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# The Book of Daniel - Number Eighteen

Bok Danieli—Numura Kudha-Saddeetii

The Hour

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Jeff Pippenger

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December 13, 2023

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Inspiration is clear that chapter three of Daniel, represents the Sunday law in the United States. In Isaiah chapter twenty-three, the whore of Tyre, who commits fornication with the kings of the earth, is the whore of Revelation that commits fornication with the kings of the earth. In Revelation seventeen, that whore has Babylon the Great written on her forehead.

Waxyiin argisiisaan raajii ifaadha in boqonnaan sadii kitaaba Daani’el seera Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti bakka buʼu. Isaayyaas boqonnaa digdamii sadii keessatti, sagaagaltuun Xiiroos, mootota lafa irraa wajjin sagaagalummaa raawwattu, sagaagaltuu Mul’ata keessatti mootota lafa irraa wajjin sagaagalummaa raawwattudha. Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha torba keessatti, sagaagaltuun sun “Baabilon Guddittii” jedhamee adda ishee irratti barreeffamee qaba.

> And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Revelation 17:4, 5.

> Dubartiin sun uffata diimaa bifa mootummaa fakkaatuu fi diima gaggaduu uffattee turte; akkasumas warqee, dhagaa gatii guddaa qabuu fi luulawwan ittiin miidhagfamtee turte; harka ishee keessattis xoofoo warqee qabu turte; xoofoon sun immoo wantoota jibbisiisoo fi xuraa’ummaa sagaagalummaa ishee keessaa guutame ture. Adda ishee irrattis maqaan tokko barreeffamee ture, jechuunis: DHOKSAA, BAABILON GUDDOO, HAADHA SAGALTOOTAA FI WANTOOTA JIBBISIISOO LAFICHAA. Mul’ata 17:4, 5.

Before 1950, English dictionaries correctly identified the woman represented in these two verses, as the Roman Catholic church. The whole world knew after the Dark Ages of Catholic persecutions that were accomplished from 538 through 1798; that the Roman church was the whore who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. The Declaration of Independence was designed as a rejection of the rule of Catholicism and also the rule of the earthly kings that had formed unholy relationships with the whore. Isaiah chapter twenty-three, identifies that the whore would be forgotten. You would never find the definition of the whore of Revelation seventeen as the Catholic church in any modern search engines, for God’s Word never fails, and God’s Word states that she would be forgotten.

Bara 1950 dura, galmeewwan Ingiliffaa dubartii lakkoobsoota lamaan kana keessatti bakka buufamte, akka waldaa Kaatolikii Roomaatti sirriitti adda baasu turan. Addunyaan guutuun erga bara Dukkanaa booddee ari’atamoota Kaatolikii waggoota 538 irraa hamma 1798tti raawwataman beekee ture; jechuunis, waldaan Roomaa sagaagaltuu mootota lafaa wajjin halalummaa raawwattu taʼuu ishee. Labsii Walabummaa bulchiinsa Kaatolikiizimii fi akkasumas bulchiinsa mootota lafaa sagaagaltittii sana wajjin hariiroo xuraaʼaa hundeessanii turan diduu irratti kan hundaaʼe ture. Isaayyaas boqonnaa digdamii sadii keessatti sagaagaltittiin ni dagatamti jedhee ibsa. Jecha Waaqayyoo gonkumaa hin kufu; Jechi Waaqayyoo isheen ni dagatamti jedhee dubbata; kanaaf, hiika sagaagaltittii Mul’ata Yohannis boqonnaa kudha torba keessaa akka waldaa Kaatolikii taʼe matoorota barbaacha ammayyaa kamiyyuu keessatti gonkumaa hin argitan.

> And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Isaiah 23:15–18.

> Guyyaan sana keessatti, Xiiroon akka bara torbaatamaaf dagatamtu ni ta’a; akkuma guyyoota mootii tokkootti. Dhuma bara torbaatamaattis Xiiroon akka sagaagaltittii faarfatti. “Baganaa qabadhuutii magaalaa keessa naanna’i, yaa sagaagaltittii dagatamte; sirba mi’aawaa baasi, weedduu baay’ee faarfadhu, akka yaadatamtuuf.” Dhuma bara torbaatamaa booddee immoo, Waaqayyo Xiiroo ni daawwata; isheenis gara mindaa isheetti ni deebi’a, mootummoota lafaa hundumaa warra fuula lafa irra jiran hundumaa wajjin sagaagalummaa ni raawwatti. Daldalli ishee fi mindaan ishee immoo qulqullummaa Waaqayyoof ni ta’a; hin kuufamu, hin kuufatamus; daldalli ishee garuu warra fuula Waaqayyoo dura jiraataniif, akka quufanii nyaataniifii uffata yeroo dheeraa turu qabaataniif ni ta’a. Isaayaas 23:15–18.

God’s Word never fails, and since 1798, the whore has been forgotten, but in the last days she will be remembered. She is remembered when God’s seventh-day Sabbath is attacked, and it is the one commandment of the Ten Commandments, that was always to be remembered. She is remembered when she takes her harp, travels around the city and makes sweet melodies and many songs. She sings her songs at the end of seventy years, that are the days of one king. A king, according to Daniel chapter two, is a kingdom.

Dubbiin Waaqayyoo yoom iyyuu hin kufu; bara 1798 irraa jalqabee sagaagaltuun sun dagatamtee turte, garuu guyyoota dhumaa keessatti ni yaadatamti. Isheen yeroo Sanbanni guyyaa torbaffaa Waaqayyoo irratti weeraramu ni yaadatamti; innis abboommii Kurnan keessaa abboommii tokko isa yeroo hundumaa yaadatamuu qabu ture. Isheen yeroo baganaa ishee fuudhattee, magaalaa keessa naannaatee, faarfannaa mi’aawaa fi sirboota baay’ee sirbitu ni yaadatamti. Isheen dhuma waggoota torbaatamii irratti sirboota ishee ni sirbiti; kunis guyyoota mootii tokkoo dha. Akka Daani’el boqonnaa lamaatti, mootiin mootummaa dha.

> And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. Daniel 2:38.

> Namoonni ilmaan namootaa iddoo kam iyyuu keessa jiraatan hundumaa irratti, bineensonni bosonaa fi simbirroonni samii harka keetti kennamaniiru; isaan hundumaa irrattis si bulchaa godheera. Ati mataa warqee kana. Daani’el 2:38.

A “head,” or a “king” are both symbols of a kingdom. The kingdom that is represented by the “days of one king,” is the United States. The United States began its prophetic rule as the earth beast when the deadly wound was delivered to the whore of Babylon in 1798. It continues as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy until the Sunday law. The literal kingdom of Bible prophecy that actually ruled for seventy years was Babylon.

“Mataa,” yookaan “mootii,” lamaan isaanii iyyuu mootummaa kan agarsiisanidha. Mootummaan “bara mootummaa tokkoo” jedhuun bakka buufame, Ameerikaa Gamtoomaa dha. Ameerikaan Gamtoomaan, yeroo 1798 keessatti madaan du’aa ishee sagaagaltuu Baabilonitti geeffametti, akka bineensa lafaa taatee bulchiinsa raajii ishee jalqabde. Isheen akka mootummaa ja’aaffaa raajii Macaafa Qulqulluu taatee hamma seera Dilbataaatti itti fufa. Mootummaan jechuun mootummaa dhugaa, kan raajii Macaafa Qulqulluu keessatti waggaa torbaatamaaf mootummaa raawwate immoo Baabilon ture.

> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. Jeremiah 25:9–12.

> Kunoo, ani maatii warra kaabaa hundumaa nan erga, nan fidhadhas, jedha Waaqayyo; akkasumas Nebukadnezaar mootii Baabilon, tajaajilaa koo, nan fida; isaanis biyya kana irratti, jiraattota ishee irratti, saboota kana naannoo hundumaa irraattis nan kaasa; guutummaatti isaan nan balleessa; waan nama dinqisiisu, waan itti afaan qajeelchan, lafa bara baraan onaa taate isaan nan godha. Kana malees sagalee gammachuu, sagalee ililchaa, sagalee misirrichaa fi sagalee misirrittii, sagalee dhagaa daakuu, ifa ibsaas isaan irraa nan kaasa. Biyyi kun hundinuu ona taʼuu fi waan nama dinqisiisu taʼuu qabdi; saboonni kunis waggaa torbaatama mootii Baabilon ni tajaajilu. Ergasii waggoonni torbaatamni yommuu raawwataman, ani sababii jalʼina isaanii tiif mootii Baabilonii fi saba sana nan adaba, jedha Waaqayyo; biyya Kaldootaas lafa bara baraan onaa taatu nan godha. Ermiyaas 25:9–12.

Literal Babylon ruled for seventy years, typifying the kingdom in the last days which will reign for seventy symbolic years. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, attacked Judah three times. The first attack was against Jehoiakim, and the seventy years of Jeremiah’s prophecy then began. It ended with the death of Belshazzar, when God punished “the king of Babylon,” as he had punished king Jehoiakim in the beginning of the seventy years. The prophetic kingdom that is represented as “days of one king” (one kingdom) as “seventy years” was Babylon, and the kingdom of Bible prophecy that rules for the seventy symbolic years during the time when the whore of Tyre is forgotten, is the earth beast of Revelation thirteen. The transition from the fifth to sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy in 1798, is part of the truth that John is illustrating in Revelation chapter thirteen.

Baabilon inni dhugumaan jiru waggoota torbaatamaaf mootummaa qabaatee bulche; kunis mootummaa bara dhumaa keessatti waggoota torbaatama mallattoo taʼaniif mootummaa qabaatee bulchu agarsiisa. Nebukadnezaar mootichi Baabilon Yihudaa yeroo sadii haleele. Haleellaan inni jalqabaa Yoyaaqiim irratti ture; yeroo sana immoo waggoota torbaatama raajii Ermiyaas ni jalqabame. Kunis duʼa Belshaazaaritti xumurame; yeroo sanattis Waaqayyo “mooticha Baabilon” adabe, akkuma jalqaba waggoota torbaatamaa keessatti mooticha Yoyaaqiim adabe sana. Mootummaan raajii keessatti “guyyoota mootii tokkoo” (mootummaa tokko) akka “waggoota torbaatamaatti” ibsame sun Baabilon ture; mootummaa raajii Macaafa Qulqulluu keessatti yeroo sagaaleen Xiiros dagatamtu sanatti waggoota torbaatama mallattoo taʼaniif bulchu immoo bineensi lafaa kan Mulʼata boqonnaa kudha sadii keessatti ibsame dha. Ceʼumsi mootummaa shanaffaa irraa gara mootummaa jaʼaffaatti raajii Macaafa Qulqulluu keessatti bara 1798 taʼe, dhugaa Yohaannis Mulʼata boqonnaa kudha sadii keessatti ibsaa jiru keessaa isa tokko dha.

> And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. . . . 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. Revelation 13:1, 11.

> Ani qarqara galaanaa irra dhaabadhee, bineensi tokko galaana keessaa ol baʼaa arge; inni mataa torbaa fi gaanfa kudhan qaba ture; gaanfota isaa irrattis gonfoo kudhan turan; mataawwan isaa irrattis maqaan arrabsoo ture.... Bineensa biraas lafa keessaa ol baʼaa nan arge; inni akka hoolaa gaanfa lama qaba ture, akka bineensa guddaattis dubbata ture. Mulʼata Yohaannis 13:1, 11.

The seashore which John stood upon in Revelation chapter thirteen, represents 1798.

Qarqara galaanaa Yohaannis Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha sadi keessatti irra dhaabate, bara 1798 ni bakka bu’a.

> “At the time when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, is represented by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea; but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which it symbolized—the United States.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

> “Yeroo Paaphaasummaan humna isaa irraa mulqamtee ari’atama raawwachuu irraa dhaabachuuf dirqamte sanatti, Yohaannis humna haaraa sagalee bineensichaa deebisee dubbatuu fi hojii gara jabinaa fi maqaa Waaqa arrabsuu isauma sana itti fufu tokko ol ba’aa jiru arge. Humni kun, isa dhumaa kan waldaa fi seera Waaqayyoo irratti waraana banatu, gaanfa akka hoolaa qabuun bineensa tokkoon bakka buufameera. Bineensonni isa dura turan keessaa ba’anii ka’an; inni garuu lafa keessaa ba’e; kunis saba inni ittiin mallatteeffame sanaa, jechuunis Yunaayitid Isteets, karaa naga-qabeessa ta’een ka’uu isaa agarsiisa.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

The beast from the sea was divided by the sand of the sea from the beast of the earth. The fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy in 1798 (the seashore), represented past history, and the sixth kingdom was future history. The Millerites did not see this truth. William Miller was given insight into the dragon power of paganism and its relationship with the following kingdom represented as the beast of Catholicism. Revelation thirteen, opens up the story of the false prophet, that is the third of the three powers which lead the world to Armageddon. The story begins on the seashore of 1798.

Bineensi galaanaa keessaa bahu bineensi lafa irraa bahu irraa cirracha galaanaatiin qoodame. Mootummaan shanaffaan raajii Macaafa Qulqulluu keessatti bara 1798tti (qarqara galaanaa) kan argisiifame seenaa darbe bakka buʼe; mootummaa ja’affaan immoo seenaa fuulduraa ture. Warri Millerite dhugaa kana hin argine. William Miller humna jawwee waaqeffannaa ormaa fi walitti dhufeenya isaa mootummaa itti aanu, kan bineensa Kaatolikummaa jedhamuun bakka buʼetti argamuu isaa irratti hubannoo argate. Mulʼanni Yohaannis kudha sadii, seenaa raajicha sobaa banuu jalqaba; inni kun humnoota sadan addunyaa gara Armaageedoonitti geessan keessaa isa sadaffaadha. Seenaan kun qarqara galaanaa bara 1798 irraa jalqaba.

The United States begins its history with the symbolism of the lamb, but ends its history speaking as a dragon. The history of the symbolic seventy years of the reign of the earth beast is represented in one verse, in chapter thirteen of Revelation, for the verse identifies both the beginning and ending of the earth beast in the same sentence.

Ameerikaanonni Gamtoomman seenaa isaa mallattoo hoolaatiin jalqaba, garuu seenaa isaa akka bineensa guddaa dubbatuudhaan xumura. Seenaa waggoota torbaatama mallattoo ta’an kan mootummaa bineensa lafaa, kutaa tokko keessatti, jechuunis Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha sadii keessatti bakka bu’ee dhiyaata; jechuunis kutaan sun jalqabaa fi dhuma bineensa lafaa lamaan isaanii iyyuu hima tokko keessatti adda baasee ibsa.

> 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. Revelation 13:11.

> Anis bineensa kan biraa tokko lafa keessaa ol baʼu nan arge; innis gaafa hoolaa fakkaatan lama qaba ture, akka bineensa guddaattis dubbata ture. Mulʼata Yohaannis 13:11.

When the United States speaks as a dragon, it passes the Sunday law. Before it accomplishes the enforcement of Sunday worship the apostate churches of Protestantism will come together and take political control of the apostate government, as they form the image of the beast. When inspiration identifies (and it does so repeatedly), that Nebuchadnezzar’s dedication service of the golden image represents the Sunday law, it is marking the end of the seventy symbolic years of the earth beast. Daniel chapters one through three, represent the three angels’ messages of Revelation chapter fourteen. The third angel becomes a living truth at the Sunday law.

Yommuu Ameerikaan akka ajjeesaa dubbattu, seera Dilbataa ni baasti. Sagantaa waaqeffannaa Dilbataa dirqamaan hojii irra oolchuu isaa dura, waldoonni gantuu Pirootestaantizimii walitti ni dhufu; fakkeenya bineensaa yeroo ijaaran, mootummaa gantuu irratti to’annoo siyaasaa ni fudhatu. Yeroo hafuuriin kakaafame tajaajila Nebukadnezaar fakkii warqee sanaa dhaabuuf godhe seera Dilbataa akka bakka bu’u ibsu (kana immoo irra deddeebi’ee ni godha), xumura waggoota torbaatama mallattoo bineensa lafaa sanaa ni mallatteessa. Boqonnaawwan Daani’el tokko hanga sadiitti, ergaawwan maleeykota sadii kan Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha afurii bakka bu’u. Maleeykaan sadaffaan yeroo seera Dilbataatti dhugaa jiraataa ta’a.

Prophetically, chapters one through three in the book of Daniel, represent the seventy symbolic years of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen. The dietary test represented in chapter one, and the symbolism of Jehoiakim, identify that chapter one, prophetically begins at the empowerment of the first angel, either on August 11, 1840, or on September 11, 2001, in the history of the third angel.

Akka raagaattiin, kitaaba Daani’eel boqonnaan tokko hanga sadii waggoota mallattoo torbaatama bineensa lafaa Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha sadii ni bakka bu’u. Qormaanni nyaataa boqonnaa tokko keessatti bakka bu’ame, akkasumas fakkeenyi Yehoo’yaaqiim, akka raagaatti boqonnaan tokko aangoo ergamaa isa jalqabaa irratti ni jalqaba jechuun adda baasa; jechuunis seenaa ergamaa isa sadaffaa keessatti, yookaan Hagayya 11, 1840tti, yookaan Fulbaana 11, 2001tti.

Babylon is the nation that ruled for seventy years, and those years, represents the history of the United States. Babylon’s seventy years did not conclude until well after Nebuchadnezzar’s dedication of the golden image, but prophetically the seventy symbolic years that Isaiah employs in chapter twenty-three, ends in chapter three of Daniel. When Nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra plays the music for the dedication ceremony, the mark of the beast is enforced, and at that time the whore of Tyre and of Babylon begins to sing her songs to the kings of the earth, while apostate Israel bows and dances.

Baabilon waggaa torbaatama bulche sanaadha; waggoonni sunis seenaa Ameerikaa Yunaayitid bakka bu’u. Waggoonni torbaatamni Baabilon kan xumuraman, kennaa fakkii warqee sanaa Nebukadneezaritti raawwatamee erga yeroo dheeraa booda ture; garuu raajii keessatti waggoonni torbaatamni mallattoo ta’an kan Isaayyaas boqonnaa digdamii sadii keessatti fayyadamu, boqonnaa sadaffaa Daani’el keessatti ni dhumu. Yommuu sirbi walga’ii Nebukadneezar sirna kennaa sanaaf muuziqaa taphatu, mallattoon bineensichaa ni dirqisiifama; yeroo sanattis sagaagaltuun Xiiroosii fi Baabilon mootota lafaatiif sirboota ishee sirbu jalqabdi, yeroo Israa’el gantuun immoo sujuuddee ni sirbiti.

> Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Daniel 3:1–7.

> Nebukaadnezar mootiin fakkii warqee irraa hojjetame tokko tolche; dheerinni isaa dhundhuma jahaatama, bal’inni isaas dhundhuma jaha ture; innis dirree Duraa, bulchiinsa Baabilon keessatti, dhaabe. Ergasii Nebukaadnezar mootiin mootummaa keessaa bulchitoota, abbootii mootummaa, hooggantoota waraanaa, abbootii murtii, eegdota qabeenyaa, gorsitoota, bulchitoota mootummaa, fi bulchitoota bulchiinsotaa hundumaa, baga fakkii Nebukaadnezar mootiin dhaabe sanaatti akka dhufanitti walitti waame. Kana irratti bulchitoonni, abbootiin mootummaa, hooggantoonni waraanaa, abbootiin murtii, eegdoti qabeenyaa, gorsitoonni, bulchitoonni mootummaa, fi bulchitoonni bulchiinsotaa hundinuu baga fakkii Nebukaadnezar mootiin dhaabe sanaatti walitti qabaman; fuula fakkii Nebukaadnezar dhaabe sanaas dura dhaabbatan. Ergasii lallabaan tokko sagalee guddaadhaan, “Yaa saboota, mootummaawwan, fi afaanota garaagaraa, isinitti ajajameera; yeroo isin sagalee gaanfaa, ulullee, baganaa, saaqbuutii, farraasii, dulsiimeerii, fi muuziqaa gosa hundumaa dhageessanitti, gadi gombifamtanii fakkii warqee Nebukaadnezar mootiin dhaabe sana waaqeffadhaa; namni gadi gombifamee hin waaqeffanne kam iyyuu sa’aatii sanauma keessa boba’aa ibiddaa keessatti darbama” jedhee labse. Kanaaf yeroo sana, yeroo saboonni hundinuu sagalee gaanfaa, ulullee, baganaa, saaqbuutii, farraasii, fi muuziqaa gosa hundumaa dhaga’anitti, saboonni hundinuu, mootummaawwan, fi afaanonni garaagaraa gadi gombifamanii fakkii warqee Nebukaadnezar mootiin dhaabe sana waaqeffatan. Daani’el 3:1–7.

At that “time,” or in that same “hour,” which is the Sunday law in the United States, anyone who refuses to worship the golden image will “be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.” The only book in the Old Testament that contains the word translated as “hour,” is the book of Daniel. The word “hour” in chapter three, represents the arrival of the mark of the beast. The word “hour” also represents the message of the first angel in chapter four, for it there symbolizes the warning to Nebuchadnezzar of the coming “hour” of God’s judgment.

Yeroo sana keessatti,” yookaan “sa’aatii” walfakkaataa sana keessatti, isa jechuun seera Wiixataa Ameerikaa keessatti, namni kam iyyuu fakkii warqee sanaaf sagaduu didu “gidduu ibidda bobaʼaa ibiddaa keessa ni darbatama.” Kitaabni Kakuu Moofaa keessaa jecha “sa’aatii” jedhamee hiikame of keessaa qabu tokko qofa kitaaba Daaniʼel dha. Jechi “sa’aatii” jedhu boqonnaa sadaffaa keessatti dhufaatii mallattoo bineensaa agarsiisa. Jechi “sa’aatii” jedhu akkasumas ergaa ergamaa isa jalqabaa boqonnaa afraffaa keessatti bakka buʼa; achitti inni akeekkachiisa “sa’aatii” murtii Waaqayyoo dhufuuf Nebukadnezaaritti kenname fakkeenya godha.

> Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. Daniel 4:19.

> Achi Daniel, inni maqaan isaa Belteshaazaar ture, saʼaatii tokkoof baayʼee dinqisiifatee callise; yaadni isaas isa rakkise. Mootichis dubbatee, “Belteshaazaar, abjuun kun yookaan hiikni isaa si hin rakkisin” jedhe. Belteshaazaaris deebisee akkana jedhe: “Gooftaa koo, abjuun kun warra si jibban irra haa gaʼu; hiikni isaas diinota keetiif haa taʼu.” Daniel 4:19.

Daniel presented the warning to Nebuchadnezzar of his coming hour of God’s judgment, that Nebuchadnezzar later rejected. The “hour” in chapter four, when used again in the chapter, then represents the “hour” that the judgment arrived. In Millerite history the first “hour” in chapter four, would represent the arrival of the first angel in 1798. That message was fulfilled when the investigative judgment began on October 22, 1844. The “hour” in chapter four, is first a symbol of a message of coming judgment and then it is employed as the symbol that the judgment has arrived. The first use of the word “hour” represents 1798, and the arrival of the first angel, and the second use represents October 22, 1844, and the arrival of the third angel.

ଦାନିୟେଲ ନେବୁଖଦ୍ନେଜ୍ଜରଙ୍କୁ ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ବିଚାରର ଆସନ୍ନ ସମୟ ବିଷୟରେ ସତର୍କବାଣୀ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ କରିଥିଲେ, ଯାହାକୁ ପରେ ନେବୁଖଦ୍ନେଜ୍ଜର ଅସ୍ୱୀକାର କରିଥିଲେ। ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟର “ସମୟ” ଶବ୍ଦଟି, ଯେତେବେଳେ ସେହି ଅଧ୍ୟାୟରେ ପୁନର୍ବାର ବ୍ୟବହୃତ ହୁଏ, ତେବେ ଏହା ସେହି “ସମୟ”କୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରେ ଯେତେବେଳେ ବିଚାର ଆସିପହଞ୍ଚିଲା। ମିଲେରାଇଟ ଇତିହାସରେ, ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟର ପ୍ରଥମ “ସମୟ” 1798 ମସିହାରେ ପ୍ରଥମ ଦୂତଙ୍କ ଆଗମନକୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରିବ। ସେହି ସନ୍ଦେଶ 1844 ମସିହା ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 22 ତାରିଖରେ ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନମୂଳକ ବିଚାର ଆରମ୍ଭ ହେବା ସମୟରେ ପୂରଣ ହେଲା। ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟର “ସମୟ” ପ୍ରଥମେ ଆସନ୍ନ ବିଚାରର ଏକ ସନ୍ଦେଶର ପ୍ରତୀକ, ଏବଂ ପରେ ଏହାକୁ ବିଚାର ଆସିପହଞ୍ଚିଥିବାର ପ୍ରତୀକ ଭାବରେ ବ୍ୟବହାର କରାଯାଇଛି। “ସମୟ” ଶବ୍ଦର ପ୍ରଥମ ବ୍ୟବହାର 1798 ମସିହାକୁ ଏବଂ ପ୍ରଥମ ଦୂତଙ୍କ ଆଗମନକୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରେ, ଏବଂ ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ବ୍ୟବହାର 1844 ମସିହା ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 22 ତାରିଖକୁ ଏବଂ ତୃତୀୟ ଦୂତଙ୍କ ଆଗମନକୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରେ।

> The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. Daniel 4:33.

> Saʼaatii sanatti wanti sun Nabuukadnezaar irratti raawwatame; innis namoota keessaa ariʼame, akka loonii marga nyaate, hanga rifeensi isaa akka baallee ijoolee taʼutti, qubni isaa immoo akka qoosaa simbirrootaa taʼutti, qaamni isaas fixeensa samiitiin jiidhe. Daaniʼel 4:33.

The “hour” in chapter four is therefore a symbol of both 1798 and 1844, which are the ending points for the two curses of “seven times,” against the northern (beginning in 723 BC) and southern (beginning in 677 BC) kingdoms of Israel. Those two curses, representing twenty-five hundred and twenty years of scattering and slavery, represent the execution of God’s first and last indignation against His apostate people. They both started with God’s judgment, and their respective endings represent the warning message of God’s approaching investigative judgment, or the arrival of the investigative judgment. Both of the judgments represented by the ending of the two judgments of “seven times” are represented by the word “hour,” in Daniel chapter four.

Kanaafuu afur keessatti “saʼaatiin” mallattoo bara 1798 fi 1844 lamaaniti; isaanis xumura abaarsa lamaan “yeroo torbaa” ti; isaanis mootummaa Israa’el kaabaa irratti (kan jalqabe 723 Dh.K.D.) fi mootummaa kibbaa irratti (kan jalqabe 677 Dh.K.D.) dhufan. Abaarsi lamaan kun, waggaa kuma lama dhibba shantamaa fi digdama jechuunis 2520 keessaa bittinaaʼuu fi garbummaa bakka buʼan, dheekkamsa Waaqayyoo isa jalqabaa fi isa dhumaa irratti saba Isaa gantummaa keessa gale irratti raawwatame agarsiisu. Isaan lachuu murtii Waaqayyootiin jalqaban; xumuri isaanii garagaraas ergaa akeekkachiisaa murtii qorannoo Waaqayyoo isa dhihaachaa jiru, yookaan dhufaatii murtii qorannoo sanaa, bakka buʼa. Murtiiwwan lamaan, kanneen xumura murtiiwwan lamaan “yeroo torbaa” tiin bakka buufaman, Daani’el boqonnaa afur keessatti jecha “saʼaatii” jedhuun bakka buufamu.

In Millerite history the “hour” represents the beginning of the movement at the time of the end in 1798, when the first angel arrived, and the second “hour” in chapter four represents the end of the movement, when the third angel arrived on October 22, 1844. The Millerite movement of the first angel is repeated in the movement of the third angel, so the two usages of “hour” in chapter four, also mark the time of the end in 1989, and also the soon-coming Sunday law. The Millerite movement of the first angel announced the opening of the investigative judgment, and the movement of the third angel announces the opening of God’s executive judgment, which is progressive, beginning at the Sunday law, and continuing and escalating until the Second Coming of Christ.

Seenaa Miilariit keessatti “saʼaatiin” jalqaba sochii yeroo dhumaa bara 1798, yeroo ergamaan inni jalqabaa dhufe, agarsiisa; akkasumas “saʼaatiin” inni lammaffaan boqonnaa afur keessatti xumura sochichaa, yeroo ergamaan inni sadaffaan Onkoloolessa 22, 1844 dhufe, agarsiisa. Sochiin Miilariit ergamaa isa jalqabaatiin ibsame sochii ergamaa isa sadaffaatiin irra deebiʼamee mulʼata; kanaafuu fayyadamni “saʼaatii” lamaan boqonnaa afur keessatti argaman yeroo dhumaa bara 1989, akkasumas seera Dilbataa dhihoo dhufu, ni mallattoo godhu. Sochiin Miilariit ergamaa isa jalqabaa banamuu firdii qorannoo ni labsa; sochiin ergamaa isa sadaffaammoo banamuu firdii raawwachiisummaa Waaqayyoo ni labsa; firdiin kun adeemsa itti fufaa qabuudha; seera Dilbataatti irraa eegalee hanga Dhufaatii Lammaffaa Kiristoositti itti fufee dabalaa ni cima.

We will continue our study of Daniel chapter three, and conclude our consideration of the word “hour” in the next article.

Nuti qoʼannoo keenya Daniel boqonnaa sadii irratti itti fufna; jecha “sa’aatii” jedhu irratti xiyyeeffannaa keenya immoo barruu itti aanu keessatti xumurra.

> Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:16–28.

> Kunoo, ani akka hoolotaa gidduu yeeyyii keessatti isin erga; kanaafis akka bofaatti ogeeyyii, akka gugeettiis miidhaa hin qabne taʼaa. Garuu namoota irraa of eeggadhaa; isaan mana murtiiwwanitti dabarsee isin kennu, manneen sagadaa isaanii keessattis isin reebu. Sababa kootiif bulchitootaa fi mootota durattis ni dhiʼaattu; kunis isaanii fi ormoota irratti dhugaa baʼumsaaf. Yommuu garuu isaan dabarsee isin kennan, akkamitti yookaan maal akka dubbattanitti hin yaaddaʼinaa; waan dubbattan saʼaatii sanauma keessatti isiniif ni kennama. Isin dubbattan miti; Hafuuri Abbaa keessanii isa isin keessatti dubbatuudha malee. Obboleessi obboleessa isaa duʼaaf dabarsee ni kenna; abbaanis ilma isaa; ijoolleenis warra isaanii irratti ni kaʼu, akka ajjeefamaniifis ni godhu. Sababa maqaa kootiif namoota hundumaan ni jibbamtu; inni hamma dhumaatti obsu garuu ni fayya. Yommuu isaan magaalaa kana keessatti isin ariʼatan, gara kan biraatti baqadhaa; dhuguman isinitti nan jedhu, Ilmi Namaa utuu hin dhufin dura magaalaawwan Israaʼel hunda keessa hin xumurdan. Barataan barsiisaa isaa irra miti; tajaajilaanis gooftaa isaa irra miti. Barataan akka barsiisaa isaa taʼuun, tajaajilaanis akka gooftaa isaa taʼuun isaaf gaʼaadha. Isaan abbaa manaatiin Beelzebul jedhan yoo taʼe, warra mana isaa keessaa immoo hammam caalaa akkas jedhu! Kanaafuu isaanii hin sodaatinaa; waan haguugame mulʼifamuu dhabu hin jiru; waan dhokfames beekamuu dhabu hin jiru. Waan ani dukkana keessatti isinitti jedhu ifatti dubbadhaa; waan gurraatti dhageessan immoo bantii mana irraa lallabaa. Isaan qaama ajjeesan garuu lubbuu ajjeesuu hin dandeenye hin sodaatinaa; isa Gehennaa keessatti lubbuu fi qaama lamaanuu balleessuu dandaʼu garuu sodadhaa. Maatewos 10:16–28.

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