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

Buku Daniel - Bilangan Seratus Dua Puluh Lapan

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

মসীহের বাপ্তিস্ম ও প্রলোভনের ভাববাণীমূলক তাৎপর্য: তিন বিশ্বশক্তির বৈশিষ্ট্য উন্মোচন

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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

Ka ka Tshwayo e simolola ka la bo11 Lwetse 2001 fa moengele yo mogolo wa kgaolo ya bolesome le boferabobedi ya Tshenolo a ne a fologa. Go fologa ga gagwe go ne ga tshwantshiwa pele ke go fologa ga moengele wa Tshenolo 10 ka la bo11 Phatwe 1840, gape le ka go fologa ga Mowa o o Boitshepo kwa kolobetsong ya ga Keresete. Kolobetso ya ga Keresete e supa pele kwa puleng ya morago e fologang fa dikago tse dikgolo tsa Motse wa New York di ne di digwa. Maatla a a tswang kwa godimo a ne a simolola, gape ka nako eo maatla a a tswang kwa tlase (kgaga e e senang bokhutlo) a ne a tla bonadiwa, gonne Lefoko la Modimo ga le ka ke la palelwa.

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

Tatkala Kristus dibaptis, Ia segera pergi ke padang gurun dan berpuasa selama empat puluh hari, sesudah itu Ia dicobai oleh Iblis dengan tiga pencobaan. Masing-masing dari ketiga pencobaan itu melambangkan ciri-ciri utama dari masing-masing tiga kuasa yang menuntun dunia kepada Armagedon. Ketiga pencobaan itu adalah kesombongan, suatu ciri naga; selera jasmani, suatu ciri binatang itu; dan keangkuhan yang nekat, suatu ciri nabi palsu. Kesombongan dan pengagungan diri dilambangkan oleh Lusifer dalam uraian klasik Yesaya.

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

> உஜ்ஜ்வல நட்சத்திரமே, விடியற்காலின் குமாரனே, நீ வானத்திலிருந்து எவ்வளவு விழுந்தாயே! ஜாதிகளை பலவீனப்படுத்தினவனே, நீ தரையிலே எவ்வளவு வெட்டிக் கீழே தள்ளப்பட்டாயே! ஏனெனில் நீ உன் இருதயத்தில், “நான் வானத்திற்கு ஏறுவேன்; தேவனுடைய நட்சத்திரங்களுக்குமேல் என் சிங்காசனத்தை உயர்த்துவேன்; வடதிசையின் அகலங்களில், சபைக்கூடும் மலையின் மேல் நான் உட்காருவேன்; மேகங்களின் உயரங்களுக்குமேல் நான் ஏறுவேன்; உன்னதமானவரைப் போல இருப்பேன்” என்று சொன்னாய். ஆயினும் நீ பாதாளத்திற்கும், குழியின் அகலங்களிற்கும் கீழே இறக்கப்படுவாய். உன்னைப் பார்க்கிறவர்கள் உன்னை உற்றுநோக்கி, உன்னை ஆராய்ந்து, “பூமியை நடுக்கமடையச் செய்து, ராஜ்யங்களை அதிரச்செய்த மனுஷன் இவனா?” என்று சொல்லுவார்கள். ஏசாயா 14:12–16.

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

Ka tlhano Lucifere o bolela mo pelong ya gagwe a re, “Ke tla.” Satane, yo pele a neng a bidiwa “motshedi wa lesedi” (Lucifer), mme jaanong a sa tlhole a rwala sepe fa e se lefifi, ke ene “yo o neng a roromisa ditšhaba.” Ka boporofeti o amanngwa le “ditšhaba,” gonne ke ene moeteledipele wa kopanelo e e bosula ya ditšhaba, le kopanelo ya bagwebi e e supiwang mo go Tshenolo dikgaolo tsa lesome le bosupa le lesome le borobedi.

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

> “Ligosi le babusi le bagolwane ba ipeile godimo ga bona ka bobona letshwao la moganetsi wa Keresete, mme ba emetswe e le kgogela e e yang go lwa le baitshepi—le ba ba bolokang ditaelo tsa Modimo mme ba na le tumelo ya ga Jesu.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

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

Gabatian ni Kristus, minunsad an Balaan nga Espiritu, nga nagatipo sa kahimtang tapos han Septyembre 11, 2001. Katapos han Iya pagbunyag, gintintar ni Satanas hi Kristo pinaagi han paghalad nga ihatag kan Kristo an gahum nga ginagamit ni Satanas ha pagmando han mga ginhadian han kalibotan, kay ha pagkapukan ni Adan, hi Satanas nahimo nga magmarando han mga ginhadian han kalibotan.

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

> ចំណែក​អារក្ស ដោយ​នាំ​ទ្រង់​ឡើង​ទៅ​លើ​ភ្នំ​ខ្ពស់​មួយ ក៏​បង្ហាញ​ដល់​ទ្រង់​នូវ​អាណាចក្រ​ទាំង​អស់​នៃ​លោកិយ ក្នុង​មួយ​រំពេច​នៃ​ពេល​វេលា។ ហើយ​អារក្ស​បាន​និយាយ​ទៅ​កាន់​ទ្រង់​ថា អំណាច​ទាំង​អស់​នេះ និង​សិរីល្អ​របស់​វា ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​ឲ្យ​ដល់​អ្នក ដ្បិត​វា​ត្រូវ​បាន​ប្រគល់​មក​ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ ហើយ​ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​ឲ្យ​ដល់​អ្នក​ណា ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​ឲ្យ​ដល់​អ្នក​នោះ។ ដូច្នេះ បើ​អ្នក​ថ្វាយបង្គំ​ខ្ញុំ នោះ​ទាំង​អស់​នេះ​នឹង​ជា​របស់​អ្នក។ ព្រះយេស៊ូវ​ក៏​មាន​ព្រះបន្ទូល​ឆ្លើយ​ទៅ​វា​ថា សាតាំង​អើយ ចូរ​ថយ​ទៅ​ខាង​ក្រោយ​ខ្ញុំ​ចុះ ដ្បិត​មាន​សេចក្ដី​ចែង​ទុក​មក​ថា អ្នក​ត្រូវ​ថ្វាយបង្គំ​ព្រះអម្ចាស់​ជា​ព្រះ​នៃ​អ្នក ហើយ​ត្រូវ​បម្រើ​តែ​ព្រះអង្គ​មួយ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ លូកា 4:5–8។

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

Dinagane tše pedi tša motheo tša Roma ya bopapa (sebata) ke bootswa bja yona le “dijo” tše di nago le mpholo gotee le seno seo e se abago.

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

> ነገር ግን አንቺን የምቃወመው ጥቂት ነገር አለኝ፤ ራሷን ነቢዪት ብላ የምትጠራውን ያቺን ሴት ኤልዛቤልን፥ ባሪያዎቼን ዝሙት እንዲፈጽሙ ለጣዖታትም የተሠዋውን እንዲበሉ በማስተማርና በማሳት ትፈቅድላታለሽና። ራእይ 2፥14።

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

“Ka ‘chakula’ le djinøng djon” ba a iadon ka long ki jinghikai bakla jong ka.

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

> “Dosa besar yang dituduhkan terhadap Babel ialah bahawa dia ‘telah membuat segala bangsa minum dari anggur murka percabulannya.’ Cawan kemabukan yang dipersembahkannya kepada dunia ini melambangkan ajaran-ajaran palsu yang telah diterimanya sebagai akibat daripada hubungannya yang tidak sah dengan orang-orang besar di bumi.” The Great Controversy, 388.

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

Satwa ya Bok’hatholike le yone e tsietsa lefatshe ka boloi jwa yone, jo gape e leng sengwe se se tsewang ka fa teng.

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

> Dan terang lilin sekali-kali tidak akan bercahaya lagi di dalammu; dan suara mempelai laki-laki dan mempelai perempuan sekali-kali tidak akan terdengar lagi di dalammu; karena para pedagangmu adalah orang-orang besar di bumi; karena oleh sihirmu semua bangsa telah disesatkan. Wahyu 18:23.

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

Kata Yunani yang diterjemahkan sebagai “sihir” ialah *pharmakeia*, yang bermaksud ubat-ubatan. Cawan emas di tangannya melambangkan bukan sahaja sebuah cawan untuk meminum anggur, tetapi juga cawan tempat ramuan perubatan ajaibnya disediakan dan diberikan. Dalam dunia moden hari ini, ramuan ajaib itu diberikan melalui jarum, bukan lagi begitu banyak melalui cawan. Apabila Iblis muncul selepas undang-undang Hari Ahad yang akan segera datang, dia akan melakukan mukjizat penyembuhan. Mukjizat yang berkaitan dengan ramuan-ramuan dan doktrin-doktrin palsu kepausan itu telah dilambangkan oleh Iblis yang menyuruh Kristus melakukan suatu mukjizat dengan mengubah batu itu menjadi roti.

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

Tirhchhuak dânpuitu thu lehkhabu chuan Sunday law hma leh hnua a thlen danah hian a nihna pawimawh thuhmun a nei a. United States-a Sunday law hma a Adventism tana image of the beast fiahna hun chuan khawvêl pumpui tana image of the beast fiahna hun a entîr a. He vâng hian, “khawvêl hmun tinah kan mite chungah he buaina thuhmun hi a lo thleng ang” tih kan hriattîr a ni.

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

Mehlolo ya diphodiso tša boSathane yeo e phethwago ke Sathane ka morago ga molao wa Lamorena, e emela “boloi” bja se go bitšwago kalafo yeo e phatlalatšwago ka bofora nakong ya histori yeo e thomago ka la 11 Loetse 2001. Jesu o boletše gore, “motho a ka se phele ka bogobe feela, eupša ka lentšu le lengwe le le lengwe la Modimo.” “Dijo” tša Roma ke meetlo le ditlwaelo tšeo a di phagamišago godimo ga Lentšu la Modimo.

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

> “Dalam gerakan-gerakan yang kini sedang berlangsung di Amerika Syarikat untuk menjamin bagi institusi-institusi dan amalan-amalan gereja sokongan negara, kaum Protestan sedang menuruti jejak langkah kaum papis. Bahkan, lebih daripada itu, mereka sedang membuka pintu bagi kepausan untuk mendapatkan kembali di Amerika Protestan supremasi yang telah hilang daripadanya di Dunia Lama. Dan hal yang memberikan makna yang lebih besar kepada gerakan ini ialah hakikat bahawa tujuan utama yang sedang diusahakan ialah penguatkuasaan pemeliharaan hari Ahad—suatu adat yang berasal daripada Roma, dan yang diklaimnya sebagai tanda kewibawaannya. Roh kepausan itulah—roh penyesuaian diri kepada adat kebiasaan duniawi, penghormatan terhadap tradisi manusia melebihi perintah-perintah Allah—yang sedang meresapi gereja-gereja Protestan dan menuntun mereka untuk melakukan pekerjaan pengagungan hari Ahad yang sama seperti yang telah dilakukan kepausan sebelum mereka.” The Great Controversy, 573.

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

Ngwetam nê se a yɛtumi ka kyerɛ sɛ “aduan” a nkyerɛkyerɛ no gyina so, a aboa no de si Onyankopɔn Asɛm ananmu, na ama watumi ama n’abosonsom a efi amanamanmu no so.

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

> “किर् रूमी कलीसिया अपनाके मूर्तिपूजाके आरोपसँ निर्दोष ठहरा सकैत अछि, से हम नहि देखि सकैत छी। सत्य एहेन अछि जे ओ ई प्रतिमासभक माध्यमसँ परमेश्वरक उपासना करबाक दाबी करैत अछि; इस्राएलीसभ सेहो ओहने केने छल, जखन ओ सभ सुनहला बछड़ाक आगाँ नतभए गेल छल। मुदा प्रभुक क्रोध हुनक विरुद्ध भड़कि उठल, आ बहुतो मारल गेल। परमेश्वरे हुनकें अधार्मिक मूर्तिपूजक घोषित केलनि, आ आइयो स्वर्गक पोथीसभमे ओहने अभिलेख ओहिसभक विरुद्ध लिखल जाइत अछि जे संतसभ आ तथाकथित पवित्र मनुखसभक प्रतिमाक आराधना करैत अछि।”

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

> “Dan inilah agama yang mulai dipandang oleh orang-orang Protestan dengan begitu besar perkenan, dan yang pada akhirnya akan dipersatukan dengan Protestantisme. Namun, persatuan ini tidak akan terlaksana melalui suatu perubahan dalam Katolikisme; sebab Roma tidak pernah berubah. Ia mengaku tidak dapat salah. Protestantismelah yang akan berubah. Penerimaan gagasan-gagasan liberal di pihaknya akan membawanya ke tempat di mana ia dapat menjabat tangan Katolikisme. ‘Alkitab, Alkitab, adalah dasar iman kami,’ demikianlah seruan orang-orang Protestan pada zaman Luther, sementara orang-orang Katolik berseru, ‘Para Bapa, adat, tradisi.’ Kini banyak orang Protestan merasa sukar membuktikan doktrin-doktrin mereka dari Alkitab, namun mereka tidak mempunyai keberanian moral untuk menerima kebenaran yang melibatkan salib; sebab itu mereka dengan cepat sedang datang kepada landasan orang-orang Katolik, dan, dengan menggunakan dalih-dalih terbaik yang mereka miliki untuk mengelakkan kebenaran, mengutip kesaksian Para Bapa, serta adat istiadat dan ajaran-ajaran manusia. Ya, orang-orang Protestan abad kesembilan belas sedang dengan cepat mendekati orang-orang Katolik dalam ketidakpercayaan mereka mengenai Kitab Suci. Tetapi pada masa kini tetap terbentang jurang yang sama lebarnya antara Roma dan Protestantisme Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, dan bala tentara para martir yang mulia, seperti yang ada ketika orang-orang ini mengemukakan protes yang memberi mereka nama Protestan.”

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

> “Kristo e ne e le Moprotestanta. O ile a hanyetsa khumamelo ea sebopeho ea sechaba sa Bajuda, se ileng sa hana keletso ea Molimo khahlanong le sona. O ile a ba bolella hore ba ruta litaelo tsa batho e le lithuto, le hore e ne e le baikaketsi le baiketelletsi. Joaloka mabitla a tšoeu, ba ne ba le batle ka ntle, empa ka hare ba tletse litšila le bobolu. Bafetoheli ba bolumeli ba qala ho tloha ho Kreste le baapostola. Ba ile ba tsoa, ba ikarola bolumeling ba mefuta le mekete. Luther le balateli ba hae ha baa ka ba qapa bolumeli bo fetotsoeng. Ba ile ba bo amohela feela joalokaha bo ne bo hlahisitsoe ke Kreste le baapostola. Bibele e behoa ka pel’a rōna e le tataiso e lekaneng; empa mopapa le basebetsi ba hae ba e tlosa ho batho joalokaha eka ke thohako, hobane e pepesa boikaketsi ba bona ’me e khalemela borapeli ba bona ba litšoantšo.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

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

Liketso tsa phodiso, tse bopang motheo oa boramoea, ke tsona thepa ea hae le khoebo ea hae.

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

> “Ba bangata ba leka ho hlalosa diponahatso tsa moya ka ho di bea kaofela hodima bomenemene le maqheka a matsoho a motho ya buisanang le meya. Empa leha e le nnete hore diphello tsa bolotsana hangata di hlahisitswe e ka eka ke diponahatso tsa sebele, ho bile teng hape le dipontsho tse hlakileng tsa matla a phahametseng tlhaho. Ho kokota hoo ho makatsang hoo bomoya ba mehleng ena bo qadileng ka hona e ne e se phello ya bolotsana kapa mano a motho, empa e ne e le mosebetsi o tobileng wa mangeloi a kgopo, ao ka wona a ileng a hlahisa e nngwe ya dithetso tse atlehileng ka ho fetisisa tse timetsang meya. Ba bangata ba tla tshwarwa ka lebaka la tumelo ya hore bomoya ke thetso feela ya batho; ha ba tliswa ba shebane mahlong le diponahatso tseo ba ke keng ba qoba ho di nka e le tsa phahametseng tlhaho, ba tla thetswa, mme ba tla iswa ho di amohela e le matla a maholo a Modimo.”

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

> “Orang-orang ini mengabaikan kesaksian Kitab Suci mengenai keajaiban-keajaiban yang dikerjakan oleh Setan dan para agennya. Dengan bantuan setanlah para ahli sihir Firaun dimampukan untuk memalsukan pekerjaan Allah. Paulus menyatakan bahwa sebelum kedatangan Kristus yang kedua akan ada pernyataan-pernyataan kuasa setani yang serupa. Kedatangan Tuhan akan didahului oleh ‘pekerjaan Iblis dengan segala kuasa dan tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat dusta, dan dengan segala tipu daya kelaliman.’ 2 Tesalonika 2:9,10. Dan rasul Yohanes, ketika melukiskan kuasa pembuat mujizat yang akan dinyatakan pada hari-hari terakhir, menyatakan: ‘Ia mengadakan tanda-tanda yang dahsyat, bahkan ia menurunkan api dari langit ke bumi di depan mata semua orang, dan ia menyesatkan mereka yang diam di bumi dengan perantaraan tanda-tanda yang telah diberikan kepadanya untuk dilakukannya.’ Wahyu 13:13, 14. Di sini bukan sekadar penipuan-penipuan belaka yang dinubuatkan. Manusia ditipu oleh mujizat-mujizat yang para agen Setan berkuasa melakukannya, bukan yang hanya mereka pura-purakan.” The Great Controversy, 553.

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

A bu du∙amgipa skiani aharangni kosako rikgiminrang, a∙gilsakni gisikni cholonchi dakgipa aiao inmangipa chinrang, gualgipa saani aro udyogni indistri, aro mondolini cholonni baksa sorkarni cholonni bakrimgrikani—ia pilakan Katolikni matburungni dakmesokgipa cholonrang ong∙a. Arodrikani dragongipa bilni dakmesokgipa cholon ong∙a. Jringjrotna nisokani, gisik on∙jae ka∙sachakgipa bilko rang∙sanan ra∙ani, gelgipa Protestantni toromni katchinikgipa toromgipaoni ong∙gipa tol∙namgipa katchinikgipani dakmesokgipa cholon ong∙a.

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

> Ndipo Yesu, amene anadzala ndi Mzimu Woyera, anabwerera kuchoka ku Yorodano, ndipo anatsogozedwa ndi Mzimu kulowa m’chipululu, pamene anayesedwa ndi mdierekezi masiku makumi anayi. Ndipo m’masiku amenewo sanadye kanthu; ndipo pamene anatha, pambuyo pake anamva njala. Ndipo mdierekezi anati kwa Iye, Ngati Inu muli Mwana wa Mulungu, lamulani mwala uwu kuti ukhale mkate. Ndipo Yesu anayankha nati kwa iye, Kwalembedwa kuti, Munthu sadzakhala ndi moyo ndi mkate wokha, koma ndi mawu aliwonse a Mulungu. Luka 4:1–4.

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

Киданд ишеним — бир нерсени жетиштүү далил же ырастоо жок туруп чын деп кабыл алуу аракетин же көрүнүшүн билдирген зат атооч. Ал толук эмес же жетишсиз маалыматтын негизинде өкүм чыгарууну же жыйынтыкка келүүнү камтыйт. Киданд ишеним, ошондой эле, адамдын өз жоромолуна белгилүү бир деңгээлде ишеним артканын да туюнтат, ал толук акталбашы мүмкүн болсо да.

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

Boprotestante ba tlologileng tumelo ba amogetse Latshipi e le letsatsi la kobamelo la Modimo ba se na bosupi bope jo bo ka tshegetsang kakanyo eo e phoso go tswa mo Lefokong la Modimo, mme ba dira jalo ba itse sentle fa ba ipolela gore ke Boprotestante, jo sereto sa jona e leng “Lefoko la Modimo fela,” kgotsa jaaka Martin Luther a ne a bolela, “Sola Scriptura!” Ba tlhopha go e amogela ka ntlha ya ditso le mekgwa ya kereke ya Roma, kgotsa gongwe fela jaaka boswa jo bo amogetsweng go tswa kwa borraabone. Mo mokgosi o mogolo wa moengele wa boraro boammaaruri jwa gore ga go na tshiamiso le epe gotlhelele mo Bibeleng ya go obamela letsatsi bo tla senolwa sentle, mme foo ba ba tswelelang mo go itepatepeng ga bone mo go phoso ba tla amogela letshwao la sebatana.

> “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.

> “Apabila terang kebenaran telah disampaikan kepadamu, yang menyatakan Sabat daripada hukum yang keempat, dan menunjukkan bahawa tidak ada dasar dalam Firman Tuhan bagi pemeliharaan hari Ahad, namun engkau masih berpegang pada sabat palsu itu, sambil menolak untuk menguduskan Sabat yang disebut Allah sebagai ‘hari-Ku yang kudus,’ engkau menerima tanda binatang itu. Bilakah hal ini berlaku?—Apabila engkau mematuhi perintah yang menyuruh engkau berhenti daripada pekerjaan pada hari Ahad dan menyembah Tuhan, sedangkan engkau mengetahui bahawa tidak ada sepatah kata pun dalam Alkitab yang menunjukkan hari Ahad sebagai sesuatu selain hari kerja biasa, engkau bersetuju untuk menerima tanda binatang itu, dan menolak meterai Allah. Jika kita menerima tanda ini pada dahi kita atau pada tangan kita, hukuman yang dinyatakan terhadap orang yang tidak taat itu mesti menimpa kita. Tetapi meterai Allah yang hidup diletakkan ke atas mereka yang dengan hati nurani memelihara Sabat Tuhan.” Review and Herald, 27 April 1911.

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

Kelemahan Parti Republikan yang lazim difahami ialah kesediaan mereka untuk mengandaikan bahawa lawan politik mereka adil dan jujur, sedangkan buah-buah Parti Demokrat dengan jelas menyingkapkan bahawa mereka ialah anak-anak kepada bapa segala dusta. Berulang kali dan secara konsisten, golongan Republikan menerima kata-kata lawan politik mereka sebagaimana adanya, padahal telah diperlihatkan kepada mereka berkali-kali bahawa lawan mereka tidak pernah menepati kata-kata mereka. Mereka memproyeksikan motif yang jujur ke atas mereka yang berulang kali telah menzahirkan bahawa tidak ada justifikasi rasional untuk menyokong unjuran cacat golongan Republikan tentang kejujuran dan integriti yang diharapkan. Benar juga bahawa ramai Republikan enggan mempertahankan prinsip demi keuntungan kewangan peribadi, atau kerana keadaan sulit yang tidak bermoral yang menyebabkan mereka mudah dimanipulasi, namun sifat nubuat utama Parti Republikan ialah sikap angkuh prasangka.

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

Ia adalah sifat keangkuhan yang secara nubuat ditandai dalam kalangan Protestan murtad, yang membolehkan mereka berpura-pura bahawa mereka telah mengambil pendirian moral dan politik yang lebih tinggi, sedangkan pada hakikatnya mereka telah melepaskan tanggungjawab sivik mereka di bawah harapan kosong bahawa lawan-lawan politik mereka akan menepati janji. Takrif kegilaan yang sangat umum ialah mengulangi perkara yang sama berulang-ulang kali sambil mengharapkan hasil yang berbeza, namun golongan Republikan berhujah bahawa pihak Demokratlah yang telah dijangkiti kegilaan, sebagaimana yang terserlah dalam kebencian mereka terhadap Trump.

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

Nansɔnmuo a ɛwɔ Republicans no mu no da adi mpɛn pii, efisɛ wɔpene kompromais ahorow so, wɔ adwene a ɛkyerɛ sɛ kompromais yɛ adeyɛ a mmrahyɛbagua no dwumadi no gyina so no ase; nanso wɔn amammuifoɔ kompromais a wɔka sɛ egyina nnyinasosɛm a ɛne “the legislative process” no so no, wɔne kuo bi na ɛyɛ a wɔn deɛ, wɔnyɛ kompromais da. Democrats de, wɔma wɔn gyinabea so kakra wɔ amammui mu pɛ bere a dodoɔ a ɛtia wɔn no si wɔn ano denneennen no nkutoo. Wɔmmaa da adanse biara a ɛkyerɛ sɛ nokware mu wɔreyɛ adwuma de ahwehwɛ mfimfini kwan bi wɔ amammui kwan so. Republicans nansɔnmuo no ne sɛ, wɔsan hwɛ afoforo kwan anidasoɔ pa so mpɛn pii, bere a saa anidasoɔ no nni fapem koraa.

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

सयओन मिमिबारि डोनाल्ड ट्राम्फनि अजाव सायाव दंफोरनि गोसोआव, ट्राम्फनि गाहायसिन ओंखारि गुन होनना साक्षि होयो—बेखौ बुंनो हागोन, जाबाय ट्राम्फआ हारिनि एजेंडा-नि सायाव साहायग्रा माने मानुखौ लाबोनो सानाय जानायखौ सिबिनाय; नाथाय दंथा गोनां प्रमानफोरा बेयो फांदों जे, बेनि बाचाबखौ ट्राम्फआ खालामनायखौ गासैबो बेनि निजोर गाबग्रा साहासनिबो (presumption) आसिल। Presumption जादों, बेयो धर्मत्यागी प्रोटेस्टान्टधर्मनि भविष्योक्तिमूलक गुन। सयतानआ बाइबेल उद्धृत खालामनानै ख्रिष्टखौ परिखा खालामबाय, नाथाय बेनायाव सयतानआ बे पदखौ गुसुं‑गोदां थाखाय घुराइबाय आरो बेखौ अकारण आरो शास्त्रबिरुद्ध परिखाथाय सोलायबाय।

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

> Aka muleta iye ku Yerusalema, aka muimika pa ciwamba ca Nyumba ya Leza, ndipo aka nena naye, “Usange ndiwe Mwana wa Leza, jiwiskile pasi kufuma pano; pakuti kwalembeka kuti, ‘Wapenge ŵangelo ŵake mulango wa kukupwelelera; ndipo ŵakukwezgenge mu mawoko ghawo, kuti pa nyengo yiliyose uleke kutimba luwoko lwako pa libwe.’” Kweni Yesu wakamuzgora, wakati, “Kwanenedwa kuti, ‘Ungayezganga yayi Yehova Leza wako.’” Luka 4:9–12.

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

Pada undang-undang hari Minggu yang akan segera datang, golongan Protestan di Amerika Serikatlah yang akan mengambil mandat Alkitab untuk berhenti dari pekerjaan pada hari Sabat, lalu memutarbalikkan perintah untuk menyembah Allah pada Sabat hari ketujuh menjadi suatu perintah buatan bahwa sesungguhnya hari matahari milik kekafiran itulah yang diwajibkan bagi manusia untuk dijadikan hari beribadah. Mereka akan memutarbalikkan suatu bagian Alkitab menjadi suatu ujian yang tidak beralasan dan tidak berdasarkan Kitab Suci.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tichalutirizgano ichi mu nkhani yikwiza.

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

> “Ani mekhurui ba je se dalgni gringgni matgni gnangko dragonni ku∙sik gnangachim, aro uni bil de uni sko-o gnangachim, aro ge∙etaniko uni ku∙sikoni re∙bagenchim. Unikode anga Harlotsni Ma∙gipako nikaha; ma∙gipa de me∙chikrang ong∙ja, indiba uamangoniko dingtang aro ma∙sigrik ong∙a. Uni sal ong∙aha, aro uko re∙angataha, aro uni me∙chikrang, Protestant dolrang, indake chong∙motgipa ong∙e re∙baaha aro ma∙gipani gisik apsanko dakaha, jensalo ma∙gipa rongtalgiparangko a∙rikaha. Anga nikaha je, ma∙gipa biloni ong∙reangengon, me∙chikrang de dal∙roroa, aro bang∙gijani gimin uamang ma∙gipani skango jakkalgipa bilko jakkalgen.”

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

> “Nakabona ekelesia oyo ezali kaka na nkombo mpe ba-Adventiste oyo bazali kaka na nkombo, lokola Yudasi, bakoteka biso epai ya Bakatolike mpo na kozwa bopusi na bango, mpo bákende kotelemela solo. Bongo basantu bakozala bato ya mpasi te komonana, bato oyo Bakatolike bayebi bango mingi te; kasi mangomba mpe ba-Adventiste oyo bazali kaka na nkombo, oyo bayebi kondima na biso mpe mimeseno na biso (mpo bayinaki biso likoló ya Sabata, mpo bakokaki koboya yango te), bakoteka basantu mpe bakopesa sango na bango epai ya Bakatolike lokola bato oyo bazali kotosa te mibeko ya bato; elingi koloba ete, bazali kobatela Sabata mpe bazali koboya Lomingo.”

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

> “तो काथलिक प्रोटेस्टेन्टहरूलाई अगाडि बढ्न उक्साउनेछन्, र यस्तो आज्ञा जारी गर्नेछन् कि जसले सातौँ दिनको सट्टा हप्ताको पहिलो दिन पालन गर्दैन, तिनीहरू मारिनुपर्नेछन्। अनि काथलिकहरू, जसको संख्या धेरै छ, प्रोटेस्टेन्टहरूको पक्षमा उभिनेछन्। काथलिकहरूले आफ्नो शक्ति पशुको मूर्तिलाई दिनेछन्। र प्रोटेस्टेन्टहरूले आफ्नी आमाले तिनीहरूभन्दा अघि जसरी काम गरिन्, त्यसरी नै सन्तहरूलाई नष्ट गर्न काम गर्नेछन्। तर तिनीहरूको आज्ञाले फल ल्याउनु वा फल दिनुअघि, सन्तहरू परमेश्वरको स्वरद्वारा छुटकारा पाउनेछन्।” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

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