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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Twelve

Okubikkulirwa kwa Yesu Kristo - Ennamba kkumi n'ebiri

Two Tests

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 7, 2023

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We are in the process of considering Revelation chapters eleven through thirteen, where we find all the antagonists in the final probationary battle of the great controversy that occurs on the battlefield of the first heaven. The antagonists are the one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude that comes out of Babylon as a secondary force, against the United Nations, the Catholic Church, the United States and Satan himself. The one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude are God’s army, representing the third angel’s message, and both sides in the warfare are also confronted with the army of God’s judgment, represented not by the third angel, but by the third woe.

Tuli mu kunoonya n’okwekebejja Okubikkulirwa essuula kkumi n’emu okutuuka ku kkumi n’asatu, gye tusangayo abavuganya bonna mu lutalo olusembayo olw’ekiseera ky’omukisa mu lutalo olunene, olukolerwa ku nnimiro y’olutalo ey’eggulu erisooka. Abavuganya be: emitwalo kkumi nnya n’enkumi nnya ne ekibiina ekinene ennyo ekiva e Babulooni ng’eggye ery’okuddirira, nga balwana ne Amawanga Amagatte, Ekkanisa Katolika, Amerika, ne Sitaani ye mwennyini. Emitwalo kkumi nnya n’enkumi nnya ne ekibiina ekinene ennyo be ggye lya Katonda, bakiikirira obubaka bwa malayika ow’okusatu, era embali zombi mu lutalo nazo zisinsinkana n’eggye ly’omusango gwa Katonda, erikiikirirwa si malayika ow’okusatu, wabula ennaku ey’okusatu.

In order to identify certain characteristics that contributed to the murder of the Republican and Protestant horns in 2020, we are seeking to identify prophetic characteristics that occur in the battle of mankind in the first heaven, from the Sunday law until Michael stands up. In that history the entire world is forced to erect an image to the beast. That history is a repetition of the history of the United States from September 11, 2001, until the soon coming Sunday law, which divides those two parallel histories. As parallel histories they both represent a witness to the other history. What takes place in one of those histories, will also take place in the other history. It is the second history that is the focus of Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, and we intend to understand the second witness, in order to shed prophetic light upon the first history, which is now almost finished.

Okulambulula ensonga ezimu ezeyambako mu kuzikirizibwa kw’ennyanga ez’oburepulikaani n’obuProtesitanti mu 2020, tulondoola empawu z’obunnabbi ezibaawo mu lutalo lw’abantu mu ggulu erisooka, okuva ku tteeka lya Ssande okutuuka lwe Mikaeri ayimirira. Mu byafaayo ebyo ensi yonna ekakasibwa okuteekaawo ekifaananyi ky’ensolo. Ebyafaayo ebyo biddamu ebyafaayo by’Amerika okuva nga 11 Ssettemba 2001 okutuuka ku tteeka lya Ssande eriri kumpi okuleetebwa, erigabanya ebyafaayo ebibiri ebifanaganagana ebyo. Nga byafaayo ebifanaganagana, byombi biyimirira ng’obujulizi eri ebyafaayo ekirala. Ekibaawo mu kimu ku byafaayo ebyo, kijja kubaawo ne mu ekirala. Byafaayo eby’okubiri bye byogerwako nnyo mu Olubikkululo emitwe egy’ekkumi n’ebiri n’ekkumi n’esatu, era tugenderera okutegeera omujulizi ow’okubiri, okusobola okuteekako omusana gw’obunnabbi ku byafaayo ebyasooka, ebiri kati kumpi okuggwa.

The three powers that lead the world to Armageddon are represented in chapters twelve and thirteen. The dragon power is first mentioned.

Obuyinza obusatu obukulembera ensi okutuuka ku Amagedoni buyimiririrwa mu masuula ekkumi n'ebiri n'ekkumi n'asatu. Obuyinza bw'ejjoka bwogerwako okusooka.

> 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. Revelation 12:3, 4.

> Ate ne walabika ekiragiro ekirala mu ggulu; laba, ddogo enene ey’omumyufu, ng’erina emitwe musanvu n’amayembe kkumi, era n’engule musanvu ku mitwe gyayo. Omukira gwagyo ne gutwala ekitundu eky’okusatu ky’emmunyeenye ez’eggulu, ne guzisuula ku nsi; ne ddogo n’ayimirira mu maaso g’omukazi eyali ng’anaazaalibwa, alye omwana we bw’anaazaalibwa. Okubikkulirwa 12:3, 4.

Sister White informs us that the dragon in this chapter is Satan, but in a secondary sense it is pagan Rome. Both Satan and pagan Rome typify the United Nations. The beast’s ten horns represent the evil confederacy of ten kings in Revelation seventeen. Those ten kings are represented in Revelation seventeen, and they are there identified as the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy. The beast is represented as having seven heads with seven crowns, marking it as the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy. In Daniel two they are represented as spiritual Greece, and they are also Ahab in the testimony of Mount Carmel, and they are the ten enemies of Psalms eighty-three.

Mukyala White atutegeeza nti ejjoka eryo eriri mu mutwe guno ye Setaani, naye mu ngeri ey’okubiri kye Loma ey’obupagani. Bombi Setaani ne Loma ey’obupagani bikiikirira Amawanga Amagatte. Amayembe kkumi ag’ensolo gakiikirira okwegatta okw’obubi kw’abakabaka kkumi okuli mu Kubikkulirwa omutwe ogw’ekkumi n’omusanvu. Abo bakabaka kkumi balangirirwa mu Kubikkulirwa omutwe ogw’ekkumi n’omusanvu, era eyo bategeerekebwa ng’obwakabaka olw’omusanvu mu bunabbi bwa Bayibuli. Ensolo eyo eragibwa ng’erina emitwe musanvu, era ku mitwe gyayo muliko engule musanvu, ekiraga nti ye obwakabaka olw’omusanvu mu bunabbi bwa Bayibuli. Mu kitabo kya Danyeri, omutwe ogw’ebiri, balangirirwamu ng’Obugereeki bw’omwoyo, era balangirirwa nga Akabu mu bujulizi bwa Lusozi Kalemeri, era be balabe kkumi ab’omu Zabbuli kinaana mu ssatu.

The second earthly power of the enemy mentioned in Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, is the beast that comes out of the sea, who Sister White directly identifies as Catholicism.

Mu Okubikkulirwa essuula 12 ne 13, obuyinza obw’ensi obw’okubiri bw’omulabe ye ensolo eva mu nnyanja, gye Sister White yalaga ddala nti ye Obukatoliki.

> And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:1–3.

> Nnayimirira ku musenyu gw’ennyanja, ne ndaba ekisolo nga kivudde mu nnyanja, nga kirina emitwe omusanvu n’amayembe kkumi, era ku mayembe gaakyo engule kkumi; era ku mitwe gyaakyo erinnya ery’obuvuma. N’ekisolo kye nnalaba kyali ng’engo, amagulu gaakyo gaali ng’amagulu g’eddubu, n’akamwa kaakyo kaali ng’akamwa k’empologoma; era omusota omukulu n’akiwa amaanyi ge, n’entebe ye, n’obuyinza obungi. Ne ndaba omu ku mitwe gyaakyo ng’akubiddwa ekiwundu eky’okuttisa; ne ekiwundu kyakyo eky’okuttisa ne kiawonyezebwa; era ensi yonna ne yeewuunya n’egoberera ekisolo. Okubikkulirwa 13:1-3.

John was standing on the seashore in verse one, and he sees a beast rise from the sea, and thereafter, he sees a beast coming up out of the earth. Sister White identifies that the time in which John saw the two beasts was 1798, for that was the year the papacy was “robbed of its strength,” thus receiving a deadly wound that would ultimately be healed.

Yokaana yali ayimiridde ku lubalama lw’ennyanja mu olunyiriri olusooka, n’alaba ensolo eyimuka okuva mu nnyanja; oluvannyuma n’alaba ensolo endala eyimuka okuva mu ttaka. Sister White ategeeza nti ekiseera Yokaana mweyalaba ensolo ezo ebbiri kyali mu mwaka gwa 1798, kubanga ogwo gwe mwaka obwapaapa mwe "baaggyibwako amaanyi" gaabwo, ne bufuna ekiwundu eky’okufa, ekyaali kijja okuwonyezebwa oluvannyuma.

> “At the time when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, is represented by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea; but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which it symbolized—the United States.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

> "Mu kiseera bwe Obupapa bwaggyibwako amaanyi, ne busindikirizibwa okukomya okunyigiriza, Yokaana yalaba amaanyi amapya nga gavaayo okwefaananyiriza n’eddoboozi ly’omusota, era ne gatwala mu maaso omulimu gumu ogw’obukambwe n’ogw’okuwoola Katonda. Amaanyi ago, ag’enkomerero agagenda okulwana n’Ekkanisa n’etteeka lya Katonda, galagibwa ng’ensolo erina empondo ng’ez’abaana b’endiga. Ensolo ezazisooka zaava mu nnyanja; naye eno, olw’okuva mu nsi, eraga okuzukuka okw’emirembe kw’eggwanga kye kyakiikirira—Amerika." Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

John is looking backward into history when he sees the sea beast, which is the papacy. Looking forward in history, he sees the earth beast, which is the United States. This is why the beast from the sea is prophetically constructed as it is. Looking back from 1798, John first sees “seven heads and ten horns,” marking the point in history that three of the horns were plucked up to make room for the stout horn of the papacy, which spake great things.

Yokaana atunuulira emabega mu byafaayo ng’alaba ensolo ey’oku nnyanja, eyo ye Obwakapapa. Ng’atunuulira mu maaso mu byafaayo, alaba ensolo ey’oku ttaka, eyo ye Amerika. Ky’ensonga lwaki ensolo eva mu nnyanja etondekeddwa mu kwolesebwa kw’obunnabbi nga bwe kiri. Nga atunuulira emabega okuva mu mwaka gwa 1798, Yokaana asooka okulaba “emitwe musanvu n’empondo kkumi,” nga kino kiraga ekiseera mu byafaayo we empondo ssatu zaajjululwa okulekera ekifo empondo ey’amaanyi ey’Obwakapapa, eyayogera ebigambo ebinene.

> Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Daniel 7:19, 20.

> Awo ne njagala okumanya amazima g’ekisolo eky’okuna, ekyawukana ku birala byonna, ekitiisa ennyo, amannyo gaakyo gaali g’ayironi, n’obukongovule bwaakyo bwaali bw’ekikomo; ekyalya ne kimenyaamenya, ne kyanyirira ebisigalira n’ebigere byakyo; era ku nnyanga kkumi ezali mu mutwe gwaakyo, n’ey’endala eyavaamu, mu maaso gaayo ne zigwa ssatu; era ku nnyanga eyo eyalina amaaso, n’akamwa akaayogera ebintu binene nnyo, nga okulabika kwalyo kwali kwa maanyi okusinga kwa banne. Danyeri 7:19, 20.

Before those three horns of the Heruli, Ostrogoths and Vandals were removed, pagan Rome was represented by “ten crowns.” Those ten crowns represent pagan Rome. Then John identifies the leopard of Greece, then the bear of Medo-Persia and then the lion of Babylon.

Nga tebannaggibwawo amasanga asatu ag’Abaheruli, Ab’Ostrogoths ne Abavandals, Roma ey’obupagani yali eragibwa ng’ "engule kkumi." Ezo engule kkumi ziraga Roma ey’obupagani. Awo Yokaana alaga engo ey’e Bugereeki, n’eddubu ery’e Meedi ne Persiya, era n’empologoma ey’e Babulooni.

> The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Daniel 7:4–6.

> Eyasooka yali ng’empologoma, era yalina ebiwaawaatiro by’ensega: ne ndaba okutuusa ebiwaawaatiro byayo bwe byaggyibwako, ne kiyimusibwa okuva ku nsi, ne kiyimirizibwa ku bigere ng’omuntu, era ne kiweebwa omutima gw’omuntu. Era, laba, ekisolo ekirala, eky’okubiri, ng’eddubu; ne kyeeyimusiza ku luuyi lumu, era mu kamwa kaakyo wakati w’amenyo gaakyo mwali mulimu ennyingo ssatu: ne baakigamba nti, Yimuka, lya ennyama nnyingi. Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo ne ndaba, laba, ekirala, ng’engo, nga ku mugongo gwaakyo mulimu ebiwaawaatiro bina by’ennyonyi; ekisolo kyali n’emitwe ena; era ne kiweebwa obufuzi. Danyeri 7:4-6.

There is not one element of Catholicism that is Christian, and the sea beast represents the combination of all the previous pagan kingdoms of Bible prophecy. The sea beast is represented in reverse historical order, for John is looking back into history. He first saw the power that was established when the three horns were removed—the papacy. Then he saw ten horns with ten crowns—pagan Rome. Then he saw the leopard—Greece. Then he saw the bear—Medo-Persia. Then he saw the lion—Babylon. The description of the sea beast consists of elements of each of the preceding pagan kingdoms, and the description establishes that the papacy is a conglomeration of every form of paganism that has existed in biblical history. There is not one element of Catholicism that is Christian. Anything that might appear as Christian in Catholicism is a counterfeit.

Tewali na kimu ku bitundu eby’obukaatoliki ekiri eky’obukristaayo, era ensolo ey’ennyanja eyimirira okuŋŋaanyizibwa kw’obwakabaka bw’abapagana obwasooka bwonna mu bunnabbi bwa Bayibuli. Ensolo ey’ennyanja eyo eyimiriziddwa mu mpangirire y’ebyafaayo etunudde ennyuma, kubanga Yokaana yali atunuulidde ebyafaayo ennyuma. Asooka yalaba obuyinza obwateekebwawo nga empondo ssatu zaaggibwawo—obwapapa. Ate n’alaba empondo kkumi n’engule kkumi—Loma ey’abapagana. Ate n’alaba engo—Buyonaani. Ate n’alaba eddubu—Medi ne Buperusi. Ate n’alaba empologoma—Babulooni. Enyinyonyola y’ensolo ey’ennyanja erimu ebitundu ebiva mu buli lumu ku bwakabaka bw’abapagana obwasooka, era enyinyonyola eyo ekakasa nti obwapapa bwe bukungaanyizo bw’ebika byonna by’obupagani eby’abaddewo mu byafaayo bya Bayibuli. Tewali na kimu ku bitundu eby’obukaatoliki ekiri eky’obukristaayo. Kyonna ekiyinza okulabika ng’eky’obukristaayo mu bukaatoliki kiba kya bulimba.

At Mount Carmel, when Elijah did battle with Jezebel’s prophets and her apostate husband, Jezebel was back home in Samaria. The whore of Tyre is forgotten during the history of the earth beast with two horns. Jezebel is always hidden away, and in Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen the world wonders after her, but she is not portrayed as a marvel that is wondered after in the heavens, as is the United Nations, the United States and Satan. She is back in her command center of Samaria—the city of Rome.

Ku Lusozi Carmel, Eriya bwe yalwana n’abannabbi ba Yezeberi n’omwami we eyava mu kukkiriza, Yezeberi yali mu maka ge e Samaliya. Omukyala omwenzi ow’e Tyre yeweerabirwa mu byafaayo by’ekisolo ekyava mu nsi ekirina empondo bbiri. Yezeberi bulijjo abeera ng’akyekweka, era mu ssuula kkumi n’ebiri ne kkumi n’asatu ez’Okubikkulirwa ensi yonna ne yeewuunya n’emugoberera; naye talabikibwa ng’eky’ewuunyisa ekyeewuunyirwa mu ggulu, nga bwe kiri ku United Nations, United States ne Setaani. Yaddayo mu kitebe kye eky’okulamulira eky’e Samaliya—ekibuga Loma.

The history of the earth beast is where the test of the image of the beast for the whole world is identified. That test takes place during the warfare of the first heaven. This is what we wish to consider at this point. I will substitute the United States for the word “he” in the verses we are now going to consider.

Mu byafaayo by’ekisolo eky’ensi mwe kizuulirwa ekigezo ky’ekifananyi ky’ekisolo eri ensi yonna. Ekigezo ekyo kibaawo mu lutalo lw’eggulu eryasooka. Kino kye twagala okulowoozako mu kiseera kino. Nditeekawo "United States" mu kifo ky’ekigambo "he" mu minnyiriri gyetugenda okwekebejja kaakano.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and the United States had two horns like a lamb, and the United States spake as a dragon. And the United States 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 the United States 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 the United States 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 the [United States] 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 the United States 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’eva mu nsi; era Amerika yalina empondo bbiri ng’ez’omwana gw’endiga, era Amerika eyogeranga ng’ejjoka. Era Amerika ekola amaanyi gonna ag’ensolo eyasooka mu maaso gaayo, era n’ekoleza ensi n’abo ababeeramu okusinza ensolo eyasooka, oyo eyawonyezebwa ekiwundu kyayo ekitta. Era Amerika ekola eby’amagero ebikulu, okutuusa n’okukaliriza omuliro okuva mu ggulu okujja ku nsi mu maaso g’abantu, era n’alimba abo ababeera ku nsi olw’ebyo ebyamagero Amerika yalina amaanyi okukola mu maaso g’ensolo; ng’ebagamba abo ababeera ku nsi, okukola ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, eyalina ekiwundu olw’ekitala, ne yabeera mulamu. Era [Amerika] yalina amaanyi okuwa obulamu ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kyogere, era kireete abataasinza ekifaananyi ky’ensolo okuttibwa. Era Amerika ekoleza bonna, abato n’abakulu, abagagga n’abaavu, ab’eddembe n’abaddu, okuweebwa akabonero ku mukono gwabwe ogwa ddyo, oba ku mitwe gyabwe: era nga tewali muntu ayinza kugula newaakubadde okutunda, wabula oyo alina akabonero, oba erinnya ly’ensolo, oba omuwendo gw’erinnya lyaayo. Okubikkulirwa 13:11-17.

In Revelation chapter thirteen, the dragon of pagan Rome gave the papacy three things as it placed the papacy on the throne of the earth.

Mu Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi n’asatu, ennyoka ya Roma ey’obupagani yawa obukulembeze bwa Papa ebintu bisatu nga abuteeka ku ntebe y’obufuzi bw’ensi.

> And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.

> Era ensolo gye nnalaba yali ng’engo, amagulu gaayo nga amagulu g’eddubu, n’akamwa kaayo nga akamwa k’empologoma; ne ddalagooni n’amuwa obuyinza bwe, n’entebe ye, n’obuyinza obunene. Okubikkulirwa 13:2.

The ten kings who represent pagan Rome (France being the premier king of the ten as represented by Ahab) gave the papacy three things: power, seat and authority. When the emperor Constantine moved the capital from the city of Rome in the west, unto the east and made Constantinople the new capital of the Roman Empire in the year 330, pagan Rome then gave the church of Rome its “seat.”

Bakabaka kkumi abaliyimirira Roma ey’obupagani (Falaansi nga ye kabaka asinga obukulu ku abo kkumi nga ayimiriddwa Ahabu) baawa obwa Papa ebintu bisatu: amaanyi, entebe n’obuyinza. Kayisa Konstantino bwe yaggya ekibuga ekikulu okuva mu kibuga kya Roma ebugwanjuba n’akitwala ebuvanjuba, era n’afuula Konsitaninopoli ekibuga ekikulu ekipya ky’Obwakabaka bwa Roma mu mwaka 330, olwo Roma ey’obupagani n’eewa Ekkanisa ya Roma "entebe" yaayo.

When Clovis, king of the Franks (France), converted to Catholicism and began to war against the powers that had been resisting the rise of the papacy to the throne of the earth in the year 496, pagan Rome then gave the papacy its “power.”

Bwe Clovis, kabaka w’Abafranko (Bufalansa), yafuuka Omukatoliki era n’atandika okulwana n’amaanyi agaali galemesa okukulaakulana kw’Obwa Papa okutuuka ku ntebe y’ensi mu mwaka gwa 496, awo Loma ey’abasinziz’ebifaananyi n’ewa Obwa Papa "obuyinza" bwayo.

In 533, Justinian made a decree which identified the Roman church as both the head of all churches, and also as the corrector of heretics. At that point, the authority of pagan Rome had been given to the papacy.

Mu mwaka gwa 533, Justinian yawa ekiragiro ekyalaga nti Ekkanisa ey’e Loma ye mutwe gw’amakkanisa gonna, era nga ye omulongoosa w’abakyamu mu by’eddiini. Mu kiseera ekyo, obuyinza bwa Loma ey’obupagani bwakwasibwa eri obwakapapa.

In verse twelve, “the [United States] exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.” The power that was exercised by the papacy is represented by Clovis, who dedicated his military and economic might unto the papacy. This is why Catholicism calls Clovis “the first born of the Catholic church,” and France the “eldest daughter of the Catholic church.” The United States will do the same dirty work for the papacy that Clovis began in 496.

Mu olunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’ebiri, “[United States] akozesa amaanyi gonna g’ekisolo ekisooka mu maaso ge.” Amaanyi obupapa bwe bwakozesanga gakiikirirwa Clovis, eyawaayo amaanyi ge ag’amaggye n’ag’eby’enfuna eri obupapa. Kino lwaki Obukatuliki buyita Clovis “omubereberye w’Ekkanisa ya Katoliki,” ate ne Bufalansa “omuwala omukulu w’Ekkanisa ya Katoliki.” Amerika Amagatte erikola omulimu omukyamu ogumu eri obupapa gwe Clovis yatandika mu 496.

The power of the United States will be employed to cause “the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” The United States will employ its military and economic strength to cause the entire world to accept Sunday as a day of rest. The whore of Tyre will first commit fornication with the earth beast at the soon coming Sunday law, and then she will go forth and commit fornication with all the other kings of the earth.

Obuyinza bwa Amerika bujja okukozesebwa okuleetera “ensi n’abo abagyibeeramu okusinza ekisolo ekyasooka, ekinvune kyakyo eky’okufa kyawonyebwa.” Amerika ejja okukozesa amaanyi gaayo g’amaggye n’eby’enfuna okuleetera ensi yonna okukkiriza Sande ng’olunaku lw’okuwummula. Omwenzi w’e Ttuulo asooka akole obwenzi n’ekisolo ekyava mu nsi mu kiseera ky’etteeka lya Sande erijja mangu, alyoke agende akole obwenzi n’abakabaka abalala bonna ab’ensi.

In verse thirteen, “the [United States] doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.” Fire represents an unholy message. Tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost represented a holy message that was accompanied with the ability to convey that message to the entire world. The fire that is brought down out of heaven by the United States will also impact every nation, and every tongue.

Mu olunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’asatu, “[United States] akola ebyamagero ebikulu, okutuusa n’okuleeta omuliro okuva mu ggulu ne gugwa ku nsi mu maaso g’abantu.” Omuliro akiikirira obubaka obutali butukuvu. Ennimi z’omuliro ku lunaku lwa Pentekooti zaakiikirira obubaka obutukuvu, obwajjanirizibwa n’amaanyi ag’okutuusa obubaka obwo eri ensi yonna. Omuliro oguleetebwa okuva mu ggulu [United States] gujja kukosa buli ggwanga ne buli lulimi.

In verse fourteen, the United States deceives “them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which the [United States] 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.” The deception that is employed to deceive the world by the United States is represented by the fire that came down from heaven in the previous verse. The fire from heaven produces miracles that are employed by the United States to command the world to establish a one-world government that consists of the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship.

Mu luyiriri lwa kkumi na nnya, Amerika elimba “abo abatuula ku nsi ng’ayitira mu ebyamagero ebyo [Amerika] bye yalina obuyinza okukola mu maaso g’ensolo; ng’egamba abo abatuula ku nsi nti bateeke ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, eyalina ekiwundu eky’ekitala, era n’awonera ddala.” Olulimba lwe Amerika yeekozesa okulimba ensi lukiikirizibwa omuliro ogwava mu ggulu ne gugwa wansi mu luyiriri oluvuddeko. Omuliro oguva mu ggulu guleeta ebyamagero ebyo ebyeeyambisibwa Amerika okulagira ensi okuteekawo gavumenti emu ey’ensi yonna erimu okuggatta ekkanisa ne gavumenti, nga ekkanisa y’efuga enkolagana eyo.

This is what the relationship of Ahab and Jezebel represented when Elijah was raised up. Elijah’s battle at Mount Carmel was fulfilled in the beginning of the United States during the movement of the first angel from 1840 to 1844, for the purpose of distinguishing the true prophet of Protestantism from all of the false prophets of Protestantism.

Kino kye kyakiikirira obufumbo bwa Akabu ne Yezabele mu kiseera Eriya lwe yayimirizibwa. Olutalo lwa Eriya ku Lusozi Karmelo lwatuukirizibwa mu ntandikwa ya Amerika mu ntambula y’omulayika asooka okuva mu 1840 okutuuka mu 1844, nga kigendererwa okukyawula nnabbi omutuufu ow’Abaprotestanti okuva mu bannabbi bonna ab’obulimba ab’Abaprotestanti.

It is fulfilled again at the ending of the United States, during the test of the formation of the image of the beast that began on September 11, 2001, and ends at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Kituukirizibwa nate mu nkomerero ya Leta Z’Amerika, mu kiseera ky’okugezesebwa okw’okutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo okw’atandika nga 11 Sebutemba 2001, era ne gukoma ku tteeka erya Ssande erijja mangu.

Elijah’s perfect fulfillment takes place before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, which is the seven last plagues. Therefore, Mount Carmel, Elijah, Ahab and Jezebel are represented in the work of the United States forcing planet earth to accept the one-world government of the United Nations that is ruled over by the Catholic Church. The United States accomplishes this act through its military might, its economic strength and the corrupted hypnotic communications that it directs and controls, represented by what is called the “information super highway” of the worldwide web.

Okutuukirizibwa okutufu kwa Eriya kubaawo nga tekunnaba kutuuka olunaku olukulu era olw’entiisa lwa Mukama, lwe bibonoobono omusanvu eby’enkomerero. Noolwekyo, Mount Carmel, Eriya, Akabu ne Yezabele bikiikirirwa mu mulimu gwa United States ogw’okukaka Planeti Ensi okukkiriza gavumenti emu y’ensi yonna eya United Nations egafugibwa Ekkanisa Katolika. United States ekituukiriza ekikolwa kino ng’ekozesa obuyinza bwa magye gaayo, amaanyi g’eby’enfuna gaayo, n’enkola z’okusaasaanya obubaka ezononese era ezikyamya obwongo, ze etambuza era ezifuga, nga zirabikira mu kye bayita "information super highway" kya worldwide web.

In verse fifteen, we are informed that “the [United States] 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.” The threat of death by the military might of the United States, then representing the premier king of the United Nations, empowers the one-world government of the United Nations to speak. The action of speaking is accomplished through a legislative and judicial authority. The legislative branch of the United Nations is in New York and the judicial branch of the United Nations is in The Hague, Netherlands. The Hague represents the Old World and New York the New World. Both the United States and the Netherlands have past histories where they stood out as premier defenders of liberty and freedom, but both end their respective histories—speaking as a dragon.

Mu olunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’ettaano, tutegeezebwa nti “[United States] yalina amaanyi okuwa obulamu ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, nga ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kisobola okwogera, era ne kireetera abo bonna abataasinza ekifaananyi ky’ensolo okuttibwa.” Okutisa okw’okufa okuva mu maanyi g’eggye ery’Amerika, era ng’Amerika mu kiseera ekyo eyimirira ng’kabaka asinga obukulu mu Mawanga Amagatte, kwe kuwa obuyinza gavumenti emu ey’ensi yonna ey’Mawanga Amagatte okwogera. Ekikolwa eky’okwogera kituukirizibwa okuyita mu buyinza obw’okuteekateeka amateeka n’obw’okusala emisango. Ekitundu ekiteekateeka amateeka kya Mawanga Amagatte kiri New York, ate ekitundu ekisalawo emisango kya Mawanga Amagatte kiri The Hague, Netherlands. The Hague ewakirira Ensi enkadde, ate New York ewakirira Ensi empya. Amerika ne Netherlands byombi byalina ebyafaayo eby’edda we baalabika nga abalwanirizi abakulembera mu kulwanirira eddembe n’obwetwaze, naye byombi byaggwisa ebyafaayo byaabyo nga byogera ng’omusota omukulu.

> “As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom, and religious and secular authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. . .. and a decree will finally be issued against those who hallow the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts.

> Ng’Olunaku lw’ekisabbiiti luyiseemu okufuuka ensonga ey’enjawulo ey’enkaayana mu nsi yonna ey’Obukristaayo, era abakulembeze b’eddiini n’ab’ensi bagattiddwa wamu okukkaka okukuuma olunnaku lwa Ssande, okugaana okw’enkakasa kw’akatono mu bantu okugonda ebyo abantu abangi bye basaba kujja kubafuula ab’okunyoomwa n’okukolimirwa mu nsi yonna. Era oluvannyuma walifuluma ekiragiro erirumbira abo abatukuza ekisabbiiti eky’ekiragiro eky’okuna, nga kibavumirira ng’abasaanira ekibonerezo ekisinga obukambwe era ne kiwa abantu eddembe, oluvannyuma lw’ebbanga erirambikiddwa, okubatta. ObuKatolika mu Nsi Enkadde n’ObuProtestanti obuvudde ku mazima mu Nsi Empya byonna bijja kugoberera ekkubo erifaanana bwe liri eri abo abassaamu ekitiibwa ebiragiro bya Katonda byonna.

> “The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress described by the prophet as the time of Jacob’s trouble.” The Great Controversy, 615, 616.

> "Abantu ba Katonda olwo balisuulibwamu mu mbeera ezo ez'ennaku n'okubonaabona, nga bwe zaalambikibwa nnabbi okuba ekiseera ky'obuzibu bwa Yakobo." The Great Controversy, 615, 616.

In verse sixteen and seventeen, after the image of the beast has been set up and empowered to speak, the “[United States] 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.”

Mu olunyiriri olw'ekkumi n'omukaaga n'olw'ekkumi n'omusanvu, nga ekifaananyi ky'ensolo kimaze okuteekebwawo era kiweereddwa obuyinza okwogera, "[United States] eleetera bonna, abatono n'abakulu, abagagga n'abaavu, ab'eddembe n'abaddu, okufuna akabonero mu mukono gwabwe ogwa ddyo, oba ku lwanga lwabwe: Era waleme kubeerawo muntu ayinza kugula oba okutunda, wabula oyo alina akabonero, oba erinnya ly'ensolo, oba ennamba y'erinnya lyayo."

The formation of the image of the beast is the test that precedes the test of the mark of the beast. If we do not pass the test that is represented by the formation of the image of the beast, we will fail the test of the mark of the beast. They are two different tests, and they are two different types of tests.

Okuteekebwawo kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kwe kigezo ekikulembera ekigezo eky’akabonero k’ensolo. Bwe tutayisa ekigezo ekiyimiririrwa mu kuteekebwawo kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo, tunaalemwa ekigezo eky’akabonero k’ensolo. Ebyo bigezo bibiri eby’enjawulo, era n’ebika byabyo by’enjawulo.

The formation of the image of the beast that began on September 11, 2001, is the prophetic warning that the close of probation is about to take place. It is the Elijah message that identifies that Mount Carmel is on the near horizon, and that God’s people need to secure the oil of character, the oil of the Holy Spirit and the oil of the message of the Midnight Cry before the final call is made. They need to awaken, so that when Elijah asks them, “How long halt ye between two opinions?”—they will not be speechless, for to be speechless then is to receive the mark of the beast. The image of the beast test represents the work of understanding the message that announces the close of the judgment, just as the message of the Millerites announced the opening of the judgment.

Okutondebwa kw’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo ekyatandika ku Septemba 11, 2001, kwe kulabula okw’obunnabbi nti okuggalwa kw’ekiseera ky’okugezesebwa kuli kumpi okutuukirira. Kye obubaka bwa Eriya obulaga nti Olusozi Kalemeri luli okumpi, era nti abantu ba Katonda balina okufuna ne bakakasa amafuta g’empisa, amafuta g’Omwoyo Omutukuvu n’amafuta g’obubaka bw’Enduulu ey’essaawa ya ttumbi nga tekinnaba kuba okuyita okusembayo. Balina okuzuukuka, bwe kityo Eriya bw’anababuuza nti, “Okutuusa ddi munaasitamira wakati w’ebirowoozo bibiri?”—tebalibeera nga tebalina kya baddamu, kubanga obutaba na kya baddamu mu kiseera ekyo kwe kufuna akabonero k’ensolo. Ekigezo ky’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo kiyimirira omulimu ogw’okutegeera obubaka obutegeeza okuggalwa kw’okusalira omusango, nga bwe obubaka bw’Abagoberezi ba Miller bwategeeza okuggulawo kw’okusalira omusango.

The mark of the beast test, involves no choice, for it contains no element of probationary time. It is a point in time, not a period of time. It is a crisis, and therefore it is a litmus test that will identify the character of those Israelites that have been summoned to Mount Carmel by Ahab at the Sunday law. They will then demonstrate the character that they have developed during the previous period of time, prophetically called the image of the beast test.

Ekigezo ky’akabonero k’ensolo tekirimu kusalawo kwonna, kubanga tekirimu kintu na kimu ku kiseera ky’okugezesebwa. Kiba akaseera akamu, so si bbanga lya kiseera. Kiba omutawaana omunene, era noolwekyo kiba ekigezo ekiraga ddala ekiribikkula empisa z’Abaisiraeri abo abaayitiddwa Akabu ku Lusozi Kalemeri mu kiseera ky’etteeka erya Sande. Balyoka balaga empisa ze baazimba mu kiseera ekyasooka, ekiyitibwa mu bulagula ekigezo ky’ekifaananyi ky’ensolo.

> Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Hebrews 3:7–15.

> Noolwekyo (nga Mwoyo Omutukuvu bw’agamba nti, Leero bwe munaawulira eddoboozi lye, temukakanyaza mitima gyammwe, nga bwe kyali mu kunyiiza, ku lunaku lw’okukemebwa mu ddungu; bajjajja bammwe bwe bankema, ne bangezesa, ne balaba emirimu gyange emyaka amakumi ana. Kyenvudde ne nsunguwalira ekika ekyo, ne njogera nti, bulijjo bakyama mu mitima gyabwe; era tebaamanyi makubo gange. Bwe ntyo ne ndayira mu busungu bwange nti, Tebaliyingira mu kuwummula kwange.) Mwegendereze, ab’oluganda, muleme okubaako omu ku mmwe alina omutima omubi ogw’obutakkiriza, n’ava eri Katonda omulamu. Naye mwegumyenga buli lunaku, nga kiyitibwa Leero; mulyoke muleme okuba nga omu ku mmwe akakanyazibwa olw’obulimba bw’ekibi. Kubanga tufunye omugabo mu Kristo, bwe tunyweza entandikwa ey’obwesige bwaffe okutuusa ku nkomerero; nga bwe kigambibwa nti, Leero bwe munaawulira eddoboozi lye, temukakanyaza mitima gyammwe, nga bwe kyali mu kunyiiza. Abaebbulaniya 3:7-15.

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