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

Kitaaba Daaniʼel - Dhibba Tokko fi Saddeetama-Saddeetaffaa

From Raphia to Panium: Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of Ancient Battles

Rafiyaadhaa kaasee hanga Paaniyamitti: Hiika Raajii Waraana Durii Ibsuu

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Jeff Pippenger

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April 18, 2024

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The Battle of Raphia and the Battle of Panium are two distinct historical events that occurred in different periods and contexts, but they both have significance in the history of ancient Judea and its surrounding regions. The Battle of Raphia took place in 217 BC. The Battle of Panium occurred in 200 BC between the Seleucid kingdom (king of the north) and the Ptolemaic kingdom (king of the south). These two battles are identified in verses eleven through fifteen of Daniel chapter eleven. These two battles preceded the Maccabean Revolt in 167 BC.

Lolli Raphia fi Lolli Panium taʼeewwan seenaa adda addaa lama kan yeroo fi haalota garaagaraa keessatti raawwataman taʼan iyyuu, seenaa Yihudaa durii fi naannolee ishee marsan keessatti hiika guddaa qabu. Lolli Raphia bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 217 keessatti taʼe. Lolli Panium ammoo mootummaa Seleucid (mootii kaabaa) fi mootummaa Ptolemaic (mootii kibbaa) gidduutti bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 200 keessatti raawwatame. Lolliwwan kun lamaan Daniʼel boqonnaa kudha tokko keessaa lakkoofsota kudha tokko hanga kudha shaniitti keessatti adda baafamanii ibsaman. Lolliwwan kun lamaan fincila Maccabean bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 167 keessatti taʼe dura raawwataman.

The Battle of Panium took its name from the nearby geographical feature, Mount Panium, where the conflict occurred. The name Panium is derived from the Greek god Pan, to whom a temple was there dedicated. The site was known as Panium due to its association with the worship of Pan. The temple complex was often referred to as the Sanctuary of Pan, emphasizing its role as a place of religious devotion and worship dedicated to the god Pan. The term “Nymphaeum” refers to a monument or shrine dedicated to water nymphs in ancient Greek and Roman religion. The temple complex at Panium included a grotto and natural spring, which were believed to be inhabited by nymphs, and thus it was sometimes referred to as the Nymphaeum of Panium.

Lolli Phaaniyeem jedhamuun isaa bakka teessuma lafaa dhihoo sanaa, Gaara Phaaniyeem jedhamurraa fudhate; waraanni sunis achitti raawwatame. Maqaan Phaaniyeem waaqa Giriikii Phaan jedhamurraa madde; isaafis mana qulqullummaa tokko achitti qulqulleffamee ture. Iddichi waaqeffannaa Phaan wajjin walqabsiifamuu isaatiin Phaaniyeem jedhamuun beekama ture. Walnyaatinsi mana qulqullummaa sanaa yeroo baay’ee “Iddoo Qulqulluu Phaan” jedhamuun waamama ture; kunis gahee isaa akka iddoo waaqeffannaa fi of kennuu amantii waaqa Phaanitti qophaa’e addeessa. Jechi “Nymphaeum” amantii Giriikii fi Roomaa duriitiin yaadannoo yookaan iddoo qulqulluu nymfota bishaaniif of kenname agarsiisa. Walnyaatinsi mana qulqullummaa Phaaniyeem keessatti boolla dhokataa fi burqaa uumamaa of keessatti hammate ture; kanneen nymfotaatiin qubatan jedhamee waan amanameef, yeroo tokko tokko “Nymphaeum Phaaniyeem” jedhamuunis waamama ture.

After the city was rebuilt and expanded by Herod Philip, son of Herod the Great, it was known as Caesarea Philippi in honor of the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus and Herod Philip himself. The temple complex was an important religious center within this city.

ተማይቱ በሄሮድስ ታላቁ ልጅ በሆነው ሄሮድስ ፊልጶስ እንደ ገና ከተገነባችና ከተስፋፋች በኋላ፣ ለሮማውያን ንጉሠ ነገሥት ቄሣር አውግስጦስና ለሄሮድስ ፊልጶስ ራሱ ክብር ሲባል ቄሣርያ ፊልጶስ ተብላ ታወቀች። የቤተ መቅደሱ ሕንጻ ስብስብ በዚህች ከተማ ውስጥ አስፈላጊ የሃይማኖት ማዕከል ነበር።

During the reign of Emperor Augustus, the temple was rededicated or renamed in honor of Augustus, reflecting the imperial cult and the integration of Roman religious practices into the local religious landscape. The area near the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi, where the temple of Pan was located, was sometimes referred to as the “Gates of Hell” or the “Gates of Hades.”

ᠠᠪᠤᠬᠠᠢ ᠠᠬᠤᠷᠢᠭᠲᠤ ᠠᠤᠭᠤᠰᠲᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭᠯᠠᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠦᠶ᠎ᠡᠳᠦ ᠲᠡᠷᠡ ᠰᠥᠮ᠎ᠡ ᠠᠤᠭᠤᠰᠲᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠯᠳᠠᠷ ᠢ ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠲᠤᠯᠠᠳᠠ ᠳᠠᠬᠢᠨ ᠠᠷᠢᠤᠨᠵᠢᠯᠠᠭᠳᠠᠵᠤ ᠡᠰᠡᠬᠦᠯ᠎ᠡ ᠳᠠᠬᠢᠨ ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ ᠥᠭ᠍ᠭᠦᠭᠳᠡᠵᠡᠢ. ᠡᠨᠡ ᠨᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠰᠦᠰᠦᠭᠯᠡᠯ ᠢ ᠪᠣᠯᠣᠨ ᠷᠣᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠵᠠᠩ ᠦᠶᠢᠯ᠎ᠡ ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠰᠦᠰᠦᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠲᠠᠢ ᠨᠢᠭᠡᠳᠡᠨ ᠰᠢᠩᠭᠡᠬᠦ ᠶᠢ ᠲᠤᠰᠬᠠᠵᠠᠢ. ᠫᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠰᠥᠮ ᠡ ᠣᠷᠰᠢᠵᠠᠢᠰᠠᠨ ᠴᠠᠶᠢᠰᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠ ᠹᠢᠯᠢᠫᠫᠢ ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠭ ᠡᠷᠲᠡᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠣᠶᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠢ ᠵᠠᠷᠢᠮ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ “ᠲᠠᠮᠤ ᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ” ᠡᠰᠡᠬᠦᠯ᠎ᠡ “ᠬᠠᠳ᠋ᠡᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ” ᠭᠡᠵᠦ ᠨᠡᠷᠯᠡᠳᠡᠭ ᠪᠠᠢᠵᠠᠢ.

In verses sixteen through nineteen of Daniel chapter eleven, the three geographical areas of conquest that pagan Rome was to overcome in order to be established as the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy and the king of the north in the chapter, are represented. In verse sixteen, the Roman general Pompey is identified as conquering Syria in 65 BC, and then Jerusalem in 63 BC. Verses seventeen through nineteen identify Julius Caesar’s conquering of Egypt, the third of the three obstacles. The Battle of Actium in 31 BC, marks the beginning of the three hundred and sixty years that pagan Rome would rule supremely in fulfillment of verse twenty-four, of Daniel chapter eleven.

ଇଣାର ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ୧୧ର ଷୋଳହରୁ ଊଣେଇଶ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପଦ୍ୟମାନରେ, ବାଇବେଲୀୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବାଣୀର ଚତୁର୍ଥ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଏବଂ ଏହି ଅଧ୍ୟାୟର ଉତ୍ତରର ରାଜା ଭାବେ ସ୍ଥାପିତ ହେବା ପାଇଁ ପୌରାଣିକ ରୋମ ଯେ ଜୟ କରିବାକୁ ଥିବା ତିନିଟି ଭୌଗୋଳିକ ବିଜୟକ୍ଷେତ୍ର ଥିଲା, ସେଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରାଯାଇଛି। ଷୋଳହ ପଦ୍ୟରେ, ରୋମୀୟ ସେନାପତି ପମ୍ପେଇଙ୍କୁ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟପୂର୍ବ ୬୫ ମସିହାରେ ସିରିଆକୁ, ଏବଂ ପରେ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟପୂର୍ବ ୬୩ ମସିହାରେ ଯିରୁଶାଲେମକୁ ଜୟ କରିଥିବା ବୋଲି ଚିହ୍ନିତ କରାଯାଇଛି। ସତରହରୁ ଊଣେଇଶ ପଦ୍ୟମାନରେ ତିନୋଟି ବାଧାର ତୃତୀୟଟି ଭାବେ ଯୁଲିଅସ୍ ସୀଜରଙ୍କ ମିଶର-ବିଜୟକୁ ଚିହ୍ନିତ କରାଯାଇଛି। ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟପୂର୍ବ ୩୧ ମସିହାରେ ଘଟିଥିବା ଆକ୍ଟିଅମ୍‌ର ଯୁଦ୍ଧ, ଇଣାର ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ୧୧ର ଚବିଶ ପଦ୍ୟର ପୂରଣରେ ପୌରାଣିକ ରୋମ ସର୍ବୋଚ୍ଚ ଭାବେ ଶାସନ କରିବାକୁ ଥିବା ତିନିଶ ସାଠି ବର୍ଷର ଆରମ୍ଭକୁ ଚିହ୍ନିତ କରେ।

In verse twenty the reign of Augustus Caesar is marked, and in that history, Jesus was born. Then in verses twenty-one and twenty-two the wicked Tiberius Caesar’s reign is identified, thus marking the crucifixion of Christ. In verse twenty-three, the league which the Maccabean Jews entered into with pagan Rome is marked, and thus the flow of history that began in verse eleven is halted, and the historical narrative drops back to the period of 161 BC to 158 BC.

Keewwata digdama lammaffa keessatti mootummaa Ogustus Qeesaar ni mallattoofama; seenaa sana keessattis, Yesuus dhalate. Achiis keewwata digdama tokkoffaa fi digdama lammaffaa keessatti mootummaa Xibeeriyaas Qeesaar isa hamaa taʼe ni ibsama; akkasumas fannifamuu Kiristoos ni mallatteessa. Keewwata digdama sadaffaa keessatti, waliigalteen Yihudoonni Maqaabeewwan Roomaa warra waaqeffattoota ta’an wajjin seenan ni mallattoofama; kanaafis yaa’iinsi seenaa keewwata kudha tokko keessatti jalqabe ni dhaabbata, akkasumas seenaan seenaa gara bara Dhaloota Kiristoos Dura 161 hanga Dhaloota Kiristoos Dura 158tti deebi’a.

Verse twenty-three represents the line of the Maccabees, and though it does not provide all the details of their prophetic line, the record of history does. In 217 BC, the Battle of Raphia took place, and in the aftermath a child king left Egypt vulnerable. As the Seleucid and Greek kings made plans to deal with the child king in the year 200 BC, Rome inserted itself into the history and became the defender of the Egyptian child king. In the same year the Battle of Panium took place. Then in 167 BC the guerilla warfare of the Maccabees, began.

Lakkoofsi digdamii sadii sanyii Maqaabota bakka buʼa; akkasumas inni bal’ina guutuu sarara raajii isaanii hin kenninus, galmeen seenaa garuu ni kenna. Bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 217 keessatti, loltuu Raafiyaa ni ta’e; isa booda mootii mucaa tokkoon biyya Gibxiif saaxilamtu taasise. Mootonni Seeluusiidii fi Giriikii bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 200 keessatti akkamitti mootii mucaa sana waliin hojjechuu akka qaban yeroo karoorfatanitti, Roomaan seenaa sana keessa seentee ittisaa mootii mucaa Gibxii taate. Barauma sana keessa lolli Paaniyum ni ta’e. Ergasii bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 167 keessatti waraanni shororkeessitootaa Maqaabota ni jalqabe.

The Maccabean revolt began in Modein in 167 BC, and it consisted of the Maccabees not only engaging against the Seleucid Empire, but also engaging the Jews that they had determined were in alliance with the Seleucids. The revolt was religiously motivated, and it was carried out against an internal and external enemy. In 164 BC the Maccabees rededicated the temple, and this event is commemorated by the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. In that year the infamous Antiochus Epiphanes died. Then from 161 BC to 158 BC the “league” of verse twenty-three was entered into with Rome.

ትንታኔያዊ ናይ ማካቤያን ውግእ ብ167 ዓ.ቅ.ል. ኣብ ሞዴይን ተጀሚሩ፣ እዚ ድማ ማካቤያን እንተይኮነ ምስ መንግስቲ ሴሉኪድ ጥራይ ክዋግኡ ዘይኮነስ፣ ምስቶም ምስ ሴሉኪዳውያን ተባቢሮም ኣለዉ ኢሎም ዝወሰኑዎም ኣይሁድ እውን ተዋጊኦም ነበሩ። እቲ ውግእ ብሃይማኖታዊ ምኽንያት ዝተደረኸ ነበረ፣ እናተፈጸመ ድማ ኣንጻር ውሽጣዊን ደጋዊን ጸላኢ ነበረ። ብ164 ዓ.ቅ.ል. ማካቤያን ነቲ ቤተ መቕደስ ዳግም ቀደሱ፣ እዚ ፍጻመ ድማ ብኣይሁድ በዓል ሃኑካህ ይዝከር እዩ። ኣብቲ ዓመት እቲ ዝነኣደ ኣንቲዮኮስ ኤፒፋነስ ሞተ። ድሕሪኡ ካብ 161 ዓ.ቅ.ል. ክሳዕ 158 ዓ.ቅ.ል. እቲ ኣብ ቁጽሪ ሓያን ሰለስተን ዝተጠቕሰ “ኪዳን” ምስ ሮሜ ተኣተወ።

The only direct reference to the Maccabees, their revolt and their league with Rome, is found in verse twenty-three, but the history of the dynasty, called the Hasmonean Dynasty began at Modein in 167 BC, and continued to the time of the cross. The final representatives of the Hasmonean Dynasty were the Pharisees of Christ’s time period. Therefore, there is a prophetic line of the history of apostate Judaism as represented by the Maccabees which began in 167 BC at the revolt of Modein, which ends in verses twenty-one and twenty-two when Jesus was crucified.

Wabii inni kallattiin kallattiin Makkaabota, fincila isaanii fi waliigaltee isaanii Roomaa wajjin qabatan lakkoofsa digdamii sadii keessatti argama; garuu seenaa mootummaa isaanii, isa Sirna Hasmonee jedhamuu, bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 167 keessatti Modeenitti jalqabee, hanga yeroo fannoo itti geessutti itti fufe. Warri xumura irratti bakka bu’an Sirna Hasmonee keessaa, yeroo Kiristoositti Fariisota turan. Kanaaf, akka Makkaabotiin bakka buufametti, seenaa Yihudummaa gantummaa ta’e keessaa sararri raajii tokko jira; inni fincila Modeen keessatti bara dhaloota Kiristoos dura 167tti jalqabee, yeroo Yesuus fannifametti lakkoofsa digdamii tokkoo fi digdamii lama keessatti xumurama.

Their history reached a turning point in verse sixteen, when Rome, for the first time, through Pompey, conquered Jerusalem. His primary motivation for bringing the destruction upon Jerusalem at that time was a dispute among two factions of the Hasmonean Dynasty. From that point in time (63 BC), Judah was under Roman rule. The Hasmonean Dynasty of the Maccabees begins prophetically at the battle of Modein in 167 BC, then is placed under subjection to Rome in 63 BC. Soon after the beginning of that history the Maccabees initiated and entered into a league with Rome from 161 BC to 158 BC. They were in subjection to Rome from 63 BC until the cross and the ultimate destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70.

Seenaa isaanii lakkoofsa kudha jaʼaffaa keessatti gara murteessaa tokko gaʼe; yeroo sana Roomaan yeroo jalqabaatiif, karaa Poompiyii, Yerusaalem moʼe. Sababni inni yeroo sana badiisa Yerusaalem irratti fideef inni guddaan walitti buʼiinsa gareewwan lamaa keessaa Mootummaa Hasmonee ture. Yeroo sana irraa eegalee (63 BC), Yihudaan mootummaa Roomaa jala ture. Mootummaan Hasmonee kan Maqaabeewwanii akka raajii keessatti lola Modeen isa bara 167 BC jalqabatti kaʼa; achiis bara 63 BC keessatti Roomaaf bitamuu jala kaaʼama. Yeruma seenaa sana jalqabaa sana booddee gabaabaa keessatti, Maqaabeewwan bara 161 BC irraa hamma 158 BCtti Roomaa wajjin waliigaltee tokko jalqabanii fi seenan. Isaan bara 63 BC irraa eegalee hamma fannoo fi badiisa Yerusaalem isa dhumaa bara 70tti mootummaa Roomaa jala turan.

The prophetic line of the Maccabees is the line of apostate Judaism, and it therefore typifies the line of apostate Protestantism. From the Battle of Panium until the Sunday law of verse sixteen the prophetic events of 200 BC, 167 BC, 164 BC, and the league from 161 BC to 158 BC will be repeated in the history of apostate Protestantism. These waymarks will occur in the history of the eighth president who is of the seven in advance of the Sunday law. 200 BC represents the external line of the Republican horn in relation to 167 BC, representing the internal line of the apostate Protestant horn.

Sararri raajii Makkabewwanii sarara Yihudummaa gantummaa ti; kanaafis sarara Pirootestaantummaa gantummaa fakkeessa. Lolaa Paaniyuum irraa jalqabee hamma seera Dilbataa lakkoofsa kudha jaha keessatti ibsamutti, taateewwan raajii bara 200 Dh.K.D., 167 Dh.K.D., 164 Dh.K.D., fi walitti hidhamiinsi bara 161 Dh.K.D. irraa hamma 158 Dh.K.D.tti seenaa Pirootestaantummaa gantummaa keessatti irra deebi’anii ni raawwatamu. Mallattooleen karaa kanaa seenaa pirezidaantii saddeettaffaa kan torban keessaa ta’e keessatti, seera Dilbataa dura ni mul’atu. Bara 200 Dh.K.D. sarara alaa gaanfaa Rippabilikaanii bakka bu’a; kunis walitti dhufeenya isaa bara 167 Dh.K.D. wajjin, kan sarara keessaa gaanfaa Pirootestaantii gantummaa bakka bu’u, agarsiisa.

These waymarks are essentially hidden within the historical line of the Hasmonean Dynasty, but none-the-less form part of the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel eleven. It is a line that is part of the “that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days.”

Mallattooleen kun seenaa sarara mootummaa Hasmonean keessatti dhokatan taʼan iyyuu, haa taʼu malee isaan seenaa dhokataa Daaniʼel boqonnaa kudha tokko lakkoofsa afurtamaa keessaa kutaa tokko taʼu. Innis sarara “kutaa raajii Daaniʼel keessaa guyyoota dhumaa wajjin wal qabatu” keessaa isa tokko dha.

The fact that Judaism celebrates Hanukkah in memory of the revolt of the Maccabees, does not define the Maccabees as righteous. Due to rebellion the shekinah never returned to the temple that was rebuilt after the captivity of seventy years. The final prophetic message came through Malachi roughly two centuries before the Maccabees. The history of the Maccabees identifies that they allowed their political leaders to also function as high priest, the very sin that the Egyptian Ptolemy attempted, and that King Uzziah also attempted. Tradition identifies that God intervened to prevent Ptolemy from the sacrilegious action, and God’s Word identifies directly that God did intervene when king Uzziah attempted to perform the work of the priest and king. The final fruit of their dynasty was the Pharisees. There is no reason to conclude the Maccabees were a symbol of righteousness, in spite of the historical reverence modern Judaism’s Jews may hold to.

Yihudummaan yaadannoo fincila Makkabootaatiin Hanukkah kabajuu isaa qofaan, Makkaboonni qajeelota akka turan hin murteessu. Sababa fincilaatiin, shekinaan gara mana qulqullummaa booji’amummaa waggaa torbaatamaa booddee ijaarameetti deebi’ee hin dhufne. Ergaan raajii inni dhumaa karaa Milkiyaasiitiin, yeroo Makkaboota irraa gara jaarraa lamaa duraatti dhufe. Seenaan Makkabootaa, hoggantoonni isaanii siyaasaa hojii lubummaa olaanaas akka raawwataniif isaan hayyamuu isaanii mul’isa; kunis cubbuu Ptoleemee warri Gibxii yaale sanaa fi Mootiin Uziyaanis yaale sanauma ture. Aadaan, Waaqayyo gocha qulqullummaa cabsu sana irraa Ptoleemee ittisuuf gidduu seene jedha; Dubbiin Waaqayyoo immoo yeroo mootichi Uziyaan hojii lubaa fi mootummaa raawwachuuf yaale, Waaqayyo gidduu seenuu isaa kallattiidhaan ibsa. Bu’aan dhumaa mootummaa isaanii Fariisota ture. Kabajni seenaan Yihudoota Yihudummaa ammayyaa keessa jiran itti qabaatan jiraatus, Makkaboonni mallattoo qajeelummaa turan jechuun xumuruuf sababiin hin jiru.

The Protestant reformation began in the time of Luther, and it was a progressive development. It was not a new tradition, for Jesus and His disciples were Protestants. It was an awakening to the darkness of the history where Luther and other reformers were awakened. The climax of that progressive reformation was the Millerite movement. God did not only need to awaken the early reformers to the sins of Babylon, but He intended to bring them into the full understanding of His law, and His work in the heavenly sanctuary. On April 19, 1844 the Protestants rejected the increasing light of the reformation and became apostate Protestantism.

Foyya’iinsi Haaromsa Pirootestaantii bara Luuter keessatti jalqabee, guddina adeemsa-qabeessa ta’e ture. Inni aadaa haaraa hin turre; sababiin isaas, Yesuusii fi bartoonni Isaa Pirootestaantota turan. Inni dukkana seenaa keessaa dammaqiinsa, bakka Luuterii fi haaromsitoonni kaan itti dammaqan ture. Xumuri haaromsa adeemsa-qabeessa sanaa sochii Miilerayitii ture. Waaqayyo haaromsitoota duraa cubbuu Baabilon qofa irratti dammaqsuu hin barbaadne; garuu seera Isaa fi hojii Isaa mana qulqullummaa samii keessatti geggeeffamu guutummaatti akka hubatanitti isaan fiduu yaade. Ebla 19, 1844 irratti Pirootestaantonni ifa dabalaa dhufe sana didanii Pirootestaantummaa gantummaa ta’an.

The faithful Millerites then were “given the mantle” and directed into the Most Holy Place to finish the work to become mature Protestant Christians. In 1863 those who had been given the mantle, through disobedience, set aside the mantle of Protestantism, and took the mantle of Laodicea. In the final period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, which began twenty-two years after September 11, 2001, in 2023, the Lion of the tribe of Judah is unsealing the truths that fill up the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel chapter eleven, which is the history from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 unto the soon coming Sunday law. In doing this, He has unsealed the history of apostate Judaism as a symbol of apostate Protestantism.

Milleritoonni amanamoon yeroo sanaa “uffata aangoo” argatanii, hojii xumuruudhaan Kiristaanota Pirotestaantii bilchaatoo taʼuuf gara Iddoo Hundumaa Irra Qulqulluutti qajeelfaman. Bara 1863 keessa warri uffata aangoo sana argatan sun, ajajamuu diduudhaan, uffata aangoo Pirotestaantummaa isaanii cinaatti dhiisanii, uffata aangoo Laaʼodiiqeyaa fudhatan. Yeroo dhumaa mallatteessuu dhibba afurtamii afur kuma keessaa, kan Fulbaana 11, 2001 booda waggaa digdamii lama keessatti, jechuun bara 2023 jalqabe sana keessatti, Leenci gosaa Yihudaa dhugaawwan seenaa dhokataa lakkoofsa afurtamaa Daaniʼel boqonnaa kudha tokko keessatti guutan hiikaa jira; seenaa sunis kufaatii Gamtaa Sooviyeetii bara 1989 irraa kaasee hamma seerri Dilbataa dhihoo dhufu sanaatti diriira. Inni kana gochuudhaan, seenaa Yihudummaa gantuu, akka fakkeenya Pirotestaantummaa gantuu taʼe, hiikeera.

Both lines of God’s apostate people, whether those of literal Judah or spiritual Judah (both glorious lands), end at the conquering of Jerusalem, the former in 63 BC, and the latter at the soon coming Sunday law. Both lines represent warfare that is motivated by misguided religious convictions. Both lines represent a warfare against the religious philosophies of Greece, and both lines end up with the apostates being in subjection to Rome. I identify the three battles of verse forty representing the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the Ukraine War, and Panium at the Sunday law for the purpose of identifying a distinction between those three battles and the three world wars.

Sararri uummata Waaqayyoo warra gantummaa keessa jiran lamaan, warri Yihudaa dhugaa ta’an yookaan Yihudaa hafuuraa ta’anis ta’e (lachanuu biyyoota ulfina qabeeyyii), yeroo Yerusaalem mo’atamtu irratti xumuramu; isa duraa bara dhaloota Kiristoosii dura 63 keessatti, isa boodaa immoo seera Dilbataa dhihoo keessatti. Sararoonni lamaan kunis lola amantii dogoggoraan qajeelfameen kakaafamu bakka bu’u. Sararoonni lamaan kunis lola falaasama amantii Giriikii irratti gaggeeffamu bakka bu’u; akkasumas lachanuu warri gantoota ta’an mootummaa Roomaatiin bittaa jala galuu irratti xumuramu. Anis lolaawwan sadii lakkoofsa afurtamaa keessatti ibsaman kufaatii Gamtaa Sooviyeetii bara 1989, Lola Yukireen, fi Paaniyum yeroo seera Dilbataatti bakka bu’an jedheen adda baasu; kunis lolaawwan sadan sanaa fi waraana addunyaa sadan gidduutti garaagarummaa jiru agarsiisuuf.

> “God’s word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution.” The Great Controversy, 581.

> “Dubbiin Waaqayyoo balaa dhihaataa jiru akeekkachiisee kenneera; kun yoo tuffatame, addunyaan Pirootestaantii kaayyoon Roomaa maal akka taʼe dhimmicha keessaa miliquuf yeroo darbe qofa irratti ni baratti. Isheen callisumaan humna keessaatti guddachaa jirti. Barsiisonni ishee galma seera tumtuu keessatti, waldoota kiristaanaa keessatti, akkasumas garaa namootaa keessatti dhiibbaa isaanii geessisaa jiru. Isheen ijaarsaalee gurguddoo, ol dheeraa fi jajjaboo taʼan, iddoo dhokataa isaanii keessatti ariʼatamoonni duraanii ishee irra deebiʼanii keessatti raawwataman, walitti kuusaa jirti. Haala suukanneessaafi hin beekamneen humnoota ishee jabeessachaa jirti, yeroo isheen dhaʼuuf yeroo ishee gaʼutti kaayyoo mataa ishee galmaan gaʼuuf. Wanti isheen barbaaddu hundinuu iddoo mijataa qofa; kunis duraanuma isheedhaaf kennamaa jira. Nuyi yeroo dhihootti kaayyoon elementii Roomaa maal akka taʼe ni argina, ni dhageenyas. Namni kam iyyuu dubbii Waaqayyoo amanee ittiin ajajamu arrabsoo fi ariʼatama ni argata.” The Great Controversy, 581.

From verse ten, which identifies the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, unto the Battle of Panium in verse fifteen, the papacy has been “strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike.” These verses identify the prophetic circumstances that are the “snare” that has been prepared by the papacy, which will be impossible to “escape.” In the final engagement, represented by the Battle of Panium, the image of the beast will be formed in the United States. The formation of that image is the final test for God’s people of the last days.

Lakkoofsa kudhanii irraa, kan kufaatii Gamtaa Sooviyeetii bara 1989 adda baasu, hamma waraana Paaniyuum kan lakkoofsa kudha shan keessatti ibsameetti, paaphaasummaan “yeroo isheen rukutuu itti dhuftutti kaayyoo mataa ishee daran fuulduratti adeemsisuuf humnoota ishee cimsachaa turte.” Lakkoofsota kun haala raajii ta’e kan paaphaasummaan qopheessite, kan “kiyyoo” ta’e, isa “jalaa miliquun” hin danda’amne adda baasu. Hirmaannaa isa xumuraa keessatti, kan waraana Paaniyuumiin bakka buufame, fakkeenyi bineensichaa Ameerikaa keessatti ni hundeeffama. Hundeeffamni fakkeenya sanaa qormaata dhumaa saba Waaqayyoo kan guyyoota dhumaa ta’a.

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

> “Gooftaan akka ifatti natti agarsiise fakkeenyi bineensichaa yeroo carraan ayyaanaa cufamu dura akka ijaaramu dha; sababiin isaas, innis qormaata guddaa saba Waaqayyootiif taʼuuf, kan ittiin hireen isaanii bara baraa murtaaʼu dha. … Mulʼata 13 keessatti dhimmi kun ifatti dhihaateera; [Mulʼata 13:11–17, kan 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 qormaanni kun isa sabni Waaqayyoo utuu hin chaappeffamin dura qabaachuu qabu dha. Warri hundinuu seera Isaa eeguun amanamummaa isaanii Waaqayyoof mirkaneessanii, Sanbata sobaa fudhachuu didan, alaabaa Gooftaa Waaqayyo Yihowaa jalatti hiriiru; chaappaa Waaqa jiraataa ni fudhatu. Warri dhugaa samii irraa madde gadi dhiisanii Sanbata Dilbataa fudhatan immoo, mallattoo bineensichaa ni fudhatu.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

The formation of the image of the beast is represented by the period when the league of Rome was entered into. The Protestant horn of the United States became the daughters of Rome in 1844, and the beginning of their history is repeated at the end of their history when they once again determine to imitate their mother.

Bifa fakkii bineensa sanaa yeroo gamtaan Roomaa keessa seenameen bakka bu’ameera. Gaanfi Pirootestaantii Ameerikaa bara 1844tti intallan Roomaa ta’e; jalqabni seenaa isaanii, yeroo dhuma seenaa isaanii keessatti yeroo amma illee haadha isaanii fakkaachuuf murteessanitti, irra deebi’amee mul’ata.

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

> “Ani bineensa qabdu sun afaan jawwee akka qabu, humni isaas mataa isaa keessa akka jiru, labsiinis afaan isaa keessaa akka baʼu nan arge. Achiis Haadha Sagaagaltotaa nan arge; haati sun intaloota sana akka hin taane, isaan irraa adda taatee ifaanis adda akka taate nan arge. Isheen guyyaa ishee qabaattee turte, amma garuu darbeera; intaloonni ishee, gareewwan Pirootestaantii, warra itti aananii masaraa irratti mulʼatanii yaada isa haati isaanii yeroo qulqulloota ariʼattu qabdu sana hojjechaa agarsiisan turan. Ani akkuma haati sun aangoo keessatti gadi buʼaa dhufteen, intaloonni ishee guddataa akka turan nan arge; dhiʼoo keessatti isaanis aangoo yeroo tokko haati isaanii hojii irra oolchite sana ni hojii irra oolchu.”

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

> “Ani waldaa maqaa qofa qabduu fi Adventistoota maqaa qofa qabdan, akkuma Yihudaa, dhugaa irratti akka kaʼaniif dhiibbaa isaanii argachuudhaan nu Kaatoilikootatti dabarsee kennuuf akka jiran nan arge. Qulqulloonni yeroo sana ummata hin beekamne, Kaatoilikootaan xiqqoo qofa beekaman taʼu; garuu waldoonnii fi Adventistoonni maqaa qofa qabdan warri amantii keenya fi duudhaa keenya beekan (sababni isaa isaan sababii Sanbataatiin nu jibban, Sanbata mormuudhaan fashalsiisuu hin dandeenye) qulleeyyii dabarsee kennanii Kaatoilikootatti isaan himatu; akka warra sirna mootummaa uummataa tuffatanitti isaan beeksisu; jechuunis, akka isaan Sanbata eeganitti fi Dilbata tuffatanitti.”

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

> “Achiis Kaatolikoonni Pirootestaantota akka itti fufan ni ajaju; sanas taʼee torban keessaa guyyaa torbaffaa irraan kan kaʼe guyyaa jalqabaa eeguu didan hundinuu akka ajjeefaman murtee ni baasuu. Kaatolikoonni immoo, lakkoofsi isaanii baayʼee guddaa taʼe, Pirootestaantota cinaa ni dhaabbatu. Kaatolikoonni aangoo isaanii fakkii bineensichaatiif ni kennu. Pirootestaantonni immoo, akkuma haati isaanii isaan dura hojjette, qulqulloota balleessuuf ni hojjetu. Garuu murteen isaanii sun utuu hin dhufin yookaan utuu ija hin godhatin, qulqulloonni Sagalee Waaqayyootiin ni oolu.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

In the passage there are two groups of “nominal,” which means “in name only,” that betray God’s faithful ones to the Catholics. Ellen White’s understanding of nominal churches and nominal Adventists is different than what they actually represent in the last days, for her understanding of a “nominal Adventist,” would have represented a Christian who professed to believe in the return of Christ. But the prophets speak more for the last days, than the days in which they lived, and a “nominal Adventist,” in the last days represents the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church, and the nominal churches are the descendants of those who became the daughters of Rome in 1844.

Keessa kana keessatti gareewwan lamaa “maqaa qofaan” jiran ni mul’atu; jechuunis “maqaan qofa,” warra amanamoo Waaqayyoo warra Kaatoilikootaatti dabarsee kennan. Hubannoon Ellen White waa’ee waldoota amantii maqaa qofa qabanii fi Adventistoota maqaa qofa qabanii, waan isaan bara dhumaatti dhugumaan bakka bu’an irraa adda dha; sababni isaas hubannoon ishee waa’ee “Adventistii maqaa qofa” jedhu, Kiristaana deebi’uu Kiristoositti amanuu ofiin jedhu tokko agarsiisa ture. Garuu raajonni bara isaan keessa jiraatan caalaa waa’ee bara dhumaa dubbatu; kanaafuu “Adventistiin maqaa qofa” bara dhumaatti waldaa Adventistii Guyyaa Torbaffaa Laa’odiiqeyaa bakka bu’a; waldoonni amantii maqaa qofa qaban immoo sanyii warra bara 1844 intaloota Room ta’anidha.

Seventh-day Adventists will hate the “obscure people,” who are God’s true representatives for they “cannot refute the Sabbath truth,” which represents the Sabbath of the land resting. The Seventh-day Adventist church professes to uphold the seventh-day as the day of worship, but in the last days the Sabbath they can not refute is the “seven times,” of Leviticus twenty-six, which was the first foundational truth they rejected in 1863.

መዓልቲ ሻብዐይ ኣድቨንቲስትታት “ዝሕቡእ ህዝቢ” ክጸልኡ እዮም፣ ምኽንያቱ እቶም ናይ ኣምላኽ ሓቀኛ ወከልቲ እዮም እሞ “ሓቂ ሰንበት ከይክሕዱ ኣይክእሉን”፤ እዛ ሓቂ ሰንበት ድማ ነታ ናይ ምድሪ ዕረፍቲ ሰንበት ትወክል። ቤተ ክርስቲያን መዓልቲ ሻብዐይ ኣድቨንቲስት መዓልቲ ሻብዐይን ከም መዓልቲ ኣምልኾ ከም እትድግፍ ትእመን እያ፣ ነገር ግን ብዘመን መወዳእታ እታ ክይክሕድዋ ዘይክእሉ ሰንበት፣ እቲ ኣብ ዘሌዋውያን ሓያ ሹድሽተ ዝተጠቕሰ “ሸውዓተ ግዜ” እዩ፣ እዚ ድማ ቀዳማይ መሰረታዊ ሓቂ እዩ ብ1863 ዝነጸግዎ።

The passage that we are now addressing is identifying the prophetic dynamics associated with the history that begins at the soon coming Sunday law, but the final testing history that follows the Sunday law is first accomplished within the United States. At the Sunday law the United States will force the entire world to erect an image to the beast, but before they accomplish that work, they will have erected an image to the beast in the United States.

Kutaan amma yeroo ammaa irratti xiyyeeffachaa jirru seenaa seera Dilbataa dhihootti dhufu irraa jalqabdu wajjin walqabatan adeemsa raajii adda baasaa jira; garuu seenaa qormaata isa dhumaa kan seera Dilbataa sana hordofu, jalqabatti Ameerikaa keessatti raawwatama. Yeroo seera Dilbataatti Ameerikaan addunyaa guutuu fakkeenya bineensichaaf akka dhaabdu ni dirqisiisti; garuu hojii sana utuu hin raawwatin dura, Ameerikaa keessatti fakkeenya bineensichaaf dhaabatanii turu.

> “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.

> “Akka Ameerikaan, biyya bilisummaa amantii, qalbii namaa dirqisiisuudhaan fi namoota Sanbata sobaa kabajuuf dirqisiisuudhaan Paaphaasii wajjin yoo tokkoome, saboonni biyya hundumaa addunyaa guutuu irra jiran fakkeenya ishee hordofuuf geggeeffamu.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> “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.

> “Saboonni biyya alaa fakkeenya Ameerikaa ni hordofu. Isheen utuu dursitee baattee illee, garuu qorumsi walfakkaataan kun saba keenya irratti iddoo addunyaa hundumaatti ni dhufa.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

The great test for the people of God, occurs before the Sunday law, for at the Sunday law probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists. The test is represented as the formation of the image of the beast, and the image of the beast is the combination of church and state, with the church in control of the relationship. Just as the Protestants became a daughter of Rome in 1844, and a daughter is the image of her mother, the apostate Protestants will accomplish a parallel work in the last days, for Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing.

Waaʼee guddaan saba Waaqayyoo duraan dura seera Dilbataa duratti dhufa; sababiin isaas yeroo seerri Dilbataa baʼutti yeroo qorannoo isaanii Adventistoota Guyyaa Torbaffaatiif ni cufama. Qorannoon kun akka bifa bineensichaa ijaaramuutti ibsama; bifi bineensichaas walitti dhufeenya mana amantii fi mootummaa, kan keessatti manni amantii hariiroo sana toʼatu, dha. Akkuma Pirootestaantoonni bara 1844 keessatti intala Roomii taʼan, intalli immoo fakkii haadhee ishee taatu, Pirootestaantoonni gantoonni guyyoota dhumaa keessatti hojii wal fakkaataa ni raawwatu; sababiin isaas Yesuus yeroo hundumaa dhuma waan tokkoo jalqaba waan tokkootiin ni ibsa.

The history represented by the “league” of verse twenty-three of Daniel chapter eleven, represented a professed apostate people of the glorious land reaching out to form a union with Rome. 161 BC to 158 BC represents the formation of the image of the beast that culminates at the Sunday law.

ኣብ ዳንኤል ምዕራፍ ዓሰርተ ሓደ ቍጽሪ ዕስራን ሰለስተን ዝተመልከተት “ኪዳን” ዝወከለት ታሪኽ፡ ናይታ ክቡር ምድሪ ዝነበረ ብመግለጺ ሕዝቢ እኳ ኣብ ክሕደት ዝወደቐ ሕዝቢ ናብ ሮሜ ኅብረት ንምፍጣር ኢዱ እናዘርግሐ ከም ዝነበረ ይውክል። 161 ቅ.ክ. ክሳዕ 158 ቅ.ክ. ኣብ ሕጊ ሰንበት ዝድምደም ምስሊ ናይቲ ኣውሬ ምቕራጽ ይውክል።

We will continue this study in the next article.

Barreeffama itti aanu keessatti qo’annoo kana itti fufna.

> “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 ‘fakkiin bineensichaa’ maalidha? akkamittis ni ijaarama? Fakkiin sun bineensa gaanfa lama qabuun ni hojjetama, akkasumas bineensichaaf fakkii dha. Innis fakkii bineensichaa jedhamees ni waamama. Kanaafuu fakkiin sun maal fakkaata akka ta’e fi akkamitti akka ijaaramu baruuf amala bineensichaa isa ofii—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 jalqabaa salphina wangeelaa irraa goruun xurreewwanii fi duudhaa warra waaqa tolfamaa fudhachuun mancaatee, hafuuraa fi humna Waaqayyoo dhabde; akkasumas yaada qalbii namootaa to’achuuf deeggarsa mootummaa biyya lafaa barbaadde. Bu’aan isaa paaphaasummaa ture; jechuunis waldaa aangoo mootummaa to’attu, kaayyoo ofii ishee galmaan ga’uufis isa fayyadamtu, addumaan immoo ‘heresy’ adabuuf. Ameerikaan Fakkeenya Bineensichaa akka uumuuf, humni amantii mootummaa mootummaa sivilii akkasitti to’achuu qaba; kunis akka aangoon mootummaa waldaadhaan kaayyoo ofii ishee raawwachiisuuf itti fayyadamu taasisu.” The Great Controversy, 443.

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