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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Twelve

Ibyahishuwe bya Yesu Kristo - Umubare wa Cumi na Kabiri

Two Tests

Ibigerage Bibiri

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 7, 2023

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We are in the process of considering Revelation chapters eleven through thirteen, where we find all the antagonists in the final probationary battle of the great controversy that occurs on the battlefield of the first heaven. The antagonists are the one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude that comes out of Babylon as a secondary force, against the United Nations, the Catholic Church, the United States and Satan himself. The one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude are God’s army, representing the third angel’s message, and both sides in the warfare are also confronted with the army of God’s judgment, represented not by the third angel, but by the third woe.

Turimo gusuzuma Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi na kimwe kugeza ku cya cumi na gatatu, aho tubona abahanganye bose mu rugamba rwa nyuma rw’igihe cy’igeragezwa rw’intambara ikomeye, rubera ku rugamba rw’ijuru rya mbere. Abahanganye ni abantu ibihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine n’imbaga nyamwinshi iva i Babuloni nk’ingabo zunganira, bahanganye n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, Kiliziya Gatolika, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika na Satani ubwe. Abo bantu ibihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine n’iyo mbaga nyamwinshi ni ingabo z’Imana, zigereranya ubutumwa bw’umumarayika wa gatatu, kandi impande zombi ziri muri iyo ntambara na zo zihura n’ingabo z’urubanza rw’Imana, zigereranywa atari n’umumarayika wa gatatu, ahubwo n’ishyano rya gatatu.

In order to identify certain characteristics that contributed to the murder of the Republican and Protestant horns in 2020, we are seeking to identify prophetic characteristics that occur in the battle of mankind in the first heaven, from the Sunday law until Michael stands up. In that history the entire world is forced to erect an image to the beast. That history is a repetition of the history of the United States from September 11, 2001, until the soon coming Sunday law, which divides those two parallel histories. As parallel histories they both represent a witness to the other history. What takes place in one of those histories, will also take place in the other history. It is the second history that is the focus of Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, and we intend to understand the second witness, in order to shed prophetic light upon the first history, which is now almost finished.

Kugira ngo tumenye bimwe mu biranga byagize uruhare mu iyicwa ry’amahembe ya Repubulikani n’ay’Abaporotesitanti mu mwaka wa 2020, turashaka kumenya ibiranga by’ubuhanuzi biboneka mu ntambara y’ab’abantu mu ijuru rya mbere, uhereye ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru kugeza ubwo Mikayeli ahagurutse. Muri ayo mateka, isi yose ihatirwa gushinga igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa. Ayo mateka ni ugusubirwamo kw’amateka ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kuva ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001 kugeza ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba, ari ryo rigabanya ayo mateka yombi abangikanye. Kubera ko ari amateka abangikanye, buri yose ahagararira ubuhamya ku yandi mateka. Ibyo bibera muri rimwe muri ayo mateka, ni na byo bizabera mu yandi. Ni amateka ya kabiri ari yo yibandwaho mu byahishuwe ibice cya cumi na bibiri n’icya cumi na gatatu, kandi dushaka gusobanukirwa n’uwo mutangabuhamya wa kabiri, kugira ngo tumurikishe umucyo w’ubuhanuzi amateka ya mbere, ubu asigaje kurangira.

The three powers that lead the world to Armageddon are represented in chapters twelve and thirteen. The dragon power is first mentioned.

Imbaraga eshatu ziyobora isi ku rugamba rwa Arumagedoni zishushanyijwe mu bice bya cumi na bibiri na cumi na bitatu. Imbaraga z’igisato ni zo zivugwa mbere.

> And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:3, 4.

> Nuko haboneka ikindi gitangaza mu ijuru; kandi dore ikiyoka kinini gitukura, gifite imitwe irindwi n’amahembe icumi, kandi ku mitwe yacyo hariho amakamba arindwi. Umurizo wacyo ukurura kimwe cya gatatu cy’inyenyeri zo mu ijuru, uzijugunya ku isi; kandi icyo kiyoka gihagarara imbere y’umugore wari ugiye kubyara, kugira ngo umwana we akimara kuvuka kimurye. Ibyahishuwe 12:3, 4.

Sister White informs us that the dragon in this chapter is Satan, but in a secondary sense it is pagan Rome. Both Satan and pagan Rome typify the United Nations. The beast’s ten horns represent the evil confederacy of ten kings in Revelation seventeen. Those ten kings are represented in Revelation seventeen, and they are there identified as the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy. The beast is represented as having seven heads with seven crowns, marking it as the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy. In Daniel two they are represented as spiritual Greece, and they are also Ahab in the testimony of Mount Carmel, and they are the ten enemies of Psalms eighty-three.

Mushiki White atumenyesha ko ikiyoka kivugwa muri iki gice ari Satani, ariko mu buryo bwa kabiri kikaba Roma ya gipagani. Satani na Roma ya gipagani byombi bishushanya Umuryango w’Abibumbye. Amahembe icumi y’inyamaswa agereranya ihuriro ribi ry’abami icumi rivugwa mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na karindwi. Abo bami icumi bagereranywa mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na karindwi, kandi aho ni ho bagaragazwa nk’ubwami bwa karindwi bwo mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya. Iyo nyamaswa igereranywa ifite imitwe irindwi yambaye amakamba arindwi, bikayiranga nk’ubwami bwa karindwi bwo mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya. Muri Daniyeli igice cya kabiri bagereranywa nk’Ubugiriki bwo mu buryo bw’umwuka, kandi ni na Ahabu mu buhamya bwo ku musozi Karumeli, kandi ni n’abanzi icumi bo muri Zaburi ya mirongo inani na gatatu.

The second earthly power of the enemy mentioned in Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, is the beast that comes out of the sea, who Sister White directly identifies as Catholicism.

Ububasha bwa kabiri bwo ku isi bw’umwanzi buvugwa mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na kabiri n’icya cumi na gatatu, ni ya nyamaswa izamuka iva mu nyanja, Sister White ahamya ku buryo butaziguye ko ari Gatolika.

> And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And 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. Revelation 13:1–3.

> Nuko mpagarara ku musenyi wo ku nyanja, mbona inyamaswa izamuka iva mu nyanja, ifite imitwe irindwi n’amahembe cumi, kandi ku mahembe yayo hariho amakamba cumi, no ku mitwe yayo hariho izina ryo gutuka Imana. Kandi ya nyamaswa nabonye yasaga n’ingwe, ibirenge byayo byari nk’iby’idubu, akanwa kayo kari nk’ak’intare; kandi ikiyoka giha ya nyamaswa imbaraga zacyo, n’intebe yacyo y’ubwami, n’ubutware bwinshi. Mbona umwe mu mitwe yayo umeze nk’uwakomeretswe kugeza ku rupfu; kandi igikomere cyayo cyica cyarakize: maze abari mu isi bose batangarira iyo nyamaswa. Ibyahishuwe 13:1–3.

John was standing on the seashore in verse one, and he sees a beast rise from the sea, and thereafter, he sees a beast coming up out of the earth. Sister White identifies that the time in which John saw the two beasts was 1798, for that was the year the papacy was “robbed of its strength,” thus receiving a deadly wound that would ultimately be healed.

Mu murongo wa mbere, Yohana yari ahagaze ku nkombe y’inyanja, abona inyamaswa izamuka iva mu nyanja; hanyuma abonaho indi nyamaswa izamuka iva mu isi. Mushiki wa White agaragaza ko igihe Yohana yabonagamo izo nyamaswa zombi cyari mu mwaka wa 1798, kuko uwo ari wo mwaka ubupapa “bwambuwe imbaraga zabwo,” bityo bukakira igikomere cyica amaherezo cyari kuzakira.

> “At the time when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, is represented by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea; but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which it symbolized—the United States.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

> “Igihe Ubupapa, bwambuwe imbaraga zabwo, bwahatirwaga guhagarika itoteza, Yohana yabonye ububasha bushya buzamuka kugira ngo busubize ijwi rya cya kiyoka, kandi bukomeze umurimo wa kinyamaswa umwe w’ubugome n’uw’ugusuzugura Imana. Ubu bubasha, ari bwo bwa nyuma buzasohoza intambara burwanya itorero n’amategeko y’Imana, bugaragazwa n’inyamaswa ifite amahembe asa n’ay’umwana w’intama. Inyamaswa zabubanjirije zari zarazamutse ziva mu nyanja; ariko yo yazamutse iva mu isi, ibyo bikagaragaza ukuzamuka mu mahoro kw’ishyanga yashushanyaga—Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

John is looking backward into history when he sees the sea beast, which is the papacy. Looking forward in history, he sees the earth beast, which is the United States. This is why the beast from the sea is prophetically constructed as it is. Looking back from 1798, John first sees “seven heads and ten horns,” marking the point in history that three of the horns were plucked up to make room for the stout horn of the papacy, which spake great things.

Yohana arimo areba inyuma mu mateka igihe abona ya nyamaswa yo mu nyanja, ari yo ubupapa. Areba imbere mu mateka, akabona ya nyamaswa yo mu isi, ari yo Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Iyi ni yo mpamvu ya nyamaswa yo mu nyanja yubatswe mu buhanuzi uko imeze. Arebeye inyuma uhereye mu 1798, Yohana abanza kubona “imitwe irindwi n’amahembe icumi,” agaragaza aho mu mateka amahembe atatu yaranduwe kugira ngo haboneke umwanya w’ihembe rikomeye ry’ubupapa, ryavugaga amagambo akomeye.

> Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Daniel 7:19, 20.

> Maze nifuza kumenya ukuri kw’inyamaswa ya kane, yari itandukanye n’izindi zose, iteye ubwoba bihebuje, ifite amenyo y’icyuma n’inzara z’umuringa; yamiraga, ikavunagura mo ibice, maze ibisigaye ikabikandagiza ibirenge byayo; kandi n’amahembe cumi yari ku mutwe wayo, n’irindi hembe ryameretse, kandi imbere yaryo andi atatu aragwa; ari ryo hembe ryari rifite amaso, n’akanwa kavugaga amagambo akomeye cyane, kandi isura yaryo yari ikomeye kurusha iya bagenzi baryo. Daniyeli 7:19, 20.

Before those three horns of the Heruli, Ostrogoths and Vandals were removed, pagan Rome was represented by “ten crowns.” Those ten crowns represent pagan Rome. Then John identifies the leopard of Greece, then the bear of Medo-Persia and then the lion of Babylon.

Mbere y’uko ayo mahembe atatu y’Abaheiruli, Abostrogoti n’Abavandali akurwaho, Roma ya gipagani yagereranywaga n’“amakamba icumi.” Ayo makamba icumi agereranya Roma ya gipagani. Hanyuma Yohana agaragaza ingwe y’Ubugiriki, maze akagaragaza idubu y’Abamedi n’Abaperesi, hanyuma intare y’i Babuloni.

> The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Daniel 7:4–6.

> Icya mbere cyari gisa n’intare, kandi cyari gifite amababa y’ikizu; nitegereza kugeza igihe amababa yacyo yakurwagaho, maze giterurwa kivanywe ku isi, gihagarikwa ku birenge nk’umuntu, kandi gihabwa umutima w’umuntu. Kandi dore ikindi cyana, icya kabiri, gisa n’idubu, kandi cyari cyegamiye ku ruhande rumwe, kandi mu kanwa kacyo hagati y’amenyo yacyo harimo imbavu eshatu; maze barakibwira bati: Haguruka, urye inyama nyinshi. Nyuma y’ibyo nitegereza, kandi dore ikindi, gisa n’ingwe, cyari gifite ku mugongo amababa ane y’inyoni; icyo cyana na cyo cyari gifite imitwe ine; kandi gihabwa ubutware. Daniel 7:4–6.

There is not one element of Catholicism that is Christian, and the sea beast represents the combination of all the previous pagan kingdoms of Bible prophecy. The sea beast is represented in reverse historical order, for John is looking back into history. He first saw the power that was established when the three horns were removed—the papacy. Then he saw ten horns with ten crowns—pagan Rome. Then he saw the leopard—Greece. Then he saw the bear—Medo-Persia. Then he saw the lion—Babylon. The description of the sea beast consists of elements of each of the preceding pagan kingdoms, and the description establishes that the papacy is a conglomeration of every form of paganism that has existed in biblical history. There is not one element of Catholicism that is Christian. Anything that might appear as Christian in Catholicism is a counterfeit.

Nta kintu na kimwe cya Gatolika gifite kuba icy'Ubukristo, kandi inyamaswa yo mu nyanja igereranya ihuriro ry'ubwami bwose bwa gipagani bwabanje buvugwa mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya. Inyamaswa yo mu nyanja igaragazwa hakurikijwe urutonde rw'amateka rusubiye inyuma, kuko Yohana ari kureba asubira mu mateka. Mbere yabonye ubutegetsi bwashinzwe ubwo amahembe atatu yakurwagaho—ubupapa. Hanyuma abona amahembe icumi afite amakamba icumi—Roma ya gipagani. Nyuma abona ingwe—Ubugiriki. Hanyuma abona idubu—Abamedi n'Abaperesi. Hanyuma abona intare—Babuloni. Ibisobanuro by'inyamaswa yo mu nyanja bigizwe n'ibigize buri bwami bwa gipagani bwabanje, kandi ibyo bisobanuro bishimangira ko ubupapa ari uruvange rw'uburyo bwose bwa gipagani bwabayeho mu mateka ya Bibiliya. Nta kintu na kimwe cya Gatolika gifite kuba icy'Ubukristo. Ikintu cyose gishobora gusa nk'icy'Ubukristo muri Gatolika ni ikinyoma cyigana ukuri.

At Mount Carmel, when Elijah did battle with Jezebel’s prophets and her apostate husband, Jezebel was back home in Samaria. The whore of Tyre is forgotten during the history of the earth beast with two horns. Jezebel is always hidden away, and in Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen the world wonders after her, but she is not portrayed as a marvel that is wondered after in the heavens, as is the United Nations, the United States and Satan. She is back in her command center of Samaria—the city of Rome.

Ku musozi wa Karumeli, igihe Eliya yarwanaga n’abahanuzi ba Yezebeli n’umugabo we wagomeye ukwizera, Yezebeli yari yasigaye iwabo i Samariya. Maraya w’i Tiro yibagirana mu mateka y’inyamaswa yo mu isi ifite amahembe abiri. Yezebeli ahora ahishwe, kandi mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na kabiri n’icya cumi na gatatu isi imutangarira, ariko ntiyerekanwa nk’igitangaza gitangarirwa mu ijuru, nk’uko bimeze ku Muryango w’Abibumbye, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika na Satani. Asubira mu kigo cye cy’ubutegetsi i Samariya—umujyi wa Roma.

The history of the earth beast is where the test of the image of the beast for the whole world is identified. That test takes place during the warfare of the first heaven. This is what we wish to consider at this point. I will substitute the United States for the word “he” in the verses we are now going to consider.

Amateka y’inyamaswa yo mu isi ni ho hamenyekanira ikigeragezo cy’ishusho y’inyamaswa kigenewe isi yose. Icyo kigeragezo kiba mu gihe cy’intambara yo mu ijuru rya mbere. Ibi ni byo twifuza gusuzuma muri iki gihe. Mu mirongo tugiye gusuzuma ubu, ndasimbuza ijambo “we” Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and the United States had two horns like a lamb, and the United States spake as a dragon. And the United States exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And the United States doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which the United States had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And the [United States] 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. And the United States causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:11–17.

> Nuko mbona indi nyamaswa izamuka iva mu isi; kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zari zifite amahembe abiri asa n’ay’umwana w’intama, kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zavugaga nk’ikiyoka. Kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zikoresha ubutware bwose bw’inyamaswa ya mbere imbere yayo, kandi zigatera isi n’abayituye kuramya inyamaswa ya mbere, iyo igikomere cyayo cyica cyakize. Kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zikora ibitangaza bikomeye, ku buryo zimanura umuriro uva mu ijuru ukaza ku isi abantu bareba, kandi zikabashuka abatuye isi ku bw’ibyo bitangaza Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zahawe ubushobozi bwo gukora imbere y’inyamaswa; zibwira abatuye isi gukora ishusho y’inyamaswa yari yarakomeretse inkota, nyamara ikabaho. Kandi [Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika] zahawe ubushobozi bwo guha ubuzima ishusho y’inyamaswa, kugira ngo iyo shusho y’inyamaswa ivuge kandi itume abataramya ishusho y’inyamaswa bicwa bose. Kandi Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zitegeka bose, aboroheje n’abakomeye, abakire n’abakene, ab’umudendezo n’imbata, gushyirwaho ikimenyetso ku kuboko kwabo kw’iburyo cyangwa ku ruhanga rwabo; kandi ko hatagira umuntu ushobora kugura cyangwa kugurisha, keretse ufite icyo kimenyetso, cyangwa izina ry’inyamaswa, cyangwa umubare w’izina ryayo. Ibyahishuwe 13:11–17.

In Revelation chapter thirteen, the dragon of pagan Rome gave the papacy three things as it placed the papacy on the throne of the earth.

Mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi na gatatu, ikiyoka cy’i Roma ya gipagani cyahaye ubupapa ibintu bitatu igihe cyabwicazaga ku ntebe y’ubwami bw’isi.

> And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.

> Kandi ya nyamaswa nabonye yasaga n’ingwe, ibirenge byayo byari nk’iby’idubu, kandi akanwa kayo kari nk’ak’intare; kandi ikiyoka kiyaha imbaraga zacyo, n’intebe yacyo y’ubwami, n’ubutware bukomeye. Ibyahishuwe 13:2.

The ten kings who represent pagan Rome (France being the premier king of the ten as represented by Ahab) gave the papacy three things: power, seat and authority. When the emperor Constantine moved the capital from the city of Rome in the west, unto the east and made Constantinople the new capital of the Roman Empire in the year 330, pagan Rome then gave the church of Rome its “seat.”

Abami icumi bagereranya Roma y’abapagani (U Bufaransa bukaba ari bwo mwami mukuru muri abo icumi nk’uko bugereranywa na Ahabu) bahaye ubupapa ibintu bitatu: ubushobozi, intebe n’ubutware. Igihe umwami w’abami Konstantino yimuriraga umurwa mukuru awukuye mu murwa wa Roma mu burengerazuba awujyana iburasirazuba, maze agira Konstantinopoli umurwa mukuru mushya w’Ubwami bw’Abaroma mu mwaka wa 330, Roma y’abapagani yahise iha itorero rya Roma “intebe” yaryo.

When Clovis, king of the Franks (France), converted to Catholicism and began to war against the powers that had been resisting the rise of the papacy to the throne of the earth in the year 496, pagan Rome then gave the papacy its “power.”

Igihe Clovis, umwami w’Abafaransa (Ubufaransa), yahindukiraga akemera Gatolika maze agatangira kurwanya ibinyabubasha byari byarwanyije kuzamuka kw’ubupapa ngo bugere ku ntebe y’isi mu mwaka wa 496, Roma ya gipagani ni bwo yahaye ubupapa “imbaraga” zabwo.

In 533, Justinian made a decree which identified the Roman church as both the head of all churches, and also as the corrector of heretics. At that point, the authority of pagan Rome had been given to the papacy.

Mu 533, Justiniani yashyizeho itegeko ryemezaga ko Itorero ry’i Roma ari ryo mutwe w’amatorero yose, kandi ko ari na ryo rikosora abayobye mu myizerere. Muri uwo mwanya, ubutware bwa Roma ya gipagani bwari bwahawe ubupapa.

In verse twelve, “the [United States] exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.” The power that was exercised by the papacy is represented by Clovis, who dedicated his military and economic might unto the papacy. This is why Catholicism calls Clovis “the first born of the Catholic church,” and France the “eldest daughter of the Catholic church.” The United States will do the same dirty work for the papacy that Clovis began in 496.

Mu murongo wa cumi na kabiri, “iyo [Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika] ikoresha ubutware bwose bw’inyamaswa ya mbere imbere yayo.” Ubutware bwakoreshejwe n’ubupapa bushushanywa na Clovis, weguriye ubupapa imbaraga ze za gisirikare n’iz’ubukungu. Ni cyo gituma Gatolika yita Clovis “imfura y’Itorero Gatolika,” kandi igata Ubufaransa “umukobwa mukuru w’Itorero Gatolika.” Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zizakorera ubupapa uwo murimo mubi Clovis yatangiye mu 496.

The power of the United States will be employed to cause “the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” The United States will employ its military and economic strength to cause the entire world to accept Sunday as a day of rest. The whore of Tyre will first commit fornication with the earth beast at the soon coming Sunday law, and then she will go forth and commit fornication with all the other kings of the earth.

Imbaraga za Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zizakoreshwa kugira ngo “isi n’abayituye basenge ya nyamaswa ya mbere, yari yakize uruguma rwayo rwica.” Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zizakoresha imbaraga zayo za gisirikare n’iz’ubukungu kugira ngo zihatire isi yose kwemera kuziririza ku Cyumweru nk’umunsi w’ikiruhuko. Indaya ya Tiro izabanza gusambana na ya nyamaswa yo ku isi ku itegeko ryo kuziririza ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba, hanyuma izasohoke ijye gusambana n’abami bose bandi bo mu isi.

In verse thirteen, “the [United States] doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.” Fire represents an unholy message. Tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost represented a holy message that was accompanied with the ability to convey that message to the entire world. The fire that is brought down out of heaven by the United States will also impact every nation, and every tongue.

Mu murongo wa cumi na gatatu, “ikora ibitangaza bikomeye, ndetse igatuma umuriro umanuka uva mu ijuru ukagera ku isi, abantu babireba.” Umuriro ushushanya ubutumwa butari ubwera. Indimi z’umuriro ku munsi wa Pentekote zashushanyaga ubutumwa bwera bwaherekezanywaga n’ubushobozi bwo kugeza ubwo butumwa ku isi yose. Umuriro uzamanurwa uva mu ijuru n’Amerika na wo uzagira ingaruka ku mahanga yose no ku ndimi zose.

In verse fourteen, the United States deceives “them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which the [United States] had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.” The deception that is employed to deceive the world by the United States is represented by the fire that came down from heaven in the previous verse. The fire from heaven produces miracles that are employed by the United States to command the world to establish a one-world government that consists of the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship.

Mu murongo wa cumi na kane, Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ziyobya “abatuye mu isi zibinyujije muri bya bitangaza [Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika] zari zifite ubushobozi bwo gukora imbere ya ya nyamaswa; zibwira abatuye mu isi ko bakwiriye gukora ishusho ya ya nyamaswa, yari yarakomerekejwe n’inkota, nyamara ikabaho.” Ubuyobe bukoreshwa na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kugira ngo ziyobye isi buhagarariwe n’umuriro wamanutse uvuye mu ijuru uvugwa mu murongo wabanje. Uwo muriro uvuye mu ijuru ubyara ibitangaza bikoreshwa na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika mu gutegeka isi gushyiraho ubutegetsi bumwe bw’isi yose bugizwe no guhuza itorero na leta, aho itorero ari ryo rigenzura uwo mubano.

This is what the relationship of Ahab and Jezebel represented when Elijah was raised up. Elijah’s battle at Mount Carmel was fulfilled in the beginning of the United States during the movement of the first angel from 1840 to 1844, for the purpose of distinguishing the true prophet of Protestantism from all of the false prophets of Protestantism.

Ibi ni byo isano ya Ahabu na Yezebeli yagereranyaga ubwo Eliya yahagurukaga. Intambara Eliya yarwaniye ku Musozi wa Karumeli yasohoye mu ntangiriro za Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu gihe cy’umurimo w’umumarayika wa mbere kuva mu 1840 kugeza mu 1844, agamije gutandukanya umuhanuzi w’ukuri wa Giporotesitanti n’abahanuzi b’ibinyoma bose ba Giporotesitanti.

It is fulfilled again at the ending of the United States, during the test of the formation of the image of the beast that began on September 11, 2001, and ends at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Byongeye gusohora ku iherezo rya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, mu gihe cy’ikigeragezo cyo kuremwa kw’ishusho y’inyamaswa cyatangiye ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001, kandi kirangirira ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba.

Elijah’s perfect fulfillment takes place before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, which is the seven last plagues. Therefore, Mount Carmel, Elijah, Ahab and Jezebel are represented in the work of the United States forcing planet earth to accept the one-world government of the United Nations that is ruled over by the Catholic Church. The United States accomplishes this act through its military might, its economic strength and the corrupted hypnotic communications that it directs and controls, represented by what is called the “information super highway” of the worldwide web.

Isohozwa ritunganye rya Eliya riba mbere y’umunsi ukomeye kandi uteye ubwoba w’Umwami, ari wo byago birindwi bya nyuma. Ni cyo gituma Umusozi Karumeli, Eliya, Ahabu na Yezebeli bihagararirwa mu murimo wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika wo guhatira isi kwakira ubutegetsi bw’isi imwe bw’Umuryango w’Abibumbye butegekwa na Kiliziya Gatolika. Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zisohoza iki gikorwa zikoresheje imbaraga za gisirikare, ubushobozi bwazo mu by’ubukungu, n’itumanaho ryononekaye kandi rihuma ubwenge riyobora kandi rigacunga, rihagarariwe n’icyitwa “information super highway” y’urubuga mpuzamahanga rw’isi yose.

In verse fifteen, we are informed that “the [United States] 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.” The threat of death by the military might of the United States, then representing the premier king of the United Nations, empowers the one-world government of the United Nations to speak. The action of speaking is accomplished through a legislative and judicial authority. The legislative branch of the United Nations is in New York and the judicial branch of the United Nations is in The Hague, Netherlands. The Hague represents the Old World and New York the New World. Both the United States and the Netherlands have past histories where they stood out as premier defenders of liberty and freedom, but both end their respective histories—speaking as a dragon.

Mu murongo wa cumi n’itanu, tumenyeshwa yuko “icyo [Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika] cyahawe ubushobozi bwo guha ubugingo ishusho ya ya nyamaswa, kugira ngo ishusho ya ya nyamaswa ivuge kandi itegeke ko abatari kuyiramya bose bicwa.” Bityo rero, iterabwoba ry’urupfu rishingiye ku mbaraga za gisirikare za Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, icyo gihe zari zihagarariye umwami w’ikirenga w’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, riha ubushobozi ubutegetsi bw’isi imwe bw’Umuryango w’Abibumbye bwo kuvuga. Igikorwa cyo kuvuga gisohozwa binyuze mu bubasha bw’ishingamategeko n’ubw’ubucamanza. Ishami ry’ishingamategeko ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye riri i New York, naho ishami ry’ubucamanza ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye riri i La Haye mu Buholandi. La Haye ihagarariye Isi ya Kera, naho New York igahagararira Isi Nshya. Byombi, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika n’Ubuholandi, bifite amateka yo mu bihe byashize byatumye birangwa nk’abarinzi bakomeye b’ubwisanzure n’umudendezo, ariko byombi bisoza amateka yabyo uko ari abiri—bivuga nk’ikiyoka.

> “As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom, and religious and secular authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. . .. and a decree will finally be issued against those who hallow the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts.

> “Nk’uko Isabato yahindutse ingingo yihariye y’impaka mu Bukristo bwose, kandi ubutegetsi bw’idini n’ubw’isi bukaba bwarishyize hamwe kugira ngo bushyireho agahato mu kubahiriza icyumweru, uko kwanga ubutitsa kw’akatsiko gato cyane kutemera kugandukira icyo rubanda bose basaba bizatuma baba abo kwangwa n’abantu bose.... kandi amaherezo hazasohorwa itegeko rirwanya abezereza Isabato y’itegeko rya kane, ribamagana ko bakwiriye igihano gikomeye kurusha ibindi kandi riha abantu uburenganzira, nyuma y’igihe runaka, bwo kubica. Uromanisimu mu Bisi ya Kera n’Uprotestanti bwahindukiye kure y’ukuri mu Bisi Nshya bizafata inzira imwe ku bantu bubaha amategeko yose y’Imana.”

> “The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress described by the prophet as the time of Jacob’s trouble.” The Great Controversy, 615, 616.

> “Ubwoko bw’Imana buzahita bwinjizwa muri ibyo bihe by’umubabaro n’agahinda byasobanuwe n’umuhanuzi nk’igihe cy’umubabaro wa Yakobo.” The Great Controversy, 615, 616.

In verse sixteen and seventeen, after the image of the beast has been set up and empowered to speak, the “[United States] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”

Mu murongo wa cumi na gatandatu n’uwa cumi na karindwi, nyuma y’uko ishusho y’inyamaswa imaze guhagazwa kandi igahabwa ubushobozi bwo kuvuga, “[Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika] itera bose, aboroheje n’abakomeye, abatunzi n’abakene, abidegemvya n’abaja, gushyirwako ikimenyetso ku kuboko kwabo kw’iburyo, canke mu ruhanga rwabo; kandi ko ata muntu n’umwe yoshobora kugura canke kugurisha, atari uwufise ico kimenyetso, canke izina ry’inyamaswa, canke igitigiri c’izina ryayo.”

The formation of the image of the beast is the test that precedes the test of the mark of the beast. If we do not pass the test that is represented by the formation of the image of the beast, we will fail the test of the mark of the beast. They are two different tests, and they are two different types of tests.

Iremwa ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa ni ikigeragezo kibanziriza ikigeragezo cy’ikirango cy’inyamaswa. Nituramuka tudatsinze ikigeragezo gihagarariwe n’iremwa ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa, tuzananirwa ikigeragezo cy’ikirango cy’inyamaswa. Ni ibigeragezo bibiri bitandukanye, kandi ni ubwoko bubiri butandukanye bw’ibigeragezo.

The formation of the image of the beast that began on September 11, 2001, is the prophetic warning that the close of probation is about to take place. It is the Elijah message that identifies that Mount Carmel is on the near horizon, and that God’s people need to secure the oil of character, the oil of the Holy Spirit and the oil of the message of the Midnight Cry before the final call is made. They need to awaken, so that when Elijah asks them, “How long halt ye between two opinions?”—they will not be speechless, for to be speechless then is to receive the mark of the beast. The image of the beast test represents the work of understanding the message that announces the close of the judgment, just as the message of the Millerites announced the opening of the judgment.

Ishyirwaho ry’igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa ryatangiye ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001 ni umuburo w’ubuhanuzi ugaragaza ko iherezo ry’igihe cy’imbabazi rigiye kubaho. Uwo ni wo butumwa bwa Eliya bugaragaza ko Umusozi wa Karumeli uri hafi ku rugerero, kandi ko ubwoko bw’Imana bukeneye kwizigamira amavuta y’imico, amavuta ya Mwuka Wera n’amavuta y’ubutumwa bw’Induru ya Saa Sita z’ijoro mbere yuko umuhamagaro wa nyuma utangwa. Bakeneye gukanguka, kugira ngo Eliya nababaza ati: “Muzageza he kugenda biguru ntege hagati y’ibitekerezo bibiri?”—batagira icyo basubiza, kuko kutagira icyo umuntu asubiza icyo gihe ni uguhabwa ikimenyetso cy’inyamaswa. Ikigeragezo cy’igishushanyo cy’inyamaswa gishushanya umurimo wo gusobanukirwa ubutumwa butangaza iherezo ry’urubanza, nk’uko ubutumwa bw’Abamilerite bwatangaje itangizwa ry’urubanza.

The mark of the beast test, involves no choice, for it contains no element of probationary time. It is a point in time, not a period of time. It is a crisis, and therefore it is a litmus test that will identify the character of those Israelites that have been summoned to Mount Carmel by Ahab at the Sunday law. They will then demonstrate the character that they have developed during the previous period of time, prophetically called the image of the beast test.

Ikigeragezo cy’ikirango cy’inyamaswa ntikirimo guhitamo, kuko kitarimo ikigize igihe cy’igeragezwa. Ni akanya kari ku ngingo y’igihe, si igihe kirekire. Ni ikibazo gikomeye, bityo kikaba ikigeragezo kigaragaza neza imico y’abo Bisirayeli bahamagariwe ku Musozi wa Karumeli na Ahabu ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru. Icyo gihe bazerekana imico bari barateje imbere mu gihe cyabanje, mu buryo bw’ubuhanuzi cyiswe ikigeragezo cy’ishusho y’inyamaswa.

> Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Hebrews 3:7–15.

> Ni cyo gituma, nk’uko Umwuka Wera avuga ati: Uyu munsi, nimwumva ijwi rye, ntimukinangire imitima yanyu, nk’uko byagenze mu gihe cyo kugomera Imana, ku munsi wo kuyigerageza mu butayu; ubwo ba sogokuruza banyigeragezaga, bakangerageza rwose, kandi bakabona imirimo yanjye imyaka mirongo ine. Ni cyo cyatumye ndakazwa n’urwo rubyaro, ndavuga nti: Buri gihe bazimira mu mitima yabo; kandi ntibamenye inzira zanjye. Nuko ndarahira nkiri mu burakari bwanjye nti: Ntibazinjira mu buruhukiro bwanjye.) Mwirinde, bene Data, kugira ngo hatagira n’umwe muri mwe ugira umutima mubi wo kutizera, ukabavana ku Mana ihoraho. Ahubwo muhugurane buri munsi, igihe cyose hakitwa Uyu munsi; kugira ngo hatagira n’umwe muri mwe unangizwa no gushukwa n’icyaha. Kuko twabaye abasangiye na Kristo, niba dukomeza gushikama kugeza ku mperuka ku cyizere twatangiranye na cyo; nk’uko bivugwa ngo: Uyu munsi, nimwumva ijwi rye, ntimukinangire imitima yanyu, nk’uko byagenze mu gihe cyo kugomera Imana. Abaheburayo 3:7–15.

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