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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Eleven

Penyingkapan Yesus Kristus - Bilangan Sebelas

The Image of the Beast

រូបសំណាកនៃសត្វតិរច្ឆាន

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 5, 2023

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

> ຈາກນັ້ນກໍມີໝາຍສຳຄັນອີກຢ່າງໜຶ່ງປະກົດຂຶ້ນໃນສະຫວັນ; ແລະ ຈົ່ງເບິ່ງເຖີດ, ມີມັງກອນໃຫຍ່ສີແດງຕົວໜຶ່ງ, ມີເຈັດຫົວ ແລະ ສິບເຂົາ, ແລະ ມີມົງກຸດເຈັດອັນຢູ່ເທິງຫົວຂອງມັນ. ຫາງຂອງມັນກວາດເອົາດາວໃນສະຫວັນໜຶ່ງສ່ວນສາມ ແລະ ຖິ້ມພວກນັ້ນລົງສູ່ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ; ແລະ ມັງກອນນັ້ນຢືນຢູ່ຕໍ່ໜ້າຍິງນາງຜູ້ກຳລັງຈະອອກລູກ, ເພື່ອຈະກືນກິນບຸດຂອງນາງທັນທີທີ່ເກີດມາ. ແລະ ນາງໄດ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດບຸດຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຈະປົກຄອງບັນດາປະຊາຊາດທັງປວງດ້ວຍຄທາເຫຼັກ; ແລະ ບຸດຂອງນາງກໍໄດ້ຖືກຮັບຂຶ້ນໄປຫາພຣະເຈົ້າ ແລະ ຫາພຣະທີ່ນັ່ງຂອງພຣະອົງ. ແລະ ຍິງນາງນັ້ນໄດ້ໜີໄປສູ່ຖິ່ນກັນດານ, ບ່ອນທີ່ນາງມີສະຖານທີ່ອັນພຣະເຈົ້າຊົງຈັດຕຽມໄວ້, ເພື່ອໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາລ້ຽງດູນາງຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນໜຶ່ງພັນສອງຮ້ອຍຫົກສິບວັນ. ແລະ ກໍເກີດສົງຄາມຂຶ້ນໃນສະຫວັນ: ມີຄາເອນ ແລະ ບັນດາທູດສະຫວັນຂອງທ່ານຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບມັງກອນ; ແລະ ມັງກອນກໍຕໍ່ສູ້ພ້ອມທັງບັນດາທູດຂອງມັນ, ແຕ່ກໍບໍ່ມີໄຊຊະນະ; ແລະ ບ່ອນຂອງພວກມັນກໍບໍ່ພົບອີກຕໍ່ໄປໃນສະຫວັນ. ແລະ ມັງກອນໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນກໍຖືກຂັບໄລ່ອອກ, ຄືງູເກົ່ານັ້ນ ຜູ້ທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ພະຍາມານ ແລະ ຊາຕານ, ຜູ້ຫຼອກລວງໂລກທັງສິ້ນ: ມັນຖືກຂັບລົງສູ່ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ, ແລະ ບັນດາທູດຂອງມັນກໍຖືກຂັບອອກພ້ອມກັບມັນ. ແລະ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຍິນສຽງດັງໃນສະຫວັນກ່າວວ່າ, ບັດນີ້ ຄວາມລອດພົ້ນ, ລິດເດດ, ແລະ ອານາຈັກຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າຂອງເຮົາ, ແລະ ອຳນາດແຫ່ງພຣະຄຣິດຂອງພຣະອົງ ໄດ້ມາເຖິງແລ້ວ: ເພາະຜູ້ກ່າວໂທດບັນດາພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງເຮົາ ໄດ້ຖືກໂຄ່ນລົງແລ້ວ, ຄືຜູ້ທີ່ກ່າວໂທດພວກເຂົາຢູ່ຕໍ່ພຣະພັກຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າຂອງເຮົາທັງກາງເວັນ ແລະ ກາງຄືນ. ແລະ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຊະນະມັນດ້ວຍໂລຫິດຂອງພຣະເມສານ້ອຍ, ແລະ ດ້ວຍຖ້ອຍຄຳແຫ່ງຄຳພະຍານຂອງພວກເຂົາ; ແລະ ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັກຊີວິດຂອງຕົນເຖິງຂັ້ນຫຼີກລ້ຽງຄວາມຕາຍ. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ ຈົ່ງຊື່ນຊົມຍິນດີ, ບັນດາສະຫວັນ ແລະ ພວກທ່ານຜູ້ອາໄສຢູ່ໃນນັ້ນ. ວິບັດແກ່ຜູ້ອາໄສຢູ່ໃນແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ ແລະ ໃນທະເລ! ເພາະພະຍາມານໄດ້ລົງມາຫາພວກທ່ານ ດ້ວຍຄວາມພິໂລດຢ່າງໃຫຍ່, ເນື່ອງຈາກມັນຮູ້ວ່າ ເວລາຂອງມັນມີຢູ່ສັ້ນ. ແລະ ເມື່ອມັງກອນເຫັນວ່າ ມັນຖືກຂັບລົງສູ່ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກແລ້ວ, ມັນກໍໄດ້ຂົ່ມເຫງຍິງນາງຜູ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດບຸດຊາຍນັ້ນ. ແລະ ແກ່ຍິງນາງນັ້ນ ໄດ້ມີປີກສອງຂ້າງຂອງນົກອິນຊີໃຫຍ່ ໃຫ້ແກ່ນາງ, ເພື່ອໃຫ້ນາງບິນໄປສູ່ຖິ່ນກັນດານ, ໄປສູ່ບ່ອນຂອງນາງ, ບ່ອນທີ່ນາງໄດ້ຮັບການລ້ຽງດູເປັນເວລາໜຶ່ງ, ແລະ ສອງເວລາ, ແລະ ເຄິ່ງເວລາ, ໃຫ້ພົ້ນຈາກໜ້າງູ. ແລະ ງູນັ້ນໄດ້ພົ່ນນ້ຳອອກຈາກປາກຂອງມັນດັ່ງນ້ຳຖ້ວມ ຕາມຫຼັງຍິງນາງ, ເພື່ອຈະໃຫ້ນາງຖືກກວາດພາໄປດ້ວຍກະແສນ້ຳ. ແຕ່ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກໄດ້ຊ່ວຍຍິງນາງນັ້ນ, ແລະ ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກໄດ້ອ້າປາກຂອງມັນ ແລະ ກືນນ້ຳຖ້ວມທີ່ມັງກອນໄດ້ພົ່ນອອກຈາກປາກຂອງມັນ. ແລະ ມັງກອນກໍຄຽດແຄ້ນຍິງນາງນັ້ນ, ແລະ ອອກໄປເຮັດສົງຄາມກັບເຊື້ອສາຍທີ່ເຫຼືອຢູ່ຂອງນາງ, ຄືຜູ້ທີ່ຮັກສາພຣະບັນຍັດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ ແລະ ມີຄຳພະຍານຂອງພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ. ພຣະນິມິດ 12:1–17.

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

Mpasi ya ntete na kati ya etumba monene kati na Klisto mpe Satana ebandaki na likoló ya misato na botomboki ya Lusifa; mpe etumba wana ya liboso ezali elilingi ya etumba ya suka na likoló ya liboso. Etumba mosusu ezali lisusu, mpo na nsuka ya mibu nkóto moko ya milenio, Satana akangolami mpo na mwa eleko moke, mpe abandi kobundisa Yelusaleme; kasi etumba wana ezali na likoki ya elonga te. Etumba oyo esalemaki na likoló ya misato na ebandeli, oyo ezali komonisa etumba oyo ekosalema na likoló ya liboso na nsuka, esalemaki wana mokolo ya ngolu ezalaki naino polele.

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

“Mosadi” yo o imilego ngwana, e emela kereke ya Modimo go theoša le histori, gomme mo historing ya Kriste o be a le kgauswi le go tswala ngwana wa monna Jesu. Mehleng ya bofelo, o tswala mafahla. Go sego kudu pele ga molao wa Lamorena o tswala ba dikete tše lekgolo masomenne-nne a nne, ba Kutollo ya šupa, gomme molaong wa Lamorena o thoma mahloko a go tswala lešaba le legolo la Kutollo ya šupa. Mafahla a gagwe ga se a swana, eupša ke mafahla, gomme wa matswalo ke Eliya, gomme morwa yo monyenyane ke Moshe.

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

Pada permulaan Israel rohani, naga Rom kafir menanti untuk menelan Anak laki-laki itu, yaitu Yesus, dan naga Rom moden kini menanti untuk menelan anak laki-laki dari seratus empat puluh empat ribu itu. Sebagaimana Rom kafir menganiaya jemaat Kristian mula-mula, demikianlah Rom moden akan mengulangi penganiayaan itu pada masa krisis undang-undang Ahad. Dalam jemaat Kristian mula-mula, perempuan itu melarikan diri ke padang gurun selama seribu dua ratus enam puluh tahun harfiah, dan penganiayaan pada masa krisis undang-undang Ahad dilambangkan oleh empat puluh dua bulan dalam Wahyu pasal tiga belas ayat lima. Di padang gurun umat Allah mempunyai suatu tempat yang telah disediakan bagi mereka, tempat mereka diberi makan dan dipelihara.

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

Dalam Wahyu pasal lapan, ayat tiga belas, tiga sangkakala yang terakhir dikenal pasti sebagai tiga malapetaka. Malapetaka dalam Wahyu melambangkan penghakiman sangkakala Islam terhadap kuasa-kuasa yang meluluskan undang-undang hari Ahad. Dalam peperangan yang digambarkan dalam pasal dua belas, peranan Islam dikenal pasti apabila dinyatakan, “Celakalah mereka yang mendiami bumi dan laut! kerana Iblis telah turun kepadamu dengan murka yang besar, sebab ia tahu bahawa waktunya tinggal sedikit.” Penganiayaan yang dilaksanakan oleh Izebel melalui suaminya yang murtad, Ahab, ditujukan kepada binatang “bumi” dan binatang “laut”.

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

Ukwenda kwa malaika mwenye nguvu wa Ufunuo kumi na nane, kama ilivyo kwa kila harakati ya matengenezo, kuna alama kuu nne za njia zinazoongoza hadi kwenye hukumu na kuijumuisha. Kwa harakati ya malaika wa kwanza, alama hizo nne za njia zilikuwa Agosti 11, 1840, kukatishwa tamaa kwa kwanza katika Majira ya Chipuko ya 1843, kuwasili kwa ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane kuanzia Agosti 12 hadi 17 mwaka 1844, na kufunguliwa kwa hukumu tarehe 22 Oktoba, 1844. Kila moja ya alama hizo nne za njia ilikuwa na dhamira ileile kuu ya “wakati.” Agosti 11, 1840, ulikuwa utimilifu wa unabii wa wakati wa Ufunuo sura ya tisa, na aya ya kumi na tano. Kukatishwa tamaa kwa kwanza kwa mwaka 1843, kulikuwa uwakilishi wa utabiri wa wakati ulioshindwa. Ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane ulikuwa urekebisho wa utabiri wa wakati uliokuwa umeshindwa hapo awali, na Oktoba 22, 1844, ulikuwa utimilifu wa wakati uliotabiriwa wa ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane.

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

ꯑꯍꯥꯟꯕ ꯑꯦꯟꯖꯦꯜꯒꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯒꯣꯡꯗꯁꯨ ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯃꯌꯥꯝ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯂꯩ, ꯃꯔꯝꯗꯤ ꯃꯈꯣꯏ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛ ꯂꯣꯏꯅ ꯔꯤꯐꯣꯔꯝ ꯂꯥꯏꯟ ꯈꯨꯗꯤꯡꯃꯛꯇ ꯂꯩꯔꯤ; ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯔꯤꯐꯣꯔꯝ ꯂꯥꯏꯟ ꯈꯨꯗꯤꯡꯃꯛꯀꯤ ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯣꯏ ꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯇ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯕ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯣꯐꯦꯇꯤꯛ ꯊꯤꯝ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯂꯩꯕꯤ। ꯑꯍꯥꯟꯕ ꯋꯣ ꯑꯍꯨꯝꯕꯒꯤ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯂꯥꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯅꯤ ꯆꯥꯎꯔꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯊꯤꯝ, ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯂꯥꯛꯄ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯆꯥꯎꯔꯤ ꯃꯌꯥꯝ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜ ꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗ ꯂꯩꯕ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯄꯨꯡꯐꯥꯎꯔꯒꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯒꯣꯡꯗ। 2001 ꯆꯍꯤ ꯁꯦꯞꯇꯦꯝꯕꯔ 11 ꯅꯥ ꯑꯍꯥꯟꯕ ꯋꯣ ꯑꯍꯨꯝꯕꯒꯤ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯂꯥꯝ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯊꯥꯗꯣꯛꯂꯛꯄꯥ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡꯗ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯡꯆꯥꯕ ꯍꯜꯂꯤ। 2020 ꯆꯍꯤ ꯖꯨꯂꯥꯏ 18 ꯒꯤ ꯃꯥꯏꯄꯥꯛꯅ ꯃꯥꯡꯂꯕ ꯈꯣꯡꯆꯠ ꯑꯁꯤꯅ ꯅꯥꯁꯚꯤꯜ, ꯇꯦꯅꯦꯁꯤ ꯏꯕ ꯃꯐꯝꯗ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯂꯥꯝꯒꯤ ꯑꯥꯛꯇꯦꯛ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯛꯄꯥ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯎꯠꯂꯤ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯍꯥꯟꯕ ꯋꯣ ꯑꯍꯨꯝꯕꯒꯤ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯂꯥꯝ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯄ ꯃꯇꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯤ। ꯔꯦꯚꯦꯂꯦꯁꯟ ꯑꯍꯨꯝꯑꯃꯇꯒꯤ ꯂꯝꯁꯥꯡꯗ ꯂꯩꯕ ꯑꯁꯤꯕ ꯌꯥꯡ ꯌꯥꯡꯕ ꯔꯨꯁꯤꯡ ꯃꯔꯥꯡꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯡ ꯄꯤꯔꯛꯄ ꯄꯥꯎ ꯑꯁꯤ, ꯃꯤꯗꯅꯥꯏꯠ ꯀ꯭ꯔꯥꯏ ꯄꯥꯎꯒꯤ ꯃꯐꯝ ꯂꯣꯏꯁꯤꯟꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯈꯤꯔꯕ ꯐꯨꯠꯊꯣꯛꯄꯥ ꯑꯣꯏ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯁꯤꯅ ꯅꯥꯁꯚꯤꯜꯒꯤ ꯈꯣꯡꯆꯠ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯃꯁꯦꯝꯁꯥꯔꯤꯕ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯄ ꯑꯣꯏ (ꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯞ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯌꯥꯎꯗꯅ)। ꯑꯁꯤ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯐꯝ ꯃꯔꯤꯗ, ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯁꯟꯗꯦ ꯂꯣ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯃꯔꯤꯗ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯔꯛꯀꯅꯤ; ꯃꯔꯝꯗꯤ ꯁꯨꯝꯅ ꯂꯥꯛꯀꯗꯧꯔꯤꯕ ꯁꯟꯗꯦ ꯂꯣ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯦꯟꯐꯣꯔꯁ ꯇꯧꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯐꯝꯗ, ꯑꯍꯥꯟꯕ ꯋꯣ ꯑꯍꯨꯝꯕꯒꯤ ꯏꯁ꯭ꯂꯥꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯅ ꯌꯨꯅꯥꯏꯇꯦꯠ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯇꯁ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯊꯣꯛꯀꯅꯤ।

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

Bila kebenaran ini diakui, seiring dengan kenyataan bahwa gerakan dahsyat dari malaikat ketiga adalah suatu amaran tentang penghakiman yang akan datang, maka penghakiman Islam yang dilambangkan oleh celaka ketiga dapat dengan mudah difahami sebagai “celaka” yang didatangkan ke atas “bumi” dan “laut.”

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

Pelangsungan penghakiman bagi orang hidup bermula pada 11 September 2001, dan dari waktu itu, hingga hukum Ahad yang akan segera datang, ujian pembentukan patung kepada binatang itu berlaku di Amerika Syarikat. Dari hukum Ahad itu hingga Mikhael bangkit berdiri dan masa percubaan manusia ditutup, seluruh dunia yang lain kemudiannya akan diuji oleh pembentukan patung kepada binatang itu. Sama ada umat Advent Hari Ketujuh di Amerika Syarikat sedang diuji, atau seluruh dunia selepas hukum Ahad sedang diuji, ujian itu ditakrifkan sebagai ujian di mana nasib kekal kita akan ditentukan. Itulah juga ujian yang mesti kita lulus, sebelum masa percubaan ditutup pada hukum Ahad. Fenomena nubuatan tentang ujian patung kepada binatang itu yang mula-mula berlaku di Amerika Syarikat dan kemudian sekali lagi di seluruh dunia, adalah penting untuk difahami dengan tepat.

> “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> “Bila Amerika, negeri kebebasan beragama, bersatu dengan Kepausan dalam memaksa hati nurani dan memaksa manusia untuk menghormati sabat palsu itu, maka rakyat di setiap negara di seluruh dunia akan dituntun untuk mengikuti teladannya.” Testimonies, jilid 6, 18.

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

Apabila simbol-simbol itu difahami, maka petikan dalam Wahyu tiga belas, yang membicarakan dua ujian patung binatang yang berturutan namun serupa ini, dapat dikenal pasti dengan mudah. Hal ini penting atas pelbagai sebab. Salah satu sebabnya ialah komunikasi yang telah dicemarkan, yang digunakan Lucifer dalam peperangan pertama di langit ketiga, menggambarkan bagaimana komunikasi cemar Iblis akan dinyatakan lagi dalam peperangan terakhir di langit pertama.

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

Ntoa ea leholimo la pele e qalang ka molao oa Sontaha, e phethahatsoa nakong ea teko ea setšoantšo sa sebata bakeng sa lefatše lohle. Ho tloha ka la 11 Loetse 2001, nako ea teko ea setšoantšo sa sebata United States e ’nile ea tsoela pele. Ha re elelloa linako tsena tse peli tsa teko e le tse latellanang, li qala ka United States, ebe li latela lefatše, re ka boela ra kenya linnete tse emeloang ntoeng ea Tšenolo khaolo ea leshome le metso e ’meli historing ea 2001, ho isa molaong oa Sontaha. Ka mohlala, puisano e silafetseng ea Lucifera e hlalosoang e le hypnosis, e tla sebelisoa ka tšebeliso ea mehleng ena ke matla a drakone nakong ea ntoa ea leholimo la pele ea Tšenolo khaolo ea leshome le metso e ’meli. Hypnosis e sebelisoang ke drakone historing eo e sebelisetsoa ho bolaea bao Jezebele a ba khethollotseng e le bakhelohi.

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

Dalam sejarah tahun 2001, menjelang undang-undang Ahad, dua saksi telah dibunuh di jalan Sodom dan Mesir. Dalam penggenapan pertama Wahyu sebelas, bangsa yang dilambangkan oleh Sodom dan Mesir ialah Perancis. Perancis ialah sebuah bangsa nubuatan yang terdiri daripada dua kuasa, sebagaimana Empayar Media-Persia, sebagaimana Israel purba dalam kerajaan-kerajaannya yang terbahagi, dan sebagaimana dua suku Yehuda yang diwakili oleh Yehuda dan Benyamin. Semua bangsa bertanduk dua secara simbolik melambangkan bangsa bertanduk dua, iaitu Amerika Syarikat.

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

ក្រុង​សូដុំ និង​ជាតិ​អេស៊ីព្ទ តំណាង​ឲ្យ​ស្នែង​ទាំង​ពីរ​នៃ​សាធារណរដ្ឋ​និយម (អេស៊ីព្ទ) និង​ប្រូតេស្តង់​និយម (សូដុំ)។ ស្នែង​ពីរ​ត្រូវ​បាន​សម្លាប់​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ ២០២០ គឺ​ស្នែង​នៃ​សាធារណរដ្ឋ​និយម និង​ស្នែង​នៃ​ប្រូតេស្តង់​និយម។ បន្ទាប់​មក ការ​បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល​ដូច​ជា​សណ្តំ ដែល​អំណាច​នាគ​សកល​និយម​បាន​ប្រើ តាម​រយៈ​មធ្យោបាយ​នៃ​បណ្ដាញ​វិប​សកល ត្រូវ​បាន​យក​មក​ប្រើ ដោយ​របៀប​ដូច​គ្នា​នឹង​ដែល​វា​នឹង​ត្រូវ​បាន​ប្រើ​នៅ​ក្នុង​សង្គ្រាម​ខាង​មុខ​នៃ​ស្ថានសួគ៌​ទី​មួយ។ ដោយ​គ្រប់គ្រង​សារ​ដែល​បណ្ដាញ​វិប​សកល​បាន​បង្កើត ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឆ្នាំ ២០២០ ត្រូវ​បាន​រៀបចំ​បំផ្លាញ​តាម​បែប​វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ ដើម្បី​បង្កើត​លទ្ធផល​មួយ​ដែល​ស្រប​តាម​ទស្សនវិជ្ជា​នៃ​សកល​និយម។ នេះ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ជា​ឧទាហរណ៍​មួយ​នៃ​សេចក្ដី​ចាំបាច់​ក្នុង​ការ​យល់​ថា ការសាកល្បង​អំពី​រូប​សត្វ​សាហាវ ត្រូវ​បាន​សម្រេច​ឡើង​ជា​មុន​សិន​នៅ​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក ហើយ​បន្ទាប់​មក​នៅ​ក្នុង​ពិភពលោក។

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

> “Tero o nkgonne ka mo go tlhamaletseng gore setshwantsho sa sebatana se tla bopiwa pele ga nako ya tshegofatso e tswalwa; gonne e tla nna teko e kgolo ya batho ba Modimo, e e tla tlhomamisang bokamoso jwa bona jwa bosakhutleng. Boemo jwa gago ke tlhakantshukantshu e kgolo ya dilo tse di sa dumalaneng mo e leng gore ke ba le mmalwa fela ba ba tla tsiediwang.

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

> “Mu Tshenolo 13 thuto eno e tlhagisiwa sentle; [Tshenolo 13:11–17, e nopotswe].”

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

> “Ini ialah ujian yang mesti dihadapi oleh umat Tuhan sebelum mereka dimeteraikan. Semua yang membuktikan kesetiaan mereka kepada Tuhan dengan memelihara hukum-Nya, dan menolak untuk menerima sabat palsu, akan berdiri di bawah panji Tuhan Allah Yehova, dan akan menerima meterai Tuhan yang hidup. Mereka yang melepaskan kebenaran yang berasal dari syurga dan menerima sabat Ahad, akan menerima tanda binatang itu.” Manuscript Releases, jilid 15, 15.

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

Tutuo e vala ni Tabu ni Lesu Vakarua ena siga vitu, ni sa vakasaurarataki na lawa ni Sade. O ira na veimatanitu era muria na ivakaraitaki ni Iunaitede Siteti, era na sogo talega kina na nodra gauna ni veivutuni me vaka ga ni a cakava na Iunaitede Siteti.

> “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

> “Nyika dza matjhabatjhaba zizo landela isibonelo se-United States. Nanyana yena athoma ukukhokelela, nokho ikghogho elifanako lizokwehlela abantu bethu eendawo zoke zephasi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

The final movements are rapid ones.

Metsamao ya bofelo e potlaka.

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

> “Meꞌ gbenɔ siwo tso vɔ̃ me la le wo ŋutɔwo ƒe aʋawɔɖɔwo ƒoƒu eye wole wo ɖokuiwo ƒe tsitotsito lẽm. Wole ŋusẽ tim na xaxa gã mamlɛtɔ la. Tɔtrɔ geɖewo le gbegblẽ ge le míaƒe xexeame enumake, eye woawɔ nuwuwu ƒe ɣuɣlãwo kaba.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

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

Untuk memahami ujian imej binatang itu, diperlukan suatu tahap tertentu penerapan nubuat yang bersifat teknikal. Sebagai permulaan, tanda binatang itu dan imej binatang itu ialah dua lambang yang berbeza.

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

> “‘Imej kepada binatang itu’ melambangkan bentuk Protestantisme murtad yang akan berkembang apabila gereja-gereja Protestan mencari bantuan kuasa sivil untuk menguatkuasakan dogma-dogma mereka. ‘Tanda binatang itu’ masih belum ditakrifkan.” The Great Controversy, 445.

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

Tanda binatang itu ialah pemeliharaan hari Ahad, dan patung binatang itu ialah sebuah gereja yang menggunakan kuasa sivil untuk menguatkuasakan doktrin-doktrin agamanya.

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

> “Ukugcizelelwa kokugcinwa kweSonto ngasohlangothini lwamabandla amaProthestani kuwukugcizelelwa kokukhulekelwa kobupapa—kwesilo. Labo abathi, beqonda izimfuno zomyalo wesine, bakhethe ukugcina iSabatha yamanga esikhundleni seSabatha leqiniso, ngalokho banikela ukuhlonipha kulawo mandla okuyiwo wodwa ayalayo. Kodwa kuleso senzo uqobo sokuphoqelela umsebenzi wenkolo ngamandla ombuso, amabandla ngokwawo ayakwakha umfanekiso wesilo; ngakho-ke ukuphoqelelwa kokugcinwa kweSonto e-United States kuyoba ukuphoqelelwa kokukhulekelwa kwesilo nomfanekiso waso.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

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

Ekyerɛboa no honi no gyina hɔ ma asɔre ne aban nkabom a asɔre no na edi saa abusuabɔ no so. Yezebel dii Ahab so, sɛnea Herodias nso dii Herod so no. Ekyerɛboa no agyirae no ne Sande da so die. Ekyerɛboa no honi no nya nkɔso wɔ bere bi mu. Ekyerɛboa no agyirae no gyina hɔ ma bere pɔtee bi. Ekyerɛboa no honi no kɔ so nya nkɔso nkakrankakra, nanso ɛdu ne mpanyinwie pɛɛ bere a ɛwɔ tumi sɛ ɛhyɛ aban no ma ɛfa ne nyamesom mmara nkyerɛkyerɛ mu. Sɔhwɛ no ne honi no “hyehyɛe” no wɔ abusuabɔ.

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

> “Tetapi apakah ‘imej kepada binatang itu’? dan bagaimanakah ia akan dibentuk? Imej itu dibuat oleh binatang bertanduk dua itu, dan merupakan imej kepada binatang itu. Ia juga disebut imej binatang itu. Oleh itu, untuk mengetahui bagaimana rupa imej itu dan bagaimana ia akan dibentuk, kita mesti mengkaji ciri-ciri binatang itu sendiri—kepausan.

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

> “Pada waktu gereja mula-mula menjadi rusak karena menyimpang dari kesederhanaan Injil dan menerima upacara serta adat-istiadat kafir, gereja itu kehilangan Roh dan kuasa Allah; dan untuk mengendalikan hati nurani rakyat, ia mencari dukungan kuasa sekuler. Hasilnya ialah kepausan, suatu gereja yang mengendalikan kuasa negara dan menggunakannya untuk memajukan tujuannya sendiri, terutama untuk menghukum ‘bidat.’ Agar Amerika Serikat membentuk suatu patung binatang itu, kuasa keagamaan harus sedemikian mengendalikan pemerintahan sipil sehingga wewenang negara juga akan dipakai oleh gereja untuk mencapai tujuannya sendiri.” The Great Controversy, 443.

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

Perbezaan antara patung binatang itu dan tanda binatang itu merupakan pemahaman Adventis yang agak tradisional. Di mana Adventisme pada umumnya tersasar dalam hal ini ialah dalam Wahyu pasal tiga belas. Entah bagaimana mereka mencampuradukkan kegiatan Amerika Syarikat selepas undang-undang Ahad, apabila ia memaksa dunia mendirikan suatu patung kepada binatang itu, dengan pendirian patung binatang itu di Amerika Syarikat. Kedua-duanya ialah dua tempoh nubuatan yang berbeza.

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

Kristus datang untuk meneguhkan perjanjian dengan banyak orang selama satu minggu, dan pada pertengahan minggu itu Ia disalibkan. Dengan demikian, minggu itu melambangkan dua periode waktu ketika suatu patung binatang itu dibentuk. Minggu Kristus terbagi menjadi dua periode yang identik, yang melambangkan gambar Kristus. Dua periode waktu pengujian pada hari-hari terakhir melambangkan gambar antikristus.

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

Longa hihi ho dikgwedi tše lesomepedi le matšatši a makgolo a tshela le masome a tshela, Kriste o ile a rwala bohlatse bja Gagwe ka noši, gomme ka morago a hwa sefapanong. Ka morago gwa ba le nako e nngwe ya go swana ya dikgwedi tše lesomepedi le matšatši a makgolo a tshela le masome a tshela yeo barutiwa ba ilego ba nea bohlatse ka yona, go fihlela Mikaele a ema ge Stefano a bolawa ka go kgatlwa ka maswika. Sefapano se emela molao wa Lamorena. Dinako tše pedi tša teko tše di amanago le go hlongwa ga seswantšho sa sebata, di hlaola nako ya pele e amanago le ba dikete tše lekgolo le masomenne-nne a mane, bao ba emelwago ke Kriste ka seswantšho, gomme nako yeo e fela molaong wa Lamorena, wo o emelwago ka seswantšho ke sefapano. Nako ya mafelelo ya go swana ya teko yeo e ilego ya emelwa ke mošomo wa barutiwa mehleng ya Kriste, e lebanya le lešaba le legolo, gomme e fela ge Mikaele a ema, e sego ge Stefano a bolawa ka go kgatlwa ka maswika, eupša ge teko ya batho e tswalelwa go Daniele 12:1.

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

Ba bangwe ba palelwa ke go bona tatelano ya mmatota ya ditiragalo mo go Tshenolo 13:11 le go ya pele, ka ntlha ya se gantsi se lebegang e le go gana ka boomo go amogela gore fa United States e bua jaaka kgogela, e emela go bopiwa ka botlalo ga setshwantsho sa sebatana mo United States. Gore United States e fetise molao wa Tshipi, setshwantsho sa sebatana mo United States se tshwanetse go bo se bopilwe pele ga molao wa Tshipi. Bala gape ditemana di le mmalwa tse di fetileng tse di sa tswang go umakiwa go tswa mo go The Great Controversy, fa o sa tlhaloganye ntlha eo.

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

Bila Amerika Syarikat berbicara seperti seekor naga dalam ayat sebelas fasal tiga belas, hal itu melambangkan tindakan pihak berkuasa perundangan dan kehakiman yang meluluskan suatu undang-undang Ahad atas arahan gereja-gereja murtad di Amerika Syarikat. Dekri undang-undang Ahad itu keluar dari mulut Amerika Syarikat.

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

> “N’na-ahụ na anụ ọhịa ahụ nwere mpi abụọ nwere ọnụ dragọn, na ike ya dị n’isi ya, nakwa na iwu ahụ ga-esi n’ọnụ ya pụta.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

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

Ke ntse ke makalitsoe kamehla ke hore Adventism e thatafalloa ke ho lemoha hore ha sebata sa lefatše se nang le linaka tse peli se bua joaloka drakone, ha se tšoae feela molao oa Sontaha United States, empa hape se tšoaea hore setšoantšo sa sebata sa leoatle sa bopapa se se se hōlisitsoe ka botlalo. E le hore United States e fetise molao oa Sontaha, kopano ea kereke le ’muso e tshwanetse hore e be e se e hōlisitsoe ka botlalo pele. Likereke tsa bokoenehi tsa United States ha li mpa li bokana ka Mantaha feela, ebe li ea ho Congress ka Labobeli, ’me li bolella Congress hore li batla molao oa Sontaha o fetisoe ka Laboraro. Tshebetso ea ho kopanngoa e etsahalang pakeng tsa kereke le ’muso e emeloa e le “ho thehoa” ha setšoantšo sa sebata, joaloka “ho thehoa” ha setšoantšo sa gauta ho Daniele khaolo ea 3; ho tla nka nako e itseng ho se haha. Setšoantšo sa sebata ke tsamaiso eo bopapa bo ileng ba e sebelisa ho bolaea limilione tsa bashoela-tumelo Mehleng e Lefifi, ’me ho hlokahala tsoelo-pele ea kahisano, ea lipolotiki, ea bolumeli le ea moruo ho bopa tikoloho ea kahisano, hammoho le motheo oa molao o hlokahalang, e le hore molao oa Sontaha o ka qobelloa. Tsoelo-pele tseo li emela teko ea setšoantšo sa sebata, eo ka eona “qetello ea rona ea ka ho sa feleng e tla etsoa qeto,” ’me e emela teko eo re lokelang ho e feta “pele re ka tiisoa.”

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

> “Tuhan telah menunjukkan kepadaku dengan jelas bahwa patung binatang itu akan dibentuk sebelum masa percobaan berakhir; karena hal itu akan menjadi ujian besar bagi umat Allah, yang olehnya nasib kekal mereka akan diputuskan.... Inilah ujian yang harus dialami umat Allah sebelum mereka dimeteraikan.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

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

Undang-undang Ahad ialah krisis pada tengah malam, yang menemukan penggenapan terakhir yang sempurna bagi perumpamaan tentang sepuluh anak dara itu. Dalam krisis tengah malam itu, akan dinyatakan sama ada kita anak-anak dara Filadelfia yang bijaksana atau anak-anak dara Laodikia yang bodoh. Yang bodoh menerima tanda binatang itu dan yang bijaksana menerima meterai Allah. Sesiapa pun yang pernah menyertai gereja Seventh-day Adventist, telah bersetuju terlebih dahulu dengan senarai kebenaran doktrinal sebelum menjadi anggota, dan oleh itu setiap Seventh-day Adventist telah diperhadapkan dengan terang kebenaran tentang Sabat.

> “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.

> “អបើពន្លឺនៃសេចក្តីពិតបានត្រូវនាំមកបង្ហាញដល់អ្នក ដោយបើកសម្ដែងអំពីថ្ងៃសប្ប័ទនៃបញ្ញត្តិទីបួន ហើយបង្ហាញថា ក្នុងព្រះបន្ទូលរបស់ព្រះ មិនមានមូលដ្ឋានណាមួយសម្រាប់ការរក្សាថ្ងៃអាទិត្យទេ ប៉ុន្តែអ្នកនៅតែប្រកាន់ជាប់នឹងថ្ងៃសប្ប័ទក្លែងក្លាយ ដោយបដិសេធមិនរក្សាថ្ងៃសប្ប័ទដែលព្រះទ្រង់ហៅថា ‘ថ្ងៃបរិសុទ្ធរបស់យើង’ នោះអ្នកទទួលសញ្ញារបស់សត្វសាហាវ។ តើរឿងនេះកើតឡើងនៅពេលណា?—គឺនៅពេលដែលអ្នកគោរពតាមក្រឹត្យដែលបង្គាប់ឲ្យអ្នកឈប់ពីការងារនៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ និងថ្វាយបង្គំព្រះ ខណៈដែលអ្នកដឹងថា ក្នុងព្រះគម្ពីរ គ្មានសូម្បីតែមួយពាក្យណាដែលបង្ហាញថាថ្ងៃអាទិត្យជាអ្វីផ្សេងក្រៅពីថ្ងៃធ្វើការធម្មតា នោះអ្នកយល់ព្រមទទួលសញ្ញារបស់សត្វសាហាវ ហើយបដិសេធត្រារបស់ព្រះ។ ប្រសិនបើយើងទទួលសញ្ញានេះនៅលើថ្ងាស ឬនៅលើដៃរបស់យើង នោះការវិនិច្ឆ័យទោសដែលបានប្រកាសទាស់នឹងអ្នកមិនស្តាប់បង្គាប់ នឹងត្រូវធ្លាក់មកលើយើង។ ប៉ុន្តែ ត្រារបស់ព្រះដ៏មានព្រះជន្មរស់ ត្រូវបានដាក់លើអ្នកដែលដោយមនសិការរក្សាថ្ងៃសប្ប័ទរបស់ព្រះអម្ចាស់។” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

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

Pembentukan gambar binatang itu di Amerika Syarikat bermula secara nubuat pada 11 September 2001. Terdapat beberapa saksi nubuat yang menegakkan hakikat ini. Dari titik itu hingga kepada undang-undang Ahad yang akan segera datang, umat Advent Hari Ketujuh sedang menentukan takdir kekal mereka, berdasarkan sama ada mereka lulus ujian gambar binatang itu atau gagal dalam ujian gambar binatang itu. Saya berhujah bahawa sangat sedikit umat Advent Hari Ketujuh yang bahkan mengetahui bahawa gambar binatang itu merupakan suatu ujian. Sedikit, jika ada pun, yang mengetahui bagaimana hal itu dapat menjadi suatu ujian, dan yang lebih penting, mereka tidak mengetahui apa yang diperlukan untuk lulus ujian itu. Kita dihakimi, bukan semata-mata oleh terang yang kita miliki, tetapi juga oleh terang yang sepatutnya dapat kita miliki, jika kita sungguh-sungguh menerapkan diri untuk memahami pertambahan pengetahuan. Oleh itu, kebutaan Laodikia merupakan kebutaan yang paling besar dalam enam ribu tahun dosa.

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

> Umat-Ku binasa karena kekurangan pengetahuan; karena engkau telah menolak pengetahuan, Aku pun akan menolak engkau, sehingga engkau tidak lagi menjadi imam bagi-Ku; oleh karena engkau telah melupakan hukum Allahmu, Aku pun akan melupakan anak-anakmu. Hosea 4:6.

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

Teko ea ho hlomoa ha setšoantšo sa sebata e fela molaong oa Sontaha o tlang kapele, ’me haeba re e-s’o fete teko eo, re tla amohela letšoao la sebata hammoho le baroetsana bohle ba maoatla ba Laodisea, ba ileng ba hana ho fumana oli. Ha ke eo mona ho sireletsa lebaka leo ka lona ke utloisisang hore teko ea setšoantšo sa sebata e qalile ka la 11 Loetse 2001, ’me e fela molaong oa Sontaha. Ke mpa feela ke supa mohopolo oa boprofeta o hlokahalang ho utloisisa karolo ea United States, joalokaha e tsejoa ho Tšenolo leshome le metso e meraro, ka mor’a hore e fetise molao oa Sontaha. Temaneng ea leshome le motso o mong, e bua joaloka drakone, ’me ho tloha moo ho ea pele ho bohlokoa ho latela lentsoe “eena.” Setšoantšo sa sebata seo United States e seng e qobella lefatše hore le se emise, hase setšoantšo sa sebata se United States, hobane sona se se se le nakong e fetileng.

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

> “Lalu aku melihat seekor binatang lain muncul dari dalam bumi; binatang itu mempunyai dua tanduk seperti anak domba, tetapi ia berkata-kata seperti naga. Dan ia menjalankan segala kuasa binatang yang pertama itu di hadapannya, dan menyebabkan bumi serta mereka yang diam di atasnya menyembah binatang yang pertama itu, yang luka parahnya telah sembuh. Dan ia mengadakan tanda-tanda yang besar, bahkan menurunkan api dari langit ke atas bumi di hadapan manusia. Dan ia menyesatkan mereka yang diam di atas bumi dengan perantaraan mukjizat-mukjizat yang telah diberi kuasa kepadanya untuk dilakukannya di hadapan binatang itu; sambil berkata kepada mereka yang diam di atas bumi, supaya mereka membuat sebuah patung bagi binatang yang telah terkena luka oleh pedang, namun tetap hidup itu. Dan kepadanya diberi kuasa untuk memberikan nafas kepada patung binatang itu, sehingga patung binatang itu dapat berkata-kata, dan menyebabkan supaya semua orang yang tidak menyembah patung binatang itu dibunuh. Dan ia menyebabkan semua orang, baik kecil mahupun besar, kaya mahupun miskin, merdeka mahupun hamba, menerima suatu tanda pada tangan kanan mereka atau pada dahi mereka, sehingga tidak seorang pun dapat membeli atau menjual selain dia yang mempunyai tanda itu, atau nama binatang itu, atau bilangan namanya.” Wahyu 13:11–17.

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

Dalam tujuh ayat itu, kata “ia” muncul delapan kali. Setiap kali kata “ia” digunakan, kata itu selalu menunjuk kembali kepada “ia” yang mula-mula, yaitu “yang berkata seperti seekor naga,” pada waktu diberlakukannya undang-undang hari Minggu di Amerika Serikat. Ujian patung binatang yang dihadapi oleh orang-orang Advent di Amerika Serikat—yang pada saat Amerika Serikat berkata seperti seekor naga, mereka entah lulus atau gagal—kemudian diulangi bagi orang-orang Advent di negeri-negeri lain di dunia, dan juga bagi anak-anak Allah yang lain yang masih berada di Babel. Kita akan melanjutkan pembahasan kita mengenai Amerika Serikat dalam Wahyu tiga belas pada artikel berikutnya, tetapi izinkan saya mengingatkan Anda mengapa kita sedang mempertimbangkan kebenaran ini pada waktu ini.

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

Tlhabanô ye e thomilwego ke Lusifera legodimong la boraro e swantšha tlhabano ye e thomago legodimong la pele nakong ya molao wa Sontaga. Dikgokagano tše di senyegilego tša noga e kgolo di emetšwe dintweng ka bobedi. Ponagatšo ya sebjalebjale ya dikgokagano tša Sathane tše di senyegilego e emela seemo sa go robatša kgopolo seo polanete ya lefase e ineelago go sona historing ka morago ga molao wa Sontaga wo o tlago kgauswinyane. Tsietšo yeo e phethagatšwa ka taolo ya inthanete ya lefase ka bophara godimo ga se se bitšwago “tsela e kgolo ya tshedimošo.” Ditsela tšeo tše fapafapanego tša “tsela e kgolo ya tshedimošo” ke tša leago, tša ekonomi, tša bodumedi, tšeo go thwego ke saense, tša boithabišo, gomme sa bohlokwa kudu ke tsela ya ditaba.

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

Sebuah kebenaran yang harus diakui adalah bahwa “information super highway” merupakan manifestasi modern dari komunikasi hipnotis Setan, dan juga hipnosis halus yang dipakai oleh Setan dalam peperangan para malaikat di langit yang ketiga. Dengan demikian, kita dapat menetapkan bahwa “information super highway” adalah suatu unsur dari ujian “terakhir” patung binatang bagi dunia, yang berlangsung sesudah undang-undang hari Minggu. Maka akan mudah untuk mengenali bahwa ujian “pertama” patung binatang bagi Amerika Serikat harus memiliki komunikasi Setan yang sama rusaknya sebagaimana yang terakhir. Kesaksian tentang pekerjaan Setan dalam merusakkan “information super highway” sejak undang-undang hari Minggu sampai kepada penutupan masa kasihan memberikan bukti tentang bagaimana pembunuhan terhadap dua tanduk Republikanisme dan sisa Protestantisme sejati pada binatang bumi itu telah dilaksanakan pada tahun 2020. Hal itu dilaksanakan oleh “information super highway,” yang oleh Yohanes disebut suatu “jalan” dalam Wahyu sebelas.

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

Pembukaan meterai fakta-fakta nubuatan ini ialah sebahagian daripada apa yang perlu difahami oleh mereka yang berhasrat untuk lulus ujian patung binatang itu, yang telah dilihat dengan jelas oleh nabiah itu, akan dibentuk sebelum masa percubaan berakhir dan sebelum seratus empat puluh empat ribu itu dimeteraikan.

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

> “Lebih sekiranya dekri itu keluar dan meterai itu dikenakan, tabiat mereka akan tetap suci dan tanpa cacat untuk selama-lamanya.” Testimonies, jilid 5, 216.

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