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

Ekitabo kya Danyeri - Ennamba kikumi mu amakumi abiri

Unveiling the Prophetic Signs: Understanding the Fulfillment of Biblical Prophecies

Okubikkula obubonero obw’obunnabbi: Okutegeera okutuukirizibwa kw’obunnabbi bwa Baibuli

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 6, 2024

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The fulfillment of the signs represented by the sun, moon, and stars have been amply addressed by the historians, the pioneers of Adventism and through the writings of Sister White. Some of the signs Jesus addressed are not as familiar as others. Few recognize that the “distress of nations” upon the “earth,” had a specific fulfillment. They are not clear about what the symbol of the shaking of the “powers of heaven,” as opposed to the shaking the powers of earth represent. And few Laodicean Adventist understand that the “coming” of “the Son of man coming in a cloud” was fulfilled in Millerite history.

Okutuukirizibwa kw’obubonero obukiikirizibwa enjuba, omwezi n’emmunyeenye kwogeddwako mu bujjuvu abawandiisi b’ebyafaayo, abapaioneer b’Obwadiventisiti, era n’okuyitira mu byawandiikibwa bya Mukyala White. Ebimu ku bubonero Yesu bye yayogerako tebyamanyiddwa bulungi ng’ebirala. Waliwo batono abategeera nti ‘okutaataganyizibwa kw’amawanga’ ku ‘nsi’ kwafuna okutuukirizibwa okw’enjawulo. Tetekimanyiddwa bulungi kye kitegeeza ekifaananyi ky’ ‘okukankanyizibwa kw’amaanyi ag’eggulu,’ nga kikontana n’ ‘okukankanyizibwa kw’amaanyi g’ensi.’ Era abatono ku Badiventisiti ba Laodikya bategeera nti ‘okuja’ kwa ‘Mwana w’omuntu ajja mu kire’ kwatuukirizibwa mu byafaayo by’Abamilleraiti.

> “The exact day and hour of Christ’s coming have not been revealed. The Saviour told his disciples that he himself could not make known the hour of his second appearing. But he mentioned certain events by which they might know when his coming was near. ‘There shall be signs,’ he said, ‘in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars.’ ‘The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall.’ Upon the earth, he said, there shall be ‘distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.’

> Olunaku n’essaawa entuufu ez’okukomawo kwa Kristo tezaalibikkuliddwa. Omulokozi yagamba abayigirizwa be nti ye yennyini teyasobola kumanyisa essaawa ey’okulabikako kwe okw’okubiri. Naye yategeeza ebintu ebimu bye bayinza okusinziiraako okumanya nti okukomawo kwe kusembedde. ‘Waliwo obubonero,’ bwe yagamba, ‘mu njuba, ne mu mwezi, ne mu mmunyeenye.’ ‘Enjuba erizikizibwa, n’omwezi tegunawaayo omusana gwagwo, n’emmunyeenye ez’eggulu zirigwa.’ Ku nsi, bwe yagamba, wabeerawo ‘okutaganyawaza mu mawanga, nga tebalina kye bamanyi kukola; ennyanja n’amayengo nga biguŋŋumula; emitima gy’abantu nga giweera olw’entiisa, n’olw’okulindirira ebyo ebigenda okujja ku nsi.’

> “‘And they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.’

> 'Era baliraba Omwana w'omuntu ng'ajja mu bire by'eggulu n'amaanyi n'ekitiibwa ekinene. Era alituma bamalayika be n'eddoboozi eddene ly'ekkondeere, ne bakuŋŋaanya abalonde be okuva mu mpewo ennya, okuva ku nkomerero y'eggulu okutuuka ku nkomerero yaalyo.'

> “The signs in the sun, moon, and stars have been fulfilled. Since that time earthquakes, tempests, tidal waves, pestilence, and famine have multiplied. The most awful destructions, by fire and flood, are following one another in quick succession. The terrible disasters that are taking place from week to week speak to us in earnest tones of warning, declaring that the end is near, that something great and decisive will soon of necessity take place.

> Obubonero mu njuba, mu mwezi, ne mu nnyenye butuukiridde. Okuva mu kiseera ekyo, enkankano z’ensi, emiyaga eminene, amayengo amanene g’ennyanja, kawumpuli, n’enjala byeyongedde nnyo. Obuzikirizibwa obw’entiisa ennyo, obuva ku muliro n’amataba, bukulikiranagana mangu nnyo. Amakuba ag’entiisa agatukawo buli wiiki gatugamba mu ddoboozi ery’amaanyi ery’okulabula, nga galangirira nti enkomerero eri kumpi, nti ekintu ekikulu era ekyasalawo ensonga kijja mangu okubaawo nga kyetaagisa ddala.

> “Probationary time will not continue much longer. Now God is withdrawing his restraining hand from the earth. Long has he been speaking to men and women through the agency of his Holy Spirit; but they have not heeded the call. Now he is speaking to his people, and to the world, by his judgments. The time of these judgments is a time of mercy for those who have not yet had opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; his hand is still stretched out to save. Large numbers will be admitted to the fold of safety who in these last days will hear the truth for the first time.” Review and Herald, November 22, 1906.

> Ekiseera eky’ekigezo tekirikyeyongerayo okumala ebbanga ddene. Kati Katonda aggya omukono gwe oguziyiza ku nsi. Okuva edda era okumala ebbanga ddene ayogerera abasajja n’abakazi ng’ayitira mu Mwoyo Mutukuvu we; naye tebaagondera okuyita kwe. Kati ayogera eri abantu be, n’eri ensi, ng’ayitira mu misango gye. Ekiseera ky’emisango gino kye kiseera eky’ekisa eri abo abatannaba kufuna omukisa okumanya amazima kye kili. Mukama ajja kubalaba mu kisa n’obusaasizi. Omutima gwe ogw’obusaasizi gukwatiddwa; omukono gwe gukyakyagoloddwa okulokola. Abangi nnyo bajja okuyingizibwa mu kisibo eky’obukuumi, abo abajja okuwulira amazima omulundi olubereberye mu nnaku zino ez’enkomerero. Review and Herald, nga 22 Novemba 1906.

The Millerite history is repeated to the very letter in the last days. The “signs” that marked the arrival and history of the first angel, typify “signs” that mark the arrival and history of the third angel. All the sacred reformatory movements parallel the movement of the third angel in the last days.

Ebyafaayo bya Millerite biddamu bulambiro ddala mu nnaku ez’enkomerero. Obubonero obwalaga okujja n’ebyafaayo by’omalayika asooka bufaananiriza obubonero obulaga okujja n’ebyafaayo by’omalayika ow’okusatu. Entambuza zonna ezitukuvu ez’okulongoosa zifaanagana n’entambuza y’omalayika ow’okusatu mu nnaku ez’enkomerero.

> “The work of God in the earth presents, from age to age, a striking similarity in every great reformation or religious movement. The principles of God’s dealing with men are ever the same. The important movements of the present have their parallel in those of the past, and the experience of the church in former ages has lessons of great value for our own time.” The Great Controversy, 343.

> Omulimu gwa Katonda ku nsi gulaga, okuva ku mulembe okutuuka ku mulala, okufaananagana okwa kitalo mu buli nkyukakyuka ennene oba entambula y’eddiini. Emisingi gy’enkola ya Katonda mu kukolagana n’abantu giba gimu bulijjo. Entambula ez’amaanyi ez’omu kiseera kino zifaanagana n’ezo ez’edda, era ebintu bye yayitamu ekkanisa mu myaka egy’edda birimu eby’okuyigirako eby’omuwendo omunene ku biseera byaffe. Empaka Enene, 343.

The history represented by the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen, is the third angel, and the history represented by the third angel runs parallel to the history of the first and second angels of Millerite history.

Ebyafaayo ebyakiikirirwa omumalika ow’amaanyi ali mu Kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa omutwe ogw’ekkumi n’omunaana, bye bya malayika ow’okusatu, era ebyafaayo ebyakiikirirwa omumalika ow’okusatu bigendera wamu n’ebyafaayo bya malayika ow’okusooka n’ow’okubiri eby’Abamillerite.

> “God has given the messages of Revelation 14 their place in the line of prophecy, and their work is not to cease till the close of this earth’s history. The first and second angel’s messages are still truth for this time, and are to run parallel with this which follows. The third angel proclaims his warning with a loud voice. ‘After these things,’ said John, ‘I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power, and the earth was lightened with his glory.’ In this illumination, the light of all the three messages is combined.” The 1888 Materials, 803, 804.

> Katonda yawadde obubaka bw’Okubikkulirwa 14 ekifo kyabwo mu nsengeka y’obunnabbi, era omulimu gwabwo tegugenda kuggwa okutuusa ku nkomerero y’ebyafaayo by’ensi eno. Obubaka bw’omulayika ow’olubereberye n’ow’okubiri bukyali mazima ag’ebbanga lino, era bulina okuddukira wamu n’obwo obugoberera buno. Omulayika ow’okusatu alangirira okulabula kwe n’eddoboozi ddene. ‘Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo,’ Yokaana yagamba, ‘nalaba omulayika omulala ng’akka okuva mu ggulu, ng’alina obuyinza obungi, n’ensi n’eyaka olw’ekitiibwa kye.’ Mu kutangaazibwa kuno, omusana gw’obubaka obusatu buno gugattiddwa. Ebyawandiikibwa eby’omwaka gwa 1888, 803, 804.

The work of the first and second angels, which is paralleled by the work of the third angel, is also illustrated in the parable of the ten virgins.

Omulimu gw’omalayika asooka n’ow’okubiri, ogugenderanamu n’omulimu gw’omalayika ow’okusatu, era gulagibwa mu lugero lw’abawala kkumi.

> “I am often referred to the parable of the ten virgins, five of whom were wise, and five foolish. This parable has been and will be fulfilled to the very letter, for it has a special application to this time, and, like the third angel’s message, has been fulfilled and will continue to be present truth till the close of time.” Review and Herald, August 19, 1890.

> Emirundi mingi njjukizibwako engéro ey’abawala ekkumi, nga bataano ku bo baali ab’amagezi, ate bataano baali abasirusiru. Engéro eno emaze okutuukirizibwa era ejja n’okutuukirizibwa ddala ng’ebigambo byayo bwe biri, kubanga erina okukozesebwa okw’enjawulo mu kiseera kino; era, ng’obubaka bwa malaika ow’okusatu, emaze okutuukirizibwa era ejja kwongera okuba amazima ag’ekiseera okutuusa ku nkomerero y’ekiseera. Review and Herald, Agusito 19, 1890.

The history represented in Revelation chapter ten of the Book of revelation is represented as the seven thunders, and the seven thunders represent the events which took place during the history of the Millerites, which was the history of the first and second angels’ messages. The seven thunders also represent “future events” that occur in the last days, and they are fulfilled in the same “order” as they were in the history of the Millerites.

Ebyafaayo ebyalabikirizibwa mu ssuula ey’ekkumi mu Kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa bikiikiriddwa ng’ ‘ebidduuma musanvu’, era ‘ebidduuma musanvu’ bikiikirira ebintu ebyaliwo mu mulembe gw’Abamillerite, ogwali omulembe gw’obubaka bw’omulayika ow’olubereberye n’ow’okubiri. ‘Ebidduuma musanvu’ era bikiikirira ‘ebintu eby’omumaaso’ ebigenda okubaawo mu nnaku ez’enkomerero, era bituukirizibwa mu ‘nteekateeka’ emu nga bwe byali mu byafaayo by’Abamillerite.

> “The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders was a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second angels’ messages. …

> Ekitangaala eky’enjawulo ekyaweebwa Yokaana, ekyategeezebwa mu bitomerero by’enkuba musanvu, kyali kulambulula ebintu ebyandibaddewo wansi w’obubaka bw’amalayika asooka n’ow’okubiri. ...

> “After these seven thunders uttered their voices, the injunction comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little book: ‘Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered.’ These relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.

> Luvannyuma lw’ebiraka bino musanvu bwe byayogera n’eddoboozi byabyo, ekiragiro kijja eri Yokaana ng’ekyajja eri Danyeri ku nsonga z’ekitabo ekitono: ‘Komya ebyo ebiraka musanvu bye byayogera.’ Ebyo bikwatagana n’ebintu eby’omu maaso ebigenda okubikkulirwa mu kulondolagana kwaabyo. The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.

All the reform movements parallel one another, and they are to be brought together “line upon line,” in order to illustrate the final reformatory movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The parable of the ten virgins illustrates the internal experience of God’s people in the Millerite movement and the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Entambula zonna ez’enkyukakyuka zifaanagana, era ziteekwa okugattibwa wamu, "olunyiriri ku lunyiriri," okulaga entambula ey’enkomerero ey’okutereeza ey’abantu 144,000. Enfumo y’abawala ekkumi elaga obumanyirivu obw’omunda bwa bantu ba Katonda mu ntambula ya Millerite ne mu ntambula ey’abantu 144,000.

> “The parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 also illustrates the experience of the Adventist people.” The Great Controversy, 393.

> Olugero lw’abawala ab’obugole kkumi oluli mu Matayo 25 era lulaga ebyo bye bayitamu abantu ba Abadiventisti. The Great Controversy, 393.

The work and message of both the Millerites and the one hundred and forty-four thousand is represented by the three angels of Revelation fourteen.

Omulimu n’obubaka bw’abombi Abawagizi ba Miller n’abantu emitwalo kkumi n’ena n’enkumi nnya bukiikirirwa bya bamalayika basatu b’Okubikkulirwa essuula eyekkumi n’enya.

> “I have had precious opportunities to obtain an experience. I have had an experience in the first, second, and third angels’ messages. The angels are represented as flying in the midst of heaven, proclaiming to the world a message of warning, and having a direct bearing upon the people living in the last days of this earth’s history. No one hears the voice of these angels, for they are a symbol to represent the people of God who are working in harmony with the universe of heaven. Men and women, enlightened by the Spirit of God, and sanctified through the truth, proclaim the three messages in their order.” Life Sketches, 429.

> Nnfunye emikisa egy’omuwendo okufuna obumanyirivu. Nnina obumanyirivu mu bubaka bw’abamalayika abasatu—ogusooka, ogw’okubiri, n’ogw’okusatu. Abamalayika balagiddwa nga banyonyi mu bbanga wakati mu ggulu, nga balangirira eri ensi obubaka bw’okulabula, obubaka obukwata butereevu ku bantu abali mu nnaku ez’oluvannyuma mu byafaayo by’ensi eno. Tewali awulira eddoboozi ly’abamalayika abo, kubanga bali akabonero akulaga abantu ba Katonda abakoleragana mu mirembe n’eggye ly’eggulu. Abasajja n’abakazi, abaazibwako omusana olw’Omwoyo wa Katonda, era abatukuzibwa mu mazima, balangirira obubaka obusatu mu nteekateeka yaabwo. Life Sketches, 429.

The prophetic events represented in Revelation chapter ten, are represented by the seven thunders. Those events mark where the divine is joined with the human. The “signs” that were identified by Christ in Matthew chapter twenty-four, Mark thirteen and Luke twenty-one represent the “signs” that ushered in the Millerite movement and represent a parallel testimony to the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The one hundred and forty-four thousand do not taste of death as represented by Enoch and Elijah. September 11, 2001, the “sign” that Christ identified as marking the arrival of the final generation of earth’s history, is identified in Luke chapter twenty-one. To be among that group that has been represented by Enoch and Elijah, who are called the one hundred and forty-four thousand requires that the “sign” and all that it represents is recognized.

Ebintu eby’obunnabbi eby’erabikiriziddwa mu Okubikkulirwa essuula ey’ekkumi byayimiririzibwa okubwatuka kw’enkuba omusanvu. Ebyo bimaka aw’Obwakatonda ne obuntu we bigattikira. “Obubonero” Kristo bwe yalaga mu Matayo essuula amakumi abiri mu nnya, Makko kkumi na ssatu ne Luka amakumi abiri mu gumu bukiikirira “obubonero” obwaleetawo entambuza eyayitibwa Millerite era bubeera obujulirwa obw’enkanankana ku entambuza y’ab’144,000. Ab’144,000 tebaryangako kufa nga bwe kyayimiririzibwa Enoki ne Eriya. Settemba 11, 2001, “akabonero” Kristo kye yalaga ng’akalaga okutuuka kwa mulembe ow’enkomerero mu byafaayo by’ensi, kalagiddwa mu Luka essuula amakumi abiri mu gumu. Okuba mu kibiina ekyo ekyayimiririzibwa Enoki ne Eriya, ekyayitibwa ab’144,000, kyetaagisa nti “akabonero” n’ebyonna bye kiraga bitegeerekebwa.

After Jesus led His disciples down through the history of the “signs” which ushered in the Millerite movement He then repeated and enlarged His historical testimony, by including a parable that represented the same history.

Oluvannyuma nga Yesu yalambuliza abayigirizwa be ebyafaayo by’obubonero ebyaleeta entandikwa y’ekibiina ky’Abamillerite, n’addamu n’agugaziya obujulirwa bwe obw’ebyafaayo, n’ateekamu olugero olulaga ebyafaayo ebyo bimu.

> And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21:29–33.

> N’abagamba olugero nti, Mulabe omuti gw’ettiini n’emiti gyonna; bwe gitandika okufulumya amakoola, mulaba ne mumanya mmwe mwennyini nti ekyeya kiri kumpi. Era nammwe, bwe mulaba ebyo nga bibaddewo, mumanye nti Obwakabaka bwa Katonda buli kumpi. Mazima mbagamba nti, omulembe guno tegujja kuggwaawo okutuusa ebintu byonna lwe binaatuukirizibwa. Eggulu n’ensi bijja kuggwaawo, naye ebigambo byange tebijja kuggwaawo. Lukka 21:29-33.

Jesus begins the parable by identifying a distinction between “the fig tree,” in the singular, and “all the trees.” The “fig tree,” is the covenant people, who in the last days is Laodicean Adventism, who profess to be the remnant people of God. The other “trees” were the Gentiles.

Yesu atandika olugero ng’alaga enjawukana wakati w’“omutuba”, ogumu, ne “emiti gyonna.” “Omutuba” ye bantu b’endagaano, ab’omu nnaku ez’oluvannyuma be Adiventisiti aba Lawodikiya, abeeyita nga be basigalawo ba Katonda. “Emiti emirala” gyayimirira bannamawanga.

> “Mark the cursing of the fig tree, representing the Jewish nation, covered with leaves of profession, but no fruit to be found thereon. The curse is pronounced upon the fig tree, which represents the moral, thinking, living agent, cursed of God, living as were the Jews for forty years after this event, yet dead. Mark, the other trees, representing the Gentiles, were not covered. They were leafless, making no pretension to having a knowledge of God. Their time of fruit-leaving was not yet.” Special Testimonies for Ministers and Workers, number 7, 59–61.

> Mulabe okukolimirwa kw’omutini, ogukiikirira eggwanga ly’Abayudaaya, ogwambadde amawaali ag’okwolesa okwewaana mu ddiini, naye nga tewali kibala ku gwo. Ekolimo lyayogerwa ku mutini, ogulaga omuntu alina obuvunaanyizibwa obw’eby’ettendo, alowooza era omulamu, naye ng’akolimiddwa Katonda, ng’akyali ng’ali mulamu nga bwe baali Abayudaaya okumala emyaka amakumi ana oluvannyuma lw’ekintu kino, kyokka nga afudde. Era mulabe nti emiti emirala, egyakiikirira Abamawanga, tegyabadde gikwese mu mawaali. Gyabadde tegalina mawaali, nga tezyeewaana kumanya Katonda. Ekiseera kyazo eky’okuzaala ebibala kyali kitenatuuka.

Laodicean Adventism in the last days is cursed, for though it professes to be the remnant people of God, its profession is fruitless. Jesus is making two interconnected, but different points in the passage. He is identifying the distinction between the professed people of God and the Gentiles, who do not profess to uphold the law of God, or possess the Spirit of Prophecy which are the characteristics of the remnant of the last days, which Laodicean Adventism professes to uphold. The leaves in the last days represent the claimed profession to be the remnant identified by John in the book of Revelation.

Obwadiventisiti bwa Laodokiya mu nnaku ez’enkomerero bwebuvumiddwa, kubanga wadde bwe bweeyita ng’ensigalira y’abantu ba Katonda, okweeyanjula kwabwo tekuleeta bibala. Yesu alaga ebintu bibiri ebigattagana naye eby’enjawulo mu kiwandiiko kino. Alaga enjawulo wakati w’abo abeeyita nti be bantu ba Katonda n’Abamawanga, abatagamba nti bakuuma etteeka lya Katonda, oba nti balina Omwoyo gw’Obunnabbi, ebyo bye bimanyikiro bya ensigalira ey’ennaku ez’enkomerero, bye Obwadiventisiti bwa Laodokiya bw’egamba nti bukuuma. Amakoola mu nnaku ez’enkomerero gakiikirira okweeyita okwo nti be ensigalira Yokaana gye yalambulula mu kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa.

> “The Gentile world was represented by the leafless, fruitless fig trees. The Gentiles were destitute, as were the Jews, of godliness, but they had not claimed to be in favor with God. They made no boast of exalted spirituality. They were blind in every sense to the ways and works of God, With them the time for figs was not yet. They were still looking forward to a day which would bring them light and hope.” Signs of the Times, February 15, 1899.

> Ensi y’Abamawanga yakiikirizibwa emiti gy’ettini egyetaaliko makoola era nga tezaalanga bibala. Abamawanga baali babulwa okutya Katonda, nga n’Abayudaaya bwe baali, naye tebaali beeyita nti bali mu kisa kya Katonda. Tebaali beewaana ku by’omwoyo ebyawaggulu. Baali bazibe b’amaaso mu buli ngeri eri enkubo za Katonda n’emirimu gye; eri bo, ekiseera ky’ettini tekyali kituuse. Baakyali balindirira olunaku olwalibaleetera ekitangaala n’essuubi. Signs of the Times, February 15, 1899.

The distinction between the fig tree and the other trees was given one other distinction by Christ. The time for the trees to bud out for the figs, was different than the time for the Gentiles trees to bud out. In the last days “two distinct calls are given to the churches,” and the first voice from the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen, identifies the time when the budding-out for the one hundred and forty-four thousand was to occur. The “second voice” of Revelation eighteen, represents when the other trees were to bud out.

Yesu Kristo yongera n’alaga enjawulo endala wakati w’omuti gw’omukuuyu n’emiti emirala. Ekiseera emiti gy’emikuuyu lwe gifulumya obukoola kyali kya njawulo ku kiseera emiti gy’Abamawanga lwe gifulumya obukoola. Mu nnaku ez’enkomerero, “okuyita okubiri okw’enjawulo kuweebwa amakanisa,” era eddoboozi erisooka eriva eri malaika ey’Okubikkulirwa essuula kkumi n’omunaana liraga ekiseera lwe kyandibaddewo okufulumya obukoola kw’abo 144,000. “Eddoboozi ery’okubiri” ery’Okubikkulirwa essuula kkumi n’omunaana liraga ekiseera emiti emirala lwe gifulumya obukoola.

In Christ’s day the Jews were the fig tree, the Gentiles were the other trees. In Millerite history the Protestants were the fig tree, and the Millerites were the other trees. In the last days, Laodicean Adventism is the fruitless fig tree which is removed from Jerusalem (the vineyard), and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are the fig trees that bears fruit. God’s other children who are still in Babylon are represented as the Gentiles.

Mu nnaku za Kristo Abayudaaya be baali omuti gw’ettini, ate Ab’amawanga be baali emiti emirala. Mu byafaayo by’Abamillerite, Abaprotestanti be baali omuti gw’ettini, ate Abamillerite be baali emiti emirala. Mu nnaku ez’enkomerero, Adiventizimu wa Lawodikiya ye muti gw’ettini ogutazaala bibala oguggyibwa okuva e Yerusaalemi (ennimiro y’emizabbibu), ate 144,000 be emiti gy’ettini ezizaala ebibala. Abaana ba Katonda abalala abakyali mu Babulooni bakiikirizibwa ng’Ab’amawanga.

A “gentile,” by definition is a “stranger.” The gentile trees are dormant (dead), bearing no buds or fruit at the time the fig tree buds out and comes to life. A dormant tree is a dry tree, and when the Gentiles are called to come out of Babylon, by the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, they will then choose to keep the seventh-day Sabbath and enter into covenant with the Lord.

‘Munnaggwanga,’ mu makulu, ategeeza ‘mugenyi.’ Emiti gy’Abannaggwanga gibeera mu butulo (nga gifudde), nga tegifulumya bimuli newankubadde bibala, mu kiseera omutini lwe gutandika okufulumya ebimuli ne gukomawo mu bulamu. Omuti oguli mu butulo guba mukalu, era Abannaggwanga bwe bayitibwa okuva mu Babulooni, mu ddoboozi ery’okubiri eriri mu Kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa, omutwe ogw’ekkumi n’omunaana, balondawo okukuuma Ssabbiiti y’olunaku olw’omusanvu era bayingire mu ndagaano ne Mukama.

> Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. Isaiah 56:3–7.

> Omwana w’omunnaggwanga eyeyungize ku Mukama aleme okwogera nti, Mukama ansazeeko ddala okuva mu bantu be; era omusajja eyasogolwa aleme okugamba nti, Laba, ndi muti oguwotoka. Kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama eri abasajja abasogolwa abakuumanga ennaku zange eza Ssabbiiti, era abalondanga ebinsanyusa, ne bakwatanga ku ndagaano yange; Nabo ndibawa mu nnyumba yange ne mu bbugwe byange ekifo n’erinnya erisinga ery’abatabani n’abawala: ndibawa erinnya ery’emirembe gyonna, eritaliggwaawo. Ate n’abaana b’omunnaggwanga abeyunga ku Mukama okumuweereza, n’okwagala erinnya lya Mukama, babe abaddu be, buli omu akuumanga Ssabbiiti obutagikolobya, era akwatanga ku ndagaano yange; N’abo ndibaleeta ku lusozi lwange olutukuvu, ne mbasanyusa mu nnyumba yange ey’okusabiramu: ebiweebwayo byabwe ebyokebwa n’ebiweebwayo byabwe birikkirizibwa ku kyoto kyange; kubanga ennyumba yange eriyitibwa ennyumba ey’okusabiramu eri abantu bonna. Isaaya 56:3-7.

A stranger is a “gentile,” and the “second voice” calls them to come out of Babylon, and they are brought to God’s holy mountain, it will then be His “holy” mountain, for the wheat and tares will have been separated by the testing process represented in the history of the “first voice”. When they come to the mountain of the Lord in the last days, the Gentiles will no longer be strangers, or dry trees.

Omugwira ye “omunnaggwanga,” ate “eddoboozi ery’okubiri” libayita okuva mu Babulooni, ne batwalibwa ku lusozi olutukuvu lwa Katonda; olwo lunaaba olusozi lwe “olutukuvu,” kubanga eŋŋaano n’ebisagazi binaabanga byawuliddwa mu mutendera gw’okugezesa ogw’alagibwa mu byafaayo by’ “eddoboozi eryasooka.” Bwe banaatuuka ku lusozi lwa Mukama mu nnaku ez’oluvannyuma, Abannaggwanga tebaliba bakyali abagwira newaakubadde emiti emikalu.

> The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. Joel 3:15–17.

> Enjuba n’omwezi birizikizibwa, n’emmunyeenye ziriggyawo okwaka kwazo. Naye Mukama aneemulugunya okuva e Sayuuni, era ayogerera eddoboozi lye okuva e Yerusaalemi; eggulu n’ensi binaakankana: naye Mukama aliba essuubi ly’abantu be, era amaanyi g’abaana ba Isirayiri. Bwe mutyo munaamanya nti nze Mukama Katonda wammwe, ntuula e Sayuuni, olusozi lwange olutukuvu: awo Yerusaalemi eriba ettukuvu, era tewaliba bagenyi bayitamu mu yo nate. Yoweeri 3:15-17.

The ushering in of the history where the “second voice” calls God’s other flock out of Babylon has “signs” that were typified by the signs of the Millerite movement. In Matthew chapter twenty-four, Mark chapter thirteen and Luke chapter twenty-one Christ’s testimony that we are considering is set forth. In each of those three witnesses one of the “signs” identified is that the powers of heaven shall be shaken, but in Joel’s representation of the “signs” which identify when Jerusalem shall be “holy”, both “the heavens and the earth shall shake.”

Okutandika kw’ebyafaayo mwe “ddoboozi ery’okubiri” liyita ekisibo ekirala kya Katonda okuva mu Babulooni, kulina “obubonero” obwafaananyizibwa mu bubonero bw’ekibiina ky’Abamillerite. Mu Matayo essuula amakumi abiri mu nnya, Makko essuula kkumi na ssatu ne Luka essuula amakumi abiri mu emu, obujulizi bwa Kristo bwe tukebera buteekeddwawo. Mu buli omu ku “bajulizi” abo basatu, omu ku “bubonero” obulondeddwa kwe kuba nti amaanyi ag’eggulu gunaanyegenyebwa; naye mu kulaga kwa Yoweeri ku “bubonero” obulambulula ebbanga Yerusaalemi lwe “eriba entukuvu”, “eggulu n’ensi byombi binaanyegenyebwa”.

Joel is identifying the perfect fulfillment of the predicted “signs” that occur when Jerusalem is holy. That time is when the Lord has removed the sins from the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and the church of Laodicea has transitioned to the movement of Philadelphia. It is then that the sixth movement (Philadelphia), becomes the eighth movement (Philadelphia), that is of the seven churches. It is then that the Church Militant becomes the Church Triumphant. The Church Militant is a label for God’s church that is composed of the wheat and the tares. The Church Triumphant is God’s holy mountain that is “holy,” and “no strangers pass through her anymore.”

Joel alambulula okutuukirira ddala kw’ “obubonero” obwategeezebwa obuberaawo nga Yerusaalemi eba mutukuvu. Ekiseera ekyo kye kiba nga Mukama aggyewo ebibi ku 144,000, era ekkanisa eya Laodicea ekyuse n’efuuka ekibiina kya Philadelphia. Mu kiseera ekyo, ekibiina eky’omukaaga (Philadelphia) kifuuka ekibiina eky’omunaana (Philadelphia), mu makkanisa omusanvu. Mu kiseera ekyo, Ekkanisa ey’olutalo efuuka Ekkanisa ey’obuwanguzi. Ekigambo “Ekkanisa ey’olutalo” kikwata ku kkanisa ya Katonda erimu ngaano n’ebisagazi. “Ekkanisa ey’obuwanguzi” ye lusozi lutukuvu lwa Katonda oluli “lutukuvu,” era “tewali mugwira ayitamu nate mu yo.”

The ushering in of the ensign that is lifted up, which is the Church Triumphant, which is the “eighth that is of the seven”, which is when Jerusalem is “holy”, is accompanied by “signs.” In order for Jesus to provide the point of reference for His people to recognize the life or death “sign,” that identifies the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, He employed trees and the natural cycle of a tree’s life to teach the all-important lesson.

Okuleetebwa kwa bbendera eririnuddwa waggulu, ekyo kye bayita Ekkanisa Ey'obuwanguzi, "omunaana ogw'omu musanvu", ekiseera Yerusaalemi lwe "etukuvu", kujja nga ne "obubonero." Okusobola Yesu okuwa abantu be eky'okulabirako n'okwesigamako ekiyamba okutegeera "akabonero" ak'obulamu oba okufa, akalaga okuteekebwako akabonero kw'abo 144,000, yakozesa emiti n'enkyukakyuka za bulijjo mu bulamu bw'omuti mu butonde bwagwo okuyigiriza essomo ery'esinga obukulu.

> “Christ had bidden His people watch for the signs of His advent and rejoice as they should behold the tokens of their coming King. ‘When these things begin to come to pass,’ He said, ‘then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.’ He pointed His followers to the budding trees of spring, and said: ‘When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.’ Luke 21:28, 30, 31.” The Great Controversy, 308.

> Kristo yali alagidde abantu be okulindirira n’okwegendereza obubonero bw’okukomawo kwe, era basanyuke bwe banaalaba obubonero obulaga nti Kabaka waabwe ajja. ‘Bino bwe bitandika okutuukirira,’ n’agamba, ‘mutunule waggulu, era mulyemezze emmitwe gyammwe; kubanga okununulibwa kwammwe kusemberedde.’ N’ayolesa abamugoberera be emiti egitandika okufulumya amakoola mu ntandikwa y’omwaka, n’agamba: ‘Bwe gitandika kaakano okufulumya amakoola, mmwe mwennyini mubiraba ne mumanya nga ebbanga ly’omusana liri kumpi. Bwe kityo nammwe, bwe mulaba bino nga bituukirira, mumanye nti obwakabaka bwa Katonda buli kumpi.’ Lukka 21:28, 30, 31. Empaka Enkulu, 308.

When the trees of Spring begin to bud out, Summer is near.

Bwe emiti egy’ekiseera kya Spring gitandika okutuma ebikoola, Summer eri kumpi.

> The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Jeremiah 8:20.

> Ekiseera ky’okukungula kiyiseewo, ekiseera ky’omusana kiwedde, naye tetuununuddwa. Yeremiya 8:20.

The budding trees identify that it is Spring, and we then know Summer is near, and it is in the Summer when the harvest is gathered.

Emiti nga gitandika okufulumya ebikoola ebipya giraga nti kye kiseera kya Spring, era ne tumanya nti Summer eri kumpi, era mu Summer mwe bakuŋŋaanya omwero.

> The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Matthew 13:39.

> Omulabe eyasiga ebyo ye Setaani; ekkungula kye enkomerero y’ensi; n’abakunguzi be bamalayika. Matayo 13:39.

The harvest is at the end of the world. When the trees begin to bud out, you are required to know that the end of the world is imminent.

Enkungula eri ku nkomerero y’ensi. Bwe emiti gitandika okussaamu obukoola, osaanidde okumanya nti nkomerero y’ensi eri kumpi okutuuka.

> “One saying of the Saviour must not be made to destroy another. Though no man knoweth the day nor the hour of His coming, we are instructed and required to know when it is near. We are further taught that to disregard His warning, and refuse or neglect to know when His advent is near, will be as fatal for us as it was for those who lived in the days of Noah not to know when the flood was coming.” The Great Controversy, 371.

> Ekigambo kimu eky’Omulokozi tekiteekwa kukozesebwa okuzikiriza ekirala. Newankubadde tewali muntu amanyi olunaku wadde essaawa ey’okujja kwe, tulagiriddwa era tuteekeddwa okumanya nga okujja kwe kuli okumpi. Era tuyigizibwa nti okugayaalirira okulabula kwe, n’okugaana oba okugayaalirira okumanya nga okujja kwe kuli okumpi, kijja kutuzikiriza ng’ekyali eri abo abaabeeranga mu nnaku za Nuuwa, abataamanya nti amataba gaali gagenda okujja. The Great Controversy, 371.

We will continue our study of Luke chapter twenty-one in the next article.

Tujja kugenda mu maaso n’okusoma kwaffe ku kitabo kya Luka essuula amakumi abiri mu emu mu kiwandiko ekiddako.

> “I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations.” Early Writings, 41.

> Nnalaba nti obuyinza bw’ensi kati bukankanyizibwa, era nti ebintu bijja mu ntegeka yaabyo. Entalo, n’ebyogerwa ku ntalo, ekitala, enjala, ne kawumpuli, bye biri okusooka okukankanya obuyinza bw’ensi; oluvannyuma eddoboozi lya Katonda lijja okukankanya enjuba, omwezi n’emmunyeenye, n’ensi eno nayo. Nnalaba nti okukankanyizibwa kw’obuyinza mu Yuroopu si, nga bwe bayigiriza abamu, kukankanyizibwa kw’obuyinza bw’eggulu, wabula kwe kukankanyizibwa kw’amawanga asunguwadde. Ebyawandiikibwa eby’Olubereberye, 41.

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