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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Eleven

Okubikkulirwa kwa Yesu Kristo - Ennamba kkumi n'emu

The Image of the Beast

Ekifaananyi ky'ekisolo

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 5, 2023

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> And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:1–17.

> Era ne wabaawo akabonero akalala mu ggulu; laba, omusota omunene omumyufu, ng'alina emitwe musanvu n'amayembe kkumi, era engule musanvu ku mitwe gyagyo. Omukira gwe ne gukukuta ekitundu eky'okusatu ky'emmunyeenye z'omu ggulu, ne zigisuulibwa ku nsi; n'omusota n'ayimirira mu maaso g'omukyala eyali waakuzala, alye omwana we bwe yaakazaalibwa. N'azaala omwana ow'obulenzi, era alifugira amawanga gonna n'omuggo ogw'ebyuma; n'omwana we n'atwalibwa eri Katonda n'eri entebe ye ey'obwakabaka. Omukyala n'adduka mu ddungu, awategekeddwa Katonda ekifo, balimuliisa eyo ennaku enkumi emu ebikumi bibiri n'amakumi nkaaga. Ne wabaawo entalo mu ggulu; Mikaeri n'abamalayika be ne balwana n'omusota; n'omusota n'alwana n'abamalayika be, ne batawangula; era tewaasangwa nate kifo kyabwe mu ggulu. Omusota omunene n'aasuulibwa ebweru, omusota ogw'edda, ayitibwa Ddaabulooni ne Sitaani, alimbisa ensi yonna; yasuulibwa ku nsi, n'abamalayika be ne bava wamu naye. Ne mpulira eddoboozi eddene nga ligamba mu ggulu nti, Kati okuwonyezebwa, n'amaanyi, n'obwakabaka bwa Katonda waffe, n'obuyinza bwa Kristo we, bijjiridde; kubanga omuwaabi w'ab'oluganda lwaffe, eyabaawaabiranga mu maaso ga Katonda waffe ekiro n'emisana, agobeddwa wansi. Ne bamuwangula olw'omusaayi gw'Omwana gw'Endiga ne ku kigambo ky'obujulizi bwabwe; so ne batawagala bulamu bwabwe okutuusa n'okufa. Kale musanyuke, mmwe eggulu n'abo abagyamu. Zikubye ennaku abatuula ku nsi n'abo abatuula ku nnyanja! kubanga Ddaabulooni abasuubiddeko ng'ali n'obusungu bungi, kubanga amanyi nti obudde bwe butono. Omusota bwe yalaba nga yasuuliddwa ku nsi, n'ayigganya omukyala eyazaala omwana ow'obulenzi. Omukyala n'awaweebwa obulagala bubiri bw'ensega ennene, alyoke agulukuke adduke mu ddungu, mu kifo kye, mwe amuliisirwa ebbanga ly'ekiseera, n'ebiseera, n'ekitundu ky'ekiseera, ng'akyewala amaaso g'omusota. Omusota n'asumulula mu kamwa ke amazzi ng'omugga ng'agoberera omukyala, amunyagulule omugga. Naye ensi n'ayamba omukyala, ensi n'enggulawo akamwa kayo, n'egunywamu omugga gwe yasumulula mu kamwa ke omusota. Omusota n'asunguwalira nnyo omukyala, n'agenda okulwana n'abo abasigalawo ku zzadde lye, abakuuma ebiragiro bya Katonda era abalina obujulizi bwa Yesu Kristo. Okubikkulirwa 12:1-17.

The first battle in the great controversy between Christ and Satan, began in the third heaven with Lucifer’s rebellion, and that first battle typifies the last battle in the first heaven. There is more warfare, for at the end of the thousand-year millennium, Satan is loosed for a little season, and mounts an attack against Jerusalem, but that battle has no possibility of victory. The battle in the third heaven at the beginning, which represents the battle in the first heaven at the end, was carried out while probation was open.

Olutalo olusooka mu lutalo olukulu wakati wa Kristo ne Setaani lw’atandikira mu ggulu erya ssatu n’okujeemera kwa Lusifa, era olutalo olusooka olwo lufaananyiriza olutalo olwasembayo mu ggulu eryasooka. Waliwo n’okulwaana okusingawo, kubanga ku nkomerero y’emyaka lukumi Setaani asasulwa okumala ekiseera ekitono, n’atandika okulumba Yerusaalemi, naye olutalo olwo terulina mukisa gwonna gw’obuwanguzi. Olutalo mu ggulu erya ssatu mu ntandikwa, olufaananyiriza olutalo mu ggulu eryasooka ku nkomerero, lwakolebwa nga ekiseera ky’okusonyiyibwa kyali kikyaliko.

The “woman” that is pregnant with child, represents God’s church throughout history, and in the history of Christ she was about to give birth to the man child Jesus. In the last days, she gives birth to twins. Just before the Sunday law she births the one hundred and forty-four thousand, of Revelation seven, and at the Sunday law she begins the travail of birthing the great multitude of Revelation seven. Her twins are not identical, but they are twins, and the first born is Elijah and the younger son is Moses.

“Omukazi” ali olubuto, akiikirira Ekkanisa ya Katonda mu byafaayo byonna, era mu byafaayo bya Kristo yali ng’anaatera okuzaala Omwana w’obulenzi, Yesu. Mu nnaku ez’ekkomerero, azaala abalongo. Nga tekinnaba kubeerawo etteeka lya Ssande katono, azaala aba 144,000 ab’omu Kubikkulirwa omusanvu, era ku tteeka lya Ssande atandika obubabanyi bw’okuzaala ekibiina ekinene ennyo eky’omu Kubikkulirwa omusanvu. Abalongo be tebalinga, naye balongo; era omubereberye ye Eriya, n’omwana omuto ye Musa.

In the beginning of spiritual Israel, the dragon of pagan Rome was waiting to devour the man child Jesus, and the dragon of modern Rome is now waiting to devour the man child of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. As pagan Rome persecuted the early Christian church, modern Rome will repeat the persecution during the Sunday law crisis. In the early Christian church, the woman fled into the wilderness for twelve hundred and sixty literal years, and the persecution of the Sunday law crisis is symbolized by the forty-two months of Revelation thirteen and verse five. In the wilderness God’s people have a place prepared for them where they are fed and nourished.

Mu ntandikwa ya Isirayiri ey’omwoyo, omusota ogwa Loma ey’abasinzimu yali alindirira okulya omwana ow’obulenzi, Yesu, era omusota ogwa Loma ey’ekiseera kino kati alindirira okulya omwana ow’obulenzi owa 144,000. Nga Loma ey’abasinzimu bwe yatulugunya Ekkanisa eyasooka ey’Abakristaayo, Loma ey’ekiseera kino ejja kuddamu okutulugunya mu biseera by’ekizibu ky’etteeka lya Ssande. Mu Ekkanisa eyasooka ey’Abakristaayo, omukazi yaddukira mu ddungu okumala emyaka 1,260 egy’eddala, era okutulugunyizibwa okw’ekizibu ky’etteeka lya Ssande kulagibwa mu kifaananyi ky’emiyezi 42 mu Okubikkulirwa 13:5. Mu ddungu abantu ba Katonda balina ekifo ekibategekeddwa gy’ebalissibwa ne balabirirwa.

In Revelation chapter eight, and verse thirteen, the last three trumpets are identified as three woes. The woes in Revelation represent the trumpet judgments of Islam against the powers that pass Sunday laws. In the warfare that is illustrated in chapter twelve, the role of Islam is identified when it states, “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” The persecution that Jezebel accomplishes through her apostate husband Ahab, is directed at the “earth” beast and the “sea” beast.

Mu Okubikkulirwa essuula munaana, olunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’asatu, ennyanga ssatu ezisembayo zitegeerekebwa ng’ezibasanze essatu. Ezibasanze mu Okubikkulirwa zimiririra ebibonerezo eby’ennyanga eby’Obusiraamu ebirumba obuyinza obuyisa amateeka ga Sande. Mu lutalo olulaga mu essuula kkumi n’ebiri, omulimu gw’Obusiraamu gutegeerekeka bw’egamba nti, “Zibasanze abatuula ku nsi n’omu nnyanja! kubanga Setaani amaze okukkira gye muli, ng’ajjula obusungu bungi, kubanga amanyi nti asigaddeko akaseera katono.” Okubonyaabonya Yezabele kw’akola okuyitira mu bba we Akabu omujeemu, kwetoololera ku “kisolo eky’ensi” ne “kisolo eky’ennyanja.”

The movement of the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen, as with every reform movement, has four primary waymarks that lead to and include the judgment. For the movement of the first angel, those four waymarks were August 11, 1840, the first disappointment in the Spring of 1843, the arrival of the message of the Midnight Cry August 12 through 17 in 1844, and the opening of the judgment on October 22, 1844. Each of those four waymarks possessed the same overlying theme of “time.” August 11, 1840, was a fulfillment of the time prophecy of Revelation chapter nine, and verse fifteen. The first disappointment of 1843, represented a failed prediction of time. The Midnight Cry message was the correction of the previously failed prediction of time, and October 22, 1844, was the fulfillment of the predicted time of the message of the Midnight Cry.

Entambula y’amalayika ow’amaanyi eyogerwako mu Okubikkulirwa essuula kkumi n’omunaana, nga bwe kiri ku ntambula yonna y’enkyukakyuka, erina obubonero ennya obw’enkulu obulaga ekkubo obutwala okutuuka ku musango era ne bukwatamu omusango. Ku ntambula y’amalayika asooka, obubonero ennya obwo bwali: Agasti 11, 1840; okumenyeka kw’ensuubi okwasooka mu Spring wa 1843; okutuuka kw’obubaka bw’Okukaaba kwa Ttumbi ly’ekiro okuva nga Agasti 12 okutuuka ku 17 mu 1844; n’okuggulawo omusango nga Okitobba 22, 1844. Buli kimu ku bubonero obw’enna obwo bwalina omulamwa gumu ogusinga ogw’ekiseera. Agasti 11, 1840, kyali kutuukirizibwa kw’obunnabbi bw’ekiseera obuli mu Okubikkulirwa essuula mwenda, olunyiriri olwa kkumi na ttaano. Okumenyeka kw’ensuubi okwasooka okw’omwaka gwa 1843 kwakiikirira okuteebereza kwa kiseera okutatuukirira. Obubaka bw’Okukaaba kwa Ttumbi ly’ekiro bwali okuddamu okulongoosa okuteebereza kwa kiseera okwabadde kulemererwa mu kusooka, ate Okitobba 22, 1844, kyali kutuukirizibwa kw’ekiseera ekyateeberezebwa mu bubaka bw’Okukaaba kwa Ttumbi ly’ekiro.

The movement of the third angel has those same four waymarks, for they exist in every reform line, and as with all of those four waymarks of every reform line, each waymark possesses the same prophetic theme. Islam of the third woe, is the theme of the four waymarks in the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. On September 11, 2001 Islam of the third woe was released and then restrained. The failed prediction of July 18, 2020 identified an Islamic attack upon Nashville, Tennessee, and represented Islam of the third woe. The message that awakens the dead dry bones that are in the street of Revelation eleven, is the perfect and final fulfillment of the Midnight Cry message, and it represents a correction of the Nashville prediction (without the element of time). It will be fulfilled at the fourth waymark, which is the Sunday law, where Islam of the third woe will strike the United States because of its enforcement of the soon-coming Sunday law.

Entambula y’amalayika ow’okusatu erina obubonero obuna obulaga ekkubo bwe bimu, kubanga biri mu buli lunyiriri lw’okutereeza; era nga bwe kiri ku bubonero obuna obwo mu buli lunyiriri lw’okutereeza, buli kabonero kalina omulamwa ogw’obunnabbi ogumu. Obusiraamu bw’akabi akasatu bwe bulamwa bw’obubonero obuna mu ntambula y’emitwalo kkumi nnya n’enkumi nnya. Ku lunaku lwa 11 Sebutemba 2001, Obusiraamu bw’akabi akasatu bwassumululwa era oluvannyuma ne bukkomebwa. Okulaga okw’omu maaso okwa 18 July 2020 okwaleemererwa kwalaga okulumba kw’Abasiraamu ku Nashville, Tennessee, era ne kiyimirira Obusiraamu bw’akabi akasatu. Obubaka obuzuukusa amaggumba amakalu agafu agali mu luguudo olw’Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi n’emu, kye kutuukirizibwa okutufu n’okwasembayo kw’Obubaka bw’Okuwulira okwa mu ttumbi, era kiyimirira okulungamya okw’okulaga okw’omu maaso okwa Nashville (nga tekuli nsonga y’obudde). Kijja kutuukirizibwa ku kabonero aka nnya akalaga ekkubo, ak’etteeka lya Ssande, we Obusiraamu bw’akabi akasatu bujja okulumba United States olw’okussa mu nkola kw’eggwanga eryo etteeka lya Ssande eririko okutuuka amangu ddala.

When this truth is recognized, in conjunction with the fact that the mighty movement of the third angel is a warning of impending judgment, the Islamic judgment represented by the third woe can be easily understood as the “woe” that is brought upon “earth” and “sea.”

Amazima gano bwe gamanyiddwa, nga kigattiddwa n'ekituufu nti entambuza ey'amaanyi eya malayika ow'okusatu kye kulabula ku kusalirwa omusango ogw'egenda okutuuka, okusalirwa omusango okw'Obusiraamu okukiikirirwa mu kabi eky'okusatu kiyinza okutegeerekebwa mangu nga "kabi" akaleetebwa ku "nsi" ne "ennyanja."

The judgment of the living began on September 11, 2001, and from that point, until the soon-coming Sunday law, the test of the formation of the image of the beast takes place in the United States. From the Sunday law until Michael stands up and human probation closes, the rest of the world will then be tested by the formation of the image of the beast. Whether Seventh-day Adventists in the United States are being tested, or the entire world after the Sunday law is being tested, the test is defined as the test where our eternal destiny will be decided. It is also the test we must pass, before probation closes at the Sunday law. The prophetic phenomenon of an image to the beast test first in the United States and then again in the world, is essential to understand correctly.

Okusalibwa omusango kw’abalamu kwatandika nga mu Sebuttemba 11, 2001, era okuva awo okutuuka ku tteeka lya Ssande eririjja mangu, okukemebwa okw’okutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kubeerawo mu Amerika. Okuva ku tteeka lya Ssande okutuusa lwe Mikaeri ayimirira ne kiggalibwaawo ekiseera ky’obusaasizi ky’abantu, ensi esigaddeyo nayo ejja kukeemebwa mu kutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo. Oba nga Abadiventisiti b’Olunaku Ol’omusanvu ab’e Amerika be bakeemebwa, oba nga oluvannyuma lw’etteeka lya Ssande ensi yonna ye ekeemebwa, ekikemebwa kino kitegeerwa ng’ekikemebwa mwe gunaasalibwawo ensengekero yaffe ey’olubeerera. Era kye kikemebwa kye tuteekwa okuyitamu nga tekunnaggwaawo ekiseera ky’obusaasizi ku tteeka lya Ssande. Ekirabika eky’obunnabbi eky’okukemebwa ku kifaananyi ky’ensolo okusooka mu Amerika n’oluvannyuma mu nsi yonna, ky’ekikulu nnyo okutegeera bulungi.

> “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.

When the symbols are understood, then the passage in Revelation thirteen, that addresses these two successive, but identical image of the beast tests, can be easily recognized. It is important for a variety of reasons. One reason is the corrupted communications that Lucifer employed in the first war in the third heaven illustrate how Satan’s corrupted communications will manifest again in the last war in the first heaven.

Bwe buba nti obubonero butegeereddwa, awo ekitundu ekiri mu Okubikkulirwa 13 ekikwata ku bigezo ebiri ebiddirikirana naye nga bifaanagana ddala ku kifaananyi ky’ensolo kiyinza okutegeerekeka mangu. Kikulu olw’ensonga nnyingi. Ensonga emu ye nti obubaka obwonoonese Lusifa bwe yakozesa mu ntalo eyasooka mu ggulu erya ssatu bulaga engeri obubaka obwonoonese bwa Sitaani bwe bujja okweyoleka nate mu ntalo ey’enkomerero mu ggulu eryasooka.

The war of the first heaven that begins at the Sunday law, is accomplished during the testing period of the image of the beast for the entire world. Since September 11, 2001, the testing period of the image of the beast in the United States has been taking place. When we recognize these two testing periods as sequential, beginning with the United States and then the world, we can then factor in truths that are represented in the war of Revelation chapter twelve, back into the history of 2001, unto the Sunday law. As an example, the corrupted communications of Lucifer that is defined as hypnosis, will be employed in a modern application by the dragon power during the battle of the first heaven, of Revelation chapter twelve. The hypnosis that is employed by the dragon in that history is for the purpose of murdering those that Jezebel has identified as heretics.

Olutalo lw’eggulu erisooka olutandikira ku tteeka erya Ssande, lutuukirizibwa mu kiseera eky’okugezesa ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo ekikwata ku nsi yonna. Okuva nga 11 September 2001, ekiseera eky’okugezesa ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo mu Amerika kibadde kigenda mu maaso. Bwe tutegeera nti bino biseera bibiri eby’okugezesa byiddirira, nga bitandikira mu Amerika ne bituuka ku nsi yonna, tuyinza olwo okussaamu amazima agakiikiriziddwa mu lutalo olw’Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi n’ebiri, ne tugazzayo mu byafaayo bya 2001 okutuuka ku tteeka erya Ssande. Ng’okulabirako, empuliziganya eyonoonese eya Lusifa eyitibwa hipunoosi, ejja okukozesebwa mu mulembe guno ng’amanyi g’ejjoka gunaagikozesa mu lutalo lw’eggulu erisooka, olw’Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi n’ebiri. Hipunoosi eyo ejjoka gye linaakozesa mu byafaayo ebyo egendereddwamu okutta abo Yezabele be yalangiridde nga bajeemu.

In the history of 2001, to the Sunday law, two witnesses were murdered in the street of Sodom and Egypt. In the first fulfillment of Revelation eleven, the nation represented by Sodom and Egypt, was France. France is a prophetic nation that consists of two powers, as did the Medo-Persian Empire, as did ancient Israel in its divided kingdoms, and as did the two tribes of Judah represented by Judah and Benjamin. All two-horned nations symbolically represent the two-horned nation of the United States.

Mu byafaayo okuva mu 2001 okutuuka ku tteeka lya Ssande, abajulizi babiri baattibwa mu luguudo lw’e Sodomu ne Misiri. Mu kutuukirizibwa okusooka kw’Okubikkulirwa 11, eggwanga eryaayimirirwa Sodomu ne Misiri lyaali Bufalansa. Bufalansa ye ggwanga ery’obunnabbi eririmu obuyinza bubiri, nga bwe kyali mu Bwakabaka bwa Amedi ne Perusi, era nga bwe kyali mu Isirayiri ey’edda mu bwakabaka bwayo obwayawukana, era nga bwe kyali mu bika byombi eby’obwakabaka bwa Yuda ebyayimirirwa Yuda ne Benyamini. Amawanga gonna agalina amayembe abiri mu kifaananyi ky’obunnabbi gamiririra eggwanga ery’amayembe abiri ery’Amerika egy’Obumu.

The city of Sodom, and nation of Egypt, represents the two horns of Republicanism (Egypt) and Protestantism (Sodom). Two horns were slain in 2020, the horn of Republicanism and the horn of Protestantism. The hypnotism employed by the globalist dragon powers, through the medium of the worldwide web was then employed, in the same fashion that it will be employed in the upcoming war of the first heaven. By controlling the message that the worldwide web produced, the election of 2020, was scientifically manipulated to produce an outcome that agreed with the philosophy of globalism. This is simply an example of the necessity of understanding that the image of the beast test is accomplished first in the United States, and then in the world.

Ekibuga kya Sodomu, n’eggwanga lya Misiri, biyimirira empondo bbiri ez’endowooza ey’oburepulika (Misiri) n’ObuProtestanti (Sodomu). Empondo bbiri zattibwa mu mwaka gwa 2020, ompondo olw’oburepulika n’ompondo olw’ObuProtestanti. Hipunotisimu eyakozesebwa amaanyi g’enjoka ag’abagobaalisiti, nga bayita mu mutimbagano gw’ensi yonna, ne yakozesebwa mu ngeri y’emu gye ejjakukozesebwa mu lutalo olugenda okujja olw’eggulu eryasooka. Nga balamulira obubaka obuvudde ku mutimbagano gw’ensi yonna, okulonda kwa 2020 kwakyusibwa mu ngeri ey’esayansi okuleeta ebyavaamu ebikkiriziganya n’endowooza ey’obugobaalisimu. Kino kye kimu ku byokulabirako eby’eraga obwetaavu bw’okutegeera nti ekigezo eky’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kituukirizibwa okusooka mu Amerika, oluvannyuma ne mu nsi yonna.

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. Your position is such a jumble of inconsistencies that but few will be deceived.

> Mukama andaze ddala nti ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kijja kuteekebwawo nga tekinnaggwa ekiseera ky’okugezesebwa; kubanga kijja kubeera ekigezo ekikulu eri abantu ba Katonda, mwe eby’obulamu bwabwe obutaggwaawo bijja okusalibwawo. Ensonga z’oyimirirako ziri mu kivuyo ky’ebitakwatagana okutuusa nti batono bokka be banaalimbibwa.

> “In Revelation 13 this subject is plainly presented; [Revelation 13:11–17, quoted].

> Mu Okubikkulirwa 13 ensonga eno eragiddwa bulambulukufu; [Okubikkulirwa 13:11-17, kyasomeddwa].

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> Kino kye kigezo abantu ba Katonda kye balina okuyitamu nga tebannateekebwako akabonero ka Katonda omulamu. Bonna abaakakasa obwesigwa bwabwe eri Katonda nga bagondera amateeka ge, era ne bagaana okukkiriza Ssabbiiti ey’obulimba, balibeera wansi w’ekibendera kya Mukama Katonda Yakuwa, era balifuna akabonero ka Katonda omulamu. Abo abaleka amazima agava mu ggulu ne bakkiriza Ssabbiiti ya Sande, balifuna akabonero k’ensolo. Manuscript Releases, volumu 15, 15.

Probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists, at the enforcement of the Sunday law. Those countries that follow the example of the United States, will close their probation as did the United States.

Ekiseera eky’ekisa kiggalawo eri Abadiventisti Ab’Olunaku olw’Omusanvu, bwe likakasibwa etteeka lya Sande. Amawanga agagoberera eky’okulabirako kya Amerika, gaggalawo ekiseera kyabwe eky’ekisa nga bwe yakiggalawo Amerika.

> “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.

> Amawanga ag’ebweru galigoberera eky’okulabirako kya Amerika. Newankubadde ye ekulembeddeyo, naye ekizibu kye kimu kijja okutuukako ku bantu baffe mu bitundu byonna eby’ensi yonna. Obujulizi, ekitundu eky’omukaaga, omuko 395.

The final movements are rapid ones.

Ebitundu eby'enkomerero bimangu.

> “The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

> "Ebitongole eby'obubi bikuŋŋaanya amaanyi gaabyo era binyweza obumu bwabyo. Biri kweyongera amaanyi okutegekera ekizibu ekinene eky'enkomerero. Enkyukakyuka ennene ziri kumpi okubeerawo mu nsi yaffe, era ebikolwa eby'enkomerero bijja kuba bya mangu nnyo." Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

To understand the test of the image of the beast, requires a certain amount of technical prophetic application. To start with, the mark of the beast and the image of the beast are two different symbols.

Okutegeera ekigezo ky’ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo kyetaaga omutendera ogumu gw’enkozesa ey’obukugu mu by’obunnabbi. Okutandikira ddala, akabonero k’ekisolo n’ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo si bimu; bubonero bubiri obwenjawulo.

> “The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The ‘mark of the beast’ still remains to be defined.” The Great Controversy, 445.

> ‘Ekifananyi ky’ekisolo’ kiraga engeri ey’obuProtesitanti obwajeemu egenda okukula, nga amakanisa ga Protesitanti bwe ganonya obuyambi bw’obuyinza bwa gavumenti okuw imposa? okuwaw? Correction: Avoid mistakes. I'll re-compose cleanly. ‘Ekifananyi ky’ekisolo’ kiraga engeri ey’obuProtesitanti obwajeemu egenda okukula, nga amakanisa ga Protesitanti bwe ganonya obuyambi bw’obuyinza bwa gavumenti okuw aliriza enjigiriza zaabwe. ‘Akabonero k’ekisolo’ kakyali tekannalambulukuka. The Great Controversy, 445.

The mark of the beast is Sunday observance, and the image of the beast is a church that employs the civil power to enforce her religious doctrines.

Akabonero k’ekisolo kye okukuuma olunaku lwa Ssande, ate ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo kye ekkanisa eyeyambisa obuyinza bwa gavumenti okuwaliriza abantu okugoberera enjigiriza z’eddiini zaayo.

> “The enforcement of Sundaykeeping on the part of Protestant churches is an enforcement of the worship of the papacy—of the beast. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false instead of the true Sabbath are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

> Okukaka okukuuma olunaku lwa Ssande okuva mu makanisa g’Abaprotestanti kuba kukaka okusinza obupapa—ekisolo. Abo abategeera ebyo ebisabibwa ekiragiro eky’okuna ne balonda okukuuma Ssabbiiti ey’obulimba mu kifo kya Ssabbiiti ey’amazima, bwe batyo baba bawa ekitiibwa eri obuyinza obwo bwokka obulagira ekyo. Naye mu kikolwa kennyini eky’okukaka obuvunaanyizibwa bwa ddiini nga bakozesa obuyinza bw’ensi, amakanisa gano ge gennyini gaanakola ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo; bwe kityo okukaka okukuuma olunaku lwa Ssande mu United States kiba kukaka okusinza ekisolo n’ekifaananyi kyakyo. The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

The image of the beast represents the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. Jezebel ruled over Ahab, as Herodias ruled over Herod. The mark of the beast is Sunday keeping. The image of the beast develops over a period of time. The mark of the beast represents a point in time. The image of the beast progressively develops, but only reaches its full maturity, when it has the power to force the state to pass its religious dogmas. The test is associated with the “formation” of the image.

Ekifananyi ky’ekisolo kiyimirira okugatta kwa Kanisa ne Gavumenti, nga Kanisa lye libeera mu buyinza obutwala enkolagana eyo. Yezebali yafuganga Ahabu, nga Herodiya bwe yafuganga Herode. Akabonero k’ekisolo kwe kukuuma Sande. Ekifananyi ky’ekisolo kikula mu bbanga ly’obudde. Akabonero k’ekisolo kayimirira akaseera akamu. Ekifananyi ky’ekisolo kikula mpola mpola, naye kituuka ku butuukirivu bwakyo bwe kiba kirina amaanyi okusindika Gavumenti okuyisa ebiragiro by’eddiini byaayo. Ekigezo kigattiddwa ku “okutondebwa” kw’ekifananyi.

> “But what is the ‘image to the beast’? and how is it to be formed? The image is made by the two-horned beast, and is an image to the beast. It is also called an image of the beast. Then to learn what the image is like and how it is to be formed we must study the characteristics of the beast itself—the papacy.

> Naye “ekifaananyi eri ensolo” kye ki? Era kinaakolebwawo kitya? Ekifaananyi kikolebwa ensolo erina enkoona ebbiri, era kiba ekifaananyi eri ensolo. Kiyitibwanso ekifaananyi ky’ensolo. Bwe kityo, okutegeera ekifaananyi bwe kiri n’engeri gye kinaakolebwamu tusaanidde okwekenneenya obutonde bw’ensolo yennyini—obufuzi bwa Papa.

> “When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of ‘heresy.’ In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, 443.

> Ekkanisa ey’ensooka bwe yonooneka, ng’evudde ku bwangu bw’Enjiri era nga yakiriza emikolo n’empisa z’abapagani, yafiirwa Omwoyo n’amaanyi ga Katonda; era, olw’okwagala okulamulira emitima gy’abantu, yanoonya obuwagizi bw’obuyinza bwa gavumenti. Ebyavaamu byali Obwa Papa, ekkanisa eyafuga obuyinza bwa gavumenti ne ebukozesa okutuukiriza ebigendererwa byayo, okusingira ddala mu kubonereza 'obuyigirize obuzikyamu.' Okusobola okuteekawo ekifaananyi ky’ekisolo mu United States, obuyinza bw’eddiini bulina okufuga gavumenti ey’obwannansi mu ngeri nti obuyinza bw’eggwanga nabwo bukozesebwe ekkanisa okutuukiriza ebigendererwa byayo. The Great Controversy, 443.

The distinction between the image of the beast and the mark of the beast is fairly traditional Adventist understanding. Where Adventism generally loses its way on this subject is in Revelation thirteen. They somehow mix the activity of the United States after the Sunday law, when it forces the world to set up an image to the beast, with the setting up of the image of the beast in the United States. They are two different prophetic periods.

Okutegeera enjawulo wakati w’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo n’akabonero k’ensolo kwe kutegeera kwa bulijjo ennyo mu Abadiventisti. W’Abadiventisti bangi basoberera ku nsonga eno kwe mu Okubikkulirwa 13. Mu ngeri entegeke batabula ebikolwa bya Amerika oluvannyuma lw’etteeka lya Sande, nga esindika ensi okuteekawo ekifaananyi eri ensolo, n’okuteekebwaawo kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo mu Amerika. Bino biseera by’obunnabbi bibiri eby’enjawulo.

Christ came to confirm the covenant with many for one week, and in the middle of the week He was crucified. Thus, that week typifies the two periods of time when an image of the beast is formed. Christ’s week was divided into two identical periods, representing the image of Christ. The two testing periods of times in the last days, represents the image of the antichrist.

Kristo yajja okunyweza endagaano n’abangi okumala wiiki emu, era mu makkati ga wiiki eyo yabambibwa ku musaalaba. Noolwekyo, wiiki eyo efaananyiriza ebiseera bibiri nga ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kikolebwa. Wiiki ya Kristo yagabibwamu ebiseera bibiri ebyenkanankana, nga biraga ekifaananyi kya Kristo. Ebiseera bibiri eby’okugezebwa mu nnaku ez’enkomerero biraga ekifaananyi kya Anti-Kiristo.

In the first period of twelve hundred and sixty days, Christ bore His own testimony, and then He died on the cross. There was then an identical twelve hundred and sixty days where the disciples testified, until Michael stood up at the stoning of Stephen. The cross typifies the Sunday law. The two periods of testing in connection with the formation of the image of the beast, identify the first period in connection with the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are typified by Christ, and that period ends at the Sunday law, which is typified by the cross. The last identical period of testing that was represented by the work of the disciples in the time of Christ, focuses upon the great multitude, and it ends when Michael stands up, not at the stoning of Stephen, but at the close of human probation in Daniel 12:1.

Mu kiseera ekisooka eky’ennaku 1,260, Kristo yawa obujulizi bwe, era oluvannyuma n’afiira ku musaalaba. Awo ne wabaawo n’ekkiseera ekirala ekifaanagana ddala eky’ennaku 1,260 nga abayigirizwa baawa obujulizi, okutuusa bwe Mikaeri yayimirira nga Stefano atunyibwa amayinja. Omusaalaba kifaananyiriza etteeka lya Sande. Ebiiseera ebibiri eby’okukemebwa ebikwatagana n’okutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, bimanyisa ekiseera ekisooka ekikwatagana n’emitwalo kkumi na nnya n’enkumi nnya, abo abafaananyizibwa Kristo, era ekiseera ekyo kiggwa ku etteeka lya Sande, eryo erifaananyizibwa omusaalaba. Ekiseera ekisembayo ekifaanagana ddala eky’okukemebwa ekyali kifaananyizibwa omulimu gw’abayigirizwa mu biro bya Kristo, kikwata ku kibiina ekinene ennyo, era kiggwa Mikaeri bw’ayimirira, si mu kutunya Stefano amayinja, naye ku kuggalwawo kw’ekiseera eky’okugezesa abantu mu Danieri 12:1.

Some fail to see the actual sequence of events in Revelation thirteen, verse eleven and onward, due to what often appears to be a purposeful unwillingness to acknowledge that when the United States speaks as a dragon, it represents the complete formation of the image of the beast in the United States. In order for the United States to pass a Sunday law, the image of the beast in the United States must be formed before the Sunday law. Read the few previous passages just cited from The Great Controversy again, if you do not understand the point.

Abamu baleemererwa okulaba obuddiring’ana bw’ebintu obwa ddala mu Okubikkulirwa 13:11 n’okweyongera, olw’okulabika emirundi mingi ng’okugaana kw’amalirivu okukiriza nti nga United States eyogera ng’ekiyoka, kitegeeza nti ekifaananyi ky’ensolo mu United States kituukiridde mu kutondebwa kwakyo. Okusobola okuba nti United States eyisa etteeka lya Sande, ekifaananyi ky’ensolo mu United States kibeera nga kyatondebwa nga tekinnaba kuyisibwa etteeka lya Sande. Bwe oba totegeera ensonga, somerako nate ebitundu ebitono ebyasooka bye twajjulira mu The Great Controversy.

When the United States speaks as a dragon in verse eleven of chapter thirteen, it represents the action of the legislative and judicial authorities passing a Sunday law at the direction of the apostate churches in the United States. The Sunday law decree goes out of the mouth of the United States.

Bwe Amerika eyogera ng’omusota mu ssuula ey’ekkumi n’asatu, olunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’emu, ekyo kiraga ekikolwa ky’ab’obuyinza obw’okuteekateeka amateeka n’obw’okusala emisango mu Amerika, ku kiragiro ky’amakanisa agajeemera, eky’okuyisa etteeka lya Ssande. Ekiragiro ky’etteeka lya Ssande kivamu mu kamwa ka Amerika.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

> "Nnalaba nti ekisolo eky'empondo ebbiri kyalina akamwa k'omusota, era nti amaanyi ge gaali mu mutwe gwe, era nti ekiragiro kijja kufuluma mu kamwa ke." Spalding ne Magan, 1.

It has always amazed me that Adventism has a hard time recognizing that when the two horned earth beast speaks as a dragon, it is not simply marking the Sunday law in the United States, but is also marking that the image of the papal sea beast has been fully developed. In order for the United States to pass the Sunday law, the combination of church and state has to have first been fully developed. The apostate churches of the United States do not simply come together on a Monday, then go to Congress on Tuesday, and tell Congress they want Sunday legislation passed by Wednesday. The combining process that takes place between church and state, is represented as the “formation” of the image of the beast like the “formation” of the golden image in Daniel chapter 3, it will take some time to construct. The image of the beast is the system the papacy used to murder the millions of martyrs in the Dark Ages, and it takes social, political, religious and economic developments to create the social environment, and legal precedence necessary, for the Sunday law to be enforced. Those developments represent the test of the image of the beast, by “which our eternal destiny will be decided,” and it represents the test we must pass “before we are sealed.”

Kintangaza bulijjo nti Abadiventisiti bakyali n’obuzibu okutegeera nti bwe ensolo eyava mu nsi erina nyanga ebbiri eyogera ng’omusota omukulu, tekimaka bwokka tteeka lya Ssande mu United States, wabula era kimaka nti ekifaananyi ky’ensolo ey’omu nnyanja ey’obuPapali kituukiridde ddala. Okusobola United States okuyisa tteeka lya Ssande, okukwatagana kw’ekkanisa n’eggwanga kusooka kuba nga kumaze okutuukirizibwa ddala. Amakkanisa agajeemera ag’e United States tegakungaana ku Mmande, ne bagenda e Konguleesi ku Lwokubiri, ne gagamba Konguleesi nti gaagala tteeka lya Ssande liyisibwe ku Lwokusatu. Omulimu ogw’okukwataganya ekkanisa n’eggwanga gulagiddwa nga "okutondeka" ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, nga bwe baatondeka ekifaananyi ekya zaabu mu Danieri essuula 3; gunaatwala akaseera okukolebwa. Ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kye sisitimu ObuPapali bwe bwakozesa okutta obukadde bw’abajulizi mu myaka egy’ekizikiza, era kyetaagisa enkulaakulana mu by’obulamu bw’abantu n’eby’obwannakyewa, mu by’obufuzi, mu by’eddiini n’ebyenfuna okuzimba embeera y’abantu n’emisingi gy’amateeka egyetagibwa okuteekateeka n’okussa mu nkola tteeka lya Ssande. Enkulaakulana ezo zikiikirira okwegezesebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, "mwe mulisalirwamu enkomerero y’obulamu bwaffe obutaggwaawo," era zikiikirira omukwamo gwe tusaanidde okuyisaamu "nga tetunnasiibwako akabonero."

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. . .. This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> Mukama andaze bulungi nti ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kinaakolebwa nga tekinnaggwawo ekiseera eky’okusaasirwa; kubanga kino kye kijja okubeera ekigezo ekikulu eri abantu ba Katonda, mwe obulamu bwabwe obutaggwaawo bunaasalibwawo. ... Kino kye kigezo abantu ba Katonda kye balina okuyitamu nga tannaba kusibibwa ekisiba kya Katonda. Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

The Sunday law is the crisis at midnight, that finds its final perfect fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins. In that midnight crisis, it will be manifested whether we are wise Philadelphian or foolish Laodicean virgins. The foolish receive the mark of the beast and the wise receive the seal of God. Anyone who has ever joined the Seventh-day Adventist church, agreed to the list of doctrinal truths in advance of becoming a member, and therefore every Seventh-day Adventist has been presented with the light of the truth of the Sabbath.

Etteeka lya Sande lye kizibu ky’essaawa ya mu ttumbi, mu kwe olugero lw’abawala kkumi lufuna okutuukirizibwa okusembayo okutufu ddala. Mu kizibu ekyo eky’essaawa ya mu ttumbi kijja kulabikira oba tuli abawala ab’amagezi aba Firadelfiya oba abawala abasirusiru aba Laodikeya. Abasirusiru bafuna akabonero k’ensolo, era ab’amagezi bafuna akasiba ka Katonda. Omuntu yenna eyagattikiddwa ku Kkanisa y’Abadiventisi ab’Olunaku olw’Omusanvu, nga yasooka okukkiriza olukalala lw’ennjigiriza ez’amazima ng’akyagenda okufuuka memba; n’olwekyo buli Mudiventisi w’Olunaku olw’Omusanvu ategeezeddwa ekitangaala ky’amazima ga Ssabbiiti.

> “If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

> Singa ekitangaala ky'amazima kikulagiddwa, nga kikubikkulira Ssabbiiti ey'etteeka ery'okuna, era nga kikulaga nti tewali musingi mu Kigambo kya Katonda ogw'okukuuma Ssande, newaakubadde bw'otyo onnywerera ku Ssabbiiti ey'obulimba, nga weegaana okukuuma nga mutukuvu Ssabbiiti Katonda gy'ayita 'lunaku lwange olutukuvu,' ofuna akabonero k'ekisolo. Kino kituuka ddi?—Bwe ogondera ekiragiro ekikulagira okuyimiriza emirimu ku Ssande n'okusinza Katonda, nga omaanyi nti tewali kigambo mu Bayibuli ekiraga nti Ssande kiri ekirala okujjako okuba lunaku lwa bulijjo olw'okukolerangako, obeera okukkiriza okufuna akabonero k'ekisolo, era ne wegaana akasiba ka Katonda. Bwe tufuna akabonero kano ku lwaalo lwaffe oba mu ngalo zaffe, ebibonerezo ebyalangirirwa ku batagondera biteekwa okutukwako. Naye akasiba ka Katonda omulamu kateekebwa ku abo abakuuma mu bwesimbu Ssabbiiti ya Mukama. Review and Herald, Epreeri 27, 1911.

The formation of the image of the beast in the United States began prophetically on September 11, 2001. There are several prophetic witnesses to uphold this fact. From that point until the soon-coming Sunday law, Seventh-day Adventists are determining their eternal destiny, based upon whether they pass the image of the beast test or fail the image of the beast test. I would argue that very few Seventh-day Adventists even know that the image of the beast is a test. Few, if any, know how it can be a test, and more importantly, they do not know what is required to pass the test. We are judged, not alone by the light we possess, but also by the light we could have possessed, if we would have applied ourselves to understanding the increase of knowledge. Laodicean blindness is therefore the greatest blindness in six thousand years of sin.

Okutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo mu United States kwatandika mu ngeri ey’obunnabbi ku Septemba 11, 2001. Waliwo obujulizi bungi obw’obunnabbi obuwagirira kino. Okuva awo okutuuka ku tteeka lya Ssande erijja amangu, Abadiventisti b’Olunaku olw’omusanvu bali beesalirawo enkomerero yaabwe ey’obutaggwawo, nga kisinziira ku oba bayita mu kigezo eky’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo oba ne baleemererwamu. Nandikakasa nti Abadiventisti b’Olunaku olw’omusanvu batono nnyo be bamanyi nti ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kye kigezo. Batono, oba singa waliwo, bamanyi engeri gye kisobola okuba ekigezo, era ekisinga obukulu, tebamanyi kyetaagisa okuyita mu kigezo. Tusuulirwa musango, si lwa kitangaala kyokka kye tulina, naye era lwa kitangaala kye twandibadde tufuna, singa twali tweesimbawo okutegeera okweyongera kw’okumanya. N’olwekyo, obuzibe bw’amaaso bwa Laodikiya bwe businga obukulu mu myaka enkumi mukaaga egy’ekibi.

> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6.

> Abantu bange bazikirira olw’obutamanya; kubanga ggwe ogaanye okumanya, nange njja kukugaana, oleme okuba kabona eri nze; kubanga werabidde ekiragiro kya Katonda wo, nange njja kweerabira abaana bo. Hoseya 4:6.

The test of the formation of the image of the beast ends at the soon-coming Sunday law, and if we have not passed that test, we will receive the mark of the beast with all the other foolish Laodicean virgins, who refused to obtain the oil. I am not here defending why I understand the image of the beast test began on September 11, 2001, and ends at the Sunday law. I am simply identifying the prophetic logic necessary to understand the role of the United States, as identified in Revelation thirteen, after it passes the Sunday law. In verse eleven, it speaks as a dragon, and from that point on it is important to follow the word “he.” The image of the beast that the United States is then forcing the world to set up, is not the image of the beast in the United States, for that is already in the past.

Okukemebwa okw’okutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi k’ensolo kuggwa ku etteeka lya Sande eririmu okutuuka amangu, era bwe tuba nga tetuyise mu kukemebwa okwo, tunaafuna akabonero k’ensolo wamu n’abalala bonna abawala ab’e Lawodikiya abasirusiru, abaagaana okufuna amafuta. Siri wano kulwanirira lwaki ntegeera nti okukemebwa kw’ekifaananyi k’ensolo kwatandika nga Septemba 11, 2001, era ne kuggwa ku etteeka lya Sande. Njogera butereevu ku magezi g’obunnabbi agetaagisa okutegeera omulimu gwa United States, nga bwe kulagiddwa mu Okubikkulirwa 13, oluvannyuma lw’okuyisa etteeka lya Sande. Mu olunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’emu kyogera ng’ennyoka ennene, era okuva awo kibeera kya muwendo okugoberera ekigambo “ye.” Ekifaananyi k’ensolo United States ky’ejja okwaliriza ensi okuteekawo mu kiseera ekyo, si ekifaananyi k’ensolo ekiri mu United States, kubanga ekyo kyayitawo dda.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:11–17.

> Ne ndaba ensolo endala ng’ejja okuva mu nsi; nga erina emponda bbiri nga z’omwana gw’endiga, era n’ayogera ng’omusota. Era akozesa amaanyi gonna g’ensolo eyasooka mu maaso ge, era n’aleetera ensi n’abo abatuula omwo okusinza ensolo eyasooka, eyalina ekiwundu ekireeta okufa ekyawonyezebwa. Era akola eby’amagero ebikulu, n’aleeta omuliro okuva mu ggulu okugwa ku nsi mu maaso g’abantu, era n’alimbalimba abo abatuula ku nsi olw’ebyo eby’amagero bye yalina obuyinza okukola mu maaso g’ensolo; ng’agamba abo abatuula ku nsi okukola ekifananyi ky’ensolo, eyalina ekiwundu ky’ekitala, era n’aba mulamu. Era yalina obuyinza okuwa ekifananyi ky’ensolo obulamu, ekifananyi ky’ensolo ne kiyogera, era n’aleetera bonna abagaana okusinza ekifananyi ky’ensolo battibwe. Era aleetera bonna, abato n’abakulu, abagagga n’abaavu, ab’eddembe n’abaddu, okuteekebwaako akabonero mu mukono gwabwe ogwa ddyo, oba ku byenyi byabwe: Era aleetawo nga tewali ayinza kugula newaakubadde okutunda, okujjako oyo alina akabonero, oba erinnya ly’ensolo, oba ennamba y’erinnya lyayo. Okubikkulirwa 13:11-17.

In those seven verses, the word “he” occurs eight times. Every time the word “he” is employed it refers back to the original “he,” “that spake as a dragon,” at the Sunday law in the United States. The image of the beast test that Adventists in the United States either passed or failed, when the United States spake as a dragon, is then repeated for Adventists in the other nations of the world, and also for God’s other children that are still in Babylon. We will continue our consideration of the United States in Revelation thirteen in the next article, but let me remind you of why we are considering this truth at this time.

Mu nnyiriri musanvu egyo, ekigambo "he" kyogerwako emirundi munaana. Buli lwe kikozesebwa ekigambo "he," kiba kitegeeza "he" eyasooka, "eyayogera ng'omusota," mu kiseera ky'etteeka lya Ssande mu United States. Okukemebwa okw'ekifaananyi ky'ensolo, kwe Abadiventi ab'omu United States baayitaamu oba ne baleemererwa, bwe United States yayogera ng'omusota, ne kuddamu nate eri Abadiventi ab'omu mawanga amalala ag'ensi yonna, era n'eri abaana ba Katonda abalala abakyali mu Babulooni. Tujja okwongera okwekenneenya United States mu Kubikkulirwa essuula kkumi n'asatu mu kiwandiiko ekiddako, naye ka mbajjukize lwaki tukebera amazima gano mu kiseera kino.

The war that began with Lucifer in the third heaven typifies the war that begins in the first heaven at the Sunday law. The corrupted communications of the dragon are represented in both battles. The modern manifestation of Satan’s corrupted communications represents the hypnotic trance that planet earth succumbs to in the history after the soon coming Sunday law. That delusion is accomplished through the worldwide web’s control of what is called “the information super highway.” Those various avenues of the “information super highway” are social, economic, religious, so-called science, entertainment and more importantly the avenue of the news media.

Olutalo olwatandika ne Lusifa mu ggulu ery’okusatu lukiikirira olutalo olulitandika mu ggulu ery’okusooka ku tteeka lya Ssande. Obubaka obwononefu bw’ekiyoka bulabikirira mu ntalo zombi. Okulabikako okw’obubaka obwononefu bwa Setaani mu biseera bino kukuikirira mbeera ya hipunotisi ensi gy’egwaamu mu byafaayo oluvannyuma lw’etteeka lya Ssande eriri kumpi okujja. Obulimba obwo butuukisibwa okuyitira mu bufuzi bw’omutimbagano ku kye bayita “ekkubo eddene ery’obubaka n’amawulire.” Amakubo ag’enjawulo ag’ekkubo eryo eddene gali bino: eby’obwa bantu, eby’enfuna, eby’eddiini, ebyo bye bayita “sayansi,” eby’okwesanyusa, era okusingira ddala omukutu gw’amawulire.

Once the truth is recognized that the “information super highway,” is the modern manifestation of the Satanic hypnotic communications, and also the subtle hypnosis that was employed by Satan in the battle of the angels in the third heaven, we can establish the “information super highway” is an element of the “last” image of the beast test for the world, that takes place after the Sunday law. It will then be easy to recognize that the “first” image of the beast test for the United States must possess the same corrupted Satanic communications as the last. The witness of Satan’s work of corrupting “the information super highway” from the Sunday law through to the close of probation provides the evidence of how the murder of the two horns of Republicanism and the remnant of true Protestantism on the earth beast was accomplished in 2020. It was accomplished by the “information super highway,” that John calls a “street” in Revelation eleven.

Bwe kitegeerekese amazima nti "oluguudo olunene lw’ebyamawulire" lwe lulabikiramu mu biro bino okwogeragana okw’hipunoosi okw’obwa Setaani, era ne hipunoosi ey’ekwekweka eyakozesebwa Setaani mu lutalo lw’abamalayika mu ggulu erya kusatu, tusobola okukakasa nti "oluguudo olunene lw’ebyamawulire" kye kitundu ku "kigezesebwa eky’enkomerero eky’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo" eky’ensi yonna, ekituukirira oluvannyuma lw’etteeka lya Ssande. Oluvannyuma kijja kubeera kyangu okutegeera nti "ekigezesebwa ekisooka eky’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo" ku Amerika kirina okubaamu bw’ogeragana bumu obwononebwa obwa Setaani nga bwe buli ku kya nkomerero. Obujulizi bw’omulimu gwa Setaani ogw’okwonona "oluguudo olunene lw’ebyamawulire" okuva ku tteeka lya Ssande okutuuka ku kuggwaawo kw’essawa y’okusaasirwa buwa obukakafu obulaga engeri okuttibwa kw’empondo ebbiri eziraga Oburepubulika n’akasigalira k’ObuProtesitanti obw’amazima ku nsolo eva mu nsi bwe kwatuukirizibwa mu 2020. Kino kyatuukirizibwa okuyita mu "oluguudo olunene lw’ebyamawulire," Yokaana lw’ayita "ekkubo" mu Okubikkulirwa 11.

The unsealing of these prophetic facts is a portion of what is required to be understood by those who intend to pass the test of the image of the beast, which was clearly seen by the prophetess, to be formed before probation closes and before the one hundred and forty-four thousand are sealed.

Okubikkulibwa kw’ebituufu bino eby’obunnabbi kye kitundu ku byo ebyetaagibwa okutegeerekebwa abo abaagala okuyita mu kukemebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, kye omunnabbi omukazi yalaba bulungi nti kinaatondebwa nga tennaggale obudde bw’ekisa era nga abo emitwalo kkumi n’ena mu enkumi nnya tebannateekebwako akabonero.

> “When the decree goes forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for eternity.” Testimonies, volume 5, 216.

> “Bwe kinaaba nga ekiragiro kifulumye era akabonero nga kateekeddwa, obuntu bwabwe bujja kusigala bulongoofu era obutaliiko bbala emirembe gyonna.” Testimonies, voliyumu 5, 216.

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