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# The Book of Daniel - Number Ninety-Eight

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The Triple Application of Elijah and the Last Days’ Judgment: Understanding the Investigative and Executive Phases

Enkozesa entatu ya Eriya n’Omusango gw’ennaku ez’enkomerero: Okutegeera ebitundu eby’okunoonyereza n’eby’okussa omusango mu nkola

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 29, 2024

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The triple application of Elijah identified that in the last days there would be an Elijah at the beginning of the last days and at the ending of the last days. The “last days” are the days of judgment, which is progressive and divided into two types of judgment. The investigative judgment which began in the beginning of the last days, and the executive judgment which takes place in the ending of the last days. The triple application of Elijah is primarily representing the history of the executive judgment which begins at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Enteekateeka esatu ey’Eriya yalaga nti mu nnaku ez’oluvannyuma waakubawo Eriya ku ntandikwa y’ennaku ezo era ne ku nkomerero yaazo. Ennaku “ez’oluvannyuma” ze nnaku z’omusango ez’egenda mu ngeri ey’okweyongera era nga zagabanyiziddwa mu bika by’omusango bibiri: omusango ogw’okunonyereza ogwatandiika ku ntandikwa y’ennaku ez’oluvannyuma, n’omusango ogw’okutuukiriza oguba mu nkomerero y’ennaku ez’oluvannyuma. Enteekateeka esatu ey’Eriya ekisinga okulaga ebyafaayo by’omusango ogw’okutuukiriza ogutandikira ku Eteeka lya Sande erijja mu bwangu.

The investigative judgment is restricted to those who have made a profession to be a follower of God, primarily by direct profession, but also in a minority of occurrences by an indirect profession of lifestyle.

Okusalira omusango okw’okunoonyereza kukomezeddwa ku abo bokka abaalangirira nti bagoberera Katonda, okusinga nga balangirira mu lwatu mu ngeri ey’obutereevu, naye era mu mbeera entono nga balangirira mu ngeri etatereevu okuyita mu nkola y’obulamu.

> (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another.) Romans 2:13–15.

> (Kubanga si abawuliriza amateeka be batuukirivu mu maaso ga Katonda, wabula abakola amateeka be banaalangirirwa abatuukirivu. Kubanga ab'amawanga abatali na mateeka, bwe bakola mu butonde bwaabwe ebiri mu mateeka, abo, nga tebalina mateeka, baba mateeka gyabwe bo bennyini; nga balaga omulimu gw'amateeka oguwandiikiddwa mu mitima gyabwe, n'eddoboozi ly'omutima gwaabwe nalo libeerangako obujulirwa, era n'ebirowoozo byabwe mu kiseera kye kimu nga bibalanga omusango oba nga bibabwewozesa bo bennyini.) Abaruumi 2:13-15.

The investigative judgment has two primary divisions, for it began with the investigation of the lives of the dead (from the days of Adam onward), who had professed to believe in the true God, and on September 11, 2001, it began the process of the investigative “judgment of the living.” The investigative judgment has another division beyond dead to living, for judgment begins with God’s house, and in the last days God’s house is Laodicean Adventism. Once the judgment of God’s house concludes at the soon-coming Sunday law, then God’s other flock that are then in Babylon are judged.

Okusalira omusango okunoonyereza kulina ebitundu bibiri ebikulu, kubanga kyatandika n’okunoonyereza ku bulamu bw’abo abaafa (okuva mu nnaku za Adamu okweyongera), abaayatulira okukiriza mu Katonda ow’amazima; era ku Ssettemba 11, 2001, kyatandika enkola y’okusala omusango okunoonyereza ku balamu. Okusalira omusango okunoonyereza kulina n’ekitundu ekirala okweyongera ku kya bafu n’abalamu, kubanga okusala omusango kutandikira mu nnyumba ya Katonda, era mu nnaku ez’enkomerero ennyumba ya Katonda ye Obwadiventisti bwa Laodikea. Bwe kumala okuggwa okusalira omusango kwa nnyumba ya Katonda ku tteeka lya Ssande erituuka mangu, olwo endiga endala za Katonda eziba nga ziri mu Babulooni mu kiseera ekyo nazo zisalibwako omusango.

The executive judgment is God’s punishment upon those who rejected His offer of salvation. The executive judgment begins at the soon-coming Sunday law. The United States will then have filled up its cup of wrath, which is also the cup of its probationary time, and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin. Every nation on planet earth will follow the example of the United States in enforcing a Sunday law, and each of those nations will then fill up their cups and also suffer national ruin.

Okusalira omusango okw’okutuukiriza kwe kibonerezo kya Katonda eri abo abaagaanye ekirabo kye eky’obulokozi. Okusalira omusango okw’okutuukiriza kutandika ku tteeka lya Sande eririmu okutuuka mangu. Awo Amerika ejja kuba ejjuze ekikompe kyayo eky’obusungu, ekyo nga kye kikompe ky’ekiseera kyayo eky’ekisa, era okuvudde ku ddiini okw’eggwanga kuligobererwa okuzikirira kw’eggwanga. Buli ggwanga ku planeti Ensi lijja kugoberera ekyokulabirako kya Amerika mu kussa mu nkola etteeka lya Sande, era buli limu ku go olwo lijja kujjuza ekikompe kyalyo era ne lizikirira nga ggwanga.

> “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.

> "Nga Amerika, ensi y’eddembe ly’eddiini, ejja kwegatta ne Papasiyo mu kukaka eddoboozi ly’omutima era n’okuwaliriza abantu okuwa ekitiibwa Ssabbiiti ey’obulimba, abantu b’eggwanga buli lyonna mu nsi yonna balitwalibwa okugoberera eky’okulabirako kyayo." Obujulizi, Voliyumu 6, 18.

The executive judgment is also divided into two parts. From the Sunday law in the United States until human probation closes when Michael stands up, God’s judgments are mixed with mercy, but when Michael stands up, God’s wrath, as represented by the pouring out of the seven last plagues, contains no mercy. During the period of the Sunday law crisis the executive judgments upon men and nations will be mixed with mercy, for there will still be some in Babylon that are then being given opportunity to understand the distinction between the worship of Sabbath and Sunday.

Okusala omusango okw’okutuukirizibwa nakwo kugabanyizibwa mu bitundu bibiri. Okuva ku tteeka lya Sande mu United States okutuusa lw’okuggwaawo kw’ebbanga ery’okugezesebwa kw’abantu, lwe Mikaeri ayimirira, emisango gya Katonda gijja kubeeramu n’ekisa; naye Mikaeri bw’ayimirira, obusungu bwa Katonda, obulagirwamu mu kuyiibwa kw’amakuba musanvu ag’enkomerero, tebubeeramu kisa. Mu kiseera ky’ekizibu eky’etteeka lya Sande, ebibonerezo eby’okutuukiriza omusango ku bantu n’amawanga bijja kubeeramu n’ekisa, kubanga wakyabeerawo abamu mu Babulooni nga bakiwa omukisa okutegeera enjawulo wakati w’okusinza ku Ssabbiiti n’okusinza ku Sande.

> “Oh, that the people might know the time of their visitation! There are many who have not yet heard the testing truth for this time. There are many with whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; His hand is still stretched out to save, while the door is closed to those who would not enter.

> Ayi, singa abantu bamanyanga ekiseera ky’okukyalirwa kwabwe! Waliwo bangi abatannawulirangako amazima ag’agezesa ag’omu kiseera kino. Waliwo bangi mwe Omwoyo wa Katonda akyalwanirira. Ekiseera ky’ebibonerezo bya Katonda ebizikiriza kye kiseera eky’ensaasira eri abo abatabadde bafunye mukisa okumanya amazima. Mu busaasizi Mukama alibatunuulira. Omutima gwe ogw’ensaasira gukwatiddwa; omukono gwe gukyagoloddwa okulokola, nga oluggi luggaliddwa eri abo abagaana okuyingira.

> “The mercy of God is shown in His long forbearance. He is holding back His judgments, waiting for the message of warning to be sounded to all. Oh, if our people would feel as they should the responsibility resting upon them to give the last message of mercy to the world, what a wonderful work would be done!” Testimonies, volume 9, 97.

> "Okusaasira kwa Katonda kulabikira mu kugumiikiriza kwe okwa bbanga ddene. Abiziyiza ebibonerezo bye, ng’alindirira obubaka bw’okulabula okutuusibwa eri bonna. Ayi, singa abantu baffe bawulira, nga bwe kibagwanira, obuvunaanyizibwa obuli ku bo okuwa ensi obubaka obwenkomerero bw’okusaasira, emirimu egyewuunyisa gyandikolebwa!" Obujulizi, ekitundu eky’omwenda, omuko 97.

The “time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth.” Those two “times” begin together when “the door is closed” upon Laodicean Adventists “who would not enter.”

"Ekiseera ky'ebibonerezo ebizikiriza bya Katonda kye kiseera ky'okusaasira eri abo abataafunye mukisa kumanya ekiri amazima." Ebyo "ebiseera" bibiri bitandika wamu bwe "oluggi luggalibwa" ku Abadiventisi ba Laodikya "abagaanyi okuyingira."

> “I saw that the holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question, to unite the hearts of God’s dear waiting saints. And if one believed, and kept the Sabbath, and received the blessing attending it, and then gave it up, and broke the holy commandment, they would shut the gates of the Holy City against themselves, as sure as there was a God that rules in heaven above. I saw that God had children, who do not see and keep the Sabbath. They had not rejected the light on it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble, we were f illed with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. This enraged the church, and nominal Adventists, as they could not refute the Sabbath truth. And at this time, God’s chosen, all saw clearly that we had the truth, and they came out and endured the persecution with us.” A Word to the Little Flock, 18, 19.

> Nnalaba nti Ssabbiiti entukuvu eri, era ejja kubeera, ekikomera ekibawawula wakati w’Isirayiri wa Katonda ow’amazima n’abatakkiriza; era nti Ssabbiiti kye kibuzo ekinene, ekigatta emitima gy’abatukuvu ba Katonda abaagalwa abamulindirira. Era singa omu akkiriza, n’akuuma Ssabbiiti, n’afuna omukisa ogugiggoberera, n’alyoka agireka, n’amenya ekiragiro ekitukuvu, yandizibye emiryango gy’Ekibuga Ekitukuvu ku ye kennyini, nga bwe kyesigika ddala nti waliwo Katonda afuga mu ggulu waggulu. Nnalaba nti Katonda alina abaana abatalaba era abatakuuma Ssabbiiti. Tebaali bagaanye omusana ogugikwata ku yo. Era ku ntandikwa y’ekiseera eky’okubonaabona, twajjuzibwa Omwoyo Omutukuvu nga tugenda mu maaso ne tugalangirira Ssabbiiti mu bujjuvu obusinga. Ekyo ne kisunguwaza ennyo ekkanisa, n’Abadiventisiti ab’omu linnya lyokka, olw’okuba tebasobola kugaana mazima ga Ssabbiiti. Era mu kiseera kino, abalonde ba Katonda bonna baalaba bulungi nti twalina amazima, ne bavaayo ne bagumiikiriza okutulugunyizibwa wamu naffe. Ekigambo eri Endiga Entono, 18, 19.

The door is closed at the soon-coming Sunday law, making the period which precedes the Sunday law “the time” of God’s people’s “visitation.”

Omulyango guggalwa ku etteeka lya Ssande erituuka mangu, ekyo ne kifuula ekiseera ekisooka etteeka lya Ssande okutuuka "ekiseera" eky'okukyalirwa kw'abantu ba Katonda.

> How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them? Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for everyone from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 8:8–12.

> Mugamba mutya nti, Tuli abagezi, era amateeka ga Mukama gali naffe? Laba, ddala mu bwereere yakikola; ekalamu y’abawandiisi eri mu bwereere. Abagezi bakwatiddwa ensonyi, bawuniikiriddwa era bakwatiddwa: laba, baagaanye ekigambo kya Mukama; kale magezi ki agali mu bo? Kyenvudde ndiwa abalala bakazi baabwe, n’ennimiro zaabwe eri abo abalizisikira: kubanga buli omu okuva ku mutono okutuuka ku mukulu yeewadde ku bugwagwa, okuva ku nnabbi okutuuka ku kabona buli omu akola mu bulimba. Kubanga bawonyezza ebisago by’omuwala w’abantu bange mu butono, nga bagamba nti, Emirembe, emirembe; so nga tewali mirembe. Baakwatiddwa ensonyi bwe baakola eky’amanyala? nedda, tebaakwatiddwa nsonyi n’akatono, so tebasobodde na kuswala: kyenvudde bagwa mu bagwa: mu biro by’okubasanga balisulibwa wansi, bw’ayogera Mukama. Yeremiya 8:8-12.

As with ancient Israel, so with modern Israel, they are both destroyed, for they knew not the time of their visitation. The time of God’s visitation for Laodicean Adventism began on September 11, 2001, and concludes at the soon coming Sunday law.

Nga bwe byali eri Isiraeri ey’edda, bwe kityo ne eri Isiraeri ey’omu biro bino; bombi bazikiriddwa, kubanga tebamanyi budde bw’okukyalirwa kwabwe. Ekiseera eky’okukyalira kwa Katonda eri Adiventisimu eya Lawodikiya kyatandika nga 11 Settemba 2001, era kinaakomekera ku tteeka lya Sande erijja mu bwangu.

> And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Luke 19:41–44.

> Bwe yatuuka okumpi, n’alaba ekibuga, n’akikaabira, n’agamba nti, Ssinga ggwe, era ggwe ddala, mu lunaku lwo luno, obadde omanyi ebikwatagana n’emirembe gyo! naye kaakano bikisiddwa mu maaso go. Kubanga ennaku zijja ku ggwe, nga abalabe bo bakuzimbira ebigo okukwetooloola, ne bakwetooloola, ne bakuggalira mu buli luuyi; era balikugwisa wansi ne walinga n’ettaka, n’abaana abali mu ggwe; era tebalireka mu ggwe jjinja ku jjinja; kubanga tewamanyi kiseera eky’obukyalirwa bwo.

At the time of God’s visitation the wise and foolish are forever separated.

Mu kiseera eky'okukyukira kwa Katonda, ab'amagezi n'abasirusiru batandukanyibwa emirembe gyonna.

> “We know that unconsecrated Seventh-day Adventists, who have a knowledge of the truth, but who have linked themselves with worldlings will depart entirely from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. The enemy will gladly hold out inducements to them, to lead them to carry on a warfare against the people of God. But those who are true and steadfast will have a strong and powerful defense in God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 7, 186.

> "Tumanyi nti Abadiventisi b’Olunaku olw’Omusanvu abatatukuziddwa, abalina okumanya kw’amazima naye abeegasseko abantu b’ensi, banaava ddala mu kukkiriza, nga bawa amatu emyoyo egy’ensendasenda. Omulabe ajja n’essanyu okubalaga ebisendasizo, okubakulembera okulwanyisa abantu ba Katonda. Naye abo ab’amazima era ab’ennyikivu baliba n’obukuumi obw’amaanyi era obw’obuyinza mu Katonda." Manuscript Releases, volume 7, 186.

Their time of visitation began on September 11, 2001, as typified by the time of visitation upon the Protestant churches on August 11, 1840, and as the time of visitation had begun for ancient Israel when the Holy Spirit descended at the baptism of Christ.

Ekiseera ky’okukyalirwa kwabwe kyatandika nga Septemba 11, 2001, nga bwe kyafaananyizibwa mu kiseera ky’okukyalirwa okwali ku makanisa g’Abaprotestanti ku Agusito 11, 1840, era nga ekiseera ky’okukyalirwa kyali kitandise eri Isirayiri ey’edda, Omwoyo Omutukuvu bwe yakkira mu battizibwa bwa Kristo.

The executive judgment begins when the United States fills the cup of its probationary time at the soon coming Sunday law, which is also when the Laodicean Adventist church has filled their cup. Judgment begins with the house of God, and the cup of probationary time for both corrupted horns of the United States. The corrupted horn of Protestantism that has previously been represented by the Laodicean Adventist church then ceases, and the Philadelphian movement of the third angel is then the true horn of Protestantism, and spiritual Jerusalem that is lifted up as an ensign. At that point Jerusalem changes from the church militant into the church triumphant.

Okusala omusango okw’okutuukiriza kutandika Amerika bw’ejjuzizza kikopo ky’ebbanga ly’okukebererwa mu kiseera ky’etteeka lya Sande ekirina okutuuka amangu, era kye kiseera ekkanisa y’Abadiventisiti eya Layodikiya kye jjuzizza kikopo kyayo. Okusala omusango kutandikira mu nnyumba ya Katonda, era ekikopo ky’ebbanga ly’okukebererwa ku mpondo zombi ezonoonese ez’Amerika. Ompondo onoonese ogw’obwa Purotesitanti ogwaddenga gukikirirwa ekkanisa y’Abadiventisiti eya Layodikiya, olwo guggwaawo, ate ekibiinja kya Firadelfiya eky’omumalaika ow’okusatu kiba ompondo omutuufu ogw’obwa Purotesitanti, era Yerusaalemi ey’omwoyo eyeyimusibwa ng’ebbendera. Olwo Yerusaalemi eva mu kkanisa ey’entalo n’efuuka ekkanisa ey’obuwanguzi.

The executive judgment begins, with the time of God’s destructive judgments, which is also a time of mercy for God’s other flock that is still in Babylon. It begins when the time of God’s visitation upon Laodicean Adventism ends. The executive judgment progresses to the Seven Last Plagues where the judgments are no longer mixed with mercy, and then Jesus returns.

Okusala omusango okw’okutuukiriza ebibonerezo kutandika mu kiseera ky’amasango ga Katonda agazikiriza, era kino kye kiseera eky’okusaasira eri ekisibo ekirala kya Katonda ekikyali mu Babulooni. Kutandika nga kiseera ky’okukyalira kwa Katonda ku Adiventisimu ey’e Laodikiya bwe kiggwaawo. Okusala omusango okw’okutuukiriza ebibonerezo kweyongera okutuuka ku bikolimo omusanvu eby’enkomerero, we amasango tegakyagattibwa na kusaasira, era oluvannyuma Yesu akomawo.

When Jesus returns, the millennium (one thousand years), of Revelation chapter twenty, identifies that Satan is bound upon a desolated earth, alone with only the rebellious angels that participated in the attack against God.

Yesu bw’anaakomawo, ekiseera ky’emyaka lukumi (emyaka lukumi) ekiri mu Okubikkulirwa essuula amakumi abiri kitegeeza nti Setaani asibiddwa ku nsi eyafuuse amatongo, ng’asigaddeyo yekka n’abamalayika abajeemu bokka abaetabye mu kulumba Katonda.

> And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Revelation 20:1–3.

> Era nnalaba omalayika ng’akka okuva mu ggulu, ng’alina ekisumuluzo ky’ekinnya ekitagwamu era n’omunyolo omunene mu mukono gwe. N’akwata ku ddogo, oyo omusota ow’ekikadde, gwe Diyabulooni, era Sitaani, n’amusiba okumala emyaka lukumi, n’amusuula mu kinnya ekitagwamu, n’amuggala omwo, n’ateekako ekisannyizo ku ye, alyoke aleme okulimba amawanga nate okutuusa emyaka lukumi gye gituukirira; ate oluvannyuma alina okusumululwa akaseera katono. Okubikkulirwa 20:1-3.

During that thousand years the redeemed will perform an investigative judgment upon the lost who are still sleeping in their graves waiting for the conclusion of the individual judgments. The redeemed will consider the lives and circumstances of the lost, including Satan and his angels, in order to determine which deserves greater punishment at the end of the thousand years.

Mu kiseera ky’emyaka lukumi eyo, abanunuliddwa banaakola okulamula okw’okunonyereza ku bazikirivu abakyali beebase mu ntaana zaabwe nga balindirira okumalirizibwa kw’emisango gya buli muntu. Abanunuliddwa banaakebera obulamu n’embeera z’abazikirivu, nga n’Setaani n’abamalayika be bayingiriddwamu, okulaba bbaani abasaanira ebibonerezo ebisinga obunene ku nkomerero y’emyaka lukumi.

> And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 20:4.

> Ne ndaba entebe ez’obwakabaka, ne batuula ku zo, era obuyinza bw’okusalira omusango ne buweebwa eri bo; ne ndaba emyoyo gy’abo abaatemebwa emitwe olw’obujulizi bwa Yesu n’olw’ekigambo kya Katonda, abataasinza ensolo newaakubadde ekifaananyi kyayo, newaakubadde abataafuna akabonero kaayo ku mitwe gyabwe oba mu mikono gyabwe; ne babeera balamu ne bafuga wamu ne Kristo okumala emyaka lukumi. Okubikkulirwa 20:4.

The millennium therefore contains an investigative judgment, that when finished brings the final executive judgment when the wicked dead are raised, and Satan who then has entire control over them convinces the wicked to attack Jerusalem which at the end of the thousand years comes down out of heaven. As the wicked mount their attack, fire comes down out of heaven and the final executive judgment is accomplished.

Olw’ensonga eyo, ekiseera ky’emyaka lukumi kirimu okulamuzi okw’okunoonyereza; era bwe kumalirizibwa, kireeta okusasula omusango okw’enkomerero, mu kiseera abafu ababi lwe bazuukizibwa. Awo Setaani, ng’alina obuyinza bwonna ku bo, awamiziza ababi okulumba Yerusaalemi, ey’akka okuva mu ggulu ku nkomerero y’emyaka lukumi. Ababi bwe batandika okulumba, omuliro gukka okuva mu ggulu, era okusasula omusango okw’enkomerero ne kutuukirizibwa.

> And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Revelation 20:7–9.

> Awo emyaka lukumi nga giweddeyo, Setaani ajja kutululibwa mu kkomera lye, era ajja kufuluma okulimba amawanga agali ku nsonda ennya ez’ensi, Gogi ne Magogi, okubakuŋŋaanya okutabaala; omuwendo gwabwe nga omusenyu gw’ennyanja. Ne balinnya ku bugazi bw’ensi, ne beetooloola olusiisira lw’abatukuvu n’ekibuga ekyayagalibwa; ne omuliro ne gukka okuva eri Katonda okuva mu ggulu, ne gubalya. Okubikkulirwa 20:7-9.

Though the triple applications of Elijah and the messenger that prepares for the Messenger of the Covenant to suddenly come to His temple are closely related, a distinction of their work can be noted in that Elijah is primarily identifying the work of the messenger, and the movement associated with the message of the messenger, that is accomplished during the executive judgment that begins at the soon-coming Sunday law. The messenger that prepares the way for the Messenger of the Covenant primarily identifies a work that is accomplished during the investigative judgment. Laodicean Adventism does not know the time of their visitation, which represents a specific time period of judgment.

Wadde nga enkozesa esatu ez’Eriya n’omubaka ateekateekera Omubaka w’Endagaano okujja mangu mu ekyekaalu kye bikwatagana ennyo, waliwo okweyawulamu mu mirimu gyabwe: Eriya asinga kulambulula omulimu gw’omubaka n’ekibiina ekikwatagana n’obubaka bwe, nga omulimu guno gutuukirizibwa mu musango ogw’okutuukiriza ogutandika ku tteeka lya Ssande erijja mu bwangu. Omubaka ateekateeka ekkubo erya Omubaka w’Endagaano asinga kulambulula omulimu ogutuukirizibwa mu musango gw’okunoonyereza. Abadiventisi ba Layodikiya tebamanyi kiseera eky’okukyalirirwa kwabwe, ekiraga ekiseera ekirambikiddwa eky’okusala omusango.

Neither do they understand the “present truth” message that is proclaimed during the time of their visitation. They were required to know both the judgment, and the message of those days. They were also required to know the messenger of that period of time. In their Laodicean blindness they oppose the message of the hour, deny the time of their visitation with a message of “peace and safety,” and are uncertain who the chosen messenger of that period is. This truth was clearly identified in the witness of the second Elijah, who was John the Baptist.

Era tebategeera obubaka bw’amazima “agaliwo kaakano” obulangirirwa mu kiseera ky’okukyalirwa kwabwe. Baateekeddwa okumanya byombi okusalirwa omusango n’obubaka bw’ennaku ezo. Era baateekeddwa okumanya omubaka ow’ekiseera ekyo. Mu buzibe bw’amaaso obwa Lawodikiya bawakanya obubaka bw’essawa, bagaana ekiseera ky’okukyalirwa kwabwe nga babuulira obubaka bwa “emirembe n’obutebenkevu,” era tebakakasa ani omubaka alondeddwa ow’ekiseera ekyo. Amazima gano gakakasibwa bulungi mu bujulizi bwa Eriya ow’okubiri, ye Yokaana Omubatiza.

The Jews knew that prophecy identified a messenger to come, and Jesus directly taught that John was that messenger who was to come.

Abayudaaya baamanyi nti obunnabbi bwalaga nti walibaawo omubaka alijja, era Yesu yayigiriza butereevu nti Yokaana ye yali omubaka oyo eyaalina okujja.

> For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 11:13–15.

> Kubanga bannabbi bonna n’etteeka byalagula okutuusa ku Yokaana. Era obanga mwagala okukkiriza ekyo, ono ye Eriya eyalina okujja. Alina amatu agawulira, awulire. Matayo 11:13-15.

At the very conclusion of the period of their visitation (the time in the history of Christ that typifies the soon-coming Sunday law), as Christ hung upon the cross the Jews conjectured whether Elijah would then come to save Jesus. If they did not recognize the messenger that was to prepare for the Messenger of the Covenant, that was then confirming the covenant with His own blood, they could not recognize their Messiah. Laodicean Adventism in the last days is required to know their judgment, which is the time of their visitation. They are required to recognize the message of that period of time, and they are required to recognize the chosen messenger of that time. The rebellion of 1888, represented September 11, 2001, when the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen descended. The rebels of 1888, refused to acknowledge the chosen messengers of the history that was typifying the last days.

Ku nkomerero ddala y’ebbanga ly’okukyalirwa kwabwe (ekiseera mu byafaayo bya Kristo ekifaananyiriza etteeka lya Ssande erirwaddirira okutuuka mangu), nga Kristo awanikiddwa ku musaalaba, Abayudaaya baateebereza oba Eriya yandijje okulokola Yesu. Bwe batamanyenga omubaka eyali okuteekateeka ekkubo eri Omubaka w’Endagaano, eyali mu kiseera ekyo ng’akakasa endagaano n’omusaayi gwe, tebandisobodde kumanya Masiya waabwe. Abadiventisi ab’e Lawodikiya mu nnaku ez’enkomerero balina okumanya okusala omusango kwabwe, kwe kiseera ky’okukyalirwa kwabwe. Balina okumanya obubaka bw’ekiseera ekyo, era balina okumanya omubaka omulonde w’ekiseera ekyo. Obujeemu bwa 1888 bwalabirizibwa ku Settembe 11, 2001, nga malaika w’Ekitabo kya Kubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi n’omunaana yakka. Abajeemu ba 1888 baagaana okukkiriza ababaka abalondebwa ab’ebyafaayo ebyali bikiikirira ennaku ez’enkomerero.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tujja kugenda mu maaso n’okunoonyereza kuno mu kiwandiiko ekiddako.

> For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. Jeremiah 25:15–33.

> Bw'ati bw'ayogera Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri gye ndi: Twala ekikompe ky'omwenge eky'obusungu buno okuva mu mukono gwange, era oteeke amawanga gonna, gye nkutumira, okulinywa. Era balinywa, ne bakankana, ne bafuuka basirusiru, olw'ekitala kye ndibatumira wakati mu bo. Awo ne ntwala ekikompe okuva mu mukono gwa Mukama, ne nnywesa amawanga gonna Mukama mwe yantuma: okugamba nti, Yerusaalemi, n'ebibuga bya Yuda, n'abakabaka baabyo, n'abakungu baabyo, okubafuula amatongo, eky'amangwagalira, eky'okukweeraamu, n'okukolimirwa; nga bwe kiri leero; Falaawo kabaka wa Misiri, n'abaweereza be, n'abakungu be, n'abantu be bonna; n'abantu ab'avangavanzi bonna, ne bakabaka bonna ab'ensi ya Uzi, ne bakabaka bonna ab'ensi y'Abafirisuuti, ne Asikeloni, ne Gaza, ne Ekeroni, n'abasigaddewo e Asidodi; Edomu, ne Moabu, n'abaana ba Amoni; ne bakabaka ba Ttuulo, ne bakabaka ba Sidoni, ne bakabaka b'ebizinga ebiri emitala w'ennyanja; Dedani, ne Tema, ne Buzu, n'abo bonna ab'omu mabbali ag'enkomerero; ne bakabaka ba Alabiya, ne bakabaka b'abantu ab'avangavanzi ababeera mu ddungu; ne bakabaka ba Zimri, ne bakabaka ba Eramu, ne bakabaka b'Amedi; ne bakabaka bonna ab'omu bukiikakkono, ab'eri wala n'ab'eri kumpi, buli omu n'ani munne; n'obwakabaka bwonna obw'ensi obuli ku maaso g'ensi: era kabaka wa Sesaki alinnywa ennyuma yaabwe. Kale obagambe nti, Bw'ati bw'ayogera Mukama ow'eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri: Mumywe, mutamiire, mukaye, mugwe, era temuddamu muyime nate, olw'ekitala kye ndibatumira wakati mu mmwe. Era bwe banaagaana okutwala ekikompe okuva mu mukono gwo okulinywa, olibagamba nti, Bw'ati bw'ayogera Mukama ow'eggye: Mazima mulinywa. Kubanga, laba, ntandika okuleetera ekibi ku kibuga ekiyitibwa mu linnya lyange, era mmwe mulirekebwa ddala temukwatibwako? Temulirekebwa: kubanga ndiyita ekitala ku batuuze bonna ab'ensi, bw'ayogera Mukama ow'eggye. Kale lagera okuviirako ebyo byonna eri bo, obagambe nti, Mukama alikonkona okuva waggulu, era alikaza eddoboozi lye okuva mu kifo kye ekitukuvu; alikonkona nnyo ku butuuze bwe; alireekaana ng'abo abanyiga emizabbibu, eri abatuuze bonna ab'ensi. Eddoboozi lirituuka ne ku nkomerero z'ensi; kubanga Mukama alina ensonga n'amawanga, aliyomba n'abantu bonna; aligabula ababi ku kitala, bw'ayogera Mukama. Bw'ati bw'ayogera Mukama ow'eggye: Laba, obubi buliva mu ggwanga ne bugenda mu ggwanga, era omuyaga omukulu guliyimuka okuva ku nsalo z'ensi. Era abattiddwa ba Mukama ku lunaku olwo baliba okuva ku nkomerero emu y'ensi okutuuka ku nkomerero endala y'ensi: tebalikaabirwa, so tebakuŋŋaanibwa, so tebanaziikibwa; baliba obusa ku ttaka. Yeremiya 25:15-33.

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