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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Sixteen

Roma Ishyiraho Iyerekwa — Umubare Cumi na Gatandatu

The Final Test: Understanding the Symbolism of Rome and the Triple Application of Prophecy

Ikigeragezo cya nyuma: Gusobanukirwa n’igisobanuro cy’ikigereranyo cya Roma n’imikoreshereze itatu y’ubuhanuzi

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 4, 2024

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Those on the wrong side of this final controversy of the symbol of Rome lean upon a flawed application of a triple application of prophecy as they suggest that the three Rome’s are defined by the three Sunday laws of the years 321, 538 and the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. In doing so they place an incorrect slant upon the rule and the prophetic history they select, as was also done in the controversy over the four insects of Joel. The four generations followed by four devouring insects in the first six verses of Joel address how God’s people are progressively decimated over four generations, and that the decimation was accomplished by Adventism’s acceptance of the theology of Rome and apostate Protestantism.

Abari ku ruhande rutari rwo muri iyi mpaka ya nyuma yerekeye ikimenyetso cya Roma bishingikiriza ku ikoreshwa ririmo inenge ry’ihame ry’imikoreshereze itatu y’ubuhanuzi, ubwo bavuga ko Roma eshatu zisobanurwa n’amategeko atatu yo ku Cyumweru yo mu myaka ya 321, 538, n’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rizaza vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Mu kubigenza batyo, baha iryo hame n’amateka y’ubuhanuzi bahisemo icyerekezo kitari cyo, nk’uko byakozwe no mu mpaka zerekeye udukoko tune two muri Yoweli. Ibisekuru bine bikurikiwe n’udukoko tune turya bivugwa mu mirongo itandatu ya mbere ya Yoweli bivuga uburyo ubwoko bw’Imana bugenda bukendera buhoro buhoro mu bisekuru bine, kandi ko uko gukendera kwatewe n’uko Abadiventisiti bemeye tewolojiya ya Roma n’iy’Abaporotesitanti b’abahakanyi.

In the current controversy those who attempt to employ the Sunday law to define the three Rome’s, avoid the truth that there are actually four Sunday laws that are identified in God’s prophetic word, and that the year 321 represents the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, and the Sunday law of 538 typifies the Sunday law which is enforced upon all the nations of the world. Four Sunday laws does not identify three Sunday laws, especially when the third manifestation in a triple application of prophecy represents the final fulfillment. The soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is not the final Sunday law, it actually marks the beginning of a series of Sunday laws as each nation on the globe progressively accepts the mark of papal authority.

Muri impaka iriho ubu, abagerageza gukoresha itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru kugira ngo basobanure Roma eshatu, birengagiza ukuri k’uko mu by’ukuri hariho amategeko ane yerekeye ku Cyumweru agaragazwa mu ijambo ry’ubuhanuzi ry’Imana, kandi ko umwaka wa 321 uhagarariye itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, naho itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru ryo mu 538 rikaba ari ikigereranyo cy’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rishyirwa mu bikorwa ku mahanga yose yo mu isi. Amategeko ane yo ku Cyumweru ntasobanura amategeko atatu yo ku Cyumweru, cyane cyane iyo ishyirwa mu bikorwa rya gatatu mu ikoreshwa ry’ubuhanuzi mu buryo butatu rihagarariye isohozwa rya nyuma. Itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika si ryo tegeko rya nyuma ryo ku Cyumweru; ahubwo mu by’ukuri riranga itangiriro ry’uruhererekane rw’amategeko yo ku Cyumweru uko buri gihugu cyo ku isi kigenda cyemera buhoro buhoro ikimenyetso cy’ubutegetsi bwa gipapa.

Those who were awakened in July 2023 are required to understand that the prophetic test that confronts them occurs during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and that during that outpouring one class is receiving the “oil,” and the other class is receiving “strong delusion.” The primary representation of those who receive strong delusion is represented in the very chapter where the expression strong delusion is located, and in that chapter the truth that is either loved or rejected is the truth which defines the prophetic relationship between pagan Rome and papal Rome.

Abakanguriwe muri Nyakanga 2023 basabwa gusobanukirwa yuko ikigeragezo cy’ubuhanuzi kibahura na cyo kibaho mu gihe cy’iseseka rya Mwuka Wera, kandi ko muri iryo seseka icyiciro kimwe kirimo kwakira “amavuta,” naho ikindi cyiciro kikaba kirimo kwakira “ubuyobe bukomeye.” Ishusho y’ingenzi y’abakira ubuyobe bukomeye igaragarizwa muri rwa gice nyirizina aho imvugo ngo ubuyobe bukomeye iboneka, kandi muri icyo gice ukuri gukundwa cyangwa kwangwa ni ko kuri gusobanura isano y’ubuhanuzi iri hagati ya Roma ya gipagani na Roma ya gikipapa.

The prophetic relationship between 321 and 538 is shown by the prophetic relationship between the church of Pergamos and the church of Thyatira. In the last days, pagan Rome, represented by 321 and Pergamos, is a symbol of the United States, and papal Rome, represented by 538 and Thyatira, is a symbol of Modern Rome.

Isano y’ubuhanuzi iri hagati ya 321 na 538 igaragazwa n’isano y’ubuhanuzi iri hagati y’itorero rya Perugamo n’itorero rya Tiyatira. Mu minsi y’imperuka, Roma ya gipagani, ihagarariwe na 321 na Perugamo, ni ikimenyetso cya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, kandi Roma ya gipapa, ihagarariwe na 538 na Tiyatira, ni ikimenyetso cya Roma ya Kijyambere.

The first Rome of 321 was a singular power state, and the second Rome of 538 was a dual power representing a combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. The third and final Rome, which is modern Rome, is a threefold power that consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

Roma ya mbere yo mu mwaka wa 321 yari ubutegetsi bwihariye bw’igitugu, kandi Roma ya kabiri yo mu mwaka wa 538 yari ububasha bw’impande ebyiri bwagereranyaga ihuriro ry’itorero na Leta, aho itorero ari ryo ryagengaga iyo mibanire. Roma ya gatatu kandi ya nyuma, ari yo Roma ya none, ni ububasha bw’impande eshatu bugizwe n’igisato, inyamaswa n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma.

Paul taught that to not understand the prophetic and historic relationship of pagan Rome (the dragon) and papal Rome (the beast) was to manifest a hatred of the truth which brought about strong delusion. All the prophets, including Paul were more specifically addressing the last days, so the relationship between the two powers in Paul’s history represents the relationship between the three powers of Modern Rome in the last days. To reject the prophetic relationship that “forms” the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in the last days is to secure strong delusion for yourself.

Pawulo yigishije ko kutamenya isano ry’ubuhanuzi n’iry’amateka riri hagati ya Roma y’abapagani (ikiyoka) na Roma ya gipapa (inyamaswa) byari ukugaragaza kwanga ukuri, kandi ibyo byazanaga ubuyobe bukomeye. Abahanuzi bose, Pawulo arimo, bavugaga by’umwihariko iby’iminsi y’imperuka; bityo rero, isano riri hagati y’ubwo butegetsi bubiri mu mateka Pawulo yavugagamo rigereranya isano riri hagati y’ubutegetsi butatu bwa Roma y’iki gihe mu minsi y’imperuka. Kwanga isano ry’ubuhanuzi “rigize” ubumwe bw’inyabutatu bw’ikiyoka, inyamaswa n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma mu minsi y’imperuka ni ukwitegurira ubuyobe bukomeye.

Uriah Smith’s private interpretation of the king of the north represented a “cause” that produced an “effect.” But the class that is on the wrong side of the controversies about Rome is specifically identified as being unable to reason from cause to effect. Smith did not see that his flawed application of the king of the north would produce a prophetic platform which would lead him to also misrepresent the sixth plague, where there is a warning to keep or lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness.

Ibisobanuro bwite bya Uriah Smith ku mwami w’amajyaruguru byagereranyaga “impamvu” yabyaraga “ingaruka.” Ariko itsinda riri ku ruhande rutari rwo mu mpaka zerekeye Roma rigaragazwa by’umwihariko ko ridashoboye gutekereza rishingiye ku mpamvu rikagera ku ngaruka. Smith ntiyabonye ko uburyo bwe burimo inenge bwo gushyira mu mwanya ukwiye umwami w’amajyaruguru bwari kubyara urubuga rw’ubuhanuzi rwari kumuyobora no kugoreka ishusho y’icyago cya gatandatu, aho hari umuburo wo kurinda cyangwa gutakaza umwambaro w’ubutungane bwa Kristo.

As with Paul’s emphasis in Second Thessalonians, John in chapter sixteen of Revelation and the sixth plague emphasizes the necessity of understanding who the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon are. Smith’s flawed application of the king of the north provides witness to an inability to rightly apply types and antitypes.

Nk’uko byari bimeze no ku gushimangira kwa Pawulo mu rwandiko rwa Kabiri rw’Abatesalonike, Yohana mu gice cya cumi na gatandatu cy’Ibyahishuwe no mu cyago cya gatandatu ashimangira akamaro ko gusobanukirwa abo bubasha butatu buyobora isi ku rugamba rwa Harumagedoni ari bo. Uko Smith yashyize mu bikorwa mu buryo burimo amakosa umwami w’amajyaruguru, bitanga ubuhamya bw’uko adafite ubushobozi bwo gushyira mu mwanya wabyo neza ibigereranyo n’ibyasohoye ibigereranyo.

Smith could not, or would not, apply the principle so strongly set forth in the writings of Paul that the literal before the time-period of the cross represented the spiritual after the time-period of the cross. When this principle is carefully and correctly followed it is easily demonstrated that the “king of the north” is one of many symbols that represent the spiritual “king of the north” in the last days. Seventh-day Adventists above any other people should know that one of the primary structures that prophecy is based upon is the controversy between Christ and Satan. Christ is the true King of the north, and Satan has been attempting to manifest himself as the counterfeit king of the north.

Smith ntiyashoboye, cyangwa ntiyashatse, gushyira mu bikorwa ihame Pawulo yagaragaje mu buryo bukomeye cyane mu nyandiko ze, rivuga ko iby’umubiri byabanje mbere y’igihe cy’umusaraba byagereranyaga iby’umwuka byaje nyuma y’igihe cy’umusaraba. Iyo iri hame rikurikiranwe neza kandi mu buryo bukwiriye, bigaragarira bitaruhije ko “umwami wo mu majyaruguru” ari kimwe mu bimenyetso byinshi bigereranya “umwami wo mu majyaruguru” wo mu buryo bw’umwuka mu minsi y’imperuka. Abadiventisti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi, kurusha abandi bantu bose, bakwiriye kumenya ko imwe mu nkingi z’ibanze ubuhanuzi bwubakiraho ari intambara hagati ya Kristo na Satani. Kristo ni we Mwami w’ukuri wo mu majyaruguru, kandi Satani yakomeje kugerageza kwiyerekana nk’umwami w’ibinyoma wo mu majyaruguru.

> A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. Psalms 48:1–3.

> Indirimbo na Zaburi by’abahungu ba Kora. Uwiteka arakomeye, kandi akwiriye gushimwa cyane mu murwa w’Imana yacu, ku musozi wera wayo. Umusozi Siyoni, uri ku mpande z’amajyaruguru, ari wo murwa w’Umwami ukomeye, ni mwiza ku bw’aho uherereye, ni wo munezero w’isi yose. Imana izwi mu ngoro zawo nk’ubuhungiro. Zaburi 48:1–3.

Satan’s efforts to counterfeit the true King of the north, includes employing the pope of Rome as his earthly representative. Satan is antichrist, and so is the pope of Rome, who is Satan’s proxy in his work of deception.

Imihati ya Satani yo guhimba Umwami w’ukuri w’Amajyaruguru irimo gukoresha papa w’i Roma nk’uhagarariye ku isi. Satani ni antikristo, kandi ni ko na papa w’i Roma ari, kuko ari intumwa ya Satani mu murimo we wo kuyobya.

> “To secure worldly gains and honors, the church was led to seek the favor and support of the great men of earth; and having thus rejected Christ, she was induced to yield allegiance to the representative of Satan—the bishop of Rome.” The Great Controversy, 50.

> “Kugira ngo Itorero ribone inyungu n’icyubahiro by’isi, ryashowe gushaka ubutoni n’inkunga by’abakomeye bo mu isi; kandi rimaze gutyo kwanga Kristo, ryoshywe kwemera kugandukira uhagarariye Satani—musenyeri wa Roma.” The Great Controversy, 50.

In the breakup of Alexander the Great’s kingdom, Seleucus Nicator became the first king of the north in the history represented in Daniel chapter eleven. His father, Antiochus, had been an influential leader in Alexander’s kingdom, and his son, Seleucus, was made the satrap of Babylon. A “satrap” is a governor, and when Seleucus had secured three of the four geographical areas that Alexander’s kingdom divided into, he became the king of the north.

Mu isenyuka ry’ubwami bwa Alegizandere Mukuru, Seleucus Nicator yabaye umwami wa mbere w’amajyaruguru mu mateka agaragazwa muri Daniyeli igice cya cumi na kimwe. Se, Antiochus, yari umuyobozi ukomeye kandi ufite ijambo mu bwami bwa Alegizandere, kandi umuhungu we, Seleucus, yagizwe satarapi wa Babuloni. “Satarapi” ni guverineri, kandi ubwo Seleucus yari amaze kwigarurira uduce dutatu muri tune tw’uturere tw’akarere ubwami bwa Alegizandere bwacitsemo, yahindutse umwami w’amajyaruguru.

Smith’s private interpretation and avoidance of grammatical rules led him to assume the final powers that made up Satan’s confederacy of evil in the last days were represented in prophecy as literal powers, not spiritual powers. Thus, he could not see that Seleucus Nicator as the first king of the north, the governor of Babylon, would of prophetic necessity represent the final spiritual king of the north who was the power that controlled modern spiritual Babylon.

Ubusobanuro bwite bwa Smith no kwirengagiza amategeko y’ikibonezamvugo byatumye afata ko ububasha bwa nyuma bwagize ihuriro rya Satani ry’ibibi mu minsi y’imperuka bwari bugaragajwe mu buhanuzi nk’ububasha bw’ukuri bugaragara, atari ububasha bw’umwuka. Bityo rero, ntiyashoboraga kubona ko Seleucus Nicator, nk’umwami wa mbere wo mu majyaruguru, umutware wa Babuloni, ku bw’itegeko ry’ubuhanuzi byari ngombwa ko ahagararira umwami wa nyuma w’umwuka wo mu majyaruguru, ari we bubasha bwagenzuraga Babuloni ya none y’umwuka.

> And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 17:1-6.

> Nuko umwe muri ba bamarayika barindwi bari bafite za nzabya ndwi aza arambwira ati: Ngwino hano, nkwereke urubanza rw’uwo maraya mukuru wicaye ku mazi menshi; uwo abami bo mu isi basambanije na we, kandi abatuye isi basindijwe n’inzoga z’ubusambanyi bwe. Nuko andwanira mu Mwuka anjyana mu butayu: mbona umugore yicaye ku nyamaswa itukura, yuzuye amazina yo gutuka Imana, ifite imitwe irindwi n’amahembe icumi. Kandi uwo mugore yari yambaye imyenda y’umutuku wa gisinga n’itukura, yisharije izahabu n’amabuye y’igiciro kinini n’imaragarita, afite mu kuboko kwe igikombe cy’izahabu cyuzuyemo ibizira n’umwanda w’ubusambanyi bwe. No ku gahanga ke hari handitsweho izina ngo: AMAYOBERA, BABULONI IKOMEYE, NYINA W’ABAMARAYA N’IBIZIRA BYO MU ISI. Mbona uwo mugore asindishijwe n’amaraso y’abera n’amaraso y’abahowe Yesu; maze mbonye ibyo, ndatangara cyane. Ibyahishuwe 17:1-6.

The power that governs Babylon in the last days is the papal church, and she is therefore also the spiritual king of the north.

Ububasha butegekamo Babuloni mu minsi y’imperuka ni Itorero rya Papa, kandi ni yo mpamvu na bwo ari umwami wo mu majyaruguru wo mu buryo bw’umwuka.

> “The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as ‘arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness:…and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.’ Says the prophet: ‘I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.’ Babylon is further declared to be ‘that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.’ Revelation 17:4-6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome. The purple and scarlet color, the gold and precious stones and pearls, vividly picture the magnificence and more than kingly pomp affected by the haughty see of Rome. And no other power could be so truly declared ‘drunken with the blood of the saints’ as that church which has so cruelly persecuted the followers of Christ. Babylon is also charged with the sin of unlawful connection with ‘the kings of the earth.’ It was by departure from the Lord, and alliance with the heathen, that the Jewish church became a harlot; and Rome, corrupting herself in like manner by seeking the support of worldly powers, receives a like condemnation.” The Great Controversy, 382.

> “Umugore (Babuloni) uvugwa mu Ibyahishuwe 17 arasobanurwa ko ‘yambaye ibara ry’umutuku wijimye n’iry’akajuju, kandi yitatse izahabu n’amabuye y’agaciro n’amasaro, afite mu kuboko kwe igikombe cy’izahabu cyuzuye ibizira n’umwanda: …kandi ku gahanga ke hari handitswe izina ngo, Ibanga, Babuloni Ikomeye, nyina w’indaya.’ Umuhanuzi aravuga ati: ‘Nabonye uwo mugore yasinze amaraso y’abera n’amaraso y’abahowe Yesu.’ Babuloni kandi yongeye gutangazwa ko ari ‘wa murwa ukomeye utegeka abami bo mu isi.’ Ibyahishuwe 17:4-6, 18. Ububasha bwamaze ibinyejana byinshi bugundira mu butegetsi bw’igitugu abami b’Ubukristo ni Roma. Ibara ry’umutuku wijimye n’iry’akajuju, izahabu n’amabuye y’agaciro n’amasaro, bishushanya mu buryo bugaragara ubwiza buhebuje n’ubwibone burenze ubw’abami byigizwe n’intebe y’i Roma yuzuye ubwibone. Kandi nta bundi bubasha bwashoboraga kuvugwaho ukuri kurusha iri torero ngo ‘ryasinze amaraso y’abera,’ nk’iryo torero ryatoteje abigishwa ba Kristo ubugome bukabije bene ako kageni. Babuloni kandi ishinjwa icyaha cyo kwihuza mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko n’‘abami bo mu isi.’ Ni ukubwo kuva ku Mwami no kugirana ubumwe n’abapagani byatumye itorero ry’Abayahudi rihinduka indaya; kandi Roma, na yo yiyanduza muri ubwo buryo nyine ishaka inkunga y’ububasha bwo mu isi, ihabwa gucirwaho iteka nk’uko byagenze.” Intambara Ikomeye, 382.

The governor is the king, and according to Isaiah, a king is a kingdom and is also the capital city of a kingdom.

Guverineri ni umwami, kandi nk’uko Yesaya abivuga, umwami ni ubwami kandi ni na wo murwa mukuru w’ubwami.

> 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 Damasiko, kandi umutwe wa Damasiko ni Rezini; kandi mu myaka mirongo itandatu n’itanu Efurayimu izavunagurwa, ku buryo itazaba ikiri ubwoko. Kandi umutwe wa Efurayimu ni Samariya, kandi umutwe wa Samariya ni mwene Remaliya. Nimutitizera, ni ukuri ntimuzakomezwa. Yesaya 7:8, 9.

According to the witness of Isaiah, a student of prophecy who awakens in July of 2023 to a prophetic testing process must recognize the prophetic symbolism of the “head” if he wishes to be established. If he doesn’t recognize and apply the symbolism of a “head” when called for, then he is not established. Those who disbelieve are not established, and therefore Isaiah is identifying two classes of worshippers in the last days who either are established or are not established. They are the same two classes who either have the “oil,” or they don’t have the “oil.”

Dukurikije ubuhamya bwa Yesaya, umunyeshuri w’ubuhanuzi ukangukira mu kwezi kwa Nyakanga 2023 kugira ngo yinjire mu nzira yo kugeragezwa k’ubuhanuzi agomba kumenya ikimenyetso cy’ubuhanuzi cy’“umutwe” niba yifuza gushikama. Naramuka atamenye kandi ngo akoreshe ikimenyetso cy’“umutwe” igihe gisabwa, ntaba ashikamye. Abatizera ntibashikama, bityo rero Yesaya arimo agaragaza ibyiciro bibiri by’abaramya bo mu minsi y’imperuka, ari bo abashikama cyangwa abadashikama. Ni byo byiciro bibiri bimwe by’ababa bafite “amavuta,” cyangwa badafite “amavuta.”

One class that is established and has oil, receives the message of the Midnight Cry that began to be opened up in July of 2023, or they receive the strong delusion of Second Thessalonians. Their test is the formation of the image of the beast, and the way in which the beast is formed, whether the papal beast of the Dark Ages, or its image that is formed by the United States, or the threefold union that leads the world to Armageddon. This includes the necessity of recognizing that the “head,” the “king” the ruler of the other two powers that make up the threefold union, is the papal power.

Itsinda kimwe cyamaze gushingwa kandi gifite amavuta, cyakira ubutumwa bw’Induru yo mu Gicuku bwatangiye gusobanurwa muri Nyakanga 2023, cyangwa kikakira ubushukanyi bukomeye bwo muri 2 Abatesalonike. Ikigeragezo cyabo ni ugushingwa kw’ishusho y’inyamaswa, n’uburyo iyo nyamaswa ishingwamo, ari inyamaswa ya gipapa yo mu Bihe by’Umwijima, cyangwa ishusho yayo ishyirwaho na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, cyangwa ubumwe bw’impande eshatu buyobora isi kuri Harimagedoni. Ibi bikubiyemo n’akamaro ko kumenya ko “umutwe,” “umwami,” umutegetsi w’izindi mbaraga ebyiri zigize ubwo bumwe bw’impande eshatu, ari ubutegetsi bwa gipapa.

The “head,” the capital city of Judah was Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose to place His name.

“Umutwe,” ari wo murwa mukuru wa Yuda, wari Yerusalemu, umurwa Uwiteka yatoranyije gushyiramo izina rye.

> And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 1 Kings 14:21.

> Nuko Rehobowamu mwene Salomo yima ingoma i Buyuda. Rehobowamu yari afite imyaka mirongo ine n’umwe igihe yatangiraga gutegeka, maze amara imyaka cumi n’irindwi ategekera i Yerusalemu, umugi Uwiteka yatoranyije mu miryango yose ya Isirayeli kugira ngo ahashyire izina rye. Kandi nyina yitwaga Naama, Umwamonitukazi. 1 Abami 14:21.

In the great controversy between Christ and Satan, Christ’s capital city, where He places His name, is Jerusalem, and Satan’s counterfeit was the literal city of Babylon that represents spiritual Babylon that great city in the last days. Satan places his name upon the head as a counterfeit of God’s city and capitol. The king that resides there is the mother of harlots who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. The mother of harlots is the papal power, and her daughters are the fallen Protestant churches, of which the premier fallen apostate church is the apostate Protestants of the United States.

Mu mpaka ukomeye uri hagati ya Kristo na Satani, umurwa mukuru wa Kristo, aho ashyira izina rye, ni Yerusalemu; kandi ikinyoma cya Satani cyiganye uwo murwa ni umujyi nyakuri wa Babuloni, ushushanya Babuloni ya mwuka, uwo murwa ukomeye wo mu minsi y’imperuka. Satani ashyira izina rye ku gahanga nk’igihimbano cy’umurwa n’umurwa mukuru by’Imana. Umwami uhatuye ni nyina w’indaya, usambana n’abami b’isi. Uwo nyina w’indaya ni ububasha bwa gipapa, naho abakobwa be ni amatorero y’Abaporotesitanti yaguye, muri yo iryabaye irya mbere mu kugwa no mu buhakanyi rikaba ari Abaporotesitanti b’abahakanyi bo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.

Those apostate Protestants represent the Protestant horn of the earth beast, and they are connected with their mother since their rejection of the prophetic message that was unsealed in 1798. Their counterpart, the Republican horn, is connected with the kings of the earth through their relationship with the United Nations, the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. The threefold union which leads the world to Armageddon is represented by its head, where its name is placed, and spiritual modern Rome is spiritual modern Babylon. Its “head” is the papal power.

Abo Baporotesitanti baretse ukwizera bagereranya ihembe ry’Abaporotesitanti ry’inyamaswa yo mu isi, kandi bahujwe na nyina bitewe no kwanga ubutumwa bw’ubuhanuzi bwafunguwe mu 1798. Iryo bahabanye na ryo, ari ryo hembe ry’Abaripubulikani, rihujwe n’abami bo mu isi binyuze mu isano bafitanye n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, abo bami icumi bo mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi na karindwi. Ubumwe bw’ubwoko butatu buyobora isi kuri Harumagedoni bugaragazwa n’umutwe wabwo, ari na ho izina ryabwo rishyirwa, kandi Roma ya none yo mu buryo bw’umwuka ni Babuloni ya none yo mu buryo bw’umwuka. “Umutwe” wabwo ni ububasha bwa papa.

The first represents the last and whether you apply Daniel chapter two as did the Millerites, as representing four kingdoms, or as has been opened up in the last days as representing eight kingdoms, the first kingdom was literal Babylon. The Millerites would inform you the last was literal Rome. Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols, for they are the first and the last of a prophetic line.

Iya mbere ihagarariye iya nyuma; kandi niba ushyira mu bikorwa Daniyeli igice cya kabiri nk’uko Abamillerite babigenzaga, ko ihagarariye ubwami bune, cyangwa nk’uko byahishuwe mu minsi ya nyuma ko ihagarariye ubwami umunani, ubwami bwa mbere bwari Babuloni nyakuri. Abamillerite bakubwira ko ubwa nyuma bwari Roma nyakuri. Babuloni na Roma ni ibimenyetso bisimburana, kuko ari byo bya mbere n’ibya nyuma by’umurongo w’ubuhanuzi.

In the last days the first kingdom of literal Babylon represents the eighth and last kingdom which is spiritual modern Babylon, and is also spiritual modern Rome. Upon the two witnesses represented in Daniel chapter two Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols.

Mu minsi y’imperuka, ubwami bwa mbere bwa Babuloni nyakuri bugereranya ubwami bwa munani kandi bwa nyuma, ari bwo Babuloni ya none yo mu buryo bw’umwuka, kandi bukaba ari na Roma ya none yo mu buryo bw’umwuka. Ku bahamya babiri bagaragajwe muri Daniyeli igice cya kabiri, Babuloni na Roma ni ibimenyetso bisimburana.

When the papal whore is portrayed with a name on her forehead that identifies “Mystery Babylon,” it is also identifying “mystery Rome.” A prophetic “mystery” represents a truth that is so profound that it is impossible to understand the depth of the truth represented therein, especially without the influence of the Holy Spirit. But a biblical “mystery” also demands that what is revealed in connection with the mystery is a required understanding for those who seek to pass the test. This is why two witnesses in Revelation emphasize the need to understand modern Rome.

Iyo maraya wa gipapa iyo ashushanyijwe afite izina ku gahanga he rimuranga ko ari “Babuloni y’Amayobera,” biba binaranga na “Roma y’amayobera.” “Amayobera” ya gihanuzi asobanura ukuri kwimbitse cyane ku buryo bidashoboka gusobanukirwa uburebure n’ubujyakuzimu bw’ukuri kuyahagarariwemo, cyane cyane hatariho ububasha bwa Mwuka Wera. Ariko kandi “amayobera” ya Bibiliya asaba ko ibihishuwe bifitanye isano n’ayo mayobera biba ugusobanukirwa kwa ngombwa ku bashaka gutsinda ikigeragezo. Ni cyo gituma abahamya babiri bo mu Ibyahishuwe bashimangira ko ari ngombwa gusobanukirwa Roma ya none.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18.

> Dore ubwenge. Ufite ubwenge abarure umubare w’inyamaswa, kuko ari umubare w’umuntu; kandi umubare wayo ni magana atandatu na mirongo itandatu na gatandatu. Ibyahishuwe 13:18.

“Wisdom” understands the number of the beast, which is the number of a man whose number is six, six, six. The “man of sin” is the head of the beast. Wisdom is an attribute of the wise virgins in the last days, and it is also a symbol of those who understand the increase of knowledge in the last days. Those who do not understand are foolish virgins and are the wicked. The “wisdom” they do not understand must of prophetic necessity be in the context of the final prophetic test, for this is when the wise and foolish virgins exist. They must understand “six, six, six.” The mind that has wisdom is also located by John in the last days in Revelation chapter seventeen.

“Ubwenge” busobanukirwa umubare w’inyamaswa, ari wo mubare w’umuntu, kandi umubare we ni gatandatu, gatandatu, gatandatu. “Umuntu w’icyaha” ni we mutwe w’iyo nyamaswa. Ubwenge ni kamere iranga abageni b’abanyabwenge mu minsi ya nyuma, kandi ni n’ikimenyetso cy’abasobanukiwe kwiyongera kw’ubumenyi mu minsi ya nyuma. Abadasobanukiwe ni abageni b’abapfu, kandi ni abanyabyaha. “Ubwenge” batumva, kubera ugutegekwa n’ubuhanuzi, bugomba kuba buri mu rwego rw’ikigeragezo cya nyuma cy’ubuhanuzi, kuko ari bwo abageni b’abanyabwenge n’ab’abapfu babaho. Bagomba gusobanukirwa “gatandatu, gatandatu, gatandatu.” Umutima ufite ubwenge na wo Yohana awushyira mu minsi ya nyuma mu Byahishuwe igice cya cumi na karindwi.

> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Revelation 17:9–11.

> Kandi ni bwo bwenge buri. Imitwe irindwi ni yo misozi irindwi, uwo mugore ayicayeho. Kandi hariho abami barindwi: batanu baguye, umwe arahari, undi ntaraza; kandi ni naza, akwiriye kumara igihe gito. Nya nyamaswa yariho, none ikaba itakiriho, na yo ubwayo ni iya munani, kandi ikomoka kuri ba bandi barindwi, kandi ijya mu irimbukiro. Ibyahishuwe 17:9–11.

The “mind” that has the wisdom to understand the number “six, six, six,” is a wise virgin who has obtained the “mind of Christ.”

“Ubwenge” bushobora gusobanukirwa umubare “gatandatu, gatandatu, gatandatu,” ni ubwari bw’umunyabwenge bwamaze guhabwa “ubwenge bwa Kristo.”

> For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16.

> Mbese se ni nde wamenye ubwenge bw’Umwami, ngo abone uko amwigisha? Ariko twe dufite ubwenge bwa Kristo. 1 Abakorinto 2:16.

The class of wise virgins have the mind of Christ, and the foolish wicked virgins have the mind of Christ’s adversary.

Itsinda ry’abakobwa b’inkumi b’abanyabwenge rifite umutima wa Kristo, kandi abakobwa b’inkumi b’abapfapfa babi bafite umutima w’umwanzi wa Kristo.

> “The time has come for the true light to shine amid moral darkness. The third angel’s message has been sent forth to the world, warning men against receiving the mark of the beast or of his image in their foreheads or in their hands. To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas, in direct opposition to the word of God.” Review and Herald, July 13, 1897.

> “Igihe kigeze ngo umucyo nyakuri urabagirane hagati mu mwijima w’umuco muke. Ubutumwa bw’umumarayika wa gatatu bwoherejwe ku isi, buburira abantu kwirinda kwakira ikimenyetso cya ya nyamaswa cyangwa cy’igishushanyo cyayo ku gahanga kabo cyangwa ku biganza byabo. Kwakira icyo kimenyetso bisobanura gufata icyemezo kimwe n’icyo ya nyamaswa yafashe, no gushyigikira ibitekerezo bimwe n’ibyayo, mu buryo bunyuranye rwose n’Ijambo ry’Imana.” Review and Herald, July 13, 1897.

The formation of the image of the beast is the final test for the virgins of the parable, and the wise have the mind of Christ, for they have come to the same decision as Christ, for they have submitted their wills unto the Holy Spirit’s direction. The formation of the image of Christ in the wise virgins contrasts with the formation of the image of the beast in the foolish virgins. The foolish virgins come to the same decision as the beast, for they became confused upon the test question concerning the correct identification of the antichrist, who is the counterfeit king of the north and the head of modern Rome.

Ishyirwaho ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa ni ikigeragezo cya nyuma ku bakobwa b’inkumi bo mu mugani, kandi abanyabwenge bafite umutima wa Kristo, kuko bageze ku mwanzuro umwe na Kristo, kuko bashyize ubushake bwabo munsi y’ubuyobozi bwa Mwuka Wera. Ishyirwaho ry’ishusho ya Kristo mu bakobwa b’inkumi b’abanyabwenge ritandukanywa n’ishyirwaho ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa mu bakobwa b’inkumi b’abapfapfa. Abakobwa b’inkumi b’abapfapfa bagera ku mwanzuro umwe n’inyamaswa, kuko bayobye ku kibazo cy’ikigeragezo cyerekeye kumenya neza umwirondoro wa antikristo, ari we mwami w’amajyaruguru w’impimbano kandi akaba umutware wa Roma ya none.

> “Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist.” Kress Collection, 105.

> “Abayoba mu gusobanukirwa kwabo n’Ijambo, ntibabashe kubona icyo antikristo asobanura, nta kabuza bazishyira ku ruhande rwa antikristo.” Kress Collection, 105.

The foolish virgins in the testing time that is represented as the formation of the image of the beast become confused in their understanding of the word. Their confusion is premised upon misunderstanding God’s prophetic word, and failing to see the correct meaning of Modern Rome, they receive strong delusion, come to the same decision as the beast, and advocate the same papal ideas in direct opposition to the word of God, and place themselves on the side of antichrist.

Abakobwa b’abapfu mu gihe cy’ikigeragezo gishushanyijwe nk’ikorwa ry’ishusho y’inyamaswa, bacika urujijo mu gusobanukirwa kwabo Ijambo. Urujijo rwabo rushingiye ku kutumva neza ijambo ry’ubuhanuzi ry’Imana; kandi kubera ko batabona insobanuro nyakuri ya Roma ya Kijyambere, bahabwa kuyobywa gukomeye, bafata icyemezo kimwe n’inyamaswa, kandi bagashyigikira ibitekerezo bimwe bya kipapa bahanganye ku buryo butaziguye n’Ijambo ry’Imana, maze bakishyira ku ruhande rwa antikristo.

We will continue these thoughts in the next article in this category.

Tuzakomeza ibi bitekerezo mu nyandiko ikurikira yo muri iki cyiciro.

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