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

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The Threefold Alliance of Rome: Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of the Trumpets in Revelation

Penggabungan Tiga Serangkai Roma: Menyingkap Kepentingan Nubuatan Sangkakala-sangkakala dalam Wahyu

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 1, 2024

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Islam of the first and second woes of Revelation chapter nine represented the judgment that was brought upon Rome. William Miller had called the trumpets, “the peculiar judgments” which were brought upon Rome, but Miller could not see Modern Rome, as the threefold alliance which leads the world to Armageddon. Uriah Smith recognized the trumpets represented God’s judgment upon Rome, and that the fifth and sixth trumpets (first and second Woes), were judgments upon the Catholic church.

Silamo ya bohlano le ya botšhelela ya Kutollo kgaolo ya senyane e ne e emela kahlolo yeo e ilego ya tlišwa godimo ga Roma. William Miller o be a biditše diphalafala tšeo “dikahlolo tše di kgethegilego” tšeo di ilego tša tlišwa godimo ga Roma, eupša Miller o be a sa kgone go bona Roma ya Mehleng yeno bjalo ka kgwerano ya makga a mararo yeo e išago lefase Armagedone. Uriah Smith o ile a lemoga gore diphalafala di emela kahlolo ya Modimo godimo ga Roma, le gore phalafala ya bohlano le ya botšhelela (dikotlo tša pele le tša bobedi), e be e le dikahlolo godimo ga kereke ya Katolika.

> “For an exposition of this trumpet, we shall again draw from the writings of Mr. Keith. This writer truthfully says: ‘There is scarcely so uniform an agreement among interpreters concerning any other part of the Apocalypse as respecting the application of the fifth and sixth trumpets, or the first and second woes, to the Saracens and Turks. It is so obvious that it can scarcely be misunderstood. Instead of a verse or two designating each, the whole of the ninth chapter of the Revelation in equal portions, is occupied with a description of both.

> “Bagi suatu penjelasan tentang sangkakala ini, kita sekali lagi akan merujuk kepada tulisan-tulisan Tuan Keith. Penulis ini dengan benar berkata: ‘Hampir tidak ada persetujuan yang begitu seragam di antara para penafsir mengenai bagian lain mana pun dari Wahyu sebagaimana berkenaan dengan penerapan sangkakala kelima dan keenam, atau celaka pertama dan kedua, kepada orang Saracen dan Turki. Hal itu begitu nyata sehingga hampir tidak mungkin disalahpahami. Sebagai ganti satu atau dua ayat yang menunjuk masing-masing, seluruh pasal kesembilan kitab Wahyu, dalam bagian-bagian yang sama, diisi dengan suatu uraian mengenai keduanya.”

> “‘The Roman empire declined, as it arose, by conquest; but the Saracens and the Turks were the instruments by which a false religion became the scourge of an apostate church; and hence, instead of the fifth and sixth trumpets, like the former, being designated by that name alone, they are called woes.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

> “‘Empayar Rom merosot, sebagaimana ia bangkit, melalui penaklukan; tetapi orang Saracen dan orang Turki adalah alat yang melaluinya suatu agama palsu menjadi cambuk bagi suatu gereja yang murtad; dan oleh sebab itu, sebagai ganti sangkakala kelima dan keenam, seperti yang terdahulu, ditandai oleh nama itu sahaja, keduanya disebut malapetaka.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

What Miller and Smith did not recognize about the trumpets as God’s judgment upon Rome, was that those judgments were brought about by the enforcement of the worship of the sun. In the year 321, Constantine passed the first Sunday law, and nine years later he moved the capital from the city of Rome, to the city of Constantinople, thus initiating the process of disintegration of the Roman Empire. In Daniel chapter eleven, pagan Rome was to rule supremely for a “time,” which represented the three hundred and sixty years, from the Battle of Actium, in the year 31 BC, unto the year 330, when Constantine divided the kingdom into the West and the East.

Chinang ati leh Smith di kinbawmlo hriatna cu, tingtang pawl cu Rome cungah Pathian thuthennak an si timi ah, cu thuthennak pawl cu ni biaknak hngetpiaknak ruangah a ra thleng mi an si ti a si. Kum 321 ah Constantine cun Sunday upadan hmasa bik a tuah ih, kum kua hnuah cun ram khawpi cu Rome khua ihsin Constantinople khua ah a sawn, culeh cuticun Roman Empire thehthang zet in a darhbalnak hna a hramthok. Daniel bung 11 chungah, pagan Rome cu “a caan” sung lawng ah uk awknak sang bik nei dingin rel a si ih, cumi cun kum zathum sawmruk, Actium doawknak kum 31 BC ihsin kum 330 tiang, khami kum ah Constantine cun ram cu Thlanglam le Niti lamah a then liam, timi a aiawh a si.

> He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.

> Ia akan masuk dengan aman bahkan ke tempat-tempat yang paling subur di wilayah itu; dan ia akan melakukan apa yang belum pernah dilakukan oleh nenek moyangnya, maupun oleh nenek moyang leluhurnya; ia akan membagikan di antara mereka jarahan, rampasan, dan kekayaan: ya, ia akan merancang tipu dayanya terhadap benteng-benteng pertahanan, tetapi hanya untuk suatu waktu. Daniel 11:24.

During those three hundred and sixty years, the Roman Empire was essentially invincible, but once the capital was moved to the East, the ability to govern such a massive empire was no longer possible. Constantine tried to maintain control by dividing the kingdom between his three sons, but that only furthered the crumbling of the former empire.

पृथ्वीमा करिब तीन सय साठी वर्षसम्म रोमी साम्राज्य मूलतः अजेय थियो, तर राजधानी पूर्वतिर सारिएपछि यति विशाल साम्राज्यमाथि शासन गर्ने क्षमता अब सम्भव रहेन। कन्स्टान्टिनले राज्यलाई आफ्ना तीन पुत्रहरूबीच विभाजन गरेर नियन्त्रण कायम राख्ने प्रयास गरे, तर त्यसले केवल पूर्ववर्ती साम्राज्यको विघटनलाई अझ तीव्र बनायो।

When the papacy took the throne of the earth in the year 538, at the third Council of Orleans a Sunday law was passed. Thus, in the year 606, Mohammed began his prophetic ministry, and symbolically represented the trumpet that was to be what the historians identify as a “scourge of an apostate church.” The history of the first and second woes, beginning with the ministry of Mohammed in the year 606, concluded on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet sounded.

Papasi mengambil takhta bumi pada tahun 538, dan pada Konsili Orléans yang ketiga suatu undang-undang hari Ahad telah ditetapkan. Demikianlah, pada tahun 606, Mohammed memulakan pelayanan kenabiannya, dan secara simbolik melambangkan sangkakala yang oleh para sejarawan dikenal pasti sebagai “cemeti bagi gereja yang murtad.” Sejarah celaka yang pertama dan yang kedua, yang bermula dengan pelayanan Mohammed pada tahun 606, berakhir pada 22 Oktober 1844, apabila sangkakala yang ketujuh dibunyikan.

> The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:14, 15.

> បាបវេទនាទីពីរបានកន្លងផុតទៅហើយ; ហើយមើលចុះ បាបវេទនាទីបីកំពុងមកយ៉ាងឆាប់រហ័ស។ រួចទេវតាទីប្រាំពីរបានផ្លុំត្រែឡើង; ហើយមានសំឡេងដ៏ខ្លាំងៗនៅស្ថានសួគ៌ កំពុងនិយាយថា នគរទាំងឡាយនៃលោកិយនេះបានក្លាយទៅជានគររបស់ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃយើង និងរបស់ព្រះគ្រីស្ទរបស់ទ្រង់ហើយ; ហើយទ្រង់នឹងសោយរាជ្យអស់កល្បជានិច្ចតទៅ។ វិវរណៈ 11:14, 15.

During the history of the first two Woes, Constantinople, the capital of eastern Rome, was conquered in 1453, and papal Rome in the west was delivered its deadly wound in 1798. The “scourge of an apostate church,” had brought down both civil and religious Rome. The threefold union of Modern Rome is accomplished at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States.

Sepanjang sejarah dua Celaka yang pertama, Konstantinopel, ibu kota Rom Timur, telah ditaklukkan pada tahun 1453, dan Roma kepausan di barat telah menerima lukanya yang mematikan pada tahun 1798. “Cambuk bagi gereja yang murtad” itu telah meruntuhkan baik Roma sipil mahupun Roma keagamaan. Kesatuan tiga serangkai Roma Moden disempurnakan pada undang-undang Ahad yang bakal datang di Amerika Syarikat.

> “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, 588.

> “Golongan Protestan di Amerika Syarikat akan menjadi yang terdepan dalam menghulurkan tangan mereka merentasi jurang untuk menyambut tangan Spiritualisme; mereka akan menjangkau merentasi jurang yang dalam untuk berjabat tangan dengan kuasa Rom; dan di bawah pengaruh kesatuan tiga serangkai ini, negara ini akan mengikut jejak langkah Rom dalam menginjak-injak hak hati nurani.” The Great Controversy, 588.

At that time, Islam of the third Woe will accomplish God’s judgment against Modern Rome for its enforcement of Sunday worship, as He did with pagan Rome, and papal Rome. With pagan Rome He employed the first four trumpets to bring an end to Roman rulership in the capital of western Rome by the year 476, for after the year 476, no ruler of the city was of Roman lineage. By 1453 the fifth trumpet of Islam brought Roman rulership of eastern Rome to an end. By 1798, papal rulership of the former tenfold division of the nations of Europe was brought to an end in the history of the sixth trumpet of Islam. The demise of the civil kingdom of Rome, both west and east, and the religious kingdom of Rome was brought about following the enforcement of the pagan worship of the sun.

Pada waktu itu, Islam dari Celaka yang ketiga akan melaksanakan penghakiman Allah terhadap Roma Modern karena penegakannya atas peribadatan hari Minggu, sebagaimana Ia melakukannya terhadap Roma kafir dan Roma kepausan. Terhadap Roma kafir Ia memakai keempat sangkakala yang pertama untuk mengakhiri pemerintahan Romawi di ibu kota Roma barat pada tahun 476, sebab setelah tahun 476 tidak ada lagi penguasa kota itu yang berasal dari garis keturunan Romawi. Pada tahun 1453 sangkakala kelima, yaitu Islam, mengakhiri pemerintahan Romawi atas Roma timur. Menjelang tahun 1798, pemerintahan kepausan atas bekas pembagian sepuluh bangsa-bangsa Eropa diakhiri dalam sejarah sangkakala keenam, yaitu Islam. Keruntuhan kerajaan sipil Roma, baik di barat maupun di timur, dan kerajaan agama Roma terjadi setelah penegakan penyembahan kafir kepada matahari.

> “The people of the United States have been a favored people; but when they restrict religious liberty, surrender Protestantism, and give countenance to popery, the measure of their guilt will be full, and ‘national apostasy’ will be registered in the books of heaven. The result of this apostasy will be national ruin.” Review and Herald, May 2, 1893.

> “Orang-orang Amerika Syarikat telah menjadi suatu bangsa yang dikurniakan keistimewaan; tetapi apabila mereka menyekat kebebasan beragama, menyerahkan Protestanisme, dan memberi dukungan kepada kepausan, maka ukuran kesalahan mereka akan menjadi genap, dan ‘kemurtadan nasional’ akan dicatatkan dalam kitab-kitab syurga. Hasil daripada kemurtadan ini ialah kebinasaan nasional.” Review and Herald, 2 Mei 1893.

The triple application of prophecy establishes the characteristic of the final fulfillment of the prophecy based upon the characteristics of the first two fulfillments. On September 11, 2001 the third Woe arrived in history. It had initially arrived on October 22, 1844, for the third Woe is the seventh trumpet, and that trumpet began to sound at that time. But as with ancient Israel, modern Israel chose rebellion and brought about a period of wandering in the wilderness instead of finishing the work. The sealing time of the third angel was therefore delayed, until it began again on September 11, 2001.

A ts’ɔ nyɛmi wɔ́ nyɛgbi lɛ́ nyɛ mi pee ni tsui kɛ ji kɛ́ nyɛ mi lɛ́ baatsɛ shishiã tsãtɛ lɛ́, kɛ nyɛ mi pee ni tsui lɛ́ baatsɛ shishiã tsãtɛ lɛ́. Kɛ September 11, 2001, Nɛkɛtsɛ a etsɛ lɛ́ ba ni mli shihilɛ mli. Eba kɛ October 22, 1844, tsã, hewɔ̀ lɛ́ Nɛkɛtsɛ a etsɛ lɛ́ ye trumpɛt a eniyɛ lɛ́, eye trumpɛt enɛ hewɔ̀ lɛ́ ehiã kɛ gbɛi lɛ́. Nii kɛ nɔ Israel tsã lɛ́, Israel a gbi lɛ́ baŋ lɛ́ tsuo he nɔ wɔn ni jiŋmɔ, kɛ ehiã lɛ́ wɔtaa shihilɛ wɔ́ gbɛjɛ mli kɛ́ wɔkɛ shwɛ mli he wɔ́ nuumo lɛ́. Etsɛ lɛ́, mra a etsɛ lɛ́ a nyɔŋmɔ a etsɛ lɛ́ lɛ́ hewɔ̀ lɛ́ eyaa, hewɔ̀ lɛ́ eba ehiã afreshi kɛ September 11, 2001.

> “For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord’s professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years.” Selected Messages, book 2, 69.

> “Selama empat puluh tahun ketidakpercayaan, persungutan, dan pemberontakan telah menghalang Israel purba daripada memasuki tanah Kanaan. Dosa-dosa yang sama telah menangguhkan kemasukan Israel moden ke dalam Kanaan syurgawi. Dalam kedua-dua hal itu, janji-janji Allah sama sekali tidak bersalah. Ketidakpercayaan, keduniawian, ketidakpentahbisan, dan persengketaan dalam kalangan umat Tuhan yang mengaku sebagai milik-Nya itulah yang telah menahan kita di dunia dosa dan dukacita ini sekian lamanya.” Selected Messages, buku 2, 69.

God does not change, and He judges according to the available light. Modern Israel had more available light than ancient Israel, and we are informed “the same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan.” If modern Israel was only held accountable to the light which ancient Israel was held accountable to, it would have been enough, but they had more light. Therefore, if it was the “same sins” that caused “ancient Israel” to wander in the wilderness for “forty years,” then not only was modern Israel banished to the “wilderness” in the rebellion of 1863, but they were just as certainly destined to die there. Their “sins” have delayed the work of the third angel until now.

Бог не се менува, и Тој суди според достапната светлина. Современиот Израел имал повеќе достапна светлина отколку древниот Израел, и ние сме известени дека „истите гревови го одложиле влезот на современиот Израел во небесниот Ханаан.“ Ако современиот Израел бил повикан на одговорност само за светлината за која бил повикан на одговорност древниот Израел, и тоа би било доволно, но тие имале повеќе светлина. Затоа, ако токму „истите гревови“ биле причината „древниот Израел“ да талка во пустината „четириесет години,“ тогаш современиот Израел не само што бил протеран во „пустината“ при бунтот од 1863 година, туку исто така, со еднаква сигурност, бил определен таму да умре. Нивните „гревови“ го одложиле делото на третиот ангел сѐ до сега.

> “Said the angel, ‘The third angel is binding, or sealing, them in bundles for the heavenly garner.’ This little company looked careworn, as if they had passed through severe trials and conflicts. And it appeared as if the sun had just risen from behind a cloud and shone upon their countenances, causing them to look triumphant, as if their victories were nearly won.” Early Writings, 88.

> “दूत ने कहा, ‘तीसरा दूत उन्हें स्वर्गीय भंडार के लिए गट्ठरों में बाँध रहा है, अर्थात उन पर मुहर लगा रहा है।’ यह छोटा-सा समूह चिन्ताग्रस्त दिखाई देता था, मानो वे कठोर परीक्षाओं और संघर्षों में से होकर गुज़रे हों। और ऐसा प्रतीत होता था मानो सूर्य अभी-अभी बादल के पीछे से निकलकर उनके मुखमण्डलों पर चमका हो, जिससे वे विजयी दिखाई देते थे, मानो उनकी विजय लगभग प्राप्त हो चुकी हो।” Early Writings, 88.

The same sins that banished ancient Israel to die in the wilderness have delayed the work of the third angel who arrived on October 22, 1844.

Dibe le dibe tšeo di ilego tša lelekela Isiraele ya bogologolo gore e yo hwa lešokeng, ke tšona tšeo di diegišitšego mošomo wa morongwa wa boraro yo a fihlilego ka la 22 Diphalane, 1844.

> “After Jesus opened the door of the most holy, the light of the Sabbath was seen, and the people of God were tested, as the children of Israel were tested anciently, to see if they would keep God’s law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the disappointed ones the way to the holiest of the heavenly sanctuary. As they by faith enter the most holy, they find Jesus, and hope and joy spring up anew. I saw them looking back, reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down through their experience to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and certainty again animate them. The third angel has lighted up the past, the present, and the future, and they know that God has indeed led them by His mysterious providence.” Early Writings, 254.

> “येसु ले जब महासन्तस्थानको ढोका खोल्नुभयो, तब शबाथको ज्योति देखियो, र परमेश्वरका जनहरू परीक्षित भए, जसरी प्राचीनकालमा इस्राएलका सन्तानहरू परीक्षित भएका थिए, यो हेर्न कि के तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरको व्यवस्था पालन गर्नेछन्। मैले तेस्रो स्वर्गदूतलाई माथितर्फ संकेत गर्दै, निराश भएकाहरूलाई स्वर्गीय पवित्रस्थानको महासन्तस्थानतर्फ जाने बाटो देखाइरहेको देखें। जब तिनीहरू विश्वासद्वारा महासन्तस्थानमा प्रवेश गर्छन्, तिनीहरूले येसुलाई भेट्टाउँछन्, र आशा तथा आनन्द फेरि नयाँ गरी उम्लन्छ। मैले तिनीहरूलाई पछाडि फर्केर हेर्दै, विगतको पुनरावलोकन गर्दै, येसुको दोस्रो आगमनको घोषणादेखि लिएर सन् 1844 मा समय बितिसक्दासम्मको आफ्नो अनुभवलाई सम्झँदै गरेको देखें। तिनीहरूले आफ्नो निराशाको व्याख्या भएको देख्छन्, र आनन्द तथा निश्चितताले फेरि तिनीहरूलाई प्रेरित गर्छ। तेस्रो स्वर्गदूतले विगत, वर्तमान, र भविष्यलाई आलोकित गरेको छ, र तिनीहरू जान्दछन् कि परमेश्वरले साँच्चै नै आफ्नै रहस्यमय व्यवस्थाद्वारा तिनीहरूलाई अगुवाइ गर्नुभएको छ।” Early Writings, 254.

The third angel is the sealing angel, and he arrived on October 22, 1844, but his work was delayed by the same sins that caused ancient Israel to die in the wilderness. The delay caused by the rebellion of 1863, was a delaying of the work of the third angel, and therefore the sealing has been hindered and delayed for over one hundred years.

Malaikat yang ketiga ialah malaikat pemeteraian, dan dia tiba pada 22 Oktober 1844, tetapi pekerjaannya telah ditangguhkan oleh dosa-dosa yang sama yang menyebabkan Israel purba mati di padang gurun. Penangguhan yang disebabkan oleh pemberontakan tahun 1863 merupakan suatu penangguhan terhadap pekerjaan malaikat yang ketiga, dan oleh itu pemeteraian itu telah terhalang dan tertangguh selama lebih daripada seratus tahun.

> “[Numbers 32:6–15, quoted.] The Lord God is a jealous God, yet He bears long with the sins and transgressions of His people in this generation. If the people of God had walked in His counsel, the work of God would have advanced, the messages of truth would have been borne to all people that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Had the people of God believed Him and been doers of His word, had they kept His commandments, the angel would not have come flying through heaven with the message to the four angels that were to let loose the winds that they should blow upon the earth crying, Hold, hold the four winds that they blow not upon the earth until I have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads. But because the people are disobedient, unthankful, unholy, as were ancient Israel, time is prolonged that all may hear the last message of mercy proclaimed with a loud voice. The Lord’s work has been hindered, the sealing time delayed. Many have not heard the truth. But the Lord will give them a chance to hear and be converted, and the great work of God will go forward.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 292.

> “[Nomoro 32:6–15, e di nopat.] Ka∙sako Isol an∙chingna mikrakgipa Isol ong∙a, indiba Ua ia chasongo An∙tangni manderangni paprangko aro niam pe∙anirangko neng∙nikbee chakchikenga. Isolni manderang Uni ku∙pattianio re∙angahaode, Isolni kamrang mikkangchi songgipa ong∙genchim, bebeko ra∙chakani kattarang a∙gilsak gimiko donggipa pilak manderangona ra∙angako man∙genchim. Isolni manderang Uko bebera∙ahaode aro Uni kattani dakgiparang ong∙ahaode, uamang Uni ge∙etanirangko rakkiahaode, salgio ga∙akgipa sa∙greba chongmotan a∙gilsakni kosako wa∙alrangko galchina donggipa bri sa∙grerangna ia kattako ra∙e re∙bajagenchim—uamang a∙gilsakni kosako wa∙alrangko galchina krikgipa chasongo indine agane, Chanchibo, chanchibo, bri wa∙alrangko; angni Isolni nokkolrangni mikrakmangko nikmanchengaona a∙gilsakni kosako uarangko galbo nangja. Indiba manderang kattagri, mitelgrigipa, rongtalgrigipa ong∙a maina, skanggipa Israel gita, uni gimin somoi salangako man∙enga, jate pilak manderang ka∙sachakani bon∙kamgipa kattako bilakgipa ku∙rachakani gita aganako knachakna man∙gen. Jokatgipani kam siatako man∙aha, nikmanani somoi ba∙sakaona salangako man∙aha. Bang∙a manderang bebeko knachakjaha. Indiba Jokatgipa uamangna knachakna aro pilakni jokataniko man∙na chansko on∙gen, aro Isolni dal∙gipa kam mikkangchi re∙anggen.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 292.

On September 11, 2001 the third angel arrived again, and the sealing time which had been delayed since the rebellion of 1863, began again. It was the arrival of Islam of the third Woe, which is also the seventh trumpet that marks the beginning of the sealing time. The sealing time began with the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet began to sound, but that trumpet was hindered and delayed.

Ka la 11 Loetse, 2001, lengeloi la boraro le ile la fihla hape, ’me nako ea ho tiisa, e neng e liehile ho tloha bofetoheling ba 1863, ea qala hape. E ne e le ho fihla ha Boislamo ba bomalimabe ba boraro, boo hape e leng terompeta ea bosupa e tšoaeang qalo ea nako ea ho tiisa. Nako ea ho tiisa e ile ea qala ka ho fihla ha lengeloi la boraro ka la 22 Mphalane, 1844, ha terompeta ea bosupa e qala ho lla, empa terompeta eo e ile ea sitisoa ’me ea liehisoa.

> And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:5–7.

> Malaikat yang kulihat berdiri di atas laut dan di atas bumi itu mengangkat tangannya ke langit, lalu bersumpah demi Dia yang hidup sampai selama-lamanya, yang menciptakan langit dan segala isinya, dan bumi dan segala isinya, dan laut dan segala isinya, bahwa tidak akan ada penundaan lagi; tetapi pada masa bunyi suara malaikat yang ketujuh, ketika ia mulai meniup sangkakala, rahasia Allah akan digenapi, seperti yang telah Ia nyatakan kepada hamba-hamba-Nya, para nabi. Wahyu 10:5–7.

The “voice” of the seventh angel, is the voice of the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen, which descended when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down.

“Suara” malaikat yang ketujuh ialah suara malaikat dalam Wahyu pasal delapan belas, yang turun ketika bangunan-bangunan besar Kota New York dirobohkan.

> And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:1–3.

> อันหลังจากเหตุการณ์เหล่านี้ ข้าพเจ้าเห็นทูตสวรรค์อีกองค์หนึ่งลงมาจากสวรรค์ มีอำนาจยิ่งใหญ่ และแผ่นดินโลกก็สว่างไสวด้วยรัศมีของท่าน และท่านร้องประกาศด้วยเสียงอันเข้มแข็งว่า “บาบิโลนมหานครนั้นล่มสลายแล้ว ล่มสลายแล้ว และได้กลายเป็นที่อาศัยของพวกผีปิศาจ เป็นที่สิงของวิญญาณโสโครกทุกชนิด และเป็นกรงของนกทุกตัวที่โสโครกและน่าชัง เพราะว่าบรรดาประชาชาติทั้งปวงได้ดื่มเหล้าองุ่นแห่งความพิโรธจากการล่วงประเวณีของนาง และบรรดากษัตริย์แห่งแผ่นดินโลกก็ได้ล่วงประเวณีกับนาง และบรรดาพ่อค้าแห่งแผ่นดินโลกก็มั่งคั่งขึ้นด้วยความฟุ่มเฟือยอันล้นเหลือของนาง” วิวรณ์ 18:1–3

The “voice” of the mighty angel who descends, commands the angels to hold the four winds, that are represented as an “angry horse” seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction in its path.

“Sẽng” kha mityi angela a rung la, angelte chu khawli li pali chu an khawngaih lohna tûrin a thupui a; chûngte chu “sakawr thinrim” angin an entîr a, an lân loh theih nân an ngaih a, an kalna kawng zawng zawngah thihna leh tihchhiatna an thlen tum a ni.

> “The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> “Malaika wa Mungu hutenda amri Zake, wakizizuia pepo za dunia, ili pepo zisivume juu ya nchi, wala juu ya bahari, wala juu ya mti wowote, hata watumishi wa Mungu watakapotiwa muhuri katika vipaji vya nyuso zao. Yule malaika mwenye nguvu anaonekana akipanda kutoka mashariki (au mawio ya jua). Huyu aliye mwenye nguvu kuliko malaika wote ana muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai mkononi mwake, yaani wa Yeye ambaye peke yake aweza kutoa uzima, ambaye aweza kuandika juu ya vipaji vya nyuso alama au maandishi, kwa wale watakaopewa kutokufa, uzima wa milele. Ni sauti ya huyu malaika aliye juu zaidi iliyokuwa na mamlaka ya kuwaamuru wale malaika wanne wazizuie pepo nne mpaka kazi hii itakapokamilishwa, na hata atakapotoa mwito wa kuziachia.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

The angel who commands the four angels to hold the winds, is the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen who lightens the earth with His glory, and his “strong voice” is the voice of the seventh angel.

Malaikat yang memerintahkan keempat malaikat itu supaya menahan angin-angin itu ialah malaikat dalam Wahyu pasal delapan belas yang menerangi bumi dengan kemuliaan-Nya, dan “suara nyaring”-nya ialah suara malaikat ketujuh.

> “And what a representation is given in Revelation 7 for our consideration and comfort and encouragement! The four angels are commissioned to do a work upon the earth. But One who purchased the world by giving Himself for its ransom has a chosen few. Who? Those who are keeping all of the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.

> “Dan alangkah mendalamnya gambaran yang diberikan dalam Wahyu 7 untuk pertimbangan, penghiburan, dan dorongan bagi kita! Keempat malaikat itu ditugaskan untuk melakukan suatu pekerjaan di atas bumi. Tetapi Dia yang telah membeli dunia ini dengan menyerahkan diri-Nya sendiri sebagai tebusannya memiliki sejumlah kecil umat pilihan. Siapakah mereka? Mereka yang menuruti seluruh perintah Allah dan memiliki iman kepada Yesus.

> “John’s attention was called to another scene: ‘And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God’ (Revelation 7:2). Who is this? The Angel of the covenant. He comes from the sunrising. He is the Dayspring from on high. He is the Light of the world. ‘In Him was life; and the life was the light of men’ (John 1:4). This is the One Isaiah describes: ‘Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace’ (Isaiah 9:6). He cried, as One who had superiority over the hosts of angels in heaven ‘to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, “hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads” (Revelation 7:2, 3).

> “Perhatian Yohanes dialihkan kepada satu lagi pemandangan: ‘Dan aku melihat seorang malaikat lain naik dari sebelah timur, membawa meterai Allah yang hidup’ (Wahyu 7:2). Siapakah ini? Malaikat Perjanjian. Dia datang dari tempat terbitnya matahari. Dialah Fajar dari tempat yang mahatinggi. Dialah Terang dunia. ‘Di dalam Dia ada hidup; dan hidup itu adalah terang manusia’ (Yohanes 1:4). Inilah Dia yang digambarkan oleh Yesaya: ‘Seorang Anak telah lahir untuk kita, seorang Putera telah dikurniakan kepada kita; dan pemerintahan akan ada di atas bahu-Nya; dan nama-Nya akan disebut Ajaib, Penasihat, Allah Yang Perkasa, Bapa Yang Kekal, Raja Damai’ (Yesaya 9:6). Dia berseru, sebagai Dia yang mempunyai kekuasaan yang lebih tinggi daripada bala tentera malaikat di syurga, kepada mereka ‘yang diberi kuasa untuk merosakkan bumi dan laut,’ sambil berkata, ‘janganlah rosakkan bumi, ataupun laut, ataupun pohon-pohon, sebelum kami memeteraikan hamba-hamba Allah kami pada dahi mereka’ (Wahyu 7:2, 3).”

> “Here is the divine and human united. The command is given to the four angels to hold in check the four winds until they receive His summons. Read the entire chapter. The cry, ‘Hurt not,’ is uttered by the Restorer, the Redeemer.

> “Inilah ilahi dan insani dipersatukan. Perintah diberikan kepada keempat malaikat itu untuk menahan keempat angin itu sampai mereka menerima panggilan-Nya. Bacalah seluruh pasal itu. Seruan, ‘Janganlah merusakkan,’ diucapkan oleh Sang Pemulih, Sang Penebus.

> “Judgment and wrath were to be repressed only for a little space until a certain work was done. The message, the last message of warning and mercy, has been retarded in doing its work by the selfish love of money, the selfish love of ease, and the unfitness of man to do a work that needs to be done. The angel that is to lighten the earth with His glory has waited for human instrumentalities through whom the light of heaven could shine, and they thus cooperate to give, in its sacred, solemn importance, the message which is to decide the destiny of the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 222.

> “Penghakiman dan murka hanya akan ditahan untuk suatu masa yang singkat sehingga suatu pekerjaan tertentu diselesaikan. Pekabaran itu, pekabaran amaran dan rahmat yang terakhir, telah terhambat dalam pelaksanaan tugasnya oleh kasih yang mementingkan diri akan uang, kasih yang mementingkan diri akan kemudahan, dan ketidaklayakan manusia untuk melakukan suatu pekerjaan yang perlu dilakukan. Malaikat yang akan menerangi bumi dengan kemuliaan-Nya telah menantikan sarana-sarana manusiawi yang melaluinya terang surga dapat bersinar, dan dengan demikian mereka bekerja sama untuk menyampaikan, dalam arti pentingnya yang kudus dan khidmat, pekabaran yang akan menentukan nasib dunia.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 222.

The third angel, who is Christ, is also the sealing angel who arrived on October 22, 1844, but due to the disobedience of God’s people, His work of sealing the one hundred and forty-four thousand has been delayed until September 11, 2001. Then Islam of the third Woe, brought down the great buildings of New York, and the sealing process began. At that point the nations became “angry, yet held in check”. The first voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, is the voice that commands the four angels to hold, while God’s people are sealed.

Malaikat ketiga, yang adalah Kristus, juga ialah malaikat pemeteraian yang telah datang pada 22 Oktober 1844, tetapi oleh sebab ketidaktaatan umat Allah, pekerjaan-Nya untuk memeteraikan seratus empat puluh empat ribu itu telah ditangguhkan hingga 11 September 2001. Kemudian Islam dari Celaka yang ketiga meruntuhkan gedung-gedung besar di New York, dan proses pemeteraian pun dimulai. Pada saat itu bangsa-bangsa menjadi “marah, namun tetap ditahan”. Suara pertama dalam Wahyu pasal delapan belas ialah suara yang memerintahkan keempat malaikat itu untuk menahan, sementara umat Allah dimeteraikan.

Jesus always illustrates the ending with the beginning, and on February 26, 1993, Islam of the third Woe detonated a truck bomb in the underground parking garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The explosion resulted in significant damage to the building, killing six people and injuring over a thousand others. While the attack did not bring down the towers, it was a significant act of terrorism on U.S. soil and foreshadowed the events of September 11, 2001.

Yeso iṅama ta ekomelelaka suka na ebandeli, mpe na mokolo mwa 26 Février 1993, Islam ya Mawa ya misato epasulaki bombe ya kamio na garaje ya parking ya nse ya mabele ya Tour ya Nord ya World Trade Center. Kopasuka wana ememaki monyoko monene na ndako yango, ebomaki bato motoba mpe ezokisaki bato koleka nkóto moko. Atako ete kobundisa wana ekweyisaki ba tours te, ezalaki likambo monene ya terorisme na mabele ya États-Unis mpe ezalaki elembo ya liboso ya makambo ya 11 Septembre 2001.

The sealing time began on September 11, 2001, but it included a forewarning eight years before. The Islamic attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 is a forewarning of the ending of the sealing time. The prophetic characteristics of the third Woe have been established with the prophetic characteristics of the first two Woes. In the opening verses of chapter nine of Revelation the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is illustrated.

Nako ya kobatama elemaki na mokolo mwa 11 ya Sanza ya Libwa, 2001, kasi ezalaki mpe na likebisi ya liboso mibu mwambe liboso. Bobundisi ya Baebele ya Islam na Yisraele na mokolo mwa 7 ya Sanza ya Zomi, 2023 ezali likebisi ya liboso ya nsuka ya ntango ya kobatama. Bizaleli ya esakweli ya Mawa ya misato etiemami elongo na bizaleli ya esakweli ya Mawa mibale ya liboso. Na bavɛrsɛ ya bofungoli ya mokapo ya libwa ya Emoniseli, kobatama ya bato nkóto nkama moko na ntuku minei na minei etalisami.

We will consider that subject in the next article.

Mbu ukamba iena ndu bukesane bri ntuo bua lualua elu.

> “If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God’s people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.

> “Jika pemandangan seperti ini akan datang, yakni hukuman-hukuman yang sedemikian dahsyat atas dunia yang bersalah, di manakah tempat perlindungan bagi umat Allah? Bagaimanakah mereka akan dinaungi sampai murka itu berlalu? Yohanes melihat unsur-unsur alam—gempa bumi, badai, dan perselisihan politik—digambarkan sebagai sedang ditahan oleh empat malaikat. Angin-angin ini berada di bawah kendali sampai Allah memberikan firman untuk melepaskannya. Di situlah keselamatan gereja Allah. Malaikat-malaikat Allah melakukan perintah-Nya, menahan angin-angin bumi, supaya angin-angin itu jangan bertiup ke atas bumi, maupun ke atas laut, ataupun ke atas pohon mana pun, sampai hamba-hamba Allah dimeteraikan pada dahi mereka. Malaikat yang perkasa itu terlihat naik dari timur (atau dari terbitnya matahari). Malaikat yang paling perkasa ini memegang dalam tangannya meterai Allah yang hidup, atau meterai Dia yang satu-satunya dapat memberikan hidup, yang dapat menuliskan pada dahi tanda atau tulisan, kepada siapa akan dikaruniakan kebakaan, hidup yang kekal. Suara malaikat yang tertinggi inilah yang memiliki wewenang untuk memerintahkan keempat malaikat itu agar menahan keempat angin itu sampai pekerjaan ini diselesaikan, dan sampai ia memberikan seruan untuk melepaskannya.”

> “Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God’s protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. ‘Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.’

> “ꞌ그릇된 세상과 욕망과 사탄을 이기는 자들은 살아 계신 하나님의 인을 받는 복 있는 자들이 될 것이다. 손이 더럽고 마음이 정결하지 않은 자들은 살아 계신 하나님의 인을 갖지 못할 것이다. 죄를 계획하고 그것을 실행하는 자들은 지나침을 당할 것이다. 오직 하나님 앞에서 자신의 태도에 있어 대속죄일의 실체인 큰 날에 회개하고 자기 죄를 자백하는 자들의 자리를 차지하는 이들만이 하나님의 보호를 받을 자격이 있는 자로 인정되고 표를 받을 것이다. 그들의 구주께서 나타나시기를 아침을 기다리는 자들보다 더 간절하고 더 사모하는 마음으로 굳게 바라보고 기다리며 깨어 있는 자들의 이름은 인침 받는 자들 가운데 계수될 것이다. 진리의 모든 빛이 그 영혼 위에 비치고 있으면서도, 그들이 공언한 믿음에 상응하는 행위를 해야 함에도 불구하고 죄에 유혹되어 마음속에 우상을 세우고 하나님 앞에서 자기 영혼을 부패하게 하며 죄 가운데 그들과 연합하는 자들을 더럽히는 자들은, 그 이름이 생명책에서 도말되고, 등불은 가지고 있으나 그릇에는 기름이 없는 자들처럼 한밤의 흑암 가운데 버려질 것이다. “내 이름을 경외하는 너희에게는 의의 태양이 떠올라 그 날개 아래에 치료하는 광선을 비추리라.”ꞌ”

> “This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision. John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> “நீதிமான் தேவனுடைய ஊழியக்காரர்களுக்கு இடப்படும் இந்த முத்திரையிடுதல், எசேக்கியேலுக்கு தரிசனத்தில் காண்பிக்கப்பட்ட அதே ஒன்றாகும். யோவானும் இந்த மிகவும் அதிர்ச்சியூட்டும் வெளிப்பாட்டிற்கு சாட்சியாயிருந்தான். கடலும் அலைகளும் கர்ஜிப்பதையும், மனிதர்களின் இருதயங்கள் பயத்தினால் தளருவதையும் அவன் கண்டான். பூமி அசைக்கப்படுவதையும், மலைகள் சமுத்திரத்தின் நடுவில் எறியப்படுவதையும் (இது சொற்பொருளில் நிகழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது), அதன் நீர்கள் கர்ஜித்து கலங்குவதையும், அவற்றின் பொங்குதலினால் மலைகள் அதிருவதையும் அவன் கண்டான். வாதைகள், கொள்ளைநோய், பஞ்சம், மரணம் ஆகியவை தங்களுடைய பயங்கரமான பணி நிறைவேற்றுகின்றன என்று அவனுக்குக் காண்பிக்கப்பட்டது.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

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