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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Seven

Igitabo cya Daniyeli — Ijambo rya Mbere na Makumyabiri na Karindwi

Unveiling the Prophetic Characteristics of the Evil Confederacy: Insights from Isaiah

Guhishurwa kw’Imiterere y’Ubuhanuzi bw’Ihuriro ry’Ikibi: Amasomo avuye muri Yesaya

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The prophetic characteristic of the dragon is confederation, as identified by Isaiah.

Ikimenyetso cy’ubuhanuzi kiranga ikiyoka ni ubufatanye bw’ishyirahamwe, nk’uko byagaragajwe na Yesaya.

> Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:9–16.

> Nimwishyire hamwe, mwa bantu mwe, ariko muzamenagurwa; nimutege amatwi, mwa banyamahanga bose mwe: nimukenyere, ariko muzamenagurwa; nimukenyere, ariko muzamenagurwa. Mujye inama hamwe, ariko zizaba impfabusa; muvuge ijambo, ariko ntirizahama, kuko Imana iri kumwe natwe. Kuko Uwiteka yambwiye atyo anfashe ukuboko gukomeye, kandi aranyigisha ngo ne kugendera mu nzira y’ubu bwoko, ati: Ntimukavuge muti, “Ubugambanyi,” ku byo ubu bwoko buzita byose “Ubugambanyi”; kandi ntimugatinye icyo butinya, cyangwa ngo muhagarike umutima. Ahubwo Uwiteka Nyiringabo abe ari we mweze; kandi abe ari we mutinya, abe ari we muterwa ubwoba. Kandi azababera ubuturo bwera; ariko azabera amazu yombi ya Isirayeli ibuye risitaza n’urutare rubagusha, kandi azabera abatuye i Yerusalemu umutego n’ikigoyi. Kandi benshi muri bo bazasitara, bagwe, bamenagurwe, bagwe mu mutego, kandi bafatwe. Boha ubuhamya, ushire ikimenyetso ku mategeko mu bigishwa banjye. Yesaya 8:9–16.

In the last days, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, when Isaiah says, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples,” there is an “evil confederacy” on planet earth. It is important to understand that the history of the United States leading to the Sunday law is prefiguring the same events on the global level.

Mu minsi y’imperuka, mu gihe cyo gushyirwaho ikimenyetso cya rwa rugero rw’abantu ibihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine, ubwo Yesaya avuga ati: “Bohesha ubuhamya, ushireho ikimenyetso amategeko mu bigishwa banjye,” ku isi hose hariho “ishyirahamwe ry’ikibi.” Ni ngombwa gusobanukirwa ko amateka ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ajyana ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru ari ikigereranyo cy’ibibaho bimwe ku rwego rw’isi 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 azakurikira urugero rwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Nubwo ari yo ibanza kuyobora, ariko iryo hura rimwe rizagera ku bwoko bwacu mu bice byose by’isi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

Sister White carefully identifies who the “evil confederacy” is, and it represents the progressive liberalism of the modern globalists. As she does so, she repeatedly quotes the previous verses in Isaiah, which identify an evil confederacy during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Mushiki White agaragaza yitonze abo “ishyirahamwe ry’ibibi” ari bo, kandi rigereranya ubwisanzure bukabije bw’iterambere bw’abagolobalisiti b’iki gihe. Mu kubikora, ahora asubiramo amagambo y’imirongo ibanziriza iyo muri Yesaya, igaragaza ishyirahamwe ry’ibibi ribaho mu gihe cyo gushyirwaho ikimenyetso cy’abihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bane.

> “The Lord declares through the prophet Isaiah: Isaiah 8:9–13 quoted.

> “Uwiteka aravuga anyujije ku muhanuzi Yesaya: Yesaya 8:9–13 havuzwe.”

> “There are those who question whether it is right for Christians to belong to the Free Masons and other secret societies. Let all such consider the scriptures just quoted. If we are Christians at all, we must be Christians everywhere, and must consider and heed the counsel given to make us Christians according to the standard of God’s Word.” Evangelism, 617, 618.

> “Hariho abibaza niba ari byo ko Abakristo baba abanyamuryango ba Free Masons n’andi mashyirahamwe y’ibanga. Abantu nk’abo bose nibatekereze ku Byanditswe tumaze kuvugaho. Niba koko turi Abakristo, tugomba kuba Abakristo aho turi hose, kandi tugomba kuzirikana no kumvira inama twahawe kugira ngo tube Abakristo dukurikije urugero rw’Ijambo ry’Imana.” Evangelism, 617, 618.

The evil confederacy of the last days is associated with Freemasons, and other secret societies. Its religion is spiritualism, and it is made up of the world bankers and the billionaire merchants of the earth, who “centralize the wealth and power of the world,” and who promote such movements as Antifa and Black Lives Matter to foment “the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed” on a “world-wide scale,” in an effort to reproduce the anarchy of the “French Revolution.”

Ubugambanyi bubi bw’iminsi y’imperuka bufitanye isano n’Abafurimasoni n’andi mashyirahamwe y’ibanga. Idini ryabwo ni uguhanura kw’imyuka, kandi bugizwe n’abanyamabanki b’isi hamwe n’abacuruzi bayo b’abaherwe b’ikirenga, “bakusanyiriza hamwe ubutunzi n’ububasha by’isi,” kandi bagateza imbere imitwe nka Antifa na Black Lives Matter kugira ngo bakongeze “umwuka wo kutishima, w’imidugararo n’umena-maraso” ku “rugero rw’isi yose,” mu mugambi wo kongera kubyutsa akaduruvayo k’“Impinduramatwara y’Abafaransa.”

> “Spiritualism asserts that men are unfallen demigods; that ‘each mind will judge itself;’ that ‘true knowledge places men above all law;’ that ‘all sins committed are innocent;’ for ‘whatever is, is right,’ and ‘God doth not condemn.’ The basest of human beings it represents as in heaven, and highly exalted there. Thus it declares to all men, ‘It matters not what you do; live as you please, heaven is your home.’ Multitudes are thus led to believe that desire is the highest law, that license is liberty, and that man is accountable only to himself.

> Ubupfumu bwo mu mwuka buhamya ko abantu ari ibigirwamana bito bitigeze bigwa; ko “buri bwenge buzicira urubanza ubwarwo;” ko “ubumenyi nyakuri bushyira abantu hejuru y’amategeko yose;” ko “ibyaha byose bikozwe ari ibitava ku mutima mubi;” kuko “icyo ari cyo cyose kiriho, kiba gikwiye,” kandi “Imana nticiraho iteka.” Umunyabyaha urusha abandi kubaho nabi bumugaragaza ko ari mu ijuru, kandi ko yahashyizwe mu rwego rwo hejuru cyane. Ni ko ribwira abantu bose riti: “Nta cyo bitwaye icyo ukora; baho uko ushaka, ijuru ni ho rugo rwawe ruri.” Bityo imbaga nyinshi ziyoborwa kwemera ko irari ari ryo tegeko risumba ayandi yose, ko ubwisanzure bw’akageni ari bwo mwidegemvyo, kandi ko umuntu abazwa na we ubwe wenyine.

> “With such teaching given at the very outset of life, when impulse is strongest, and the demand for self-restraint and purity is most urgent, where are the safeguards of virtue? what is to prevent the world from becoming a second Sodom? At the same time anarchy is seeking to sweep away all law, not only divine, but human. The centralizing of wealth and power; the vast combinations for the enriching of the few at the expense of the many; the combinations of the poorer classes for the defense of their interests and claims; the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed; the world-wide dissemination of the same teachings that led to the French Revolution—all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convulsed France.” Education, 227, 228.

> “Ubwo bene uko kwigisha gutanzwe umuntu agitangira ubuzima, igihe irari n’impagarara z’imbere biba bikomeye cyane, kandi igihe gusabwa kwifata no kubaho mu butungane bwera biba byihutirwa kurusha ikindi gihe cyose, ni hehe hari ingabo zirinda ingeso nziza? ni iki kizabuza isi guhinduka Sodomu ya kabiri? Muri icyo gihe kandi, ubutegetsi bw’akajagari burimo gushaka gukuraho amategeko yose, atari ay’Imana gusa, ahubwo n’ay’abantu. Kwegerezanya ubutunzi n’ububasha mu maboko make; ihuriro rinini rikorwa kugira ngo bake bakire ku kiguzi cya benshi; amashyirahamwe y’abakene agamije kurengera inyungu zabo n’ibyo basaba; umwuka wo kutanyurwa, w’imvururu no kumena amaraso; ikwirakwizwa ku isi hose kw’inyigisho zimwe zakurikiwe n’Impinduramatwara y’u Bufaransa—ibyo byose birimo gutuma isi yose yinjira mu rugamba rusa n’urwahungabanyije u Bufaransa.” Education, 227, 228.

Any thoughtful person should ask themselves what goes on at meetings such as recently took place at Davos, where men express their plans for planet earth without any consideration of the rest of earth’s population? What secrets were there discussed? Of course, Davos is simply one of several secret restricted meetings of the world’s billionaires, bankers, corrupted politicians and morally perverse men who develop their exalted plans for planet earth.

Umuntu uwo ari we wese utekereza neza akwiriye kwibaza ibibera mu nama nk’izo ziherutse kubera i Davos, aho abantu bagaragaza imigambi yabo yerekeye umubumbe w’isi batita na gato ku bandi baturage basigaye batuye isi. Ni ayahe mabanga yahavuzwe? Birumvikana ko Davos ari imwe gusa mu nama nyinshi z’ibanga kandi zigarukira ku bantu bake, zihuza abaherwe b’isi, abanyamabanki, abanyapolitiki bononekaye n’abagabo bayobye mu mico, bagamije gutegura imigambi yabo yishyize hejuru yerekeye umubumbe w’isi.

> “In these last days, there are arising strange fallacies and man-made theories which God declares shall be broken in pieces. The spirit of covetousness has led men to seek worldly advantage, and by extravagance and display they have tried to hide their wicked deeds which they have done in order to reach their object. Men occupying high positions of trust have revealed this unlawful desire for gain; they have practised extortion and robbery, and have gratified the evil passions of their hearts, until our cities are corrupted through their wickedness. God has declared that he will uncover these works of deceit and robbery by their own working. In some cases the judgments of God have already fallen heavily on these cities.

> “Muri iyi minsi y’imperuka, hari kwaduka ubuyobe butangaje n’inyigisho ziremwe n’abantu, ibyo Imana ivuga ko bizamenagurwa burundu. Umwuka wo kurarikira iby’isi watumye abantu bashaka inyungu z’isi, kandi binyuze mu gusesagura no kwiyerekana bagerageje guhisha ibikorwa byabo bibi bakoze kugira ngo bagere ku ntego yabo. Abantu bari mu myanya yo hejuru y’icyizere bagaragaje uku kwifuza inyungu mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko; bakoze ubunyazi n’ubujura, kandi bahaze irari ribi ryo mu mitima yabo, kugeza ubwo imijyi yacu yononekaye kubera ubugome bwabo. Imana yatangaje ko izashyira ahagaragara iyi mirimo y’uburiganya n’ubujura binyuze mu mikorere yayo bwite. Mu bihe bimwe, imanza z’Imana zamaze kuremerera cyane iyo mijyi.”

> “Isaiah 8:8–12 quoted.” Review and Herald, July 18, 1907.

> “Yesaya 8:8–12 haravuzwe.” Review and Herald, 18 Nyakanga 1907.

The cities have been corrupted, as predicted in the previous passage, and that corruption is brought about by the evil confederacy of Isaiah chapter eight. They have been corrupted by, “men occupying high positions of trust” who “have revealed” their “unlawful desire for gain.” The corrupted cities are easily seen in states whose attorney generals have been elected by the funds of communists such as George Soros. It can be seen when established laws go un-enforced by corrupted politicians in Washington, DC. It can be seen by laws which are only employed against those on the other side of the political spectrum, as illustrated by persons such as Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.

Imijyi yarangiritse, nk’uko byahanuwe mu gice kibanziriza iki, kandi uko kwangirika kwazanywe n’ishyirahamwe ribi rivugwa muri Yesaya igice cya munani. Yarandujwe n’“abagabo bari mu myanya yo hejuru y’icyizere” “bahishuye” “icyifuzo cyabo kinyuranyije n’amategeko cyo gushaka indonke.” Imijyi yangiritse igaragarira bitagoranye muri za leta aho abagenzacyaha bakuru bazo batowe binyuze mu mafaranga y’abakomunisiti nka George Soros. Ibyo bigaragarira igihe amategeko yashyizweho adashyirwa mu bikorwa n’abanyapolitiki bangiritse bo i Washington, DC. Bigaragarira no mu mategeko akoreshwa gusa ku bari ku rundi ruhande rw’urubuga rwa politiki, nk’uko bigaragazwa n’abantu nka Nancy Pelosi na Adam Schiff.

> In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Isaiah 59:13–15.

> Mu gucumura no kubeshya Uwiteka, no guteshuka kure y’Imana yacu, tuvuga urugomo no kwigomeka, twibwira kandi tuvugira mu mutima amagambo y’ibinyoma. Kandi urubanza rwasubijwe inyuma, no gukiranuka guhagarara kure; kuko ukuri kwaguye mu muhanda, kandi ubutungane ntibushobora kwinjira. Ni ukuri, ukuri kwabaye nk’ikibuze; kandi uvava mu bibi yihindura umuhigo: maze Uwiteka arabibona, bimubera bibi ko nta rubanza rwariho. Yesaya 59:13–15.

In the previous passage from the Review and Herald, the men who occupy high positions of trust, identifies corrupted politicians whose Wall Street portfolios always exceed the best possible returns, because of their legislative work in legalizing “insider trading” for themselves, and no one else. Review the history of Martha Stewart. The cities in the passage are corrupted through their wickedness, and this is especially apparent in the cities and states governed by the globalist Democrats.

Mu gice cyabanje cyo muri *Review and Herald*, abagabo bafite imyanya yo hejuru y’icyizere bagaragazwa nk’abanyapolitiki bononekaye, bafite imitungo yabo ishorwa ku isoko rya Wall Street ihora irenga inyungu nziza zishoboka, bitewe n’umurimo wabo wo gushyiraho amategeko yemeza ko “ubucuruzi bushingiye ku makuru y’imbere” buba ubwabo bwemewe n’amategeko, ariko bukabuzwa abandi bose. Ongera usuzume amateka ya Martha Stewart. Imijyi ivugwa muri icyo gice yononekajwe n’ububi bwayo, kandi ibyo bigaragarira cyane cyane mu mijyi no muri leta ziyobowe n’Aba-Demokarate b’isi yose.

The evil confederacy in the last days consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, and the beast and false prophet have their own wicked prophetic characteristics, but the characteristics that are so apparent in liberal globalism are the traits of the dragon.

Ihuriro ribi ryo mu minsi y’imperuka rigizwe n’ikiyoka, inyamaswa n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma; kandi inyamaswa n’umuhanuzi w’ibinyoma bifite kamere yabyo bwite y’ubuhanuzi bubi, ariko kamere zigaragara cyane muri globalisimu y’ukwibohora ni imico y’ikiyoka.

> “Revelation 17:13–14 quoted. ‘These have one mind.’ There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. ‘And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.’ Thus is manifested the same arbitrary, oppressive power against religious liberty, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, as was manifested by the papacy, when in the past it persecuted those who dared to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of Romanism.

> “Ibyahishuwe 17:13–14 havuzwe.” “Aba bahuje umutima.” Hazabaho umugozi rusange wo kwishyira hamwe, ubwumvikane bumwe bukomeye, ihuriro ry’ingabo za Satani. “Kandi bazaha ya nyamaswa ubushobozi bwabo n’imbaraga zabo.” Bityo ni ko higaragaza bwa butegetsi nyabutegetsi, bw’igitugu burwanya umudendezo w’iyobokamana, umudendezo wo kuramya Imana hakurikijwe ibyo umutimanama utegeka, nk’uko byagaragajwe n’ubupapa, ubwo mu gihe cyahise bwatotezaga abahangaye kwanga guhuza n’imihango n’imigenzo by’idini ry’Abaroma.

> “In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be the great point at issue; for in the Sabbath commandment the great Law-giver identifies Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

> “Mu rugamba ruzarwanwa mu minsi ya nyuma, imbaraga zose zononekaye zateye Imana umugongo zikava ku kwumvira amategeko ya Yehova zizishyira hamwe, zirwanye ubwoko bw’Imana. Muri urwo rugamba, Isabato yo mu itegeko rya kane izaba ari yo ngingo nkuru izibandwaho; kuko mu itegeko ry’Isabato, Utanga Amategeko Mukuru yigaragaza ko ari we Muremyi w’ijuru n’isi.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

We will consider the prophetic characteristics of the beast and apostate Protestantism in the following articles. It is important to identify what has been revealed concerning which political party is leading out and pulling the strings in the enforcement of Sunday legislation. Of course, both parties (Democrat and Republican) come together at the Sunday law issue, as did the Pharisees and Sadducees at the cross, but there is no justifiable reason to suggest that the label of Protestant or apostate Protestant can be associated with the Democratic party, for it is clearly the dragon power.

Mu ngingo zizakurikiraho tuzasesengura ibiranga by’ubuhanuzi by’inyamaswa n’Abaporotesitanti bateshutse. Ni ngombwa kumenya ibyahishuwe byerekeye ishyaka rya politiki riri ku isonga kandi rikurura imigozi mu ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’amategeko yo ku Cyumweru. Birumvikana ko ayo mashyaka yombi (Democrat na Republican) ahurira ku kibazo cy’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru, nk’uko Abafarisayo n’Abasadukayo bahuririye ku musaraba; ariko nta mpamvu ifite ishingiro yatuma havugwa ko inyito y’Abaporotesitanti cyangwa iy’Abaporotesitanti bateshutse ishobora gufatanywa n’ishyaka rya Democratic, kuko bigaragara neza ko ari imbaraga z’ikiyoka.

The history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the history where Isaiah’s evil confederacy of chapter eight is identified. That history began on September 11, 2001, when the fourth president, Bush the second, was in power. In that history the sixth president would arrive in 2016, and he would awaken (stir up) all the realm of Grecia, for he would awaken the world to the struggle between the dragon power and apostate Protestantism that accomplishes the work of restoring the beast to the throne of the earth.

Amateka yo gushyirwaho ikimenyetso kw’abo ibihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine ni yo mateka aho ubumwe bubi bwa Yesaya bwo mu gice cya munani bugaragazwa. Ayo mateka yatangiye ku wa 11 Nzeri 2001, igihe perezida wa kane, Bush wa kabiri, yari ku butegetsi. Muri ayo mateka perezida wa gatandatu yari kuzaza mu mwaka wa 2016, kandi yari gukangura (gushishikariza) ubwami bwose bw’Ubugiriki, kuko yari gukangurira isi intambara iri hagati y’ububasha bw’ikiyoka n’Ubuporotesitanti bw’ubuhakanyi, bushyira mu bikorwa umurimo wo gusubiza inyamaswa ku ntebe y’ubwami y’isi.

The blind, unreasoning hatred against Trump is identified by many as a kind of insanity, for it is based on dishonesty and irrational logic. The world attempts to define the unjustifiable hatred for Trump, but the reality is that it is not a straightforward human insanity on the part of the globalists, it is the supernatural manifestation of the fulfillment of prophecy during the history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Urwango rw’impumyi, rutagira ubwenge, rwibasira Trump rwamenyekanye na benshi nk’uburyo runaka bw’ubusazi, kuko rushingiye ku buhemu no ku mitekerereze idashyize mu gaciro. Isi igerageza gusobanura urwango rudafite impamvu rwibasira Trump, ariko ukuri ni uko atari ubusazi bworoheje bwa kimuntu ku ruhande rw’abanyamabwiriza b’isi, ahubwo ari ukwigaragaza ndengakamere k’isohozwa ry’ubuhanuzi mu gihe cy’amateka y’ishyirwaho ry’ikimenyetso ku bihumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bine.

> “O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry! But many of those who should be proclaiming the truth are accusing and condemning their brethren. When the converting power of God comes upon minds, there will be a decided change. Men will have no inclination to criticize and tear down. They will not stand in a position that hinders the light from shining to the world. Their criticism, their accusing, will cease. The powers of the enemy are mustering for battle. Stern conflicts are before us. Press together, my brethren and sisters, press together. Bind up with Christ. ‘Say ye not, A confederacy, . . . neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.’

> “Iyo ubwoko bw’Imana buba bufite kumva ugusenyerwa kwegereje kw’ibihumbi by’imidugudu n’imijyi, ubu hafi ya yose yamaze gutwarwa n’isengwa ry’ibishushanyo! Ariko benshi mu bagombye kuba batangaza ukuri ni bo bashinja kandi bagaciraho iteka bene Se. Iyo imbaraga z’Imana zihindura zije ku mitima, habaho ihinduka rigaragara. Abantu ntibazaba bagifite ubushake bwo kunenga no gusenya. Ntibazahagarara mu mwanya ubangamira umucyo kumurikira ab’isi. Ukunenga kwabo no gushinja kwabo bizashira. Imbaraga z’umwanzi zirimo kwikusanya ku rugamba. Imirwano ikomeye iri imbere yacu. Mwe bene Data na bashiki bacu, mwiyegeranye, mwiyegeranye. Mwifatanye na Kristo. ‘Ntimukavuge muti, Ubugambanyi,... kandi ibyo batinya ntimukabitinye, ntimukagire ubwoba. Uwiteka Nyiringabo abe ari we mwubaha nk’uwera; abe ari we mutinya, abe ari we mubaha. Kandi azababera ubuturo bwera; ariko ku mazu yombi ya Isirayeli azababera ibuye risitaza n’urutare rugusha, n’umutego n’ikigoyi ku baturage b’i Yerusalemu. Kandi benshi muri bo bazasitara, bagwe, bavunagurwe, bagwe mu mutego, bafatwe.’”

> “The world is a theater. The actors, its inhabitants, are preparing to act their part in the last great drama. God is lost sight of. With the great masses of mankind there is no unity, except as men confederate to accomplish their selfish purposes. God is looking on. His purposes in regard to his rebellious subjects will be fulfilled. The world has not been given into the hands of men, though God is permitting the elements of confusion and disorder to bear sway for a season. A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama,—Satan coming as Christ, and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies. Those who are yielding to the passion for confederation are working out the plans of the enemy. The cause will be followed by the effect.

> “Isi ni urubuga rw’ikinamico. Abakinnyi bayo, ari bo bayituye, barimo bitegura gukina uruhare rwabo mu ikinamico ya nyuma ikomeye. Imana ntikibukwa. Mu mbaga nini z’abantu nta bumwe bubamo, keretse igihe abantu bishyize hamwe kugira ngo basohoze imigambi yabo y’ubwikunde. Imana irareba. Imigambi yayo yerekeye abayigomeye izasohozwa. Isi ntiyashyizwe mu maboko y’abantu, nubwo Imana yemera ko imbaraga z’urujijo n’imidugararo zigira ubutegetsi igihe gito. Imbaraga ituruka ikuzimu irimo gukora kugira ngo izane amashusho ya nyuma akomeye y’iyo kinamico,—Satani aza yihinduye Kristo, kandi akorana n’uburiganya bwose bw’ubugome muri abo bihambira hamwe mu miryango y’ibanga. Abemera kuganzwa n’irari ryo gushyira hamwe barimo gushyira mu bikorwa imigambi y’umwanzi. Impamvu izakurikirwa n’ingaruka.”

> “Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise.” Review and Herald, September 10, 1903.

> “Gucumura amategeko kwamaze hafi kugera ku rugero kwako ntarengwa. Urujijo rwuzuye isi, kandi bidatinze ubwoba bukomeye bugiye kugwira abantu. Imperuka iregereje cyane. Twebwe tuzi ukuri dukwiriye kuba twitegura ibigiye bidatinze kugwira isi bitunguranye cyane nk’igihuhusi gikomeye.” Review and Herald, 10 Nzeri 1903.

Islam of the third woe is about to strike “thousands of cities” and Laodicean Adventism has no sense of the impending destruction that is about to happen. In the time period when Isaiah’s evil confederacy is accomplishing its work, there is a satanic “power from beneath” that is “working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama,” and these things come as an “overwhelming surprise.” The insanity exercised towards Trump is caused by a power from beneath. It is a component of the last scenes of earth’s history.

Isilamu yo muri ishyano rya gatatu igiye kwibasira “ibihumbi by’imigi,” kandi U-Adiventisiti bw’i Lawodikiya nta ntege nke bufite zo kumva kurimbuka kwegereje kugiye kuba. Mu gihe cy’igihe ubwo ihuriro ribi rya Yesaya risohoza umurimo waryo, hari “imbaraga zituruka ikuzimu” z’igitani “zikora kugira ngo zisohoze ibyabaye bikomeye bya nyuma mu ikinamico,” kandi ibi bintu biza nk’“igutungura gukomeye.” Ubusazi bugaragarizwa Trump buterwa n’imbaraga zituruka ikuzimu. Ni kimwe mu bice bigize ibyabaye bya nyuma by’amateka y’isi.

This should not be understood as an endorsement for Trump, it is simply God’s Word, which never fails. During the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand God is pouring out His power from on high, while Satan is exercising his power from beneath.

Ibi ntibikwiriye kumvikana nk’ugushyigikira Trump; ni Ijambo ry’Imana gusa, ritigera rinanirwa. Mu gihe cyo gushyirwaho ikimenyetso kw’abahumbi ijana na mirongo ine na bane, Imana iri gusuka imbaraga zayo ziturutse hejuru, naho Satani akaba ari gukoresha imbaraga ze ziturutse hasi.

> “If we would have the spirit and power of the third angel’s message, we must present the law and the gospel together, for they go hand in hand. As a power from beneath is stirring up the children of disobedience to make void the law of God, and to trample upon the truth that Christ is our righteousness, a power from above is moving upon the hearts of those who are loyal, to exalt the law, and to lift up Jesus as a complete Saviour. Unless divine power is brought into the experience of the people of God, false theories and ideas will take minds captive, Christ and His righteousness will be dropped out of the experience of many, and their faith will be without power or life.” Gospel Workers, 161.

> “Niba dushaka kugira umwuka n’imbaraga by’ubutumwa bw’umumarayika wa gatatu, tugomba kwigisha amategeko n’ubutumwa bwiza biri kumwe, kuko bijyana. Nk’uko imbaraga ituruka epfo irimo gukangurira abana b’ubwigomeke gutesha agaciro amategeko y’Imana no kuribata ukuri kuvuga ko Kristo ari we gukiranuka kwacu, ni ko n’imbaraga ituruka hejuru irimo gukora ku mitima y’abakiranukiye Imana, kugira ngo ish elevate amategeko kandi ishyire hejuru Yesu nk’Umukiza wuzuye rwose. Keretse imbaraga mvajuru zizanwe mu mibereho y’ubwoko bw’Imana, inyigisho n’ibitekerezo by’ibinyoma bizafata imitekerereze mpiri, Kristo no gukiranuka Kwe bikurwe mu mibereho ya benshi, kandi ukwizera kwabo kuzaba kutagira imbaraga cyangwa ubugingo.” Gospel Workers, 161.

The manifestation of Satanic power which occurs before, and leading up to the soon-coming Sunday law, typifies the crowning act of Satan’s power that occurs at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ukugaragaza k’ububasha bwa Satani kubaho mbere y’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba, no kuribanziriza, gushushanya igikorwa kiruta ibindi cy’ububasha bwa Satani kizabaho kuri iryo tegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba.

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

> “Itegeko rishyiraho ubutegetsi bw’Ubupapa, rihabanye n’amategeko y’Imana, ni ryo rizatuma igihugu cyacu cyitandukanya burundu no gukiranuka. Ubwo Ubuporotesitanti buzambura ukuboko bwambukiranya icyuho kugira ngo bufate ukuboko kw’ubutegetsi bw’i Roma, ubwo buzarambukira hejuru y’ikuzimu kugira ngo buhane ibiganza n’ubupfumu bw’imyuka, ubwo kandi, bitewe n’ingaruka z’ubumwe bw’izo mbaraga eshatu, igihugu cyacu kizihakana amahame yose y’Itegeko Nshinga ryacyo nk’ubutegetsi bw’Abaporotesitanti n’ubwa Repubulika, kandi kikagena uburyo bwo gukwirakwiza ibinyoma n’ubuyobe by’Ubupapa, ni bwo tuzamenya ko igihe kigeze ngo Satani akore ibitangaza bye by’agatangaza, kandi ko iherezo ryegereje.” Testimonies, umuzingo wa 5, 451.

The motivation that is currently coming from beneath, and manifesting its activities in the globalist representatives of the dragon in the United States, will be reproduced in the nations of the world after the Sunday law arrives. Even now, the nations of the world are manifesting the same supernatural insanity over Trump.

Imbaraga zituruka hasi muri iki gihe, kandi zigaragariza ibikorwa byazo mu bahagarariye ikiyoka b’abanyaglobaliste bo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, zizasubirwamo mu mahanga y’isi yose nyuma y’uko itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigezeho. No muri iki gihe, amahanga y’isi arimo kugaragaza ubusazi ndengakamere bumwe kuri Trump.

> “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 kuyobora muri ibi, nyamara icyo kibazo gikomeye kimwe kizagera ku bwoko bwacu mu bice byose by’isi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

What the Republicans of the United States define as insanity on the part of Democrats in their illogical opposition to Trump, is actually a supernatural manifestation of satanic power that is in fulfillment of Daniel chapter eleven, verse two. Trump, the sixth president since the time of the end in 1989 was to “stir up” (awaken), the socialistic globalists of the entire world. The hatred against him is supernatural, and it prefigures the manifestation of satanic power that arrives in greater magnitude at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Icyo Abarepubulikani bo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika basobanura ko ari ubusazi buri ku ruhande rw’Abademokarate mu kurwanya kwabo kutagira gihamya gufatika kurwanya Trump, mu by’ukuri ni ukugaragara ndengakamere k’ububasha bwa Satani, gusohoza ibivugwa muri Daniyeli igice cya cumi na kimwe, umurongo wa kabiri. Trump, perezida wa gatandatu uhereye mu gihe cy’imperuka cyatangiye mu 1989, yagombaga “gukangura” (kubyutsa) abashyigikiye isi yose ishingiye ku busosiyalisiti bo mu isi yose uko yakabaye. Urwango rumurwanya ni ndengakamere, kandi rugaragaza mbere ukwigaragaza k’ububasha bwa Satani kuzaza mu rugero rurushijeho gukomera igihe itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba rizashyirwaho.

The manifestation of the power from beneath, according to Sister White’s reference takes place during the evil confederation, which Isaiah warns about in chapter eight, and in that period the sealing of God’s people is occurring.

Ihishurwa ry’imbaraga zituruka ikuzimu, nk’uko ibivugwa na Mushiki wa White bibigaragaza, ribaho mu gihe cy’ihuriro ry’ibibi Yesaya aburiraho mu gice cya munani, kandi muri icyo gihe ni bwo ishyirwaho ikimenyetso ku bwoko bw’Imana riba ririmo kuba.

> Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:16.

> Bohesha ubuhamya, ushire ikimenyetso ku mategeko hagati mu bigishwa banjye. Yesaya 8:16.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tuzakomeza iyi nyigisho mu ngingo ikurikira.

> “Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of miracle-working demons. The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings of the earth and to the whole world, to fasten them in deception, and urge them on to unite with Satan in his last struggle against the government of heaven. By these agencies, rulers and subjects will be alike deceived. Persons will arise pretending to be Christ Himself, and claiming the title and worship which belong to the world’s Redeemer. They will perform wonderful miracles of healing and will profess to have revelations from heaven contradicting the testimony of the Scriptures.

> “Mu gihe cya vuba, mu ijuru hazahishurwa ibintu biteye ubwoba bifite imiterere ndengakamere, nk’ikimenyetso cy’imbaraga z’abadayimoni bakora ibitangaza. Imyuka y’abadayimoni izajya ku bami bo mu isi no ku batuye isi bose, kugira ngo ibafate mu buyobe no kubahatiriza kwifatanya na Satani mu rugamba rwe rwa nyuma arwanya ubutegetsi bwo mu ijuru. Binyuze kuri izo mbaraga, abatware n’abatwarwa bazashukwa kimwe. Hazavuka abantu biyitirira ko ari Kristo ubwe, kandi biyitirira izina no gusengwa bikwiriye Umucunguzi w’abari mu isi. Bazakora ibitangaza bitangaje byo gukiza indwara kandi bazavuga ko bafite ibyahishuwe byo mu ijuru binyuranya n’ubuhamya bw’Ibyanditswe Byera.”

> “As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour’s advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13–15. The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shout of triumph rings out upon the air: ‘Christ has come! Christ has come!’ The people prostrate themselves in adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His disciples when He was upon the earth. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Saviour uttered; he heals the diseases of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the seventh day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth. This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion. Like the Samaritans who were deceived by Simon Magus, the multitudes, from the least to the greatest, give heed to these sorceries, saying: This is ‘the great power of God.’ Acts 8:10.

> “Nk’igikorwa cyo kurangiza muri rya kinamico rikomeye ry’uburiganya, Satani ubwe azigira nka Kristo. Itorero rimaze igihe kirekire ryatura ko ritegereje ukuza k’Umukiza nk’isozwa ry’ibyiringiro byaryo. Ubu noneho wa mubeshyi mukuru azatuma bigaragara ko Kristo yaje. Mu bice bitandukanye by’isi, Satani azigaragaza hagati y’abantu nk’ikiremwa cy’icyubahiro gihebuje, gifite umucyo urabagirana, gisa n’igisobanuro cy’Umwana w’Imana cyatanzwe na Yohana mu Byahishuwe. Ibyahishuwe 1:13–15. Ikuzo rimukikije riruta ikindi cyose amaso y’abapfa atarabona. Induru y’insinzi izumvikana mu kirere iti: ‘Kristo yaje! Kristo yaje!’ Abantu bazikubita hasi bamuramye, na we azamure amaboko ye maze abatubirire umugisha, nk’uko Kristo yahaye abigishwa Be umugisha igihe yari akiri mu isi. Ijwi rye rizaba rituje kandi ryoroshye, nyamara ryuzuye ubususurutso bw’injyana. Mu majwi y’ubugwaneza n’impuhwe, azavuga amwe mu kuri kwiza, ko mu ijuru, nk’uko Umukiza yabivuze; azakiza indwara z’abantu, maze hanyuma, muri iyo mico yihimbiye ya Kristo, azavuge ko yahinduye Isabato ayigira Ku Cyumweru, kandi ategeke bose kweza umunsi yahaye umugisha. Azatangaza ko abatsimbarara ku kweza umunsi wa karindwi batuka izina rye kuko banze kumvira abamarayika be yabatumyeho umucyo n’ukuri. Ubu ni ubuyobe bukomeye, bugiye hafi kunesha ubwenge bw’abantu. Nk’uko Abasamariya bashutswe na Simoni Magusi, imbaga nyamwinshi, uhereye ku muto ukageza ku mukuru, bazumvira ubu bupfumu, bavuga bati: Uyu ni ‘imbaraga ikomeye y’Imana.’ Ibyakozwe n’Intumwa 8:10.”

> “But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this false christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is pronounced upon the worshipers of the beast and his image, the very class upon whom the Bible declares that God’s unmingled wrath shall be poured out.” The Great Controversy, 624, 625.

> “Ariko ubwoko bw’Imana ntibuzayobywa. Inyigisho z’uyu kristo w’ikinyoma ntizihuje n’Ibyanditswe. Umugisha we awuvugira abasenga ya nyamaswa n’igishushanyo cyayo, ari bo rwose itsinda Bibiliya itangaza ko uburakari bw’Imana butavanze na busa buzabasukwaho.” The Great Controversy, 624, 625.

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