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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Twelve

ରୋମ ଦର୍ଶନକୁ ସ୍ଥାପନ କରେ - ସଂଖ୍ୟା ବାରো

The Triple Application of Prophecy: The Abomination of Desolation and the Last Days Warning to Flee

Raajii Sadii Raawwii Raajii: Xureeffannaa Balleessuu fi Dubbii Akeekkachiisaa Guyyoota Dhumaa Keessatti Baqachuu irratti jedhu

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Jeff Pippenger

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August 31, 2024

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The abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet is a sign for Christians in three different eras to flee. The Christians in Jerusalem fled when they saw the standards of the Roman armies encompassing Jerusalem in the year 66 AD. The Christians of the late fifth and early sixth century fled into the wilderness when they saw the man of sin in the temple of God proclaiming that he was God. In 1888 there was a series of Sunday laws introduced into the Congress of the United States by Senator Blair. Those bills were called the Blair bills, and they were an effort to identify Sunday as a National Day of Worship. Sunday worship is the mark of the beast, the mark of papal authority and the Constitution of the United States directly opposes the enforcement of a national religion as a test for the citizens of the United States.

Wantiin badeeffame kan Daani'el raajichi dubbate mallattoo Kiristiyaanonni bara garaa garaa sadii keessatti baqachuuf ittiin beekanidha. Kiristiyaanonni Yerusaalem keessa turan bara 66 A.D. keessa yeroo alaabaan loltoota Roomaa Yerusaalem marsuu isaanii arganitti baqatan. Kiristiyaanonni dhuma jaarraa shanaffaa fi jalqaba jaarraa ja’affaa keessa turan, yeroo namichi cubbuu mana Waaqayyoo keessatti akka inni Waaqayyo ta’e labsaa jiru arganitti, gara lafa onaa baqatan. Bara 1888 keessa, Senaatara Bileerii irraa Congressii Ameerikaa keessatti seerotni Dilbataa walitti aanan dhiyaatan. Seeronni sun seerota Bileerii jedhamee waamaman; yaaliin isaanii Dilbata akka Guyyaa Biyyaalessaa Waaqeffannaa ta’e adda baasuudha. Waajjinni Dilbataa mallattoo bineensichaa, mallattoo aangoo paaphaasii ti; Heerri mootummaa Ameerikaa immoo amantii biyyaalessaa akka qormaata lammiilee Ameerikaa irratti dirqamsiisu kallattiidhaan morma.

It is this fact that is left out of the flawed application connected with identifying the United States as modern Rome. A triple application of prophecy possesses specific rules that govern its application. The rules identify that the prophetic characteristics of the first fulfillment are to be combined with the prophetic characteristics of the second fulfillment in order to establish the prophetic characteristics of the third fulfillment.

Akkuma kana ammaan hir’ina qabu keessatti, Ameerikaan Romaa ammayyaa taʼuu ishee adda baasuudhaan walqabatee dhiifame kan jiru dhugaa kana. Raawwatama sadii qabuu raajii tokkoo seera addaa hojii irra oolmaa isaa toʼatan qaba. Seeronni sun amala raajiif taʼe raawwatama jalqabaa kan raawwatama lammaffaa wajjin walitti makamuun amala raajiif taʼe raawwatama sadaffaa hundeessuuf akka taʼu ibsu.

The warning to flee, is a warning to flee from a coming persecution. In Christ’s era the persecution was the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in the year 70. The warning sign of that approaching persecution was given in the year 66 AD. The warning to flee in the late fifth and early sixth century was identified by Paul’s as the recognition of a falling away of prophetic Pergamos, which represented pagan Rome. There was to be a falling away first, in order for the man of sin who would proclaim himself as God to be revealed. In the history approaching 538, pagan Rome that had restrained, or as Paul stated “withholdeth” was taken away, and as Pergamos fell away and the sign to flee arrived and directed the faithful to separate from the papal churches communion. Then in 538, at the Counsel of Orleans the papal power passed a Sunday law, and the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal persecution began.

ወደ ማምለጥ የተሰጠው ማስጠንቀቂያ ከሚመጣ ስደት ለመሸሽ የተሰጠ ማስጠንቀቂያ ነው። በክርስቶስ ዘመን ያ ስደት በ70 ዓ.ም. የኢየሩሳሌምና የቤተ መቅደሱ ጥፋት ነበር። ያ የሚቀርበው ስደት የሚያስጠነቅቅ ምልክት በ66 ዓ.ም. ተሰጠ። በአምስተኛው ዘመን መጨረሻና በስድስተኛው ዘመን መጀመሪያ የተሰጠው ወደ ማምለጥ ማስጠንቀቂያ ጳውሎስ በነቢያዊቱ ጴርጋሞን ውድቀት እንደሚታወቅ ገለጠው፤ እርስዋም አረማዊትን ሮማን ትወክል ነበር። ራሱን እንደ እግዚአብሔር የሚያውጅ የኃጢአት ሰው እንዲገለጥ አስቀድሞ መውደቅ መሆን ነበረበት። ወደ 538 እየቀረበ ባለው ታሪክ ውስጥ ይከለክል የነበረው ወይም ጳውሎስ እንደ ተናገረው “የሚከለክለው” የነበረው አረማዊት ሮማ ተወገደች፤ ጴርጋሞንም ከወደቀች በኋላ የመሸሽ ምልክቱ ደረሰና ታማኞቹ ከጳጳሳዊቷ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኅብረት እንዲለዩ መመሪያ ሰጠ። ከዚያም በ538 በOrleans ጉባኤ ላይ የጳጳሳዊው ኃይል የእሑድ ሕግ አወጣ፤ ከዚያም የጳጳሳዊ ስደት አንድ ሺህ ሁለት መቶ ስድሳ ዓመታት ተጀመረ።

The first two witnesses identify clearly that the third fulfillment of the warning to flee given by Christ preceded the actual persecution. The destruction of Jerusalem came exactly three and a half years after the siege of Cestius began in 66 AD, thus allowing the Christians to flee in advance of the horrors of the second siege which was instigated by Titus and concluded with the destruction of the temple and city. In advance of the year 538, the Christians separated from the church of papal Rome, and prophetically fled into the wilderness, which represents the destruction of spiritual Jerusalem.

Dhugoonni duraa lamaan akeekkachiisni baqachuu Masiihiin kenne yeroo sadaffaatti guutamuun isaa ari’atama dhugumaan jalqabamuu isaa dura akka ture ifatti mul’isu. Barbadaa’inni Yerusaalem sirriitti waggaa sadii fi walakkaa erga marfamni Cestius bara 66 A.D. jalqabee booda dhufe; kanaafis Kiristaanonni hammina marfamuu isa lammaffaa Tiitoosiin kakaafamee, barbadaa’ina mana qulqullummaa fi magaalaa sanaatiin xumurame sana dura baqatanii of oolchuu danda’an. Bara 538 dura Kiristaanonni waldaa Roomaa paaphaasummaa irraa of keessaa baafatan, akkasumas raajii keessatti gara lafa onaatti baqatan; kunis barbadaa’ina Yerusaalem hafuuraa bakka bu’a.

> But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. Revelation 11:2, 3.

> Garuu dallaan mana qulqullummaa alaa jiru dhiisi; isa hin safarin; sababiin isaas inni saba Waaqayyoo hin taaneef kennameera; isaanis magaalaa qulqullittii jiʼoota afurtamii lama miilla isaanii jalatti ni dhidhiitu. Ani immoo dhugaa baatota koo lamaan humna nan kennaaf; isaanis uffata gaddaa uffatanii guyyoota kuma tokkoo fi dhibba lamaa fi jahaatama keessatti raajii ni dubbatu. Mulʼata 11:2, 3.

In both illustrations of the warning to flee, the warning precedes the persecution, and the persecution is represented by Rome, whether pagan or papal, trampling down Jerusalem, whether literal or spiritual. The warning to flee for Seventh-day Adventist was the Blair bill in 1888. In the first fulfillment in the history of pagan Rome the Christians were to flee from Jerusalem, and in fulfillment of papal Rome the Christians fled into the wilderness. For Adventism the warning was to flee into the country.

መጥንቀቂያ ወደ ሽሽት እንዲሄዱ በተሰጡት ሁለቱም ምሳሌዎች ውስጥ፣ መጥንቀቂያው ከስደቱ በፊት ይቀድማል፤ እናም ስደቱ ሮም፣ አረማዊ ይሁን ወይም ጳጳሳዊ፣ ኢየሩሳሌምን፣ ትክክለኛ ይሁን ወይም መንፈሳዊ፣ እየረገጠች እንደምትታይ ተወክላለች። ለሰባተኛ ቀን አድቬንቲስቶች የተሰጠው የሽሽት መጥንቀቂያ በ1888 ዓ.ም. የብሌየር ሕግ ነበር። በአረማዊት ሮም ታሪክ ውስጥ በነበረው የመጀመሪያ ፍጻሜ ክርስቲያኖች ከኢየሩሳሌም ሊሸሹ ነበር፤ በጳጳሳዊት ሮምም ፍጻሜ ክርስቲያኖች ወደ ምድረ በዳ ሸሹ። ለአድቬንቲዝም የተሰጠው መጥንቀቂያ ወደ ገጠር እንዲሸሹ ነበር።

> “It is no time now for God’s people to be fixing their affections or laying up their treasure in the world. The time is not far distant, when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains.” Testimonies, volume 5, 464.

> “Ammasni Waaqayyoo yeroo ammaatti jaalala isaanii addunyaarratti kaaʼachuu yookaan qabeenya isaanii addunya keessatti kuusuu qabu miti. Yeroon, akkuma bartoota mootummaa durii sanaa, iddoo onaafi kophaa taʼan keessatti baqattummaa barbaaduuf dirqamuun keenya itti fagaatee hin jiru. Akkuma Yerusaalem humnoota waraana Roomaatiin marfamuun Kiristaanota Yihudaa baqachuuf mallattoo taʼe, akkasuma sabni keenya aangoo fudhatee sanada mootummaa keessatti Sanbata paaphaasii dirqisiisu murteessuun akeekkachiisa nuuf taʼa. Yeroo sanatti magaalaawwan guguddoo dhiisnee bahuun, itti aansee mana jireenyaa fagoo fi kophaa taʼe iddoo dhokataa gaarran gidduutti argamuuf magaalaawwan xixiqqoos dhiisuuf qophaaʼuuf yeroo taʼa.” Testimonies, volume 5, 464.

“The assumption of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath will be a warning to us,” was fulfilled when the abomination of desolation, in agreement with Mark’s words was “standing where it ought not.” In 1888, the Congress of the United States was considering a law in direct contradiction to a primary element of the Constitution, and at that point Seventh-day Adventists were to leave the cities and move to the country.

“Pheto ya matla ka lehlakoreng la setšhaba sa rena taelong e tiišago sabatha ya bopapa e tla ba temošo go rena,” e phethagetše ge makgapha a pšhatlaganyo, go ya ka mantšu a Mareka, a be a “eme moo a sa swanelago go ema gona.” Ka 1888, Khongrese ya United States e be e sekaseka molao wo o bego o ganetšana ka go lebanya le karolo ya motheo ya Molaotheo, gomme ka nako yeo Maadventist a Letšatši la Bošupa a be a swanetše go tloga metseng gomme a ya dula dinagamagaeng.

> “Not one Christian perished in the destruction of Jerusalem. Christ had given His disciples warning, and all who believed His words watched for the promised sign. . . . Without delay they fled to a place of safety—the city of Pella, in the land of Perea, beyond Jordan.” The Great Controversy, 30.

> “Badiin Kiristaanaa tokko illee yeroo Yerusaalem barbadaaʼetti hin badne. Kiristoos barattoota Isaa akeekkachiisa isaaniif kenne ture; warri dubbii Isaa amanani hundinuus mallattoo abdachiifame eeggachaa turan.... Tursiisa tokko malee iddoo nagaa qabu—magaalaa Phellaa, biyya Pheereyaa keessatti, Yordaanos gama sana—baqatan.” The Great Controversy, 30.

The prophetic characteristics of the first of the warning signs to flee, represent the third and final fulfillment. Sometimes those prophetic characteristics produce a double fulfillment in the third fulfillment. An example of this is the three Elijah’s. The line of Elijah in his confrontation with Jezebel, Ahab and the prophets of Baal, combined with the characteristics of John the Baptist, the second Elijah, in his confrontation with Herodias, Herod and Salome establish that in the last days, for the third and final fulfillment of a triple application is always in the last days, Elijah and John represent two classes of God’s people. One class represented by Elijah do not die, and the other class represented by John do die. The two classes are also represented in Revelation chapter seven as the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who do not die, and the great multitude that do die.

ምልክታት ምጠንቀቕ ንምህዳም ናይ መጀመርታ ዝኾኑ ትንቢታዊ ባህርያት፡ ሳልሳይን መወዳእታን ፍጻመ ይውክሉ። ሓደ ሓደ ጊዜ፡ እቶም ትንቢታዊ ባህርያት ኣብቲ ሳልሳይ ፍጻመ ድርብ ፍጻመ የፍርዩ። ናይዚ ሓደ ኣብነት እቶም ሰለስተ ኤልያሳት እዮም። መስመር ኤልያስ ኣብ ምግጣሙ ምስ ኤልዛቤልን ኣኣብን ነብያት በዓልን፡ ምስ ባህርያት ዮሃንስ መጥምቕ፡ እቲ ካልኣይ ኤልያስ፡ ኣብ ምግጣሙ ምስ ሄሮድያስን ሄሮድን ሰሎሜን ተደሚሩ፡ ኣብ ዳሕረዎት መዓልታት ኤልያስን ዮሃንስን ክልተ ክፍልታት ህዝቢ ኣምላኽ ከም ዝውክሉ የቕውም፤ ምኽንያቱ ሳልሳይን መወዳእታን ፍጻመ ናይ ስሉስ ኣተገባብራ ኩሉ ጊዜ ኣብ ዳሕረዎት መዓልታት እዩ። እታ ብኤልያስ እትውከል ሓደ ክፍሊ ኣይሞቱን፤ እታ ብዮሃንስ እትውከል ካልእ ክፍሊ ግና ይሞቱ። እዘን ክልተ ክፍልታት ድማ ኣብ ራእይ ምዕራፍ ሸውዓተ ከምቲ ሓደ ሚእትን ኣርብዓን ኣርባዕተ ሽሕ፡ እቶም ዘይሞቱ፡ ከምኡውን እቲ ዓብዪ ጉጅለ፡ እቶም ዝሞቱ፡ ተወኪሎም ኣለዉ።

In the three Babylon’s a similar element of the prophetic message is that the first Babylon is represented by Nimrod, but the second Babylon is represented by the first and last kings, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar. Nebuchadnezzar represents those in Babylon who will be saved, and Belshazzar, those in Babylon who will be lost.

Bara Baabilonota sadii keessatti, ergaan raajii keessatti wal-fakkeenyi tokko akka jiru jechuun, Baabilon inni jalqabaa Nimroodiin bakka buufama; Baabilon inni lammaffaan garuu mootota jalqabaa fi mootummaa dhumaa, jechuunis Nebukadnezaarii fi Belshaazariin bakka buufama. Nebukadnezaar warra Baabilon keessa jiran keessaa kan oolan bakka bu’a; Belshaazar immoo warra Baabilon keessa jiran keessaa kan badanii bakka bu’a.

In the last days there are two Sunday laws that are the subject of Bible prophecy. The first is the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, and the second is the Sunday law that is forced upon the entire world. Those two Sunday laws were typified by the Sunday law of pagan Rome, when in the year 321, Constantine enforced the first Sunday law, followed by the Sunday law of Papal Rome in 538. Pagan Rome is one of several prophetic types that prefigure the United States, and the Sunday law of 321, typifies the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. The papal Sunday law of 538 typifies the Sunday law that is enforced upon the entire world. The flawed view that the United States is typified by the robbers in Daniel eleven tries to employ the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States as evidence to claim that the Sunday law in the United States proves that the United States is modern Rome, and disregards that there is another Sunday law that is forced upon every nation of the world by the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet.

Bara dhuma dhumaa keessa seera Dilbataa lamaan kan raajii Macaafa Qulqulluu keessatti dhimma taʼan jiru. Inni jalqabaa seera Dilbataa yeroo dhiyootti Ameerikaa keessatti dhufu dha; inni lammaffaan immoo seera Dilbataa guutummaa biyya lafaa irratti dirqamaan feʼamu dha. Seerri Dilbataa lamaan kunis seera Dilbataa Roomaa waaqeffannaa mootummaa durii irraa fakkeeffamanii turan; yeroo bara 321tti Qonistantiinos seera Dilbataa isa jalqabaa hojiirra oolche, kana booddee immoo seerri Dilbataa Roomaa Paaphaasummaa bara 538tti itti aane. Roomaan waaqeffannaa mootummaa durii keessaa fakkeenyota raajii hedduu keessaa isa tokko kan mootummaa Ameerikaa dursee agarsiisu dha; seerri Dilbataa bara 321 immoo seera Dilbataa yeroo dhiyootti Ameerikaa keessatti dhufu fakkeessa. Seerri Dilbataa paaphaasummaa bara 538tti immoo seera Dilbataa guutummaa biyya lafaa irratti hojiirra oolu fakkeessa. Ilaalchi dogoggoraa Ameerikaan Daaniʼel boqonnaa kudha tokko keessatti saamtootaan fakkeeffamti jedhu, seera Dilbataa yeroo dhiyootti Ameerikaa keessatti dhufu akka ragaa itti fayyadamuun, seerri Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti jiru Ameerikaan Roomaa ammayyaa taʼuu ishee mirkaneessa jechuun yaala; akkasumas seerri Dilbataa biraa tokko kan walgaʼii sadan keessaa jechuunis jawwee, bineensichaa fi raajicha sobaa irraa ijaaramte sanaan saboota biyya lafaa hundumaa irratti dirqamaan feʼamu akka jiru ni dagata.

If a Sunday law in the United States identifies the United States as Modern Rome, then what does the worldwide Sunday law identify? The three Rome’s identify that Modern Rome, which is threefold, will enforce two distinct Sunday laws. The first is in the United States and was typified by Constantine’s Sunday law in 321, and the second is the entire world, as typified by the papal Sunday law of 538. To employ the Sunday law in the United States in the context of a triple application of prophecy to claim that the Sunday law proves who is Modern Rome, is to disregard the prophetic characteristics established by pagan and papal Rome. There are two distinct Sunday laws in the last days, and neither is a proof to identify the robbers of the people are the United States. When the testimony of pagan and papal Rome is misrepresented to uphold a private interpretation, as is currently being done, it demonstrates that those seeking to uphold their private interpretation do not understand type and antitype.

Yoo seerri Dilbataatiin Ameerikaa keessatti yoo Ameerikaa akka Roomaa Haaraa taʼe adda baase, egaa seerri Dilbataa addunyaa guutuu maal akka taʼe adda baasa? Roomaan sadii kun Roomaan Haaraan, kan sadarkaa sadiin taʼe, seerota Dilbataa lama addaan baafaman akka hojiirra oolchu adda baasu. Inni jalqabaa Ameerikaa keessatti argama; innis seera Dilbataa Konstantiinos bara 321 keessatti baaseen fakkeenyeffameera; inni lammaffaan immoo addunyaa guutuu dha; innis seera Dilbataa papaasii bara 538tiin fakkeenyeffameera. Seera Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti argamu haala raajii keessatti hojii irra oolmaa sadiitti fayyadamuudhaan seerri Dilbataa eenyuun Roomaa Haaraa akka taʼe mirkaneessa jechuun dubbachuun, amala raajii Roomaa waaqeffannaa mootummaa fi Roomaa papaasii irraa hundeeffame tuffachuu dha. Guyyoota dhumaa keessatti seerota Dilbataa lama addaan baafaman jiru; isaan keessaa tokko illee saamtotni uummataa Ameerikaa akka taʼan adda baasuuf ragaa miti. Yommuu dhugaa baʼumsi Roomaa waaqeffannaa mootummaa fi Roomaa papaasii hiika dhuunfaa tokko cimsuuf dogoggoraan dhihaatu, akkuma yeroo ammaa taʼaa jiruutti, kun warri hiika dhuunfaa isaanii jabeessuuf barbaadan fakkeenyaa fi waan fakkeenyaan guutamu hin hubanne akka taʼan argisiisa.

Pagan Rome is a type of the United States, and papal Rome typifies modern Rome. Along with this misapplication of a triple application of prophecy, and the claim that what is being taught is set in the context of “type and antitype,” is the other failure of defining the “abomination of desolation” as it is represented within the context of a triple application of prophecy.

ሮማ የአሕዛብ መንግሥት የአሜሪካ ዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ምሳሌ ናት፣ እና የጳጳሳዊት ሮማ ዘመናዊት ሮማን ትወክላለች። ከዚህ የትንቢት ሦስት እጥፍ ተፈጻሚነት የተሳሳተ መተግበሪያ እና የሚተማመነው ነገር “ምሳሌና ፍጻሜው” በሚል አውድ ውስጥ እንደተቀመጠ የሚቀርበው አቤቱታ ጋር፣ “የጥፋት አስጸያፊው” በትንቢት ሦስት እጥፍ ተፈጻሚነት አውድ ውስጥ እንደሚወከል ሲገለጽ በትክክል ለመግለጽ ያለ ሌላ እንቅፋት አለ።

From the year 66 to the year 70 AD, two Roman generals attacked Jerusalem. Both generals, Cestius and Titus began with a siege, but only one withdrew from the siege for a brief period of time, which providentially allowed the Christians to flee. It was the first siege under Cestius that the Christians recognized the warning to flee. When Titus arrived to carry on the warfare against Jerusalem in the year 70 AD, he began with a siege and did not cease until Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed. The warning of Jesus contains two steps. First is the sign to flee, and thereafter the persecution. In the fulfillment of the warning in the fifth and sixth centuries the Christians separated from the corrupt Roman church before 538, and then the persecution began.

ካብ ዓመተ 66 ክሳዕ ዓመተ 70 ድ.ክ.፡ ክልተ ሮማውያን ጄነራላት ንኢየሩሳሌም ወረሩ። ክልቲኦም ጄነራላት፡ ሴስቲየስን ቲቶስን፡ ብኸበባ ጀመሩ፤ ግና ካብቶም ክልተ ሓደ ጥራይ ንሓጺር ግዜ ካብቲ ኸበባ ተመለሰ፣ እዚ ድማ ብሓልዮት ኣምላኽ ንክርስትያናት ክሃድሙ ዕድል ኣፍቀደ። እቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ ሴስቲየስ ዝተኻየደ ቀዳማይ ከበባ እዩ ክርስትያናት ነቲ መጠንቀቕታ ክሃድሙ ኣለዎም ዝበለ ዝተረድኡዎ። ቲቶስ ድማ ኣብ ዓመተ 70 ድ.ክ. ንኢየሩሳሌም ውግእ ንምቕጻል ምስ መጸ፣ ብኸበባ ጀመረ፣ ክሳዕ ኢየሩሳሌምን ቤተ መቕደስን ዝጠፍኡ ድማ ኣየቋረጸን። እቲ መጠንቀቕታ የሱስ ክልተ ስጉምቲ ዝሓዘ እዩ። ቀዳማይ ምልክት ንምህዳም እዩ፣ ድሕሪኡ ድማ መስጐጕቲ ይመጽእ። ኣብ ፍጻመ እቲ መጠንቀቕታ ኣብ ሓምሻይን ሻድሻይን ዘመናት፣ ክርስትያናት ቅድሚ 538 ካብታ ዝተበላሸወት ቤተ ክርስትያን ሮሜ ተፈልዮም፣ ድሕሪኡ ድማ መስጐጕቲ ጀመረ።

Paul is very clear that all the recorded history of ancient Israel was written for those living in the last days, and that all those histories were types, although the Greek word “typos,” meaning types is translated as ensamples in his classic presentation of this truth.

Phaawuloos seenaa durii Israa’el hundinuu kan galmeeffame warra bara dhumaa keessa jiraataniif akka ta’e baay’ee ifatti dubbata; akkasumas, inni dhugaa kana dhiheessa isaa beekamaa keessatti jecha Giriikii “typos,” jechuun fakkeenyota, jedhu “ensamples” jedhamee hiikamus, seenaawwan sun hundinuu fakkeenyota akka turan baay’ee ifatti ibsa.

> Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 1 Corinthians 10:11.

> Amma wantoonni kun hundinuu isaanii irratti fakkeenyaaf taʼan; nu gorfachuufis, warra irratti dhumni addunyaa gaʼeef, barreeffamanii jiru. 1 Qorontos 10:11.

The histories in chapter ten which Paul uses to set the context for this truth was not a history of ancient Israel acting righteously.

Seenaawwan boqonnaa kudhan keessatti Phaawulos dhugaa kanaaf haala itti kaa’uuf fayyadame, seenaa Israa’el durii qajeelummaadhaan hojjetaa turte miti.

> But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 1 Corinthians 10:5–9.

> Garuu isaanii keessaa baayʼee irratti Waaqayyo hin gammadin; isaan lafa onaa keessatti gatamanii kufan. Egaa wantoonni kun akka nu fakkeenya taʼaniif taʼan; akka isaan hawwan hamaa hawwan sana nutis hin hawwineef. Akkasumas, akkuma isaanii keessaa gariin taʼan, isin waaqeffattoota waaqa tolfamaa hin taʼinaa; akkuma barreeffametti, “Uummanni nyaachuufii dhuguuf taaʼe; taphachuufis kaʼe.” Akkasumas, akkuma isaanii keessaa gariin raawwatanii guyyaa tokko keessatti kuma digdamaa fi sadii kufan sana, nutis sagaagalummaa hin raawwannu. Akkasumas, akkuma isaanii keessaa gariin Kiristoosin qoran, bofaawwaniinis balleeffaman sana, nutis Kiristoosin hin qorrinu. 1 Qorontos 10:5–9.

Sacred history is a record of both the righteousness and unrighteousness of God’s people, but in either record the history is still a type for God’s people living in the last days. The history of the rebellion in Minneapolis in 1888, is a record of unrighteousness, in spite of what Adventist historians’ claim. The rebellion was so profound that Ellen White determined to leave the meeting, and only stayed because an angel told her it was her responsibility to stay and record the rebellion that was a parallel to the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram in the history of Moses. At that meeting the mighty angel of Revelation chapter eighteen descended, but the message He brought was rejected.

Seenaa qulqulluun galmee qajeelummaa fi jal’ina saba Waaqayyoo lamaaniti; garuu galmee kam iyyuu keessatti seenaan sun ammas saba Waaqayyoo kan bara dhumaa keessa jiraatanif fakkeenya ta’ee jira. Seenaa fincilaa Minneapolis keessatti bara 1888 ta’e, jechuunis galmee jal’inaa ti; jechuunis, wanta barreessitoonni seenaa Adventistii jedhu haa ta’u iyyuu. Fincilli sun akka malee gadi fagoo waan tureef, Ellen White walga’ii sana dhiisuu murteessite; garuu ergamaan tokko itti gaafatamummaan ishee akka achi turtu fi fincila sana galmeessitu isheeti jedhee waan itti himeef qofa achi turte; fincilli sunis seenaa Musee keessatti fincila Qoraa, Daataanii fi Abiiraam wajjin wal qixxaataa ture. Walga’ii sana irratti ergamaan jabaan Mul’ata boqonnaa kudha saddeet keessatti ibsame ni bu’e; garuu ergaan inni fide ni didame.

That history typified September 11, 2001, when the great buildings of New York city were brought down. That history included the first Sunday law bill that was to be introduced by Senator Blair. His efforts to enforce Sunday as a National Day of Worship failed, but it was part of a sacred history that typified the last days. Senator Blair’s bill was the warning to flee the cities. Before 1888 when Sister White spoke of the necessity of living out of the cities, she spoke in the future tense. She pointed to a time in the near future when God’s people must move to the country. After 1888, all of Sister White’s references to the necessity of country living placed her counsel in the context that the time to be in the country had already arrived. The Blair bill in 1888, was the sign of Sunday enforcement, as Luke put it, in a place where it ought not be. Sunday enforcement was not to be brought into the Congress of the United States, for it was a denial of a primary principle of the Constitution.

Seenaa sun bara 2001, Fulbaana 11, yeroo ijaarsiwwan guguddaan magaalaa New York diigaman sana fakkeessitee agarsiifte. Seenaa sana keessa, seerri Dilbata isa jalqabaa, inni Seeneetara Blairiin dhiyaachuuf ture, ni hammatama ture. Carraan inni Dilbata akka Guyyaa Biyyaalessaa Waaqeffannaa taʼee raawwatamu gochuuf godhe hin milkoofne; garuu inni seenaa qulqulluu isa guyyoota dhumaa fakkeessu keessaa kutaa tokko ture. Seerri Seeneetara Blair sun magaalaawwan keessaa baqachuuf akeekkachiisa ture. Bara 1888 dura, yeroo Obboleettii White barbaachisummaa magaalaawwan ala jiraachuu dubbattu, bifa yeroo dhufuutiin dubbatti turte. Yeroo dhihoo keessatti yeroo saba Waaqayyoo gara baadiyyaatti sochoʼuun isaan irratti dirqama taʼu ni akeekti turte. Bara 1888 booddee, wabiiwwan Obboleettii White hundi kanneen barbaachisummaa baadiyyaatti jiraachuu ibsan, gorsa ishee keessatti yeroo baadiyyaatti argamuun barbaachisaa taʼe sun duraanuu gaʼee ture jedhu keessa kaaʼan. Seerri Blair bara 1888 keessatti, akkuma Luqaas ibsutti, mallattoo raawwii Dilbataa, iddoo itti taʼuu hin qabne keessatti ture. Raawwiin Dilbataa Kongiresii Ameerikaa keessatti fidamuu hin qabu ture; sababiin isaas inni qajeelfama mootummaa Heera mootummaa keessaa isa buʼuuraa tokko waakkachuu ture.

The history of 1888 was recorded in order to typify the prophetic history that began on September 11, 2001. The Blair Bill in 1888 typified the Patriot Act of 2001. It was the warning that preceded the actual enforcement of the mark of the beast. No one who is following Christ should be living in a city after September 11, 2001. It was the prophetic siege that directed God’s people to flee. And just as there are two Sunday laws that are the subject of the prophetic model of the last days, as represented by the Sunday laws of pagan and papal Rome, both Sunday laws are preceded by the warning to flee.

Seenaan bara 1888 kan galmeeffame seenaa raajii kan jalqabe Fulbaana 11, 2001 fakkeessuuf ture. Blair Bill bara 1888 keessatti Patriot Act bara 2001 fakkeesse. Innis akeekkachiisa raawwii dhugaa mallattoo bineensaa dura dhufe ture. Namni Kiristoosin duukaa bu’u kam iyyuu Fulbaana 11, 2001 booda magaalaa keessa jiraachaa jiraachuu hin qabu. Innis marfamuu raajii saba Waaqayyoo baqachuuf qajeelche ture. Akkuma seerota Dilbataa lama kanneen mata-duree fakkeenya raajii guyyoota dhumaa ta’an, akkuma seerota Dilbataa mootummaa Roomaa waaqeffannaa waaqolii fi Roomaa abbootii amantiitiin bakka bu’anitti, seerotni Dilbataa lamaan isaanii iyyuu akeekkachiisa baqachuuf kennamuun dura bu’u.

For those who profess to be Seventh-day Adventists, they were to prophetically recognize the Patriot Act as a sign to flee the cities for the country in advance of the soon-coming Sunday law. That very same Sunday law was the sign for God’s other flock who are still in Babylon to flee out of Babylon in advance of the Sunday enforcement that is to be brought upon every nation.

Warrii ofiin Guyyaa Torbaffaa jedhan ofiin himatan sanaaf, raajii keessatti, seerri Patriot Act mallattoo seera Dilbataa dhihoo dhufaa jiru dura magaalota keessaa gara baadiyyaatti baqachuuf kennamee akka taʼe beekuu qabu turan. Seerri Dilbataa sunuma immoo hoolota Waaqayyoo biroo, warra amma iyyuu Baabilon keessa jiran, seera Dilbataa biyya hunduma irratti feʼamu dura Baabilon keessaa baqachuuf mallattoo ture.

> “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.

> “Yommuu Ameerikaan, biyya bilisummaa amantii taate, yaada qalbii namaa dirqisiisuu fi namoota Sanbata sobaa kabajuu dirqisiisuudhaan Phaaphaasii wajjin walitti hidhattu, ummanni biyya hundumaa kan addunyaa guutuu irra jiru fakkeenya ishee hordofuuf geggeeffama.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

Just as the triple application of the three Elijah’s establishes that there are two classes of God’s people in the last days, the triple application of Rome identifies that there are two distinct Sunday laws. Those who wish to claim that the United States is the robbers of thy people, and therefore the prophetic role of the United States establishes the vision suggest that the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is the abomination of desolation that Christ identified as a warning for His people to flee from the coming persecution. They fail to identify the distinction between the siege, which is the warning sign to flee, and the second siege that represents when the actual enforcement of a Sunday law begins the persecution of the last days. They fail to address the distinction established upon two witnesses that there is to be two distinct Sunday laws that fulfill prophecy in the last days. In doing so they argue the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is the warning represented as the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, and it is, but not as they define it.

Akkuma hojiirra oolmaan sadan Eliyaasii sadii akka guyyoota dhumaa keessatti sabni Waaqayyoo gosa lama akka qabu hundeesutti, hojiirra oolmaan sadan Roomaa immoo seerota Dilbataa adda addaa lama akka jiran adda baasa. Warri Ameerikaan Saamtoota saba keetii taʼuu isaa himuu barbaadan, kanaafuu gaheen raajii Ameerikaa mulʼata sana hundeessa jedhan, seerri Dilbataa yeroo dhihootti Ameerikaa keessatti dhufu sun xuraaʼummaa badiisaa isa Kiristoos akka akeekkachiisa saba Isaaaf ariʼatama dhufu jalaa akka baqatanitti ibse taʼuu isaa yaadu. Isaan marsaa marfamuu, mallattoo akeekkachiisaa ittiin baqatan taʼe, fi marfama lammaffaa isa yeroo hojiirra oolmaan dhugaan seera Dilbataa jalqabee ariʼatama guyyoota dhumaa bakka buʼu gidduu jiru adda baasuu keessatti ni kufu. Isaan garaagarummaa dhugaa baatota lama irratti hundeeffamee guyyoota dhumaa keessatti seerota Dilbataa adda addaa lama kan raajii raawwatan jiraachuu qabu jedhu ilaaluun ni hanqatu. Akkas gochuudhaanis, seerri Dilbataa yeroo dhihootti Ameerikaa keessatti dhufu akeekkachiisa xuraaʼummaa badiisaa, isa Daaniʼel raajichaan dubbatame bakka buʼu taʼuu isaa falmu; innis akkasuma, garuu akka isaan hiikanitti miti.

The Sunday law in the United States is the warning for God’s other flock that is still in Babylon to flee from her communion. It is therefore a warning of the coming Sunday law that is enforced upon all the nations.

Seerri Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti baafamu sun hoolota Waaqayyoo kanneen hafan, ammallee Baabilon keessa jiran, waldaa ishee keessaa akka baqataniif akeekkachiisa dha. Kanaafuu, inni seera Seexanaa Dilbataa isa dhufu, kan saboota hundumaa irratti dirqamaan raawwatamu, dursee akeekkachiisuudha.

> “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.

> “Saboota alagaa fakkeenya Ameerikaa ni hordofu. Inni isheen dursitee yoo baates illee, rakkinni wal fakkaataan kun uummata keenya irratti kutaa addunyaa hundumaa keessatti ni dhufa.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

Their claim is that the Sunday law in the United States is identifying the United States as the symbol which establishes the prophetic vision, but in the context of the warning to flee given by Christ, that Sunday law represents a world-wide warning to the eleventh-hour workers to flee from Babylon.

Waamni isaanii akka ta’eetti, seerri Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessa jiru Ameerikaa akka mallattoo mul’ata raajii hundeessu sanaatti adda baasa; garuu haala akeekkachiisa Kiristoos “baqadhaa” jechuun kenne keessatti, seerri Dilbataa sun hojjettoota sa’aatii kudha tokkoffaatti Baabilon keessaa akka baqatan akeekkachiisa addunyaa guutuu bakka bu’a.

When Sister White addresses the warning to flee, she addresses the Sunday law issue that overtakes the whole world. That movement begins at the Sunday law in the United States. She identifies that the Sunday law in the United States is the warning of the coming persecution.

Yommuu Obboleettiin Waayit akeekkachiisa baqachuu ilaalchisee dubbattu, dhimma seera Dilbataa addunyaa guutuu liqimsu sana irratti dubbatti. Sochiin sun seera Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti ba’uun jalqaba. Isheen seerri Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti ba’u akeekkachiisa ari’atama dhufuuti jedhee ifatti ibsiti.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.

> “በእግዚአብሔር ሕግ ላይ በሚፈጸም ጥሰት የጳጳሳትን ሥርዓት የሚያስፈጽም በአዋጅ ምክንያት፣ ሕዝባችን ራሷን ከጽድቅ ሙሉ በሙሉ ትለያለች። ፕሮቴስታንቲዝም እጇን በገደል ላይ አሻግራ የሮማን ኃይል እጅ ለመጨበጥ በሚዘረጋበት ጊዜ፣ በጥልቁ ላይ አሻግራ ከመናፍስት እምነት ጋር እጅ ለመያዝ በምትደርስበት ጊዜ፣ በዚህ ሦስትዮሽ ኅብረት ተጽእኖ ሥር አገራችን እንደ ፕሮቴስታንትና እንደ ሪፐብሊካን መንግሥት የሕገ መንግሥቷን መርሆ ሁሉ በምትክድበት ጊዜ፣ እንዲሁም የጳጳሳትን ሐሰቶችና ማታለያዎች ለማስፋፋት ዝግጅት በምታደርግበት ጊዜ፣ ያን ጊዜ የሰይጣን ድንቅ ሥራ የሚገለጥበት ዘመን እንደደረሰ እና ፍጻሜውም እንደቀረበ ማወቅ እንችላለን።”

> “As the approach of the Roman armies was a sign to the disciples of the impending destruction of Jerusalem, so may this apostasy be a sign to us that the limit of God’s forbearance is reached, that the measure of our nation’s iniquity is full, and that the angel of mercy is about to take her flight, never to return. The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress which prophets have described as the time of Jacob’s trouble. The cries of the faithful, persecuted ones ascend to heaven. And as the blood of Abel cried from the ground, there are voices also crying to God from martyrs’ graves, from the sepulchers of the sea, from mountain caverns, from convent vaults: ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?’” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> “Warri mootummaa Roomaa yeroo dhiʼaachaa turan sun barattootaaf badiisa Yerusaalem dhiʼoo jiruuf mallattoo akkuma ture, akkasumas gantummaan kun obsa Waaqayyoo daangaa isaa gaʼeera, safartuun jalʼina saba keenyaa guutameera, ergamaan araaraa immoo balaliʼee deemuu irratti akka jiru, deebiʼees gonkumaa akka hin dhufne, nutti mallattoo taʼuu dandaʼa. Sana booda sabni Waaqayyoo mulʼata dhiphinaa fi rakkinaa raajonni yeroo rakkina Yaaqoob jedhaniin ibsan keessa ni buʼa. Iyya amanamtoota, warra ariʼatamanii, samii ol baʼa. Dhiigni Abeel akkuma lafa irraa iyye sana, sagaleewwanis akkasuma boolla awwaala wareegamtootaa irraa, awwaala galaanaa keessaa, holqa tulluu keessaa, goofa mana amantii keessaa Waaqayyotti iyyan ni jiru: ‘Yaa Gooftaa, qulqulluu fi dhugaa kan taate, ati hamma yoomiitti warra lafa irra jiraatan irratti murtee kennuu fi dhiiga keenya haaloo baafachuu dhiifta?’” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

Sister White is identifying the Sunday law in the United States, and identifies it as a “sign” that probationary time for the United States is over. But God’s people in the other nations of the world are also to be confronted with the same test. There is a period of time from the Sunday law in the United States until Michael stands up and human probation closes. When it closes, “the angel of mercy takes her flight.”

Wanti Waayit Ameerikaa keessatti seera Dilbataa adda baaftee, yeroo qorumsaa Ameerikaaf kenname xumuramuu isaa agarsiisuudhaaf akka “mallattoo”tti ibsiti. Garuu sabni Waaqayyoo kan saboota addunyaa birootti argamanis qorichauma walfakkaataa kanaan fuulduratti dhihaatanii qoramuu qabu. Yeroo muraasni tokko seera Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti labsamu irraa eegalee hamma Miikaa’el ka’utti fi yeroo qorumsaa namaa cufamutti jira. Yommuu inni cufamu, “ergamaan araaraa imala ishii ni kaati.”

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