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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Thirteen

Roma Ishyiraho Iyerekwa — Umubare Cumi na Gatatu

The Controversies of Rome: Understanding the Final Test of the Image of the Beast

Impaka z’i Roma: Gusobanukirwa Ikigeragezo cya nyuma cy’Ishusho y’Inyamaswa

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 1, 2024

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As we bring the consideration of the various controversies which have occurred in Advent history together line upon line in order to conclude our understanding of the current issue, we have taken selected attributes of five prophetic lines. The first line is also the last line, for both controversies were directly based upon verse fourteen of Daniel eleven’s “robbers of thy people.” We considered the controversies of Uriah Smith and James White and the controversy of “the daily”, in the book of Daniel. We considered the controversy that occurred after the unsealing of the last six verses of Daniel eleven in 1989, concerning the king of the north. We then considered the four insects of the book of Joel. There is so much more that might be added to each of these lines, but we are simply isolating certain characteristics that contributed to the positions that rejected the truths connected with the subject of Rome.

Mu gihe dushyira hamwe, umurongo ku wundi, isuzuma ry’impaka zitandukanye zabaye mu mateka y’Abadiventisiti kugira ngo dusoze gusobanukirwa kwacu ku kibazo kiriho ubu, twafashe imiterere yatoranyijwe yo mu mirongo itanu y’ubuhanuzi. Umurongo wa mbere ni na wo murongo wa nyuma, kuko izo mpaka zombi zari zishingiye mu buryo butaziguye ku murongo wa cumi na kane wo muri Daniyeli cumi n’umwe, uvuga iby’“abajura b’ubwoko bwawe.” Twasuzumye impaka za Uriah Smith na James White n’impaka zerekeye “iby’igitambo gihoraho”, mu gitabo cya Daniyeli. Twasuzumye kandi impaka zabaye nyuma yo kudafungurwa kw’imirongo itandatu ya nyuma ya Daniyeli cumi n’umwe mu 1989, zerekeye umwami wo mu majyaruguru. Hanyuma dusuzuma udukoko tune two mu gitabo cya Yoweli. Hari ibindi byinshi cyane byashoboraga kongerwaho kuri buri murongo muri iyi, ariko icyo dukora ni ugutandukanya imiterere imwe n’imwe yagize uruhare mu myanya yanze ukuri gufitanye isano n’ingingo yerekeye Roma.

Five histories, but the first also being the last represents six lines. The prophetic setting for these lines of controversy is the last days, so for this reason the lines are to be applied during the test of the image of the beast.

Amateka atanu, ariko irya mbere ikaba ari na yo ya nyuma, agereranya imirongo itandatu. Imiterere y’ubuhanuzi y’iyi mirongo y’impaka ni iy’iminsi y’imperuka; bityo rero, iyi mirongo igomba gushyirwa mu bikorwa mu gihe cy’ikigeragezo cy’ishusho y’inyamaswa.

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. . ..

> “Uwiteka yanyeretse mu buryo bugaragara ko ishusho y’inyamaswa izabumbwa mbere y’uko igihe cy’igeragezwa kirangira; kuko ari yo izaba ikigeragezo gikomeye ku bwoko bw’Imana, ari na cyo amaherezo yabo y’iteka azagenderwaho hafatwa icyemezo....”

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> “Iki ni cyo kigeragezo ubwoko bw’Imana bugomba kunyuramo mbere y’uko bushyirwaho ikimenyetso.” Manuscript Releases, volume ya 15, 15.

The test of the formation of the image of the beast is, as with the other six lines of controversy a test concerning the prophetic subject of Rome. The great test that occurs before God’s people are sealed is about the formation of the image of the Roman beast. The beast is the papal power, and the United States forms an image of the papal power as it progresses to the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ikigeragezo cy’ikorwa ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa ni, kimwe n’uko bimeze ku yindi mirongo itandatu y’impaka, ikigeragezo cyerekeye insanganyamatsiko y’ubuhanuzi ivuga kuri Roma. Ikigeragezo gikomeye kibaho mbere y’uko ubwoko bw’Imana bushyirwaho ikimenyetso ni icyerekeye iremwa ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa y’Abaroma. Inyamaswa ni ububasha bwa gipapa, kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika irema ishusho y’ububasha bwa gipapa uko igenda yegereza amategeko y’icyumweru ari hafi kuza.

> “In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, 443.

> “Kugira ngo Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ziremye igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa, ni ngombwa ko ububasha bw’idini bugenzura cyane ubutegetsi bwa gisivili ku buryo n’ububasha bwa Leta na bwo buzakoreshwa n’itorero kugira ngo rigere ku migambi yaryo bwite.” The Great Controversy, 443.

That Sunday law in the United States identifies that the image of the beast has been fully formed in the United States.

Iryo tegeko ryo ku Cyumweru ryo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika rigaragaza ko ishusho ya ya nyamaswa yamaze kuremwa mu buryo bwuzuye muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.

> “But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image.” The Great Controversy, 449.

> “Ariko mu gikorwa nyir’izina cyo gushyiraho inshingano y’idini hifashishijwe ububasha bwa Leta, amatorero ubwayo yaba aremye ishusho y’inyamaswa; bityo rero, guhatira abantu kuruhuka ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika byaba ari ugushyira mu bikorwa kuramya inyamaswa n’ishusho yayo.” The Great Controversy, 449.

At the Sunday law the image of the beast has been fully formed in the United States, and the United States is then fully disconnected from God and it begins its prophetic work of forcing the entire world to form an image of the beast. At the Sunday law in the United States Satan begins his marvelous work in leading the nations of the world to repeat the process of forming an image of the beast that encompasses all the nations of the world.

Mu itegeko ryo ku cyumweru, ishusho y’inyamaswa iba yamaze gushingwa byuzuye muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, kandi icyo gihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika iba itandukanyijwe n’Imana mu buryo bwuzuye, igatangira umurimo wayo w’ubuhanuzi wo guhatira isi yose gushinga ishusho y’inyamaswa. Mu itegeko ryo ku cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, Satani ni bwo atangira umurimo we utangaje wo kuyobora amahanga y’isi gusubiramo inzira yo gushinga ishusho y’inyamaswa ikubiyemo amahanga yose yo mu isi.

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

> “Itegeko rishyiraho ubutegetsi bw’Ubupapa mu kunyuranya n’amategeko y’Imana ni ryo rizatuma igihugu cyacu cyitandukanya burundu no gukiranuka. Igihe Ubuporotesitanti buzambura ikiganza cyabwo bukambuka uwo mwonga kugira ngo bufate ikiganza cy’ubutegetsi bw’Abaroma, igihe buzarambukira hejuru y’ikuzimu kugira ngo buhuze ibiganza n’Ubupfumu, igihe, bitewe n’ingaruka z’uwo mubano w’ubumwe bw’impande eshatu, igihugu cyacu kizihakana buri hame ry’Itegekoshinga ryacyo nk’ubutegetsi bw’Abaporotesitanti n’ubwa repubulika, kandi kikagena uburyo bwo gukwirakwiza ibinyoma n’ubuyobe bya gipapa, icyo gihe tuzamenya ko igihe kigeze cy’imirimo itangaje ya Satani kandi ko iherezo riri bugufi.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

At the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, Satan, in cooperation with the United States, will force every nation to follow the example of the United States in forming a church and state system, and enforcing Sunday worship.

Mu itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye gutegurwa vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Satani, afatanyije na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, azahatira amahanga yose gukurikiza urugero rwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu gushyiraho gahunda ihuza idini na leta, no gushyiraho ugusenga ku Cyumweru ku gahato.

> “Satan will work the miracles to deceive those who dwell upon the earth. Spiritualism will do its work by causing the dead to be personated. Those religious bodies who refuse to hear God’s messages of warning will be under strong deception, and will unite with the civil power to persecute the saints. The Protestant churches will unite with the papal power in persecuting the commandment-keeping people of God. This is that power which constitutes the great system of persecution which will exercise spiritual tyranny over the consciences of men.

> “Satani azakora ibitangaza kugira ngo ashuke abatuye isi. Ubupfumu bw’imyuka buzakora umurimo wabwo buteza ko abapfuye bigirwa nka bo. Iyo miryango y’idini yanze kumva ubutumwa bw’Imana bwo kuburira izagwa mu bushukanyi bukomeye, kandi izifatanya n’ubutegetsi bwa gisivili gutoteza abera. Amatorero y’Abaporotesitanti azifatanya n’ububasha bwa papa mu gutoteza abantu b’Imana bitondera amategeko. Ubu ni bwo bubasha bugize gahunda nini yo gutoteza, izakoresha igitugu cy’umwuka ku mitimanama y’abantu.”

> “‘He had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.’ Though professing to be followers of the Lamb of God, men become imbued with the spirit of the dragon. They profess to be meek and humble but they speak and legislate with the spirit of Satan, showing by their actions that they are the opposite of what they profess to be. This lamb-like power unites with the dragon in making war upon those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. And Satan unites with Protestants and papists, acting in consort with them as the god of this world, dictating to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.

> “‘Yari ifite amahembe abiri nk’ay’umwana w’intama, kandi yavugaga nk’ikiyoka.’ Nubwo bavuga ko bakurikira Umwana w’Intama w’Imana, abantu buzwa umwuka w’ikiyoka. Bivuga ko bafite ubugwaneza kandi bicisha bugufi, ariko bakavuga kandi bagashyiraho amategeko bayobowe n’umwuka wa Satani, bakerekana mu bikorwa byabo ko banyuranye n’icyo bavuga ko ari cyo. Ubu butegetsi busa n’umwana w’intama bwifatanya n’ikiyoka mu kurwanya abarinda amategeko y’Imana kandi bafite ubuhamya bwa Yesu Kristo. Kandi Satani yifatanya n’Abaporotesitanti n’Abapapa, akorana na bo nk’imana y’iyi si, ategeka abantu nk’aho baba ari abaturage b’ubwami bwe, ngo abafate uko ashaka kandi abayobore kandi abagenzure uko yishakiye.

> “If men will not agree to trample underfoot the commandments of God, the spirit of the dragon is revealed. They are imprisoned, brought before councils, and fined. ‘He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads’ [Revelation 13:16]. ‘He had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed’ [verse 15]. Thus Satan usurps the prerogatives of Jehovah. The man of sin sits in the seat of God, proclaiming himself to be God, and acting above God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 14, 162.

> “Niba abantu batemeye kwemera gukandagira amategeko y’Imana, umwuka wa cya kiyoka urigaragaza. Barafungwa, bakagezwa imbere y’inama, kandi bagacibwa amande. ‘Kandi ategeka bose, abato n’abakuru, abatunzi n’abakene, ab’umudendezo n’abagaragu, guhabwa ikimenyetso ku kuboko kw’iburyo cyangwa ku ruhanga rwabo’ [Ibyahishuwe 13:16]. ‘Kandi ahabwa ububasha bwo guha ubugingo ishusho ya ya nyamaswa, kugira ngo ishusho ya ya nyamaswa ivuge, kandi itume abatazaramya ishusho ya ya nyamaswa bose bicwa’ [umurongo wa 15]. Uko ni ko Satani yigarurira uburenganzira bwa Yehova. Umuntu w’icyaha yicara mu mwanya w’Imana, akivuga ko ari Imana, kandi agakora yishyira hejuru y’Imana.” Manuscript Releases, volume 14, 162.

The papal power is the beast, the United Nations is the dragon and the United States is the false prophet. Those who become confused on the meaning of antichrist, who is both Satan and Satan’s earthly representative, the pope of Rome, will end up on the side of antichrist.

Ububasha bwa papa ni yo nyamaswa, Umuryango w’Abibumbye ni ikiyoka, kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ni umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma. Abajijwa n’icyo antikristo asobanura, ari we Satani ubwe kandi akaba n’uhagarariye Satani ku isi, ari we papa w’i Roma, bazisanga bari ku ruhande rwa antikristo.

The United States is not the man of sin. The man of sin is the antichrist and he is Satan’s earthly representative. To confuse the power that places the papacy on the throne of the earth with the papacy is represented by Paul as evidence of not loving the truth. To reject the prophetic relationship of pagan Rome who restrained the papal power, until pagan Rome was removed, in order for the papal power to be revealed, as set forth in Second Thessalonians chapter two, is to reject the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and accept the outpouring of the unholy spirit, which Paul identifies as strong delusion. That being said, each of the ancient prophets spoke more directly of the last days than the days in which they lived.

Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika si yo muntu w’icyaha. Umuntu w’icyaha ni antikristo, kandi ni we uhagarariye Satani ku isi. Kwitiranya ububasha bushyira ubupapa ku ntebe y’ubwami bw’isi n’ubupapa ubwabwo, Pawulo abigaragaza nk’ikimenyetso cy’uko umuntu adakunda ukuri. Kwanga isano ry’ubuhanuzi ry’i Roma ya gipagani yabuzaga ububasha bwa gipapa, kugeza igihe i Roma ya gipagani yakurwagaho, kugira ngo ububasha bwa gipapa buboneke, nk’uko byashyizwe ahagaragara mu rwa Kabiri rwandikiwe Abatesalonike igice cya kabiri, ni ukwanga isukwa rya Mwuka Wera no kwemera isukwa ry’umwuka utari uwera, Pawulo yita ubuyobe bukomeye. Bityo rero, buri umwe mu bahanuzi ba kera yavuze mu buryo butaziguye kurushaho iby’iminsi y’imperuka kuruta iminsi babayemo.

> “Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ 1 Corinthians 10:11. ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.’ 1 Peter 1:12. . . .

> “Buri wese mu bahanuzi ba kera yavugiye igihe cyacu kurusha uko yavugiye icyabo bwite, ku buryo ubuhanuzi bwabo bufite imbaraga kuri twe. ‘Ibyo byose byababayeho ngo bibe ibyitegererezo; kandi byandikiwe kutuburira twebwe, abasohorejweho n’imperuka y’ibihe.’ 1 Abakorinto 10:11. ‘Ntabwo ari bo ubwabo bakoreraga, ahubwo ni twe bakoreraga ibyo bintu, ubu byabwiwe mwe n’abababwirije ubutumwa bwiza ku bw’Umwuka Wera watumwe ava mu ijuru; ari byo bintu abamarayika bifuza gucengeramo.’ 1 Petero 1:12....

> “The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.

> “Bibiliya yakusanyije kandi ihuriza hamwe ubutunzi bwayo bwose ku bw’iki gisekuru cya nyuma. Ibyabaye byose bikomeye n’ibikorwa byose bikomeye by’amateka yo mu Isezerano rya Kera byarabaye, kandi biracyimo kwisubiramo mu itorero muri iyi minsi y’imperuka.” Selected Messages, igitabo cya 3, 338, 339.

Pagan Rome and the man of sin in Second Thessalonians represents the United States and papal Rome of the last days. To misunderstand this truth is to demonstrate, among other things, that even if a person claims to be basing their private interpretation upon the principle of “type and antitype,” they actually do not understand “type and antitype.” The United States has been typified by several powers in sacred history. Every two-horned power represents the United States in the last days, whether it be the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel, the Medo-Persian Empire, or atheistic France represented by Sodom and Egypt.

Roma y’abapagani n’umuntu w’icyaha uvugwa mu rwandiko rwa kabiri rw’Abatesalonike bihagarariye Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika na Roma ya gipapa yo mu minsi y’imperuka. Kudafata neza uku kuri ni ukugaragaza, mu bindi, ko n’iyo umuntu yaba avuga ko ashingira ubusobanuro bwe bwite ku ihame rya “ikigereranyo n’icyo kigereranya gisohozwamo,” mu by’ukuri aba adasobanukiwe “ikigereranyo n’icyo kigereranya gisohozwamo.” Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zagereranyijwe n’ububasha butandukanye mu mateka yera. Buri butegetsi bwose bufite amahembe abiri bugereranya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika mu minsi y’imperuka, haba ubwami bwo mu majyaruguru n’ubwo mu majyepfo bwa Isirayeli, cyangwa Ingoma y’Abamedi n’Abaperesi, cyangwa Ubufaransa butemera ko Imana iriho bugereranywa na Sodomu na Egiputa.

The period when the United States forms an image of and to the beast has been typified by the iron and clay of Daniel two, and the little horn that manifests as male and female in Daniel eight as well as the prophets of Baal and priests of the grove in the witness of Elijah at Mount Carmel. Salome typifies the United States in the witness of Herod’s drunken birthday party. Pergamos typifies the United States and identifies the compromise that leads to Thyatira, which typifies the papal power of the last days.

Igihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zikora ishusho y’inyamaswa kandi ikayikorera cyarashushanyijwe n’icyuma n’ibumba byo muri Daniyeli 2, n’ihembe rito ryigaragaza nk’igitsina gabo n’igitsina gore muri Daniyeli 8, kimwe n’abahanuzi ba Bāli n’abatambyi b’igicucu mu buhamya bwa Eliya ku Musozi Karumeli. Salome ashushanya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika mu buhamya bw’umunsi mukuru w’amavuko wa Herodi wari wuzuyemo ubusinzi. Perugamo ishushanya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kandi ikagaragaza ubwumvikane buyobora kuri Tiyatira, ishushanya ubutware bwa gipapa bwo mu minsi y’imperuka.

Clovis, king of the Franks in 496, typifies the United States in the Ronald Reagan era. Justinian in 533 represents Donald Trump in advance of the Sunday law. In each typification the United States represents the power that bows in submission to the papal power of the last days. The power who bows in submission is represented as paying homage to Rome. The act of ‘homage” includes bowing to the king, who is the head.

Klovisi, umwami w’Abafaransa mu mwaka wa 496, agereranya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika mu gihe cya Ronald Reagan. Yusitiniyani mu mwaka wa 533 agereranya Donald Trump mbere y’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru. Muri buri kigereranyo, Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zigereranya ubutegetsi bwunamira bukagandukira ububasha bwa papa bwo mu minsi ya nyuma. Ububasha bunamira bukaganduka bugaragazwa nk’aho buha icyubahiro Roma. Igikorwa cyo “guha icyubahiro” gikubiyemo kunamira umwami, ari we mutwe.

> “It has been shown that the United States is the power represented by the beast with lamblike horns, and that this prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance, which Rome claims as the special acknowledgment of her supremacy. But in this homage to the papacy the United States will not be alone. The influence of Rome in the countries that once acknowledged her dominion is still far from being destroyed. And prophecy foretells a restoration of her power. ‘I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.’ Verse 3. The infliction of the deadly wound points to the downfall of the papacy in 1798.

> Byagaragajwe ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ari yo mbaraga igereranywa n’inyamaswa ifite amahembe asa n’ay’umwana w’intama, kandi ko ubu buhanuzi buzasohora igihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika izahatira abantu kubahiriza umunsi w’icyumweru, uwo Roma ivuga ko ari ikimenyetso cyihariye cyo kwemera ubutware bwayo bw’ikirenga. Ariko muri uku guhesha icyubahiro ubupapa, Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ntizizaba ziri zonyine. Ingaruka z’ubutegetsi bwa Roma mu bihugu byigeze kwemera ubutegetsi bwayo ziracyari kure cyane no kurimburwa. Kandi ubuhanuzi buvuga mbere y’igihe ko ububasha bwayo buzasubizwaho. “Mbona kimwe mu mitwe yayo nk’igikomerekejwe kugeza ku rupfu; kandi igikomere cyayo cyica kirakira: isi yose itangarira iyo nyamaswa.” Umurongo wa 3. Gukomeretswa kw’igikomere cyica kwerekana uguhirima k’ubupapa mu mwaka wa 1798.

> After this, says the prophet, ‘his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.’ Paul states plainly that the ‘man of sin’ will continue until the second advent. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8. To the very close of time he will carry forward the work of deception. And the revelator declares, also referring to the papacy: ‘All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life.’ Revelation 13:8. In both the Old and the New World, the papacy will receive homage in the honor paid to the Sunday institution, that rests solely upon the authority of the Roman Church.” The Great Controversy, 578.

> Nyuma y’ibyo, ni ko umuhanuzi avuga ati: “igikomere cyayo cyica cyarakize; isi yose itangarira ya nyamaswa.” Pawulo avuga yeruye ko “umuntu w’icyaha” azakomereza aho kugeza ku kuza kwa kabiri. 2 Abatesalonike 2:3-8. Kugeza ku iherezo ry’igihe rwose azakomeza umurimo wo kuyobya. Kandi uwo wahishuriwe ibyo na we aratangaza, na bwo yerekeza ku bubapasiya, ati: “Abatuye isi bose bazayiramya, abo amazina yabo atanditswe mu gitabo cy’ubugingo.” Ibyahishuwe 13:8. Mu Isi ya Kera no mu Isi Nshya, ubupapa buzahabwa icyubahiro mu cyubahiro kizahabwa gahunda y’icyumweru, ishingiye gusa ku butware bwa Kiliziya y’i Roma.” Intambara Ikomeye, 578.

The last sentence provides more evidence that Sister White understood the expression, “old world” to represent Europe, and the “new world” to represent the Americas. That being as it is, the United States that pays homage to the papal power and forces the rest of the world to do the same. This identifies the United States as in subjection to the directions of the papal power. Isaiah’s identification and emphasis upon understanding the “head” in order to be established finds its divine purpose in that the symbol “head,” becomes a key to understand the external line of prophecy, and also the internal line of prophecy.

Interuro ya nyuma itanga ibindi bimenyetso by’uko Mushiki wa White yumvaga imvugo ngo “isi ya kera” ihagarariye Uburayi, naho “isi nshya” igahagararira Amerika. Bityo rero, Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ni zo zubaha ububasha bwa papa kandi zigahatira n’isi yose isigaye gukora uko ni ko. Ibyo byerekana ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ziri mu kugengwa n’amabwiriza y’ububasha bwa papa. Kugaragaza kwa Yesaya no gushimangira kwe ko hagomba gusobanukirwa “umutwe” kugira ngo umuntu akomezwe, bibona umugambi wabyo mvajuru muri uku ko ikimenyetso “umutwe” gihinduka urufunguzo rwo gusobanukirwa umurongo wo hanze w’ubuhanuzi, kandi n’umurongo wo imbere w’ubuhanuzi.

> For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:8, 9.

> Kuko umutwe wa Siriya ari i Damasiko, kandi umutwe wa Damasiko akaba Resini; kandi mu myaka mirongo itandatu n’itanu Efurayimu izavunagurwa, kugira ngo itazaba igihanga. Kandi umutwe wa Efurayimu ni Samariya, kandi umutwe wa Samariya ni mwene Remaliya. Nimudakomeza kwizera, ni ukuri ntimuzakomezwa. Yesaya 7:8, 9.

In the last days, which is when every prophet’s testimony is in force, the “robbers of thy people” establish the vision. Upon the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy, and in agreement with the foundational truths of Adventism, as represented upon the two sacred charts of Habakkuk, the “robbers,” are a symbol of Rome. When pagan Rome inserted itself into history for the first time in 200 BC, they typified modern Rome of the last days. This prophetic truth is what establishes the prophetic vision of the last days, and if you refuse to see that modern Rome’s “head” is the papal power, then surely you will not be established.

Mu minsi y’imperuka, ari na yo ubuhamya bwa buri muhanuzi bukora, “abambuzi bo mu bwoko bwawe” ni bo bashyiraho iyerekwa. Dukurikije ubutware bw’Umwuka w’Ubuhanuzi, kandi bihuje n’ukuri kw’ishingiro kw’Abadivantisiti, nk’uko kugaragazwa ku mbonerahamwe ebyiri zera za Habakuki, “abambuzi” ni ikimenyetso cya Roma. Igihe Roma ya gipagani yinjiraga bwa mbere mu mateka mu mwaka wa 200 Mbere ya Kristo, yabaye ikigereranyo cya Roma ya none yo mu minsi y’imperuka. Uku kuri k’ubuhanuzi ni ko gushinga iyerekwa ry’ubuhanuzi ry’iminsi y’imperuka, kandi niba wanze kubona ko “umutwe” wa Roma ya none ari ubutegetsi bwa gipapa, rwose ntuzashingwa imizi.

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

> “Isi cy’isi cyuzuye umuyaga w’imivurungano n’intambara n’amacakubiri. Nyamara munsi y’umutwe umwe—ububasha bwa papa—abantu bazishyira hamwe kugira ngo barwanye Imana mu muntu w’abahamya Bayo.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

If you have ears to hear, then you may understand that a primary failing of the Jews of Christ’s era was that they identified the “shadow” as the “substance.” The Jews before and after the cross trusted in the types of their system of worship, and rejected the Antitype. They argued that the “shadow” was the “substance”, and in doing so they left in the inspired record, a people in the last days who will also identify the shadow as the substance.

Niba mufite amatwi yo kumva, mushobora gusobanukirwa yuko imwe mu nenge zikomeye z’Abayuda bo mu gihe cya Kristo ari uko bafashe “igicucu” nk’aho ari cyo “kintu nyakuri.” Abayuda, mbere y’umusaraba na nyuma yawo, biringiraga ibigereranyo byo muri gahunda yabo yo kuramya, maze banga Icyo ibyo byagereranyaga nyakuri. Bajyaga impaka bavuga ko “igicucu” ari cyo “kintu nyakuri”, kandi mu kubigenza batyo, basize mu nyandiko yahumetswe n’Imana ishusho y’ubwoko bwo mu minsi y’imperuka na bwo buzafata igicucu nk’aho ari cyo kintu nyakuri.

When the United States forms an image to the beast, they are forming a shadow of the beast. They are forming a shadow of the substance, for an image is a typification. To identify the United States, when it forms the image of the beast, as the symbol of Modern Rome, is to parallel ancient Israel’s rejection and crucifixion of the Great Antitype.

Igihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ziremye ishusho y’inyamaswa, ziba ziremye igicucu cy’inyamaswa. Ziba ziremye igicucu cy’ukuri nyakuri, kuko ishusho ari ikimenyetso gishushanya. Kumenya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, igihe ziremye ishusho y’inyamaswa, nk’ikimenyetso cya Roma y’iki gihe, ni ukubigereranya no kwangwa no kubambwa k’Ikigereranyo Gikomeye cy’ukuri nyakuri byakozwe na Isirayeli ya kera.

Those teaching the flawed view that the United States is the robbers of thy people speak much about their use of type and antitype, and they often identify the United States as the image of the beast and somehow think that by identifying the United States as the image of the beast somehow proves the United States is “the robbers.” If they truly allowed themselves to be governed by the basic principles of “type and antitype” they would quickly see that the prophetic role of the United States which has been repeatedly typified in God’s word identifies the United States as the power that is in subjection to the papal authority. They would see that without the beast as the point of reference, it is absurd to identify an image to the beast that did not exist. The only thing which can define the image of the beast, is the beast itself, for the papal power is what establishes the image in the looking glass vision.

Abigisha inyigisho irimo ikosa ivuga ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ari “abajura b’ubwoko bwawe” bavuga cyane ku mikoreshereze yabo y’ikigereranyo n’icyo kigereranyo cyuzurizwamo, kandi kenshi bagaragaza Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika nk’igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa, maze bakibwira ko kuba bagaragaje Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika nk’igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa somehow biba bihamije ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ari “abajura.” Iyo koko baba baretse amahame shingiro y’“ikigereranyo n’icyo kigereranyo cyuzurizwamo” akabategeka, bahita babona vuba ko uruhare rwa gihanuzi rwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, rwakomeje kugaragazwa kenshi nk’ikigereranyo mu Ijambo ry’Imana, rwerekana Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika nk’ububasha buri mu kugandukira ubutware bwa gipapa. Babona ko hatariho inyamaswa nk’ishingiro ry’icyerekezwa, ari ubusazi kugaragaza igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa kitariho. Ikintu cyonyine gishobora gusobanura igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa ni inyamaswa ubwayo, kuko ububasha bwa gipapa ari bwo bushyiraho icyo gishushanyo mu iyerekwa ry’indorerwamo.

The parallel line of prophecy to the United States forming an image of the beast is when the horn of true Protestantism forms an image of Christ. That formation is specifically identified in Daniel chapter ten, when Daniel beholds the “marah,” vision, which is the “looking glass” vision. Daniel represents those who behold Christ, and in so doing they reflect Christ’s character. If the vision of Christ was not presented to Daniel, he would have been unable to reflect the character of Christ. In order for the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are represented by Daniel in chapter ten of forming an image of Christ within, they must behold His character. By beholding they are changed.

Umurongo ugereranya w’ubuhanuzi werekeye Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zikora ishusho y’inyamaswa ni wo gihe ihembe rya giporotesitanti nyakuri rikora ishusho ya Kristo. Uko kuremwa kwayo gusobanurwa by’umwihariko muri Daniyeli igice cya cumi, igihe Daniyeli areba “marah,” ari ryo yererekwa, rikaba ari yererekwa ry’“indorerwamo.” Daniyeli ahagarariye abitegereza Kristo, kandi mu kubikora bakagaragaza imico ya Kristo. Iyaba yererekwa rya Kristo ritari ryareretswe Daniyeli, ntibyari kumushobokera kugaragaza imico ya Kristo. Kugira ngo abo ijana na mirongo ine na bane, bahagarariwe na Daniyeli mu gice cya cumi mu gukora ishusho ya Kristo imbere muri bo, babashe kubikora, bagomba kwitegereza imico Ye. Mu kwitegereza ni ho bahindurwa.

> But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18.

> Ariko twese, mu maso haboneye, tureba nk’aho mu ndorerwamo ubwiza bw’Umwami, duhindurwa kugira ngo dusesane na ya shusho nyine, tuva ku bwiza tujya ku bundi bwiza, nk’uko bikorwa na Mwuka w’Umwami. 2 Abakorinto 3:18.

The Hebrew definition of the “marah” vision which Daniel beheld in chapter ten is “a vision; also (causatively) a mirror: —looking glass, vision.” The Greek word translated as glass in the previous verse is to mirror oneself, that is, to see reflected (figuratively): —behold as in a glass.

Igisobanuro cy’Igiheburayo cy’iyerekwa rya “marah” Daniyeli yabonye mu gice cya cumi ni “iyerekwa; kandi (mu buryo butera ikindi) indorerwamo: —ikirahure cyo kwireberamo, iyerekwa.” Ijambo ry’Ikigiriki ryahinduwemo ikirahure mu murongo ubanza ni ukwiboneramo nk’indorerwamo, ari byo kubona ikigaragaramo cyisubiramo (mu buryo bw’ikigereranyo): —kurebera nk’urebera mu ndorerwamo.

James also sets forth a line of truth connected with the looking glass.

Yakobo na we agaragaza umurongo w’ukuri ufitanye isano n’indorerwamo.

> For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:23–25.

> Kuko nihagira uwumva ijambo, ariko ntarishyire mu bikorwa, ameze nk’umuntu witegereza mu ndorerwamo mu maso he ha kavukire; kuko yireba, akagenda, maze ako kanya akibagirwa uko yari ameze. Ariko umuntu wese uhanga amaso mu mategeko atunganye y’umudendezo, akagumamo, uwo atari uwumva akibagirwa, ahubwo akaba ukora umurimo, uwo azahabwa umugisha mu byo akora. Yakobo 1:23–25.

If we love the truth, and we are therefore a doer of the Word, then the looking glass we behold is the perfect law of liberty, then if we do not love the truth, and thereafter go our own way, as those with Daniel did when they fled, then the looking glass is simply a reflection of ourselves.

Niba dukunda ukuri, kandi bityo tukaba dukora Ijambo, icyo twireberamo kiba ari amategeko atunganye y’umudendezo; ariko niba tudakunda ukuri, maze nyuma yaho tukigendera inzira zacu bwite, nk’uko abari kumwe na Daniyeli babigenje igihe bahungaga, noneho icyo twireberamo kiba ari ishusho yacu bwite gusa.

> “God’s law is the mirror presenting a complete reflection of the man as he is, and holding up before him the correct likeness. Some will turn away and forget this picture, while others will employ abusive epithets against the law, as though this would cure their defects of character. Still others who are condemned by the law will repent of their transgressions and, through faith in Christ’s merits, will perfect Christian character.” Faith and Works, 31.

> “Amategeko y’Imana ni nk’indorerwamo igaragaza ishusho yuzuye y’umuntu uko ari, kandi ikamushyira imbere ishusho nyakuri ikwiriye. Bamwe bazayitera umugongo maze bibagirwe iyo shusho, mu gihe abandi bazakoresha amagambo yo gutuka ayo mategeko, nk’aho ibyo byabakiza inenge z’imico yabo. Hari n’abandi, bacirwaho iteka n’amategeko, bazihana ibicumuro byabo kandi, binyuze mu kwizera mu ngeso nziza za Kristo, bazatunganya imico ya Gikristo.” Faith and Works, 31.

Daniel did not see himself in the looking glass vision, He saw Christ, who is the perfect representation of James’ perfect law of liberty.

Daniyeli ntiyiboneye ubwe mu iyerekwa ry’indorerwamo; yabonye Kristo, ari we shusho itunganye y’itegeko ritunganye ry’umudendezo rya Yakobo.

> “Christ’s life on earth is a perfect reflection of the divine law. In Him is life and hope and light. Behold Him, and you will be changed into the same likeness, from character to character.” Signs of the Times, May 10, 1910.

> “Ubuzima bwa Kristo ku isi ni ishusho itunganye y’amategeko y’Imana. Muri We harimo ubugingo n’ibyiringiro n’umucyo. Murebe, kandi muzahindurwa muhinduke mwisane na We, muva ku mico imwe mujya ku yindi.” Signs of the Times, 10 Gicurasi 1910.

The image of the beast reflects the beast, and the formation of the image of the beast is the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. When the Protestant churches take control of the government of the United States, they will have formed an image of the church state system which the papal power has always employed. In the same period of time the image of Christ will be produced into His last-day people. Yet, those that were with Daniel saw not the vision, for they fled from the vision.

Igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa kigaragaza inyamaswa, kandi kuremwa kw’igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa ni ko kugeragezwa gukomeye ku bwoko bw’Imana, ari na ko iherezo ryabo ry’iteka rizagenerwamo. Igihe amatorero y’Abaporotesitanti azafata ubutegetsi bwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, azaba aremye igishushanyo cy’imitegekere ihuza itorero na leta, ububasha bwa papa bwahoraga bukoresha. Muri icyo gihe nyine, ishusho ya Kristo izaremerwa mu bwoko Bwe bwo mu minsi ya nyuma. Nyamara, abari kumwe na Daniyeli ntibabonye iryo yerekwa, kuko bahunze iryo yerekwa.

The formation of the image of Christ produces a manifestation of two classes of worshippers. One class rejects the principle of reflection. The principle of reflection being represented by a mirror, for Christ employs the literal earthly things to represent spiritual heavenly truths.

Gushyirwaho k’ishusho cya Kristo gutuma habaho ukugaragarira kw’amatsinda abiri y’abaramya. Itsinda rimwe ryanga ihame ryo kugaragaza ishusho. Ihame ryo kugaragaza ishusho rigereranywa n’indorerwamo, kuko Kristo akoresha ibintu nyabyo byo ku isi kugira ngo agereranye ukuri kwo mu ijuru kwa mwuka.

> “In Christ’s parable teaching the same principle is seen as in His own mission to the world. That we might become acquainted with His divine character and life, Christ took our nature and dwelt among us. Divinity was revealed in humanity; the invisible glory in the visible human form. Men could learn of the unknown through the known; heavenly things were revealed through the earthly; God was made manifest in the likeness of men. So it was in Christ’s teaching: the unknown was illustrated by the known; divine truths by earthly things with which the people were most familiar.

> “Mu nyigisho za Kristo z’imigani hagaragaramo ihame rimwe n’iryo ryabonetse mu butumwa Bwe bwite ku isi. Kugira ngo tumenyane n’imico Ye y’ubumana n’ubugingo Bwe, Kristo yafashe kamere yacu maze abana natwe. Ubumana bwahishuriwe mu bumuntu; ikuzo ritaboneka rihishurirwa mu ishusho y’umuntu iboneka. Abantu bashoboraga kumenya ibitazwi babinyujije mu bizwi; iby’ijuru byahishurirwaga mu by’isi; Imana yigaragaje mu ishusho y’abantu. Ni na ko byari bimeze mu nyigisho za Kristo: ibitazwi byasobanurwaga n’ibizwi; ukuri kw’ijuru kugasobanurwa n’ibintu byo mu isi abantu bari basanzwe bamenyereye cyane.”

> “The Scripture says, ‘All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; … that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.’ Matthew 13:34, 35. Natural things were the medium for the spiritual; the things of nature and the life-experience of His hearers were connected with the truths of the written word. Leading thus from the natural to the spiritual kingdom, Christ’s parables are links in the chain of truth that unites man with God, and earth with heaven.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 17.

> “Ibyanditswe bivuga biti, ‘Ibyo byose Yesu yabibwiraga abantu mu migani; … kugira ngo hasohore ibyavuzwe n’umuhanuzi ngo, Nzabumbura akanwa kanjye mvuge imigani; nzavuga ibintu byabitswe mu ibanga uhereye ku kuremwa kw’isi.’ Matayo 13:34, 35. Ibintu by’ibyaremwe ni byo byabaye uburyo bwo kugeza ku by’umwuka; ibintu byo muri kamere n’ibyo abamwumvaga baciyemo mu mibereho yabo byahujwe n’ukuri kw’ijambo ryanditswe. Muri ubwo buryo, abayobora ava ku by’isi ajya ku bwami bw’umwuka, imigani ya Kristo ni amahuza mu ruhererekane rw’ukuri ruhuza umuntu n’Imana, n’isi n’ijuru.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 17.

The spiritual principle of reflection is accomplished by looking into a mirror that represents Christ, and because the “marah” vision is a causative vision, the image of Christ in the mirror, produces the image of Christ in humanity.

Ihame ry’umwuka ryo kugaragaza ishusho rikorwa no kureba mu ndorerwamo igereranya Kristo, kandi kubera ko iyerekwa rya “marah” ari iyerekwa ritera ikindi kubaho, ishusho ya Kristo iri mu ndorerwamo itera kuboneka kw’ishusho ya Kristo mu bumuntu.

To claim the United States is what establishes the vision, is to claim that the image of Daniel is what establishes Christ. Christ is what establishes the vision of His character and work, and the antichrist is what establishes the vision of his character and work. The vision is what is reflected with the looking glass, and the vision is established by the robbers. To misunderstand an image of a beast, by identifying the image as the actual beast, produces parallel lines.

Kuvuga ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ari zo zishyiraho iyerekwa, ni nko kuvuga ko igishushanyo cya Daniyeli ari cyo gishyiraho Kristo. Kristo ni we ushyiraho iyerekwa ry’imico n’umurimo we, kandi umwanzi wa Kristo ni we ushyiraho iyerekwa ry’imico n’umurimo we. Iyerekwa ni cyo kigaragazwa n’indorerwamo, kandi iyerekwa rishyirwaho n’abambuzi. Kudashishoza neza igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa, umuntu akamenya icyo gishushanyo nk’aho ari yo nyamaswa ubwayo, bitanga imirongo ibangikanye.

The unconverted man sees himself in the mirror, or if he does see God’s law, he throws contempt upon the law in an attempt to avoid its claims. A converted man sees Christ and His law in the looking glass. The United States forms an image to the papal power by beholding the papal power and duplicating it. The antichrist is duplicated by the United States.

Umuntu utarahinduka areba mu ndorerwamo akibona, cyangwa niba abona amategeko y’Imana, ayasuzugura ashaka guhunga ibyo amusaba. Umuntu wahindutse abona Kristo n’amategeko Ye mu ndorerwamo. Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zikora ishusho y’ububasha bwa gipapa binyuze mu kureba ubwo bubasha bwa gipapa no kubwigana. Umurwanyabya wa Kristo yiganywe na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika.

Lucifer desired to be seated upon God’s political and religious thrones.

Lusiferi yifuje kwicazwa ku ntebe z’ubutegetsi n’iz’idini z’Imana.

> 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. Ezekiel 14:12–14.

> Mbega ukuntu uguye uvuye mu ijuru, yewe Lusiferi, mwana w’umuseke! Mbega ukuntu uciwe ukagwa hasi, wowe wacaga intege amahanga! Kuko wavuze mu mutima wawe uti: “Nzazamuka njye mu ijuru, nzashyira intebe yanjye hejuru y’inyenyeri z’Imana; kandi nzicara ku musozi w’iteraniro, mu mpande z’amajyaruguru; nzazamuka nsumbe uburebure bw’ibicu; nzaba nk’Isumbabyose.” Ezekiyeli 14:12–14.

Satan is the antichrist, and so too is the papal power. The papal power was seated in the church and reigned over the political thrones of Europe. The causative looking glass of Daniel chapter ten, when seen in its spiritual application, transforms those who behold into the image of Christ. That truth governs the line of the antichrist. When a nation or an individual looks into the looking glass vision it produces a causative effect, as it reproduces its image in either the individual or nation who beholds it and that produces either the image of Christ or the image of the beast. It parallels the same effect represented by Daniel. Christ is what established the vision for Daniel, and the antichrist establishes the vision for the United States when it forms an image of the beast.

Satani ni mpingakristo, kandi n’ubutegetsi bwa papa na bwo ni uko. Ubutegetsi bwa papa bwicaye mu itorero kandi butegekera intebe z’ubwami za politiki z’i Burayi. Ikirahure cyerekana impamvu cyo muri Daniyeli igice cya cumi, iyo kibonywe mu ikoreshwa ryacyo ry’umwuka, gihindura abakireba ngo basanane n’ishusho ya Kristo. Uko kuri ni ko kugenga umurongo wa mpingakristo. Iyo igihugu cyangwa umuntu yirebye muri icyo cyerekezo cy’ikirahure, bitanga ingaruka y’impamvu, kuko cyongera kubyaza ishusho yacyo haba mu muntu cyangwa mu gihugu gikireba, kandi ibyo bikabyara cyangwa ishusho ya Kristo cyangwa ishusho y’inyamaswa. Bihura n’ingaruka imwe n’iyo Daniyeli ahagarariye. Kristo ni we washinze icyo cyerekezo kuri Daniyeli, kandi mpingakristo ni we ushyiraho icyerekezo ku Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika igihe zirema ishusho y’inyamaswa.

We will continue these thoughts in the next article.

Tuzakomeza ibi bitekerezo mu nyandiko ikurikiraho.

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