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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Eleven

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Number Eleven

Nomor Sebelas

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Jeff Pippenger

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May 21, 2026

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The book of Joel is perhaps the most direct revelation of the latter rain in the Scriptures, and Joel opens up by first referencing the four generations of apostasy accomplished by the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. Those four generations of escalating destruction represented in Joel’s opening verses align with the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight. 1863 unto 1888 represents the first generation, and it represents the rejection of the foundational message of the Millerites as represented upon the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts, represented in Habakkuk chapter two, and that symbolizes the covenant as represented by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.

Buku Yoeli huenda ikawa ni ufunuo wa moja kwa moja zaidi wa mvua ya mwisho katika Maandiko, na Yoeli anaanza kwa kwanza kurejelea vizazi vinne vya uasi-imani vilivyotimizwa na kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato wa Laodikia. Vizazi hivyo vinne vya uharibifu unaozidi kuongezeka, vinavyowakilishwa katika mistari ya mwanzo ya Yoeli, vinapatana na machukizo manne yanayozidi kuongezeka ya Ezekieli sura ya nane. Mwaka 1863 hadi 1888 unawakilisha kizazi cha kwanza, nacho kinawakilisha kuukataliwa kwa ujumbe wa msingi wa Wamillerite kama ulivyowakilishwa katika chati za waanzilishi za 1843 na 1850, ulivyowakilishwa katika Habakuki sura ya pili, na hilo linaashiria agano kama linavyowakilishwa na mbao mbili za Amri Kumi.

1888 to 1919 represent the generation that rejected the experience of righteousness by faith, that produces an experience represented by the church of Philadelphia. In the first generation the rebellion focused upon the work of leadership represented by William Miller, and in the second generation of 1888 the leadership of the Spirit of Prophecy was rebelled against. The third generation of 1919 began with William Warren Prescott’s book, The Doctrine of Christ and ended with the book, Questions on Doctrine in 1957. That third generation was the generation of compromise with the world as Adventism sought the accreditation of the medical practices of the American Medical Association, and the accreditation of their colleges by the academic scholars of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

1888 sehingga 1919 melambangkan generasi yang menolak pengalaman pembenaran oleh iman, yang menghasilkan suatu pengalaman yang dilambangkan oleh gereja Filadelfia. Dalam generasi pertama, pemberontakan berpusat pada pekerjaan kepemimpinan yang dilambangkan oleh William Miller, dan dalam generasi kedua pada tahun 1888, kepemimpinan Roh Nubuat telah ditentang. Generasi ketiga, yaitu tahun 1919, bermula dengan buku William Warren Prescott, The Doctrine of Christ, dan berakhir dengan buku Questions on Doctrine pada tahun 1957. Generasi ketiga itu adalah generasi kompromi dengan dunia ketika Adventisme berusaha memperoleh pengakuan bagi praktik-praktik medisnya dari American Medical Association, dan pengakuan bagi perguruan-perguruannya dari para sarjana akademik Protestan yang murtad dan Katolik Roma.

In the third generation the educational counsel from the pen of Ellen White was rejected and replaced with the false educational practices of the world as represented by the educational philosophy of Greece. Greek education is represented by the goddess Athena who is enshrined in the duplicate Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pada generasi ketiga, nasihat pendidikan yang berasal dari pena Ellen White ditolak dan digantikan dengan praktik-praktik pendidikan palsu dari dunia, sebagaimana diwakili oleh filsafat pendidikan Yunani. Pendidikan Yunani dilambangkan oleh dewi Athena, yang ditahtakan di dalam duplikat kuil Parthenon di Nashville, Tennessee.

True education was exemplified in the Bible with the schools of the prophets associated with the prophet Elisha. The Maccabean revolt of 167 BC and onward to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, was in large part a protest against the inroads of Greek education into the culture and nation of the ancient literal glorious land. The protest of the Maccabees was a revolt against Greek influence at every level, but the educational influence of Greece was so pervasive in the history and the motivations of the Maccabean zealots that it cannot be separated from the reality that Greek education was perhaps the largest factor associated with the Jewish rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Books have been written identifying the negative influence of Greek education upon the Jews and false educations contribution to the Jewish rejection and crucifixion of Christ.

Pendidikan sejati dicontohkan di dalam Alkitab melalui sekolah-sekolah para nabi yang berkaitan dengan nabi Elisa. Pemberontakan Makabe pada tahun 167 SM dan seterusnya hingga kehancuran Yerusalem pada tahun 70 M, sebagian besar merupakan suatu protes terhadap penetrasi pendidikan Yunani ke dalam kebudayaan dan bangsa di negeri harfiah yang mulia pada zaman purba. Protes orang-orang Makabe adalah suatu pemberontakan terhadap pengaruh Yunani pada setiap tingkat, tetapi pengaruh pendidikan Yunani begitu meresap dalam sejarah dan motivasi para fanatik Makabe sehingga hal itu tidak dapat dipisahkan dari kenyataan bahwa pendidikan Yunani barangkali merupakan faktor terbesar yang berkaitan dengan penolakan orang Yahudi terhadap Yesus Kristus sebagai Mesias mereka. Buku-buku telah ditulis yang mengidentifikasi pengaruh negatif pendidikan Yunani atas orang Yahudi dan sumbangsih pendidikan palsu terhadap penolakan orang Yahudi serta penyaliban Kristus.

The Maccabean revolt aligns with the revolt of 1776 in the modern spiritual glorious land. There are currently over 4,000 registered universities in the United States that are built upon the philosophy of Greek and Jesuit educational practices. The anarchy and lawlessness of the past ten-plus years can be directly traced to the so-called educational centers in the United States that for decades have been indoctrinating students who were already conditioned by media and entertainment sources to accept the globalist philosophies derived from the satanic philosophies of the French Revolution period. The students of today’s universities were already conditioned into accepting the lifestyle represented by Sodom and Gomorrah before they entered the educational centers designed to attack white people, Christians and true American history. A citizen of the United States today who wishes to understand the constant two-tiered system of justice that fulfills the justice and truth being cast into the streets as identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, must understand that the current circumstances are being produced by a purposeful designed attack that is indoctrinated from the earliest years of life by a educational system designed to bring mankind under the control of elitist globalists–the dragon power!

Pemberontakan Makabe selaras dengan pemberontakan tahun 1776 di negeri mulia rohani modern. Pada masa kini terdapat lebih daripada 4,000 universiti berdaftar di Amerika Syarikat yang dibina di atas falsafah pendidikan Yunani dan amalan pendidikan Jesuit. Anarki dan pelanggaran hukum sepanjang lebih daripada sepuluh tahun yang lalu dapat dikesan secara langsung kepada apa yang disebut sebagai pusat-pusat pendidikan di Amerika Syarikat, yang selama beberapa dekad telah mengindoktrinasikan para pelajar yang sebelumnya telah pun dikondisikan oleh media dan sumber hiburan untuk menerima falsafah globalis yang berasal daripada falsafah Iblis pada zaman Revolusi Perancis. Para pelajar universiti masa kini telah pun dikondisikan untuk menerima gaya hidup yang dilambangkan oleh Sodom dan Gomora sebelum mereka memasuki pusat-pusat pendidikan yang direka untuk menyerang orang kulit putih, umat Kristian, dan sejarah Amerika yang sebenar. Seorang warganegara Amerika Syarikat pada hari ini yang ingin memahami sistem keadilan dua darjat yang berterusan, yang menggenapi keadaan apabila keadilan dan kebenaran dilemparkan ke jalan-jalan sebagaimana dikenal pasti dalam Alkitab dan Roh Nubuat, mesti memahami bahawa keadaan semasa sedang dihasilkan oleh suatu serangan yang direka dengan sengaja, yang diindoktrinasikan sejak tahun-tahun terawal kehidupan melalui suatu sistem pendidikan yang direka untuk membawa umat manusia di bawah kawalan para globalis elitis—kuasa naga!

There are five major themes in the writings of Ellen White; education, health reform, Christian living, The Great Controversy theme and practical godliness. Education is one of five major themes in the Spirit of Prophecy, and Ellen White was as much a biblical prophet as every prophet noted in God’s Word. Among other things, this means her life is an example of and for the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Before anyone thinks that Christ alone is to be our example; Paul states:

Terdapat lima tema utama dalam tulisan-tulisan Ellen White: pendidikan, reformasi kesihatan, kehidupan Kristian, tema Kontroversi Besar, dan kesalehan praktis. Pendidikan ialah salah satu daripada lima tema utama dalam Roh Nubuat, dan Ellen White ialah seorang nabi alkitabiah sama seperti setiap nabi yang dicatat dalam Firman Tuhan. Antara lain, ini bererti bahawa hidupnya merupakan suatu teladan tentang dan bagi seratus empat puluh empat ribu orang. Sebelum sesiapa beranggapan bahawa Kristus sahaja yang harus menjadi teladan kita; Paulus menyatakan:

> For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Corinthians 4:15, 16.

> Pasalipun kamu mempunyai sepuluh ribu pengajar dalam Kristus, namun tidak banyak bapak; karena dalam Kristus Yesus akulah yang telah memperanakkan kamu melalui Injil. Sebab itu aku memohon kepadamu: jadilah pengikutku. 1 Korintus 4:15, 16.

As a prophet Ellen White is an example. There was only one time that Ellen White accepted the role as a board member, and that time was with the formation of a college that embraced the principles of true education as set forth as one of the five major themes of her ministry. That college in Madison, Tennessee is located within the metropolitan district of Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did she agree to be on the founding board of Madison college from 1904 until a year before her death in 1915, she was instrumental in selecting the land where the college was established. Nashville is the center of the Greek educational system that helped to prevent the Jews from accepting their Messiah in the history of the Maccabees, who typify the apostate Protestantism of the times in which we now live. The line of the Maccabees is firmly set forth in the hidden history of verse forty, representing the apostate Protestantism that has now been fully indoctrinated with the very same, (though a modern version) destructive fruits of Greek education.

Sebagai seorang nabi, Ellen White ialah satu teladan. Hanya sekali sahaja Ellen White menerima peranan sebagai ahli lembaga, dan pada waktu itulah pembentukan sebuah kolej yang menerima prinsip-prinsip pendidikan sejati sebagaimana dikemukakan sebagai salah satu daripada lima tema utama pelayanannya. Kolej itu di Madison, Tennessee, terletak dalam daerah metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee. Bukan sahaja beliau bersetuju untuk berada dalam lembaga pengasas Kolej Madison dari tahun 1904 hingga setahun sebelum kematiannya pada tahun 1915, malah beliau berperanan penting dalam memilih tanah tempat kolej itu didirikan. Nashville ialah pusat sistem pendidikan Yunani yang telah membantu menghalang orang Yahudi daripada menerima Mesias mereka dalam sejarah Makabe, yang melambangkan Protestantisme murtad pada zaman yang sedang kita diami sekarang. Garis Makabe dinyatakan dengan kukuh dalam sejarah tersembunyi ayat empat puluh, yang mewakili Protestantisme murtad yang kini telah diindoktrinasikan sepenuhnya dengan buah-buah pendidikan Yunani yang merosakkan yang sama, (meskipun dalam suatu versi moden).

In the third generation of Adventism, the leadership that had rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in 1888, chose to turn their educational system over to the accreditation structure of the world. Nashville represents the symbolic center of both true and false education. The prophet selected the same city that the world selected to enshrine Greek education, for unlike Greek education that is based upon separating truth into isolated subjects to destroy the whole. True education is the foundational basis of Sister White’s other four primary themes of health reform, practical godliness, Christian living, and especially the theme of The Great Controversy.

Ntsena wa boraro wa Boadventisteng, boetapele bo neng bo ganne Moya wa Boporofeta ka 1888, bo ile ba kgetha ho neela tsamaiso ya bona ya thuto moahong wa tumello ya lefatshe. Nashville e emela setsi sa tshwantshiso sa thuto ya nnete le ya bohata. Moporofeta o ile a kgetha motse o tshwanang le oo lefatshe le ileng la o kgetha ho bea thuto ya Segerike seriti, hobane, ho fapana le thuto ya Segerike e theilweng hodima ho arola nnete ka dithuto tse ikemetseng ho timetsa kakaretso yohle, thuto ya nnete ke motheo wa sehlooho wa dihlooho tse ding tse nne tsa bohlokwa tsa Kgaitsedi White, e leng ntlafatso ya bophelo bo botle, borapedi bo sebetsang, bophelo ba Bokreste, mme haholoholo sehlooho sa Kganetsano e Kgolo.

Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning, and the test in the Garden of Eden illustrates the test the world is now being confronted with. The test at the end is the same as every biblical test, for God never changes. A biblical test is a three-step testing process that produces two classes that are manifested at the end of the testing process. The first angel expresses the three steps as fearing God, giving Him glory, for the hour of the litmus test of judgment is come. The first step was the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lacking the necessary fear of God, Eve failed the test of the tree and ate the fruit represented as both good and evil. Adam’s fear of God did not prevent him from entering into the rebellion of the tree, and judgment was brought upon them both, as they manifested a life without the abiding presence of Divinity.

Yesu nthawi zonse amawonetsera mapeto ndi chiyambi, ndipo mayeso a m’Munda wa Edeni amawonetsera mayeso amene dziko lapansi likukumana nawo tsopano. Mayeso a pa mapeto ali ofanana ndi mayeso onse a m’Baibulo, pakuti Mulungu sasinthika konse. Mayeso a m’Baibulo ndi njira ya mayeso ya magawo atatu imene imatulutsa magulu awiri amene amaonekera pa mapeto pa njira ya mayesoyo. Mngelo woyamba amafotokoza magawo atatuwo monga kuopa Mulungu, kumupatsa ulemerero Iye, pakuti ora la mayeso oyesa enieni la chiweruzo lafika. Gawo loyamba linali lamulo losadya chipatso cha mtengo wodziwitsa chabwino ndi choipa. Posowa kuopa Mulungu koyenerako, Hava analephera mayeso a mtengowo ndipo anadya chipatso chimene chimaimiridwa monga chabwino ndi choipa. Kuopa Mulungu kwa Adamu sikunamulepheretse kulowa m’chipanduko cha mtengowo, ndipo chiweruzo chinawabwera onse awiri, popeza anaonetsa moyo wopanda kukhalapo kosatha kwa Umulungu.

The test of the last days begins with a warning to eat the increase of knowledge that is unsealed in the revelation of Jesus Christ just before mankind’s probation comes to its end. Whether with Adventism or those outside of Adventism, the test is based upon the reception of, or the rejection of the increase of “knowledge” that is unsealed in our time. That test of knowledge is represented by the Garden’s tree of testing, that represents knowledge of either good or evil. True education was located and symbolized in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904, and false education was located and symbolized in Nashville in 1897, then re-built as a permanent structure in 1920. In the life of the prophetess true education was enshrined in Nashville, and false education was also enshrined. After her death in 1915 false education was restored in the second and permanent construction of the Parthenon temple, and true education was rejected through compromise with the world by the leadership of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.

Ujian akhir zaman bermula dengan amaran supaya memakan pertambahan pengetahuan yang dimeteraibuka dalam wahyu Yesus Kristus sejurus sebelum masa percubaan manusia sampai ke penghujungnya. Sama ada dalam kalangan Adventisme mahupun mereka yang di luar Adventisme, ujian itu berasaskan penerimaan atau penolakan terhadap pertambahan “pengetahuan” yang dimeteraibuka pada zaman kita. Ujian pengetahuan itu digambarkan oleh pohon ujian di Taman, yang melambangkan pengetahuan tentang sama ada yang baik ataupun yang jahat. Pendidikan yang benar telah ditempatkan dan dilambangkan di Nashville, Tennessee pada tahun 1904, dan pendidikan yang palsu telah ditempatkan dan dilambangkan di Nashville pada tahun 1897, kemudian dibina semula sebagai suatu struktur kekal pada tahun 1920. Dalam kehidupan nabi perempuan itu, pendidikan yang benar telah diabadikan di Nashville, dan pendidikan yang palsu juga telah diabadikan. Selepas kematiannya pada tahun 1915, pendidikan yang palsu telah dipulihkan dalam pembinaan kedua yang bersifat kekal bagi kuil Parthenon, dan pendidikan yang benar telah ditolak melalui kompromi dengan dunia oleh kepimpinan gereja Seventh-day Adventist Laodikea.

Nashville’s nickname, the “Athens of the South”, influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals. However, the Parthenon was the only one that was an exact reproduction. Today’s Nashville, Tennessee, is famous for its music, but before there was the Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville was famous for its education, not singing.

Sampule ni Nashville, “Athens of the South”, bin muhäpkim kim pilíun i edificiu kumu i sentrun puntun i 1897 Centennial Exposition. I manmägas na cantidad gi i manmafa’nå’gue na edificiu gi i exposition, manma’base gi man-åntes na orihinal. Lao i Parthenon ha’ i úniku ni exact na reproduksion. Gi pálåo’an tiempo, i Nashville, Tennessee ni på’go, mapopulá put i musika-na, lao antes di guaha i Johnny Cash Museum, mapopulá si Nashville put i edukasion-na, ti put i kantasion.

By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system. By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors. At the time, Nashville was known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture.

Menjelang tahun 1850-an, Nashville telah pun memperoleh gelaran “Athens of the South” kerana telah menubuhkan banyak institusi pengajian tinggi; kota itu merupakan bandar pertama di bahagian selatan Amerika yang menubuhkan suatu sistem sekolah awam. Menjelang akhir abad itu, Nashville menyaksikan Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, dan Vanderbilt University semuanya membuka pintu mereka. Pada masa itu, Nashville dikenali sebagai salah sebuah bandar yang paling halus budi dan berpelajaran di selatan, dipenuhi dengan kekayaan dan kebudayaan.

The mystery of iniquity is both a noun and a verb in the inspired Word. Inspiration identifies Satan, and the pope, who Sister White calls Satan’s “right hand man,” as the mystery of iniquity. Yet the “mystery of iniquity” also describes the amalgamation of truth and error. Joel’s four generations of apostasy aligns with Ezekiel chapter eight’s four escalating abominations. Those two witnesses align with the first four churches of Revelation, and the third church is represented by Constantine’s compromise of Christianity combined with paganism. Those first four churches align with the history of ancient Israel, that symbolizes modern Israel’s history.

Sephiri sa bobe ke leina gape ke lediri mo Lefokong le le tlhotlheleditsweng. Tlhotlheletso e supa Satane, le mopapa, yo Kgaitsadi White a mmitsang “monna wa seatla sa moja wa ga Satane,” e le sephiri sa bobe. Le fa go ntse jalo, “sephiri sa bobe” gape se tlhalosa go kopanngwa ga boammaaruri le phoso. Meloko e mene ya botlhanogi ya ga Joele e tsamaelana le makgapha a mane a a oketsegang a Esekiele kgaolo ya borobedi. Basupi bao ba babedi ba tsamaelana le dikereke tsa ntlha tse nne tsa Tshenolo, mme kereke ya boraro e emelwa ke go ineela ga ga Constantine mo go sekisetseng Bokeresete go kopantswe le boheitane. Dikereke tseo tsa ntlha tse nne di tsamaelana le hisitori ya Iseraele wa bogologolo, e e tshwantshetsang hisitori ya Iseraele wa segompieno.

In the third generation of ancient Israel, the kings of Israel formed alliances with the other nations that were never to be brought into alliance with God’s people. The parallel of ancient literal Israel and the Christian church as set forth in the book of Revelation is a prophetic subject set forth clearly in the study titled, Habakkuk’s Tables. Joel aligns the fourth and final generation who are “cut off” from being God’s chosen covenant people with the twenty-five elders who are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel’s four escalating abominations. That fourth generation where Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism is cut off as they bow to the sun at the Sunday law, aligns with the fourth church of Thyatira that symbolizes the reign of the papacy at either 538 or the soon-coming Sunday law. The third church of Pergamos represents “compromise” whether ancient Israel aligning with pagan kingdoms, or Constantine combining paganism with Christianity, and those two witnesses address the third generation of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen.

Ka thla hrilh hlui tak Israel zawn khân, Israel lalte chuan hnam dangte nêna inpâwlna an siam a, chûng hnamte chu Pathian mite nêna inpâwl tûra hruai luh tûr a ni lo. Thupuan bu-a a sawi angin, hnam hlui tak Israel taksa leh Kohhran Kristiante inkâra inangna hi, Habakkuk-a Tables tih zirna-ah chiang taka târ lan a ni tawh a ni. Joel chuan chhuan tâwkna hnuhnung ber, Pathian thuthlung mite thlan chu an nihna atanga “tan bo” tûr an nih chhuahna chu, Ezekiel-a tenau lo zêl bawlhhlawh thil palite zînga upa sawmhnih-panga, ni biak tûra kunte nêna a miltir a. Chû chhuan lina-ah chuan, Laodicea-a ni Seventh-day Adventism chu Sunday law-ah ni an biak avângin tan bo a nihna chu, Thyatira kohhran lina nên a inmil a; chuta chuan papacy ramrêl hun 538 emaw, emaw Sunday law lo la thleng hnai chu a entîr a ni. Pergamos kohhran pathumna chuan “inremna” a entîr a; chu chu hnam hlui tak Israel-in lalram milem biaho nêna an inthlahdahna emaw, Constantine-in milem biakna leh Kristian sakhua a inzawm tirna emaw a ni a; chûng hriattîrtu pahnihte chuan Thupuan bung 13-a lei sâ ramsa chhuan pathumna an hrilh a ni.

The four generations of the United States, who among other truths was typified by Egypt during the bondage of 400/430 years, that concluded with Pharaoh drowning in the waters of the Red Sea. Those waters marked the end of the nation that was to be judged when God brought about deliverance for ancient Israel through the prophet Moses. The United States is judged in the period of time that judgment concludes upon God’s church, so it is to be noted that the water that ended the life of Pharaoh was brought upon Pharaoh by the release of the east wind that had been holding the waters in place as God delivered His chosen people. The east wind is the third woe that strikes at the Sunday law when the earthquake of Revelation eleven arrives.

ממלכות الأربع поколения של الولايات المتحدة، التي كانت، من بين حقائق أخرى، ممثَّلةً بمصر أثناء عبودية الأربعمئة/الأربعمئة والثلاثين سنة، والتي اختتمت بغرق فرعون في مياه البحر الأحمر. وقد شكَّلت تلك المياه نهاية الأمة التي كان لا بد أن تُدان حين أجرى الله الخلاص لإسرائيل القديمة على يد النبي موسى. وتُدان الولايات المتحدة في الفترة الزمنية التي يكتمل فيها القضاء على كنيسة الله، ولذلك ينبغي ملاحظة أن المياه التي أنهت حياة فرعون جُلِبت على فرعون بإطلاق الريح الشرقية التي كانت قد أمسكت المياه في موضعها بينما كان الله يخلِّص شعبه المختار. والريح الشرقية هي الويل الثالث الذي يضرب عند سنِّ قانون الأحد حين يصل زلزال رؤيا الإصحاح الحادي عشر.

The generation that precedes the fourth and final generation of the earth beast is fulfilled on both the Republican and Protestant horns. The compromise of the Republican horn that was accomplished in its third generation occurred in the period surrounding the first world war, and it marked the United States turning its economic structure over to the globalists of the Federal Reserve. In that same period Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism sought to have its medical and educational work “accredited” by the standards of worldly education and medicine. As a verb the “mystery of iniquity” represents the compromise of Constantine and the kings of ancient Israel with the powers of the world. The word used by inspiration to describe the compromise is “amalgamation,” as defined in the dictionary of Ellen White’s time as; "to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend." The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree of amalgamation, the tree of compromise. “The last mighty conflict,” is the Sunday law crisis, and Satan’s preparation for that crisis is “the mystery of iniquity,” that blends human wisdom with Divine revelation.

அமெரிக்க பூமி மிருகத்தின் நான்காவது மற்றும் இறுதியான தலைமுறைக்கு முந்திய தலைமுறை, அதன் குடியரசுக் கொம்பிலும் புராட்டஸ்டாந்துக் கொம்பிலும் இரண்டிலும் நிறைவேறுகிறது. அதன் மூன்றாவது தலைமுறையில் நிகழ்ந்த குடியரசுக் கொம்பின் சமரசம், முதல் உலகப் போரைக் சூழ்ந்த காலப்பகுதியில் நடந்தது; அதுவே அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் தனது பொருளாதார அமைப்பை Federal Reserve எனும் உலகமயப்படுத்துவோரின் கைக்குப் ஒப்படைத்த திருப்பமாக இருந்தது. அதே காலப்பகுதியில் லவோதிக்கேயா நிலைமையிலிருந்த ஏழாம் நாள் அட்வென்டிசம், தனது மருத்துவ மற்றும் கல்வி பணிகள் உலகியலான கல்வி மற்றும் மருத்துவத்தின் அளவுகோல்களின்படி “அங்கீகாரம்” பெறுவதற்காக முயன்றது. ஒரு வினையாக “அக்கிரமத்தின் இரகசியம்” என்பது, கான்ஸ்டன்டைனும் பண்டைய இஸ்ரவேலின் இராஜாக்களும் உலகத்தின் அதிகாரங்களோடு செய்த சமரசத்தைச் சுட்டிக்காட்டுகிறது. இந்த சமரசத்தை விவரிப்பதற்கு தேவரூபப் பிரேரணையால் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட சொல் “அமல்கமேஷன்” ஆகும்; Ellen White வாழ்ந்த காலத்தின் அகராதியில் அது இவ்வாறு வரையறுக்கப்பட்டது: “to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend.” நன்மை-தீமை அறியும் மரம் என்பது அமல்கமேஷனின் மரம், சமரசத்தின் மரம் ஆகும். “The last mighty conflict” என்பது ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமைச் சட்ட நெருக்கடி ஆகும்; அந்த நெருக்கடிக்காகச் சாத்தான் செய்யும் ஆயத்தமே “the mystery of iniquity”; அது மனித ஞானத்தையும் தெய்வீக வெளிப்பாட்டையும் கலந்து ஒன்றாக்குகிறது.

> “Satan is busily laying his plans for the last mighty conflict, when all will take sides....

> “Satana o phathahane o beakanya maano a gagwe a ntwa e kgolo ya bofelo, e e maatla, fa tsotlhe di tla tsaya letlhakore....”

> “Listen to the voices, mark the powers, that prevail in the world. Is there any voice of prayer? Do you see any sign that God is recognized? There are priests, plenty of them; but they are trampling under their feet the law of Jehovah. Their garments are stained with the blood of souls. Multitudes are sacrificing to devils. Look, you who are hesitating between obedience and disobedience. Look in imagination at the vast multitudes worshipping at Satan’s altar. Listen to the music, to the language, called higher education. But what does God declare it?—The mystery of iniquity.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

> “Dengarlah suara-suara itu, perhatikanlah kuasa-kuasa yang berkuasa di dunia ini. Adakah suara doa? Adakah kamu melihat sesuatu tanda bahawa Tuhan diakui? Ada imam-imam, banyak sekali jumlahnya; tetapi mereka sedang menginjak-injak hukum Yehuwa di bawah kaki mereka. Pakaian mereka dinodai oleh darah jiwa-jiwa. Orang ramai mempersembahkan korban kepada roh-roh jahat. Lihatlah, hai kamu yang teragak-agak antara ketaatan dan ketidaktaatan. Lihatlah dalam bayangan fikiran akan kumpulan besar manusia yang menyembah di mezbah Iblis. Dengarlah muzik itu, bahasa itu, yang disebut pendidikan tinggi. Tetapi apakah yang Tuhan nyatakan mengenainya?—Rahsia kedurjanaan.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

In the last conflict, when “all will take sides” the test of the Garden of Eden is repeated. The test that in the beginning was isolated to a tree in the middle of a garden, is repeated at the end, in the entire world. Satan's work in advance of the final battle is “the mystery of iniquity,” which is defined as “higher education!” The symbol of “higher education” in the land of the earth beast is found in Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Athens of the South,’ where the Parthenon temple is located in contrast with the true education once represented in Nashville by Madison College. The following statement from inspiration is cited in its entirety at the end of this article, but a few points should be considered at this point.

Dalam konflik terakhir, apabila “semua orang akan memilih pihak,” ujian Taman Eden diulangi. Ujian yang pada mulanya terhad kepada sebatang pohon di tengah-tengah sebuah taman, diulangi pada akhirnya, di seluruh dunia. Pekerjaan Syaitan menjelang pertempuran terakhir ialah “rahsia kedurhakaan,” yang ditakrifkan sebagai “pendidikan tinggi!” Lambang “pendidikan tinggi” di negeri binatang bumi itu terdapat di Nashville, Tennessee, ‘Athens of the South,’ tempat terletaknya kuil Parthenon, yang dipertentangkan dengan pendidikan sejati yang suatu ketika dahulu diwakili di Nashville oleh Madison College. Pernyataan berikut daripada ilham dipetik sepenuhnya pada penghujung rencana ini, tetapi beberapa perkara perlu dipertimbangkan pada titik ini.

> “All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history....

> “Bhle ohle bo hloka bohlale hore bo fuputse ka hloko sephiri sa bokhopo se nang le karolo e khōlō hakana qetellong ea histori ea lefatše lena....”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising....

> “Tiada jalan tengah menuju Firdaus yang dipulihkan. Pekabaran yang diberikan kepada manusia bagi hari-hari terakhir ini bukan untuk disatukan dengan reka cipta manusia....”

> “Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom.... All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Orang-orang yang telah ditinggikan Allah kepada kedudukan kepercayaan yang tinggi dapat berpaling dari terang surga kepada hikmat manusia.... Semua yang hendak memiliki tabiat yang akan menjadikan mereka kawan sekerja dengan Allah dan menerima perkenan Allah, harus memisahkan diri mereka dari musuh-musuh Allah, dan mempertahankan kebenaran yang Kristus berikan kepada Yohanes untuk diberikan kepada dunia.” Manuscript Releases, jilid 18, 30–36.

The “all” who need “wisdom” represents all who are brought into a testing process that ultimately produces two classes of worshippers. The “wise” are those who secure the needed “wisdom.” The testing process begins when the revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed, just before the close of human probation. That unsealing begins an “increase of knowledge.” Those who are confronted with the test associated with the revelation of Jesus Christ will secure the “oil” of prophetic knowledge designed to guide, prepare and sanctify in advance of the arrival of the east wind at the Sunday law. The “tree of knowledge of good and evil” is the symbol of the counterfeit Bread of Heaven that is to be eaten or rejected.

“Ka pui” taksa “fimkhurhna” mamawhte chu fiahna hnuai-a hruai luh an ni a, chu fiahna kalpui chuan chibai bûk tûr mi chi hnih a siam chhuak tawh zawk a ni. “Mi fingte” chu “fimkhurhna” mamawh an hmuhte an ni. Fiahna kalpui chu mihringte tana remruat hun tâwp hma deuhva, Isua Krista thupuan a inhawn chhuah hnuah a ṭan a ni. Chu inhawn chhuah chuan “hriatna punna” a thlen ṭan a ni. Isua Krista thupuan nêna inzawm fiahna hmachhawnte chuan Sunday law-ah chhak thli a lo thlen hma lawka an hruai, an buatsaih, an thianghlim tûra siam “hriatna hrilhlâwkna” hriak an hmu ang. “Thil ṭha leh thil sual hriatna thing” chu lei lama chakna atanga lo kal va ei emaw hnawl emaw tûr Vân Chhang dik lo entîrna a ni.

In Galilee, at the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus lost more followers at one incident than any other time in His ministry. There the test was whether the prophetic words of Christ were literal or spiritual, and those who failed the test, failed—for they forgot that man is to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Christ had stated clearly that He was the Bread sent down from heaven and those who failed the test had blended Truth with human wisdom, represented by the Greeks.

Di Galilea, di rumah ibadat Kapernaum, Yesus kehilangan lebih banyak pengikut dalam satu peristiwa daripada pada waktu lain mana pun dalam pelayanan-Nya. Di sana, ujian itu ialah sama ada perkataan-perkataan nubuat Kristus bersifat harfiah atau rohani, dan mereka yang gagal dalam ujian itu, gagal—kerana mereka telah melupakan bahawa manusia harus hidup oleh setiap firman yang keluar dari mulut Tuhan. Kristus telah menyatakan dengan jelas bahawa Dialah Roti yang diturunkan dari syurga, dan mereka yang gagal dalam ujian itu telah mencampurkan Kebenaran dengan hikmat manusia, yang dilambangkan oleh orang Yunani.

Before Eve began the failure of the garden, Christ had instructed both Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The first of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is the fear of God.

Sebelum Hawa memulai kegagalan di taman itu, Kristus telah memerintahkan kepada Adam dan Hawa agar jangan memakan buah dari pohon pengetahuan tentang yang baik dan yang jahat. Langkah pertama dari tiga langkah Injil yang kekal ialah takut akan Allah.

> “Let the mind grasp the stupendous truths of revelation, and it will never be content to employ its powers upon frivolous themes; it will turn with disgust from the trashy literature and idle amusements that are demoralizing the youth of today. Those who have communed with the poets and sages of the Bible, and whose souls have been stirred by the glorious deeds of the heroes of faith, will come from the rich fields of thought far more pure in heart and elevated in mind than if they had been occupied in studying the most celebrated secular authors, or in contemplating and glorifying the exploits of the Pharaohs and Herods and Caesars of the world.

> “Biar minda memahami kebenaran-kebenaran wahyu yang agung itu, maka ia tidak akan pernah puas menggunakan kuasa-kuasanya untuk tema-tema yang remeh; ia akan berpaling dengan jijik daripada kesusasteraan picisan dan hiburan sia-sia yang sedang merosakkan akhlak belia masa kini. Mereka yang telah bersekutu dengan para penyair dan orang bijaksana Alkitab, dan yang jiwanya telah digerakkan oleh perbuatan-perbuatan mulia para wira iman, akan keluar dari ladang pemikiran yang kaya itu dengan hati yang jauh lebih murni dan budi yang lebih luhur daripada jika mereka menyibukkan diri mempelajari para pengarang sekular yang paling termasyhur, atau merenungkan dan memuliakan keperkasaan Firaun, Herodes, dan Kaisar dunia ini.”

> “The powers of the youth are mostly dormant, because they do not make the fear of God the beginning of wisdom. The Lord gave Daniel wisdom and knowledge, because he would not be influenced by any power that would interfere with his religious principles. The reason why we have so few men of mind, of stability and solid worth, is that they think to find greatness while disconnecting from Heaven.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

> “युवकहरूको सामर्थ्य प्रायः सुप्त अवस्थामा रहन्छ, किनकि उनीहरूले परमेश्वरको भयलाई ज्ञानको आरम्भ बनाउँदैनन्। परमप्रभुले दानियललाई बुद्धि र ज्ञान दिनुभयो, किनकि उनले आफ्ना धार्मिक सिद्धान्तहरूमा हस्तक्षेप गर्ने कुनै पनि शक्तिको प्रभावमा पर्न अस्वीकार गरे। हाम्रो बीचमा विवेकवान्, स्थिर, र ठोस मूल्यका मानिसहरू यति थोरै हुनुको कारण यही हो कि उनीहरू स्वर्गबाट विच्छिन्न हुँदै महानता प्राप्त गर्न सकिन्छ भनी ठान्छन्।” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

Eve lost her “fear of God.” She should have trembled at the words of God, which is an attribute of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The fear of God is the first of three tests, and it begins when the prophetic Word is unsealed, ultimately producing a class of wise and a class of foolish. The beginning for those who are destined to be wise is to tremble at God’s Word. Eve did not do this, and when confronted with the second step of the testing process she was unable to give God glory, and then was confronted with the hour of judgment where she manifested the nakedness of Laodicea.

Hawa kehilangan “takut akan Tuhan.” Seharusnya ia gemetar terhadap firman Tuhan, yang merupakan suatu sifat dari seratus empat puluh empat ribu itu. Takut akan Tuhan adalah yang pertama dari tiga ujian, dan hal itu dimulai ketika Firman nubuatan dibukakan meterainya, yang pada akhirnya menghasilkan satu golongan bijaksana dan satu golongan bodoh. Permulaan bagi mereka yang ditetapkan untuk menjadi bijaksana adalah gemetar terhadap firman Tuhan. Hawa tidak melakukan hal ini, dan ketika dihadapkan pada langkah kedua dari proses pengujian itu, ia tidak sanggup memuliakan Tuhan, lalu kemudian dihadapkan pada saat penghakiman, ketika ia menyatakan ketelanjangan Laodikia.

> “All who would perfect a Christian character must wear the yoke of Christ. If they would sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, they must learn of Him while on this earth. Christ pleased not Himself. The whole of His life was the development of a pure, disinterested benevolence. He assumed human nature to demonstrate to the fallen world, to Satan and his synagogue, to the universe of heaven, to the worlds unfallen, that human nature, united with His divine nature, could become entirely obedient to the law of God. All need to enquire, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ God requires humble, contrite hearts, that tremble at His word. It is only from the divine altar that we can receive the celestial torch, which, when received, will give us a full view of our incompetence, and reveal to us the dignity and glory of Christ. When this is seen, God places us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and it will lead us into all truth.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.

> “Ka thlahdawkna nunzia famkim an nih duh zawng zawng chu Krista nghak an sin a ngai. Krista Isua ah van hmunah ṭhut ho an duh chuan, he lei-ah hian Amah an zir a ngai. Krista chuan Ama duh zawng a lungawi lo. A nun pum pui chu thianghlim tak, mahni hriat lo, mi dang ṭhahnemngaihna nunzia lo ṭhanglian tura hmuhchhuahna a ni. Amah chuan mihring nihna a la, khawvêl tlu tawh, Setana leh a inkhâwmpui, vana lei leh vân zawng zawng, leh khawvêl tlu lohte hnenah, mihring nihna chu A Pathian nihna nên an inzawm chuan Pathian dân thuah kimkhat takin thu awih thei a ni tih a entîr. Mi tinte hian, ‘Chhandam ka nih theih nân eng nge ka tih ang?’ tiin an zawt a ngai. Pathianin thu tlawm tak, sual an inchhîr tak, A thu avânga rih thei thinlungte a phût. Pathian biakthutphah atang chauh chuan vân eng meichher chu kan dawng thei a; chu chu kan dawn chuan kan tlin lohna famkim tak min hmuhtîr ang a, Krista zahawmna leh ropuina min hrilhchhuak ang. Heti hian a lang hnu chuan, Pathianin Thlarau Thianghlim kaihhruainain min hnuaiah dah a, Ani chuan thu dik zawng zawngah min hruai lût ang.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.

The amalgamation of truth and error is the work of Satan which is identified as the mystery of iniquity. The compromise of all mankind in the final movements of the investigative judgment is enshrined in the Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ho kopanngoa ha ’nete le phoso ke mosebetsi oa Satane o tsejoang e le sephiri sa bokhopo. Ho sekisetsa ha moloko oohle oa batho metsamaong ea ho qetela ea kahlolo ea lipatlisiso ho kentsoe ka tlhompho ka tempeleng ea Parthenon e Nashville, Tennessee.

> “It is not wise to send our youth to universities where they devote their time to gaining a knowledge of Greek and Latin, while their heads and hearts are being filled with the sentiments of the infidel authors whom they study in order to master these languages. They gain a knowledge that is not at all necessary, or in harmony with the lessons of the great Teacher. Generally those educated in this way have much self-esteem. They think they have reached the height of higher education, and carry themselves proudly, as though they were no longer learners. They are spoiled for the service of God. The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest value to them.

> “Anih nibo haksatna mangirim angka naposo ta tu universitas, disi nasida mamelehon tingkina laho manjalo pangantusion di bahasa Yunani dohot Latin, di na roha dohot pikkiran nasida tongtong dipauli dohot angka pamatangkas ni pangarang-pangarang na so porsea, na diparsiajari nasida asa maradophon angka bahasa i. Nasida mandapot pangantusion na so tung marsahala, jala ndang marhite tu angka parsiajaran ni Guru na Gogo i. Biasana, angka na dididik songon on godang do marhaholongi dirina sandiri. Di roha nasida, nasida nunga sahat tu puncak ni parsiajaran na tumimbo, jala marparange dohot hamoraon ni roha, songon na so jadi parsiajar muse nasida. Nasida jadi rusak tu pangulaon ni Debata. Waktu, arta, dohot parsiajaran naung dipaulihon godang halak laho mangalului atikan na mardongan guna na hutanida i, sasintongna ingkon dipake laho mangalului atikan na mambahen nasida gabe jolma na marsihohot sude, baoa dohot boru, na tarpatik tu ngolu na praktis. Atikan songon i do na umbalga situtu nilaina tu nasida.”

> “What do students carry with them when they leave our schools? Where are they going? What are they going to do? Have they the knowledge that will enable them to teach others? Have they been educated to be wise fathers and mothers? Can they stand at the head of a family as wise instructors? In their home life can they so instruct their children that theirs will be a family that God can behold with pleasure, because it is a symbol of the family in heaven? Have they received the only education that can truly be called ‘higher education’?

> “Čie preberajú študenti so sebou, keď odchádzajú z našich škôl? Kam idú? Čo budú robiť? Majú vedomosti, ktoré im umožnia učiť iných? Boli vychovaní tak, aby sa stali múdrymi otcami a matkami? Dokážu stáť na čele rodiny ako múdri vyučujúci? Dokážu vo svojom domácom živote tak vychovávať svoje deti, aby ich rodina bola rodinou, na ktorú Boh môže hľadieť so zaľúbením, pretože je symbolom rodiny v nebi? Prijali jediné vzdelanie, ktoré možno v pravom zmysle nazvať ‚vyšším vzdelaním‘?”

> “What is higher education? No education can be called higher education unless it bears the similitude of heaven, unless it leads young men and young women to be Christlike, and fits them to stand at the head of their families in the place of God. If, during his school life, a young man has failed to gain a knowledge of Greek and Latin and the sentiments contained in the works of infidel authors, he has not sustained much loss. If Jesus Christ had deemed this kind of education essential, would he not have given it to his disciples, whom he was educating to do the greatest work ever committed to mortals, to represent him in the world? But, instead, he placed sacred truth in their hands, to be given to the world in its simplicity.

> “Pendidikan tinggi itu apakah? Tiada suatu pendidikan pun dapat disebut pendidikan tinggi melainkan jika ia mengandung rupa keserupaan dengan syurga, melainkan jika ia menuntun para pemuda dan para pemudi supaya menjadi serupa Kristus, dan melayakkan mereka untuk berdiri sebagai kepala keluarga mereka di tempat Allah. Jika, selama kehidupan persekolahannya, seorang pemuda telah gagal memperoleh pengetahuan tentang bahasa Yunani dan Latin serta gagasan-gagasan yang terkandung dalam karya para penulis kafir, maka ia tidak menanggung kerugian yang besar. Jika Yesus Kristus memandang jenis pendidikan ini sebagai sesuatu yang hakiki, tidakkah Ia akan memberikannya kepada murid-murid-Nya, yang sedang dididik-Nya untuk melakukan pekerjaan yang terbesar yang pernah dipercayakan kepada manusia fana, yaitu mewakili Dia di dalam dunia? Namun, sebaliknya, Ia menaruh kebenaran yang kudus ke dalam tangan mereka, untuk diberikan kepada dunia dalam kesederhanaannya.”

> “There are times when Greek and Latin scholars are needed. Some must study these languages. This is well. But not all, and not many, should study them. Those who think that a knowledge of Greek and Latin is essential to a higher education, cannot see afar off. Neither is a knowledge of the mysteries of that which the men of the world call science necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It is Satan who fills the mind with sophistry and tradition, which exclude the true higher education, and which will perish with the learner.

> “A da timi ni kaba manangko di Greek iti Latin ket masapul. Adda dadduma a masapul a mangadal kadagitoy a pagsasao. Naimbag dayta. Ngem saan a amin, ken saan a adu, ti agadal kadagitoy. Dagiti mangpanunot a ti pannakaammo iti Greek ken Latin ket nasken iti nangatngato nga edukasion, saanda a makakita iti adayo. Uray ti pannakaammo kadagiti palimed iti dayta a tawen dagiti tattao ti lubong a siensia ket saan a masapul tapno makaserrek iti pagarian ti Dios. Ni Satanas ti mangpunno iti isip iti panangallilaw ken tradision, a mangikkat iti pudno a nangatngato nga edukasion, ken mapukawto a kaduana ti agadal.

> “Those who have received a false education do not look heavenward. They cannot see the One who is the true Light, ‘which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.’ They look upon eternal realities as phantoms, calling an atom a world, and a world an atom. Of many who have received the so-called higher education, God declares, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—wanting in a knowledge of practical business, wanting in a knowledge of how to make the best use of time, wanting in a knowledge of how to labor for Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

> “Mangsa ni roha naung manjalo parsiajaran na lipe ndang manopot tu banua ginjang. Ndang margogo nasida marnida Ibana na i ma Torang na tutu, ‘na manorangi ganup jolma na ro tu portibi on.’ Nasida marnida angka hasintongan na salelengleleng i songon hantu, mandok sada atom i ma sada portibi, jala sada portibi i ma sada atom. Tu godang sian nasida naung manjalo parsiajaran na didok ‘parsiajaran na umbalga,’ ninna Debata, ‘Ho ditimbang di timbangan, jala dapot markurang,’—marurang di pangantusion ni ulaon na gunana di parngoluon, marurang di pangantusion ni songon dia mamangke tingki dohot na dumenggan, marurang di pangantusion ni songon dia mangulahon ulaon bahenon ni Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

The warning of the fireballs of Nashville is not an arbitrary city, it is a direct judgment brought upon Seventh-day Adventists, the United States and the world. The fireballs of Nashville represent different attributes for the various categories of Adventism, the earth beast and the world. The fireballs of Nashville are God’s judgment upon false education, symbolized by the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Peringatan bebola-bebola api di Nashville bukanlah terhadap suatu kota secara sewenang-wenangnya; melainkan suatu penghakiman langsung yang didatangkan ke atas umat Seventh-day Adventist, Amerika Syarikat, dan dunia. Bebola-bebola api di Nashville melambangkan sifat-sifat yang berbeza bagi pelbagai golongan dalam Adventisme, binatang bumi, dan dunia. Bebola-bebola api di Nashville ialah penghakiman Tuhan ke atas pendidikan palsu, yang dilambangkan oleh pohon pengetahuan tentang yang baik dan yang jahat.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Kita akan meneruskan kajian ini dalam rencana yang berikutnya.

> “By a variety of images the Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people. All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history. God’s presentation of the detestable works of the inhabitants of the ruling powers of the world who bind themselves into secret societies and confederacies, not honoring the law of God, should enable the people who have the light of truth to keep clear of all these evils. More and more will all false religionists of the world manifest their evil doings; for there are but two parties, those who keep the commandments of God and those who war against God’s holy law....

> “Ka rang ni hmang khat lo takin Lal Isua chuan Johan hnenah Pathian mite tihduhdahna lamah hmingthangte sualzia leh an bumna huham a entîr a. Mi zawng zawngin he khawvela chanchin tâwp lam thleng a kal danah hmun zau tak luahtu sual thurûk chu fimkhur taka zawng chhuah tûrin fingna an mamawh a ni. Pathianin khawvêl ram roltute chêngtute, thurûk pawl leh inpâwlkhâwmnaah anmahni inzawmkhâwm a, Pathian dân zah lo mite thiltih tenawm tak a lantîr hi, thutak êng nei mite chu he thil sual zawng zawng lakah an inthiarfihlîm theih nân a ni tûr a ni. Khawvêlah sakhaw dik lo zawng zawng zuitute chuan an thiltih sual an lantîr zual zêl ang; a chhan chu pawl hnih chauh a awm, Pathian thupek zâwmtute leh Pathian dân thianghlim do tute a ni....”

> “The enmity between the seed of the woman and the serpent is clearly defined by the Lord. ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ ‘And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’

> “Permusuhan antara benih perempuan itu dan ular itu telah ditakrifkan dengan jelas oleh Tuhan. ‘Aku akan mengadakan permusuhan antara engkau dan perempuan itu, dan antara benihmu dan benihnya; benihnya itu akan meremukkan kepalamu, dan engkau akan meremukkan tumitnya.’ ‘Lalu kepada Adam Ia berfirman: Oleh sebab engkau telah mendengarkan suara isterimu dan telah makan daripada pohon yang telah Kuperintahkan kepadamu, dengan firman: Janganlah engkau makan daripadanya, maka terkutuklah tanah oleh sebab engkau; dengan susah payah engkau akan memakan hasilnya seumur hidupmu; duri dan rumput duri akan dihasilkannya bagimu; dan engkau akan memakan tumbuh-tumbuhan di padang; dengan peluh mukamu engkau akan makan roti, sehingga engkau kembali kepada tanah, kerana daripadanyalah engkau telah diambil; sebab engkau debu, dan kepada debu engkau akan kembali.’”

> “By following his own way, by acting in harmony with Satan’s temptations and in opposition to the known will of God, man vainly attempted to elevate and bless himself. Thus he gained an experimental knowledge of disobedience to God’s commandments. Thus he knew good and evil; thus he lost his fidelity and loyalty to God and opened the floodgates of evil and suffering to the whole human family. How many today are making the same experiment! When will man learn that the only means for his safety is through a full confidence in a ‘thus saith the Lord’?

> “Ka ho latela tsela ea hae, ka ho etsa tumellanong le liteko tsa Satane le ka ho hanyetsa thato e tsejoang ea Molimo, motho o ile a leka ka lefeela ho iphahamisa le ho itlhohonolofatsa. Ka hoo a fumana tsebo ea boiphihlelo ea ho se mamele litaelo tsa Molimo. Ka hoo a tseba botle le bobe; ka hoo a lahleheloa ke botshepehi le botšepehi ba hae ho Molimo, ’me a bula likhoro tsa moroallo oa bobe le mahlomola holim’a lelapa lohle la batho. Kajeno ke ba bakae ba etsang teko eona eo! Motho o tla ithuta neng hore mokhoa o le mong feela oa polokeho ea hae ke ka tšepo e feletseng ho ‘ho bolela Jehova’?

> “Satan is seeking to intrude his own inventions upon the children of God through human methods. He is seeking to be received as God, or even to be placed above God.

> “Satana o leka go tsenya ditlhamelo tsa gagwe mo baneng ba Modimo ka mekgwa ya batho. O batla go amogelwa jaaka Modimo, kgotsa le go bewa kwa godimo ga Modimo.

> “In changing the Sabbath to the first day of the week, he leads men to disbelieve God’s declarations, and so to regard their own ways and plans that they appear exceeding wise in their own eyes and in their perverted judgment. Through human policy he leads men to regard the expressed commandments of God as of less force than human tradition, and to regard a deviation from that law which is always holy and just and good, as of little account. He sees that by thus preventing human agencies from walking as obedient children in harmony with God, he can hinder the accomplishment of God’s work in our world.

> “Ga Sabbath ka letsatsi la ntlha la beke, o kaela batho gore ba se ka ba dumela dipolelo tsa Modimo, mme jalo ba lebe ditsela tsa bone le maikaelelo a bone jaaka e kete di botlhale thata mo matlhong a bone le mo katlhololong ya bone e e sokameng. Ka leano la botho o kaela batho gore ba tseye ditaelo tse di tlhagisitsweng tsa Modimo di na le maatla a mannye go feta ngwao ya batho, le gore ba tseye go fapoga mo molaong oo o nnang o le boitshepo le tshiamo le molemo ka gale, e le selo se sennye. O bona gore ka go thibela jalo batlhanka ba batho gore ba se tsamaye jaaka bana ba kutlo mo tumalanong le Modimo, a ka kgoreletsa go diragadiwa ga tiro ya Modimo mo lefatsheng la rona.”

> “But Satan’s connivings with human agencies who stand in responsible positions are just as much to be feared and shunned now after the experiment of sin has been tried, as it was in the case of our first parents. I am instructed to say that the men who are placed in positions of responsibility in the work of God have overestimated their right to control others. The position a man occupies does not change his character. Some have seemed to feel that they must devise for churches and for sanitariums and that there was to be no questioning of their judgment. Let them learn of Jesus at every step. He should be the chief authority for every man.

> “តែការឃុបឃិតរបស់សាតាំងជាមួយនឹងភ្នាក់ងារមនុស្សដែលឈរនៅក្នុងតំណែងទទួលខុសត្រូវ ក៏គួរត្រូវបានកោតខ្លាច និងជៀសវាងដូចគ្នានេះឥឡូវនេះ បន្ទាប់ពីការសាកល្បងនៃអំពើបាបបានកើតមានឡើងហើយ ដូចដែលបានកើតមានក្នុងករណីឪពុកម្តាយដំបូងរបស់យើង។ ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានណែនាំឲ្យនិយាយថា មនុស្សដែលត្រូវបានដាក់ឲ្យនៅក្នុងតំណែងទទួលខុសត្រូវក្នុងកិច្ចការរបស់ព្រះ បានវាយតម្លៃខ្ពស់ហួសប្រមាណចំពោះសិទ្ធិរបស់ខ្លួនក្នុងការគ្រប់គ្រងអ្នកដទៃ។ តំណែងដែលមនុស្សម្នាក់កាន់កាប់ មិនផ្លាស់ប្តូរចរិតរបស់គាត់ឡើយ។ មនុស្សខ្លះហាក់ដូចជាមានអារម្មណ៍ថា ពួកគេត្រូវតែបង្កើតបទបញ្ជាសម្រាប់ពួកជំនុំ និងសម្រាប់ស្ថាប័នសុខាភិបាល ហើយថា មិនគួរមានការសួរចំពោះការវិនិច្ឆ័យរបស់ពួកគេឡើយ។ ចូរឲ្យពួកគេរៀនពីព្រះយេស៊ូវនៅគ្រប់ជំហាន។ ព្រះអង្គគួរតែជាសិទ្ធិអំណាចដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់សម្រាប់មនុស្សគ្រប់រូប។”

> “The One who has often been our Instructor says, ‘How hard it is for man to walk humbly with his God, in a contrite spirit taking God’s way and rejecting Satan’s propositions which seem to present great worldly advantages.’ The influence of man’s having his own way in the place of firmly standing on the solid foundation that God alone has laid, has been repeated over and over again. Refusing to walk in the straight paths that God has signified will bring them to confusion and will not teach wisdom to others who have the same test and trial. When will man learn that God is God, and not a man that He should change?

> “ꞌ우리의 교훈자가 되어 오신 그분께서 말씀하시기를, 사람이 하나님과 함께 겸손히 행하며, 통회하는 심령으로 하나님의 길을 따르고 큰 세속적 이점을 제시하는 것처럼 보이는 사탄의 제안들을 물리치는 일이 참으로 어렵다ꞌ 하셨다.” 사람이 하나님께서 홀로 놓으신 견고한 기초 위에 굳게 서는 대신 자기 뜻대로 행하는 영향은 거듭거듭 되풀이되어 왔다. 하나님께서 가리키신 곧은 길로 행하기를 거절하는 것은 그들을 혼란에 이르게 할 것이며, 동일한 시험과 시련을 겪는 다른 이들에게도 지혜를 가르치지 못할 것이다. 사람이 언제쯤 하나님은 하나님이시며, 변하실 사람과 같지 않으시다는 것을 배우겠는가?

> “Some who have departed from the right way have been in a continual fever to grasp responsibilities that God has not laid upon them. God calls upon every minister and every physician to maintain the simplicity of the truth. The Son of God who is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments is the Saviour of our world today. From Him every medical missionary is to receive his training. Unless he shall separate himself from the prince of the power of the air, he will mislead souls who have confidence in him. Let all beware of men who are so educated and uplifted that their plans cannot be understood by the common people.

> “Ba bang ba khelohileng tseleng e nepahetseng ba bile feberung e sa feleng ea ho inkela boikarabelo boo Molimo a sa kang a bo ba behela. Molimo o bitsa moruti e mong le e mong le ngaka e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe hore ba boloke bonolo ba ’nete. Mora oa Molimo, ea senoloang ka bobeli Testamenteng ea Khale le Testamenteng e Ncha, ke Mopholosi oa lefatše la rōna kajeno. Moromuoa e mong le e mong oa bongaka ba boromuoa o tshwanetse ho amohela koetliso ea hae ho eena. Ntle leha a ikarole ho khosana ea matla a moea, o tla khelosa meea e mo tšepang. Bohle a ba itebele khahlanong le batho ba rutehileng le ba phahamisitsoeng hoo merero ea bona e seng e ka utloisisoa ke batho ba tloaelehileng.”

> “The intrigues of sin surpass infinite conception. Every calamity, every suffering and death, is an evidence not only of the power of evil but of the truth of the living God. Having known the truth, the word of the living God, which abideth forever, and which through obedience gives life, man’s weakness in conforming to Satan’s ingenuity is surpassingly strange. All who are taught of God recognize Christ as His Son. All who disbelieve the known declarations of God demonstrate the popularity of sin, and are not working on the side of life and immortality which are brought to light through perfect sanctification of the truth. Unless they make a change in character, in words, and in spirit, souls will be lost.

> “ꞌBupi aikholhumna thihna seng·ani dingtangko batanggijagipa chanchianiko agre dal·batsrangkipa ong·a. Pilak duk, pilak saknaani aro sia, ia pilakan namgijagipa bilni sakki ong·aia ong·ja, indiba janggigipa Isolni bebera·gimin ong·e ong·a. Bebenko, chesongrangna jringjrotna donggipa janggigipa Isolni Kattako u·ie, je katta manigipa ong·a kattani nokkol ong·ani gimin, mandeni Satanni cholon-bewalna name man·chapna bilgriani namen aiao inmangipa ong·a. Isolchi skigimin pilak Kristoko Uni Depante ine ra·chakgipa ong·a. Isolni ma·sigimin agananirangko jegalgiparang papni namnikaniko mesokgipa ong·a, aro uamang jringjrotni janggi aro siani gri ong·anina kam ka·jawa, jean chu·sokgipa bebenni rongtalgipa ong·anichi rongtalatako man·a. Uamang cholon, kattarang, aro gisikni gimin dingtang ong·jaode, janggirang gimaatako man·gen.”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising. We are not to lean upon the policy of worldly lawyers. We must be humble men of prayer, not acting like those who are blinded by Satan’s agencies.

> “Tiada jalan pertengahan menuju Firdaus yang dipulihkan. Pekabaran yang diberikan kepada manusia bagi hari-hari terakhir ini tidak boleh bercampur dengan reka cipta manusia. Kita tidak boleh bersandar pada kebijaksanaan peguam duniawi. Kita mesti menjadi orang yang rendah hati dan tekun berdoa, dan tidak bertindak seperti mereka yang dibutakan oleh agen-agen Iblis.

> “Many have a faith, but not a faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Saving faith is not simply a mere belief of the truth. ‘The devils also believe, and tremble.’ The inspiration of the Spirit of God gives to men a faith that is an impelling power that molds character, and leads men higher than mere formal actions. The words, the actions, and the spirit are to bear testimony to the fact that we are followers of Christ.

> “Ba bangwe ba na le tumelo, eupša e sego tumelo yeo e šomago ka lerato gomme e hlwekiša moya. Tumelo ya phološo ga se feela go dumela therešo ka mokgwa wa tlwaelo. ‘Le batemona ba a dumela, gomme ba a thothomela.’ Tšhušumetšo ya Moya wa Modimo e nea batho tumelo yeo e lego maatla a hlohleletšago, a bopago semelo, gomme a etelela batho godimo go feta ditiro tša sebopego feela. Mantšu, ditiro, le moya di swanetše go nea bohlatse bja gore re balatedi ba Kriste.”

> “The greatest light and blessing that God has bestowed is not a security against transgression and apostasy in these last days. Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom. Their light will then become darkness, their God-entrusted capabilities a snare, their character an offense to God. God will not be mocked. A departure from Him has been and always will be followed by its sure results. The commission of acts that displease God will, unless decidedly repented of and forsaken, instead of seeking to justify them, lead the evildoer on step by step in deception till many sins are committed with impunity. All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “๏ ความสว่างและพระพรอันยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดซึ่งพระเจ้าได้ทรงประทานนั้น มิได้เป็นหลักประกันให้พ้นจากการละเมิดและการละทิ้งความเชื่อในวาระสุดท้ายเหล่านี้ ผู้ที่พระเจ้าได้ทรงยกขึ้นไว้ในตำแหน่งสูงแห่งความไว้วางใจ อาจหันเหจากความสว่างแห่งสวรรค์ไปสู่ปัญญาของมนุษย์ แล้วความสว่างของเขาจะกลับกลายเป็นความมืด ความสามารถที่พระเจ้าทรงมอบหมายไว้วางใจแก่เขาจะกลายเป็นบ่วงดัก และลักษณะอุปนิสัยของเขาจะเป็นที่ล่วงเกินต่อพระเจ้า พระเจ้าจะไม่ทรงยอมให้ผู้ใดเยาะเย้ยพระองค์ได้ การหันเหไปจากพระองค์นั้น ได้เคยเป็นมาแล้วและจะเป็นอยู่เสมอว่าต้องตามมาด้วยผลอันแน่นอนของมัน การกระทำสิ่งต่าง ๆ ที่ไม่เป็นที่พอพระทัยพระเจ้านั้น หากมิได้กลับใจอย่างเด็ดขาดและละทิ้งเสีย แทนที่จะพยายามหาข้อแก้ตัวให้แก่การกระทำเหล่านั้น ก็จะชักนำผู้กระทำชั่วไปทีละขั้นในความล่อลวง จนกระทั่งได้กระทำบาปมากมายโดยปราศจากการถูกลงโทษ ผู้ใดก็ตามที่ปรารถนาจะมีลักษณะอุปนิสัยอันจะทำให้เขาเป็นผู้ร่วมงานกับพระเจ้าและได้รับการทรงชื่นชมจากพระเจ้า จะต้องแยกตนออกจากศัตรูของพระเจ้า และธำรงไว้ซึ่งความจริงซึ่งพระคริสต์ได้ประทานแก่ยอห์นเพื่อให้ยอห์นมอบแก่โลก” Manuscript Releases, เล่ม 18, 30–36.

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