted the role as a board member, and that time was with the formation of a college that embraced the principles of true education as set forth as one of the five major themes of her ministry. That college in Madison, Tennessee is located within the metropolitan district of Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did she agree to be on the founding board of Madison college from 1904 until a year before her death in 1915, she was instrumental in selecting the land where the college was established. Nashville is the center of the Greek educational system that helped to prevent the Jews from accepting their Messiah in the history of the Maccabees, who typify the apostate Protestantism of the times in which we now live. The line of the Maccabees is firmly set forth in the hidden history of verse forty, representing the apostate Protestantism that has now been fully indoctrinated with the very same, (though a modern version) destructive fruits of Greek education.

Nk’umuhanuzi, Ellen White ni urugero. Hari igihe kimwe gusa Ellen White yemeye inshingano yo kuba umwe mu bagize inama y’ubuyobozi, kandi icyo gihe cyari mu ishingwa rya kaminuza yakiraga amahame y’uburezi nyakuri nk’uko yashyizwe ahagaragara nk’imwe mu nsanganyamatsiko eshanu zikomeye z’umurimo we. Iyo kaminuza yo i Madison, muri Tennessee, iherereye mu karere k’umujyi munini wa Nashville, muri Tennessee. Ntabwo yemeye gusa kuba mu nama y’itangiriro ya kaminuza ya Madison kuva mu 1904 kugeza umwaka umwe mbere y’urupfu rwe mu 1915, ahubwo yanagize uruhare rukomeye mu gutoranya ubutaka aho iyo kaminuza yubatswe. Nashville ni yo soko ry’icyicaro cy’imiterere y’uburezi bw’Abagiriki yafashije kubuza Abayahudi kwemera Mesiya wabo mu mateka y’Abamakabayo, bagereranya Ubuporotesitanti bw’ubuhakanyi bwo mu bihe turimo ubu. Umurongo w’Abamakabayo ushyizweho neza cyane mu mateka ahishwe y’umurongo wa mirongo ine, uhagarariye Ubuporotesitanti bw’ubuhakanyi ubu bwamaze gucengezwamo rwose izo mbuto zangiza nyine z’uburezi bw’Abagiriki, nubwo ari mu ishusho ya kizungu ya none.

In the third generation of Adventism, the leadership that had rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in 1888, chose to turn their educational system over to the accreditation structure of the world. Nashville represents the symbolic center of both true and false education. The prophet selected the same city that the world selected to enshrine Greek education, for unlike Greek education that is based upon separating truth into isolated subjects to destroy the whole. True education is the foundational basis of Sister White’s other four primary themes of health reform, practical godliness, Christian living, and especially the theme of The Great Controversy.

Mu gisekuru cya gatatu cy’Abadivantisiti, ubuyobozi bwari bwaranze Umwuka w’Ubuhanuzi mu 1888, bwahisemo gushyira gahunda yabwo y’uburezi mu maboko y’imiterere y’iyemererwa ry’amashuri y’isi. Nashville ihagarariye ikigo cy’igereranyo cy’uburezi bw’ukuri n’ubw’ibinyoma. Umuhanuzi yahisemo uwo mujyi nyine isi yahisemo kugira ngo ishimangire uburezi bw’Abagiriki, kuko bitandukanye n’uburezi bw’Abagiriki bushingiye ku gutandukanya ukuri mo amasomo yigenga kugira ngo isenye icyuzuye. Uburezi nyakuri ni bwo shingiro ry’insanganyamatsiko enye z’ibanze zisigaye za Mushiki wacu White, ari zo kuvugurura iby’ubuzima, kubaha Imana kugaragarira mu bikorwa, imibereho ya Gikristo, kandi by’umwihariko cyane insanganyamatsiko y’Intambara Ikomeye.

Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning, and the test in the Garden of Eden illustrates the test the world is now being confronted with. The test at the end is the same as every biblical test, for God never changes. A biblical test is a three-step testing process that produces two classes that are manifested at the end of the testing process. The first angel expresses the three steps as fearing God, giving Him glory, for the hour of the litmus test of judgment is come. The first step was the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lacking the necessary fear of God, Eve failed the test of the tree and ate the fruit represented as both good and evil. Adam’s fear of God did not prevent him from entering into the rebellion of the tree, and judgment was brought upon them both, as they manifested a life without the abiding presence of Divinity.

Yesu buri gihe agaragaza iherezo akoresheje intangiriro, kandi ikigeragezo cyo mu Ngobyi ya Edeni kigaragaza ikigeragezo isi ihanganye na cyo ubu. Ikigeragezo cyo ku iherezo ni kimwe n’ibigeragezo byose byo muri Bibiliya, kuko Imana idahinduka na rimwe. Ikigeragezo cya Bibiliya ni uburyo bw’ikigeragezo bugizwe n’intambwe eshatu, butanga amatsinda abiri agaragazwa ku iherezo ry’icyo gikorwa cyose cy’ikigeragezo. Marayika wa mbere agaragaza izo ntambwe eshatu agira ati: nimutinye Imana, muyihe icyubahiro, kuko igihe cy’ikigeragezo kigaragaza urubanza kigeze. Intambwe ya mbere yari itegeko ryo kutarya ku giti cyo kumenya icyiza n’ikibi. Kubera kubura gutinya Imana uko byari bikwiriye, Eva yananiwe ikigeragezo cy’igiti maze arya ku mbuto cyagereranywaga nk’icyiza n’ikibi byombi. Gutinya Imana kwa Adamu ntikwamubujije kwinjira mu bugome bwo kwigomeka bw’igiti, maze urubanza rubageraho bombi, kuko bagaragaje imibereho itarimo ukubaho guhoraho kw’Ubumana.

The test of the last days begins with a warning to eat the increase of knowledge that is unsealed in the revelation of Jesus Christ just before mankind’s probation comes to its end. Whether with Adventism or those outside of Adventism, the test is based upon the reception of, or the rejection of the increase of “knowledge” that is unsealed in our time. That test of knowledge is represented by the Garden’s tree of testing, that represents knowledge of either good or evil. True education was located and symbolized in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904, and false education was located and symbolized in Nashville in 1897, then re-built as a permanent structure in 1920. In the life of the prophetess true education was enshrined in Nashville, and false education was also enshrined. After her death in 1915 false education was restored in the second and permanent construction of the Parthenon temple, and true education was rejected through compromise with the world by the leadership of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.

Ikigeragezo cy’iminsi y’imperuka gitangirana n’umuburo wo kurya ukwiyongera k’ubumenyi bwahishuwe, bukuweho ikimenyetso mu guhishurirwa kwa Yesu Kristo, mbere gato y’uko igihe cy’igeragezwa cy’abantu kigera ku iherezo ryacyo. Yaba mu Bwadiventisiti cyangwa no mu bari hanze y’Abadiventisiti, ikigeragezo gishingira ku kwakira cyangwa ku kwanga ukwiyongera k’“ubumenyi” kwakuweho ikimenyetso mu gihe cyacu. Icyo kigeragezo cy’ubumenyi gishushanywa n’igiti cyo mu busitani cy’igerageza, gishushanya ubumenyi bw’icyiza cyangwa ubw’ikibi. Uburezi nyakuri bwari buherereye kandi bugashushanyirizwa i Nashville, muri Tennessee, mu 1904, naho uburezi bw’ibinyoma bwari buherereye kandi bugashushanyirizwa i Nashville mu 1897, hanyuma bwongera kubakwa nk’inyubako ihoraho mu 1920. Mu mibereho y’umuhanurakazi, uburezi nyakuri bwahawe icyubahiro i Nashville, kandi n’uburezi bw’ibinyoma na bwo bwahawe icyubahiro. Nyuma y’urupfu rwe mu 1915, uburezi bw’ibinyoma bwasubijweho mu iyubakwa rya kabiri kandi rihoraho ry’urusengero rwa Parthenon, maze uburezi nyakuri burangwa no kwangwa binyuze mu kumvikana n’isi kw’ubuyobozi bw’itorero ry’Abadiventisiti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi b’i Lawodikiya.

Nashville’s nickname, the “Athens of the South”, influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals. However, the Parthenon was the only one that was an exact reproduction. Today’s Nashville, Tennessee, is famous for its music, but before there was the Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville was famous for its education, not singing.

Izina ry’akabyiniriro rya Nashville, “Athens yo mu Majyepfo”, ryagize uruhare mu guhitamo iyo nyubako ngo ibe igice nyamukuru cy’Imurikabikorwa ry’Ikinyejana cyo mu 1897. Inyubako nyinshi zari muri iryo murikabikorwa zari zishingiye ku byitegererezo bya kera. Ariko Parthenon ni yo yonyine yari kopi nyakuri rwose. Nashville y’uyu munsi, muri Tennessee, izwi cyane kubera umuziki wayo, ariko mbere y’uko habaho Inzu Ndangamurage ya Johnny Cash, Nashville yari izwi cyane kubera uburezi bwayo, atari ukuririmba.

By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system. By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors. At the time, Nashville was known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture.

Mu myaka ya 1850, Nashville yari yarabonye izina ry’akabyiniriro rya “Ateni y’Amajyepfo” kubera ko yari yaramaze gushinga ibigo byinshi by’amashuri makuru; kandi ni yo yabaye umujyi wa mbere wo mu majyepfo ya Amerika washyizeho gahunda y’amashuri ya Leta. Ikinyejana kigiye kurangira, Nashville yari kubona Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, na Vanderbilt University byose bifungura imiryango yabyo. Muri icyo gihe, Nashville yari izwi ko ari umwe mu mijyi yo mu majyepfo irangwa no kunonosorwa no kwiga cyane kurusha indi, yuzuyemo ubutunzi n’umuco.

The mystery of iniquity is both a noun and a verb in the inspired Word. Inspiration identifies Satan, and the pope, who Sister White calls Satan’s “right hand man,” as the mystery of iniquity. Yet the “mystery of iniquity” also describes the amalgamation of truth and error. Joel’s four generations of apostasy aligns with Ezekiel chapter eight’s four escalating abominations. Those two witnesses align with the first four churches of Revelation, and the third church is represented by Constantine’s compromise of Christianity combined with paganism. Those first four churches align with the history of ancient Israel, that symbolizes modern Israel’s history.

Ubwiru bw’ubugome ni izina kandi ni igikorwa mu Ijambo ryahumetswe. Uguhumekerwa kugaragaza Satani, na papa, uwo Mushiki wa White yita “ukuboko kwe kw’iburyo” kwa Satani, nk’ubwiru bw’ubugome. Nyamara kandi, “ubwiru bw’ubugome” busobanura no kuvanga ukuri n’ikinyoma. Ibisekuru bine by’ubuyobe bya Yoweli bihura n’ibizira bine bigenda byiyongera byo muri Ezekiyeli igice cya munani. Abo bagabo babiri b’abahamya bahura n’amatorero ane ya mbere yo mu Ibyahishuwe, kandi itorero rya gatatu rishushanywa no kwiyoroshya kwa Konstantini mu Bukristo kwahujwe n’ubupagani. Ayo matorero ane ya mbere ahura n’amateka ya Isirayeli ya kera, agereranya amateka ya Isirayeli ya none.

In the third generation of ancient Israel, the kings of Israel formed alliances with the other nations that were never to be brought into alliance with God’s people. The parallel of ancient literal Israel and the Christian church as set forth in the book of Revelation is a prophetic subject set forth clearly in the study titled, Habakkuk’s Tables. Joel aligns the fourth and final generation who are “cut off” from being God’s chosen covenant people with the twenty-five elders who are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel’s four escalating abominations. That fourth generation where Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism is cut off as they bow to the sun at the Sunday law, aligns with the fourth church of Thyatira that symbolizes the reign of the papacy at either 538 or the soon-coming Sunday law. The third church of Pergamos represents “compromise” whether ancient Israel aligning with pagan kingdoms, or Constantine combining paganism with Christianity, and those two witnesses address the third generation of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen.

Mu gisekuru cya gatatu cya Isirayeli ya kera, abami ba Isirayeli bagiranye imishyikirano n’andi mahanga atagombaga na rimwe kwinjizwa mu bumwe n’ubwoko bw’Imana. Ihuzabishushanyo hagati ya Isirayeli ya kera nyakuri n’itorero rya Gikristo nk’uko ryashyizwe ahagaragara mu gitabo cy’Ibyahishuwe ni ingingo y’ubuhanuzi yatanzwe mu buryo busobanutse mu nyigisho yiswe, Imbonerahamwe za Habakuki. Yoweli ahuza igisekuru cya kane kandi cya nyuma “gikurwaho” ku kuba ubwoko bw’Imana bwatoranyijwe bw’isezerano n’abakuru makumyabiri na batanu bunamye izuba mu bizira bine byiyongera uburemere muri Ezekiyeli. Icyo gisirikare cya kane aho Uwadivantisiti bw’Umunsi wa Karindwi bwa Lawodikiya bukurwaho igihe bunamiye izuba ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru, gihuzwa n’itorero rya kane rya Tiyatira rigereranya ubutegetsi bw’ubupapa haba mu mwaka wa 538 cyangwa ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba. Itorero rya gatatu rya Perugamo rigereranya “ubwumvikane bwo guteshuka” yaba Isirayeli ya kera yishyize hamwe n’ubwami bw’abapagani, cyangwa Konstantino avangavanze ubupagani n’Ubukristo, kandi abo batangabuhamya babiri bavugana n’igisekuru cya gatatu cy’inyamaswa yo mu isi yo mu Ibyahishuwe cumi na bitatu.

The four generations of the United States, who among other truths was typified by Egypt during the bondage of 400/430 years, that concluded with Pharaoh drowning in the waters of the Red Sea. Those waters marked the end of the nation that was to be judged when God brought about deliverance for ancient Israel through the prophet Moses. The United States is judged in the period of time that judgment concludes upon God’s church, so it is to be noted that the water that ended the life of Pharaoh was brought upon Pharaoh by the release of the east wind that had been holding the waters in place as God delivered His chosen people. The east wind is the third woe that strikes at the Sunday law when the earthquake of Revelation eleven arrives.

Ibisekuru bine bya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, byagereranyijwe na Egiputa mu bindi by’ukuri, mu gihe cy’uburetwa bw’imyaka 400/430, cyasojwe no kurohamira kwa Farawo mu mazi y’Inyanja Itukura. Ayo mazi yaranze iherezo ry’ishyanga ryagombaga gucirwaho iteka igihe Imana yazanaga gukizwa kwa Isirayeli ya kera ikoresheje umuhanuzi Mose. Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zicirwaho urubanza mu gihe urubanza rusozwa ku itorero ry’Imana, bityo rero bikwiye kwitonderwa ko amazi yahitanye ubuzima bwa Farawo yamuteyeho kubera kurekurwa kw’umuyaga w’iburasirazuba wari warafashe ayo mazi mu mwanya wayo mu gihe Imana yacunguraga ubwoko Bwayo bwatoranijwe. Umuyaga w’iburasirazuba ni ishyano rya gatatu rikubita ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru igihe umutingito wo mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi na kimwe ugera.

The generation that precedes the fourth and final generation of the earth beast is fulfilled on both the Republican and Protestant horns. The compromise of the Republican horn that was accomplished in its third generation occurred in the period surrounding the first world war, and it marked the United States turning its economic structure over to the globalists of the Federal Reserve. In that same period Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism sought to have its medical and educational work “accredited” by the standards of worldly education and medicine. As a verb the “mystery of iniquity” represents the compromise of Constantine and the kings of ancient Israel with the powers of the world. The word used by inspiration to describe the compromise is “amalgamation,” as defined in the dictionary of Ellen White’s time as; "to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend." The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree of amalgamation, the tree of compromise. “The last mighty conflict,” is the Sunday law crisis, and Satan’s preparation for that crisis is “the mystery of iniquity,” that blends human wisdom with Divine revelation.

Igisekuru kibanziriza igisekuru cya kane kandi cya nyuma cy’inyamaswa yo mu isi gisohorezwa ku mahembe yombi, irya Repubulika n’irya Porotesitanti. Kwigomwa kw’ihame kw’ihembe rya Repubulika, kwasohorejwe mu gisekuru cyaryo cya gatatu, kwabereye mu gihe gikikije Intambara ya Mbere y’Isi Yose, kandi kwaranzwe n’uko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zashyikirije imiterere y’ubukungu bwazo ab’isi bose bashaka gutegeka isi bo muri Federal Reserve. Muri icyo gihe nyine, Ubudiventisiti bw’Umunsi wa Karindwi bwa Lawodikiya bwashatse ko umurimo wabwo w’ubuvuzi n’uburezi “wemerwa ku mugaragaro” hakurikijwe amahame y’uburezi n’ubuvuzi byo mu isi. Nk’inshinga, “ubwiru bw’ubugome” bugaragaza kwigomwa kw’ihame kwa Konstantino n’abami ba Isirayeli ya kera imbere y’ububasha bw’isi. Ijambo ryakoreshejwe n’Ihumekerwa mu gusobanura uko kwigomwa kw’ihame ni “kwivanga,” nk’uko ryasobanuwe mu nkoranyamagambo yo mu gihe cya Ellen White ngo: “kuvangavanga cyangwa guhuza mu ivanga; kubivanagamo kimwe.” Igiti cyo kumenya icyiza n’ikibi ni igiti cyo kwivanga, igiti cyo kwigomwa kw’ihame. “Intambara ikomeye ya nyuma” ni ikibazo cy’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru, kandi ukwitegura kwa Satani kuri icyo kibazo ni “ubwiru bw’ubugome,” buvanga ubwenge bwa kimuntu n’ihishurirwa ry’Imana.

> “Satan is busily laying his plans for the last mighty conflict, when all will take sides....

> “Satani ari guhugira cyane gutegura imigambi ye y’intambara ikomeye ya nyuma, ubwo bose bazafata impande....”

> “Listen to the voices, mark the powers, that prevail in the world. Is there any voice of prayer? Do you see any sign that God is recognized? There are priests, plenty of them; but they are trampling under their feet the law of Jehovah. Their garments are stained with the blood of souls. Multitudes are sacrificing to devils. Look, you who are hesitating between obedience and disobedience. Look in imagination at the vast multitudes worshipping at Satan’s altar. Listen to the music, to the language, called higher education. But what does God declare it?—The mystery of iniquity.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

> “Nimwumve amajwi, mumenye ububasha butegeka isi. Mbese hari ijwi iryo ari ryo ryose ry’amasengesho? Mbese mubona ikimenyetso icyo ari cyo cyose cyerekana ko Imana yemerwa? Hariho abatambyi, kandi ni benshi; ariko barimo bakandagira amategeko ya Yehova munsi y’ibirenge byabo. Imyambaro yabo yandujwe n’amaraso y’ubugingo bw’abantu. Imbaga nyamwinshi iri gutambira abadayimoni. Nimurebe, mwa bantu mwe muterajwe hagati yo kumvira no kutumvira. Nimwitegereze mu bitekerezo imbaga nini cyane irimo kuramiriza ku gicaniro cya Satani. Nimwumve umuziki, n’ururimi, byitwa amashuri yo mu rwego rwo hejuru. Ariko se Imana ibivugaho iki?—Ubwiru bw’ubugome.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

In the last conflict when “all will take sides” the test of the Garden of Eden is repeated. The test that in the beginning was isolated to a tree in the middle of a garden, it is repeated at the end, in the entire world. Satan's work in advance of the final battle is “the mystery of iniquity,” which is defined as “higher education!” The symbol of “higher education” in the land of the earth beast is found in Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Athens of the South,’ where the Parthenon temple is located in contrast with the true education once represented in Nashville by Madison College. The following statement from inspiration is cited in its entirety at the end of this article, but a few points should be considered at this point.

Mu makimbirane ya nyuma, igihe “abantu bose bazafata impande,” ikigeragezo cyo mu Ngobyi ya Edeni cyongera kubaho. Ikigeragezo mu itangiriro cyari cyagarukiye ku giti kiri hagati mu ngobyi, cyongera kubaho ku iherezo, mu isi yose. Umurimo wa Satani ubanziriza intambara ya nyuma ni “amayobera y’ubugome,” asobanurwa ko ari “uburezi bwo hejuru!” Ikimenyetso cy’“uburezi bwo hejuru” mu gihugu cy’inyamaswa yo ku isi kiboneka i Nashville, Tennessee, “Athens yo mu Majyepfo,” ahari urusengero rwa Parthenon, bihabanye n’uburezi nyakuri bwigeze guhagararirwa i Nashville na Madison College. Amagambo akurikira ava mu buhumekero bw’Imana asubiwemo yose uko yakabaye ku musozo w’iyi ngingo, ariko hari ingingo nke zigomba kwitabwaho muri iki gihe.

> “All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history....

> Bose bakeneye ubwenge kugira ngo bashakashake neza ubwiru bw’ubugome, bugira uruhare runini cyane mu isoza ry’amateka y’iyi si....

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising....

> “Nta nzira y’ikirengahagati igana muri Paradizo izasubizwaho. Ubutumwa umuntu yahawe bwo muri iyi minsi y’imperuka si ubwo kwivanga n’amayeri yahimbwe n’abantu....”

> “Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom.... All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Abazamuwe n’Imana ikabashyira mu myanya ikomeye yo kwizerwa bashobora guhindukira bakava ku mucyo w’ijuru bagakurikira ubwenge bw’abantu.... Abashaka bose kugira imico izatuma bakorana n’Imana kandi bakakira ishimwe ry’Imana, bagomba kwitandukanya n’abanzi b’Imana, kandi bagakomeza ukuri Kristo yahaye Yohana ngo akuhe isi.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

The “all” who need “wisdom” represents all who are brought into a testing process that ultimately produces two classes of worshippers. The “wise” are those who secure the needed “wisdom.” The testing process begins when the revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed, just before the close of human probation. That unsealing begins an “increase of knowledge.” Those who are confronted with the test associated with the revelation of Jesus Christ will secure the “oil” of prophetic knowledge designed to guide, prepare and sanctify in advance of the arrival of the east wind at the Sunday law. The “tree of knowledge of good and evil” is the symbol of the counterfeit Bread of Heaven that is to be eaten or rejected.

“Bose” bose bakeneye “ubwenge” bahagarariye abantu bose bazanwa mu nzira yo kugeragezwa, amaherezo ikabyara ibyiciro bibiri by’abaramya. “Abanyabwenge” ni ba bandi babona kandi bagafata “ubwenge” bukenewe. Iyo nzira yo kugeragezwa itangira igihe guhishurwa kwa Yesu Kristo gukurwaho ikimenyetso, mbere gato y’iherezo ry’igihe cy’igeragezwa cy’umuntu. Uko gukurwaho ikimenyetso gutangiza “kwiyongera kw’ubumenyi.” Abahura n’ikigeragezo gifitanye isano n’uguhishurwa kwa Yesu Kristo bazabona “amavuta” y’ubumenyi bw’ubuhanuzi yagenewe kuyobora, gutegura no kweza mbere y’uko umuyaga w’iburasirazuba ugera ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru. “Igiti cyo kumenya icyiza n’ikibi” ni ikimenyetso cy’Umugati wo mu Ijuru w’impimbano ugomba kuribwa cyangwa kwangwa.

In Galilee, at the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus lost more followers at one incident than any other time in His ministry. There the test was whether the prophetic words of Christ were literal or spiritual, and those who failed the test, failed—for they forgot that man is to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Christ had stated clearly that He was the Bread sent down from heaven and those who failed the test had blended Truth with human wisdom, represented by the Greeks.

I Galilaya, mu isinagogi y’i Kaperinawumu, Yesu yatakaje abayoboke benshi icyarimwe kuruta ikindi gihe icyo ari cyo cyose mu murimo We. Aho ikigeragezo cyari ukumenya niba amagambo ya gihanuzi ya Kristo yarasobanurwaga uko yavuze koko cyangwa mu buryo bw’umwuka, kandi abananiwe icyo kigeragezo barananiwe—kuko bibagiwe yuko umuntu akwiriye kubeshwaho na buri jambo ryose rituruka mu kanwa k’Imana. Kristo yari yaravuze yeruye ko ari We Mugati wamanutse uva mu ijuru, kandi abananiwe icyo kigeragezo bari baravangavanze Ukuri n’ubwenge bwa kimuntu, bugereranywa n’Abagiriki.

Before Eve began the failure of the garden, Christ had instructed both Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The first of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is the fear of God.

Mbere y’uko Eva atangira kunanirwa mu busitani, Kristo yari yarategetse Adamu na Eva kutarya ku mbuto z’igiti cy’ubumenyi bw’icyiza n’ikibi. Icya mbere mu ntambwe eshatu z’ubutumwa bwiza bw’iteka ryose ni ukutinya Imana.

> “Let the mind grasp the stupendous truths of revelation, and it will never be content to employ its powers upon frivolous themes; it will turn with disgust from the trashy literature and idle amusements that are demoralizing the youth of today. Those who have communed with the poets and sages of the Bible, and whose souls have been stirred by the glorious deeds of the heroes of faith, will come from the rich fields of thought far more pure in heart and elevated in mind than if they had been occupied in studying the most celebrated secular authors, or in contemplating and glorifying the exploits of the Pharaohs and Herods and Caesars of the world.

> “Nihareka ubwenge bumenya ukuri gutangaje guhambaye kwahishuwe, kandi ntibuzigera bushobora kunyurwa no gukoresha ubushobozi bwabwo ku ngingo z’ibitagira umumaro; buzatera umugongo, bubinubiwe, ibitabo by’urucantege n’imyidagaduro y’ubupfapfa biri konona urubyiruko rw’iki gihe. Abasabanye n’abasizi n’abanyabwenge bo muri Bibiliya, kandi imitima yabo igakangurwa n’ibikorwa by’ikuzo by’intwari z’ukwizera, bazava muri ayo masoko akungahaye y’ibitekerezo bafite umutima usukuye kurushaho kandi bafite ubwenge bwashyizwe hejuru kuruta uko baba bameze iyo baza kuba bahugijwe no kwiga abanditsi b’isi bazwi cyane kurusha abandi, cyangwa no gutekereza no gusingiza ibikorwa by’Abafirawo n’Abaherodi n’Abasesari bo mu isi.”

> “The powers of the youth are mostly dormant, because they do not make the fear of God the beginning of wisdom. The Lord gave Daniel wisdom and knowledge, because he would not be influenced by any power that would interfere with his religious principles. The reason why we have so few men of mind, of stability and solid worth, is that they think to find greatness while disconnecting from Heaven.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

> “Ubushobozi bw’urubyiruko ahanini buba businziriye, kuko badahindura kubaha Imana intangiriro y’ubwenge. Uwiteka yahaye Daniyeli ubwenge n’ubumenyi, kuko atemeye kuyoborwa n’imbaraga iyo ari yo yose yari kubangamira amahame ye y’idini. Impamvu dufite abantu bake cyane b’abahanga mu gutekereza, bafite gushikama n’agaciro nyakuri, ni uko batekereza ko babona ubuhangange mu gihe batandukanyije n’Ijuru.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

Eve lost her “fear of God.” She should have trembled at the words of God, which is an attribute of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The fear of God is the first of three tests, and it begins when the prophetic Word is unsealed, ultimately producing a class of wise and a class of foolish. The beginning for those who are destined to be wise is to tremble at God’s Word. Eve did not do this, and when confronted with the second step of the testing process she was unable to give God glory, and then was confronted with the hour of judgment where she manifested the nakedness of Laodicea.

Eva yatakaje “kubaha Imana.” Yagombaga guhinda umushyitsi imbere y’amagambo y’Imana, ari ryo riranga bamwe ibihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine. Kubaha Imana ni ikizamini cya mbere mu bizamini bitatu, kandi bitangira igihe Ijambo ry’ubuhanuzi rikurwaho ikimenyetso, amaherezo bikabyara itsinda ry’abanyabwenge n’itsinda ry’abapfu. Intangiriro ku bagenewe kuba abanyabwenge ni uguhinda umushyitsi imbere y’Ijambo ry’Imana. Eva ntiyabigenje atyo, maze igihe yagerwagaho intambwe ya kabiri y’igikorwa cy’igeragezwa ntiyashoboye guha Imana icyubahiro, hanyuma aza guhura n’isaha y’urubanza, aho yagaragaje ubwambure bwa Lawodikiya.

> “All who would perfect a Christian character must wear the yoke of Christ. If they would sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, they must learn of Him while on this earth. Christ pleased not Himself. The whole of His life was the development of a pure, disinterested benevolence. He assumed human nature to demonstrate to the fallen world, to Satan and his synagogue, to the universe of heaven, to the worlds unfallen, that human nature, united with His divine nature, could become entirely obedient to the law of God. All need to enquire, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ God requires humble, contrite hearts, that tremble at His word. It is only from the divine altar that we can receive the celestial torch, which, when received, will give us a full view of our incompetence, and reveal to us the dignity and glory of Christ. When this is seen, God places us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and it will lead us into all truth.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.

> “Abifuza bose gutunganya imico ya Gikristo bagomba kwambara umugogo wa Kristo. Niba bashaka kwicarana na We ahantu ho mu ijuru muri Kristo Yesu, bagomba kumwigiraho bakiri kuri iyi si. Kristo ntiyinejeje ubwe. Ubugingo bwe bwose bwari ukwihingamo kugira neza kutanduye, kutarangwa no kwikunda. Yafashe kamere muntu kugira ngo yereke isi yaguye, Satani n’isinagogi ye, ijuru ryose n’andi masi ataracumuye, ko kamere muntu, ihujwe na kamere ye y’Ubumana, yashoboraga kuganduka rwose ku mategeko y’Imana. Bose bakeneye kwibaza bati, ‘Ni iki nkwiriye gukora kugira ngo nkizwe?’ Imana ishaka imitima yicishije bugufi, imenetse, ihindishwa umushyitsi n’ijambo ryayo. Ni ku gicaniro cy’Imana cyonyine dushobora kwakirira ikibatsi cyo mu ijuru, kandi iyo tucyakiriye kiduha kubona byuzuye ukudashobora kwacu, kikaduhishurira icyubahiro n’ubwiza bya Kristo. Ibi iyo bimaze kuboneka, Imana idushyira munsi y’ubuyobozi bw’Umwuka Wera, kandi uwo ni we utuyobora mu kuri kose.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.

The amalgamation of truth and error is the work of Satan which is identified as the mystery of iniquity. The compromise of all mankind in the final movements of the investigative judgment is enshrined in the Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ukuvangavanga ukuri n'ikinyoma ni umurimo wa Satani, kandi ni byo bizwi nk'ubwiru bw'ubugome. Kwigerezaho kwa bene muntu bose mu bikorwa bya nyuma by'urubanza rw'igenzura bishushanyijwe mu rusengero rwa Parthenon i Nashville, muri Tennessee.

> “It is not wise to send our youth to universities where they devote their time to gaining a knowledge of Greek and Latin, while their heads and hearts are being filled with the sentiments of the infidel authors whom they study in order to master these languages. They gain a knowledge that is not at all necessary, or in harmony with the lessons of the great Teacher. Generally those educated in this way have much self-esteem. They think they have reached the height of higher education, and carry themselves proudly, as though they were no longer learners. They are spoiled for the service of God. The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest value to them.

> “Ntabwo ari iby’ubwenge kohereza urubyiruko rwacu muri za kaminuza, aho bamara igihe cyabo bashaka kumenya Ikigereki n’Ikilatini, mu gihe imitwe n’imitima byabo byuzuzwa ibitekerezo by’abanditsi batizera Imana, abo biga kugira ngo bashobore gutsinda izo ndimi. Bamenya ubumenyi butari ngombwa na gato, kandi budahuye n’amasomo y’Umwigisha ukomeye. Muri rusange, abize muri ubwo buryo bagira kwiyemera kwinshi. Batekereza ko bageze ku rwego rwo hejuru rw’uburezi buhambaye, kandi bakigengesera mu bwibone, nk’aho batakiri abigishwa. Bangirizwa umurimo w’Imana. Igihe, uburyo, n’amasomo benshi bakoresheje bashaka uburezi bufite akamaro gake ugereranyije byari bikwiye gukoreshwa mu gushaka uburezi bwari kubagira abagabo n’abagore buzuye impande zose, babereye imibereho y’ibikorwa. Bene ubwo burezi bwari kuba ari ubw’agaciro gakomeye cyane kuri bo.”

> “What do students carry with them when they leave our schools? Where are they going? What are they going to do? Have they the knowledge that will enable them to teach others? Have they been educated to be wise fathers and mothers? Can they stand at the head of a family as wise instructors? In their home life can they so instruct their children that theirs will be a family that God can behold with pleasure, because it is a symbol of the family in heaven? Have they received the only education that can truly be called ‘higher education’?

> “Abanyeshuri bajyana iki hamwe na bo iyo bavuye mu mashuri yacu? Bajya he? Ni iki bagiye gukora? Mbese bafite ubumenyi buzabafasha kwigisha abandi? Mbese barezwe kugira ngo babe ba se n’ababyeyi b’abanyabwenge? Bashobora guhagarara ku isonga ry’urugo nk’abigisha b’ubwenge? Mu mibereho yabo yo mu rugo bashobora se kwigisha abana babo ku buryo urugo rwabo rwaba urugo Imana ishobora kurebana ibyishimo, kuko ari ikimenyetso cy’umuryango wo mu ijuru? Mbese bahawe ya nyigisho yonyine ishobora by’ukuri kwitwa ‘amashuri makuru’?”

> “What is higher education? No education can be called higher education unless it bears the similitude of heaven, unless it leads young men and young women to be Christlike, and fits them to stand at the head of their families in the place of God. If, during his school life, a young man has failed to gain a knowledge of Greek and Latin and the sentiments contained in the works of infidel authors, he has not sustained much loss. If Jesus Christ had deemed this kind of education essential, would he not have given it to his disciples, whom he was educating to do the greatest work ever committed to mortals, to represent him in the world? But, instead, he placed sacred truth in their hands, to be given to the world in its simplicity.

> “Amashuri makuru ni iki? Nta burezi na bumwe bwakwitwa amashuri makuru keretse bugaragaza ishusho y’ijuru, keretse buyobora abasore n’inkumi kugira ngo bahinduke nkabo Kristo, kandi bukabategurira guhagarara ku isonga ry’imiryango yabo mu mwanya w’Imana. Niba, mu gihe cye cy’ishuri, umusore yarananiwe kugira ubumenyi bw’Ikigereki n’Ikilatini hamwe n’ibitekerezo bikubiye mu nyandiko z’abanditsi batemera Imana, nta gihombo gikomeye aba yagize. Iyo Yesu Kristo aza kuba yaratekereje ko ubu bwoko bw’uburezi ari ngombwa, mbese ntiyari kubuha abigishwa be, abo yigishaga gukora umurimo uruta indi yose yigeze guhabwa abantu bapfa, wo kumuhagararira mu isi? Ahubwo, mu cyimbo cyabyo, yabashyize mu maboko ukuri kwera, kugira ngo bahereze isi mu bworoherane kwabyo.

> “There are times when Greek and Latin scholars are needed. Some must study these languages. This is well. But not all, and not many, should study them. Those who think that a knowledge of Greek and Latin is essential to a higher education, cannot see afar off. Neither is a knowledge of the mysteries of that which the men of the world call science necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It is Satan who fills the mind with sophistry and tradition, which exclude the true higher education, and which will perish with the learner.

> “Hari ibihe abahanga mu Kigiriki no mu Kilatini bakenerwa. Hari bamwe bagomba kwiga izo ndimi. Ibyo ni byiza. Ariko si bose, kandi si benshi, bagomba kuziga. Abatekereza ko kumenya Ikigiriki n’Ikilatini ari ngombwa kugira ngo umuntu agere ku rwego rwo hejuru rw’uburezi, ntibashobora kureba kure. Kandi no kumenya amabanga y’ibyo abantu b’isi bita ubumenyi si ngombwa kugira ngo umuntu yinjire mu bwami bw’Imana. Ni Satani wuzuza ubwenge bw’umuntu ubuhendanyi n’imigenzo, bikuraho uburezi nyakuri bwo ku rwego rwo hejuru, kandi ibyo bizashirana n’uwabyize.

> “Those who have received a false education do not look heavenward. They cannot see the One who is the true Light, ‘which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.’ They look upon eternal realities as phantoms, calling an atom a world, and a world an atom. Of many who have received the so-called higher education, God declares, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—wanting in a knowledge of practical business, wanting in a knowledge of how to make the best use of time, wanting in a knowledge of how to labor for Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

> “Abahawe inyigisho y’ibinyoma ntibareba berekeza mu ijuru. Ntibashobora kubona Uwo ari we Mucyo nyakuri, ‘umurika umuntu wese uje mu isi.’ Bareba ibintu by’iteka ryose nk’aho ari ibidafite ukuri, bakita akaremangingo isi, n’isi bakayita akaremangingo. Kuri benshi bahawe icyo bita amashuri yo hejuru, Imana iravuga iti: ‘Wapimwe ku minzani, usangwa ubuze,’—ubuze ubumenyi bw’imirimo ifatika, ubuze ubumenyi bwo gukoresha neza igihe, ubuze ubumenyi bwo gukorera Yesu.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

The warning of the fireballs of Nashville is not an arbitrary city, it is a direct judgment brought upon Seventh-day Adventists, the United States and the world. The fireballs of Nashville represent different attributes for the various categories of Adventism, the earth beast and the world. The fireballs of Nashville are God’s judgment upon false education, symbolized by the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Umuburo uvugwa n’imipira y’umuriro ya Nashville ntiwerekeye umujyi uwo ari wo wose mu buryo bw’impanuka, ahubwo ni urubanza rutaziguye ruzanywe ku Badiventisiti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi, Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika n’isi. Imipira y’umuriro ya Nashville igereranya imiterere itandukanye ku byiciro binyuranye by’Ubwadiventisiti, inyamaswa y’isi n’isi. Imipira y’umuriro ya Nashville ni urubanza rw’Imana ku burezi bw’ibinyoma, bugereranywa n’igiti cy’ubumenyi bw’icyiza n’ikibi.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tuzakomeza iki cyigisho mu nyandiko ikurikira.

> “By a variety of images the Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people. All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history. God’s presentation of the detestable works of the inhabitants of the ruling powers of the world who bind themselves into secret societies and confederacies, not honoring the law of God, should enable the people who have the light of truth to keep clear of all these evils. More and more will all false religionists of the world manifest their evil doings; for there are but two parties, those who keep the commandments of God and those who war against God’s holy law....

> “Mu mashusho anyuranye Uwiteka Yesu yeretse Yohana kamere mbi n’influence y’ubushukanyi by’abagiye barangwa no gutoteza ubwoko bw’Imana. Bose bakeneye ubwenge kugira ngo bashakashake bitonze ubwiru bw’ubugome bufite umwanya munini cyane mu isozwa ry’amateka y’iyi si. Uko Imana igaragaza imirimo y’imiziro y’abatuye mu butegetsi bugenga isi, abishyira hamwe mu mashyirahamwe y’ibanga no mu mahuriro, batubaha amategeko y’Imana, byagombye gutuma abantu bafite umucyo w’ukuri birinda rwose ibyo byaha byose. Uko bukeye n’uko bwije abanyedini b’ibinyoma bo mu isi bose bazagenda bagaragaza ibikorwa byabo bibi; kuko hariho amatsinda abiri gusa, abakomeza amategeko y’Imana n’abarwanya amategeko yera y’Imana....”

> “The enmity between the seed of the woman and the serpent is clearly defined by the Lord. ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ ‘And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’

> “Urwango hagati y’urubyaro rw’umugore n’inzoka wasobanuwe neza n’Umwami. ‘Kandi nzashyira urwango hagati yawe n’umugore, no hagati y’urubyaro rwawe n’urwe; rwo ruzagukomeretsa umutwe, nawe uzarukomeretsa agatsinsino.’ ‘Nuko kuri Adamu aravuga ati: Kubera ko wumviye ijwi ry’umugore wawe, ukarya ku giti nagutegetse nti: Ntuzakiryeko, ubutaka buvumwe ku bwawe; uzajya uburya ubabaye iminsi yose y’ubugingo bwawe; buzajya bukumereraho amahwa n’ibitovu; kandi uzajya urya ibyatsi byo mu gasozi; ni mu cyuya cyo mu maso hawe uzabonera ibyokurya, kugeza ubwo uzasubira mu butaka; kuko ari mo wakuwe: uri umukungugu, kandi mu mukungugu ni ho uzasubira.’”

> “By following his own way, by acting in harmony with Satan’s temptations and in opposition to the known will of God, man vainly attempted to elevate and bless himself. Thus he gained an experimental knowledge of disobedience to God’s commandments. Thus he knew good and evil; thus he lost his fidelity and loyalty to God and opened the floodgates of evil and suffering to the whole human family. How many today are making the same experiment! When will man learn that the only means for his safety is through a full confidence in a ‘thus saith the Lord’?

> “Mu gukurikira inzira ye bwite, mu gukora ahuje n’ibishuko bya Satani kandi arwanya ubushake bw’Imana yari azi, umuntu yagerageje ubusa kwishyira hejuru no kwihesha umugisha. Ni ko yamenye mu bunararibonye icyo kutumvira amategeko y’Imana ari cyo. Ni ko yamenye icyiza n’ikibi; ni ko yatakaje ubudahemuka n’ubudahemuka bwe ku Mana, kandi akingurira umuryango wose w’abantu imyuzure y’ibibi n’imibabaro. Ni bangahe muri iki gihe barimo gukora icyo kigeragezo nyine! Mbese umuntu azigira ryari ko uburyo bwonyine bwo kugira umutekano bunyura mu kwiringira byuzuye “Uko Uwiteka avuga”?

> “Satan is seeking to intrude his own inventions upon the children of God through human methods. He is seeking to be received as God, or even to be placed above God.

> “Satani arashaka kwinjiza mu bana b’Imana ibyo yihimbiye akoresheje uburyo bwa kimuntu. Arashaka kwemerwa nk’Imana, cyangwa ndetse agashyirwa hejuru y’Imana.

> “In changing the Sabbath to the first day of the week, he leads men to disbelieve God’s declarations, and so to regard their own ways and plans that they appear exceeding wise in their own eyes and in their perverted judgment. Through human policy he leads men to regard the expressed commandments of God as of less force than human tradition, and to regard a deviation from that law which is always holy and just and good, as of little account. He sees that by thus preventing human agencies from walking as obedient children in harmony with God, he can hinder the accomplishment of God’s work in our world.

> “Mu guhindura Isabato ikagirwa umunsi wa mbere w’icyumweru, ayobora abantu kutizera ibyo Imana yatangaje, bityo bakabona inzira zabo bwite n’imigambi yabo bwite nk’ibigaragara ko bifite ubwenge burengeje urugero mu maso yabo no mu rubanza rwabo rwagoretse. Binyuze mu migambi ya kimuntu, ayobora abantu kubona amategeko y’Imana yatangajwe mu buryo bweruye nk’afite imbaraga nke ugereranyije n’imigenzo y’abantu, kandi no kubona kuyoba kuri iryo tegeko rihora ari iryera, rikiranuka kandi ryiza, nk’ikintu kidafite agaciro kanini. Abona ko, mu kubuza atyo ibikoresho bya kimuntu kugenda nk’abana bumvira bari mu bwumvikane n’Imana, ashobora kubangamira kuranguka k’umurimo w’Imana mu isi yacu.”

> “But Satan’s connivings with human agencies who stand in responsible positions are just as much to be feared and shunned now after the experiment of sin has been tried, as it was in the case of our first parents. I am instructed to say that the men who are placed in positions of responsibility in the work of God have overestimated their right to control others. The position a man occupies does not change his character. Some have seemed to feel that they must devise for churches and for sanitariums and that there was to be no questioning of their judgment. Let them learn of Jesus at every step. He should be the chief authority for every man.

> “Ariko imigambi y’uburiganya bwa Satani ifatanyije n’ibikoresho by’abantu bari mu myanya y’inshingano ikwiriye gutinywa no kwirindwa muri iki gihe nyuma y’uko igeragezwa ry’icyaha rimaze gukorwa, nk’uko byari bimeze ku babyeyi bacu ba mbere. Nategetswe kuvuga yuko abagabo bashyizwe mu myanya y’inshingano mu murimo w’Imana barengeje urugero mu kwitekerezaho ko bafite uburenganzira bwo kugenzura abandi. Umwanya umuntu arimo ntuhindura imico ye. Hari bamwe basa n’abumvise ko bagomba kugenera amatorero n’ibigo by’ubuvuzi ibyo akora, kandi ko hatazagira ujya abaza ku myanzuro yabo. Reka bigire kuri Yesu muri buri ntambwe. Ni We ukwiriye kuba ubutware bukuru kuri buri muntu.”

> “The One who has often been our Instructor says, ‘How hard it is for man to walk humbly with his God, in a contrite spirit taking God’s way and rejecting Satan’s propositions which seem to present great worldly advantages.’ The influence of man’s having his own way in the place of firmly standing on the solid foundation that God alone has laid, has been repeated over and over again. Refusing to walk in the straight paths that God has signified will bring them to confusion and will not teach wisdom to others who have the same test and trial. When will man learn that God is God, and not a man that He should change?

> “Uwo wakunze kutubera Umwigisha wacu aravuga ati: ‘Mbega ukuntu bigora umuntu kugendana n’Imana ye yicishije bugufi, afite umutima umenetse, akurikiza inzira y’Imana kandi yanga ibyo Satani amwereka bimeze nk’ibizana inyungu zikomeye z’isi.’ Ingaruka z’umuntu wo gukurikiza ubushake bwe aho guhagarara ashikamye ku rufatiro rukomeye Imana yonyine yashyizeho, zasubiwemo kenshi na kenshi. Kwanga kugendera mu nzira zigororotse Imana yagaragaje bizabageza mu rujijo kandi ntibizigisha ubwenge abandi bafite ikigeragezo n’ikizamini nk’ibyo. Mbese umuntu azigera ryari amenya ko Imana ari Imana, atari umuntu ngo ihinduke?”

> “Some who have departed from the right way have been in a continual fever to grasp responsibilities that God has not laid upon them. God calls upon every minister and every physician to maintain the simplicity of the truth. The Son of God who is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments is the Saviour of our world today. From Him every medical missionary is to receive his training. Unless he shall separate himself from the prince of the power of the air, he will mislead souls who have confidence in him. Let all beware of men who are so educated and uplifted that their plans cannot be understood by the common people.

> “Bamwe bayobye bava mu nzira nziza bagumye mu muriro udashira wo kwifuza kwikoreza inshingano Imana itabashyizeho. Imana ihamagarira buri mubwiriza na buri muganga gukomeza ubworoherane bw’ukuri. Umwana w’Imana uhishuwe mu Isezerano rya Kera no mu Isezerano Rishya ni we Mukiza w’isi yacu muri iki gihe. Ni kuri we buri mumisiyoneri w’ubuvuzi akwiriye kwakirira amahugurwa ye. Keretse niyitandukanya n’umutware w’ubushobozi bwo mu kirere, azayobya imitima y’abamugirira icyizere. Bose nibirinde abantu bize kandi bashyizwe hejuru ku buryo imigambi yabo idashobora gusobanurwa n’abantu basanzwe.”

> “The intrigues of sin surpass infinite conception. Every calamity, every suffering and death, is an evidence not only of the power of evil but of the truth of the living God. Having known the truth, the word of the living God, which abideth forever, and which through obedience gives life, man’s weakness in conforming to Satan’s ingenuity is surpassingly strange. All who are taught of God recognize Christ as His Son. All who disbelieve the known declarations of God demonstrate the popularity of sin, and are not working on the side of life and immortality which are brought to light through perfect sanctification of the truth. Unless they make a change in character, in words, and in spirit, souls will be lost.

> “Amayeri y’icyaha aruta cyane uko ubwenge butagira iherezo bwabitekereza. Buri byago, buri kubabazwa n’urupfu, ni igihamya kitagaragaza gusa imbaraga z’ikibi, ahubwo n’ukuri kw’Imana nzima. Umuntu amaze kumenya ukuri, ijambo ry’Imana nzima, rihoraho iteka ryose, kandi rikaba ari ryo ritanga ubugingo binyuze mu kumvira, intege nke z’umuntu mu kwemera ubuhanga bwa Satani ziratangaje cyane. Abigishwa bose b’Imana bemera Kristo nk’Umwana Wayo. Abatemera amagambo y’Imana azwi berekana uburyo icyaha gikundwa, kandi ntibakorera ku ruhande rw’ubugingo n’ubudapfa byashyizwe ahagaragara binyuze mu kwezwa kutunganye kw’ukuri. Keretse bakoze impinduka mu mico, mu magambo no mu mwuka, ubugingo buzazimira.”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising. We are not to lean upon the policy of worldly lawyers. We must be humble men of prayer, not acting like those who are blinded by Satan’s agencies.

> “Nta nzira yo hagati igana muri Paradizo izasubizwaho. Ubutumwa umuntu yahawe bw’iyi minsi y’imperuka ntibugomba kuvangwa n’amayeri ahimbwe n’abantu. Ntidukwiriye kwisunga imigambi y’abanyamategeko b’isi. Tugomba kuba abantu bicisha bugufi basenga, tudakora nk’abahumishijwe n’ibikoresho bya Satani.

> “Many have a faith, but not a faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Saving faith is not simply a mere belief of the truth. ‘The devils also believe, and tremble.’ The inspiration of the Spirit of God gives to men a faith that is an impelling power that molds character, and leads men higher than mere formal actions. The words, the actions, and the spirit are to bear testimony to the fact that we are followers of Christ.

> “Benshi bafite ukwizera, ariko si ukwizera gukorera mu rukundo no kweza ubugingo. Ukwizera gukiza si ukwemera ukuri gusa. ‘N’abadayimoni na bo baremera, kandi bagahinda umushyitsi.’ Guhumekerwa kw’Umwuka w’Imana guha abantu ukwizera kuba imbaraga zibasunikira imbere, zikabumba imico, kandi zikabazamura hejuru y’ibikorwa by’umuhango gusa. Amagambo, ibikorwa, n’umwuka bigomba guhamya ko turi abayoboke ba Kristo.

> “The greatest light and blessing that God has bestowed is not a security against transgression and apostasy in these last days. Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom. Their light will then become darkness, their God-entrusted capabilities a snare, their character an offense to God. God will not be mocked. A departure from Him has been and always will be followed by its sure results. The commission of acts that displease God will, unless decidedly repented of and forsaken, instead of seeking to justify them, lead the evildoer on step by step in deception till many sins are committed with impunity. All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Umucyo n’umugisha biruta ibindi Imana yatanze si ingwate yo kwirinda gucumura no kureka ukwizera muri iyi minsi y’imperuka. Abo Imana yashyize mu myanya yo hejuru y’icyizere bashobora kuva ku mucyo wo mu ijuru bakayobokera ubwenge bwa kimuntu. Bityo umucyo wabo uzahinduka umwijima, ubushobozi bwabo bahawe n’Imana buhinduke umutego, imico yabo ibe igisitaza imbere y’Imana. Imana ntishinyagurirwa. Kuva kuri Yo byahoze kandi bizahora bikurikirwa n’ingaruka zabyo zidashidikanywaho. Gukora ibyaha bitanezeza Imana, keretse byihaniwe mu buryo bugaragara kandi bikarekwa burundu, aho gushaka kubyitangira no kubyigira intungane, bizageza inkozi y’ibibi intambwe ku yindi mu buyobe kugeza ubwo ibyaha byinshi bizakorwa nta guhanwa. Abashaka bose kugira imico izatuma baba abafatanyabikorwa n’Imana kandi bakakira ishimwe ry’Imana, bagomba kwitandukanya n’abanzi b’Imana, bakagumya ukuri Kristo yahaye Yohana ngo akuhe isi.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

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