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

Ekitabo kya Danyeri - Ennamba 128

The Prophetic Significance of Christ’s Baptism and Temptation: Unveiling the Characteristics of Three World Powers

Amakulu ag’obunnabbi g’obatizo n’okukemebwa kwa Kristo: Okubikkula ebiranga by’amawanga ag’amaanyi mu nsi agasatu

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

Okuteekebwako akabonero kwatandika nga ku 11 Ssettemba 2001, bwe malaika omuzira owa Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi n’omunaana yakka wansi. Okukka kwe kwalabirizibwa mu kukka kwa malaika owa Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi nga ku 11 Agusito 1840, era n’okukka kw’Omwoyo Omutukuvu ku Obatizo bwa Kristo. Obatizo bwa Kristo bulaga mu maaso ku kukka kw’Emvula ey’Enkomerero mu kiseera we gaagwa amayumba amanene ag’ekibuga New York. Amaanyi agava waggulu gaatandika, era mu kiseera ekyo amaanyi agava wansi (ekinnya ekitagwamu) ganaalabisibwa, kubanga Ekigambo kya Katonda tekiddayo bwereere.

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Kristo bwe yakubatizibwa, amangu ddala n’ayingira mu ddungu n’asiiba ennaku amakumi ana; oluvannyuma Setaani n’amugezaamu ebigezo bisatu. Buli kimu ku bigezo ebisatu ebyo kikiikirira eby’enkizo ebikulu eby’obuyinza busatu obukulembera ensi okugisindika e Amagedoni. Ebyo bigezo bisatu byali: okwenyumiriza, empisa ya ddragoni; omululu gw’emmere, empisa y’ekisolo; n’okukakasa obutali na musingi, empisa ya nnabbi ow’obulimba. Okwenyumiriza n’okwewaggula kikiikirirwa Lusifa mu nnyonnyola ya Isaaya eyakadde.

> How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

> Nga wagudde okuva mu ggulu, ggwe Lusiferi, mwana wa makya! Nga wasaliddwa wansi ku nsi, ggwe eyaggyamu amaanyi g’amawanga! Kubanga wayogedde mu mutima gwo nti, ‘Ndilinnya mu ggulu; ndikuza entebe yange waggulu okusinga ennyenye za Katonda; era ndituula ku lusozi lw’ekibiina, ku mabbali g’obukiikakkono. Ndilinnya waggulu okusinga obugulumivu bw’ebire; nja kuba nga Ali Waggulu ennyo.’ Naye olituusibwa wansi mu Kuzimu, ku mabbali g’ekinnya. Abakulaba banaakutunuuliriza ne bakebera, nga bagamba nti, ‘Ono ye musajja eyaleeta ensi okukankana, eyazunza obwakabaka?’ Isaaya 14:12-16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Emirundi etaano, Lusifa agamba mu mutima gwe nti, "Ndikola." Sitaani, eyali ayitibwa "omutwala omusana" (Lusifa), naye kati atwala kizikiza kyokka, ye "eyakankanya amawanga." Mu by’obunnabbi agattibwa ne "amawanga," kubanga ye mukulembeze w’omukago omubi gw’amawanga, era n’omukago gw’abasuubuzi ogw’eyolesebwa mu kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa emitwe kkumi na musanvu ne kkumi n’omunaana.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> Bassekabaka, abakulembeze n’abagavana beteekeko akabonero ka Antikristo, era bafaananyiziddwa ng’ejjoka erigenda okulwana n’abatukuvu—n’abo abakuuma ebiragiro bya Katonda era abalina okukkiriza kwa Yesu. Obujulirwa eri Abasumba, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Mu kubatizibwa kwa Kristo, Omwoyo Omutukuvu n’akka, nga kiraga ekifaananyi ky’ebyaddirira oluvannyuma lwa Sebutemba 11, 2001. Oluvannyuma lw’okubatizibwa kwe, Sitaani n’akema Kristo ng’amusuubiza okumuwa amaanyi Sitaani ge akozesa okufuga obwakabaka bw’ensi, kubanga mu kugwa kwa Adamu, Sitaani yali afuuse omufuzi w’obwakabaka bw’ensi.

> And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

> Awo Sitaani n’amutwala ku lusozi oluwanvu, n’amulaga obwakabaka bw’ensi yonna mu kaseera kamu. Awo Sitaani n’amugamba nti, Ndikuwa obuyinza buno bwonna n’ekitiibwa kyabyo; kubanga ebyo byampeebwa nze, era buli gwenjagala nkimuwa. Kale bw’ononsinza, byonna binaaba byo. Awo Yesu n’amuddamu n’amugamba nti, Va emabega wange, Sitaani; kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti, Onosinzanga Mukama Katonda wo, era ye yekka gw’ojja okuweereza. Lukka 4:5-8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Ebiranga ebikulu bibiri bya Roma ey'Obwa Paapa (ennyamaswa) bye bino: obwenzi bwayo n'"emmere" n'eby'okunywa ebiteekeddwamu obutwa by'asaasaanya.

> Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

> Naye nnina ku ggwe ebintu bimu, kubanga okkiriza oyo omukazi Yezabele, eyeeyita nnabbi omukazi, okuyigiriza era n’okusendasenda abaddu bange okukola obwenzi, n’okulya ebyaweereddwayo eri ebifaananyi. Okubikkulirwa 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

"Emmere" n'ebyokunywa by'awa bye enjigiriza ze ez'obulimba.

> “The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

> "Ekibi ekinene ekivunaaniddwaako Babulooni kwe nti ‘lyawangaza amawanga gonna okunywa ku wayini ow’obusungu bw’okukaba kwalyo.’ Ekikopo kino eky’okutamiiza kye ateeka mu maaso g’ensi kiyimirira enjigiriza ez’obulimba ze yazikkiriza olw’okwegatta obutali mu mateeka kwe yakola n’abakulu b’ensi." Okulumbagana Okukulu, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Ekisolo ky’Obukatoliki era kikyamiza ensi ng’ekozesa obulogo bwakyo, era nate obulogo obwo kye kintu ekiyingizibwa mu mubiri munda.

> And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

> Era omusana gw’ettabaaza tegunamurikanga nate ddala mu ggwe; n’eddoboozi ly’ow’obugole n’omugole teriwulirwenga nate ddala mu ggwe: kubanga abasuubuzi bo be baali abakulu ab’ensi; kubanga olw’eby’obulogo byo amawanga gonna gaalimbibwa. Okubikkulirwa 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Ekigambo ky’Oluyonaani ekitaputiddwa ng’“obulogo” kye pharmakeia, kitegeeza eddagala. Ekikopo ekya zaabu ekiri mu mukono gwe, si kikopo kyokka eky’okunyweramu wayini, wabula era kwe bategekera era kwe bagabira amadagala ge ag’obulogo. Mu nsi y’omu kiseera kino, amadagala ago ag’obulogo gayingizibwa mu mubiri nga bakozesa ennedo, si nnyo mu kikopo. Setaani bw’anaalabika oluvannyuma lw’etteeka lya Sande eririjja mu banga ttono, ajakukola eby’amagero eby’okuwonya. Eby’amagero ebigattiddwa ku madagala ag’obulogo n’enjigiriza ezikyamu ez’obwa Papa, byakiikirizibwa Setaani bwe yagamba Kristo okukola eky’amagero n’akyusa ejjinja lifuuke omugaati.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Ebyafaayo eby'obunnabbi nga tennaba kussaawo etteeka erya Ssande n'eby'oluvannyuma lwalyo, birina engeri z'ekika emu. Ebbanga ery'okugezesebwa ku kifaananyi ky'ensolo eritwala Obu-Adiventisiti okutuuka ku tteeka erya Ssande mu Amerika, lifaananyiriza ebbanga ery'okugezesebwa ku kifaananyi ky'ensolo ery'ensi yonna. Kino lwakutyo tutegeezeddwa nti, "ekizibu kye kimu kijja okutuuka ku bantu baffe mu bitundu byonna by'ensi."

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Ebyamagero eby’obuwonyo bwa Sitaani ebikolebwa Sitaani oluvannyuma lw’etteeka lya Ssande, bimiririra ‘obulogo’ bw’ekiyitibwa obujjanjabi obuyisibwa mu bantu mu byafaayo ebyatandikira nga 11 Ssettemba 2001. Yesu yagamba nti, ‘omuntu talyenga ku mmere yokka, wabula ku buli kigambo kya Katonda.’ ‘Emmere’ ya Roma ze ennono n’empisa z’azitadde waggulu okusinga Ekigambo kya Katonda.

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> Mu bikwekweto ebiriwo kaakano e United States eby’okufuna obuwagizi bwa gavumenti ku nteekateeka n’ennono z’ekkanisa, Abaprotestanti bagoberera mu bigere by’abawagizi b’obupapa. Si kyokka; ate n’okusingawo, baggulira obupapa oluggi okuddamu okufuna mu Amerika ey’Abaprotestanti obusukkulumu bwe yabufiiriddwa mu Nsi Enkadde. Era ekireetera ekikwekweto kino obuzito obusinga kwe kuba nti ekigendererwa ekikulu ekirabirwamu kwe kusindika okukuuma olunaku lwa Sande—ennono eyava e Roma, era gy’eyogereraako ng’akabonero k’obuyinza bwayo. Ye mmwoyo gw’obupapa—omwoyo ogw’okufaanana n’empisa z’ensi, n’okussa ekitiibwa ku nnono z’abantu okusinga amateeka ga Katonda—gweyongera okusasaana mu makanisa g’Abaprotestanti ne gibakulembera okuddamu okukola omulimu gumu ogw’okugulumiza olunaku lwa Sande ogw’obupapa gwakola dda. The Great Controversy, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Ennono n’empisa ze ‘mmere’ ey’enjigiriza y’eddiini gye kisolo kiteeka mu kifo ky’Ekigambo kya Katonda, nga kigenderera okugulumiza okusinza kwakyo okw’obupagani.

> “How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

> Tetulaba nga Ekkanisa ey’e Roma esobola okwejjamu omusango gw’obusinza bw’ebyifaananyi. Mazima, eyatula nti asinza Katonda okuyitira mu bifaananyi bino; naye n’Abaisiraeri bwe batyo bwe baakola bwe baavuunama eri ekyana ky’ente kya zaabu. Naye obusungu bwa Mukama ne bwaka ku bo, bangi ne battibwa. Katonda yabalangirira nga basinzi b’ebyifaananyi abatamutyanga, era kye kimu kyawandiikibwa ne leero mu bitabo by’eggulu ku abo abasinza ebifaananyi by’abatukuvu n’abantu abayitibwa abatukuvu.

> “And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

> Era eno ye ddiini Abaprotesitanti gye batandika okugiwagira nnyo, era mu nkomerero ejja kweggatta n’Obuprotesitanti. Naye obwegatte buno tebugenda kutuukirizibwa lwa Obukatoliki okukyuka; kubanga Roma te kyuka. Egamba nti teyinza kusobya. Obuprotesitanti bwe bujakukyuka. Okukkiriza endowooza ez’eddembe ku ludda lwaabwo kujjakugitwala gye kisobola okukwatanira ku mukono n’Obukatoliki. “Baibuli, Baibuli, ye musingi gw’okukkiriza kwaffe,” lye yali ddoboozi ly’Abaprotesitanti mu biro bya Luther, ekiseera Abakatoliki bwe baayogeranga nti, “Abajjajja, empisa, ennono.” Kaakano Abaprotesitanti bangi basanga kizibu okukakasa enjigiriza zaabwe mu Baibuli, naye tebalina buggumu bw’omwoyo okukiriza amazima agalimu okwetikka omusalaba; kyebaava basemberera mangu ku kifo Abakatoliki we bayimiridde, era, nga bakozesa ensonga ezisinga obulungi ze balina okwewala amazima, ne bawanjagira obujulizi bw’Abajjajja, n’empisa n’ebiragiro by’abantu. Weewaawo, Abaprotesitanti b’omu kyasa eky’ekkumi n’enda basemberera mangu Abakatoliki mu butakkiriza bwabwe ku Ebyawandiikibwa. Naye waliwo ebbanga eddene gumu leero wakati wa Roma n’Obuprotesitanti bwa Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, n’eggye ery’abajulizi ab’ekitiibwa, nga bwe waliwo mu kiseera bano lwe baakola okwekalakaasa okwabaawanga erinnya ly’Abaprotesitanti.

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> Kristo yali Omuprotestanti. Yawakanya okusinza okw’enkola kw’eggwanga ery’Abayudaaya, abaagaana amagezi ga Katonda ku bwabwe bo bennyini. Yabagamba nti bye bayigirizanga ng’enjigiriza bye byalagiro by’abantu, era nti baali abeeyisa nga kye batali n’ab’ekikumpanya. Nga ntaana ezibikkiddwa ebyeru, baalabika bulungi ebweru, naye munda mujjudde obutali butukuvu n’obukukujju. Abarefooma batandikira eri Kristo n’abatume. Baavaamu ne beeyawulamu ku ddini ey’enkola n’emikolo. Maatiini Luteri n’abo abamugoberera tebaatonda ddini ey’okuddamu okuzzaamu; baagikkiriza nga bwe yayolesebwa Kristo n’abatume. Baibuli etuweereddwa ng’omukulembera omumalirivu; naye Papa n’abaweereza be bagiggya mu mikono gy’abantu ng’ekivume, kubanga ebikkula okwekulisa kwabwe era n’enenya okusinza kwabwe ebifaananyi. Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Eby’amagero eby’okuwonya, ebiteekaawo essinziro ly’okukkiriza mu mizimu, bye mulimu gwe gw’obulijjo.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> Abantu bangi bagezaako okunnyonnyola okulabisibwa kw’eby’omwoyo nga babussa kyonna ku bufere n’obukodyo bw’engalo obukolebwa ku ludda lw’abakozesebwamu emyoyo. Naye newankubadde nga mazima nti ebivudde mu bukodyo bwayisiddwa emirundi mingi ng’okulabisibwa okutufu, wabaddewo era n’okweyoleka okw’enjawulo kw’obuyinza obutali bwa bulijjo. Okukonkona okw’ekyama okw’atandikiramu obusamize bw’emyoyo obw’omu mulembe guno tekwava mu bukodyo oba amagezi ag’obufere ag’abantu, wabula kwali omulimu ogwennyini gw’abamalayika ababi, abaatyo ne bayingizaamu emu ku bulimba obwasukkiridde mu kusendasenda abantu, obuzikiriza emyoyo. Abangi bajja kwesibwamu mu mutego olw’okulowooza nti obusamize bw’emyoyo bufere bwa bantu bwokka; bwe banaaleetebwa okwolekagana n’okulabisibwa kwe bataasobola kukiraba mu ngeri ndala okujjako okukitwala nga ekitali kya bulijjo, bajja kulimbibwa, era balitwalibwa okukkiriza ebyo ng’amanyi amanene ga Katonda.

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘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.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> Abantu bano tebatunuulira bujulizi bw’Ebyawandiikibwa Ebitukuvu ku byamagero ebikolebwa Setaani n’abaweereza be. Mu buyambi bwa Setaani bamalogo ba Falaawo baasobola okukoppa omulimu gwa Katonda. Pawulo abajuliriza nti nga tekunnabaawo okudda okw’okubiri kwa Kristo, wajja kubaawo okwolesebwa okufaananako okw’obuyinza bwa Setaani. Okujja kw’Omukama kulisookerwako “okukola kwa Setaani n’amaanyi gonna n’obubonero n’ebyamagero eby’obulimba, era n’obulimba bwonna obw’obutali butuukirivu.” 2 Abatesalonika 2:9,10. Era mutume Yokaana, ng’ayanjula obuyinza obukola ebyamagero obunaalabikira mu nnaku ez’enkomerero, agamba nti: “Akola ebyamagero ebikulu, okutuusa n’okuleeta omuliro okuva mu ggulu okukkira ku nsi mu maaso g’abantu, era abakyamya abo abatuula ku nsi olw’ebyamagero ebyo bye yaweereddwa obuyinza okukola.” Okubikkulirwa 13:13,14. Wano si bya bulimba bya bwereere bye byalagulwa. Abantu bakyamibwa olw’ebyamagero bye Setaani n’abaweereza be balina obuyinza okukola, si bye beeyisa ng’bakola. Olutalo Olukulu, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Ennyigiriza z’obulimba ezisimbiddwa ku nnono n’obuwangwa, okweeyolesa okw’obw’omwoyo mu by’amagero, ensengeka y’eby’obujjanjabi n’eby’amakolero ey’eky’obulimba, n’okugatta enkola z’ekkanisa n’enkola z’obufuzi, byonna bye biranga by’ekisolo ky’ObuKatoliki. Amalala ke kiranga ky’obuyinza bw’enyoka enene. Okwekakasa ke kiranga kya nnabbi w’obulimba w’ObuProtestanti obujeemu.

> And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

> Era Yesu, ng’ajjudde Omwoyo Omutukuvu, n’akomawo okuva e Yoludaani, era Omwoyo n’amutwala mu ddungu, nga ennaku amakumi ana ng’akemebwa Setaani. Mu nnaku ezo teyalya kintu na kimu; bwe zaamala, n’alumwa enjala. Setaani n’amugamba nti, Obanga oli Omwana wa Katonda, lagira ejjinja lino lifuuke omugaati. Yesu n’amuddamu nti, Kyawandiikiddwa nti, Omuntu taliramu ku mugaati gwokka, wabula ku buli kigambo kya Katonda. Lukka 4:1-4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Okuteebereza kye kigambo ekitegeeza okukkiriza nti ekintu kituufu nga tolinayo obujulizi oba bukakafu bumala. Kikwata ku kusala omusango oba okutuuka ku nkomerero nga owesigamye ku mawulire agatatuukirira oba agatono. Okuteebereza kuyinza era okulaga omutendera ogw’okwesiga mu ky’okukkiriza kyo, newankubadde nga tekirina nsonga ezimala okwesigirwa ddala.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

ObuProtestanti obuvudde ku mazima bukkirizza Ssande ng’olunaku lwa Katonda olw’okusinza nga tewali bujulizi bwonna okuva mu Kigambo kya Katonda obuwagira ekiteesa ekikyamu ekyo, era bakikola nga bamanya bulungi nga beeyita ba Protestanti, nga ekyogerwa kyabwe ekikulu kye nti ‘Ekigambo kya Katonda kyokka,’ oba nga Martin Luther bwe yalangirira, ‘Sola Scriptura!’ Balondawo okukikkiriza nga beesigama ku nnono n’empisa z’ekkanisa ey’e Roma, oba mpozzi ng’obusika obukkiriziddwa okuva mu bajjajja baabwe. Mu kwogera n’eddoboozi eddene kw’omulayika ow’okusatu, amazima nti tewali nsonga n’emu eyinza okuweereddwa okuva mu Bayibuli ewagira okusinza enjuba ganaalabisibwa bulungi ddala, era oluvannyuma abo abagenda mu maaso okunywerera mu kukakasa kwabwe okukyamu balifuna akabonero k’ensolo.

> “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 commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Obunafu obumanyiddwa nnyo mu Kibiina ky’Abarepulikaani kwe kwanguyiriza okuteebereza nti abalabe baabwe mu by’obufuzi bali ba bwenkanya era ba mwesimbu, ate nga ebibala by’Ekibiina ky’Abademokulaati byeyoleka bulungi nga bibalaga nti bali abaana ba kitange w’obulimba. Emirundi n’emirundi era mu ngeri enkalakkalira, Abarepulikaani babatwala abalabe baabwe mu by’obufuzi ku kigambo, newankubadde nga balagiddwa emirundi n’emirundi nti balabe baabwe tebakwata ku bigambo byabwe. Bateekako ku bo ebigendererwa eby’omwesimbu ne bwe abo emirundi mingi balaze nti tewali nsonga y’amagezi esobola okuwagira okuteekako okwakyamu kw’Abarepulikaani okw’okusuubira obwesimbu n’obwenkanya. Kituufu era nti Abarepulikaani bangi bagaana okuuma emisingi olw’okweyongera ku byenfuna byabwe, oba lwa mbeera ez’ekyama ezitali za mpisa ezibaleetera okubeera ekyangu okubakolako amagezi, naye ekisinga obukulu mu kabonero ak’obunnabbi akiranga Ekibiina ky’Abarepulikaani kwe okuteebereza.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Empisa y’okwetumanya, gye bunnabbi yalaga mu Baprotestanti abava mu ddiini, ye ebakkiriza okwefuula nti batutte omutendera ogw’awaggulu mu by’empisa n’ebyobufuzi; naye mu mazima baavuddeko obuvunaanyizibwa bwabwe mu by’obwannansi nga besigamye ku kusuubira kwa bwereere nti b’abo ab’oludda olulala mu byobufuzi bajja kutuukiriza ebigambo byabwe. Ennyinyonnyola eyamanyiddwa nnyo ey’obusiru ye eno: kugerageza okukola ekintu kimu emirundi n’emirundi, nga osuubira ebivuddeko eby’enjawulo; kyokka Abarepabulika bagamba nti Abademokulaati be bakwatiddwa obusiru, era kino kyeyoleka mu kukyawa kwabwe eri Trump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

Naye obusirusitu bw’aba Republican bulabikira emirundi gyonna bwe bakkiriza okukkiriziganya nga buli omu awaayo ku bimu, nga bagamba nti okukkiriziganya kye kikolwa ekya bulijjo mu nteekateeka y’okukola amateeka; kyokka okukkiriziganya kwabwe mu by’obufuzi, kwe bagamba nti kusinziira ku ‘nteekateeka y’okukola amateeka’, kukolebwa n’ekibinja ky’abantu ekitakkiriziganya wadde lumu. Aba Democrat badda emabega mu nteekateeka y’eby’obufuzi bwokka bwe baba bazingiriddwa ddala obungi obubawakanya. Tebawadde kabonero konna akalaga nti ddala bakolera ku kifo eky’awakati mu nteekateeka y’eby’obufuzi. Obusirusitu bw’aba Republican bubeera mu kusuubira obulungi kwe baddamu emirundi n’emirundi eri abalala, nga tewali nsonga n’emu ezikisuubiriza.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Mu bungi ennyo ddala, abasinga obungi ku abo abawagira Donald Trump bajja okuwa obujulizi nti ekintu ekisinga obubi ku Trump kye obwagala bw’alina okukkiriza abasajja okubeera abamuwagira ku nteekateeka ye, ate ng’obukakafu obuliwo bulaga nti okusalawo okwo kwali kwa Trump kwokka okwesalirawo awatali bukakafu. Okwesalirawo awatali bukakafu kwe kabonero k’obunnabbi ak’obapurutestanti abaggwaamu okukkiriza. Ssetaani yakema Kristo nga ayogera ebigambo bya Bayibuli, naye mu kukikola, Ssetaani yakyusa amakulu g’ekitundu ekyo n’akifuula akagezo akatali kya nsonga era akatali mu Byawandiiko.

> And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

> N’amutwala e Yerusaalemi, n’amuteeka ku ntikko y’ekaalu, n’amugamba nti, Bwe oba Omwana wa Katonda, yeese wansi okuva wano: Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti, Aliragira bamalayika be ku ggwe, okukukuuma: Era mu ngalo zaabwe balikukuyimusa, oleme okukuba ekigere kyo ku jjinja. Ate Yesu n’amuddamu nti, Kigambibwa nti, Togezaako Mukama Katonda wo. Lukka 4:9-12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Ku tteeka lya Sande erijja amangu, be Ba-Protestanti ab’e United States be banaatwala ekiragiro kya Bayibuli ekitegeeza okuwummula emirimu ku lunaku lwa Ssabbiiti, ne balikyusa ekiragiro eky’okusinza Katonda ku Ssabbiiti ey’olunaku olw’omusanvu ne bakifuula ekiragiro ekikoleddwako ekiyigiriza nti mu butufu olunaku lwa enjuba olw’obuwagwa lwe abantu balagirirwa okusinza ku lulwo. Balikyusa ekitundu kya Bayibuli ne bakifuula ekigezo ekitava mu Bayibuli era ekitalina musingi.

We will continue this study in the next article.

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

> “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. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

> Nnalaba nti ekisolo ekirina ennyanga bbiri kyali n’akamwa k’omusota omunene, era amaanyi gaakyo gaali mu mutwe gwaakyo, era nti ekiragiro kijja okuva mu kamwa kaakyo. Awo ne ndaba Nnyina w’abalaya; nti nnyina teyali bawala, wabula eyawukanye ddala ku bo. Yalina obudde bwe, era bwayita, era abawala be, ebibiina by’eddiini eby’ObuProtesitanti, be abeddako okulinnya ku siteegi ne balaga omwoyo gumu gwe nnyina yalina ng’ayigganya abatukuvu. Nnalaba nti nga nnyina bw’abadde agwa mu buyinza, abawala babadde bakula, era amangu bagenda okukozesa obuyinza obwe nnyina yakozesa edda.

> “I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

> Nalaba ekkanisa ey’omu linnya lyokka n’Ab’Adiventisi ab’omu linnya lyokka, nga Yuda, bandituwaayo eri Abakatoliki okufuna obukwakkulizo bwabwe okujja okulwaana n’amazima. Abatukuvu mu kiseera ekyo bajja kuba bantu abatamanyiddwa nnyo, abamanyibwa katono eri Abakatoliki; naye amakkanisa n’Ab’Adiventisi ab’omu linnya lyokka abamanyi okukkiriza kwaffe n’enkola zaffe (kubanga batukyawa lwa Ssabbiiti, kubanga tebaasobola kugikakkanya) bajja kuwaayo abatukuvu ne babalumiriza eri Abakatoliki ng’abo abatagondera enteekateeka z’abantu; kigamba nti, bakwata Ssabbiiti era batagondera Sande.

> “Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

> Awo Abakatoliki balagira Abaprotestanti bagende mu maaso, era bawaayo ekiragiro nti bonna abatalikuuma olunaku olwasooka olw'wiiki, mu kifo ky'olunaku olw'omusanvu, banattibwe. Era Abakatoliki, abali mu bungi ennyo, bajja kuyimirira ku ludda lw'Abaprotestanti. Abakatoliki bajja okuwa obuyinza bwabwe ekifaananyi ky'ensolo. Era Abaprotestanti bajja okukola nga maama waabwe bwe yakola edda, okuzikiriza abatukuvu. Naye nga ekiragiro kyabwe tekannavaamu bibala, abatukuvu bajjakununulibwa n'eddoboozi lya Katonda. Spalding ne Magan, 1, 2.

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