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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Twelve

Roma Ishyiraho Ibyerekwa - Umubare Cumi na Kabiri

The Triple Application of Prophecy: The Abomination of Desolation and the Last Days Warning to Flee

Ishyirwa ry’Ubuhanuzi mu Bice Bitatu: Igizira kibi giteza umusaka n’Iburira ryo mu Minsi y’Imperuka ryo Guhunga

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Jeff Pippenger

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August 31, 2024

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The abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet is a sign for Christians in three different eras to flee. The Christians in Jerusalem fled when they saw the standards of the Roman armies encompassing Jerusalem in the year 66 AD. The Christians of the late fifth and early sixth century fled into the wilderness when they saw the man of sin in the temple of God proclaiming that he was God. In 1888 there was a series of Sunday laws introduced into the Congress of the United States by Senator Blair. Those bills were called the Blair bills, and they were an effort to identify Sunday as a National Day of Worship. Sunday worship is the mark of the beast, the mark of papal authority and the Constitution of the United States directly opposes the enforcement of a national religion as a test for the citizens of the United States.

Igiteye ishyano cyo kurimbuka cyavuzweho na Daniyeli umuhanuzi ni ikimenyetso ku Bakristo bo mu bihe bitatu bitandukanye cyo guhunga. Abakristo b’i Yerusalemu barahunze ubwo babonaga amabendera y’ingabo z’Abaroma zikikije Yerusalemu mu mwaka wa 66 nyuma ya Kristo. Abakristo bo mu mpera z’ikinyejana cya gatanu no mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya gatandatu bahungiye mu butayu ubwo babonaga umuntu w’icyaha mu rusengero rw’Imana atangaza ko ari Imana. Mu mwaka wa 1888, hatangijwe muri Kongere ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika urukurikirane rw’amategeko y’Icyumweru na Senateri Blair. Iyo mishinga y’amategeko yitwaga amategeko ya Blair, kandi yari igamije gushyiraho Icyumweru nk’Umunsi w’Igihugu wo Kuramya. Kuramya ku Cyumweru ni cyo kimenyetso cy’inyamaswa, ikimenyetso cy’ububasha bwa papa, kandi Itegeko Nshinga rya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika rirwanya mu buryo butaziguye ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’idini ry’igihugu nk’ikigeragezo ku baturage ba Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.

It is this fact that is left out of the flawed application connected with identifying the United States as modern Rome. A triple application of prophecy possesses specific rules that govern its application. The rules identify that the prophetic characteristics of the first fulfillment are to be combined with the prophetic characteristics of the second fulfillment in order to establish the prophetic characteristics of the third fulfillment.

Ni uku kuri ni ko gusigaye inyuma mu ikoreshwa ririmo amakosa rijyanirana no kwita Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika Roma yo muri iki gihe. Ikoreshwa ry’ubuhanuzi rifite ibyiciro bitatu rigengwa n’amategeko yihariye agena uko rikoreshwa. Ayo mategeko agaragaza ko ibiranga ubuhanuzi byo mu isohozwa rya mbere bigomba guhuzwa n’ibiranga ubuhanuzi byo mu isohozwa rya kabiri kugira ngo hashyirweho ibiranga ubuhanuzi byo mu isohozwa rya gatatu.

The warning to flee, is a warning to flee from a coming persecution. In Christ’s era the persecution was the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in the year 70. The warning sign of that approaching persecution was given in the year 66 AD. The warning to flee in the late fifth and early sixth century was identified by Paul’s as the recognition of a falling away of prophetic Pergamos, which represented pagan Rome. There was to be a falling away first, in order for the man of sin who would proclaim himself as God to be revealed. In the history approaching 538, pagan Rome that had restrained, or as Paul stated “withholdeth” was taken away, and as Pergamos fell away and the sign to flee arrived and directed the faithful to separate from the papal churches communion. Then in 538, at the Counsel of Orleans the papal power passed a Sunday law, and the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal persecution began.

Umuburo wo guhunga ni umuburo wo guhunga akarengane kari hafi kuza. Mu gihe cya Kristo, ako karengane kari ukurimburwa kwa Yerusalemu n’urusengero mu mwaka wa 70. Ikimenyetso cy’uwo mubabaro wari wegereje cyatanzwe mu mwaka wa 66 nyuma ya Kristo. Umuburo wo guhunga mu mpera z’ikinyejana cya gatanu no mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya gatandatu wagaragajwe na Pawulo nk’ukumenya ko hari ukwateshuka kwa Pergamo yo mu buhanuzi, yashushanyaga Roma ya gipagani. Hagombaga kubanza kubaho ukwateshuka, kugira ngo wa muntu w’icyaha wari kwiyamamaza nk’Imana ahishurwe. Mu mateka yegerezaga umwaka wa 538, Roma ya gipagani yari yarabuzaga, cyangwa nk’uko Pawulo yabivuze “ikibuza” yakuweho, kandi ubwo Pergamo yateshukaga ikimenyetso cyo guhunga kirahagera, kiyobora abizerwa gutandukana n’ubusabane bw’amatorero ya papa. Hanyuma mu mwaka wa 538, mu Nama y’i Orléans, ububasha bwa papa bwashyizeho itegeko ryo kwubahiriza ku Cyumweru, maze imyaka igihumbi na magana abiri na mirongo itandatu y’akarengane ka papa iratangira.

The first two witnesses identify clearly that the third fulfillment of the warning to flee given by Christ preceded the actual persecution. The destruction of Jerusalem came exactly three and a half years after the siege of Cestius began in 66 AD, thus allowing the Christians to flee in advance of the horrors of the second siege which was instigated by Titus and concluded with the destruction of the temple and city. In advance of the year 538, the Christians separated from the church of papal Rome, and prophetically fled into the wilderness, which represents the destruction of spiritual Jerusalem.

Abahamya ba mbere babiri bagaragaza mu buryo bweruye ko isohozwa rya gatatu ry’umuburo wo guhunga watanzwe na Kristo ryabanjirije ugutotezwa nyako. Kurimbuka kwa Yerusalemu kwabaye neza imyaka itatu n’igice nyuma y’uko igotwa rya Cestius ritangiye mu mwaka wa 66 nyuma ya Kristo, bityo bituma Abakristo bahunga mbere y’amahano y’igotwa rya kabiri ryatangijwe na Tito rikaza kurangirana no kurimbuka kw’urusengero n’umujyi. Mbere y’umwaka wa 538, Abakristo bitandukanije n’itorero rya Roma y’ubupapa, kandi mu buryo bw’ubuhanuzi bahungira mu butayu, bugereranya kurimbuka kwa Yerusalemu yo mu by’umwuka.

> But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. Revelation 11:2, 3.

> Ariko urugo rw’inyuma rw’urusengero uruharire, nturupime; kuko rwahawe abanyamahanga, kandi bazakandagira umurwa wera amezi mirongo ine n’abiri. Kandi nzaha ububasha abagabo banjye babiri b’abo guhamya, na bo bazahanura iminsi igihumbi na magana abiri na mirongo itandatu, bambaye ibigunira. Ibyahishuwe 11:2, 3.

In both illustrations of the warning to flee, the warning precedes the persecution, and the persecution is represented by Rome, whether pagan or papal, trampling down Jerusalem, whether literal or spiritual. The warning to flee for Seventh-day Adventist was the Blair bill in 1888. In the first fulfillment in the history of pagan Rome the Christians were to flee from Jerusalem, and in fulfillment of papal Rome the Christians fled into the wilderness. For Adventism the warning was to flee into the country.

Muri izo ngero zombi z’umuburo wo guhunga, uwo muburo uza mbere y’itotezwa, kandi iryo totezwa rigereranywa na Roma, yaba iya gipagani cyangwa iya gipapa, ikandagira Yerusalemu hasi, yaba iy’ukuri cyangwa iy’umwuka. Umuburo wo guhunga wari uhawe Abadiventisiti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi wari itegeko rya Blair mu 1888. Mu isohozwa rya mbere mu mateka ya Roma ya gipagani, Abakristo bagombaga guhunga bava i Yerusalemu, kandi mu isohozwa rya Roma ya gipapa Abakristo bahungiye mu butayu. Ku Bwadiventisiti, umuburo wari uwo guhungira mu cyaro.

> “It is no time now for God’s people to be fixing their affections or laying up their treasure in the world. The time is not far distant, when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains.” Testimonies, volume 5, 464.

> “Ubu si bwo gihe ubu kugira ngo ubwoko bw’Imana bube bushyira imitima yabwo ku by’isi cyangwa ngo bubike ubutunzi bwabwo mu isi. Igihe ntikiri kure ubwo, nk’abigishwa ba mbere, tuzahatirwa gushaka ubuhungiro ahantu hameze nk’ubutabwamo kandi hitaruye. Nk’uko kugotwa kwa Yerusalemu n’ingabo z’Abaroma kwabaye ikimenyetso cyo guhunga ku Bakristo b’i Yudaya, ni ko no kwiyambaza ububasha kw’ishyanga ryacu mu itegeko rishyira mu bikorwa Isabato ya papa bizatubera umuburo. Icyo gihe ni bwo hazaba ari igihe cyo kuva mu migi minini, mu kwitegura kuva no mu mito kugira ngo tujye kuba mu ngo zitaruye ahantu hihishe mu misozi.” Testimonies, volume 5, 464.

“The assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us,” was fulfilled when the abomination of desolation, in agreement with Mark’s words was “standing where it ought not.” In 1888, the Congress of the United States was considering a law in direct contradiction to a primary element of the Constitution, and at that point Seventh-day Adventists were to leave the cities and move to the country.

“Kwiharira ububasha n’igihugu cyacu mu itegeko rishyira mu bikorwa Isabato ya Papa bizatubera umuburo,” byasohoye ubwo ikizira giteza umusaka, nk’uko bihuye n’amagambo ya Mariko, cyari “gihagaze aho kidakwiriye.” Mu mwaka wa 1888, Kongere ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika yarimo isuzuma itegeko ryanyuranyaga mu buryo bweruye n’ingingo shingiro y’Itegeko Nshinga, kandi muri icyo gihe Abadiventisiti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi bagombaga kuva mu migi bakimukira mu cyaro.

> “Not one Christian perished in the destruction of Jerusalem. Christ had given His disciples warning, and all who believed His words watched for the promised sign. . . . Without delay they fled to a place of safety—the city of Pella, in the land of Perea, beyond Jordan.” The Great Controversy, 30.

> “Nta Mukristo n’umwe warimbutse mu irimbuka rya Yerusalemu. Kristo yari yarahaye abigishwa Be umuburo, kandi abizeye amagambo Ye bose bakomeje kurindira ikimenyetso cyasezeranyijwe.... Nta gutinza, bahungiye ahantu hatekanye—mu murwa wa Pella, mu gihugu cya Pereya, hakurya ya Yorodani.” The Great Controversy, 30.

The prophetic characteristics of the first of the warning signs to flee, represent the third and final fulfillment. Sometimes those prophetic characteristics produce a double fulfillment in the third fulfillment. An example of this is the three Elijah’s. The line of Elijah in his confrontation with Jezebel, Ahab and the prophets of Baal, combined with the characteristics of John the Baptist, the second Elijah, in his confrontation with Herodias, Herod and Salome establish that in the last days, for the third and final fulfillment of a triple application is always in the last days, Elijah and John represent two classes of God’s people. One class represented by Elijah do not die, and the other class represented by John do die. The two classes are also represented in Revelation chapter seven as the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who do not die, and the great multitude that do die.

Ibiranga by’ubuhanuzi biranga icya mbere mu bimenyetso by’imbuzi byo guhunga, bigaragaza isohozwa rya gatatu kandi rya nyuma. Rimwe na rimwe ibyo biranga by’ubuhanuzi bitanga isohozwa rikubye kabiri muri iryo sohozwa rya gatatu. Urugero rw’ibyo ni Eliya batatu. Umurongo wa Eliya mu guhangana kwe na Yezebeli, Ahabu n’abahanuzi ba Baali, uhujwe n’ibiranga bya Yohana Umubatiza, ari we Eliya wa kabiri, mu guhangana kwe na Herodiya, Herode na Salome, bishyiraho ko mu minsi y’imperuka, kuko isohozwa rya gatatu kandi rya nyuma ry’ikorwa rikubye gatatu buri gihe riba mu minsi y’imperuka, Eliya na Yohana bahagarariye ibyiciro bibiri by’ubwoko bw’Imana. Icyiciro kimwe gihagarariwe na Eliya ntikizapfa, kandi ikindi cyiciro gihagarariwe na Yohana kizapfa. Ibyo byiciro byombi byongeye no guhagararirwa mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya karindwi nk’abihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine, batapfa, n’imbaga nyamwinshi ipfa.

In the three Babylon’s a similar element of the prophetic message is that the first Babylon is represented by Nimrod, but the second Babylon is represented by the first and last kings, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar. Nebuchadnezzar represents those in Babylon who will be saved, and Belshazzar, those in Babylon who will be lost.

Mu Babuloni eshatu hari ikintu gisa mu butumwa bw’ubuhanuzi, ari cyo kuba Babuloni ya mbere igereranywa na Nimurodi, ariko Babuloni ya kabiri yo igereranywa n’abami ba mbere n’aba nyuma, Nebukadinezari na Belushazari. Nebukadinezari agereranya abari i Babuloni bazakizwa, naho Belushazari agereranya abari i Babuloni bazarimbuka.

In the last days there are two Sunday laws that are the subject of Bible prophecy. The first is the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, and the second is the Sunday law that is forced upon the entire world. Those two Sunday laws were typified by the Sunday law of pagan Rome, when in the year 321, Constantine enforced the first Sunday law, followed by the Sunday law of Papal Rome in 538. Pagan Rome is one of several prophetic types that prefigure the United States, and the Sunday law of 321, typifies the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. The papal Sunday law of 538 typifies the Sunday law that is enforced upon the entire world. The flawed view that the United States is typified by the robbers in Daniel eleven tries to employ the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States as evidence to claim that the Sunday law in the United States proves that the United States is modern Rome, and disregards that there is another Sunday law that is forced upon every nation of the world by the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet.

Mu minsi y’imperuka hari amategeko abiri yerekeye ku cyumweru ari yo avugwa mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya. Irya mbere ni itegeko ryo ku cyumweru rizaza vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, irya kabiri na ryo ni itegeko ryo ku cyumweru rishyirwaho ku isi yose ku gahato. Ayo mategeko yombi yerekeye ku cyumweru yashushanyijwe mbere n’itegeko ryo ku cyumweru ry’i Roma ya gipagani, igihe mu mwaka wa 321, Constantine yashyiragaho itegeko rya mbere ryo ku cyumweru, rikurikirwa n’itegeko ryo ku cyumweru ry’i Roma ya Papa mu mwaka wa 538. Roma ya gipagani ni kimwe mu bishushanyo byinshi by’ubuhanuzi bibanziriza Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, kandi itegeko ryo ku cyumweru ryo mu 321 rishushanya mbere itegeko ryo ku cyumweru rizaza vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Itegeko rya gipapa ryo ku cyumweru ryo mu 538 rishushanya mbere itegeko ryo ku cyumweru rishyirwa ku isi yose ku gahato. Imyumvire irimo inenge ivuga ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zishushanywa n’abambuzi bo muri Daniyeli cumi na rimwe igerageza gukoresha itegeko ryo ku cyumweru rizaza vuba muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika nk’ikimenyetso cyo kwemeza ko itegeko ryo ku cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika rihamya ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ari Roma ya none, kandi ikirengagiza ko hari irindi tegeko ryo ku cyumweru rishyirwa kuri buri gihugu cyo mu isi ku gahato n’ubumwe bw’inshuro eshatu bw’ikiyoka, inyamaswa, n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma.

If a Sunday law in the United States identifies the United States as Modern Rome, then what does the worldwide Sunday law identify? The three Rome’s identify that Modern Rome, which is threefold, will enforce two distinct Sunday laws. The first is in the United States and was typified by Constantine’s Sunday law in 321, and the second is the entire world, as typified by the papal Sunday law of 538. To employ the Sunday law in the United States in the context of a triple application of prophecy to claim that the Sunday law proves who is Modern Rome, is to disregard the prophetic characteristics established by pagan and papal Rome. There are two distinct Sunday laws in the last days, and neither is a proof to identify the robbers of the people are the United States. When the testimony of pagan and papal Rome is misrepresented to uphold a private interpretation, as is currently being done, it demonstrates that those seeking to uphold their private interpretation do not understand type and antitype.

Niba itegeko ryo ku cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika rigaragaza ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ari Roma ya Kijyambere, none itegeko ryo ku cyumweru ryo ku isi yose ryo rigaragaza iki? Roma eshatu zigaragaza ko Roma ya Kijyambere, ari yo iri mu buryo butatu, izashyiraho amategeko abiri atandukanye yerekeye ku cyumweru. Irya mbere ni iryo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kandi ryashushanyijwe mbere n’itegeko rya Constantine ryo ku cyumweru ryo mu mwaka wa 321, irya kabiri na ryo rikaba ari iryo ku isi yose uko yakabaye, nk’uko ryashushanyijwe mbere n’itegeko rya gipapa ryo ku cyumweru ryo mu mwaka wa 538. Gukoresha itegeko ryo ku cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, mu rwego rw’imikorere y’ubuhanuzi ifite inshuro eshatu, kugira ngo havugwe ko itegeko ryo ku cyumweru ari ryo gihamya cyerekana uwo Roma ya Kijyambere ari we, ni ukwirengagiza ibiranga by’ubuhanuzi byashyizweho na Roma ya gipagani na Roma ya gipapa. Mu minsi y’imperuka hari amategeko abiri atandukanye yerekeye ku cyumweru, kandi nta na rimwe muri yo ari gihamya yo kugaragaza ko abambuzi b’ubwoko ari Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Iyo ubuhamya bwa Roma ya gipagani na Roma ya gipapa bugoretswe kugira ngo bushyigikire ubusobanuro bwihariye, nk’uko biri gukorwa muri iki gihe, biba bigaragaza ko abashaka gushyigikira ubusobanuro bwabo bwihariye badasobanukiwe ishusho n’ibyo ishusho igereranya.

Pagan Rome is a type of the United States, and papal Rome typifies modern Rome. Along with this misapplication of a triple application of prophecy, and the claim that what is being taught is set in the context of “type and antitype,” is the other failure of defining the “abomination of desolation” as it is represented within the context of a triple application of prophecy.

Roma ya gipagani ni ikigereranyo cya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, kandi Roma ya gipapa igereranya Roma ya none. Hamwe n’iri koreshwa ritari ryo ry’ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’ubuhanuzi inshuro eshatu, ndetse n’ukuvuga ko ibyo bigishijwe bishyizwe mu rwego rwa “ikigereranyo n’icyuzuzo cyacyo,” haniyongeraho ikindi kunanirwa, ari ko gusobanura “ikizira giteza umusaka” nk’uko kigaragazwa mu rwego rw’ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’ubuhanuzi inshuro eshatu.

From the year 66 to the year 70 AD, two Roman generals attacked Jerusalem. Both generals, Cestius and Titus began with a siege, but only one withdrew from the siege for a brief period of time, which providentially allowed the Christians to flee. It was the first siege under Cestius that the Christians recognized the warning to flee. When Titus arrived to carry on the warfare against Jerusalem in the year 70 AD, he began with a siege and did not cease until Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed. The warning of Jesus contains two steps. First is the sign to flee, and thereafter the persecution. In the fulfillment of the warning in the fifth and sixth centuries the Christians separated from the corrupt Roman church before 538, and then the persecution began.

Kuva mu mwaka wa 66 kugeza mu mwaka wa 70 nyuma ya Kristo, abagaba b’ingabo babiri b’Abaroma bagabye igitero kuri Yerusalemu. Bombi, Cestius na Tito, batangiranye kugota, ariko umwe gusa ni we wahagaritse kugota mu gihe gito, ibyo byabaye ku bw’ubuyobozi bw’Imana bituma Abakristo babasha guhunga. Ni ukugota kwa mbere kwakozwe na Cestius kwatumye Abakristo bamenya umuburo wo guhunga. Igihe Tito yazaga gukomeza intambara yarwanywaga Yerusalemu mu mwaka wa 70 nyuma ya Kristo, yatangiranye no kugota kandi ntiyabiretse kugeza Yerusalemu n’urusengero bisenywe. Umuburo wa Yesu ugizwe n’intambwe ebyiri. Iya mbere ni ikimenyetso cyo guhunga, hanyuma hagakurikiraho akarengane. Mu isohozwa ry’uwo muburo mu kinyejana cya gatanu n’icya gatandatu, Abakristo bitandukanije n’itorero ry’Abaroma ryari ryaranduye mbere ya 538, hanyuma akarengane karatangira.

Paul is very clear that all the recorded history of ancient Israel was written for those living in the last days, and that all those histories were types, although the Greek word “typos,” meaning types is translated as ensamples in his classic presentation of this truth.

Pawulo asobanura neza cyane ko amateka yose yanditswe ya Isirayeli ya kera yandikiwe abariho mu minsi y’imperuka, kandi ko ayo mateka yose yari ibigereranyo, nubwo ijambo ry’Ikigereki “typos,” risobanura ibigereranyo, ryahinduwemo “ingero” mu buryo bwe bwa kera bwo gutanga uku kuri.

> 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.

> Ibyo byose byababayeho ngo bibabere urugero; kandi byanditswe kugira ngo bitubere umuburo, twebwe abasohoreweho n’imperuka z’ibihe. 1 Abakorinto 10:11.

The histories in chapter ten which Paul uses to set the context for this truth was not a history of ancient Israel acting righteously.

Amateka yo mu gice cya cumi Pawulo akoresha kugira ngo ashyireho urwego rw’uku kuri si amateka ya Isirayeli ya kera ikora ibyo gukiranuka.

> But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 1 Corinthians 10:5–9.

> Ariko ku benshi muri bo Imana ntiyabishimiye, kuko baguye mu butayu. Noneho ibyo byabayeho kugira ngo bitubere urugero, kugira ngo tutifuza ibibi nk’uko na bo babyifuje. Kandi ntimukabe abasenga ibigirwamana nk’uko bamwe muri bo babaye bo; nk’uko byanditswe ngo: “Abantu bicaye hasi kugira ngo barye kandi banywe, maze barahaguruka ngo bidagadure.” Kandi ntitugasambane nk’uko bamwe muri bo basambanye, maze ku munsi umwe hapfa ibihumbi makumyabiri na bitatu. Kandi ntidukagerageze Kristo nk’uko bamwe muri bo na bo bamugerageje, maze barimburwa n’inzoka. 1 Abakorinto 10:5–9.

Sacred history is a record of both the righteousness and unrighteousness of God’s people, but in either record the history is still a type for God’s people living in the last days. The history of the rebellion in Minneapolis in 1888, is a record of unrighteousness, in spite of what Adventist historians’ claim. The rebellion was so profound that Ellen White determined to leave the meeting, and only stayed because an angel told her it was her responsibility to stay and record the rebellion that was a parallel to the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram in the history of Moses. At that meeting the mighty angel of Revelation chapter eighteen descended, but the message He brought was rejected.

Amateka yera ni inyandiko yerekana ubutungane n’ubukiranirwa by’ab’Imana; nyamara muri izo nyandiko zombi, ayo mateka akomeza kuba ikigereranyo cy’ab’Imana babaho mu minsi y’imperuka. Amateka y’ubwigomeke bwabereye i Minneapolis mu 1888 ni inyandiko y’ubukiranirwa, n’ubwo abahanga mu mateka y’Abadiventisti babivuga ukundi. Uko kwigomeka kwari gukomeye cyane ku buryo Ellen White yiyemeje kuva muri iyo nama, ariko agumayo gusa kuko marayika yamubwiye ko ari inshingano ye kuguma aho no kwandika ubwo bwigomeke bwari buhwanye n’ubwigomeke bwa Korah, Datani na Abiramu mu mateka ya Mose. Muri iyo nama marayika ukomeye wo mu Ibyahishuwe igice cya cumi n’umunani yaramanutse, ariko ubutumwa yazanye bwaranzwe.

That history typified September 11, 2001, when the great buildings of New York city were brought down. That history included the first Sunday law bill that was to be introduced by Senator Blair. His efforts to enforce Sunday as a National Day of Worship failed, but it was part of a sacred history that typified the last days. Senator Blair’s bill was the warning to flee the cities. Before 1888 when Sister White spoke of the necessity of living out of the cities, she spoke in the future tense. She pointed to a time in the near future when God’s people must move to the country. After 1888, all of Sister White’s references to the necessity of country living placed her counsel in the context that the time to be in the country had already arrived. The Blair bill in 1888, was the sign of Sunday enforcement, as Luke put it, in a place where it ought not be. Sunday enforcement was not to be brought into the Congress of the United States, for it was a denial of a primary principle of the Constitution.

Iyo mateka yashushanyaga ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001, igihe inyubako nini z’umujyi wa New York zasenywaga zikagwa hasi. Ayo mateka yarimo umushinga w’itegeko rya mbere ry’icyumweru wagombaga gutangizwa na Senateri Blair. Imihati ye yo gushyiraho ku Cyumweru nk’Umunsi w’Igihugu wo Kuramya yarapfubye, ariko byari umwe mu mateka yera yashushanyaga iminsi y’imperuka. Umushinga wa Senateri Blair wari umuburo wo guhunga imijyi. Mbere ya 1888, igihe Mushiki wacu White yavugaga ku by’ingenzi byo kuba kure y’imijyi, yabivugaga mu nteko y’igihe kizaza. Yerekezaga ku gihe cyari hafi kuza ubwo ubwoko bw’Imana bwagombaga kwimukira mu cyaro. Nyuma ya 1888, ibyo byose Mushiki wacu White yavuze ku by’ingenzi byo kuba mu cyaro byashyiraga inama ye mu rwego rw’uko igihe cyo kuba mu cyaro cyari cyaramaze kugera. Umushinga wa Blair wo mu 1888 wari ikimenyetso cy’ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’itegeko ry’icyumweru, nk’uko Luka yabivuze, ahantu hadakwiriye. Itegeko ry’icyumweru ntiryagombaga kuzanwa mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, kuko byari uguhakana ihame ry’ibanze ry’Itegeko Nshinga.

The history of 1888 was recorded in order to typify the prophetic history that began on September 11, 2001. The Blair Bill in 1888 typified the Patriot Act of 2001. It was the warning that preceded the actual enforcement of the mark of the beast. No one who is following Christ should be living in a city after September 11, 2001. It was the prophetic siege that directed God’s people to flee. And just as there are two Sunday laws that are the subject of the prophetic model of the last days, as represented by the Sunday laws of pagan and papal Rome, both Sunday laws are preceded by the warning to flee.

Amateka yo mu 1888 yanditswe kugira ngo abe igishushanyo cy’amateka y’ubuhanuzi yatangiye ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001. Itegeko rya Blair ryo mu 1888 ryari igishushanyo cy’Itegeko rya Patriot ryo mu 2001. Ryari umuburo wabanje mbere y’ishyirwa mu bikorwa nyakuri ry’ikimenyetso cy’inyamaswa. Nta muntu n’umwe ukurikira Kristo wagombye kuba atuye mu mujyi nyuma ya 11 Nzeri 2001. Icyo cyari ikigo cy’umujyi cy’ubuhanuzi cyayoboye ubwoko bw’Imana guhunga. Kandi nk’uko hari amategeko abiri yerekeye ku Cyumweru ari yo ngingo y’icyitegererezo cy’ubuhanuzi bwo mu minsi y’imperuka, nk’uko bigaragazwa n’amategeko yo ku Cyumweru ya Roma ya gipagani na Roma ya gipapa, ayo mategeko yombi yo ku Cyumweru abanzirizwa n’umuburo wo guhunga.

For those who profess to be Seventh-day Adventists, they were to prophetically recognize the Patriot Act as a sign to flee the cities for the country in advance of the soon-coming Sunday law. That very same Sunday law was the sign for God’s other flock who are still in Babylon to flee out of Babylon in advance of the Sunday enforcement that is to be brought upon every nation.

Ku bahamya ko ari Abadiventisiti b’Umunsi wa Karindwi, bagombaga kumenya mu buryo bw’ubuhanuzi ko Patriot Act yari ikimenyetso cyo guhunga imigi bakajya mu cyaro mbere y’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba. Iryo tegeko nyine ryo ku Cyumweru ni ryo ryari ikimenyetso ku zindi ntama z’Imana zikiri i Babuloni, kugira ngo zihunge zisohoke i Babuloni mbere y’ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rizagezwa ku mahanga yose.

> “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> “Nk’uko Amerika, igihugu cy’ubwisanzure mu by’idini, izifatanya n’Ubupapa mu guhatira umutimanama no guhatira abantu kubaha sabato y’ikinyoma, abantu bo muri buri gihugu cyo ku isi bazashorwa gukurikiza urugero rwayo.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

Just as the triple application of the three Elijah’s establishes that there are two classes of God’s people in the last days, the triple application of Rome identifies that there are two distinct Sunday laws. Those who wish to claim that the United States is the robbers of thy people, and therefore the prophetic role of the United States establishes the vision suggest that the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is the abomination of desolation that Christ identified as a warning for His people to flee from the coming persecution. They fail to identify the distinction between the siege, which is the warning sign to flee, and the second siege that represents when the actual enforcement of a Sunday law begins the persecution of the last days. They fail to address the distinction established upon two witnesses that there is to be two distinct Sunday laws that fulfill prophecy in the last days. In doing so they argue the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is the warning represented as the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, and it is, but not as they define it.

Nk’uko ishyirwa mu bikorwa inshuro eshatu kw’Abahanuzi batatu ba Eliya rishyiraho ko mu minsi y’imperuka hari ibyiciro bibiri by’ubwoko bw’Imana, ni ko no ishyirwa mu bikorwa inshuro eshatu kwa Roma rigaragaza ko hari amategeko abiri atandukanye yerekeye ku cyumweru. Abifuza kuvuga ko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ari bo “abambuzi b’ubwoko bwawe,” bityo rero ko uruhare rw’ubuhanuzi rwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika rushyiraho iyerekwa, bavuga ko itegeko rigiye kuza vuba ryerekeye ku cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ari ryo mahano y’ubutayu Kristo yagaragaje nk’umuburo ku bwoko Bwe ngo buhungire kure y’itotezwa rigiye kuza. Bananirwa kumenya itandukaniro riri hagati yo kugotwa, ari cyo kimenyetso cy’umuburo cyo guhunga, n’igotwa rya kabiri rigereranya igihe ishyirwa mu bikorwa nyakuri ry’itegeko ryerekeye ku cyumweru ritangirira gutangiza itotezwa ryo mu minsi y’imperuka. Bananirwa gusuzuma itandukaniro rishyirwaho n’abahamya babiri rivuga ko hagomba kubaho amategeko abiri atandukanye yerekeye ku cyumweru asohoza ubuhanuzi mu minsi y’imperuka. Mu kubigenza batyo, bavuga ko itegeko rigiye kuza vuba ryerekeye ku cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ari ryo muburo ugereranywa n’amahano y’ubutayu, yavuzweho na Daniyeli umuhanuzi, kandi ni ryo, ariko si uko bo barisobanura.

The Sunday law in the United States is the warning for God’s other flock that is still in Babylon to flee from her communion. It is therefore a warning of the coming Sunday law that is enforced upon all the nations.

Itegeko ry’Umunsi w’Ikumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ni umuburo uhabwa izindi ntama z’Imana zikiri i Babuloni wo guhunga ukwifatanya na we. Bityo rero, ni umuburo w’itegeko ry’Umunsi w’Ikumweru rigiye kuza, rizashyirwa mu bikorwa ku mahanga yose.

> “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

> “Amahanga y’amahanga azakurikiza urugero rw’Amerika. Nubwo ari yo ibanza imbere mu kuyobora, nyamara icyo kibazo gikomeye kimwe kizagera ku bantu bacu mu bice byose by’isi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

Their claim is that the Sunday law in the United States is identifying the United States as the symbol which establishes the prophetic vision, but in the context of the warning to flee given by Christ, that Sunday law represents a world-wide warning to the eleventh-hour workers to flee from Babylon.

Ibyo bavuga ni uko itegeko ryo ku cyumweru ryo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika rigaragaza Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika nk’ikimenyetso gishyiraho iyerekwa rya gihanuzi, ariko mu rwego rw’umuburo wo guhunga watanzwe na Kristo, iryo tegeko ryo ku cyumweru rihagarariye umuburo w’isi yose uhabwa abakozi b’isaha ya cumi n’imwe wo guhunga Babuloni.

When Sister White addresses the warning to flee, she addresses the Sunday law issue that overtakes the whole world. That movement begins at the Sunday law in the United States. She identifies that the Sunday law in the United States is the warning of the coming persecution.

Iyo Mushikiwabo White atanga umuburo wo guhunga, aba avuga ku kibazo cy’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rizafata isi yose. Uwo mugendo utangirira ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Agaragaza ko itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ari ryo muburo w’itotezwa rigiye kuza.

> “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.

> “Itegeko rishyiraho ubutegetsi bw’ubupapa, rinyuranyije n’amategeko y’Imana, ni ryo rizatuma igihugu cyacu gitandukana rwose no gukiranuka. Igihe Ubuporotesitanti buzambura ukuboko kwabwo hakurya y’umworera kugira ngo bufate ukuboko kw’ubutegetsi bwa Roma, igihe buzarenza hakurya y’ikuzimu kugira ngo buhuze amaboko n’ubupfumu bw’imyuka, igihe, bitewe n’ingaruka z’iri shyirahamwe ry’uburyo butatu, igihugu cyacu kizihakana buri hame ry’Itegeko Nshinga ryacyo nk’ubutegetsi bw’Abaporotesitanti n’ubwa repubulika, kandi kikagena uburyo bwo gukwirakwiza ibinyoma n’ibishuko by’ubupapa, ni bwo tuzamenya ko igihe kigeze cy’imikorere itangaje ya Satani kandi ko imperuka iri hafi.”

> “As the approach of the Roman armies was a sign to the disciples of the impending destruction of Jerusalem, so may this apostasy be a sign to us that the limit of God’s forbearance is reached, that the measure of our nation’s iniquity is full, and that the angel of mercy is about to take her flight, never to return. The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress which prophets have described as the time of Jacob’s trouble. The cries of the faithful, persecuted ones ascend to heaven. And as the blood of Abel cried from the ground, there are voices also crying to God from martyrs’ graves, from the sepulchers of the sea, from mountain caverns, from convent vaults: ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?’” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> “Nk’uko kwegera kw’ingabo z’Abaroma kwabereye ikimenyetso abigishwa cy’uko kurimbuka kwa Yerusalemu kwari kwegereje, ni ko n’ubwo buhakanyi bushobora kutubera ikimenyetso cy’uko iherezo ry’ukwihangana kw’Imana rigeze, ko urugero rw’ibicumuro by’ishyanga ryacu rwuzuye, kandi ko marayika w’imbabazi agiye kuguruka akagenda, atazongera kugaruka ukundi. Maze ubwoko bw’Imana buzahita bwinjira muri ibyo bihe by’umubabaro n’amakuba abahanuzi basobanuye ko ari igihe cy’umubabaro wa Yakobo. Gutaka kw’abizerwa, abatotezwa, kuzamuka kugere mu ijuru. Kandi nk’uko amaraso ya Abeli yatakiye ari hasi ku butaka, ni ko hari n’amajwi atakira Imana avuye mu mva z’abahowe ukwizera, mu mva zo mu nyanja, mu buvumo bwo mu misozi, no mu bubiko bw’intsina z’ababikira: ‘Kugeza ryari, Mwami, wera kandi w’ukuri, utazacira urubanza kandi ngo uhorere amaraso yacu ku batuye isi?’” Testimonies, volumu ya 5, 451.

Sister White is identifying the Sunday law in the United States, and identifies it as a “sign” that probationary time for the United States is over. But God’s people in the other nations of the world are also to be confronted with the same test. There is a period of time from the Sunday law in the United States until Michael stands up and human probation closes. When it closes, “the angel of mercy takes her flight.”

Mushiki wacu White arimo agaragaza itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, kandi akaryerekana nk’“ikimenyetso” cy’uko igihe cy’igeragezwa cya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kirangiye. Ariko kandi ubwoko bw’Imana buri mu bindi bihugu by’isi na bwo bugomba guhura n’icyo kigeragezo kimwe. Hariho igihe gitangira ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika kikageza igihe Mikayeli ahagurukira maze igihe cy’igeragezwa cy’abantu kigafungwa. Iyo gifunzwe, “marayika w’imbabazi araguruka akagenda.”

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