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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Eleven

Mul’ata Yesus Kiristoos - Lakkoofsa Kudha Tokkoffaa

The Image of the Beast

Bifa Bineensaa keessaa Fakkeenya isaa

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 5, 2023

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

> Samii keessatti dinqiin biraan ni mul’ate; kunoo, hojii guddaa diimaa tokko, mataa torbaa fi gaanfa kudhan qabuu, mataawwan isaa irrattis gonfoo torba qabu. Eegeen isaa immoo urjiiwwan samii keessaa harka sadaffaa haxaa’ee gara lafaatti darbate; hojii sunis dubartii deessuuf qophoofte sana dura dhaabatee, mucaa ishee akkuma dhalatteen liqimsuuf eegaa ture. Isheenis ilma dhiiraa deesse; innis saboota hundumaa ulee sibiilaatiin bulchuuf jedhu ture; mucaan ishees gara Waaqayyootti fi gara teessoo mootummaa isaatti ol fudhatame. Dubartittiin immoo gara lafa onaatti baqatte; achitti iddoon Waaqayyo irraa isheedhaaf qophaa’e jira, akka guyyaa kuma tokkoo fi dhibba lamaa fi jaatamaaf achitti ishee sooran. Samii keessattis waraanni ni ta’e; Mikaa’elii fi ergamoonni isaa hojii sanaan lolan; hojii sunis fi ergamoonni isaas lolan; garuu hin mo’in; iddoon isaaniis si’achi samii keessatti hin argamne. Hojii guddaan sunis ni darbatame; bofa durii sun, jechuun Diyaabilosii fi Seexana kan jedhamu, inni biyya lafaa guutuu gowwoomsu, gara lafaatti darbatame; ergamoonni isaas isa wajjin ni darbataman. Anis sagalee guddaa tokko samii keessatti akkana jedhu nan dhaga’e, “Amma fayyinni, humni, mootummaa Waaqayyo keenyaatii fi aangoon Kiristoos isaa dhufeera; sababiin isaas himataan obboloota keenyaa, inni guyyaa fi halkan fuula Waaqayyo keenyaa duratti isaan himu, gadi darbatameera. Isaanis dhiiga Hoolichaatiin, dubbii dhugaa ba’umsa isaaniitiinis isa mo’atan; lubbuu isaanii hamma du’aatti illee hin jaallanne. Kanaaf yaa samiiwwan, isin kanneen keessa jiraattanis gammadaa. Garuu yaa warra lafa irra jiraattan, yaa warra galaana irra jiraattan, isiniif wayyoo! Sababiin isaas Diyaabilos yeroo gabaabaa qofa akka isaaf hafe beekee dheekkamsa guddaadhaan gara keessan bu’eera.” Hojii sunis gara lafaatti darbatamuu isaa yommuu argu, dubartittii ilma dhiiraa deesse sana ari’e. Dubartittiidhaafis baallee gorgorraa guddaa lama kenname, akka isheen gara lafa onaatti, gara iddoo isheetti balali’uu dandeessuuf; achittis fuula bofa sanaa irraa fagaattee yeroo tokkoo, yeroo lamaa, walakkaa yeroo tokkoof ni sooratamti. Bofnis afaan isaa keessaa dubartittii duukaa bishaan akka lolaatti dhangalaase, akka lolaan ishee fudhatee deemuuf. Lafti garuu dubartittii gargaare; laftis afaan ishee banattee lola hojii sun afaan isaa keessaa dhangalaase sana liqimsite. Hojii sunis dubartittii irratti dheekkamee, sanyii ishee hafan warra ajajawwan Waaqayyoo eeganii fi dhugaa ba’umsa Yesuus Kiristoos qaban loluuf ni deeme. Mul’ata Yohannis 12:1–17.

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

Kiristoosii fi Seexaanaa gidduutti wal’aansa guddaa sana keessatti lolli jalqabaa fincila Luusiferiin waaqa sadaffaatti jalqabe; lolichi jalqabaa sunis waaqa duraa keessatti lola dhumaa sana fakkeenyaan mul’isa. Loltiin biraas ni jira; sababiin isaas, xumura waggoota kumaa sanaatti Seexanni yeroo gabaabaadhaaf hiikama, Yerusaalem irratti haleellaa kaasuufis ni ka’a; garuu lolichi sun injifannoo argachuu danda’uu hin qabu. Jalqaba irratti lolli waaqa sadaffaatti adeemsifame sun, kan dhuma irratti lola waaqa duraa keessa jiru bakka bu’u, carraan qalbii jijjiirrannaa banamee jirutti raawwatame.

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

Dubartittiin “dubartuu ulfaa’e” sun seenaa hunda keessatti waldaa Waaqayyoo bakka bu’a; seenaa Kiristoos keessattis isheen mucaa dhiiraa Yesuusin deessuuf jedhu turte. Guyyoota dhumaa keessatti immoo isheen lakkuu deessa. Seera Dilbataa dura xiqqoo dura Mul’ata boqonnaa torbaffaa keessaa dhibba afurtamii afur kuma deessa; yeroo Seerri Dilbataa dhufuttis baay’ina guddaa Mul’ata boqonnaa torbaffaa keessaa deessuuf dhiphina deessuu jalqabdi. Lakkooleen ishee wal fakkaatoo miti; garuu lakkuu dha; inni angafni Eliyaas, ilmi quxisuun immoo Musee dha.

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

ଆତ୍ମିକ ଇସ୍ରାଏଲର ଆରମ୍ଭକାଳରେ, ପୌତ୍ତଳିକ ରୋମର ଅଜଗରଟି ପୁରୁଷ-ଶିଶୁ ଯୀଶୁଙ୍କୁ ଗ୍ରସଣ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରତୀକ୍ଷା କରୁଥିଲା, ଏବଂ ଆଧୁନିକ ରୋମର ଅଜଗରଟି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ଏକ ଶତ ଚୁଆଳିଶ ହଜାରଙ୍କର ପୁରୁଷ-ଶିଶୁଙ୍କୁ ଗ୍ରସଣ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରତୀକ୍ଷା କରୁଛି। ଯେପରି ପୌତ୍ତଳିକ ରୋମ ପ୍ରାରମ୍ଭିକ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟୀୟ କଳିସିଆକୁ ନିର୍ୟାତନା କରିଥିଲା, ସେପରି ଆଧୁନିକ ରୋମ ରବିବାର ନିୟମ-ସଙ୍କଟ ସମୟରେ ସେହି ନିର୍ୟାତନାକୁ ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି କରିବ। ପ୍ରାରମ୍ଭିକ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟୀୟ କଳିସିଆରେ, ସେହି ନାରୀ ବାର ଶତ ଷାଷ୍ଠି ପ୍ରକୃତ ବର୍ଷ ପାଇଁ ଜଙ୍ଗଲକୁ ପଳାଇଗଲେ, ଏବଂ ରବିବାର ନିୟମ-ସଙ୍କଟର ନିର୍ୟାତନା ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ବାକ୍ୟ ତେରୋ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ପାଞ୍ଚମ ପଦର ବିଆଳିଶ ମାସ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରତୀକିତ ହୋଇଛି। ଜଙ୍ଗଲରେ ଈଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ ଗୋଟିଏ ସ୍ଥାନ ଅଛି, ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ସେମାନେ ଖୁଆଯାଆନ୍ତି ଏବଂ ପୋଷିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

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

Mul’ata boqonnaa saddeettaffaa fi lakkoofsa kudha sadii keessatti, malakatoonni sadan dhumaa akkuma badiiwwan sadanitti adda baafamanii ibsamu. Badiinwwan Mul’ata keessatti argaman murtiiwwan malakataa Islaamni aangowwan seera Dilbataa darbisan irratti fidu bakka bu’u. Lola boqonnaa kudha lamaan keessatti fakkeenyaan agarsiifame sana keessatti, gaheen Islaamaa yeroo, “Yaa jiraattota lafaa fi galaana, isiniif wayyoo! Seexanni dheekkamsa guddaadhaan gara keessanitti gadi bu’eera; yeroo isaa akka gabaabaa ta’e waan beekuuf” jedhuun ibsametti adda baafama. Ari’atni Izaabel karaa abbaa manaa ishee gantuu ta’e Ahaab raawwattu sun bineensa “lafa” irraa ba’e fi bineensa “galaana” irraa ba’e irratti qajeelfama.

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

Mul’ata ergamaa jabaa kan Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha saddeetii, akkuma mul’ata haaromsaa hundaatti, mallattoolee gurguddoo afur kan gara murtiitti geessanii fi murtii of keessatti hammatan qaba. Sochii ergamaa isa jalqabaatiif, mallattooleen gurguddoon afur sun Hagayya 11, 1840, abdii kutannaa jalqabaa keessa Birraa 1843, dhufaatii ergaa Iyyisa Halkan Walakkaa Hagayya 12 hanga 17tti bara 1844 keessatti, fi banamuu murtii Onkoloolessa 22, 1844 turan. Mallattoolee gurguddoo afran keessaa tokkoon tokkoon isaanii mata-duree waloo tokko, jechuunis “yeroo,” qabu turan. Hagayya 11, 1840, raawwii raajii yeroo kan Mul’ata boqonnaa sagal, lakkoofsa kudha shaniiti. Abdii kutannaa jalqabaa kan bara 1843 immoo tilmaama yeroo fashalaa’e bakka bu’a ture. Ergaan Iyyisa Halkan Walakkaa sirreeffama tilmaama yeroo kanaan dura fashalaa’e ture; Onkoloolessa 22, 1844 immoo raawwii yeroo dursee dubbatame kan ergaa Iyyisa Halkan Walakkaa ture.

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

ምንቅስቃሴው የሦስተኛው መልአክ እነዚያን ተመሳሳይ አራት መለያ ምልክቶች አሉት፤ ምክንያቱም እነርሱ በእያንዳንዱ የተሃድሶ መስመር ውስጥ ይኖራሉ፣ እናም እንደ እያንዳንዱ የተሃድሶ መስመር እነዚያ አራቱ መለያ ምልክቶች ሁሉ፣ እያንዳንዱ መለያ ምልክት ያንኑ ትንቢታዊ ጭብጥ ይይዛል። የሦስተኛው ወዮ እስልምና በአንድ መቶ አርባ አራት ሺህ ምንቅስቃሴ ውስጥ ያሉት የአራቱ መለያ ምልክቶች ጭብጥ ነው። በሴፕቴምበር 11, 2001 የሦስተኛው ወዮ እስልምና ተፈታ ከዚያም ተገደበ። የጁላይ 18, 2020 ያልተሳካው ትንበያ በናሽቪል፣ ቴነሲ ላይ የሚፈጸም እስላማዊ ጥቃትን ለይቶ ያመለከተ ሲሆን፣ የሦስተኛውን ወዮ እስልምና ይወክል ነበር። በራእይ አሥራ አንድ ጎዳና ውስጥ ያሉትን የሞቱ ደረቅ አጥንቶች የሚያነቃ መልእክት፣ የእኩለ ሌሊት ጩኸት መልእክት ፍጹምና የመጨረሻ ፍጻሜ ሲሆን፣ የናሽቪልን ትንበያ (ያለ ጊዜ ንጥረ ነገር) እርማት ይወክላል። ይህም በአራተኛው መለያ ምልክት፣ እርሱም የእሁድ ሕግ በሆነው ጊዜ፣ የሦስተኛው ወዮ እስልምና በቅርቡ የሚመጣውን የእሁድ ሕግ በማስፈጸሟ ምክንያት አሜሪካን ይመታል።

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

Yommuu dhugaan kun beekametti, akkasumas sochiin humna qabeessi ergamaa sadaffaa akeekkachiisa murtii dhiyaataa taʼuun isaa waliin ilaalamu, murtiin Islaamaa inni balaa sadaffaatiin bakka buʼame akka “balaa” “lafa” fi “galaana” irratti fidamu salphaatti hubatamuu dandaʼa.

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

Waaqni warra jiraatanii Fulbaana 11, 2001 irraa jalqabe; yeroo sanaa kaasee hamma seerri Dilbataa dhihootti dhufu sanatti, qormaanni bifa bineensichaa ijaaruu keessatti Ameerikaa keessatti raawwatama. Seera Dilbataatii jalqabee hamma Miikaaʼel kaʼutti fi carraan qoramuu namaa cufamutti, addunyaan hafte immoo yeroo sanatti bifa bineensichaa ijaaruun qoratamti. Yoo Adventistoonni Guyyaa Torbaffaa Ameerikaa keessatti qoramaa jiran taʼe, yookaan erga seerri Dilbataa bahee booddee addunyaan guutuun qoramaa jirti taʼe, qormaanni sun qormaata iddoo itti mootummaa keenya bara baraa murtaaʼu jechuun ibsama. Akkasumas qormaata carraan qoramuu seera Dilbataatti cufamuun dura darbuu qabnu dha. Mulʼanni raajii qormaata bifa bineensaaf jedhu inni jalqaba Ameerikaa keessatti, achi booddee immoo deebiʼee addunyaa keessatti mulʼatu, sirriitti hubatamuu isaaf barbaachisaa dha.

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

> “Biyyoonni Ameerikaa, biyya bilisummaa amantii, yaada sammuu namaa dirqisiisuudhaan fi namoota Sanbata sobaa kabajuuf dirqamsiisuudhaan Paaphaasii wajjin yoo tokkoome, ummanni biyyoota hundumaa addunyaa irra jiran fakkeenya ishee hordofuuf ni geggeeffamu.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

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

Yommuu mallattooleen sun hubataman, kutaan Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha sadii keessatti argamu, inni qorumsa fakkii bineensichaa walitti aananii dhufan lama, garuu walfakkaataa ta’an kana ilaallatu, salphaatti beekamuu danda’a. Kun sababa garagaraa hedduudhaaf barbaachisaa dha. Sababni tokko immoo, qunnamtii manca’e Luusifer waraana jalqabaa keessatti samii sadaffaa keessatti fayyadame, akkamitti qunnamtiin manca’aan Seexanaa waraana isa dhumaa keessatti samii jalqabaa keessatti deebi’ee mul’atu akka ta’e ni agarsiisa.

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

Seerri samii jalqabaa isa seera Dilbataatiin eegalu, yeroo qormaata fakkeenya bineensichaa addunyaa guutuuf taʼutti raawwatama. Fulbaana 11, 2001 irraa jalqabee, yeroo qormaata fakkeenya bineensichaa Ameerikaa keessatti adeemsifamaa jira. Yommuu yeroo qormaataa lamaan kana walitti aananii jiran jechuun, dura Ameerikaa keessatti jalqabanii achiis addunyaatti akka itti fufan hubannu, sana booda dhugaa Mulʼata boqonnaa kudha lamaan keessatti waraana sanaan bakka buʼan seenaa bara 2001 keessaa hamma seera Dilbataatti deebisnee ilaaluu dandeenya. Fakkeenyaaf, qunnamtii xuraaʼaa Luusifer kan hinoozisii jedhamee ibsamu, hojii yeroo ammayyaatti humna jawweetiin waraana samii isa jalqabaa Mulʼata boqonnaa kudha lamaan keessatti fayyadama irra oola. Hinoozisiin seenaa sana keessatti jawween fayyadamu kaayyoo Yizebel warra akka heretiksii taʼanitti adda baafte ajjeesuufidha.

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

Seenaa bara 2001 keessatti, gara seera Dilbataatti, dhugaa-baatonni lamaan daandii Sodoomii fi Gibxii keessatti ajjeefaman. Raawwii jalqabaa Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha tokkoffaatti, sabni Sodoomii fi Gibxiin bakka buufame Faransaay ture. Faransaay sab-durii raajii keessaa sabaa humna lama of keessaa qabu dha; akkuma mootummaa Meedoo-Faarsiyaa, akkuma Israa’el durii mootummaa qoodame keessatti ture, akkuma gosoota Yihudaa lamaan Yihudaa fi Beniyaamiin bakka bu’anis. Saboonni gaanfa lama qaban hundinuu mallattoo ahaan saba gaanfa lama qabdu Ameerikaa bakka bu’u.

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

Magaalaan Sodoomii fi biyya Gibxii, gaanfa mootummaa Ripabilikaanummaa (Gibxii) fi Pirootestaantummaa (Sodoomii) lamaan bakka bu’u. Bara 2020 keessatti gaanfoonni lamaan ni ajjeefaman; jechuunis gaanfi Ripabilikaanummaa fi gaanfi Pirootestaantummaa. Sana booda, akkaataa walfakkaatuun waraana samii isa jalqabaa keessatti itti fayyadama argatuun, sammuu namaa mo’achuuf humnoota jawwee addunyaa-hammataatiin karaa miidiyaa marsariitii addunyaa guutuutiin fayyadaman ni hojii irra oole. Ergaa marsariitiin addunyaa guutuun dabarsu to’achuudhaan, filannoon bara 2020 bu’aa falaasama addunyaa-hammataatti walii galu akka fiduuf karaa saayinsaawaatiin ni too’atamee ni qindeeffame. Kun fakkeenya qofa dha; inniis qormaanni fakkii bineensichaa dura Ameerikaa keessatti raawwatama, achiis addunyaa keessatti akka raawwatamu hubachuun barbaachisaa ta’uu isaa agarsiisa.

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

> “Gooftaan suuraan bineensichaa yeroo carraan araaraa cufamuu isaa dura akka ijaaramu ifatti na argisiiseera; sababiin isaas, inni ummata Waaqayyootiif qormaata guddaa ta’uuf, isa irratti hirkachuun mootummaa isaanii isa bara baraa murtaa’uuf. Dhaabbanni kee walfaallaa ba’iiwwan akkas walitti makaman waan ta’eef, namoonni muraasni qofatu gowwoomfamu.”

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

> “Mul’ata 13 keessatti dhimma kana ifatti dhihaatee jira; [Mul’ata 13:11–17, caqasame].

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

> “Kun qorumsi Waaqayyoo chaappaa argatan dura qormaata kana qabaachuu qabu. Warri hundinuu seera Isaa eeguun, akkasumas sanbata sobaa fudhachuu diduun amanamummaa isaanii Waaqayyoof mirkaneessan, mootummaa Gooftaa Waaqayyoo Yihowaa jalatti hiriiru, chaappaa Waaqayyoo jiraataa ni argatu. Warri dhugaa madda samii irraa dhufe dhiisanii sanbata Dilbataa fudhatan immoo mallattoo bineensichaa ni argatu.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

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

Yeroon qorumsaa Guyyaa Torbaffaa kabajtootaaf yeroo seerri Dilbataa hojii irra oolu cufama. Biyyoonni fakkeenya Ameerikaa hordofan, akkuma Ameerikaan goote sana, yeroon qorumsaa isaanii ni cufama.

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

> “Biyyoonni alaa fakkeenya Ameerikaa hordofu. Isheen jalqabdee karaa banu illee, garuu rakkinni wal fakkaataan kun saba keenya irratti kutaa addunyaa hundumaa keessatti ni dhufa.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

The final movements are rapid ones.

Dhaabbata xumuraa saffisaa dha.

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

> “Humnoota hamminaa humna isaanii walitti qabaa fi jabeeffachaa jiru. Isaan balaa guddaa isa dhumaa sanaaf of cimsaa jiru. Jijjiiramoonni gurguddoon yeroo dhihoo keessatti biyya lafaa keenya keessatti raawwatamuuf jiru, sochiiwwan isa dhumaa immoo saffisaa taʼu.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

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

Beastii fakkeenya bifa isaatiin hubachuuf, raawwii raajii teeknikaa taʼe muraasni ni barbaachisa. Jalqabatti, mallattoon bineensaa fi fakkeenyi bineensaa mallattoolee lama wal irraa adda taʼanidha.

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

> “‘Beeladhaa bineensaa’ jechuun bifa Pirootestaantizimii gantummaa irraa kufe sana agarsiisa; innis yeroo waldoonni amantaa Pirootestaantii dogma isaanii hojii irra oolchuuf gargaarsa mootummaa mootummaa irraa barbaadanitti ni guddifama. ‘Mallattoon bineensaa’ garuu amma iyyuu hiikamuu qaba.” The Great Controversy, 445.

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

Mallattoon bineensichaa Dilbii Sanbata kabajuudha; fakkeenyi bineensichaas waldaa barsiisa amantii ishee hojiirra oolchuuf aangoo mootummaa fayyadamtuudha.

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

> “ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟ କଲିସିଆମାନଙ୍କ ପକ୍ଷରୁ ରବିବାର-ପାଳନକୁ ବାଧ୍ୟତାମୂଳକ କରାଇବାର ଅର୍ଥ ହେଉଛି ପୋପତନ୍ତ୍ରର—ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ସେହି ପଶୁର—ଉପାସନାକୁ ବାଧ୍ୟତାମୂଳକ କରାଇବା। ଯେମାନେ ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଆଜ୍ଞାର ଦାବିକୁ ବୁଝିଥାଇ ସତ୍ୟ ସବ୍ବାଥର ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତେ ମିଥ୍ୟା ସବ୍ବାଥକୁ ପାଳନ କରିବାକୁ ବାଛନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ଏହିପରି କରି ସେହି ଶକ୍ତିକୁ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି ଦେଉଛନ୍ତି, ଯାହାର ଅଧିକାରରେ ମାତ୍ର ଏହା ଆଜ୍ଞାପିତ ହୋଇଛି। କିନ୍ତୁ ଧର୍ମୀୟ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟକୁ ଲୌକିକ ଶକ୍ତିଦ୍ୱାରା ବାଧ୍ୟତାମୂଳକ କରାଇବାର ଏହି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ, କଲିସିଆମାନେ ସ୍ୱୟଂ ସେହି ପଶୁର ଏକ ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତି ଗଠନ କରିବେ; ଏହିପରି, ଯୁକ୍ତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରରେ ରବିବାର-ପାଳନକୁ ବାଧ୍ୟତାମୂଳକ କରାଇବା ମାନେ ପଶୁ ଏବଂ ତାହାର ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତିର ଉପାସନାକୁ ବାଧ୍ୟତାମୂଳକ କରାଇବା ହେବ।” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

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

Bifa bineensaa waldaa fi mootummaa walitti makamuun waldaan hariiroo sana irratti to’annoo qabaachuu isaa argisiisa. Akkuma Iizaabel Ahaab irratti mootummaa godhatte, akkasumas Hiroodiyaas Heroodis irratti mootummaa godhatte. Mallattoon bineensichaa Dilbata eeguu dha. Bifni bineensichaa yeroo dheeraa keessatti guddachaa deema. Mallattoon bineensichaa immoo yeroo murtaa’e tokko bakka bu’a. Bifni bineensichaa suuta suuta guddachaa deema; garuu guutummaatti bilchaachuu isaa kan ga’u, yeroo dogmaawwan amantii isaa mootummaa dirqisiisee akka seera baasutti humna qabaatu qofa keessatti dha. Qormaanni “uumama” bifa sanaa wajjin wal qabata.

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

> “Garuu ‘bifa bineensichaaf’ jechuun maali? Akkamittis ni uumama? Bifichi bineensa gaanfa lama qabuun hojjetama; innis bifa bineensichaaf dha. Akkasumas bifa bineensichaa jedhamees waamama. Egaa bifichi akkam akka ta’e fi akkamitti akka uumamu barachuuf, amala bineensichaa ofii isaa—paaphaasummaa—qorachuu qabna.

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

> “Yeroo waldaan kiristaanaa durii salphina wangeelaa irraa goruun xurii fi duudhaa warra ormootaa fudhachuutti mancaate, Hafuuraa fi humna Waaqayyoo ni dhabe; akkasumas yaada-sammuu uummataa to’achuuf deeggarsa mootummaa biyya lafaa barbaade. Bu’aan isaa papasummaa ture; waldaa humna mootummaa to’atu, akkasumas fedhii ofii ishee galmaan ga’uuf, addumaan ‘heresy’ adabuuf isa fayyadamte. Ameerikaan Suurata Bineensichaa uumuuf, humni amantii mootummaa sivilii akkasiitti to’achuu qaba; aboo mootummaa waldaan illee kaayyoo ofii ishee galmaan ga’uuf akka itti fayyadamtu.” The Great Controversy, 443.

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

Beasticha fakkeenyaa fi mallattoon beastichaa gidduu jiru garaagarummaan hubannoo Adventistii aadaa taʼe dha. Garuu Adventismiin mata duree kana irratti karaa irraa baayʼee isa dhabaatu Mulʼata boqonnaa kudha sadii keessatti dha. Isaan akkamitti taʼe jechuun, erga seerri Dilbataa baʼee booddee yeroo Ameerikaan addunyaa fakkeenya beastichaaf akka dhaabu dirqisiiftu sana, fakkeenyi beastichaa Ameerikaa keessatti dhaabamuu wajjin walitti maku. Isaan lamaan yeroo raajii adda addaa dha.

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

Kiristoos torban tokkoof namoota baay’eedhaaf kakuu sana mirkaneessuuf dhufe; torban sanaa gidduuttis inni fannifame. Kanaafuu, torban sun yeroo lama yeroo fakkiin bineensichaa itti ijaaramu sana fakkeessa. Torban Kiristoos yeroo wal-qixxee lama keessatti qoodame; kunis fakkii Kiristoos bakka bu’a. Yeroon qorumsa lamaa bara mootummaa dhumaa keessatti jiru, fakkii mormituu Kiristoos bakka bu’a.

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

Jalqaba guyyaa kuma tokkoo fi dhibba lamaa fi jaatama isa jalqabaatti, Kiristoos dhugaa baʼumsa Isaa ofii baate, ergasii immoo fannoo irratti duʼe. Sana booddee, jalqaba sanaan guutummaatti wal fakkaatu kan taʼe guyyaan kuma tokkoo fi dhibba lamaa fi jaatamni biraan ture; yeroo sanattis bartoonni dhugaa baʼan, hamma Miikaaʼel yeroo Isxifaanos dhagaan rukutamee ajjeefamutti kaʼutti. Fannoon seera Dilbataa fakkeessa. Yeroon qormaataa lamaan, kan uumama fakkii bineensichaa wajjin walqabatan, yeroo jalqabaa isa dhibba afurtamii afur kuma tokkoo wajjin walqabatu adda baasu; isaanis Kiristoosiin fakkeeffamu; yeroo sanas seera Dilbataatti xumurama; seerri Dilbataas fannoo tiin fakkeeffama. Yeroon qormaataa inni dhumaa, inni jalqaba sanaan guutummaatti wal fakkaatu, kan hojii bartootaa yeroo Kiristoositti raawwatameen bakka buʼame, tuuta guddaa irratti xiyyeeffata; innis yeroo Miikaaʼel kaʼutti xumurama; garuu yeroo Isxifaanos dhagaan rukutame miti, dhuma yeroo carraan namaaf kennamu cufamutti, kan Daaniʼel 12:1 keessatti ibsame sana irratti.

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

Namoonni tokko tokko Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha sadii, lakkoofsa kudha tokkoo fi isa itti aanan keessatti tartiiba sirrii ta’e kan taateewwanii arguu hin danda’an; kunis yeroo baay’ee fedhii qophaa’e fakkaatuun, yeroo Ameerikaan akka bineensa guddaa dubbattu, kun Ameerikaa keessatti fakkii bineensichaa guutummaatti ijaaramee xumuramuu isaa akka bakka bu’u beekuu diduu irraa kan ka’e dha. Ameerikaan seera Dilbataa dabarsuuf, seerri Dilbataa sana dura Ameerikaa keessatti fakkiin bineensichaa ijaaramuu qaba. Yoo qabxiin kun isin hin galle ta’e, kutaa muraasa duraan The Great Controversy irraa caqasaman sana irra deebi’anii dubbisaa.

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

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

> “Lubbichi horii lama qabu sana afaan bineensaa akka qabu, humni isaas mataa isaa keessa akka jiru, akkasumas labsiinis afaan isaa keessaa akka ba’u nan arge.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

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

ወትሩ እንዲህ ያለው ነገር አስደንቆኛል፤ አድቬንቲዝም ሁለት ቀንዶች ያለው የምድር አውሬ እንደ ዘንዶ ሲናገር፣ ይህ በቀላሉ በአሜሪካ ውስጥ የእሑድ ሕግ መውጣቱን ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ የጳጳሳዊው የባሕር አውሬ ምስል ሙሉ በሙሉ መገንባቱን ደግሞ እንደሚያመለክት ለመገንዘብ እንደሚቸገር ማየት ነው። አሜሪካ የእሑድ ሕግን ለማስፈጸም፣ የቤተ ክርስቲያንና የመንግሥት ጥምረት አስቀድሞ ሙሉ በሙሉ ተገንብቶ መኖር ይገባዋል። ከእውነት የወጡ የአሜሪካ ቤተ ክርስቲያናት በቀላሉ ሰኞ ተሰብስበው፣ ማክሰኞ ወደ ኮንግረስ ሄደው፣ ረቡዕ የእሑድ ሕግ እንዲፀድቅ ኮንግረስን እንዲጠይቁ አይደለም። በቤተ ክርስቲያንና በመንግሥት መካከል የሚካሄደው የመቀላቀል ሂደት፣ በዳንኤል ምዕራፍ 3 ውስጥ ያለውን የወርቅ ምስል “መቋቋም” እንደሚመስል፣ የአውሬው ምስል “መቋቋም” ተብሎ ተወክሏል፤ ለመገንባቱም ጊዜ ይወስዳል። የአውሬው ምስል በጨለማው ዘመን ሚሊዮኖችን ሰማዕታት ለመግደል ጳጳሳት የተጠቀሙበት ሥርዓት ነው፤ የእሑድ ሕግ እንዲገደድ የሚያስፈልገውን ማኅበራዊ አካባቢ እና ሕጋዊ ቅድመ ሁኔታ ለመፍጠር ማኅበራዊ፣ ፖለቲካዊ፣ ሃይማኖታዊ እና ኢኮኖሚያዊ እድገቶች ያስፈልጋሉ። እነዚህ እድገቶች “የዘላለማዊ እጣችን የሚወሰንበትን” የአውሬው ምስል ፈተና ይወክላሉ፤ እንዲሁም “ከመታተማችን በፊት” ማለፍ ያለብንን ፈተና ይወክላሉ።

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

> “Gooftaan suuraa bineensichaa yeroo carraan araaraa cufamu dura akka hundeeffamu ifatti natti agarsiiseera; sababiin isaas, inni qormaata guddaa saba Waaqayyootiif taʼuuf, isa irratti xumuri isaanii kan bara baraa murtaaʼu dha.... Kun qormaata sabni Waaqayyoo dura chaappeffamuu isaanii qabaachuu qabaniidha.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

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

Seeraan Dilbata Ayyaanaa halkan walakkaa sanaa ti; inni fakkeenya durboota kurnanii sana raawwii isaa isa dhumaa fi mudaa hin qabneetti geessa. Qormaata halkan walakkaa sana keessatti, akka nu durboota Filadelfiyaa ogeeyyii taanee yookaan durboota Laa’odiiqeyaa gowwoota taanee ifatti mul’ata. Gowwoonni mallattoo bineensaa fudhatu; ogeeyyiin immoo chaappaa Waaqayyoo fudhatu. Namni yeroo kam iyyuu waldaa Adveentistii Guyyaa Torbaffaa keessatti miseensa ta’e kamiyyuu, miseensa ta’uu isaa dura tarree dhugaa barsiisaa irratti walii galeera; kanaafuu Adveentistiin Guyyaa Torbaffaa hundinuu ifa dhugaa Sanbataa dhiyaateefii jira.

> “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.

> “Yoo ifni dhugaa siif dhihaatee jira yoo taʼe, kan Sanbata abboommii afraffaa siif mulʼisu, akkasumas kabajni Dilbataa jedhu Dubbii Waaqayyoo keessatti hundee tokko illee akka hin qabne si argisiisu; garuu ati ammas Sanbata sobaa sanatti maxxantee haftee, Sanbata Waaqayyo ‘guyyaa koo qulqulluu’ jedhee waamu qulqulleessitee eeguudhaaf didda yoo taʼe, mallattoo bineensichaa ni simatta. Kun yoom taʼa?—Yeroo ati ajaja hojii Dilbata irraa dhaabachuu fi Waaqayyoon waaqeffachuu si ajaju sanaaf ajajamtu, yeroo ati Macaafa Qulqulluu keessatti Dilbanni guyyaa hojii idilee irraa kan adda taʼe taʼuu isaa agarsiisu jecha tokko illee akka hin jirre beektu, ati mallattoo bineensichaa fudhachuuf hayyama kennita, chaappaa Waaqayyoo immoo ni didda. Yoo nuti mallattoo kana adda keenya irratti yookaan harka keenya irratti fudhanne, murtiin warra ajajamuu didan irratti labsame nurra buʼuu qaba. Chaappaan Waaqayyoo isa jiraataa garuu warra qalbii isaanii guutuudhaan Sanbata Gooftaa eegan irratti kaaʼama.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

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

በአሜሪካ ውስጥ የአውሬው ምስል መቋቋም በትንቢት ደረጃ በመስከረም 11 ቀን 2001 ጀመረ። ይህን እውነታ ለማጽናት በርካታ የትንቢት ምስክሮች አሉ። ከዚያ ነጥብ ጀምሮ እስከ በቅርቡ የሚመጣው የእሑድ ሕግ ድረስ፣ ሰባተኛ ቀን አድቬንቲስቶች የአውሬውን ምስል ፈተና እንደሚያልፉ ወይም በዚያ ፈተና እንደሚወድቁ መሠረት ዘላለማዊ እጣ ፈንታቸውን እየወሰኑ ናቸው። እኔ የምከራከረው፣ እጅግ ጥቂቶች የሆኑ ሰባተኛ ቀን አድቬንቲስቶች እንኳ የአውሬው ምስል ፈተና መሆኑን እንደሚያውቁ ነው። ጥቂቶች ብቻ ካሉ፣ እንዴት ፈተና ሊሆን እንደሚችል ያውቃሉ፤ ከዚያም ይልቅ አስፈላጊው፣ ፈተናውን ለማለፍ ምን እንደሚፈለግ አያውቁም። የምንፈረድበት ያለን ብርሃን ብቻ በመሠረት አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን የእውቀትን መጨመር ለመረዳት ራሳችንን በሥራ ላይ ብናውል ልናገኘው የሚችለውን ብርሃን ደግሞ ያካትታል። ስለዚህ የሎዶቅያ ዕውርነት በስድስት ሺህ ዓመታት የኃጢአት ታሪክ ውስጥ ከሁሉ የበለጠ ዕውርነት ነው።

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

> Uummanni beekumsa dhabuudhaan ni barbadaa’e; ati beekumsa waan tuffatteef, anis akka ati anaaf lubummaa hin taanee si tuffadha; seera Waaqa keetii waan dagatteef, anis ijoollee kee nan dagadha. Hose’a 4:6.

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

Barsiifni fakkii bineensaa uumamuutiif ta’u seera Dilbataa yeroo dhihoo dhufu irratti xumurama; yoo qormaata sana hin darbine taʼe immoo, durboota Laaʼodiqee gowwootaa kanneen biroo hunda wajjin, warra zayitii argachuuf dide sana wajjin mallattoo bineensaa ni fudhanna. Ani asitti qormaanni fakkii bineensaa jalqaba isaa Fulbaana 11, 2001 irratti akka qabu, akkasumas seera Dilbataatti akka xumuramu maaliif akka hubadhu falmuuf hin dhaabanne. Ani garuu, erga Ameerikaan seera Dilbataa dabarsitee booddee, gahee Ameerikaa akka Mulʼata boqonnaa kudha sadi keessatti ibsame hubachuuf loogika raajii barbaachisaa taʼe qofa addaan baasa. Lakkoofsa kudha tokko keessatti akka bineensaa dubbata; yeroo san irraa eegalee jecha “inni” hordofuun barbaachisaa dha. Fakkiin bineensaa Ameerikaan yeroo sana addunyaa akka dhaabu dirqamsiistu, fakkii bineensaa Ameerikaa keessatti argamu miti; sababiin isaas inni sun duraan iyyuu darbeera.

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

> Aniis bineensa biraa lafaa keessaa ol ba’u nan arge; innis gaafa lama akka hoolaatti fakkaatan qaba ture, akka bineensa jawwee keessaatti immoo dubbata ture. Inni aangoo bineensa isa jalqabaa hundumaa fuula isaa duratti hojiitti hiika; lafa irrattis, warra achi keessa jiraatanis bineensa isa jalqabaa, kan madaan isaa nama ajjeesu fayyeef, akka waaqeffatan godha. Inni hojii dinqisiisaa guguddaa ni raawwata; hamma fuula namootaa duratti ibidda samii keessaa gara lafaatti buusuutti. Dinqiiwwan sana, kan fuula bineensichaa duratti gochuuuf aangoo itti kennameen, warra lafa irra jiraatan ni gowwoomsa; akkasumas warra lafa irra jiraatanitti, bineensa isa qilaan madaa’ee garuu jiraateef fakkii akka tolchan jedha. Inni fakkii bineensichaatiif hafuura kennuuf aangoo qaba ture; kanaaf fakkiin bineensichaa akka dubbatus, akkasumas namoonni fakkii bineensichaa waaqeffachuu didan hundinuu akka ajjeefaman gochuu danda’a ture. Inni hunduma isaanii, xinnaa fi guddaa, dureessaa fi hiyyeessa, bilisaa fi garba, harka isaanii mirgaa irratti yookaan adda isaanii irratti mallattoo akka fudhatan godha; akkasumas namni tokko illee, yoo mallattoo sana, yookaan maqaa bineensichaa, yookaan lakkoofsa maqaa isaa hin qabaanne, bituu yookaan gurguruu akka hin dandeenye godha. Mul’ata Yohaannis 13:11–17.

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

Aayyanni torba san torban keessaa, jechi “inni” jedhu yeroo saddeet ni mul’ata. Yeroo hundumaa jechi “inni” jedhu itti fayyadame, “inni” jalqabaa sanatti, jechuunis yakka Seexanaa fakkaatee dubbate sanatti, yeroo seerri Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti labsametti, deebi’a. Qormaanni fakkeenya bineensichaa kan Adventistonni Ameerikaa keessatti, yeroo Ameerikaan akka Seexanaatti dubbate sanatti, darbanii yookaan kufan, achumaan Adventistota saboota addunyaa biroo keessa jiraniif irra deebi’amee dhihaata; akkasumas ijoollee Waaqayyoo warra biroo amma iyyuu Baabilon keessa jiranifis. Ilaalcha keenya Ameerikaa Mul’ata Yohaannis boqonnaa kudha sadii keessatti itti fufnee barruu itti aanu keessatti ilaalla; garuu maaliif yeroo ammaa dhugaa kana ilaalaa jirru akka isin yaadachiisu naaf eeyyamaa.

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

ሉሲፈር በሦስተኛው ሰማይ የጀመረው ጦርነት፣ በእሑድ ሕግ ጊዜ በመጀመሪያው ሰማይ የሚጀምረውን ጦርነት ይወክላል። የዘንዶው የተበላሹ መገናኛዎች በሁለቱም ውጊያዎች ተወክለዋል። የሰይጣን የተበላሹ መገናኛዎች ዘመናዊ መገለጫ፣ በቅርቡ ከሚመጣው የእሑድ ሕግ በኋላ ባለው ታሪክ ውስጥ ፕላኔቷ ምድር የምትወድቅበትን ሂፕኖቲክ ትራንስ ይወክላል። ያ ማታለያ፣ “የመረጃ ሱፐር ሀይዌይ” ተብሎ በሚጠራው ላይ ያለው የዓለም አቀፍ ድረ-ገጽ ቁጥጥር አማካኝነት ይፈጸማል። እነዚያ የተለያዩ የ“መረጃ ሱፐር ሀይዌይ” መንገዶች ማኅበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊ፣ ሃይማኖታዊ፣ ሳይንስ ተብሎ የሚጠራው፣ መዝናኛ እና ከሁሉ ይልቅ የዜና ሚዲያ መስመር ናቸው።

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

Yeroo dhugaan kun beekametti jechuunis, “daandiin odeeffannoo guddaan” mul’ata ammayyaa qunnamtii saaxilaa kan Sheexaanii ta’uu isaa, akkasumas hipnoosisii dhokataa Sheexaaniin lolaa ergamootaa samii sadaffaa keessatti fayyadame ta’uu isaa, “daandiin odeeffannoo guddaan” qaama qormaata fakkii bineensichaa isa “dhumaa” addunyaadhaaf ta’e, kan seera Dilbataa booddee raawwatamu ta’uu isaa hundeessuu dandeenya. Ergasii, qormaanni fakkii bineensichaa isa “jalqabaa” Ameerikaa Gamtoomaniif ta’e, kan isa dhumaa wajjin qunnamtii Sheexaanawaa xuraa’e wal fakkaatu qabaachuu qaba jechuun salphaatti beekuun ni danda’ama. Ragaan hojii Sheexaanii “daandii odeeffannoo guddaa” xureessuu irraa, yeroo seera Dilbataa irraa jalqabee hamma cufamuu yeroo qorumsaatti jiru, akkamitti ajjeechaan gaanfota lamaan Repubilikanummaa fi hafeewwan Pirootestaantummaa dhugaa bineensa lafaa irratti bara 2020 keessatti raawwatameef ragaa ni kenna. Kunis “daandii odeeffannoo guddaa” tiin raawwatame; Yohannis immoo Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha tokko keessatti “karaa” jedhee waama.

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

Akka dhugaan raajii kun banamuun isaa kutaa wantoota warri qorumsa fakkeenya bineensichaa darbuu yaadan hubachuu qaban keessaa tokko dha; qorumsi kunis akka raajittiin ifatti argiteetti, yeroo balballi araaraa cufamuun dura fi yeroo dhibba tokkoo fi afurtamii afur kuma isaanii chaappeffaman dura ijaaramuu qabu.

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

> “Yeroo labsiin sun ba’u, mallattoon isaas maxxanfamu, amala isaanii bara baraan qulqulluu fi xurii hin qabne ta’ee ni hafa.” Testimonies, volume 5, 216.

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